Episode 98 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

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

pit their wits against possibly

the greatest quiz team in Britain.

They are the Eggheads.

And, taking on our quiz champions today are

The Pirates. Now, this team of friends are all

members of the Pirate Society

at the University of Sussex.

Let's meet them.

I'm Anamelia, I'm 21 and I'm an English Literature student.

I'm Jodie, I'm 24 and I'm a checkout operator.

I'm Ben, I'm 24 and I'm a doctor.

I'm Chris, I'm 24 and I'm a physics student.

I'm Patrick, I'm 20 and I'm a chemistry student.

So, Anamelia and team, welcome. Good to see you.

How do we greet each other if you're pirates?

I'm trying to think. Ooh, ah, or...

-Ahoy!

-Ahoy!

-Ahoy!

"Ooh, ah" is not pirate, is it?

LAUGHTER

See, I'm new to this.

So why does your university have a Pirate Society?

Well, it was founded about six years ago over

a couple of drinks by some of the members we've got here,

just, really, for fun.

A lot of societies have quite strict rules and things

and we just wanted something to have fun.

So, you can go around as pirates sometimes

-and do normal things in a pirate costume?

-Yeah.

I mean, we kind of have pub crawls,

we have quizzes,

scavenger hunts, things like that.

So, it's kind of just a variety of things while dressed as pirates.

Oh, right. And also, quizzing with this lot as pirates!

That's the key thing. We should have got you to dress up, Eggheads.

LAUGHTER

As what? Humpty Dumptys?

No, as pirates as well. With hats and everything.

-That would have been a sight.

-Let's see how you do here.

Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash

up for grabs for our Challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Pirates, the Eggheads have won the last two games,

which means that £3,000 says you can't beat them today.

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

Which pirate would like Politics?

-I think Chris. Chris, Chris.

-Do we have any politics as pirates?

I think that's probably going to me, yes.

OK, Chris, against which Egghead?

Here they all are.

Who looks most frightened of pirates?

LAUGHTER

I'm thinking either Kevin or Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

-What do you reckon?

-PATRICK:

-I reckon Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

-BEN:

-Get TKD out the way.

Tremendous Knowledge Dave, I think, please.

Let's see if you can make him walk the plank.

That's what I'm scared of.

OK, so, Tremendous Knowledge Dave against Chris the Pirate.

We've never done this before.

To ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in the Question Room.

Don't think we've had one like this before, Dave, have we?

We haven't had one at all! They've got brilliant costumes.

I need to get some like that.

We need some cutlasses in here or something, if it gets nasty.

Absolutely.

All right, Chris, you choose the first or second set of questions.

I'll take the first.

Here we go and good luck to your team.

Which of these US presidents served as governor of Arkansas

for most of the 1980s? Was it...

I'm thinking, George Bush is Texas.

I know Reagan was a cowboy actor,

so he'd be Southern.

I'm going to...

It'd be a guess, but I'll go with Bill Clinton.

Bill Clinton is the right answer.

-BEN:

-Oh, nicely done, Chris!

I think the George HW Bush there

is the older Bush, though, isn't it?

That's right. Bush Senior.

So, he was Nixon's deputy and all that.

He wasn't a Texas governor like his son.

No, I mean... Think his official

home state is Connecticut.

-New England, anyway.

-Yeah.

Anyway, you're right with Bill Clinton, Chris. Well done.

The first blood to you.

Should I say that, though, with you in a pirate costume and all?

Tremendous Knowledge Dave, here's your question.

What term is sometimes used by political commentators to

describe politically minded members of the middle class? Is it...

It's the chattering classes.

Chattering classes is correct.

Over to you, Chris.

Which of these parliaments sits in the town of Douglas? Is it...

The town of Douglas immediately makes me think Scottish, but...

..none of those names sound...

I suppose, of the three, Tynwald sounds...

Well, Tynwald sounds more Scandinavian.

So does Knesset.

Duma doesn't sound particularly Scottish, either. So...

Guessing I'm thinking probably the wrong parliament.

I think, again, it would have to be another guess. And...

..probably go with Tynwald.

Tyn-velt, Tyne-wald, Tin-wald.

So many pronunciations.

Doesn't matter, it's the right answer. Well done.

OK, let's just work this one out.

Because Knesset is Israel and Duma is Russia, but where is Tynwald?

-EGGHEADS:

-Isle of Man.

-Isle of Man!

-Douglas, Isle of Man.

Douglas on the Isle of Man, Chris.

