Selwyn had a hard-fought victory over Manchester University in the first edition of the new series of University Challenge, shown on BBC Two on Monday, July 14th.
The lead changed hands a number of times during a close contest, but Selwyn moved ahead in the final stages to make it into the 2nd round of the competition. The score was 190-160.
The team, pictured with quizmaster Jeremy Paxman, is from left to right: Afham Raoof, a first-year scientist; Hannah Warwicker, a second-year classicist; team captain Joshua Pugh Ginn, who’s in the second year of a PhD in Classics; and Charles Cooper, a second-year scientist. Their average age, as announced on the programme, is 20.
The University of Manchester are past champions with a tremendous reputation on University Challenge: winners in 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2013. Joshua Pugh Ginn described it ahead of the game as "a tough draw"; and Selwyn had lost by a big margin to Manchester in their last appearance on the programme.
University Challenge is usually the most-watched programme of the week on BBC Two, with around 3 million viewers per episode.
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