Episode 90 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 battered and bruised a little bit but, my goodness,

-still walking tall, yes?

-Yes, definitely.

Yeah, we've had some exciting games lately.

Challenging our resident quiz champions today

are the Barmby Moor Bandits from Yorkshire.

Now, this team of friends all quiz together

at the Boot & Slipper pub in the village of Barmby Moor.

Let's meet them.

Hi, my name's Neil and I'm an insurance broker.

Hi, I'm Billy and I'm an arable farmer.

Hi, I'm Will and I'm a part-time biology teacher.

Hello, I'm Kevin and I'm a retired bank official.

Hi, I'm Joey. I'm a chartered surveyor.

So, Neil, team, welcome.

-Hi!

-Hi, Jeremy!

-So how is Barmby Moor?

It's fine. It was all right at six o'clock this morning!

-You've left it to come here, yeah!

-Absolutely.

-And they'll be watching back there, I guess.

-Absolutely.

And tell us about the quiz league you're all in.

We take part in the Derwent Valley Quiz League,

which is a local league for 15 different pubs.

Some have two teams in, but it's two divisions

and we're currently fighting a relegation battle in Division One!

-Oh, so you've gone up to the first division?

-Absolutely, yeah.

OK, good luck.

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.

There's been quite a lot of rolling over of prize-money recently.

Having said that, you guys nearly got rolled over yourselves,

didn't you?

But they've stood tall and, Barmby Moor Bandits,

the Eggheads have actually won the last 14,

so that means there's £15,000 to win today.

That's the bottom line.

Good luck and we start with the subject of Sport.

Who would like to take this?

Well, I think we should do Neil.

-Yeah, definitely.

-Yeah.

-That's Neil.

The skipper's going to have to play the sport.

OK, against which Egghead?

-It can be any of them.

-I'm going to start at the top and play Kevin.

OK, Neil from the Barmby Moor Bandits

versus Kevin from the Eggheads on Sport.

And just to ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our question room?

-You've got a good shirt going on there, Neil.

-Cheers, Jeremy.

Is it one of CJ's? Did you borrow it earlier?

Well, after seeing Barry's, I feel underdressed.

Yeah, Barry loves his shirt as well.

Would you like to go first or second on sport, Neil?

First, please.

OK, good luck against the king of Eggheads.

Which athlete won both the men's 100 metres

and 200-metre sprints

at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?

Was it...?

Well, it definitely wasn't Allan Wells -

he was when I was alive.

I'll go for Jesse Owens.

Jesse Owens is quite right, yeah.

Allan Wells I think was, what, 60 years later or something?

-Moscow, 1980.

-Moscow.

-Yeah.

OK, Kevin, your question.

Who was ranked the number one snooker player in the world

between 1983 and 1990?

Well, it would be too early for Stephen Hendry

and I don't see...

Although Cliff Thorburn was in his heyday then,

the one who kept winning the World Championship,

well, for several years with a couple of blips

from about '81 onwards...

You said '83 to '90?

-'83 to '90.

-Yeah, it's Steve Davis.

Steve Davis, quite right.

Seven years at the top, amazing. OK, Neil, your question.

In cycling, a competition track bike lacks which of these features?

Well, it would be very difficult

to do it without a saddle

and I assume that even the modern bikes have tyres,

so I'll go for brakes.

Brakes is correct.

Kevin, in British horseracing, what is the shortest distance

that sprint races are contested over on the flat?

One furlong is only 220 yards, so that seems a bit excessive.

I've certainly...

Five furlongs is a recognised...distance.

I'll go for five furlongs.

That's the correct answer.

OK, your question, Neil.

In which year did Rugby Union's Five Nations tournament

end in a tie between all five teams?

I don't think it was 1990.

But I'm really not sure.

I think I might have been at Murrayfield in 1980

to see England win...

Or maybe Scotland win, I'm not sure.

So my answer, with no conviction really,

is 1973.

1973...

And that is the correct answer.

-Well done!

-Don't do that to me!

You've got three out of three. If Kevin gets this wrong, he's out.

Kevin, in which sport did the French sportsmen nicknamed

the Professor participate in the 1980s and 1990s?

Well, before the choices came up,

I was thinking, "Is that Alain Prost?"

There were some top French tennis players around that time,

but I thought Alain Prost and motor racing before it came up,

so I shall say Formula One.

