Episode 29 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 challengers

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

They are the Eggheads.

And challenging our quiz Goliaths are...

This team have been friends since their schooldays.

They applied for the programme after seeing their favourite teacher lose his head-to-head.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Joe, I'm 22 and I'm an economics graduate.

Hi, I'm Alex, 22, sports graduate and cricket coach.

My name's John, I'm 22 and I'm studying for a masters in business management.

Hi, I'm Neil, I'm 22 and I work in finance.

Hi, I'm Sam, I'm 22 and I'm a recent civil engineering graduate.

Welcome to you. So here for a bit of revenge.

-Was he one of your favourite teachers?

-He was our favourite maths teacher at school.

They lost every round, though, so I think we'll do a bit better than that.

And you all went to school together?

A few of us went to primary school together, so from the age of four,

and the rest of us have known each other since the age of 11.

Fantastic. Tell me about the quiz name, Quiz Team Assemble.

I think I know what you're referring to there.

It's just a quote from our favourite film, Anchorman.

That's one of my favourites. Just call me Ron Burgundy!

Well, let's play, then, Quiz Team Assemble.

Every day, there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

The Eggheads have won the last six games.

That means £7,000 says you can't beat them.

Let's get on with it. First head-to-head is on History.

Who'd like to play this?

-I think it's agreed that I would.

-We'll go with Neil on this one.

-I'll have a pop.

-We've got John the history graduate, but we'll leave it for Neil!

-I'm not sure that makes sense.

-Playing to our strengths!

Who would you like to play from the Eggheads?

-Who do we think?

-I will...

I'll have a go at Daphne, please.

Let's have Neil and Daphne into the Question Room.

That's to make sure you can't confer with your teammates.

Neil, do you want to go first or second?

Can I go first, please?

OK, Neil, first question is this...

Which post-war UK Prime Minister was nicknamed Sunny Jim?

I assume the Jim is short for James.

I know it's Edward Heath,

Harold Wilson, I believe, and James Callaghan,

so, erm, I'll go for Callaghan, please.

You've worked it out. It's the right answer.

Daphne, your first question.

What name was given to the fashionable modern young women of the 1920s?

They were Flappers!

They were. That is the right answer.

Why Flappers?

They were flighty, air-headed young women

who got in a flap about things.

-Right.

-At one time, a pillion seat on a motorcycle was called a flapper bracket.

Was it? OK!

We have a pair of correct answers to the first questions.

Neil, your second one.

At one time, the formal title "Despot"

was given to princes of which empire?

Erm, I haven't got a clue, I'm afraid. Erm...

It doesn't sound particularly Japanese.

I'm not particularly good with languages

but I don't think that sounds Japanese.

I've never even heard of Byzantine.

Erm...

I'll just go for Aztec.

OK, Aztec. Despots from the Aztec Empire...

I suppose in the modern understanding of the word,

there were quite a few of them in the Aztec world,

but they weren't called that.

Daphne, do you know?

-Byzantine.

-Byzantine.

Daphne, this is your question, then, for a lead.

Which British king married a woman whose full name was...

..Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes?

That was...

..George V.

Queen Mary.

-Queen Mary of...?

-Teck.

Yes. Became much shorter than all that.

George V is the right answer. You have a lead.

Neil, you need to get a correct answer here.

What is the name of the movement named after a Dutch theologian

and promoted by the French monk Jean du Vergier de Hauranne?

Again, never heard of it, I'm afraid.

If it's something to do with the Dutch,

I would lean towards, er,

is it Jansenism?

-I'll go with my gut and say Jansenism.

-OK.

And you've got it. It's the right answer. Well done.

You've got to hang on in there and hope Daphne doesn't get this.

In Anglo-Saxon England,

what was a gemot?

Well, this one passed me by, so...

No, nothing's coming.

It'll have to be a guess. I will guess...

What will I guess? I'll guess...

-..a dungeon.

-OK, a dungeon. Other Eggheads?

-Meeting.

-It's a meeting, Daphne.

-Oh. OK.

I told you I didn't know!

