Episode 10 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

a team of five quiz challengers pit their wits against possibly

the greatest quiz team in Britain. You might recognise them as

they've won some of the UK's toughest quizzes.

They are the Eggheads. Taking on the might of

our quiz goliaths today are the Sugar Lumps,

perhaps more comfortable

in the confines of the boardroom than the quiz arena.

This team of former Apprentice contestants tackle

their most difficult task to date, but at the end will they be quids in,

Or will it be a case of, "Sugar Lumps, you're fired"?

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm James McQuillan, and I'm a professional gambler.

Howdy. I'm Raef Bjayou, businessman,

television personality and man of mystery.

Hello. My name is Kristina Grimes.

I'm a company director for an events company and business consultancy.

My name is Tre Azam, and

I'm a businessman, public speaker and broadcaster.

Hi. My name is Philip Taylor, and I'm Pants Man.

Well, yeah, welcome to you, Sugar Lumps, and thanks for

having a go at Eggheads. How do you think

this is going to compare to sitting in the boardroom and facing Sir Alan?

I think this is going to be a walk in the park.

Waiting to see Sir Alan is a bit like waiting to see the headmaster.

You know you're in for trouble. But I think this isn't as bad.

-He didn't ask you quiz questions, though, did he?!

-That's true!

And a bit like The Apprentice, I suppose, you've got to work as team, but then, you know...

You've got to be in it for yourself as well.

I'm here to show I'm better than all of these guys still.

I'm smarter than all these!

-I see you still get on really, really well(!)

-Of course!

I was thinking about this before you came in, because this lot

have all quizzed with each other and against each other over the years.

I mean, there's been so many Apprentices now. Do you have a little Apprentice get-together?

We've had quite a few, but we don't actually remember

anything of what happened of those occasions, though!

-Because of all the green tea you were drinking?!

-Of course!

-I get it!

Let me tell you how it's going to work. Every day there's £1,000 worth

of cash up for grabs for our challengers' chosen charity.

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

So Sugar Lumps, the challengers won

the last game, proving it can be done, and that means £1,000 says

you can't beat the Eggheads.

Our first head-to-head battle

as we get under way is going to be on Film & Television.

Well, who wants to play? Who's going to be first up, Film & Television?

I'll give it a go. I'm an avid TV viewer.

I've nothing better to do with my time.

-I shall do it, then. Film & Television for me.

-All right.

And which Egghead would you like to play? It can be any one of these five.

-I want to take you down to Chinatown, Chris.

-What do you mean?

Real Chinatown in Limehouse or fake Chinatown in Gerrard Street?

-I haven't a clue what you're talking about!

-Neither have I!

All will be revealed in the Question Room.

Could I ask Philip and Chris to

take positions in the Question Room, just to make sure there's no conferring?

Philip, we're honoured to have you.

You are, of course, Pants Man.

Is this beginning to affect you as you walk

down the street and things like that, people shouting it at you?

Just a little bit, but still, I enjoy it, and, you know,

Pants Man lives on in millions of bedrooms around the United Kingdom, and I'm happy to be part of that!

It's a strange phenomenon, isn't it?!

You come up with these ideas on the hoof,

and then you just have no idea how long they're going to last.

I think there's a fine line between being enthusiastic

about an idea and crossing that line and looking like a complete idiot.

I think I did do that, but it's something I'm very proud of, and people haven't forgotten it.

Would you like to go first or second? As the challenger,

you always get to choose how you want to play it.

-First set or second set?

-I'd like to go first.

It's Film & TV, first question goes to Philip.

In Blind Date, the voiceover man who read out

a recap of each contestant's answers was always referred to by what name?

I did enjoy the show at the time.

It gave me a lorra, lorra laughs.

And I do recall, if I'm not mistaken, that it was Our Graham.

Different generation for you, of course, but

you were attracted to The Apprentice,

was that the kind of thing you'd have gone on for, just for a bit of

-a laugh?

-No, actually,

Sir Alan was a bit of a Cilla Black for me and Kate, actually.

It was like Blind Date for me.

I met Kate on there, so I don't think I'd have given that a go.

I wasn't wacky enough.

With Our Alan! It's Our Graham in Blind Date.

You're right, yeah, and that, delivered

in that inimitable Cilla voice,

which Philip's better at than me, gives you a point.

First question to you, Chris.

Who plays the part of Professor Horace Slughorn

in the 2009 film Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince?

