0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:08 > 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?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, 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 pedigree is well known. They've won some of the country's
0:00:33 > 0:00:36toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today
0:00:40 > 0:00:42are Team Phoenix. This team are all students
0:00:42 > 0:00:46at Grey College, part of Durham University. Let's meet them.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Hi, I'm Swifty. I'm 21, and I'm a modern languages student.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Danny. I'm 20, and I'm a politics student.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hi, I'm Leigh. I'm 23, and I'm a trainee teacher.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Tom. I'm 19. I'm an economics and politics student.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hi, I'm Stuart. I'm 21. I'm a modern languages student.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Swifty and team, welcome. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Explain Phoenix to me. Why Phoenix?
0:01:07 > 0:01:11It's our college emblem on account of the fact that in 1959,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15one of the college accommodation blocks was burnt to the ground.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Hence, phoenix from the ashes.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21I was at Durham University and I had nothing to do with that incident.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25You've come together as students and you've all got different interests.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27We all attend the same college.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Three of us are members of the college football society.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36The other two, Danny and Tom, are the pub quiz organisers in the college.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- So, down the end, you're the brains? - Well, hopefully.- It's Danny and Tom.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44These lot are our Eggheads. The Eggheads of Grey College.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Are they big on campus, the Eggheads?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- Absolutely.- Absolutely. - People watch them?- Definitely.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- Are you enjoying your student days? - ALL: Absolutely.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- Nearly over for most of us.- This is probably the highlight of my term.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- It's downhill from here. - Well, it's a great university.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Every day there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12So, Team Phoenix, the Eggheads have won the last 17 games,
0:02:12 > 0:02:17which means £18,000 is yours if you beat the Eggheads today.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20That might go a long way in the Grey College Bar.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21ALL: Yeah!
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Our first head-to-head battle is on Food and Drink.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Who wants this?
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- Going to have to be me. Sacrificial lamb.- Step up to the plate, mate.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Stuart from the Phoenix against...?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Erm...I think I'll take down...
0:02:39 > 0:02:43I'll take down! I think I'll take on Daphne, please.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46OK, Stuart from Team Phoenix against Daphne. Why, "Oh, golly gosh?"
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Why that?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Well, I hardly ever get chosen, and the last time, I lost.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Is that right?- That's fantastic.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57They've been studying the patterns of play.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Stuart against Daphne from the Eggheads.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Would you take your positions in the question room?
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Stuart, why did everyone volunteer you for Food and Drink?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I'm guessing it's to do with the languages degree.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Food and Drink isn't exactly my specialist subject,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18but a knowledge of language helps when it comes to Food and Drink,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21cos most of them are foreign dishes.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Oh, I've got you. The French word for "pomme" and things like that?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- In a manner of speaking. - It's a little bit tenuous...
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- Just a bit, yeah.- ..but if that's what you've got, it's no problem.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- It was the best thing we had, so... - Hold up your arm for a second.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36What happened there?
0:03:36 > 0:03:41I broke my hand. Took a little tumble outside the DSU,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43right at lecture changeover time,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46so probably about 200 people walking up and down the hill.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Fell over, broke my hand, slid a few feet. It wasn't ideal, really.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Daphne, will you take pity on him as a result of that injury?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Ha-ha! Why should I?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01There we are, that's what you're dealing with!
0:04:01 > 0:04:05I'll ask each of you three multiple choice questions on Food and Drink.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- Stuart, choose the first or second set.- I think I'll go first.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13OK, good luck.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18What name was given to the drinks consisting of lemonade or some other
0:04:18 > 0:04:23soft drink, pre-mixed with alcohol, that became popular in the 1990s?
