Episode 87 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 The Orwell Network

from Suffolk. This team of entrepreneurs meet each week

to discuss business opportunities on the banks of the River Orwell

in Ipswich. Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm David, I'm 66 years old and I'm a textile printer.

Hi, I'm Ayman, I'm 39, I'm an IT company director.

Hi, I'm Allan, I'm 58 and I'm a project manager.

Hi, I'm Jenny, I'm 63 and I'm a freelance IT consultant.

Hi, I'm Richard, I'm 56 years old and I'm a solicitor.

-So, David and team, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Good to see you.

-Looking forward to this?

-Absolutely.

-Yes.

So you're all in different lines of business

but you're all basically self-starting people?

-Correct.

-Yep.

-We've all got our own businesses

and there's probably about 32 people in the group

and you can't have two categories the same,

but we meet every Wednesday and we try and promote

-and get business for each other.

-OK.

So of the 32, how come we ended up with the five of you?

-THEY LAUGH

-It was a freak result.

-The hands went up, did they?

-We're the smart ones.

We were left standing when everybody else stepped back.

-THEY LAUGH

-You're not an actual quiz team

but you... Well, maybe you are one from today.

-Maybe.

-We'll find out.

-OK, well, good luck up against this lot.

Let's see how you both do. There's £1,000 of cash up for grabs

for our challengers every day. If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to our next show.

So, Orwell Network, the Eggheads have won the last 37 games.

-Goodness me.

-Which means £38,000 says you can't beat them today.

It's the most I've ever seen the jackpot at.

The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of History.

-Who would like this?

-History.

-Well, Richard, you were the...

-You want to do History?

I'll give it a crack.

-You'll give it a crack!

-Yeah.

-I wouldn't like to say who against.

OK, Richard from this team against... Yes, exactly.

-Choose an Egghead. I'm assuming you watch the programme.

-Barry.

-OK. Yep.

-So, Richard, who is it?

-Barry.

-It's Barry! OK!

History is meat and drink to quizzers, so it's going to be hard

to find a weak one of history. Barry loves his history

-but he has his moments, don't you, Barry?

-I certainly do.

So, Richard from the Orwell Network versus Barry from the Eggheads

on History. And to ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions in the question room.

-You can choose, Richard, the first or second set of questions.

-Second.

Here we go, Barry. Who was the first secretary

of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

when Sputnik was launched and the first woman went into space?

Sputnik was launched in 1957, I believe.

I think the first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova

and she must have been about the early 60s,

so that's far too late for Lenin

and far too early for Yeltsin. It was Nikita Khrushchev.

Got every detail nailed down, Barry. Well done. First point to you.

Richard, your question.

Who's known as the king who drove the Danes out of Ireland?

Erm... I don't think it's Kenneth McAlpin.

I don't really know, to be honest with you, so I'll take a guess.

I think it's Llywelyn the Great.

Llywelyn the Great is wrong, though. It's Brian Boru.

One point to Barry, none to you. Second question.

Barry, in medieval costume, what was the name of the long strip of fabric

that trailed from a hood or headdress?

Well, chasuble is a garment that is worn by a priest or a bishop

and I believe a mangonel is some sort of catapult.

But this long strip of cloth worn from a headdress is a liripipe,

and you still see them in academic dress.

Liripipe is the right answer, Barry. Back to you, Richard.

The Bamburgh Sword, uncovered during a 1960 excavation,

is from which period of history?

-Bamburgh - can you spell that?

-B-A-M-B-U-R-G-H. Bamburgh.

Again, I'm going to have to take a guess on this.

Bamburgh...

Erm, I don't think it's Restoration or Tudor,

I think I'm going to plump for Anglo-Saxon.

-Well done, you've got it right.

-THEY CLAP

And it's important that you get that question right, because otherwise

you would've been out of the contest! So still in it!

Barry, if you get this answer correct, you're in the final round.

What was the nickname of the allied agent Nancy Wake,

who made her reputation outwitting German forces in France

during the Second World War?

Ah, she was a very brave and courageous lady

and I believe she was called The White Mouse.

She was called The White Mouse, you're quite right, Barry.

So three out of three. History is a strong subject for you.

Sorry, Richard. The first answer was a costly one

and you've been knocked out. Please come back and rejoin your teams.

