Episode 5 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 pit

their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

You might recognise them as they have won some of the country's

toughest quiz shows, they are the Eggheads.

Challenging our quiz champions today at are the Coach Druids.

The team socialise together at the Coach and Horses pub

and are also associated with the Druids Cricket Club, both of which are in Harrogate. Let's meet them.

Hi, I am Pete, I am 24 and I am a teaching assistant.

Hi, I'm Simon B, I am 45 and I am a marketing consultant.

Hello, I am Simon C, I am 69 and I am retired.

Hi, I'm Richard I, I'm 38 and I'm a gardener.

Hi, I'm Chris, I'm 38 and I'm a pub manager.

Now, you are from Harrogate, I know Harrogate, I used to go there as a kid,

my gran used to live there, Franklin Road.

-You know it?

-Not too far away, yeah.

But of course I was there about the age of seven so I don't remember the Coach and Horses,

where is that, what kind of boozer is it?

Well, it's a country pub in the heart of town, really.

No music, apart from on a Sunday when Chris does the quiz.

I see, so nice quiet, bit of real ale?

Yeah, real ale, and nice food as well during the day.

Fantastic stuff. Tell me how this quiz goes.

-You are all in the same team apart from you, Simon. You are the opposition?

-I am, yes.

-So who tends to do better?

-Well...

-Do you want to leave the quizmaster to decide that?

THEY LAUGH

Normally these two fight like a cat and dog on a

Sunday night, but today we are all together on the same side.

Put the white flag up. Chris, do you write the quiz as well?

I do, we put it all together from

the news of the week and current affairs and various websites and books and various different things.

You must work quite hard at it. And what's the prizes?

-Rubbish.

-List them all, Chris, list them all.

There are various different prizes, beer

and food and traditional things like that.

A few cheeky things I have added recently that are probably best not mentioned.

There is a bit more up for grabs here. There is £1,000 up for grabs every day, as you know.

However if the challengers fail to beat the Eggheads the money rolls over to the next show.

So the Eggheads have won the last two games

which means £3,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

Our first head-to-head is going to be on Film and Television.

Who would like to play this one?

Anyone of you of course at this stage.

Rich? Happy with that one, Rich?

-You can go in the deep end first time?

-Yep. I will take it on.

Film and Television for you, Richard and which Egghead?

-Shall we try Barry?

-We don't know much about Barry.

Shall we try him?

Put him in first?

Yep, we will take Barry on, please.

Take Barry on on Film and Television. How would you rate that in terms of your subject?

-I think that's an excellent choice for you to take me on.

-He's bluffing.

Let's have Richard and Barry into the question room to make sure there is no conferring.

-So, Richard, I believe you are a gardener.

-That's right.

You had a bit of a career change a while back.

Yes, I spent 13 years working in a bank and just decided I had

had enough and total change, I fancied working outside. I work for myself now.

Fresh-air. Given the way the banks are going at the moment it

-looks even more inspired.

-Could be a good decision.

-Who do you work for?

Are you self-employed...?

I do work for private clients, yeah, I'm self-employed in and around the Harrogate area.

-I see, so private properties. Anything at all?

-Yeah.

Let's see how you do in this category. Would you like to go first or second?

I'd like to go first, please, Dermot.

Good luck with it. First question, Richard.

Egon Spengler, Peter Venkman and Raymond Stantz are characters in which film?

I would probably rule out The Goonies.

I don't think it sounds much like Ghostbusters either.

So I think I will go for

Stand By Me.

Stand By Me.

Egon, Peter and Ray,

are characters in Ghostbusters I'm afraid, Richard.

Ghostbusters it is.

Barry, first question for you.

Who took over from Roger Moore when he stepped down from the role of James Bond

after the 1985 film A View To A Kill?

George Lazenby was in On Her Majesty's Secret Service

which was the only James Bond he was in.

I think that was in between the Roger Moore ones.

I think it was Timothy Dalton.

Timothy Dalton took over from Roger Moore, you think.

And you'd be right.

All right, Richard, let's get you off the mark, second question.

Who directed the films The Lady Vanishes, Spellbound and The Man Who Knew Too Much?

I've heard of quite a few Steven Spielberg films,

it doesn't sound like any of those.

