Episode 8 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.

Here you are. Are you ready for the race?

-Yes.

-On the blocks.

-Good, very good.

Trying to push our Goliaths into second place

today are the Para-Rangers.

Now, this team of athletes have been thrilling us with their

sporting excellence at Paralympic Games going back to Sydney 2000.

They have set world records and won multiple medals.

But will it be the Eggheads or the Challengers

running the victory lap at the end of the final round?

-Let's meet them.

-I'm Danny Crates,

former Paralympic athlete and gold medallist from Athens 2004.

The only member of the team who has retired.

An old has-been, I guess.

But I now work as a motivational speaker

and a little bit in television.

Hi, I'm Megan Giglia. I am a para-cyclist, track and road,

and I am double world champion and world record-holder...

and scapegoat for the team.

Hi, I'm Jonathan Broom-Edwards, I'm a Paralympic high jumper

and I won a silver medal at Rio.

Hi, everyone. I am Stef Reid,

I am a three-time Paralympic medallist in athletics,

and I am also a broadcaster, a speaker and a fashion model.

Hi, I'm Dan Greaves, British Paralympic discus thrower,

collecting five Paralympic medals at five games,

and I also like to bench press.

So, Danny and team, hello.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Great to see you.

And, Danny, I know this is not like your normal activities here.

Are you prepped for this?

Yeah. I mean, I've played the app.

I won't tell you how I got on, but I've played the app!

Eggheads, do you play your own app or not?

I didn't know we had one!

You are an app. Judith doesn't even know that.

You broke the news to her. She doesn't even know she's an app.

Tell our Challengers here, are there gaps in your knowledge? Be honest.

-Of course.

-Are there things in the world you don't know?

-Judith?

-There's absolutely nothing in the world I don't know.

I know everything. The last person in the world who knew everything

was supposed to be Christopher Wren.

-Is that right?

-Yeah.

-He would have been an Egghead.

-There's a fact.

-Well, maybe Kevin -

Kevin is known as the Grand Master, if you're new to the show -

would be the modern Christopher Wren.

Oh, thank you very much.

So far, no-one has asked me to design a cathedral.

-Good luck, Challengers.

-Thank you.

All the best. Every day there is £1,000 worth

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

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over into the next show.

So, Para-Rangers,

I can tell you the recent celebrity teams have all come a cropper

with these Eggheads.

They have won the last seven games.

That means there's £8,000 for you to win today, which is, in a way,

very good news. Would you like to try?

-MEGAN:

-Hell, yeah.

-Yes.

-Great stuff.

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV.

One of you needs to go in against either Judith, Kevin, Pat,

-Steve or Lisa.

-I'll go for it if you want.

Yeah!

-Top man.

-Be confident.

-Who's this going to be?

-Jonathan, yes.

OK. Jonathan against any one of the five, Jonathan?

Let's go for Kevin. Just take him on!

Why not? What a great idea.

Wish me luck. Kevin. Let's do it.

Start early, that's a very good idea.

I like that. So Jonathan from the Para-Rangers

is taking on Kevin from the Eggheads right at the start

on Film & TV. And just to ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our legendary Question Room?

Jonathan, your sporting history is really interesting cos you never

really saw yourself as a Paralympian at all, did you?

No, I didn't. It wasn't until I'd watched 2012,

the London Paralympic Games,

that I saw I could actually have competed as a high jumper.

And I think my personal best at the time may have got, I think,

third at London 2012.

I was classified just after 2012, actually.

Was it thrilling in Rio?

I know you jumped more than two metres.

Coming back from injury, actually,

to go out to Rio on the top stage and perform a season's best,

I was quite happy with that.

But it's given me the experience to go forward towards Tokyo.

Wonderful. Good luck against Kevin, Jonathan.

-Thank you!

-Film & TV. Do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

OK, so Film & TV, Jonathan, against Kevin.

Here is your question.

Which of these TV presenters was born first?

