Episode 36 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.

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 challenging our resident quiz champions today

are All Dressed Up And No Place To Go from County Durham.

For many years this friends and family team

regularly quizzed together at their local pub the Beamish Mary Inn

in a small village called No Place.

Well, despite the team disbanding a while ago,

they've come out of quizzing retirement for one last hurrah.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Jon. I'm 30 and I am a civil engineer.

Hi, I'm Jayne. I'm 30 and I'm a civil servant.

Hi, I'm Sally. I'm 27 and I'm a publications assistant.

Hi, I'm Liz. I'm 29 and I'm an engineering assistant.

Hi, I'm Kevin. I'm 30 and a civil servant.

Welcome to you, All Dressed Up And No Place To Go.

I like that coming out of retirement.

Too young to have retired. Is there really a place called No Place?

Erm, there is. It's a small pit village in County Durham,

which the one pub, the Beamish Mary Inn,

is named after the pit, which was named Beamish Mary...

It's also called Co-operative Villas,

but No Place is easier than that.

And is the next-door village called Like Home?

It's just a little way out of Hard Struggle. It's fine.

THEY LAUGH

OK. Right. Well, you've got to get your quizzing boots back on again

after retiring and take on the Eggheads.

No better way to come out of retirement,

I think, than to take this lot on. Let's see how you do.

Every day, there's £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 All Dressed Up And No Place To Go,

the Eggheads have won the last four games

and that means £5,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.

So, let's get started, shall we?

And play our first head-to-head

where you are, of course, trying to eject an Egghead from the game.

The first round is Arts And Books.

Who'd like to play this? Arts And Books.

-Jayne.

-Jayne. And who do you want?

OK, Jayne, who would you like to play from the Eggheads?

Any of those five, first round.

I'd like to take on Chris, please.

All right. It's going to be Jayne and Chris

contesting our opening round, which is Arts And Books

and could I ask you to go to the question room

just to make sure that you can't confer with your team-mates?

So, Jayne, why have you been picked

or why have you decided to play this round Art And Books?

So, I studied literature at university

and even though I'm a civil servant now,

I keep up a bit of an academic interest in it in my spare time.

Good. OK. Do you want to go first or second?

Erm, I'll go first, please, Dermot.

All right. Here you go, Jayne, your first question.

What is the literal English translation

of the French phrase 'Art Nouveau'?

Well, so, I studied German at university,

but I think this is some pretty basic French

and I'm going to go for new art.

Yes, it's the right answer. Good start.

Chris, in Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet, who kills Mercutio?

Well, Shylock is in the Merchant Of Venice and Iago is in Othello,

-so it's got to be Tybalt.

-OK, yes.

If you know that, you've got the right answer very easily.

OK, Jayne, your second question.

The early 20th century art group known as the Seven And Five Society

was originally so named

because it was intended to consist of seven painters and five what?

I'm struggling with this one. It's not a group I've heard of before.

Erm, and I'm going to take a punt on poets.

OK. Painters and poets.

Seven And Five...

-equals the wrong answer.

-Oh, no.

-It's not correct.

Do you know, Chris?

-Would be sculptors, wouldn't it?

-Yes. Sculptors it is.

And any of the other Eggheads can tell me any more?

Fill us in about the Seven And Five Society.

-Mm. With a bit of thought, but not immediately.

-OK.

I'll give it a bit of thought.

You never know if I can get something in my ear.

I might find out. All right. It's sculptors, Jayne, so nothing there.

How will Chris do with his second one?

Chris, who wrote the 1980 novel Metroland,

which was later turned into a film starring Christian Bale?

That's written by Julian Barnes.

Metroland by Julian Barnes is correct.

You have a lead and Jayne, pressure on you.

You need to get this.

Who wrote the book So Long And Thanks For All The Fish?

I'm reasonably confident it's not JG Ballard,

so it's got a be a toss-up between the other two.

