0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 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 > 0:00:24Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Here they are, the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33And building back, aren't we, Eggheads?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- ALL:- Yes.- Yeah, very confident.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths
0:00:38 > 0:00:40are The Balding Eagles from Lancashire.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Now, this team of friends
0:00:41 > 0:00:43have known each other for over 12 years
0:00:43 > 0:00:48and regularly quiz together at the Healy Hotel in Rochdale.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Let's meet them.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Hi, I'm Zahir. I'm an operations manager.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi. I'm Imran and I'm a store manager.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Hello. I'm Derrick.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57I'm a landscape gardener.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hi. I'm Glynn and I'm an operations manager.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Hello. I'm Darren and I'm a police officer.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04So, Zahir, team, welcome.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Good to see you.- Thank you.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Tell us about the name, The Balding Eagles. What's that?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Right, OK, well, as you can see from some of us,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14unfortunately, our hairlines may be receding slightly,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16so it's got nothing to do with symbols of freedom
0:01:16 > 0:01:18or anything like that, unfortunately.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19It's just to do with old age, really.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22The Healy Hotel I mentioned, and that's where you quiz, right?
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Correct, yeah. So, we tend to do that weekly,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28and, yeah, we've had some success.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And what is it about quizzing that you enjoy?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33I think we're all pretty competitive.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36I think we all work in pretty competitive industries as well,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39so it's just a chance for us to put our wits, really,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42against like-minded people, and who better than the Eggheads?
0:01:42 > 0:01:43OK. Well, good luck here.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Every day there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:01:46 > 0:01:49for our Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54So, Balding Eagles, the Eggheads have won the last two games,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57which means £3,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Would you like to have a go?
0:01:59 > 0:02:00- Yes.- Absolutely.- All right.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Arts & Books.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Who would like this?
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- Does anybody have a passion to go on for Arts & Books?- No.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- I'm not good at Arts & Books. - Derrick, do you fancy doing it?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- I'll do it, then.- Yeah. Fantastic.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- Derrick has kindly volunteered. - Derrick, OK.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Against which Egghead, Derrick? Who looks unread?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- THEY LAUGH - Ah, that's a good question.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Uh, I'd like to go up against Dave, please.- Very good.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Derrick from The Balding Eagles versus Tremendous Knowledge Dave,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31as we call him, from the Eggheads,
0:02:31 > 0:02:32and to ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38OK, Derrick. Arts & Books.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41And your choice, would you like to go first or second?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I'd like to go first, please.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Good luck. Which of these paintings features a large seashell?
0:02:55 > 0:02:56I would say The Scream.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02No, there's no seashell in The Scream, I don't think.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- It is The Birth Of Venus.- Hm.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Dave, your question.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Which of these authors has set much of his fiction in Scotland?
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I don't think it's Martin Amis, I don't think it's Salman Rushdie.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Books like Trainspotting
0:03:22 > 0:03:25are written in Edinburgh jargon, I believe.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Irvine Welsh.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Irvine Welsh is correct.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Back to you, Derrick.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Which of these literary works
0:03:32 > 0:03:34centres around a character with the name Pooter?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I would say The Diary Of A Nobody.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Yes. That is the right answer, Derrick. Well done.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46The Diary Of A Nobody.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53Dave, the author Erskine Childers was executed by firing squad
0:03:53 > 0:03:55during which country's civil war?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01I'm not happy with this question at all,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04and I'll explain why.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Because I know Erskine Childers is Irish.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11But an Irish Civil War?
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Hmm.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Really not happy with this question at all,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21cos I can't see a reason why he'd be executed in Ireland
0:04:21 > 0:04:23for a civil war.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Have I over thought this?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Because he could've served in the International Brigade in Spain.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36But why would he be...? Yeah, he could've done, to be honest.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Really not happy with this at all.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40I'm going to go against my basic instinct
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and go for Spain in the Spanish Civil War,
0:04:43 > 0:04:48but it's really with a lot of doubts because I think the author is Irish.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Yeah, Ireland is the answer, Dave. - Yeah.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Back to you, Derrick.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58Kevin Elyot's Olivier Award-winning 1995 stage comedy
0:04:58 > 0:05:01is entitled My Night With WHOM?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Maud, Norman or Reg.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Not sure really. I think I would have to go with Maud.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Do you know this one, Dave?- No.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I would've gone My Night With Reg myself,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19but I don't know the answer.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Reg is the answer. It's Reg.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24OK, so, third question to Dave,
0:05:24 > 0:05:25and, Dave, if you get this one right,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27you're in the final round.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Which of these artists witnessed the Houses of Parliament on fire
0:05:30 > 0:05:34in 1834 and painted several famous pictures of the scene?
