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 > 0:00:24Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show where a team of five quiz Challengers pit their wits
0:00:27 > 0:00:30against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Taking on our awesome quiz champions today
0:00:34 > 0:00:37are the Springhill Superstars.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Now, this team all work or volunteer
0:00:39 > 0:00:41at Springhill Hospice, in Rochdale.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Let's meet them.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Hello, I'm Sheila and I'm a director of clinical services.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Hi, I'm Ian and I'm a former fundraising manager.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Laura and I'm a community liaison nurse.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Michael and I'm a delivery manager.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Hello, I'm Chris and I'm the admissions coordinator.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00- So, Sheila and team, welcome. - Thank you, Jeremy.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Great to see you. Do you quiz together?
0:01:03 > 0:01:04We quiz for the hospice.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08This is the first time actually that we've come together as a quiz team.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10But we do a lot of quizzes fundraising for the hospice.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Tell me about the hospice and what brings you all together.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14The hospice is in Rochdale.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16It's an adult hospice, so we care for patients
0:01:16 > 0:01:19with life-limiting illnesses both in the hospice and in the community.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Three of us actually work in the hospice.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Ian used to be our fundraising manager
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- and Michael volunteers for us. - Right.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And I know it's a very, very serious place to be
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- but I guess a bit of levity doesn't go amiss.- Absolutely.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- OTHERS:- Absolutely.- Good. - It's not a sad place to be at all.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37There's a lot of joy in the hospice. A lot of joy.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40I'm just having a vision of everyone there gathered round the TV
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- for this.- Absolutely! Willing us on, yes.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Yeah, exactly. Well, good luck against the Eggs here.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Jobs are on the line. - Jobs on the line, exactly.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:01:50 > 0:01:53for our Challengers but if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55the prize-money rolls over to our next show.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59So, Springhill Superstars, the Eggs have won the last seven games.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03And it means £8,000 is on the table today. Would you like to go for it?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- Absolutely.- Yes.- Good stuff. - For the hospice.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Music.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Well, we know who that's going to be.- We know who that is, Ian!
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- That's going to be me, Jeremy. - It's going to be Ian. OK.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Ian against which Egghead?
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- There they all are, looking very eggy.- Who shall we have?
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Who's not good at music?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- What do you think?- I don't know. Who do you think, Ian?
0:02:26 > 0:02:30I'd like to go against Chris, please.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34I can't tell what he's thinking.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36I think music is a bit of a sore point for Chris.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Well, it depends what you mean by music.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40That's true. OK.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44So, Ian from Springhill Superstars versus Chris from the Eggheads
0:02:44 > 0:02:47on Music. Please take your positions.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Ian, would you like to go first or second?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I shall go first, please.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58So, on Music. Good luck, Ian.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Which of these musical instruments is often referred to
0:03:00 > 0:03:02as a mouth organ?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Well, me dad plays an accordion, so I know it's not that.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I'm pretty sure it's not a kazoo.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13So I'm going to go for harmonica.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Harmonica is correct.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Chris,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21the 1970 single I Want You Back
0:03:21 > 0:03:24was the debut UK hit single by which act?
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Erm... Well, T Rex were glam rock, so it wasn't them.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34ABBA... No.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Waterloo was their first big break, so it's the Jackson 5.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39It is the Jackson 5. Well done.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Ian, over to you.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44In which year was the pop star Harry Styles,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46of One Direction, born?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Erm...
0:03:52 > 0:03:55It's not 2000 cos he's a bit older than...
0:03:55 > 0:03:57than that.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00And 1988 seems too early.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I'm going to go down the middle for 1994.
0:04:03 > 0:04:051994 is correct.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I think he went out with Taylor Swift and I'm realising that
0:04:08 > 0:04:11he was five years younger than her then. She was born in '89.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Does that make you jealous? - Oh, yeah.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18Chris, Hello was the title of a 2015 UK number one single
0:04:18 > 0:04:19by which singer?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25You've got me thinking Lionel Richie now.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Erm... It's not Adele.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30BARRY GROANS LOUDLY
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Ellie Goulding, Jessie J.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Jessie J.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37OK. Barry had a sort of cardiac arrest there.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Barry, why did you react like that?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Because it's Adele.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Oh, Chris, it's Adele.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- Is it?- Adele is the answer.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Ian, your advantage. Get this right,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48you're in the final.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Which composer, born in 1685,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54used to have to sneak into his attic to secretly practice on a clavichord
0:04:54 > 0:04:58as his father did not approve of his musical ambitions?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I was dreading a classical music question
0:05:06 > 0:05:11from that era of classical music cos I'm not so hot on that.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Erm...
