Episode 96 Eggheads


Episode 96

Similar Content

Browse content similar to Episode 96. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

0:00:040:00:08

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

0:00:090:00:11

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

0:00:110:00:14

The question is, can they be beaten?

0:00:170:00:19

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers

0:00:230:00:27

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

0:00:270:00:31

They are the Eggheads.

0:00:310:00:32

And taking on our resident quiz champions today

0:00:320:00:35

are the Seer Greeners. This team of friends all have an association

0:00:350:00:39

with the village of Seer Green in Buckinghamshire.

0:00:390:00:42

Their children all attended the same school

0:00:420:00:45

and they take part in the school's yearly fundraising quiz.

0:00:450:00:49

Let's meet them.

0:00:490:00:50

Hi. I'm Rob, I'm 44 and I'm a sports marketing consultant.

0:00:500:00:54

Hi. I'm Terry, I'm 49 and I'm a software account manager.

0:00:540:00:58

Hi. I'm Simon, I'm 49, I buy and sell wine.

0:00:580:01:02

Hi. I'm Philip, I'm 43 and I'm a film composer.

0:01:020:01:06

Hello. I'm Andy, I'm 46 and I'm a client manager.

0:01:060:01:09

-So, Rob and team, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Good to see you.

0:01:090:01:12

Tell us about Seer Green. Is it a rather sweet little village?

0:01:120:01:16

It's a wonderful little village.

0:01:160:01:17

It's just outside Beaconsfield in South Bucks.

0:01:170:01:20

A beautiful, picturesque village with everything a village should have.

0:01:200:01:23

A couple of decent pubs, a lovely little school,

0:01:230:01:26

-a couple of churches, a great community.

-OK.

0:01:260:01:29

And you quiz together at the school quiz

0:01:290:01:31

and I know from these school quizzes,

0:01:310:01:33

-because we have one at my school, they can be tough.

-Absolutely.

0:01:330:01:37

-Nobody uses Google. Nobody uses their phone.

-There's no coverage.

0:01:370:01:41

There's no coverage!

0:01:410:01:43

Funnily enough, there's no coverage in this studio either so...

0:01:430:01:46

they can't and you can't.

0:01:460:01:48

Good luck, by the way, playing the Eggheads here.

0:01:480:01:50

Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

0:01:500:01:53

for our challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

0:01:530:01:56

the prize-money rolls over to the next show.

0:01:560:01:59

So, Seer Greeners, the challengers actually won the last game,

0:01:590:02:03

so £1,000 says you can't beat them again. Are you ready to start?

0:02:030:02:07

-We are.

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

0:02:070:02:10

Who would like this?

0:02:100:02:12

On the basis of that,

0:02:120:02:13

-that was me, guys, wasn't it?

-Team captain.

-Team captain, I think.

0:02:130:02:17

-That must be you.

-Straight in.

0:02:170:02:18

We had a bit of a confer before we came

0:02:180:02:21

-and History was going to be my subject.

-OK.

-I'll take History.

0:02:210:02:24

Rob against which Egghead? Who would you like to take on?

0:02:240:02:27

-Go straight in for Kevin?

-Yeah, why not?

-He's looking nervous.

0:02:270:02:31

-We'll go for Kevin, please, Jeremy.

-OK.

0:02:320:02:35

Well, we'll have a little look at your History record

0:02:350:02:38

in a moment, Kevin. But it's Rob from the Seer Greeners

0:02:380:02:41

versus Kevin from the Eggheads.

0:02:410:02:42

Rob going for the big scalp here. To ensure there's no conferring,

0:02:420:02:45

would you please take your positions in the Question Room?

0:02:450:02:48

-So, good strategy to have a go at Kevin, Rob?

-Absolutely.

0:02:490:02:53

Looking forward to it. Going to give it my best shot.

0:02:530:02:55

I think that's partly how the last team won the jackpot,

0:02:550:02:58

-by getting Kevin out. But that was on Music, Kevin, wasn't it?

-Yep.

0:02:580:03:01

This is History. How many rounds have you lost on History

0:03:010:03:04

-since the beginning of Eggheads ten years ago?

-Well, none, but...

0:03:040:03:08

-How many questions have you got wrong, Kevin, on History?

-Same.

0:03:080:03:12

-None? In ten years?

-It'll happen.

0:03:120:03:15

That may make it more likely, Rob, that it happens today.

0:03:150:03:19

-Anyway, it's brave. But good luck.

-Thank you.

0:03:190:03:23

-Do you want to go first or second, Rob?