0:05:40 > 0:05:41I do like...
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I'm going to go with what my instinct was.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I'm going to go JMW Turner.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Yes, JMW Turner is the right answer. Well done, Dave. You've got it.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53You've won the round, and Derrick, sorry,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56you've been beaten by our Egghead there and knocked out.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58But it's early on in the contest.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Come back to us and we'll see what happens next.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03So, we had a bit of a problem there
0:06:03 > 0:06:05over the Irish Civil War reference, Dave,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08and I understand that because, let me ask you, Kevin,
0:06:08 > 0:06:12we all think of Ireland as having basically ejected the British,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- and you wouldn't call that a civil war.- No.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17No, that was revolution, rebellion, whatever you want to call it,
0:06:17 > 0:06:21but after the treaty was concluded between Britain
0:06:21 > 0:06:25and the new Irish government at the end of 1922,
0:06:25 > 0:06:27it was basically one of those deals
0:06:27 > 0:06:30where everybody settled for the best they could get.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32But there was still constitutional arrangements
0:06:32 > 0:06:38in place which, to a degree, tied Ireland still to Britain.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Most of the previously anti-British forces
0:06:41 > 0:06:44were willing to be pragmatic and to accept the new arrangements,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46and they formed the government,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50but there was this die-hard contingent.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54They were the anti-treaty forces. The government were the pro-treaty.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Childers was part of the anti-treaty forces,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59one of the die-hards,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01and he was such a high-profile person
0:07:01 > 0:07:04that he was eventually shot by firing squad
0:07:04 > 0:07:07on trumped-up charges relating to carrying an illegal weapon
0:07:07 > 0:07:08sort of thing.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- But it was a nasty conflict. - How about that, Dave? Interesting.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12- Yeah, it is interesting. Yeah.- Yeah.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Good. OK. So, there we are. One round down.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16The Balding Eagles have lost a brain.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19The Eggheads are still intact and we move onto our next subject,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21which is Geography.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Who would like this?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25OK, so, I think we've got a few people who are strong on Geography.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- I'm happy to go for Geography, if you want.- Do you want to?- Yeah.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Happy to go for it. Yeah.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31OK, I think Glynn is going to take Geography for us.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Very good. So, Glynn, our operations manager from Rochdale, against who?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I will take on Barry, please. I'd like to take on Barry.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44So, Glynn from The Balding Eagles versus Barry the Brain
0:07:44 > 0:07:45from the Eggheads.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48And to ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53So, you've done a bit of travelling, I gather, Glynn?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Yeah, absolutely.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I was fortunate enough to live in Australia for three years,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59which was very nice, up in Queensland in Brisbane.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02OK, well, this sometimes goes to the most well-travelled person.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Sometimes it doesn't. Let's see. Geography, Glynn.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Would you like to go first or second?- I'll go first.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12So, here is your first question.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15The peninsula called the Isle of Portland
0:08:15 > 0:08:17extends into which body of water?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Um, tough question.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I was hoping something...
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Portland, Portland Timbers,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31something American was going to come up.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35For some reason, I don't think it's the English Channel
0:08:35 > 0:08:40or the Irish Sea, so I'm going to go with the Firth of Forth.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42OK, so, you think it's in Scotland.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44It's actually quite a long way away.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45It's down...
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- I was thinking it was Dorset. Is that right?- It is, yeah.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- Just south of Weymouth. - South of Weymouth.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- English Channel is the answer.- OK.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Barry, to take the lead,
0:08:55 > 0:08:58which of these towns is a resort on the French Riviera?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- HE LAUGHS - Yes.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08I think Brest is on the western coast of France
0:09:08 > 0:09:10and I think Dieppe is in the north,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13but St Tropez is most definitely on the Riviera.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15St Tropez is. You're right. You've gone ahead.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Back to you, Glynn.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21The Snowy River rises in the Snowy Mountains of Australia
0:09:21 > 0:09:23and flows into which body of water?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Um, I'm not 100% sure again, to be honest.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Living there for a while,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38I thought I would've known something about this.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40The Bass Strait, for some reason...
