Episode 57 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 our quiz champions today

are Every Hog Has Its Day. This team of friends from Southampton

take their name from the colloquial term given to residents

of their part of the world - Hampshire Hogs. Let's meet them.

Hello. I'm Tom. I'm 53, and I'm a service engineer.

Hello. I'm John. I'm 66. I'm a retired software engineer.

Hi. I'm Darrin. I'm 44, and I'm a grounds-maintenance manager.

Hello. I'm Karen. I'm 49, and I'm a swimming instructor.

Hello. I'm Paul. I'm 50, and I'm a retired retail manager.

Welcome to you, Every Hog Has Its Day.

I feel a bit rude, calling you Hogs. What's the origins of that?

-Where does this come from?

-Hog, a pig, is the simplest version.

The Hampshire hog is a breed of pig.

The term originated in the early 18th century.

-Hampshire was famous for its fine bacon.

-Oh!

-OK.

Let's talk about your quizzing credentials.

-How experienced are you?

-We've played together a lot.

We won £1,000 on our local radio show.

We've reached the final of a national quiz,

which was for the MG Rover Group.

We finished slightly behind an Egghead who's not here today, Pat.

He finished runner-up, and we've played together in a lot of quizzes.

OK. Well, should be a good contest, then.

Every day there's £1,000 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 seven games,

which means £8,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.

And we'll start the quiz now with the opening round,

which is Arts And Books. And can you select a player, please?

-That'll be me.

-OK, Karen.

-And select your Egghead. Who do you want to take on?

-Dave?

-Yeah.

-Dave, please.

-Dave. Right!

Opening round, it's Karen and Dave on Arts And Books.

Into the Question Room, both of you.

Well, Karen, my spies tell me about your love of The Osmonds.

-That's correct, yes.

-Have you met them all?

Er, every one apart from Donny and Alan.

-Oh, no! You haven't met Donny?

-No!

-Are you searching him out?

-I've got a concert planned

early next year, so I'll try again then.

-OK. What about Marie?

-No. I don't do the...

It's just the brothers, I'm afraid. THEY LAUGH

-You don't care about her.

-No.

We care about this round. Would you like to go first or second?

I think I'd like to go second.

OK. Thinking of The Osmonds there,

-it's our very own crazy horse, Dave.

-HE LAUGHS

-I like that one.

-Yeah. It rather fits,

along with tremendous knowledge.

OK. Arts And Books. Your first question, then, Dave.

Witness For The Prosecution is a play

by an author best known for her detective novels?

I think that's Agatha Christie.

It is, Dave, yep. Well done. Sure you would've got that, Karen,

but you chose to go second, so try this one.

"I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference" are the last two lines

of a famous poem by which American poet?

OK. Um, unsure of this answer.

Um...

I'm going to rule out William Wordsworth,

and I am unsure, but I'm going to go for Robert Frost.

Yep. It's actually a very simple question.

It's "which one of these is American?"

The other two are British and Irish.

Robert Frost is the right answer. Yes. Well done.

And, Dave, second question.

Long poems are often divided into sections known by what name?

I'll go cantos.

That's right. Cantos.

All right, Karen.

Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait is painted on which material?

Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait is painted on what material?

Canvas seems the obvious answer,

um, so I'm going to rule that one out.

Um, I quite like the idea of wood.

Um...

With that era... I'm going to say plaster.

OK. Plaster for the Arnolfini Portrait.

It's not the right answer. It is wood,

which is the one you quite liked, but didn't go for it.

Tell me a bit more about the Arnolfini Portrait, Eggheads.

It's a very early example of oil painting.

-It's in the National Gallery.

-OK.

-It shows an Italian merchant

and his wife. There's a lot of debate about what exactly...

is the circumstances - was it a betrothal or was it a wedding,

that sort of thing. Different art historians have different views.

OK. Right. Chance, then, to get through here, Dave.

What is the name of the street cat

in the title of the bestselling 2012 book by James Bowen?

I don't know. I've not heard of this, so...

going to have to be a guess. I'm going to go Ben.

OK. A Street Cat Named...Bob!

-Mm!

-All right. Well, it means you're still in it, Karen.

Chance to take us into Sudden Death. Knole House in Kent

was the birthplace of which 20th-century author?

