The Chasers on hit ITV game show The Chase are expert quizzers – but did you know they’ve been on countless other quiz shows?
From Mastermind to Only Connect, the Chasers were all prolific on TV quiz shows prior to landing their jobs on the ITV programme.
Here’s who has appeared on what quiz show and when.
The Chasers on quiz shows other than The Chase: The Beast (Mark Labbett)
The Chase star Mark Labbett started his TV quiz show career on University Challenge in 1996. He was the captain of the Glamorgan team. Unfortunately, Mark didn’t have the best time – answering the question ‘What number results from adding, the number of noble truths in Buddhism to the number of pillars of Islam?’ incorrectly. The answer is nine, although Mark said 12.
Next, Mark appeared on Mastermind – twice. He appeared in 1999, with the specialist subject of The Olympic Games. In 2000 he returned for a second shot with The Simpsons as his specialist subject. He also competed on Countdown in 2000, but narrowly lost his first game on a conundrum.
Mark finally had some success on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, which – again –
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