That's good news for you, Neil. You did hang in there.

You're into Sudden Death now, which means we remove those options.

Here's your question. The Order of Saint Lazarus, dating back to the Crusades,

was established to tend those suffering from which disease?

Er, never heard of it.

Er, I'm trying to think of diseases which were fairly common back then.

It's going to have to be a guess, I'm afraid.

I'll just go for...

.typhoid.

OK, typhoid. Terrible disease, but not the one we wanted.

Daphne, do you know?

-Leprosy.

-Leprosy is the answer.

This is your question, Daphne.

"Apostolic King"

was a title given to the kings of which country?

Oh, dear! I ought to know this.

The Apostolic King...

Oh, dear.

Spain?

No! Incorrect.

Second chance she's had and missed it. It's Hungary.

Hungary.

You live again to fight another day.

You don't often see that with Daphne,

missing two chances to wrap the round up.

Who was British Prime Minister

when the Corn Laws were repealed, Neil?

I'm starting to use this phrase a bit too often, I'm afraid I don't know!

I...

I don't even know when that happened particularly. Erm...

I will just take another complete shot in the dark

and go for...

-..Benjamin Disraeli.

-OK. Benjamin Disraeli.

It's incorrect, Neil. It's not. Do you know, Daphne?

-Was it Peel?

-Yes. Robert Peel.

So another chance for Daphne.

Which European revolutionary volunteered as a naval captain

for the state of Rio Grande do Sul

during his South American exile of 1836 to 1848?

I know his surname

but I can't remember his Christian name.

Well, it's Garibaldi.

Erm...

Oh, crumbs!

Giuseppe Garibaldi?

-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

-Giuseppe Garibaldi.

-Yes.

It's the correct answer! Yes, Daphne.

You dredged it up from somewhere. Going through agonies there!

-Yes.

-Mental agonies! As we were!

Quiz Team Assemble were hoping you wouldn't get it.

Giuseppe Garibaldi was it.

-You always had Garibaldi in your mind.

-Yes.

You know I wouldn't have allowed it without the first name.

You are through to the Final Round. No place for you, Neil. Come back and join your teams.

OK, as it stands, Quiz Team Assemble are one member down.

The Eggheads are all there.

Quiz Team, we move on to our next head-to-head. It's Music.

Who wants to play this one?

We had someone in mind for that, didn't we? John.

Even though I was the history graduate, I think I'll play Music.

All right, then, John, choose an Egghead.

Who would you like to play?

Providing there's no Sugababes questions, I think I'll go against Chris.

DERMOT LAUGHS

You share a dislike of girl bands with Chris?

-I just know it's his strength.

-Well, yes!

Let's have John and Chris into the Question Room, please.

OK, John the historian, time to put your music knowledge to the test.

-Do you want to go first or second?

-First, please, Dermot.

Good luck, John. Here you go.

"Hop on the bus, Gus"

is one of the 50 ways to do what, according to Paul Simon?

OK, well, the Tell Me Lies reference is wasted on me, sadly.

Amarillo, Tony Christie...

Neil Sedaka wrote it, I think.

Presumably, it's Leave Your Lover.

It is indeed. That's the right answer.

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.

"Hosanna" and "Gethsemane"

are musical numbers in which Andrew Lloyd Webber show?

They're both Biblical references so it's Jesus Christ Superstar.

Yes, it is. That's the right answer.

Back to you, John.

In which century was the English composer Henry Purcell born?

OK, I must say,

I was hoping to avoid composers, you know,

so I'm going to have to have a slight guess on this one, I think.

Erm, I'm not entirely sure.

I'm not remotely sure, if I'm honest,

so I'm going to go for...

..17th century.

OK, the 17th century.

A little chuckle from the Eggheads because you've got the right answer.

The game within the game I like to play with Kevin is,

what precise year was Henry Purcell born?

Funnily enough, I can remember the year he died, 1695,

but I can't... He wasn't that long-lived.

-So...

-What would your guess be?

-What would my guess be?

1659.

-That'd be about right!

-OK.

-1659 precisely.

