Episode 86 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 now you're into a five-figure jackpot, I'm thinking it's time.

-No, never time.

-Time for you to be taken down.

-No.

See how resistant they are to that idea, Challengers?

So, up against our resident quiz champions today are Baby Quiz It Up.

Now, this team of friends all study at the University of Glasgow

and they quiz every Monday night at the Lansdowne pub.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Stephen and I study linguistics.

Hi, I'm Andrew and I'm a maths student.

Hi, I'm Paul and I study chemistry.

Hi, I'm Stephen and I study aerospace engineering.

Hi, I'm Jason and I study medicine.

-So, Stephen and team, welcome. Good to see you.

-Hi.

I was at the Lansdowne the other night -

-went there to watch some football, so it's a nice place.

-It is, yeah.

-When you arrive, you sing a song.

-Not at the quiz.

-The song is...

-OK, the song is the basis of the team name.

-Yes.

Can you sing it now, please?

# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

# Stephen, Stephen Burse Stephen Burse

# Stephen, Stephen Burse

# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. #

OK, now I have the connection that the tune of that is Baby Give It Up

by KC & The Sunshine Band, hence the quiz team name Baby Quiz It Up.

-Yes, exactly.

-And that Stephen Burse is your name.

Stephen Burse is my name. It's... Yeah, it's my theme song.

So they sing your name as you walk into the pub?

No, it happens elsewhere.

We're all involved with the Christian Union

in Glasgow University and I have a weird,

inexplicable cult status there, and they sing my name there.

JEREMY LAUGHS

This is the best team introduction we've ever had!

It could go in any direction, actually.

What's got to happen here is if you win, we've got

-to have a burst of that. Is that a deal?

-Yes.

-All right, let's crack on.

This is good. I've just got a feeling today.

I think they've been coasting along,

only having one or two people knocked out for quite a few days now -

they're overdue a thrashing, and I mean a proper 5-0.

Every day, there is £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, Baby Quiz It Up, the Eggheads have won the last ten games, OK?

So the jackpot now is 10 + 1...

-Do you want to have a go at winning it?

-Why not?

I thought since you're here. Yeah, since you're here.

OK, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Music, gentlemen.

Who would like Music?

Who would like Music? Our strong subject(!) Who...?

-Definitely our weakest round, so...

-Yeah.

-What do you think?

-One of...

-Shall I? Shall I?

-Yeah, you should do it.

-Andrew.

-I'm going to be the scapegoat for Music.

-Andrew, OK.

And against which Egghead?

Who looks as if they have hit bum notes all their life?

-What do we think?

-Barry, do you think?

-Think so?

-Let's go for that, yeah.

-OK, Barry it is.

OK, it's going to be Andrew from Baby Quiz It Up

versus the elder statesman of the Eggheads, Mr Barry The Brain.

To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.

-Andrew, you're getting married soon.

-I am indeed, yes.

-At the tender age of 23.

-Yeah, why not?

No reason why not at all.

And since we're doing the music round,

have you chosen music for the wedding?

We have indeed, yes, but unfortunately it's a secret,

so I can't divulge that.

-What sort of music did you have at your wedding, Barry?

-Oh, gosh.

-Oh, dear, don't forget this!

-It was so long ago!

We had a disco in the evening, I remember that.

Can you remember who you married?

I definitely remember who I married, and I'm still married to her

-and she's lovely.

-How many years is it now?

Erm, we're coming up to 39.

What's your big piece of advice for Andrew?

You only need to remember two words to have a happy marriage -

yes, dear.

All right, there we are, across-the-generations advice.

-Good luck in Music, Andrew.

-Thank you.

Sure the marriage will take care of itself.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-Erm, I'll go first, please.

Here we go. Which female character from a stage musical

is the main vocalist of the song Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

Right... Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

I believe that that is from the musical My Fair Lady,

so I believe it is Eliza Doolittle.

Nicely done. Eliza Doolittle is correct, yeah.