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I really don't know, so it's going to be a guess
0:05:17 > 0:05:21and I'm going to guess at Handel.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Chris, is he right?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27George Frideric Handel, yeah.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30You're right, Ian. Well done. You're in the final round.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33So, return to us, you two,
0:05:33 > 0:05:34and we'll play on.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38So, well done, Superstars. Well done, Ian.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41That's a good start for Springhill
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- and everyone at the hospice is now cheering you on.- Yes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47You haven't lost a brain, the Eggheads have lost one
0:05:47 > 0:05:49and the next subject is History.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Who would like this?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- What did we decide?- Not me.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Is it you, Laura?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- I think it's you, isn't it, love? - Yeah.- Laura's going to take the hit
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- on this one.- Laura from Springhill Superstars
0:06:00 > 0:06:02against which Egghead? It can't be Chris.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Who do we think, guys?
0:06:04 > 0:06:05- Try CJ.- CJ.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- Yeah, CJ.- Try CJ.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Laura from the Springhill Superstars versus CJ from the Eggheads.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11To ensure there's no conferring,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13please go to our famous Question Room.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Well, Laura, would you like to go first or second?- First, please.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24OK. So here's your first question.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Laura, in Viking culture, what were the runes?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I don't think they were long ships.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Runes?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Sounds more like stories.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Stories?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40I don't think it's alphabet.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Erm...
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I'm going to go with fairytales.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47OK. Does your team know?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- Yeah, alphabet.- Alphabet.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52What because of the phrase, "reading the runes"?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Is that right?- Yeah.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Yeah. Sorry, Laura. Alphabet is the answer.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58CJ.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Charlemagne was the ruler of which historical empire?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11He became, in 800, the first Holy Roman Emperor.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13So, the Holy Roman Empire.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Holy Roman Empire is right. Laura, back to you.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Which lawman
0:07:17 > 0:07:21of the Old West, is said to have shot and killed Billy the Kid
0:07:21 > 0:07:23in 1881?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Oh, gosh. I've never heard of any of those.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Let's think. Let's just go straight down the middle. Pat Garrett.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Pat Garrett? Let's have a look.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Eggheads, is she right?
0:07:40 > 0:07:41- EGGHEADS:- Yes.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43You're right, well done!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45So, well done to you, Laura. That was good.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Straight down the middle.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52CJ. World War I zeppelin airships were filled with which type of gas?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Do you know, I always get this the wrong way round.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I don't think it's nitrogen.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06In a quiz a few years ago, I answered helium
0:08:06 > 0:08:08and I think that was wrong.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12I'm hoping I haven't got my memories of getting a question wrong
0:08:12 > 0:08:15mixed up and I'm going to go for hydrogen.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Do you know, Laura?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19I'm not so sure but I thought it'd be helium.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20- Yeah, I would have thought helium. - Yeah.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Hydrogen is right, though, CJ. Well done.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25OK, Laura, your question.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Before he came to power,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30by what name was the Roman emperor Augustus known?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36I have absolutely no idea.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Erm...
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Octavian.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- CJ?- How does she do this?!
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Octavian is right.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Well done. It's just a mystery how the first question went wrong!
