0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is - can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 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 > 0:00:33Their quiz pedigree is well known as they've won some of
0:00:33 > 0:00:37the country's toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads. And taking on
0:00:37 > 0:00:39the awesome might of our quiz goliaths today
0:00:39 > 0:00:43are The Young Codgers. This team of old friends are all keen quizzers
0:00:43 > 0:00:46and three of them have been testing their knowledge
0:00:46 > 0:00:51in the Ormskirk Quiz League for over 20 years. Let's meet them.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Alan. I'm 60 and I'm a retired recruitment consultant.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hello, I'm Brian. I'm 71 and I'm a retired teacher.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Eric. I'm 61, I'm a senior systems analyst.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Hi, I'm Ray. I'm 62 and I'm a retired computer consultant.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Hello, I'm Magnus. I'm 64 and a retired business analyst.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- So, Alan and team, welcome. - Hello, Jeremy.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- Alan, you are familiar from Are You An Egghead.- I am.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Yes.- You're a keen quizzer and which ones are the Ormskirk Quiz League?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23OK, I'm getting the feeling of a serious team here.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28As you've probably guessed from our ages, we've known each other for decades, yes.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Someone here was a history teacher for a very long time.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- Me.- Yes, exactly. That can come in handy. This is exciting, actually.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39- They are quizzers, aren't they, Eggheads?- They certainly are.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42There's a different feel in the studio! Let's crack on.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Every day, there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47However, if you fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54So, Young Codgers, the Eggheads have won the last 14 games,
0:01:54 > 0:01:58which means £15,000 says you can't beat them. How's that?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- That'll do.- OK, even more expectation in the studio now.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Film & TV.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Which of you would like this?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Film & TV - is that you, Eric? - That's me. That will be me.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14- Eric against which Egghead? - Now then, who do you fancy?
0:02:14 > 0:02:20- Take Judith, yeah.- We'll play Judith please, Jeremy.- OK, how flattering.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22I'm not sure that it is, really.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- JEREMY AND JUDITH LAUGH - Eric from the Young Codgers against
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Judith from the Eggheads on Film & TV.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29To ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35So, Eric, good luck here.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Film & TV and you choose, Eric, whether you go first or second.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40I will go first.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Here we go.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith
0:02:48 > 0:02:52were the main cast members of which TV comedy, first seen in 1999?
0:02:57 > 0:03:03Men Behaving Badly was about two men sharing...er...
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Neil Morrissey was one of the men and Martin Clunes, so it's not those.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Green Wing I'm not too familiar with, but I know that's a bit later
0:03:11 > 0:03:13and I think it's The League of Gentlemen.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16The League of Gentlemen is absolutely right. Well done.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19OK, over to you, Judith.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Peggy Ashcroft, Geraldine James
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and Tim Pigott-Smith starred together in which 1980s TV drama?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Oh, I think that... I can see them all in India.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I think it was The Jewel in the Crown.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Jewel in the Crown is the right answer, well done.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Back to you, Eric.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Which French actor, who became internationally known
0:03:44 > 0:03:46after starring in the films Can-Can and Gigi,
0:03:46 > 0:03:52played the villainous Kamal Khan in the James Bond film Octopussy?
0:03:59 > 0:04:04Ah. I stopped watching the Bond films just before Octopussy,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07so this is going to be a bit tricky.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Er, I don't think it was Alain Delon.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18Er, Jean Gabin I think would probably be a bit old,
0:04:18 > 0:04:22cos I remember him making films with Brigitte Bardot.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I think I'll go for Louis Jourdan.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30- Yes!- You definitely are a quizzer. Louis Jourdan is the right answer.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It's the way you guys eliminate things.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36That's what sets you apart, I think.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Judith, which comic actor was the star of the 1928 comedy Steamboat Bill Jr?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Oh, dear. Um, I don't really know who Ben Turpin is.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I think it might have been Buster Keaton.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Chris is nodding approvingly. Is that right, Chris?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02He does the stunt where the front of the house falls on him.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07- Oh, is that right?- Yeah.- OK. Buster Keaton is correct.- Phew.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09So two points each and over to you,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Eric, for your third question. What was the only film
0:05:12 > 0:05:15for which Steve McQueen was nominated for an Oscar?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23HE SIGHS
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Steve McQueen nominated.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Oh, dear me.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33And I thought I knew about Steve McQueen. Um...
