Episode 48 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is...

can they be beaten?

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

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

they are the Eggheads.

And taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today

are Just Walking The Dog from St Andrews.

This team are all volunteers for the charity

Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Let's meet them.

Hello. My name is Rae. I'm 68 and I'm a retired hotelier.

Hi. My name's Brian. I'm 66 and I'm a retired hotelier.

Hi. I'm Lynne. I'm 43 and I'm a care assistant.

Hello. My name's Danny. I'm 52.

I'm now retired after a career in the fire service.

Hello. I'm Rita. I'm 63 and I'm a retired human resources manager.

Welcome to you, Just Walking The Dog.

We get the reference in the team name to Guide Dogs for the Blind.

-It's also an old song, isn't it?

-It is, yes.

It was composed in the '60s,

and...it was also recorded by the Rolling Stones.

Tell me about the great work with Guide Dogs for the Blind.

-You raise money and help with training?

-We're all fundraisers

and some of us are also puppy-walkers.

Which means taking the puppy from the age of six weeks up to 14 months,

basic training, before it goes on to advanced training

-in the guide dog centres all over Britain.

-OK.

And, hopefully, they'll be a guide dog

-by the time they're two years old.

-Fantastic stuff.

Tell me... We know about Labradors.

What other breeds make good guide dogs?

We do Labradors, Labrador Retrievers,

German Shepherds

and various other breeds we've tried.

But these are the basics.

The best ones are the Labrador Retrievers.

OK, right! Well, thank you very much for telling us all about that.

Let's play the game and see if you can win some money,

because every day there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

for all our challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Just Walking The Dog, the Eggheads have won the last 14 games.

-Ooh!

-Yes, indeed!

That means £15,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.

Let's see if you can get your hands on it.

Our first subject, first head-to-head,

it's a Music round.

I wonder who would like to play this to start us off?

-Music.

-Would you like to do Music?

Yeah.

Go for it, Danny!

And who would you like to go up against?

Who do you think?

Maybe Pat?

I'll go up against Pat.

All right. Opening round, it's Music.

Danny and Pat will be playing it

from the Question Room, both of you, please.

So, Danny, you ran the Great North Run for Guide Dogs for the Blind.

-Yes, not too long ago.

-How did it go?

Well, it went quite well, like.

I had a blind friend that ran with me,

and I guided him round, which was a great experience.

Yeah, great stuff.

-And the crowd gave you a good lift, did they?

-Yeah.

Both of us. The cheering was mainly for him,

but the crowd was tremendous.

And they gave him a big cheering all the way round.

-Tremendous.

-Fantastic stuff.

Let's hope you do fantastically in this Music round.

Do you want to go first or second?

I wouldn't mind going second.

It's your privilege, Danny. You choose.

Let's see how Pat does with this first question.

What was the title of Gary Numan's 1979 UK Number 1 single?

He had a very distinctive, almost mechanistic, delivery.

And he had a big hit with Cars.

That's the correct answer. Well done, Pat.

Danny, first question.

"The little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head"

is a line from which Christmas carol?

It would be a complete guess, but...

I'm really... I'm trying to think of Christmas songs in my head.

I don't think it's Away In A Manger.

And I've never heard of Little Donkey.

No, I'm going to change my mind. I'm going to go for Away In A Manger.

Phew-ee!

DERMOT LAUGHS

Thank goodness!

It is the right answer.

It's all square. Thank goodness...

Away In A Manger. Got that, Danny.

Pat, the lyrics of which music hall song

include the line "Come, come, come and make eyes at me"?

My first thought is Down At The Old Bull And Bush,

but, um...

I'm not a giant music hall fan.

Come, come, come and make eyes at me...

Any Old Iron.

She was only a bird in a gilded cage...

Of those three, I think it's Down At The Old Bull And Bush.

Wow, yeah!

Yes, indeed, of course it is.

It follows on - "Come, come, come and make eyes at me"

straight into "down at the Old Bull And Bush".

OK. And, Danny...

What is the name of the South Korean music star

who topped the UK singles chart in 2012 with the song Gangnam Style?

I have heard it,

and I have seen the video of it,

of the dance.

But...

the actual gentleman's name...

