Episode 66 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 five quiz challengers put 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.

And taking on our quiz Goliaths are Chad Acad.

They honed their quizzing skills

at the Royal Park pub in Leeds where the pub offered to double the prize should anyone beat them.

Team captain Will, whose surname inspires their name, is now the quiz master at the Royal Park.

Hi, I'm Will, I'm 27 and a maths teacher.

Hi, I'm Sam, 27, and an accountant.

Hi, I'm James, 26, and a barman.

Hi, I'm Dave, I'm 30 and a maths teacher.

Hi, I'm Dave, 25, and I'm a duty officer.

Welcome to you, Chad Acad. You're Will Chadwick.

-Absolutely.

-Is this a quizzing academy?

-Yes, I suppose so.

Everyone's taken part in at least one of my quizzes, and normally won, I hasten to add.

So yes, I suppose it is.

What went on at the Royal Park? It just got so monotonous that you kept winning and winning?

Without sounding big-headed, Dermot, yes.

We had quite a formidable record.

You're teachers, Will and Dave. You've been hushing up the fact that you'd be on Eggheads?

-Yeah, absolutely. Most of the pupils now know we're on the show.

-They certainly know now!

Let's play the game. Every day there's £1,000 up for grabs

but if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the money rolls over.

The Eggheads have won the last two games, so £3,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

Our first head-to-head is on Sport.

Who likes their sport?

-Who wants to have a go at sport?

-There's only one man for this job.

- I think it's me, isn't it? - You want to give it a go?

-Dave W, please.

-Dave W playing sports. And who would you like to take on from the Eggheads?

-Judith?

-She's weak on sport.

-OK, we'll take on Judith, please.

-OK, it's Dave W and Judith kicking us off here on Sport.

Let's have you both into the Question Room, please.

-Dave, do you want to go first or second?

-I'll play first, please.

All right. Good luck, Dave.

In the 2010 World Cup, which England footballer struck the infamous shot that landed over the line

but wasn't given as a goal?

I'm pretty sure there's no way this will be forgotten. Frank Lampard.

Would it have made any difference if it had been given?

Well, we'd turned it around, so you never know!

There we are.

Frank Lampard. And Judith, your question.

Which darts player made history in 2010 by becoming the first player

to hit two nine-dart finishes in one match?

Em, was it Phil the Power?

It's the first question, state the obvious. Phil Taylor.

Phil Taylor and his nine-dart finishes. Indeed. Phil the Power,

as you identified.

OK, Dave, the tennis player Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was the winner of the Ladies Singles

in 1989, 1994 and 1998 at which Grand Slam tournament?

I honestly don't know this one.

-Em, I'll have to take a guess at the US Open.

-US Open?

For Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, three wins - '89, '94, '98 -

at the...French Open. The French, not US.

So a chance for Judith.

The San Francisco Giants are a team in which sport?

Em...

Well, American footballers look like giants.

-I think I'll say American football.

-No, that's wrong.

It's baseball.

-The American football team is...?

-The 49ers.

OK.

A let off there, Dave. Take the lead here, maybe.

The cricketer Tamim Iqbal made his Test debut for which country in 2008?

Em...Tamim Iqbal...

I don't think he's Sri Lankan.

I think he might be Bangladesh.

-I'll go with Bangladesh.

-It's the right answer. Well done!

A good recovery after that second question and now in the lead.

If Judith doesn't get this, into the final round as well.

Which horse won the 2010 Epsom Derby in a record-breaking time?

That was Workforce.

Yeah, Workforce is the right answer.

Anyone know the time?

Ten past what(!) I knew you would say that.

All right, Dave, sudden death. You're all square.

We take away those options.

Jose Sulaiman was appointed as President of one of the main governing bodies of which sport

in 1975?

I have a feeling I've heard his name before, but I don't know.

I'd have to go with boxing.

Well done, Dave. That's right. That was a quality answer.

