0:00:04 > 0:00:10These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11They make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:22 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:30attempt to beat possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Their pedigree is well known.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35They've won some of the country's toughest quiz shows.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38They are the Eggheads.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41And taking on our awesome quiz champions today are The Cards.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42All the gents on this team
0:00:42 > 0:00:46are members of the Cartophilic Society of Great Britain,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49an organisation devoted to propagating and preserving the hobby
0:00:49 > 0:00:52of cigarette card collecting.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Let's meet them.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm John.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58I'm 70, and I'm a part time local government press officer.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Annie. I'm 51, and I'm a part time credit controller.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Hello, I'm Derek. I'm 76, and I'm a retired chartered accountant.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13Hello, I'm Martin. I'm 73, and I'm a cigarette card dealer.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18Hello, I'm Oliver. I'm 65, and a retired distribution manager.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Well, John and team, welcome.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Cigarette cards, they don't make them anymore, do they, John?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27No, they disappeared in 1939 at the start of the War.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29They've never really reappeared.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32There have been odd efforts since the War, but...
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- What did they show on them? - Everything.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Footballers, cricketers, historical events going back to the Boer War.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44There were lots of... I know who all the Boer War generals look like.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46These are the David Beckhams of their day?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50All that sort of thing, yes. Stanley Matthews is on lots of them...
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The most exciting card that you've got, how old would that be?
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Probably 1895, something like that.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02I've got some very early cards from smaller makers, cos little towns
0:02:02 > 0:02:06would have their own tobacconists and cigarette manufacturers.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09It's where we get the expression about the fag packet.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Yeah. "Educated off the back of a fag card."
0:02:13 > 0:02:16That's what they used to say. Kids would collect these things
0:02:16 > 0:02:17and learn from them.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Fascinating. It's great quizzy territory, isn't it, Eggheads?
0:02:21 > 0:02:25I used to have cigarette cards of famous chess players.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Back in 1939, there'd only been five world champions,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31and that wasn't going to be enough for a set,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33so they stretched out and did 19 others.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35There was a set of 24,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38with all famous chess players from the late 19th, 20th centuries.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- You got any of them, gents?- No.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44They're interested. There we are, a talking point.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Well, every day there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52the money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55So, Cards, the Eggheads have won the last 16 games,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59which means £17,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- Do you want to go for it? - We do.- Yes.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05All right, the first head-to-head battle is on Geography.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Who would like this?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Are you going to do that, Martin?
0:03:10 > 0:03:15- Do you want to do it?- Well, yes, I've travelled a bit. Yes.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Martin? OK, and against which Egghead? Who looks untraveled?
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- CJ.- I'm the most travelled of this lot, I think.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27But I'm hoping the questions will be on Great Britain.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28You have a reputation.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31There we are, so Martin from the Cards
0:03:31 > 0:03:35against CJ from the Eggheads, and to ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37take your positions in the question room.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42OK, so we're on Geography. Three multiple choice questions initially.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Martin, choose the first or second set of questions.- The first, please.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Here's your first question, Martin.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54What is the official monetary unit of Australia?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I'm not sure if it used to be the pound,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02but I have been to Australia and it's the dollar.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Dollar is the right answer.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13CJ, your first Geography question. Will it be a UK Geography question?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Which desert covers parts of several countries,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18including Egypt, Libya and Tunisia?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Erm...
0:04:25 > 0:04:26..has to be the Sahara.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Sahara is the right answer.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Martin, Marmolada
0:04:31 > 0:04:34is the highest peak in which mountain range?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I have not heard of this mountain,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46so I must try and go on the language.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50The Pyrenees are between Spain and France.
0:04:52 > 0:04:58Er, the Apennines are Italian and the Dolomites are in Eastern Europe.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I don't think it would be the Dolomites.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04It sounds to me more like...
0:05:06 > 0:05:10..a Spanish language, so I'll go for the Pyrenees.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- It's not the Pyrenees, actually. Eggheads?- Dolomites.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Dolomites is the answer.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18CJ, your second question, to take the lead.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for AA Milne's
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is located in which county?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I've stayed at Ashdown Park Hotel in the forest.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Erm, it's in East Sussex.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37East Sussex is correct. How about that?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39He's got an English Geography question correct.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Martin, your third question.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43You need this one.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47What is the approximate population of Mongolia?
