0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is - can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33They are the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36And taking on our quiz champions today are Battle Squad Awesome
0:00:36 > 0:00:38from Lincolnshire.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40This team of friends share a passion for quizzing
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and regularly attend local quiz events.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46They're developing quite a reputation as they have not lost
0:00:46 > 0:00:50since adopting their current team name. Let's meet them.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Ben, I'm 38, and I'm a council visiting officer.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Val, I'm 67 and I'm a retired health visitor.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm Martin, I'm 41 and I'm an employability teacher.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Hi, I'm Julie, I'm 40 and a personal assistant.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Hi, I'm Ricky, I'm 38 and I'm a supply teacher.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Welcome to you, Battle Squad Awesome.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Mentioning your current team name, how did you come up with that?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20It was a combination of all of us.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24We regard ourselves as a team of quizzing superheroes,
0:01:24 > 0:01:28out to vanquish the evil opposition, so that is the battle part.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30We have a number of players who often join us
0:01:30 > 0:01:33and we are the elite players of the squad
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- and we regard ourselves as a little bit awesome.- OK.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Well, have you seen the cartoons they did a while back of the Eggheads?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43They're superheroes, too, with their capes
0:01:43 > 0:01:47and wearing their underpants over their trousers. Some of them still are doing that!
0:01:49 > 0:01:52OK, Battle Squad Awesome, best of luck to you today.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Every day there is £1,000 of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03So Battle Squad Awesome, the Eggheads have won the last 11 games.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06That means £12,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Let's start, shall we, with our opening round.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10The first head-to-head,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Battle Squad, is going to be on the subject of Film & Television.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Who are you going to send into battle?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- VAL:- Ooh. - JULIE:- Who did we decide?
0:02:19 > 0:02:23- This is me, do we think? - That's Ben.- Yes. - Off you go, Captain Clark.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25As captain, I will put myself forward.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- OK, Ben, choose an Egghead, any one of the five.- Who do we think?
0:02:28 > 0:02:33- I think you should take on TKD. - ALL AGREE
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- TKD, please.- TKD.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Tremendous Knowledge Dave, OK.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Against Ben from Battle Squad Awesome.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43It's getting an awfully long introduction here, isn't it?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Let's have Ben and Dave into the question room, please.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51So, Ben, from Battle Squad Awesome, what kind of films do you like?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53All those superhero movies that have been out?
0:02:53 > 0:02:58I am rather partial to those, and thrillers and the Bond films, as well.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01OK. Do you want to go first or second in this round?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02I will go first.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Best of luck, Ben, here is your first question.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11What is the usual name for a filmed audition to decide
0:03:11 > 0:03:13if an actor is suitable for a film role?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Well, I've heard that phrase bandied about in the past.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I don't think it's star test.
0:03:23 > 0:03:29And I'm fairly confident I can eliminate set test.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32So my answer would be screen test.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35OK, and you've passed that test. It's the right answer.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Yes, first question successfully under your belt.
0:03:39 > 0:03:45Dave, which comedy character is the star of the 2013 film subtitled Alpha Papa?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53I think it's alliterative and it's Alan Partridge.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Alan Partridge is the right answer. Yes.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Alpha Papa.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01OK, second question for you, Ben.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Ruth Watson was the first person to have what television title?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Well, I've heard of all those titles.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I don't think it's Queen Of Shops.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I only her a very limited knowledge of the Hotel Inspector.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Supernanny is ringing more bells with me, so I will say Supernanny.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28OK, Supernanny for Ruth Watson.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32One or two muted groans from Battle Squad Awesome. It is what?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- ALL: Hotel Inspector. - It's the Hotel Inspector, Ben.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I think it was the other one you were toying with.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41You ruled out Queen Of Shops. That is Mary Portas. So nothing there.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43How will Dave do with his?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Dave, what is the subtitle of the 2004 reimagining
0:04:47 > 0:04:49of the film Dirty Dancing?
0:04:54 > 0:04:59- Surprisingly, this remake or sequel passed me by(!)- I wonder why!
0:04:59 > 0:05:05Obviously, I was looking forward to it, waiting all those years(!)
