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These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

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Together, they make up the Eggheads,

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arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

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The question is -

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can they be beaten?

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

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

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They are the Eggheads.

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Taking on the champions today are The Dude Abides.

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This team of friends regularly quiz together

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at various pubs in Edinburgh.

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So, let's meet them.

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Hi. I'm Malcolm and I'm a sales consultant.

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Hi. I'm Lily and I'm an English student.

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Hi. I'm Felicity and I'm a freelance costume designer.

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Hi. I'm John and I'm a sales manager.

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Hi. I'm Roderick and I'm a chartered accountant.

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So, Malcolm, team, welcome.

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-Good to see you.

-Thank you. Thank you. Hello.

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Great phrase. We're always looking for good team names.

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-This is a good one. Where is it from?

-It's from The Big Lebowski.

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The Dude's the main character in The Big Lebowski

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and we're big fans of the film, so we are.

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The Dude lives, in a small way, through us. The Dude abides.

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So, you quiz together? That's the key thing, right?

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Yeah, very much.

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Yeah, most of us quiz in the same team around Edinburgh

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and Lily's my goddaughter, so she's quizzed occasionally with us

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so we brought her up to join in the fun.

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OK. Good luck. May the Dude abide today.

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Every day, there's £1,000 worth of cash

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up for grabs for our Challengers.

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However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

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the prize money rolls over to the next show.

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So, Dude Abides,

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what's happened is the Eggheads had a real car crash the other day.

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They then just about picked themselves up in the last show.

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Just. But it was hit and miss.

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And they won the last show,

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so that means £2,000 says you can't beat them today.

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-Do you want to play for it?

-Absolutely.

-OK.

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First head-to-head battle is on the subject of History.

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-So, who would like this? Which dude?

-Absolutely none of us.

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-I think, um, John, I'm afraid.

-What we discussed, yeah?

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-Yeah, I think so.

-I guess so. It's me. OK, guys? Me?

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OK, John. Against which Egghead, John?

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Free floor, John. Go mad, mate.

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Give me some help, Malcolm.

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-Um...

-Chris? Do you think Chris?

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I think Chris has a degree in history.

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-Chris.

-Chris, we think, at this end.

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-That sounds fair enough to me.

-Chris?

-Yeah, give it a go.

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-Chris, Jeremy.

-Yeah.

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I can tell, Malcolm, you watch the show, don't you?

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-Yeah, a little bit. A little bit. Yeah, I know.

-All right.

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So, John from The Dude Abides versus The Big Lebowski over here.

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-Yeah.

-Yeah? The Big Hughesie from Eggheads.

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To ensure there's no conferring,

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would you please take your positions in our Question Room?

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So, before we get to History, musical history, John.

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-You played with The Proclaimers?

-It's true.

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I was at school with Craig and Charlie Reid

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and whilst I was there,

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I was in a band with them briefly, for about five minutes,

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until they found out I was absolutely rubbish at the drums.

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Well, I'm one who's rubbish at the drums as well,

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so I can relate to that.

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But they had the talent, did they? That amazing...

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The harmonies.

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Well, they were completely different in those days. We were a punk band.

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They couldn't have been more different, really.

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So, I had no real concept

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that they would go on to achieve what they had.

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I don't think The Proclaimers will come up in History,

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-but let's hope.

-Shame.

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-Would you like to go first or second?

-I think I'll go first, please.

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And here we go.

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At which battle did Horatio Nelson's ship fly the signal,

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"England expects that every man will do his duty"?

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Um, the flagship, that wasn't Copenhagen or the Nile.

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That would be Trafalgar.

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Trafalgar is the right answer. HE CHEERS

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OK, Chris, your question.

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Which ancient civilisation had a god called Horus

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that was often depicted with the head of a falcon?

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Horus was an Egyptian god, so it's Egyptian.

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Egyptian is right, yeah.

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John, Alfred the Great lost the Battle of Wilton to whom

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in AD 871?

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Well, Alfred the Great - Wessex.

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Um, it wouldn't have been the Romans.

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That's too late. It's too early for the Normans.