0:05:48 > 0:05:54Mongolia is known as a desolate country.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58I would have said 23 million was much too high.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03But, as between 3 and 13, I'm really not certain.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I will go down the middle and say 13.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10It is desolate, and it's more desolate than you maybe thought.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15It's 3 million, Martin. CJ has taken the first round here.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Martin, you won't be in the final, and he will.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Both of you, rejoin your teammates.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27The Eggheads have lost no brains so far.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29The next subject is Film and TV.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Who wants this?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Well, I said that I would do it, but...- Definitely not me.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41- Anyone else prefer it?- No. - Shall I do it, then?- Yeah.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46- OK, and who shall I take on? - Annie, against?- Chris, yes?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- Chris, yes? OK...- OK, you sound uncertain there.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53It's Judith that doesn't watch TV and she's not here, so it's Chris.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58OK, Annie from the Cards against Chris from the Eggheads.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Would you please take your positions in the question room?
0:07:02 > 0:07:06OK, three questions on Film and TV. Multiple choice.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Whoever wins goes into the final. Annie, the first or second set?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Here we go.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Alex Jones, who became a regular presenter on The One Show
0:07:20 > 0:07:23in 2010, was born in which part of the UK?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Erm, Alex Jones is not somebody that I know of,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36so I will have to be guided and by his name, I would guess at Wales.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Wales is the right answer for HER.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- Oh, sorry! Sorry, Alex Jones. - Sorry, Alex.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45But nicely done.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Chris, The Social Network is a 2010 film about the creation
0:07:49 > 0:07:51of which popular website?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56That's the American thing, isn't it?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59That's about the creation of Facebook.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Facebook is correct.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Your question, Annie.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Which actor has appeared in the films Zoolander, Elf and Old School?
0:08:14 > 0:08:20Oh, gosh, again another one that I'm not very... I will go for
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Will Ferrell, because he's the only one that I've heard of.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28It works for Judith, that technique, and you're right. Will Ferrell.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Chris, which actor played
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Lt The Honourable George Colthurst St Barleigh
0:08:36 > 0:08:38in Blackadder Goes Forth?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Well, Stephen Fry was the barking mad General Melchett,
0:08:45 > 0:08:50Rik Mayall was Lord Flashheart, so it was Hugh Laurie.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Hugh Laurie is the right answer. Well done.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Get this one right, Annie,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56to put a bit of pressure on Chris.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59See if you can tip him over the edge.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Who won the 2010 series of Big Brother?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Oh, goodness. My daughter's going to kill me.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13They're big fans of this, and I'm sorry to say
0:09:13 > 0:09:19I'm not a fan of the programme. I'm going to say Josie Gibson.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- Eggheads, why are you laughing? - She got it right.- Josie Gibson.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24It is Josie Gibson, well done.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26There's something...
0:09:26 > 0:09:29something instinctive going on there.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Chris, pressure on you, now.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35In which 1960 film does Jack Lemmon famously use a tennis racquet
0:09:35 > 0:09:37to strain spaghetti?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Well, Days of Wine and Roses is a fairly serious study
0:09:46 > 0:09:48of alcoholism, so it's not that.
0:09:48 > 0:09:54Sounds quite comedic, and the one of those that's the most comedic,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58and had Jack Lemmon in it, and Shirley MacLaine, is The Apartment.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01The Apartment is the right answer.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03So, you're equal after multiple choice.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Annie, we go to Sudden Death. Gets harder. I don't give alternatives.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13In 1995, Ryan Moloney first appeared as the character
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Toadfish Rebecchi in which TV series?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Toadfish was in Neighbours.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Neighbours is correct. Well done,
0:10:21 > 0:10:22so the pressure on Chris, now.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26The 2010 film, The Town, directed by Ben Affleck,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29is primarily set in which US city?
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Never seen it. Never heard of it. It's going to be a pure guess.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Baltimore.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38You got the right first letter.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Boston is the answer. It's... Who's seen it? It's a fantastic film.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46It's got the least memorable name of any film ever, that's the trouble.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51The Town was in Boston. Annie, you're in the final.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Well done, you've beaten an Egghead.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Please, both of you, rejoin your teammates.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Annie, well done. - Thank you very much.- How about that?
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- You seem surprised... - I do. More by luck than judgement.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06You played a good round. They rely on luck as well sometimes.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I wouldn't have known any of Chris's questions, to be fair.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- A nice boost for our card collectors, John, yes?- Absolutely.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Right, so you've lost a brain,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17but the Eggheads have also lost Chris,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21a brain as well, and the next subject is Arts and Books. Who would like this?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Yes, I suppose I'd better do it. - Thank you, Derek.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Derek, OK.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32Now, which Egghead? You see Daphne smile. Don't be lured.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37- It's like the Scylla and Charybdis. - I think I'll challenge Daphne.