I don't actually know who Ant McPartlin is.

Erm... I know Davina McCall is fairly young in comparison, I think.

You know what, I'm going to go Ant McPartlin.

Born first. I think you will know Ant.

He's one half of Ant and Dec.

Oh, no!

JEREMY LAUGHS

I think we had a question like this the other day, Eggheads.

Was it you, Judith, who went on who has got the most grey hair?

Yeah. Phillip Schofield's got a lot of grey hair.

Phillip Schofield is the right answer.

He's got the most grey hair.

That seems to be the way to answer this one.

OK, your question, Kevin. In which part of the world is the 2015 film

The Revenant set?

Well, it's set on the frontier in what was to become the USA.

It's North America.

North America is quite right.

OK, Jonathan, back to you. Don't worry.

The TV comedy series Fresh Meat is set in what sort of institution?

I believe this is university.

You're quite right. It is university.

Well done. Have you seen it?

I haven't watched it, but I remember it coming out.

That's good. It would be very easy to go wrong there.

Well done. Level with Kevin.

Kevin, over to you.

Selasi Gbormittah found fame as a contestant on which TV show in 2016?

Definitely not my sort of question.

-I've...

-HE SIGHS

I've got a faint idea from somewhere that there was somebody with...

..an African background, shall we say?

I may be completely off beam here.

Who was involved in the Great British Bake Off

and may have had...

..a distinctive name like that.

It's all I've got to go on.

Lisa just blew you a kiss. Lisa?

Yes, Selasi got a long way into the Great British Bake Off.

-He was my favourite.

-Well done, Kevin.

OK, Jonathan.

-You've got to get this one right.

-Yep.

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain,"

is a famous line from which film?

I'm inclined to say it's not The Wizard Of Oz.

I'm going with my gut here. I'm going to say Casablanca.

Now, I think your team-mates may know.

Stef and Dan, do you know this?

-We think it's...

-The Wizard Of Oz.

-..Oz

It's Wizard Of Oz.

-Oh, my God!

-It's the last scene.

Remind us, you've seen it recently, maybe?

That last scene, is it?

It's with the wizard, isn't it?

-Well, he's not.

-You find out he's not actually that,

-you know, big and...

-He's not up to much.

The Wizard Of Oz is the answer, Jonathan.

So Kevin has knocked you out.

Kevin, you'll be in the final round.

But it's early days. Come on, Challengers, you can do this.

Do return to us, we'll play Round Two.

As it stands, the Para-Rangers have lost a brain from the final round.

The Eggheads are still all sitting there.

Your next subject is History.

Who would like this?

THEY LAUGH

Didn't one of our team members say history?

No-one wants history?

-Right, it's mine, there we go.

-Go on. Are you sure?

Yeah, I know naff all. But...let's go for it.

Our cyclist against which Egghead?

Who looks a little bit unsighted on world events?

-STEF:

-Who is not making eye contact?

-That's a very good way.

Steve!

-LAUGHTER

-Steve.

-Steve it is.

-Unless he's doing some reverse psychology.

OK, Megan from the Para-Rangers against Steve from the Eggheads.

Please take your positions now.

Well, Megan, firstly, congratulations on Rio.

-Thank you.

-The first gold, I think, at the Paralympic Games for us?

Yeah, it was. It came as a bit of a shock, really.

I didn't have a clue where I was going to place and I came first.

-What can I say?

-And remind us of the event?

The event was the 3km pursuit in track.

So basically, I go round in a circle, I chase the person

in front of me, they're back... behind, and I go past them.

And that's exactly how I did it.

And we've noted your T-shirt - OCD, Obsessive Cycling Disorder.

-Oh, yeah.

-It's become your addiction and your life?

Oh, very much so. Yeah, it's the biggest part of my life.

Here we go then. From the Para-Rangers,

it's Megan, against Steve from the Eggheads.

And would you like to go first or second on this round, Megan?

