0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together, they make up the Eggheads -
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to a special celebrity edition of Eggheads,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:28 > 0:00:32pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34They are the Eggheads.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38And taking on the might of the Eggheads today are On The Ball.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Now, this team of sporting greats share a common bond.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Not only have they made a lasting impression in their chosen fields,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47but they have also been part of some amazing sporting upsets,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50scoring winning goals in crunch football matches,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53beating world champions in snooker matches
0:00:53 > 0:00:56and giving the Aussies a right good sledging.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00But will they cause an upset today? Only time will tell.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Let's meet them.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Hi, I am Rodney Marsh, ex-footballer
0:01:03 > 0:01:07for Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City and ex-England.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And, during my career, I scored over 200 goals.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Hello. I am Joe Johnson.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I won the World Snooker Championship way back in 1986.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18I am also the current Pot Black champion.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Hi. I'm Matthew Hoggard.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22I played for England for eight years
0:01:22 > 0:01:26and I'm now the current Leicestershire county cricket captain.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Hi. I'm David Fairclough. I spent ten years at Liverpool Football Club.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32You might remember me as Supersub.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Hi, I'm John Virgo.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I was UK snooker champion...
0:01:35 > 0:01:36a long time ago.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I now sit in the commentary box, criticising other snooker players.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Well, welcome to you, On The Ball.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44How honoured are we, Eggheads,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49to have such a clutch of sporting greats in the studio here today?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Rodney, how did you get your arm twisted to come
0:01:52 > 0:01:55and take on the Eggheads? Are you a fan of theirs, as they are yours?
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Well, I am, but the real reason is because we all found out
0:01:59 > 0:02:03that we could raise some money for charity and that was my main reason.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Let's just talk about...
0:02:04 > 0:02:06I mentioned in the introduction,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08some of these great sporting turnarounds.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Rodney, Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, but, of course, those
0:02:12 > 0:02:17of us that are of a certain age remember that 1967 League Cup final.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I mean, that was a turnaround, wasn't it? QPR, was it West Brom?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Absolutely. We were playing...
0:02:22 > 0:02:25We were a third division team playing in the first Wembley final
0:02:25 > 0:02:26of the League Cup.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30West Brom were top of the First Division, the old First Division.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33We were 2-0 down at half-time and we came back at Wembley,
0:02:33 > 0:02:38100,000 people, and won it 3-2 and I scored the equaliser,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40so, yeah, a great day for me and the team.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Listen, I won't keep you waiting. I know you're eager to try
0:02:43 > 0:02:45and get your hands on this money for your charities.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Let me tell you, every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:02:48 > 0:02:50up for grabs for our challengers' chosen charity.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57So, On The Ball, the Eggheads have won the last five games.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01That means £6,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Our first head-to-head battle is going to be the subject of Sport.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07There we are. It's up straightaway.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Now, we all know you know so much about your own sports,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13probably one or two others, but this is a very broad category.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Choose carefully. Who would you like to pick to take on the Eggheads?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18- Yeah, I'll do it.- OK.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Right, well, then, if that's agreed by the rest of the team?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Obviously, having watched the programme...
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Sorry, Judith, but, you know what I mean?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30We've got to do a bit of research, haven't we?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34The only problem is if you beat me, then I am really under pressure.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- I'll take on Judith.- That's bigging you up, Judith.- Oh, dear.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40OK, let's have JV, John,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42and Judith into the question room please.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45That is to make sure you can't confer, John.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47All right, John, you're taking on Judith there on Sport.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49You want go first or second?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Well, being a gentleman, ladies first.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57OK, Judith, here you go.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59What is a golfer usually said to do to the ball
0:03:59 > 0:04:03when taking a stance and placing the club head behind it?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I think that means he addresses it.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10OK. Do you play?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14No, never managed to hit a golf ball in my life. I have tried.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15OK.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17But you got it, address it is correct.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20OK, John, your first question.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24The playing surfaces of which piece of sporting equipment can be
0:04:24 > 0:04:27covered in either sandwich rubber or ordinary pimpled rubber?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Is this what Boris calls ping-pong?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38I'd say a tennis... A table tennis bat.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Table tennis bat is, of course, correct.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43So it's all square after the opening exchanges.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Judith, how many hurdles does a competitor
0:04:46 > 0:04:49in a 110-metre hurdles race typically have to jump?
