Episode 5 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 five quiz challengers

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

They are the Eggheads.

And challenging our resident quiz champions today

are the Tad Socialites. This team of friends all meet regularly

at the Tadcaster Social Club, and often take part

in the club's quiz night. Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Rob, I'm 54 years old,

I have a gallery and am a picture framer.

Hello, I'm Chris, I'm 66 and I'm a retired nursery nurse and nanny.

My name's Vernon, I'm 68 years of age

and I'm a retired brewery manager.

Hello, I'm John, I'm 67 years of age

and I'm a retired field data technician.

Hi, I'm Terry, I'm 63 and I am a situations vacant researcher.

Welcome to you, Tad Socialites. So this is the Tadcaster Social Club.

-Tell me about it, Rod.

-It was formerly British Legion.

We're a thriving club in the centre of a brewery town, Dermot,

which is a great thing for the British public.

We're one of the substantial brewery towns in the north of England,

-home to three very popular breweries.

-OK.

But what's real ale like?

We have Sam Smith's, who are producing a similar strain of beer

for 200 years plus.

We have real ales brewed in John Smith's, as well.

So we're pretty much serviced for real ale. And our club serves it.

Let's get on, we've been talking about beer, a nice thing,

but we're here to quiz. Do you have a pretty good quiz there?

We do. We play for some pretty substantial prizes.

-OK.

-We won £12.

That much? My goodness me!

I'm not sure we can match that. We can, and better it. I'll tell you.

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

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Tad Socialites, the Eggheads have won the last eight games.

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

OK, Tad Socialites, let's play, and the first head-to-head

has come up as Film & Television.

Any one of you can start.

Right. Film & Television.

-Our personal favourite category.

-Yeah.

-Vernon.

How do you fancy Film & Television?

You're retired. You do a lot of watching of television.

Not a lot, but I think I'll have a try.

-But you won't ask for much, will you?

-Right. OK.

-Let's have a look. Who do we fancy?

-Who do you want to play?

-We've got all night.

-Dave.

-I'll try Dave.

-Dave.

-May we have Dave, please?

-Well, of course you can!

Let's have Vernon and Dave into the question room

to make sure you can't confer.

OK, Vernon kicking off for the Tad Socialites.

We mentioned beer there with Rod.

-You worked in one of the breweries.

-I did, yes.

And when you retire, do you get a lifetime's supply?

Well, they give you a good pension, so you can buy your own.

Oh, yeah, fair enough.

You'll be able to buy a bit more if you win the £9,000 today.

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

-I'll take first, please.

First question for you, Vernon. In which country were acting brothers

Chris and Liam Hemsworth born?

I must admit, to be honest, I've not heard of any of these two.

So it's going to be a guess whichever one it is.

I think I'll rule out the USA.

And I think I'll take Australia.

You've got it. Yes, well done, Vernon. Hadn't heard of them.

And Dave, first question.

Ricky Martin was the winner of which TV show in 2012?

Something else went totally through my mind then.

I was just thinking about Ricky Martin, the Puerto Rican singer.

Pudsey won Britain's Got Talent.

Er, I don't know who wins Big Brother.

But Ricky Martin, he won The Apprentice, anyway.

Yeah, it is The Apprentice. Well done, Dave.

And Vernon, in which decade was the American TV comedy series

Gilligan's Island first broadcast?

Gilligan's Island.

Again, I'm not sure on this one.

But, er...

A lot of the American stuff didn't start coming through

until about... I think a bit later than 1960s.

I'm going to have a guess, Dermot, and go 1970s.

Down the middle with the 70s for Gilligan's Island.

It's not, Vernon. Do you know, Dave?

-Yeah, the 1960s.

-60s. You didn't get it, Vernon. 1960s.

So, Dave, your second question.

Who directed the 2011 film The Adventures Of Tintin?

I know what I want to go for, but it's going to be tough.

Tell us what you want to go for. We won't light it till you confirm.

I don't think it's James Cameron, for a start.

Ridley Scott is causing me danger.

But I'll go for Steven Spielberg and bite the bullet.

Steven Spielberg. Barry likes it. It's the right answer. Well done.

OK, well, you have a lead. Vernon, you need this one.

