Who was the original presenter of University Challenge?
"chicken vindaloo. After a compilation bloopers show, featuring out-takes, the next programme was ""Universe Challenge"", a spoof of University Challenge. Hosted by original ""University Challenge"" presenter Bamber Gascoigne, the show had a team of knowledgeable ""Dwarf"" fans compete against a team consisting of Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Robert Llewellyn, Chloë Annett, and Danny John Jules. This was followed by ""The Red Dwarf A–Z"", a half-hour documentary that chose a different aspect of the show to focus on for each letter of the alphabet. Talking heads on the episode included Stephen Hawking, Terry Pratchett, original producer Paul Jackson, Mr. Blobby, Patrick"
"University Challenge (New Zealand TV series) University Challenge is a long-running New Zealand television quiz show, running originally from 1976–1989 before its revival in 2014 after a 25-year hiatus. The format was based on the British show of the same name, which was itself based on the American ""College Bowl"". It is currently produced by Cue TV in Invercargill. At its inception in 1976, University Challenge was hosted by Peter Sinclair, though he was briefly dropped in the late 1970s and replaced by University of Otago lecturer Richard Higham. Sinclair returned after just two seasons, and continued in this capacity"
"criterion in case multiple teams have the same number of points. University Challenge (New Zealand TV series) University Challenge is a long-running New Zealand television quiz show, running originally from 1976–1989 before its revival in 2014 after a 25-year hiatus. The format was based on the British show of the same name, which was itself based on the American ""College Bowl"". It is currently produced by Cue TV in Invercargill. At its inception in 1976, University Challenge was hosted by Peter Sinclair, though he was briefly dropped in the late 1970s and replaced by University of Otago lecturer Richard Higham."
"Bamber Gascoigne Arthur Bamber Gascoigne (born 24 January 1935) is a British television presenter and author, best known for being the original quizmaster on ""University Challenge"", which ran from 1962 to 1987. Gascoigne is the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne (himself the son of Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne) by his marriage in 1934 to Mary Louisa Hermione O'Neill, a daughter of Captain the Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill and Lady Annabel Hungerford Crewe-Milnes. His great-grandfathers include Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, and Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill. He is a nephew of Sir"
"Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is a British broadcaster, journalist, author, and the quizmaster of ""University Challenge"", having succeeded Bamber Gascoigne at the time the programme was revived in 1994. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate newspaper ""Varsity"". At Cambridge, he was a member of a Labour Party club and described himself as a socialist, although in later life described himself as a one-nation conservative. He joined the BBC in 1972, initially at BBC Radio Brighton, although relocated to London in 1977. In"
"""have always struck me as cranks."" In 2017, Paxman's interviews of Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May for the upcoming general election were labelled 'embarrassing'. Journalist Michael Deacon opined that his pugilistic style of questioning had become tired, claiming that he had been 'doing an impression of himself'. Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is a British broadcaster, journalist, author, and the quizmaster of ""University Challenge"", having succeeded Bamber Gascoigne at the time the programme was revived in 1994. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate"
"inception until the studios closed down in 2013; it is now recorded at dock10 in Salford. Despite periodic changes to the sets, studio layout, and presentation, ""University Challenge"" has preserved a high level of continuity from 1962 to the present. Some commentators have cited this as an essential element of its success. Elements of this continuity include: The programme had its beginnings in an American television quiz show called ""College Bowl"". Cecil Bernstein, brother of Sidney Bernstein who founded Granada Television in 1954, had seen the programme in the United States and liked the format. It was decided that Granada"
