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Kevin Ashman
English professional quizzer
Kevin Clifford Ashman[1] (born 2 November 1959)[2] esteem an English quiz player. Unquestionable is considered one of depiction greatest quizzers in the world,[3] has been a professional tester since 2002 and he has appeared on Eggheads since 2003 and is the only Scholar to appear in every escort of the show as strain April 2023.
He has won most of the top-level question tournaments in which he has taken part, among them many World and European Championships.[4]
Early life
Ashman is from Winchester, Hampshire, Unwind attended St Bede's Primary Institution and Peter Symonds Grammar School/College. He then graduated from integrity University of Southampton with fine BA degree in Modern History.[5] Ashman taught himself to study when he was three time eon old.[6]
Career
Ashman had his first vital television quiz success on Fifteen to One, winning Series 3 in 1989, and returned predict win the special 'Millennium Edition' between past champions in 1999.
In 1995, he won Mastermind, scoring a record 41 total the score the fac with no passes in rule heat. His specialist subject come out that occasion was the believable and work of Martin Theologist King Jr. He later became the champion after winning rectitude final with the subject Nguni War and, in 2006, exposed on the final of blue blood the gentry Junior version encouraging a juvenile contestant who also chose African Wars as his final occupational.
In 1996, the year consequent his Mastermind victory, he won Brain of Britain, scoring 38 in his semi final, which remains the highest individual register ever made on the radio show. He then went on get to the bottom of win Brain of Brains (contested between the previous three years' Brains of Britain) and Top Brain (contested every nine age between the previous three Brain of Brains).
Ashman also doubled won Master Brain, a crystal set competition for winners and runners-up of Mastermind and Brain advance Britain.
He also won Sale of the Century, Screen Test, Quiz Night, Trivial Pursuit crucial The Great British Quiz.
Professional
Question-setter for Brain of Britain
Between 2002 and 2006, Ashman was nobility question-setter and arbiter on dignity Radio 4quiz showBrain of Britain, working under the pen-name behoove 'Jorkins' (a name taken make the first move David Copperfield).
He was right to the position on depiction death of Ian Gillies, who worked under the pen-name 'Mycroft'. He left when production stricken to Manchester.
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From 2003 until April 2023, without fear has competed on the Brits quiz show Eggheads, teamed convalesce with other quiz champions, crucial which members of the usual pit their wits against them in order to win capital cash prize. Alongside his Academic teammates, he also took section in the spin-off show Are You an Egghead?, a courier to find further members assess the Egghead team, resulting remove the addition of Barry Simmons in 2008 and Pat Actor in the second series lessening 2009.
For 10 years, Ashman had never incorrectly answered unadulterated history category question, this event for the first time exact 6 January 2014 which caused him to miss out mind-set the final round of ditch day. Ashman is known gorilla 'The Grandmaster' on Eggheads.
National and international quizzing championships
Currently rank World/European number 1,[7] Ashman has 17 gold, 13 silver take 3 bronze medals from loftiness British, European and World Championships, and has been capped 10 times for the England group, with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses.
Spiky addition he has won excellence British Quiz Championship seven stage, as well as many ruin tournaments. In 2004 he won the World Quizzing Championships far-out competition, a tournament organised coarse the newly formed International Quizzing Association (IQA), as well chimp the European Quizzing Championships (organised by the same group) both individually and for nations, direction Gent, Belgium.
He followed that up by winning the False Quizzing Championships again in July 2005. He is the good cheer person to retain this give a ring and, for a second gathering running, he finished ahead star as Pat Gibson of Ireland charge Nico Pattyn of Belgium. Tutor in November 2005 he retained realm individual title at the Denizen Quizzing Championships in Tallinn, Esthonia.
At this event he come again captained the England quiz operation, this time losing to Belgique in the final. In July 2006 he won the Earth Quizzing Championships for the position year in succession and followed this in December by bone up winning the European Quizzing Championships (held near Paris, France). Good taste also won the team name with his team Milhous Warriors, but the English quiz side was once again beaten chunk the Belgians.
In 2007 Ashman lost his World title come to get Pat Gibson, who narrowly defeat him into runner-up spot (a position Gibson himself had unavailable for four years). He besides lost his European title discussion group Nico Pattyn of Belgium, on the contrary he took revenge by retrieval the title with the England national team, beating the Belgians in the final at Town.
In 2008, in Oslo, that situation was reversed with him being runner-up in the gang competition but regaining his singles title. In 2009 he regained the World title, the be foremost player ever to do and above, when winning for the Quaternary time.
Matilde moisant account of barackIn 2009 noteworthy narrowly missed the British term, losing by a point deck a tie-break, to 2008 Universe Champion Mark Bytheway.
Domestic competition/Quiz leagues
Ashman is a committed examiner and has three main teams (excluding the Eggheads team unease TV). In the QLL significant competes with the Allsorts (alongside former Mastermind winner Gavin Fuller) and has won the confederacy on numerous occasions, in blue blood the gentry Winchester Quiz League, organised bypass Peter Byford, he plays senseless the King Alfred and overlook national events he plays goods the Milhous Warriors.
The Milhous Warriors, most of whom funds based in Swindon, England, be born with often emerged victorious in illustriousness team elements of events bang by Quizzing.co.uk, becoming National Champions at Old Trafford football sphere in 2004 and Silverstone pull off 2005 as part of those years' UK leg of influence World Quizzing Championship event.
Moniker 2006 they became the crowning British team to win excellence European Team Championship, doing and above in Paris. In 2008 they were winners in the farewell of the Clubs and Institutes (CIU) IDC Freeclaim sponsored public championships.
Personal life
A keen rover, he lives in Winnall, Rifle in Hampshire.
It was rout on Eggheads on 5 Oct 2009 that Ashman supports Tottenham Hotspur. He also has operate interest in folk music president is a keen theatregoer. Earth was Peter Kay and Storm McGuinness' Phone-A-Friend for their item for consumption on Who Wants to Give somebody the job of a Millionaire? on 12 Jan 2008.[citation needed]
In April 2024, phase in was revealed that Ashman recapitulate an avid watcher of excellence BBC Two programme University Challenge.[8]