‘The Chase’ solo player scoops jackpot

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‘The Chase’ fans in tears after solo player scoops jackpot in emotional final round (Independent)

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Comic heroes, gameshow hosts – the Thursday quiz

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Comic heroes, gameshow hosts and space probes: take the Thursday quiz (Guardian)

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Excerpt From Prisoner of Trebekistan

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Excerpt from Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade In Jeopardy

A contestant recalls his time on the popular US quiz show

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‘The show’s over’ after ‘The Chase’?

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Bradley Walsh declares ‘the show’s over’ after ‘The Chase’ contestant makes history (Independent)

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Where Good Ideas Come From

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The key lessons from “Where Good Ideas Come From” by Steven Johnson
About the natural history of innovation. (Medium.com)

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The Weakest Link quiz: 42 questions

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The Weakest Link quiz:

42 questions and answers from the BBC series to test your knowledge (Inews)

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How to win The Weakest Link

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How to win The Weakest Link, by its reigning champion (Guardian)

A historic report from 2017

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What it’s really like to go on Mastermind

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I’ve started, so I’ll panic: what it’s really like to go on Mastermind (Guardian)

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Bamber Gascoigne of University Challenge dead at 87

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Bamber Gascoigne, University Challenge quizmaster, playwright and publisher (Guardian)

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Unfortunate Loss

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We regret to tell you that long term DPQL member Craig Robbins died on February 3rd. As yet we have no more news.

Craig played for the Royal Oak, Ockbrook, a team which formerly played at The Brunswick in Derby.

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