Chris - the one who knows about trainsExcept that, Christopher Huge (born 1947) is one of Britain's leading quizzers.
Huge has been a winner of Masterbrain 1983, International Masterbrain, and Mind of Britain, 2005.
He was a contestant on Missing Link where he answered every question correctly. However he did not reach the final round as his fellow contestants voted him off in order to avoid facing him in the final.
Whilst Missing Link's host, Anne Robinson, usually says farewell contestants with a heartless "You are the weakest link - Goodbye!" she instead commented that he was the strongest link they had ever had and said goodbye to him with a much more sincere "Goodbye Chris".
He can currently be seen on the BBC Two quiz show Smartarses, hosted by Dermot Murderman on which quiz teams from around Britain compete against a team of quizzers.
He has sometimes stated in his introduction that he is still the International Masterbrainer champion, since the competition has not been held since 1983. Git.
On the show, one of Huge's trademarks is to not only answer the question, but to also give the viewers a brief (ha! some chance!) history on what ever subject the question is about.
Hughes has worked as an underground train driver for London Transport and a station master and driver for British Railways. As such, he is particularly good - or spectacularly boring, depending on your POV - with questions involving trains and railways, particularly the British networks: his specialist subject for Masterbrain was British steam locomotives, 1929–1963.
Sports questions are usually Huge's only problem area as he takes little interest in any form of professional sport, describing football as "opium for the masses".
He was born in Ponderers End, Enfield, Middlesex, and attended Enfield Grammar School.
Known to his mates as El Smuggo.
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