0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Together, they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable
0:00:13 > 0:00:15quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:32pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain. You might recognise them, as they've won
0:00:32 > 0:00:36some of the country's toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39And challenging our resident quiz champions today are Quiz Akabusi.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44This team started quizzing together four years ago, and meet each week
0:00:44 > 0:00:48to quiz at The Pear Tree in Edinburgh. Let's meet them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Hello, I'm Grant, I'm 31, and I'm a music teacher.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Will, I'm 27, and I'm an art marketer.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Dan, I'm 26, and I'm a bookseller.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Hi, I'm Mark, I'm 26, and I work in customer services.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Hi, I'm Michael, I'm 26 and I'm studying history and politics.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Hello, Quiz Akabusi, good to see you here. Are you followers
0:01:08 > 0:01:10of the great man's career, hence the team name?
0:01:10 > 0:01:15Erm, possibly. It started off more as a bad pun,
0:01:15 > 0:01:19but stuck. But, yeah, he's kind of our mascot.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23I see! A mascot. Rather large and fast mascot!
0:01:23 > 0:01:27How did you get into the quizzing, then? Why are you such quiz addicts?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Well, we all met at a record store, working together.
0:01:30 > 0:01:36And we just decided to go along once to do a quiz, and we did OK.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37We thought we'd try again,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40and we did OK, and it's just taken off from there.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Here you are on Eggheads. And working at the music store,
0:01:42 > 0:01:47I take it, is kind of music trivia a particular strong point?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- Yeah, generally.- I think it attracts a certain kind of nerdish
0:01:50 > 0:01:51personality to work in a music shop.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55I think that helps the quiz performance.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Yeah, you pick up a lot, I suppose, in the day job.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Let's hope the music round comes up, and put some of that to the test.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Listen, every day there's £1,000 of cash up for grabs
0:02:02 > 0:02:05for our challengers. If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10So, Quiz Akabusi, the Eggheads have won
0:02:10 > 0:02:12the last two games,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15which means £3,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19And the first head-to-head battle is on Sport, which I suspect
0:02:19 > 0:02:21might be quite a strong subject for you as well.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Anyone of you can play.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- I'm thinking Michael would be good for sport.- I'm thinking Michael.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Are you up for it?- Yeah. I'll do it.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Unanimously, Michael.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Unanimously, Michael, apart from Michael!
0:02:32 > 0:02:35So that would be a majority vote.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Michael, who would you like to play from the Eggheads?
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Judith.- We'd like Judith, please.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Let's have Michael and Judith into the question room, please.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Michael, would you like to go first or second?- I'll go first, please.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Good luck.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55The England footballer Ashley Cole
0:02:55 > 0:02:57usually plays in which position?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02He's a left back, so he's a defender.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05The England footballer Ashley Cole
0:03:05 > 0:03:08is a defender, of course, yes, well done.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Judith, your first question.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Ravi Bopara and Graeme Swann
0:03:15 > 0:03:18have played test match cricket for which country?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24I thought they played for England.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Erm, I think I'm going to say England.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30It's the right answer, yes.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33England players. Second question
0:03:33 > 0:03:36for Michael. Which boxer knocked out Ricky Hatton
0:03:36 > 0:03:42in the second round of their light welterweight World Championship bout in May 2009?
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Well, erm, I'm pretty sure it's Manny Pacquiao,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54because I remember going to put a bet on it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Erm...
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Yeah, that's the only one I think it is. Manny Pacquiao.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04You've got the right answer.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Judith, second question.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10In which year did Steffi Graf
0:04:10 > 0:04:13last win the Ladies' Singles title at Wimbledon?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I'm so bad at dates, I never know.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24But I think she kept going for quite a long time.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26So I'm going to say 1996.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28'96...
0:04:28 > 0:04:30is correct. Well done, Judith.
