Episode 125 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. And taking on the might

of our quiz Goliaths today are The Kirkie Snappers.

This team are all members

of the Kirkintilloch Camera Club in Glasgow. Let's meet them.

Hello, I'm Brian, I'm 44 and I'm a lithographic printer.

Hello, I'm Bobby, I'm 63 and I'm a retired civil engineer.

Hello, I'm Drew, and 64 years of age and I'm retired police officer.

Hi, I'm Gordon, I'm 61 and I'm a retired IT project manager.

Hi, I'm Alan, I'm 53 years of age and I'm a telecoms engineer.

Brian and team, welcome, great to see you.

And it's cameras and it's photography

-and that's what brought you together, Brian?

-It is, yeah.

So tell us what sort of thing?

Ah, well, we're all members of the local camera club,

we've got different interests in photography -

some of us like sports, some of us like landscape,

and we've decided to have a go at the Eggheads together and see how we do.

Great, and Kirkintilloch is a bit long for a name for a team

on this show so you've gone Kirkie.

Kirkie - it's locally known as Kirkie.

Everybody in the area would know it as Kirkie.

Are you all digital snappers now or do some of you use

-old-fashioned film?

-Yeah, I think probably 99% are digital now.

-So celluloid has really properly gone, has it, guys?

-Pretty much.

-Really? Are you quizzers?

-We'll find out.

-That's a good answer.

Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash

up for grabs for our challengers, however if they fail

to defeat the Eggheads, the money rolls over to the next show.

So, Kirkie Snappers, the Eggheads have won the last four games

which means £5,000 says you can't beat them today.

-Shall we get cracking?

-ALL: Yes!

OK, first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & Television.

That's as close as we can get to photography, I think.

-That'll be me, then.

-That'll be you, Brian.

-Brian, it's you.

-Yeah.

Which Egghead? You can have any one of them, anyone you like.

I think I'll go for the unknown quantity at the moment

and we'll take Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

Fine, so it is Brian from The Kirkie Snappers versus

Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the Eggheads on Film & TV.

And just to ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our Question Room?

So three multiple-choice questions on Film & TV in turn

and you can decide whether you want the first or the second set, Brian.

I'll go first, Jeremy.

Here we go. What name is usually given to the practice

in which manufacturers

pay film-makers for their goods to be featured on screen?

Um...I'm pretty sure I know this. I might be proved wrong

but I think it's product placement.

Spot on, Brian. Product placement is correct.

-APPLAUSE

-Tremendous Knowledge Dave,

here's your question.

Which former Prime Minister made a guest appearance

on The Morecambe And Wise Show in 1978?

1978, well, that discounts Winston Churchill straightaway,

because he'll have been dead 13 years.

Er, just the thought of Douglas-Home on Morecambe And Wise makes me laugh,

it's probably funnier than the real answer - Harold Wilson.

Harold Wilson is the right answer, well done. OK, back to you, Brian.

The David Attenborough programme Frozen Planet was criticised when

it was revealed that zoo footage had been used of which creature?

Er, I'm pretty sure I know this, again, I'm reasonably confident.

I think it's polar bear.

Polar bear is quite right. Two out of two.

APPLAUSE

Dave, which actor

has made a TV series about his voyages on his barge,

the Princess Matilda?

Hmm!

I don't know which one to pick from here,

because I've not seen the programme at all. Erm, I can't really...

Nothing is jumping out at me. I'll go Jimmy Nail but I don't really know.

-Do you know this one, Brian?

-No, I don't.

-Timothy Spall. Hmm!

So, Brian, if you get this one right,

you've knocked out Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

In 1971, Fay Weldon wrote the first episode of which drama series?

Er, I have absolutely no idea.

I am having to guess here.

I'm going to go, just because it's the '70s, it would be The Sweeney.

No, it's Upstairs, Downstairs.

OK, so it is two to the challengers, one to the Eggheads.

Dave, if you get this wrong, you will be out.

Which film production studio was founded by Carl Laemmle in 1912?

Er, I'm going to go Paramount, but, again, no certainty at all with this.