Barry, your question. Barry The Brain.

Ellie Goulding's 2015 UK number one single Love Me Like You do

features on the soundtrack to which film?

Oh!

Now, I knew the song was Ellie Goulding,

but I didn't realise it was from a film.

Deary me.

Love Me Like You Do...

I think that the main track from Selma is Glory,

which won an Oscar, so I'm not sure it was Selma. Whiplash is...

Whiplash is about a young drummer

and it features a wonderful actor who shares the name Simmons.

I don't know the music from Fifty Shades Of Grey at all,

so I'm really struggling on this one.

Love Me Like You Do.

But from the title, I'll have to go for Fifty Shades Of Grey.

Yeah, if I may say so, brilliant acting during that answer,

Barry, cos I know you've seen Fifty Shades Of Grey at least 17 times!

-Who told on me?

-Yes, exactly. We know!

Fifty Shades Of Grey is of course the correct answer.

Fantastic, the way you just happened to guess the right answer.

Andrew, what is the literal meaning of the name of the pop group

Kraftwerk when translated from the German? Kraftwerk.

My German isn't very good so this is probably going to be a guess.

Kraftwerk. Erm...

For some reason, I don't think life lessons. It doesn't seem...

It doesn't seem like that. Erm...

Out of the other two, I think I'll have a guess at power station.

Yeah, I just heard your Northern Ireland accent there, "power".

-Yeah, that's the one.

-Where are you from in Northern Ireland.

-I am indeed, yes.

-But whereabouts?

-A little place called Annalong.

It's in County Down beside the Mourne Mountains.

It is power station, you're right, well done.

-Happy days!

-Power station. And a brilliant band, by the way, Andrew.

If it's not too late to suggest some Kraftwerk at your wedding...

I'd like to be there offering it. Autobahn, great song.

Barry, the stage musical The Scottsboro Boys is largely

set in what type of institution?

Well, the Scottsboro boys, I think

they were nine humans who were unfairly accused of some fairly

serious crimes, so on that basis, I will go for prison.

Yes, prison is correct.

Two each. Third question, Andrew.

Noye's Fludde and Paul Bunyan are operas written by which composer?

And just to say, Noye's Fludde is - odd spelling -

N-O-Y-E'S and then Fludde -

F-L-U-D-D-E.

I must say, opera's not one of my areas of interest,

so again it will probably just have to be a lucky guess.

Out of those three, the only one I've ever heard of is

Benjamin Britten and do you know what?

On that basis, Benjamin Britten.

BARRY LAUGHS

-Barry, why are you laughing?

-Because he's got it right.

-You got it right - Benjamin Britten it is.

-Happy days!

That's the way to do it, just pick the name you know.

OK, Barry, a bit of pressure now.

The song If I Had A Hammer was written by Lee Hays

and which other folk singer?

It certainly wasn't Bob Dylan.

Was it as early as Woody Guthrie?

Pete Seeger did Little Boxes, which is around the same time.

I think it's a little later. I'm going to go for Pete Seeger.

Yeah, it's difficult to choose between Mr Guthrie

and Mr Seeger but you're right, Barry, well done.

Pete Seeger it is.

Sorry, Andrew, three out of three for him as well.

Thought I was going to get lucky.

We go to Sudden Death, Andrew, gets a bit harder -

I don't give you alternative answers.

In 2014, which member of the Kaiser Chiefs joined

the panel of the TV talent show The Voice UK?

Oh, I know his first name is Ricky,

but can I get his last name?

Erm...

The name in my head is Ricky Martin.

You know what?

I would have had the same struggle because I had Ricky going round

and I was... Ricky Martin is the guy who did Livin' La Vida Loca.

That's the one! I thought so.

There's lots of Rickys - there's a Ricky Grover...

-It's actually Ricky Wilson.

-That's the one.

So, Barry, if you get this, you're in the final.

Now, Later and Soon are songs, Barry,

from which Sondheim musical?

