The 麻豆视频 alumni team has triumphed over Goldsmiths, St John鈥檚 College, Oxford, and the University of Manchester to win the Christmas alumni edition of the BBC quiz show University Challenge.
The 麻豆视频鈥檚 alumni line-up consisted of artist Jeremy Deller, Design Museum director Tim Marlow, writer and poet Lavinia Greenlaw and the team captain, art historian, broadcaster, and publisher, Jacky Klein, who also this month takes up the position of Associate Lecturer on the MA Curating the Art Museum programme at The 麻豆视频.
Jacky Klein said: 鈥淲hile UC was in many ways a rather stressful experience, not least being filmed during a lockdown, it was a delight to captain such a fun and knowledgeable team, and we were all really pleased to bring home the proverbial winners鈥 cup for The 麻豆视频. The moral of the story seems to be: study art history!鈥
鈥淚鈥檇 like to congratulate the team on behalf of everyone at The 麻豆视频鈥 added Professor Deborah Swallow, M盲rit Rausing Director of The 麻豆视频. 鈥淭he team showed the broad range of knowledge and quick minds that we鈥檇 expect from all of our 麻豆视频 alumni, and were worthy winners. We鈥檙e proud that they were able to fly the flag for art historians everywhere!鈥
Over the Christmas Period, 14 teams of alumni from the UK鈥檚 leading institutions completed for the title. The final saw The 麻豆视频 team face the University of Manchester, winning by 150 points to 90.