09-10-2019 13:43 via theguardian.com

The Oxbridge problem: is it time to shake up University Challenge?

For decades, Oxford and Cambridge have been allowed to dominate the quiz by entering individual colleges. Here’s why we need to end this unfair advantageIf the rules of University Challenge are as constant as the North Star, so is the format. Every series since time immemorial has featured an array of questionable knitwear, a student who can correctly identify Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony in E Minor but go blank at George Michael’s Faith, and a seemingly endless barrage of Oxfo
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