Episode 9 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.

They are the Eggheads.

And, challenging our quiz Goliaths today, are the Para-Rangers.

Now, this team of some of our brilliant athletes

from Paralympics GB won't be aware of this,

but it isn't only them who have very stringent training routines.

Because the Eggheads' regime sees them put through their paces

on a daily basis by a real tyrant.

She controls what they eat, gives them subjects to revise

and shouts at them and beats them if they get a question wrong.

The Eggheads call her the sarge, but you might know her as Daphne.

Let's meet the challengers.

Hi. My name's Mark Colbourne and I'm a paracyclist

and I won two silver medals and also a gold medal

at the London 2012 Paralympics.

Hello. I'm Dani Brown and I'm a double gold medallist

in Paralympic archery.

Hi. I'm Charlotte Henshaw and I'm a silver medallist

in the 100m breaststroke at this year's Paralympic Games.

I'm David Wetherill, also a Paralympian at this year's games.

I'm a table tennis player. I didn't win a medal but I'm hoping

to join these guys in the medal club in four years' time.

Hi. I'm Liz Johnson and after my performance this summer,

I now have a complete set of Paralympic medals for the 100 metres breaststroke.

Welcome to you, Para-Rangers. Fantastic to see you,

and we will relive some of the glories you brought to us

in that summer of 2012 and in other Paralympics as we quiz.

But I want to say, first of all, congratulations on the team name.

We're loving that, aren't we, Eggheads? The Para-Rangers.

-Get it?

-Yes.

-Just explain it there to Kevin.

He's been working it out bit by bit. He's had Pat explain it to him.

So tell me about this. This is a whole different discipline for you,

so how have you prepared for it, Mark?

For me, obviously, having an extensive background

in business for years and years.

So I'm hoping that my age and my knowledge

will hopefully help us through today.

OK, and I know that all athletes prepare meticulously for the challenges ahead.

Have you done the same for the Eggheads? Have you looked at their strengths and weaknesses?

Most definitely.

Right, good lying.

OK. Listen, best of luck, Para-Rangers.

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 will roll over to the next show.

So, Para-Rangers, the Eggheads have won the last eight games,

so that means £9,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

-You love a challenge, don't you?

-We do.

OK. Well, it is going to be a challenge.

Our first head-to-head battle is going to be on the subject of Music.

Which of the Para-Rangers wants to start us off?

-Not me.

-Not me.

-I guess that's me then, is it?

-Yeah.

-OK. I will.

Charlotte, good for you. Which Egghead will you take on?

Any of those fabulous five.

-What do you think?

-I don't know.

-It was Daphne, wasn't it?

-Was it?

-OK, Daphne.

-Daphne, OK.

To start us off then, it's going to be Charlotte and Daphne.

Into the Question Room, please.

Charlotte, fantastic to have you here. We really appreciate you all taking on the Eggheads.

I know you've still got a pretty busy schedule, I suspect.

-And are you aiming for 2016?

-Yeah, absolutely.

At the moment it's just a slow curve back up to full training.

-But hopefully I've still got another four years left in me.

-Yeah.

And have you got a gold in you?

Well, I just need to grow my fingernails

if we're going to go by 2012 cos it was 0.03 off the gold,

so I'll grow my nails and hopefully next time.

It was better than 2008, wasn't it?

You finished in that awful position of fourth, didn't you? No podium.

No, and I think that was what really drove me on to get to those medals.

So, in a weird way, I'm glad I had that fourth-place experience,

cos it's really made me the athlete I am now.

OK. Well, we're going to drive you on now in this round.

It's Music and you can choose. Do you want to go first or second?

I'd like to go first, please.

-Best of luck, Charlotte.

-Thank you.

-First question on Music and this is it.

Jessie J was born and grew up in which English city?

I think she was born and raised in London.

I actually saw her last year. She's a London girl.

She is. Well done and a good start. It's what we want.

And, Daphne, "Take a look at her hair, it's real,

"And if you don't believe what I say, just feel,"

are words from which Cliff Richard song?

I think that dates back to my era. Living Doll?

It is Living Doll, yes. Well done.

It's all square and, Charlotte, second question.

Which boy's name is the first word of the traditional song

that features the recurring phrase, "Row the boat ashore, hallelujah"?

I sung that many times when I was a little kid. It's Michael.

Yes, it is. Michael, row the boat ashore. Fantastic.

So you have two out of two.

And, Daphne, the libretto for the first performance of the opera Aida

was in which language?