Never seen any of the Harry Potters, never read any of the books.

Who looks like a professor?

Well, Jack Davenport is Nigel Davenport's son, and I can't see

him playing a professor. Likewise, Ewan McGregor.

But sort of slightly rotund,

professorial gravitas would belong to

Jim Broadbent, so he's the one I'm going to have to go for.

You're right - Jim Broadbent,

correct as Professor Horace Slughorn.

It's all square. Philip, in which film does Keanu Reeves

play a character called Johnny Utah?

I've seen Point Break, and I believe I watched Speed.

Johnny Utah...

I'm going to take a guess.

-I'm going to go with The Devil's Advocate.

-OK. Devil's Advocate

for Keanu Reeves' character. Johnny Utah is in Point Break.

You said you'd seen Point Break. But didn't remember Johnny Utah there.

A chance for the lead for Chris.

Toby Esterhase, Roy Bland, Percy Alleline and Bill Haydon

were four suspected double agents in which TV spy drama?

It's not Man From UNCLE, because that was sort of a fantasy,

if you like, sort of sub-Bond parody. Neither was it The Avengers,

but it's actually in John le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Yes, it is. That's correct, Chris. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

That means Philip under some pressure,

but you're used to pressure.

Got to pull this one out, though. In the 1980s TV sitcom

Take A Letter, Mr Jones, Rula Lenska portrayed a businesswoman

with a male secretary played by which comic actor?

Is that even a show? God! I was only born in '79.

I'm absolutely guessing.

I'm going to go for Ian Lavender.

Take a Letter, Mr Jones, with Rula Lenska in the businesswoman role,

male secretary played by... John Inman.

John Inman obviously more famous for Are You Being Served?.

And it means... There's the scores.

It means only one there, Philip.

We don't need another question for Chris.

In the final round, Chris. No place for you, Philip.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

As it stands, first blow to the Eggheads. Knocked one of the Sugar Lumps out,

but only one round gone.

Three more to go. Our next subject,

our next head-to-head, is Politics.

This is you Raef, isn't it? You're the politics graduate.

I don't want to put you in there!

It's me! I studied History and Politics at university.

OK.

Well, I'll let you lot decide.

The only one that can't play is Philip. Politics is the category.

That doesn't necessarily make me the most qualified, however.

But we'll do it anyway!

-It's you, Raef.

-It's me.

-Now, choose an Egghead, and it can't be Chris,

so any of the others,

-Barry, Pat, Judith, Kevin.

-We'll go for Pat.

You're going to go for Pat. OK, the winner of Are You An Egghead?.

And let's have Raef and Pat, then, into the Question Room, please.

Politics, you say you studied that,

and History, and would you like to go first or second?

I think I'll go first.

Good luck, Raef. First question, then, on Politics. This is it.

What name is given to the economic theory that if you give tax breaks

and benefits to the rich, prosperity

will eventually find its way to the middle classes and the poor?

I'm pretty certain it's not...

..seep-down.

Trickle-down is the usual expression.

Drip-down... I think I'll go for trickle-down.

Trickle-down economics is the right answer. Yes, well done.

Worked it out, tricky enough.

Pat, Sir Shridath Ramphal of Guyana, Don McKinnon of New Zealand

and Kamalesh Sharma of India have all been Secretary-Generals

of which international organisation?

Well, none of them meet the brief for Secretary-General of the UN.

There's been six or seven of those, very famous names.

I'm not sure of all the people who've been at the top of

Amnesty, but I know that Don McKinnon of New Zealand was recently

the main man in the Commonwealth,

so I think they're Secretary-Generals

of the Commonwealth.

The Commonwealth. That's correct, Pat. Well done.

All square, and back to you, Raef.

Who was the co-founder and first leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party in 1970?

Gerry Fitt I haven't heard of, I have to say.

John Hume, Ian Paisley...

I think I'm going to go...

..for Ian Paisley.

OK, Ian Paisley.

It most certainly isn't, no.

Pat, well, you know a bit about Irish politics?

Well, both Hume and Fitt were active in Catholic

politics in Northern Ireland, so I can imagine it would be either.

I think I'd probably go for

Gerry Fitt, but I wouldn't be confident. Both big men.

That's right, Gerry Fitt. I think John Hume took over from him.

Gerry Fitt is the answer, not Ian Paisley.

And your second question, Pat. Who became the first Plaid Cymru MP

when he won a by-election in Carmarthen in July 1966?

