Episode 28 Eggheads

These people are among 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, where five quiz challengers put their wits

against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain - the Eggheads!

Challenging our resident quiz champions today are Lutterworth CIA from Leicestershire.

The majority of this team are with the Citizens' Advice Bureau, except for Christoph,

who is Ian's son. Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Ian, I'm 66 and I'm a volunteer general adviser.

Hello, my name's Christoph, I'm 40 and I'm a warehouse team lead.

Hi. My name is Ray, I'm 62 years old and I am a gateway assessor.

Hi, I'm Roger, I'm 62 years old and I'm a general adviser.

Hi, I'm David, I'm 70 and I'm also a general adviser.

Welcome to you, Lutterworth CIA.

Just looking at the team name, we've got Citizens' Advice, but you're a bit shady as well?

-Absolutely, yes.

-Spying?

CIA stands for Confidential, Impartial Advice,

which in addition to being free is what the Citizens' Advice does for the people of Lutterworth

-and around the country.

-That really says it all.

Now we understand. So you're not going to be wearing dark glasses and raincoats.

So tell me about the work you do. The kind of advice required,

does it cover every possible aspect?

Almost every conceivable area of advice, but typically it would be areas like consumer problems,

benefit problems, when there are lots of changes going on on the benefits side,

employment issues, money advice issues, particularly a lot of debt problems around.

So those are the areas, but literally people come in or ring us up or text

and they could ask almost any subject under the sun and we would either be able to answer it

or be able to direct them to somewhere to find it out.

Generally, we try to find out the answers.

Are you always on the hunt for more expertise?

If people want to volunteer and have a particular speciality or field,

-you presumably welcome them along?

-Whether they've got expertise in a particular field or not,

we're always looking for extra volunteers for reception or to train as general advisers or assessors.

If there were a few lawyers prepared to give us advice on employment law, that would be fantastic.

People of specific skills are very useful to us.

OK, let's play this quiz, then. Lutterworth CIA, best of luck.

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

but if they fail, the prize money rolls over to the next show.

The Eggheads have won the last five games,

so £6,000 says you can't beat them.

OK, let's start, shall we?

Our first head-to-head battle is on Film and Television.

Who'd like to start us off?

I think that was me.

That was you, Ray. Ray's going to take on...

Who do you think? Who's not been watching TV?

They all look seriously impressive. Let's try Chris, I think.

-Chris, please, Dermot.

-OK, to start us off it's Ray and Chris on Film and Television.

Both please go to the Question Room.

All right, Ray, you get to choose - do you want to go first or second?

I think I'll go first, please.

First question for you, Ray. In which Carry On film does Kenneth Williams cry,

"Frying tonight!" as he falls into a vat of bubbling liquid?

In which Carry On film does he cry,

"Frying tonight!" as he falls into a vat of bubbling liquid?

I don't really know, Dermot,

so I'll have to try a process of elimination, I think.

-A vat of boiling liquid?

-Bubbling liquid.

-Bubbling liquid.

I don't recognise any of them, really.

Where would you see a vat of bubbling liquid?

It could be outdoors.

I think I'll try Cowboy.

That suggests outdoors.

-Cowboy.

-OK, Carry On Cowboy.

Kenneth Williams.

It's not the right answer. Chris?

-It's the horror spoof, Carry On Screaming.

-Carry On Screaming.

-With Fenella Fielding.

-Indeed.

OK, well, Chris, your first question.

What was the favourite food of Badger, the animal half of TV duo Bodger and Badger?

What was the favourite food of Badger, the animal half of TV duo Bodger and Badger?

Don't ask me why I know this, but mashed potato.

We won't, then. But you have the right answer.

Ray, second question.

What was the name of the housepainter played by Karl Howman in the TV comedy Brush Strokes?

What was the name of the housepainter played by Karl Howman in the TV comedy Brush Strokes?

I've no idea.

So it's going to be a complete guess.

I'll go to the right and say Jacko, but that's a complete guess.

We've asked you about films you hadn't seen and now a television series you haven't seen,

but you've got this one right. Well done, with a guess.

Jacko, correct. OK.

Chris, who played the title role in the 2009 film The Young Victoria?

Who played the title role in the 2009 film The Young Victoria?

Oh! Don't think it was Keira Knightley or Rebecca Hall.

I think it was Emily Blunt.

Young Victoria, played by Emily Blunt. Correct. Ray, you need this.

Barbara Luddy provided the voice for the main female character in which Disney animation?

Barbara Luddy provided the voice for the main female character in which Disney animation?

Never heard of her.

I think this time I'll probably go, since it was obviously a major part,

I'll go diddle for middle, Lady and The Tramp, as a pure guess.

Another guess and you've landed it! Yes, Lady and The Tramp.

But Chris has a chance to win here. Lawrence Tierney, Martin Sheen and Warren Oates have all played

which US criminal on film?

Lawrence Tierney, Martin Sheen and Warren Oates have all played which US criminal on film?

I don't think Pretty Boy Floyd was... Well, he was notorious,

but he's not in the mythology to the same extent as the other two.

Al Capone or John Dillinger.

The ideal Al Capone was Bob Hoskins, but he didn't get the part. De Niro got it instead.

So...all things considered, I'll go for John Dillinger.

OK, all things considered. You have the right answer!

And a place in the final round. Bad luck, Ray. You recovered,

but it was just too late. You won't be in the final round. Both please join your teams.

First round to the Eggheads, so Lutterworth CIA missing one brain. Eggheads are all there.

Moving on to our next head-to-head. Science.

Who'd like to play this one?

Roger. This was pre-arranged.

OK. And did you have in your head who you might play from the Eggheads?

-We'll try Tremendous Knowledge.

-I like that. Don't even say Dave. Just call him Tremendous Knowledge.

OK, let's have Roger and Dave into the Question Room, please.

-OK, Roger, are you good at science?

-Well, it's a long time since I did science.

I'm worried that so much has been discovered since then, but I'll do my best.

-All right. First or second?

-I'll go first.

We kick off with this. Which arithmetical process is represented by a symbol resembling a letter X?

Which arithmetical process is represented by a symbol resembling a letter X?

I'm sure it's multiplication.

Nothing more you can really say about that! Right answer, well done.

Dave, first question.

In geometry, how many sides does a parallelogram have?

-In geometry, how many sides does a parallelogram have?

-Er, four.

Yes. It's the right answer. Straight back to Roger.

Which gas was given the name fire air by the scientist Carl Wilhelm Scheele

because it supports combustion?

Which gas was given the name fire air by the scientist Carl Wilhelm Scheele

because it supports combustion?

Again, hydrogen burns. I don't think nitrogen burns.

And oxygen is what you need for combustion, so oxygen.

That is correct. Well done, Roger.

A quick two on the board.

Dave, the American scientist Richard Feynman was awarded the Nobel Prize in which category in 1965?

The American scientist Richard Feynman was awarded the Nobel Prize in which category in 1965?

I haven't heard of him. I'm going to go Chemistry.

OK, you've gone for Chemistry. No. Other Eggheads?

-Physics.

-Physics.

-Right, fine.

-Physics.

Opens the door slightly for Roger.

Can you push through it here and get into the final round?

The tragopan, native to Asia, is what type of bird?

The tragopan - T-R-A-G-O-P-A-N -

native to Asia, is what type of bird?

Again, I don't know, but let's see if we can... Tragopan.

It's a guess, but I'm going to go with pheasant.

A guess at an Asian pheasant. And it's the right answer!

You are in the final round.

Well done, Roger. We don't put another one to Dave.

You're straight into the final round. Would you both please come back and join your teams?

It's evenly balanced at the moment. Both teams have lost one brain from the final round.

And our next category is Sport.

