Episode 151 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 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 Quiz Park Rangers. This team all met while

studying and sharing the same halls of residence at Bristol University.

Now their university days are behind them, they spend their time

socialising, playing five a side football, and taking part

in pub quizzes, so nothing's really changed. Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Matt. I'm 25 and I'm a sales consultant.

Hi, I'm Chris. I'm 24 and I'm a magazine editor.

Hi, I'm Andy. I'm 24 and I'm an account manager.

Hi, I'm Sam. I'm 23 and I'm an advertising consultant.

Hi, I'm Oliver. I'm 25 and I'm an accountant.

Welcome, Quiz Park Rangers.

Welcome, Matt. So you are, what,

-just selling advertising space for political magazines?

-Yeah, I do.

I work with Sam. We work for a political communications company.

-OK. And we've got an accountant here?

-Yeah, that's me.

-And quizzing brings you together still?

-Yes.

-Can I ask how good you are?

-Erm... Pretty good.

-Very good or not very good?

-The latter.

No, I think we can hold our own.

We're quietly confident today.

I never know whether confidence helps in this studio,

-we'll find out. Good luck.

-Thank you.

There's £1,000 worth of cash every day

up for grabs for our challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Quiz Park Rangers, the Eggheads have won the last 29 games,

which means £30,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

The first head to head battle is on the subject of Sport.

Who's ready on this?

-What did we say?

-It was you.

-OK, it's gonna be me.

OK, so we have an accounts manager on Sport against which Egghead?

Chris I think, what do you think? I've seen Chris on sport before.

-Yeah.

-It's not a bad bet.

I think Chris on Sport, maybe, I don't know.

-I think Chris on Sport, probably.

-Let's go with Chris.

Andy from the Quiz Park Rangers against Chris from the Eggheads.

I'll get me coat.

He doesn't like Sport. To ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in the question room?

Three questions, multiple choice,

on Sport and, Andy, you can choose the first or second set.

I'll go second, please.

Not only is it Sport, but you even have the joy of the first question.

Here we go.

Which goalkeeper who played for many different clubs in his career,

including Leicester and Nottingham Forest, played in a record 1,005

League matches?

Ooh.

I've never heard of Chris Woods, I've heard of the other two.

And I think the one who's played in the most matches was

Peter Shilton, he seemed to have been around forever.

Peter Shilton is your answer,

and it is correct.

Andy, your question.

In the game of tennis, what name is given to

the point in a game where a player risks losing their serve?

It's definitely break point.

Break point is correct.

Chris, the six foot seven inch tall spin bowler, Suliemen Benn,

plays international cricket for which country?

Ah.

Now, the name Sulieman Benn

suggests to me that he's descended from indentured labour from India

in the West Indies.

I'll say the West Indies.

I'm so tempted to ask you to tell the full story of that logic,

West Indies is correct.

Indentured labour?

Well, after the abolition of slavery,

it was sort of slavery but not slavery whereby labour

from the Indian subcontinent came to the West Indies as indentured labour

on open-ended contracts, settled over there and, of course,

this is why you've got so many people in the West Indies with

sort of Asian names.

Fascinating. Back to you, Andy.

Which former Rugby League international

became the defence coach of the Wales Rugby Union team

in 2008?

Well, I'm actually Welsh

and a bit of a fan of rugby.

I'm pretty sure it's Shaun Edwards.

Well, done, Shaun Edwards is correct. Two points each.

Chris, to take the lead on your third question, which golfer won

the Open Championship in 1986 and 1993?

That's the British Open, I take it.

Erm...

That would have been, I've never heard of Payne Stewart

or Nick Price, but the one I have heard of is Greg Norman.

So I'll say Greg Norman.

Greg Norman is correct.

Andy, you need this question.

Which Winter Olympic event is divided into two competitions

known as moguls and aerials?

It's definitely not biathlon.

I know you have to snowboard over moguls, but...

it's pretty horrible doing that, so I'll guess freestyle skiing.

Good stuff, picking between the two was not as easy as you made it seem.

Freestyle skiing is correct.

Three points each. So we've had multiple choice,

it gets more difficult now, Chris, sudden death.

You have to give me the answer, no alternatives. Here we go.

What's the full name of the basketball team known as

the New York Knicks?

New York Knickerbockers.

Correct.

Andy, the racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio, who won five Formula 1

World Championships during the '50s, was born in which country?

He's got to be Spanish.

-Is Spanish your answer, or Spain I should say?

-Yeah.

No, it doesn't have to be Spanish, it could be, for example, Argentina.

-Damn.

-That is the correct answer and so Spain is wrong.

