Irish student among winning University Challenge team

It may be one of TV's toughest challenges, and sharing the spoils is a PhD student from Lucan, Co Dublin.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, he is now working from his home in Lucan, where he is also celebrating his big win. Conor and his teammates, Richard Brooks, Brandon Blackwell and Caleb Rich, were selected to compete for Imperial College last year. "You have to be somebody who enjoys accidentally spending a couple of hours on Wikipedia. A lot of the questions I answered in the show were subjects I'd read about or remembered from other quizzes.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

Delighted to see Irish success here - on a quiz that frequently demonstrates a void of knowledge about Ireland among otherwise highly knowledgeable people!

Great competition, very tough. Well done 👍

Well done. 'Have loved the UC quiz for years. Kudos for Irish students too.

Well done Conor. Fantastic achievement 👏

MurphybeGood FMonds DJFlipHoldMe we’ve another Lucan legend taking over

Congratulations & well done

Congratulations to Imperial College on becoming the winners of the Grand Final University Challenge. Impressed by Conor McMeel from Dublin who gave an excellent performance alongside his teammates, Brooks, Brandon and Rich.

ingridmileyRTE Well done Conor 👍 Lucan is very proud of your terrific achievements.. 🏆🎉

Making a McMeel out of this. Sorry, that was low hanging fruit... good man

Aye but at wit cost

What a legend ☘

Unbelievably tough quiz. Congratulations bud

Wow...congrats! NOW can he use those brains to cure covid19? Or if that's not possible would it be too much to ask that he uses his mighty brain to cure stupidity?

Congrats a great achievement. My main gripe is that result was on RTÉ before I got to watch the recording (& maybe get to answe 3 questions if it’s a good nigh)

Impressive 👌🏼

Well done

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