Who plays Sean Lincoln in the TV comedy series Episodes?

I think Hugh Laurie has been doing a lot of work in America

with his programme over there.

Erm... Middle of the road, Ben Miller.

OK, Ben Miller. Last time went down the middle.

Guessing this time down the middle. And no, it's not, Vernon.

It's Stephen Mangan.

Episodes. That ends this episode. Sorry, Vernon.

Closing the quiz down in this head-to-head.

Please come back and join your teams.

Well, after that, the Tad Socialites have lost one brain from the final.

The Eggheads are all still there. We've got our second round.

It's Arts & Books. Who'd like to play this, Tad Socialites?

What do you think?

You or Terry, isn't it?

Maybe you or Terry.

Terry's good on...

-OK. Right. We've had great deliberation.

-I know.

Great deliberation. And we've all volunteered

and we're having to fight the one who goes.

And I'm pulling rank here, being captain.

-I'm choosing...

-Yeah.

-..to do this one.

-Ahead of the others.

-Yeah.

Who were rushing for the question room.

-I know it's greedy.

-Well, it's the captain's right.

-Yeah.

-OK, well, Rod, can you choose an Egghead, please?

Can't be Dave. Any of the other four.

They're grinning at me. Barry.

Barry. Let's have Rod and Barry into the question room, please.

-OK, Rod, as the captain, forced his way to the front...

-Yep.

..to play Arts & Books. Would you like to go first or second?

Well, we've done so well at first, I'm going to stick to that plan.

Yes, well, let's not stick to the outcome of the last one.

Rod, first question, Arts & Books.

Who is the author of the 50 Shades trilogy of books?

Well, I understand that this book has now become

the bestselling book in this country, which is rather interesting,

-and it is EL James.

-EL James is the right answer and a good start.

Barry, you've read them all, haven't you?

-I'm sorry to say I actually have.

-THEY LAUGH

-My goodness me.

-Only because my wife was laughing so much

-that I had to see what she was laughing about.

-We're stopping now.

OK, Barry, first question for you.

The English poet Thomas Wyatt,

who is often credited with introducing the sonnet

into English literature, lived during which century?

Well, I think Shakespeare wrote sonnets,

so that would suggest that Thomas Wyatt lived in the 16th century.

Egghead!

Didn't even make that one interesting, did you?

It's the right answer, yes, of course.

16th century. And Rod.

Good start. Let's build on it.

"Darks clouds are smouldering into red

"while down the craters morning burns"

are the opening lines to which Siegfried Sassoon poem?

Right. One of the great war poets.

And I ought to know this.

Erm... I did have Dulce et Decorum Est beaten into me as a child

and I don't remember that line. Oh, dear!

My old English teacher would kick me if I get this one wrong.

Despite my better judgement, I will go for Dulce et Decorum Est.

OK. Opening lines. It's not.

And it is against your better judgement. It is, Barry?

It's How To Die. In Flanders Fields is John McCrae

-and Dulce et Decorum Est is Wilfred Owen.

-Yep. Thank you.

-OK.

-How To Die. Cleared up in an instant.

-I knew I'd die for that.

You're on some form today. All right.

Let's have your next question, then.

Who was the eldest of the literary Bronte sisters?

Funnily enough, I took some Australian friends

-round the Parsonage a few weeks ago.

-Unbelievable.

And it was quite remarkable to see how young they were

when they all died, but the oldest of those easily was Charlotte.

Oh, well, there we are. I said on some form today.

Rod, you are coming up against a whirlwind here in Barry.

It's the right answer. So you have the lead now,

which means you need to get this, Rod.

Collaborators, winner of the 2012 Laurence Olivier Award

for the best new play, is a work by whom?

Right.

-Good.

-Good?

-Yep.

-Hm?

-We know a lot of those names.

Well, we know them as Christian names. Er...

This is going to have to be a bit of a punt.

For no other reason than I like the name, I think Bruce Norris.

-Chuck's brother.

-Yep.

-It might as well have been Chuck Norris.

It's not the right answer.

It's incorrect. Barry?

-I'm not sure.

-Oh!

-You've got me on this one, I'm afraid.

