0:00:04 > 0:00:09These people are among the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably, the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33They are the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Challenging our resident champions...
0:00:38 > 0:00:41These friends share a passion for stand-up comedy
0:00:41 > 0:00:46and quiz at the Fentiman Arms in Oval, so let's meet them.
0:00:46 > 0:00:52My name is Tyrone. I'm 37 years of age and I am a marketing and communications officer.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hi. I'm Bertie. I'm 26 years old and I work in HR.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Hello. I'm Gareth. I'm 37 years old and I'm an accountant.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Hello. I'm Mark. I'm 39 and I'm a comedian.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Hello. I'm Paul. I'm 40 years old and I'm an insight manager.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Tyrone and friends, welcome.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12You've got serious jobs, but the comedy's mainly a side line?
0:01:12 > 0:01:18Yes. I guess you could call it a sideline or a semi-serious hobby, perhaps.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23- Sometimes, the comedy gets more serious? - In terms of passion, obviously.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25It's something we all share and enjoy doing.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30You've got HR and accountancy and marketing, but you're not here for that.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34No. We're here to beat these guys. That's the plan.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37They take everything seriously, I have to say.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Very difficult to get a laugh out of them.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41They've been on an incredible run.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46There is £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers every day.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the money rolls over.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I can tell you, Comedy Heat - you'll love this -
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- the Eggheads have won the last 38 games.- Wow!- No joke.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00£39,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- Has it been worth the trip? - Yeah. I'm super-confident.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07The first head-to-head battle is on Science.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Which one of you would like Science?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I think it's going to be Gareth.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Is it me? - You all right with that?- Yeah.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18You can choose an Egghead, Gareth, to go up against.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Can I choose Barry, please?
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- You've done a bit of Science recently, Barry. - More than I normally get.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Gareth from Comedy Heat versus Barry from the uncomedic Eggheads.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39Gareth, you're the accountant but you also, crucially, do comedy?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I write jokes and I try to write sitcoms,
0:02:42 > 0:02:46but not dreadfully funny, so that's why I'm an accountant.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51At some point, I guess, you'll write THE sitcom.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- I plan to write a sitcom about accountancy. I think it'd be hilarious.- Yeah, it's time.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- I know. It's definitely a field that's missing.- OK!
0:03:00 > 0:03:07- Barry and Gareth on Science. Gareth, you can choose the first or second set of questions.- The first, please.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Good luck.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14What is the general term for pain in a nerve?
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Neurosis, I don't think is actual pain.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Neurology, I think is to do with the brain.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29I'm going to go with neurology.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- The right answer is neuralgia.- Ooh. I should have gone for neuralgia.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Neurology is general brain stuff.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41- Judith?- Anything with "logy" at the end is always "knowledge of" or "study of", isn't it?
0:03:41 > 0:03:47- That would be a person who... A neurologist knows about the brain, generally?- Yeah.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Barry, your first question.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Caffeine is a compound of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and which other element?
0:03:55 > 0:04:00Caffeine. How can we ever live without it? It's oxygen.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04It is oxygen. Just those four, is it, Barry, those four elements?
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Mm-hm. Yeah. Lots of them. CHUCKLES
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Gareth, your question.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13The Herschel Museum of Astronomy is in which city?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I don't think it's Norwich.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I think it's between Bath and Edinburgh.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25I'm going to take a guess and go with Bath.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30- Do your teammates know? - No. I would guess Bath, too.
0:04:30 > 0:04:36- You said, "Good man."- I thought he read my mind in guessing that one.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41He's right. You're right. Bath it is. You're off the blocks.
0:04:41 > 0:04:48Obelus is the name given to the symbol used for which mathematical operation?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I think an obelus is a symbol used for division.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Right up your street, that question. - Just a bit.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Division is the right answer. Barry loves his maths!
0:05:01 > 0:05:06You need to get this one right, Gareth, or Barry will have knocked you out.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Which foreign head of state and expert on the goby fish
0:05:10 > 0:05:15was awarded a Royal Society medal for his contribution to scientific research?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Purely on... Just because in my brain it sounds right,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I'm going with Emperor Akihito of Japan.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- It is, indeed, Emperor Akihito. - God! The man!