Yeah, but you are right, it was Alain Prost

and it is Formula One. Well done, Kevin.

Three out of three for you as well, so scores level.

We go to sudden death, Neil.

A little bit more tricksy now cos I don't give you alternatives.

In North America, the Art Ross Trophy is awarded annually

to the leading scorer in the top professional league in which sport?

This will be a bit of a guess. I'll go for ice hockey.

Ice hockey is correct.

Kevin, the Tkatchev and the Gaylord are moves in which sport?

I...

I think I've heard of the Gaylord

and I think it's gymnastics.

Gymnastics is correct.

Neil, back to you.

The British sportsmen Freddie Mills and Dennis Andries

are both former world champions in which sport?

That'd be boxing.

Boxing is correct.

Kevin, which New Zealand sportsman

was named as Event Rider of the 20th Century

by the International Equestrian Foundation in 1999?

Right, if we're talking late...

Well, it doesn't have to be late 20th century,

but 20th-century New Zealand Equestrian riders,

you'd have to go for Mark Todd.

Mark Todd.

Mark Todd is correct.

Sudden death, Neil. Your question.

In 1994, which Cameroonian footballer

became the oldest ever scorer at a Fifa World Cup?

Let's go... Old player? Cameroonian?

It's not right but I'll say Tony Yeboah.

No, it's not. Do your teammates know?

-Roger Milla.

-Roger Milla!

So, sudden death and you've got a question wrong then, Neil.

Let's see what Kevin can do.

Langtree Park is the home ground of which Rugby League club?

That's the relatively new ground of St Helens.

It is the relatively new ground of St Helens.

Well done, Kevin, you've got it on sudden death.

Sorry, Neil. You played really well there,

but you have been knocked out.

Kevin will be in the final.

We've got another really hot quiz going on here, haven't we?

Do come back to us and rejoin your teammates.

All right, as it stands,

Barmby Moor Bandits have lost their captain from the final round.

The Eggheads are still there, all five of them.

Let's see what happens next.

The subject is going to be Film & TV.

-So who would like this? ALL:

-Joey.

-That would be me, Jeremy!

-OK, Joey,

-which Egghead do you want to take on?

-Judith.

OK, Judith.

All right, quick decision there. Joey from Barmby Moor Bandits

versus Judith from the Eggheads on Film & TV.

Is that OK with you, Judith?

-I've got no choice!

-LAUGHTER

To ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions?

So you are up against Judith, Joey, on Film & TV.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-I'll carry on as Neil did -

I'll go first, Jeremy.

Good luck. Julie Etchingham and Mark Austin became well-known

as presenters of which programmes on TV?

Oh...

I'm really struggling!

I'll go down the middle and go sport.

No, presenters of the News at Ten on ITV, so it's news.

OK, Judith, your question.

Which EastEnders character was married to Tiffany,

played by Martine McCutcheon?

Oh, golly.

I wonder if it was Beppe Di Marco.

I don't...

I don't think Grant Mitchell was married to anybody.

I'm going to risk it and say Beppe Di Marco

because I'm not sure.

-The magic right?

-Yeah.

The answer's Grant Mitchell.

Oh, no, that is annoying!

I know, I'm so sorry. You ruled him out so forcefully.

That is very annoying!

-So that's not bad, Joey.

-No, survived!

You tripped and she stumbled. Here's your question.

Which of these characters did Jamie Dornan play

in a 2015 feature film?

Well, I don't think it was Alan Turing and...

I'm not sure on Harry Hart or Christian Grey.

I'll try Christian Grey.

-Christian Grey is the right answer.

-Thank you.

Judith, in one of her first film roles,

who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar

for the 1969 film comedy Cactus Flower?

-Oh, '69?

-'69.

I think I'm going to go for Goldie Hawn.

-Goldie Hawn?

-Yes.

-It is Goldie Hawn, well done.

-Phew!

OK, so one each after two questions.

Joey, what is the title of the 1978 sci-fi thriller

that stars James Brolin and OJ Simpson

as astronauts forced to take part in a faked Mars landing?

Ironically, we were talking about the star signs earlier today

but not relevant to science-fiction films.

But I think, from my memory,

cos I was only eight years old,

I think it was Capricorn One.

Very good indeed, yes, it was.

OK, Judith, your question to catch up.

