Episode 28 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers

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

They are the Eggheads.

Well, who's better than you, really?

-No-one.

-No-one, no.

-Unless you have a bad night.

-Yeah, absolutely.

In which case, it could be this team here.

Challenging our resident quiz champions today are

Quiz Park Raisins, from London.

Now, this team all became friends

while studying together at Southampton University.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Mark. And I'm a case officer for a health care charity.

Hi, I'm Greg and I'm risk analyst at a bank.

Hi, I'm Jack and I'm a pub manager.

Hi, I'm Elliot and I'm a marketing executive.

Hi, I'm Sam and I'm a civil engineer.

So, Mark, team, welcome. Good to see you.

Just tell us why Quiz Park Raisins.

This sounds like the QPR football team name.

Yes, yeah. Well, we're all big football fans

and we all share a dislike of Manchester United, so...

-Oh, dear, oh, dear.

-It's all right.

Dave is hurting. Just keep going, and I'll protect you.

Louis van Gaal, who we all share a particular dislike to as well,

mispronounced Queens Park Rangers last season,

and we thought we'd carry it through and have it as our team name.

Is that right, that your manager called Queens Park Rangers

Quiz Park Raisins? Is that what he did?

I don't know what he called them.

I've lost interest in what they were saying as soon as that

mention of Manchester United came in.

-So you're all based in London now, right?

-Yes, yeah.

-And met at Southampton University?

-Yes. So we all met studying

and then we all sort of moved to London since graduating.

I know you quiz together, or you did. Is that right?

That's correct, yeah. We did quite a few quizzes in various pubs

around Southampton and we still quiz in Clapham, South West London now.

And is this the highest level you've quizzed at, against this show?

I don't know, we've had some difficult quizzes before, so...

That's a very good answer.

Let's see how you go here.

You've already managed to wind Dave up, which is probably a good tactic.

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

for our Challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over and we play with it the next show.

Now, Quiz Park Raisins, I can tell you that the Eggheads

are starting to get a bit of strength together here.

They've won the last seven.

So there's £8,000 for you to win today. Are you up for that?

-Yeah, that sounds good.

-OK, let's go for it.

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV.

Which of you would like this?

I think that's... That's you, Sam, isn't it?

Yeah, I'll take that one, please.

Sam, our civil engineer, against which Egghead?

-Who do you want to take on?

-Who do we think?

Erm... I mean, you could take Dave on, maybe?

-You think Dave?

-Do you want to give Dave a go?

-Yeah, yeah. Dave.

-Tremendous Knowledge, yeah.

-Dave, please.

HE LAUGHS OK, that's brave.

Sam from Quiz Park Raisins versus Dave,

who happens to be a fan of Man U, from the Eggheads.

And to ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our Question Room?

OK, Sam, Film & TV.

And I can't resist, it says here, "Sam can wiggle his ear."

We always ask for interesting facts about people.

This was apparently your one.

Yeah, I knew I would regret this.

OK, we're ready.

THEY LAUGH

Brilliant!

Can we slow-mo that? THEY LAUGH

-That's very good. That's very, very good.

-That's so clever.

That could be used in a quiz as a kind of signalling system.

-Yeah, maybe to put off the opposition.

-Yeah.

All right, good luck here.

Film & TV, would you like to go first or second?

Um, I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Here we go. What is the name of the character played

by David Hasselhoff in the TV series Baywatch?

What is the name of the character played by David Hasselhoff

in the TV series Baywatch?

Hm.

I've never actually seen an episode of Baywatch.

Um...

So it's not an ideal question.

I'm drawn towards Mitch.

But I don't really have any basis for that.

Um...

But I think I'll go for Mitch, please.

Good man, Mitch is the answer. Well done.

First point to our Challengers.

Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

Which of these comic book heroes

appears in the 2015 film Avengers - Age Of Ultron?

Which of these comic book heroes appears in the 2015 film

Avengers - Age Of Ultron?

