Episode 113 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 where a team of five quiz challengers

attempt to beat possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

They have won some of the country's toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.

Taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today

are The Money Pit. This team all work together

in the finance department of a health care company in Manchester. Let's meet them.

Hello, I'm Mark, I'm 37 and I'm a finance manager.

Hello, I'm Andy, I'm 39. I'm a purchase ledger manager.

Hello, I'm Helen, I'm 53 and I'm a credit controller.

Hello, I'm Kelly, I'm 28 and I'm a finance assistant.

Hello, I'm Zoe, I'm 59 and I'm an accounts assistant.

-So, Mark and team, welcome.

-Hello.

-Are you big quizzers or just colleagues?

Just colleagues. We're very much amateurs when it comes to quizzing.

We've got some good Manchester connections because there has been a rumour that Alex Ferguson watches.

-We're from Manchester, so obviously we're not Manchester United fans(!)

-Some of us. Some of us aren't.

And Morrissey as well, another great Manchester name. What did he say to you, CJ?

He just said how much he liked the show, sat down and we had tea.

-Morrissey and CJ - can you imagine a more unusual pairing?

-Awesome!

Good luck to you. Every day, there is £1,000-worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.

If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, The Money Pit, the Eggheads have actually won the last 15 games,

which means £16,000 says you can't beat them today. How about that?

-16,000?

-Happy with that.

-Happy with that?

-Yeah.

-The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Music.

Which challenger would like Music?

Do you want to volunteer first, Kelly?

I think she does. She's a bit reluctant.

I've not got a specialist subject, so I'll just go with the flow, yes.

-Kelly from The Money Pit against which Egghead?

-I think we'll go for...the trainspotter Chris.

-Would you care to re-phrase that? I'm not a trainspotter.

-I thought you might get upset.

That's good, a bit of needle. So Kelly from The Money Pit versus Chris from the Eggheads.

To ensure no conferring, please take your positions in the question room.

So, Kelly, you like your music?

I'm having second thoughts now, but I'll try my best.

-What sort of music do you like?

-I like R&B music.

But you can guarantee I'll get asked a question from the 1940s or something!

-R&B has got quite a long history, hasn't it?

-Yeah. I like the more modern type R&B.

-OK.

So three multiple choice questions on Music and you can choose the first or the second set, Kelly.

Um... I'll go for the second set, please.

Here we go. Chris first. The lines, "Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious,

"if you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious" come from a song in which musical?

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious comes from Mary Poppins.

Mary Poppins is the right answer. OK, Kelly, your question.

For which genre of music is the American recording artist Lyle Lovett best known?

I should have gone first.

I'm going to say it's not hip-hop.

I'm going to go with country.

-Country is quite right. Well done.

-Oh.

-You got it right.

Chris, Pelican West, released in 1982, was the debut album of which band?

Haircut 100, Heaven 17...

Eeh...

I'll have to go down the middle for Heaven 17.

Heaven 17 is wrong. It was Haircut 100.

Kelly, you can take the lead if you get this one right.

Tell It To My Heart was a 1988 UK hit single for which American female vocalist

with the real name of Leslie Wunderman?

I'm sort of humming it in my head.

I'm leaning towards Paula Abdul. I don't know why.

I'm going to go with Paula Abdul.

Paula Abdul is the wrong answer. Anyone on your side?

-Taylor Dayne.

-Taylor Dayne.

-When were you born, Kelly?

-1982.

-Yeah, you were too young for that one.

-Yeah, I've got an excuse.

So we have one point to the Eggheads

and one point to the challengers. Third question to you, Chris.

Who composed the Oscar-nominated score for the 1954 film, On The Waterfront?

Too early for John Williams and Andre Previn.

It's got to be Leonard Bernstein.

Leonard Bernstein is the right answer, Chris.

So he's in the lead, Kelly.

If you can, get this one right and stay in it.

Which composer's Piano Sonata No.29 is commonly known as the Hammerklavier Sonata?

I'm going to go between Beethoven and Brahms.

I think I'll go for...

..Brahms.

-I was fearing that. It's Beethoven.

-Yeah.

-Kelly, sorry.

-Never mind.

You've been knocked out by Chris and didn't quite get to Sudden Death.

But well done for trying. Please come back and rejoin your teams.

Mark, you are the religious viewer of Eggheads?

-Correct.

-The others maybe not so?