Andy, I'm sorry you've been knocked out by Chris

on sudden death, which means Chris will be in the final round.

Andy, you will not help your team in the final round.

Please, both of you come back, rejoin your teammates.

As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round

whilst the Eggheads have lost no brains. Next subject is History.

Let's see.

Sam or... Sam or Matt.

-Matt.

-It's got to be Harris over me.

-It's got to be Matt.

-We're going for you.

-Go on, Matt.

-Against which Egghead?

-Shall we do Barry?

-Barry, why not?

-We'll go with Barry.

So it's team captain Matt

from Quiz Park Rangers against Barry from the Eggheads. To ensure

there's no conferring, please take your positions in the question room?

Matt, three questions, multiple choice,

you can choose the first or second set.

I think I'll go first.

Matt, who was the father of Edward VII?

Ooh... Let me have a think.

Well, I don't think it's Prince Albert.

Erm, I'm gonna go with George V.

George V is... well let me ask the Eggheads, George V?

-Prince Albert.

-Victoria's son.

The answer was Prince Albert.

Barry, your question.

In which country did Concorde make its maiden flight

on the 2nd March 1969?

Concorde was built by us and France,

and I'm just trying to remember whether it was

to Rio de Janeiro or Bahrain. I think ours went

to Rio de Janeiro and the French one went to Bahrain.

So the first flight was from France.

France is the right answer, Barry, well done.

We get back to Matt.

In 1773 the British Parliament passed the Tea Act,

which gave the British East India Company a monopoly of the tea market

in which part of the world?

Hmm, 1773.

Right. Erm...

I've got a feeling it's something to do with America, funnily enough.

I think there was some sort of tea issue with America, maybe?

So based on that wonderful logic, I'm gonna go with America.

America is the right answer, Matt, well done.

Barry, your question.

Which dynasty returned to rule France after Napoleon's downfall?

That was the Bourbons.

It was the Bourbon dynasty, you're right.

Matt, you need to get this right, your third question.

Senator Joseph McCarthy achieved instant fame with a speech in

February 1950 in which he claimed more than 200 Communists

had infiltrated which government department?

Ooh, let me think.

I really don't know the answer to this one.

I'm trying to think what would sound more alarming.

I'm thinking the Defence Department, but then...

I don't know what would sound a bit more...

Maybe the State Department.

No, I'm gonna go with my gut, let's go with the Defence Department.

The Defence Department is the wrong answer, it was the State Department

that he thought 200 Communists had infiltrated.

That means, Barry, you have infiltrated the final round.

And Matt, you won't be in the final,

you've been knocked out by our Egghead.

Not to worry, plenty of time still for your team.

Please come back to us now.

The challengers have lost two brains from the final round,

I wouldn't say it's getting desperate, but we need some special measures.

The Eggheads have lost no brains. The next subject is Music.

-Down to me, I think.

-OK, decisive Oliver, that's good.

We could be turning the corner, I can feel it.

Obviously you can't.

Who are you going to pick?

Daphne's nodding and she looks like she might be taking pity on us,

-so I say we go with her.

-Ha-ha, never.

-She's never gonna take pity.

-Let's go with Daphne.

-She looks like a kindly person.

-I'll take anyone on.

OK, let's go with Daphne then.

OK, Oliver from the Quiz Park Rangers against the kindly...

I don't think so... Daphne from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the question room now.

Oliver, would you like the first or second set?

I think I'll take the first one.

Oliver, what term refers to a scale

that includes all 12 notes in an octave?

I think it's C, chromatic,

but it is really just a guess.

I'm gonna go for C, chromatic.

-Chromatic is... teammates?

-Correct.

-Correct, well done.

Daphne, which jazz

standard features the lines, "You saw me standing alone,

"Without a dream in my heart,

"Without a love of my own."

Oh, that's Blue Moon.

It is Blue Moon.

-Is that a jazz standard? I guess it is.

-Yeah.

Blue Moon is right, Daphne, well done.

Over to you, Olly.

Which female singer was named Best British Female and Best British

Breakthrough Act at the 2009 Brit Awards?

I should really know this one, it's pretty recent stuff.

Erm...

Duffy is very recent, so I'm thinking it could be her.

Estelle would have been, probably, around 2008, so...

I think I'm gonna go for B, Duffy, but again it's not 100% sure.

Well, done, Duffy's right.

Daphne, which group

had UK number 1s in the early 1960s with

Sweets For My Sweet, and Needles And Pins?

I've just bought this book

and it's 1,000 Number One Singles, but I've only done the first 20.

But I do think that's The Searchers.

