University Challenge 2001–02 Explained

Series 31 of University Challenge began on 23 July 2001, with the final on 11 March 2002.^[1]

Results

• Winning teams are highlighted in bold.
• Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated.
• Teams with orange scores have lost, but survived as the first round losers with the highest losing scores.
• A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

First round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
University of Hull	185	300	Somerville College, Oxford	23 July 2001
London School of Economics		180	University of Bristol	30 July 2001
University of Edinburgh	150	190	Christ's College, Cambridge	6 August 2001
University of Salford	155		University of Leicester	13 August 2001
Christ Church, Oxford	235		University of Birmingham	20 August 2001
Wadham College, Oxford	235		Cranfield University	3 September 2001
University of Nottingham		215	Keele University	10 September 2001
Imperial College London	250		De Montfort University	17 September 2001
Magdalen College, Oxford		210	Trinity College, Cambridge	24 September 2001
Cardiff University		200	University College London	1 October 2001
Downing College, Cambridge	220	230	Newcastle University	8 October 2001
University of St Andrews		215	Churchill College, Cambridge	15 October 2001
Durham University	200		University of York	22 October 2001
St Hugh's College, Oxford	220	145	University of Leeds	29 October 2001

NOTE: Even though both Cardiff and Leeds scored 145 points, Leeds reached their total "in a shorter time, and with fewer wrong answers".

Highest Scoring Losers Playoffs

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
Downing College, Cambridge	205		University of Leeds	5 November 2001
University of Edinburgh	230		University of Hull	12 November 2001

Second round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
Newcastle University	265		University of Salford	19 November 2001
University of Edinburgh	220		Wadham College, Oxford	26 November 2001
St Hugh's College, Oxford	190		Churchill College, Cambridge	3 December 2001
Christ Church, Oxford		285	Imperial College London	10 December 2001
Somerville College, Oxford	290		Durham University	17 December 2001
Downing College, Cambridge	180		University of Bristol	7 January 2002
Trinity College, Cambridge		250	University College London	14 January 2002
Christ's College, Cambridge	285		Keele University	21 January 2002

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
Newcastle University		290	University of Edinburgh	28 January 2002
St Hugh's College, Oxford		270	Imperial College London	4 February 2002
Somerville College, Oxford	270		Downing College, Cambridge	11 February 2002
University College London		190	Christ's College, Cambridge	18 February 2002

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
University of Edinburgh		270	Imperial College London	25 February 2002
Somerville College, Oxford	180		Christ's College, Cambridge	4 March 2002

Final

• The trophy and title were awarded to the Somerville team of Luke Pitcher, Dorjana Širola, Tim Austen, and Vicki Wood.
• The trophy was presented by Mary Warnock.

External links

• University Challenge Homepage
• Blanchflower Results Table

Notes and References

1. Web site: University Challenge – 2001-2. blanchflower.org. 24 August 2014.