0:04:30 > 0:04:332-2, now. And Michael's question.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Irina Rodnina won three Olympic gold medals
0:04:36 > 0:04:41for the Soviet Union between 1972 and 1980 in which sport?
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Well, erm, I've got to say, I've got absolutely no idea.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Just going to have to take a guess,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55so I'll say gymnastics.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Gymnastics for Irina Rodnina.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Figure skating.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03And Judith, to win the round,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06which American golfer who has never won a major
0:05:06 > 0:05:12did Nick Faldo defeat in a play-off to win the 1989 US Masters?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I sort of wonder why...
0:05:17 > 0:05:21I have never heard of any of them.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24I think Hale Irwin sounds like a nice name.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28The defeated...player in the 1989 US Masters defeated by Nick Faldo
0:05:28 > 0:05:31is Scott Hoch.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34So, it stays all square.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37And we go to sudden death, Michael, and we're taking away the options,
0:05:37 > 0:05:42so guessing becomes a lot harder, you've just got to conjure up an answer out of your own head.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Your question.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Patty Sheehan, born in October 1956,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49is a famous name in which sport?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53I'm not really sure about this at all. Erm...
0:05:54 > 0:05:58I'm going to just guess...golf.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Golf?- Yeah.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Don't sound so delighted about it, Michael, it's the right answer!
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Could put you in the final round.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Depends on this answer.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Judith, which boxer did Roberto Duran defeat
0:06:15 > 0:06:20in the 1980 welterweight world title bout, known as the Brawl in Montreal?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Erm... Lennox Lewis.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28It's not Lennox Lewis.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33Do you know, other Eggheads? One of the all-time greats, one of the greatest boxers of all time.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Leonard.- Sugar Ray Leonard.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39We finally winkled that out of the Eggheads.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Michael, you're in the final round. You are playing for the money today.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49A victory there Kriss Akabusi himself would have been proud of.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Michael sprinting over the line in quiz terms, anyway,
0:06:52 > 0:06:57and he's in the final round. All the members of Quiz Akabusi are still there at the moment.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02One Egghead missing, that's Judith. Our next head-to-head now is Film and Television.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Some of you might like this, I suspect.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Can't be Michael, any of the other four.- That shouldn't be me.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13No, I think it should be Grant.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15OK, then.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- Keen to play there, Grant. - Well, not keen but...!
0:07:19 > 0:07:22You get to choose any of the remaining four Eggheads,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- any of them bar Judith.- Chris? - Yeah.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Chris, please. - OK, Chris at Film and Television.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Let's have Grant and Chris in the question room, then.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Do you want to go first or second, Grant?- I'll go first, please.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38First question is this...
0:07:38 > 0:07:41The Meltdown and Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
0:07:41 > 0:07:46are the subtitles of the sequels to which 2002 animated feature film?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Well, I know it's not Finding Nemo,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53because it doesn't have any sequels.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55It's Ice Age.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Ice Age would fit, wouldn't it?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00It is the right answer, yes.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Your first question, Chris.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09"To infinity and beyond" is the catchphrase of which character in the film Toy Story?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15To infinity and beyond! It's Buzz Lightyear.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Yes, it is, that's correct.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21And Grant,
0:08:21 > 0:08:26in which suburb did Tracey and Dorien live in the popular TV sitcom Birds Of A Feather?