Many different governing bodies. I won't ask you for it.

OK, Judith. In 1973, Graham Gooch made his first-class cricket debut for which county team?

I've not got the first clue.

So choose a county...

Em, Graham Gooch.

Choose a county. Choose a county. Just get on with it. Surrey!

A good cricketing county, but not the one he started with. Eggheads?

-Essex.

-It's Essex. Which means, Dave,

you're in the final round.

Both please come back and join your teams.

The Eggheads are down to a quartet after that.

Chad Acad are still there. Our next head-to-head is Arts and Books. Who wants to play?

Show some enthusiasm!

Next! Go to the next one.

I've got no idea.

It's just got to be somebody who knows a bit more about novels.

I know absolutely nothing.

-In which case it's somebody...

-You want to give it a go?

- All right. OK, then. I'll do it. - We'll have James, please.

All right. Choose your Egghead. It can't be Judith.

They're all pretty good, to be honest.

Give the fellow Leeds man a try - Barry.

Keep the Yorkshiremen together.

Let's have James and Barry into the Question Room.

-Do you want to go first or second?

-I'll go first, I think.

First question. In visual art, what term is often used to describe

a piece that combines traditionally distinct methods such as paint, ink and collage?

Great question. I don't know the answer to it,

but I'll have a guess and I think it's mixed media.

Yeah, describing it perfectly. Mixed media is correct.

There you are, James.

On the board and off the mark. Barry, for what do the letters RM stand in a series of books

known as The Irish RM, which were made into a TV series starring Peter Bowles?

I remember this series. It was a set of very fine stories.

Peter Bowles played a magistrate, so I imagine Resident Magistrate.

It's the right answer, yes. Resident Magistrate.

OK, back to you, James.

Who wrote the novel A Painted House, about the lives of a struggling family of cotton pickers in Arkansas

in the 1950s?

Again, I don't have a clue, so it's going to be another guess.

I'll go for Patricia Cornwell.

-Patricia Cornwell.

-Yeah.

-It's a John Grisham novel.

A Painted House.

Barry, although Jim Hawkins is the narrator

for much of the novel Treasure Island, chapters 16-18 feature narration by which other character?

Ooh. This is an excellent question.

I don't know the answer. They all appear in Treasure Island.

Who would it be?

-I think it might be Dr Livesey, but I'm not sure.

-Dr Livesey?

-Yes.

It's the right answer, Barry.

It was a good question.

You've got to get this, James.

Which Irish-born writer married Constance Lloyd in the 1880s

and had two children with her?

This is such an awful round. I'll have to have another guess.

I'm going to guess... because I know he had children scandalously, Oscar Wilde.

Good guess. It's the right answer, yes.

A lot of people might have veered away from that, but, yeah.

He married Constance Lloyd. Well done.

But Barry has a chance here.

By what collective name are the celebrated poster designers William Nicholson and James Pride known?

These were the famous Beggarstaff Brothers.

That is correct, Barry. You're through to the final round.

But bad luck, James.

-You did really well there.

-I did all right.

-Two out of three.

But not well enough to get into the final round. Both please come back and join your teams.

Well, level-pegging. Both teams have lost one brain.

Our third head-to-head comes up and it's History. Who wants this?

Will, Sam or Dave A?

This is your one. Leaves me with films.

Yeah, I think I'll have a go at that one.

And who do you want to play?

You can take on either Pat, Chris or Daphne.

I've got the best chance with Chris. Chris, please.

OK, should be a good one. Dave and Chris into the Question Room, please.

-Dave, let's play the round. History. Would you like to go first or second?

-I might as well go first.

Good luck, Dave.

Which term, derived from a hairstyle, is believed to have been first used in 1641

to refer to a supporter of the Parliamentary Party?

I think the Skinheads were only supporters of football hooliganism.

I thought it was based on their hats, but Roundhead.

Yeah, the Roundheads, of course.