A BBC Four biopic shown in July 2013

starred Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor

opposite which actor as Richard Burton?

Oh, that's interesting.

I don't know, so who would I have cast as Richard Burton?

Who is the most like him?

I think it's probably...

Dominic West is much more actory. He's rather...

I could see him playing Richard Burton.

So if I was going to cast it, I'd do Dominic West.

Dominic West is the right answer. Good logic there.

So after three questions, the scores are level.

Two points each.

-We go to sudden death again. Joey, you ready?

-Yeah.

Compost Corner was a regular feature

of which children's Saturday morning show?

Was it Swap Shop? Tiswas?

I'm not sure, I'll try Tiswas.

Tiswas is correct.

Judith, what is the title of the 1989 film directed by Ron Howard

and starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen

as husband and wife Gil and Karen Buckman?

Absolutely no idea.

Umm...1989?

I'm pretty... I've no idea.

It has got to be a pass. Sorry, don't know.

-The answer is Parenthood.

-Never would have got that.

Joey, you've taken the round, you're through.

You are through to the final,

balancing it up, making it even more exciting.

Please come back to us and we'll see what happens next.

So, as it stands,

Barmby Moor Bandits have lost a brain from the final round.

The Eggheads have lost a brain as well.

And the next subject is Arts & Books.

-Who would like this?

-Billy?

-Is that going to be me?

-That could be you!

-Go on, Billy, yeah.

-Billy...

-Our farmer.

-Against which Egghead?

Who do you fancy? I fancy...

-Dave, I think.

-Yeah, Dave.

-Dave?

Dave, please.

OK, so it's Billy from Barmby Moor Bandits

versus Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the Eggheads.

Please take your positions in the question room.

It's good to have you on the show, Billy.

-We don't get enough farmers competing.

-Oh, thank you.

Do you want to go first or second?

I'm going to mix it up. I'm going to go second, please.

Dave on Arts & Books, here we go.

In which of these literary genres did the writers Rosamunde Pilcher

and Catherine Cookson become famous?

I don't think it's...

fantasy.

I don't think it's crime.

I more associate them with romance.

Romance is correct.

Back to you, Billy.

The art movement known as Abstract Expressionism

developed in New York around which decade?

-Abstract Expressionism?

-That's it.

Well, I think the 1760s is too early.

Impressionism would be more in the 1850s,

but we're talking about Expressionism.

I'm going to plump for the 1940s.

Beautifully done, you're quite right. 1940s.

Dave, which TV presenter wrote the bestselling 2012 autobiography

My Animals And Other Family?

Right, there is only one of those sports people

that I would associate with animals

cos Gabby Logan's background is in gymnastics

and obviously her father was a good footballer.

Sue Barker - tennis.

Clare Balding is my answer.

Clare Balding is quite right. Back to you, Billy.

Robert Doisneau's photograph The Kiss at the Hotel De Ville

was taken in 1950 in which city?

Of those, I'm going to rule out Nice

and think it is between Paris and Marseille,

and I will say...

Paris.

Paris is correct.

OK, Dave, two each and your question.

The rebuilding of which UK city's Everyman Theatre

won a Stirling Prize for its architects in 2014?

It's not Bristol, it's not Manchester,

I believe we played them.

We played a team from there, so it's Liverpool.

Liverpool is quite right.

OK, Billy, you've got to get this right cos you went second.

What is the first line of Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick?

Well, it's a very famous opening line

and I would go for "Call me Ishmael."

"Call me Ishmael" is correct.

We go to sudden death, Dave.

I don't give you alternatives. Here's your question.

Which 19th-century Dutch painter's life

is illuminated by the correspondence he kept up

with his art dealer brother Theo?

-Theo?

-Yeah.

Yeah, Vincent van Gogh.

Vincent van Gogh is correct.

Billy, the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson

lived during which century?

I believe he lived...

..in the...

..18th century.

-Let's go to Kevin cos he will know the date of birth.

-I do.

Year of birth? Go on, Dave.

1850 to 1894, I think.

Yes, it is 1850 to 1894,

so he is very much a 19th-century man.

So, Billy, I'm sorry,

you've been knocked out on Robert Louis Stevenson.

If it's any consolation,

Dave knew the year of birth and the year of death, Dave!

I read it recently because I was surprised how young he was.

So, Dave, you've won and, Billy, you're out

and come back to us and get ready for Round Four.