There he goes! Well, there we are!

Second question to Chris.

Released in 2007,

what is the title of Kylie Minogue's tenth studio album?

The short answer to that is "Who Cares?" but, erm...

Er...

HE HUMS TO SELF

One from three - X.

OK.

Picking up on the tenth link there. It is the right answer.

Well done. All square.

Going well, John.

What was the title of the song performed by Jedward at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest?

I'm quite proud to say

that I'm not 100 percent sure on this, either!

Again, it's going to be a bit of a guess.

I can't believe Waterfront. That sounds like a crazy title.

Then, again, they all do. I'm going to go for Waterlogged.

OK, Waterlogged. Which is actually what their challenge was really!

It was not Waterlogged.

I won't even ask Chris. He doesn't even know who Jedward are.

-Other Eggheads?

-Waterline?

-Waterline, yes.

-Wasn't it their second consecutive appearance?

-It was.

That was the amazing fact about the appearance! It was their second!

It's Waterline,

where you might be holed below if Chris gets this.

The ballet Pineapple Poll uses an arrangement of music by which composer?

It uses tunes from HMS Pinafore by Arthur Sullivan.

John's not kicking himself. I'm sure you wouldn't have fancied that question.

It is the right answer. Chris, you are through.

Bad luck, John. No place for you. Would you both join your teams?

Quiz Team, you've been whittled down a bit.

Two brains missing from the final. The Eggheads haven't lost any.

Our third head-to-head is Arts & Books. Who wants to play this one?

-I think Sam.

-Sam's playing this.

That's one of a couple we didn't want to come up.

THEY TALK AT ONCE

Well, you thought it through and you know the categories.

Sam, by default, going for it.

Who would you like to play? It can't be Daphne or Chris.

You have Barry, Dave or Kevin.

Dave?

-Do you want to take Dave on?

-Yes.

I'll go against Dave, I think.

Let's have Sam and Dave into the Question Room.

OK, Sam, this, of course, is the round,

this is the category that your favourite teacher, Mr Rushton, played, isn't it?

If I remember rightly, that's correct.

You're there to avenge him.

Let's hope you don't have the same outcome.

Would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

Good luck, Sam.

What type of clothing is named after the artist Gainsborough,

as it featured in several of his portraits?

I've never even heard of Gainsborough, I'm afraid,

so it's going to be pure guesswork.

Erm, I'm assuming that you wouldn't paint someone in shorts

as often you would in a raincoat or a hat,

so I'll guess raincoat.

OK, raincoat.

You're right about the shorts, but it is a hat.

A hat.

Dave,

in Shakespeare's King Henry IV Part 2,

to whom does Henry IV say, "I know thee not, old man"?

-Falstaff.

-On the basis of what - the other two aren't even in it?

Yes. I've still got to brush up a lot of Shakespeare, but Falstaff.

That's correct. Falstaff.

OK, Sam, you need to get this, I suspect.

Which writer built the house Max Gate

and lived there until his death in 1928?

Again, I don't know, I'm afraid!

Pure guesswork again! Erm...

My philosophy has always been "If in doubt, go for C"

so I'll go for EM Forster.

OK. EM Forster is...

I see what you did in the first one, then.

-Not the right answer again.

-OK!

-EM Forster is incorrect.

Do you know, Dave?

I don't really know. I'd go Gerard Manley Hopkins myself.

-Is it Hardy?

-It's Hardy.

-I didn't know he'd lived that late.

A chance for Dave to take the round.

Which English society hostess, born in 1873,

was the inspiration for characters created by DH Lawrence and Aldous Huxley?

I don't know the answer to this. Erm...

I do like the look of Sibyl Colefax so I'll go for that.

-Sibyl Colefax.

-OK. Sibyl Colefax. Is it, other Eggheads?

ALL: No. Ottoline Morrell.

-It's Ottoline Morrell.

-Fair enough.

Right...

Just hanging in there, Sam, but you need to get this one.

The 2012 children's book "Itch" was written by which radio presenter?

I've never heard of "C" in this case so I won't be going for that!

