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These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
Together they make up the Eggheads, | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
The question is, can they be beaten? | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
They are the Eggheads. And taking on the awesome might of our quiz | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
Goliaths today are The Kommitments from Nottinghamshire. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
Now, this team of friends are all associated with a tribute band | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
to the '90s musical film The Commitments. Let's meet them. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
Hi, I'm Sean. I'm 44 and I'm the lead singer. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:48 | |
Hi, I'm David, aged 64. I'm the guitarist. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
Hi, I'm Claire. I'm 39 and I'm a singer. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
Hi, I'm Dave. I'm 43 and I'm the bass guitarist. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
Hello, I'm Jonathan. I'm 44 and I play the tenor saxophone. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:04 | |
Welcome to you. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:05 | |
You are Kommitments with a K as opposed to the film with a C. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
How soon after the film did you get together? | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
We were formed, Dermot, in 2003. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:16 | |
The film aired in 1992, or first aired in 1992, | 0:01:16 | 0:01:20 | |
-so nine years after, I suppose. -Yes, so quite a while after. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:24 | |
Have you all seen it? Are you are all fans of it? | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
-Oh, massive fans. -Yeah. -Yeah. -Yeah, we know it... | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
We know the script word-for-word, I suppose, and the songs, of course. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
Do you stick to the songs from The Commitments? | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
It's effectively soul, isn't it? Or have you broadened the repertoire? | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
Well, we have. We do most of the songs from the film | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
but most of the songs from the film were old soul classics anyway, | 0:01:41 | 0:01:47 | |
but to make a good, full evening's entertainment we've added | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
-other songs in that genre as well, so... -Yeah? | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
Yes. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:54 | |
I've got to ask you - you don't fight like the band, do you? | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
-Er... -In the original? -Sometimes we do, yeah. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:02 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:02:02 | 0:02:03 | |
Well, you're united here, with one goal, to get THEM fighting, | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
and beat them. OK, Kommitments, best of luck. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
Every day there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
for our Challengers. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:13 | |
However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
the prize money rolls over to the next show. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
So, Kommitments, the Eggheads have won the last eight games, | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
-which means £9,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads. -Ooh! | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
# Go, Mommy! Go, Daddy! # | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
-That'd be quite a gig, wouldn't it? -Maybe. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
Let's have our first head-to-head battle, then. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
Sports has come up first. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:31 | |
Who'd like to play this? Sport. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:32 | |
SEAN GROANS | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
-Lead from the front! -Head office. -Is it you, Sean? | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
Well, I'm afraid I've been designated for Sport, Dermot, | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
-so that will be me. -OK, Sean, and pick an Egghead. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
-Any one of those you like. -Oh, crikey. Er... | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
I'd love to take on Daphne, because I love her to death, | 0:02:46 | 0:02:51 | |
but I think she's quite cute on Sport, more than she lets on, so... | 0:02:51 | 0:02:56 | |
I think I'm going to take on the gorgeous Judith, please. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
OK, well, spoilt for choice there, aren't you, really? | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
It's Judith, then, taking on Sean on Sport, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
and it means you both need to go to the Question Room, please. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
So, Sean, you've sung with Bryan Adams, I hear. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
Yes, I... Fortunately, back in 1995, I was in the crowd at a gig of his | 0:03:13 | 0:03:19 | |
and was invited on stage to do a song, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
made plenty enough noise to get me up on stage, and, yes, | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
I was invited up, and we sang Summer Of '69 together. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
I bet he was impressed about how good you were. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
Er, well, I'd like to think so. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
-I think he quietly was impressed, yes. -OK, Sean. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
Impress us with your sporting knowledge. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
Would you like to go first or second? | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
Oh, I think I'll take the first set of questions, please. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
All right, Sean. Here you go. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
In 2007, the footballer Luis Suarez made his full international | 0:03:49 | 0:03:54 | |
debut for which national team? | 0:03:54 | 0:03:55 | |