Who'd like to play this? Sport.

- What do you think? - I think you.

- You go for it. - Sure?

-OK. It's me.

-OK, Ian.

Now choose an Egghead. It can't be Dave or Chris.

Judith, please. I'm so predictable, aren't I?

-I was just praying!

-Judith was trying her special "Don't pick me" face.

-Yes.

-All right. Let's have Ian and Judith into the Question Room.

Ian, let's see if you can follow Roger into the final round. Would you like to go first or second?

I'd like to go first, please.

Good luck to you, Ian.

In the acronym LOCOG, for what does the letter L stand?

In the acronym LOCOG, for what does the letter L stand?

I'm reasonably sure it's London.

-Do you know the rest of it?

-Olympic something Organising Group?

-Nearly there!

London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games.

You're right. London referring to London 2012, of course. Correct.

And Judith,

which cartoon character is named after a legendary New York Yankees baseball player?

Which cartoon character is named after a legendary New York Yankees baseball player?

I think that's Yogi Bear.

Named after...?

-Yogi Bear.

-Yogi Berra.

-Yogi Berra. Exactly.

-You know what?

That question. I didn't know it was that way round.

-I thought Yogi Bear existed...

-I did, too.

-..and then there was a family called Berra.

"We'll call our son Yogi just for fun!"

-That's the way I thought it was.

-So did I.

-Right answer, anyway.

On to another pair of questions. This is for you, Ian.

Who was the first male tennis player to win Junior and Senior singles titles at Wimbledon?

Who was the first male tennis player to win Junior and Senior singles titles at Wimbledon?

I don't think it would be Bjorn Borg because he won at Wimbledon...

He won the senior title at a very young age, so I'll rule him out.

Lendl was Czech.

I'm not sure if he'd have been playing in Junior Wimbledons.

He could have been, but my best guess would be John McEnroe.

OK, John McEnroe for titles there

at junior and senior level at Wimbledon...

It's incorrect. Do you know of the other two, Judith?

-I don't know. I guess Bjorn Borg?

-Yeah, Bjorn Borg.

He showed some early indication of what he would achieve as a junior.

Nothing there and a chance for the lead for Judith.

Which county cricket team, Judith, plays home matches at Nevil Road?

Which county cricket team plays home matches at Nevil Road?

I think that is Warwickshire.

-OK, Warwickshire... A bit of shaking the heads from the Eggheads.

-Really?

-I think it's Gloucestershire.

-It's Gloucestershire.

-Oh.

So, it stays all square.

Ian, your question.

With which team did the ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky end his NHL career in 1999?

With which team did the ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky

end his NHL career in 1999?

Yes, I vaguely remember him playing up in...

I thought it was for one of the Canadian teams,

but ending his career...

Purely on the basis that the Florida Panthers may have been trying

to make a name for themselves,

I don't know how good a team they are, I'll go for Florida Panthers.

I see your reasoning, but it's not the right answer.

-Anyone know from the Eggheads?

-I think he wound up at the Rangers.

Yeah, New York Rangers. OK, well, Judith, a chance to win it...

Paul Pablo Johnson of Santa Monica Athletic Club

is most associated with the development of which sport?

Paul Pablo Johnson of Santa Monica Athletic Club

is most associated with the development of which sport?

There are a lot of beaches in California with people on them.

I'm just going to bet on beach volleyball.

OK, beach volleyball... It's the right answer.

-Oh, no.

-Good bet.

-I'm so sorry, Ian. That's not fair.

But you'll take the win, I know.

Well, that means Judith has won the round and no place for Ian in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

The Eggheads in the ascendancy now, two brains gone from Lutterworth CIA and one Egghead.

We reach our last head-to-head before the final round, so can you knock an Egghead out here

and make it all square in the final round? It's Politics

and Christoph or David to play.

I'll do that if you want.

Right, so it's David.

