0:00:04 > 0:00:07These 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 > 0:00:24Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26the show where a team of five quiz
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Challengers pit their wits against, possibly,
0:00:28 > 0:00:32the greatest quiz team in Britain. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36- Lively today, I'm sensing. - Very.- Very. OK.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Challenging our resident quiz champions today
0:00:38 > 0:00:40are The Pilot Swans.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Now, this team of friends
0:00:41 > 0:00:43from Kent are the current
0:00:43 > 0:00:46champions of the Maidstone and District Quiz League.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Let's meet them.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Hello, I'm Steve, I'm a retired fish fryer.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Neil. I'm a technical services scientist.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Steve. I'm a project manager.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Will, and I'm a careers adviser.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Nick. I'm an accountant.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02So, Steve and team, welcome.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Great to see you, and Pilot Swans, we should explain,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06is two pub names combined.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10We played League out of The Swan,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13The Swan then closed for refurbishment halfway through
0:01:13 > 0:01:16the league season, so we had to find a new home.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- The new home was The Pilot. - Bad luck to The Swan.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Did The Swan ever get you back or not?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Not yet, but the quiz league is finished.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23It's between seasons,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and we've not decided which one we're going to play at.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28You have to take a look at The Swan and see how...
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- What the refurb...- ..what the refurb is like, exactly.- Yes.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- I've got you down, Steve, as a retired fish fryer.- Yeah.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Tell me about that.- Just that. I was born into fish and chips.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39My grandfather ran a fish and chip shop,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41my dad ran a fish and chip shop,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I ran an 80-seater restaurant in the middle of Maidstone for 25 years.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47And it never goes out of fashion. What a fantastic...
0:01:47 > 0:01:48- I'm feeling hungry.- ..CV that is.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Never goes out of fashion. You're feeling hungry now, Judith?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- I'm feeling hungry.- Yeah. The joy of fish and chips.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Was it hard to give up?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- No.- I know what you mean by that.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02It was a 1550 building and all the stairs were very, very ancient.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06And you had to go up a flight of stairs for everything.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11After 25 years of going up 70-80 flights of stairs a day,
0:02:11 > 0:02:12you're glad to pack it in.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15OK, good stuff, Steve. And good luck, team.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:02:17 > 0:02:20up for grabs for our Challengers, but if they fail to defeat
0:02:20 > 0:02:23the Eggheads the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26So, Pilot Swans, I can tell you that the Eggheads have won
0:02:26 > 0:02:30the last 24 games. You know what that means.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33A jackpot of £25,000.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35So, can you beat them? Would you like to try?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- We would.- Yes.- Think you could win the money?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of History.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Who would like History?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Which one was it? - Who did we decide for History?
0:02:45 > 0:02:50- I can do it, if you like. I'll do it. I'll do it.- OK.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Fish and chip history and all sorts.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- Who would you like to play against, Steve?- I'll play Judith.- So Steve B
0:02:55 > 0:02:59from The Pilot Swans versus our Judith, over here,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01on History, and just to ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04would you please take your positions in the Question Room?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09So, History, Steve. Would you like to go first or second?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10First, please, Jeremy.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16And here is your first question. Good luck.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19In which year did Napoleon embark on his invasion of Russia?
0:03:23 > 0:03:241812.
0:03:24 > 0:03:261812 is correct.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Straight there! No messing.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Well, he wasn't around
0:03:29 > 0:03:31in 1612 or 1712.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35No, that would be a good reason for choosing 1812, you're right.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36JEREMY CHUCKLES
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Not everybody knows that.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Judith, the term North Sea Empire refers to the areas
0:03:42 > 0:03:44controlled by which King of England?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50North, what did you say?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51North Sea Empire?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53The term North Sea Empire...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Yes.- ..refers to the areas controlled by which
0:03:56 > 0:03:57King of England?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- Well, I should think it must be Canute.- Canute is your answer.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Yeah.- And Canute is correct.- Hurray.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04On to you, Steve, your second question.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Which King of England ruled from 1087 to 1100?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15William II.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Blimey, we're cutting through this round like a knife
0:04:18 > 0:04:21through fish and chips. Goodness me.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23William II is right.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24What do you think of this, Judith?
