Episode 4 Celebrity Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable

quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

Welcome to a special celebrity edition of Eggheads, the show

where five quiz challengers pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

You might recognise them, as they are goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows. They're the Eggheads.

And challenging our legendary quiz champions today

are Out Of The Frying Pan. The team of some of the UK's top chefs

have put aside their culinary rivalries to scramble the Eggheads.

But will being used to the heat of the kitchen

mean that they'll be able to survive the fire of the Eggheads? Let's meet them.

Hello. I'm John Burton Race and I've got a restaurant in Dartmouth.

Hello. I'm James Tanner and I've got two restaurants in Plymouth.

Hello. My name is Atul Kochhar. I'm the first Indian chef to get a Michelin star in this country.

Hello. I'm Aiden Byrne, the head chef of a prestigious hotel in London, and I've a restaurant in Cheshire.

Hello. My name's Oliver Rowe, and I have a restaurant in King's Cross,

where we source as much as possible from in and around Greater London.

Welcome to you, Out Of The Frying Pan.

I said there in the introduction, you put aside the rivalries in the different restaurants

and the different recipes you come up with. Is it really that intense?

Are you guys always looking over your shoulder?

Not really. I think we're in the same job, so I think we all get on,

-more or less, don't we?

-Speak for yourself, John.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-I'm not trying to sow dissent.

-Sometimes.

You know, there's always going to be...

If you're a restaurant next to another restaurant, there's always going to be that sort of rivalry,

but there would be with any business. But basically we all do the same job, so we have all the same pressures.

And is it a bit of a close... I suppose it's a bit like quizzing.

Do you all tend to know each other, in a the sense

that somebody will have worked in this restaurant with someone, then they may move on

and in a way, you all have points of contact?

I think there is a bit of that, but we probably don't have an awful lot of time to socialise.

-Are you trying to tell me something about the forthcoming quiz here?

-No, what I'm trying to do is

-get the excuses out the way first.

-Shall we play? Shall we give it a go?

See if you can beat the Eggheads. Every day there's £1,000 up for grabs

for our challengers' chosen charity.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Out Of The Frying Pan, the Eggheads have won the last three games,

which means £4,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

Let's hope you can. Let's play then.

The first category, first head to head, first attempt to knock an Egghead out, is on arts and books.

Do you want to go for that one?

-That goes all the way down the line to you, Ollie.

-I'll give it a go.

-Ollie?

-Yep. I'll have a bash.

-OK, Oliver, it's you. Who do you want to play from the Eggheads?

Erm, I reckon I'm going to have a go with Judith.

You may. OK, let's have Oliver and Millionaire-winner Judith

into the question room then, please.

We're going to play arts and books now, Oliver.

Do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first. Why not? Dive straight in.

Best of luck. Here you go.

Norman Mailer's influential book The Naked And The Dead is set during which period of conflict?

Wow. OK. I wouldn't have said the English Civil War.

I don't think it's that far back.

And I'm not sure between the Russian Revolution or World War II.

I'm going to go for World War II.

OK, World War II.

Is it a solid start? It is indeed!

Well, done, Oliver. World War II.

-The American Pacific campaign, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

Against the Japanese. OK.

Well, Judith, first question to you then. Which animal is being held

by the lady in the famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci

that is housed in the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, in Poland?

Erm, before I answer,

can I ask Oliver, if I let him win, can I have a free dinner?

You're the one that won £1 million! But, yeah, if you let me win,

we'll get you a free glass of tap water anyway.

She can afford to pay!

You are mean!

-Treat the whole restaurant.

-Well, you can't win. It's an ermine.

Oh, right! Gloves back on! Just for a moment waving the white flag,

but spurned there by Oliver, and got the right answer.

Ermine. It is an ermine. OK, back to you, Oliver. Second question.

Which artist created a huge crack along the floor of the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern in 2007?

Erm, OK. So I think that they've all had installations

in the Turbine room, I believe.

Bruce Nauman, I think, had the sound installation with all the speakers.

And I think Olafur Eliasson was the sun.

-So I'm going to go for Doris Salcedo.

-Doris Salcedo.

And it is Doris Salcedo. Well done!

Right answer. So two to you.

Judith, the Latin phrase "carpe diem"

is taken from an ode by which Roman poet, born in approximately 65 BC?