0:11:37 > 0:11:43OK. Derek from the Cards against Daphne from the Eggheads,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46and to ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I'm going ask you three questions, multiple choice Arts and Books
0:11:49 > 0:11:53and Derek, you can choose the first or second set of questions.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54I'll have the first, please.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Good luck, Derek.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01The first of Beatrix Potter's stories to be published
0:12:01 > 0:12:03was The Tale Of...which character?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Well, I've seen the film, Miss Potter.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16But I've never read any of her work, so I'm afraid this is a guess.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21I think it's Peter Rabbit.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Peter Rabbit is the right answer.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25APPLAUSE
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Nice start, well done.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Daphne, in the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34what term is used to refer to a person without magical powers?
0:12:38 > 0:12:43I haven't read any of them, but I do recognise Muggle.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Muggle is correct.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Derek, which 15th century patron of the arts
0:12:50 > 0:12:51was known as The Magnificent?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Again, I've got to make a guess here.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I'm going to guess at Lorenzo de Medici.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Let's see what your team thinks. Is he right? They reckon you're right.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13It's the right one to go for, Lorenzo de Medici is correct.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15APPLAUSE
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- CJ?- He was the great sponsor and patron of Leonardo da Vinci.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- So he used to put up board and lodging for Leonardo?- Yes.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Daphne, the Italian painters Giacomo Balla and Umberto Boccioni
0:13:29 > 0:13:33are most closely associated with which movement in art?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I think that is futurism?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Futurism is the answer, Daphne, well done.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51So, two points each and Derek, try and get this one right,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55because it might cause Daphne to quiver.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I'm afraid, for the third time, it's a guess.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16I'm going to go for Octavio Paz.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- Octavio Paz.- Octavio Paz is wrong. For the first time, mis-guessed.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24It's Mr Llosa.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Daphne, this for the round.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29"When I do count the clock that tells the time",
0:14:29 > 0:14:32is the opening line of which of Shakespeare's sonnets?
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Eeny, meeny, miny mo, 24.
0:14:40 > 0:14:4324 is wrong. So we go to Sudden Death. It's 12.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Not multiple choice, she let you off the hook there, Derek.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50And now it's a bit harder, I don't give you the options. Are you ready?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Yes.- In which Bronte novel is the heroine
0:14:53 > 0:14:57locked overnight in the red room as punishment
0:14:57 > 0:15:00for fighting with her cousin, John?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I think that's The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07- It is Jane Eyre.- Ah!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Daphne, back to you. Sudden Death.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Get this right, you're in the final.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18The crime writer Ngaio Marsh was born in which country?
0:15:20 > 0:15:25She was born in New Zealand. Ngaio, it's a name for tree in new Zealand.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand, Daphne. Well done, you've won on Sudden Death.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Derek, sorry.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37- She's very good, isn't she? - I'll say.- That winning smile and then just the iron fist.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41So Daphne will be in the final and Derek, you won't be,
0:15:41 > 0:15:45and please, if you can, come back and rejoin your teams.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48So we've got one more round to go before the final.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51You've lost two brains, they've lost one, and it's Sport.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Who would like this?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Looks like it's got to be me.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- Are you happy with that, Oliver? - John?- Oliver.- Oh, Oliver. Is that your subject?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I'll do that.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- Right. Against?- I don't think it makes a lot of difference which one.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07We'll go for Barry, I think.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12OK, so Oliver against Barry, on Sport, please go to the question room now.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17All right. Three questions on Sport in turn, multiple choice. Oliver,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19you can choose the first or the second set.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I think I'd like to go first, Jeremy, please.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Here we go. Best of luck.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Nani, Javier Fernandez and Federico Macheda
0:16:30 > 0:16:34represented which football club during the 2010, 2011 season?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41They could actually have represented any of them,
0:16:41 > 0:16:45but I believe they all represented Manchester United.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Man United is correct.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Barry.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Which role is most associated with Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting?
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Ricky Ponting is a very fine batsmen and he's way up there
0:17:01 > 0:17:05at the top of the batting records for the numbers of unscored.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Batsman is correct. Back to you, Oliver.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10What was the distance in metres
0:17:10 > 0:17:16of the long jump world record set by Mike Powell in Tokyo in 1991?
0:17:22 > 0:17:2410.95...
0:17:25 > 0:17:31I think that's a little bit too far, so I will go for 9.95.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35It's actually 8.95.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Barry, your question.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41In which year did Gareth Edwards last play test match rugby union for Wales?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Oh. A fine player from way back.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52I don't think it was quite as late as 1978.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I'm going to say 1973.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- No, actually, it was 1978.- Oh, that's surprising.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03So, you're equal.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Let's see what happens now.
