Tonight's Mastermind

[brainiac]

I've definitely seen two of the contestants - the guy in the floral shirt and the young woman - in quiz shows on TV before, but which ones? Univ Challenge, Only Connect, The Chase, Millionaire?

[Buenchico]

The guy in the floral shirt is Alan Gibbs. He competed on 'Only Connect' in February 2010:
http://www.sfquiz.org.uk/Images/gamblers.jpg
and in Sky Atlantic's 'Cleverdicks' in February 2012:
http://www.sfquiz.org.uk/Images/adg4.jpg

The woman is Dr Marianne Fairthorne. She captained a team on 'Only Connect' in May 2013:
http://www.anotherplanetmedia.com/series-7-of-only-connect/

Isn't Google wonderful ;-)

[brainiac]

Ah, thanks, it was driving me mad! I have a feeling Alan Gibbs has been on even more quiz shows than that.....

[Buenchico]

Marianne Fairthorne again, representing the LSE on 'University Challenge':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_vJK1a5BL0

[Buenchico]

Google finds that someone called Alan Gibbs did well in 'Fifteen to One' in both 2001 and 2002.

An Alan Gibbs also won £125,000 on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' in June 2005.

It's a fairly common name but, given that the same people do tend to turn up time and time again on quiz shows, I'd reckon that it's probably the same person.

[Buenchico]

'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' participation proved:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/lift-that-helped-alan-to-win-a-jag-1083483

[tonyav]

This guy ( fairly local to me ) hasn't done to badly.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/12/13/cannock-quiz-show-addict-publishes-first-book/