0:05:34 > 0:05:38It was just your neurology and neuralgia, a bit of confusion,
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- you would have got three out of three.- Er, thank you.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Two out of three might be enough
0:05:45 > 0:05:47to give Barry a problem.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52Dr Harvey Fletcher is associated with the development of which device?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Hm. Harvey Fletcher?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Hearing aid, I think many people might have been involved with that.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09The iron lung, I believe, was invented by a chap called Drinker.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13But I can't really recall a name Fletcher with pacemaker.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18I'm not certain. I'm pretty certain iron lung was Drinker.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22- I'll go for pacemaker.- You're wrong, Barry. It's hearing aid.- Ah!
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- Back in the game! - Back in the game, Gareth!
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- How about that? - It's a surprise to me, too.
0:06:29 > 0:06:35We go to Sudden Death. You can get tipped out of this round very quickly.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- A bit harder cos I don't give you alternative answers.- OK.
0:06:38 > 0:06:44Carborundum, used as an abrasive, is a compound of carbon and which other element?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Aluminium.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52It's not aluminium. How do we get to the answer?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56It's a trademarked name for Silicon carbide.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- The answer is Silicon, Gareth. - Oh, right. Thank you.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Barry, for the round.
0:07:03 > 0:07:11Referring to a telescope in Arizona, for what does the letter B in the abbreviation LBT stand?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13LBT?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Ooh.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Large something telescope.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I'm not sure. I don't think I've ever heard of this.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Large bandwidth telescope, it could be?
0:07:26 > 0:07:32If it was something that didn't look in the visual spectrum, but looked in the infrared or ultraviolet.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35CONVERSATION INAUDIBLE
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I'll go for bandwidth, but I'm not sure on this at all.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43You'll be so cross when you hear the answer. Large Binocular Telescope.
0:07:43 > 0:07:49- Which means, I guess, you're looking through two things at once? - I didn't know that.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Gareth, you're still in it.
0:07:51 > 0:07:58Spheniscus mendiculus is the scientific name for which penguin,
0:07:58 > 0:08:03named after the island group to which it is endemic?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I've been watching the programme with David Tennant as well!
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Falkland Islands.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19I think you're in the right territory, but it's not the answer. It's Galapagos penguin.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Yeah. Sorry.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24OK, Barry.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29Which radioactive element is named after the Norse god of thunder?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Norse god of thunder? That would be Thor, so the element would be thorium.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Thorium is correct.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38You've taken the round.
0:08:38 > 0:08:45- Gareth, you hung on well.- Thank you. - Let's see if that augurs well for the team. Do come back, rejoin us.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50A little knock there, Tyrone, but nothing that can't be overcome.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Yeah, no. We're not dead yet, as they say.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59That was the one subject that none of us were really confident on.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Hopefully, that's out the way. Perhaps we can press on.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06And we've seen people win with only one brain left.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12- We've seen it happen.- Yeah. - So there's no point in this game at which you give up hope.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- We WERE going to leave. - No, don't leave!
0:09:15 > 0:09:19But now we're going to stick it out and continue.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Comedy Heat have lost one brain. The Eggheads have not lost a brain.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Early days, and the next subject for you is Sport.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Who's good on this?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31It's going to have to be Bertie.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Bertie on Sport. Which Egghead?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Who do you fancy?- I think I would like to go against Judith.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41What a surprise(!)
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- Oh, dear. Are we getting into one of those Sport runs?- Yeah.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50That's encouraging! Bertie from Comedy Heat versus Judith from the Eggheads.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Please take your positions.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- Bertie, Sport.- Yes.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- Would you like to go first or second?- I will go second, please.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04OK, Judith, your question.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09What name is given to a golf club that is a cross between a wood and an iron?
0:10:13 > 0:10:18I should think it's probably a hybrid.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Hybrid is the correct answer. Well done.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28Bertie, the footballer Vincent Kompany, who joined Manchester City in 2008,
0:10:28 > 0:10:33made his full international debut for which country in 2004?
0:10:36 > 0:10:41Purely because I went to the game at Wembley, I know it is Belgium.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Belgium is correct.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Judith, your question.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51Which male tennis player reached the final of three Grand Slam tournaments in 2012?
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Rafael Nadal had a difficult year, I think,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03with injury.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07It's got to be Novak Djokovic. He won practically everything.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10He didn't win the US Open, but he was in the final of that
0:11:10 > 0:11:13and the French and the Australian, so Djokovic it is.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15OK, Bertie.
0:11:15 > 0:11:22The International Hurdle is a horse race that usually takes place in December at which racecourse?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Um...
0:11:26 > 0:11:31Purely because I think I've seen hurdle races there before...