0:09:44 > 0:09:46..for some reason kind of stands out to me,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48but Atlantic Ocean as well is...
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Stuck between the two of them.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I'm going to go with the Bass Strait.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Yeah, you've got it right. Well done, Glynn.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Nicely done. Not easy.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Barry, the peaks of Whernside,
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Pen-y-ghent and Ingleborough are in which national park?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08HE LAUGHS
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Well, if I get this wrong, I can never go home again
0:10:13 > 0:10:16because they're the three peaks of the Yorkshire Dales.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Yes, they are.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- That's quite near you, is it? - Very near me indeed.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21You go walking there sometimes?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24I've been up all three of them at some time in my life.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Yorkshire Dales is the right answer.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28So, you need to get this right, Glynn,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31cos of that costly first error.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34The city of Sana is one of the largest
0:10:34 > 0:10:36in which Middle East country?
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Um...
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Again, one that I'm not 100% sure...
0:10:47 > 0:10:49on which answer.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51There's nothing that's standing out to me.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I'm going to go with Yemen.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Yemen is right.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Very good.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Is it the capital, Barry, or not?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Yes, I think it is. - I thought it was.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05There's certainly been some trouble there.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08It's full of the most wonderful medieval high-rise buildings.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Really?- Yes. It's a delight to see.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14So, if you get this right, Barry, you're in the final round.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18The Ninetyeast Ridge... It's all one word, Ninetyeast.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23..is 3,100 miles long and is part of the floor of which ocean?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Oh, I've never heard of this.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33So, the Ninetyeast Ridge.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I'm guessing that's a reference to longitude.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40So, if you're going 90 east from Greenwich...
0:11:42 > 0:11:45..it can't be as far as the Pacific Ocean.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46I'll have to go for the Indian Ocean,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48based on the longitude.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50You're right, Barry. Well done. It's Indian Ocean.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Sorry, Glynn. You've been knocked out. Barry's very good.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- We didn't even have a Japan question, Barry.- They'll come.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58You still went through, three out of three. Good stuff.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01But difficult now for our Challengers,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04so come back and play the next round.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Not yet a crisis for The Balding Eagles,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10but getting a little bit sticky, isn't it?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Yes.- Yeah.- And time to...
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Well, you're eagles. You can swoop and drag them away.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18You've lost two brains from the final round.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20The Eggheads have not lost one yet.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22The next subject is Film & TV.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Who would like this?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I think that's your specialist subject.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27- I think Imran, yeah.- Yeah?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Uh, OK, Jeremy, I think we're going to select Imran.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- Imran.- I'll go with that, yeah.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Which Egghead would you like, Imran?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35You can have any of the three nearest me.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36I think we'll go with Judith.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Imran from The Balding Eagles versus Judith from The Eggheads.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Film & TV the subject,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43and please go through to our Question Room now.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Imran, Film & TV. Three questions.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Would you like to go first or second?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51I'll go first, please.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Here we go.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Which of these TV programmes is a science documentary series
0:12:59 > 0:13:01that started in 1964?
0:13:06 > 0:13:07It's definitely not Panorama.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10That's more current affairs, I'd say.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Omnibus I'm a bit iffy about,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16but Horizon, I think...
0:13:16 > 0:13:18that's the one that's striking the chord.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Hmm.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24I'd have to go with Horizon.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Well done. Horizon it is. Yeah. Still going.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29OK, Judith, your question.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Which of her Strictly Come Dancing colleagues did dancer Karen Hauer
0:13:33 > 0:13:35marry in July 2015?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I can't visualise her...
0:13:42 > 0:13:44or any of them.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I can visualise Brendan Cole
0:13:46 > 0:13:48cos he's the one who makes trouble, isn't it?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Anyway, answers back a bit.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I can't remember the other two.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Karen and Robin Windsor.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Karen, Kevin, Karen, Kevin Clifton.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02It's impossible to say "Karen and Kevin Clifton."
0:14:02 > 0:14:05I'm going to say Robin Windsor.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07OK. That's...