In the early 20th century, which country drew up the Schlieffen Plan,

an attempt to plan for victory in the event of war?

Let the last man on the right brush the Channel with his sleeve. Germany.

What was that bit about?

-The wheeling movement through Belgium.

-OK.

This was the German plan in WWI.

-1914, yeah.

-There we are. The Schlieffen Plan, German.

Second question, then, for you, Dave. In the 14th century,

the Jacquerie - J-A-C-Q-U-E-R-I-E -

was the name given to a revolt by peasants in which country?

If it was France, I thought it might be Jacquiere or something like that.

So...

Could it be Belgium or Italy?

On the basis of when you know nothing, go with the one you ruled out, France.

Well done. It's the right answer.

I thought you were going horribly wrong there

as you took us through that.

France, correct.

Chris, in British history,

what was the first name of the father of the 17th century monarch Mary II?

Mary II, married to William of Orange, was the daughter of James II. So James.

Yes, it is. Two-each. Back to you, Dave.

In 1846, which British colony was divided into two provinces called New Munster and New Ulster?

I have absolutely no idea.

Newfoundland, I think, is Canada way.

New Zealand...New South Wales.

If it was New South Wales, that would be part of somewhere bigger.

The same with New Zealand... I'll go for Newfoundland. Guess.

OK. New Munster and New Ulster.

And it is New Zealand, not Newfoundland.

OK, a chance for Chris.

Which 15th-century king of France was known as the Universal Spider

because of his reputed unscrupulous manner and love of intrigue?

15th century. 14-something.

Er...

The time's about right for Louis XI.

-It's what I'll have to go with.

-OK on the date and the century.

Louis XI? It's the right answer.

Well identified. Bad luck, Dave.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Bad luck there, Dave. Only a handful of people have beaten Chris at history.

It's one of his strongest subjects there.

So, as it stands, Chad Acad have lost two brains, the Eggheads have lost one.

Our last head-to-head is Music.

Sam or Will.

-I think it's going to be me, Dermot.

-All right, Sam. Who would you like to play from the Eggheads?

-Daphne or Pat?

-Daphne knows quite a lot.

-She looks sweet.

-I say take Pat.

-Pat?

-Pat looks like he knows science and facts.

-OK.

We'll take a punt and go with Pat.

OK, Sam and Pat playing this one. Both please go to the Question Room.

-Sam, do you want the first set or the second set?

-I'll go first.

OK, Sam.

In the 1980s, The Power of Love was used as the title of hit singles by Frankie Goes To Hollywood,

Jennifer Rush and which other group?

This is from one of my favourite movies, actually. I'm pretty sure this is Huey Lewis and the News.

OK. Huey Lewis and the News. It's the right answer. Well done.

Pat, "It turned colder, that's where it ends, so I told her we'd still be friends,

"Then we made our true love vow," are lines from which musical?

I think that's from the song Summer Nights.

I'm not sure whether it's Olivia Newton John or John Travolta who sings those words. It's Grease.

-I think "so I told her" gives us a clue!

-Oh, John Travolta. Danny Zuko.

Grease will do. Yes, of course. Grease is correct.

The 1893 opera Hansel and Gretel is composed by which German composer?

I really have no idea on this. Opera's not really my thing.

I think I'm going to go for...

Go down the middle with Felix Mendelssohn, please.

-Mendelssohn for Hansel and Gretel. Eggheads?

-Engelbert Humperdinck.

The real one. So the Engelbert we know, he clearly nicked the name.

-What's his proper name?

-Dorsey, isn't it?

-Gerry Dorsey.

-Yeah.

Became Engelbert Humperdinck. OK, a chance for Pat, then.

Which British reggae group had UK top ten singles with Don't Turn Around and Shine?

When I heard the question, my first instinct was Aswad.

Steel Pulse and UB40 also fit the bill. I think I have to go for Aswad.

Don't Turn Around and Shine... are by Aswad. Right answer, yes.

