Episode 137 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 Eggheads, the show where a team of quiz five Challengers

attempt to beat possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

Their quiz pedigree is well known

as they've won some of the country's toughest quiz shows.

They are the Eggheads.

And taking on the awesome might of the Eggheads today

are the Sandwick Socialisers.

The majority of this team live in the village of Sandwick in Shetland

and have been participating in quiz nights

at the Sandwick social club for 10 years.

Let's meet them.

Hello, I'm Neville. I'm 57 and I'm a civil engineer.

Hello, I'm Ross. I'm 48 and I'm a telecoms engineer.

Hello, I'm David. I'm 45 and I'm an additional support needs teacher.

Hello, I'm Ross. I'm 51 and I'm an airport handling manager.

Hello, I'm George. I'm 51 and I'm a college director.

Welcome, Sandwick Socialisers. Welcome, Neville and friends.

You've come a long way.

Yes, about 600 miles.

It's as far north as the south tip of Greenland.

Tell us about the Sandwick Social Club.

It was built about 25 years ago.

Sandwick itself has about 900 population.

It's a small place, everyone knows everyone.

We have most of our functions there.

So, not just you, but most of the rest of Sandwick

is down there on one or more nights of the week.

I'd like everyone to be there, but no. Most of the people.

How are the quiz nights?

Bit quiet at the moment. We used to do it every week

but now about once a month. They're quite popular, yes.

Well, good luck today.

We're not quite at the Sandwick Social Club now,

but maybe some of the same questions.

There's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our Challengers

If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the money rolls over to the next show.

So, Sandwick Socialisers, the Eggheads have won the last 15 games.

Which means £16,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

First head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Music.

Who would like this?

-Go for Neville?

-Neville?

-Yeah.

OK, against who?

Ooh, against who?

I'll take Daphne, if you want.

-Yeah.

-OK?

I'll take on Daphne.

OK, you all right about that, Daphne?

-Oh, yes.

-Hope your musicals come up.

Neville from the Sandwick Socialisers

against Daphne from the Eggheads. Please go to the question rooms now.

Neville, we think you're the most northerly team

we've ever had on, how about that?

Yes, we're as far north as Moscow

and Alaska. It's quite a long trip to get here.

Good old Sandwick. Have you been there, Daphne?

No, I haven't, no.

-So they came to you?

-Yes.

Music is the subject. Three multiple choice questions on music.

Whoever answers the most answers correctly is the winner.

-Neville, do you want to go first or second?

-First, please.

Here's your first question.

What is the title of the piece of music by Scott Joplin

that was used as the main theme in the 1973 film The Sting?

Uh... It was a great film.

It was The Entertainer.

The Entertainer is the right answer.

Daphne, over to you.

TV personality Cheryl Baker

was a member of which group during the 1980s?

She was in Bucks Fizz.

She was indeed. Not a moment's hesitation. Well done!

Neville, your second question...

Which instrument did Bill Wyman regularly play

in the Rolling Stones?

Ooh, that's going back to my youth.

Um, it was...

Charlie Watts was on drums, so it must have been bass guitar.

Bass guitar is correct.

It was. Keith Richards on lead guitar.

Daphne, your question. Cracking through here!

Which part of a violin is commonly made of ebony, Daphne?

Gosh.

I really don't know. Never really looked at a violin properly.

Um... Ebony.

I really don't know. I'm just going to have a punt at bridge.

-No, it's actually the fingerboard.

-Oh, right.

I guess the black bit that runs down the...

Yeah.

Carrying the strings.

SHE CHUCKLES

Back to you, Neville.

Your chance to take the round now. In Beethoven's only opera,

Fidelio, what is the English name

of a character who dresses as a prison guard

in order to rescue her husband?

Afraid that's not one of my strong subjects.

I'm going to guess it's NOT Pandora but I've no idea.

Um...

I'm going to go for Leonora.

Leonora...

is the right answer.

Well done, Neville. Three out of three.