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Right, you've got two out of three.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54CJ, if you get this right,
0:08:54 > 0:08:55you will be in the final.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Thomas Fairfax became a celebrated military leader
0:08:58 > 0:09:00during which war?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08My immediate thought is the English Civil War.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I think that's where he's known from.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13So, I think it's the English Civil War.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16English Civil War is quite right, CJ.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Well done, you've taken the round. Sorry, Laura. Once you warmed up,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21my goodness, you were amazing.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Come back to us, both of you, and we'll play on.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28So, Springhill Superstars have lost a brain.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30The Eggheads have lost a brain.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Next subject... You're going to be good at this. ..Arts & Books.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- Who would like this? - Oh, Arts & Books.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- Now then...- Shall I take this one? - Sheila?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Sheila?- It's not my strongest subject but I'll take this one,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Jeremy, thank you.- All right. Sheila, against which Egghead?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Pat or Barry or Judith?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Who do you reckon?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- Rock and a hard place, I think. - Yeah, isn't it just?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- I think I'll go with Pat... - Going with Pat.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52..because I like Pat.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Known as The Silent Destroyer.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57OK. Sheila from the Springhill Superstars
0:09:57 > 0:09:59versus Pat from the Eggheads.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Would you please take your positions?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05So, Sheila, up against Pat.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I said The Silent Destroyer, Pat. Was that fair?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- You hardly expect me to reply, Jeremy, do you?- No, I know.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- I thought... - And undermine my nickname.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14..you were not going to reply.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Arts & Books, Sheila. Would you like to go first or second?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Yes. I'll go first please, Jeremy.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24OK, Sheila, here we go.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26In which year was the artist Damien Hirst born?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Oh, this is probably one of the worst questions
0:10:35 > 0:10:36you could possibly have asked me.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Here's either a little bit older than me,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42or a little bit younger than me
0:10:42 > 0:10:46and I would go for younger. I'll say 1965.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49And it is the correct answer. 65.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52OK, Pat.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Which of these novels is largely set in rural Kent
0:10:55 > 0:10:57and features the Larkin family?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Well, Tom Brown's Schooldays, I think,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07are in Rugby School,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09in Rugby.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11And The Darling Buds Of May is set in Kent.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13So it's The Darling Buds Of May.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16The Darling Buds Of May is quite right.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Sheila,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20the classic children's book The Water Babies
0:11:20 > 0:11:21was written by which author?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26The Water Babies.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29This isn't a book I've read. I know of it.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I've known of it, obviously, for a long time.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35I haven't read the book but something for some reason...
0:11:36 > 0:11:38..is drawing me to Charles Kingsley.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41JM Barrie, obviously, was Peter Pan.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I'm going to go with Charles Kingsley.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46And, team, do you know if she's right?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Oh, she's right.- Yeah. - Yeah, they like the answer, Sheila.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Well done. Charles Kingsley.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51OK.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Pat, in which country was the artist Marcel Duchamp born?
0:12:00 > 0:12:04He could be one of the various famous Belgians, I suppose.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I don't think he was Canadian.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Is he French? I mean, the obvious answer is French.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Is there any reason to go over to Canada or Belgium?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I don't think there is. I think he's French.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16France is right. Well done, Pat.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Sorry, Sheila, he's a hard man...
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- He is.- ..to shake off.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Silent but deadly, our Pat.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Your third question.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Who was the UK's first-ever Scottish-born poet laureate?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Again, not a good question for me.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40This is going to be a complete guess.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44And I'll be really honest, it's the only poet that I'm familiar with.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I'm going to go with Ted Hughes.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49That's interesting, yeah.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50It's the wrong answer.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I don't know whether he had a Scottish connection, Ted Hughes,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- did he?- Not that I'm aware of. - No. Carol Ann Duffy, it was.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Carol Ann Duffy. You got two out of three.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Let's see if Pat takes the round.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Cloud Atlas is a bestselling 2004 novel by which author?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I think it's a pretty fantastical book
0:13:14 > 0:13:17and it was made into a mind-blowing film.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I think it's by David Mitchell.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23David Mitchell is the right answer, Pat. Well done. Three out of three.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26He is so hard to beat. Sheila, you did well
0:13:26 > 0:13:28but I'm sorry, you won't be in the final round.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33Still, much to play for. Please return to us and rejoin your teams.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38So, the Challengers have lost another brain from the final round.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40The Eggheads have still just lost the one.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42We play on with Geography.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Who would like this?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- I'll have a go.- Chrissy.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- I'll have to have a go at this one. - THEY CONFER
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- Are you sure?- Yeah, I'll have a go.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Go for it, Chris.- Yeah, Chris is going for that one.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56OK. Chris on the end. Against which Egghead, Chris?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58It can be Judith or Barry.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- I'd go for Judith.- Yeah?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Judith?- I'd go for Judith.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Judith, please cos I like Judith.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08The very well-travelled...