0:05:33 > 0:05:38I remember... The Sand Pebbles is a well-regarded film.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I think I'll go for The Sand Pebbles, Jeremy.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44You've got it right. The Sand Pebbles it is.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Judith...
0:05:47 > 0:05:51to stay in it, who won the BAFTA for Best Actor for his performance
0:05:51 > 0:05:55in the 2007 TV drama Boy A?
0:05:59 > 0:06:05Oh, dear. I don't know. Um...Boy A? Never saw it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Um, I think I'm going to go for Stephen Graham.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Let's see if an Egghead here knows. Stephen Graham?- No.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Andrew Garfield.- His first big role.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Judith, you're knocked out, you're not in the final.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Well done, Eric, first victory
0:06:21 > 0:06:25for your team. Both of you, come back and rejoin your teammates.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- So first blood to you. Well done. - Yeah, good start.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33The challengers have lost no brains, the Eggheads lost a brain. Judith's.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Now, we move on to the next round and it is History.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Who would like this?- That'll be me.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- That'll be you, then, Brian. - LAUGHTER
0:06:41 > 0:06:44I think the history teacher might want to do this.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Brian, OK, how many years teaching history?
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Oh, 34?- 34! That sounds ideal.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- That was some time ago, though. - Well, who would you like to take on?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Is it a chance to...? Is it a chance to try and get rid of Kevin?
0:06:58 > 0:07:04- Go for it.- I trust Brian.- Yeah? Really?- Yeah!- That much?- Go for it.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06JEREMY LAUGHS All right.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09This might be a bit of a gamble, but we'll have a go at Kevin.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15Right, so it is Brian from The Young Codgers versus Kevin from the Eggheads on History.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17To ensure there's no conferring,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20would you please take your positions in the Question Room?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Well, Brian, this is quite exciting for us,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25cos not many people get questions past Kevin in History.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28In fact, I think, since Eggheads started,
0:07:28 > 0:07:34he's done a total of 28 History rounds, he's lost none.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- Oh, dear.- And he hasn't even got a question wrong.- Right.- So...
0:07:39 > 0:07:44- Thank you.- So you are now bringing your 30-odd years of history teaching
0:07:44 > 0:07:47to bear on him. And we can't wait.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- I'll try, yes.- Three questions,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- multiple choice, you can choose the first or second set.- First, please.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Here we go, Brian.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Good luck. Vittorio Emanuele Orlando was the Prime Minister
0:08:02 > 0:08:06of which country at the end of World War I?
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Wasn't France. That was Clemenceau. It wasn't Spain, I don't think.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17I'm pretty sure it was Italy, so that's what I'm going for - Italy.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Italy is correct. Well done.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Kevin,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24what name was given to the cannon charge widely used
0:08:24 > 0:08:29in the 19th century that consisted of small, round iron or lead balls
0:08:29 > 0:08:32often held in clusters of three by iron rings
0:08:32 > 0:08:36and combined in three tiers by cast-iron plates
0:08:36 > 0:08:38and a central connecting rod?
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Right. Well, the other two, I'm assuming, didn't exist.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51I've never heard of them anyway, so I shall go straight for grapeshot.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Grapeshot is the right answer.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Brian,
0:08:55 > 0:08:59the potato blight which led to the Irish famine began in which decade?
0:09:04 > 0:09:061810s is too early
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and the 1870s is too late,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13so it's got to be then in the middle. It's the 1840s.