0:04:24 > 0:04:25He just sits there and then
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- says the right answer.- I know, it's rather alarming.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Difficult to play against.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31We can't work out how much knowledge is there.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33You were trying to look all enigmatic and
0:04:33 > 0:04:35you're at a disadvantage now.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37The historical figure known as Warwick the Kingmaker was
0:04:37 > 0:04:40killed while on the field of which battle?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Well, not the Battle of Blenheim,
0:04:46 > 0:04:47or Battle of Hastings,
0:04:47 > 0:04:48so Battle of Barnet.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50It is, indeed, the Battle of Barnet.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51So, two each.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52OK, can be tricky,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54the third question, Steve.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Here we go, Joseph Lyons was the Prime Minister of which
0:04:57 > 0:05:01country from 1932 to 1939?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Try New Zealand.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11New Zealand is your answer. Is he right, Judith?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- I don't know. New Zealand or Australia.- Yeah.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16It's actually the other one. It's
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Australia. Steve, you got two out of
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- three.- Yeah.- Are you all right with that?
0:05:20 > 0:05:21- Yeah.- OK.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23He's enigmatic, isn't he?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Yeah, he's only giving me
0:05:25 > 0:05:28one syllable at a time. Goodness me.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Mind you, he can serve people quickly that way.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33OK, Judith, your third question.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36This for the round, Ms Keppel.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Durrington Walls is a large Neolithic site roughly
0:05:40 > 0:05:43two miles from which other Neolithic location?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Can you spell that because I didn't quite hear it?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Durrington Walls,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55D-U-R-R-I-N-G-T-O-N, Durrington Walls.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Walls?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- W-A-L-L-S.- Yes.- Walls.- Walls.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01OK, Durrington.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Well, it doesn't sound as
0:06:02 > 0:06:04if it might be next to Skara Brae,
0:06:04 > 0:06:05because it just, the language
0:06:05 > 0:06:07doesn't sort of fit.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08I've no idea where
0:06:08 > 0:06:10the Ring Of Brodger is.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Durrington Walls.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Durrington.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I think it might be a sort of
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Wiltshire name so I'm going to try
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Stonehenge.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Well, you've worked it through rather
0:06:21 > 0:06:23well. Skara Brae you ruled out, I
0:06:23 > 0:06:24couldn't quite work out why,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26but you just said it's not that, and the...
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- You call it the Ring of Brodger... - I've no idea what it is...- I think
0:06:29 > 0:06:32mispronouncing things you haven't heard of is good practice, it's not
0:06:32 > 0:06:35there either. So you're right, Judith, well done, it's Stonehenge.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I'm sorry, Steve, you've been knocked out.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Swift play by you, Steve, though.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40My goodness, I'm sensing we have a quizzer here,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43but he's gone from the Final Round, and Judith is in.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46First blood to the Eggheads. Please return to us and we'll play on.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49As it stands, The Pilot Swans have
0:06:49 > 0:06:51lost a brain, lost Steve. I can't believe it!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54From the Final Round, the Eggheads still have all five. Judith looking
0:06:54 > 0:06:57stately and the whole team looking purposeful,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59actually, with this huge jackpot.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01The next subject is Music,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03so this is the one to take out an Egghead on.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Who wants this?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- I think I'll go for this.- That was you, wasn't it?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- Are you sure you want to?- Yes, yes, OK. I'll go for that, yes.- OK, Nick.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Against which Egghead? Any one of the remaining four.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17You could hope for Pussycat Dolls, and take Chris.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I'll go for Chris, please.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24OK, Nick, from The Pilot Swans versus Chris, from the Eggheads,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26on Music, and please go to the Question Room.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31So, I'm sensing your team is a team of quizzers, Nick.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Yes, indeed, yes, we've been together for a long time.- And what
0:07:34 > 0:07:36about you? You've won some championships?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I've twice been a member of the Kent Champion Quiz Team, yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Which is a hard-fought quiz, I know. - Absolutely, yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44And Music you've chosen, why so?