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I don't like the look of Mexico Mornings.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Nothing against Mexico in the morning,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14but just the title I'm talking about.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Vegas Days would probably suit me,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19but I'm having a go at Havana Nights.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Reimagining of Dirty Dancing in 2004,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Havana Nights.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26You got it, Dave. So you have that lead.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29We need Ben to get this one.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Which actress received the first
0:05:31 > 0:05:36of her not Oscar nominations for her role in the film Edward, My Son?
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Well, I can safely say I have never heard of that film.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48And I haven't heard of two of those names on that list.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53So I will go with the one I have heard of, which is Elizabeth Taylor.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Dave, have you heard of Edward, My Son?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58No, but I'd hazard a guess at Deborah Kerr,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01because she had a lot of Oscar nominations
0:06:01 > 0:06:05without picking up the statuette, so that would be my answer.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09OK, that would've been your answer, but Ben's is Elizabeth Taylor.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Who's right?
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Dave. It's not Elizabeth Taylor, it is Deborah Kerr.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Which means we are shutting this round down for business, Ben.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20You have lost your place in the game.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23You won't be playing in the final round. Dave, you will be there.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Would you both please come back and join your teams.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28First scalp to the Eggheads.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31It means Battle Squad Awesome have lost one brain from the final round.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35The Eggheads are all there. Our second round today is Science.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38So who would like to play this from Battle Squad Awesome?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39THEY CONFER
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- Val?- Yes. - Stay with us, Val.- Oh, sorry.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- You need an opponent. I'm sure you'd like one.- Yes, I'd like one.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- Who were we going to have?- I think our plan of action called for Chris.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53No, Chris is really good at science!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55He'll be good at anything!
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Pretty much.- It'll have to be Chris, then, because they say so.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- I like Battle Squad Awesome having a plan of action, which you would do.- Oh, yes.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07And the plan of action involves Val taking out Chris on Science.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Let's see if it happens. Would you both still please go to the question room.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Val, you like that of science, do you?
0:07:13 > 0:07:18I suppose, as a former health visitor, you know the medical side of things.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Well, I do a little.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24I can't say I'm really good at science, but I was chosen to do it!
0:07:24 > 0:07:29Oh, yes, I forgot about that. The plan. All right.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Val, would you like to go first or second?- I'll go first, please.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39All right, good luck, Val. Here is your first question on science.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43In meteorology, which of these is a type of cloud?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47That's cum... SHE LAUGHS
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Cumulo... I can't read.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I'll say it for you. Cumulonimbus.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Yes. Cumu...- That one in the middle?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Yes. The one in the middle. Yes, thank you.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58You've got it, you knew it. It's the right answer.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01OK, Chris,
0:08:01 > 0:08:05what is the technical name for an insect's feelers?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11They're the antennae, Dermot.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Mandibles are jaws, oviducts are egg-laying apparatus
0:08:14 > 0:08:15and antennae are feelers.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Yes, indeed, they are. So one to you. All square.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Val,
0:08:20 > 0:08:26the now extinct eohippus was an early form of what type of creature?
0:08:28 > 0:08:35The now extinct eohippus. E-O-H-I-P-P-U-S.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37It's certainly not an elephant and I don't think it's a dog.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41I am sure, from the word, that it's a horse.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Ah, yes, with the "hippus" in there.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Yes, the right answer, well done. Horse. You have two.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Chris, what is the name for the number of electrons
0:08:51 > 0:08:53that an atom either gains or loses
0:08:53 > 0:08:56when it forms a bond with another atom?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03If an atom gains or loses electrons, it is ionized,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05so it's ionization number.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Ionization number.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13Not according to the answer I have here, Chris. It is oxidation number.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Oxidation number. Well.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19It's great news, Val. You seem to have got there very quickly,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21but you have a chance here to get through to the final round
0:09:21 > 0:09:24and play for this £12,000 today.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Just got to give me a correct answer here.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31The Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics is a post at which university?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Oh, I really don't know this.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Er, and I don't know how I can guess it, really.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48Or logically work it out, but I'll go for Manchester, actually.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52It's the right answer, Val. Manchester. The Fielden Chair.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I wonder if any of the Eggheads can explain the connection.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Who was Fielden, who is Fielden?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01All I know is there is a Fielden Park in Manchester,
