Episode 3 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?

Hello there and 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.

They are the Eggheads.

And tackling our awesome quiz titans today are 5 Star Quizine.

Now, this team of some of the country's top food and wine experts

represent the finer things in life.

Who can resist a wonderful filet mignon with tender asparagus shoots,

washed down with a fine bottle of Lafite Rothschild,

served by one's very own favourite butler?

Sounds like a regular lunch for you, Judith?

It's like Downton Abbey in Judith's dressing room.

Let's meet the team.

Hello. I'm Kevin Woodford,

best known for a cauldron of cookery shows

including Ready Steady Cook and Can't Cook Won't Cook.

Hello. I'm Silvena Rowe, chef patron at Quince Restaurant

in the iconic May Fair Hotel in London,

and a regular on Saturday Kitchen.

Hi. I'm Aldo Zilli and I'm a telly chef.

When I'm off telly, you find me in Cicchetti Restaurant in Piccadilly.

Hello. I'm Valentina Harris

and I used to be on Ready Steady Cook too.

And I've written lots and lots of books on Italian food.

Hello. I'm Susie Barrie. I'm a Master of Wine

and I also appear on Saturday Kitchen.

Let's concentrate on 5 Star Quizine. I'm liking the pun there.

Who came up with that for the team name, then?

-No.

-No, it wasn't you.

OK, right. Well, the first porky pie there.

And have you all admired each other's work

-and worked together?

-Absolutely.

The great thing about chefs, cooks, is that we do like each other.

That's the great thing. We work together.

And we do admire each other's work

and we all benefit from spending time with each other.

It's a great thing. Never stop learning.

Yeah, and what about quizzing?

There's one particular category I can think of

that might come up today which...

It could be quite embarrassing for you, a Food & Drink round,

if whoever takes it on gets it wrong?

None of us want Food & Drink, frankly.

That's the greatest fear, isn't it, really,

to get a question wrong in your own subject specialism?

-Yeah.

-That's the biggest fear.

Right, let's play the game, then, shall we?

Every day there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

for our challengers' chosen charity.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money, as normal, rolls over to the next show.

So, 5 Star Quizine, the Eggheads have won the last two games.

That means, you can all count,

£3,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

And let's set about that task.

You are trying to knock Eggheads out

for the first four rounds in the head-to-heads.

And the first one is Film and Television.

-Right, guys. Where's the strength?

-You said you wanted to do this.

I like film and I like television and I think the brave thing...

Captains should put their hands up straightaway

-and they should be the first in the box.

-Yeah.

-Just do it.

-Got to be you?

-Got to be me.

"Who are we going to choose from there?" is the question.

You know the game very well. Any one of those five Eggheads you can take on, Kevin.

D'you know, I think I'm going to take the new man on.

-Oh, please.

-I'm going to take him.

-Yeah.

-Please, just take Daphne, take Daphne.

-Take Daphne?

She's cute and sweet and she's like a Bond girl.

She's like a little girl in a Bond movie, she is.

That's a good... A kind of Rosa Klebb.

Yes, I know. She's the one that says, "Hello," and...

-The Kalashnikov comes out.

-She is lovely

but I'm sticking with my choice.

-Dave, you're my man.

-No problem at all.

-OK.

-Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

-Let's see what you're made of.

-Average knowledge recently but, yeah...

-OK. Downgraded from TK Dave to AK Dave.

-AK Dave.

We'll soon find out. To make sure you can't confer,

Kevin, could I ask you and Dave to go to the Question Room, please?

Well, Kevin. Looking very learned there with those glasses on.

You have been a lecturer, haven't you?

I was a lecturer, to begin with, in professional cookery

and then I was dragged through the ranks

and eventually became the head of hotel and catering studies

and the vice principal of a college of higher education.

But that doesn't make me studious at all.

The glasses do but the brain doesn't.

OK. Well, we're going to test you out now.