Well, I know that Horace writes odes, so I'm going to say Horace.

Horace. OK. You know what "carpe diem" means, of course.

Seize the day.

You've seized it!

It's the right answer. Yes, you've got Horace. OK. It's two-all.

It's getting very interesting then, Oliver.

This is your question. The Third Policeman, finally published in 1967, is a novel by which writer?

Erm, OK.

I actually only know Flann O'Brien at all,

as a writer, out of all of those.

And I think I'm going to go with him.

It's the right answer! Flann O'Brien.

Well done there, Oliver. Three out of three.

I think you chose it just cos it had "flan" in the title, being a chef(!)

OK. Well, it doesn't matter

how you got it. There you are.

You're in the lead, and if Judith doesn't get this, she goes out.

Which artist, celebrated for his highly expressive depiction of emotions,

painted the panel The Descent From The Cross, which now hangs in the Prado?

I don't think Van Eyck's known for expressing his emotions.

Oh, dear! I'm not quite sure.

I think it's Van der Weyden.

-I'm hoping.

-OK.

You're hoping, praying.

And it is. It's the right answer. Well done, Judith.

So it's 3-3. This is quality quizzing. We expect it from Judith.

And quality stuff from you, Oliver. It means we go to sudden death, so we take away those choices.

It's gets a lot harder now. So I've just got to hear an answer from you.

Which Dutch painter born in 1872 coined the term "neoplasticism"

to describe his use of vertical

and horizontal lines with black, white, grey and primary colours?

Hmm...

OK.

Born in 1872, Dutch painter.

I have to say I'd be pushed to name a Dutch painter that I would have said was born in 1872.

I think you've got me on that one. I'm stumped. Sorry.

OK. I will ask Judith this, because you might have put her in first cos of that tactical bit at the front.

-So do you know this one, Judith?

-Is it Mondrian?

-It is. First name?

-Piet.

Piet Mondrian. Piet Mondrian there. Not ringing too many bells then, Oliver?

No, I know Mondrian.

I just didn't realise he was Dutch.

Yeah, OK. Well, Judith still has to face a question.

According to TS Eliot's poem The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock,

"In the room the women come and go, talking of..."?

Michelangelo.

Ah. According to TS Eliot's poem The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock,

"In the room the women come and go, talking of..."?

Michelangelo.

Is the right answer, Judith! Cos I think, as Oliver knows,

you're out of the final round.

There was some good quizzing there. And a deep knowledge of arts and books,

as well as his food, but it's not to be for you.

You won't be playing in the final round.

Judith, you'll be there. No free meal for sure!

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

If that's a taste of things to come, I think the Eggheads have got a battle on their hands.

That was really close fought and Oliver just squeezed out there. Sorry about that, Oliver.

It means one brain missing from the final round for Out Of The Frying Pan. We move on to our second round.

Ha-ha-ha! It is food and drink.

Any of you know anything about this

-or do you just want to pass?

-Any of you guys know about food and drink?

-I know nothing about food and drink.

-Go on, John, you do it.

-John.

-Do you fancy it, John?

-I'll try.

-Not a strong subject of yours! Which Egghead would you like to play? It can't be Judith.

-Ah, Barry please.

-Barry. OK.

Let's have John and Barry into the question room, please.

OK then, off we go. Food and drink. John says he knows a little bit about it.

Now, would you like to go first or second on food and drink?

I don't really mind. Erm, I suppose first.

All right then, John,

give this one a try, you never know.

-You can guess if you need to.

-Right.

The first question.

The dish peach melba -

I almost feel embarrassed asking this question to you! The dish peach melba consists of peaches, ice-cream

and what flavour sauce?

-Um, raspberry.

-How do they know these things?!

It is the right answer, yes. The dish peach melba

consists of peaches, ice-cream

and raspberry sauce. Easing John in there.

Barry, the terms waxy and floury

are commonly used to describe the different textures of which food stuff?

Well, I feel as if I've very much drawn the short straw in this one,

but let's see if we can make it just a little bit longer.

And I've heard potatoes described as floury, so I'll go for that.

Potatoes is correct, from Barry.

Back to John for his second question.

John, in 2004, Marco Pierre White launched a chain of pizzerias with which sportsman?

Um...

