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 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit their wits against
0:00:29 > 0:00:31possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33They are the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And a bit of orange going on at both ends, I notice.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37- A LOT of orange going on.- Yeah.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39- What does that mean? - The Dutch Royal house.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41The Dutch Royal house, OK.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Here we go. A fact straight away.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Taking on our quiz champions today
0:00:45 > 0:00:47are the Old Ilfordians.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Now, this team is a real mixed bag of relationships.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51A couple of them play badminton together,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54some of them work together and two of them are married,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57but they all share one thing in common - they love to quiz.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Let's meet them.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hi, my name's Charlotte, and I'm a cover supervisor.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm Lynne and I'm a data manager.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Hi, my name's Ivan and I'm an administrator.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Hi, my name's Bob and I'm a tax inspector.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Hi, I'm Crumpton and I'm an HMRC officer.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15So, team, Charlotte, welcome.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- Hello.- Good to see you. And I should ask,
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Old Ilfordians is a reference to what you call Ilford University?
0:01:22 > 0:01:23Yes, that's right.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25It was a made-up name, obviously,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27and we used to quiz together
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and we had T-shirts with a pint of beer on the front.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32So Ilford University does not exist?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34No, it does not.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37It's a little bit of a joke about Essex girls and that type of thing.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39You were trying to counterbalance
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- the whole Essex-girl thing in the- '90s. Yes.- OK.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44So you do love to quiz, and as soon as I said that
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I heard this murmur of approval,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48because they love to take on good teams.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50You quiz separately in the main?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Mostly, yes.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Sometimes we get together in twos or threes, and we quiz
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- all over the country as well. - OK, well, good luck here.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:01:58 > 0:02:01for our Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08So, Old Ilfordians, I can tell you that the Eggheads have won...
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What is it now, 25?
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Mm-hm.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Yeah! Seriously.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Which means that £26,000
0:02:15 > 0:02:16says you can't beat them.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18So worth coming...
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- Definitely. - ..to play for.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Geography,
0:02:23 > 0:02:24who would like this?
0:02:24 > 0:02:25OK, um...
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Who was it?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Was it Bob?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30THEY CONFER
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- I was one of several interested... - Bob or Lynne?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- OK, I'll take it.- Lynne.- Go for it.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36OK, Lynne, Geography.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Versus? You want an orange one or a non-orange one?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Ooh...
0:02:41 > 0:02:43(Pat?)
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Yeah, I'll go for Pat, please.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47OK. I feel like you haven't been in the booth for a while, Pat.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- No, no.- There have been people worried about you.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53I can only speculate as to their motives.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Can you find your way there?
0:02:54 > 0:02:55We'll see!
0:02:55 > 0:02:58So, Lynne from Old Ilfordians, Pat from the Eggheads
0:02:58 > 0:03:00and the subject, Geography.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02To ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05would you please take your positions in our famous Question Room?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Pat, we were talking about travel the other day
0:03:09 > 0:03:12and word went around that you'd once been to Germany.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I've been to Germany several times now. I like Germany.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19And then it was also pointed out that you built a railway in Germany,
0:03:19 > 0:03:20or have I made that up?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I worked briefly... A very long time ago
0:03:22 > 0:03:26I did some labouring in a rail-track crew, laying railway.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I can vouch for the fact
0:03:28 > 0:03:32that it's unbelievably strenuous and hard work,
0:03:32 > 0:03:36so I kept my spell as short as I possibly could
0:03:36 > 0:03:37and I haven't gone back.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40And is this before or after you won the million?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I think you can safely speculate it was before.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44OK, just wondering!
0:03:44 > 0:03:47So good luck against our Pat, Lynne.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49And would you like to go first or second on Geography?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Here we go with your first question.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59£26,000 we're playing for.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Until 1856, what was the name of Tasmania?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Was it...
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I think that was Van Diemen's Land.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Nice quizzing, because you could easily get that wrong.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18You're right, Van Diemen's Land.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21It was. Pat, your question.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23The waterfalls known as Niagara Falls
0:04:23 > 0:04:28lie on the border between Ontario in Canada and which US state?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Is it...
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I think the town of Niagara and the Niagara Falls
0:04:36 > 0:04:42are in north-west of New York State, so it's New York.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44It is indeed New York. So it's...
0:04:44 > 0:04:46They're Canadian, aren't they, strictly speaking?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- And American.- So shared?
