Episode 3 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.

Taking them on are The Bunce Street Kids.

Now, this team of colleagues

all work at the Grosvenor Museum in Chester.

Let's meet them.

Hello, my name's Gillian and I'm a museum visitor guide.

Hi, I'm Richard and I'm front of house manager.

Hi, I'm Judy and I'm museum front of house.

Hi, I'm Phil and I'm a museum supervisor.

Hi, I'm Mari. I'm a visitor assistant supervisor.

So, Gillian and team, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Good to see you.

-The Bunce Street Kids, explain why.

-Right, OK.

Well, we all work at the Grosvenor Museum in Chester

and two years ago I gave up teaching

and was then able to watch the Eggheads on television,

and I followed it very carefully.

And one day I was standing in the museum and I said to Phil,

"Do you fancy going on Eggheads?" and he said, "Yes."

And we were all working on the same day,

so that's how the team formed.

And then we had to come up with a name

and the Grosvenor Museum is actually on Bunce Street,

-the back of it is.

-OK.

So, Bunce Street Kids came from the Beano, the Bash Street Kids...

-Yes, yes.

-..and The Bunce Street Kids,

-hence here we are.

-All right, got it.

So, the Bunce Street, plus the museum,

brought you all together. Do you enjoy Eggheads, by the way?

I love it, yes.

-OK, cos you said you've been watching it for two years.

-Yes.

But that doesn't necessarily mean you're enjoying it.

-We've found the viewer, I'm really pleased!

-We have found our viewer!

There'll be a big party for you later on.

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

for our Challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Bunce Street Kids,

I can tell you that the Eggheads are doing rather well -

they've won the last 11,

which means £12,000 is here on the table for you to win.

Sort of, metaphorically speaking.

And the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Food & Drink.

-Food & Drink.

-Who would like this?

That's Judy.

I'll try food & drink, yeah.

Judy? OK.

Against which Egghead? You can choose any of them.

Dave, please.

Dave, Tremendous Knowledge. That took me aback there, I wasn't...

-Have you done this round before, Dave?

-I've done it before, yeah.

Yeah, that's an unusual combination. All right, let's see what happens.

I've got no idea how you're going to fare here.

Well, I don't know how you're going to fare.

Judy from The Bunce Street Kids against Dave,

Tremendous Knowledge Dave, from the Eggheads, on Food & Drink.

And just a ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our famous Question Room?

So, Judy, you are, I gather, the longest-serving staff member

at the museum?

-The longest-serving front of house staff member, yes, I am.

-OK.

I've completed 25 years now.

-Oh, congratulations.

-Thank you.

And what is... I should have asked this. ..what is in the museum?

Well, we have a large collection of Chester hallmarked silver,

which is quite an important collection.

There's no longer an SA office at Chester

but there was for many, many years.

So, the hallmarked silver has a gallery to itself.

We also have a large collection of Roman tombstones,

a nationally and internationally important collection.

Wow, that sounds great.

Good luck, and would you like to go first or second?

First, please.

Here we go.

Which of these descriptions refers to someone who eats fish

but avoids meat?

Erm...

Ovotarian to do with eggs, I think. Er...

I'm going to say fish, pescatarian eats fish.

Pescatarian is correct, yeah.

OK, Dave.

We've only just started

-and the Eggheads are already behind.

-Yes.

Colcannon is a dish of mashed potato and cabbage from where?

Pat told me the answer to this -

Ireland.

Yes, Ireland is right.

Have you been serving this backstairs, Pat?

-We talk of little else.

-JEREMY LAUGHS

What you're bringing out the potato and cabbage?

I haven't been invited to any of Pat's potato and cabbage parties.

-Something to aspire to.

-I know, eventually I'll be allowed in.

On your bucket list.

So, one each.

You can see the fun we have here, Judy. Your question.

Chateau Margaux, in Bordeaux, is most famous for making which type of wine?

I'm unsure about this one. I...

I'm going to go with...red.

Red is the right answer.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

Dave, your question.

In Middle Eastern cuisine,

what is the name of the creamy dip largely made from aubergines?

It's not falafel, which is chickpeas.

I don't know what baba ganoush is to be honest,

I just keep hearing the phrase, so this is a bad question for me.

It could easily go wrong.

Erm...

I'm going to stick with baba ganoush but I don't know the answer at all.

