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?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34They are the Eggheads. And you are the greatest, aren't you, Eggheads?
0:00:34 > 0:00:38- We were until the last show. - Hmm, yes. Something happened.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Hoping to beat the might of the Eggheads today
0:00:40 > 0:00:42are the Hertford Hopefuls.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Now, this team of friends regularly quiz together at the Duncombe Arms.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50- Let's meet them. - Hello, I'm Michelle and I'm a PA.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hello, I'm John and I'm a commercial manager.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hi, I'm Rachel and I work in retail.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Hello, I'm Kate and I'm an employer engagement officer.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Hello, I'm Linda and I work in architectural sales.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- So, Michelle, team, welcome. - Thank you.- Good to see you.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- Tell us first about the Duncombe Arms.- Er...
0:01:07 > 0:01:09It's a pub in the centre of Hertford
0:01:09 > 0:01:13and it has a weekly quiz, which we go to pretty much every week.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- And you quiz together or against each other?- No, we quiz together.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18We used to quiz separately.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Linda and I were on a quiz team
0:01:20 > 0:01:22and the others were on a different quiz team.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24But we merged, so that we now quiz together.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- So, you formed a kind of super-team? - A super-team, yeah.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- Right, and no-one now can beat you at all?- Well, sometimes.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32And what is it about quizzing that you love?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35It's the social aspect, actually. It's just fun.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Have a few drinks.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Gosh, you never even realised there was a social aspect,
0:01:39 > 0:01:40you five, have you?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42What is this social of which you speak?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44HE LAUGHS They've never heard of that.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- And I know there's a book club as well.- Yes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- Other than John, the rest of us are in a book club.- OK.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51So, John, you don't read much?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I read a lot. Just not fiction, really.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Oh, I see. You're into biographies and histories.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59And science-y stuff. A bit boring, maybe, but...
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- Blokey thing then?- Blokey things.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04That might come in handy, you need a good spread of skills.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06So, good luck in this contest.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:02:08 > 0:02:10up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Now, CJ has referred to a problem that came up in the last show.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20And I can tell you, Hertford Hopefuls,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22they were on a brilliant streak, the Eggheads,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25they came undone in a question about Peter Pan.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28THEY GASP And the Challengers won.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30So, that means it can be done.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34And it also means that £1,000 is on the table for you to win today.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Would you like to try? - Yes, please.- Yes!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39All right, the first head-to-head is on the subject of Politics.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Who would like this?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- Politics?- Have we decided that was going to be John?- It's John.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Is it me?- Yeah.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49OK, John. Against which Egghead?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- I wonder if Lisa might be a good one for politics.- Yeah.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56What do you think, Michelle? What did your mum say?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- She didn't mention politics. - SHE GASPS
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Yeah, no, I think Lisa.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03I think we'll take a punt on Lisa then, please.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Yeah, I think we've been doing some politics recently, haven't we?- Yes.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- With good results?- Yes.- OK.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11THEY GROAN But not that good!
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Because your degree was History and English.- That's right.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16So, not politics.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20OK, John from Hertford Hopefuls versus our hopeful Egghead Lisa.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Please go to our famous Question Room now.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28All right, John, so you're up against Lisa on Politics.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Would you like to go first or second?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I'll go first please, Jeremy.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37So, here we go with your first question.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42In 2008, the politician Lembit Opik became engaged to
0:03:42 > 0:03:44a member of which pop group?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Erm, yes, I do recall this, actually.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57I believe it was one of the sisters who were the Cheeky Girls.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59So, that's my answer.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00You're quite right.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03First point to our Challengers. Lisa, over to you.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Who was the only British Prime Minister to win
0:04:06 > 0:04:10three consecutive general elections during the 20th century?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19'79, '83,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22'87.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Just checking, yeah, I'm fairly sure that's Margaret Thatcher.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Margaret Thatcher is the right answer.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31OK, John, over to you.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33In September 2015,
0:04:33 > 0:04:37which Labour MP was appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer?
0:04:43 > 0:04:452015, so this is,
0:04:45 > 0:04:51I believe this is the Jeremy Corbyn cabinet.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53I think it's John McDonnell.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57John McDonnell is quite right. Well done.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58And, Lisa, over to you.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Which then Labour MP introduced the Commonwealth for Britain Bill
0:05:02 > 0:05:07in Parliament in 1991, which proposed abolishing the monarchy?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15OK. You said, "Then Labour MP."
