Episode 7 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 taking on our quiz Goliaths today

are the Ghost Hunters. This team of friends are all members

of the same paranormal society,

and regularly travel up and down the country

investigating spooky goings-on.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Barri, I'm 34 and I'm an operations manger.

Hi, I'm Hella, I'm 42 and I'm a cake-decorator and student.

Hi, I'm Ian, I'm 41 and I'm a bar manager.

Hi, I'm Toni, I'm 45 and I'm a hairdresser.

Hi, I'm Phil, I'm 46 and I'm a hatchery operative.

Well, welcome to you, Ghost Hunters. As I say,

travelling up and down the country investigating spooky goings-on.

Well, you're in the right place here, I can tell you.

My goodness, me, what a collection there.

Can I take it it's just five of you playing today,

or might you be getting some spiritual help?

-Ooh, that'd be good, wouldn't it?

-Interested?

-Any help is good.

-Yep.

Barri, tell me about it, then.

How did you get together, how did you form it and what do you do?

Well, we are professional paranormal investigators.

And myself and my best friend, Ian there, co-founded the team,

and we set up this society to help other people understand

the nature of paranormal activity.

What led you to do that?

Had you had a paranormal experience,

you'd both had experiences yourselves?

We did, we both had experiences growing up as children.

Very different, but...sort of inspired us to carry on researching

-and looking into what we do now.

-OK, and how do you do it?

I mean, I suppose a lot of us see things like Ghostbusters.

Do you have electronic wizardry

or do you just rely on your own instinct and feelings?

Well, we do. We use gadgets, you know, technology to try

and ascertain real results, tangible evidence.

-That's what we look for.

-Yeah.

And what do you think about the Ghostbusters question?

Let me put it this way, if the tune comes on at a disco, do you dance

-or do you sit down and say, "This is rubbish."

-Absolutely dance.

OK. Right, well, let's quiz. 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, Ghost Hunters, the Eggheads have won the last seven games,

and that means £8,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.

Shall we start? Why not?

Let's have our first head-to-head battle, then,

and this is on the subject of Film & Television.

Any one of you can take this head-to-head on.

-Who's it going to be?

-It's going to be me.

-Yeah?

-Going to be Toni.

OK, Toni, and choose any of those Eggheads, then.

I would like to play with Kevin.

OK. Play with and play against Kevin.

-Do whatever you like with him!

-LAUGHTER

Let's have Toni and Kevin into the Question Room, please.

So, Toni, tell us about your paranormal experiences.

Oh, I've had quite a few. I haven't seen a lot of things,

-but I've heard a lot of things.

-Like what?

Lots of breaths, people chasing me. Weird things.

Crikey! It's like every day in the Eggheads dressing room!

But seriously, has this been going on for a long time?

Yeah, I've heard a lot of...I tend to hear things more than see things.

Um, I've heard a lot... I hear a lot of children's voices,

which is quite weird. That can be quite scary.

Absolutely. How did you find out about the society?

Well, I wanted to challenge myself to do something absolutely terrifying,

to see if I could do it. It's just something I've always fancied doing.

I'm not very good in the dark, so... It's a challenge for myself.

It's nice and bright here,

but challenging yourself to do something terrifying,

that probably fits the bill for playing Kevin at Eggheads!

-Um, would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please.

OK, it's Film & Television, Toni. Best of luck.

The 2013 film Rush is set in the world of which sport?

Hmm, doesn't sound like football

cos football's a little bit dull, I think.

Um...fencing, no. Not feeling fencing,

-so I'm going to go for Formula 1.

-Formula 1?

Yes, of course it is, that's correct.

ALL: Woo!

DERMOT LAUGHS

All about James Hunt. Right, Kevin, in which decade

was The Jeremy Kyle Show first broadcast on British TV?

I really don't know when that started, I'm afraid.

I wouldn't imagine it was the 2010s. It's not that recent.

Did it start as far back as the '90s?

Oh, no, I'll say the 2000s.

2000s is the correct answer. OK, Toni, second question.

Sophie Reade and Luke Anderson

are former winners of which reality television series?

Well, I think that's the one programme I'm absolutely

addicted to, so I'm going for Big Brother.

Big Brother, yes, that's the right answer.

ALL: Woo!

Kevin, who played Tullus Aufidius in Ralph Fiennes'

2011 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus?

Yes, I did see this.

Um, I'm just conjuring up visions of Bruce Willis playing that,

but it's Gerard Butler.