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Um...I'm pretty sure it's...
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I was going to say it's not Kempton,
0:11:35 > 0:11:40but now that I say Kempton, it makes me feel that it might be Kempton.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I think I've heard it somewhere.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I used to work at a betting company,
0:11:45 > 0:11:50so I should have seen some of this and I want to say it's Aintree.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53You're slaloming around all over there.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Cheltenham is the answer, Bertie. Sorry.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Judith, if you get this one right,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01you've knocked him out.
0:12:01 > 0:12:07In 1954, Juan Manuel Fangio won the Formula 1 World Championship
0:12:07 > 0:12:12driving for Mercedes and which other team during the season?
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Oh, Jeremy! I don't think it's Maserati.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I think it's between Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Alfa Romeo, in those days, was quite a big thing.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30But...
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I think I'm going to plump for Ferrari.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- It's Maserati.- Oh!
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Sometimes the one you really think it's not can be the answer.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Bertie, if you get this one right,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48we go to Sudden Death, just like Gareth did.
0:12:48 > 0:12:55How many stages of the 2012 Tour de France were won by Bradley Wiggins?
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Purely going to come down to...
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I can't even remember how many stages there are.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08I'm going to go with the middle. I'm going to have to say three.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I'm sorry, it's two. It's two.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13So, you've been knocked out.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Judith will be in the final after a hard-fought Sport round.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Please both of you come back and rejoin your teams.
0:13:20 > 0:13:26So Comedy Heat have taken another slight dent. They've lost two brains from the final round.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31The Eggheads have not lost any. Let's see if we can turn it around now, guys.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32The next subject is Film & TV.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- That will be me, Jeremy. - Tyrone against which Egghead?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Not Judith or Barry. - I'll take on big Chris.- OK.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Tyrone from Comedy Heat versus Chris from the Eggheads.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Please take your positions.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Tyrone, would you like to go first or second?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I'm happy to go first, thanks.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56Here is your first question.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02Which character has been played on film by Peter Sellers, Alan Arkin and Steve Martin?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09I know the answer to this. It's not Mr Magoo.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12It's certainly not Dr Dolittle. It is Inspector Clouseau.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17Inspector Clouseau is the right answer.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23Chris, which former MP took part in the 2013 series of Dancing On Ice?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Whoa! Ann Widdecombe, the mind boggles.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33She's a good sport, but I don't see her skating.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Matthew Parris, no. Oona King.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Oona King.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Oona King is correct. Matthew Parris now a journalist.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45He was an MP. I'm not sure it would be his thing.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Tyrone, here's your question.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52Who was the Bob referred to in the TV gameshow Bob's Full House?
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Again, I know this one. It's not the very funny Bob Mills.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03It's not the equally funny Bob Carolgees.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07It was the late, great Bob Monkhouse.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Bob Monkhouse is correct.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14- He who had a joke book, famously. - His most famous joke was,
0:15:14 > 0:15:18"I told my family I wanted to be a comedian. They didn't stop laughing.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21"Well, they're not laughing now." LAUGHTER
0:15:21 > 0:15:27You're right. Remembering Bob Monkhouse. That's nice, isn't it?
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Summerdown Comprehensive was the main setting for which TV programme?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Whoa!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Summerdown Comprehensive?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44I don't know.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Don't think it was Press Gang.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49That was too long ago with Julia Sawalha and various people.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Don't think it's The Inbetweeners. I'll have to go with Teachers.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Teachers is right. We're just waiting for a moment
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- where they show you a bit of daylight, aren't we, Tyrone?- Yep.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09The 1965 film Ship Of Fools was the last film of which actress?
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Ooh, dear me. I do not know the answer to this.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- 1965. - TYRONE SIGHS
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Garson? Leigh?
0:16:25 > 0:16:29I'm going to have to take a complete guess at this point.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33I'm going to go down the middle. I'm going to say Vivien Leigh.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Vivien Leigh is quite right. - Ooh! Goodness me!
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- Lucky.- A long time ago. The year I was born - a very long time ago.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Chris, if you get this wrong you've been knocked out by Tyrone.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46In the 1987 film Dirty Dancing,
0:16:46 > 0:16:52Baby, played by Jennifer Grey, has what real first name?
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Well, it's not a diminutive form of Frances. That would be Fanny.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01There's no diminutive form from Alice.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Because it starts with B and ends in Y, I'll say Betsey.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Frances is the answer. You're in the final round, Tyrone. Well done!
