There’s no denying that appearing on a quiz show is a terrifying experience – especially when it’s University Challenge and Jeremy Paxman is firing the questions at you.
But while many are intimidated by the pressure and the worry that they will let their team down, recent contestant Charlie Clegg discovered a whole new phobia.
Concentrating hard on the question being asked, poor Clegg temporarily forgot that quiz shows have buzzers on them and the loud ringing gave him one heck of a startle.
Watch him almost leap out of his skin here: