0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33They are the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36I don't think there's anyone to beat you, on quizzing, Eggs?
0:00:36 > 0:00:40- After the last result?! - That's true, that is true, CJ.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42There's been a bit of a problem, as I'm about to explain.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Taking on our quiz champions today are the Highbury Crew.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Now, four of this team grew up together
0:00:48 > 0:00:51in the Highbury area of London and to compete the quintet,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54they have recruited their university friend, Adam.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55So let's meet them.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Simon, and I'm a product manager.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Adam, and I'm a maths teacher.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Hi, I'm Alice, and I'm a management consultant.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Hi, I'm Archie, and I'm a production assistant.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Hi, I'm Oliver, and I'm an adjudicator in financial regulation.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- So, Simon and team, welcome, good to see you.- Hello.- Hello.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- So, friends, roughly speaking, in North London, is that right?- Yes.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19We all knew each other from school except Adam, who was a uni friend.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20How did you meet them, Adam?
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Through a friend of a friend, who I went to university with.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- But you have met before today, right?- Yes.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28OK! Are you here for the maths,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32- was your university course maths? - It was indeed, yeah.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I'm also a maths teacher at the moment.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38So... I think I've been recruited for sport more than anything.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42- All right, sport or science. And do you quiz together?- Yes, we do.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43So we do some pub quizzes in London
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- and we have done for quite a while. - OK, good luck.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:01:48 > 0:01:50up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58And Highbury Crew, this lot were on a bit of a roll
0:01:58 > 0:02:01and it just got stopped. They hit a brick wall in the last game.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04So they lost and that means £1,000 is on the table now
0:02:04 > 0:02:05to say you can't beat them.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Would you like to give it a go? - Absolutely.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11All right, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of History.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13So who would like History?
0:02:13 > 0:02:18- Guys?- You feeling lucky, Simon? You or me?- I'm happy either way.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- You go for it. - OK, I'll take History.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22OK, the team captain, Simon, against which Egghead?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24You can have any one of the five there.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- I know it's not much of a choice. - Who do we think?- Um...- CJ or Judith?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- CJ or Judith?- Go for CJ?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- CJ, we'll go against CJ, please. - Right, so, early start for you, CJ.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Nice, get it out of the way.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Simon from Highbury Crew is going to play
0:02:38 > 0:02:39CJ from the Eggheads on History
0:02:39 > 0:02:42and just to ensure there's no confirming,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45would you please go to our Question Room?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47So, History, Simon, would you like to go first or second?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49I would like to go first, please.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55And here we go with your first question, good luck.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Which British military figure was born in 1758?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Lord Nelson.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Oh! THEY LAUGH
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Not even a moment! Not even a second.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14That's the world record fastest answer on Eggheads.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Thankfully, it is right, well done. Lord Nelson.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20OK.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24CJ, the saying "England is a nation of shopkeepers"
0:03:24 > 0:03:27is often attributed to which historical figure?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I think that's attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38It is indeed Napoleon, well done. One each. Back to you, Simon.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Which of these became an independent country in 1947?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Pakistan.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48LAUGHTER
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- He doesn't mince his words. - No, he's very direct.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- What do you do for a living, Simon? - I'm a product manager.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58OK, so you'll just say a product suddenly and it will appear.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01We tend to work quite quickly. No!
0:04:01 > 0:04:03I think I just know that, it's...
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Around the time of partition, I can't remember the exact date,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09whether it was '47, it may be '49 but I think it's '47.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Yes, it is Pakistan, well done. CJ, back to you.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Which historical figure, who lived in the 5th century AD,
0:04:16 > 0:04:21was known as Flagellum Dei, the Scourge of God?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Alexander's much earlier, Ivan's much later
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- but Scourge of God was Attila the Hun.- And why did they call him that?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Because he pretty much murdered everyone he came into contact with.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37OK. He did a lot of scourging.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Jeremy, one of my favourite nicknames for Margaret Thatcher
0:04:40 > 0:04:42was Attila the Hen.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44JEREMY LAUGHS Wonderful.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46OK. We go back to you, Simon.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Take your time!