Now, Later, Soon...

I'm not sure on this. I'll have a stab at A Little Night Music.

A Little Night Music is correct. Well done, Barry, you're in the final.

-Sorry, Andrew.

-Gutted.

-Oh, Ricky Wilson. I think you knew it as well.

I did, yeah, but just couldn't get the last name.

It's just the way it goes.

So you've been knocked out, I'm afraid.

Barry is in, but it's still early for our Challengers.

Please come back and rejoin your team-mates.

So, as it stands Baby Quiz It Up have lost one brain from the final round

but it really is early and, as I say, I've got a feeling.

The Eggheads have lost none, Barry very strong on Music as always.

The next subject for you is Science, though,

so right at the other end now. Who wants this?

-Well, we've got two scientists left.

-Shall we go for Paul, yeah?

-Paul can go for Sport but Jason's...

-Oh, good point, actually.

-Yeah, I think Jason.

-Yep, I'd agree.

So, Jason, our medical student, against which Egghead?

-Can't be Barry.

-Who do we think?

-Erm, maybe Lisa?

Yeah, Lisa, do you think?

-Let's do it.

-Yeah.

-OK, Lisa.

Only weak spots, really, are questions related to Australia,

-so Australian scientists could be nasty.

-Yes.

It's Jason from Baby Quiz It Up and Lisa from the Eggheads on Science.

Please take your positions.

So, are you happy with Science, Jason?

I think so, I think my course should give me

-a bit of an advantage in this.

-Science against Lisa.

I know, a bit terrifying, but would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

And here we go with your first question.

What type of animal is a bat?

All right, well, although it has wings it is not a bird,

it is in fact a mammal.

-You're right, yeah. What are you studying?

-I'm studying medicine.

-OK, not bats.

-Not bats.

Mammal is the right answer. Lisa...

The Australian scientist... No, I'm kidding.

Thank goodness for that!

Roscosmos is a commonly-used name for which country's space agency?

Roscosmos, well, with your cosmonauts

and all the rest of it, it would make sense for that to be Russia.

Russia it is, well done.

Back to you, Jason.

The chemical compound ammonia is typically used in which of these?

In fluorescent lighting, typically, you'd use noble gasses.

Automobile batteries, I've no idea if it goes in them.

But I know that ammonia is used for cleaning products,

so I'm going to go for that.

Cleaning products is correct. Very much so.

OK, Lisa, your question.

Of what is ethology the study?

Would you spell that for me, please, Jeremy?

Yes - E-T-H-O-L-O-G-Y. Ethology.

Now, is it safe to relate ethology to ethics and say animal behaviour?

I can't imagine it being planetary rotation.

I don't know, it doesn't quite fit for chemical elements

with me either.

But, you know, I'll just have a little think just in case.

No, I'm going to go for animal behaviour.

Animal behaviour is the right answer.

You've caught up - two each.

Jason, the dwarf planet Ceres orbits the sun between the orbits

of which two planets?

I don't know this one, actually.

There is an aerospace engineer on my team who might know this, but...

Given that it's a dwarf planet,

between Mars and Jupiter, there is an asteroid belt.

Uranus and Neptune I know are gas giants,

so I'm going to have to go for a guess here...

and say between Uranus and Neptune.

Eggheads?

It's a dwarf planet but it's in the asteroid belt

between Mars and Jupiter.

Yes, it's a dwarf planet but it is in the asteroid belt

between Mars and Jupiter. Sorry, Jason, two out of three for you.

See if Lisa can win the round now.

The Chalkhill Blue, Lisa, found in southern England,

is what type of creature?

On first instinct, it sounds like a butterfly.

But, you see, the general rule with these things is

if somebody asks you what type of creature it is, say bird.

So it could be a finch.

I wonder if the blue bit's a giveaway?

Cos you tend to put your blue bit at the beginning

when you're talking about birds.

Do snakes like chalk?

Would have thought that would play havoc with your snakes.

