0:00:03 > 0:00:07These people are among the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15Together they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The question is can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to a special celebrity edition of Eggheads,
0:00:27 > 0:00:34where five quiz challengers pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39They've won some of the country's toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Tackling our quiz titans today are the Cumulonim Boys,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48some of the BBC's most pre-eminent weather forecasters.
0:00:48 > 0:00:54What have they predicted for today? Clouded judgments or a gale-force win? Let's meet them.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59I'm Peter Gibbs and I've done this for longer than I care to remember.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03I'm Phil Avery. I used to work for the Royal Navy.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I've been forecasting for 20 years. Most days it doesn't show.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm John Hammond. I've been a forecaster since 1990
0:01:10 > 0:01:14and one day, sometime soon, I'll get it right.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19Hi. I'm Simon King, an ex-RAF forecaster, and the youngest boy on the block.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23I'm Chris Fawkes, a forecaster at the BBC Weather Centre,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and still learning from these guys.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Welcome to you, weather presenters. I love your team name - Cumulonim Boys.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- Who thought that one up? - That was John.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- Far too much time on his hands. - Just explain to the uninitiated.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45- Cumulonimbus is a form of... - It's a thunder cloud, Dermot.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50A very, very big cumulus cloud. Cumulus produces showers, cumulonimbus produces thunderstorms.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54So you don't just make it up?! You know a bit about it.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57A little. I did go to college once.
0:01:57 > 0:02:04I'm thinking of the Eggheads categories. Thanks, by the way, for coming in to take them on today.
0:02:04 > 0:02:10There are categories you should have covered. Obviously, science. Geography, I guess?
0:02:10 > 0:02:14You know different parts of the world from all that forecasting.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20What about the other skills you bring? Peter, if you weren't playing one of those two categories,
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- what would it be for you?- Science and geography, unfortunately!
0:02:25 > 0:02:31- But we've got quite a good spread. Phil, for example, politics degree.- That's good.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37- What about you, John?- I'm an armchair sportsman. I've played a bit of cricket, football, rugby.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42- So hopefully that will come up.- Shall we play and see what does come up?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Let's see what actually happens.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Every day there's £1,000 of cash for our challengers' charity.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, it will roll over.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58So Cumulonim Boys, the Eggheads have won the last two games
0:02:58 > 0:03:02so £3,000 says you can't beat them.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Our first head-to-head today IS Geography.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Who'd like to play this one?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Any one of the five can take it on.
0:03:11 > 0:03:18- You've done lots of world broadcasts, Chris.- Yeah. And I did do a geography degree.
0:03:18 > 0:03:25- So it's you, Chris?- Yeah.- Which Egghead would you like to choose? You could choose that other Chris.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30- Any of them at all. - Good question. What do we reckon?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34CJ? Very youthful. Probably hasn't been around as much.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38What do you think? Just a hunch - CJ.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43Well, you know what? He has been around the world a lot,
0:03:43 > 0:03:48but not around the UK very much. That's his blind spot in this category.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53Let's see what comes up. Chris and CJ playing Geography.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Please take up your positions in the question room so you can't confer.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02OK, off we go. Chris, did you always want to be a weather forecaster?
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Yeah, it was what I wanted to do as a little kid, about 5 years old.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12Weather man, bank manager or dustbin man. I'd have been happy with any of those jobs.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18I can see the other two. Why weather man? Were you fascinated watching it on TV?
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Yeah, but actually getting outside and seeing how clouds work.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25It's such an amazing subject.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31When you've learnt about weather, you can read the sky and know what's going to happen.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34I don't need to watch weather forecasts.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39Let's see if you're a geography expert. You get to choose.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Do you want to start or put the Egghead in first?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Er...I'm going to go first.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47All right.
0:04:47 > 0:04:54Your first question is this. The seaside town of Bridlington is located on which body of water?