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- Brilliant! - Victory for the skipper!
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Frances was in Dirty Dancing.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Chris has been knocked out and Tyrone is in the final.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Please come back and we'll play on.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Things are turning around, are they, for comedy heat?
0:17:25 > 0:17:30They've lost two brains, but well done, Tyrone, he knocked out an Egghead. They've lost one.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32The next subject is Politics.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34TYRONE GROANS
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- No. No chance. - It's not what you wanted?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Gareth was our Politics guy. - LAUGHTER
0:17:39 > 0:17:43PAUL: Shall I take the bullet? MARK: You'd better.
0:17:43 > 0:17:49I think we're going to go with Paul. Choose your poison, Pat or Kevin?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Yeah, Pat or Kevin?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Pat, please.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Paul from Comedy Heat against Pat from the Eggheads on Politics.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Please go to the Question Room.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- Paul, do you want to go first or second?- I may as well go first.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Let's see if you can join Tyrone in the final.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Describing someone who works in a supporting role to the Government,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20"spad" is an abbreviation of which two-word term?
0:18:26 > 0:18:32The most logical sounding answer of those would be special adviser.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Special adviser is spad, you're right. Pat, your question.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40In July 2009, which politician caused a stir
0:18:40 > 0:18:46when he described the £250,000 he earned from part-time journalism as "chicken feed"?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I'm sure all of those have written in their time.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Most regular writer would be Boris Johnson. He's had a career.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02He's been an editor and a journalist.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06The least guarded would also be Boris Johnson.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09I can't see Tony Blair or Peter Mandelson being so casual
0:19:09 > 0:19:12as to use the words "chicken feed".
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Hm.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16I'll have to go for Boris Johnson.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Boris Johnson is the right answer.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22A column in the Telegraph I guess they're talking about.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25The Mayor of London. OK, Paul, your question.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Selwyn Lloyd was Chancellor of the Exchequer under which British Prime Minister?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39It's going to have to be an educated guess.
0:19:39 > 0:19:45Selwyn sounds like an earlier 20th-century name.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I'll go Anthony Eden.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Selwyn Lloyd was Harold Macmillan's Chancellor, Paul.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Sorry about that.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Pat has a chance to take the lead if he gets this right.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00What is the privilege granted by the United Nations General Assembly
0:20:00 > 0:20:02which allows non-members to participate?
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Of those three, I think I've heard of observer status.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16I'm not certain it's in the United Nations context.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I think I'll go for observer status.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Observer status is the right answer.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24You need to get this right, Paul.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29- Come on, Paul! Come on!- Here's your third question. Good luck.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35VV Giri, whose involvement in the politics of Ireland saw him expelled from there in 1916,
0:20:35 > 0:20:40later became President of which Commonwealth country?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I've got a gut feeling it might be Trinidad.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Let's see if your colleagues know. Is it Trinidad?
0:20:50 > 0:20:56I don't believe it is Trinidad. I would take a stab at Ghana.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Uh-huh? What about you, Pat?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01I don't know, but there are some points here.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04One is that having initials VV is very Indian.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Secondly, India became a state in '47, so it was in a position
0:21:08 > 0:21:12to have a leader earlier than the others, so I'd have gone for India.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- He's good, isn't he?- He's good. - He's won the round.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20The answer is India. Sorry, Paul. Pat is going to be in the final.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25If you come back to us we will play that final round with an awfully big jackpot.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31This is what we have been playing towards, the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:33 > 0:21:35won't be allowed to take part.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38So, Bertie, Gareth and Paul from Comedy Heat,
0:21:38 > 0:21:42and Chris from the Eggheads, please leave the studio.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48Tyrone and Mark, you're playing to win Comedy Heat £39,000.
0:21:48 > 0:21:54Barry, Pat, Judith and Kevin, you're playing for something money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02The questions are all General Knowledge and you ARE allowed to confer.
0:22:02 > 0:22:08So, Comedy Heat, the question is, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- Would you like to go first or second?- First, please.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Here we go. Good luck. £39,000!
0:22:18 > 0:22:21In which year in the 1950s did the plane crash
0:22:21 > 0:22:25that killed Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens occur?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32It's out of '56 or '59.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37- Course(!)- I'm trying to think, was my mother a baby when it happened
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- or was it before she was born? - How would you...?- I don't know.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- I don't know why I'm saying that. - I reckon go with the middle man.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48I don't know, mate. I'm thinking 1959.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- But there you go. - If we lose this, mate.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Mm. Grim.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- I reckon '56.- I think... - If I reckon, it's probably wrong.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- It'll be a long journey back for you if you're wrong.- '53.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08- We'll go with '59, then. - Shall we? If it's '53...
