Episode 86 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, the show where a team of five challengers

attempt to beat possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

Their quiz pedigree is well known as they've won some of the toughest quiz shows.

They are the Eggheads. Taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths today

are The Forum. They originally met on an online music forum.

After discovering they also shared a passion in quizzing,

they're regular winners of the weekly quiz at the Central Bar in Gateshead. Let's meet them.

Hi. I'm Jon. I'm 30 and I'm a company director.

Hi, I'm Tom. I'm 30 and I'm a music promoter.

Hi, I'm Andrew. I'm 26 and I'm a trainee teacher.

I'm Ross. I'm 35. I'm a sound engineer and tour manager.

Hello, I'm Dave. I'm 45 and I'm a marketing co-ordinator.

-Jon and team, welcome.

-Thank you.

-And you love your music?

-We do.

-You all got together on an online message board?

-That's how we got to know each other.

After that, we started meeting up, going to gigs, playing football.

-So you do get out?

-No, we don't just sit on the internet!

You're out and here with the Eggheads. Good luck.

Every day there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.

If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the money rolls over to the next show.

Now, Forum, the challengers actually won the last game, proving it can be done.

That means £1,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.

-Are you ready to try?

-Yes.

-OK.

First head-to-head battle is on the subject of music.

Team, you are well into music and I thought, well...

Who wants to do this? There's going to be a fight!

We've sort of worked it out beforehand.

-Who's it going to be?

-It's going to be Ross.

-Go on, then.

-Ross.

-Ross. Against which Egghead?

-The distinguished Chris.

That's as good a reason as any. Let's go for Chris.

Ross of The Forum versus Chris.

To ensure no conferring, please take your places in the Question Room.

Ross, you love your music?

I do, but regretting that decision now!

It's quite something to be chosen from a team who all love their music.

I feel I've been picked on, not chosen!

Good luck. Three multiple choice questions. First or second set?

Second. What the heck.

Chris, your first question.

"They say our love won't pay the rent

"Before it's earned, our money's all been spent"

are lines from a UK number one single for which duo?

I Got You Babe, Sonny and Cher.

Spot on. Sonny and Cher it is.

Ross, your question.

The Sun Always Shines on TV was a UK number one single

in 1986 for which group?

Ooh, I would have been in Middle School.

I can remember the girls listening to this song and me despising it

cos I was a teenage metal head.

I'm going to take an educated guess at A-ha.

A-ha is right. Well done.

Chris, your question.

Antony Costa found fame as a member of which boy band?

Oh, boy bands are of no interest to me whatever. Um...

Middle-for-diddle, 911.

911 in incorrect.

As you suspected! Blue is the answer. OK, over to you, Ross.

You Give A Little Love and Down and Out are songs from which musical?

Give A Little Love rings a bell

cos there's a band in Newcastle who do that as a cover version.

I'm going to go for Bugsy Malone.

-Is he right, team?

-He certainly is.

Your team say you're right and you are indeed. Bugsy Malone it is.

Chris, over to you.

If you get this wrong, you're out.

Which opera features various characters being mixed up in an elaborate charade

at Prince Orlofsky's ball?

The Barber of Seville is the story of Figaro.

Rigoletto is a tragedy.

So it's the fallout from the ball, Die Fledermaus.

Die Fledermaus is correct, Chris.

You've drawn level. But Ross, you can take it now.

What type of musical instrument are grello?

Not only do I have no idea whatsoever,

I can't even think of anything from grello to help me narrow it down.

Grello.

I'm going to make a completely wild guess and go for maracas.

No, maracas is wrong. Anyone?

-Sleigh bells.

-Sleigh bells. So.

Sudden Death now. You're equal. Not multiple choice any more.

I'll ask you to give me the answer. It's that bit harder.

Chris, which instrument, other than the piano,

is famously featured in Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1

and so provides the work's nickname?

-It must be the cello.

-That's wrong.

-The nickname is actually the Triangle concerto.

-Oh!

So this piece by Franz Liszt has a triangle and a piano in it.

How about that?

OK, Ross. Your chance to take it now.

The 1993 album entitled Pablo Honey

was the first to be released by which band?

-Oxford's finest Radiohead, is it?

-That's right.

Radiohead. Yes. You've knocked out an Egghead

in the first head-to-head. Chris will not be in the final round.

Both please come back and rejoin us.

So, the challengers have lost no brains from the final round.

-The Eggheads have lost one brain. Is confidence rising?

-A little.

-Not too much, though!

-It was the music round. Had you not won that...

How will we do on science, the next subject?

He was our de facto scientist!

-I'm out!

-How do you feel, Baggers? That's for later on.

-Dive in.

-If you insist, Skip.

-Are you sure?

-Go on.

-Looks like me taking the dive for the team.

-You're Baggers?

-Yes.

It's Tom against which of these? Not Chris.

-Maybe go for CJ?

-CJ, I think.

-It'll be a mighty blow quizzing CJ.

-I'll take on CJ.

-Tom from The Forum and CJ from the Eggheads.

To ensure no conferring, please take your positions.

Good luck. Whoever answers the most questions correctly is the winner.

Tom, first or second set?

To get it out the way, I'll go first, please.

Here we go. In maths, simultaneous and quadratic are types of what?

Desperately trying to remember GCSE maths.

But I think that's equations.

Equations is the right answer. Well done. CJ,

the punctuation mark known as a forward slash

signifies which mathematical function?

It's used for division.

Division is correct. Tom, back to you.

What name is given to the branch of optics dealing with reflection?

I have to admit I'm completely in the dark on this one.

It'll be a complete guess.

Stab in the dark. I'll go for caloptrics.

-You're taking the first one?

-Caloptrics.

-CAToptrics.

-Sorry.

-Catoptrics is correct!

Your great knowledge of "caloptrics" came in handy! Well done.

CJ, which chemical element with the atomic number 53

can be obtained from seaweed?

Um, I don't know the number, but I know iodine is in seaweed.

So I'll try iodine.

Iodine is right. OK.

So it's two apiece and we're back on you, Tom.

The Soay is a type of which creature?

I'm not sure why, but I don't think it's rabbit.

I'll go down the middle and say sheep.

-Is he right, Eggheads?

-Yes.

-Yes, you're right. Sheep is correct.

OK,

CJ, if you get this wrong, you're out.

Calluna Vulgaris is the scientific name for which type of plant?

Eugh.

I have no idea.

I can't even get anything from calluna.

Doesn't do anything for me. Blind guess, heather.

Yes, we think you've got it right, CJ. Heather it is.

You two are playing very well on limited knowledge in some areas.

So it's equal after three questions. We go to Sudden Death. Tom,

viticulture is the name given to the production and study of which fruit?

I've no idea. Um...

Oranges?

Not oranges. Grapes.

Or grapevines.

CJ, if you get this right, you're through to the final round.

Which German-born scientist worked in the Swiss patent office

in the first decade of the 20th century

as he struggled to find a job elsewhere?

He applied for quite a few other jobs and was just rejected.

I think he stayed as a patent officer third class.

He was born in Ulm and I think that was Albert Einstein.

It was Albert Einstein. CJ, well done.

You're in the final. Sorry, Tom. Bad luck. You played well.

Both come back and rejoin your teams.

The challengers have lost one brain from the final round.

The Eggheads have also lost a brain. The next subject is Geography.

Who would like this? Who's well travelled?

-That was one of mine as well!

-I know.

-Dave, Andrew or Jon?

-Either one of us could.

-I'm a bagger for sport.

ALL TALK AT ONCE

Captain's knock, that's what we want.

-I'm going to take this.

-Who will you take on? Not Chris or CJ.

-Maybe go for Daphne.

-No, get her against something stronger.

-Go for somebody else.

-We'll take on Barry.

-Barry.

Jon from The Forum, Barry from the Eggheads, head-to-head,

in the Question Room.

OK, we're about to start on Geography. Before we do,

you have had an encounter, CJ, which I want you to tell us about.

I was at a hotel outside Glasgow the last time we were filming Eggheads,

and I'm having tea with a friend, and a guy comes over and says you're CJ from Eggheads

and introduced himself. He said, "Hello, I'm Stephen" and sat down.

It took me a few moments to realise it was Morrissey from The Smiths!

So we think that the lead singer of The Smiths watches Eggheads.

-We think.

-I wouldn't like to let him down by getting beaten!

Exactly. Geography round coming up. Good luck.

Three questions, multiple choice. Jon, first or second set?

I'll go second, please.

First question to Barry.

Studland Bay is a feature of which English county?

I really don't know. I really don't know.

Where is there likely to be a bay?

I don't know, it's a blind guess. I'll go for Dorset.

Your blind guess was good. Dorset is right.

Jon, what is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?

I believe it's Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi is correct. Back to you, Barry.

The island of Formentera lies south of which of the Balearic Islands?

Ooh.

I think it's due south of Ibiza.

You're right, it's due south of Ibiza.

Jon, back to you.

The landlocked South American nation of Bolivia

shares land borders with how many countries?

No idea.

I'll have to guess for seven.

It's actually five. Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile.

Barry, if you get this right, you've take it.

Mobile is the only sea port in which US state?

It's Mobile, Alabama.

It is Mobile, Alabama. Three out of three. You've taken the round.

Jon, he's knocked you out.

Let's hope Morrissey wasn't watching!

So Barry, you're in the final. Jon, you're not.

But it's not over by any means for The Forum.

Come back and rejoin your teams.

So the challengers have lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have lost a brain. The subject now is Film & TV.

I'll go for that one.

Andrew. OK. Choose an Egghead.

-Pat or Daphne?

-I'll go... Well, maybe...

Maybe try and get Pat out?

I'm going to go for Pat. I'm really going to test myself.

OK. Understood.

Andrew from The Forum against Pat from the Eggheads.

To ensure no conferring, take your places in the Question Room.

I'll ask each of you three questions on Film & TV.

Andrew, first or second set of questions?

I'll go first.

Which actor is often impersonated with the line,

"Not a lot of people know that."

I will not do an impression. It is Michael Caine.

-Michael Caine is your answer?

-Yes.

-And you are correct.

Pat,

Skeletor is an arch enemy of which cartoon character?

I think it's He-Man.

Though I haven't seen Inspector Gadget.

He-Man.

He-Man is the right answer.

Film & TV, your second question.

The TV sitcom, Grandma's House, first broadcast in 2010,

was co-written by and starred which TV presenter

as a fictionalised version of himself?

Yes.

This was Simon Amstell's attempt at the meta-sitcom kind of thing.

-Was it not a winner?

-Um, it had its moments.

Simon Amstell is the right answer. Well done.

Pat,

in which film did Fred Astaire play photographer Dick Avery opposite Audrey Hepburn?

I think Cyd Charisse was the lead in Silk Stockings. The female lead.

I don't know much about Royal Wedding.

I've heard Funny Face mentioned a few times.

-Without any confidence, I'll say Funny Face.

-Yes, it is Funny Face.

You're equal. Third question.

Who directed the Oscar-winning 1988 film Cinema Paradiso?

I do not know this one.

I know Roberto Benigni starred in, don't know if he directed,

Life Is Beautiful.

But I don't think it's him.

I'm going to go with...

Tornatore.

Giuseppe Tornatore is your answer. Is he right, Eggheads?

-Yes.

-Yes, you got it right, Andrew.

You stunned your team as well.

Three out of three. Pat, you're out if you don't get this one right.

Which Dennis Potter work is set in the year 2368 AD?

I think Cold Lazarus was part of a pair of plays.

And I think Cold Lazarus is the one that is set way in the future.

Cold Lazarus is the right answer.

So, three apiece. We go to Sudden Death, Andrew.

Not multiple choice. Your first question.

