University Challenge

University Challenge results, 2005

Here are the results of the 34th series (8:30pm Monday, BBC2) that ran from 13th September 2004 until 9th May 2005.

First round
13/09/2004	Leicester	150	145	Jesus, Cambridge
20/09/2004	York	120	250	Lancaster
27/09/2004	Newcastle	155	150	University, Oxford
04/10/2004	Warwick	100	265	University, London
11/10/2004	Balliol, Oxford	170	105	Downing, Cambridge
18/10/2004	Durham	190	70	Kingston
25/10/2004	St John's, Cambridge	70	195	Reading
01/11/2004	Glasgow	100	125	Edinburgh
08/11/2004	St Hilda's, Oxford	150	120	Portsmouth
15/11/2004	Magdalene, Cambridge	80	195	Sheffield
22/11/2004	Queen's, Belfast	130	185	UEA
29/11/2004	Trinity, Cambridge	110	195	Corpus Christi, Oxford
13/12/2004	St Andrews	40	315	Manchester
20/12/2004	Royal Holloway, London	135	75	Greyfriar's Hall, Oxford
Highest-scoring losers
03/01/2005	University, Oxford	200	85	York
10/01/2005	Jesus, Cambridge	275	40	Queen's, Belfast
Second Round
17/01/2005	Edinburgh	155	70	Royal Holloway, London
24/01/2005	Manchester	250	130	Newcastle
31/01/2005	St Hilda's, Oxford	155	120	Leicester
07/02/2005	Sheffield	145	240	Corpus Christi, Oxford
14/02/2005	Balliol, Oxford	215	195	Durham
21/02/2005	Lancaster	175	60	Reading
28/02/2005	University, London	245	105	UEA
07/03/2005	University, Oxford	135	165	Jesus, Cambridge
Quarter-finals
14/03/2005	Balliol, Oxford	215	75	Edinburgh
21/03/2005	Corpus Christi, Oxford	345	80	Lancaster
04/04/2005	University, London	175	110	Jesus, Cambridge
11/04/2005	Manchester	215	150	St Hilda's, Oxford
Semi-finals
18/04/2005	Balliol, Oxford	205	255	Corpus Christi, Oxford
25/04/2005	University, London	190	185	Manchester
Final
09/05/2005	Corpus Christi, Oxford	250	140	University, London

This year's winners were Nick Sharp (English), Stefano Mariani (History & Politics), Charles Oakley (Applied Maths), and David Whitley (English) making it three wins in the last four years for Oxford. They were presented with the trophy by actor Pete Postlethwaite. The new trophy is a new and less elaborate version of Adrian Moakes' sculpture that had been used in the previous ten series.

Winners are given in bold, and the four highest scoring first round losers in italics. An italicised score indicates that the result was decided by a tie-break.

External links
Lancaster (Lancaster University)
Balliol, Oxford (Balliol College)
Reading (Reading University)
Royal Holloway, London (Royal Holloway College)
Corpus Christi, Oxford (contestant page)