History Series / BigFatQuizOfTheYear

-->'''Richard:''' That double-glazing looks post-Edwardian though...

-->'''Jack''': 'Jonathan Ross is like a cyborg sent back in time to remind Jack Whitehall that he's still not funny'.\\

* CriticalResearchFailure: Can happen InUniverse when certain players like Russel Brand and Jonathan Ross already knew the answers ''due to having been there.'' Quiz of Everything 2018 has the most glaring case to date - video from a documentary ''produced & hosted by Jonathan.''
-->'''Jimmy''': [[LampshadeHanging We didn't think you would remember...]]

* UnEntendre:
** From one Quiz of the 90s, about a controversy over one politician making his daughter eat the same burger as him to affirm his belief in food standards:
--->'''Denise van Outen''': He proved that British beef is the best thing inside you. ({{Beat}} as audience reacts)\\
'''Jimmy''': I'm gonna need some kind of cold shower after that...
** Quiz of the Year 2018. First-timer Mo Gilligan realises that the pens and tablets they're been filling the answers in with lack an erase function:
--->'''Mo:''' Can I rub it out?...\\
'''Jimmy:''' It is not advised to rub one out during the show.

** In the 2013 Quiz, Jonathan Ross has apparently been paired with Jack Whitehall to prevent him from [[CallBack the kind of inappropriate material that drew complaints in the 2012 Quiz]], by setting up pre-prepared family-friendly material (read: IncrediblyLamePun-aganza) for him to use. Jack does wind up {{corpsing}} at some of it.

* {{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]]!''"
** In 2015, Greg Davies couldn't stop laughing at "bad dong".
** In the third "Big Fat Quiz of Everything", the final question featured three nude models posing as famous statues, all of whom visibly have difficulty keeping straight faces at the panelists' banter. Jimmy asks the panelists not to make the statues laugh because that makes their bits wobble distractingly, which just encourages the panelists to adopt that as a deliberate goal.
** In the same quiz, there's a rare crack in Jimmy's usual deadpan as he delivers the introductory spiel for the science round, in which a synopsis of the life of Galileo goes off on a tangent into a series of [[WaxingLyrical Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics]].

** The 2015 edition featured Richard Ayoade and Greg Davies's team answering "Bad Dong" to an increasing number of questions, until it became the answer to ''every question'' in the final round. As it devolved into an OverlyLongGag, Davies couldn't help {{Corpsing}} even as he was a bit ashamed of how much he was enjoying the bit.

* ShownTheirWork: Quiz of the Year 2018. The final question is about Marvel characters' civilian names, and despite the obviously MCU-based cosplayers, Jimmy gives points for the civilian names from past versions as well, like [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 David Banner]] and [[ComicBook/{{Thor}} Dr Donald Blake]].

** Richard Ayoade. Deserves special mention for the segment when, in response to Jimmy asking him how he was doing, he starts to describe in detail a problem with the cold water pressure in his apartment. The tangent [[UpToEleven seemed to confuse even Noel Fielding...]]

*** Turned UpToEleven during the Quiz of Everything edition when they actually pretended they were married.

* RebelLeader: Rob momentarily becomes one in the 2015 edition, when the other panellists start to look to him as the host of the show instead. Taken UpToEleven when Rob actually stands behind the host's podium and delivers the introduction to one of the rounds before being sent back to his seat by Jimmy.

* AccidentallyAccurate: [[invoked]] One question was about what two things Joey Essex complained that he couldn't do in a reality show in the wild. Kristen Schaal put down "read and write". The unintended allusion to Joey's reputation as [[TheDitz a massive himbo]] did not pass unnoticed.

** The Masterpiece Theatre question is presented by Charles Dance, but earlier quizzes used Ian [=McKellen=] or John Hurt.

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 Creator/Channel4, 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, and an edition celebrating the tenth anniversary of the format was made alongside the 2014 edition. A general knowledge special, entitled Big Fat Quiz of Everything, aired in early 2016; it spawned a three-part spin off series later that year and another annual tradition, with new versions airing in January 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021. The Big Fat Quiz of the Decade was based on TheNewTens and aired in January 2020.

** One question in the Quiz of 2018 involves the head of Sainsbury about to be interviewed, in what appeared to be a "medieval castle" going by the wall behind him. Michelle Wolf, the one American player, says that "that's just England", which lead to this reaction from everyone else.

* BlackAndNerdy: Ayoade, who is half Nigerian, and can be quoted as saying:
--> I'm a nerd, okay? Leave me be.

-->'''Rob''': Talk to the the arm because the hand ... Talk to the f- ... ({{Beat}} as audience laughs) ... Just don't talk.
* BondOneLiner: A couple of questions involve a movie clip that stops before said one liner, and the players have to say what it will be. Naturally, the TropeNamer [[{{Film/Thunderball}} is in one.]]

