Episode 30 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 on our awesome quiz champions today

are Pam's People.

Now, this team, captained by the eponymous Pam,

is formed from various hand-picked members of her family.

Let's meet them.

Hello. I'm Pam.

I'm over 70 and I'm a retired teacher.

Hello. My name's Mike.

I'm 69 and I'm a retired groundsman.

Hi. I'm Rob.

I'm 56 and I'm a builder.

Hi. I'm Alex.

I'm 26 and I'm a musician.

Hi. I'm Andy.

I'm 31 and I'm a sustainable development officer.

Welcome to you, Pam's People.

Very good to see you. Do you dance?

I do!

Do all of you dance?

-I don't think so.

-Afraid not!

But you are Pam's People,

and just explain, Pam, the family relationships going down the line.

Brother Mike here.

He comes from Wales.

My son, Robert,

comes next.

My grandson, Alex.

He's a musician.

And my prospective grandson -

he's my granddaughter's partner -

Andy at the end.

OK. What a fantastic bunch you make.

And you get together fairly regularly, don't you? Every Sunday,

for Sunday lunch.

-Yes, we do.

-That's good.

-Keeps the family together.

Bit of quizzing after, maybe, or down the pub?

We turn on the telly, and if there's anything on, we do, yes.

And watching a bit of Eggheads, I hope? Six o'clock in the evening.

Oh, every day, without fail. Without fail.

So what do you make of it, seeing them in the flesh now?

Wonderful.

It seems strange seeing them in the flesh,

but they look very familiar. Very nice to meet them.

-Even more handsome than they do on screen?

-Yes.

-Absolutely.

Butter them up!

OK, let's play the game.

Well, Pam's People, every day there's £1,000-worth of cash up for grabs

for our Challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Pam's People, the Eggheads have won the last seven games.

That means £8,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

And we will get about the task straight away

with our opening head-to-head,

and this is Music.

Who wants to play this? Music.

You, Rob, or Alex?

-Shall I try it?

-If you want.

-Has to be one of you two.

-Will you go?

-Yes.

-OK. Rob's going.

-All right, Rob.

Choose an Egghead to take with you.

Um...

Chris or Daphne?

Daphne's not too bad.

But anyway, you decide.

-We'll try Chris.

-You're going to try Chris. OK, Rob and Chris,

for the opening round of Music,

into the Question Room, please.

OK, then, Rob, choose a set of questions for me - first or second?

I think I'll go second.

OK, electing to let Chris begin,

and this is your question, then, Chris.

Crash, ride and splash

are all types of which percussion instrument?

I don't think you'd have a crash triangle.

And a glockenspiel is just a glockenspiel,

so it's got to be different types of cymbal.

It does indeed. That is correct.

And Rob, your first question.

The road is long with many a winding turn

That leads us to who knows where

Who knows when

are lines from the song He Ain't Heavy, He's My...

Well, it's definitely not father.

And it's a band from Manchester, The Hollies, and it's my brother.

He's my brother. That is correct.

Well done.

And very appropriate for your team, given what you've told us about the family links!

And on to the second question each. Chris,

what was the title of the debut solo album

released in 2006 by Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas?

Well, The Duchess is a bit of a feeble pun, isn't it?

I don't think he'd claim to be a member of the British aristocracy.

The Hollandaise is a sauce,

so I'll say The Oranjeboom.

Oranjeboom. You think HE gets through a lot of it.

OK. All right. You've got the Eggheads giggling here.

Can we just enlighten Chris

on so many issues about his answer there?

-SHE...

-Yes, she!

-..from the Black Eyed Peas,

and it's a pun on the Duchess,

Sarah Ferguson.

Yep.

It is... If you'd known that Fergie is female,

you might have gone for The Duchess.

It's the answer we were looking for.

Well, if you'd said the Duchess of York, I'd have known who you meant!

That's not what she called it, though. OK.

That's good news for you, Rob.

A stumble by the Egghead. Now to capitalise on that.

Your second question.

Take The "A" Train, the signature tune of Duke Ellington,

refers to a subway train in which city?

Um...I...

I don't think it's going to be Miami.

I mean, the obvious one to me is New York, but...

It isn't Philadelphia.

I'm going to go for New York.

Well done. You've made the right choice.