Frankie Dettori.

I'm sure you're mates with Marco.

But is that the kind of thing you'd do, pizzeria? I mean, it's...

There's nothing wrong with a good pizza.

A lovely pizza Roma is just delicious with a really thin crust.

Not all this nonsense that you get,

you know, all around, but a proper Roman pizza from Rome.

A thin crust with cheese and a bit of tomato and basil, that's it.

-It's delicious.

-So really, then, the dough is just really a vehicle

for the ingredients, rather than being smothered in big crusts?

What it is, is an open sandwich.

You might be able to get some flavour in it if you use a wood-burning oven,

and that might make a difference, but let's be honest,

it's not rocket science, it's just a dough.

OK. Well, Frankie Dettori is correct there, yes.

It was called Frankie's, wasn't it, the chain?

Marco Pierre White and Frankie Dettori collaborating

in a chain of pizzerias.

So two to John. Barry, which food is fermented to produce the smelly, Swedish delicacy surstromming?

I can't imagine eggs being fermented.

I don't think I would like to try them, or, for that matter, cheese.

But I can certainly imagine herrings,

I can imagine those being fermented.

So I shall go for herring.

Herring and Sweden...almost going together. It's the right answer.

Well done, Barry. OK. Well, John, if you get this and Barry fails

with his third question, you're through.

Of which food did Samuel Johnson say, "It should be well sliced

"and dressed with pepper and vinegar and then thrown out as good for nothing"?

Ah, that's a tricky one.

It won't be celery.

I think it's between red cabbage and cucumber.

I'll go for cucumber.

I thought you were going to go for red cabbage for a moment.

It's cucumber! Well done.

Fairly tasteless, cucumber, really,

-isn't it, chefs? I mean, on its own.

-It can be lovely.

-I like cucumber. It's subtle.

I mean, what would you do with it, John?

How would you make it interesting?

I'd peel the cucumber, cut it in half, de-seed it,

cover it with a little sea salt for about ten minutes.

And the salt acts like a poultice and it draws all the impurities out of the cucumber.

Wash it thoroughly to make sure all the salt's off, dry it and then slice it. It'll have a lovely crisp texture

and any minerals there, you'll feel them if you do it that way.

I'll give that a try, make it taste decent. Thank you, John.

Listen to this question, Barry, the one that you're going to attempt to keep you in the game with.

On a daily diet of 2,000 calories, approximately how many grams of fat

should an average, healthy person eat per day?

I think you're asking the wrong person this question.

Well, let's see. 70g of fat sounds too much,

so I think the answer must be between 10g and 30g,

but, er... I'm going to go down the middle for 30g.

OK, 30g in a daily diet of 2,000 calories.

The answer is...

70g!

70g of fat in a daily diet of 2,000 calories

for the average healthy person per day.

So, John, you're through to the final round, helping the team out

to try and win the money. No place for you, Barry. Would you both come back and join your teams?

As it stands now, both teams have lost one brain from the final round.

And our third round now, heading towards that final round,

is film and television.

Who fancies this one? John and Oliver have played,

so James, Atul or Aiden.

-James, you do it.

-Yep.

-Fancy it, James?

-Yeah.

Who would you like to play, James? It cannot be Judith or Barry.

So that's two in the middle.

Kevin at the end, Chris or Daphne?

I think I'd like to play Daphne, please.

Right, well then, let's have James and Daphne into the question room. Film and television.

James, would you like to go first or second?

Um, I'm going to say ladies first.

OK, Daphne,

first question to you, film and television.

Which character was played by Anthony Daniels in the Star Wars films?

Oh, gosh!

Um... Well, it's not Darth Vader.

Um... I'm just hoping he's one of those nice little robots,

-so C-3PO.

-C-3PO?

Anthony Daniels...

yeah, inside C-3PO. It was Anthony Daniels! It's the right answer.

Well done, Daphne.

Tricky one.

OK, James, which children's TV show has been presented by John Craven,

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lizo Mzimba?

I'm confident about the answer to this one. I believe it's Newsround.

Yeah, and due to the impact of John Craven presenting it,

it's still known to some people as John Craven's Newsround.

It's the right answer. Well done.

OK, Daphne,

second question. Which 1965 James Stewart film was remade in 2004

with Dennis Quaid in the leading role?

