0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32You might recognise them
0:00:32 > 0:00:35as they are Goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36They are the Eggheads.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39And taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today
0:00:39 > 0:00:42are Late At Half Past Eight. The team work together
0:00:42 > 0:00:44at West Herts College in Watford
0:00:44 > 0:00:47and each week get together at half past eight prompt
0:00:47 > 0:00:51for a management meeting, which somehow Russell is always late for.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Let's meet them.
0:00:52 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Rob, I'm 54 and I'm a lecturer in accounts and finance.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Russell, I'm 49 and a lecturer in marketing.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Hi, I'm Anne, I'm 55 and I'm a student admin coordinator.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Hello, I'm Peter, I'm 63 and I'm a lecturer in maths.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18Hi, I'm Geoff, I'm 53 and I'm also a lecturer in finance and accounts.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Good to see you, Late At Half Past Eight.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Russell, at least you turned up for this on time...
0:01:23 > 0:01:25I managed it today, yes.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- So this meeting, a daily meeting, is it?- No, it's a weekly meeting,
0:01:29 > 0:01:30every Wednesday morning, Dermot.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Every Wednesday morning, what time does Russell turn up at?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Could be quarter to nine,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39could be nine o'clock, could be quarter past nine. Who knows?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41So what do the rest of you do? Get on with it
0:01:41 > 0:01:43or do you just know Russell will turn up?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46We just get on with it. No point waiting round for Russell.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Now, best of luck today in the quizzing.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Every day, there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59So, Late At Half Past Eight,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01the Eggheads have won the last eight games,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05which means £9,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09We're going to play the first head-to-head battle.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11To start, Music. Who'd like to play this?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- Who do you think?- Geoff. - Is it Geoff?- Then you.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Are you happy with Geoff? Yeah, OK? Best of luck, Geoff.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18OK. Best of luck, mate.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21All right, Geoff, and any Egghead you like at this point.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- I think we should go for Judith, yeah? Judith, yeah.- Judith?
0:02:24 > 0:02:29- Judith.- OK, Judith it is, I heard there, is it? Yes.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31OK, let's have Geoff and Judith.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Could I ask you both to take your positions in the Question Room
0:02:35 > 0:02:38just to make sure you can't confer with your team-mates.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Geoff, it's Music. Do you want to go first or second?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43I'll go second, please.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Putting Judith in first.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Judith, the 1990 film, The Krays,
0:02:49 > 0:02:53starred two brothers who had previously been part of which group?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I don't know.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Um...ABC.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07ABC, OK. Any brothers in ABC, Eggheads?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09No. Nor in Duran Duran.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11It's Spandau Ballet.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14The Kemps, Gary and Martin Kemp.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Ah. Never heard of them. - No, well, now you have.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Sorry, Kemp brothers. - They played the Kray brothers
0:03:19 > 0:03:23in the film, The Krays, and were both in Spandau Ballet before that.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27So a good start, Geoff. That's the slip-up you wanted from the Egghead.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Your first question
0:03:29 > 0:03:33and a good chance for you to take the lead very quickly.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Swing When You're Winning is a best-selling album by which artist?
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Well, here's someone who really likes Frank Sinatra,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46and I certainly don't think it's George Michael.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I'm going to pump for Robbie Williams.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Robbie Williams, yes, his homage to the swing era.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57It's the right answer, yes. Robbie Williams. Good start. OK.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58APPLAUSE FROM HIS TEAM
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Judith, who wrote the song Perfect Day,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03famously re-recorded for the BBC
0:04:03 > 0:04:08by a multitude of stars, including Bono and Courtney Pine?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Absolutely no idea. Um...
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Is Leonard Cohen that very gloomy person?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I think, if he's the one I'm thinking of,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24he probably wouldn't write something called Perfect Day.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Lou Reed.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- I don't know. - What's your answer?- Lou Reed.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Lou Reed ain't exactly a barrel of laughs.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35TITTERING
0:04:35 > 0:04:36I don't know him either.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39But it is Lou Reed, yes. Well done.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44OK, Geoff, how many movements does a concerto usually have?
