Jack Waley-Cohen
Jack Waley-Cohen (born 1979) was a co-host on the UK Game Show Totally Top Trumps, which was hosted by Sky Sports presenter Andy Goldstein, alongside regular panellists Rob Deering and Dan Clark[1] and is a former president of the Oxford University Quiz Society.
Quiz career
Waley-Cohen won three Countdown shows and is also a former Weakest Link winner.[2]
In 2000, he competed at the British Quiz Championship and also won some of Jeremy Beadle's money on Win Beadle's Money, recording the second highest score ever on the show.[2]
In 2002, he won £1,000 on an episode of Challenge TV gameshow Defectors, presented by Richard Orford.
In 2008, he competed on the BBC Four lateral thinking quiz Only Connect,[3] and his team – the Lapsed Psychologists – made it to the final[4] of the first series, where they lost to the Crossworders.
In 2014, he became a senior question writer on Only Connect.
Business
Waley-Cohen was a director of UK translation company Lingo24 from 2003-2012. He is currently a director of three companies: what3words, Property Detective and QuizQuizQuiz.[5]
Personal
Jack Waley-Cohen is the grandson of former Lord Mayor of London Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, cousin of successful amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen, son of impresario Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen, brother of violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen, and nephew of the sinologist Joanna Waley-Cohen.
Waley-Cohen is a good amateur tennis player, beating former Wimbledon winner Pat Cash in a doubles match at a Save the Children corporate tennis tournament in December, 2008.
References
External links
- Save the Children, Corporate Tennis Tournament
- Lingo24 - Jack beats Cash...and raises cash!
- Jack Waley-Cohen's official site