Knole House, that's K-N-O-L-E, Knole House in Kent.

Again, I'm not sure of this. I've never been to Knole House.

Um...

I'm drawn towards Vita Sackville-West

and Ivy Compton-Burnett.

My choice is going to be Vita Sackville-West.

Last time you were drawn to wood but ended up with plaster.

You've got the right one this time! Yes, Vita Sackville-West.

Born in Knole House, and we go to Sudden Death.

And just to explain to you that we remove the options here

until we get a winner. So, Dave, a bachelor called Will Freeman

and a 12-year-old boy called Marcus are the central characters

of which 1998 novel by Nick Hornby?

About A Boy.

Is correct, and in the film, the part of Will Freeman played by...

-Hugh Grant.

-Oh, you know it. Yes, OK.

About A Boy is the correct answer. So, Karen,

if you get this wrong, you're out.

Which of Shakespeare's kings says the line,

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me"?

OK. It's not a quote that, um...

..that I know. Um...

So I'm going to go for...

-King Lear.

-King Lear?

That's what I would have gone for as well, before I saw the answer,

but it's not the right answer. Do you know, Dave?

I don't know. Richard III?

-Ah, so close!

-Richard II.

-Oh, right!

-Richard II.

-Fair enough.

-Richard II, Karen. Bad luck,

which means, Dave, you are through to the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

First round gone, and one member from Every Hog Has Its Day gone.

The Eggheads all there. Here's an opportunity again

to get rid of one of them if you can. It's Geography.

-Who'd like to play this round?

-Me.

-That's you, isn't it?

Who am I going to take? Um...

-I think you should take one...

-Take Barry, can I?

-Yeah, I reckon so.

-I'm going to take Geography, Dermot,

and I'd like to play Barry, please.

All right. John is going to take on Barry.

Into the Question Room, please, both of you.

And of course, John, by the rules of Eggheads,

you get to choose whether you go first or second. What is it to be?

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

OK, John. Best of luck. Here's your first question.

The village of Grimethorpe, famous for its brass band,

is in which county?

Well, Grimethorpe sounds very northern to me,

and as the other two counties are nowhere near the north,

-I'll plump for South Yorkshire.

-It is the right answer.

Yes. Well done. Grimethorpe, of course, in South Yorkshire.

And, Barry, Catalunya, Sagrada Familia and Palau Reial

are stations on the Metro system of which city?

Well, I've been to the Sagrada Familia.

It's that great cathedral by Gaudi, and it's in Barcelona,

so I guess these are Barcelona stations.

That's right, Barry. Well done. One to you.

And, John, what is the main monetary unit of Uruguay?

Right. It's narrowing these South American countries down.

I've got a feeling the guarani is Paraguay.

I've got a feeling the bolivar is Venezuela.

I'm going to go for peso.

Peso is the right answer, John. Well worked out.

Thinking like an Egghead there, narrowing them down,

ending up with the right answer. Barry, next question.

The city of Varanasi, previously known as Banaras,

stands on which river?

Well, Varanasi is a sacred city to the Hindus,

so that must mean that it's on the Ganges.

Does indeed. Didn't need to narrow that down. Knew it. It's two all.

And back to you, John. Byron Bay is a town in which Australian state?

Right. A little bit stuck here.

Byron Bay doesn't immediately come to mind.

I know there's a big bay in South Australia,

but I don't think it's called Byron Bay.

-I'm going to go New South Wales.

-OK. New South Wales.

It's the right answer. Well done, John.

So, Barry, what type of geographical feature

are Selfoss and Gullfoss in Iceland?

Well, I've just come back from a holiday in Norway,

and I saw a couple of waterfalls, and they all had the ending "foss",

so I presume that the root is the same,

-so I'm going to go for waterfall.

-Paying attention on your hols.

It's the right answer. Paid you dividends. We go to Sudden Death

once again, and John, the Megyeri Bridge spans the River Danube

in which city? The Megyeri, M-E-G-Y-E-R-I.

Right. The Danube goes through about eight capital cities.

This sounds like an Eastern European city.

It could be Belgrade. It could be Budapest.

Um...

Sounds Romanian or Bulgarian.

-I'm going to go for Belgrade.

-OK. Belgrade.

It's not. It's one of the others you said. It is... Barry?

The Magyars live in Hungary, so I'd have gone for Budapest.

-Budapest, or "Budapesht".

-Of course it does.

And so a chance for Barry.

In the USA, which West Coast state borders Washington, Idaho,

Nevada and California?

Washington, Idaho, Nevada and California...

That would be Oregon.

It's the correct answer, Barry. You are through to the final round.

Bad luck, John. Would you both come back and join your teams?

Well, Every Hog Has Its Day have lost two brains

from the final round. The Eggheads are all still there.

So, two more head-to-heads coming up.

This one is Film And Television. Who'd like to play this,

-from Every Hog Has Its Day?

-Darrin is Film And Television.

-Darrin, yeah.

-I'll do that, yeah.

OK. And the Eggheads you can choose from,

Barry and Dave have played, so you've got Chris, Daphne or Kevin.

Have you thought of taking Daphne on?

-We'll take Daphne on.

-Daphne, yeah.

-Yes. We'll take Daphne on, please.

-It's going to be Darrin and Daphne

playing Film And TV. Into the Question Room, please.

Darrin, I know you like your sport, but you're playing this round.

-Presumably one of your strengths as well?

-It is, actually, yes.

A bit less energetic than sport, so suits me fine.

Tell me, when you were playing golf in Florida,

and you tried the novel trick of landing your ball on an alligator!

I did, Dermot, yes. I pulled off one of my famous drives to the left,

which disappeared over the yonder, drove my buggy after the ball.

Over the hill I saw what I thought was a tacky wooden alligator

sat by the lake, so I wandered down to play my shot,

flicked a tee I had in my pocket at it,

thinking, "That's so tacky," and an eye opened!

It was the quickest shot I've ever played.

There were no swing thoughts. It was just getting away.

-You did play it, then?

-I did the whole course.

-I wasn't going to drop a shot for that.

-Absolutely not.

Wonder what it says about that in the rules!

-OK. Would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please.

All right, Darrin. First question. Which of these is a daytime TV show

in which members of the public sell their collectables at auction?

I'm not normally in during the day,

but I don't think Lose It!, Hawk It!...

It's more likely... I'll go for Flog It!, Dermot.

Flog It! It's the right answer. Yes, well done.

Daphne, who starred opposite Omar Sharif

in the 1968 film Funny Girl?

That was Barbra Streisand.

Yes, it was. Correct answer. One apiece.

And, Darrin, Gizzi Erskine has presented television programmes

on which subject?

Right. I watch a lot of sport.

I don't recall that name through sport.

I watch a few politics. I'm not sure...

I'm leaning towards cookery,

because I've never actually heard of her, to be honest.

-I'll go cookery, Dermot.

-Right to do so. Yes, it's correct.

Daphne, "Everybody lies" is a phrase

associated with which television doctor?

Um...

Sounds a bit like Gregory House to me.

-Is that your answer?

-Mm-hm.

It is the correct one, yes. It's all square at two all.

A third question each could decide the winner of this round.

Darrin, the BBC drama The Paradise,

first broadcast in 2012, was based on a work by which writer?

Right. I haven't actually seen this,

so again I'm going to have to reduce my choices down.

Victor Hugo... Victor Hugo sounds familiar.

I think I'm going to go for Guy de Maupassant.

OK. Guy de Maupassant. Um, it's not.

-Do you know, Daphne?

-I'd have gone for Zola.

It is Emile Zola. Doesn't matter, though.

She doesn't get the point. You need to get this to win the round,

as you know, Daphne. Chuckie Sullivan and Sean Maguire

are two of the central characters in which 1997 film?

Trying to think.

Um...haven't seen the last two.

Um, Sean...

The Full Monty?

OK, The Full Monty. No. Wrong side of the Atlantic altogether.

-It is... Other Eggheads?

-Good Will Hunting.

-Oh, right. OK.

Well, that's great news.

You survive, Darrin, into Sudden Death.

Here you go. In 2011, Mark Benton took on the role of a maths teacher

called Mr Chalk in which TV series?

It's not one I'm familiar with, the name Mr Benton. Mr Chalk...

I'd say Waterloo Road.

It's the right answer, yes. Well done. Waterloo Road.

And, Daphne, then, to stay in it this time,

Jools Holland was banned for six weeks

as presenter of which Channel 4 music show

after using colourful language during a live trailer?

Oh, dear!

I ought to know this. Um...

The Word?

-The Word?

-No?

I'll give you a word. No.

-No?

-I think you were on to it but you couldn't conjure it up.

-It is the...

-ALL: The Tube.

-The Tube.

-Oh, that one! Yes.

-Yes. Oh, look at Daphne!

Oh, dear, didn't get it. That's great news, Darrin!

Well, for a moment or two when you got your third one wrong,

I thought Daphne was going to end it all there,

but she missed it and she's now out. Well turned round, Darrin.

You're in the final round. Come back and join your teams.

Well, a certain hog certainly had its day there!

-I feel so rude, calling you a hog!

-Well, I've been called worse.

Well, Darrin has made it through to the final round

at Daphne's expense, which means in terms of the balance of the teams,

Every Hog Has Its Day have lost two brains.

The Eggheads have lost one. So, will it be all square

in the final round? Our last head-to-head is on History.

And we've got Paul and Tom left to play it. History.

-Well, Paul, it's your favourite subject, isn't it?

-No.

-Do you want me to take it?

-You put it down as your best subject.

-OK.

-I think so, yeah.

-I think you will take it.

-That's me, Dermot.

I liked that conversation. "Is it me?"

And John saying, "Well, you put it down as your best subject."

All right, Paul. Choose an Egghead here.

Barry, Daphne and Dave have played, so it's Chris or Kevin.

I'll take Chris, please.

Let's have Paul and Chris into the Question Room.

OK, Paul, you get to choose, as you know,

on your favourite subject. Would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Dermot.

All right. Chris rather likes this as well,

so should be a good contest. Paul, first question.

Britannia Prima and Britannia Secunda

were provinces of which empire?

Britannia Prima and Britannia Secunda

were provinces of which empire?

Erm...

Well, because of the Britannia intro,

I don't like Assyrian or Egyptian.

-I'll go for Roman.

-Very good, yes. You'd be right to do so.

Chris, first question. The woman born Nancy Witcher Langhorne

in 1879 was better known by what title?

The woman born Nancy Witcher Langhorne in 1879

was better known by what title?

She was Nancy, Lady Astor.

OK. It's the right answer, yes, Chris. OK. Back to you, Paul.

Grand Duchess Charlotte ruled which country

from 1919 to 1964?

Grand Duchess Charlotte.

Erm... I don't actually know,

but I wouldn't think it'd be Sweden.

Erm... Well, as she's a grand duchess,

I would say the Duchy of Luxembourg, so I'll go for Luxembourg.

That's the way to sort that one out. It's the right answer. Well done.

Chris, who sponsored the initial attempt of the colonisation

of Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina?

HE SIGHS

In other words, who put up the money?

Um...

Well, Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh were both pirates,

for all intents and purposes, so they'd have had a fair old stash.

But they'd have wanted to give the thing an air of respectability,

so the only one there with any legitimate cash would be Devereux,

Earl of Essex, so that's what I'll go with.

Devereux, Earl of Essex. Do the other Eggheads agree?

-It's Walter Raleigh.

-It's Sir Walter Raleigh.

-Oh!

-OK, interesting.

Chris didn't know that, so that's fantastic news for you, Paul.

You have an unchallenged shot here.

If you get this, you're in the final round.

And here's the question. James Wolfe, the British Army officer

famous for his victory over the French, died during which conflict?

James Wolfe, the British Army officer

famous for his victory over the French, died during which conflict?

Erm...

I think Napoleonic Wars would be too late.

Erm...

It's a toss-up between the other two.

I'll go for the Seven Years' War.

OK. The Seven Years' War for the death of James Wolfe.

It's the right answer! Well done.

Kills off Chris's challenge.

You're in the final round. Congratulations, Paul.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

This is what we've been playing towards. It's the final round,

General Knowledge. But those of you who lost your head-to-heads

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

so, John and Karen from Every Hog Has Its Day

and Daphne and Chris from the Eggheads,

would you leave the studio right now, please?

Tom, Darrin and Paul, you're playing to win Every Hog Has Its Day £8,000.

Kevin, Dave and Barry, you are playing for something

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

And, as usual, I ask each team three questions in turn.

The questions are general knowledge, and you are allowed to confer.

So, Every Hog, are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?

