Series 36 of University Challenge began on 7 August 2006 and was broadcast on BBC Two. This is a list of the matches played, their scores, and outcomes.
- 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 have lost, but survived as highest scoring losers.
- Teams with black scores have been disqualified.
Team 1 |
Score |
Team 2 |
Broadcast Date
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University of Aberystwyth
|
205
|
195
|
University of Bristol
|
7 August 2006
|
University College London
|
165
|
160
|
Pembroke College, Cambridge
|
14 August 2006
|
University of York
|
265
|
95
|
Harris Manchester College, Oxford
|
21 August 2006
|
Merton College, Oxford
|
245
|
150
|
University of Manchester
|
28 August 2006
|
University of Brighton
|
190
|
130
|
Imperial College School of Medicine
|
4 September 2006
|
Girton College, Cambridge
|
190
|
140
|
University of Sussex
|
11 September 2006
|
University of Newcastle
|
95
|
270
|
Royal Holloway, University of London
|
18 September 2006
|
Durham University
|
245
|
110
|
Churchill College, Cambridge
|
25 September 2006
|
Robinson College, Cambridge
|
40
|
295
|
Wadham College, Oxford
|
1 October 2006
|
University of Edinburgh
|
195
|
120
|
University of Birmingham
|
8 October 2006
|
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
|
220
|
150
|
University of Reading
|
15 October 2006
|
University of Warwick
|
195
|
115
|
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
|
5 November 2006
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Linacre College, Oxford
|
150
|
170
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University of East Anglia
|
12 November 2006
|
Somerville College, Oxford
|
235
|
115
|
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
|
19 November 2006
|
Highest Scoring Losers Playoffs
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- The trophy and title were awarded to the Warwick team of Rory Gill, Harold Wyber, Daisy Christodoulou, and Prakash Patel. They beat a Manchester team of Tim Hawken, Adam Clark, Ciaran Lavin, and David Elliott in the final.
- The trophy was presented by Ann Widdecombe.
- Daisy Christodoulou reappeared on the programme, again representing Warwick, in a Christmas special edition in December 2011, this time alongside Vadim Jean, captain Christian Wolmar and Carla Mendonça. In the first round, Warwick won with a score of 225, giving them a place in the semi-finals, in which the team scored 265, securing their place in the final. In the final, the team secured a much lower score of 60, and lost out to Trinity College, Cambridge. In the first round, Christodoulou answered the most starter-for-ten questions out of both teams, and in the semi-final, she also answered many starter questions correctly.