Episode 82 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 hoping to beat the might of the Eggheads today

are Game For All The Family.

Now, this team love a good test

of the brain cells -

a family Christmas quiz is an annual must-do,

and they regularly telephone one another

to get help with crossword clues.

Let's meet them.

Hello. I'm Sian.

I'm 28 with several years' experience, and I'm a counsellor.

Hi. I'm Tim. I'm 28

and I'm an insurance underwriter.

Hi. I'm Simon. I'm 30 and I'm a telecoms project manager.

Hi. I'm Anne. I'm 58

and I'm a senior science technician.

Hi. I'm Dave. I'm 42

and I'm a technical specialist for a telecoms company.

-Sian and team, welcome.

-Thank you.

So, family team, Sian?

-It is indeed.

-And you are the mother-in-law

of Simon in the middle?

-That's right.

-How does everyone else fit in?

-Tim is Simon's brother.

-OK.

Anne is Simon's mother.

-Right.

-And Dave is my other son-in-law.

-So we've got half the family here, basically.

-Yes.

-And it's a real quizzing family.

-Yes.

-Good luck to you.

This is quite a substantial jackpot we have on the table.

I'll tell you about it in just a second.

Just to explain, every day there is £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, Game For All The Family,

the Eggheads have won the last 32 games,

so they've taken the jackpot higher than I've ever seen it.

£33,000 is here to play for.

-Wish you all the best. Do you want to start?

-Yeah.

There's no alternative, really!

You could wait a little while, but I don't think you want to.

The first head-to-head is on the subject of Film & Television.

Who would like this?

Oh, Simon...

Simon, yes.

Simon on Film & TV. Against which Egghead?

You can choose any one of them.

They're all good!

-It's very tough.

-They are all good.

-Shall we go for Pat?

-Yes.

-Pat.

-OK.

Simon from Game For All The Family against Pat from the Eggheads.

Good luck to you both.

To ensure there's no conferring,

please go to the Question Room now.

Film & Television.

Simon, you can choose the first or second set of questions.

I'd like to go first, please.

Here we go. Good luck.

The actress Isla Fisher

married which comedy star in 2010?

I do know this one.

So I can easily eliminate Ricky Gervais and Eddie Izzard,

and it's Sacha Baron Cohen.

Sacha Baron Cohen is the right answer.

OK, Pat, your question.

In the 1962 film Cape Fear,

which actor played the role of Max Cady?

Max Cady is the very sinister ex-con

who comes back to settle some scores.

And it was played by

Robert Mitchum in the original.

Robert Mitchum is your answer. It's correct.

Simon, in the US TV series

Homeland, the character Nicholas Brody

has been a member of which military organisation?

I'm going to struggle with this one,

because it's not a series I've watched.

Um...

I'm going to go for...

..the US Marine Corps.

US Marine Corps is the right answer. Well done.

Pat. Between 1978 and 1983,

Marilu Henner

played Elaine Nardo in which popular TV sitcom?

Oh!

If I go for Taxi or Soap,

I'm close to guessing.

I'll go for Cheers, but this is very, very iffy.

Oh!

OK, the other Eggheads have recoiled!

Why have you recoiled, Eggs?

It's Taxi.

Taxi is the answer.

So this is good, Game For All The Family.

First round and Simon has taken the lead.

If you get this one right, you'll have knocked out an Egghead,

and that's a great way to start.

What was the US title

of the 1932 film that featured all three Barrymore siblings -

John, Ethel and Lionel?

Now, this is going to be a complete guess to me, this one!

I'm going to go straight down the middle, I think.

I'm going to go for Murders In The Rue Morgue.

Let's see if Pat knows.

Rasputin And The Empress rings a bell with me,

but I'm not sure.

Yes, Rasputin And The Empress it is, Simon.

OK, Pat, your chance to come back in. If you get this one wrong,

you are out.

Here is your question.

David O Russell directed and wrote the screenplay

for which 2012 film?

Life Of Pi was Ang Lee.

Cloud Atlas was unusual

insofar as it had three directors,

which is pretty extraordinary.

So I think it must be Silver Linings Playbook.

Silver Linings Playbook is correct.

OK, Simon.

