Which university sets the best record on University Challenge (BBC2)?

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University College, Oxford on the basis that this page is still current: The highest match score of all time was University College, Oxford's 520 points in 1987, versus Reading. The highest score PE (Paxman Era) was Open University's 415 points against Charing Cross in 1997. The all-time lowest score was 10 points achieved (if that's the word) by Sussex University in 1971. The lowest score for the regular series in the modern era was 15 points, achieved by Exeter in a quarter-final match against Corpus Christi College, Oxford, broadcast in January 2009. The second-lowest was 30 points, achieved just two weeks later by Lincoln College, Oxford in a semi-final against Manchester. Prior to the 2008-9 series, the old Paxman-era record was infamously set by the girls of New Hall, Cambridge... Their 35 points (coming back from -15) were scraped together in a show aired in 1997, beating a 40-point low previously kept by Birkbeck College, London. Bradford University and Jesus College, Oxford also scored 35, in 2004 and 2010 respectively, as did the Royal Naval College and the Lawyers in the 2003 Professionals series. Until Exeter's failure, the all-time low for the Paxman era was also achieved in the 2003 Professionals series, when the House of Commons team, which included Austin Mitchell and Lembit Opik, scored only 25. In 2006, Robinson College, Cambridge scored 40 points. Other teams to score only 40 have included Oxford Brookes University (1998 - but see Trivia above); St Andrews University (2001 and 2004); Keele University (2002) and Queen's University, Belfast (2005). In addition, two teams have scored only 45 points, namely St Hilda's, Oxford (2006) and Corpus Christi, Oxford (2007): they both did so in their second rounds. http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/University_Challenge Dec 30 10, 8:39 AM

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Open University, according to The Times: Since the revival of University Challenge in 1994: Lowest score: 15 - Exeter University, 2009 (previously New Hall, Cambridge, and Bradford jointly with 35) Highest score: 415 - Open University, 1997 Highest winning margin: 350 - Open University beat Charing Cross, 1997 Highest series total: 1460 - Trinity, Cambridge, 1995 Most series appearances: 12 - Edinburgh Total teams: 134 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5622305.ece Dec 30 10, 8:42 AM