the final, between corpus christi college and manchester, was broadcast on 23 february 2009. before the final, press coverage focused on the corpus christi captain, gail trimble, who had gained an exceptionally high proportion of her team's points. in the final, which was watched by more than 5 million viewers, the show's highest audience share since at least 2001, trimble scored 125 points in the last four minutes to lead her team to what appeared at the time to be a clear victory. she was described in the british press as the "human google", and by a defeated contestant as a "relentless juggernaut of intellectual blitzkrieg".