0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads -
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Hello and welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28the show where a team of challengers
0:00:28 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32You might recognise them,
0:00:32 > 0:00:35as they're Goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38They are the Eggheads.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Taking on our quiz champions today
0:00:40 > 0:00:42are the...
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Four of the team work together
0:00:44 > 0:00:45for HM Revenue and Customs.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47To complete the quintet,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51team captain Chris has recruited his regular quiz partner, Stella.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- Let's meet them.- Hello. I'm Chris.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I'm 59 and I'm a senior officer in her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Hello. I'm Alan.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I'm 48. I'm a civil servant.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07Hello. I'm Stella. I'm 43 and I'm a community nursery nurse.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Hello. I'm Doug. I'm 60 and I'm a civil servant.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Hello. I'm Mike. I'm 45 and I'm a civil servant.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Welcome to you, Dorset Coasters.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17I'm assuming the team name
0:01:17 > 0:01:19is because you live there?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22We all live and work on the south coast. The Dorset coast.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24A wonderful part of the world to live.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26We hope to coast through this.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Ah, yes, the other part of it.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Tell me about the quizzing.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Stella, you're not a work colleague,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34but you've quizzed with members of the team.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I've quizzed with Chris and Alan before.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40How do you do in these quizzes as a team, Chris?
0:01:40 > 0:01:41We do very well, actually.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44The hotel we go to on a Tuesday night,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49we regularly get into the prize-winning at the end of the quiz.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- Is that top three or top five? - Usual the top three.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55When we were Customs and Excise,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58we also took part in a number of quizzes in the South and South-West
0:01:58 > 0:02:00in the department.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04We received a trophy one year, which we retained the second year.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Unfortunately, when we merged with the Revenue,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11they stopped the quizzes, so we've got the trophy for life.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13A bit like someone else(!)
0:02:13 > 0:02:15For life, yeah.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19International Mastermind there, because they wound it up in 1983?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- '4.- 84. OK, then.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25You mentioned finishing in the top three in your quizzes.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29That's not good enough. Only top dog gets money and accolades here.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Let's see if you can do it. Every day there's £1,000
0:02:31 > 0:02:34worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36If they fail to win,
0:02:36 > 0:02:38the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41So, Dorset Coasters, the Eggheads have won the last 19 games.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Which means it's a round £20,000
0:02:44 > 0:02:48which says that you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50OK. Let's get on with it then.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Our first head to head today is going to be in the area of Music.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- Who likes their music?- Mike.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Shall I take that one? - Definitely, Mike.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- I'll take that, Dermot.- Who would you like from the Eggheads?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Kevin? D'you want to try Kevin?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- I'd like to take on Kevin, please. - Let's have then Mike and Kevin.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Into the question room, please, just to make sure there's no conferring.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17OK then. Mike, tell me about your interest in and your love of music.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20It goes back throughout my whole life.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23It comes from the family I grew up in.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Generations of musicians.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Lots of instruments around the house.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32I like to play all sorts of music and I play in a band.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35A-ha! The band. Now this is Rockin' The Joint?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38That's right. Rock and roll music from the '50s.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41D'you get paid? Declared earnings, of course(!)
0:03:41 > 0:03:43All declared.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46OK, Mike. D'you want to go first or second?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I'd like to go first, please.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52OK. Good luck.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Here we are, first question to you, Mike.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59The Italian singer Andrea Bocelli has which type of voice?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I think a soprano would tend to be a woman's voice.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07It would be in that range.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Baritone is a lower voice.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I think he's a well-known Italian tenor.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16That's the correct answer. Andrea Bocelli, a tenor.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Kevin, first question for you.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23What produces the sound made by an Aeolian harp?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It's wind, Dermot.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33Aeolus was the, or one of the, Gods of the wind in Greek mythology.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Correct.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38OK. Mike, here's your next question.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42What name is given in music to a note that's neither sharp nor flat?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I think nominal would be more of a term that would be used in accounts,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51which is something that I do my day job.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Normal - not heard that used in reference to musical terms.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58A note perfectly in tune would be a natural.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00As that question was for you, it's right.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Natural. Right up your street.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Kevin, which band teamed up with singer Paul Rodgers
0:05:07 > 0:05:12to record the 2008 album, The Cosmos Rocks?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Sort of standing in for Freddie Mercury.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- It's Queen.- Queen?- Yes.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Right answer, Kevin. Yes. Two each.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Both going well.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Mike, third question.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Edward Elgar was born just outside which city
0:05:29 > 0:05:32where his father later kept a music shop?
0:05:34 > 0:05:40I'm not sure of the answer to this one. But looking at the options,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I'm going to say Worcester.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46OK. Worcester.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48It's the right answer.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Well done, Mike.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Just outside Worcester.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54That means Kevin, you've got to get this.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Which popular singer was nicknamed The Chairman Of The Board,
0:05:57 > 0:06:01after founding the Reprise record label?
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I believe that was Frank Sinatra.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Chairman Of The Board? Ol' Blue Eyes?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Right answer, yes. Frank Sinatra.
0:06:11 > 0:06:133-3. That means, Mike,
0:06:13 > 0:06:14we go to sudden death.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Mike, the rock guitarist, David Howell Evans,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21is famously known by which pseudonym.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26I think that's the proper name for the guitarist in U2,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28who's called The Edge.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Yes. This rock and roll background's helping you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34It's the right answer. The Edge.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36David Howell Evans, as you explained,
0:06:36 > 0:06:37the guitarist in U2.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Kevin, which heavy-metal band
0:06:40 > 0:06:45had a number one album in 2008 with Death Magnetic?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46That's Metallica.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50It's the right answer.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54How did you know that, Kevin? You just keep an eye on the list?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- You have to, don't you?- Or is it a favourite of yours?- Not exactly!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00OK, Mike...
0:07:00 > 0:07:04What is the title of the regimental quick march of the Royal Marines,
0:07:04 > 0:07:10that is based on an 1838 song tune by Henry Russell?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Unfortunately, this one has beaten me.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19I'm going to have a guess at Blaze Away, but I don't think it's right.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Blaze Away?
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Is not the right answer. Do you know, other Eggheads?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Life On The Ocean Wave. - Life On The Ocean Wave.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30A chance opens up for Kevin.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Kevin, the singer born Yvette Marie Stevens,
0:07:35 > 0:07:39near Chicago in 1953, is better known by which name?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I think that's the real name of Chaka Khan.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45It is the right answer.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Chaka Khan. Yvette Marie Stevens, born near Chicago
0:07:48 > 0:07:53in '53, wins a very competitive round for Kevin there.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Come back and join your teams.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I feel we've got quality quizzing ahead.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02That was a quality round. Mike just lost out to Kevin.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Dorset Coasters have lost a brain from the final round.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09We'll quickly move on to another subject.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11This one's Science. Who'd like to play this?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15I do have a degree in physics.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16I think that counts, then!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18THEY LAUGH
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- It's got to be me, then.- OK, Doug.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- A physicist there, I hear you saying?- Once was, I think.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Which Egghead would you like to play?- Daphne.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- Daphne it is.- OK. Doug and Daphne into the question room, please.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36OK. Doug, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I'll go second.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Daphne. Here's your first question.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48NASA's Johnson Space Centre, which acts as mission control
0:08:48 > 0:08:53for all space shuttle flights, is located near which US city?
0:08:56 > 0:09:01I assume it's named after Lyndon Johnson.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03So it's probably Houston.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Houston.- Houston.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Is the right answer, well done.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10OK, then. First question then to Doug.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Harvest, wood and house are three types of which British mammal?
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Well, harvest mouse, woodhouse, yes, it's got to be mouse. Yes.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- And house mouse?- House mouse, yes.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28It's the right answer. Mouse. Correct.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30One to Doug. Daphne, second question.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Which scientist was chosen by Time Magazine
0:09:34 > 0:09:36to be the Person Of The 20th Century?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47If it was me,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I'm not quite sure, but...
0:09:50 > 0:09:52..it must be Albert Einstein.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- Einstein?- Einstein, yes.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Yes, you're right.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Doug. Here's your next question.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06What word is used to describe a tooth with three points?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Well, this is going to be a bit of a guess, I think.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I've heard of a cuspid tooth.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22I'll have to go for tricuspid.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25That's the right answer. Tricuspid. Correct.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Back to Daphne.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32Daphne, where was the 5,300 year-old naturally preserved mummy,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36called Oetzi, found in 1991?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45I think...
0:10:45 > 0:10:49..it was in an Alpine glacier.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Alpine glacier. OK.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54It's right. Well done, Daphne.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Well worked out. Alpine glacier. Which means, Doug,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59you've got to get this.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Which gas makes up between 96% and 98% of the atmosphere
0:11:03 > 0:11:05on the planet Venus?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12It's not nitrogen because that's the Earth.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Venus is very, very hot.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19It's got to be carbon dioxide or methane.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26I think it's got to be carbon dioxide. That's my guess.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29OK, a guess. An educated one and a correct one.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Carbon dioxide. 96%-98% on Venus.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36We go to sudden-death. You'll be familiar
0:11:36 > 0:11:40with it from Mike's experience. OK. Question for you, Daphne.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Which aviation pioneer became a celebrity for her flights
0:11:43 > 0:11:47in a De Havilland Gypsy Moth aircraft that she called Jason?
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Oh, dear! Either or.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Amy Johnson.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Amy Johnson?- Yes.- What was the or?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Amelia Earhart.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08The answer is Amy Johnson!
0:12:08 > 0:12:09It's correct.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Sorry.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13You tease!
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It's fun, though!
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Amy Johnson, correct answer from Daphne.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20It means you've got to get this, Doug.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25In which city in New Mexico was the US National Laboratory
0:12:25 > 0:12:29built in 1943 as the base for The Manhattan Project?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31That's got to be Los Alamos.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Los Alamos, it certainly is.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36That's the right answer.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41OK, Daphne, back to you, then.
0:12:41 > 0:12:47Dorothy Hodgkin won the 1964 Nobel Prize for chemistry in part for her
0:12:47 > 0:12:52discovery of the structure of which of the B vitamins?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Good guess...B12.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59B12?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01You're like a quiz B-52.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03It's the right answer!
0:13:03 > 0:13:05B12.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08OK, well, Doug, you know what
0:13:08 > 0:13:10you've to do. Here we go.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14In the 17th century, which scientist used a compound microscope to make
0:13:14 > 0:13:18detailed drawings of cells and tiny animals,
0:13:18 > 0:13:23such as the flea, and publish them in his book, Micrographia?
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I don't really know this one at all.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30And the only scientist I can think of is Isaac Newton.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33So I have to guess Isaac Newton.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35OK, Isaac Newton.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40It's not Isaac Newton.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- It's Robert Hooke.- Robert Hooke. Thank you, Barry.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Another Dorset Coaster
0:13:45 > 0:13:47won't be in the final round.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Come back and join your teams.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Well, as it stands, the Dorset Coasters
0:13:52 > 0:13:55somehow seem to have let two rounds slip away.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56They've lost two brains.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59They've been playing well, but the Eggheads are all there.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Let's get Eggheads out.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03You've got two head-to-heads before the final.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05This one is Geography
0:14:05 > 0:14:08and Chris, Alan or Stella are available to play it.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- Do you want me to go? - I think it's probably best if...
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- I'll do this one. - All right.- I can do this one.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Yeah, you'd like this one, Doug!
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Have another go!
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- Who would you like to... - Er...
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Can we try Judith? - Yeah, try Judith.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27You reckon try Judith?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- Yeah.- Try Judith, then, please.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Chris and Judith in this...
0:14:32 > 0:14:34As long as it's not about France!
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Of course, yeah! It's only certain bits of France.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's only out the front door she's good at!
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Not South-West France, anyway.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Chris and Judith in the question room.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47OK, then, Chris, let's get on with this.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50This is turning out to be some really good quizzing.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Would you like to go first or second?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55I'll take the first set, Dermot.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Geography it is, then. This is your question.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01What is the capital of Libya?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06What's the capital of Libya?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10I know Tangiers is in Morocco, because I've been there.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15Khartoum was where General Gordon met his fate. That was in the Sudan.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19So I think the answer, therefore, should be Tripoli.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22So you know it all ways, cos you knew it straight out,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I'm sure, as well. Tripoli is correct.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Judith, the Pacific island of Tahiti
0:15:29 > 0:15:31is part of an overseas territory of which country?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37That's an overseas territory of France.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39So you got your French question(!)
0:15:39 > 0:15:42It's the right answer. Let's hope that's the last of them.
0:15:42 > 0:15:48Chris, South of Market, or SoMar, is a district in which US city?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Well, I must confess, I haven't heard of this.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Erm, now, Los Angeles has got Watts County.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I don't think I've heard of it in New York.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10Erm, San Francisco... Hmm...
0:16:10 > 0:16:11It's possible.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I think I'll have to
0:16:15 > 0:16:19take a stab at this and say Los Angeles.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23OK, LA, South of Market, SoMar.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26SoMar is in San Francisco.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32San Francisco. So, right state, wrong city.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Judith, what is the main unit of currency
0:16:35 > 0:16:36in the United Arab Emirates?
0:16:39 > 0:16:44What is the main unit of currency in the United Arab Emirates?
0:16:44 > 0:16:50I think the baht is Thailand, so it's a dirham or a dinar.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Erm...
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I think it's... I don't know.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59It's a guess.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02I think it's a dirham.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07OK, UAE's main unit of currency is the dirham.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09It's the right answer, so you have the lead.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12OK, Chris, you've got to get this, then.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15From shoreline to shoreline across the isthmus of Panama,
0:17:15 > 0:17:17how long is the Panama Canal?
0:17:24 > 0:17:28I think it's more than 40 miles.
0:17:31 > 0:17:37Erm, not sure if it's as much as 110. Er...
0:17:43 > 0:17:46It's a complete guess, Dermot, but I'll say 40 miles.
0:17:46 > 0:17:4840 miles.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52It's long enough, isn't it, to dig all that out? It's the right answer.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Yes, 40 miles is correct.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Pressure question,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59well handled by Chris.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01But a chance for Judith to clinch the round.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Judith, what is officially recognised as the centre of London
0:18:05 > 0:18:07and the point to which road distances
0:18:07 > 0:18:09to the capital are measured?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Well, it's not Tower Hill, and I always used to think it was
0:18:16 > 0:18:21Hyde Park Corner until someone told me it was Charing Cross.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- Charing Cross is your answer? - Yeah.- OK.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27That's the correct answer.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Judith, you've got it.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32No reprieve, I'm afraid, Chris.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35So it means that another Dorset Coaster
0:18:35 > 0:18:36won't be in the final round.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Come back and join your teams.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Well, as it stands now, three brains from the Dorset Coasters
0:18:44 > 0:18:47have been ejected and the Eggheads are all still there.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52This is your last chance to knock an Egghead out and it's on History.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55And Alan and Stella
0:18:55 > 0:18:57remain to play. History.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59It's all gone wrong, hasn't it?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- There's other players would like to play.- Yeah.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- I will volunteer to play against Chris, please.- OK.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09One of Chris's favourite subjects, too,
0:19:09 > 0:19:10but you've gotta play one!
0:19:10 > 0:19:13It's Alan and Chris to the question room.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Alan, would you like to go first or second?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19I'd like to go first, please.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Here you go, Alan, first question.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27The American politician John McCain was held as a prisoner of war
0:19:27 > 0:19:31for several years during which major 20th century war?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38It wasn't the Second World War
0:19:38 > 0:19:42and I don't think he goes back far enough for the Korean War.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47I think that he was filmed as a very injured soldier in the Vietnam War.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Yeah, he was pretty old in the presidential election of 2008,
0:19:51 > 0:19:53but if he'd been in the Second World War...
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Yeah, the Vietnam War is correct.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Chris, what colour was the rose associated with
0:20:02 > 0:20:04the House Of Lancaster during the Wars Of The Roses?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08That was red!
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Red rose of Lancaster, white rose of York.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Yep. Most certainly is. One to you.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15OK, back to you, then, Alan.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Which British prime minister was responsible
0:20:18 > 0:20:20for buying a major interest in the Suez Canal?
0:20:22 > 0:20:28Right, well, although Palmerston was a very clever and astute politician
0:20:28 > 0:20:32and certainly enlivened politics in the mid-19th century.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Gladstone would have been too traditional.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37I think it was a sharp piece of dealing by Disraeli.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Sharp dealing by Disraeli. It's the right answer.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Well worked out, Alan. Two to you.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Chris, the Great Seal of the Realm, used by the monarch to signify
0:20:49 > 0:20:51that a document carried the force of their will,
0:20:51 > 0:20:54was dropped into the Thames by which king?
0:20:57 > 0:21:01That was James II at the time of The Glorious Revolution,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05when we had William and Mary. James II.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07James II is the right answer.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11The Great Seal of the Realm, despatched into the Thames.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16So 2-2. Alan, which village in Derbyshire, now popularly known as
0:21:16 > 0:21:19The Plague Village, chose to isolate itself when the plague was found
0:21:19 > 0:21:25in the village in 1665, rather than let the infection spread?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33This is not one to which I know an answer.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38Er, on the grounds that Eyam sounds almost like a foreign name,
0:21:38 > 0:21:42I shall take a stab instead at Castleton.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Castleton, OK.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48It's not Castleton. It is Eyam.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Plague Village.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53There we are. So it means a chance for Chris.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Going so well there, Alan, but this is a dangerous point to slip up.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01You've just got to hope that Chris doesn't get this.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Chris, the emigration of approximately 12,000 Boers
0:22:04 > 0:22:10from Cape Colony in South Africa between 1835 and the early 1840s,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13in rebellion against the policies of the British government
0:22:13 > 0:22:17and in search of fresh pasture lands, is known as the what?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Well, they were the Voortrekkers, and they went on the Great Trek.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28It's the right answer, Chris!
0:22:28 > 0:22:32A great trek to the final round for you and a trek back here, Alan,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35but not to sit in on the final round.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Come back and join your teams.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42This is what we've been playing towards.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Time the final round. It is General Knowledge.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47But those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:47 > 0:22:49won't be allowed to take part.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52So, Chris, Alan, Doug and Mike from the Dorset Coasters,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55would you leave the studio, please?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01So, Stella, you're playing to win the Dorset Coasters £20,000.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Daphne, Chris, Barry, Judith and Kevin, you're playing for something
0:23:04 > 0:23:07money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12The questions are all general knowledge
0:23:12 > 0:23:14and you are allowed to confer.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Stella, is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Stella, first or second?
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I think I'd like to go first, please.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Stella, the first question.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Which celebrity's adopted children
0:23:31 > 0:23:36include Maddox from Cambodia and Zahara from Ethiopia?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45OK, erm, I don't think it's Madonna
0:23:45 > 0:23:51and as far as I'm sure, Sharon Stone
0:23:51 > 0:23:54hasn't got children with those names.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58I think it's Angelina Jolie.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03This is from a close perusal of Heat magazine over the years?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Unfortunately, I don't actually read anything like that!
0:24:06 > 0:24:07You've got the right answer.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Yes, Maddox and Zahara.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12She's adopted both of them.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14So, good start for you.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Eggheads, the style of hat called a boater is made from which material?
0:24:21 > 0:24:25The style of hat called a boater is made from which material?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- Must be straw, mustn't it?- Straw.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29It just be straw.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Moleskin, you say(?)
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Straw! Sometimes with a nice ribbon around the...
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I can't hear you(!) I can tell you it's not moleskin(!)
0:24:38 > 0:24:42No, straw is correct, Eggheads. Well done.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Boater. Straw boaters, yeah.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Stella, what is the name of the village
0:24:46 > 0:24:50about 20 miles north of Stonehenge
0:24:50 > 0:24:53that is the site of several stone circles and a large henge?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03OK, erm, I'm not quite sure about this one.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09Erm, but I think I'll have a go and say Avebury.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- Is that your answer?- Yes.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Avebury...
0:25:15 > 0:25:16..is correct.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Avebury, yes.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23And the village has grown up almost inside...
0:25:23 > 0:25:25The circle, which was almost intact
0:25:25 > 0:25:30when Dr Stukeley was around in the late 17th century and was
0:25:30 > 0:25:32pretty well knocked to pieces
0:25:32 > 0:25:35for agricultural purposes in the 18th and 19th centuries
0:25:35 > 0:25:36and what's left is the remnants.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Let's see how the Eggheads do with this.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43What was the occupation of the father of the writer DH Lawrence?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49What was the occupation of the father of the writer DH Lawrence?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52- Miner?- Eastwood, yeah?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56He was a miner in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59I see. Very full answer.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01"Miner" will do. Correct, Eggheads, two to you.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Well, now, Stella,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06get this and you never know what might happen.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Here we are. The premises of the London Stock Exchange
0:26:10 > 0:26:11are at which London address?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19The premises of the London Stock Exchange
0:26:19 > 0:26:21are at which London address?
0:26:23 > 0:26:24OK...
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Not quite sure of this answer, at all.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Hanover... Hanover Square...
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Not quite sure whether it's that or not.
0:26:38 > 0:26:45Erm, I'll go for Fitzroy Square.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- OK.- That one.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Fitzroy Square for the London Stock Exchange.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Depends how well you know your London squares.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Of course, you're not a Londoner.- No.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00The only one of those in the City of London,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- where the Stock Exchange is, is Paternoster Square.- Ah.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Paternoster Square.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07So, first one wrong.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Might not be the end, though. The Eggheads have got to get this.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Which Speaker of the House of Commons was created
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Viscount Tonypandy in 1983?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Which House of Commons' Speaker
0:27:22 > 0:27:26was created Viscount Tonypandy in 1983?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29We're all agreed, Dermot, it was George Thomas.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32It's right, Eggheads. You've won!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Bad luck, Stella. It's always an uphill struggle on your own,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45but you did ever so well dealing with the tension and the nerves
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and the rest of it. And I thought how unlucky you Dorset Coasters
0:27:48 > 0:27:52were in those head-to-heads. Went to sudden death, some of them,
0:27:52 > 0:27:56and all of them just turned on one question. Some mighty battles there.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59I think on another day it could be a very different result,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02in the head-to-heads and the final round.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Thank you very much for playing, Dorset Coasters.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Their win streak continues.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11You won't be going home with £20,000,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14which means the money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers
0:28:19 > 0:28:21have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24£21,000 says they don't.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Until then, goodbye.
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