0:09:13 > 0:09:161840s is correct.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Kevin,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21the 1346 Battle of Neville's Cross, which resulted in
0:09:21 > 0:09:25the capture and imprisonment of the Scottish King David II,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27took place outside which city?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- HE CLICKS HIS TONGUE - Neville's Cross.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40I know of the battle, but I'm trying to remember exactly where it was,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43which I should know, but has escaped me at the moment, unfortunately.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49I don't think it's Leeds.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I think I'll go for...
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Hmm, I might regret this, I'll go for Durham.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Funny, cos I know the answer, cos I was at Durham University.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04There's a Neville's Cross outside Durham, so it's the right answer.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Durham is correct. Nearly got him there, Brian!
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- Yeah.- Your question.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09The republic of Ragusa
0:10:09 > 0:10:13was a historical city state centred on which city?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Don't think, well, I'm sure it's not Tripoli.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And I don't think it's Vienna. I'll go for Dubrovnik, please.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Dubrovnik is absolutely right.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Three out of three, well done.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Kevin, back to you.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Which Byzantine emperor reigned from 610 to 641 A.D.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40and is traditionally believed
0:10:40 > 0:10:43to have begun the division of the Eastern Roman Empire
0:10:43 > 0:10:46into military provinces known as themes?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Well, it's not Justinian. He was earlier.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I don't think it was Zeno. I think it was Heraclius.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Heraclius is right.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03All right, perfect round for you both so far. We go to Sudden Death.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06We're on History. And here it gets, obviously, a bit harder, Brian,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08because I don't give you alternatives.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10You have to give me the answer.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14The Trinidad was the flagship of which explorer
0:11:14 > 0:11:18on his final voyage in 1519?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20And I need the first name and the last name.
0:11:22 > 0:11:231519.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28I think it's got to be something to do with...
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Magellan?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33So my answer, I think, yes, will be Ferdinand Magellan.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Ferdinand Magellan is correct.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Kevin. Alexander I, the King of Yugoslavia,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45and Louis Barthou, the French Foreign Minister,
0:11:45 > 0:11:50were both fatally shot on the same day in 1934
0:11:50 > 0:11:52in which French city?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55That was in Marseille.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Marseille is correct.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02You're playing brilliantly, both of you, but then we thought you might.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03Brian, your question.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07The Arrow Cross Party was a national socialist movement
0:12:07 > 0:12:11in which European country around the time of the Second World War?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Hmm.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20It's going to have to be something of a guess, I think.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26I would guess, I'm going to guess Yugoslavia.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28No, it was Hungary.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Hungary is the answer, which gives Kevin a chance to take the round.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Which historian and geographer of Greek descent
0:12:35 > 0:12:38wrote the 47-book Historical Sketches
0:12:38 > 0:12:41at the beginning of the first century?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43OK...
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I don't know this one.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Or at least,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54candidates are wandering about.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58I will try Strabo.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Strabo is the right answer.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Kevin, you've taken the round.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07And you maintained your record
0:13:07 > 0:13:09of never getting a history question wrong
0:13:09 > 0:13:12since the beginning of Eggheads.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Quite extraordinary. Brian, well done you, as well.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Do both of you please come back to us. Brilliant round.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24As it stands, the challengers have lost a brain from the final round.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26The Eggheads have lost a brain too.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28The next subject is Arts & Books.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Which of you would like this?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- I think it's... - I think it might be me.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Ray? OK. Against...
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- Go on, go for CJ.- Try CJ?- Yeah.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39OK. I'll go for CJ.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44Ray of the Young Codgers against CJ of the Eggheads on Arts & Books.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Please go to the Question Rooms.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51So I'll ask each of you three questions on Arts & Books in turn.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Ray, choose the first or second set.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55I think I'll go for the first.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Here we go. Good luck.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00The name of which Dickens character
0:14:00 > 0:14:04is commonly used to describe a very miserly person?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I think almost everybody knows it. Scrooge.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Scrooge is correct.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17CJ, in the theatre, what name is given
0:14:17 > 0:14:21to the series of bows by the cast at the end of a performance?