0:04:48 > 0:04:52The so-called gin craze that saw escalating crime
0:04:52 > 0:04:56and social problems ascribed to excessive gin consumption
0:04:56 > 0:04:58took place in which century?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Um, so, that was associated with the late 18th century.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Hogarth was obviously quite a bit documenter of that sort of stuff
0:05:11 > 0:05:14and that was very much his period.
0:05:14 > 0:05:1618th century is absolutely right.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18You're right about Hogarth as well, yeah.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21The common line was, drunk for a penny, dead drunk for tuppence.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- Clean straw for nothing.- That was an advertising slogan, was it?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27OK, CJ.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29You get this wrong, you're out.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Which philosopher claimed to have been born prematurely
0:05:31 > 0:05:35when his mother panicked on hearing news of the Spanish Armada?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44This one I haven't heard of. Hobbes is later, surely.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Unfortunately, I don't know the dates of Locke.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I thought Bacon was earlier than that,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I mean, the Spanish Armada is 1588.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Oh, dear, I thought Bacon was slightly earlier
0:05:55 > 0:05:57but I do not know Locke's dates.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Really don't know this
0:05:59 > 0:06:04but I hope Francis Bacon was earlier than that so I'll try John Locke.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The answer is Thomas Hobbes, CJ, you got it wrong. Well done, Simon.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Very direct. That's... What do you call that in football, route one?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Yeah, that's pretty much what it was.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14You're in the final round, Simon, well done.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Please come back to us, both of you and we'll play on.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Well, a very good start for Highbury Crew.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I hardly dare ask if you're Arsenal fans, are you? You are.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I think without exception, bar maybe Adam.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- Yeah, I'm not, I'm afraid I'm a Wolves fan.- OK, OK.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32So, anyway, you've scored, basically, Simon has scored in front of goal
0:06:32 > 0:06:36and you've knocked out CJ and it's just starting, this contest.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Let's see what happens now. It's Music for you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Who would like Music?
0:06:40 > 0:06:45- Me or you.- Oliver?- Oliver, surely. - OK, yeah. I'll take it.- Go for it.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- Oliver, against which Egghead? Obviously can't be CJ.- Maybe Barry?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Who shall we go for? I'm thinking... Let's go for Chris.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- Let's mix it up a bit, go for Chris. - You sure?- OK. Yeah, go for it.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Chris on Music.- Yeah, OK. - All right?- Yeah.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Oliver from Highbury Crew versus Chris from the Eggheads, on Music.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Please take your positions.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12So you play any instruments yourself, Oliver?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Yes, I play bass and guitar.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17I suppose bass is my main instrument
0:07:17 > 0:07:19and then guitar followed on naturally from that.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22So if you play bass, you must be in a band, I'm thinking.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Not any more, no.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I suppose real life got in the way
0:07:26 > 0:07:28so I probably play more guitar
0:07:28 > 0:07:31because it's easier to play on your own, more fun. So mainly that now.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33What sort of band were you in?
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- You could call it a power trio, like a rock power trio.- Power trio?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Yeah, well, I suppose, you know, if you've got three members,
0:07:40 > 0:07:46- bass, guitar, drums in that same Cream kind of set-up.- The Jam, yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- You ever been in a band, Chris?- No.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51You've heard me on karaoke though, Jeremy, often enough.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53I have, and I know which songs you like to sing.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56And as for an instrument, I do occasionally get a yen
0:07:56 > 0:07:58to go and buy a banjo and learn how to play it but...
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Hey-hey! Turned out nice again!
0:08:00 > 0:08:01THEY LAUGH
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- Was that George Formby? - George Formby, yeah.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06OK, so Music, Oliver. Before we all go mad.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Would you like to go first or second?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I think I'll definitely go first, Jeremy, please.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Here we go, Oliver, good luck.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Hank Marvin found fame as a guitarist for which brand?
