Episode 3 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 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 - the Eggheads!

And taking on our awesome quiz champions today are The Wise Owls.

This team all work for the same conservation trust to protect the natural heritage of Sussex.

-Let's meet them.

-Hello. I'm Nigel, I'm 49 and I'm Education Manager at the trust.

I'm Renzo, I'm 45, and I'm a Forest School leader.

Hi. My name's Elli, I'm 26 and a photo library assistant.

Hi. My name's Jon, I'm 60 and I'm a business manager.

Hi. I'm Bryan, I'm 71 and I'm a caretaker.

Welcome to you, Wise Owls. It wouldn't take three guesses to work out why you have that name.

When we got the invitation to come on Eggheads, we'd just heard that the owls were back in their nest box

on our headquarters reserve at Henfield, Woods Mill.

Tell me more about your work.

When we talk about wildlife, it's a very broad spectrum here.

We're concerned with the whole of Sussex, preserving the habitats.

We say enjoy, understand and take action for wildlife in Sussex.

Fantastic slogan. Enjoy, understand and take action. Do that against the Eggheads!

And hopefully win the money. Let me tell you what's been happening.

Every day there's £1,000 up for grabs. If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the money rolls over.

So, Wise Owls, the Eggheads have won the last 36 games,

so £37,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

Our first head-to-head battle, the first attempt to knock an Egghead out is on Food and Drink.

Who likes that?

Shall we have Bryan? Yes, Bryan.

And who would you like to play?

Oh, shall we go for Kevin? Yes, we'll try Kevin.

The old one-two - Kevin and Food and Drink!

But this is Kevin's first appearance since his quiz credentials have become even more formidable.

Tell us what you've won, Kevin.

-I just got the World Championship back again, so...

-Oh, well done!

-Well done.

So apart from the Mastermind victories, the Brain of Britain,

he is now the four-times World Quiz Champion.

Congratulations to you. A chance to knock the four-times World Quiz Champion out, Bryan.

Both please go to the question room.

-So, Bryan, first or second?

-I'll go first, please, Dermot.

What name is given to a light breakfast consisting of coffee or tea, bread rolls or croissants?

Right. Well, I believe English breakfast is considerably heavier than that.

Em, and... as is all-day breakfast.

So I'll go for continental breakfast.

It is the right answer, of course.

Over to you, Kevin.

What type of restaurant would be most likely to have naan bread on its menu?

Even I'll manage that one. Indian.

-You have a permanent reservation at your local.

-Not on a regular basis.

An Indian restaurant. Correct. Back to you, Bryan.

Which common kitchen ingredient has properties which allow it to be used as a means of powering

specially converted cars?

Well, the thought of cars running on honey fills me with a certain amount of surprise!

And I can't see flour powering...

But there has been a lot of interest lately in vegetable oil. I'll go for vegetable oil.

Vegetable oil is correct.

Kevin...

What is the English translation of the Italian phrase "al dente", used as a term when cooking pasta?

-D-E-N-T-E?

-D-E-N-T-E. Al dente.

It's literally "to the tooth", a nice, firm texture.

To the tooth. Hence the "dent" bit.

Right answer. Two-all.

So, third question apiece.

Bryan, the city of Pilsen, which gives its name to the pale lager

known as Pilsener is in which country?

Are you partial to a lager or is it more bitter round in Sussex?

It is more bitter, but I'm partial to lager as well.

I don't believe Pilsen is in Hungary or Austria.

I think the Czech Republic.

Pilsener lager. The town in question is in the Czech Republic.

Well done. Three out of three. Well, Kevin,

you've got to get this. In what capacity are Charles Campion and Kate Spicer famous

in the food and drink industry?

I can't say either name rings a bell.

-I don't know it, so I shall go for critics.

-OK.

-A guess?

-Yeah.

-You've got it. It is correct.

All square.

We go to sudden death. We're removing the choices,

just to make it an awful lot harder and to sort out a winner.

This is your question.

What is the minimum age requirement for purchasing alcohol in the United States?

Right.

Well, I believe that it's...

..more, if you like, draconian than over here.

And...

Something in the back of my mind suggests it may be 21.

-21? Is that your answer?

-Yes, 21.

-OK, going for 21 to purchase alcohol in the United States.

It's the right answer. Well done.

So, Kevin,

the village of Stilton, which gave its name to the blue cheese, is in which English county?

It's near a county border, so, um...

I'm a bit torn here between Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire.

Leicestershire.

-Leicestershire?

-Mm.

-You were torn between that and...