-I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

0:03:230:03:26

Here is your question.

0:03:280:03:30

The last king to rule over France ended his reign in which century?

0:03:300:03:34

The last king to rule over France...

0:03:370:03:41

Um, I don't think it's the 20th century.

0:03:410:03:44

I think it's the 19th century, Jeremy.

0:03:440:03:47

19th is the right answer.

0:03:470:03:50

Kevin, which monarch was the great-uncle of Lady Jane Grey?

0:03:520:03:55

Well, Charles II was a lot later

0:04:000:04:02

and Richard III was earlier.

0:04:020:04:04

It's Henry VIII.

0:04:040:04:06

Henry VIII is the right answer.

0:04:060:04:09

With some certainty, Rob, but of course, that was the first question.

0:04:090:04:12

-He may weaken.

-Absolutely.

0:04:120:04:15

Which city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

0:04:150:04:18

Carthage doesn't come to mind.

0:04:220:04:24

There were plenty of Romans in Cairo.

0:04:240:04:26

But most eastern, I would say, would be Constantinople,

0:04:260:04:30

so I'll go for Constantinople.

0:04:300:04:32

Constantinople is the right answer.

0:04:320:04:34

Good for Seer Green.

0:04:350:04:37

OK. Kevin, which of Queen Victoria's children

0:04:370:04:41

gave up his position in the House of Lords

0:04:410:04:43

and on the Privy Council in order to become

0:04:430:04:47

the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha?

0:04:470:04:50

So, Queen Victoria's children.

0:04:540:04:56

I don't believe she had sons called either Edmund or Harold,

0:04:560:04:59

but she did have an Alfred.

0:04:590:05:02

So I think it's Alfred.

0:05:020:05:04

Alfred is correct.

0:05:040:05:06

Rob, your question. Which old English term refers to rulers

0:05:060:05:09

who took control of several kingdoms within Anglo-Saxon England?

0:05:090:05:13

I don't think it's scop. Scop sounds like the wrong word for the era.

0:05:170:05:22

So I'm selecting between wergild and Bretwalda.

0:05:220:05:26

-I'll go with Bretwalda, please, Jeremy.

-Is he right, Eggheads?

-Yes.

0:05:270:05:31

-Yes, you're right.

-Wow.

-Well done, Rob!

0:05:310:05:34

Three out of three. Well, will lightning strike here?

0:05:360:05:39

Historically, Kevin, what item of clothing was a mandilion?

0:05:400:05:45

Ah. No, this is one of those things that I don't really tend to regard

0:05:480:05:52

very much as History.

0:05:520:05:54

I'll rule out cap.

0:05:540:05:56

Mandilion... Jacket?

0:05:570:05:59

Is it something that could be a ceremonial...? I'll try shoe.

0:06:000:06:04

-I really don't know.

-In ten years, you've never been knocked out

0:06:040:06:07

on History. You've never got a single question wrong

0:06:070:06:11

on History.

0:06:110:06:13

You have now. It's jacket, Kevin.

0:06:130:06:15

Well done, Rob. A bit of Eggheads

0:06:180:06:20

-history there.

-Thank you very much.

0:06:200:06:22

So, Rob, well done. You've knocked out Kevin.

0:06:220:06:24

That does not happen very often.

0:06:240:06:26

Well, it's only happened once on History in ten years.

0:06:260:06:28

Do come back to us, both of you, and we'll play on.

0:06:280:06:30

As it stands, the Seer Greeners have not lost any brains

0:06:320:06:35

and they have knocked out Kevin on History.

0:06:350:06:37

What about that for a start? The next subject is Sport.

0:06:370:06:40

So, who wants this?

0:06:400:06:41

-Well...

-We all want sport.

0:06:410:06:43

-I don't.

-I don't want it.

0:06:430:06:44

We're going to go with route one on this so...

0:06:440:06:46

So, that's going to be Terry.

0:06:460:06:49

Terry on Sport. Against which Egghead, Terry?

0:06:490:06:52

-Dave?

-Go for it.

0:06:520:06:54

Dave, please.

0:06:540:06:56

Terry from the Seer Greeners versus Dave from the Eggheads on Sport.

0:06:560:06:59

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

0:06:590:07:03

Terry, would you like to go first or second?

0:07:040:07:06

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

0:07:060:07:08

Here's your question, Terry.

0:07:110:07:12

Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and which other golfer

0:07:120:07:15

were known as the Big Three

0:07:150:07:16

when they dominated the sport in the 1960s?

