It was a clash of the Jewish titans on University Challenge last night as the two contestants taking the competition by storm met in one of the programme’s quarter finals.
Gilead Amit, 20, a physics undergraduate and captain of the Imperial College, London team, met natural sciences student Alex Guttenplan, 19, the captain of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in a close match which began with a lead by Imperial College.
But it was in the last few moments that Mr Guttenplan’s team stormed to victory, with the team scoring 95 points in the last few minutes.
His victory was so impressive that briefly the name “Alex Guttenplan” was a trending topic on Twitter, showing how many people were writing on the microblogging site about his victory.