Didn't you see the Eggheads coming into the studio Gangnam-style?

That's how they make their entry.

Or maybe you were in a bit earlier.

With their lassos, pretend lassos.

Is it FRY, WHY or PSY?

Well, I'm going to discount WHY.

Just as a guess - it's between the two -

I will go

FRY.

OK, FRY.

No, it's not.

It is... Well, Pat?

It's PSY.

It is, yes, indeed.

OK. Well, it means, Pat, you have a chance

to win the round if you get this.

In Search Of The Lost Chord

was a 1968 album by which group?

I've a feeling

it's the Moody Blues. They had Every Good Boy Deserves Favour.

I think they had...

In Search Of The Lost Chord.

Doesn't sound right for Cream.

They had a short but brilliant time together.

I don't think it's Canned Heat.

I'll go for the Moody Blues.

OK, the Moody Blues. In Search Of The Lost Chord...

by the Moody Blues. It's the right answer, Pat.

You're through to the final round.

Bad luck, Danny. You won't be there.

Would you both please come back and join your teams.

Well, as it stands, Just Walking The Dog

just lost one brain from the final round.

The Eggheads are all there.

Our next head-to-head is Science.

GROANING

Science...followed by silence!

Who would like to play this?

Is that you, Lynne?

Um...

-Is that you?

-Well, it's not me!

Definitely not me.

I think you've got to go for it.

-Yeah, I'll do it.

-OK, Lynne.

You're in the frame.

Who would you like to take into the Question Room with you?

-Either Daphne or Judith.

-Dave.

You think Dave?

He thinks Dave.

Well, whatever.

I'd like to take on Dave.

All right, it's going to be Lynne and Dave, then,

playing the Science round. In the Question Room, please.

So, Lynne, Science.

Would you like to go first or second?

I think I'd like to go first, please.

Good luck, Lynne. Your first question is this.

In mathematics,

an equals sign with a diagonal line through it

stands for what?

Oh, I'm having to go back a few decades now

to my maths class!

Which I wasn't too bad at.

I think I'm going to, um...

..definitely not go for greater than.

I think it's not equal to.

-That's my answer.

-OK.

The greater than's a different sign

and very equal to... You're either equal or not!

So not equal to cancels it out. Yes, very good. Well done.

OK, Dave, first question for you.

For what does the letter R stand

in the name of the medical imaging test known as an MRI scan?

It's magnetic resonance image.

I hope so, but I could be wrong.

Resonance.

You're not wrong. It is correct. Well done, Dave.

And back to you, Lynne.

The troposphere is a layer of the earth's atmosphere,

the lowest point of which is found at what level?

Um...

The word troposphere sounds to be something tropical.

So I think if it was high above the earth,

it would be colder...

But really, I don't have a clue on this one.

I'm going to go for...

eight miles above earth.

It's not right, no.

I thought you were onto it there. It's the earth's surface.

Just didn't get it. OK.

Dave,

in what part of the upper body is the scaphoid bone located?

Got to go with shoulder.

OK, shoulder for the scaphoid.

It's certainly the upper body,

-but it's not the right location.

-Is it the wrist?

-It is the wrist.

Well, that's good news for you, Lynne. No damage done there.

Stays all square.

Lynne, third question.

Larus - L-A-R-U-S -

larus is a genus of what type of bird?

Larus makes me think it's something to do with larynx,

which is to do with sound.

So, in that case, I might go with

cuckoo...because it makes a "cuckoo" noise!

Yes, that name is self-explanatory, isn't it?

Larus is a genus of...

Oh, dear, it's gull.

It's a gull. So a chance for Dave here.

Nereid is a moon of which planet in the solar system?

Nereid - N-E-R-E-I-D.

Without a big conviction,

I think...

it's Neptune.

Neptune, you think.

You hadn't much conviction.

Well, you can have all the conviction you like now -

it's the right answer. Bad news for Lynne.

Lynne, you won't be in the final round. Dave will be there.

Would you both please come back and join your teams.

Well, after that round, it's two down, then, to Just Walking The Dog.

The Eggheads are all there,

so we'll see if you can winkle one of them out

with this next Arts & Books round.

Who'd like to play this?

Well, everybody's looking at me.

So I guess it's me!

