Episode 102 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

attempt to beat possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

Their quiz pedigree is well known, they've won the UK's

toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.

And taking on our quiz champions today are the Alderney Rock Hoppers.

This team is from the small Channel Island community of Alderney.

-Let's meet them.

-Hello, I'm Bridget, I'm 57 and I'm an estate agent.

Hello, I'm Julie, I'm 44 and I'm a civil engineer.

Hi, I'm Bill, I'm 52,

I'm a local politician and guesthouse proprietor.

Hi, I'm Bernice, I'm 63 and I'm a housewife.

Hi, I'm Tim, I'm 46 years old and I'm a wholesale manager.

Bridget and team, very warm welcome to you. Tell me about the island.

-It's small, isn't it?

-It is. It's about three and a half miles

-by one and a half miles.

-And number of residents?

-2,300 most of the time, more or less.

-OK.

-And you've all lived there all your lives?

-ALL: No.

I've probably lived there the longest of the lot of them.

Do you find you know every person on the island?

-Pretty much, yes.

-So you know all 2,000 names

-even if you haven't spoken to everyone?

-Not names. You know faces

and you'll always say hello, but you don't necessarily know the names.

You've got a rough idea what they do and it is good in that way.

Fascinating. Every day there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

for our challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the money rolls over to the next show.

Alderney Rock Hoppers, the Eggheads have won the last four games.

That means £5,000 says you can't beat them today.

-Would you like to try?

-Yes, please.

-We'd love to.

Should get you back to the island if you win the money.

The first head-to-head battle is on Food & Drink. Who would like this?

-That'll be me, then!

-Bridget, OK.

-That'll be Bridget.

-Part of the plan.

-Why don't you do it, Bridget?

-Yeah. Yes, that's me.

-Against which Egghead?

-I'm going to do it against Judith.

-Lovely, OK.

-I never do Food & Drink!

-That's lovely!

-You do like your Food & Drink.

-They can be terribly obscure.

-We have a reason for it,

because the prep school on the island watched her win Millionaire

and it would really not be fair not to let them watch us compete.

OK, a very good reason.

And she's pleased to be doing something that isn't sport, as well.

Bridget from Alderney Rock Hoppers

again Judith from the Eggheads on Food & Drink. To prevent conferring,

take your positions in the question room.

Here we go, three multiple choice questions on Food & Drink.

-Bridget, you can choose the first or second set.

-I'd like the first set.

Here we go and good luck. Which ingredient is the T

of a classic BLT sandwich?

I know that, because on the plane on the way up yesterday,

we weren't sure that we'd arrive in time for dinner

so it's tomato.

Tomato is correct.

Judith, the town of Cromer

is particularly associated with which food?

Oh, that's, erm, Cromer crab.

-Cromer crab is right. It's on the seaside, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Is it Dorset?

-Norfolk.

-Norfolk.

-Yep.

Bridget, who won MasterChef in 2005

and went on to open the Wahaca Mexican restaurant chain?

I've no idea. I've never actually watched MasterChef.

I'm inclined to say not Fuchsia Dunlop, but that's only because

I've never heard the name Fuchsia as a Christian name.

Erm, which probably means I'm completely wrong.

But I think I might have heard it as a Christian name if they'd won

and then gone on to open something, it might just have crossed the...

Erm...

I haven't actually heard of Thomasina Miers, either.

I think I've heard the name Merrilees Parker

so I'm going to go with Merrilees Parker.

It's not Merrilees Parker.

But you're right to rule out Fuchsia. Thomasina Miers.

-Thomasina Miers. There's no branch of Wahaca on Alderney yet?

-No.

-Not yet.

-Judith, your next question. Bobotie, a dish of curried meat

with an egg custard topping, is a speciality of which country?

It's spelt B-O-B-O-T-I-E, bobotie.

I have... Bobotie. Bobotie.

What does that sound like? What language does that sound like?

Bobotie.

I have absolutely not the first idea.

But as it's curried, I'm going to try Bangladesh.

-It's not Bangladesh. Anyone know?

-Africa.

-South Africa, it is.

-Oh.

-Eaten where and how and who by?

It's almost a bush dish,

it's almost a traditional, rural dish.

Bridget, which grape variety is thought to take its name

from a French word meaning young blackbird?

I don't know. Erm...

My inclination is to rule out Pinotage.