And I'm going to take a guess with Spike Milligan.

OK, Spike Milligan.

Yeah, that title, So Long And Thanks For All The Fish...

also tickled Douglas Adams' fancy.

It's Douglas Adams who wrote So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.

And I'm afraid we are saying so long to you, Jayne,

you won't be in the final round, but thanks for the quizzing.

Would you both, please, come back and join your teams?

Well, Eggheads, just to fill in that glaring gap in your knowledge

about the Seven And Five group. I've been doing a bit of thinking.

-Yeah, sure.

-Oh, once again, I have remembered a little bit

more about the Seven And Five group.

Set up in London in 1919

and then renamed in 1935 the Seven And Five Abstract Group.

And later members included Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.

So, I'm just surprised you didn't know that, Eggheads,

given that, you know, I chat about it all the time with you.

I'm trying my best.

What would we do without you, Dermot?

OK. Right. First round gone

and one member of All Dressed Up And No Place To Go

out of the final round.

The Eggheads are all still there. Let's play our second head-to-head.

This one is Geography. Would like to play Geography?

-Liz.

-It's got to be Liz.

-OK.

Who do you want to play, Liz?

-Who do you think?

-Maybe Dave.

-Dave? Oh! Really?

-OK. Yeah, take Dave.

-Do it. Yeah.

-OK, Dave.

-Dave? All right.

Let's have Liz and Dave into the question room now, please.

So, Liz, you rather expected Liam Neeson to be one of the Eggheads?

What's that about?

I...I had a dream a couple of weeks ago

just before I had the questionnaire and, em...

I d... He rang me just to check what my specialist subject was.

He was really insistent that I tell him

and I said, "I think that's meant to be a secret, Liam."

I am quite disappointed he's not here.

We'll give him a ring. I'm sure he's a fan.

-OK. Liz, would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first.

OK, Geography. First question to you, Liz.

The island of Majorca is located in which body of water?

Erm, the Mediterranean Sea.

Yes.

Don't really need to say any more than that.

The other two are very far away from... The Med. OK.

Your first question, Dave.

The town of Runcorn is situated on which of these major rivers?

Erm, go past it on the way to my mother-in-law's quite a lot.

It's on the Mersey.

Yes, it is.

Both off to a steady start.

And back to you, Liz.

Digbeth is a district of which English city?

I'm not sure about this one.

I'm going to rule out Exeter because my brother lives there

and I've never heard it mentioned.

And I don't know much about Chelmsford

and I don't know much about Digbeth.

So, I'm going to say Chelmsford.

OK Chelmsford. You think Digbeth could be there.

And pretty sure it's not Exeter, which it isn't,

but it's not Chelmsford. It's Birmingham.

Digbeth in Birmingham.

OK. To Dave.

Dave, what famously happens every day at noon

at Causeway Bay, Hong Kong?

I've not... I don't know this particularly, but the one that...

The gun is fired... It doesn't ring a bell with me.

Zoo is unlocked, but the fountain switched on sounds good to me.

So, I'll go fountain is switched on.

Fountain is switched on. Some reaction from your colleagues there.

Looking a little bit puzzled. What do you think then?

It's noonday gun.

-It's the noonday gun, Dave.

-Right. Never heard of it.

-A gun is fired.

OK. No damage done there, Liz, then. It stays all square.

And third question for you.

The Acropolis of Lindos is situated on which Greek island?

This is going to have to be...

a guess as well.

Erm...

I'm going to say Santorini,

but it is...

It's a pure guess just because I'm at least more aware of Cretan roads.

OK. Santorini and more aware of them,

so think you haven't heard of it being there,

you go for Santorini.

I see what you're doing, but you got the wrong answer.

-Oh! Again.

-Truly am sorry.

-Dave, do you know?

-I would have gone Rhodes.

-Rhodes.

Yes, the Acropolis of Lindos is on Rhodes.

Well, a chance for Dave to take the round here.