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Well, I listen to a great deal of music, but of a rather narrow range.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52I mean, I don't think I'll be any good on modern pop, but
0:07:52 > 0:07:54anything before about 1980, I think I'll be all right on.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57You sound like a man after Chris's heart, right, Mr Hughes?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Yes.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02No rap, no Pussycat Dolls, no Sugarbabes
0:08:02 > 0:08:05and no cracks about Carol Vorderman, we'll be all right.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I can't guarantee the Carol Vorderman one.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11On Music, Nick, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12I'll go first, please.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Here we go, good luck.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Which term is used for the part of a violin over which the
0:08:20 > 0:08:22strings are stretched?
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Yes, it's not tower. And it's certainly not pier.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34So, I'll go for bridge, please.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Bridge is the right answer, well done.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Chris, on to you. In 2013,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42which singer became the second male solo artist after
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Elvis Presley to score 11 UK number one albums?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53This is 2013.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56I don't think it was Robbie Williams.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59He doesn't put out that many albums, does he?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01He was with Take That for years.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Ed Sheeran?
0:09:04 > 0:09:05No, no, no, no.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- No, I'll take it back. I'll go with Robbie Williams.- Oh, you veered,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12left and right, there, you didn't want to go for George Michael.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Ed Sheeran hasn't had that many.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16You're right, Chris, it's Robbie Williams.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Well done, good play.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Oh, Nick, I was thinking you were going to take
0:09:19 > 0:09:22the lead on the first question and that's always handy.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Here is your question.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Which of these singers trained at the famous
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Juilliard School of Music in New York?
0:09:34 > 0:09:38I don't know this one, so I'm going to have to guess it.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43Now, I know that Madonna was from the state of New York,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46but she doesn't sound very classical.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I think the one with the best voice out of those three is
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Nina Simone, so I'm going to go for Nina Simone.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Nina Simone is quite right.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Good quizzing.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Chris, which of these is typically
0:09:58 > 0:10:00a large-scale form of music
0:10:00 > 0:10:04for orchestra and voices, usually on a biblical theme?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Well, we're talking about works like Messiah here, aren't we?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13So, it's an oratorio.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Yes, indeed, oratorio is right. Two-two.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Locked together like sumo wrestlers.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Who became the lead singer of the group Public Image Ltd
0:10:23 > 0:10:26when it formed in the late 1970s?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Joe Strummer, I think, was The Damned.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38I'm just wondering if John Lydon did something after he left
0:10:38 > 0:10:42the Sex Pistols. I'm not sure. Public Image Ltd.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46No, I'm going to have to go with Pete Shelley, please.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49OK, team-mates, tell him.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50- ALL:- John Lydon.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54John Lydon, so Pete Shelley was in the Buzzcocks,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Joe Strummer was The Clash, not The Damned.- Oh, yes, of course.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00And you're right, Lydon was Johnny Rotten but he did go
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- and form Public Image Ltd.- Yes.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04So, Chris, your chance to take
0:11:04 > 0:11:06the lead, in fact, take the round.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09In Puccini's opera, Madama Butterfly,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12what are the first names of Butterfly's lover,
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Lieutenant Pinkerton?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Ah, it's not Paul Revere. Um...
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Benjamin Franklin.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29If you've got this right, you're in the Final Round, Chris.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33The answer is Benjamin Franklin, so we say - well done, Egghead,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36you've knocked out another good quizzer.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39They are good, aren't they? Just those margin calls that they make.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Sorry, Nick, you've been knocked out there. Come back to us and we'll
0:11:42 > 0:11:43play the next round.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48So, The Pilot Swans, who are definitely good quizzers,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51are taking a bit of a pounding here from our Eggheads,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53and you've got to try and knock one of them out.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56The next subject for you is Arts & Books.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Arts & Books.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Between you, then, what are you going to go for?
0:12:00 > 0:12:04- Arts & Books.- Who do you fancy? - Shall I do it? I don't know.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05I don't know, I mean...
0:12:05 > 0:12:08It's not one of our good ones. No, who's going...?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11What do you think, Steve? Do you have a recommendation?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14You've both got loads of books, haven't you?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Yes.- Try reading them.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- I'll go.- Go on, then.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- OK, Steve.- Yeah.- And which Egghead would you like to take on?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23You can either have Barry or CJ or Pat.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- Barry, please.- Barry, right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29So Steve L, from The Pilot Swans versus Barry.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Your favourite pub, Barry? What's it called?
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Cos we've got two pub names here, so...
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- The Roundhay Fox.- The Roundhay Fox.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39OK, will the Swans get eaten by the fox? That's the question.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Please go to the Question Room and we'll find out.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46So, Steve, when you were chosen for this, I heard the other Steve say,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48"Well, you've got lots of books."
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- This is true.- So the Arts & Books round is your round.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Apparently so, yes.- You've got your house full of books, is it?
0:12:53 > 0:12:54I've got quite a few, yes.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- Yes, and have you read them?- Oh, yes, some of them more than once.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00So, what about you, Barry? I imagine your house is chocker, just like
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- Kevin's.- It is, indeed. I've had to clear a lot out recently
0:13:04 > 0:13:06because I just ran out of room.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09It's very painful, that, you put them in a skip or what?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11No, I gave them to my favourite charity shop.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Do you sign them all to increase their value?
0:13:13 > 0:13:17I think that would decrease their value.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20OK, good luck, Steve L, against Barry The Brain,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23on Arts & Books, and would you like to go first or second?
0:13:23 > 0:13:24First, please.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Here is your question.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30In the Jack Vettriano
0:13:30 > 0:13:33painting, The Singing Butler, what is the butler holding?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I must admit, I do not know this.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42So I'm going to have to try and make an educated guess.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Doesn't sound like a spade, so dog or umbrella?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49I'll go for umbrella.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52You are right, well done.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Well done, Steve.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55It's difficult to get that from nowhere.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Barry, the author
0:13:57 > 0:14:00James Joyce is recorded as saying,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02"For myself I always write about..." which city?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Well, if it's James Joyce he must be writing about Dublin.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13James Joyce did indeed write about Dublin, well done.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Second question to Steve L.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Which of these
0:14:16 > 0:14:18is a book by the author John Fowles?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27I know the authors of the first two, definitely, and it's not them.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30So, by elimination, it must be The Magus.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- It is, indeed, The Magus, yeah. Lolita was...- Nabokov, yes.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- Brave New World anyone? - Aldous Huxley.- Aldous Huxley.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Barry, your question. What is the title
0:14:39 > 0:14:41of the 2010 play by Laura Wade,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45featuring a fictional depiction of the Bullingdon Club
0:14:45 > 0:14:48that was adapted into a film called The Riot Club?
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Oh, goodness me. It could be any of them, really, but the
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Bullingdon Club are renowned for having toffs in their photographs,
0:14:59 > 0:15:01so I'll go for Toff.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- You're wrong, Barry, it's Posh.- Ah.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Again, tricky to get that from nowhere. Posh was the play.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10All right, so the Egghead has fallen behind
0:15:10 > 0:15:13and that is good for your team, Steve, it means if you get this
0:15:13 > 0:15:14right, you're in the Final.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16In Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19what is the name of the eldest Bennet sister?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Oh, goodness.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Again, I really don't know this one,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29unfortunately, it's not my kind of book.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- I'm going to go for Mary.- You say Mary, I wonder if you are right.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Do you know, Barry?- I think it's Jane.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Jane is the correct answer, so, Steve,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41a bit of a let off for Barry maybe. You have to get
0:15:41 > 0:15:43this one right, though, Barry, to stay in.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48Veronese and Tintoretto were both major Renaissance artists
0:15:48 > 0:15:49based in which city?
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Tintoretto, one of his most famous works was, at one time,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00considered the largest oil painting in the world and that
0:16:00 > 0:16:04hung in the Doge's Palace in Venice, so I'll have to go for Venice.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08You're quite right, they were in Venice. I think Titian
0:16:08 > 0:16:11was there as well, possibly. Good time to be painting in Venice.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Venice is the answer, Barry, well done.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15So, equal after three questions. And we go to
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Sudden Death, Steve. Gets
0:16:16 > 0:16:19a bit harder. I don't give you alternative answers, OK? Good luck.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Try and pull it back for your team, now.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23A lot of money you are playing for.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Donna Tartt won the Pulitzer prize for fiction
0:16:26 > 0:16:28in 2014 for which novel?
0:16:29 > 0:16:33I'm afraid I really don't have a clue, I'm sorry.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- I can't think of anything. - Do you know this, Barry?
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Was it The Goldfinch?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Yes, it was The Goldfinch.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42So, Barry has the initiative now, our Egghead.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Get this right, Barry, you're in the Final Round.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Which Dominican-born novelist wrote the 1966 book,
0:16:47 > 0:16:53Wide Sargasso Sea which was inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre?
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Oh, that was Jean Rhys.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56It was, indeed, Jean Rhys.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59That's very good play by you, Barry, you pulled it back after a
0:16:59 > 0:17:01clanger earlier, so Steve, I'm sorry,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03on Sudden Death, you've been knocked out as well,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06and your team is going to struggle if you don't turn this around.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Come back to us and we'll see what happens in the next round.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15So, The Pilot Swans are, what's the analogy?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18They may be losing direction a little bit here. Lost three brains
0:17:18 > 0:17:21from the Final Round, didn't think this was going to happen,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23but the Eggheads are on rip-roaring form at the moment,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25so you need to stop them, guys, this is the moment.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27And the subject for you is Sport.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29So, which Swan would like sport?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Get in there.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- That's going to be me.- OK, so, Neil?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I can see that CJ is already looking a little bit scared,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40so I think CJ is the one to take.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45OK, Neil from The Pilot Swans, CJ from the Eggheads,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47who has his sporting moments for sure.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49And to ensure there is no conferring,
0:17:49 > 0:17:50please go to our Question Room.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54CJ, we're on Sport and you're looking very trim at the moment.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I've been doing a lot of training for the marathons and the other runs
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I was doing but I was sitting there praying for
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Film & TV to come up, because I knew as soon as it was going to be Sport,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I was going to be picked and my chances are somewhat reduced,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- shall we say?- So, there we go, Neil, that's what you're up against.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- On Sport, first or second? - I'll go first.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17So, good luck.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Brooklands, Luffield,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22and Woodcote are all features of which sporting venue?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Well, Brooklands was certainly a motor racing circuit
0:18:30 > 0:18:35and it's a corner on Silverstone, so I'll go Silverstone.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Silverstone is right, well done. CJ, on to you. The England
0:18:39 > 0:18:42cricketers, Gary Ballance and Adam Lyth,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45have both played first-class cricket for which team?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Never heard of either of them.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53So, here we are, a blind one-in-three guess.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- Absolutely no idea, Yorkshire. - Challengers, is he right?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59- He most certainly is. - How annoying is that?
0:18:59 > 0:19:04You're right, Yorkshire it is. Sorry, Neil. I'm embarrassed too.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Spend my life apologising for CJ. Here is your next question.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10The footballer Ray Clemence played for which team when he won
0:19:10 > 0:19:11the European Cup?
0:19:15 > 0:19:20OK, in my youth I mistakenly thought I had to support a top team,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23and I supported Liverpool at the time that they won
0:19:23 > 0:19:26the European Cups and I know Ray Clemence played for them.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Oh, well, it's proven to be quite handy, cos you're absolutely right.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30It was Liverpool, well done.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32CJ, in which sport
0:19:32 > 0:19:37did Carolina Marin of Spain and Chen Long of China
0:19:37 > 0:19:40win World Championships in 2014?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48I'm sorry to repeat myself, but I've never heard of either of them.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Well, I'll discount rowing, cos I'm not sure the Spanish or
0:19:52 > 0:19:59the Chinese have any history, or pedigree of medal winning in rowing.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00I can't see it being showjumping.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06I mean, Chinese players are renowned for badminton.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I suppose Spanish could be as well,
0:20:09 > 0:20:12but when it comes to Spanish sportsmen,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15I would more associate them with showjumping than the other two.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18And I certainly wouldn't associate Chinese people with
0:20:18 > 0:20:21showjumping so I will try badminton.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23You are one lucky man.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Badminton, it is.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26JEREMY CHUCKLES
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Two out of two for each of you
0:20:29 > 0:20:30and the third question, Neil.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34In 2012, Peter Eriksson was named the UK's head coach
0:20:34 > 0:20:35for which sport?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41I don't know this.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I know we had a change of coach a few years ago in swimming...