All right, David. Who would you like to play from the Eggheads? Who have we got left? Kevin or Daphne.

Who do you think?

-I think they're both extremely good.

-They are, yes.

-Daphne.

-Daphne, OK.

It's going to be David and Daphne playing Politics. Could I ask you both to go to the question room?

Good to have you here, David. They tell me you're a voracious reader

and you read everything from books to the backs of cereal packets.

Yes, I can't stop reading. I have to read all the notice boards, everything that's in front of me.

So, you know how much niacin and sugar there are in your Corn Flakes and things like that?

-Sugar particularly.

-There's a lot in so many cereals, you wouldn't imagine it!

-It's Politics. Would you like to go first or second?

-First, please.

Good luck, David. Your first question.

What was the approximate voter turnout at the 2010 UK General Election?

What was the approximate voter turnout at the 2010 UK General Election?

I think 85% is too high

and I think it was a low turnout,

so I would go with 45%.

OK, 45%...

It's not. 85%, you were right about.

It's 65% though.

OK, Daphne,

which term refers to a monarchy which is not limited by laws or a constitution?

Which term refers to a monarchy

which is not limited by laws or a constitution?

I love the idea of an utter monarchy,

but it's absolute.

Utter is a great one. Absolute is the right answer. You have the lead.

So, David,

who was US President when the White House was set on fire by British troops?

Who was US President when the White House was set on fire by British troops?

It was either John Adams or immediately before him.

I think it was John Adams.

OK, John Adams... Was it, Daphne?

I think it was Andrew Jackson.

-No.

-James Madison.

James Madison. It's James Madison.

Any of the Eggheads give me the date?

-1812.

-During the War of 1812.

-OK, right.

-It was actually 1814 when the burning was done.

-The burning of the White House.

-The War of 1812, despite the name,

actually lasted until 1815. It was in the latter stages of the war.

-OK, in 1814.

-Yeah, we attacked... we sacked Washington, essentially.

-Is the one that's there now the one they rebuilt?

-Yeah.

OK, so nearly 200 years old.

All right, Daphne, well, you have a chance to win the round here.

The Two Thousand Words by Ludvik Vaculik was a political manifesto for the people of which country?

The Two Thousand Words by Ludvik Vaculik was a political manifesto

for the people of which country?

Oh...

Rings a bell.

I think...

I think it might have been Czechoslovakia.

OK, The Two Thousand Words manifesto

for the people of Czechoslovakia is the right answer, Daphne.

You are into the final round.

Bad luck, David. Would you both come back and join your teams?

This is what we've been playing towards - the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.

Those of you who lost your head-to-heads

can't take part in this round,

so, Ian, Ray and David from Lutterworth CIA and Dave from the Eggheads,

would you leave the studio now, please?

So, Christoph and Roger, you're playing to win Lutterworth CIA £6,000.

Judith, Kevin, Daphne and Chris, you're playing for something money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation.

I'll ask each team three questions in turn, all General Knowledge, and you are allowed to confer.

So, Lutterworth CIA, the question is, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

Christoph and Roger, do you want to go first or second?

-Go first, shall we?

-We've decided to follow the trend and go first, please, Dermot.

OK, Lutterworth CIA starting the final round with this question...

Which royal household official is in charge of the Royal Watermen?

Which royal household official is in charge of the Royal Watermen?

-It won't be canoemaster. I can't see the Queen in a canoe.

-Not in a canoe.

Or in a raft. I think it's bargemaster.

By a logic of style of travel, mode of travel, bargemaster.

Bargemaster... Yes, of course it is the right answer.

And, of course, much featured during 2012 and the Diamond Jubilee

-and that flotilla involving the royal...

-Procession.

The royal barge done up with glitter.

They've got examples of the previous royal barges, very ornate things,

at the Museum of London.

They are fantastic things to see.

I've been round that exhibition as well.

It was an incredibly important form of transport,

ceremonial, of course, in 2012,

but you read a historical novel or biography of a king or queen

and they travel up and down the river on barges.

