0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads
0:00:32 > 0:00:34and looking fearsome today, may I say.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- Oh!- Thank you!- Really, despite the smiles.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Challenging our resident quiz champions today are the Ludophiles.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Now, this is a cracking team.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43They're all members of Mensa
0:00:43 > 0:00:46and they have a shared love of board games and puzzles.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Let's meet them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Hello, I'm Paul. I'm a mature student.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hello, I'm David and I'm a law librarian.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Una. I'm a retired civil servant.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hello, I'm David. I'm a retired chartered surveyor.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Ian, a retired teacher.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- So, Paul and team, welcome. ALL:- Hello.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Members of Mensa means you're in, basically,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- a higher category of intelligence. - Apparently, yes.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13You don't have to be modest about it, just tell us.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- What is it, the top 2%?- Top 2%.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- It doesn't mean we're good at general knowledge though.- No, no.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21The classic we had the other year was "what colour is Noddy's hat?"
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Obviously, that's...
0:01:23 > 0:01:25you don't have to say it, but that's a classic thing where
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- intelligence may not tell you the answer.- Absolutely.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- So you play games together?- Yes.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Every year, Mensa organise a national tournament
0:01:32 > 0:01:35of various games including Scrabble, Monopoly...
0:01:37 > 0:01:40..and also poker and snooker, surprisingly.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43And we've all met by playing each other over the years
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- and they have a final tournament in Birmingham every year.- Brilliant.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And most of us have got to the final at one stage.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- And any quizzing in there or not? - There's a bit of quizzing
0:01:51 > 0:01:53but there's a Trivial Pursuit tournament.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- I see. So you've got good general knowledge, I'm sure.- Yeah.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- Hope so.- Well, good luck.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00This is exciting and this is impressive here, we've got Mensa.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Excellent.- All right, we've got the top IQs.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I'm sensing we've got a contest.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Every day there's £1,000-worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:08 > 0:02:11for our Challengers but if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14that prize money rolls over to our next show.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17So, Ludophiles, the Eggheads have won the last two games.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20They had a bit of a difficult moment the other day,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23so £3,000 on the table to say you can't beat them.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Would you like to try?
0:02:24 > 0:02:25- We'll try.- Oh, yes.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28The first head-to-head battle is on Film & Television.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Now, who would like this?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Who was that? Was that me?- I think it's you, Paul.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- I think that's you, Paul.- That's definitely you.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I was hoping not but it is me.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40The team captain goes straight in. OK, the stakes are high.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43You can have any one of them. We've got some classic Eggs here as well.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Let's go with Lisa cos she's the nearest.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49I gather you have a book about favourite words
0:02:49 > 0:02:50and your favourite word is...
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Pulchritudinous. - And is Lisa pulchritudious?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Yes, indeed she is. It's not a disease.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Oh, we like him, he can stay.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I think that means excessively beautiful.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- It means very beautiful, yes. - OK, so Paul...
