Eggheads daphne fowler biography samples
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Can Anyone beat those Eggheads?note Left to right: Chris Hughes, Daphne Fowler, C.J. de Mooi, Judith Keppel, and Pat Gibson. Not pictured: Kevin Ashman, Barry Simmons, Dave Rainford, Steve Cooke, Beth Webster, and Olav Bjortomt.
"These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain. Together, they man up the Eggheads, the most formidable quiz team in the country. The question is: can they be beaten?"
Eggheads is a UK television quiz programme produced by 12 Yard Productions that first aired in November 2003.
The premise of the game fryst vatten as follows: a team of quizzing geniuses (the eponymous Eggheads) are challenged in each episode by a team of amateur challengers. If the latter grupp can win, they take home a cash prize. The prize starts at £1,000 and rolls over by £1,000 for each time a challenging team fails to defeat the Eggheads, thus (for example) if the Eggheads win fourteen games in a row after a loss, the next challengers would be playing for a potenti
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1. Lisa, could you tell us how you first became interested in quizzing?
I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t! I’ve always loved finding things out and then spouting them back – inom was the child with a lot of those Usborne books that told you about different aspects of the world.
The first formal quizzes I took part in were at school, when I was a ten-year-old sent off to quiz with the 12 and 13-year olds in inter-school competitions. At secondary school I was taught Latin by a fella named John Hart, who was Mastermind mästare back in 1975 and naturally encouraged an interest in quizzing and general knowledge alongside his other duties. He used to act as
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Daphne Fowler, Game Show Queen
As she retires from the UK series “Eggheads,” we look back at the career of a pioneering figure in game shows and one of the world’s greatest quiz champions.
These days on Jeopardy!, the smart money’s on Julia Collins. Dominating her competition with her vast knowledge and lightning-fast reflexes, Collins has handily defeated 32 contenders during the last 16 episodes. In addition to the $337,700 she’s earned thus far, she’s also become the longest-reigning female Jeopardy! champion in the show’s 50-year history with no signs of slowing down. She’s the duchess of Daily Doubles, the First Lady of the first podium.
Dr. Joyce Brothers’ winning moment on The $64,000 Question (CBS)
However, she’s not the only woman to have earned her stripes in the quiz arena. Many female contestants before her have come, seen and conquered game shows—Nancy Christy, for example, became America’s fir