0:08:21 > 0:08:27I... Hmm. I do know this and...
0:08:27 > 0:08:29I'll go for The Shadows, Jeremy.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31That's right, Cliff Richard's backing band
0:08:31 > 0:08:33who then came out of the shadows, didn't they?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37And became really successful in their own right. The Shadows is right.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Chris, your question. "But come ye back
0:08:40 > 0:08:41"when summer's in the meadow
0:08:41 > 0:08:44"Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow"
0:08:44 > 0:08:46are lines from which traditional song?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Well, the proper title of the tune is The Londonderry Air,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- but it's Danny Boy. - It is Danny Boy. OK, Oliver.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59In the lyrics to Don McLean's song
0:08:59 > 0:09:04American Pie, them good old boys were drinking what?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I do love this song.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I have it on CD and vinyl.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17And I recall seeing the old recording of him crying,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19singing it on Top Of The Pops.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22And then being butchered by Madonna at a later date
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- so the answer is whiskey and rye, Jeremy.- Good for you!
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Yeah, you're right, and that's before your time, for sure.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- It's a great song, isn't it? - It is, brilliant song.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32And Don McLean was asked,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34"What is American Pie actually about?"
0:09:34 > 0:09:37And he says, "It's about me never having to work again."
0:09:37 > 0:09:39THEY LAUGH
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Chris, the British rock duo
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher found fame as which group?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53HE SIGHS
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Well, the only one that I've heard of there is the Bombay Bicycle Club.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Well, you're wrong. Oliver, you'll know.- That will be Royal Blood.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Yeah, Royal Blood, because they're really new
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- and really good, aren't they?- Er...
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- You don't like them!- I don't.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14To be honest, Bombay Bicycle Club, I really, really, really like.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Royal Blood, not so much.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Royal Blood remind me a bit of White Stripes.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21There's just two people in them and they make an enormous sound.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23So, anyway, Chris, you got it wrong, you've fallen behind.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26If Oliver gets this right, he will join Simon,
0:10:26 > 0:10:30the straight-talking Simon in the final round. Here's your question.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Turiddu, who's just returned from army service,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36and the peasant girl Santuzza
0:10:36 > 0:10:39are central characters in which one-act opera?
0:10:46 > 0:10:51It's not going to be Pagliacci because that is about the clown,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53I believe.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I'm plumping for one of the other two.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00It has to be Cavalleria Rusticana, I think.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Cavalleria Rusticana is quite right, well done. Three out of three.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- You'd been bounced out as well there, Chris.- Mm.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08We had that before, a few games ago,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11you and CJ looking a bit uncomfortable in the sin bin.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Don't think we're getting together.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15LAUGHTER
0:11:15 > 0:11:17I think we knew that! I think we knew that.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- Although I noticed the odd lingering glance.- Eh?- OK.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Oliver and Chris, please come back, rejoin your teams.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Well, Highbury Crew are playing really, really well.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31They've lost no brains from the final round,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33the Eggheads have lost two brains, look at that!
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Chris and CJ in the sin bin.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I don't know if we can fit anyone else in there!
0:11:36 > 0:11:38The next subject is Sport,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40so who would like this? Sport.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- I think this is straight to Adam. - Adam!- I think that's me.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- Adam, our maths teacher, against which Egghead?- Who shall we go with?
0:11:47 > 0:11:53- Judith?- I think so. Sorry. - Judith, I think.- Thank you, Judith!
0:11:53 > 0:11:56But you have played well on Sport. You've won some rounds.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58I have, actually.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01So Adam from Highbury Crew versus a slightly reluctant Judith.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Please, both of you, go to our Question Room.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- So, Adam, you're the maths teacher doing Sport.- I am, yeah.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Play a lot of sport myself,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13so I'm hoping it's going to be a good round for me.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- And what sports do you play?- My main sport is... I play Aussie Rules.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19And so I play Aussie Rules for Great Britain as well,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- I played last year in the World Cup. - Right!
