Niall Laverty

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				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