0:00:05 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show 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 > 0:00:36And taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today are...
0:00:38 > 0:00:41This team of colleagues all work for the same shipping company
0:00:41 > 0:00:44based in Essex and Heathrow.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49They often test their brain cells at business quiz evenings. Let's meet them.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hello. My name's Keith. I'm 48 and I'm a general manager.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hi. My name's Terry. I'm 51 and I'm a freight forwarder.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hello. My name's Scott. I'm 44 and I'm an operations manager.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hi. I'm Steve. I'm 62 and I'm a senior export supervisor.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Hi. I'm Billy. I'm 51 and I'm a business development manager.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Keith and team, welcome. - Thank you.- Great to see you.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- So it's freight that you do, basically?- Yes, it is.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- International logistics. - Busy times or not?
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Yes, it's been pretty good. We're doing very well.- Good.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21How about the quizzing? That's the key thing!
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Quizzing, not too bad. We quiz three or four times a year
0:01:25 > 0:01:28but only for charity quiz evenings.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32We meet so many people who are obsessed with quizzing.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- It's a national pastime! - Yes, certainly.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38One of our team members is always on the winning team at those quiz nights!
0:01:38 > 0:01:44- He's our secret weapon!- Don't tell us which one. By the end, I shall try and guess.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- OK.- There's one particular talismanic member?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- Sort of, yes.- OK. Good luck against this crew here.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Every day there is £1,000-worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03So, Freight Expectations, the Eggheads have won just the last game
0:02:03 > 0:02:06which means that £2,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of History.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Who would like this?
0:02:12 > 0:02:17- That should be me.- Yes, go for it. - That's going to be me, I'm afraid.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20The skipper on History. Which Egghead? You can choose any one.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22I would like to take Barry, please.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24I'm sensing you have a strategy.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26No. Just that I like Barry!
0:02:27 > 0:02:29I like you, now!
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Keith from Freight Expectations versus Barry from the Eggheads.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37To ensure no conferring, please take your positions in the question room.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Keith, playing for Freight Expectations. All the best. Would you like to go first or second?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I'll take the first set of questions, please, Jeremy.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52First question, Keith. What general name was given to a small gift
0:02:52 > 0:02:57given to a medieval knight by his lady and worn for luck?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03My first thoughts was talisman, to be honest.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Um, I don't think it was a boon.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11I'm going to go down the middle and say favour.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Yes. A favour is the right answer, Keith.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Barry,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21the woman born Arizona Clark, who was believed to run an American criminal gang
0:03:21 > 0:03:23in the early 20th century
0:03:23 > 0:03:24was better known by what name?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I think Boney M did a song about this! It was Ma Barker.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39- Ma Barker is right. But didn't they call it Ma Baker?- They got it wrong.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Yes.- They got it wrong? Boney M got it wrong? OK.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Ma Barker is the right answer.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Keith, your question.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Which building is the historic home of the Bishops of London?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Again, I'm not really sure on this.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Obviously, they're all palaces.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Um, again I'm drawn down the middle to Fulham Palace.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07So I'll have to guess at that one, please, Jeremy.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Fulham Palace is quite right, Keith. Well done.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Barry,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16which ruler built his new capital city at Dadu? D-A-D-U.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21D-A-D-U?
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I've never heard of this one.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Alexander the Great built cities everywhere,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31but he tended to call them Alexandria! For some reason!
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Tamburlaine. 13th-century conqueror.
0:04:35 > 0:04:391314 is Kublai Khan, a bit earlier.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45I'm really not sure. I associate Tamburlaine with Samarkand.
0:04:46 > 0:04:52Kublai Khan. I think he had a capital at Xanadu.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54That sounds a bit like Dadu.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55I'm going to go for Kublai Khan.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59I thought Kublai Khan only existed in a poem.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- He's a real person?- He certainly was. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Oh, I see. Was he? Right, OK.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Difficult family. They'd have ASBOs on them now!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Kublai Khan is right, Barry. Well done.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13A tight round, Keith. Two points each.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Your third question. Which political office was held by Andrew Bonar Law
0:05:17 > 0:05:22during World War I, and John Anderson during World War II?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Again, I'm not sure on this one.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35I'm going to rule out Chancellor of the Exchequer. I'm not sure why.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Could I be right and have three questions straight down the middle?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Because of the war connection to both of them,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44I'd like to go for Defence Secretary.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I know Bonar Law was prime minister.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49What was his other post? What's the answer?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Minister of Supply.- Chancellor.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56We've got two different answers. Daphne and Chris say Minister of Supply.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Kevin says Chancellor of the Exchequer. Who would you go with?