I think Rhodri Morgan is a much more modern figure.

I think he's still active in Welsh politics.

I don't know much about Emrys Hughes, but Gwynfor Evans

rings a bell. I think he may be

-the first Plaid Cymru MP, Gwynfor Evans.

-Eggheads?

-Yeah.

It is the right answer.

Yes, you have two. And Raef, same position as Philip was in.

You've got to get this one, your third one.

Who was the Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004?

Gosh. Which Jose?

Which Jose?

I'm going to go for Jose...

..Antonio Primo de Rivera.

OK. Primo de Rivera. It is, though...

..Jose Maria Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain from '96 to 2004.

Exactly the same pattern as previously,

same scoring pattern and same result, the Egghead goes through.

Pat, you're through, and Raef,

you'll sit out. Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, two of the Sugar Lumps now dissolved by the Eggheads.

The Eggheads are all still there,

and our next head-to-head coming up is Science. Who'd like to play this?

The remaining Sugar Lumps are James, Kristina or Tre.

-Kristina, I think.

-I'll give it a go.

-You'll give it a go?

Who would you like to play from the Eggheads?

Chris and Pat have played, so you've got Kevin, Judith or Barry.

I think Kevin looks quite...

Quite what?!

Orange!

-Go for it. Kevin. Come on.

-Shaking like a leaf!

The four times World Quiz Champion, he hates answering questions(!)

Kristina and Kevin, into the Question Room, please.

Kristina, tell me about the Apprentice experience.

I mean, do you feel it was in your business career a help or a hindrance?

Does it open doors, or does it make people think, "Oh, The Apprentice, what's that?"?

I had over 140 job offers from that programme, so certainly in my case,

you know, I did really, really well.

It depends on how you portray yourself. If you're like Philip

with Pants Man, then maybe your future's not bright!

-Oh! Here we go!

-Philip did say earlier on that he was going to

show that he was better than the rest of us, so I've got to get him back!

A boardroom bust-up coming on here!

Maybe we will fire one of you at the end! Now, you've got to decide.

-First or second?

-First hasn't been

very lucky for us so far, so let's go for second this time. Thank you.

Kevin in there, Mr Orange. Kevin, first question, then, to you.

In computing, what term is used to refer to a small portable device

which connects to a laptop and allows the user to connect

to the internet from any location with mobile-phone network coverage?

I suppose it could dingle and dangle, but it's a dongle.

Do you dongle when you're on your travels to...?

No, not really.

I find lumping a laptop around a bit of a burden, really.

I'm going to downsize at some time, so...

Anyway, dongle is correct, yes.

First one to you, and I saw Kristina trying to

kick herself there. You knew that.

But first question for you, see how you do with this. What name

is usually given to a medical device

which uses electrical impulses to regulate the beating of the heart?

I'm so lucky with that question, a lovely question,

and it's definitely pacemaker.

It definitely is, yeah. Pacemaker is correct, so you've

one each. Kevin, the canary belongs to which family of birds?

The canary belongs to which family of birds?

I think a canary is a finch.

And the answer is finch. That's correct. Well done, Kevin.

Two to you, and Kristina's second question.

In which year did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster take place?

Oh, that's cruel.

I don't think it was 1988, because...

I might be wrong, but my son was born that year,

so I'm kind of thinking I'd remember it.

There's not much logic in that. 1986 or 1984, then.

Oh, dear.

I'm going to go for 1984 and smile.

Don't say it's '88!

No, it's '86, which I thought you were going to go for.

'86, Chernobyl. But let's see how Kevin does with this one.

Kevin, what was the most significant invention of French scientist and

engineer Georges Claude, who lived from 1870 until 1960?

I think the other two were both actually British inventions,

get a bit of patriotism in!

This was neon lighting, Georges Claude.

Neon lighting is the right answer, Kevin.

Well done. It's bye-bye to Kristina.

Not going right for the Sugar Lumps.

No place for you in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, the Sugar Lumps have now lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads haven't lost any. So, a last chance to knock an Egghead out, Sugar Lumps,

and the next category is Sport, and you've got James or Tre.

No pressure(!)

This one's going to be James.

I'm a sportsman, as you can see! So that'll be me.

Now, James, which Egghead would you like to play?

The remaining Eggheads are Judith or Barry.

Judith? Judith.

The face says it all!

-Judith.

-It's always me!

But you do so well, you surprise them!

-I hate Sport!

