0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15Together, they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is: can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:30Welcome to Eggheads, where five quiz challengers pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team.
0:00:30 > 0:00:36You might recognise them. They've won some of the toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Taking them on today are The Diplomats.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45They all worked in the European Directorate of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Hi, my name's Claire. I'm 35 and a civil servant.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Hi, my name's James, I'm 33 and I'm a civil servant.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Will, I'm 34 and I'm a civil servant.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Hello. I'm Andrew, I'm 34 and I'm a civil servant.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Hi. I'm Ian, I'm 44 and I'm also a civil servant.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Welcome to you, Diplomats. What kind of quizzing do you do?
0:01:10 > 0:01:14We've done a little bit. At our Christmas party, we came second
0:01:14 > 0:01:20and we also go to various pubs in London as well after work and we play together then.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The whole team?
0:01:23 > 0:01:30- Yeah.- A proper pub quiz team. Do you call yourself the Diplomats? - No, usually a bit more low-key.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- What kind of stuff have you won? - Small amounts of money.
0:01:34 > 0:01:42Well, let's take on the Eggheads today and see if you can add them to your trophy cabinet.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Every day there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, that rolls over.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53So Diplomats, the challengers won the last game, so it can be done.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57That means £1,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Our first head-to-head challenge is going to be on Film and Television.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Who'd like to play this?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- Will? - I could take this.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13I'll take this one, Dermot. And I would like to challenge Judith.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19OK, worked out in advance. It's Will and Judith playing Film and Television.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Would you both please go into the Question Room?
0:02:24 > 0:02:29Will, I know you're playing Film and Television, but we have a sporting category
0:02:29 > 0:02:34in which we quite often feature the sport of darts.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38It causes some debate as to whether it's a sport or not.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40You've had a role to play in this.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Yes, I was working at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport
0:02:44 > 0:02:50and my Minister was a big fan of darts. He'd got up in the House one day
0:02:50 > 0:02:55and said, "I want darts to be officially recognised as a sport."
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Then he called me in and said, "Right, Will. Make it happen."
0:02:59 > 0:03:07So I had to write a letter for him setting out why darts really is a big physical challenge
0:03:07 > 0:03:11and a really skilled game. And, well, we did it.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17Indeed. We need it at the Olympics, Will, in time for 2012. Think of all the medals we'd win!
0:03:17 > 0:03:23OK, we are playing Film and Television. Would you like to go first or second?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26I will go second, please, Dermot.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Judith, your first question.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36A Star In A Reasonably-Priced Car is a segment in which TV show?
0:03:38 > 0:03:43- A Star In A Reasonably...? - Priced Car.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- First question, state the obvious. Top Gear.- Top Gear?
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- I take it you don't watch it.- No. - Right, OK.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54It is the right answer, yes.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59They've had some very big stars. Tom Cruise, not so long ago.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Top Gear is correct.
0:04:01 > 0:04:08OK, Will, which character in the children's TV series Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? typically wears
0:04:08 > 0:04:12a green t-shirt and brown bell-bottom trousers?
0:04:13 > 0:04:18I remember Scooby-Doo and the gang very well from childhood days.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I definitely have to say it was Shaggy.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Yep, Shaggy. Yes. Scooby's best friend.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Judith, second question.
0:04:26 > 0:04:32Which 2002 film contains the line, "With great power comes great responsibility"?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I don't think it was Harry Potter.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I think it was Spider-Man.
0:04:43 > 0:04:49Very good! It is. You could see that applying to any of those, but it's Spider-Man.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51OK, Will.
0:04:51 > 0:04:58In 1962, Valerie Tatlock, played by Anne Reid, became the first wife of which Coronation Street character?
0:05:03 > 0:05:10Well, I'm not a big lover of soaps, so I'm going to have to take a leap in the dark here.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13But I do know Ken Barlow was in Corrie for ever
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- so I'll go with Ken Barlow. - Ken Barlow.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22Plenty of wives. Valerie Tatlock was his first. It's the right answer, well done.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Ken Barlow, identified by Will.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Judith, third question. Which actor appeared in the films
0:05:29 > 0:05:34Shutter Island, Zodiac and 13 Going On 30?
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Shutter Island was 2010, wasn't it?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44So I should know.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46But don't.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- Gerard Butler. - Gerard Butler?- Yeah.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- Other Eggheads?- Mark Ruffalo.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Oh.- Not Gerard Butler. So...
0:05:57 > 0:05:59That's what you hoped for, Will.
0:05:59 > 0:06:05That's why you put Judith in first. You go through to the final round if you get this.
0:06:05 > 0:06:12In which Western film do Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson sing a song called, "My Rifle, My Pony and Me"?
0:06:16 > 0:06:23Well, again, I'll have to take a guess, but I don't remember there being any songs in Fort Apache
0:06:23 > 0:06:25or Rio Bravo,
0:06:25 > 0:06:29so I'm going to go with The Quiet Man.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32OK, The Quiet Man.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34It's not, no.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37It's Rio Bravo. It is Rio Bravo.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- The Quiet Man, Dean Martin's not in it.- And it's not a Western.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Yeah, indeed. Not even a Western, no.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Rio Bravo missed by Will.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51A chance gone begging, so we go to sudden death.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Just to remind you, Will, Judith well knows this,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59that we remove those options.
0:06:59 > 0:07:06Judith, what was the title of the popular TV sitcom of the 1990s starring Gary Olsen and Belinda Lang
0:07:06 > 0:07:13- and which took its name from the supposed average size of a British family?- 2.25...
0:07:13 > 0:07:172.5 children? Or something like that, I think.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19So what's your answer?
0:07:22 > 0:07:242.5 Children.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- I can't accept it. - 2.4.- It's 2.4 Children!
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- The average size of the British family.- Oh.- Sorry.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Because it's based on that, 2.5 isn't good enough.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Which means you've given another chance to Will.
0:07:40 > 0:07:47In which decade was the Charlie Chaplin film The Gold Rush originally released?
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Well...I don't know too much about early cinema,
0:07:52 > 0:07:59but I think the heyday for Charlie Chaplin must have been the '20s, so I'm going to go with the '20s.
0:07:59 > 0:08:041920s. It's the right answer! You're in the final round. Well done.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06A very narrow victory.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Judith was 0.1 out with her answer.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13On The Gold Rush, the precise date?
0:08:13 > 0:08:19It's a funny one because of different release dates. Sometimes you see it down as '24, sometimes as '25.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25- I've always thought of it as '24, but increasingly you see '25. - I've seen '25.
0:08:25 > 0:08:32That would have been interesting if we'd asked! But the decade was the 1920s. Will's in the final round.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Both please come back and join your teams.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40The Diplomats are all there, the Eggheads have lost one brain.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43We move on to our second category. This one's Science.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Who'd like to play this?
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- Not you, Ian, by the look on your face.- Is it going to be me, then?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53You're one of our top two.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Me or Will.- Yeah. Are you happy?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- It can't be me!- I'll do it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03- I'll take that, Dermot. - Which Egghead do you want to choose?
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Em...who do you think? I like the look of Barry.
0:09:07 > 0:09:13- I'll have Barry, please. - It's that shirt, isn't it? It's a winning combo.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Let's have Andrew and Barry into the Question Room, then.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23Well, Andrew, our Chris was very excited about you coming because of your grandfather.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- He was an inventor?- That's right. He was an electrical engineer
0:09:27 > 0:09:31and he worked on the project to build the levitating train
0:09:31 > 0:09:36that ran between Birmingham International and the airport.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Levitating? A magnetic track?
0:09:38 > 0:09:45Yes, that's right. It sits on a bed of air because the magnetic poles are opposed,
0:09:45 > 0:09:51so it floats. I'm beginning to sound like I know about science, which is not true at all!
0:09:51 > 0:09:57It sounds plausible to me. Chris, excuse the pun, but it never really took off here.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- But the Japanese have got one? - Yeah. The Chinese are building one.
