Episode 40 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

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

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

They are the Eggheads.

And challenging our resident quiz champions today

are the Temple of Blooms-Bury.

This team of friends all know one another

through captain Justin, who originally met

each of his team-mates while studying

in the Bloomsbury area of London.

Let's meet them.

Hi, my name is Justin, I'm 39 and I'm an Egyptian archaeologist.

Hi, I'm Stacy, I'm 26 and I'm a PhD student in bioarcheology.

My name is Omar, I'm 26

and I'm a business studies and economics teacher.

Hi, I'm Lindsey, I'm 26 and I'm a singer.

Hi, I'm Kit, I'm 43 and I'm a teacher of drama and dance.

So the team name, let's discuss that, Temple of Blooms-Bury.

There's also a play on the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones,

archaeology, that's your profession.

Yes, well, three of us have ties to archaeology and ancient history

and so it was kind of a playful play on the movie,

and I expect the other two have watched it, so...

-What, you mean you haven't?

-Well...

It's not really an accurate depiction of the painstaking

work of the archaeologist, is it, Indiana Jones?

I think most of us would call Indiana Jones a hack,

but a lovable hack, you know?

OK, well, let's start the quiz going.

Every day, there's £1,000 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, Temple of Blooms-Bury, the Eggheads have won the last

eight games, which means £9,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.

And let's see what our first subject is... It's Music.

Who'd like to start us off with Music?

-It's going to have to be me, isn't it?

-Oh, yeah.

-Makes sense.

-Oh, my goodness. It's me, I'll take it.

-All right, Lindsey.

And which Egghead will you take into the Question Room?

Well, I've got a good choice now. What do you think, Kit?

-What do I think?

-I think maybe Judith.

-OK, go for it, yeah.

-I'm going to take Judith, if that's OK.

-Of course it is.

Let's go, Judith.

It's Judith from the Eggheads

and Lindsey from the Temple of Blooms-Bury playing Music.

Into the Question Room, please.

So, then, Lindsey, as a singer, do you have broad musical tastes?

Indeed I do, Dermot. I can't choose a favourite genre of music,

I really can't. It's a impossible task for me.

Well, that's fantastic news for this round.

Hopefully so.

Unless it's opera, I'm not so good on opera.

OK, we'll bear that in mind. Tell me if you want the first or second set of questions.

I'll go first, please.

OK, first question for you, Lindsey.

Which of these terms was used in the late 20th century

to refer to bands such as Pulp, Oasis and Blur?

OK, Dermot, well, none of them are hip-hop.

A few of them, I would say, are tip-top, but the answer is Britpop.

Britpop is, of course, the right answer, yes.

Off to a good start.

And, Judith, which of these songs,

often associated with Luciano Pavarotti,

is a Neopolitan song whose title translates as "my sunshine"?

Well, Santa Lucia is sort of self-explanatory.

And Funiculi, Funicula sounds as if it's about a lift.

Um...

I think it's O Sole Mio.

O Sole Mio. Funiculi, Funicula is about lifts, a funicular railway.

A funicular railway up Vesuvius, yeah.

It is O Sole Mio, of course, yes. Well done, Judith.

OK, Lindsey, your second question.

In the musical Les Miserables,

the song Bring Him Home is sung by which character?

Bring Him Home - it's actually one of my favourite musicals,

Les Miserables, so, er, this is good. I happen to know it's Valjean.

It is. It is Valjean. That's great.

That fell very nicely for you. Judith.

The album Right Place, Right Time,

featuring the tracks Dear Darling and Army Of Two,

was released in 2012 by which artist?

I don't think it's Adele.

I don't... Um, I think it's Olly Murs.

It is Olly Murs, yep. Well done, Judith, OK.

This is getting very interesting, it's all square.

Lindsey, your third question.

In 2013, who became the first British woman to be named

Artist of the Year at the Gramaphone Classical Music Awards?

OK, well, female classical singers, not a strength of mine.

Um, I really don't know.

Um, I suppose I will plant for Kathryn Stott.

OK, Kathryn Stott.

No, it's not. Bad luck, Lindsey.

Do you know, Judith?

Is it Nicola Benedetti?

No, it's Alison Balsom.

OK. Right, well...

..see what Judith does with this one.

Henry Padovani, born in Corsica in 1952,

was the original guitarist with which band?

Um...

I'm not sure.

Um...

I think it might be The Jam.