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Right, erm... Since the answers came up there, one popped into my head,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37but I want to make sure that I don't rush in.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39I'm pretty sure it's not Catford.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41I've got a strong feeling it's Chigwell.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46It is the right answer, yes, well done. Chigwell. Birds Of A Feather.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Chris,
0:08:47 > 0:08:52in the world of US TV broadcasting, for what do the initials HBO stand?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01HBO stands for, erm, what's it, Home Box Office.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03It's the right answer.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10So, it's all square, and you might win it if you get this, Grant.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15The 80-year-old actor George Burns joked, "It couldn't have happened to an older guy,"
0:09:15 > 0:09:20after winning an Academy Award for his performance in which 1975 film?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Even though I really like 1970s films,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I've never even heard of any of these.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Actually, I have heard of The Sunshine Boys.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36It may be because it won some Oscars.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- OK, I'll try The Sunshine Boys. - Try The Sunshine Boys,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41you've heard of that.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Yeah, because it won that Oscar! It is the right answer, yes.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48So you have three. Let's see how Chris does
0:09:48 > 0:09:50with his third question.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Before playing TV's Citizen Woolfie Smith,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Robert Lindsay played Jakey Smith in which situation comedy?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I think the first appearance of Robert Lindsay I can recall
0:10:03 > 0:10:06was in a comedy about national servicemen in the RAF
0:10:06 > 0:10:08called Get Some In.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11It's the right answer, Chris, yes, well done.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13All square, and once again
0:10:13 > 0:10:18we go to sudden death. And you know what that means, Grant - no more options.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Here's your question.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Who hosted the British versions of The Price Is Right
0:10:23 > 0:10:29from 1984 to 1988 and Stars In Their Eyes from 1990 to 1992?
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Well, I remember, I think it was Matthew Kelly was Stars In Their Eyes,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37but I think he took over from Leslie Crowther.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42I'm sure he did The Price Is Right, so I'll say Leslie Crowther.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Bang on, yes. Well done, right answer.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Very good. Your question to stay in it,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Chris. Vonda Shepard appeared regularly
0:10:52 > 0:10:56as a resident performer in a bar where the characters
0:10:56 > 0:11:00of which TV series first shown in 1997 drank after work?
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Was that not where they went to unwind in ER?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08In Ally McBeal.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Ally McBeal. I think some of the other Eggheads thinking that.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14You're through to the final round, Grant.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Knocked Chris out. Would you please come back and join your teams?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21A flying start for Quiz Akabusi.
0:11:21 > 0:11:242-0 up. No members missing from the final round so far.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29Two Eggheads gone. And our third subject coming up now is Science.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Who'd like to play this?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33It's Will, Dan or Mark.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35No-one wants this.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38I think I've been nominated whipping boy.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Who would you like to whip you,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45from the Eggheads?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Not Kevin. Daphne.- Yeah?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- How do you feel about that? - That sounds nice. Daphne.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Let's have Daphne and Mark into the question room, please.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58So, Mark, do you want to go first or second?
0:11:58 > 0:11:59I think I'll go first, thanks.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03OK, first question is this.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07What is the term used in physics to describe the properties of a fluid
0:12:07 > 0:12:10by virtue of which they offer resistance to flow?
0:12:16 > 0:12:22Well, erm, the first thing that springs to mind is viscous fluids.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26I'm going to go with viscosity.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Is the right answer, well done.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Daphne,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34piranha fish are native to which continent?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38They come from South America.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40It is the right answer, South America.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Piranhas, native to that continent. So, second question each.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Mark, in 1897, the English physicist JJ Thomson
0:12:48 > 0:12:52announced his discovery of which particle?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58JJ Thomson. Erm...
0:12:58 > 0:13:00can't say I'm familiar with him.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Erm...
0:13:02 > 0:13:06But, so far as my knowledge of atoms goes,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09electrons are probably the most important.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14So I'm going to go with, as a guess, I'm going to go with electron.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Guessing at electron. You've got it, well done. Two to you.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Daphne,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23what is the surname of the American scientist who invented
0:13:23 > 0:13:28the stretchable fabric known as Spandex for the DuPont company in the 1950s?
0:13:32 > 0:13:37Well, I have no idea. I can't imagine anybody being called Mr Wobbles...
0:13:37 > 0:13:42Guess Mr Shivers.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46It's Joseph C Shivers, yes, well done.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51So, still all square. And Mark,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54which trees belong to the genus Fagus?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01I have absolutely no idea.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Fagus... I'm going to take a complete punt,
0:14:05 > 0:14:09erm, I'm going to go with beech, because it's in the middle!