Because Chris Moyles has stopped his show most recently,

I'll go for him. Chris Moyles.

OK. Chris Moyles. Time to write a children's book, perhaps...

You'll be glad it wasn't "C", James Naughtie.

But it's not "B". It's Simon Mayo.

Simon Mayo wrote Itch.

I think it's time for you to get your coat!

-Sorry about that!

-That's all right.

Nothing there. Nothing at all.

-Dave has assembled enough points to knock you out.

-Just about!

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Quiz Team Assemble, you need to put that round behind you.

Let's move on

and try and get one of you through into the Final Round.

This last head-to-head is Film & Television.

So we have Alex or Joe.

-I'll go for it.

-OK, Joe, it's you.

You can play...

-..Kevin or Barry.

-Who shall I play?

-Barry?

-Yes, take Barry.

-Barry, I think.

-All right.

Of course. Joe and Barry to play Film & Television

from the Question Room, please.

Joe, you better get through or there won't be any quiz team to assemble!

All right, it's Film and TV.

-Do you want to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please.

In Little Britain,

which David Walliams' character wanted to "write the theme tune, sing the theme tune"?

It's Dennis Waterman.

Dennis Waterman is correct, yes. It's the right answer.

Your first question, Barry.

In 2011, Rachel Bright

took on the role of Poppy Meadow in which soap?

I only watch two of those soaps,

Coronation Street, which I absolutely adore,

and Emmerdale, which I also enjoy,

and she's not in either of those so she must be in EastEnders.

Lucky you watched two out of three, otherwise you might've struggled.

EastEnders is correct, by process of elimination.

Joe, good start.

Which film had the tagline

"Nothing On Earth Could Come Between Them"?

Well, I'm not sure I...

I didn't think it was Titanic

but I don't know the other two that well.

I'll go for Titanic.

OK. Titanic.

As Sam pointed out in his round, the "C" option, he called it.

Are you going to sink without trace? No! It's the right answer.

Barry, which film production company,

founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe,

was behind "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Bridget Jones's Diary"?

I'm going to have to start reading the credits at the end of films!

My cup of tea might have to wait an extra ten minutes!

I think it was Working Title.

It's the right answer, Barry.

It's all square. Going well, Joe.

Get this on the board and you never know what might happen.

Which British actor starred with Ingrid Bergman

in the 1949 Alfred Hitchcock film "Under Capricorn"?

Slightly before my time!

Er...

-I'll go with Michael

-Willding.

-OK. Michael Wilding.

-Wilding, sorry.

-It's the right answer!

-There you go!

-Good guess.

You have those three. Barry needs this.

The actress Mila Kunis was born in which modern-day country?

-Can you just spell that name for me?

-M-I-L-A

K-U-N-I-S.

Kunis. That's not an Armenian name.

Their names always seem to end in I-A-N.

Mila Kunis. I don't think it's a Georgian name, either.

I shall go for the Ukraine.

Mila Kunis - born in the Ukraine. It is. Well worked out.

It's all square.

We go to Sudden Death, Joe,

removing the options.

Which British actor played the character Benji Dunn for the first time

in the 2006 film Mission: Impossible III?

-Have you seen it?

-I have. I think, er, it's Simon Pegg.

-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

-It's the right one. Simon Pegg.

Well done.

Who played the title character in the 1991 film

"Father of the Bride"?

I think I have seen this a long time ago.

It was a remake, wasn't it, of a '40s film?

I think it was Steve Martin.

That's correct, yes.

Back to you, Joe.

Which American actress has played characters called

Sukie Ridgemont, Susie Diamond and Velma Von Tussle

during her film career?

-I don't know. I wouldn't even...

-You're going to pass?

-Yes.

-Is that Madeline Kahn?

-That's incorrect. Other Eggheads?

-Renee Zellweger.

-No.

-Michelle Pfeiffer.

-Michelle Pfeiffer, from Kevin there.

OK. You have a chance to win it on your question.

Who played Tonya, the wife of the title character in the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago?

I know this because I've had tea with this lady!

