Episode 13 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 of five where a team of five quiz challengers

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

They are the Eggheads.

And here you are, resplendent in many, many colours today.

-Yes.

-Yes, we are.

Chris with the rugby shirt.

Challenging our resident quiz champions today are

Option 1 from Birmingham.

Now, this team of colleagues

all work for the legal ombudsman

and they compete in their work's annual quiz.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Andrew and I'm an ombudsman.

Hi, I'm Chris and I'm an investigator.

Hi, I'm Wayne and I'm also investigator.

Hi, I'm Penny and I'm a team leader.

Hi, I'm Paul. I'm a senior investigator.

-So, Andrew, team, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Good to see you.

Thanks for coming. I must ask you about the team name,

cos it's brilliant. Tell us why you are Option 1.

Well, we all work for the legal ombudsman,

but we deal with complaints about claims management companies.

So, if you need to speak to the team, when you phone us up,

you choose Option 1.

So it says, "To talk to a human being, press 1".

Press 1, yeah.

What does the legal ombudsman do?

We look at complaints about lawyers

and claims management companies

and about the service they provide to consumers.

And you find a tiny little sliver of time in your year to quiz.

Absolutely. Always time to quiz.

Are these the best legal ombudsman quizzers we've got here?

-Absolutely.

-Good stuff.

Well, good luck against the Eggheads.

Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

for our challenges, as you know.

If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize-money rolls over to the next show.

Now, they have been having a storming run, Option 1,

so it's well worth you coming.

They've won the last 21 games.

It feels like a coming-of-age moment.

So that means there's £22,000 for you to win today.

Is there anything like that up when you do your annual quiz?

-No.

-No.

-LAUGHTER

OK. So it's worth playing.

And would you like to start?

Yep. We'll start.

You said that with a bit of legal reserve.

LAUGHTER

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of History.

So who would like this?

-I wouldn't mind taking this.

-You, Chris, isn't it?

-THEY CONFER

-I'll do History.

OK. Chris on History.

Against which Egghead, Chris?

-Good question.

-Lisa?

-ALL:

-Lisa?

-Yeah, go for Lisa.

-Go for Lisa. Lisa.

So it is Chris from Option 1 versus Lisa from the Eggheads.

Please go to our special question room now.

So, Chris, History for any reason?

Erm...

that nobody else would take it.

And you are an investigator?

I am, yes.

So you investigate lawyers and others?

And other claims management companies as well, yes.

So, would you like to go first or second?

I would like to go first, please.

Here's your first question, Chris. Good luck.

What were the first names of the London criminals the Kray twins?

Oh, you said that

and the first thing that came to me was an R,

and we've got Robert and Ronnie.

Kray twins. Ronnie Kray, Reggie Kray.

Robert Kray, Harry Kray.

I think I'll go...

Robert and Harry.

Yeah, the R was absolutely the right way to go.

Let's see if your team-mates know this.

-ALL:

-Ronnie and Reggie.

It's famously Ronnie and Reggie. I'm really sorry.

Not Robert and Harry.

OK. Lisa...

In 1906, San Francisco was devastated

by what sort of natural disaster?

This is 1906.

Famously on the San Andreas fault line,

which is a bit of an epicentre for earthquakes.

It's earthquake.

Earthquake is correct.

OK, Chris. In which year

was Edward II defeated at the Battle of Bannockburn?

There's been a famous anniversary about this recently.

But was it...

..the 700 year anniversary,

or the 500 year anniversary?

The 1500s are probably the Tudor reigns,

or the start of the Tudor reigns,

so I'm going to go 1314.

Very good. 1314 is right.

Right at the beginning there.

OK, Lisa.

Where was the historical figure Pocahontas born?

Well, assuming, you know, that my history

from Walt Disney is correct...

I think they shipped her over from North America.

North America is quite right.

So where are we? We've got two points to our Eggheads.

We've got one point to our challenger.

It means you've got to get this one right, Chris.

In the late 19th century, settlers from which part

of the British Isles

established a successful colony in Patagonia?

Er...

This is one of those facts that you think you've heard before

and then the options come up.

I think I'm going to go with...

..Wales.

Bang on. Wales is correct.

Well done. Well done.

And, sorry, Patagonia?

Can anyone help me with that. Where is it, Eggheads?