Don't know.

Don't watch these films at all.

Really don't know.

Knew this would come and do me.

-Right. Let's have a think.

-HE SIGHS

It could be any of them as far as I'm concerned.

I've got no idea, no basis for any of them. I'll go Captain America.

Captain America is quite right. DAVE CHUCKLES

OK, Sam, which bodybuilder

played the title character in the 1970s and '80s TV series

The Incredible Hulk?

Which bodybuilder played the title character in the 1970s

and '80s TV series The Incredible Hulk?

Um, I think I know this one.

Um, I think it is Lou Ferrigno.

Yeah, it is Lou Ferrigno, well done.

He played the Hulk as well as the polite version.

No, no, no. No, he played the Hulk when bulked up.

-Right.

-That was the point.

-Bill Bixby.

-Bill Bixby was

-Bruce Banner, yeah.

-Bruce Banner.

So Lou Ferrigno. And he was green.

He was only really ever green, wasn't he? Very hard to...

-He got typecast.

-He did get typecast,

and there are ever so few green parts.

Dave, which TV presenter hosted the nightly TV highlight show

Wimbledon Today during the 2015 tournament?

Which TV presenter hosted the nightly TV highlight show

Wimbledon Today during the 2015 tournament?

I don't think it's Gabby Logan, I don't think it's Suzi Perry.

Attracted quite a lot of criticism at the time

because it didn't show enough tennis highlights, I think.

Clare Balding.

Clare Balding is quite right.

OK, Sam,

get this right, put Dave under a bit of pressure. You never know.

Which film-maker was given the job of directing

the blockbuster Jurassic World after impressing

with his low-budget indie film Safety Not Guaranteed?

Which film-maker was given the job of directing the blockbuster

Jurassic World after impressing with his low-budget indie film

Safety Not Guaranteed?

Um... I haven't seen the film.

Um...

So I wouldn't have seen the credits roll or anything like that. Um...

I'm...completely...unsure of this one. I don't know the answer.

Um... I'm going to go for Gareth Edwards.

Let's see if Dave knows. Dave?

I've got Colin Trevorrow in my head, for some reason.

Yeah, it is Colin Trevorrow.

So you've got two out of three, Sam.

Dave can take the round with this question.

In which of these films does Jimmy Stewart play a character

called George Bailey?

In which of these films does Jimmy Stewart play a character

called George Bailey?

I don't think it's The Philadelphia Story.

I don't think it's Rear Window.

I think it's Frank Capra, It's A Wonderful Life myself.

OK, if this is wrong, we go to Sudden Death.

If it's right, you're in the final.

The answer is It's A Wonderful Life.

Dave, well done, you've knocked out Sam. Sorry, Sam.

Still early days for your team.

Much you can do. Come back to us, we'll play the next round.

So we were having a bit of an Incredible Hulk moment there,

and we mentioned Bruce Banner

who's the Hulk before he goes, rips his shirt open.

But, Dave, important point from you.

I thought it was David, Dr David Banner that Bill Bixby

-played in The Incredible Hulk.

-So Bruce Banner was the comic strip.

The comic strip, yeah.

And then Dr David Banner was the one on the TV programme.

And Lou Ferrigno, who you mentioned, still going strong.

-Bill Bixby died pretty young, not even 60.

-Not even 60, cancer, yeah.

Yeah. So as it stands,

Quiz Park Raisins have lost a brain from the final round.

The Eggheads still have all five.

But come on, guys, this is the moment for the push.

Don't leave it too late. The next subject is Science.

-OK.

-Have we got a scientist here?

Yeah, I think that's going to be me on Science.

-Right, what did you study?

-I did biomedical science.

Oh, right, perfect. OK, good stuff. That certainly passes muster.

Against which Egghead?

-Do you reckon Lisa?

-I'm not really sure.

-Yeah, I guess so.

-Lisa.

-Or Judith possibly.

