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''Challenging Times'' was a television quiz show for teams representing higher education institutes in Ireland, both those in the Republic of Ireland and those in Northern Ireland. It was televised by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) from 1991 to 2001, sponsored by ''The Irish Times'', and presented by Kevin Myers, then a columnist with that newspaper.〔 〕 The programme used a quizbowl format similar to that of ''University Challenge'' in the United Kingdom, which is itself a licensed version of the College Bowl format popular in the United States. Each year, 16 teams qualified for the televised knockout stages, with two teams of three competing in each programme up to the final. ==Production== Filming locations included RTÉ's Studio 1, the lecture theatre of St. Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin's O'Reilly Hall.〔()〕〔()〕 The programme was cancelled after the 2001 series, at a time when RTÉ was in financial difficulties. The final of that series was postponed at short notice and an episode of ''The Simpsons'' was broadcast instead.〔 〕 Kevin Myers later complained that RTÉ had given ''The Irish Times'' no notice that the series was being discontinued,〔 〕 though RTÉ disputed this contention.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Challenging Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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