0:03:00 > 0:03:02That's a good way to start, actually.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Absolutely, we'll take that.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Paul from the Ludophiles versus Lisa, the pulchritudinous Egghead.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08And to ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11would you please take your positions in our famous Question Room?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14OK, so we're on Film & TV, Paul,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16and would you like to go first or second?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17I'll go second, please.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Lisa, here's your first question.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Lacey Turner's character, Stacey, first appeared on EastEnders
0:03:28 > 0:03:29in which year?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I think it must be the later one of those.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I mean, she can't be 30 yet.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Yeah, I don't think she can be 30 yet,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44so I think I'll have to go for 2004.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Let's check with Judith, who watches this the whole time. Judith?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Well, I think it must be right.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- Judith confirms 2004 is the correct answer.- Excellent.- Well done.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Paul.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Michael Fish, born in 1944, found fame in which role on TV?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Yes, I remember Michael Fish.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07He's famous for the comment he made
0:04:07 > 0:04:10about the lack of a hurricane on the way,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13so he was the weather forecaster.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Weather forecaster's right.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17He's still trying to live that down
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and downplay it. I think he probably
0:04:20 > 0:04:22should embrace it now at this stage.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27OK, Lisa. Which member of Liam Neeson's character's family
0:04:27 > 0:04:32is kidnapped in the 2008 action film Taken?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Do you know, I've not seen them and I'm a big Liam Neeson fan, actually.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I probably should go and look them up.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I am semi-certain it's his daughter.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Daughter is correct, well done.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Paul, over to you.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54A film version of which of these TV shows was released in August 2015?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Fortunately, I actually went to see this film, so that's quite lucky.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07It's The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09The Man From U.N.C.L.E is quite right.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Lisa, your third question.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Mark Boal was Oscar-nominated in which of these categories
0:05:15 > 0:05:18for his work on the films The Hurt Locker
0:05:18 > 0:05:20and Zero Dark Thirty?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Right. Well, it ain't director, we can rule that out straightaway
0:05:28 > 0:05:31because The Hurt Locker's famously Kathryn Bigelow.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34They're similar types of film.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Now, I wonder if that's a clue, that they're similar types of film.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44On the basis that if you were a screenwriter,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48you wouldn't want to necessarily be writing war dramas all the time.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52OK, that's the best logic I can muster. We'll go for cinematography.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- It's the wrong answer.- Oh, well, too bad.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- It is original screenplay. - That's all right.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Let's just get a bit of background here, who wants
0:05:59 > 0:06:01to answer on those two films?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Are they both Bigelow? That's my first question?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Which would...- Are they both Kathryn Bigelow who directed them?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Yes, they are.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Screenplay is script and cinematography is the look
0:06:10 > 0:06:12and, I mean, there's no real logical way
0:06:12 > 0:06:14of getting to the right answer there, is there?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Not really, no. Well, certainly not in that case anyway.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Yeah.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24As Lisa said, the subject matter is similar in some respects...
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Both great films. - ..in terms of dealing with current
0:06:27 > 0:06:31American entanglements in Iraq and Afghanistan
0:06:31 > 0:06:35and I suspect that's probably why she worked with him both times.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Yeah. Paul, if you get this right, you're in the final round
0:06:37 > 0:06:39and it'll be a great start for the Ludophiles.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Which of these actresses was born first?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Oh, that's a difficult question.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Obviously all of them are of a certain age.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Probably not much in it in terms of years,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57so I'll just have to take a punt on this one, I think and...
0:06:59 > 0:07:03..go with the one that I remember most and that's Vivien Leigh.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Now, Kevin is very good on his dates.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Let's see, can you do any birth dates here, Kevin?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Well, Vivien Leigh was 1913.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Joan Fontaine...
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Well, her sister was Olivia de Havilland,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18who was born in 1916.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I know Joan Fontaine was within a couple of years of that.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26But Katharine Hepburn, although there's been some debate
0:07:26 > 0:07:28over the years about exactly when she was born,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31she was actually born in the first decade of the 20th century.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35So I've actually seen separate sources
0:07:35 > 0:07:38give her as 1904, 1907, 1908,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42but she's in the Os anyway, so she's the oldest.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Katharine Hepburn is the answer, Paul.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Two each after three questions.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Your life has been saved, Lisa, by Katharine Hepburn.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- I'll take that.- And we go to Sudden Death.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56It gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternatives. Here we go.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01In which decade were the comedy films Three Men And A Baby
0:08:01 > 0:08:04and The Goonies released?
0:08:04 > 0:08:05As a child of the era,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I can fairly confidently confirm that's the 1980s.
