A team of students from Aberdeen University have claimed victory during their first appearance on University Challenge.
Four students appeared on the BBC show tonight at 8.30pm to face a team from Birmingham University.
It will mark the second episode of this year’s series hosted by Amol Rajan, who took over following Jeremy Paxman’s decision to step down.
The team from Aberdeen consisted of Archie Broomfield, Zachary Eisler, Callum McClements and Emily Osborne.
Fighting to make it through to the next round, the team were asked a series of questions from a variety of topics including maths, literature and music.
The first round ended with a 190 to 125 point win for the Aberdeen students ensuring their place in the second round.
After the episode aired, Aberdeen University took to social media to congratulate the students on their win.
They wrote: “Congratulations to our 2023 University Challenge team who made it through to the second round of the competition, beating the University of Birmingham.
“Well done to you all and we’re looking forward to seeing you on our screens again later this year.”
Congratulations to our 2023 University Challenge team who made it through to the second round of the competition, beating the University of Birmingham! Well done to you all and we’re looking forward to seeing you on our screens again later this year! pic.twitter.com/GtJocBVZxj
— University of Aberdeen (@aberdeenuni) July 24, 2023
‘Good luck Aberdeen’
Announcing the team’s participation online earlier today, Aberdeen University wrote: “Good luck to the University of Aberdeen’s 2023 University Challenge team who will make their debut tonight at 8.30pm on BBC2.
“The team will go head to head with their opponents to try to make it into the next round of the competition. Make sure to tune in and support them.”
Many fans of the show took to Facebook to wish the team good luck before they took their seats at the panel tonight.
Tracey Eccleson wrote: “Best of luck folks.”
Catherine Gwen Clarke Branks added: “Good luck Aberdeen.”
Aleksandra Sonia Romanczuk commented: “Best of luck.”
University Challenge is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
