Browse content similar to Episode 129. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!
Line | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|
These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain | 0:00:04 | 0:00:09 | |
Together they make up the Eggheads, | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:16 | |
The question is, can they be beaten? | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
attempt to beat possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
Their quiz pedigree is well known, as they've won some of the country's toughest quiz shows, | 0:00:30 | 0:00:35 | |
they are the Eggheads. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
And challenging our resident quiz goliaths today are the Antibodies. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
This team all work for a national charity set up in 1991 to provide | 0:00:41 | 0:00:46 | |
help and advice for people with allergies. Let's meet them. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
Hello, I'm Muriel, I'm 60, I'm a CEO. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:54 | |
Hello, I'm John, I'm 50, and I'm a nurse practitioner. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
Hi, I'm Mike, I'm 61, and I'm a retired doctor. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
Hi, I'm Lindsey, I'm 53, and I'm an information manager. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
Hello, I'm Paul, I'm 52, and I'm a BT engineer. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
So, welcome, Antibodies. Welcome, Muriel. Thank you. And team. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
So, allergies, meaning, everything from hay fever to the strange ones? | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
Absolutely, it's very wide-ranging. Unfortunately about 20 million people suffer from allergies in the UK, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:24 | |
so it is many and varied, the types of things that people suffer from. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
OK. So you all work together for this charity? Enjoy it? | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
Love it. Yes, thank you. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:33 | |
And are you going to enjoy this? Certainly are. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
I think so. That's what we like. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
Every day there's ?1,000 up for grabs for our Challengers. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show, as you know. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
Antibodies, the Eggheads have won the last seven games, they're doing really well at the moment. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:50 | |
?8,000 says you can't beat them. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Science. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
Challengers, who wants this? | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
We decided that would be me, didn't we? No - John. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
OK, yes, that would be correct. You can do it. John? Yes. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
John. John. John on Science, against which Egghead? | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
Um, who are we going to pick? Now, erm... | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
What about Daphne? | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
What about Daphne? | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
Yeah, I think so. I'm happy with Daphne. Yes. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
Is she allergic to Science? OK, John from the Antibodies versus Daphne from the Eggheads, | 0:02:23 | 0:02:29 | |
and to ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in the Question Room now. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:34 | |
So, three multiple-choice questions on Science in turn, | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
whoever answers most correctly wins, | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
funnily enough. And, would you like to go first or second, John? First please, Jeremy. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:44 | |
Good luck, you Antibodies, here we go. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
What name, John, is given to a celestial object that typically travels around the sun, | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
in an eccentric or elliptical orbit? | 0:02:53 | 0:02:58 | |
I don't think it's a pulsar, because I don't think | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
that's an object that travels around the sun, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
so it's going to be either meteor or comet. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
Erm...and I think the one that travels round the sun | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
in an elliptical orbit is probably a comet, | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
so I'm going to go for comet, please. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
Comet is your answer, and it's right. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
First point to the Antibodies. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
Daphne, your question. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
Which piece of laboratory equipment is used to separate solid or liquid particles of different densities | 0:03:29 | 0:03:36 | |
by rotating them in a tube in a horizontal circle? | 0:03:36 | 0:03:41 | |
Erm, is that a centrifuge? | 0:03:45 | 0:03:50 | |
Is that your answer, Daphne? It is. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
You're right, centrifuge is correct. Thank you! | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
John, | 0:03:56 | 0:03:58 | |
in the human body, the tympanic membrane is also known by what name? | 0:03:58 | 0:04:03 | |
Erm, the pupil is in the eye, | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
and that's not the tympanic membrane, certainly. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
Neither is the tonsil. The tympanic membrane is the membrane in your ear | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
that vibrates when you hear sounds, so it's an eardrum. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
Eardrum is the right answer, well done. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
Said with great certainty as well. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
Daphne, over to you on Science, | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
which you obviously like a lot! I don't! | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
What name is given to a number like pi, | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
which cannot be expressed as a fraction of two integers, | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