0:08:08 > 0:08:101980s is correct.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Paul, Sudden Death, your question.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Erinsborough is the fictional setting of which TV soap?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19I'll go with something like Geordie Shores.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Geordie Shore.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24No. Do you know this, Lisa?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- Neighbours.- Neighbours. - Oh, it's Australian.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28A bit more long-standing.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30So, sorry, Paul.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33On Neighbours you've gone, there's no shame in that.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Not at all, frankly.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Lisa will be in the final round.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Please come back to us and we'll play on.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42All right. Well, a tricky start for the Ludophiles.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44They have lost a brain to the Eggheads,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47who are still intact over there, shells unbroken.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Next subject is History.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Who would like History?
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- I think you're all good at History. - Now, I think that's
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- my one, isn't it?- Yes. - David, isn't it?- David?
0:08:55 > 0:08:59OK, our law librarian against anyone but Lisa.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Let's go down the line, shall we? Go for Dave?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03OK, I will take on Dave.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06So David from the Ludophiles versus Dave from the Eggheads.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08To ensure there's no conferring,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10would you please take your positions?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13David, you have a history degree?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I do and luckily ancient and modern history.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20I try to be as broad as possible, which is quite useful for quizzes
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- but you never know what's going to come up though.- OK.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26So, here we go - History. I'm kind of looking forward to this.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29David... I'll distinguish between David and Dave, how about that?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32David, our Challenger, would you like to go first or second?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I will go first, please, Jeremy.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39So let's see if the Ludophiles can make up some ground.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41In British history, David,
0:09:41 > 0:09:46the Edwardian era refers to the first decade of which century?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Well, there have been lots of King Edwards
0:09:51 > 0:09:53that it could be named after
0:09:53 > 0:09:56but I think we normally are talking about Edward VII,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59so that would be the 20th century.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01And 20th is quite right.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Dave,
0:10:02 > 0:10:07which of these was a 1346 battle during the Hundred Years' War?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Waterloo's Napoleonic.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Balaclava's Crimean.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17It's the Battle of Crecy.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19It is indeed the Battle of Crecy, well done.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22David, which of these countries
0:10:22 > 0:10:26gained independence from France in 1953?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Ooh, I don't think I know this.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Now, obviously I know that the French were in Southeast Asia,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40which isn't really helping.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45I'm going to guess Cambodia.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Cambodia is correct.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48- Phew!- Well done.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50OK, Dave, your question.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53In ancient Rome, which of these was a coin?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I don't think it's thermae, I thought they were the baths.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05I'm not quite sure what a pilum was but I think it's a denarius, myself,
0:11:05 > 0:11:06for a coin.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Yeah, denarius is quite right.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Back to you, David.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Which French king who ruled from 1270 to 1285
0:11:15 > 0:11:16was nicknamed The Bold?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Ooh.
0:11:24 > 0:11:30Now, this one I will have studied but it's quite a long time ago.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Erm...
0:11:31 > 0:11:36When you said the question, Charles popped into my head so...
0:11:36 > 0:11:40I don't know why but I shall say Charles IV.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Charles IV. Let's just check to see if you're right.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Do you know, Challengers?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- I don't know.- I'd have said Charles.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49You would have said Charles? Anyone over here?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- Philip III.- Philip III, the Eggheads say is the answer.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Sorry, David, it is Philip III - The Bold.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58So, let's see if the bold Dave will get through.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Here's your third question for a seat in the final round.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05In which year did the abolitionist John Brown
0:12:05 > 0:12:10lead a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry
0:12:10 > 0:12:13that was instrumental in heightening sectional animosities
0:12:13 > 0:12:15that led to the American Civil War?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Can't mess about with this. Erm...
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Harpers Ferry. Yeah, it's not 1759, it's not 1809. It's 1859.
0:12:32 > 0:12:361859 is the right answer. Well done, Dave, you've knocked out David.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Sorry, David.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41That beastly Philip III or whoever he was,
0:12:41 > 0:12:44the bold king has unseated you
0:12:44 > 0:12:46and Tremendous Knowledge Dave will be in our final round.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48If you come back to us, gentlemen, we will play on.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53So, the Ludophiles have lost two brains from the final round.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55They just need powering up.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58We've got to get into second, third gear here now, guys.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00This is the moment. The Eggheads are still sitting there
0:13:00 > 0:13:03trying not to look smug, we know those expressions.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The next subject is Sport.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Is that good, Ludophiles? - It's very good.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- Well...- Hopefully.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11I think I'm giving it a try.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13OK. David against which Egghead?