In 2007, the footballer Luis Suarez made his full international | 0:03:58 | 0:04:03 | |
debut for which national team? | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
I think I can definitely rule out Italy. I know it's not that. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:12 | |
I'm not 100% sure whether it's Mexico or Uruguay. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:19 | |
Oh, good grief. I think I'm going to have a stab... | 0:04:19 | 0:04:25 | |
-I think it's Uruguay, but I'm going to have a stab at Mexico. -OK. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:32 | |
You said, "I think it's Uruguay but I'll have a stab at Mexico." | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
-It IS Uruguay. -Oh! | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
He's Uruguayan. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:38 | |
Judith, your question. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
In snooker, what term is used to refer | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
to the placing of a coloured ball back in its original position? | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
In snooker, what term is used to refer | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
to the placing of a coloured ball back in its original position? | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
Well, I think it must be re-spotting. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
Yep, that's the right answer. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
OK, | 0:05:02 | 0:05:03 | |
Sean, what is the nickname of world champion boxer Mikkel Kessler? | 0:05:03 | 0:05:08 | |
What is the nickname of the world champion boxer Mikkel Kessler? | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
His name is spelt M-I-K-K-E-L | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
K-E-S-S-L-E-R. Mikkel Kessler. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:26 | |
Mm, I have to confess... | 0:05:26 | 0:05:30 | |
I do not know. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
So how can I do this? | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
Er... | 0:05:37 | 0:05:38 | |
Saxon Slugger. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
Er... | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
Sounds appropriate. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
Er, so I think I'm going to go straight down the middle - | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
because I'm not sure, if I'm honest - and say Saxon Slugger. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:54 | |
OK, Saxon Slugger for world champion Mikkel Kessler. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:59 | |
Um... It's not. Do you know, Judith, any chance? | 0:05:59 | 0:06:03 | |
Well, I'll try the Teuton Soldier. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
No. No, no, no. Viking Warrior. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:06:08 | 0:06:09 | |
It doesn't sound Danish. It ought to be... | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
-That first name, K-K-E-L? -Is that Danish? | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
Yeah, I thought that might be a bit of a clue. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
Well, certainly Nordic Scandinavian spelling. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
OK, your question, Judith, and here you go. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
What time did Donald Lippincott record in 1912 to become | 0:06:24 | 0:06:29 | |
the first official IAAF 100m world record-holder? | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
What time did Donald Lippincott record in 1912 to become | 0:06:38 | 0:06:42 | |
the first official IAAF 100m world record-holder? | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
I wish I knew what the record was now. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
Er... | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
I don't know whether it's under ten seconds. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
-I'm going to try 10.6. -OK. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
You don't know what the 100m world record is? | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
-Well, do you? -It's well under ten seconds. -Oh, it is? | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
-Yes, but is it nine point something? -Yeah. -Hmm. -Anyway, | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
the answer's 10.6. It's well done. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
2-0 to you, and you're through. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
No place for you, Sean, in the Final Round. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
Would you both please come back and join your teams? | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
Well, early days, but The Kommitments have now lost one brain | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
from the Final Round. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:21 | |
The Eggheads are all there. Only played one round. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
So straight on to our second one. This is Film & Television. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
Who'd like to take this one on from The Kommitments? | 0:07:27 | 0:07:30 | |
-It's going to be you, Claire! -I think that's going to be me, Dermot. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
OK, then, Claire. And choose your Egghead. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
I think I'll go with the man in red so we both match. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
-I'll go with Chris, please. -Ah, yes. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
I'm not going to do a Chris de Burgh, no. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
-THEY LAUGH -OK. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
Let's have Claire and Chris into the Question Room, please. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
So, Claire, you're in the band with your dad, David, here. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
What's that like? | 0:07:55 | 0:07:56 | |
Well, I've always gigged with my dad, from being 16. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
We've always been in bands together, so it is kind of just normal for us. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
People think it's a bit unusual but it's just normal for us. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
He's more like my friend than my dad. It's nice. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
Do you keep an eye on each other? Do you say, "Oh, you missed a note," | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
and he says, "Oh, you were singing too high"? | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
