Episode 47 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 challenging the awesome might

of our quiz champions today are the No Eyed Deers.

This team of friends have taken the inspiration for their name

from the fact that they've reached the age

where they seem to spend a great deal of time on stag dos.

-Let's meet them.

-Hello. I'm Stuart.

I'm 31, and I'm a project manager.

I'm Martin, I'm 30 years old, and I'm a company director.

I'm Ricky, I'm 30, and I'm a business director.

Hi. I'm James. I'm 31 years old, and I'm a police officer.

Hi. I'm Mike. I'm 31 years old, and I'm a recruiter.

OK. Welcome to you, No Eyed Deers. Is this really about stag dos,

or the fact that you might not have much of a clue

when it comes to going against the Eggheads?

-Yeah. A bit of both, really, Dermot.

-It's not just a stag night any more.

-It's a stag weekend, or a stag week!

-Yeah. It's a tradition now.

We normally have a foreign stag do, and then a UK stag do,

-just as an excuse to have two stag dos.

-Absolutely.

-So that's two weekends gone.

-That's two weekends gone, yeah.

So, we know the core activity - drinking.

Then what else have you been doing? Go-karting, bungee jumping...

-Surfing. Bit of surfing.

-Paintballing.

The usual quiz challenges, of course.

Well, good luck to you, No Eyed Deers.

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.

The Eggheads have won the last 13 games.

That means £14,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.

Let's set about that task, shall we? See if you can do it.

Our first category, first head-to-head, is History.

Who'd like to play this one? History.

-James, you're pretty good at history.

-I think that's you, mate.

-The man of the hour.

-James is our history expert.

I wouldn't go that far, but I'll give it a go.

OK, James. And choose an Egghead to play.

Any one of the five, of course. It's the opening round.

-Go for Pat.

-Yeah.

-Pat, please.

Pat on history. OK. Going for one of the big history guns there.

Let's get James and Pat into the Question Room, please.

That's to make sure you can't confer, James.

James, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Dermot.

OK. Best of luck, James. Here you are.

Which of these historical events occurred first?

I know the Cuban Missile Crisis was in the '60s.

So was JFK.

I'm not too sure about the building of the Berlin Wall.

I can't distinguish between the assassination of JFK

and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I think they're both in the '60s.

As I say, I'm not sure which came first,

so I'll go with the building of the Berlin Wall.

Yeah. It is the right answer. Well done, and well worked out.

That was a tricky first question there, James. OK, Pat.

Charlemagne was a member of which dynasty?

Well, the Mongols were in East Asia, China, Mongolia,

that sort of area. The Arpads were in Hungary.

And the Carolingians were in France,

so Charlemagne was in the Carolingian dynasty.

And the answer is Carolingian. It is correct.

Both off to a good start.

And, James, the phrase "for beverage purpose"

appears in which amendment to the US Constitution?

I'm pretty sure it's not the 5th.

I think that's the right to silence.

Um, doesn't sound like a too important amendment,

which I imagine would be the 1st, so for that reason,

-I'm going to go with the 18th.

-Liking your logic!

It is the right answer. Well done, James.

Really working those options well there. The 18th.

And, er, Pat's behind, and faces his second question, then.

Pat, the Volsci were an ancient people

who inhabited part of which modern-day country?

Er, I think in the very early days of Rome,

they had run-ins with various Italian neighbours,

and I think the Volsci were one of the tribes they went up against,

so I think it's Italy.

It is Italy. Both playing really well here.

James, third question. In World War II,

what name was given to the German plan

of flooding England with counterfeit Bank of England banknotes?

I'm not too sure at all on this one.

Can't even have a logical guess with the answers I've got in front of me.

I'm going to go, on a whim, for Operation Bernhard.

-THEY LAUGH

-Well done.

And chuckles from the Eggheads, because you've got it right!

So, that was on a whim, or on a wing and a prayer, on a guess,

but the other two you worked out and we'll certainly give you that one.

That gives you the lead, and see if Pat will close that door.

In early 1774, Pat,

in an attempt to suppress local anger against British policies,

the English general Thomas Gage was appointed as governor of where?

I think I'll have to assume they were annoyed about the Stamp Act,

the Intolerable Acts, and I'll have to go for Massachusetts.

It is, yes. Massachusetts is correct.

So it's all square, and quizzing really well there, James.

Let's make it a bit harder for you. You're so good,

we'll put you really to the test. Here we go. Sudden Death.

Warren Hastings was the first British governor-general

-of which country?