2-1. Chris needs this, then. In which opera, Chris,

is the nobleman Florestan imprisoned by Don Pizarro?

That's Beethoven's only opera - Fidelio.

On surer ground there. That is the right answer.

But you didn't get Fergie,

so a chance for Rob to get into the final round here,

playing for £8,000 today.

The TV fashion expert Brix Smith-Start

joined which band in 1983?

Um...

Public Image doesn't seem to ring a bell with me, that name.

Nor does The Fall. I'm going to go for Bauhaus.

Bauhaus for Brix Smith-Start.

Is it getting you into the final round? It's not. It's incorrect.

I won't ask Chris. Unless you know, Chris?

-Well, it's not Public Image Ltd, is it?

-No.

It's The Fall. OK.

We go to Sudden Death. You both got one wrong there.

That meant it was all square after three questions.

So Sudden Death, and we take away those options

and put the first one to Chris.

In which country was the composer Philip Glass born?

In which country was the composer Philip Glass born?

Well, he's American, so presumably the USA.

USA is the right answer, Chris.

And back to Rob,

in a rather different situation from the last time you faced a question.

You were facing a question to try to win the round.

This is to try to stay in it. This is it.

Which Scottish band is named after

a character played by Harry Dean Stanton

in the 1984 movie Paris, Texas?

The only thing I can think of is Simple Minds, but I know it's wrong.

That's not it, so...

Oh!

No, I'm sorry, Dermot.

OK. Well, I think the tension of the Question Room getting to you there.

Um...probably one you would have picked from a list, I suspect.

Do you by any chance know, Chris?

It's not Deacon Blue, is it? No.

-That's what I was thinking of, actually.

-It's not Deacon Blue,

so that puts you out of your misery, Rob.

-The other Eggheads will tell me.

-It's Travis.

-It's Travis.

-Oh, right.

-Travis.

And Texas, the other Scottish band,

also drew their inspiration from the film,

but this is based on the Harry Dean Stanton character.

Travis is what we were looking for.

We didn't hear, which means, Rob, you're not in the final round

and Chris, you did make it through, in spite of Fergie.

Would you both please come back and join your teams.

So, as it stands, Pam's People are down to a quartet now,

and the Eggheads are all still there.

We play our next round. This one is Sport.

Who would like to play this, Pam?

It's got to be you, Alex.

-Is that OK?

-Yes. I'll take it on.

-Good luck.

All right, Alex, and choose an Egghead.

Remember, it can't be Chris, so any of the other four.

Daphne's giving me a loving look here.

Yeah, I'd definitely say Daphne.

OK...because of that loving look!

Wait till the questions start coming your way.

Let's have Alex and Daphne into the Question Room, please.

OK, Alex. Well, Sport...

Do you play and watch...what kind of sport?

Well, I used to play football up to the age of 16.

I've always watched a bit of tennis.

I'm a bit iffy on boxing

or horseracing, perhaps.

But I tend to think I'm...

-..more than adequate on this, hopefully.

-More than adequate!

Touch wood.

That's a good way of putting it!

-Alex, do you want to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please.

OK, this is your question, Alex, to start us off.

Which sportsman is well-known for his so-called To Di World pose?

Well, I'm hoping

it's this one here.

I know Ben Ainslie actually lives where I live, in Lymington.

And we don't hear many

Lymo-dites say that.

And Roger Federer's obviously a very modest competitor,

and when I've seen him win a trophy, he's never really posing.

He's just smiling and crying.

So I'm going to have to hope it's Usain Bolt.

OK. And it is - you're right.

That's the pose in question. Let's hope you're doing it

at the end of this round as you go into the final.

Daphne, trying to stop that happening.

Which footballer created controversy

by caddying for golfer Andres Romero in the final round of the 2012 Open?

Well, when you said football, my jaw dropped.

But...

I have read this, and it's Carlos Tevez.

OK. Yeah,

it's not really about any sport - it's a study in foolishness,

really...

from none other than Carlos Tevez. It's the right answer.

OK, Alex, second question.

At which Formula 1 circuit did drivers negotiate the Curva Parabolica?

OK, my Formula 1 is...

sadly, not as good as it used to be.

The only one that sticks out to me is Monza.

I don't know why, but I'm starting to think Catalunya now.

Um...

It's sadly a bit of a guess, but I'm going to say Catalunya.