-James and Judith, into the Question Room, please.

James, if you could have another go at The Apprentice,

if you wanted to do it, what would you do differently?

How would you conduct yourself differently?

I think I'd have taken it a little bit more seriously.

I think Sir Alan thought, because of I was a bit of a joker,

that I didn't have sort of...

..legitimate intentions, but that wasn't the case.

So I think if I could do it all again, I'd maybe be a bit more serious.

That's the difficulty of that show, isn't it, because

there's no audience participation.

I mean, sitting at home, you came across as a really likeable chap.

Everyone liked you, but we don't have any say.

It's all down to what one man thinks, isn't it?

That's it. I think maybe

he kept me in towards the end because he sort of saw a little bit of hope in me,

but unfortunately that had kind of diminished by the end.

I love your CV.

I mean, for this round, football referee!

I've been a referee for about 15 years.

I've given up now, I get people shouting "You're fired!"

when I blow my whistle. I've packed that in,

-so I've taken up snooker.

-Right. Very active, then(!)

Yeah, that's right!

-Snooker refereeing or playing?

-No, playing.

OK. Now, do you want to go first or second, James?

I think I'll go first.

OK. Good luck, James.

It's Sport, as we know, and the first question is about rugby.

In rugby union, the Calcutta Cup

is contested between England and which other country?

I was hoping

India was going to come up for the Calcutta Cup, but it hasn't!

Ireland, I'm not so sure.

When you're at school and you do a multiple choice,

you can never go wrong with C,

so in that instance, I'm going to pick Scotland.

This is the trick for getting through multiple choice, is it?

-Yeah, it works!

-It has done. It's the right answer,

yes, the Calcutta Cup between England and Scotland.

You're giving your secrets away!

And Judith, maybe she'll employ it.

Who knows? Billy Doctrove,

Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen are all umpires in which sport?

Can you say the names again? Doctrove...?

Billy Doctrove, Daryl Harper, Rudi Koertzen.

Oh, I know. That's cricket.

Yes, it is. That's the right answer, yes. All cricket umpires.

And back to you, James.

Which gymnast won two gold medals for Britain at the European Artistic

Gymnastics Championships in Milan in April 2009?

I'm not familiar with any of these ladies.

Beth sounds the sort of girl who would be a gymnast,

so I'm going to go for Beth Tweddle.

Sounds like a gymnast, and it's the right answer.

Yes, well done.

You've got the lead.

Judith, in which sport does the referee wear a silk kimono and

carry a dagger, originally supplied, according to legend,

so that he could disembowel himself if he gave a missed call?

Oh, goodness.

I can't think of a referee in judo.

I think this sounds as if it might be sumo wrestling

because it's so ancient.

So I think I'm going to say sumo wrestling.

OK. Sumo for your dagger and kimono. It's the right answer, Judith.

Well done. It's going really well. This is high scoring all round.

Sugar Lumps avoided that curse of the second question,

and if you get this, you might win the round, James.

In hockey, an umpire issues an official warning to a player

by showing what colour card?

Again, I was hoping that yellow

might have come out, the logical answer.

Green sounds like it's almost too, sort of, positive a colour -

like, it's green for go, so I don't think it's green.

Brown or blue?

Going to go for...blue.

-Blue card?

-Yes.

An official warning. Avoided the curse of the second question,

but have hit the hex of the third.

It's green, the one you discounted.

Green card for a warning.

But it means Judith can win the round if she gets this.

What number shirt did West Ham retire in 2008 in honour of

Bobby Moore, who played over 500 games for the club?

I haven't the faintest idea.

It's just a matter of picking.

Perhaps he was number 6.

The legend that was Bobby Moore.

500 games for West Ham in the number 6 shirt.

It's the right answer.

Well done, Judith.

Oh, James' head goes down. It means

-you've won a Sport round, Judith. Look how happy you are!

-I am!

-It's almost worth it, James, just to see that beam on Judith's face.

-Oh, I'm delighted for her(!)

It means you won't play in the final round.

Will you both please come back and join is your teams?

So, this is what we've been playing towards. It's time for the final round,

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

I'm afraid those of you

who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed to take part.

James, Raef, Kristina and Philip from the Sugar Lumps,

would you leave the studio, please?

Tre, you're playing to win the Sugar Lumps £1,000 for your chosen charity.

Chris, Barry, Pat, Judith and Kevin,

you're playing for something which money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn. The questions are all

General Knowledge, and you're allowed to confer.