Oh, I'll go first. Let's get it out the park.

OK, here we go. History, Megan, and your first question.

The Norman Conquest of Britain,

led by William the Conqueror, took place in which year?

Well, I'm sure my partner at home is probably kicking me straightaway

cos I have no idea.

Numbers just don't stick out at me.

Other than 1066, the Battle of Hastings.

So I'm just going to kind of go with that,

but I have a feeling it's probably not.

Let's check with Steve. Steve?

Yeah, it's good. That's right.

OK, Megan, you're bang-on, well done.

1066...and all that.

There's a book, isn't there, with that title?

OK, Steve. Which of these historical empires was established first?

Yeah, I think that must be the Roman Empire, Jeremy.

The Roman Empire is quite right.

Well done. Megan, 1-1, back to you.

In Anglo-Saxon culture, what were barrows?

-Barrows.

-Barrows...

I just think wheelbarrow.

Where does that fit in? I'm going to go into weapons.

I like the idea of it just being weaponry, to be fair.

OK, weapons is your answer.

It's actually funeral mounds.

OK. Steve, your question, to take the lead.

In which year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?

It was famously Kennedy v Khrushchev. It's 1962, Jeremy.

1962 is correct. So he's taken the lead.

We're in slightly the same spot we were in the last round, Megan.

-Bring it on.

-JONATHAN:

-Come on, Megan.

Come on. Your team are really backing you.

Here we go. Take your time.

The philosopher Aristotle was the tutor of which historical ruler?

They all just sound amazing. What can I say?

Alexander the Great.

-Good girl.

-Alexander the Great...

is the correct answer!

I knew it, see!

LAUGHING: Brilliant!

2-2. Let's remember this moment.

You've drawn level with Steve.

Steve can go wrong here.

Let's see what happens. History we're on.

You can get in the final with this, Steve.

Which of these battles took place in 1862 and has been described

as the bloodiest day in American history?

Yeah, I think...

Kevin will know this. First Battle of Bull Run, alternative name,

but it's Antietam.

Antietam, let's see, with Kevin. Kevin, is that the right answer?

Antietam is the right answer, yes.

It's not the same thing as First Bull Run,

which was the year before,

but there was a second battle at Bull Run which was very close

to Antietam, it was within a couple of weeks.

But Antietam, also known as Sharpsburg,

was the bloodiest single day in American military history.

The answer is Antietam.

So we say well done, Steve, you got three out of three.

Sorry, Megan, beaten by our Egghead.

But two out of three right answers - really good.

-Thank you.

-Please return to us and we'll play round three.

Right, the Para-Rangers have lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads are still sitting there,

now's probably the moment to turn it on.

The next subject is Sport.

-Greavesy!

-I think that's good, isn't it?

-OK!

-Again on the end.

And who would you like to take on?

It obviously can't be Kevin or Steve.

I'd like to face Judith, please.

Very good. So, Dan from the Para-Rangers,

-I bet you're pleased about that.

-I'm thrilled.

-JONATHAN:

-She's going to ruin you, mate!

Please take your positions.

Well, your sport is discus, Dan.

Yeah, it's very aptly named, isn't it?

And what's been your proudest sporting moment, do you think?

I think Paralympic gold in Athens 2004 is right up there.

But also my silver in London.

It's close to my heart, because it was in front of

all my friends and family. So that'll be a lasting memory.

Brilliant stuff. So, we're going on to Sport now, Dan,

which I know is a mixed blessing.

In a way, on paper, it's your strongest subject,

but sometimes that brings stress with it.

Good luck here, Dan, against the great Judith,

who can be formidable. Dan, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

Here we go. John Terry has played over 700 matches

for which London football club?

Well, being a big football fan, I definitely know this.

It's not Arsenal or Spurs, and that'll be Chelsea.

Chelsea is the right answer.

-Come on, Dan!

-Judith, this is your question.

Which of these sports was invented first?