0:04:28 > 0:04:33It's definitely not gargle-blasters, because I've never heard of them.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Slurpees doesn't seem too likely, either.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40So, as far as I can see, that leaves alcopops.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Alcopops is the right answer, Stuart. Well done.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Daphne, your question.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47The Italian dish fritto misto refers
0:04:47 > 0:04:51to an assortment of foods that have been cooked in which way?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57I wish I was a language student,
0:04:57 > 0:05:04but fritto sounds as if they're being fried. So, fried.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Fried is correct.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Back to you, Stuart.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11What is the main ingredient of the Indonesian dish nasi goreng?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Erm...I'm not sure how big seaweed is in Indonesia.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23So, I'll discount that one.
0:05:23 > 0:05:29I know that rice and sweet potato are both common in that cuisine.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34I think rice, as the basis of a dish, alone,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38wouldn't be likely, so I'll say sweet potato.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- Do you know this one, Daphne?- Rice. - Rice is the answer, Stuart.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- The Indonesian language wasn't on your studies.- Absolutely not, no.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50That's a good alibi.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Daphne, the chef Alexis Soyer
0:05:52 > 0:05:56helped to reform the British Army's catering during which war?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Oh, a lovely history question!
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Crimean War.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Crimean War is absolutely right.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10You need to get this one right, Stuart,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14or you have been knocked out by Daphne, another injury.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Hindle wakes, a dish of chicken stuffed with fruit and nuts,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22is said to have been brought by Flemish weavers to which county?
0:06:28 > 0:06:32I genuinely...erm...wouldn't know where to begin with this one.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37Flemish cuisine, not really a speciality either.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43Yorkshire, geographically, is probably the biggest.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44So...
0:06:45 > 0:06:51my only guess here would be Yorkshire, so I'll take that.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Hindle wakes. Brought by Flemish weavers.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Where do you think, Eggheads?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- ALL: Lancashire. - Lancashire is the answer, Stuart.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- OK.- Stuart, you've been knocked out by Daphne, who puts on
0:07:02 > 0:07:06her little old lady act, but she hits hard.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Both of you, please rejoin us here in the studio.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Stuart, bad luck.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15The challengers have lost one brain from the final round,
0:07:15 > 0:07:17the Eggheads have not lost a brain so far.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19The next subject is Film & TV.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Who'd like this? - Think this is me, lads.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- I'll have a crack at this one. - OK, Tom, against?
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Right, let's have a think. Statistics man, what d'you reckon?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Chris?- I can't really pick...
0:07:31 > 0:07:35I think...I've got a feeling on Barry. So, yeah, I'll take Barry.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Tom from Team Phoenix against Barry from the Eggheads.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Please take your positions now.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- So, Film & TV, Tom.- Yeah, that's me.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- You've got an interesting surname. - Yeah, my surname is McMinigal.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51I find that it gets mispronounced quite a lot.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I have difficulty with that. It's a regular thing.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57It's the bane of my life, actually. It upsets me.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- M, small C, M-I-N-I-G-A-L? - That's the one.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Ever met anyone else with the same surname?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Outside my family, no. Maybe one day. It'd be nice, Jeremy.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08McMinigal. It will probably have people watching
0:08:08 > 0:08:11who have that surname picking up the phone.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Good luck, Tom.- Thank you. Cheers.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16You've got three multiple choice questions on Film & TV.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- The first or the second set. - I'll go first.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Here we go. James Jordan is a name most associated
0:08:23 > 0:08:26with which television programme?
0:08:30 > 0:08:34I can't say I've ever heard of him on Strictly Come Dancing.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37It would probably be one of the judges, but I think
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I know the judges' names so I'm going to eliminate that option.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43The Apprentice. Big fan of The Apprentice.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I don't think it's that, so I'm going to plump for...
