0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today
0:00:35 > 0:00:37are The Boot Room from Hertfordshire.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38This team of friends
0:00:38 > 0:00:42quiz together at the their local pub the Boot in Kimpton. Let's meet them.
0:00:42 > 0:00:49Hi, I'm Greg, I'm 53 years old, and I'm a national accounts manager for an electronics company.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Hello, I'm Simon, I'm 41 years old and I'm a driving instructor.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Arthur, I'm 64 years old and I'm an international administration manager.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Mike, I'm 58 years old and I'm a sales manager.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Hi, I'm Thomas, I'm 22 years old and I'm a sales administrator.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Welcome to you, Boot Room. So what's the Boot like just as a boozer?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14We'll talk about the quiz in a minute. What's it like?
0:01:14 > 0:01:19It's a typical boozer, Dermot. We all go along there, we quiz, we have a bit of a laugh,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- we've been doing it for years.- What about the quiz, then, at the Boot? Competitive, I guess?
0:01:23 > 0:01:28It is competitive. It's largely general knowledge. We acquit ourselves really well.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Arthur, actually, asks the questions sometimes. That doesn't mean to say we know the answers.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34No, well, I know that for certain.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36OK, let's play the game, shall we?
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46So, Boot Room, the Eggheads have won the last eight games,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50which means that £9,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55Right, I'm sure you're going to give it a good go. Let's start straight away with an Arts & Books round.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Who'd like to play this?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Arts & Books. We'll probably go... - Shall I?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- Arthur, you want to go for that one? - Yeah, I'll have a go.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- Arthur, OK?- I'll have a go at that. - OK, putting the question master in.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Which Egghead do you want to take on, Arthur?- Pat?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- Pat.- All right, we'll take Pat.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- All right.- Pat against Arthur. - Arthur and Pat, into the Question Room, then, please,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19for this opening round.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24OK, Arthur, I bet you have asked a few questions about Arts & Books,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27but are you going to answer some? Well, we hope plenty.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- Do you want to go first or second? - I'll go first, please.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Good luck, then, Arthur. Here's your first question.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39The painting The Singing Butler by Jack Vettriano
0:02:39 > 0:02:43is a depiction of a dancing couple in what outdoor setting?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48It's not in a car park.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I think I know this one.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I think I bought it as a poster not so long ago.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55It's on a beach.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Yeah, I don't think it would have sold
0:02:56 > 0:02:58however many thousands of copies as a poster it has sold
0:02:58 > 0:02:59if it was in a car park!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Well, you never know, he might have been able to make it look good,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05but it is on a beach, of course. It's the right answer.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12Pat, who is getting married in the title of a 1996 novel by Marian Keyes?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18I think I've heard of Lucy Sullivan.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I don't think I've heard of either of the others.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27So I hope it was Lucy Sullivan who was getting married.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Yes, it's the right answer, Pat. Have you read it?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I have not, I've neglected my Marian Keyes.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Well, you'll have to catch up, but got the answer. All square.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43Arthur, in the BBC's Big Read event of 2003, what was voted Britain's favourite book?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52I don't think it would be Nineteen Eighty-Four...
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I love Lord Of The Rings,
0:03:55 > 0:03:57but whether it's universally loved, I don't know.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I'll go for Winnie-The-Pooh.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01I don't know, but I'll go for Winnie-The-Pooh.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05OK, Winnie-The-Pooh. All great books and much loved,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08and Winnie-The-Pooh very much loved, but it wasn't the one
0:04:08 > 0:04:11that was voted Britain's favourite book.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14It was the other one you were thinking of, Lord Of The Rings.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Lord Of The Rings, so Arthur didn't get it.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17So, chance for the lead, Pat.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Which Beatles song provides the English title of a 1987 novel
0:04:21 > 0:04:24by the Japanese author Haruki Murakami?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32This chap famously had a moment of revelation during a baseball game
0:04:32 > 0:04:35when he decided he would become a novelist, there and then,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37and he wrote a book called Norwegian Wood.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- At the baseball game? - He was watching a baseball game
0:04:39 > 0:04:41and he reckons his life changed.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- He decided, "I will write!" and that was it.- Yeah.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46And he's a very, very successful author.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48And was this the book that came out of the epiphany?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50I don't know if that was his first book, no,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54but he's written half a dozen big-selling books.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56OK, well, that's the right answer. What's it about?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I haven't read it, I'm afraid. No, I can't tell you.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01It's a lead for Pat. Arthur, you need this.
