2009-02-22
Is Gail Trimble the cleverest contestant ever? | The Observer
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Gail Trimble is the team captain for Corpus Christi, Oxford:
“In the quarter-finals, Trimble racked up a record 15 starters-for-10 as Corpus Christi raced to 350 points.”
Watching the semi-final, it struck me that allowing postgrads onto the teams is probably about as unfair as allowing each Oxbridge college its own slot on the show. A university focussed on teaching, as opposed to research, will have to draw on a pool that doesn’t include older twentysomethings, who have more experience and a deeper understanding of their subject.
Oh well, I suppose it’s only a game.
