0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The 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 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34And taking on the awesome might
0:00:34 > 0:00:35of our quiz goliaths today
0:00:35 > 0:00:37are The Teaspoons.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39This team is made up of friends, family
0:00:39 > 0:00:40and colleagues of Captain Stephen,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and have chosen their name as they're hoping to -
0:00:42 > 0:00:45you guessed it - crack the Eggheads.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Let's meet them.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Hi, my name is Stephen, I'm 52, and I'm a solicitor.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Peter, I'm 38, and I'm a conveyancing solicitor.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Gordon, I'm 56, and I'm a private client solicitor.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Mark, I'm 49, and I'm a taxi driver.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm David, I'm 51, and I'm a company director.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Welcome to you, Teaspoons, liking the team name,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08but you've started a debate.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Some people say you don't use a teaspoon,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11you use a knife on the old boiled egg,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13they like a nice, clean edge there.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- Teaspoon is what I've always used. - Ha-ha!
0:01:16 > 0:01:18So what about the quizzing? Have you, er...
0:01:18 > 0:01:21quizzed a lot together and won lots of quizzes?
0:01:21 > 0:01:23No, this is the first time we've been out as a team.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27They're a bunch of specialists, each with their chosen field,
0:01:27 > 0:01:28to crack the Eggheads.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30OK, well, let's see if you can do it today,
0:01:30 > 0:01:34because everyday there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36However if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41So, Teaspoons, the Eggheads have won the last three games,
0:01:41 > 0:01:42and that means £4,000
0:01:42 > 0:01:45says you can't beat the Eggheads today.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48And we'll start, shall we, with our opening battle,
0:01:48 > 0:01:49it's Sport.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Who'd like to play this, from The Teaspoons? Sport.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- I'm quite happy to do that. - David, you good with that?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Yeah, I'll do that. I'll go.- Great. - Good luck.- Yeah, I'll do it.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00OK, right, David, who would you like to play from the Eggheads?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Oh. Well, I've always said
0:02:02 > 0:02:05I'd like to play CJ, so I think it has to be CJ.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Righty-ho. OK, let's have David and CJ
0:02:07 > 0:02:10into the Question Room please, for the opening battle.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16OK, David, do you enjoy sports? Enjoy watching, participating?
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Yes, love watching sport, Dermot.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21My son plays rugby for a local team, and I enjoy watching him regularly.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23OK, so we've got rugby covered,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26plenty more coming up in this round, I would suspect.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Would you like to go first or second?
0:02:28 > 0:02:29I'll go first please, Dermot.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34OK, good luck David, here's your first question.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36The terms "brawler" and "counter puncher"
0:02:36 > 0:02:39are used to describe athletes in which sport?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Well, I think there's lots of people that play rugby that love to
0:02:44 > 0:02:47think that's what they do, but we all know that they don't.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50It's certainly not darts, so the answer, Dermot, is boxing.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Boxing, yes, is the right answer. Well done.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54And CJ, which England footballer
0:02:54 > 0:02:56won his 100th cap
0:02:56 > 0:03:01in a World Cup qualifier against Ukraine, in September 2013?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Well, we all know how I feel about sport.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07And we all know...
0:03:07 > 0:03:10extra much how I feel about football...
0:03:10 > 0:03:13and I think it's Frank Lampard.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14It is Frank Lampard!
0:03:14 > 0:03:16See, you do know about football.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18OK.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19David, second question.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Which Test Match cricket journalist is well-known
0:03:22 > 0:03:26for referring to his fellow commentators as "My dear old thing"?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32OK, well, as a Scot...
0:03:32 > 0:03:34we're not renowned for our knowledge of cricket.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37But I think I can safely say that Henry Blofeld
0:03:37 > 0:03:39is not one that I would be choosing.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Er, I watch Phil Tufnell quite a lot,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43so I think, being a journalist,
0:03:43 > 0:03:44I would go with Jonathan Agnew.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47OK, Jonathan Agnew for "My dear old thing",
0:03:47 > 0:03:50referring to his fellow commentators...
