University Challenge results, 1996
Below are the results of the series which ran from 11 October 1995 until the final on 1 May 1996. The winners of each of the twelve first-round shows progressed to the second round, as did the four highest-scoring losing teams.
| First round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/10/1995 | Exeter | 200 | 215 | Middlesex |
| 18/10/1995 | LSE | 260 | 155 | Keble, Oxford |
| 25/10/1995 | Lancaster | 240 | 225 | Swansea |
| 01/11/1995 | Surrey | 155 | 175 | Liverpool John Moores |
| 08/11/1995 | Gonville and Caius, Cambridge | 195 | 210 | University, Oxford |
| 15/11/1995 | Charing Cross Hospital | 105 | 230 | Heriot-Watt |
| 22/11/1995 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | 160 | 190 | Keele |
| 29/11/1995 | Newcastle | 295 | 155 | Open |
| 06/12/1995 | Selwyn, Cambridge | 270 | 135 | Birmingham |
| 13/12/1995 | Imperial, London | 205 | 125 | St Andrews |
| 20/12/1995 | Pembroke, Oxford | 200 | 215 | Warwick |
| 27/12/1995 | Lucy Cavendish, Cambridge | 120 | 240 | South Bank |
| Second round | ||||
| 24/01/1996 | Selwyn, Cambridge | 225 | 220 | Middlesex |
| 31/01/1996 | University, Oxford | 335 | 105 | Heriot-Watt |
| 07/02/1996 | LSE | 230 | 195 | Keele |
| 14/02/1996 | Pembroke, Oxford | 285 | 200 | Swansea |
| 21/02/1996 | Warwick | 200 | 170 | Gonville and Caius, Cambridge |
| 28/02/1996 | Newcastle | 300 | 140 | South Bank |
| 06/03/1996 | Exeter | 185 | 165 | Liverpool John Moores |
| 13/03/1996 | Imperial, London | 290 | 140 | Lancaster |
| Quarter-finals | ||||
| 20/03/1996 | Selwyn, Cambridge | 270 | 175 | University, Oxford |
| 27/03/1996 | LSE | 225 | 190 | Pembroke, Oxford |
| 03/04/1996 | Warwick | 235 | 165 | Newcastle |
| 10/04/1996 | Exeter | 70 | 325 | Imperial, London |
| Semi-finals | ||||
| 17/04/1996 | Selwyn, Cambridge | 210 | 280 | LSE |
| 24/04/1996 | Warwick | 230 | 300 | Imperial, London |
| Final | ||||
| 01/05/1996 | LSE | 220 | 275 | Imperial, London |
The winning team, Imperial, consisted of Jim Totty, Nick Bradshaw, Mark Pallen, and Chris Harrison, students of Maths and Physics, Electrical Engineering, Biochemistry, and Computer Science respectively. The series winners' trophy was presented to Imperial by John Simpson, himself a contestant on University Challenge for Magdalene College, Cambridge in the 1965 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.
Imperial, London (contestant page)
Tomorrow sees the final of University Challenge (Evening Standard)