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 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit their wits
0:00:28 > 0:00:31against 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 awesome quiz champions today are
0:00:36 > 0:00:38the Victoria Plums, from Cheshire.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39This team of friends,
0:00:39 > 0:00:43who are all regulars at the Victoria Social Club, in Holmes Chapel,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47which each year does hold a festival dedicated to the plum.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52- Let's meet them.- Hi, I'm Phil. I'm 33 and I'm a lettings administrator.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Geoff. I'm 61 and I work for a leading pharmaceutical company.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Stephen. I'm 29 and I'm a claims handler.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm Rich. I'm 46 and I'm a quiz master.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Hi, I'm Mike. I'm 52 and I'm a financial planner.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Welcome, Victoria Plums.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13So, tell me about this plum festival.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Well, it's a plum and gooseberry festival where local people in the
0:01:17 > 0:01:20village, they grow them, their plums and gooseberries,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22throughout the year.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25And then once a year, they weigh them down at the club
0:01:25 > 0:01:29and whoever's got the heaviest plum or gooseberry goes away with a prize.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31OK, so it's all about size and weight, is it?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Not about how they taste.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Yeah, I wouldn't eat any of them. It's all about size and weight.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Let's talk about the quizzing side of it -
0:01:39 > 0:01:41you three closest to me are part of the same quiz team?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- Yeah, that's right. - And how do you do?
0:01:43 > 0:01:47You take on Mike and part of the other team?
0:01:47 > 0:01:52- Mike forms part of a team and Rich... - I set the quizzes.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55OK! And how do you do when you take on Mike's team?
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- Um... It can vary. - Be honest, be honest.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02We'd say just about level.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- OK.- I said be honest.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I'm not sowing dissent in the team, there.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09You are united to take on the Eggheads today.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10And every day, there is
0:02:10 > 0:02:13£1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:16 > 0:02:17the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20So, Victory Plums, the Eggheads have won the last six games,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23so that means £7,000 says
0:02:23 > 0:02:24you can't beat the Eggheads today.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Let's start, shall we?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29And our first head-to-head is going to be on the subject of Music.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32So, who'd like to take this one on first of all? Music.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- Well, I think we decided Mike for Music.- OK.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38OK, Mike, choose an Egghead.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- Who?- Judith, please. - Judith, yes, indeed.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47OK, let's have Mike and Judith playing our opening round.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51It's Music. You both need to go to the Question Room, please.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53All right, we're going to play the music round.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57- Would you like to go first or second?- I'll go first, please.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Good luck, Mike. Here you go, first question on music, then.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Which dance move gained notoriety after being
0:03:05 > 0:03:09performed by Miley Cyrus at a 2013 awards ceremony?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Yes, um...
0:03:13 > 0:03:15I don't think it's twilling
0:03:15 > 0:03:17or twinkling, I think the answer,
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Dermot, is twerking.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Twerking.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23And, yeah, well, Pat and Chris are just going to demonstrate it.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28I'm afraid my contract's forbidden me from impromptu performances.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31You put your back out last time you did it, didn't you, Pat?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Can't get insured.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34All right.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Um, Judith.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40In 2004, the Royal Northern Sinfonia became
0:03:40 > 0:03:41resident in which town?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Well, the most northerly of those...
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I mean, Cromer is in Norfolk,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Torquay is in Devon,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52so I think it's probably Gateshead,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54which is in the north.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Is it? The north?- The north.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Yeah, you could do that on geography, of course.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Gateshead is right, of course. OK.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Now, Mike, second question.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Which founder member of Pink Floyd left the group in 1985
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and took legal action against the remaining members over
0:04:11 > 0:04:13the use of the band name?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I know Nick Mason has lent cars to Top Gear.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I'm going to plump for Roger Waters.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26You've got it, that's the right answer.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Yeah, well done - Roger Waters.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33OK, Judith, second question.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Who was nominated for a 2013 Mercury Prize for the album
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Sing To The Moon?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45I have no idea.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I forgot to revise all this.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Um...
0:04:49 > 0:04:51I don't know, Kristyna Myles?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53I mean, it's a pure guess.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57OK, it's not. Eggheads, do you know from the other two? Other Eggheads?
0:04:57 > 0:05:02- It's Laura Mvula.- It is, yes, it's Laura Mvula, with Sing To The Moon.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04So, right, well...