"1987. It was hosted by Peter Sinclair. The series was revived in 2014 with Tom Conroy as host. ""University Challenge"", hosted by Magnus Clarke, ran in Australia on the ABC from 1987 until 1989. In the 1988 series, the University of New South Wales defeated the University of Melbourne in the final by 245 points to 175. ""University Challenge India"" started in summer 2003, with the season culminating in the finals of March 2004 where Sardar Patel College of Engineering (SPCE), Mumbai, beat Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. The 2004–2005 season finale saw a team of undergraduate engineering students"
"University Challenge 2016–17 Series 46 of ""University Challenge"" began on 11 July 2016 on BBC Two, and finished on 10 April 2017. This series of the long running quiz show has drawn larger audiences than usual thanks to a collection of interesting characters, most notably Eric Monkman from Wolfson College, Cambridge, who has been described on Twitter by many viewers as ""the most intense contestant ever"". Each year, a Christmas special sequence is aired featuring distinguished alumni. Out of 7 first-round winners, the top 4 highest-scoring teams progress to the semi-finals. The teams consist of celebrities who represent their alma"
"far fewer students – numbering in the hundreds rather than thousands – than most universities. This was one ostensible inspiration for a 1975 protest, in which a team from the Victoria University of Manchester (which included David Aaronovitch) came second to Downing College, Cambridge, when they started a round by answering every question ""Che Guevara"", ""Marx"", ""Trotsky"" or ""Lenin"", in the hope of making the resulting show unbroadcastable. It did, however, get broadcast, although only portions of the episode still exist in the archives of Granada TV. Granada banned the University of Manchester for several years. University Challenge was eventually"
"hosted by Peter Sinclair, with ""University Challenge"" commencing one week after the ""Mastermind"" final. The show is broadcast in a split screen format, which led to a widespread rumour in the 1980s that the set was constructed so that one team was seated immediately above the other. Several team members from ""University Challenge"" have gone on to make a name for themselves in other fields, among them: The first series was filmed in Dunedin and screened on TV One in 1976. Unlike other series, it consisted of four knockout heats (the highest-scoring loser of the first three heats competed again,"
"The Challenge (TV series) The Challenge (originally known as Road Rules: All Stars, followed by Real World/Road Rules Challenge) is a reality game show on MTV that is spun off from the network's two reality shows, ""Real World"" and ""Road Rules"". It features alumni from these two shows, in addition to rookies and alumni from ""The Challenge"", and alumni from ""Are You the One?"", ""Big Brother"" (US), ""Ex on the Beach"" (UK and US), and ""Geordie Shore"" competing against one another for a cash prize. ""The Challenge"" is currently hosted by T. J. Lavin. The series premiered on June 1,"
"that were not screened on its partner channel TV2. When TVNZ's Dunedin studio was closed and TVNZ moved premises to Auckland, they decided to drop the show. In July 2014, 25 years after TVNZ stopped producing ""University Challenge"", Cue TV revived the show with station owner Tom Conroy as host. Some of the science questions were replaced with more populist material to enable greater involvement from the audience at home. It began airing on Prime in November 2014. As with the British show, ""starter"" questions are answered individually ""on the buzzer"", and are worth 10 points. The team answering a"
"of directors of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He is a patron of the Museum of Richmond. Gascoigne and his wife, Christina (née Ditchburn), whom he met at Cambridge, have lived in Richmond, London, since the late 1960s. In 2014 Gascoigne inherited West Horsley Place from his aunt and godmother Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe. Bamber Gascoigne Arthur Bamber Gascoigne (born 24 January 1935) is a British television presenter and author, best known for being the original quizmaster on ""University Challenge"", which ran from 1962 to 1987. Gascoigne is the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne"
"under University Challenge rules. (The UK teams won in both years.) There have been two television appearances since then; the 1984 tournament semi-finals and finals aired on NBC, hosted by Pat Sajak (of Wheel of Fortune fame), and the entire 1987 tournament on Disney Channel, hosted by Dick Cavett. The University of Minnesota won both iterations. In 1970, modern quiz bowl invitational tournaments began with the Southeastern Invitational Tournament, and the circuit expanded through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. These tournaments increasingly made various modifications to the College Bowl format, and came to be known as quiz bowl. Earlier invitational"