-They're a bit green on the Eggheads, I'm afraid.

Are you going to adjust tactics now?

Tactically, I make the decisions and they go with it.

The challengers have lost a brain. The Eggheads are still intact,

the shell unbroken. The next subject is Sport.

So what happens now?

-Do you fancy that, Andy?

-I'll take that one.

-Andy on Sport versus...?

We'll go up against...

..Connagh-Joseph.

-Or CJ.

-Oh, that one, yes, all right.

OK, Andy from The Money Pit on Sport against CJ from the Eggheads. Please go to the question room now.

-Andy, your favourite sport is Formula One?

-Yes, I don't mind watching that every now and again.

We have a lot of Formula One in this round, so let's see if it comes your way. Sport is the subject.

-Multiple choice questions. You can choose the first or second set.

-I'll go first.

Good luck. In which English football club did the American businessman John W Henry invest in 2010?

It wasn't City. That was Middle Eastern.

It certainly wasn't Villa, so I'll go for Liverpool.

Liverpool is the right answer.

CJ, in netball, what distance must actively defending players stay away from the person with the ball?

It's certainly not three yards.

Actively defending...

I mean, when somebody is trying to shoot for the net,

the defending players can put up their hands,

but they're not allowed to touch them. They're closer than three feet.

-So I'll assume it's three inches.

-Three inches is your answer.

-Has anyone here played netball? You have, Kelly.

-It's three feet.

Three feet is the answer, says Kelly. CJ, you're wrong.

Andy, the German athlete Petra Felke won an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in which event?

Petra Felke...

Something tells me it was a runner, so that leaves out the javelin.

Um...

I don't think it was a long distance,

so I'm going to go with the 110 metres hurdles.

She may have been a runner, but in this instance,

she was a gold medallist in the javelin.

-Daphne knows something.

-Well, I went to the Seoul Olympics.

For Christmas that year, my children bought me a video of it

and there's Petra Felke throwing the javelin and you can see me in the front row.

-Really?

-Yes.

-Do you sit and watch that quite often?

No, but I know where the video is, yes.

CJ, your question to see if you can catch up or get a point.

The swimwear model Brooklyn Decker married which leading tennis player in 2009?

She sounds American. We've got two Americans there.

I think Andy Roddick got married in 2009.

I'm afraid I'm not up on Verdasco's romantic involvements

and Mardy Fish is...

..fairly minor as far as tennis players go.

I think the date fits for Andy Roddick.

Andy Roddick is the right answer. Well done.

Back to you, Andy.

If you get this right, you put a bit of pressure on.

The French international rugby union player Sebastien Chabal played for which English club

between 2004 and 2009?

Rugby union is not really my strong point,

so it'll be a complete guess.

Sale is round our way, so I'll go for Sale Sharks.

Let's ask Mark. Is he right?

-Definitely right.

-Yeah, you're right with Sale Sharks. Nice one.

He's taken the lead.

CJ, you need this point to stay in.

At which Olympic Games did the Hawaiian swimmer Duke Kahanamoku win the first of his three gold medals?

I don't know.

I don't think it's as late as '52.

Blind guess - Los Angeles.

You say 1932, Los Angeles. What happened with this guy,

he won medals two and three on the following Olympic Games.

There was a break,

but the Games that he won the first medal in was 1912, Stockholm.

So you've got that wrong.

Andy, well done. You are in the final round. How about that?

You've won through. Good news for our challengers. Both of you, come back and rejoin your team-mates.

So the challengers have lost one brain from the final round, but the Eggheads have lost a brain as well.

Let's see what happens next. It's Science. Who would like Science?

-That would have been Andy's subject as well. Any volunteers? Helen or Zoe or myself?

-One of you has to.

-He'll have to do it.

-He's staying till the end.

-We'll go for Helen.

-Helen against...?

-We'll pick the nice, lovely, smiling Daphne.

She's always at her most dangerous when she smiles.

Helen from The Money Pit versus the smiling assassin who is Daphne from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the question rooms.

Is Science your subject at all?

I wouldn't have said so, Jeremy, but hey-ho, I'll have a go.

It's not really yours, Daphne, or is it, going back to school?

No, no, two years I did - Botany and Biology and that was it.

Good luck. You're starting from the same base almost here on Science,

not necessarily any formal knowledge of it, but let's see how you do.

-Helen, you can choose the first or the second set of questions.

-The first, please.

