0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions
0:00:34 > 0:00:36are The Criminal Element.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Now, this team of respected authors are well-known
0:00:38 > 0:00:41for their crime fiction and are hoping that today's quiz
0:00:41 > 0:00:44against the Eggheads will be a real who-WON-it?
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Let's meet them.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hi, I'm Val McDermid and I'm a crime writer.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Hello, I'm Mark Billingham and I'm a crime writer.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hello, I'm Chris Brookmyre and I'm a crime writer.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hiya. I'm Martyn Waites and I'm a crime writer.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Doug Johnstone and I'm also a crime writer.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02So, Val and team, welcome. Great to see you.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Thank you.- Thank you. - All writers. My goodness.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08So, I'm feeling like you're observing us closely now, are you?
0:01:08 > 0:01:10There's going to be a murder tonight.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11LAUGHTER I'm sure there will be!
0:01:11 > 0:01:12There usually is.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15So, how do you all know each other?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18We run into each other regularly at book festivals
0:01:18 > 0:01:19and go to each other's launch parties.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23And crime writers really are the party animals of the literary world.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24We get on very well.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27I mean, isn't there a sense of competition or is there a sense of,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30"Come on, we all win by doing well"?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I think with crime writers, because we all respect each other's work
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and we read each other's work, we don't see it as a competition.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38You know, I don't feel, if I say to read these guys,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41that suddenly somebody's going to stop reading me and only read them.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44So, generally, I think we're pretty companionable,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46pretty friendly together.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And what's the question you get asked the most?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Cos I mustn't ask it.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Where do you get your ideas from?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I'm so glad I didn't ask that. That's great.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54I thought that might be it, actually.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57All right. Well, good luck with some ideas against this lot.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59They're in very, very good form at the moment.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:01 > 0:02:02for our Challengers.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11So, Criminal Elements, the Eggheads have won the last 13 games,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13which means there's £14,000 on the table to win.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14So, would you like to go for it?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Absolutely.- Yeah. - The first head-to-head battle
0:02:17 > 0:02:18is on the subject of History.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21CHALLENGERS LAUGH
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Is that bad?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- It's the nightmare scenario. - Why is that?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- It's the doomsday scenario. - Because nobody does it?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Are you ready, Martyn? - All right, come on then.- On three.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Ah, it's me!
0:02:32 > 0:02:34So, it's going to be Mark?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- He'll be fine.- No, I won't. OK.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38OK. Mark against which Egghead?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- What about Dave?- Yeah?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Yeah, go on, then.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43All right, we'll take on Dave.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46OK. So, Mark from Criminal Element on History
0:02:46 > 0:02:49against Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the Eggheads.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Just to ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53please go to our Question Room now.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58So, Mark, tell us a bit about your novels. They centre on Tom Thorne.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Yes, mostly. Most of them do, yes.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02And how many Tom Thorne novels are there?
0:03:02 > 0:03:0313 to date.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07He's your age and shares your taste in music, I gather?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09He does. He's a fan of country music,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12which tends to mean he gets mocked by a lot of his colleagues,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- but that's fine.- All right, good luck on History.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It's your choice whether you want to go first or second, Mark.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I've been thrown under the bus by my team. I'm going to go first, Jeremy.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26You never know. Here we go, Mark. Good luck.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Which animals were sacred to the ancient Egyptians?
0:03:33 > 0:03:38Erm, I'm fairly sure it's not guinea pigs or sloths.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42I think cats were sacred to the ancient Egyptians, Jeremy.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Yes, cats is right. Well done. On the scoreboard.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Dave,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50doodlebug bombs were famously used during which major conflict?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- Doodlebug bombs, yeah?- Yeah.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59World War II.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01World War II is correct.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03It's one of my brother's jokes, but I'm trying to remember it.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08My uncle couldn't stop scribbling during World War II.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09He got hit by the doodlebug.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12THEY LAUGH
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I always kill Tim's jokes whenever I tell them.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17So embarrassed. I wish I hadn't done that.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22OK. Mark, which English naval hero was famously the captain of a ship
0:04:22 > 0:04:23called the Revenge?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Well, I don't think it was Horatio Nelson.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I'm not altogether sure who James Wolfe was.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38So, I'm going to go for Francis Drake, Jeremy.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Yes, you're bang on. Well done.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- It's going better than you thought, isn't it?- So far!