I think CJ has had this.

I have eaten baba ganoush and it's lovely and it's made with aubergine.

-Yeah, baba ganoush is right.

-Yeah.

-Baba ganoush.

Judy, two each.

You nearly shook him off but not quite.

Here's your question.

The dish panackelty,

usually consisting of corned beef and vegetables,

comes from which part of England?

And, Judy, panackelty is all one word P-A-N-A-C-K-E-L-T-Y,

almost as you'd expect.

I'm unsure on this one but I think it's got a slightly Celtic feel

and I'm going to say the South West.

It's the North East. SHE GROANS

OK, Dave, your question.

For the round now.

The full name of the English dessert

made from fried sweet and stale bread and milk,

is the poor knights of WHERE?

-Is it English dessert, you said?

-English dessert.

Right, I'm going to go Windsor - poor knights of Windsor.

Windsor is the right answer. You've got the round, Dave.

Tremendous Knowledge

on the last question there.

Sorry, Judy, you've been knocked out.

Dave will be in the final. But it's early days, team.

We're still in there, we're still fighting, aren't we?

Come back to us, we'll play the next round.

So, as it stands, The Bunce Street Kids

have lost a brain from the final round.

-Are we OK about this? ALL:

-Yes, we're OK.

You're based on The Beano,

so it's a bit like Dennis the Menace came and just started lashing out

but don't worry, you can fight them off.

The Eggheads have not lost a brain so far.

The next subject is Music.

Now, I'm thinking this is good.

-Er, it might be.

-THEY CONFER

-Yeah, I'll have to do music, won't I, I think?

-Yeah.

-Unless you want to do it?

-I would be terrible at it.

OK, I'll do it then.

-Gillian?

-I'll do Music.

-OK.

Choose an Egghead, and it can be anyone but Dave.

I'll take CJ, please.

-Ah, was that an ambition fulfilled?

-Yes.

So, Gillian from The Bunce Street Kids

versus CJ from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in the Question Room.

We haven't discussed music for a while, CJ.

What is your musical thing at the moment?

Me and music. For me, it's something that is on in the background

or while I'm exercising, I'm not really a music fan.

I don't really buy music.

So, you don't find that you listen to a piece of music and start crying?

I don't know the last time I had any sort of emotional reaction

to anything. I'm dead inside, Jeremy.

JEREMY LAUGHS

OK, that might be sort of encouraging for you, Gillian, I think.

I hope so, yes.

I don't think there's a lot of classical going on with CJ.

-We'll see. We'll see, yes.

-We will see, indeed we will.

So, would you like to go first or second, Gillian?

I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.

So, here we go with your first question. Good luck.

What does the musical notation pianissimo mean?

Well, many moons ago I used to play the piano.

So, my answer would be very softly.

And it is of course very softly. Well done.

Not a word you're familiar with, CJ.

-SHOUTS:

-What?

It certainly doesn't apply to your shirt.

Your question now.

Which role did Keith Moon perform for The Who before his death in 1978?

I'm not at all sure but my immediate instinct was he was the drummer.

Er, he wasn't a vocalist.

I mean, I don't know this but my immediate instinct was

he was the drummer, so that's what I'll say.

Yes, indeed he was the drummer.

OK, Gillian.

Which of these songs

was a 2015 UK number one for Jess Glynne?

I don't think it's Take Me To Church.

I'll plump for See You Again.

Ah, you just plumped the wrong way - it's Hold My Hand.

You're right to rule out Take Me To Church

but it was the one in the middle.

CJ.

Which composer's Symphony No 3 in A Minor

is known as The Scottish?

Not a... I will discount Mozart.

Erm...

Mendelssohn did symphonies

and some of his have very strange names -

he did Fingal's Cave amongst others.

Unfortunately, I don't know enough about Mahler's...

..works to actually eliminate him.

But when I think of...

..symphonies with, sort of, geographical names and...

..I think he and his sister spent quite a bit of time in Britain,

so I'll try Mendelssohn.

-Any Eggheads know this?

-Yes, it is Mendelssohn.

Yeah, they've given it a big thumbs up, CJ.

Mendelssohn is the right answer, well done.

So, CJ takes the lead.

That does mean, Gillian,

you've got to get this one right to stay in.