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Kevin.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Chancellor of the Exchequer is the right answer.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Two out of three. OK.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07If Barry gets this right, he's in the final round.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Barry, who designed the airship Italia
0:06:10 > 0:06:13which crashed on an expedition to the Arctic in 1928?
0:06:18 > 0:06:23Well, Lincoln E Byrd, I believe, did fly over the poles
0:06:23 > 0:06:25in an airship.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27But I think The Italia, which crashed,
0:06:27 > 0:06:31I think - I'm pretty certain, yes - it was Umberto Nobile.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Umberto Nobile is the right answer. Well done. You're in the final.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Sorry, Keith, you've been knocked out by our Egghead.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- I hope you still love him?- I do!
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Please both come back and rejoin your teams.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49So, first blood to the Eggheads. Freight Expectations have lost a brain,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52the Eggheads have still got Barry.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54The next subject is Music.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Who would like this? Who's the musician?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- Scott?- I can do Music or Billy. You were more films, weren't you?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Do you want me to be Music to save Scott, just in case Food comes up?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- OK. So Billy.- Yep.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- OK.- Billy on Music against which Egghead? Anyone but Barry.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- I would say Chris.- Chris, yeah? - Yeah.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- I've studied this!- OK. We'll take on Chris, please.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20You've studied this! Good stuff. So Billy from Freight Expectations
0:07:20 > 0:07:24and Chris from the Eggheads. To ensure no conferring, please take your positions.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29We're on the Music round, Billy, but you also do a lot of travelling, don't you?
0:07:29 > 0:07:34Yes, I've been very lucky, actually, through work. I've been to a lot of places in the Far East
0:07:34 > 0:07:36and South America.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Yes, there have been good times.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42So the freight business doesn't just have you in the UK receiving freight.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44You move around and follow it a bit.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Some of us do. I'm one of the lucky ones and enjoyed my time there.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Things are good.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53And music along the way? Who do you love, Billy?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57I like the old ska music and Tamla Motown.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Pretty old-fashioned, really.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Chris, what do you listen to in your dressing room?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Oh, not a lot really. - On your phone or anything?
0:08:06 > 0:08:11I did get wired in to some Chas and Dave last night on my phone, on You Tube.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I haven't heard them for ages! What were they singing?
0:08:14 > 0:08:18# Oh, darling, there ain't no pleasing you
0:08:18 > 0:08:20# Rabbit! Gertcha! #
0:08:22 > 0:08:24So on Music, Billy, first or second?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25I'll go first, please.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31First question. Take Me Home, released in 2012,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34is a best-selling album by which band?
0:08:37 > 0:08:41I'm not too sure. It's a bit modern for me.
0:08:43 > 0:08:442012,
0:08:44 > 0:08:49possibly the new boys, One Direction.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51One Direction is correct.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56- Well done. Easy to fall foul of that one. Well done, Billy.- Thank you.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Chris, in Elton John's song, Crocodile Rock,
0:08:59 > 0:09:04"Me and Susie had so much fun holding hands" and doing what?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Skimming stones, Jeremy.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Ah, you've heard that song many times, haven't you?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Yeah.- Holding hands and skimming stones. Right.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Second question to you, Billy.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24In 1958, The Champs had a top ten in the UK with an instrumental single
0:09:24 > 0:09:27named after which alcoholic drink?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Well, I've never heard of The Champs.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37I'm trying to think of songs with those drinks in.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42The only one I can think of is the Mexican song,
0:09:42 > 0:09:46which had tequila as a... That they all shouted out.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48So I'll say tequila.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Yes, you're good. Well done, you've got it.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Chris, your question.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57The scene in the opera Lucia di Lammamoor
0:09:57 > 0:10:00in which the heroine wanders among her wedding guests
0:10:00 > 0:10:03having just stabbed her husband, is usually known by what name?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10That is the famous mad scene from Lucia di Lammamoor
0:10:10 > 0:10:14which gives a soprano a chance to chew the scenery something chronic!