I hope that Barrymore answer wasn't too expensive for you,

because you're now in a Sudden Death moment

with our Pat.

That means it gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternative answers.

Aidan Gillen, who played Stuart in the TV series Queer As Folk,

went on to play a politician called Tommy Carcetti

in which US TV drama series?

There's a few US drama series that spring to mind.

I guess the most obvious political one would be The West Wing.

So I think I'll go for The West Wing.

It's not. It's The Wire.

Pat, over to you. Sudden Death.

You get this right, you're in the final round.

In which 1988 fantasy film did Warwick Davis play the title role?

Oh, I think I...

have an idea about this.

I first thought Time Bandits,

but obviously, that's a multiple title role.

But I think there was a similar fantasy film

called Willow.

So I'll go with Willow.

Willow is the right answer, Pat.

Pulled out of

the vast recesses of your memory. Well done.

You've got the round on Sudden Death.

Sorry, Simon, you've been knocked out by our Egghead.

-That's all right.

-Come back to us, both of you, and rejoin your teams.

So, as it stands, Game For All The Family have lost a brain

from the final round, but don't worry. Plenty more time to play.

The Eggheads have not lost one yet.

The next subject for you is Science.

Who would like this?

-That's me, I think.

-That's you, Anne?

-Yeah, that's me.

-Which Egghead would you like to take on?

Um...

I think I'm going to take Barry, actually.

So it's Anne on Science. Well, Barry loves his science, of course,

so let's see how you both do. Please go to the Question Room now.

You're on Science against Barrie. I wish you all the best.

Would you like to go first or second?

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

Here is your question.

1783 was the year of the first manned flight using which method?

Crikey!

Um...

I'll have to think about that one.

I don't think it would be a glider, but it might be.

I think...

rocket is definitely much later, so...

I think I'm going to go down the middle and go for hot air balloon.

Hot air balloon is the right answer. Well done.

OK, Barry, your question.

What name is given to the Old Street traffic intersection in East London

that is the centre of a cluster

of high-technology companies?

Goodness me!

I've heard of Silicon Valley

and I've heard of Silicon Glen in Scotland,

but I've never heard of this one.

Traffic intersection suggests roundabout to me,

so I shall go for Silicon Roundabout.

Silicon Roundabout is the right answer.

Well done.

Your question, Anne.

Ring ouzels,

generally found in upland areas of Britain,

are members of which bird family?

I don't think it'll be a pigeon.

Could be.

Pigeon-sized, I suppose.

I don't think it's a finch.

But I think it's more likely to be a thrush,

so I'm going to go for that one, Jeremy.

Spot-on. Well done. Thrush it is.

Very methodical elimination, if I may say so.

OK, Barry.

In aeronautics, what name is given

to a short vertical or near-vertical projection on a wing tip

that reduces drag and improves fuel efficiency?

Goodness me! Here's another one I've not come across.

I can't imagine it's wingzone.

And I certainly can't imagine it being a wingwarp.

I think I'll go for winglet.

Winglet is correct.

So two points each.

Anne.

Where in the human body

is the hormone oxytocin produced?

OK, I'm not really a biologist.

But I think that's got something to do with

pregnancy and all of that business.

I don't think it'll be bone marrow.

And I'm not sure it would be kidneys.

I think it might be the hypothalamus.

Hypothalamus is the right answer,

and well done. You're playing very well.

Here we go, Barry. On the edge.

Get this one wrong, you're not in the final.

The Chinese scientist Zhang Heng

is recorded as inventing a forerunner

of which type of device in 132 AD?

I believe this device was something akin to a great big copper pot

with four lions at each of the vertices

with a metal ball in its mouth,

and whenever there was an earthquake,

the lion would shudder at that point that the earthquake came from

and the metal ball would fall out to show it was in the north or the east

or the west, etc, so I believe it was a seismograph.

That's really interesting. Seismograph is the right answer.

Three points each.

This is tight, isn't it?

We go to Sudden Death on Science.

In which decade of the 20th century were the first women elected

and admitted as Fellows of the Royal Society?

I have no reason to pick any particular date,

but I'm just going to go for 1960s.

It's the 1940s, actually.

1945.

