Episode 141 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 five quiz Challengers

attempt to beat possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

Their 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 Good Neighbours.

This team are all from the University of Surrey.

And as everyone on the team has either lived together,

lived in the same street, or attended the same school, they decided that Good Neighbours

was a suitable name. Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Amit. I'm 21, and I'm a politics student.

Hi, I'm Simon. I'm 21 and I'm a law student.

Hi, I'm Inderpreet. I'm 21 and I'm an aerospace engineering student.

Hi, my name's Jon. I'm 20 and I'm a hospitality student.

Hi, I'm Dave. I'm 22 and I'm an economics student.

So, welcome, Good Neighbours. Welcome, Amit.

-You go back a long way, all of you?

-We're friends from university. We met at university.

What kind of stuff are you getting up to at university, outside your studies?

We just kind of play sports together, have a few drinks together, things like that.

And at what point did the word "quiz" come into this?

I think it all started... Amit started setting an alarm on his phone for six every day.

And it has sort of become a ritual to sit down and watch Eggheads.

So we thought, why not apply, see how we do.

Is your phone about to go off now and remind you to watch?

-Yes, it probably is.

-It doesn't need to. You're here. Every day there is a £1,000 worth

of cash up for grabs for our Challengers. However, if they fail

to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Good Neighbours, the Eggheads have won the last 19 games,

which means £20,000 says you can't beat them.

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

Which one of you wants to play Film & TV?

-I think I'm going to try this one.

-OK. Against which Egghead?

-What do you reckon?

-Chris.

-I will try Chris, I think.

Simon, from Good Neighbours, versus Chris from the Eggheads.

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

I'll ask each of you three multiple-choice questions on Film & TV in turn.

Whoever answers the most questions correctly is the winner.

Simon, your choice, would you like the first or second set of questions?

I think I'll go first.

OK. Here's your first question.

John Craven left Newsround in 1989

and joined which long-running TV programme in the same year?

John Craven...

Don't think it was Countryfile

and I've never been a big fan of Songs Of Praise.

So, for that reason, I will go for the Antiques Roadshow.

No, it was actually Countryfile.

And still is.

Sorry, Simon.

Chris, your question. In the 2005 film, Mr & Mrs Smith,

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie both play what?

They are both assassins.

With conviction and quite right.

Assassins.

Next question to you, Simon. Try and come back in.

David E Kelley, the TV producer and creator of Chicago Hope,

Ally McBeal and Boston Legal married which actress in 1993?

I think Susan Sarandon is still with the guy that was in The Player.

So, I don't know if it's her.

It's between Sigourney Weaver and Michelle Pfeiffer.

I'll go with Michelle Pfeiffer.

Michelle Pfeiffer is quite right.

Good one. Did your team-mates know that?

-No.

-Tricky question.

OK, Chris, who created the puppetry technique for television

known as supermarionation?

Tex Avery was cartoons of the Golden Age.

Nick Park is Wallace & Gromit, which is claymation.

Supermarionation was Gerry Anderson.

Thunderbirds and all that stuff.

Supermarionation was Gerry Anderson, that's right. Meaning...

puppetry...

Super just means above and beyond.

As in a marionettes. Yep.

Supermarionation.

One extra string? Something like that.

Simon, who played the title role in the 1971 television series Casanova

written by Dennis Potter?

I'm not too sure about this.

I'm going to go with the one I've heard of and that's Terence Stamp.

No. Not Terence Stamp.

Frank Finlay is the answer.

Maybe '71 was more Frank Finlay's time, was it?

-Was he in Bouquet Of Barbed Wire?

-Yes.

Terence Stamp is wrong, Simon,

so there is no way back for you in this round.

Chris has won. Well done to our Egghead. First blood to you. You'll be in the final, Chris.

Simon, I'm sorry, you won't be able to help your team in the final.

Please come back and rejoin your teams.

So, as it stands, the Challengers have lost one brain from the final round

whilst the Eggheads have not lost any brains yet. Next subject is Music.

