Episode 100 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.

Here they are the Eggheads.

Are you feeling ready for action?

-Absolutely.

-OK.

Challenging the might of our quiz goliaths today

are the Black Horses from Bristol.

Now, this team of friends

all regularly quiz at the Black Horse pub

in Clapton, in Gordano.

Let's meet them.

Hello, my name's Mark and I'm a dispensing optician.

Hello, I'm Pauline and I'm a slimming consultant.

Hello, I'm Brian and I'm an accountant.

Hello, I'm Anne and I'm an airport taxi driver.

Hello, I'm Stefan and I'm a drama teacher.

-So, Mark and team, thanks for coming, welcome. ALL:

-Hello.

Are you excited to quiz, Mark?

Very, very excited. Really looking forward to it.

-Cos you do quiz in the pub, don't you?

-That's right, yes.

We've been quizzing about three years.

Our team has been together for quite a long time,

we're very good friends.

The pub is an excellent pub.

We've got a really, really good quiz master.

-Tony, he's absolutely fantastic, isn't he?

-Very good.

-We love Tony.

Oh, he's not here today?

I thought he was going to suddenly declare himself.

-Oh, no, no.

-He'll be watching, though?

We tell him he's rubbish, but he's very good, really.

We had a pub team the other day who said that, during the quiz,

people are looking it up on their phones and stuff.

-That doesn't happen in your pub, does it?

-No, it doesn't.

Definitely not.

And in fact, Mark was a little bit economical with the truth.

We're actually from opposing quiz teams.

I was drafted on, so we've got a bit of consensus,

a bit of unity where we are divided every Tuesday night.

I see!

Oh, well, that makes it very exciting. Well, good luck here.

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, Black Horses, the Eggheads

have got into their stride here a bit now.

They've won the last four on the trot, if you'll excuse the pun.

And it means £5,000 is up for grabs.

Would you try and win it?

-Yes, please!

-Brilliant, I love the enthusiasm.

It will serve you well, actually.

The first head-to-head battle is on Politics.

Now, who wants this?

I hope I haven't wrecked your plans.

-What do you think?

-Possibly... Politics, OK.

-Well, it's got to be Stefan or Pauline.

-I will happily be...

-Shall I be the sacrificial lamb?

-Do you mind?

-No.

-Pauline is going to do it.

-Pauline on Politics.

-Well done, Pauline.

Nicely alliterated. And which Egghead, Pauline?

Any one of the five.

You could give Dave a go, do you think? Dave?

Well, Dave was so kind to us.

Dave, yes. Good idea, Dave.

-He was kind to you earlier, was he?

-Well, I'd like to play against him.

OK, that's good.

Pauline from the Black Horses versus Dave from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions in our famous Question Room.

-So, good luck, Pauline here.

-Thank you.

-Hope you do really well.

Is politics your thing?

Hmm, no. Not really!

No, I'm interested in politics and I'm interested in political history,

but whether I actually know anything is another matter.

-Do you want to go first or second?

-I think I'll go first.

So, here is your question. Good luck, Pauline.

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on the 28th of June, 1919,

marking the fifth anniversary of whose assassination?

Right, well, the Treaty of Versailles was, of course,

the end of the First World War.

And the thing that sparked the First World War

was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

So, and Tsar Nicholas II would have been killed some time 1917-ish.

And Garibaldi, I'm not sure.

So, yeah, I will go with Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Absolutely right, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, well done.

First correct answer to our Challengers.

Over to you, Dave.

Which of these former MPs took part in

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

-2014?

-Yes.

Don't remember Jeffrey Archer or Vince Cable being involved.

I do remember Edwina Currie. That's my answer.

Edwina Currie is quite right.

Back to you, Pauline.

Who was British prime minister between 1976 and 1979?

Harold Wilson was well gone by then.

Because it was the '70s, '74.

'76...

-And '79.

-'76 to '79.

'79 was when Thatcher came in, so it must be James Callaghan.

Yeah, brilliant, well done. James Callaghan.

Harold Wilson basically

handed over to Callaghan, having won in '74.

-Yes, exactly.

-So he was only just gone. OK, Dave.

Which Irish politician founded the party Fianna Fail in 1926?

I don't believe it's Charles Parnell or Bertie Ahern,

I think it's Eamon de Valera.

Eamon de Valera is quite right.

Pauline, your question.

In May 2015, who was appointed

secretary of state for Energy and Climate Change?