0:14:07 > 0:14:08It's easier to say.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Well, it's an approach we haven't seen you use before,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15which is that if the two names combined make a tongue twister,
0:14:15 > 0:14:16it can't be the right answer.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- Well, it might be true.- It's true.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20They might have been put off each other by the letters
0:14:20 > 0:14:22that begin their first names.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25That's true. It's not what happened. It is Karen and Kevin.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27THEY LAUGH
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Karen Hauer married Kevin Clifton.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33So, you're in the lead.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Imran, here's your question.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Which actress played Miss Havisham
0:14:37 > 0:14:42in the 2011 BBC adaptation of Great Expectations?
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Both Kim Cattrall and Gillian Anderson, Americans,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54and I don't remember them being in any adaptation.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58This is a guess, unfortunately,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00but through process of elimination
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I guess I'd have to go with Elizabeth McGovern.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06It's not. It's Gillian Anderson, actually.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07I'm sorry.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Judith, your question.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Which actor spoke the line
0:15:10 > 0:15:15"Young fella, if you're looking for trouble, I'll accommodate ya"
0:15:15 > 0:15:17in a 1969 film?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24It sounds an awfully John Wayne kind of remark.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30I think I'm going to say John Wayne. It's the sort of thing he would say.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34John Wayne is the right answer. Well done.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36OK, Imran,
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Wally Pfister has been Oscar-nominated
0:15:40 > 0:15:42on a number of occasions in which field?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49This one again, it's going to have to be a bit of a guess here.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50The name does ring a bell.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Unfortunately, I just can't place him right now.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58I'm going to go with cinematography.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00You've got it right, actually. Yeah.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- It's Christopher Nolan's Batman films, particularly.- Yeah.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05So, Judith, here we are.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08In 2010, Joanne Froggatt took on which role
0:16:08 > 0:16:11in the TV drama series Downton Abbey?
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Well, she's Lady Mary's lady's maid, so she's Anna Smith.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24She is indeed Anna Smith. Well done. So, what's happened?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27You're equal after three questions.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Not an easy round at all.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31And we go back to you, Imran. We start Sudden Death, OK?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33So, here it gets a bit more tricky
0:16:33 > 0:16:35because I don't give you alternatives.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Here we go.
0:16:36 > 0:16:43Who directed the 1987 film Wall Street and its 2010 sequel
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Just for a split second there, I had this sudden thought
0:16:52 > 0:16:56that it might be one of the Douglas boys, Kirk or Michael,
0:16:56 > 0:16:57but I don't think it's them.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00And I keep thinking it's Scorsese.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I'm going to have to go with Scorsese, I'm afraid.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Martin Scorsese. Sorry.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08It's actually Oliver Stone.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- Oh!- Oliver Stone.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Judith, this for the round.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Who became the presenter
0:17:14 > 0:17:18of the TV quiz show Only Connect in 2008.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Well, Victoria Coren.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Victoria Coren is your answer.- Yes.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25That's right.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Victoria Coren, who became Victoria Coren Mitchell,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- is the presenter of Only Connect.- Yeah.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Judith, you've taken the round on Sudden Death. Sorry, Imran.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Please return to your teams
0:17:34 > 0:17:36and we'll play the last round before the final.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39OK, as it stands, The Balding Eagles
0:17:39 > 0:17:41have lost three brains from the final round.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Frustratingly, the Eggheads are still sitting there quite happily.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47The next subject is Politics. Who would like this?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50I don't know. Do you think you could do Politics?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- I can have a go at Politics. - Yeah, go on. Yes.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55By no means my strongest subject,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- but I think I'll have a go at Politics.- OK, Zahir.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Which Egghead would you like?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02You've got two left - Chris or Kevin.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- I think I'll take Chris Thank you.- Good stuff.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07So, Zahir from The Balding Eagles - who's definitely not balding -
0:18:07 > 0:18:09and Chris from the Eggheads.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12And... THEY LAUGH
0:18:12 > 0:18:13..to ensure there's no...
0:18:13 > 0:18:18no conferring, would you please take your positions in the Question Room?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21So, good luck, Zahir. Do you want to go first or second?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23I think, hopefully, we'll buck the trend
0:18:23 > 0:18:24and I'll try and go second.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Mr Chris, your question.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31What is the British equivalent
0:18:31 > 0:18:34of the US cabinet post of secretary of state?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42That is the foreign secretary, Jeremy.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Foreign secretary is correct.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47OK, your question, Zahir.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50What phrase was used for the series of uprisings
0:18:50 > 0:18:54in North Africa and the Middle East which began in Tunisia in 2010?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00I think it was linked to the time periods
0:19:00 > 0:19:02that the uprisings happened,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06and I think I'm going to go with Arab Spring.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Zahir, you're quite right. Well done. First point to you.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10OK, over to Chris.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Who was elected leader of the Liberal Democrat party
0:19:13 > 0:19:15in July 2015?