So, Daphne, no point going back to you

cos you can't win it from here. Well done to our Challengers.

Neville, you will be in the final. Daphne, you won't.

Please rejoin your teams.

As it stands, the Challengers have lost no brains from the final round.

Well done, Neville. And the Eggheads have lost one, Daphne.

The next subject is Film & TV. Who would like this?

THEY CONFER

I think Ross would be the best, yeah.

Who should he go against, George? Judith?

Can I challenge Judith, please?

So, Ross from the Sandwick Socialisers.

That OK with you, Judith?

I feel persecuted!

It's Judith from the Eggheads. To ensure there's no conferring,

take your positions in the Question Room.

Ross, I gather you're a member

of the local Up-Helly-Aa squad in Shetland. What's that?

It's a big party every January. We have squads of maybe 20 people,

we go around visiting different establishments in the town.

There's about 900 people take part.

It's a bit of a party night all round, yeah.

And your son is eight. I bet he enjoys that.

He does indeed, yes. He loves it.

OK. Three questions on Film & TV in turn.

Ross, you can choose the first or second set.

I'll go for the first set, Jeremy.

Here's your question.

Which Gerry Anderson series featured a nine-year-old school boy

working for the World Intelligence Network?

That was Joe 90, I think. I'm pretty sure.

Joe 90 is correct, well done.

Judith,

what was the first name of a character played by Felicity Kendall

in the TV sitcom The Good Life?

I think she was Barbara.

I hope Penelope Keith. No, I think she's Barbara.

Well done, Barbara's correct.

-Penelope Keith played?

-Margo Leadbetter.

Oh, Margo. Of course she did. That was quite safe.

Back to you, Ross. In which decade did How Green Was My Valley

and Mrs Miniver win Best Picture Academy Awards?

I think they were made in the '40s.

So I'm pretty sure they were in the '40s.

I'll go with the 1940s.

1940s is quite right.

Played well.

So here we are on Film & TV.

Back to you, Judith. Which TV soap feature the Moldavian massacre

in which the cast were gunned down

only for most of them to have miraculously survived

when the series returned?

Well, I watched Dallas and Dynasty avidly...

..and I don't remember... Oh, dear.

It was quite a long time ago, wasn't it?

I don't remember it in either of those

so I think it must be the other one, Falcon Crest.

Falcon Crest...

No, it's not, actually. It was Dynasty.

In the...? Oh, yes. It's now coming back to me.

It was at a wedding.

-Some sort of reception, wasn't it?

-No, it was a wedding.

So, if you get this one right,

you are through, Ross, to the final.

You will have beaten our Egghead.

Which Harry Potter star played the male lead

in the 2008 teenage vampire film Twilight?

I really don't know. None of those names mean anything to me.

I'll go with Tom Felton.

No, Tom Felton is wrong.

The right answer was Robert Pattinson.

Judith, your question.

Need to get this right, Judith, or you're not in the final.

What is the name of the character

played by Ian Holm in the 1979 film Alien?

I saw that too.

That was a long time ago!

I don't think it's Parker

because he's the chauffeur in the Thunderbirds, isn't he?

So, either A or B.

Erm... Brett.

Ash...?

HE LAUGHS Oh, dear!

-Oh, dear me!

-It's Ash!

It's Ash.

-Oh, well.

-Famous last scene with him with his... Head.

-Yes, the head.

-Just the head.

So, Judith... Yes, not in the final, I'm afraid.

Well done to you, Ross. You took on an Egghead.

You emerged triumphant. Great news for us, Sandwick Socialisers from Shetland.

Ross will be in the final and Judith won't.

Do both of you come back and rejoin your teams.

So, as it stands, the Challengers have lost no brains

from the final round. The Eggheads have lost two brains. You are doing very well!

The next subject is Sports, so which Sandwick Socialiser

likes his sport? I bet all of you.

-We all like sport, but...

-We'll go for George.

-George? OK.