OK, Barry, Sudden Death. You get this one right,

you are in the final.

The element hafnium

was named after the Latin name of which city?

There are a number of elements that are named after cities.

Lutetium is named after Paris,

holmium is named after Stockholm.

But I do believe that hafnium is named after Copenhagen.

Copenhagen is the right answer.

So, Barry, you've taken the round.

-Sorry, Anne. You played well.

-Yeah.

Got through the three questions without a wrong answer,

and then Sudden Death unfortunately knocked you out.

So Barry will be in the final and you won't.

Please come back and rejoin your teams.

As its stands, Game For All The Family

have lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost a brain.

The next subject for you is Arts & Books.

Who would you like to take this?

-Who's doing that?

-I can't do it.

-Dave?

-Dave.

It's me, is it? OK.

Dave, you've been press-ganged.

And against which Egghead?

I think we'll go for Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

So two Daves. OK.

Game For All The Family Dave and Tremendous Knowledge Dave

competing on Arts & Books. Please go to the Question Room.

OK, Arts & Books. Dave, would you like to go first or second?

First, please.

Here we go. Good luck.

Which bestselling author wrote the 2001 novel Deception Point,

about a supposed meteorite

that may provide proof of extra-terrestrial life?

Not Michael Morpurgo.

He tends to write children's books more.

Stephenie Meyer...

No, that's not her book, I don't think.

I'll go for Dan Brown.

Dan Brown is the right answer. Well done.

First question to you. Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

In books by JK Rowling,

what is the first name of Harry Potter's

deceased mother?

Of course, I haven't read it.

So I'm the only person in the world who won't know this.

I'll just go Lily Potter and get it wrong

and get it out the way.

OK. Lily Potter is right, Dave.

-Oh, well!

-There is no justice, is there, challengers?

They're hard to beat.

Dave, back to you.

Which animal is next to Mr Andrews in the painting

Mr And Mrs Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough?

I do seem to remember lots of paintings

of big beefy bulls.

But there's plenty of horses.

Mind you, a lot of horses are shown running.

But then if it's Mr and Mrs...

..it would suggest it's a family portrait, which...

would suggest a dog.

So I shall go for dog.

Brilliant! You're right.

I thought you were definitely going to go bull, then definitely horse,

then you went for the right answer. Well done.

OK, Dave. What is the title of the 1994 debut novel

by David Guterson?

I've not heard of the book.

Snow Falling On Cedars sounds best.

Rain Falling On Willows... Yeah.

Er...

Might not be a title, but Snow Falling On Cedars sounds best to me,

so I'll go with that.

You're right, Dave.

Snow Falling On Cedars.

OK, Dave, your question.

Which writer was reportedly interrupted in his work

by a person from Porlock

and thereby failed to complete one of his best-known works?

Well, not having read any of these authors' books,

um...

I can't imagine Rudyard Kipling

failing to finish a book.

It's pushing me more towards Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

It sounds like the sort of thing

he would say, being earlier in time.

So I'll go for Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

You're right.

Over to the Egghead.

Which artist's father was Giovanni Santi,

a painter at the court of Urbino in the 15th century?

I'll go for Cimabue.

NO, it was not Cimabue. It was Raphael.

-Dave, you've been knocked out.

-I've been knocked out.

The other Dave has the tremendous knowledge!

You played really well, other Dave. You'll be in the final round

and Dave will not be.

Please come back and rejoin your teams.

As it stands, Game For All The Family have lost two brains from the final round,

whilst the Eggheads have lost one brain.

The next subject is Politics.

Who would like this?

-I think you, Tim.

-I'll take it, then.

-Who shall I go against?

-Tim against...

Kevin or Judith?

-Judith.

-I think we'll take Judith.

OK. So it is Tim from Game For All The Family

versus Judith from the Eggheads. Please take your positions.

We're on Politics. Tim, would you like to go first or second?

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

Here we go. Good luck.

In August 2012, it was revealed that which actor would be joining

the board of directors of the campaign group Hacked Off?

Well, Hacked Off

was the campaign group connected with the newspaper...

scandal.

I seem to remember Hugh Grant was involved in that

and the hearings.

I'm going to go down the middle and go Hugh Grant, please.