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Right, this is going to have to be quite a stab at this.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I wouldn't know anything about classical music.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57I'm just really going to stick out here.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Something seems to be telling me three.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03OK, three movements usually in a concerto.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Yes, it's the right answer, Geoff, so you're still in the lead.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08HIS TEAM APPLAUD
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Judith has to get this.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Judith, which city in the north of England is the subject
0:05:13 > 0:05:17of the British folk singer Ewan MacColl's song, Dirty Old Town?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Well, it could be any of them, couldn't it? Um...
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Newcastle.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Is it, Eggheads? Is it Newcastle?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- No, Salford.- It's Salford.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36You don't get to answer another question in this programme
0:05:36 > 0:05:39cos that was incorrect and Geoff's playing well.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42All ready got two, don't need to put another one to you, Geoff.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43You're through to the final round.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Would you both come back and join your teams?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49A flying start by Geoff there.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52The Eggheads have lost one brain from the final round.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Late At Half Past Eight are all there at this point.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Our next subject today is Science. Who wants to play this? Science.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- Can't be Geoff.- Anne, I think you should go, or Peter?
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- OK.- Peter or Anne? - What do you think?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Let's keep Peter. - Let's keep Peter. Right, OK.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Who are you going to play against?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13I'll play, um...
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- CJ.- Yeah, I'll play Barry, I think.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- Shall we go for Barry?- Go for Barry.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- I'll play Barry, yeah. - We're going to play Barry.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Anne and Barry. OK, into the Question Room both of you, please.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- And do you want to go first or second, Anne?- I'll go first, please.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36OK, going first at Science and this is your first question.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Good luck with it. What type of creature is a gopher?
0:06:43 > 0:06:48Right, I'm fairly sure that it's a rodent.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53Gopher is a type of rodent? Yes, it's the right answer. Good start.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Barry, antlers are present on most male deer
0:06:56 > 0:06:59but only found on the female of which creature?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I'm going to shatter a lot of illusions now
0:07:04 > 0:07:07because Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had antlers,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09which proves that he must have been female.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Shock, horror!
0:07:11 > 0:07:13They're on reindeer.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15You can't say that on television, Barry!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18You'll be saying things about Father Christmas next
0:07:18 > 0:07:21and I don't want to hear anything there.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23OK, reindeer is correct.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Right, second question, Anne.
0:07:25 > 0:07:31In the human body, the most common type of goitre, endemic goitre,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34is caused by a deficiency of which mineral?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40OK, I'm not sure that boron is in the body,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44although I suspect as an option it may be, but I've not heard of that.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Um, I think it's iodine.- OK.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51It is the right answer. Well done.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53APPLAUSE FROM HER TEAM
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Two to you.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Very, good. OK. Well, Barry, what element is most commonly added
0:07:57 > 0:08:00to steel to make stainless steel?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06To make stainless steel, chromium is usually added.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Oh, you know your steel.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11It's the right answer. Chromium is correct.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Well, back to you, Anne.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15A third question now.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Problemata, a work by the Greek philosopher Aristotle,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21describes Alexander The Great
0:08:21 > 0:08:24using a primitive version of what invention?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Well, I'm going to dismiss bicycle as an option,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33probably incorrectly as I've seen so many times,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37but I'm going to dismiss that as not being in the pot at all.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40So the choice for me is a hang glider or a diving bell.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Um...
0:08:42 > 0:08:46And I think the problem surrounding a diving bell would be greater,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48so that's what I'm going to go for - a diving bell.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50A diving bell.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53It's the right answer, Anne. Well done.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56APPLAUSE FROM HER TEAM
0:08:56 > 0:08:59OK, well, there we are. Well worked out by Anne there.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Put you in the lead and Barry knows he's got to get this right
0:09:03 > 0:09:04or he'll be following Judith
0:09:04 > 0:09:08into the silence of the Question Room for the final round.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Here you go, Barry.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13The Michelson-Morley experiment investigated the movement of what?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20It was a very famous experiment was the Michelson-Morley.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24It was attempting to investigate the movement of light,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27and I believe it was attempting to prove whether there was
0:09:27 > 0:09:30a mysterious vapour called the ether that light moved through.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32The end result was that there wasn't.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- So just confirm your answer for me. - The answer is light.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Light. OK, that is correct, Barry. Yes, well done.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Three each, then, and we go to Sudden Death
0:09:42 > 0:09:46so we remove those choices that you've been working so well with up to this point.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Just got to hear an answer from you, so an awful lot harder.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Here's your question.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55What disease was deliberately introduced to Australia in 1950
0:09:55 > 0:09:57to control the rabbit population?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00I think we had this disease here as well for a time.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Certainly it's made some re-emergences over odd times.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05It was mixematosis.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Mixematosis is the right answer, Anne. Yes, well done.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10APPLAUSE FROM HER TEAM
0:10:12 > 0:10:14You've got to get this again, Barry, to save yourself.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Which birds from the family Trochilidae
0:10:17 > 0:10:19take their commonly used name from
0:10:19 > 0:10:22the sound of their rapidly beating wings?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Well, the birds with the most rapidly beating wings
0:10:26 > 0:10:28in the world are the hummingbirds.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Their wings can beat at up to 1,000 times per minute.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Er...yes, per minute.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- So I guess the answer is hummingbirds.- Hummingbirds.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Is that why they can hover?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Indeed and fly backwards as well. The only bird that can.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43It's the right answer, hummingbirds.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Correct, Barry. Back to you, Anne.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49The astronomical symbol for which planet is the same as that used
0:10:49 > 0:10:55in biology for the female sex - a circle with a small cross beneath?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Um...