0:13:13 > 0:13:14It can be either Kevin or Judith or Chris.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17So you're choosing from the left wing there.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- Judith?- Yeah.- I think we'll try Judith.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22LAUGHTER Oh, dear.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24The cat among the pigeons.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27So, David from the...
0:13:27 > 0:13:30You're all called David. ..from the Ludophiles
0:13:30 > 0:13:32versus Judith from the Eggheads on Sport,
0:13:32 > 0:13:33her beloved Sport.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36And to ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I was hoping we were going to get a chance to chat, David,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43cos I gather you were Mensa Monopoly champion?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Yes, I was last year.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Right and help me out here cos I keep losing Monopoly
0:13:50 > 0:13:52to my nine-year-old daughter, Anna.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54What am I doing wrong?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Well, it's the deal you do.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57It's the deal you do and the timing and the sets you get.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59It's getting the right set at the right time -
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- you normally have to do a deal. - I always try and buy Vine Street.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03- Now...- That's the best.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Well, I think so but is that a mistake?
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Is that a mistake I'm making?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- You're buying it just cos of your name, of course.- I know.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11You should be buying it because it's the most landed on set.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Oh, is it?- Yes, because you end up in jail more often than not.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17That's the most landed spot and then you're coming out of jail,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- you're going to hit the oranges. - I love the oranges.- Bow Street
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- on double three and Marlborough on double four.- And the other thing is
0:14:22 > 0:14:25that what she does is she buys hotels very quickly.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26You don't want to go too far on hotels.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Sometimes it's best to stick on four houses.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31When I won the Mensa game, I made a housing shortage.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I had all the houses, my opponent had just hotels
0:14:33 > 0:14:36and when they had to come off, there were no houses for her to buy.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- OK, we're on Sport, David. You've chosen Judith.- Yes.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- She's very happy about that.- I know.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Would you like to go first or second?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46I'd like to go first, please.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Here is your first question then, David.
0:14:51 > 0:14:57Who won the men's 100m at the 2015 World Athletics Championships?
0:15:02 > 0:15:09I think it was sort of Bolt against Gatlin is what I recall.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I'm not entirely sure but Usain was in great form -
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Olympics and post-Olympics and I think he still is and was,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18so I'm going to go for Usain Bolt.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Usain Bolt is right.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Judith,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24what role did Darren Gough usually perform
0:15:24 > 0:15:26for the England cricket team?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Erm... Well, I'm sure he wasn't a wicketkeeper
0:15:33 > 0:15:35cos I've tried wicketkeeper so many
0:15:35 > 0:15:37times, I never get a wicketkeeper.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Darren Gough? I think he was a fast bowler.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Is she right, Eggheads?- Yes.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- Yes, they like that.- Magic. - Well done.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- And it wasn't a guess, was it? - No, of course not.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- Never.- It just came back to you. - It was logic.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52OK, David, which two Australian cities
0:15:52 > 0:15:55have hosted the Summer Olympic Games?
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Well, Sydney certainly and that was fairly recent,
0:16:05 > 0:16:09I'm not sure the year but not very long ago.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I think the other one goes back many years
0:16:12 > 0:16:15and was Melbourne, back in the 1950s maybe.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18So I'm going to go for Melbourne and Sydney.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Yeah, completely right, well done. Not an easy question.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Judith,
0:16:23 > 0:16:28Anthony Martial joined which football club for £36 million
0:16:28 > 0:16:29in 2015?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35I haven't the faintest idea. Erm...
