Episode 53 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 pit their wits

against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

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

Taking on the awesome might of our quiz champions

are friends and family team G5 from Glasgow.

-Let's meet them.

-Hi, I'm Chris, I'm 58, and I'm a sexual health adviser.

Hi, I'm Andrew, I'm 53 and I'm a hairdresser.

Hi, I'm Tosh, I'm 43 and a clinical governance co-ordinator.

Hi, I'm Paul, I'm 41, and I'm a support worker.

Hi, I'm Carolyn, I'm 47. I'm a specialist sexual health nurse.

Welcome to you, G5 - a name that's short and I hope sweet. G5, the reasoning behind that?

Basically, G is the postcode for Glasgow, we all live in Glasgow and there's five of us.

Simple explanation! Have you quizzed much together before?

Are you prepared for this?

We've sort of prepared. We've all done local quizzes in pubs, but nothing big.

No specialist subjects? You'll just take it as it comes?

Yeah. Colleagues at work have fired questions at us all week.

-Walking down the corridor?

-Yes.

We'll fire questions at you. If you get more right than the Eggheads, you'll probably win the money.

Every day, there's £1,000 of cash up for grabs.

But if our challengers fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.

The Eggheads won the last 14 games, so £15,000 says you can't beat them.

And our first head-to-head battle, first attempt to knock an Egghead out is on Film & Television.

Who'd like to play this?

Any one of you. It's the opening round, Film & Television.

-Andrew?

-I don't know much about movies.

-Pardon?

I'm OK at television, but movies I'm not great at.

-Paul's usually good at film and TV.

-Yeah? Paul?

-Paul?

-I'll go.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-We've got Paul.

Now we need an opponent - any of those five Eggheads.

I'd like to take on Judith.

-Judith, would you like to play?

-Not very much, no.

You don't have an option. You have been chosen by Paul. Would you leave the studio, please?

-Paul, you get to choose. Do you want to go first or second?

-Can I go first, please?

Right, Paul, which familiar character from horror films was played by George Hamilton

in the 1979 film comedy, Love At First Bite?

That was around the time we first got a video recorder

and that was one of the first films we got on video.

It was a Betamax and it was Dracula.

Those are great memories. I remember Betamax.

They had those clunking buttons. You had to lever them down.

-Yeah.

-No such thing as a remote in those days.

Dracula. Nice, easy start for Paul.

Tick on the board. Judith...

The TV series M*A*S*H was set during which conflict?

I think that was the Korean War.

-It certainly was. Do you know what M*A*S*H stood for?

-Oh, yes.

Well, I did, but I can't remember.

-I now can't remember. Medical Auxiliary...

-No, no.

-No?

-I don't know.

-We'll let the other Eggheads tell us.

-Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

-Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

-That's right.

-Right, it's back in the brain now?

-Yeah.

For future reference.

Right, Paul, which former on-screen assistant on the TV show The Generation Game

married Bruce Forsyth in 1973?

In 1973, I was about five years old.

I remember watching that programme all the time.

And the woman that married him was Anthea Redfern.

Yeah, well done. It's the right answer.

OK, second question for you, Judith.

Which British actor played the monk Silas in the 2006 film, The Da Vinci Code?

I never saw it.

I think it might have been Paul Bettany.

Yes, Paul Bettany played Silas. Well done. It's all square.

It's getting to the critical point.

Paul, your third question. Which of the Bennet sisters was played by Susannah Harker

in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice?

Oh, it's very unfortunate. I'm not a big fan of period dramas.

I think I'll need to take a wee guess at this.

-I'll go for Jane.

-OK. How much of a guess is that?

It's just the one in three or is there an inkling there?

Possibly I've heard the name Jane Bennet in the past in other things.

-But it's still a guess.

-It's right.

Well done. Susannah Harker - Jane Bennet.

Well, you need to get this, Judith.

