"David Edwards (quiz contestant) David Edwards (born 1947) is a Welsh born Physics teacher, best known as a TV quiz contestant. On 21 April 2001 he became the first man to win the million pounds on the British ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" and only the second person to answer all 15 questions correctly, and hence win the prize, after Judith Keppel. He competed in both series of ""Are You an Egghead?"", reaching the last 16 in 2008, and the final in 2009, where he lost to fellow ""Millionaire"" winner Pat Gibson. Born in Barry, Wales, Edwards graduated in"
"final of the ""Brain of Britain"" and won the competition. Before the final, some controversy was caused as he was thought of as ""a professional quizzer"". As reported by the BBC website, ""There is no rule banning Eggheads from appearing on ""Brain of Britain"" – the only rule is that former champions are not allowed to return."" In 2013 he was ranked number three quizzer in the world. Simmons is Jewish and is a member of the Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue. Barry Simmons Barry Simmons (born 24 November 1948) is a Scottish-born quiz show contestant and was the winner of"
"during his run was his son, Richard Edwards (who later won £125,000 on the show). Edwards was the ""Mastermind"" champion in 1990, and was awarded the title of Mensa Superbrain in 1985 after winning a newspaper competition. Edwards has also participated in a grand final of ""Fifteen to One"", and appeared in both series of ""Are You an Egghead?"", reaching the final of series two but coming second to fellow ""Mastermind"" and ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"" winner Pat Gibson. He has won the British Quizzing Championships for pairs in 2008 and 2010 with his partner Nic Paul. In"
"rounds. The opportunity to become the sixth Egghead attracted some of the 'biggest' names from the British quizzing scene as they attempt to join 'arguably the greatest quiz team in Britain'. Match One: Stephanie Bruce v. David Rainford: ""The National Lottery People's Quiz"" winner from 2007 Stephanie Bruce was defeated by former ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" contestant David Rainford 5–3 in the final round after David had won four head-to-heads to Stephanie's one. Match Two: Jenny Ryan v. Mark Labbett: Jenny Ryan, a regular on the British quizzing circuit, defeated Mark Labbett 5–3 after a closely fought contest."
"holds a record for the most appearances by a woman on the BBC's ""Mastermind"". She is active on the Quizzing Grand Prix Circuit in the United Kingdom, and in The Quiz League of London. She and the Women's runner-up, Julia Hobbs, were both ranked as ""Sages"" in the 2012 Order of Merit listings of the British Quiz Association. Make Me an Egghead Make Me an Egghead is a BBC Two quiz show presented by Jeremy Vine. It was a spin-off from ""Eggheads"" with the goal to find two further Eggheads, one male and one female, to complement the existing team"
"Are You an Egghead? Are You an Egghead? is a BBC quiz show that was presented by Dermot Murnaghan. It is a spin-off from the quiz show ""Eggheads"", with its goal to find a further Egghead to complement the existing team. The first series was aired weekdays from 20 October to 2 December 2008 and was won by Barry Simmons. The second and final series was aired from 12 October to 23 November 2009 and was won by Pat Gibson. A similar show, ""Make Me an Egghead"", aired in 2016. In May 2008, auditions for a sixth person to join"
"Radio 4 quiz show ""Brain of Britain"", becoming only the fourth person after Roger Pritchard, Kevin Ashman and Chris Hughes to win both that and ""Mastermind"". In 2008 he finished third in BBC Radio 4's Brain of Brains, behind Egghead Chris Hughes and the eventual winner, 2008 World Quizzing Champion Mark Bytheway. Gibson competed in both the first and second series of ""Are You an Egghead?"", a series seeking a new panellist to join the resident team on the BBC Two / 12 Yard quiz show ""Eggheads"". In the first series, he was beaten in the quarter-finals by Mark Kerr."