It doesn't sound like Alfred Hitchcock either.

I think I'll probably go for Woody Allen.

The Lady Vanishes, Spellbound and the Man Who Knew Too Much.

That's not right either, Richard.

-It's not Woody Allen. Barry, do you know?

-It's Alfred Hitchcock.

It's Hitchcock, yeah, The Lady Vanishes,

Spellbound and The Man Who Knew Too Much. So...

Barry, this wins it for you if you get it.

"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martini" is reported to be the last words of which actor?

It's a lovely line to go out on.

I hope I can come up with something quite as pithy when it's my time.

But it was the last line of Humphrey Bogart.

Bogart.

-Yes, definitely.

-Yeah, it is the right answer.

It has put you through to the final round.

An entirely film round there. Those first four questions, two apiece.

Barry got his two and I am afraid you didn't, Richard.

It means you won't be playing in the final round, would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, one of the Coach Druids gone, only one round past, let's play our next subject today.

This is Arts and Books.

Who would like to play with this? It can't be you, Richard.

-Definitely not me on that.

-Are we happy for Simon B to go on that?

-Simon B. Well volunteered.

-Save his other strengths for later.

Or will we use him now?

-Other strengths?!

-We're gonna use him now?

I can be used now if you like.

-OK, feeling confident there, Simon B.

-Always.

-Which Egghead would you like to play? It can't be Barry.

-Um.

CJ's looking as though he doesn't want to get involved with that one.

He's bluffing. I think it could be a bluff,

-but we will take him anyway I reckon. CJ.

-CJ, please.

-CJ, Arts and Books.

-I tried to bluff them into taking me on Films and Television and that didn't work.

You'll never get to play Film and TV now.

Given away all your secrets. OK, it's going to be Arts and Books then, CJ. And Simon B.

-Into the question room, please.

-Go, Simon.

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

-I'll go first, please.

Off we go. Good luck, Simon.

In which city was the writer Robert Louis Stevenson born?

I'm pretty sure I have done one of those open top bus tours where

it says, "Over there was born" and I've not been to Cardiff.

He's Scottish, isn't he?

Yes, Edinburgh. Edinburgh.

It's funny the way in that all those certainties disappear.

All of them disappeared.

You got it right, Edinburgh, of course.

CJ, East Of Eden is a 1952 novel by which author?

One of the few authors I can't get into.

I've tried reading some of his books and I can't do it.

John Steinbeck.

It is John Steinbeck, yeah, East Of Eden, correct.

OK, right.

Best of order for Simon's second question, Simon?

Le Bassin Aux Nympheas

which sold at auction for £40.9 million in 2008

is a 1919 painting by which artist?

"Nymphs in a bath."

Probably is, yeah.

-I guess it's somebody French then.

-HE LAUGHS

-Which doesn't help a great deal.

-Probably not from Yorkshire.

No.

When you were reading it I thought

it was probably going to be Monet or Manet.

Or I thought it might have been Gauguin which hasn't helped at all.

I've got the word Impressionist in my head, but that doesn't

help either because Monet and Manet, I don't know anything about Gauguin.

So...

Monet? Manet?

Monet. Claude Monet.

Gone for it. OK. Monet, Manet.

Monet you decided.

-And you got the right answer.

-Yeah!

-Well done, Simon.

Second question, CJ. In the Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas,

which of the Musketeers is the husband of the villainous Milady?

I have never read the book and I have never seen the films.

I don't know this, so I'm going to plump for Aramis.

Aramis, husband of Milady. Eggheads?

-Athos.

-Athos.

-Athos.

So, right, Simon.

Get this right and you are playing for the money.

What is the first name of the central character

in the Doctor Dolittle series of children's books by Hugh Lofting?

Oh...

You see I'd have said Jim and James are the same thing anyway.

I should really look like I know this one and eliminate two of them

but I don't. So I will say John.

Well you kind of did eliminate James and Jim for their similarity

and have come up with...

-..the right answer.

-Yes!

You're through to the final round.

Well done, Simon.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Simon's steaming into the final round there.

That level of informed guessing could be invaluable when it comes

to the final and you will definitely be there.

As it stands both teams have lost one brain from the final round.

Now we play our next subject which is Sport.

