I was a big fan of 15 to 1 and noticed that in series 1 players would go for questions at the first opportunity but I'm not sure it was clear at the time that winners despite the score would come back the next series, so I noticed after that players tended to play safe and after that nominate. In the later series going for questions early became more of thing for the top players.
Martin Riley is still quizzing! He appeared on the new 15 to 1 series, and he also got to the semi-finals of the most recent series of Brain of Britain! By coincidence, another contestant on the most recent series of Brain of Britain was David Goode, a former 15 to 1 champion.
This was a terrific performance - the highest score at the time, and Martin (already a multiple winner / grand finalist) went on to win this series grand final too... I remember I was absolutely astonished when Martin then went on to finally be eliminated in his heat game in the very next series!
I wonder if martin didn't nominate, I think he would've hit the maximum. I miss watching this Quiz in the early 90s, I was disappointed in (2003) when William g Stewart "said that was 15to 1. I'd say he would've given the chasers a run for their money.
He couldn't as the first question was unanswered, but I think he probably would've known the rest and got 423, the same score as Michael Penrice a few years later.
Although, even though a top quizzer, 'parole', 'weighting', and 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' were tricky and I'd had a feeling he'd have got one of those wrong. Martin won the grand final but lost in the first round next series with two extremely tough questions that almost everybody would've got wrong.
@Visonu You're right of course! I LEFT Britain shortly after this. But I've now SEEN the Bill McKaig performance (NICE to see a 15-1 MAXIMUM - albeit a decade late) and adjusted this piece's title accordingly!
This isn't the highest ever score though and was beaten by somebody who got a maximum score of 433. I think he was a pastor or a vicar or somehting like that