Dave, Mount Hudson is an active volcano in which country?

Mm. Erm...

Mount Cotopaxi is in Ecuador.

And I'm more...

Chile with the explorers, so it's a... I'm going to rule out Peru.

As I said Ecuador is...

I just associate Cotopaxi with it.

Just because of the name, I'm going to go Chile.

And it is the right answer, Dave, Yep.

Mount Hudson named after... Eggheads?

It's not Henry Hudson

because he was up at the other end in the Arctic, so...

Not sure which Hudson this is. No.

Yet again, Francisco Hudson.

-Ah, yes. Francisco. Not quite as well known.

-No.

OK, Dave, you got it right there, which means I'm sorry,

Liz, it's all over for you as well. You won't be in the final round.

Would you both, please, come back and join the teams?

Well, after that, Dressed Up And No Place To Go have lost two brains

from the final round.

The Eggheads are all still there.

So, our next subject. Third round is Music.

And who'd like to play this one?

Music.

-Do you want to do it?

-I think you do.

-What? You and...

-Sal, I reckon.

-Sal?

-OK.

-I'll do it, it's not my strongest, but I'll do it.

-All right.

Well, Sally, who would you like to choose from the Eggheads.

It's the three in the middle. Barry, CJ or Kevin?

-Barry?

-No idea?

-No.

-Barry, yeah. I'd like to play Barry.

Right. OK, let's have Sally and Barry

into the question room, please.

So, Sally, you and Jon are brother and sister, aren't you?

Yes, we are for our sins.

And didn't you do some child modelling once?

It wasn't exactly modelling.

Both of our parents worked in a museum,

so any time they needed children for appearing on TV or guide books,

we got roped in and forced into period costume.

So, did you actually appear on television? I mean, did Blue Peter,

off the top of my head, or someone like that come around and film?

We filmed a day with Floella Benjamin once,

which was on GMTV, I think.

Erm, but that's the main one I remember for the TV.

Oh, although we did to the Antiques Roadshow there once as well.

Oh! Very nice. OK a lot of television experience.

Right, well, let's do Eggheads, then.

Would you like to go first or second on this Music round?

Erm, I'll go first, please.

Good luck, Sally. Here's your first question, then.

"When I get older losing my hair many years from now..."

Is the first line of which Beatles' song?

I hope I'm not losing my hair when I'm 64,

but I think that's the answer.

It is the answer. When I'm 64.

OK, Barry, in the song The 12 Days Of Christmas,

which of these defines the third day?

"Third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me three French hens."

Very good. We won't go through the rest. It is the right answer.

OK, Sally, what is the first name of Amy Winehouse's father,

who released his first album Rush Of Love in 2010?

I really don't know.

And I should because I went to the Amy Winehouse exhibition on

at the Jewish Museum in Camden recently.

Erm, I'm going to guess Mitch...Mitch.

OK. Something probably in there.

It's the right answer, yeah.

You probably read it somewhere or seen him. Mitch, it is.

Mitch Winehouse.

OK. Barry, The Double Bubble Duchess

and When Veruca Says are songs from which stage musical?

Well, I don't know this, but in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

one of the characters is Veruca Salt,

so I guess it's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Yes, it is. Seized on that and got the right answer.

So, it's two all and going really well here.

Sally, third question.

Rodrigo's Concerto De Aranjuez was composed

for which musical instrument?

Well, they do a very nice version of it in Brassed Off

on brass instruments, but I think it was originally composed

for the guitar.

Well done. Yes! Very good.

Right answer. OK. Pressure on Barry, then.

Who won the best male rock vocal performance at the Grammy Awards

every year from 1998 to 2001?

Well, it wasn't Lenny Kravitz.

Is Sting a rock star or a pop star?

That's...that's a good point, actually.

Ooh, I don't know.

Bruce Springsteen or Sting. 1998 to 2001?

-Yeah.

-1998, 2001.