Against? It can't be Daphne or Judith.

THEY WHISPER

-We'll try Kevin.

-All right. You said that with trepidation!

George from the Sandwick Socialisers versus Kevin from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.

So, I'll ask each of you three questions on sport in turn,

-and George, you can choose the first or second set.

-I'll go first, please.

Here's your first question. What is the first Grand Slam

tennis tournament to take place in the calendar year?

Well, they usually start with the Australian Open.

-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

It's right, well done!

-Kevin, how are you?

-Fine, as far as I know.

-We'll see when the questions come out.

-Feeling sporty?

Er...no, I'm never feeling sporty, as such, but...

Here's your question. The term "hacker", Kevin,

is most frequently applied to an unskilled player of which sport?

-It is H-A-C-K-E-R?

-Absolutely.

-Nothing to do with Maoris.

-Hacker.

Er...golf.

Thumping away at the ground.

Golf...is the answer, yes. Hacking away.

Trevor Francis became Britain's first million-pound footballer

when he signed for which club in 1979?

It's going back a bit. I think it was Nottingham Forest.

Well done. You are right about that.

Was that when Clough was manager?

I think so. It was at the start of the explosion of big transfers.

Back to you, Kevin.

Damon Hill won the Formula One World Championship in 1996

driving for which constructor?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure... I don't think it was Ferrari.

And I don't...

think it was McLaren. I think he was Williams.

CJ?

-Yes.

-Yes? CJ confirms you're right. Williams. Well done.

This is a tight round. Two points each.

George, your third question.

For what does the letter R stand in the boxing abbreviation RSC?

I think that's Referee Stops Contest so it'll be referee.

Very good. It is referee. RSC.

Kevin, the very first tied Test match

took place in December 1960 between the Australian cricket team

and which other country?

Er... I think... It wasn't England.

I think that was West Indies.

-Yeah.

-West Indies...

-is your answer?

-Yeah.

It's the right answer.

So, you are both very good at sport, that's for sure.

Three questions right. We go go Sudden Death.

A bit harder now, it's not multiple choice.

You've got to give me the answer. Which South African golfer

became the first non-American to win the US Masters in 1961?

I think that was, erm... the man in black, Gary Player.

Gary Player is correct.

He's good, Kevin, isn't he?

Hmm, he's very good.

That's praise indeed!

Which British motorcyclist who died in 2003

aged 52 won the World 500cc Motorcycle Championships in 1976

and 1977?

It was Barry Sheene.

Barry Sheene is correct, Kevin.

Back to you, George.

Martina Emanuel, Richard Cruise and Alex O'Connell

represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics in which sport?

I don't recognise the names.

I'll try rowing.

It's actually fencing.

Fencing.

So your chance to get the round here, Kevin.

By what name was the Brazilian footballer Manuel Francisco dos Santos,

nicknamed "the little bird", better known?

Well...Garrincha.

He was one of the great Brazilian players of the '50s and '60s.

Mainstay of their World Cup-winning side.

-What position did he play in?

-It was winger, I think.

Garrincha is right.

Garrincha was the nickname for Manuel Francisco dos Santos.

With that, you've won Sudden Death. Well done.

You'll be in the final. Well played, George, though.

You really ran him close. Please both of you come back to the studio.

As it stands, the Challengers have lost one brain from the final round while the Eggheads have lost two.

The last subject is Food and Drink.

So, it's either David or Ross for this.

-Ross S?

-What do you think?

-George, what do you think?

-Well, you two know each other better than...

-Wouldn't be that confident...

-I could go for it, yeah. Against?

-I think CJ.

-Yeah, I'd go with CJ.

Go for CJ, yeah. OK.

-I'll go for it, Jeremy.

-David against...?

-CJ.

-CJ. David from the Sandwick Socialisers,

CJ from the Eggheads. Please take your positions in the question room.

David, you were discussing whether it was you or Ross,

-but you two are actually brothers, I understand.

-That's correct.

