3 w. ago Dublin's winning University Challenge captain on revising everything and the reaction back home

In last night’s closely contested final, Christ’s College won the competition over the University of Warwick 175 – 170.

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3 w. ago Dublin student 'stunned' after leading team to victory on BBC's University Challenge

Dublin student 'stunned' after leading team to victory on BBC's University Challenge  Irish Examiner

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3 w. ago ‘Very satisfying, but madly fortunate, to have won’: student Oscar Despard on his University Challenge victory

President sends congratulations to Dubliner who led team from Christ’s College, Cambridge

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3 w. ago Dublin’s Oscar Despard Leads Cambridge to Historic University Challenge Victory

Dublin’s Oscar Despard Leads Cambridge to Historic University Challenge Victory  98FM

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4 w. ago Irish student leads Cambridge team to victory on BBC’s University Challenge

Dubliner Oscar Despard (22) is studying for a PhD in molecular biology

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4 w. ago Dubliner Oscar Despard leads team to victory in University Challenge final

Dubliner Oscar Despard leads team to victory in University Challenge final  The Irish Independent

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4 w. ago Dublin student Oscar Despard leads team to victory in final of BBC's University Challenge

The grand final of the quiz show airs tonight on BBC2 at 8:30pm.

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4 w. ago Dublin's Oscar Despard leads Cambridge team to victory in prestigious BBC quiz University Challenge

Back home in south Dublin – where his father William is owner of The Bretzel Bakery in Portobello – another screening was organised at his former sailing club in Dún Laoghaire

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4 w. ago Irish captain leads Cambridge team in final of prestigious BBC quiz University Challenge

Irish captain leads Cambridge team in final of prestigious BBC quiz University Challenge  Westmeath Independent

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4 w. ago Dublin student Oscar Despard to lead his team in final of BBC's University Challenge tonight

The grand final of the quiz show airs tonight on BBC2 at 8:30pm.

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4 w. ago University Challenge Irish finalist: ‘There’s always a Shakespeare question, so I read his complete works’

Quiz show is ‘one of the rare places that knowledge without purpose is celebrated’, says Oscar Despard

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