I'm trying to think who had albums out about over that time.

Springsteen certainly did. I don't know if Sting did.

Well, because it says vocal performance,

I think Sting is a better singer than Bruce Springsteen,

so I'll go first thing.

OK. Sting.

How flexible are you, Barry?

None at all.

Oh, well, you're going to have to try

because you've got to kick yourself

because you were wrong all along there.

It's Lenny Kravitz.

HE LAUGHS

Hadn't a clue.

Just get that knee bent and maybe you'll hit...

Or maybe we'll get Sally to give you a good kick up the behind.

All right. So, great news for All Dressed Up And No Place To Go.

Sally is going to the final round and Barry ain't.

Would you both, please, come back and join your teams?

Well, the outlook getting a bit better

for All Dressed Up And No Place To Go.

They've knocked their first Egghead out,

but, of course, the Eggheads have knocked two of you out.

So, let's see what happens in our final head-to-head

and this one is Sport.

Two of you remain there who can play, Kevin or Jon. Sport.

-Well.

-I'll take that one, Dermot.

All right, Jon, and which Egghead would you like to play? CJ or Kevin?

-Oh! CJ?

-Are we just going to go to CJ?

-CJ.

-Yeah, I think it's a good... A good subject.

-I don't.

CJ looks very please at the prospect of me picking him,

so I think I'll pick CJ, Dermot.

-CJ WHIMPERS

-It can make CJ's day.

Let's have Jon and CJ into the question room, please.

So, Jon, what sports do you like?

I'm quite into playing football, but all sorts of sports.

-Anything really, Dermot.

-A keen viewer when it's on TV?

-Viewing, playing, a bit of everything.

-OK.

That's what we like to hear for this round.

Would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Dermot.

Good luck, Jon. Here's your first question.

Which tennis player won her 17th Grand Slam singles title in 2013?

I'm pretty sure that would be Serena Williams.

It is, of course. Yes, Serena Williams.

CJ, in September 2013,

it was decided that which sport should be reinstated

as an Olympic sport for the 2020 Tokyo games?

So, at least we're avoiding

the obscure speed walkers this time round, are we? How nice.

Live pigeon shooting is just ridiculous.

Tug-of-war has been in the Olympics, but not this time around.

There was a big furore when wrestling was dropped

cos so many categories and people were thinking their chances of medals

were going to disappear. So, it's wrestling.

It is wrestling, yes. Well identified

and CJ said tug-of-war used to be in the Olympics.

Didn't they manage to barbecue some pigeons at an opening ceremony once?

Live pigeon shooting actually was in the Olympics.

-It really was!

-What? In the very early days.

-In the very early days. 1900.

-In 1900.

-That's the French for you, isn't it?

-Yeah.

OK. Right. Well, both off the mark there successfully.

Second question, Jon.

The Lester Awards are given out annually in which sport?

The Lester Awards are given out annually in which sport?

L-E-S-T-E-R for Lester.

I...

The only thing I can think of is that relates to Lester Piggott,

so I'll...

The jockey. So, I'll plump with horse racing, please.

It is horse racing. That is the right answer, yeah.

OK, CJ, in which year did the golfer Nick Faldo win his first major?

In which year did the golfer Nick Faldo win his first major?

He won his last in 1996 and his first was in 1987.

It was. And what was it, CJ?

Erm, I'm not sure. He won three Masters and three Opens, so...

Erm... Hold on.

He won the Masters in '80... He won the Open in '89,

-so it must be the Masters.

-OK.

-No, it's the Open.

-Oh! No, the others think it's the Open.

It's the other way around.

Anyway. It's 1987. That's the important thing.

So, it's all square at two all.

Back to Jon.

How many times was Mike Tyson defeated

in his professional boxing career?

How many times was Mike Tyson defeated

in his professional boxing career?

Certainly not very many. Certainly towards the start of his career.

Erm... Towards the end of his career, he...

He must've been defeated a few more times.

I'm going to go with...

I'm going to go with six, Dermot.

It's the right answer, Jon. Well done.

OK. CJ needs to get this.

CJ, in the 1980-1981 season, fans of which American football club

took to wearing brown paper bags on their heads in protest

at their team's poor performance?

No idea.

Absolutely no idea.

I mean, Denver Broncos I think are...

Have been historically quite successful.

Baltimore Ravens less so although they won the Super Bowl in 2013.

New Orleans Saints, I don't know anything about.

Blind guess. Denver Broncos.

OK, Denver Broncos.

Well, you've kind of got a paper bag on your head there with the guess.

It's not the right answer, no. Any Eggheads know?

I would have gone New Orleans. It can't be the Ravens.

-The ravens didn't exist then.

-So, it must be the New Orleans Saints.

It's the Saints. I don't know if you can hear that, CJ,

but the Ravens didn't actually exist in the '80-81 season,

so they narrowed it down.

It's the New Orleans Saints, which means, again,

well, you really have turned this game around so far,

All Dressed Up And No Place To Go.

Two brains down after two rounds.

It's now two all in terms of knockouts

as we head into the final round.

It means you're playing in that final round, Jon. No place for CJ.

Would you both, please, come back and join your teams?

And so this is what we've been playing towards.

It's time for the final round, which as always is General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-head

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

It's very even. Jayne and Liz from All Dressed Up And No Place To Go

and CJ and Barry from the Eggheads,

would you all leave the studio now, please?

So, Jon, Sally and Kevin,

you're playing to win All Dressed Up And No Place To Go £5,000.

Dave, Kevin and Chris, you're playing for something,

which money can't buy.

That is the Egghead's reputation

and as usual, I ask each team three questions in turn.

This time the questions are all general knowledge

and you are allowed to confer.

So, All Dressed Up And No Place To Go the question is...

are your three brains better than the Egghead's three?

And Jon, Sally and Kevin, would you like to go first or second?

We'll go first, please, Dermot.

Good luck. First question coming your way.

Which of these comedians is an honorary member

of The Society Of Crematorium Organists?

Which of these comedians is an honorary member

of The Society Of Crematorium Organists?

-I think it's got to be Bill.

-I think it's got to be Bill Bailey, yeah.

-Yeah.

-I don't know anything about the other two

-playing any instruments.

-And the fact he's a troll.

-There's that too, yeah.

-Yeah.

We'll go Bill Bailey, please, Dermot.

Bill Bailey. You said it's got to be.

It is. Yes, Bill Bailey.

An honorary member of The Society Of Crematorium Organists.

OK. Eggheads, the Volpi Cup is an acting award given out

at which film festival?

The Volpi Cup. V-O-L-P-I.

The Volpi Cup is an acting award given out at which film festival?

-Pretty sure it's Venice.

-Yeah.

-It's Italian sounding, anyway.

-I'm pretty sure it's Venice. OK.

-That's good for me.

I believe that's Venice.

-Venice Film Festival.

-Yeah.

Is the right answer, Eggheads. Do you know who it's named after?

I think it might be the man

-who was the original founding director of the festival.

-Yep.

I can't member his first name unfortunately, but... I know...

I know it's terrible, isn't it? You know? There you go.

These things happen.

Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata.

Ah. A name to conjure with.

OK. All square.

Good start from All Dressed Up And No Place To Go. Second question.

An evil character called Albrecht or Hermann Gessler

features in which European folktale?

An evil character called Albrecht or Hermann Gessler

features in which European folktale?

-I think that's...

-European folktale, surely got to be William Tell.

-It's Germanic as well.

-Yeah. The Emperor's New Clothes.

Eastern, obviously. Lady Godiva, Coventry, Britain.

I don't remember there being a villain in William Tell, though.

Is there?

Albrecht or Hermann.

I mean, I'm happy to go with you cos on the etymology,

the name would seem more right.

Who wrote The Emperor's New Clothes?

-Beats me.

-I don't know.

But it might have been a Grimm.

But is there a baddie in that?

Yes, who sells the clothes, but we'll go with William Tell.

-I don't want you guys to be swayed by me.

-I think William Tell.

-Go for it.

-We'll say William Tell.

OK. William Tell. Some debate there.

Albrecht or Herman Gessler.

Yeah, well, of course, it's William Tell

to put the apple on his son's head.

It's the right answer. Well done.

All right. Eggheads, your second question.

Which MP and campaigner for disabled people

became profoundly deaf in 1967,

but continue to represent his Stoke-on-Trent constituency

until 1992?

Which MP and campaigner for disabled people

became profoundly deaf in 1967,

but continued to represent his Stoke-on-Trent constituency

until 1992?

-Jack Ashley.

-Jack Ashley, yeah.

-Jack Ashley. Later Lord Ashley, right?

Yes, that is the right answer, Eggheads,

-and father of...

-Jackie Ashley the journalist.

..noted journalist.

Jack Ashley. Correct answer there. So, it's all square again.

Two all and going well, All Dressed Up And No Place To Go.

Your third question.

Which actor directed the 1970 film Sometimes A Great Notion

and the 1972 film

The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds?

Which actor directed the 1970 film Sometimes A Great Notion

and the 1972 film

The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds?

-I have no idea.

-I don't think...

Gene Hackman would have been directing films back then.

Paul Newman, again, I don't think so.

-Steve McQueen's furthest back, so...

-Yeah.

Erm... That's probably...

-It sounds like Steve McQueen to me.

-I think that's fair, yeah. OK.

-OK. Why not?

-Go for it.

-Steve McQueen, we'll say, Dermot.

OK. Steve McQueen for, erm, rather strange named films.

Certainly the second one.

The actor who directed Sometimes A Great Notion,

The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds

is Paul Newman.

Bad luck. Not Gene Hackman,

but you chose the wrong one of the other two.

Nothing there for All Dressed Up And No Place To Go.

So, the Eggheads have got a chance here.

Eggheads, what mythological name was given to the various groups

who headed towards California during the gold rush?

What mythological name was given to the various groups

who headed towards California during the gold rush?

Logical thing now. I don't know...

It doesn't immediately leap out as something I know,

but the logical thing is Argonauts

in the sense that the Argonauts were searching for the Golden fleece.

Yeah. Looking for gold.

-And these were searching for gold. I think...I think I've heard it.

-OK.

I think I've heard it, but I may be...

-I don't want to mislead anybody.

-It wouldn't be Valkyries.

-Doubt it would be Olympians.

-No.

Well, you've got Olympia in the state of Washington

but that's not, you know, there.

-Yeah, the Argonauts were in search of the Golden fleece.

-OK yeah.

-It makes...

-It make sense.

-It makes sense, yeah.

Hopefully this is ringing a bell, but in any case,

the logical one there is...

Because of the Argonauts in Greek mythology were searching

for the Golden fleece and these, the 49ers,

were looking for gold in California, so the logical one is Argonauts.

OK. The name given to the groups was the...

the Argonauts.

It's correct, Eggheads. You've won.

Oh, well done, All Dressed Up And No Place To Go.

That really was a game of two halves as they say, wasn't it?

It was looking pretty bad in those first two head-to-heads.

I could hear a few groans coming from your side,

but you really turned it around there

and evened it up in the final rounds and it's just hinged on...

I think there's no shame in going out on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds.

Confusion of that. What a wonderfully named film.

Maybe, you'll dig that out and have a look at it

and find out what it's all about,

but thank you very much indeed for playing the Eggheads today.

Great to see you.

And those Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them

and they still reign supreme over quiz land, I'm afraid.

You won't be going home with the £5,000.

That means the money rolls over to our next show.

And join us next time to see

if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£6,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.