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These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

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Together they make up the Eggheads,

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arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

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The question is, can they be beaten?

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

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

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They are the Eggheads.

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And taking on our awesome quiz champions today

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are the Taverners from Wiltshire. This team of friends quiz together

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at the Canal Tavern in Bradford on Avon. Let's meet them.

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Hello. I'm Tim. I'm 60 years old and I'm a novelist.

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Hello. I'm Frances. I'm 57 years old

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and I'm a senior administrator for the National Trust.

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Hi. I'm Dave. I'm 64 and I'm a computer support consultant.

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Hello. I'm Lee. I'm 65 and I'm a part-time sales administrator.

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Hi. I'm David. I'm 48 and I'm a local government director.

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Welcome to you, Taverners. Tell me about the pub. What's the beer like?

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-Excellent. Yeah, really good. Yeah.

-Nice drop?

-Absolutely.

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-What's the quiz like?

-The quiz is fine.

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We've been doing the quiz for a number of years now.

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We don't do too badly in it. We've never actually won it.

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-But we do all right.

-You've never won it?

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-So it must be quite competitive.

-It is, absolutely, yeah.

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How would the Eggheads do? Can they come along in disguise?

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-I think they'd do fairly well.

-Finish mid division somewhere.

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-At least.

-Maybe towards the bottom.

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Yeah. OK.

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

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However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

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the prize money rolls over to the next show.

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So, Taverners, the Eggheads have won the last eight games

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that means that £9,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.

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And our first head-to-head battle is on Film & Television.

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Who'd like to play this and which Egghead would you like to take on?

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-Who fancies that?

-Who's best on Film & TV?

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Anyone fancy Film & TV?

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Do you want Film & TV?

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-I'll do it.

-Yeah.

-Frances.

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-I'll have a go.

-OK.

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-Who do you want to play from the Eggheads, Frances?

-Oh!

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-I'll try Dave, please.

-Dave. Why not? OK.

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To start us off, I'll ask Dave and Frances to go to the Question Room.

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So, Frances, I hear you're a keen footballer.

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Well, I was many years ago, Dermot.

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I like watching it now but that's as far as I go.

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You used to play five-a-side.

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I used to play five-a-side when I worked at the Home Office.

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-We won the London regions one year.

-Good on you.

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-What position did you play?

-I was a forward in those days, yeah.

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-So, you knocked a few in?

-I did.

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I had a nice volley into the top corner one day.

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Lovely. That's, in quizzing terms, what we want to see you do today

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-with these questions.

-Yeah.

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-Do you want to go first or second?

-Can I go second, please?

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OK. Elected to put Dave in first. This is your question, Dave.

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Which actress found fame

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playing the role of Dot Cotton on EastEnders?

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Which actress found fame playing the role of Dot Cotton on EastEnders?

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Eileen Derbyshire's Emily Bishop

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in Coronation Street. Paula Tilbrook is Betty Eagleton in Emmerdale.

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So that leaves June Brown to play Dot Cotton.

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You almost earned three points there.

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-I can't give you them.

-Don't give them.

-Just one for a correct answer.

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Too much information.

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Never too much from an Egghead, Dave.

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-OK.

-Your first question, Frances.

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Which animated TV series was narrated by the actor Arthur Lowe?

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Which animated television series was narrated by the actor Arthur Lowe?

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Don't know this immediately. But, um...

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I can't imagine him doing Rastamouse somehow.

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Trumpton? No.

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-I'll go for Mr Men, please.

-Mr Men, for Captain Mainwaring himself,

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Arthur Lowe, is the right answer.

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-Yep.

-Hooray.

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Who, of course, Dave, was also in Coronation Street, wasn't he?

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Yeah, Mr Swindley. In fact, he got jilted at the altar

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by Emily Bishop, who was then Emily Nugent.

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Oh! It's all joining up here, all the questions.

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And your second question, Dave.

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Who played Ben Sanderson in the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas?

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Yeah, Oscar-winning performance from Nicolas Cage.

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Nicolas Cage is the right answer. Not messing around there, Dave.

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Neither is Frances. Second question for you.