Paramount is the wrong answer. Universal is the answer.

You've been knocked out, Dave.

Well done, Brian, so good start for the Snappers,

snapping up the heels of these Eggheads.

Well done, both of you come back down to us, please,

and we will play on. So, as it stands,

the challengers have lost no brains, you're still in the lead.

You're in the lead. The Eggheads have lost a brain.

Let's see where we go to next. Our subject is Arts & Books.

-Who would like this? Bobby?

-I think so - Bobby.

-OK, yes.

OK, Bobby, who do you want to take on? You can take on anyone but Dave.

You were kind of hoping Sport. Sport would be one of the girls.

They're all pretty good. I'll take Judith, please, if I may.

Judith, in Arts & Books against Bobby from the Snappers.

All right, please if you can go to your Question Rooms now.

Bobby, I gather you've got a nice grandson to photograph now.

-That sounds exciting.

-Yes, I have, Jeremy.

-What's his name?

-Jamie is his name, Scottish name.

You've just retired

and you've got a whole new generation of family coming along.

-That's it, absolutely.

-Wonderful stuff.

OK, well, I'll ask you each three questions on Arts & Books.

I know you love your crime fiction, Bobby,

so let's see if that comes up. Do you want to go first or second?

Er, I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Here we go, good luck.

Try to follow in Brian's footsteps.

Which fictional character's adventures occurred in places

such as The Land Of The Soviets,

The Congo and The Land Of Black Gold among others?

OK, initial reaction was, didn't think I knew that,

but I think I can discount Winnie-the-Pooh -

Land Of The Soviets sounds a bit heavy for Winnie-the-Pooh

and probably postdates Asterix the Gaul,

so I'll plump for Tintin, Jeremy.

Tintin is quite right.

APPLAUSE

I'm currently reading Tintin to my eight-year-old,

so you've got all the joy of that to come.

She absolutely loves his books.

OK, Judith, whose first novel to be published appeared in 1811,

the author being identified only as "a lady"?

Um, oh, dear. I have to do it on dates, I think.

I think it's Jane Austen.

Jane Austen is the right answer. Well done.

OK, Bobby, the boojum is a mythical creature

created by which writer?

-The boojum?

-Boojum is spelt B-O-O-J-U-M.

OK, I've read The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit

and some of the later stuff by Tolkien.

I don't recognise that from there.

E Nesbit, I'm not familiar with,

so I think I'll go with Lewis Carroll, Jeremy.

Lewis Carroll is quite right. Liking your logic here.

-APPLAUSE

-It's working well for you.

Judith, a workhouse in Cleveland Street, London, is said to have

inspired which Charles Dickens novel?

Workhouse, workhouse, Oliver Twist and the workhouse.

Erm, oh, dear, help! I think it's Oliver Twist.

Oliver Twist is the right answer, so 2-2.

Back to you, Bobby, keep the pressure on.

Which British artist and designer born in 1905,

died in 1944 during the Normandy Campaign?

Died in 1944 in the Normandy Campaign.

I'm thinking Augustus John, I recognise that name,

and I have a notion that that's Victorian.

Er... the other two don't ring any bells, er,

I think I'm going to say Roger Fry, Jeremy.

Let's see if the Eggheads know.

-Is he right?

-Rex Whistler.

-Rex Whistler.

-Yes.

Rex Whistler, Bobby, sorry. Got it wrong.

Let's see if Judith can press home the advantage.

The National Gallery in London and the Robert Longhi Foundation

in Florence both contain paintings by Caravaggio depicting a boy

being bitten by a what?

I'm not sure. I think it's... Why would a cat bite?

I'm going to say lizard, because I thought of reptile.

-Lizard is your answer and it's right.

-Oh, it's right.

It's right, so you got three out of three, Judith. Sorry, Bobby.

She's in good form at the moment,

so you've been knocked out and Judith will be in the final.

Both of you, please come back down and rejoin your teams.

So, as it stands, the challengers have lost one brain

and the Eggheads have also lost a brain from the final round.

-The next subject for you is Sport, so who would like this?

-Sport.

-That's for you, Drew.

-For me?

-Drew, that's you, is it?

-Which Egghead? Can't be Dave or Judith.

-Daphne would be the...

who you would expect to be the weakest, wouldn't you?

-Daphne?

-Think so.

OK, so it's Drew from The Kirkie Snappers versus

Daphne from the Eggheads and to ensure there is no conferring,

would you please take your positions?

So, three questions on Sport in turn

and Drew, would you like the first or the second set?

I think I'd like to go first, please.

Here we go.

The major victories of the horse Seabiscuit were in which country?

I don't think I've ever heard of a horse called Seabiscuit.

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

USA is the right answer.

Daphne, your question.

Which British boxer used the nicknamed Simply The Best?

Chris Eubank.

Chris Eubank is the right answer.

Simply The Best, he was a modest fellow, Chris, wasn't he(?)

He was, yes, with his monocle.

Drew, in which sport have Colin Fleming

and Ross Hutchins represented Great Britain?

I really don't know, however, going as a duo, I'm not sure

if it's tennis or not.

I think I'll pull one out the hat and say swimming.

Actually, tennis is the answer. It is tennis.

Over to you, Daphne, to take the lead.

Which athlete was co-founder of the management company

Nuff Respect with Linford Christie?

-Nuff Respect.

-Oh, I think that was Colin Jackson.

Colin Jackson is the right answer. You've gone into the lead.

So, that means, Drew, you do need this one.

Karen Barber and which male ice skater

came sixth in the mixed ice dancing

at the 1984 Winter Olympics?

I think Cousins and Curry skated on their own,

so I think I'm going to have to go for Nicky Slater.

-Team-mates, I think you know.

-Yes, he's right.

-He's right.

You are right, Drew. Well done.

-Nicky Slater is correct.

-APPLAUSE

OK, Daphne, to take the round.

The football club once popularly known as Grampus Eight

is based in which Japanese city?

SHE LAUGHS

I was hoping you were going to ask me which country. Um...

I don't know, I'm trying to think. Osaka.

No, it's actually Nagoya.

Oh! That was the other one...

You got it wrong, so it's 2-all after three questions

and we go Sudden Death, Drew.

Well done, you've taken her to Sudden Death

and it gets a bit harder now cos I don't give you alternatives, OK?

The Ghanaian footballer Asamoah Gyan joined which English club in 2010?

Arsenal.

No, Sunderland.

Daphne, in which decade did Len Hutton first play Test match cricket

for England? If you get this one right, you're in the final round.

1940s.

No, 1930s, Daphne, '37.

Oh, dear!

OK, Drew, in which year of the 1980s did the Open Golf Championship

finish the first time in the tournament's history on a Monday

due to rain delays?

1986.

No, 1988.

Daphne, to take the round.

At which racecourse has the Lancashire Oaks horserace been run

each July since 1965?

If you get this right, Daphne, you're in the final.

Haydock.

Haydock is the right answer. Haydock Park.

You've got it. Well done.

Sorry, Drew.

You're beaten. I'm afraid relegated yourself.

Please both of you come back and we'll play on.

So, the challengers have lost two brains now

but the Eggheads have also lost a brain.

And we had a big win the other day where there was only one

challenger left so do not give up hope.

The last subject before the final is History. Who would like this?

Gordon or Alan?

That'll leave you for the final, you know?

-Are you OK to fall on your sword?

-Yeah.

-Are you taking it?

-OK.

-Gordon, all right. And which Egghead would you like?

-Oh, dear.

Erm...

-We'll go for Pat.

-OK, Pat, on History

against Gordon from the Snappers. To ensure there's no conferring

please go to the Question Room now.

Good luck in this round. History is the subject. Three questions.

-Would you like to go first or second, Gordon?

-I'll go first, please.

What was the name of the small chateaux within the grounds

of the Palace of Versailles

used by Mary Antoinette as an escape from life at court?

I've actually been there, but it's not going to help me

cos I can't remember.

Erm...

I think I'm going to eliminate the ones at either side...

and I've got a strong feeling for the centre one,

so it's Petit Trianon.

Petit Trianon is quite right, well done. Good.

Over to you, Pat.

What was the name of the decorative panel

popular in the 18th-century worn at the front of a woman's dress?

For some reason,

I've a faint memory of hearing the word stomacher.

It's a rather odd word but then they're all a bit odd.

And I have to go for stomacher

because I've actually heard the word.

Let's see if we've got any news from the Eggheads on that. Is he right?

-Yes, he's right.

-You all know it, do you?

You've all been and seen a stomacher?

-It's always appearing in novels.

-Novels? Right.

Stomacher is right, Pat. Well done.

Once each. Gordon.

As a child, Samuel Johnson went to be touched by which monarch

hoping to find a cure for his scrofula?

I suppose the clue will be in the years

but I'm not even terribly sure about them.

So it's going to have to be a bit of a guess

and I'll go with James II.

No, it's actually Anne.

Pat, your question.

Cartimandua was a queen of which tribe

at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain?

I really don't know.

I think they're all good bona fide tribes.

I'll go down the middle. That's a complete guess.

-The Catuvellauni?

-Yes.

-The answer is Brigantes.

-Oh.

You got it wrong, Pat.

So, you're still at one point each.

You don't get much daylight with Pat, Gordon,

so he's allowed you a moment here. See if you can get this one right.

In the 17th century, the Berbice was a settlement

established in South America by which European country?

They all look plausible...

in terms of connections with South America.

Um...

I'm going to go Portugal.

-Portugal?

-Yes.

-Eggheads?

I'd have gone...I'd have gone Dutch.

It is Netherlands, Gordon,

so come Pat has a chance

to take the round and go into the final.

The cathedral in which city was severely damaged in

an arson attack in 1829 by nonconformist Jonathan Martin?

Dear me, I haven't heard of this.

I don't think I can ...

apply very much logic to this if he simply took exception

and decided to take action. It could have been any of those three places.

I'll have to answer this on the extremely ropey logic

that you tend to hear more about York and Salisbury than you do

about Worcester and I've never heard of this chap,

so I'll go for Worcester.

Oh, how interesting. Is he right?

-No.

-You're wrong!

-It's York.

-It's York.

Anyway, it's level, so it gets harder now. It's Sudden Death.

-And I don't give you alternative answers. Are you ready, Gordon?

-Yes.

In 1925, the Russian city of Tsaritsyn changed its name to what?

Let me spell it for you - Tsar, T-S-A-R,

and then I-T-S-Y-N, all one word, Tsaritsyn.

HE SIGHS

Most of the options I can think of I know are not correct.

I'm going to go, although it's not in the current Russia...

..at that time, it would've been. I'm going to go for Kiev.

-No, it's Stalingrad.

-Ah.

OK, Pat, your chance to take the round.

Edith of Wessex who died in 1075 was the wife of which English King?

1075?

Let's see, 1066, William the Conqueror.

Before, him Edward the Confessor. And a little bit of Harold.

Edith of Wessex.

I'm going to have to pick between

Harold and Edward the Confessor, perhaps. Maybe even a bit earlier.

I'll go for Edward the Confessor.

Edward the Confessor is the right answer. So, you're through.

Gordon, sorry. You won't be in the final, Pat will.

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

So, 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.

So, Bobby, Drew and Gordon from the Kirkie Snappers and also

Dave from the Eggheads, would you please now leave the studio?

Brian and Alan, you are playing to win the Kirkie Snappers £5,000.

Daphne, Kevin, Judith and Pat, you're playing for something

money can't buy - the Eggheads' precious 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, Brian and Alan, the question is, can you, with your two brains,

defeat the Eggheads with their four?

And would you like to go first or second?

I think we'll go first, Jeremy.

All the best to you. £5,000 to play for, here we go.

Horan, Malik, Payne, Styles and Tomlinson

are the surnames of the members of which band?

You're more of a music man than me, Brian.

I don't think it's One Direction.

You know, I think it actually might be, Styles. Styles...

-But I don't...

-One Direction, you've got a feeling for that?

