James Archer of King's College, Cambridge was questioned by police after wearing an RAF surplus jacket on the show—in combination with a dyed red mohican haircut—had prompted several complaints from viewers.
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,[4][5] Trimble scored 125 points in the last four minutes to lead her team to what appeared at the time to be a clear victory.
[9] Kay left Corpus Christi after failing to get funding for his PhD and at the time of the final was working as an accountant.
Whilst obviously not intending to, Corpus Christi broke this important rule where other universities and colleges taking part adhered to it.