0:10:01 > 0:10:08There was a huge test track about 18 miles long on the Bedford Levels in Cambridgeshire,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10about 30 years ago. That's gone now.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15But it is up and running in Birmingham.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Like poles repel, so it's about an inch or so off the ground.
0:10:19 > 0:10:26Then you use magnets in the other direction to give it linear force and it uses very little energy.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29And track maintenance is a lot less?
0:10:29 > 0:10:35Well, yeah, it doesn't wear. You've got a guidance system, so it has wear and tear,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39but the actual track itself, the thing floats an inch above.
0:10:39 > 0:10:46- Fascinating stuff. That leads us in. Andrew, first or second? - I'll go first, please, Dermot.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54This is your question. In mathematics, the binary system has a base of what number?
0:10:56 > 0:11:01The "bi" is a clue, as in bicycle and biped. It's 2.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Yes, it's based on 2.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06OK, Barry. Hypoxia
0:11:06 > 0:11:11is the name for the condition when part of the body is starved of which element?
0:11:13 > 0:11:18I think there's a clue in this question as well. The "ox" refers to oxygen, so it's oxygen.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Yes, correct. Straight back to you, Andrew.
0:11:22 > 0:11:28What's the term for the means by which radio signals are transported from a transmitter to a receiver?
0:11:32 > 0:11:39All of those answers look like they have more to do with gardening so this is a complete guess.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44- I'll go for propagation.- I'm not sure it is a complete guess. Yes!
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Well done. Two to you and, Barry,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52with a diameter of around 5,150 kilometres,
0:11:52 > 0:11:57which is the second-largest moon in the Solar System, after Ganymede?
0:12:00 > 0:12:07Phobos is absolutely tiny. I believe the second-largest moon is the only one with an atmosphere - Titan.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- It has an atmosphere? - It does. I think it's...
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- I think it might be methane.- OK.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Titan is the right answer. 5,150 kilometres in diameter.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Both going very strongly.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28Third question, Andrew. Completed at the University of Manchester in 1948,
0:12:28 > 0:12:35the small-scale experimental machine nicknamed Baby is acknowledged as the world's first working what?
0:12:40 > 0:12:45It rings a bell, but it might be the wrong bell. I think it's...
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Radio telescopes were invented before. Stored-program computer.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Stored-program computer. Baby.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57A small-scale experimental machine. It's the right answer! Well done.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59You've got three. OK.
0:12:59 > 0:13:06Barry, which element in the Periodic Table was named by the Swiss scientist Jean Charles de Marignac
0:13:06 > 0:13:09after the Swedish town in which it was discovered?
0:13:14 > 0:13:18There's four elements named after this town in Sweden.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22It holds the record for the number of elements.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25This one is Ytterbium. From Ytterby.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29It's the right answer. Thank you for the extra information.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31It is correct.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36So it means we go to sudden death once more. Andrew, your question.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41In which century was the British physicist and chemist Michael Faraday born?
0:13:41 > 0:13:47I'm guessing again, Dermot. I'm going to guess for the 18th century.
0:13:47 > 0:13:5118th century for the birth century of Michael Faraday. That's right.
0:13:51 > 0:13:58That was a tricky one because his work was done in the 19th century, but born in the 18th.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04- Do we know what year, Eggheads? - 1791.- 1791. So well negotiated by Andrew there.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06He listened very carefully.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09You need to get this, Barry.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Macropus rufus -
0:14:11 > 0:14:15M-A-C-R-O-P-U-S - Macropus rufus
0:14:15 > 0:14:21is the scientific name for what type of kangaroo, the world's largest marsupial?
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Macropus is the genus of kangaroo and rufus means red.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- There is a red kangaroo, so red kangaroo.- It is, yes!
0:14:29 > 0:14:34They're quite easy when you know how. Macropus rufus - the red kangaroo.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41Andrew, for what does the letter C stand in the abbreviation CBT,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45a psychological treatment based on the belief
0:14:45 > 0:14:49that most unwanted thinking patterns are learned and can be unlearned?
0:14:49 > 0:14:56I don't know much about psychology, but I've heard of cognitive behaviour therapy, so I'm guessing "cognitive".
0:14:56 > 0:15:00It's the right answer. Cognitive behavioural therapy is CBT.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Well, Barry...
0:15:02 > 0:15:07- You must be thinking, "What have I got to do to beat this guy?"- Just a little.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11You've got to get this right to hang on in there.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14If light from a large source is intercepted by an object,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17the dark central shadow cast is called the umbra
0:15:17 > 0:15:23and the partial shadow surrounding that is known by what corresponding name?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Surrounding the umbra is the penumbra.- Yes, penumbra and umbra.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Back to Andrew.
0:15:29 > 0:15:36Who wrote the 1794 work entitled Zoonomia: Or The Laws Of Organic Life
0:15:36 > 0:15:41that commented on natural history and the basic concept of evolution?
0:15:43 > 0:15:48I'm trying to think of the first geneticist.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51But I can't remember his name.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Um...
0:15:54 > 0:16:00I can't even begin to guess, I'm afraid, Dermot. I'm going to have to pass on this one.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03OK, the first pass in the round.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Not anything there for Andrew. Barry?
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- I have heard it. Was it Ray?- No. Other Eggheads?- Lamarck?- No.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16- Evolution is the key here. Kept it in the family. - Erasmus Darwin.- Erasmus Darwin.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Grandfather of Charles. Erasmus Darwin.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Barry, what name taken from that of a German scientist
0:16:23 > 0:16:28is given to the phenomenon in which magnetic flux is excluded from a substance
0:16:28 > 0:16:31when it is in a super-conducting state?
0:16:31 > 0:16:35I believe, fingers crossed on this, that is the Meissner effect.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39The Meissner effect is the correct answer, Barry.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43You have just got into the final round.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48These games are so tight so far, Will and Judith's and now Andrew and Barry's.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52It means you're in the final round, only just, Barry.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57Bad luck, Andrew, after a really storming performance there, but just not made it.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Andrew, as the stopgap performer on that subject, that was a fantastic effort.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Just not to be. Barry on some really good form there himself.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15Both teams have lost one brain from the final round. It's all square at this point.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19This will change the balance, our third head-to-head, on Sport.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Who'd like to play this?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24I think it's got to be you.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29- I'll take Sport.- James, who would you like to play? Not Judith or Barry.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31So you've got Kevin, Pat or Chris.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Chris?- I'll take on Chris.
0:17:33 > 0:17:39- OK, James and Chris then playing Sport.- I'll get me coat!
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Into the question room, please.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47James, let's see if we can tip the balance The Diplomats' way here.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Do you want to go first or second? - Second, please.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58Your first question, Chris. Rebound tumbling is an alternative name for which sport?
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Ah!
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Boing! Trampolining.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I thought you were doing The News At Ten. Bong!
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Trampolining, right answer, yes - rebound tumbling.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20James, what colour of gloves are worn by a snooker referee?
0:18:23 > 0:18:27I'm pretty sure that's white, Dermot.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31White gloves, yes, correct. Both eased into the round there.
0:18:31 > 0:18:37And Chris, second question. Bradley Pryce, a former Commonwealth light middleweight champion boxer,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40was born in which part of the United Kingdom?
0:18:43 > 0:18:48Well, Pryce comes from "ap Rhys", "son of Rhys", which is a Welsh name,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50so I presume he's from Wales.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Yeah, he is. It's the right answer. Yes, Bradley Pryce, Welsh.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Second question, James.
0:18:56 > 0:19:02Frank Lampard Senior, born in 1948, won two FA Cups with which football team?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09I know it's not Arsenal as I'm an Arsenal fan.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12And I'm pretty sure it's West Ham, Dermot.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Yeah, West Ham. An Arsenal fan, eh?
0:19:14 > 0:19:18One of those FA Cups was at Arsenal's expense,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I think, wasn't it, in 1980?