Sure thing. Here we go. Good luck.

The two must abundant elements that compose the sun are helium and which other?

Hmm...

For some reason, I'm not thinking carbon.

I'm not thinking...

..argon. I'm thinking hydrogen.

So I'm going to go with hydrogen.

Hydrogen is correct. Nicely done.

Which branch of medicine deals with diseases and conditions specific to the male sex?

Well, nephrology is kidneys.

The middle one is probably to do with the lungs,

but it's andrology.

Andrology is correct. Back to you, Helen.

What is the name of the endangered wild cat that is native to Spain?

Um...

I think I'm back with the guessing game here, Jeremy.

Em, I'm thinking

that Spain...cougar.

Nah.

Spain...lynx?

Nah. I'm going to go for Iberian Ocelot.

-Eggheads, do you know?

-Lynx.

-The lynx is the answer, Helen.

Daphne, over to you.

What idea was developed by the aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis

to provide an effective aircraft configuration for either low-speed or high-speed flight?

Em...

Delta wing?

I'm just looking at your colleagues. They're not liking that, really.

-Barry, you know the answer?

-Swing wing.

What is swing wing?

The wings are extensible.

If you want to go fast, they can come back in

and hug the body of the plane.

Daphne, swing wing.

So over to you, Helen.

Who discovered and lent his name to the citric acid cycle

that is central to the metabolism of virtually all living organisms?

Oh, Jeremy, I...

I'm struggling here a little.

And I'm afraid I'm going to be... having to guess this one.

For some reason, I'm drawn to Hans Krebs and I can't begin to think why.

Aaron Klug...?

No.

No, I'm...

I'll have to go with an instinct. I don't know where the instinct's come from, but Hans Krebs.

Hans Krebs is correct.

The Krebs Cycle, is it?

-Yeah, the Krebs Cycle.

-Daphne, if you get this wrong you'll be knocked out.

Which part of the United States has reported a major ecological problem

due to the presence of thousands of Burmese pythons?

No idea! I haven't heard this story.

It might help if I knew what habitat they lived in, but I don't.

Em...pythons?

I think I'm going to get this wrong.

Em... Right, I'll have to go for one I think is the obvious one - the Florida Everglades.

Florida Everglades is correct.

Oh!

So you're equal

after our multiple-choice section. Helen, we go to Sudden Death.

I don't give you alternatives.

-Here is your first question. Are you ready?

-I am.

-Woolsorter's Disease is a name once given

to the pulmonary form of which disease? Woolsorter's is W-O-O-L-S-O-R-T-E-R'S.

I really don't have much of a clue, but I'm going to chance...

an answer...

Pleurisy?

Not pleurisy. Anthrax. Workers got it through

skin contact with animals.

Daphne, the foramen of Monro is found in which organ of the human body?

Foramen is spelt F-O-R-A-M-E-N.

The brain?

It is the passage between the lateral and the third ventricles of the brain, Daphne.

You take the round. Sorry, Helen.

Please, both of you, rejoin your team-mates and we'll play on.

-What now, Mark?

-The plan always was that I stay to the end, so whatever subject comes up

Zoe's getting lumbered with it.

-What's the one subject you don't want?

-Politics.

-OK.

As it stands, the challengers have lost two brains, the Eggheads one.

-The next subject is Politics.

-Oh, no!

-Sorry.

Zoe, who would you like to take on on your favourite subject?

Em...Barry?

We're from Lancashire, so we'll make it a War of the Roses and take on Barry.

-Oh, game on!

-Zoe from The Money Pit against Barry from the Eggheads.

Please go to the Question Room now.

-Zoe, why isn't politics your thing?

-I'm just not interested in politics.

-It was totally accidental. Sorry. We had it written down. Good luck.

-Thank you very much.

Three multiple choice questions. Choose the first or second set.

Let's get it over with. Can I have the first set, please?

Good luck. Here we go. Which part of the White House is often used for ceremonies and public statements?

Em...

I don't honestly think it's the Herb Garden or the Cottage Garden.

-I'll go for the Rose Garden.

-Rose Garden is correct. Well done.

Barry, what was the name of the party that formally merged with the Conservatives in 1912?

Well, they are known as the Conservative and Unionist Party so I guess it's Liberal Unionist.

Liberal Unionist is correct. Back to you, Zoe.

What was the average number of eligible voters in each of the 650 constituencies

contested in the 2010 General Election?

