Episode 45 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.

Question is, can they be beaten?

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit

their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain. You might recognise them

as they have won some of the toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.

And challenging the awesome might of our quiz champions today

are the Bob No Hopers.

The team are all members of Chorlton Players Amateur Dramatic Society.

But when they aren't treading the boards they can be found quizzing at their local pub, The Bowling Green.

-Let's meet them.

-Hello, I'm Barry.

I'm 37 and I'm a credit controller.

-Hi, I'm Lise. I'm 37 and I'm a diagnostic technician.

-Hi, I'm Adam.

I'm 34 and I'm an art glass dealer.

-Hi, I'm Annie. I'm 43 and I'm a network technician.

-Hi, I'm James.

-I'm 41 and I'm a web designer.

-Tell me a bit about the name.

We can see Bob Hope in there, but why particularly that?

Well, there's a bar in Chorlton and they have a quiz.

And at the end of the quiz is a jackpot question.

It involves cash, it's one question.

One particular night, the question was about a quote from an American entertainer about Britain.

And all but one of the team were convinced it was Bob Hope.

-One of the team, who will remain nameless...

-But is here today?

But is here today, yes.

And it's not me. Convinced the rest of the team it was Frank Sinatra.

-And that's the answer we gave and the answer was Bob Hope.

-Aha!

So next time at the quiz, we chose that team name and it sort of stuck.

Well let's hope no Frank Sinatra or Bob Hope questions today.

You never know. Every day there's £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, Bob No Hopers, the Eggheads have won the last 13 games.

Which means £14,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads. OK, the first

head-to-head battle is going to be on the subject of Film & Television.

-Who'd like to play this?

-OK.

-Shall we go for Annie?

-Gosh.

Annie or James. I think you, James.

Cos Annie, in case music comes up.

-Yeah, all right.

-It's going to be James.

-All right, James. And any Egghead you would like.

-Who do think we should go for?

-Chris?

-Chris?

-Yeah.

We'll go for Chris, please.

Chris, Film & Television.

OK, could I ask James and Chris to take their positions in the question room, please?

Just to make sure you can't confer.

James, do you want to go first or second?

I think I'll go first.

OK. Good luck. Let's see if you can knock Chris out.

Here's your first question, James.

What is Victor Meldrew's catchphrase in TV series One Foot In the Grave?

Well, "Stupid boy."

I'm presuming that's from Dad's Army.

So I'm going to eliminate that one.

"Not again." I can't think of anyone with a catchphrase of, "Not again."

So I'm going to plump for, "I don't believe it."

OK. Both of us saying it very neutrally there.

It is, of course, the right answer. A good start there for you, James.

OK, Chris, first question for you.

Which Disney animation features the characters Lumiere the candlestick

and Cogsworth the clock?

Ah. Well, it's not Aladdin. It's not the Little Mermaid.

It's Beauty and the Beast.

Lumiere and Cogsworth are indeed characters in Beauty and the Beast.

So one to you, Chris. Correct.

OK, James, second question. Who plays the method actor Kirk Lazarus

in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder?

OK, well, I haven't seen the film.

But I have seen trailers for it.

I'm pretty sure that Jim Carrey isn't in it.

Yeah, so I'll have to go for Robert Downey Jnr.

Robert Downey Jnr in Topic Thunder, you're right. Well done.

OK. Well, Chris.

Got to get this to even it up.

What is the name of the character played by Ewen Macintosh

in the TV series The Office?

I've never seen The Office.

All I know about it is it's Ricky Gervais and it's set in Slough.

I presume he's a dorky sort of character.

Dorks, in my opinion, tend to be called Keith.

So I'll say Keith.

May I pass on the apologies of the entire Egghead production company

to those Keiths watching Eggheads today. You are far from being dorks.

Thank you for that, Chris. It is the right answer though, yes.

Well done, Keith is correct.

Ewen Macintosh. Third question. Here's yours, James.

In which country was the two-time Academy Award-winning actress

Olivia de Havilland born?

Olivia de Havilland... I can't even really think who she is.

I'm going to plump for Iraq.

It's Japan, James. It's Japan, not Iraq.

Chris, you've got to get this if you're going to win through.