You need to get this, Sam.

Who was the youngest member of ABBA?

Not really, to be honest, listened to a lot of ABBA. It doesn't make a lot of difference.

It's going to be a complete guess and...I'm going to go for Bjorn.

-I don't know.

-OK, Bjorn.

-It's Agnetha.

-Aww.

-Which means you've lost.

Pat's already got two. You can't beat that, so you'll not be playing in the final round. Pat will.

Please come and join your teams.

This is what we've been playing towards - the final round, General Knowledge.

But those of you who lost won't be allowed to take part.

So Sam, James and Dave from Chad Acad and Judith

would you leave the studio, please?

Will and Dave, you're playing to win Chad Acad £3,000.

Daphne, Chris, Barry and Pat. You're playing for the Eggheads' reputation.

I'll ask three questions in turn. They're all general knowledge and you're allowed to confer.

Will and Dave, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

-Do you want to go first or second?

-First? Stick with the not-so-winning pattern. First, please.

OK.

The not-so-winning pattern. This is the round that counts. First question to Chad Acad.

What name is given to an informal discussion in an office or workplace about the previous night's TV?

What name is given to an informal discussion in an office or workplace about the previous night's TV?

-We're fairly certain on this one. Watercooler moment?

-Absolutely.

-Watercooler moment.

-Is that the right answer? Yes.

Eggheads, the headquarters

of the UK's DVLA is located in which Welsh city?

The headquarters of the UK's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, DVLA,

is located in which Welsh city?

-That's Swansea.

-Yes, it is.

Correct, Eggheads. Back to Chad Acad.

What is the surname of the banker known by the nickname Fred the Shred, who gained notoriety

during the economic crisis in 2008?

What is the surname of the banker known by the nickname Fred the Shred, who gained notoriety

during the economic crisis in 2008?

-Do you know that one?

-Em, no.

-I don't think it's Goodwin.

-I just can't bring it to mind.

Fred Hester, Fred Goodwin, Fred Mathewson. Mathewson? A guess?

-I can't see it being Goodwin. I really can't.

-Fred Goodwin.

-You don't think it is that one?

-Do you?

It's the one I was leaning towards, but I could be completely wrong.

-Go with that.

-If it's Mathewson, I'm sorry.

As team captain, I take full responsibility for this. Goodwin.

Goodwin? OK. A bit of division. The captain's taken it on his shoulders.

It's the right answer.

-Fred Goodwin.

-Phew!

A bit of pressure, Will.

-Absolutely, yes.

-OK, well handled.

Eggheads, who would be most likely to use a gram stain in their daily work?

Who would be most likely to use a gram stain in their daily work?

-That would be a microbiologist.

-Microbiologist.

Correct, Eggheads. Microbiologist there.

You both have two.

The American actress Sondra Locke was a long-term partner of which Hollywood star

who directed her in several films?

I don't know that at all.

-I've got an inkling...

-Who would your inkling be?

-We know what happened last time, but I don't think Dustin Hoffman.

-OK.

-Clint Eastwood has started directing major things more recently.

-He has.

And I don't know how much directing Steve McQueen actually did.

-I'd lean towards Clint Eastwood.

-Shall we?

-Yeah.

It is a complete guess.

Clint Eastwood because we know he's directed films.

Picking up on that. Directed Sondra Locke in several films.

It's Clint Eastwood. It's correct.

-Good call, mate.

-Real teamwork going on there.

I wonder if it'll pay dividends.

It will if they get this wrong. The Great Dismal Swamp is the name given to a large marshy area

in the south-east of which country?

-It's USA, isn't it?

-Yeah.

It's in the USA.

-USA?

-Mm-hm.

-It IS in the USA.

That's correct.

All square after three. We go to sudden death.

Will and Dave, the adjective zenographic is sometimes used by astronomers

in relation to which planet?

The adjective zenographic is sometimes used by astronomers in relation to which planet?

-Zenographic?

