0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27the 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 > 0:00:33They are the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Challenging our resident quiz champions today are...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Now, this team all know one another
0:00:38 > 0:00:39through playing skittles
0:00:39 > 0:00:42and quizzing at The Brown Jug in Cheltenham.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43So, let's meet them.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Hello, I'm Sherry and I'm a senior account manager.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Hello, I'm Viv, I'm a retired accounting technician.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Rose, I'm an analyst programmer.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Jan, and I'm a retired English teacher.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hello, I'm Hazel and I'm a senior pensions administrator.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- So, Sherry and team, welcome. Great to see you.- Thank you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- And good to have some skittlers in. - Yes, yes.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08We were trying to uphold the tradition.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11That's good. Now, tell us about skittles for those who don't know.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16- What do you do?- Well, we turn up at The Brown Jug every other week
0:01:16 > 0:01:19cos we play at opposition's alleys as well.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22And we aim to knock down nine pins if we possibly can
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and enjoy ourselves doing it.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And forgive my ignorance, Eggs, cos you all know this
0:01:27 > 0:01:29but is skittles on a table at sort of waist height
0:01:29 > 0:01:30with a piece of string?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- No, no.- That's something else? - It's at the end of a wooden alley.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Oh, OK, like tenpin bowling, actually?
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Like tenpin bowling but no holes.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39No holes in the balls.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42And do you do the underarm thing with the ball, do you?
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Hopefully, yes.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And hopefully knock down as many pins with each ball as we can.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49And where does the quizzing come in? Or isn't there any?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50The quizzing happens in the summer
0:01:50 > 0:01:53because we play in a winter's league
0:01:53 > 0:01:56and in the summer we meet up every couple of weeks
0:01:56 > 0:01:58for either a meal or a quiz.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Right. And you've got...they're sort of quite hard, wooden balls?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- They are, yes. - You've got them ready for this lot?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Absolutely, we've got five to knock them out with.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08OK, knock 'em out.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:02:10 > 0:02:11up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14However, if they fail to skittle out the Eggheads,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19So, Alley Pallies, I can tell you the Eggheads have won
0:02:19 > 0:02:20the last 13 games.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23So, they're on a roll which is bad but the prize money is...
0:02:24 > 0:02:25..which is good.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Would you like to try
0:02:26 > 0:02:27- and win it?- Of course.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29I thought so.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Who would like this? - Film & TV, who wants
0:02:35 > 0:02:36to do that?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Shall I do that or...?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Rose?- Shall I do it?- Rose.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Rose will take Film & TV.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46All right. Have you been volunteered or did you volunteer?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I think a bit of both, really.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51So, against which Egghead, Rose?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Who looks as if they've not been watching anything for a while?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Kevin.- Kevin? Want to go against Kevin?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I'll go against Kevin.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Kevin. Rose against Kevin.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Taking the big man out straightaway.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Let's see what you can do here.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Rose from Alley Pallies versus Kevin from the Eggheads.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Just to ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13would you please take your positions in our Question Room?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15You're up against Kevin on Film & TV.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17And would you like to go first or second, Rose?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I'd like to go first, please.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Good luck. What is the logo
0:03:24 > 0:03:27for the long-running children's programme Blue Peter?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Well, I've been watching that since I've been, you know,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36born, more or less, so I know it's the ship.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Ship is the right answer, well done.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41And you like some of the big BBC programmes, I gather?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43I know. It's terrible, isn't it?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Well, I think we'll take compliments wherever they come from.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Watch Strictly and all that? - Yes, all that stuff. Yeah.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51- Bake Off?- Yes, yes.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I like watching programmes where people are amateur
0:03:54 > 0:03:56but enjoying themselves.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Great. Rose, well done, one point to you.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Kevin. The lines,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02"I coulda had class, I coulda been a contender,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06"I coulda been somebody" were famously said by which actor?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Well, I suppose it's one of the most famous film quotes.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15It's from On The Waterfront and it was Marlon Brando.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Directed by...
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Elia Kazan.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Well done. OK, Rose, your question.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27The term scripted reality refers to which of these TV shows?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Scripted reality.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I would guess that is The Only Way Is Essex.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Absolutely right. It's not quite a documentary, it's something...
