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1996/1997

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Testing university quiz show.

Episodes

Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge

1 - Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Queen's University, Belfast	v Cardiff

2 - Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff

King's College London v Keble College, Oxford

3 - King's College London v Keble College, Oxford

Manchester v Birkbeck

4 - Manchester v Birkbeck

Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.

5 - Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.

Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.

Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan

6 - Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan

St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge

7 - St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge

West of England v Surrey

8 - West of England v Surrey

Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

9 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

The Open University v Swansea

10 - The Open University v Swansea

Jeremy Paxman hosts the general-knowledge quiz with teams from University of Wales, Swansea and the Open University, which includes one of the oldest contestants to take part - a 72-year-old woman.

Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow

11 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow

Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford

12 - Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol

13 - Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol

Magdalen College, Oxford return to take on the University of the West of England, Bristol in the first of eight second-round matches. Jeremy Paxman is the discerning quizmaster.

Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge

14 - Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge

Manchester v Imperial College, London

15 - Manchester v Imperial College, London

Glamorgan v St Andrews

16 - Glamorgan v St Andrews

Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford

17 - Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford

Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.

Charing Cross Hospital	v King's College London

18 - Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London

St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

19 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	v The Open University

20 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University

Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast

21 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast

Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Manchester v Glamorgan

22 - Manchester v Glamorgan

Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital

23 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital

Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University

24 - Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University

Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.

Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester

25 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester

Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University

26 - Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University

Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University

27 - Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University

Magdalen College, Oxford and the Open University battle it out in the final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions and Germaine Greer presents the trophy to the winners.