0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 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 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:30attempt to beat possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Their pedigree is well-known as they've won some of the country's toughest quiz shows.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35They are the Eggheads.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39And taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today
0:00:39 > 0:00:43are the Magpies. This team are all students at Newcastle University,
0:00:43 > 0:00:48and they shared a house next door to the home of their namesakes,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Newcastle United. Let's meet them.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Olivia, I'm 21, and I'm a history and archaeology student.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Charlie, I'm 23, and I'm a biomedical science student.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Lucy, I'm 22, and I'm a student
0:00:59 > 0:01:01of English literature and German.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Hi, my name's Callum, I'm 21, and I'm a student
0:01:03 > 0:01:05of politics and sociology.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Hi, I'm Rory, I'm 21, and I'm a student of music technology.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10So, Olivia and team, welcome.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- ALL: Thank you.- And you're all living in the same house?
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- Yes, we are all housemates. - Does it not get problematic
0:01:17 > 0:01:21with everyone fighting over the bathroom and all that?
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- Constantly!- The washing up, the bathroom, the TV.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- Pretty much everything! - Do you quiz together?
0:01:29 > 0:01:32We've done pub quizzes together and we watch Eggheads
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- and programmes and challenge each other.- Right.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And I notice from the subjects you study,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40we have got quite a wide spread, actually.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Yeah. Hopefully!
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- We just hope those subjects come up, cos if not, we're...- Otherwise...
0:01:46 > 0:01:48It could be embarrassing if the subjects come up
0:01:48 > 0:01:50and we fail miserably at them.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55- And are these guys legends in the halls?- Oh, definitely!
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- Legends in our house! - Legends in their own lunchtime.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02All right, every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:02 > 0:02:06for our challengers, however, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12So, Magpies, the Eggheads have won the last five games,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15which means £6,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- That would come in handy, I guess? - Definitely, very nice!
0:02:18 > 0:02:23Get a few Pot Noodles for that! That's our last student joke. Sorry!
0:02:23 > 0:02:26The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Sport.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Which one of you wants this?
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- THEY DEBATE - I think we should stay at Callum.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33I thought we said Callum?
0:02:33 > 0:02:38- Callum will take Sport. - Callum would go with Politics... - We don't know what will come up.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Callum?- We've got to take Callum, here.- OK.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42And who do you want to take?
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Um, I think I'll go for Judith, thanks.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Is that OK?- Poor Judith.- Sorry!
0:02:50 > 0:02:53It doesn't matter whether it's OK or not, you were going to go to Judith!
0:02:53 > 0:02:56So Callum from the Magpies against Judith from the Eggheads,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and do, please, go to our Question Rooms now.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03So, Callum, you have an ambition, I know.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Well, yeah, since I was a little boy I've watched the Olympics,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and my dream was to go to the Olympics and, sort of, any sport.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Obviously, I row for the university at the moment,
0:03:12 > 0:03:15but I think going to the Olympics for rowing would be a pretty big dream
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- rather than a reality. - How would you get on to doing that?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Would you go and train in one of the great rowing teams, or what?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Yeah, well, Newcastle University has got a fairly good reputation.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28A few of our guys are going for GB, like, Under-23s at the moment,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30so it's a pretty good set up.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I only started rowing two years ago, so I'm still fairly new to it.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37So you might not make it in time for London?
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Unfortunately not, no,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42but a nice trip to Rio and Brazil in 2016 would be quite nice, I think.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Good luck! Judith, what about this?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47You're taking on very sporty young student on Sport.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- It's always my fate! - You don't like sport much, do you?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Not terribly, no!- All right, let's see how you both do.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Three multiple choice questions on Sport, and Callum,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- you can choose the first or second set.- Um, I think I'll go first.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Good luck to you. Here we go!
0:04:06 > 0:04:10What was the top prize at the 2010 World Snooker Championship?
0:04:14 > 0:04:22Em, well, I know that the bonus for getting 147 was quite low,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26but I've got a feeling that it's 250,000, just because I think
0:04:26 > 0:04:3025 is a bit too low, and 2.5 million just seems far too high.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- So I'll go down the middle. - Down the middle.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36250,000 is correct, well done.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38First point for the Magpies!