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Manchester United.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40OK. Well, Man U is Dave's team, of course. Dave?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Dave is ecstatic, Judith.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- Dave's very happy with that.- Yes.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Well done, it's Manchester United. - Hooray.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- Perhaps he mentioned it and it went in somewhere.- It did.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Possibly it did go in somewhere, yeah.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53OK, David. So we're 2-2.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57I won't say it's a tight round but it's level.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01How old was the tennis player Maureen Connolly, David,
0:17:01 > 0:17:07when she won her ninth and final Grand Slam singles title in 1954?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14I don't know. This is before my time.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17I know she was very young when she won her first.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22I can't believe she can get nine by 19, that's implausible, isn't it?
0:17:22 > 0:17:2434 is entirely likely.
0:17:24 > 0:17:2649's perhaps getting on a bit.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29I don't know but I think the logical one
0:17:29 > 0:17:32is I'm going to go down the middle for 34.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34She actually sadly died at 34.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35- Oh, dear.- 19 it was.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- 19? OK.- Yeah, a real prodigy.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39At least she won it early, yeah.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41So, a little bit
0:17:41 > 0:17:43of a chance here, Judith.
0:17:43 > 0:17:49Bobby Orr, born in 1948, is a famous name, Judith, in which sport?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50And Orr is spelt O-R-R.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58It could be any of those.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Get this right, you're in the final.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I really have absolutely no idea.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I think he was...
0:18:05 > 0:18:07very good footballer.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09You think he was a very good footballer.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12And you've got visions of him just stroking the ball around?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13I have, yes.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16American football, out of interest, or...?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20- Well, as it says American football, American football, yeah.- Right.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Ice hockey is the answer.- Oh.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24We go to Sudden Death.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26David, you're off the hook there. Did you know that one, David?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- I didn't know that one, no. - All right.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- So it gets a bit harder cos I don't give you alternatives now.- OK.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Here is your question, Challenger.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Which England cricketer took 8 for 15 against Australia
0:18:38 > 0:18:42in the fourth test of the 2015 Ashes series?
0:18:42 > 0:18:47Erm, it was a great series and it's clearly one of two.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48It's Broad or Anderson.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I think it was Broad, so I'm going to go for Stuart Broad.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Stuart Broad is correct, well done.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Judith, back to you.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57In which year did Rhona Martin, Debbie Knox,
0:18:57 > 0:19:02Fiona MacDonald, Margaret Morton and Janice Rankin
0:19:02 > 0:19:07win curling gold medals at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Erm... 2006.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13It wasn't 2006, it was 2002, Judith.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- Oh, the one before.- The one before. - Yeah.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18So, Judith, sorry about that, you won't be in the final
0:19:18 > 0:19:21but it was close. David, well done.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23You've beaten an Egghead
0:19:23 > 0:19:27and maybe things are turning for our Ludophiles.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Come back and we'll see what happens next.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Right, so Ludophiles have lost two brains but now, Paul,
0:19:34 > 0:19:35- you've got one back.- Hm.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Or is that a strategic move you did there?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- We've saved the best till last. - Well, not quite last. Let's see.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Poor old Judith is out but maybe another Egghead will follow her
0:19:43 > 0:19:45and you can level things up.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47A lot at stake in this round, it's Geography.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- Good.- Who would like this?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I'll take this, please.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Ian, you look a bit reluctant there. - No, no, never.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- You're a retired teacher?- Yes, but not a geography teacher, I'm afraid.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Ah, OK. Which Egghead? You can have either Kevin or Chris.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05I'll take on Chris, please.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Ian from Ludophiles versus Chris from the Eggheads on Geography,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10please take your positions.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Ian, Geography is the subject. Would you like to go first or second?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I'll go second, I think, please.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- OK, Mr Hughes, in the bright green, are you ready?- I'm ready.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Here is your question.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28The Ionian Sea is part of which larger body of water?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Well, the Ionian islands are off Greece
0:20:33 > 0:20:36and it's part of the Mediterranean Sea.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Well done, it is indeed.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40OK, over to you now, Ian.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44The Khyber Pass links Afghanistan to which country?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49That certainly isn't Turkey.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53That's way over to the other side of the continent.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56So it's between Russia and Pakistan
0:20:56 > 0:20:58and I believe the answer is Pakistan.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Pakistan is the right answer, well done.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01OK, Chris.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05British Columbia is a province located in which part of Canada?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11It's on the far west, on the Pacific coast.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- You're not hesitating today, Chris. - No. I know where it is.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16JEREMY LAUGHS
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- You're not even pretending not to know.- No.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22West is right. There we are.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Ian...