All right, Rita. Pick your Egghead.

Oh, gosh!

What a choice.

Daphne.

All right, let's have Rita and Daphne

into the Question Room, please.

Rita, good to see you. We had a cuckoo question in the last round,

and I detect from your accent you're a cuckoo in this St Andrews nest?

Yes, I'd have to describe myself that way.

-I'm London born and bred.

-OK.

Moved up to St Andrews about seven years ago

and I enjoy it very much.

Is that long enough, or are you still seen as a bit of a blow-in?

No, St Andrews is the place where you get a lot of foreigners

because of the golf

and the students and so on,

so I'm just one of the many!

OK. Now, Arts & Books - do you want to go first or second?

I'm a get-it-over-with kind of gal,

so I'm going to go first, please.

OK, well, first question for the get-it-over-with kind of gal, then!

What word is used to refer to an alphabetical list of terms

and definitions in a particular area of knowledge?

Well, I do read a lot.

Um...and I'd have to go straight to glossary on that one.

And you'd be right, yes, of course.

Glossary. Well done.

Daphne, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

is located in which city?

Well, it OUGHT to be in Moscow,

so that's where I'll put it.

Yes...because that's where it is!

-Yes!

-It's the right answer.

OK, Rita...

What breed of dog - here we go! - is the title character

in Stephen King's novel Cujo?

I may read a lot, but I haven't read that book.

Um...

I can't imagine it's a St Bernard.

I'm going to say German Shepherd.

OK, German Shepherd.

We've been talking about them, haven't we?

German Shepherd - is it Cujo?

It's not. Do you know what it is, Daphne? Tell us.

-A St Bernard.

-It is a St Bernard. The one you first threw out.

But, of course, you hadn't read it, so it was a guess.

Let's hope Daphne has to guess...

Well, no, probably not, with Daphne's guessing!

Let's hope she THINKS she knows this one...

but it's wrong.

Approximately how big is Pablo Picasso's

ground-breaking 1907 painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon?

The minute you say, "How big is it?"

my mind goes blank!

Um...

I think it's probably...

-little, so I'll go for eight inches.

-OK.

Little. Well, that's good.

You were absolutely wrong, because it's big.

-Oh, is it?

-It's eight feet square.

Oh, well!

Eight feet square. Well, that's great news, Rita.

You're undamaged after that exchange. Still all square at 1-1.

Here's your third question.

Who wrote the 1958 book Borstal Boy?

Well, I did do a little bit of revision.

And I hope I've remembered correctly on this.

I think it's Brendan Behan.

Brendan Behan. Yes, it is! Well done.

Back on track. Well done.

2-1.

Daphne...

if you get this wrong, you're out, as you know.

Who did Dylan Thomas once describe as

"a poet of all times, all places and all wars"?

-They've given me three war poets!

-Yeah!

Um...

Who would I describe...?

Wilfred Owen.

It's the right answer.

You're back on track too, unfortunately for Rita.

So, there we are - both got the middle one wrong,

but it means it's all square after three questions.

So, Rita, to sort out a winner, we'll remove the options

and I've just got to hear the answer from you. Here you go.

Leopold Bloom is a character created by which writer who died in 1941?

The name isn't coming to me.

It's all about Dublin, isn't it?

Is it Ulysses or...?

Or is it...?

Maybe it's Under Milk Wood.

Um...

Oh, because I can think of the name,

I'll say Dylan Thomas in Under Milk Wood.

-I've gone the wrong way!

-You've gone the wrong way.

Of course, we just had Dylan Thomas mentioned.

Maybe that's what put it into your head, in Daphne's last question.

You were on the right track with Ulysses.

And Ulysses was written by...?

James Joyce is what we wanted to hear. Leopold Bloom.

OK, a chance for you, Daphne.

A museum in St Ives in Cornwall, opened in 1976,

and another in Wakefield opened in 2011,

are named after which female English sculptor?

It's Barbara Hepworth.

It is Barbara Hepworth. That is the right answer, Daphne.

It puts you through to the final round. Bad luck, Rita.

It means you can't play there.

Would you both please come back and join your teams.

Three brains now gone from Just Walking The Dog.

All the Eggheads are there.