I suspect Pete, Simon or Chris would all like to play.

None of us are ... We're all reasonably strong on it.

-What about you, Skipper?

-I'll probably put myself forward for that.

-That's a good idea.

OK, who would you like to play from the Eggheads? It can't be Barry or CJ.

I think I will go with the traditional Judith, please. LAUGHTER

-Yeah.

-Has it become a tradition? Oh...

-That makes me want to jump off a bridge.

-Judith on Sport.

She might surprise you. It'll be Pete against Millionaire winner.

Would you both take your positions in the question room?

Pete, we know about the cricket, is that your favourite sport, though?

Well, up there with rugby, they are probably on a par for me.

I play both and enjoy both.

You might just have the physique for the rugby as well. You are training to be a teacher?

Yes. Not at the moment, I will be starting next year,

I am a teaching assistant doing work experience at the moment.

What level do you intend to teach at, primary or secondary?

Primary, hopefully the older primary level.

Good luck with that for the future, but right now, let's see if you can knock Judith out

at Sports. Best of luck. Would you like to go first or second?

I think I'll go with everyone else - first, please.

All right, Pete, here you are, first question.

Rugby union teams from Australia, New Zealand and which other country

compete in the annual Super 14 Tournament?

-I'm quite happy about this one.

-Yeah, I thought you might be.

I can say it's not Argentina and when it was the Super 10s

I think there was a Fijian team, but now it's the Super 14, there isn't.

I can safely say it's South Africa, Dermot.

It is the right answer of course.

South Africa in the Super 14 with Australia and New Zealand.

First question for you, Judith.

Which country does Ian Woosnam represent at golf?

The UK.

DERMOT LAUGHS

Good try.

-Ian. He's called Ian.

-Ian Woosnam.

Perhaps he represents Scotland if he's called Ian.

-Is that your answer?

-Yeah.

-OK. Ian. Ian Woosnam.

It's the wrong answer, Judith, it's not Scotland, it's Wales.

So a very good start for you, Pete.

This to extend your lead, if you get it.

Who was the last man to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon

before Roger Federer's run of five consecutive victories?

I'm not sure on this.

I think...

Pete Sampras was a little bit, maybe two or three years before that.

I may be wrong.

I think Goran Ivanisevic was a little before that as well.

I remember hearing it was Lleyton Hewitt,

so I'll go Lleyton Hewitt, please.

OK, Lleyton Hewitt, CJ?

Federer's run started in 2003, Sampras won in 2000,

Ivanisevic in '01 and Lleyton Hewitt in '02.

Well worked out, Pete. CJ confirming that is the correct answer.

Two out of two. You've got to get this, Judith.

In basketball, the NBA finals are played over how many games?

In basketball, the NBA finals are played over how many games?

I have absolutely no idea.

SHE LAUGHS

Oh, God!

It's a guess. Seven is a lucky number for me. Seven.

OK, seven because it's a lucky number.

Yeah. Not this time!

It is, actually, yes.

It is a very lucky number again.

It kept you in the game. Best of seven in the NBA finals.

So, as Judith there

would admit quite openly, an outright guess, but kept her there.

But, can you get this and put her out, Pete?

What was the nickname of the baseball player, Lou Gehrig?

It's probably not the best of my subjects.

Um, just because they use a wooden bat, I'll go for The Wooden Cowboy.

OK, Wooden Cowboy - Lou Gehrig.

-Are you familiar with Lou Gehrig?

-Yes. The Iron Horse.

The Iron Horse, Pete, The Iron Horse.

-Who did he play for and when?

-The New York Yankees.

What kind of era?

-'20s and '30s.

-Part of the Murderers' Row, wasn't he?

He had the record for many years, for decades,

for the most consecutive games played.

He was ever-present, but then he eventually

fell prey to illness and it actually became known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Do we know how he got the nickname, The Iron Horse?

Pete was right - Wooden Cowboy could have worked.

I think it was from The Iron Horse being an old nickname for trains.

I think it was running at speed around the bases.

I think. I'm not certain about that.

Well, it could be a remarkable turnaround.

Judith, this takes us to Sudden Death if you get it.

In 2001, which cricketer became the first bowler to reach 500 Test wickets?

Bells are ringing somewhere.