Well, I assume because it's by Verdi it was in Italian.

Yes, it is. Well done, Daphne.

-Sorry.

-It's all right. Still a lot of quizzing to go.

Charlotte, third question. Could win you the round.

Drummer Neil Primrose and lead guitarist Andy Dunlop

were founder members of which Scottish band?

Well, I know Travis was Scottish and I've never heard of the other two.

So, I'll go with Travis.

OK, I can assure you they're all Scottish,

but you've got the right one. It's Travis. Well done.

Three out of three.

-Feeling any pressure, Daphne?

-Yep.

-Yep?

-Lots.

OK, you've got to get this then.

Who formed the 1960s band Blues Incorporated,

with whom Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Paul Jones,

Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and other future stars performed? Was it...

No idea.

I really don't know.

And I've got nothing to guess with.

-Alexis Korner?

-Alexis Korner.

It is the right answer, Daphne. Alexis Korner.

I'm so sorry.

It's all right, Daphne. It's the name of the game.

So all square. Both of you

with an unblemished record after three questions.

So, Charlotte, we go to Sudden Death. This is without choices.

Just got to hear the answer from you.

"When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky,

"you can bet that he's doing it for some doll,"

is a line from a song in which musical?

I should know this. I'm a huge musicals fan.

I would take a hint from the lyrics and I'd guess Guys And Dolls?

It's in there, well done. Fantastic.

OK. Well, Daphne.

If You Can't Stand The Heat and My Camera Never Lies

were UK hit singles in the 1980s for which Eurovision-winning British act?

Oh, dear.

I know there's two of them and I can only remember one,

so Bucks Fizz?

-Were you thinking of Brotherhood of Man as well?

-Oh, yes.

Unfortunately, it is Bucks Fizz.

LAUGHING

-Oh, no. If you'd remembered them both, you would have gone for the other one.

-I would.

Yeah, these are Bucks Fizz songs. You got it.

That's a terrible pity.

All right, Charlotte. You keep that pressure up.

Really putting it to Daphne here.

She's been on the back foot with the last two answers. Here you go.

Which group released the album Plastic Beach in 2010?

I have no idea.

I'll take a guess. I'll go with...

..Kings of Leon. I know it's not that.

Hey, always better to have a guess than pass. Kings of Leon it isn't.

Gorillaz. It's Gorillaz, Charlotte.

OK. Well, a chance for Daphne.

The conductor Gustavo Dudamel was born in which country?

Venezuela?

I'm sick to the pit of my stomach.

It is the right answer.

I think he started the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra, didn't he?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Yes.

-Bad luck, Charlotte.

-It's all right.

-That was a brilliant performance, well into Sudden Death.

but Daphne shaded it, so it means you won't be in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams.

Para-Rangers have lost one brain from the final round.

Eggheads all there but very, very early days.

And we move on to our second head-to-head.

It's Film and Television. Who wants to play?

What do you want to do?

I'll do Geography. OK.

-What do you want to do, Dani?

-History.

-And you?

-Science or Sport.

-I'll have to do it, will I?

-Go for it, Johnson.

-We watch a lot of films.

-If I get it wrong...

-That's all right.

-OK.

OK. Liz, right. And choose an Egghead.

It can be any of the four there after Daphne.

Which Egghead? The new guy?

-I'll go with Dave.

-Dave, OK.

Let's have Liz and Dave into the Question Room

to play Film and Television.

So, Liz, Paralympic medals. What was it?

Silver 2004, then you went gold in Beijing

and then bronze in 2012.

Yeah, I suppose every cloud has a silver lining.

What are you going for in 2016?

There'll have to be platinum if you want something different.

I think I'm going to try and go back to gold.

-Yeah.

-I like symmetry.

-Oh, yes. I see, yes.

What about that race in 2012?

I'm always wondering about swimmers.

How aware can you be of the other lanes?

In breaststroke, which is what Charlotte and I swim,

-you can't be very aware because you're looking forward.

-Yeah.

So, unless you're right next to them and you can feel them,

you don't really know where anybody is.

Say someone's three lanes away and they're leading by half a stroke,

can you really see them or do you get a sense of it?

No, if you can see them when they're that far over,

you know you're in trouble.

OK, just swim faster. OK. Time for the quiz then.

Would you like to go first or second on Film and Television?

Well, I knew more of Charlotte's answers than I did of Daphne's,

so I'm going to go first, please.

Best of luck, Liz. Film and Television. First question.