0:04:46 > 0:04:49It's not nearly real but not quite. Well done. The Only Way Is Essex.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Kevin, your question.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Which actress won a BAFTA for playing the title role
0:04:54 > 0:04:57in the TV drama Mrs Biggs?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Well, I think she gets a lot of these sorts of roles now.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I don't think it was Olivia Colman,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I don't think it was Michelle Keegan.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15I think the go-to one for this sort of thing is Sheridan Smith.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Sheridan Smith is correct.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19So, two-two. Not a hair out of place
0:05:19 > 0:05:21so far.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Keep skittling.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25The fictional TV detective
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Jane Tennison was created by which screenwriter, Rose?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I think that was...
0:05:41 > 0:05:42..Lynda La Plante.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Is she right, Eggs? ALL:- Yes.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Yes, you're right. Well done. Three out of three.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Going well, Alley Pallies.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Going well down the alley.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53OK, Kevin.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56To stay in, who plays the title role
0:05:56 > 0:06:00in the 2014 Luc Besson film Lucy?
0:06:05 > 0:06:06It's a strange film, that one.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09It's Scarlett Johansson.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Scarlet Johannson is the right answer, well done.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13So, three points each.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14You're starting well
0:06:14 > 0:06:17but so are they, so are they, it's always the way.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- So, Rose, we go to Sudden Death. Gets a bit more tricky now.- Yes.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23I don't give you alternative answers.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- OK.- Here we go.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Which Oscar-winning 1970 film
0:06:27 > 0:06:30and subsequent long-running TV series
0:06:30 > 0:06:33was based on a Richard Hooker novel?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39My mind's gone blank.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Love Story?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- It's MASH.- MASH, oh, yes.- Yeah.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48OK, Kevin, your question, for the round.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52In which 1970s comedy drama series did Adam Faith play a character
0:06:52 > 0:06:56whose official name was Ronald Bird?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Well, hence his nickname, which was the name of the series - Budgie.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Yeah, Budgie was his nickname, Budgie was the name of the series.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04You're right. On Sudden Death, you've taken the round.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Sorry, Rose. First blood
0:07:07 > 0:07:08to the Eggheads.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Kevin will be in the final and you've been knocked out
0:07:10 > 0:07:12but it's early days.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Please come back to us and we'll play on.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18OK, as it stands, Alley Pallies have lost a brain.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Bad luck - played well there, Rose.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21And the Eggheads are still sitting there
0:07:21 > 0:07:24rather too smugly for our liking.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26The next subject is Arts & Books.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- This is good, isn't it? - Arts & Books.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Take that?- No, not me.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- I think that was...- Me? - I think it's Jan.- Go on, Jan.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- I think it's going to be me. - It's going to be you.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Against which Egghead? Obviously can't be Kevin.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Shall we go for Dave?- Yeah, why not?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Dave, I think Dave.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- OK. I will... - Laughing mischievously, Dave.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I know, I know. They've got every reason to laugh, yes.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55We'll see. Jan from Alley Pallies, Dave from the Eggheads,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57please take your positions.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- So, Jan, you taught English?- I did.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- This should be a good round but, of course...- It should be.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- ..they're the most stressful. - It depends on the questions.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Exactly. Any particular period that you love?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10No, not particularly.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I quite like Victorian novels
0:08:12 > 0:08:15but whether I can remember a lot about them today
0:08:15 > 0:08:16will be another matter.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18OK, well, good luck against Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Would you like to go first or second?
0:08:20 > 0:08:21I'll go first.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Here we go. Good luck.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Which location is the setting for Shakespeare's play
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Twelfth Night?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Well, I know it's not Denmark because that's where Hamlet is set.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Verona is the setting for Romeo and Juliet.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Is it also the setting for Twelfth Night? I can't remember.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54On that basis, on my logic, I'll go for Illyria.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- Illyria is the right answer. - Thank you.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Well done.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Dave, your question.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Yep.- Which of these artists
0:09:02 > 0:09:05is regarded as one of the leading figures of the Baroque period?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I hate these time periods.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Erm...