Who would like this?

-Looks like me.

-Looks like you, Dave.

-Yes, I'll take it.

Against which Egghead?

I don't know, who do you reckon?

-Do you reckon Daphne or...?

-Barry.

-Let's take Barry.

-Dave from Good Neighbours versus Barry on Music.

-You seem to do Music quite a lot, Barry.

-Yes, I seem to do.

-People must thank you don't look musical but they're wrong.

-They're totally right.

My piano teacher said I was musically dyslexic.

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

-Dave, you're an economics student?

-Yes.

-And what's the plan afterwards?

-I'm not really too sure.

If there's any jobs left, I might go into banking or something similar.

If not, a couple of Jet Skis and a beach somewhere maybe.

Oh, I see - buy a Jet Ski and hire it out?

Yes, it sounds good to me, better than sitting in an office for 12 hours.

-Sounds like the first choice.

-Yes, maybe, if we win today, you never know,

-I might be gone by the end of my degree.

-Did we not think of that when we were 21, Barry?

-Wish I had.

I'll ask each of you three questions on Music and, Dave, you can choose the first or second set.

I'll take the first set, please.

Here we go. Who released the worldwide hit,

When Doves Cry, in 1984?

My mum went to see him in concert a little while ago.

I think it's Prince.

Prince is correct.

-Well done. Your mum went?

-Yes.

Oh, dear, that ages me.

OK. Barry, which composer wrote the opera entitled Das Rheingold

that was first performed in 1869?

Das Rheingold is one of the four Ring operas by Wagner.

That's the correct answer.

Dave, your question. Which American singer had UK hits

with both Stranger In Paradise and The Good Life?

To be honest, I've never heard of any of them.

I'll say... Sam Cooke.

It wasn't Sam Cooke. Eggheads?

-Tony Bennett.

-Tony Bennett is the answer.

Stranger In Paradise. Which is the best known of those two?

Stranger In Paradise.

-Same tune as Borodin.

-It comes from Kismet.

-Right. Fifties?

-Musical.

-Musical, that's why you know.

Barry, in which year did Harry Secombe

have his greatest chart success with that This is My Song,

reaching number two in the UK singles chart?

'57 is definitely too early. I have to think whether it was '67 or '77.

This is My Song.

I can remember it well.

I think this was quite a while back.

I'm going to go for '67.

1967 is the correct answer. Yes.

Harry Secombe. So, you need this one, Dave.

In traditional Irish music,

a bodhran is a type of which instrument?

I don't know. Irish music isn't really my speciality.

Can you say the question again, please?

I'll spell it for you. B-O-D-H-R-A-N.

The A has a little accent on it.

B-O-D-H-R-A-N. In traditional Irish music,

a bodhran is a type of which instrument?

You need this to stay in.

With a name Nolan I should probably know, but, erm...

I'll take drum.

Drum is right.

Well done.

-Barry, you nodded.

-Yes, it's one of those wonderful drums

that you play with some instrument that goes backwards and forwards. It makes a great sound.

It's like a big tambourine. You hold it in your left hand

-and sort of do that, with a very short drumstick.

-Right.

You haven't got one on you, Barry?

-No.

-If you get this right, you're through to the final.

Dave Rowntree, selected in 2008

to contest the Cities of London and Westminster constituency for Labour,

is famous for being the drummer of which band?

Gosh. Dave Rowntree.

I've heard this.

I'm not at all certain on this. But something is telling me Coldplay.

It's not Coldplay, actually, it's Blur.

-Something told me wrong, then.

-Something did tell you wrongly.

-What was the something?

-I've no idea, but I'll have words with it

-when I finish.

-You need to. Scores are level after three questions. We go to Sudden Death.

-Dave, it's a bit harder. It's not multiple choice, OK?

-Yes, OK.

Which member of the group Girls Aloud brought out a cosmetics range

called Dainty Doll in 2008?

I'm not really too sure. I only know one of them by name, so I have to say Cheryl Cole.