It could stay all-square, James, and would go to sudden-death

if Chris fails with this one.

In which of his films does Spike Lee play Mookie, a pizza delivery man

who works in the local pizzeria owned by Italian-American Sal?

This is where he really addresses race-relations issues, isn't it?

I think it's Do the Right Thing.

-Eggheads? Give me that answer.

-Yeah.

Yeah, you have. It is correct. Do the Right Thing, starring Spike Lee.

Bad luck, James. Just edged out there with Olivia de Havilland.

It means you won't be playing in the final round. Would you both please

come back and join your teams?

Well, close there, James.

But not good enough to knock Chris out. You'll be missing one brain, No Hopers, from the final round.

The Eggheads haven't lost any.

Our next head to head is Arts & Books. Who'd like to play this?

It can't be James.

-Lise?

-I think Lise.

-We'll give it a go.

-Lise.

Who are we gonna go against? It's gonna be Lise.

-OK. Who do you fancy taking on then? It can't be Chris, of course, he's just played.

-Shall we try Barry?

-Yeah.

-Barry, yes. Barry.

Try Barry, OK.

Let's have Lise and Barry into the question room, please.

Lise, would you like to go first or second?

I think I'll go first. Get it over and done with.

OK, Lise. Arts & Books.

In which year was the artist Tracey Emin born?

Right, I'm going to immediately discount 1953.

I'm just trying to work out whether she's older or younger than me.

I'm going to say that she's younger than me.

Though my bed's probably far scruffier than hers.

So 1973.

I like the bed line, yes.

Probably worth more, too.

-She's older than you.

-Is she?

By a considerable amount, 1963.

-Really?

-Yeah, 1963.

So, not the start you wanted there.

OK, Barry. Your first question.

In Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, Mowgli is brought up

by which creatures?

I believe he's brought up by wolves.

Wolves is correct. Yes, Barry.

That's you off to a good start.

Which means, Lise, very, very important you get this one.

Dr William Rivers is a protagonist

in a trilogy of books by which writer?

-Pat Rivers?

-Dr William Rivers.

-Dr William Rivers.

-So, Dr William Rivers.

I've read books by Pat Barker,

I think. But I don't recall them being about a doctor.

For some reason, I'm drawn to James Patterson.

And I could be completely wrong,

but I'm...

Yes, I'm going to go for James Patterson.

I can confirm you are completely wrong.

It is not James Patterson, it's Pat Barker, that one

you were subliminally drawn to.

You said Pat Rivers, I wondered if you were gonna to go for that.

Maybe that put you off it in the end.

OK, there we are.

It was Pat Barker we wanted. We heard James Patterson.

It is what Barry wanted to hear as he wins it if he gets this correct.

Barry. The Hotel New Hampshire

and Setting Free the Bears are novels by which writer?

Hmm. I've not heard of either of these.

Let's have a think.

They don't sound as if they're in the horror genre.

So that will eliminate Stephen King.

I'm reasonably certain I know most of Dan Brown's work.

But they do have a sound

of John Irving about them. So I'm going to go for John Irving.

John Irving and the right answer, Barry.

It means you are through to the final round.

You never got started there, Lise. Bad luck, there.

-I knew I should have gone second.

-What, were you all right with

John Irving and... What was the previous one? The Jungle Book.

-Mowgli.

-You would have been fine with that as well. Well, bad luck, Lise.

It means you won't be playing in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Still early days, No Hopers.

As it stands, you've lost two brains from the final round. The Eggheads

are all still there. Two more head-to-heads coming up.

This next on is Sport. Who'd like to play this?

-That'll be me!

-Barry, Adam or Annie?

-That would be me.

-OK, Barry. Which Egghead would you like to play?

-It's Kevin, Judith or Daphne?

-I think I'll go for Judith.

Let's have Barry and Judith into the question room, please.

Barry, do you want to start or do you want to let Judith begin?

No, I won't break with tradition. I'll go first.

OK, good luck, Barry. Here's your first question.

It is boxing. Which boxer was known as the Louisville Lip?

Well, it certainly wasn't Rocky Marciano.

I'm pretty sure he wasn't from Louisville.

I don't think it's Sonny Liston.

I think it's Muhammad Ali.

Muhammad Ali, the Louisville Lip.