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Bit of a strange sport
0:12:23 > 0:12:25that not a lot of people have heard of in this country.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27And you played it in Australia or here?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- I played it in Australia last summer, in Melbourne.- Fantastic!
0:12:31 > 0:12:33And you've got to tell us what happened.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Well, we didn't do as well as we wanted to, we came ninth,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39unfortunately. Out of about 20 teams, so not too bad.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43But it wasn't what we hoped for, we hoped to do a lot better than that.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- So, I'm just checking, your surname is Coxsell, right?- It is, yeah.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Just in case, because you could easily be a question in this round.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52So, Judith, don't get it wrong
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- if Adam's Aussie Rules team question comes up.- I'm awestruck, I must say.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Well, it's the first time we've had an answer playing against us.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- Exactly.- I'd be very impressed if I came up as an answer!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06I tell you what, if you did, Kevin would get it right. OK, so, Adam.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Sport. Would you like to go first or second?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I think I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Here we go. Which Sri Lanka cricketer became the first man
0:13:16 > 0:13:20to take 800 test match wickets in July 2010?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30I do know the answer to this one, I do follow cricket quite a lot.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Let's see if I can get my pronunciation right.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34That would be Muttiah Muralitharan.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Muttiah Muralitharan is the right answer, well done. Well done, Adam.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Over to you, Judith.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Which of these people has been a leading figure
0:13:42 > 0:13:45in the world of Formula 1 since the 1970s?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Well, I think that might be Bernie Ecclestone.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54I think it might be, you're right.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Warren is boxing, is Barry Hearn boxing as well?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59He's everything, he's boxing, darts,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01he's also the head of world snooker.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03OK, so not Hearn, not Warren but Bernie Ecclestone,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06you're quite right, Judith. One each. Back to you, Adam.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09In football, what name is often given to a match between two teams
0:14:09 > 0:14:11in a similar position in the table?
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Um... So I think that one is going to be a six-pointer.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Six-pointer is correct, because the difference between extreme results,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27end of the results would be a six-point difference.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Judith,
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Mauro Bergamasco won his 100th cap for Italy in 2014
0:14:34 > 0:14:36in which sport?
0:14:40 > 0:14:45Um, I don't know why, but I'm tending towards rugby union.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- And hoping for the best. - Going down the left now?- Yeah.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- We've done the right too often? - Well, doesn't always work, does it?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53No, it didn't work last time.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Rugby union is correct, well done.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Don't overreact. Third question can be crucial, Adam, here we go.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Tim Henman never reached the semifinals of the men's singles
0:15:03 > 0:15:07competition at which of tennis's four Grand Slam tournaments?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Hmm. Not 100% sure on this one.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I know he definitely made the semifinals of Wimbledon.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22I think, I think I'm going to go for the French Open.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Because it's played on clay, I don't think he was very good on clay.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27CJ will know this because he loves his tennis, is this right?
0:15:27 > 0:15:31It isn't, in 2004 he reached the semis of all of them
0:15:31 > 0:15:34apart from the Australian where he never got past the fourth round.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Australian Open, Adam. You've got two out of three.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Judith has a chance to take the round on sport. Here we go.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42A very big moment.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45We'll have a little plaque put up on the wall if it happens.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48What was the nickname of the world champion boxer Evander Holyfield?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56He was the ear biter, wasn't he?
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Well, he's not The Italian Stallion because he's not Italian, is he?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03He's not The Louisville Lip because that was somebody else
0:16:03 > 0:16:06whose name I can't remember, so it must be The Real Deal.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Yeah, poor old Evander has his ear bitten off and you accuse him
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- of biting someone else's ear.- Oh, he was bitten, rather than the biter?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- I think Tyson bit him. - Tyson bit him, that's right.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18The Real Deal is right, Judith, well done,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20three out of three. Sorry, Adam.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22She does that thing, in boxing it's called rope-a-dope
0:16:22 > 0:16:26when they lean back against the ropes and pretend to be semi-unconscious
0:16:26 > 0:16:28and then just knock you out.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30She's just done it, just boxing like Ali there.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Well done, Judith, you're in the final round.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36And if you come back to us, we'll play the last round before the final.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40So a little bit of a fightback by Judith there.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- Brilliant, people won't be choosing you on Sport again.- I do hope not!