Oh, well, I know that golf is very, very old.

I think it was invented in Scotland.

So I imagine it's golf.

And you imagine right, it is golf.

OK, Dan, this is your question.

Which of these sportsmen retired from competition

after breaking his neck in two places in 2000,

before reversing his decision two years later?

Ooh, erm...

I don't know whether it's Lennox Lewis,

I think he might have retired beforehand.

And the only reason I could think of Nick Skelton is probably

a jumping accident.

Martin Johnson I think retired after the...

Oh, actually, no. It's Martin Johnson.

I think he did retire,

but then came back for the World Cup in 2002, that's my instinct.

And your answer is?

-Martin Johnson.

-OK, let's see if your team-mates know here.

Is it Martin?

-I thought Nick Skelton.

-We guessed Nick Skelton.

Yeah. You kind of referred to it in a way, it was...

I think it was a horse-related accident, wasn't it?

So it was Nick Skelton, who then competed in Rio.

-JONATHAN:

-Yes. And won gold.

-And won gold, exactly.

Nick Skelton is the answer, Dan.

Judith, your question.

How many individual goalposts are on the field

in a game of Australian rules football?

Well, there's bound to be two lots of goals, aren't there?

So, if it was two it'd be a pole at each end, which doesn't seem likely.

Eight would be the same as ordinary football, wouldn't it?

What would 12 look like?

It would be six at each end.

Well, why should Australian football be so different?

I'm going to say eight.

I don't know how you got to that answer.

Eight is the right answer.

Oh! That's infuriating, isn't it Dan?

-Oh, yeah.

-There's a certain - all respect to my friend here -

a certain sporting deficit, you've just got to exploit it.

Get this right to stay in.

Before Adam Peaty in 2016, Dan,

who was the last British man to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming?

I can remember Duncan Goodhew

winning a few medals in swimming, as I was a keen swimmer

when I was younger. I don't know too much about David Wilkie,

but I know that Adrian Moorhouse

I think won a medal at a major championships,

and is probably the strongest standout name

at an Olympic Games before Adam Peaty.

So my answer is Adrian Moorhouse.

Great quizzing, you're right.

Adrian Moorhouse is correct.

So, level, but Judith has this question in hand.

Which British competitor won medals in both athletics and in cycling

at the 2016 Paralympic Games?

Oh, dear.

Both athletics and cycling.

Um...

I think it's Kadeena Cox.

Let's check with our Challengers here.

-Yeah.

-Sadly, yes.

-Kadeena.

"Sadly, yes," it is Kadeena Cox, you got three out of three.

She is very good at that, Dan.

She just... Tiny little inkling...

I know, isn't she? Yeah.

Just that second question.

I was just thinking, I think you knew Nick Skelton as well.

Dan, sorry, beaten by our Egghead. Judith will be in the final.

So come back to us, we've got one more round to play.

As it stands,

the Para-Rangers have lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads, rather annoyingly, haven't lost one yet.

The next subject is Geography.

PARA-RANGERS GROAN AND LAUGH

So it's going to be Danny or Stef.

-Rock, paper, scissors?

-Yeah, yeah!

Go for it. One, two, three.

-OK... MEGAN:

-You're going!

-Stone blunts scissors!

-So I'm going, right?

-Stef, you're going.

-Good luck, Stef.

-Brilliant. Choose an Egghead.

You can have either Pat or Lisa.

Pat looks so happy and eager!

Pat looks quite nice.

Yeah, I feel like hanging out with Pat in the booth.

-I'm going to go with Pat.

-OK.

Stef from the Para-Rangers taking on Pat from the Eggheads.

Our last round here.

To ensure there is no conferring, please go to the Question Room.

Stef, I thought you were probably the natural choice for Geography,

cos you've lived all over, haven't you?

See, now you're setting me up!

I have. So, the short version is I was born in New Zealand

to British parents, who emigrated to Canada.