-No. Nicola Roberts is the answer.

-If she's watching, sorry.

She'll make it up to you.

OK, Barry.

Who had a number-one hit on the US Hot 100 chart with Disturbia

in 2008?

This, for the round.

This may be for the round, but I'm not going to get it.

I really don't know.

US Hot 100 chart.

Disturbia.

-I'll try Beyonce.

-No. It was Rihanna.

I was thinking Rihanna and I didn't say it.

Dave, over to you.

What was the title of REM's seventh full studio album,

which featured the songs, Losing My Religion and Shiny Happy People?

This is in the back of my head and I can't pick it out.

And I know Simon will know as well, which is the bad thing.

-I don't know. I am going to have to pass.

-Out Of Time is the answer.

Barry, if you get this right, you're in the final.

This is Sudden Death, of course.

I'm still annoyed at the voice in my head that was saying Rihanna and I answered something else.

-It was trying to make amends and I didn't listen.

-Keep listening to those voices.

The memorable score for the 1957 film The Bridge On The River Kwai

was written by which leading British composer, Barry?

I really should know this.

This is one that I'll know as soon as you tell me the answer. Gosh.

This is unfair. This is hurting.

I do know this. It just won't come.

No. It's not going to come.

-Eggheads, do you know?

-Malcolm Arnold?

-Malcolm Arnold is the answer.

And he won an Oscar for it.

It'll be on a CJ list somewhere.

Sudden Death. Music is the category. Back to you, Dave.

You're hanging in there.

Pieces Of The Sky, released in 1975,

is considered to be the album that launched the career

of which multi-Grammy Award-winning female country music singer?

Pieces Of The Sky.

-Grammy Award-winning female country singer?

-Yes.

I haven't got many in my collection.

-I don't know. Dolly Parton?

-No.

It's not Dolly. It's Emmylou Harris.

Over to you, Barry. This for the round.

Which jazz and blues singer was nicknamed Mr Five by Five

as an affectionate reference to his height and girth?

Jazz and blues singer.

Well, Fats Domino was quite large.

George Melly was also quite a substantial gentleman.

Mr Five by Five. I'm going to say Fats Domino.

-No. The answer is Jimmy Rushing.

-Oh.

Back to you, Dave.

Le tombeau de Couperin

is a work first performed in 1919 by which French composer

written to commemorate seven of his friends

who died during the First World War?

-Which French composer?

-I've absolutely idea.

-No clue.

-Are you going to pass?

-Yep.

Maurice Ravel.

Barry, what is the title of Arthur Sullivan's only grand opera,

first performed in 1891,

written without the collaboration of W S Gilbert?

Now, he wrote Box And Cox, which I think was with Gilbert,

but I seem to recall he also wrote an opera called Ivanhoe.

-What is your answer?

-My answer is Ivanhoe.

Ivanhoe is right.

Daphne knew that.

Anyway, Barry, you have squeaked through there on music.

-Scraped indeed.

-Dave, you were beaten our Eggheads,

you won't be in the final round. Barry, you will help the Eggheads in the final round.

Please, both of you, come back and rejoin your teams.

So, as it, stands, the Challengers have lost two brains from the final,

the Eggheads have not lost any. The next the subject is History. Who wants History?

-Who's going to take it?

-Amit, I think you should take it.

-Shall I take it?

-Go for it.

-I think I'll take History.

-Against which Egghead, Amit?

Judith. I think we'll play Judith.

Amit from Good Neighbours versus Judith from the Eggheads.

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

Three questions on History in turn, and you can choose,

-Amit, whether you want the first or second set.

-I'll go for first, please.

And we are playing for £20,000, of course. The term "little ships"

was applied to the flotilla of over 700 fishing vessels

and pleasure steamers that played a major role

in which event of World War II?

I have absolutely no idea.

I will just go for Normandy landings.

-Do you know, guys?

-Dunkirk.

-Dunkirk is the answer. Dunkirk, bad luck.