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- ..It's Henry Blofeld.- Oh!
0:03:53 > 0:03:56That one you discounted. OK.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57CJ, second question.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59A Formula One driver has to be within
0:03:59 > 0:04:02how many seconds of the driver in front
0:04:02 > 0:04:04to be able to use the DRS system?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I haven't watched Formula One for years,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12and even when I did used to watch, it wasn't that regularly.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15My experience of Formula One massively predates the DRS system.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I don't think it's as far back as three.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23That's... In Formula One that's a long way back.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28In fact, two...
0:04:28 > 0:04:31..is actually quite a long way back in Formula One as well.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Um, I think it's one second.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35It is one second. Yes, CJ, well worked out.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37So, you've got a lead...
0:04:37 > 0:04:39and it means you need this, David.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43At London 2012, eight female competitors in which sport
0:04:43 > 0:04:46were disqualified for "not trying"?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I remember watching this on TV at the time.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I'm fairly confident it's badminton.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It is, you've got it. Yes, badminton. Do you know why, David?
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Why didn't they...
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Um, is it because they wanted other team-mates
0:05:01 > 0:05:04to get into the final or something like that? I'm not quite sure.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I think it was all about qualification for the next stage.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08- Ah.- It was who they wanted to play.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11They felt they could manipulate the position if they...
0:05:11 > 0:05:14didn't try in that particular contest.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17But you're both trying, and doing really well.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20You've got one missing out of your three,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24and CJ's facing his third question here. So, CJ.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27What was the name of the bike on which Graeme Obree
0:05:27 > 0:05:30set a new world record in September 2013?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39I think I vaguely remember seeing this, but...
0:05:40 > 0:05:41..I don't think it's the Beastie.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45There is something...
0:05:47 > 0:05:49..ringing that I've seen Banshee.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53recently in something, I'm just trying to remember if it was this.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57And I'm afraid that's all I've got to go on,
0:05:57 > 0:05:59simply because I think I remember...
0:05:59 > 0:06:02..seeing the word, I will try Banshee.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05OK, new world record was set on...
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- The Beastie.- Oh.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10The Beastie. I think, er, David knew that, did you David?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Yes, I did indeed. He's a good Scotsman, just like myself.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Of course. All right, um, it's all square then, after three questions.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Let's go to Sudden Death, take away the options...
0:06:20 > 0:06:21and see if we will find a winner.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23David.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29Which country won football's FIFA World Cup in 1994 and 2002?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32OK, going on the principle that they won more World Cups
0:06:32 > 0:06:36than anybody else, and I can't remember what I did yesterday,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39let alone what happened in 2002 or 1994,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I'm going to go with Brazil.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Er, it is the right answer, yes, Brazil,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46winning the World Cups in those years.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Um, CJ then.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51In which sport has the American Steve Stricker
0:06:51 > 0:06:53been ranked among the top players in the world?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55He's a US golfer, so golf.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Golf is correct.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Another pair of questions, then.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04David, in 2010, which racehorse became the first horse
0:07:04 > 0:07:07to win the Breeder's Cup Mile race three times?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11I'm afraid horse racing is a sport I know nothing about.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Erm, I haven't the faintest idea.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17All I know is, it wasn't Red Rum.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Er..
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I...
0:07:21 > 0:07:24haven't a scooby. Um...
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- Penny Farthing, I don't know. - OK, ha-ha.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30I'm sure there is, or has been a horse called that.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32It's not the right answer, I think, as you know.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Goldikova.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- Course it was.- Goldikova.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Also won in it in, er, won it in three straight years.
0:07:39 > 0:07:412008, 9 and 10.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43OK, CJ.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45What was the surname of Alec and Eric,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48the twins who helped Surrey win the cricket county championship
0:07:48 > 0:07:51seven years in a row in the 1950s?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Absolutely no idea.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Eric and Alec...
