In 2012, three Big Fat Quizzes were recorded as part of Channel 4's 30th anniversary celebrations, each representing one of the past decades. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. This was also the first year that Rob Brydon was absent, leaving host Jimmy Carr as the only regular fixture throughout the Big Fat Quiz of the Year 's entire run to date (although neither Brydon nor Ross had been panellists for the special Channel 4 anniversary edition). The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the coronation of King Charles for a related question.

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Recorded guest questions were provided by Su Pollard, Michael Fish, Clare Grogan, Roland Rat, Nik Kershaw, The Proclaimers, Anne Charleston, Charles Dance (doing a dramatic reading from the autobiography of The Krankies), and Sonia. Meanwhile, former Arsenal player-turned-telly pundit Alex isn't stuck for jobs and has become the latest brand ambassador for cosmetics company ­ Garnier. A special edition of the show, celebrating Channel 4's 25th anniversary, was broadcast on 2 November 2007. This was until towards the end when Jimmy Carr bowed to the pressure of the studio audience and gave them 22 points for answering one question correctly, which was the amount needed to bring them back into contention at the time and ensuring that they subsequently won the quiz. Money raised from the evening will be donated to Worcestershire Young Carers, Sight Concern and Breast Cancer Awareness.

The quizzes help the children feel less isolated when school’s out – as it is quite often these days. However, if you’re in the business of very big - or teeny tiny - things, a whole new world of terms to describe the smallest and largest units of measurement opens up before you. There were also recorded questions by several celebrities including Richard and Judy, Charlotte Church, Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Derren Brown and Kevin Pietersen.The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out The Da Vinci Code plagiarism claim and parents rebelling against Jamie Oliver's school dinners campaign.

These quizzes ask questions based on various subjects including history, geography, films, television, music, science, technology, art, literature, sports and games.This was the first time that Rob Brydon had been on the winning team, despite having appeared on the panel every year since the first show in 2004. The Great British Bake Off finalists Brendan Lynch, James Morton, and John Whaite provided a live guest question. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year is an approximately annual British television programme broadcast in the last or first week of the year on Channel 4.