So, as it stands, Barmby Moor Bandits have lost two brains

from the final round. That was quite a tussle there, wasn't it?

The Eggheads have lost one.

The next subject, and the last before the final,

is Science. So we're playing for £15,000.

-You're doing well. Who wants science?

-Oh, I think it's me!

It's going to be Will. Against which Egghead?

And you can have either Barry or Chris.

And both are looking quite scientific, actually.

-I'd take Chris.

-Do you think Chris?

-Yeah.

-Chris, please.

-OK.

So it's going to be Will from Barmby Moor Bandits

and it's going to be Chris from the Eggheads

competing on Science before we see what comes in the final.

Please take your positions.

So, on Science, Will, would you like to go first or second?

First, please, Jeremy.

OK, Will, in the human body,

which substance is produced by lacrimal glands?

Well, the saliva is produced by saliva glands.

Blood is made in the marrow of the bones.

The lacrimal glands produce tears.

Tears is the right answer.

Hence lachrymose.

Chris, which of these is a form of electric current?

Well, an electric current

is movement of electrons from positive to negative,

so it's an electron flow.

Electron flow is the right answer.

You, as a trains man, would know that.

Well, yeah.

Your question, Will.

What type of creature is a chub?

C-h-u-b.

Well, I've coached angling for quite a few years,

so I think it's a fish!

It'd be embarrassing if you're wrong!

-It would rather, yeah.

-Fish is correct, Will, well done.

And, Chris, which country successfully landed a lunar rover

called Yutu, or Jade Rabbit,

on the moon in 2013?

Well, Jade Rabbit suggests China to me,

so it's China.

China is correct.

Back to you, Will.

Cheilitis is the technical term

for the inflammation of which specific part of the human body?

So it's c-h-e-i-l-i-t-i-s.

THEY WHISPER

Now, this is one I've not heard of before.

Cheilitis... Cheilitis.

I think that's going to be lips.

You think it's lips, Chris?

Well, it's a 2-1 shot, so it probably is.

Lips is correct, Will.

Three out of three.

Chris, your question to stay in.

The American Willis Carrier, born in 1876,

invented which feature found in many modern buildings?

It wasn't the lift, that was Otis.

Double glazing, I think, came later,

since buildings in that sort of era had sash windows,

so it's air conditioning.

Air conditioning is correct.

Another round goes to sudden death. We go back to you, Will,

and it gets a bit trickier because I don't give you alternatives.

What is the fifth smallest prime number?

11.

You're right.

We're not counting one as a prime, in case anyone writes in!

So it's two, three, five, seven, 11.

Chris, which red gemstone,

whose name literally means small coal,

shares its name with a painful bacterial skin infection?

Small coal?

Carbuncle?

Carbuncle is correct.

Back to you, Will.

Hamadryad is another name for which species of Cobra?

Spitting cobra.

-King cobra is the answer.

-King cobra!

So, Chris, it's your question for the round.

What name, inspired by a mythological character,

is given to the topmost vertebra in the human body?

That's the atlas vertebra.

It is the atlas. Well done, Chris.

You've won out against the science teacher on Science -

that's no mean feat! You've done really well there.

So, we have a good, exciting final in prospect.

Come back to us and we'll play it.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round, which as always is General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head to heads

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

so that is Neil, Billy and Will from the Barmby Moor Bandits

and also Judith from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

Well, we've got a proper quizzing team of challengers here,

no question about that.

You've taken a bit of a dent but you are very much present in the final,

Kevin and Joey, and you're playing to win the Barmby Moor Bandits £15,000.

As for Dave, Kevin, Chris and Barry,

you are playing for something that money can't buy,

which is the Eggheads' reputation.

We've had some tough games lately.

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

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

You are allowed to confer.

So, Barmby Moor Bandits, the question is,

can your two brains defeat these four

with Judith sitting backstage and watching?

Would you like to go first or second?

-Yeah, first.

-We'll go first, please.

OK, Kevin and Joey, good luck to you. Here we go, final round, £15,000.

The only food products

that can be legally sold in England and Wales in pint measures

are beer, cider and which other?

THEY WHISPER

-Milk, isn't it?

-I thought so, yeah.

-Definite?

-Yeah, quite happy.

We think that's milk.

Milk is correct.