Judith, your question.

What type of clothing was the doublet

that was particularly popular with men during Tudor times?

Well, it's not a hat.

I thought it was going to be a belt.

Now I'm confused.

A doublet, doublet and hose. Oh, it's a jacket, then.

-Yes.

-Jacket is the right answer.

-Phew!

Amit, back to you.

Which part of modern Britain was occupied by the Celtic tribe

called the Silures at the time of the Roman conquest? S-I-L-U-R-E-S.

Was it...

Silures, I don't know if that sounds slightly Welsh.

Again, I am not too sure to be honest.

Cornwall, South Wales...

I'll go South Wales.

South Wales is right, well done.

Very good.

-Was that just a fluke, or what?

-Oh, yes, definitely.

Very honest. Judith, your question.

The event known as the coup of 18 Brumaire

brought which major figure into power in France?

Well, that was quite late on in the Revolution,

because they changed the months.

I think it might be Napoleon.

Napoleon is the right answer.

Well done.

Back to you, Amit.

In which century did the Captain Swing Riots

take place in southern England?

These aren't easy, are they? Captain Swing Riots...

17th.

I am going to ask Barry this.

Was it in 1830? The 19th century?

And what were they all about?

-Agriculture.

-Agricultural riots.

-Agricultural riots.

It was an agricultural form of Luddism, I think.

New machinery was coming in and was displacing farm workers.

Interesting, 19th century is the answer, so you got that wrong, Amit.

So, no way back in this round, and you won't be in the final, sorry.

Judith will be. Please, both of you, come back to us.

So, as it stands, the Challengers have lost three brains from the final round,

the Eggheads have not lost any, so far. So far. We can fight back.

-I hope so!

-This is good for you students, Arts & Books now.

Arts & Books, who wants this?

-Come on, Jon.

-It's Jon, isn't it?

-Yeah, go on, Jon.

-Jon?

-It looks like it's me, yes.

-Against which Egghead?

Who do we want me to go against?

Kevin, go on, just try.

And looks like I'm going against Kevin.

Jon from Good Neighbours against Kevin from the Eggheads.

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

Jon, I gather you want to be a professional rugby player?

Well, hopefully. See how it goes, really.

I've been injured lately, so...

-What was your injury?

-I've ruptured my posterior cruciate ligament.

-That's in my knee.

-Behind the knee, that's bad.

-It is quite a bad one.

-Do you have to have that repaired or do you leave it?

I've had a bit of surgery on it, but I'm slowly getting back into playing.

So, it's you against Kevin, three questions, Arts & Books.

You can choose, Jon, the first or second set.

Seeing as the first hasn't been very successful, I think I'll go second.

Kevin, here's your first question.

A diptych, D-I-P-T-Y-C-H, is a term for a work of art

that's been painted on how many different panels?

The "di" bit specifies two.

It's two hinged panels which open out.

Two is correct.

Now to you, Jon.

Sakamoto Chiyo is the central character

of which best-selling 1997 book by Arthur Golden?

I know the Memoirs Of A Geisha was made into a film quite recently.

I'm going to go for Memoirs Of A Geisha.

Well done for not being tricked into any of the others.

Memoirs Of A Geisha is right.

Kevin, your question. What is the name of the inept constable

in Shakespeare's Measure For Measure?

He is...

He may have used the others, but he is Elbow.

-You mean Shakespeare may have used the other characters?

-No, sorry, no.

No, they're not Shakespearean characters.

I was going to say, it's not like you to not know something.

-No, no, it was a feeble attempt at humour involving body parts.

-OK.

-Anytime you want to try again, let us know.

-No, it's OK.

Elbow's right, well done.

So onto you now, Jon.

In which Dan Brown novel does the hero, Robert Langdon,

struggle against a secret society called the Illuminati?

-Can you repeat the question, please?

-In which Dan Brown novel

does the hero, Robert Langdon, struggle against a secret society

called the Illuminati?

