Episode 67 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is - can they be beaten?

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

They are the Eggheads.

Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today

are The Wolfpack. Now, this team have been quizzing together

at Foghertys Bar in Liverpool for the past six years.

Though they often win,

the biggest jackpot they've ever scooped has been £20.

Let's meet them.

Hi, my name's Paul, and I'm an account manager.

Hi, I'm Luke, and I'm a sixth-form mentor.

Hi, I'm Mark. I'm a social worker.

Hi, I'm Jay, and I'm a further education lecturer.

Hi, I'm Dan, and I'm a social worker.

So, Paul and team, welcome. Tell us why The Wolfpack.

Well, we sort of realised we all liked the film The Hangover

when we were choosing a team name many years ago

and it's just sort of stuck from then, really.

So, that is mentioned in the film?

The group of friends call themselves The Wolfpack.

-And how do you all know each other?

-Some of us went to school together,

some of us have lived together, been to university together,

just sort of thrown together over the years, really.

And you've also had, I think, photos alongside celebrities,

-is that right?

-Yeah, a couple of times, I've found myself in hotels,

-like Bill Clinton last year and Matt Damon and stuff like that.

-OK.

Must just attract celebrities wherever I go.

And, of course, CJ here will be expecting to be asked.

-Add that to my collection.

-Yeah.

-Definitely.

-Well, good luck against them.

-Thanks.

-Let's see how you do.

Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

for our Challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Wolfpack, the Eggheads have won the last four games,

which means £5,000 is on the table today.

-Would you like to go for it?

-Go on, then.

-All right, good luck.

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV.

-So, who would like this?

-Ooh.

-So, Mark, do you reckon?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, you up?

-Yeah, of course.

-Yeah?

-We think Mark's our man for Film & TV.

-OK.

Mark from The Wolfpack versus which Egghead?

-Kevin.

-Kevin, please.

OK, it's going to be the grand master. Game on.

Mark from The Wolfpack versus Kevin from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in the Question Room?

So, Film & TV against Kevin.

Mark, would you like to go first or second?

Erm, I'd like to go second, please.

And here we go with Kevin's question.

What is the first name of the character played by Martin Clunes

in the TV comedy series Men Behaving Badly?

I believe that's Gary.

Gary is right.

Back to you, Mark.

"They're creepy and they're kooky

"Mysterious and spooky They're altogether ooky"

are the opening lines to the theme tune

of which TV comedy series of the 1960s?

I think that's The Addams Family.

Yeah, brilliant. Well done.

Back to Kevin.

The US legal drama The Good Wife is set in which city, Kevin?

Ah, you've got me there because I've never seen it.

I've nothing to go on, really. I just don't know.

I mean, I'm aware of the series, but I don't know where it's set.

So, just to start eliminating them, I'll rule out Washington.

I'll assume it's between Los Angeles and Chicago.

And I shall go for Chicago.

Yeah, Chicago's the right answer. Well done, Kevin.

OK, back to you, Mark.

In which film starring Humphrey Bogart

does Peter Lorre play a character called Joel Cairo?

Joel Cairo?

Erm, I'm going to have to guess this answer, I'm afraid.

Erm, I think it could be,

erm, The Maltese Falcon.

You are absolutely right. Well done. The Maltese Falcon.

Kevin,

which English actor's roles

have included Truman Capote in the 2006 film Infamous

and Alfred Hitchcock in the 2012 TV film The Girl?

Um, yeah, excellent actor

in virtually everything he does, I think. Toby Jones.

Yeah, in vogue at the moment. Toby Jones is right.

Kevin has got three.

Mark, pressure on you now.

Which director's 1981 film Polyester

was accompanied by a gimmick called Odorama,

whereby viewers could smell what they saw on screen

through scratch and sniff cards?

I think it's John Waters.

You're absolutely right. Well done.

Kevin, it's Sudden Death now.

Gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternatives.

Which 1989 Kevin Costner film

was an adaptation of a novel about baseball called Shoeless Joe?

Well, that is Field Of Dreams.

It is Field Of Dreams.

So, again, pressure on you, Mark.

