0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is - can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain -
0:00:30 > 0:00:31they are the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34And I think you're all smiling. What does that mean?
0:00:34 > 0:00:36- We're happy.- They're in trouble.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38"They're in trouble," they say.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Well, hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today are
0:00:41 > 0:00:45"Ware's The Door?" This team are all members of Ware Cricket Club
0:00:45 > 0:00:47in Hertfordshire. So, let's meet them.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Hello, my name's Andrew and I'm a police officer.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Adrian and I work in revenue management system support.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Hello, I'm Graeme and I'm an art teacher.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Hello, I'm Steve and I'm an insurance broker.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hi, I'm Pete and I'm a systems analyst.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03So, Andrew, team, welcome.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04- Hello.- Good to see you.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Quizzing together for the first time, I understand.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- That's right, yeah. - But cricket together quite a lot.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Oh, yeah. We've been members of the club for a long time.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14I joined in the '70s and most of these guys
0:01:14 > 0:01:15have been around for years.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And I gather you, Andrew, collect banknotes and coins.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I do, yeah, I've got quite a big collection.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23I've done it since I was little boy. I've got quite a collection of
0:01:23 > 0:01:26British imperial notes and coins from the heyday of the Empire.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Well, I hope you get a few more for your collection today.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37the prize money rolls over to our next show.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40So, Ware's The Door?, the Eggheads have won the last eight games,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43which is good for you because it means
0:01:43 > 0:01:45there's £9,000 says you can't beat them.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47That's quite a lot of banknotes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- That'll be good. - Do you want to go for it?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50- Absolutely.- All right.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Arts & Books.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- Who would like this? - I think it's me, isn't it?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Definitely you, Graeme. You ain't got a choice there.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Graeme against which Egghead?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Well, we talked about this, didn't we?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03And we've decided it's going to CJ.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05OK, you've got a plan here.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Is this like the batting order?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Absolutely.- Right.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Graeme from Ware's The Door?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15bowling at CJ from the Eggheads who, in a couple of recent games,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18has been showing signs of panic, I have to say.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20It was one raised eyebrow.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24They chose him, he raised an eyebrow, he got knocked out,
0:02:24 > 0:02:25so there's a weakness there.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Please take your positions in our legendary Question Room.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34So, good luck, Graeme, Arts & Books, and would you like to go first
0:02:34 > 0:02:35or second against CJ?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42OK, Graeme, here we go.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Which of these series of children's books
0:02:44 > 0:02:46was written by Francesca Simon?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52OK, so...
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I can rule out...
0:02:55 > 0:02:58..two of these - The Famous Five,
0:02:58 > 0:03:03and I can rule out the Horrid Henry, I think. I'm a bit vague on that.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07I don't actually know cos I've never heard of the author but I'm going to
0:03:07 > 0:03:11plumb down the middle with His Dark Materials.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Now, I think that was Philip Pullman, CJ, was it?
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- It is Philip Pullman, yeah. - What's the right answer here?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Horrid Henry.- Horrid Henry, Graeme.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22My girls aren't quite old enough for Horrid Henry yet.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25CJ, the Jane Austen novel Pride And Prejudice
0:03:25 > 0:03:27was first published in which year?
0:03:32 > 0:03:38Jane Austen's dates are 1775-1817 and Pride And Prejudice
0:03:38 > 0:03:42was published in her lifetime, so I will try 1813.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Yeah, meat and drink to you quizzers, that kind of question.
0:03:45 > 0:03:471813 it is.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- OK, Graeme, let's get you on the scoreboard.- Yep.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52"Between my finger and my thumb
0:03:52 > 0:03:55"The squat pen rests, snug as a gun"
0:03:55 > 0:03:59are the opening lines to which Seamus Heaney poem?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07OK, I have no idea here,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12so I'm going to have to have a stab-in-the-dark guess.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16"Snug as a gun" makes me think there's something to do with death,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19perhaps. So, as a result of that,
0:04:19 > 0:04:24I'm going to guess at Death Of A Naturalist.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27It does sound like it's that because of Naturalist and all that...
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- But it's not. - No, it's not, it's Digging.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35All right. CJ, if you get this right, you're in the final.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Which of these Shakespeare characters is the King of Britain?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45It certainly should be Cymbeline,
0:04:45 > 0:04:47who's based on a real character. Erm...
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Obviously not Hamlet.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Er...