0:05:01 > 0:05:07Which British poet coined the term "sprung rhythm" to refer to a type of meter
0:05:07 > 0:05:09that featured prominently in his works?
0:05:13 > 0:05:18I don't know this one, so it's going to have to be a guess.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23It sounds a bit prosaic for Gerard Manley Hopkins...
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I don't know, I'll try Matthew Arnold.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Matthew Arnold to stay in the game for you, Arthur.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35And I'm afraid you're out. It's not Matthew Arnold.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- Pat?- It's Gerard Manley Hopkins. - It is Gerard Manley Hopkins.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Wasn't he a priest, formerly a priest?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43I think he was a Jesuit at one point, yeah.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46OK, well, it's not the right answer from Arthur.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Didn't identify Gerard Manley Hopkins,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50so we put Pat into the final round
0:05:50 > 0:05:51and deprive you of a place, Arthur.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58The Boot Room have lost that one brain from the final round,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00the Eggheads are all there, of course.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Second head-to-head coming up. And this one is Sport.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I know plenty of you will fancy your chances on this,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07but who are you going to put forward for Sport?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- I think I'll do Sport, Dermot. - OK, good man, Greg.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14And choose an Egghead, remembering that, of course, it can't be Pat.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- Chris?- Chris.- Yeah?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Yeah, we'll take on Chris. - OK. Greg and Chris, then, contesting this one
0:06:20 > 0:06:24from the cosy embrace of the Question Room, please.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30OK, Greg, I know you're a big sports fan. Do you do any sports yourself, though?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Not as much as I should do, Dermot.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37I do a little bit of keep-fit. I like riding my bike. I have a go at golf.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I wouldn't say I'm too good at it, but I enjoy playing it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- I like getting out there.- OK, yeah. Well, plenty of activities there, plus what you watch.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Well, let's see how you do in this, then. Do you want to go first or second?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Er, I think I'll go first, Dermot.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Good luck to you, Greg. First question.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59What is the usual name for the raised platforms at the end of a swimming pool
0:06:59 > 0:07:02from which swimmers can dive into the pool to begin a race?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Starting blocks, I think, is something you'd use in athletics.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14So my choice is between balance boards and flexible flyers,
0:07:14 > 0:07:18and I would think if it's diving it would be flexible flyers.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- They are starting blocks.- Oh!
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Starting blocks, same as they have on the track as well.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26OK, well, Chris...
0:07:26 > 0:07:29At the 2012 Olympic Games what was the name of the venue
0:07:29 > 0:07:32for handball and modern pentathlon fencing?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Well, Zinc Box it wouldn't be, would it?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43This is really because architects like covering stuff with copper,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45which goes green...
0:07:45 > 0:07:46we'll go Copper Box.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Probably sitting on top of one of your beloved shunting yards...
0:07:50 > 0:07:53No doubt, the Thornton Fields Carriage Sidings probably
0:07:53 > 0:07:56or maybe Bow Midland, I don't know.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59It is the right answer. You worked it out.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Copper Box, so you have a lead.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Greg, the sports stadium known as Ellis Park until 2008
0:08:04 > 0:08:08when it took the name of its new sponsor is in which city?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Well, it's not Melbourne.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16My choice is between Johannesburg and Auckland.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I have a vague suspicion that it might be...
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I'm thinking...
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I think...I think it's Johannesburg.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30OK. Now, you need to get this.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32And you have, yes. Johannesburg.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Chris, your question, second question.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41The Italian Rugby Union club Zebre is based in which city?
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Well, I know Salerno from the 1943 landings,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Parma for ham...
0:08:49 > 0:08:52but the largest of those three
0:08:52 > 0:08:56and therefore the one that would support a rugby team is Bergamo.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58OK...
0:08:58 > 0:09:00No, it's Parma.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Oh? Ham.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Yes, ham and rugby, and I think a few other things as well.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08All right, well, it's all square.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Everything to play for therefore, Greg.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Michael Bannon from Northern Ireland and the Canadian Sean Foley
0:09:15 > 0:09:17are leading coaches in which sport?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- How are you spelling Foley, Dermot? - F-O-L-E-Y.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Bannon and Foley...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I can't say the names are familiar to me.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I think I'd rule out tennis...
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- You said they were Irish, yeah?- No. - No? Right...
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Michael Bannon's from Northern Ireland and Sean Foley's Canadian.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Right, OK...
