Episode 4 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.

Here they are, the Eggheads.

Are you worried today or excited?

-Excited.

-Excited, of course!

-Are you? Well, you've got a great

team of Challengers you're going to meet.

Hoping for victory against our quiz geniuses today are...

Now, the majority of this team are former

and current ParalympicsGB and Team GB athletes,

who can regularly be found sharing their expertise as sports reporters

and presenters. To complete the quintet,

they've been joined by a current member

of ParalympicsGB's archery squad, who competed in Rio 2016.

Let's meet them.

I'm Iwan Thomas, television presenter, former athlete.

In fact, still hold the British record over 400 metres

for 20 years, which makes me feel very old, and I've no doubt

by the time I leave here today I'll also feel very stupid.

I'm Tania Nadarajah. I competed at the 2016 Paralympic Games

as an archer, and I can normally be found sitting in a field somewhere

shooting arrows at a target 70 metres away.

Hi, I'm Sean Rose, winter Paralympian

and World Cup downhill gold-medal skier.

Nowadays I'm a reporter and adventurer,

but I think it's going to be all downhill today!

Hi, my name's Martine Wright, and I'm a TV presenter and reporter.

But most of the time, you will find me rolling about on the floor,

as I'm captain of the Great Britain sitting volleyball team.

Hi, my name's Steve Brown. I'm a TV reporter,

and I was captain at London 2012 for the wheelchair rugby team.

Hoping the wheels don't fall off today!

So, Iwan and team, hello.

-ALL:

-Hello.

-Great to see you all.

Iwan, we've of course met before.

-Yeah.

-We had a little dance-floor moment.

-A little rendezvous.

-Yeah, we did.

-Mine didn't last as long as yours, though.

Well, you know, I remember the first time we all met...

We'd meet in a secret room for Strictly,

and we were both thinking, "Oh, dear!"

I'm feeling the same today!

Of course, you've taken part in Celebrity Eggheads before.

So, is there a subject that you would love to be quizzed on, Iwan?

I'm going to say Sport, because there's a bit of revenge in the air for me, Judith over there.

I lost before on Sport, so if it comes up,

I'd love to take that title back from you.

You won it fair and square!

We do mention Judith's great historical successes -

to beat a rocket scientist on Science,

to beat a politician, which was Edwina, on Politics,

and then a sportsman on Sport.

-Yes.

-But I think it might be undone today.

Not quite a gold medal!

Do you like to quiz, Tania?

I do, yeah. I've been told that I've drawn the short straw

because I arrived last today,

so apparently I get History and Politics.

Oh, is that right? Is that the way it works - they divvy them all up?

-Yeah, that's it.

-Oh, dear, missing the battle-plan moment is...

-Rookie mistake there.

-I see, I see.

Sean, how about you?

I'm pretty useless!

It's no claim to fame but I don't read a lot -

spend most of my time outdoors and on a mountain.

I suppose I've travelled a fair bit with my sport,

-so a bit of geography, maybe.

-And how about you, Martine?

Looking forward to it. Slightly nervous.

Seems like I know little bits about everything.

That's good. I think this is what they do.

I think that that's exactly what they do.

I'm not comparing myself at all to the Eggheads!

As I said, little bits of little things, maybe.

But I love food and I love drink.

Ah, well, that is a category which comes up.

-Do you watch the show, Martine?

-I do, yes.

And what's it like to be facing these titans here?

Absolutely fine. I'm not nervous at all!

But, Steve, all of you have done major sporting things,

so this is a very long way down the running order, isn't it?

We've all faced different challenges,

and been in these sort of situations before.

I love my quizzes.

Spend a lot of time with my family at pub quizzes and things.

So, see if I can bring any of that with me today.

Brilliant. All right, well, that's a fine start.

Good luck, Challengers.

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,

that prize money rolls on to the next show.

So, thus far we have not seen a celebrity team win, Gift Of The Gab,

which means the Eggheads have won the last three,

so there's £4,000 for you to play for today.

-Would you like to start?

-Yes, please.

I thought so - these competitive people we've got here.

So, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV

and you can choose between Judith, Chris, Pat,

-Steve and Lisa.

-Right. Who wants to take it?

-You do that?

-Well, Sport may come up, but it may not come up.

If I don't take Sport, you guys are good at Sport...

No, we need you for Sport.

-I'll take the Film & TV.

-I'm pretty good at Film & TV.

-Yeah, Martine reckons she's got it.

-Look at us!

-We need to keep you in the bank.

-Ladies first. If you want...

Do I want it? Yes, yes, yes. Go on, then!

-Go on. All right.

-First in.

-So, Martine from Gift Of The Gab

is going to play... Now, which Egghead?