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Beech.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12It's correct!
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Three to you. And Daphne,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19to save yourself. Will the third Egghead be about to exit?
0:14:19 > 0:14:24In which part of the human body is the glabella located?
0:14:28 > 0:14:32I think that's in the head.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- In the head?- Yep.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38It's correct. Well done, Daphne. Whereabouts?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- It's something to do with the forehead.- Yes.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43The bit between the eyebrows.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- Yep.- Well done. 3-3, and again, it's sudden death. Every round
0:14:47 > 0:14:52so far, sudden death. And no need to explain, Mark - no more choices.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57In which US state is the Kennedy Space Center located?
0:14:57 > 0:15:01The Kennedy Space Center, I assume, is where Mission Control is.
0:15:01 > 0:15:08And in the films, they're all saying that "We have a problem, Houston."
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- So I'm going to go with Texas.- OK.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15"Houston, we have a problem." The old Apollo XIII.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18But, no, it's not Texas. Daphne, do you know?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Florida.- It's Florida, and it means a chance
0:15:21 > 0:15:23for Daphne to win the round
0:15:23 > 0:15:28and be the first Egghead to make it through to the final round if she does. Let's see.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32What's the cube root, Daphne, of 125?
0:15:32 > 0:15:38Five fives are 25, five 25s are 125. Five!
0:15:38 > 0:15:41It's the right answer. Daphne, you're through to the final round.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Is the Eggheads' honour about to be restored?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Mark, no place for you. Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Well, is it beginning to slip a bit for Quiz Akabusi?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55They've now lost one brain from the final round, the Eggheads
0:15:55 > 0:15:59have still lost those two. The last head-to-head coming up. It's Arts and Books.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02And your remaining players are Will and Dan.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05I'll do Arts and Books.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09OK, Will. And the remaining Eggheads are Kevin and CJ.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- But he's good on... - Kevin is amazing.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- Go on, then.- CJ.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18OK. We'd like to go for CJ, please.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Let's have Will and CJ in the question room, please.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Will, do you want to go first or second?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29I think I'll go first, please.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Athos, Aramis and which other character are referred to
0:16:36 > 0:16:39in the title of Alexander Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Well, I haven't read that particular book,
0:16:45 > 0:16:53but, fortunately, I remember the animated programme Dogtanian,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57and I think they borrowed the same names.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00And I'm fairly sure the answer is Porthos.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03That's given you the right answer, anyway.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Porthos is correct.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10CJ, in ballet, what name is given to a jump of variable height
0:17:10 > 0:17:14which transfers the dancer's weight from one foot to the other?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19A pirouette is a spin.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25I'm not absolutely sure what an arabesque is, but I'll go for jete.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Correct. Yep. One to you.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30And back to Will.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Girls On A Bridge, which was sold for 30.8 million
0:17:35 > 0:17:38at Sotheby's New York in May 2008,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41is a painting by which Norwegian artist?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50It seems like a lot of money, so you would think that it would be
0:17:50 > 0:17:52by a famous artist.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Munch painted The Scream, obviously, which I think is on a kind of a pier
0:17:56 > 0:17:58or a bridge kind of structure.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And I think he also painted
0:18:00 > 0:18:03the philosopher Nietzsche on a similar structure.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06So I know that he has used those kinds of structures.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10So, although I'm not particularly confident,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12I'm going to guess for Edvard Munch.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14And you've got it, it's the right answer.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18So, CJ,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22which poet was buried in Roquebrune in France
0:18:22 > 0:18:26but was later exhumed and his coffin moved to the churchyard
0:18:26 > 0:18:28at Drumcliffe in County Sligo?
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Why would Eliot be buried in Ireland? He's American.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38I could go from that angle.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43Yeats is Irish, Auden was English and Eliot American.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47I'll go for WB Yeats.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48And it is the right answer, yes.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52OK, right, well, it's all square,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54and third questions each.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Here you go, Will.