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Now, Dennis Skinner is still a Labour MP.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Frank Field is also still a Labour MP.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Maybe enough of a basis on which to eliminate them both
0:05:28 > 0:05:29and say Tony Benn.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Tony Benn is the right answer.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35OK, 2-2, back to you, John.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39The so-called Plaza Accord of 1985 in which several governments
0:05:39 > 0:05:41agreed to intervene in currency markets
0:05:41 > 0:05:45to manage the value of the US dollar
0:05:45 > 0:05:49took its name from a hotel in which city where it was signed?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56No, I'm afraid I...
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I don't know the answer to this one
0:05:58 > 0:06:01so I'm going to have to make a guess.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04And I shall go for St Louis.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Let's see if the Eggheads know. Is he right? St Louis, Missouri?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10It should be on the famous plaza which is on the south-east corner
0:06:10 > 0:06:12of Central Park in New York.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14A famous plaza in New York, you think?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Well, the famous Plaza Hotel is there.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Yeah, there is a famous plaza in New York
0:06:17 > 0:06:20and that is the right answer, John.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Sorry. So a chance for Lisa to take the round.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Tabare Vazquez was elected president
0:06:25 > 0:06:29of which South American country in November 2014,
0:06:29 > 0:06:34having previously held the position between 2005 and 2010?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39OK.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44Don't remember his name coming up in the presidential race in Brazil
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and I think that may have been 2015 anyway.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51So, it's a toss-up between Chile and Uruguay.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Of the two,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59I would have a slight preference for Uruguay
0:06:59 > 0:07:01based on absolutely nothing at all.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Yeah, I don't know. I'll say Uruguay.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Uruguay is the right answer.- Phew!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Sorry, Challengers. Sorry, John.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13You've been knocked out. Lisa will be in the final round.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17But it's early days. Please rejoin your teams and we'll play on.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21So, as it stands, the Hertford Hopefuls have lost a brain
0:07:21 > 0:07:22from the final round,
0:07:22 > 0:07:26whilst the Eggheads have not lost any brains at all so far.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Let's see if we can change that, shall we?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30The next subject is Film & TV.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32So, Michelle, who would like this?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- That's you, Michelle. - That's me. And that'll be me.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39It's you, yourself, the skipper goes in. OK. And which Egghead?
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- Do you want Barry? - If you're happy with that. Or CJ.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44What did your mum say?
0:07:44 > 0:07:46I love that Michelle's mum is becoming
0:07:46 > 0:07:49like Columbo's wife, a legendary figure.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50She was the researcher.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54I would save CJ for another round. So, I'll take Barry, please.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55I'll have Barry.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57OK, so it's going to be Michelle from the Hertford Hopefuls
0:07:57 > 0:07:59having Barry from the Eggheads.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Film & TV. You're up for this, Barry?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Very much so.- You're wide awake? - Absolutely.- OK, good stuff.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Please go to our Question Room now.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Well, this is good, Michelle.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15- You've got your strongest subject, I gather.- Yes, hopefully. We'll see.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- And any particular thing you love to watch?- Er...