0:11:01 > 0:11:04I feel there should be a logical way of working this out,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06that it should mean something for the planet,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08but I can't actually think.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11So, as the book Women Are From Venus, Men Are From Mars,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Venus is obviously related to the women in that instance,
0:11:15 > 0:11:16I'm going to go for Venus.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19And that's the right answer, Anne. Yes, Venus.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22That was it. Well reasoned.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27Barry, formulated in 1662, Boyle's Law states that,
0:11:27 > 0:11:32at constant temperature, the pressure of a fixed mass of gas
0:11:32 > 0:11:35is inversely proportional to which property?
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Oh, dear, this is such an obvious one that I'm getting confused now.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43There's a lot of gas laws. There's Boyle's and Henry's and Charles's,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46and I'm just trying to sort them out in my mind.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Pressure is inversely...
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Can't be volume. It must be temperature.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53It must be temperature. That's my answer.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55OK, temperature.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Listen to it again. Formulated in 1662, Boyle's Law states that,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02at constant temperature, the pressure of a fixed mass of gas
0:12:02 > 0:12:04is inversely proportional to which property?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Is it volume?- It is volume. - Oh, I didn't...
0:12:07 > 0:12:10As all those physics students out there watching well know.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Which means, Anne, you're through to the final round.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Barry, you'll be sitting it out.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Well, Anne, a very good round from you but, it must be said,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26profiting from Barry's eagerness there.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Jumped straight in there and gave me an answer
0:12:29 > 0:12:31that was all ready in the question.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34The Eggheads have lost two brains from the final round
0:12:34 > 0:12:37and Late At Half Past Eight haven't lost any.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Our next subject is Film And TV. Who'd like to play this?
0:12:40 > 0:12:43And it can't be Anne or Geoff.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- I think that's you, Russell. - It's gonna be you.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50- I'm sitting in the booth.- Yeah. - Go on then.- It's going to be me.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Russell, who would you like to play?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55It can be anyone apart from Judith or Barry,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58so that leaves CJ, Kevin or Chris. Film And Television.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I think Chris. Do you think Chris?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Yeah.- Think Chris?- Chris.- OK, yeah.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- I'm going for trainspotter Chris. - Oh, that'll get him going!
0:13:06 > 0:13:09I haven't been a trainspotter since I was 14, matey!
0:13:09 > 0:13:11It's a slur on us ferroequinologists!
0:13:11 > 0:13:13What are they called?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Ferroequinologists, studiers of the iron horse.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Of the iron horse, ferroequinologist.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Well, that's what we'll know him as for ever more.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23OK, could we have Russell, our lecturer,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27and our ferroequinologist into the Question Room, please?