0:04:48 > 0:04:49- Mm-hm.- New York is right.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Who was the first person to go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Eggheads? Anyone know?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55What, and live?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Hang on, first one to go over full stop
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- or the first one to go over and survive, Jeremy?- And survive!
0:05:00 > 0:05:01OK.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Well, Blondin tightroped, didn't he?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- It was a woman. - I think it was a woman.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07She had three names and I can't remember any of them.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Because I saw a thing saying this woman was the first person ever to
0:05:10 > 0:05:12survive a drop in a barrel...
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I think it was actually a mistake, but I forget why she was
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- in the barrel in the first place. - JEREMY LAUGHS
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Well, she dined out on it after that, that's for sure.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22OK, one each. Lynne, your question.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Which of these countries shares a border with Romania?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Is it...
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Oh, my geography of that area is very shaky.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Um... Romania...
0:05:35 > 0:05:39I'll follow the general rule of "if in doubt, go down the middle".
0:05:39 > 0:05:40I'll say Czech Republic.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Let's see if you're right. Eggs?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Serbia. - Serbia is the answer.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Pat. Enniskillen is the county town of which county in Northern Ireland?
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Is it...
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Er, lies not far from the...
0:05:58 > 0:06:00the big...the two...
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Lough Ernes. It's in County Fermanagh.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Beautiful place? I've never been there.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07I don't think I've ever been there.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Fermanagh is the right answer.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10So Pat is ahead.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Lynne, you need to get this one right
0:06:12 > 0:06:14or you will have been knocked out.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Which motorway runs from Swanley to Folkestone?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Is that...
0:06:23 > 0:06:25It's the M20.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Yes, famous after problems with migrants in the Channel and so on.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32M20 is right, well done.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35You're still in it, but if Pat gets this right he's in the final.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Here we go, Pat.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Around 70% of Turkmenistan's territory
0:06:38 > 0:06:40is covered by which desert?
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Is Turkmenistan covered by...
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Er, I think the name means black sand.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53I think it's the Karakum Desert.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Karakum is the right answer.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- He just never looks uncertain, does he, Lynne?- No.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Not even a glint of uncertainty.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Pat, well done. You've beaten Lynne.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Sorry, Lynne. Early days for your team, though -
0:07:05 > 0:07:07plenty of time yet to come back.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Please return to us and we'll play on.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12So well done, Pat.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15We got onto the Niagara Falls and then I was asking about people
0:07:15 > 0:07:17going over in barrels and the first person,
0:07:17 > 0:07:18I had this faint memory it was a woman.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- Pat, you know about this, do you? - Was it Annie Edson Taylor?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23It was indeed, we just checked it.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Yeah. Annie Edson Taylor, 1901, in a barrel. Sent her cat over first...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- That's prudent, isn't it? - Oh, that's cruel!
0:07:30 > 0:07:32..to test the barrel.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34The cat survived and she went over.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Now, what age was she?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38That's my question. Have a guess - anyone?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Quite stout, wasn't she?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43She was stout, there's a famous picture of her, yeah.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- 63. - Oh, I was going to say 50.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- No, 63.- Goodness me.- Isn't that an amazing story?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51So, as it stands, the Old Ilfordians have lost a brain
0:07:51 > 0:07:54from the final round, the Eggheads have still got all five.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57See if you can throw one of them over the waterfall
0:07:57 > 0:07:59in this next round, without the barrel.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01It's Arts and Books. Who would like this?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I think that's you, Charlotte.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Yes, it's me. - It's not one of mine.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06- That's me. - Charlotte, OK.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08And you've been doing an English degree?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11I've finished it now, yes, Open University one.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- How was that?- It was all right, I got a 2:1, not bad.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Brilliant. In order to teach one day?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Well, that's my big ambition, yeah, I'd love to be an English teacher.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21OK, well, for now, you've got to pick an Egghead.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Who would you like to take on? - Who shall we go for?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25That's up to you, I think.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Lisa, I think, please.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28OK, Lisa.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31So it's Charlotte from the Old Ilfordians
0:08:31 > 0:08:33against Lisa from the Eggheads.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34To ensure there's no conferring,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37would you please take your positions in the Question Room?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Arts and Books. Charlotte, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42First, please.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47Here we go.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Which of these fictional characters was created by Eoin Colfer?
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Is it...
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I think it's Artemis Fowl.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Artemis Fowl is correct.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08Lisa. Who is credited with designing the iconic Sagrada Familia church
0:09:08 > 0:09:10in Barcelona?
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Is that...