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Who played the commander of the nuclear submarine USS Tigerfish

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in the 1968 film Ice Station Zebra?

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Again, I don't know. But I'll discount Cary Grant to start with.

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Um, and I'll go for Gregory Peck.

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Gregory Peck in charge of the nuclear sub going under the ice cap.

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Yes.

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But it was Rock Hudson in charge. Rock Hudson.

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A dangerous time to stumble,

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Frances, because Dave can administer a knock-out blow if he gets this.

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Dave, what is the name of the civil servant played by Joanna Scanlan

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in the TV sitcom The Thick Of It?

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I've watched The Thick Of It.

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It doesn't immediately come to mind.

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But one name that comes out of that, and I'm going to go for it, is Terri.

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Well, Terri will do.

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It is the right answer.

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A question about a civil servant putting you out.

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-I know. Imagine that.

-Sorry, Frances.

-That's all right.

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But that is the end of the round.

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Dave's through. Both come back and join your teams.

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The Eggheads one up. One Taverner missing at this point.

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The Eggheads are all there. Early days, though.

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Our next subject is Sport.

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Who fancies this one? Sport.

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-That's you, Dave.

-I'll be nominated for this.

-I think it's you.

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The man in the middle. Who are you going to have?

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-I think I'll...

-What do you reckon?

-Judith.

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Judith. Let's have Dave and Judith into the Question Room, please.

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All right. Let's play the round, then.

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Dave, would you like to go first or second?

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I'd like to go first, please.

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Good luck. What is the first name of the football manager

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colloquially referred to in the press by his initials AVB?

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What is the first name of the football manager

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colloquially referred to in the press by his initials AVB?

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He used to be the manager of the team I support. It's Andre.

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-Presumably you can tell me what the VB is, then.

-Villas-Boas.

-Yes.

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Yes. Andre Villas-Boas. We wanted Andre and we heard it.

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1-0 to Dave. Judith,

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Robert Rock and Simon Dyson became famous

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as leading English competitors in which sport?

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Robert Rock and Simon Dyson became famous

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as leading English competitors in which sport?

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Um, I don't think it's boxing.

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Um... I think it might be cycling.

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OK. Cyclists, Robert Rock and Simon Dyson.

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Well, I'm sure they both own bikes.

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I'm sure they do a bit of cycling, they're fit guys.

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But it's not the right answer. Dave?

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-They're golfers.

-Golfers.

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-Oh!

-OK, well,

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best possible start for you, Dave.

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You have one and Judith is on zero.

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So, will you go two up?

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In the northern hemisphere, thoroughbred racehorses

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all have their official birthday on the first of which month?

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It's not something that I know.

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But I've got the vague recollection that there are January sales

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on racehorses, so I shall go with January.

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January. First of January is the right answer. Well done.

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Well done, Dave.

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All right, Judith. You need this.

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How old was Anita Lonsbrough when she won gold

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in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1960 Olympic Games.

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I think swimmers tend to be young when they're at their best.

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So I'm going to say 19.

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That is correct. OK.

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Well, Dave, you can get through if you give me a correct answer here.

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How many times did the driver Jack Brabham win

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the Formula 1 World Championship?

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He's a bit even before my time.

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But I think it was four.

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OK, four for a place in the final round.

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It's on hold. That's incorrect.

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Three. Three is the answer we're looking at.

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Any Eggheads supply me with the dates?

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'59, '60, '66.

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'59, '60 and '66 from Kevin.

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All right. Well, Judith, you're back in it

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if you get one here. The announcement that London had won

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the 2012 Olympics was made at an IOC meeting in which country?

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I think that was Singapore.

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It was. That is the right answer.

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Judith coming back with a wet sail. She's coming back at you, Dave.

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You're into sudden death now.

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That means you will not see any more options until we sort out a winner.

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On a standard dartboard, Dave,

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the five lies between the twenty and which other number?

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Is there a dartboard in the Canal Tavern?

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There is but I haven't played darts for many years.

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But, crossing my mind, I think it's twelve.

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-The twelve, it's right. Well done.

-Hooray!

-Well done, Dave.

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Well remembered. Judith, you need this.