Michael Gove went from Education to Justice.

Is that the woman who was also...

..responsible for equal rights? Oh!

I'm going to guess Sajid Javid.

Ah, you were going towards the woman and you moved away.

Sajid Javid is not the answer.

-It is Amber Rudd.

-It is Amber Rudd.

-Sorry.

-Yeah, it is Amber Rudd.

-Yes.

OK, Dave, your question to take the round.

Marie-Dominique Culioli

and Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz

are former wives of which French politician?

Right, not happy with this,

but I'm going to rule out Charles de Gaulle

and Francois Mitterrand

and go Nicolas Sarkozy,

or Nicol-ah Sarkozy.

OK. FRENCH ACCENT: Nicolas Sarkozy is your answer.

-Is he right, Eggheads?

-He is.

They all agree, he's right.

Nicolas Sarkozy it is, Dave.

You got three out of three. Sorry, Pauline.

-You've been knocked out. Don't worry, it happens...

-That's OK.

..and the Challengers still win. Come back to us, we'll play on.

So as it stands, the Black Horses have lost one brain

from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any so far.

And the next subject is Arts & Books.

Which of you quizzers wants this?

-Oh!

-That was Pauline's.

-Pauline? Oh, no!

Not to worry.

-I'll take it, if you want.

-Yes.

-Stefan?

-That's fine, I can do that.

-Drama teacher, OK, that sounds good.

-Against which Egghead?

-Pat, do you think?

-Yeah, why not?

-Would you mind doing Pat?

-No, not at all.

-Pat then, please.

-Doing Pat! How rude!

You can do Pat, that's fine.

Stefan from the Black Horses versus our Pat from the Eggheads

on Arts & Books. Please go to the Question Room now.

-Well, Stefan, you are a drama teacher.

-Yes, that's right.

I thought you'd be the natural for Arts & Books.

Well, Film & TV, I'm more a popular culture sort of person

really than a highbrow person.

But I'll try and do my best.

Arts & Books, would you like to go first or second?

I think I'll go first, thank you, Jeremy.

And here we go. Which of these writers was a man?

Well, George Eliot was a pen name.

I forget who the actual, real...the real writer was.

Sorry, rolling my Rs.

Stevie Smith is a poet and she was a woman.

I think it's Laurie Lee.

Laurie Lee is the right answer.

Warm applause here.

Pat, your question.

Which Shakespeare character says the line, "What's in a name?

"That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"?

It's a famous quote, but I've mislaid it.

I think on the basis of the link between roses and romance,

I think I'll go for Juliet.

Juliet is the right answer, of course, thank you.

OK, your question, Stefan.

Who illustrated the bestselling children's book The Gruffalo?

Well, I know that Terry Deary is actually an author,

did a lot of the Horrible Histories.

So, really it's a 50-50 between Tony Ross and Axel Scheffler.

I'm going to go for Axel Scheffler.

-Team, is he right? ALL:

-Yes.

You're all right. Axel Scheffler it is.

He's very good.

Pat, which of these artists was born first?

I can dispense with Cezanne immediately. He was 1900s.

Let's see. Rembrandt is from the very early 1600s onwards.

I think Titian was earlier.

And not only do I think Titian's earlier,

but he famously lived a very long time which gives him another edge.

I'm going for Titian.

Titian is correct.

Back to you, Stefan.

For what does the second letter R stand

in the name of the author JRR Tolkien?

I'm really down to a guess between... Well, two of them.

I'm going to discount Royce.

That may well be a fatal mistake.

Just in terms of the style of name

and maybe fitting in with the time period, I'll go for Ragford.

OK, I saw a head fall on this side.

-Is he wrong?

-Yes, he's wrong.

Yeah, it's Reuel, I'm afraid.

Almost unguessable unless you know it.

Sounds like a classic quizzy question, that. Pat, for the round.

What is the title of the second book

in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series?

I think The Player Of Games...

Well, obviously the same title can pop up

for several different authors.

Last Chance To See, it rings a bell for

a Stephen Fry-presented TV programme about extinctions, I think.

So, I'm tempted at the moment by The Light Fantastic.

I'm think I'm going to have to go down the middle,

The Light Fantastic.

-OK, is he right, Stefan?

-He is, he is.

Yeah, it was The Light Fantastic, well done.

Three out of three, Pat, enough to get you into the final.

Sorry, Stefan, you've been knocked out by our Egghead here.

Come back to us, rejoin your teams and we'll see what happens next.