OK, Catalunya.

It is Monza.

-Oh, no!

-Your first thought.

OK, first instinct

would have been correct, but you changed your mind.

So, Daphne, chance for a lead. In 2012, Britain's Nicola Adams

became the first woman ever

to win an Olympic gold medal in which sport?

She's got such a lovely smile.

It's boxing.

It is boxing.

It brought a million smiles to people's faces

when she won that gold in London 2012.

It's correct.

And it means you need this, Alex.

In 1913,

Charlie Wallace became the first man to do what in an FA Cup final?

I know the FA Cup's been played since the 1890s, I believe.

So I would have thought...

someone would have missed a penalty.

I'm going to say come on as a substitute.

OK, come on as a sub.

-It's not.

-No!

It is miss a penalty.

Which means you've missed an opportunity

to stay in the game, in actual fact.

It's all over, just looking at the scores there.

Daphne has gone through,

and son follows father out of the game.

Alex, no place for you in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams.

Well, two straight wins for the Eggheads means Pam's People

are now missing two brains from the final round

and the Eggheads are all there.

Next subject, third head-to-head, is Science.

Who'd like to play this one, Pam?

You've got yourself, Mike or Andy.

Andy, yes.

We said it was either Alex or Andy,

but Alex has been, so it's Andy.

OK, Andy. Chris and Daphne have played from the Eggheads,

so you have Pat, Barry or Dave.

I've got a hunch for Pat.

Go on, then, yeah.

-Pat it is, then.

-OK.

It's going to be Pat, then.

Andy and Pat, could I ask you both please to go to the Question Room.

All right, then, Andy. In this Science round, do you want to go first or second?

I think I'll go second.

Pat, this is your question.

Which part of the human body

has a name which can be translated from Latin as "little brain"?

The thorax is your general chest area.

And your umbilicus is what was attached to your navel

before you were delivered.

The cerebellum is a portion of the brain,

so cerebellum sounds right.

You're working very well there. It's the right answer.

And Andy, which of these birds

typically makes its nest on the ground?

That's quite a good one for me,

because in the New Forest, we have quite a few skylarks nesting,

so the answer is skylark.

Oh, very good - it's the right answer, yes.

Pat,

of roughly 5,000 mammal species in the world,

approximately one in five of them are which creatures?

Well...

the family of rats,

rodentia, is an enormous family.

Chiroptera are bats.

They were just under the 1,000 a few years ago,

so they could have crawled up. A few more could have been discovered.

-I'll go with bats.

-OK.

Well, knowing that helped you to the right answer. It is bats.

And Andy's second question.

Which of these astronomers

effectively spent the last years of his life under house arrest?

Hmm.

I'm thinking it's not Kepler.

Um...

I'm going between Copernicus and Galileo.

Um...

I'm going to go for Galileo,

on the basis that I think he was excommunicated by the church,

or he upset religion at the time

because he said the world was round,

so I'll go Galileo.

OK, Galileo. It's the right answer.

Good stuff, Andy.

And Pat, third question.

Erlenmeyer, Florence and Buchner

are varieties of which type of laboratory equipment?

I'm not sure there's that much to a Bunsen burner.

It's a pipe out of which gas comes.

Pipette and flask.

A Florence flask...

That sounds nice and alliterative.

I'll go for flask.

OK - because Florence flask sounds nice!

Um...

Well, it's one way of working it out. It's the right answer.

Flask.

Well, it means a lot of pressure on this one, then, Andy,

as you well know.

The Greek physician Galen,

an influential figure in the history of medical science,

lived during which century AD?

Um...I'm thinking

the 2nd century AD is too soon,

partly down to the decline of the Greek Empire.

So it's a bit of a toss-up between the 4th and the 6th.

I'm erring, actually, towards the 6th century.

-6th century.

-So you're going for the 6th.

"Erring towards it" - I didn't know you were confirming it.

You have done now.

OK, 6th century for Galen. Pat, is it the 6th?

I have a feeling that he actually provided care to Roman emperors

like Trajan and Hadrian, so that would put him in the 2nd.

It is the 2nd - the one you ruled out first time.

It's bad luck, and it means going second here means no chance

of redeeming yourself if the Egghead slips up.

Pat's already got his third one correct, so you're out of the game.

Would you both please come back and join your teams.