OK, The Jam, for Henry Padovani. Eggheads, do you think it's The Jam?

The Police.

Oh, from Dave, it is The Police.

Oh, that's the other one I nearly said.

Oh, dear. Well, not "oh, dear" from Lindsey's point of view.

We play on. It's 2-2 still, both not getting your third questions.

Which means we're going to go to Sudden Death phase, Lindsey,

and remove the options.

So, can you tell me this?

Which opera by Richard Wagner...? Yeah.

Which opera by Richard Wagner is based on the legend

of the captain of a ship condemned to sail the oceans for eternity?

I have a friend who will kill me for not knowing this.

I'm going to have to pass, I can't even guess.

Well, you started the whole round by saying opera

-was a bit of a blind spot for you.

-Indeed.

The Eggheads will tell me.

Der fliegende Hollander - the Flying Dutchman.

Der fliegende Hollander, which is The Flying Dutchman, yeah.

OK, well, a chance for you, Judith.

The song Ease On Down The Road

is taken from which musical, first performed in 1974?

A '70s musical. Ease On Down The Road.

Oh, golly.

I can't think.

I don't know, can't think.

OK, pass. Well before your time, but, er, Lindsey,

have you got any idea, just out of interest?

I don't know. I'm a musical fan, but I don't know that one.

Ease On Down The Road is kind of a hip take in 1974

on Follow The Yellow Brick Road. Does that give you a clue?

-It's The Wiz. The Wiz.

-Oh!

Which, of course, was based on The Wizard of Oz.

All right. It wasn't your question, so, Lindsey, this is yours.

In the 1970s, Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3

and What A Waste

were UK top-ten singles for which singer?

-In the 1970s, Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3...

-I know this!

and What A Waste

were UK top-ten singles for which singer?

It's Ian Dury, isn't it?

-It is Ian Dury.

-Yes!

-Finally!

-You got one.

OK, Judith, though, still in it.

Judith, the singer Nina Hagerup, born in Norway in 1845,

was the cousin and wife of which composer?

Erm, Grieg.

I can't remember his Christian name.

Um...

What the hell was his name?

Um...

I can't think of his Christian name. That's it.

Well, as you know, then, Judith, we do need a full name.

So we need a first name and a surname.

And, yes, it is Grieg, but it's not a correct answer,

cos you haven't given me his first name. Eggheads?

-Edvard.

-Edvard.

Edvard Grieg.

Which is great news for you, Lindsey,

-you're in the final round.

-Yay!

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Quite a battle that, but as it stands, Temple of Blooms-Bury

haven't lost any brains from the Final Round.

The Eggheads have lost one.

Our next subject - it's Science.

Who would like to play this from the Temple of Blooms-Bury? Science.

I think Kit. Kit, yeah.

Let's do this thing.

-OK.

-He does have a degree in genetics.

Yeah, you know. OK, let's... Can I have...?

Can I have

Tremendous Knowledge Dave, please?

All right, Kit and Dave playing this one.

Could I ask you both to go to the Question Room, please?

So, Kit, you're a drama and dance teacher with a degree in genetics.

So you've got the arts and sciences covered.

Something of a renaissance man.

That's right, yeah. I used to teach science for a while,

and then the head at my school, who's a very nice man,

decided I was so good at teaching science

that maybe I should teach drama instead.

Very well put. OK.

Well, you're now quizzing on Science.

Would you like to go first or second?

Um, I'll go first, I think.

Good luck, Kit, here you are.

Which of these medical conditions is characterised

by inflammation of the joints?

OK. Well, sciatica is about the sciatic nerve,

which runs down the leg -

I don't think it's that one.

Migraine, which I used to get lots,

is about expanding of the arteries to the brain.

I think it's arthritis,

stemming from "arthros", which is Greek for joint.

Like an Egghead! It's the right answer, yes, arthritis.

Very full answer. Thank you, Kit.

And, Dave, what type of creature

is a false widow?

A false widow. I've not heard of it.

But...

the only logical thing I'd go with is spider.

Spider.

False widow, and there's black widows, of course.

Er, correct, yes.

Dave, you got that, spider.

Kit's second question.

Which of these oils, valued for its cosmetic properties,

is derived from the kernels of a tree

grown in the Atlas mountain region of Morocco?

I don't think it's grape seed oil,

because grapes grow everywhere that's vaguely hot.

Er, the Atlas mountains, they are in Africa...

..but I didn't...