0:08:00 > 0:08:02..Thomas.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05No. Er, your colleagues all know.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06- Can you tell me?- Bedser.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Bedser. B-E-D-S-E-R.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Alec and Eric Bedser.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11OK.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Nothing there for both of you on those two questions.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16So, another pair.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21David, which Canadian snooker player, who died in 2003,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24was affectionately known as "Big Bill"?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Bill Werbeniuk.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Bill Werbeniuk is the right answer.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- OK, CJ.- No chance of me having a snooker question, then?
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Ha-ha.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Probably not.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Which Australian speed-walker
0:08:37 > 0:08:40fled in tears when she was disqualified
0:08:40 > 0:08:42200 metres away from a gold medal
0:08:42 > 0:08:46in the 20km walk at the Olympic Games in 2000?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48No idea. Can't even make a guess.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Absolutely no idea.- Well, just out of interest then, to clear it up.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Anyone tell me who that was? Australian speed-walker.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Can't remember her name. Remember the incident, but not the name.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Yeah, one of the enduring images of the Games, she screamed
0:09:01 > 0:09:03"No, no, no, not me!"
0:09:03 > 0:09:05It's Jane Saville.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06- Yeah, right.- Jane Saville.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09And they're disqualified, aren't they, for being deemed to...
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- Lifting.- ..to be running, lifting.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13You get yellow cards and things, or whatever they do.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15You get so many options.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18But Jane Saville, which means you've just done it!
0:09:19 > 0:09:22A big battle there, David, but you are through to the final round.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24No place for CJ, would you both please come back
0:09:24 > 0:09:26and join your teams?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30So, the first Egghead cracked by the Teaspoons.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31CJ won't be in the final round.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Teaspoons all still there of course, but only one round played,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37so what will happen in our next round? It's Food and Drink.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Who'd like to play this? Food and Drink.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Food and drink.- Not mine at all.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Somebody has to take one for the team, boys.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Take one for the team, boys.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- If no-one wants to take it, I'll take it, then.- Take it.- OK.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51I'll go for Food and Drink.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53OK, Stephen, who would you like to play from the Eggheads?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- It can't be CJ, but any of the others.- Can't be CJ...
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I'm going to look for a thin one, um...
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Not too much luck there, so we'll try for Barry.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04OK.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06I like the way you called me thin!
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Nobody's done that for a while!
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Stephen and Barry are playing Food and Drink,
0:10:12 > 0:10:13into the Question Room you two, please.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Right, would you like to go first or second then, Stephen?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I think we'll stick with the winning order.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I'll go first please, Dermot.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26OK, here you go, Stephen. First question.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29What name is often given to food that is claimed to be
0:10:29 > 0:10:31especially nutritious?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36I'm not quite sure what brillfood would be, but, er,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39megafood sounds a bit too excessive, so I'll go for superfood.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Superfood is correct.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Barry,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46a coffee made with semi-skimmed or skimmed milk
0:10:46 > 0:10:48is often called what?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I drink this quite often, and it's a skinny.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Skinny is the right answer.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57And second question, Stephen.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Which of these is often called the "champagne of teas"?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Well, I'm more of a coffee drinker,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08so this is really going to be a bit of a guess.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10I don't think it's Assam, er,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Lapsang Souchong I've heard of...
0:11:13 > 0:11:16..My gut tells me it's Darjeeling, so I'm going to guess Darjeeling.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Darjeeling tea.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Darjeeling is correct. Well done.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25And Barry.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29In which country is the wine producing region of Swartland?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34S-W-A-R-T-L-A-N-D. Swartland.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Swartland. That sounds a very Boer word,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41so on that basis I believe it's in South Africa.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Yes, it is, that's the right answer. Both going well.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Two all.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47And third question, Stephen.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Spelt is a variety of which grain?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Hmm, spelt.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I can't think of any clue in the name.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Spelt wheat, spelt rye, spelt barley.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Um...