0:14:08 > 0:14:10The well-travelled Miss Keppel.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Yeah, but there's more to Geography than places.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13That's true.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Please.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19So, Chris from the Springhill Superstars
0:14:19 > 0:14:21versus Judith from the Eggheads.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Please go to the Question Room.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Chris, you used to be a housekeeper for a multimillionaire?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Yeah. I lived in Greece for 16 years.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33I did a Shirley Valentine and that was one of the jobs
0:14:33 > 0:14:36that I went into because I couldn't get into nursing.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40It was a fabulous place and met people like Yves Saint Laurent
0:14:40 > 0:14:44and Madame Swarovski and Valentino.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46It's nice to see how the other half live.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49And what was it like working for Judith?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51LAUGHTER
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Amazing. - JEREMY LAUGHS
0:14:54 > 0:14:56All right. So, Geography.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Chris against the great Judith
0:14:58 > 0:15:00and would you like to go first or second?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I'll go first, please. It's not my forte but I'll go first.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09OK. Here is your first question, Chris.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Which of these continents contains the fewest number of countries?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19The fewest number of countries?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Africa's got lots.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24So has South America.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26South America or Asia...
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I'm really not sure.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33I'll try...
0:15:34 > 0:15:36..South America.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Let's see if the Eggheads can give us a countdown. Africa, 50?
0:15:39 > 0:15:40- 54.- 54?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Asia? 30?
0:15:42 > 0:15:43- About 30-ish, I would say. - About that.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45And South America?
0:15:45 > 0:15:4712 or 13, depending on how you count them.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Yeah, so only about a dozen in South America.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51So, Chris, well done, you're right. SHE SIGHS WITH RELIEF
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Nice one.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Judith,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57which of these island groups is a self-governing region
0:15:57 > 0:15:59of the kingdom of Denmark?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Well, it's not the Isles of Scilly cos they're off Cornwall.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And the Orkneys are Scottish.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11So, it's the Faroe Islands.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I said Fa-ro, you say Fair-o.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I say Fair-o.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16You're right anyway.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Well, however you pronounce it.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Yes, I can't get away from the fact that you are right.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22You've chosen the right one, well done. OK, Chris.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26The Svalbard Islands are located in which ocean?
0:16:29 > 0:16:33And they're spelt, Chris... S-V-A-L-B-A-R-D.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35No, I really don't know this one.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37It's going to have to be a guess.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Arctic Ocean.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44OK. Team, is she right?
0:16:44 > 0:16:45- Oh, yes.- I think so. - Yeah, they like that.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46You're right.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51A bit of Laura's genius for guessing.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53This is one of the best guessing teams we've ever had!
0:16:54 > 0:16:56OK, Judith.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Little Rock is the capital of which US state?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04It's not Alabama or Alaska.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08It's Arkansas, which is where Clinton came from.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11He was the governor, I think, of Arkansas.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13And his headquarters, Little Rock.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Little Rock, Arkansas, quite right.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18OK, your third question, Chris.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Which of these countries has a border on the Atlantic Ocean?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31I don't know why but I'm just going to say Angola.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I knew she would! I knew she would!
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Brilliant.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37You're right.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I don't know how... Honestly.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43How you guys do it. It's amazing.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45It's brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Judith,
0:17:47 > 0:17:48this to stay in.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Which Hawaiian volcano measuring over 33,000ft
0:17:52 > 0:17:55from its underwater roots to its peak
0:17:55 > 0:17:59is considered by some geographers to be the world's highest mountain?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Oh, they're all called Mauna. It's just not fair.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11I'm going to have to guess.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Erm...I just don't know.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17I'm going to go down the magic right
0:18:17 > 0:18:21and pray that it works this time. Mauna Kea.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23- Is she right?- Yes, she is.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- You're right. - Oh, well, there you are.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- There we are.- We're all doing very well guessing.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Something mystical is happening today.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32All the guesses are correct on both sides.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- So, Chris, we go to Sudden Death on Geography.- Oh, no!
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- It gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternatives.- Yeah.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Here's your question.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44The flag of Mexico features an eagle eating a snake
0:18:44 > 0:18:47while standing on what type of plant?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I only know cacti in Mexico, I can't think of anything else.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53HE MOUTHS SILENTLY
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Um...
0:18:56 > 0:18:58No, I've no idea. I'll just have to say cacti.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- That's the correct answer. - Oh, gosh!