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Well, they haven't got a great pedigree either country for tennis,
0:09:48 > 0:09:49so I wouldn't go with them.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53I'm thinking probably maybe boxing, Dermot.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Right, boxing.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Thinking of sporting pedigrees there, I see what you're thinking.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01But you must have been tossing up about golf as well, which it is!
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Golf. OK, Chris, well, you can win the round
0:10:05 > 0:10:07if you get a correct answer here.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Which cricket team beat the reigning champions, the Chennai Super Kings,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14in the final of the 2012 Indian Premier League?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Mmm...Delhi Daredevils...
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Mumbai Indians...
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Hang on! David Hasselhoff riding to the rescue!
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Yes, it's Kolkata Knight Riders.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35OK, right, we get the reference there,
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Knight Rider and David Hasselhoff.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38I thought then you were going to reject it,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41thinking that that couldn't be a real name.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Why did you then go for it?
0:10:43 > 0:10:47- It just rings a vague bell, a Daphne-style inkle.- OK.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49And it is the right answer!
0:10:49 > 0:10:54The Chennai Super Kings defeated by the Kolkata Knight Riders.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58And you have a place in the final round. Bad luck, Greg, you're not going to be there.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Well, two rounds gone, two members of the Boot Room gone,
0:11:04 > 0:11:09but two more head-to-heads to play before the final round, so a lot of quizzing still to do.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11And all the Eggheads there, of course.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14So let's play the Science category that's come up.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Three players left to try this.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Simon, Michael, Thomas...
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- We said all along Thomas was going to do the Science round. - I'll take it.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24We'll get our scientist on this round.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26We'll say Thomas.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30OK, Thomas, who would you like to play? Pat and Chris have played from the Eggheads,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34so you can pick from either Barry, Daphne or Dave.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I think Dave's pretty good on this.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I'll take a walk with Daphne.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Very nice idea.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46OK, but do make sure you take in the Question Room as you continue your travels.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50You'll have to stop off there and answer a few questions. What you do after that, well, I don't know!
0:11:50 > 0:11:53OK, let's have Thomas and Daphne into the Question Room, please.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57So, Thomas, would you like to go first or second?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I'd like to go second, please, Dermot.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06OK, Daphne, which of these is the common name of the medical condition
0:12:06 > 0:12:10otitis externa that often affects people who spend time submerged in water?
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Well, otitis relates to the ear,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21so swimmer's ear.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24OK, people who spend time submerged in water
0:12:24 > 0:12:26would include swimmers, divers and snorkellers, of course,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28but that's right. Swimmer's ear.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31And then, Thomas, first question.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36In the human body the enzyme amylase helps to break down starch into sugars
0:12:36 > 0:12:38as part of which bodily process?
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Digestion.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Dermot?- Yeah, it is. Yes.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51My biology teachers wouldn't forgive me for getting that one wrong!
0:12:51 > 0:12:54No, digestion is absolutely right.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57And, Daphne, what term is used to refer to the process
0:12:57 > 0:13:01of injecting fluid at high pressure into underground rock
0:13:01 > 0:13:05in order to open fissures and allow trapped gas or crude oil to be collected?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10That's fracking.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12- Fracking?- Mm-hm.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Fraggle Rock.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17That's correct.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Right there, fracking.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21And a lot of people concerned about this, aren't they?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Lots of concerns that it can cause earthquakes
0:13:24 > 0:13:27or pollutes groundwater and things like that, Daphne.
0:13:27 > 0:13:34- Well, apparently it's the way of the future, isn't it?- Mmm.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36All right. Thomas, second question.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41The Weddell and ribbon are species of which aquatic mammal?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47This is going to be a guess on this one.
0:13:47 > 0:13:53I think maybe just because of the fur and sort of ribbon,
0:13:53 > 0:13:54I'll go with otter on that one.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56OK, otter.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57No.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Also fur on the seals.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Seal, the Weddell seal, probably the best-known of those.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Ribbon seals as well.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09OK, well, Daphne will win if she gets this.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Daphne, aboard which space shuttle in 1983
0:14:13 > 0:14:16did Sally Ride become the first female American astronaut
0:14:16 > 0:14:18to travel into outer space?
0:14:23 > 0:14:30Well, the Challenger disaster was in '86,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33so I would say it's probably Challenger.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37You think she was on Challenger? '83, of course, the date here.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Yeah.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41It is the right answer, Daphne!
0:14:41 > 0:14:43No disaster for you. Well worked out!