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Just trying to think when Baroque was.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21But, no, I've got to go, in that case, I'll go with Rembrandt.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Yeah, Rembrandt is the right answer, well done.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27So, one point each, back to you, Jan.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones
0:09:30 > 0:09:33were leaders of which art movement?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Um...I don't think it's the third option.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Having dismissed that, it's probably the correct answer.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51I'm going to go for Arts and Crafts.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Yeah, Arts and Crafts looks like the made-up answer
0:09:53 > 0:09:55but it is actually correct.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56- Well done.- That's good.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Now, William Morris, I seem to see museums with his name on.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Was he basically wallpaper and all that, was he?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- Yes, and furniture and... - Furniture...- I mean, just interiors.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08OK. Here we go, Dave, your question.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13Paul Bowles' 1949 novel entitled The Sheltering Sky
0:10:13 > 0:10:15is set in which part of the world?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I've never heard of this novel at all.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28So, it's a guess. I can't think of why it would be The Sheltering Sky.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I'm going to regret it but I'll go North Africa.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- You're right. North Africa it is.- Oh, wow.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Did you know that, Jan?
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- I would have guessed North Africa on the title of the book. Yeah.- OK.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44So, equal, two points each.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Here's your question, Jan.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Lady Honoria Dedlock
0:10:48 > 0:10:50is a character in which novel by Charles Dickens?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I'm quite a fan of Charles Dickens so I should be quite annoyed
0:10:59 > 0:11:01if I get this wrong.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06I have a feeling it's Bleak House.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09You're right. You've got three out of three, well done.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12OK, now, let's see if Dave
0:11:12 > 0:11:16takes you to Sudden Death or whether he crashes out.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Which popular English poet who died in 1800
0:11:19 > 0:11:21was known as the Bard of Olney?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Right, I'm in a bit of trouble here.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I don't believe its Wordsworth.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Cowper or Cibber.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Just trying to get a handle on when Cibber was around.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45And when Cowper was there.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49The Bard of Olney.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Yeah, I'm going to go Colley Cibber
0:11:51 > 0:11:53and really regret this one.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56You are because you are out, Dave. It is William Cowper.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Yeah, well done.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59So you got two out of three. Jan, well done.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01This is quite a contest.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04So, the skittles are flying now.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Well done, Jan, you are in the final round.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Come back to us. Getting exciting! We'll play on.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12As it stands, the Alley Pallies have lost a brain,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15but the Eggheads have lost a brain too.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17And the next subject for you is Sport.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Can't guarantee skittling here.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I think we know that's Hazel.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- That's Hazel.- That's me. - Hazel? OK.- Yes.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Against which Egghead on Sport?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- Judith? Judith.- Judith. Sorry.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Hazel from Alley Pallies, Judith from the Eggheads.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35You'll gather there is a bit of history with Sport and Judith.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36We try not to mention it.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Hazel, Sport it is.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Would you like to go first or second?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I'll go first, please.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52So, here we go with your first Sport question, Hazel.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54For which football team did Harry Kane
0:12:54 > 0:12:58score 31 goals in the 2014-15 season?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Well, I actually do know this one
0:13:05 > 0:13:09so I'm going to go straight in and say it was Spurs.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- It was indeed Spurs. Are you a football fan?- Yes.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- Great. And you support which team? - Manchester City.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16OK.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18All right, Judith, your question.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23In which sport have Lucie Safarova and Ekaterina Makarova
0:13:23 > 0:13:26both been ranked in the world's top ten?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Well, I don't think it's boxing.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I think tennis.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- I think tennis too. Well done. - Oh, phew.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Back to you, Hazel. Which county
0:13:40 > 0:13:43cricket club appointed Australian Jason Gillespie
0:13:43 > 0:13:45as first-team coach in 2011?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Um... I'm not 100% sure.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59But I'm leaning towards Yorkshire.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I think it might be Yorkshire.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03It is Yorkshire, Hazel, well done.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05- JEREMY LAUGHS - Phew.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Judith.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09In which motorsport was Carlos Sainz
0:14:09 > 0:14:12twice world champion in the 1990s?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Well, I don't think it's Formula One.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Um...
