University Challenge 2024–25

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The 54th series of University Challenge began on 12 August 2024 on BBC Two. [1]

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Results

First round

Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Queen's University Belfast 240125 University of Liverpool 36512 August 2024
The Open University 190175 University College London 36519 August 2024
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 80325 University of Bristol 40526 August 2024
University of Warwick 275125 University of East Anglia 4002 September 2024
St Catharine's College, Cambridge 120180 Wadham College, Oxford 3009 September 2024
Imperial College London 31075 University of Manchester 38516 September 2024
University of Reading 100240 University of Exeter 34023 September 2024
Darwin College, Cambridge 205110 Birkbeck, University of London 31530 September 2024
Oriel College, Oxford 200165 Durham University 3657 October 2024
Exeter College, Oxford 110205 Christ's College, Cambridge 31514 October 2024
University of St Andrews Cardiff University 21 October 2024 [2]
University of Leeds University of Edinburgh 28 October 2024 [3]
London School of Economics University of Leicester 4 November 2024
School of Oriental and African Studies St Edmund Hall, Oxford 11 November 2024

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References

  1. ↑ "University Challenge returns on BBC Two and iPlayer this August with Amol Rajan back at the helm". BBC . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "BBC Two - University Challenge, Series 31, St Andrews v Cardiff". BBC Online . Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "BBC Two - University Challenge, Series 31, Leeds v Edinburgh". BBC Online . Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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