0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably, the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35You might recognise them as they are goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36They are the Eggheads.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40And taking on the awesome might of our quiz goliaths today
0:00:40 > 0:00:42are Eric's Idols. They work together
0:00:42 > 0:00:44at The Lookout Discovery Centre,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48a hands-on educational science facility in Bracknell,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51that hopes to make science fun. Let's meet them.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Hi. I'm Natalie.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55I'm 22 and I'm an explainer.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hi. I'm Mark. I'm 37 and I'm a duty manager.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hi. I'm Dave. I'm 62 and I'm a catering manager.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Hi. I'm Sian. I'm 27 years old and I'm a supervisor.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Hi. I'm Paula. I'm 33 and I'm a receptionist.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Welcome to you, Eric's Idols. So you all work at the centre.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Natalie, what do you do there?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I'm an explainer which means that
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I take people round and show them the science.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23And I do shows for the kids and the members of the public about science.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Do you dress up as a molecule or a famous scientist or what?
0:01:28 > 0:01:32No. We do fun shows and then curriculum-based shows without dressing up,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- and we do parties for kids where we dress up as owls.- Owls?
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- Yeah.- Let's get to the team name, Eric's Idols. Eric is the owl.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Eric is the owl and he's on our uniforms
0:01:42 > 0:01:44and our badges and our logos and everything.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48I thought it was some kind of homage to Monty Python,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50cos you've got Eric Idol in there.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53So every day there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02So, Eric's Idols, the Eggheads have won the last five games which means
0:02:02 > 0:02:05£6,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09And the first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Arts & Books.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- And which one of you wants to play this?- Wasn't it going to be Dave?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Go on. You're a good all-rounder.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- Was it me?- I think so. - Oh dear. Yeah. Go on, then.- OK.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- Looks like it's me.- All right, Dave.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- I've been press-ganged.- Oh, dear.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Brow-beaten. Which Egghead would you like to play?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Going first means you can choose any Egghead.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- Judith.- Judith. For Arts & Books.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35One of her strong subjects.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36It hasn't deterred him.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38I think he just wants you in the question room.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Let's have Dave and Judith in the question room,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43just to make sure there's no conferring.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51So, Dave, just to warn you, Judith has won the last 14 times that she's
0:02:51 > 0:02:56played Arts & Books, so her strongest category in Eggheads.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59But I'm sure you'll give her a real run for the money.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- So, Dave, would you like to go first or second?- First, please.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11OK. Off we go, then. Arts & Books. Let's start the game.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Dave, Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
0:03:14 > 0:03:17is an 1864 novel by which author?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I know it's not Charles Dickens.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I'm sure it's not CS Lewis. I think it must be Jules Verne.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31A bit of a science theme there, isn't there? Jules Verne is correct.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Good start, Dave.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Judith, novelist Dick Francis is famous for setting his novels
0:03:38 > 0:03:40in which sporting environment?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45That's definitely horse racing.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50- Detective stories about the racing world.- Horse racing?- Yeah.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Yes. You're right.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Horse racing is what we wanted, that's what we got, so it's one-all.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Dave, second question.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59In which country was the artist Jeff Koons born?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I don't think it's England.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10I'm...I'm not sure. Something just nagging me.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Something at the back of my mind tells me it might be the USA.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- Is that your answer, Dave? - Yes, it is.- Jeff Koons.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Born in America. Yep.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22It's the right answer. Two to you.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27Judith, "What immortal hand or eye dare frame thy fearful symmetry"
0:04:27 > 0:04:31are the last lines of which 1794 poem?
0:04:33 > 0:04:34The Tyger.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Tyger tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- And so on. - The answer is The Tyger. By?
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- William Blake.- Yeah. So there we are. Two each. Dave,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48which poet wrote the Eolian Harp?
