Episode 63 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 five quiz challengers

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

You might recognise them as they've won some of the toughest quiz shows.

They are the Eggheads.

Challenging our resident champions today are the Pharos Five.

They met whilst working for the Northern Lighthouse Board,

an organisation responsible for all the lighthouses in Scotland and the Isle of Man.

Let's meet them.

Hello. I'm Christine, I'm 48 and I'm a PA.

Hi. I'm Craig, I'm 40 and I'm a draughtsman.

Hi. I'm Douglas. I'm 59 and I'm a part-time lighthouse keeper.

Hi. I'm Brian. I'm 45 and I'm a payment supervisor.

Hi. I'm Mike. I'm 44 and I'm a business manager.

Welcome, Pharos Five. Explain the team name for us.

Pharos was the first lighthouse in Alexandria

and it's also the name of our ship.

We thought the Pharos Five sounds like the Famous Five!

It was one of the seven wonders of the world.

-Yes, that's right.

-I'm sure the Eggheads can give us the other six, but we won't give them the glory!

Tell me, how many lighthouses are there around the Scottish coast and Isle of Man?

We've got over 200 cos we've got such a rugged coastline.

We've been going since 1786 so we'll get it right one day!

I'm sure, saving an awful lot of lives over those years.

How many are still attended, have keepers?

Douglas is a lighthouse keeper, but we have pretend lighthouse keepers now. None are manned,

so Douglas visits a lot in his area.

-Douglas, you have a list and you go and check them out. Do you stay there?

-No.

Nothing as dramatic as that. All the lighthouses are automatic.

I always think that my job - I'm one of about 18 retained lighthouse men -

my job is to feed the monkey.

We go and check the information sent by the computer is correct.

We change the odd lamp and make sure it's watertight and working.

Spruce it up and on you go.

Remember when you leave to leave the light on!

LAUGHTER

I'm sure you've used that line before, but it's a new one on us!

Let's play the game.

Every day, there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.

If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over.

Pharos Five, the Eggheads have won the last eight games

which means £9,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

Let's get on with it with our first head-to-head today. Food and Drink.

Who'd like to play this and who will you take on from the Eggheads?

-Yes, I nominate myself.

-OK.

The team captain nominates the team captain.

Who would you like to take on from the Eggheads? All five are available.

I think we'll go for Kevin. What do you think?

ALL AGREE

-OK?

-OK. You choose, boys.

-Right, Kevin.

-Kevin.

OK. Let's have Christine and Kevin into the question room, please,

to make sure you can't confer.

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

-I'll go first, please.

Good luck, Christine. First question.

What type of meat is traditionally used in Irish stew?

Um...

I think beef is more a Scottish meat.

Pork... I don't think it's pork. I'll go for lamb.

In an Irish stew, the traditional meat ingredient is lamb. Right answer.

Well worked out. Good start for Christine. Kevin,

in which country are Kalamata olives grown?

Is it spelt there with a "K" or a "C"?

A "K". K-A-L-A-M-A-T-A. Kalamata.

It's Greece, anyway, so...

-Thanks for asking!

-That's OK. Greece.

Greece is the right answer, Kevin.

One to you. Christine.

What term is used to describe a wine wholly produced from one type of grape?

Well, I should really know this, cos I drink quite a lot of wine!

But I never look at the bottle!

They don't come in bottles, they come in boxes!

By the litre, then, is it?

Three litres!

A blend sounds like it would come from more than one.

Varietal sounds like varieties.

So I don't really know, but I'm going to go for vintage.

Vintage. A wine wholly produced from one type of grape is varietal.

I think referring to the one variety.

So it's one type of grape there. A blend is different types

and vintage is just in reference to its age.

Chance for the lead, then, Kevin.

What type of food is the Russian dish Kulebiak?

I've heard the name, but can't remember what it is.

I'll say fish pie.

Why?

Cos I'm hoping it's that!

Not a spark of information? Not a glimmer?

There might be, but now you'll tell me it's wrong.

I'm not. It's the right answer.

Fish pie is correct.