What was the surname of the three silent film actresses Constance, Norma and Natalie,

the last of whom married Buster Keaton?

I don't think it could have been Pickford

because there was a very famous Pickford actress

who married William Randolph Hearst, I think.

Um...I just don't know.

-Talmadge.

-Well done, it's the right answer. Bit of a guess there too,

but both negotiating those tricky third questions.

It's getting even trickier now, Paul,

because we're going to sudden death.

We remove the choices you've seen up to this point. We've just got to hear an answer from you.

And this is your question.

Which footballer turned presenter, born in 1960,

was an original team captain on the TV comedy panel show, They Think It's All Over?

Did you watch this? Do you watch it?

-No.

-OK, we've established that.

So probably not from memory, but can you work it out from the other bits of the question?

No, I can't.

I'm not a big fan of football and I can't pull a name out.

OK. No guess there, Paul? It's going to have to be a pass then, is it?

See if anything jumps into the mind?

-OK, I'll take a quick guess. Gary Lineker.

-Is the right answer!

Hey!

You see, always, always, if that comes up again, have a guess.

The number of times I've seen them landed, it's just extraordinary. Well done, Paul. Congratulations.

Let's see if it puts you in the final round.

Judith, in which country is Rai Uno one of the main national TV channels?

I think it's, um...Italy.

Yes, it is. Another pair of questions here.

Paul, "a romantic comedy with zombies" is the tagline for which 2004 British film?

What's popping into my mind just now, it was...

Again a guess...

Shaun Of The Dead.

-Right answer.

-APPLAUSE

Paul, it looks like it's almost painful for you. Enjoy it. You're doing really well.

That might have got you into the final round.

Judith, in the 2000 remake of the British thriller Get Carter, who played the lead role of Jack Carter?

Well, I know Jude Law played another Michael Caine role.

But that was Alfie, wasn't it?

Did he do it twice?

-I don't know. Jude Law.

-Jude Law...

-No. Other Eggheads?

-Sylvester Stallone. It wasn't a British remake.

What a travesty! It was Sylvester Stallone.

-Can you imagine it?

-How ghastly!

What an awful thought! I've never heard of the remake, but there we are, Sly Stallone

in the role of Jack Carter.

Judith, you're not in the final round. Congratulations, Paul. You just hung in there.

Well done. You're playing in the final round for £15,000.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, Paul showing the way forward there for the other members of G5.

The Eggheads have lost one brain from the final round.

Our next subject is History. Who'd like to play?

Can't be Paul. Any of the other four.

I have to say, please not me.

-I'd rather wait for maybe Sport. I'll take that.

-You're quite good at that, Tosh.

-History?

-No?

-No.

-Do you want to do it?

-I don't WANT to do it.

If by default I've got to, I will.

-We can pull straws.

-I can guess. I can guess three out of three. OK, I'll do it.

Carolyn. OK, and which Egghead? It can't be Judith, but there's four others there.

-Pat.

-Pat?

Let's have Carolyn and Pat into the question room, please.

Carolyn, this is one of Pat's strongest subjects, I'm afraid.

He's never lost. 100% record in the History category. It's one of your favourites, is it?

I wouldn't say that, but I've been fortunate to keep the run going.

Such a modest man! He's won Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, he's a Mastermind.

Champion of Champions last year as well. How did that go? It was close, wasn't it?

Great contest, really close, but I managed to win.

-It was very, very satisfying.

-"Managed to win"!

Carolyn, let's concentrate on you. You were reluctant to do this,

but you could follow Paul into that final round.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-First, please.

Good luck. Here you go.

The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, died in which year?

Well, I would say it's definitely not 1992,

so I'm going to have to guess between the other two

and say...1952.

1952 for the Duke of Windsor...

-Eggheads?

-'72.

-'72.

-'72.

-'52 was when his brother died.

1952, Carolyn, was when his brother died, the King.