You choose, because you're the challenger,

whether you go first or second. What's it to be?

No, let's get it out of the way, please, Dermot. I'll go first.

All right then. Best of luck. It's all for charity.

And first question, Kevin.

Who won a best actor Oscar for his performance

in the 2011 film The Artist? Is it...

Well, I'm going to discount Jean-Claude Van Damme.

I'm leaning towards Gerard Depardieu, to be honest with you.

No! No!

My logic there is because Jean Dujardin I've never heard of.

He could be a gardener for all I know.

My answer, Dermot, is Gerard.

The famous Gerard Depardieu against the unheard of,

before The Artist, Jean Dujardin.

It was he, Jean Dujardin, who won the Oscar there.

OK. First question for you, Dave.

In the sitcom Gavin And Stacey,

Stacey's family live in which Welsh town? Is it...

-It's Barry.

-Barry, you say, is the correct answer. Well done.

And back to you, Kevin.

Who played the title role in the 1978 TV adaptation

of Muriel Spark's The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie? Is it...

I remember watching that particular series as well. It was fabulous.

Lovely Scottish accent. Geraldine McEwan.

Back on track. Right answer. Yes, well done.

Get in there.

Right. Just got to hope Dave slips up.

Dave. "We want the finest wines available to humanity.

"We want them here and we want them now,"

are lines from which British film?

Right. No, I don't think I've seen...

Well, I've watched this film and I think it is, in parts...

I can't really identify all the sound bites.

I don't think it's The Italian Job. I don't think it's Local Hero.

I think it is Withnail And I.

It just sounds like one of the memorable quotes from there,

but I can't quite recall it straightaway.

But I would go Withnail And I.

Withnail And I, correct answer, Dave.

OK. Means there is pressure on you, Kevin.

You need to get this and then hope that Dave fails on his third one.

So, in 2012 Ricky Gervais was a guest star

in Family Guy playing what type of creature?

I can't see him as a bulldog.

I'm not quite sure how a giraffe would sound.

And dolphins are squeaky little things.

So, as crazy as it seems, I don't see him as a bulldog

but I'm going to go bulldog.

Oh, dear. Well, I thought you'd ruled it out,

which you should have done. It's wrong.

Chris, Family Guy expert here, do you know?

He wasn't a bulldog, I think he was a dolphin.

-Yeah, dolphin. It was dolphin.

-Oh, really? Oh, no.

-Bad luck, Kevin.

We draw the curtain there now.

Dave, you'll be in the final. No place for you, Kevin.

Would you please both come back and join your teams?

Well, first blood to the Eggheads.

5 Star Quizine have just lost one brain. Eggheads are all there.

And let's see what our next round throws up.

-Well, stap me! Food & Drink.

-Woo-hoo!

-I'm going to take this.

-Absolutely.

I'm going to take this and, if I'm embarrassed,

-I will take it all for you guys.

-Thank you.

But I feel a little bit more comfortable

and I think I'm going to have some fun there.

I'm sure you are. I like the way you just stepped up to the plate there, excuse the pun.

-Oh, God.

-Who would you like to play from the Eggheads, Silvena?

I like the look of all of them. Don't look at me like that, Daphne.

It is not you. It is not you. You look at this with little eyes.

You are just like my mother-in-law. Her name is Audrey.

But, Kevin, come to Mamma.

Come to Mamma, Kevin.

-There's a surprise. Yes.

-I have a bit of a Kevin thing today.

Why am I not falling over with shock?

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Rather you than us, Kevin.

Oh, Kevin. I don't know what's going to go on in that Question Room.

-My goodness me.

-You're in for a treat, mate.

I'm not sure we'll be able to broadcast this.

-Let's hope we can. OK, Silvena.

-Oh, my God, yes.

Kevin, into the Question Room, please. Have fun.

OK, we're ready to play. Silvena, it's just a guess here

but, as an executive chef, I take it you enjoy being in charge in the kitchen?

