Correct (April)

Mustachioed Barry Jones answered correctly (except maybe two) all questions on his Pick-a-Box marathon. Jones came to prominence via this program, especially through his Special Subject, the Habsburg Empire, a subject lost on most Australian viewers in April 1963. The difference between QI and Pick-a-Box needn’t be spelled out: the adjudicator expected you to give the correct answer. Jones knew more than mustachioed Bob Dyer, who was corrected more than once by Jones for factually inaccurate questions. Stephen Fry had it lucky, it wasn’t important what the correct answer was, as long as you talked and looked like Oscar Wilde.