Lisa or Judith?

Shall we say...? Shall we go Judith? Judith, yeah.

We'll take Judith on, please.

Mark from Quiz Park Raisins versus Judith from the Eggheads.

And to ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our Question Room?

OK, Mark, good luck in this round. Science it is.

Would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

And here we go. In which part of the human body is the appendix located?

OK, yeah, I think I know this one.

I don't think it's the head.

I think it's in the abdomen.

Abdomen is right, well done.

Judith, which of these

is an old-fashioned name for tuberculosis?

Well, that is consumption.

It is consumption.

Back to you, Mark.

The Ragdoll is a breed of which type of animal?

-So it's the Ragdoll.

-The Ragdoll.

OK. I'm not 100% sure on this one.

-HE EXHALES

-Hm.

For some reason, I don't think it's a breed of dogs,

so I'm going to rule that one out.

So it's between horse and cat.

And I think out of those two...

Ragdoll...

I mean, I'm not a big cat person,

and for that reason, cos I've not heard of it, I'm going to go cat.

-Is he right, Judith?

-Yes. They go floppy when you pick them up.

Oh, is that right?

So they're like rag dolls, they go limp like a rag doll

when they're picked up.

Right. You're right, Mark, well done. It is a cat.

Judith, your question. How old

was John Glenn when, in 1998,

he became the oldest person to travel into space?

How old was John Glenn when, in 1998,

he became the oldest person to travel into space?

-In '98?

-1998.

OK, so 30 years before, he would have been suckling, wouldn't he?

And he'd have probably been in his 30s then.

He wouldn't have been in his 20s.

So I think he was probably 67.

So you're thinking in 1970, let's say, he was roughly 30.

-30-something, yes.

-So you go 70, 80, 90...

You're at 30 years. Yeah, I see what you mean.

-That's my logic.

-Yeah, no, got it. It's wrong.

-SHE LAUGHS It's 77.

-Gosh!

-So he was in his 40s...?

-Let's just check.

Pat's got information.

Well, six of the 12 men who landed on the moon were born in 1930.

At the time they were putting these teams of astronauts together,

they tended to pick identical aged people, so statistically...

I'm not sure whether he was born in 1930,

but there is every chance he was.

He was born in 1921.

-'21, OK.

-Oh, was he?

-Yeah. 1921.

We go back to you, Mark. This is now looking better

for your team. You're ahead of Judith.

If you get this one right, you're in the final round.

The Roslin Institute, where Dolly the sheep was born in 1996,

is located in which part of UK?

The Roslin Institute, where Dolly the sheep was born in 1996,

located in which part of the UK?

OK, um...

-Rosalind Institute.

-Roslin. R-O-S-L-I-N.

L-I-N, the Roslin. OK.

Um... Again, I'm not 100% sure on this one.

For some reason, I don't know why, I'm going to rule out Wales.

So it's between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

And I think between those two, I'm going to go for Scotland.

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

If you got it wrong, we play on. Judith?

-It's right.

-You're right, Scotland it is. Well done, Mark. Nicely done.

The biomedical scientist beats the Egghead,

and Mark will be in the final round.

Please come back to us, we'll see what happens in the next one.

So, it's evenly balanced and very interesting, isn't it?

Quiz Park Raisins have lost a brain from the final round,

the Eggheads have also lost a brain. They've lost Judith.

So the next subject now is Sport.

Who is the sporting person?

Well, it's going to be Sam and that it was going to be me

to cover that one, so...

Do you reckon Greg? You want to go for Sport?

Yeah. Who are we going to go for?

Because I don't really feel that confident with Sport.

-Should we take...?

-Lisa.

-Do you reckon Lisa? Or Pat, maybe?

-Yeah, I guess possibly Lisa.

-Yeah? Lisa on Sport?

Yeah, we'll go for Lisa, Jeremy.

OK, so Greg from Quiz Park Raisins is going to play Lisa on Sport.