And, Tom, Darrin and Paul, would you like to go first or second?

Since our successful players went first, we'll go first.

OK. Good luck, and your first question is this.

"He has a powerful weapon, he charges a million a shot"

are lyrics referring to which James Bond film title character?

"He has a powerful weapon, he charges a million a shot"

are lyrics referring to which James Bond film title character?

Yeah. We agree. Man With The Golden Gun,

played by Christopher Lee, Mr Gruesome.

OK, and triple nipples. The Man With The Golden Gun.

It's the right answer, yeah.

And, Eggheads,

John Baur and Mark Summers declared September the 19th

to be International Talk Like A what Day?

John Baur and Mark Summers declared September the 19th

to be International Talk Like A what Day?

Oh, arr! It's Talk Like A Pirate.

Yeah, or was that parrot? Never mind.

OK. We think that's Pirate.

It is the right answer, Eggheads.

Talk Like A Pirate Day.

All right. Second question for you,

Every Hog Has Its Day. In fashion,

a flounce which extends from the waist of a garment

and covers the hips is known by what name?

In fashion, a flounce which extends from the waist of a garment

and covers the hips is known by what name?

I don't know. I've never heard of... It's definitely not petticoat.

-No. So it's going to be...

-Pleather or peplum.

-Do you know those words at all?

-I've heard of peplum.

-Pleather...

-Do you have a pleather of something?

I think plethora. I think we're going to have to guess number two.

-I fancy the middle one.

-Yeah.

-OK.

We're going to go for peplum, as a strict guess.

OK, a guess. Well, a bit more than that.

I heard you doing a bit of analysis and eliminating at least one there,

and it is the right answer. Well done. Peplum. OK, Eggheads.

In mythology, what are talaria?

In mythology, what are talaria? T-A-L-A-R-I-A.

-Winged sandals.

-Winged sandals.

-Is that Mercury, or...

That's what we'll have. OK.

Yeah. As worn by Hermes, or Mercury, they're winged sandals.

-Or Barry.

-Yeah, occasionally.

It is the right answer, yes. Winged sandals.

So it's all square again, and, Every Hog Has Its Day,

booted, crab-eating and Assam are species of which primate?

Booted, crab-eating and Assam are species of which primate?

It won't be lemur cos that's Madagascar.

-Yeah. It's not lemur.

-Tamarin... Is that South America?

Tamarin... Yeah, it must be, mustn't it?

And what's... Macaque. That sort of word, like macaw...

Tamarin. Tamarin monkeys. Where do they come from?

They're the little gold ones. They're, um...

-Little gold ones?

-Yeah.

-Macaque...

-Assam should lead us there, shouldn't it?

The problem with macaque and tamarin is,

is macaque South American? Is tamarin South American?

-I don't know.

-Just a New World monkey.

-Oh, I can't remember!

-Is macaque New World?

Let's go for tamarin, yeah? Tamarin rings more of a bell with me.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Let's go for it.

-We hope it's tamarin.

-OK.

Some detailed discussions there, and gone for tamarin

for the booted, crab-eating and Assam.

They're species of macaque.

So a slip-up there on the third question,

so the Eggheads have a chance to win the game.

ASKAP, which became the world's fastest radio telescope

when it was launched in October 2012, is in which country?

ASKAP, A-S-K-A-P, which became the world's fastest radio telescope

when it was launched in October 2012, is in which country?

Trying to remember what it stands for. I think it's Australia.

Yeah. I'm sure I've seen a Horizon on it.

Trying to think what ASKAP actually stands for.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

-I'm reasonably happy it's Australia, I think.

-So am I.

-OK? We'll go with that.

-Australia.

We're not a hundred percent, but we do think it's in Australia.

Australia for ASKAP, the world's fastest radio telescope.

The answer is Australia. You've won, Eggheads.

Bad luck, Every Hog Has Its Day. As we can see from the final round,

with three facing three, that was a very, very even contest,

and 50-50, as you say, on your macaque-tamarin question.

You narrowed it down to that, but not to be on the day.

Thank you very much indeed for taking the Eggheads on.

But those Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,

and their winning streak continues. You won't go home with the £8,000,

which means the money rolls over to the next show.

So, congratulations, Eggheads. Who will beat you?

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

to defeat the Eggheads. £9,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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