What gave you the edge on food and drink?

I'm not really sure. It was just...

..a family decision.

I was wondering if you were the one who had second helpings at home from your mum?

Well, not as many as Ross.

SOME LAUGHTER

Have you been to Shetland, CJ?

Er...not quite.

I had a friend who lived up there and I've been invited up,

and I've made it to the north coast of Scotland, but I've never made the last jump.

Good luck both of you. Three questions on Food and Drink.

David, you can choose the first or second set of questions.

The first set of questions, please.

Good luck. Jelly is the American term for which foodstuff?

I believe that peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are famous,

so I will have to go for jam.

Jam is correct.

-CJ, food and drink. Here we go. Your favourite subject.

-Hmm.

What is the general Australian term for food, including mammals,

reptiles, insects, grubs, herbs, flowers and fungi

eaten by Abororiginies or anyone else in the outback?

Snags, I think are a term for sausages.

Chook, I don't know, but I think it's Bushtucker.

Bushtucker is the right answer. The right answer.

David, which cocktail is made by adding Prosecco to peach juice?

Oh, goodness. Erm...

I would suspect the Pink Lady isn't the right answer...

I'll go for a Bellini.

Bellini is your answer. Anyone know? Judith, do you know?

-It's Bellini.

-Who's had a Bellini here?

-In Venice. That's where they originated.

-OK.

Bellini is right, well done. Well done.

CJ, over to you.

To catch up, what food stuff is a usual ingredient of a Mexican relish or dip known as salsa?

Yoghurt would be tzatziki and chickpeas would be hummus

-so tomatoes.

-Tomatoes...

is correct. You're doing well. Two points each. Back to you.

David, trichinosis is a serious disease that can be caused

by eating infected, undercooked meat from which animal?

Ooh...

I really don't...

know the answer. I'll have to try...

pig.

You've got it right, well done.

Well done.

CJ...if you don't get this right, you're not in the final.

Mind you, going out on Food and Drink.

It's hardly a surprise.

In Indian cuisine, anda paratha is flat bread stuffed with what?

I knew it was bread.

-Spell anda paratha, please.

-A-N-D-A, then P-A-R-A-T-H-A.

Anda paratha.

Can't imagine it's eggs.

Um...

Could be, but I've never seen that on an Indian menu.

Um...

And I don't recognise the name in relation to cheese,

but all the vegetables in Indian cuisine have specific names

and paratha is ringing a bell,

so I'm hoping it's ringing a bell with cauliflower.

You do get a cauliflower stuffed bread, I think.

I hope paratha is one of the names for cauliflower. I'll try that.

No. It's eggs.

Ruled out so forcefully.

Sorry, CJ. Well done, David.

You took on our Egghead, you've emerged triumphant.

Good news for our challengers, you will be in the final round too.

CJ won't. If you come back to us...

You've played well so far.

This is the one that counts.

Time for our final round. As always, it's General Knowledge.

But those of you who lost their head to heads

won't be allowed to take part in this round.

George from the Sandwick Socialisers

and Judith, CJ and Daphne from the Eggheads...

You knocked all three out. Well done!

Please can you all leave the studio?

Good luck.

You're playing to win the Sandwick Socialisers £16,000.

Harry and Kevin, you're playing for something money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

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

This time the questions are all general knowledge.

You can confer.

Sandwick Socialisers, the question is are your four brains better than

the Eggheads' two? Would you like to go first or second?

We'll go first, please.

Good luck to you.

What chiefly American term

is traditionally given to a person who stands outside a theatre

or carnival sideshow calling out its attractions

to passers-by?

Stevedore is a docker.

A farrier shoes horses.

-Must be a Barker.

-Yeah, go Barker.

We'll go for Barker, Jeremy.

It is Barker.

Back to our depleted Eggheads.

Two of you with us. Invented in the 19th century,

the derringer is what type of weapon?

It's a pistol.

It's a small pistol, usually favoured by the ladies,

because it can be concealed in her hand bag.