0:04:55 > 0:05:00I think it's Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- Is that your answer?- Yes. It is.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Coleridge. Correct.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Yes. Well done.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10That means you've got to get this. Judith,
0:05:10 > 0:05:14which writer was expelled along with his wife,
0:05:14 > 0:05:20from the county of Cornwall in 1917 on suspicion of signalling to German submarines?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24I have no idea.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I know there was a debate about... No, that was the Second World War.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36PG Wodehouse, I was going to say.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40He said some rather unguarded things,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42but I think that was the Second World War.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Can't believe it was Thomas Hardy. DH Lawrence was married
0:05:48 > 0:05:52to someone called Frieda, which is spelt in a kind of German way.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Maybe it's DH Lawrence.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59That's my way of answering the question.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- That's what you're going for then?- Yes.- Lawrence.- Yes.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Because of a Germanic-sounding wife.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- It's the only link I can think of. - You've got it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11That's correct. Well worked out, Judith.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15I'll just get information from the other Eggheads. Is that it,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18a lot of anti-German feeling, during the First World War?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20She was related to Baron von Richthofen.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- She was Frieda von Richthofen.- Yeah.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- The Red Baron? Yeah.- Yes.- That's the fella.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27OK. DH Lawrence is the correct answer.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31So, well done, you two. Dave and Judith, both going very well.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Three out of three, which means, Dave, we go to sudden death.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Your question first.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40What is the name of Obelix's dog in the English versions of the comic books
0:06:40 > 0:06:43starring Asterix the Gaul?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Not 100% sure. I'm going to
0:06:50 > 0:06:54go just for a wild...
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- Thor. Thor.- Thor.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02It's not, Dave. It's not. It's a bit more obvious than that, actually.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Eggheads, do we know?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Dogmatix.- Dogmatix.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Dogmatix. Well, this could win it for you, Judith.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14What was the title of the first book in Richmal Crompton's series of
0:07:14 > 0:07:17short-story collections about the mischevious schoolboy,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20William Brown?
0:07:20 > 0:07:24I don't know what the title of the first one was.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Just William?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- Just William?- Yes.- It's correct.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Phew!
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Well done, Judith. Yes. Dave, you won't be playing
0:07:33 > 0:07:37in the final round. Good round, but not enough to get you through.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44As it stands, the challengers, Eric's Idols,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47have lost one brain from the final round.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48The Eggheads are all there.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Let's play our next subject.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52This is Sport.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Who'd like to play this? It can't be you, Dave.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Mark, yeah?- OK. Yeah.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01OK, Mark. And which Egghead? It can't be Judith.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- CJ.- CJ.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07That means he really loves it!
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Let's have Mark and CJ into the question room, please.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16My, my, CJ, that's a very nice shirt for you.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18It's not actually this colour.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20It's just a pigment of your imagination.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I just feed you the line, CJ.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Bare with me while I recover from that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31OK. Well, listen, do you want to go first or second, Mark? Sport.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32I'll go first, please.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36First it is.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Let's see if we can get you through.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Which golfer was the captain of the European team at the 2008 Ryder Cup?
0:08:48 > 0:08:49I did watch this.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54And I'm fairly sure the answer is Nick Faldo.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58It's the right answer. Yes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00First question, CJ.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Which term refers to the time a basketball player is able to remain in the air
0:09:04 > 0:09:06while shooting or jumping for the ball?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I should be grateful for a question I know the answer to!
0:09:13 > 0:09:14It's hang time.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Hang time. It is. Yes. Well done.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24Mark, which Rugby Union team won the 2007/08 Guinness Premiership,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26despite having been placed tenth at Christmas?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I don't think it was the Sale Sharks.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I think it's between the Tigers and the Wasps.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I'm going to go for the Wasps.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47It's the Wasps. It's the right answer.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Well done. Two to you.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54CJ, in 2008, Andy Murray reached the men's singles final of which
0:09:54 > 0:09:56of the four Grand Slam tournaments?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Thank you. US Open.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Tennis. It's the way they fall.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08That is, of course, as CJ well knows, correct. Two each.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Mark, which batsman scored a world record 194
0:10:12 > 0:10:17in the 1997 one-day cricket international at Chennai?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27This has got me. Er...
0:10:28 > 0:10:31I can't even eliminate one of them.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39I'm going to go for Sachin Tendulkar.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44Sachin Tendulkar. 194, in 1997, in a one-day, Eggheads?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I'd go for Saeed Anwar.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48From CJ.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Saeed Anwar is the answer we were looking for. Saeed Anwar.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54This would win it for you if you get it.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58CJ, which former England international footballer played for
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Chelsea, Manchester United, AC Milan, Paris San Germain, Rangers
0:11:01 > 0:11:06and Queens Park Rangers during his career?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Right. Pay attention now, CJ.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Ray Wilkins.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- I'm just picking one. There's no point me thinking about it.- I see.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21You've picked the right one!
