0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33In fact, I think we'll say definitely,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36because you are on such a roll, Eggheads, are you not?
0:00:36 > 0:00:38- Yes...- Ish. - We've been on bigger rolls.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40You don't want to count any chickens, do you?
0:00:40 > 0:00:43And taking on the awesome might of our quiz goliaths today
0:00:43 > 0:00:46are Munching and Crunching from Fife.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50This team of friends all quiz at the Gilvenbank Hotel in Glenrothes.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Let's meet them.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hi, I'm Robyn, and I'm an anatomy research technician.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Andy, and I'm a health, safety and environmental engineer.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hi, I'm Ross, and I'm a compliance specialist.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Hi, I'm John, I'm a retired maths teacher.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Hi, I'm Barry, and I'm a hypnotherapist and fire walk instructor.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12- So, Robyn and team, welcome. Good to see you.- Hello!
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Looking forward to this?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- Yes.- Yes!- Good.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Munching and Crunching, Robyn, explain this brilliant team name?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22We all quiz together, usually on separate teams on a Sunday night.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Ross is our quizmaster.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Usually, for the consolation prize, he announces it as,
0:01:28 > 0:01:30"Munching and crunching, doing the chewing,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33"chomping cheese and onion," as the losing team wins the crisps.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Oh, I see, so the losing team get a bag of crisps,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38and they're going to be munching and crunching their way home.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Coming in with high hopes.- Well, I hope that doesn't happen to you.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44This is bad, though, because we had a team who had a similar policy
0:01:44 > 0:01:47of giving out baked beans to the losing team. And if I recall correctly, they beat us.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50They did beat you, I remember that.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Every day there is £1,000 of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59that prize money rolls over to our next show.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Now, Munching and Crunching,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I can tell you that the Eggheads have not eaten any crisps
0:02:04 > 0:02:08for a while, because they've won the last 27 games.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11That means £28,000 is here to be won tonight.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14The first head-to-head battle, if we want get cracking,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16is on the subject of History.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Who would like History?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- John.- That's yours, John.- Yeah, looks like me.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- John, were you a history teacher? - No, I was a maths teacher.- OK.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- But history is a subject you like? - Yeah.- Good.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- It's the one I've been stuck with, anyway.- John, choose an Egghead.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30All five of them are available.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Lisa? Yeah, Lisa.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Fine. So it's John, from Munching and Crunching,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40versus Lisa from the Eggheads. With the history degree.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Half a history degree. - Half a history degree.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- And the other half was...? - English.- English.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45To ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:45 > 0:02:49would you please take your positions in the Question Room?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51OK, History we're on, John.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Would you like to go first or second?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I'll go first and get it over and done with.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59And here is your first question.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Now long defunct, the term groat can refer to a type of what?
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Is it...
0:03:07 > 0:03:09It's a coin.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Straight there.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12It's a coin, you're right.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15OK, Lisa.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20For many years, up until 1801, English and then British monarchs
0:03:20 > 0:03:24were also described as being King or Queen of which other country?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Not aware we've ever been allowed to be associated with the
0:03:31 > 0:03:35monarchies of Austria and Sweden, so I guess it must be France.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36France is quite right.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Back to you, John, with your question.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46Which figure led the British forces into battle at Dettingen in 1743?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51It's...