You've got the lead, then. Christine, you need to get this.

Which chef opened his first independent restaurant

in Royal Hospital Road in London in 1998?

Gordon Ramsay, he does restaurants and hotels, I know that.

I honestly don't know. I wish I did.

I'll go for Jean Christophe Novelli.

I thought you were going to go for the Scottish link. You mentioned Gordon.

-It's Gordon Ramsay.

-Oh, no!

Which means we bring the round to a close at this point.

Kevin doesn't need another question. You got two wrong.

You were beginning to wonder why you were in there.

-It's always a tough round. You find it tough, don't you?

-That's putting it mildly!

It's a very wide subject, that's the thing.

It's also very international.

There are plenty of things that have never made it here, but we still get asked!

You should know them. Christine, bad luck.

You won't be in the final round. Kevin's there. Come back and join your teams.

The Pharos Five have lost one brain from the final round.

The Eggheads haven't lost any after one round.

Christine's still there as a guiding hand for the Pharos Five.

Who wants to play Film & Television?

Film & Television.

-Has to be Brian, doesn't it?

-Will you do it, Brian?

I'll have a go, yeah.

-Sure?

-I'm sure.

It has to be you, Brian. Which Egghead?

All, apart from Kevin, are available.

Daphne's looking at you!

It's the way she looked at me!

It's that smile with a dagger behind it, isn't it?

-I think we'll try Judith.

-Me?

Yes, that's you!

Let's have Brian and Millionaire winner Judith into the question room.

-Do you want to go first or second, Brian?

-I'll go first.

Good luck! What is the first name of the character Sharpe as played by Sean Bean

in the long-running TV series?

This should be a Christine question!

It's not one I've watched.

Reginald sounds a bit posh, I think.

And Rupert sounds a bit too posh for a Sean Bean,

so I think I'll go for Richard.

You think Sean Bean wouldn't put up with it

if they wanted to rename his character!

You're right. Richard Sharpe is the right answer.

OK, Judith, the acronym AMPAS

stands for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and what?

Well, I shouldn't think it's scholarship.

I immediately thought Special Effects.

Is it AMPAS?

-AMPAS.

-A-M-P-A-S?

-Yes.

-It would be A-M-P-S-E if it was special effects.

I think it's sciences.

Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

is the right answer, Judith. Well worked out.

One each. OK, Brian,

second question. "Roger Roger,

"what's our vector, Victor?"

And "We have clearance, Clarence",

are lines from which classic 1980 film comedy?

Well, um...

They're all from the same stable, I'm pretty sure,

Hot Shots, The Naked Gun and Airplane!

But Airplane! has all the references to the flight and "Roger Roger",

so it's definitely Airplane!.

Definitely Airplane!. It's the right answer. Well done, Brian.

You knew that one.

He knows his film comedies.

Judith, who played the title role in the 1974 film Young Frankenstein?

I've no idea. Um...

Marty Feldman was really sort of... Looked really peculiar, didn't he?

I have a feeling he wouldn't be Young Frankenstein.

No, wait! Frankenstein! I was thinking of Dracula!

Young Frankenstein.

It could be Mary Feldman, in that case.

-I'm going to say Marty Feldman.

-Marty Feldman.

-Yes.

I had Dracula fixed in my mind!

Wouldn't work as Dracula, but funny-looking enough to be Young Frankenstein.

-He was in it, wasn't he?

-He was Igor.

He was Igor, the able assistant to Young Frankenstein,

played by Gene Wilder.

And produced by and directed by Mel Brooks.

All the associations there. Tricky question. Gene Wilder

is the answer we were looking for. Didn't get it. Brian,

you go through to the final round

if you tell me the correct answer.

The actress Jada Pinkett

married which Hollywood star in 1997?

Yes, she actually puts one of the voices into one of my children's favourite cartoons, Madagascar.

She's actually now known as Jada Pinkett Smith, I think.

-She married Will Smith.

-Jada Pinkett

became Jada Pinkett Smith, so yeah, it is Will Smith!

Well done, Brian!

A majestic victory. Cruising into the final round, Brian.