OK, nothing there for Carolyn. Let's see how Pat does

with his first question. Which title was used in medieval times by the powerful nobles

whose lands were based in the Western Isles of Scotland?

I think they were the Lords of the Isles.

Big clan bigwigs

who held land in the west of Scotland. Lords of the Isles.

Yes, well done, Pat. Carolyn, I bet you would've liked that one,

but you're on the first set of questions. Your second question...

During World War Two, which symbol was generally adopted by the Free French Forces?

Again I think I'll have to guess at this.

My husband won't be pleased cos he's quite an expert on World War Two.

But I think I'll go for the fleur-de-lys.

OK, fleur-de-lys, it's not, no.

Pat?

-The Cross of Lorraine.

-The Cross of Lorraine for the Free French.

Pat, you go through if you get this.

The modern Hampshire village of Silchester is the site of which Celtic tribe's capital

during the Roman occupation of Britain?

I've... I don't know the answer to this.

Caledonii is reminiscent of Caledonia, Scotland,

so that suggests that they may be a northern grouping.

Atrebates and Dumnonii...

-I'll go for Dumnonii.

-Dumnonii for Silchester...

It's not, Pat. It's the Atrebates.

You're still in it, Carolyn, but you've got to get this.

In the 1640s, a group of dissident English Puritans

called the Eleutheran Adventurers left Bermuda and settled where?

I'm afraid for the third time it's going to have to be a guess.

I'm not surprised after a question like that!

I've been in the Bahamas. It's a very small place.

I don't remember any mention of that.

I'm inclined to go for maybe Cuba,

but I think I'm going to change my mind and go for Florida. Florida.

OK, you've been through all the options there.

The Eleutheran Adventurers left Bermuda and settled

in the Bahamas where you've been.

Bad luck, Carolyn. Those were really tricky questions.

It means Pat is through to the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

It's all square. Both teams have lost one brain from the final round.

And our next subject, third head-to-head, is Sport. Who likes this one?

Sport. Chris, Andrew or Tosh?

I'm afraid it's going to have to be me.

LAUGHTER

-Yeah, I'll do it.

-Andrew.

-Andrew, OK.

And who would you like to play, Andrew? Kevin, Barry or Chris?

-Barry?

-You want to take Barry?

-Yeah.

-All right.

-Barry.

-Barry. OK, let's have Barry and Andrew into the question room to play Sport, please.

Okey-dokey, it's Sport, Andrew. Do you participate or just watch?

Neither!

I love your honesty! OK, right. Let's start the game. Do you want to go first or second?

I'll go second, please.

Barry, your first question.

Serve and volley is a style of game play in which sport?

It's one of the classic ways of playing a game of tennis.

-Mainly on what kind of courts?

-Is it grass courts?

-I think so.

It's the right answer.

Andrew, your first question.

In total, how many medals did Great Britain win at the 2010 Winter Olympics?

I do think I know this cos I know they didn't do that well.

-I'm sure it was one.

-Yes, it was.

It's even Stevens after the first questions. Second questions now.

In rugby league, which city features in the names of two clubs in the 2010 Super League?

There's two rugby league clubs in Hull - Hull and Hull KR. Hull.

As a rugby league fan, that was a fortunate question for you.

Andrew,

which Test match cricket ground in England has ends called the Nursery End and Pavilion End?

Em, I know nothing about cricket whatsoever.

I think out of the three names, I think I'll go for...Lord's.

Cos I know that name the most.

OK, Lord's. It's the right answer. Well done, Andrew.

Not bad for a man who knows nothing about sport. He's got 2 out of 2.

Barry, which team won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1978,

using cars fitted with side skirts to make use of "ground effects"?

I remember the side skirts, but what team was it?

Something's telling me it was Tyrell, so that's my answer.

Tyrell with the side skirts. It sort of sucked them to the ground

-during the corners. It's Lotus, though.

-Oh.

-Lotus.

It's getting better for you, Andrew.