0:09:13 > 0:09:17One day, they might even get round to finish the build, it's Gaudi.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Poor old Gaudi is the right answer.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Yes, run over by a tram, the poor man.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- That's right, before it was finished.- Yeah.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Charlotte, your question.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Queen Mab is a 19th-century poem by which writer?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Queen Mab, that's...
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Oh, gosh, I should know this, cos it's in Shakespeare... Oh...
0:09:42 > 0:09:43I'd go for Shelley.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Yeah, I reckon it's Shelley.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Nicely done, it is Shelley.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52OK, Lisa.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Us is a 2014 novel by which author?
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Oh, that's going to annoy me so badly,
0:10:04 > 0:10:09because I know and I don't know if it's going to come back.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Us. Hm...
0:10:12 > 0:10:16I have a slight preference for David Nicholls for no real reason.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I'll go for David Nicholls.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Who's the guy who wrote One Day and all that.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21That's him.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22And he did write Us.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- Heeey! - Well done. Yeah.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28OK, so you're equal after two questions.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Two points each, and, Charlotte, back to you for your third.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33New Bats In Old Belfries from 1945
0:10:33 > 0:10:37and A Few Late Chrysanthemums from 1954
0:10:37 > 0:10:40are collections of poetry by which Poet Laureate?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Oh, gosh.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Ted Hughes wrote a lot of things about animals.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Philip Larkin... No, I don't think it will be him....
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Erm... Ohh...
0:10:54 > 0:10:57John Betjeman was very homely sort of stuff,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59he wrote about tennis and stuff.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Um... Gosh, toss-up.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I think John Betjeman.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Yeah, you're right.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Bang on. John Betjeman it is, three out of three. Very good.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10All right, Lisa.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Which 2014 novel is the second released by JK Rowling
0:11:13 > 0:11:16under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Now, let's see, the first one, I think, was The Cuckoo's Calling,
0:11:23 > 0:11:27I think that was the first Robert Galbraith.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31And, of the three, I think it might be The Silkworm,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34but I'll just have a little think about that.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I don't know, I could sit here all day and contemplate this
0:11:39 > 0:11:42and not get much further, so I'll go for The Silkworm.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44The Silkworm is the right answer.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Well done. Three out of three for you both.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48We go to Sudden Death, Charlotte.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Gets a bit harder now. I don't give you alternative answers.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Which French novelist, born in 1828,
0:11:55 > 0:12:00wrote a series of novels under the general title Extraordinary Voyages?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Gosh. I'll say Proust, "Proost".
0:12:05 > 0:12:09I would normally ask for a first name as well, but it is wrong, so...
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- It's Jules Verne. - Oh.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- As in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea and all that.- Of course.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16OK, Lisa, for the round,
0:12:16 > 0:12:21The Inferno is the first part of which epic poem by Dante?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Oh, yes, it's The Divine Comedy.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27It is Divina Commedia, or Divine Comedy.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Well done, Lisa. You've done it on Sudden Death.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Sorry, Charlotte.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36You fought very hard there and she just nipped around the corner,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39so she is in the final and I'm afraid you're not,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and come back to us, we will play the next round.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46OK, bad luck, Charlotte, but played well...
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Now is probably the moment to put on the spurt, Old Ilfordians.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54You've lost two brains from the final round,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57the Eggheads are still sitting there in orange.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59The next subject for you is -
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Chris bristles - Music.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- Who would like Music? - I don't mind it.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06- Definitely not me. - It's not my speciality.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- That looks like you, is it, Ivan, then?- I'll have a go.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- Be me, I'm afraid, Jeremy. - Two refusals at the end there!
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Not helping at all!
0:13:14 > 0:13:15OK, Ivan on music.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17And who would you like to take on?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20It can be any of the three gentlemen on the right here.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- I choose Chris, if I may, please. - That's fine.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28So, Ivan from the Old Ilfordians against our Chris, Chris Hughes,
0:13:28 > 0:13:29from the Eggheads.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37OK, Ivan, Music, against Chris. Chris, we're loving the shirt.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Mm-hm. Oh, well...yeah.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It looks like a huge -
0:13:41 > 0:13:43well, small - bumblebee!
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Yeah, bit dark for a bumblebee,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47should be yellow and black for a bumblebee.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48- That's true. - But I get the point.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Ivan, would you like to go first or second?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57OK, here we go with your first question.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Good luck, and let's see if you can just turn it around for the team.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04In September 2014, who announced his departure from Take That?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Sadly, I believe I know this.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12It's Jason Orange.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14We've got so much orange on the programme today!