0:11:21 > 0:11:25It is correct. I'll apologise
0:11:25 > 0:11:28on his behalf, Mark. That really was unlucky.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Ray Wilkins. I bet you would have got that. You're a football fan.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Not football, wasn't one of my strong subjects.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37OK. Just say yes, anyway.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Scare the Eggheads.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41It is the right answer from CJ, which means, Mark,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44you will have to leave the game at this point.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46You won't be playing in the final round.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54So far, two of Eric's Idols will not be playing in the final round.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58The Eggheads are all scheduled for an appearance at this point.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Two more head to heads to come.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Our next one is Music.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Who'd like to play this? Music.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Natalie, Sian or Paula.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Paula?- Paula.- I'll do it. Yeah.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12OK, Paula. And which Egghead would you like to play?
0:12:12 > 0:12:17- It can be Barry, Chris or Daphne. - Chris.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- Chris, please. - Chris. Let's have Paula and Chris
0:12:21 > 0:12:23into the question room, then, please.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Now, let's play the music round, then.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- Do you want to go first or second? - Can I go second, please?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35You made it sound like that was an unusual request
0:12:35 > 0:12:36which I may or may not grant.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39It is your choice. Chris, you're in.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43According to the lyrics of the popular music-hall song,
0:12:43 > 0:12:48My Old Man Said Follow The Van, but don't...what on the way?
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Dilly-dally.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- That's right up your street, isn't it?- It's my era. Yeah.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I don't know that tune. I wonder how it goes.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04# My old man said follow the van And don't dilly-dally on the way
0:13:04 > 0:13:06# Off went the van with me 'ome packed in it... #
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Etc, etc, etc.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Thank you very much, Chris. Let's just confirm.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16My old man said follow the van, but don't dilly-dally on the way.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Correct.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19All right then, Paula.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22No need for you to sing at all if you don't want to.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24But if you do, feel free.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Andrew Ridgeley became famous as one half of which pop duo?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I know it's not the Pet Shop Boys,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36cos that's Chris Tennant and Neil somebody. Can't remember his name.
0:13:36 > 0:13:42Soft Cell, I can't remember who it is. I know it's definitely not that.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46It's Wham with George Michael. So, Wham!
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Andrew Ridgeley. Yes. Wham! That's the right answer.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Here we go.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Second question each.
0:13:53 > 0:14:00Chris, All Summer Long was a UK number one hit single in 2008 for whom?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Well, I know about as much about this sort of music
0:14:07 > 0:14:10as you know about boiler making, so, er...
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Listen, my knowledge of boiler making is extensive.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Wheel tapping and shunting, that kind of thing.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Got some stays you can replace.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Well, I know absolutely nothing about it, so All Summer Long doesn't
0:14:23 > 0:14:27sound like Jay-Zed, or Kanye West, so I'll go for Kid Rock.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Kid Rock. Jay-Zed, as you insist on calling him.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Yeah.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Kid Rock. It's the right answer. All Summer Long.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39I'm sure you'd have got that, Paula, but this is your second question.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44What type of song takes its name from the French for "to sing"?
0:14:47 > 0:14:48How's your French?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Not good. Been on holiday in France,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52but still not good at French. Um...
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Hymn I think may come from Latin.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I'm not sure.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Shanty doesn't sound it.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I'm drawn towards ballad.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11The French for "to sing".
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Yeah. Ballad I think I'll go for.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Ballad.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21There might be an obscure French verb ballader, or something,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24isn't there? But the French for "to sing" is chanter,
0:15:24 > 0:15:25from which we get shanty.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31Anglicised as shanty, I'm afraid. So it means you've got a chance
0:15:31 > 0:15:33to win it, Chris, if you get this.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Which classical conductor born in 1867
0:15:37 > 0:15:42directed the NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937 to 1954?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Well, Herbert von Karajan was later.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55I think John Barbirolli was more involved with the Halle Orchestra
0:15:55 > 0:15:59in Manchester. I don't think he was born that early, anyway.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01So I think the famous conductor,
0:16:01 > 0:16:07who went to America quite early on in the '20s, was Arturo Toscanini.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09The answer is Toscanini.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11It is correct. Well worked out, Chris.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Tricky question, but he got it, which means,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I don't get to put another one to you,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18you won't be playing in the final round.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Three of Eric's Idols have gone at the head-to-head stage.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31No Eggheads have gone and our last head to head before the final round.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34This one's Politics. Who's it to be? Sian or Natalie?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40This is the subject we really hoped wouldn't come up.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42It'll have to be me.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47It'll have to be you. And it will have to be either Barry or Daphne.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Daphne!
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Daphne. It's going to be Natalie and Daphne playing politics.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Could I ask you both to take your positions in the question room?