0:04:38 > 0:04:41The prize for a 147 would have been 20,000 for the high break,
0:04:41 > 0:04:46and 147,000, so it would've been 167,000 if you got a 147.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Judith, here's your question.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50The laws of badminton state there should be how many feathers
0:04:50 > 0:04:53fixed in the base of a shuttlecock?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Well, I'm just trying to count.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03I'm sure there are more than four, but it seems 16 is quite a crowd.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07On the other hand, they're quite small. I should think it's 16.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Same logic for both questions, isn't it? 16 is the right answer.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Callum, over to you.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17The trophy given to the ICC's Cricketer of the Year
0:05:17 > 0:05:20is named after which cricketing great?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I'm actually not too sure on this.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I should know this as I'm quite a big cricket fan.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32Erm, I'm not...
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Donald Bradman was an absolutely incredible batsman.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38I remember his last game. He only scored a duck
0:05:38 > 0:05:41when he needed four to average 100 throughout his career.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46Dennis Lillee and Garfield Sobers also incredible players.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I've got a feeling it's actually Dennis Lillee.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51I don't know why, it just springs to mind.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55I'm just going to have to go for Dennis Lillee, down the middle again.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Dennis Lillee is your answer. Anyone want to help here? Any Eggheads?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- CJ, you're shaking your head.- It's not the one I would have gone for.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Go on, sorry. I think it's Garfield Sobers.- I think it's Bradman.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- I'd have gone for Bradman. - You'd have gone for Bradman?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12A split decision on the Eggheads. It is Garfield Sobers, Callum,
0:06:12 > 0:06:13sorry to say.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18So, Judith, you've got a chance to go into the lead, in Sport,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20against a sportsman.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22In what capacity did Sir Michael Stoute
0:06:22 > 0:06:24become a famous sporting name?
0:06:28 > 0:06:32He is, um, a very successful trainer.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Horse trainer.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38He is a horse trainer, you're right. You've go it, you're in the lead.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Over to you, Callum. You need this one!- OK.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Apart from Jessica Ennis,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45who was the only member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team
0:06:45 > 0:06:50at the 2009 World Athletic Championships to win a gold medal?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Um, I've got a feeling I know this.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02I think Jenny Meadows got the bronze and I think it was the 1500m,
0:07:02 > 0:07:07and Lisa Dobriskey, I think, also got a silver, I believe.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11I don't know, it's between... I think Phillips Idowu got the gold,
0:07:11 > 0:07:15cos he then followed it up with the European Championships later on.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17I'm going to go with Phillips Idowu,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20because I think he won it, beating the Swede.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25You know a lot, and you've got the point, well done. Phillips Idowu.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29It's very good sporting knowledge!
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Judith, if you get this right, you will, incredibly, have won.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Who is the only player to have been defeated by Pete Sampras
0:07:36 > 0:07:39twice in the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I can never do this kind of thing.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53I don't know why, but Ivanisevic is standing out for me.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55So, Ivanisevic.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58CJ is, as they say, our go-to man on tennis.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Is she right?- She is right.- You are right, Judith. You take the round.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Goran Ivanisevic it is.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Callum, sorry! Garfield Sobers!
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I'm gutted! Absolutely gutted!
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Well, you know a lot, as I say,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15so, do both of you, please, come back here and rejoin your teams.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20So, early days. Are the tactics going to change now, or...?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22What tactics?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Well, Callum, you played really well.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I just stumbled on that ICC question.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29The upside is that Judith has a big boost from that,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32cos the Sport thing, for her, is a nightmare.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35We can't wait till it gets back to the boat club!
0:08:35 > 0:08:37The challengers have lost one brain
0:08:37 > 0:08:41from the final round, the Eggheads have lost no brains, so far.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45The next subject is Geography. Is there a geographer here?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- No, no geographers! - Erm, what are we going to do?
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Lucy, I think we've got to start playing, like, general knowledge.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Yeah, do you want to go? - I think Geography, just go for it.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- OK, I'll take Geography.- Lucy, OK. - Who are you going to take on?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- Who should I take? - Maybe, CJ, I think.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- CJ's good at Geography. - He is, he's a Geography master!