He wouldn't dare say that to me. THEY LAUGH | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
-Keep him in his place. -Exactly. -All right, Claire. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
Choose - do you want to go first, or second? | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
I'll go first, Dermot, please. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
OK, it's Film & TV. This is your first question, then. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
In which year was the TV panel show | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
Have I Got News For You first broadcast? | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
In which year was the TV panel show | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
Have I Got News For You first broadcast? | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
Right, OK, well, I do know the programme. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
I used to watch it a few years ago. I haven't watched it recently. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:48 | |
Um... | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
I think 1980 might be a little bit too early. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
Um... | 0:08:54 | 0:08:55 | |
2000 may be a bit too late, | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
so I'm just going to go straight down the middle and say 1990. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
Seems about right. It is right. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:09:03 | 0:09:04 | |
Chris, which sport featured in the 2001 film comedy | 0:09:06 | 0:09:11 | |
Mike Bassett: England Manager? | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
Which sport featured in the 2001 film comedy | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
Mike Bassett: England Manager? | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
That was Ricky Tomlinson as Mike Bassett. He was a football manager. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
Football. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:24 | |
Yes, he was. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
So one to you. And back to Claire. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
Which Jackie is portrayed by Emily Watson in the 1998 film | 0:09:29 | 0:09:34 | |
Hilary And Jackie? | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
Which Jackie is portrayed by Emily Watson in the 1998 film | 0:09:40 | 0:09:44 | |
-Hilary And Jackie? -OK, I'm not sure on this one, Dermot. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:48 | |
I've not seen the film. Um... | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
I'm drawn towards Jacqueline Kennedy, | 0:09:50 | 0:09:54 | |
just because I know the name a bit more than the other two, | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
so I'm going to go for Jacqueline Kennedy, please. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:01 | |
OK, Jacqueline Kennedy for Hilary And Jackie. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
No, it's not. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
It's not, Claire. Chris, do you have...? | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
Yes, a rather tragic tale of Jacqueline du Pre, the cellist. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
-OK, and who's the Hilary in it? -Her sister, wasn't it? -Oh, I see, OK. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:18 | |
It is, yes, Jacqueline du Pre - the answer we were looking for. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
Didn't get that from Claire. Here is your second question, Chris. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
Which film was advertised with the tag line, | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
"Streisand and Redford together"? | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
Which film was advertised with the tag line, | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
"Streisand and Redford together"? | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
Streisand and Redford were together in The Way We Were. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
That's the answer - The Way We Were. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
You're sure about that, aren't you? | 0:10:45 | 0:10:46 | |
It just came to you. It's The Way We Were. It's the right answer. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
Yes, well done, Chris. The Way We Were. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:52 | |
OK, well, you need this, Claire. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
Which Canadian actress starred in Michael Crichton's | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
1978 thriller film, Coma? | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
Which Canadian actress starred in Michael Crichton's | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
1978 thriller film, Coma? | 0:11:10 | 0:11:11 | |
Right, unfortunately, I've got no idea on this one. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:18 | |
It's going to have to be a complete guess, I'm afraid. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
So I'm just looking to see which name sounds more Canadian to me. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:25 | |
So, um... | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
For no other reason than I like the name, I'm going to go for | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
Deborah Kara Unger, please. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
-OK, because you like the name! -Yeah. -Deborah Kara Unger. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
I'm not sure you'll continue liking it. It's not right. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
It is... Do you know, Chris? | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
Surely it's Genevieve Bujold? | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
Yeah, Genevieve Bujold is in Coma, | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
which means we end the round there | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
again. Sorry, Claire - no place for you in the Final Round. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
Would you both please come back and join your teams? | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
Not getting the luck at the moment, Kommitments. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
Two brains gone from the Final Round. Eggheads all there. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
Let's play our third head-to-head then, | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
and see if this one suits you a bit better. It's Politics. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