So, as it stands, the Orwell Network have lost one brain.

Don't worry. Early days, guys. The Eggheads have not lost a brain.

Barry triumphed there. The next subject is Music. Who would like it?

-Music.

-Oh, Music.

-Should I have a...

-Yeah, do you want to...

-Should I have a crack at that one?

-Allan, I think.

-Yeah.

-Allan?

-Yeah, I'm going to give it a go.

OK, good stuff. And against which Egghead? Can't be Barry.

-Judith.

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

You're going to go for Judith on Music.

How's your music? What are you humming at the moment, Judith?

A sort of panic.

THEY LAUGH A panic melody.

Allan from the Orwell Network versus Judith and her panic melody.

To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.

Well, Allan, Music is the subject. Is that your passion?

Erm, I wouldn't say it's my main passion.

Visual art is my main passion. But I do listen to a lot of various...

-I have quite a varied taste in music.

-You do an amazing thing.

You do portraits in the style of the grand masters.

-That's right, yes.

-Do you mean you'll take a Rembrandt

and do an exact copy

or paint somebody as if Rembrandt painted them?

Yes, I'll paint somebody in the style of that artist.

So it could be an old master, like a Rembrandt,

or it might even be pop art, like a Litchenstein or a Warhol.

It really depends. But it's quite a challenge

-doing the different styles.

-And do you suggest the old master

for a particular person or do they suggest it?

I think they suggest it, but sometimes if I'm doing my samples,

I might pick a celebrity and I might see them in a particular style

and think, "Oh, yeah, I think they'd really look good as that,

-"in that style."

-And best artist you've ever used to reversion?

Well, I did a version, I did Tracey Emin

in the style of a Frida Kahlo

and I think that went down very well and I think that was successful.

-All right, Music. Allan, would you like to go first or second?

-Second.

OK, this team likes to go second. Your first question, Judith.

Gotye had the UK's biggest-selling single of 2012

with Somebody That I Used To... what?

Oh, blimey. Panic melody going.

What was the first word you said?

Gotye. G-O-T-Y-E, Gotye

had the UK's biggest-selling single of 2012

with Somebody That I Used To what?

-Know. Know.

-Are you saying Know as an answer

or are you just saying no, N-O, as if you want it all to stop?

No is all senses of the word, but... Know, K-N.

-Know. It's a yes to Know, is it?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-HE LAUGHS

-I'd love to say no,

-but it's the right answer.

-Oh, thank goodness for that.

-OK, Allan.

Which word from the Italian for true is applied to operas

whose plots are based on a depiction of everyday life?

Erm, it's not staccato, cos that means like abrupt,

you know, sort of... Pulcinella I think is something else entirely.

And with my... sort of vague knowledge of Italian Latin,

I would say it's verismo.

-As in verify...

-Yes, as in verify.

-Verismo is the right answer.

-Well done.

-THEY CLAP

OK, good stuff. You've got your first question right this time.

Judith, your question. O Fortuna, heard regularly on The X Factor,

is an extract from which famous piece of music?

O Fortuna? Erm...

Carmina Burana.

Carmina Burana is the right answer. Was that a guess?

-Er, more or less.

-It was just very sudden.

There was no reasoning, just straight in.

Well, maybe I'd heard it somewhere. I mean, guesses are often not guesses

and they're sort of in your subconscious somewhere.

-Somewhere in the back of your mind.

-Yeah.

-OK, your question, Allan.

What was the name of Johnny Cash's longstanding backing group?

Ooh, crikey. Erm...

Well...

I think I'm just... Based on the fact that

Johnny Cash comes from sort of... Tennessee, that sort of area

of the United States, I would say it was the Tennessee Three.

That's sort of a guess but I'd say Tennessee Three.

Your logic has not let you down.

-It's quite right.

-THEY CLAP

OK, Tennessee Three it is. Judith, over to you. Two points each.

Who is credited with writing the Dire Straits song Money For Nothing

with Mark Knopfler?

I think it might be...

..Mick Fleetwood.

Have you heard this one, this song at all, Judith?

No. SHE LAUGHS

Well, I may have done, but not know its title or who wrote it.

Money For Nothing was written by Mark Knopfler and Sting.

-Oh.

-Your question, Allan. If you get this right, you knock Judith out,

-so the tide might be turning for your team.

-OK.

With a big jackpot of £38,000. Here is your question, Allan.

The jazz musician Dave Brubeck

received a posthumous Grammy nomination for his album

based on the works of which photographer?

Ooh. I'll have to guess at this one, I don't know.

I don't think it would probably be Richard Avedon,

he's a fashion photographer.

Erm, Ansel Adams...

My gut instinct is drawing me towards Ansel Adams.

Is he right, Eggheads? They don't know!

-Drawing a blank on this. Judith?

-That's what I'd have gone for.

Ansel Adams is the right answer. Well done, Allan!

-THEY CLAP

-You've taken the round

and knocked out our Egghead, Judith. She won't be in the final.

Very good news for your team. Do rejoin your teammates, please.

As it stands, the Orwell Network have lost one brain

but the Eggheads have also lost a brain, so getting exciting here.

The next subject is Arts & Books.

Who would like this?

-That was Jenny, wasn't it?

-Yeah, Jenny.

-You could do that, couldn't you?

-Yeah. OK.

Jenny, Arts & Books against...

-Not Judith or Barry.

-Pat.

I'd like to play against Pat, please.

OK, so it is Jenny from the Orwell Network versus Pat on Arts & Books.

Please go to the question room.

-So, Arts & Books, Jenny.

-Mm-hm.

Are you a regular Eggheads viewer, may I ask?

-I am now, since we decided to do this, yes.

-Oh, I see.

-So you've been doing some cramming.

-A little.

And you've worked out their various...

their patterns of play, their vicissitudes?

Well, we tried to, but it's quite difficult.

-They're all pretty good at most things.

-Yeah, it's just the odd

little bit of daylight in there. And they have bad days,

so let's see what happens with Pat now, who's sitting there

looking rather silent and rather clever

and not even smiling at my comment. That's how serious he is.

You described me as silent, so I can hardly respond.

You can smile silently. Jenny, do you want to go first or second?

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

Here we go, Pat. See if I can get a smile out of you now.

Which fictional character was named after an ornithologist

who wrote the book Birds Of The West Indies?

Er, that is James Bond.

Yes.

-That's where Ian Fleming got it, is it?

-Yes. Yep.

One of the major writers of bird books,

along with people like Audubon and Gould, James Bond.

OK. You're right. Well done. James Bond it is. Didn't know that.

Jenny, your question. Harlequin is the first novel

in the Grail Quest series by which author?

Nothing speaks to me here.

Erm, grail, holy grail, Ireland, religion,

I'm going to go for Patrick O'Brian on that basis only.

-It's Bernard Cornwell, Jenny.

-OK.

-Bernard Cornwell.

OK, Pat.

The Creation Of Eve and Adam And Eve Asleep

are two William Blake illustrations for which literary work.

I've seen some of his paintings

and they're usually very dramatic, they're usually...

..classic themes.

Well...

I could imagine him doing any of those three,

but The Creation Of Eve and Adam And Eve

sounds very much like the Garden of Eden, and so I think of those three,

Paradise Lost would seem to fit the bill best. Paradise Lost.

Paradise Lost is the right answer. OK. Back to you, Jenny.

Which historical figure became the muse of the English portraitist

George Romney, sitting for him over 100 times?

You need to get this one right.

I've seen a lot of portraits of Sarah Bernhardt.

I haven't seen many portraits of Jennie Jerome

and not many of Emma Hamilton, so on that basis,

I'm going to go for Sarah Bernhardt.

See whether Allan knows, as the portrait man here.

I would've gone for Sarah Bernhardt.

-Well-known name.

-Yeah, I would've gone for that

just because I think she's... Like Jenny, I've seen her in

a portrait painted many times.

Yeah. Eggheads, anyone?

-Emma Hamilton.

-Why do you all suddenly go for that?

Because Sarah Bernhardt and Jennie Jerome are too late

and they weren't alive when Romney was alive.

-It was 18th century, was it?

-Yes.

-It is Emma Hamilton, Jennie.

-OK.

Bad luck. You've been knocked out by Pat.

Pat's got two out of two. He'll be in the final round.

Please rejoin your teammates and we'll play on.

So, as it stands, the Orwell Network have lost two brains from the final,

while the Eggheads have lost one. The next subject is Sport.

-Which of you would like Sport?