It certainly is. A good start. One to you.

Judith's first question.

Chip and charge is a style of play in which sport?

Well, I don't suppose it's snooker, because you don't

do any charging in snooker.

Chip and charge. It could be hockey.

I don't think you would chip...

You something and volley. You serve and volley in tennis.

-I think it must be hockey.

-OK, hockey. Chip and charge?

-Yes.

Serve-and-volley in tennis and chip in charge in tennis as well, Judith.

That's kind of a little chip and a run up to the net.

Same thing as serve and volley, presumably.

Yeah. Well, a good start now for Bob No Hopers.

You've got your nose in front for the first time in the game.

Second question, Barry. Bisley in Surrey is associated

with which sport?

Well, I'm not 100%.

I don't think it's curling

because that's played on a rink and I don't know of a famous rink

in Bisley.

So it's a choice between shooting and polo. I'm gonna plump for polo.

Missed the target, it's shooting.

Shooting. So, a potential let-off for Judith.

If she gets this, it will be level.

Judith, what is an opening batsman said to do when he remains not-out

at the end of a completed innings?

I don't know. Um...

I don't know.

If he's not out at the end of the match, in other words?

Or the innings?

Not out at the end of a completed innings.

Why would he carry his cap?

They don't seem to take their caps off.

Why would he carry his wicket?

He's going to carry his bat, isn't he?

It's carry his bat.

-Is that what you're going for?

-I suppose so.

The opening batsman who has stayed there until the end, basically.

All of the others around him have fallen.

And he has carried his bat, is the right answer.

Well done. Well worked out, Judith. So, it's all square.

Nothing terminal yet, Barry. Let's see if you get this.

The Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres

are teams in which American sport?

Well, I used to play a bit of this,

when I was a teenager so I should know the answer.

I believe it's ice hockey.

OK. And you got it right, ice hockey is correct.

Well, got to get this then, Judith.

Reuben Noble-Lazarus became the Football League's

youngest player when he came on

at the age of 15 years and 45 days in September 2008 for which team?

God, search me.

I think that might be Queens Park Rangers.

It is Barnsley. Well played, Barry.

Taken on Judith, knocked her out.

The first Egghead bites the dust.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

So, as it stands now the Bob No Hopers have lost

two brains from the final round. The Eggheads have lost one though.

And our last subject before the final round now is music.

-And Adam or Annie to play this one.

-It's got to be Annie.

-Firmly in your court, that one.

-OK.

Yes, fine.

-Annie, it's you against Kevin or Daphne.

-I think Daphne, yes.

-Daphne?

OK, Daphne? That OK with you?

Yes.

You have no choice whatsoever.

You're going in to that question room. Annie and Daphne, please.

So, Annie, they all looked at you when this category came up.

You are a musician, aren't you?

-Part-time, personal musician.

-A personal musician?

-You make it sound like... What, personal musician to the stars?

-No, personal musician for myself.

Oh, I see. Any particular genre you enjoy most?

The music I make myself is kind of a folky pop.

I doubt know how to describe it.

A slash between folk music and pop music, I suppose.

-It's whatever comes out.

-Annie, would you like to go first or second?

I will keep it going and say first.

OK, keep it going, that momentum Barry gave to the Bob No Hopers.

With his victory. Off you go, then, Annie, first question for you.

Who had a UK top five hit single in 1964 with Downtown?

It wasn't Sandie Shaw because she's the Puppet on a String girl, I think.

Cilla Black was, her one at that time was Anyone Who Had a Heart.

-So I will go for Petula Clark.

-Petula Clark, Downtown in 1964,

she most certainly was.

It's the right answer.

Daphne, which song was a UK number two single for Don Maclean in 1972

and a UK number one for Madonna in 2000?

I think that's American Pie.

Don Maclean and Madonna is the right answer. Well done, Daphne.

One each. Second question.

Roland Gift became famous as the lead singer of which band?

Right, well, the lead singer

of Prefab Sprout was, I keep mixing him up with,

Paddy MacAloon or Roddy Frame. Roddy Frame I think.

Spandau Ballet's lead singer would be,

oh God, how could I forget his name,

Tony Hadley. I'd go for Fine Young Cannibals.