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Well, they occasionally complain about our forecasts in summer
0:05:03 > 0:05:07because quite often you get a lot of low cloud forming on the North Sea
0:05:07 > 0:05:11and that drifts in and it can affect Bridlington. It's on the North Sea.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16What do you do when they complain? Say, "We don't make the cloud!"?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Right. It's never our fault.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23North Sea is the right answer. Well done.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25CJ,
0:05:25 > 0:05:29the University of Warwick is on the outskirts of which English city?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35I'm assuming Leicester is in Leicestershire
0:05:35 > 0:05:39and the University of Warwick is in Warwickshire,
0:05:39 > 0:05:43so it would help if I knew where Stoke-on-Trent was. Staffordshire?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Coventry.- Coventry?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52It's the right answer, yes.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55It's just the time he takes!
0:05:55 > 0:05:58The further away, the better he is.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Chris, which mountain is the highest in the Cairngorms and second highest in the British Isles?
0:06:07 > 0:06:12I haven't got a clue about this, to be honest with you.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17I'm going to go for a punt... and I'm going to go with answer C.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Ben Macdhui.- Ben Macdhui is the right answer. Good punt.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24You have two.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28So, CJ, see if we can keep it local... Oh, we have done. Good.
0:06:28 > 0:06:35What is the port on the English mainland from which a ferry departs to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight?
0:06:37 > 0:06:42Haven't got a clue. I have been to the Isle of Wight, but not Yarmouth.
0:06:42 > 0:06:48Leamington. Is there another Leamington apart from Leamington Spa? I think there is.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I'm going to go for...
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Leamington. I'm hoping there's another one.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- It's Lymington, CJ!- OK.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Lymington. Well, he fulfilled those predictions.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10Chris, a golden opportunity here. If you get this, you're through.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15The port of Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory in Australia,
0:07:15 > 0:07:19is located on a body of water with what appropriate name?
0:07:22 > 0:07:28- I've been to Darwin as well, so I should definitely know this.- Right.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- We're expecting great things. - Yeah, I'll try not to disappoint.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I'm going to go with Beagle Gulf.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- Beagle Gulf?- Yeah. - The port of Darwin.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44I said an appropriate name and it's the right answer.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Eggheads, appropriate why?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51- The Beagle. - The Beagle being...?- The ship.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53That Darwin sailed on.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58It means, Chris, you've won through to the final, ejected CJ.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Both please come back and join your teams.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Well, the outlook is pretty rosy for the Cumulonim Boys after that.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11One of the Eggheads has gone. Our next subject then is Sport.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Who wants to play this? Sport.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19- Do I hear the question room calling, John?- I've changed my mind!
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- No pressure. - You've got a sporting top on.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Who do you want to play? It can't be CJ. Any of the others.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- Can I go for Daphne, please? - Let's have John and Daphne, please.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38OK, it's Sport. What particular sports do you enjoy, John?
0:08:38 > 0:08:43- Do you play? Watch? - I play a bit of golf with some of the lads in the office.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I have played a lot of cricket in the past.
0:08:47 > 0:08:55Football and rugby, I guess, would be my main interests, but a fairly eclectic mix, hopefully.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59And you get to choose. Do you want to go first or let Daphne start?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- I'll go first, please. - Best of luck, John.
0:09:03 > 0:09:11This is your first question. What was the nickname of tennis star Boris Becker in the 1980s?
0:09:14 > 0:09:19Er, it began with B. I know that. Gosh.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21That... That takes me back a bit.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26I'm getting mixed up between Eurovision songs and all sorts.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30I'm pretty sure it was Boom Boom Becker.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Boom Boom Becker?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35It's the right answer. Good start.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38So, Daphne,
0:09:38 > 0:09:44which England footballer scored six goals in the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Um...