Oh, very much. I'm very good at it.

Do you think you could take Kevin and Chris on?

They'd love to wash some dishes for you or something.

Yeah, men are good. I think they will be quite good.

They can meditate and repeat their questions, learn their trivia.

It's a very good meditative process.

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

I'd like to go first, please.

I bet you will. OK. Well, Silvena,

first question, then, on Food & Drink.

Here it is. Which term is used to refer to full-fat milk

in which the fat has been spread evenly throughout the milk

so there's no layer of cream on top? Is it...

OK.

It's not culturised, I don't think.

Sterilised, it's not.

I would go for homogenised.

And this is just a pure guess before Aldo makes a comment.

Aldo's saying nothing. They are now

because you got the right answer. Homogenised.

They're all very pleased.

Kevin, first question.

A classic Waldorf salad includes which of these fruits?

I've always seen it as apple, so I think we'll go for apple.

It is the right answer. Apple.

Silvena, second question.

Thyme, rosemary and savory are typical ingredients

of the mixture of dried herbs often given what name?

-Thyme, rosemary and...?

-Savory.

OK. I wouldn't think it's the first one.

I wouldn't think it's the Aquitaine.

I would go for herbes de Provence.

OK. Provence is the right answer. Yes, going well.

And, Kevin, the dish osso bucco

is usually garnished with which topping? Is it...

It's primarily an Italian dish, so I would go for the one there

that I think is Italian, which is gremolata.

Gremolata. Gremolata is correct. And it's 2-2.

And your third question, then, Silvena.

The spirit called cachaca, popular in Brazil,

is principally made from which plant? Is it...

OK. Now,

since I'm not Master of any wines or spirits here...

..this is not my strongest point

but I would really go for sugar cane.

I have a feeling it's sugar cane.

OK, feeling for sugar cane.

Other members of 5 Star Quizine, what do we think?

-Yep, nodding along. It's the right answer, yes.

-Yes!

-Three out of three.

-Come on, Kevin.

OK. Well, Kevin.

During production, the cheese known as Stinking Bishop

is washed in which liquid?

Because I think it comes from an area of, sort of,

the southern Welsh borders area,

it comes from Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, that way,

where there's a lot of cider-type production.

I think I'll go for perry. I'll go for perry.

Is the right answer, Kevin, yes. Got it. OK, it's all square.

Well, a very good round

and, Silvena, we're going to take away the options now to sort out a winner.

-It's the Sudden Death phase, as we term it.

-Please do.

-Oh, right. Bring it on.

-Yeah, right.

-OK, Silvena, here's your question.

The seeds of the plant Salvia hispanica,

cultivated as a superfood for their high levels of protein

and omega-3 fatty acids,

are commercially best known by what name?

No. It is not coming. I cannot think of the name.

It's here. It's on the tip of my tongue.

-Sorry, no.

-No?

-I pass on that one. Sorry.

OK. Chia. C-H-I-A, chia.

Apparently more protein than any other grain or seed.

Well, Kevin, for a place in the final round,

which natural gelling agent

is usually known as E440 on food labels?

Pick a gelling agent. Pectin.

Is correct, Kevin.

-Oh, sorry.

-It's the right answer.

Well, Silvena, do what you like to him.

We'll turn the cameras off, the Question Room is yours.

We'll give you 10 or 15 minutes.

He is not coming back.

If he's black and blue, we'll know what's happened.

No place for you in the final round. Sorry, Silvena.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, Kevin just made it through to the final round,

which means 5 Star Quizine are missing two brains from that round.

The Eggheads are all still there.

Two more head-to-heads coming up and our next one is Music.

-Are you happy with Music?

-Well, I could have a...

My husband will be laughing about this but I could have a go.

-Let's do it.

-Who am I going to take on?

Susie, right, we've got that far. Now you need to choose an Egghead.

To remind you, Dave and Kevin have played. Any of the other three.