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The mad scene is right. Very good. The mad scene.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Your question, Billy.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Which country star adopted the alter ego Chris Gaines
0:10:25 > 0:10:30and released an album called In The Life of Chris Gaines in 1999?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Right. I don't know the answer, Jeremy.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39It's not my thing, really, country.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43So I've got nothing really to rule any of them out.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46So it has to be a guess.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54The name I'm being drawn to is Tim McGraw.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57So I'll try down the right, please, and have a go at Tim.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03OK. Country star with the alter ego Chris Gaines is Garth Brooks.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06So let's see if Chris takes advantage of that
0:11:06 > 0:11:08with his third question. Here we go, Chris.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12The musical Do I Hear a Waltz has lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and music by which composer?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Well, waltz is a semi-classical form.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27I don't think Sondheim ever collaborated with Rodgers.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29He was with Hammerstein.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31There's Lerner and Loewe.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34So, yeah, Leonard Bernstein.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- You think it's Sondheim and Bernstein.- Mm-hm.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39It's not Loewe or Bernstein. It's Richard Rodgers.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42So we go to sudden death. Well done, you're still in it, Billy.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Come on, Billy!- Gets harder now. I don't give you alternative answers.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- OK.- The songs Brave Sir Robin
0:11:48 > 0:11:52and Find Your Grail feature in which stage musical?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55The only connection I can think of
0:11:55 > 0:12:00is the grail, the Holy Grail, which reminds me of the Monty Python team.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05I think they had a stage show called Spamalot.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Spamalot is the right answer.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Well done.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11OK, Chris.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Music. Here's your question.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Towards the end of which 1978 hit single
0:12:16 > 0:12:20does Bill Withers hold the same vocal note for 18 seconds?
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- No, I don't know, Jeremy. I'll have to pass.- Really?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I'm surprised you don't know that. OK.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34I'd have thought that's right up your street. Billy, do you know?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- I think that's Lovely Day.- Yeah, Lovely Day is the answer, Chris. - Oh, yeah!
0:12:38 > 0:12:41You've been beaten, knocked out by Billy. Billy will be in the final round.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Our Egghead here will not be.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Please both come back and rejoin your teams.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50So, Freight Expectations have pulled one back.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54They've lost a brain from the final round, but the Eggheads have also lost a brain.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57The next subject for you is Sport.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Who wants this?
0:12:59 > 0:13:00- It's got to be Terry. - That's myself.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05Terry. OK. Which Egghead would you like to take on? It can't be Chris or Barry.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- I thought we'd decided on this one? - Sort of, but Judith's not here!
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- So Daphne.- I'd like to play Daphne, please.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- Judith's not here!- Sorry, Judith!
0:13:14 > 0:13:17OK. Terry from Freight Expectations. Don't sigh, Daphne!
0:13:17 > 0:13:20All right. Sport's sport! Well!
0:13:22 > 0:13:25She's excited about it. Do take your positions in the question room.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Terry, I'm still trying to guess who the talismanic player is, the lucky player on your side.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I know there's somebody here. Are you going to tell me if it's you?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I guess it would be me.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41All right. So you're on sport. Do you have a favourite sport?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Football's my favourite sport.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Daphne, what about you? - Favourite sport, not football!
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Athletics.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Do you get a chance to see athletics on TV as often as you'd like to?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Well, I watched all the Olympics.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00And I was at the '88 Olympics,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04and we had front row seats for the whole of the athletics.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- In 1988?- Yes.- Goodness.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12And can you get around the country if athletics are happening in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Manchester?
0:14:12 > 0:14:19- Not now.- All right. On that note, Terry, would you like to go first or second?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26So, I don't know what happens if the lucky player gets knocked out!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Let's see how we go here.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Which golf term refers to a situation in Matchplay
0:14:32 > 0:14:37when a player leads by as many holes as there are holes left to play?