I've not heard of argan oil.

OK, I've got a feeling that the tea tree

doesn't grow in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco,

so I think - I might be mistaken, it might be tea tree -

but I'm going to go with one I've never heard of, which is argan.

Argan oil.

Really good answer, it's correct, yes.

What a good answer, argan oil.

Anyone tell me... You seemed to be nodding along there, Stacy,

do you use argan oil?

Argan oil is often used in shampoos.

Ah, OK. There we are, that's a great answer from Kit.

Omar has some at home.

Right, Dave,

which of these is a major industrial use of compounds

of the element antimony?

Antimony. I thought it was metal, metallic.

Commercial use. Hm.

I don't know, my chemistry's not good enough,

but I'll go flame retardant.

OK, flame retardant.

It's correct.

OK, 2-2.

Both giving some great answers.

Kit, the physicist Lord Kelvin,

the surgeon Joseph Lister

and the engineer James Watt

all worked at which university?

OK.

Um...

I know that Lister was the first person to come up with the idea

for disinfectant in things like surgery.

I know Watt, obviously a famous engineer.

-The first one was...?

-Lord Kelvin.

Lord Kelvin came up with the Kelvin scale of temperature,

so -273 is absolute zero.

Um, I think there's a Scottish connection, I'm going to go Glasgow.

You've got it, yes, it's the right answer.

And you've got three, so Dave under some pressure.

Dave, the abbreviation UTC

refers to the standardisation of what?

I think it's timekeeping.

It is, yes.

All right, well, listen, it's all square, Sudden Death again.

And, Kit, your question.

The name of which bird was used as the nickname

for the Apollo 11 lunar module?

OK, well, I think the first words spoken on the moon were,

"Tranquility Base, the Eagle has landed,"

back in 1969, so I'm going to go with eagle.

"The Eagle has landed," yes, it's the right answer, well done.

And Dave,

Plinian eruptions are so-called because they are regarded

as very similar to the eruption of which volcano in 79AD?

Mount Vesuvius.

Yes, Vesuvius. And just explain Pliny and eruptions.

Well, Pliny was the writer.

Yep, wrote about it, yep.

OK. And another question, Kit.

In mathematics,

what is the cube root of 1,331?

I might need a little while to think about this, is that all right?

-Of course.

-OK.

You've got some working out to do there.

-1,331?

-The cube root of 1,331.

I'm not sure. I think I'm going to go with, um,

I'm going to go 27. I'm not sure.

OK, 27 for the cube root of 1,331.

I can tell you it's not correct, Kit.

Dave, have you been doing the mental maths, there?

Just by accident, I think. Is it 11?

It is 11.

Yes, 11, the cube root.

11 x 11 is 121.

11 x 121 is 1,331.

OK. Dave, a chance.

Which chemical element is named after

the eighth planet from the Sun?

Neptunium.

Neptunium...

is correct, Dave!

You've just got into the Final Round. What a round that was.

Fantastic quizzing, both of you. Bad luck, Kit.

You won't be in the Final Round, I'm afraid.

Dave, you'll be there. Would you both come back and join your teams?

Two great head-to-heads so far, which means

the balance of power is all square.

Both teams have lost one brain from the Final Round.

Let's see what happens in Round Three.

It's Film and Television.

Who wants to play this, Film and TV?

It's got to be me or Stacy.

Me? OK.

THEY CHAT AND LAUGH

OK. I... Who am I going to take on?

Um, Chris?

-Yeah?

-Yeah, sure, Chris.

OK. Er, I'll challenge Chris.

OK, it's going to be Stacy and Chris from the Eggheads

playing this one. Into the Question Room, please.

OK, well, we need to quiz Stacy.

So let's play Film and Television.

Would you like to go first or second?

I will go first.

OK, best of luck, Stacy. First question.

Louise Lear and Peter Cockroft

mainly present what type of item on television?

I have to say, I do not know.

I get most of my news on, er,

on the internet.

But, if I'm going to go with anything,

those sound like they could be names of weather reporters.

They are, well done. You've got it.

And, Chris,

who played the coach of the Jamaican bobsleigh team

in the 1993 film Cool Runnings?

Well, the first name that jumped into my mind was John Candy,

so that's what I'll have to go with.

It is John Candy. Yes, you've got it.

Back to Stacy, then, for your second question.

Which regular from the Carry On films played Lackery

in the 1951 Ealing comedy The Lavender Hill Mob?