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Oh, why can't I think where Pericles is from?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Can't remember but I know it's based on a real character, so Cymbeline.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- Is he right?- Yes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01You're right, CJ, Cymbeline it is.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Sorry, Graeme, not in the final, CJ is.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Come back to us and we'll play on.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11So, as it stands, Ware's The Door?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12have lost a brain from the final round,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14the Eggheads have not lost one yet.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Let's play on and it is Geography now.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Who would like this?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20That's for Adrian.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- Yeah, that's me.- Adrian.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- Against?- Lisa.- Lisa.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25We discussed this, yeah.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27OK, so, Adrian from Ware's The Door?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29versus Lisa from the Eggheads.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36All right. Geography, Adrian - first or second?
0:05:36 > 0:05:37First, please.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41And here we go, good luck.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Spanish is an official language in which of these countries?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Er... Well, Canada
0:05:50 > 0:05:53has French history and...
0:05:53 > 0:05:58As Quebec shows, and official language is English.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Brazil - Portuguese, so the answer is Cuba.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Very good, it is Cuba.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Lisa, what is the capital of the Philippines?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15So, Hanoi is Vietnam and Bangkok is Thailand,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18so the capital of the Philippines is Manila.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Yes, Manila is right.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23So, one each. Here is your next question.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28Adrian, Robin Hood Airport serves Doncaster and which city?
0:06:32 > 0:06:38Er... Liverpool is the John Lennon Airport, I think,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Birmingham International,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43so I'd have to say the answer is Sheffield.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Impressive. Sheffield is right.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I think we've got a quizzer here, Lisa, don't you think?
0:06:48 > 0:06:53Here's your question. Switzerland shares land borders
0:06:53 > 0:06:54with how many countries?
0:06:58 > 0:07:02OK, I think I can get to more than three...
0:07:02 > 0:07:04France, Italy, Austria.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09I don't think I could get to seven, although that's not a guarantee.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11I'll say five.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Yes, five is the right answer, well done.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- OK, Adrian, get this one right, put some pressure on Lisa.- OK.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20What is the approximate distance as the crow flies
0:07:20 > 0:07:21from London to Dublin?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30From London to Dublin?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Correct.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Well, London to Birmingham is approximately about
0:07:36 > 0:07:39120 miles and then...
0:07:39 > 0:07:41120...
0:07:41 > 0:07:46I'm going to have to guess on this and I will say 287 miles.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48And you're absolutely right, well done.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53287. OK, Lisa, your question to stay in.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Which of these Spanish cities is located on the coast?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05I sort of vaguely think it's Salamanca but I'm trying to think
0:08:05 > 0:08:09if there's anything more concrete from me to go on than that.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I can't even think where Zaragoza and Salamanca are.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I think I can rule out Santander.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15But again, I only think.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Hands up. Salamanca.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21OK. Adrian, do you know?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22Yes, it's Santander.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- It is Santander.- Oh, well.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27If you're going to be wrong, be wrong with style.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Yeah, there wasn't even any doubt about it, so...
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Sorry, Lisa, you've gone.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- That's all right.- Adrian, well done, you're in the final round.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Thank you.- Is the tide turning for the Challengers?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Please return, rejoin your teams.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42So, as it stands, Ware's The Door?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43have lost a brain from the final round,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47the Eggheads have also lost one and let's see where we go from here.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48The answer is to Film & TV.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49So, who would like this?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Film & TV. - Are you going to take it?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Steve?- Yeah, Steve's going to take it.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- Steve.- OK, Steve, our insurance broker against which Egghead?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Barry, please.- So, Steve from Ware's The Door?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02versus Barry from the Eggheads.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10So, Film & TV, Steve, would you like to go first or second?
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Can I go first, please?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17OK, good luck to you.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Which of these TV shows began its 50th series in 2015?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I know that, erm...
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Have I Got News For You does many episodes or series per year.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Call The Midwife is a bit more recent, as with Gavin And Stacey,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40so I will have to go for Have I Got News For You.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Absolutely right, Have I Got News For You.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Barry, which of these sporting events
0:09:46 > 0:09:50was broadcast live on the BBC in 2015?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Sadly, the BBC doesn't broadcast The Ashes any more
0:09:58 > 0:10:00and I used to enjoy that.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03But they always broadcast the London Marathon.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04But is that live? Yes, it must be.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05The London Marathon.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08London Marathon is the right answer.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10So, one each. Back to you, Steve.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Selina Waterman-Smith and Joseph Valente
0:10:14 > 0:10:18found fame on the 2015 series of which TV show?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Now, this I really don't know.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30I've got a feeling it's not The Great British Bake Off, erm...