Hugh Grant is the right answer.

Judith, your question.

Who was the first

former First Lady of the United States

to be appointed to a post in the Cabinet

of a US President?

I'm debating in my mind whether...

No. Eleanor Roosevelt, no.

I mean, she was very active, but not...

I mean, I think the answer must be Hillary Clinton.

And you've got it right. Well done.

Back to you, Tim.

Conservative MP Michael Gove was born in which city?

That...

I must admit is not something I...

..I really have paid attention to.

Um...

I think I'm going to rule out Belfast.

Um...

I'll go Cardiff. I'll go Cardiff.

-You should have gone Edinburgh.

-Oh!

Sorry.

Judith.

The Liberal Democrat politician Ed Davey

was elected as MP of which constituency

for the first time in 1997?

Um...

Glasgow Hillhead was always Roy Jenkins, wasn't it?

In the past.

I mean, the West Country is very Lib Dem, isn't it?

I'm just going to risk it and say Lib...I mean, North Devon.

I know why you've done that, but it's wrong.

It's Kingston and Surbiton, Judith.

OK, Tim.

Which party leader reacted to Cornish criticism

of proposed constituency boundary changes by saying,

"It's the Tamar, not the Amazon, for heaven's sake"?

Um...

Total guess, but I'm going to go Nick Clegg.

No, it was David Cameron.

Judith, if you get this one right,

you will be in the final round.

In 2010, which Chief Secretary to the Treasury

left a message for his successor

that read,

"Dear Chief Secretary, I'm afraid there is no money.

"Kind regards and good luck"?

I think that was Andy Burnham.

Absolutely not. It was Liam Byrne.

-So you got that wrong.

-Oh, bother!

You've got one answer right after three,

so we go to Sudden Death on Politics. Tim.

Rachel Reeves was elected to serve as MP for Leeds West in 2010

as a representative of which political party?

Um...

My natural inclination would be,

with a city like Leeds, would be to go for, um, Labour.

But I have a feeling...

Something's pushing me in the direction of the Conservative Party.

So I'm going to go

the Conservative Party.

You've just been pushed away from the correct answer again.

-Oh!

-Sorry. Labour is the right answer.

Labour MP. OK, Judith,

get this one right, you're in the final.

For what does the first letter P stand

in the abbreviation PPS,

when referring to an MP who acts as an unpaid assistant to a minister?

I think it's Parliamentary Private Secretary,

so P is for Parliamentary.

Parliamentary is the right answer, Judith. Well done.

You're in the final round. Tim, you've been knocked out.

If you come back to us, we will play that final round.

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

It's time for the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.

Those of you who lost your head-to-heads

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

So Tim, Simon and Anne from Game For All The Family

and also Dave from the Eggheads,

would you please now leave the studio.

Sian and Dave, you are playing to win Game For All The Family £33,000.

Barry, Pat, Judith and Kevin,

you're playing for something money can't buy -

the Eggheads' reputation.

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

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge

and you are allowed to confer.

So, Game For All The Family, the question is

are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

Would you like to go first or second?

-First?

-First, please.

Here's your question.

Which footballer famously swapped shirts with Pele

after England's 1970 World Cup match against Brazil?

Not Bobby Moore, is it?

It's only four years after '66.

Well, it could be Bobby Moore.

Bobby Moore and Pele played similar positions. They were both strikers.

-Bobby Moore.

-Bobby Moore.

-Is this the right answer, Eggheads?

-Yes.

-Yes, it is.

Bobby Moore is correct. Well done.

Bobby Moore was a defender.

-Was he?

-Not a striker.

-So we're not very good at football!

No, it's all right. OK, Eggheads.

Ashley Roberts found fame as a member of which US girl group?

-Wasn't she in I'm A Celebrity in the jungle?

-No idea.

She's not Destiny's Child.

It's definitely not Destiny's Child.

En Vogue are further back.

I think the logical one is Pussycat Dolls.

She's been out the jungle recently.

Not absolutely certain, but we'll go for Pussycat Dolls.

Pussycat Dolls is the right answer.

OK.

Your question.

What type of business was founded by Michelle Mone

in 1996?

Mone is M-O-N-E.

I don't think it was baby food.

