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The News Quiz was created by John Lloyd, [2] based on an idea by Nicholas Parsons. [3]The series was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman in the chair. Subsequently it was chaired by Barry Took from 1979 to 1981, Simon Hoggart from 1981 to 1986, Took again from 1986 to 1995, and then again by Hoggart from 1996 until March 2006. [4]
Having hosted one of three series of The News Quiz, sharing duties with Angela Barnes and Nish Kumar in 2020. [19] Zaltzman has been the permanent chair since 2021, [20] with the exception of 2024 where he shared hosting duties with comics including Geoff Norcott due to cricket broadcasting duties. [21] [22]
Simon David Hoggart (26 May 1946 – 5 January 2014) was an English journalist and broadcaster. He wrote on politics for The Guardian, and on wine for The Spectator.Until 2006, he presented The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4. [1]
On 30 April 2015, Toksvig announced that her decision to quit The News Quiz had been made in order to allow her to help set up a new political party named the Women's Equality Party. [27] [28] In November 2015, Toksvig was a guest of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
Online quizzes are generally free to play and for entertainment purposes only though some online quiz websites offer prizes. Websites feature online quizzes on many subjects. One popular type of online quiz is a personality quiz or relationship quiz which is similar to what can be found in many women's or teen magazines.
Welcome to the Los Angeles Times News Quiz. I’m Adam Tschorn, senior features writer, former game show question-and-answer man and your weekly quizmaster.
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The Big Quiz is a British entertainment quiz show on ITV hosted by Stephen Mulhern. [1] [2] It started as an annual quiz between soap operas Coronation Street and ...