Curtly Ambrose.

He's probably not even a bowler.

What are you, other Eggheads thinking?

-Courtney Walsh.

-It's Courtney Walsh.

-That was the other bell.

-It was down the middle again.

-I didn't trust

down the middle again. I thought we've done one down the middle.

It can't work twice.

Well, it would have done.

The good news for you, Pete,

is you're through to the final round, congratulations!

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, well, well, the Coach Druids going very strongly now.

Two Eggheads missing from the final round. Only one member of the Coach Druids gone.

And we play our last subject before that final round. This one is Music.

Simon C, or Chris, it's up to you.

-There's no contest, really.

-THEY LAUGH

-Off you go, Chris.

-I think it's one of Simon's, absolutely not Music.

I'm average at it. I'll go for that.

And awaiting you is Kevin or Daphne.

I think we'll probably plump for Kevin, if you're happy, Chris.

Are we all agreed on that?

Yeah, yeah. I'll take anyone on at music. Kevin, please.

Even the three-times World Quiz champion.

OK, let's have Chris and Kevin into the question room, please.

Chris, I believe you've had a few celebs in your pub. Who's been in?

Emmerdale's filmed down the road.

For a while they used to come and take part in the quiz, a big team of them.

It raised a few eyebrows. Various other people. Neil Morrissey's opened a pub in a nearby

village, so he called in to spy and he started his own Sunday night quiz shortly afterwards, I believe.

-A few other people.

-Bar him!

-We did once bar Bill Clinton. True story.

-What's that about?

He was doing a conference of some description in Harrogate and his henchmen came into

the pub and said, "If you clear this area, we've got a VIP and it's a good photo-shoot opportunity."

Our landlord said, "I'm not moving any of my customers

"cos they'll come in every week. He can go somewhere else."

The somewhere else has a plaque on the wall saying he had a pint there.

-We never put a plaque on our wall.

-Saying he was barred!

-Not exactly barred, no.

Mr President, you're not coming in.

Great story! Chris, would you like to go first to second?

In fact, I'll go second.

I'll buck the trend. I'll put Kevin in to bat.

Kevin, this is your first question.

The fiddle is an informal name sometimes used to describe which musical instrument?

I suppose you could fiddle with all of them, but it's the violin.

It is. OK, Chris, your first question.

Cliff Richard had a UK Christmas number one in 1988 with the song, Mistletoe and what...?

I've definitely heard the title.

I'm eliminating in my mind - snow sounds Christmassy.

Stars sounds Christmassy as well.

It's definitely a Christmas song.

Mistletoe and Wine, which is...

I'm pretty sure that was Cliff Richard,

so I'm definitely going for wine.

Making sure no silly mistakes. You've given me the right answer.

Well done, Chris.

One each. Kevin...

What was Madonna's first UK number one hit single?

It wasn't Material Girl.

I think Holiday may have been her first hit.

Her first Top Ten hit.

I'm going to say Into The Groove.

Into The Groove?

-Egghead colleagues...

-Absolutely right.

Is right. First UK Number One hit single for Madonna, Into The Groove.

Chris, second question.

What term is used to refer to an organ solo played before, during or after a church service?

I'm going to rule out Voluntary straight away.

It's just got trumpets written all over it somewhere in my mind.

Eclogue or Elective?

I'm going to go for Elective.

Elective -

an organ solo played before, during or after a church service?

It's a Voluntary. OK.

It means, Kevin,

you were put in first and haven't got a question wrong.

This wins the round for you if you get it.

"Did I disappoint you or leave a bad taste in your mouth?

"You act like you never had love and you want me to go without."

The lines from which 1992 U2 song?

To be perfectly honest, I haven't got a clue.

I'm not very big on U2, so it's going to have to be a guess.

No, I really don't know it.

I'm just going to go down the middle and say one.

It's the right answer.

Kevin big enough to say he didn't have any idea but, of course,

-even an Egghead can guess. Judith!

-THEY LAUGH

-I rely on them.

-Even a World Quiz champion can.

It's the right answer - Kevin, you've made it through to the final.

Bad luck, Chris. Perhaps not the right choice putting him in there first.

You're not to know. Would you both please come back and join your teams?

It's what we've been playing towards.