Can you sing either of them?

Well, if you want the studio cleared.

The Searchers is the right answer, well done.

So your third question, Oliver.

Fleetwood Mac's song The Chain,

from the album Rumours, was for many years used by the BBC as

the theme tune to its coverage of which sport?

I think it's probably Formula 1 because that's got a really,

kind of, guitar starting theme.

It sounds a bit Fleetwood Mac-y.

# Dum, da, da, dum... #

I'm going to go for B, for Formula 1.

Formula 1,

# Dum, da, da, dum, da, da, da, da, da, dum. #

Yeah, that's the one.

That is Fleetwood Mac and it is Formula 1, well done.

So you need to get this question right,

he's got three in a row, Daphne.

Pressure on your kindly self.

A clarion is what type of musical instrument?

A clarion is a trumpet.

It is indeed.

Three out of three for you both,

so score's level and we go to sudden death.

You need to get it right, I'm not going to

give you alternatives, it's a bit harder, this.

Who wrote the song Let's Face The Music And Dance for the 1936 film

Follow The Fleet?

I've no idea on this one.

Louis Armstrong?

No.

It's by Irving Berlin.

So if you get this right, Daphne, you've taken the round on Music.

Ride On Time was a UK number one in 1989 for which group?

You can see from the blank look I'm being very kind because I don't know.

I can't think of a group from 1989, erm...

U2.

-U2?

-Yeah, I know it's wrong.

Ride On Time, Black Box is the answer.

You're off the hook, Oliver, for now.

You need to get one right though.

-I know, that's the tricky bit.

-Give this a go.

The Diary Of Horace Wimp was a 1979 UK hit single for which band?

I think that might be ELO, Electric Light Orchestra.

Diary Of Horace Wimp.

I'm gonna go for Electric Light Orchestra.

ELO is right.

-Yes.

-Electric Light Orchestra.

Now, Daphne, now we see what you're made of.

McKinley Morganfield

was the real name of which famous Blues singer?

He was Muddy Waters, which is much more proper music.

Muddy Waters is correct.

Oliver, in the Delibes opera, Lakme,

what is the name of Lakme's lover,

the potential loss of whom causes her to poison herself.

Romeo?

Romeo, is that your answer?

Yes. No idea.

This is, of all the questions I've ever asked on the show, I think

this is the one that's the least possible to guess. Go on, Daphne.

-Gerald.

-Gerald.

-Yes.

-If you don't know it's Gerald, you're never really

gonna guess Gerald to that question.

So, Daphne, get this right and you're in the final.

The mezzo-soprano, Maria Ewing,

was married to which English theatre director from 1982 to 1990?

Oh...

Was it Peter Hall?

She started her career as a soprano, became a mezzo later on,

and she married Peter Hall, Daphne, well done.

You're right and you are in the final.

And, Oliver, she wasn't quite as kindly as she appeared to be,

as a result you won't be able to help your team in the final round.

The challenge is looking a bit lean in that final round.

Please both of you come back to the studio.

So the challengers have lost three brains

from the final round, the Eggheads have still not lost any at all.

The last subject is Food & Drink.

LAUGHTER

Step up, Sam.

Sam, shall we choose an Egghead?

CJ.

-We'll go for CJ.

-Sam from the Quiz Park Rangers

against CJ from the Eggheads, so they're not gonna go for Kevin.

To ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions in the question room.

Three questions, Food & Drink,

and Sam, you can choose the first or second set.

I'll have the first set, please.

Here we go.

From which country does the wine Valpolicella come?

The name sounds that perhaps it has a bit more Italian flair to it,

so I'll go with Italy.

Italy is the right answer, well done.

CJ, in its simplest form,

toffee is made by boiling what together with butter?

Must be sugar.

It is indeed sugar.

Second question to you, Sam.

What was advertised on TV from 1989 with the lines,

"Accrington Stanley? Who are they? Exactly?"

Delivered in strong Scouse accents?

I think I'm gonna choose between eggs and milk...

..because, perhaps, from the slogan it sounds like,

perhaps, the other's a very well known product. Being eggs or milk...

I think I'll go with eggs.

Sam, you got it wrong. It's not eggs, it's milk.

CJ, your chance to take the lead.

Remoulade is a type of which foodstuff?

I've just got to make sure I get the right one.

The pudding is a roulade, remoulade is a sauce.

Sauce is correct.

So you need this, Sam,

or, I'm afraid, you're not in the final

and it's gonna be, Are You Lonesome Tonight for Chris.

Here's your question.

What name did the Victorians give to the baked dish of a calf's heart

wrapped up in minced veal, coated in a layer of crushed vermicelli?