-I think it might be John Hodge, but I'm not sure.

-Yeah, John Hodge.

Out of two, though, to be fair. It's John Hodge.

Which means, Rod, I think as you rather expected...

-On my strength, as well. That's a shame.

-Yes.

-Your strong subject there.

-Yep.

No place in the final round. One is there for Barry, though.

Would you please come back and join your teams.

Barry, I want to know, what are you on?

-BARRY LAUGHS

-Have you swallowed a dictionary

-or an encyclopaedia?

-If only.

-That was quite a performance.

And, well, bad luck for Rod. It means, as it stands,

the Tad Socialites have lost two brains from the final round.

All the Eggheads are there. And our next subject today is Sport.

Who'd like to play this one? Who've we got left there?

-Chris, John or Terry?

-Well...

-I think it's you.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. You take the sport.

-I'll take it.

-OK, John. And which Egghead would you like to play?

-Kevin, Judith or Pat.

-Yeah, yeah.

-I'm going to have to go for Judith.

-OK.

-You don't have to.

You don't have to. Well, you do, because Judith wants to play.

-Exactly.

-Let's get her in the question room quickly

before she hits me. John and Judith, please, in the question room.

Well, John, as you know, they're all rooting for you in the studio here.

You're in the question room. Choose for me, first or second?

I'll go first.

Good luck, John. First question. Since 1987,

the Australian Open tennis tournament has been held in which month?

Right. Well, it isn't July

because that's Wimbledon.

I've got to think here.

I think it's January.

Summertime, of course, for them. It's the right answer.

Yes. Well worked out, John.

Judith. Brendan Rodgers became the manager

of which Premier League football club in June 2012?

Well, you've still got Arsene Wenger, haven't you?

-Me?

-Yes.

-Personally?

-Yes.

-Yeah, he lives in my house, yeah.

-Yeah.

Erm, Chelsea, he's called... Well, it's not him, anyhow.

-Liverpool, then.

-OK.

Must be, by process of elimination, Liverpool.

It's Liverpool, yeah, you're right. Liverpool.

And back to John, second question.

Which Rugby Union player, born in Argentina in 1966,

scored 983 test match points for Italy?

-Well, it's not my strong subject, rugby.

-Ah.

I'm afraid... I don't think it's Diego Dominguez.

I'm going to go for Felipe Contepomi.

OK, Felipe Contepomi. Nice Italian-sounding name,

but it is Diego Dominguez.

No, nothing there. OK, Judith, chance for the lead, then.

The marathon runner Abebe Bikila,

who won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 in bare feet,

was born in which country?

I think it's either Kenya or Ethiopia.

And I thought immediately it was Ethiopia.

Oh, stick with your first instinct. Ethiopia.

-First instinct.

-Yeah.

-And you've got it.

Very assured, Judith. In the lead, then. And needing this, John.

Which boxer did Carl Froch defeat in May 2012

to become a three-time world champion?

Again, I'm afraid I'm not sure at all about this one.

I'm going to go with...

-..Andre Ward.

-Andre Ward.

Was he beaten by Carl Froch in May 2012? He wasn't.

No, it's Lucian Bute.

Which means you've been defeated by Judith.

She wasn't happy when you made her play the category.

-Look at you now, beaming there!

-Beaming.

OK, could I have you both back in the studio, please?

Well, I'd say, Rod, with your masterful understatement,

-this is going totally to plan.

-Absolutely.

Every category we want has turned up in the order we want it.

-Lull them into a false sense of security.

-That's it.

-Then stick the knife in.

-You have it.

-OK.

We know where they live. THEY LAUGH

OK, well, let's see if the plan continues, then.

As it stands, you've lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads are all still there. And this subject is Geography.

-All right.

-Who can play? Terry or Chris.

-I'll take it.

-We're going to go for Chris, I think.

-Yep.

-OK, Chris.

Who would you like to choose from the Eggheads?

Barry, Dave and Judith have played, so you've got Kevin or Pat.

-Not Kevin.

-No. I think we'll go for Pat.

-We'll go for Pat.

-I think I'd like to go for Pat.

-All right. Into the question room, then,

Chris from the Tad Socialites and Pat from the Eggheads.