"Barry Simmons Barry Simmons (born 24 November 1948) is a Scottish-born quiz show contestant and was the winner of the BBC Two show ""Are You an Egghead?"" and as a result became the sixth ""Egghead"", joining Kevin Ashman, CJ de Mooi, Daphne Fowler, Christopher Hughes and Judith Keppel on the regular show on 2 December 2008. Simmons told ""The Jewish Chronicle"" newspaper, ""It’s the best job in British quizzing and to get paid for doing something you love is just the icing on the cake. But I have to admit I hate losing."" Simmons was born in Edinburgh and lives"
"Eggheads (TV series) Eggheads is a British quiz show that airs on weekdays. It was first broadcast in 2003 chaired by Dermot Murnaghan. In 2008 Jeremy Vine became joint chair, and subsequently sole chair. In each episode, a team of five quiz and game show champions (the ""Eggheads"") is challenged by a team of five contestants for prize money. The most prize money that has been won is £75,000, in 2007. Some teams have been reduced to one contestant for the final round, but have still beaten five Eggheads. Occasionally, one remaining Egghead will beat five challengers. Only once have"
"""Eggheads"", teamed up with other quiz champions, in which members of the public pit their wits against them in order to win a cash prize. Alongside his Egghead team mates he also took part in the spin-off show ""Are You an Egghead?"", a competition to find further members of the Egghead team resulting in the addition of Barry Simmons in 2008 and Pat Gibson in the second series in 2009. For ten years Ashman had never incorrectly answered a history category question. This happened for the first time on 6 January 2014. Currently ranked World/European number 1, Ashman has 17"
"He returned for the second series in 2009, and won the final broadcast on 23 November 2009, beating fellow ""Mastermind"" and ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" winner David Edwards and thereby claiming a place on the Eggheads team. Trophy Gold|2018 Withington|Hornby Cup He has amassed 25 international medals (7 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze), the second highest total ever (behind Kevin Ashman with 27) and is ranked the second strongest player in the World/Europe. In 2007 Gibson won the IQA World Quizzing Championship. In pairs competitions he partners Ian Bayley and they have won the British and European"
"2016, two brand-new Eggheads (one male and one female) joined the panel after a spin-off series entitled ""Make Me an Egghead"". This chart displays when each presenter and Egghead was active. The black bars denote the start of each series. The highest amount any team has won to beat the Eggheads is £75,000 in 2007 (Series 8, Episode 14) by a team of Oxford Brookes University students, ""Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow"". The first series of ""Celebrity Eggheads"" was 5 editions that ran from 15 to 19 December 2008, and was presented by Dermot Murnaghan. On 7 December 2009, 10 more"
"a very good job of keeping the game going; he would quickly jump in if one of the celebrity panelists was tardy in posing their question, so as not to penalise the contestant. The highest overall ""Mastermind"" score is 41 points, set by Kevin Ashman in 1995, his specialist subject being ""The Life of Martin Luther King"". Ashman would go on to become six times IQA world champion. In addition he holds the record for the highest ever score on ""Brain of Britain"" and has been a member of the ""Eggheads"" since that series debut. In August 2010 during an"
"Pat Gibson Patrick Gibson (born 19 July 1961) is an Irish quizzer. On 24 April 2004 he became the fourth contestant to win the £1m jackpot on the quiz show ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"". He is a multiple world champion in quizzing and one of the world's most successful quiz players. He is best known for winning several quiz shows and being a panellist on ""Eggheads"". He was born and educated in Ireland but has lived in the United Kingdom for many years and competes as part of the England quiz team. Gibson is currently the No. 1"
"Beynon. Every nine years, the three most recent ""Brain of Brains"" winners compete for the ""Top Brain"" title; Mark Grant is the most recent winner in 2018. The record individual score on a programme is 38 by Kevin Ashman (who went on to become six times World Quizzing Champion, also holds the record for the highest ever score on Mastermind, became Brain of Britain question setter and one of the Eggheads) in 1996. The record individual score in a final is 35, achieved by Peter Barlow (1981), Peter Bates (1984) and Kevin Ashman (1996). ""Brain of Britain"" was also broadcast"
"require the help of any of his Eggheads. Match Seven: Jim Eccleston v. Liz Heron: A close match up between 2 heavyweights of the quiz world. Faults by the Eggheads on some of the General Knowledge round led to Liz winning on a question in which her and CJ's guesses were thrown out of the window. Match Eight: Barbara Thompson v. Mark Kerr: Mark, semi-finalist from Series 1 took on former Brain of Britain Barbara in a game which was closely fought until Mark took full control in General Knowledge, getting all 4 of his questions correctly after Barbara stumbled"
