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By Tim Hanlon A University Challenge student who received death threats after falsely being accused of antisemitism has been awarded “substantial damages”. Conservative peer Jacqueline Foster has apologised to Melika Gorgianeh, a student at Christ Church College, Oxford, for calling for her arrest over the team mascot and colours. Ms Gorgianeh appeared on University Challenge last November and her quiz team had a blue octopus as its mascot which Lady Foster wrongly claimed was intended as an antisemitic symbol. She also had a jacket which was compared to the colours of the Palestinian flag. Th…