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Who was the first Russian woman, then?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Valentina Tereshkova.- Oh, very good!
0:14:49 > 0:14:52I won't ask you about dogs and other things that have been there.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Challenger is the right answer. You're through to the final round.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Bad luck, Thomas. Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:15:00 > 0:15:05Well, three of the challengers being given the boot from the Boot Room and no Eggheads.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10So last chance coming up now to get rid of an Egghead, and this is Film & Television.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13And, Simon and Mike, which one of you
0:15:13 > 0:15:14fancies their chances? Film & TV.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- You're not confident?- I'm really weak on this.- We really didn't want that.
0:15:18 > 0:15:24- I think we leave Simon for the last round. Mike, you happy with Film & Television?- OK.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- We'll put Mike in for Film & Television.- OK.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29And you can choose from Barry or Dave.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- What do you think, Thomas?
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Dave.- Dave.- Yeah, we'll do for Dave.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38All right, Mike and Dave playing Film & Television.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40You know where to go. It's the Question Room.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47So, Mike, is this your first choice of subject when you were considering what you might play on Eggheads?
0:15:47 > 0:15:53I think it's fair to say, Dermot, I drew the short straw, but...I will give it my best!
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Absolutely! And do you want the first set of questions or the second set?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58I'll take the first set, please.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03OK, first question coming to you, then, Mike.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Which actor played the soap opera character of Bobby Grant
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and the sitcom character Jim Royle?
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Er...I'm reasonably confident
0:16:16 > 0:16:17that it was Ricky Tomlinson.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I'll make you even more confident. It's the right answer.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Dave, which singer is portrayed by different actors
0:16:26 > 0:16:33as a minor character in the films Great Balls of Fire, Forrest Gump and Walk The Line?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I haven't seen Great Balls Of Fire or Forrest Gump.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40I have seen Walk The Line.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45I do remember Elvis Presley featuring with Johnny Cash at Sun Records,
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- so it's Elvis Presley.- Yeah. Not Cliff Richard, then?
0:16:49 > 0:16:50No, I don't think he made it there.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Nor Barry Manilow. A bit too young, I think.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55OK, Elvis is the right answer.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58And back to you, Mike.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01In which film does a young man, played by John Travolta,
0:17:01 > 0:17:05kill a pig in order to play a cruel trick on a fellow student?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10If I'm looking fairly blank,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13that's because I haven't a clue,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16so this is going to be a pure guess.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I'm going to guess at Carrie.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- Carrie? Pure guess?- Pure guess?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Totally right, though. It's correct.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Dave, which film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson was based on his own short
0:17:33 > 0:17:35entitled The Dirk Diggler Story?
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Good job you said Dirk Diggler.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42It's Boogie Nights.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Boogie Nights, yeah. That's the right answer.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Right, well, it's all square. Really good guess,
0:17:49 > 0:17:54if it really was just a guess last time, Mike. It's all square and everything to play for.
0:17:54 > 0:18:01Your question. In the American film industry, Roger Ebert is best known for his work in which field?
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Again...I really... I've never heard of this guy...
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Well...
0:18:14 > 0:18:19Film critics are quite big, aren't they, in the States...
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Quite powerful people as well,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24so I'm going to guess he's a film critic.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27You are a good guesser! That is the right answer!
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Fantastic! Well, you have achieved three out of three!
0:18:34 > 0:18:38And if Dave doesn't achieve it after this, he's leaving the game.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44Dave, the writer Jeremy Samford rose to prominence for his work on which influential TV play?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Well, it's not Bar Mitzvah Boy because that's Jack Rosenthal.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Now...
0:18:52 > 0:18:55who did Cathy Come Home, who did Scum?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Oh, Cathy Come Home was Alan Plater.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03I've got to go with Scum,
0:19:03 > 0:19:08but I've not got the confidence there because it could be Cathy Come Home.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11OK, right, so you identified Bar Mitzvah Boy as Jack Rosenthal.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16And so narrowed it down to one of two and you've got the wrong one!
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Cathy Come Home! Fine, yeah.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20It's what you were thinking, one of those two. Well!
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Last round...
0:19:22 > 0:19:27And you're through, Mike! And I think Simon is a very happy man there!
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- A very, very happy man!- He'll have some company in the final round.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35And, Mike, you will be that company. Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40So this is what we've been playing towards. It's time for the final round,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42which as always is General Knowledge,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44but I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:19:44 > 0:19:46won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50So, Greg, Arthur and Thomas from the Boot Room, Dave from the Eggheads,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52would you leave the studio now, please?