0:07:160:07:19

I think I know this one.

0:07:230:07:25

Ben Hogan, I think, was a little bit before that time

0:07:250:07:29

and Peter Alliss, whilst a very, very good commentator,

0:07:290:07:33

probably didn't have the golfing career he would liked to have had.

0:07:330:07:37

So, on the basis of that and all the majors that he won,

0:07:370:07:41

-I'll go further Jack Nicklaus, please.

-Jack Nicklaus is correct.

0:07:410:07:45

That's your question, isn't it? You love your golf, I know.

0:07:450:07:49

Yeah, very limited talent at it, but it's not for the want of trying.

0:07:490:07:53

OK, Dave. Your question. The pavilion

0:07:530:07:55

at Lord's Cricket Ground was completed in which year?

0:07:550:07:58

I would go 1890, but with no certainty at all.

0:08:010:08:04

1890 is correct.

0:08:050:08:08

Terry, in January, 2013,

0:08:080:08:10

Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara

0:08:100:08:13

claimed a new world record by surfing a wave

0:08:130:08:16

reportedly 100ft high off which country's coast?

0:08:160:08:21

Wow.

0:08:240:08:26

I really can only...

0:08:260:08:29

think that...

0:08:290:08:31

the country which would have the biggest tide of those three...

0:08:310:08:37

..would be Portugal, so I'll have to go for Portugal, Jeremy.

0:08:380:08:41

Is he right, team-mates? Yeah, they say you're right.

0:08:410:08:44

Yeah, it's correct. Portugal is right. Well done.

0:08:440:08:47

Playing really well.

0:08:480:08:49

You've not got a question wrong so far, team.

0:08:490:08:51

Dave, Nottingham Forest and Arsenal footballer Tony Woodcock

0:08:510:08:55

spent several years abroad playing in which competition?

0:08:550:08:59

I believe he played for Cologne in the Bundesliga.

0:09:030:09:07

We're never going to catch you out on football, are we?

0:09:070:09:09

-You will do at one stage.

-Not happening yet though.

0:09:090:09:12

Bundesliga is correct. So, two each.

0:09:120:09:15

Terry, Mark Webber...

0:09:150:09:17

made his Formula One debut in 2002

0:09:170:09:20

when driving for which team?

0:09:200:09:22

I don't really have any basis to rule any of those teams out so...

0:09:270:09:31

..I'm going to have to go down the middle and say Williams, Jeremy.

0:09:320:09:35

Yes, it's interesting. Formula One is a big quizzy area.

0:09:350:09:38

-I wonder if you know, Eggs?

-I'd have gone Minardi.

0:09:380:09:41

You would have gone Minardi.

0:09:410:09:43

Yeah, Minardi's the right answer.

0:09:430:09:45

So, chance for Dave to take the round.

0:09:460:09:48

In 2013, which British sailor became the fastest

0:09:480:09:51

British competitor to complete the Vendee Globe race?

0:09:510:09:55

It's not Iain Percy. It's either Golding or Thomson.

0:10:000:10:03

Er... I'll go Alex Thomson.

0:10:030:10:07

If you've got this right, you're in the final round.

0:10:070:10:09

-Eggheads, do you know the answer?

-Yeah, it's right.

0:10:090:10:12

Kevin confirms it is Alex Thomson. Dave, you got three out of three.

0:10:120:10:15

-You're in the final. Sorry, Terry.

-No problem.

0:10:150:10:17

A tough strategy to make work against these guys

0:10:170:10:20

and you've been knocked out.

0:10:200:10:21

Please, both of you, rejoin your team-mates.

0:10:210:10:25

Sadly, Terry, you're gone. You've gone from the final.

0:10:250:10:28

But so has Kevin. Let's play on. The next subject is Music.

0:10:280:10:31

-Who would like this?

-Me, me. No!

0:10:310:10:34

-Right. OK. On the basis that we have a musician in our midst...

-OK.

0:10:350:10:38

..it's Philip.

0:10:380:10:39

Philip against which Egghead? Obviously not Kevin or Dave.

0:10:390:10:43

I'm a great admirer of Judith and I know Judith likes music,

0:10:430:10:47

but doesn't necessarily spend a lot of time reading up on it.

0:10:470:10:50

-You're right.

-I'm hoping, if I could possibly challenge Judith,

0:10:500:10:53

-that would be great.

-OK.

0:10:530:10:55

One of the politest call-outs of an Egghead I've seen for a long time.

0:10:550:10:59

Philip from the Seer Greeners versus Judith from the Eggheads on Music.

0:10:590:11:03

Please go to the Question Room.

0:11:030:11:04

Well, this is definitely your subject, Philip,

0:11:060:11:08

-cos you are really a musician.

-I am.

0:11:080:11:11

But I'm one of those people who...

0:11:110:11:13

I spend my whole life doing music, but I didn't spend as long

0:11:130:11:16

studying it, so I hope that's my way out here.

0:11:160:11:19

I've been a professor at the Royal Academy of Music for a while.

0:11:190:11:21

But, again, I'm more of a cellist than a professor so...

0:11:210:11:25

When you said that, Judith just looked totally shocked.

0:11:260:11:30

-She shouldn't.

-Isn't that interesting, Judith?

0:11:300:11:33

It's very interesting. I want to go home right now.

0:11:330:11:37

But what is even more interesting,

0:11:370:11:39

Philip, is what you did for the 2012 Olympics because you had to,

0:11:390:11:43

basically, rescore every single national anthem, is that correct?

0:11:430:11:46

Yes, I did. It's quite strange.

0:11:460:11:47

For copyright reasons, every single Olympics -

0:11:470:11:50

and, in fact, also the Winter Olympics - the whole pack

0:11:500:11:53

of world anthems need to be rearranged and then re-recorded.

0:11:530:11:57

So, you can't play the Stars and Stripes just as is,

0:11:570:11:59

it has to be filliped in some way?

0:11:590:12:01

Yes, I wanted to do it in the style of Jimi Hendrix,

0:12:010:12:03

-but even that's copyrighted these days.

-Of course it is.

0:12:030:12:06

So, would you like to go... Back to mundaner matters here,

0:12:060:12:09

would you like to go first or second?

0:12:090:12:11

I think I would like to go first, yeah.

0:12:110:12:12

Philip, here we go. The singer Jerry Lee Lewis became famous

0:12:150:12:18

for playing which instrument during his performances?

0:12:180:12:21

Well, he certainly wasn't a famous guitar player

0:12:240:12:27

and he certainly had a very percussive style,

0:12:270:12:30

but it tended to be, I believe, more on the piano.

0:12:300:12:33

He'd sometimes play it with his feet as well.

0:12:330:12:36

I'm fairly confident that it's piano.

0:12:360:12:38

Piano is the right answer.

0:12:380:12:40

Judith, who described herself as Mrs Carter for a world tour in 2013?

0:12:420:12:48

Why on earth would they do that? To be incognito while travelling?

0:12:500:12:55

I should think it's probably Adele.

0:12:550:12:57

Barry knows this, I can tell. No?

0:12:570:13:00

-No.

-It's Beyonce because Jay-Z is Shawn Carter.

0:13:000:13:05

Judith, you're wrong. It's not Adele. It's Beyonce.

0:13:050:13:09

So, in the lead, Philip.

0:13:090:13:11

What was the second UK number-one single for Duran Duran?

0:13:110:13:15

Are you remembering it? Is that why you're in pain?

0:13:150:13:17

No, I didn't listen to pop music when I was young.

0:13:170:13:20

OK. I'm going to... I'm thinking about this.

0:13:220:13:25

Rio, I'm going to have to think of the videos.

0:13:250:13:27

Rio, that's going to be the one with the boat and one of them's

0:13:270:13:30

famous for sinking Drum, I think it was, wasn't it, the boat?

0:13:300:13:34

That's sort of in my mind quite strongly

0:13:340:13:36

because that was a big hit for them.

0:13:360:13:38

I suspect I'm wrong. I suspect I'm wrong here,

0:13:380:13:41

but I'm going to go for Rio.

0:13:410:13:43

I WAS listening when I was 15 and I would have said Rio, but it's wrong.

0:13:430:13:46

The Reflex.

0:13:460:13:48

I guess one of them wasn't a number one and we thought it was, probably.

0:13:480:13:52

Yep.

0:13:520:13:53

So, The Reflex is the answer. So, Judith, back to you.

0:13:530:13:56

The band Queensryche became a leading name

0:13:560:14:01

in which genre of music during the 1980s?

0:14:010:14:03

How do you spell that?

0:14:060:14:08

It's Queen and then S-R-Y-C-H-E.

0:14:080:14:12

Queensryche, all one word.

0:14:120:14:15

I don't know. God.

0:14:150:14:17

Heavy metal.

0:14:170:14:19

Of course. Yes. Heavy metal is the answer.

0:14:200:14:22

So, it's one-each after two questions, Philip.