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- He struggles at British geography, though.- Oh, does he?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Pat's good.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- No, no, I don't think so, take on someone else!- OK, CJ.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14THE MAGPIES LAUGH
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Decisive. OK, Lucy from the Magpies, versus CJ from the Eggheads,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21on Geography. And just to make sure there's no conferring,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24please go to the Question Rooms now.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28So Lucy, what do you hope to do beyond Newcastle University?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I think you know! I hope to be a TV presenter,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35but it's quite a hard business to get into, so it's a dream!
0:09:35 > 0:09:39What, doing this kind of show, or news, or sport?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40News, actually.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I'd love to get into news, but I think you need a degree in journalism
0:09:43 > 0:09:46to do that, but hopefully I'll get in another way.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- Lucy, you're well travelled as well? - Kind of, yes.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Well, give us some idea of the range.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56I've been to America, Canada, Honduras, Sweden, Austria,
0:09:56 > 0:10:02Germany, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, ooh, everywhere!
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Well, not everywhere!- Anywhere else? - Erm...- That's amazing!
0:10:05 > 0:10:07OK, and CJ, you've been abroad
0:10:07 > 0:10:10but you haven't really been around this country at all?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Well, back in the mid '90s, I made an effort to spend about 18 months
0:10:14 > 0:10:17travelling around Britain to try and get to know it,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20and absolutely nothing that I saw, nothing that I learned, stuck.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24There was a news story about a guy who tried to drive up to Scotland
0:10:24 > 0:10:27from the south of England, accidentally got on the M25,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and had just been round it twice. Was that you?
0:10:29 > 0:10:33That wasn't me, but if it was, I'd probably have gone in the wrong lane!
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Geography now, it's multiple choice questions, and Lucy, you can choose the first or second set.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I think I'll go second, please, Jeremy.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46CJ, here's your first question.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Which city is the capital of Croatia?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Well, this is one of the cities I've been to,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58so hopefully I know it's Zagreb.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Zagreb is the right answer.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Any other capitals begin with Z?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Eggheads?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Have to think.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Look at their brains going there.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12It's like when the computer programme hangs, you know,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14at the time the beach ball comes up.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19OK, Lucy, what is the western-most point of mainland England?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27I've a feeling it's Land's End, but I'm hoping it isn't a trick question.
0:11:27 > 0:11:33I've actually been to Land's End, so I'm just going to for Land's End.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Well done, it is Land's End, good stuff!
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Back to you, CJ.- Go on, Lucy!
0:11:37 > 0:11:40The Spanish city of Seville lies on which river?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I don't know this.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51I only know a couple of the Spanish cities and their rivers.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56I mean, the Tagus is the longest river on the Iberian peninsula,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59so there are quite a few cities on that.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Er, I don't know this one.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Seville.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I'm going to go for the Ebro.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18No, it's not the Ebro, it's the Guadalquivir.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21So Lucy, your chance to take the lead against the Egghead here,
0:12:21 > 0:12:26make CJ really, really cross, which is always fun.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Haneda Airport serves which city?
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I have absolutely no idea.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Haneda.
0:12:36 > 0:12:43Erm, it doesn't really sound like it would be Tokyo or Beijing.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Oh, I really don't know! I hope the other team-mates don't know!
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I'm just gong to go for Seoul.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52It's not Seoul. It's Tokyo.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57OK, so you're level, and the third question for you, CJ.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Druridge Bay, a seven-mile stretch of beach running from Cresswell
0:13:01 > 0:13:04to Amble, is located in which part of the UK?
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I haven't got the first idea!
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Oh, dear!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I did try to do some work on UK geography but, erm,
0:13:16 > 0:13:21it was very basic and not much of it stuck, again.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I don't know why I have this blackspot on UK. I just can't do it.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29I don't know. Amble sounds more Northumberland to me.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I'll guess at Northumberland.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Northumberland is the right answer.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38- Ah, that's annoying, Lucy, isn't it?- Yep!
