Highlights of the Ultimate News Quiz 2013!

Thursday 7th March saw Quaglino’s restaurant host the seventh Ultimate New Quiz. The Quizmaster was Sky’s Dermot Murnaghan, and Clive Anderson provided half-time entertainment and hosted the charity auction. Talent agency Capel and Land battled it out with 24 other media and corporate teams to be crowned Ultimate News Quiz champions - after winning a tie-break with CNN. A combined Today/World at One team came third.

Other highlights included TOWIE’s Lydia Bright and Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg co-hosting a round called The Only Way is Eton.

Thank you to everyone who helped us raise a record £76,000 and due to the generous sponsorship of the Quiz by the Vodafone Foundation, every penny went directly to our two charities, Restless Development and Action for Children.

Well known guests on the night included…

Adam Boulton, Alastair Stewart, Charlotte Hawkins, Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, Kay Burley, Kirsty Walk, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Matt Barbet, Natasha Kaplinksky, and Richard Bacon.

Organising Committee

Amy Lawson, Andrew Dunnett, Anita Land, Anne Jenkin, Ben Monro-Davies, Bill Rudgard, Chris Shaw, Dan Faulks, David Buik, Dianne Stradling, Dominic Crossley-Holland, Emilia Carman, Geraldine Ryan, Jennifer Noon, Kate McAndrew, Lizzi Watson, Laurena Di Bello, Lucy Crystal, Lynn Murray, Maria Lini, Martha Kearney, Neil Midgely, Richard Zackheim, Robin Elias, Ruth Robinson, Tracey MacLeod, Vivien Fowle.

 

“The Ultimate News Quiz lives up to its billing on every level. Ultimate fun, questions and rivalry. Great evening. You’d be crazy to miss it.”

Kay Burley, 2013

“An evening not to be missed. The Ultimate News Quiz isn’t just a great night out but also an opportunity to flex your journalistic muscle (and test your limitations and those of your colleagues)!”

Natasha Kaplinsky, 2013

“Never before have so many great minds proved how little they collectively know… a fabulous night with hilarious questions for an excellent cause.”

Emily Maitlis, 2012

“Forget the BAFTAs and the RTS awards – this is the quiz that every news programme wants to win”

Jon Snow, 2010

“The Ultimate News Quiz is where hacks and TV luvvies get their comeuppance”

Anne Robinson, 2010

“Never before in the field of human quizzing have so many egos and bigheads battled it out for the sake of vanity and winning a modestly priced tin cup”

Jeremy Paxman, 2007