and whose decimal neither ends nor repeats? | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
That would be an irrational number. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
Yes. That's one I know! How do you know that? | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
Well, I don't know, but... It was just an irrational guess. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:04 | |
Yes. Irrational number is correct. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
Over to you, John. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
The scientific principle of Rayleigh scattering has a direct impact on what phenomenon? | 0:05:08 | 0:05:14 | |
Rayleigh is R-A-Y-L-E-I-G-H. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
Rayleigh scattering. Well, erm... | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
I think the migration of animals is something a bit more organised | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
and defined, and it's sort of innate, isn't it, in the animals? | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
As far as I know. I don't think, probably, it applies to that, | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
and, erm, I don't know anything, really, about IT | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
and the processing power of computers, | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
but I think this might be the phenomenon that gives us things like | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
the northern lights and so on, | 0:05:51 | 0:05:52 | |
so I think it's to do with the colour of the sky. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
Very good, colour of the sky is the right answer. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
Daphne, what type of celestial body is Aldebaran? | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
And that's spelt A-L-D-E-B-A-R-A-N. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
It's a star. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
Are you sure? | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
Yes. You're right, well done. Three out of three for you both, | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
so, after the multiple-choice part, you are stuck level, | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
and we go to Sudden Death. John, you need to give me the answer here, it's a bit harder. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:28 | |
Ruby-tail, gall, potter and mason | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
are all types of which insect? | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
Erm... Right, I don't know the answer to this one, so it's going to have to be, | 0:06:34 | 0:06:40 | |
erm...a hopefully intelligent guess, | 0:06:40 | 0:06:44 | |
erm, and...I think I might go for bees. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:49 | |
Your answer is bees. Oh, you're so close, but it's wrong. Wasp. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
Wasp. The potter wasp. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
Daphne, your chance to take the round. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
What name is given to plants, such as cacti, | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
that conserve water by storing it in leaves or stems? | 0:07:06 | 0:07:11 | |
Are they succulents? | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
Is that your answer? Yes. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
Eggheads, has she got it? Yes, indeed. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
Have I? They all say yes. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
Oh! And you have, Daphne, succulents is the right answer. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
Ooh, she proved to be a doughty competitor there, John, | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
you won't be in the final. You played well, though. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
Daphne, you will be in the final. Please, both of you, come back and rejoin your teams. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:34 | |
So, we're a brain down. You're a brain down, I should say! Not that I'm on your side or anything! | 0:07:36 | 0:07:42 | |
Eggheads haven't lost any brains, but it is early on. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
Next subject is Sport, | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
do you have a plan on Sport? | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
Definitely, that's our Paul! | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
You do look like you're dressed for the sporting round. I think so, yeah. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:55 | |
And, against who? | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
Chris. Chris, please. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
You choose. We'll go with Chris, then. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
Paul from the Antibodies versus Chris from the Eggheads. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:06 | |
To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
So, Paul, you like your sport? | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
I do, yes. And in particular, what? | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
Erm, I like rugby, rugby union. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
And do a lot of walking and keep fit yourself? I do, yes. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
Where do you walk? I've done Spain, France, and a lot of this country. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:24 | |
Ben Nevis I've done twice, so... | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
Paul, you can choose the first or second set of questions. First, please. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
Here's your first question, then. What is the par score of the famous Old Course at St Andrews? | 0:08:34 | 0:08:40 | |
Unfortunately golf is not one of my strong subjects, | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
and, erm...it'll have to be a guess, I think, erm... | 0:08:49 | 0:08:55 | |
For some reason...72 sticks in my mind, | 0:08:55 | 0:08:59 | |
I don't know why, but I'm going to go for 72, Jeremy. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:03 | |
Good stuff, 72 is the right answer. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
Chris, your question. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
Excluding the home plate, how many bases are there on a baseball pitch? | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
They got the home plate, one, two, three, back to home. It's three. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
Three is correct. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