0:05:04 > 0:05:06This is a great opportunity for you, Mike.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09This would ensure your place in the final round,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11a correct answer here.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13The dutar, popular throughout Central Asia,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16is a musical instrument played by what method?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20It's spelt D-U-T-A-R.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Dutar, it sounds a bit like guitar, so plucking maybe?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Um...
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Blowing, hitting...
0:05:31 > 0:05:34A wild stab this time, it's plucking.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36A wild stab...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Prepare for the final round, it's the right answer.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Well done.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Plucking takes you through there and deprives Judith of a place.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Would you both, please, come back and join your teams?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Well, the Victoria Plums striking first.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53The Eggheads have lost one brain from the final round.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Of course, the Victoria Plums are all there.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58So let's play our second round, this one is Sport.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Who would like to play this from the Victoria Plums?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- You?- Yep.- Yep, definitely. - Stephen.- Steve.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05What do you reckon?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- Um...- I think Chris.- Chris, yeah?
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Chris.- Go Chris.- Chris, please. - Yeah, I'll go Chris, please.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15OK, Chris, do you like plums?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18That's a loaded question, isn't it, Dermot?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Yeah.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Let's have Stephen and Chris into the Question Room, please.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Stephen, would you like to go first or second?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Can I go first, please?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Here you go, first question on Sport, then.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40What name is given in tennis to a set in which the score is 6-1?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Right, this is something I've never actually heard before.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47I know, obviously, '6-love' is a bagel.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51So, off that, I will go for...
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Breadstick.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55OK. Bagel to breadstick.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57It's the right answer, well done.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Chris, in baseball,
0:07:01 > 0:07:05SS is the abbreviation for which fielding position?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12That's the guy just behind the pitcher's mound, isn't it?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13It's the shortstop.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16It is the shortstop. That's correct as well. OK, one each.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18And, Stephen, second question.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Which League Two club reached the final of the 2013
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Football League Cup, where they were beaten by Swansea City?
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Um, that is something that I'm big into, football, obviously,
0:07:32 > 0:07:34with playing, and I believe that was Bradford City.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Yes, it was, Bradford City.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Gives you two on the board.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Chris, in indoor athletics competitions,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45the 400-metres race takes place over how many laps of the track?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Uh, well, it's about 100...
0:07:51 > 0:07:56Each side of the track is about 100 metres, so it's...twice round, two.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Yes, it is.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Two for the 400 metres.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01OK, third question each.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05And, Stephen, John Curry won a figure skating gold medal
0:08:05 > 0:08:08in the Winter Olympics held in which city?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Right, this is something I'm not very clued up on at all.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Um...
0:08:16 > 0:08:18For the life of me, I can't remember where
0:08:18 > 0:08:22the Olympics took place, so...
0:08:24 > 0:08:28I will go for a shot in the dark - Grenoble.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31OK, shot in the dark.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Chris, do you know, is it Grenoble?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I thought it was Lake Placid.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37No, it's neither, it's Innsbruck.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- Oh, wonderful(!)- It's Innsbruck.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42So, a chance for Chris, though, in spite of not knowing that one.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43It wasn't his question.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Chris, what is the surname of brothers Ian, Andrew and Kevin,
0:08:47 > 0:08:53who all represented Scotland at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I think they're the Howe brothers.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59That's what I'll go with.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Ian, Andrew and Kevin...
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- Henderson.- Henderson, oh.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06OK, it's all square still, after three questions.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09So, for the first time in the game, we go to Sudden Death.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Stephen, just to underline it for you,
0:09:11 > 0:09:15we removed those choices you've been able to look at so far.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Here's your question.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21The US golfer Justin Leonard won his first major title
0:09:21 > 0:09:24at the Open in which decade?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I've got to think
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Leonard was early 2000, late '90s,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31so I'm going to go with 19...
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Well, the '90s, 1990s.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36OK, 1990s just needed. OK. And that is the right answer.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Well done.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Do you know the precise year by any chance? It doesn't matter.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43I'd guess about '97.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Yeah, it is, '97. Well done.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Don't get an extra point, though, but...
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Chris, which Grand Slam single's title did Martina Hingis win
0:09:53 > 0:09:56three times during her tennis career?