0:18:56 > 0:19:02The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It, published in 1869 and 1872 respectively,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06are pieces of travel writing by which author?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I don't have
0:19:11 > 0:19:16a really good idea about this question, so I'm going to have
0:19:16 > 0:19:19to try and think about this.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Something is telling me that it's not Mark Twain.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26From what I understand of Henry James, I don't think he
0:19:26 > 0:19:29would go in for travel writing.
0:19:29 > 0:19:35I'm going to guess Edith Wharton.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38OK, Edith Wharton. The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It are by...
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Mark Twain.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Well, a chance for CJ to take this round.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49CJ, in 1616 which painter became the first woman to be admitted to Florence's Academy of Design?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Oh, good(!)
0:19:58 > 0:20:03Not heard of Sirani.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I don't think I've heard of Gentileschi.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Which means it's undoubtedly going to be one of those two. But I think
0:20:13 > 0:20:16I've heard the name Lavinia Fontana, so that's what I'll try.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Poor Daphne!
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Oh, dear.- CJ!
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Gentileschi.
0:20:23 > 0:20:29Yeah, it's not Fontana, it's Artemisia Gentileschi.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31So, yes, both failing on the third,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33and we go to sudden death.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Four out of four now for sudden death.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37And this is your question, Will.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Meggie Cleary is the central character of which 1977 novel,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45primarily set in the Australian outback?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I don't know the answer to this question.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57I can't think of a novel that I've read set in the Australian outback.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05It's a guess, but I'm going to guess Hideous Kinky.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07OK, Hideous Kinky.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10It's not that, Will.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- Do you know, CJ?- Thorn Birds? - It is The Thorn Birds.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19So, CJ has a chance now to win the round.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24CJ, The Kraken Wakes is a 1953 novel by which British author?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27John Wyndham.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32John Wyndham. So keen are you to give me the answer, and get the agony over with!
0:21:32 > 0:21:35It is the right answer, John Wyndham, writer of The Kraken Wakes,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38means you're in the final round, CJ. Bad luck, Will,
0:21:38 > 0:21:42valiant effort but not to be. Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45So, this is what we've been playing towards.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48It's time for the final round, which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51But those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed
0:21:51 > 0:21:54to take part in this round, so Will and Mark from Quiz Akabusi,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56and Judith and Chris from the Eggheads,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58would you leave the studio, please?
0:22:00 > 0:22:04So, Grant, Dan and Michael, you're playing to win Quiz Akabusi £3,000.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Kevin, CJ and Daphne, you're playing for something which money can't buy,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn,
0:22:12 > 0:22:16this time they're all General Knowledge and you are allowed to confer. The question is,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Quiz Akabusi, are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Grant, Dan and Michael, would you like to go first or second?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I think we'll go first, please.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Good luck, guys. Let's see
0:22:30 > 0:22:32if you can beat the Eggheads. First question.
0:22:32 > 0:22:38What name is informally given to the workers subordinate to the driller in an oil-drilling operation?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Pretty sure it's roughnecks.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Yeah. Grant's from Aberdeen, so we're pretty confident!
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Roughnecks.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55Is the right answer, well done. OK, well, roughnecks gives you the lead.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Eggheads' first question. What is the name of Robert "Kool" Bell's band?
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Oh. Kool And The Gang. Oh, I see...
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Yep, so, Robert Bell, nicknamed Kool.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- Fine.- That's Kool And The Gang.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12It is, yes, that's the right answer. The Gang.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Back to Quiz Akabusi. Second question.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19The CFA franc is the official unit of currency of several countries
0:23:19 > 0:23:21in which part of the world?
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- CFA.- Oh, yeah.- I don't think it's South America.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Africa. French colonies...
0:23:33 > 0:23:37But then again, well, Vietnam and...
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- Could be. No...- But that's not...