I then married a Canadian who was living in Dallas, Texas

and then moved back to the UK in 2010.

And you came back to the UK to compete and live and all of that?

Yes, yeah. And so I was living and training in London

ahead of London 2012.

So, you're up against Pat, and it's Geography.

I'm hoping we get a bit of New Zealand or Canada

-or one of your many...

-Please, yes!

-..your many countries.

Would you like to go first or second against Pat, Stef?

I think I would like to go first.

Stef, here we go. Geography, your first question.

What is the approximate population of China?

Erm, I think...

14 and 140 million are just way too small.

I know in India it's at least a billion,

and China's bigger than India. Based on the results from the Paralympics

and how well China always does and tops the table,

I'm going to go with 1.4 billion.

1.4 billion is quite right.

OK, Pat, your question. Which of these rivers is the longest?

Well, the Nile is the longest of all rivers, so it's the Nile.

The Nile is the longest of all, quite right.

They just know these facts.

The Nile is the longest of all.

I try and remember, Stef, and he says it,

and next week I'll have forgotten.

OK, your question. What is the capital of Sicily?

Erm...I've not been there.

I feel like Naples is a city in Italy.

I think I'm going to go with...

-..Cagliari.

-Cagliari is not it.

-Ugh!

-It's Palermo.

OK, we go back to you, Pat.

The Vaal is a major river in which country?

It's spelt V-A-A-L.

Well, that's quite a German/Dutch sounding name,

and it leads to the area of South Africa called the Transvaal,

which is that area beyond the River Vaal.

It's in South Africa.

South Africa is correct.

He's taken the lead.

Got to get this one right to stay in,

or Danny's going to be lonely in the final round!

Come on, Stef, we're rooting for you here.

Which geographical feature in Africa has a local name meaning

"the smoke that thunders"?

I mean, I've not really heard that, but, I mean,

"the smoke that thunders"...

I mean, I associate smoke with some sort of volcano,

some sort of mountain...

But then Victoria Falls, maybe as it comes down, it's the mist.

Obviously, no, people climb Mount Kilimanjaro,

it can't be some sort of active volcano.

I think I'm going to have to go with...

And then I'm torn, the Sahara Desert, what if there's a sandstorm?

That can kind of look like smoke.

I think I'm going to go with Victoria Falls.

Victoria Falls is the correct answer.

SHE EXHALES Well done!

Pat, your question. You can take the round with this,

although we're secretly hoping you don't.

What is the official title of the country of San Marino?

I don't think it's got either a prince or a duke.

I think it dates back to around

the turn of the millennium as a republic,

so the Most Serene Republic of San Marino

looks like the best option there.

The Most Serene Republic of San Marino.

Eggheads, is he right?

-Yeah.

-You're right, Pat.

Three out of three.

It means you've been beaten by our Egghead and have been knocked out,

and it's going to be a lonely time in the final for Danny.

But he can still do it, there's no question about that!

Please return to your teams and we'll see what happens.

So, this is what we have been playing towards,

it is time for our final round, as always it's general knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed

to take part in this round.

So, Megan, Jonathan, Stef and Dan from the Para-Rangers, I'm so sorry,

you've got to leave the studio.

Well, Danny, I know it wasn't supposed to be like this.

I feel a little bit alone!

You're used to adversity.

You were a sports person, you had your accident, and you still are,

and in fact a very, very successful one.

I know you won 800 metres gold at Athens.

Was that your proudest moment?

Probably, yeah. I mean, there's been a few.

That was because it was the culmination

of all the years in the sport.

I've been in international athletics since '98,

and I won my first Paralympic gold in 2004,

I got the bronze four years before that in Sydney.

But probably the proudest was when I was the flag bearer in 2008,

cos to be nominated by your team and to lead your team out

in the opening ceremony is probably

the greatest honour you can ever have

bestowed upon you, and that was probably my proudest moment.