0:10:30 > 0:10:34I can't remember them appearing on The Apprentice, so...
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Fingers crossed for The X Factor.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39The Apprentice, Steve, sorry about that.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Barry, your chance to take the lead.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Michael G Wilson is best known as the producer
0:10:44 > 0:10:46of which series of films?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I thought the producer of James Bond used to be Cubby Broccoli
0:10:53 > 0:10:56though I'm not sure if he still does that
0:10:56 > 0:10:59because I don't think he's with us any more.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Michael G Wilson...
0:11:01 > 0:11:04I thought Star Wars was George Lucas but I don't know in these days.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I'll go for Harry Potter.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi!
0:11:07 > 0:11:08CJ's made a noise.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- James Bond. - So, James Bond is the answer.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14So you're still level.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16OK, Steve, that was a let-off.
0:11:16 > 0:11:22Emil Jannings was the first winner of which Academy Award?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Really do not have...
0:11:30 > 0:11:31any idea at all.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Erm, I'm hoping that, erm,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Best Actor would be something I would sort of vaguely remember,
0:11:37 > 0:11:41so I would have to go for Best Director.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42It is Best Actor.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46And who's our Oscar correspondent? When was it?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- 1929.- 1929.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50OK. Barry...
0:11:51 > 0:11:56Who plays the character Lorne Malvo in the TV series Fargo?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58This for the round.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07I've never watched Fargo, though the film was absolutely superb.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Billy Bob Thornton seems to crop up in a lot of American TV series
0:12:11 > 0:12:15but I'm wondering if he's in Fargo.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17No, I'm going to go for Billy Bob Thornton.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21He is in Fargo TV series, Barry. Well done, Billy Bob Thornton it is.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Sorry, Steve, you've been knocked out.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Well done, Barry, you'll be the final round.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28So it was just nip and tuck there, Steve, wasn't it?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Yeah, not good enough, though.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32All right, come back to us and we'll play on.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35As it stands, Ware's The Door?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37have lost two brains from the final round.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40The Eggheads have lost one, though, and they could be wobbling.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Who knows? The next subject is History.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Who'd like this?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Probably the worst draw of this.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Yeah. What do you think?
0:12:48 > 0:12:49I'll have to fall on my sword, aren't I?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Do you want me to take it?- No.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I'll fall on my sword if I need to, yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Do you want me to take it?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Go on, you take it.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Are we going to gamble?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Yeah.- Yeah. I'll take it, Jeremy, please.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03OK, Andrew, on History against which Egghead?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- Chris, please.- OK, Andrew from Ware's The Door?
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- versus Chris.- Yep.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15History, Andrew - first or second?
0:13:15 > 0:13:16I'd like to go first, please.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22And here is your first question.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Which of these revolutionaries was born in Argentina?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Well, Castro was a famous Cuban.
0:13:33 > 0:13:39Erm, and Bolivar was South American but I don't think Argentinian.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41I think it's Che Guevara, is the answer.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Che Guevara is the answer, well done.
0:13:46 > 0:13:52Chris, which English king, born in 1738, is believed by some historians
0:13:52 > 0:13:55to have suffered from the blood disease porphyria?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02That was poor old George III.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03George III is quite right.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09OK, Andrew, in which ocean was the Marie Celeste found
0:14:09 > 0:14:11completely deserted in 1872?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17I'm not quite sure about this.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Generally, the rule is go for the biggest one, which is the Pacific.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26However, something in the back of my mind is telling me that it was
0:14:26 > 0:14:29in fact in the Atlantic.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30I think it was the Atlantic.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Right, I'll go with the Atlantic.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Atlantic is the right answer.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Well done. And normally the Eggs, if they're uncertain,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42they go Pacific. Not very scientific but it works.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Chris, your question.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49The Brown Bess, first used by the British Army in the 18th century,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51was what type of weapon?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Well, it's an early form of rifled musket, Jeremy.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Musket is right. You love a question like that, don't you?
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Mmm, it's one I know.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Well done.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Andrew, the French military leader Ferdinand Foch
0:15:09 > 0:15:11played a major role in which of these conflicts?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Well, the Peninsular War was Napoleonic,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Crimean mid-19th-century.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25I think Marshall Foch was one of the French commanders
0:15:25 > 0:15:28in the First World War, so my answer's World War I.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Very good. You're absolutely right, Andrew, well done.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Three out of three. Impressive.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34OK, Chris, this to stay in.
