Cue the laughter, please.
Welcome to WatchMojo UK and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the top 10
Best Big Fat Quiz of the Year Moments.
For this list, we'll be looking at the best moments on Channel 4’s Big Fat Quiz of the
Year.
All Big Fat Quiz moments, are in with a shot, including the best bits from anniversary specials
and Big Fat Quizzes of Everything.
So strap in, play along and enjoy.
Of all the celebrities to have graced the Big Fat Quiz, no-one has played to the crowd
quite as perfectly as Doctor Who’s greatest enemy.
Invited along to add some sizzle to the tail end of the 2015 show, this Dalek proved hilariously
deadpan and comically intolerant of Jack Whitehall's constant questioning.
But, when Jack goes digging about its TV work, Jimmy Carr jokes that there’s room for one
more on “8 Out of 10 Cats”, and the Dalek answers with arguably the line of
the night.
Mel B didn't exactly endear herself to the Big Fat panel when she took part in the 2014
edition.
Falling out with almost everyone at least once, she seemed stuck in a permanent state
of moody confusion.
As a result, Scary Spice became the butt of most jokes, with one moment sticking out above
all others.
When the panel bombards her with a string of Spice Girls lyrics, she’s at a loss for
how to react.
It really wasn’t what she wanted, what she really, really wanted.
If the Big Fat Quiz has taught us anything, it's that newsreader Jon Snow is totes up
on his club bangers.
That, and the man can dance.
Hip, fly, and funky, Snow busts all the moves and patents a few new ones in the answer clip
for Drake's “Hotline Bling”.
Is it the fact that he’s suited and booted?
Or that he looks as though he’s only just finished filming?
No one can be sure.
But the charts are meaningless when it comes to explaining the genius behind this jive.
Kids acting out one of the year’s big news stories is a regular feature on the show.
And while a well-adjusted adult knows to encourage them, Sean Lock calls it like it is.
When the Children of Mitchell Brook Primary School play through Paul McCartney's divorce,
Sean lays down a line of brutal criticism.
And when Davina McCall points out
that the students might be watching, Lock lashes out even harder, telling his targets
to rethink their career goals right now.
‘Harsh’ doesn’t do it justice.
Introducing the most unexpected guest that the show has ever had.
With the Goth Detectives reunited and openly cheating throughout, Russell Brand and Noel
Fielding become increasingly distracted from the game and more interested in a passing
fly, which they set free in the hope of winning points.
Noel recaptures the fly later on though, or at least he claims to, and alleges it’s
the same creature as from earlier in the show.
But how does he know?
Because they’re on first name terms, of course.
The fuel for heated Facebook exchanges, office
disputes and full-on arguments, that dress divided
the world in 2015.
And then David Mitchell and Rob Brydon waded into the debate.
Mitchell’s orderly, logical mind saw blue, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
But Brydon, even with the actual dress in the actual room where he’s actually sitting,
just couldn’t accept that it’s not white and gold.
Rather than admit he is wrong, or at least that he sees it differently, Rob insists there
is trickery afoot.
In 2013, Jonathan Ross brought his Christmas dinner leftovers for a mid-quiz feast.
But when he hands out hand-pressed turkey sandwiches, the show completely falls apart.
First of all, Dara Ó Briain doubles up as a popular kids’ film character by wearing
Noel Fielding's coat…
And then the pair crash on the steps of the set before ‘tripping out’ as two strangers
on a reluctant comedown at a festival.
Jimmy valiantly tries to man the ship and keep quizzing around them, but it’s all
but impossible.
Dubbing themselves “The Indoor Kites”, and later rebranding as “Hot Shame”, Richard
Ayoade and Noel Fielding were, almost by default, the most fashionable team in 2012.
While Richard donned a flashy suit and tie, Noel stayed en vogue with a leather jacket
and a fedora with bunny ears.
Mid-quiz, possibility out of boredom, probably to make life difficult for the show’s continuity
editor, Noel accessorized his look with a well-placed eyepatch.
And when Jimmy attempts to address the obvious, Noel replies with scolding, top level sarcasm.
Ordinarily, Frank Skinner
is treated with well-earned respect.
But when he brings one of his most cherished jokes to the Big Fat Quiz he sees the panel
rip it to shreds, no matter how much Ozzy Osbourne had enjoyed it ten years ago.
David Mitchell and Richard Ayoade mercilessly pull the gag apart, while Jimmy backs them
up.
Frank does get some sincere laughs, but then David intently questions the effectiveness
of sex-ed in Birmingham, while Richard stays hung up on the thought of her Majesty on the
prowl.
Before we unveil our top pick here are a few honourable mentions.
Confused, bemused, and possibly offended.
Mel B was all of these when Richard Ayoade ate a banana in 2014.
For unknown reasons, Mel takes none too kindly to Richard’s fruity snack, and Ayoade is
not about to let her off.
The audience loves it, but Scary Spice just isn’t on board.
Later, with Richard on banana number two, Mel calls the whole thing ‘weird’ and
‘disturbing’.
At which point Richard flips the narrative, implying that Scary was actually scarily turned
on.
For the first time all show, Mel’s left speechless.