University Challenge viewers praise Dundee after team beats Royal Northern College of Music by just 10 points in nail-biting match – 所以, how many questions would YOU get right?
University Challenge viewers were glued to their screens last night for a nail-biting episode that saw Dundee beat Royal Northern College of Music by just 10 积分.
The teams were neck and neck at the end of last night’s episode on BBC2, hosted by Jeremy Paxman, after a rapid comeback from the Manchester students.
But ultimately it was the University of Dundee that won and will be going through to the second round with a win of 145 指着 135.
Viewers praised the winning team for their stellar performance on the show – but said it was a ‘well fought’ match between both universities.
University Challenge viewers were glued to their screens after a nail-biting episode that saw Dundee beat Royal Northern College of Music by just 10 积分
‘Ooft, close one this week! Well played both teams! #UniversityChallenge’, 写了一位观众.
另一个说: ‘Thoroughly enjoyed that, two pleasant and well-matched teams; well played both! Well done Dundee, and hopefully RNCM will come back in the play-offs. #UniversityChallenge.’
‘Wooohoo well done Dundee winning University Challenge tonight. Very proud of you’, wrote a third.
‘Well that was a close one, well fought both teams! #UniversityChallenge’, penned another viewer.
Viewers praised the winning team, who scored 145 points to RNCMs 135, for their stellar performance on the show – but said it was a ‘well fought’ match between both universities
Both universities and Dundee principal and Vice Chancellor Iain Gillespie praised the team on Twitter
Dundee principal and Vice Chancellor Iain Gillespie praised the team on Twitter, 写作: ‘So incredibly proud of our wonderful university challenge team @dundeeuni. Brilliant!’
与此同时, the university tweeted: ‘Amazing result! Well done to both teams – it was a close match but we’re so excited for round two!’
Their opponents graciously tweeted: It was a close race but congratulations @dundeeuni on your win!
‘And congratulations to our own Team RNCM on their stellar performance, better luck next time.’
The teams were neck and neck at the end of last night’s episode on BBC2, hosted by Jeremy Paxman, after a rapid comeback from the Manchester students
Ultimately it was Dundee that won and will be going through to the second round with 145 points to RNCM’s 135
Dundee, who won the competition in 1983, were off to a great start on the show, gaining a strong early lead before a comeback from Royal Northern College of Music towards the end of the show.
The team was led by captain Barnaby Stonier, 27, a PhD student from Winchester who previously studied at Cambridge.
Making up the rest of the team was anatomy student Conor Philip, 20, medicine student Jacob Spurrell, 27, and the team’s youngest member 19-year-old biomedical science first year Olivia Russell.
