Episode 100 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 quiz challengers

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

They are the Eggheads.

Challenging our resident quiz champions today are...

This team are all work colleagues at Warrington Borough Council

except for Paul in the middle, who's married to Angela.

Let's meet them.

Hello, I'm Ann, I'm 42 and I'm a families information assistant.

Hello, I'm Angela. I'm 43 and I'm a family adviser.

Hi, I'm Paul, I'm 48 and I'm a materials technician.

Hello, I'm Katy, I'm 26 and I'm a choice adviser.

Hi, I'm Joanne, I'm 40 years old and I'm an outreach worker.

-So, Ann and team, welcome.

-Hello, thank you.

-And, apart from Paul, all at the Council?

-We are, yes.

Is that fun? Enjoy it?

Yes, we do work hard but always have time for a cup of tea

-and a bit of a chat.

-And any quizzing practice going on behind the scenes?

Across the office, sometimes, we do.

-We tend to bounce back and forth off each other.

-Sure.

And the whole grey cells thing was Hercule Poirot, wasn't he?

He was the Agatha Christie detective.

-He's the one who says "It's the little grey cells."

-Yes.

I hope yours are working really, really well.

Good luck against our Eggheads. Every day there is £1,000

worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show. So, Does Grey Matter,

the Eggheads have been on quite a run recently, they've won

the last ten, which means £11,000 says you can't beat them today.

How about that? We're in five figures, easily.

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Politics.

-Which grey cell do you want to send in on this one?

-I think Paul.

-Yes, Paul's good at politics.

-I'll take Politics on.

OK, Paul on Politics, against which Egghead?

You can have any one of these five.

I think I've come up with a new name for Daphne. It's Lucky Pick Daphne.

So I'd like to go against Lucky Pick Daphne, if possible.

Because she's constantly choosing the right answer?

I know what you mean. We wonder at her, we really do.

OK, so Paul from Does Grey Matter versus Lucky Pick Daphne

from the Eggheads. Please go to the Question Room now.

Three multiple-choice questions on Politics and Paul, you can choose

the first or the second set. Whoever gets the most right

goes through to the final round.

I'd like to go first, please.

OK, here we go, Paul. Good luck to you.

Who became Secretary Of State for education in 2010?

Think I've got an idea for this one.

And I don't think it's Iain Duncan Smith.

I'm not certain of Michael Gove, so I'll say Theresa May.

As a matter of fact, it's Michael Gove, who's been doing

the whole Academy thing, extending that Tony Blair policy.

So Michael Gove is the answer, not Theresa May, Paul.

Daphne, over to you, Lucky Pick Daphne.

The referendum held in May 2011 on the UK's voting system

asked voters to consider changing the first-past-the-post system

to which other?

Alternative Vote.

Alternative Vote or AV is the correct answer.

Daphne, well done. Only about four people in the country

who understand how it works.

-I won't ask you.

-No. I don't.

Paul, in the House of Commons, the speaker customarily

calls for a vote, also known as a division, by announcing

"clear the..." What?

I'm not quite sure on this.

Taking a stab at this one, because, like I say, I'm not 100% certain.

I should imagine it would be the lobbies.

You're bang-on, Paul, it is lobbies. Clear the lobbies. Well done.

OK, Daphne, your question.

Who was leader of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993?

Not Mario Monti.

I'm tossing up between the other two.

I think you put the kibosh on it so the lucky dip will be wrong.

I'm going to go for...

Bettino Craxi.

To quote Ronald Reagan, "There you go again."

You got it right. Bettino Craxi it is.

Lucky dip.

I thought you'd done a brilliant stroke there,

and completely put her off.

But the computer is still powering away.

Whom did Clement Attlee appoint as Foreign Secretary

after the 1945 general election?

It is a bit before my time.

So, having a look at it,

and the most common name I can pick from there is Ernest Bevin.

So on that basis, I will choose Ernest Bevin.

Ernest Bevin is the right answer. Playing really well.

Two each, but because Paul dropped one, Daphne,

if you get this right, you'll be in the final.

The former British prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald,

died at sea in 1937 en route to which continent?

I think...

Why do I think this?

I think he was going to South America.

-Why do you think that? You don't know, do you?

-No. It's just...

Lucky pick.

I think I remember something and thinking, why is he going there?

-And it's right, isn't it?

-It's right.

South America is correct. Sorry, Paul.

She's lived up to her reputation, hasn't she? And knocked you out.

But you played well.

Daphne, you'll be in the final round and Paul won't.

Please, both of you come back and rejoin your team-mates.

As it stands, the challengers have lost a brain from the final round.

The Eggheads are still intact. The next subject is Arts and Books.

Which of you would like this?

In discussion, we chose Joanne or Angela.

-Joanne or Angela for Arts and Books.

-So which of you is feeling confident?

Which one of you two would like to do it?

-Would you like to do this one, Angela?

-Angela.

OK, against which Egghead?

Chris, I fancy Chris, I know Chris knows a lot about trains and that,

but I don't know whether he'd know a lot on other Arts and Books.

-Yeah, I'll take Chris on.

-You'll take Chris?

-I'll take Chris.

OK, Angela from Does Grey Matter versus Chris from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.

Three questions on Arts and Books.

Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins.

-Angela, you can choose the first or second set.

-I'll go first, please.

Here we go, and good luck to you, Angela.

What is the word for a list of mistakes

and their corrections attached to a printed book?

Never, never heard of this one.

Rejecta means you're rejecting...

..the mistakes.

Problema means you've got problems.

I'll just go for the middle one, for rejecta.

OK. You're going for rejecta.

I thought you were going to go left for a second there.

It's errata. It's errata.

OK, Chris, your question.

What term is usually used to refer to the front of a theatre stage?

That is, well, it's the apron, so it's downstage.

Downstage is correct. Angela, back to you.

Which war is central to the plot of Nevil Shute's novel,

A Town Like Alice?

Sorry, I really, really wouldn't hazard a guess.

Crimean War.

Anyone here on the team read it?

-I've seen it.

-Seen it, yeah.

-Set in Australia, isn't it?

-He's an Australian writer, yeah.

-And Alice is a town in Australia, yeah.

-So I think it's World War II.

It is, World War II is the answer, Angela.

Chris, your question and if you get this right, you've got the round.

Which painter did Margaret Thatcher reportedly describe as

"That man who paints those dreadful pictures"?

Damien Hirst does things with dead animals

so it's not likely to be him.

I would think David Hockney would rather appeal to

Margaret Thatcher but Francis Bacon paints those rather

disturbing paintings, so I'll go with Francis Bacon.

The Screaming Pope, and all that.

You're absolutely right, it's Francis Bacon. Chris, well done.

You've got two right. Sorry, Angela, you've been knocked out.

No way back. Never fear, your team can turn it around.

Please, both of you return to us here in the studio.

As it stands, the challengers have lost two brains,

the Eggheads have lost no brains so far from the crucial final round.

The next subject for you is Sport. Who wants this one?

Don't say this was your one, Paul, was it?

-That's the reason we brought Paul along.

-I was brought for sport.

-And you did politics?

-No-one else wanted to do politics, so...

-OK.

-So what do we do?

-Right, we have a back up for Sport.

-And that's Katy.

-So who would you like to go against, Katy?

I think we'll go against Barry.

OK, so Katy from Does Grey Matter versus

Barry from the Eggheads on Sport.

Please both of you go to the Question Room now.

So, Katy, you said at the start you were a choice adviser

-and I was wondering what that exactly was.

-I am.

I help support families whose children are transferring

from nursery to primary, or primary to secondary school.

You give them guidance about where they can go and all that?

I do, yes, about what schools are available and just supporting

-with the process, really.

-That must be very satisfying.

It's a really, really good job.

-I know you like photography in your spare time.

-I do. I've recently

worked on my stepbrother's wedding, which was fantastic.

-Have you done any sports photography?

-I haven't, no.

-I wish I had now.

-Here we go with Sport.

Three questions and you can choose the first or the second set.

I'll go first, please, if that's OK.

Of course it is, and here we go.

Which women's artistic gymnastics event is performed to music?

I think I know this one.

Yes, I remember watching this on the TV.

I think I'm going to go down the middle

and I'm going to go with floor exercise.

You're spot on, well done, Katy, floor exercise.

I don't know what music it would be if it was the vault,

what would that be?

Jump by Van Halen or something. Barry, your question.

Who did Barry Hearn describe as a "silly little boy"

after the player had criticised him

for shortening matches in the UK Snooker Championship?

I've not heard this quote.

I can't imagine he would describe Peter Ebdon like that.

So I'm afraid this is going to be a guess between Stephen Lee

and Mark Allen.

Really don't know, so I shall plump for Stephen Lee.

And you really don't know, cos it's Mark Allen.

You're ahead, Katy, how about that? Hold the lead, hold the lead.

Here we go. Sport question for you.

What name, translating into English as "the way of the bow",

is given to the traditional form of Japanese archery?

Right. I'm afraid I don't know this one. Let me have a look.

I think I'm going to...

..think I'm going to go left, please, if that's OK. It's a complete guess.

Yes, Bojutsu, please.

-Is not the right answer, I'm afraid. It's Kyudo.

-OK.

-Kyudo.

Barry, here's your question.

Who was appointed English cricket captain in 1949 for a test match

against India, the country of his birth?

Ray Illingworth is a Yorkshireman and I'm pretty certain

Colin Cowdrey was born in England.

But I believe... Oh, hang on, I'm just having second thoughts now.

Was Ted Dexter born in India or Italy?

No, I believe it was Ted Dexter.

You're wrong again, it's not Ted Dexter, it's Colin Cowdrey.

-He was born in Italy, then.

-Get this right, Katy, you've blown him away.

In 2011, Malky Mackay took over as manager

of which championship football team?

I'm going to have to guess again. Malky Mackay...

I don't think it's Cardiff.

Can I go with...

..Ipswich Town, please?

Ipswich Town is your answer.

I'm going to go to Paul for the answer here. Paul, he's in pain.

It's Cardiff city, he took over from Dave Jones.

Took over from Dave Jones in Cardiff city.

-Oh, OK.

-Katy, Cardiff is the right answer.

So Barry has a bit of a window here.

If you get this right, Barry, we go to Sudden Death.

In 2008, the Czech Republic's Barbora Spotakova

set a new world record in which athletics event?

All the world records in the last few years in the pole vault have

been by Isinbayeva, so I'm sure it wasn't the pole vault.

I think the javelin record may be currently held by a Finn,

so I'm going to go for high jump.

-OK.

-If I get this wrong, I AM for the high jump.

Daphne, would you know the answer here? She's looking animated.

I thought she got the high jump record.

Barbora is a she, we've agreed on that.

-You think it's high jump?

-Yes.

-Anyone else know? Paul?

-I thought it was a pole vault.

-Pole vault.

I'll go for javelin to complete the set.

Pat, you're incredible, it's javelin.

-Javelin is the answer. Well done, Katy.

-Thank you.

-You've scored a six there, you've knocked him out the park.

-Thank you.

So you'll be in the final.

Barry, the three red crosses. Oh, dear.

-I really should have known Colin Cowdrey.

-Oh, dear.

Please, both of you come back, rejoin your teams.

So, as it stands, the challengers have lost two brains,

the Eggheads have now lost a brain. Well done, Katy. Brilliant work.

The last subject before the final is Music.

Have you got a plan? Joanne or Ann?

Joanne? Which one? You want me to do it? Want music?

Or do you want to it? Do you feel confident doing music?

-I'm very... I'm happy to do, yeah.

-OK.

I'm not saying I'm very happy, but I'm happy to do music.

And which grey matter on this side are we going to go for?

Do you want to take the new Egghead on? Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

The lesser-known Dave.

I've seen Pat in action and I kind of have this feeling that Pat

really, very often gets everything right, so I'm not confident.

-I'm sorry, Dave.

-No, I'm not taking any offence at all, don't worry.

I'm more confident because I'm not familiar.

I just want to beat a Man United fan, that'll make my day.

OK, so it's going to be Joanne from Does Grey Matter?

and you're taking on Tremendous Knowledge.

Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the Eggheads.

And to ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.

OK, let's see what comes up in our Music round, then.

Joanne, you can choose the first or the second set of questions.

I'd like to go first, please.

Here's your first question, Joanne.

Where was the music manager and talent show judge Louis Walsh born?

I'm quite happy with this question.

I've watched many of the series of the talent shows that

he's part of, and I know that his accent isn't Scottish.

So I don't think I'm going to go with Scotland.

I think he sounds just a touch Irish,

so I think I will go with Ireland, please.

Ireland is the right answer, well done.

Dave, which singer recorded the album Come Fly With Me,

released in 1958?

Well...

Perry Como and Jim Reeves I'm ruling out.

I think it is the chairman of the board, Frank Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra is the right answer. Come Fly With Me.

Joanne,

James Hetfield became famous as the lead singer of which

American heavy-metal group?

I'm just trying to think. I've heard of all of them.

I'm just trying to kind of think, maybe the question would be about

the group that's the biggest group, the most successful of the groups.

And...

I'm feeling that the one that's calling out to me that might be the

biggest one out of them that I know of is going to be Metallica, please.

I like your logic, you're absolutely right,

Metallica it is. Well done.

Tremendous Knowledge Dave. Fire, released in 1981,

was which group's debut UK top 40 single?

I think it's too early for either Simple Minds or The Alarm

because U2 came over, I think it was about 1978 they were formed,

and then started coming into prominence in the early '80s.

But I think Fire would be from probably Boy, the album.

Yeah, I think Fire's U2.

U2 is the right answer.

Joanne. Which two prime ministers

are mentioned in the Beatles' song, Taxman?

Taxman...I haven't heard it.

And normally I'm quite good at figuring out

if I know a melody of something that I've heard,

I can sometimes fit the names into the melody.

But I don't, so I can't.

I'm going to kind of rule out Churchill and Attlee

because they're an earlier era than The Beatles were.

Wilson and Heath kind of around the

time that the Beatles were recording.

Eden and Macmillan, think that's quite a while ago, as well.

So I'm going to hope that, based on the era,

I'm going to go for the answer of Wilson and Heath.

I think it's...

HE SINGS MELODY

Anyway, it says Wilson and Health so you're absolutely right, well done.

# Oh, it's the taxman. #

It's always down to me to sing things and I can't sing,

that's the trouble. Dave, Tremendous Knowledge,

here's your question.

The piva is an Italian version of which musical instrument?

I haven't got a clue.

Not getting anything at all from that.

Just because

there are different types of bagpipes around the world,

I'm going to go with bagpipes, down the middle, and hope for the best.

Yeah, you've got it, actually. Bagpipe is correct. Well done.

Bit of relief for Dave there. So you go to Sudden Death, Joanne.

Well done, three out of three, well done, brilliant.

And it gets a bit harder because I don't give you alternatives.

Are you ready?

Which group reached the UK top 10 in 1978 with their song Le Freak?

I'm happy with this.

It's Chic.

It is Chic, Le Freak. Well done.

Dave, this to stay in the round.

"When I'm stuck with the day that's grey and lonely, I just stick

"out my chin and grin and say" are lines from a song in which musical?

I've not got a clue on this.

I'm going to go Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! is your answer. If you got it wrong, you've been knocked out.

-Daphne will know this.

-I don't.

-You don't know it?

-I'm trying to think.

Anybody?

-I might be wrong, is it Annie?

-You're right, Katy. Annie is the answer.

-How do you know that, Katy?

-I loved the film when I was younger.

Is it "The sun'll come out tomorrow"? Is it that one?

-Is that "The sun'll come out tomorrow"?

-Yeah, I'm sure it is.

-Dave, it was from Annie.

-Yes.

-Joanne.

We started with Ann or Joanne and had a plan

and now the answer is Annie and Joanne's in the final.

-How about that? And Dave's been knocked out.

-Little orphan Dave.

If you both come back to us, we will play the final round.

This is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round,

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be

allowed to take part in this round.

Angela and Paul from Does Grey Matter,

and Dave and Barry from the Eggheads,

would you please now leave the studio?

So, Ann, Katy and Joanne,

-you're playing to win Does Grey Matter £11,000.

-Wow.

You can whoop, that's good.

Daphne, Chris and Pat, you're playing for something that

money can't buy, which is the Eggheads' reputation.

As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge

and you are allowed to confer.

So, Does Grey Matter, the question is, are your three brains

better than the Eggheads' three brains?

Does Grey Matter, would you like to go first or second?

We'd like to go first and keep the strategy going.

Here we go.

The group of actors, including Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon

and Patrick Swayze, who emerged in the 1980s,

were known collectively by what name?

I think that's the Brat Pack.

It was, wasn't it? It was the '80s era.

-The Rat Pack and then the Brat Pack.

-The Brat Pack, yeah.

Definitely don't think it's the Hush Puppies,

-they wouldn't allow themselves to be called that.

-No.

Because they were young and upcoming then, won't they?

And it definitely wasn't The Young Ones

because of the reference to the British comedy.

So it's definitely got to be The Brat Pack. Is that our answer?

-Definitely.

-Right, we definitely think it's The Brat Pack.

Spot on, it is The Brat Pack. Well done. Eggheads, your question.

The abbreviation RSVP, as seen on invitations, is a shortened form

of a phrase in which language?

-French.

-French.

-All agreed?

That's French, Jeremy.

French is the right answer. Second question. Keep on at 'em.

Under what name did Dr Crippen book passage on the SS Montrose in 1910?

I think he was a serial killer. Am I right? Was he a poisoner?

Did he poison people?

He was involved in some murders

and did he try to evade justice on the boat? On the ship?

I don't know. It doesn't mean anything to me.

-Doesn't mean anything to me.

-I don't know what.

The only thing is, is Robinson, is Robinson Crusoe,

and it's really not the link, is it?

-What name would he pick to try and evade justice?

-1910?

1910, so which one of those would have been more common?

I think either Hutchinson or Gibson.

I'm kind of thinking perhaps Hutchinson.

-We'll go for Hutchinson, then?

-Should we, and be it on my head?

On our heads. Right. Right.

We're going to go for Hutchinson, but we really don't know the answer.

Hutchinson is your answer. You're right about the back story.

-Crippen had murdered his wife, hadn't he?

-Allegedly.

And then he got on a ship. And my memory is that he was

-the first person to be caught by radio, is that right?

-Yes.

So that's why people remember, they actually radioed the ship.

He was on his way to America.

But he was on his way under the name Robinson.

Was it? The one we eliminated.

And, funnily enough, your thought process was perfect for it.

Because you said, "What's the most common name there?"

It seems a little bit obvious, doesn't it?

I don't know why you chose that. Anyone know why?

-How was Crippen discovered?

-The captain of the Montrose

became suspicious because Crippen had his lady friend along with him,

Ethel Le Neve, disguised as his son.

He saw the two of them together and thought, "Hello, this isn't right.

"Who is this person? Hey up, it's Crippen."

He got off a Marconigram to Scotland Yard, Inspector Dew

jumped on a faster ship and got to Canada before the Montrose got there

and went aboard the Montrose and, "You're nicked, me son."

In the days when if you showed up in a new country,

-you could start life again.

-Oh, yeah, absolutely.

-And it's only 100 years ago, isn't that amazing?

-1910?

-1910.

OK, your question, Eggheads. Got a chance to take the lead now.

Which medical condition was described

and named in 1951 by Richard Asher, father of the actress, Jane?

Well, Stockholm Syndrome, that's to do with hostage-taking.

That's not a medical condition.

Tourette is a genuine French physician from the 19th century.

-Does that mean Munchausen Syndrome?

-Yes, Munchausen Syndrome.

-We're going to go for Munchausen Syndrome.

-Munchausen Syndrome

is the right answer.

They are in the lead and it means you need to get this one right.

If you get it wrong, the contest is over.

£11,000 to play for.

If you get it right, they get theirs wrong, anything can happen.

Here's your question.

Which city stands at the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine rivers?

-The Leipzig is East Germany, so I would rule that one out.

-OK.

But I'm not actually sure. I'm not too sure.

-What about, has anyone heard of Koblenz?

-No.

-I've heard of Stuttgart.

I have, I've heard of that, I'm not sure. If that's the only one...

If it's at the confluence of the river,

-it's got to be quite important, hasn't it?

-I agree with you, I think.

What are you feeling?

Stuttgart, but I've no reason to say that, just a gut instinct.

-I'm not sure.

-I'm happy to go with what your tummy's telling you.

-All for one and one for all?

-Yes, definitely.

Right, again, we're not sure, Jeremy.

But, on the basis that Leipzig is in East Germany, so were going to

take a choice between the last two and were going to go for Stuttgart.

If you've got it wrong, the contest is over.

-Let's see if the Eggheads know. Eggheads?

-Koblenz.

Aw, that's the one we hadn't heard of.

Koblenz is the answer, which stands at the confluence

of the Moselle and Rhine rivers. I'm sorry.

We have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

That's very sporting of you to give them a round of applause.

And you took some lumps out of them, you played well.

Thanks for coming in and commiserations to you.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,

their winning streak continues.

I'm afraid that means you won't be going home with the £11,000,

so the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations, who will beat you?

Join us next time to see

if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£12,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.

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