Kevin Ashman

cool · Post by **cool** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:11 am

bumped into him in waterstones,winchester this afternoon and had a close to half an hour conversation with him , which isnt bad considering he didnt have a clue who I was. He answered a q put on this site why didnt he do quizzers- the rest of the illuminating conversation will remain private- and it was pretty much what we thought.
He played them in the early 90's in London but gave up because:
(1) didnt appreciate being banned or machines being switched off.
(2) didnt like the innovation of multi-game machines
(3) quiz machines diluted/didnt add to his knowledge, competing with his real interest , quizzes .

Pleasure to meet him - top bloke.

and I was right he did work for Winchester Council for a brief period although I missed him by two years(left in 82 I started in 84).

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:11 pm

Excellent Cool - he is a top bloke, a pity I only read this today as I was quizzing in the same event as him yesterday and could have asked him for his thoughts on you. ;-) I imagine reason (3) is probably the key one for Kevin!

cool · Post by **cool** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:50 pm

did the swp player slay the top quiz player?
or put in a spirited effort?
I told him he would definitely wipe the floor with me as would any of the top quizzers.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:03 pm

cool wrote:did the swp player slay the top quiz player?
or put in a spirited effort?

No, he won the tournament. I wasn't *too* far behind in terms of my placing, but in terms of my points score (and knowledge generally) I am way behind him. There are one or two others who can beat him on their day, but he is still the best in the country - something like Eggheads gives only glimpses of his knowledge.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:31 pm

only once had the pleasure to be in his company.
Q. (==space== so it is obvious that there is something good afterwards)

gustav ii (of sweden) : give any year in his reign?

to know an answer is extraordinary. that is real cerebral power and not rote.

power beats strength. wisdom beats learning. knowledge makes a poem.

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:55 pm

Kevin's range of knowledge is amazing, and his knowledge has depth as well as range, i.e. he doesn't just one or two key facts about each area. He is also (as others have mentioned on here) a thoroughly nice guy who is never arrogant about his abilities. I was also at the event on Saturday and one or two of his answers actually had other decent quizzers laughing out loud in admiration about his knowledge and speed of recall.

cool · Post by **cool** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:24 pm

I did manage to slip vaginal bob into the conversation (if you pardon the expression) & it was met with a slight raising of the eyebrows . Perhaps I could be employed as a roving ambassador promoting the merits of the VB (MAFIA RESOURCE) , that is helping me to construct words of monumental proportions , so big even Kevin hasnt even heard of them!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:34 pm

there was no need for that Cool; QM will get upset.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:21 am

cool wrote:Perhaps I could be employed as a roving ambassador promoting the merits of the VB (MAFIA RESOURCE) , that is helping me to construct words of monumental proportions , so big even Kevin hasnt even heard of them!

If you can subsist on the standard salary of stale ginger biscuits and Dandelion and Burdock then you're very welcome to join our thriving PR department.