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Well, I like all sorts of films, really.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I like a good thriller, a good horror film.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25And we must ask about your mum
0:08:25 > 0:08:27who's obviously been monitoring the programme.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Because she keeps being mentioned.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Yes, well, she loves of the show and since she knew that we were
0:08:31 > 0:08:34going to be on, she's been giving me all sorts of statistics
0:08:34 > 0:08:37and who I've got to pick if certain topics come up.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41So, she said if its Film & TV, you go and choose Barry?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- Along those lines, yes.- All right, well, let's see what happens.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- And what's your mum's name?- Jan.- All right, Jan, here we go. Film & TV.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Michelle, do you want to go first or second?- I'll go first, please.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Here's your first question, Michelle.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01In 2015, the entrepreneurs Sarah Willingham, Nick Jenkins
0:09:01 > 0:09:05and Touker Suleyman all joined the panel of which BBC TV show?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I believe that's Dragons' Den.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Dragons' Den is correct.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Barry, set during the Cold War, who plays the lawyer
0:09:20 > 0:09:25James B Donovan in the 2015 Steven Spielberg film a Bridge Of Spies?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Let me just think on this.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34I think that was Tom Hanks.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Yes, it was Tom Hanks.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Back to you, Michelle.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43The 2015 BBC sitcom Cradle To Grave is based on the young life
0:09:43 > 0:09:45of which broadcaster and DJ?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Well, I did watch this, it was very good,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54and it was based on the life of Danny Baker.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59Danny Baker is correct, and I think Squeeze did the songs for the show.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Excitingly.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Barry, who was the first person to win consecutive
0:10:04 > 0:10:10Best Director Academy Awards, doing so in 1941 and 1942?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Consecutive?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21John Ford has won four so I'm just wondering
0:10:21 > 0:10:23if two of those were consecutive.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I think I've got to go for John Ford.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28John Ford is right.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29All right, he's playing well.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Jan's going to be upset about this, Michelle.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34It's not going to plan at all.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Michelle, your question.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Which actress received her first Academy Award acting nomination
0:10:40 > 0:10:43for the 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Well, this is another great film.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I don't recall Sharon Stone or Winona Ryder being in it,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58so I'm going to have to say Michelle Pfeiffer.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Michelle Pfeiffer is correct.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01So, you've got three out of three.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Let's see if you can shake Barry off.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Barry, this to stay in.
0:11:05 > 0:11:12Which German film director won the Palm d'Or at Cannes in 1984
0:11:12 > 0:11:14for his film Paris, Texas?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Oh, I love that film, Paris, Texas.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27It had really iconic music in by Ry Cooder.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31But who directed it? That's a much harder question.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36I'll discount Volker Schlondorff.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Wim Wenders or Werner Herzog? Oh.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I think it's just a little early for Werner Herzog,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46I'm going to go for Wim Wenders.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51- Yes, Wim Wenders is right. - Oh!- Barry, good play.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54And the three out of three for you both, so we go to Sudden Death.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Michelle, it gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternatives.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Here is your question.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Who directed all three Back To The Future films
0:12:02 > 0:12:07which were originally released between 1985 and 1990?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Well, I loved the Michael J Fox, I loved these films,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13particularly the first one.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16And I think, I had a big poster on my bedroom wall
0:12:16 > 0:12:19and I'm pretty sure that the director was Robert Zemeckis.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22It was Robert Zemeckis, well done.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23OK, Barry, to stay in.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27In which series of films are midi-chlorians
0:12:27 > 0:12:30a microscopic life force?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Oh, I think the Force is with me on this one,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I think it's the Star Wars series.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39It's controversial with Star Wars fans, this, but yes, Star Wars.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41OK, level on Sudden Death.
0:12:41 > 0:12:47Michelle, what is the surname of the Belgian film-making brothers
0:12:47 > 0:12:53who won the Palm d'Or at Cannes in 1999 for their film Rosetta
0:12:53 > 0:12:56and again in 2005 for The Child?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I think I'm aware of them
0:13:00 > 0:13:03but I absolutely cannot think what their name is.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Belgium.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08No, I'm sorry, I think I'm going to have to pass.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11OK, it was Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14Barry, for the round.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18The 1993 film Bopha, which tells the story of
0:13:18 > 0:13:21a black South African policeman during apartheid
0:13:21 > 0:13:25was the directorial debut of which American actor?
0:13:26 > 0:13:29I don't know. I'll try Morgan Freeman.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Morgan Freeman is the right answer. - Oh!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35That is the only film he's directed.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37So, he had a go at it and that was it.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Barry, you're in the final.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Sorry, Michelle, I can see you know your onions.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Bad luck, though, you've been knocked out by Barry.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- I hope Jan's not too upset. - Oh, never mind.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49So, come back to us and we'll play the next round.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54So, as it stands, the Challengers have lost two brains
0:13:54 > 0:13:57from the final round, though the last round was very close.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59The Eggheads are still there intact,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01looking pleased with themselves.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03The next subject for you is Music.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05THEY GASP Who wants music?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- It has to be Linda. - I think that's me!
0:14:07 > 0:14:11- It has to be Linda.- Linda? - Who am I having?- Who are you having?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- Oh, I've got no idea. Am I having Pat?- Or Chris?- Or Chris?
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- It was Pat or Chris.- Ooh. What do you think?- Who do you fancy?