Paul, your question. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
Which team lost to England in the final of the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup? | 0:09:26 | 0:09:32 | |
Well, this one I hope I know and I hope I get it right. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
It wasn't France, it wasn't New Zealand, it was Australia. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
Australia is quite right. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
Caused massive celebrations, didn't it? Yes, it certainly did. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
Chris, your question. In which cricketing country are Test matches played at the Wanderers Stadium? | 0:09:49 | 0:09:54 | |
Ah... | 0:09:59 | 0:10:00 | |
Well, West Indies' are played at the Kensington Oval, aren't they? | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
Sri Lanka, it's Colombo, so it must be South Africa. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
It is South Africa, you're right. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
Great stadium, I've been there. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Paul, get this right, you put him under pressure. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
Harry Redknapp spent the first years of his managerial career, from 1983 to 1992, | 0:10:20 | 0:10:25 | |
in charge of which football team? | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
I don't think it was Port Vale... | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
and I'm fairly sure it's not Morecambe... | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
I think it's Bournemouth. I'll go for Bournemouth. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
You've done well, Bournemouth is correct. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
So, 3-2, let's see if Chris stays in. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
The Argentinean, Juan Martin del Potro, is a successful competitor in which sport, Chris? | 0:10:50 | 0:10:58 | |
Well, there's been some useful Argentine boxers, | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
and some useful Argentine tennis players, | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
but they do tend to throw up racing drivers, | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
so I'll take a punt on motor racing. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
OK, I like the logic. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
As always, Chris, when you get it wrong, you show massive conviction. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
But it's tennis. Is it, indeed? Motor racing is wrong. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:25 | |
That's a game, that's not a sport! | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
So, on that question, Paul, well done. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
He slipped up, you take the round, you'll be in the final. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Please, both of you, come back to us. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
So, as it stands, the Challengers have lost one brain from the final, | 0:11:38 | 0:11:42 | |
while the Eggheads have lost one brain as well. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
The next subject's Geography. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
Geography. Which of you would like this? | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
That appears to be me. Mike, against who? | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
I'd like to play Judith, please. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:54 | |
All right, you said that with great, er...assurance. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
So, Mike from the Antibodies against Judith from the Eggheads, | 0:11:58 | 0:12:03 | |
and to ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
Mike, you can choose the first or second set. First, please, Jeremy. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
Here we go, and good luck. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:15 | |
Skye is an island in which British group, Mike? | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
It's not the Orkneys, they're very much north, | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
the Channel Islands are just off France, it's the Inner Hebrides. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
Great, Inner Hebrides is the right answer. First point to you. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
Here we go, Judith. The city of Durban is a major seaport of which country? | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
I think that's in South Africa. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
And you are quite right, it is indeed in South Africa. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
Back to you, Mike. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:54 | |
Keflavik International Airport serves which country? | 0:12:54 | 0:12:59 | |
It's the international airport for Iceland, Jeremy. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
Iceland is correct. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
Judith, | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
which German city is known to the French as Aix-la-Chapelle? | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
I think that is Aachen. It was Charlemagne's time, wasn't it? | 0:13:24 | 0:13:29 | |
And your answer then is Aachen, and it's the right answer. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
Mike, | 0:13:33 | 0:13:34 | |
which country borders Israel and the West Bank to its west, Syria to its north, | 0:13:34 | 0:13:39 | |
Iraq to its east and Saudi Arabia to its south? | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
Turkey's very much further north in Asia Minor, | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
Iran is bordered by... another country, | 0:13:50 | 0:13:54 | |
and the answer is Jordan, Jeremy. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
Well done, Jordan is right. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
Your question, Judith, | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
to stay in it now. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:04 | |
Ponce, spelt P-O-N-C-E, | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
is a major city and port on which Caribbean island? | 0:14:08 | 0:14:13 | |
Erm, it's not Antigua, I don't think, | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
cos that's St John's, isn't it, the capital of that? | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
I don't know! | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
I think I'm going to go for Grenada. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
Grenada. Yeah. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