David, Dave or Jonathan to play Politics? | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
I'm going to hide. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
-It's going to be me. -OK, Dave. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
And choose from the Eggheads. Chris and Judith have gone, | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
so you have Pat, Barry or Daphne. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
Who do you think? | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 | |
I think they're all pretty good on Politics. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
-I think we'll go with Daphne. -Yeah. -We'll take Daphne, please. -Why not? | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
All right. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:30 | |
Let's have Dave and Daphne into the Question Room, please. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:34 | |
-So, Dave, you're a guitarist, right? -Bass guitarist, yes. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
OK, bass guitarist. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:39 | |
And I forgot to ask you - is this a full-time job with The Kommitments, | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
or is it only as and when? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:44 | |
Well, the band's pretty busy but I do have a normal job during the day. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
Some of the guys do this full-time. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
OK, and is it true you could read music before you could read words? | 0:12:50 | 0:12:55 | |
That's correct. I had a big sister a couple of years older. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
When she started primary school, | 0:12:59 | 0:13:00 | |
started playing instruments as you do, and I was jealous, | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
-so my mum taught me to read music when I was three. -Fantastic. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
We have a child prodigy here. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
OK, Dave, do you want to go first or second in this Politics round? | 0:13:09 | 0:13:13 | |
I think I'll go first. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:14 | |
Good luck. First question. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
What is the first name of the politician who's sometimes | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
known by his initials, IDS? | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
What's the first name of the politician who's sometimes | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
known by his initials, IDS? | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
Well, I know this one. His name is Iain Duncan Smith. So it's Iain. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:38 | |
It is, and thank you for filling in the D and the S. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
Former leader of the Conservative Party, of course. Iain Duncan Smith. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:45 | |
And, Daphne, which US politician on a July 2012 trip to London | 0:13:45 | 0:13:50 | |
ruffled feathers by questioning the country's readiness | 0:13:50 | 0:13:54 | |
for hosting the Olympic Games? | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
Which US politician on a July 2012 trip to London ruffled feathers by | 0:13:58 | 0:14:03 | |
questioning the country's readiness for hosting the Olympic Games? | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
We proved him wrong, didn't we? | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
Mitt Romney. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
Mitt Romney is the man in question, yes. Well done. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
And back to you, Dave. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
What voting system is used to elect regional members | 0:14:16 | 0:14:19 | |
to the National Assembly for Wales? | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
What voting system is used to elect regional members | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
to the National Assembly for Wales? | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
I'm not too sure on this one, | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
but with all the recent | 0:14:36 | 0:14:40 | |
discussion about the voting systems, | 0:14:40 | 0:14:44 | |
for some reason single transferable vote is | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
sticking in my mind alongside proportional representation. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
So I'm going to go with single transferable vote. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
OK, shows just how many variations there are within that, | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
you mentioned PR, proportional representation. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:00 | |
Single transferable vote in Wales, you think. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
-What about you, Daphne, do you think it's that? -I've no idea. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
-Oh, you've no idea? OK. -No, I'd probably have gone | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
for party list system. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:13 | |
That's interesting because it's additional member system. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:18 | |
So neither of you would have been right, but it was your question, | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
-Dave, so you're the one who ends up with the X. -Thank you. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:25 | |
Sorry about that. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:27 | |
Let's see what Daphne does with her second question. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
In 2012, which politician spearheaded a scheme that planned to | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
send a copy of the King James Bible to every school in the country, | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
each containing a personal inscription from him? | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
In 2012, which politician spearheaded a scheme that planned to | 0:15:44 | 0:15:48 | |
send a copy of the King James Bible to every school in the country, | 0:15:48 | 0:15:51 | |
each containing a personal inscription from him? | 0:15:51 | 0:15:55 | |
Well, seeing as Michael Gove is responsible for education, | 0:15:55 | 0:16:01 | |
I hope it's him. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
Michael Gove, Education Secretary at the time. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
It is the right answer, yes. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
