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These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
Together, they make up the Eggheads, | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
The question is, can they be beaten? | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
They are the Eggheads. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
Taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today are... | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
This team of friends are all former employees of Royal Mail in Chesterfield | 0:00:37 | 0:00:42 | |
and take their name from the famous crooked spire which adorns the town's parish church. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:47 | |
Let's meet them. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
I'm Trevor. I'm 46 and I'm a release manager. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
I'm John. I'm 56 and I'm a payroll developer for an IT company. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:56 | |
Hi. I'm Bob. I'm 47 and I'm a finance business partner. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
I'm Steve. I'm 50 and I'm a post office customer advisor. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
I'm Chris. I'm 41 and I'm a service administrator and buyer. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
-Trevor and team, welcome. Good to see you. -Thank you. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
That's a big part of Chesterfield, that spire. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
Apart from the football team, it's the main thing that everybody knows about Chesterfield. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
The spire is not deliberately crooked, I'm assuming. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
It's not deliberate. When they built it, they used untreated timbers. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
With the weight of the lead on top, it twisted. It's been like that ever since. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:27 | |
-That's hundreds of years. -Yeah. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
-So, quizzing together? -We quiz now and again together at the local pub. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
So nothing major. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
I know that you are also a keen archer, | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
so I'm hoping that if anything goes wrong, a single arrow should do it! Good luck! | 0:01:38 | 0:01:43 | |
Every day, there is £1,000-worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:47 | |
However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
So, Crooked Spires, the Eggheads have won the last four games. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
Which means £5,000 says you can't beat them today. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & Television. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
-Who would like this? -What do you reckon? | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
ALL TALK AT ONCE | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
John, I think you can do it, mate. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
-It's John, is it? -Yes, John. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
OK. Against which Egghead? | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
Who do we think? | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
Pat. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:20 | |
So John from the Crooked Spires versus Pat from the Eggheads on Film & TV. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:25 | |
To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in the question room. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
On Film & TV, then, John. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:31 | |
First or second set of questions? | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
Can I go first, Jeremy, please? | 0:02:34 | 0:02:35 | |
Your first question. In 2001, | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
Tina Hobley took on the role of Chrissie Williams in which TV drama? | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
I don't think it's Doctor Who. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
I watch Merlin a lot, so it doesn't ring a bell there. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
So I'm going to go for Holby City. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
Holby City is the right answer. Well done. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
Pat, here is your first question. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
Which comedy team perform a recurring sketch | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
featuring two World War II RAF pilots | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
who speak like modern teenagers? | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
I know these chaps. It's a marvellous series of sketches. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
And it's Armstrong and Miller. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
It is indeed Armstrong and Miller. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
OK. We go back to you, John. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
In the film I'm No Angel, | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
which fruit does Mae West famously ask her maid to peel for her? | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
I'm not sure of the answer at all | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
but I'm not sure it would be papaya. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
And certainly not a grape, I would have thought. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
Banana? | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
"Peel me a banana." What is the quote? Eggheads, do you know this? | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
"Peel me a grape, Beulah." | 0:03:51 | 0:03:52 | |
"Peel me a grape, Beulah." | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
What was that great line? "I used to be Snow White and then I..." | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
-"But I drifted." -I drifted! | 0:03:58 | 0:03:59 | |
The great Mae West line is, "Come up and see me some time." | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
Yes. And when you deliver it, Chris, it just... | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
It brings it right back! | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
Pat, your question. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:12 | |
In which of her films does Marilyn Monroe play a character known only as "the girl". | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
Don't know this. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:22 | |
The most famous of those three films is The Seven Year Itch. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
With the famous... | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
..ventilation grid scene. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
But it's not the correct answer. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
I'm at sea here. I'll go for The Seven Year Itch | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
but it's not much of a guess, really. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
Seven Year Itch is the right answer. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
Well done. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
OK. John, | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
who played the title role in the 1962 film Taras Bulba, | 0:04:49 | 0:04:54 | |
based on a short novel by Gogol? | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
Again, I've not heard of this one. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