-I'll have a guess at...

..Canada.

Gone for a big Empire country, but not Canada. Pat, do you know?

-Er, India.

-India. So bad luck, there, James.

Pat, the Revolt of the Northern Earls was a rebellion

-to dethrone which English monarch?

-Brings to mind Ulster, really,

the O'Neills and their allies.

I think they rebelled against Elizabeth I,

and, er, lost,

so I think I'll have to go for Elizabeth I.

OK. The Revolt of the Northern Earls was a rebellion against Elizabeth I.

It is the right answer, Pat. You've got through to the final round,

but James, you really gave that a go. Well played.

Lot of honour for that, but you won't be playing in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

The No Eyed Deers have now lost one brain from the final round.

The Eggheads all there, of course,

and our second head-to-head comes up as Geography.

-Who'd like to play this? Geography.

-I'd have a go at it.

-I'd have a bash at it.

-Go on, mate.

I think! Yeah. I'm going to go for it.

All right. Choose an Egghead. Remember it can't be Pat,

-but any of the others.

-Barry?

-Yeah.

-How's Barry...

-You happy with that?

-Yeah, I'm happy.

-Barry, I think.

-Looks like we're going with Barry.

Very relaxed. Whatever! Take on all comers.

Take them all on at once. Mike and Barry, then,

playing Geography. Into the Question Room, please.

Mike, you know how to play. Would you like to go first or second?

I'd like to go first, please.

OK. Try this one for size, then. First question.

Which of these does the M62 motorway cross?

The M62...

I think is somewhere in the north.

Dartmoor's obviously in the southwest, I think.

Um... I'm going to go for the Pennines,

because I believe that's in the north.

OK. I like the way you said that.

You believe the Pennines are in the north.

-You're from the south, aren't you? Tunbridge Wells man.

-I am.

OK. Pennines is, of course, the right answer. Well done.

OK, Barry. Biggleswade and Dunstable are towns in which English county?

Ah! Hmm...

Biggleswade and Dunstable. I think they're in Suffolk.

It's interesting, isn't it, this north-south divide

being exhibited by these two questions on Eggheads!

There we have the southerner getting the northern question,

-for Mike, and the northerner failing on the southern question...

-Oh!

..in Barry! It's, er, Bedfordshire.

-Oh!

-Well, that's fantastic news.

I didn't expect that. Don't think any of us did.

Mike, you have a lead,

and you will really secure it if you get this.

Tallahassee is the capital of which US state?

Oh, I'm going to kick myself for this one! Um...

Why? You didn't learn the state capitals?

On the way up here, everyone else was concentrating, revising this,

and I chose not to.

Tallahassee. It sounds... Well, they're all southern states.

So... if there was one... If it's a gut feel,

I would say South Carolina.

Um...

Yeah. I've got to go with South Carolina.

I take it you haven't been to the United States

for a sunshine holiday or anything like that, have you?

-Or a stag do?

-I once went to Florida,

and if it's Florida I'm going to feel awfully stupid.

-Oh, no!

-It is Florida. Yeah.

Oh! Didn't get that right.

OK. Well, it might go all square if Barry gets this.

The Danakil is an arid region on which continent?

I think that's... That's a desert region.

I think it's in the north of Ethiopia,

-which would put it in Africa.

-You are correct, yes.

On surer ground, it seems, when we go offshore, Barry.

And third question apiece. Mike, in which German federal state

is the city of Leipzig situated?

I don't think it's Bavaria,

so I'm going to rule that one out.

So it becomes between the two Ss.

Um...

I've not heard of Saarland,

so just purely on that basis

and the fact that I'm going to discount Bavaria,

I'm going to go for Saxony.

If you'd been to Tallahassee, you'd be through.

That is the right answer. Saxony.

So you still go through if Barry doesn't get this.

The Flame Towers, a complex of three buildings

with facades that also function as huge LED display screens,

are located in which city?

Oh, I've not heard of this one, so let's see if we can apply any logic.

The Flame Towers... Well, Baku is the centre of the oil industry

in Azerbaijan, and they often have flame-outs in oilfields,

so I'm wondering if the Flame Towers would be representative

of the oil industry, so I shall go for Baku.

Interesting reasoning. It is the right answer!

OK. It's all square, and we go to Sudden Death again.

Going well, Mike. The River Wensum flows through which city

in the east of England?

I originally grew up in Norfolk,

so I'm pretty sure my dad's fished it,

so I'm going to say Norwich.