-Right down the bottom.

-South-east of Argentina.

Oh, OK. A long way away.

Lisa, this for the round.

In 1485, where did Henry Tudor land

with his forces

in his attempt to seize the crown?

Ouch.

You see, obviously, Margate would be logical,

cos Tudor had been hanging out in France, getting...

..support from the Lancastrian sympathisers who were still there.

But, of course, his family connections

and everything else were all in Wales,

which is more sort of Minehead-ish,

round the other side near Somerset.

-Erm...

-SHE SIGHS

Oh, well.

I'll have to follow the old first instinct rule.

Go with the vague inkle and I'll say Milford Haven.

OK. Now, Judith is our kings and queens correspondent.

-Judith?

-I think she's right.

You are right, Lisa. Milford Haven it is. Well done.

Three out of three.

Bouncing back. Well done. Lisa in the final.

Sorry, Chris. You've been knocked out by an Egghead

who's back on top form.

Please come back and we will play on.

So, Option 1 have lost a brain from the final round.

The Eggheads have still got all five.

They're trying to defend this humongous jackpot we've got now.

The next subject is arts and books, so which Option 1 would like this?

-That's going to have to be Penny.

-Yep, that's fine.

OK, Penny. Against which Egghead, Penny?

-I would go for Dave.

-Yeah, I think... Yeah, Dave, please.

OK, so Penny from Option 1, arts and books, Dave from the Eggheads.

-You ready for this, Dave?

-Yes, yes.

The bookshop always seems open these days.

So through to the question room, please.

I know you love to read, Penny.

I do.

Particularly what?

Oh, fiction, probably.

-And poetry?

-Yes, I like poetry.

So, Penny, you're on art and books, your chosen territory,

would you like to go first or second?

I will go first, please.

Good stuff. So your first question, Penny, is -

the subject of which of these famous sculptures is missing its hands?

OK.

Well, I've seen David.

And that isn't...

Definitely isn't missing its hands.

The Discus Thrower, I wouldn't have thought so

or we wouldn't necessarily know he was a discus thrower.

I think it's the Venus de Milo.

I think... I think I remember seeing this.

Venus de Milo is quite right.

Your question, Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

What was the final book in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series?

Oh, no.

And I'm not... I don't like Potter.

I've got no time for it at all.

But...

Deathly Hallows.

Deathly Hallows is correct.

Well done.

OK, Penny, your question.

Which of these literary characters was created by Patrick O'Brian?

I don't know this one.

Patrick O'Brian.

Sounds like they're probably... It's probably detectives.

Hm...

Which isn't really my thing.

I am going to go Jack Aubrey.

-You got it right.

-Ooh.

Well done, Penny.

All right.

Dave, the fictional LAPD detective Harry Bosch

features in a series of novels by which American author?

I've not heard of this at all.

Erm...

I'm going to have to go for Michael Connelly

because I've just not heard of it so Michael Connelly.

It's Michael Connelly. You're right.

So toe-to-toe here. Two points each.

Penny, your third question.

Which famous poem is divided into five sections

opening with The Burial of the Dead

and closing with What the Thunder Said?

I don't think it's Ode to a Nightingale.

I was at a poetry evening very recently and that was read out

and it wasn't that.

So it's between The Waste Land,

which, of course, is Eliot, isn't it, and The Raven.

It sounds more like it should be The Waste Land.

Yeah, I'll go for The Waste Land.

The Waste Land is correct.

Three out of three, Penny, on your favourite subject.

Dave, to stay in.

Women of Algiers, sold in May 2015 for 179 million,

is a work by which artist?

I should know this straight away.

Erm... And I don't.

Gauguin had that "Where's Your Mother Going?"

and that sold for a lot of money.

Erm...

I have heard of Picasso selling one for quite a lot of money

relatively recently

but I'm still in trouble

so I'll go Picasso and take my punishment.

You got it right, Dave. Well done. Picasso it is.

So, we go to sudden death. Three points each.

-Penny, how about that?

-My word.

He's a good fighter and you're fighting well too.

It gets a bit harder now. I don't give you alternatives.

Who wrote the play Lady Windermere's Fan?

Oh, goodness.

Oh.

Lady Windermere's Fan.

No. Sorry. I'm not getting it.

I'm not remembering it.

I'm going to have to pass.

OK. Taking your pass.

Let's see if your team-mates know.

-No idea.

-We have no idea.

Nothing on that? OK.

Oscar Wilde is the answer.

I guess most famous for The Importance of Being Earnest

but what were the others?

Ideal Husband.

-Woman of No Importance.

-Yeah, yeah.

So, Dave, you have a chance to take the round now on this question.

Woodhouse is the surname of the eponymous heroine

of which of Jane Austen's novels?

Going to get this sorted.

Erm...

I've got to be careful but... Emma.

Emma is the right answer, Dave. Well done.

You've won the round on sudden death. Sorry, Penny.

First slip-up by you and he was in there and you've been knocked out.

So please come back to us, both of you,

and we'll see what happens in the next round.

So, as it stands, Option 1 have lost two brains

from the final round.

The Eggheads are sitting pretty so far.

The next subject is sport.

Who would like this?

-It's between me and you, isn't it?

-Paul?

-It's going to be Paul.

OK. On sport against which Egghead? Who looks un-sporty?

-Judith?

-We'll go for Judith.

-We'll go for Judith.

Her favourite subject.

Paul from Option 1 versus Judith from the Eggheads

and, to ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions.

-So, Judith, it's sport.

-Yes. Again.

-How did we get here?

-I can't think.

I've escaped it actually quite a lot lately.

OK, Paul, there we go.

There's a bit of a history with Judith and sport.

You can choose whether you go first or second.

I'll go first, please.

And here is your question.

Which Brazilian footballer joined Liverpool in June 2015

for approximately £29 million?

Erm...

I don't think it's Robinho

and I'm certain it's not Neymar

so that leaves Firmino.

Yes, you're absolute right. Well done. Firmino it is.

Judith, your...

Oh, goodness knows. I think it's your 1,663rd question on sport.

Is this one...

When breaking the pole vault world record in February 2014,

what height did the Frenchman Renauld Lavillenie achieve?

Well, 6m 16cm is roughly 20 feet.

I think...

Where I'm sitting is properly about 20 feet high

and it seems to be very high indeed so I'm going to say 6m 16cm.

You're absolutely right, well done.

6m 16cm.

Over to you, Paul.

In which decade did the Australian and English cricket teams

first compete for the Ashes?

It certainly wasn't the 1760s.

And the Ashes, I think, have been played before the 1950s.

So I'd have to go for 1880s.

1880s is correct. Well done.

Judith,

Joe Launchbury and Geoff Parling are famous names in which sport?

I think there are people called names like Launchbury

in Rugby Union.

So Rugby Union.

Yes, you're right again. Rugby Union.

You're playing well, here, Judith. Your question, Paul. Which of golf's

four major championships has been

known by the nickname Glory's Last Shot?

Erm, I'm really not sure about that. Erm...

The Open...

I don't think it is The Open.

And I'm not sure it's the US PGA.

Something tells me it's the US Masters.

US Masters is your answer.

Let's just check with our Eggs. They're having a conversation here.

-What do you think?

-Not really sure, but wondering if it's the US PGA

because, chronologically, it's the last one that's played in the year.

-Then it would be that, surely.

-It would be your last shot at glory.

Yeah, I think that must be the reason.

US PGA is the answer because it's the last one of the sequence,

so it's your last chance for glory.

So, Judith, you have a chance to take the round

with this question. Take your time, Judith, here. Just settle down.

Which of these boxers, who won world titles in six different

weight divisions during his career, announced his retirement

from the sport in April 2009?

Is it...

I think it might have been Ricky Hatton.

Erm... Oh, gosh.

It's the six different weights that bothers me.

I mean, the trouble is, in boxing, there are now

so many different weights that it's a sort of a pound between each

one kind of thing, so maybe six different weights

is not a great weight range,

if you know what I mean. I think it might be Ricky Hatton.

Let's see if Paul knows. Is she right, Paul?

I think it's De La Hoya.

-Yes, it's Oscar De La Hoya.

-Right.

So you're equal after three. We go to Sudden Death.

Paul, you take the first question here.

Which front row forward became Wales's most capped

Rugby Union player in March 2014?

I probably actually saw the game when he did it.

I can't remember his name at the moment.

The only one I can think of at the top of my head is George North.

It's not George North. It's... Team-mates know?

Adam Jones?

No, it is Gethin Jenkins.

Won his 105, overtaking the record of Stephen Jones.

So, Judith, on Sudden Death you have a chance to take the round.

Which international football team caused

a sensation by defeating England 3-6 at Wembley in 1953

and then 7-1 in the return fixture at home the following year?

Is it Hungary?

The Magical Magyars. It is Hungary. You're right.

You've won on Sport.

Round of applause from your team-mates.

Judith has won on Sport.

Sorry, Paul, she's better than she pretends to be.

So you've been knocked out and Judith is in the final and

if you come back to us, we will play the last round before the final.

So, Option 1 have lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads still have all five guarding that money!

You've got to break through, guys. The next subject is Music.

Who would like Music?

-It's only us two left.

-What do you reckon?

-I think I'll take it for the team.

-You're going to go for it?

-Take one for the team?

-I'll take one for the team.

-Yeah.

OK. Wayne. And which Egghead would you like, Wayne?

You can have Kevin or Chris on the end?

-I'll go for Kevin.

-You go Kevin?

-Go for it.

-Good one. All right.

So it's going to be Wayne from Option 1 playing

Kevin from the Eggheads on Music.

Please go to the Question Room now.

-Wayne, you're a music fan?

-I'd like to think I am, yes.

What do you like especially?

Pretty broad taste really, but a bit of Beatles, Stones,

-some indie stuff as well, Oasis, Blur, that sort of thing.

-OK.

Reassuring when people like music from before they were born.

-That's great.

-Well, this is it, you see. I've got, like I say,

pretty broad taste, so hopefully it will bear me

in a bit of good stead today.

Music, Wayne, and would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

Here we go. Good luck.

Satchmo was a nickname of which American trumpeter

born in New Orleans in 1901?

Was it...

Satchmo.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't Art Blakey.

I'm hedging towards... Louis Armstrong, so...

Satchmo, yeah, Louis Armstrong.

Louis Armstrong is the right answer. Over to you, Kevin.

Which of these songs features in the stage musical The Lion King?

I haven't seen the film, I haven't seen the musical.

I Wanna Be Like You is surely from the Jungle Book.

A Whole New World is from something like Aladdin, I think,

I'm not too sure. Anyway, I think it's Circle Of Life.

It is Circle Of Life. Well done, Kevin.

OK. Back to you, Wayne.

In June 2015, which singer was revealed by Forbes to have

been the highest-earning pop star of the past 12 months?

Female artists. I don't think it was Nicki Minaj.

Adele has obviously been very, very successful,

especially in the States.

But I think...

I will go for Katy Perry.

Yeah, she really was. Katy Perry is the one. You got it right.

Kevin, which of these bands

was a headline act at the 2015 Glastonbury Festival?

I didn't really see much of this at all. Otherwise engaged. So...

I'm not sure, but I think it might have been The Who.

It is The Who.

OK. The Who is right. Well done, Kevin.

So, this is a tight round. Wayne, back to you.

Which composer wrote the opera Nixon In China,

about President Nixon's visit to China in 1972?

Was this...

I don't think it was Philip Glass.

This is going to be a total guess.

Not really my genre, but I'll say Steve Reich.

You went the wrong way, it's John Adams. Sorry.

OK. Kevin, your question.

Which Cole Porter song features the lines,

"Is it an earthquake or simply a shock?

"Is it the good turtle soup or merely the mock?"

Is it...

And if you get this right, Kevin, you're in the final round.

Too Darn Hot...

..is...

I don't really see how it would fit with that.

But the sentiments of the lyrics, earthquake or shock,

mock soup or real soup, seem to lead to me to At Long Last Love.

Is it love or just infatuation,

so I think I'll have to go for that, At Long Last Love.

If you've got this right, Kevin, you're in the final round.

The answer is At Long Last Love. Good logic. You've done it.

Without the knowledge, you guessed it and you're in the final.

Sorry, Wayne,

knocked out on Music, I'm afraid,

and a bit of a difficult situation for your team.

So come back to us and we will play the final and see what happens.

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, so that's Chris, Wayne, Penny

and Paul - sadly everyone from this side, Option 1,

please leave the studio.