0:23:39 > 0:23:41No. I'm sure they use, especially since independence,
0:23:41 > 0:23:46they would have changed to new currencies.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- I say Africa.- Yeah.- Africa.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- Africa?- Yeah.- The CFA franc?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56It's the right answer, well done.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58OK, and your second question,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Eggheads. In Greek mythology, the goddess Demeter
0:24:02 > 0:24:06is most commonly associated with which sphere of influence?
0:24:08 > 0:24:13Sometimes described in earliest incarnations as a corn goddess.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- So, it's agriculture.- Agriculture.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18And it is the right answer.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20So you're all square at 2-2.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23And a third question,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25could be crucial for Quiz Akabusi.
0:24:25 > 0:24:31American engineer Glenn Curtiss was a leading pioneer in which field?
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- I've never heard of him.- I think aviation, because I'm pretty sure
0:24:37 > 0:24:41from my model plane building days.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Some made by Curtiss.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46That sounds good. OK. Based on
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- Michael's experience of making models when he was a kid...- A long time ago.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Yeah, a long time ago! We're hoping it's going to be aviation.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58OK, pinning their hopes on you, the other members of the team.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00It's the right answer. Aviation.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Your question, Eggheads,
0:25:02 > 0:25:07and this is a crucial question, you need to get this to start building up that reputation again.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12In both heraldry and vexillology, a horizontal Y-shaped motif,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15such as that on the South African flag, is known as a what?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22I don't think it's either a fesse or a chevron. Which leaves pall.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24A chevron is just an arrow, isn't it?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Yeah. Well, a chevron is like a V shape.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Yes, just a V, there's no step.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31And a fesse, it's... Which way round is it?
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Fesse is just a horizontal bar.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37So that just leaves pall.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39I'm sure it's not the other two.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Sure it's not fesse or chevron, which leaves pall.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46OK, elimination technique, and got the right answer.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Yes, pall. Takes us to sudden death again.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Five out of five.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55So close, this round, whoever wins. It's so close, this whole quiz.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00Now, Quiz Akabusi, you've been this through this, two of you, before. It's sudden death.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06According to American folklore, which mythical lumberjack created the Grand Canyon?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09There's the guy who's in the film Fargo.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12There's the big, erm, statue.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14He's a lumberjack.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18There's an episode of The Simpsons where they do these tall tales,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- and one of them, Homer... - It's the same guy.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22And, like, they make pancakes.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Yeah, it's the same guy.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26I think he's called Paul.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Yeah, he is.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- Paul something...- Yep.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Oh, goodness me.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45No.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49I think... Almost had it there.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53No, we're not going to get it, I'm afraid.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- So that's a pass, then?- Yeah.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02You were so close. And I think you mentioned The Simpsons, you mentioned Fargo...
0:27:02 > 0:27:06The Simpsons therefore turns us to CJ, who gets a lot of his knowledge from there. And it is...?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09The episode where they're telling the tall tales,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Homer Simpson plays Paul Bunyan. - Paul Bunyan.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14It just wouldn't come to you.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17So very, very close, but it might not be over.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22The Eggheads need to get this. Eggheads which island country's flag features an outline map
0:27:22 > 0:27:25of the island above two crossed olive branches?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- Cyprus.- It's Cyprus.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31It is Cyprus, Eggheads. You've won!
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Well, Quiz Akabusi, bad luck. We've had close games on Eggheads before
0:27:41 > 0:27:44but none I think quite as close as that.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48You matched them in those head-to-heads, it was all square in the final round.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Each of those head-to-heads went to sudden death, so did the final round, and it came down
0:27:52 > 0:27:56to that one question, where you got half of it - the Paul but not the Bunyan.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59It really was that tight, so heads held very high here.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Great performance. So thank you very much for coming along to give
0:28:02 > 0:28:07the Eggheads a really good workout. But the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:28:07 > 0:28:09and they still reign supreme over quizland.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £3,000, which means
0:28:12 > 0:28:18the money rolls over to the next show. Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25£4,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.
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