Crossover with TV quizzing

[Wanstead]

My Sky+ has picked up that Challenge TV are currently showing repeats of 15-1 in the early hours. I've just seen one Jack Welsby become joint (!) winner of the 2003 season.

I think I'm pretty safe in assuming it's the Jack Welsby of previous GWR record-holding tube fame (to quote my fiancée: "he seems gimpy enough" ), so it seems there's quite a crossover between Tube Challenging and TV quiz programmes.

I know there was a team of you on Eggheads and I've also noticed this thread from 2006.

I myself was on University Challenge in 2001 representing Sheffield Hallam, the first and, to date, only time that particular establishment has made it onto the programme.

Any other connections? Declare them here. No wonder you make a kick-ass quiz team.

[Root]

I once won "Who wants to be a millionaire?".

[Steeevooo]

As well as my Eggheads appearance with the team, I've also been on the National Lottery 1 vs 100 a few times, sadly never as the one playing for the cash though.

[Wanstead]

I once won "Who wants to be a millionaire?".

Surely not the million though?

[Starkey7]

Ollie means the board game.

[Root]

Ollie means the board game.

[Wanstead]

I think I'm pretty safe in assuming it's the Jack Welsby of previous GWR record-holding tube fame (to quote my fiancée: "he seems gimpy enough" ), so it seems there's quite a crossover between Tube Challenging and TV quiz programmes.

Watching the repeats of the 2002-3 season (Challenge TV, 3-4am weekdays), I've just seen William G Stewart advise Jack to "get a life, kid" after hearing he had recently acquired the GWR.

[palkanetoijala31]

Not well known but i have been on top of pops a few times around the late 1990,s area in the audience obviously especially brim full of asha where i was spotted a few times.

[Steeevooo]

I can now say that if you watch Countdown on Thursday 13th May then you may see me putting in an appearance...

[scrxisi]

Retrospective good luck! I will judge you not on your score, but on what mix of vowels/consonants you go for, and more importantly how you pick your numbers. For some reason my normally placid self gets really wound up if people choose their numbers "incorrectly" (per the Scriv directive)

[jamesthegill]

I'm just jealous that you were in the same room as Jeff Stelling.

[Steeevooo]

Matt - that depends what the "Scriv directive" says with regards to picking numbers doesn't it!!

James - meeting Jeff Stelling was at least 50% of why I even applied to the show in the first place

[dudey]

Matt - that depends what the "Scriv directive" says with regards to picking numbers doesn't it!!

James - meeting Jeff Stelling was at least 50% of why I even applied to the show in the first place

I'm gonna guess the other 50% was meeting the lovely Rachel. At least, it would be for me

[Steeevooo]

Matt - that depends what the "Scriv directive" says with regards to picking numbers doesn't it!!

James - meeting Jeff Stelling was at least 50% of why I even applied to the show in the first place

I'm gonna guess the other 50% was meeting the lovely Rachel. At least, it would be for me

Indeed, very nice she is too, she's a very good laugh as well, some good banter was had (though I suspect a fair bit of it will be edited out of the final broadcast!!).

[scrxisi]

Poor dictionary corner. They work so hard but no-one ever wants to meet them