Who played Cathy to Laurence Olivier's Heathcliff

in the 1939 film version of Wuthering Heights?

I would have said Vivien Leigh, cos I know they were married.

But I think Gone With The Wind was 1939 as well.

The same year. But I'll go for it. Vivien Leigh. I'll go for it.

-No, it was Merle Oberon.

-I never would have got that.

Pat, which female star of the golden age of Hollywood

caused controversy be appearing naked in the 1933 film Ecstasy?

Let's see.

There was Hedy Lamarr. She made headlines at one point.

Ecstasy...

Hedy Lamarr.

I think I'll have to go for Hedy Lamarr.

-Eggheads, are you pleased about that?

-Yes, very pleased!

You liked that because it's right.

Pat, you've won the round. Well fought, Andrew.

A big loss to your team in the final. Come back and rejoin your team.

This is what we've been playing towards, the final round,

as always general knowledge.

Those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't take part.

So Jon, Tom and Andrew from The Forum, and Chris from the Eggheads,

please leave the studio.

Ross and Dave, you're playing to win £1,000.

We have to get the spirit of The Jam into this,

The Jam who were your favourite band when you were younger

and then you supported them in concert.

They were playing in Whitney Bay, my home town.

We'd written to them, like you do when you're a kid, 16, 17,

and expecting it to happen. They always let people backstage.

After the first night, me and the drummer went and talked to Weller

and asked if we could support him tomorrow night. And he said, "Yes,

-"bring your stuff." So we did!

-Fantastic!

Good luck. CJ, Daphne, Barry and Pat

are playing for something money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation.

I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

The questions are all general knowledge and you may confer.

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

Don't laugh! Do you want to go first or second?

-It's your turn.

-OK. We'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.

Let's see if we can make it a hat trick for the challengers.

What term refers to a legal document

that amends a previously existing will?

-It's a codicil.

-You think?

-It's a codicil.

I'm happy to defer.

Probate is... A bequest is you are bequeathed something.

-I think it's a codicil.

-Correct. Well done.

-Good man.

Eggheads,

what name is given to the public announcements in a church

that a marriage is going to take place between two persons?

ALL: Banns.

That's reading the banns.

The banns of marriage. Not the minns of marriage?

OK. The Forum.

What name is given to the dish of baked beans

with salt pork and treacle added?

-I'll let whispering Dave answer that!

-It's the original baked beans dish.

I think there's orange juice in it as well. Boston Baked Beans.

Very good. Boston Baked Beans is correct. Yes.

Eggheads,

which TV presenter and food expert was a member of a punk band

called Jet Bronx and the Forbidden?

I think it's Loyd Grossman. He was in a punk band, I think.

-I don't know this one.

-I don't know.

-I can't imagine it's Delia!

-I think Loyd Grossman was in a band.

-Yes.

And he's a presenter, so it must be.

That's Loyd Grossman.

Loyd Grossman is correct. OK. Here's your third question.

Get this right and all sorts can go wrong. It happens.

For which Australia state cricket side did Ian Botham play

between 1987 and 1988?

I know he was called Beefy. That's where it ends.

Louis, I have no idea.

-I'm drawn towards Queensland.

-Go for it.

-We've come further than we thought!

-We've had a lovely day!

We don't know, but Queensland is my guess. Our guess.

-Don't put it on me!

-Joint responsibilities. It's right!

Well done. Queensland is correct.

Behind you, the boys are looking quite excited.

If the Eggheads get this wrong it's curtains. We'll need an enquiry!

Mausolus, for whom the mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built,

was a ruler of which region?

Oh, gosh!

It's in southern Turkey,

so it's not Galatia.

I think he was the ruler of Caria.

-I'm pretty certain it was Caria.

-I think it's Caria.

-Yeah.

-Caria.

-Caria.

-Yes.

-Happy with that, Pat?

-I'll go along with that.

-OK.

-Caria.

-Caria?

Yes.

If you've got this wrong, then they've won

and you've lost three in a row. But it's right. Caria is correct.

They're relieved.

So now we go off the multiple choice section onto Sudden Death.

I don't give you options.

Paul Dacre was appointed editor of which daily newspaper in 1992?

I think it's The Mail.

We both think The Daily Mail.

Daily Mail is correct. OK, Eggheads,

if you get this wrong, you've lost.

In which century was Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor?

-Sixteenth.

-Sixteenth.

1527 he invaded Rome, didn't he? So it must be the sixteenth.

Sixteenth.

That is the 16th century.

16th century is correct. 1519 to 1556.

Next question. You can win. Which famous person

is pictured on the US 100-dollar note?

That's about £60 and I've never had that much money!

-I defer to you.

-It will be a president. Pick a president.

Oh, is it Benjamin, as in It's All About the Benjamins

-from that hip hop music?

-I love your answer. Benjamin Franklin.

-Franklin.

Brilliant answer. Benjamin Franklin. So how did you do that?

-The man's a genius!

-All About the Benjamins. Hip hop parlance,

-"Show me the money. It's all about the Benjamins."

-All right.

Eggheads, over to you.

Which British TV actress born in 1937

married fellow thespian Alfred Molina in 1985?

It's that girl who... Let me see.

Um, she was in that, um, C.A.T.S Eyes.

-Maggie Philbin.

-No, it's not.

-Oh.

-Jill...

-Maggie...

-Jill Gascoine?

-Jill Gascoine!

-That's who I meant!

That's Jill Gascoine.

-Jill Gascoine is your answer?

-Yes.

Jill Gascoine is the answer. Well done.

OK. In 1999, the architectural practice Future Systems

won the Stirling Prize for their construction of a space-age media centre

-at which British sporting venue?

-I had an Epiphany that it's Lord's.

-But it was you whispering in my ear!

-We think it's Lord's.

Lord's is right.

-You're playing well, guys.

-Thank you.

OK, Eggheads,

get this wrong, you've lost.

-Again?!

-Who was the Secretary of State for Education

when the National Curriculum was introduced in 1988?

-Was that Kenneth Baker maybe?

-Oh, Lord!

Gillian Shephard?

-Oh, yes, that's...

-Was it Gillian Shephard?

-I think she was later.

-Yes, I'm thinking that.

-I'd be more inclined to say Baker.

-I think Gillian Shephard was later.

-OK.

-Given the date, we'll say Kenneth Baker.

-Pat?

I have trouble... I'd have guessed Baker.

Here goes.

Kenneth Baker.

Is correct!

Sorry! All right. On we go.

Sudden Death, the final round. Hang on in there, Forum.

Which lifelong anarchist, who was born in what is now Lithuania,

and who died in 1940,

was popularly known as Red Emma?

Any ideas? I've got nothing.

No, the only anarchist I know is Princip, Gavrilo Princip,

a member of the Black Hand Gang Serbians.

-Not a clue.

-I'm just going to say I don't know the answer.

-Just say we don't know the answer.

-We don't know.

-We don't know.

-It's been a hell of a ride. We don't know.

-It's not over.

Emma Goldman is the answer. Eggheads,

get this right, you win.

By what name was the Mexican comedian and actor Mario Moreno Reyes known professionally?

-Was it Cantiflas?

-I think it's Cantinflas.

-Cantinflas.

-Is there an N in there?

-I don't think so. I think Cantiflas.

-From...

-Around the World in 80 Days.

-Cantinflas.

-Cantinflas is correct.

Congratulations, Eggheads. You win!

But that was quite a marathon. You did really well. Well done.

-How do you feel now?

-Spent force!

-They've worked you out.

-We had a lovely day out.

-Going home miserable on a train!

-There's a song in this!

Somewhere. Heaven knows we're miserable now!

Commiserations. The Eggheads have done what comes naturally.

They reign supreme over Quizland once again.

Their credentials were a little shaky.

You won't be going home with the £1,000.

That money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, well done. Who will ever beat you?

Join us again to see if a new team of challengers have the brains

to defeat the Eggheads. £2,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.

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