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James Naismith, the inventor of basketball,

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was born in 1861 in which country?

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I think he was born in Canada.

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He was. That's the right answer. Tricky one that.

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Another pair of questions. Dave,

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which former tennis player, a three-times

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Wimbledon Ladies' Singles champion,

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became an ordained minister in 1991?

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This is something that's passed me by.

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Um, I'm trying to think of players who won three times.

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-I would say Margaret Court.

-It's the right answer, Dave.

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-Yes!

-Well done.

-Well done, Dave.

-Excellent.

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Well, you're right back on form

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after that slip up on your third question.

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Judith also showing some sparkling form.

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And your question. Which Northern Irish footballer

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started his managerial career in 1987 at Grantham Town FC?

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The only Northern Irish one I know is George Best.

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I don't think he got as far as being a manager.

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Um... I don't know.

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Ryan Giggs... Is he Northern Irish?

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-That was my answer.

-That's your answer.

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-I thought you were asking me a question.

-I was.

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Which I was not going to answer, if you were fishing for help.

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So you've gone for Ryan Giggs,

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the proud and long-serving Welsh player.

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-LAUGHS

-So, it wouldn't be him, then.

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-It wouldn't be him.

-No.

-I've no idea.

-No.

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We'll ask the Eggheads. I'm sure you'll know.

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-Martin O'Neill.

-Martin O'Neill.

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Martin O'Neill. Which means, Dave, you're through to the final round.

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-Hooray!

-Well played. Very, very good round.

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Come back and join your teams.

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After two rounds, both teams have lost one brain from the final round.

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Interesting, isn't it, that if you're called Dave

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in this game, it seems that you're going to win your head-to-head?

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Which might be something worth bearing in mind, Taverners,

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as you make your selection for Arts & Books.

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You've got David there still able to play. Arts & Books

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-our next round.

-Who'll do Arts & Books?

-I think it's you, David.

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-It's going to be me, is it?

-I think it is, yeah.

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-Right! I have read a book, that helps.

-It's a start.

-One or two.

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-Who are we going to have?

-Dave and Judith have played.

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So you've got Kevin, Chris or Daphne.

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-Any ideas?

-Chris.

-Yeah, I think Chris.

-Um...

-Do you think Chris?

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-Yeah.

-I'll play Chris, Dermot.

-All right.

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We'll have David and Chris into the Question Room.

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So, David, you're in a band.

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-Yes, I am, Dermot.

-You played at the Paralympics ceremony near you.

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Yeah, I was really fortunate. We had the Paralympics

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in the Recreation Ground in Bath. It was a big celebration,

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torch display and, amongst the showers,

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we got to get on the stage and play. It was great fun.

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-You dodged in and out of all that rain that was around.

-Absolutely.

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OK. Do you want to go first or second?

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

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Best of luck. Which 19th-century novel begins

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in the English seaside village of Black Hill Cove?

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Which 19th-century novel begins

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in the English seaside village of Black Hill Cove?

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Well, um...

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It doesn't ring a bell with me.

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The Time Machine, I'm familiar more with that book.

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And that really is more... That's later, that's much later than that.

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The Call Of The Wild, I think I read that when I was younger.

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It's more about the forests of America or wherever.

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So I'm going to go for Treasure Island.

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-It's Treasure Island. It's the right answer.

-Well done.

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And, Chris, your first question.

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In what year was the first of Michael Bond's

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Paddington Bear books published?

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In what year was the first of Michael Bond's

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Paddington Bear books published?

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It doesn't go back as far as 1918.

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But the classic series narrated by Michael Hordern

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was on television long before 1998.

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So the books must have been first published in 1958.

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They were. Well done, Chris.

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And, David, which 20th-century artist is reputed to have said,

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"I don't paint nature, I am nature"?

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Right. Um...

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Well, Lucien Freud I'm familiar with from lots of nude reclining ladies,

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if that's the right person in my head.

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Andy Warhol is more kind of abstract.

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Sort of visual images. And Jackson Pollock's...

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I don't know. He might have felt he was more with nature. I don't know.

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For no other reason than I can't picture

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-his pictures having any image, I'm going for Jackson Pollock.