0:09:50 > 0:09:521986.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Gary Lineker?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- Yes. Gary Lineker.- Football! - Golden Boot - he was top scorer.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Yes, football and you got it.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Pat on the back there. John, the Scotsman Jim Watt
0:10:07 > 0:10:12became world champion in 1979 in which sport?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Jim Watt, I think,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19was a boxer. I don't know any Jim Watt billiard players
0:10:19 > 0:10:23or Jim Watt dart players, so boxing.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Right answer. Well done. Jim Watt.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28OK, Daphne.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33Which African golfer won the Open championship in 1994
0:10:33 > 0:10:37and the USPGA title in both '92 and '94?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Well, it's too late for Gary Player,
0:10:43 > 0:10:48too early for Ernie Els, so it's Nick Price. Zimbabwe?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52You know your golf. Well done. Nick Price.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Both going really strongly here.
0:10:54 > 0:11:00What was the familial relationship between athletics stars Jackie Joyner-Kersee
0:11:00 > 0:11:04and the late Florence Griffith-Joyner?
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Oh, boy. Well, one of them's "the late" and one of them isn't,
0:11:11 > 0:11:16so I'm guessing it wouldn't be cousins. It's a stab in the dark.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20It may be wrong, but aunt and niece.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25Aunt and niece. Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Florence Griffith-Joyner.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27They were...sisters-in-law.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Sisters-in-law.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32But it may not be over yet.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Daphne has to get one more correct than you.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41This is her third question. Between 1901 and 1939,
0:11:41 > 0:11:46rugby union player Adrian Stoop played 182 times for which team?
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Right, I know I'm old, but I'm not that old!
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I have completely no idea.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Eeeny meeny miney mo...
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Harlequins.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06John knows it. Head down there.
0:12:06 > 0:12:12- A real clue in the name. Can anyone explain, Eggheads? - Their ground is the Stoop.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Named after Adrian Stoop. It's the right answer, Daphne.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18You guessed your way to the final.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23A pretty good guess it was to knock John out.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26He ran into the sisters-in-law.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31John won't play in the final round. Both please come back and join your teams.
0:12:31 > 0:12:38All right. As it stands now, the challengers and the Eggheads have lost one brain each.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43All square as we go into our third head-to-head and this is Science.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Both of your favourite subjects
0:12:45 > 0:12:50have come up. Science. Peter, Phil or Simon to play.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I'd say Pete.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Looks like I'm outvoted!
0:12:54 > 0:12:57I think we'll nominate Pete.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- Sounds like I'm the fall guy! - Hold him back - he can't wait(!)
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- We don't want to look bad at Science.- It's incredibly broad.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11- Peter, who would you like to play? - We're going to say Judith, Dermot.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15All right. Let's have Judith and Peter into the question room.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22- Peter, do you want to go first or second?- Let's go first.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25All right, good luck, Peter.
0:13:25 > 0:13:32You're kicking off with this. For what does the letter G stand in mobile communications - GSM?
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Geographical, I suppose, would make sense.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46But we're talking about communication, so maybe global makes more sense. I'll say global.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Global? You're right to do so. It's the right answer.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Judith,
0:13:53 > 0:13:59what name is given to the type of toad, the male of which carries strings of eggs laid by the female
0:13:59 > 0:14:03wrapped round his hind legs until they hatch?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I suppose it could be the papa toad,
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- but I think it's the midwife toad. - Midwife toad?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16It is. Well done, Judith. And back to Peter.
0:14:16 > 0:14:23In the Periodic Table, which element comes between Carbon and Oxygen and above Phosphorus?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I know it's not Hydrogen
0:14:27 > 0:14:31because that's right at the far end of the Periodic Table.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37As it's a gas and we deal with the atmosphere, let's go for Nitrogen.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Nitrogen... Well done, Peter. It's right.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42OK, Judith,
0:14:42 > 0:14:48in astronomy, what name is given to the point on the celestial sphere directly overhead?
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Well, the thing that sprung to mind immediately was the zenith.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59I think it's the zenith.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03- Are you going for that?- Yeah. - Zenith...
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- OK, it is zenith. It's the right answer.- Phew!
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Two-all. You've reached the point
0:15:09 > 0:15:13that John did, Peter, and you don't want to slip up here.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Leprosy is caused by what type of infectious agent?