I don't remember Yul Brynner being in anything like that. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
Omar Sharif, possibly. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
I'm going to go for Anthony Quinn. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
I'm not sure what this film is about. It's Yul Brynner. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
Eggheads, have you seen it? | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
It's about the Cossacks' uprising against the Poles. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
So Taras Bulba is what? | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
-It's the name of the leading character, as played by... -Mr Brynner. OK. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:29 | |
Bad luck, John. The round goes to Pat, I'm afraid. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
He has taken this round. He'll be in the final. You're knocked out. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
Please both come back and rejoin your teams. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
As it stands, the Crooked Spires have lost one brain from the final, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
whilst the Eggheads have not lost any. But it's early days, Spires. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
The next subject is Geography. Who would like this? | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
What do you reckon? | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
Shall I step up to the plate for this one? | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
-Go for it, Steve. -Go for it. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:55 | |
I'll give that one a go. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
Steve, against which Egghead? It can't be Pat. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
-I don't think... -I think we'll leave Chris for a bit. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
-I'll go for Judith. -Go for Judith. Are you OK, with Keith taking Judith? | 0:06:04 | 0:06:10 | |
Yeah. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:11 | |
Judith will be lovely, thank you. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
A lot of people say that! Steve from Crooked Spires versus Judith from the Eggheads. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
To ensure no conferring, please go to the question room. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
You've been as far afield as Australia, Steve? | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
I was lucky enough. A couple of times I've been back-packing round the world. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
A bit younger then, and picked up work along the way to fund the trip. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:35 | |
Geography is the subject. I hope Australia comes up from your point of view. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
-Would you like to go first or second? -I'll go first, please. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
Here we go. Good luck, Steve. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
Because of its grain production, which of these countries is known as the bread basket of Europe? | 0:06:45 | 0:06:51 | |
I've certainly not thought of Norway related to grain, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
and I wouldn't really go for... I don't think it would be Switzerland. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:02 | |
So I'll go for the Ukraine. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:03 | |
Ukraine is the right answer. Well done. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
Judith, your question. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
The county of Cumbria is mostly comprised of the former counties of Cumberland | 0:07:10 | 0:07:15 | |
and which other? | 0:07:15 | 0:07:16 | |
That would be Westmorland. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
Westmorland is the right answer. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
OK. Your question, Steve. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
The Castello Sforzesco | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
and the 13th-century Palazzo de la Ragione | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
are both famous buildings in which of these Italian cities? | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
Sadly, I have never been to Italy. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
I'm now regretting that. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
Because of the Palazzo, I think I will have a guess at Florence. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:49 | |
Yeah, it's not, actually. It's Milan. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
OK. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:55 | |
Your question, Judith. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
Nagaland and Mizoram | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
are states in which Asian country? | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
I think that's India. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
I think it is India, as well. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
Well done. So Judith is ahead. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
She's got two to your one. You have to get this one right, OK? | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
-OK. -Otherwise you're knocked out. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
The Solomon Islands are in which division of the Pacific Ocean? | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
The Solomons. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
Um, I shall rule out Melanesia. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
Purely because I've never heard of it! | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
I'll have to take a guess and I'll go with Micronesia. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
The answer is Melanesia, Steve. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
So Judith has taken that round, I'm afraid, and knocked you out. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
Please both return to us and we'll play on. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
Trevor, a bit of a trend developing here | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
-with first question right, the next two wrong. -Yes. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
That could be a problem, which we'll put right in the next round. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
But our category selections are going well, so far. | 0:08:56 | 0:09:00 | |
-All going to plan! -It's just the questions! | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
The questions are difficult! | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
-Did you have a whole grid mapped out? -Yes, we did. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
So far, we've been fortunate enough to pick the people who wanted those subjects. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:12 | |
-That was good work. -That part has worked. -Yes. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:16 | |
-Sadly... -It's getting the answers is the problem! | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
Once we've left here, that's the problem! | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
As it stands, the Crooked Spires have lost two brains from the final. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:24 | |
The Eggheads have not lost any. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
Might be time for the bow and arrow in a second! | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
The next subject is Politics. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