0:08:46 > 0:08:48down the middle, Antiques Roadshow.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Antiques Roadshow is your answer. Anyone on your team know?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I thought he was a dancer on Strictly Come Dancing.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58He is on Strictly Come Dancing, Tom! And I think he must be a dancer.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Shocker.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Barry, which character did Johnny Depp play
0:09:04 > 0:09:06in Tim Burton's film version of Alice In Wonderland?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Of those three there's only one character
0:09:12 > 0:09:15that Johnny Depp could possibly play. The Mad Hatter.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Mad Hatter is correct. Back to you, Tom.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Which female presenter walked across England
0:09:22 > 0:09:27and hosted the fellwalking series Wainwright Walks Coast to Coast?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35I don't think it's something Zoe Ball would do.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40She doesn't strike me as the type who would be in that sort of show.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42It sounds like a documentary,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45and based on that I'm going to elect for Fiona Bruce.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49It's Julia Bradbury. It's Julia Bradbury.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Oh, no! I don't believe it. - Fiona will take it as a compliment.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Barry, get this right, you've got the round.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, played by Sharon Small,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04is the colleague of which TV policeman?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I don't think it's Thomas Lynley. I'm not sure,
0:10:12 > 0:10:17but I think...Christopher Foyle had a female assistant, so I'll go for him.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Christopher Foyle is wrong. Daphne, who is it?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Thomas Lynley. - Thomas Lynley.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25OK, Tom, he's let you back in here.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27You've got to get this one right.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31What was the title of Charlie Chaplin's first talkie?
0:10:36 > 0:10:41Tell you what, Jeremy, this is a toughie. I need to get this right.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I've been let back in by Barry.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47I don't know why. I've been down the middle twice.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50That's not my reason for going for it.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I'm going to eliminate The Great Dictator.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I've got a feeling about The Gold Rush.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59So, yeah, I'll elect for The Gold Rush.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02The Gold Rush. Barry, what do you think?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Didn't he play Adenoid Hynkel in The Great Dictator? Wasn't that a talkie?
0:11:05 > 0:11:09It was, and it was his first talkie. Great Dictator is the answer, Tom.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11You've been knocked out by Barry.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15You won't be in the final and Barry will!
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Come back, both of you, and rejoin us here!
0:11:18 > 0:11:21As it stands, the challengers have lost two brains
0:11:21 > 0:11:24from the final round, whilst the Eggheads have lost no brains.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25How's the mood?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Still upbeat.- We're still in it to win it, lads, come on!
0:11:28 > 0:11:34You can still definitely do it. Also, you've got youth on your side.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Look at the envy in their eyes, there.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39The next subject is Music.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42So, who wants this?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- I think you'd be better, Swifty. - Yeah, have a pop at it, Swifty.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Swifty on Music, against which Egghead?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51You can have Chris, Pat or Judith?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- Chris, potentially?- Yeah, Chris. - Chris?- Yeah, Chris.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I'll take on Chris, please.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Swifty from Team Phoenix against Chris. It's you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04- Your musical zones?- Anything bar girl bands and boy bands!
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Chris from the Eggheads.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Please take your positions in the question room.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- You're studying languages as well, Swifty?- That's correct, Jeremy.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- What are you studying?- French and Spanish.- And you've been away?
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Yes, four months in France
0:12:19 > 0:12:23and six months in a lovely town called Salamanca in Spain.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Oh, great days, I imagine.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Yeah, best year so far at university.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Never tell cos you're all so young,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- but these are the best years of your life!- I'd agree.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34And music, what are your tastes?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37My knowledge is quite specialised, I like late '70s stuff.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41The Jam, The Clash, Elvis Costello, things like that.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44OK. I'll ask each of you three questions in turn.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Swifty, you can choose the first or second set.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I'd like to go first, please.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56Here we go. Fenty is the surname of which singer, born in 1988?
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Erm, well it's obviously not Madonna. She's far too old to be born in 1988.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10Erm, Rihanna, I believe, may be younger,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14and given the word form, Fergie being relative to Fenty.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17I'll go for Fergie, please.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21It's Rihanna.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25- It is Rihanna. - Fergie is short for Ferguson.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Fergie is short for Ferguson, Daphne's telling me.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Chris. In which year did Elvis Presley marry Priscilla Beaulieu?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Ah, well, 1977, he died.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48'57, he was too young, so it must be '67. 1967.