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Two FA Cups with West Ham is correct for Frank Lampard Senior.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27'75 and '80, to be precise.
0:19:27 > 0:19:34The father of which British tennis player was a footballer who played for Ipswich Town and St Johnstone?
0:19:38 > 0:19:43It's going to be a pure guess here, Dermot. I'll go for Laura Robson.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Laura Robson - her dad played for Ipswich Town and St Johnstone...
0:19:48 > 0:19:52No, he didn't. Mr Robson did not play... Other Eggheads?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- It's Elena Baltacha.- Elena Baltacha.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59That's good news for you, James. Here's an opportunity.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05In cycling, what French name is given to the rider in last position?
0:20:11 > 0:20:15My father-in-law is a big cycling fan
0:20:15 > 0:20:18and I wish I'd paid more attention to him recently.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22This is going to be a complete guess.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28I'm going to go for Lanterne Rouge, Dermot.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32OK, Lanterne Rouge at the back there... It's the right answer.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Yes, well done. That puts you into the final round.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41Congratulations. I know in the Tour de France everyone wants the yellow jersey,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44but they have a bit of a battle at the back.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49You might as well come stone-last and get something, rather than be second last.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- Makes sense.- You've completed this round successfully, James.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57You're in the final round. Would you both come back and join your teams?
0:20:57 > 0:21:03The Diplomats have lost one brain from the final round, but those Eggheads have lost two.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08Our last head-to-head comes up now before that final round. It's Arts & Books.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Claire or Ian can play this one.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Ian, I think.- It's going to have to be me, Dermot.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Who would you like to play from the Eggheads? The remaining players are Pat or Kevin.
0:21:19 > 0:21:25- I think Pat, please. - Pat? OK, Ian and Pat into the question room with you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31OK, Ian, let's see if you can really make it a very strong hand in that final round and knock Pat out.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35- Do you want to go first or second? - I'll go first, please, Dermot.
0:21:37 > 0:21:43Good luck, Ian. First question. Greenware is a name for what type of craft item?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Greenware is a name for what type of craft item?
0:21:51 > 0:21:56I'm struggling now. Art and crafts, not really me.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- I'm going to go with unfired pottery. - Unfired pottery...
0:22:00 > 0:22:03It's the right answer, yes. Well picked out.
0:22:04 > 0:22:11Pat, a psychiatrist called Martin Dysart and a stable boy called Alan Strang are the central characters
0:22:11 > 0:22:14of which play, first produced in 1973?
0:22:17 > 0:22:23I think this is Peter Shaffer's pretty controversial play Equus,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25subsequently made into a film
0:22:25 > 0:22:28and subsequently Daniel Radcliffe,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32the Harry Potter man's West End stage debut. So it's Equus.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- Harry Potter's in it, is he? - Daniel Radcliffe tread the boards
0:22:36 > 0:22:40as the troubled young man who attacked a horse.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Didn't he have to be careful he didn't get any splinters?
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- He had to get his kit off?- He was in his natural state.- Very nice.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Equus is correct. OK, Ian...
0:22:51 > 0:22:57In which Shakespeare play are Imogen and Posthumus the daughter and son-in-law of the title character?
0:23:01 > 0:23:05I don't think it's King Lear cos King Lear had three daughters.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I'm going to guess Cymbeline, I think, Dermot.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17Cymbeline for Imogen and Posthumus. It's the right answer. Well done.
0:23:17 > 0:23:23Who was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2001 for the book The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents?
0:23:28 > 0:23:32I haven't read this book, but I think it's by Terry Pratchett.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents is by Terry Pratchett.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39It's correct, Pat.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Ian, which artist stowed away to the US in 1926 and later married Elaine
0:23:44 > 0:23:47who became a significant Expressionist painter?
0:23:51 > 0:23:56The only one I've heard of is Mark Rothko, so I'll have to go with that.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00OK, Mark Rothko stowing away and marrying Elaine...
0:24:00 > 0:24:03It's not the right answer. Pat?
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- I'd go for Willem de Kooning. - It is Willem de Kooning.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13You've got a chance to take the round, Pat,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16and even it up in personnel in the final round.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21The Arnolfini, established in 1961, is an important gallery and arts centre in which city?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I always assumed it takes its title
0:24:27 > 0:24:31from the great Van Eyck Arnolfini wedding portrait, but it may not.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I'm pretty sure it's in Bristol.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41- Have any of you Eggheads been to the Arnolfini?- Yeah.- Where were you?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- Bristol.- It's the right answer, Pat. Yes, Bristol is correct.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48It takes you into the final round.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53Ian, you did well with those first two questions, but caught out on the third.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57You won't be in the final round. Come back and join your teams.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02This is what we've been playing towards - the final round which is General Knowledge.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads can't take part,
0:25:07 > 0:25:14so Andrew and Ian from The Diplomats and Chris and Judith from the Eggheads, leave the studio, please.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19So, Claire, James and Will, you're playing to win The Diplomats £1,000.
0:25:19 > 0:25:26Barry, Pat and Kevin, you're playing for something which money can't buy, the Eggheads' battered reputation.
0:25:26 > 0:25:32I'll ask each team three questions in turn, all General Knowledge and you are allowed to confer.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36So, Diplomats, are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?
0:25:36 > 0:25:43- Diplomats, would you like to go first or second?- Shall we go second? - Let's go second.- We'll go second.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50The first set of questions are for the Eggheads.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54What is the continuous helical ridge on the outside of a screw?
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- Thread?- A thread, I would assume. We think that's the thread.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05You haven't lost the thread. It's the right answer.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Thread on the outside of a screw.
0:26:07 > 0:26:13Diplomats, to which pop star did the comedian Russell Brand become engaged in 2009?
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- It's definitely Katy Perry, isn't it?- Yeah.- It's Katy Perry, Dermot.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Katy Perry is correct. One each.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Eggheads,
0:26:25 > 0:26:30worn by some Hasidic Jews, what item of clothing is a shtreimel?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- It's a hat, generally a fur one. - Yeah.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- It's a hat, Dermot.- A hat?
0:26:38 > 0:26:42It's the correct answer, Eggheads. Two to you. Diplomats,
0:26:42 > 0:26:48which composer had a sister called Maria Anna, a pianist with whom he performed in public at an early age?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Didn't Chopin mostly compose for the piano?
0:26:54 > 0:27:00- Mm-hm.- That suggests to me it's Chopin.- Yeah. I've got no idea.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04I'd be guessing again. Mozart was obviously a prodigy.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07But I don't remember anything about a sister.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09So shall we go for Chopin?
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Yeah, let's do that.- OK.- OK.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15We're not 100% certain, so we'll guess on Chopin.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Chopin for Maria Anna and Chopin performing in public. Eggheads?
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- Mozart.- It's Mozart. - Oh!- Mozart...
0:27:24 > 0:27:28And no comeback now if the Eggheads get this.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33That's the danger of getting one wrong on the second set of questions.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35The Eggheads can win if they get this.
0:27:35 > 0:27:41Unveiled in 2010, the "seatcase", a suitcase with an integral fold-down seat,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43was invented by which politician?
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Tony Benn definitely. - That was Tony Benn.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Tony Benn is the correct answer. Eggheads, you've won.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01Bad luck, Diplomats. You didn't get going. We don't know what might have happened.
0:28:01 > 0:28:07That strategy worked really well for you in those head-to-heads, letting the Eggheads in.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11They made the mistake. But if you make the mistake,
0:28:11 > 0:28:15there was no chance of a comeback or hoping the Eggheads get one wrong.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Diplomats, thank you very much for playing the Eggheads.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24It's been a lot of fun having you and some quality quizzing in those head-to-heads.
0:28:24 > 0:28:30The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and they reign supreme over quizland.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35You won't be going home with £1,000 and the money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:38 > 0:28:43Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45£2,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.
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