"Who loves ya, baby?"

was the catchphrase of which television detective?

It's not Frost. And my dad used to watch a lot of Columbo,

so he's going to kill me if I get it wrong.

I'll go with Kojak.

Oh, the way you said that.

You went K... I thought you'd go Columbo.

It's Kojak. It is the right answer. Well done.

Brilliant. Slipped it out there.

Dave, a tram crash was a major storyline

in which television soap in 2010?

The 50th anniversary of Coronation Street.

It is the right answer, of course.

OK, Liz.

Who played the role of Fiona in the 1994 film

Four Weddings And A Funeral? Was it...

Charlotte's going to know this and I haven't got a clue.

So I'm going to go with Emma Thompson.

OK. You presumably haven't seen it?

-No.

-No. Charlotte, have you seen it then?

-Is it one of your favourite films?

-It's one of, yeah.

Do you know, is it Emma Thompson?

-I'd have gone with Kristin Scott Thomas.

-It is Kristin Scott Thomas.

I knew there was a Thom in there.

Oh, I see what you mean, yes. Unlucky.

OK. Dave, second question.

Meryl Streep's career tally of Oscar nominations reached what number

when she won the Academy Award for the 2011 film The Iron Lady?

Right, so her nominations.

Right, it's not 24.

Don't think it's as high as 17.

Yeah, over 30 years of acting.

-12.

-Is it, other Eggheads? Is it 12?

-I think it's 17.

-It's 17.

-It is 17.

17. So, good news for Liz. Stays all square.

Liz, who is listed as an actor,

a writer and an executive producer

on the credits of the 1971 film Universal Soldier?

I don't think it's Timothy Dalton. I think it's too early.

I'm going to go with Sean Connery.

He played James Bond

but it was the man who only played him once. George Lazenby.

OK. Well, let's see. It's not over yet. Let's see how Dave does.

Dave, which US actress was married to the British author Roald Dahl

from 1953 to 1983?

Not too many Oscar nominations for this one.

I think she won for Hud in 1958. It's Patricia Neal.

Oh, you know it. It is the right answer,

which means you are through to the final round.

Bad luck, Liz. You won't be there.

Would you both please come back and join your teams.

Well, I know you guys thrive on adversity

and you've got a bit of it now in this game.

You've lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads are all there. We've got two more head-to-heads before the final.

And our next subject is Sport.

Well, who wants to play this? Am I doing that?

-You're going to have to.

-Yeah.

-Cos you're gone, aren't you?

OK. I'll do it.

OK, David. Now choose your Egghead. Kevin, Judith or Pat?

I'm being reliably informed to choose Judith.

Of course you can. Let's have David and Judith

without further ado into the Question Room.

Well, David. An internet sensation.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm known as the guy that hit that shot now, aren't I?

Yeah. Six million hits or something, isn't it, for this shot?

Yeah, I did a shot in London in the games

and it's being billed as one of the greatest shots ever.

I don't know whether it's quite that good.

I could never have believed it would go this big, so it is amazing.

Yeah. So, of the six million, how many hits are yours? 150,000?

It's a good motivational thing for when I'm playing badly.

I'll just watch that video and I'll be fine.

I want to have a look at it again as soon as this finishes.

-Go for it.

-David, go for this. Sports.

And would you like to go first or second?

I will go first, please.

Best of luck, David. Here's your question.

In 2008, the rules of the modern pentathlon were changed

to combine the shooting discipline with which of the other events?

Well, obviously, I'm a big fan of the Olympics

but my knowledge of all sports isn't that broad,

so I was quite worried but I think I know this.

I hope I know this. I think it's running.

Running...is the right answer, yes. Well done.

Judith, for the 2010 season,

Ross Brawn became team principal for Mercedes in which motor sport?

-Well, I think that is Formula 1.

-Yes, it is.

And back to David.

In which year did the golfer Phil Mickelson turn professional?

All right, golf is not one of my strong points.

So this isn't a good question for me but I'll give it a stab.

My housemates are always watching golf,

so they'll probably kill me if I get this wrong.

I'm thinking either '82 or '92 at the moment.

I'm going to go '82, I think. 1982.

-No, it's '92.

-Oh, is it?

-You were thinking it. Bad luck.

-Oh, well.

-OK.

Judith, which team won cricket's county championship in 2012?

Oh, lordy.

Nottinghamshire.

-No. Warwickshire.

-Oh, no!

-I said Warwickshire in answer to a question the other day.

-Oh, I see.