0:04:52 > 0:04:56They take three paces between each, don't they? I now remember.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Um...
0:04:58 > 0:05:01One, two, three, so that's probably about four metres between each.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Um, and there are something like 13 metres before they hit the first one.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Four 10s are 40. I think it's 10.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12OK, 10.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15So you've taken four metres times 10, plus 13.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18So you've got, actually, 73.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Yes, exactly. It doesn't quite get there.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22You're a bit short.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25I'm a bit short. This is why I'm saying 10.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26It is the right answer.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Well, there you are. Maths helps a little bit.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- I don't think the maths helped at all.- I promise you, it did.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32I think the guessing...
0:05:32 > 0:05:35I used to count the number of paces
0:05:35 > 0:05:37they took between the hurdles in the Olympics.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42OK, John. Reading, Southampton and which other football team
0:05:42 > 0:05:46were promoted to the Premier League at the end of the 2011 season?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Well, it's certainly not Coventry
0:05:52 > 0:05:56and I think Blackburn just got rid of their manager
0:05:56 > 0:06:01because they didn't get up, so it's Big Sam and West Ham United.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Yes, it is. Yes, well done. You have two.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07And third question, Judith,
0:06:07 > 0:06:13which position in American football is abbreviated to DT?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I don't think it would be Drive Target.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22It could conceivably be Down Tapper.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Or it could be Defensive Tackle.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28I rather like the idea of Down Tapper, so I'm going to say that.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30OK. Down Tapper.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31It's a fine phrase indeed,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- but absolutely nothing to do with American football.- Could be.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- It is Defensive... - Could've been.- Defensive Tackle.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41It means you've got a good chance to get through here, John,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43just got to get a correct answer here.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47In 2012, who did Graeme Smith of South Africa replace
0:06:47 > 0:06:49as the most-capped test cricket captain?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Hmm.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Well, I'm not certain about Stephen Fleming.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59That name doesn't really ring a bell.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02I'm certain he's been a captain for a while.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I'm going for the Australian.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09I've just got a feeling that Ricky Ponting broke a record.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Allan Border, it could be, but I think I'll go for Ricky Ponting.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16OK, John's going for Australians.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Choosing between Ricky Ponting and Allan Border.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- What do you think, Matthew? - I haven't got a clue!
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- So good luck, John. - OK, good luck, John.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Well, I am afraid it's bad luck, you're not through,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- it is Allan Border.- Allan Border...
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Allan Border. So a chance spurned there. Judith's still alive.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33And, John, we go to Sudden Death
0:07:33 > 0:07:36if it is all square after three questions, which means we take
0:07:36 > 0:07:38away the options, so the answers just have to come from you.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41There's nothing there for you to work on or have a guess at.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43And, Judith...
0:07:43 > 0:07:46which British Olympic medal-winning swimmer
0:07:46 > 0:07:49is known as the Mansfield mermaid?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52I think it's got to be Rebecca Adlington.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Rebecca Adlington...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56is correct, yeah.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58OK, it means you've got to get this, John.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03In which British future Formula One driver's autograph book
0:08:03 > 0:08:08did team boss Ron Dennis write, "Call me in nine years," in 1995?
0:08:09 > 0:08:15Well, I think it is a choice of two, so I picked the wrong one last time.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- I'm going to go with Jenson Button. - OK. What we are choices?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- Who else were you thinking of? - I was thinking of Hamilton.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23DERMOT SIGHS
0:08:23 > 0:08:24It is Lewis Hamilton.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28No! Judith's beaten me at Sport! No!
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- That is a disgrace!- My goodness me.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Yeah, Lewis Hamilton was ten at the time
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and Dennis actually called him three years later.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39It is a nice story, but not one that John wants to hear again.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41It means you won't be in the final round.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48As it stands, On The Ball have lost one brain for the final round.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50We all know who he is. The Eggheads all there.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53And we move on to our next subject today, it's History.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Who fancies that? It can't be John.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58I'll do History.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02OK, and choose an Egghead. Any of them apart from Judith.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Er...we'll go with Chris, I think.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- OK.- Let's have David and Chris into the question room, please.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14OK, well, David, let's hope you strike here on History.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17You get to choose - do you want the first set or the second set?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I'm going to jump in at the deep end, Dermot, and go first.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26OK, good luck, David. First question on History.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31Which political party came to power in the UK general election of 1945?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Umm...