It is the wrong answer. It's Puerto Rico. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
It is Puerto Rico, yeah. Is it? | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
It wasn't Antigua, you were right about that. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
So, Judith, I'm sorry, | 0:14:42 | 0:14:43 | |
you're not in the final. Mike, well played, with great conviction. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
You took on one of the Eggheads, | 0:14:47 | 0:14:48 | |
you emerged triumphant. Good news for the Challengers, cos it means Mike will be with you in the final, | 0:14:48 | 0:14:54 | |
and Judith, you won't join the Eggheads there. So please, both of you come back to your teams. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:59 | |
So, as it stands the Challengers have lost only one brain from the final, | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
the Eggheads have lost two brains. The last subject is Music. Who would like Music? | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
Lindsey or Muriel. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
Uh-oh! | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
Oh... | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
Better be me, probably. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
Worth a bash. Sorry. No, I'm fine. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
Who do I go against?! | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
It's going to be Lindsey. Barry or Kevin? | 0:15:24 | 0:15:26 | |
Advise me. I don't know. I think, perhaps, Kevin. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:33 | |
Yeah? Yeah, I would say Kevin. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
I would say Kevin. OK, then. Kevin. There is something glorious | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
about going up against Kevin, whatever happens. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
So Lindsey from the Antibodies versus Kevin from the Eggheads, | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
please go to the Question Rooms now. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
Lindsey, I understand you play country music on your guitar? | 0:15:50 | 0:15:54 | |
Yes, quite badly, but I do play. And keep fit by... | 0:15:54 | 0:15:59 | |
Belly dancing. Belly dancing. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
I won't ask for a demonstration. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
Thank you very much. It's not the time or the place. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
Three questions on Music in turn, and you can choose first or second. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
I think I'll go first, please. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
Here's your question, Lindsey. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
Tony Hadley is best known as the lead singer of which 1980s group? | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
Right, I'm pretty sure... I don't think it's Simply Red. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:35 | |
Simple Minds I don't know terribly well, | 0:16:35 | 0:16:39 | |
I'm going to go for my first choice, Spandau Ballet. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:41 | |
Spandau Ballet is correct. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
Can you name any songs from Spandau Ballet? | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
True. Gold. True. Gold. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
Kevin, your question. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
Which French word is used to describe a piece of music inspired by, or evocative of, the night? | 0:16:53 | 0:16:58 | |
That is a nocturne. Nocturnal. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
Nocturne is the right answer. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:08 | |
Lindsey, | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
Breathe Again and Unbreak My Heart | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
were the two biggest UK singles for which R n'B singer? | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
Really not my area of music. I would say... | 0:17:29 | 0:17:35 | |
I think I'm going to go for... Toni Braxton. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:40 | |
I'm not absolutely certain, but Toni Braxton, yeah. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
You've got it, well done. Oh! Toni Braxton's correct. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
Kevin, | 0:17:47 | 0:17:49 | |
which British comedy band, who specialised in trad jazz, had a UK number one single in 1961, | 0:17:49 | 0:17:55 | |
with You're Driving Me Crazy? | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
All novelty bands of one sort or another there, | 0:18:05 | 0:18:07 | |
but this was The Temperance Seven. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
That's the correct answer. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
Next question to you, Lindsey. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
In the early 1860s, which Russian composer spent several years working as a clerk | 0:18:14 | 0:18:20 | |
in the Ministry of Justice in St Petersburg? | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
Russian... | 0:18:29 | 0:18:31 | |
I am just going to... | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
Really just going to go for it, erm, Rimsky-Korsakov. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
No, not Rimsky-Korsakov, | 0:18:40 | 0:18:44 | |
Tchaikovsky was the answer. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
So, Kevin, this for the round. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
Careless Hands and I Pretend | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
were the first big UK hits for which singer and entertainer? | 0:18:52 | 0:18:56 | |
And, no, I haven't got them. It's Des O'Connor. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
You're right, Des O'Connor is the answer. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
Well done, Kevin, | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
you've taken that round. Lindsey, I'm sorry, you lost to the great Kevin so you won't be in the final. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:15 | |
You were beaten by our Egghead. Do, both of you, please come back and rejoin us here in the studio. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:21 | |
This is what we've been playing towards, it's time for the final, which, as always, | 0:19:21 | 0:19:25 | |
is General Knowledge. Those who lost your head-to-heads can't take part, | 0:19:25 | 0:19:30 | |
so John and Lindsey from the Antibodies, and Chris and Judith from the Eggheads, | 0:19:30 | 0:19:35 | |
please leave the studio. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