Who looks like they don't sit on the couch the whole time, watching TV?

-They're all good, aren't they?

-You're not going to go,

-"That one's an easy one."

-Yeah, like someone that's not an Egghead!

-Chris. We'll say Chris.

-That's not a bad one, actually,

cos the last film Chris saw was Blazing Saddles!

It's the last film I REMEMBER seeing in a cinema, yeah.

Yeah, exactly. So, Martine from...

Everyone thinks it's a joke when I say that - it's actually true!

-It's not far off the truth, no.

-Yeah, I know!

Martine from Gift Of The Gab versus Chris from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in our legendary Question Room.

Well, Martine, maybe we should say we've met before, on Radio 2.

-Yes.

-But, I mean, I heard your whole story then and it was inspiring,

but it starts with a terrible event, doesn't it?

Yeah, yeah, I did lose my legs on the, you know,

awful terrorist attack in London in 2005.

But...look at me, you know, I'm here.

I was a very lucky one that day.

It's, you know, allowed me to do things

beyond my wildest dreams, really.

Well, that's the incredible thing, is the heights you've gone to,

since then. What, for you, is the most exciting sporting moment,

-do you think?

-Oh, it was definitely taking part in London 2012.

I mean, I'm a Bow Bell Cockney - I was born in London.

I'm very proud of London.

So, to be able to walk around that ceremony

and take part in a sport that I absolutely love was amazing.

And, really, to return to London after going through something

so awful in London, to be able to go,

"Look," you know, "Everything's good, everything's good."

Do you find that there's a message here about...

that sometimes life does something you're not expecting and you can turn it to your advantage?

Oh, definitely. I mean, one of my mantras is, you know,

anything - anything - is possible, as long as you believe,

and good does come out of bad.

And it might not happen overnight but it can happen,

and hopefully maybe I'm an example of that.

Brilliant. So, Martine, we're on Film & TV -

would you like to go first or second?

I will go first, Jeremy, if that's OK.

So, here we go, Martine. Good luck.

Who announced in September 2015 that he would be stepping down

as presenter of the TV show BBC Breakfast after nearly 15 years?

So, Ben Shephard is obviously...

Well, it's not obvious, but he's on ITV,

so he's nothing to do with the BBC News.

Dan Walker is one of the presenters,

and the new presenter, I think, on the BBC News.

So I think it might be the lovely Bill Turnbull.

Bill Turnbull.

I'm going to check with Iwan, who's been on that show a lot. Iwan?

-100% correct.

-100% correct. Well done, Martine.

First one to you. Chris, your question.

The 1992 film White Men Can't Jump centres on which sport?

That is basketball, Jeremy.

Basketball is the right answer. Well done.

Martine...

"The sound of hoof beats cross the glade

"Good folk, lock up your son and daughter

"Beware the deadly flashing blade,

"Unless you want to end up shorter..."

were the first lines to the closing theme tune of which comedy series?

Martine, was this...

-Jeremy, is it OK if you repeat...

-No, it's no problem at all.

..the whole of it?

"The sound of hoof beats cross the glade

"Good folk, lock up your son and daughter

"Beware the deadly flashing blade

"Unless you want to end up shorter."

The first lines to the closing theme tune of which comedy series?

I'm guessing, but I don't think it's Monty Python.

I think it...

It's either between Blackadder and Red Dwarf.

Erm...

Red Dwarf is coming out at me, but...

I know the theme tune to Blackadder, so...

# Blackadder, Blackadder... #

Er...I think...

Blackadder.

Oh, I'm so glad you said that! Yes, it is. Cos you...

-horrified your team by saying you'd got Red Dwarf...

-Oh, really?

-Are they all... Sorry, guys!

-They were thinking, "Hang on,

-"she's going for the wrong one!"

-False sense of security there.

I like the way you just played them like that.

OK, it is Blackadder, yeah, cos the blade,

-I guess, the sword...

-Yes.

-That's the only one with a sword in.

You probably like Blackadder, Chris, do you?

-Yeah.

-The original Black Adder, that that's the theme tune from, yeah,

where he was a snivelling incompetent,

rather than what he became in Blackadder II, III and Goes Forth.

So, Martine was saying she knows the theme tune and it's not that,

-but this is right at the first series, Chris?

-Yeah.

-I see.

# The sound of hoof beats through the glade

# Good folk, lock up your sons and daughters

# Beware the deadly flashing blade

# Unless you want to end up shorter. #

-Very good, very good!

-Very good, Chris!

Here's your question, Chris.

In 2016, who replaced Stephen Fry

as the host of the long-running TV programme QI?

Well, they're all regulars on it,

but Stephen Fry was replaced as host by Sandi Toksvig.