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Highbury Crew have lost a brain now, Eggheads have lost two, of course.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51What will happen next? It's Arts And Books.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- So who would like this?- OK.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57- OK.- Decisions.- Can you take it? - I'll take it? OK. I'll take it.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00So Alice being saved for the final. SHE LAUGHS
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- Saved! Yeah. Maybe. - I won't ask why you're laughing.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Archie, on Arts And Books, who do you want to take on?
0:17:06 > 0:17:11- You can have either Barry or Pat. - Pat's been very quiet today.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- Go for Pat then.- Just bring him into the game.- Bring him in, yeah.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- We'll go with Pat. - Pat, The Silent One, as he's known.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21So Archie from Highbury Crew versus Pat from the Eggheads.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23To ensure there's no conferring,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25please take your positions in our Question Room.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- So, Pat, you've got your glasses on. - I have, Jeremy.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32But I noticed as I looked carefully that you only have one lens in them.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33I lost a lens recently
0:17:33 > 0:17:37and haven't got round to going to an optician to get a new pair.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Is that why you're always choosing answers down the left-hand side?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Because they're the only ones you can see?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47No, I would like to fall back on that excuse but I'm afraid I can't.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50There was a piece a couple of years ago by David Aaronovich,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53The Times columnist, who had exactly your situation but his glasses
0:17:53 > 0:17:56were Reactolite ones, so when the summer came he was walking along
0:17:56 > 0:17:59and only one dark lens,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02and he said he realised he'd officially gone to seed.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- But you're not that far gone yet, are you?- No, no.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10And with a bit of luck, I will secure the services of an optician
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- and the problem will go away.- OK.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Archie, would you like to go first or second?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I would like to, like my team, go first, please, Jeremy.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21So here we go.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23In which year was Kenneth Grahame's book
0:18:23 > 0:18:26The Wind In The Willows first published?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Er...1708 and 1808 are both far too early.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39I'm going to say...1908.
0:18:39 > 0:18:421908 is correct, well done.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Pat, your question.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Which of these quotations
0:18:45 > 0:18:48is usually attributed to the writer Alexander Pope?
0:18:56 > 0:19:01I think "I wandered lonely" is by Wordsworth, from Daffodils.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02"Water, water everywhere" is from
0:19:02 > 0:19:05The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08So it's, "To err is human; to forgive, divine,"
0:19:08 > 0:19:09that comes from Pope.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13"To err is human; to forgive, divine," is correct, well done,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16that is Pope. OK, your question, Archie.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Slaughterhouse-Five is a work by which author?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Well, Jeremy, I do know this, it's one of my favourite books.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29That is written by Kurt Vonnegut.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Kurt Vonnegut, quite right, well done.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Pat, your question.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Which singer made her West End acting debut in 2002,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40playing an art dealer in the play Up For Grabs?
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Hmm, Oh, dear. This doesn't ring any immediate bell.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52I don't think it's the sort of thing Madonna would have done.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Streisand has been a big star for a very long time.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Um... I don't know.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59She could have on a whim
0:19:59 > 0:20:02decided to have an outing on London, on the other hand,
0:20:02 > 0:20:07she has a slightly lower profile that she used to have,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09and she did a lot of acting in the '70s.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Cher, an art dealer, Madonna.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16No, no inspiration coming at all from anywhere.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19They're all entirely capable of doing it...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Madonna, to be fair, did live in London
0:20:22 > 0:20:25with her husband of the time, Guy Ritchie.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27So that gives her at least convenience.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33On that very slender theory that it was handy for her English house,
0:20:33 > 0:20:34I'll go for Madonna.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Yes, you got it right, and you crossed her out and came back to her.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41So well done. Madonna it is.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Archie, your question.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45The Ustinov Studio is part of the Theatre Royal arts complex
0:20:45 > 0:20:47in which English city?
