0:00:04 > 0:00:10These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:32pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34They are the Eggheads.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And taking on the might of our quiz goliaths today
0:00:36 > 0:00:38are the Sporting Wanderers.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Now, this team of friends love the sport of Rugby Union
0:00:41 > 0:00:44and they regularly travel across Europe together,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47watching Six Nations games. So, let's meet them.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Hi, I'm Gary. I'm 55 and I'm a pension plan secretary.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Alan. I'm 61 and a retired IT consultant.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Hi, I'm David. I'm 67 and I'm a retired restaurateur.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Hi, I'm Mike. I'm 51 and I'm a company director.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Hi, I'm Nick. I'm 51 and I'm a rail project engineer.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Gary and team, welcome, good to see you.- ALL:- Hi.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13And Six Nations obsessives, basically, aren't you?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Yeah.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Every year for 30, 32 years, I think, now.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I won't even ask how many matches that makes, but a lot.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23You go to matches here in the UK?
0:01:23 > 0:01:27The story behind the Sporting Wanderers is, we tour once a year
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and go to one of the away Six Nation games.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- So, obviously when it started, it was the Five Nations games.- OK.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Now, I hate to bring in the subject of quizzing.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Whether you quiz together at all? Tell me.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Yeah, after the audition for Eggheads,
0:01:40 > 0:01:41we actually quizzed together in a pub
0:01:41 > 0:01:44just round the corner from the audition, and, uh...
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Ah, so you had a look to see whether it worked or not.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- Yeah, and we won.- You won! Ah, OK.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Eggheads, eat you hearts out.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52As they say, game on.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:01:54 > 0:01:56up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads
0:01:58 > 0:02:00the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03So, Sporting Wanderers, the Eggheads have won the last four games,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07which means £5,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Music.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12So who would like this?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Yes.- Alan for Music.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16OK, Alan for music, and you can choose any Egghead.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19They're all looking, well, like Eggheads.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Barry.- Yep, we'll take Barry on Music, please.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23OK, Alan from the Sporting Wanderers
0:02:23 > 0:02:27against Barry, who's wearing a sort of a rugby shirt here.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Not quite sure what club. - No, I don't think he is either.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31To ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34would you please take your positions in the Question Room?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36So, Alan, tell me about the tie that you're wearing.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39It is our Sporting Wanderers' club tie.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41We've had it since 2000.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47We designed it after Italy joined the Five Nations
0:02:47 > 0:02:49to become Six Nations.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51And each colour represents a country, I'm assuming, does it?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- It does.- And, as you can see, Barry has attempted to wear
0:02:54 > 0:02:57a shirt version of your tie today, out of respect.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Anyway, it's Music, Alan,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03and your choice - would you like to go first or second?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Here we go. Which member of ABBA came out of retirement in 2013
0:03:11 > 0:03:15to release a single called When You Really Loved Someone?
0:03:18 > 0:03:19I think that was Agnetha.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Yeah, very much Agnetha. Correct!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26OK. Barry, your question.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Which singer had the biggest selling album in the UK in 2012?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Ah, interesting question.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38In 2012, I think that really was the year
0:03:38 > 0:03:41of the wonderful Emeli Sande, so that's my answer.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44And completely right. Emeli Sande, it is.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Over to you, Alan.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52Which of these Verdi operas is set in Jerusalem and Babylon in 587 BC?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Ah. Um...
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Rigoletto doesn't sound like it was set in Babylon.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I'll go for Nabucco.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Nabucco is correct!- Well done.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Well done, two out of two. It's going well so far.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Let's see if we can score a try, here.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Barry, between 1993 and 2010,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Danny Goffey was the drummer with which band?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Oh, goodness me.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It's bad enough having to learn lead singers,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36never mind having to learn all the drummers, as well.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Danny Goffey...
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I think that was Super Furry Animals.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Nope.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Drummers are difficult, as we know.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45You had a drummer joke, didn't you?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48What do they call a man who hangs around with musicians?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50A drummer.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Well, so this question is the revenge of the drummers here,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- because you got it wrong.- Oh.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- It's the drummer from Supergrass who's going to be angry.- Ah!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Danny Goffey was with Supergrass.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04All right, so that's handy, Alan.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Just means that if you get this one right, you're in the final round.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12I Missed Again, If Leaving Me Is Easy and One More Night
0:05:12 > 0:05:15are the titles of UK Top 20 singles by which singer?
0:05:20 > 0:05:24I'm a great fan of Steve Winwood, so I know it's not that one, um...
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I think it's Phil Collins.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Yes, nice one.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Phil Collins is the right answer,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36so you are in the final round, Alan, with three correct answers.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Good play.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Sorry, Barry, you've been knocked out by your one wrong answer.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- You won't be in the final. - Deservedly.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Please, both of you come back and rejoin your team-mates.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48So, as it stands, Sporting Wanderers have started very, very well.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52The Eggheads have lost a brain. You've conceded, already.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54The next subject is Sport.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Sport, guys, this is fantastic.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- Yeah?- Yeah, OK.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Mike will take Sport.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Mike on Sport, against which Egghead?
0:06:02 > 0:06:06I'm sorry, Judith, my apologies, but, yeah, Judith, please.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08You decided this some time back?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Well, yeah, a little while ago on a train with a bottle of wine.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It's the best way.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17It's Mike from Sporting Wanderers versus Judith from the Eggheads.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24OK. So, Sport it is. Mike, would you like to go first or second?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27I'll go first again, please.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Here we go.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Which footballer scored his 200th goal for Chelsea in March 2013?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Um... Oh, thank goodness.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43John Terry's a defender, so he doesn't get that sort of many goals.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Ramires hasn't been there that long.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47It's Frank Lampard.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Frank Lampard is the right answer.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Judith, which sportsman became
0:06:52 > 0:06:57Chancellor of the University of Sunderland in 2008?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Well, I suppose it's whoever came from there, um...
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I don't think it's Sebastian Coe.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I don't know which of either of the others came from there,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13so it's a guess. Steve Ovett.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Nope.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Ooo, I thought you'd know Steve Cram was from there.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- He is from there, isn't he, Eggheads?- Yeah, Jarrow.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- Is he from there?- Jarrow, yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- I don't know.- Steve Cram.- Yep.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Well, that makes sense, that he's from there.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Mike, your question.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Scott Johnson was appointed interim coach
0:07:31 > 0:07:34of which country's Rugby Union team
0:07:34 > 0:07:37for the 2013 Six Nations Championship?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Um, that's rather...
0:07:43 > 0:07:45that's rather helpful in this,
0:07:45 > 0:07:47particularly where we're filming today.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Um... It's not Italy.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53It's certainly not France, it's definitely Scotland.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Yep. The tie is working its magic, isn't it, here?- Indeed, yeah.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Scotland is the right answer.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Judith, you need this to stay in.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Willie Mullins is a leading name in which sport?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11He's a trainer in racing, horse racing.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14So, there is a sport you love?
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Yes, but I mean, again, it's sort of full of names and statistics
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and all that kind of thing, so it's difficult to memorise.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Horse racing is correct.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Catching up, but let's see whether it was too late.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Mike, if you get this right, you're in the final round.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32In 2013, the Welsh sportswoman,
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Becky James, became a world champion in which sport?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Um... It's not gymnastics,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I don't recognise her from the Olympics at all, or badminton.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49I think she's our new great cyclist.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Cycling is correct. You've taken the round.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Second round going to our challengers.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Sorry, Judith.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- You are not going to be in the final.- Never mind.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I know it hurts. Please, come back, rejoin your teams.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Well, this is an uncommonly powerful start
0:09:07 > 0:09:09for a challenging team, I must say.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12You've had six correct answers out of six questions.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16The Eggheads have so far managed two correct answers.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Don't know whether normal service will be resumed soon,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21or whether they're just having the day off.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22As it stands, the Sporting Wanderers
0:09:22 > 0:09:24have not lost a brain from the final round.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26The Eggheads have been...
0:09:26 > 0:09:28not decimated, but they've gone down two
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and I'm wondering what's going to happen next.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32It's History.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36The trouble is, if Food and Drink then comes up...
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- I'm quite happy with - Food and Drink. Are you?- Yeah.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Shall I go History?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- I mean, I think that's... If you're OK with it.- And either go with...
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Dave?- Dave.- So, David?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Yes.- Dave against Dave. - Oh, Dave on Dave, OK.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52David, from the Sporting Wanderers,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54versus Tremendous Knowledge Dave, from the Eggheads.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Please, if you can, go to the Question Room now.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01David, let's see how you do here. First or second set of questions?
0:10:01 > 0:10:02I will go first, Jeremy.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07OK.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09David, who was the King of England
0:10:09 > 0:10:12when Robert the Bruce became King of Scotland?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Don't think it was Charles.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20It's Henry or Edward.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25I think it was Edward I.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Edward I is the right answer.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Well done, David.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- They haven't got a question wrong so far.- No, they haven't.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Here's yours. In the early part of the 20th century,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38which part of Europe was referred to as the Powder Keg?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I'll go for the Balkans.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Balkans is correct.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Channel Islands would've been
0:10:50 > 0:10:51very flattered if you'd chosen them.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Yeah.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57David, in 1951, General Douglas MacArthur
0:10:57 > 0:11:01was relieved of his command of UN forces in Korea,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05due to his public advocacy of attacking which country?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10I don't think it was China.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13I think Japan were...
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Korea, Korea...the Chinese would have been there.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Don't think it's Japan. It's Russia or China, I think.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24I think, actually, I'm going to go China, in the middle.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- Let's see what your team-mates think. Is he right?- Yes.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30They like the answer and you are absolutely right, David, well done.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32China.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Still no questions wrong on this side.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Dave, at the end of the 19th century
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Britain was involved in a diplomatic conflict with which country
0:11:42 > 0:11:44over its so-called Pink Map,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46a list of disputed African territories?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52I'll go Portugal.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Portugal is correct.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58OK. Third question to you, David.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01In the 19th century, Charles Barbier
0:12:01 > 0:12:04created night writing in response to which leader's demands
0:12:04 > 0:12:07for a system of communication that could be used by soldiers
0:12:07 > 0:12:09in the dark?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Don't think it's Garibaldi.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Alexander's early, I think Alexander's early...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I'll go Napoleon Bonaparte.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- Let me see if the Eggheads know. Is he right?- Yes.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Yes. You are right with Napoleon Bonaparte.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Dave, if you get this wrong, you're out.- Yep.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35In 1949, what became the tenth province of Canada?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Erm...Newfoundland.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Newfoundland is correct.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Well, you've already scored more correct answers
0:12:47 > 0:12:49than all your team-mates put together, Dave,
0:12:49 > 0:12:51so we'll call that a victory of sorts.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54We're onto Sudden Death now. David, back to you.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57As you know, it's a bit harder. I don't give you alternative answers.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Which highwayman was using the alias John Palmer
0:13:01 > 0:13:05when he was captured and sentenced to hang in the 1730s?
0:13:07 > 0:13:081730s...
0:13:08 > 0:13:09I'll go Dick Turpin.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Yes, Dick Turpin it was.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Always a good solid guess to make there.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19So once again, an Egghead on the edge of the eggcup.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Tremendous Knowledge, here's your question.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Which US President died in a building known as the Petersen House,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29across the street from Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Abraham Lincoln.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Correct.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35100 years before I was born, 1865.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39OK. Sudden Death, you're equal. David, back to you.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42The historical word "cordwainer",
0:13:42 > 0:13:46used to describe someone who worked in shoemaking,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49was derived from which Spanish town,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51itself a centre of leather work?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54I would say Cordoba?
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Absolutely right. Cordoba, correct.
0:14:01 > 0:14:07Tremendous Knowledge Dave, Vindobona was the Roman name for which city?
0:14:07 > 0:14:11V-I-N-D-O-B-O-N-A, one word, Vindobona.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Vindobona...
0:14:12 > 0:14:16HE MUTTERS TO HIMSELF
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Don't know. I'll go Winchester, but I don't think that's right.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Vienna.- Vienna! All right.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Vienna is the answer, so, Dave, you were wrong,
0:14:27 > 0:14:28you've been knocked out as well.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31So, this is going very, very well for your team, David, well done.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33You're in the final round!
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Come back to us, both of you.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39As it stands,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Sporting Wanderers still have not lost a brain from the final round.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45The Eggheads have lost three brains from the final round.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47How often do we see this?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50The next subject, and the last before the final, is Geography.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Who would like this?
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- Oh, I suppose I'd better go.- I think you've got to go for it.- Yeah.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Nick.- OK, Nick on the end there, against which Egghead?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Could be Pat or Kevin.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- It's choosing methods of execution, really, isn't it?- I think Kevin.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Kevin? All right.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Nick from Sporting Wanderers versus Kevin from the Eggheads.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Can he get the great Kevin out before the final?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Please take your positions, gentlemen, in the Question Room.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19So, it's Geography, Nick. Would you like to go first or second?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Well, good luck, you're up against a very powerful Egghead here,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29so if you can get him out, it really is looking very good for your team.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31But it's a big if. Your question.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34The island of Thasos belongs to which European country?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Um... I certainly don't think it's Spain.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44I've not been to Italy, but it's not something I've heard in talking.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46So, I'm going to go for Greece.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Greece is correct.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Kevin, which of these
0:15:50 > 0:15:52is a port on the English Channel?
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Well, Marseille is on the, well, the Mediterranean,
0:15:58 > 0:16:03and La Rochelle is on the Atlantic, but the Channel one is Cherbourg.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Cherbourg is the right answer.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Back to you, Nick. What is the capital of the US state of Maryland?
0:16:14 > 0:16:18This is going to be a bit of a guess, I think.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I'm not certain, so I'll be going for...
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Annapolis.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25You are correct.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Annapolis is the capital of the US state of Maryland.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Still all these correct answers from this team!
0:16:31 > 0:16:36OK, Kevin. The long-distance footpath called the White Rose Way
0:16:36 > 0:16:39stretches from the city of Leeds to which costal resort?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Well. There's only...
0:16:46 > 0:16:49A white rose is obviously the symbol of Yorkshire,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51so it implies Yorkshire, so...
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Since I haven't heard of it,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57I've got to go for the one of those three that is actually in Yorkshire,
0:16:57 > 0:16:59which is Scarborough.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Very neatly done. You see how he did that?- Yep.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- That is the quizzer at work. - Impressive.- Yeah, exactly.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08One little fragment of information gives it to you, doesn't it?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Scarborough is correct.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Two points each.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13OK, Nick, third question.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18What is the approximate area, in square kilometres, of South Africa?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26And if Daphne was here she'd fall off her chair
0:17:26 > 0:17:28cos she hates these questions.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Erm...
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Well, I've been there.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38But I haven't been round that much of the area. Erm, I'll go...
0:17:38 > 0:17:39for...
0:17:39 > 0:17:412.2 million, right down the middle.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46It is the lowest number here, actually. It's 1.2 million.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49OK.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Kevin, for the round.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Is this the turning point for the rather battered Eggheads?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59In Brazil, what is a fazenda?
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Erm, it's a...
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Well, I think this is right...
0:18:07 > 0:18:10a historical term for a type of ranch or estate,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12so it would be a plantation.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Plantation is the right answer, Kevin.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19You got three out of three this time. Sorry, Nick.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22You've been knocked out, but he's a very hard man to beat.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Left quite a few in the final there for your team.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Kevin, well done, you will be in the final,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28and if you both come back to us, we will play it.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32So, this is what we have been playing towards,
0:18:32 > 0:18:34it is time for the final round, which, as always,
0:18:34 > 0:18:36is General Knowledge.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:18:39 > 0:18:41won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42So, Nick from Sporting Wanderers
0:18:42 > 0:18:45and Barry, Judith and Dave, from the Eggheads,
0:18:45 > 0:18:48would you please now leave the studio?
0:18:49 > 0:18:53So, Gary, how many quizzes did you say you'd won before today?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54One.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55One?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Kevin's been British Quiz Champion nine times,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Euro Quiz Champion six times,
0:19:00 > 0:19:04World Quiz Champion four times and won Mastermind.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Pat won £1,000,000 on Millionaire,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Brain of Britain 2006,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11World Quiz Champion three times, Mastermind Champion of Champions...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13so, they've won a few.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Yeah, our tactics didn't quite work as to who's left at the end.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Well, there aren't really that many weak links, in truth,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22so, all I'm saying is, hold focus as you would do in any game of rugby.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24So, Gary, Alan, David and Mike,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27you are playing to win Sporting Wanderers £5,000
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and have played brilliantly so far.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Pat and Kevin, you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:19:32 > 0:19:33the Eggheads' reputation.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39This time the questions are all general knowledge,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41and you are allowed to confer.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43So, Sporting Wanderers, the question is,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46are your four brains better than the Eggheads' two.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48And would you like to go first or second?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Ah, I think we'll continue to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Here we go.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Which group performed a theme song to the James Bond film
0:19:58 > 0:19:59The World Is Not Enough?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04It's not Metallica, is it?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05I know they're not...
0:20:05 > 0:20:08So, it's Suede or Garbage.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- This is terrible.- I don't know it.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I'll go for Suede, but I'm not sure.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13I'm going with Suede, as well.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- I'd go for Suede, but I don't know.- Yep.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18We're certainly not certain on this,
0:20:18 > 0:20:19but the consensus is Suede.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Are they right?
0:20:21 > 0:20:22- No.- No, Garbage.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Garbage is the answer.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Oh, that hurts.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31It goes right through me.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Eggheads.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Which DJ was well-known for offering listeners
0:20:35 > 0:20:36a woof, woof, from Arnold?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Think it's Tony Blackburn?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44I think it goes...
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- It sounds a bit old-fashioned.- Yeah.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47I think it goes back a bit,
0:20:47 > 0:20:48but then that's my...
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I don't actually know it, as such.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52No, I don't know it.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Yeah, I think Tony Blackburn had some bit of business about a dog,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59but I...
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Maybe one of the others, but...
0:21:01 > 0:21:02- OK?- That's what I would go for,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04but then I don't know it, as such.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06No, I don't know it either.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10We don't know this, but we have a feeling it's a bit, uh,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13it dates a bit, and we think it might be Tony Blackburn.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Tony Blackburn is the right answer,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18well done. Your question, Challengers.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21In Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women,
0:21:21 > 0:21:24who is the younger sister of Meg, Jo and Beth March?
0:21:28 > 0:21:29It's Amy, isn't it?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- It's Amy.- Amy...
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I think...
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Yep, Amy.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36You've got it right.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Amy is the right answer.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Eggheads. The gastrocnemius is a muscle in the human body
0:21:44 > 0:21:46that performs which of these functions?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54It's in the leg, isn't it?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Gastrocnemius - it's the lower leg.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59OK. We just...
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Well, it's interesting but it's
0:22:01 > 0:22:02nothing to do with the nose.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Erm, is it one of the neck...
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- I'm sure the gastrocnemius is in the leg.- OK.- And I think the lower leg.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12We're going to go for lifts the heel.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Lifts the heel is your answer.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18You got it right. Lifts the heel is correct.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20OK. Well, the first answer
0:22:20 > 0:22:21was the problem, wasn't it,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24because if you get this one wrong, the contest is over.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Get it right and then we've got to hope they mess up.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Here's your third question, Challengers.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31The shade of blue known as Alice blue
0:22:31 > 0:22:34is named after a daughter of which US president?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Theodore Roosevelt was FD Roosevelt's father,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45wasn't he?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Did he have a sister called Alice?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Alice...
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Teddy bears is all a bit childish,
0:22:50 > 0:22:51- isn't it, maybe?- Yeah.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Bit of a long shot, I'll admit.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- If we've got nothing else for the other two...- We don't know, so...
0:22:56 > 0:22:58No, no.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I think that's the one that's most...
0:23:00 > 0:23:05those kind of common things that fell off it.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06We're not sure, by any means,
0:23:06 > 0:23:11but just with the loose connection of teddy bears
0:23:11 > 0:23:15having the connection with Theodore Roosevelt, and childish,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17so we'll go with Theodore Roosevelt.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Yep, Theodore Roosevelt is right.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- Still in this.- Logic.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It's a very good way of working it out.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29So if you get this right, the contest is over, Eggheads.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Which then-married couple wrote and performed the theme tune
0:23:33 > 0:23:38to the 1980s children's TV programme, Button Moon?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- What was the name of the show, again?- Button Moon.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Well...- Do you know who it is?- It says which then-married.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54To the best of my knowledge, Mike Smith and Sarah Greene
0:23:54 > 0:23:57remain married. So perhaps that's...
0:23:57 > 0:23:59that's of some relevance.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00So are Peter Davison
0:24:00 > 0:24:02and Sandra Dickinson, aren't they?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03I don't know.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05They're married...
0:24:05 > 0:24:07It's not entirely trustworthy,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- that logic, is it?- It isn't, no.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It does imply they're no longer married.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14It doesn't guarantee it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15I don't know.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin were both children's presenters,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22but then, I suppose, so were Mike Smith and Sarah Greene.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23- So we don't know, do we?- No.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26So, I think we'll have to take a punt on...
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Chegwin and Philbin.- OK. Yeah.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29We don't know,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33but we've decided to go with Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36OK, so you think Keith Chegwin
0:24:36 > 0:24:37and Maggie Philbin,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40while married, wrote and performed the theme tune to Button Moon
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and if you've got it right, the contest is over.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45We don't actually have the faintest idea.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson is the right answer.- Oh, OK.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51You've got it wrong.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Well, I'm glad that that James Bond answer
0:24:53 > 0:24:55didn't cost you the whole contest.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58It would have been extremely cruel after the way you've played.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00It gets harder.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02It goes to Sudden Death, and as you can tell,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05you're up against two super brains here. Here we go.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08The question - will it play in Peoria? -
0:25:08 > 0:25:11refers to a town in which US state?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- (Peoria...) - Can you spell it, please?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Yes, P-E-O-R-I-A.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Well, I'd say, by implication, it's will it go round the country?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25So it's probably something out in the sticks somewhere.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28So you know, you're talking some of the kind of big midwest...
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Midwest, somewhere.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34So, Iowa, or Idaho, or Montana, or...something like that.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I'm afraid, though, I don't know the reference to it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38But Peoria...
0:25:38 > 0:25:42It must be an expression, it's not just a local thing. Will it go...
0:25:42 > 0:25:46You've got to go somewhere like Illinois or...
0:25:46 > 0:25:49THEY CONFER
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Or Idaho, or Iowa, or something, or Kansas, whatever.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Yeah, Kansas, that's quite good. - All right.- Go on, then.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00We think it's somewhere in the middle,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02which doesn't really narrow it down too far,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05but we'll take a stab at Kansas.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07It's not Kansas.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11It's, as you rightly guessed, about appealing to middle America.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- It's Illinois.- Oh, it's Illinois. - I said Illinois.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- You did say Illinois and I heard that.- Well, amongst the other 50.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Will it play in Peoria? refers to Peoria, Illinois.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26So you've let them back in.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Eggheads, for the contest.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32The alloy invar, commonly used in the manufacture of clocks,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35is a combination of iron and which other metal?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- Is it aluminium?- I thought it was nickel.- Oh.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- Invar.- Invar is I-N-V-A-R.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Iron, nickel - I, N, VAR? No?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51That's true, I suppose.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55I'm not sure. Do we get many aluminium alloys? It's unusual.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- It is.- It's not generally alloyed very much.- No.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00It's what immediately sprang to my mind.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01- I thought of nickel.- Yeah.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06Iron and nickel pop up quite regularly together in various alloys.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Yeah.- But could be aluminium.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13What else could it be? Could it be iron, nickel - I, N, and then VAR.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Could the name be composed, influenced by its contents?
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- I think aluminium is a bit unusual in an alloy.- Yeah, OK.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25I mean, your scientific knowledge is better than mine, so...
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- I've just a faint feeling it's nickel.- OK. Fair enough.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31I'll go with nickel.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34OK, we're unclear here, but we're going with nickel.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Going with nickel...
0:27:36 > 0:27:38So in the battle of science information,
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- a Pat-piece of information outweighs a Kevin-piece.- Just for the moment.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45In a few seconds, it could swing wildly.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47The reason that this alloy is so-named,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50is not actually cos of the I-N meaning iron,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53it's because invar is short for invariable,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55which means that the particular alloy
0:27:55 > 0:27:58doesn't expand or contract in changes of temperatures,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00and that's because that's what happens when you mix
0:28:00 > 0:28:04iron and nickel. You got it absolutely right. We say, congratulations, Eggheads,
0:28:04 > 0:28:06you have won.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14But you must quiz again cos you were absolutely on fire there.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Fantastic. What can I say? Illinois.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- Hard pair to beat.- Illinois. - Illinois!
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- But thanks for playing such a great game.- Thank you.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Commiserations to Sporting Wanderers,
0:28:24 > 0:28:26the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them
0:28:26 > 0:28:29and they still reign supreme over Quiz Land.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £5,000,
0:28:31 > 0:28:33so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers
0:28:39 > 0:28:42have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44£6,000 says they don't. Till then,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46what a great game. Goodbye.