Episode 29 Revenge of the Egghead

These five contestants are hoping to walk away today

thousands of pounds richer.

Standing in their way is one of the most formidable quizzers to

grace the Eggheads team,

CJ de Mooi.

This is Revenge Of The Egghead.

Hello, and welcome to Revenge Of The Egghead.

Let's meet the five contestants hoping to get one over on CJ today.

Hello, I'm Tricia, I'm a self-employed gardener,

and I'm from Purley in Surrey.

I'm Adam, I'm a financial advisor from Solihull.

I'm Helen, I'm a support worker, and I'm from Manchester,

but now live in Colchester.

I'm Ben, I'm a psychology student from Basildon in Essex.

I'm Peter, I'm a systems manager from Stoke-on-Trent.

Welcome, and good luck to you all.

Now, as you know, in order to win any money today,

you will need to outsmart CJ de Mooi, who is sitting over there,

looking very threatening indeed.

You've been, I know, mugging up on a subject. Tell us what it is.

This time it's been...

female astronauts.

OK, and who was the first female astronaut in space?

As opposed to where?

Well, you can be an astronaut but not go into space.

True, perfectly true. Uh, the first female astronaut in space

was Sally Ride in 1983.

The first woman in space was a cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova,

but, of course, the first Briton in space

was a woman, Helen Sharman.

-Impressed?

-Very.

He has just been swotting up,

and he's only doing it to intimidate you.

So, what do you make of the line-up here?

Any team that has a range of sexes and ages, it always has the

possibility to gel well, so, I'll just pick them off one at a time.

Well, with that threat in mind, let's get started.

Contestants, none of you know each other yet,

but you'll be building up a prize fund together by individually

answering general knowledge questions.

Each correct answer will add £200 to the pot, but be very careful,

because if CJ knows your answer is wrong, he can stop play like this.

BUZZER

So, when he does that and he's caught you out, he has

the chance to knock you out by asking you one of his own questions.

Get it wrong and you lose a life.

Your lives are on the front of the desk there.

If you lose them both, you are out of the game.

However many of you survive to the end of the game will have a

shot at sharing the prize money that you've banked.

So, shall we begin?

We start with our self-employed gardener, Tricia.

-Hello.

-Here's your first question. The island of Madagascar

lies off the eastern coast of which continent?

India. BUZZER

India is your answer. CJ, you buzzed very early there.

Mainly because India's not a continent.

I think it's off the east coast of Africa.

It's the wrong answer, Tricia, I'm sorry.

So, it gives CJ the chance to take one of your lives.

You're going to face now a question which he has written

and he will choose.

So, can I ask you, please, to take your position on the Hot Spot

and take on the Egghead?

So, it's a tricky moment now.

First question wrong, and here you are on the Hot Spot, facing CJ.

So, Tricia, let's get one of those

lives off you straightaway, shall we?

Well, it's certainly not Germany.

I believe it's Switzerland.

CJ.

Well, unlike Switzerland, it's hard for me to stay neutral.

It's the right answer.

-It is the right answer, Tricia. Well done.

-Thank you.

-Both your lives

are intact. Please return to your fellow players.

Adam, let's get some money in the bank here.

Which Oscar-winning actor plays the title role in the 2013 film

The Butler?

Robert De Niro. BUZZER

-CJ.

-He won his Oscar for playing Idi Amin in

The Last King Of Scotland - it is Forest Whitaker.

Yes, it is Forest Whitaker, so, Adam, I'm sorry,

you've got that wrong.

It's time to take on an Egghead.

CJ, what are you thinking for him?

I'm thinking another film question.

Adam...

Not sure about this one. I think Viva Las Vegas might be a bit of a trick.

Uh...

I'll go for Love Me Tender.

Ooh, he's not happy. Look at this, Adam.

It is Love Me Tender.

-Thank you.

-Well done, sir.

Please return to your fellow players.

Now, there is a problem here, which is that we're still on zero,

so, Helen, you've got to change that. Here's your question.

In Germany, what is the Bundesliga?

It's a football league.

A football league is quite right, Helen. Well done.

-£200 is banked!

-Yay!

Let's see if the team can walk away with that and more.

So, now, our psychology student, Ben, we turn to you now.

