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These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

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Together, they make up the Eggheads,

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arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

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The question is, can they be beaten?

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

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

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They are the Eggheads.

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Eggheads, are you quaking today? Yes. No. No?

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I am. Not at all. Well, let's see.

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Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today are

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a rather special team,

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Gonville and Quiz.

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This team of friends are all current

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or former students of Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge.

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Their quizzing accolades include

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University Challenge series champions, 2015 no less.

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Everyone go ooh. ALL: Ooh!

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Let's meet them.

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Hi, I'm Anthony and I'm a junior doctor.

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Hello, I'm Michael and I'm a researcher and journalist.

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Hi, I'm Roland and I'm a management consultant.

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Hi, I'm Ted and I'm studying to become a barrister.

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Hi, I'm Jeremy and I'm a chemistry PhD student.

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So, Anthony and team, welcome. Great to see you.

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Thank you very much. Well, it's impressive

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and I know they are quaking a bit

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because you won University Challenge?

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We did, much to our surprise. Tell us what that was like.

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It was quite an intense experience, I think, for all of us.

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But obviously, we had Ted "Lovedata" to pull us through

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when we needed it in the final.

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Yeah, can you practise for it,

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is it that kind of thing, or do you have to just go with what you know?

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Oh, very much we practised for it, yeah.

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I think it varies from team to team.

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I think some people take it quite casually

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but we certainly wanted to do our best.

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So, we put quite a lot of work into it.

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I know you've since left the university

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but you're keen to get together and quiz again and here you are.

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Yeah, we thought we'd get the band back together.

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And against these ones?

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Is this harder or easier than University Challenge?

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I think this is harder... Really? ..I would say, yeah. Be difficult.

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Because you're actually playing directly against somebody?

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Yeah, I think the nature of it.

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We're quite quick sometimes on the buzzer

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but maybe our overall breadth of knowledge isn't quite as good

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as these World Quiz Champions and Brains of Britain and so on.

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Well, it's got the makings of a great contest.

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Every day, there is ?1,000 worth of cash

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up for grabs for our Challengers.

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However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

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the prize money rolls over to the next show.

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So, Gonville and Quiz, the Eggheads have won the last seven,

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which is rather good because it means ?8,000 is here

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for you to win today.

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Would you like to try? Absolutely. Excellent!

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Very quick on the buzzer.

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The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Politics.

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Who would like this?

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Hmm, what do we think, guys? Politics is...

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I think Rolie is strongest in politics, isn't he?

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Yeah, could be Rolie. Do you fancy it, Rolie? I'll go for that, sure.

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Roland? OK. Against which Egghead, Roland? Who do you reckon, guys?

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Big questions. We'll try Chris. Chris? Yeah.

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What do you reckon? You can have final deciding say, if you want.

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Might go for Barry. All right, fair enough. We'll go Barry.

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All right, good going. No obvious answer,

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no surprise that you struggled with that one.

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Roland from Gonville and Quiz versus Barry the Brain from the Eggheads.

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And to ensure there's no conferring,

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please go to the famous Question Room now.

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So, Barry, you're a big University Challenge fan, aren't you?

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Oh, I love it. I've watched it ever since its beginning

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and I've never missed an episode yet, I think.

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Now, Roland, is politics your thing? It could be.

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I know you guys are great players, so good luck

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and Roland against Barry on Politics.

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Would you like to go first or second?

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I'd like to go first, please.

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Here is your first question, Roland. Good luck.

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What is the name of the seat upon which the Lord Speaker

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sits in the House of Lords?

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Not entirely sure of this one.

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I think woolsack doesn't sound quite right.

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I think of those three,

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clothsack is probably the one that springs to mind the most.

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It's just an inkling but I think I'm going to go for clothsack.

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Let's see if your team-mates know. Guys? Woolsack.

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Woolsack is the answer.

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OK, Barry. You may have to treasure this moment.

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You're ahead of the University Challenge team.

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For the first time, you're ahead. Here is your question.

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Who was the UK's Prime Minister

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at the time of the Apollo 11 moon landing?