THEY GROAN | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
-Oh, dear! A groan! -That's not good on the grid, that! | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
I'm afraid that was going to be me. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
What are you looking at me for? | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
-I'm just looking you're one of those two ways. -Are we going for the fall guy? | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
-Do you want to do it, Trev? -Not really, no. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
-You don't, Bob? -I don't want to do Politics, no. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:48 | |
-Right. It's me! -Chris. OK. Chris from the Crooked Spires against Chris, Barry or Kevin? | 0:09:48 | 0:09:55 | |
Shall we have a Chris versus Chris double? | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
Chris versus Chris. | 0:09:57 | 0:09:58 | |
-A Chris double. -Chris on Chris on Politics. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
-Good, Chris? You like meeting Chrisses, don't you? -Excellent. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
Please go to the question room now. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
You were a bit reluctant to take Politics, Chris? | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
Yeah, I feel I took one for the team, here, Jeremy! | 0:10:11 | 0:10:15 | |
-Yes. -So you've got a bit of political memory going back the last few years | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
but maybe not that much further? | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
Only a bit in the last few years as well! | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
But you never know. Could be some luck in the questions. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
So we will see. We will see. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
Chris versus Chris on Politics. Chris, would you like to go first or second? | 0:10:29 | 0:10:33 | |
First, please. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
Here's your question. What title was bestowed on Larry the cat | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
who moved into Downing Street in 2011? | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
I believe it's not Head Purrer. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
Hopefully, if my memory's right, they did have a mouse problem in Downing Street, | 0:10:52 | 0:10:58 | |
so I'll go for Chief Mouser. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
Chief Mouser is the right answer. Well done. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
Chris, your question. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
At the 2010 general election, | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
Lord Toby Jug, Monkey the Drummer | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
And R.U. Serious | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
stood as candidates for which party? | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
Well, UKIP are a semi-sensible party, | 0:11:21 | 0:11:25 | |
but those sound like candidates for the Official Monster Raving Loony party. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
Official Monster Raving Loony is the right answer. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
OK, Chris. Your question. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
For what does the letter W stand in SWP, a far left UK political party? | 0:11:36 | 0:11:42 | |
I don't think it's wages. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:47 | |
I'm presuming the S and P stand for socialist party. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
I suppose you can have socialist women and socialist workers. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
But I will go for the Socialist Workers Party. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
You've got the whole thing. Well done. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
Workers is right. Well done. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
Chris, over to you. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who became prime minister of Denmark in 2011 | 0:12:05 | 0:12:09 | |
married the son of which British politician? | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
Did Shirley Williams have a son? | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
Did the Kinnocks have children? | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
The Kinnocks have tried to found a political dynasty, haven't they? | 0:12:22 | 0:12:26 | |
Glenys and Neil. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
They're more involved with Europe. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
So... | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
Must be young Kinnock. Neil Kinnock's son. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
It is indeed Neil Kinnock's son. Right. Chris has got that point. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
Other Chris, see if you can get three. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
You've already done better than your team-mates in the round so far. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
You've broken the worrying pattern. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
Here's your third question, Chris. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
Who was the first prime minister of Israel to later become the country's president? | 0:12:50 | 0:12:55 | |
I have actually heard of all three. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
But I can't remember in what context I've heard of them | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
as a prime minister or president. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
I'll go Shimon Peres. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
You've got three out of three. Well done. Shimon Peres. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
OK. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:18 | |
Chris, your question. Get this wrong, you're out. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
In US political history, | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
what name was given to the Republican party faction | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
that opposed Rutherford B. Hayes | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
and so supported a third presidential term for Ulysses S. Grant. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:34 | |
Hmm. They were the Die-hards, Jeremy. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
I'm going to go to Barry on this. He's shown extreme pain in the brain when you said that. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:48 | |
-What is it? -I'm afraid they were The Stalwarts. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:50 | |
Stalwarts, Chris. You've been knocked out by the other Chris. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
Well done! | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
I don't know if the tactics changed | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
or what changed, but you've done it, Chris. You're in the final. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
Sorry, Chris Egghead, you are not in the final round. Please rejoin your teams. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
-Chris, nice one. -Thank you. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
-How does that feel? -Gobsmacked, to be honest. I don't know what to say. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
You're in the final. The Crooked Spires have lost two, but the Eggheads have also lost a brain. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:17 | |