It's the right answer.

That's what we wanted. OK.

Barry, the three US states whose names only contain four letters

are Utah, Iowa and which other?

Mm... Ohio.

It's the right answer. OK, another pair of questions, then.

Mike, Kigali is the capital of which small, landlocked African country?

Er...

Oh, I'm really struggling with it. I'm just going to say Mali.

OK. Mali. No, it's not.

Rwanda. Rwanda.

OK. Barry, the Square of Three Powers

and the Palace of the Dawn are famous locations

-in which Brazilian City?

-I believe they are in the city

that became the capital of Brazil in the '60s. They're in Brasilia.

It is the right answer. I hope it wasn't agony for you, Mike.

You played really well, but you won't be in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, Barry riding his luck there, just got through,

but it does mean the No Eyed Deers have lost two brains

from the final round, and somehow the Eggheads remain unscathed.

I don't know how that has happened. But our next subject is Music.

-Who'd like to play this?

-Martin, what you think of that?

-OK.

Yeah. I'll give it a whirl, yeah. Let's go for it.

-We'll go for Martin.

-OK, Martin.

Choose from the Eggheads. Pat and Barry have played,

so you go down the line to Judith, Kevin or Dave.

-Yeah, I think Dave.

-We'll go for Dave.

All right. Martin and Dave into the Question Room, please.

Martin, the other two got close, as you saw.

Let's see if we can get you over the line against Dave.

-Do you want to go first or second?

-I'll go second, please, Dermot.

OK, change in tactics, putting the Egghead in first.

That Egghead's Dave, and this is your question.

Dave, what is the title of the 1960s song

that features the lines, "All the leaves are brown

and the sky is grey"?

From the brilliant Mamas and Papas, that's California Dreamin'.

Excellent. Good start for you, Dave.

Let's hope it's matched by Martin here.

In which musical do the songs That'll Be The Day, Not Fade Away

and Peggy Sue appear?

I really should've gone first for this round.

No. Um...

When I heard Peggy Sue, I think that was a song by Buddy Holly,

so, er, for that reason I think I'll go with Buddy.

That'll be the clue. It's the right one. Yes, Buddy. Well done.

Dave, Battle Born, released in 2012,

became which band's fourth UK number-one album?

Um, I think that's The Killers.

It is The Killers. You have two,

and Martin will attempt to catch you up with this one.

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown became a one-hit wonder

when which song went to number one in the UK?

OK. To be honest, it's an absolute guess.

I can't really say I know it. I'm going to go for Fire.

It's the right answer.

Fire.

Two all.

Dave, in 1965, who became the first British female singer

since Vera Lynn to top the American singles charts?

This is difficult, because...

I can rule out Sandie Shaw.

I've just got to get a handle on the date of To Sir, With Love,

because Lulu did top the US charts with that,

and it's against Downtown by Petula Clark.

Now, was that later for Lulu,

because she would've had Shout in '64.

She was about 15, and I think she was a bit older.

-I'm going to go Petula Clark.

-OK.

It's the right answer. Well worked out, Dave.

Interesting to hear your thinking on that. It's fantastic.

Petula Clark. You got it. This means you need this, Martin.

Which singer had a UK top-ten single in 1968

with the song Les Bicyclettes De Belsize?

Um... Now I really know I should've gone first.

Um...

Serge Gainsbourg sounds like a French name,

French-sounding name, so that's going to be my answer.

-Serge Gainsbourg.

-OK.

I can see the obvious link there, as you pointed out.

Um, it is Engelbert. The Hump, Engelbert Humperdinck.

OK, well, bad luck, Martin. As you said,

you would've done rather better if you'd gone first.

You're never to know. All the questions are the same.

It's just a matter of tactics.

Dave's in the final round and you're not.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Three men down, No Eyed Deers. Eggheads haven't lost anyone yet.

So let's see if you can get rid of one of them,

and this is your last chance to do it, on Film and Television.

And who'd like to play this? It's Ricky or Stuart.

-Want to go for it, Ricky?

-Yeah, I'll go Film and TV.

You look like you're up for it. Who would you like to play?

-It can be Judith or Kevin.

-Judith?

-Shall we pick Judith?

We're going to pick Judith for this one.

Right. Ricky and Judith, on Film and Television.

In the Question Room, please.

OK, Ricky. Would you like to go first or second?

I think I'll go first, please.

OK. Film question to start you off.

What item became a trademark of Indiana Jones

in the film Raiders Of The Lost Ark?