I've read The Da Vinci Code and I am sure it is The Da Vinci Code.

Yeah, I'm going with Da Vinci Code.

Da Vinci Code, you really need this one right. You know, it's not.

It's Angels & Demons.

Did your colleagues know that?

I had an inkling because I know that was written before The Da Vinci Code

-and it featured the same character.

-Right.

So you've got to really hope now that Kevin gets this wrong.

Kevin, the 1895 painting Flaming June

depicting a reclining woman in a flowing orange gown

is the work of which artist?

That is by Frederic Leighton.

I believe it's in the Tate GB.

-This for the round.

-Mmm.

Frederic Leighton painted Flaming June.

Well done, Kevin. You've taken the round and you will be in the final.

No way back for you, Jon.

You were beaten by our Egghead.

Please, both of you, come back to us.

So this is what we've been playing towards, it's time for the final round, which is General Knowledge.

I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads

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

So, Amit, Simon, Jon and Dave, would you please leave the studio?

So what are you studying, Inderpreet?

I'm studying aerospace engineering.

-With the hope of being...?

-I hope to become a commercial pilot.

OK, well, happy flying with this lot.

See how you do, you're playing to win your colleagues back there £20,000.

It'll be interesting to see how you split it if you succeed.

Daphne, Chris, Barry, Judith and Kevin,

you are playing for something money can't buy, which is your reputation.

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

This time the questions are all general knowledge.

I would normally say you can confer, but you don't have much option.

So, Inderpreet, the question is, is your one brain

better than the Eggheads' five?

-Would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go second, please.

Eggheads, your question. In Anglo-Saxon England,

which team was used for the lowest rank of freeborn men?

-Churl.

-Churl, yeah.

We're all agreed, churl.

-It's where you get the word, "churlish" from.

-Churl is right.

-That's where you get churlish from, interesting.

-Yes.

OK, Inderpreet, your question.

Portraits of Florence Nightingale, Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin

have all appeared on the reverse of which Bank Of England bank note?

Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale...

I don't think I've seen them on the £5,

something says to me they are on the £10 note.

So I'll go for the £10.

£10 is quite right Well done, Inderpreet. Very, very good.

You needed that first question. Next question is for the Eggheads.

The Samoyed dog was bred by people in which area of the world?

S-A-M-O-Y-E-D.

The Samoyed dog was bred by people in which area of the world?

It comes from Siberia.

Siberia is right.

See how steady they are, but they can be thrown.

Things can go wrong, particularly when there's all five of them.

They fall out, they fight. Although CJ's not here, is he?

THEY LAUGH

Inderpreet, which cocktail probably originated in the 1930s

and usually consists of

white rum, brandy and triple sec with lemon juice?

I can't see a connection between any of them except Between The Sheets,

white sheets, white rum, I'll go for Between The Sheets.

You've got it absolutely right, Between The Sheets.

Well, I tell you what, if they get this wrong,

and you get yours right, £20,000 is yours.

Next question is for the Eggheads.

Who played the role of Catherine in the 1962 film, Jules Et Jim?

Jules Et Jim, it's Jeanne Moreau.

Yeah.

-That's Jean Moreau.

-Jeanne.

-Jeanne.

Jeanne, she's a lady.

Jeanne Moreau is your answer.

It would be so nice if you got this wrong, but you haven't.

Jeanne Moreau is correct.

You need to get this right, Inderpreet, to stay in it.

Before being killed by him in a drunken quarrel,

Clitus had been a trusted commander of which historical figure?

I'm going to rule the middle one out because I've never heard of him.

I'm going to go with Julius Caesar.

-Let me check with the Eggheads. Eggheads?

-Alexander the Great.

And they all know, it's Alexander the Great. Inderpreet, I'm sorry.

Congratulations, Eggheads, you've won.

Commiserations to you and to the whole team.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally. Their winning streak continues.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £20,000, which means the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations, who will ever beat you? Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£21,000 says they don't.

Till then, goodbye.

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