0:18:05 > 0:18:11The Medina Country Club, which hosted golf's US Open in 1949,
0:18:11 > 0:18:171975 and 1990 is located in which US state?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22I'm not 100% certain.
0:18:22 > 0:18:28I think Montana is a little bit too remote for something like that,
0:18:28 > 0:18:32and I think out of the other two, I would go for Illinois.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Well done, you've got the right answer there. Illinois.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Difficult question. Barry, this is yours now.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42If you don't get this right, you're not in the final round.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47In which sport is Germany's Sylke Otto a double Winter Olympic champion?
0:18:53 > 0:19:00That name rings a bell. I don't think Germany has many ski jumpers.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03It tends to be more Scandinavian.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05It could be ski skating,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09but I've a feeling Otto is prominent in the luge,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12so I shall say luge.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Luge is correct, well done. So you are equal after those questions,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18and Oliver, we go to Sudden Death.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- It gets a bit harder. Are you ready to roll?- Yes.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27Which Indian cricketer was the first man to score 14,000 test match runs?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Well, I would say...
0:19:31 > 0:19:36out of all of them, probably Tendulkar is the one I would go for.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I need the first name and the last name.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- Sachin Tendulkar.- Correct.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Well done. Great stuff.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46OK, Sudden Death, Barry.
0:19:46 > 0:19:53Which English athlete won the men's 100 metres gold medal at the 1993 World Championships?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56That sounds like Alan Wells.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01There's been a reaction of astonishment here!
0:20:01 > 0:20:02'93 for Allan Wells?!
0:20:02 > 0:20:04'93, you want to tell us who?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Linford Christie.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Linford Christie.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Linford Christie is the answer, Barry, not Alan Wells.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Well done, Oliver, you are in the final.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19You can thank Alan Wells for that, and Barry's been knocked out.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Please both of you come back and rejoin your teams.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Time for the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:20:30 > 0:20:32won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35So Derek and Martin from The Cards,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37also Chris and Barry from the Eggheads,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40would you please now leave the studio.
0:20:40 > 0:20:46John, Annie and Oliver, you are playing to win The Cards £17,000.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49CJ, Daphne and Pat, you are playing for something money can't buy,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51the Eggheads' reputation.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55The questions are all General Knowledge,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57and you are allowed to confer.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59So John, Annie and Oliver, the question is,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Would you like to go first or second?- We'd like to go first.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Here we go, playing for £17,000. All the very best to you.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17What phrase was coined in the early 1960s by the Royal Society
0:21:17 > 0:21:21to describe the emigration of British scientists to the USA
0:21:21 > 0:21:22at the time?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27ALL: Brain Drain.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Definitely. The other two certainly don't ring a bell, anyway.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33So it's got to be Brain Drain.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35We're agreed, it's Brain Drain.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38The right answer is a Brain Drain. Good.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Eggheads, famous from the time
0:21:40 > 0:21:44of the French Revolution, the term tricoteuse
0:21:44 > 0:21:48refers to a woman engaged in which activity or pastime?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Knitting. They were the women... Yes.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57They were knitting.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Madame Defarge knitted by the guillotine
0:22:01 > 0:22:02in A Tale of Two Cities.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03So it's knitting.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Knitting is the right answer.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Second question for you.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Giovedi is the Italian name for which day of the week?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Giovedi is the Italian name for which day of the week?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22It's from Latin, I think, so it will be similar to...
0:22:22 > 0:22:24What is jeudi in...
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Dimanche, lundi, mardi,
0:22:28 > 0:22:29vendredi.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31That's it, vendredi.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33My feeling is towards Thursday.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Mine is towards Thursday.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Yes, but I don't know.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38I wouldn't be 100% certain.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39I wouldn't bank on it.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41But going on the French as well...
0:22:41 > 0:22:45My Italian's non-existent. My hairdresser is going to kill me.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48We think, going on French and being Latin descent,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50we think it's Thursday.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Yes, they're pleased backstage
0:22:51 > 0:22:53because you got it right.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Thursday it is, well done. We got to the French for Thursday,
0:22:57 > 0:22:58what did we agree was the French?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Jeudi.- Jeudi?- Yes.- What a relief.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Eggheads,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07what was Spandau Ballet's only UK number one single during the 1980s?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12True was number one, I think.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Instinction's not right.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Was Gold...?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- What did you think?- I think it's True.- I think it's True.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- We'll go that way?- Yeah.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Jeremy, were going to go for True.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28True is the right answer, well done.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30OK. Your third question.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Under which British king
0:23:32 > 0:23:35did Spencer Perceval serve as Prime Minister?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Spencer Perceval was assassinated...