0:15:34 > 0:15:40In 1488, the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias
0:15:40 > 0:15:44led the first European expedition around the southern tip
0:15:44 > 0:15:46of which landmass?
0:15:49 > 0:15:53He was the first one to round the southern tip of Africa.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Africa is quite right. So, three out of three for you both.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Sorry you couldn't shake him off there, Andrew. You did your best.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01It goes to Sudden Death so I don't give you alternatives.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- It therefore gets a bit harder. Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Andrew, which Egyptian pharaoh is colloquially referred to
0:16:08 > 0:16:10as King Tut?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Tutankhamen.- Tutankhamen is right.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Chris, who is the longest-reigning British monarch history?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Elizabeth II.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Correct.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Sudden Death. Andrew.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27In which year of World War II did Singapore fall to the Japanese?
0:16:28 > 0:16:33So, the Japanese joined the war in 1941 and I would think they probably
0:16:33 > 0:16:35captured Singapore fairly quickly.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38It would have been a major target. So, 1942.
0:16:38 > 0:16:401942 is the right answer, well done.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Chris, in the 15th century,
0:16:44 > 0:16:49the dukedom of which Italian city-state was held by
0:16:49 > 0:16:53the Visconti family and later the Sforza family?
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Milan.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Milan is correct.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Andrew, in which city was President James A Garfield
0:17:01 > 0:17:04shot by his assassin?
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I suppose the obvious answer would be, er, Washington.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10But was he, in fact, somewhere else when it happened?
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Well, in the absence of
0:17:14 > 0:17:18anything else coming immediately to mind, although there's something
0:17:18 > 0:17:20niggling in my back of mind, I'll have to say Washington.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Washington DC is the right answer.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Chris, the archaeological site of Chavin -
0:17:28 > 0:17:30C-H-A-V-I-N -
0:17:30 > 0:17:34that has given its name to one of the earliest South American cultures
0:17:34 > 0:17:36is in which modern country?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Mexico.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- Oh! You're out.- Oh!
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Peru is the answer. Well done, Andrew. Well fought.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46So, on Peru,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Chris is tipped out and Andrew will be in
0:17:49 > 0:17:51and it's time for the final, if you come back to us.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57It is time for the final round,
0:17:57 > 0:17:58which as always is General Knowledge.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed
0:18:01 > 0:18:03to take part in this round.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06So that's Graeme and Steve from Ware's The Door?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08and also Lisa and Chris from the Eggheads.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Would you please now leave the studio?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Well, good contest so far and well-played to our Challengers
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Andrew, Adrian and Pete, who've been just locked in
0:18:18 > 0:18:20with the Eggheads here and holding them off.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23You're playing to win Ware's The Door? £9,000.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Pat, CJ, Barry - you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28which is your reputation.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35You are allowed to confer.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36So, Ware's The Door?,
0:18:36 > 0:18:40the question is, are your three brains able to defeat
0:18:40 > 0:18:44these three here and reset the jackpot?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Andrew, Adrian and Pete, would you like to go first or second?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I think we'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53OK, good luck to the Challengers.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Here is your first question.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Who took over as the main presenter
0:18:58 > 0:19:00of ITV's News At Ten in October 2015?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I'm pretty sure Bill Turnbull does the breakfast TV on BBC One.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09He's BBC.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Eamonn Holmes does Sky, doesn't he?
0:19:12 > 0:19:13- Breakfast.- He does Sky.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15So I think it's got to be Tom Bradby.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17You sure? I only watch the BBC.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Yeah, we'll go for Tom Bradby, please.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Tom Bradby's quite right. Well done.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Eggheads, in which Liam Neeson film are the survivors of a plane crash
0:19:28 > 0:19:30hunted by a pack of wolves?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- The Grey.- Yeah?- Mm-hmm.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40That's The Grey, Jeremy.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42The Grey is the right answer.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44So, playing for £9,000.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Doing really well, Challengers.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Douglas Carswell won the only seat for which party
0:19:50 > 0:19:52at the 2015 General Election?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Ukip, isn't it? - Ukip only won one, didn't they?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- It's Ukip.- It doesn't sound...
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- He's the one who won the... - Only Green...