0:14:19 > 0:14:23- You choose.- I think I'd like Chris.- OK.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24- OK?- Chris, please.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28So, Linda from the Hertford Hopefuls against Chris on Music again.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- Again! Good stuff. - Again, again. Yeah, OK.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33And please take your positions for us.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38So, good luck on Music. Would you like to go first or second, Linda?
0:14:38 > 0:14:39I'd like to go first, please.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45And here is your question.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49According to the title of the 1944 novelty song,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of what?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Coconuts is right, well done.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04Chris, the 1987 Comic Relief single Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
0:15:04 > 0:15:07was performed by the comedian Mel Smith
0:15:07 > 0:15:09and which female English singer?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15That was Kim Wilde.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- You're quite right.- Yeah. - Kim Wilde, well done.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Linda, I Feel The Earth Move and It's Too Late were hit songs
0:15:23 > 0:15:26for which female singer-songwriter in 1971?
0:15:30 > 0:15:34I'm fairly certain that this was Carole King.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Carole King is correct, yes.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39So, Chris?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42We'd Like To Thank You, Herbert Hoover
0:15:42 > 0:15:47and A New Deal For Christmas are songs from which stage musical?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Well, the Hoover reference gives it away.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55It's Annie from the Depression.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Annie is quite right.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01All right, we're going great guns here. Two out of three for you both.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03This would be a good one to get, Linda.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08Jack Payne, born in August 1899, achieved fame in which role?
0:16:13 > 0:16:19I don't know this answer, so it's going to be a complete guess.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I'm going to say bandleader.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Chris, is she right?- She's right, yes.- Bandleader it is. Well done.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- Thank you.- Got the rub of the green there.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29OK, Chris, to stay in.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Which member of the Rolling Stones released the 2015 album
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Crosseyed Heart, his first solo release in 23 years?
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Er, wouldn't be Jagger, I'd have heard of it if it was Jagger.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Must be Keith Richards.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Yes, Keith Richards it is. Well done.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- Sorry, Linda, he's taking you to Sudden Death.- Painful.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Here we go again.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Which female American folk singer had a hit with the song
0:17:00 > 0:17:05Brand New Key in the early 1970s which was later parodied
0:17:05 > 0:17:08in a novelty song called Combine Harvester?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10That was Melanie.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11It was Melanie, yeah!
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Do you remember the group who did Combine Harvester?- The Wurzels.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Yeah, well done. Good work.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Chris.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24Published in 2015, Unfaithful Music And Disappearing Ink
0:17:24 > 0:17:27is the title of which singer-songwriter's autobiography?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34No, I'm going to have to pass on that, Jeremy. Sorry.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- Really?- Really.- Nothing?- Nothing.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Do you know, Linda?- I do!
0:17:39 > 0:17:41- Go on.- Elvis Costello.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- Yeah, my hero, as it happens. - It's waiting for me to read.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- It's at home.- Yeah, I've read it, it's a great book.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51So, Chris, you've been knocked out on an Elvis Costello question,
0:17:51 > 0:17:52how painful is that?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Linda, well done, you're in the final round.- Thank you.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58You played really well there. Fantastic musical knowledge.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Come back to us and we'll play on.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04So, as it stands, Hertford Hopefuls have lost two brains
0:18:04 > 0:18:07from the final round but they've now fought back successfully
0:18:07 > 0:18:09and the Eggheads have lost a brain as well.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12And the next subject is Arts & Books.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13- OK.- So...
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- That's not me, that's you. - That's for you, Kate.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- Oh, God!- We agreed, OK.- Yeah, OK.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- Who would you like?- Which Egghead?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- So, Kate.- What do you think about CJ?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- CJ or Pat?- CJ?
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Yeah, OK, CJ.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30All righty.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34So, Kate from Hertford Hopefuls versus our own CJ from the Eggheads.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36And please go to the Question Room now.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Art & Books we're on.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41And, Kate, would you like to go first or second?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I'd like to go first please, Jeremy.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Kate, good luck.- Thank you.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53In 2015, which actor's starring role in Hamlet
0:18:53 > 0:18:56helped break the record for audience figures for a live broadcast
0:18:56 > 0:18:58of a National Theatre production?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Well, I think this was one of my favourites
0:19:07 > 0:19:09and he is Benedict Cumberbatch.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Benedict Cumberbatch is correct.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14CJ.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18The Penwith Society of Arts, founded in the 1940s by artists
0:19:18 > 0:19:23such as Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson is based in which town?