0:19:54 > 0:19:58So, Simon and Mike, you're playing to win the Boot Room £9,000.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Daphne, Chris, Barry and Pat, you're playing for something which money can't buy...
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Any clue, Daphne?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Our reputation.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Ah, I love it! You know at last!
0:20:09 > 0:20:12As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17You are allowed to confer in this the final round.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19So, Mike and Simon,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22the question is, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25And would you like to go first or second?
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- Any preference?- Not really. First?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- OK.- Let's go for that. - OK, we'll go first, Dermot, please.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36OK, first question is this.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Which of these is the name given to a portable cot for a baby?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Which of these is the name given to a portable cot for a baby?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51I wanted to hear what came into your head before I said anything.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Is it the same thing that I'm thinking?
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- I'm guessing it's a Moses basket. - That's the same one I was thinking.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Jacob cradle rings bells, but...
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I'm guessing it's a Moses basket.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10I'm not 100%, but I think we should go with that.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- I think so.- OK, Dermot, we'll go with a Moses basket.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16OK, not 100%.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Always important to try and get your first one.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21And I know you're trying and you have! It's the right answer.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Moses basket.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Eggheads, in the First Gulf War,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26who was the commander of Operation Desert Storm?
0:21:30 > 0:21:31In the First Gulf War,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34who was the commander of Operation Desert Storm?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Norman Schwarzkopf.- Stormin' Norman, wasn't it?- Stormin' Norman.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42We're all agreed on that. It was Stormin' Norman, Norman Schwarzkopf.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Norman Schwarzkopf. Stormin' Norman, stormin' answer.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48It's correct, Eggheads.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51And back to Simon and Mike.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57Barlinnie, Cornton Vale and Low Moss are the names of prisons in which part of the UK?
0:21:59 > 0:22:04Barlinnie, Cornton Vale and Low Moss are the names of prisons
0:22:04 > 0:22:05in which part of the UK?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- I've only heard of one of those. - Which is...?
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- Barlinnie.- Which is in...- Scot... - So we should go with...?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I think we go with Scotland.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17We'll go with Scotland.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20OK. Well, if you identify one, you identify them all,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23if you're sure of it. And it is the right answer, yes. Scotland.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25OK, Eggheads.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Although no longer part of the official dress code,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32the Garrick Club's tie has a striped pattern of two colours
0:22:32 > 0:22:34that are likened to which combination?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Although no longer part of the official dress code,
0:22:39 > 0:22:43the Garrick Club's tie has a striped pattern of two colours
0:22:43 > 0:22:45that are likened to which combination?
0:22:45 > 0:22:50- Gosh!- I think it's salmon and cucumber...is it?
0:22:50 > 0:22:53We don't know this one, do we?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55I've heard of bacon and eggs as a tie pattern.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00- What sort of club is the Garrick? - The Garrick is for actors, isn't it?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Cricket.- The MCC has a famous tie as well.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Bacon and eggs sounds more the sort of thing actors might say.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- They'd want something with a strong name on, maybe.- Yeah.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I really don't know.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Well, we don't know... If you've got an inkling, we'll go with that.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- No, I'm...- Happy?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22I'm not sure... Salmon and cucumber, that's...
0:23:22 > 0:23:24It's...
0:23:24 > 0:23:26cricket...
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- Is that a wavering, then? - It's a wavering, yeah.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39- Salmon and cucumber, that's pink and green.- Yes.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42How many for bacon and eggs?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44One. How many for salmon and cucumber?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46One.
0:23:46 > 0:23:46Two?
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- Salmon and cucumber. - Salmon and cucumber, it is.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51All right, as you've gathered from our conversation,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- we haven't the slightest idea! - No idea.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56So on taking a vote we're going for salmon and cucumber.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58It was an interesting conversation,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02because if I'd called you to a halt a minute earlier,
0:24:02 > 0:24:03you would have gone for bacon and eggs, I think.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06That was the consensus until Daphne weighed in
0:24:06 > 0:24:08with her first instinct.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09The answer is...
0:24:11 > 0:24:13..salmon and cucumber
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- Well done, Daphne!- You have to trust Daphne's instinct.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18You saved them there, Daphne!
0:24:18 > 0:24:20They were definitely going for bacon and eggs!
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Well, well, well...
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Just goes to show those head-to-heads...