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Green party was... - Was that not Brighton?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Lucas, wasn't it? Caroline Lucas.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Yeah. Yeah. - It's insane I don't know.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Carswell sounds Ukip to me.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Sinn Fein have got more than one.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Yeah, that's true, they have, haven't they?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17They've got a few. Not many, but they've got a few.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Yeah. We're going to go for...
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- Oh, sorry?- No, it's Ukip.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22We're going to go for Ukip.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24It is indeed Ukip, yeah.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Eggheads, your question.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Which of these cricketers played his 100th test match
0:20:29 > 0:20:31for England in 2014?
0:20:35 > 0:20:36- Goodnight.- Oh.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Oh, I really don't know this.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Ian Bell's been going a long time.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46So has Matt Prior.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47In fact, they all have.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Matt Prior has, I think, now retired. Not long ago.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Did he retire before the date on this question?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58My gut feel tells me Ian Bell,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01just cos I think he's been there the longest, but I'm not sure.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03I think Matt Prior now runs a bicycle team.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Cycling, racing team.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07I'm a bit worried about Matt Prior
0:21:07 > 0:21:10but my slight inclination would be for Ian Bell.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12But I am concerned that Matt Prior could be the answer.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16I feel the same, my inclination's for Ian Bell.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18There can't be much in it between the two of them.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Is that exceptional, 100 tests? I think it is. It's fairly...
0:21:22 > 0:21:24It's quite a decent number, yeah.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Matt Prior has retired.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29So, did he get to 100 and then retire?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33But he didn't have as long a career before he retired as Ian Bell
0:21:33 > 0:21:34still has, hasn't he?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Ian Bell's not been bat, hasn't he?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Yeah...- Medium bat.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39And he's still playing, so it's...
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Stuart Broad's a tall, fast bowler. - Yeah.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Could Prior clock up 100 tests before retiring?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Well, we're going to have come up with an answer.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52I think Bell's in his early- to mid-30s,
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- so he probably has been playing cricket long enough.- Mmm.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57- What do we feel?- On the...
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Simply because I think he's had a slightly longer career,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03I would be very slightly inclined towards Bell,
0:22:03 > 0:22:06but that's simply cos I've got nothing on Matt Prior.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08I'd be inclined towards Bell, but...
0:22:08 > 0:22:11OK, we're a bit worried here, Jeremy, we've got problems.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13We don't want to do with Matt Prior.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15But I think we're going to go for Ian Bell.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16OK, Ian Bell is your answer.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Well, you're cricket fans, are they right?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20I'm afraid they are, yeah.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Yeah, you are right.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Well done, guys. - And what about Matt Prior?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25After 79 test matches,
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Matt Prior retired in 2014, but he was the wrong answer there.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Ian Bell. Ah.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34OK, well, no problem cos you're still absolutely level.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36This is a real game of nip and tuck here.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Here's your third question. Get this right,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42you may not have to do any more for the £9,000.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46What was the first name of Mr Otis, the inventor who developed
0:22:46 > 0:22:49a safety device for lifts?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Have you got an inkling there? - Well, I don't know, I don't know.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I just... I was reading something or other a little while ago.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Elisha Otis, I mean, that...
0:23:07 > 0:23:08I'm leaning towards that.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Yeah, that's what I thought when they first came up.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14And then I saw Sidney at the end, I thought, "Sidney Otis."
0:23:14 > 0:23:16I think it's Elisha Otis.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Yeah, Sidney Otis doesn't sound right, does it?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21It'd have been a strange parent to name him that.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23It's not an American name.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Otis was an American.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26- Was an American...- Yeah.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29..inventor, manufacturer.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Because the Otis Elevator Company, lift company, is American.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I personally think it's Elisha.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Well, I think we're two thirds of the way there, aren't we?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Well, we don't know, to be honest, Jeremy,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43but there's niggling feelings about Elisha, so we'll go for that.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45You're definitely good quizzers, no question about that.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Have you got it right, though? Have they got it right?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- Yes.- Yes, it is Elisha, well done.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Get in!- Three out of three, get in!
0:23:53 > 0:23:56OK, Eggheads, if you get this wrong,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59the contest is over and they've won £9,000.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Which of these elements was discovered in 1952
0:24:03 > 0:24:07by Albert Ghiorso and his co-workers in debris
0:24:07 > 0:24:11taken from the first thermonuclear explosion?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Well, I don't think it was Californium.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I think that was one of the ones that Seaborg...
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- Oh, OK.- ..invented.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25That's why the named it Californium.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Discovered, maybe.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Well, discovered, yes.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34I have the tiniest of inclinations towards Einsteinium.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35But I've no...