This is one of my favourite trilogies - sorry, set of films -

so if I get this wrong, I'm sure everyone'll kill me.

I think, or I'm pretty sure, it's bullwhip.

It's the bullwhip, yes. Well done.

And, Judith, in which year was The Magic Roundabout first broadcast

on British television?

Oh, goodness! Um...

I think it was certainly earlier than 1975.

Um, whether it was 1955...

I think it was 1965.

-'65?

-Yeah.

It's the right answer. Good start for you.

And, Ricky, the actor Jake Wood joined the cast of EastEnders

in 2006 as which character?

So, 2006...

Er, Peter Beale's been on there for...forever.

Er, Archie Mitchell...

I think he's a very recent character,

and I think Max Branning joined in around 2006, perhaps.

It's been about six years, so I'm going to go Max Branning.

Max Branning. It's the right answer. Well done.

OK, bring the pressure back on Judith.

Judith, who was named as the winner of Celebrity MasterChef

in September 2012?

Oh, and I watched that, too!

Um... Well, I don't think it was Emma Watson.

I think, um, it was Emma...

Forbes, Kennedy. Forbes, Kennedy.

Um, Emma Kennedy.

OK, Emma Kennedy. It was Emma Kennedy!

-Oh, thank goodness for that!

-SHE CHUCKLES

And it's all square again.

And, Ricky, in which city was the actor Herbert Lom born?

I'm going to make a guess,

purely on the basis that I'd imagine

he's probably been in British or English-speaking films,

so I wouldn't say Prague or Paris. I'm going to go Pretoria.

OK. Pretoria for Herbert Lom's birthplace.

No, it's not. It's Prague.

So, it means Judith has a chance to take this round.

Judith, who directed the action-adventure film

Big Trouble In Little China, which starred Kurt Russell?

I'm afraid I don't know. Haven't seen it.

Um, William Friedkin.

No, that's incorrect. Other Eggheads, tell me.

-John Carpenter.

-John Carpenter.

OK, and once again into Sudden Death.

A lot of Sudden Death in this game. And, Ricky,

in which 1986 film remake does Jeff Goldblum play a scientist who,

after a failed experiment, begins to take the form of an insect?

I think this is the one where Eric Stoltz plays his role

in the second film, and I think this is The Fly.

It is The Fly. Yes. Well done.

So, Judith, Amber Gates, Lucy Milligan and Donna Walmsley

were among the collective title characters of which drama series

that began in 2002?

Oh, dear!

I can't think. I don't know. Sorry. Pass.

-Pass?

-Yeah.

-OK. Let's just clinch that now.

Ricky, you're through. Do the other Eggheads know?

-I think it's Footballers' Wives.

-Footballers' Wives.

-Oh! Well, no wonder.

-THEY LAUGH

Not the kind of thing one would watch, eh, Judith?

I wouldn't even have turned it on. Actually, I did watch it.

-It was very funny.

-Well, there you are.

It's all over for Judith, and Ricky, you're in the final round!

Great. Great. Brilliant!

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

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

It's time for the final round,

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

Those of you who lost your head-to-heads can't take part,

so, Martin, James and Mike from the No Eyed Deers,

and Judith from the Eggheads, would you leave the studio, please?

So, Stuart and Ricky, you're playing to win the No Eyed Deers £14,000.

Barry, Pat, Kevin, you're playing for something money can't buy -

the Eggheads' reputation. And 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, No Eyed Deers, the question is,

are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four,

and, Stuart and Ricky, would you like to go first or second?

I think we'll go first, Dermot.

Well, very best of luck. Here you go.

The term "Celtic Tiger" was specifically used

to describe the rapid economic development

of which country in the 1990s and early 2000s?

-I would imagine...

-The Celtic theme.

-The Celtic theme.

-I'd probably go for that.

-I don't know it,

-but I would imagine it's Ireland.

-I don't associate "Tiger"

-with any other countries.

-I wouldn't associate it with Ireland, either,

-but...

-True!

-..Celtic theme, I definitely would.

-Shall we go for that?

-That's the best one.

-Yeah, Dermot. We're going to go for the Republic of Ireland.

-OK.

On the Celtic... Yes. It's the right answer, yes.

Celtic Tiger there, identified by the guys.

And, Eggheads, in which Paralympic sport

might some competitors rely on the presence of a tapper to help them?

-It's swimming.

-To let them know when they're coming towards the end of...

-They have a little stick and they tap them on the back.

-Yeah.