0:19:27 > 0:19:33Well, I think Penwith is in Cornwall and the Hepworth Museum
0:19:33 > 0:19:36is in St Ives because I've been to it, so I'll try St Ives.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Yes, I've been to it too and St Ives is quite right.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Back to you, Kate.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Which writer commented about the work of Charles Dickens
0:19:43 > 0:19:47by saying, "One would have to have a heart of stone
0:19:47 > 0:19:50"to read of the death of Little Nell without laughing"?
0:19:54 > 0:19:58I don't know the answer to this one.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04I imagine it would be somebody who wrote in a comic way.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I'm going with Oscar Wilde.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Yes, it is Oscar Wilde.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10OK, CJ.
0:20:10 > 0:20:16The poet Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in which century?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Can't remember the exact year but it's the 13th.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25It is the 13th.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29So again, this Egghead is proving difficult to shake off,
0:20:29 > 0:20:31they're not getting many answers are wrong.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34That's the trouble here, Kate, today. Here's your third question.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39Horse Devoured By Lion is a famous 18th-century work
0:20:39 > 0:20:41by which artist?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50I don't know the answer to this one either.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52I'm going to go with George Stubbs.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Yes, you're right.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Well done, Kate, three out of three.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58CJ, your third question. Get this wrong, you're out.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Which comedienne wrote the 2015 novel According To Yes?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Not 100% sure but I think it's Dawn French.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Dawn French is right.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18CJ. Kate, you're tied on three points, we go to Sudden Death again.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- I don't give you alternatives, Kate, OK?- OK.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27In September 2014, a statue of which late female singer
0:21:27 > 0:21:33by the sculptor Scott Eaton was unveiled in Camden in North London?
0:21:34 > 0:21:38I'm guessing it could be Amy Winehouse.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Is that your answer?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Yes.- It's correct, Amy Winehouse. Well done.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48CJ, which legendary American singer-songwriter
0:21:48 > 0:21:52wrote the children's book If Dogs Run Free,
0:21:52 > 0:21:56based on his 1970s song of the same name?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58That I have absolutely no idea about.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Absolute blind guess at Paul McCartney.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06So Paul McCartney is American now, is he?
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Didn't even hear you say that.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10It's not Paul McCartney! It's Bob Dylan.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Well done, Kate, you're in the final.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Well done indeed, this is just like the last game.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Congratulations, Kate, you took on an Egghead
0:22:18 > 0:22:19and you emerged triumphant.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Both of you rejoin your teams and we will play that final round.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Well, what an intriguing game.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28This is what we have been playing towards.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32It is time for the final round. As always, it's General Knowledge.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:35 > 0:22:37are not allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40So, that's Michelle and John from the Hertford Hopefuls,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42but also CJ and Chris from the Eggheads.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Would you please now leave the studio?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Now, Rachel, Kate and Linda,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51you're playing to win the Hertford Hopefuls £1,000.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Oh, Lisa, Pat and Barry,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56you're playing for something that I can't even put a price on,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59which is to restore the Eggheads' reputation
0:22:59 > 0:23:03after the last awful game.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08This time, the questions are all General Knowledge
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- and you are allowed to confer. - Excellent.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13So, Hertford Hopefuls, the question is -
0:23:13 > 0:23:17can your three brains defeat these three over here?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Let's hope so. Rachel, Kate, Linda,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21would you like to go first or second?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- First?- Yeah, I think we like to go first.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30OK, good luck to you and here we go with your first question.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Accounting dodges known as tobashi schemes
0:23:33 > 0:23:38take their name from a term meaning "make fly away" in which language?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- Well, my first... - My first instinct is Japanese.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- Sounds completely Japanese. - It has to be Japanese.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51We're going to go Japanese, Jeremy.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Japanese is the right answer.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- Excellent.- Eggheads.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Which of these Italian football clubs
0:23:57 > 0:24:01play their home matches at the Stadio Olimpico?
0:24:05 > 0:24:09- It's Roma.- Roma?- Yes, it's the only city that's held the Olympics.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Yes?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12That's Roma.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Roma is right. So, 1-1.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17And your question, Challengers.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Which of these London tourist attractions
0:24:20 > 0:24:22is located in Regent's Park?