An opportunity here. They don't come often.

Let's see if you can capitalise on this. In Olympic boxing,

the men's super heavyweight division starts at which weight?

Right. Em...

Not that great on kilos! I don't quite understand them.

So if in doubt, go straight down the middle. 101.

101 for the super heavyweight division. Do you know, Barry?

-Ooh.

-You don't know.

-I'm not sure. I'd have gone for 101.

-OK.

-Other Eggheads?

-I was thinking 91.

-It's 91.

91. Well, both still in it and we go to Sudden Death again.

In the United States, what name is given to the annual championship game of the National Football League

between the champions of the American and National conferences?

-Well, if it's American football, that must be the Superbowl.

-A long question and short answer!

The final is the Superbowl.

OK, what is the official name of the rugby club knows as the Baa-Baas?

I know nothing about rugby and the Baa-Baas...

I've just never heard of it. I don't know.

-I'll have to pass on that.

-The Baa-Baas.

-Anything there at all?

-I don't know. I'll say something like Yorkshire.

OK.

It's not. It's actually simpler than that. I suspect some of your team-mates know. The Baa-Baas?

No? OK, I'll give it to Barry.

-Barbarians.

-The Barbarians.

They pull players together from different teams and play in a variety of locations.

The Baa-Baas are the Barbarians.

Bad luck, Andrew. You nearly made it, but not to be. Both please come back and join your teams.

The Eggheads have nudged into the lead.

I almost didn't notice. You've knocked out two, one Egghead gone.

And our last head to head is Food and Drink. Who'd like to play? Chris or Tosh?

You know more about food and you know more about drink!

I would say maybe Tosh. Tosh knows more about food and Chris knows more about drink.

Yeah, Tosh, it's you.

-Er, Tosh.

-OK, Tosh. And you can choose from the bookending Eggheads, Kevin or Chris.

-Chris. Yeah, go for Chris.

-OK, Tosh and Chris.

Make your way to the Question Room to play Food and Drink.

Tosh, you're a keen cook. What are your favourite dishes?

Em, as simple as possible, Dermot.

Omelettes. Spanish food I quite like as well.

-Different types of fish.

-Fresh stuff.

-Fresh, absolutely.

-OK, good.

-Do you want to go first or second?

-Er, second, please.

That tactic nearly worked for Andrew. He had a shot, but just didn't make it.

Here's your question, Chris. What is the mayonnaise and tomato dressing

that often includes chillies and finely-diced peppers?

-That is an island dressing, Dermot.

-Thousand island is right.

One to Chris. Now you, Tosh.

What term is used to describe fish such as salmon sardines and mackerel

due to them being rich in Omega 3 fatty acids?

That sounds like a difficult one(!)

Oily fish?

Well, I suppose they're all three,

but oily is the term. Well done.

One each. Chris, second question.

The dish called crempog has which alternative name?

Well, it's not English scones.

They're just scones.

The "og" ending sounds more Welsh than Irish to me so I'll say Welsh pancakes.

Well done. Well worked out. Welsh pancakes.

OK, Tosh.

What English description refers to the beverage known in German as Weiss Bier?

Unfortunately, I don't know about beers.

I didn't do German at school so it's a guess.

-Wheat beer?

-Yeah. The beer's in there. You got it.

Yes, just work on that.

Wheat beer. Two-all.

Adam's fig is an alternative name for which fruit?

It's not a plantain. That's like a banana, not a fig at all.

Likewise, a mango is quite a large fruit with a big stone in the middle.

-So it's got to be the passion fruit.

-Adam's fig is the plantain.

-Is it?

I'd have gone with your logic, but it's plantain. Very hard.

So far, a mirror image

of Andrew's round. An opportunity's opened up to put the Egghead out. Andrew wasn't able to take it.

Let's hope you can, Tosh. Get this and you're in the final round.

Mushimono is a Japanese culinary term for what type of dish?

