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A test of memory and knowledge where students are asked a series of traditionally difficult and particularly specific questions that require a deep and diverse education to be able to answer. The players of the quiz are two teams of four students, who usually represent a single university, or in the case of students from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the specific college to which they belong. The competition begins with 28 teams, with one team being knocked out and the other progressing to the next round until there is finally one series champion.
Sheffield v Warwick. The series kicks off with a match between students from Sheffield and Warwick.
UCL v SOAS. Students from UCL take on a team from next-door neighbours SOAS.
The University of Bath faces the University of Southampton in another first-round match.
Newcastle v Edinburgh. Students from Newcastle University face a team from the University of Edinburgh.
The University of Manchester plays New College, Oxford for a place in the second round.
The first round continues as Cardiff University faces the University of Bristol.
Trinity College, Cambridge v Linacre College, Oxford. Students from Trinity College, Cambridge take on a team from Linacre College, Oxford.
The University of Lincoln faces a team from Lancaster University.
Green Templeton College, Oxford face a team from Cambridge’s Darwin College.
Trinity Hall, Cambridge and the LSE are the teams facing their first starters for ten.
The heats continue with a match between Durham University and Merton College, Oxford.
Debutants Harper Adams University face the University of Strathclyde.
Imperial College London and Churchill College, Cambridge go head-to-head.
The first round concludes as Magdalen College, Oxford faces Robinson College, Cambridge.
Two of the highest-scoring teams to have lost in the heats get a second chance to qualify.
Two more of the highest-scoring losing teams compete for a second-round place.
Magdalen College, Oxford v Darwin College, Cambridge. Two teams of students go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals.
Two more teams of students battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
Southampton v Imperial. Two more student teams return to play a second-round match.
Bristol v Warwick. Two more teams of students return to play for a second time.
Two more teams of students put fingers on buzzers for a place in the quarter-finals.
Another two teams of students set out to secure themselves a place in the quarter-finals.
Two more teams of students compete for a place in the quarter-finals.
It’s the final match in the second round. Who will take the last quarter-final spot?
The double-elimination quarter-final stage begins. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The first round of quarter-finals continues. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Two more teams of students play their first of at least two matches in this quarter-final.
The last two quarter-finalists play their first of up to three matches in this round.
The second round of quarter-finals begins. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Both teams lost their first quarter-final and can’t afford to lose again.
The quarter-final stage nears its conclusion. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Merton College, Oxford v Darwin College, Cambridge. It's the last quarter-final, and only one place remains in the semi-finals.
35/37. Two teams of students go head-to-head in the first of the semi-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions. [S] [HD]