Fine Young Cannibals? Giving me answers I didn't need as well

and beating yourself up about them. But it's the right answer.

Roland Gift, yes, it's the Fine Young Cannibals.

Detailed knowledge there of those Eighties bands.

Daphne, which actor was the subject of a 2008 hit single

for the Welsh band, The Automatic?

Haven't heard this at all.

So it's going to be a complete guess.

Who would I sing about?

Steve McQueen?

-That's who you'd sing about?

-Yes.

Cor, guessing again and it's right.

Yes. The Automatic would sing about Steve McQueen as well. Oh.

Well, Annie's going strongly here.

Bit of a wobble for Daphne, there but she managed to guess it.

Here's your question Annie, third,

Gary Indiana and Wells Fargo Wagon are songs from which stage musical?

Right, well, it's not My Fair Lady because that's all set in London

and I don't think they'd be singing about the States.

Since it is a bit of a split, I'll take a kind of educated guess,

and I'm going for The Music Man.

OK, a bit of a guess, Gary Indiana and Wells Fargo Wagon

are songs from The Music Man.

It's correct. Well done.

Three out of three.

Well, Daphne. Got to get this, as you well know.

Whose First Symphony is sometimes referred to as Beethoven's 10th,

due to its similarities to Beethoven's 9th Symphony?

I ought to know this and at the back of my mind,

it's either Schumann or Brahms.

And... I...Schumann.

OK. Daphne you've been so accurate over so long

a period of time with these guesses.

But this is wrong?

Took the words out of my mouth. Incorrect, it's Brahms. It's Brahms.

His first symphony sounded a bit like Beethoven's 9th.

Which means, well, Annie, you've swung

it round for the Bob No Hopers.

Means it's going to be all square, level pegging in that final round.

You're through to play in that final round for £14,000 today, Annie.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

So 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-head won't be allowed

to take part in this round.

Lise and James from Bob No Hopers, Daphne and Judith from the Eggheads,

would you all please leave the studio?

Barry, Adam and Annie, you're playing to win

the Bob No Hopers £14,000. Chris, Barry and Kevin, you're playing for something which money can't buy.

The Eggheads' reputation.

As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn. This time the questions are all general knowledge

and you are allowed to confer. That's the big difference from those head-to-heads.

Barry, Adam and Annie, would you like to go first or second?

-I think stick with first.

-I think stick with first, it's been

-good for us so far.

-We're going to stick with tradition and go first.

Best of luck, Bob No Hopers. Here is your first question.

In which year did the scientist Alexander Fleming die?

-Your one.

-Yeah.

He discovered penicillin, didn't he?

-Alexander Fleming.

-In the Thirties?

Either the Twenties or Thirties.

-Yes.

-So we can definitely discount 1915.

So on that basis then,

I think it's unlikely it was the Thirties, shall we go with '55?

OK.

We're not 100% but we think his major discovery

was in the Thirties so we're going to go with 1955.

'55? It is the right answer.

And a good start. The correct answer there gives you the lead.

Eggheads, your first question. Which fast dance, usually performed

with the dancers' stomachs touching, takes its name from the Portuguese for "beating"?

-Mambo, you don't stick your stomachs together, do you?

-That is Brazilian.

There was a vogue for the lambada about 20 years ago, wasn't there?

-Oh, yeah.

-This is not cha-cha anyway.

I would think lambada, but I don't know?

-Lambasting?

-Yeah.

Lambada is a Brazilian dance,

mind you, so is the mambo.

-Lambada anyway.

-That's your answer?

-Yeah.

-Lambada is correct.

Well done, Eggheads. Worked that out, you think, "lambasting"?

Yeah, well, it's a sort of linguistic tie there.

-Beating?

-Yeah.

Bob No Hopers, all-square after one each, second question.

What was the profession of Brian Paddick before

he stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London?

Now that's not really that difficult at the moment.

-He was on that celebrity jungle programme.

-Was he?

Yes. Last series, I think. So, he was talking about his experiences

there and it was as a policeman.

-OK. Happy to go with that.

-Yeah, OK.

We think, or Annie has informed us, we think it's policeman.

Policeman, Brian Paddick,

is the right answer, well done.

