A WIRRAL student appeared with his university quiz team on University Challenge.

Tom Armstrong from Wirral entered the BBC quiz show with his team at Oriel College at the University of Oxford.

Armstrong who studies history and politics was joined by his teammates Simon Taseen, biomedical science, Theo Sharkey, history, and team captain Dana Kilburn, English literature.

Oriel College, Oxford play Durham University contestants Oriel College, Oxford play Durham University contestants (Image: BBC)

The episode, which aired at 8.30pm last night (Monday, October 7), saw Oriel College, Oxford play Durham University for a place in the second round of the competition.

The teams played first starter for 10 which meant whoever came out on top would go straight into round two while the losing team would need a score of at least 120 points to remain with a chance of joining them.

Armstrong helped his team gain points by answering questions correctly such as, ‘Born in Atlanta in 1957 which American director was awarded the 2023 British Film Institute fellowship?’, ‘In the fifth book of Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle discusses which virtue divides its particular type into distributive and communitive forms?’ and ‘In optics what two-word term denotes a dimensionless number calculated as the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum then the speed of light in a denser transparency?’.

Armstrong's correct answers helped gain points and bonus questions for his team.

At the end of the match, Oriel was crowned winner with a score of 200 points while Durham lost with a score of 165 points.

Addressing Durham at the end of the match, University Challenge host, Amol Rajan, said: “That was such an absolutely thrilling match. It really was. You did yourselves incredibly proud apart from the fact there were 165 it might well be enough to mean we see you again.

He added to Oriel: “Oriel you know how to make it tense don’t you. My goodness me that was slgihtyl too interesting from your point of view but you won with a tremendous performance against a very very strong team so well done. I’m sure we’ll see you again.”

You can watch the episode on BBC iPlayer.