0:14:24 > 0:14:28I've done a few myself, but mainly to avoid the rotten tomatoes.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Curtain call.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Curtain call is correct.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Back to you, Ray.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38Who won the 2010 Man Booker prize with his novel The Finkler Question?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Oh, dear.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48It's going to have to be a total guess.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49I'll go for...
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Peter Carey.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54No, it's not Peter Carey.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56It's Howard Jacobson.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58CJ, your question to take the lead.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Which 20th-century Poet Laureate
0:15:00 > 0:15:06regarded a teddy bear named Archie as one of his lifelong companions?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I may have got this wrong in my head
0:15:13 > 0:15:16but I thought John Betjeman was the one with the teddy bear.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I always believed it was John Betjeman,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20so Betjeman.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23John Betjeman is the right answer.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25You've taken the lead, so Ray needs this.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29The painting Hunters In The Snow, often seen on Christmas cards,
0:15:29 > 0:15:30is by which artist?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I can picture this in my mind.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48It certainly doesn't look like a William Holman Hunt,
0:15:48 > 0:15:50nor does it look like a Hans Holbein
0:15:50 > 0:15:52so I'm going to go for Pieter Brueghel.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Brueghel is the right answer. Well done.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57CJ, if you take this one, you've got the round.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Colin Thubron, who was announced
0:15:59 > 0:16:03as President of the Royal Society of Literature in 2010,
0:16:03 > 0:16:06became known as a writer in which field?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13I have vaguely heard the name.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15But I'm wondering if that's in relation to books
0:16:15 > 0:16:17or just because I happened to read this story.
0:16:17 > 0:16:23Would he be elected to such a prestigious post
0:16:23 > 0:16:24if he was a travel writer?
0:16:24 > 0:16:28My first instinct was crime, although I never read fiction,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31so I don't know it. I'll try crime.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33No, crime is wrong.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Travel is the answer.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37So, Ray, it's Sudden Death,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40and it gets a bit harder, because I don't give you alternatives.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Here we go.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Helena Charles and Colonel Redfern
0:16:44 > 0:16:47are characters in which play by John Osborne?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I'm afraid my mind has gone a blank
0:16:51 > 0:16:54and I can't even think of a John Osborne play at the moment.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03No, nothing's coming to me, I'm afraid.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06I'm sorry, I'm going to have to pass on that one.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Pass, OK.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Look Back In Anger is the answer.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13CJ, for the round,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16in which decade did the American writer Ernest Hemingway die?
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Is it the end of the '60s, or is it the beginning of the '70s?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Oh. I should just know his date of death straightaway.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Oh, that's annoying.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I'll go for the 1960s.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Well, it wasn't the end of the '60s.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38It was actually earlier, '61,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41so 1960s is the correct answer, CJ.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Sorry, Ray, you've been knocked out
0:17:42 > 0:17:45by our Egghead. Please both of you rejoin your teammates.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Bad luck, Ray. But the fight goes on.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53The challengers have lost two brains from the final round.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55The Eggheads lost one brain so far.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57One more round before the final.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Geography is the subject. Who wants this?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- I guess that'll be me.- That's Magnus.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Well-travelled Magnus.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- Daphne or Chris?- Daphne or Chris...
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Chris might be a good one to try, possibly. Yeah?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13OK, I'll go for Chris.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Magnus from the Young Codgers versus Chris of the Eggheads.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Please go to the Question Room now.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Geography is the subject. Magnus, do you want the first or second set?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26I think I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Here we go. In terms of population, what is the largest city in Wales?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Erm,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I think that's...
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Apologies, if I get this wrong, to any Welsh viewers,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46but I think that must be Cardiff.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Quite right, it is Cardiff.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Chris, your question. What was the currency of the Netherlands
0:18:52 > 0:18:55before the introduction of the euro?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Oh, I spent many a guilder.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00It's the guilder, Jeremy.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Guilder is right.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Do you miss the guilders?- Yeah.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05It was a nice place, Holland.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09I've not been back since the euro took over, but I like the guilder.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11All right, over to you, Magnus.
