Mark Labbett

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Mark Labbett is a leading personality in the UK quiz scene, as well as one of its most respected players.

As a player he has captained Wales in the 2005 European Quiz Championships, and he has the distinction of being the only person in the UK to play Who Wants to be a Millionaire? twice for money.

In September 2005 he won the WWTBAM Live! final event in Torquay and won £16,000, and in March 2006 he won £32,000 in the TV studio. In 2007 he came second in the final of the BBC series The National Lottery People's Quiz.

As an administrator he was a founder member of the British Quiz Association and served two terms before resigning and joining the board of quizzing.co.uk. He also set questions for the 2003 and 2004 World Quizzing Championships.