0:14:220:14:24

-Get this one right, put some pressure on Miss Keppel.

-OK.

0:14:240:14:27

Which TV personality played the role of Albin in the West End production

0:14:270:14:32

of the musical La Cage aux Folles in early 2009?

0:14:320:14:37

I'm struggling for an answer here cos I'm not very good on musicals.

0:14:400:14:44

Now, I remember the film of La Cage aux Folles

0:14:440:14:46

That's not going to help me here because obviously what you've

0:14:460:14:49

got there is three very famous Irish comedians.

0:14:490:14:53

Which reminds me of something. I think I remember Graham Norton

0:14:530:14:56

talking about having some coaching

0:14:560:14:59

and having to prepare for a role.

0:14:590:15:03

Listen, I'm going to say Graham Norton, but I'm happy if I'm wrong.

0:15:030:15:06

I'm going to say Graham Norton.

0:15:060:15:08

My Radio 2 colleague Graham Norton will be pleased with your answer

0:15:080:15:11

cos it's right. Well done. Two out of three.

0:15:110:15:14

OK, Judith. If you get this one wrong, you'll be knocked out.

0:15:140:15:17

Which composer was appointed music director for Hamburg in 1721

0:15:170:15:22

and stayed there until his death in 1767?

0:15:220:15:25

Well, I think Handel was in England, so I don't think it was him.

0:15:310:15:35

I have a feeling that Telemann was earlier than that.

0:15:350:15:40

So I'm going to go JC Bach.

0:15:400:15:44

Bach is your answer. Do you know, Philip, this one?

0:15:440:15:46

Mine would honestly be a guess as well. I'd have said Telemann

0:15:460:15:49

-but I'm probably completely wrong.

-Telemann is the right answer.

0:15:490:15:52

I thought he was earlier.

0:15:520:15:54

Judith, one point out of three.

0:15:540:15:56

You've been knocked out by Philip.

0:15:560:15:57

Well, I'm not surprised.

0:15:570:15:59

Well done to you. You're in the final round and Judith is not.

0:16:010:16:04

Please, both of you, rejoin your teams and we'll play on.

0:16:040:16:07

We're heading for our last round before the final now.

0:16:080:16:11

As it stands, the Seer Greeners have lost one brain,

0:16:110:16:13

the Eggheads have lost two brains. You're playing well.

0:16:130:16:16

The next subject is Science.

0:16:160:16:18

-Who would like this?

-OK.

-I'm not sure

0:16:180:16:20

-anyone would like it!

-No-one wants it!

0:16:200:16:23

I think I'm going to take it, Jeremy.

0:16:230:16:24

-OK. Andy against which Egghead?

-We're going to get Barry working.

0:16:240:16:29

OK. Good choice, I'm sure.

0:16:290:16:31

Andy on Science from the Seer Greeners

0:16:310:16:33

versus Barry from the Eggheads.

0:16:330:16:35

Please go to the Question Room. We'll see who wins.

0:16:350:16:39

-Good luck, Andy.

-Thank you very much.

0:16:390:16:41

Would you like to go first or second?

0:16:410:16:42

I would love to go first, please, Jeremy.

0:16:420:16:45

Here we go with your first question. What term is usually given

0:16:470:16:50

to the unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour?

0:16:500:16:54

OK. So, my brain says nautical equals water

0:16:570:17:02

so I'm drawn towards a particular answer.

0:17:020:17:06

I'm going to go for knot.

0:17:060:17:09

Knot is the right answer. Well done. OK. Over to the Brain.

0:17:090:17:14

What type of graph shows the values of variables

0:17:140:17:17

by the height of rectangles of equal width?

0:17:170:17:20

Well, it's not a scatter diagram.

0:17:260:17:29

And believe it or not, would you know the person who was reputedly

0:17:290:17:32

the person who invented pie charts? That was Florence Nightingale.

0:17:320:17:36

-Really?

-Yes, she was a famous statistician.

0:17:360:17:39

That's sadly not the answer to this question. The answer is bar chart.

0:17:390:17:44

Barry, you're quite right. Bar chart it is.

0:17:440:17:47

OK. Over to you, Andy.

0:17:470:17:49

Which part of a horse contains a cannon bone?

0:17:490:17:52

Wow.

0:17:550:17:57

Horses are not...

0:17:570:17:59

a strong part of my knowledge.

0:17:590:18:01

I think the more obvious answer is leg but...

0:18:020:18:05

..do I go for leg or neck?

0:18:080:18:09

Cannon bone...