0:13:38 > 0:13:39See if you can get this one right,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42then we go to Sudden Death if you do.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46The Allegheny Mountains form part of which larger mountain range?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Again, I really don't know.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57It doesn't really sound like it would be the Rockies,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01so, erm, I know where the Andes are.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I have no idea where the Alla-pay-chians, Alla-pachians, are,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08so I'm just going to go for the Andes.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10It's not the Andes. Eggheads?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- EGGHEADS: The Appalachians. - Yes. What is that, Virginia or...?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Eastern America.- Yeah.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It runs down, essentially,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20behind the Eastern Seaboard of the USA.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23So it runs all the way, depending on how you count it,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25it runs all the way down from New York,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27right down through the middle-Atlantic states.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Down as far as the north-end of Georgia, Alabama, that way.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Right, OK. Lucy, I'm sorry.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37CJ has defeated you on Geography.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Amazingly, got a UK question right as well.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44So, please, both of you, come back here and rejoin your teams.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- Lucy, bad luck.- Thank you.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49You put CJ in a good mood, though.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52We were talking about Zagreb and capital cities beginning with Z,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54and there are none, that's why.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57So you were trying to think of one, and there isn't one.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01There's only one letter in the alphabet which is not used
0:15:01 > 0:15:04as the start of the name of a capital city.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- X.- X is right.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11There are only four which are used once and once alone.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- So, Z, you've got Zagreb. - J?- Three others.- Q?
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- Q is one.- U?- Quito. - Quito, well done.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19U is correct. Anyone?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23What's the capital that begins with U?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24- Ulaanbaatar.- Ulaanbaatar.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29- Ulaanbaatar, well done. What's the other one?- With J?- No, it's not J.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- I?- I, well done.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34You're going systemically through the alphabet, CJ.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35I'm a Scrabble player!
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- Anyone know the capital? - Islamabad.- Islamabad, well done!
0:15:39 > 0:15:40- And I have one for you!- Go on.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45Which letter starts the names of most capital cities?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- I'll go L for London.- No!
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- Go on, you tell me.- It's B.- B?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52They're very good on capitals and they're very good on flags.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57Which most normal people aren't, you know, so don't worry!
0:15:57 > 0:15:59As it stands, the challengers have lost two brains
0:15:59 > 0:16:03from the final round, whilst the Eggheads have lost no brains.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05So really up and at 'em now, OK?
0:16:05 > 0:16:08The next subject is Film and TV, for our Magpies.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10THEY CONFER
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- Yes, I'll do it.- Entirely up to you. You want to do it?- I'll do it.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- OK.- Um, against Barry.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Olivia of the Magpies against Barry of the Eggheads on Film and TV.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Please go to the Question Room now.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27I'll ask each of you three questions on Film and TV in turn.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Olivia, would you like the first or second set of questions?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Um, I'll take the first set, please.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Good luck. Here we go. Which comic character,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40who went on to have his own TV show,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43was the sports correspondent on the TV series, The Day Today?
0:16:48 > 0:16:53Um, I'm sorry to say I've never even heard of The Day Today.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I have absolutely no idea.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59But Dennis Pennis is quite a nice name, so I'll go for that.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04Dennis Pennis is incorrect. It's actually Alan Partridge.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Day Today was a kind of satirical thing with Chris Morris.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12Barry, in the long-running US TV series,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Buffy The Vampire Slayer, who played the title role?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Ah, another question on vampires.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It was Sarah Michelle Gellar.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Sarah Michelle Gellar is the right answer, well done.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Back to you, Olivia.
0:17:32 > 0:17:38In 2006, Milo Ventimiglia took on the role of which character
0:17:38 > 0:17:42in the science fiction TV series Heroes?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Um...
