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University of Nottingham alumni will do battle with alumni from Newnham College, Cambridge, on Friday night in a special Christmas edition of the famous television quiz show University Challenge.
The show, which normally sets teams of undergraduates from various universities against each other in a test of general knowledge, is this time turning its attention to famous former students. The programme has featured current University of Nottingham students several times in the past but this is the first that former students have represented their alma mater
The Nottingham team is made up of England rugby legend and sports commentator Brian Moore (Law 1984 Hon LLD 2010), John Timpson CBE (Industrial Economics 1964) Chief Executive of the famous high street business Timpson, BBC One Show natural history presenter and ecologist Mike Dilger (Botany 1988) and the clinical psychologist, author and broadcaster Oliver James (Child Psychology MA 1979).
This special series of matches features teams of distinguished people from 14 UK universities all looking to progress to a second round of the competition. These include Liverpool, Leeds, Bristol, Cardiff, LSE, Newcastle, Loughborough and New College, Oxford.
Other university celebrities taking part include: Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Kate Mosse, Loyd Grossman, Bill Turnbull, Jay Rayner and Alistair McGowan and Diane Abbott.
The winners will go through to a semi-final.
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