Episode 71 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've won some of the country's toughest quiz shows.

They are the Eggheads.

And taking on the awesome might of our quiz goliaths today are the Old Forge.

The team are all technicians at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire.

However, when they aren't getting their hands dirty at work

they like nothing more than a pint at the squadron bar, The Old Forge.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Gary. I'm 36 years old and I'm an aircraft technician.

Hi, I'm Harry. I'm 32 years old and I'm a weapons technician.

Hi, I'm Phil. I'm 30 and I'm also a weapons technician.

Hi, I'm Gary. I'm 39 and I'm also a weapons technician.

Hi, I'm Warren. I'm 30 and an aircraft engineer.

We know what the team is named after. Is it just drinking there or is there a bit of quizzing, as well?

Not usually quizzing. More drinking than anything.

And tell me a bit about, about RAF Wittering and your squadron.

What kind of planes do you work on?

We work on the Harrier, which is based at Wittering and the Cottesmore.

You must travel a lot, then? I mean, with the squadron.

Have you all been all round the world, I guess?

Yeah, we've been to some, some exotic places.

OK. Well, good luck to you, Old Forge.

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, Old Forge, the Eggheads have won just the last game, which means

£2,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

And our first head-to-head battle is going to start with Sport.

It's either, Harry or Gary, I think.

-I think you should go for it.

-Yeah, I think Harry as well, yeah.

So, we're going to pick Harry for this one.

OK, Harry, sporting expert. Who do you want to play from the Eggheads?

-And it can be any of them, of course.

-CJ, I think.

I'll take on CJ, please, Dermot.

OK, then. Opening round is going to be between Harry and CJ.

Could I ask you both, please... look at his face!

Could I ask you both, please, to take your positions in the question room.

Just to make sure you can't confer with your team members.

OK, Harry, so where have you been then with the squadron?

I've been to Cyprus, Holland,

Denmark and Northern Scotland, places like that.

Been across to Alaska, Canada. Basically, all over the place.

-You're on the weapons side, aren't you?

-Yes, Dermot.

I mean, that must be incredibly important. I mean, safety must be absolutely paramount.

It is paramount, yes, Dermot. There's a big health...

big safety emphasis, if you will, that we all have to adhere to.

-It's drilled into us everyday for obvious reasons.

-Not a surprise.

OK, now let's play this Sport round. Do you want to go first or second?

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

Best of luck, Harry. Here you go, first question.

What are the two colours worn by opposing fighters in Olympic boxing contests?

That would be red and blue, Dermot.

I can immediately cancel out black and white, and green and gold.

I think I know the answer. I'm quite confident.

They don't have black and blue, which is how some fighters end up.

Red and blue is the right answer. Well, done, Harry. Good start.

CJ, a 22 metre drop out is one of the methods used to restart the game in which sport?

You don't have to answer, but it will count against you.

Why am I playing Sport?

Well, I've never heard the term and I've never seen any of those sports.

The only thing I've got to go on is that I know there are several

ways of restarting a game of rugby. So, we'll try Rugby Union.

How does he get them? It's the right answer. Well done, CJ.

Yes, we won't even begin to explain.

It's one each and back to Harry.

Good luck with this one, Harry.

Who succeeded Ian Botham as captain of the England cricket team in 1981?

You play a bit of cricket, don't you, Harry?

I do, yes. I was hoping you wouldn't bring this up.

My initial instinct before the answers came up was Mike Brearley.

And my gut is starting to throw me now.

So... I'm going to stick with my initial instinct

and go for Mike Brearley, please, Dermot.

Mike Brearley is correct. Well done, Harry.

Stuck to your guns there and got it.

So, CJ, you're behind.

Which top flight Italian football team are nicknamed the Nerazzurri?

Well, I know Juventus have a nickname,

but isn't that something to do with a woman?

La Signora or something. Isn't that them? I don't know.

I don't know. Inter Milan.

-Inter Milan.

-I don't know.

It's the right answer, CJ. And again, we don't know how you got it.

And translation, Eggheads?

-Black and blue.

-That's black and blue.

-Yeah. Nera...

-Nerazzurri. The national team are the azzurri,

-they're the blues, aren't they?

-And nera is black.

So, the black and blues. Yes, that's the strip.