Well, the Eggheads strike again, and Pam's People

have therefore lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads haven't lost any.

Our next subject, and the last head-to-head, is Arts & Books.

We've got you, Pam, or Mike to play it.

-Arts & Books.

-Well, Mike is the last man standing, so...

I've drawn the short straw.

-So, yes, it's me.

-OK, Pam.

Stay with us and choose your Egghead.

It can be Barry or Dave.

Yes.

What do you think, folks? Dave is unknown.

-Dave.

-Dave is unknown. He might be brilliant,

but Dave this time, thank you.

OK. He's not called Tremendous Knowledge for nothing.

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

So, Arts & Books - would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

Here you go. The parents of the title character

of which Roald Dahl book are eaten by an escaped rhino?

I know it's not Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Um...

George's Marvellous Medicine...

I've read the other two books.

Obviously, I'm a teacher,

so I've read them a long time ago now.

Um...

I think George's Marvellous Medicine.

That was the first one that came to mind,

so I'll say George's Marvellous Medicine.

No, it's James And The Giant Peach.

OK, well, let's see what Dave does with his first question.

Dave, what is Mikael Blomkvist's nickname

in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy?

I've got no idea.

Cos I haven't read it.

Should have read it, or be aware of it. I'll go Miki,

but probably wrong.

-It's wrong. It is... Other Eggheads?

-Blommy?

No. You've now given it... It's Kalle.

He's annoyed by it.

Apparently he's annoyed by it,

because it's from Pippi Longstocking -

a kind of children's character.

He doesn't like that.

Well, no harm done, Pam,

with that slip in the first question.

So it's almost like we're starting on the second one.

And Pam, which Italian Renaissance painter's name

is derived from his real first name

and roughly translates as "messy Tom" or "big Tom"?

I somehow think "mas" might mean big.

I can't see the connection with the other two

with that particular connotation,

so I'll go with Masaccio.

Masaccio is the right answer, yes.

You're out of the blocks.

And Dave, which decorative technique derives its name

from the French for "raised field"?

I'll go champleve.

Raised field - that's what it means. Right answer.

Knows his French!

I just know bits of French.

Can't say fairer than that.

It's all square again, then.

Pam,

which popular Victorian writer

took a voyage as a ship's doctor

on board an Arctic whaler?

I'm not sure about this one.

Um...

Thinking back, I think Robert Louis Stevenson

had nautical connections,

so I think I'll go with Robert Louis Stevenson.

OK, nautical connections... You need medical ones as well

for a ship's doctor. It's not Robert Louis Stevenson.

-Dave?

-I think it's Arthur Conan Doyle.

-It is Conan Doyle.

Arthur Conan Doyle.

So a chance here for Dave to take the round.

The painting Electric Cord,

which resurfaced in 2012 after going missing for over 40 years,

is a work by which Pop Artist?

I'm thinking Lichtenstein,

but Oldenburg...

Go on - Claes Oldenburg.

OK. Dave, you changed your mind. It's Roy Lichtenstein.

I was thinking that.

I thought you were going to say it.

And we go to Sudden Death, Pam.

We remove...

You know all about the game. We remove the options,

so the answer just has to come from you. No list to look at.

Here you are. Something Happened,

published in 1974,

was which American author's second novel,

following his successful 1961 debut?

My knowledge of that era, particularly American,

in the way of authors, is very sketchy.

I don't think I can even hazard a guess. Sorry.

OK, so it's a blank for you.

And we'll ask Dave if he knows. Dave?

-Joseph Heller.

-It's Joseph Heller.

Debut novel, Catch-22,

in 1961.

Dave, to potentially get through.

Which British artist's work was featured on the cover

of the 1989 telephone directory for the city of Bradford?

As I always say to my mate in the pub,

go with the favourite. David Hockney.

Bradford's favourite son, or one of them, anyway.

David Hockney is the right answer, Dave. Well done.

It puts Dave into the final round,

and no place for you. Just on that David Hockney directory...

I bet that must be worth a bob or two now, Barry?

-It's not an original. There were a few copies of it.

-But even so.

It's Hockney.

So, 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,

which, as always, is General Knowledge,

but I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads

won't be allowed to take part.

So, Pam, Rob, Alex and Andy from Pam's People,

would you leave the studio, please.

So, Mike, you're playing to win Pam's People £8,000.

Dave, Daphne, Chris, Barry and Pat,

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

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

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge

and you are allowed to confer.

So, Mike, the question is - is your one brain better

than the Eggheads' five?

Mike, do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first, Dermot, please.

Good luck, Mike. Here's your first question.

Who plays Aaron Cross, the lead male role

in the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy?

Who plays Aaron Cross, the lead male role

in the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy?

I'll have to come straight out with it.

I haven't the faintest idea, to be honest.

So I'll go with the one that I think is least likely,

which is Jeremy Renner.

Which is the right answer!

DERMOT CHUCKLES

Well done, Mike!

Well, a tricky one to negotiate. Hadn't seen it,

and went for the one he thought was least likely, and there it is.

OK, Eggheads. Which category of Nobel Prize

was first awarded in 1969?

Which category of Nobel Prize was first awarded in 1969?

-Economics.

-Economics.

-Yeah?

Yes, it was awarded by the Swedish National Bank.

And it was Economics.

And until a couple of years ago,

it had never been won by a woman,

but Elinor Ostrom won it a couple of years ago.

OK. Yes, that's the right answer - Economics.

And Mike, which island group

is paired with the Andaman Islands

to make the name of a union territory of India?

Which island group is paired with the Andaman Islands

to make the name of a union territory of India?

I don't think it's Mantivu.

Something's drawing me to Nicobar.

-Is that your answer?

-My answer is Nicobar.

Nicobar is correct. Well done.

Eggheads,

what is the name of the character locked behind bars on a standard Monopoly board?

What is the name of the character

locked behind bars on a standard Monopoly board?

What a great question!

Never heard of it.

Jailbird, I would guess at? It's American, so...

Lenny the Lag - that's English.

I don't know, but because it was an American game,

I'm inclined to go for Jailbird.

-Yes.

-Are we happy with that?

-Yes.

Well, we don't know this,

but because the game Monopoly was an American game

invented by Charles Darrow,

we're inclined to say it was an American name,

so we'll go for Jake the Jailbird.

Jake the Jailbird.

That sliver of knowledge helping you to the right answer.

Jake the Jailbird.

You stayed in it there. OK, all square.

Mike, a Diocletian, or thermal, window,

named after a style in the ancient Roman baths of Diocletian,

is typically described as having what overall shape?

A Diocletian, or thermal, window,

named after a style in the ancient Roman baths of Diocletian,

is typically described as having what overall shape?

I don't think it will be rectangular.

Um...it's a toss-up between oval and semi-circular.

And I think I'll go for...

oval.

Tossing up between oval and semi-circular...

It's semi-circular.

Oh!

Bad luck, Mike.

Well...

are the Eggheads going to capitalise on that?

Eggheads, in English, the sound of which letter

is produced with a voiced labio-dental fricative?

In English, the sound of which letter

is produced with a voiced labio-dental fricative?

Labio means of the lips.

Well, V involves your upper lip and your teeth.

-V.

-V.

H is entirely from the back of the mouth.

And M is both lips, but no teeth.

So, I don't know...

You could argue for V.

It's not H.

That's just aspiration.

I don't know...M...

No teeth.

Shall we get a repeat of the question?

In English, the sound of which letter

is produced with a voiced labio-dental fricative?

Labio-dental, so...

ALL SPEAK AT ONCE

-Are we happy with V?

-Yes, V.

Well, we've all spent an interesting couple of minutes

making all those sounds with our lips and teeth!

And we've come to the conclusion that it's V.

And so you're going labio... lips and teeth?

Labio-dental...

for the V sound.

Which is correct, Eggheads. V for victory. You've won.

Mike, you did really well on your own.

You know, displaying all the attributes designed to win at Eggheads, really.

Bit of a guess on the first one, very, very good knowledge on the second one

and just didn't pick it out of two you narrowed it down to on the third one.

Luck of the draw. I've enjoyed being here

and so has the rest of my family.

It's been great to have you all here, Pam's People,

ably led and captained there by Pam.

Thank you for bringing the family along, Pam.

Good luck to you all, and thanks from the Eggheads.

But those Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,

and their winning streak continues. I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £8,000.

That means the money rolls over to the next show.

Eggheads, congratulations.

Who will beat you?

And join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£9,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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