0:18:110:18:13

Er...

0:18:130:18:14

Neck.

0:18:160:18:18

-It is leg, Andy. Sorry.

-OK.

0:18:180:18:21

Barry.

0:18:210:18:23

Piloerection refers to which part of the body becoming raised?

0:18:230:18:28

Piloerection occurs when you receive a very severe fright

0:18:320:18:36

and it's your hair standing on end.

0:18:360:18:39

The hair stands on end, that is correct. Piloerection

0:18:390:18:42

is what it is. OK. Andy, your question.

0:18:420:18:44

In the double helix structure of DNA,

0:18:440:18:47

which nucleotide always bonds as a pair with adenine?

0:18:470:18:53

-And you need to get this one right to stay in.

-I do indeed.

0:18:580:19:01

And if you'd asked me this the best part of 30 years ago,

0:19:010:19:05

I would have jumped straight to the right answer

0:19:050:19:07

so I do know, obviously, those are the four constituent elements.

0:19:070:19:11

Not elements, but you know what I mean.

0:19:110:19:16

I think it's guanine.

0:19:160:19:17

-Let's see if Barry knows. Is it right, Barry?

-It's thymine.

0:19:190:19:23

Thymine is the right answer, Andy, sorry.

0:19:230:19:26

-Brain of Britain's knocked you out...

-Indeed.

0:19:260:19:28

..and he does love his science. Pat's good on science too.

0:19:280:19:31

But there's something about Barry and science, he actually loves it.

0:19:310:19:34

-Never mind.

-So, there we go. You're not in the final and Barry is.

0:19:340:19:37

Come back to us and we will play that final round.

0:19:370:19:39

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

0:19:410:19:43

It is time for the final round, which, as always,

0:19:430:19:46

is General Knowledge.

0:19:460:19:47

But those of you who lost your head-to-heads

0:19:470:19:49

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

0:19:490:19:51

So, Terry and Andy from the Seer Greeners

0:19:510:19:54

and also Judith and Kevin from the Eggheads,

0:19:540:19:56

would you please now leave the studio?

0:19:560:19:59

So, Rob, Simon and Philip, you are playing to win

0:20:000:20:03

the Seer Greeners £1,000.

0:20:030:20:05

Barry, Pat and Dave, you're playing for something that money can't buy,

0:20:050:20:09

the Eggheads' reputation.

0:20:090:20:11

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

0:20:110:20:14

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge

0:20:140:20:16

and you are allowed to confer.

0:20:160:20:18

So, Seer Greeners the question is,

0:20:180:20:20

are your three brains able to overcome the Eggheads three?

0:20:200:20:24

And would you like to go first or second?

0:20:240:20:26

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

0:20:260:20:28

OK. Here we go. Final round. Good luck.

0:20:300:20:33

Podgy Pig, Ming the dragon

0:20:330:20:34

and a woodland creature named Raggety are friends

0:20:340:20:39

of the title character of which comic strip

0:20:390:20:41

dating back to the 1920s?

0:20:410:20:44

It's Rupert Bear. I'm sure of it. It's definitely not Fred Bassett.

0:20:470:20:53

-It's not Andy Capp.

-Fred Bassett came later.

-Yeah, yeah.

0:20:530:20:56

-I would definitely go for Rupert Bear.

-Rupert Bear.

0:20:560:21:00

We're going to go with Rupert the Bear.

0:21:000:21:03

Rupert Bear is the right answer. Well done. One to you.

0:21:030:21:06

First question for the Eggheads.

0:21:060:21:08

The popular reading books for young children launched in 1949 were based

0:21:080:21:13

on the characters Janet and who?

0:21:130:21:16

-John.

-Janet and John, aren't they?

-Yep?

-Yep.

0:21:190:21:23

We think that's John.

0:21:230:21:25

John is the right answer.

0:21:260:21:28

They may get harder.

0:21:280:21:29

Your second question.

0:21:290:21:31

Seer Greeners, in which borough of New York City

0:21:310:21:34

is the Museum of Modern Art located?

0:21:340:21:37

-I'm drawn to...

-Let's think about it. In Manhattan, you've got

0:21:410:21:44

the Guggenheim, haven't you?

0:21:440:21:46

-You've definitely got the Guggenheim.

-There's the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

0:21:460:21:50

-Can we rule out Queens?

-Yeah.

0:21:500:21:53

I'm pretty sure it's not Queens.

0:21:530:21:55

I'm drawn to Brooklyn because of its association with art generally.

0:21:550:21:58

-Yeah.

