University Challenge results, 2010

The 39th series began on July 6 2009 running on Mondays on BBC2 at 20:00, following announcements that Granada were tightening eligibility rules, evidently to avoid a repeat of last year's trial by media.

For the first time since the show returned in 1994, the format has been changed. The quarter-finals will still involve eight teams, but will consist of ten shows in which the four teams that win two games progress to the semi-finals:

– All eight teams play in the first round of four games.
– The four winners from the first round play each other, with the two winners of those games progressing to the semi-finals.
– The four losers of the first round play each other, with the two losers being eliminated.
– The four remaining teams play a final round of two games, and the two winners progress to the semi-finals.

Or to put it more simply, all teams keep playing until they either win twice (in which case they go through to the semi-finals) or lose twice (in which case they're out).

First round
Christ's, Cambridge	170	200	Warwick
Royal Veterinary College	60	235	Manchester
Loughborough	205	175	University, London
Clare, Cambridge	165	215	Jesus, Oxford
Nottingham	145	180	Girton, Cambridge
Edinburgh	170	155	Central Lancashire
King's, London	155	140	Cardiff
Newnham, Cambridge	260	120	Sussex
Imperial, London	175	135	Southampton
St John's, Oxford	270	90	Durham
Magdalene, Cambridge	135	145	St Hugh's, Oxford
York	55	200	St George's, London
St Andrews	255	150	Somerville, Oxford
Emmanuel, Cambridge	165	205	Regent's Park, Oxford
Highest-scoring losers
University, London	220	145	Clare, Cambridge
Christ's, Cambridge	105	280	Emmanuel, Cambridge
Second round
Girton, Cambridge	170	160	St George's, London
Newnham, Cambridge	110	185	St Andrews
St John's, Oxford	220	190	Loughborough
University, London	185	260	Emmanuel, Cambridge
Imperial, London	280	80	St Hugh's, Oxford
Jesus, Oxford	220	170	Warwick
Edinburgh	170	150	Regent's Park, Oxford
Manchester	210	90	King's, London
Quarter-finals
St John's, Oxford	280	55	Girton, Cambridge
St Andrews	50	195	Manchester
Imperial, London	240	110	Edinburgh
Jesus, Oxford	125	280	Emmanuel, Cambridge
St John's, Oxford	150	140	Manchester
Girton, Cambridge	140	115	St Andrews
Imperial, London	160	275	Emmanuel, Cambridge
Edinburgh	195	185	Jesus, Oxford
Manchester	170	165	Edinburgh
Girton, Cambridge	100	200	Imperial, London
Semi-finals
St John's, Oxford	260	170	Imperial, London
Emmanuel, Cambridge	315	120	Manchester
Final
St John's, Oxford	100	315	Emmanuel, Cambridge

Emmanuel became the first Cambridge team to win for 15 years. They comprised Andy Hastings (Medicine), Jenny Harris (French & Latin), Alex Guttenplan (Natural Sciences) and Josh Scott (Medicine). The trophy was presented to them by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy.