Episode 140 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is - can they be beaten?

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

They are the Eggheads.

And taking n the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths

today are Every Other Tuesday from the west of Scotland.

This team of friends are all members of he charitable organisation

Round Table. They're a sociable bunch and enjoy drinking...

Sorry, planning charity and community events

down the pub every other Tuesday, hence their team name.

-Let's meet them.

-Hi. I'm Alex. I'm 43 and I'm a credit and risk manager.

Hi, I'm Gordon. I'm 42 and I'm a project manager.

Hi, I'm Jimmy. I'm 45 and I'm a commercial insurance broker.

-Hi. I'm Steven. I'm 29 and I'm a law accountant.

-Hi. I'm Stewart. I'm 38.

I'm a marketing manager.

Alex and team, welcome. Good to see you. Tell us about the Round Table.

Tell us what it does.

It's a local organisation based in Helensburgh and district and we get

involved in a number of activities to raise funds for the local community.

-And every other Tuesday is when you meet?

-We do.

There are other ad hoc events, but primarily it's every other Tuesday.

It's based in Helensburgh. Tell us how wonderful Helensburgh is.

Helensburgh is... It could be classed as the birthplace of TV.

-It's the home of John Logie Baird.

-Ah! Suddenly their eyes light up.

A little fact. Oh, a fact! Eggheads, quick!

LAUGHTER

It's also famous for Hell House, which is a work

by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

OK. Well, good luck in this quiz.

Don't be intimidated by the Eggheads

because they've had their problems recently.

Every day, there is £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.

If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Every Other Tuesday, as I mentioned,

the challengers actually overcame the Eggheads in the last game,

which proves it can be done, and it means that £1,000 says you

can't beat them today.

-Do you want to give it a go?

-Oh, yes!

-We'll give it a go.

So the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of science.

Who would like science?

-That will be me.

-That will be you.

Steven? OK. Against which Egghead?

-Does anyone have any preference on which one?

-Who do you want?

I'll go for Tremendous Knowledge Dave, please.

So, it's Steven from Every Other Tuesday versus Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the Eggheads,

and just to ensure there's no conferring, would you please take your positions in the Question Room?

So, when they said science, they said Steven!

-It must be your turn, Steven.

-Yes. It is. I was very brave.

I took a tough subject, but I think I could do OK at this.

-And I know you're a great runner.

-Yes.

-Middle-distance, yeah, would be my speciality.

-Which is what? 10Ks?

-Yeah, 10Ks is normally what I run.

-Personal best?

42 minutes and 30 seconds, roughly.

Oh, I happen to know that's very good cos

I tried to do that without any practice and I took over an hour.

-Oh!

-Yes, that's a very good reaction.

-LAUGHTER

So, science, Steven. Would you like to go first or second?

Can I go first, please?

Here we go. What is the term for the soft skin that covers

the antlers of a deer while the antlers are growing?

Er...

I don't think it's satin.

Erm...

And I don't think it's chenille. I've not heard of chenille.

So I'll go for velvet.

Velvet is the correct answer.

Dave, your question.

How many Earth days does it take the Moon to orbit the Earth?

27.3, but I'm having a brain freeze here.

-27.3 is correct.

-Oh, right. I'm having a... You know,

when you just go absolutely blank, um, you know, in your head

with something you should know straightaway.

Back to you, Steven. A styptic pencil is used to stop what?

A styptic pencil? Erm...

I don't think it would be sneezing.

I can't imagine a pencil would be used to stop sneezing.

Erm...

I think it would be between itching and bleeding. Erm...

I would go for bleeding. I don't think...

It's something you'd want to stop, so bleeding, yes.

Bleeding is the correct answer.

Dave, strobilus is the technical

name for which of these plant structures?

Right. Um...

Not sure at all. Again, brain is freezing at the moment.

It's terrible!

Um... I don't like the look of pea pod or cherry blossom.

I'm going to go for pine cone.

There is a quizzer! Pine cone is the right answer.

OK, you're two each, so, Steve, try and get this one right

and put a bit of pressure on Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

Pills known as Livingstone's Rousers, named after the explorer

David Livingstone, were used to treat which tropical disease?

Erm... I've heard of David Livingstone, obviously,

but I'm not sure what this could be. Erm...

I think David Livingstone went to... Did he explore Central Africa?

Is that right? So, I'm going to hazard a guess at malaria.

Malaria is correct.

I suppose they're all African illnesses,

but, yes, malaria is the most universal.

Dave, your question.

Sperrylite, discovered in the late 19the century,

is a mineral that combines arsenic and which other element?

Right. Um... I'm not sure on this at all.

Um...

Sperrylite...

Um...

I don't think it's platinum.

I don't think it's gold. I'm going to go down the middle with silver.

Eggheads, do you know?

-I think it's right.

-Yeah, I'd have gone for that.

Everyone here would have gone for that. Anyone know on this side?

-No.

-No? Sperrylite is actually arsenic and platinum.

-Never heard of it!

-Don't know what it was for?

Don't know where they found it? In a cupboard somewhere? I'm not sure.

-What it means, Dave, is you're knocked out.

-Yes.

Knocked out with a bit of platinum. And, Steven, well done.

You're in the final round. That's great news for your team.

Please both of you, come back, rejoin your teams, we'll play on.

-Well, Every Other Tuesday, that is a handy start.

-Yup.

-Got to keep it up now.

-Indeed.

As it stands, they have not lost a brain -

the Eggheads have lost a brain.

The next subject if Film And Television.

-Who would like this?

-It's between...

-Do you want me to do it?

-Gordon.

You do it.

I'll do it.

-Go for it. Stewart.

-Stewart.. OK, against which Egghead, Stewart?

Do we know any weaknesses on...?

-I think Chris.

-Chris.

Chris, please, Jeremy.

OK, so it's Stewart from Every Other Tuesday against Chris.

-Film And TV, Chris? Good?

-Fine.

-Fine, OK(!)

-LAUGHTER

-On we go to the Question Room, please.

Stewart, you were a successful rugby player.

I like to think I was. The boys will probably disagree. They were in the teams that I played in, so yeah,

-we had some good fun.

-Tell us who you played for.

I played for Helensburgh Rugby Club from mini rugby right through to...

I still play the odd game for the seconds and the over-35s and stuff.

-But just about hung up the boots now.

-OK, and Film And Television, I'm thinking,

in between games you were actually managing to watch some things?

I would have liked sport, but I'll do Film And Television and see how we get on.

You wouldn't have been so happy with sport, Chris.

-I might have started World War III.

-LAUGHTER

Film And Television, Stewart. Would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please Jeremy.

He's having the day of his life over and over again is a tag

line for which 1993 film?

Um... 1993...

I'm trying to think what year these films are more likely to be

out in than any particular line.

I'm pretty sure I know this one. I think it's Groundhog Day.

Groundhog Day is correct.

Chris, which game show refers to itself as the Dream Factory?

Oh, yeah. That is Deal Or No Deal, Jeremy.

Deal Or No Deal is correct.

Back to you, Stewart.

Steve Brady, played by David Eigenberg,

married which character in Sex And The City?

Um... Not a big fan of this show, I have to say.

I don't think I've watched a single episode.

So this is going to have to be a bit of a guess. Erm...

I'm going to guess and say...Samantha.

-She's the one played by... British actress.

-Kim Cattrall.

Kim Cattrall, yeah. Not Samantha.

And not Carrie, who is the main star.

Miranda is the answer.

Chris, in Hanna-Barbera cartoons, what was the name of the cat

who was regularly tormented by the mice, Pixie and Dixie?

'I hate those meeces to pieces!' It was Mr Jinks.

Mr Jinks is correct. Well done.

So you need to get this one right, Stewart, to stay in.

In which US TV series has Stephen Fry appeared as the character

Dr Gordon Wyatt?

Erm...

Again, not sure about this one.

The only one I've actually seen is Bones.

Is that a reason to go for it? I don't know.

I'm going to go down the right-hand side with this one cos I'm

not sure at all, so I'll say Dexter.

Dexter is your answer.

But it's Bones. It was...

So, Bones is the answer. Sorry, Stewart. That means you lost.

You've been knocked out by Chris and Chris will be in the final round.

Please return to your teams.

So, as it stands, Every Other Tuesday have lost

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

The next subject for you is Food And Drink.

Food And Drink, gentlemen. Who's the cook?

I don't know about cook. But I'll take that one.

OK, Alex, against which Egghead?

Can't be Dave or Chris.

-Kevin?

-Yeah.

Kevin, please.

Alex from Every Other Tuesday versus Kevin from the Eggheads.

The subject, Food And Drink. Please go to the Question Room.

-Alex, you used to work as a golf tour operator.

-I did, yes.

-A few years back.

-Americans would come here and you would show them our courses.

-Yeah.

We'd take them round most of the UK, principally Scotland,

-but other parts of the UK.

-Alex, would you like to go with the first or second set of questions?

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

Here we go. Rheingau and Rheinhessen are wine regions in which country?

The Rhine is leading me to Germany for that one.

So I'll say Germany.

Germany is correct.

Kevin, what is the usual name for the small cake which is

similar to a brownie but made without chocolate?

Never come across it, but I would assume it's probably a blondie.

I can't get anything out of the other two, so I'll say blondie.

Blondie is the right answer.

Over to you, Alex.

What nationality are the chefs Darina Allen and Richard Corrigan?

I'm pretty sure Richard Corrigan is Irish.

So, on that basis, my answer is Irish.

Very well done. Irish is correct.

Quizzing well.

OK, Kevin, over to you.

It's All Good, a recipe book published in 2013,

is by which actress?

I think, of those, the one who's produced a few...

Maybe a few, a couple of books now in the sort of homemaking

range is Gwyneth Paltrow.

So, Gwyneth Paltrow.

Gwyneth Paltrow is the right answer.

So, see if it stays all good for you, Alex. Here's your question.

The Spanish soft cheese, mato, is usually eaten as a dessert

most typically served with what?

I think the fact it's a soft cheese...

I'm going to go for honey on that one.

Honey is correct.

Playing very well.

With great confidence. OK, Kevin, let's see if you can stay in here.

Salt water taffy came to prominence when it was marketed in and around

which city, still regarded as the traditional home of the confection?

I've vaguely heard of it, but not in terms of its...area of origin.

Salt water taffy. I can't even remember what it actually is.

So it doesn't... That doesn't help very much.

They're all coastal cities.

I'm not particularly keen on Miami, there.

But I can make a case for either of the others, unfortunately.

Atlantic City, of course, is a great... Or was.

Well, still is, I suppose, a seaside resort.

I'll have to try Atlantic City because it's a seaside resort.

But it's probably going to turn out to be New Orleans.

OK, you struggled with this one, clearly. Do you know on this side?

-Atlantic City. I think that's correct.

-Alex, what about you?

You have American connections.

I would actually have gone for Atlantic City.

Atlantic City is the right answer, Kevin, well done.

So you are staying in contention here. Three each.

We go to sudden death. Alex, it gets a bit harder.

I don't give you alternative answers.

The hybrid fruit known as a papple that first

went on sale in the UK in 2012 was developed in which country?

Hybrid fruit.

I'm guessing that's possibly a mix between a pear and apple.

It doesn't give me a lot of clue as to where it's coming from.

I suppose the fact that the words are in English.

It's maybe an English-speaking country.

I'm going to go with United States.

New Zealand is the answer.

So, good logic, and it's absolutely a member of the pear family

which looks like an apple.

But it's New Zealand, Alex, so Kevin has the chance to take the round.

On an Italian restaurant menu,

the term melanzane indicates the dish includes what foodstuff?

Typical, this. I used to know this.

I've just not looked at this sort of thing for some time. Um...

Well, the thing that's popped into my mind is aubergine,

so I'm going to say aubergine.

Aubergine is the right answer. Kevin, well done. Sorry, Alex.

Thought you had him on the ropes there.

Sorry, Alex, he's knocked you out.

You won't be in the final, and Kevin will. Please return to your teams.

So, as it stands,

Every Other Tuesday have lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have lost one. We carry on with the game, and with sport.

-Who wants to choose sport?

-It'll be myself.

Gordon, against which egghead? You can have Daphne or Judith.

-There's a choice!

-Go with Judith, please, Jeremy.

OK, so, Gordon from Every Other Tuesday versus Judith,

who's not keen on sport, as I think you know.

And to ensure there's no conferring, please go to the question room.

So, Gordon, would you like to go first or second?

Can I go first, please, Jeremy?

Here we go.

Which sporting figure known for his love of horse racing has

owned or co-owned horses including What A Friend and I'm Fraam Govan?

OK.

I think that's one of Glasgow's most famous sons,

the man from Govan, so that will be Alex Ferguson.

Alex Ferguson is the right answer.

Your question, Judith.

Brandt Snedeker is a leading name in which sport?

I think that is golf.

I think it is golf, too. Well done.

Gordon, back to you. Newport, Rhode Island,

is the home of which sport's International Hall of Fame?

OK. Newport, Rhode Island. It doesn't make me think of tennis.

I think that's likely to be somewhere like Wimbledon. Rhode Island.

It's not ringing any bells with ice hockey.

So I'll go for swimming, please, Jeremy.

It's actually tennis.

But like you, I'm struggling to find the connection here.

Flushing Meadows is in New York, isn't it?

Does anything go on here, tennis-wise? In Newport?

Only in the sense that Newport was one of the great resorts

for the rich and powerful, and so they all had their tennis courts.

It is an International Hall of Fame, but the ones

that are in the States tend to be in some quite out-of-the-way places.

-It's quite small towns.

-The halls of fame?

-They compete quite fiercely to get them, as well.

-OK.

Here's your question, Judith, to take the lead in sport.

Gareth Thomas, the former Welsh rugby union captain,

made his debut for which rugby league club in 2010?

I really don't know.

Rugby league.

Castleford Tigers.

Anyone?

-Daphne?

-Crusaders.

-Where are the Crusaders?

-North Wales, says Kevin.

That explains it.

So, Crusaders is the answer, so still just one point each.

Back to you, Gordon.

In 2012, Cyril Abiteboul became team principal

of which Formula One team?

Now, I know Steven and the team will be sitting shouting at me

from there, because he'll know the answer,

but I have to admit I'm not much of an F1 fan.

So it's going to have to be a pure guess.

I will go for straight down the middle, Toro Rosso, please.

No, it's wrong.

Caterham.

Judith, your question, for the round.

What nationality is Tina Maze, the overall winner of the women's

alpine skiing World Cup title in 2013?

Maze. Well, I wonder if that could be Norwegian.

Or American. Oh, dear, it could be anything.

I don't know anything about Slovenian names.

I think she might be Norwegian.

-No, she's Slovenian.

-Oh, is she?

So, we go to sudden death.

And it gets a bit harder, because I don't give you alternatives.

-Gordon, are you ready?

-Yes.

In 2010, who became only the second German golfer to win a golf

major when he won the US PGA Championship?

I should know that.

My dad's a big golf fan.

I will say Martin Kaymer.

Martin Kaymer is correct.

Good play!

OK, Judith, to stay in, sudden death, here we go.

Which Englishman won the Ballon d'Or, then also

known as the European Footballer Of The Year award, in 2001?

Well, I think it might be old Beckham.

12 years ago, he must have been in his prime then.

-So, Beckham.

-You say David Beckham. I reckon Dave will know this.

-Michael Owen.

-Michael Owen is the answer.

-Oh, Michael Owen!

-It means you won't be in the final round. Gordon, well done.

-Thank you.

You've beaten our Egghead on sudden death.

And if you both rejoin your teams, we will play that final round.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round,

which as always is general knowledge.

But those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be

allowed to take part in this round,

so, Alex and Stewart from Every Other Tuesday, and Judith

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

Gordon, Jimmy and Steven,

you are playing to win Every Other Tuesday £1,000.

Kevin, Daphne and Chris, you're playing for something

that money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation.

As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.

The questions are all general knowledge,

and you are allowed to confer.

So, Every Other Tuesday, the question is,

are your three brains able to take down the Eggheads' three?

-And would you like to go first or second?

-We'll go first.

Good luck to you three.

Which EastEnders character took part in the Olympic torch relay

in a live section of an episode in July 2012?

I think it was Billy. I'm fairly certain it was Billy.

It was definitely Billy.

Because he got lost or something before his time slot.

And he just got the torch at the very last-minute.

I think I actually watched that episode.

Jeremy, I think it's Billy Mitchell.

Billy Mitchell is the right answer.

Eggheads, what is the name of the long-distance walk

which runs between Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire,

at Oakwell Hall, West Yorkshire?

-Wordsworth is the Lakes, isn't it?

-And Thackeray was...

Well, going over from round Lancaster,

you do is order of come over the top and drop down to Howarth, don't you?

It over the Pennines, isn't it? Bronte country.

-I think logically, it's got to be.

-OK.

Jeremy, we feel logically it's the Bronte Way.

Bronte Way is the right answer.

Here is your question.

What is the capital of the Central African Republic?

If I'm honest, none of them make any sense at all.

I thought Lome straightaway, but that's...

I can't knock out any of them. None of them are familiar.

-I've got a gut feeling it's Lome.

-It's French. Belgian as well.

-OK.

-I think that kind of area was. We'll go for Lome.

-Lome.

-It's actually Bangui. Where is Lome?

-Togo.

-And where is Nouakchott?

-Mauritania.

-Mauritania, a little way away. OK, Bangui is the answer.

Eggheads, here's your question.

Billy Crocker and Hope Harcourt are characters

in which musical by Cole Porter?

It's not Annie Get Your Gun.

Kiss Me Kate is the one that's based on Taming Of The Shrew,

and they're not in that.

So it's Anything Goes.

It's Anything Goes.

I knew you wouldn't get that wrong, Daphne. Right up your street.

Anything Goes. She loves her musicals.

So, they've got you on the back foot slightly here.

You must get this question right to stay alive.

Prior to his ordination into the clergy, Justin Welby,

who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013, worked in which industry?

Oil, shipping or film?

I have no idea.

Something in my mind, deep in the back, says it's oil,

but I'm not 100% certain, so can either of you talk me out of it?

I remember reading the papers about it, but I can't...

-He's clergy, so film?

-I have faith in the back of your mind, Jimmy.

OK, shall we go for it? We'll go for oil.

-Yes, oil is correct.

-Well done!

-Still breathing there. Well done.

Every Other Tuesday are still in the contest.

Eggheads, though, you can end it if you get this right.

What is the title of Tate Britain's 1853 painting

by William Holman Hunt that depicts a mistress and her lover?

The one with the mistress in it. It's not Light Of The World.

The Awakening Conscience? Because she's sort of sitting on his lap.

And she is having second thoughts, seeing the moral light,

seeing the error of her ways and her lifestyle.

I think it's The Awakening Conscience.

That's The Awakening Conscience.

If you have got this right, the contest is over.

If not, we go to sudden death.

The Tate Britain painting by Hunt from 1853 is

The Awakening Conscience.

We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

APPLAUSE

But well done for getting them down to three.

More than we thought we'd get.

-Many don't do that. Back on track, Eggs.

-Yes. A little...

Beginning to get our strength back again.

Commiserations to Every Other Tuesday,

and thanks so much for playing.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally,

and they reign supreme over Quizland once again.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £1,000,

so the money rolls over to the next show. Eggheads, congratulations.

Who will beat you? Join us next time to see

if a new team of challenges have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£2,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.