0:17:49 > 0:17:55I will make a guess at Isaac Mendez.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59No, it's not Isaac Mendez, it's Peter Petrelli.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03I'm trying, I'm struggling here, is he the politician?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- The brother. - The brother of the politician.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09He used to move very quickly and walk around, looking miserable.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Barry, your question. For which film did John Travolta
0:18:14 > 0:18:17receive his first Academy Award nomination?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22And if you get this right, Barry, you're in the final.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27I can't recall John Travolta being in Carrie, the Stephen King horror.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29He was in both the other two.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33I think it was Saturday Night Fever.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37You have got the question correct, Saturday night Fever it is, Barry.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41You're in the final. Sorry, Olivia, he knocked out the captain.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Do both of you please come back and rejoin us here.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Bad luck, Olivia.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50The challengers have lost three brains from the final round.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54The Eggheads have now lost, well, no brains. They're playing well.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56And the last subject is History.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Don't we have a history person here?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- That was our captain. - It was you, and you're out, Olivia!
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Plan B.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06THEY CONFER
0:19:06 > 0:19:07I'm doing the final round.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Charlie said he'd do it. We've discussed this. It's up to you.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- Rory, you're doing it. - It looks like I'm doing it.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Charlie. What do you study?
0:19:15 > 0:19:16I study biomedical science.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20I actually detest history, so this should be interesting.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- The history of biomedical science. - I might be OK, yes.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Who would you like to take on? Pat or Kevin? It's a tough choice.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- What do you reckon?- Your choice. - They're both very good.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- It's up to you.- Just choose. - I'm going to take on Kevin.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39OK, Charlie from the Magpies, versus Kevin from the Eggheads,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42on History. Please go to the Question Room now.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47OK, Charlie. We're on History and I know that's not your field.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50No, by no means my strongest field.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I was definitely waiting for the science round to come up,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55but I'll be the scapegoat for history.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Do I gather it's been a difficult run up?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00You were apparently buying some clothes and the, um...
0:20:00 > 0:20:04and you got a T-shirt the wrong size or something?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I will kill my team for that! THEY LAUGH
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Slipping you inside information.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11It was a bit of a last-minute shop, really.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Rather than try on all various sizes,
0:20:13 > 0:20:17I just picked up the nearest one that I could find, really.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- It was a little bit small. - No, it looks fine, actually.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I admit they did give me the information. OK. Good luck.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I know you want to be a heart surgeon one day
0:20:26 > 0:20:28so we'll try and stay in with you.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31I'll ask each of you three questions on history in turn.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Charlie, would you like the first or second set of questions?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37I think I'll go first please, Jeremy.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Good luck. Who was the last king of the 20th century
0:20:44 > 0:20:47to directly succeed his father to the British throne?
0:20:53 > 0:20:58Um, right, well, as I thought, I have no idea.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Um... Let me just think.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I'm absolutely terrible with monarchs.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07I can never remember who came where.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12I'm going to have a stab at Edward VII.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18Close, but it's Edward VIII. Close in the sense of numbers.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Well, actually, and close in the sense of time as well.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- 1910 to 1936. Two years they both became King. - Kevin, your question.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31Which King of England was born in Falaise and buried in Cannes,
0:21:31 > 0:21:32both in Normandy?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40That is William I, William the Conqueror.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Both in, he was born in Normandy
0:21:43 > 0:21:46and that's where he wound up later as well.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49William I, the Conqueror, is quite right.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Back to you, Charlie.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57The destroyer, USS Maddox, was involved in an incident in 1964
0:21:57 > 0:22:01which was seen as instrumental in starting which conflict?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08OK, um...
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Dates again, not particularly strong for me. Um...
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And wars. Let me think.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19OK, I'm going to stick with my theory
0:22:19 > 0:22:21of, if I don't know, go down the middle,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24so I'll go the Suez Crisis, please.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Suez Crisis is your answer.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28I think that was a bit early.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30It's the Vietnam war.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Kevin, help us out here, what was the incident?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34The Tonkin Gulf incident...
0:22:36 > 0:22:40..which later was claimed by many, and I think it's been proved now,
0:22:40 > 0:22:44it was a manufactured incident with North Vietnamese patrol boats
0:22:44 > 0:22:46firing on American ships
0:22:46 > 0:22:49and this gave a justification for the Americans
0:22:49 > 0:22:54to send more military personnel to help prop-up the South Vietnamese.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59Your question, Kevin. If you get this right, you've taken the round.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02What age did one have to be to receive the old-age pension
0:23:02 > 0:23:06when it was introduced in Britain on January 1st, 1909?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14I think it's actually come down since then.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18I think, when it was first introduced, it was 70.