I'm not 100% sure on this.

I'm going to go straight down the middle on this one. 50,397.

-50,000-odd. Actually, 68 and a bit.

-Was it, really?

-Yeah, 68,175

is the average number.

Barry, to take the lead.

In March, 2007, the House of Lords voted overwhelmingly in favour of which method of reforming

the way its members are chosen?

Ah. It's certainly not fully elected or fully appointed.

I think it must be... Let me think. Half elected and half appointed?

I can't think.

Who would elect members to the House of Lords?

I think it has to be fully appointed.

-Very well done. It is. It's a bit tricky, that.

-It was indeed.

Zoe,

which subject did George Osborne study at Oxford University?

George Osborne...

I'm going to rule out art.

So out of the two, I'm actually going to go for history.

-So your answer is Modern History?

-Modern History, yeah.

Well done, correct.

You're playing well

considering you didn't want this! Now hope that Barry slips up.

Barry, in the 1980s, the 19th-century mansion called Drumthwacket

became the executive residence of which US state governor?

Goodness me. 19th-century mansions

normally would take you to the original colonies on the east coast,

but there were some very famous ones in California as well,

so I'm torn between the two.

Drumthwacket?

No, I'm going to stick with the east coast. I'll go for New Jersey, but I really don't know this one.

It IS actually New Jersey. Well done.

Zoe, sorry.

You fought a doughty battle, but were beaten by our Barry.

-Never mind!

-You won't be in the final and Barry will.

Come back and we'll play that final.

So this is what we've been playing towards - the final round on general knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost

won't be allowed to take part. So Helen, Kelly and Zoe from The Money Pit

and CJ from the Eggheads, would you please leave the studio?

So, Mark, the master plan now swings into action.

-It does. Well, it passed slightly, failed mostly.

-Well, we'll see.

You are playing to win £16,000. Kevin, Daphne, Chris and Barry,

you play for something money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

I will ask each team three questions on general knowledge and you are allowed to confer.

Mark and Andy, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

-And would you like to go first or second?

-First?

-First.

-First.

First question. Which film includes the famous line, "What we do in life echoes in eternity"?

-I've not heard the line.

-No, not a clue.

-Doesn't sound like School of Rock.

-I've never seen it.

I've seen Forrest Gump and I don't recall the line. But I've seen Gladiator and don't recall it.

-So...have you got any inkling at all, Andy?

-No. I'm leaning towards Forrest Gump,

-but I've no idea why.

-I'm drawn towards Gladiator.

Didn't he die at the end and he went into some sort of eternal life?

You're drawn towards Forrest Gump.

I'll go with yours.

You've got more thought behind it. Go with Gladiator.

Gladiator.

-Gladiator is right.

-Well done!

-OK, Eggheads, your question.

The cartoon character Billy the Fish regularly takes part in which sport in the comic Viz?

That's football.

-That's football.

-Football is correct. Back to you.

The ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize takes place in the city hall of which Scandinavian city?

I've been to Gothenberg lots of times. It's not that. Is it Oslo or Stockholm?

I'm thinking Stockholm. Don't know why. Just am.

I'm drawn towards Oslo.

I was lucky last time. You might be lucky this time. Go Stockholm.

-Go on, then.

-We're going Stockholm.

-Stockholm?

-Yes.

-Eggheads?

For the Peace Prize, it's Oslo.

Oslo.

OK, it's not over.

The Eggheads can just implode.

Which author created the TV shows I Dream of Jeannie and Hart to Hart?

He was involved with TV...

-Yeah, we think it's Sidney Sheldon.

-Sidney Sheldon is correct.

So two points to the Eggheads,

one point to you. Your third question you must get right or the contest is over. £16,000 to win.

In which year did Isaac Pitman publish his shorthand system?

Well, I presume shorthand is the journalist writing, isn't it?

Never heard of the guy.

-No.

-Don't know how long it's been in operation.

-Any inkling at all? Any ideas?

-No. Down the middle?

Then we're not too far out either way and don't look stupid! We'll go down the middle - 1887.

The answer is 1837, so it's earlier than that.

Congratulations, Eggheads. You've won.

Guys, I'm sorry. Tough question.

-Them's the breaks.

-Yep, and the Eggheads have won.

They've done what comes naturally and they reign supreme again.

You won't go home with £16,000. The money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, very well done. Who will ever beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team can defeat the Eggheads.

£17,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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