0:13:48 > 0:13:501967 is correct.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Back to you, Swifty. Hang on in there.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55"What will this day be like, I wonder?"
0:13:55 > 0:13:57are the opening words of which song from the film version
0:13:57 > 0:13:59of The Sound of Music?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Erm, I've absolutely no idea. It's my sister's favourite film,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11but I've never joined her in watching it, I'm ashamed to say.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16I'm going to have to have a complete guess and go for Edelweiss.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22Edelweiss is wrong. The correct answer is I Have Confidence.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Chris, for your second point,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27what was the name of the musical work, or masque,
0:14:27 > 0:14:30that originally featured the song Rule Britannia?
0:14:33 > 0:14:39Ah, that was written...er, du-du-dum, oh, get on with it!
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Alfred the Great founded the British Navy,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45and Rule Britannia obviously celebrates the Navy, so it's Alfred.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Alfred...is correct. Chris, you've got two points there.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53There's no way back for you, Swifty.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I'm sorry. Chris has taken the round and you've been knocked out.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Both of you, rejoin your teams.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Right, we've got a problem here. Do we need a tactical change?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08You could still win, and it's £18,000, so...
0:15:08 > 0:15:11That's the nature of the game. One person in the final, guaranteed.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- Hopefully two. - It's not quite going to plan.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17No, the rounds we expected to come up, or we wanted to come up,
0:15:17 > 0:15:18haven't come up, so...
0:15:18 > 0:15:22To defend you, you've spent so much time studying for your degrees...
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- That must be it.- ..all the kind of trivia they know about,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- you don't bother with that. - Haven't had time for TV.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32No, you haven't been watching TV. As for Food and Drink, you know...
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Pasta, isn't it? It's pasta. Nothing more.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39So, you have now lost three brains from the final.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42It's going to be difficult but it's not impossible.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44The Eggheads are still intact,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47and the last subject before the final is History.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Danny, mate. I think you are the man.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- Danny to take this one. - Danny on History, OK. Which Egghead?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Who's left?- Pat or Judith.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00THEY CONFER
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- I think Judith, yeah. - Can I take on Judith, please?
0:16:06 > 0:16:10OK, Danny from Team Phoenix against Judith from the Eggheads.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Please go to the question rooms now.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Danny, we need to get some answers right in this round.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Yes, it hasn't gone very well so far.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- You study Politics, so a bit of overlap with History. - Yes, I was hoping for Politics
0:16:23 > 0:16:26but hopefully a bit of it will migrate over.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29It's not my strongest subject, but I'll give it a go.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Judith, any tips?
0:16:30 > 0:16:34You've seen many teams come and go in the Eggheads studio.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Just don't despair, because quite often
0:16:37 > 0:16:39we lose to one person at the end.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I mean, it's not at all unknown.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44History is the question on which you won your £1 million.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49It is, but you can't know everything, unless you're Kevin, can you? LAUGHTER
0:16:49 > 0:16:52OK, so good luck to you, Danny.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56You can choose the first or second set of questions. Let's see if you can work Judith over here.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59It hasn't worked well so far, but I'll go first, Jeremy.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Here we go.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07In British history, King George II was born in which country?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13I don't know off the top of my head. I am going to try and...
0:17:13 > 0:17:15do an educated or semi-educated guess.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Er...
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Well, most of the Royal family's lineage is from German extraction,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25which would lead me towards Germany.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29I think Russia would have been unlikely, I think,
0:17:29 > 0:17:35although I know there was some crossover with the monarchy there.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Italy doesn't strike anything, I think just because...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41George is probably more of a German name than a Russian or Italian name.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44So it's a very wild guess but I'm going to guess Germany.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Well done. It is Germany. You've got the points.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50A lot excitement here. Judith,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54rulers of Ancient Egypt were often depicted wearing what,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56as a symbol of their divine power?