Brilliant. Well, here we are with the very next thing.

Oh, this was the next thing on my list, yeah!

JEREMY LAUGHS

Good luck. You can do it, we've seen them, all five against one player,

and then the single player takes them down.

It's happened. You're now playing to win the Para-Rangers £8,000.

Lisa, Steve, Pat, Kevin, Judith,

you're playing for something that money can't buy,

which is the Eggheads' reputation.

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

This time they're all general knowledge.

You may confer. Sorry, that doesn't help you, Danny.

The question is - can your one brain defeat these five?

I'm sure it's possible.

Would you like to go first or second?

Do you know what? Going first hasn't gone well for my team today,

so, I'm probably going to kick myself,

but I'm going to say go second.

OK. So, Eggheads have the first question, and here we go.

Which of these words is a name for a confused fight or scuffle?

Sassafras is an American drink, isn't it?

-Melee?

-Melee.

Sounds good to me, kids.

That's a melee, Jeremy.

Melee is right. OK, Danny, your question.

What is the name of the self-made millionaire

who adopts the title character in the stage musical Annie?

I...

Funnily enough, Annie is not a stage show I'd probably have watched.

I'm going to take a massive guess and say Charles Foster Kane.

Now, Charles Foster Kane I think might have been Citizen Kane.

-Is that right, Eggheads?

-Mm-hmm.

-Who's Montgomery Burns?

-From The Simpsons.

From The Simpsons, I should know that.

The answer is Daddy Warbucks.

Not one you've shown your kids yet?

-Not yet, no. I'm going to!

-I haven't either.

Eggheads, to go two ahead,

what was the nickname of the French singer Edith Piaf?

-Little Sparrow.

-Little Sparrow.

-The Sparrow?

-Yeah, Little Sparrow.

She was the Little Sparrow.

As we indeed call you, Lisa,

with your singing skills.

Not-So-Little Sparrow, yeah.

The Little Sparrow is right.

Now, they've gone two ahead a bit too quickly for our comfort here.

Danny, just get this one right to stay in.

The Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland are the setting

for a climactic battle featuring which fictional character?

I think it's either Holmes or Bond and there was...

It was quite a recent one, wasn't it,

when he let someone go over the edge?

I think...

..I'm going to go Sherlock Holmes.

This is a famous battle with...

Is it Moriarty?

-Yeah.

-Sherlock Holmes is right.

Nicely done, Danny,

cos it would have been easy to go for Tarzan there.

Right, Eggheads, you can take it with this answer.

I really hope you don't.

Oops, I blurted out my own feelings!

Here's your question.

Which of these is a common translation

of the German word "Tannenbaum".

Christmas tree.

It's Christmas tree, isn't it?

"O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, how lovely are your branches."

It's not really working for reindeer or Father Christmas, is it?

"Baum" is the German word for "tree", it's a Christmas tree.

If you've got this right, the contest is over.

The correct answer is Christmas tree.

We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

I think the Annie one was tricky at the start.

-I'm not an Annie man.

-I think one or two

of the other celeb teams have been down to a single person.

It's very hard when you can't confer.

But Danny, thank you so much.

-Pleasure.

-I hope you enjoyed it.

-It was wonderful, yeah.

It's lovely to stand up against you guys...

-on my own!

-With the firepower here,

sometimes when they get something they can't get,

and they're truffling around, is fascinating to watch.

Thank you for playing, Para-Rangers.

-Lovely to see you!

-Bye.

Cheers for your help, guys!

Commiserations, Challengers,

the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them, most of the time.

This winning streak against the celebrities continues.

So the Challengers don't go home

with the £8,000 for their charities.

We'll roll that over, shall we, to our next celebrity show?

Eggheads, congratulations.

Are you going to get to the very end of the celeb shows without losing?

I wonder. Join us next time

to see if a new team of celebrity Challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

There'll be £9,000 to play for. We're nearly in five figures!

Until then, goodbye!