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Jason Orange is the right answer.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19OK. Mr Hughes...
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Gamal Lewis had a 2015 UK top-10 single
0:14:23 > 0:14:26with the song Bills under what name?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37I think he goes by LunchMoney Lewis.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Very good. It's a great song as well,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I think you'd like it, actually.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42- Yeah.- One of the few.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44LunchMoney Lewis.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Down to you, Ivan, now.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51Fig Leaf Rag and Rose Leaf Rag are works by which American composer?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Hm, not my strong point here.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59I think...
0:15:03 > 0:15:06I think it sounds more like a Hoagy Carmichael...
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Yes, sounds more like Hoagy Carmichael.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Hoagy Carmichael is your answer.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Let me just check with Chris - do you know, Chris?
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Well, rags were the speciality of Scott Joplin,
0:15:16 > 0:15:17so I'll go with Scott Joplin.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Yes, it is Scott Joplin.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21He was the one who did the rags.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24OK, your question, Chris, to go into the lead.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Which of these people played the role of the Artful Dodger
0:15:27 > 0:15:31in a 1964 West End production of Oliver at the age of 13?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37That was Phil Collins.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Yes, it was. Of course, child actor, I'd forgotten that completely.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Phil Collins is the right answer. He went on to Genesis and...
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Yes. Played the drums a lot.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49So, you need this one, Ivan.
0:15:49 > 0:15:56"Once I had a love and it was a gas" is a line from a song by which band?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01That's Blondie.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05It is. Such a great opening line. That's Heart Of Glass, I think.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Yes. That's correct.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08OK.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Chris, level, but you have a question in hand.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Here it is for the round.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16In Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19who sings A Wand'ring Minstrel I?
0:16:22 > 0:16:26That is the wandering minstrel himself, Nanki-Poo.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28No hesitation, three out of three - Nanki-Poo it is.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30You're in the final, Chris.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Sorry, Ivan.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33That's OK, it's not over,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35still fighting fit on the Challengers' side,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37but needing a result in their favour soon.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Come back and we'll play one more round before the final.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Well, it's a tricky old contest, this, Old Ilfordians.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48You've lost three, but others have won from this position,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51make no mistake - please keep fighting hard here.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53They have to be taken down at some point,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55this jackpot is getting ridiculously big.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57The next subject is Science.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- So who would like this? - Oh, well...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- That's me! - Bob?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- That's me. - OK, against which Egghead, Bob?
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Dave or Barry?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- Barry's good on this? - I think so.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Dave it is, then.- OK, Dave it is, yeah.- Dave it is.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12So it's going to be Bob from the Old Ilfordians
0:17:12 > 0:17:14against Dave from the Eggheads.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17The challenge is to try and get that one extra brain into the final.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Please go to the special Question Room now.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23So here we are on Science
0:17:23 > 0:17:25and, Bob, would you like to go first or second?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27I won't break this trend, I'll go first.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Good luck, Bob - here we go.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36The name of which branch of science comes from the Greek words meaning
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Earth and study?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Well, studying the Earth would be geology, I think.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48I'll go with geology.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Geology is correct.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52OK, Dave.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57Which planet is named after the Roman god of agriculture?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Just making sure I've got everything right, erm...
0:18:03 > 0:18:04I believe that's Saturn.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Saturn is quite right.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Back to you, Bob. Also known as the fairy possum or the forest fairy,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15to which country is Leadbeater's possum native?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Is it...
0:18:19 > 0:18:24I don't think they're European, I don't think it's France.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27You definitely get possums in Australia.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I'll say Australia.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Yes, you've got it right, well done.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Australia it is.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Dave, what name is given to the white, frothy liquid
0:18:37 > 0:18:39often seen on plant stems
0:18:39 > 0:18:43that is secreted by the nymphs of certain insects?
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Is it...
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Of those options that came up,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54the only one I've heard of there is cuckoo spit. That's my answer.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56It is cuckoo spit.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Well done, 2-2.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Cracking along here.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Bob, this is your moment - get this right,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04give Dave a little bit of a fright.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06You never know, it might help.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10In the human body, what is stored in the gall bladder?
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Is it...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Ooh...
0:19:16 > 0:19:19The only one of those that's stored would be bile.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I think it's bile.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Bile is right, three out of three, well done.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25So, Dave, do you stay in?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Let's see.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Which of these types of cloud is found at the highest altitude?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Always get these wrong, because...