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- I will say Labour.- Labour?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43It's the right answer. Well done, yes.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Post-war election, of course,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49which saw Winston Churchill pushed out of office.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54And your first question, Chris. What collective name was given to
0:09:54 > 0:09:57the countries of South-east Asia which were colonies of France?
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Before it all got split up, it was French Indochina.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06That is correct.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09David, second question. On his deathbed,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Robert the Bruce requested that his heart be taken where?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Well, I can't imagine him saying the Tower of London.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24I would say the Holy Land.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28That's correct. Two to you. Well done, David.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32And, Chris, Grace Drummond-Hay a British journalist,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36was the first woman to travel around the world by what means?
0:10:39 > 0:10:43I've seen a programme on television about her quite recently, actually.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47She circumnavigated the globe on the Graf Zeppelin. So it's a Zeppelin.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49It is. That's correct.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Well, as in the previous round,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55both racing up to 2-2.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57And let's see what happens on the third questions, then.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00David, at the outbreak of World War I,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Earl Kitchener was in charge of where?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I would have said he was...
0:11:08 > 0:11:11..in charge of South Africa at the time.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13And the answer is Egypt.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Egypt, OK, well, a slip-up there.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20But it may not be terminal, depending on Chris's answer here.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Chris, who was the king of the Ostrogoths,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25who captured Rome in 546 AD?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Well, the Goths, the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, etc,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36tended to have I-C-ending names, didn't they? Like White Star liners.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38So it's Eraric.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41And it is NOT Eraric.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44It's the one in the middle. Totila.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Well, David, they're all rooting for you here.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48This is like a penalty shootout now
0:11:48 > 0:11:50and it's down to the goalkeeper, really.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54We're in Sudden Death. So one question can win it for you.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Which London station, designed by Philip Hardwick, was
0:11:58 > 0:12:03opened in 1837 as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Not being an expert on railways...
0:12:06 > 0:12:09um, I'd go for Euston station.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11OK, not being an expert on railways and you're sitting
0:12:11 > 0:12:15in the Question Room there with one who most certainly is.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18He wouldn't have hesitated to give me the answer here. Is David right?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21He is absolutely right, yes. 1837, Euston.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- Go on, David!- Come on, old son!
0:12:23 > 0:12:29Chris, Mohammed Zahir Shah, who was deposed in a coup in 1973,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32was the last king of which Asian country?
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Er, they used to have kings of Afghanistan, so...
0:12:38 > 0:12:41..'73. Yeah, I'd go with Afghanistan.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45It's the right answer. Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48We go on to another pair of questions, then.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52And, David, the infamous robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
0:12:52 > 0:12:58were shot dead at a road ambush in 1934 in which US state?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01HE SIGHS
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- I'm going to go for Ohio.- That's incorrect. No. Do you know, Chris?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Just out of interest, we're not passing it over.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09- It was Texas, wasn't it?- No.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- Other Eggheads?- Louisiana. - Louisiana from Barry.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Louisiana.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16OK. A chance then for Chris.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20In which city was a treaty signed by Joseph Bonaparte
0:13:20 > 0:13:23and Marquis Cornwallis in March 1802,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26which promised to be a definitive treaty of peace between Britain
0:13:26 > 0:13:30and France, but which, in the end, lasted only about a year?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36That was the Treaty of Amiens, was it not?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40It sure was. Yeah. The Treaty of Amiens,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43which means you've got through to the final round.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47But, my goodness me, that was close. Bad luck, David.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51It means you won't be able to come on as a Supersub in the final round.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Well, surely the breakthrough must be coming.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58David and John both got really, really close,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00but it didn't happen for them.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03So On The Ball have lost two brains from the final round.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04The Eggheads haven't lost any,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07but we've got two more head-to-heads to play before that final round
0:14:07 > 0:14:10and the next one coming up is Geography.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Three of you left there, Rodney, Joe or Matthew?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I'll take it if you want.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- I want you to take them all! - You want it?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Well, I don't want to be left by myself at t'end, so...