0:19:11 > 0:19:17The resort of Fuengirola is located on which of the Spanish Costas?
0:19:24 > 0:19:29No, I haven't visited any of these Costas, unfortunately.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I think I'll go for...
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Costa Blanca.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36It's not Costa Blanca. Anyone been there?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I think it's the Costa Del Sol.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- It is the Costa Del Sol. That's the right answer.- OK.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Chris, your question, to take the lead.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Traditionally, Canada's prairie provinces
0:19:48 > 0:19:51are Alberta, Manitoba and which other?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Oh, the third prairie province
0:19:57 > 0:19:58is Saskatchewan, eh?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Saskatchewan is the right answer.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04OK, so he's in the lead, and you need this one, Magnus, to stay in.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07The cities of Palembang in Indonesia,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Udaipur in India,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14and Osaka in Japan all share which nickname?
0:20:20 > 0:20:24There is something in the back of my mind that associates...
0:20:25 > 0:20:27..associates the Indian one with water.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31So I think I'm going to go for Venice of the East.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Well done, you got it right. Venice of the East is correct.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38So, Chris, if you get this right,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40you take the round. The Bell Rock Lighthouse,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42considered a feat of engineering
0:20:42 > 0:20:45when it was built in the 19th century,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47lies in which body of water?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54That was off the Northumbrian coast,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56in the North Sea.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00North Sea is correct, so you got all yours right.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Magnus, sorry, your wrong answer cost you. You won't be in the final.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Chris, you will.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Please both of you come back to us, and we will play that final.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13This is what we're been playing towards, the final round,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:18 > 0:21:20can't take part in this round.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23So Brian, Ray, and Magnus from the Young Codgers,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25and also Judith from the Eggheads,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28would you please now leave the studio?
0:21:28 > 0:21:33Alan and Eric, you're playing to win the Young Codgers £15,000.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Kevin, CJ, Daphne and Chris,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38you're playing for something money can't buy,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40the Eggheads' very precious reputation.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43As usual, I will ask each team three questions.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45This time, the questions are all General Knowledge
0:21:45 > 0:21:47and of course, you can confer.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50So Alan and Eric, the question is,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Would you like to go first or second?- First, please, Jeremy.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Good luck to you.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03It's been a great contest. Here's your first question.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06A piece of correspondence from a woman to a man
0:22:06 > 0:22:10ending a romantic relationship is known as what sort of letter?
0:22:13 > 0:22:14That's Dear John, isn't it?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16I would have thought so, yeah.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Dear John? - I've had a lot of them in my time.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Why doesn't that surprise me?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23But don't tell Jan that.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25That's Dear John, Jeremy.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Dear John is the right answer.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Eggheads, the John Peel stage
0:22:30 > 0:22:33is a feature of which annual music festival?
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Is there a...? I think there's a John Peel one at Glastonbury.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42That was my initial thought.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43- I thought that.- Yeah?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- John Peel is Glastonbury.- Got to be.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Glastonbury.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Glastonbury is your answer. It's correct.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Over to you, Young Codgers.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59The businessman Michael O'Leary, born in Ireland in 1961,
0:22:59 > 0:23:01is most associated with which industry?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06He's the chief exec of Ryanair, isn't he?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I thought he was Ryanair.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11We happy with that?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13We're happy with aviation.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15That's aviation, Jeremy.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Aviation is correct.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Next question is for the Eggheads.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22The football team Shakhtar Donetsk,
0:23:22 > 0:23:27winners of the UEFA cup in 2009, is based in which country?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- Ukraine.- Ukraine.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- Donetsk Basin, Ukraine.- Yeah.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40The Ukraine, so I'm told.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44I'm sure you knew that. Ukraine is the answer.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Back to you. Question three. All perfect so far.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Keep the pressure on them.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52The Geminid meteor shower occurs during which month?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Well, August... Presumably...
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Presumably it's at night...
