Christopher Hughes
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Christopher Hughes (born 1947) is one of Britain's leading quizzers. Hughes has been a winner of Mastermind (1983), International Mastermind (1983), and Brain of Britain, 2005. He is one of only four people ever to have won both Mastermind and Brain of Britain.
He was a contestant on the Weakest Link where he answered every question correctly. However he did not reach the final round as his fellow contestants voted him off in order to avoid facing him in the final. Whilst the Weakest Link's host, Anne Robinson, usually says farewell contestants with a heartless "You are the weakest link - Goodbye!" she instead commented that he was the strongest link they had ever had and said goodbye to him with a much more sincere "Goodbye Chris". Chris has also been a winner in numerous other quiz shows, including the BBC's No Win, No Fee, hosted by Paul Ross.
He can currently be seen on the BBC Two quiz show Eggheads, hosted by Dermot Murnaghan, on which quiz teams from around Britain compete against a team of quizzers (including Hughes, Judith Keppel, CJ De Mooi, Daphne Fowler and Kevin Ashman). He has sometimes stated in his introduction that he is still the International Mastermind champion, since the competition has not been held since 1983. On the show, one of Hughes' trademarks is to not only answer the question, but to also give the viewers a brief history on what ever subject the question is about.
Hughes has worked as an underground train driver for London Transport and a stationmaster and driver for British Railways. As such, he is particularly good with questions involving trains and railways, particularly the British networks: his specialist subject for Mastermind was British steam locomotives, 1929–1963. Sports questions are usually Hughes' only problem area as he takes little interest in any form of professional sport, describing football as "opium for the masses".
He was born in Ponders End, Enfield, Middlesex, and attended Enfield Grammar School. He currently resides in Crewe.