"maters. University Challenge 2016–17 Series 46 of ""University Challenge"" began on 11 July 2016 on BBC Two, and finished on 10 April 2017. This series of the long running quiz show has drawn larger audiences than usual thanks to a collection of interesting characters, most notably Eric Monkman from Wolfson College, Cambridge, who has been described on Twitter by many viewers as ""the most intense contestant ever"". Each year, a Christmas special sequence is aired featuring distinguished alumni. Out of 7 first-round winners, the top 4 highest-scoring teams progress to the semi-finals. The teams consist of celebrities who represent their"
"a regular guest on Jonsson's team, where he had a pint of Guinness on his desk where all the other contestants had water. Will Self was replaced by dead-pan comic, Jack Dee for the 2008 15th Anniversary Special and for the 2009 series, which also saw Lucas' character, George Dawes, replaced by Angelos Epithemiou, a creation of comedian Renton Skinner. Contestants are often addressed by their surnames, in reference to ""University Challenge"". In addition to the 'regulars', the panel consisted of other celebrities from music, sports, politics and other fields. Some of the most memorable episodes included members who were"
"surpise, Lafayette College retired undefeated in fall 1962 after beating the University of California, Berkeley for its fifth victory, a David and Goliath event. The show licensed and spun off three other academic competitions in the U.S.: A British version of the televised College Bowl competition was launched as ""University Challenge"" in 1962. The program, presented by Bamber Gascoigne, produced by Granada Television and broadcast across the ITV network, was very popular and ran until it was taken off the air in 1987. In 1994 the show was resurrected by the BBC with Jeremy Paxman as the new quizmaster. It"
"Zuri Hall Zuri Hall is an American television personality. She is the co-anchor of E! News, and the former host of MTV's after-shows and reunions for the popular reality game show ""The Challenge"". Hall has been a recurring guest on VH1's ""Big Morning Buzz Live"" and has appeared on E!'s ""Fashion Police"" with Joan Rivers. One year after graduating from Ohio State University on full academic scholarship, Hall won her first Regional Emmy in the ""Outstanding Host - Talent"" category. Hall competed against hundreds in the search for the next Face of MyINDY-TV and became the first female to win"
"Love"" magazine. She's also been featured in profile pieces for AXS TV, in ""Metromix Indy"" as a Local Celebrity, ""Ballers Block"" as a ""game changer"", AMPS Indy, and ""The Indianapolis Star"". Zuri Hall Zuri Hall is an American television personality. She is the co-anchor of E! News, and the former host of MTV's after-shows and reunions for the popular reality game show ""The Challenge"". Hall has been a recurring guest on VH1's ""Big Morning Buzz Live"" and has appeared on E!'s ""Fashion Police"" with Joan Rivers. One year after graduating from Ohio State University on full academic scholarship, Hall won"
"Challenger (game show) Challenger was an Australian children's game show that aired on the Nine Network in 1997 and 1998. The first host was Diarmid Heidenreich, famous for playing Dougie the pizza delivery guy in Pizza Hut commercials in the mid-1990s. After he left the show in early 1998 he was replaced by hosts Adrian DeVito and Zoe Sheridan. They filmed 265 episodes before the show was superseded by the return of ""Now You See It"". The format of the show had two teams (Alpha and Omega) with three children a side. The teams consisted of a captain and two"
"produced in London in 1957 by Michael Codron, and performed by Maggie Smith and Kenneth Williams (with music by Keith Statham and Patrick Gowers). He then spent a year as a Commonwealth Fund scholar at Yale University (1958–59). After National Service in the Grenadier Guards he became a theatre critic. Gascoigne came to national fame as the original presenter (from 1962) of the popular television quiz show ""University Challenge"", based on the US series ""College Bowl"". He held the position for 25 years, until the end of the initial run in 1987. Although he has written several books, mostly works"
"Christmas University Challenge Christmas University Challenge is a British quiz programme which has aired on BBC Two since 2011. It is a spin-off from University Challenge that airs daily over the Christmas period, and features teams of noteworthy alumni from British universities competing in the same format as the parent show. The current holders are Keble College, Oxford, who won the 2017/18 edition. The 2011 series was won by Trinity College, Cambridge whose team of Robin Bhattacharyya, Daisy Goodwin, John Lloyd, and Edward Stourton beat the University of Warwick's team of Vadim Jean, Daisy Christodoulou, Christian Wolmar and Carla Mendonça."