0:10:01 > 0:10:05but I can't believe it is anything to do with that.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08OK, further research required.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11We don't need any further research on this score sheet.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Very good to look at from your point of view, Val,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16you're through to the final round, playing for £12,000.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19And no place for Chris in that final round.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Would you both come back and join your teams, please?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26OK. A great performance - let's reflect on that - by Val.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29It means, as it stands, Battle Squad Awesome
0:10:29 > 0:10:31have lost one brain from the final round,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33but the Eggheads have now lost one, as well.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It's all square as we head into round three. This one is Geography.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Who from Battle Squad would like to play this?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Martin, Julie, or Ricky? - It's going to be me.- OK.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Martin, choose your Egghead, remembering that David
0:10:45 > 0:10:47and Chris have played.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50You can only choose from Pat, Judith or Barry.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- JULIE:- I want Barry. - You love Barry, don't you?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Yes, so, OK. I'll have Judith.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57I'm going to go for Judith.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01OK, it's your Geography and to play this one, Martin and Judith,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04could I ask you both to go to the question room, please.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07The game has swung back and forth so far, Martin.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Let's see if you can keep up the momentum of Val's victory.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Would you like to go first or second?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I would like to go first, please.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Good luck, Martin, Geography. First question.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22In Edinburgh, what name is given to the collection of streets
0:11:22 > 0:11:25that extends from the castle to Holyroodhouse?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Oh, I've had the pleasure of going there quite recently,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36so I'm glad to say it is the Royal Mile.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39OK, you have witnessed it for yourself. It is the right answer.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42The Royal Mile. Judith,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Picardy is a region in which part of France?
0:11:48 > 0:11:54Well, I live in the south-west and so I drive from the north,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56through Piccadilly... Pica... Picardy, I mean!
0:11:56 > 0:11:58So it's in the north.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59In the north, Picardy.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04- So it's, what, Pas-de-Calais and all those Channel areas?- Yeah.
0:12:04 > 0:12:11OK. North is the right answer. OK. Picardy is in the north of France.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Martin, the city of Amritsar is in which Indian state?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I am going to have to go on my history knowledge here.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28I think this was a very disputed region, area.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32And, therefore, I am going to have a stab at Punjab.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36OK, yes, you've got it. That's the right answer, Punjab.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41It contains the city of Amritsar. Judith, your second question.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Bluff is another name for what type of geographical feature?
0:12:48 > 0:12:52I think it is a kind of cliff.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- A bluff.- Going for cliff?- Yup.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59That's the right answer. Yes, well done. Two-all.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Both quizzing very assuredly.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Martin, third question.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08Cape Farewell is the southernmost point of which territory?
0:13:11 > 0:13:16I'll probably kick myself. I have a map of Australia at home.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21I'm going to have to have a guess at Tasmania.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23OK, Cape Farewell, you think,
0:13:23 > 0:13:28down there in Australia, in Tasmania to be precise,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30but it's not.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Yes, if you had that map you might have been able to check it.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Do you know, Judith?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36I would have said Tasmania, too.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- It is, other Eggheads?- Greenland.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Greenland.- Why is it in English? - So miles out.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Why is it in English?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Yeah, Eggheads? - English sailors, presumably.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- English sailors.- Perhaps.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Well, Martin didn't get that.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55Judith, a chance to swing it the Eggheads' way. Your third question.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Falling Water, the house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00is in which US state?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Well, I don't think it's in California.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07I'm sure it's not if I...
0:14:07 > 0:14:12I have a feeling it's in Pennsylvania.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Well, Falling Water is in Pennsylvania.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It's the right answer, Judith.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Judith on real form of late and that's another victory for Judith,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23this time in Geography.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Bad luck, Martin, it has swung the Eggheads' way.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27It means you won't be in the final round.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33I just which I could react a bit more quickly,
0:14:33 > 0:14:38because then I could be in Eggheads, And all this glory for Cape Farewell.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Danish, quite easily, Kap Farvel.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Obviously, you hear that.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47And in the native language, of the native people there,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Uummannarsuaq.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- LAUGHTER - Oh, definitely would have got that(!)