0:16:57 > 0:17:02Now, Natalie, do you want to go first or second in Politics?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I'd like to go second, please.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Second means you're in, Daphne.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13The disgraced MP Jonathan Aitken was a member of which political party?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18He was a Conservative.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Conservative is correct. Jonathan Aitken was a member of the Tories.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24So, swiftly over to you, Natalie.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28What is the term for the action undertaken by political parties
0:17:28 > 0:17:33at election time, of calling on voters to ascertain their support?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Canvassing. I've done a lot of it in my time.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Do you want to share with us who for?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44I stood for the Green Party. Just as a local councillor.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I see. The term for the action taken by political parties
0:17:47 > 0:17:50at election time, calling on voters for their support is,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52of course, canvassing. Well done.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53One-all. Daphne.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59Which American politician won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05That was Al Gore.
0:18:05 > 0:18:11What was it for, An Inconvenient Truth, the book?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Yeah. The book and the film on climate change.- Yeah.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15Al Gore is correct.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Now, Natalie, your second question.
0:18:18 > 0:18:25The first names of George W Bush's twin daughters are Jenna and what?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Barbara was the wife of one of the presidents.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I doubt it's Barbara.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37I'm torn between Bernice and Bethany.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Bethany's nicer,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42but, er, Bernice sounds a bit more American.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47I really wish I knew and I think I should know.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51I'm going to have to go for...
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Jenna and Bernice.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Jenna and Bethany.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Bethany Bush sounds a bit silly, actually.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Bernice Bush doesn't sound good, either. Barbara Bush. Bernice Bush.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Bethany Bush.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14I think Bernice Bush sounds the best.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17My apologies to her if she's called Barbara or Bethany, but...
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I'll go with Bernice Bush.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- It's Barbara.- Oh.- It is Barbara.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24You were on the right track.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27You can see it runs in the family, George W's father is George.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30His mother, George Senior's wife is Barbara,
0:19:30 > 0:19:34so he's named one of his children after his mother.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39So it means you've got a chance to win it, Daphne, with this.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Anders Fogh Rasmussen was re-elected prime minister of which
0:19:43 > 0:19:45country in 2007?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Oh, Lord.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I know it was a Scandinavian country
0:19:53 > 0:19:56and I can't remember which. Em...
0:19:58 > 0:20:02I know I'm going to get this wrong, but Finland.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Eggheads?- Denmark.- Denmark.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- I told you I'd get it wrong.- Yeah.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09A chance to take us to sudden death, Natalie.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12A reprieve there. Here we go.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Who memorably asked the question,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17"Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
0:20:17 > 0:20:20during the 1980 US presidential elections?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Er...American politics. Obviously not my strong point.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Have you studied that period?
0:20:33 > 0:20:39I did politics A-Level, but we only did European and British.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44I have no idea why, but I don't think it's Gerald Ford.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I really don't know why.
0:20:48 > 0:20:501980. Now...
0:20:52 > 0:20:56I know Reagan and Thatcher were little pals, weren't they?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59And so 1980's sort of Thatcher time.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04Probably Ronald Reagan. I think.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- Is that your answer, Natalie? - Yes. Please be right.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Is the power of positive thought making that correct?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Yes. Ronald Reagan.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Standing against Jimmy Carter.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22It's all square. Sudden death. Which means, Daphne,
0:21:22 > 0:21:25you face this question. Natalie, to remind you,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27you won't be seeing any more choices.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Daphne, who was the first woman president of Ireland,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32serving from 1990 to 1997?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Mary Robinson.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40You're giving me that stare down the camera, saying don't tease me,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43don't mess around, that is correct and I know it and you know it,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45so let's just get on with it. It is correct.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47You've got to get this, Natalie.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51What name of Swedish origin is given to the impartial official
0:21:51 > 0:21:54who deals with complaints from the public concerning
0:21:54 > 0:21:59the rights of the individual against infringement by the state?
0:21:59 > 0:22:03I'm sure this is one of those that's so obvious once you hear the answer.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08I think it's some sort of adjudicator but that's clearly not Swedish.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13And that wouldn't be specifically to do with infringements of the state.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Infringements of the state.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- Anything there, Natalie? - Absolutely nothing there.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Have a guess.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33I can't think of a single word that it might be.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37I've seen people saying, "It's utterly ridiculous what I'm thinking,"
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- they blurt it out and it's right. - I'm not thinking of anything.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I'm thinking of a word that ends in "man" which is ombudsman,
0:22:43 > 0:22:49- only because I saw it the other day and don't know what it means. - Is that your answer?