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Apollo 11, that was 1969,

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so that's much too late for Clem Attlee

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and '69 is much too early for Margaret Thatcher,

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so it must be Harold Wilson.

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Harold Wilson is correct.

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I stayed up all night to watch that, I remember. I was 17 at the time.

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Tremendous. Harold Wilson is right.

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OK,

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back to you, Roland.

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Which political figure has been married to Ivana Zelnickova,

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Marla Maples and Melania Knauss?

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I know that George Galloway has been married a couple of times,

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I don't think it's him.

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And Ivana Trump springs to mind.

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So, I think I'm going to go for Donald Trump.

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Donald Trump is correct. Well done, Roland.

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OK, Barry, back to you.

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Who became the MP

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for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 2005,

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ending a 95-year rule by the Conservatives?

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I believe the MP for Westmorland is the leader of the Lib Dems

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and he's Tim Farron.

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Tim Farron is quite right.

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So, let's see. He's ahead, Roland.

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

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Where was the Labour politician J Keir Hardie born?

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Right, so Keir Hardie. Obviously, Keir sounds quite a Celtic name.

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I think I'm going to go with my first inkling,

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which was Scotland, so J Keir Hardie, Scotland.

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Yeah, glad you did, Scotland is right. So, two out of three.

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Can Barry take the round with three?

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What is the name of the most senior official of the UK House of Commons,

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Barry, who advises the House on its practice and procedure?

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Practice and procedures?

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Well, the Serjeant at Arms, really, I believe is to do with

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the security of the house.

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So, it's between Clerk of the House and Black Rod.

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I really don't know.

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I'm going to go for Clerk of the House.

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Eggheads, is he right? Yes.

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You're right, Barry. Taken the round.

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Sorry, Roland, been knocked out by our Egghead there.

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Well played. Early days, though. Plenty of time to come back,

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University Challenge team.

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Return to us, both of you, and we'll play on.

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So, as it stands, Gonville and Quiz

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have lost a brain from the final round.

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The Eggheads are still there but I think they're still quaking.

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The next subject is Music.

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So, who wants this?

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Yeah, so,

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not any of our favourite subject, I think,

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but by default, it's going to be me.

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OK, Anthony, our junior doctor.

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Against whom? Anyone except Barry.

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Can try Dave. Try Dave on Music.

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So, Anthony from Gonville and Quiz

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versus Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the Eggheads.

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Music the subject and the Question Room the place.

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Please go there now.

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So, you're a junior doctor now, Anthony? I am, yes.

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Working in London at the moment.

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Right, at 25, you're meeting patients who are 75 and 85.

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I think 101 is the oldest patient I've had so far. Really?

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And they're OK about being treated by a 25-year-old?

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I've not had any official formal complaints yet.

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You enjoying it?

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It's fantastic, it's a great job. I'm loving it.

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Good, well, good luck with that and you're on Music against Dave,

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who loves the early '80s, by the way.

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Would you like to go first or second? First, please.

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And here we go with your first question.

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Which of these composers started to go deaf in his mid-20s?

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Erm, OK, so I think famously it was

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Beethoven that was deaf,

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which is one of the reasons he's so revered.

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I believe it's Beethoven.

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Beethoven is correct.

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Dave,

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Blow The Man Down and Haul Away, Joe are examples of what type of song?

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Er, I think they're sea shanties.

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Yeah, what kind of band would do them? You know any of those bands?

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Probably something Coldplay would get into, I don't know.

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Fisherman's Friends, I was thinking of, Dave,

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who had a team on Eggheads, I think, a few years back. Yes.

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Anthony,

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When We Were Young was a 2015 UK hit single for which singer?

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Er, so yeah, obviously more contemporary music

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is less of a strong point for me.

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I know Adele had an album in 2015

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and there was a single called Hello off that.

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So, I guess it could be either of the other two.

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Ellie Goulding I think had an album as well, called Delirium.

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I don't know anything about Ella Eyre but on the basis that

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Ellie Goulding definitely had an album in 2015,

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I guess I'll go for her, please.