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Unlikely to be the Archbishop of Canterbury.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57And I can't see it being the Prime Minister.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00So, presumably, the King.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- By elimination...- By default.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Yes, by default or whatever, it's the King. The King is right.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06But we need some details.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Do you know who the battle was with, or who the King was?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10I'm not even going to embarrass myself by saying.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I don't know. Anyone here help us?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14George II.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17The last British king to lead his troops in battle.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19OK, didn't realise that. And Dettingen was what?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21It's in Germany somewhere.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23It was against the French.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25War of the Austrian Succession.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28OK, John, it was the War of the Austrian Succession, says Kevin.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And George II was the last king to lead his troops into battle.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- They're good, aren't they! - I'll try and remember that.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37They're very good.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40OK, Lisa, which German is credited with designing
0:04:40 > 0:04:44the Bf 109 aircraft that took part in the Battle of Britain?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Right, I think they used to refer to them, actually, as 109s,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56and I think there may have been some 110s in there.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59A Junker was a bomber.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I think it would be Willy Messerschmitt.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Yes, it is Willy Messerschmitt, well done.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07On to you, John. Third question can be crucial.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10What was the name of the Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister
0:05:10 > 0:05:15who's alleged to have been murdered by Communists in 1948?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Was this...?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I think that's Jan Masaryk.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Because I've never heard of either of the other two.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31It is Jan Masaryk, well done.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32You've got three out of three.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Very to the point, purposeful.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Over to you, Lisa.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40What was the name of the son of George III who's often thought to be
0:05:40 > 0:05:44the Grand Old Duke of York of the nursery rhyme?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Is it...?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Oh, goodness.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I'll go for Frederick.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And why so?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57It just sounds the most Germanic of them.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I haven't really got a particularly good reasoning for this.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Frederick is right.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04OK, Sudden Death we go to, John.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08And you know what happens here - I don't give you alternative answers.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11What two-syllable word, meaning lightning war,
0:06:11 > 0:06:15is given to the German bombing of the UK during World War II?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17That would be Blitzkrieg.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Blitzkrieg is correct.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Lisa, in the 1930s, the fascist followers of Oswald Mosley
0:06:26 > 0:06:29were known for wearing shirts of which colour?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Do you know what, this is the sort of question
0:06:31 > 0:06:35that should instantly snap back to you.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36And I'm now paranoid,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40because I can't remember whether it's Blackshirts or Brownshirts.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Let's see. If somebody had said to me...
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Blackshirts or Brownshirts, what would I have said straightaway,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50given no other time to answer?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Blackshirts. Black.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Black is right.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Still level. Back to you, John.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01In which year during World War I did the RMS Lusitania ocean liner sink
0:07:01 > 0:07:03after being hit by a German torpedo?
0:07:03 > 0:07:07That's going to be somewhere between 1914 in 1918.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12What do the Eggheads say, go straight down the middle?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15So that'll be 1916.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It's almost a multiple choice, this one, isn't it!
0:07:17 > 0:07:20No, it's 1915. SIGHS
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Lisa, your chance for the round.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26In 1549, the city of Salvador was founded as the capital
0:07:26 > 0:07:28of which Portuguese colony?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Portuguese colony?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I wonder how many of them there were knocking around at the time?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Shall I try Brazil?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39For the round, the answer is Brazil, you've got it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Well done, Lisa.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Ooh, tight play.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45John, sorry, you've been knocked out. Lisa will be in the final and not you.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Please, both of you, return and join your teams and we'll play on.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53As it stands, Munching and Crunching have lost a brain,
0:07:53 > 0:07:56but the brain fought hard, John, well done.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Eggheads have still got all five,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00and let's move to our next subject, which is Music.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02So, who would like Music?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Between Barry and Andy, I guess.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Barry or Andy?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- I'll take that one.- OK.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Barry on Music. OK, against which Egghead, Barry?
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Obviously can't be Lisa.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Pat, please.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16All right, so Barry from Munching and Crunching
0:08:16 > 0:08:18is going to play Pat from the Eggheads.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22And the subject is Music, and please go to the Question Room now.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Barry, did I hear right that you introduced yourself as a fire walker?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Absolutely, yes. A fire walk instructor.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31And that's about confidence training, is it?
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Yes, empowerment for people of all ages and backgrounds.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- And is there any magic involved in fire walking?- None at all.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42It's all about being present in the moment and being in the right state.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- So as long as you move quick enough, you're not going to get burned? - Absolutely, yes.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I tell people, once they get on the coals,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49when it feels hot, keep moving until it feels cold.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I'm sure I've seen people, maybe in India or something,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55who seem to spend an awfully long time standing on them?
0:08:55 > 0:08:56But are they still moving?
0:08:56 > 0:09:00They are moving, but there is also a technique called fire standing,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03which can be anything up to ten or 15 minutes standing on the coals.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Which is only for very advanced instructors, obviously.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08But how would you do that? By wrinkling your feet up?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10No, it's all about the state of mind.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13There is a little bit of science, but a lot of it is state of mind.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15That's amazing.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Pat, have you ever looked at fire walking as a possible hobby?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21It hasn't crossed my mind. Not even for a moment.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24I could do fire running. I'd be happy with that.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26If you could just run in one side and out the other.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28It's more dangerous to run than it is to walk.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- Oh, yeah, because people fall over!- Yeah.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33OK, Barry, Music it is, and would you like to go first or second?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34I'd like to go first, please.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43So your first question is this. According to the lyrics of the Beach Boys song,
0:09:43 > 0:09:47"I'm picking up good vibrations, she's giving me the..."
0:09:47 > 0:09:48What?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Now, although the Beach Boys were a little before my time,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I have listened to quite a bit of their stuff.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I like the whole idea of surfing and the beach.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06And I'm quite confident that this one is excitations.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09"She's giving me the excitations", that's right.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Pat, what nationality was the disco singer Donna Summer?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I'm pretty sure she's American.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21I'm trying to remember where she was actually born.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Definitely not British, and I don't think she was French.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26She was American.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Yeah, I should have called her Donna Summeur.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32She's American. She is not French. Or British.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Barry the fire walker - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page have,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40at various times, served as guitarists for which band?
0:10:46 > 0:10:51I'm certain that Eric Clapton, at one point, was in the Yardbirds.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Not being overly familiar with the line-up of the other two,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56I am going to go with the Yardbirds.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00The Yardbirds is right. Good stuff.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01OK, back to you, Pat.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Johann Sebastian Bach wrote over 200 examples of which
0:11:05 > 0:11:07type of musical work, some now lost?
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Well, neither the symphony nor the waltz were really
0:11:16 > 0:11:20relevant types in his period of history.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24But he was commissioned by his employers to write many sequences
0:11:24 > 0:11:30of cantatas to be sung at various dates during the liturgical year.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35I think they reckon a great many were completely lost,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37but they are cantatas.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Cantata is quite right.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Third question for you, Barry.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Which artist gave her 2015 major-label debut album
0:11:45 > 0:11:47the title "Title"?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Is that...
0:11:52 > 0:11:542015 debut album?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00The only one I'm fairly confident that has debuted that recently is
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Meghan Trainor, so that will be the one I go with. Meghan Trainor.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Meghan Trainor is the right answer.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09OK, Pat, your question now to stay in.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11On the edge, Egg.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Which band, who found fame in the 1990s,
0:12:14 > 0:12:20released an album called Bloodsports in 2013?
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Was this...?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27My first inclination is that it's Suede.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32I remember them going back on tour after a long period of being
0:12:32 > 0:12:33pretty much inactive.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38I think I'll have to go with Suede.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Suede is the right answer. So three points each to both of you again!
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Goodness me, what a tight contest this is.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- OK, Barry, we go to Sudden Death. You know the form?- Yep.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I don't give you alternatives. Here we go.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51What was the surname of Booker T,
0:12:51 > 0:12:55leader of the R&B band Booker T and the MGs?
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I'm going to assume the T is the initial of the surname,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and I'm going to have to take a bit of a guess.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I am going to go with Thomas.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Yeah, I can completely follow the logic, but you're wrong, it's Jones.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Booker T Jones.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Pat, for the round.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17In which city did the composer Handel die in 1759?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21He was born in 1685 in Halle.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26But I think, fairly early on, he decamped to London.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29I even suspect that he's buried
0:13:29 > 0:13:32in either St Paul's or Westminster Abbey.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I think I'll have to say London.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37The answer is that Handel did die in London. Well done, Pat.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Sudden Death, you've won.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Sorry, Barry, second challenger to be knocked out.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Got to turn it around soon, team.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Come back and we'll play on.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52So Munching and Crunching have lost two brains now from the final round,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54but it's not over, not by any means.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57In fact, the very last team were in exactly this position
0:13:57 > 0:14:00and almost took you to the cleaners.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02The next subject is Geography.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Who would like this? Geography?
0:14:04 > 0:14:05- Shall I do it?- Yeah, go on.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- I'm going to do it, Jeremy. - OK, Robyn, on Geography.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Against which Egghead?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12It's got to be Chris or Dave or Kevin.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I'd like to play against Kevin.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Kevin, please.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Ha-ha, I can tell you watch the show.- I'm a big fan.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Robyn, from Munching and Crunching,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22is going to take on Kevin, from the Eggheads.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25And please go to our Question Room now.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29OK, good luck in this round, Geography.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33And you're against Kevin, who is, I may say, quite good.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35But you'll know that because I know you watch, Robyn.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- So would you like to go first or second? - I'd like to go first, please.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44And here we go with your first question. Good luck.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48The town of Coleraine is in which part of the UK? Is it...?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Well, that narrows it down. It's not Scotland!
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Which is where most of my Geography knowledge is.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I am going to go with Wales.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06It's actually Northern Ireland.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08So, let's see if Kevin can get this one right.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Which of these countries has a coastline on the South China Sea?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19That is the Philippines.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21The Philippines is the right answer.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Back to you, Robyn.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Which of these Mediterranean islands is furthest north?
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Is it...?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I'm afraid this is going to have to be a total guess.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36But I'm going to go with Corsica.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Yeah, you're bang on, well done. Corsica it is.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Kevin, over to you.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45The resort of Southsea lies within which city?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Not so very far from me, actually. It's in Portsmouth.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55You're right, it is Portsmouth. So you've got two.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Robyn, you've got one, you need to get this one right.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01What is the meaning of Tarbert, or Tarbet?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03The name of several places in Scotland.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Including the main port of the Isle of Harris,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08a fishing town at the northern tip of Kintyre,
0:16:08 > 0:16:12and a village on Loch Lomond.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Does it mean...?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17And, Tarbert, you'll know this,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19is spelt either T-A-R-B-E-R-T
0:16:19 > 0:16:22or T-A-R-B-E-T.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I know how it's spelt, but I don't know what it is.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29I will go with...
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Cliff.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Let's see if Kevin knows this, Kevin?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35It's isthmus.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Allegedly because it was a crossing point where Vikings,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42for instance, would carry their boats across...
0:16:42 > 0:16:45They'd find the narrowest stretch of land
0:16:45 > 0:16:47and then carry their boats across.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50And that obviously fits, if you...
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Tarbert, on Harris, is at a very narrow neck of land.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56So is the one...
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Which was the second one you mentioned there?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01The main port on Harris,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04fishing town on the northern tip of Kintyre?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Yes, that's right, because, again, there's
0:17:06 > 0:17:07a very narrow neck of land there.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11So meaning almost a tiny peninsula, is that right?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Not really a peninsula, it might be at the top of the peninsula,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16but it's the narrowest bit of land
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- were you don't have to carry the boat so far.- I see.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22So the shortest distance you can carry a boat,
0:17:22 > 0:17:23get back on to water again.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26OK, fascinating, Kevin. Thanks for that.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27The answer is isthmus.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Robyn, sorry, you got it wrong.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32No way back to you. You've been knocked out by Kevin.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35And he will be in the final round.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Do come back, and we'll play one more round before the final.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Munching and Crunching have lost three brains from the final round.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47The Eggheads have still got five. And they are playing well.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50In mitigation, they're playing well, that's why they've won so many games in a row.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52The next subject is Arts & Books.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53So who would like this?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Andy or Ross?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I'll give it a stab, but I won't be very good.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Well, there's not much choice, so you're going.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01LAUGHTER
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Ordered into combat, Andy!
0:18:03 > 0:18:06And you can take either Dave or Chris with you.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Dave or Chris?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Chris.- Yep, Chris.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12OK, so it's Andy from Munching and Crunching,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14and he's going to go against Chris from...
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Where are you from? Crewe?- Crewe.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Yeah.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19To ensure there's no... LAUGHS
0:18:19 > 0:18:21To ensure there's no conferring,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29So, Arts & Books, Andy - I know, not your choice, perhaps.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- But you've been placed into the cannon here.- Absolutely.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34So would you like to go first or second?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38It doesn't seem to have worked so far for us, but I think I'll still go first.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42All right, good luck.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47What was the real name, Andy, of the writer known as Mark Twain?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Was he...?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Yeah...
0:18:57 > 0:19:00The Mark Twain thing, I believe, comes from when they were
0:19:00 > 0:19:03throwing ropes off the end of ships,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06or, rather, river cruisers.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09And Mark Twain means three marks, or something like that.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12But it was, I believe, Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Samuel Langhorne Clemens is the right answer. Well done.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Over to you, Chris.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Which term refers to an assembly of images related to each other
0:19:21 > 0:19:24to create a single work of art?