0:22:49 > 0:22:52It's not right, but yeah, why not?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- Ombudsman. - Yeah. Why not?- Entirely correct.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56No! No way!
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Really?- Amazing. Ombudsman. Yep. The ombudsman.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- Wow! Now I know what it means.- Yeah.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Oh, wow.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13You're alive and kicking in this round.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Well done, Natalie. Another question for you, Daphne.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Which woman born on February 4th 1913
0:23:19 > 0:23:25was known as the Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Is that Rosa Parks?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- Is that your answer?- Yes.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Rosa Parks is the right answer. Yes.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Born in February, February 4th 1913.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Back to you then, Natalie.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47Who became the Minister of Transport in 1934 and introduced road safety
0:23:47 > 0:23:51with his introduction of driving tests and a new Highway Code?
0:23:51 > 0:23:56I think I can only think of two politicians who were alive then.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- 1934. - 1934. The Minister of Transport.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Minister of Transport.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Churchill was coming up the ranks then, wasn't he?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I doubt it was Churchill.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Chamberlain was already quite high up then, wasn't he,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16so he wouldn't be Minister of Transport.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20I can't really think who else was around then. Obviously, I wasn't.
0:24:22 > 0:24:241934.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I'm not going to be able to wing this one.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I'll just say Winston Churchill cos he was making his way up.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Not Winston Churchill. Do you know, Daphne?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Is it Hore-Belisha?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Now, you know I'd need a full name to accept it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- Samuel. Of that ilk. - Would be incorrect.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Leslie.- Leslie. Leslie Hore-Belisha.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48And living on, of course, part of that name, in...
0:24:48 > 0:24:49- Belisha Beacons.- Belisha Beacons.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53So Leslie Hore-Belisha was the answer we were looking for, Natalie.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55It didn't come, but listen,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58ombudsman will live with me for many a game to come.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01It means you won't be in the final round, Natalie.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Daphne, you will.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Will you both please come back and join your teams?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Some great efforts by Eric's Idols there, in the head to heads.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12We have reached the point of no return.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14It's time for the final round,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head to heads won't be
0:25:20 > 0:25:22allowed to take part in this round.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23So, Natalie, Mark,
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Dave and Paula, from Eric's Idols, would you please leave the studio?
0:25:30 > 0:25:34So, Sian, you're playing to win Eric's Idols £6,000.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36CJ, Daphne, Chris, Barry and Judith,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39you're playing for something which no amount of money can buy.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41The Eggheads' reputation.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I'll ask each team three questions in turn. This time,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46the questions are all General Knowledge
0:25:46 > 0:25:48and you are allowed to confer.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Sian, the question is, is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54And Sian, would you like to go first or second?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57I'll go first, please, Dermot.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Good luck, Sian. Here's your first question.
0:26:02 > 0:26:10On a standard querty keyboard, what letter is situated between Y and I?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Don't think it's U.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22I'm going to say...
0:26:22 > 0:26:24P.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29P and this is the point at which you wish you had your laptop with you.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Indeed. Yes.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Querty keyboard.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Between Y and I is...
0:26:35 > 0:26:39U. It is U, I'm afraid, Sian, so nothing there.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Eggheads, first question for you.
0:26:42 > 0:26:48Which actress named her daughter Sundae Rose in July 2008?
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Yes. It was somewhat parodied in the press as Sunday Roast.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- But it was Nicole Kidman. - Sundae Rose...
0:26:58 > 0:27:02chosen by Nicole Kidman for her daughter. That's correct.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06OK. Back to you, Sian. Let's get you started.
0:27:06 > 0:27:12Strontium nitrate and strontium chlorate are used in fireworks
0:27:12 > 0:27:14to give what colour flames?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Not too sure about this one.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29I'm going to go for green.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- Are they green? Eggheads, do you know?- They're red.- It's red.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36It means the Eggheads can take the game if they get this.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Eggheads, in the Jewish dish lokshen soup, what are lokshen?
0:27:44 > 0:27:48I've eaten more plates of lokshen soup than I care to think of.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49It's noodles.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53It is just the way the questions fall, as they say.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Noodles is correct, Eggheads. You've won.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Bad luck, Sian.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03You never really got started.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06It's the way the questions fell, but thanks for playing.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10The Eggheads have done what comes naturally. Their winning streak continues.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £6,000,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16which means the money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers
0:28:21 > 0:28:24have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27£7,000 now says they don't. Until then, goodbye.
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