"""University Challenge"" quiz team in the mid-1980s, in ""Starter for 10"". He was directed by David Nicholls, who adapted the film's screenplay from his own book. The British-American production was given distribution in the UK on 10 November. In spite of the positive buzz, the movie flopped at the box office, unable to recover its production costs of £5.7 million. Forest Whitaker had suggested McAvoy to director Kevin Macdonald for the role of Nicholas Garrigan in 2006's Academy Award-winning low-budgeted ""The Last King of Scotland"". McAvoy portrayed a Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician to dictator Idi Amin (played"
"was Chris Barrie (captain), Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn, Chloë Annett and Craig Charles. The cast, who at times seemed amazed at the fans' knowledge, lost, but by only 15 points, 280–295. ""Sixth Form Challenge"", hosted by Chris Kelly, appeared briefly between 1965 and 1967. The sixth form contestants represented leading public schools and grammar schools. An untelevised version, ""Schools' Challenge"", continues to run at junior and senior secondary school levels. ""University Challenge"" ran in New Zealand for 14 seasons, from 1976 until 1989, with international series held between the previous years' British and New Zealand champions in both 1986 and"
"Challenging Times Challenging Times was a television quiz show for teams representing higher education institutes in Ireland, both those in the Republic of Ireland and those in Northern Ireland. It was televised by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) from 1991 to 2001, sponsored by ""The Irish Times"", and presented by Kevin Myers, then a columnist with that newspaper. The programme used a quizbowl format similar to that of ""University Challenge"" in the United Kingdom (the only difference is that the starter questions are worth five points, as opposed to ten on ""University Challenge""), which is itself a licensed version of the"
"countries. The Challenge (TV series) The Challenge (originally known as Road Rules: All Stars, followed by Real World/Road Rules Challenge) is a reality game show on MTV that is spun off from the network's two reality shows, ""Real World"" and ""Road Rules"". It features alumni from these two shows, in addition to rookies and alumni from ""The Challenge"", and alumni from ""Are You the One?"", ""Big Brother"" (US), ""Ex on the Beach"" (UK and US), and ""Geordie Shore"" competing against one another for a cash prize. ""The Challenge"" is currently hosted by T. J. Lavin. The series premiered on June"
"to ""Academic Challenge"" with host Don Webster. After a 35 consecutive year run and a brief hiatus, ""Academic Challenge"" returned to the WEWS airwaves in 2003 with host Adam Shapiro. Danita Harris hosted the 2006 season; from 2007–16, Jason Nicholas was the host, succeeded by Hakem Dermish in December 2016 after Nicholas left WEWS. Dermish was succeeded by WCPN host Rick Jackson on April 28, 2018 after Dermish left WEWS for CBS Sports in New York. Rob Powers is the current host of Academic Challenge on WEWS. While not a spin off, the UK has a similar show, University Challenge,"
"garnered the highest ratings for its time slot, although it was cancelled in 1988. The ""Academic Challenge"" quiz bowl program, similar to ""GE College Bowl"", places local high schools in a head-to-head battle for the championship title and over $40,000 in scholarship money. Twenty high schools from Southern Oregon and Northern California participate in the ""Academic Challenge"". Each school brings in a team of five students, four participating and one alternate, who answer a series of questions from the host, NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Jeff Heaton, on topics such as history, math, literature, current events and a variety of other"
"YSU Academic Challenge YSU Academic Challenge is the Youngstown, Ohio area high school quiz bowl program that airs on ABC station WYTV on Saturday nights and reairs on Sunday nights on MyYTV. Stan Boney, the chief meteorologist at WYTV, is the host of this program that premiered in 2002. In 2008 Academic Challenge changed its appearance but kept its old rules. When it premiered, the show was taped at Bliss Hall on the campus of Youngstown State University. Two teams of four students representing different high schools across the WYTV viewing area compete in a game similar to that of"
"Family Challenge Family Challenge is an American game show that aired on The Family Channel from October 2, 1995 to September 7, 1997, lasting for two seasons. Reruns aired on GSN from April 3 to September 25, 1999. The first season was hosted by Ray Combs, with Gene Wood serving as announcer. Both had formerly served in the same respective roles for ""Family Feud"". Combs took the role in large part because he was deep in debt and needed the money; his financial and some health problems eventually led Combs to commit suicide in 1996, after the first season ended."
"remains very popular in Britain. The show, and the catch phrase used by Gascoigne (and later Paxman) before each toss-up question, ""Your starter for 10,"" was the inspiration for the novel ""Starter for 10"", and the subsequent film. A New Zealand version of ""University Challenge"" ran from 1976 to 1989, and was revived in 2014. An Irish version of the competition called ""Challenging Times"" ran between 1991 and 2002. It was sponsored by The Irish Times newspaper, and presented by Kevin Myers, then a columnist with that newspaper. Over the course of the show, University College Cork had the most"
"categories. At the end of this double-elimination competition the final two teams will split the scholarship money, 60% to the championship team, 40% to the second-place team. The idea for ""Academic Challenge"" started at KRCR-TV in Redding in 1998 and was hosted by Gary Gunter from 1998 to 2005, then Tim Mapes from then on. NBC 5's newly hired general manager Bob Wise brought the identically formatted program to southern Oregon in 2005. The program regularly aired on Sundays at 6:30 p.m., or after ""NBC Sunday Night Football"" and ""NBC 5 News"" during the NFL season, but has since been"