the 2009 series produced the two lowest team scores since the programme was revived by the bbc in 1994. 15 points were achieved by the university of exeter in the third quarter-final against the later disqualified corpus christi college, oxford, and 30 points were scored by lincoln college, oxford in a semi-final against university of manchester. in the exeter v. corpus christi match, corpus christi captain gail trimble answered a record fifteen starters correctly, leading to much interest on internet forums and in the popular press.