-Z-E-N-O and then "graphic". It's all one word.

I feel I should have heard about that and I haven't! Zeno.

What can we take from that? There's got to be some word derived from it.

Zeno... Venus has got an "en" in it!

What about Mars?

It could be any of the planets. Do you want to say Mars?

-For some reason, I think it might be Jupiter.

-Let's go Jupiter.

-OK.

Yeah? Why not?

-Jupiter, please, Dermot.

-Jupiter.

-Why not?

-Why not? It's the right answer.

-Yes!

-Why did you go for that? You were talking Mars and Venus.

-No idea. Dave just...

-I don't know.

I was thinking it in the back of my head and I thought, "I'll say it before we go for Mars".

I thought Mars was the favourite. Thank goodness you didn't take it.

Zeno...?

-Zeus. And Jupiter is the Roman version of Zeus.

-A-ha!

Well done. The Eggheads have to get this one.

Which part of the brain takes its name from the scientific name for the sea horse?

Which part of the brain takes its name from the scientific name for the sea horse?

Hippocampus.

Some very developed ones here. Hippocampus is the correct answer.

Back to you after all that.

Dave and Will, in which American state is Punxsutawney, famous for its annual Groundhog Day

weather forecasting event?

In which state is Punxsutawney, famous for its annual Groundhog Day weather forecasting event?

I'm pretty sure that it was Punxsutawney Phil in Groundhog Day the film.

-So Philadelphia.

-Pennsylvania.

-Pennsylvania would be the state.

I'm pretty sure it's Pennsylvania.

-I'm happy to go along with that. It's the best we've got. Pennsylvania, we'll go for?

-Yeah.

-We'll try Pennsylvania, Dermot.

-For Punxsutawney. Made famous in that film Dave's seen many times.

It's the right answer. Pennsylvania, Groundhog Day.

There we are. Got that. Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney.

Eggheads, you need to get this. What was the name of the early tennis-style video game

released by Atari in the 1970s?

What was the name of the early tennis-style video game by Atari in the 1970s?

Pong!

Pong is correct. Yes, Pong.

OK, Will and Dave, in 1978 which Pope died suddenly only 33 days after taking up the position?

-I think, and I could be wrong, John Paul I came into my head.

-OK.

-I'm happy to go with it.

-John Paul II followed him.

-I don't know, so...

-OK. Em, John Paul I.

John Paul I. It's the right answer. Well done.

It was known as the Year of Three Popes. He died so suddenly.

Well, got to get this, Eggheads. Chesney Hawkes came to fame when he played the title character

in which early 1990s film that also starred Roger Daltrey?

-He had a big hit with The One And Only.

-That's all I know.

-Could that be from a film?

-Roger Daltrey...

-He starred in McVicar, but he was McVicar.

-He was McVicar.

-Was Roger Daltrey in Tommy?

-Too early.

-It was a lot earlier.

Chesney Hawkes.

He'd have been a teenager in this film. A school-based film? A band film?

-Not my type of film.

-Not mine, either!

Should know this. I can't get to it.

-Are we going to pass?

-Yeah.

-Congratulations. We haven't got a clue and we're going to pass.

-Pass?

-We have absolutely no idea.

-Let's just clear up the answer. Do you know, guys?

-Dave's got an idea.

-Is it Buster?

-No, close, but it's in your head.

The "Bu" is there. It's a pretty obscure film. The answer is Buddy's Song.

Which means you've won!

Well, fantastic quizzing. You have that very rare accolade of beating the Eggheads.

Will, Sir can go back to school with head held very high.

-Absolutely, yes.

-There was double jeopardy if you lost.

-I might have had to move school.

Congratulations to Chad Acad. Not just Dave and Will in the final round.

There was a lot of good work in those head-to-heads by Sam, James and Dave A.

Enjoy the moment. Our congratulations go with you.

Join us next time to see if a new team will be just as successful. Until then, goodbye.

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