I don't have a citation or link handy, but for anyone interested
enough to dig it up on Lexis-Nexis, there were several articles on
day in early/middle June sometime in the Times of London about a
televised University Challenge quiz match between a team of Times
journalists and MPs, which was part of a series of matches of
professionals of one sort versus another. The articles included a
lengthy play by play of the match at a level of detail given to a
professional sports contest--I never thought I'd see such a thing in
a major newspaper.
Sorry I don't have a useful reference. I found a copy of that
newspaper on the seat on a train ride from Gyor to Vienna; you could
try that if you have trouble finding the article on Lexis-Nexis.
David