I don't remember it being stationery.

I'm almost positive,

but it is little more than a guess.

Stationery...I can't imagine there being a huge new market

-for stationery, unless it was something specific.

-Baby food?

Baby food or lingerie? Baby food...

I'm pretty sure it's lingerie.

-OK, we'll go with your hunch.

-Lingerie.

Brilliant! Well done, Sian. It's the right answer.

Lingerie.

Eggheads.

The waterway known as Carrick Roads

forms part of the natural harbour of which port?

Carrick Roads is Falmouth, isn't it?

It's the entrance to the...

Yeah, OK.

Happy with that? That's part of the entrance to the harbour of Falmouth.

Falmouth is the right answer. You're both playing well.

Two points each. £33,000.

Crucial here is to get this question right.

Which company developed the pioneering military jet planes

the Canberra and the Lightning?

I think the Lightning was English Electric.

-Shall we go with that?

-Yeah.

-English Electric.

I thought you were working completely blind there,

then you just pulled out the correct answer.

Well done! You got it right.

English Electric it is.

Even if it does sound like a tumble drier!

Now you've got to hope that the Eggheads mess up.

The flowering plant known as the Christmas cactus

is a member of which genus?

Impatiens is Busy Lizzie.

But there are lots of them, presumably.

Euphorbia...

I wonder if Christmas cactus is anything to do with

poinsettia?

Because they are euphorbias.

They're called Euphorbia pulcherrima.

They're Christmas flowers, aren't they?

But I don't know what a Christmas cactus is.

I think we're about to lose.

Euphorbia has definitely got this poinsettia connection.

Absolutely.

And poinsettia is very much associated with Christmas.

Poinsettia.

-And it's not a cactus.

-Not a cactus.

-Any...?

-No.

I have the same problem.

I don't think it's impatiens.

And cactus are not poinsettia.

Exactly. If euphorbia is poinsettia...

That's in there because of the connotation with Christmas.

I'd be inclined to go for schlumbergera.

Euphorbias are shrubs, not cactuses.

OK, so I think we...

High risk.

Whatever we do, it's a high risk.

Oh, God!

So, although we don't know anything about it,

-we think... OK?

-Yeah.

..by a process of elimination, we'll have to go for schlumbergera.

Well, I was listening out. I thought what was going to happen

in this very, very razor-edge moment,

someone - this is what usually happens -

throws in a completely wrong piece of information

and takes you off course.

That did not happen. You've stayed on course

and you've got it right.

Schlumbergera is the answer.

And it's so interesting.

I admire the way you play, because it's the only one you didn't know.

You've got it right.

OK.

Ooh! Tension here,

because £33,000 is a lot of money. You very nearly won it.

I was sure they were going to get that wrong.

So we go to Sudden Death in the final round.

Gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternative answers.

The 2011 Professor Green song, Read All About It,

featured vocals by which Scottish singer?

Um...

I can't think of a single Scottish singer apart from KT Tunstall.

I can't think.

Doesn't have to be female. Could be male.

Yeah, could be male.

I can't think of any, so...

-KT Tunstall?

-KT Tunstall.

-KT Tunstall.

-The wrong answer.

Do you know?

-Emeli Sande.

-Emeli Sande is the right answer.

-Of course!

I think a version of the song appeared on her album.

Blast!

The tables have turned slightly here, because we're on Sudden Death.

If you get this one right, Eggheads, you have the contest.

In January 2013, which French actor was granted citizenship of Russia

by an executive order signed by Vladimir Putin?

-Gerard Depardieu.

-Very strange story indeed.

The whole business going back beyond that

to the tax matters involved in Belgium.

But it's Gerard Depardieu.

Gerard Depardieu is the right answer.

We say congratulations, Eggheads. You have won.

Well, that was an amazing contest!

-Pretty good!

-You reserved all your horsepower

for the final moments there

and nearly blew them away.

You really did, with that brilliant English Electric answer.

But we say commiserations to Game For All The Family.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

Their winning streak continues. Really building up now.

That does mean you won't be going home with the £33,000,

but you almost did, really.

It was that wretched schlumbergera.

So 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. £34,000 says they don't.

Till then, goodbye.

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