0:13:30 > 0:13:34OK, now, Russell, would you like to go first or second?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Er, I'm going choose to go second in this instance.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44That tactic that worked for Geoff. Got an early slip-up from Judith
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and then got into the final round.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Let's see if it happens here. Chris, first question.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Who played FBI agent Fox Mulder in the US TV series The X Files?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Well, I remember Anthony LaPaglia
0:13:59 > 0:14:02with the most unconvincing accent you ever heard,
0:14:02 > 0:14:04playing Daphne's brother in Frasier,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07but Fox Mulder was David Duchovny.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10David Duchovny, Fox Mulder? Yes, it is, in The X Files.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Good start. One to Chris.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Russell, first question.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18In the TV comedy Blackadder, Baldrick is particularly partial
0:14:18 > 0:14:20to which root vegetable?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Like everybody else, I've watched all these series,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28and particularly my eldest son, Philip, is a great fan of this.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32And, er, I'm going to kick myself if I get this wrong,
0:14:32 > 0:14:33but I'm not 100 per cent sure.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38I know it's not a carrot, but I'm going to plump for a parsnip.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42OK. Baldrick particularly fond of root vegetables,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44but particularly the...
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- the turnip, Russell.- Oh, gosh!
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Turnip. Yes.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51So not anything there.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Chris, then, a chance for a bigger lead.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Which Cambridge-educated actress has starred in the films
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Constantine, Chain Reaction and Enemy At The Gates?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Well, I don't think Anna Friel went to Cambridge...
0:15:10 > 0:15:13..and I don't think Thandie Newton did either,
0:15:13 > 0:15:14so it's got to be Rachel Weisz.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18OK, Rachel Weisz it is.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20It's the right answer. Two to you.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Right, Russell, you must get this one, then, to keep the round alive.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Who directed the 2007 film, Sleuth,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30which starred Jude Law and Michael Caine?
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Oh, after being a bit of a turnip last time round,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40fingers crossed on this one.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Not quite so sure about Kay and Shyer, but I've a sneaky feeling
0:15:44 > 0:15:46it might have been Kenneth Branagh,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- so I'm going with Kenneth Branagh. - Kenneth Branagh, OK.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Noted actor and, of course, director of late.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54It is the right answer. Well done.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59Well, a chance for Chris to win here with his third question.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02In 2008, which sportsman made a guest appearance
0:16:02 > 0:16:04on the children's TV show, Sesame Street,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08in which he taught the character Elmo to spell the word persistence?
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Well, I think Roger Federer was too busy at the time.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I don't suppose David Beckham can spell persistence
0:16:20 > 0:16:24so, given the sort of ethos that Sesame Street operates in,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28I would say quite possibly they got Tiger Woods in,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30so I'll say Tiger Woods.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Tiger Woods.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Well, hidden depths, David Beckham.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40He can spell persistence. It's David Beckham not Tiger Woods.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44So, well, Russell, a chance to redeem yourself.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Get this and we go into Sudden Death.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51In which film does Cate Blanchett play the teacher Sheba Hart?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Have you seen any of those, any of the choices?
0:16:58 > 0:17:04Yes, I thought The Shipping News was that, um...
0:17:04 > 0:17:06..the fellow who was director of the Royal Vic
0:17:06 > 0:17:09was something to do with that.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Paradise Road, Notes On A Scandal...
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Oh, gosh.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20And he liked this person...
0:17:20 > 0:17:24I'm going to go, with not 100 per cent certainty...
0:17:24 > 0:17:29I've heard of all three films and I think The Shipping News
0:17:29 > 0:17:32was based in Britain.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37For whatever reason, I'm going to go with The Shipping News on a hunch.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40A hunch that Cate Blanchett played the teacher,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Sheba Hart, in The Shipping News.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44It's the wrong answer, Russell.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- It's not The Shipping News. It is, er...- Notes On A Scandal.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- Notes On A Scandal. - Notes On A Scandal.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53So an Egghead has got through.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57First defeat for Late At Half Past Eight means, Russell, sorry to say
0:17:57 > 0:18:00no place for you in the final round. Chris'll be there.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08They're like wild animals, the Eggheads. Dangerous when wounded.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Bit back there. As it stands now, Late At Half Past Eight
0:18:11 > 0:18:14have lost their first brain from the final round.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16The Eggheads have still lost two.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19And our next subject, last one before the final round,
0:18:19 > 0:18:21is Geography. Who'd like to play this?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Who hasn't played? Rob or Peter.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I'll go for that, then, yeah?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- I'll play that one, Dermot. - OK, Rob, you seem very keen to play
0:18:28 > 0:18:31and your choices are from Kevin or CJ.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- I'll take on CJ, yeah? - OK, might have a chance,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36depending where the questions come from.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Let's have Rob and CJ into the Question Room, please.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Now, Rob, do you want to go first or second?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45I'd like to go first, Dermot.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50OK, first it is and it's Geography
0:18:50 > 0:18:53and attempting to knock a third Egghead out.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Here's your question. The Gaza Strip lies along the coast of which sea?