Sandi Toksvig is the right answer, Chris. Well done.

They are playing rather well at the moment, the Eggheads,

over the last few games, Martine. So, obviously,

-I apologise for that.

-It's OK!

Just keep plugging away, here.

The 2015 film Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara,

is based on a novel by which writer?

SHE WHISTLES

Erm...I haven't seen the film...

and I definitely haven't read the book.

So this might be a little bit of guesswork, really.

Do I recognise any of those names?

No. Annie is jumping out at me, for some reason.

I'm going to go for Annie, Annie Proulx.

-Annie Proulx.

-Yeah.

Now, let's see. Chris, do you know this?

Not offhand. I don't think it's Annie Proulx.

OK, are we "Prou" or "Proul"?

Judith, how would you say this?

-I avoid saying it, cos I don't know how to!

-You avoid saying it?

Well, Martine avoided saying it, as well!

I've gone in with "Proul", and now I'm worried!

-I don't know.

-Anyone want to bid higher than "Proul"?

Lisa, you'll know this.

I think "Proul" works all right.

Is Annie Proulx the answer, Eggheads?

-No.

-No? Who is it, Lisa?

-Patricia Highsmith.

-Patricia Highsmith is the answer, Martine.

Right.

Sorry, team!

Chris has the chance to take the round now.

Who plays the role of Walter Sobchak

in the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski?

Ah, The Big Lebow...

Now, he's the overweight chap, isn't he?

So it's John Goodman.

-I see.

-Mm-hm.

He's not Lebowski himself - he's somebody else?

Mm.

If you're right, you've taken the round.

The correct answer is John Goodman. Well done, Chris.

You've got it right. Sorry Martine, one little slip there and,

-you know, they get in.

-Yeah.

-So, Chris will be in the final.

You've been knocked out, but it's early days for our Challengers.

Return to us and we'll play round two.

So, Gift Of The Gab have lost one brain from the final round -

they've lost Martine. The Eggheads have not lost any so far.

Underline "so" and "far".

The next subject for you is Science.

Athletes...

-who wants this?

-It's got to be you, Stevie!

-Oh!

-We discussed it.

-The lesser of the evils.

-We discussed it earlier.

-OK, this is in the plan?

Yeah, after discussions, but I'm hoping it goes more

science and nature than science and astrology.

No, I've got you, cos it's very wide-ranging. There could be plants,

birds and test tubes in this round, so...

-That's it.

-So, who would you like to take on?

I was going to say we're reserving Judith for Iwan, but we don't know that Sport's coming up, remember.

No, but just in case Sport does come up, Iwan,

I think I'll leave Judith there for you.

I'll take Steve with me, I think, please.

OK, one of our newer Eggheads.

This is going to be fun - two Steves,

one from Gift Of The Gab and one from the Eggheads.

Please take your positions, gentlemen.

Steve, wheelchair rugby is your sport.

Sometimes known as murderball.

Murderball, yeah. I don't understand why - there's not that many murders.

-Not really!

-But I did see a story saying you'd had quite a bad injury

during the actual playing of wheelchair rugby.

Yeah, it's a full-contact sport,

where we go round knocking each other out of wheelchairs.

Now, don't try that at home, you know.

But when you're playing wheelchair rugby, it's fine,

and you do, of course... As any sport, you have injuries.

I came quite bad with an injury to the chest,

where I broke my sternum and some ribs,

and I spent quite a lot of time in hospital with that.

But fully recovered now.

And again, same as Martine -

it was just a chance event that changed your life.

Yeah, yeah, I was working over in Germany

and I tripped and fell off the balcony,

and it ended up with me having a spinal injury.

And, of course, life's not been the same since then,

but every day's a good day, eh?

Indeed. Well, I've read pieces about how inspiring you've been to

other people who've had the same kind of injury,

and the way they start learning to just move and operate differently

is really important, isn't it?

I think so, and it's nice to be in a position where I can help

and maybe support other people, and do a bit of mentoring.

And I try and do what I can to help and support who I can.

What was it like to be in Rio in 2016

and to see our Paralympians come in second place behind China?

Yeah, the whole thing was crazy for me.

Being there amongst players and team-mates from wheelchair rugby

and other Paralympic events,

but then going from playing to then being one of the commentators

and reporters was a massive jump and seeing it from a different angle...

Well, it was really quite a different angle.

And the spirit must have been amazing.

Yeah, of course it was. Everyone's together.

The thing with Paralympic sports and Olympic sports is,

it is that togetherness. Everyone's trained hard, everyone's worked hard.

And it doesn't matter where you are from around the world -

everyone comes together for those big events and make them as great as possible.

It seemed like London 2012 was the moment the Paralympics

took equal status with the Olympics that precede them.

