Christmas University Challenge- Round 1 Match 3
Magdalan, Oxford vs University College London
University College London
Lucy Jones
Trevor Lock
Fiona Armstrong
Michael White
vs
Magdalan, Oxford
Luke Johnson
Sarah Healey
Alan Hollinghurst
Harry Mount
The enjoyable series of Christmas University Challenge continued last night with the third match of the first round. Just a reminder that the Christmas Series of University Challenge is different to the normal show in the sense that they are having five first round matches with the four winners scoring the highest going to the semi finals.
Sarah Healey came to the show with University Challenge experience having won the show on a previous occasion but it was UCL who managed to score first but failed to make the most of their control, not the first or last time on the night that they would do so. Trevor Lock did have some humorous answers though and lightened the mood, even raising a smile from Jeremy Paxman.
The game remained tight early on with some very gettable questions for all, a trademark of Christmas University Challenge with the questions tending to get tougher latter. I am glad David Clark over at Life After Mastermind agrees with me on that the questions are far easier but of a much much higher standard than other celebrity specials.
Oxford raced to a 70-50 lead but no team was taking control and wasting bonus points with a lot of wrong answers on the buzzers. Magdalan managed to get some grip on the game as they moved passed the 100 mark and at this point, with a very quiet few minutes from UCL, it was always going to be Magdalan. It was merely a matter of time before they won but the big question was whether they would reach the mark to give them qualification for the final.
And in the last few moments Magdalan secured their passage into the semi final with a score of 130-85. A good contest, a heck of a lot of wasted points though. I can't see this team winning Christmas University Challenge but you never know...........
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