David Stainer

David Stainer was a contestant in Series 47.

He pipped Peter Coutts by just two points in Coutts' eighth game, and went on to make three centuries before losing to Cyril Cohen.

A solicitor, in 2003, he was invited back to play fellow solicitor Simon Cobb in a special episode.

He has appeared on several other quiz shows, most notably University Challenge (as the captain of the Oriel College, Oxford team that finished as runners-up in the 1998-99 series), BrainTeaser, Fifteen to One, 100%, One To Win, Grand Slam, Only Connect (as the winner of the first series in 2008, and two Champion of Champions specials), Cleverdicks and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, winning £64,000 in the last of these. In 2019, he won the 66th series of Brain of Britain and, in 2021, he won the "Brain of Brains" title. He has also taken part in the British, European and World Quiz Championships on numerous occasions.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3231	15/04/2002	P	Peter Coutts	76 – 78	David Stainer	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lionel Blair	Richard Samson	131
3232	16/04/2002	P	David Stainer	100 – 73	Leslie Ellison	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lionel Blair	Richard Samson	130
3233	17/04/2002	P	David Stainer	102 – 35	Margaret Shephard	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lionel Blair	Richard Samson	127
3234	18/04/2002	P	David Stainer	100 – 39	Sheila Mackay	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lionel Blair	Damian Eadie	117
3235	19/04/2002	P	David Stainer	80 – 96	Cyril Cohen	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lionel Blair	Damian Eadie	117
S5	25/08/2003	S	Simon Cobb	88 – 93	David Stainer	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent	138