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Oh, it's a terrible one.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46For me, I think the tax inspector's got me.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Right, I'm going to rule out cumulus,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51so it's between cirrus or stratus...
0:19:53 > 0:19:56All right, I'm going to put the return in late on cirrus.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Is he right, Eggheads?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- Yes.- Yes, you are. You are right, Dave, well done.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Cirrus, so three out of three for you both.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Bit of tutting on the Challengers' side!
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Never easy. Never easy, is it?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09OK, Sudden Death for you as well, Bob.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Egghead versus the tax inspector.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Let's see who has the strength to carry on.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Which chemical element has the symbol V?
0:20:18 > 0:20:19V.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Oh, vanadium.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Vanadium is the right answer.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Phew! - Clever, wowee!
0:20:27 > 0:20:29That is good play, Bob!
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Where did that come from?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Somewhere deep down! - Well, well, well!
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Well, well, well.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37OK...
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Game on, as they say.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40This is for you, Dave.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43When used to describe a telescope,
0:20:43 > 0:20:48for what does the letter E stand in the abbreviation ELT?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49ELT. Extra lens...
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I'm just trying to think of something to do with the lens
0:20:52 > 0:20:56of a telescope and what the lens would be...
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Why would...
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Why would it have an E,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03so I'm struggling.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Erm... OK, extra.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Extra is your answer.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10You're very close, actually. A VLT is a very large telescope,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13an ELT is an extremely large telescope.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14So you got it wrong, Dave, I'm sorry.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Bob is in the final round, well done.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Well done, mate. - Well done, and just...
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Really good quizzing there, Bob.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23You took on an Egghead and you emerged triumphant,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25so you will be in the final.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30If you'd both come back to us, gentlemen, we'll play for £26,000.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Well, a lively game, and this is what we have been playing towards,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37it is time for the final round.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38As always, it's General Knowledge,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41but I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:41 > 0:21:42won't be allowed to take part -
0:21:42 > 0:21:45that's Charlotte, Lynne and Ivan from the Old Ilfordians,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49but also Dave, with the tremendous knowledge, from the Eggheads.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Please leave the studio.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Well, here's a little thing - when I talked about the team just now,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58I said you had a married couple and a couple who played badminton.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01We have lost the married couple and the couple who play badminton,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03but we have only lost three people, Eggheads.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I bet you can't work out why that is.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Because one person is married and plays badminton.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- That's the answer. - Have to be the only viable answer.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12That's the only question they haven't managed to answer yet.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Anyway, it leaves our two colleagues - as was, I know that's how you met -
0:22:16 > 0:22:21Bob and Crumpton, playing to win the Old Ilfordians £26,000.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Eggheads, you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27which is your reputation and to continue this roll you're on.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Can you get to 30?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33They're all going to be General Knowledge.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37You can confer with each other, gentlemen, so, Old Ilfordians,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39the question is, are your two brains
0:22:39 > 0:22:43able to take down these four Eggheads over here?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Bob, Crumpton - would you like to go first or second?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- Shall we go first? - Right, let's go first, please.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Here is your first question.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56General Knowledge. Good luck.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Which golf course hosted the 2015 Men's Open?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Is it...
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I haven't a clue.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12I think in 2015 it was held at...St Andrews.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- Are you happy with that? - You're the sportsperson.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- Go for it.- Right, we'll go for St Andrews, please.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Crumpton, you're right. St Andrews it is.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Well done.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Easy to come unstuck on the first question,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Eggheads, as we know.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27In pre-decimal UK currency,
0:23:27 > 0:23:31which coin was equal to two shillings and sixpence?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Was that...
0:23:35 > 0:23:36Carry on, old men!
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Are you happy with half a crown? - Half a crown.- Yes, half-crown.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41My grandfather for many years used
0:23:41 > 0:23:44to give me pocket money, which was half a crown,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46and he gave me the same amount of money for about 15 years!
0:23:46 > 0:23:48It was a half a crown.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Half a crown is the right answer, well done.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51When were you born, Lisa?
0:23:51 > 0:23:541980, considerably after the introduction of decimal currency.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57So you were minus nine?!
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- Was it '71? - You used to get... Yes.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01You used to get ten-pence coins with
0:24:01 > 0:24:04"two shillings" written on the back, so...there's no excuse.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Half-crown is correct, and of course we'd often say
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- you have to know stuff from before you were born.- Of course.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Exactly. OK.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16Which of these people appear in the 1952 Charlie Chaplin film Limelight?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22I'm not sure which of those comedians
0:24:22 > 0:24:23were still around at that time.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27- 1952.- I know Oliver Hardy...