Prepare yourself for that. Judith prepare yourself for a rest!

No more to do.

Please come back and join your teams.

Pharos Five fight back. One from each team has gone.

We'll play our next subject now. This one is Geography.

Definitely Mike.

-Douglas or Craig, Mike?

-Mike.

-Who would you like from the Eggheads?

Judith and Kevin have gone. That leaves Barry, Chris or Daphne.

I'm not taking on Daphne! She's got that look in her eye today!

-I've seen that before! I'm not taking that on!

-She's been eating her spinach!

Chris.

Chris. OK. Geography.

-You'll be glad not to be playing a music round!

-Indeed, yes.

Better hadn't be the Sugababes again, I'll say!

We can work the Sugababes into this!

You might. You might.

Place of birth. Let's have Mike and Chris into the question room, please.

Mike, you're playing Geography, but you're a keen musician as well.

I wouldn't say that. I'm one of these madmen who hang around musicians. A drummer!

Listening to your accent, are you Scottish by birth, or an adopted Scotsman?

I'm Scotch by consumption!

You've got some great lines, you lot!

-OK. Now, would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please.

Good luck. It's Geography. Here you go, Mike.

Which southern US city is home to districts known as Little Havana and Coconut Grove?

Well, Houston is in Texas and would have more of a Mexican bent.

These would tend towards Cuban

and therefore probably not New Orleans, it's more French.

I'd say Miami where there's a large Cuban immigrant population.

-So, Miami.

-OK. Your logic tells you that. And it is the right answer.

A good start by Mike. Miami. Chris,

on which Mediterranean island is the city of Messina?

You've got the Straits of Messina separating Italy from Sicily.

So it's on Sicily.

It is. It's the right answer. Sicily.

OK. Back to you, Mike.

Which mainland Australian state capital

is the furthest east?

Well, Perth is on the west coast.

Sydney is south of Brisbane, I think.

And there's a bulge above Sydney

so I think it's Brisbane.

OK. Drawing your mental map of Australia, there.

And giving me the right answer. Well done.

Chris,

the Mohawk is the principal tributary of which US river?

Well, the New York Central had a Mohawk and Hudson division,

so it's the Hudson.

Hudson is correct.

So it's two-all.

Good round. OK, Mike,

which city is divided into 23 districts called Bezirke?

B-E-Z-I-R-K-E.

-23 districts.

-It doesn't sound very Germanic, so I'll discount Vienna.

It sounds like it's an anglicised Islamic word.

So...

Budapest was part of the Ottoman Empire at one point, I think,

but I don't think they'd have kept that name.

-So by deduction I'm gonna plump for Istanbul.

-Istanbul.

There's an Islamic influence there.

Bezirke. The city that's divided into 23 districts

is Vienna. It is the Germanic.

Well, it's given Chris a chance. Chris,

which body of water,

250 kilometres long and under a four-kilometre-thick layer of ice,

is the largest sub-glacial lake in Antarctica?

Well, if we're talking Antarctica, we're talking scientific investigation to find it.

I think Lake Nipigon actually exists

somewhere up in the northern USA somewhere, or Canada.

So it's not that.

I don't think they'd call it the Don Juan Pond.

So, given that it's Russian and they've been doing a lot of scientific investigation there,

I'd say Lake Vostok.

You've nailed it. Right answer. Well done,

worked it out. Lake Vostok. Mike nodding.

Didn't come your way, I'm afraid, Mike.

Got a toughie there with your third question.

No place for you in the final round, I'm sorry to say.

You'll be a loss to the Pharos Five, but you can't play.

Chris is there for the Eggheads. Come back and join your teams.

Bad luck for Mike. It means the Pharos Five have lost two brains from the final.

The Eggheads have lost one.

This is your last chance to knock an Egghead out.

A chance to even it up in the final.

Our last head-to-head is sport.

Who'll play this? Craig or Douglas?

It's gotta be you, Craig.

Looks like it's gonna be me.

Sounds like it! Who would you like to play from the Eggheads?

-Barry or Daphne?

-I'm only gonna be here once, so it has to be Daphne.