"in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He won £64,000 on ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"", was a semi-finalist on ""Mastermind"" and has represented England at quizzing. He reached the final of the 2008/09 series of the radio programme ""Brain of Britain"", but was defeated by Geoff Thomas. He has been a researcher at text question and answer service AQA 63336 since 2006. Simmons was part of an AQA team that appeared on ""Eggheads""; he won his own round but the team was defeated in the final round. He also appeared on ""Only Connect"" in 2013. In 2012 he again reached the"
"Make Me an Egghead Make Me an Egghead is a BBC Two quiz show presented by Jeremy Vine. It was a spin-off from ""Eggheads"" with the goal to find two further Eggheads, one male and one female, to complement the existing team of seven. It ran from 22 August to 23 September 2016 and was won by Steve Cooke and Beth Webster. A similar show, ""Are You an Egghead?"", aired in 2008 and 2009. After CJ de Mooi left ""Eggheads"" for an acting career in Cape Town, South Africa, the BBC announced that it would be airing a televised search"
"2009/2010 but did not medal. In 2012 he won several British Grands Prix and won the WQC with a world record score. Jesse Honey Jesse Honey (born 1977) is an English urban planner and quiz player from South London, best known for winning the ""Mastermind"" series 2010 and holding one of its records, becoming a member of the English National quiz team later in the year, and going on to win the World Quizzing Championship (individual title) 2012. Honey, the son of an English father and American mother, Nancy Honey, was born and grew up in Bath, Somerset, but later"
"Kevin Ashman Kevin C. Ashman (born 2 November 1959) is an English quiz player. He is often considered one of the greatest quizzers in the world, and since 2002 has been a professional quizzer; he has been an ""Egghead"" since 2003. He has won most of the top-level quiz tournaments in which he has taken part, among them several World and European Championships. He is currently the World No.1 quizzer. Ashman is from Winchester, Hampshire, He attended St Bede's Primary School and Peter Symonds Grammar School/College. He then graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA degree in Modern"
"Christopher Hughes (quiz contestant) Christopher John ""Chris"" Hughes (born 14 August 1947) is an English television personality and one of Britain's leading quizzers. Hughes was born in Enfield, Middlesex, and educated at Enfield Grammar School. He worked as a train driver and railway worker. He has been a winner of ""Mastermind"" (1983), ""International Mastermind"" (1983) and ""Brain of Britain"", 2005. He is one of only five people ever to have won both ""Mastermind"" and ""Brain of Britain"". He also appeared on ""The Weakest Link"" on 24 September 2001, and was voted out in the final elimination round without answering a"
"to beat. The team can confer on every question. Every wrong answer means that the team loses one of their lives and if they lose all of their lives, they leave with nothing but if they beat the target, they win an equal share of the prize fund. A 25-part spin-off series ran from 22 August to 23 September 2016, with the search for two new members for the Eggheads line-up: one male, one female. The series was won by Steve Cooke and Beth Webster. Eggheads (TV series) Eggheads is a British quiz show that airs on weekdays. It was"
"In 2009 he regained the World title, the first player ever to do so, when winning for the 4th time. In 2009 he narrowly missed the British title, losing by a point in a tie-break, to 2008 World Champion Mark Bytheway. Ashman is a committed quizzer and has three main teams (excluding the ""Eggheads"" team on TV). In the QLL he competes with the ""Allsorts"" (alongside former Mastermind winner Gavin Fuller) and has won the league on numerous occasions, in the ""Winchester Quiz League"", organised by Peter Byford, he plays for the ""King Alfred"" and in national events he plays"
"a pseudonym, to adjudicate when an answer was imprecise. For many years Ian Gillies fulfilled the role, taking the name ""Mycroft"" (from Mycroft Holmes, older and wiser brother of Sherlock). After his death in April 2002, the new question setter was Kevin Ashman, who has the distinction of winning both ""Brain of Britain"" and ""Mastermind"". He chose to be known as ""Jorkins"", a character in Dickens' ""David Copperfield"". From the 2007 series a team of setters was engaged, as is the practice in most other quiz shows. For much of its life the theme music of ""Brain of Britain"" was"
