0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Yes, they are the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36And challenging our resident quiz champions today are the Mean Team.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39This team of colleagues from Nottingham work together to
0:00:39 > 0:00:44provide IT solutions for clinical drugs trials. Let's meet them.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Hi, I'm Damian, I'm 55 and I'm a statistician.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Sarah, I'm 26,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54and I'm a randomisation and trial supply analyst.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Andrew, I'm 54. I'm a statistician data manager.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Hi, I'm Emma, I'm 28 and I'm a learning and development manager.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Hi, I'm Mark, I'm 49 and I'm a quality management professional.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09So, Damian, and team, welcome.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12And, Damian, three of you are statisticians.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- It's basically about statistics, what you do.- That's right.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19We provide randomisation techniques to put patients into clinical
0:01:19 > 0:01:22trials, so five of us all work for the same company,
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- the other two colleagues provide us close support.- What about quizzing. Do you quiz together?
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Yes, we participate in the interdepartmental quiz
0:01:30 > 0:01:32and we do a quiz at a pub once a month.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I'm sensing you're pretty good at quizzing. You can be modest.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I'm just sensing it. We have a lot of teams through...
0:01:38 > 0:01:43- We haven't been beaten for over a year.- OK, that's good.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47- Statistically speaking...? - We will see.- OK, lovely.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50That's what we want. A bit of a grudge match.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:01:52 > 0:01:56up for grabs for our challengers. If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59the money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03The Eggheads have won the last six games which means £7,000 says
0:02:03 > 0:02:05you can't beat them today.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- Would you like to have a go? - Yes, please.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of history.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Challengers, who wants this?
0:02:14 > 0:02:19We have a game plan, which is that Emma is going to take history.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Emma, OK. Against which Egghead? You can have anyone of these reprobates.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29- Have you got a preference, Damian? - We don't know anything about Dave.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Why not take Dave on?- OK, Dave.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36It is going to be Emma from the Mean Team versus Tremendous
0:02:36 > 0:02:41Knowledge Dave, as we call him, from the Eggheads on history. To ensure there is no conferring,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44would you please take your positions in the question room?
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- How are you on history, Emma? - I did an A-level in history.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55- That was about ten years ago. Not too bad.- Which period was that?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I don't mean ten years ago, what period did you study?
0:02:58 > 0:03:03We did Germany leading up to the Second World War.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08The big criticism is that all anybody ever does now is the Nazis.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10We did the Communists as well.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- A bit of Chinese history and Russian history.- OK.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Three multiple choice questions on history and Emma,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- you can choose the first or the second set.- I'll go for the first set. Thank you.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Here we go, Emma. Good luck to you.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30In archaeology, what name is given to an oval or oblong shape
0:03:30 > 0:03:33enclosing a group of Egyptian hieroglyphics,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36typically representing the name and title of a monarch?
0:03:41 > 0:03:46I didn't really cover this during the Nazi Germany period or
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Communist Russia.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I would say it's not caravan.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59I somehow think that something to do with camels, maybe.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I could be wrong.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Not sure about Carousel. I kind of think that could be...
0:04:05 > 0:04:11Make me think of something going round. Although, oval, round.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15I'm going to go for cartouche. That seems the most likely to me.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19And you've got it absolutely right. Well done. Cartouche.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Tremendous Knowledge,
0:04:21 > 0:04:25in which century did Patrick the patron saint of Ireland die?
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Not great on this one. I'm trying to think of St Patrick.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40I don't think it's BC. I'm going to rule that out.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I'm going to go with the fifth century AD.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48You've got it absolutely right. Well done, Dave. The fifth century AD.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Over to you, Emma.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54The Ems telegram sent to Otto von Bismarck
0:04:54 > 0:04:56brought about the declaration of which war?
0:05:01 > 0:05:06OK, we did actually cover this period of German history.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10I know that Bismarck was in power leading up to
0:05:10 > 0:05:12the unification of Germany.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17I want to say 1871. If I'm wrong, I'll look a bit stupid.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I don't think it was the Crimean War.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24I don't know if it was that period of time.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Um... I'm not sure about the Boer War but I know that the
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Franco-Prussian War was fought during the time of Bismarck.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33I'll go for that.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Are we impressed or what, team-mates?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Anyone who can recall their history at that distance from...
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- A-level, did you say?- Yeah. - Brilliant.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45You've got it absolutely right. Franco-Prussian War.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Gosh, I wish I had that recall.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Dave, Captain Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, sailed for the Antarctic
0:05:51 > 0:05:53from which British port in 1910?
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Right, the Terra Nova, so it was heading for the Antarctic.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Um... I'm going to rule out Cardiff.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11It may have been that it was built in Belfast
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and then sailed from somewhere different.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19On that basis, that's the only basis I can go on...
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Belfast is causing me problems again.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24But I think it might have been built in Belfast
0:06:24 > 0:06:27and maybe sailed out from Horwich.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Harwich, Horwich, what do we want to call it? Harwich?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I'm thinking of Horwich in Bolton. It's Harwich.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- It's not Harwich, it's Cardiff. - All right. Fair enough.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Cardiff is the answer.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Emma, you get this right, you're in the final and you've knocked out an Egghead.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45What is the name of the musical hall
0:06:45 > 0:06:48building in East London that dates back to the 1850s?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56It doesn't really ring any bells.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Baxter's, makes me think of soup.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06I'm just going to go with Stebbing's, just
0:07:06 > 0:07:09because it looks like an interesting word.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- Anybody here can tell us? - Wilton's.- Wilton's is the answer.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15So a chance for Dave on the third question.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20The Belgian city of Mons was the capital of which historic region?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Um... Right.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Only because Anne of Cleves was the Flanders mare,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I'm going to go for Cleves.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Hainaut is the answer. Emma, we say well done. We say well done.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38You've knocked out, with two out of three right,
0:07:38 > 0:07:39you've knocked out Dave.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Come back to us. You will be in the final round.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Dave, you've been knocked out. And we'll play on.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Well done, Emma. Good start for your team.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50As it stands, the challengers have not lost
0:07:50 > 0:07:53a brain but the Eggheads have lost a brain from the final round.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55The next subject for you is sport.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Who would like this? Have you got a plan?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Yes, we have a plan and that's me. - OK, Damian, against which Egghead?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Judith. LAUGHTER
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Ah, there is a bit of history there. I should say a bit of sport.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Damian, from the Mean Team, versus Judith on sport.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Please go to our question room.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I will ask each of you three questions on sport.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Whoever answers the most correctly is the winner and Damian,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- you can choose the first or second set.- I'd like to go first, please.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Here we go. Ellen Whitaker, Robert Smith
0:08:31 > 0:08:35and Geoff Billington have all represented Britain in which sport?
0:08:38 > 0:08:43I think I know this. I know it's not badminton.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Archery, I don't know so much about.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48But I'm fairly confident the answer is showjumping.
0:08:48 > 0:08:54Showjumping, it's quite right. Well done. Judith, your sports question.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58In 1964, Cassius Clay dropped his surname
0:08:58 > 0:09:00and was known briefly by what name?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I never knew that.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Well, I suppose it could be either X or Y.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16But I don't think... definitely not Z.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24- I think it might be Cassius X.- Yeah. Cassius X is the right answer.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- It might be to do with Malcolm X, is it?- I would have thought so, yes.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30OK, Cassius X, well done.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Damian, the Italian footballer Gianluigi Buffon
0:09:33 > 0:09:36joined which club in 2001?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45I have an idea he was the most expensive goalkeeper in the world,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49which doesn't tell me anything about the teams.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Um... But I think it is Juventus.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55It is indeed Juventus. Well done.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02Judith, in January 2012, Holly Bleasdale broke her own
0:10:02 > 0:10:05British indoor record for which athletics event?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12This is twanging various...
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I think it's either pole vault or triple jump.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22The question went into my head, do women do the triple jump?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I don't know if I've noticed them doing it.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28So I...
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Oh, dear. I'll risk it. Pole vault.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Barry knows this. Is she right? - She is indeed.- You're right, Judith.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Well done. - Do women do the triple jump?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Well, do people do the pole vault indoors? It sounds unsafe.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43The roof is high.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Oh, I see. - LAUGHTER
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Do Women Do The Triple Jump?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52That could be the title of your autobiography!
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Damian, in which year were women first officially allowed to
0:10:56 > 0:10:58enter the Boston Marathon?
0:11:04 > 0:11:09I've seen it run, but more recently than any of those dates.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Um... Let me think.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20If I think back in marathon history, Greta Waitz, I think it was,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23was winning them in the '70s.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28So I'm going to go with '72, on that basis.
0:11:28 > 0:11:311972 was absolutely right. Well done, Damian. Good stuff.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Judith, your question now.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36If you don't get this right, you're not in the final round.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38But it's sport and you're playing well.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41The American football team the Pittsburgh Steelers began
0:11:41 > 0:11:44life in 1933 under what team name?
0:11:50 > 0:11:54I can see why they changed to the Steelers.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58But what connection with the sea? Pittsburgh. Where is Pittsburgh?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Pittsburgh Sharks, Pittsburgh Pirates?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03I think they might have gone for alliteration
0:12:03 > 0:12:06so I'll do Pittsburgh Pirates.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11Pittsburgh Pirates is correct. They did go for alliteration.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14So it's level after three questions.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18And it gets a bit harder now. And we do say well done to you both,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21particularly Judith, on the three correct questions on sport.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25There will be a moment of silence to mark that breakthrough.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29But it's sudden death and it means it gets a bit harder, Damian.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I don't give you alternative answers. Here's your first question.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37The amateur level of which sport is co-governed by BARLA?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I'm going to say...
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Um... Shooting.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52The RL is the key thing there. And it's rugby league.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- Oh, right. OK.- British Amateur Rugby League Association.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Judith, this for the round.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Which Northamptonshire racecourse was
0:13:01 > 0:13:05built on the estate of the stately home Easton Neston?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Towcester.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Straight there. Straight into the final, Julia. Well done.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13You've got it right on sport.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Damian, sorry, you've been knocked out by Judith on sport.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I keep saying it because I can't believe it.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Statistically, it's very unlikely. - LAUGHTER
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Statistically, it has happened.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Please, both of you, come back and join your teams.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain, the Eggheads have
0:13:31 > 0:13:35also lost a brain from the final round and our next subject is music.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- Who would like music?- Me.- Stick to our game plan. That's Andrew.
0:13:39 > 0:13:45Andrew, got it all worked out. OK, against whom? Not Judith or Dave.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I'll go for Kevin, please.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51So it's Andrew from the Mean Team against Kevin from the Eggheads.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Please go to the question room now.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Three questions on music, multiple choice.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Whoever gets the most gets into the final.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04- Andrew, you can choose the first or the second set. - I'll have the first, please.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Good luck.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10"Never before has a boy wanted more"
0:14:10 > 0:14:13is a line from a song in which musical?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Well, yes.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23I assume it's about children and I'm not really familiar with
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Hello, Dolly! or Oklahoma! but I know Oliver! has...
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- It's based on Oliver Twist. I'll go for Oliver!- Spot on. Oliver! Yes.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33The famous moment.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Obviously, that's the moment when he asks for the gruel, is it?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Please, sir, can I have some more? OK, Kevin.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Which band recorded the official 2012 Sport Relief single Proud?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49That one passed me by, I'm afraid.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55No, it passed me by.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Because of the sporting connection, I'll try the Saturdays.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- No, it's not. It's JLS. - Just didn't see that.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Music is becoming the new food and drink for Kevin. Let's see.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Over to, Andrew. Rihanna's single Umbrella was taken from which album?
0:15:15 > 0:15:20Yes, it's not '70s or '80s independent music, is it?
0:15:20 > 0:15:24I don't know any Rihanna LPs.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Assuming that she has some saucy videos,
0:15:28 > 0:15:32I'll go for the first one cos that seems to fit in with the image.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Good Girl Gone Bad.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Good Girl Gone Bad is quite right.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Kevin, your question. See if you can catch up.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Elton John adopted his surname from the first name of which
0:15:44 > 0:15:47musician whose backing band he played?
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Yeah, I think this was... His first name, Elton?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- Elton John adopted his surname... - Sorry.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02..from the first name of which musician in whose backing
0:16:02 > 0:16:04band he played?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07I lost the thread there. I think that was Long John Baldry.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10It's quite an obscure fact that. But you're right.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13It is Long John Baldry. OK, Andrew. This is a good moment for you.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15If you get this one right,
0:16:15 > 0:16:18you'll have knocked Kevin out on your beloved subject of music.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Even better.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24Which jazz magician won a Pulitzer prize in 1997 for his oratorio
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Blood On The Fields?
0:16:31 > 0:16:38I've not heard of the LP. I've not heard of Wynton Marsalis.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42I've heard of Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45I've heard more of Herbie Hancock,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48so on the grounds that I've heard of Herbie Hancock,
0:16:48 > 0:16:52and I've heard of Sonny Rollins, I'll go with the first one, please.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- Wynton Marsalis.- Oh, OK. Reverse logic, in that respect.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Yes, I thought I'd just do something like that.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04You've done it very well. You've got the right answer. Well done.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08I was just interested in the tactic there. It worked very well.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Wynton Marsalis is correct, Andrew. You're in the final round.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Kevin has been knocked out. Getting a good game together here.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Both of you, please, return to your teams.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24the Eggheads have lost two brains from the final round.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Looking interesting. The last subject is science.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31See if you can really knock them out with this one. Who would like this?
0:17:31 > 0:17:35- I think I'll take this one. - Sarah, OK. And which Egghead?
0:17:35 > 0:17:39- It's Pat or Barry. - I think we're going to go for Barry.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43OK, so it is Sarah from the Mean Team versus Barry from the Eggheads.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Please go to the question now.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50It's science against Barry and three questions, in turn.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55- Sarah, you can choose the first or second set.- I think I'll follow the team and go first.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00It's going well for you so far, that's for sure.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02See if you can knock Barry out.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04What term is used to refer to the pain control
0:18:04 > 0:18:08procedure often used during childbirth where anaesthetic
0:18:08 > 0:18:11is injected into the outermost part of the spinal canal?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19OK, well, hopefully my medical degree were come in some help here.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23I know it's not epidermis because that's to do with the skin.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I'm not really sure what epistaxis is,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27but I know the answer is epidural.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Epidural is quite right. Well done.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Barry, your question, what is the usual name for an allergy
0:18:35 > 0:18:39test where various substances are put on a person's skin to see
0:18:39 > 0:18:42whether they have an allergic reaction to any of them?
0:18:46 > 0:18:50I've had this done on a couple of times. I believe it's a patch test.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- Patch test is correct. Did it show up anything?- Fortunately not.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57You're not allergic to anything around you?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Not that I'm aware of yet.- OK.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Sarah, what is the common name for plants of the genus Muscari?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13OK. Botany is not a strength of mine.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19- Can you spell the word, please? - Muscari. M-U-S-C-A-R-I.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Muscari.- Muscari.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27I'm kind of thinking is I know any Latin names for any of them
0:19:27 > 0:19:30and I'm drawing a blank, to be honest.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34I'm actually just going to plump for grape hyacinth.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- BARRY LAUGHS - Barry, why are you laughing?
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Muscat is a wine, so Muscari, I think, must be grape hyacinth.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Yeah, very good. Maybe that subconsciously drew you there.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48You're right, Sarah. Grape hyacinth it is.
0:19:49 > 0:19:55Barry, the organic compound phenol with the former C6H50H is
0:19:55 > 0:19:57commonly known by what name?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Phenol, it's an aromatic compound because it has six carbon atoms
0:20:07 > 0:20:10in a ring and is generally known as carbolic acid.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Carbolic acid is correct.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Can you work that out just by looking at the letters?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17It's got some carbon, hydrogen...
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I happen to know the formula for phenol
0:20:20 > 0:20:23because I studied organic chemistry at university.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27OK, your question, Sarah. You're both playing really well.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Get this one right and you put Barry under pressure.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Don't be put off by him boasting about his university degree. He can't remember most of it.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39Which theory was first presented by Alfred Wegener in 1912?
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Um... To be honest, I don't have a clue.
0:20:49 > 0:20:56Just trying to think about the time that that was. Global warming...
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Seems like that would be a little bit later, perhaps.
0:21:01 > 0:21:07I'm actually going to go down the middle to continental drift.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12- Barry is laughing. Can you hear his laughter, Sarah?- Yes.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15It's like before you've even finished the answer, he's laughing
0:21:15 > 0:21:19because you're right again. Well done, continental drift.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22You should be crying, Barry.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Noachian and Hesperian are geological periods
0:21:26 > 0:21:28in the history of which planet?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35It certainly can't be Jupiter because that's a gas giant.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38That can't possibly have geological periods.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Could you spell those names for me?
0:21:40 > 0:21:46N-O-A-C-H-I-A-N. And H-E-S-P-E-R-I-A-N.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48It's between Mars and Mercury.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51There has been some volcanic activity on Mars
0:21:51 > 0:21:54but there's been volcanic activity on Mercury as well.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56That doesn't help me.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01The only thing I have to go on is that Hesperian is something...
0:22:01 > 0:22:05It's sometimes a name used for an Evening Star and Mercury is
0:22:05 > 0:22:10low-down on the horizon, which could be called an Evening Star.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12On that basis alone, I will go for Mercury.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15But I really don't know the answer to this one.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19And the answer is that Sarah is through to the final.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Because it's actually Mars. Barry, you've been knocked out on science.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Well done, Sarah. Your team is looking strong in the final round.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31If you come back to us, we'll play it. This is the moment of truth.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33This is what we have been playing towards.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36It's time for the final round, which as always is general knowledge.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Those of you who lost your head-to-heads will be allowed
0:22:39 > 0:22:43to take part in this round. So, Damian from the Mean Team.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47And also Barry, Kevin and Dave from the Eggheads,
0:22:47 > 0:22:51would you please now leave the studio?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Sarah, Andrew, Emma and Mark,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56you are playing to win the Mean Team £7,000.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01Pat and Judith, you're playing for something that money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04As usual, I will ask three each team three questions in turn.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07The questions are general knowledge. You are allowed to confer.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11So, Mean Team, are your four brains better than the Eggheads' two?
0:23:11 > 0:23:16It's a really interesting contest so far. Let's see if you can win it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- Would you like to go first or second?- We'll go first, please.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25OK, here we go.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Yala National Park, where leopards and elephants can be
0:23:28 > 0:23:32seen in the wild, is located in the south of which country?
0:23:38 > 0:23:42- I don't know.- I've never heard of it.- I thought Madagascar originally.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44But I don't know if that's right.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- Probably not. - I don't think it would be Japan.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I think it's more likely to be African.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Somewhere in Africa. Do we agree that it's Madagascar?
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- That's what I thought initially. - Yes? Yes.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- So we'll go for Madagascar, please, Jeremy.- Madagascar is your answer.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Sri Lanka is the answer.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11That is a bummer. OK, Eggheads. On to you.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14In mediaeval Europe, what was Jongleur?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18It's got to be entertainers.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23I think they're jugglers, singers, you know. Variety artistes.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I think they're entertainers, Jeremy.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Entertainers is your answer and it is correct.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33And you'd be, in the broader sense, you are jongleurs, aren't you?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35We're the life and soul of the party.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40Yes, the jesters, you entertain people. OK, hang on in there.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43What are the names of the two Scotsmen who
0:24:43 > 0:24:47feature in a radio show starring Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- I've never heard of them.- I...
0:24:58 > 0:25:03- I've not heard of any of these. - No, I haven't.- Me neither.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05So...
0:25:05 > 0:25:11Hamish and Dougal kind of make me think Scottish.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16- They all sound Scottish names.- That's the one that stuck out for me.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- But I was wrong before. - We don't know.
0:25:20 > 0:25:26So I'm inclined to take the Eggheads' route and plump down the middle.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30So we'll go for Hamish and Dougal.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Hamish and Dougal is correct.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36That offsets the bit of bad luck with Madagascar.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Eggheads, your question to take the lead.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Which detective features in the novel The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52It's one of Christie's most acclaimed whodunits.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56It's sometimes cited as her greatest whodunit.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00In that case it must be Poirot. Wimsey is Sayers.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05Sherlock Holmes is Conan Doyle. That has to be Hercule Poirot.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Hercule Poirot is quite right. Well done.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09So they go ahead of you,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13which means you must get your third question right to stay in.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18Which 1977 film starring Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft
0:26:18 > 0:26:22was nominated for 11 Oscars but failed to win a single one?
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- I think Being There is Peter Sellers.- Yes.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41I've heard of some films with Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft in,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45but not necessarily in the same film.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52So I think I do agree with probably ruling out Being There.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57It's either Desperate Characters or The Turning Point.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01I think we're going to have to take a guess on this one.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06- We went down the middle last time. - It's a bit risky that.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09I think we should go for Desperate Characters.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14That seems to be the logic in an illogical random answer.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Yes, so to take the statistical point of view,
0:27:17 > 0:27:22we're going for Desperate Characters cos we're a desperate team.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Have you got it right? If you haven't, the contest is over.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Eggheads, what's the answer? Do you know?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33I would probably have guessed at The Turning Point.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35The answer is The Turning Point.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38I'm so sorry. You have been defeated by the Eggheads.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41We say congratulations, you two. You have won.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49It's interesting because you went at them like a battering ram
0:27:49 > 0:27:52in the early stages and then in the final, sometimes getting
0:27:52 > 0:27:55the first one wrong can be really, really problematic.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- But anyway, thanks for coming in. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Commiserations. The Eggheads have done what
0:28:01 > 0:28:05comes naturally to them and their winning streak continues.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09You won't be going on with the £7,000, so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:11 > 0:28:16Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20£8,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.
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