Which major pop group

played their final live performance on the roof of their

record company's offices in 1969?

I think that was The Beatles.

It was indeed The Beatles,

so your two lives are intact, and another £200. £400 total so far.

Peter, the dish known as coronation chicken was

named in honour of the coronation of which monarch?

I would say it would be Queen Elizabeth II.

Elizabeth II is quite right. So, £600.

Tricia, in heraldry, sable is the name for which colour?

-Green.

-BUZZER

CJ has buzzed. He wants you on that Hot Spot very badly.

-What is it?

-It's black.

-It is black.

It's not green, Tricia, so it is time to take on the Egghead.

Now, he's desperate to get a life off you here, Tricia.

You're not going to ask her about sport, are you?

No, I'm going to ask her about geography.

Well, it's certainly not Worcestershire.

It's not Somerset, cos that's near where I come from originally.

I believe it to be Lancashire.

It's Shropshire.

Shropshire. OK, Tricia, that's bad news.

Please return to the other players.

So, you have two lives. We're taking one off you, I'm afraid.

Still, you've got £600 in the bank. Adam, it's your question.

Hunter Valley is a wine-producing region of which country?

New Zealand?

New Zealand is your answer.

-You don't drink, do you?

-I don't.

I probably might have guessed at Australia,

but I really don't know this, so I'm not going to risk it.

It is Australia. You're off the hook there, Adam. Back to you, Helen.

Quarterback is the name of a position in which sport?

American football.

American football is correct.

£800 in the pot.

Ben, vendredi is the French word for which day of the week?

-Friday.

-Friday is right. Just a little round up for you.

CJ, at this moment, they've got to £1,000.

-You haven't stopped them getting there.

-I'm so happy(!)

-THEY LAUGH

-He is desperate to stop you.

Peter, your question.

Which pop star married the fashion model Yasmin Parvaneh in 1985?

That would be Simon Le Bon.

It was indeed Simon Le Bon. £1,200 we're on. Tricia, back to you.

Mount Aconcagua is the highest of which major range of mountains?

Mount Aconcagua.

Pyrenees. BUZZER

-SHE LAUGHS

-Do you think it's not the Pyrenees?

-I think it might be the Andes.

-Oh, I was going to say the Andes.

So, we're in a bit of danger here. You've only got one life left,

and I have to ask you to take on the Egghead.

Well, Tricia...

I don't think it's London. I think Libor covers the world for banking.

I'm going to go for Lending.

Your answer's Lending.

If you've got this right, you will rejoin your fellow contestants.

If you've got it wrong, you will be out of the game, Tricia. So, CJ...

-It's London!

-Oh, my!

-London?

I thought it was Lending as well.

It's an interbank lending rate, so what's that all about?

It started in London, that's where the headquarters are.

Tricia, I'm sorry, that was your last life.

CJ has outsmarted you.

You're out of the game and out of the money.

-The Egghead has taken his revenge.

-Goodbye, and thank you.

OK, well, it might feel good that there are four of you left to

share the money, so you get proportionately more, but,

of course, it does mean one less person helping out in the final.

So, it cuts both ways. Adam, your question.

Who was president of Russia from 2008 to 2012?

My mind's just gone blank. I do know this.

The president of Russia from 2008 to 2012.

I'm not going to get there. Go on, CJ.

BUZZER

Dmitry Medvedev.

Because you didn't give us an answer and CJ got it right,

it's time to take on the Egghead.

Adam...

I think I've heard the word tack used...

in conjunction with horse-riding gear.

So, I'll go for tack.

Is he right?

CJ SIGHS

Yes.

Well done, you've made him cross. You've got it right.

Please return to your fellow players.

We're on £1,200. Of course, you didn't make £200 with that answer.

However, you four remaining have still got both lives.

Helen, on to you.

Which writer created the character of Adrian Mole?

I can picture the woman. I can almost see her name, but I can't get it.

OK, no answer, so CJ, yours.

BUZZER

Sue Townsend.

-Sue Townsend!

-Sue Townsend is the right answer.

So, you're going to have to go on to the Hot Spot.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

Helen...

Six.

Is she right?

There are six colours on it.

-Well done, Helen.

-Thank you.

Please return to the other players.

What about that? You're proving a tougher nut to crack

than he suspected at first. OK, Ben...