So they know they're coming to the end.

-Fine.

-That's the one I thought.

Yeah. We think it's in swimming, Dermot,

where the visually impaired competitors

will be coming towards the end of the lane, towards the wall,

and the tapper has a long stick

to let them know that they're just about there,

-so swimming.

-Swimming?

It's the right answer, Eggheads. Well identified.

So, No Eyed Deers, the American engineer Wilson Greatbatch,

who died in 2011, invented the world's first implantable what?

-Shall we go for pacemaker?

-Pacemaker.

-Best guess.

-We're not 100 percent sure, but we'll go for pacemaker.

A pacemaker, Wilson Greatbatch's first implantable...

Pacemaker's correct! Well done. You don't need one.

-Will do, I think.

-I think your hearts are beating strongly enough there.

Eggheads, which saint is depicted in the wilderness

in an unfinished Leonardo da Vinci painting

normally displayed in the Vatican Museums?

I think there's some legend relating to St Jerome

being in the wilderness, strangely.

I think we can rule out Sebastian, can't we?

-Yes, you can.

-It's another legend.

So it's just between Jerome and Thomas.

I mean, there could be legends associated with either of them

in relation to that. I'd go for Jerome, but...

-OK.

-I'm happy to go with that.

-That's fine.

THEY ALL CONFER QUIETLY

Um, this one's going to have to come down to instinct.

We've ruled out Sebastian.

Er, it could be either of the others, technically.

Just hoping a faint bell is ringing somewhere about Jerome,

-so we're going to go for Jerome.

-It is Jerome. It is the right answer,

just!

No Eyed Deers, got two out of two. Make it three out of three,

and the pressure's back on the Eggheads.

Red Rackham's Treasure is the title of a comic book

from which well known series?

-Red Rackham...

-Red...

-Red Rackham.

R-A-C-K-H-A-M. Red Rackham's Treasure.

OK, let's discount Warlord. It probably is Warlord,

-but let's discount Warlord.

-I don't know.

-I think let's take a punt on Tintin.

-Shall we go Tintin, then?

-Are you happy with that?

-I'll take your lead on this.

-Red Rackham, Red Rackham...

-Red Rackham.

All right. We haven't got... We're not too sure,

but...

um...

Tintin went on a lot of adventures,

and hopefully on one of them he found some treasure

belonging to Mr Rackham, so we'll go with that.

Belonging to Red Rackham.

I'm not sure he found the treasure, but you found the answer.

It is correct. The Adventures Of Tintin.

The Adventures Of Tintin is correct, yeah.

And, Eggheads, which meal is called "colazione" in Italian?

I think it's normally called prima colazione,

so first...

Colazione is the slightly more generic term,

but I think prima colazione is breakfast, I think,

as in "first collation", I think.

-I think.

-Yeah. OK?

Not absolutely certain, Dermot,

but I think there's often an extra word in there,

prima colazione, which refers to breakfast.

It is correct. Sudden Death again, guys. Well played so far.

See if you can get that money.

In World War II, the Scrap Iron Flotilla was a nickname

given to a group of ships from which country?

I think it's got to be Italy or Greece, I imagine.

Or somewhere more eastern. Japan?

Wouldn't they be a bit more...

-I mean, Russia, even.

-Russia?

-Yeah?

-Russia might be a good choice.

-Yeah. Russia?

-Let's go Russia.

-Let's go for Russia.

-Or were they subs, mostly?

-I don't know.

-Well, they did have...

-Shall we go Russia?

Again, Dermot, unfortunately we're not sure,

but we're going to take a guess at Russia.

A lot of countries to go for. It was a World War after all.

And not Russia. It's Australia.

OK, Eggheads. Your question.

To the nearest centimetre, what is the circumference of a circle

which has a diameter of eight centimetres?

-2 pi R.

-2 pi R, or pi D.

So if the diameter is eight, the radius is four.

-Two fours are eight, times pi.

-Times 3.14.

24.8...

-25.1 something.

-So 25?

-Yeah. To the nearest centimetre?

-To the nearest centimetre.

-It would be 25.

-25 centimetres?

25 centimetres is correct, Eggheads. You've won.

Bad luck. I'm drained, but I don't know how you must feel.

That was so close. Bad luck. Fantastic, fantastic quiz.

I know it's no consolation,

but you ran them as close as you can possibly get without winning.

-Thank you.

-But the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,

and you won't be going home with the £14,000,

which means the money rolls over to the next show.

So, Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

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

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£15,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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