It's time for the final round which as always, is General Knowledge.

Those of you who lost your head to heads

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

Richard and Chris from the Coach Druids and Judith and CJ

from the Eggheads, would you leave the studio now, please?

So, Pete and the two Simons, you're playing to win the Coach Druids £3,000.

Barry, Kevin and Daphne, you're playing for something money can't buy -

the Eggheads' reputation.

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

The questions are all General Knowledge. You are allowed to confer in this round.

Coach Druids, the question is, are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?

Pete and the two Simons. Would you like to go first or second?

I think we should go... Seeing Simon and I won on going first,

even though Rich didn't.

-We'll go first please, Dermot.

-Here's your question.

Which noun is used to refer to an expression

which has been used so often it's felt to be trite and tedious?

Which noun is used to refer to an expression

which has been used so often it's felt to be trite and tedious?

There's only one option, isn't there?

There can't be only one option.

OK, there's three options but there's only one right one.

Indeed. I would say it is a cliche, yes.

-It's a cliche.

-At the end of the day, Dermot.

-At the end of the day...

-THEY LAUGH

We're going to go with cliche, please.

You'll be over the moon to hear then that it's correct. Yes. Cliche.

One to you.

Eggheads, Q and which have a letter are worth ten points in a standard game of Scrabble?

Q and which other letter

are worth ten points in a standard game of Scrabble?

-Z.

-Z. Yeah.

Z.

Z is correct.

X is eight and Y is four.

Right, here we go. So it's one-all.

A confident start from both teams.

Coach Druids, second question.

Which actor did the singer, Paula Abdul, marry in 1992?

Which actor did the singer, Paula Abdul, marry in 1992?

I'm not sure.

I know Charlie Sheen was married to Denise Richards,

but I'm not sure if he was married before that.

-Is it him and Emilio that are brothers?

-They're brothers, yeah.

I think something...

says to me, Kiefer Sutherland.

-Really!

-What's your thoughts, Simon?

I have absolutely no idea.

I'll go with you, Peter.

If the other two are brothers...

I think we're going to go...

..with Kiefer Sutherland.

I'm not sure, but we're going to go with it.

OK, Kiefer Sutherland and Paula Abdul married in 1992, you think.

It's not correct.

It is, you've correctly identified, Charlie and Emilio as brothers.

Do you know, Eggheads?

Emilio Estevez.

Nothing for the Coach Druids.

A chance then for the Eggheads to take the lead.

The classical piece, Bolero by Ravel, featured prominently in which film starring Dudley Moore?

The classical piece, Bolero by Ravel,

featured prominently in which film starring Dudley Moore?

10.

10 is the right answer. Correct.

Ravel's Bolero. It means you've got to get this, Coach Druids.

The American Tony Hawk is a famous name in which extreme sport?

The American Tony Hawk is a famous name in which extreme sport?

I know this. Um, I think he does to a bit of snowboarding.

I'm going to discount that though.

I'm also going to discount wakeboarding.

We're going to go for skateboarding.

OK, Tony Hawk...

is famous in the world of skateboarding. It's correct.

You've kept your hopes alive.

You've got to keep your fingers crossed though.

Hope the Eggheads get this wrong to take us to Sudden Death.

The Welshman Gary Taylor was the only winner from Great Britain of which competition during the 1990s?

The Welshman Gary Taylor was the only winner from Great Britain

of which competition during the 1990s?

I think it's the World's Strongest Man.

I have no idea.

Gary Taylor rings a bell to make her as being a strong man.

-Yeah.

-I'm happy with that as well.

He was the World's Strongest Man.

Gary Taylor was the only winner from Great Britain of...

The World's Strongest Man. It is correct. Eggheads, you've won.

Just a pity about that Kiefer Sutherland. You were really going well there, Coach Druids.

You gave them equal measure for measure during those head to heads.

I thought that final round might just get to Sudden Death. It wasn't to be.

Thank you very much indeed for coming in and telling us all about the Druids and the Coach and Horses.

Enjoy a few pints when this goes out and maybe next I'm in Harrogate, I'll come and have one with you.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and they still reign supreme over quiz land.

You won't be going home with the £3,000. Which means the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations! Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers has the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£4,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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