Erm...

I think I'm going to go with Merlot, because it's a red wine,

and because I have absolutely no idea what Gamay is

and they might be more inclined to name a red wine after a blackbird.

I don't know. I'm going Merlot.

OK. Your team like that, actually.

-Is she right?

-We think so.

-You are right, Bridget. Merlot it is.

-Nicely done.

-THEY CLAP

So your third question, Judith. If you get this one wrong, you are out.

I know you don't like me saying it, but it's true. Food & Drink, too.

What is the name of the bread, popular in Belgium at Christmas,

baked to resemble the baby Jesus?

I can't think, so it's a guess,

down the magic right, Cougnou.

-SHE LAUGHS

-Just so you know,

this is Judith's technique and she doesn't always use it,

but when she does, it works. You're right.

-It is Cougnou.

-What? It's just extraordinary.

We're going to have to call it the Keppel.

Something suddenly swerves to the right.

So we've had three questions, we are level

and it's not multiple choice any more, it's sudden death.

Here we go.

Which white sauce is named after a steward to Louis XIV of France?

Well, I'm not very good on sauces. Erm...

The only ones I can think of that are white are hollandaise and bechamel.

Erm, and I don't think it's likely to be...

I don't know, Hollandaise of Holland.

Erm...

I'm going to go bechamel.

Nicely done. It's correct. The Marquis de Bechamel.

What was he doing, that marquis? You probably know this.

-Inventing sauces, was he?

-I expect it was his chef inventing sauces,

-not him.

-So bechamel doesn't mean anything, it's just a surname.

I suppose so, yeah.

Aconcagua is a wine-producing region in which country?

It's spelt A-C-O-N-C-A-G-U-A. Aconcagua.

Aconcagua.

Erm...

-I think I'm going to say Chile.

-Your answer is Chile.

-Yep.

-Your answer is right.

-Oh!

-How did you do that?

-I don't know.

It sounded South American, Chilean wine is very good and famous.

OK. She can't be shaken off that easily, Bridget,

but that is why she is an Egghead. Sudden death, we continue.

Autumn King and Egmont Gold are varieties of which vegetable?

I immediately thought apple, but then I'm starting to wonder

whether it's a potato or something of that kind.

Egmont Gold, erm...

I think... Egmont... I'm going to say apple.

It's carrot.

-Oh, well, I wouldn't know that.

-Maybe an orangey idea in autumn and gold

if you're clutching at straws there.

Judith, your question to take the round.

Which town in Pennsylvania

is home to the USA's largest chocolate factory?

Is there a place in Pennsylvania called Hershey?

-Is that an answer or a question?

-It's both.

-Would you like to give an answer?

-Hershey.

-Hershey is correct.

-Is it?

-Yes.

-Gosh!

-Well done.

What a civilised round that was. Judith will be in the final.

-Bridget, sorry, you've been knocked out.

-That's all right.

Please come back and rejoin your teammates.

As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round

and the Eggheads have lost no brains. The next subject is Music.

-Who would like this?

-Ooh.

-Throws us into disarray.

-No-one seems to want it.

-We all want it.

-THEY LAUGH

-I think it was Tim, wasn't it?

-I don't know.

-What do you think?

-Yeah, I...

It's limited, my knowledge.

I'm happy if you want me to go for it, I will.

No-one says their knowledge is unlimited, so don't worry.

-Are you happy doing it?

-I've got no idea on music.

-It looks like me, then.

-It looks like Tim's been volunteered.

-OK.

-Yes, I've volunteered.

Against which of these non-hopping Eggheads?

-Pat?

-Pat, yeah.

-Pat, apparently.

-Right.

Tim from the Alderney Rock Hoppers

against Pat from the Eggheads on Music. Please take your positions.

-Tim, tell us what you do on the island.

-I'm a wholesale manager,

which means I work for a biggish firm,

the supplies come in on the weekly boat,

take it to depot and then take them all over the island

to various restaurants, pubs,

anyone that I can supply to.

So if you're ill or incapacitated, the entire island grinds to a halt.

I've got a very good number two who can step in.

I also assume that if the weather's bad,

you can actually end up with no boats and then you're cut off.

It does happen. We run out of things a few times every year

-and it just can't be helped.

-And music? What do you do with music?

Not a lot. I mean, I do like my sort of music,

but if it's classical, I'll have problems.