And we've got our last head-to-head before the final round.

This one is Sport.

Rae and Brian, you're the only ones eligible for this. Sport.

-It's going to be you, Brian?

-He's the sport!

-OK.

And choose from the Eggheads.

Daphne, Pat and Dave have played,

so it can be Kevin or Judith.

-I'll take Judith, please.

-OK, Judith.

Quelle surprise!

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

OK, Brian, let's see if we can get you through

to sit alongside Rae in the final round.

Do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first, thanks.

Best of luck, Brian. Here's your first question.

How many goals did Alan Shearer score

in the 63 appearances he made

for the England senior national football team?

Not sure exactly, but I can't really see it being 70 or 50.

I would say 30 in 60-odd appearances.

Good strike rate, even on 30, isn't it?

That's the right answer. Well done.

And your first question, then, Judith.

Keith Deller became a world darts champion in which year?

How do you spell his surname?

D-E-L-L-E-R. Keith Deller.

I don't know!

Um...

I have absolutely no idea. 1963.

1963 for Keith Deller.

World darts champion.

No, it's not. It is, other Eggheads?

ALL: 1983.

And this was the era when they used to drink and smoke on stage.

Wasn't he noted because he liked a pint of milk?

Yes.

Well, there we are. 1983, Judith.

So, Brian, off to a flying start.

See if it gets even better with this one.

What was the official mascot of the 1972 Summer Olympics?

Oh, gosh! Trying to work out where it was, '72...

I'll have to go for Misha the Bear.

Ah! OK.

You're thinking Moscow, which was of course later.

'72 was Munich.

And therefore, Eggheads...?

ALL: Dachshund.

Waldi the Dachshund.

And Amik the Beaver - what was that, Montreal? '76.

OK. Well, Judith can catch up if she gets this.

Which Grand Slam singles tournament did John McEnroe win four times?

Well, being American,

the home crowd, maybe he won the US Open

four times.

-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

It's the right one. Well done.

So it's all square, Brian.

Next question.

Hiroshima Toyo Carp is the name of a team

in the Central League of which sport in Japan?

Oh, dear. Um...

Of the three, I would think they're more professional at, er...

baseball, rather than the other two.

-OK, going for...?

-Baseball.

Yep, baseball. It's the right answer. Well done.

Big on baseball, aren't they?

So you're in the lead again

and get through if Judith gives me an incorrect answer here.

To whom did boxer Evander Holyfield

lose his undisputed world heavyweight crown in 1992?

Um...

Lennox Lewis.

OK, Lennox Lewis.

No.

-Other Eggheads?

-Riddick Bowe.

-Riddick Bowe.

I think he fought a couple of times with him.

There was one where somebody parachuted into the ring.

-Really? I don't remember that.

-Yeah, there was.

OK. Brian, well done!

You have won. You have emerged triumphant

and marched into the final round. Judith, you won't be there.

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.

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

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

So Lynne, Danny and Rita from Just Walking The Dog

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

So, Rae and Brian, you're playing to win Just Walking The Dog

£15,000.

Pat, Kevin, Dave and Daphne,

you're playing for something

which money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

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

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

You are allowed to confer in this final round.

So, Just Walking The Dog,

the question is, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

Rae and Brian, would you like to go first or second?

I think we'll go first, please.

Well, good luck to both of you. Here's your first question.

Which of these phrases means "on your own"?

Which of these phrases means "on your own"?

Which of course you would have been, Rae,

-if Brian hadn't won magnificently there.

-Yes!

Yes, I think we're both agreed

that is on your tod.

On your tod. It is the right answer. Well done.

Where did that come from, Eggheads? Anyone know?

-It was the jockey.

-Tod Sloan, yes,

because he was often so far in front.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-I had no idea.

OK, thank you for that, Eggheads.

And your first question.

Pyromancy was an ancient method of divination

by observing what?

Pyromancy was an ancient method of divination

by observing what?

-Fire.

-Fire.

-Fire.

It's fire.

Fire. Pyro...

Yeah, right answer.

Well done, Eggheads.

Back to Rae and Brian.

Which singer married Ayda Field in 2010?

Let me just think...

Robbie Williams.

Robbie Williams.

It's the right answer.