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Is that...?
0:19:28 > 0:19:29That is a montage, Jeremy.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Montage is quite right.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Andy, the writer Elmore Leonard became best known
0:19:35 > 0:19:37for which genre of fiction?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44I think it was Elmore Leonard that wrote LA Confidential, wasn't it?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46So that would be crime, I think.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Crime is the right answer.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Actually, it was James Ellroy who wrote LA Confidential.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Chris, over to you.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54The Oxford Bar,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58which achieved literary fame as the pub of choice for the fictional
0:19:58 > 0:20:03detective John Rebus, is an actual pub in which British city?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Well, Rebus hangs out in Edinburgh, doesn't he?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11He's an Edinburgh detective, so it must be Edinburgh.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Edinburgh is quite right.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15OK, Andy, your third question.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19The artist Paul Gauguin died in Atuona,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21on the island of Hiva Oa,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25part of which island group in the South Pacific?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Is it...
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Hmm, tough one. Don't know the answer to this.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Let's have a think about it.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Marquesas Islands, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I'm going to go straight down the middle and say the Windward Islands.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Sure. Now, we all associate Gauguin with Tahiti,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51and I was expecting Tahiti to be here.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Eggheads, can you help us out here, do you know the answer?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- It's Marquesas. - Kevin says Marquesas,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58is that in Tahiti or not?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00No, it's a separate group of islands.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Cos he had two separate trips to the South Seas.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Initially he was in Tahiti, then he went back to France for a while,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08and then he went back to the Marquesas.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11OK, so he was in the Marquesas, Andy, sorry.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13You've got two out of three there.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Chris can take the round.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Chris, your third question.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Nora Roberts, the author of more than 200 novels,
0:21:20 > 0:21:21was born in which country?
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Well, it's a good Welsh name, so I'll hazard a guess at Wales.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34No, the guess is wrong, it's taken you astray. It's United States.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Nora Roberts was from the USA. So we go to Sudden Death.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Andy, you've seen this happen already.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Let's see if we can get a different result this time for your team.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man is a work by which author,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48well-known as a war poet?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52The only two war poets I can think of are
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Which one?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I'm going to go for Wilfred Owen.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Siegfried Sassoon is the answer.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04And I guess, I don't know,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07thinking about this, you would be better at this than me,
0:22:07 > 0:22:11maybe Wilfred Owen was so traumatised by war he wasn't able to get back to fox-hunting...?
0:22:11 > 0:22:15He was killed right at the end of the war. Literally the last... Yeah.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18So Sassoon got out of the war and was able to live again?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20OK, Chris.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Which Italian name meaning little dyer, as he was the son of a dyer,
0:22:25 > 0:22:32was given to the artist born Jacopo Robusti in Venice in 1518?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34He was known as Tintoretto.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36He was. Little dyer, Tintoretto, well done.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39You've taken it, Sudden Death, and you're in the final.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41And it's bad news for our challengers.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43But it is not over. And there's a very big jackpot
0:22:43 > 0:22:46to play for in our final round, so please come back and we'll do it.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50So, this is what we've been playing towards.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52It is time for the final round, which, as always,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54is General Knowledge.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:56 > 0:22:57won't be allowed to take part.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00So that's Robyn, Andy, John and Barry,
0:23:00 > 0:23:01from Munching and Crunching.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Would you please now leave the studio?
0:23:05 > 0:23:10Ross, you are playing to win Munching and Crunching £28,000.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Your colleagues are watching, and they are excited for you,
0:23:13 > 0:23:14I can tell.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Eggheads, you are playing for something money can't buy,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20which is your reputation, and to continue this amazing streak.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24This time they're all General Knowledge.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26I normally say you can confer,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29but obviously not useful to you, where you are.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33But, Ross, the question is, can you, with your one brain, defeat these five?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- And would you like to go first or second?- I'll go first, please.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42So, good luck, and it's General Knowledge,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45and it's our final round, for £28,000.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Omicron is the 15th letter of which alphabet?
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Yeah, I don't think it's Hebrew or Russian, I think it's Greek.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03It is Greek, well done. That is not an easy question.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04OK, Eggheads.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Heathery (In) and Heathery (Out)
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and Cartgate (In) and Cartgate (Out)
0:24:09 > 0:24:12are features of which sporting venue?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- It sounds like St Andrews. - It does sound like St Andrews.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21They have double greens, so you can play them on the way up
0:24:21 > 0:24:23or play them on the way back?.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- It sounds like that. - Heathery sounds appropriate.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28I think I've heard of Cartgate as well.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- But I'm not 100%. - Just ask this again,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34can we have the question again, please?
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Heathery (In) and Heathery (Out) and Cartgate (In) and Cartgate (Out)
0:24:39 > 0:24:42are features of which sporting venue?
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Out and in is, because you've got the front nine out. In and out.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- I'm not certain. - I'm not certain at all, no.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- I think it's the one to go for. - St Andrews seems like a good bet.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Chris, you happy with that? - I'm happy with St Andrews, yeah.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57The heather.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02We're not sure, but we're going to go for St Andrews, Jeremy, please.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Right, Dave.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Wondering if I was hearing you unravel on question one there!
0:25:06 > 0:25:10But you've got it right, St Andrews it is, and heathery,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12yeah, that does take you there.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14OK.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16See, they're not invincible, Ross.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Your second question.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24The New Horizons space probe that performed a flyby of Pluto in 2015
0:25:24 > 0:25:26was launched in which year?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I think...
0:25:36 > 0:25:37..it was 2006.
0:25:38 > 0:25:422006 is the correct answer.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Playing for £28,000.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46We've got a quizzer here.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48I can see you're suddenly realising that, Eggheads.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Your second question.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55In 2011, who became the first woman to be
0:25:55 > 0:25:58head of the International Monetary Fund?
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Was it...?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- It's Christine Lagarde. - Christine Lagarde, we all happy?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Yeah, there's no...
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Christine Lagarde, isn't it?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13We all happy?
0:26:13 > 0:26:17That's Christine Lagarde, please, Jeremy.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Christine Lagarde is the right answer.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22OK, third question, £28,000.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27Get this right and all you have to do is wait.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28And watch.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30But you've got to get this right first.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34In 2005, Wayne Eagling became artistic director
0:26:34 > 0:26:36of which organisation?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45What was the name again, please?
0:26:45 > 0:26:49His name is Wayne Eagling, which is E-A-G-L-I-N-G.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53I have no idea.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I'll need to have a guess, I'll go straight down the middle,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Royal Shakespeare Company.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Royal Shakespeare Company is your answer.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Let me check with the Eggheads, do you know?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- It's the ENB, the ballet. - The National Ballet.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07English National Ballet.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09So you've got it wrong. You've got two out of three, Ross.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12You played well, but is it well enough to stay in?
0:27:12 > 0:27:15If the Eggheads get this right, the contest is over.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19And the £28,000 is moved to the next game.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26The Kikuyu is the largest ethnic group in which African country?
0:27:26 > 0:27:27Kenya.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Is it...?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35- We're all happy with Kenya?- Yep. - We're all happy with Kenya, yeah?
0:27:35 > 0:27:40We believe that to be Kenya, please, Jeremy.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I heard someone say Kenya before I'd even read the options,
0:27:42 > 0:27:46so you do seem to be quite certain. You didn't take much time over that.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48- I'm sensing you probably know this, Ross?- Yeah, it's Kenya.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51So I will put you out of your misery, the answer is Kenya.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54And we say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Well, you held the fort well there at the end,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05after the rout that went before. I hoped you enjoyed it.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08I did, I did, it was thoroughly enjoyable, thank you.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Interesting bits of knowledge coming out here and there.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14We don't have any crisps, unfortunately,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16so no munching and crunching on your way home.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19But there we are, the Eggheads have done what comes naturally.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Felt quite natural today.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23And this major winning streak you're on continues.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26It does mean that you won't be going home with the £28,000.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29We take the money, we roll it over to the next show.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Join us next time to see if the new team of challengers
0:28:35 > 0:28:37have the brains to bring them down.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40£29,000 says they don't.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42I'm wondering if we might even get to 30?
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Until then, goodbye.