And please go our Question Room now.

Greg, your first job involved dressing as a giraffe.

-MARK LAUGHS

-Yeah.

-I regret putting that on the bio a little bit.

-Yeah.

What were you doing as a giraffe?

I was helping sell a children's book that involved a giraffe.

And you had to make giraffe noises or just...?

No, it was a mute giraffe. But it was quite hot in the costume.

It was quite good pay, so I didn't mind it too much.

And you are now...? You moved to the same sort of comedy level,

cos you're working for a major bank.

-Yeah, definitely.

-Good stuff.

-Lot of similarity.

-You ever dressed as an animal, Lisa?

-No, sadly not.

I'm now trying to think of opportunities where, you know...

What would you think, Jeremy, if you just looked up

and there was a giant rhino on the screen or something?

Well, I mean, you know, we could have a themed Egghead one year.

Do you know, I would love that. I would think that was awesome.

It would take a lot of fixing. Where would the microphone go?

-I don't even want to think about it.

-All right.

Well, let's move on with Sport.

-Greg, would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first.

Here we go. Your first question is...

In athletics,

an Olympic 10,000m race consists of how many laps of an outdoor track?

In athletics, an Olympic 10,000m race

consists of how many laps of an outdoor track?

OK, so I think 100m is about maybe a quarter of a lap.

I'll go for 20.

Oh, you were on target for it there and then you just snatched at it.

It's 25.

OK, Lisa,

the 6'6" boxer Anthony Joshua fights in which weight division?

The 6'6" boxer Anthony Joshua fights in which weight division?

He won his Olympic title at heavyweight,

-we'll go for heavyweight.

-Heavyweight's quite right.

Difficult to imagine he'd be any other weight if he's that height.

Well, given that I found out I was a heavyweight weight,

and I'm 5'3", I'm not going to speculate any further.

Well, that... I think that was an error.

LISA LAUGHS

Greg, at the 50th anniversary

of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 2003,

which sportsman was selected from all of the previous winners

as the show's Golden Personality?

At the 50th anniversary of the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award

in 2003, which sportsman was selected

from all of the previous winners as the show's Golden Personality?

OK, so 2003.

I'm leaning towards Steve Redgrave.

Not entirely sure why.

I'll go Steve Redgrave.

Nicely done. Yeah, it's Steve Redgrave. That's the answer.

You got a point there. Let's see

if Lisa gets this question right.

Which football team defeated Japan in the final

of the 2015 Women's World Cup?

I think it was a fairly famous victory for the USA.

USA is quite right. Good stuff. OK.

Third question. You need to get this one right now, Greg.

Otherwise, you'll be knocked out.

Which roll does David Warner usually perform

for the Australian cricket team?

I'm not that good at cricket.

I've got to be honest.

I'm leaning towards wicketkeeper.

It could be either. It could be any.

I'll guess wicketkeeper.

-Eggheads, do you know?

-Opening batsman.

Opening batsman is the answer.

So with that, we have to say... Well done,

Greg, but you were beaten by our Egghead.

As a result, you will not be able to help your team out

in the final round.

And it's now Lisa who goes into the final round, and not you.

Please come back and rejoin your teams.

So another blow for Quiz Park Raisins,

who've lost two brains from the final round.

But honestly, you can still very much, very much take them down.

The Eggheads have still just lost the one.

And your chance now to even it up with Politics.

Who would like this?

-I'll take that.

-I think that's quite a good one, actually.

-I'm taking it.

-Brilliant, we've got Elliot on Politics.

I know you love your politics. Against which Egghead? Kevin or Pat?

-Kevin or Pat?

-Not an easy choice.

-We could take out...

-Maybe Kevin?

-I think you're strong on Politics.

-Do you want to give it a go?

-Yeah.

-If we can take Kevin out of the final as well...

-That's true.

-That would be a good chance.

-Yeah, shall we give it a go?

Kevin I think would be good.