I'm sure they hold those words very dearly! | 0:16:12 | 0:16:15 | |
Erm, so it means you have a lead, and once again, | 0:16:15 | 0:16:19 | |
one of The Kommitments has to get this. And it's Dave. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:24 | |
"Boy genius," just talking about you as the boy genius, | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
"boy genius" was the nickname George W Bush gave | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
to which member of his presidential staff? | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
"Boy genius" was the nickname George W Bush gave | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
to which member of his presidential staff? | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
I really have no idea, American politics is not my thing. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:47 | |
Erm, the most American-sounding name there is possibly | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
Scott McClellan, er, Paul Wolfowitz... | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
I'll go with Scott McClellan, my first instinct. | 0:16:57 | 0:16:59 | |
OK, Scott McClellan as the member of his presidential staff, | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
although the guy in question I think became the most | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
powerful of his presidential staff and it was Karl Rove. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:11 | |
Karl Rove, which means again, we close the round down fairly early | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
and no place for you in the Final Round, Dave. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
Would you all please come back and join your teams? | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
Well, Kommitments, you're getting close | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
to one of you playing solo in the Final Round. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
You don't want that. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:28 | |
So as it stands you've lost three brains from the Final Round. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
The Eggheads are all there, and this is the last chance to get | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
an Egghead out of the game, and it's Geography. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
And we have David or Jonathan awaiting this. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
-Jonathan? -Jonathan? -I'm going to go for it, I think. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
Good man, Jonathan, and choose either Pat or Barry. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:48 | |
Any thoughts? | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
-Pat. -He's the lesser of the two evils, really. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
The lesser of the two evils, then, I'll have a crack at Pat. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
In that terminology, they're actually both pretty evil | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
when it comes to quizzing. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:00 | |
It's going to be Jonathan and Pat, then, playing Geography. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
Into the question room, please. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
Jonathan, choose a set for me. First or second? | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
Well, we've not had too much luck with the first set of questions | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
so far, so I'll go with the second set. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
And that means Pat is starting. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
Pat, which US state is nicknamed "the Last Frontier?" | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
Which US state is nicknamed "the Last Frontier?" | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
Rhode Island was one of the very earliest to be settled. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
Erm, New Mexico... I think Alaska, the vast, Arctic wastes | 0:18:34 | 0:18:39 | |
of Alaska are called the New Frontier, the Last Frontier, sorry. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
So it's Alaska. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:45 | |
Alaska. It is the right answer. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
Jonathan, first question. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
Which capital city was | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
founded by the British in 1899 at the 317th mile point | 0:18:52 | 0:18:58 | |
on the railway between the Port of Mombasa and Lake Victoria in Uganda? | 0:18:58 | 0:19:03 | |
Which capital city was founded by the British in 1899, | 0:19:06 | 0:19:12 | |
at the 317th mile point on the railway between | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
the Port of Mombasa and Lake Victoria in Uganda? | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
Unfortunately, my African geography's not that strong. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:25 | |
I'm going to guess Nairobi. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
Guessing Nairobi... | 0:19:29 | 0:19:31 | |
and you've got it! Yes. Now, that's important. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
It does rather hamstring you if you don't get that first one, | 0:19:35 | 0:19:39 | |
especially when the Egghead's already got one. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
And Pat, second question. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
Robin Hood's Bay is a small fishing village on the coastline | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
of which English county? | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
Robin Hood's Bay is a small fishing village on the coastline | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
of which English county? | 0:19:53 | 0:19:55 | |
I know it's up on the northern, north-eastern coast of England, | 0:19:55 | 0:20:00 | |
so I'll discount Norfolk immediately. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:02 | |
I think it's in North Yorkshire, I think | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
it's sufficiently north to clear Lincolnshire, so North Yorkshire. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
North Yorkshire... | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
is correct, well done, Pat. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
And your second question, Jonathan. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
The Sakha, S-A-K-H-A, | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
also known as the Yakut, Y-A-K-U-T, | 0:20:18 | 0:20:24 | |
