History Series / BigFatQuizOfTheYear

--> '''Jimmy''': We are honoured to have one of the decade's most stars, please welcome, [[CallBack apologies, Jack]], Mr. Bobby!
--> '''Jack''': [[OhCrap Oh,]] [[NightmareFuel FU-]] (''cut to Mr. Blobby, who immediately feigns attacking Jack'')

* LoopholeAbuse:

Every edition has been hosted by Creator/JimmyCarr, with Creator/JonathanRoss (whose production company makes the programme) as a regular contestant;[[note]]The exception being 2008 on account of his involvement in the Sachsgate scandal[[/note]] the other guests change every year, but the more regular ones include Creator/DavidMitchell, Rob Brydon, [[Series/LittleBritain David Walliams]], Creator/RussellBrand, Creator/RichardAyoade and Creator/NoelFielding.

Every edition has been hosted by Creator/JimmyCarr, with Creator/JonathanRoss (whose production company makes the programme) as a regular contestant;[[note]]The exception being 2008 on account of his involvement in the Sachsgate scandal[[/note]] the other guests change every year, but the more regular ones include Creator/DavidMitchell, Rob Brydon, [[Series/LittleBritain David Walliams]], Creator/RussellBrand and Creator/NoelFielding.

* NamesTheSame: Regarding surnames: Ruth Jones felt it necessary to ask if Jimmy and Alan Carr were related.
-->'''Jimmy:''' Yes, he's my sister.

** Richard Ayoade.
*** Together, they are the Specky Nerdy Fucknuts!

* ThePointsMeanNothing: An opinion adopted by the aforementioned {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s, who make no effort to answer the questions correctly and instead have a laugh. The 2015 Anniversary Quiz had Russell Brand and Noel Fielding sketching doodles instead of writing answers, and they were still awarded points for answering the question verbally.

* TheReveal: See Audience Participation.

---> Rob! Why have you elected to attack my apparel? I have these appurtenances and I look grand, and fine, and pleasant. Whereas you look like you've robbed C & A in an 'urry.

* AudienceParticipation: [[spoiler: During the 2015 Anniversary episode, Russell Brand goes off into the audience to find someone to be a mock-ventriloquist doll, but in the process, hands out his number to audience members to text him the answer. It isn't revealed until the last 10 minutes of the episode. Even when Jimmy confiscates the phone, the audience ''still'' texts answers to Jimmy, as well as a sarcastic responce to being found out]].

* BrickJoke: In The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, David Mitchell explains that he and Richard Ayoade originally wanted to call themselves Team 3 if they were the middle team (just to be annoying), but they ended up sitting at one end, so they discarded that name and went with The Speccy Nerdy Fucknuts. Five years later, during the Noughties edition, David, now teamed up with Sarah Millican, was sat in the middle, and he immediately said that they wanted to be called Team 3.
** During the second Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, Jimmy asks a question about [[DoctorWho The Doctor's]] greatest enemy. Guess who appears to provide the last question?

* {{Corpsing}}: James Corden at times couldn't stop laughing at the answers given by his teammates (Sean Lock in 2008, Jack Whitehall in 2012). And sometimes at ''his own answers.'' In 2012 he laughed to the point of tears at his own Susan Boyle joke, prompting Jack to protest "You won a ''[[SophisticatedAsHell Tony Award]]!"''

* [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Female Teammate is Off-Limits]]: In the 2007 quiz, Jonathan Ross, who was paired with Music/LilyAllen as the middle team, noted that Lily was sitting with RussellBrand and Creator/NoelFielding right next to her and decided to switch seats with her to protect her from Fielding and Brand.

* [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Openings Always Spoil]]: The answers to several questions in any given episode will have been animated into the opening sequence.

* ThePointsMeanNothing: An opinion adopted by the aforementioned {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s, who make no effort to answer the questions correctly and instead have a laugh.
** The 2015 Anniversary Quiz had Russell Brand and Noel Fielding sketching doodles instead of writing answers, and they were still awarded points for answering the question verbally.

** It's also common to have high-brow presenters reading from or describing something low-brow, such as Dr David Starkey describing [[TheXFactor Jedward]] as if they were a medieval legend, Sir Creator/{{Ian McKellen}} reading nonsensical passages from the "auto"biographies of minor celebrities, and Jon Snow describing the events of a song ("It transpired that she was just 'bluffing with her muffin'... witnesses later described her expression as 'unreadable'") as if it was a news story.

** Jack Whitehall and James Corden wore suits in the 2012 edition. Their response to the others mocking their suits? "It's a black tie event. We aren't the ones who look like dicks." Similarly, they later pull out a bottle of wine and enjoy it with pizza.
*** When they start singing "Call Me Maybe" (while still eating pizza), Russell Howard describes them as 'a couple of fucking lords rocking out the Pizza Hut'.

* UnexpectedCharacter: On occasion, especially on the special-event quizzes, for the final question to be asked by a fictional character, such as [[MrBlobby Mr Blobby]] and even a ''[[spoiler:[[DoctorWho Dalek]]! ]]''.

-->'''Jack:''' ''(in response to a question about Thompson)'' Antony Worrall Thompson owns a pub/hotel in the countryside in which I lost my virginity. ...Not to him, not to him. To a...lady, a woman. Isn't that lovely? Every time I look at him I think of [[SexAsRiteOfPassage the best night of my life]], and the worst of hers.
-->'''Russell Howard:''' That shows you how wonderfully posh you are, that you lost your virginity in an award-winning restaurant.
-->'''Jonathan Ross:''' Rather than in a bush, like the rest of us.

An annual British event and comedy show which has appeared every year since 2004, taking the form of a pub quiz on the events of the year, with three teams of two celebrities as the contestants. 2007 also had a variant in the Big Fat Anniversary Quiz to celebrate 25 years of Channel 4, in 2012 three specials focusing on TheEighties, TheNineties and TheNoughties were made; two more Eighties and Nineties themed specials were also shown in 2013, and the 2015 quiz was about the decade celebrating the tenth anniversary of the quiz..

* During the second Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, Jimmy asks a question about [[DoctorWho The Doctor's]] greatest enemy. Guess who appears to provide the last question?

An annual British event and comedy show which has appeared every year since 2004, taking the form of a pub quiz on the events of the year, with three teams of two celebrities as the contestants. 2007 also had a variant in the Big Fat Anniversary Quiz to celebrate 25 years of Channel 4, and in 2012 three specials focusing on TheEighties, TheNineties and TheNoughties were made; two more Eighties and Nineties themed specials were also shown in 2013.

-->'''Noel:''' Sir! It was so your mum!

** Rob Brydon and Claudia Winkleman.

-->'''Jack:''' ''(in response to a question about Thompson)'' Antony Worrall Thompson owns a pub in the countryside in which I lost my virginity. ...Not to him, not to him. To a...lady, a woman. Isn't that lovely? Every time I look at him I think of [[SexAsRiteOfPassage the best night of my life]], and the worst of hers.

Every edition has been hosted by Creator/JimmyCarr, with Creator/JonathanRoss (whose production company makes the programme) as a regular contestant;[[note]]The exception being 2008 on account of his involvement in the Sachsgate scandal[[/note]] the other guests change every year, but the more regular ones include Creator/DavidMitchell, Rob Brydon, [[LittleBritain David Walliams]], RussellBrand and NoelFielding.

* [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Female Teammate is Off-Limits]]: In the 2007 quiz, Jonathan Ross, who was paired with Music/LilyAllen as the middle team, noted that Lily was sitting with RussellBrand and NoelFielding right next to her and decided to switch seats with her to protect her from Fielding and Brand.

Several editions are available on Youtube [[http://www.youtube.com/show?p=xrV-7mXhVcc&s=1 here.]]

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Jack Whitehall recounts a tweet he received after he and Jonathon Ross presented an award, which he describes as "one of the most creative bits of abuse ever". He and everyone else laugh as he tells it.
-->'''Jack''': "'Jonathon Ross is like a cyborg sent back in time to remind Jack Whitehall that he's still not funny'."
-->'''Jimmy''': "Well done, {{troll}}s!"

* BrickJoke: In The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, David Mitchell explains that he and Richard Ayoade originally wanted to call themselves Team 3 if they were the middle team (just to be annoying), but they ended up sitting at one end, so they discarded that name and went with The Speccy Nerdy Fucknuts. Five years later, during the Noughties edition, David, now teamed up with Sarah Millican, was sat in the middle, and he immediatelly said that they wanted to be called Team 3.

** Alan Carr, as is the norm for him.
*** In 2010, he comments on a health warning advertisement and wonders if he's not just "having a really long stroke," as he has many of the symptoms (slurred speech, limp wrist)

--->Jimmy: "Have you got an eyepatch on?"\\
Noel: "[[BlatantLies No]]."

* {{Corpsing}}: James Corden at times couldn't stop laughing at the answers given by his teammates (Sean Lock in 2008, Jack Whitehall in 2012)
** And sometimes at ''his own answers.'' In 2012 he laughed to the point of tears at his own Susan Boyle joke, prompting Jack to protest "You won a ''[[SophisticatedAsHell Tony Award]]!"''
* TheCuckooLanderWasRight: When a question, the answer to which was 'Giant German Rabbit', was asked, Noel and Russell were the only ones to get a point, due to their paying attention to silly news stories.
** Not only did they get that question right, they ''won the show'' that year as well.

** Jonathan Ross and Lily Allen

-->"I look like [[CloudCuckooLander his]] legal adviser."

---> Don't let the glasses fool you, I am very stupid.

---> '''Jimmy:''' Jonathan, what - those aren't your glasses.
---> '''Jonathan:''' What you're looking at here is a masterclass in quiz psychology. When they look over here now, they see a movie star ''[points at RussellBrand]'' and a scientist.
---> '''David Mitchell:''' I can tell there is no glass in those glasses.

** Peter Andre referred to TheDaVinciCode as "highbrow literature" without an ounce of irony (and what's more, then proceeded to ask the panelists a question about the ''film version)''. Noel Fielding was astounded at this and had a truly awesome reply when Jimmy asked if any of them had read it: "[[PrecisionFStrike Get fucked]]."

Every edition has been hosted by Creator/JimmyCarr, with JonathanRoss (whose production company makes the programme) as a regular contestant;[[note]]The exception being 2008 on account of his involvement in the Sachsgate scandal[[/note]] the other guests change every year, but the more regular ones include Creator/DavidMitchell, Rob Brydon, [[LittleBritain David Walliams]], RussellBrand and NoelFielding.

** Invoked by JonathanRoss:

* RunningGag: A whole host of new ones are started every year, such as making references to Russell and [[JonathanRoss Wossy's]] involvement in the Andrew Sachs Scandal or Jimmy's tax evasion scandal.

* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim:
** Jonathan Ross, as proven by the 2013 90s edition.