OK, so it's Elliot from Quiz Park Raisins versus

Kevin from the Eggheads on Politics.

Please go into the Question Room.

So, Elliot, I gather we can bond on politics.

-Yes. Yeah, a big fan of politics.

-That's good.

So you watch election night and all that stuff?

Yeah, I really enjoyed the election night.

All the coverage is great, especially the swingometer.

JEREMY LAUGHS Blushes.

Do you have that thing at 10 o'clock on the night of election where

-you did not know what to expect?

-Yeah, kind of.

I didn't really know what to expect.

I did have a cheeky little bet

-that it might be a Conservative majority, though, so...

-Did you?

Yeah. I was perhaps quite forward-thinking on that one.

So the exit poll came out and you think,

"Oh, no, this is not completely out of the bounds."

But then the politicians start saying, "If it's right,

"we're going to eat our hats and eat our shoes."

-Yeah. Then I sort of thought, go against that.

-There we are.

It was a lively night, wasn't it?

So you're on home territory here.

But against Kevin, who is very good on this as well.

Would you like to go first or second, Elliot?

I think I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Good luck. Have fun.

In which year was the Scottish politician Nicola Sturgeon born?

In which year was the Scottish politician Nicola Sturgeon born?

So, hm... If she was born in...

Well, I don't think it'd be 1980,

I think that would make her too young.

1960 would make her almost the same age as my parents,

so that seems quite right.

Oh, let me think. Maybe she's a little bit younger, actually.

I think of going to go for 1970, please.

1970 is correct. Well done. Well done.

OK.

Kevin, your question.

Which European Union country missed a deadline

for a 1.6 billion euro payment

to the International Monetary Fund in July 2015?

Which European Union country missed a deadline

for a 1.6 billion euro payment

to the International Monetary Fund in July 2015?

I don't think either Belgium or Sweden have reached that

situation yet. This was the great Greek crisis.

So Greece.

Yes, it's the Greek crisis, well done. Greece is the answer.

Greece is the word.

Elliot, your question.

Hillary Clinton served as a senator

for which US state from 2001 to '09?

Hillary Clinton served as a senator

for which US state from 2001 to 2009?

Um, OK, so I have a real feeling it wasn't Arkansas.

Um, I'm not really sure between New York and California.

I would've thought I would've heard

if she was the senator for... Maybe California does ring a bell.

Um, no, I think I'm going to go for New York.

New York is correct.

And is there anything we can add to that?

Was it a New York district,

or do they not have districts for the Senate?

Just two senators. The junior senator from New York.

-Yeah, so they have senior, junior?

-They have a junior and a senior.

-It's just time served.

-OK.

Kevin, your question. Second question.

Though he later denied saying it,

which politician is credited with describing

Clement Attlee as "a modest man who has much to be modest about"?

Though he later denied saying it,

which politician is credited with describing

Clement Attlee as "a modest man who has much to be modest about"?

Well, I think this was one of those...

one of those famous Churchill quotes,

or not, as the case may be.

But Churchill.

Winston Churchill is correct.

So you're equal. You're holding him at bay here, Elliot, well done.

Get this one right and see if you can topple the great Kevin.

Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979?

'74 to '79. I'm not really sure who Roy Hattersley is.

Um, but... So it would be between Tony Benn and Denis Healey.

'74 to '79...

Would have been before Thatcher.

Cos she came in in '79. So... And before Thatcher...

-I'm going to go for Tony Benn.

-DAVE GROANS

I'd love to give you good news on that, but you went the wrong way.

It's not Roy Hattersley, it's not Tony Benn either.

It's Denis Healey.

It was the government of initially Wilson and then Jim Callaghan.

And Healey was in charge of a lot of financial trouble,

wasn't he, really?

In a way, I think the difference is Denis Healey would be

on the right of Labour and Tony Benn would be hugely on the left.

OK, Kevin, in which year did Jamaica

declare independence from the United Kingdom?

Well, they celebrated the 50th anniversary of it

just a few years back. It's 1962.

1962 is quite right.

So we say... Sorry, Elliot,

I'm really sorry it didn't work out.

We need a little swingometer to say - Elliot two, Kevin three.

Kevin will be in the final.

Not over for the Challengers yet, though.

Come back to us, we will play that final round.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

It's time for the final round, which as always, is General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads

won't be allowed to take part in this round.

So that's Greg, Elliot and Sam from Quiz Park Raisins

but also Judith from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

OK, Mark and Jack, you are playing to win your team £8,000.

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

your reputation, and to continue this run.

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

This time, they're all general knowledge.

You can confer, by the way.

So, Quiz Park Raisins, the question is,

are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

You don't need to answer that.

Would you like to go first or second?

-Go first.

-Yeah.

-I think we'll go first, Jeremy.

Here we go then. Good luck.

How many years are there in a triennium?

How many years are there in a triennium?

You'd assume that if it's a millennium...

-A millennium is 1,000, isn't it?

-A triennium is three.

-3,000.

I'm happy to go with that as well.

-Yeah, 3,000?

-Yeah.

We'll go with 3,000.

3,000. I think that might be a tri-millennium.

How do we get to...? It's three. It's three.

You have triennial plants,

like biennial plants that flower.

Yeah, I was going to say,

-biennial means two yearly.

-Hm.

Three, three, three...

-Argh.

-Argh.

Went too quickly.

Eggheads, the gem

amethyst is typically what colour?

Amethyst is typically what colour?

Violet?

It's a violet gemstone. Yeah.

It's violet, Jeremy.

Violet is right.

So they are ahead. It's not over.

Who won the Best British Album and Best British Male Solo Artist

awards at the 2015 Brits?

Who won the Best British Album

and Best British Male Solo Artist awards at the 2015 Brits?

-I'm pretty sure it was Sam Smith.

-I'm pretty sure it was Sam Smith.

I don't think it was George Ezra.

Ed Sheeran hasn't had anything...

I know Sam Smith...

I know there was news of him clearing up, wasn't there?

-Yeah.

-Shall we go for that?

Yeah, I think we'll go for Sam Smith.

Yeah, we'll go with Sam Smith.

Sam Smith is your answer.

I know why you said that, because I heard him getting...

MARK SIGHS What was it that he got?

-Was it the Grammys?

-Well, four Grammys.

He got a load of Grammys.

He got a couple of Brits as well, but he got something like

Record of the Year and he also got

Breakthrough, British Breakthrough.

Yeah, he did. But he didn't get this.

He didn't get British Album and Male Solo Artist.

That was Ed Sheeran. MARK SIGHS

So you got two wrong.

And, Eggheads, that means you can

end this with this answer.

The Serpentine is a lake in which of these London parks?

The Serpentine is a lake

in which of these London parks?

-Hyde Park.

-It's Hyde Park, yeah?

-Hyde Park, yep.

I think it was used in the Olympics for some long-distance swimming.

It's in Hyde Park.

Yes, I cycle past it every day,

so I know you're right.

Hyde Park is the correct answer.

We say... Congratulations, Eggheads, you have won!

Oh! Mark and Jack,

-I'm sorry that was so quick.

-Not a great final round.

Well, it can happen. It really can. And the triennium thing...

What would 3,000 be, Eggheads? Any...?

I think it probably would be something like tri-millennium.

Tri-millennial.

I think we probably rushed that one a bit as well.

-Yeah, cos it looked like it was so obvious.

-Yeah.

-I hope you've enjoyed coming.

-Yeah, no, it's been a great day.

Brilliant team. We say commiserations to Quiz Park Raisins.

Dave, you're forgiven them now for their comments

-about Manchester United?

-No.

-THEY LAUGH

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

Their winning streak continues.

So it means that you won't be going home with the £8,000.

The money, therefore, rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, very well done. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£9,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.