-The kids told me I have to play Daphne.

-This is your dream, is it?

-What do your kids think of Daphne?

-Fantastic. She knows everything.

-Not on sport!

-I have to get a signed photo before I go.

-Only if you let me win!

-I don't think I'll have to let you win!

-You can have one, whatever.

Can I ask you both to take your positions in the question room.

Craig, what's your sporting pedigree? What qualifies you for this round?

Sitting watching it on telly, really!

-I don't play anything, but I watch everything.

-Let's hope so.

This, like all the categories, covers a lot of mileage.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-First, please.

Good luck, Craig. Here you go.

See if you can knock Daphne out. In which sport would you start off by playing the front nine?

Well, definitely not badminton.

Baseball, I think you have nine innings.

But the front nine is on the golf course.

I would say definitely, but hopefully golf. I'll go for golf.

Yeah, definitely golf. It's the right answer. The front nine.

Successful start for Craig.

Daphne, what name is given to the partitions

into which racehorses are guided

so they can all start in unison?

They're stalls. Phew!

Stalls is the right answer. Well done, Daphne.

OK, Craig. Second question.

How many gold medals did Great Britain win

at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

As a sofa sportsman, that must have been great watching for you.

I certainly watched a lot of it.

Our countryman did really well, Mr Hoy.

It was definitely more than nine.

29 or 19.

I don't think it was as many as 29. I'll plump in the middle for 19.

19, down the middle. 19 golds.

-It was the best haul for 100 years, wasn't it?

-Yep.

It's the right answer. Well done. 19.

I bet you saw every one of them!

-Probably!

-OK.

Daphne, in July 2008,

which driver announced he would be retiring from competitive driving

at the end of the 2008 season?

Oh, dear!

I'm not... I don't think it's Jenson Button.

But I think...

..David Coulthard's announced his retirement.

So that's the only bit of information I've got to go on.

I mean, Rubens Barrichello is getting on a bit, but...

I'm gonna cross my fingers and hope it's David Coulthard.

-Is it? Please?

-I can't tease you. It's the right answer.

Well done, Daphne.

Well. Will this sort out a winner? The third question apiece. Craig,

which team won the 2008 rugby league World Cup?

Well, rugby is definitely not my sport.

I seem to remember New Zealand upsetting the odds by beating Australia.

So I'll plump for the middle again, New Zealand.

The right answer. New Zealand is the right answer.

OK, Daphne.

Footballer Gabriel Heinze

has represented which country at international level?

Could you spell his surname?

H-E-I-N-Z-E.

Because I have absolutely no idea,

I'm going to go for the least likely one

and say Argentina.

You clever Egghead! It's the right answer! Yes.

OK, it's all square, which means

we go to sudden death. We take away the choices.

I've just got to hear an answer from you. This is your question.

Which Denver player is the only quarterback

to have started in five American Football Super Bowls?

Is it John Elway?

-Is that your answer?

-It is my answer.

John Elway is the right answer. John Elway!

Well done, Craig!

That's like an Egghead.

Came up from somewhere. John Elway. Is it the winning touchdown pass?

Daphne, to save yourself,

in 1969, the New York Yankees baseball team

retired their number seven shirt in honour of which famous player?

Well, the only person I can think of around that time was Joe DiMaggio.

-So that's my answer.

-Joe DiMaggio.

Number seven shirt New York Yankees 1969.

-No?

-No, it's not Joe DiMaggio. Do you know, Eggheads?

-Mickey Mantle.

-Mickey Mantle.

-Oh.

-Mickey Mantle. Which means, Craig,

that was a great round! Absolutely fantastic!

You played magnificently and you've got Daphne's scalp there as well.

Don't know how your children will treat you! Get that autograph while you can!

The mood can change quickly!

You're in the final, Craig. Both come back and join your teams.

This is what we've been playing towards.

It's the final round which as always is general knowledge.

Those of you who lost your head-to-heads can't play this round.

So Christine and Mike from the Pharos Five and Daphne and Judith,

would you leave the studio, please?