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Sometimes you have to go down the middle,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I'm going to go down the middle this time. Er, rye?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Rye for spelt.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09No, Stephen, it's not. It's incorrect.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Of the other two, Barry, do you know?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I thought spelt was a kind of wheat.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It is, spelt is a variety of wheat.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20So, a chance for Barry to even it up for the Eggheads.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25Barry, in which Italian region is the bread and salad dish,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27panzanella, thought to have originated?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33I don't know this, but the only region there
0:12:33 > 0:12:36that stands out for me in terms of food is Tuscany.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38So I shall go for Tuscany.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40OK, for panzanella...
0:12:40 > 0:12:41..it is the right answer!
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Barry, you've just taken another.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Bad luck, Stephen. Just eased out there by Barry,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49but as I say, he's evened it up for the Eggheads.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Stephen, you won't be in the final round.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Would you both please come back and join your teams.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Stephen's spoon bounced off Barry's head there.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Both teams have now lost one brain from the final round.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04So, let's play our third round today,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and this one is Science.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Which Teaspoons would like to play this? Science.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Er, not a clue.- Me? I'll take that one, Dermot.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15All right, Peter, and from the Eggheads,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17who would you like to play?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19CJ and Barry have played, so...
0:13:19 > 0:13:23coming up, you can do Kevin, Dave, or Pat.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Oh, it's a hard one, that.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Thoughts, gents?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Not Kevin.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Maybe Dave.- Maybe Dave?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- Dave, please.- OK.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Let's have Dave, from the Eggheads,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and Peter from the Teaspoons into the Question Room.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40So, Peter, a solicitor.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Any scientific background, though?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- None whatsoever.- Ha-ha!
0:13:45 > 0:13:47So this should be interesting.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48It certainly should.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50All right, none whatsoever.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Would you like to go first or second, then?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54I'll go first, please, Dermot.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59All right, good luck, Peter. Here's your first Science question.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01See if you do know anything about it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Which chemical element derives its name
0:14:03 > 0:14:06from the Greek words for "water" and "forming"?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14My mind has gone completely blank.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16"Water", in Greek, is "hydro",
0:14:16 > 0:14:17I think.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21So I'm going to go straight down the middle. Hydrogen.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Whew. Thank goodness your mind sparked into action again there!
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Yes, of course, that's right, yeah.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Hydrogen.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32And Dave, what word is often used to mean
0:14:32 > 0:14:36"units of data being transmitted through a computer system"?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Er, packets.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Yup, packets is correct.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44OK, Peter, second question.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47According to university research publicised
0:14:47 > 0:14:49in September 2013,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52the average height of a European male
0:14:52 > 0:14:56has increased by how many centimetres since the 1870s?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Must admit, it's not a report I've read.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04However...
0:15:04 > 0:15:06I'm going to go straight down the middle again
0:15:06 > 0:15:07and go for 11.
0:15:07 > 0:15:0911 centimetres.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Heck of an increase, isn't it?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13It is the right answer.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Well done.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19You need this, then, Dave, to draw level.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22In 2013, over 200,000 people
0:15:22 > 0:15:26applied for a one-way journey to colonise which astronomical body?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I've not heard of this at all.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Erm...
0:15:32 > 0:15:33I'm going to go Mars.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36I'm going to go down the middle myself, with Mars.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Mars is correct, yes.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Who's putting this trip together, then?
0:15:41 > 0:15:45I thought most of the people thought it was a club 18-30 holiday!
0:15:47 > 0:15:48All right, well, it is all square.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Dave got that, and back to Peter.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Third question.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54In medicine, the McMurray test
0:15:54 > 0:15:57is used to assess the health of which part of the body?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01This is going to be a complete guess.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05And...I hope I get some divine intervention here somehow...
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I will go with...
0:16:09 > 0:16:10..Knee.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Knee?
0:16:12 > 0:16:13It's correct!
0:16:17 > 0:16:19All right, well, then, you definitely need this, Dave,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21or you're going to get knocked out.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Dave, which eccentric 16th century astronomer
0:16:24 > 0:16:27reportedly employed a court jester
0:16:27 > 0:16:29and kept a pet elk?
