Niall Laverty

Niall Laverty

Niall Laverty was a quarter-finalist in Series 22. He was a 29-year-old freelance IT consultant from Belfast.

Laverty also appeared on Fifteen to One in 1988 and on 29 May 2019, The Weakest Link in August 2001 (which he won), Britain's Best Brain in 2009, Pointless on 26 and 27 January 2012, Perfection on 6 and 7 February 2012, where he became the first contestant to play the perfect game, answering all 18 questions correctly, The Chase on 20 December 2012, and, with Andy Bruno, The Krypton Factor on 21 September 1987, Matchpoint, The Travel Quiz, and Eggheads.

His sister, Joanne, appeared on Countdown 34 years later in Series 91 and won one game.

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				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Alexandra Clayton	72
1164	13/08/1991	P	David Smith	27 – 55	Niall Laverty	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Alexandra Clayton	72
1165	14/08/1991	P	Bryan Maycock	39 – 51	Niall Laverty	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Alexandra Clayton	85
1166	15/08/1991	P	Renee Meenehan	36 – 27	Niall Laverty	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Dinah Sheridan	Catherine Clarke	74
1193	23/09/1991	QF	Robert Teuton	59 – 48	Niall Laverty	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Richard Samson	72