It is Gerard Butler, that's correct. It's two-all.

Toni, third question. Which US soap opera began in the mid-1960s

and ran for 514 episodes?

Hmm...

I'm not too sure about this one.

Um...1960s.

I'm going to go for a rough guess. The Young And The Restless.

Young And The Restless.

Mid-1960s and ran for 514 episodes,

-It is Peyton Place.

-Oh!

So a chance there, third question

for Kevin. Peter Krause and Michael C Hall

were the stars of which American drama series?

Well, again, it's not something I watch,

but I don't think they were in either of the others.

Michael C Hall went on later to sort of get more famous in Dexter.

Um, but I...

Neither of those, I'm sure, was in either The Wire or NCIS.

So I think it's got to be Six Feet Under.

Six Feet Under.

It's the right answer, Kevin. You're through to the final round.

A rather appropriate answer, given what we were

discussing there with Toni before the off there.

Er, Toni, it means you won't be in the final round.

I'm sorry, you're not playing for the money today.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Bad luck, Toni. Going well there until that third question.

Kevin won the round, which means Ghost Hunters have

lost one brain from the final round. The Eggheads are all there.

Let's play our second round today and let's have a look. It's Music.

-Who'd like to play this?

-We'll have to go with Ian.

THEY CONFER

-You take it.

-OK.

-Cos you like Sport. Can you do Sport?

-Yeah.

-It will be Ian?

-Ian? Playing music.

-Looks like I'm doing that one.

And you can choose any of the four remaining Eggheads, not Kevin.

-Try Barry.

-I think I'm going to go for Barry.

-Barry?

OK, Ian and Barry on this one, it's Music.

Into the Question Room, both of you, please.

Ian, tell me about your musical tastes.

Um, quite varied. But mostly towards rock.

-Older type of rock.

-OK. Well, let's hope you get some of that coming up.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-Um, I'll go first.

Good luck, Ian, here's your first question.

Which of these is the title of a UK top 10 single by the Pet Shop Boys?

I think I'll probably go for Rent.

-THEY LAUGH

-Not Home Contents Insurance?

-No.

Brilliant!

Who wrote that question? It is brilliant! It's all a good laugh.

-ALL: Woo!

-It's the right answer, of course! Rent!

DERMOT SNIGGERS

Home Contents Insurance! Loving it! OK, Barry.

In Forbes magazine's 2013 list

of the world's most powerful celebrities,

who was the highest placed musician?

I would've liked to have thought it would be a classical musician,

but I'll bet the answer to this one must be Lady Gaga.

It must be. It is, yes, that's correct. OK, Ian...

Which song from The Sound Of Music begins with the lines

"You wait, little girl, on an empty stage

"for fate to turn the light on"?

Hmm. Now, that's one that I... It's way out of my taste.

Um... The only one I really know is Edelweiss.

So I'd probably have to go with that one.

OK, Edelweiss, you're not a Sound Of Music fan?

-No, not really, no.

-Unlike Barry. I mean, he has...

You have Sound Of Music nights every weekend round yours?

-Dressing up in curtains?

-Oh, yes. I prefer to dress up as a nun!

LAUGHTER

Right! OK, there's a little insight.

Um, what do you think, Barry? Is it Edelweiss?

I'd have gone for Sixteen Going on Seventeen.

Yeah, "you wait, little girl." It is Sixteen Going on Seventeen, Ian,

so nothing there. Barry doesn't get the bonus, just out of interest.

Barry, this is your question.

Who reached the top of the UK singles chart in 1965

with The Carnival Is Over?

Well, you've now hit my taste in music,

because I like all three of those acts,

but The Carnival Is Over is indisputably The Seekers.

The Seekers.

That is correct.

So you have the lead, which means

you need this, Ian.

Teenage Rampage and Fox On The Run

were mid-1970s UK hit singles for which group?

Mud doesn't really say anything.

Um, Slade does, um, so I think I will probably go for Slade.

I remember those as a kid.

OK, Slade for Teenage Rampage and Fox On The Run.

It's not correct, Ian. Barry, do you now?

-I don't really. I'd have gone for Sweet.

-Yeah, well,

-other Eggheads will confirm it?

-Sweet, yeah.

-It's Sweet, not Slade,

Ian, which means we don't need to put another question

to Barry. He's already amassed two points and you can't beat that.

