0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where the team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35And taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths today
0:00:35 > 0:00:37are The Procrastinators.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40After spending most of their first pub quiz missing the questions
0:00:40 > 0:00:43whilst they argued over their all-important team name,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46the perfect moniker suddenly struck them and The Procrastinators
0:00:46 > 0:00:48were born. Let's meet them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Jen, I'm 33 and I'm a currency dealer.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Ricky, I'm 39 and I'm a currency dealer.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Dan, I'm 33,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00and I'm a project manager in the construction industry.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Hi, I'm Matt, I'm 37 and I'm an insurance broker.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm Ben, I'm 38 and
0:01:04 > 0:01:06I'm a technology director for a media company.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- So, Jen and team, welcome. - Thanks for having us.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12The first quiz was not really about the questions,
0:01:12 > 0:01:13it was about the team name?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16It was almost the whole quiz, I think, we spent discussing the name,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19to the point where the quizmaster was waiting for our sheet
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- at the end before we decided on the final name.- OK.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- And Procrastinators, at that moment, were born.- They were, yes.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Good luck today.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:01:28 > 0:01:30up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38So, Procrastinators, I can tell you the challengers won the last game,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40proving it can be done.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44And that means £1,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Do you want to start?- Yes.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50First head-to-head battle is on the subject of Sport.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Who would like Sport?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- I think Ricky or Ben.- Yeah, I'll go for Sport.- Ricky?
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- Ricky, this is for you, I think. Definitely.- Ricky on Sport, OK.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Against which Egghead?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Who do you think, guys? - Who do we think?- I'm not sure.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- Not Dave.- Do you have any gut feel?
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- I don't, really.- Maybe Pat or maybe Dave.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- I think Pat.- No, I think, maybe Pat.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- OK, Pat. I don't mind. - Pat sounds good.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19OK. So it is... I now realise, The Procrastinators...
0:02:19 > 0:02:21LAUGHTER
0:02:21 > 0:02:24..why you chose the name. Yeah, yeah, I've got it.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26We've got an hour for this programme, OK?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29So it is Ricky from The Procrastinators versus
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Pat from the Eggheads on Sport.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34To ensure there's no conferring, would you please take positions
0:02:34 > 0:02:35in the Question Room?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Here we go. Three questions, multiple choice, on sport.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Ricky, you can choose the first or the second set.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43I'll go first, please.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Whoever wins the round goes through to the final.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50He's your question, Ricky.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Which tennis player was defeated by Roger Federer in the final
0:02:54 > 0:03:01of the men's singles competition at Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Was it...?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10I don't think that Tim Henman was still playing in 2009.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14I'm fairly certain that Pete Sampras wasn't playing 2009, also.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17So I'd have to go with Andy Roddick.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Andy Roddick is the right answer.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24OK, Pat, over to you. Your first question.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Which football team did Thierry Henry rejoin on loan
0:03:27 > 0:03:29in January 2012? Was it...
0:03:32 > 0:03:36He had a spell with the New York Cosmos, I think.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40But he came back for a short loan spell at Arsenal.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Arsenal is the right answer. Did he score in his first game back?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Dave, do you know who he was playing?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- They were playing Leeds, weren't they?- Leeds, was it?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Leeds in the cup when he came back and came off the bench and scored.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Yeah. One each. Over to you, Ricky.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58In which country did the England cricket team play a test series
0:03:58 > 0:04:02against Pakistan in early 2012? Was it...?
0:04:05 > 0:04:09OK, well, I don't think that Pakistan would choose to
0:04:09 > 0:04:12play their test in India.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I think it's unlikely to be Kenya.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17So I'd go with the United Arab Emirates.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21And you got it quite right. Ricky, well done. United Arab Emirates.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23OK, Pat.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Inhich year did Jack Brabham win his first Formula 1 world title?
0:04:33 > 0:04:38I think of Jack Brabham as being an early name in motor racing.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43So I don't like 1979, I think that's a bit too late.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48So it's '59 versus '69. I could be wrong here.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52I do have a feeling that he is from the very early days of Formula 1,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54so I'm going to go with '59, but it's a bit dodgy.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- I'm going to check with Judith. Is he right?- Yes.- Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Judith says you're right.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01And you are. '59.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04She knows a lot about sport.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06OK, Ricky, your question. Third question.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09If you get them all right, put a bit of pressure on Pat,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11see if he tumbles over.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14What was the world record time set by the athlete
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Kenenisa Bekele in the 10,000 metres in August 2005?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Was it...?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34OK. 10,000 metres, 10 K.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I've run a few of those myself.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I know that under 30 minutes is acceptable.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42But for a world record,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I would have to go for something slightly better than that.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I'd go for 20 minutes, 17.53 seconds.
0:05:48 > 0:05:5120 minutes would be very, very fast.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53It's actually 26.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- Damn.- So it's the middle one.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Still, an incredible time.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Pat, here's your question, you get this right, you're in the final.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04The four-time world champion skier, Pirmin Zurbriggen,
0:06:04 > 0:06:05was born in which country?
0:06:10 > 0:06:15My first instinct in Switzerland, but... He definitely isn't German.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17He's either Austrian or Swiss.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I think he's Swiss.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23If you've got it right, you're in the final round.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Ricky, I'm sorry, he's knocked you out.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29The answer's right, it is Switzerland. Pirmin Zurbriggen.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32And with that identification, correct answer,
0:06:32 > 0:06:33you go through to the final, Pat.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Ricky, you've been knocked out after three questions.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Please, both of you, come back here, rejoin your teams.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Bad luck. But we're just starting out.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47The Eggheads have lost no brains so far.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49The next subject is Film & Television.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51So who would like this?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- It's going to be me.- You happy with that?- Who should I take on?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Who's that, Jen?- It's going to be me.- OK.- For Film & Television.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Anyone but Pat.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Should I take on Judith?- Yeah. Go on, Jen, go for it.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Well, it's not sport. I'm going to take on Judith, please.- Right.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10So it's going to be Jen from The Procrastinators versus Judith.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15- How about that? Not sport.- Not sport. Yes.- That's all that matters.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Three questions on this subject, in turn.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Jen, whoever answers the most goes through to the final
0:07:25 > 0:07:27and would you like the first or the second set?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28The first set, please, Jeremy.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Here we go.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Which celebrity won the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing? Was it...?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Well, I love Strictly Come Dancing, my mum got me into this.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48So I enjoyed the 2011 series,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51so I know it's not Alex Jones, I think she went out first.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53It's not Jason Donovan, I think he came third.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56And the correct answer, I think, is Harry Judd.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Harry Judd is the right answer, well done.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00From McFly, or is that my imagination?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02He is from McFly, yeah, good knowledge.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Yeah, I remember, they all jumped on stage afterwards.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07OK, Judith.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09What is the profession of George Valentin,
0:08:09 > 0:08:13the main character of the 2011 film, The Artist?
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Well, he's an actor in silent movies.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Actor is fine, you're right.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- You've seen it?- Yes, I have.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- You like it? - Adored it, yeah.- Really?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29People love it, yeah.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Jen, which EastEnders character is the son of Kathy and Phil Mitchell?
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Is it...?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39I'm not sure about this.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I used to watch EastEnders but I don't any more.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46I don't think...or maybe I do know. I don't think it's Thomas.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48And I'm leaning towards Ben.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Although haven't watched it in years, I think I remember him
0:08:51 > 0:08:53being born, so I think it's Ben.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- OK, I'm going to go to Judith, cos you love your EastEnders.- I do.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- Is she right?- It is Ben. - It is Ben.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Well done. OK, your question.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Judith, which actor played the teenage Pip in the BBC's 2011
0:09:05 > 0:09:08TV miniseries, Great Expectations?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Was it...?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Can you say that again?
0:09:16 > 0:09:21Which actor played the teenage Pip in the BBC's 2011 miniseries,
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Great Expectations?
0:09:22 > 0:09:28well, Dan Stevens, as far as I know, is the heir in Downton Abbey,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31isn't he? And Ben Whishaw is grown-up.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34So I think it must... I'm not sure who Douglas Booth is,
0:09:34 > 0:09:36but I think it must be him.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38You're quite right, it is Douglas Booth.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41So, you're level. And it's the third question.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Jen, and if you get this right, maybe a bit of pressure on Judith.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Charles Brackett won three Oscars during the 1940s and '50s,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49in which category?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Charles Brackett...
0:09:54 > 0:10:00I think that perhaps I'd know if he'd won any acting Oscars,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03because I've not heard of his name.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Would I have heard of him if he was a director? Possibly.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11It's a guess, really, I haven't heard of him, I think maybe I would
0:10:11 > 0:10:13have done if it was directing or acting
0:10:13 > 0:10:14so I'm going to go with writing.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Excellent work, it is writing. Brilliant logic, Jen.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21So you've got three out of three.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Judith, this to stay in.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Reverend Jim Ignatowski, played by Christopher Lloyd,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30was a regular character in which sitcom? Was it...?
0:10:34 > 0:10:39I really don't know because I haven't watched any of those.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41I don't know. Oh, dear. It's a guess.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Soap.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- Any Eggheads know?- ALL: Taxi.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Taxi, it is, Judith,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I'm sorry, you've been knocked out in this round.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Jen, well done, through to the final.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Please, both of you come back and rejoin your teams.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Well done, Jen, you're through to the final.- Thank you.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01OK, it's turned around here.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03You've lost one brain, your team.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Eggheads have lost one brain, as well.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09And the next subject for you is Arts & Books. So who would like this?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Is there a plan?
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- There is a plan.- Ben, I think that's going to have to be you.- OK.
0:11:14 > 0:11:21- Ben, OK. Against?- I think we should go maybe, try Dave. The unknown.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I think we'll choose Dave.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25All right, so, Ben from The Procrastinators versus
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Tremendous Knowledge Dave, our newest Egghead.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Please go to the Question Room now.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33So, Ben, tell us what you do for a living.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I work for a media company as a technologist.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Meaning that you do all the digital stuff and all that?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Yes, I get to play with websites and applications
0:11:41 > 0:11:43and that kind of thing, yeah, it's great fun.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45It's moving so fast, isn't it?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48You can hardly keep up at times, yeah, there's a lot going on.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49OK, good luck to you both.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Three questions on Arts & Books and, Ben,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53you can choose the first or the second set.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54I'd like to go first, please.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Here we go.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02What is the title of Jennifer Worth's bestselling trilogy
0:12:02 > 0:12:05set in the East End of London in the 1950s? Is it...?
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Right...
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I think it's Call The Midwife.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17I think that cos I haven't heard of the other two.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19But I may be wrong, it's not something I know about.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22But I'm going to go for Call The Midwife.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Call The Midwife is correct,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26and it's become a very successful TV programme, as well.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Well done.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Dave, your question.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31The novel, The War Of The Worlds,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35by H.G. Wells, was first published in which year?
0:12:41 > 0:12:46I think I'll have to go with 1898.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Very good, it was 1898. What made you do that?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51I just remember the big,
0:12:51 > 0:12:52well, not remember,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55I wasn't around at the time, but in the '30s it was
0:12:55 > 0:13:00broadcast on the radio, I think, with Orson Welles, wasn't it?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03So...that's the only reason I thought it must be a bit
0:13:03 > 0:13:05later in the century with those options.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07OK. Ben, your question.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Who wrote the novel Maurice, which was not published
0:13:09 > 0:13:12until after the author's death in 1970? Was it...?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19OK, so...
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I haven't heard of J.G. Ballard, again,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26unfortunately, I'm going to guess this, because I haven't read that.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31But I'm going to guess that it was E.M. Forster.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Based on almost nothing at all.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36That's very honest of you.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38E.M. Forster is the right answer.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Oh.- Oh. Well done. Two points to you.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47In the Shakespeare play, Macbeth, Donalbain and Malcolm
0:13:47 > 0:13:51are the sons of which character? Is it...?
0:13:54 > 0:13:59I don't know the play, at all, which is terrible of me.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I'm going to go for Macduff, but I've got no...
0:14:02 > 0:14:05I know people will be shouting out all over the country at me.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06But I'll go Macduff.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Let me ask the challengers, anyone know here?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11We thought it might be Duncan.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Yeah, it is Duncan, well done.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Duncan is the answer.- Fair enough. - So, you're ahead, Ben.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19If you get this one right, you're in the final round,
0:14:19 > 0:14:20along with Jen.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25What are the approximate dimensions of da Vinci's painting
0:14:25 > 0:14:28the Mona Lisa? Is it...?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Right. I always think when I go to galleries,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42art's always much smaller than I expect.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44So I'm probably thinking, it's smaller
0:14:44 > 0:14:46than I initially might think.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50So I'll rule out the 107 times 73 centimetres.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53So it's probably the 47 or the 77 centimetre.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58I may have seen it in a film being stolen and it looked quite big.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02So now I'm second-guessing myself a little bit.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Based on films, as well, which is probably not a good thing.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I'm going to stick with what I initially thought,
0:15:07 > 0:15:11and say it's smaller than I think and it's 47 times 23 centimetres.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- No, you should have gone down the middle.- Oh!
0:15:13 > 0:15:18- And you were about to, as well. - Yeah.- Bad luck.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21It is small, even 77 is small.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24OK, Dave, your chance to get back into it.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Which sculptor won the 2011 Turner Prize for the installation
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Do Words Have Voices?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Turner Prize, I didn't revise it.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42I'm going to go for Martin Boyce.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Martin Boyce is the right answer, how did you get that?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47It must have been something just in the back of my head,
0:15:47 > 0:15:51but I'm a bit annoyed with myself that I didn't know that straightaway.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53So, we go to Sudden Death, Ben.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Cos you both got two out of three right.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58It's a bit harder, I don't give you alternative answers, OK?
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Here is your first question.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Espedair Street and Walking On Glass are novels by which writer?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Unfortunately, back on books, which is really not my strong suit,
0:16:07 > 0:16:08I really have no idea, I'm afraid.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- No, I don't have an answer, I'm afraid.- Worth a guess?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- No, I don't know the answer. - Dave, do you know?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- I don't know, I wouldn't want to hazard a guess, myself.- Eggheads?
0:16:21 > 0:16:25It's either McEwan or Banks. Is it Banks?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27It's Banks, Iain Banks. Iain Banks.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Which noted adventurer published a book in 2007
0:16:35 > 0:16:39called Mad, Bad, And Dangerous To Know?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Noted adventurer.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44I don't really associate him with an adventurer,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47but when I think of somebody who's diversified through other things,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I think of Bill Bryson, but I don't really...
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Think, or could it be Bear Grylls? Could I just go for that?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Yeah, because Bill Bryson's more of a traveller.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58I'll go for Bear Grylls.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- No, it's Sir Ranulph Fiennes. - Sir Ranulph.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Back to you, Ben, you're still in it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:10From 1947 to 1974, Anthony Blunt was director of which art institute?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Trying to think of the names of a few of them.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I'm going to say Royal College of Arts.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21No, the Courtauld Institute.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Later exposed as a spy, of course, wasn't he?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27OK, Dave, your question.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30How is Ivan Petrovitch Voynitsky
0:17:30 > 0:17:33referred to in the title of a Chekhov play?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I do hope...
0:17:36 > 0:17:38..against hope that it's Uncle Vanya.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Uncle Vanya is the right answer, Dave, well done.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42You've got it right, you've got it on Sudden Death.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Sorry, Ben, you've been knocked out
0:17:44 > 0:17:46on Arts & Books. What a round.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Please, both of you, come back, rejoin your team-mates.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53As it stands, the challengers have lost two brains,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56the Eggheads have lost a brain from the final round
0:17:56 > 0:17:59and the last subject before that final is Science.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Where's the scientist?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- I think that's you, Dan, isn't it?- Dan, OK.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Who are you going to choose?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Against which Egghead?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09We should probably take on Daphne.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Yes, I'd like to take on Daphne, please, Jeremy.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Dan from The Procrastinators versus Daphne from the Eggheads.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Dan, tell us what you do.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I'm a project manager in the construction industry.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30We specialise in glass facades, curtain walling, that kind of thing.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34If you imagine the recent extension to King's Cross,
0:18:34 > 0:18:36the big curved roof, that's the kind of thing we do.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37Wow, big scale.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40It is, yeah. Some impressive projects.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42OK, so three questions on Science and, Dan,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45you can choose the first or the second set.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46I'd like to go first, please.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Here we go with your first question.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Brine is a solution of water and what? Is it...?
0:18:59 > 0:19:05OK, so, oil doesn't really dissolve in water. It separates.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07I know it's not sugar. It's salt.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Salt is the correct answer, well done. Daphne, over to you.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Which mammals belong to the genus Capra? Is it...?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Capra. Goats.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24No hesitation at all.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27No. Like Capricorn and...
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Goats is the correct answer. Dan, here's your next question.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Gibbons are native to which continent? Is it...?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Gibbons.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45A type of ape or monkey,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I'm not sure the exact distinction.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52But I associate them with Africa more than Asia or South America.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54OK. Dan,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Asia is the answer.- OK.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Gibbons and Asia.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Daphne.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04What is the approximate equatorial radius of the Earth?
0:20:11 > 0:20:18I can feel the shouting. I just hate figures. And they're in kilometres.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22I mean, if it was miles I might have had a...
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Oh, my goodness.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32Oh, the middle one, 63,800.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35I should so this one over to you, Dan, is she right?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37You said radius?
0:20:37 > 0:20:42- Yes.- Then the diameter is somewhere just over 10,000, so it's 6,000.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Yeah, it's the smaller one. It's the smaller one, Daphne.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48It's a bit like the question on the Mona Lisa, isn't it?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Once you start looking at these
0:20:50 > 0:20:51figures, you just go crazy.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55So you're equal, she's let you off the hook slightly, Dan.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59The Leonids meteor shower, visible in November each year,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02is caused by dust in the orbit of which comet?
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Is it...?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08OK.
0:21:08 > 0:21:15I certainly remember Hale-Bopp quite a few years ago.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18And same with Shoemaker-Holt.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21But I think they are infrequent visitors.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25So I think it could well be Tempel-Tuttle, cos I think
0:21:25 > 0:21:29the others pass the Earth much more infrequently.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Temepl-Tuttle is your answer and it's correct. Nice play.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Would have been easy to get that wrong.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38OK, Daphne. It's the big moment for you.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39What had the British chemist
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Sir William Henry Perkin initially set out to synthesise
0:21:43 > 0:21:48when he accidentally discovered the aniline dye mauveine?
0:21:52 > 0:21:57Yes, he was trying to find a cure for malaria, so it's quinine.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Quinine is the right answer. Well done.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03We go to Sudden Death, Dan. So, it gets a bit harder,
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- I don't give you alternatives. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09What type of creatures were Belka and Strelka
0:22:09 > 0:22:13who were sent into space by Russia in 1960?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I think, certainly, the first creatures sent into space,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23one of the creatures, Laika, was a dog.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26But were they also dogs?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29I think I will answer dog.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31And dog is the correct answer.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Well done on Sudden Death.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35So, Daphne, this to stay in.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Gregor Mendel, the Austrian biologist who laid the foundations
0:22:39 > 0:22:42for the science of modern genetics, was born in which century?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Oh, dear.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Don't know.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50SHE SIGHS
0:22:50 > 0:22:5218th?
0:22:52 > 0:22:56- No, it's the 19th.- Oh!- 1822.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58So, well done, Dan,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00you've triumphed on science.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02You've knocked out Daphne. You will be in the final.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Come back to us and we will play that final round.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09This is what we've been playing towards, it's time for
0:23:09 > 0:23:11the final round, which is General Knowledge.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13But, I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:23:13 > 0:23:15won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19So, Ricky and Ben from The Procrastinators,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21and Judith and Daphne from the Eggheads,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23would you please now leave the studio?
0:23:26 > 0:23:27So, Jen, Dan and Matt,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30you're playing to win The Procrastinators £1,000.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Pat, Kevin and Dave, you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35the Eggheads' reputation.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38As usual, I will ask each team three questions, in turn.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42You can confer.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44So, Procrastinators, the question is,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47are you three brains better than the Eggheads' three?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49And would you like to go first or second?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Well, it's worked OK so far,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54so we'll continue going first, please, Jeremy.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Here we go. Good luck to you.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Singe is the French word for which creature?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Monkey. The Eddie Izzard sketch.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Very inappropriate Eddie Izzard sketch, yeah.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18We're pretty sure singe is monkey.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Singe is indeed monkey, well done.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Eggheads,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25approximately how tall was the English king, Henry VIII?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- He was big, wasn't he? - Yes, he was a big guy.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Yes, very big, think he was six feet two.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42Six foot two is correct. I wonder how they worked that out.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Coffin or from the pictures?
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Probably a combination of descriptions, records, yeah,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51coffin would come into it.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Suit of armour? >
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Suit of armour, yeah. OK, your question.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Who designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
0:25:05 > 0:25:11I always associate Brunel with that kind of steelwork.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Robert Stephenson, I'm pretty sure is more to do with trains,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19early trains.
0:25:19 > 0:25:25I think Abraham Darby was Iron Bridge up in the Midlands.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27So who do you think?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Was it a Brunel Bridge?- Clifton.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31I think that's the safe option.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I think we should go for that,
0:25:33 > 0:25:37- Isambard Kingdom Brunel.- We think it's Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40And you're quite right. It is Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Eggheads, to keep up,
0:25:42 > 0:25:47which of the Bronte sisters wrote in 1849 novel entitled Shirley?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Is it...?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53- Charlotte.- Charlotte. Yeah.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58The other two were actually already dead by then. It was Charlotte.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Charlotte is the right answer.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04They know their stuff, don't they? Straight there, as well.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Here's your third question.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Try and get this right, get the pressure on them.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14In Wagner's Ring Cycle, what is the name of the dwarf who steals
0:26:14 > 0:26:17the gold from the Rhinemaidens?
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Is it...?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25My Wagner's not up to much, I have to say, unfortunately.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Really don't know, it's going to be a complete guess.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Do you have any ideas? - No, no. Unfortunately.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Does anything sound similar to something else?
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Do you think they're all from that?
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Or do we think they might be from different things?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45If anything, I've got a slight leaning to Biterolf, but
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I just like the look of the word.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48IT sounds like...
0:26:48 > 0:26:52I really, really don't know. But I'm happy to go with Biterolf,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55just because you've got an inkling for it.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57It could be the "F" at the end of the word.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- We're definitely unsure. - It's one in three, isn't it?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- So we might as well take a guess, do you think that one?- Yeah.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Now I like the look of Alberich, so...
0:27:05 > 0:27:08We're going to go with Biterolf, Jeremy.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Biterolf, cos you like the sound of it. OK, let's see if you're right.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- Do you know?- Alberich.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Alberich is the answer. No way of guessing that really, is there?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20No. No.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24OK, so you have a chance to take not just the round, but the contest.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Eggheads, with your third question.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28At over 6,700 metres high,
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Mount Huascaran is the highest mountain in which country? Is it...?
0:27:36 > 0:27:37I don't know, Peru?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39It's Peru, isn't it?
0:27:39 > 0:27:45Ecuador is Chimborazo, and Colombia's Pico Cristobal Colon.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Yes. Mount Huascaran's in Peru.- OK.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54- OK, we think that is Peru.- If you're right, you've taken the contest.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Mount Huascaran is in Peru.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- It's so often that third question, challengers.- Yes.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12And Alberich, well, you'll go and see the Ring Cycle now.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Certainly. Hours and hours of it.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Commiserations, challengers.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them
0:28:18 > 0:28:21and they reign supreme over quizland once again.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I'm afraid that means you won't be going home with the £1,000,
0:28:23 > 0:28:26so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Eggheads, very well done, back on track.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30I wonder who'll beat you next.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers
0:28:32 > 0:28:34have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37£2,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.
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