0:23:18 > 0:23:2170 is the right answer. You've taken the round, on History.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Sorry, Charlie. Valiant effort to go up against Kevin,
0:23:25 > 0:23:29in one of his strongest areas, but you haven't quite succeeded.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Both of you come back to us. We will now play the final.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36So, this is what we've been playing towards.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Time for the final round, which, as always, is general knowledge.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:23:41 > 0:23:44won't not be allowed to take part in this round.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48So, Olivia, Charlie, Lucy and Callum from the Magpies,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51would you please now leave the studio?
0:23:52 > 0:23:56- Well, they've left you on your own, Rory.- Yes.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00And they're all sitting behind you there, so hopes are pinned on you.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Very much so. Very much so. I am feeling the pressure,
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I'm not going to lie, but I can only do my best.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08And what's your subject at university?
0:24:08 > 0:24:12I study music technology and media and journalism as well.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Music technology is what?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18It's more the production side of things, recording, um...
0:24:18 > 0:24:21all the backroom stuff, to be honest,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23as opposed to playing instruments, which I've done.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Let's hope it comes in handy. You're playing to win the Magpies £6,000.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Barry, Pat, Judith, Kevin and CJ,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34you're playing for something money can't buy, the Egghead's reputation.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39This time the questions are all general knowledge
0:24:39 > 0:24:41and you are allowed to confer,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45although that doesn't help you very much. Rory, the question is,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49is your brain better than the Egghead's five put together?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- Do you want to go first or second? - Um, I'll go first.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00All the best, Rory, to you and the Magpies.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae starred in the film version
0:25:03 > 0:25:07of Oklahoma and which other Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Now then,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16musicals are not my strong point, when it comes to...
0:25:18 > 0:25:23..theatrical displays. I am more...
0:25:25 > 0:25:27I'm leaning towards the King and I,
0:25:27 > 0:25:31purely because I don't really know the storyline of the other two,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34and I'm going to go with my gut and I'm going to go with the King and I.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38It's actually Carousel
0:25:38 > 0:25:42that had Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae in.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46OK, Eggheads, your question.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Les Gray was the lead singer of which 1970s Glam rock band?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- Mud.- What is it?- It's Mud.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59That's Mud, Jeremy.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Mud is the answer.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- Would you have got that, Rory, out of interest?- Yes.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Music is your thing.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08- Should've gone second. - I should have.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Well, we don't know. Here's your second question.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14In service since 1961,
0:26:14 > 0:26:19the USS Enterprise was the world's first nuclear-powered what?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27When I heard submarine,
0:26:27 > 0:26:29I was pretty confident that was the answer.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33But when aircraft carrier came up,
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Um...
0:26:37 > 0:26:38I'm torn, I was torn.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Again, I'm going to go with my gut. I'll go with Submarine.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Yes, submarine.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Submarine is your answer. Eggheads, do you know?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47It's aircraft carrier.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51OK, submarine is wrong, Rory, sorry.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Aircraft carrier is right and that means the Eggheads
0:26:54 > 0:26:58can take the whole contest if they get this question right.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Machicolations were often to be seen as part of what
0:27:02 > 0:27:03in mediaeval times?
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- Squiggly bits, weren't they? - Castles. Castle fortifications, yes.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18OK. That is castle fortifications.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Eggheads, the answer is castle fortifications.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Congratulations, you have won.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Bad luck, Rory.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- You had the glimmer on aircraft carrier.- Definitely.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39And also, I think, we hear the phrase
0:27:39 > 0:27:43"nuclear submarine" a lot, which means you associate the two.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46When you hear the answer, it all comes flooding back
0:27:46 > 0:27:48and you think you should've got it.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49You were on your own and look at them.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53They're all, you know, stacked against you. Bad luck.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Commiserations to the challengers.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00their winning streak continues.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £6,000,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06which means the money rolls over to our next show. Eggheads,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08many congratulations, who will beat you?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers
0:28:11 > 0:28:14have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15£7,000 says they don't.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Until then, goodbye.
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