0:15:19 > 0:15:25I know that it does it by deadening the feelings in the nerves,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27so I don't think it's a fungus.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32I think it's something within the body and fungus is on the outside,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34so it's bacterium or virus.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37It's a stab in the dark. I'm going to say virus.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Close, but it's a bacterium.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Not a fungus as you identified,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44but of the other two,
0:15:44 > 0:15:50a bacterium, not a virus, so another chance for the Egghead, this one being Judith.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56Judith, in maths, logical operators such as "and", "or" or "not"
0:15:56 > 0:15:59are alternatively known as what?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07I don't think it's Euclidean.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Boolean strikes me.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I don't know why.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Anyway, I'm going to go for Boolean.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16OK. Have you been reading again?
0:16:16 > 0:16:21- Probably. And forgetting.- It's the right answer. You haven't forgotten.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Boolean Operators. A carbon copy of John's round there,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30just slipping up, the Cumulonim Boy Peter there on the third question,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32and the Egghead snaffling the round.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37You won't be in the final round, Peter. Would you both come back and join your teams?
0:16:37 > 0:16:42After a good start, Cumulonim Boys, the Eggheads are clawing their way ahead.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47You've lost two brains from the final. The Eggheads have lost one.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52And our last subject, the last chance to knock an Egghead out, is Music.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54And two remaining players.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Phil or Simon, Music?
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- A lot of big band in there, do you think?- I've got no idea.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- You swing, don't you, Simon? - Post-1990, yeah.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09Simon's more down with the kids than this old git, so I think we'll have Simon.
0:17:09 > 0:17:16- There's a generational thing going on here. I'll lose out on this one. - This category straddles all eras.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- You're going to play it, Simon? - Yes, I will.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22And from the Eggheads, it can be Kevin or Chris?
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- Shall we go with Kevin? - Do you want a stab at Kevin?- Yeah.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Because you never know.- Yes. - You never know.
0:17:30 > 0:17:36He's been beaten before on it. Let's have Simon and the four-times World Quiz Champion Kevin...
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- LAUGHTER - ..into the question room, please.
0:17:40 > 0:17:47- Simon, do you want to go first or second?- I think I'll stick with the norm and go first.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Best of luck, Simon.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53What is the usual musical term for "loud"?
0:17:56 > 0:18:00I'm tempted to go to... Is it "largamente"?
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Because it's got the "large" part of it.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09I think if I've got to hazard a guess, I'll go for "largamente".
0:18:09 > 0:18:12It's not, no. It is "forte".
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Strength.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17For "loud". OK...
0:18:17 > 0:18:23Mr Tambourine Man for The Byrds and King Of The Road by Roger Miller were No.1 singles in which decade?
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- Both in about the middle of the 1960s.- They were.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- I bet you can be more specific. - They were both 1965, I think.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- I'm not certain about that. - It's the right decade.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Right, OK, Simon...
0:18:41 > 0:18:46In 1956, The Goons reached No.4 in the UK singles charts
0:18:46 > 0:18:50with a song entitled I'm Walking Backwards For what?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Walking Backwards... Well, I guess, you're doing something crazy.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Let's go for Charity, Walking Back For Charity.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03OK. I'm Walking Backwards For...
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Christmas.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Yeah, we've got our Goon lover there in Chris.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12# I'm walking backwards for Christmas
0:19:12 > 0:19:15# Across the Irish Sea... #
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- Was that Spike Milligan singing it? - Yeah.- Very good.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24There we have a pretty accurate representation of it.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27It means Kevin can win the round if he gets this.
0:19:27 > 0:19:33Because King George II is said to have done so at a performance in 1743,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37audiences traditionally stand during which piece of music by Handel?
