Ian Bayley

Ian Bayley is a British quiz player who has won several medals in quizzing, both in singles and as a member of a team.[1] He won the European Championships three times straight from 2007 to 2009 with "Broken Hearts" (featuring Olav Bjortomt, David Stainer and Mark Grant), and in 2004 in the England national team. With his partner Pat Gibson he also won the European pair championships in 2005 and the IQA British Quiz Championship in 2006. In individual competitions he won the British Championship in 2001 to take the Mark Bytheway trophy.

Ian Bayley
Medal record
Quizzing
Representing England
BQC/IQA British Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 Oxford Singles
Bronze medal – third place2004 Old Trafford Singles
Gold medal – first place2006 Shrewsbury Pairs
Bronze medal – third place2011 Lichfield Singles
Gold medal – first place2011 Lichfield Pairs
IQA European Championships
Gold medal – first place2004 Ghent National Team
Gold medal – first place2005 Tallinn Pairs
Silver medal – second place2006 Paris National Team
Bronze medal – third place2006 Paris Club
Gold medal – first place2007 Blackpool Club
Gold medal – first place2008 Oslo Club
Gold medal – first place2009 Dordrecht Club
Silver medal – second place2009 Dordrecht Pairs
Silver medal – second place2011 Bruges Club
Gold medal – first place2014 Bucharest National Team
Gold medal – first place2014 Bucharest Club
Bronze medal – third place2015 Rotterdam Pairs
Gold medal – first place2015 Rotterdam National Team
Gold medal – first place2015 Rotterdam Club
Bronze medal – third place2016 Athens Pairs
Gold medal – first place2016 Athens National Team
Silver medal – second place2016 Athens Club
Bronze medal – third place2017 Zagreb Pairs
Gold medal – first place2017 Zagreb National Team
Bronze medal – third place2018 Venice National Team
Gold medal – first place2019 Sofia Singles
Silver medal – second place2019 Sofia Pairs
Gold medal – first place2019 Sofia National Team
Silver medal – second place2019 Sofia Club
Bronze medal – third place2021 Kraków National Team

In addition, he has represented the University of Oxford in the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament run by National Academic Quiz Tournaments.

In 2008, with Stainer and Grant, he won the first series of Only Connect. In 2010 he won the final of the BBC Radio 4 quiz Brain of Britain. In April 2011 he won the BBC quiz Mastermind.

Personal details

Bayley studied computing at Imperial College London and then took a DPhil at Balliol College, Oxford, also in computing.[2] He represented both institutions on University Challenge – Imperial in the 1996–97 series and Balliol in the 2000–01 series.

He is currently a senior lecturer in computer science at Oxford Brookes University having previously lectured in the School of Design, Engineering & Computing at Bournemouth University between 2002 and 2004.[2]

National and international titles (IQA)

He was part of the England side that won the 2004 European Quiz Championships, won the 2005 European Pairs Quiz with Pat Gibson and the Club competition in 2007 to 2009 with his club Broken Hearts (who also play The Quiz League of London). In 2012 he was ranked 14 in the world rankings based on performance since 2009 in both the European and World Quiz Championships.[3]

Mastermind

Bayley took part in the 2008-9 series of Mastermind and got to the final where he scored 28 points, but was beaten into second place by Nancy Dickmann (30 points). His specialist subjects were Tchaikovsky in the heats, Doctor Who in the 1970s in the semi-finals, and American presidents of the 19th Century in the Grand Final.

He attempted Mastermind again in 2010–11. Bayley's specialist subjects in the heats and semi-final were The Life and Work of Jean Sibelius and the Romanov Dynasty. He made it once again to the Grand Final on Friday 15 April 2011, this time beating Peter Reilly to win the title. In the final, he answered specialist subject questions on paintings in the National Gallery.

References
  1. Ian Bayley, QuizPlayers.com Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Balliol man is Brain of Britain". Latest news from Balliol. Balliol College, Oxford. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. International Quizzing Association, Rankings Archived 20 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
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