0:24:01 > 0:24:03I've got an inkling for December.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Why do I think December?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Because there's the Perseids in...
0:24:11 > 0:24:15My only thought about December is that they are longer nights,
0:24:15 > 0:24:20whereas August is, August are relatively shorter nights.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- Yes. Shall we try December?- Yeah.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27We're not really sure, Jeremy, but we're going to try December.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28December is correct.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34OK. Eggheads, if you get this wrong,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36they have won £15,000.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Which writer described Britain as "a soggy little island
0:24:40 > 0:24:43"huffing and puffing to keep up with Western Europe"?
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- It's not Mark Twain, that's for sure.- No. Oh...
0:24:51 > 0:24:54KEVIN: I haven't heard this quote, I have to say.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55What do you think?
0:24:55 > 0:24:59I'm more Gore Vidal than John Updike.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Daphne, you said you think...
0:25:01 > 0:25:03What were you...?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Would Updike have said anything like that?
0:25:07 > 0:25:12Don't think so. It does sound more like Gore Vidal to me.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15But then again, Vidal, maybe a bit too late.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16I've heard it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18If I was on my own,
0:25:18 > 0:25:23I would just go for John Updike, and I've got no idea why.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25And it's probably wrong, but...
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Why?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Do you think you may have heard?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- I have heard it.- You've heard it,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- but have you heard it in relation to Updike?- Yes.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Oh, dear.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Right, shall we go... - Right, let's go for Updike.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Let's go for it, yeah?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43John Updike.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I'm trying to work out what happened there. You seemed to have
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Gore Vidal as your answer,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53and then Daphne, it was just one of your mystical moments, was it?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55The answer is John Updike.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- I don't know how you do it, Daphne. - Well done.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02I was certain they were going for Gore Vidal, then Daphne,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04suddenly, your little Miss Marple moment.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07OK, but it's not over by any means, it's Sudden Death,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10and here it gets a bit more difficult
0:26:10 > 0:26:13because I need the answer from you, I do not give you alternatives.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16So, Young Codgers. "Money makes the world go round,
0:26:16 > 0:26:20"the world go round, the world go round" is a line from a song
0:26:20 > 0:26:22in the film version of which musical?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- Oh, God!- I can hear it.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31# ..The world go round The world go round... #
0:26:31 > 0:26:36I'm not sure why, but the one that comes to mind is Half a Sixpence.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40I've just a feeling it's one of those,
0:26:40 > 0:26:45- one of those London-based musicals. - Cockney musicals.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Cockney musicals, rather than an American musical.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55We're just trying to get a picture.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57But I can't picture who would be singing it.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58If it's Half a Sixpence,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- it's somebody like Tommy Steele, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Go with your inkling, might as well.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12We're really not sure, but we think it sounds like it's more likely
0:27:12 > 0:27:16to be a London-based film and musical than a Stateside one,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19so we are going to go for Half a Sixpence.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Half a Sixpence is wrong.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26I can see your colleagues behind have slumped in despair,
0:27:26 > 0:27:27they knew it.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Cabaret. Cabaret is the answer.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35- Good grief.- OK. What a contest this has been, Eggheads.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38It's not over, it's Sudden Death. If you get this wrong, we play on,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41if you get this right, the contest is done.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Minamata disease, named after
0:27:44 > 0:27:47the Japanese village where it was first identified,
0:27:47 > 0:27:52- is a form of poisoning by which chemical element?- Mercury.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57Sorry! Mercury poisoning.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03The correct answer is Mercury. Congratulations, Eggheads,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05you have won.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15- Oh! Gore Vidal.- So near, yet so far.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20- But really great to see such a great team.- We enjoyed that. Well played.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23We can tell you love your quizzing, some great rounds there,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25so well done. Commiserations to you.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29The Eggheads have done what comes naturally, their winning streak continues.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31You won't be going home with £15,000,
0:28:31 > 0:28:36so the money rolls over to our next show. Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Who will beat you?
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Join us next time to see
0:28:39 > 0:28:42if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46£16,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.
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