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- You can't say that when you've had a few drinks.- Absolutely. OK.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Right, as it stands now, Battle Squad Awesome have lost
0:14:58 > 0:15:02two brains from the final round, the Eggheads have lost one.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05This really is nip and tuck, so far.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Our last head-to-head before the final round,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10this will sort out the configuration in that final round.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11It's Sport.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16And two of you left from Battle Squad Awesome, Julie or Ricky.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Battle Squad Awesome battle plan hasn't worked so far! LAUGHTER
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- I'll do it then, shall I?- Yes. Yes, I think that's best.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- I'll throw myself to the Lions, so to speak.- Oh, bless you.- OK.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Ricky, who would you like to play from Pat or Barry?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Neither.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33LAUGHTER Um...
0:15:33 > 0:15:34OK, eeny, meeny, miny, moe...
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Barry.- Barry.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Barry, OK. Let's have Ricky and Barry into battle, please,
0:15:40 > 0:15:41into the question room.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Ricky, if you follow what's happened so far,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48this should be a good round for you, because the Eggheads struck first,
0:15:48 > 0:15:53you struck back, the Eggheads hit back and now... OK, right, Ricky.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58- Do you want to go first or second? - I'd like to go first, please, Dermot.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Good luck. It's Sport. Your first question, Ricky.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06The 2013 Wimbledon tennis champion Marion Bartoli
0:16:06 > 0:16:08was born in which country?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Oh. Marian Bartoli.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Doesn't sound Polish. Doesn't sound Australian.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I think I remember it, I think she's French. I'm going to go with France.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Yes, she is. That's the right answer. Born in France.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Barry, which official
0:16:26 > 0:16:29has overall responsibility for the race-day preparation
0:16:29 > 0:16:30at a racecourse?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I love those options, they're wonderful.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- But it has to be the clerk of the course.- Secretary of the jumps!
0:16:42 > 0:16:46I wish that was the title. It is the right answer, Barry. You have one.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Ricky.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49In Formula 1 racing,
0:16:49 > 0:16:55what colour flag tells a back marker he should let a faster car pass?
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Ah. Not a big Formula 1 fan, I must admit.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06I don't think it's yellow, I think that is something else.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Green or blue? Green or blue?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I am going to go with...
0:17:13 > 0:17:16..blue. Blue for my final answer.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Martin is very happy. He knew it.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Blue is the right answer. Well done.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25All right. Barry.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Jay Townsend is best known as a commentator on which sport?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Ah, I haven't heard of him. Jay Townsend.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Well, I watch golf occasionally and he hasn't come to mind.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45I also watch snooker and he hasn't come to mind.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48So I'm going to for rugby league.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- DAVE:- No. - OK, rugby.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Well, a loud exclamation from Dave.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- Is he wrong, Dave?- Well, I watch a lot of golf, so it's golf.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- It's golf, Barry.- Oh!- You must have missed it while you're watching.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- I must've missed him when I was watching golf.- Right.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Well, there we are. An open goal.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10You've just got to negotiate this one
0:18:10 > 0:18:12and you are in the final round, Ricky.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Which cricket team defeated England in the final
0:18:15 > 0:18:17of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy?
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Well it wasn't Pakistan, it was a team playing in blue.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Both Sri Lanka and India play in blue,
0:18:28 > 0:18:35so I am going to plump for India.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Blue seems to be your lucky colour in this round.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Blue flags for Formula 1 and blue outfits for India
0:18:42 > 0:18:44as they beat England.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48It is the right answer. You are in the final round.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55And we've reached the point we have been playing towards.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58It is time for the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:19:00 > 0:19:02won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Ben and Martin from Battle Squad Awesome
0:19:05 > 0:19:09and Barry and Chris from the Eggheads, would you leave the studio, please?
0:19:10 > 0:19:15So Val, Julie and Ricky, you are playing to win Battle Squad Awesome £12,000.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Judith, Pat and Dave, you are playing for something
0:19:17 > 0:19:20which money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23As usual, I ask each team three questions in turn.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25This time, the questions are General Knowledge.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Anything can come up and you are allowed to confer, that is the really big difference.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Battle Squad Awesome, the question is -
0:19:31 > 0:19:34are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Val, Julie and Ricky, how do you want to handle this? Do you want to go first or second?
0:19:38 > 0:19:43I think first has proved very good for us so we'll go first, please, Dermot.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50OK, it is the final round. £12,000 potentially waiting for you.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52First question.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Which of these male names is also a slang term for an argument?
