For writer Mike Rampton, saving up for a property felt pointless. The goal was too big to reach – until a quiz show gave him a leg up.

“Winning £3,450 on a quiz show kickstarted a savings habit – and got me on the property ladder.”

“I saved enough for a house. It started with a quiz show.”

Mike Rampton is an author and freelance journalist. His first book for children, ‘There’s No Such Thing as a Silly Question’, was published in 2024 by Nosy Crow and the University of Cambridge.