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Yeah, Dave, what do you think? I don't know.

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I probably would have gone Ella Eyre but...

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I would have gone Ella Eyre. Barry knows.

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It's Adele. Adele! No.

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As well as Hello, she had When We Were Young.

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OK, your question, Dave, to take the lead.

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Which of these is the title of an album

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by the jazz musician John Coltrane?

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Let It Bleed's a Rolling Stones one.

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Now,

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I thought Kind Of Blue was Miles Davis, I could be overthinking this.

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I did think it was Miles Davis. I've got to go with Love Supreme.

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Yeah, actually, Love Supreme is right.

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And if you were working on no information,

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you might have gone the other way, so, that's a good answer.

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Anthony, to catch up, you need this question.

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Absolutely.

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Innervisions is an acclaimed 1973 album by which singer?

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Innervisions, which is all one word.

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Erm, not 100% sure.

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Obviously could feasibly be any of them, I think.

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If I was going to go for an answer, I guess I'd go Stevie Wonder.

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You got it right. Yeah, thought, yes. That was good. Yes.

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Was that just a sense, an inkle?

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No, I think I have heard of that album,

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although I've not actually heard it.

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Yeah, so if you get this right, Dave, you're in the final.

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Mm-hm.

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Which of these composers died at the age of 36 from a heart attack?

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Didn't think Wagner and Tchaikovsky were that young

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but I haven't heard this about Bizet at all.

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But just on the basis that I didn't think those two were...

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..that young,

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I'm going to go Bizet.

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Is he right, Eggs? Yes.

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You're right. Bizet it is.

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Sorry, Anthony. Never mind.

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That one wrong answer so costly, it's not...

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I don't think University Challenge

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is as brutal as this.

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Get one answer wrong and you get ejected. I'm so sorry, I feel bad.

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Those are the rules. We'll see what happens next.

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Come back to us, please, and we'll play on.

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Well, we might call this

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an unfortunate turn of events at this stage.

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Gonville and Quiz have lost two brains from the final round

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and I know you're saving the artillery for...

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This is all part of the plan. Yes, I thought it might be.

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The Eggheads are still sitting there, all five of them.

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They're starting to look a bit smug. So, you need to change that.

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Sport is the subject now.

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Who would like Sport?

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Go with Jez or me? Want me to go?

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Jez or Taylor, yes. Shall we have? Shall I go. Jeremy.

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OK, good to have a Jeremy in. Against which Egghead?

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You can have either Chris or Judith or Kevin.

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Can we just try Chris? Yes, let's try Chris.

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We will play Chris, versus Jeremy on Sport, please.

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Fine, so it is Jeremy from Gonville and Quiz

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against Chris from the Eggheads on Sport.

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Please go to the Question Room.

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Sport, Jeremy. Would you like to go first or second? First, please.

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Here's your question.

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In 2015, Peter Moores left his job as coach of the England team

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in which sport for the second time?

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OK, I immediately thought cricket when this came up.

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It's definitely not football. I'm going to go cricket.

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Cricket's right, well done. Chris.

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Cannon and Long Jenny are terms commonly used in which sport?

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You look as if you know. Mm-hm.

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Well, it's not a game you hear much of these days but it's billiards.

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It is billiards, yeah.

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Your question, Jeremy.

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In 2015, who became the first boxer

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to have won both an Olympic gold medal for Great Britain

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and a professional world title?

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OK, so I'm sure that Audley Harrison isn't still boxing.

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If he is, I'm sure it's not at the highest level.

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Tyson Fury has been in the media a lot.

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But I don't think, I'm not sure

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whether he was sort of amateur in the Olympics.

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I know James DeGale was in the Olympics and he's surely been

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doing some big boxing recently, so I'm going to go with James DeGale.

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It's James DeGale, you're right. Well done. Thanks.

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OK, Chris.

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Kelly Brown has captained which country's men's rugby union team?

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Do you have the name again please, Jeremy? Kelly Brown.

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K-E-L-L-Y? Yes. It's got to be Ireland.

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Ireland is wrong. Scotland is the answer.

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Oh, well. Gives you the initiative, Jeremy.

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Get this right, Chris is out.

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Which rugby league player was included on the shortlist

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for the 2015 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award?

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I'm 95% sure about this and I think he came in the top three.

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Possibly second, probably third.

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I know he's a bit of a legend in the sport.

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I think it's Kevin Sinfield. Challengers, is he right?

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Yeah, absolutely. Yes, Kevin Sinfield is right.

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Not only that, you're through to the final, Jeremy. Well done.

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Maybe things are turning towards Gonville and Quiz here.

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Chris, you've been knocked out.

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Return to your teams, please, and we'll see what happens next.

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OK, so Gonville and Quiz are just starting to rev the motor here.

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They have lost two brains from the final round,

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the Eggheads have now lost one.

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Things are turning. Are they? Let's see.

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Geography is the subject.

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Who wants this?

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Which of the two of us is better on geography?

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Michael is better at geography. But I cover more of the other bases.

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Which would we rather have? Is there a big gap? Not really.

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I'll do it. OK, well... And Judith. Yep.

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Michael? I'm going to go.

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OK, Michael our journalist, against? Judith.

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All right, Judith.

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So, Michael from Gonville and Quiz and Judith from the Eggheads

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compete on Geography for the last round before the final.

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Please take your positions.

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Now I know your thing is sports journalism, Michael.

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It certainly was, once upon a time. OK, so what are you working as now?

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I had been working as a researcher in London but at the minute,

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I'm in Ireland and I'm preparing a documentary on rugby.

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Interesting. Well, good luck with that and good luck with this

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and it's Geography and would you like to go first or second, Michael?

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I will go first, please.

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What colour is the X-shaped cross of the national flag of Scotland?

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Unless I'm having a complete mind blank,

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I think it's a white cross on a blue background.

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So, the cross is white.

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The cross is white, well done.

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That could go wrong, filming in Glasgow.

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Have you smuggled out if you got that wrong.

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Judith, your question. Geography.

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Which of these countries is the largest by area?

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(Oh, no!)

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Well, Andorra is a tiny little thing in the Pyrenees.

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Portugal is definitely smaller than Spain,

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so Spain is the largest by area.

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Spain is the right answer, well done. Yes. OK, Michael.

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Until 1991,

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what was the capital of Nigeria?

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I don't know, the capital at the minute is Abuja

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and people often think it's Lagos because it's the biggest city.

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I don't know that it's either Kaduna or Port Harcourt,

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so I'm going to guess Lagos on the basis that the biggest city

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might well have been the capital until then.

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Yeah, that's absolutely right, the logic is right.

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If it had been either of the other two,

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it would have been an absolute stinker.

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OK, Judith.

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What is the largest lake or loch in the British Isles?

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I'm not quite sure. I think it might be Lough Neagh.

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Lough Neagh.

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Let me check with you, Michael, because you've got Irish background.

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Lough Neagh is the biggest freshwater lake

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in this part of the world.

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I don't know about generally.

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Lough Neagh is right. Oh! Well done.

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So, you both have two. Here is your third question.

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Michael, Williamsburg is a fashionable neighbourhood

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within which borough of New York?

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I don't know again.

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Erm, going on the basis that Long Island might be

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slightly more fashionable, I'm going for that.

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This is a guess but I think it might be Long Island.

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Any of your colleagues know? Jeremy? Yeah, it's Brooklyn.

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Yeah, it's Brooklyn.

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Williamsburg is in Brooklyn,

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so you've got two out of three.

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If Judith gets this right,

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she's in the final round.

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Judith, what is the highest mountain in Austria?

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Oh, dear, I'm very bad at this kind of thing.

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Erm, I'm trying to think where the Eiger is.

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I think it might be the Eiger.

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I'm hoping the Eiger's in Austria

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because it's the only mountain out of those three I've heard of,

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therefore I think it must be the biggest.

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I think you've heard it because it was in a famous film. Eggheads?