are one of the major peoples of which part of the world? | 0:20:24 | 0:20:28 | |
The Sakha, also known as the Yakut, | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
are one of the major peoples of which part of the world? | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
It's not sounding like a South American name, | 0:20:36 | 0:20:40 | |
so I'm going to discount the Amazon Basin. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:45 | |
Erm... | 0:20:47 | 0:20:48 | |
Between Indonesia and Eastern Siberia... | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
..I'm going to hazard a guess at Eastern Siberia. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
Well done, it's the right answer. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
Pat, third question. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
Karl Johans Gate is the main street of which European capital? | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
Karl Johans Gate is the main street of which European capital? | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
I don't know very much about Central Warsaw. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
I would have thought Unter den Linden | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
is the primary street in Berlin. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
Or Kurfurstendamm. I think Karl Johans Gate is in Oslo. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:25 | |
It is, that's correct, Pat. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
So, very important question here, Jonathan, to stay in the game | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
and take us into Sudden Death. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
Which tributary flows into the Ganges near the city of Allahabad? | 0:21:32 | 0:21:37 | |
Which tributary flows into the Ganges near the city of Allahabad? | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
Rivers aren't my strong point at all, | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
so this is a complete stab in the dark. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:54 | |
Yamuna. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
It's the right answer. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:57 | |
ALL: Ye-e-eah! | 0:21:57 | 0:21:58 | |
Lovely stuff, Jonathan. Lovely, lovely. OK, back to Pat. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:06 | |
We're into Sudden Death and just to underline it for you, Jonathan, | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
we aren't able to offer you any more choices until we sort out a winner. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:14 | |
Pat, Ballsbridge, Drumcondra | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
and Sandymount are suburbs of which European capital? | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
Ballsbridge, Drumcondra | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
and Sandymount are suburbs of which European capital? | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
Erm, they all lie to the south of the River Liffey in Dublin. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:30 | |
-Fell very nicely for you, didn't it? -Yes. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
-What can I say? -No denying that. Would have fallen nicely for The Kommitments, | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
that's where it's set as well! You would have known that, wouldn't you? | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
Definitely. Ballsbridge, Drumcondra and Sandymount in Dublin. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:45 | |
So Jonathan, in which county is the town of Market Harborough? | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
In which county is the town of Market Harborough? | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
Well, it's on the train route from Nottingham into London. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:59 | |
But I'm not completely sure. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:04 | |
Going to hazard a guess at Hertfordshire. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
OK, Hertfordshire. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
It's not! | 0:23:09 | 0:23:11 | |
No, no, the other guys know on the team. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
-D'you want to tell me? -ALL: Leicestershire. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
It's Leicestershire for Market Harborough, | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
which means you got into Sudden Death | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
but you're not getting into the Final Round. You're there, Pat. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:24 | |
Would you both come back and join your teams? | 0:23:24 | 0:23:26 | |
So this is what we've been playing towards, | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
it's time for the Final Round, which as always is General Knowledge. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
won't be allowed to take part in this round, so Sean, Claire, Dave | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
and Jonathan from The Kommitments, would you leave the studio please? | 0:23:37 | 0:23:42 | |
So David, you're playing to win The Kommitments £9,000. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
Daphne, Chris, Barry, Pat and Judith, | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
you're playing for something money can't buy, it's your reputation. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
And as usual, I ask each team three questions in turn. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
This time, the questions are all General Knowledge | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
and you're allowed to confer. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
So David, the question is, | 0:24:00 | 0:24:01 | |
is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five? | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
-David, would you like to go first or second? -First, I think. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:07 | |
Let's hope it's a good one for you. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
"Gat" is an American slang term for what type of weapon? | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
G-A-T. "Gat is an American slang term for what type of weapon? | 0:24:21 | 0:24:26 | |
I'm not really familiar with the term. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
I don't think it's a sword. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:33 | |
Erm... | 0:24:33 | 0:24:35 | |
I've heard of a Gatling gun, | 0:24:37 | 0:24:38 | |
but unless it's a nickname for that I don't think it's a gun. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