Andrew, here you are.

I'm sorry you're on your own. Team-mates behind you, though,

and you're playing to win Option 1 £22,000.

Good jackpot today.

Eggheads, you're playing for something money can't buy,

which is to preserve your very strong reputation.

Doing really well at the moment.

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

They're all going to be general knowledge, Andrew. You can confer.

I know that doesn't help you much.

So the question is, is your one brain able to destroy these five?

And would you like to go first or second, Andrew?

Well, as we've done so well going first,

I'll just stick with the plan and I'll go first as well.

Here we go with your first question, Andrew.

The main characters of the 2015 film Minions

first appeared in which other film?

Oh. I've seen all three of those films and...

..I seem to remember the minions being in Despicable Me,

so I'll go Despicable Me.

-You've obviously got young children, have you?

-Not so young now, but...

-I still enjoy the films.

-Yeah, yeah, I'm in the same boat.

Despicable Me is the answer. Well done.

Eggheads,

the Invictus Games, a sporting event for wounded,

injured and sick service personnel, was launched by which

member of the Royal family in 2014?

It's Harry.

Prince Harry. Prince Harry.

Yes. Prince Harry.

-That's Prince Harry, Jeremy.

-Chris, it is indeed Prince Harry.

Well done. We move on. Andrew, your second question.

£22,000 we're playing for. Which of these is an extinct type of ox?

Andrew, is it...

I have no idea. Natural history is not my subject.

I seem to remember a quagga as being something a bit like a zebra,

possibly some sort form of stripy animal, that would exclude an ox.

Never heard of thylacine.

Aurochs sort of rings a bell, so I'll go with that one.

Aurochs is right.

Got a bit of "ox" in it, I guess, but a hard one to get.

Quagga, you're absolutely right, is a sort of stripy zebra thing.

And the other one, thylacine, anyone?

The so-called Tasmanian tiger, which may or may not be extinct.

OK. There we go.

Well done. Over to you, Eggheads.

See if you can catch up.

£22,000 in it.

Port of Spain is the capital of which of these Caribbean countries?

Is it...

Trinidad and Tobago. Yeah, that one, definitely.

Yes, when I lived in Ponders End, I had a neighbour came from there,

actually. It's Trinidad and Tobago.

That's a great non-exotic way to go to it. Trinidad and Tobago it is.

Andrew,

sorry they're not giving way.

They're possessive about their money.

The explorer Vitus Bering was born in which country?

So Vitus is V-I-T-U-S and Bering is B-E-R-I-N-G.

Well, I know the Bering Straight is between Russia and the USA,

so that's of no help whatsoever in this.

I'm just thinking, given the...

Oh.

I was going to say given the whole Scandinavian polar exploration,

Amundsen, I might go for Denmark, but...

it could equally be France.

I'm going to plump for France.

France is your answer.

-Shall I asked the Eggs?

-Yep.

-Do you know?

-Denmark.

Denmark is the answer, sorry.

So, Eggheads, £22,000 is the jackpot.

Andrew is...

just at the wire here.

If you get this one right, the contest is over.

If you get it wrong, we go to Sudden Death. Here is your question.

Stephen Fry's 2003 film Bright Young Things was based on which

Evelyn Waugh novel?

Is it...

-Vile Bodies.

-Vile Bodies, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Vile Bodies, I think.

-It could be Decline And Fall. It's certainly not Scoop.

-Not Scoop.

-No.

I think it's Vile Bodies.

That's the Vile Bodies, Jeremy.

-They do look quite certain, don't they?

-They do look quite certain.

They are certain because they are right.

The answer is Vile Bodies, and we say congratulations, Eggheads.

You've won AGAIN.

-And Option 1 reduced to one.

-Reduced... Yeah, what can I say?

Well, you played well on your quaggas and all that.

Absolutely brilliant. Eggheads, well done. What can I say?

Commiserations to our challengers here.

They've done this thing that is a habit now,

with this winning streak above 20.

It does mean you're not going home with the £22,000.

We roll this money over.

We're going to have to get the people with the security vans

in soon to move it around. Eggheads, congratulations.

You are not just unbeaten, I would say unbeatable.

Join us next time to see

if a new team of challengers have the brains to take them down.

£23,000 is saying they won't. Till then, goodbye.