UCL triumph on 'University Challenge'

They drew first blood by answering "Charles Dickens" to the first starter question, and went on to win the close-fought battle by 165 to 160.

In a clear demonstration of the benefits of studying at a university with strengths across the complete range of disciplines, the team's other correct answers included: "viscosity", "fibreglass", "question mark", "meteor hitting the earth", "Wet Wet Wet" and 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'", "earthworm", "love", "'Henry V'", "snare drum", "bongos", "Thomas Pynchon" and "Frascati".

Image: UCL's 2006 team, pictured with host Jeremy Paxman: Matthew Howson (UCL SSEES), Ellen Dwyer (UCL Medical School), Joe Murray (UCL English Language & Literature) and James Doeser (UCL Institute of Archaeology)