Craig, Douglas and Brian, you're playing to win the Pharos Five £9,000.

Chris, Barry and Kevin are playing for something money can't buy,

the Eggheads' reputation.

I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

The questions are all general knowledge and you can confer.

Pharos Five, the question is, are your three brains better than the Eggheads'?

-Craig, Douglas and Brian, would you like to go first or second?

-First.

Kicking off in the final round,

can you win £9,000 today?

Here you go. In 1982, which TV comedy double act

made their feature film debut, starring in The Boys In Blue?

In 1982, which TV comedy double act

made their feature film debut starring in the police caper The Boys In Blue?

Little and Large didn't make any films.

-I don't think so.

-I'm drawn to Cannon and Ball.

Hale and Pace, I don't think they ever made any films.

-Agreed?

-I think definitely Cannon and Ball.

-Agreed?

We're agreed on Cannon and Ball.

Are you keen students of comedy double acts of the early '80s?

We've got a few comedy acts where we work!

"Rock on Tommy" and the rest! It's Cannon and Ball. Well done.

Eggheads, what is the first name of the brother of politician David Miliband,

appointed to the cabinet in 2007?

What is the first name of the brother of politician David Miliband

appointed to the cabinet in 2007?

-That's Ed.

-Yeah.

Ed Miliband.

Ed and David, the Miliband brothers. The right answer, Eggheads.

One each. Pharos Five,

what name is given to the fore and aft sail

on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship?

What name is given to the fore and aft sail

on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship?

We would get a ship question, wouldn't we?

-I was gonna say!

-The one thing we don't know.

You deal with lighthouses, but do you know about...

They've got steam these days!

-Has anybody any idea?

-Jigger, spanker...

-I've no idea.

Spanker. It couldn't be called a spanker.

-The only one I recognise is jigger.

-If you recognise that, then...

-What it is, I don't know.

-I'm drawn to the jigger as well.

Yep, I think we'll go for jigger, yeah?

-I'll go for it.

-We're gonna go for jigger, Dermot, but with no conviction.

It would be a nautical question!

We'll never live this down!

You'll have to, cos it's not right!

It's the spanker.

It's the spanker.

It would be that, wouldn't it?

Hold on, there's plenty more to go in this quiz. Eggheads,

the character Sir John Falstaff appears or is mentioned in how many Shakespeare plays?

The character Sir John Falstaff appears or is mentioned in

how many of Shakespeare's plays?

Henry IV, Parts One and Two.

-Henry V.

-And The Merry Wives of Windsor.

-Four.

Four, Dermot.

I heard you naming them. Say it out loud, please.

Henry IV, Parts One and Two,

Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

It's the right answer, Eggheads. Yes, four is correct.

And you named the plays correctly as well.

Right, you have to get this, Pharos Five.

Palfrey is an archaic word for which animal?

Palfrey. P-A-L-F-R-E-Y.

Palfrey is an archaic word for which animal?

I'm happy to go back to the ship question!

Could well be.

-Um, palfrey.

-Could it be a sheep?

-I honestly don't know.

-It's more sheepish.

-It doesn't sound macho enough for a bull.

-No.

-You happy to go for sheep, are you?

-Yeah...

Go for sheep. Be it on my head.

It has to be a guess. Sheep.

-Sheep.

-Sheep.

-That's our guess.

OK. Palfrey is an archaic word for...

..horse.

It's horse.

Eggheads, it seems a long way from horse.

I know the German is pferd.

I'm not sure where it comes from

but it was generally a ladies' horse

because it was smaller than the average horse the knights used.

-The Wife of Bath rides one in Chaucer, I think.

-I see.

A small horse, then.

Palfrey is an archaic word for horse.

You guys said sheep. So, Eggheads, you've won.

All it takes is a couple of questions to go against you. It slipped away in the final round.

Thanks very much for playing Eggheads today, Pharos Five.

-Think of us when you head back to Scotland.

-Thank you.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £9,000

so the money rolls over to the next show. Eggheads, congratulations.

Who will beat you? Join us next time to see if a new team have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£10,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye!

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