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Perceval.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49..in about, I think, 1801, something like that.
0:23:49 > 0:23:511801.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52So it's not...
0:23:52 > 0:23:54It would be too early for William IV.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56It's not William IV.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I think it must be George III, I think,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01because George IV was 1820 to 1830.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05At that time, I would go for George. What do you think?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08I haven't got a clue, sorry. History isn't...
0:24:08 > 0:24:09We think he was assassinated
0:24:09 > 0:24:11about 1801, something like that,
0:24:11 > 0:24:15and we think that George III was then on the throne.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17So that's our answer.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Are they right, Eggheads?
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- They are, but he was assassinated in 1812.- OK. You're right.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24George III it is.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25So the Eggheads are perched here
0:24:25 > 0:24:29rather nicely on the precipice where you have left them.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32And they now need to see if they can get this one right.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Which model did Orlando Bloom marry in 2010?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I think it's Miranda Kerr.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Well, I've got nothing.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Miranda Kerr is Australian.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Adriana Lima is Brazilian.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Not that that helps us very much.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52I mean...
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- ..that was my instinct. - You have a feeling she married...
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Yes, Miranda Kerr.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00If it's wrong, I apologise.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02I'm happy to go with that.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05So, Miranda Kerr?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08We're going to go with Miranda Kerr.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Your answer is Miranda Kerr.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11If it's wrong, they've won.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13They've won all the money.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Miranda Kerr is the correct answer.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- Where did you get that from, Daphne? - I've no idea.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23I couldn't remember it until the three options came up.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25OK, all right. Not disappointed yet.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28You're still very much in there. We go to Sudden Death.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30It's that bit harder.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I don't give you the options here.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36A cricket-like insect
0:25:36 > 0:25:40called the giant weta is native to which country?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42That is a difficult one.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It'll be somewhere obscure, Madagascar or somewhere.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Do you think? Or is it going to be somewhere like...
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- The place that seems to have large things of everything is Australia.- Yes.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Everything is big in Australia.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- That is true.- Antipodean.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58But the other place would be somewhere like Borneo.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- Or Madagascar.- Or Madagascar.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03I've never heard of it.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06It's going to have to be a guess, isn't it?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Which are we going to go for?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- Go for Madagascar.- Right.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13We're going to go for Madagascar,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16it is more a guess than anything, I'm afraid.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Your answer is Madagascar.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21It's wrong.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24You came close with Australia. It's New Zealand.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Is the right sort of idea.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29The New Zealand film director, Peter Jackson,
0:26:29 > 0:26:33named his special effects company after the creature.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Giant weta
0:26:35 > 0:26:36from New Zealand.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38So, Eggheads, it's reversed now.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42If you get this one right, the contest is over.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43In Florence,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47a corridor designed by Giorgio Vasari
0:26:47 > 0:26:49runs from the Uffizi
0:26:49 > 0:26:51above the Ponte Vecchio
0:26:51 > 0:26:56to which palace on the other side of the River Arno?
0:26:57 > 0:26:58This corridor houses
0:26:58 > 0:27:01one of the world's great collections of self portraits.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04It's opened to the public very rarely.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08But more importantly, I need to figure out what's at the other end.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11It'll be Palazzo something. Can we think of a suitable...
0:27:11 > 0:27:14The Bargello, I don't think the Bargello is a palace.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17The Uffizi Gallery to the Palazzo...
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Can you think of the key Florentine families?
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Medici, obviously.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Or a palazzo in Florence.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Or just a palace. What do you think, Daphne?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Anything?- No.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32I'm really sorry.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- The Pitti Palace is in Rome, isn't it?- Yes.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- Pitti? Yes.- Definitely in Rome? Pitti Palace.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43- I'm not sure it is in Rome, actually.- Well, it's a palace.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- It's a fairly forlorn effort.- Yes.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47What do you think,
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Bargello or Pitti Palace?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Pitti.- Yeah, Pitti.- OK.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52We're in confusion here, Jeremy.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55We know lots about this corridor except the thing we need to know.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57And simply because it's a palace,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00we're going to go for the Pitti Palace.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01As a matter of fact,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04you're bang on with Pitti Palace. It is in Florence.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Watching you work is incredible. I'm sorry,
0:28:07 > 0:28:11because the Eggheads have won the contest.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Cards, I'm sorry, commiserations,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20you played a brilliant game. You were very close to that money.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24The Eggheads did what comes naturally. Their winning streak continues.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £17,000,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Eggheads, many congratulations, that was a great game.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34But who will beat you, I wonder?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:37 > 0:28:39have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43£18,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.
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