0:14:21 > 0:14:25You'd rather be put to the sword in the Question Room, I see.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26We're going to go with Matthew.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28All right, Matthew. And choose an Egghead.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Let me remind you, Chris and Judith have played from the Eggheads,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33so you have Pat, Barry or Daphne.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Well, I'd quite like to take Daphne just cos she's a great-grandma
0:14:36 > 0:14:39and I can't be scared of the great-grandma.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Just wait till you get there.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44OK, Matthew and Daphne, into the Question Room, please.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49So, Matthew, I love your reasoning about playing this round.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51You don't want to be left on your own.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54So if you're going to get knocked out, better do it now.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55But Geography, I was thinking
0:14:55 > 0:14:57you must be really well-qualified for that.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58You know, we have a mix
0:14:58 > 0:15:01between UK questions and international questions.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Your life as a cricketer, you must been everywhere?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06I've been to quite a few places in the world,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10so hopefully the questions will be on countries that play cricket.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Yeah, that's true, it is actually quite narrow, isn't it,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15when we get down to the international side of it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17But let's see if you find a few UK ones,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19counties you've visited over the years.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Would you like to go first or second?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I'm going to have a guess first.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28All right. Let's hope you don't have to guess at this.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30First question, then.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Flatbush is a district of which city?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Flatbush. It's all one word - F-L-A-T-B-U-S-H.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43It's fantastic, that every city on that list plays cricket.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I haven't got a clue, so in previous times,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- I'm going to go for the middle and say New York.- New York.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Flatbush in New York is correct. Well done.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57I'm sure... I bet you'll find cricket teams in all those cities.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Bet there's a bit of cricket played there. Over to you, Daphne.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04First question. Musselburgh looks out over which body of water?
0:16:07 > 0:16:12Musselburgh looks out over which body of water?
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Oh!
0:16:13 > 0:16:17I think it's in Scotland, so it must be the Firth of Forth.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19The penny dropped!
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Yes! SHE LAUGHS
0:16:20 > 0:16:21I thought, "Where is it?"
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Yes, it is the right answer, of course. OK.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26And second questions for each of you.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Matthew, during its planning stages,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32the M6 toll road was often referred to by what name?
0:16:39 > 0:16:44For having been stuck on the M6 going to the airport this morning,
0:16:44 > 0:16:48I wish I'd taken the M6 toll road, but it went in the wrong direction.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I'm going to go for the Birmingham Northern Relief Road.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54You see, all that aggravation was worth it in the end.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58It got you the right answer there, the Birmingham Northern Relief Road.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00That's where it is, obviously.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04So, Daphne, Madrid's Atocha railway station
0:17:04 > 0:17:06contains which unusual feature?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11No idea.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Um...
0:17:14 > 0:17:15A railway station?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Well, if it's unusual...
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Um...planetarium?
0:17:26 > 0:17:30OK, going for the unusual. It's not a planetarium.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33It is an indoor garden.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Right, it means you have a chance here, Matthew.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40You'd go through to the final round - your worst fear, really -
0:17:40 > 0:17:43if you give me a correct answer here.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Which major river runs through the Polish city of Krakow?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Again, it's another place that plays cricket,
0:17:52 > 0:17:56so I'm going to go for the middle one and give the Oder.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Oder - oh, dear! No, it's not.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00You know, Daphne, don't you? You know all these.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Vistula.- Vistula.
0:18:02 > 0:18:09OK, well, you're still in it, whatever happens.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11You're through, in actual fact, if Daphne gets it wrong.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14But you're still in it, of course, if she gets this one.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18So, Daphne, which is the most densely populated region of France?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Um... Um...
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Well...
0:18:29 > 0:18:34Ile-de-France is near Paris, so I'll go for Ile-de-France.
0:18:35 > 0:18:41Yeah, right answer. So it's back to all square. Oh, dear.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Right, Matthew, into Sudden Death again. You know what that means.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Omdurman in the Sudan stands on which river?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51It's spelt O-M-D-U-R-M-A-N.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Omdurman in the Sudan stands on which river?
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Thanks for spelling it out - it makes all the difference(!)
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I don't know, I'm going to guess at Jordan.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03OK, the River Jordan...
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- is incorrect. Daphne?- Nile.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Two river questions and two incorrect answers from Matthew.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It's the Nile, as you heard from Daphne.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15So, Daphne, a chance to win the round.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Saunton Sands, which has become a favourite spot for surfers,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21is on the coastline of which English county?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Um...
0:19:23 > 0:19:28I think they had a big World War II tragedy there, didn't they?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Lots of American soldiers got drowned.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Er, Devon?- Devon...
0:19:34 > 0:19:37..is the correct answer, Daphne.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Ohh! Bad luck, Matthew.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42And I bet you probably would have got that one, then.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43More of a UK one.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Well, that means no place for you in the final round, Matthew.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47You got your wish.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Would you both, please, come back and join your teams?