No, on my head be it. First instinct, we'll go for butterfly.

The answer is butterfly. Well done, you've taken the round.

Yeah, the Chalkhill Blue is...

I guess it sounds a bit more of a butterfly than a bird.

You've got three out of three.

Well done, you're in the final round. Sorry, Jason.

Please both of you return and we'll play on.

As it stands, Baby Quiz It Up have lost two brains from the final round.

We've not ruled out singing during the contest, if that needs to happen.

The Eggheads have not lost a brain yet.

They're all sitting there looking a bit sort of like the swagger,

the seated swagger.

The next subject is Geography.

Who's your geographer?

-It's time to unleash them.

-Stephen Hamilton.

-Is it Stephen?

-That one.

-Stephen, who do you want to play against?

I don't really know.

-I would think go for CJ.

-Yeah. All right, CJ.

-All right.

Very decisive. Stephen H from Baby Quiz It Up,

CJ from Baby Quiz It Down.

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

Well, you've had some problems recently, CJ.

I'm talking about quiz, obviously, quiz problems.

Well, crippling emotional problems as well,

but a few of my quiz rounds have not gone the way I'd like them to.

But, crucially, the last game did go the way you wanted it to.

I squeaked out a narrow win in the last game,

so probably I'm due for a loss now.

-We're still struggling with Geography, aren't we?

-Yeah.

Is that something you're aware of, Stephen, as a fan of Eggheads?

I wasn't aware of that, but that's good news.

OK, so you've just blundered into CJ's most troubled area.

-Yeah, bring it on.

-All right, bring it on.

-Do you want to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Here's your question. Good luck, Stephen.

In terms of area, which of these countries is the largest?

OK, so...

I think, erm...

that Jamaica is smaller than the UK, I'm pretty sure.

And South Africa is high on the list of big African countries, erm,

so I'm going to go for South Africa.

Yes, you're right.

Just in terms of area, South Africa is the biggest of the three.

Well done. CJ, your question.

The Wild Atlantic Way is a touring route along the coast

of which European country?

Never heard of it, but simply on the style of the name, I'll try Ireland.

And Ireland is right. Anyone been on it? Pat, you must have been on it.

No, it's very new

and it goes down the coast of Mayo and Galway.

Goes down the west coast, but it's pretty new.

I think it's somewhere around 2012 or 2013, it was established.

OK, CJ, well done.

Back to you, Stephen.

The Wrekin is a distinctive hill in which English county?

-Wrekin...

-The Wrekin, which is spelt W-R-E-K-I-N.

The Wrekin.

I would say...

I think, erm, I would probably have heard of it if it was in Cumbria.

Warwickshire...

I would say there's probably...

more hills in Shropshire, so I'm going to go for Shropshire.

-Good quizzing, you're right. Shropshire it is.

-Well done, Stephen.

CJ.

Mount Teide, the highest peak in Spain, is located on which island?

I think that's on Tenerife, Jeremy.

-You sure?

-Fairly sure.

I hope so now!

Tenerife is the right answer.

The Eggheads have got two and the Challengers have got two

and it's pretty tight.

This is the moment, Stephen, to just haul past him

and get yourself a place in the final,

otherwise it's going to be lonely for somebody.

Lake Annecy, often known as Europe's cleanest lake, is in which country?

-What was the lake, Lake Annecy?

-A-N-N-E-C-Y.

I would say it's not France.

This is just going to be a complete guess, I think.

But I think there's more...

Yeah, I'd say there's more lakes in Switzerland than Belgium, so...

I'll go for Switzerland.

Well, it is France, actually.

CJ, your question for the round.

Jacksonville, the largest city by land area in the contiguous

United States, is in which state?

Just need to make sure I get this right.

My immediate instinct is Florida, I just need to check.

It's not California.

Jacksonville is an enormous city in Florida.

I don't think there's one in Texas.

No, Florida.

Jacksonville is indeed in Florida,

so you have three out of three on geography, CJ. What about that?

