BBC Eggheads smashed!
Thursday 4th March 2010
Sussex Wildlife Trust brain boxes have beaten the BBC’s formidable quiz champions on Eggheads winning £37,000 prize money!
During the broadcast on BBC Two on Wednesday 3 March, at 6pm, The Wise Owls - all members of Sussex Wildlife Trust staff - smashed the country’s finest quiz goliaths on subjects including politics, food and drink, history and sport, presided over by newsreader Dermot Murnaghan.
Everyday on Eggheads a new team of five challengers take on the resident quiz panel for the chance of winning a cash prize. Every time the Eggheads win, the prize money rolls over for the next competitors.
Team captain and SWT’s education manager, Nigel Flynn, said:
"It’s a fantastic and sizable win against the Eggheads. Our team has donated all their winnings to Sussex Wildlife Trust, so we can continue our work helping to conserve the county’s wonderful wildlife and habitats.
"The Eggheads were quite surprised to learn we intended to donate all the cash to the Trust – they said they thought this was the first time individuals had not kept their winnings for themselves."
Last night more than 50 members of staff and Trust volunteers gathered in The Cricketers Pub, Southwick in West Sussex to watch the show on the big football screens, by special arrangement with the landlord. Apart from the team members and chief executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust, no-one knew what the result would be.
Story by Sussex Wildlife Trust