What year was it remade?

1965 film originally, remade in 2004.

Oh, I really don't know.

Erm...

The Flight Of The Phoenix.

Is the right answer, Daphne!

-By guessing.

-The only one I could remember seeing James Stewart in!

-James, presumably you saw the remake. You were nodding there.

-I did, yeah. I knew that one.

Oh, dear. OK, well, this is your second question.

Which actress received two Oscar nominations in the same year for her performances in Frances and Tootsie?

I don't think it's Sally Field.

I'm going to go with Jessica Lange. I don't know if that's correct,

but it's a bit guess, I'll be honest.

Bit of a guess. It's the right answer.

Well, done, James. Two to you.

Good quizzing from Out Of The Frying Pan. I wonder which way

this one's going to go. OK, Daphne, who plays a good-hearted lawyer

working for a corrupt family in the US TV drama Dirty Sexy Money?

SHE LAUGHS

I've never even heard of the show!

That's a good start,

but now we have to wait for your cruise missile-like guessing.

Peter Krause.

Laser-guided again. It's the right answer.

Two guesses in a row. See what I have to put up with, James?

OK, you'll know this and you'll take us into sudden death, I'm sure, James.

Here's your question. You've got to get this to keep the round going.

Who created and wrote the TV sitcom Men Behaving Badly?

I don't think it's Simon Nye... or Mark Gatiss.

So I think I'm going to have to go with Dave Renwick.

Men Behaving Badly was created and written by...

-Simon Nye!

-Oh!

Simon Nye, James.

I'd like a recount on that! There's nothing I can do about Daphne when she's in that form.

When they say they're guessing, it's always an informed guess,

but that last one really was a blind guess, wasn't it?

I didn't think it was James Gandolfini.

-Because of the Sopranos.

-The Sopranos, OK.

-And honestly it was a toss up between...

So then a 50/50? OK. And you landed that.

And James unfortunately wrote off Simon Nye before he started,

so his 50/50 was always barking up the wrong tree. Sorry, James,

you won't be playing in the final round. Daphne, you will be.

Would you both come back and join your teams?

Just a light singeing there for James from Daphne!

The challengers have lost two brains from the final round, the Eggheads have lost one.

And this is our last head-to-head before the final round,

so a chance to even it up, in terms of numbers in that final round.

This subject is sport.

And two remaining eligible players,

-Atul and Aiden.

-I'll go for it then.

-Who are you going to have with you?

-I will take, er...

-It's Kevin or Chris.

-I'll take Kevin.

Kevin, OK, for sports. Could I ask you both to take your positions in the question room?

Aiden and Kevin.

Aiden, now, do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first.

OK, here you go, Aiden.

Good luck. See if we can get you through in the final round.

What must the score be in a set for a tie-break to be played in a game of professional tennis?

Er... Whoa, pfff...

Tennis is not really my best subject. I'm going to go f...

6-6.

I love the way you went, "I'm going f..." and there was an F!

I was thinking, "It's going to be 4-4 or 5-5."

And you came up with the right answer on 6-6.

Phew!

6-6, yes, tie-break kicks in,

unless, of course, it's the final set.

OK, Kevin, in what year was the boxer Joe Calzaghe born?

Well, if it was 1962, he'd now be 46, which seems a bit over the top.

He's had a good career for quite a few years,

so if it was 1982, he'd be a bit on the young side, so '72.

-72?

-Yeah.

Is the right answer, yes. Well done, Kevin. You worked that out.

Aiden, second question.

Which football manager won his third European Cup in 1981?

If I don't get this one, being from Liverpool,

my family are probably going to hang me. Bob Paisley.

It is the way they fall! If you'd gone for the other set of questions,

you would have watched that one go to Kevin.

It's the right answer. Bob Paisley.

Third victory there for Bob Paisley.

So, Kevin, which eccentric South African cricketer claims to have an aggressive alter-ego

named Gunter, that takes over when he starts bowling?

Well, the one there who's been criticised

for his over-the-top antics

when bowling is Andre Nel, so I'm assuming it's got to be him.

He's had a bit of criticism for his, well, general gurning and demeanour.

Andre Nel is the right answer.

OK, well, it's all square, 2-2.

Going well. Let's see if you can get this. Might win you the round.