It means there's no place for you, Ian, in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, as it stands, Ghost Hunters have lost

two brains from the final round. The Eggheads are all still there.

Still lots of quizzing to do, though. Let's play our next subject.

Round three - Arts & Books.

Who'd like to play this one? We have...

Hella, Phil or Barri.

-Yeah, I'll give it a go.

-Give it a go.

-Yeah, give it a go.

-Phil?

-Yeah.

-OK, on Art & Books.

Now, choose an Egghead, remembering that Barry and Kevin have played,

so CJ, Dave or Pat are available for you.

-Pat.

-Pat? That was decisive.

Let's have Phil and Pat into the Question Room, please.

OK, well, Phil, tell us about your paranormal experiences.

Um, I once had an experience

and saw a small girl pass through a doorway

when we were investigating a small tearoom in Oxfordshire,

which actually shook me, because one of the members of our team

saw the same girl about five minutes before me

and we both saw the same figure, so that was really strange.

So how does that work? You say you're investigating this place.

Do you go there as a kind of hit squad, called in, what happens?

Now, they called us in.

We have a helpline that's set up and, um,

people phone us and ask us our opinions

and our valid advice that we give them,

so, we were asked to come and investigate, which we did.

Wow, you really are a bit like the Ghostbusters, then.

-No, we don't bust ghosts.

-No, I know, but you respond,

-you're on the end of the line?

-Yes, we are, yeah.

-My goodness me.

OK, well, Phil, let's play the round. Arts & books.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please.

All right, first question is this, Phil, and good luck with it.

Baroness Orczy's famous novel, The Scarlet Pimpernel,

originally found an audience in 1903 in what form?

Um, I don't think it would be a tapestry.

I'll go for... Comic strip.

-OK, a comic strip for The Scarlet Pimpernel.

-Stab in the dark.

A stab in the dark. Um, you've stabbed in the wrong place.

-It was originally a play.

-Oh!

Not a comic strip. OK...

Pat, in the 19th-century French play Cyrano De Bergerac,

which part of the title character's body is unusually large?

He was played in a film by Depardieu

who had a big prosthetic nose applied,

-so he had a very large nose.

-He did, that's the right answer

and, er, we go back, then, to Phil

for your second question, Phil.

In Jean-Honore Fragonard's famous painting, The Swing,

what item of the woman's clothing

can be seen flying off in the direction of a statue of Cupid?

Um... I don't think it will be a glove,

cos she'd have to hold on to the swing, so I'll go for bonnet.

-OK, bonnet, hat, that kind of thing?

-Yeah.

On a swing, could easily fly off, but it's not,

it's the other thing that could fly off.

-Oh!

-It's her shoe.

I'm afraid so.

Well, it could be over right now if Pat gets this.

The victory of Germany and Japan in World War II

is the premise of which speculative novel by Philip K Dick?

Er, I haven't read any of these three books.

A Scanner Darkly was made into a film at one point with Keanu Reeves in it.

I don't think it had a great deal to do with, er,

World War II and its aftermath.

Time Out of Joint is tempting,

just because it suggests playing games with the line of history.

But I'm going to be reduced just to a random pick, I think.

Er, pretty much a complete guess. I'll go for Time Out of Joint.

Time Out of Joint. It's an answer out of joint. It's incorrect.

It is The Man in the High Castle. So, well, are we going to get

a comeback? You've got a slim chance here, Phil.

-Certainly.

-The first step is getting this correct.

The Kalevala, compiled in the 19th century,

is considered a national epic of which country?

I don't think it will be Finland.

And it's either a toss-up between Turkey and Spain.

Kalevala sounds Spanish to me, so I'll say Spain.

-OK, Spain. Kalevala...

-Yeah.

-..compiled in the 19th century

is a national epic of...

-The Finns!

-Oh, really?

-Finland.

-Oh, dear.

-I am afraid, it seems like

-the spirits deserted you there, as you can see.

-Certainly did.

Pat's done enough already to win his place in the final round.

No place for you, Phil.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, so far, the Eggheads have exorcised

three of the Ghost Hunters from the final round.

The Eggheads haven't lost any brains.

So, let's change it all.

Let's get one of you through on our next

and last head-to-head. It's History.

And who'd like to play this? Hella or Barri?

-It's gotta be Hella.

-Mm-hm.

-OK, Hella, choose an Egghead.

It can be Dave or CJ.

-CJ?

-CJ? I'm going to take on CJ.

OK, Hella and CJ, head for the Question Room, please.

OK, Hella, would you like to go first or second

-on this History round?

-I'll go first, please.

OK, good luck, Hella. Here's your first question.

Which of Britain's industries was nationalised at the start of 1947?

I'm really, really, really not sure there.

I would go for livestock farming, just as a gut feeling.

That's what I would choose.

It's not the right answer. Know, CJ?

-Coal mining.

-Coal mining in 1947.

OK, CJ, your first question. Which country was governed

by a Communist party known as the SED from 1949 until 1989?

Well, I think the year there is the clue, of '89, um...

which is when, um, Germany started to get back together,

-so I'll say East Germany.

-Yeah, and plenty of other clues there,

given that the other two countries never had Communist governments

and, in actual fact, from Portugal's point of view, far from it.

Um, so, right, so we put a British question to Hella the German

and we've put, as it turns out, a partly German question

to the Brit there, CJ, but you got yours correct.

Um, it's one to CJ, then.

OK, Hella, let's get you on the board, hopefully, with this one.

Which of these islands became a British Crown Colony in 1925?

Tasmania? Wasn't that in...?

I'm not sure. But Cyprus or Tasmania I would go for.

I'm not quite sure.

-I'll go for Cyprus.

-Thank goodness! It's the right answer.

-Well done.

-ALL: Woo!

A couple of unfortunate questions from your point of view

in that I guess you didn't study much British history

when you were at school, but there, you've got one.

So, CJ, how old was Winston Churchill

when he resigned as Prime Minister in 1955?

Er, not 90. Let me just check.

He died in '65.

Er, and I think he was 90 when he died, um...

I think he was born in 1874.

So if you was 90 when he died 10 years earlier,

he'd have been 80, so 80.

-80?

-Mm-hm.

-OK.

It's the right answer, CJ, well worked out. So, Hella...

Third question. What type of weapon was a poniard?

What type of weapon was a poniard?

P-O-N-I-A-R-D.

Sounds French to me.

Poniard.

Mace? Either mace or dagger, I would say.

I'll go for the dagger.

-You've got it! Well done!

-Well done!

-ALL: Woo!

-Well done, Hella!

Is this a dagger I see before me? Well...

-HELLA: Ooh!

-You got it!

And, er, CJ's still got a chance, though, here.

Got to hope he doesn't get it. CJ, in America in the 1950s,

the Atoms for Peace Award, for people who contributed to the

peaceful use of nuclear technology, was established by which company?

I haven't heard of this award, so that's a good start.

Um... Atoms for Peace.

I don't know this, but if you're looking for a major award,

something to promote things, you want something,

a company that's been around for a while, has plenty of resources,

-so, purely from a financial point of view, I'll try Ford.

-OK, Ford!

The Atoms for Peace Award for people who contributed

to the peaceful use of nuclear technology was established

by Ford! It is correct, CJ, well worked out.

Bad luck, Hella!

It was just that first question

which, as I say, wasn't really going to be on your radar there.

I was actually thinking about mines,

like knowing other history about mines,

but then, I thought, "Nah, it's too easy!" And then, hmm!

What a pity. Going really well there.

But, um, rather hobbled by that first answer,

which means no place in the final round. CJ will be there.

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 who lost your head-to-heads

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

so, Hella, Ian, Toni and Phil from the Ghost Hunters,

would you please leave the studio?

OK, then, Barri, you're playing to win the Ghost Hunters £8,000.

Pat, Dave, Kevin, CJ and Barry,

you're playing for something which no amount of money

could possibly buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

Now, as usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge, Barry,

and you would've been allowed to confirm, obviously,

if any of your team-mates had got through.

So, the question is, Barri,

is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?

And, Barri, how do you want to play this tactically?

-Do you want to go first or second?

-I'd like to go first, please, Dermot.

Best of luck, Barri, first question in the final round.

Which year saw the release

of the popular aerobics video Jane Fonda's Workout?

Which year saw the release

of the popular aerobics video Jane Fonda's Workout?

Jane Fonda's Workout?

Now, see, Jane Fonda was quite popular, I think, in the '80s.

I mean, I vaguely remember her and I was born right at the end of

the '70s, but then, I just remember her wearing those legwarmers.

Those funny coloured legwarmers, um... Workout video...

Probably quite popular in the '80s, I think, on VHS,

-so I'm going to go with 1982.

-OK, 1982. Yeah, video there.

OK, so that allowed you to think, "Get rid of 1972."

I know, er, you're a big fan of it, Pat.

Is it 1982?

Um... It's... Well, I'm not sure.

-I'm not sure.

-That's it.

-Yes.

-Really?

-Well, she was a big star during the '70s, um...

-Video?

-Yeah, on video, probably 1982.

-Yeah, he's right. Well done, Barri. 1982.

Is the right answer. Well done.

OK, Eggheads, in retail, what name is given to

an item offered for sale at an unprofitable price

in order to draw customers into making other purchases?

In retail, what name is given

to an item offered for sale at an unprofitable price

in order to draw customers into making other purchases?

-We'll go with loss leader?

-Loss leader?

-What do you think?

-Loss leader?

-I think so.

-Yeah.

Er, we'd like to go for loss leader, please, Dermot.

Loss leader is the right answer, Eggheads. Barri...

Second question. Dr Zarkov was a character from which comic strip?

Dr Zarkov - Z-A-R-K-O-V.

Dr Zarkov was a character in which comic strip?

OK, now, I've heard of this.

But...I don't know. I'm going to have to take a guess, really.

Buck Rogers, I don't think it's Buck Rogers.

I don't know why, I just don't think it is.

Dr Zarkov.

I'm torn between Flash Gordon and Dan Dare.

I think I'll go with the middle one, Dan Dare.

OK. Dan Dare for Dr Zarkov.

Eggheads - Flash Gordon, Dan Dare, he was choosing between.

-Flash Gordon.

-Wrong one, I'm afraid.

Oh, it's Flash Gordon, Barri, Flash Gordon.

Wasn't he memorably played in the film by Topol?

-Yeah.

-Oh, dear!

Yeah, worth watching.

So, Flash Gordon there, Barri - unlucky,

choosing between the two, but picked the wrong one.

Eggheads, your second question.

Whose advice did Andy Murray describe as "gold dust"

during Wimbledon 2013?

Whose advice did Andy Murray describe as "gold dust"

during Wimbledon 2013?

Gold dust to absolutely anybody, of course, the best advice going.

But I believe - discussing this - I think we'll go with Sir Alex.

It is Sir Alex Ferguson.

Sir - it should have a "Sir" there, I think.

It's Sir Alex Ferguson.

Sir Alex Ferguson -

you have a shrine to him in your house, do you?

Life-size statue?

Not allowed it by the wife.

I would do, I would do.

They built one at Old Trafford, anyway. That's good enough.

It is SIR Alex Ferguson, as Dave points out there.

Gave Andy Murray...what kind of advice?

Did he let us know what the conversation was about?

No, Murray actually never said what it was.

People have asked him and he's said,

"No, no, just very good advice."

Yeah - must be some kind of motivation.

-Encouragement, I think.

-He followed him from the US Open, didn't he?

Flew out for the US Open Final in 2012, you know, to see him.

I think they built up a big bond.

Be interesting to learn more about those conversations, one suspects.

But it is Alex Ferguson, which gives you the lead.

And, Barri, let's keep you in the game.

Give us a right answer here, please.

What nationality is Inspector Ghote,

the detective created by the writer HRF Keating?

What nationality is Inspector Ghote - G-H-O-T-E -

the detective created by the writer HRF Keating?

I don't know this one. I'm going to have to take another guess, I think.

I've never heard of him before.

I don't think it's Japanese. Um...

Or Indian.

I'm going to have to go with Haitian.

Haitian for Inspector Ghote.

What do you think, Eggheads?

-ALL:

-Indian.

It is Indian, Barri, and featuring in the...

A whole series of books, dates back to the '60s.

By HRF Keating. So not Haitian but Indian.

So, Eggheads, you've won.

Barri, always tough, on your own, but thanks very much for coming along

and all of you Ghost Hunters,

telling us all about some of your experiences,

both quizzing and paranormal.

Tell you what, Barri,

what about taking this lot out ghost-hunting?

Absolutely, any time. You're more than welcome.

It'd be interesting from your point of view - I mean,

these are largely rational people who would like to apply logic

to situations which, I presume, you say would defy logic.

Absolutely, but we're always looking for that logical approach,

that scepticism. It really brings a different element to it all.

Eggheads go ghost-hunting - that's something to look forward to.

Thanks again, and to your team-mates, for playing the Eggheads,

but they've done what comes naturally to them, their winning streak continues,

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £8,000.

That means the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£9,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.