OK, you've probably at some point

boarded the Isle of Man, have you?

-It's on our list.

-Yeah.

Dave,

in a 2012 publicity stunt,

Vladimir Putin took to a hang glider

to help which creatures with their migration? Was it...

I've not heard of this at all.

Why would he take to a hang glider

with Siberian tigers or wolves?

I'll go with Siberian cranes.

Obviously, the daftest answer of the day, but, hey, why not?

No, it's correct.

-Siberian cranes it is.

-Oh, right!

OK, Chris, your question.

Get this one right, put a bit of pressure on our non-pirate.

The 1949 Treaty of London

was instrumental in setting up which body? Is it...

1949, that's after the end of the Second World War.

But only... Not by much.

NATO was the body that replaced the League of Nations,

which predated the Second World War, I think.

We got taught all this stuff in History,

it's been a long time!

I'm pretty sure the Warsaw Pact was named after

the place where it was signed.

I'm going to go with the Council of Europe.

Yeah, good play, Chris.

You got it right.

Council of Europe is the right answer.

OK, Dave, if you get this one wrong, you're out.

Yeah.

In France, what word is used to describe the event of a former

civil servant moving into the private sector? Is it...

I think it's either equipage or arbitrage,

but I might have to walk the plank here!

Equipage.

-No, it's not!

-Arbitrage.

No, you've ruled out the only one...

-Pantouflage?

-Yes, pantouflage!

Hey, I've been captured.

You've been captured, you've been run up the flagpole,

whatever else you want to say. You're in the crow's nest, with...

I don't know what happens to humiliate the ship's

passengers who behave badly.

-But it's happened to you, Dave.

-It has.

You've been knocked out by a pirate.

LAUGHTER

We've never had that before.

Well done, Chris. You're in the final round.

Please both of you come back and rejoin your teams.

So, Anamelia, what sort of punishment for

an Egghead who misbehaves?

My favourite one is keelhauling.

Which is where something horrible happens?

Yeah.

You're kind of tied to the front of the ship and dragged

under it, which would be really, really painful.

And they laugh while they do it, do they?

LAUGHTER

-Make the best of a bad situation.

-Yeah.

As it stands, the Pirates have not lost a brain from the final round.

This is a good start, guys. The Eggheads have lost one.

The next subject for you is Music.

Who would like Music?

It's not all that accordion stuff you get on the ships.

LAUGHTER

-OK, guys.

-This is where we're pretty evenly...

-Yeah.

We've got other categories that we're stronger in.

It's likely to be more popular music.

Yeah, which is where you and me are probably going to be stronger.

So, one of you two want to take it?

Shall I take it, because you can do the literature? I can't.

-If it comes up, yeah.

-Yeah?

-Sounds sensible.

-OK.

-Everyone in agreement?

-Yeah.

-Aye.

-Aye!

A very democratic group of pirates, I must say. Is that you, Jodie?

-It is.

-OK, against which Egghead? It can't be Dave.

-CHRIS:

-If we think our strength is going to be popular music,

we should probably pick an Egghead,

who we think is going to be less strong on that.

Yeah. So, I'm thinking Chris or Daphne.

-I'd say Chris.

-Chris?

-Yeah.

-JODIE:

-OK. Why not?

I can tell you watch the programme, for a start,

and were obviously thinking very carefully here.

So it's going to be Jodie, am I right,

from the Pirates against Chris -

you've been called into action - from the Eggheads?

And, to ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions.

-Jodie, good luck on this one.

-Thank you very much.

-We're all liking the hair, the pirate hair.

-My wig.

I wasn't going to ask straight out, to be honest.

I thought I was in danger there.

So, it's not totally yours?

No, my hair is short and very red.

It looks jolly pretty.

Thank you very much.

As does yours, Chris. I blurted out.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

OK, so Music and Jodie,

would you like to choose to go first or second?

I'll go second, please.

Good luck to you both.

Chris, your question.

Which Nottingham-born singer had his first UK number one

album in 2012 at the age of 18? Is it...

Well, Paolo Nutini, I think is Scottish.

Ed Sheeran I think's Irish.

So it's got to be Jake Bugg.

Jake Bugg is the right answer. Yeah, I gather he's really good.

I haven't heard much of his stuff. OK, Jodie,

which Disney song begins with the line,

"Now, I'm the king of the swingers, oh, the jungle VIP"?

Is it...

It's I Wanna Be Like You.

I absolutely love Disney, so this is pretty easy.

What's the movie, do you remember?

It's Jungle Book.

