Mark Labbett
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Mark Labbett is a personality in the UK quiz scene. He attended Exeter College
, Oxford University, graduating with a degree in Mathematics. He is rated as the 62nd top quizzer in the official UK rankings (as of 10 January 2011).
As a player he captained Wales in the 2005 European Quiz Championships, although he has not made himself available to play in serious international competition since 2007.
In September 2005 Labbett won the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Live! final event in Torquay and won £16,000; Mark also won in March 2006 £32,000 in the TV studio. In 2007 he came second in the final of the BBC series The National Lottery People's Quiz. Winning the money would have enabled Mark to donate a five-figure sum of the £200,700 to cancer research - a charity close to his heart.
As an administrator he was a founder member of the British Quiz Association
and served two terms before resigning the board of quizzing.co.uk in July 2004. He also set questions for the 2003 and 2004 World Quizzing Championships.
Labbett competed in the first series of Are You an Egghead?
but was beaten in the first round.
He was then a member of the Rugby Boys team in the second series of the BBC Four
quiz Only Connect
. They won the series, but were beaten in the Champions vs. Champions final by The Crossworders.
He also does supply work for schools occasionally.
Labbett is 2 metres tall/six foot seven inches
Labbett attended the Merseyside Grand Prix on 2 May 2009 alongside Barry Simmons
and Olav Bjortomt
.
Labbett is also unmarried.
Labbett portrays one of the 'Chasers' in the ITV1 teatime quiz The Chase
.
Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth oldest college of the University. The main entrance is on the east side of Turl Street...
, Oxford University, graduating with a degree in Mathematics. He is rated as the 62nd top quizzer in the official UK rankings (as of 10 January 2011).
As a player he captained Wales in the 2005 European Quiz Championships, although he has not made himself available to play in serious international competition since 2007.
In September 2005 Labbett won the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Live! final event in Torquay and won £16,000; Mark also won in March 2006 £32,000 in the TV studio. In 2007 he came second in the final of the BBC series The National Lottery People's Quiz. Winning the money would have enabled Mark to donate a five-figure sum of the £200,700 to cancer research - a charity close to his heart.
As an administrator he was a founder member of the British Quiz Association
British Quiz Association
The British Quiz Association runs the British Quizzing Championships on the first Saturday in September every year.-Quiz Championships 1999/2000:...
and served two terms before resigning the board of quizzing.co.uk in July 2004. He also set questions for the 2003 and 2004 World Quizzing Championships.
Labbett competed in the first series of Are You an Egghead?
Are You an Egghead?
Are You an Egghead? was a BBC quiz show 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...
but was beaten in the first round.
He was then a member of the Rugby Boys team in the second series of the BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
quiz Only Connect
Only Connect
Only Connect is a quiz show programme first shown on BBC Four on 15 September 2008, presented by Victoria Coren. In the series, teams compete in a tournament of finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. Radio Timess listings usually describe it as "a game of patience and lateral...
. They won the series, but were beaten in the Champions vs. Champions final by The Crossworders.
He also does supply work for schools occasionally.
Labbett is 2 metres tall/six foot seven inches
Labbett attended the Merseyside Grand Prix on 2 May 2009 alongside Barry Simmons
Barry Simmons
Barry Simmons was the winner of the BBC Two show Are You an Egghead? and as a result became the sixth Egghead, joining Kevin Ashman, C. J...
and Olav Bjortomt
Olav Bjortomt
Stein Olav Bjortomt is an England international quiz player. He was the winner of the inaugural 2003 individual World Quizzing Championships, in the absence of Kevin Ashman when it was a fledgling event with then only 45 participants...
.
Labbett is also unmarried.
Labbett portrays one of the 'Chasers' in the ITV1 teatime quiz The Chase
The Chase (game show)
The Chase is a British game show, broadcast on ITV . It is hosted by Bradley Walsh. The chasers are Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, both of whom have been Chasers since Series 1, Anne Hegerty, who joined them in Series 2, and Paul Sinha, who debuted in Series 4.-Format:A team of 4 contestants attempt...
.