Let's see what happens next. It's Music. Who would like this? | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
It's me or you, Bob. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
-What do we think? -You're both OK in the final round. It's just who knows more on music now. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:27 | |
-It can go either way. -What do we think? | 0:14:27 | 0:14:29 | |
-Do you think I should go? -I think you possibly should go. -Go for it. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:34 | |
I'll take this one, reluctantly. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
OK. Against? You can have here Kevin or Barry. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
What do we think? Which one do you want me to get rid of? | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
-Kevin. -You want me to get rid of Kevin? | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
OK. I'll take on Kevin, please. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
Trevor from the Crooked Spires taking on Kevin the Egghead on Music. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:54 | |
How will this go? Please take your positions now. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
On Music, Trevor, would you like to go first or second? | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
I think I'd like to go first, Jeremy, please. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
Good luck getting in that final round, Trevor. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
What surname is shared by Scott, the composer of the piece of music known as The Entertainer, | 0:15:09 | 0:15:15 | |
and Janis, the American singer who had a US number one single with Me and Bobby McGee? | 0:15:15 | 0:15:23 | |
The only Philbin I can think of is Maggie Philbin. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
I'm not aware that she's composed anything. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
Maplin, I'm not sure, | 0:15:33 | 0:15:36 | |
but I do think that I have heard of Janis Joplin and Scott Joplin. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:41 | |
It rings a distant bell. So I'm going to go for Joplin, please. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
Joplin it is, Trevor. Well done. First one to you. OK. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
Kevin, your question. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
"Got motion, restrained in motion | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
"I've been driving, Detroit leaning" | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
are lyrics from which number one single of the 1980s? | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
I'll try Brass in Pocket. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:05 | |
-You've got to sing it to me now. -No, that wasn't part of the deal. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
OK. Brass in Pocket is right. Well done. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
Back to Trevor. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
The Dutch jazz singer born Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw found fame under what name? | 0:16:12 | 0:16:20 | |
I have no idea, Jeremy. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
I've never heard of this person. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
The one that I think closely resembles the original name | 0:16:30 | 0:16:35 | |
is Caro Emerald. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
So I think I will go for Caro Emerald, please, Jeremy. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
It is Caro Emerald. Well done. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
Kevin, your question. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
The traditional song The Saucy Arethusa | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
is mostly associated with which group of people? | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
Well, it's a sea shanty, | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
-so that would be sailors. -It is, indeed. Sailors is correct. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
So two-two. He's a hard man to shake off, Trevor, as you know. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
-Yes. -Here's your next question. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
Which actor created the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables | 0:17:09 | 0:17:13 | |
in the West End and on Broadway | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
as well as representing Ireland in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest? | 0:17:16 | 0:17:21 | |
I'm sure both my wife and mother-in-law | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
will be screaming at the TV now. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
Because they are both musical fans. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
I've got absolutely nothing to go on here. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:39 | |
Except complete guesswork. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
As my last guess was down the right, | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
I'm going to go down the left for Colm Wilkinson. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:52 | |
Colm Wilkinson is the right answer. Well done. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
Very good. OK. Kevin. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
If you get this question wrong, you've lost the head-to-head. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
Who is the subject of Philip Glass's opera The Perfect American? | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
This I don't know. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
You could make a case for any of those. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
I'm trying to think if I've ever heard of that one at all. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:21 | |
Nothing's coming. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
-If you get this wrong, you're out. -Looks like it may happen. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
It's going to be a one-in-three guess. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
I'm not historically very good with straight guesses. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:34 | |
I'm tempted by... | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
..Walt Disney, but... | 0:18:38 | 0:18:40 | |
I honestly don't know. I'm going to try Babe Ruth. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
I'm afraid you've got shaking heads on this side. Eggs, do you know? | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
-Is it Walt Disney? -Pat confirms Walt Disney is the one. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
Trevor, how about that? | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
You've taken on... You did exactly... Fantastic tactic. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:59 | |
You took on the strongest Egghead and knocked him out. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
So that makes your team in a better position in the final round | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
which you will be in. Kevin won't. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:06 | |
Come back to us and we will play that final. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
You didn't even need the bow and arrow! | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
-How about that? Fantastic result. -We're riding our luck at the moment! | 0:19:12 | 0:19:17 | |
Hope it continues into the final. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
Good luck. This is what we've been playing towards. It's time for the final round | 0:19:19 | 0:19:23 | |
which, as always, is general knowledge. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
Those of you who lost your head-to-head won't take part in this round. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
So John and Steve from the Crooked Spires, and Chris and Kevin from the Eggheads, | 0:19:30 | 0:19:34 | |
would you please now leave the studio? | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
Trevor, Bob and Chris, you're playing to win the Crooked Spires £5,000. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:43 | |
Barry, Pat and Judith, you're playing for something that money can't buy, | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
the Eggheads' reputation. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:49 | |
As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn, all general knowledge, | 0:19:49 | 0:19:54 | |
and you are allowed to confer. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
So, Crooked Spires, the question is, are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three. | 0:19:56 | 0:20:02 | |
-Do you want to go first or second? -We'd like to go first, Jeremy. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
Bob, and team, good luck. Here's your first question. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
£5,000 to play for. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
Which of these phrases is used to describe someone with no money? | 0:20:13 | 0:20:17 | |
It's not cock-a-hoop. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
Short shrift is when you refuse... | 0:20:24 | 0:20:29 | |
It's got to be stony broke. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:31 | |
-Yeah. -Stony broke, yeah. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
OK. We're pretty confident on this. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
We think it's stony broke. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:37 | |
-Stony broke is the right answer, guys. Well done. -Thank you. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:41 | |
Eggheads, | 0:20:41 | 0:20:43 | |
which athletics event involves running a total of seven-and-a-half laps of the track? | 0:20:43 | 0:20:48 | |
3,000 metre steeplechase. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
-The track is about 400 metres. -How long is the track? | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
-Four sevens. -2,800. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
-That's about right. -Yes. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
That's the 3,000 metre steeplechase. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
Just working it out in my head. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
Seven-and-a-half times 400 | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
is 3,000, I think, yeah. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:11 | |
That's the right answer. 3,000 metre steeplechase. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
Back to you for your second question, Crooked Spires. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
Where was the Cunard ocean liner the Queen Mary built, in the 1930s? | 0:21:17 | 0:21:24 | |
Lots of shipbuilding was on Clydebank, wasn't it? | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
-Yeah. -Yeah. -Grimsby's fishing. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:34 | |
I don't associate Grimsby with anything... | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
Barrow-in-Furness. Do you know it from Clydebank? | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
-I think it's Clydebank. -Yeah. -Yeah. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
-I think it is. -OK. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
OK. We're going to go for Clydebank, please, Jeremy. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
You've got it right. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
Clydebank. Two out of two. Well done. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
Eggheads, your second question. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
The Canterville Ghost, first published in 1887, | 0:21:57 | 0:22:01 | |
is a short story by which writer? | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
-It's Oscar Wilde. -I think it's Oscar Wilde. -It's Oscar Wilde. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
-Yeah. -Henry James' ghost story was The Turn of the Screw. -Yes. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
-I don't think Conrad ever wrote any ghost stories. -No. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
-I thought Oscar Wilde before it came up. -Yeah. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
I think The Canterville Ghost was a story by Oscar Wilde. That's our answer. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
When did Oscar Wilde die? | 0:22:25 | 0:22:27 | |
-I don't know. -Just checking he was still alive! | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
Was it early 1900s? | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
I'm just trying to throw you! | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
Oscar Wilde is the right answer. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
1900, he died. Bang on. 1900. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
Looks at the wallpaper and says, "One of us has to go." | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
Your third question, challengers. Here we go. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
In the United States, the Reuben Awards are given out annually | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
for outstanding contributions in which field? | 0:22:49 | 0:22:52 | |
Obviously, if it was written as a sentence, | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
-the word Reuben would be capital R, obviously. -Yeah. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
Would you have an award for shoe designing? | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
Is he an author, this Reuben? | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
Cos lexicography is to do with words. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:08 | |
-Cartoons? -Cartoons, it could be. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
-I can't think of anybody... -It was in the '20s, wasn't it, cartoons. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
It could be cartoon films or it could be strip cartoons. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
-Yeah. -They've been around for years. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
I think I'm edging towards cartoons, | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
but I'm not 100% certain. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
-Shall we guess that? -I can't see them having anything for shoes. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
-I think shoes is out. -Write that one out. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
Write that one off. What's lexicography? | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
It's to do with words. There used to be a game called Lexicon. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:41 | |
It's words. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:42 | |
So that doesn't sound like... If you were going to have awards, | 0:23:42 | 0:23:47 | |
-you wouldn't have many awards. -No. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:48 | |
So with cartoons, there's various things you can do. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:53 | |
-Shall we go for cartoons? -Cartoons. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
OK. We don't really know the answer, | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
but we're really going to go for cartoons. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
Cartoons. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:03 | |