I'll spell it for you. M-U-S-H-I-M-O-N-O. All one word.

-Mushimono.

-I have this image in my head of mushy food,

thinking how could that be. It has to be a guess, Dermot.

I would say...steamed.

-Because it would be mushy?

-Yeah.

-Probably the wrong link, but it's the right answer!

I don't know, but there we are.

It doesn't matter how you get them. You're in the final round.

Both please come back and join your teams.

This is what we've been playing towards. It's time for the final round on General Knowledge.

Those of you who lost will not be allowed to take part.

So Andrew and Carolyn and Chris and Judith, would you leave the studio, please?

So Chris, Tosh and Paul, you're playing to win G5 £15,000.

Barry, Pat and Kevin are playing for something money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

I'll ask each team three questions. You are allowed to confer in this round.

G5, the question is are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?

-First or second?

-Shall we go first? We'll go first, please.

Right, let's get on with it, then. The first question in the final round for G5.

In the Old Testament story, how did Delilah deprive Samson of his strength?

-Cut his hair.

-Yeah.

-Cut his hair.

-We need Andrew!

It's the right answer - cut his hair.

OK, Eggheads.

Upon what occasion was Prince Andrew awarded the title Duke of York?

I think it was his wedding day. He was always Prince Andrew.

Why would he get it on joining the navy?

-It was a present from the Queen.

-Yes, it's the wedding. OK?

On his wedding day.

-As a present from the Queen?

-Yes.

-As you do.

-It's the right answer.

Duke of York, on his wedding day.

One each.

Which comedian has the real name Michael Pennington?

-Michael... What do you think?

-I don't know.

-I really don't know.

-There's something familiar.

-Lee Mack?

-I don't think it's Harry Hill.

-No.

Go for Lee Mack.

Yeah? What do you think?

Yeah, we'll go with the majority. Lee Mack.

Em, not quite sure, Dermot, but we'll go for Lee Mack.

OK, Lee Mack, Michael Pennington.

It's not the right answer. Do you know, Eggheads?

-Johnny Vegas.

-Johnny Vegas. Yeah, so nothing there.

Eggheads, second question.

What name is shared by a Spanish palace and a 1,400-seat theatre in Bradford that opened in 1914?

I've been there many times. Alhambra.

That's the Alhambra, Dermot.

-Barry?

-I've been there many times.

-Parked your derriere there?

-I have. Wonderful place to go.

Alhambra is the right answer. You must get this, G5.

Who wrote the best-selling novel The Book Thief?

-What do you think?

-I don't know. It's not a book I've heard of.

-Have you?

-I haven't heard of it.

-The Book Thief.

-Those names mean nothing to me.

-Zusak...

-Bernhard...

-Bernhard Schlink?

-Markus...

I don't know it. I haven't really heard of it.

I'm drawn to Bernhard Schlink for some reason. I don't know.

-That's just a guess.

-Yeah.

It'll have to be a guess for me.

-Do you think?

-What do we think?

-Bernhard Schlink?

-Go for that?

Schlink?

You decide!

No time pressure!

-Em...

-Wrote the best-selling novel The Book Thief.

We're not 100% sure, Dermot.

But we're going to go for Bernhard Schlink.

Bernhard Schlink, The Book Thief. It's...

not right. It's incorrect. Not Bernhard Schlink. Eggheads?

-Markus Zusak.

-Markus Zusak. That means, Eggheads, you've won.

Well, bad luck, G5, but you played this game with great spirit, great enthusiasm.

A template for all the other teams!

Memorable head to heads throughout for different reasons. Fantastic game all round,

but the end result not ideal from your point of view!

-I hope you enjoyed the experience.

-It's been great.

-Great to have you here. Congratulations to G5.

But the Eggheads have done what comes naturally.

You won't be going home with £15,000. The money rolls over.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team can defeat the Eggheads. £16,000 says they don't. Goodbye.

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