I think it could possibly be a hand grenade so that will be my answer. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
OK, hand grenade for a gat. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
Having heard of the Gatling gun, you've passed over that, | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
and gone for the hand grenade, and it is a gun. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
OK, well, Eggheads, your first question. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
Members of which profession | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
are sometimes humorously referred to as "luvvies"? | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
Members of which profession | 0:25:05 | 0:25:06 | |
are sometimes humorously referred to as "luvvies"? | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
-Well, I think it's acting. -Yeah. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
We are, actually, darling, yes. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
We have an ex-Egghead who is now a member of this profession. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
The answer is acting. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
You two are as well! | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
In the past, maybe. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:22 | |
-Chris, you've trodden the boards. -I've done a bit in my time, yeah. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
I've seen your Larry Olivier. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:28 | |
Seen you wearing your smoking jacket and cravat. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
It is acting, it's the right answer. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
OK, right, we need to get you on the board here, David. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
Injun Joe is a character in which 1876 American novel? | 0:25:40 | 0:25:46 | |
Injun Joe is a character in which 1876 American novel? | 0:25:51 | 0:25:57 | |
Erm, well, it's not The Great Gatsby | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
because that was written later than 1876, I believe. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
I don't think it's Anne of Green Gables, | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
so I'm pretty sure it's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
Yes, indeed. That's much better. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
You have one there, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is correct. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
So, Eggheads. Someone with LLD after their name is a doctor of what? | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
Someone with LLD after their name is a doctor of what? | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
-Law. -Law? -Law. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
Yes, LLD is a doctor of law. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
That's right, Eggheads. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
OK, you must get this, David. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
Which group... Ah, music, good, here we are. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
Which group had a UK hit single in 1958 with Yakety Yak? | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
Which group had a UK hit single in 1958 with Yakety Yak? | 0:26:49 | 0:26:54 | |
OK, well, at last we've got a music question, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
and I'm fairly certain I know the answer to this one. | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
It's not The Drifters, it's not The Cadillacs, it's The Coasters. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
It is, yes, well done. Couldn't get that wrong, could you? | 0:27:03 | 0:27:05 | |
Well done, The Coasters. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
OK, well, you are not coasting any more, | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
you are actually really motoring, but just started so slowly with that | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
first one, giving the Eggheads an opportunity here, | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
but if you survive this we go into Sudden Death. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
So Eggheads, what name is given to the group of rocky islets | 0:27:18 | 0:27:22 | |
situated just over a mile west of Land's End? | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
What name is given to the group of rocky islets situated | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
just over a mile west of Land's End? | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
-Longships? -Longships. -There's a lighthouse there, isn't there? -Yeah. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
-Happy with that? -Yeah. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
I believe there is a quite well-known lighthouse | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
on these islands, and I think it's the Longships. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:48 | |
It's the right answer, Eggheads, you've won. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
Well, I said there, David, just before they faced that question, | 0:27:55 | 0:27:59 | |
that you were really going strongly there | 0:27:59 | 0:28:01 | |
but just couldn't recover from that very first question stumble. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
But thank you very much to you and all your Kommitments there | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
for coming along and entertaining us here today. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:10 | |
Next time, bring your instruments. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:12 | |
We'll book you for the Christmas party. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
Don't think the Eggheads could afford you. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:16 | |
Good to see you, Kommitments, and best of luck with the music. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them, | 0:28:19 | 0:28:21 | |
and their winning streak continues. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:23 | |
I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £9,000. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
That means the money rolls over to the next show. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you? | 0:28:28 | 0:28:31 | |
Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers | 0:28:31 | 0:28:34 | |
have the brains to defeat the Eggheads. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:36 | |
£10,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
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