20 Facts About Kevin Ashman

Kevin Clifford Ashman was born on 2 November 1959 and is an English quiz player.

Kevin Ashman is considered one of the greatest quizzers in the world, 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.

Kevin Ashman has won most of the top-level quiz tournaments in which he has taken part, among them several World and European Championships.

Kevin Ashman then graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA degree in Modern History.

Kevin Ashman taught himself to read when he was three years old in the early 1960s.

Kevin Ashman had his first major television quiz success on Fifteen to One, winning Series 3 in 1989, and returned to win the special 'Millennium Edition' between past champions in 1999.

Kevin Ashman later became the champion after winning the final with the subject Zulu War and, in 2006, appeared on the final of the Junior version encouraging a young contestant who chose Zulu Wars as his final subject.

Kevin Ashman then went on to win Brain of Brains and Top Brain.

Kevin Ashman twice won Master Brain, a radio competition for winners and runners-up of Mastermind and Brain of Britain.

Kevin Ashman won Sale of the Century, Screen Test, Quiz Night, Trivial Pursuit and The Great British Quiz.

Between 2002 and 2006, Kevin Ashman was the question-setter and arbiter on the Radio 4 quiz show Brain of Britain, working under the pen-name of 'Jorkins'.

Kevin Ashman was appointed to the position on the death of Ian Gillies, who worked under the pen-name 'Mycroft'.

For 10 years, Kevin Ashman had never incorrectly answered a history category question, this happened for the first time on 6 January 2014 which caused him to miss out on the final round of that day.

Kevin Ashman followed this up by winning the World Quizzing Championships again in July 2005.

Kevin Ashman is the first person to retain this title and, for a second year running, he finished ahead of Pat Gibson of Ireland and Nico Pattyn of Belgium.

Kevin Ashman won the team title with his team Milhous Warriors, but the English quiz team was beaten by the Belgians.

In 2007 Kevin Ashman lost his World title to Pat Gibson, who narrowly beat him into runner-up spot.

Kevin Ashman lost his European title to Nico Pattyn of Belgium, but he took revenge by regaining the title with the England national team, beating the Belgians in the final at Blackpool.

Kevin Ashman is a committed quizzer and has three main teams.

Kevin Ashman has an interest in folk music and is a keen theatregoer.