Episode 73 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they are 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.

They've won some of the country's toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.

Taking on our quiz champions today are Have Sense.

They are all members of

the Tir-na-nog Gaelic Football Club in County Armagh and each week

they get together at the club for a quiz set by team member, Dwyer.

-Let's meet them.

-Hi, I'm Mark, I'm 39 and I'm a nurse.

Hello, I'm Eamonn, I'm 38 and I'm a youth worker.

Hi, I'm Eamonn, I'm 62 and I'm a retired teacher.

Hi, I'm Dwyer, I'm 38 and I'm a research officer.

Hello, I'm Emmet, I'm 35 and I'm a shop assistant.

Welcome to you, tell us about the team name, first of all.

The team name goes back 12 years, Dermot.

It's usual form, when you go to a quiz - you struggle to find a name for your team,

something that's witty, topical.

But a lad we knew came in slightly the worse for wear.

The only sensible comment we got out of him all night was, have sense.

It was a funny story, but sadly a short time after, the lad was killed in a car accident

so it became a memorial name to him so we've stuck with it ever since.

-And you quiz under that name?

-We do, anywhere we travel to or any quiz we go to, we're always Have Sense.

-Do you say it to each other as well?

-Quite regularly!

But we've been together as a team for a number of years.

But it's good fun.

It's on Wednesday, the middle of the week.

We do do other quizzes but we don't travel too far to do them.

We do enjoy them and we'll go wherever there's one.

-Apart from this one?

-Obviously!

-Let's see if you can beat

the Eggheads.

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.

The Eggheads have won the last three

which means £4,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

Let's get to business.

The first head-to-head is on the subject of Film and Television.

Who fancies their chances on this one?

I think we're going to put forward Emmet for film and television.

OK, Emmet, who would you like to play from the Eggheads?

They're are all available at this stage.

Probably Chris.

Emmet is happy enough with Chris.

-Chris, are you happy enough with Emmet?

-I've got to be, haven't I?

It doesn't matter, you're playing anyway!

Let's have Emmet and Chris into the question room please.

What tactics do you want to employ? Do you want the first set

-of questions or let Chris have them?

-I'll have the first set please, Dermot.

Here you go then Emmet, first question for you.

In the film, the Silence Of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter

says that he ate his victim's liver with some fava beans and which wine?

In the film, the Silence Of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter says

he ate his victim's liver with fava beans and which wine?

I think he ate his liver with Chianti.

Liver, fava beans and a fine Chianti, it's the right answer.

If Chris loses, he will do his impersonation!

PRETENDS TO SLAVER

First question, Chris.

Who regularly presented the TV show, TFI Friday from 1996 - 2000?

That was the old ginger whinger himself, Chris Evans.

Chris Evans it is.

OK, two good starts.

And Emmet's second question now.

Captain Peacock and Mr Rumbold are characters in which TV sitcom?

Captain Peacock and Mr Rumbold are characters in which TV sitcom?

I think they both worked for Grace Brothers in Are You Being Served?

Yes, Grace Brothers, Are You Being Served?

It's the right answer. Two for you.

Who played the time-travelling scientist Sam Beckett

in the US TV series Quantum Leap?

I used to like Quantum Leap. Some of my favourite fantasies in there.

But it was Scott Bakula.

-Don't ask!

-Thank you, CJ! Wise words, CJ.

It is the right answer.

Emmet, which city is the focus of Terence Davis'

2008 documentary film, Of Time and the City?

I'm not sure about this one but I think it's Glasgow.

OK, you think it's Glasgow?

It's not Glasgow, no, it's Liverpool.

So, Chris, a chance.

What is the surname of Ted, played by Keanu Reeves,

in the film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?

Now, which one is he?

It's not Nolan and it's not Cagney, it's Logan.

It's correct, Chris.

Bad luck, Emmet, just that one slip.

It's proved terminal for you in this round.

It means you won't be in the final round. Would you come and join your teams?

Bad luck, Emmet. Chris triumphant there means Have Sense have lost one brain from the final round.

We move on now to our next subject today which is Politics.

Who would like a go at this one?

Politics is one of those ones that we weren't sure about.

We weren't sure.

-I think you should go for it.

-OK, I'll take politics.

-Eamonn F for politics.

-OK, Eamonn F.

And which Egghead would you like to play?

-It can't be Chris.

-I think we'll take CJ.

-CJ, good idea.

-Could you keep him?

That was rather heartfelt, Daphne!

Let's have Eamonn and CJ into the question room please.

Eamonn, first or second?

I think I'll probably go, on the balance, second.

CJ, when it comes to politics, prefers his with an American flavour

and the first set of questions contains one to begin.