-Ooh.

-It's Ayman.

-That'd be me.

-You're the sportsman.

-I'll take Sport.

-OK.

Ayman on Sport against which Egghead?

Well, I would've took Judith as she's so attractive in the booth,

but the next attractive one will have to be Chris.

THEY LAUGH

So, Chris is also attractive in the booth. OK.

I've not heard that before. Ayman from the Orwell Network on Sport

against Chris. Please go to the famous booth.

So, last round before the final and it is Sport, Ayman.

-I know you're a big Spurs fan.

-I am, absolutely.

-And also another smaller club.

-Yeah, Haughley United.

I'm the chairman of Haughley United Football Club.

Proud to be chairman, as well. It's a great club, great village

and it's very, very satisfying.

-And Haughley is not H-O-R but H-A-U-G-H, is that right?

-Yes.

So are you anywhere in a league or...

We're in the 11th tier of the league as you count it,

so we are a fair way down.

But hopefully, with a little bit of support and backing,

we can make ourselves the Man United,

the new Man United of Britain.

So there'll come a point where your loyalties will be divided

cos Haughley will play Spurs. What will you do then?

Well, if I haven't bought Spurs by then,

-I will be backing Haughley United.

-THEY LAUGH

Good luck against Chris here. Chris, your football team?

Well, when I was at school, Spurs were our local team.

Most of the lads supported Spurs.

A few eccentrics supported Enfield Town, the local non-leaguers.

I suppose nowadays, I should look with favour upon Crewe Alexandra.

So, yeah, The Alex for want of anything better.

OK. So, Ayman, you can choose whether you go first or second.

Erm, I'm going to buck the trend, I'm going to go first.

Here we go, Ayman. Good luck. In athletics, the abbreviation PB

usually stands for what phrase?

-Personal Best.

-Straight there. Personal Best is right. Well done.

-THEY CLAP

-OK, Chris.

Which of these is least likely to be heard

as a score in a Wimbledon tennis match?

40-all is called something else, isn't it? It's, er...

It's deuce. So, yeah, 40-all.

Rather lovely question that, isn't it? 40-all is indeed deuce.

Well done. OK, Ayman.

Which heavyweight boxing world champion

won the light heavyweight bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics?

1984. 1984.

It wouldn't be Mike Tyson.

Do you know what?

I am about 60 percent sure it's Holyfield,

Evander Holyfield.

Erm... Erm, but I'm sort of swaying to Riddick Bowe.

Erm, I think I'm going to go with Evander Holyfield.

Always go with your gut instinct.

-Do you like boxing?

-Er, yes.

Let's see if your teammates know, cos there seems a bit of knowledge.

-Who do you think it is?

-We think it's Holyfield.

-Probably Holyfield.

-Yeah, Holyfield is the right answer. Well done.

-Yes!

Evander Holyfield! OK, means a lot to Ayman. Here we go, Chris.

From 1961 to 1980, which country's Formula 1 Grand Prix

was held at Watkins Glen International?

Eee...

It's either Canada or Australia.

I don't think it's Canada.

No, it's Australia.

Yeah, it could've been any of those three, really.

-Eggs, help us here.

-USA.

-Whereabouts is that in the USA?

-I think it's New York State.

I'm not sure. I think it's in New York State.

Watkins Glen International is in the USA, Chris. Sorry.

You're ahead now, Ayman.

And if you get this one right, you've knocked him out. OK?

-OK.

-And that's good for your team.

Who was appointed head coach of England cricket's 20/20

and one-day international teams in 2012?

Oh, God.

I am... thinking it's Ashley Giles,

erm, purely on the basis that

I've seen his name, and I've started watching 20/20

cos cricket is too slow for me

and 20/20 is a more up-to-date version of cricket

and it's enjoyable. But... Steve, as well.

I'm kind of stuck between them two.

I'm 50/50. I actually don't know which one to go for.

Erm... I think, like before, I'm going to go with my gut instinct,

-Ashley Giles.

-Ashley Giles it is!

-Yes!

-THEY CLAP

Well done. That's really good news for your team. Chris is knocked out

cos he got a wrong answer, no way back for him.

And let's see what happens in the final round with 38,000 to play for.

Well done to Ayman, that was a good round for you.