0:14:24 > 0:14:26MotoGP.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Whatever that is.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Eggheads, do you know?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- ALL:- Rallying.- Rallying.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- Rallying! - And his son, Carlos Sainz Jr,
0:14:33 > 0:14:34is now a Formula One driver.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37It's not MotoGP, Judith, I'm so sorry. It's rallying.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- It's all right, Jeremy. I don't mind.- OK.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I know you watch a lot of rallying.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Every day.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Now, this is good for you, Hazel,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46it means if you get this right, you're in the final round
0:14:46 > 0:14:48and your team's starting to
0:14:48 > 0:14:52just make them shake, rattle and roll a bit.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57Between 1932 and 1960, the Hungarian Aladar Gerevich
0:14:57 > 0:15:01won seven Olympic gold medals, but in which sport?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07HAZEL SIGHS
0:15:07 > 0:15:13Gosh. Um... I really don't know the answer to this.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19Um... I'm not very good on historical of those sports either.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22So...
0:15:22 > 0:15:26probably not gymnastics, not sailing.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28I think I might go for fencing.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30The correct answer is fencing.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Well done, Hazel. Three out of three.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Judith, I'm so sorry. - That's all right.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Blown away on Sports.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37So, Hazel, you'll be in the final round.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Well done. Come back to us. This is getting lively.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- I think we can sense a threat here. - So far.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Look at them, they're all quiet now. They're actually worried.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51They're actually worried. So, £14,000 we're playing for.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54The Alley Pallies have lost one and the Eggheads have lost two.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57We play on. Geography it is.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59I drew
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- the short straw.- Viv?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Yes.- OK. Against which Egghead, Viv?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06And it can be one of... Either... I was going to say the young ones.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- It's CJ or Lisa. - They are the young ones.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10I've got to choose CJ.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Yeah, OK.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Hooray.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- I'm sensing you watch the show. - I do.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18And you know he has a little...
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I'm just hoping it's all English geography that comes up.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Exactly, anything about Devon or Northumberland,
0:16:23 > 0:16:24you're in the money.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27OK, Viv from Alley Pallies versus CJ from the Eggheads.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Please take your positions to ensure there's no conferring.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34All right, Geography, Viv. Would you like to go first or second?
0:16:34 > 0:16:35I'll go first, please.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Here is your first question.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Djibouti is a country in which continent?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49I'm fairly sure that's in Africa.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Africa is correct.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53OK.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54CJ.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Which road connects London and Edinburgh?
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Well, the M6 doesn't go to London.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10But London to Edinburgh is the A1.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13I was certain you were going to struggle with that.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- You've been up it in your Porsche, have you?- Both of them, yes.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Yeah, OK, that's how you know.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20All right. That's the way he knows anything,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22is by visiting it in his car, Viv.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Back to you - our Alley Pallie.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Port Erin is a resort on the coast of which island?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Um...
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I've been to Jersey, I haven't been to the other two
0:17:37 > 0:17:40but I think it's on the Isle of Man.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Spot on, it is the Isle of Man. Well done.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Two out of two.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Challengers are playing so well.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50You've had one question wrong so far in the whole contest. Amazing.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52OK, CJ, no pressure.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56The Maritime Alps form part of the border
0:17:56 > 0:17:58between Italy and which other country?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Well, I've never heard of the Maritime Alps.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14I wonder if it's some sort of derivation of French words,
0:18:14 > 0:18:15I don't know.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22I'm going to rule out Austria
0:18:22 > 0:18:24for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30I've really got no idea, I'll blind guess at France.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Let's have a think, Eggheads, is he right?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Judith, you know France.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Kevin was saying there is a department or something
0:18:36 > 0:18:39or a region called Alpes-Maritimes in France.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Oh.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Kevin is saying there's a department...departement
0:18:43 > 0:18:46called Alpes-Maritimes...in France.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Or it's a region. - Or a region. We think so.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50You're right, anyway, CJ, well done.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Well done indeed. All right, two-two.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- They're never easy to shake off, are they?- No.
0:18:56 > 0:19:02So, Viv, Croatia has land borders with how many countries?
0:19:05 > 0:19:06Oh, dear.
0:19:06 > 0:19:13Um... I was in Dubrovnik quite recently but only to Dubrovnik.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21I would say five. But I'm unsure.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Five is correct.- Thank goodness.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Three out of three. These Challengers are playing so well.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31CJ, Egghead on the back foot again.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37Alicante is a city and port on which of the Spanish costas?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I have no idea, really, where any of them are
0:19:45 > 0:19:49cos they're all pretty much in a row, aren't they?