0:20:49 > 0:20:54..and also in athletics. I think it might be swimming.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58He took over from the Australian coach that we had at that time,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00so I think I'll go for swimming.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03I'm sorry it's wrong, it's athletics.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07It's that beastly third question again, hitting you every time.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Athletics is the answer.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Gives CG, unbelievably, a
0:21:10 > 0:21:12chance to win the round on Sport.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Can I just say - I've never heard of either of them.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Yes, let's get that out of the way.
0:21:16 > 0:21:22Where is Meydan Racecourse, home to horse racing's annual World Cup?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27CJ, this for the round.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Well, this is interesting because before the options came up
0:21:31 > 0:21:35somewhere came into my head and it is one of those three options.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Whether it's the right one or not, I don't know.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40I may have entirely the wrong thing in my head but as soon as you said
0:21:40 > 0:21:44horse racing and World Cup, I immediately thought of Dubai.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I don't think it's Singapore.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50If it's wrong, there's not much I can do,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53but there is a very slight inkle,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56hopefully, definitely still with me, that it might be Dubai.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Is it Dubai? If it is, you're in the Final, CJ. Is it Dubai, Challengers?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- We would think so.- Yes. - You think it is.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07What, just on the basis that CJ is one lucky rascal?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Because a lot of the money in racing
0:22:09 > 0:22:10is based in Dubai.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Yes, the Meydan Racecourse is in Dubai.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Well done, 3 out of 3, CJ, don't know how you did that,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17but you're in the Final on Sports. Sorry, Neil.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Clean sweep for the Eggheads.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Big jackpot, which we will see the Challengers, or should
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I say, Challenger that remains, play for now.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30So this is what we have been playing towards, it is
0:22:30 > 0:22:31time for the Final Round.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33As always, it is General Knowledge,
0:22:33 > 0:22:34but I'm afraid those of you
0:22:34 > 0:22:35who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:35 > 0:22:37won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40So even though we've got very good quizzers on this side, I'm afraid
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I have to look left to Steve B, and Neil,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46and Steve L and Nick from The Pilot Swans,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48would you please all leave the studio?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Will, you're playing to win The Pilot Swans £25,000.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Eggheads, you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59the Eggheads reputation, although if we had to put a price on it,
0:22:59 > 0:23:01it might be about 25 grand, actually.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06They're all going to be General Knowledge. I normally say
0:23:06 > 0:23:09you can confer, but I know you're alone.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13So, the question is, Will, can your one brain defeat these five?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16You are a regular quizzer and I know it's possible
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and it will be a famous victory if you do. Good luck.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Would you like to go first or second?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Here we go. Air force is a shade of which colour?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I think it's a glorious shade of blue.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37It is a shade of blue, well done, nice.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39You can actually go wrong on questions like that, quite easily.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Eggheads, your question. When was
0:23:41 > 0:23:44the pelican crossing introduced to British roads?
0:23:49 > 0:23:50It must be the latest.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51- Yes, it must be the '60s.- Yes.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Are you all happy with that?
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Who is it? Pat? Is it Pat?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Yes, we're going with '69.
0:23:57 > 0:23:591969 is the right answer.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Will, turn up the pressure now.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Which animal species, reintroduced to the UK,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10has the scientific name castor fiber?
