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Daphne Fowler (née Bradshaw, also formerly known as Daphne Hudson) born January 1939 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, is a British retired bank secretary and game show champion who currently resides in Weston-super-Mare.[1] Since taking early retirement, she has taken part in many televised game shows. She has won many titles, including winning Fifteen to One (twice), Going for Gold and Brain of Britain. She is currently taking part in the game show Eggheads, where she is one of the team of seven game show champions challenged daily by a new quiz team. Daphne has been described as "Britain's best known female quiz contestant."[2]
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Eggheads
For more details on this topic, see Eggheads (TV series).Daphne Fowler has been appearing on the British quiz show Eggheads since 2003, a quiz team described on the show as "arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country."
Quiz game show record
Show Year(s) Record Winner Takes All 1979 Bullseye 1982 Got to the final round but gambled and also lost the star prize Sale of the Century
(UK version)1983 Winner Brain of Britain 1983, 1984 Masterteam 1986 Sale of the Century
(Australian version)1986 Sale of the Century
(World Championship)1987 Going for Gold 1988 Series champion Sale of the Century
(World Championship II)1988 Fifteen to One 1989 Jeopardy! 1990 Won £2000 Runway 1990 Brain of Britain 1997 Winner Masterbrain 1997 Winner 100% Gold 1998 Whitaker's Almanack Champions' Challenge 1998 Winner Mastermind Radio Edition 1999 One to Win 2000 Fifteen to One 2000–2002 Twice series champion,
holds record for second highest score of all time (432 out of 433). Bill McKaig currently holds the record for highest score.Eggheads 2003–present References
- ^ Daphne Fowler - Quiz Players
- ^ "Daphne Fowler". ukgameshows.com. http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Daphne_Fowler. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
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Categories:- 1939 births
- Living people
- Contestants on British game shows
- People from Warwick
- People from Weston-super-Mare
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