-OK.

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

-Excellent.

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Chris, in Edvard Munch's painting The Scream,

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housed at the National Gallery in Oslo,

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how many people appear on the bridge in addition to the person screaming?

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They're up in the top left-hand corner, aren't they? There's two.

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You're good at visualising it. It's the right answer.

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Yeah, two.

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Well, some good answers so far from both players. David,

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Invective Against Swans is a poem by which American Modernist writer?

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Well, I don't know any of the names in front of me. Um...

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Marianne Moore, Frank O'Hara, Wallace Stevens.

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So this is absolutely going to have to be a complete guess.

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Um, and I'm going to have to go for

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Wallace Stevens.

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OK. A complete guess.

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One in three. And it's in. You got it.

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-Well done, Dave.

-You landed it. Wallace Stevens.

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So, Chris,

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the Canadian Edward Burtynsky became famous in which field?

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I don't think he was a choreographer, so it's not choreography.

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There have been some good photographers come out of Canada

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like Karsh in Ottawa. But I don't think he was a photographer.

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-I'll go with sculpture.

-OK.

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He was famous in the field of sculpture, a sculptor, you think.

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-Other Eggheads, you look a little...

-I would have gone for photography.

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They would've tended towards photography.

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And that is the answer we needed.

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-Hooray!

-Photography, which means

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more great news for the Taverners.

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The tide's really turned. You are through, David.

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-See what I said?

-Hooray!

-Well done, David.

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Two Daves and a David through now in the final round.

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Please come back and join your teams.

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It's going very nicely for the Taverners at the moment.

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Two Eggheads have gone, one Taverner.

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And our next subject, last one before the final round, is Politics.

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We've got... An intake of breath I hear.

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..Tim or Lee there.

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It will have to be me, Dermot, because our tactic

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-was to leave Lee until the end, so...

-All right.

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-Politics.

-I said about the Dave effect.

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Your middle name isn't David, is it?

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-Sadly not, no.

-You can borrow it.

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-Who would you like to pick from the Eggheads?

-I think Daphne, please.

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-Daphne, well, she's got two of those letters from Dave.

-Exactly.

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Dav... Dave-ne... Tim and Daphne, into the Question Room, please.

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Well, Tim, victory here would really tip the balance in your favour.

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Would you like to go first or second, Tim?

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I think first, Dermot.

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All right. First question. In the US, what name is given to states

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in which voters are equally likely to return

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a Democrat or a Republican candidate?

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In the US, what name is given to states

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in which voters are equally likely to return

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a Democrat or a Republican candidate?

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I'm going to go for swing states

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on the basis that I don't think it's either of the other two.

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Exactly. Yes, it's the right answer.

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Swing states. And, Daphne,

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whose autobiography, published in 2012,

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is entitled Interventions: A Life In War And Peace?

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Whose autobiography, published in 2012,

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is entitled Interventions: A Life In War And Peace?

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Oh, dear. It passed me by.

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Um, it's not Tony Blair.

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But the other two, they're both logical.

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Um...

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George Bush.

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Am I wrong?

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-You're wrong.

-Oh!

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-Kofi Annan.

-Kofi Annan. United Nations.

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-Interventions.

-I was thinking about that but... Oh, well.

-Oh, dear.

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Well, that's a great start, Tim.

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It's what you wanted.

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And second question. Which political figure married

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Louise Shackelton in 1998?

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I'm pretty sure it wasn't David Miliband.

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George Osborne?

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-I'm going to go for George Osborne.

-George Osborne.

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No, it's not. Daphne?

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-It must be David Miliband.

-Yeah. It was the one you ruled out first.

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David Miliband married Louise Shackelton in 1998.

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Daphne to make amends if she gets this. Who was British prime minister

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at the time of the 1929 Wall Street Crash?

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Ramsay MacDonald.

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Ah, yes. And you know you've got that as well, don't you?

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You know your prime ministers. That's correct. Ramsay MacDonald.

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It's all square. Tim,

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in 2009, Professor David Nutt

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was dismissed from his position as a government adviser on what?

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Um...

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Difficult one.