0:24:27 > 0:24:29He was still around.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- He came with...Laurel... - Stan Laurel.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36..Stan Laurel, did tours of Britain and the world.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40I don't think Harold Lloyd was around at that time.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Or Buster Keaton. They go back a long, long way.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44- Yes.- Go Oliver Hardy?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Happy with Oliver Hardy?- Yeah.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49We'll go for Oliver Hardy, please.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Oliver Hardy is your answer.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Let's just check with the Eggheads, what do you think?- Buster Keaton.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Ooh.- Really? - I think.- Mm, I do, too.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Yeah, it was Buster Keaton.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Buster Keaton appeared with Charlie Chaplin...
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Your worry was that he was around later, or earlier?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04We thought it was too late for Buster Keaton.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Yeah, he was...- It was the only film they ever appeared in together.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Oh, really?
0:25:08 > 0:25:11He was alive until, what, 20 years ago?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- About that, yes.- Mm.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15OK, Eggs. Your question.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19In which business did the US billionaire Donald Trump
0:25:19 > 0:25:20mainly make his fortune?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- Everyone happy with property? - Property deals, yeah.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Property, I think. - Yes, I'm afraid Mr Trump was...
0:25:32 > 0:25:34We'll leave it as Mr Trump!
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Made his money in property.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Yes, the answer is property.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41I don't know where you were going with that! I'm afraid Mr Trump
0:25:41 > 0:25:46- is rich and silly.- Let's put it this way, I'm not one of his fans!
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Property is the right answer.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50That puts them ahead, 2-1,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53so you must get this one right to stay in.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55£26,000 is the jackpot.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00The word maven, meaning an expert or connoisseur,
0:26:00 > 0:26:01comes from which language?
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Is it...
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Can you spell that, please?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Of course - as expected, like raven,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10but with an "M". M-A-V-E-N.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Maven.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- I don't... - It doesn't sound Greek, does it?
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I've got a feeling for Hebrew. I really have no idea...
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I was erring towards that as well.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23For no particular reason.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25"Mah-ven", "may-ven".
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- We don't know. - Shall we go with Hebrew?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30We both thought the same, yeah.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32We're going to go for Hebrew, please.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Eggheads, are they right?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- Yes. Absolutely. - It is Hebrew.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Well done. Shame about that wrong answer, isn't it?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42But let's see what happens now.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Third question. If the Eggheads get this right, the contest is over.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Get it wrong, we go to Sudden Death.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52£26,000, very big jackpot.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56The boobrie, a mythical creature of the Scottish Highlands,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59is said to take what form?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Boobrie is a bird.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08It's spelt B-O-O-B-R-I-E.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- Yes. Boobrie. It's a bird. - I've got nothing on this one.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15I've nothing. I like the sound of Chris, but I've got nothing.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17You're on your own, but we'll go with it!
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- Yeah.- Well, I'm happy to go with that.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21It's not a fox, it's not a deer.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Well, three of us have never heard of it,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25but Chris seems certain that it's a bird
0:27:25 > 0:27:28and I'm not going to argue with him, so we'll go for bird.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Have you seen it, Chris?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32I haven't seen it, no, I've read about it.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33You sound pretty certain.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- Mm.- The boobrie is said to take the form of a bird.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Well done, Chris. - Well done, Chris,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42straight up with that, and we say congratulations, Eggheads -
0:27:42 > 0:27:43you have won.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I thought you were about to draw a blank there,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53and we were going to have a very interesting wrangle,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56but it didn't happen. They are fearsome at the moment.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- I know.- Catching them in this form is good jackpot-wise,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02but it's so hard to win, they're just holding on to that money.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06- I hope you've enjoyed it. - We have, thank you.- Very much. - Thanks so much for coming.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Commiserations to the Old Ilfordians.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them
0:28:10 > 0:28:12and this amazing winning streak continues.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15It does mean you won't be going home with the £26,000,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Eggheads, I say well done again, I'm almost tired of saying it.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25No-one will ever beat you, we now know that for sure.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- Ever.- No, we don't! - Join us next time...
0:28:27 > 0:28:29I'm trying to rattle them!
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Join us to see if a new team of Challengers have the brains
0:28:31 > 0:28:34to defeat the Eggheads in our next programme.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37There's going to be £27,000 in play.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Until then, goodbye.