-Pick on Daphne, go on.

-No. You've got to be joking.

-Yes!

-Listen, take Chris.

-I'm going to take... Why?

-Sh...sh.

-I'm going to take Judith on.

-OK. Judith on Music.

-What, Dermot?

-I'm just looking,

just seeing if there's any reaction there. Quite happy about that.

Let's have Susie and Judith into the Question Room, please.

Well, Susie, we know about your love of wine.

You're a Master of Wine, aren't you?

And there aren't very many of them in the entire world.

There are about 299 now,

or just under 300 Masters of Wine in the world.

You know, when it comes to a fine meal,

everyone traditionally concentrates on the food.

Would you say that the wine is as, if not more, important?

I think what you drink with it is so important.

My husband's a Master of Wine as well

and we often start from the wine point of view

and then decide what we're going to cook.

I think it's just trying things out, experimenting.

And when you get a wine that goes with the food,

it's just a marriage made in heaven, it's fantastic.

Well, Chris's favourite meal, fish and chips and Scrumpy Jack.

-How does that go?

-No. Fish and chips, champagne.

-That's a good idea, I'll try that one.

-Maybe in your universe.

Let's play the round. It's Music. Do you want to go first or second?

Do you know, I'm going to go second.

So, Judith, first question.

What surname is shared by the '60s singer Adam, who died in 2003,

and Paloma, who released her debut single, Stone Cold Sober, in 2009? Is it...

Well, there was an Adam Faith, so I think it must be Faith.

Yes. You haven't heard of Paloma Faith?

I'm sorry to say, no. Was she his daughter or something?

No. All right. There we go. You've got it right, though.

And, Susie, your first question.

In 1976,

what became Dolly Parton's first UK top ten single? Is it...

Well, I think Babooshka is Kate Bush, isn't it?

I'm pretty sure.

Can The Can I have never heard of

but I think Dolly Parton's Jolene.

Dolly Parton, Jolene, is the right answer.

-I'm sure the Eggheads can tell us, Can The Can?

-Suzi Quatro.

-Suzi Quatro.

-Is it?

-You see, your namesake there.

-Oh, dear.

All right, it's all square. Second question to Judith.

Who recorded a version of the song Fever

that reached the UK top ten in 1958? Is it...

I don't think it was Cleo Laine or Ella. I think it was Peggy Lee.

Peggy Lee with Fever is the right answer, yes.

Susie, what is the name of the London-based offshoot

of UK garage music created by artists including

Burial and Shackleton,

that often prominently features wobble bass.

Well, I have to be honest and say I absolutely have no idea.

I'm just going to go down the middle and say dubstep.

OK, I'll just check with Judith, cos she knows this off by heart.

-Which is it, Judith?

-Well, I know dubstep exists.

I've never heard of the others.

OK, well, it is the right answer. Dubstep is correct.

Well done, Susie.

And there we are, all square.

And, Judith, in 2011,

Matt Lucas took on the role of Thenardier

in the West End production of which musical? Is it...

I think I saw him doing it on the telly,

or an excerpt or something.

I think it was Les Miserables.

Yes, it is. That's the correct answer. So you have three.

And it means you need to get this, then, Susie.

The 1933 set of choral variations

entitled A Boy Was Born

is an early work by which composer? Is it...

It's not something I've heard of Benjamin Britten writing.

Holst. I'm going to go for Malcolm Arnold.

You need to get this. Susie, you haven't.

-It's incorrect. It's Benjamin Britten.

-Oh, it is.

Benjamin Britten. Which means Judith has pinched your place

in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, as it stands, I am not sure 5 Star Quizine

are going to have enough staff left for kitchen duties.

Lost three brains, the Eggheads haven't lost any,

so this is your last chance to get rid of one of them

in our concluding head-to-head.

It's Geography.

Aldo or Valentina, Geography.

No, Valentina, you're staying at the end.