Pistol is the right answer.

Next question is for the Sandwick Socialisers.

In 2002, Victoria Beckham tried to stop

which football club from registering its 68-year-old nickname

as a trade mark?

It was Portsmouth?

-It's Peterborough, isn't it?

-Peterborough?

-Argyle would be the...

-Plymouth...

-Posh would be the label.

-Posh would be Peterborough United.

Peterborough United.

Well, the name Posh is a common factor there,

so Peterborough are also called Posh.

-That's our answer - Peterborough United.

-Peterborough United is right.

Did she succeed?

-Hopefully, no.

-They're still the Posh.

They've got the lead.

Back to you two. Which comedian starred in the TV series The Worker?

Which comedian starred in the TV series The Worker?

Charlie Drake was my first thought. I'm sure it's Charlie Drake.

We're both sure it's the inimitable Charlie Drake.

Charlie Drake is the right answer.

So...

they're not letting you off the hook. You need to get this one.

What was the first name of the 19thC English critic and essayist

De Quincy?

I thought Samuel...

-The name's come up.

-I thought Thomas.

I thought Thomas was before him.

That's three against one then.

We'll have to go with Thomas. Thomas.

Well, I think Samuel, Jeremy,

but I've been overruled three to one.

Thomas.

I heard that. Sometimes it goes the other way and you stick with Samuel.

You didn't this time.

The correct answer is Thomas.

Well done for letting yourself be overruled. It's a difficult skill.

OK, Eggheads.

Who followed Warren Harding

and preceded Herbert Hoover as President of the United States?

-Calvin Coolidge.

-Calvin Coolidge.

Calvin Coolidge is quite right.

You know your US Presidents. I thought you'd get that.

Calvin Coolidge is the right answer. Well done. Sudden death now.

You're level after our multiple choice section.

So, no alternatives

and I need the answer from you.

Who co-starred as Ted Hanover

opposite Bing Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn?

Oh...

Film's not my strong subject.

Danny Kaye, was it?

-I haven't a clue.

-I think it's Danny Kaye.

I wouldn't swear to it. I think we'll go for Danny Kaye.

Holiday Inn is what the original White Christmas was sung in.

The Andrews sisters were in it, but I can't remember the other person.

I've never seen it.

I know he was in White Christmas.

-Shall we go for it?

-We'll just go for it.

-We're going for Danny Kaye.

-Danny Kaye is your answer.

Let me ask the Eggheads.

I think that was Fred Astaire.

Fred Astaire is right. Sorry, Danny Kaye

is wrong. Fred Astaire is the right answer,

which allows the Eggheads

to take the contest if you get this right.

Which word, from the Hindu for variegated,

was the name given in the 17thC

to the painted and stained calico

imported from the East?

Is that chintz?

That was my first guess.

I'm trying to think of anything else.

That's Persian...

Gingham is Malaysian.

And that is lacquered...

-I think it must be chintz.

-I think it must be.

I can't think of any other candidates.

-All right. We'll go for it.

-OK.

We're not totally sure but our first thoughts were both for chintz,

so we will say chintz.

Chintz is your answer.

If it's right, you've won the contest.

and the £16,000 doesn't go to our brilliant challengers.

The correct answer is chintz. Congratulations, Eggheads.

You've won.

Did you know chintz at the end there?

I didn't. I don't think any of us knew it.

It doesn't sound like it's describing chintz.

I think the earlier chintzes were more striped

than the patterns we have come to recognise as chintz.

I'm just realising it's a long time since I've seen Holiday Inn.

You sounded quite certain about the answer.

I think White Christmas was Danny Kaye.

I couldn't remember who was in the black and white Holiday Inn.

Don't go back over and over it.

-It's been great to have you. I hope you've enjoyed it.

-Yes.

Commiserations to you. Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

Their winning streak continues.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £16,000. The money

rolls over. Eggheads, congratulations.

Who will beat you? Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£17,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.

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