0:24:16 > 0:24:21And castor fibre is C-A-S-T-O-R space F-I-B-E-R.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24The short answer is I don't know.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26So is it a matter of what
0:24:26 > 0:24:28has been introduced?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I don't know that wild boar
0:24:30 > 0:24:32has been reintroduced,
0:24:32 > 0:24:33so I'm going to kind of
0:24:33 > 0:24:35discount that.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36OK, I mean, so I'm going
0:24:36 > 0:24:37to go for European beaver.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39- Is he right, Eggheads?- Yes.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Yes, you're right. Well done.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Eggheads, OK, your second question.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I'm just feeling that something could happen here.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Rod, pole, and perch were all terms for a traditional
0:24:51 > 0:24:54unit of length that was equal to which of these?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Definitely not three miles.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03And not 1,000 yards.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- A rod's a fairly short distance. - I think it's a
0:25:06 > 0:25:07relatively modest distance.
0:25:07 > 0:25:0940 square poles do make one rood.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11The back of the red exercise book
0:25:11 > 0:25:12has all these measurements.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13A rod is not 1,000 or
0:25:13 > 0:25:15three miles, surely.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17So, are we all happy with 5.5 yards?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18We think it's a fairly
0:25:18 > 0:25:19modest measure,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21so we're going for 5.5 yards.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Yes, 5.5 yards is correct.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26OK, your third question. Get this right,
0:25:26 > 0:25:27it can be a stinker.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30The model, Jessica Michibata,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33married which sportsman in December 2014?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Michibata. Michibata.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Yes, celebrity culture,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47it's really not a strong area.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48I don't think Jenson Button
0:25:48 > 0:25:50is married.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51He might be.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53I had a feeling that
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Danny Cipriani got married
0:25:54 > 0:25:56so I'm going to go for that, Jeremy,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58but it could well be wrong.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00It's not Danny Cipriani, I'm sorry.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01It's not Ronnie O'Sullivan either.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- It's Jenson Button...- It is Jenson, oh.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- ..who you ruled out.- Yes, I wasn't aware of that.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07So, Will, you got 2 out of 3.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Let's see if that's enough to take you to Sudden Death.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12It does mean that if the Eggheads get this right, and we have got all
0:26:12 > 0:26:14five of them here, the contest is over.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17So, Eggheads, your question, your third question here.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21The abandoned holiday resort of Varosha is on
0:26:21 > 0:26:23which Mediterranean island?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Cyprus. I don't know...
0:26:28 > 0:26:29The Attila Line.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32There are certainly a few abandoned
0:26:32 > 0:26:33places in northern Cyprus.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Could it be either of the others?
0:26:35 > 0:26:36- Cos or Crete?- I wouldn't have
0:26:36 > 0:26:37thought. I couldn't see any reason
0:26:37 > 0:26:40why. I can see why the Turkish part of Cyprus.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- Are we going to go with that?- Yes.- Yes.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Well, we don't know this,
0:26:43 > 0:26:44but we are assuming that it
0:26:44 > 0:26:45has something to do with
0:26:45 > 0:26:46the partitioning of Cyprus
0:26:46 > 0:26:49and maybe one of those neglected
0:26:49 > 0:26:50places near the border,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52so we're going for Cyprus.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Cyprus is your answer.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56And it is, indeed, one of those places that suffered
0:26:56 > 0:27:00because of the events there. Varosha is in Cyprus.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01You've got it right.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I'm sorry, Will, there's something about the
0:27:11 > 0:27:13third question for your team, each time.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Well, I mean, collectively, I think we are quite good,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18we normally would, quiz collectively.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21When you are quizzing individually, then,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23it's the luck of the draw in the sense of
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- what type of questions you actually get.- Yes.- Yes.- Yes.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28The third was the thing,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- but I hope you have enjoyed playing this...- Absolutely.- ..this shower
0:27:31 > 0:27:34over here who are beginning to look quite professional.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- That would pass, that would pass. - 1,500 programmes, my goodness.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41This is impressive. You didn't really have to sweat too much there.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44We say commiserations to our Challengers, The Pilot Swans.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Thank you for playing.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49This winning streak continues.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I'm afraid it means you won't be going home with the 25,000,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Eggheads, very well done, this was.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Seeing you when you don't even look like you're too
0:27:58 > 0:28:01worried is impressive, I must say.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Join us next time to see
0:28:02 > 0:28:05if a new team of Challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08At some point they will. Will it be next time?
0:28:08 > 0:28:12£26,000 says it won't. Till then, goodbye.