Valentina has to stay for the end.

-Come on, you're Italian.

-Yeah, come on, I'll go for geography.

Go for Geography. Aldo.

They've decided that I'm doing Geography.

-OK.

-And you know what, Aldo may just win.

-He may!

-He may just win.

-I quite like the look of Chris. I don't know why.

Well, I mean, I'm going to lose it with either of you,

-so, Chris, let's go...

-OK, Aldo.

-..and have a laugh.

OK, let's go. Off you go, Aldo and Chris, into the Question Room.

I'll give you a card for my restaurant, Chris.

So, Aldo, do you travel quite a lot

as you search for ever more exotic ingredients?

I do travel a lot actually, yes.

And my first ambition in life was actually to learn languages.

So I travelled first and then,

of course, cheffing came quite naturally,

because food don't need language. So I started cooking.

OK. Do you want to go first or second?

I want to go second, for sure.

And so I turn to the Eggheads.

And Chris, in particular. First question.

In which country is the holiday resort of Torremolinos? Is it...

Yeah, it's one of those horrible Mediterranean sweat holes.

It's in Spain.

The holiday resort of Torremolinos is in Spain. Correct.

Aldo, which sea is connected to the Gulf of Mexico

-by the Yucatan Channel?

-You're having a laugh.

Is it... Well, listen to the choices.

Well, it can't be the Caribbean Sea.

And neither can it be the Arabian Sea.

I'm going to go for Black Sea.

-OK, you've gone for it. It is the Caribbean Sea.

-God.

So will Chris go 2-0 up here?

In which metropolitan county is the town of Rochdale situated?

Well, Rochdale always was in Lancashire

but it's now in Greater Manchester.

Correct answer. Greater Manchester.

Which means you need this one, Aldo.

Somme is a departement of France

that has which city as its capital?

I don't remember Cannes being in Somme.

I'm going to go for Amiens.

OK. And picking the right one there.

Yes, Amiens is correct, you've got it.

OK. You're still in it but maybe not for long.

Chris, the Freycinet Peninsula

is part of the shoreline of which Australian state. Is it...

Right, well, Tasmania's an island.

I don't think it's got any peninsulas off its coastline.

But the coastline of Victoria's quite heavily indented,

so I'll have to go with Victoria.

-It's not.

-No?

-Tasmania.

Tasmania from Judith there. It's Tasmania.

OK. Well, this would be a comeback, Aldo.

-I'm known for that.

-Good. Well, get this and we're into Sudden Death.

Mashhad is the second largest city in which country?

(Mashhad.)

It's a pure guess, this one.

I'm going to go for Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia is incorrect.

-Chris, any idea?

-It's Iran.

-It's Iran.

Iran. Which means bad luck, Aldo.

Revived your challenge there but it faded in the end,

which means Chris has that place in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

This is what we've been playing towards.

It's time now for the final round

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

But those of you who lost your head-to-heads

won't be allowed to take part in this round.

So, Kevin, Silvena, Aldo and Susie from 5 Star Quizine,

-would you leave the studio, please?

-No!

-No, I wanted to stay here.

So, Valentina, you're playing to win 5 Star Quizine £3,000

and our full set of Eggheads here,

Judith, Kevin, Dave, Daphne and Chris,

you're playing for something which money cannot buy,

the Eggheads' reputation.

As usual, I'm going to ask each team three questions in turn, Valentina.

This time the questions are all General Knowledge

and, this bit doesn't actually count for you, you are allowed to confer.

So, Valentina, the question is

is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?

How do you want to play? Do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first.

Good luck. First question, Valentina.

What informal name is often given to a list of achievements or experiences

that people would like to accomplish during their lifetime? Is it...

Bucket list.

Got it, yeah. Straight in there. One up to you.

Eggheads, before Germany adopted the euro,

the mark was divided into 100 what?

Before Germany adopted the euro, the mark was divided into 100 what?