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Yet another unlucky round.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Yet another chance to knock an Egghead out went begging.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59She was out of the crease and you threw at the stumps and missed.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Yeah, but you talked about water.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Everybody knows, if it starts raining, we run for cover.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05LAUGHTER
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Very good point. Well, as it stands,
0:20:06 > 0:20:09On The Ball have lost three brains from the final round.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10The Eggheads haven't lost any.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12We've got a last chance to knock an Egghead out,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15to TRY to knock one out. This one is Music.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17And Rodney or Joe?
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Play this, Joe? You said you...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Well, yeah, we decided that if Music came up,
0:20:22 > 0:20:26seeing as nobody else knows anything about it, I'd have a go.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28OK, well choose from the Eggheads
0:20:28 > 0:20:31and you've got Pat or Barry in the middle there, those two.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Take the shirt on!- Yeah, yeah, we will take the shirt.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Take the shirt on, that's right! The two shirts!- The shirt.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- The battle of the shirts. - A shirt-off, yeah.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43That'll make it difficult at home, watching these two shirts.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Let's have Joe and Barry into the Question Room, please.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Well, "Come on, Joe," is the refrain in the studio.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Joe, do you want to go first or second?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I'll go first. Put him under pressure.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01All right, Joe. And the first question is this.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Liam Gallagher, the former lead singer of the band Oasis
0:21:04 > 0:21:06was born in which city?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12I should get this one, being a Northern lad. It's Manchester.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Of course it is, yeah. Manchester is correct.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17And of course, they love you, Rodney, don't they?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20The Gallagher boys put you on one of their albums.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Definitely Maybe, yeah.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25George Best and myself were on the cover, yeah.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Immortalised there.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30A correct answer which gives you one point, Joe.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Let's see what Barry does.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Who is described in a song as "a fat and jolly red-faced man"?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Oh! That's an interesting question.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I don't think it's Burlington Bertie.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46"A fat and jolly red-faced man."
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I've heard Ernie a few times and I can never recall those lines,
0:21:50 > 0:21:54so I shall go for Charles Penrose's The Laughing Policeman.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Chris?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57He's right. Most definitely.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00It's correct, yes, The Laughing Policeman.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02And, Joe, over to you again.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07Who had a UK number one single in 1980 with Feels Like I'm In Love?
0:22:11 > 0:22:15It's going to be a guess, I'm afraid. Kelly Marie.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17A guess at Kelly Marie. What we think there?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Yeah, he's right.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Yeah, it's correct. Well done, Joe.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Barry nodding too. This is your second question, Barry.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30In 2012, which singer released an album called Apres,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33which included several covers of French songs?
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Haven't a clue.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40But I can't imagine Iggy Pop could sing in French,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42so I shall discount him immediately.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44I hope I'm not doing him an injustice.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46And...I don't know.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47I have a sneaking suspicion
0:22:47 > 0:22:50it's the sort of thing Tom Jones might have a try at.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- So I'll go for Tom Jones. - OK, Tony Jones, you think.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54You know what, though,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57as well as advertising car insurance, he can sing in French.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- Iggy pop.- Really? Wow.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01There we are.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Well, again, this has happened so many times,
0:23:03 > 0:23:04so I'm not going to jinx it.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07You know what happens if you get this right, Joe.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Prior to forming Motorhead, the rock musician Lemmy
0:23:10 > 0:23:14was a member of which influential rock band during the early 1970s?
0:23:19 > 0:23:20I'm going to go with Hawkwind.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22BARRY LAUGHS
0:23:22 > 0:23:23You sound like you're sure of that.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Well, you tell me.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26DERMOT LAUGHS
0:23:26 > 0:23:27I tell you, you're right!
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- THEY ALL CHEER - Go on, Joe!
0:23:29 > 0:23:30And Barry is...
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Look at that - what a break that was!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Look at that, three in a row.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Which means, Barry, you're not playing in the final round,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39which will be a relief for our eyeballs, anyway.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Would you both, please, come back and join your teams?