0:19:00 > 0:19:03THEY CHUCKLE Cactus is right.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Oh, gosh!- Judith, to stay in.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11The Huangpu River on which the city of Shanghai is built
0:19:11 > 0:19:14is a branch of which major Asian river?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- The Yangtze. - The Yangtze is the right answer.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Here's your next question.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22What colour, Chris,
0:19:22 > 0:19:27is the middle vertical stripe on the Romanian national flag?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28I've no idea.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30No idea at all.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I'll say blue.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Well, let's just see. The Romanian national flag. Give us the stripes.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45It's red, blue and yellow. I think yellow is in the middle.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Yes. Blue is in the flag but it's not the answer.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- Yellow is in the middle, Chris. - Yellow.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54OK, Judith. I hardly dare say this, if you get this right,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56you're in the final round.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01Pegwell Bay is a feature of which English county's coastline?
0:20:01 > 0:20:02I think that's Kent.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Kent is the right answer, Judith. - There's a painting.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09You've won your place in the final. Chris, well fought.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11That was a really dogged attempt to get into the final.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13You couldn't get past Judith though.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Come back to us, both of you, and we will play the final round.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Well, what a round that was and it takes us to our final.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23This is what we've been playing towards. Time for the final round.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26As always, General Knowledge questions here.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28So, I'm afraid, those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:20:28 > 0:20:30aren't allowed to take part.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Which means that Sheila, Laura and Chris from the
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Springhill Superstars,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38but also our own Chris from the Eggheads,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40would you please now leave the studio?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Very enjoyable game today. And it leaves you, Ian and Michael,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48playing to win the Springhill Superstars £8,000.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Pat, CJ, Barry and Judith,
0:20:51 > 0:20:54you are defending the Eggheads' reputation here.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It's that serious, OK?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01They're all General Knowledge, you can confer.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04So, Springhill Superstars, the question is,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- We hope so.- That's a good attitude.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Would you like to go first or second?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Go first please, Jeremy.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18And here we go.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Which historical figure is often said to have leapt
0:21:21 > 0:21:23from his bath shouting, "Eureka"?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- It's definitely not Socrates.- No.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- It's definitely not Aristotle. - Correct.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- I think it's Archimedes. - Funnily enough, so do I.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38We're going for Archimedes, Jeremy.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Archimedes is quite right. Well done.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43OK, Eggheads.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Tim Sherwood was sacked as the manager of which football club
0:21:46 > 0:21:48in October 2015?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Not my thing. It's up to you.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Tottenham Hotspur for a while.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00And then he finished there and he was idle for a while
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- and then I think he had a spell at Villa.- I thought...
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- It's certainly not Stoke. - And they brought in...
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- So are we going for Villa?- OK.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11We're going to go for Aston Villa.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Aston Villa is correct.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Well done.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Back to you, Challengers.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Which is the largest muscle in the human body?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Where have all the nurses gone now we need them? I know!
0:22:27 > 0:22:30MICHAEL LAUGHS
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Hmm...
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I think it's the gluteus maximus.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38- It's definitely not biceps.- No. - I was going to gluteus maximus.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Well, let's go... - Shall we go with that?- Yes, go on.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43We'll go with gluteus maximus, please, Jeremy.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I guess the maximus is the clue, isn't it? Gluteus maximus.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- Is that the buttock area? - It is indeed.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Yeah. Gluteus maximus is right.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53OK, Eggheads, your second question.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58Which band released the 2015 album A Head Full Of Dreams?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Not my thing again either.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Muse's album was called Drones so I don't think it's Muse.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- I think...- It's a bit Coldplay.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12My initial thought was Coldplay, I'm just eliminating the others.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Muse was Drones.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17I don't know of an album by Kasabian but I'm fairly sure Coldplay was...
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- I think they did release an album in 2015.- They certainly did.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- I think it's Coldplay. - I think it's Coldplay.- Do you?
0:23:23 > 0:23:27CJ and Pat think it's Coldplay so we'll go for Coldplay.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- Coldplay is the right answer. - Well done.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Back to you, Challengers. Get this right and the pressure's on them.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Which play by William Shakespeare contains the lines,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41"Child Roland to the dark tower came,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44"His word was still, 'Fie, foh, and fum,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47" 'I smell the blood of a British man.' "
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- I'm really not good on Shakespeare. - I'm pretty certain it's not Macbeth.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- OK.- Cos did that years ago for O-level English.- OK.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03My gut instinct is King Lear.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- What do you think? - I really don't know.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Well, let's go with King Lear then. Go with King Lear.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Go with King Lear please, Jeremy.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Yes, King Lear is right. Well done.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Well done.- Well done.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16OK. So they've got three out of three.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Leaves you a little bit defensive. £8,000 to play for.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23If you get this wrong, that's it, you've won.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- It will go to the hospice, right? - Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Here's your question.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Which of these is the term for a cut of beef
0:24:31 > 0:24:33taken from the flank of the animal?