Neufchatel is soft, white,

creamy cow's milk cheese from which European country?

-France.

-France is the right answer.

Well done, you're going up to £1,400. Peter, on to you.

Which Shakespearean character is described as the Moor of Venice?

-That would be Othello.

-Othello it is. £1,600.

Adam, Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock

are names associated with which rap group?

-Run-DMC?

-Run-DMC, you say. I was waiting for a light. Look at CJ.

He doesn't like his rap music.

It's the Beastie Boys.

So, because CJ doesn't buzz, you are spared the Hot Spot.

Helen, in 1986, Michael Heseltine famously resigned from which

cabinet post?

Home Secretary.

BUZZER

Not Home Secretary, then. What?

Defence.

Secretary of State for Defence is the right answer.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

Well, you're not making any headway in this part of the game,

-CJ, are you?

-No, and as Helen showed in the last round,

she is the queen of blind guessing.

It's Leonardo DiCaprio.

Leonardo DiCaprio played...

-Jay Gatsby.

-Oh!

Nick Carraway was played by Tobey Maguire.

Helen, I'm sorry, that's very bad news.

Please return to the other players.

So, you lost a life. We're going to take one off the front of

your desk there. One has gone out. One left. Ben, we turn to you now.

What is the name of the man who in 2010 became president of Nigeria?

CJ GIGGLES

Robert Mugabe.

BUZZER

I don't think even you believe that answer.

CJ, you know the answer there?

This is the gloriously named Goodluck Jonathan.

-Goodluck Jonathan is the right answer...

-OK.

-..and we're going to say good luck, Ben...

-Thank you.

..in taking on the Egghead.

Soap operas.

I don't watch soap operas myself, but my mum does.

So, I'm pretty sure this one is Maria Connor.

Tina McIntyre.

Tina McIntyre. Have words with your mum, Ben.

Yeah, my mum's not going to be very happy.

Please return to the other players.

We're going to have to take a life away from you there, Ben.

So, that light goes out. You have still got £1,600 in the bank.

Peter, here is your question.

Taunton is the administrative headquarters

of which English county?

Taunton would be in Somerset.

You're right. £1,800 in the bank.

OK, Adam, see if we can make it 2,000. Get this one right.

Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar for his performance

in which 1951 film?

Play It Again, Sam.

BUZZER

Play It Again... Wait a minute. That was Casablanca.

It's a misquotation, for a start. The quote is, "Play it, Sam."

And is Casablanca the answer?

The answer is The African Queen.

Yes, he's right, I'm afraid, Adam. The answer is The African Queen.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

I want to know what your strategy is, CJ,

cos he's repelled you brilliantly so far.

To get rid of him is my strategy. Adam...

There was definitely a Top 10 hit that was called Popcorn.

It kind of feels like it might have been a bit later than 1972,

but I'm going to say Popcorn.

Is he right?

-Yes, it's Popcorn.

-Ha, ha! You got it right! Well done!

So, you've survived yet another moment on the Hot Spot.

Please return to your fellow players.

I hope the other contestants are noting this.

Adam isn't putting a single penny into the prize pot.

-He's made no money and stayed alive.

-I'm saving it until the last round.

Helen, your question.

In which year did the Bay of Pigs Invasion take place?

1963.

BUZZER

-CJ?

-'61.

-'61 is the right answer. You're in danger now, Helen.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

So, Helen, you know that if you get this wrong,

we will be saying goodbye to you, as we did to Tricia.

-We don't want that to happen.

-Helen...

Well, with everything crossed, my fingers especially,

I'm going to guess at Illinois.

You think it's New Haven, Illinois.

Now, if you've got this wrong, you will be out of the game.

-You do understand?

-Yes.

-OK. Is she right?

New Haven is the second city of...

-Connecticut.

-Connecticut.

-Connecticut is the answer. Well,

you had a life left, and you've now lost it,

so we have to say goodbye, Helen.

-The Egghead has taken his revenge.

-Goodbye.

Now, we go to you, Ben.

Which musical is the sequel to the Phantom Of The Opera?

The Phantom Of The Concert.

-The Phantom Of The Concert?

-BUZZER

CJ.

It was panned by the critics who called it Paint Never Dries,

-but it's Love Never Dies.