-What's your favourite band?

-Going back would be Genesis.

Erm, but recently, things like Snow Patrol.

Ah! I'm thinking you're a Radio 2 man.

-Yes.

-So we reach down that far, do we?

Yeah! Sometimes.

-Glad to hear it. When the wind's in the right direction.

-Basically.

OK, good luck. Three questions on music

and it's Pat against Tim. Tim, you can choose the first or second set.

I should go first, so I'll go second.

I like the logic. OK, Pat, your first question.

"The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself"

is a line from which popular song?

I think it's ABBA's Eurovision winning entry, Waterloo.

Waterloo is correct. And as you got it right, you have to sing it.

-It's a rule.

-Er, mm, rules are meant to be broken, Jeremy.

OK. I didn't think you'd fall for that. Tim, your question.

Which former Spice Girl joined the cast of Blood Brothers

in the West End in 2009?

Ooh, I've got no idea. Erm...

Think logically.

Blood Brothers. That's the Willy Russell one, is it? I don't know.

I would say more likely to go on stage would be Emma Bunton,

so I'll go for Emma Bunton.

Let's see if the Eggheads know this one. Who was it?

-It was Mel C.

-Is she Sporty Spice?

-She was, yeah.

-She was Sporty Spice.

-She's gone into musical theatre now.

-Melanie Chisholm's the right answer.

Sorry, not Emma.

Over to Pat. The song Second Hand Rose

is most associated with which performer, born in 1891?

I think Fanny Brice was the inspiration for

either Funny Girl or Hello Dolly.

Marie Lloyd was a giant of the music hall.

And Gertrude Lawrence I don't know very much about.

Second Hand Rose. It could be American.

I think Fanny Brice is American. Second Hand Rose.

Could be American. Sounds a little more English than American.

But it could be American. I'm a bit stumped.

Second Hand Rose.

It sounds... I thought you were going to ask about a musical

because it's quite a well-known song, it may have been in a musical.

If it has, Fanny Brice being the inspiration for a musical is a link.

I'll have to go for Fanny Brice,

the theory being that it somehow wormed its way into Funny Girl.

Well, you're being too modest when you say you're completely stumped

because you had a lot of information and you put it together just right.

Tim, back to you. Which record was the first UK number one single

for the Stock, Aitken and Waterman partnership?

I don't think it was Spin Me Round. I'm pretty sure that was later.

Never Gonna Give You Up, that was, erm...

..someone. And Respectable was, I think, Mel and Kim.

Never Gonna Give You Up...

Rick Astley, wasn't it, Never Gonna Give You Up.

But I think the first one from that lot was the Mel and Kim one,

-Respectable, that's what I'm going to go for.

-If you've got this wrong,

-you are out.

-Thank you.

It's actually You Spin Me Round.

-Ooh, the one I cancelled.

-It's a tough question, that. Sorry, Tim.

You've been knocked out. Pat is in the final. Please rejoin your teams.

So, as it stands, the challengers have lost two brains from the final.

-Bridget, any change in tactics?

-I'm starting to panic if sport comes up.

OK, let's see. Actually, you're OK now. It's Arts & Books.

-Ooh.

-Definitely not me.

-I think that's... Paddy's an artist so I know a little bit.

-OK.

-Looks like it's you then, Julie.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-Yep. Off you go.

Julie, OK. Against which Egghead? Can't be Judith or Pat.

-What do you think?

-Do you want to take on Barry?

-Yeah, Barry.

So Julie from the Alderney Rock Hoppers against Barry, our Egghead.

To make sure there's no conferring, please go to the question room now.

It's going to be three questions on Arts & Books, Julie,

-and you can choose the first or second set.

-I'll have the first set.

Good luck. What type of character is Worzel Gummidge

in the books by Barbara Euphan Todd?

I know he's a scarecrow. He's definitely not a talking tree

and he's definitely not a pirate, he's a scarecrow.

He is indeed a scarecrow. Well done. Barry, your question.

Which fictional character was hunted by Abraham Van Helsing?

Oh, I love a question you can get your teeth into.

-The answer is Dracula.

-Dracula is correct.

Thanks for that. Julie.

Mr Stink is the second children's book by which comedian and actor?

I don't have a clue on that. Mr Stink is the second children's book?

I can't imagine Phil Jupitus writing children's books.