0:21:23 > 0:21:24JEREMY CHUCKLES
0:21:24 > 0:21:29..which of these is one of the seven United Arab Emirates?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Oh, dear.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Well, I was hoping Chris would have gone off the rails
0:21:37 > 0:21:39on the last question but he didn't.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42I don't know if I can stay on the rails on this one.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Well, I'm thinking it's possibly, or probably,
0:21:46 > 0:21:51an oil-producing country, so my best bet would be Kuwait.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54OK. It's the wrong answer. It's Sharjah.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Now, let's get a bit of help here from the Eggheads.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Who's an expert? Are you, Chris? Do you know about the UAE?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Oh, I knew the answer was Sharjah.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Abu Dhabi and those places are UAE, aren't they?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Bahrain's a sovereign state in its own right and so is Kuwait.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Sorry, Ian, you are behind.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14And Chris has the third question
0:22:14 > 0:22:16and you can clean up with this one, Chris.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Which of these Indian cities is centred on the east bank
0:22:20 > 0:22:22of the Hooghly River?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Ah. Now, the Hooghly River is one of the branches of the deltas
0:22:29 > 0:22:30of the Ganges.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33So, it's to the east of India
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and it's what used to be called Calcutta - it's Kolkata.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Kolkata is the right answer.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42You've got it, you've got three out of three. Sorry, Ian.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- They're in good form today, aren't they?- Yes, they certainly are.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47But if you come back to us, we will play the final round.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50All right, big moment now.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53This is what we've been playing towards, time for our final round.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55As always, it is General Knowledge.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I'm afraid though, those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:58 > 0:22:59are not allowed to play.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03So, Paul, David P and Ian from the Ludophiles
0:23:03 > 0:23:05and also our own Judith from the Eggheads,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07would you please now leave the studio?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11All right, it is the final.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Una and David H, you're playing to win the Ludophiles £3,000.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Chris, Kevin, Dave, Lisa, you're playing for something
0:23:17 > 0:23:21that money can't buy - the Eggheads' fearsome reputation.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Now, as usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26They're all going to be General Knowledge, OK?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28You can confer.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30So, Ludophiles, the question is,
0:23:30 > 0:23:35can your two brains take down these smouldering four over here?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38And would you like to go first or second, Una and David?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- We'd like to go first, please.- Hm.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Good luck to you.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Which of these people celebrated their 80th birthday in 2015?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- I think it's the Dalai Lama. - It wasn't Prince Philip.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It certainly wasn't Prince Philip.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Shall we try the Dalai Lama?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03I think so, yes.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06We think Dalai Lama.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Dalai Lama is the right answer.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Over to you, Eggheads.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Grandpa's Great Escape is a bestselling 2015
0:24:12 > 0:24:14children's book by which author?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20I'd have gone Walliams.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- I thought Walliams before the options came up.- So did I.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Whether that's...
0:24:27 > 0:24:32We don't know it per se but we all instinctively think David Walliams.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34So that's what we're going for.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36David Walliams is the right answer.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40OK, you've started well.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Your question - the groundhog is also known by what name?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Groundhog.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- There was Groundhog Day, wasn't there, the film?- Yeah.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- It's not beaver...- I didn't think it was beaver.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58..and I don't think it's chipmunk.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I don't know.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I would go for woodchuck myself.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Shall we have a guess? We're ruling
0:25:05 > 0:25:06- out beaver, aren't we?- Yes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- Shall we go for woodchuck?- Yes, go on, then, we'll try that.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12We think maybe woodchuck.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Beautifully done, you're right.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19It's... You can be completely thrown by that but you're quite right.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Woodchuck it is.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Eggheads, who was revealed to be the wealthiest man in the UK
0:25:25 > 0:25:27in the Sunday Times 2015 Rich List?