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Of course, they're always very easy when you watch them on
0:19:04 > 0:19:09the television, but I'm sure it's not the Caspian Sea.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12The Gaza Strip...
0:19:12 > 0:19:14The Gaza Strip.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I'm going to go for the Mediterranean Sea.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23OK, Mediterranean, the Gaza Strip.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25It's the right answer, Rob.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30CJ, Phuket is the largest island of which country?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34That's in Thailand, Dermot.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37It is, CJ. Thailand is correct.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Second question, Rob. What name is given to the side of a slope that is
0:19:42 > 0:19:48opposite to the direction of flow of ice, wind or water?
0:19:52 > 0:19:57I know port is to do with...nautical.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Stem, I've never really heard of, apart from stem cells which have
0:20:00 > 0:20:03got nothing to do with this. The lee.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Leeward Ho again is a bit nautical so...
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Port nautical.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Leeward Ho...
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Stem.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19I'll go for Stem, Dermot. I don't know why, but I'll go for Stem.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23OK, the Stem...is one of the nautical-sounding ones.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27I'm sorry, Rob, that's incorrect. It is Lee. Lee slope.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31OK, well, a chance for CJ to take the lead. CJ, the Shambles is
0:20:31 > 0:20:35a narrow medieval street in which English city?
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Yes, quite a few cities used to have Shambles. It was a street originally
0:20:42 > 0:20:47- where butchers were and it's in York. - Ah, is that where it comes from?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Does the word shambles mean a butcher because they were
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- throwing out all the offal...? - Yes, that's it. Exactly, yeah.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56..into the gutter. OK, well, there we are.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57York is the right answer.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02Well done, CJ. OK, you've got to get this, then, Rob.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08In which country are the Laurentian Mountains located?
0:21:09 > 0:21:13L-A-U-R-E-N-T-I-A-N.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14It's funny, Dermot.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17I love spending time looking at maps.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20I don't understand them but I love looking at maps.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24My wife goes crazy with me. I look at maps and I get lost all the time.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Laurentian Mountains.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Well, I don't think they're Canada.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I don't think Australia. I'm going to go for Russia, Dermot.
0:21:33 > 0:21:39Russia. The Laurentian Mountains are located...in Canada.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44Oh, Rob, you've been looking at too many maps. You've confused yourself.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Laurentian Mountains, as Rob now well knows, are in Canada.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50And, Rob, you won't be playing in the final round.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52CJ, you're going to be there.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58So this is what we've been playing towards.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01It's time for the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05But I'm afraid those of you who lost those head-to-heads won't be allowed
0:22:05 > 0:22:06to take part.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Rob and Russell from Late At Half Past Eight, and
0:22:09 > 0:22:15Barry and Judith from the Eggheads, would you leave the studio, please?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18So, Anne, Peter and Geoff, you're playing to win
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Late At Half Past Eight £9000.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Chris, Kevin and CJ, you're playing
0:22:24 > 0:22:28for something which money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn. This time,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34the questions are all General Knowledge and you may confer.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Late At Half Past Eight, are your three brains
0:22:36 > 0:22:39better than the Eggheads' three?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Anne, Peter and Geoff, would you like to go first or second?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43What do we fancy?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- Go first?- Yeah. We'll go first.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51First it is. Final round, then. Here's your first question.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55The Devon town of Axminster is particularly associated
0:22:55 > 0:22:57with which product?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It's definitely carpet.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06- I've owned one. Carpets. Yeah? It sounds...- Definitely a carpet.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Axminster carpets. Yes, of course. It's the right answer. Well done.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13Eggheads, for what does the letter C stand in the name
0:23:13 > 0:23:17of the South African political party ANC?
0:23:19 > 0:23:24Yeah. It's African National Congress, so congress.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Congress is correct, Eggheads. Back to Late At Half Past Eight.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31What does the Statue of Justice,
0:23:31 > 0:23:35which stands on top of the Old Bailey, hold in her right hand?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Right hand.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Right hand as we're looking at it.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Scales is one, so it's one of those in the other.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Yeah. Um, it's not a book,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- and a torch is the Statue of Liberty.- It's a sword.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- It's a sword. - We'll go for sword?- Sword.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Sword. You were being very careful there, weren't you?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Saw you holding hands up.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01The Statue of Justice is the sword.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05It's correct. OK, well, Eggheads, you need this to draw level.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09The son of which British rock star stormed the House of Commons chamber
0:24:09 > 0:24:12in 2004 during the debate on fox-hunting?
