Университетский Челлендж: Новозеландская викторина

New Zealand game show

University Challenge is a long running New Zealand television quiz show, running originally from 1976 to 1989 before its revival in 2014 after a 25 year hiatus. The format was based on the British show of the same name, which was itself based on the American College Bowl. The 2014–2017 series were produced by Cue TV in Invercargill. The title holders are the University of Canterbury, who won the final series on 21 January 2017.

At its inception in 1976, University Challenge was hosted by Peter Sinclair, though he was briefly dropped in the late 1970s and replaced by University of Otago lecturer Charles Higham. Sinclair returned after just two seasons, and continued in this capacity until the show went into hiatus in 1989. The first series was filmed in the Union Hall, in Otago University's student union building. Later series were filmed in TVNZ's Dunedin studio. It was sponsored by the BNZ, who provided prizes for some of the series. For example, one year, they gave each member of the winning team "an Apple Macintosh computer system, plus a BNZ campus pack account with a $500 credit balance". In July 2014, 25 years after TVNZ stopped producing University Challenge, Cue TV revived the show with station owner Tom Conroy as host. Some of the science questions were replaced with more populist material to enable greater involvement from the audience at home. It began airing on Prime in November 2014.

SeriesYearChannelHostWinning teamUniversityTeam members11976TV OnePeter SinclairUniversity of OtagoGrant Liddell, Mark Allan, Dennis King, Bruce MacKay21977Graham Pendreigh, Nicholas Dodd, Stephen Kennedy, Wayne McLachlan31978Richard HighamGraeme Smaill, Robin St. Clair, Paul Corwin, Michael Jackson41979University of CanterburyRichard Surridge, Graham Buckley, Brian Wilson, Martin Browne51980Peter SinclairUniversity of OtagoJocelyn Brown , James McPetrie, Bruce Russell, Grant Holloway61981TV2University of CanterburyLiz Wilson, Jill Scott, Alistair Fletcher, Peter Clayworth71982Massey UniversityBryan Kirk, Judith Bowen, Richard Major, Richard Rumball81983TV OneVictoria University of WellingtonDaniel Morgan, Stewart Bartlett, Dean Sole, Jeremy Millar91984University of OtagoJames Dignan, Geoff Boon, Richard Soper, Nick Thompson101985University of AucklandAdam Lowe, Lindsay Diggelmann, Scott Mataga, Grant Shirreffs111986University of OtagoPrudence Scott, Richard Nyhof, Camilla Owen, Clive Copeman121987University of AucklandGraham Coop, Sue Jensen, Charles Chauvel, Bruce Williams131988University of CanterburyMark Wilson, Alex Lojkine, Jolisa Wood , Tony Smith141989University of WaikatoKeith Sircombe, Wendy Moffitt, Duncan Stewart, Stephen Brown152014PrimeTom ConroyUniversity of CanterburyGerald Pfeifer , Rachael Harris, Daniel Redmond, Stewart Alexander, Liam Boardman162015University of AucklandAlistair Kendrick , Hemanth Nair, Sana Oshika, David Parfitt, Lucy Harrison172016University of CanterburyStewart Alexander , Jack Hayes, Catherine O'Donnell Jackways, Liam Boardman, Alexander Amies

Two international series were held in 1986 and 1987 between the British and New Zealand champions of the previous year. The first of these was held in Dunedin, New Zealand (the venue for the filming of the New Zealand domestic series); the second was held in Manchester, England. Each of these was a best of three series. Both series resulted in a win to the British team. There was also a one off match between the Australian and New Zealand champions in 1989, filmed immediately after the completion of the Australian filming in Hobart, Tasmania, resulting in an Australian win.

The fifteenth series was filmed on 1–5 July 2014 and premiered on 22 November 2014 on Prime. It was in a new round robin format, hosted by Cue TV director Tom Conroy and produced by Sheree Carey. Auckland University of Technology, newcomers to the show, lost all seven of their round robin games. The final episodes aired on 4 April 2015, with the University of Canterbury winning the series after defeating the University of Auckland in the final.

The following table should be read vertically. A green cell indicates a win, and a red cell indicates a loss. The number in each cell shows the points differential (the difference between the two teams' points). Two points were awarded for each win. The four teams with the most points at the end of the tournament went through to the semi finals. Total points differential (shown in the bottom row) was used as a secondary ranking criterion in case multiple teams had the same number of points. vs. Auckland AUT Canterbury Lincoln Massey Otago Victoria Waikato Auckland AUT Canterbury Lincoln Massey Otago Victoria Waikato Points 10 0 10 4 4 12 12 4 Points differential 405 740 445 145 385 480 460 520

The sixteenth series was filmed in late August 2015 and premiered on 17 October 2015 on Prime. It was again hosted by Tom Conroy, and featured all eight of New Zealand's universities, which were split into two pools. Pool A consisted of Waikato and the three South Island teams (Canterbury, Lincoln, and Otago) and Pool B consisted of the remaining North Island teams (Auckland, AUT, Massey, and Victoria). The University of Auckland won the series, defeating the University of Canterbury in the final. The first three rounds of the competition involved a round robin within each of the pools. Round four consisted of cross over games, where the first place team from Pool A played the fourth placed team from Pool B, the second from Pool A played the third from Pool B, and so on. At the end of round 4, the four teams with the most points went through to the semi finals (with points differential as a secondary ranking criterion).

The following tables should be read vertically. A green cell indicates a win, and a red cell indicates a loss. The number in each cell shows the points differential (the difference between the two teams' points). For the inter pool round, the opponent is written next to the differential score. Two points are awarded for each win. The two teams in each pool with the most points at the end of the tournament go through to the semi finals. Total points differential (shown in the bottom row) is used as a secondary ranking criterion in case multiple teams have the same number of points.

vs. Canterbury Lincoln Otago Waikato Canterbury Lincoln Otago Waikato INTER POOL Points 4 4 8 2 Points differential 250 260 650 315

vs. Auckland AUT Massey Victoria Auckland AUT Massey Victoria INTER POOL Points 6 0 2 6 Points differential 825 1060 895 805

The seventeenth series premiered on 15 October 2016 on Prime. It was again hosted by Tom Conroy, and featured all eight of New Zealand's universities, which were split into two pools. Pool A consisted of AUT and the three South Island teams (Canterbury, Lincoln, and Otago) and Pool B consisted of the remaining North Island teams (Auckland, Massey, Victoria, and Waikato). The University of Canterbury won the series, defeating the University of Waikato in the final. The first three rounds of the competition involved a round robin within each of the pools. At the end of round 3, the four teams with the most points went through to the semi finals (with points differential as a secondary ranking criterion).

The following tables should be read vertically. A green cell indicates a win, and a red cell indicates a loss. The number in each cell shows the points differential (the difference between the two teams' points). Two points are awarded for each win. The two teams in each pool with the most points at the end of the tournament go through to the semi finals. Total points differential (shown in the bottom row) is used as a secondary ranking criterion in case multiple teams have the same number of points.

vs. AUT Canterbury Lincoln Otago AUT Canterbury Lincoln Otago Points 2 6 2 2 Points differential 35 325 225 136

vs. Auckland Massey Victoria Waikato Auckland Massey Victoria Waikato Points 6 0 2 4 Points differential 260 365 10 95