CJ, which state was at the centre of the hanging chad controversy

in the American presidential election of 2000?

I couldn't understand this. I don't understand why it's a controversy.

It all seemed perfectly above board and fair to me. Florida.

Florida is correct, CJ.

OK, Eamonn, first question to you.

What is the name given to the small group of parliamentary journalists

who enjoy privileged access to certain parts of Parliament?

That's a difficult question.

Three words that I would connect with politics and certainly,

the Houses of Parliament.

You would imagine that if they had privileged access,

they would be allowed further than the lobby.

Perhaps into the chamber or the House.

I think I'll go for House.

OK. House? A small group of journalists

who enjoy privileged access to some parts of Parliament.

It's the lobby.

So, a chance for CJ to extend his lead and it is just the way the

questions fall, but here's another one.

How did the US politician Sarah Palin

refer to herself in August 2008?

It's that lovely joke, isn't it?

Which state is Sarah Palin from?

I'll ask her. Oh, would you please!

Sorry to put you through that, Have Sense!

I think she describes herself as a Hockey Mom.

It's the right answer, yes, well done.

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

In 2007, Vince Cable,

the then acting leader of the Liberal Democrats,

commented on the transformation of Gordon Brown

from Stalin into which television character?

It's quite a leap to any of those three characters.

It's a question that I'm not aware of the answer.

I'm trying to think about it logically.

I'm going to rule out Homer Simpson.

For what reason, I don't know.

Frank Spencer is maybe not enough of a contemporary reference

so maybe I'll go for Mr Bean.

Without hearing it, you've worked it out. It's the right answer.

Yes, from Stalin to Mr Bean.

Vince Cable got a great guffaw in the Chamber of the House for that.

Because you didn't get your first one, it means CJ wins the round

if he gets this.

CJ, who characterised the Labour Party

as a one-legged army limping away from the storm they had created

- left, left, left, left, left?

Who characterised the Labour Party as a one-legged army limping away

from the storm they had created - left, left, left, left, left?

I haven't heard this.

Oh dear.

It doesn't sound visceral enough for Heseltine.

It sounds like one of those vain attempts at humour that doesn't

quite hit the mark for Michael Portillo so that is who I'll try.

OK. Michael Portillo, left, left, left, left, left.

It's Michael Heseltine.

The one you ruled out.

So, a chance then, Eamonn, to draw level and take us into Sudden Death.

Which Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer resigned

after it was discovered he had divulged details from his budget

to a journalist before he went into the chamber to deliver it?

The only one of those three that I know is Denis Healey.

Based firmly on the fact that I know who Denis Healey is,

I think I'll go for Denis Healey.

Denis Healey, Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer resigned

after divulging details of his budget to a journalist -

it's Hugh Dalton.

Not Denis Healey.

It means, I'm afraid, Eamonn, you're not in the final round.

CJ is there, only just.

He got one wrong but you got two incorrect.

Would you both please come back and join your teams. Have Sense, you need to have some luck.

You've lost two brains from the final.

You've got two more head-to-heads coming up.

So, will you get an Egghead in this category? This is music.

Who would like to play it? Is it the remaining Eamonn, Dwyer or Mark?

We decided if there was a category where we were stuck,

I'd take one in the arm for the team.

It's not my favourite subject at all,

but I'll volunteer for this one.

OK. Who would you like to play?

CJ and Chris have played so that's Barry, Daphne or Kevin?

I think, Barry, based on the fact we don't actually know what his strengths are.

So we'll try Barry for music.

Barry, tell us about your taste in music.

Personally, what do you prefer?

Light rock and lots of classical and especially opera.

Do you have a cut-off point like Chris beside you of about 1912?

I have a cut-off point. It's a little later than Chris!

OK, let's have Mark and Barry into the question room please.

Mark, you share something in common with our Kevin here, you're a Spurs fan.

You're the two Spurs fans in the country!

I think there's a few more of us.

Certainly, over the last few years, our performances have improved.

I would actually have a season ticket at White Hart Lane.

I would travel over regularly to the matches.

I was at the Carling Cup final when they beat Chelsea.

A great day out. I was there when we beat Arsenal 5 - 1 as well.

Even better, Dermot! I was disappointed you were an Arsenal fan.

I thought you sounded like a nice chap to me, Mark, but after that, I'm not so sure!

Best of luck with this music round.

-Do you want to go first or second?

-I'll go second.

Barry, this is your question.

Bachelor boy was a UK number one hit single in 1962 for which singer?

I think I still may have the original disc back at my house.

It was Cliff Richard.

-Are you a big fan?

-No, but my wife was for many years.

-Until she stopped you being a bachelor boy!

-Something like that!

It's the right answer.

Yes, Cliff Richard is correct. Mark's first question.