OK, it is Geography. Chris, would you like to go first or second?

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

Best of luck, Chris. First question. The official languages of Kenya

are Swahili and which other?

Erm...

I don't think it's Spanish. I'm pretty sure of that.

I'm going to go for English.

English. Yes, of those, the colonial history.

Yeah, English is correct. Well done. Pat, your first question.

What colour are the top and bottom stripes

on the national flag of Argentina?

I think it echoes the national football team.

I think it's a pale blue. So it's blue.

Precise. Blue is correct. And Chris.

The Turkish tourist resort of Bodrum

lies on which body of water?

Erm...

I don't think it's the Aegean Sea. I think that's near Greece.

Caspian or Black?

Erm...

-I think I'll go for the Black Sea.

-OK, the Black Sea for Bodrum.

-It's not, Chris. It is the Aegean Sea.

-It is the Aegean.

-Yes, you see...

-Greece and Turkey.

-A lot of those disputed islands in the Aegean.

-Yeah.

So, Pat, second question for you.

What is the approximate population of Italy?

Well, it's a great deal more than 21. I'll discount that.

So the contest is between 41 and 61.

Hm. The United Kingdom is 55 to 60, I think.

Spain is about 40.

Germany, I think, is somewhere around 80,

but that's with East Germany joined in.

I don't know. 40 or 60?

I don't think it's as high as 61 million.

So with a slight concern, I'll go for 41 million.

-Ooh!

-41 million.

Well, I can tell you, Pat, a lot of "Ooohs" from the Eggheads.

-It's not 41 million. It is...

-61 million.

Well, good news for you there, Chris. It's all square at one-all.

And third question for you.

Aoraki, or Mount Cook,

the highest mountain in New Zealand, is how tall?

Aoraki/Mount Cook,

the highest mountain in New Zealand, is how tall?

Now then, it's in metres.

Erm...

I think I'll discount 7,754.

Hm.

I think I'll go middle for diddle.

5,754.

OK, 5,754. Middle for diddle. Like that phrase.

Don't like the answer, though. A lot of "Ooohs" from your side.

It's 3,754.

So, nothing there for Chris.

And a chance, then, for Pat on his third question.

Which Canadian province is located to the east of British Columbia

and the west of Saskatchewan?

I think it's British Columbia,

Alberta, Saskatchewan.

Full of rocky mountains.

I'm going for Alberta.

-And what do you think its population is?

-I wouldn't like to guess

-on recent form.

-We're not asking you that.

It is Alberta, Pat. It's the correct answer.

And puts you through to the final round. Bad luck, Chris.

We won't have the pleasure of your company there.

Please come back and join your teams.

-Well, Rod, they really are lulled into a false sense of security.

-Yep.

-We've got them on the back foot.

-OK.

-Over-confidence.

This is what we've been playing towards.

It's time for the final round, which is general knowledge.

But those of you who lost your head-to-heads

won't be allowed to take part. I only have to look this way.

Rod, Chris, Vernon and John from the Tad Socialites,

would you leave the studio, please?

So, Terry, you're playing to win the Tad Socialites £9,000.

Barry, Pat, Judith, Kevin and Dave, you're playing for something

which no amount of money could buy, it is your reputation.

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

This time, Terry, the questions are all general knowledge

and the teams can confer, which only means the Eggheads in this case.

The question is, Terry, is your one brain

better than the Eggheads' five?

-And Terry, how do you want to play it. First or second?

-I'll go first.

OK, good luck, Terry. First question.

What two-word Latin phrase means "water of life"

and can be used to refer to alcoholic spirits?

Well, aqua nova is new water.

Oh, water flows.

No, it's got to be aqua vitae.

Water of life. Yes, indeed. It's the right answer.

And Eggheads. Elephants have what type of diet?

-Herbivorous.

-Yeah.

Until you annoy them. LAUGHTER

Yep, it's herbivorous.

OK. Until you annoy them. Very nice, Kevin. It's the right answer.

Terry, second question. Born To Die was a UK number-one album

for which singer in 2012?

Now, I do play in a rock band,

but 2012 is a bit outside the scope of our music.

-What kind of music do you play?

-50s and 60s type stuff.

