0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the show where a team of five quiz Challengers pit their wits against
0:00:28 > 0:00:31possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain. Here they are, the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33- In all our glory.- In your glory!
0:00:33 > 0:00:36My goodness. And wearing darker shades today.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38- Yes, indeed.- Is that to look even more dangerous?
0:00:38 > 0:00:40You said the last time we looked menacing
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- so we thought we'd continue that theme.- You've got it.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today are The Manor Boys from London.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51This team met at Eton Manor Rugby Club and they've been friends
0:00:51 > 0:00:52for over 30 years.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- Let's meet them.- Hello, I'm Jeff. I'm a chartered financial advisor.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Hello, I'm Curtis. I'm a local government officer.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hiya, my name's Alf. I'm a retired fireman.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Hi, my name's Mike. I'm an IT director.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Hi, my name's John.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08I'm a company director.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11So, Jeff and team, great to see you.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Welcome. Tell us about the rugby club first, Jeff.
0:01:15 > 0:01:21The rugby club was started in the 1920s by an old Etonian who decided
0:01:21 > 0:01:24to help East End children with sport.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26And over the years, those sports have gradually...
0:01:26 > 0:01:30although they were together at one time, they have now gradually gone their separate ways.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33The rugby club is now sort of thriving and we were based
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- where the Olympic Park is now. - Oh, yeah.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39We're now based in East London, Wanstead,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and we've got four senior teams
0:01:41 > 0:01:45and we've got teams from under fives to under 17s.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46And you play now still?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- Erm...- Or the playing days are over.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Playing days are over, I think, now, but, yeah.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53So you're training others and teaching...
0:01:53 > 0:01:55I coach, yeah. I coach now.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58OK, wonderful. Well, hard tackling from this lot today.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- I promise.- Yes, a bit scary.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03So don't give them any quarter.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14So, Manor Boys, the Eggheads have won the last two games,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18which means £3,000 says you can't beat them today.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Would you like to give it a go?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Yes, please.- Fantastic.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Arts & Books.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- So, who would like this?- All right.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Who do you think? - Are you going to have a go?
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Do you want me to do that? Yeah. OK.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Who are you going to go against, mate?- Who do you think?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Is it going to be Mike?- Yes, Mike.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Which Egghead...
0:02:38 > 0:02:40..has not been reading?
0:02:40 > 0:02:41- Yeah, OK.- Going for Judith.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I'd like to play Judith, please, Jeremy.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Good stuff. So it's going to be
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Mike from Manor Boys versus Judith from the Eggheads on Arts & Books.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50I know that'll please Judith.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Yes, I like Arts & Books.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54To ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57would you please take your positions in our famous Question Room?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02OK, Mike, Arts & Books, against our own Judith, and would you like to go
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- first or second?- I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Good luck. Who wrote the comic novel Puckoon,
0:03:11 > 0:03:15set in an Irish village and first published in 1963?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Is it...?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I believe that's Spike Milligan, Jeremy.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Yes, it is Spike Milligan. Well done.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Good stuff, Mike. First one to you.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Judith,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32the official title of the Philip Larkin poem that ends
0:03:32 > 0:03:37"Get out as early as you can and don't have any kids yourself."
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Is This Be The what?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Verse, Law or Truth?
0:03:42 > 0:03:47I know how the first line, too, but I can't say it before the watershed.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Not without being told off.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51This Be The Truth.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53It must be, isn't it?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Oh, Judith.- Oh, no.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Oh, Judith, Judith.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- What?- This Be The Verse.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- This Be The Verse, oh.- Yeah.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- But it could be any of those.- OK.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Or not Law, maybe, but...
0:04:05 > 0:04:06No, it was... There we go.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09OK. You're in the lead, Mike.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14The subtitle of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein
0:04:14 > 0:04:16is The Modern what?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I'm not too sure, Jeremy, but I'd like to go for Theseus, please.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26We'll see if Judith knows this one.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27I think it's Prometheus.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Prometheus is the right answer.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Can someone explain? I've never understood the reference.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Well, Prometheus stole fire from the gods in Ancient Greek mythology and
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Frankenstein has sort of stolen...
