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Kevin Clifford Ashman [1] (born 2 November 1959) [2] is an English quiz player. He is considered one of the greatest quizzers in the world, [3] has been a professional quizzer since 2002 and he has appeared on Eggheads since 2003 and is the only Egghead to appear in every series of the show as of April 2023.
Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, 1926 – April 9, 2019) [1] was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he testified before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the NBC quiz show Twenty-One.
Kevin Ashman (2003–present) is the eight-time winner of the British Quiz Championship, the winner of the third series of Fifteen to One in 1989, the 1995 Mastermind (including all-time record score), the 1996 Brain of Britain (including all-time record score), its 3-yearly Brain of Brains and 9-yearly Top Brain in 1998, the Fifteen to One ...
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Many consider Jennings the greatest quiz show contestant of all time, and he is the highest-earning quiz show contestant in U.S. history. He is nicknamed "the Professor". Brad Rutter (2021–23). Rutter is the second-highest earning quiz show contestant in the U.S. and the highest earner in Jeopardy! history, winning
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He appeared on the show again in March 2012 in The Weakest Link Quiz Show Champions Edition. He helped to bank a total of £7,750, including the maximum £1000 target (which was trebled) in round 8 playing alongside Stephanie Bruce. Hughes lost out in the head-to-head with 3 correct answers to Bruce's 4 out of 4.
One of his roommates was author Brandon Sanderson. [9] He also played on the school's quizbowl team, at one point serving as captain, and graduated in 2000 with a double major in English and computer science. [3] He met his wife, Mindy, at BYU, [5] and they have two children. [3] [10]