Jungle Book, of course. I Wanna Be Like You.

Chris, your question.

To which company did the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

belong in the song made popular by The Andrews Sisters?

It's the Boogie Woogie boo... Get it right.

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B.

Of the US Army.

So funny. I was sure it was Company C.

But Company B is correct.

OK, Pirates. Jodie, specifically.

Here we go. Take him broadsides.

The businessman James Palumbo

is best known as the co-founder of which nightclub and record label?

Is it...

OK, I don't actually know the answer to this one.

However, I have heard of the Ministry of Sound,

so I'm going to go with that one.

And you're right! Ministry of Sound it is.

THEY CHEER AND APPLAUD

OK, Chris, your question.

Who wrote the song Days,

which was a chart hit for Kirsty MacColl in 1989?

Was it...

# Days I'll remember all my life... #

That was Ray Davies of The Kinks.

Ray Davies.

Ray Davies of The Kinks is right.

Cracking on here, aren't we?

Jodie, your question. Playing well, but get this right,

otherwise you're out.

Benjamin Grosvenor, who was a finalist at

the BBC 2004 Young Musician of the Year awards

at the age of 11 is best known for playing which instrument?

Is it...

Again, I'm not really sure on the answer to this one.

For some reason, violin just jumped into my head,

so I'm going to take a bit of a wild stab and go for that one.

Let's see if Chris knows. Is she right?

I think he was a pianist, wasn't he?

Yes, he played the piano, Benjamin Grosvenor.

So, Jodie, I'm sorry, you've been knocked out.

And, Chris will be in the final round.

Please, both of you, come back and we'll play on.

So, as it stands, the Pirates have one overboard from the final round.

The Eggheads have also lost one. Let's see what happens next.

The next subject is Film & Television for you, Pirates.

Who would like this?

Right, do we want to hold out

-for another thing that we might be strong on?

-It's up to you.

It's going to be how the questions fall again.

-There's no way to say one of us is strong at this.

-Yeah.

We've just got to take a chance...

As it breaks down at the moment,

if the next round is something literature-based, and you

take the Film & TV round...

-JODIE:

-We're going to be really stuck.

-Yeah.

-BEN:

-Who's got the broader knowledge base out of me and Paddy?

It's pretty even.

You said you liked food and drink, as well.

I think I've got slightly more breadth.

-PATRICK:

-I'll try this. I can't promise, but I'll give it a shot.

Want to go for Paddy, then? OK.

OK, Patrick against which Egghead?

I don't think there's ever been much between Daphne or Kevin.

I'd rather go with Kevin.

-CHRIS:

-You'd rather go with Kevin?

-Go for it.

-Your call, mate.

-Right, Kevin. OK. Against a pirate.

-Yeah.

-I'll get tooled up before I go over.

-Yeah, exactly.

Get your weapons ready.

Patrick, from the Pirates, versus Kevin of the Eggheads.

What's going to happen here? Please go to the Question Room.

-Good outfit, Patrick.

-Thank you.

And as I broached the topic of hair with Jodie, I can ask you.

-That is your own beard and moustache?

-It is, indeed.

And in what circumstances do you dress as a pirate?

Because I read somewhere that you go shopping as a pirate.

Yeah. It's pretty much whenever I'm awake, if I feel like it.

I'll go to lectures, just go into town, go shopping, go to the pier.

Anything I like, really.

Good, OK. Good luck in this round against Kevin.

Film & Television, Patrick.

You can choose the first or second set of questions.

I'll go first, please.

Here we go.

"This time next year we'll be millionaires"

is a well-known quote from which TV sitcom?

Is it...

Quite a big fan of the series.

It's Only Fools and Horses.

Yeah, well done.

Made probably before you were born, I should think.

It was, indeed. Parents brought me up to speed on it.

-So, your parents introduced you to it?

-They did indeed, yes.

Great. Good useful knowledge.

All right, Kevin, your question.

The 2012 film Argo concerns an American

and Canadian operation to rescue hostages

from which country? Is it...

Yes, I've seen this. I thought it was a very good film.

And it won Best Picture at the Oscars in 2013.

It's set in Iran.

Yes. Produced and directed by... You remember the guy?

Ben Affleck.

Ben Affleck, who was also in it.

Which saves money, I guess.

Iran is the right answer.

One each. Back to you, Patrick.

Which 2012 film received Academy Award nominations

in all four acting categories,

the first to do so since Reds, 31 years earlier.

Is it...

I don't actually know.