Don't Call This Love was a UK Top Ten hit single in 2008 for who?

I now wish I had taken the first set of questions

because I did know the first answer. Shane Ward and Leon Jackson have both

been winners of the reality music shows.

Just by elimination, I'm going to pick Steve Brookstein

because I don't know who he is.

-Well, he's actually a reality show winner.

-The first X Factor winner.

It's not him. It is, Eggheads?

-Shane Ward.

-No, it's Leon Jackson.

Nothing on the board for Mark after the first pair of questions.

Here's the second question each.

Barry, the Bends was a best-selling 1995 album for which band?

I may be mistaken here but I think that was Radiohead.

You're not mistaken, it is correct.

OK, Mark, which composer, responsible

for radical reforms in the composition and production of opera

wrote Orfeo ed Euridice in 1762?

Again, this is outside of my realms of music.

Unfortunately, the other answer I'd have got.

Mozart, obviously, I'm aware of.

A lot of the work he has done is very popular.

I'm going to rule out Mozart, because I haven't heard of it.

Haydn, again, I've heard of.

I wouldn't know much of his work at all.

So I will go for Gluck but again,

based on the fact that it's just by elimination.

Gluck, by process of elimination, it's the right answer,

Mark, well done.

Tough question. It was a must get question and you did.

Now, a must not get from your point of view, Mark.

Barry - which singer, born in 1917, recorded the Songbook

series of albums interpreting over 200 songs by composers such as Cole Porter and George Gershwin?

It doesn't sound like Sophie Tucker, the last of the Red Hot Mamas.

I think it may have been Ella Fitzgerald.

The Songbook,

a series of albums by Ella Fitzgerald. It is correct.

Barry is through to the final round.

Bad luck, Mark. You won't be playing.

Would you both please come back and join you teams.

Mark, you did take the hit for Have Sense, means you've lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads are all there. This is your last chance to knock one of them out.

It's Arts And Books.

The remaining Eamonn or Dwyer to play.

This couldn't have worked out any worse for us.

The worst categories we could have had.

Dwyer is going to try and take on Arts And Books.

-And try and take on Kevin or Daphne?

-We'll try Daphne.

OK, let's have Dwyer and Daphne into the question room please.

-Would you like to go first or second, Dwyer?

-I'll try first.

OK, good luck.

What name is given to the blunt knife with an extremely flexible steel blade and no sharpened cutting

edge that is used by artists for mixing and applying paint?

Well, artists or painters generally have to paint on a palette

so I'll go for a palette knife.

That's the right answer, good start, Dwyer.

Daphne, who wrote the best-selling novel, Hollywood Wives?

Who wrote the best-selling novel, Hollywood Wives?

That would be Joan's sister, Jackie Collins.

Jackie Collins is correct.

OK, both off to a good start.

The second question each.

Dwyer, Mr Panks and the Merdle family

are characters in which Dickens novel?

I have not really read that much Dickens

so I'm going to have an educated guess at this.

I'll go for Our Mutual Friend.

Our Mutual Friend, Mr Panks and the Merdles...

are in...

it's not Our Mutual Friend. Do you know, Daphne?

-Little Dorrit.

-It's little Dorrit.

Daphne, the Darkling Thrush is a poem by which writer?

The Darkling Thrush is a poem by which writer?

Well, it's one of his best-known

and it's by Thomas Hardy.

The Darkling Thrush is by Hardy.

So, two to Daphne.

You've got to get this, Dwyer.

Which British artist was infamously refused his MA when he submitted

a degree show which consisted of a whitewashed studio space containing only a blue

heritage plaque commemorating his presence as a sculptor?

I'm not terribly sure so I'll go for the only one

I've heard of, Mark Wallinger.

Mark Wallinger.

It's a good idea, isn't it?

The blue heritage plaque commemorating his presence

as a sculptor had the name, Gavin Turk on it.

So, Dwyer, not to be.

The challenge ends there.

Daphne is through to the final round. I'm afraid, no place for you.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

So, this is what we've been playing towards.

It's time for the final round, General Knowledge.

I'm afraid those of you who lost your head to heads won't

take part in this round so Mark, Eamonn F, Dwyer and Emmet

from Have Sense, would you leave the studio please?

Eamonn, you're playing to win Have Sense £4,000.

Kevin, CJ, Daphne, Chris and Barry, you're playing for something

money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

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

They're all general knowledge.

Eggheads, you are allowed to confer.

Eamonn, the question is, is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?

Eamonn, do want to go first or do you want to let the Eggheads start?

I shall go first.

OK, good luck Eamonn. Here you go.

First question.

Which creature is synonymous with the shedding of insincere tears?

