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Niall Laverty

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Niall Laverty

Niall Laverty was a finalist in Series 22.

A 29-year-old freelance IT consultant from Belfast, Laverty also went to win an episode of The Weakest Link in August 2001. His other quiz show appearances to date include The Krypton Factor (1987), Fifteen to One (1988 and 2019), Britain’s Best Brain (2009), and, with Andy Bruno, Matchpoint, The Travel Quiz, and Eggheads. More recently, he appeared on Pointless and Perfection in 2012, where he became the first contestant to play the perfect game, answering all 18 questions correctly.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
1163 12/08/1991 P Dorothy Farahar 37 – 68 Niall Laverty Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Alexandra Clayton 72
1164 13/08/1991 P David Smith 27 – 55 Niall Laverty Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Alexandra Clayton 72
1165 14/08/1991 P Bryan Maycock 39 – 51 Niall Laverty Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Alexandra Clayton 85
1166 15/08/1991 P Renee Meenehan 36 – 27 Niall Laverty Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Dinah Sheridan Catherine Clarke 74
1193 23/09/1991 QF Robert Teuton 59 – 48 Niall Laverty Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Richard Samson 72