The jazz musicians Dave Brubeck and Bud Powell

are best known for their skill on which musical instrument?

I don't think it's the drums.

I think I'm going to go for the saxophone.

Dave Brubeck and Bud Powell were the piano.

-Pianos.

-Sorry, Gillian.

So, CJ's taken the round. CJ will be in the final.

A couple of Challengers gone now, what's going to happen next?

Please return to your teams and we'll play the next round.

So, as it stands, The Bunce Street Kids

have lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have still got all five over there.

And the next subject is History.

Is that good?

Phil?

-Museum people. Phil, is it you?

-Gillian?

-I think it'll have to be you, Phil, yes.

-I'll do history, yeah.

-OK.

And against which Egghead, Phil?

Lisa.

It wasn't even a contest, was it?

It wasn't really was it, no. No, it wasn't.

OK, so... But your history, Lisa...

Is ehh.

Studied it at university.

It suddenly comes out in the Question Room.

-Errh.

-Yeah, OK.

Don't stop pretending. Phil, from The Bunce Street Kids,

Lisa, from the Eggheads, please go to the Question Room now.

So, what's your job at the museum, Phil?

I work as a museum supervisor looking after some of the staff.

That's what they think anyway but...

I thought you were going to say the exhibits for a second.

Well, I'm probably old enough to be one of them, that's probably the...

No, I just make sure... It's the running of the museum basically,

that's what I look after.

And I'm guessing an interest in history, yeah?

Oh, for a long time, since way back, way back.

From junior school I suppose, right the way through to now.

What is it that makes it come alive for you?

It's just the characters, you know, if we didn't know about the past

-how does that inform the future, those sort of questions.

-Yeah.

Some of the mistakes we make, sometimes we can look out for.

All right, well, let's hope no mistakes in this round.

You can choose whether you go first or second against Lisa.

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

And here we go. Good luck, Phil.

Which country was ruled by the House of Bruce

between 1306 and 1371?

I would say with Bruce probably it's more Scottish

than the Welsh or the English.

I would probably say...

..Scotland.

Scotland is correct.

Lisa, over to you. Which of these wars broke out in 1950?

Well, the Spanish Civil War was earlier

and the Vietnam War was later, so I think we'll go with the Korean War.

Yes, the Korean War is right. Playing well.

OK, back to you, Phil.

What was famously introduced to London

by the 19th-century engineer Joseph Bazalgette?

Well, I think he was involved in a lot of things, bits and pieces

but I think his major contribution was probably in the sewage system...

..of London.

Sewers is the right answer.

OK, Lisa.

Dating back to the 15th century and located at Edinburgh Castle,

what is Mons Meg?

I have a terrible feeling I've seen Mons Meg.

I think Mons Meg is a cannon.

Cannon is right.

All right, not a hair out of place so far.

Let's go back to Phil.

What was the first name of the 14th-century Queen of England,

who was nicknamed The She-Wolf of France?

Isabella, no. Eleanor rings...

I think Eleanor was sort of Aquitaine, in that area.

Eleanor.

Eleanor, famously, is Judith's patron saint

because it was the Eleanor answer that won her £1 million

many years ago.

It is not the answer here though. Lisa, do you know?

I think that particular Eleanor was earlier than the 13th century

and the evil Marguerites came later, so I'd have gone Isabella.

It's Isabella, it's 14th century. But who was Isabella married to?

I think she might have been married to Edward II maybe.

So, some successor of William the Conqueror,

-is that right?

-Yeah.

-She wasn't a very nice lady.

-OK.

Lisa, if you get this right, you are in the final round.

Here's your question.

Which 19th-century battle

is also known as The Battle of The Three Emperors?

Well, I don't think there were three involved in Waterloo,

so we'll just put that to one side.

Erm... I think the logical candidate of the other two would be Austerlitz

but I can't be sure.

No, first instinct, we'll go for Austerlitz.

-Let's try with Kevin. Kevin?

-Yes.

Yes, it is Austerlitz.

Well done, three out of three.

Sorry, Phil, you've been knocked out by Lisa.

Beaten by our Egghead and as a result will not be in the final round.

Please come back and rejoin your teams.

Bunce Street Kids, three brains down.

But we're still in!

Oh, very much still in it.

The very last team that we had with one left, nearly, nearly won.

So, next subject for you is Arts & Books.

-Mari.

-Me.

Mari? OK, which Egghead would you like? It's got to be Pat or Kevin.

Pat, please.

-OK.

-Yeah, not Kevin.

-Said with some trepidation.

So, Mari from The Bunce Street Kids versus Pat from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.

OK, Mari, what would you like to do, go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

And here is your first question.

"There's not to reason why, there's but to do and die,"

are lines from which poem?

Er...

I feel like I know this...

-GILLIAN MOUTHS

-..and yet I can't think right now.

I don't know The Listeners at all.

If-...is Kipling.

I'll go with If-.

Ah, I thought you were excluding it.

-It's The Charge Of The Light Brigade.

-Oh.

"Into the valley of death rode the 600."

OK, Pat, your question.

Published in 2008,

what is the title of David Walliams' first children's book?

Well, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is by Eric Carle.

The Gruffalo is Julia Donaldson,

so I think David Walliams' debut was The Boy In The Dress.

It was indeed and it then was made into a TV edition, wasn't it?

The Boy In The Dress is right.

Back to you, Mari.

Nick and Amy Dunne are the central characters

of which bestselling novel?

Nick and Amy Dunne...

Er...

I think it might be Gone Girl.

Gone Girl is the right answer, well done.

OK, back to you, Pat.

Which of these artists was an impressionist

famous for his studies of dancers and of horse racing?

I think that has to be Edgar Degas.

Degas is quite right.

OK, Mari, you need to get this one right.

Largely due to the efforts of the 5th Earl Stanhope,

a national gallery devoted to which type of painting opened in 1856?

I...

..am not confident on this one.

However...

..there is a National Portrait Gallery,

so I'll go with portraits.

Brilliant work, you're absolutely right. Well done.

National Portrait Gallery.

So, it's two each

and, Pat, if you get this one right you're in the final round.

Which author wrote the bestselling 2013 novel Life After Life?

HE SIGHS

My first instinct is Kate Atkinson.

And I think a long, long time ago in an Art & Books round

I lost my life because of Kate Atkinson,

so she owes me really.

Life After Life.

I think it's Kate Atkinson.

-So, you were knocked out of a quiz...

-I was knocked out

because I couldn't come up with Kate Atkinson under pressure.

And that kind of thing, you guys never forget, I know that.

I know that's a lifetime scar, that.

Kate Atkinson is the right answer, Pat.

Well done, you're in the final as well.

So, a little bit of a problem on the Challengers side

but no question, you can still win.

Please come back to us, both of you. We'll play the final round.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

It is 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, Gillian, Judy, Phil and Mari,

from The Bunce Street Kids,

I'm afraid I have to ask you to leave the studio.

So, Richard, here we are.

You're playing to win The Bunce Street Kids £12,000.

Eggheads, you're playing for something

that money can't really buy, which is your precious reputation.

As usual, I'm going to ask each team three questions in turn.

This time the questions are all General Knowledge.

You are allowed to confer, I'm sorry that doesn't help so much.

But your team are willing you on.

Richard, the question is -

is your one brain able to take down the Eggheads' five?

It's been done before and it would be a famous victory if you can.

So, would you like to go first or second?

I will go first.

Here we go.

In athletics, an 800m race covers how many laps

of a standard outdoor track?

Er, a standard track should be 400m, I think,

so I'm going to say two.

Two is right.

Eggheads.

What name is given to a preliminary part of a book

often used by authors to write personal notes?

-Preface.

-Preface.

-Preface.

That's a preface.

Preface is the right answer.

One each.

Richard, hold focus.

The city of Dresden has been famous since the early 18th century

for the production of which luxury product?

HE SIGHS

I'm not too sure.

So, I might have to take a guess.

I would say porcelain, perhaps.

Porcelain is correct.

-That was lucky.

-They're cheering you on behind, I tell you.

HE CHUCKLES They really are.

OK, Eggheads, do we sense any nervousness? Maybe not yet.

Which of these media personalities made her high-fashion debut

as a catwalk model in February 2014?

Well, Kendall's the model.

She's the youngest, the younger, of the dynasty, isn't she?

-Fairly recent.

-Yeah.

She's only... I don't think she's out of her teens yet.

So, Kris is the momager and Kourtney is the older,

possibly the oldest Kardashian.

-Are they all in the show?

-Yeah, they all are.

No, I'm pretty sure it's Kendall and Kylie

who are the ones that are most famous for modelling.

-OK, do you want to go for that?

-Yeah.

Not 100% certain on this but we'll say Kendall Jenner.

Kendall Jenner is correct.

Well done, Lisa.

You're reading a lot of those magazines, Lisa, I can tell.

I read very little else, Jeremy.

Are they all sisters or...?

I think the relationships are complicated.

Stepsisters maybe?

-There's some stepage and some not stepage and yeah...

-OK.

Kendall Jenner is the right answer, well done.

OK, Richard, back to you.

Your third question.

Now, if you get this right, we have a wonderful moment

where we wait to see whether they suddenly fold, as can happen,

just don't get it wrong.

In Mexico, lucha libre is a form of what?

And it's pronounced, or spelt, L-U-C-H-A and then L-I-B-R-E.

Er, lucha libre.

This is really sad but I know it from a kids' cartoon -

it's wrestling.

Wrestling is correct.

-So, which cartoon is that?

-I can't remember.

-It might have been...

-The Simpsons?

No, it was Cartoon Network kind of thing.

It was way, way back, about ten years ago, maybe more.

But I watched it as a kid and it stuck with me, I guess.

All right, well, it's as good a way to know an answer as any.

Three out of three for our Challengers.

£12,000 they're playing for.

Eggheads, get this wrong

and they will take the money out of the studio.

In which year was the baseball World Series

held for the first time?

-1903.

-1903.

-1903.

-1903.

1903? Yeah.

That was 1903.

1903 is the right answer. How do you know this stuff?

You know when big sporting events started, you know that.

You know that? OK.

-Well, I'm sorry.

-It's all right.

I can only apologise.

They've got all three right as well. That was not supposed to happen.

The Eggheads are chasing.

If you want to throw the next one, that's fine by me.

They're so competitive you wouldn't believe it.

All right, it gets a bit harder now, we go to Sudden Death.

I don't give you alternatives. Here's your question, Richard.

Which music hall performer, born in Rochdale in January 1898,

was made a dame of the British Empire in 1979?

I have a feeling I should know that

but nothing immediately comes to mind.

I'm not sure I even know any music hall dames from...

When was she born, sorry?

-Let me just read it again.

-Yeah.

Which music hall performer, born in Rochdale in January 1898,

was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1979?

I can't even take a guess, I'm afraid. I... I don't know.

Nothing? Anyone?

-Nothing.

-OK. It's very hard on your own.

I can take a pass

but I thought you might want to just throw a name out there.

-There's nothing unfortunately, nothing comes to mind.

-OK.

Let me just see if your team-mates know. Team-mates, at the back?

-ALL:

-Gracie Fields.

Gracie Fields is the right answer.

I wouldn't have got that.

I thought you might have, in casting around,

you might have gone Vera Lynn, it's the same, maybe...

-She's not music hall, maybe.

-No, she didn't come to mind at all.

That was a complete disaster from me. I can only apologise, guys.

Don't worry, it's not over.

Eggheads, your question, for the contest,

here we are, Sudden Death, £12,000.

On the Vanuatu island of Tanna, in the South Pacific,

which British personage is revered by the locals as a supernatural spirit?

-Duke of Edinburgh.

-Prince Philip.

Oh, yeah, yeah, that one.

-OK?

-Yeah, yeah.

We think that is Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Well, he's known as Number One Big Fella Him Belong Misses Kwin.

If you have it right, the contest is over.

I'm sensing we have a good quizzer here as well.

You do have it right, it is the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip.

So, we say congratulations, Eggheads, on Sudden Death, you have won.

I actually... I think you'll suddenly think, "Yes, I knew Gracie Fields."

I wouldn't. It's... No. No, it's completely not my thing.

Well, commiserations to you. Well played, Bunce Street Kids.

Sorry it fell apart slightly in the early rounds but my goodness,

storming in the final.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

Barely a hair out of place today,

let's see if this winning streak continues.

It does mean you're not going home with the £12,000.

We will take that money and why don't we roll it over to the next show

and raise the stakes a bit.

Congrats, Eggheads. Who's going to beat you?

Not going to happen, is it? Ever.

Never. Next show? We'll see.

Join us then to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to defeat that lot over there.

£13,000 says they don't.

Till then, goodbye.