0:09:56 > 0:09:57The French Open?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01OK.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02It's not.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Eggheads?- Australia.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06It's the Australian Open.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09So, not the French, which means...
0:10:09 > 0:10:12It's great news, Stephen, you're through to the final round.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Sudden Death victory there for Stephen,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18which means Chris won't be there.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Would you both, please, come back and join your teams?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Well, on a roll at the moment, Victoria Plums.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26You've knocked two Eggheads out of the final round,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29you're all still there. Can you keep it up? Round Three, Arts and Books.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Who'd like to play this one, then?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33It's Phil, Geoff or Rich.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Do you want me to take one for the team?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39You're the captain, you decide.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42As captain, I'll have to take one for the team, unfortunately.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43OK, who would you like to play?
0:10:43 > 0:10:48Chris and Judith have played, so you can have CJ, Barry or Pat.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Who do you think? I don't think it's going to matter.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53I think... Pat, I think.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55OK, Pat, please.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59OK, the two Ps, Phil and Pat, in the Question Room, please.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Would you like to go first or second, Phil?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I'll go first, please.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09All right, Phil, here's your first question.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11What is the historical setting for the Dickens novel
0:11:11 > 0:11:13A Tale Of Two Cities?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Um...
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Literature is not a big, strong subject of mine.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I probably should know this, really,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29but I'm going to have to guess.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32And I'll go down the middle and I'll say French Revolution.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Good guess, it is the right answer. Well done.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Pat, the first book in a famous series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
0:11:42 > 0:11:45is called Little House...where?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Her books eventually were made into the television series
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Little House...Little House On The Prairie, I think.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01Those books were certainly North American setting,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04so I'm assuming it'll be Little House In The Big Woods.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Yep, In The Big Woods.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House In The Big Woods. It's right.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Back to you, Phil.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Which iconic figure was posed for by
0:12:15 > 0:12:19the artist's model Eleanor Velasco Thornton?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Um...
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Again...
0:12:27 > 0:12:31It is going to have to be a stab in the dark. Um...
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I think I might have seen something recently about Britannia.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- I'll have to go for Britannia.- OK.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Eggheads, what do you think?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42EGGHEADS: Spirit Of Ecstasy.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44It's the Spirit Of Ecstasy.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Right, well, nothing there.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Will Pat take the lead, then?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Pat, the French artist Paul Signac was
0:12:51 > 0:12:54one of the originators of which technique?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Well, Georges Seurat was normally...
0:13:01 > 0:13:04He's the main example of this,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06but I think Signac was also a pointillist,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- so it's pointillism.- OK.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11It is the right answer, you'll be pleased to hear,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13and I think you knew it was right anyway.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15It means you need this, Phil.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Sarah Layton, Ronald Merrick
0:13:18 > 0:13:22and Harry Kumar are central characters in which novel sequence?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Um...
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Again...
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Not too sure. Um...
0:13:34 > 0:13:38I don't think it is the Forsyte Saga,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40which probably means it probably is.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I'm going to go for The Raj Quartet.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44The Raj Quartet.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Pat, is he right? - I think he is correct, yes.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49It is the right answer, yes. You are still in it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53OK, Pat, here is your question.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57The Hireling and The Betrayal are novels by which author?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03The Hireling sounds...
0:14:03 > 0:14:07It just rings a bell. It's a very English book.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Of those three, I think I'll have to go for LP Hartley.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13OK, LP Hartley for The Hireling and The Betrayal.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17It is the right answer. Pat, you are through to the final round.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19But good performance, there, Phil.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21As you said, taking one for the team,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23and you particularly didn't like books.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Well, you got both of your novel questions right,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27so well done on that.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28But not enough to get in the final round.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Would you both, please, come back and join your teams?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Pat pulling one back for the Eggheads there.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38As it stands, the balance is this - the Victoria Plums have knocked
0:14:38 > 0:14:42two Eggheads out, but one of them has now gone from the final round.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45So, let's see what is going to happen in that final round.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Our last head-to-head is Science.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Two of you remain to play, Victoria Plums -
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Geoff or Rich.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55I think I'll take that one, yeah. I'll take that one, Dermot.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59OK, Rich, and who would you like to play from the Eggheads, CJ or Barry?
0:14:59 > 0:15:03- I'll take CJ, please.- All right, so Rich and CJ to play Science.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Into the Question Room, you two, please.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Science. Would you like to go first or second, Rich?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I'll go first, please, Dermot.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Good luck. Here you go, first question.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20Rich, the two breeds of Fox Terrier are the smooth and which other?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24I'm afraid I'm going to be guessing at this one.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26I'm going to rule out rope.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30And I'm going to have a stab down the right for wire.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Wire...
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Is the right answer, yes. Well done.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39CJ, the waxy substance spermaceti,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42previously used in cosmetics and candles,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45is obtained from what type of creatures?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49It's from whales.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Yes, it is obtained...
0:15:51 > 0:15:53was obtained from whales.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55OK, Rich,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58what is the English translation of the word 'soyuz'
0:15:58 > 0:16:00used in Soviet space exploration?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Could you spell that for me, please, Dermot?- S-O-Y-U-Z.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Um... I'm afraid I don't know this either.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Um... I'm going to rule out atom.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18And I'm going to strategically go straight down the middle.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Which means you're going for knowledge?
0:16:21 > 0:16:25OK, it not. It's... CJ?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26It's atom.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- No.- Oh!- It's union.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30'Soyuz' means union.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33All right, CJ, your question, for a lead.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37The Museum Of Science And Industry, known as MOSI,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39is in which city?
0:16:42 > 0:16:46I don't know of it, I'm afraid. Uh...
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Ugh...
0:16:47 > 0:16:50You think of industry, you immediately think of Manchester,
0:16:50 > 0:16:51don't you? Um...
0:16:53 > 0:16:54It is also the biggest of the three,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59I don't know, this is...
0:16:59 > 0:17:02I was going to say, this is little more than a blind guess.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04This is a blind guess. Manchester.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06OK.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Well, going on industry, but of course,
0:17:08 > 0:17:12all three used to have major, major industries.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15But it is Manchester, you've got it. Well done, CJ.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17OK, it means
0:17:17 > 0:17:20if you get this wrong, you are out of the game.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Here you go. The Scottish surgeon James Braid was a pioneer
0:17:24 > 0:17:26of which form of treatment in the 19th century?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32I've heard of the name.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Um...
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I'm going to rule out acupuncture.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39And I'm going to...
0:17:39 > 0:17:40It's going to be a guess,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42hopefully an educated guess.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Chiropractic.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48OK, chiropractic for the Scottish surgeon James Braid.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52It's incorrect. Sorry, Rich.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Yeah, I think it is the other one you were considering -
0:17:55 > 0:17:56hypnotism, down the middle there.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Hypnotism.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Well, there we are.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01The round is over. CJ, you are in the final round.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02No place for you, Rich.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Would you both, please, come back and join your teams?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08And so this is what we've been playing towards.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11It's time now for the final round, which, as always,
0:18:11 > 0:18:12is General Knowledge.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14But those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be
0:18:14 > 0:18:16allowed to take part in this round,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20so it is Phil and Rich from the Victoria Plums and Chris and
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Judith from the Eggheads who have to leave the studio now, please.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27And so, Geoff, Stephen and Mike, you are playing to win
0:18:27 > 0:18:30the Victoria Plums £7,000.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32CJ, Barry and Pat, you are playing
0:18:32 > 0:18:35for something which money cannot buy -
0:18:35 > 0:18:37the Eggheads' reputation.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39And as usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42This time the questions are all general knowledge
0:18:42 > 0:18:43and you are allowed to confer.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45So, Victoria Plums, the question is,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Geoff, Stephen and Mike, what do you want to do,
0:18:50 > 0:18:51go first or second in this round?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53We'll go first, please, Dermot.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59OK, off you go. First question for the Victoria Plums.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03What title is held by the wife of an earl?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07It's a countess.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I wouldn't know, myself.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12My weaker part.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Should we say countess? - Countess, yeah?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Countess, Dermot. - Countess, you think.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20It is the right answer. Yes, good start.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Well negotiated.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Eggheads, which subject is covered by the website Bleacher Report?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Presumably, it is sport. - Well, bleachers are...
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Bleachers are the stands. - The seats in this baseball field.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37I've not heard of it, but surely it's just the stands for sport.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Happy with that?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42OK, well, we're not totally certain on this, but the
0:19:42 > 0:19:45bleachers is another name for the stands in American stadiums.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48And on that basis, we'll go for sport.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Sport is correct.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Yes, Eggheads, got it.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53OK, Victoria Plums,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56the Radio 4 comedy programme in which celebrities are
0:19:56 > 0:20:01encouraged to try new experiences is called I've Never Seen...what?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- I'm going to guess and say Star Wars.- Yeah, I don't know.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10And I don't know either.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11I'd be inclined to...
0:20:11 > 0:20:14It would make more sense, Star Wars, out of the three.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Yeah, we don't know, Dermot, but we are going for Star Wars.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19I've never seen Star Wars...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Yes! It is the right answer. You worked that out.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24OK, two to you.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Then, Eggheads' second question.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30In 2013, Emma Willis and Marvin Humes were named as the new regular
0:20:30 > 0:20:32presenters of which television show?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39I've got a feeling it was The Voice UK.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41It is certainly not Cash In The Attic.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43It's not Cash In The Attic and The Voice...
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Both of The Voice presenters left.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47So they both would have to be replaced.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- They have got two presenters, don't they?- Yes.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- It's not The One Show. - No, surely not.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Pat?- I think it is The Voice. - Yeah, well, we're happy?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58OK, we're going for The Voice UK.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00The Voice UK...is correct.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Well done, Eggheads. Two to you.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04And back to the Victoria Plums, then.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Which road in Britain follows the Great North Road
0:21:07 > 0:21:08for much of its route?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- It's the A1.- Yeah, A1 for the North.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16The A1, Dermot.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17The A1...
0:21:17 > 0:21:20is the right answer, well done.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22You've got three. OK, well,
0:21:22 > 0:21:24just could win you the money, that alone,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26if the Eggheads don't get this.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Estoc is a term for what type of historic weapon?
0:21:33 > 0:21:34I've got a feeling...
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Is there an 'estocado' in bullfighting?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I don't know.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40It's not... I don't think it is a pistol.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43You think there's a bullfighter called an Estocado?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- No, I just think it is a term.- OK.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49No, what rings a bell with me is to bullfighting.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53I don't really like pistol at all, so it is just between the other two.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Well, swords are far more common in bullfighting than lances are.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58There are many more varieties of sword than there are of lances.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- Of course.- There's 50, 60 or 100
0:22:00 > 0:22:02different types of sword,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04and lances, there's only two or three different types,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06so the percentages soar.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09We do like our percentages.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12It should ring some sort of bells, shouldn't it?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- It doesn't for me.- No.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16It's the vaguest of bells
0:22:16 > 0:22:18for me, it really is, but I've got nothing else.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Yeah, it's very vague for me, I'm not confident at all.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- But we will have to go for it, then, shall we?- Sword?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25I've got nothing, so I'm happy to go with both of you.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Well, we are really quite stumped on this, but both Pat
0:22:28 > 0:22:32and I have the vaguest of inklings that it might be something to
0:22:32 > 0:22:36do with bullfighting and a sword, so we are going for sword.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Have the Victoria Plums won the money?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45No, they haven't. It is the right answer.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Sword.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49An estoc is a sword with no cutting edge, just a point,
0:22:49 > 0:22:50for piercing armour.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Ah! Piercing armour.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54OK.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Well, well done, you guys.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59As you know, we go to Sudden Death now,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02three all after three questions. Let's sort out a winner.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06In 2013, the Plantagenet Alliance ran
0:23:06 > 0:23:11a campaign for the remains of which king to be buried in York Minster?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- The guy that was found in Leicester. - Is that Richard III?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Richard III, I think it was. - I think it was.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Go with Richard III? Yeah.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Richard III, Dermot.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Richard III is correct. Well done.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27OK, Eggheads, you need this, then.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30What is the name of the annual holiday first held
0:23:30 > 0:23:33in Nebraska in 1872,
0:23:33 > 0:23:38where participants are encouraged to plant and care for trees?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Is there an Arbor Day in America?
0:23:40 > 0:23:44- There is.- That rings a bell. - That has a tree link.- Arbor...
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- There is a Labor Day, certainly. - Yeah.- Is there an Arbor Day?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- I've heard of an Arbor Day. - That rings a bell.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52We've also got the old Johnny Appleseed thing in America.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- That's not a holiday, though, is it? - No.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56No, that's more a cultural myth.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Yeah.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02- You could obviously have some very boring National Tree Day.- Yeah.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- No, I'm happy to go with that. - Have a go with that?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- Arbor Day sounds good to me.- OK.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Once again, we are struggling a little.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12But Pat believes there is an Arbor Day in America
0:24:12 > 0:24:14and I'm inclined to agree with him, there is.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16So we'll go for Arbor Day as the holiday.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Arbor Day is the right answer, Eggheads.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Well, you are doing everything you can, Victoria Plums, which is
0:24:24 > 0:24:27keep getting the questions right and hope for them to get one wrong.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Try another one.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32The character Samuel Powers, known as Screech,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35first appeared in which American sitcom?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38The only Screech I know was Saved By The Bell.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41But that was sort of a kids, teenage...
0:24:41 > 0:24:45I'm quite happy to go with it, cos I haven't got any idea. Mike?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Yeah, that's the only Screech I know of, so Saved By The Bell.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Hang on. Just think. Screech... Screech...
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Anybody?- That was sort of, like, early '90s.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- Go on, then, I think we'll go with that.- We'll go with it?- Yeah.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01OK, well, Mike and I don't really know,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04but Steve is going for Saved By The Bell.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Saved By The Bell.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Saved by Stephen, it's the right answer. Well done.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Well done, mate.- OK, well, Eggheads, work to do AGAIN.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Who topped the UK singles chart in 1969 with the song
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Wait a second.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Might not be Marmalade.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26The Overlanders, they did Michelle.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- They did Michelle. - They did Michelle.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31So I think it is Marmalade for Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- Who else could it be? - It's a Beatles song, obviously.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I can't think of any names before, other than that.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46- Yeah, I think it is Marmalade.- OK? - Just the one word?- Yeah.- OK.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- All right, well, we are going for Marmalade.- Marmalade.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53And I also heard you saying there, originally a Beatles song.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Top of the charts in 1969, the group - Marmalade.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Well, what a round!
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Fantastic quizzing by both teams.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06We expect it from them, but this is fantastic, Victoria Plums.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Another question.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Thomas Jefferson served as vice president of the United States
0:26:12 > 0:26:13under which president?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17It's down to you, Geoff.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22He drafted the Declaration Of Independence.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26So it has got to be one of the very, very early ones.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Could it have been Washington or is that too early?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32I'm not sure whether was Washington or whether it's...
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Was it John Adams that came after that?- Yeah, I don't know.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- I don't know.- I'm not sure either.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Not really.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- So it is down to Geoff, I think. - We'll go for Washington?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Go Washington? Yeah? OK.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47We don't know again, Dermot,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49but we are going to go for George Washington.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53OK, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson serving as vice president.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56It's not the right answer. It is not George Washington.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- Eggheads will know. - BOTH: John Adams.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- John Adams. - You said that, didn't you?!
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Oh, bad luck. Yeah, I heard you say it.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07OK, well, a chance for the Eggheads.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Spy Hook, Spy Line and Spy Sinker
0:27:11 > 0:27:13is a trilogy of books by which author?
0:27:13 > 0:27:18- It's in the style of Len Deighton in terms of naming.- John le Carre?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20It's more Deighton than le Carre.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I've vaguely heard of him, that's it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Well, Deighton did Game, Set and Match.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28London, whatever, Berlin and...
0:27:28 > 0:27:30It sounds more like Deighton than le Carre.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32It could be either of them, I think.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35But... Yeah, I'd be more inclined to go for Deighton.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Len Deighton. - I would be as well.- OK, fine.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40All right, well, we have a couple of candidates for this,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43but of those two, we're going to go for Len Deighton.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Spy Hook, Spy Line and Spy Sinker
0:27:45 > 0:27:48are by...
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Len Deighton. Eggheads, you've won!
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Well, our congratulations to you, Victoria Plums.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01That is about as close as you get without winning the money.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04But listen, not to be on the day.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Thank you very much indeed for playing the Eggheads today.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Enjoy what you have achieved, which was considerable.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14You just didn't win the money in the end. Good luck with the plums.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18and their winning streak continues.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £7,000,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23which means the money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26So, Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28And join us next time to see
0:28:28 > 0:28:31if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35£8,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.