University Challenge

27 Jan 2010

Manchester meets St John's College, Oxford, on 1 February

The Manchester team will be appearing again on 'University Challenge' on BBC2 at 8pm on Monday 1 February, in a match against St John's College, Oxford.

Having knocked out the Royal Veterinary College in the first round and King's College, London, in the second round, Manchester comfortably defeated St Andrews 195-50 in their first match at the quarter-final stage. However, teams need to win two out of a possible three matches at the quarter-final stage in order to reach the semi-finals.

To gain a place in the semi-finals for the sixth year in succession, Manchester must therefore either defeat St John's in tonight's match or (if they lose) overcome another team in a potential third quarter-final match.

The team consists of captain Jakob Whitfield (Ph.D. in the History of Technology), Nick Daunt (M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering), Rachael Neiman (Ph.D. in English and American Studies) and Tom Whyman (B.A. in Philosophy and Politics).