They'd be very tongue-in-cheek. David Walliams, hm.

Don't know much about him, really.

Stephen Fry is...probably the most obvious candidate.

Mr Stink. He's got a funny sense of humour, Mr Stink might go with that

as a kind of tongue-in-cheek children's book.

Erm...

I think I'll go for Stephen Fry, please.

Stephen Fry is the wrong answer. It's David Walliams.

So Julie, sorry. And Barry, you've got a chance to take the lead.

Here's your question. In which gallery

is Botticelli's painting Primavera on display?

I saw this painting a couple of years ago

and I was disappointed because it looked as if it needed a good clean.

It's one of my favourite paintings, too.

But I saw it in the Uffizi.

Did you take out your mop and your sponge?

I was very tempted to. I think they would've not looked kindly on that.

Uffizi is right. Well done, you've taken the lead.

Julie, you need to get this one right.

What type of work is Graham Sutherland's Christ In Glory,

unveiled in 1962?

It doesn't sound like it would be a tapestry. Doesn't sound very male.

That's possibly a bit sexist. Christ In Glory

sounds like it would more likely be a grand sculpture with its arms out.

A stained glass window. I used to make stained glass

but I can't remember any stained glass window being so remarkable.

There's lots of remarkable ones, but not that are so notable.

I think I would have to go for sculpture on this one.

-Yes. Sculpture.

-Sculpture is your answer.

Eggheads, where is this, first of all?

-Coventry Cathedral.

-Coventry Cathedral, right.

And you might think it's the Christ on the cross, but it's not, is it?

-Tapestry.

-It's a tapestry, actually.

As part of that whole rebuilt cathedral.

You're knocked out. Barry is in the final.

Please, both of you, come back and we'll play the next round.

So, as it stands, the challengers have lost three brains,

the Eggheads have, so far, lost no brains. They are intact.

Your last subject is Film & TV.

You've got to try and win this one.

I can't do Film & TV.

-Who's this? Bill or Bernice?

-Oh, I know nothing, as well.

This is a tricky one as we're both a bit rubbish on Film & TV.

-Did you have a plan on Film & TV?

-Do you have a coin?

-I think Julie was going to do it but then...

-No, it was me.

Oh, Tim, yes, that's right.

Who is best on general knowledge at the end? Who did we decide on?

I'm quite happy for Bernice to be left at the end.

If one of us has to be slaughtered on the altar of Film & TV,

-I'll let it be me.

-All right, so Bill. And then choose an Egghead,

-it's got to be Chris or Kevin.

-I think I'll take on Chris, please.

Bill from the Alderney Rock Hoppers against Chris from the Eggheads.

Please go to the question room now.

Good luck in this round. Three questions on Film & TV in turn

and you get to chose the first or the second set, Bill.

I might as well get the misery over with and have the first set, Jeremy.

Good luck. See if you can pull it back now.

Who returned to EastEnders in 2010 to play Alfie Moon?

Er, I'm not a big fan of EastEnders but my wife and daughter are.

And I believe that I know the answer.

I don't think it's Les Dennis, I'm pretty sure it's not Brian Conley.

But I think it's Shane Richie.

Shane Richie is right, well done.

Over to you, Chris. Which star of Last Of The Summer Wine

provided the voice of Wallace in the 2005 feature length film,

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit?

Oh, cracking cheese, Gromit! It's Peter Sallis.

I never realised. Peter Sallis is right. I never made the connection.

Is that a well-known fact in Egghead circles?

-Pretty much, yeah.

-OK, just me, then.

Bill, who played Marian in the 1938 Errol Flynn film

The Adventures Of Robin Hood?

I have to admit to not having the slightest clue on this one, Jeremy.

Erm, in fact, I've never heard of two of these ladies.

I've never heard of Helen Hayes and I've never heard of Jennifer Jones,

so on the basis that she's the only one I've ever heard of,

and it's from around that era, I'm going to go for Olivia de Havilland.

Strangely, I watched this recently. You're right, Olivia de Havilland.

And they're still good those old... That is a cracking film.

-Great sword play.

-Yeah. All of that.

Chris, which female newsreader

helped to launch BBC Breakfast Time in 1983?

Ah, just after Mastermind I actually met her, it was Selina Scott.

Selina Scott is the right answer.

So, back to you. Two points each.