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Which of these male names is also a slang term for an argument?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Well, I used to have a dog called this and the answer is Barney.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Funnily enough, so did I.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Not an uncommon name, it must be said, for a dog.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19And I won't argue about that answer.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20It's the right one, yes. Barney.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23OK, Eggheads.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27In 2013, it was announced that which author would replace
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Charles Darwin on the Bank of England £10 note?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37In 2013, it was announced that which author would replace
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Charles Darwin on the Bank of England £10 note?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42- Jane Austen.- I think it's Jane Austen.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- I think they're putting a quote from Pride And Prejudice on, as well. - Are they?!
0:20:46 > 0:20:48There was a big kerfuffle.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Churchill was in the mix and finally it's Jane Austin.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53But a quote from Pride And Prejudice as well.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56I declare there is no pleasure so great as that of reading -
0:20:56 > 0:20:57something like that.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Oh, right. Good one.- Oh, right.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02We think that is going to be Jane Austen.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04You are right. Well done, Eggheads.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10You have one and we go back to Battle Squad Awesome. Good start.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Let's build on that. Second question.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Which King was born in 1470,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19after his mother had taken sanctuary in Westminster Abbey?
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Which King was born in 1470 after his mother had taken sanctuary
0:21:27 > 0:21:29in Westminster Abbey?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Yeah, go for it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34It's not Edward VI, because that's 16th century,
0:21:34 > 0:21:39and, well, I know it's Edward V.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Well, we all do, don't we?!
0:21:42 > 0:21:43- You do, I don't!- Edward V.- Edward V.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Yes, you don't need to go on with the other explanations.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48The right answer always suffices.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52It is correct. Edward V. Well done, you.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54OK, Eggheads, your second question.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57In its national anthem, which country describes
0:21:57 > 0:22:01itself as the land of the free and the home of the brave?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05In its national anthem, which country describes itself
0:22:05 > 0:22:08as the land of the free and the home of the brave?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- USA. - JUDITH SINGS
0:22:11 > 0:22:14At the Super Bowl, they finish on those words.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- Yes.- Yes.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19We think that is the USA.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21The United States.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- Singing it there, Judith. - I wasn't really.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28- If you are Beyonce, you have to mime it.- Yes, that was appalling.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30And Jennifer Hudson, as well. Who is a fantastic singer
0:22:30 > 0:22:33but it turned out was singing to a pre-recorded track.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- Where did she do that? - At one of the Super Bowls.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39OK, USA is the correct answer, from the Eggheads.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41It is all square at two-all.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Third question to you, Battle Squad Awesome.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Who wrote the classic Gothic horror story Uncle Silas?
0:22:54 > 0:22:59Who wrote the classic Gothic horror story Uncle Silas?
0:22:59 > 0:23:00- I don't know who.- Right, OK.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03It is one that's passed me by.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- Gothic horror would tend to suggest Poe.- Well, it would...
0:23:07 > 0:23:10But Sheridan Le Fanu wrote some...
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- I don't think it is. - I thought George du Maurier was...
0:23:14 > 0:23:15OK.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18I've read a lot of Poe and remember that coming out.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- I don't remember that, either. - I don't know about...
0:23:22 > 0:23:26- Well...- The name rings a bell, but I don't know why.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I'd be surprised if it is Poe.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- I hate to say it, but I think it might be Sheridan Le Fanu.- I do, too.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37I think du Maurier was more than actor. Was he not more of an actor?
0:23:37 > 0:23:41No, I don't know. I don't know about that. I honestly don't.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Du Maurier would be my gut instinct.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Over to you, whatever you want.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50It would be awful if we've dismissed Poe and it is Poe.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Well,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I think it might be Sheridan Le Fanu.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- I think it might be him, as well. - You two think it is, so do it.- Oh.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59You two think it is.
0:23:59 > 0:24:05Well, we think it's Sheridan Le Fanu. Fanu.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- OK that's your answer.- Yes.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- What do you think, Eggheads? - I don't know.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- I might have gone Sheridan Le Fanu, was well.- OK.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15The answer is Sheridan Le Fanu.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Oh, well done, guys.- You got it.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23And as the Eggheads probably know already, born and died in...
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Ireland.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29He specialised in Gothic paranormal sort of books.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Real first name wasn't Sheridan. It was...?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Surprised at you Eggheads again.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Joseph. Listen, you've got some serious business to do here.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43You need to get this right, or you've lost your winning record.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Which seaside resort in East Yorkshire
0:24:46 > 0:24:49was well known for a pottery which closed in the year 2000?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Which seaside resort in East Yorkshire
0:24:56 > 0:25:00was well known for a pottery that closed in 2000?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03All I've got to go on - I've heard of Hornsea Pottery, have you?
0:25:03 > 0:25:04You've heard of a Hornsea Pottery?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I thought I'd heard of Hornsea Pottery, but I could be...
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- That is the one that is ringing a bell.- Is it?- But...
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Rings a distant bell with me
0:25:15 > 0:25:17but it may have nothing to do with pottery.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- Oh.- If you've heard of a Hornsea Pottery,
0:25:20 > 0:25:21that sounds promising.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Ask him to repeat the question.- Can we have the question again, please?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Which seaside resort in Yorkshire was well known for a pottery
0:25:27 > 0:25:28that closed in 2000?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Why have you got an inkling about...?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I don't, it's the faintest of echoes.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34If I had to answer on reflex I'd have done that,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36but with no confidence.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40If you have an idea there is a Hornsea Pottery, that's better,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42no question about it.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Because Hornsea is in East Yorkshire, isn't it?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Is it? I don't know.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- I thought of Bridlington.- Oh, dear.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- What do you think?- You are going to have to come up with a decision.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57You are completely divided on this.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59What answer are you going to give me, Eggheads?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Have you heard of Hornsea Pottery?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I thought I'd heard of Hornsea Pottery. I'd go.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06If you heard of Hornsea Pottery, I think that's the best we have.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09OK, we're going to have to take something of a gamble.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Dave has heard of Hornsea Pottery, so we're going for Hornsea.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- It's all his fault!- OK.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17And poor Barry there,
0:26:17 > 0:26:23your Yorkshire correspondent's, he's doing his nut there. He knows.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Does he?
0:26:24 > 0:26:28- But it is Hornsea. - Well done, Dave.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Barry now wiping the beads of sweat from his brow.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33That was close.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38They were split three ways on that, but it was that inkling of Dave's.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41He had heard of Hornsea Pottery.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46OK, we go to sudden death and that means it's an awful lot harder.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49If you need a guess, you have to conjure up the options yourself.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53We are not giving you any. And this for you, Battle Squad Awesome.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55In the Peanuts cartoon strip,
0:26:55 > 0:26:59what is the first name of Charlie Brown's sister?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01In the Peanuts cartoon strip,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04what is the first name of Charlie Brown's sister.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06She's not a pleasant girl, is she?
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Go for that.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10I have a niece with the same name and her name is Lucy.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12The first name of Charlie Brown's sister
0:27:12 > 0:27:14is not Lucy.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- No.- DAVE:- Sally.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- Sally. from the Eggheads. - Lucy is the friend, isn't she?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Not the friend, it's the one who keeps giving him trouble
0:27:24 > 0:27:29- all the time.- Yes, his sister is Sally. Well,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31That's a turnaround.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33The Eggheads were staring defeat in the face
0:27:33 > 0:27:36and now have a chance to take the game.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Eggheads, which car company made the Silver Wraith,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42a model first manufactured in 1946?
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Which car company made the Silver Wraith, W-R-A-I-T-H,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49a model first manufactured in 1946?
0:27:49 > 0:27:53- Rolls-Royce, yeah?- The Phantom. All these paranormal things.- Yes.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56So Rolls-Royce? That was Rolls-Royce.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Rolls-Royce.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I've only one thing to say to you, Eggheads -
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Uummannarsuaq!
0:28:02 > 0:28:04You've won. It's the right answer.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Bad luck, Battle Squad, well played today.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16A really even game, as we saw in those head-to-heads
0:28:16 > 0:28:19and very tight in the final round.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Just one slip-up.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23The Eggheads were in to clinch it.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Thank you very much indeed for giving them such a close game.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Really good to see you, Battle Squad Awesome.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32But those Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and their winning streak continues.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £12,000.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37That means the money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Eggheads, congratulations once again. Who can beat you?
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Join us next time to see
0:28:41 > 0:28:44if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48£13,000 now says they don't. Until then, goodbye.