-Cambridgeshire.

-Is it Cambridgeshire?

-Yeah.

-There you go.

Bryan, you're in the final round!

And exit stage left the World Quiz Champion.

Both please come back and join your teams.

So the Wise Owls proving wiser than the Eggheads in those opening exchanges.

The Eggheads are missing one brain.

Our second head-to-head coming up.

It's Music. Who'd like to play?

-Jon?

-I don't mind.

-Yeah, go on!

-Who's going to play?

-Jon.

-OK, who would you like to play?

-Judith.

-Jon and Judith, then, to play Music.

Both please take your positions in the question room.

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

-First, please.

Good stuff. It's Music.

"Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, it's home from work we go..."

is a line from a song used in which Disney animation?

Well, I...I don't think it's Bambi.

I really don't know very much about Beauty and the Beast,

but I have seen Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I think it's that one.

You think - you know. It is the right answer.

"Heigh-ho, heigh-ho" is in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Judith, which member of Girls Aloud has the maiden name Tweedy?

-Uh. I have absolutely not the faintest idea.

-Chris is grinning!

"Thank goodness I didn't get that!"

Well, Cheryl I know is married, isn't she? She's Cheryl Cole.

Whether the other two are married or not, I have no idea.

Since the Cheryl's the one that's married, I'll go for her.

Cheryl Cole, previously Tweedy. Well done.

OK, back to you then, John.

Who had a UK number one hit single in 1982 with the song I Don't Wanna Dance?

Well...Lionel Richie, um...

No, I don't think it was him.

Probably Eddy Grant, marginally more than it is Labi Siffre.

So I'm going for Eddy Grant.

Eddy Grant didn't wanna dance in 1982. You are correct. Well done.

Your second question, Judith.

How does one normally play the musical instrument the dulcimer?

Um...

-I think you hammer its strings. I don't...

-Why are you laughing?!

Well, why do you think?

I think you...

..you hammer its strings, before I burst into tears.

You're taking these options too literally!

I'm terribly sorry! I really am crying now.

Judith! It's a new side of you I'm seeing.

Right. How does one normally play the musical instrument the dulcimer?

-What do you think, Judith?

-You hammer its strings.

I think so, too! Correct. Well done, Judith.

Hammering its strings. OK, it's all square. Two-all.

And the next question is yours, Jon.

Florian Schneider and Ralf Hutter were founding members

of which influential German electronic music group?

Right. Well, I can't say that I've heard of Can before.

Tangerine Dream I have heard of,

but I can't say whether they were electronic.

-But Kraftwerk I know were electronic, so I'm going with Kraftwerk.

-OK.

It's the right answer. Well done.

So you're in the driving seat and Judith has to get this.

Which jazz legend had a backing band called The Red Hot Peppers?

I don't somehow think it's Duke Ellington. Doesn't seem to suit him.

I think it might be Hoagy Carmichael.

Shaking the heads here. Eggheads?

-Jelly Roll Morton.

-Oh!

Another Wise owl is through.

Jon, you'll be playing in the final round today for £37,000.

Both please come back and join your teams.

Well, Wise Owls doing really well.

Two Eggheads gone. You haven't lost any of you from the final round.

Can you make it a third Egghead? Our next head-to-head is History.

Who'd like to play?

-Nigel?

-Yeah. I'll take History.

You seem very keen for that. Who would you like to play - Pat, Barry or Chris?

Maybe Pat? Shall we try Pat?

-OK, we'll try Pat.

-The new Egghead?

-See what he's like.

-Tell us about History. Favourite subject of yours?

-I'm not sure I shall say.

-Make them find out!

Can you both please take your positions in the question room?

-Nigel, first or second?

-I think the others have been doing fine going first, so I'll try that.

OK, good luck, Nigel. Here's your first question.

What was the name of the child born in 1801, believed to be the illegitimate daughter of Nelson

and Lady Emma Hamilton?

Right. Well, I can't say I know for certain.

I don't know whether Horatia may be a bit of a red herring

because of Horatio,

but since I've not heard of either Constantia or Dorothea, I'll try Horatia.

OK.

It's the right answer. Well done.

And, Pat...

Who was Queen Elizabeth II's paternal grandmother, who married the future King George V

in 1893?

Ah.

It's not Queen Elizabeth. She's safely in the 16th century.

It's Queen Elizabeth II's father's... George VI's mother.

I think it was Queen Mary.

Or was he married to Queen Mary?

Was he married to Queen Mary? Then it would be Queen Adelaide.

Yes, Queen Mary...

No, the Queen Mother was Queen Elizabeth. It's Queen Mary.

I'll go with Queen Mary.

A bit of confusion in there, but you've got it right, yes.

Queen Mary. It's one-all.

Second question each.

What name was given to the impromptu exchange of opinions between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev

at an exhibition in Moscow in 1959?

Right. An exhibition in Moscow.

They could have been holding the exhibition in the garden.

I don't think they'd be holding it in the kitchen.

And whether it was... whether it had something to do with the topic of the bedroom,

I don't know.

I think I'm going to go for garden in the hope that it was an exhibition in the garden,

-but I don't really know.

-Was it the garden debate, Eggheads?

-Kitchen.

-Kitchen debate, Nigel. Sorry about that.

-Sorry.

-Kitchen debate.

A chance for Pat to take the lead.

Which future British Prime Minister's reputation was damaged

when he was accused of insider dealing in the so-called Marconi Scandal of 1912 and 1913?

I'm not sure about this.

Lloyd George had an unfortunate habit of attracting various scandals.

I'm not sure of the answer, but I'll go for David Lloyd George on the basis he was scandal prone.

It is the right answer, so you have the lead.

You've got to get this, Nigel, to keep the round alive.

Which English king was responsible for the Eleanor Crosses, a series of elaborate monuments,

erected in memory of his wife?

Right...

Em...I'm fairly sure it's not King John.

I know that either Edward or Henry

was, I believe, married to Eleanor of Aquitaine. I've a strong feeling

that was the question that won Judith her million,

but it was some years ago now.

I'm going to go for Henry III and Judith can tell me if it's right.

Judith, it's not worth a million, but it was a version of this that won you the big money.

Henry II was married to her.

-Oh, I see.

-And it was Edward I who did the crosses for his wife

-who I think was Eleanor of Castile.

-So a lot of Eleanors around.

Too many Eleanors and before that there were too many Matildas.

Not Henry III as you may have heard, Nigel. It was Edward I.

So the first Wise Owl will depart the game and that's you, Nigel.

Both please come back and join your teams.

The Wise Owls have lost their first brain from the final round. The Eggheads have lost Judith and Kevin.

Our last head-to-head now and this one is Arts and Books.

Two eligible Wise Owls remain.

-Who wants to take this on?

-Me? Elli will take this one.

OK, Elli, who would you like to play from the Eggheads? Judith, Kevin and Pat have played.

-That leaves Barry and Chris.

-I think Chris.

-She wants to go for Chris.

-OK, Elli and Chris into the question room.

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

-Em, I'll go first.

All right. Good luck.

What name is given to the section of the book, usually at the front,

in which the author thanks everyone who helped in its production?

OK, I don't think it's a synopsis. I think that would be at the end.

And I'm pretty sure a glossary would be at the end as well.

Acknowledgements makes you think they're thanking people, so I would say it's that.

That is correct. Yes. Well done. Chris,

in the novel by Henry Williamson, what type of animal is Tarka?

He's an otter! In Devon.

Tarka the Otter is correct.

Elli, here's your next question.

In 2008, which artist announced the One and Other project

which invited members of the public to stand on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square?

Oooh.

I've heard of Antony Gormley. He does a lot of outdoors sculpture.

I don't think it's Steve McQueen,

so my other guess would be Grayson Perry.

I'll go for Antony Gormley because he does outdoor things!

I'm going to go for Antony Gormley.

-Because he does "outdoor things"?

-Yes.

-A bit like the Wise Owls.

It's right, yes. Well worked out.

Those scraps of information help.

Which English comic performer was nominated for a Tony Award in 1967

for his role in the Broadway production Walking Happy?

Yes...

I don't think it was Benny Hill. I don't think he was ever on the Broadway stage.

I don't quite see Norman Wisdom in anything that would appeal to the Tony committee.

I've an idea Bruce Forsyth did win a Tony,

-so I'll say Bruce Forsyth.

-OK, Bruce Forsyth.

No, that's the wrong answer. Norman Wisdom was nominated for a Tony

in 1967 for Walking Happy.

You could be quizzing happy, Elli. Who wrote the novel Psycho on which the Alfred Hitchcock film was based?

Oh, I've always seen the film,

but I don't think it's Harlan Ellison

as I haven't really heard of them.

So it's a pure guess between Ray Bradbury and Robert Bloch.

-I'm going to go for Robert Bloch.

-OK.

For writing Psycho.

It's correct! You're through to the final round. Congratulations, Elli.

Bad luck, Chris. Both please come back and join your teams.