0:18:00 > 0:18:04SHE CHUCKLES Good heavens! Well, not false teeth, surely.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I think that it probably was beards, actually.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12I'm trying to think of what all those tomb paintings looked like.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15They'd all seem to have beards, so beard.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17False beard is correct.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Back to you, Danny.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25Which engineer built the world's first iron bridge, over the River Severn?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Which engineer built the world's first iron bridge, over the River Severn?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Well, I believe they're all engineers.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44I'm not 100% sure, again.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50For some reason, something in my head is towards Brunel.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I know he was very keen on his bridges.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57I guess all engineers are, but Brunel especially was quite keen on his big structures.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Something's leading me towards Brunel, so I'll go with Brunel.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Chris, you'll know this.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Yes, Abraham Darby, long before Brunel's time.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- So it's Abraham Darby, the answer, Danny, there.- Ah.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Judith, if you get this right,
0:19:13 > 0:19:14you pull ahead.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17In which ancient city did Alexander the Great die?
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Not Carthage. And I don't think it was Babylon.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26I think it was Samarkand.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29No, Samarkand is wrong.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32It WAS Babylon, Judith.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34What about this? They got one wrong.
0:19:34 > 0:19:40Danny, get this right, she then messes up - you're in the final.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Who was the husband of the Soviet politician Nadezhda Krupskaya?
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Right.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Russian history isn't my strong point.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58I don't think Trotsky was married...
0:19:58 > 0:20:02and I'm not sure why but nothing in my head's pointing towards Trotsky.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06For me it's between Stalin and Lenin.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10I think...
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Hm.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27I'm not sure that Lenin was married for a very long time.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Or I think he may have had many wives, or at least a few wives.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35I'm going to go with Stalin, although it's a bit of a guess.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Stalin is your answer. Anyone on your team know?
0:20:38 > 0:20:42- We had a toss up between Stalin and Lenin.- OK, Eggheads?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Lenin.- Sorry, Danny, she was married to Lenin.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Never mind.- So one point each, and, Judith, if you get this right,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50you are in the final.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55In the 15th century, Henry Chicheley held which public office?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01I think...
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Er...
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I think he was Archbishop of Canterbury.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Judith, Archbishop of Canterbury is correct.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17The right answer. So, Danny, sorry - you've been knocked out as well.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Judith will be in the final. In fact, all the Eggheads will be,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24and if you come back to us, we will play that final round.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26This is what we've been playing towards.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29It's time for the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32but I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:32 > 0:21:34won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39So Swifty, Danny, Tom and Stuart, all from Team Phoenix,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41would you please leave the studio?
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Leigh, good luck to you. They've left you all alone.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Yeah, they've left me hanging.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51And they look as if they're finding it quite amusing.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Oh, really? I was hoping they were looking sheepish.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58I thought they would, but they're going to enjoy it.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01So, the Eggheads are all here and at least... If you take them apart,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03it becomes Durham University history.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- Yes, it's a big claim, isn't it? - Exactly, so let's think positive.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10So, Leigh, you're playing to win Team Phoenix £18,000
0:22:10 > 0:22:15and it's going to be interesting to see how you split the money if you do carry it off.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Yep.- Daphne, Chris, Barry, Pat and Judith,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22which is the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29This time the questions are all General Knowledge, and you are allowed to confer.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Well, maybe they can contact you spiritually from the other room.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35So, Leigh, the question is,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39First or second?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Yeah, I'll stick with the theme and go first, please.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Good luck and here we go, Leigh.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51In a church, what is the name of the stand on which the Bible rests?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Um...
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Well, it's not the font,
0:22:58 > 0:23:03because that's something that you are dipped in
0:23:03 > 0:23:05if you're being christened.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11It's not the vestry. That's somewhere you get changed.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14So, the Bible is...