And it was wrong. So I thought, oh, no, can't trust Warwickshire.

-You see, that was a different question.

-It was.

-Yeah.

That's good news for you, David.

It stays all square at 1-1. And your third question.

In 2012, the footballer Joey Barton joined which French club on loan?

-Marseille, I think.

-Joey Barton in 2012 was loaned to Marseille.

It's the right answer. Well done.

Means you need this, Judith.

Which of these tennis players has been nicknamed The Wall

for his relentless returning of the ball?

I haven't heard this.

Who just bats it back?

I think it might be David Ferrer.

It is. It is. So it's all square and we go to Sudden Death again.

OK. David, you know what this means.

-I can't show you any options, so best of luck with this.

-Cheers.

The brothers Bismarck and Jannie du Plessis

have played international rugby union for which team?

-I'm going to go for South Africa.

-It's the right answer, yes.

The Springboks. Great answer. OK, Judith.

The Ethiopian athlete Mamo Wolde won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics

and then a bronze in the same event four years later

at the age of 40 in which athletics event?

Well, they're very good at long-distance running.

I think I'm going to have to choose

one of the 5,000, 10,000 or marathons.

5,000 metres.

OK. 5,000, 10,000 or marathon you said

-and it is the marathon.

-It's the marathon?

Which means, David, you are through to the final round.

-Congratulations.

-Thanks.

Would you both please come back and join your teams.

The Para-Rangers have lost two brains

but the Eggheads have now lost their first brain.

And our last head-to-head before the final round

that could make it all square in that final round is Food and Drink.

-Mark or Dani, who'd like to play this? Food and Drink.

-I'll go, yeah.

-Dani, please.

-OK, Dani. And choose an Egghead.

The remaining players there are Kevin and Pat.

-Kevin.

-Yeah?

-Kevin.

-Kevin. Good choice.

OK, let's have Dani and Kevin into the Question Room, please.

Of course, Dani, double Paralympic gold.

Consecutive, though, not in the same games. 2008 and 2012, yeah?

Yes, yes. I won a gold medal in Beijing

and then again this time in London.

Fantastic stuff. And, of course, a double appearance on Eggheads.

Yes, this is my second time. First time was with the GB archery team.

Which is more of an honour? A Paralympic gold or an appearance on Eggheads?

I don't know how you can choose.

-Well...

-Yeah. OK, don't answer that one, honestly.

Now, Dani,

on Food and Drink, do you want to go first or second?

Oh, definitely first, please.

And, Dani, your first question is this.

What type of food is angel food cake?

I think it's a sponge cake.

Sponge cake is the right answer.

And, Kevin, what meat is known in France as jambon? Is it...

Straight translation job, that one. It's ham.

It is indeed, yes. Both off to a nice, easy start.

Dani, what Italian name is given to the vegetable

that is also known as black cabbage and Tuscan kale? Is it...

I really don't have a clue.

I don't know any Italian at all.

It's between the first or the second one, I think.

Oh, I really don't know.

I think I'll go with the middle one,

I can't even pronounce it, Pane Toscano?

Pane Toscano.

It's not the right answer.

You were onto it with your little bit of Italian.

It's the other one you were thinking of with nero in there,

the black cabbage. Cavolo nero. Bad luck.

A gap there in your scoring.

So, Kevin, the potato dumplings known as kroppkakor

are a speciality of which country?

Now, that's a spelling job if ever I heard one.

It's K-R-O-P-P-K-A-K-O-R.

Different languages in the Philippines,

so it's not beyond the bounds of possibility,

but it does sound distinctly Scandinavian.

I'll say Sweden.

It's the right answer, yes. You've got it. OK.

Right, Dani, you need this then. Which of these foodstuffs

is a major ingredient in a Milanese souffle?

I genuinely don't have a clue.

Think I'm going to go with apple.

A Milanese souffle contains a lot of lemon.

-Oops.

-Oh, bad luck.

Means we don't get to put another one to Kevin.

He's done enough to get through. So would you both please come back and join 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 take part in this round.

So, Dani, Charlotte and Liz from the Para-Rangers

and Judith from the Eggheads, would you all leave the studio, please.

So, Mark and David, you're playing to win the Para-Rangers £9,000.

Pat, Kevin, Dave and Daphne,

you're playing for something which money cannot buy,

the Eggheads' reputation.

And, as usual, I ask each team three questions in turn.

The questions are all general knowledge and you are allowed to confer.

You can talk amongst yourselves.