0:04:40 > 0:04:45created, ie stolen from God, life, so he's the modern Prometheus.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- I see, right.- He doesn't get his liver pecked by an eagle.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Frankenstein the inventor is almost becoming God.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51He's stolen life, basically.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Yeah. So sorry, that was wrong,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Mike, and back to Judith.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01Which fictional detective created by Dorothy L Sayers marries a woman
0:05:01 > 0:05:03called Harriet Vane? Is it...?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Well, Hercule Poirot is Agatha Christie.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16I'm not sure who Albert Campion is, I hope he's not Dorothy L Sayers,
0:05:16 > 0:05:22but Lord Peter Wimsey is definitely Dorothy L Sayers, so I say him.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Lord Peter Wimsey is correct.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27OK, Mike. Level.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29See if you can get this one right.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31The Kunsten Museum of Modern Art
0:05:31 > 0:05:35is a leading art museum in which European country?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Is it Austria, Belgium or Denmark?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41It's K-U-N-S-T-E-N, by the way.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Thank you, yeah.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I'd like to go for Denmark, Jeremy.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Some sighs at this side.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- Austria.- Austria.- Austria.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Austria, they all say. Nope, they're all wrong, you're right, Mike,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- it's Denmark.- Oh, wow.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Well done. OK, Judith, this to stay in.
0:05:59 > 0:06:05A lost play called No Villain, by which American playwright,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08was performed for the first time in London in 2015?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Oh, dear. I don't know, I missed that.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16No Villain.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I really don't know.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24I'm going to say Arthur Miller and just hope.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Arthur Miller is correct.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Phew.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29So, Mike...
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- Yep.- Two each after three questions.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34You're going to Sudden Death now.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Gets a bit harder - I don't give you alternatives.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40The term "bowdlerize",
0:06:40 > 0:06:44meaning to remove parts of a work regarded as indecent,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46comes from Thomas Bowdler,
0:06:46 > 0:06:51who published edited versions of output by which writer?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I don't think I know this one, Jeremy,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57but I'm going to go for Martin Amis.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59It's William Shakespeare.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00- Oh.- Judith.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Sudden Death. In which modern-day country was the Renaissance artist
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Albrecht Durer born?
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Germany.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Germany's the right answer. Sudden Death, you got it.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- Sorry, Mike.- Thank you very much.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Knocked out by our Egghead and, Judith, you will be in the final.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Please come back to us and we'll play on.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22- Judith, well done.- Thank you.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27And I can tell you now, officially, you have won 599 head-to-heads.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Oh, I thought you were going to say the 600.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33No. So we'll probably have a round of applause on the 600.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Tomorrow!- Could be tomorrow, could be in a few days' time - who knows?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- You genuinely look excited. - I am excited. It's a milestone.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42The great news is that the records of the head-to-heads that you've
0:07:42 > 0:07:44lost have been lost.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Been expunged.- We don't know what...
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- It doesn't matter. - I'm very glad to hear that.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Certainly lower than that number, so well done.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52- Brilliant.- Thank you.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54As it stands, The Manor Boys have lost a brain,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56the Eggheads have still not got any, thanks to Judith,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58they're all five there.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01And the next subject for you is Geography. Who would like this?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Who are you thinking?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- It's got to be John.- Yeah.- John? I think John's our choice.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Well done, mate.- OK.- Lisa.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Yeah.- John?- OK.- Yeah.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11OK, I'd like to go with Lisa, please.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Yay!- The Geography thing is really... It's interesting,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16isn't it? Something's going on with Lisa and Geography.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18OK, but she's a good player.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21But John from The Manor Boys versus Lisa from the Eggheads,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23please go to the Question Room.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27John, I see you're described as a thrill-seeker.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- A little bit, yeah. - What was the swing in Durban?
0:08:30 > 0:08:34It was a big swing in the football stadium there that's a bit redundant
0:08:34 > 0:08:38now, so they've made a massive swing out of it and I did it with my two
0:08:38 > 0:08:41sons. They sort of sprung it upon me at the last minute, so...
0:08:41 > 0:08:44So you mean you swing on a kind of trapeze, do you?
0:08:44 > 0:08:48No, no, it's... You're basically at the top of the stadium and then they
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- just chuck you off.- Oh, right.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Yeah. It's quite breathtaking, the first bit,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56and then once you're swinging it's actually quite enjoyable.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59But the first bit is like you're stepping into an abyss.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02So, Geography, John - first or second?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Here is your first question. The Hansaviertel, or Hansa Quarter,
0:09:12 > 0:09:16is a locality of which European capital city?