0:19:20 > 0:19:21That's Tim Farron, Jeremy.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22It is indeed.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24And the other two are...?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Are they Lib Dems or no?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I wouldn't know.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29OK, Bradshaw is...
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Bradshaw is Labour.- Labour.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32- David Davis is Tory.- Davis is Tory.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- There's actually two David Davises, and they're both Tory.- Yeah.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36But, yes, Tim Farron.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40OK, Zahir.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Of these countries,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44what was the first to elect a female prime minister?
0:19:48 > 0:19:53India had Indira Gandhi, I'm presuming was the first one.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56And that was going back into the '80s.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00And I don't really remember Australia or Denmark
0:20:00 > 0:20:03having one earlier than that, so process of elimination,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05I'm going to go with India.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07India is quite right.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Two out of two. Back to Chris.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was the president of which country
0:20:14 > 0:20:18from 1978 until his death in 1988?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24He was president of Pakistan.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Yes, he was indeed president of Pakistan. Well done.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30So, three to Chris,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33and you need to get this one right to stay in, Zahir.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37The chancellor of which of these bodies is a minister
0:20:37 > 0:20:38in the UK government?
0:20:45 > 0:20:50I can't say I'm certain on this, but Duchy, for whatever reason,
0:20:50 > 0:20:55seems to ring a bell related to the question you've asked,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58so I'm going to go with the Duchy of Lancaster.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Yes, it is the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Well done. You've got it. You got three questions right. So did Chris.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05We go to Sudden Death therefore,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08because you're locked on equal scores.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Gets a bit harder, Chris. I don't give you alternatives.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13What is the first name of the daughter
0:21:13 > 0:21:16of the right-wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen
0:21:16 > 0:21:20who received nearly 18% of the votes
0:21:20 > 0:21:24in the first round of the 2012 French presidential election?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26She is Marine Le Pen.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29She is indeed Marine. You've got it.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32So, over to you, Zahir. You need this to stay in.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Who served as vice president of the United States
0:21:36 > 0:21:41before Walter Mondale and after Gerald Ford?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Knowledge of vice presidents isn't too strong.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I'd have to guess at somebody who was president.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Richard Nixon.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53No, it's not Richard Nixon.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56The answer is Nelson Rockefeller, Zahir,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58so, I'm sorry, you've been knocked out by Chris.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Chris, well done. Sudden Death, you've done it.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03And if you come back to us,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05we will see what happens in the final.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12It is time for our final round. As always, it is General Knowledge.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:14 > 0:22:16won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20So, that's Zahir, Imran, Derrick and Glynn
0:22:20 > 0:22:21from The Balding Eagles.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24I'm afraid I have to ask you to leave the studio.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28OK, Darren, I know it was not supposed to happen like this,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32but you are playing alone to win The Balding Eagles £3,000.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Eggheads, here you are, all five of you,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36playing to keep your reputation intact,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38which is a very big thing indeed.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41As usual, I will ask each team three questions.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43The questions are all General Knowledge.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45You can confer, I always say that.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47It's difficult when you're on your own.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48So, Darren, the question is,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51can you, with your one brain, destroy these five?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54And, yeah, if you do, it'll be a famous victory.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56It's happened before. Would you like to go first or second?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58I'll go second, please.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Here is your first question, Eggheads.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08In which role did Manuel Benitez Perez,
0:23:08 > 0:23:12known as El Cordobes, become famous in Spain?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Bullfighter?- Bullfighter.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- El Cordobes was bullfighter. - Bullfighter. Yeah.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21He was a bullfighter.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23He was indeed a bullfighter.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Well done. First one to you.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27OK, Darren, your question.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Which term is used for a tennis shot
0:23:29 > 0:23:31played between the legs?