Well, I don't think a dog would shed too many tears in that sense.

The leopard, I've never got close enough to want to see

if he sheds any tears.

I've seen a few crocodiles in my time

and I wouldn't like to be too close but I swear it's the crocodile.

You're looking at five of them! It is the right answer.

Crocodile is correct.

-Pebble worm, that's what crocodile means.

-Pebble worm?

-Yes.

-Why, pray?

-From the Greek.

From the Greek for pebble worm?

Very good. We'll save that for another quiz.

Not here.

OK, first question to Eggheads.

The cooler is American slang for what?

The cooler is American slang for what?

Assuming it's spelt C-O-O-L-E-R,

as opposed to any other spelling, it should be jail.

You are so careful, Eggheads.

It is, yes, jail is the right answer.

OK, Eamonn, here is your next question.

Which British-born film director won an Oscar for the 1969 film, Midnight Cowboy?

Well, I'm in a degree of trouble here.

Are you sure I couldn't call one of my mates over?

If only I could let you, Eamon!

They were unlucky in those head-to-heads.

I'm not familiar with Nicholas Roeg.

I know John Schlesinger is a very famous director

and I know Tony Richardson is, so it's a choice between those two.

I'll go for the better one, John Schlesinger.

OK, for Midnight Cowboy. Eggheads?

-Yes.

-It's the right answer, Eamonn, well done.

You didn't need your mates.

You didn't need the boys there.

They're very excited you've got two.

Let's see how the Eggheads do.

HR is the international vehicle registration code for which European country?

HR is the international vehicle registration code

for which European country?

That's the one for Croatia,

which in its own language is Hrvatska.

That's everything I've got written down here!

Croatia is correct, Eggheads.

The next question is for you, Eamonn.

Terrell Owens is a controversial figure in which American sport?

Well, I know a little about

the three American sports.

It's not a name I would associate with basketball.

Again, I could be wrong!

I'm narrowing it down between baseball and American football.

To me, baseball is more a family game in America and there seems to be more

controversy with American football so I'll hazard a guess

at American football.

OK, hazarding a guess.

It's a touchdown, it's the right answer, well done.

Terrell Owens and why, Eggheads is he controversial?

He's just one of these bad boys, a loose cannon.

He's moved about from team to team and wherever he goes, he gets into some form of trouble.

If the Eggheads get this wrong, you've beaten them on your own.

OK, Eggheads, David Ogilvy, born in England in 1911, moved to the

United States in 1938 and achieved considerable success in which field?

David Ogilvy, born in England in 1911, moved to the

United States in 1938 and achieved considerable success in which field?

It's not a name I know from computing.

I think it's advertising.

Not 100% on this but a couple of us think

it's advertising. We think he was responsible for founding one

of the very big advertising agencies.

Advertising? David Ogilvy -

it's the right answer, Eggheads, yes.

Saved your skins but maybe not for long. You're doing really well here,

Eamonn, but it gets an awful lot harder now. We go to sudden death.

So we are taking away the choices you've seen up to this point.

If you do have to guess, it's a lot harder.

Let's hope you know this one. Here you go.

Try this for size, Eamonn.

Enoch Snow is a character from which stage musical?

Enoch Snow?

First of all, it's not a name I'm familiar with at all.

Let's try Cats.

OK, Cats?

The first two letters are right. I'm afraid not the rest of it.

It's incorrect. It's not Cats. Do you know, Eggheads?

-If this had been your question?

-It's Carousel.

There's quite a famous song from it, When I'm Marrying Mr Snow.

Oh, so he's actually in the title of the song?

Enoch Snow is in Carousel.

It's the first one you've got wrong.

Will you be let off by the Eggheads?

Your question. Which play by Alastair Foot and Anthony Marriott,

first staged in 1971 was made into a film starring Ronnie Corbett?

Which play by Alastair Foot and Anthony Marriott,

first staged in 1971, was made into a film starring Ronnie Corbett?

We think that's No Sex Please, We're British.

The film and the play is No Sex Please, We're British.

Eggheads, you've won!

How do you know these things?

-You've seen it?

-Oh yes.

A masterpiece of British cinema.

Said with his tongue so firmly in his cheek, it's practically round the other side!

Are there vicars and people going in and out the wrong doors?

Oh, trousers down, all sorts!

A bit like an edition of Eggheads on a normal day!

Well done, Eggheads, and well done Have Sense. You didn't get the luck but well done.

Some achievement getting to sudden-death against the Eggheads. One against five.

Thanks for playing Eggheads, Have Sense, it's been great having you.

But the Eggheads have done what comes naturally and still reign supreme over quiz land

and you haven't won £4000.

Which means the money rolls over to the next show.

Congratulations, who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£5000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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