Brian Paddick was a senior policeman before he stood as Liberal Democrat

candidate for Mayor of London, lost out, of course,

to Boris Johnson. OK, Eggheads.

To draw level, which star of black and white movies was known

to his friends and family as Babe?

That's Oliver Hardy.

Oliver Hardy, is it because of his girth and baby-like face?

I think it arose in a barber's shop originally, if memory serves.

When he was shaved the barber said he looked just like a big fat baby.

-He hated it, but it stuck.

-It is the right answer.

Oliver Hardy, known to friends and family

as Babe. Not sure if he stayed a friend, then, if you called him it.

There we are, it's all square,

shaping up to be a very, very, interesting final round.

Here you go. In 1961, who became the first person

to turn down an invitation to appear on the TV show, This Is Your Life?

I think, not a bit early for Bill Oddie?

You can discount Bill Oddie...

Danny was a Tottenham player and manager.

I think they recently won a double.

Before the options came up I thought Danny Blanchflower.

He was prominent at the time.

We're going to go with Danny Blanchflower.

OK, we think it's a bit too early for Bill Oddie. We are going

to plump for Danny Blanchflower as I know, I can't remember exactly but

I know Tottenham were a pretty successful side around that time.

So we're going to go for Danny Blanchflower.

Adam's first instinct was Danny Blanchflower.

You got the link with Spurs, they won the double in 1961.

Well done, correct.

Eggheads, you've got to get this.

What was the nickname of the barrister and Conservative

cabinet minister Sir Keith Joseph?

-Mad Monk...

-That was my first thought.

Human Iceberg doesn't ring any bells at all.

Somebody was The Sphinx.

-I don't think it was him.

-It's certainly not the Human Iceberg.

OK. We are not 100%, will go for the Mad Monk.

The Mad Monk is correct.

Which for the first time in the game takes us to sudden death.

It's very simple, we could take away

all those choices, so we've just got to hear an answer straight from you.

Here is your sudden death question.

Which term coined in the 1980s for a well-paid individual with

a luxurious lifestyle was derived

from an acronym for a young urban professional?

Which term coined in the 1980s

for a well-paid individual with a luxurious lifestyle

was derived from an acronym for a young urban professional?

I think we're all pretty much agreed that that's a "yuppie".

Yuppie, yes, yuppie - young urban professionals.

Spring forward, fall back is a mnemonic for the correct adjustments

necessary to set up which annual change?

It's putting the clock forwards and back respectively.

You put them forward in March and put them back in October.

Yeah, I'll accept that, putting the clocks forward and back. British Summer Time.

It means we get another question for each team. Bob No Hopers.

In Greek mythology, who is the god of fire who was born lame

and cast from heaven in disgust by his mother Hera?

Well the only one that's springing to mind is Hephaestus.

Prometheus was tied to a rock.

I think.

He might have been god of fire.

We'll go with Prometheus.

Is he definitely Greek, not Roman?

-He's definitely Greek.

-OK, we'll go with that one.

OK, we're not 100% but the name

that springs to mind is Prometheus.

In Greek mythology the god of fire that was born lame and cast

from Heaven by his mother in disgust by his mother, Hera. And what did I hear from you, Adam?

Was it Hephaestus?

Remember Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope? You have done it again.

It is Hephaestus, not Prometheus.

It's not over yet, Bob No Hopers, you may get a chance. The Eggheads

have to get this if they are to win the game, if not, we play on.

Which Latin legal phrase literally means "on first appearance"?

Prima facie,

or prima facie if you prefer.

Prima facie that is the right answer, Eggheads, you have won.

I don't want to rub it in, Bob No Hopers.

You know what went wrong with that one. It was just so close.

You did the work. When you got Prometheus chained

-to the rock then that presumably would have thrown him out?

-Yeah.

I know. I just, I, I wasn't convinced about Hephaestus,

and obviously these guys

-hadn't heard of him so I just ceded.

-Well, listen. It's been a great game. I know you haven't won

the money but heads held very, very high here today. Thank you very much

for playing Eggheads today. It's been a pleasure having you here,

Bob No Hopers, but not to be on the day, which means the Eggheads

have done what comes naturally to them. That winning streak continues.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with £14,000, which means the money

rolls over to the next show. 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 - £15,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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