0:19:52 > 0:19:53I think I once went to the Costa del Sol
0:19:53 > 0:19:56when I was about four.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59And that's my only visit to any of these places.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Again, for absolutely no reason, I'll rule out Costa Blanca.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09But between the other two, I don't know.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Alicante...
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Don't know. Costa del Sol.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- You just basically... - It's a guess, it's a blind guess.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- Pinning the tail on the donkey here? - Yeah.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I wonder if you know, Viv. Have you been?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I haven't been to Alicante, no,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30but I don't think it's the Costa del Sol.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32No, Costa del Sol is wrong, Costa Blanca is right.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36CJ, you've been knocked out. What a contest we have here.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37You've reduced them to two in the final.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Come back to us and we'll see if you can win the money.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46It is time for our final round which, as always,
0:20:46 > 0:20:47is General Knowledge.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:20:50 > 0:20:52won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55So, that is Rose from Alley Pallies but it is also Judith,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Dave and CJ from the Eggheads.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Please leave the studio.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Well, you've done very well to knock so many of them out.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Let's see if you can win the money.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Sherry, Viv, Jan and Hazel,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11you're playing for £14,000 for Alley Pallies.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Eggheads, the two of you here, you're playing to save their bacon
0:21:15 > 0:21:17and restore the Eggheads' reputation
0:21:17 > 0:21:19after it's taking a bit of a battering in this game.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24This time the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26You are allowed to confer.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27So, Alley Pallies,
0:21:27 > 0:21:31the question is - can you with your four brains defeat these two?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34And they're pretty good Eggheads over there as well.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Sherry, would you like to go first or second?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37We'd like to go first, please.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Here is your question.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45For the year starting in April 2015,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47what is the basic rate of income tax?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- JAN:- We have an accountant.- 20%?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- It's 20%.- 20%.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59THEY CONFER
0:21:59 > 0:22:01We think it's not 15
0:22:01 > 0:22:03or the other one, it's 20%.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05OK, and someone said, "I do payrolls." So that's...
0:22:05 > 0:22:08THEY LAUGH
0:22:08 > 0:22:09..for your sins.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Well done. 20% is quite right.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13That's handy. Eggheads,
0:22:13 > 0:22:18what name is given to the series of European Space Agency rockets
0:22:18 > 0:22:21that had their first flight in 1979?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Long March are Chinese.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Soyuz - Soviet, Russian,
0:22:30 > 0:22:31so it's Ariane.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33That's the name of my best friend.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- There you go.- Oh, even better.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37That's Ariane, Jeremy.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Ariane is the right answer.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41One each. Final round. £14,000
0:22:41 > 0:22:42we're playing for here.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45They've built up quite a head of steam over the last few days.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Maybe you're taking the steam out.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50What does the L stand for
0:22:50 > 0:22:55in the common texting abbreviation ROFL?
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- ROFL.- I've never used that.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- I don't use abbreviations in text. - No, I don't either.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10I don't think it's laughing.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- It's laughing when it's LOL. - LOL, yeah.- LOL, yeah.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16ROFL.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19No, I can't say that I've seen that.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24ROFL, what could it be?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26...of life?
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- Yes. But what would the R stand for? - I don't know.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32- SHERRY:- I would go for life.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- JAN:- Yeah. We'll disagree on that.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36We don't know, really.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39We don't know the answer to this, as you might have guessed,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41but we're going to say life.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43OK. Life is your answer.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Just wondering if you know, Rose?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Roll on the floor laughing.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Yeah, Rose knows. It's rolling on the floor laughing.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Laughing.- Oh, and I ruled that out.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Rose, I could see you were
0:23:53 > 0:23:55jumping back there.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57We said we needed Rose here!
0:23:57 > 0:23:59So, how come you know and they don't, Rose?
0:23:59 > 0:24:00I don't really know
0:24:00 > 0:24:02cos I am hopeless on those things,
0:24:02 > 0:24:03they'll tell you.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Absolutely hopeless but I have heard of that.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07And that's the only one, really.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09OK, your chance to take the lead here, Eggheads.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11The railway gauge used
0:24:11 > 0:24:13in the majority of the world's railways
0:24:13 > 0:24:16is based on that introduced by which engineer?