Well, Muriel, Mike and Paul, you're playing to win the Antibodies ?8,000. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
Daphne, Barry and Kevin, you are playing for something that money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:47 | |
As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn, | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
they are all General Knowledge, and you are allowed to confer. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
So, Antibodies, the question is, | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three? | 0:19:56 | 0:20:00 | |
And, do you want to go first or second? | 0:20:00 | 0:20:02 | |
I'd like to go first, please. Yes, first, please. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
Here we go, | 0:20:08 | 0:20:09 | |
Antibodies, good luck. You've done better than the last three teams | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
by there being more than one of you now, so that's good. Your first question. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:19 | |
In the name of the British trade union, the RMT, | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
the initials stand for Rail, Maritime and what? | 0:20:22 | 0:20:26 | |
Erm, because it's Rail, Maritime... It's not Technology, | 0:20:31 | 0:20:36 | |
and it's not Television, so I believe it's Transport. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:40 | |
We think it's Transport. Yes. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
You think it's Rail, Maritime and Transport. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
Transport is the correct answer, good. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
Eggheads, | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
what was the title of the singles chart rundown show on radio, presented by Alan "Fluff" Freeman | 0:20:51 | 0:20:56 | |
from 1961 to 1972? | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
Pick Of The Pops. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:05 | |
Yes, we all remember it well, it was Pick Of The Pops. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
Pick Of The Pops is the right answer. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
Back to you, Antibodies. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
In the board game, Scrabble, which is the only letter tile worth five points? | 0:21:14 | 0:21:18 | |
I don't know, I don't play Scrabble at all! No, nor I. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
I think K, K pops up. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
And on the grounds that the middle one is more often than not right, | 0:21:29 | 0:21:35 | |
I think our inspiration will be K. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
Not sure here, but we all take the blame! | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
We don't really know, but we'll go with K. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
K is the right answer. Phew! | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
Well done. Eggheads, your question, | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
to catch up. What name is given to the tides, | 0:21:48 | 0:21:53 | |
just after the first or third quarters of the moon, | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
when the difference between high and low water is at its least? | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
The high ones are the spring tides. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
And the low one's neap. Must be. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
Do you know perigean as a term? Never heard of perigean tides. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:17 | |
It should be neap, because spring are after full and new, | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
and it does, they alternate. So it must be neap. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:23 | |
We're all agreed, it is the neap tide. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
Neap tide is correct. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
OK, third question, don't come unstuck. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
Which singer famously had an 18-month-long relationship | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
with a woman named May Pang, | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
during a period known as his "lost weekend" in the 1970s? | 0:22:37 | 0:22:41 | |
No idea at all. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
I'm sure it's not Eric Clapton. You don't think it's Eric Clapton? | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
Erm... Shall we choose one of the others, then? | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
John Lennon or Mick Jagger. Yes. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
I don't know, it could be any one of them to be honest! | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
Well, let's just choose one. I'd go John Lennon. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
OK, we'll go with you, yeah. I haven't got a clue! | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
No, that's fine, let's go John Lennon, then we can blame you! | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
We really don't know, we're going to go for John Lennon. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
John Lennon. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
John Lennon is the right answer. Oh! | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
Oh! Well done! | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
Well done, Muriel! Thank you! | 0:23:21 | 0:23:24 | |
Eggheads, | 0:23:24 | 0:23:26 | |
what are the two middle names of Queen Elizabeth II? | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
Alexandra Mary? Alexandra Mary. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
Again, absolutely certain on this, it's Alexandra Mary. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
Alexandra Mary is the... | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
If they get this wrong, then you've won the money. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
..correct answer. I'm so sorry! | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
We go to Sudden Death. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
You are level-pegging, you've both had a perfect round so far. This gets harder. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:59 | |
We need the answer from you. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
You ready? Yes. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
What's the name of the Hong Kong stock market index | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
that was launched as a public service in 1969? | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
Hang Seng. It's called the Hang Seng. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