This is what we've been playing towards. Time for the final round

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

I'm afraid those who lost their head-to-heads won't be taking part.

So Jenny and Richard from the Orwell Network

and Chris and Judith from the Eggheads,

would you please now leave the studio.

David, Ayman and Allan, you're playing to win the Orwell Network

£38,000. Daphne, Barry and Pat, you're playing for something

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

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

This time the questions are General Knowledge and you can confer.

So, Orwell Network, the question is, are you able with your three brains

to defeat the Eggheads with their three?

-And would you like to go first or second?

-Er, I think we'll go first.

-Yeah.

-We'll go first this time.

All right, good luck, guys.

£38,000 jackpot to play for. Three questions away from it.

In Cockney rhyming slang, titfer is the name for what?

-Hat.

-Hat. It's definitely a hat. Yeah, tit for tat, hat.

-Yeah.

-Hat.

Your answer is hat and it is correct. Well done!

They may get harder. Eggheads, your question.

Which term for sudden and unexpected luck or wealth

was originally a Spanish word meaning "fair weather at sea"?

-Bonanza.

-Bonanza.

-Yep.

That's bonanza.

That is bonanza. It would've been great if they'd just slipped up.

Wouldn't that have been wonderful? Clear the way for you.

But they rarely do that. Your second question.

Tom Kitchin and Paul Kitching found fame as what?

Tom Kitchin and Paul Kitching

found fame as what?

-Chefs.

-Is it?

-Definitely chefs.

-Chefs. Yeah, I'll go with that.

-Yeah.

Chefs.

You're playing it a very sure-footed way. Absolutely right, chefs.

-Well done, Dave.

-Good work. Chefs is right. Well done.

Eggheads, I think you sense you've got a quiz team on your hands.

In Britain, the words "Decus et tutamen"

can be found on a coin of which denomination?

-Decus et tutamen.

-£1. It means "an ornament and a protection."

Mm-hm. Yes, that's the £1 coin, round the edge.

It's on the £1 round the edge, is it? What does it mean?

It means "an ornament and a protection."

An ornament and a protection. Did you know this one? Are they right?

-I've no idea.

-I think they're probably right.

-They do sound right.

-They must be right.

They're the Eggheads. £1 is correct. So, your third question.

Get this one right, you're one wrong answer from them away from £38,000.

Take your time, guys. Here we go.

Louis Braille,

Voltaire and Emil Zola

were all buried in which Parisian building,

originally an 18th century church

dedicated to St Genevieve?

I wouldn't have thought it was the Pantheon.

The Pantheon's in Rome, isn't it?

It's an 18th century church.

Les Invalides sounds like it might formally have been a church.

-That sounds right to me.

-Yeah.

-Whereas a Pantheon...

It wouldn't be a palace, so Les Invalides...

-I reckon go with your gut instinct.

-Yeah.

I could be completely wrong, but I would go with that.

-You all right with that, Dave?

-What, Les Invalides?

-Les Invalides.

-Yeah.

OK. Er, Les Invalides.

Les Invalides is your answer.

You took it quite quickly. Eggheads, are they right?

-Pantheon.

-I think it's the Pantheon.

-How would we know that?

All the great and good of France are generally buried in the Pantheon.

-Pantheon is the correct answer.

-Oh. Sorry.

-You're not finished.

-No.

They still need to get this one right and they may not.

Third question in the final round to the Eggheads.

What was the profession of Eric Hobsbawm, who died in 2012?

-He was a Marxist historian, wasn't he?

-Yeah.

He was a very famous Marxist historian.

The correct answer is historian.

So we say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

Well, three out of three for them, and that makes it very difficult.

-The Pantheon, Les Invalides...

-It's... Yeah.

-Hard one to guess.

-Yeah.

-They have regular debates about reburying

famous people in the Pantheon.

I think there was a move a while ago for Claude Monet to be dug up

and reburied there, a big hoo-hah about whether it should happen.

Interesting. Well, I'm sorry that was the one that took you out.

Commiserations to you. The Eggheads have done what comes naturally

and their winning streak continues. My goodness!

Every game is exciting now with this amount of money on the table.

I'm afraid it does mean you won't be going home with the £38,000,

so the cash rolls over to the next show.

Eggheads, congratulations.

I ask yet again, who will beat you?

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

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£39,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.

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