The amount of people that speak to me and they say that the Paralympics

in London was the first time they had really stopped and looked at disability sport

and seen it as a sport in its own right...

And I'm very proud to have been part of that,

and to be part of that transition where Paralympic sport is seen

on par with other sports, able-bodied sports,

-is something that I'm quite proud of.

-Great stuff, Steve.

You're playing the Egghead Steve on Science. Would you like to go first or second?

Jeremy, I'll go first, please.

Here we go. Which of these is a group of muscles

located at the back of the human knee?

Well, from what I understand,

deltoids are much further up through your body

and the pectorals are all at the front of your body.

Hamstrings run down through the back of your legs,

so I'm hoping I'm right with hamstring.

Hamstring is absolutely the right answer.

Well done. First point to you.

Egghead Steve, your question...

In 1976, Richard Dawkins published his first book, The Selfish...

That's Gene, Jeremy.

The Selfish Gene is quite right.

Back to you, Challenger Steve.

COBOL, FORTRAN and ALGOL are all examples of what?

They're all capital letters. I can spell them if you want.

-Can I have that once more, please, Jeremy?

-Yeah, so three words here.

But they're all capitalised.

C-O-B-O-L,

and then F-O-R-T-R-A-N,

and then A-L-G-O-L. OK?

COBOL, FORTRAN and ALGOL

are all examples of what?

Well, I'm looking at the answers and I'd be expecting things like HTML

to come out if we were talking about computer languages.

I don't think there're going to be Asian rodents.

I don't think they'd have many letters in them

to have an acronym like that. So I'm hoping that it's going to be

weather systems. But my knowledge of weather systems

-is very, very slight.

-OK. Weather systems.

Now, we do actually have a computer engineer here on the Eggheads team.

Pat, can you help us here? Cos you love your IT.

I do. I've never written in ALGOL,

but I've written lots of code in COBOL and FORTRAN.

Yeah, Pat has written code in COBOL and FORTRAN.

It is computer languages, Steve.

What is ALGOL, then, Pat?

Algorithmic language.

Algorithmic language.

But I've never written any.

So, they're like BASIC, are they?

BASIC is another language available.

I suppose you could say COBOL is a bit dated now.

C and C++ are sort of the main men now.

But in the early days,

ALGOL was for scientists and COBOL was

-the common business oriented language. So...

-OK, there we go.

Pat knows his computers back to front.

He takes them apart, puts them back together, don't you?

-Motherboards.

-It's easier to take apart than put back together,

I can assure you.

OK, Steve, the Egghead. Your question to take the lead.

Which country granted Albert Einstein citizenship in 1940?

Well, seeing as he was working there at the time,

I would imagine it's the USA, Jeremy.

Indeed, the USA.

Didn't he then have a famous meeting with Marilyn Monroe,

-or is that all made up?

-I know she really admired him.

But I'm not sure if they actually...

I assume they did meet, yeah.

But, er, I know she was very much a fan.

She got this perception that she was a dumb blonde, but far from it.

Cos, Judith, you once had dinner with Gregory Peck, didn't you?

What's that got to do with it?

JUDITH CHUCKLES

It's traditional that we mention that at least once a week.

I just wondered if Marilyn Monroe might have been there, as well.

No, I wish she had been.

I wish she had. That would've been something to talk about,

-wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

She did go for a drink with my parents-in-law, though.

She went for a drink with your parents-in-law?

Yes, so my husband met her.

OK. So we're getting closer.

Well, that's as close as I got, though.

-What about Einstein?

-No, none of us have met Einstein.

THEY CHUCKLE

Judith has got a wealth of stories of people she met at dinner.

We like to just occasionally tap her up for them.

All right, Steve Challenger.

Now, he's got two, Steve, you've got one,

so you need to get this one right to stay in.

The Hainan gibbon, thought to be the world's rarest ape,

is native to which country?

OK. If the question was phrased slightly differently

and you asked me what was one of the rarest gibbons,

I'd have told you it was a Hainan.

But where they're from...

Now, let's have a look here.

OK, so...

I don't think that it's Japan.

I'm hoping it's not Japan,

because it's not where I think you're going to say.

Gibbons... Let's have a look...

I think I'm going to go with Indonesia.

Indonesia is your answer.

-Challengers, do you know?

-We think China.

-We think it's China.

-No, I sort of said Indonesia.

Yeah, a little bit split here. But in the main, China.

-China is the answer, Steve.

-Is it?

You'd heard of the Hainan Gibbon, which most people haven't.

So I'm sorry - that was very, very tight.

And unlucky there but it means that the other Steve, the Egghead Steve,

is through to the final round.

So, come back to us, return to your teams, and we'll play round three.

So, Gift Of The Gab have lost two brains now from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any.

I know how competitive you are.

I know you will be wanting revenge.

Now is the moment. The subject is Music.

THEY EXCLAIM

Music. Who wants this?

I think... You were good at music...

You were a classical...

-pianist?

-You've studied classical music.

-OK.

-We know who's doing music.

-Looks like it's me, then.

-It's got to be done.

-All right.

-It's me.

-Tania, against which Egghead?

-Obviously can't be Steve or Chris.

-Oh, I don't know. They're all...

-I reckon...

-Take Judith.

Can't be Judith. We're saving Judith for you.

-Sport might not even come up.

-It may not come up.

You've got to think what's best for the team.

-Yeah, of course.

-Or Pat...

THEY CONFER

Pat's good at everything.

-Pat's good at everything.

-Pat's crib sheet was like that -

he's won everything.

Yeah, OK. That's a good point.

I'm going to go for Lisa, I think.

My crib sheet's a lot shorter, isn't it?

OK, Tania from Gift Of The Gab versus Lisa from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions in our Question Room.

So, Tania, it's archery and it was archery in 2016 at Rio.

It was indeed, yes.

And how did you find the whole experience of that?

It was brilliant. Just everything I could have hoped for.

It was my first Games - hopefully, the first of many -

and yeah, really enjoyed it.

-Every second of it.

-And reading about you,

I saw that you really came to archery

quite late and quite quickly.

Yes, exactly. I only started in 2014,

so I had a very short deadline to make it to Rio and luckily I did.

But, yeah, aiming for Tokyo next, pun fully intended.

Fantastic. What's the thrill of archery?

You're competing against yourself all the time.

You always want to be better than you were the last time.

So it's just that thrill of improving every single time

and I just love the sport because anyone can do it,

no matter what your ability,

disability, gender, age. Everyone can get involved,

so it's just a really great and fun sport to be involved with.

Yeah, I did it at school. Not very well.

Lisa, have you ever arched?

No, no. I'm very worried about this, to be honest.

I feel like antagonising a woman who is a crack shot with a bow

is not really very sensible.

I suppose you need space for it. That's the one thing, isn't it, Tania?

It's very difficult to practise in your parents' garden -

as I did once and an arrow went over the fence and I thought, "I must never do this again."

Well, between you and me, I have...

Well, and everybody else now!

I have accidentally shot a window before.

That was in the early stages. I'm much better with a bow and arrow now.

But, yes, space is definitely required.

We shoot a distance of 70 metres,

so you do need quite a lot of space, yes.

70 metres? Gosh!

That's almost a telescopic sight needed for that.

Yeah, you have to use a scope to see where your arrow lands,

otherwise you just haven't got a clue.

All right, well, arrows on target here, I hope.

Music is the subject, Tania.

They were referring to your musical background - tell us about that.

Oh, I played piano until I was about 16 but I've just heard that Lisa is

actually probably a better pianist than I was,

so I'm now slightly worried.

I thought they were sort of saying you we're a concert pianist and all of that.

Oh, I'm not sure about "concert pianist". Concert in my mother's living room - that's about it.

OK. Well, what was your musical background, Lisa?

Well, apart from singing a lot?

We were just comparing notes and Tania said, "I managed grade six piano."

I said, "Well, actually, I've got grade seven."

But my piano teacher and anyone who's ever heard me play would agree

I am the worst pianist in the history of the world,

so it doesn't mean very much.

So, grade six plays grade seven.

This is quite a contest here.

Music, Tania. Do you want to go first or second?

I think I will go first, please.

OK. Here we go, Tania, with your first question.

Good luck. The English rapper known as Professor Green

was born in which city?

Erm... Well, I've heard him speak

and I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a Liverpool accent.

And I don't think he's Northern,

so I'm going to go with London.

You're absolutely right. London it is. Well done.

Lisa, Riff and Bernardo

are leaders of rival gangs in which popular stage musical?

That's West Side Story.

West Side Story is quite right.

Back to you, Tania. What was the name of

the Irish group that found fame in the 1990s,

consisting of siblings Sharon, Andrea, Caroline and Jim?

Now, this name popped into my head when you asked the question and just

before I saw the answers,

so I'm going to go with my instinct and say The Corrs.

Indeed, The Corrs.

Your colleagues liked that.

Lisa, over to you.

"You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar..."

are the opening lyrics to which Doors song?

You know that it would be untrue, you know that I would be a liar...

-Yes.

-..if I was to say to you either of the other two answers,

because it's Light My Fire.

Light My Fire is correct, Lisa.

OK, so, we're two each.

This can be crucial.

Tania, your colleagues have come unstuck here.

Let's get this one right.

Which of these James Bond theme tunes was a duet?

So, Die Another Day...

..I think...was Madonna.

Tomorrow Never Dies...

I can hear it. Erm...

I'm going to take a guess on this one

and I'm going to say Another Way To Die.

OK. Uncertainty here, I'm sensing.

-We don't know for sure.

-We're guessing.

We're torn between that and Tomorrow Never Dies.

I'm thinking Tomorrow Never Dies.

They wonder if it's Tomorrow Never Dies.

-Let's ask the Eggheads here. Eggs?

-She's right.

-You're right.

Another Way To Die is the right answer. OK.

-Who sang it, Lisa, do you know?

-Jack White and Alicia Keys.

Uh-huh. OK.

Let's see if you stay in now.

Third question to you, Lisa.

Which of these jazz musicians is best known for his expertise

on the saxophone?

See, we haven't got a question wrong in, like, six head to heads.

Now it's going to happen.

OK. Er... Oh, this is terrible.

I really ought to know this.

Oh, that is awful.

That is awful. And I should just know that straightaway, and I don't.

Bother!

I didn't think Thelonious Monk was an instrumentalist.

Erm... I was... I had more sort of band leader written down.

It's not a guarantee. I don't know anything about Sonny Rollins.

I don't know whether that makes him more or less likely

to be the answer.

Or was Sonny Rollins a band leader as well? Oh, no! Oh, no!

Let's try and... I have a vague feeling that Monk and Rollins

might have been more band leadery and less instrumentaly.

Given my terrible knowledge of jazz...

..that might not be true. Er...

let's try Charles Mingus. I don't know.

-Do you know?

-No.

-No idea.

The answer is Sonny Rollins.

You've been knocked out, Lisa.

-That's all right.

-Well done, Tania.

-Yes!

-Lisa's right - that's the first question

the Eggheads have got wrong, I feel,

in quite a number of games, actually.

Tania, well done. You're right through to the final round.

That's good news for our Challengers here.

Bad news for the Eggheads, but it was coming.

Come back to us and we've got one more round to play.

So, as it stands, Gift Of The Gab have lost two brains

from the final round but they've struck back,

as we were anticipating, and they've taken out an Egghead.

So, this could be a really important round, and it is Sport.

-Oh...

-Yay!

I think we know what's going to happen here.

-I best take it.

-OK. I think maybe there's a little bit

of score-settling here that needs to happen.

Iwan from Gift Of The Gab, and who would you like to take on?

-I think you know, Jeremy.

-Well, you'd better say.

-She'll be so cross with me.

-Judith, it'd be a pleasure to go against you again.

-Bring it on!

Bring it on! THEY CHUCKLE

My worry is, I know you've been revising a lot.

-Are you ready?

-I'm ready.

OK. Iwan from Gift Of The Gab...

-You're so competitive!

-Of course - that's what they do.

-I know - exactly. It's coming out.

-They want to win.

So, Iwan from Gift Of The Gab is playing Judith from the Eggheads

for the second time on Sport.

See if it works out better this time for Iwan.

To ensure there's no conferring, please go to our Question Room.

Iwan, your proudest sporting moment?

Not sitting here last time.

No, I think the 1998 season where I became European champion,

Commonwealth champion and I won the World Cup, so...

if I could have one moment, it was that one month of September in 1998.

Wow! And how will it compare if you beat Judith now?

I'm more nervous now than lining up for an Olympic final,

and I truly mean that, because I have to win.

If I lose two out of two on Sport, I'm going straight home.

We'll never hear the end of it.

Honestly, it'll be one of those things, Judith,

that we will never hear the end of.

It would be a complete triumph.

-Particularly cos it's Sport.

-I'd be more proud of that

than anything else I've ever done in my life, if I won.

-Even more than the £1 million you won?

-Well, perhaps not.

-OK, Iwan. First or second on Sport?

-I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Good luck, my friend.

Here we go. The Olympic Games were originally

a sporting festival where?

They were in Greece.

Yes, Greece it is.

Judith, on to you.

-Can see how serious he is now, Judith, can't you?

-Yes!

He's got the gimlet-eyed stare now. Here we go.

What was the commonly used epithet of the boxer Naseem Hamed?

For some reason, I think it's Prince Hamed.

You're right, Judith. It is Prince Naseem Hamed.

-SHE GASPS

-Phew!

You're competitive now, as well.

-You're telling me!

-Look at this!

-I am definitely competitive.

OK, Iwan. Which of these

sporting events traditionally takes place earliest in the calendar year?

FA Cup final's towards the end of the season.

Wimbledon's...

I'm going to go... I should know.

I'm going to go Grand National.

Grand National's quite right.

Two out of two for you, Iwan.

Back to you, Judith.

In which country of the UK was the golfer Lee Westwood born in 1973?

It could be any of those.

I think I'm just going to say England.

-What do you think, Iwan?

-Yeah, she's right.

She's right again. She's dogged, isn't she?

England is right, Judith.

-Lucky!

-Two out of two for you, too.

All right, Iwan, your third question...

I can feel the tension, and I'm not even in the room.

Usman Khawaja has played Test-match cricket for which country?

Could you spell the surname, please?

Yeah, it's K-H-A-W-A-J-A.

OK, so my gut is saying that's South African, but I've not heard of him.

Er...doesn't sound Australian or a kiwi to me.

-Er... And the first name, sorry?

-Usman.

So it's U-S-M-A-N, and then K-H-A-W-A-J-A.

This is a guess, and I apologise to all cricket fans,

but I will say South Africa.

OK. Let's just see with the Eggheads. Eggheads, do you know?

-I've heard of him, but I can't...

-They've heard of him,

but don't know. What about you, Judith? Is he right?

I don't know, either. Don't know.

-The answer is Australia.

-Oh, my...!

Oh, dear. Oh, dear!

-This is so exciting.

-I'm worried now!

Oh, goodness me. OK.

All right. OK. Breathe.

-Help!

-Right. Here we go.

Judith, for the round...

-SHE CHUCKLES

-So exciting!

The German goalkeeper Loris Karius

joined which Premier League football club in 2016?

-Can you say that again?

-The German goalkeeper Loris Karius

joined which Premier League football club in 2016?

I really don't know.

I think... I don't think it's Manchester United, actually.

I'm going to say Liverpool.

Ah, man!

JEREMY CHUCKLES

-I'm going home!

-JUDITH CHUCKLES

And it was a guess!

Oh, God, I feel embarrassed.

Oh, dear! Oh, dear!

-Oh, dear! How funny!

-Oh, goodness!

Liverpool is the right answer, Judith.

And, Iwan, it's so funny that Sport

is absolutely Judith's bete noire.

So it's something about just raising her game, there.

-Iwan, what can I say?

-You can say that you will never invite me

on Eggheads again, thank you.

No, we've got to come back and do that again.

We're going to have to make it three rounds of Sport another time.

Judith, well done. You're in the final round.

You've done... And you can now tell this story for ever.

-Iwan, do come back.

-It's the best win for ever.

It is maybe one of your best-ever wins.

And that's a great compliment to Iwan.

-It is one of your best.

-Cos it's the best win I've ever had.

-Yeah.

-And totally unexpected.

-OK.

We're going to get people to fan you now, give you bath salts and stuff.

Please come back and we'll play the final round.

What a contest! This is what we have been playing towards.

It's time for the final round which, as always, is 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. That's Iwan, Martine and Steve from Gift Of The Gab,

and also Lisa from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

Sean, how does this compare to very-high-speed skiing?

I'm definitely more nervous now than I was at the top of Vancouver,

about to do an 80mph downhill run in the Paralympics.

But, as I'm ex-Air Force and I'm not riding solo today...

I have my wing lady with me and I'm feeling confident.

Good stuff. Speaking of your skiing,

I saw an amazing moment where you won a...

Well, it was a race/jump, but you fell as you crossed the line.

It was a combination of a wipe-out and a victory.

-Which one was that?

-It was the Winter X Games in Aspen.

I'd wanted to do it for years.

Wasn't really allowed while I was racing,

cos there was a real chance of getting injured.

We hit that last jump, it's a seven-foot-jump at 50mph.

We jumped 120, 130 feet and I landed...

I just completely over-jumped it.

And, fortunately, slid across the line and victory was his,

as it says on the video.

Similar theme to some of the conversations we've had -

you spend quite a bit of time talking to people who may have had

an accident and their life is changed,

and they believe it's got worse.

And you can say, "Hang on. Actually, you could dream even bigger now."

I mean, dreams are what my life's about.

It's all about dreaming big and making it happen.

And I had two little paraphrases,

when I had my accident, that really helped me.

One was, "There's always somebody else worse off."

The second one was, "You can't turn back time, so why worry about it?"

None of us can affect the past, but we can all affect the future.

Brilliant. It's very inspirational

hearing these brilliant competitors today.

Thank you so much for coming in.

Now, we've got to hope you actually take them down.

-No mercy here, OK...

-None.

-..against these Eggheads.

You're playing to win Gift Of The Gab £4,000.

Been a little bit of a bumpy road so far, but you have done well.

You're both here. And the Eggheads - Steve, Pat, Chris, Judith -

you're playing to just shore up the defences

and maintain your reputation. I know, Judith, you feel you've done

all the work you need to do today.

-For several days.

-Never seen you in such a good mood.

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

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge. You may confer.

So, Tania and Sean, the question is,

are your two brains ready to take down these four?

Would you like to go first or second?

We're going to put the pressure on the Eggheads first,

and we're going to buck the trend and go second.

OK, good luck, Challengers. First question to the Eggheads.

Nadiya Hussain gained fame on which BBC TV show in 2015?

-Bake Off.

-Bake Off.

That was the Great British Bake Off.

The Great British Bake Off is the right answer.

Tania and Sean, your question.

Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire is said to be haunted by the ghost

of which English king, since his alleged murder there in 1327?

-Gloucestershire.

-How's your history?

Doesn't go back as far as 1300-something.

-Me neither.

-History is definitely not my subject.

Murdered in 1327.

I've got William jumping out at me.

-Have you?

-Yeah.

-Because he was murdered, or because it was 1327?

I think George is a very London name.

William, for some reason, I'm just being drawn to it.

In that case, let's go with the instinct.

I'm hoping it's William II.

William II is your answer.

Let's just go through these. Firstly, dates.

George II...

-Much later.

-OK, so much... Help us out with William II.

-11th century.

-11th century.

-So, 10-something?

That's not William the Conqueror, is it?

-He followed William the Conqueror.

-His son, William Rufus.

-William Rufus? He was the one who got shot in a forest?

-Yes.

-Bow and arrow.

-In the New Forest.

So he could have had a bit of murder going on.

-He was murdered.

-All right, so there was a murder.

However, the answer is Edward II.

Edward II is the answer.

OK, Eggheads.

You have a chance to go two points clear.

The birthplace of Donald Trump's wife, Melania, is in which country?

-She's a Slovenian.

-She's Slovenian.

-She's regularly described as Slovenian.

-Yeah, yeah.

We'll go with that, will we?

Yes, Slovenia.

We think that's Slovenia.

Slovenia is the right answer.

-Well done.

-They've gone two clear,

so you've got to get this one right to stay in.

In the Martin Amis novel London Fields,

the character Keith Talent is particularly adept at which sport?

I think we'll have the question again, please.

In the Martin Amis novel London Fields,

the character Keith Talent is particularly adept at which sport?

-London Fields... Do you think this is going to be...?

-Yeah.

So...

Fields, tenpin bowling. I just don't think it's ten-pin bowling.

I feel like I want to say darts, but I don't know why.

I was heading towards darts.

London Fields...

If you're thinking darts and I'm thinking darts,

-shall we just go for it?

-I think, er,

-we have to.

-Is it likely... No.

-I don't think anything else is drawing me to...

-Snooker, Fields?

-Throwing a spanner in the works now.

-Ah!

-Snooker, with the green of the...

-Tables.

Oh, no! I'm talking myself out of it now.

-I'm sure there's people kicking us...

-Absolutely.

-..either way, here.

-I don't know the author, though.

It'll probably be ten-pin bowling.

I wish I had their questions, but we're on ours and I think...

Are we going to go for snooker?

I think, let's go snooker.

We're going to take...

I'm looking over there for a sign.

-They may not know.

-No, they're not giving me one.

I'm going to pick snooker.

You started with darts, you moved to snooker, because of snooker fields?

-The green.

-Something like that.

Oh, I see. OK.

-Eggheads, do you know?

-I thought it was darts, but I'm not sure.

London, darts?

The answer is darts.

-Oh, no!

-We said that to start with!

I know, you were about to go for darts,

-then there was a snooker field moment.

-Oh, no!

Don't worry - it does happen.

But I'm sorry - there's no way back,

so we have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

You were just within an inch of saying "darts"

and then you went, "Hey, hang on, wait a second."

Oh, commiserations, Gift Of The Gab.

-Oh, no!

-We tried, did our best.

-Sorry, team!

-I think one of the liveliest games we've ever had.

-Yes, lovely game.

-Tania did well.

-Very much.

-But Iwan didn't.

-THEY CHUCKLE

He'll be back.

We want you back, Iwan, for a third one.

OK? Definitely.

I think I'm going to retire.

Judith is saying she might retire before that happens.

Oh, no!

So, commiserations to the brilliant celeb team Gift Of The Gab.

What fun meeting them all.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

I must say, they put up more of a fight than the last two celeb teams.

So it's getting stickier for you, Eggheads.

You still reign supreme over quiz land.

It does mean that the Challengers have not won the £4,000,

so the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, well done again.

Only Lisa out this time.

Who will beat you? Join us for our next celeb game to see if a new team

have the brains to take them down.

£5,000 is here to play for.

Till we quiz again, goodbye.