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 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Taking on the might of our
0:00:33 > 0:00:36quiz Goliaths today are...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38This team come from all over
0:00:38 > 0:00:39England and Wales,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42and they met through playing an online quiz app.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Let's meet them.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Hello, my name's Malcolm. I'm a retired accounts clerk.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Hello, I'm Steve and I'm a test analyst.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Huw. I'm a civil servant.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hi, I'm Ruth. I'm a retired accountant.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Barry, and I'm a retired computer programmer.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01So, Malcolm team, welcome, thanks for coming.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Thank you for having us.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Have you met before? You met through an app, so...
0:01:05 > 0:01:06We've met once before.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Right, but you don't know each other very well.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Not really, no.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Is the app one of these things where you answer questions
0:01:12 > 0:01:15on your phone and you challenge other players around the place?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- That's correct, yes, yes.- OK.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19You could be playing people internationally.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Yes, yes, we do play players from all over, well,
0:01:22 > 0:01:24mainly all over Europe.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25This is really interesting, so,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28and is there a ranking on this app?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- Yes, there is. - And are you guys near the top of it?
0:01:31 > 0:01:35We, at one point we were all in the top 50, on the app.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- Out of what, 20,000 people... - Oh, out of about...- ..or something?
0:01:38 > 0:01:39..200,000 people.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Oh, wow! OK!
0:01:41 > 0:01:43I'm looking forward to this!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And I recognise you, Steve, but we'll explain why
0:01:46 > 0:01:48maybe a bit later on.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Look at the... Look at how nervous they look now.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Already, even just by mentioning an app, you've already unsettled them.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:01:57 > 0:02:00up for grabs for our Challengers, however, if they fail to
0:02:00 > 0:02:03defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to our next show.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06So, Strangers On A Train, it's been worth your while
0:02:06 > 0:02:09turning up because the Eggheads have been on a streak, they've won 14
0:02:09 > 0:02:14in a row, so that means £15,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Do you want to give it a go? - Yes, definitely.- Let's give it a go.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20All right, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Music.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22So, Strangers On A Train, who wants this?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- I think that's for you, Malcolm, isn't it?- That was me, wasn't it?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27It was you, was it, Malcolm? Yeah.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Who are we going to go against, then?
0:02:28 > 0:02:33Who looks unmusical? Who's never held an instrument?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Yeah, Judith.- Do you want to go with Judith?- Yeah, Judith.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38All right, I'll play against Judith please, then.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40I think you'll be pleased with that, Judith.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- I'm not very good at music. - It's not sport.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Well, that's its only advantage.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Well, it's one of its advantages. OK. Malcolm,
0:02:48 > 0:02:49from Strangers On A Train, and you,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52presumably, are on this quiz app the whole time, Judith.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I've never heard of it, no. I've only found out about it.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Judith from the Eggheads.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58This is the 21st century against the 20th century.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00To ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07So, Malcolm, are you on a daily commute there with this app
0:03:07 > 0:03:09that you play on, or...?
0:03:09 > 0:03:13On a daily commute? No, I do play it most days, yeah,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16probably more than is good for me, but, eh...
0:03:16 > 0:03:19No, I'm retired. I have to fill my time doing something.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23So it's a good friend in retirement, is it?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- Yes, it is. Yes.- Lovely. So are you on, what, two or three hours a day?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Perhaps a couple of hours, yes, yes.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Wow, Judith, what about that?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34What about that? I play Candy Crush Soda.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35It's a lot more fun.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Do you really? You don't, do you really?