0:09:19 > 0:09:26I'm not 100% about this one but it sounds like a German name, Hansa,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29so I'll go with Berlin.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Berlin is right,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33"viertel" meaning quarter.
0:09:33 > 0:09:39Lisa. The Sahel is the name of a semi-arid region in which continent?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44It's S-A-H-E-L.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Down the road from the Sahara, maybe?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Where it goes full arid.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I don't know. Try Africa.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Africa is right, well done.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58John. Which of these island groups
0:09:58 > 0:10:02is part of the British Indian Ocean territory? Is it...?
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Well, it's definitely not the Falkland Islands. Erm...
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Comoros or Chagos.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Erm...
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Chagos sounds like a...
0:10:14 > 0:10:17more of an Indian word, so I'll go with Chagos Islands.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Chagos is right. Well done.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23OK, Lisa, your question.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27What type of climactic condition is known as the tramontane
0:10:27 > 0:10:31or tramontana in different European countries?
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Tramontane...
0:10:38 > 0:10:40See, I thought it was a wind.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45That could just be what's blowing through my brain.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Erm... Better go with the first thought and say wind.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Wind is right. Playing well, Lisa.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57John, in which US state is the Yazoo River?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Not sure about this one, but...
0:11:05 > 0:11:08I don't think it's in Mississippi.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Erm...
0:11:10 > 0:11:15I've been to California a few times and I don't remember seeing a river
0:11:15 > 0:11:17called Yazoo.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Erm...
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I'm going to go for Montana, just first...
0:11:21 > 0:11:24first thought that's all.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Yeah, other end, actually - Mississippi.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- Oh, OK.- Yeah.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Lisa. So, this for the round.
0:11:30 > 0:11:36Which African country's name means "land of worthy men"?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Hmm.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44"Land of worthy men".
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Now, if I was going to pick one purely on the language...
0:11:51 > 0:11:52..I would say Tanzania.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55I can't make a case for it being
0:11:55 > 0:12:00the other two and I kind of like the fit of it better with Tanzania.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02It's not a guarantee.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I don't know, I'll say Tanzania.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07On the basis of what, that "tan" means worthy men...?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10I don't know, I just think it's kind of a better fit than the other two.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12"Land of worthy men". No, it's Burkina Faso.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- Interesting.- OK, John,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19you've held Lisa off, but you're level after three questions.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20- We go to Sudden Death.- OK.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23It gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternatives.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Here we go. The Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi,
0:12:26 > 0:12:31the Beas and the Sutlej are notable tributaries of which Asian river?
0:12:35 > 0:12:39This is a wild guess, it may not even be a river's name - the "Tima".
0:12:40 > 0:12:42No. Anyone know this?
0:12:42 > 0:12:43- Indus.- Indus.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- Indus.- I think the five you named are the five rivers of the Punjab.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50They're the five rivers of the Punjab, OK.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Thank you. So, Lisa, this for the round.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58In which South American country is the North Yungas Road,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01recognised as one of the world's most dangerous roads?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Yungas, Y-U-N-G-A-S.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07It doesn't matter how you spell it, Jeremy,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09I ain't going to get any closer.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12It's a straight one in 12, or is it 13, guess. See, I can't even
0:13:12 > 0:13:14remember the number of countries in South America!
0:13:14 > 0:13:16All over the place today.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I don't know, pick a dangerous one.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Erm, Colombia.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Bolivia.- Oh, well.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26John, which volcano is sometimes known by the nickname El Popo?
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Erm, is it Pompeii?
0:13:31 > 0:13:35No, erm, it's Popocatepetl in Mexico.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- OK.- OK, Lisa, this for the round.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Which Yorkshire town was historically known as Pomfret?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Please tell me that's Pontefract.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Pontefract is quite right. Well done.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Lisa, you've taken the round. - Well done, Lisa.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53John, you've been knocked out by our Egghead and therefore won't be able
0:13:53 > 0:13:55to help your team in the final.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57More rounds to play, though. Please return to us.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01So, Jeff and team, you're two brains down.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I guess that's a scrum collapse.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- No.- You need to try and pull something out of it now.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11The Eggheads have not lost any brains and our next subject is
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Food & Drink. Who would like this?