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So, I think I'll go for the Danes.

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It is the Danes. You're playing well.

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Okey doke. Let's see how we go now.

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Chris, which wife of Henry VIII

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had first been married to his elder brother, Arthur?

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That was Catherine of Aragon.

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Catherine of Aragon is right.

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OK, John, which country, aided by Germany,

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fought against the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1944

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in the so-called Continuation War?

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I'm not entirely sure on that, but I...

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Poland was overrun very quickly, as were the Netherlands

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and there was a war.

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's Finland.

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-Finland is right. You're good.

-Well done, John.

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I'm sensing we've got a team here, Eggs.

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I can sense it.

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-Chris, got to get this one right.

-Yeah.

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What was the name of the fictional female worker

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devised by the US government

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to encourage women to work in manufacturing plants and factories

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during World War II?

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She was an idol on posters. It was Rosie the Riveter.

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It was indeed Rosie the Riveter. Right up your street, that question.

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So, both of you, three out of three.

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Strong round so far on History

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and, John, here we go. Sudden Death.

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Gets a bit harder, more tricky. I don't give you alternatives.

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Who led the British forces to victory in the 1757 Battle of Plassey?

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1757.

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Um, I can only think...I can only guess Wolf, John.

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-John Wolf.

-John Wolf - no. Robert Clive is the answer.

-OK.

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So, Chris, your question. Get this right, you're in the final.

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Which French name meaning pierced nose

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was given to the Nimiipuu, the Native American tribe

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that inhabited the area around the Snake River?

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They were the Nez Perces - N-E-Z P-E-R-C-E accent.

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-Yes.

-Nez Perce.

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Wow. I looked at that question and I thought, "You won't get that"

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and you surprised me and you did. And why would I be surprised?

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You're an Egghead. Chris, well done.

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You've taken the round on Sudden Death. Sorry, John.

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You played very well there,

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but you have been beaten and you are out of the contest.

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Please, both of you, rejoin your team-mates.

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So, as it stands, The Dude Abides have lost one brain

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from the final round. The Eggheads have not lost a brain yet.

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The next subject for you is Arts & Books.

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Which Dude would like this?

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-Lil, you all right?

-Yeah, I'll take it.

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Lily? OK. Against which Egghead?

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-Could I go against Barry, please?

-Fine.

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-Barry loves Arts & Books.

-I do indeed.

-Yes.

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We heard you were having a hard day, so we tried.

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You can see him starting to tremble with excitement.

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THEY LAUGH Lily from The Dude Abides

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versus Barry from the Eggheads.

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And please, both of you, go to the Question Room now.

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OK, well, good luck in this, Lily. Arts & Books.

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-Would you like to go first or second?

-I'd like to go first, please.

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Here we go.

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The Italian artist known as Titian was part of which artistic movement?

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He's definitely not Art Deco.

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I'm pretty sure he's not Expressionist.

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-I'm going to say Renaissance.

-Renaissance is correct.

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HE CHEERS Hey!

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Barry, here's your first question.

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Which of these writers was born in Dublin in 1854?

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Oh, that's the wonderful Oscar Wilde.

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It was indeed Oscar Wilde. Bless him.

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Back to you, Lily.

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"Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing"

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is a line by which writer?

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Um, I would guess, by the language, I could rule out DH Lawrence.

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I'm going to go with William Shakespeare.

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Yes, you are correct. It is William Shakespeare.

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OK. Barry, your question.

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Which artist, later to endure a stormy friendship with van Gogh,

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was a stockbroker before he became a painter?

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I believe that was Paul Gauguin.

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Paul Gauguin is correct. Well done.

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You're good on your Impressionists, I must say.

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OK, Lily, your question for three out of three.

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The 1986 film Stand By Me

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was based on a short story entitled The Body by which author?

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OK, this isn't really my area.

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Um, I'm going to rule out JD Salinger.

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Stephen King likes his The...noun sort of titles,

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so I'm going to go with Stephen King.

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Stephen King is correct.

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HE CHEERS

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OK, Barry, I can see you're looking nervous there.