0:14:39 > 0:14:44Golf not one of my favourite sports, to be honest.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51I really don't know the answer, to be honest.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I'm going to rule out divot.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56I'm drawn to dimple.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01I'll go with... I think I'll take dimple as my answer, please.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06I'm afraid you're wrong. Dormie is the answer, Terry. Dormie.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08OK. Daphne.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Uncle Tony became the coach to which tennis player from a young age?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20I think... I think that's Nadal.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Yes, it is Nadal.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Well done.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Back to you, Terry.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31The Beige Brigade is a name given to supporters of which international cricket team?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Again, I'm afraid...
0:15:39 > 0:15:42It's not an answer I know.
0:15:42 > 0:15:48Going by the colour, I think I'll rule out West Indies.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I don't think it's New Zealand.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56So I'm going for South Africa.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58It's wrong, actually. New Zealand is the answer.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00New Zealand is the answer.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02So in that case, Daphne,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05with this question you can take your place in the final round.
0:16:05 > 0:16:11Divina Galica, who took part in Formula 1 races in the 1970s
0:16:11 > 0:16:14also represented Britain in which sport?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Quickly repeat her name, please.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Divina, D-I-V-I-N-A,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23then Galica, G-A-L-I-C-A.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26She was a skier.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28How do you know that?
0:16:28 > 0:16:34Well, it's unusual for a woman to be in racing
0:16:34 > 0:16:37and so you hear about other things.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Skiing is right, Daphne. You've taken the round. Sorry, Terry.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44We'll see if your team can draw luck from other sources
0:16:44 > 0:16:49because you won't be in the final, I'm afraid. Please rejoin your team-mates and we'll play on.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54OK. So at the start, Keith suggested they have a talismanic player.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56And Terry told me it was him.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Keith, it's apparently not him!
0:16:58 > 0:17:00No. My lips are sealed!
0:17:00 > 0:17:05- You haven't lost your talisman yet. - Our secret weapon.- Good stuff.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Keep his identity under guard.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11So, as it stands, Freight Expectations have lost two brains now.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13The Eggheads have just lost the one brain.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15The next subject is Arts & Books.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18So who from Freight Expectations would like this?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Me?- Scott's falling on the sword, there.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24OK. Scott. Last round before the final, this.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25It can be Dave or Kevin.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27It's up to you, Scott.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30We'd like to knock Kevin out.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- We're not going to, but we might as well give it a shot.- You want to knock Kevin out.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35It's a bit harsh, but yes!
0:17:36 > 0:17:37We'll try and knock Kevin out.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40It's always worth a try. It can happen.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42It's out of my weight class, but I'll give it a go.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Exactly. If you don't knock him out, he's in the final anyway,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49so you might as well give it a go. So Scott from Freight Expectations versus Kevin from the Eggheads.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52To ensure no conferring, please take your positions.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56A note here, Scott, says you've been mistaken for Chris Moyles.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- I have, yes.- Is that annoying?
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Yes, it was!
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Once or more than once?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Only once, by another DJ.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- By another DJ?- It was another breakfast DJ, yes.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Ooh, that's getting dangerously close to home.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13- Hmm.- Right. Arts & Books. Let's get on with the subject.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Would you like to go first or second?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I'd like to go first, please.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22What is the title of the second book in the Fifty Shades of Grey series?
0:18:27 > 0:18:32I think maybe it could have been called Fifty Shades Dirtier,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35but I believe it was called Fifty Shades Darker.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Fifty Shades Darker is correct.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Well done. Who's read it?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Which Eggheads have read Fifty Shades of Grey?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Barry has.- All three of them, I'm afraid.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- All three of them?- I had to find out why my wife was laughing so much!
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Kevin, have you read Fifty Shades of Grey? You're very quiet.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55I haven't, no. Managed to avoid that.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00Here's your question. In 2008, who released a series of books called The Magic Ballerina?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Hmm. Never heard of that.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11It didn't say they were children's books, but logically...