It's called the Hang Seng. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
That's your answer? Yes. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
It's the right answer. Well done, Mike! | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
Eggheads, | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Ivy League, | 0:24:24 | 0:24:29 | |
is located in which American city? | 0:24:29 | 0:24:33 | |
Let's go through... | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
Well, Philadelphia, yeah... | 0:24:40 | 0:24:42 | |
Philadelphia seems to be the obvious choice. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
But it may be one of the other... | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
If you get this wrong, they've won. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
I don't think it's in Pittsburgh. The state capital is Harrisburg. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
I don't think it's Harrisburg. And Pittsburgh is too industrial. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
The very big cities do have more, they often tend to have more than one university. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:04 | |
In Philadelphia, for instance, there's Temple University. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
Erm, I mean, it could be Harrisburg, because it's the state capital. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:13 | |
But, yeah, we don't know it, so we have to play the percentage. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
It's much more likely to be in Philadelphia. I'd say Philadelphia. Yeah, I think we have to. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
Here we go! I'm not certain at all. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
We have a fair degree of doubt on this one, because we're not sure, we've banded a few names around, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:28 | |
but the consensus of opinion is that it's in Philadelphia. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
You're right! We took you to the cliff edge there, didn't we? | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
Don't worry, you're still in it. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
You see how they can come unstuck? | 0:25:39 | 0:25:41 | |
Here's your question, Antibodies. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
The fashion designer Paul Smith was born in which city, where he also established his first shop? | 0:25:43 | 0:25:49 | |
I haven't got a clue! One for you, Muriel! | 0:25:49 | 0:25:55 | |
I'm not into designer clothes! | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
Paul Smith. Sounds English, or at least British-ish. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:03 | |
So, I guess we toss a coin and choose a British city, cos I don't know. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:08 | |
Somewhere northern? | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
OK. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
Well, if he'd been in Yorkshire, you would have known it, wouldn't you?! Possibly, yes. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:18 | |
Erm... Manchester, Liverpool... Bristol? | 0:26:18 | 0:26:23 | |
Let's try Manchester. I don't know, for no particularly good reason. I don't where it'll be. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:29 | |
I don't know, so let's... Shall we say Manchester? | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
Shall we say Manchester? We've got no other... | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
I've only just... I don't know why I've got Bristol in my head, but I'm probably totally wrong. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:40 | |
No, don't go by me, because I don't know designer clothes! You know about fashion, I don't! | 0:26:40 | 0:26:45 | |
I might know about fashion, but not about designer labels. We work for a charity, can't afford them! | 0:26:45 | 0:26:50 | |
Let's say Bristol, go on. Or do you want to say Manchester? | 0:26:50 | 0:26:55 | |
Do you feel more comfortable with Manchester? No, let's have Bristol. You said it. Let's have Bristol. | 0:26:55 | 0:27:00 | |
Go Manchester. OK. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
We haven't got a clue, really, but we're going to take a guess at Manchester. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:13 | |
Manchester... | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
..is wrong. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
I'm not surprised. Fortunately, it's not Bristol. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
Who is it? | 0:27:21 | 0:27:22 | |
Nottingham. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
Oh! | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
Nottingham's the answer, you got it wrong, | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
so now they have a chance to take the contest. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
You'll be hoping they don't. Here's your question, Eggheads. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
"Defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer," | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
is the inscription above the entrance to which building in London? | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
It's the Old Bailey, isn't it? Sounds right. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
Yes. Can't think of anything else. I worked next to it for a few years, it seems to ring a bell. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:51 | |
Yeah, OK. Well, I hope I'm right, because I worked next to this institution for a few years, | 0:27:51 | 0:27:56 | |
and I think it's the Old Bailey. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:57 | |
So your answer is the Old Bailey. If you're right, you've snatched the cash away from our Antibodies. | 0:27:57 | 0:28:03 | |
If you're wrong, we play on. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
The answer is the Old Bailey, or Central Criminal Court. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:10 | |
Well done, Eggheads, congratulations, you've won again. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:13 | |
Thank you for coming, anyway, commiserations to you. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them, | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
I'm afraid you won't be going home with the ?8,000. So that money now rolls over to our next show. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:29 | |
Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you? | 0:28:29 | 0:28:32 | |
Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:37 | |
?9,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:42 | |
Subtitles by Sam Parish Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
E-mail [email protected] | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 |