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HE CHUCKLES Barry's now worried.

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He's on the cliff edge now.

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Lily has three out of three. Can Barry keep up?

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Johnny Rooster Byron is a character

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in which award-winning play by Jez Butterworth?

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Ooh, you've got me on this one.

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Never heard of the playwright. I'm not quite sure of the play.

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Something is ringing at the back of my skull

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to say it might be The River, but I'm not sure.

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But I'll go for that anyway.

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Played by Mark Rylance. Anyone know here?

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-It's Jerusalem.

-Jerusalem.

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-It was a huge success for Mark Rylance.

-Yeah.

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Not a breakthrough thing, but it was a massive thing for him.

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Jerusalem's the answer, Barry. Been knocked out. Well done, Lily.

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-Well beaten.

-Yay!

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So, you're in the final round and Barry has gone.

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As he says, well beaten. Please come back to us. We'll play on.

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So, as it stands, The Dude Abides have lost one brain

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from the final round.

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The Eggheads have lost a brain as well. Knocked out by Lily.

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And the next subject is Sport.

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Which wants this?

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-Felicity, do you want Sport?

-THEY LAUGH

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-Are you sure?

-Absolutely sure.

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-You can take that one if you like.

-THEY LAUGH

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-OK, I'll do Sport, please.

-It's you, Malcolm.

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You're saving Roderick at the end.

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-You're very quiet down there, Roderick.

-I'm keeping my powder dry.

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What are your strong subjects?

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-Possibly science.

-Science? OK.

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So, Malcolm on Sport against which Egghead?

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Um, I'll try CJ, please, if I can.

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There's a clamour for CJ recently. A lot of people are wanting to...

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-What do you mean recently? Forever!

-Yes.

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It's the shirt. It's the shirt that does it.

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The shirt has turned up, I must say, recently.

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Malcolm from The Dude Abides versus our own CJ from the Eggheads.

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Please go to the Question Room now.

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So, Malcolm, you've got to tell us the story

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about your mum's birthday cake.

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-All right. If I have to.

-You've got to.

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Yeah, I was working abroad actually in Germany for a little bit

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and my mother decided - it was my birthday -

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she'd send me a little bit of cake.

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Wrapped it up in tinfoil, mailed it to me in Germany.

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It was intercepted by the German police,

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tested for hashish,

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showed as positive for hashish and I was...

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My room was searched and I was called in by the German drug squad

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so they could investigate what my mother was up to.

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Sales at the church sale of work rocketed on the back of this news.

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-JEREMY LAUGHS Yeah.

-And then it turned out,

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actually, the test - chemistry test on the cake -

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was surprisingly inaccurate

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and, in fact, my mother is not a major drug smuggler.

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What, so, she was thinking,

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"What on earth did I put in that cake?"

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Yeah, it was highly entertaining, but terrifying at the time.

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I had no idea what it was until they produced the package

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with my mother's handwriting on it,

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whereupon I started laughing at the German drug squad.

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THEY LAUGH OK. Well, good.

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It may be cake-fuelled for this round. Maybe that'll help.

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So, we're on Sport and would you like to go first or second, Malcolm?

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First, please.

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Here's your first question.

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Golfers who suffer from a condition called the yips

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are most likely to experience it when playing which type of shot?

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I do play golf spectacularly badly.

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I slice drives and muff bunker shots,

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but you get the yips when you're putting,

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so I'll say putt, please.

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Putting is quite right. Well done.

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CJ, what is the term for a basketball shot

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in which the player pushes the ball through the basket

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from above the level of the ring?

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Um, I think this is sometimes prefaced by the word slam

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for a dunk.

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Dunk. Slam dunk. Well done.

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Back to you, Malcolm.

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The Colombian striker Radamel Falcao

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joined which Premier League football team on loan

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in September 2014?

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Um, I believe we actually use the same hairstylist.

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It's Manchester United.

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JEREMY CHUCKLES Manchester United is correct.

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OK, over to you, CJ.

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The cricketer Makhaya Ntini,

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who took 390 test match wickets, was born in which country?