I think I am going to say Love in Disguise,

with the heart being disguised as something else covered

by the minced veal.

So I'll say Love in Disguise.

-Love in Disguise, do they still do this dish now?

-I hope not.

-It doesn't sound good, does it? Is he right?

-Yes.

-You are right.

CJ, let's see if you can clinch it.

The sweet liqueur Parfait Amour is commonly flavoured or scented

with which plant?

Here we are with alcohol, which,

as you know is not an area of expertise for me. Um...

Why would you flavour something with fennel,

surely you'd just use aniseed.

And if it was blackcurrant it'd just be some form of cassis, wouldn't it?

So, violet.

You're logic is amazing.

I would never have gone down those paths, but you've isolated

the correct answer very well.

Violet it is so, CJ, you have taken the round and we've lost another

of our challengers, oh, dear, who will not be able to play

in the final round. Please both of you rejoin your teammates.

This is what we've been playing towards,

it's time for the final round. General Knowledge.

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

to take part in this round, and that's all on this side.

Matt, Andy, Sam, and Oliver from

the Quiz Park Rangers, please leave the studio.

Chris, you're looking a bit worried.

Not worried, I just know how this ends.

So, Chris, you're playing to win the Quiz Park Rangers £30,000,

it doesn't exactly help that the price is so high.

Kevin, CJ, Daphne, Chris, and Barry, 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 are allowed to confer.

Chris, the big question is this,

is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?

Would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first.

Chris, here's your first question.

A payment, often deferred, made to an employee to discourage

them from taking work elsewhere is colloquially known by what name?

I'm pretty sure it's a golden parachute.

Yeah, having heard that bandied around a lot recently.

I think it's a golden parachute.

Golden parachute is your answer...

Oh, dear, I'm looking at your colleagues. It's golden handcuffs.

Oh, really? Thought I knew that.

Golden parachute is a real term,

now that's where you get paid for leaving, is it?

-Yes.

-And golden handcuffs you get paid for staying.

-Yes.

-Oh, OK.

-And it was to discourage them from taking work elsewhere.

So I'm down one already.

Yes, but they haven't started yet. Honestly, don't worry.

Eggheads, here we go.

The national flag of Bulgaria consists of three

horizontal stripes of white, red, and which other colour?

I think we all agree that it's green.

It's white, red, and green, Jeremy.

It's white, red, and green.

Chris, here's your question. In the mid-20th century,

the Hayes Office was responsible for regulating what in the USA?

Erm...

I haven't ever heard of it.

50s... I don't know why, I don't think it's churches.

I don't know whether we're talking about

that sort of McCarthy question, it might be movies.

I'm leaning towards movies so I'm gonna go with movies.

Well, done, movies is right.

Eggheads, your question.

Paraquat is a poisonous substance normally used as what?

-Weedkiller.

-I think we're all agreed?

Happy to go with, um, weedkiller.

Yeah, I think we're happy with... well, not happy with it,

but it's weedkiller.

Weedkiller is the right answer.

Chris, I think it's fair to say you need to get this one right.

-Yeah.

-Because otherwise you'll only have one, they already have two.

If they have two and you have one...

Yep, I think... yeah.

-You see the logic?

-From there, yep.

On which day of the year does Martinmas,

the Feast of St Martin, fall?

Erm...

I don't know.

I... Martinmas...

I'm going to go with...

Oh, I don't know what I'm going to go with. Sorry.

So, one in three obviously, I think

I'm gonna go with 11 November but I...

Can I... that's not my final answer is it?

Can I give a final answer? Or have I given my final answer?

You can give a final answer.

I'm gonna go 23 April.

Why did you change?

I don't know.

I happen to have absolutely no idea.

I probably should have stuck with the first one

to save me from hating myself for the rest of my life.

I was trying to work out, read your colleagues' body language.

-They seemed to be...

-They wouldn't have known.

Well, they seemed to think it was April.

-OK.

-Did they?

Because when you said November,

backstage were you happy when he said November?

No. It's Remembrance Day.

-Is it Remembrance Day?

-Oh, I see.

It's Remembrance Day, so they think that was wrong.

What's the correct answer, Eggheads?

-November.

-11 November.

Right. So, that's...

We done here then?

They're right about Remembrance Day,

but 1st March is St David's and 23 April is St George's.

Congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

And we offer our formal

commiserations to you, and they've done what comes naturally to them.

Their winning streak continues, well it's gone beyond

anything I've seen on this show.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £30,000, so that money

rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you, you're doing so well?

Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains

to defeat the Eggheads. £31,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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