OK. Well, well done. And Eggheads...

Which former MP competed in the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing?

-It's Edwina Currie.

-It was never David Mellor or Neil Hamilton.

The other two haven't...

It's Edwina.

That was Edwina Currie.

Edwina Currie is correct, Eggheads. It's all square.

We could be getting down to the business end of the quiz.

If you get this right and the Eggheads get theirs wrong,

you've won £15,000.

So...

here you go.

The star of Parisian music hall born Jeanne Bourgeois in 1875

and said to have the most beautiful legs in the world

was better known by what name?

The star of Parisian music hall born Jeanne Bourgeois in 1875

and said to have the most beautiful legs in the world

was better known by what name?

Any idea? I think it's Mistinguett.

La Goulue, Mistinguett or Cantinflas?

Well, I haven't heard of La Goulue...

We both think it's Mistinguett.

OK.

Mistinguett...is the right answer.

Yeah. The most beautiful legs in the whole wide world.

Until you came along, Daphne.

DAPHNE LAUGHS

Nobody sees my legs!

OK!

-Cantinflas was a bloke.

-Oh!

-Really?

-Yes.

Might have worked that one out if you'd got it. But you didn't.

You need to get this or you've lost, Eggheads.

Which city's airport started life in 1915

as Turnhouse Aerodrome?

Which city's airport started life in 1915

as Turnhouse Aerodrome?

Edinburgh.

That's Edinburgh Airport.

Edinburgh.

It's the right answer, Eggheads.

All square and into Sudden Death.

Good luck. Going really well here.

Right.

You know what happens - we remove the options. Just to remind you.

Here you go.

Which member of the House of Lords

is the winner of 11 Paralympic gold medals?

Which member of the House of Lords

is the winner of 11 Paralympic gold medals?

Tanni Grey-Thompson.

Yes, we think it's Tanni Grey-Thompson.

Tanni Grey-Thompson is the right answer. Well done!

OK, Eggheads.

Which union in the United States,

which holds a famous annual awards ceremony

is known by the acronym SAG?

Which union in the United States,

which holds a famous annual awards ceremony

is known by the acronym SAG?

Screen Actors Guild, yeah.

It's the... Well, the awards are in the film industry.

It's the Screen Actors Guild.

Screen Actors Guild is the correct answer, Eggheads.

OK, well...

An unblemished record so far in this final round.

Let's see what happens with this one.

Which Dublin-born actor played the Parisian detective Jules Maigret

in a series that first appeared on British television in 1992?

Which Dublin-born actor played the Parisian detective Jules Maigret

in a series that first appeared on British television in 1992?

Could it have been Liam Neeson?

He's Dublin-born.

-Would he be in the right age group?

-1992...

It must have been...

It could be him.

Anybody else? Any other Irish...?

The one that played James Bond.

Oh, yes, um...

What's his name?

-Pierce Brosnan.

-Pierce Brosnan.

You think it could be him?

-We'll have to take a punt on one of them.

-What one do you think?

I think we'll go for Neeson.

I can only really think of two actors that would be the right age.

And I think we'll go for Liam Neeson.

Liam Neeson. OK.

Liam Neeson.

It's not, I'm afraid. That is incorrect.

Michael Gambon. Michael Gambon.

Not a lot of people would have known that he was born in Dublin.

No. He's Irish-born.

OK, well, it wasn't Liam Neeson, it was Michael Gambon.

So the Eggheads have a chance to win the game.

Eggheads, the literary critic John Middleton Murry

was married to which New Zealand-born author?

The literary critic John Middleton Murry

was married to which New Zealand-born author?

ALL: Katherine Mansfield.

That was Katherine Mansfield.

Katherine Mansfield is the right answer, Eggheads.

You have won.

Bad luck, Just Walking The Dog.

Really good performance in that final round.

There was a moment when I thought great things were going to happen.

But it wasn't to be in the end.

Thank you very much indeed for coming in to play the Eggheads today.

Not just you two - all of you who tried and failed, ultimately, in those head-to-heads.

But best of luck with that fantastic work you're doing there with Guide Dogs for the Blind.

But the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them

and their winning streak continues.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with that £15,000.

And that means the money rolls over to our next show.

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.

£16,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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