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Drugs.

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I'm going to drugs on this one, Dermot.

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Drugs. The right answer. Yes. Well done. OK.

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Well, you need this, Daphne.

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Ann Widdecombe was shadow home secretary

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under which Conservative leader?

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Oh, crumbs.

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Um... It's not Michael Howard.

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But I can't work out which one it is of the other two.

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Oh, dear.

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Sorry, team.

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-Iain Duncan Smith.

-Iain Duncan Smith with

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Ann Widdecombe shadowing the Home Office, you think for him?

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-No?

-It's William Hague.

-Oh!

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Well...

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We'll have to look at that scoreboard again. Look at that.

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You don't see that very often against Daphne.

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-One out of three, Daphne.

-Uh-huh. Na-na-na-na.

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That's a fail.

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Dear me. Well done, Tim. You're in the final round.

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Knocked Daphne out. Would you both come back and join your teams?

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Well, this is what we've been playing towards.

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It's time for the final round, which is General Knowledge.

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Those of you who lost those head-to-heads

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won't be allowed to take part in this round.

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So, Frances from the Taverners and Judith, Daphne and Chris

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

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So, Tim, Dave, Lee and David, you're playing to win the Taverners £9,000.

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Kevin and Dave, you're playing for something which money can't buy,

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the Eggheads' reputation.

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

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The questions are General Knowledge and you are allowed to confer.

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So, Taverners, the question is, are your four brains

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better than the Eggheads' two? Taverners, would you like

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-to go first or second?

-What are we going to do?

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-First.

-First?

-First, yes. First, please.

-First, please.

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Kicking off, the Taverners. First question is this.

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The world's longest fence

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was erected in Australia to protect sheep from which creature?

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The world's longest fence

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was erected in Australia to protect sheep from which creature?

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-Definitely dingo.

-I don't think it was koalas.

-Koalas would climb over.

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-I've never been savaged by a koala.

-Dingo sounds more like it.

-Dingo.

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-Yeah.

-We agree on dingo, Dermot.

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Not the marauding wombats and savage koalas?

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-It is dingo.

-Unlikely, we feel.

-Dingo is correct. Good start.

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Eggheads, in which board game does a piece become a king

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if it reaches the other side of the board?

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In which board game does a piece become a king

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if it reaches the other side of the board?

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-Draughts, isn't it?

-Yeah, draughts.

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It's not backgammon.

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It's not chess. It's got to be draughts.

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-That is... OK?

-Yeah, got to be.

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That's draughts.

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Draughts. Right answer, Eggheads. Second question

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for both teams. Taverners,

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who wrote and recorded the early 1970s track Smoke On The Water,

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which tells of the band's experiences

0:23:220:23:24

of a fire near Lake Geneva?

0:23:240:23:26

Who wrote and recorded the early 1970s track Smoke On The Water

0:23:290:23:33

about the band's experiences of a fire near Lake Geneva?

0:23:330:23:36

My two music experts say it's definitely Deep Purple.

0:23:360:23:42

Deep Purple with Smoke On The Water is the right answer.

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Eggheads, in the 1920s, what type of hat

0:23:450:23:49

became part of the costume of some Bolivian women?

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In the 1920s, what type of hat

0:23:550:23:57

became part of the costume of some Bolivian women?

0:23:570:24:00

-It's the bowler, isn't it?

-You happy with that? OK.

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You see the market women, or pictures of them, Andean peasants.

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-They wear the bowler. I believe that's the bowler.

-The bowler hat.

0:24:080:24:11

It's the right answer, Eggheads.

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So it's another pair of questions for the teams.

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Taverners, in the 1420s, the astronomer Ulugh Beg

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built a famous observatory in which city?

0:24:220:24:25

In the 1420s, the astronomer Ulugh Beg

0:24:280:24:31

built a famous observatory in which city?

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First name's U-L-U-G-H.

0:24:340:24:37

And then B-E-G for the surname.

0:24:370:24:39

U-L-U-G-H B-E-G.

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-Ulugh Beg.

-Alexandria had the kind of... There is a building there,

0:24:430:24:48

-which is...

-Library.