Pfennigs.

That's the...correct answer.

OK. Well, on we go. It's all square.

And, Valentina, good luck with this.

Bellona was a Roman goddess of what?

My Latin is a little bit ropey but I'm going to go for war.

And what's your Latin-thinking, Valentina?

-I just think there's a connection there with...

-Bell?

-Belligerent. Things like that?

-Belligerent, exactly.

Well, you've got it, yes. And we'll find out from the Eggheads,

was Valentina right there, picking up on the bell?

-Bellum...

-Bellum.

-..is war.

Well done. You have two.

And the Eggheads, you are beginning to worry.

Second question. A stage adaptation of which Oscar-winning film

appeared in London's West End in the summer of 2012? Is it...

A stage adaptation of which Oscar-winning film

appeared in London's West End in the summer of 2012?

To tie in with the Olympics?

It can't be a coincidence, put it that way.

-Yeah.

-Chariots Of Fire.

That is Chariots Of Fire.

-Yes.

-Both narrowing our eyes at each other.

-Yes.

I'm trying to put you off. Chariots Of Fire is correct.

It's 2-2. Going well, Valentina. This could win it for you.

Which of these cycling Grand Tours

took place earliest in 2012?

It's the Tour de France.

It's not, no. What do you think, Eggheads?

Of the other two. Spain or Italy?

The order they're shown there

is the chronological order, as it happens.

Giro d'Italia.

-It's the Giro D'Italia.

-Really?

-First in the year.

Oh, well, a slip there on the third question,

which means a chance for the Eggheads.

Fred Russell, who died in 1957,

is most associated with which field of entertainment? Is it...

Is he a ventriloquist? I don't know.

He was a professor, wasn't he? So it's Punch and Judy.

-OK.

-80%.

80% Punch and Judy sounds right to me. What do you think?

-Yeah. I'll go for that.

-Will you go for that?

Absolutely. Chris thinks he knows.

Well, Chris seems to think it might be Punch and Judy.

OK. Punch and Judy.

Well, you'll want to hit him with that stick that Mr Punch has.

It's not right.

It is ventriloquism.

One of your first thoughts.

So you're still in it, Valentina.

We're into Sudden Death now, so I'm going to ask you a question,

just got to hear the answer from you.

In the radio comedy Round The Horne, who played the folk singer

Rambling Syd Rumpo?

Oh, dear. Oh.

OK, I'm going to take a really wild guess

-and I'm going to say Spike Milligan.

-Spike Milligan.

-Which is a good guess, but it's not correct.

-OK.

-Not Spike Milligan.

-But you know, Eggheads, don't you?

-It's Kenneth Williams.

-It was Kenneth Williams.

-Were you thinking that?

I was thinking that all along,

I thought it couldn't be Kenneth Williams.

Valentina. Well, that's really bad luck,

especially as you were thinking it.

You didn't say it while you were cogitating there.

Listen, it's incorrect,

which means the Eggheads have a chance to win.

Which actress became the owner of the famous Krupp diamond

when she received it as a gift from her husband in 1968?

Which actress became the owner of the famous Krupp Diamond

when she received it as a gift from her husband in 1968?

-Yeah.

-Definitely.

-I read about it.

That was Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor is the correct answer. Eggheads, you've won.

Well played.

Valentina, you know what, sitting there

with five of them against one of you, you did terribly well.

-And you came so close to winning it on your own.

-So close.

And your team-mates are applauding, loving your gallant effort there,

applauding silently in the Question Room where we locked them up.

Kevin's going back there now for round two of his telling-off from Silvena.

Well, thank you very much indeed for playing the Eggheads today.

It's been lovely fun. So nice to have you all here.

5 Star Quizine there.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them

and they still reign supreme over Quizland.

I'm afraid you haven't won the £3,000.

The money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a team of celebrity house and home experts

have the brains to defeat our Eggheads.

£4,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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