University Challenge results, 2019-20
The 49th series began on 15 July 2018 on Mondays on BBC Two at 20:30.
For the first time since the 2007 series there was a tie for the four highest-scoring losers slots with Jesus College, Oxford, Durham, and Downing College, Cambridge all having scored 145 points. As before the teams that qualified were those that reached their score having heard the fewest questions.
First round | ||||
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15/07/2019 | Lancaster | 95 | 230 | Glasgow |
22/07/2019 | Corpus Christi, Cambridge | 195 | 140 | Merton, Oxford |
29/07/2019 | Magdalen, Oxford | 170 | 150 | York |
05/08/2019 | Birmingham | 125 | 120 | Bristol |
12/08/2019 | Wolfson, Cambridge | 40 | 115 | St John's, Oxford |
19/08/2019 | Edinburgh | 165 | 90 | Birkbeck, London |
02/09/2019 | Jesus, Oxford | 145 | 185 | Manchester |
09/09/2019 | Durham | 145 | 200 | Trinity, Cambridge |
16/09/2019 | LSE | 90 | 145 | Courtauld Institute of Art, London |
23/09/2019 | Goldsmith's, London | 95 | 175 | Southampton |
07/10/2019 | Open | 125 | 145 | Huddersfield |
14/10/2019 | Wolfson, Oxford | 180 | 170 | Sheffield |
21/10/2019 | Imperial, London | 255 | 70 | Brasenose, Oxford |
28/10/2019 | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | 150 | 145 | Downing, Cambridge |
Highest-scoring losers | ||||
04/11/2019 | Sheffield | 165 | 170 | Jesus, Oxford |
11/11/2019 | York | 145 | 240 | Durham |
Second round | ||||
18/11/2019 | Birmingham | 120 | 150 | Jesus, Oxford |
25/11/2019 | Southampton | 95 | 245 | Durham |
02/12/2019 | Courtauld Institute of Art, London | 180 | 145 | Glasgow |
Quarter-finals | ||||
Semi-finals | ||||
Final | ||||
As ever, winners are in bold, highest-scoring losers in italics. Italicised scores indicate the result was decided by a tie-break.
External links
Meet the Trinity team (Trinity College, Cambridge)
The Oxbridge problem: is it time to shake up University Challenge? (The Guardian)
Meet the Trinity team (Trinity College, Cambridge)
The Oxbridge problem: is it time to shake up University Challenge? (The Guardian)