0:19:42 > 0:19:47Zadok The Priest, that was considerably earlier, I think,
0:19:47 > 0:19:51and it was done for... It's used in coronations, of course.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53But 1743 is only a year
0:19:53 > 0:19:58after the Hallelujah Chorus was first performed as part of the Messiah,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01so I'll go for the Hallelujah Chorus.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05It's the right answer, Kevin. You've worked it out, Hallelujah Chorus.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Audiences traditionally stand during the Hallelujah Chorus
0:20:09 > 0:20:14which means it's hallelujah and goodbye, Simon. You won't be in the final round.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:20:17 > 0:20:22It's time for the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26But those of you who lost your head-to-heads can't take part,
0:20:26 > 0:20:32so Peter, John and Simon from the Cumulonim Boys and CJ from the Eggheads, leave the studio, please.
0:20:32 > 0:20:38Phil and Chris, you're playing to win the Cumulonim Boys £3,000 for your chosen charity.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44Judith, Kevin, Daphne and Chris, you're playing for something money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation.
0:20:44 > 0:20:50I'll ask each team three questions in turn on General Knowledge and you are allowed to confer.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55So, Cumulonim Boys, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- Will you go first or second?- We'll go first to put the pressure on!
0:20:59 > 0:21:02First question...
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Good luck to you.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Which former Radio 1 DJ turned hypnotist has had best-selling books
0:21:09 > 0:21:12called I Can Make You Rich and I Can Make You Thin?
0:21:15 > 0:21:19A man here knows a good deal more than I do about youth culture.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23I think I recognise one of those books you mentioned.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- I think it's Paul McKenna. - Paul McKenna.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31It is Paul McKenna. A good start and they have put the pressure on.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Eggheads, your first question.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40What name implying high value is given to fixed-interest British government securities
0:21:40 > 0:21:43that are backed by a firm promise of repayment?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46They're gilt-edged, Dermot.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Gilt-edged answer, correct, yes.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53One each. Back to Phil and Chris.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Which Carry On regular took his name from that of the actor
0:21:57 > 0:22:04who, in 1895, originated the role of Lord Goring in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband
0:22:04 > 0:22:07and later became an Edwardian actor manager?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13As soon as the question came up,
0:22:13 > 0:22:18my mind was drawn to Hawtrey which has got that period feel about it.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I'm... Only on that basis.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26Shall we go with, for no other reason than it's got a vague ring to it,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Charles Hawtrey? Charles Hawtrey.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- That's your answer?- Hmm. - It's correct.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Charles Hawtrey. Well done, Cumulonim Boys.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38What is the term, particularly popular in Australia,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42for the propensity in modern life to build people up
0:22:42 > 0:22:46and then, when they get too big for their boots, cut them down to size?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- AUSTRALIAN ACCENT: - Well, Bruce,
0:22:51 > 0:22:56some Pom slings his weight around, so you get the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00It is the right answer, yes. Tall Poppy Syndrome.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- Well...- Another international market disappears!
0:23:04 > 0:23:09They're tall poppies in the world of quizzing. Are you about to cut them down to size?
0:23:09 > 0:23:13If you get this, you've got every chance. Best of luck with it.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18In the RAF, which rank is immediately junior to Air Commodore?
0:23:21 > 0:23:26In the RAF, which rank is immediately junior to Air Commodore?
0:23:26 > 0:23:30I'll base some of this answer on the fact that, certainly in the navy,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33a captain outranks a commander.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37And I've just got a feeling, watching World War Two films,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41that squadron leaders were the guys who were always there at the airfield
0:23:41 > 0:23:45and the guy in the black car who says, "Well done, chaps,"
0:23:45 > 0:23:50he tended to be the Group Captain with an awful lot more stripes.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- I've got a feeling it's Group Captain.- Yeah.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57When I was forecasting at RAF Odiham, they had three squadrons,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59so I think that's quite low down.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- So you reckon Group Captain above Squadron Leader?- Yeah.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- We reckon it's Group Captain.- It's the right answer. Well worked out.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Are you going to beat the Eggheads? We'll find out very soon.
0:24:11 > 0:24:18Which two cards declared together constitute a standard bezique in the card game of that name?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Does anybody play it?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I think it's... No, but...