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But the name sounds to me more...

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-..more further east.

-Samarkand.

-Yeah. The Beg.

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-I don't think it's Samarkand.

-I don't think Constantinople.

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I don't know.

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I don't really know.

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No. This isn't very much help, is it?

0:25:090:25:11

-I would go with Alexandria.

-You're in the box seat, Lee.

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I don't know. Let's have a vote.

0:25:170:25:20

What do you think?

0:25:200:25:22

Um...

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I don't know.

0:25:250:25:27

We've got Alexandria, Constantinople or Samarkand.

0:25:270:25:30

-I don't think it's Samarkand.

-Samarkand.

-Dave says Samarkand?

0:25:300:25:34

-The name sounds....

-With Beg with Constantinople?

0:25:340:25:37

Constantinople's more kind of central to the world.

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-Samarkand.

-The end of the Crusade period.

0:25:400:25:43

It seems the obvious choice if it isn't the right answer.

0:25:430:25:46

-That's all I'd say.

-Yeah.

0:25:460:25:49

-What would you like me to say?

-We don't know.

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Well, we don't know, Dermot, as you can gather.

0:25:510:25:55

I'm for Alexandria.

0:25:570:25:59

You're for Constantinople?

0:25:590:26:03

I favour that to Constantinople but without knowing why.

0:26:030:26:06

-Constantinople, possibly.

-OK.

0:26:060:26:10

We're going to go for Constantinople.

0:26:100:26:13

Constantinople. Always interesting to see if the Eggheads know.

0:26:130:26:18

-Is it Constantinople?

-Samarkand.

-It's Samarkand.

0:26:180:26:21

-You were right, Dave.

-Our initial answer.

0:26:210:26:24

That was your initial response. Then it ended up third on the list.

0:26:240:26:28

Samarkand for Ulugh Beg.

0:26:280:26:30

So a chance for the Eggheads to win the game.

0:26:300:26:32

The journalist Suzy Menkes joined the International Herald Tribune

0:26:320:26:37

in 1988, specialising in which field?

0:26:370:26:40

The journalist Suzy Menkes

0:26:420:26:45

joined the International Herald Tribune

0:26:450:26:47

in 1988, specialising in which field?

0:26:470:26:50

Just to make sure I've got the right Suzy. I think I've heard of her.

0:26:500:26:53

-M-E-N-K-E-S?

-Yeah.

0:26:530:26:56

-Is it fashion?

-I think she's a fashion journalist, yeah.

0:26:560:26:58

I'm not... I'll just have a think about it

0:26:580:27:01

because I'm not certain. It's not sport.

0:27:010:27:03

Um... Yeah.

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I think it's fashion.

0:27:060:27:08

We're not 100% on this. We think it's fashion.

0:27:080:27:11

-Is that your answer?

-Yeah.

-Suzy Menkes joined

0:27:110:27:14

the International Herald Tribune

0:27:140:27:16

in 1988 to specialise in fashion.

0:27:160:27:20

It's right. Eggheads, you've won.

0:27:200:27:22

Kevin, there's another side to you.

0:27:270:27:30

You read the International Herald Tribune fashion pages.

0:27:300:27:32

-Well, I mean, look.

-Exactly, you're right.

-Speaks for itself.

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It does. Taverners, I want to concentrate on your performance.

0:27:360:27:39

It was a fantastic performance.

0:27:390:27:41

The balance in the final round tells us, four of you against two of them,

0:27:410:27:44

you did well in those head-to-heads but couldn't press home

0:27:440:27:48

that advantage in the final round where the money is won and lost.

0:27:480:27:51

Thank you for playing the Eggheads today. I'm sure they'll be

0:27:510:27:54

converging on you en masse for that quiz at the Canal Tavern some day.

0:27:540:27:58

They'll be buying the drinks after that. They owe you that.

0:27:580:28:01

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and their

0:28:010:28:04

winning streak continues. You won't be going home with the £9,000,

0:28:040:28:08

which means the money rolls over to the next show.

0:28:080:28:10

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

0:28:100:28:14

Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers

0:28:140:28:16

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

0:28:160:28:18

£10,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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