So this is what we've been playing towards. Time for the final round, General Knowledge.

But those of you who lost

your head-to-heads won't take part.

So Nigel from the Wise Owls and Chris, Judith and Kevin

would you all leave the studio now, please?

So Renzo, Elli, Jon and Bryan, you're playing to win the Wise Owls £37,000.

Barry and Pat, you're playing for something which money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

I'll ask each team three questions in turn. They are all General Knowledge and you can confer.

Wise Owls, are your four brains better than the Eggheads' two?

-Wise Owls, would you like to go first or second?

-Shall we continue with...?

-We'll go first.

-First.

Let's see how you do.

Here's the opening question.

What name is usually given to an amateur theatrical performance

where the cast is made up largely of Scouts and Girl Guides?

It's not a clan show.

-A gang show?

-Gang show.

-Yeah.

-Gang show.

-It's the right answer.

Well done. Good start. Eggheads,

which character was played by Harrison Ford in the 1977 film Star Wars?

-Han Solo?

-Mark Hamill was Luke Skywalker.

-And James Earl Jones did the voice of Darth Vader.

-That lovely resonant voice.

-It was Han Solo.

-Han Solo.

Correct, yes.

One-each. Wise Owls,

your second question.

Which apparent aid to the regulation of traffic was invented by former rally driver Maurice Gatsonides

in the 1950s?

-We had traffic lights before then.

-Not satellites.

And it's not traffic lights.

They had traffic lights before then, but no satellites.

It must be speed cameras.

-Speed cameras.

-Speed cameras.

There may be a bit of a clue -

"apparent aid".

Always controversial. Still are.

The right answer - speed cameras.

So two to you. Well done.

Eggheads, Stanley Finch was the first director of which organisation

which celebrated its centenary in 2008?

-The UN is just post- World War Two.

-Yes, it's '45.

So it's not celebrating a centenary. And the CIA was created from the OSS,

again around World War Two.

So the FBI, time-wise, seems the best option.

That was my first thought. I have heard the name.

He's not as well known as J Edgar Hoover, who followed him.

-The first two are post-WWII.

-It must be the FBI.

-It's the FBI.

-The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

You've got the right answer. All right, Wise Owls.

Who was appointed Director of Elite Performance by the British Olympic Association

in September 2006?

Steve Redgrave is, but much later.

-Much later.

-He's very recent.

-Not Alex Ferguson.

-No, no.

-2006?

-2006.

I think it's Sir Clive Woodward.

We think it's Sir Clive Woodward.

Was he appointed Director of Elite Performance in September, 2006? Yes!

Three to the Wise Owls.

Eggheads, you've got to get this.

In the Marvel Comic series Fantastic Four, what is the superhero alter ego of Reed Richards?

I'm not at all sure.

My first instinct is Human Torch, but I'm not very familiar with it.

Unfortunately, they're all in the group.

We can't knock any out.

In the film, I think the Human Torch might be Ioan Gruffudd.

I'm pretty certain I would recognise the name of The Thing.

I have heard it once or twice.

-I think it is the Human Torch and Mr Fantastic.

-I'm not confident.

-If you have a glimmer...

-Slight inkling for Human Torch,

but it could be Mr Fantastic.

We might be lighting a bonfire for ourselves here,

but we'll go for the Human Torch without any degree of confidence.

OK, Reed Richards...

It's Mr Fantastic!

Which means, Wise Owls, you've won £37,000!

-Oh, my gosh!

-Well...there was something about the whole game.

It was going very, very well. You really deserve that.

-You've beaten the Eggheads comprehensively today. How does that feel?

-Amazing!

Unbelievable, Dermot. Unbelievable.

I mean, when you came in here you didn't know how much you were playing for.

When I told you £37,000, does that work two ways?

-Nice money, but they're on good form.

-Yes.

It'll go to the Trust and be well used for the future

-for education and conservation.

-Great to hear that it's going to a good cause.

You beat them in the head-to-heads and in the final round.

But we couldn't have lost to a more worthwhile cause.

-Thank you very much.

-That's true.

Anyone who was ejected know about their Fantastic Four?

Judith?

So the big thing, Bryan, was you put out the World Quiz Champion.

And you've got £37,000 and you have our congratulations ringing in your ears.

Thank you very much indeed for beating the Eggheads.

They'll be back.

Once again, what a great performance. Hope you enjoyed it.

"No, we hated it, Dermot(!)" 37 grand. Well done, you.

Join us next time on Eggheads to see if a new team of challengers will be just as successful. Goodbye.

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