Eggheads, which substance forms a layer in the stratosphere

that filters out most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation

before it reaches the Earth?

-Happy with the ozone?

-Yes, I think so.

Yes, well, much as we like to give out steam sometimes,

I don't think there's actually a steam layer,

and a methane layer would be very dangerous,

so it's the ozone layer.

It is the ozone layer.

OK, your question.

What is the third-largest Channel Island by area?

-I think I'd go for Alderney, wouldn't you?

-Yeah, I agree.

We've agreed on Alderney.

You're right, well done.

Alderney is the third-largest.

We had a team from Alderney once, didn't we?

-Yes.

-Do remember that? They came in, really nice.

Your second question, Eggheads.

The natural fibre called raffia comes from which source?

-It's palm leaves.

-Palm leaves.

-Yeah. Happy?

-Raffia is woven material with...

We're all happy with the answer and the answer is palm leaves.

It is palm leaves, well done,

so absolutely level pegging here.

Third question can be crucial in the final round!

£15,000 the jackpot.

Here is the question.

Which term refers to an internal barrier in an organisation

often used to prevent access to privileged information?

-BOTH: Chinese Wall!

-Absolutely, yes.

Yes, we'll go Chinese Wall, please.

It is of course a Chinese Wall. Three out of three.

Eggheads, which British actor and stand-up comedian

co-authored the 2013 memoir Him & Me with his father,

a former actor's agent?

ALL: Jack Whitehall.

Jack Whitehall does a lot with his father.

The others haven't got a father.

Well, our answer is Jack Whitehall cos he does...

He's recently done TV shows with his father, so that's our answer.

Jack Whitehall is the right answer.

-Doing very well for himself, a very young comedian.

-Very funny, too.

Yeah, he's very, very funny. So three out of three for both teams.

Very, very tight, this. We go to sudden death.

I don't give you alternatives.

The Red House in Bournemouth was built as a love nest

by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII,

for which of his mistresses?

-Have you got a clue?

-Not a clue!

Well, I know one mistress, so...

Well, I think you'll have to plum for her.

Lillie Langtry is the only one I know.

-There are more but I don't know...

-There are more!

There are more, yes. We'll go for Lillie Langtry.

Lillie Langtry is your answer. Is he right?

-Makes sense.

-Think so.

-Would have thought so.

Yeah, Lillie Langtry.

Good quizzing!

Onto your question.

You get this wrong, £15,000 is theirs.

Because of his enthusiasm for planting apple trees,

the American nursery man John Chapman became known by what nickname?

ALL: Johnny Appleseed.

Yeah, Johnny Appleseed.

Yes, we're all agreed on this one and it's Johnny Appleseed.

Johnny Appleseed is right.

Your question.

Cars that bear the international vehicle code GBM

are from which island?

GBM.

Could it be Malta?

Is it Malta?

-It's got to be British, it's just which one.

-GB...

-I'm not convinced, but... I can't think of any other.

-No.

What else goes M? You've got Mauritius... No.

Shall we try Malta?

I think we'll have to.

Yeah, with no confidence whatsoever, we'll say Malta.

So you think GBM is Malta? Are they right?

-No.

-Isle of Man.

-The Isle of Man.

The Isle of Man is the answer!

-Well!

-The Isle of Man.

So, Eggheads, if you get this right, the contest is over.

The name of which simple cloud form means pile or heap in Latin?

-Cumulus.

-Cumulus?

-As in accumulation.

-Yeah, fine.

-We're all happy with that?

-Yeah.

I think we all agreed on that and we believe the answer is cumulus.

Cumulus is your answer.

If you're right, the contest is over and you have battled through.

If you're wrong, we keep playing for the £15,000.

The answer is cumulus.

We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

Now, those numberplates are tricky.

Obviously someone else came unstuck the other day on a number plate. GBM.

-Isle of Man.

-Yeah.

-Well, I'm sorry about that.

Barmby Moor Bandits, you did really well.

You took them right to the wire.

The Eggheads have ended up doing what comes naturally to them.

Their winning streak continues.

It's really impressive.

Are you going to get to £20,000?

It does mean you are not going home with the 15,

so we roll the money over to the next show.

Eggheads, just beginning to find form again, I think.

Four of you left this time.

Better than last time and the time before,

and I am starting to wonder if you'll ever be beaten.

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

have the brains to do it.

£16,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.