-Right. Yeah.

-So 2012...

So it's going to be a... good guess, I suppose.

Like Chris said earlier, middle for diddle, Lana Del Rey.

It worked this time. It's the correct answer. Middle for diddle.

OK. Eggheads, then.

Sadiq Khan became an MP for which political party in 2005?

Yeah, it's Labour, isn't it? A shadow cabinet member.

Yeah, became a shadow cabinet member.

He's Labour.

OK. What shadow cabinet post?

-Justice.

-Justice.

-Justice, that's right.

Labour, right answer for Sadiq Khan.

Two-all and, well, can one person do it on their own?

Been done before. Terry, if you get this, it just might happen.

Where was the supermodel Eva Herzigova born in 1973?

Herzigova. A name like that, you'd almost think Russian.

But Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia.

I'll say Czechoslovakia.

OK. Thinking Russia, or USSR as then was,

-and then plumping for Czechoslovakia.

-Yeah.

OK. And it's the right answer!

Insouciant there, Terry. Are you enjoying yourself?

-Absolutely!

-You're loving this, aren't you?

-Yeah.

Revelling in it. You might enjoy it more if the Eggheads get this wrong.

Eggheads, which Hollywood star, born in 1921,

was married to, among others, the band leader Artie Shaw

and the actor Lex Barker?

-It's Lana Turner.

-Yeah. Lana Turner.

-Definitely.

That is, or was, Lana Turner.

A lot of Lanas in this round so far.

And this one, Lana Turner, identified by the Eggheads. Correct.

So, all square and into sudden death then, Terry,

which means I can't show you any more choices,

you've just got to give me the answer yourself.

Philip II was the king of which country

at the start of the 13th century?

-Philip II.

-Philip II.

No-one else to think of.

I'll just go for Spain.

OK. A lot of Philips of Spain.

-No, it's not. Eggheads, do you know?

-ALL: France.

France, Terry. Which means the Eggheads have a chance to win.

Eggheads, Dustin Moskovitz is best known as

a co-founder of which social networking site launched in 2004?

-You've got Facebook, obviously, but then there's MySpace.

-Twitter?

-MySpace.

-Bebo maybe?

-Bebo I think is a couple, an English couple founded Bebo.

-Right.

Could be MySpace. But MySpace has got a one word,

is it Paul, who's on MySpace all the time.

Let's just have a think about this. I think too early...

-I think it's too early for Twitter.

-Obviously it's not Facebook,

-cos that's Zuckerberg.

-It's not Facebook.

-What should we go for?

-Go MySpace and then just take the rap.

-OK.

-We'll try MySpace.

-MySpace.

Dustin Moskovitz is best known as co-founder of Facebook.

-Oh, right.

-It's incorrect.

Well! There we are! You live to fight another day, Terry. On we go.

What did the American screenwriter and producer Rod Serling

call the sci-fi series he created that began on US television in 1959?

The only one I can think of from about that period is Lost In Space.

Lost In Space for the sci-fi series in 1959. It's not.

It's incorrect. Not Lost In Space. Do you know, Eggheads?

-Twilight Zone.

-It's the Twilight Zone.

Maybe would've picked that out of a list.

That's why sudden death is so much harder. Eggheads, another chance.

Will you spurn this one? "You could never know what it's like,

"your blood like winter freezes just like ice"

are the opening lines from which Elton John hit?

"You could never know what it's like,

"you blood like winter freezes just like ice"

are the opening lines from which Elton John hit?

-I think it's I'm Still Standing.

-All right? Happy with that?

We think that's I'm Still Standing.

I did try to read it out so it didn't scan,

but you did manage it. It's the right answer, Eggheads.

I'm Still Standing. You've won.

Well, Terry, you really made them work for that.

-Well done you.

-They're good.

-Yeah, I think we know that,

-but you're good, too. You really enjoyed that, didn't you?

-I did.

Tad Socialites, you're sitting there silently,

thank you very much for coming and displaying that lying doggo tactic.

Nearly worked there. Enjoy the beer down the Tadcaster Social Club.

But thank you very much once again for playing Eggheads.

But they have done what comes naturally to them

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

That means the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

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

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

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

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