-But Manhattan is the centre.

0:21:580:22:02

Would you have a big museum in New York outside of Manhattan?

0:22:020:22:05

Like you say, Brooklyn is sort of the... It's more left-field.

0:22:050:22:09

-A bit more bohemian, isn't it?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:22:090:22:11

-It's probably going to be Manhattan...

-It probably will be.

0:22:110:22:14

..where you get the vast majority of the tourists and the visitors.

0:22:140:22:18

Shall we go with Manhattan?

0:22:180:22:19

-I don't want to push you to it?

-I'm happy to go with Manhattan.

0:22:190:22:22

Manhattan?

0:22:220:22:23

Personally, I don't know, but my colleagues here...

0:22:250:22:28

We think it's Manhattan.

0:22:280:22:30

-That's see about these Eggs. Barry? Pat?

-Manhattan.

-Manhattan.

0:22:300:22:33

-Manhattan is the right answer. Well done.

-Thank goodness.

0:22:330:22:35

We got there, boys.

0:22:350:22:37

Slowly but surely.

0:22:370:22:38

Eggheads, your question. What is the name of the teacher

0:22:380:22:41

played by Greg Davis in the TV sitcom The Inbetweeners?

0:22:410:22:45

-Have you seen it?

-Never.

0:22:480:22:50

I've seen a small fraction of one episode and he didn't appear.

0:22:500:22:54

All I would say...

0:22:540:22:56

Mr Robert sounds more...

0:22:560:22:58

contrived than Gilbert and Herbert as a surname.

0:22:580:23:01

So, Gilbert or Herbert. If you were going to take the mickey

0:23:030:23:06

out of somebody who's a teacher, it would be Herbert.

0:23:060:23:09

A right Herbert, that sort of thing.

0:23:090:23:11

-I like the idea of taking the mickey out of somebody.

-That's a guess.

0:23:110:23:14

I've no idea.

0:23:140:23:16

We're completely at sea, Jeremy,

0:23:160:23:18

and we're going to go for Mr Herbert with great confidence.

0:23:180:23:21

-Do you watch it, guys?

-Yeah, we do.

-Ah, what's the answer?

0:23:210:23:24

-My instinct's Mr Gilbert.

-Mr Gilbert, yeah.

0:23:240:23:26

Mr Gilbert is the answer, Eggheads.

0:23:260:23:28

Your chance to win on this question. Beat the Eggheads.

0:23:300:23:34

Almazbek Atambayev was elected president of which country in 2011?

0:23:340:23:41

Personally, I'm drawn between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

0:23:440:23:49

Any recollection of any elections in either of those two countries?

0:23:490:23:52

I agree we should rule out Mongolia.

0:23:520:23:56

Um... Kyrgyzstan...

0:23:560:23:59

"Bek."

0:23:590:24:01

I hadn't heard of that until...

0:24:010:24:03

-Could we hear the name again, please, Jeremy?

-Yeah.

0:24:030:24:05

Almazbek Atambayev was elected president of which country in 2011?

0:24:050:24:10

Ah. I tell you what, "E-V", so it's more Russian, isn't it?

0:24:100:24:15

So, are we veering more towards...

0:24:150:24:18

MUTTERING

0:24:180:24:20

-Shall we go Uzbekistan?

-Yeah. Uzbekistan.

0:24:220:24:25

It's a slightly educated guess, but we are going with Uzbekistan.

0:24:260:24:31

Are they right?

0:24:310:24:33

Don't know.

0:24:330:24:35

-Kyrgyzstan.

-Never mind.

0:24:350:24:38

I could see how the "bek" was the shred of a clue. Drew you in there.

0:24:380:24:44

Kyrgyzstan. Tough question that. OK. Eggheads, if you get this one wrong,

0:24:450:24:48

the contest is over. Chinese Girl, or Green Lady,

0:24:480:24:53

which became one of the world's most reproduced prints,

0:24:530:24:57

is a 1952 work by which artist?

0:24:570:25:00

-It's Tretchikoff.

-OK. Yep, that's fine.

0:25:060:25:09

That's Vladimir Tretchikoff.

0:25:090:25:13

We had it on the wall of my lounge for about 20 years.

0:25:130:25:16

OK. All right. Well, yes, you're right. Vladimir Tretchikoff

0:25:160:25:19

is the right answer. I won't tease you, if you really are sure.

0:25:190:25:22

Tretchikoff is right. So, two points.