Try and keep the pressure on. You're playing well, Bill.

Jon Swain, the award-winning foreign correspondent

was a major character in which film?

Again, I really don't have a clue on this one, Jeremy.

I'm going to have a complete stab at it on the basis that

it's a foreign correspondent, the character,

erm, and generally speaking, wars take place somewhere else

if you're a correspondent reporting on them.

I'm going to go for The Killing Fields.

-Team, is he right?

-Yeah. We think so.

-You're right. Well done.

The Killing Fields. He still works on the Sunday Times, Jon Swain.

I see his byline a lot.

Chris, if you get this wrong, you're out of the contest.

Who directed the 1996 film Brassed Off?

Oh, now, I know what it's about. It starred the late Pete Postlethwaite.

Erm, who produced it, or directed it, rather...

Straight down the middle, Stephen Daldry.

Stephen Daldry is wrong, it's Mark Herman. Well done, Alderney.

A sigh of relief from Bill. You'll be in the final. Chris, you won't.

Come back to us and we'll play that final round.

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

it's time for the final round, which is general knowledge.

I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads can't take part.

So, Bridget, Julie and Tim from the Alderney Rock Hoppers,

and Chris from the Eggheads, please now leave the studio.

Bill and Bernice, good luck to you. Not nervous at all?

-Oh, just slightly.

-You're brother and sister, as well.

-Absolutely, this is my big sister.

-OK, and any other siblings?

-Yes, two sisters.

-They'll be watching at home.

-Er, at home in Guernsey, they live in Guernsey.

-Right.

Good luck. You're playing to win the Alderney Rock Hoppers £5,000.

Barry, Pat, Judith and Kevin,

you're playing for something money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation.

As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn,

the questions are all general knowledge,

you are allowed to confer, so you can have a family meeting there.

So, Bill and Bernice, the question is,

are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four.

-Bill and Bernice, do you want to go first or second?

-Er, first, please.

OK, here we go, good luck. Which New Zealand city

was badly damaged by a magnitude seven earthquake in 2010?

Do you know that one?

Well, a lot of the volcanic activity is on the North Island.

-OK.

-Auckland is on the North Island.

To be honest, I don't know where Nelson is.

Auckland... I've been to Auckland.

And Christchurch is on the South Island.

-Auckland is ringing a bell with me.

-Yeah.

Well, I would've said Auckland. But then it could be Nelson.

I'm not quite sure where that is.

-No, neither am I.

-Shall we go for Auckland?

-We might as well.

-OK.

We'll say Auckland, Jeremy.

-Eggheads?

-Christchurch.

-Christchurch is the answer.

-Christchurch.

-We ruled it out at the start.

Your chance to take the lead, Eggheads.

A hackamore is used for the control of which creatures?

-Horses.

-Horses?

-Horses.

-Hackamore?

-It's a piece of tack.

-Tack, yeah.

We think it's a piece of equipment used in the control of horses.

Horses is the right answer. Over to you, Bill and Bernice.

Which US president, born in 1843,

died in the same year as Queen Victoria?

-She died in 1901.

-Yeah.

It doesn't help. I'm not good on US presidents. Are you?

It wasn't McKinley because I... No, wait a minute.

-McKinley was the one that was assassinated out of those.

-OK.

So you don't think it was him.

So we've got a choice between Cleveland and Taft, haven't we?

Yeah. For some reason, I'm tempted to go down the middle

-for no good reason.

-You think so?

-Mm.

-Shall we say Taft, then?

-Go on, then.

-I don't think we know.

-We're going to guess at Taft.

Taft is your answer.

You're right about 1901, but not about Taft.

It was William McKinley

who died in the same year as Queen Victoria.

I knew he was shot but I didn't know when.

So, Eggheads, if you get this answer right, you've taken the contest.

What title was taken by William Richard Morris, who in 1913

produced the first Morris Oxford car?

-Nuffield.

-It was Nuffield, yeah.

He was Viscount Nuffield.

-No uncertainly at all?

-No. Not really. Not on this one, I'm afraid.

The answer is Viscount Nuffield. Congratulations, Eggheads. You won.

-The final just is sometimes brisk like that.

-Yes.

-It is.

Sorry, they are very good, these Eggheads.

Thanks for coming. Commiserations.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them

and their winning streak continues.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £5,000

so that money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£6,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.

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