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Grossglockner. Grossglockner, they all say. Oh.

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That's the answer. All right, so it's equal after three.

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Bit of a let-off

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for you, Michael, we go to Sudden Death.

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

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Michael, what is the name of the river that runs through

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the south Yorkshire town of Doncaster?

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You know, I don't know. The Aire.

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The A-I-R-E, I hope that's in Yorkshire.

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Eggheads, the Aire, where is that?

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That's through Leeds. Through Leeds!

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The Don is the answer. Well, that would make sense.

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OK, Judith, for the round.

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Which Italian resort was known as Portus Delphini to the Romans?

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Portofino.

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Portofino is correct, you're in the final.

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Sorry, Michael, been knocked out on the Don

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and you won't be in the final round.

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We've run out of head-to-heads, going to play the final next.

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Come back to us and we'll do it.

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So, this is what we have been playing towards.

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It is time for the final round,

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which, as always, is General Knowledge.

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

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

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So, Anthony, Michael and Roland from Gonville and Quiz

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and also Chris from the Eggheads,

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would you please now leave the studio?

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Ted and Jeremy, you're playing to win ?8,000 for Gonville and Quiz.

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Barry, Judith, Kevin and Dave,

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you're playing for something that money can't buy,

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which is the Eggheads' reputation and to keep this streak going.

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As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.

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This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

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You are allowed to confer.

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So, Gonville and Quiz,

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the question is are your two brains able to defeat these four?

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Good luck, Ted and Jeremy, and would you like to go first or second?

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Can we go first please, Jeremy?

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All the best,

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here's your question.

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Which song by Flanders and Swann contains the lines,

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"Mud, mud, glorious mud,

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"nothing quite like it for cooling the blood?"

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You know this? I have no idea.

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Well, I think I know this because my grandad used to sing it to me

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and my brother.

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And I think it's the Hippopotamus Song. Sounds good.

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Cool, can we go for Hippopotamus Song, please?

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Hippopotamus Song is quite right. Nice one.

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Eggheads.

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How old was King Edward VIII when he came to the throne?

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1936. When was he born? It was 19... Who was before?

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It was 1936 when he came to the throne

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and he was born in the mid-1890s.

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Right, 41. 41, then. OK?

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Yeah, we're happy with that.

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Well, he obviously was quite short-lived as monarch.

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That was in 1936 and he was born in,

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I think, 1894.

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So, that would make it 41.

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41 is right.

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OK, your question.

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Flexing or bone-breaking, as it is also called,

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is an emerging form of what?

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Does it ring a bell to you at all?

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Not like...

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Immediately I thought of some sort of dancing,

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when he said flexing.

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Bone-breaking could imply parkour,

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because they're jumping off buildings. Mm-hm.

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I can see you'd have forms of street dance. Yeah, maybe.

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Would you have forms of parkour? I mean, from what I've seen...

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Parkour is running through... Running through buildings and...

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So, you're really feeling street dance?

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No, I mean, not with any confidence.

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I think we could go with your instinct.

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Because we reckon it's 50-50.

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Shall we go for street dance? Yeah, sure.

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Can we go for street dance please, Jeremy?

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Street dance is right, well done. Well done. Thanks.

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So, I'm getting the impression of a tight final here.

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This could go either way.

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Your question, what is the world's largest land carnivore?

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Must be a polar bear. Polar bear is enormous.

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They are huge. Land carnivore. Obviously, it's not going to be...

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Counting its coat.

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They can be up to 10ft tall if they stand on their hind legs.

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Bengal tigers are typically about 400lbs

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but a polar bear must be well over 1,000.

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It's not even the biggest tiger.

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Siberian tigers are bigger than Bengal tigers. Yeah, so...

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We think that is the polar bear.

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It is the polar bear.

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So, two each. Back to you.

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Challengers, get this right and that may be all you need to do today.

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Sunset Song, once voted Scotland's favourite book,

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is a work by which author?

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Thoughts? I haven't heard of the book or really...

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I'm afraid nor have I. Do you know the author as well?

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It will probably be... No, I don't know any of them!

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And I haven't heard of Sunset Song.

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That's really bad. One of Scotland's favourite books.

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Does Lewis Gibbon sound, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, does that sound...?

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You're looking for one that sounds Scottish. Yeah.

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You're feeling Lewis. I don't know why. Your instinct was right before.

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We have no idea, do we? Your instinct was right before,

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so I think we've just got to throw all in. All right.

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OK, we're going to go for Lewis Grassic Gibbon, please. OK.

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With a heavy heart.

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This is 1932, this book.

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It was remade as a movie in 2015,

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so hence it's not as obscure as all that.

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And let's check with the Eggs, do you know?

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Yes, it is, it's Lewis Grassic Gibbon.

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You got it right! Very well done.

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Three out of three, great play!

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With no information at all. THEY LAUGH

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There we go, they've done three out of three on you.

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Tightening the screw. ?8,000 they're playing for.

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If you get this wrong, they've won it.

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Here's your question, Eggheads.

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Who directed the dark British comedy film Kind Hearts And Coronets?

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That's... Charles Crichton comes to mind.

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No, I'm...

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I'm reasonably sure it's Robert Hamer.

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OK.

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I always bow to you on this subject.

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They all worked on Ealing films. Hmm.

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They all did, and Alexander Mackendrick did The Ladykillers

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and Charles Crichton did various other things

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but I think Kind Hearts And Coronets was Robert Hamer. OK.

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I'm not 100%.

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But I haven't got anything. Not going to argue with you, Kevin.

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Not going to argue.

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OK? Happy with that.

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I hope I'm not having one of my mental blips here but they're all

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directors associated with the great days of Ealing.

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But I think the one that directed

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Kind Hearts And Coronets was Robert Hamer.

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You got it right, Kevin.

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Robert Hamer is the answer. Well done.

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Three out of three, so ?8,000 you're playing for.

0:24:110:24:13

You're still very much in it.

0:24:130:24:14

We go to Sudden Death, it becomes a bit harder now

0:24:140:24:17

because I don't give you alternatives, guys, OK?

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The Major General's Review and the Colonel's Review

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are the two rehearsals for which annual royal ceremony

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held on Horse Guards Parade?

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I'm thinking, the only thing that comes to mind

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is Trooping the Colour.

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What's the other things? Changing of the Guard.

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That's not on Horse Guards Parade. It's the Queen's Birthday.

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OK, sounds... We've got to go for it. OK.

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Trooping the Colour, please.

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Trooping the Colour is correct.

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Nice one. Sudden Death.

0:24:450:24:47

You get this wrong, they've won ?8,000.

0:24:470:24:49

Eggheads, The Two Ronnies' catchphrase was,

0:24:490:24:51

"It's good night from me and it's..."

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Good night from him. It's good night from him.

0:24:530:24:55

Him. From him, yeah.

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Yeah, "It's good night from me and it's good night from him."

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"It's good night from me and it's good night from him."

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Of course, The Two Ronnies. Well done.

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OK, Sudden Death.

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Which large-scale archaeological discovery

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that is now a World Heritage Site

0:25:090:25:12

is situated about 20 miles outside Xi'an in China's Shaanxi province?

0:25:120:25:18

Do you know?

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I think... Do you have an instinct? No, I don't.

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We were hoping China wouldn't come up but I do remember

0:25:210:25:24

a friend of mine who went to China and specifically went to Xi'an.

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Trying to think of the right way to phrase it.

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I think it's the Terracotta Army, the Terracotta Warriors. OK.

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It's under a mountain, I think.

0:25:350:25:37

Let's go for it, we've got nothing else. OK, here goes.

0:25:370:25:40

The Terracotta Army. Terracotta Army is correct.

0:25:400:25:43

Nice one! You're playing really well.

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Eggheads are pretending not to sweat.

0:25:460:25:48

Here's your question, Eggs.

0:25:480:25:50

Which Spanish football team is nicknamed the Azulgrana?

0:25:500:25:54

Blue something? Azul is blue.

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Yeah, obviously azul is blue.

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And I think grana refers to the sort of...

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Barcelona?

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Barcelona. They play in red and blue.

0:26:050:26:07

There we go, they're red and blue. The red and the blue stripes.

0:26:070:26:10

I can't quite remember what grana means. That's the thing.

0:26:100:26:14

Could it be from pomegranate? I think that's...

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Was it red, yes.

0:26:170:26:18

I think that's probably because it is a dark... Yeah, makes sense.

0:26:180:26:21

But I think it is from pomegranate.

0:26:210:26:24

So, it's dark red and blue.

0:26:240:26:26

Because that's Tunica, Tunica granatum is the...

0:26:260:26:29

So, I think it should be Barcelona.

0:26:290:26:31

Yes, I think. I'll go with that.

0:26:310:26:33

Not 100% on this, we think it's Barcelona.

0:26:330:26:35

Yeah, nice bit of play by Barry there on the pomegranate.

0:26:350:26:38

Blue and scarlet is the translation of Azulgrana.

0:26:380:26:41

Barcelona is the right answer. Well done, Barry.

0:26:410:26:44

Sudden Death, ?8,000.

0:26:440:26:45

Here's your question.

0:26:450:26:47

Frank Gehry, designer of the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

0:26:470:26:51

and the Walt Disney Concert Hall was born in which country?

0:26:510:26:54

Is he American? Do you know anything about him?

0:26:540:26:56

Have you been to Bilbao? I haven't been to the Guggenheim.

0:26:560:27:00

But I mean, I've... I have read about him.

0:27:000:27:04

I think maybe North American. OK.

0:27:040:27:06

I think we should go for USA, personally. Right.

0:27:060:27:09

We're going to go for USA.

0:27:090:27:11

I'm afraid that's wrong.

0:27:110:27:12

It is close, it's Canada. Ah.

0:27:120:27:15

So, it's Sudden Death

0:27:150:27:16

and you have a chance now to take

0:27:160:27:18

the whole contest with this question.

0:27:180:27:21

What name from the French for new novel was given to the

0:27:210:27:25

experimental literature pioneered in the 1950s by, among others,

0:27:250:27:30

Alain Robbe-Grillet and Nathalie Sarraute?

0:27:300:27:34

Roman. It's nouveau roman.

0:27:340:27:36

Nouveau roman, that's the literal translation, new novel.

0:27:360:27:40

In the same way that you had the New Wave in cinema.

0:27:400:27:44

Nouvelle vague, nouveau roman...

0:27:440:27:47

Well, it is the literal translation. Yes.

0:27:470:27:49

It's nouveau roman.

0:27:490:27:51

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

0:27:510:27:54

Nouveau roman is correct, we say congratulations, Eggheads,

0:27:540:27:56

you have won. Well played.

0:27:560:27:58

Yeah, you've got a lot more petrol in the tank, you guys, I can tell.

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Yes. You pushed them very close indeed there.

0:28:070:28:09

In the end, we're always waiting for a trip from the Eggheads

0:28:090:28:12

and you played well, Eggheads, got to say.

0:28:120:28:14

Commiserations, Gonville and Quiz -

0:28:140:28:16

the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

0:28:160:28:18

This winning streak continues, it's looking really good now.

0:28:180:28:21

I'm afraid it means you won't be going home with the ?8,000.

0:28:210:28:23

We will take that money and roll it over to our next show.

0:28:230:28:26

Eggheads, congratulations.

0:28:260:28:28

If THEY can't beat you, I honestly wonder if anyone can.

0:28:280:28:31

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

0:28:310:28:33

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

0:28:330:28:36

?9,000 says they don't.

0:28:360:28:38

Till then, good luck to our Challengers, and goodbye.

0:28:380:28:41

Welcome to Richard Osman's House Of Games,

0:29:100:29:12

where four famous faces go head-to-head

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in a series of one-of-a-kind quizzes.

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BUZZER Oh, I know it! Oh!

0:29:160:29:17

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