0:25:34 > 0:25:38I thought it was Abramovich but I could be wrong.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40It's not Branson.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42No. I thought it was Abramovich.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- And I don't...- I don't know who this...
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Well, I've heard of Len Blavatnik but I don't think he was number one.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51I mean, I... Unfortunately, I didn't see that particular...
0:25:51 > 0:25:53No, I didn't take any... Lisa?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- No, I'm afraid not.- My...
0:25:57 > 0:26:00..instinct was Abramovich.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03If it is that other geezer, I would...
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Cos it would've surely been a major headline
0:26:06 > 0:26:07that he's, you know...
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Yeah, Abramovich has lots of money,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- is not really a massive headline, is it?- No.- No.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Well, I can't really make a case for changing from Abramovich, so...
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- No, OK.- We're going to have to deal with that.- All right.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Not entirely sure on this one
0:26:22 > 0:26:24cos unfortunately none of us actually seem to have seen
0:26:24 > 0:26:26the list, in this instance.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Seen it in some previous years.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Erm...on balance, we think it's
0:26:31 > 0:26:33probably going to be Abramovich.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- Do you know the answer?- We fancy Len Blavatnik.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37And why is that?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- I don't know.- What does he do, Len Blavatnik?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42He's in some sort of industry, isn't he?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I don't know what he does at all but I think that's maybe the only reason
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I know his name. I might be wrong.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48It's a very good reason
0:26:48 > 0:26:49cos it's the right answer.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Len Blavatnik,
0:26:51 > 0:26:52and Abramovich is 10th.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55So your perch... You were just rebuilding
0:26:55 > 0:26:57and you're perched on the edge of some...
0:26:57 > 0:26:59defeat here.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00So let's see.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05If you get this one right, you have taken the contest...
0:27:05 > 0:27:06but let's see.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Video Killed The Radio Star,
0:27:08 > 0:27:12the first music video ever played on MTV,
0:27:12 > 0:27:13was a hit for which band?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- Get this right and you've won. - It's The Buggles.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- 100% it's The Buggles...- Is it? OK.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26..so is there any point in sitting having a lengthy conversation?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28No. If you're sure, we'll go straight for The Buggles.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31The Buggles, Jeremy.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32- You're certain, aren't you?- I am.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Are they right?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Yes, of course.- Buggles is the right answer.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38We say congratulations, Ludophiles,
0:27:38 > 0:27:40you have won!
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- And you're the Mensa Trivial Pursuit champion?- Yes, Una is.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- I am, yes.- And when I see Una, your name, U-N-A,
0:27:52 > 0:27:53should I go Una or Yuna?
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- In my case it's Una because it's Scottish Gaelic.- OK.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- But I don't answer to Yuna. - You don't?- No. Una.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Well, I'm very relieved I went with Una.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04You're numero UNA now, your team!
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Well done! Congratulations, Ludophiles. What about that?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10The three relaxing in the back were suddenly...a big jolt
0:28:10 > 0:28:12and you've won it, you've won £3,000.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14You are officially cleverer than the Eggheads.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17We suspected something might be happening in this game.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19You've proved they can be beaten. It wasn't a straight line, was it?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- No, no. It was tough.- It was.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Maybe you relaxed a bit too much there, Eggs.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Join us next time on Eggheads to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:27 > 0:28:29will be just as successful.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Well done, you did brilliantly. I hope you've enjoyed it.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- Absolutely.- It's been lovely, we've had a lovely day.- Great stuff.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Great to see you. See you next time, goodbye.