0:19:11 > 0:19:16I've never heard of it, so it may be a complete trap.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19But I'll try Darcey Bussell.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Yes, you've got it right.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24How you would get to her with no knowledge, I don't know.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28- She's a ballerina! - Yes, she is a ballerina.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32But you're still allowed to write books about ballerinas without being one!
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- Yeah. I had no idea. So go for the one who's a ballerina.- OK.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Always interesting to see into your brain.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Scott, your question.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42The group of writers known as the Georgian poets
0:19:42 > 0:19:46were named after the reign of which British monarch?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Crikey!
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Don't have a clue on this one, if I'm honest.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58It's going to have to be a guess.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I'm going to go for George III.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Kevin, do you know this one?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09They're a bit later, I think. It's George V.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11When were they operating?
0:20:11 > 0:20:16Round about the first decade and a half of the 20th century.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17George V is the answer, Scott.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20So Kevin has a chance to pull ahead.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23A best-selling book by Sue Townsend, published in 2012,
0:20:23 > 0:20:27is called The Woman Who Went To Bed For A... what?
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Yes. Sue Townsend of Adrian Mole fame, of course.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38So it's obviously something different.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It's ringing a slight bell.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47The Woman Who Went To Bed for... I don't think it's holiday or change.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Year rings a bell. So year.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Yes, The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year, it was.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Is it a serious book, does anyone know? A comedy?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Yes, my wife read it recently.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01She never stopped laughing from cover to cover.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03She said it's a remarkably funny book.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Are you on Fifty Shades of Grey here, still?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07No!
0:21:07 > 0:21:09A different type of laughter!
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Scott,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16Bedroom at Arles is which artist's 1992 interpretation
0:21:16 > 0:21:19of a painting by Vincent van Gogh of the same name?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Take your time. You have to get this one right.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Again, not entirely comfortable with this.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34It's going to be a guess. Because it's '92,
0:21:34 > 0:21:38it's not just because it's in the middle, but I'm going to say David Hockney.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41It's actually Roy Lichtenstein.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Roy Lichtenstein did do a version of the Van Gogh painting.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47So, I'm sorry, Scott. You've been knocked out there.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Kevin is playing as Kevin does and he's in the final round.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54If you both come and rejoin your teams, we will play that final.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02It's time for the final round, which, as always, is general knowledge.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-head won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11So, Keith, Terry and Scott from Freight Expectations,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14and Chris from the Eggheads, please leave the studio.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17OK, Steve and Billy, here we are in the final.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I'm still trying to work out who the talisman is. It must be you, Steve.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- That's why they've held you back. - I think so!
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- That's all I'm saying!- I hope you bring your team luck.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29You are playing to win Freight Expectations £2,000.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Kevin, Dave, Daphne and Barry,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40The questions are all general knowledge.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42You are allowed to confer.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45So, Freight Expectations, the question is, are your two brains
0:22:45 > 0:22:47better than the Eggheads' four?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Steve and Billy, would you like to go first or second?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52- First?- Yeah.- We'll go first, Jeremy.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Very good luck to you.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01In which film does Glenn Close play a character called Alex Forrest?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I'm pretty sure that's Fatal Attraction.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Yeah, I would have said that.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13I know she's been in 102 Dalmatians.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15So I would have thought you're right, Billy.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Is it Alex, yeah?- Yeah.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Fatal Attraction, Jeremy.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Fatal Attraction is your answer and it is quite right.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25OK, Eggheads, your first question.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Commodore is a rank in which of the British armed forces?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33ALL: Royal Navy.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Yes, we agree that that's the Royal Navy, Jeremy.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Royal Navy is quite right.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42One each. Back to you, Freight Expectations.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47The journalist Hilary Alexander is best known for writing on what subject?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Any ideas, Steve?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Hilary Alexander. Gardening, fashion or cookery.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59A reporter. Would you report on gardening?