It was Geraldine Chaplin.

That is the correct answer!

Tell us about tea with Geraldine Chaplin!

I was in a movie which never got finished, made in Israel, a western.

She was a member of the cast and she invited us to a little tea room for afternoon tea.

-It was a delightful afternoon!

-How lovely! When was this?

This was about 1972.

I didn't realise you were an actor!

That's putting too good a gloss on it, I would think!

What was your part?

There was a number of slaves in a quarry

who had to dig out rock,

and I was the guy beating the drum so they could dig to my movement!

-You still do that with the Eggheads!

-Something like that, yes!

And it wasn't released, what, because of your performance?

I think they ran out of funds two-thirds of the way through!

Bad luck. Who knows, you could've had a different career!

I can see you as a British Robert Redford.

In my dreams, possibly!

That's a wonderful memory. Thanks for sharing it.

You're in the Final Round. No place for you, Joe.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

This is what we've been playing towards.

It's time for the Final Round. As always, it's general knowledge.

Those who lost your head-to-heads will not be allowed to take part.

It's Quiz Team Disassemble, I think!

Joe, John, Neil and Sam from Quiz Team Assemble,

would you all leave the studio, please?

Alex, you're playing to win Quiz Team Assemble £7,000.

Kevin, Dave, Daphne, Chris and Barry,

you're playing for something which money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

The questions are general knowledge and you are allowed to confer.

Alex, is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?

-Alex, would you like to go first or second?

-First, please.

Good luck. As you've probably seen over the years,

quite often, one on their own has beaten the Eggheads. Let's see if you can.

The sportsman most likely to be referred to by the initials RVP

plays which sport?

I was happy that came up because sport was one of my subjects.

RVP plays football. Robin van Persie.

OK. Oh, you've given me it.

It's a pity I had to hear that name but I won't tell you why!

It's the right answer.

He's pretty kind of, Dave, mediocre!

-Great striker.

-He gets the odd lucky goal!

-Superb striker.

-Overpaid and greedy.

-Not at all, no!

I think he found his true vocation in 2012. He came home.

OK. RVP is Robin van Persie. We move on to the Eggheads, then.

Figures of which animals make up a significant part of the Terracotta Army,

which was discovered in China in 1974?

VARIOUS: Horses.

Lots of human figures in the Terracotta Army

but also quite a few horses.

It's the right answer, Eggheads. Horses.

Good start there, Alex. Second question.

Which castle overlooks the Derbyshire town of Castleton?

I lived in Derbyshire up until I was three or four,

but I'm not sure. I don't remember very much.

Erm...

I've heard of Bolsover Castle,

but it doesn't mean a great deal to me.

-I'll go for Duffield Castle.

-OK, Duffield Castle.

It's not. Eggheads, do you know?

-Peveril.

-It's Peveril Castle.

You were probably a bit young when you left to remember much.

Which French term is used in cycle racing

to describe a rider who works for the benefit of his team and leader?

ALL: Domestique.

That is Domestique.

Domestique.

It's the right answer, Eggheads. Alex, you need this.

The Order of the White Eagle, instituted in 1705,

is the highest decoration in which country?

I'm going to try and link this back to sport.

I think the Poland shirt has a white eagle on it,

on their badge, possibly.

It certainly a white symbol.

I'm trying to think if that's an eagle.

-I'm going to go for Poland.

-OK. Poland.

Linking it to football, which seems to be your strength.

It's the right answer! Well done!

Keeping your hopes alive. Will they be crushed here?

Where on his body does the Pope wear his pallium?

-It's a cape.

-On his shoulders. It's a shawl.

-Yes.

ALL: Yes.

It's a type of...

Well, let's call it a cloak, a cope, or a stole, possibly,

so it's around his shoulders.

It is the right answer, Eggheads. You've won.

Well, no shame there, Alex. You got two out of three.

I'm upset you lost because I wanted to say,

-"You're so wise, like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair."

-Exactly!

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally. Their winning streak continues.

You won't be going home with the £7,000.

That means the money rolls over to the next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

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

£8,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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