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Ntini is N-T-I-N-I.

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Well, all I've got to go on here is the language.

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Um, the language, to me, sounds more South African than the other two.

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Sri Lanka's thrown me a bit, but purely on the language,

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specifically of the surname, I'll try South Africa.

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South Africa is the right answer. Tight play on both sides now.

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Malcolm, back to you.

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The boxer Roberto Duran,

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a world champion at four different weights,

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was born in 1951 in which country?

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(Or Panama.)

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I'll go for Mexico, but it's...

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I'm not sure at all.

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-Do your team-mates know? Anyone?

-We believe it's Panama.

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Panama is the answer. So, two out of three.

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OK, CJ, you have a chance to take the round now.

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In 1958, which cyclist became the first British rider

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to win a stage of the Tour de France?

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I've never heard the name Brian Robinson

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and I've never heard the name Barry Hoban.

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I believe I've heard the name Tommy Simpson.

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For some reason, I'm a bit torn with Robinson,

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but I've got nothing to go on.

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I'll try Tommy Simpson.

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Brian Robinson is the right answer, so you've also got two out of three.

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So, Malcolm, a bit of a let off there.

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Once again, we go to Sudden Death.

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Which professional darts player is nicknamed Silverback?

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The only darts players I know are by their nicknames.

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So, Steve Wright is Snakebite. It's Phil The Power Taylor.

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So, I know it's neither of them.

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I can't even think of a current darts player.

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We'll say Eric Bristow came back

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and took a new nickname other than The Crafty Cockney. Eric Bristow.

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He's a hairy, powerfully-built man, apparently.

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Tony O'Shea is known as Silverback. Silverback O'Shea.

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If you get this right, CJ, you will be in the final.

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Which British driver won the World Formula One title

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in 1969, 1971 and 1973?

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Well, a British three-time Formula One world champion

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-would lead me to Jackie Stewart.

-Jackie Stewart is the right answer.

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Well done, CG. You're in the final. Malcolm, sorry.

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It was that wretched darts player.

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So, 180 for CJ there.

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So, CJ will be in the final.

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Please, both of you, rejoin your teams.

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So, another little knock for The Dude Abides

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and you've lost two brains now,

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including the skipper, from the final round.

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The Eggheads have still lost the one,

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but there's plenty of time and you can do it, no question.

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The next subject is Film & TV.

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The last one before the final. Who wants this?

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-Felicity.

-I think you're up, Felicity.

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-I think it'll be me.

-Felicity? All right.

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OK, Felicity on Film & TV against which Egghead?

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And it can be Pat or Lisa.

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Yeah, I think it's going to be tough either way, but we'll go for Lisa.

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-OK. Felicity from The Dude Abides. Lisa from the Eggheads.

-Yes!

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-THEY LAUGH

-No, honestly, I never - never -

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get to play Film & Television, so I don't care what the outcome is.

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I don't care if Felicity pounds me into the ground.

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-I'm playing a Film & Television round. That's all I want.

-OK.

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To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.

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Film & TV, Felicity. Would you like to go first or second?

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I'll take first, please, Jeremy.

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Here we go.

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What breed of dog was Eddie in the TV comedy series Frasier?

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Um, I remember he's quite a small dog.

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I think he was a Jack Russell.

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Jack Russell is correct.

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Well done.

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Over to you, Lisa Thiel.

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Which of these Blue Peter presenters made a five-mile

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free fall parachute jump for the programme?

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See, the one the was sort of known for the free fall parachute jumping

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was Janet Ellis, but quite clearly, not an option.

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Something is sort of nagging in my head at Valerie Singleton.

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I don't know why cos it seems a sort of slightly ludicrous option.

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I don't know why Valerie Singleton is nagging at me,

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but I'll say Valerie Singleton.

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Yeah, it wasn't Val.

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-That's all right.

-It was the great Noakes.

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-It was? Wow. There you go.

-Yeah, it was.

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-OK, well, this is handy, Felicity.

-Yeah.

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Which veteran newsreader and war reporter took part in

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I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! in 2014?

