Series 44 of '' University Challenge'' began on 14 July 2014 on

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. This was the 21st series to be broadcast on the BBC. It was won by the team from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

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 had to win one more match to return in the next round (current highest scoring losers, teams that won their first quarter-final match, teams that won their second quarter-final match having lost their first, or teams that won their first quarter-final match and lost their second). *Teams with yellow scores indicate that two further matches had to be played and won (teams that lost their first quarter-final match). *A score in ''italics'' indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

First round

Highest Scoring Losers play-offs

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

* The trophy and title were awarded to the Gonville & Caius Cambridge team comprising Ted Loveday, Michael Taylor, Anthony Martinelli and Jeremy Warner. Loveday later claimed that he had "learned his answers on Wikipedia". * The trophy was presented by Will Self, who claimed to have known "about 35%" of the answers.

References

External links

University Challenge homepage
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