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- It's definitely Bryan Ferry. - Yeah. I think his name is Otis
0:24:18 > 0:24:21and he's the son of Bryan Ferry.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Bryan Ferry?- Yeah. - Extra information there. Otis Ferry
0:24:24 > 0:24:27is the right answer. Yes, well done, Eggheads.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30It's two all, which means, Late At Half Past Eight,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34if you get this and Eggheads get theirs wrong, you have got £9,000.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40A fascinator is usually worn on which part of the body?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Right, I've just worn one. I've just been to a wedding
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- and I wore one, and it's worn on the head.- Um, Anne knows what it is.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I wore one just recently on my head.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56So you wore a fascinator on your head. Well, I can't tease you, then.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58It is the right answer. Head is correct.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Well, FASCINATING, Eggheads, wouldn't you say?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04If you don't get this, you lose.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08What is the name of the inspector is JB Priestley's play,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10An Inspector Calls?
0:25:13 > 0:25:16I was going for that as well. He is Inspector Goole.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Inspector Goole?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21It's the right answer. Goole is correct, Eggheads.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24We go to Sudden Death as I rather expected.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Dig in, Late At Half Past Eight, and see how you do on the Sudden Death.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Schipol airport services which major European city?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35- It's Amsterdam.- Amsterdam.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- Amsterdam.- Been there.- Yeah, we all have been there.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42Got the T-shirt? OK, Amsterdam is correct, Late At Half Past Eight.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Well done. Ooh, Eggheads.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Which word in the lyrics of Bohemain Rhapsody by Queen refers to a stock
0:25:49 > 0:25:55character in Italian theatre closely associated with a 17th-century actor
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Tiberio Fiorilli?
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Scaramouche...
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- It's the way I tell them.- That's what I wanted you to do for me.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Scaramouche is correct, Eggheads.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08So on we go.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11No side faltered yet. Late At Half Past Eight,
0:26:11 > 0:26:12another Sudden Death question.
0:26:12 > 0:26:20The samisen, S-A-M-I-S-E-N, a flat-backed, long-necked lute
0:26:20 > 0:26:25with a skin-covered belly and three silk strings is from which country?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Well, silk is a clue.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Yeah, but the other thing is Samara is Russian, isn't it?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33I don't know whether there's any tie with the root of the word.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36So it's eastern Europe somewhere.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Or China.- Um...- If it's silk.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Er, a bit... It's not one of these
0:26:42 > 0:26:44countries nobody ever talks about, is it?
0:26:44 > 0:26:49- You know, Turkmenistan or something. - It could be anything, couldn't it?
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Could be anywhere.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53I think Russia is a...cos Samara is Russian.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57I wonder if there's some connection with the root of the word.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Go for Russia.- Shall we?
0:27:00 > 0:27:01- OK, we're going for Russia.- Russia.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The samisen, a flat-backed, long-necked lute with
0:27:04 > 0:27:08a skin-covered belly and three silk strings is from which country?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Well, you've gone for Russia. We all know about the balalaika.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Is a samisen from Russia?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16No, it's not. It's further east. Eggheads, do you know?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- Japan.- Japanese.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Japan. And so a chance for the Eggheads to win.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Eggheads, an inhabitant of Monaco
0:27:25 > 0:27:30is known either as a Monacan or by which French term?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32It's Monegasque.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34M-O-N-E-G-A-S-Q-U-E.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Monegasque.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Can't argue with that, with the spelling as well.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40It's the right answer, Eggheads.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Monegasque. You've won!
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Listen, that was such great quizzing, Late At Half Past Eight.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51That really, really was.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54What great performances from everyone in the QR,
0:27:54 > 0:27:59and really good to have you here on Eggheads.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01But the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04and their winning streak continues. I'm afraid you won't be going home
0:28:04 > 0:28:08with the £9,000, which means the money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Who will beat you? Join us next time to see
0:28:13 > 0:28:16if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18£10,000 says they don't.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Until then, goodbye!
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