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Standard gauge.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32It's not... Brunel didn't use that.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33I mean, Brunel, I mean, you know,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36he's obviously the sort of instinct one,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39but Brunel actually had a wider gauge.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- For the Great Western.- Right.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43So...
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Then that had to be changed later to come into line
0:24:47 > 0:24:49with the majority of other networks.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51- OK.- It's nothing to do with Edison at all.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53So, current standard gauge.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Jeremy, do you think we could have the question one more time, please?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59The railway gauge used in the majority of the world's railways
0:24:59 > 0:25:02is based on that introduced by which engineer?
0:25:02 > 0:25:06So, current gauge then we're talking of, definitely.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Right, just checking.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12So, I... Given that the Great Western used this wider...
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Yeah. Which they've now changed... - ..gauge.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Not due to anything that Brunel did.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Logically, I think it must be Stephenson.- Right.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26I'm slightly... Slight worry about it, though.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28As a rule, if you think it is, it's good enough for me.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30So...
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- Yeah, I think...I think, yeah. - And if you think...
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Unless I've misunderstood something, I think we have to go...
0:25:35 > 0:25:39- With Stephenson.- ..with Stephenson. Yeah.- OK. Right.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40After much thought
0:25:40 > 0:25:42and question and analysis
0:25:42 > 0:25:44and picking of Mr Ashman's
0:25:44 > 0:25:46considerable memory palace,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48we're going to go with George Stephenson.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52George Stephenson is the right answer.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Yeah, you've got there,
0:25:54 > 0:25:55you've crept there.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Yeah, I just thought Brunel sort of famously...
0:25:58 > 0:26:00The Great Western is his great railway line
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and he used a wider gauge for that.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05And, so, later on, the Great Western
0:26:05 > 0:26:06had to come into line,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- no pun intended, with other networks.- Right.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- And so... - That's standard gauge. OK.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14You've taken the lead and that means you need to
0:26:14 > 0:26:16get this one right to stay in the contest.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17£14,000 we're playing for.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20You played brilliantly so far, I'm sorry about ROFL.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Which we will not be...
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- Won't be using that.- You're not out, you're not out. Here we go.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29What was the first name of the character
0:26:29 > 0:26:33played by Robert Wagner in the TV series Hart To Hart?
0:26:38 > 0:26:39THEY CONFER
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- Jonathan.- Yes, yes.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46Know this answer. It's not Peter or Richard but it's Jonathan.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Nice work, you made quick work of that.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Jonathan is the answer. Well done.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Robert played Jonathan so you got two out of three.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54The Eggheads have got two out of two.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57If they get this one right, the contest is over.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01In what role is the West Midlands-born John Oliver
0:27:01 > 0:27:04familiar to US television audiences?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Last Week Tonight With John Oliver - the comedian.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12- He's a comedian, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15He started out doing segments on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
0:27:15 > 0:27:18which is the big sort of comedy news show over there
0:27:18 > 0:27:21and then he was given his own show - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23So, he's a comedian.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24I can see there's not
0:27:24 > 0:27:26a sliver of doubt.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28If you've got it right, the contest is over
0:27:28 > 0:27:30and, my goodness, you've played hard,
0:27:30 > 0:27:31but it is over.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33The answer is comedian.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36So we say congratulations, Eggheads. You have won.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Well...
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- you took them to the wire.- Yeah.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- That was one of the things we didn't study, wasn't it?- Exactly.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49But then they got three out of three
0:27:49 > 0:27:51so you could have gone to Sudden Death and it's...
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- It wouldn't be easy. - If they'd got the last one wrong,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- that would have been maybe more painful.- Yes.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57But, yeah, well done on your railway gauges.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00We don't take that for granted, you Eggs, you played well too.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Commiserations to Alley Pallies.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06This winning streak of yours continues,
0:28:06 > 0:28:07albeit with a bit of a dent today.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10It means you won't be going home with the £14,000
0:28:10 > 0:28:12so the money rolls over to our next show,
0:28:12 > 0:28:14which may be even more exciting.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Maybe down to one next time, hey?
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Can't resist teasing.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Join us next to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:22 > 0:28:24have the brains to defeat them.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26£15,000 says they don't.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Till then, goodbye.