Summary
Overview
The Quickly Kevin end-of-series quiz sees hosts Chris Gowan and Josh Widdicombe team up with guests Mark Holber and Charlie Baker for a hilarious 90s football trivia showdown. Hosted by Michael Marden, the quiz features rounds on estimating football statistics, naming FA Cup final starting lineups, and plenty of banter about grey England kits, Peter Shilton's terrible penalty record, and Charlie Baker's increasingly wild guesses that somehow keep his team competitive despite being spectacularly wrong.
Quiz Introduction and Devon Dream Team Assembled
The episode kicks off with introductions and team formations for the traditional end-of-series quiz. Chris Gowan partners with comedy warm-up legend Mark Holber to form a London-Bristol axis, while Josh Widdicombe teams up with Charlie Baker to create the Devon Boys dream team. The banter immediately reveals Charlie's enthusiasm and questionable judgment, setting the tone for what becomes a comedy of errors mixed with surprising football knowledge. Michael Marden establishes the stakes: bragging rights and the winner gets to choose the series outro song.
- Chris and Mark form the London-Bristol team while Josh and Charlie represent Devon
- Mark Holber reveals he appeared on 90s quiz show Raise the Roof hosted by Bob Holness
- Hans Zimmer composed the Going For Gold theme tune, earning the first point
- Winners will choose the series outro song
" I was on a quiz show in the 1990s called Raise the Roof when I was at university, hosted by Bob Holness. I know he was more 80s, but yeah, he hosted the show where you could win a house, and I was out in the first round, but hosted by Bob Holness. Very nice man. "
Big Man Little Man Round: Statistical Disasters and Charlie's Wild Guesses
The quiz's opening round requires teams to estimate numerical football statistics, with both players' guesses averaged together. Charlie Baker immediately establishes himself as the round's liability by guessing Peter Schmeichel earned 198 international caps (the actual answer was 129), throwing the average wildly off. Despite this catastrophic start, his terrible guesses somehow balance out to help Devon win the first question. The round covers Schmeichel's caps, Andy Legg's world record throw-in distance, and the Euro 96 semi-final attendance.
- Peter Schmeichel earned 129 international caps for Denmark, not Charlie's guess of 198
- Andy Legg's world record throw-in was 46.34 metres, achieved in a Roy Castle Guinness Book of Records style challenge
- The official attendance for the Euro 96 semi-final at old Wembley was only 75,000 despite a capacity of 82,000
- Charlie guesses 85 metres for the throw-in, thinking it could be nearly the length of a pitch
" 198! You're absolutely insane. No way. How many, how often do you play? You've played 20 games for Denmark a year over a decade. "
" I was then thinking, right, how long is a football pitch? Right? And how long can goalkeepers throw it? They can throw it a long way, can't they? They can throw it at least halfway. So I'm saying 85 metres. "
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