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- Does that ring a bell with you?- Yes.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33What, number one?
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Yes, I know the Queen of Spades is always...
0:24:37 > 0:24:39That one immediately...
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- I don't play the game.- No, I don't.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- But when I saw it...- I may have seen something somewhere.- Yes. And me.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Is that what we're going for?- Yeah.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Happy with that? Yeah, because I don't know.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55- Queen of Spades, Jack of Diamonds. - None of us play the game,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59but the consensus is it's the Queen of Spades and Jack of Diamonds.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04It's the right answer, yes, Queen of Spades, Jack of Diamonds.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06You've got it. It's all-square.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12It's sudden death. We're removing those choices that you've worked with so well up to this point.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17It'll make it harder to sort out a winner and I've just got to hear answers from you.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20No options to look at, should you need to guess.
0:25:20 > 0:25:26In September 1994, which world leader caused embarrassment when he failed to get off his aeroplane
0:25:26 > 0:25:30at Shannon Airport for a meeting with the Taoiseach Albert Reynolds?
0:25:30 > 0:25:36In September 1994, which world leader caused embarrassment when he failed to get off his aeroplane
0:25:36 > 0:25:41at Shannon Airport for a meeting with the Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43It was Boris Yeltsin.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47It was Boris Yeltsin. Well done, Phil and Chris again.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- I think the excuse was he was tired. - It was a long flight from Cork(!)
0:25:53 > 0:25:57They do sell Irish coffee at Shannon. Boris Yeltsin, they got.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03So, Eggheads, what word derived from the Latin for "to earn"
0:26:03 > 0:26:07describes the holder of an office such as a university professor
0:26:07 > 0:26:12who is retired, but who is allowed to retain their title as an honour?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16He's a professor emeritus.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19That's right. We can't separate these teams.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Fantastic stuff, Cumulonim Boys.
0:26:21 > 0:26:27Phil and Chris, the eccentrically attired Professor Wallofski was the creation
0:26:27 > 0:26:30of which comedian and actor born in 1908?
0:26:30 > 0:26:34The eccentrically attired Professor Wallofski
0:26:34 > 0:26:38was the creation of which comedian and actor born in 1908?
0:26:38 > 0:26:43- Right...- Any ideas? I have no idea about that at all.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46OK, using Eggheads-type logic,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49we need somebody who...
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Let's say, give him 30 years to grow up and get an act together.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57It takes us into the sort of... as early as wartime.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Got nothing at all, I'm afraid. Sorry.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05- It's before my time and films aren't my strong point. - Yeah, I'm really struggling.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Will Hay.- Will Hay?
0:27:10 > 0:27:16It certainly fits the era, but it's not the right answer. It's not Will Hay.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21And a big clue in the character - Professor Wall-ofski.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- Max Wall?- It's Max Wall.- No!
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Max Wall, yeah.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Wallofski, wearing a bald cap, would perform extraordinary struts about the stage.
0:27:30 > 0:27:35Do you know what comedian says he was an influence on one of his acts?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39- If you'd said "funny walk", I'd have been with you.- John Cleese says
0:27:39 > 0:27:43that a lot of the Ministry of Silly Walks came from watching Max Wall.
0:27:43 > 0:27:50The Eggheads have to get this and let's hope they don't because it's been great quizzing up to now.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54What is the title made up of two letters and two numbers
0:27:54 > 0:28:00of David Peace's 2004 novel about the miners' strike which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03That's GB84, Dermot.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08GB84 is the correct answer, Eggheads. You've won.
0:28:13 > 0:28:19It took a very tricky question to sort these teams out deep into sudden death in the final round.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24Congratulations, Chris and Phil. Top quality quizzing against these quiz champions.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Thank you for taking them on. It just wasn't to be and I really emphasise the "just".
0:28:29 > 0:28:33The Eggheads still reign supreme over quizland.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38You haven't won the £3,000 which rolls over to the next show.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:41 > 0:28:46Join us next time to see if a team of wildlife presenters can defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49£4,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.
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