You're just coming back onto form now.

Sorry, Stephen, he's knocked you out.

-Yeah, yeah.

-It's annoying, isn't it?

Yeah, obviously, he's good after all.

This is the moment now for the Challengers to put their spurt on.

-That's it.

-Come back to us and we'll see what happens.

OK, Stephen, any change of plan now?

Well, we didn't have that much of a strategy to begin with but,

yeah, we're just very conscious of the fact we're dropping like flies.

Well, people have won from worse positions,

not that it's possible to get into much worse of a position.

-They have definitely won.

-Challenge accepted.

There's no question.

And you have youth on your side so that means you believe,

whereas this lot, as you can see, stopped believing a long time ago.

So, Baby Quiz It Up have lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any yet and we go now into our last round

before the final, and it is Film & Television.

-Thinking that's going to be good.

-Yeah.

-It's either you, Stephen, or Paul.

-Yeah, I think it's going to be me.

-OK. So we might well get the song at this point.

-Very possibly.

And against which Egghead? It can be either Pat or Dave.

-Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

-Erm, maybe Dave?

-Go Dave.

-Are we...? OK, we're saying Dave.

OK, so, Stephen B from Baby Quiz It Up

and Dave from the Eggheads competing on Film & TV,

in the Question Room, please.

-OK, Stephen, we're going to unleash the song if you win the round.

-OK.

-And, Dave, you'll join in if he wins.

-I'll sing along.

# Stephen Burse... #

-All right, here we go. So, Film & TV, Stephen, are you ready?

-Yes.

This is the moment for your team to turn it around.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-I will go first.

I can see the look of concentration on your face.

Who hosted the Bafta Film Awards for the tenth time in 2015?

I believe that is Stephen Fry.

Stephen Fry is the right answer. Very good.

Tremendous Knowledge Dave, the actress Dakota Johnson is

the daughter of Don Johnson and which actress?

Melanie Griffith.

Yeah, it was Melanie Griffith, well done. OK, back to you.

Stephen, what is the stage name of the English actor who was born

Andrew Clutterbuck in 1973?

Oh... I'm really not sure.

I can understand why he'd want to change that name. Erm...

I've heard of all three of them. I mean, they're all the right age.

Erm...

1973, I think Andrew Lincoln is maybe...

I think he suits that year better, so I'm going to go Andrew Lincoln.

-Andrew Lincoln is the right answer. Well done!

-Well done, Stephen.

Nice work.

OK, Dave, which American actor played the dual lead roles of Simon

and James in the 2014 film The Double?

Haven't seen the film.

Don't know it.

So this is a problem.

It could be any one of them.

I've got to just go with what looks best to me - Channing Tatum.

No, it's not Channing Tatum, he's been rather busy with other stuff.

-It's Jesse Eisenberg.

-OK.

So, we're getting close to something here,

we're getting close to the song.

-Oh...

-Oh!

-This is the moment.

-Don't let us down!

-All right, third question.

Get this right, you're in the final round.

Which two men, Stephen, wrote the TV sitcom Father Ted?

Erm, I think I could probably identify sitcoms

that they've all written.

I think Damon Beesley and Iain Morris wrote The Inbetweeners,

Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain wrote Peep Show, among others.

Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews have written IT Crowd.

I'm pretty sure that they were responsible for Father Ted

as well, so I'm going to go with that for my answer.

# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na... #

No, hang on, hang on! Hang on, we've got to make the most of this.

JEREMY LAUGHS

Dave just wants to sing it!

He's off the leash now.

OK, to the formal bit - Graham Linehan

and Arthur Mathews is the correct answer, well done.

All right, count and sing, cos Dave wants to join in.

One, two, three, four...

# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

# Stephen, Stephen Burse Stephen Burse

# Stephen, Stephen Burse

# Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. #

Well done!

-You are in the final.

-Glad to hear it.

I don't think we've had that song before on the show.

Come back to us and we will play the final round.

So, this is what we've been playing towards.

It is time for the final round and, as always,

it's General Knowledge for you.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be

allowed to take part in this round, so that is Andrew, Stephen H

and Jason from Baby Quiz It Up, but also Dave from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

So, this game's had everything - it's had some right answers and some wrong

answers and above all some singing, and now here we are in the final.

Stephen B and Paul playing to win Baby Quiz It Up £11,000.

Barry, CJ, Pat and Lisa, you're playing for something that

money can't really buy, which is the Eggheads' reputation.

As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

You can confer, OK, guys?

So, the question is, can your two brains take down these four

and do it for £11,000? Would you like to go first or second?

I think we'd like to go second, this time, Jeremy.

I heard a little noise on the Egghead side of someone going, "Oh!"

That's it, I think you've startled them.

Eggheads, which group had a number two hit in the UK in 1977

with Ma Baker?

-ALL:

-Boney M!

-Yeah.

-That's Boney M.

Boney M is correct.

Shouldn't really remember that quite as quickly as you did.

Some things are best forgotten.

OK, over to you, Challengers.

The police abbreviation ANPR stands for Automatic Number Plate what?

-I think we know what this is.

-Which one would you say?

-Not reading or rifle, but recognition.

-I would concur.

Recognition, Jeremy.

Recognition is the right answer, guys, well done.

So, a point to Baby Quiz It Up.

Here's your question, Eggs.

Busan is a city in which Asian country?

-That's in South Korea.

-Second city in South Korea.

Yeah.

It's in the south of South Korea.

Very rare to catch Barry out on Asian geography.

South Korea is the right answer.

That's annoying. I just had a feeling they were going to mess that one up.

Here's your question. In which century was the Kennel Club founded?

Question one - what is the Kennel Club?

-Do you know what the Kennel Club is? I have no idea.

-What could it be?

-For dogs.

-Dog home, erm, secret society...

-Could be an acronym for something.

-Kennel Club, Kennel Club.

Erm...

It's just going to be a random guess, isn't it?

When were most clubs founded?

-Don't know.

-19th century, maybe?

-Erm...

I... It's going to be a complete guess, isn't it?

Shall we go for the 19th?

-I would be leaning towards 18th.

-Why?

Now you've said 19th, it's going to be 19th.

Just say it again and again and inspiration will come.

I would say 18th, but I'm not at all sold on that.

Erm...

I think we're going to go for the 18th century.

18th century.

-In other words, the 1700-and-somethings, yeah?

-Yes.

-Do you know when it was?

-We don't.

On balance, we think we'd have gone for the 19th, but we don't know it.

1873, it was, so the 19th century.

The end of the 19th century.

OK, it's a shame,

but the Eggheads may yet trip, stumble and fall,

to quote Elvis Presley.

Which of these actresses won the Miss Teenage Memphis contest in 1966

and once dated Elvis Presley?

There was a very rude story about Cybill Shepherd which

I won't tell here, but she certainly dated Elvis.

-Cybill Shepherd definitely dated Elvis.

-That's good enough for me.

-She did, yeah.

-Mm.

OK, we're going to go for Cybill Shepherd.

Cybill Shepherd is the right answer, so we say congratulations,

Eggheads, you have won.

That's the...

Letting them go first, if they seize the initiative they can run away,

that's the trouble, and they just did - those three straight answers.

Only one answer wrong in the whole contest.

Blimey, Eggheads, that's good.

It's not good enough, though, Jeremy.

See what they're like? Commiserations to Baby Quiz It Up.

We loved the singing and we loved the quizzing.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

Their winning streak continues.

In fact, it is now officially impressive.

I'm afraid it means you won't be going home with the £11,000.

We take the money, we roll it over to the next show.

Eggheads, very well done. Who will beat you?

So many correct answers, it's amazing.

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

finally turn them over and wipe the smiles off their faces.

We have £12,000 waiting if they can. Till then, goodbye.