And so he's got it again. How he does it? I just don't know.

Neither does he. So, it's two all. Right, Harry.

What was the name of the gallant but exhausted Italian athlete, who was physically

dragged over the finishing line of the 1908 Olympic marathon, by concerned spectators and officials?

Well, I'm afraid I'm a bit, a bit CJ on this one.

I haven't got the foggiest.

"A bit CJ." I like that.

I can't even take an educated guess, I'm afraid.

I'm just going to have a wild stab in the dark,

and hope I do a CJ and get it right.

I'm going to go for Giuseppe Dordoni.

And it was Dorando Pietri. Wouldn't he be disqualified for that?

-Yes, he was.

-Yes, he was.

But the Olympic Committee thought his efforts

were so worthwhile that they awarded him an honorary medal,

or an honorary cup or something to recognise his achievements.

I see. OK, well, unbelievably,

CJ's in the position where he might win the round.

I emphasise the might. But here's your question.

How many players compete in the men's singles contest

at the end of season ATP Tournament, the Master's Cup?

I'll try eight for that, Dermot.

ATP is, of course, tennis. I didn't even want to give that away

just in case you hadn't recognised it.

But tennis is one of the few sports CJ knows anything about.

And that's the right answer. Eight competitors in the Master's Cup.

Harry, it means on those three questions you have lost out.

I know you're a far better player on Sport than CJ is.

But, unfortunately, luck hasn't been with you today.

Means you won't be in the final round. Would you both, please, come back and join your teams.

Well, as it stands, one member of the Old Forge gone.

All the Eggheads are there. We'll play our next subject now.

And it's Film & Television.

Who likes Film & Television?

-Yeah. That'll be myself.

-Gary...

-Gary B.

Gary B, and which Egghead would you like to play? It can't be CJ.

Judith or Barry?

-Judith.

-We'll go for Judith.

OK, Judith. Let's have Gary B then and Judith

into the question room, please, to play Film & Television.

Gary, do you watch a lot of films, television?

I try to. When I, when I get spare time.

Try to keep abreast of the current films and stuff.

Let's see if you can prove it now. Would you like to go first or second?

I'll try first please.

OK, here you go. What is the profession of Charles Foster Kane in the 1941 film Citizen Kane?

Um... Right. Interesting start.

I'm not 100% sure, I must admit.

I was drawn to newspaper tycoon when it came up.

No, I'm going to go with newspaper tycoon.

Charles Foster Kane... is a newspaper tycoon, yes.

Good start, Gary. And, Eggheads, based on a real life character?

William Randolph Hearst.

OK, Judith.

What type of vehicle was Knight Industries 2000 in a 1980s TV series

starring David Hasselhoff?

I don't think I ever saw it.

Motorbike.

-Guess.

-Motorbike.

-Yep.

-The Hoff.

No, not a motorbike.

-It's a car.

-It's a car.

-Knight Rider.

-There was a sort of spin off,

not really a spin off series, but a series similar to Knight Rider.

Which had a high-tech motorbike, as Judith said, called Street Hawk.

Maybe you were thinking of Street Hawk then, Judith?

-What's Street Hawk?

-Clearly you weren't.

It was one with a motorbike in it. The other Eggheads are just saying.

If you were listening you could have covered up and gone "Yes,

"that's what I was thinking of."

Well, it's a good start then, from Gary's point of view.

And this will give you a very big lead if you get it.

The 1996 film Trainspotting is set mainly in which Scottish city?

I believe this one was actually filmed in Glasgow,

but supposed to represent Edinburgh.

-So, I'll go for Edinburgh.

-Edinburgh for a 2-0 lead.

It is 2-0. It's the right answer.

Judith, which actor became well known for using the catch phrase,

"You might very well think that, but, of course, I couldn't possibly comment,"

in a 1990 TV drama?

Oh, not a series?

I think that's, the, the clue. Because if was Nigel Hawthorne

it would be Yes, Minister or Yes, Prime Minister.

I think it's...

Ian Richardson.

-Ian Richardson?

-Yes.

It is the right answer, yes. Ian Richardson. Well worked out.

Eggheads, the drama and the character?

-House Of Cards.

-Francis Urquhart.

House Of Cards and Francis Urquhart.