I'm afraid I'm just going to have to go with the only one I've

heard of, which would be Lincoln.

It was actually Silver Linings Playbook. OK.

Here's your question, Kevin.

Which award-winning US TV drama is based on the

Israeli programme Prisoners of War?

Is it...

I'm glad you asked that, because I've been trying to member what the

Israeli one was called, strangely enough.

But the US series that's based on it

is Homeland.

Homeland is correct.

OK, over to you, Patrick.

You've got to get this one right, or Kevin has won.

The actress daughter of the musician Phil Collins, known for playing

Snow White in the 2012 film Mirror Mirror,

has which first name? Is it...

Now, this is very annoying. I've seen this film, so I should know.

I'm trying to find one that sort of rings a bell.

Just trying to visualise the DVD cover in my head.

I'm fairly certain it's not Lily.

Aww! No!

I'm going to go with Linda.

Linda.

When you said, "I'm fairly certain it's not Lily," there was

a bit of a reaction among your team-mates.

Because the name is?

-Lily.

-Lily, Lily, Lily it is.

So, Patrick, sorry.

With two wrong, you can't come back.

Kevin will be in the final.

If you return to us, we will play the next round.

So, as it stands, the Pirates have lost two brains from that final.

The Eggheads have lost one brain.

The next subject is Arts & Books.

Who would like this?

-We know...

-We know this one.

That would be me.

-OK, Anamelia. That's what you were hoping for?

-Yeah.

Good. Against which Egghead?

It can be Judith or Daphne.

Judith would probably do better out of the two.

-That's my personal view.

-Plus, that way...

We've got to think general knowledge, as well.

If we're going to knock one out,

who's got broader cover?

I think we're more likely to knock out Daphne than Judith.

-OK, go for it.

-Daphne.

OK, so Anamelia against Daphne.

-Did you hear much of that conversation, Daphne?

-No.

That's OK, that's probably a good thing.

Anamelia from the Pirates versus Daphne from the Eggheads.

And, to ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions in the Question Room.

Anamelia, you're studying English Lit, aren't you?

Yes, I am indeed.

-At the aforementioned University of Sussex.

-Yeah.

And what kind of books on your course?

Well, at the moment, I'm doing three modules.

One is pulp culture, so it's American fiction.

One is the novel, so it's important novels through history and the

last one is tragedy, so it's Greek plays, more modern tragedy as well.

And any classic novel you discovered for yourself that you loved?

When I was younger, I used to read Jane Austen,

but kind of...

studying it's made me hate it, just a bit.

So, Arts & Books. Anamelia, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go second, please.

OK, Daphne. Here is your first question. Which of the following

literary adjectives describes a nightmarish or oppressive situation?

I think that's Kafkaesque.

Kafkaesque is the right answer.

Anamelia, over to you.

The first draft of which classic novel

was known as Elinor and Marianne?

Um...

Right. Well, it wasn't Little Women.

Erm...

I don't think it would be Kidnapped but...

I just spoke about Austen.

I'm going to go for Sense and Sensibility.

Yup, bang on.

-There we are.

-Well done!

Your opinion of Jane Austen is suddenly improved.

She helped you out.

Daphne, your question.

In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,

Vernon and Petunia Dursley

live on which road?

Well, I've never read any Harry Potter,

but I do believe it's Privet Drive.

-Number four?

-Do you remember the number, Anamelia?

Yeah, it's 4 Privet Drive.

I'm a massive Harry Potter fan.

4 Privet Drive it is.

You're right, Daphne.

Privet Drive is the road. OK.

Anamelia, it's your question.

The Hollow is a mystery novel and play by which writer?

Mystery's making me think Agatha Christie,

but I haven't actually read any.

Also, possibly Arthur Conan Doyle,

although he's most famous for Sherlock Holmes.

Um, CS Lewis I know was kind of more religious writing and Narnia,

so I don't think it's CS Lewis.

Um, so, I'm kind of...

torn between Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Erm...

I'm trying to think plays...

Er...

It's quite difficult.

I'm really not sure about this. Um...

I'm going to go for Arthur Conan Doyle.

Author of Sherlock Holmes, of course.

He did not write The Hollow though. It was the great Agatha Christie.

Sorry, Anamelia.

If Daphne get this one right, she's in the final round.

Daphne, who painted View of Auvers-sur-Oise

which was stolen from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford

on New Year's Eve, 1999?

I'll give you the painting name again.

View of Auvers-sur-Oise.

That's A-U-V-E-R-S hyphen

S-U-R hypen

O-I-S-E.