0:16:34 > 0:16:38I've got no idea on this at all. I've not heard it,
0:16:38 > 0:16:39but, erm...
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- Just on 16th century, I'll go with Nicolaus Copernicus.- Oh!
0:16:44 > 0:16:46OK.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48And the answer is...
0:16:48 > 0:16:49not Nicolaus Copernicus.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Eggheads...
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Your other Eggheads hitting the desk there. Who is it?
0:16:54 > 0:16:55Tycho Brahe.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Tycho Brahe. So, you're not playing in the final round, Dave.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Bad luck for you, but great news for Peter.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Knows nothing about science, of course, but he's got...
0:17:04 > 0:17:08three correct answers there, which takes him into the final round.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Would you both come back and join your teams, please?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Well, another Egghead cracked. As it stands then,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19the Teaspoons have lost one brain from the final round,
0:17:19 > 0:17:20the Eggheads have lost two, though,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22and our next subject,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24the last head-to-head
0:17:24 > 0:17:26is on Politics.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27So who'd like to play this?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Two of you left there, Gordon or Mark?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Yeah? Mark?
0:17:32 > 0:17:33I'll go for that, thanks Dermot.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36OK, Mark, and who would you like to choose from the Eggheads?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37You can have Pat or Kevin.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I think...
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Both good brains, I think I'll go for Kevin, thanks.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45OK, let's have Mark and Kevin into the Question Room now.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49So, Mark, are you keen on politics, or are you a bit like
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Peter playing science, you don't know anything about it?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53If so, you should do well.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56I listen to a lot of the radio, driving a taxi all day,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59and current affairs politics, I enjoy shouting at the needle quite a lot.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Ha-ha! OK, well now you can shout at Kevin.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Well, maybe not too loud, but um...
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Let's see how you do.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Would you like to go first or second?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Er, I think I'd like to go second, thank you.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15That means Kevin gets the first set of questions.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Here you go, Kevin.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19The UK government's "spare room subsidy"
0:18:19 > 0:18:21is more commonly known by what name?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Very controversial policy, it's the bedroom tax.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30It is, that's correct, you're off the mark.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31And to Mark,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35what is the correct form of address used by an MP
0:18:35 > 0:18:37who is addressing a member of the same party?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I think...
0:18:43 > 0:18:45I don't think too many of them ARE honourable,
0:18:45 > 0:18:46but that is indeed, I think, the answer,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48my Honourable friend.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Er, yes, it is my Honourable friend.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Successfully negotiated the first question.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58This is your second one coming up, Kevin.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01"Hanging Chads" was a phrase that became associated
0:19:01 > 0:19:05with which year's controversial election, in the United States?
0:19:08 > 0:19:12It was the recount in Florida, which eventually gave, um...
0:19:12 > 0:19:15George W Bush victory over Al Gore.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16It's 2000.
0:19:16 > 0:19:182000 is correct.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21And, er, just explain "Hanging Chads" to us?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Well, they're little bits of card, that when they...
0:19:24 > 0:19:27They had a fairly, well, by the standards of today,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29a fairly antiquated punch card system,
0:19:29 > 0:19:30when you were voting.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34And so, if the thing wasn't properly punched through,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36you'd get these little bits of card still hanging down,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38that's how they became known.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40And...that led to some votes not being counted...
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- Yeah, not being counted. - ..because the chad disappeared?
0:19:43 > 0:19:44They had to have recount after recount.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46OK.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Right, and second question for you, Mark.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53What humorous name is given to the series of meals
0:19:53 > 0:19:56endured by politicians running for office,
0:19:56 > 0:19:57or trying to raise funds?
0:20:04 > 0:20:08I don't think it's the curly sandwich circuit.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09So I'm left with burnt vol-au-vent
0:20:09 > 0:20:12or rubber chicken. Um...
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Rubber chicken circuit.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16I'm going with rubber chicken circuit.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18And right to do so, it's the correct answer,
0:20:18 > 0:20:19well done, Mark.
