1996/1997 Plot
Testing university quiz show.
University Challenge 1996/1997 aired on November 12th, 1996.
1996/1997 Episodes
1. Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
2. Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
3. King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
4. Manchester v Birkbeck
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.
6. Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
7. St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
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
9. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
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.
11. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
12. Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
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.
14. Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
15. Manchester v Imperial College, London
16. Glamorgan v St Andrews
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.
18. Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
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.
20. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
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.
22. Manchester v Glamorgan
23. Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
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.
25. Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
26. Charing Cross Hospital 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.
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