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Oh. Crikey.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42I thought the chuck was taken
0:24:42 > 0:24:45from somewhere around the neck or other shoulder.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- I've never heard of bavette. - I don't know what a bavette is.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Is the sirloin...?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- I think the sirloin might be the flank.- I wonder if it's bavette.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- You don't think bavette is? - What is a bavette?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Bavette is a French cut.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I'm the least qualified to talk on this so...
0:25:00 > 0:25:02I think the chuck is at the neck or the shoulders.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I'm sure the chuck is up at the neck.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06I think the sirloin is sort of lower back, middle back.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10If you translate it, it's above the loin, if you see what I mean.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Should we just risk bavette?
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Not knowing, I'd be inclined to go for bavette.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17This is a tricky one.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20We are going to go for the bavette but we're not at all sure.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Well, they aren't very sure, are they?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- No, neither are we. - You don't know?- No.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30- Bavette is beef taken from the flank. You are correct.- Oh.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Ooh, you were just a few inches away from £8,000 there.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Just where the knife goes.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Three each. You couldn't have played better in the final so far.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Keep it up. Sudden Death we are on now.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I don't give you alternatives. Here we go.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Which actor, playing the role of Vulton the Hawkman
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Famously utters the line, "Gordon's alive,"
0:25:52 > 0:25:54in the film Flash Gordon?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- Yeah.- One of my favourite films.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- Brian Blessed! - IAN LAUGHS
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Good impression.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Brian Blessed is right. Well done.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Eggheads, £8,000 on the table here.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10If you get this wrong, they've taken it.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15What was the name of the basset hound created by Alex Graham
0:26:15 > 0:26:20who first starred in a cartoon strip in the Daily Mail in 1963?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- Fred.- Fred.- I think it was Fred Basset.- Fred Basset.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27I think all four of us came up with the name Fred instantaneously
0:26:27 > 0:26:30so if it's not Fred, we're in trouble. We're going to say Fred.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Fred is correct. Fred Basset.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35OK.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Challengers, what was the first name of the physicist
0:26:38 > 0:26:42with the surname Mach... M-A-C-H.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45..after whom the Mach number measure is named?
0:26:47 > 0:26:48- I don't know.- No, I don't know.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56- Mach. It sounds German. - It sounds German, yeah.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00- Franz, Otto...- Yeah. Otto. - Otto.- Otto.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- Let's go with that.- Why not? It sounds like lotto. Give it a go.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07It sounds like lotto. We'll go for Otto, Jeremy.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09It's a nice try. Eggheads?
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- Ernst.- Ernst!
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Ernst Mach.- Damn.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17So, if you get this right, the contest is over.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21A policeman named James Beaton was awarded the George Cross
0:27:21 > 0:27:27for his role in foiling a plot to kidnap which public figure in 1974?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- Princess Anne.- Princess Anne. - That was my first thought, yes.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Princess Anne.- OK?- Yes.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36We all seem to recall an unfortunate plot to kidnap Princess Anne.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38So that's our answer, Princess Anne.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Princess Anne. 1974. Are you right?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- If you're right, the contest is over.- It's right.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46The answer is Princess Anne.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- It should've been Otto. - It should have been Otto!
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Otto Mach is much better than Ernst Mach.- Isn't it?- Absolutely.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I bet his friends called him Otto. Commiserations.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- Wish we could've helped your brilliant cause.- Not to worry.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- I hope we've helped by having you on.- Thank you.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11You played so well. The Eggheads have done what comes naturally
0:28:11 > 0:28:12to them. Bit of a winning streak on now
0:28:12 > 0:28:15and it does mean you won't be going home with the £8,000
0:28:15 > 0:28:18so we roll the money over to our next show.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Eggheads, very well done.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Who will ever beat you?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Kevin is off now being repaired.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27IAN LAUGHS He'll be back soon.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:30 > 0:28:32have the brains to defeat them.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34£9,000 says they don't.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Till then, goodbye.