-Much the quickest way of getting about.

-Vast, unwieldy things.

Absolute swines to row, apparently.

All right. There we have it, the bargemaster, not the canoemaster.

Eggheads, here's your first question.

What is the name of the padded cushion used for kneeling on in a church?

What is the name of the padded cushion

used for kneeling on in church?

-Hassock?

-A hassock, yes.

-Yeah.

-Yes, hassock.

-Yeah.

You don't want to kneel on a hummock or a hillock as you might fall off.

-This is a hassock.

-A hassock is the correct answer.

It's all square. Back to Lutterworth CIA, second question.

In July 2012, the JLS star Marvin Humes married which member of The Saturdays?

In July 2012, the JLS star Marvin Humes married

which member of The Saturdays?

-Your question.

-No...

Well, I'm supposed to be the expert on these things.

I'm not going to help on this one, I'm afraid.

I haven't even got a method of eliminating any,

so I'm just going to choose...

Frankie.

OK, you've got to guess, really.

Let's check with Chris as he knows everything about The Saturdays.

Yeah, it comes between Friday and Sunday. That's about all I know!

Um...

Well...

You know me and girl bands...

I wouldn't know,

but if our honourable opponent says Frankie, I'll go with Frankie.

OK, right, well, we just like to tease Chris about it.

He always seems to get caught out by a girl band question,

but you have been caught out by it. It's not Frankie. Any Egghead know?

-Rochelle?

-It's Rochelle.

So, a chance for the lead for the Eggheads here.

Eggheads, inhabitants of which city are referred to as Cariocas?

Inhabitants of which city are referred to as Cariocas?

C-A-R-I-O-C-A-S.

In The Three Caballeros, the parrot is Joe Carioca.

-That's right.

-The what?

In the Disney cartoon, The Three Caballeros, one of them is a parrot

-called Joe Carioca.

-Who comes from Rio?

-He comes from Rio.

Yeah, it's a...

It's a term that's been used...

There may have been a mascot in one of the big sporting tournaments

that was called Carioca.

Or maybe that's coming up with the next Olympics. That's possible.

But they're inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro.

OK, Rio de Janeiro,

Chris locking it down with... It's another cartoon character.

-We had Yogi Bear. What did you have, Chris?

-Joe Carioca. A parrot.

A parrot. It's the right answer. Rio is the answer we required.

It gives you the lead

and some pressure on Lutterworth CIA. It means you need to get this one.

In the 13th and 14th centuries, James of St George was famous as what?

In the 13th and 14th centuries,

James of St George was famous as what?

Shall we try and knock one out?

Dismiss... Dismiss architect?

Troubadour seems a bit sort of...

If he was an architect from that era,

we would know the name still now.

-Probably.

-Bizarre logic.

-I'm going to...

-What do you reckon? Crusader?

-Yeah.

-Give it a go.

-We're going to plump for crusader, please.

Crusader... 13th and 14th centuries, I see where you're coming from.

James of St George was famous as...

an architect.

Which means, Eggheads, you've won.

Bad luck there, ruled out architect, so would never get the right answer.

Eggheads, what did he design, what did he build?

-Castles.

-Castles.

-I thought medieval architects were all anonymous.

That's the thing. He was one of the first architects who was really known by name.

He was responsible for most of the great castles of North Wales

that Edward I had built - Harlech, Conwy, all of those.

So, he really is one of the first named architects.

I see. So, now you know all about James of St George.

If anyone comes in saying, "I'm worried about the architect who built that," you can tell them.

Thank you very much for coming in to play the Eggheads today, Lutterworth CIA, but it wasn't to be in the end.

Best of luck with all that fantastic work you do and thank you very much for quizzing with the Eggheads.

Those Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and they still reign supreme over quizland.

You won't be going home with the £6,000. That means the money rolls over to the next show.

So, Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£7,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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