Warwick Uni has won University Challenge 2021: Here are all the best tweets from the final

In case you’ve been living under a rock, last night, the University of Warwick won University Challenge!

They beat Magdalene College Cambridge in this iconic competition, 195-140 (for non University Challenge nerds, that’s a pretty decent win! #woxbridge).

The Warwick team, comprised of Richard Pollard, George Braid, Owain Burrell, and their team captain Andrew Rout, did brilliantly, in questions ranging from classical music to 21st century vampire films (still raging that Twilight didn’t get a mention tbh).

Now we could give you a standard, run of the mill recap of this thrilling final… or we could show you the highlights through the medium of tweets. Well, I know which one I’d prefer…

1. Burrell’s Shirt

Wonder if he got it from one of the SU Vintage sales?

Burrell’s mind already on his holiday and a post series lifting of the travel ban judging by the shirt. Rout doesn’t look impressed #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/cvNX9JynUL

— 🐰🐣 David Wilding 🐣🐰 (@DavidWilding271) April 5, 2021

Burrell looks like he's living in vain hope of an overseas holiday this year. #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/Yv9E9nH62B

— JJ Allerton (@AllertonJj) April 5, 2021

When you have #UniversityChallenge at 8.30 pm and rehearsals for South Pacific at 10pm pic.twitter.com/Dw7rx6ANtF

— Danny (@qprrforme) April 5, 2021

2. The Classical Music Hate

Ahhhh a standard of any University Challenge episode- and if you’re not answering each question with Tchaikovsky, desperately hoping it’ll be right just this once, you’re not playing properly.

"We're going "For 10 points
to take a you'll hear a
music round piece of
now" classical music"#UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/I6fOYMda9D

— Sam (@Sam_Mack1) April 5, 2021

3. Rout reigns supreme

He’s got my vote at the next general election.

Let’s be honest.
We’d all feel a little safer if Rout was in charge.#UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/tHcIYyY4nG

— Matthew Holland (@matcheftheday) April 5, 2021

The look of a bloke who’s thinking “we’ve got this” 😀#universitychallenge pic.twitter.com/Yr0cx7xY13

— Andrew Jazzie (@AndrewJazzie) April 5, 2021

4. Davies bringing the drama

Who knew the world of Beatrix Potter could be so serious?

I did love Davies's dramatic delivery of "A fox and a hedgehog". Like a scientist delivering a final solution in a sci-fi film. #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/9gx1dzAFHe

— Ariadne Griffin 🦋 (@Ariadne_Griffin) April 5, 2021

That feeling when you call Campbell-Bannerman, Bannerman-Campbell. #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/TvZdIQtkxg

— Charles Dundas (@cdundas) April 5, 2021

5. GLUCAGON

That’s all, that’s the tweet.

GLUCAGON!!!🤣🤣#UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/7qUKUD6nMf

— Dani (@Feemy82) April 5, 2021

GLUCAGON! #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/axCrMLpLjB

— The Great Refuckening (@theindiereef) April 5, 2021

6. Timeless Pollard

Time to start taking fashion tips from Burrell maybe?

I reckon Pollard will look exactly the same age 50, I can see him out on his drive in his wellies washing the Volvo looking exactly like this in 30 yrs time. #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/DOLY7xTmDZ

— Barbara Carter☕️ (@Springborn21) April 5, 2021

7. # Rourrell Bromance

He may have forgotten Burrell’s surname before, but this duo are ICONIC

Name a more iconic duo…Go!!!#UniversityChallengeKlaxon #UniversityChallenge #Warwick pic.twitter.com/yh02DremQF

— Alyanna Arzente (@AlyannaArzente) April 5, 2021

Rout & Burrell tonight #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/SoUjgXasXL

— Ryan 🌚 (@ryanmls_) April 5, 2021

8. 21st Century Vampire Films

We love when University Challenge throw in “popular culture” questions for us mere mortals… that are still too difficult for us to get.

oh AND my university challenge crush making a witty reference to The Twilight Films on a question about vampires in cinima ? im passin away ! pic.twitter.com/1NQS338vRw

— minney (@horntybxtch) April 5, 2021

Shake of the head from Pollard who to be fair, doesn’t look an expert on Vampire films #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/dziMl0mQDL

— 🐰🐣 David Wilding 🐣🐰 (@DavidWilding271) April 5, 2021

9. Champions

Yes but has she heard of #Woxbridge?

Me when a non-Oxbridge Uni wins #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/OHgqX0BWYV

— ★ ANASTAZIA ★ (@__Anastazia__) April 5, 2021

10. LEGENDS <3

The only boyband I care about #UniversityChallenge pic.twitter.com/i6zsBe13qD

— Robin Easton (@Rph_Easton) April 5, 2021

Featured image credited to Sarath Varadarajan/Warwick Quiz Soc.

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