-Love Never Dies is the answer. Oh, dear, Ben.

So, it's time to take on the Egghead.

So, you've got one life left.

We don't want to see the same thing happen to you as happened to

Tricia and Helen.

I think we're going to have a biology question for you.

I think I'm quite lucky with this one.

I did biology back in college,

and I'm pretty sure drosophila are flies.

Is he right?

Yes, it's flies!

Well done. You have saved your life.

Please return to your fellow players.

You were on the verge of heading out of the studio then.

-Well done, relief written all over his face.

-Oh, I'm glad of that!

-OK.

Peter, one more correct answer, you're on 2,000.

What is the name of the character played by John Cleese

in the 1988 movie A Fish Called Wanda?

You've not put a foot wrong so far.

I'm going to now!

I'm going to kick myself, but I just can't remember the name.

-Can't even give you a guess.

-You can't even guess it?

-No, no.

BUZZER

It's the real name of Cary Grant, Archibald Leach.

-Ah, it was, yes.

-Archie Leach is the answer.

I've got to ask you to take on the Egghead.

OK, fire your question away.

-Do you like sport, Peter?

-You'll have to ask me the question first.

I don't think it's bowls.

I can't imagine them having a world governing body.

Baseball...

is more America, Japan, Cuba.

Then again, I've got a feeling it might be basketball.

I'll go for basketball.

Oh, look at this. The expression is promising from your point of view.

-It's a slam dunk. It's basketball.

-Basketball it is.

You've still got your two lives.

Please return to your fellow players.

All right, we press on, trying to build up some money.

-Trying to get to 2,000.

-KLAXON

Oh! We have no more time to build up the money.

We've had the last question,

and three of you have survived to play in the final.

You've built up a prize pot of £1,800. Well done.

You haven't got your hands on it yet, though.

You now have the chance to take that money home.

There's just one problem. You've got to beat the Egghead.

So, there is £1,800 up for grabs, and three of you left.

If you can prove yourselves better than CJ, you will win the money,

but he is going to do everything he can to stop you.

I'm going to ask CJ ten general knowledge questions.

However many he answers correctly will become your target to beat.

Are you ready? Are you confident?

Wouldn't you be if you looked like this?

All right, don't let him put you off your stroke, OK?

You can win this money.

CJ, your questions start now.

Which actor plays the android David in the 2012 film Prometheus?

-Michael Fassbender.

-Michael Fassbender is the right answer.

That's one out of one.

Reg Gutteridge was best known as a commentator on which sport?

Rugby.

No, CJ, it was boxing. One out of two.

The Aeneid is a work by which Roman poet?

Virgil.

Virgil is correct. You've got two out of three.

Which actor born in 1936 was the star of the US sitcom Evening Shade?

-This is looking promising, team!

-It is!

-Fingers crossed!

I know a lot of actors who were born in '37, but '36 is a toughie. Um...

Burt Reynolds.

-Is he right?

-No idea!

-No idea!

-You're right.

-Oh!

-Three out of four.

Mount Titano stands in the centre of which enclaved European microstate?

How are you spelling the mountain, please?

T-I-T-A-N-O.

Don't know this. I'll guess at San Marino.

San Marino is the right answer.

How did you get there?

I guess there are not that many enclaved European microstates.

That's the first clue, and then the spelling is Italian.

Ah, right. So, you got four out of five.

I thought you were on the edge there.

You're coming back strongly here.

Homer Simpson is the name of a character in which 1939 novel

by Nathanael West?

No, that one will have to be a pass, I'm afraid.

The Day Of The Locust is the right answer.

Four out of six.

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is a book by which philosopher,

born in Vienna in 1899?

Blind guess at Carl Jung.

The answer is Ludwig Wittgenstein, CJ.

Four out of seven. Your next question.

Argentinian midfielders Ricardo Villa and Osvaldo Ardiles won

the FA Cup with which London football team in the 1980s?

I don't recognise the first name,

but I think Ossie Ardiles played for Tottenham Hotspur.

I can feel you teetering on your football. Always do!

But Spurs is correct, Tottenham Hotspur.

You've got five out of eight, CJ. Two more questions for you.

In the 1920s, Alfred H Barr, Jr was the founding director of

which museum in New York?

