Barry Simmons

Barry Simmons (born 24 November 1948) is a quiz

show contestant and was the winner of the BBC
Two show Are You an Egghead? and as a result became
the sixth Egghead, joining Kevin Ashman, CJ de
Mooi, Daphne Fowler, Christopher Hughes and Judith
Keppel on the regular show on 2 December 2008.
Simmons told The Jewish Chronicle newspaper, "Its the
best job in British quizzing and to get paid for doing
something you love is just the icing on the cake. But I have
to admit I hate losing."[1]
Simmons was born in Edinburgh[2] and lives in Leeds, West
Yorkshire. He won 64,000 on Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire?, was a semi-finalist onMastermind and has
represented England at quizzing.[1] He reached the final of
the 2008/09 series of the radio programme Brain of Britain,
but was defeated by Geoff Thomas. He has been a
researcher at text question and answer service AQA 63336
since 2006.[3] Simmons was part of an AQA team that
appeared on Eggheads; he won his own round but the
team was defeated in the final round. He also appeared
on Only Connect in 2013.

In 2013 he again reached the final of the Brain of

Britain and won the competition. Before the final, some
controversy was caused as he was thought of as "a
professional quizzer". As reported by the BBC website,
"There is no rule banning Eggheads from appearing
on Brain of Britain the only rule is that former champions
are not allowed to return." [4]
In 2013 he was ranked number three quizzer in the world. [2]
References[edit]

1.

^ Jump up to:a b Krieger, Candice (8 January

2009). "Barry Simmons goes from technology head to
Egghead". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

2.

^ Jump up to:a b Pendreigh, Brian (2 April 2013). "World's

best quizzers swot up for city event". The
Herald (Edinburgh). Retrieved 14 April 2014.

3.

Jump up^ "The answer to everything, from AQA 63336

via Leeds". Global AQA Pty Ltd. 27 March 2007. Archived
from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

4.

Jump up^ "BBC defends Egghead Brain of Britain

competitor". BBC News. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 12
April 2016.