0:23:59 > 0:24:00Would you report on cookery?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- More likely to be a reporter on fashion.- Fashion, yeah.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- Shall we go with fashion?- Yeah.- OK.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08We'll answer fashion, Jeremy.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11You've done well with that. You're right. Fashion is the right answer.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Remorseless logic. Straight to the answer, there.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Interesting. OK.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Here we go, you Eggs.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23The Mascarene Islands are in which ocean?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Indian.- Indian.- Indian Ocean.- Yep.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Yep. We're agreed that's the Indian Ocean, Jeremy.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35That is the Indian Ocean, Eggheads.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I'm sorry you can't shake them off.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39But they are like that. They hang on to your trousers!
0:24:41 > 0:24:43See if you can detach them and win this round.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Here's your third question.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Fitch is a name given to fur from which creature?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Fitch. F-I-T-C-H.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57- Polecat?- Any idea, Steve, mate?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Not really.- Fitch.- Fitch.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I think we'll go...
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Beaver or polecat? I don't think it's a hare, is it?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I wouldn't have thought.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Fitch. Polecat. Beaver. Hare.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- I don't know why, but I'm probably drawn to hare.- Yeah?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16But that's the one you say no.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21- I don't.- I don't know why. - I'm not 100% sure at all.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Polecat. Fitch. Beaver. Hare.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26It could be a bit obscure. It could be hare.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Shall we go for that?
0:25:29 > 0:25:30- Yeah?- Yeah, OK.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Hare, Jeremy, we'll answer.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36OK. You ruled it out, you ruled it back in.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39If you got it right, it's three in a row. Daphne, you'll know this.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Polecat.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- Polecat is the answer.- Sorry.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Why? What? Help us to understand.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49When I was at work,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52we had to answer the phone, there was no typing.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55And I used to read a dictionary!
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- And fitch is sort of... - You got to F?
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Yes.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02And it said polecat. Most people wouldn't remember that!
0:26:02 > 0:26:03- But you did.- Yes.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Sorry. Polecat is the answer. But it's not over.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08The Eggheads could get this wrong.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10If you don't, Eggheads, you've taken the contest.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Here's your third question.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15The traditional Westminster School event known as "The Greaze",
0:26:15 > 0:26:17G-R-E-A-Z-E,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19takes place on which day of the year?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- Greaze?- G-R-E-A-Z-E?- Yeah.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31- The Greaze.- I haven't heard of it. - I've never heard of it.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33If you think about it,
0:26:33 > 0:26:38- they're not likely to be in school on...- Yeah.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- If I were to guess, I'd guess Shrove Tuesday.- Yeah.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- Myself.- A lot of things take place on Shrove Tuesday.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I can't imagine it's Good Friday, which is a religious holiday.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- Or midsummer.- Are the schools there in Midsummer?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- Yeah.- They are.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Shrove Tuesday sounds more...
0:26:53 > 0:26:55What do you think, Kevin?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I think the logic is fine, there.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04Shrove Tuesday is a day when stranger events happen
0:27:04 > 0:27:06before Lent.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10It could be Midsummer. I think Good Friday is unlikely,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- for reasons said.- Yes.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16How can... Is Greaze something to do with grease?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18It could be Midsummer,
0:27:18 > 0:27:21but lots of strange things happen on Shrove Tuesday.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Like football matches and things.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- Well, we don't know, so go with that.- We don't know.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33We don't know, but we're going to take a punt at Shrove Tuesday,
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Jeremy.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Shrove Tuesday is your answer.
0:27:36 > 0:27:42It's actually an event where pupils fight over a pancake in mid-air!
0:27:42 > 0:27:45You're right. Shrove Tuesday is the answer.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48So we say, "Congratulations, Eggheads, you have won."
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Well, sorry about that. It's the third question. So often the third question.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Daphne reads the dictionary in her spare time! So...
0:28:01 > 0:28:04I suppose we should all be grateful we don't do that!
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- Hope you've enjoyed playing. - Thoroughly, yes.- Yes, thank you.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09It's been great to see you. Commiserations to Freight Expectations.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14The Eggheads have done what comes naturally and snatched that pancake out of the air.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17They reign supreme over quiz land.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I'm afraid you won't go home with the £2,000,
0:28:19 > 0:28:21so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Eggheads, very well done again.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30£3,000 says they don't.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Until then, goodbye!
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