0:23:43 > 0:23:45And so this is what we've been playing towards,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47it's time for the final round,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:23:51 > 0:23:54won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56So Matthew, David and John from On The Ball
0:23:56 > 0:23:59and Barry from the Eggheads,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01would you all depart the studio now, please?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06So, Rodney and Joe, you're playing to win On The Ball £6,000.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Daphne, Chris, Pat and Judith,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10you're playing for something which money cannot buy -
0:24:10 > 0:24:13it is your very reputation.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15And, as usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18This time, the questions, guys, are all General Knowledge,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21so anything could come up. And you are allowed to confer.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Which is why Rodney was so relieved, Joe,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26when you won that round, he's not there on his own.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27So, Rodney and Joe,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30the question is are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32And, Rodney and Joe, you get the choice again,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34do you want to go first or second?
0:24:34 > 0:24:35We're going to defer.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I get you. You're deferring.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Letting the Eggheads start.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45OK, Eggheads, it's your first question then.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Which sportswoman appeared in the television show Gladiators
0:24:49 > 0:24:52in 1995 under the name Amazon?
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Sharron Davies is very tall, she's six foot tall.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02So she would fit the title Amazon, wouldn't she?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04It is the right date for her.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Sally Gunnell and Kelly Holmes are standard height.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10I'm sure I've heard Sharron Davies was in Gladiators.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Well, let's go for it.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- OK, let's go for it. - You happy with that?- Yeah.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17We think that was Sharron Davies.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Sharron Davies as Amazon in Gladiators.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22It's correct, Eggheads.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23So one to you.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26And, Joe and Rodney, first question.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29The Silver Wolf is awarded by which organisation
0:25:29 > 0:25:31for exceptional service?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Wolfpack?
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- Yeah. That makes sense.- Makes sense. - That would be good. Yeah.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44I'd know it then.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48But it's... I've no idea, really, Rodney. What about you?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Silver Wolf, I've got no idea whatsoever,
0:25:50 > 0:25:55but you've got to figure that maybe Scouts and wolves and...
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- I'll stand on you.- Yeah?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- Are we only going with Scouts? - Silver Wolf?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Yeah, we're going to go with Scouts. - OK.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Wolfpack, yeah.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09It's the right answer, well done. Scouts.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12OK, all square.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Eggheads, Plailly, near Paris, is the site of an amusement park
0:26:17 > 0:26:19dedicated to which French fictional character?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- There is definitely an Asterix... - Asterix, yeah.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Yeah, there is an Asterix theme park.- Near Paris?- Mm.- Mm.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Asterix? I don't know. - Well, it wouldn't be Quasimodo.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- It'd be stretching it a bit. - Likewise D'Artagnan.
0:26:34 > 0:26:41- Yep.- We're fairly happy that that's Asterix.- Asterix the Gaul. Um...
0:26:41 > 0:26:43It's correct, yes, Eggheads. You've got two.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48And we go back to Rodney and Joe after that nice, solid start.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Second question.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Who directed the 2012 film Ted
0:26:52 > 0:26:55and provided the main voice for the title character?
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Not sure. But I think it was Adam Sandler.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05But I'm not sure.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Well, we know who it's not. So it's...
0:27:10 > 0:27:12- Happy?- Mm.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Adam Sandler.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Adam Sandler is...
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- not the right answer.- Oh!
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Unlucky. Do you know, Eggheads?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- ALL: Seth MacFarlane. - It's Seth MacFarlane.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27So the Eggheads have a chance to win it here.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Eggheads, the ocelot is a cat native to which part of the world?
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- It's an American cat.- A lynx. - American cat. South America?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40It's a beautiful, small leopardy sort of thing.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44- OK if we go with America?- Yes. - We are going to go with the Americas.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46The Americas for the ocelot.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50It is correct, Eggheads. You've won.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56Well, bad luck, guys.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59We'll never know if you would have got that that third one correct
0:27:59 > 0:28:02or not, because it would have made no difference to the end result.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05So thank you very much indeed for taking on the Eggheads today.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08We have been delighted, overjoyed to have you here.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12It's been a lot of fun, playing as it went through those head-to-heads.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14I must say, with all sincerity, you know,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17all three that failed to get through, John, Matthew and David,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19were really unlucky in those head-to-heads,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22it could've been a different balance in this final round.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25The Eggheads have done what comes naturally and their winning streak continues.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27I'm afraid you haven't won the £6,000.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30That means the money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33So, Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:33 > 0:28:37And join us next time when it is the turn of a team of travel presenters
0:28:37 > 0:28:41and journalists, to see if they have the brains to defeat our Eggheads.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44£7,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.
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