Tre, is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?

-Tre, do you want to go first or second?

-I'll go first.

Best of luck, Tre. General Knowledge.

See if you can beat the Eggheads.

This is the first question. What name is often given to a financial backer of a theatrical enterprise?

Is there a difference between

a financial backer for a theatrical enterprise to any other

enterprise? Because otherwise it would be an angel.

God doesn't seem to make any sense.

Saint...possibly.

In standard, if you have an investor within business, it would be

-an angel, so I'd assume it would be the same, an angel.

-An angel...

..is the right answer. Well done, Tre. Successfully negotiated.

Eggheads, "You'll wonder where the yellow went"

was part of an advertising slogan in the 1950s for which type of product?

# You'll wonder where the yellow went

# When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent! #

It was a toothpaste.

What happened to Pepsodent? It didn't work!

Ought to have people like me singing it!

No, absolutely! OK. It's toothpaste. It's the right answer, Eggheads.

Back to you, Tre. A good start. Let's see if you can get

your second one. "Too many shadows, whispering voices, faces on posters, too many choices"

is a line from which UK hit single from the Pet Shop Boys?

For some reason, Love Comes Quickly, it doesn't sound right.

It sounds a bit more sinister than that.

I've got no logic at all, because I've never heard

anything by the Pet Shop Boys apart from West End Girls,

and I wouldn't remember the lines,

so...

-Let's go with West End Girls.

-A bit of a West End theme with angels

and all those West End theatres.

It's the right answer.

"Too many shadows, whispering voices,

"faces on posters, too many choices".

Well, of the three, you got the right one. Eggheads, your second question.

What's the architectural term for the fine plaster containing

gypsum and pulverised marble,

used for covering walls and making mouldings and cornices?

Adobe is more bricks, and I think pargetting is what

you put on the outside of houses, but the fine plaster is stucco.

It's stucco. It's the right answer.

Well done.

Two each. And going very, very well, Tre.

If you get this, you might just beat the Eggheads with it.

What name was given to the type of

one-piece zip-up suit worn by Winston Churchill

during nights working through air raids in World War II?

Well, the common-sense answer sounds like siren suit,

but then is it too obvious?

Shell suit I don't...

Oh!

Monkey suit.

No, siren suit. No, monkey suit. Oh, it's done.

Monkey suit. It's what you said about first instincts.

It's a siren suit.

I heard you saying to Kristina, and she went '84 instead of

'86 on Chernobyl, and you did it successfully with West End Girls.

That was your first thought. So close!

Such a logical answer. Trying to be too clever.

Just jumped into your head,

monkey suit, and jumped out, and too late to withdraw it, unfortunately.

Eggheads, a chance to win it.

In the song Who Will Buy? from the musical Oliver!,

what type of fruit is described by one of the vendors as ripe?

I don't think I've ever heard of apples described as ripe.

Or strawberries, for that matter. Plums would be my...

Well, sing the song in your head.

-Don't know the words.

-"Who will buy this wonderful morning?

"I'm so high, I swear I could fly.

"Who will buy something, something,

"and put it in a box for me?"

I don't think plums scan.

How does it go again?

"Who will buy this wonderful morning?

"I'm so high, I swear I could fly.

"Who will buy, blankety, blank, blank and put them in a box for me?"

Something like that.

-I'm pretty certain strawberries are mentioned in that song.

-OK.

-Yeah, I felt strawberries, too. But...

-Would you say plum...?

-As you say, it does scan.

-Exactly.

Strawberries, because of the number of syllables, would.

And you put strawberries in boxes, punnets, don't you?

OK. Strawberries it is. Well, there's a small element

of doubt, but we have all finally...

Small!? You need Daphne there, your musical expert. She's not there.

Or our food expert! But we have all finally decided on strawberries.

Didn't know the exact line, and the Eggheads come up with strawberries.

You've come up with the right answer, Eggheads. You've won.

Hey, Tre, that was so close.

Such a muppet!

Still beating yourself up? It's only a game!

It's been great fun having you here.

Very nice to see you here, and tales of times on The Apprentice and

Thank you very much indeed for having a go and trying to beat the Eggheads.

It just wasn't to be on the day.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally, and they reign supreme over quiz land once again.

I'm afraid you haven't won the £1,000, so the money

will be heading to Children in Need to add to this year's appeal.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have

the brains to defeat the Eggheads. Until then, goodbye.

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