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- It's definitely not '53. - I think it's '53.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14I assure you, it's not '53.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Best go with what I reckon, then.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19We made a decision.
0:23:19 > 0:23:211959.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Your answer is 1959? This is the famous day the music died.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Gosh! Interesting process of logic you go through.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34- It was to do with where your mum was?- My mother was born in '58.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38I don't remember in conversation whether she said she was a baby
0:23:38 > 0:23:40or if it was before she was born.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- That would be helpful! - I can't explain the logic.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48- She was one when it happened. 1959.- Wonderful!- Well done.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Well done! - JEREMY LAUGHS
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Comedy routine, my goodness!
0:23:53 > 0:23:57OK, Eggheads, the Waterloo Hotel,
0:23:57 > 0:24:02home to prestigious tournaments in crown green bowling, is in which English resort?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Blackpool, isn't it?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I think it's Blackpool.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Yeah, crown green bowling is more prominent in the north of England
0:24:15 > 0:24:17and it's in Blackpool.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22Blackpool is correct. OK, so it's equal. £39,000.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25You're on an uphill battle, you think,
0:24:25 > 0:24:29but you're literally two questions away from all that money.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Hold focus, guys.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35The American comic book artist Jerry Robinson
0:24:35 > 0:24:39is credited with the creation of which of these characters?
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- Well, it's not Judge Dredd.- How do you know?- Because I used to read it.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Pat Mills or someone created him, I think.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Jerry's quite an old name, so I reckon Tarzan.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59I don't know if Bob Kane, who created Batman, created the Joker.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- I'm not sure.- Course he did.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Through a process of elimination, I would go with Tarzan.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- Shall we go with Tarzan?- I think so.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Tarzan.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11It's wrong.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- It's the Joker.- Ugh!
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Tyrone, you had a lot of information there.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23- Yeah. Wrong.- No, but you were on the trail.- Yeah.- Sorry about that.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27You had more information for that than for the first one.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29The Eggheads have a chance to go ahead.
0:25:29 > 0:25:35The supernatural thriller The Secret Of Crickley Hall
0:25:35 > 0:25:37was written by which author?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- JUDITH: No idea. - James Herbert.
0:25:44 > 0:25:51It was... Was it 2012 or early 2013, it was serialised on TV?
0:25:51 > 0:25:56I'm sure it's James Herbert. Clive Barker is primarily a horror writer.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Neil Gaiman, various things.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- It's James Herbert. - JUDITH: We'll go with you.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Fairly sure, but not absolutely sure that it's James Herbert.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08James Herbert is the right answer.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10You must get this one right to stay in.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15- If you do, they may get theirs wrong.- Give us an easy one, then.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17I'll give you what's written here.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22Panama proclaimed its independence from which country in 1903?
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- What is that near?- I don't know. Is it Central America?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31My geography's poor.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35So, you've got Panama. Cuba's an island.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- Costa Rica's the skinny one. - That's an island as well!
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- Is it?- I don't know.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43I say Colombia. Down the middle, mate.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Colombia...- They know what it is.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- They know what it is. - They know what it is. They're good.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Shall we just say Colombia?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55No. Look what happened last time.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58All right, then. This is on you.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01This is on you, buddy.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Right, er...
0:27:04 > 0:27:08We're going to take Costa Rica and £39,000. Thank you.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13If you've got it wrong, the contest is over.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18- You should have gone down the middle.- What?- Colombia!
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- Oh, no!- Is the answer.- I was right.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23We say congratulations, Eggheads. You have won.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- Thanks for playing, guys. - We really enjoyed it.
0:27:31 > 0:27:37It was brilliant listening to you at the end. You were zeroing in on the correct answer, then having doubts.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Doubt was the trouble!
0:27:40 > 0:27:4438 teams have been this way and had the same outcome.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48They are on fire at the moment and they didn't, unfortunately,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51give way to Comedy Heat, so we say commiserations to you.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them. This incredible winning streak continues.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00I've never seen a jackpot this high. You won't be going home with the £39,000.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Don't mean to rub it in. The money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Eggheads, congratulations! You're playing so well!
0:28:07 > 0:28:10I think this is going to go on for ever.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Join us to see if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17£40,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.
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