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I really don't have a clue on that one, I'm afraid.

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I'm being drawn towards John Simpson.

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I don't know why, but I'll go with John Simpson.

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-No, no. It was Michael Buerk.

-Oh.

-OK.

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Ooh, we've got a Felicity question here for Lisa.

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The actress Felicity Jones appeared in which of these films?

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I think she played Stephen Hawking's first wife, Jane,

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-in The Theory Of Everything.

-She did and did it brilliantly.

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The Theory Of Everything is correct.

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-OK, other Felicity.

-Yes.

-Third question for you now.

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What is the name of the ridge on which the world-famous Hollywood sign

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is located in Los Angeles?

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I don't really have any kind of way to narrow it down

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so I'm just going to go right down the middle

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-and go for Mount Lee.

-Mount Lee is right.

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JEREMY LAUGHS

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OK. So, you got two out of three. Let's see if Lisa can as well.

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If you get this wrong, Lisa, you're going to be out.

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Who played the Coronation Street character Leonard Swindley

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in the 1960s?

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Oh, where, where is Barry when you need him?

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Barry, of course, is in the studio and I am here.

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I have a vague recollection that John Le Whatsit was in Corrie.

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But I don't know why I think that.

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Now, this is dangerous cos I had the same thing with the first question.

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No, on the basis that it is wrong to change your first instinct

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because then you can't blame yourself

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for changing your first instinct -

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you can only blame yourself for being a wally -

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I will go for John Le Mesurier.

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I'm afraid it's head in hands at this end of the studio.

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-That's all right.

-Sorry, Lisa.

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-Barry, tell us the story.

-It's Arthur Lowe.

-Arthur Lowe it is.

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That's good for you, Felicity. Well done.

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You've won the round against Lisa.

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We sit in a very, very interesting position for the final,

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so come back to us and we'll play it.

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What a contest. This is what we've been playing towards.

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It is time for our final round.

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It's always General Knowledge, of course,

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but those of you who lost your head-to-heads

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

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So, it's Malcolm and John from The Dude Abides

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and Barry and Lisa from the Eggheads.

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You're not going to be abiding any more.

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Please leave the studio.

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Lily, Felicity and Roderick,

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you're playing to win The Dude Abides £2,000.

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Chris, CJ and Pat,

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you're playing to get the Eggheads back on the road

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after an awkward few games.

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So, as usual, I will ask you three questions in turn.

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This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

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You are allowed to confer, OK?

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So, Dude Abides, the question is are your three brains better

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than the Eggheads' three over here?

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You've certainly ripped into them. Let's see what you can do now.

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-Do you want to go first or second?

-First, please.

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OK, straight off the blocks. First question.

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What term is traditionally used for a single diamond set alone in a ring?

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-Solitaire.

-I think it's solitaire.

-OK.

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-It's not a trick question or anything.

-Don't think so.

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-No, it's definitely not a singleton.

-OK. Are we ready?

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We've rejected two of the answers and we think it's solitaire.

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Solitaire is the right answer.

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Eggheads, what is the colour of the inner petals of a Tudor rose?

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Well, it's the combination of the two roses

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from the War of the Roses - white of York and red of Lancashire.

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-Well, it's not yellow or pink.

-No.

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Well, unless white and red make pink? But no.

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-No, it's got to be separate colours.

-It's white. Yeah, yeah.

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-We're going to say white, Jeremy.

-White is the right answer.

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Back to you.

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In the abbreviation ATF for the US law enforcement agency,

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what does the letter A stand for?

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I'm not familiar with it.

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I think it's alcohol,

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tobacco and firearms.

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-Oh, that would make sense.

-Does that make sense?

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Kind of one of these agencies that you see on, like, crime dramas.

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-Yeah. I think alcohol sounds like a good idea.

-Yeah.

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-Are we OK with alcohol?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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After discussion, we've decided on alcohol.

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Alcohol is the right answer.

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Two to them and one to you, Eggheads, if you can catch up.

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The city of Palo Alto, home to many technology companies,

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is located in which US state?

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-It's got to be Silicon Valley.

-California, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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-Palo Alto?

-Yeah, that's where it is.

-There's no Palo Alto in New York.

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There's a famous tree there, I think.

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-Yeah, OK.

-That's why it's Palo Alto.

-The Joshua tree or whatever.

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It's a very famous tech centre in California.

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California is correct.

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OK, two each. Tied here.

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£2,000, we're playing for.

0:22:050:22:07

Maybe one question away from it. Get this right, they could just fold.

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Maggie Smith married which actor in 1967?

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Any thoughts?

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-Um...

-None of the names are familiar to me.

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I'm pretty sure that Robert Stephens

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was married to a British theatrical dame.

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-I don't know which one it was.

-OK.

-Shall we give it a shot?

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-Are we happy with Robert Stephens?

-Yeah.

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We've decided on Robert Stephens.

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Robert Stephens is the right answer. Well done. Well done indeed.

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Cos their son is the actor Toby Stephens.

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Oh, OK. Thank you.

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Your third question. Get this wrong, the contest is over.

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Which chemical element has the atomic number 35

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and a name derived from the Greek for stink or stench?

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-Bromine.

-Mm-hm. Mm-hm.

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-It's bromine.

-Bromine's 35, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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-Arsenic's 33 and chlorine's much, much higher up.

-It's higher, yeah.

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-It's bromine, yeah.

-That's bromine.

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Bromine is the correct answer.

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So, you've got three each. Very, very tight, this.

0:23:160:23:19

Three of you on each team and three correct answers each

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and now we go to Sudden Death and it gets a bit harder

0:23:220:23:25

cos I don't give you alternatives. So, here we go. Good luck, Dudes.

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Auguste, whiteface and hobo

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are all types of what kind of entertainer?

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-I would have thought clown.

-Yeah, you were thinking clown.

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-Well, whiteface.

-Whiteface and hobo.

-Like Charlie Chaplin was...

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Yeah. I've never heard of auguste. What's your theatrical...?

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I think that... Yeah, I think that sounds right.

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-We've settled on clown.

-Clown is correct.

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Eggheads, which brother and sister from a Brothers Grimm fairytale

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come across an edible house belonging to a witch?

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-Shall we go for Hansel and Gretel, then?

-Hansel and Gretel.

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That's Hansel and Gretel.

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Hansel and Gretel it is.

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Back to you. Sudden Death.

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In April 1888, Winston Churchill became a student at which school?

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-It's Harrow.

-Yes?

-It is.

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We believe that the answer is Harrow.

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Harrow is correct.

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Doing well here. Sudden Death, we're on.

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Eggheads, which cartoon strip character

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who first appeared in 1950 pined for the Little Red-Haired Girl?

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-That's Charlie Brown.

-Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown definitely.

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-And that's the name of the strip, yeah?

-Peanuts.

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No. You want the character?

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-Which cartoon strip character...?

-He wants Charlie Brown.

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The Little Red-Haired Girl is the one who has written to him,

0:24:370:24:40

-but we never see her.

-OK. That's Charlie Brown.

0:24:400:24:43

Charlie Brown is right.

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Challengers, the historic fortress of Masada is in which country?

0:24:450:24:50

-Could you spell the fortress, please?

-M-A-S-A-D-A.

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-It means nothing to me.

-Well, there's one in...

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There's one in Israel, but I thought it had two Ss.

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-With a similar name or you think...?

-I'm not sure about the spelling.

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-I'm not sure of my own spelling.

-But pronounced...?

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-Did you think it was called Masada?

-Masada, yes.

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They were surrounded by the Romans and rather than surrender,

0:25:080:25:11

they all committed suicide.

0:25:110:25:12

Could we have the question one more time, please?

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The historic fortress of Masada is in which country?

0:25:150:25:18

-Any alternatives?

-No.

-Nothing from me, sorry.

0:25:180:25:21

-I think just go with that.

-We'll just go for Israel.

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-Israel is correct.

-Oh!

-Thank you.

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Eggheads, which influential 1970 film

0:25:270:25:30

directed by Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell

0:25:300:25:33

stars Mick Jagger as a rock musician named Turner?