0:20:50 > 0:20:53I don't know this off the top of my head, Jeremy.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I'm going to have to take a guess.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56The Ustinov...
0:20:56 > 0:21:02I think Liverpool has the Royal Theatre arts complex?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05So I'm going to say Liverpool, please, Jeremy.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- Liverpool, do your team-mates know, is it Liverpool?- Not sure.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09I'd have said Bath.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13I think I would have gone for the same, for Liverpool. I did.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15- Alice says Bath.- Yeah.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Alice is right, Bath it is.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20So Pat has the chance to take the round
0:21:20 > 0:21:21and get himself to the final.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Who is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Driving Miss Daisy?
0:21:32 > 0:21:36I think Tony Kushner is most celebrated for Wings Over America,
0:21:36 > 0:21:37or Wings On America.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Sam Shepard is a playwright and a very accomplished actor.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44But my feeling is, of those three,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I think Driving Miss Daisy might be Alfred Uhry.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Eggheads, is he right?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- I think so.- Alfred Uhry is the right answer, Pat. Well done.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Sorry, Archie, you just got pipped there by Pat.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Does the contest turn on this? We'll see.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Come back to us, Pat and Archie, and we will play the final round.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04This is what we have been playing towards.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07It is time for the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I'm afraid those of you lost your head-to-heads
0:22:09 > 0:22:12aren't allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14So Highbury Crew started very, very strongly,
0:22:14 > 0:22:15then the Eggheads pulled back.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Adam and Archie from the Challengers, and also Chris and CJ,
0:22:19 > 0:22:21you've been knocked out.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Please leave the studio.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Right, Simon, Alice and Oliver, this is the big moment now.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29You're playing to win Highbury Crew £1,000.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Judith, Barry and Pat, you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37which is the Eggheads' reputation. How battered has it been?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Only a slight dent.- They live in their own world, you know!
0:22:40 > 0:22:44As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48This time, the questions are all General Knowledge. You can confer.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50So, Highbury Crew, the question is,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53are your three brains able to defeat the Eggheads' three over here?
0:22:53 > 0:22:56You've set yourself up in a beautiful spot, see if you can win.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01- Simon, Alice and Oliver, do you want to go first or second?- First, please.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Good luck, guys.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Which of these television presenters is an accomplished poker player,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11winning the first prize of £500,000
0:23:11 > 0:23:15in the European Poker Championships in 2006?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- So, I think that's Victoria Coren Mitchell.- Yeah.- I think so.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- Fairly certain. - Victoria Coren Mitchell.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Straight there, you're right. Eggheads.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32What is the name of the self-defence system
0:23:32 > 0:23:34developed by Emrich Lichtenfeld
0:23:34 > 0:23:37and originally used by the Israeli army?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- I know this. It's Krav Maga.- OK.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46It is definitely Krav Maga.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Krav Maga is right, well done. Not Jiu Jitsu?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Definitely not Jiu Jitsu.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54OK, onto you.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55In Greek mythology,
0:23:55 > 0:24:01which animal did Heracles capture in the last of his 12 labours, the last?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- I think we'll have to leave this to Alice.- Um...
0:24:12 > 0:24:15So, I'm wavering between the lion and the hydra.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- Do you guys have an opinion? - Think it through. Work it through.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Didn't he kill the hydra?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Yeah, I feel like he killed the hydra and I...