"Mark Bytheway Trophy - aka the 'M*BY'. A 2008 interview, after winning the World title, is available on the Norwegian Quiz Association website. Mark Bytheway Mark Bytheway (22 July 1963 – 9 July 2010) was an England International Quiz player best known for becoming Quizzing World Champion in 2008 and winning the ""Top Brain"" competition of Brain of Britain. In 2007 he won Brain of Britain and in 2008 won the 3-year competition ""Brain of Brains"" beating TV's Egghead Chris Hughes and rival Pat Gibson and 9-year competition ""Top Brain"" titles, succeeding Kevin Ashman as holder. In 2008 he won"
"on a couple of questions. Match Nine: Jenny Ryan v. Ken Owen: A battle of 2 quiz goliaths saw Jenny beating Ken thanks mainly of Ken's use of the Eggheads on the wrong questions. Match Ten: Melanie Beaumont v. Anne Hegerty: In another close battle, Anne's strategy of going second in every round, combined with Chris (Melanie's only Egghead) unable to help Melanie, Anne managed to win with ease in the end. Match Eleven: David Clark v. Peter Ediss: A to-and-fro match between David, a former Mastermind champion, and Peter, who won £32,000 on ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"","
"Cheshire. Christopher Hughes (quiz contestant) Christopher John ""Chris"" Hughes (born 14 August 1947) is an English television personality and one of Britain's leading quizzers. Hughes was born in Enfield, Middlesex, and educated at Enfield Grammar School. He worked as a train driver and railway worker. He has been a winner of ""Mastermind"" (1983), ""International Mastermind"" (1983) and ""Brain of Britain"", 2005. He is one of only five people ever to have won both ""Mastermind"" and ""Brain of Britain"". He also appeared on ""The Weakest Link"" on 24 September 2001, and was voted out in the final elimination round without answering"
"Mark Bytheway Mark Bytheway (22 July 1963 – 9 July 2010) was an England International Quiz player best known for becoming Quizzing World Champion in 2008 and winning the ""Top Brain"" competition of Brain of Britain. In 2007 he won Brain of Britain and in 2008 won the 3-year competition ""Brain of Brains"" beating TV's Egghead Chris Hughes and rival Pat Gibson and 9-year competition ""Top Brain"" titles, succeeding Kevin Ashman as holder. In 2008 he won the prestigious title of Quizzing World Champion. He has been capped six times for the National team (with five wins) and has a"
"by Barry Simmons and lasted between 20 October to 2 December 2008 while the second series was won by Pat Gibson and lasted between 12 October to 23 November 2009. On 24 February 2014, a new spin-off series of ""Eggheads"" was launched called ""Revenge of the Egghead"". It was presented by Jeremy Vine and saw the return of CJ de Mooi, who left ""Eggheads"" in 2012. In each episode, de Mooi faced a team of five contestants hoping to win thousands of pounds. The series ran for a 6-week period, between 24 February and 4 April 2014. Lisa Thiel appeared"
"to 2 June 2017. This was the first series of Celebrity Eggheads presented by Jeremy Vine. The Eggheads won the first 19 episodes of the series but were defeated by ""Quizino Royale"", a team consisting of the four members of Bond and James Bond composer David Arnold. They won £20,000 for their charity. The Eggheads won the last two episodes, the £2,000 prize being given to Children in Need. An eighth series of 15 episodes began on 13 August 2018. On 20 October 2008, a spin-off called ""Are You an Egghead?"" debuted on BBC Two. The first series was won"
"Jesse Honey Jesse Honey (born 1977) is an English urban planner and quiz player from South London, best known for winning the ""Mastermind"" series 2010 and holding one of its records, becoming a member of the English National quiz team later in the year, and going on to win the World Quizzing Championship (individual title) 2012. Honey, the son of an English father and American mother, Nancy Honey, was born and grew up in Bath, Somerset, but later moved to London. He studied Japanese at Durham University and took a Master's degree in Town planning at University College London. He"
"the 7 September 2016 edition of 'Make me an Egghead' he lost to Terry Toomey in the final round despite having two Eggheads to help him to Terry's one. David had the two strongest eggheads - Kevin Ashman and Pat Gibson on his side. However, neither could help him on two questions, both of which he got wrong. Edwards has been a member of the Welsh National Quiz Team since its inception. Since 2008 Edwards has been the Captain of the national side, and in 2010 led Wales to its highest ever finish in the European Championships (4th). David Edwards"
"the Eggheads lost four games in succession and only three times has a team of all five challengers won the final round. Occasional teams of celebrities challenge the Eggheads in short series, with their own rolling prize fund. The show has resulted in three spinoff series: ""Are You an Egghead?"" (2008), ""Revenge of the Egghead"" (2014) and ""Make Me an Egghead"" (2016). The show began in 2003 with Dermot Murnaghan as the presenter. From 2008, Jeremy Vine presented when Murnaghan was hosting the spinoff series. After the spin-off show finished, Murnaghan and Vine continued to host the series on a"