Who painted it?

I think it's Cezanne.

Why do you say that?

Well, it's not van Gogh.

Um...

I've just got a memory that a Cezanne painting was stolen.

Paul Cezanne is the correct answer. Well done.

And because Daphne went first, there's no way back for you,

Anamelia, I'm afraid. So she has taken that round.

But if you come back to us, we will play the final.

So, we reach the moment of the final round, everyone.

-Are you ready for this?

-Yep.

-This is what we've been playing towards.

As always, it's General Knowledge.

I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads, though,

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

So, Anamelia, Jodie and Patrick from the Pirates

and Dave from the Eggheads, would you please now leave the studio?

OK. Ben and Chris, you're playing to win the Pirates £3,000.

Judith, Kevin, Daphne and Chris, you're playing for something

that money can't buy which is the Eggheads' reputation.

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

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge

and you are allowed to confer.

So, Pirates, the question is,

are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

-Do you want to go first or second?

-We'll go first.

Here we go. Good luck to you.

Which of these phrases means a broad guise to a certain situation?

Something anatomy related had to come up for me, didn't it?

I will let you take the lead on this one, doctor.

-It's rule of thumb, Jeremy.

-Rule of thumb is the right answer.

Well done. If you'd got that wrong, that would have been painful.

OK. Your question, Eggheads.

In February, 2013, the makers of the Monopoly board game announced

that the playing piece shaped like an iron was to be replaced by what?

-It's a cat.

-It's a cat, isn't it?

-Cat.

-It's a cat?

Daphne says it is definitely a cat.

Cat is the right answer. Poor old iron. Gone.

Here we go with your second question, Pirates.

Keep being piratical.

Which of these footballers became well-known for his signature

robot dance when celebrating a goal?

-Peter Crouch.

-I remember this. Peter Crouch.

-It was all over the headlines.

-It was a huge thing.

-So, so many different shots of it online.

-Hundreds of YouTube videos.

It's Mr Robot, Peter Crouch.

Peter Crouch is the right answer. OK. Your question, Eggheads.

Let's see whether you just

shiver your timbers.

Scripophily is the study and collection

of what type of certificates?

-Stocks and bonds.

-Stocks and bonds, definitely.

-Is it?

-Stocks and bonds.

It's stocks and bonds.

Stocks and bonds is correct.

OK. You got that right. Two-all.

You're going to need to try and shake them off now.

Cutlasses out.

What name is given to the form of divination

by means of a rod or wand?

-Oh, dear.

-I was a lot more confident on that before I heard the options.

What was your gut feeling before the options came out?

-My gut feeling was that I'd know the answer if I saw it.

-Ah.

-I've changed my mind slightly.

-It's all about what the prefix is.

So, "rhabdo" implies red.

-That would be blood, wouldn't it?

-Well, I'm going on what

-I know from rhabdomyolysis which is muscle breakdown.

-Yep.

Lecanomancy...

"Carro" I think is cross.

Well, that is probably it then.

because the divination with sticks is done with two crossed over.

Lecanomancy... Just trying to think what that might mean.

If it's rhabdomancy, I'm going to be so very embarrassed.

If "carro" means cross then

-I would be very tempted by it.

-I'm not 100% sure about that,

but somewhere in the far reaches of my brain,

that's saying cross to me.

-OK.

-Shall we chance it and go for carromancy?

For lack of a better option.

Carromancy, Jeremy.

Carromancy is the wrong answer. Eggheads, which one is it? Daphne?

-Rhabdomancy.

-Oh, no.

She says rhabdomancy. It is rhabdomancy.

-Oh, dear.

-Rhabdomancy is the right answer. Sorry, guys.

Gives Eggheads a chance to

defeat you finally in this very interesting battle

that we've had between the Eggheads and the Pirates. Here we go,

Eggheads. Your third question. In which US state was the so-called

Hole-in-the-Wall where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's hideout

was located?

-Wyoming.

-Wyoming.

-Wyoming.

-It's Wyoming.

It's Wyoming.

We start with the Pirates and we end with the cowboys.

Wyoming is the right answer. We say congratulations, Eggheads.

You have won.

Commiserations, Pirates. It often is the third question

on the final round that does it.

So, rhabdomancy, carromancy... Yes, whatever lecanomancy is,

I don't know. But we say bad luck to you.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them

and they still reign supreme over quizland.

-It's been fantastic to see your team.

-Thank you.

We must have more teams dressed up like this.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £3,000

which means the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

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

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£4,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.