0:03:37 > 0:03:38I am completely addicted to it.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Oh, that is, I've heard about that being very addictive, yeah.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45I've got it on three different devices at different levels.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Yeah, you have completely lowered the tone, you realise that.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Destroyed the heights that we were reaching with our challenging team.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53So, OK, we crack on, Malcolm.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Would you like to go first or second on Music?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Erm, I'd like to go first, please.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04And here we go, good luck. Which of these countries
0:04:04 > 0:04:07competed in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Eh, that would be Australia.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Australia is the right answer, not surprisingly.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Judith, which of these musicians was best known for
0:04:20 > 0:04:22playing the harmonica?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Oh that was, um, Larry Adler.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Larry Adler is quite right.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Malcolm, your question. "I took my baby on a Saturday bang.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40"Boy, is that girl with you? Yes, we are one and the same,"
0:04:40 > 0:04:43are the opening lyrics to which Michael Jackson song?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Sorry, could you repeat the lyrics, please?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54"I took my baby on a Saturday bang.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58"Boy, is that girl with you? Yes, we're one and the same."
0:05:00 > 0:05:05Erm, I don't know, to be honest, I'm going to have to guess.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Erm, so I'll guess Beat It.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- CJ knows this.- It's Black Or White. - Black Or White.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I suppose there's a bit of a hint in "Boy, is that girl with you?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16"Yes, we're one and the same."
0:05:16 > 0:05:19It was two different races together.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20OK, Judith,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23a chance to take the lead against the skipper of the challenging team.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28Which of the Followill brothers is the lead singer of the rock group
0:05:28 > 0:05:29The Kings Of Leon?
0:05:33 > 0:05:38I've no idea. Erm, I don't know.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Magic right, Caleb.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- Caleb is correct. - Ah, there you are, you see.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45There you've done it. You've brought out
0:05:45 > 0:05:47the magic right when it counted.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49You don't do that on the app, do you, Malcolm?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- No.- Straight down the right.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Here's your question. What was the real first name
0:05:54 > 0:05:57of the jazz singer and pianist known as Fats Domino?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Erm, I'm pretty sure that was Antoine.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Antoine is the right answer. Well done, you have got two
0:06:07 > 0:06:08out of three there,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10so let us see whether Judith can take the round
0:06:10 > 0:06:12with her third question.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Ian Stewart had a long-term association with which
0:06:16 > 0:06:19British band, initially as a member in the 1960s,
0:06:19 > 0:06:23and later, as a pianist and tour manager.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Was it...
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Ian Stewart?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Ian Stewart had a long-term association with
0:06:32 > 0:06:37which British band, initially as a member in the 1960s,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39and later as pianist and tour manager?
0:06:40 > 0:06:43I don't know. Rolling Stones.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Malcolm, is she right?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Erm, I think she might be right, actually.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48You are right there, Judith.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51That's really good quizzing cos I think that's a very hard question.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53You got three out of three and you're in the Final Round.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Sorry, Challengers,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57your first round and you've lost one.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Please come back to us and we'll play on.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03So, first blow struck by the Eggheads here.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Strangers On A Train have lost a brain
0:07:05 > 0:07:07and the Eggheads still have all five.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09The next subject is Science.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Who would like this?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- That's Barry, isn't it?- That's you, Barry.- I think it's Barry.- Me?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15- I think so.- Yeah, OK.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18OK, Barry. Against which Egghead, Barry?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- What do you reckon, then, Chris? - Chris'll do.- I think Chris
0:07:20 > 0:07:22is good on the science.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Best go for Dave, I think.- Yeah? Dave?- Go for Dave, yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28All right, we'd like to play against Dave, please.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30OK, Barry from Strangers On A Train
0:07:30 > 0:07:32versus Dave from the Eggheads on Science,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35and please go to the Question Room now.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Barry, I gather you're a retired computer programmer.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Yeah, that's right, Jeremy.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44So you were programming what kind of period?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Oh, in the '80s, '90s.
0:07:47 > 0:07:522000 came along and I became redundant then, basically.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55All my knowledge was the old mainframe computers.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58I don't think I've met a retired computer programmer before
0:07:58 > 0:08:01because it's a relatively new thing, so it's quite, you were
0:08:01 > 0:08:03obviously back in the days when it was a lot of code and all that.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08Oh, yeah, punch cards and all that sort of thing, paper tape.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Have you got any of those old devices that you could
0:08:10 > 0:08:13stick into a museum cos it's amazing seeing them now, isn't it?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Yeah, yeah, no, no.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19I don't have any relics, not at all, from the old days.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Eh, but as I say, modern computers.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24My grandson knows far more about them than I do.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Yeah, cos the speed of change, I know.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29All right, good luck here, Barry, I know you love your quizzing.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31You're up against Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- You love yours, Dave, no question. - Yes, I do like quizzing,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36but we'll see how the questions fall.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Let's see how we go. Barry, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Erm, I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48And here we go. What type of creature is the Australian galah?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50That's G-A-L-A-H.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Oh, dear.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58This is something that's passed me by, erm...
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Well, if in doubt, go for a bird.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I'll say bird, Jeremy.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07That's it, you see, cos Judith has a rule.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Would you go bird, would that be your rule, Judith, here?
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Well, I was hoping for antelope.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Yeah, antelope, no antelope there. That's the trouble with that.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16That wouldn't really work with this one.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- But would you go bird?- I think so, probably, yes.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21It's a hard old question, this.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- Bird is the right answer. - Oh.- Well done, go for bird, love it.
0:09:25 > 0:09:31OK, Dave, what is traditionally measured in Mach numbers, M-A-C-H?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39That's a, hold on, Mach 1 is the speed of sound.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40So, speed, it's...
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I don't know why I'm struggling with this, I'm all over,
0:09:44 > 0:09:45altitude has just put me...
0:09:48 > 0:09:50I've got to go with velocity,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54but it's just that altitude was a problem to me, but velocity.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58You're bang on. Mach 1 is the speed of sound, and speed sort of
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- equals velocity.- It's just because altitude...
0:10:00 > 0:10:02All it is, is just because I was thinking planes
0:10:02 > 0:10:05and, you know, altitude just...
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- Yeah.- ..threw me a bit, but, yeah.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09OK. Velocity's right.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I think you've unnerved him, Barry.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13You have, yes.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15He's already... He's quaking, there.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Here is your next question.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22In medicine, the Heaf test was used to detect which disease?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Barry, Heaf is HEAF, the Heaf test.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Of the three, I believe there are a number of tests,
0:10:34 > 0:10:39current and historical, for tuberculosis,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42so I would give that as my answer.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Nicely done, tuberculosis is correct.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Two out of two. Back to you, Dave.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49What name is given to a horse
0:10:49 > 0:10:52that is covered with irregular black and white markings?
0:10:58 > 0:11:03It could be, feasibly, I don't know what a cremello is, now palomino's
0:11:03 > 0:11:06in my head, but I'm going to go piebald, to be perfectly honest.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Piebald is correct.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Barry, back to you.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15Tethys is a moon of which planet in our solar system?
0:11:15 > 0:11:16T-ETHYS.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26Well, it's not Mars, erm, Jupiter or Saturn, well,
0:11:26 > 0:11:30they've both got about 60-odd moons, erm,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Tethys, Tethys...
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Erm...
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Jupiter, Jeremy.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43- Jupiter, anyone know on your side, guys?- I don't know.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45No, Challengers don't know. Anyone here know?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Eh, Saturn.- Saturn, Kevin says Saturn.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49It is Saturn.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51So you just slipped up there.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Let's see if Dave can take the round.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Which glandular organ in the human body,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59sometimes said to be pistol-shaped, is located behind the stomach?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Can you just repeat the question again, please?
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Which glandular organ in the human body, sometimes said to be
0:12:12 > 0:12:15pistol-shaped, is located behind the stomach?
0:12:21 > 0:12:22I'm not good on this.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Erm, I've got a leaning towards one of them, but...
0:12:28 > 0:12:30..I'll have to go with the pancreas.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Pancreas? You said that with about
0:12:32 > 0:12:35as little confidence as it's possible
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- to use while still speaking.- Mm-hm.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38- Pancreas is your answer?- Yeah.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41You're right, Dave, well done, you got three out of three,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43nicely played. Oh, Challengers,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46it's painful. You lost another.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49So Dave will be in the final and Barry won't.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Come back to us, we'll play the next round.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56So, as it stands, Strangers On A Train have lost two
0:12:56 > 0:12:57brains from the Final Round.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59The Eggheads are still intact over there.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03A lot of money we're playing for here. The next subject is History.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Who would like History, on this side?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- I don't mind. Do you want me to do it?- Do you want to do it?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I don't mind. Yeah.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Ruth?- It's me, I think. - OK. Which Egghead?
0:13:13 > 0:13:14You can have Chris or Kevin or CJ.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- CJ?- CJ, is it?- Yeah?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- CJ.- CJ.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- You gave a nod, a purposeful nod, there, CJ.- I quite like History.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24About the way this is working,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27someone on this side has got to go down in flames!
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- Thanks for that, Jeremy. - I'm just wondering.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I'm feeling this could be it.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Ruth from Strangers On A Train versus CJ from the Eggheads.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Please take your positions.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Do you like your history, Ruth?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Mmm, OK.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45CJ, what about you? Any period you love in history?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48I mean, parts, periods where you were not alive,
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I think we should define it as.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55I mean, obviously, I enjoy pretty much all of US history,
0:13:55 > 0:13:59but I particularly like Romans, Greeks,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02the sort of ancient civilisations, the ones where, if you like,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06the facts are less well-known, so it's a matter of investigation.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08And we're still finding out stuff, aren't we? They dig stuff up.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- Oh, absolutely, yes. - Yeah, we're learning all the time.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13OK, Ruth, good luck on History.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Would you like to go first or second?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16I think I'll go first.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Here is your first question.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23In which year was the revolutionary Che Guevara shot dead
0:14:23 > 0:14:25while campaigning in Bolivia?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35'87's certainly too late.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Erm...
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I think I'd go for 1967.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44And you're quite right, '67 it was.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46CJ, by what name is
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Lady Jane Grey also known?
0:14:54 > 0:14:58I think the Bloody Queen was Mary, the Virgin Queen was Elizabeth,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00but Jane Grey is the Nine Days' Queen.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02She is, indeed, the Nine Days' Queen, well done.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Didn't last very long.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Ruth,
0:15:05 > 0:15:10who did Henry IV directly succeed as King of England?
0:15:14 > 0:15:19Not too sure on this one, I don't think it was John,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21I think...
0:15:21 > 0:15:23it was Edward IV.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Let's check on the Challengers' team.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Anyone know here, is she right?
0:15:26 > 0:15:27I thought it was Richard II.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Richard II, it was.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Ruth, you've dropped a point there. Let's go to CJ.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38In which year was the US military officer George Custer, killed?
0:15:43 > 0:15:47I think he died in 1876.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50You were just saying you love your American history,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53what, so this was 100 years after independence, what was going on?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Eh, I think Custer was at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- So fighting the Native Americans, as they are now called.- Pretty much.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Custer was killed in 1876, CJ, well done, you got it right.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06So you need to get this right, Ruth, to stay in,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and to keep the Challengers' hopes alive.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12The phrase "Typhoon of Steel" is associated with which
0:16:12 > 0:16:15battle of World War II?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Can you just repeat the question, please?
0:16:22 > 0:16:27The phrase "Typhoon of Steel" is associated with which battle
0:16:27 > 0:16:29of World War II?
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Well, I don't think it's El Alamein.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37Not sure out of the other two, I'm going to go for Okinawa.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Okinawa is correct. Well done, you're still in it.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42So you've got two, CJ's got two,
0:16:42 > 0:16:43but if CJ gets this one right,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45he's in the Final Round.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Who was the longest reigning English king before the Union with
0:16:48 > 0:16:50the Scottish Crown in 1603?
0:16:50 > 0:16:55Who was the longest reigning English king before the Union with
0:16:55 > 0:16:57the Scottish Crown in 1603?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05This is one of those little wonderful quiz facts, that three
0:17:05 > 0:17:09of the longest-reigning monarchs all had the same reginal number.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Erm, I think you've got George and Edward are the other two,
0:17:13 > 0:17:15and this is Henry III.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Henry III is the right answer. CJ, you're in the final.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Ruth, you've been knocked out, I'm sorry about that.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21It's getting a bit awkward for our
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Challengers, but they've got the
0:17:22 > 0:17:24firepower on this side. They can fight back.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Rejoin your teams, please,
0:17:26 > 0:17:27and we'll play the next round.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31So, as it stands, Strangers On A Train have lost three
0:17:31 > 0:17:35brains from the Final Round, the Eggheads have not lost any.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39This is the moment, Malcolm and team, for the pushback.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- Yes?- Yes, indeed.- It's all going to plan.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43LAUGHTER
0:17:43 > 0:17:46The next subject is Sport.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Who would like this, Strangers?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49I think that's for you, Steve.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- That's Steve.- I think that's me, isn't it?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- Steve, OK.- I think I'm nominated for that.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55And who would you like to take on? It could be Chris or Kevin.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Chris, I think, Chris?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Are you confident enough to go for Kevin?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Chris, I think.- Shall we go with Chris?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Yeah, I'd like to take Chris, please.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07OK, there was a whisper of Kevin and then it didn't happen.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Yeah, bit scared of Kevin, so I'll go for Chris instead.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Steve from the Strangers On A Train.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Oh, Strangers On A Train, Chris, that's your kind of team name.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Yes, the only train they'll be getting on will be the one
0:18:18 > 0:18:21that takes them on a one-way trip to somewhere pretty damned unpleasant.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Well, he's woken up!
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Please go to the Question Room now.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32So, Steve, I mentioned that you looked familiar
0:18:32 > 0:18:36and it's because we met when you did Revenge Of The Egghead with CJ.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Yeah, that's right, Jeremy. - What was the upshot there?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Yeah, we took, well, I won £700 as part of a group of four.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46So, we managed to beat CJ, which was very good.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- So, it was a bad night for CJ, was it?- Yeah, one of many, yeah.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51LAUGHTER
0:18:51 > 0:18:53And we love the team name, Strangers On A Train, which we
0:18:53 > 0:18:55should say, I mean, Chris, you'll know this.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57It's a great Hitchcock film, isn't it?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Yeah, it is, yeah. Two strangers meet on a train.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02They both want to murder somebody and they swap murders.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03OK, so we're on Sport here.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07That's why Chris let off some steam there, Steve, he hates to do Sport.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Would you like to go first or second?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Erm, I'd like to go first, Jeremy.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Good luck, see if you can pull one back now for
0:19:16 > 0:19:19the Challengers, it's really important.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Who won the 2014 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Right, erm, well, I don't think it's Mo Farah
0:19:29 > 0:19:32or Carl Froch, I believe it's Lewis Hamilton,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36because he won the Formula 1 title, so I'd say Lewis Hamilton.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Nicely done, you're right, Lewis Hamilton.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Chris.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44By what nickname is the football team Newcastle United best known?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50They play in black and white, so they're called the Magpies.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Yes, they do and they are. The Magpies is correct.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Steve, your question. Which of these
0:19:55 > 0:19:57famous basketball players made his
0:19:57 > 0:20:01full debut for the LA Lakers in 1996?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I don't think it's Michael Jordan,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I think that's probably too early for him, erm,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15so it's going to be either Kobe Bryant or LeBron James.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I'll go down the middle and say Kobe Bryant.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Is he right, Chris?
0:20:19 > 0:20:20I don't think it was him, no,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I think it was LeBron Jones, James, rather.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Yeah, no, it was Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant is the right answer.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Well done, Steve. Well done.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32- Lucky you didn't have that one, Chris, wasn't it?- Well, yeah.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36For all kinds of reasons. Your second question.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Which team defeated New Zealand in the final
0:20:38 > 0:20:41of the 2015 Cricket World Cup?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I think that was Sri Lanka.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Let's see. Team-mate Judith, you're very good on Sport.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I think it was Australia.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- Australia is the answer, Chris. - Is it?- Judith knew that.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Yeah, she's just smiling here.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Sorry, don't look so cross.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08OK, well, look, this might be the turning of the tide.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09This could be the moment.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11This is what, in Revenge Of The Egghead,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- this was the £700 moment, Steve. - Yeah.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Get this right, you've knocked Chris out,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19and then maybe the walls come tumbling down.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Which rugby union player was the captain
0:21:21 > 0:21:27of the British and Irish Lyons' famous 1974 tour to South Africa?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Right, I think I know this one.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Erm, obviously Barry John and Gareth Edwards are both Welsh,
0:21:38 > 0:21:42but I don't believe it was them, I think it was Willie John McBride.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45The correct answer, do you know, team-mates? Is he right, by the way?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- I don't know.- They're not sure. They don't know.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49You're the only one in your team who knows.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51You got it right, it was Willie John McBride.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56Well done, three out of three, phew! The sweat on the forehead there.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Well done, Steve. So you are in the final.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Chris, sorry, knocked out
0:21:59 > 0:22:00on Sport. You can be even crosser
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- next time you're picked for it... - I don't get cross.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05..and if you come back to us, Steve and Chris, we will play the
0:22:05 > 0:22:08all-important Final Round.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10OK, this is what we have been playing towards,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13it is time for our Final Round which, as always,
0:22:13 > 0:22:14is General Knowledge.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16But I'm afraid those of you who
0:22:16 > 0:22:17lost your head-to-heads
0:22:17 > 0:22:19won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23So, that is Malcolm, Ruth and Barry, from Strangers On A Train,
0:22:23 > 0:22:24and also Chris from the Eggheads.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Would you please leave the studio?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30OK, good luck, Challengers,
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- you just pulled it back there at the end, Steve.- Yeah, yeah.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35So this is now looking, well, we'll see.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37You've got a good chance here, Steve and Huw.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41You're playing to win Strangers On A Train £15,000.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Eggheads, you've lost one, but you know you can go down now.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47You are playing for something that money can't buy, which is
0:22:47 > 0:22:51your reputation. As usual, I will ask each team three
0:22:51 > 0:22:54questions in turn, this time the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58You can confer. So, Strangers On A Train, the question is,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03And I know you're really handy quizzers.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Huw, you'll be the spokesman, tell us whether you
0:23:05 > 0:23:06want to go first or second.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I think we'll go first please, Jeremy.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Here we go.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17The 2013 film, Captain Phillips, depicts the real-life
0:23:17 > 0:23:20hijacking of an American container ship in which ocean?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- It's um...- Isn't it off Somalia?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Somalia, so it's definitely the Indian, isn't it?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Definitely the Indian. It is, yeah.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Indian, please, Jeremy.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Indian is the right answer.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Eggheads.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Paula Hawkins' best selling 2015 novel is titled
0:23:39 > 0:23:41the Girl On The...what?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- Train.- Train, yeah. It is train,
0:23:46 > 0:23:47- isn't it?- I saw the...
0:23:47 > 0:23:48The Girl On The Train.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50It's train, Jeremy.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Train, it is.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Your question, Challengers.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58On a standard qwerty keyboard,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01which of these is located on the middle row of letters?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07(It's L, isn't it?)
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- P is at the top.- Yeah. - Cos M's at the bottom.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Yeah, it's definitely L.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It's L.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Did you have to type that out in your head or how did you do it?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- Just visualised the keyboard. - Oh, you've got one of those brains?
0:24:19 > 0:24:23OK, that's very handy. I couldn't do that. L is right. Two out of two.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Good time to play well, as well. Final Round.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28OK, Eggheads, all four of you, here we go.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33Amal Alamuddin, who married George Clooney in 2014,
0:24:33 > 0:24:35was born in which city?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41It sounds like Kabul, doesn't it?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Is she Afghan, an Afghan?- Well, I've got a sort of instant thing,
0:24:44 > 0:24:46whether that's true or false.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- Do you think she's Afghan? - I thought Beirut.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I thought she was Lebanese.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Lebanon sounds...
0:24:52 > 0:24:54She's certainly not Turkish.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Not Turkish.- She's not Turkish. My immediate thought was Lebanese.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00If you two have got the instinct, I'm happy to go with that.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01What about you, Judith?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Well, I'm happy to go with Kevin
0:25:02 > 0:25:04because he's always right.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Well, I don't know.- Well, the instinct, the instinct, I think so.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Cos we could talk about it all the time and talk ourselves
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- out of this.- Yeah, yeah,
0:25:11 > 0:25:12- very easily.- Yeah.- OK.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Yeah, we'll go for it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Erm, we're not sure, but we think it's Beirut.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Beirut is your answer.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20You're right. Beirut, it is.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Well done, well done.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Could have swerved off that.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24I've seen that happening before.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Do you know that one, guys?
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- Yeah, we would have gone for that. - Yeah. OK, so two-two.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30This is tense.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I'm feeling some tension here.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Here's your third question.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Get this one right, otherwise you give them the initiative.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Who wrote the 2013 James Bond novel Solo.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46I know Martin Amis is a Bond fan,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48isn't he? A Bond book.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49That's the one that I was thinking.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51I don't really know, to be honest.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I don't think Nick Hornby's wrote one.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57I don't know about William Boyd, but I think Martin Amis has wrote one.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- We'll go for Martin Amis.- I think so. We'll go for that.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Martin Amis.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Martin Amis is your answer. Shall I just ask the Eggheads?
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Are they right about this?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06No, funnily enough,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08his father wrote a Bond book.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Kingsley Amis, really?- Yeah.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Under a different, under the name of Robert Markham.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- Yes.- Yeah, he did. Colonel Sun.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17So, maybe there was a false memory going on.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Who was it then?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20William Boyd.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21William Boyd is the answer.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24So, you've got two out of three, there.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26And that gives the Eggheads the initiative. If you
0:26:26 > 0:26:28get this one right, the contest is over, Eggheads.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33The phrase "time immemorial", used to refer to a point in the past
0:26:33 > 0:26:36that was so long ago that people have no knowledge or
0:26:36 > 0:26:41memory of it, was defined by the Statute of Westminster
0:26:41 > 0:26:44as starting with the accession of which king?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- It's Richard. It's 1189.- OK.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53That's when time immemorial starts.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55OK, fine.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59Yeah, for legal purposes, it's, time immemorial starts at 1189,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02which was the year that Richard I came to the throne.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06OK. You've made light work of that.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08First time I've heard of that.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Do you know about this?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12- No, no.- They're good, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13The answer is Richard I.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15We say congratulations, Eggheads,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17you have won.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24And I sense just a little bit of
0:27:24 > 0:27:26gloating by CJ on the end, there.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- That was tense, that was a tense last round...- It was.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31..and I wanted my revenge on Steve.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32LAUGHTER
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Well, you pulled one back there.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Yeah, we know how good you are,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39and I'm sure the three knocked out doesn't really reflect that
0:27:39 > 0:27:40properly, so keep quizzing, guys.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43It's great to have a team of quizzers in here, isn't it?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Commiserations to our Challengers, to Strangers On A Train.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Good team name, as well, by the way.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and, you know,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53your winning streak is impressive, there's no doubt about that now.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56It does mean you won't be going home with the £15,000
0:27:56 > 0:27:59so we've got a big jackpot for next time. It rolls over.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Eggheads, well done. You're never going to lose. That's my prediction.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04- Never!- Oh, dear.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Join us next time to see
0:28:05 > 0:28:08if a new team of Challengers can prove me wrong.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12£16,000 says they can't. Till then, goodbye!