Episode 33 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...

Now, this team all work for the Merseyside Police force,

and when work allows, chuck the odd quiz question around the office.

Let's meet them.

Hi, my name's Ian, I'm 27, and I'm a detention officer.

Hello, I'm Steve, I'm 46, and I'm a police officer.

Hi, I'm Brian, I'm 41, and I'm a police officer.

Hi, I'm Glen, I'm 25, and I am a detention officer.

Hi, I'm Phil, I'm 40, and I'm a police officer.

Welcome to you, Clueless. I hope you're not!

THEY LAUGH

So, the odd quiz question. No formal quizzing then, Ian,

but you pick things up from the TV and the papers

and throw questions at each other?

We're constantly on different shifts, so whenever we just sort of pass over

and see each other, we always throw some football trivia about,

-or the odd question here or there. It's a bit of banter, really.

-Yeah.

Cos obviously, we're overlapping all the time.

We very rarely get all the same time off together.

So, no formal preparation for this.

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

We'll find out, shall we?

But let me tell you about what's been going on up to this point.

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

however, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Clueless, the Eggheads have won the last two games,

and that means £3,000 says you can't beat them.

So, let's play our first head-to-head battle.

This one is Film & Television, which I suspect some of you might like.

Film & Television,

and as you know, any of you can play this cos it's the opening round.

-Film & Television.

-OK.

-Who do you think? Brian?

-Me?

Yeah, it's got to be me, Dermot.

All right, Brian, and as you know,

-any Egghead you like at this stage.

-Erm...

-Who should we take?

-I'd say CJ.

-Don't have to rush with CJ.

-CJ.

-CJ, please.

OK, CJ.

Well, it's a strong subject for him, so a big effort to knock him out.

Let's see you put it in then, Brian.

It's in the Question Room you have to go.

OK, Brian, kicking off on Film & Television.

-Do you want to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please, Dermot.

OK, first question is to you, Brian.

Which comedy show featured the catchphrase,

"No, but yeah, but no, but yeah, but..."?

Yeah, it's one of my favourite adult-theme programmes.

It's Little Britain.

It is Little Britain,

and that really has passed into the public consciousness.

"No, but, yeah, but..." OK. Over to CJ.

CJ, which Dickens hero was played by Daniel Radcliffe

in a 1999 television adaptation?

HE SIGHS

If it was '99, he would've been about...

ten or 11?

Oliver stays about the same age, doesn't he?

Philip Pirrip and David Copperfield both grow up, don't they?

OK, on the basis that he may have played it for the whole thing...

-purely on age, I'll try Oliver Twist.

-OK, Oliver Twist, yeah.

Maybe this is the role that caught the producer's eye

as they were casting Harry Potter. Who knows?

But it wasn't Oliver Twist. It's incorrect.

No, it was David Copperfield. David Copperfield, CJ,

which is great news for you, Brian. There you are, 1-0 up,

and go 2-0 up with a correct answer here.

Which 2011 film sequel which used scratch-and-sniff Aroma-Scope

had the subtitle All The Time In The World?

Right, I haven't seen any of these three films,

and I would think it's more likely to be either

Kung Fu Panda 2 or Spy Kids.

It is just a guess, but I'm going to go for Kung Fu Panda 2.

It's Spy Kids.

But you were thinking about Spy Kids there.

OK, your question, CJ,

and a chance to get back in the game.

Who directed the 1990 film, Total Recall?

Who directed the 1990 film, Total Recall?

It's Paul Verhoeven.

It is. That is correct, and you are back in the game.

It's all square as we go into a third question each.

And Brian, in 2007, Rory Cellan-Jones

became a BBC correspondent on what subject?

I think it's entertainment. I'm going to go for entertainment.

OK, entertainment for Rory Cellan-Jones,

BBC correspondent on...

technology. Ooh, OK.

It's beginning to slip a bit there.

And a chance, then, for CJ to nick the round.

CJ, Dial A Deadly Number, Build A Better Mousetrap

and The Radioactive Man

were episodes of which 1960s television series?

I don't think it's The Champions.

I'm sure I've seen the episode, Build A Better Mousetrap,

and I'm trying to think which one it was.

Purely on the basis that Build A Better Mousetrap

is ringing a slight bell and it's more...

an Americanism than English saying, I will try The Man From UNCLE.

The Man from UNCLE.

It's not! I'm sure it's the other one you thought of...

Well, you ruled out The Champions.

It's The Avengers.

Still all square then, Brian, and it's Sudden Death now.

After three questions, all square,

we take away the choices and you've just got to give me an answer.

If you have to guess, it's a lot harder.

Who played the title role in the 1942 film, Mrs Miniver?

Erm... I don't know the film.

I don't know if it's an English film or an American film.

I really don't know, Dermot.

-OK.

-I don't know, sorry.

-OK, got to take a pass, then, Brian.

Do you know, CJ?

-I can't think. This is pathetic!

-OK, don't worry.

It's not your question, it's only out of interest. Eggheads?

-Greer Garson.

-Greer Garson, Brian.

Greer Garson. You hadn't heard of the film, didn't know whether it was

American or British, so really in the dark there.

So, CJ, in 2007, who took on the title role

in the BBC TV series Inspector George Gently?

Martin Shaw?

It's the right answer.

Just got through there, CJ,

and the irony being a question there about a police officer.

And Brian,

it means you won't be playing in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

CJ just squeaking that round, and only just,

but it means Clueless have lost one brain now from the final round.

And our second head-to-head, this one's History.

Who would like to play History?

-Fancy a go?

-Better keeping what we said.

-Do you want me to do it?

-If you want.

-I'll have a go, Dermot.

-All right, Ian.

Who would you like to play from the Eggheads?

Any one of them apart from CJ. He's just played.

I'll play... Play Judith?

Judith, yeah? I'll play Judith.

OK, Ian taking on Judith.

Would you like, both, please...

Well, not like, I'm asking you, to go to the Question Room, please,

Ian and Judith.

Right, Ian, taking on History, and do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Dermot.

First question for you -

who led France during the period known as the First Empire?

When you asked me the question,

Napoleon stood out,

so just for that reason,

I'm going to go for Napoleon Bonaparte.

OK, gut instinct, and anticipating the choices. You've got it!

Yeah, Napoleon Bonaparte is correct.

And Judith, your first question.

Francis Drake was knighted by Elizabeth I in 1581 in which town?

Well, neither Darlington nor Dunstable are on the sea,

so I'm hoping it's Deptford.

Deptford on the Thames Estuary.

Is the right answer, yes. Well done. Well worked out.

And back to you, Ian, then. Second question.

What was the name of the Norfolk family whose letters make up one of

the largest collections of correspondence

from the 15th century?

Again, I've not really heard of them, to be honest,

so it would have to be...

It wouldn't even be an educated guess. Erm...

I'm going to go for Carlton.

It's not.

Do you know, Judith?

Is it the Paston papers?

It is the Paston family, yes.

Well, Ian didn't get that, so a chance for Judith to take the lead.

Judith, in the 17th century, what name was given to those clergymen

who refused to swear allegiance to William and Mary as king and queen?

I think they were called Nonjurors.

Yes, they were Nonjurors,

which makes things very difficult now for Ian.

You need to get this.

The American, Mary Leiter,

was married to which Viceroy of India?

I have heard of George Curzon.

I've never heard of... never heard of the other two.

I'll go for George Curzon.

Good one! It's the right answer, yes.

Still in it.

But got to hope Judith doesn't get this.

Judith, the Shroud of Turin has been preserved in Turin

since which century?

Erm...

Well, I would think the 16th century's too late.

I would think it's probably the earliest one, the 12th century.

The 12th century for the Shroud of Turin.

It is the other way round.

-The 16th?

-It's too early, it is the 16th.

-Oh!

1578.

Well, good stuff for Ian,

but that's the good news.

The bad news is it's Sudden Death now, so if you do need to guess,

we can't offer you anything to have a look at.

Here you go.

Which country's gold rush began in 1851 following a discovery

by prospector Edward Hargraves?

Erm...

I'm not sure.

I'll go for...

I'm not sure Australia had a gold rush, but I'll go for Australia.

Australia.

It's the right answer, Ian.

Well done! Yeah.

Well, Judith, it means you've got to get this.

In which US state did Joseph Smith

found the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830?

Um... I...

Are they the Mormons?

Cos if they're the Mormons,

I would say Utah, but if they're NOT the Mormons...

Well, I'm going to risk it.

-Utah.

-Utah.

And the Mormons, yes,

BUT Joseph Smith didn't found them in Utah.

New York, Judith.

All those years back in 1830.

Which means, Ian, fantastically played there.

Knocking Judith out on her favourite subject there, History.

You're in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well done, Ian. You didn't hear this as you were in the Question Room,

but the guys were obviously pleased about your victory, but also going,

"Oh, no, we'll never hear the end of this!"

THEY LAUGH I'll never mention it again.

We really believe you.

As it stands, the Eggheads

and Clueless have both lost one brain, then, from the final round.

Third head-to-head coming up. This is Music.

Who would like to play this? Three players left - Steve, Glen or Phil?

-Steve, it was decided.

-Yeah, it's going to be me.

All right, Steve, and choose an Egghead.

Can't be CJ or Judith, so it's Kevin, Barry or Pat.

I'd go for Barry.

You think Barry?

-It's the look on his face. Yeah.

-Do you think Barry?

Barry.

All right, Steve,

and Barry, would you accompany him into the Question Room, please.

Steve, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Dermot.

Good luck. Here you go, Steve, first question, then.

The Vertigo Tour in 2005 and 2006

was a worldwide tour of which band?

I really am going to have to get this one right,

otherwise I might not live this one down.

Can't see it being Take That.

I've got a leaning towards U2.

Don't know why, it's just something in the back of my mind says it's U2.

-OK.

-So, with no real conviction, I'll go for U2.

OK, no real conviction,

but plenty of world tours during the course of their career.

And it is the right answer, the Vertigo Tour in 2005 and 2006.

Don't think Take That had got back together by then.

So, well worked out.

And your first question, Barry - in the lyrics of a popular song,

who "Frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee"?

In the lyrics of a popular song,

who "Frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee"?

Apart from you Eggheads, of course!

Oh, this could only be Puff The Magic Dragon.

Is the right answer. Yes, Barry.

And your next question then, Steve.

Which rock star was the manager of Jimi Hendrix in the 1960s

and then Slade in the 1970s?

HE SIGHS

I think they've all done a little bit at some stage in their careers.

A bit like the last question, to be honest, Dermot.

Not with any conviction, but I think it could be Chas Chandler.

OK, no conviction. Well, you didn't have much conviction about U2

but you've got that, and you've got this. It's the right answer!

-Chas Chandler.

-Phew.

Heaven knows what you'd be like when you're sure!

OK, two out of two.

And Barry, Deep Blue Something had a 1996 UK number one single

with a song named after which film of the 1960s?

Well, I might be helping the police with their enquiries soon,

but the most famous film of those of the 1960s

has to be Breakfast At Tiffany's, so I'll go for that one.

Breakfast At Tiffany's is correct.

Well, this policeman doesn't need any help

with his enquiries so far.

He's matched you, you've matched him.

It's 2-2, and we move on to a third question each.

The tenor Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld

died at the age of 29 in 1865,

a few weeks after creating which Wagnerian role?

HE SIGHS

Well, as you can imagine, this is going to be a complete guess.

Purely cos it's a bit sort of Germanic sounding,

and it's Wagner,

I'll go for Siegfried.

OK, Siegfried.

It's not. Do you know, Barry?

1865 was towards the end of Wagner's career,

and Parsifal was his last opera, so I'll have a shot for Parsifal.

No, it's not.

So, I know that now, then - it's Tristan.

DERMOT LAUGHS

It is Tristan there with Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

And a chance for Barry.

Barry, which composer based his classical symphony

of 1917 on the style of Haydn?

Sibelius wrote his symphonies, I think, a little later,

and I don't think Debussy wrote any symphonies.

But Prokofiev's No. 1 is nicknamed the Classical,

so my answer is Prokofiev.

Ah, you know it all too well.

It is the right answer, Prokofiev.

So, I'm surprised at you there, being caught out, Steve,

by Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

But bad luck with that.

Means you won't be in the final round.

Would you all please come back and join your teams?

An absolute curveball catching Steve out there. As it stands, then,

Clueless have lost two brains from the final round, the Eggheads one.

And our last head-to-head before the final round -

a chance for you to try and even it up in terms of personnel -

it's Arts & Books.

And Glen or Phil available - Arts & Books?

Er, I will sacrifice myself!

LAUGHTER

-Do you want to even go to the question?!

-Probably not!

Well, listen, you can guess at the first three! So, Glen -

who would you like to play from the Eggheads -

a couple of pushovers, Kevin or Pat?

Er, I will play Kevin, please.

You might as well go out in a blaze of glory - is that the calculation?!

If I'm going to get lucky enough to guess all three answers, then...!

Exactly! I see the reasoning. Why not?

Let's have Glen and Kevin into the Question Room, then, please.

OK, Glen, the expectations of Clueless resting on your shoulders.

No pressure. Do you want to go first or second?

I'll try second, please.

OK. Hoping for a slip from Kevin, then...

Kevin - which literary heroine

is born in Newgate Prison and transported to the colonies?

Yeah, that's the one by Daniel Defoe there,

Moll Flanders.

It's Moll Flanders.

Prison question going past you there, Glen!

Erm, your first question -

which hobby is the subject of a 1994 anthology

by Jeremy Paxman?

Erm...

I think I might have actually seen one of these,

but I might be getting confused.

I'm pretty sure it's not autograph collecting.

I'm sure there was a documentary on it.

I think it might be fishing.

Fishing it is! It's the right answer!

Yep - well done!

OK, well, all square,

and a good start there by Glen. And Kevin -

the Russian Andrei Rublev

was one of the leading figures in which artistic field?

He was a...a painter,

and obviously specialised particularly in icons in Russia.

Russian icons is the right answer, Kevin.

Over to you, Glen -

Sarah Burton and Robert Carne

are central characters in which novel?

Er, never read it. So, I'm afraid it's going to have to be

a pretty uneducated guess from the three options.

I will go...

-..straight down the middle, To The Lighthouse, please.

-OK.

Sarah Burton and Robert Carne in To The Lighthouse, you feel.

It's not. Do you know, Kevin, of the other two?

-I think it's South Riding.

-It's South Riding. OK.

Well, it might not be over,

but if Kevin gets this, it is.

Who wrote the poem I Wanna Be Yours, which contains the line,

"If you like your coffee hot, let me be your coffee pot"?

No, I don't know that, I've not come across that. Erm...

I think I'll go for the one I'm least familiar with,

-which is John Hegley.

-It's...

by John...

-Cooper Clarke.

-Is it? OK. All right.

John Cooper Clarke! Woah!

Well, er,

unlucky there with that last guess, Glen -

you'd have had Kevin rocking on his heels.

But this gets you back in it - what was the real first name

of the artist Cy Twombly?

I wouldn't imagine someone to change their name from Max.

Again, I don't know it.

I will go...

with Edwin.

It's the right answer, well done!

Edwin! Just missed South Riding!

If you'd got that you would have knocked him out.

Bad luck, but you're into Sudden Death, which is an achievement.

And Kevin, your question -

the art movement Cobra

was so named because its artists were mainly

from Copenhagen, Brussels and which other city?

Amsterdam.

-A for Amsterdam...

-Yeah.

-..is the right answer.

Over to you, then, Glen -

Rita Angus, Colin McCahon and Toss Woollaston

were leading artists from which country?

I believe that was Scotland.

Scotland. Well, yes, you can get

Scottish sounds out of a lot of those names.

It's not, thought, it's not Scotland, it's New Zealand,

unfortunately, Glen.

Really good effort there, though. Congratulations

on that attempt, but not to be.

You're not in the final round. Kevin, you are.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, this is what we've been playing towards,

it's 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, Steve, Brian and Glen from Clueless

and Judith from the Eggheads, would you all leave the studio, please?

So, Ian and Phil, you're playing to win Clueless £3,000.

Barry, Pat, Kevin and CJ - you are playing

for something which money cannot buy,

the Eggheads' reputation.

As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn,

they're all General Knowledge, and you ARE allowed to confer -

unlike in the head-to-heads. Ian and Phil, the question is -

are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

Ian and Phil, how do you want to play this - do you want

-to go first or second?

-We've had a chat about it, Dermot,

and we're going to go first.

Best of luck, guys.

First question, then - the musical Dancing Shoes,

which had its world premiere in Belfast

in 2010, tells the story of which footballer?

-I think...

-I'm thinking Belfast.

-Belfast, maybe George Best.

It's got to be George Best, hasn't it?

Stanley Matthews, Blackpool. Yeah, Stanley Matthews...

-I think...

-Yeah.

-It's going to be George...

-Yeah.

-We'll go for George Best.

-We're going to go for George Best, Dermot.

Picking up on the clue there!

Belfast for the world premiere. It's the right answer!

George Best. And Eggheads -

the Crown of Scotland and the rest of the Honours of Scotland are kept

-in which building?

-It's Edinburgh Castle!

-Edinburgh Castle.

-Edinburgh Castle.

That's Edinburgh Castle, Dermot.

Is the right answer, Eggheads. OK,

all square after the opening exchanges.

Second question apiece. Yours, clueless -

Commonly seen in Asian food stores,

what are panko?

I have a feeling they're like Japanese noodles.

-I have no idea, I'm happy to go with what you want to go with.

-OK.

-I'm happy to go with that.

-We're going to go for rice noodles, Dermot.

Rice noodles, for panko.

-Eggheads?

-I would have gone for that.

-It sounds plausible.

It would have caught you out.

It's breadcrumbs. It's not rice noodles.

Interesting to see the Eggheads didn't know it, either.

OK, well, this, though, is your

second question, Eggheads - the Jura mountains extend along the border

between France and which other country?

ALL: Switzerland?

Switzerland.

Yeah. More to your liking there.

Switzerland. A geography question there, and the Eggheads getting it,

which means you've got to get this, Clueless -

the German geographer Walter Christaller

is best known for which area of study?

I'm hoping that my A-level geography

-might be coming in hand here...

-Right.

Because it's not plate tectonics,

definitely not, it's not meteorology.

I think it's something to do with the polders of the Netherlands,

-and central place theory.

-OK.

-A-level geography, is this?

-Mm-hmm.

Well taught, it's the right answer!

Central place theory! Get in!

-Well done!

-Well done, Phil.

But still an opening for the Eggheads.

in the 1920s, Miller Huggins was a famous name

in which sport?

-Never heard of him.

-Never heard of him or her.

No.

Assume it's a "him" from the options.

-You would think a major boxer, we'd be more likely to hear of.

-Yes.

-There's more places to hide in the other two sports.

-My reasoning, yes.

Are you inclining towards either of them?

-I would guess American football.

-That's the one I'm inclining to.

Funnily enough, that's the one I would go for. >

-Go for American football?

-I'm inclined to that,

-without having any...

-No, we don't know.

-Happy with that?

-I'm happy with it, but...

We don't know, Dermot. We're going to go for American football.

American football. Miller Huggins was a famous name in the 1920s

in the sport of baseball.

-Oh!

-Oh.

Wrong, Eggheads! Oh, dear!

He was manager of the New York Yankees -

very successful at the time, as you know.

Well, but for a few breadcrumbs,

you'd have beaten the Eggheads!

We go to Sudden Death. Everything to play for. Good luck, guys.

Cluny, Valenciennes

and Alencon are varieties of which fabric?

Thinking it sounds very French, which would

lead me more towards lace.

-Rather than anything else. Silk would possibly...

-I've not...

-..be more Eastern.

-I've not even heard of any of them, to be honest.

-Yeah.

-A natural fabric.

-Certainly not leather or something, is it?

-No.

Yeah. Erm... Yeah, we'll go with that, mate.

We'll go with lace, Dermot.

Lace. Sounds French, yep.

It's the right answer, well done! Didn't have Chantilly there, either!

Great shout.

Oh, very good. So, real pressure on the Eggheads now.

The ancient Greek town of Delphi,

the site of a celebrated oracle of Apollo,

was situated on the slope of which mountain?

-Is it Parnassus.

-Should be Parnassus, yeah.

-Parnassus.

-I've been there as well.

I've been to Delphi. Yeah, I'm sure it's...

Is Apollo in the...? Yeah, it's Parnassus, I think.

-Yeah. So, no, I think...

-OK.

-Parnassus.

-We're going for Mount Parnassus.

Got to get this, Eggheads.

It's the right answer.

Parnassus is correct.

Another pair of questions. OK, well, try this one -

what is the name of the breed of dog, from the north of England,

originally called the Rothbury Terrier, that looks

much like a lamb?

-Have you any inkling at all?

-Not really. I'm just trying to think.

I'm thinking at the moment an Airedale. Don't know why.

-Go with that, then. I don't know.

-I'm thinking,

-is Rothbury an area around Airedale?

-I've never...

-I've never had a dog or pet or anything like that, so...

-OK.

As a slightly uneducated guess, Dermot,

-we'll go with Airedale.

-Airedale,

for the Rothbury Terrier, also known as the...

not the Airedale, it's incorrect. Do you know, Eggheads?

Bedlington.

The Bedlington Terrier.

OK. Well,

a chance for the Eggheads, then - for what does the letter L stand

in the name of the author Dorothy L Sayers?

For what does the letter L stand

in the name of the author Dorothy L Sayers?

-Leigh.

-Leigh?

-Yeah. L-E-I-G-H, yeah.

That's Leigh.

Leigh...

is the correct answer, Eggheads - you've won!

Oh, bad, bad luck there! Listen,

I mean, you didn't know panko, so...

Food & Drink was my specialist subject!

-Hey, listen...

-Not any more!

-Food & Drink

-catches Kevin out all the time!

-I talked myself out of it.

It's one of our most difficult subjects there.

That's the way the cookie crumbles -

let's use that food and drink analogy!

-You missed that, but what about central place theory?

-Hey?!

I did geography and geology A-levels so I knew it wasn't the other two.

Fantastic. So, I think you two have bragging rights there.

I don't know what it's going to be like on the way home,

I'd like to be a fly on the wall for that!

-But thanks for taking on the Eggheads...

-Thanks very much.

..and giving them a real game in that final round.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,

and they still reign supreme over Quizland.

You won't be going home with the £3,000.

The money rolls over to the 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.

£4,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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