So, a bit of a tough time for the Black Horses here.

They've lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any.

And the next subject for you is Food & Drink.

-Oh, that's one of my subjects!

-Who wants this?

-It's got to be Anne.

-It's got to be Anne, then.

-Which Egghead would you like, Anne?

Well, can I pit my wits against Kevin, please, Jeremy?

-You can indeed.

-Thank you.

So, Kevin on Food & Drink.

OK, Anne from the Black Horses, Kevin from the Eggheads.

Food & Drink, the subject, and the Question Room, the place.

OK, Anne. Good luck. Would you like to go first or second, Anne?

I'd love to go first, please.

Annie, which sauce is a traditional accompaniment to roast lamb?

Well, do you know what?

Raising three boys, I've tried all sorts of things with them.

And just to experiment, see what they like best.

But whenever I cooked roast lamb, they always enjoyed it.

Now, I know that they wouldn't enjoy horseradish

because it's quite a piquant sort of taste, very strong.

So, I would probably eliminate horseradish.

Apple, well, we always have managed to acquire loads and loads of apples

in the autumn, and I use apple in crumbles and breakfasts

and all sorts. Now mint...

When I was at university,

we used to go hiking a lot. And when we saw lambs in the field,

just to taunt at these poor lambs and sheep,

my hiking companions would always shout, "Mint sauce, mint sauce!"

to terrify the lambs. And do you know what?

The lambs always ignored them and I don't know why.

So, I'm actually going to choose mint.

Mint is the right answer.

Poor lambs!

Very good,

I love the way you just circled all three

and then suddenly landed there.

OK, Kevin. What type of vegetable is a mangetout?

A mangetout is a pea.

THEY LAUGH That was a bit more matter of fact.

-Yes!

-You haven't gone around taunting peas or anything like that?

No, no, I mean,

there are quite a few vegetables I would like to taunt but...

JEREMY LAUGHS

OK, we're getting very surreal.

Back to you, Anne.

Which British chef devised a famous signature dish

of bacon and egg ice cream?

Bacon and egg ice cream?

Now, this is another,

reminds me again when I was raising my poor boys.

Because I had an ice cream maker and I used to make all sorts of

different flavours of ice cream for them, and I started off

with cauliflower flavour.

It wasn't really, it was vanilla, but I called it cauliflower flavour

because it frothed up like a cauliflower and these poor boys,

they enjoyed the cauliflower ice cream.

So, Heston Blumenthal I've heard of, but I'm not sure what he did.

Nigella Lawson, I have great respect for her because she's about

the same age as me and she's...

..devised all sorts of wonderful recipes and her cakes.

Jamie Oliver, I've got great respect for him as well because he does

so much for improving the diet

of children in schools.

And he makes cooking really fun.

So, Nigella's cakes are really fun because they're fabulous cakes,

but I don't think somehow she would experiment with

bacon and egg ice cream.

I think it's more of a real wacky, fun sort of thing to do.

I'd love to know a bit more about Heston Blumenthal,

and when I get home, I'm going to research him.

So, I'm going to go for Jamie Oliver.

Jamie Oliver is the wrong answer.

-Oh, what a shame!

-It's Heston Blumenthal.

So, Heston Blumenthal is the right answer, Anne, sorry.

Over to Kevin. The French area of Camargue

produces a red variety of which foodstuff?

Well, Camargue is down in the...

..right down in the south of France, it's not so very far from Marseille.

Don't think it's flour.

But I think, of the others,

the Camargue is quite well known for producing, I think, rice.

So, I shall go for rice.

Rice is correct.

I thought he was going to slip up there, Anne.

So, you must get this one right, OK?

El Bulli, voted the world's best restaurant five times

by Restaurant Magazine, was located in which part of Spain?

It's El Bulli, B-U-L-L-I.

Well, because Costa Brava is so popular with people who like

maybe cheap holidays,

and Seville and Madrid have a reputation for great culture

and history and art,

I'm wondering if perhaps people who were more interested in the

great culture would be interested in the fantastic restaurants.

I hope I'm not offending half of the world's population by saying these!

So, I think I'm going to choose between Madrid or Seville.

I think I'll choose Seville.

OK, let's check with Kevin. Is she right, Kevin?

No, it's actually situated right up in the northeast of Spain -

in Catalonia, really,

but that's where the Costa Brava is.

It's just inland a bit from there, so I think it's Costa Brava.

-So, Anne, it is Costa Brava.

-Oh!

But I totally understand your logic.

Sorry, Kevin has taken the round on Food & Drink,

adding to his hit rate on this subject,

which troubles him occasionally.

And it means you won't be in the final round.

Come back to us, we'll play one more round before the final.

So, as it stands, the Black Horses have lost three brains

from the final round whilst the Eggheads have not lost any.

So, they're sitting pretty there, and you can wipe their smiles

off their faces very, very soon now because you've got Music.

Is that going to help?

-That's got to be me.

-Mark against who?

Judith.

-I love playing music.

-Yes, I think you like your music?

Yes, I love music.

Give Judith some late punk, she's on it.

So, Mark from the Black Horses

versus Judith the Gem from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please, for the last time,

go to the Question Room.

On Music, Mark, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

Mark, under what name did the singer born Mark MacLachlan

find fame with the group Wet Wet Wet?

I'll go straight to it, that's Marti Pellow.

Yes, it is Marti Pellow. Brilliant singer, too.

Judith,

Richard and Oscar are the first names of which composing duo?

Oh, that's Rodgers and Hammerstein.

-Oh, it is?

-Yes.

Rodgers and Hammerstein.

One each. Back to you, Mark.

In which year was Justin Bieber born?

I'm going to have to go a total guess with Justin Bieber.

1994.

Is the right answer, well done.

Well done.

OK, Judith, your question.

Which musician is associated with the acts Erasure and Yazoo?

I'm afraid it means nothing.

Vince Clarke.

-Dave will know. Dave?

-Yes!

Judith is right because I knew him.

She was very good, she was telling me about her interest

in the Basildon scene of the '80s

and how things had developed from there.

So, it is Vince Clarke.

These acts are associated with Basildon, Judith, and Dave...

-And are they associated with Vince Clarke as well?

-Yes, indeed.

That's what I'm really wanting to know.

Dave said, although I must say, I believed him for far too long,

that you were somebody who was yourself

quite big on the Basildon scene.

Oh, of course.

Regularly on the Basildon scene.

OK!

Anyway, she got it right.

How unfair is that, Mark?

I'm suffering, I'm suffering terribly.

Got a musical question for you now.

Who wrote the song Before The Parade Passes By

for the musical Hello, Dolly?

I'm going to go with Cole Porter.

-Do you know, Judith?

-Well, I don't think it is Cole Porter.

That's the one I'd have eliminated.

-It's Jerry Herman, Mark.

-OK.

So, Judith has a chance to take the round now on Music.

Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981

when the competition was held in which city?

Erm, I don't know. Let's think.

-London.

-No.

-London is your answer?

-Yes.

-No, the answer is Dublin.

-Oh.

So, equal after three questions, we go back to you, Mark.

Sudden Death.

-I don't give you alternatives.

-OK.

What according to the lyrics of a Ken Dodd UK top 40 song of 1964

is "the greatest gift that I possess"?

Laughter.

-No, happiness!

-Oh!

-Go on, Judith.

-"Happiness!"

-That's as far as I can go.

-Lisa?

No, I'm not doing this, make Dave do it.

# Happiness, happiness

# The greatest gift that I possess

-ALL:

-# I thank the Lord that I've been blessed

# More than my share of happiness! #

There we are, Mark!

-It just shows our age.

-OK.

Judith, this for the round, then.

According to a poll of listeners of BBC Radio and Jazz FM,

the results of which were revealed in November 2015,

who was voted the greatest jazz artist of all time?

Oh, Miles Davis.

You've done very well, you got it right, Judith.

You're in the final round. It was indeed Miles Davis, well done.

-Good Lord!

-Well done to you.

-Sorry about that, Mark.

-That's all right.

I didn't think that was going to happen,

-on a Ken Dodd song of all things.

-Yes, absolutely.

So, come back to us and we'll play the final.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round. As always, it's General Knowledge.

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

are not allowed to take part in this round.

So, Mark, Pauline, Anne and Stefan from the Black Horses,

would you all please now leave the studio?

So, Brian, I'm sorry you've ended up on your own here,

but it does happen. And actually, teams have won from this position...

-Right.

-..relatively recently and relatively regularly as well,

haven't they, Eggheads?

-And you're playing to win the Black Horses £5,000.

-OK.

Judith, Kevin, Dave, Lisa and Pat, you're playing for something

that money really can't buy, I don't think,

which is the Eggheads' precious reputation

and to continue this streak,

maybe even turn it into a roll.

