Ian Bayley

Who is Ian Bayley?

Ian Bayley is a British computer scientist and quiz player who, despite his youth when compared with other leading players, won several medals in quizzing, both in singles and as a member of a team. He is largely known as a strong team player winning the European Championships three times straight from 2007 to 2009 with "Broken Hearts" and the English national team in 2004. With his double partner Pat Gibson he also won the European pair championships in 2005 and the British Championships in 2006. In individual competitions he has thus far won just one title, the British Championship in 2001. As such his name appears on the Mark Bytheway trophy, being the trophy awarded by the British Quiz Association to its champions.

In addition, he has represented the University of Oxford in the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament run by NAQT, one of the world's foremost buzzer competitions. His scores compared respectably alongside some of the leading American buzzer quiz players. He also made an appearance on Who Wants to be a Millionaire as a "phone a friend".