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Uh, tennis isn't my main sport, I wouldn't say.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43I think it's a hot dog.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Hot dog is the right answer. Well done. First one to you.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48OK, Eggheads, your second question.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53The word graffiti is derived from an Italian word meaning what?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- ALL:- Scratch.- Graffito. Yeah.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02It's a scratch.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- A scratch is correct. So, graffito is a scratch.- Mm.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Graffiti is the plural, right? - Yes.- Scratches.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- So, it just means scratches. - Scratches, basically.- Yeah.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13OK, Darren...
0:24:13 > 0:24:17the name of the African snake the black mamba
0:24:17 > 0:24:19refers to its black WHAT?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27I think it's either the venom or the mouth.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31How would they know the venom was a black at first?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33I'll go with mouth.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Glad you did. It's right.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37HE LAUGHS
0:24:37 > 0:24:39The third question.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Eggheads, which writer's works include the line
0:24:43 > 0:24:47"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him"?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52- Voltaire.- Voltaire.- Yeah.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Voltaire.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55That is Voltaire.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59You're storming, aren't you? Voltaire is correct.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03So, your third question, Darren, now,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06and you need to get this right to keep the contest alive.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11The Scottish dialect known as Doric is particularly associated
0:25:11 > 0:25:12with which city?
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Going purely on Aberdeen being The Dons,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I'll go with Aberdeen.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Aberdeen is the right answer. HE LAUGHS
0:25:26 > 0:25:27You're cruising very well.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Aberdeen being The Dons, the football team?- Mm.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Sudden Death, Eggheads.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Three points each. Suddenly it's got rather tense around here.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38You thought you were just sailing away into the evening
0:25:38 > 0:25:41uninhibited, unchallenged, and now you've got somebody
0:25:41 > 0:25:44who looks like he might take you down.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Which comedy group reformed to give what they described
0:25:47 > 0:25:52as their last ever live shows at the O2 Arena in 2014?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Monty Python.- Monty Python, yeah. - Monty Python did, yeah.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Definitely reformed then, didn't they?- Yeah.- Monty Python.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- Made all the jokes about the parrot dropping off the perch.- Yeah.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Monty Python.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Yes, it is Monty Python. Well done.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07OK, Darren, back to you.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10In which sport is it common for spectators
0:26:10 > 0:26:13to take part in a seventh-inning stretch?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Well, I've been to a match last year when I was visiting New York.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18I think it's baseball.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21It is baseball. And do you know why it's called that?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- They sing the national anthem. They have a rest.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Fans get up for a stretch. Yeah. Exactly.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28OK.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Eggheads, the Latin phrase ab urbe condita
0:26:32 > 0:26:35traditionally refers to the date of the founding
0:26:35 > 0:26:36of which city?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- ALL:- Rome.- 753 BC.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Yeah. 753 BC. It's Rome.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Rome is correct.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Here we go.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Your question, Darren.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Which BBC radio DJ is particularly associated
0:26:51 > 0:26:54with the popular PopMaster music quiz.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- On before you - Ken Bruce. - LAUGHTER
0:26:58 > 0:27:00So glad you got it right.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I was all ready to tell Ken.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Ken Bruce is right. Sudden Death. Your question.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09The famous World War I song Bless 'Em All
0:27:09 > 0:27:12contains the line "The long and the short and the WHAT"?
0:27:12 > 0:27:13- Tall.- Tall.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Tall.- Bless 'Em All.- Tall.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16That's the clean version, Jeremy.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19And the tall. Tall is correct.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Darren, you're playing very well. You have not made a mistake so far.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Here's your question.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29For what does the letter N stand in the acronym NAAFI,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31which is N-A-A-F-I,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33for the organisation that runs canteens
0:27:33 > 0:27:36and other services for the Armed Forces?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I don't know. I don't know the answer.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44National.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46National is your answer.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48You'll kick yourself when I tell you.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51It's not right.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55NAAFI is Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57The answer is Navy.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59So, sorry, Darren.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01We have to say congratulations, Eggheads.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02You have won.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Well, that was good.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10That was very good.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13They're clapping backstairs as well, so well done.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17And we just needed them to stumble a little bit earlier,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19but with all five of them, it's very hard.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22So, commiserations, Balding Eagles, all five of you.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27and they still reign supreme over quiz land.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29It does mean you won't be going home with the £3,000.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32It's been a great, great contest, though. Thank you.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34The money rolls over to our next show
0:28:34 > 0:28:35and we say, Eggheads, well done,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37and we wonder again if you can ever be beaten.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:40 > 0:28:42have the brains to take them down.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45£4,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.