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I've substance at all, really.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Well, I've always said I will take your tiny inklings
0:24:40 > 0:24:41over my certainties.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I really don't know between the other two.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44I don't do much about them, I'm afraid.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I've a minute inclination for Einsteinium.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Was Einsteinium named during Einstein's lifetime, do you think?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52As an honour to him.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- That's a tricky one, isn't it? - Mmm.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Cos usually they're named after people that have died.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00No, there's only been one element that's been named after
0:25:00 > 0:25:01a living person and that's Meitnerium.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05- And then seaborgium. - Then seaborgium afterwards, so...
0:25:05 > 0:25:08The naming doesn't have to coincident with the discovery.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10In fact, there's generally quite a delay.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12It could actually have dragged on until after Einstein died.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14They take quite a while to name elements.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16They could have taken four or five years,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Einstein would already have been dead.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Fine, let's go for Einsteinium, then.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Fine.- We're at sea here.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25We're going to throw our lot in with Einsteinium.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Einsteinium is the right answer.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- Ooh.- Aw. Dear me.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Good quizzing there, Eggheads.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32OK, we're on Sudden Death now.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34£9,000, we're playing for.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Here's your question. I don't give you alternatives.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Which hyphenated word meaning "to watch a large number
0:25:41 > 0:25:44"of television programmes, especially all the shows
0:25:44 > 0:25:47"from one series in succession", was chosen in 2015 by
0:25:47 > 0:25:51the Collins English Dictionary as its word of the year?
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Well, a whole series of programmes is box set.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59No, it's not...
0:25:59 > 0:26:01It doesn't sound right, does it?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- No, it's not box set. - Well, box set, is it hyphenated?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07- It is, isn't it? Box set, a box set. - I think it is, yes.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10If you turn it into a verb - to box-set, I box-set.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12I don't think it's box set, though,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15cos that's an existing term for a collection of work.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Yeah, but we're talking about viewing the things...
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- Mmm.- So, I'm going to...
0:26:19 > 0:26:21You know, I'm box-setting.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Sit there watching it.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25That's fine, but can we think of anything else
0:26:25 > 0:26:28which it's more likely to be?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Well, what do you do when you sit and watch back-to-back shows?
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Series-watch?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37No, it's not really, cos it doesn't necessarily have to be
0:26:37 > 0:26:40a whole series of one programme, does it?
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- No, it's not. - It could just be watching...
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- Star Wars or James Bond in one go. - What about gogglebox?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- That's one word.- OK.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Are we going to go for box set?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55In the absence of anything else, I can't think of anything else.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57In the absence of anything else, Jeremy,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00I think we've come down on box set.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Yeah, as in a verb "box-setting".
0:27:02 > 0:27:04I follow that completely and very, very close,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06but it's not the right answer. Binge-watch.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Binge-watch, oh!
0:27:08 > 0:27:09You were so close.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11So, it hangs by a thread now.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14If they get this right, the contest is over.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18"Something for something" is the English translation
0:27:18 > 0:27:21for which well-known Latin phrase?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Quid pro quo? - Presumably.- Must be quid pro quo.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26It's something in exchange for something else.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28That's what it means, you get something in exchange
0:27:28 > 0:27:30- for something else. Has to be.- Surely.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- So the phrase is quid pro quo? - Quid pro quo.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36We're going for quid pro quo.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38The correct answer is quid pro quo.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41We say, "Congratulations, Eggheads, you have won."
0:27:46 > 0:27:49That was brilliant. You guys were brilliant.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Particularly Andrew against Chris in...in that round.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Yeah, really, really amazing.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56You, as well, Adrian. Oof!
0:27:56 > 0:27:58We were on the edge there on two questions.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00You were being pushed hard there cos if you'd just got
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Einsteinium wrong...
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- But so close. Hope you enjoyed it. - Definitely.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I know it's a painful thing but you've given us a good quiz today.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Commiserations to Ware's The Door?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14I was going to say the Eggheads have done what comes naturally.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17You made heavy weather of it today but this winning streak continues
0:28:17 > 0:28:18and it's pretty impressive now.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21It does mean that the Challengers are not going home with the £9,000 -
0:28:21 > 0:28:24we will roll that money over to our next show.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Eggheads, very well done.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Who will beat you?
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 Eggheads.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34£10,000 says they don't.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Till then, goodbye!