0:24:25 > 0:24:30If Thomas had managed to get rid of Daphne, I'm not sure they would have gone for bacon and eggs.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Anyway, listen, it's all square. Those are the ifs and buts.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38This is the reality. You're still well in it and have put in a really good show so far,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40so get this and put the pressure back on the Eggheads.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46The Affenpinscher is classified in which dog breed group by the Kennel Club?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51The Affenpinscher, I'm going to spell it for you,
0:24:51 > 0:24:58A-F-F-E-N-P-I-N-S-C-H-E-R, Affenpinscher...
0:24:58 > 0:25:02is classified in which dog breed group by the Kennel Club?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04The Affenpinscher.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07The only pinscher I've heard of is a Doberman pinscher,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- which is a gundog, isn't it? - Yeah, but...
0:25:09 > 0:25:11But is that the right answer?
0:25:11 > 0:25:16I'm guessing it could well be from the same...from that genre.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Sounds like a German name, doesn't it?
0:25:19 > 0:25:24It could well be another dog from that sort of area.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Let's go with it. OK, Dermot...
0:25:27 > 0:25:28we're not 100%,
0:25:28 > 0:25:32but based on a similar-sounding name to a Doberman pinscher,
0:25:32 > 0:25:36we're going to stick to a gundog.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39OK, gundog, Doberman pinscher, Affenpinscher,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42maybe in the same breed group, you think?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46It's not a gundog. Eggheads, do you know?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Utility.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50No! It's a toy.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51- Oh?- Affenpinscher?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Which we got from Daphne again, by the way, you guys!
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I'd get rid of them, Daphne! What use are they?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03It wasn't your question, of course.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07A chance then for you to wrap it all up, Eggheads.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11The third level of the Eiffel Tower features a waxwork of which famous American
0:26:11 > 0:26:14who visited the attraction shortly after it opened?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21The third level of the Eiffel Tower features a waxwork
0:26:21 > 0:26:23of which famous American
0:26:23 > 0:26:26who visited the attraction shortly after it opened?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27What are you thinking?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- When did it open?- 1889.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- 1889. So it could be Barnum or Edison.- Yeah.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- I think it's unlikely to be Mark Twain.- Yeah.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Barnum was the showman,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41or it could be a monument to the inventiveness of Gustave Eiffel,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43in which case it could be Edison.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Well, it would be Gustave Eiffel if it was a monument to Eiffel!
0:26:46 > 0:26:49He didn't invent anything, he was just a civil engineer.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Around the bottom of the Eiffel Tower
0:26:50 > 0:26:53there are loads of names of great scientists,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55so they're pretty keen on their science.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- That would tend to suggest Edison, wouldn't it?- Maybe.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- We don't know.- We don't know.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Well, on that basis, I'd be happy to go for Edison.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- Yeah.- I've no idea.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- Are we happy with that?- Yeah. - All right.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Well, although Barnum was the great showman
0:27:09 > 0:27:12and Mark Twain did travel extensively in Europe,
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Pat believes there's lots of plaques of great scientists around the base
0:27:16 > 0:27:18of the Eiffel Tower,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20so on that basis we're going to go for Thomas Edison.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22OK. Well, really considered all three there
0:27:22 > 0:27:25and working together there, the Eggheads,
0:27:25 > 0:27:26as they do so often, of course.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29It is the right answer, Eggheads. You've won!
0:27:35 > 0:27:41I think what you saw in action there was those Eggheads collaborating as they do so well,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45and two tricky questions for them, their second and third,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49and in the end all worked it out, all adding something to the discussion
0:27:49 > 0:27:51and coming up with the right answers.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54So it gives the lie to people who say, "Why don't you just play the final round?
0:27:54 > 0:27:58"That's where the money's won and lost!" Those head-to-heads absolutely crucial,
0:27:58 > 0:28:02giving them just that edge over you, I think, with the four of them against two of you.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05But, listen, well done. You did really well against the Eggheads today, Boot Room.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Thank you very much indeed for playing them,
0:28:07 > 0:28:11and when are we coming down to the Boot, then? When are they buying you a few drinks?
0:28:11 > 0:28:12Any time they like.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16In fact, now would be nice, after that! Could just do with something.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Well, the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:28:18 > 0:28:22and their winning streak continues. I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £9,000.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24That means the money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26So, Eggheads, congratulations!
0:28:26 > 0:28:30And who will beat you? And join us next time to see if a new team of challengers
0:28:30 > 0:28:34have the brains to defeat the Eggheads. £10,000 says they don't.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Until then, goodbye.
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