Ooh, I am not so good at these British movies.

I only learned what Carry On was a few months ago.

-Er...

-And how did you find that out?

Someone was making a joke and I just missed it.

Er...

I... The name Charles Hawtrey is standing out.

Er...

Oh, but so is Sid James.

I'm going to go with Charles Hawtrey.

OK, Charles Hawtrey.

Well, they all were stalwarts of the Carry On series.

But the one who plays Lackery in The Lavender Hill Mob

is Sid James.

Sid James, bad luck.

So, your second question, Chris.

In 2013, Tony Hale won an Emmy Award for his role in which US comedy?

2013.

Well, 30 Rock's been around for quite some time,

as has Arrested Development.

But the one of those that's most recent, may not be relevant,

but the one of those that's most recent is Veep,

the vice president, which is what I'm going to go with.

You're going with Veep. It's the right answer, Chris.

OK, well, we crossed the pond there with the cultural references

for each of our contestants there.

Chris got his.

So, in the lead, which means you need this, Stacy.

Which historical figure was played by Diana Rigg in the 1975

Christmas special of the Morecambe and Wise show?

Oh, another one that I really don't know. I...

can't imagine Mata Hari being on a Christmas special.

Nor so much Cleopatra. I will go with Nell Gwynne.

Nell Gwynne. Well worked out. It's the right answer.

I thought it was Cleopatra! I was convinced!

Well, you know, you've done very well, Stacy,

with those three questions.

I mean, it is, as all our categories are, so broad,

but you faced some very specifically British cultural references there.

But it means Chris has a chance to win here.

Chris, which actress's last feature film role

was in the 1994 drama Love Affair?

Ginger Rogers has been retired longer than that. Er...

I don't think it was Ingrid Bergman.

I think it was Katharine Hepburn's last film.

You think it's Katharine Hepburn's last film...

It is, it's the right answer, Chris, you've got it. Katharine Hepburn.

I think Stacy knew that one, but, Stacy,

just that slip up in the middle on your Carry On films.

I don't think any shame in that.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, the Eggheads edging into the lead as it stands.

The Temple of Bloomsbury have now lost two brains

from the final round. The Eggheads have lost that one.

Our last head-to-head before the final round today is Geography.

Who'd like to play this? Justin or Omar?

-Omar.

-Yeah, I'll do it.

-OK, Omar. And choose from Pat or Kevin.

Um, I'll go for Pat, please.

It's Omar and Pat to play this one.

Into the Question Room, both of you, please.

Well, Omar, this is your attempt to even it up in the final round.

Let's see if we can get you through.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first, definitely.

Best of luck, Omar. Here's your first question.

What is the popular name for the section of New York's 5th Avenue

where the Goethe-Institut and the Guggenheim are situated?

I'm pretty sure it's not Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley's on the west coast of the United States.

Literature Street, um...

Museum Mile. I don't think it's Museum Mile,

so I'm probably going to go Literature Street.

All right, Literature Street.

It's not. It is Museum Mile. OK.

Pat, the Atbarah

and the Bahr el-Ghazal are tributaries of which river?

Well, Bahr el-Ghazal sounds pretty Arabic. Erm...

..which wouldn't fit in with Amazon or Rhine,

so I'll go for the Nile.

It is the Nile. OK.

Omar, let's get you on the board.

The full name of the New Zealand region often abbreviated to

BOP is Bay of what?

I don't thin it's the Bay of Pigs. Um...

I'm pretty sure that's Cuba.

I don't think it's Parliament, so we'll go with Bay of Plenty.

That's the one, Bay of Plenty for BOP.

OK, Pat,

stately homes Haddon Hall

and Hardwick Hall are in which national park?

Hardwick Hall is linked with Bess of Hardwick.

It's a stately home that consists more of windows than of masonry.

I have a feeling it's in Derbyshire, which...

would guide me to the Peak District.

I don't think Snowdonia has got many Stately Homes

and Dartmoor's a bit rugged.

I'll go for the Peak District.

Peak District for Haddon and Hardwick Halls.

It's the right answer, Pat.

So you've got two and you need to get this, Omar.

The Duddon Estuary opens into which body of water?

The Duddon. D-U-D-D-O-N.

The Duddon Estuary.

Hmm. Um...

I don't think it's...

I don't think it's English Channel.

I don't think it's Irish Sea, either, or the English Channel.

It doesn't sound...

I feel like it sounds a little Scottish, so maybe North Sea.

OK, North Sea. Pat, do you know where it is, the Duddon Estuary?

-No, I haven't heard of it.

-Other Eggheads?

It empties into Morecambe Bay, the Irish Sea.

It is the Irish Sea, not the North Sea.

Which means we end the round there.

Pat's go those two and you've already faced three questions,

and only got the one, Omar,

so it means you won't be in the final round.

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-heads won't be

allowed to take part in this round.

So, Stacy, Omar and Kit from the Temple of Bloomsbury,

and Judith from the Eggheads, would you leave the studio, please?

Justin and Lindsey,

you're playing to win the Temple of Bloomsbury £9,000.

Chris, Pat, Dave and Kevin, you are playing for something which

money cannot buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

As usual I ask each team three questions in turn.

This time the questions are all general knowledge,

anything can come up, and you are allowed to confer.

So, Temple of Bloomsbury, the question is this -

are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

-Would you like to go first or second?

-We'd like to go first.

Best of luck. First question.

Someone who looks healthy

and full of energy is said to be as fresh as which flower?

Well, um...

A clover doesn't sound very fresh and I think we know this. Daisy.

Fresh as a daisy.

Going for daisy. Just like our Eggheads over there -

fresh as daisies.

It is the right answer. Yes, good start.

Eggheads, mixologist is a name given to someone who's

good at making what?

-I presume it's cocktails.

-Want to go with cocktails?

That is someone who is good at making cocktails.

It would be, yes. One all.

Lindsey and Justin, what middle names were given to George

the son born to the duke and duchess of Cambridge in July 2013?

Well, I...

I mean, uh...

I watched him when he came out of the hospital with Kate

and Wills there and happen to know it's definitely Alexander Louis.

Yeah, Alexander Louis. I didn't watch it but I'm going to go with her.

I do know this.

Well, Lindsey, all that viewing has paid off. It's the right answer.

Yes, Alexander Louis. George Alexander Louis.

All right. Well, Eggheads, your second question.

Which artist who died in 1851 was buried at his own request

in St Paul's Cathedral next to Joshua Reynolds?

Turner.

That was JMW Turner.

Turner is correct.

I always knew with Kevin there

and that date you were going to get it anyway.

OK, Turner. Right.

Now, onto potentially the business end of the quiz.

This might just win you the money. Temple of Bloomsbury...

Eleonora Duse, born in Italy in 1958,

was a leading name in which field?

Here surname's spelled D-U-S-E.

Uh, I don't think it's exploration or theatre. I think it's medicine.

But I could be wrong, I don't...

I don't actually know. I mean...

If it was theatre I'd like to think I'd know it.

Exploration, you would probably know it. I'd go with medicine.

I think, uh...

I mean, we may have some faulty logic here,

but we're going to knock out two of them and go with medicine.

OK. Not exploration or theatre, so going for medicine.

It's incorrect. It's not. What is it, Eggheads?

-She was an actor.

-Theatre.

-Theatre.

-Oh, my God.

-I should've knew.

Sort of Italian equivalent of Sarah Bernhardt in a way.

-She was a great sort of social figure as well as actress.

-I see.

OK, well, it was a long time ago, but you've just got to

grit your teeth her, hope the Eggheads don't get this one.

The Anti-Death League is a 1966 spy novel by which writer?

I think it's Kingsley Amis. Sounds like a thing he'd write.

I may be wrong on that, but I don't associate either

Faye Weldone or Alan Sillitoe...

-I thought Kingsley Amis before it came up.

-Yeah, well.

-So.

-So I'm...

-Yeah.

-Uh...

-Yeah, I think...

-I think it's Kingsley Amis.

-Are we all happy?

OK, Kingsley Amis.

Kingsley Amis for the Anti-Death League.

It is the right answer, Eggheads, you've won.

Bad luck, Temple of Bloomsbury.

Just really didn't get the break there in the final round,

but clinical, the Eggheads, at the moment.

Yeah, I think if we had one more person we could've made a go at it.

Yeah, it was just it was just a pity,

you had some great head-to-heads there.

You've got some great quizzers, some great knowledge on the team,

but just on the day haven't managed to beat the Eggheads.

And so the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

That winning streak continues.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £9,000.

That means the money rolls over to our next show.

So Eggheads, congratulations, and I ask - who can beat you?

Join us next time to see

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

£10,000 now says they don't. Until then, goodbye.