Series 31 of
University Challenge began on 23 July 2001, with the final on 11 March 2002.
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
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
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
* The trophy and title were awarded to the Somerville team comprising Luke Pitcher,
Dorjana Širola
Dorjana Širola (born 9 June 1972) is a Croatian quizzer, linguist, anglicist and software tester. She has been the highest placed woman at the World Quizzing Championship from 2005 to 2011, and again from 2013 to 2018 (losing out in 20 ...
, Tim Austen, and Vicki Wood.
* The trophy was presented by
Mary Warnock
Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, (née Wilson; 14 April 1924 – 20 March 2019) was an English philosopher of morality, education, and mind, and a writer on existentialism. She is best known for chairing an inquiry whose report formed the ...
.
References
External links
University Challenge Homepage
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