0:20:22 > 0:20:29Kevin, who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1971 to 1976?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Hmm.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Casting my mind back a bit there.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40'71 to '76 is too early, I think, for Bernard Wetherill.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I think he was more in the, um, Thatcher era.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46I think that must have been Selwyn Lloyd.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Selwyn Lloyd? Some of your colleagues agreeing.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51It's the right answer, yes, Kevin.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54OK, means you need to get this, Mark.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59John Dramani Mahama became President of which country in 2012?
0:21:02 > 0:21:03I don't think it's Nigeria,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06because I think that might be Goodluck Jonathan.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08That gives me Kenya or Ghana.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Kenya recently had elections, and that name doesn't spring to mind.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14So, by process of elimination,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I'm going to go with Ghana.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Yeah, there's always two ways, when you've got the choices there,
0:21:18 > 0:21:19to get the answer.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22You've gone for elimination, and got the right answer, yes,
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Ghana is correct.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Into Sudden Death again.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Kevin.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31In 1987, the former Prime Minister, James Callaghan,
0:21:31 > 0:21:35was created Baron Callaghan of where?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Just trying to...
0:21:36 > 0:21:40He was a Portsmouth man. He came from Portsmouth.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41But I...
0:21:41 > 0:21:44..believe that his title derived actually,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47from his constituency, where he was MP for many years.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I think he was of Cardiff.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52OK. Baron Callaghan of Cardiff...
0:21:52 > 0:21:54is correct.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Mark nodding along there, knew that one.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59This is your question, Mark.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01In 1934...
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Alexander MacEwen became the first leader
0:22:04 > 0:22:06of which British political party?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Obviously it wasn't any of the big three.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11I...
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I don't know the answer.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Leaves me going extreme right or extreme left.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I think the Communists would have been there before him,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24so I'm going to go for the British Union of Fascists.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27OK, British Union of Fascists,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29for Alexander MacEwen.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32No, it's not the right answer. Do you know, Kevin?
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Is it the SNP?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36It is the Scottish National Party.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Well, yeah, I didn't know they were founded way back then.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Um, 1934, Alexander MacEwen.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Which is bad luck, Mark.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Means you're not going to be playing in the final round.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Kevin, you'll be there.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Would you both please come back and join your teams?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54And so, this is what we've been playing towards,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57it's time for the final round, which as always, is General Knowledge.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head to heads
0:23:00 > 0:23:02won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04So, Stephen and Mark from the Teaspoons,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06and Dave and CJ from the Eggheads,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10would you all leave the studio now, please.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11So, Peter, Gordon and David,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15you're playing to win the Teaspoons £4,000.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Pat, Kevin and Barry,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19you are playing for something which money can't buy -
0:23:19 > 0:23:21the Eggheads' reputation.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23So as usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26but this time the questions are all general knowledge,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28and you are allowed to confer in this round.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29So Teaspoons, the question is,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Peter, Gordon and David, would you like to go first or second?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- What do we think? - First, we'll go first.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I think on the basis that Peter and David
0:23:40 > 0:23:43both won their rounds by playing first, we'll go first.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46OK, here we go.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49First final round question to the Teaspoons.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52What are you said to throw onto someone's idea
0:23:52 > 0:23:54when you try to dampen their enthusiasm?
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- Cold water.- Yeah.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Yeah.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04We think warm treacle would probably slow things down a bit,
0:24:04 > 0:24:06rather than dampen them.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Hot tea...
0:24:07 > 0:24:09..don't fancy that. We think it's cold water.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12It is cold water, yes.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Good start. One to you.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Eggheads, which of these terms is used to describe
0:24:16 > 0:24:20someone who spends a lot of time on the sofa watching television?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26It's couch potato.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Bete noire or lounge lizard could stay on your sofa.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- We have the answer then. - Couch potato.- That's couch potato.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34It is couch potato.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37OK, both teams, let's say not being
0:24:37 > 0:24:39tested too much, I think, with those first questions.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42All right Teaspoons, second question.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46In which film does Fred Astaire sing the song A Needle In A Haystack?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Before my time, gents. - Before my time as well.- Oh, OK.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58So, that'll leave me, it's well before my time as well!