** In the first ep of ''Everything'' Kristen Schaal mecilessly jabs at Mel Giedroyc's attempt at sing-humming [[Music/AlanisMorissette "Ironic"]], having never heard it before.

* ChewingTheScenery: Many examples, but a notable one is Music/MrBlobby in the 90s special. [[TheUnintelligible Other than trying to ask a question]], he repeatedly terrifies panelist Jack Whitehall (who had admitted to being petrified of Mr Blobby in an early round), knocks over Carr's podium, runs up and down the stage, destroys one of the walls covering the backstage area and [[LargeHam screams "YES!" and claps loudly when the panelists get the questions right]].

* TheComicallySerious: The Dalek that showed up to ask the final question in the 2015 anniversary episode managed to be one of the funniest things in the episode while acting exactly like a Dalek should.

** In the third "Big Fat Quiz of Everything", the final question featured three nude models posing as famous statues, all of whom visibly have difficulty keeping straight faces at the panelists' banter. Jimmy asks the panelists not to make the statues laugh because that makes their bits wobble distractingly, which just encourages the panelists adopt that as a deliberate goal.

* CurseCutShort: From the 90's episode.

** In the 2013 edition of the Big Fat Quiz of the 90s, Jimmy Carr informs the contestants late in the show that the losers will be gunged. Richard Ayoade, whose team was trailing far behind, shoots him one of these.
-->'''Jimmy Carr:''' We've got a gunge tank, and you're behind, so buck up your ideas.
-->'''Richard Ayoade:''' ''I will kill you in your sleep.''

-->'''Jonathan''': They were either watching themselves land... or they were watching ''Series/EightOutOfTenCats''.\\

-->'''Jimmy''': Comic book movies became all the rage this year - we don't call them comic books anymore, the correct term is Nerd Fiction for Virgins. (cut to Jon glaring at him) [[BlatantLies I think he's all right there.]]

* EnemyMine: In the 2016 edition, Romesh spends much of his time annoyed with his teammate Mel, at one point even asking if he can switch partners. However, he also clearly thinks Mark-Francis Vanelli is an insufferable snob, and starts threatening to beat Vanelli up for being condescending to Mel.

--> '''Dara''': So the INLA kneecapped the guys, and Will was safer because of it...\\

* HypocriticalHumour: Every time Jonathan Ross makes a reference to one of the other panelists being uncool, middle aged men.

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

** Panel shows often get lost, but on this show there tends to be at least one team whose goal is to defy the format as much as possible. Noel Fielding and Russel Brand in particular do this, frequently trying to rebel against Jimmy's authority and set up communism.

** One question in the 90s edition was about Michael Flatley, which led to Jack Whitehall claiming he was riverdancing behind the desk, since it involved hardly any upper body movement. Turns out Jimmy can cue the audio techs to play the relevant music on cue, which leads to Jack ''and'' teammate Denise van Outen ''humping up and down in their seats for way too long. And THEN they bust out the hand movements...''

** An opinion adopted by the aforementioned {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s, who make no effort to answer the questions correctly and instead have a laugh. (Even in editions where neither Russell nor Noel appear, there will usually be at least one team whose members don't even pretend to take the quiz seriously.) 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.

--> '''Jonathan''': The dog is now leaving you as a protest. (cut to one puppy making its way backstage)

** At some point Jimmy started claiming that one of the players was somehow related to the person in the obscure video providing the question, like the time he referred to a group of students in old-fashioned uniforms and ties from a video made in the 60s as "Richard Aoyade's classmates".

** 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'.
* SpeedSex: One question was about the ThreeLawsOfRobotics, which somehow led to Katherine Ryan's criticisim of the 'robot dance':

** The ice-cream made from ''breast milk'' in the 2011 edition was this to Jamie Oliver.

** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''Everything'' 2016. At first Noel comments that he and Chelsea Peretti went for similar answers on a question about what a man was claiming to be able do in a video clip of him speaking oddly; Chelsea wrote "Give an auction for a blowjob while giving a blowjob" and Noel had put "Auction/Stop erections". Chelsea remarks that they're more like opposite answers.

** One question for the 2015 edition was about Music/KatyPerry and the infamous shark dancer, but for some reason Richard Aoyade thought "Katy Perry dropped a ton of offal on stage". Jimmy goes quiet for a while.
** Happens to both Jimmy and Denise van Outen in one Quiz of the 90s, when the question is about the short-lived girl group B*Witched, and Denise's partner Jack Whitehall can do an entire verse of their hit "Cést la Vie" from memory. If both of those names mean nothing to you... you're not alone.

** When the question was about Bill Gates' little known talent, Katherine and Aisling put down "shits money". ''It's not even the filthiest answer.''

* TeamPet: In the The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, Noel and Russell had Chris, a fly that had lovingly trained to fly out of their hands.

** The first ep of ''Everything'', where the question was about what Creator/BillGates and a bunch of mature men were celebrating, and Bob Mortimers's answer was "Prostate Exams All Clear".
--->'''[[Series/TheGreatBritishBakeoff Mel Giedroyc]]''': I have a problem with hemmorhoids. It's a family affliction. We called ourselves the Gied-roids.

-->'''Denise van Outen''': He proved that British beef is the best thing inside you. ({{Beat}} as audience reacts)\\

-->'''Mo:''' Can I rub it out?...\\

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: In the 2016 ''Big Fat Quiz of Everything'', the contestants first try to imitate Sylvester Stallone's accent, and later in the quiz attempt to do a [[ActorAllusion New Yorker cop voice]], wich inevitably results in unrecognizable accents.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Noel Fielding hates snakes. When a python was brought out during a 2017 fashion segment, Noel fled to other side of the room.

-->'''Jimmy:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext Question number one: Dara's mum's name.]]
-->'''Romesh:''' I know this one!

* OneSceneWonder: In-universe. In the 2006 quiz, all of the panelists immediately fall in love with guest questioner Guy Goma, and spend much of the following time trying to convince Jimmy to bring him back on and replace Jimmy as host.

* CampGay:
** 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).
** Louie Spence, to an inconceivable degree. When asked about coming out to his parents, he said he was "born out," and said he came out of his mother's womb screaming "GAAAAY!"
* CampStraight:
** Michael [=McIntyre=], as was lampshaded many times by Jimmy.
** Russell Brand, of course.
** Jack Whitehall, recently.

'''Mel''': I have a pair of ''shorts'' down there. (audience melts down) ''Hair shorts''. If you imagine what's going on here on Romesh's face... (pointing out Romesh's BadassBeard, audience laughs ''harder'')\\

* UnexpectedCharacter:
** On occasion, especially on the special-event quizzes, for the final question to be asked by a fictional character, such as Music/MrBlobby and even a ''[[spoiler:[[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]]!]]''.
** For some international viewers, the inclusion of ''American'' entertainers would count, from Creator/ChelseaPeretti and Creator/KristenSchaal in the studio for different eps, to Creator/WillFerrell, Creator/SteveCarell and Creator/PaulRudd for pre-recorded questions in the same ep. And on a couple of special cases, [[Franchise/TheMuppets Gonzo and Animal.]]

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, and an edition celebrating the tenth anniversary of the format was made alongside the 2014 edition. A general knowledge special, entitled Big Fat Quiz of Everything, aired in early 2016; it spawned a three-part spin off series later that year and another annual tradition, with new versions airing in January 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021. The Big Fat Quiz of the Decade was based on TheNewTens and aired in January 2020.

Every edition has been hosted by Creator/JimmyCarr. Creator/JonathanRoss (whose production company makes the programme) was a regular contestant until 2013;[[note]]The exception being 2008 on account of his involvement in the Sachsgate scandal[[/note]] other frequent guests include Creator/{{David Mitchell|Actor}}, {{Creator/Rob Brydon}}, Creator/RussellBrand, Creator/RichardAyoade, Creator/NoelFielding, Jack Whitehall and Claudia Winkleman.

* RivalsTeamUp: In 2015, Richard Ayoade and Greg Davies protest that they weren't given a point for one of their answers. The other teams and the audience then help to persuade Jimmy to give them the point, to no avail. During the next round, the other teams deliberately answer a question wrong in order to level the scores.

* Noel randomly wearing an eyepatch nods to the music video for [[Music/DeadOrAlive "You Spin Me Round".]]

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, and an edition celebrating the tenth anniversary of the format was made alongside the 2014 edition. A general knowledge special, entitled Big Fat Quiz of Everything, was aired in early 2016; it spawned a three-part spin off series later that year and another annual tradition, with new versions airing in January 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021. The Big Fat Quiz of the Decade was based on TheNewTens and aired in January 2020.

Every edition has been hosted by Creator/JimmyCarr. Creator/JonathanRoss (whose production company makes the programme) was a regular contestant until 2013;[[note]]The exception being 2008 on account of his involvement in the Sachsgate scandal[[/note]] other frequent guests include Creator/{{David Mitchell|Actor}}, Rob Brydon, Creator/DavidWalliams, Creator/RussellBrand, Creator/RichardAyoade, and Creator/NoelFielding.

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, and an edition celebrating the tenth anniversary of the format was made alongside the 2014 edition. A general knowledge special, entitled Big Fat Quiz of Everything, was aired in early 2016; it spawned a three-part spin off series later that year and another annual tradition, with new versions airing in January 2017, 2018, and 2019. The Big Fat Quiz of the Decade was based on TheNewTens and aired in January 2020.

* ShownTheirWork: Quiz of the Year 2018. The final question is about Marvel characters' civilian names, and despite the obviously MCU-based cosplayers, Jimmy gives points for the civilian names from past versions as well, like [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk David Banner]] and [[ComicBook/{{Thor}} Dr Donald Blake]].