So, Para-Rangers, the question is are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

-And, Mark and David, would you like to go first or second?

-First, please.

And off we go. Best of luck, guys.

Which term refers to decorative battlements

on houses, castles and churches?

Which term refers to decorative battlements

-on houses, castles and churches?

-I'm thinking crenellations.

-But I'm not sure at all.

-OK.

-I don't know what you think?

-Crenellations, yeah?

-Do you know?

-No.

-Shall we go crenellations then?

We'll go for crenellations, please.

-OK. It's correct.

-I thought it was.

It is correct. So, a good start.

And, Eggheads, what is the British term for the part of a car

that Americans call a fender?

-Wing?

-Wing. Yeah.

-Cos a bonnet is a hood, isn't it?

-I thought fender was the bumper.

-Bumper?

-I thought it was wing.

You thought it was wing. OK.

-Of course, a boot is trunk.

-Yeah, OK.

-That's fine.

-We're going with wing.

Wing. Wing is the right answer, yeah.

OK, Para-Rangers.

Which businessman was nicknamed The Bouncing Czech,

that's C-Z-E-C-H?

-Didn't you do business?

-Yeah, it's Maxwell.

-I don't know.

Yeah, yeah. We're going to go for Robert Maxwell.

OK. Your business background there, Mark, coming straight in.

And Robert Maxwell is the right answer.

OK. Well, Eggheads.

Whose signature appears on banknotes as a result of his appointment

as Chief Cashier of the Bank of England in 2011? Is it...

-It's Chris Salmon.

-Yeah?

-Chris Salmon?

-You think it's Chris Salmon?

-Yeah, fine.

Eddie George is the former Governor.

Daniel Alexander, obviously, Danny Alexander, General Secretary.

Yeah.

That's Chris Salmon.

Chris Salmon, and I heard you identifying the other two.

It is Chris Salmon. That is the right answer.

So it's all square at 2-2.

The next pair of questions could decide the outcome of the game

so highly important.

Para-Rangers, St Chad's is a college in which UK university?

I've played table tennis in Durham.

I've never been to Cambridge or Oxford.

And that's throwing out at me.

-I'm not sure.

-OK.

-I don't know if you know.

-No. I've never heard of the name.

I'm trying to remember.

How long ago was it?

I graduated in 2011, so that's just what's coming out at me.

-Go for Durham?

-Yeah.

OK, we're going to hazard a guess at Durham, please.

OK, highly important question, as I say.

The answers of these two questions could decide the winners.

-It's the right answer.

-I thought so.

Well done, guys. You have three

and, if the Eggheads fail here, you've beaten them.

Eggheads, who took the famous photograph called Migrant Mother,

depicting poverty during the great depression? Was it...

Dorothea Lange.

That's Dorothea Lange.

Yes, it is, Eggheads. You've got it.

OK, it's all square, we go into Sudden Death.

Para-Rangers, for what does the letter C stand

in the abbreviation PCSO,

when referring to the uniformed,

non-warranted officials employed by police forces in England and Wales?

For what does the letter C stand in the abbreviation PCSO,

when referring to the uniformed, non-warranted officials

employed by police forces in England and Wales?

PCSO. What is the C?

We're going to go for constable.

OK, constable.

I'm sorry, it's incorrect.

It is not constable.

-Just check with the Eggheads, do they know?

-Community.

Do you know the full PCSO? Police Community Support Officer.

That's it. Police Community Support Officer.

So the Eggheads have a chance here.

The name of which dance is used to represent the letter F

in the NATO phonetic alphabet?

The name of which dance is used to represent the letter F

in the NATO phonetic alphabet?

-Foxtrot.

-Yeah, foxtrot.

That's foxtrot, Dermot.

Foxtrot is the right answer. Eggheads, you've won.

Bad luck, Para-Rangers. Really bad luck.

That St Chad's answer, I thought you might just do it.

But I know you guys, you treat victory and defeat in the same manner.

It'd be nice if you could come back and play the Eggheads again.

I think it would be close, as this has been.

It's been wonderful having you here. And, of course, much, much success

-in the future with whatever you're going on to do.

-Thank you.

-Especially 2016.

-It's been pleasure.

-It's been a real pleasure having you.

-The pleasure is all ours, is it not, Eggheads?

-Without any question.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

I'm afraid you haven't won the £9,000.

That means the money rolls over to the next show.

And, Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

Do join us next time when it's the turn of a team of well-known songwriters

to see if they have the brains to defeat our Eggheads.

£10,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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