I like your logic, and you're absolutely right. It is cartoons. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:07 | |
-Superb! -That's good. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:10 | |
Three out of three. You've raised your game at the right moment! | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
Crooked Spires, let's see whether you can straighten out the Eggheads. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:19 | |
Eggheads, if you get this wrong, the contest is over and they take the jackpot. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:23 | |
Here we go. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:25 | |
Greater, lesser, James's and Andean | 0:24:25 | 0:24:29 | |
are four species of which wading birds? | 0:24:29 | 0:24:31 | |
There's an Andean flamingo. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
There's an Andean flamingo? | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
-There's an Andean flamingo. -It's greater, lesser, James' and... | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
Greater, lesser, James's and Andean. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
I have nothing to add on this one. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
I think that as in went flamingo... | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
I can't imagine it's plover. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:50 | |
It could be stork. There's a few species of stork. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:55 | |
Storks are northern, aren't they? | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
Hmm. But they go south of the Equator as well. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
-Do they? -Adjutant stork and Marabou stork. -Oh, yes, they do. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
I've never heard of a greater or lesser stork. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
-If you thought of an Andean flamingo... -I saw it once and thought, "That's very odd." | 0:25:07 | 0:25:12 | |
-We'll go with it. -It stuck in your mind. Go with it. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
-You think of flamingos as being Central African. -We'll go with it. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
-OK. -Pat has a recollection that he saw once about an Andean flamingo. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:23 | |
And on that basis, we're happy to go with flamingo. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
Shaky, aren't they? | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
But you got there. Flamingo is the right answer. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
Well done. Well done. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:34 | |
OK. Three each. It's a tight contest! | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
So we go to sudden death. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
Crooked Spires, we wish you well. It gets harder because I don't give you alternative answers. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
Here is your first sudden death question. £5,000 we're playing for. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
The Black Sea port of Trabzon is in which country? | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
It's T-R-A-B-Z-O-N. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
It's Turkey, because there's a Turkish football team called Trabzonspor. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:57 | |
-Yeah. -So Turkey. -Right. | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
And it's in the Black Sea, isn't it? | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Is Turkey the Black Sea? With your geography knowledge. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
-Yeah. -Yeah. -Turkey. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:06 | |
OK. Going by our knowledge on football teams, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
we're going to go for Turkey, please. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
It's always great the way a team of blokes will turn anything into a football question! | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
Absolutely right. Turkey's the right answer. Well done. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
This is interesting. They're giving you a really good chase, Eggheads. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
If you get this one wrong, the contest is over. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:30 | |
In which decade of the 20th century | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
were the authors Philip K. Dick and Gabriel Garcia Marquez born? | 0:26:33 | 0:26:39 | |
We had a question about Dick the other day. Do you remember? | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
-And you thought he'd died... -He died around 1980. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
-1980. -Around there. -He wasn't that old. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
-Probably 40, 50. -And Marquez just died. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
-Marquez is alive, I think. -He's still alive. -He's 70-something. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:54 | |
So he's into his seventies. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
I think he must be. So he could be born late '30s to be in his seventies. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:02 | |
What would that make Philip Dick, how old would he be when he died? | 0:27:02 | 0:27:07 | |
He died in about 1980. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
That would make him about 50-ish. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
If he died aged 50, he would have been born in 1930. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
So I think it's '30s versus '40s. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
-Perhaps slightly inclined towards the '30s. -Yep. -Right. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
We probably have an Egghead behind us who knows for certain the dates of both those people. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:27 | |
But without Kevin, we're a little adrift. We're going to go for 1930s. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:32 | |
Your answer is 1930s. And you were choosing between... | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
'30s and '40s. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:37 | |
Kevin? | 0:27:37 | 0:27:39 | |
-Twenties. -Oh, no! | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
-1920s is the answer. -I wouldn't have gone that early. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
So we say congratulations, challengers, you have won! | 0:27:44 | 0:27:47 | |
Great stuff! The joy of knocking out Kevin. That was a crucial moment. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:59 | |
Because he knows his dates. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:01 | |
-What do you think? -Amazed! | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
Oh, Eggheads. Oh, dear. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:06 | |
We say congratulations to the Crooked Spires. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:08 | |
What a great game you played. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 | |
You had the grid in your minds and it paid off well. You've won £5,000. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
You are officially cleverer than the Eggheads | 0:28:14 | 0:28:16 | |
and you've proved that they can be beaten. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
Join us next time on Eggheads to see if a new team of challengers | 0:28:18 | 0:28:22 | |
will be just as successful. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
Until then, goodbye! | 0:28:24 | 0:28:26 | |
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