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- It's definitely London.- There's no doubt in any of our minds.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- We know this one. - We've all been there.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36So, it's not Kew Gardens and it's not the National Gallery.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38So, we're going to go with London Zoo.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Absolutely right, London Zoo it is.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43OK, your question, Eggs.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48Which online crowd-funding platform was co-founded by Perry Chen,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Yancey Strickler and Charles Adler in 2009?
0:24:56 > 0:25:01Kickstarter is a really big name in crowd-funding sites.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I think it's been around longer than the rest,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05- that would be the key on that. - I don't know this.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Are the other two genuine? Do you recognise the other two?
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Yeah, certainly GoFundMe exists and I'm fairly sure Indiegogo exists
0:25:11 > 0:25:13but I don't recall it being a crowd-funding site.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I would have thought if you're going back to 2009,
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Kickstarter would be the option
0:25:17 > 0:25:19on the basis I think it's been
0:25:19 > 0:25:20around enough longer than the other two.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22But I don't know for sure.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23I'd be inclined to go for Kickstarter
0:25:23 > 0:25:25because it's such a dominant name.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Yeah, well, it would be my preference.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29I have no preference so I'm happy to go with that.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31We don't know this
0:25:31 > 0:25:33but Kickstarter seems to have by far
0:25:33 > 0:25:35the biggest profile, so we're going for Kickstarter.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Yeah, you're right, it exists and it's the right answer. Kickstarter.
0:25:39 > 0:25:422-2. I thought they might come unstuck with that one.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Never mind.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Bright Lights, Big City, published in 1984,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50was the first novel by which US author?
0:25:54 > 0:25:58My instinctive answer is Bret Easton Ellis.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03- I have no idea, what about you, Kate?- I don't know any of the three.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05So, why do you think it's Bret Easton Ellis?
0:26:05 > 0:26:09- Why do you think it's him? - Just a guess?- I just think it's him.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Well, I have no idea
0:26:10 > 0:26:13so unless you've got something better up your sleeve?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14That's the only one that rings a bell.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16I'm fairly sure it's not Tom Wolfe.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Jay McInerney I don't know an awful lot about.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22We don't know the answer to this one,
0:26:22 > 0:26:26so I'm going with Linda's guess because Kate and I have no idea.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- And we're going to say Bret Easton Ellis.- OK.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Tom Wolfe was Bonfire Of The Vanities, right?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Who wrote this, though?
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- I think it's Jay McInerney. - It's Jay McInerney.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Oh, no, I'm so sorry, guys! - It's not your fault, we didn't know.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46All right.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Over to you.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50If you get this right, you've won the contest
0:26:50 > 0:26:51and you're back on track.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54But who knows? After what happened in the last game.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58During the Second World War, the actor and writer Peter Ustinov
0:26:58 > 0:27:02served in the British Army as a batman
0:27:02 > 0:27:04to which other famous actor?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11David Niven I think was a private in the Second World War.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- I think it's David Niven. I think he served.- Hang on, was he?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20That just sounds like the sort of thing that you would collect, Pat.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21It's right up your street.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Before the options had come up, I would have said David Niven.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28I think it rings a bell. I'd be very reluctant not to say David Niven.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I am fully prepared to go with your instinct on this.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Because that's what came into my head before the options.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Well, my instincts haven't been playing too well
0:27:35 > 0:27:37so I'm happy to go with yours.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39And I haven't got a clue so we'll take that, Pat.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I've a fairly strong feeling this was David Niven.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46If you've got this right, if, the contest is over.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Peter Ustinov served as batman to David Niven.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53We say congratulations, Eggheads. You have won.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- Well, commiserations, Hertford Hopefuls.- Thank you. It's been fun.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- We've enjoyed it.- Yes, and some great rounds you've played.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08And there we are, 3-3 in the final. What can I say?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Many, many fail to get that far.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13So, Eggheads, you may be back on track. We'll have to see.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16After your misfiring, you seem to have won
0:28:16 > 0:28:18and you reign supreme again.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21It does mean the Challengers don't go home with the £1,000
0:28:21 > 0:28:23so we roll that money over to the next show.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I wonder if you are back on form.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:31 > 0:28:33have the brains to defeat them.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37They're very, very hard to beat when they're on top form.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40£2,000 says they won't lose. Till then, goodbye.