0:14:14 > 0:14:15- Go on, Alf.- That's you.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- Go on, Alf.- Yeah? Me and my brother know everything about Food & Drink.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- You and your brother?- Yeah, me and my brother know everything about
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Food & Drink.- Is he here? - No, he's not.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- Oh, OK.- Unfortunately!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Well, I hope I don't give you his questions.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Who would you like to take on?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Just pick who you want. - I'll go with Pat, please.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36So it's going to be Alf from Manor Boys versus, as he's known,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39the Silent Destroyer, Pat from the Eggheads.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41To ensure there's no conferring,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44please take your positions in our Question Room.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47So, Alf, you are a retired firefighter.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- Yeah, that's right.- And what made you choose this subject?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Just, someone who gets to this size
0:14:52 > 0:14:54has got to know a little bit about Food & Drink.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57I didn't notice you were any size at all!
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- You charmer.- Food & Drink.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Alf, do you want to go first or second?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07OK, here is your question.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Good luck. You can by all means ring your brother.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- Yeah, I will.- Often served with a beef filling,
0:15:13 > 0:15:18what type of food is kummelweck?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27OK, well, I know meat and vine leaf in Greece is dolmas.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I don't think it's pineapple fritter.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Erm... Sounds a bit Russian.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Erm... I'd go bread.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Bread is right. Nice one.
0:15:38 > 0:15:44Pat, which British chef appeared at number 21 on the 2015 Forbes list of
0:15:44 > 0:15:47the world's highest-paid celebrities?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Gosh, well done.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56They're all, erm...
0:15:56 > 0:15:59chefs who've had success over several years.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Of the three,
0:16:01 > 0:16:06I think Jamie Oliver has had a whole sequence of blockbuster books,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10and I think that, allied with his restaurants and his TV work,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13might just give him the edge, so I'll go for Jamie Oliver.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Oh, but you're wrong.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- Oh!- It's Gordon Ramsay.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Oh, well.- So this is good, Alf, for you.- Yeah.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Here's your question. Keep the advantage.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27The wheat grain freekeh is particularly associated with the
0:16:27 > 0:16:30cuisine of which part of the world?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Freekeh is F-R-E-E-K-E-H.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Ah, erm, not sure.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42South America, Oceania,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45I don't even know whether they're able to grow wheat over there.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Erm... I'll go
0:16:48 > 0:16:50South America, please, Jeremy.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Just a guess.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- It's wrong, it's the Middle East.- Ah!- Actually,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I thought you were going to get it cos you said, "South America
0:16:57 > 0:16:59"and Oceania, they don't grow wheat there." I thought, "Ah,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- "you've got it."- Yeah, just talked myself out of it.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Oh, never mind. So, Pat, your question.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Melktert, which translates as milk tart,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11is a traditional dessert of which country?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19It doesn't sound particularly Costa Rican.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Milk tart, would you make that sort of thing in the tropics?
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Although I could see it being either South African,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Afrikaans, or Norwegian.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Melk. It could be either.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I'm going to have to say South Africa.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Yep, South Africa it is.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Melktert.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41So you're equal.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43And it'd be good to get this one, Alf.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48Dumplings known as cepelinai, which translates as zeppelin,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51are a national dish of which country?
0:17:51 > 0:17:57Cepelinai is spelt C-E-P-E-L-I-N-A-I.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Erm, dumplings, cepelinai...
0:18:05 > 0:18:09To me, Jeremy, I'm going to go Poland. It's the first thing that
0:18:09 > 0:18:13came in my mind when I see them. Poland, please.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Challengers? No?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Lithuania.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Cepelinai. All right, Pat, you can take the round with this one.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23The larvae of which creatures
0:18:23 > 0:18:28make up a central part of the Mexican dish escamoles?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- Escamoles.- I've occasionally seen lists of the world's most startling
0:18:36 > 0:18:40meals on the internet, and I think escamoles pops in every now and
0:18:40 > 0:18:43again, along with the old hakarl, fermented shark,
0:18:43 > 0:18:48and the casu marzu from Sardinia, the cheese with the flies in it.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50I think escamoles actually sounds rather nicer,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53and I think they're ant larvae.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Ant larvae is correct. You've taken the round, Pat.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Sorry, Alf. Ah, Lithuania!
0:19:01 > 0:19:04And he got one wrong at the start so there was a little chance there,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- wasn't there?- Yeah, I talked myself out of it.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Sounded too easy, South America.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Yeah. Don't worry, come back to us and we'll play on.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13OK, tricky times on the pitch for The Manor Boys.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16They've lost three brains from the final round,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18the Eggheads have still not lost one.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20And the next subject is Sport.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- I reckon this is good for you, isn't it?- Hope so.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- It's got to be good.- Hopefully.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Jeff or Curtis?- That'll be me. - OK, Jeff.- Thank you.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Against which Egghead? You could have either Chris or Barry.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34I think I'll take on Chris, please.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38So, Jeff from The Manor Boys versus Chris from the Eggheads on Sport.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- Happy days.- This is getting predictable, isn't it?
0:19:41 > 0:19:46To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51So, Jeff on Sport, would you like to go first or second?
0:19:51 > 0:19:52I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58And here is your first question.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Which country's sporting hall of fame includes the Don Award,
0:20:01 > 0:20:06which honours the country's most inspiring sportsperson of each year?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13I don't know the answer to the question.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14The only thing I can think of is...
0:20:16 > 0:20:19..Don Bradman and I'll go for Australia.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Australia is correct.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Chris, in 1995,
0:20:24 > 0:20:29which British former Formula 1 world champion was unable to start
0:20:29 > 0:20:34racing until the third race of the Formula 1 season due to the fact
0:20:34 > 0:20:37he was unable to fit in the cockpit of his car?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Well, James Hunt and Damon Hill were both slim chaps.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Nigel Mansell did put a lot of weight on,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49so I have to say Nigel Mansell.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Nigel Mansell is right.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56OK, Jeff, which football manager managed the Scottish national team,
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Manchester United and Derby County in the 1970s?
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Erm, I don't remember Ally MacLeod managing Manchester United or
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Jock Stein, so I'll go for Tommy Docherty.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Yeah, Tommy Docherty's quite right.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Chris, in 1962,
0:21:18 > 0:21:23who became the first NBA basketball player to score 100 points in a single match?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Ah. Well, Michael Jordan's a lot more recent than that.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I don't think it's Larry Bird. I think it was Wilt Chamberlain.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Well done, Chris, Wilt Chamberlain is right.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46All right, so, your third question now, Jeff.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49See if you can get this one right and put some pressure on Chris,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51The Big Man, The Locomotive.
0:21:51 > 0:21:58Which jockey rode Classic Cliche, Shantou, Scorpion,
0:21:58 > 0:22:04Sixties Icon and Conduit to victory at the St Leger?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Horse racing is not one of my specialist subjects, I'm afraid.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19Erm... So as a complete guess I'll go for Pat Eddery.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22No, it's Frankie Dettori, I'm afraid.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Chris, you have the advantage, then, if you get this right.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31In 2014, James Graham was named as the captain of the England team
0:22:31 > 0:22:33in which sport?
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Not rugby union.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I think even I would've heard of him if he had been.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Erm... Have we got a national hockey team?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48No, I'll say rugby league.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Rugby league. If you have this right, you're in the final round.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Do you know if he's got it right, Jeff?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I wouldn't have thought rugby league, I'd've thought hockey,
0:22:57 > 0:22:58- but...- Anyone on your team?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00We was all thinking hockey.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01The answer is rugby league.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Chris, you're in the final.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Sorry, Jeff, beaten by our Egghead.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08But if you both return we will play the final round.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13So, this is what we have been playing towards. It is time for
0:23:13 > 0:23:15the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed
0:23:18 > 0:23:20to take part in this round.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23So that's Jeff, Alf, Mike and John from The Manor Boys.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I'm afraid I have to ask you to leave the studio.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Well, good luck, Curtis. I know it wasn't supposed to come to this,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33but we had a win with a solo player just a few days ago.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36And you're now playing for £3,000.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Lisa, Pat, Judith, Barry and Chris,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42you're playing for something that money can't really buy -
0:23:42 > 0:23:44you want to restore the Eggheads' reputation.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50This time they're all General Knowledge.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52You are allowed to confer. Sorry that doesn't help you.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- No.- But, Curtis, the question is,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56can you with your one brain defeat these five?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58And would you like to go first or second?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Good luck. Which presenter and DJ created the annual event known as
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Carfest, with all proceeds going to Children In Need?
0:24:16 > 0:24:21I know Chris Evans is a car nut, so I'm pretty sure.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Chris Evans.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Yeah, I went to one of them. It was brilliant.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Chris Evans is the right answer.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Eggheads, the children's TV series
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Balamory is set on an island in which country?
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Sounds Scottish to me.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42- Yeah.- Well, that sounds so Scottish that it can only be Scotland.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Scotland is right.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50Narita International Airport is located, Curtis, in which country?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Narita.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56It's spelt N-A-R-I-T-A.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Erm, definitely not Greece.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Sounds Japanese.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I'm going to discount India.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Japan.- Japan is right.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Two out of two. The boys behind you are happy.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Eggheads, to catch up, Message In A Bottle,
0:25:14 > 0:25:19A Walk To Remember and The Notebook are novels by which American author?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Well, eliminate Kathryn Stockett cos she's The Help.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Don't think it's Suzanne Collins.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29I'm pretty sure it is Nicholas Sparks.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31I thought Suzanne Collins did the...
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Hunger Games.- Hunger Games, yeah,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35so it doesn't sound like her sort of thing.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- I don't think she...- Kathryn Stockett did The Maid, didn't she?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39- The Help.- The Help, sorry, yes.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42I've got The Notebook and Nicholas Sparks hooked up in my head.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45I don't think we can make a case for it being Suzanne Collins.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Is everybody happy with that?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Yeah.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50OK. Well,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52we know Suzanne Collins was The Hunger Games
0:25:52 > 0:25:57and Kathryn Stockett was The Help, so on that basis we're going
0:25:57 > 0:25:58to go for Nicholas Sparks.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Yep, not a simple question but you're quite right.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Nicholas Sparks it is.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Two each.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Now, this could be crucial.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Get this one right and you never know,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12panic may be sown amongst the Eggs.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15In Hollywood film-making, Curtis,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19the Richard Farnsworth Awards are awarded in which area?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21The Richard Farnsworth Awards.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26Can't be make-up.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Erm... I know
0:26:28 > 0:26:34stunt work comes up quite a lot in quizzes, but...
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I'm attracted to it, but...
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Could be lighting.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I'm going to say Rich...
0:26:42 > 0:26:47Dick Farnsworth might have been a stuntman, so I'll say Lighting.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Richard.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Because he might have been a stuntman?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Richard sounds more of a lighting man.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Oh, I see what you mean - Dick Farnsworth is a stuntman,
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Richard would have been lighting.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59OK. Oh, you've gone the wrong way!
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Ah.- Stunt work.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- Oh... What a shame.- Yeah.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- OK.- He was one of the great stuntmen of the golden age,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Richard Farnsworth.- What did he do?
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Well, Yakima Canutt was the other great stuntman.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17He did a lot of the spectacular stunts when everything had to be done live.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19So, third question, Eggheads.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22If you get this right, the contest is over.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27Who is the Italian composer of the opera La Forza Del Destino,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30which translates as The Force Of Destiny?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- Verdi?- Verdi's Force Of Destiny.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- Definitely.- Yeah, I think so.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- The overture playing in my mind as we speak.- Isn't that the one
0:27:40 > 0:27:42that's incredibly unlucky and there's all sorts of things
0:27:42 > 0:27:44associated with the playing of the overture?
0:27:44 > 0:27:46I think there've been problems...
0:27:46 > 0:27:48- I think you're right there, there is something.- Yes.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Anyway, not the question.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Anyway. Force Of Destiny is indisputably by Verdi.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57The answer is Verdi.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Ah, it's that third question.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- Yeah.- It so often happens.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12And it happens to them as well. Sometimes on the third question,
0:28:12 > 0:28:14if you get yours right and then there's panic and all sorts.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I over-thought it, yeah.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Anyway, commiserations to Curtis and The Manor Boys.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22The Eggheads have just started to get into their stride again and they
0:28:22 > 0:28:24reign supreme over quizland.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27It does mean that you won't be going home with the £3,000,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Eggheads, very well done.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Who will beat you? Join us again next time to see if a new team of
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Challengers have the brains to defeat those pesky Eggheads.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39£4,000 says they don't.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Till then, goodbye.