Do I go for MoMA or do I go for the Met?

I will go for the Metropolitan.

The answer is the MoMA.

-Argh!

-The Museum of Modern Arts in New York.

Five out of nine now. Your last question, CJ.

The British businessman Greville Wynne famously acted as intermediary

to which Soviet spy in the 1960s?

I don't know this, so I'll just go for the most famous

and try Kim Philby.

I think you were led astray because he's not Soviet, is he?

He spied for them. The answer is Oleg Penkovsky.

Ten questions and you got five right.

Well, well, well,

you've set a target of five for your opponents over here.

Do you think it's good enough to win?

If the questions are like that, yes!

So, Adam, Ben and Peter, here we go.

The situation is this, you have your target of five correct answers.

You can now work together as a team to beat it.

You've got five lives remaining between you.

Give me an incorrect answer and you lose a life.

If you beat CJ's target before you've lost all your lives,

you win the money, simple as that. Your first question.

Sark is part of which group of islands?

It's the Channel Islands, isn't it? Definitely the Channel Islands.

-Yes, I'm up for that.

-Channel Islands.

Channel Islands is correct.

Which US president gave Richard Nixon a full pardon over Watergate?

It's either Bill Clinton or George Bush.

-Well, have a think about it, then.

-I'm not sure.

-Which party?

-Was Nixon a Democrat or a...?

-I can never remember.

I think you might be right, go with your gut feeling.

-We're going for Bill Clinton.

-Oh, dear!

-You want to say?

-It's Gerald Ford!

-Gerald Ford.

-Straight after.

Exactly, Peter, straight after. One of your lives goes out.

Four lives to go.

By what name is the author David John Moore Cornwell better known?

It's John le Carre.

-Ah.

-David Cornwell.

-Yeah.

It's John le Carre.

John le Carre is right. Well done. Two out of three.

In 1973, who became the first man to top the ATP tennis rankings?

-It feels like it should be Borg, doesn't it?

-He was '76. Borg was '76.

Oh, OK, so it's going to be Connors?

Oh, sorry, Borg was... Yeah, Borg was '76 to '80.

-Connors. It could be Connors?

-Yeah...

-Cos he stayed there for a long time,

didn't he? We'll go for Jimmy Connors.

This takes you halfway to the six correct answers if you get it right,

-but you haven't got it right. It's Ilie Nastase.

-Oh, is it?

-Oh, is it?

-I bet you would have known that.

-I did know that.

-Of course he would.

-You've lost another life.

Who served as chairman of the US Federal Reserve under both

George W Bush and Barack Obama?

Ben Bernanke.

I have no idea.

-Are you happy with that?

-I have no idea.

-Ben Bernanke.

Ben Bernanke is right. You've got three. You're halfway there.

By what name is the recording artist Richard Wayne Penniman better known?

Oh...

it's not Richard Clayderman, is it?

-Who?

-Richard Clayderman.

He was French, though, weren't he?

We'll do what you want to do, cos you were right last time.

-What about Little Richard?

-You could try that.

We're going to try Little Richard.

You're right!

Where did that come from? Just...?

It just sort of came up at the back of my mind

about Little Richard back then.

So, you've got four right now and you've got to get to six,

but you've only got three lives left.

What does the acronym VTOL stand for in terms of aircraft?

Definitely. Vertical Take Off and Landing.

Vertical Take Off and Landing is correct.

You've got five right.

One more right and you've beaten him and you've got the £1,800.

Frances Quinn was the winner of which TV competition in 2013?

-Frances Quinn...

-What?

-It's going to be either The Great British Bake Off...

-Oh, yes!

-It was The Great British Bake Off.

-You sure?

-Yes, definitely.

We'll go for The Great British Bake Off, Jeremy.

If you've got this right, you'll be taking home £1,800.

Frances Quinn in 2013 won...

the TV show...

-The Great British Bake Off.

-Yes!

-Yes!

-You've done it! Well done!

-Yes!

-Many, many congratulations. You have beaten CJ's target.

You do take home the jackpot you fastidiously built up of £1,800,

and we say well done, brilliant quizzing.

You stayed strong at the end there.

Join us next time when CJ will be doing his best to restore his pride

by crushing another five contestants

on Revenge Of The Egghead. Goodbye.