You've got to get this right to stay in.

When a streaker ran across the stage at the 1974 Oscars,

which suave English actor, who was presenting at the time,

made a famous quip about his shortcomings?

-1974 Oscars?

-Yeah.

Erm, I'm going to have to guess cos I just don't know it.

Erm...Christopher Lee.

No. Right generation. Anyone know here?

-Niven.

-Niven.

-David Niven is the actor.

Sorry, knocked out on Sudden Death by Kevin,

and Kevin will be in the final.

Mark, you won't, but it's early days.

Come back and we'll play on.

So, as it stands, The Wolfpack have lost one brain from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any so far

and the next subject for you is Science.

-Who would like this?

-Ooh.

What did we say?

Is there any one of us who's got a science degree?

What do you want to do? I don't mind doing it.

You said you felt happy with Science.

I'm regretting saying it now, but...

Do you want me to do it?

-If you want me to. It's up to you.

-Yeah, I'll do it.

OK, Paul against which Egghead? There they all are. Can't be Kevin.

-I'll go with Pat.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, Pat.

-Pat.

OK, Paul from The Wolfpack versus Pat from the Eggheads on Science,

and please go to our Question Room.

Paul, you're now on Science

and would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

OK, here is your question. You're against Pat.

At what stage of life are people most likely to suffer

from the condition known as nursemaid's elbow?

Erm, OK, I feel like I should know this,

but nursemaid sort of makes me think sort of...

I know breast-feeding and stuff like that.

Like, a young child. Nursemaid's elbow.

Then, I suppose, if you've been doing it for a long time,

maybe it's something you get when you're older.

Erm, nursemaid's elbow.

I'm going to go with old age.

-It's the wrong answer. Infancy.

-Ah.

Pat, your question.

A kiloton weapon has an explosive power

equivalent to how many tons of TNT?

I think that's 1,000,

which would be more than enough for most applications.

1,000 is correct.

Paul,

which of our solar system's four giant or Jovian planets

has the smallest mass?

The smallest mass?

OK.

I feel I'm going to rule out Jupiter cos I think that's...

I know they're all big, but I feel like that's really big.

Erm, and also Saturn.

I think I'll rule that out cos, again,

I feel they're maybe the two biggest, but...

So, I'll go with Uranus.

-And that's completely right.

-Yes!

Uranus is right.

Pat, the name of which part of the inner ear

comes from a Latin word meaning snail shell?

I think the cochlea is part of the inner ear.

I think it's an approximately spiral,

helical chamber.

Um, yes, I'll have to go for cochlea.

Yes, cochlea is right.

Pat is leading cos of that

blooming nursemaid's elbow,

-and you need to get this one right.

-OK.

Which Irish-born scientist is often credited

with introducing the litmus test to tell acids from bases?

I should definitely know this, and I know they'll be laughing.

I'm probably the least likely person to have a chemistry degree,

which I do have, but clearly,

it's not helping me at all with this question.

Unfortunately, it's going to have to be a non-educated guess.

I think I'll go with Robert Boyle.

-Is he right, Pat?

-I suspect he is.

Yes, you are. Well done.

So, Robert Boyle it is.

Level, but Pat can take it with this.

In 2015, US regulators gave the go-ahead

to which type of genetically modified fish,

making it the first GM animal destined for human consumption?

I read about this.

It's obviously a very sensitive topic.

I think they gave the go-ahead for a genetically modified salmon.

And the answer is salmon.

Well done, Pat. You've taken the round.

Sorry, Paul.

-Skipper's been knocked out.

-Nearly.

Let's see what this means for the team.

Come back to us and we'll play on.

OK, as it stands, The Wolfpack have lost two brains

from the final round.

Eggheads are still there, all five of them.

The next subject is Sport.

-Is that good?

-Ooh.

-That's...

-A tough one. Who are we going to choose?

-Luke, I think you should take this one.

-That's me.

OK, Luke on Sport against which Egghead?

-Who do you think?

-I'll take on CJ, please.

So, Luke from The Wolfpack, CJ from the Eggheads,

please go to the room - the Question Room.

So, Luke, we're on Sport. Tell us about your football.

I play for a five-a-side team.

We've been quite successful over the years.

We've now won eight league titles

and we actually, a couple of seasons ago,

went unbeaten for the whole season and we got our picture in the Echo -

the Liverpool Echo - with a little article about us.

Oh, brilliant.

-That must have been great.

-Yeah, it was, it was. It's good fun.

-Nice, competitive games.

-OK, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

So, here we go. In 2015,

which Manchester City footballer was named African Player of the Year

for the fourth year in a row?

Well, I know it's not Samir Nasri because he's French,

and I know that it was Yaya Toure.

Indeed, Yaya Toure.

He plays, what, midfield?

-Yeah, central midfield.

-Yeah.

You don't look as if you know anything about that, CJ.

I've never heard of any of those three people.

Here's your question, not about football.

Which darts player nicknamed The Menace

won the BDO World Championships in 1991

and the rival PDC World Championships in 1994?

I think both Keith Deller and John Lowe

were at the height of their power slightly before that.

Dennis Priestley, I'm fairly sure,

or at least reasonably sure, has won both.

And if you're called The Menace and your first name is Dennis,

there's certainly a clue there, so I'll go for Dennis Priestley.

I was going to say, I thought you'd missed the Dennis the Menace thing.

My goodness! Dennis Priestley is correct.

Luke, your question.

Which of these English rugby union players

earned over 100 Test caps?

Ooh, that's a tough one.

I don't think it would be Jason Robinson

because he came over from rugby league.

I think...

..because he captained the side, I'll go with Martin Johnson.

-Anyone know here?

-Jason Leonard.

-Jason Leonard...

-Ah.

-..is the answer, Luke.

All right, CJ's chance to take the lead.

Jahangir Khan was unbeaten for over 500 matches

in which sport during the 1980s?

He's probably, if not one of the greatest,

probably THE greatest ever squash player.

Squash is correct.

So, he's in the lead, guys.

You've got to stop him, Luke, with this answer.

In 2015, Michelle Payne became the first female jockey

to win which prestigious horse race?

We actually had this question come up in one of our recent quizzes,

and I know that it's the Melbourne Cup.

It is. Well done. Melbourne Cup. Nicely done.

OK.

CJ, this for the round.

In January 2015, which cricketer scored a century

in a record 31 deliveries

while playing in a one-day international

against the West Indies?

Did read this, as well. Did see this story.

I don't think it was de Villiers.

There's something in the back of my mind telling me he'd retired anyway.

I don't know this, but I'm going to go for Luke Ron-chi.

-It's Ron-key, but it's wrong, anyway.

-Oh.

-AB de Villiers...

-It is? Oh, dear.

..is the answer. So, equal after three.

There we are, Luke.

-Had a little bit of daylight there.

-Yeah.

Goes to Sudden Death. I don't give you alternatives.

Here's your question.

Which English footballer won

the European Footballer of the Year award in 1978 and 1979?

I happen to know this because he played for my team

and that is Kevin Keegan.

Yes, it is Kevin Keegan.

CJ,

which Norwegian runner

won the women's London Marathon four times between 1984 and 1988?

Ingrid Kristiansen.

Ingrid Kristiansen is right.

Back to you, Luke.

In October 2014, Michael Cheika was appointed head coach

of which country's rugby union team?

I recognise the name.

The name came up a lot during the World Cup.

Erm, I think that it's Australia.

It is Australia. Well done. You're still very much in it.

CJ, this to stay in.

In 1984, the New Zealand sportswoman Neroli Fairhall

competed in which event at the Olympic Games,

thereby becoming the first paraplegic competitor

to compete at the Olympics?

Haven't heard this, so has to be...

..an educated guess.

Don't know. I'll try archery.

Archery's right.

Sorry, Luke.

Back to you.

Which German skater won the women's figure skating gold medal

at both the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics?

HE SIGHS

I have to admit, German skating is not one of my strongest subjects.

Erm...no, I'm sorry, I'm going to have to pass.

Do you know, CJ?

-Katarina Witt.

-Yes, it is Katarina Witt.

So, Sudden Death. If CJ gets this right, he's in the final.

In 2009, which female tennis player

became the first mother to win a Grand Slam singles title

since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980?

Well, who was around at the time?

Justine Henin was there, Kim Clijsters.

Kim Clijsters could have been a mother at the time.

Don't know this. I will guess at Kim Clijsters.

-Kim Clijsters is the right answer. Well done.

-Oh. Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

All right, well, sorry, Luke, you've been knocked out by CJ.

-Good old round, though.

-Yeah, it was. Bit of a battle.

Now come back to us and we'll see if the Challengers can turn it around.

So, guys, it's not a crisis yet, is it?

-No.

-No.

-We've got faith. Come back.

It's near. It's near a crisis.

The Wolfpack have lost three brains out of three from the final round.

The Eggheads are still sitting there, all of them.

Now, see if you can take one out on Arts & Books.

That is the next subject.

-I'm going to have to do it.

-I don't mind. I mean, I will do it.

-We'd rather keep you at the end, though.

-Yeah.

No offence, Dan, but you're going to have to take the bullet.

-OK, Dan.

-You'll be fine.

And who would you like? It can be Lisa or Dave.

-I don't think it matters either way.

-No. No, I don't think...

-You can have the honour. You choose.

-Lisa.

-OK.

-We'll have Lisa, please.

-All right.

So, Dan from The Wolfpack is playing Lisa from the Eggheads.

Please go to the special place.

OK, so, we're on Arts & Books

and, Dan, would you like to go first or second?

First.

Good luck.

Financial backers of theatrical productions

are often referred to by which name?

Ooh, right. Haven't got an absolute clue.

Erm...I'm going to say devils.

-Team, do we know?

-I'd have guessed at angels, but...

Yeah, angels, in the sense they're helping.

Dan, don't worry.

Lisa, AA Milne's character Winnie-the-Pooh

is famously fond of which food?

-SHE LAUGHS

-He spells it H-U-N-N-Y,

but it's honey.

Honey is right.

Back to you, Dan.

30-something Will and 12-year-old Marcus

are the unlikely protagonists of which Nick Hornby novel?

Right, purely based on the film, I'm going to go with About A Boy.

Absolutely right. Well done. About A Boy.

Lisa,

the collection of German folk tales,

commonly known as Grimm's Fairy Tales,

was first published in which century?

Before those came up,

I had in my head that the Grimms were...

..a 17th-century outfit.

Is that right? It might be later. I don't think it's earlier.

-SHE SIGHS

-No, go on. First instincts. 17th.

How interesting. OK, Eggheads?

-19th.

-19th.

-19th.

-Oh, well.

-Oh, well. Well, that's not bad, Dan.

So, she's levelled it

-for you.

-Phew!

-Yeah, that's good.

-Take the pressure off.

-Your question.

The Ruling Class,

which was revived on the West End stage in 2015 starring James McAvoy,

is a work by which playwright?

Again, it's not something that I'm very knowledgeable about,

so it will just be a pure guess.

I'm going to go for Howard Brenton.

It's Peter Barnes.

So, a chance for Lisa here.

Bianca Minola and Christopher Sly

are characters in which Shakespeare play?

Bianca Minola and Christopher Sly.

Now, there is a Bianca...

..in The Taming Of The Shrew.

I would even hazard she might be Bianca Minola.

There's also a Bianca in Othello.

I'm not sure they ever mention her last name.

I don't remember a Christopher Sly in Othello.

Ooh. I'll go for The Taming Of The Shrew.

Eggheads, do you know?

-It is right.

-Yeah, you're right, Lisa.

SHE EXHALES Taming Of The Shrew it is.

So, after three questions,

-Lisa is through to the final. Sorry, Dan.

-Never mind.

Sorry to your team, but you've still got a final to play

and you can definitely still win.

Please come back and we will play that final round.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round,

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads

won't be allowed to take part in this round,

so that is Paul and Luke and Mark and Dan from The Wolfpack.

Would you please now leave the studio?

Jay, you are playing to win The Wolfpack £5,000.

Kevin, Dave, Lisa, Pat and CJ,

you're playing for something which money cannot buy,

which is the Eggheads' reputation.

Now, as usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

You are allowed to confer. I'm sorry, that doesn't help you.

So, Jay, the question is, can your one brain defeat these five?

-I'm certainly going to try.

-Good.

But we had a lovely time anyway, so whether we win or we lose,

-it's been a great experience.

-Brilliant.

Well, listen, you can win. Believe me, you can win.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please.

OK, here we go with your first question.

What is the occupation of a lineman,

as referred to in the title of the song Wichita Lineman

made popular by Glen Campbell?

Well, with it being lines, obviously, I think -

I'm pretty sure - that this is telephone pole worker.

Telephone pole worker is quite right.

OK, Eggheads,

which Strictly Come Dancing judge

took on the role of Miss Hannigan in a production of Annie

that began touring the country in 2015?

-Craig.

-It's Craig Revel Horwood.

-It could only be, couldn't it?

-Really, yeah.

OK, out of the three options, Jeremy,

we'll go for Craig Revel Horwood.

It is indeed Craig Revel Horwood.

Next question is for Jay.

What name is often given to the loose network of computer hackers

often associated with the symbol of a stylised Guy Fawkes mask?

Erm, again, I'm pretty sure that hacktivists,

as they like to be known...

I think it's Anonymous.

It is Anonymous. You're right.

So, you've got two. Well done.

Back to the Eggheads.

Which king was the last Plantagenet ruler of England?

-Richard III?

-Richard III.

-We're all happy with that, are we?

-Yeah.

Henry VIII was Tudor and George II was Hanover, so...

-So, happy with Richard III, yes? Is that right, team?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Yeah, we're going for Richard III, please, Jeremy.

And you got it right, too. Richard III.

So, back to you, Jay.

The self-declared Rif Republic

was established in which part of the world in the 1920s,

where it lasted for several years

until it was dissolved after a series of wars?

Rif is R-I-F.

Really don't know this one.

I don't think it's Western Australia.

But, again, I mean, it could be.

1920s.

Just total guess, but also thinking of political instability,

-I'm going to go with Southern China.

-OK.

I guess unlikely to be Australia because that's...

They haven't had breakaway republics, but...Eggheads?

-ALL:

-North Africa.

-North Africa.

-Ah.

So, whereabouts was it in North Africa?

-Mostly Morocco.

-OK.

The Rifs were a tribe confederation

who had a revolt against the, well, French...

Cos there were both French and Spanish colonial occupying powers

in that area.

And for a few years, they managed to,

because of the mountain strongholds,

they managed to hold out and have political independence,

but eventually, they were overwhelmed

and the leaders were packed off to prison islands and things.

And is there a way of ruling out China

on the basis that nobody can break away in there or...?

Oh, no, no. I mean, that's a perfectly reasonable go

because in the 1920s,

China was just in a state of chaos for a good deal of the time.

Lots of warlords ruling different parts of the country.

-That's a perfectly reasonable guess.

-OK.

Two out of three, Jay,

and now the Eggheads have a chance to take it.

In 2015, which actor was reported in the press

as using an earpiece to be fed his lines

for his performance in a Broadway production of Misery?

-It's Bruce Willis.

-Bruce Willis.

-Bruce Willis?

-He's the one who'd been doing the...

-Well, James Caan.

..James Caan role in Misery, yeah.

OK, so, we're happy with Bruce Willis?

-Just confirming that.

-Yeah, yeah.

We're going for Bruce Willis, please, Jeremy.

If you've got it right, the contest is over.

The answer is Bruce Willis. We say congratulations, Eggheads.

You have won.

It so often happens like that, just the third question.

-I know. Just bad luck.

-I know you'll be thinking,

"I should have gone North Africa," but as Kevin says,

50-50 if you're guessing there. Commiserations to The Wolfpack.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them

and they still reign supreme over Quiz Land.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £5,000,

so the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, very well done. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£6,000 says they don't.

I'd call this a winning streak, guys.

Till next time, goodbye.