-Aye, but I don't know why.

-We'll go with One Direction.

Your answer is One Direction. Daphne will know this. Daphne?

-They're right.

-You're right.

Eggheads, your first question.

The condition vasculitis primarily affects which parts of the body?

-Blood vessels.

-Sounds as though it should be blood vessels,

-doesn't it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Yep.

We think that is blood vessels.

Blood vessels is the right answer.

One each. Back to you, Kirkie Snappers.

The word 'sciurine' refers to which creatures?

I've got a funny feeling it's something to do with squirrels.

I'm going along the lines of squirrels. I think it's that.

It's something I've heard before somewhere in a book.

One of the photography books.

It was probably a wildlife book, could be anything.

-Could be either of those two others.

-I wouldn't have thought it was swans.

It could be either of the two,

so if you're leaning that way, I would go for it.

Jeremy, we'll go with squirrels.

Are they holding you back, Alan, for General Knowledge?

-Was that the tactic here?

-We'll see.

You played a blinder with this one. Well done.

It's a hard one to guess and you got it right. Squirrels is right.

Well done. So, you're ahead. Eggheads,

which Spanish word is used to refer to a district or neighbourhood?

-Barrio?

-Barrio.

THEY CONFER

It's barrio.

Barrio is...

correct.

Two each. Oh, this is getting a bit tense, isn't it?

You get all three right, you put them under pressure,

who knows, they could crack.

Gamlestaden, known as the city between the bridges,

was the old town of which European capital?

I've got a funny... There's loads and loads of bridges in Stockholm.

-I've got a funny feeling it's Stockholm.

-Doesn't sound...

-Gamlestaden...

-Sounds more... Belgrade, Kiev.

-I've got a feeling it's Stockholm.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-All right.

-How you know, I don't know.

-OK, we'll go with Stockholm, Jeremy.

You're definitely the quizzer, Alan. Stockholm is the right answer.

You're the secret weapon, obviously. OK, three out of three.

Couldn't do any better than that.

They're very pleased, sitting behind you.

OK, Eggheads, if you get this wrong, you've lost the contest.

The pioneering natural history broadcaster

George Bramwell Evens was better known by what name?

-There was one called Romany.

-Romany...

-I've heard of Romany.

-Have you heard of Romany?

-Yeah.

What do you think?

-The only one I've heard of is Romany, so ...

-I mean, I think

if we'd have heard of Stargazer or Nomad, it would have rung a bell.

-I think we should trust the instincts.

-Yeah.

-Pat?

-I know nothing about this.

-Yeah, Stargazer and Nomad aren't...

-No.

Obviously, they could be several of these...several of these people

and they could all have different names, but the only one

I think I've heard of is Romany.

Yes, I think so, too.

We don't know, Jeremy, but we think we've heard of one called Romany,

so we'll try Romany.

-What do you think? Do you think they're right?

-No idea.

-You are right.

-Don't do that!

-Three out of three.

So, we go to Sudden Death. And here it gets a bit harder.

I don't give you alternatives.

In which Ocean is the Carlsberg Ridge?

That sounds like something Nordic, something from the North.

I would go along the lines of either Arctic or Antarctic.

Actually Arctic Ocean. The Arctic.

-Yeah.

-OK, we'll go with the Arctic Ocean.

You're going with the Arctic...

I'm afraid the answer is Indian Ocean.

OK, so, Eggheads,

you have a chance to take the contest

if you get this question right.

And here it is.

Alder Hey Children's Hospital is located in which English city?

-Liverpool.

-Liverpool.

-It's Liverpool, yeah.

THEY CONFER

It's in Liverpool, Jeremy.

The correct answer is Liverpool,

so we say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

Commiserations to you, Kirkie Snappers,

and three out of three on the final round is often enough to take it.

We wobbled a wee bit,

we thought we maybe had a chance at the third question.

Yeah, but they got all the data banks working.

Anyway, they've done what comes naturally to them,

I'm afraid, and they've reigned supreme over quizland.

That means you won't be going home with the £5,000,

so that 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.

£6,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.

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