0:23:14 > 0:23:20by process of elimination, the thing that goes on the lectern.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Lectern is the right answer. Well done. Good stuff.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Eggheads, what name is given to an accidental mistake
0:23:27 > 0:23:30which is supposed to reveal someone's hidden feelings?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- Freudian slip.- Freudian slip.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38That's a Freudian slip, Jeremy.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43- Freudian slip is correct. - I have one from my own family.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46My sister was the host of a large charity dinner
0:23:46 > 0:23:48with all the notables of Leeds in there,
0:23:48 > 0:23:50and the guest speaker was Howard Jacobson,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53and she stood up to propose a vote of thanks and said,
0:23:53 > 0:23:55"I'd like to spank Howard Jacobson."
0:23:55 > 0:23:58LAUGHTER
0:23:58 > 0:24:03- And after that, he then wrote a bestselling novel.- Indeed.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05OK, Leigh, your second question.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10If you get this right, you will have got four questions right
0:24:10 > 0:24:13overall, and you'll not be the lowest scoring team
0:24:13 > 0:24:17in the history of Eggheads, so you want to get it right.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Which major sporting event was first staged in 1903?
0:24:27 > 0:24:31I'm really not sure, I've got to be honest.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36We were talking sport last night,
0:24:36 > 0:24:40and particularly about the Tour de France, just as a group.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44I just...
0:24:45 > 0:24:49It's fairly recent as a major sporting event.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53For some reason, I'm erring towards US Masters.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54I don't know why.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Um...
0:25:01 > 0:25:05If it's the FA Cup Final, I am not going to hear the end of it, though.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07And for that reason...
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I'm going to go FA Cup Final.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11OK, FA Cup Final is your answer,
0:25:11 > 0:25:15- on the basis that you wouldn't hear the end of it if it was...- Yes.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17OK. We've not had that process of reasoning before.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20It's not the FA Cup Final. Eggheads?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Tour de France.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Oh, no.- Do you know who won it, Eggheads?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26I think it was Maurice Garin.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Maurice Garin, that's right.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30OK, so it was Tour de France.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32It's not over yet.
0:25:32 > 0:25:38Eggheads, the game of pachisi is a forerunner of which board game?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44It's ludo, definitely.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- Ludo?- Definitely. Absolutely.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50OK, we're going with ludo, Jeremy.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53The answer is ludo, so well done, Eggheads.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55So that means, Leigh, you have to
0:25:55 > 0:25:59get this question right to stay in the contest with a chance of winning £18,000.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01You could still do it.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I know it seems improbable but forget what's gone before -
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- You can still do it.- Yep.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09What was the stage name of Harry Houdini's brother Theodore,
0:26:09 > 0:26:11who was also a successful magician?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Not of those are saying anything to me particularly.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24I'm trying to get...
0:26:26 > 0:26:30..something from the clue that he was also a magician.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36Maybe a play on, you know, the name Theodore,
0:26:36 > 0:26:40but there's nothing that's really...
0:26:40 > 0:26:43presenting itself to me.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Theodore Hardeen.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Theodore Hincliff. Theodore Hawsip.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Just because it's got a better ring to it, I'll go for Hincliff.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Theodore Hincliff is your answer.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02I think, with this, and I wouldn't know, but just looking at it,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I'm assuming that what he did was he took the name,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08the correct answer here, and he put it before Houdini.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11So if you start working along those lines, maybe you would have got it.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14It's Hardeen. Hardeen Houdini.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- OK.- So given that that answer's wrong, there's no way back,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22and we say congratulations, Eggheads. You've won.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30- Leigh, tough questions.- Yeah.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33And you were on your own, because they were knocked out,
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- so you don't have to take the blame for that.- No, no.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Don't be downcast.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41I'm just disappointed, the way the whole game's gone, really.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- None of us were answering questions that we wanted to answer on. - It's tough.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47General knowledge and quizzing is a bit like that.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52The Eggheads know stuff they're not interested in. It's a very unusual thing.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Most of us, we're so narrow, so focused.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55They just know stuff.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Anyway, commiserations to you, challengers.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and their winning streak continues.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08I'm afraid you're not going home with the £18,000, which would have come in handy in Grey bar, I'm sure.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12So the money rolls over to the next show. Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Who will beat you?
0:28:13 > 0:28:18Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21£19,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.
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