OK. Keeping your hopes alive,

but, of course, you're ejected from the game, Judith,

if Gary gets this.

In 1997 Barry Jackson joined a cast of which TV series

playing the pathologist Doctor George Bullard?

Do you watch them, Gary?

No, I must admit I don't watch these sort of programmes.

I'm going to go with Waking The Dead.

No, it's Midsomer Murders.

Midsomer Murders. So, a chance gone begging there.

And Judith can come back,

take us to sudden death if she gets this.

Judith, which Hollywood actor ended up taking out a court order

to allow him to vote in the 2008 US presidential election?

I can't think why he would need to.

I can't think...

of a reason why he wouldn't be allowed to vote anyhow.

I think I'm going to say Kevin Costner.

OK, Kevin Costner...

took out a court order.

I think this one you either know or you don't, isn't it?

So, you've had a guess and you've got it wrong.

Which means, Gary, you're through to the final round.

And, Eggheads, just explain to Judith why it was Tim Robbins.

He got to the voting booth and found even though he'd registered,

his name wasn't on the list.

And he had a huge row. They actually threatened to call the police.

And he threatened to counter sue them for intimidation.

Rushed off to City Hall, got the registration,

took out the court injunction and came back.

-And then they allowed him to vote.

-Tim Robbins is the answer we wanted.

You said Kevin Costner. Means no place for you in the final round, Judith.

Would you both, please, come back and join your teams.

Much better for the Old Forge. They've knocked an Egghead out, so it's all square at the moment.

And our next subject today is Music. Who'd like to play this one?

It's Gary E, Phil or Warren.

I think Phil's going to be...

-You think Phil?

-Yes, I think Phil.

Phil. OK, which Egghead would you like to play?

-Daphne, Kevin or Barry.

-Who's bad on Music?

-I don't know.

-They're all good. I think you should go for Daphne.

-Daphne? Daphne.

-Daphne, please.

Daphne. Well, you might find your work cut out against Daphne.

So, it's Daphne and Phil for Music.

Could I ask you both, please, to take your positions in the question room.

OK, now, Phil, do you want to go first or second?

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

OK, change of tactics. The Eggheads in. That's Daphne.

And this is your question. Would have been Phil's.

The singer Duffy who had UK hit singles with Warwick Avenue

and Mercy was born in 1984 in which part of the UK?

She is Welsh.

Wales is correct for Daphne.

OK, then, Phil, your first question.

"Naughty boys in nasty schools, headmasters breaking all the rules,"

are the first lines of which 1980s UK hit single for Madness?

I think this one takes absolutely no explaining. That's Baggy Trousers.

Yeah, Baggy Trousers. Absolutely.

Daphne, the town of Bayreuth, in Germany, holds a well known

annual festival celebrating which type of music?

A proper music question!

It's opera.

They're changing it to rap next year.

DAPHNE LAUGHS

But at the moment they're doing opera.

Absolutely correct, yes.

So, two to you and, Phil, second question.

Dance Macabre is a famous piece of music by which French composer born in 1835?

Tricky one. I was hoping, hoping I wouldn't get a question like this.

OK, let's see.

Purely for no other reason that it sounds the most French,

I'll go with Camille...

and I'll leave the pronunciation up to you there.

Camille Saint-Saens is the right answer, yes.

-Hey, there's logic there somewhere.

-Or to you Camille What's-his-name.

Yeah. Dance Macabre. Which, Eggheads, we may popularly know as?

-The theme music for Jonathan Creek.

-Theme music for Jonathan Creek.

OK, right.

Well, it's still all square. Daphne's question now.

Chinese Democracy is a long awaited 2008 album by which group?

I think their last album was 1993 and it's Guns N' Roses.

-I've just shown off, because I know one.

-Showing off there.

Been reading up about them?

Well, I read about Chinese Democracy.

-I think, actually, it's been banned in China.

-There's democracy for you.

It is Gun N' Roses, yes. It's the right answer.

Well done, Daphne.

OK, you've got to get this then, Phil.

The jazz musician Lester Young was best known for his skill on which musical instrument?

The jazz musician Lester Young

was best known for his skill on which musical instrument?

Once again I think I'm going to need Lady Luck on my side with this one.

And I'm going to go with saxophone.

Bit of a guess at Lester Young to keep you in the game.

You're still playing. It's the right answer, saxophone.

We go to sudden death.

Just to remind you, Phil, that means we take away those choices you have been guessing so well.

This is Daphne's question. Which Canadian band took their name from the change that

band member Mike Kroeger used to give customers while working in a coffee shop?

That would be Nickelback.

-I see, give them a nickel back?

-Um-hm.

It's the right answer, Daphne. Nickelback is correct.

Phil, Wild Thing and Love Is All Around were UK hit singles for which band in the 1960s?

Whilst I'm not 100% sure, I think that was The Troggs.

-So, yeah, I'll go with The Troggs.

-The Troggs.

It's the right answer, yes. The Troggs.

And another question each.

Daphne, a 1959 Fender Stratocaster guitar

with the serial number 3-4-3-4-6,

reputedly became the first Stratocaster in the UK,

when it was given as a present to which guitarist?

No idea.

Complete guess...

..Hank Marvin.

Sorry, I don't know.

The guitarist who received the present and what is thought to be

the first Stratocaster in the UK...

-was Hank Marvin.

-Oh!

-It's the right answer.

Wow, what a guess! Were you working it out on the date, 1959?

-Yes. It's the only person I could think of.

-Yeah, Hank Marvin.

A gift from Cliff Richard of course.

Who allegedly circumvented import restrictions by asking colleague

Dave Lilley to buy it direct from Fender's California factory.

So, you've got to get this, Phil.

The jazz singer, known variously as Eleanor Harris and Eleanora Fagan,

became famous under what stage name?

Well, I'm afraid it's come to that time when my luck's finally run out.

I can't even hazard a guess at this one, I'm afraid.

Are you sure, Phil? Just don't fall on your sword yet. Because you've got a bit of time.

-No, I'm afraid I really don't know.

-OK, yeah.

Daphne, do you know if it had been your question? Just out of interest.

-Billie Holiday.

-Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday.

So, nothing there from Phil, which means good round, Phil.

Really well played. Took us two questions into sudden death.

But not to be. It means no place for you in the final round.

Would you both, please, come back and join your teams.

As it stands after that, the Old Forge have lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have lost one, and our last subject before the final round now is Food & Drink.

And Gary E or Warren

remain to play Food & Drink.

-Yeah, he did say that.

-Yeah, that'll be me.

OK, Gary, who would you like to play from Barry or Kevin?

I think Barry. I don't...

-I'd try and take Kevin out.

-Try and take Kevin out.

-I'm going to go for Kevin.

-Oh, OK.

Well, some advice saying go for Barry, but decided to play Kevin.

Let's have Gary and Kevin into the question room then, please.

OK then, Gary. So, where is your job and other things? Where have you been on your travels?

I've been on various different squadrons.

So, I think my favourite places I've been to really was like America.

Alaska was fantastic.

Really enjoyed it there. But we've, we've been to some unsavoury places.

I'm sure. Why does the RAF go over to Alaska?

Basically, it was for pilot training against the Americans.

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

I'd like to go first, please.

OK, Food & Drink. Here we go.

Which herb has two varieties popularly used in cooking -

curly and the Italian flat leaf?

Not quite sure about this.

Parsley pops out at me for some reason.

So, I'm going to go for parsley.

Parsley yes, it's the right answer. Well done, Gary.

Kevin, a jerk marinade would traditionally be used in which type of cuisine?

I think that sounds Caribbean.

-Yep.

-Caribbean, yeah.

-Jerk...

is the right answer, yes. Caribbean.

OK, second question for both of you. This is yours, Gary.

What name is given to the type of Chinese green tea that's rolled into small pellets and then dried?

Very difficult.

I shall go for...

..musketball tea.

Musketball tea. I see where you're coming from.

Yes, the shape and the size.

-Correct, yes.

-Would seem to fit. But it's not the right answer.

It's gunpowder tea, for some reason.

Gunpowder tea.

Kevin, a chance for the lead then. To macerate food means to do what to it?

Well, it's not boil. But then seeing slice it and soak it

has suddenly made me...

I think it's possibly I'm getting a little bit of...

clutter in my head again there,

because of macedoine which involves slicing food...

No, soak it. Soak it, yeah.