0:24:58 > 0:24:59You're the oldest one here!
0:24:59 > 0:25:01OK, on the basis that Fred Astaire was a dancer,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04we don't really know, but we think it's Shall We Dance.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Shall We Dance, for A Needle In A Haystack.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I'm sorry, it's wrong.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11It is The Gay Divorcee.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Gay Divorcee.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16OK, well, this is your question, Eggheads.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19In which decade was the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- 1932, wasn't it?- '32. 1930s.- 1930s.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30OK, Well, it was the 1930s.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32And to be more specific, you think 19...
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- 1932.- 1932.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36The 1930s is correct, Eggheads.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39So, right, Teaspoons, you've got to get this one.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43According to scientists, the excavated body of Richard III
0:25:43 > 0:25:46revealed that he suffered from which of these conditions?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51- Not Malaria.- Don't think he's...
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Don't think he's even from there.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Polio.- I would say polio.- It's a good guess.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- I don't even know what roundworm is. - What's roundworm?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- Don't know what it is.- Definitely not malaria, though.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Right, so we can discount that.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Roundworm is like a medieval...
0:26:04 > 0:26:07That's something I'd guess, roundworm.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Polio is a more modern disease.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Yeah, because, well we all get things.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Go for... Listen, let's go for roundworm.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It sounds older, and we're going down the right.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- That's a sign, so I'm going with that.- OK.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Yup, once again, we're struggling for the answer here.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23We've discounted malaria, um...
0:26:24 > 0:26:27And on the basis that so many times on this programme,
0:26:27 > 0:26:28we hear about the magic right,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- we'll go down the magic right, and say roundworm.- Roundworm...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Got it right, they're all nodding.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- ..is correct!- Yes!
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Kept you in it. How could they tell?
0:26:38 > 0:26:39How did they work that out, Eggheads?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Roundworm, in what remained of his intestinal tract,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45but there was no roundworm in the surrounding earth
0:26:45 > 0:26:49around the body, which proved that it must have been in him only.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51All right. Well, to the quiz again,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54and a crucial question for both teams.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56the Eggheads win, of course, if they get this one correct,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59but we go into Sudden Death if they don't. Eggheads.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02The expression, "at one fell swoop"...
0:27:02 > 0:27:04..derives from which Shakespeare play?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10I think it's Macbeth, when Banquo's children were killed.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12- Right.- All at one fell swoop.- Hm.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Yes, because they missed, um...
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- ..They missed Fleance, yes.- Yeah.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- I'm pretty certain it's Macbeth. - Yeah, that seems
0:27:22 > 0:27:25..and I don't... Although there are...
0:27:25 > 0:27:28falconry references in Hamlet, I don't think this is the one.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Yeah, I think... I think, yeah.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35I'm...not as certain, but I think...yeah,
0:27:35 > 0:27:36that sounds reasonable to me.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I think we're going to go for Macbeth.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Macbeth, at one fell swoop.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47It's the correct answer. Eggheads, you've won.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Well played Teaspoons, good quiz,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56all square in the final round there.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Some good head to heads, but didn't quite crack them in the end.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- Hope you had a good day.- Very good. - Thanks very much, Dermot. - Yes, thanks very much.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06And it turns out it was a couple of Scottish questions
0:28:06 > 0:28:07that kind of undid you.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12Scottish King there, and of course the SNP back in 1934!
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Very good to see you here today, playing the Eggheads,
0:28:15 > 0:28:17but they've done what comes naturally to them,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20and they still reign supreme over quizland.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £4,000, and that means
0:28:22 > 0:28:25the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27So join us next time, to see
0:28:27 > 0:28:30if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32£5,000 says they don't.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Until then, goodbye.