0:25:330:25:36

-Performance?

-Performance?

-Yeah. That's Nick Roeg, isn't it?

0:25:360:25:39

The only other Jagger film was the old Billy the Kid thing.

0:25:390:25:42

-It's not that.

-No.

-No.

0:25:420:25:43

-Performance?

-Yeah.

-Nick Roeg did Performance, so...

0:25:430:25:46

And it's kind of a cult thing, isn't it?

0:25:460:25:48

-Yeah, yeah.

-OK. We're going to say Performance.

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Performance is correct.

0:25:520:25:54

Over to you, Challengers.

0:25:550:25:56

The former UN secretary-general Javier Perez de Cuellar

0:25:560:26:00

was born in which country?

0:26:000:26:02

-Does the name suggest it's some...? Javier Perez?

-Javier.

0:26:020:26:06

-It's obviously somewhere Spanish-speaking.

-Yeah.

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And it's got to be one of the small countries.

0:26:100:26:13

Why do you think that?

0:26:130:26:14

-Well, cos they usually go for not in the big power blocs.

-OK.

0:26:140:26:18

Bolivia or somewhere like...?

0:26:210:26:24

-Could you repeat his name?

-Yeah.

0:26:240:26:26

The former UN secretary-general Javier Perez de Cuellar

0:26:260:26:30

was born in which country?

0:26:300:26:31

-Got to be a South American country.

-Yes.

0:26:310:26:34

Bolivia. Could be Chile. Could be Paraguay.

0:26:340:26:38

-Well, you know, there's a dozen to choose from.

-Spanish-speaking.

0:26:380:26:42

Let's just go for Chile.

0:26:420:26:43

Are you changing from Bolivia for any reason or...?

0:26:450:26:47

-No, no reason.

-SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

0:26:490:26:51

Have you any...?

0:26:510:26:52

No. Over to you.

0:26:540:26:56

-We're going to say Chile.

-Chile is your answer.

0:26:560:26:59

He served from 1982 to 1991.

0:26:590:27:02

-Do you know?

-Next door.

-Peru.

-Peru!

0:27:020:27:05

You were certainly absolutely relentlessly zoning in on it,

0:27:050:27:10

but not there. Not there.

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Oh, dear, Challengers.

0:27:120:27:14

You've played so brilliantly,

0:27:140:27:15

but the Eggheads can now take the contest with one answer.

0:27:150:27:18

The institution known by the initials QUB

0:27:180:27:22

is the Queen's University in which UK city?

0:27:220:27:25

-Got to go for Belfast.

-We think that's Belfast.

0:27:250:27:28

Have you got it right?

0:27:280:27:29

If you have, the contest is over. If not, we play on.

0:27:290:27:32

They've taken you round the houses here today, Eggheads,

0:27:320:27:35

but you are correct.

0:27:350:27:36

The answer is Belfast and we say congratulations, Eggheads.

0:27:360:27:39

You have won.

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Oh, the dastardly Perez de Cuellar in Peru!

0:27:460:27:50

And you were close. You were so close.

0:27:500:27:53

Yes, you look relieved.

0:27:530:27:54

When we are that relieved to win, it's a compliment to the other team.

0:27:540:27:57

-Thank you.

-Good quizzers on this side.

0:27:570:27:58

And they took two Eggheads out along the way too.

0:27:580:28:01

So, commiserations to The Dude Abides, with the great team name.

0:28:010:28:05

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,

0:28:050:28:07

although they had to sweat today. They do reign supreme over quiz land

0:28:070:28:10

and the jackpot is starting to build up again.

0:28:100:28:12

You won't be going home with the £2,000.

0:28:120:28:15

We will take the money and roll it over to our next show.

0:28:150:28:17

Will it be as fun as this one? We'll see. Congratulations, Eggheads.

0:28:170:28:21

See what happens next time.

0:28:210:28:23

Join us to see if a new team of Challengers

0:28:230:28:25

have the brains to defeat them.

0:28:250:28:27

£3,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.

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