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Did he capture Cerberus, bring him back from the underworld?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30I can't imagine you'd want to capture a hydra.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32No, he killed the hydra.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Cerberus, I don't know.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I'd be inclined to say lion but I don't know why say that.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- Over Cerberus.- Yeah?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- Generally just gut instinct. - OK, Nemean lion?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Shall we ask the Eggheads, are they right?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49No, the Nemean lion was the first of his labours.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51But the 12th was going down into Hades
0:24:51 > 0:24:54to capture the three-headed dog, Cerberus.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Cerberus is the answer.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58I'm going to get flak for that.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01You ruled out hydra on the basis that you wouldn't capture a hydra,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03and I thought that was very good logic.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Why will you get flak, is Greek mythology your thing?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- I did classics at uni.- OK!
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- Oh, dear!- OK. All right.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Eggheads, in early 2015,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16which American singer announced her engagement
0:25:16 > 0:25:19to the actor and model Taylor Kinney?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- The Hello! magazine question. - I think it's Lady Gaga.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Is it Lady... Oh, yes, she has got engaged.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Because the thing that sprang into my mind was,
0:25:32 > 0:25:33would she wear a meat wedding dress?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35HE LAUGHS
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- Let's see, Katy Perry was married. - It is Lady Gaga.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Katy Perry was married and hasn't been married again.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- I think that experience must have put her off.- I'm not sure
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Taylor Swift is married. I think it's Lady Gaga.- I would agree.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51I think, I'm sure Lady Gaga announced her engagement.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52So we're going for Lady Gaga.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Lady Gaga is the right answer.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59So here's the position. They've got two, you got one.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00You're lagging behind.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03You need to get this one right or the contest is over.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08Which is these standard paper sizes has an area of one square metre?
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- So, how long is a metre?- 100 cm!
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- Do it like that.- So, A2 is...
0:26:21 > 0:26:23I don't think A2 is...
0:26:23 > 0:26:28OK, so you've got A2, A3 is...
0:26:28 > 0:26:30A2 is twice A3.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32So, how big is A2 going to be?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35A2 is two A3s, which is
0:26:35 > 0:26:40probably still not going to be a metre wide.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42The side of an A3 is not a metre,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45so therefore two of them is not going to be.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- So we're going to go A0? - It'll have to be.- OK.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- It makes sense. - You happy about that?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Yeah. I think.- OK, A0?
0:26:54 > 0:26:57A0, I like Simon's very telling intervention there.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Very succinct again, Simon.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03What was it, the size of A3 is not half a metre therefore
0:27:03 > 0:27:06it cannot be A2. And you were quite right, it's A0, well done.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Nicely done.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Like it. Just absolutely in there.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14So you're equal but they have a question in hand.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16If they get this right, the contest is over,
0:27:16 > 0:27:18otherwise we go to Sudden Death.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Let's hope for a trip.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Tipu Sultan, who led a campaign against the British
0:27:24 > 0:27:26in 18th-century India,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30was nicknamed the Tiger of which Indian kingdom?
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- He was the Tiger of Mysore. - Was he? Well done.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- Happy with that?- Let's double-check.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Yeah, I think it's Mysore.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44He was a famously very, very anti-British sultan indeed.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49And in fact, he had constructed a Tiger which was devouring
0:27:49 > 0:27:51a British soldier, which I do believe
0:27:51 > 0:27:53is one of the museums in London.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58- And he was known as the Tiger of Mysore.- You sound so certain, Barry.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00I think they've got it right, don't you think?
0:28:00 > 0:28:02The Tiger of Mysore is the answer.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Oh, Cerberus.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- Yeah, I'm sorry. - Commiserations, Highbury Crew.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18The Eggheads have done what comes naturally them,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21they reign supreme over Quiz Land once again. Just!
0:28:21 > 0:28:24I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £1,000,
0:28:24 > 0:28:26so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29You've got to start building up a big jackpot again, Eggheads,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32after it was ripped away in the last game. Eggheads, very well done.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34I wonder if you will be beaten again soon?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- Cheers, Challengers, thanks for playing.- Thank you.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers
0:28:39 > 0:28:41have the brains to defeat them.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44£2,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.