The American athlete Angelo Taylor won gold medals

at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics in which event?

This is a guess, a total guess. I'm going to go for...

200m.

OK, 200m for Angelo Taylor.

Winning golds twice then. 2000 and 2008.

You've hit the hurdle, Aiden,

-it's the 400m hurdles.

-Aw!

400m hurdles, Angelo Taylor. A chance for you, Kevin,

with this. Which rugby league team won the Engage Super League grand final

at Old Trafford in October 2008?

I bet Barry wishes he was here for this one, being a Rhinos fan.

They beat St Helens in the final. They weren't really fancied to,

but they repeated what they did last year, and it's the Leeds Rhinos.

Sounds like we don't need Barry for those Leeds Rhinos answers.

It is right, you're through to the final round. Bad luck, Aiden.

Just that one wrong again. These head-to-heads have been so close.

Just been squeezed out of the final round, Aiden. Would you both please come back and join your teams?

This is what we've been playing towards.

It's time for the final round,

which is general knowledge. But those of you

who lost your head-to-heads won't take part in this round.

So James, Aiden and Oliver from Out Of The Frying Pan,

and Barry from the Eggheads, would you leave the studio, please?

So John and Atul, you're playing to win Out Of The Frying Pan £4,000.

Daphne, Chris, Judith and Kevin, you're playing for something

which money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

This time the questions are general knowledge, and you are allowed to confer.

Out Of The Frying Pan, the question is, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

And, John and Atul, would you like to go first or second?

What do you think, chap?

-Um, that they get to go first.

-They can go first.

Well, listen, you put them in first.

Let's see how you do. Let's see if you can win the money.

Eggheads, then, your first question.

Off The Wall and Dangerous are albums by which musician?

-Why don't you, Chris?

-Yeah, that's Michael Jackson, Dermot.

Michael Jackson, Off The Wall and Dangerous.

Rather appropriately, you answered it, Chris! It's the right answer.

Michael Jackson. OK.

Atul and John, first question.

La Vendee is a region of France on which body of water?

La Vendee is a region of France on which body of water?

Where were you living for a little while, John?

-Near a place called Carcassonne and...

-Oh, yeah.

And so it's, er...

Then you've got the Midi-Pyrenees. So Vendee...

So you've got... Let me think. Can you do the three choices, please?

La Vendee is a region of France on which body of water?

-I'd go with Mediterranean.

-Yeah.

-Mediterranean.

-Gone for the Med?

-Yeah.

-La Vendee...

is on the Bay of Biscay. It's the other side.

Right, OK. Nothing there, but early days, early days.

Eggheads, second question.

In which decade of the 20th century were premium bonds introduced in the UK,

with a top prize in the first draw of £1,000?

In which decade of the 20th century were premium bonds introduced

in the UK, with a top prize in the first draw of £1,000?

I remember it well - Ernest Marples was Postmaster General.

It was the 1950s.

'50s is the right answer. OK, Eggheads two-up,

so you've got to get this, Out Of The Frying Pan.

Which former US President had an early career as a fashion model,

making the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine?

Which former US President had an early career as a fashion model,

making the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine?

-Goodness me.

-I don't think it's Nixon.

I would have thought not, with his nose, wouldn't you?

No. So we're not going to go for Nixon.

Um, Gerald Ford...

I think it's Johnson.

It'll be a guess. I'm not too sure about it.

We've got nothing to lose.

-OK. Lyndon B Johnson.

-OK, Johnson.

You thought not Nixon for one of his prominent physical features!

-President in question is Gerald Ford!

-Oh!

-Damn!

-Gerald Ford.

Which means, Eggheads, you've won.

It just shows

the random nature... I bet that first set of questions, you'd have sailed through. Michael Jackson.

-That's right.

-Premium bonds.

-Could have got that one right.

-Yeah. Bad luck.

We really do appreciate you spending the time,

cos I know what busy guys you are,

and we really do appreciate you taking the time to play Eggheads today for charity,

so thank you very much. Thanks to Oliver, Aiden and James in the question room as well.

-Atul, John, many thanks.

-It's been great fun.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and they still reign supreme!

I'm afraid you haven't won the £4,000, which means

the money rolls over to the next show. Eggheads, congratulations.

Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a team of celebrity experts have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£5,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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