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Francis Drake is right.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Tremendous Knowledge Dave, to catch up.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50The ancient city of Knossos was located on which island?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53And that's K-N-O-S-S-O-S.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I think it was excavated in the...I think the 1920s.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I could be wrong there, but it's Crete.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Crete is correct. Two-two.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06And back to you, Mark.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Who was the last person to hold the title of King of Scotland
0:05:10 > 0:05:12to actually be crowned in Scotland?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I'm just laughing because at least three of my team-mates
0:05:16 > 0:05:18know the answer to this,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20and they were the ones that didn't want to do History.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Really not got much of a clue,
0:05:26 > 0:05:30so I'm just going straight down the middle. Charles I.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Oh, just read it for me again.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33"Going straight down the middle and..."
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Oh, I can't even... Oh, there you go. That's my eyesight.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39It's Charles. Charles II.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Charles II.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43OK, I'm so glad there weren't two Charles there.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Let's check with Val. - I think Mark's right.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Yeah, you're right, well done. MARK SIGHS
0:05:48 > 0:05:51OK. Well done, Mark. Three out of three.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- If you get this wrong, Dave, you're out.- Yeah.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57The Welsh soldier Thomas Picton, once famously described as
0:05:57 > 0:06:00"a rough, foul-mouthed devil,"
0:06:00 > 0:06:02played a major role in which battle?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Right, sorry about this.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I don't think it's Bannockburn.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16So, it's a 50-50 between Waterloo and Agincourt.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Yeah, I'm going to have to go for...
0:06:22 > 0:06:24He's a Welsh soldier, isn't he?
0:06:24 > 0:06:25The Welsh soldier Thomas Picton.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29OK. Waterloo.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30He was called this by Wellington.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33So, you're right, it is Waterloo. Well done.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35OK. So far so good, Mark.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37You haven't quite shaken him off, though.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Back to you. Sudden Death now.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I don't give you alternatives, so it's a bit harder.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44By what one word name were the distinctive
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Sturzkampfflugzeug dive bomber German planes
0:06:48 > 0:06:50of World War II better known?
0:06:50 > 0:06:55I think the only German... I think I can only think of one German plane.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Heinkel?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- Do you know, Dave?- Dive bomber? I've had a brain freeze.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- I was going to go... - Let's ask Chris. Chris knows.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Junkers 87 or a Stuka.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05- Stuka.- Stuka.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Sturzkampfflugzeug, Stuka is the contraction.- Oh, of course.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Sort of there in the word, yeah.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13OK, Dave, this for the round.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18What one word name was given to the irregular brigade
0:07:18 > 0:07:21of British, Burmese and Gurkha soldiers
0:07:21 > 0:07:25commanded by Orde Wingate during World War II?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29All I can go off...
0:07:29 > 0:07:31One word that's in my head, Chindits.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35The correct answer is Chindits, Dave.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Well done, you've taken the round.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38That was good play. And sorry, Mark.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40You lasted well there.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42I lasted longer than I thought I'd last.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43You're not in the final and Dave is.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Please come back to us and we'll play on.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50So, early days, but Criminal Element have lost a brain
0:07:50 > 0:07:51from the final round.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53The Eggheads are still sitting there, all five of them.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55The next subject for you is Sport.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Val and team, who wants this?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Mr Brookmyre. - I think I'm nominated for this one.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- Chris? OK. - I think it's going to be me.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Against which Egghead?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06It can't be Dave.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07I'm taking...
0:08:07 > 0:08:12I'm very keen to stress that there is no sexist implications in this,
0:08:12 > 0:08:16but I've been instructed that I've to go against Judith.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Who instructed you?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20LAUGHTER
0:08:20 > 0:08:22People who are taller than me.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27OK. Chris from Criminal Element versus Judith from the Eggheads.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Please, both of you, go to our legendary Question Room.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Chris, I just saw a tweet from our own Lisa
0:08:33 > 0:08:37saying that she's a completely besotted fan of yours.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Yeah, she showed me a photograph of a creaking shelf
0:08:41 > 0:08:43with pretty much my complete works on it.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46And it's crime fiction but also science fiction, isn't it?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Yeah, I've written a couple of science-fiction novels,
0:08:48 > 0:08:53and one of them was a project that was turned into a video game.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Which was Bedlam? - Yeah, it was called Bedlam.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Fantastic. I'm just thinking, crime and science fiction,
0:08:58 > 0:08:59almost opposites, aren't they?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- One's very real and one's very unreal.- Yeah.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I suppose you're always up against the reality of it,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05but mainly I decided to write a bit of science fiction
0:09:05 > 0:09:08cos I wasn't really subject to quite enough literary snobbery
0:09:08 > 0:09:11as a crime writer. I thought that would really nail it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13And then the snobbery really came through, did it?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Oh, yeah. It didn't disappoint. - Oh, that's great. Oh, good.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18OK. Chris, would you like to go first or second?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20I'll go second, please.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Judith, here is your question.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Which of these heavyweight boxers became world champion first?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I think that must be Joe Frazier.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36You're right, well done. Joe Frazier.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Chris,
0:09:39 > 0:09:43in which sport must players try to hit the ball above the tin?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Well, it's definitely not snooker. And volleyball, there is a net.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52So I can only deduce that the tin
0:09:52 > 0:09:55must be the line on the wall in squash.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Yes, you're right. No...
0:09:56 > 0:10:00I mean, it's the bit of metal, the lowest bit of the wall, isn't it?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03So there's two lines, and that's the lowest one. Squash is right.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Judith,
0:10:05 > 0:10:10the footballer Jamie Vardy signed for which club in 2012?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Absolutely no idea. I don't do football.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17James Vardy?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- Jamie Vardy.- Jamie Vardy.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I don't know! Erm...
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Arsenal.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Oh, blimey.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29The reason people have heard of him is that he's what powered
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Leicester City up the Premiership in 2015-2016 in the most amazing way.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Ah, I see.- He broke the Premiership record
0:10:36 > 0:10:39for most consecutive goals scored.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40- Oh, is that right?- Yes, he did.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45He broke Ruud van Nistelrooy's record in the 2015-16 season.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Ten goals? Nine goals?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- 11.- 11?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- 11 consecutive games he scored in. - Yeah.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Leicester City is the correct answer, not Arsenal.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Chris, your question
0:10:55 > 0:10:57to take the lead.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Which unseeded tennis player won the men's US Open title in 1994?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Back in '94? Erm...
0:11:10 > 0:11:13I do play tennis...very badly.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19But this predates my great interest in it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26Agassi was always kind of the wild card bad boy,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29so my inclination is to go with Andre Agassi.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Andre Agassi is right.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35So, you're ahead.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Judith, you need to get
0:11:37 > 0:11:38this one right.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Which of these Australian cricketers announced their retirement
0:11:41 > 0:11:43from internationals in November 2015?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I think Mitchell Johnson's still playing.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Mitchell Marsh. I don't know. I've no idea.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Mitchell Marsh.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Oh, you're waving the white flag there.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58It's Mitchell Johnson.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Oh, I thought he was still playing. Oh, well.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04No. Announced his retirement in 2015, Judith.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- And I'm afraid we're announcing your retirement now.- Yeah.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09From the game. Only from the game.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10You're not in the final.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Good work by Chris and Criminal Elements.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15So, you will be in the final, Chris.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Please come back to us, both of you, and we'll play on.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22So, Val, is this the plot you imagined?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Well, it's got one or two twists and turns still to come.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Yeah.- And hopefully, there'll be a sting in the tail.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Well, I hope so.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32A twist at the end, let's hope, and victory for Criminal Element.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Now, you've lost a brain, but the Eggheads have also lost a brain.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38So, level pegging, and now Film & TV.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Who would like this?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41I reckon you're going to be great at this.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I'll have a go at this, yes. I'll give it a go.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46OK. Martyn, against which Egghead?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I think I'll have Chris, please.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51That good with you?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I have some sort of choice in the matter?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55LAUGHTER Not really, in truth.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Martyn from Criminal Element versus Chris from the Eggheads.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Well, we're loving this team, Martyn, cos you've penned, we think,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- more than 100 novels between you. - Yeah. I think we have, yeah.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Some of yours are written under a female name?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12They certainly are, yes.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Tell us about that.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Yeah, I'm also known as Tania Carver.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18I've done eight novels under that name.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23It was kind of a dare, or a bet, between me and the publisher.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26He bet me that I couldn't write as a woman.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I bet him that I could.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30And long story short, I won.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33And do people sometimes say,
0:13:33 > 0:13:37"Isn't it great that there are more female crime writers? Oh!"?
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Well, kind of, yes. I have appeared on a panel as Tania before.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Which was... Because I thought, "Well, this is a good opportunity
0:13:44 > 0:13:46"to shake things up a bit," and...
0:13:46 > 0:13:48I mean, that was great fun.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Just the one question I always get asked is,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52"Do you dress up to write?"
0:13:52 > 0:13:54So, please don't ask me that. The answer's no, by the way.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57I'm trying to avoid the obvious questions.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59You guys avoid the obvious plotlines, I know.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01OK. So, against Chris, Film & TV.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03And, Martyn, would you like to go first or second?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I'll go first, please.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Here we go with your first question.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12What was the first name of nearly all of the characters played by
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Rowan Atkinson in the TV comedy Blackadder?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Ah, one of my favourite shows. Edmund.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Edmund is right.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Chris, in the TV drama Dr Who,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Davros was the creator of which creatures?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37He was sort of the progenitor of the Daleks.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39He was indeed.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Martyn,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43in which film does Johnny Depp play the role
0:14:43 > 0:14:46of the gangster Whitey Bulger?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52It is Black Mass.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- Have you seen it? - I have seen it, yeah.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56So, Black Mass is right.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Chris, over to you.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Film & TV, we're on.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05Who played the role of Withnail in the 1987 film Withnail And I?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Well, surely, Richard E Grant was I, so it's got to be Paul McGann.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Oh, I think you've got it the wrong way round.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Oh.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Yeah, Richard E Grant is the answer. - Mm-hm.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Am I right, Paul McGann was the other one?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- ALL:- Yes.- Oh, dear, Chris.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26OK, Martyn. Your third question
0:15:26 > 0:15:28can give you the round.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Who was the writer and star of the 2015 film Trainwreck?
0:15:36 > 0:15:40One of my favourite American comics, Amy Schumer.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Yeah, very funny. Amy Schumer is the right answer.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43You've taken the round.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Well done. No way back for Chris.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48You've taken on an Egghead and you've knocked him out.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51And, Martyn, if you come back to us, you will be in the final.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54So, Criminal Element are doing rather well.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55They've lost a brain from the final round,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57the Eggheads have lost two.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59And our next subject is Geography.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Who would like this?
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- Well, I'll take it, I think. - OK, Doug. Against whom?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- What's your instinct telling you? - Kevin?- Go on.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09- Go for it.- Let's try Kevin.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13So, Doug from Criminal Element versus Kevin from the Eggheads.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Let's see how we get on here. It is Geography.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Please take your positions.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Doug, it's interesting, your background...
0:16:20 > 0:16:23I know all of you have different disciplines,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25but yours is nuclear physics.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27So, there's a lot of expertise to draw on there.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Yeah, sadly, it seems like a lifetime ago I had that.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Plus, I'm doing Geography now, so it's not much help.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- We will see how we get on.- OK.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36But presumably, there are moments where nuclear physics is needed
0:16:36 > 0:16:38in the plot of a story.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Really?- Well, I don't know. - Not in any of my books so far,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- but it's certainly something to think about for the future.- OK.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45So, Geography, we're on.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- And you can choose whether you go first or second.- I'll go first.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Here we go with your first question. Good luck, Doug.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Which of these Scottish cities is furthest north?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Well, I hope I would get that one right.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05It's Aberdeen.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07It is Aberdeen. Goodness me, if you'd got that wrong,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09there would have been trouble.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11There would have been trouble. OK, Kevin,
0:17:11 > 0:17:12from north to south,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15approximately how long is the country of Chile?
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Well, it's very long. It's a very long...
0:17:24 > 0:17:25thin country,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29stretches down a good way of the west coast of South America.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33I think it's got to be 2,700.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- Most amazing answer, I can't believe it. 2,700.- Yeah.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38It's the right answer.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Would you have got that, Doug?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Yeah, I think I might have guessed that.- OK, your question.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46The Apennine Mountains run almost the entire length of which country?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Well, I don't know this, so I'm going to have to take a punt.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I have a feeling,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59based on not very much, that it's Italy.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Italy is right.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Two points to you. You are playing very well, Challengers.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Kevin, which North American river does the Klondike
0:18:09 > 0:18:11enter at Dawson?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18The other two are a long way away from there.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21The Potomac is right over in the east of the USA
0:18:21 > 0:18:23and the Missouri is...
0:18:23 > 0:18:26well, north/central, till it joins the Mississippi.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29But the Klondike and the Yukon are right
0:18:29 > 0:18:33up in the Alaska/Canadian borderlands, so it's Yukon.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Yukon is correct. So, two-two. And your third question, Doug.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43The country of Kuwait has a coastline on which body of water?
0:18:46 > 0:18:51Again, I don't know it, but I'm trying to picture it.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56I think Kuwait is on the Persian Gulf. Let's go for that.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Yes, you are right. Persian Gulf it is. Three out of three.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02So, Kevin, to stay in.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05London City Airport is located in which part of London?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I've only actually flown from there once,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14but I have, and it's in Docklands.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16It is indeed in Docklands.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Three-three. We go back to you,
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Doug, for Sudden Death.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22And I don't give you alternatives.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25The town of Thetford and the Stone Age flint mines
0:19:25 > 0:19:30called Grimes Graves are features of which English county?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I really don't know at all.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34I'm going to have to guess.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Somerset.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38No, it's not. Do your team know?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- Somewhere in the Midlands. - Essex or Suffolk.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- Hm. Eggs? ALL:- Norfolk.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43- Norfolk.- Oh, well.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Norfolk is the answer. So, Kevin, you have to a chance
0:19:46 > 0:19:48to take the round. Sudden Death.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54Which US city is located at the confluence of the Allegheny
0:19:54 > 0:19:58and Monongahela rivers, which unite to form the Ohio River?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01I believe that's Pittsburgh.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04If you've got this right, you are in the final.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Brilliant play, Kevin, Pittsburgh is right.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Sorry, Doug, you've been knocked out.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Brave to take him on. He is very good.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Please come back to us and we will play the final round.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16This is what we have been playing towards.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17It is time for the final round,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19which as always, is General Knowledge,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22but I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:20:22 > 0:20:24won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26So, Mark and Doug from Criminal Element
0:20:26 > 0:20:28and Chris and Judith from the Eggheads,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31would you please now leave the studio?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35So, we have three crime writers in the final -
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Val, Chris and Martyn, you're playing to win Criminal Element
0:20:38 > 0:20:40£14,000. Good jackpot today.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Barry, Kevin and Dave, you are playing for something which
0:20:43 > 0:20:46money cannot buy - the Eggheads' reputation.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55You are allowed to confer. So, Criminal Element, the question is -
0:20:55 > 0:20:57can your brilliant three brains wrestle to the floor
0:20:57 > 0:21:00these three over here and take the money off them?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02And would you like to go first or second?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05We've decided we'll go first and put the pressure on.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Good decision. First question.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14Rodeo Drive is a famous shopping area in which US city?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- It's Los Angeles.- It's Los Angeles. - It's Los Angeles.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23You are right. Los Angeles. Well done.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25OK, Eggheads,
0:21:25 > 0:21:31what is the most northerly species of all the world's penguins?
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- Galapagos?- Galapagos.- The Galapagos are almost on the Equator.- Yeah.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- Yeah, they're the furthest. The fairy penguins are Australian.- Yeah.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Emperor penguins, Antarctic. So, yeah, Galapagos.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48We believe that is the Galapagos,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50cos the emperor penguins
0:21:50 > 0:21:51are in Antarctica and
0:21:51 > 0:21:54the fairy penguins are in Australia.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Galapagos penguin is quite right.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58OK.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01They are just showing off their penguin knowledge there.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Goodness me!
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Which of these politicians was one of the four main
0:22:06 > 0:22:10candidates in the 2015 Labour leadership election?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17I think it was Kendall, wasn't it? Yeah, absolutely.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19It was Liz Kendall.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Liz Kendall is correct.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22OK, they're ahead.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Eggheads.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Who was the drummer in the rock band Cream?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Ginger Baker.- It's Ginger Baker. - Ginger Baker, Cream.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Well, I'm reliably informed
0:22:34 > 0:22:36that it was Ginger Baker.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37And I'm not going to argue
0:22:37 > 0:22:38with the gentleman on my left,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40so Ginger Baker is our answer.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Dave would always know this one. Ginger Baker is right.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Yeah, cos Kenney Jones is The Who
0:22:45 > 0:22:46and John Bonham was Led Zeppelin.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Kenney Jones... Oh, after Keith Moon...
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Moon died. Yes, yeah.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52All right, so two-two, very tight.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Get this one right and then you may not have to do any more work today,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59apart from thinking up new books. Here's your question.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Which British film-maker made the 1972 film Deliverance?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- John Boorman.- John Boorman.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11John Boorman.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Oh, you are straight there.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16You are quite right, John Boorman is right.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Played a perfect round.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20£14,000 on the table.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22You know you are up against a good team here, Eggheads.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Yeah. Definitely.- Absolutely.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Let's see if you now mess up and hand them the jackpot.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Aqua regia is the name for a concentrated mix of nitric
0:23:32 > 0:23:34and which other acid?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- It's hydrochloric, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- Nitric and hydrochloric.- Yes, OK.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Aqua regia is a mix of
0:23:45 > 0:23:48nitric acid and hydrochloric acid.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50And it is quite well-known as an acid
0:23:50 > 0:23:53because it dissolves...
0:23:53 > 0:23:55- Gold.- ..gold and silver.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Your answer is hydrochloric?- Mm-hm.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59It's correct.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Three points each. We go back to our Challengers.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03It's Sudden Death now.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04£14,000, we are playing for.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07It gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternatives.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman and Marvel Girl were
0:24:11 > 0:24:14the original members of which superhero team,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17which first appeared in print in 1963?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- BOTH:- The X-Men.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- The X-Men?- Absolutely. - The X-Men.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23The X-Men is correct.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Haven't got a hair out of place so far.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Criminal Element.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32Eggheads, what was the nationality of the Olympic champion skier
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Franz Klammer?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Austrian?- Austrian?- Definitely. Yeah, he was Austrian.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- He won in Innsbruck, didn't he? - Yeah.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Franz Klammer was an Austrian.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Austrian is correct.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43£14,000, Sudden Death.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Couldn't be tighter.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Here's your question.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Which type of whale, often said to be the most vocal of all whales,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55uses a unique method of feeding called bubble netting?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02The humpback whale is the one that's known for its singing.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04And that's the one that you get on,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06like, whale music, but... I don't know anything
0:25:06 > 0:25:09about bubble netting, but they're certainly the ones
0:25:09 > 0:25:10- that are known for singing.- I...
0:25:10 > 0:25:14It's the only thing we've got any kind of angle on,
0:25:14 > 0:25:15so we'll just have to...
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- For me, yeah.- ..go with it.- OK.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19We're going to go with humpback.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Are they right?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22- I think so, yes.- Yes, you are right.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26The bubbles are exhaled as the whale swims
0:25:26 > 0:25:28and then the food above the whale is trapped.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32And then the other whales can then enter and eat that food.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Maybe you're about to be eaten, Eggheads.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37You get this wrong, it's over.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42In Greek mythology, what was the name of the king of Iolcos
0:25:42 > 0:25:47who sent Jason on the quest to find the golden fleece?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Should know this, but...
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- HE MUMBLES - Well, it's a fairly obscure one.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Um...
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Hm.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05King of Iolcos.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Remember the name of the king of Colchis?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10No.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Hm, I might be getting the two mixed up, you see.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- Think Iolcos.- Deities.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Aegisthus?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Is that a name? Does that mean anything?
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Well, I mean, he's certainly a charac...
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Aegisthus.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33That might be worth a...
0:26:33 > 0:26:36try cos, as I say, I think the one that I am...
0:26:36 > 0:26:39the name that popped into my head...
0:26:39 > 0:26:44Aeetes, I think I've got the wrong end of the quest there.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- I think he was Colchis.- Yeah.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- What, Medea's father?- Yeah. - Mm-hm.- Yeah.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58I'm not sure about that, but that's the only name that's come to mind.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Yeah. I mean, I guess this is certainly...
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- I mean, he's involved somewhere. - Somewhere along the line.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Should we go for that?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Well, we are struggling with this one.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11We've mentioned a few things kings of Greek islands,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14so in the end, I think we're going to go for Aegisthus.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Aegisthus?- Mm-hm.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17OK. Do you know the answer here?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- No.- By any chance?- Not a Scooby.- No.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Don't think it's right, but...
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Yeah, I could tell you don't think it's right.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26His name was Pelias.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29We say congratulations, Challengers, you have won!
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Is it now...? I'm just thinking.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I was suddenly thinking, Kevin, with your amazing brain,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Pelias was going to flip suddenly into your...
0:27:41 > 0:27:44No, no, I mean, as soon as you say, yeah. But, no, no.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Well, you played... Honestly, that was trench warfare there.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48You had to fight them toe-to-toe
0:27:48 > 0:27:51to get them to bump into the wrong answer.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Well done, guys. It was teamwork. It was teamwork.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57It's not easy. You made it look easy, and that's the highest praise.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- Well done. BOTH:- Thank you. - So, you don't need to
0:27:59 > 0:28:02write a book now about the murder of five quiz experts.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05LAUGHTER
0:28:05 > 0:28:07They might write a book about us.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10No, you've got a bit of Eggheads history there. Well done.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11- Thank you so much. ALL:- Thank you.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Well done, Val and Criminal Element, who've won £14,000.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Crime writers are officially cleverer than Eggheads.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20We now know that. We've proved it. And we've proved they could be
0:28:20 > 0:28:22beaten. I didn't think you were
0:28:22 > 0:28:24going to be stopped for a while, so they've done really well.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Join us next time, won't you, to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:27 > 0:28:30will be just as successful? Till then, goodbye.