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

This time, they're all going to be general knowledge

and you are allowed to confer.

So sorry that doesn't help you.

Brian, the question is - can your one brain defeat these five

in a famous victory?

-Would you like to go first or second?

-Could I go first, please?

Here is your question.

Brasenose College is part of which university?

It's certainly not Edinburgh.

I don't think it's Cambridge.

Thinking it through, I think it's Oxford. Oxford I'll go for.

Oxford is right. Well done, Brian.

First one to you. Over to the Eggheads.

In which city did Frank Lampard and Christine Bleakley marry

in December 2015?

Was it LA or did they come home?

That's a bit of a difficult one. Cos he played for...

Didn't he play for the other side?

-He played in New York, didn't he?

-I don't think he played in LA.

-He played in New York, didn't he?

-Yeah.

He was playing in New York.

Now, I don't think it's an American...

-Has he got a house in France?

-No. But he's got...

-He went out with Elen Rives, who was French but...

-She's Spanish.

Spanish, sorry. So, rule that out. It's either London or LA.

I remember them getting married.

I don't remember there being anything startling about the city.

There was a lot of preparation that went into it.

They were getting married, big hotel.

-Oh, was it a Claridge's wedding? Ooh, ooh.

-OK.

Ooh, hang on, I couldn't swear to that so that might be a red herring.

-I'll go London.

-I would be with you, Dave.

I don't think there's a particular reason

why they'd get married in LA.

-I'd be with you.

-I'd go London.

-OK, let's do that.

-All right with that, Judith?

-Is that all right with you, Judith?

-I've no idea.

-I can't see LA being special for...

-Not the faintest.

Let's go for it.

We've had been all round the houses, Jeremy,

but we're going to go for London.

-Do you know the answer?

-I don't.

I would guess Los Angeles, but...just a guess.

London is the right answer.

Your question, Brian.

Which former EastEnders actress played Maria in a 2015

live TV version of The Sound Of Music?

Right. Not sure.

I don't think it's Martine McCutcheon.

I'm just looking to think whether it's Jessie Wallace or Kara Tointon.

Kara's been in Strictly.

Oh, I'm really, really not sure.

Yeah, struggling to get a grip on this one.

I think it's coming to guessing time here, Jeremy.

I'm really not sure at the moment, erm...

I'll guess at Martine McCutcheon.

And it is a guess.

The answer is Kara Tointon.

-Sorry, Brian.

-No, that's OK.

Eggheads,

how old was Florence Nightingale when she died?

-90, yeah?

-Was she?

-Wrinkly old lady.

-1820 to 1910.

-1820 to 1910.

Okey doke.

Ashman's Almanac says Florence Nightingale's dates

are 1820 to 1910, which would have made her 90.

90 is right.

Brian, back to you,

you've got to get this one right.

What is the second-largest Canary Island?

Oh!

Gran Canaria, right.

Let's have a think about this a minute.

Second-largest.

Lanzarote, Fuerteventura.

Well, I've not been to any of them,

so it's purely basing it off the map

in terms of size.

Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria. Right, OK.

Gran Canaria is one of the biggest islands,

I just can't work out whether it's the biggest island.

OK.

I'm going to go for Gran Canaria.

-OK, so Gran Canaria as the second-largest.

-Yes.

Is it the biggest, Gran Canaria?

-Help us, Eggs.

-Tenerife.

-Tenerife's the biggest.

Tenerife is the biggest, and the second-biggest?

Should be Gran Canaria.

You think Gran Canaria is the second-largest,

so they agree with you.

The answer is Fuerteventura.

OK.

Interesting. Well, it's some comfort that the Eggheads

might well have got that wrong themselves.

But, Brian, that's it.

I have to say congratulations, Eggheads. You have won.

And I know you're a great quizzer and you've got 35 quiz books

-and everything else and we didn't see the best of you there.

-No.

Don't worry, these questions are...

Well, random doesn't even begin to describe it.

And as for your Florence Nightingale,

you love that kind of stuff, Eggheads.

Commiserations, Black Horses, the Eggheads have done what comes

naturally to them and they reign supreme over quiz land.

It does mean our Challengers are not going home with the £5,000.

We will take that money, shall we?

And roll it over to our next exciting show.

Eggheads, congratulations.

Back at your best, all five of you.

Who will beat you?

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

have the brains to do it.

£6,000 says they can't beat the Eggheads.

Until we play, goodbye.