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21st April 1976: It wasn't often that Stan Ogden and the phrase "Super-brain" came together but one notable instance was when Annie Walker had the idea of a pub quiz, whose similarities to the BBC's Mastermind were of course only superficial, being held in the Rovers. Newton & Ridley were so taken with the idea that they held it across all of their establishments with Stan taking part in the preliminary round. Two of his fellow competitors were George Benton whose specialised subject was pigeons and Jack Livesey who proved himself hopeless on general knowledge. Stan's specialised subject was Manchester United and he proved himself so competent on the subject that he scored seventeen points and was declared the winner. Hilda Ogden had bet on him to win, even though she admitted that his brain wasn't "exactly cluttered with knowledge", and was delighted at her husband's success.
 * For more information see Episode 1593 (21st April 1976).