Soak it. Soak it. It's the right answer, yes.

OK, you've got to get this, Gary.

The name of which Italian cheese is derived from a slang term for tired,

as exhausted cows were believed to give milk with a higher fat content?

Once again, I'm stumped.

But I'll go with the one that I might be able to pronounce.

So, I'll go for Scamorza.

No, it's not the right answer. It's Stracchino, Stracchino cheese.

Stracchino is...

has a higher fat content and they think it comes because the cows are exhausted.

Well, we've exhausted this round.

Fairly swift Food & Drink round.

Kevin's been involved in some marathons in the past.

But you've, you've won out there.

Two incorrect from Gary means you won't be in the final round.

Would you both, please, come back and join your teams.

It's time for the final round which, as always,

is General Knowledge.

But those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed to take part in this round.

So, Gary E, Harry and Phil from the Old Forge

and Judith from the Eggheads, would you leave the studio, please.

So, Gary and Warren, you're playing to win the Old Forge £2,000.

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

the Egghead's 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.

Gary and Warren, would you like to go first or second?

I'd like to go second, I think. See what we're up against.

We'll go second.

Eggheads, Prairie scooner was a name given to which mode of transport

in the early days of the USA?

Much beloved of early Westerns, it's a covered wagon.

Covered wagon. Prairie scooner. It's the right answer, Eggheads.

Good start for you.

Old Forge, first question then.

Which Latin phrase is used to indicate that a person is signing a document on behalf of someone else?

Which Latin phrase is used to indicate that a person is signing

a document on behalf of someone else?

Per I think means for.

I might be remembering it incorrectly.

-For, per...

-For someone...

-Quid Pro Quo...

-Quid Pro Quo... That means that's a question...

-Quo Vadis...

-As a guess I'd go for Per Pro,

-but I'm not 100% sure. Per Pro.

-We're going to go with Per Pro.

Per Pro is correct.

Well done, well worked out. That's why you see the PP, isn't it?

If someone's signing it for you.

OK, second question for the Eggheads.

The 1979 film Being There starring Peter Sellers was based on the novel of the same name by which writer?

Robin Moore, Marvin Frank or Jerzy Kosinski.

We're all agreed on this one. It's Jerzy Kosinski.

The answer is Jerzy Kosinski. That is correct, Eggheads.

OK, Old Forge...

Gary and Warren,

Annie Leibovitz was appointed chief photographer of which magazine in 1973?

There was a documentary about her recently

that came out in cinemas, but I didn't see it. 1973...

I know her name, but I don't think she was a music photographer.

-So, Rolling Stone's out.

-Cosmopolitan's a fashion...

Either fashion or political.

-You any idea?

-I've... no, no. I'm...

I'm going to hazard a guess at Time.

-I think so. OK, yeah.

-Time magazine.

-Time.

-Time, Annie Leibovitz.

She was appointed chief photographer of...

Rolling Stone in 1973. Rolling Stone and, of course...

Annie Leibovitz very popular recently. There's been an exhibition

at the National Portrait Gallery of her work from the last few decades.

And from Rolling Stone. Yes, OK.

Well, a chance for the Eggheads here.

They've been put in first and the first slip up

has come from the Old Forge team. So, Eggheads, to win...

how many children did Martin Luther King have?

-How many children did Martin Luther King have?

-Let's put it this way.

He got married quite late in life,

and he married an ex-nun.

So, I mean, you've got to take...

I'm thinking it was two boys and two girls.

But I may be wrong there. It doesn't matter, anyway.

We don't think it's as many as six.

-No. No.

-Shall we go four or five?

-Shall we go for four?

Well, if that's what you think.

As you can gather, Dermot, we're not totally sure on this one,

-but the consensus of opinion of all of us is that it's four.

-Four. OK.

The "I have a dream," speech, there's a reference -

"I have a dream that my...

"four little children

"will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged

"by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character."

There we are. "My four little children." Eggheads, you've won.

That really was just the way the questions fell.

Didn't work for you going second, Old Forge, but thanks for playing.

And thanks to your colleagues there in the question room.

It's been great having you on Eggheads and best of luck for the future.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

They still reign supreme. I'm afraid, you won't be going home with the £2,000,

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.

£3,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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