Daphne Fowler
Daphne Fowler (also formerly known as Daphne Hudson, born 1939 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England) is a British retired bank secretary and game show champion who currently resides in Weston-super-Mare. 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 five game show champions challenged daily by a new quiz team. Fowler has been described as "Britain's best known female quiz contestant."
Fowler has been appearing on the British quiz show Eggheads since 2003, and is one of the strongest of the five Eggheads, a quiz team described on the show as "arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country." To date, Fowler has only lost one head-to-head round on Eggheads.
Contestants are often guilty of prejudging Fowler based on her 'sweet old lady' appearance, and choose her as their opponent for the sports round, only for the show's host to reveal that sport is actually her strongest subject. She also regularly surprises opponents with her knowledge of current popular music.
Quiz game show record
Show Year(s) Record
Winner Takes All 1979
Bullseye 1982
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 20002002 Twice series champion,
holds record for second highest score of all time (432 out of 433)
Eggheads 2003present
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