0:25:220:25:24

After three questions for you both, we go to Sudden Death,

0:25:240:25:26

Seer Greeners, which means it becomes a bit harder.

0:25:260:25:29

-I don't give you alternative answers.

-Right.

0:25:290:25:32

Which London restaurant opened in 1967 is named after

0:25:320:25:36

a character from Les Miserables?

0:25:360:25:38

Right. You know Les Miserables.

0:25:380:25:40

Quaglino's?

0:25:400:25:42

Is Quaglino in Les Miserables?

0:25:420:25:46

Is it in the book or the musical, that's the question?

0:25:460:25:49

You need a French restaurant as well. Gavroche!

0:25:490:25:53

Must be La Gavroche cos Gavroche, I think,

0:25:530:25:56

-is the arresting officer. Try it.

-Absolutely.

0:25:560:25:59

My learned friend here on the left suggested it might be La Gavroche.

0:25:590:26:04

-Le Gavroche is correct.

-Fantastic. Well done, Phil.

0:26:040:26:07

Well done. Well played. Gavroche.

0:26:070:26:09

OK. So...

0:26:090:26:10

you're on the back foot again, Eggheads.

0:26:100:26:13

In Greek mythology, who rescued Andromeda

0:26:130:26:17

after she'd been chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster?

0:26:170:26:22

-Perseus.

-Perseus, yeah. It is Perseus, isn't it?

-That was Perseus.

0:26:220:26:27

Perseus is the right answer.

0:26:270:26:28

Sorry!

0:26:280:26:30

They are hard to throw off.

0:26:300:26:34

Hadrian's Villa or the Villa Adriana

0:26:340:26:37

is in which town roughly 30km north-east of Rome?

0:26:370:26:42

OK. We need all the help we can get. So, let's think about it.

0:26:420:26:45

Think of wines, football teams.

0:26:450:26:47

We've got Lazio... You've got...

0:26:470:26:49

-How far out of Rome is that?

-That's close.

0:26:490:26:52

-Too near?

-Not far enough.

0:26:520:26:54

Hadrian's Villa or Villa Adriana...

0:26:550:26:58

It's obviously...

0:26:580:27:01

-He's an emperor so...

-I don't know.

0:27:020:27:05

I'm drawn to...

0:27:050:27:07

..Pisa but that's probably too far north.

0:27:080:27:11

No, Pisa's not that close to Rome. Can't be.

0:27:110:27:14

Castel Gandolfo. Is Gandolfo a town?

0:27:140:27:17

-Try it.

-Try Gandolfo.

0:27:170:27:19

I don't know if it's a town. Sorry.

0:27:190:27:21

Wild stab in the dark. Gandolfo.

0:27:210:27:24

-Eggheads, do you know?

-Tivoli.

-Tivoli.

0:27:250:27:28

All right. So, Eggheads,

0:27:280:27:30

your chance to take the contest.

0:27:300:27:31

Here's your question. In which year did the so-called

0:27:310:27:34

Zinoviev Letter create a scandal when it was published

0:27:340:27:37

by the Daily Mail four days before a British general election?

0:27:370:27:41

-1924.

-I think '24.

-1924. The date came into both of our heads.

0:27:410:27:45

Before Ramsay MacDonald. Tried to discredit him, didn't he?

0:27:450:27:48

-Well, it's come into my mind.

-'24 came straight into my head.

0:27:480:27:52

We'll go with that. We're going with 1924.

0:27:520:27:55

1924 is the...

0:27:550:27:57

right answer. We say congratulations, Eggheads.

0:27:570:27:59

You have won.

0:27:590:28:01

Well, I must say, you played a brilliant game.

0:28:050:28:08

-It was just so entertaining to watch the way you did it.

-It was close.

0:28:080:28:11

Yes, it was close. No question.

0:28:110:28:13

You got Kevin out, the three of them...

0:28:130:28:14

-You wobbled a bit, didn't you, Eggs?

-Just a little.

0:28:140:28:17

Commiserations, Seer Greeners. The Eggheads have done what comes,

0:28:170:28:20

I'll say, naturally, to them.

0:28:200:28:22

Doesn't feel that way at the moment.

0:28:220:28:24

They do reign supreme over quizland once again.

0:28:240:28:27

I'm afraid it means you won't be going home with your £1,000,

0:28:270:28:30

so the money rolls over to our next show. Eggheads, congratulations.

0:28:300:28:33

I wonder when you will be beaten?

0:28:330:28:35

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

0:28:350:28:38

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

0:28:380:28:40

£2,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.

0:28:400:28:44

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS