0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35- They are the Eggheads. Feeling brave today, Eggheads?- Always.- OK.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions are the
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Alderley Wizards, from Cheshire.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43This team of friends are all committee members of the
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Alderley Edge Festival,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48one of the longest running music and drama festivals in the UK.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Let's meet them.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hello, I'm Anna, and I'm a singing teacher.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Hello, I'm Jonathan, and I'm a retired headmaster.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Hello, I'm Maria, and I'm a photographer.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hello, I'm Steve, and I'm a management consultant.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Hello, I'm Annabel, and I'm a speech and drama teacher.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- So, Anna and team, welcome. Good to see you.- Thank you very much.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- Are you happy to be here? - Oh, yes, very happy.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Despite these five we've brought into the room.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- They look quite friendly. - They are friendly at the moment,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20that will change when the questions start. Tell me about the festival.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21Well, it's, as you said,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24one of the longest running festivals in the country.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29And we are shortly to put on our 100th festival.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And so we have done all sorts of special events,
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- and this is one of those special events.- OK.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- So that we can tell you all about it.- Good.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41And so it's drama and music and books, is it?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45It's not books, but it's music, it's vocal and instrumental music,
0:01:45 > 0:01:51and it's speech and drama. And we have about 2,500 contestants.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52- Right.- In a week.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55You also, I know, Anna, have been in The Phantom Of The Opera.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- I was, yes. For two years, in Manchester.- OK.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- And what were you playing? - Carlotta. The opera singer.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04And which of these was the Phantom?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Because I'm assuming one of the three gentlemen in the middle.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Not if you've ever heard them sing, Jeremy.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- They could qualify possibly. - They might.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14We'll see what happens in this contest and then maybe decide later.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22the prize-money rolls over to our next show.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26So, Alderley Wizards, the Eggheads have won the last nine games.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28So they're on a roll now.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31And that means £10,000 says you can't beat them.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Would you like to try?- Yes. - We'll have a go.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Science.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Who would like Science?
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- We think that will be Steve. - Steve, OK.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- And against which Egghead? Anyone of the five.- Who do you want to pick?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- I think probably Judith. - We'll go for Judith, please.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53OK, so it's going to be Steve, on Science, from the
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Alderley Wizards, versus Judith from the Eggheads.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- I think you like Science, don't you?- It depends.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Birds and bees and plants and animals and things.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- Periodic table, no. - Periodic table is my nemesis.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08OK, well, let's hope for lots of questions on that. Sorry.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09To ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12would you please take your positions in our Question Room?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Steve, is there a reason you were chosen for Science?
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Well, I've got a biochemistry degree, which I got quite
0:03:20 > 0:03:23a few years ago, so hopefully I can remember a few things.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- So you actually wore a white coat? - I did, actually, for about five years, yeah.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28So let's see how you do against Judith.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32She has a reputation for knocking out scientists on Science.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- So, knocked out a ballistics missiles expert, I think. - A rocket scientist.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- A rocket scientist, yeah. - Really, well, let's see how we go.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41OK, good luck, Steve. Would you like to go first or second?
0:03:41 > 0:03:42I'll go first, please.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46And here we go with your first question.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Which of these astronomical terms is the collective name given to
0:03:50 > 0:03:54all existing matter, energy and space?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Is it...
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Well, it's not the solar system.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Um...
0:04:03 > 0:04:04I'll say the universe.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09It is, universe is everything. Nothing left out. Judith.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12The ulnar nerve, often called the funny bone,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15is in which part of the human body?
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Judith, is it the...
0:04:19 > 0:04:21It's your elbow. It's in the arm.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Arm is the right answer, Judith. You're playing well.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28This kind of form that you knocked out the rocket scientist.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30OK, Steve.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35What is often said to be the world's largest tree dwelling animal?
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Is it...
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Well, I don't think it's the tree kangaroo.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46It's the sloth or the orang-utan. Um...
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I'll go for sloth.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- Let's see if Judith knows. - Well, I'd have thought orang-utan.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Just because it's bigger than the sloth?- It's a big thing.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Yeah, it is, sloth is incorrect. It's orang-utan.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Judith, your question to take the lead.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Which of these dinosaurs was one of the heaviest and tallest of
0:05:03 > 0:05:05the sauropods?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Is it...
0:05:10 > 0:05:14I'm very bad at dinosaurs. I don't know.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Well, the fierce one was the Tyrannosaurus rex, and in all those
0:05:18 > 0:05:22films he runs like the clappers, so not necessarily the biggest one.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- I think I'm going to say the brachiosaur.- OK.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- When you said the Tyrannosaurus rex runs very fast in films...- Yes.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33How did that help you get to the right answer, I'm just intrigued?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I was just thinking if it was the biggest, it wouldn't run so fast.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- I see what you mean, yes.- Because it's too bulky.- Yeah.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42- Brachiosaur is correct.- Oh.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I'm sorry, you're up against her on a very good day here, Steve.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Oh, dear.- So your third question is a bit crucial here.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50You must get it right.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53As most isotopes of uranium decay,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55they change their atomic composition,
0:05:55 > 0:06:00finally becoming which other element of the periodic table?
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Is it...
0:06:03 > 0:06:05That's a very good question.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09It's definitely not potassium, I don't think.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10I'm going to go for lead.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Lead is right.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Well done, there you are, you had your white lab coat on for that one.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18So, Judith, if you get this right, you will be in the final.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19If not, we go to Sudden Death.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23The argali, native to Central Asia,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26is the largest wild species of which animal,
0:06:26 > 0:06:30sometimes reaching heights of 1.2 metres?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Argali is A-R-G-A-L-I. Is it...
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- And it lives in Asia? - Central Asia.- Central Asia.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43Oh, so on a steppe or a... Something like that. In a desert.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Well, I think it's probably a sheep or a goat in that case.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- I think it might be sheep. - What tells you it's sheep?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Because there are lots of sheep? - Yes.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54LAUGHTER
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- You've got it right, Judith, it is sheep.- Oh, gosh.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59There we are, sorry, Steve, she's outquizzed you slightly there.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- She's very good.- Yeah, biochemist gone. On the Science round.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Judith victorious and in the final.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Please, both of you, return to us now.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11So, the Alderley Wizards have lost one brain from the final round.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16The Eggheads have not lost any yet. The next subject is Film & TV.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19You're very cultural, so that's good. Who would like this?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- We think that's Maria.- Maria. Against which Egghead?
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Um, oh, I think I'll take Chris, please.- Sure thing.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29He'll be pleased it's not Sport.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33So, Maria from the Alderley Wizards plays Chris from the Eggheads
0:07:33 > 0:07:35on Film & TV. To ensure there's no conferring,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38would you please take your positions in the Question Room?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- I gather you got a metal detector for Christmas, Maria?- I did, yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And you went treasure hunting with your son?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51We did, we went to Formby Beach and it was my son, really,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55he deserves the credit for it. He found a coin very quickly.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56And when we looked online,
0:07:56 > 0:08:02we discovered it was from about the end of the 14th century.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Oh, right, so you made a proper find.- Yeah.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Cos there's a TV series called The Detectorists, isn't there,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09which is all about people with metal detectors?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- It's still as in vogue as ever. - Absolutely. It's really great fun.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Film & TV. Maria, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:15 > 0:08:16I'll go first.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23So, here we go, good luck, Maria and the Alderley Wizards.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28What is the villainous Ultron in the 2015 film
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Avengers: Age Of Ultron?
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Is it...
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I think...
0:08:38 > 0:08:43It sounds more like a robot. I don't know, so I'll go for robot.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- I'm glad you did, it's robot, well done.- Thank you.- Chris.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49In which city was the TV drama Shameless set?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Was that Shaman, as in...?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Shameless.- Shameless. Oh, that's Manchester.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Manchester is right, well done. OK.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Maria, which British actress plays the role of Rey,
0:09:03 > 0:09:08that's R-E-Y, in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16OK, I know this one. I hope.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18I think it's Daisy Ridley.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21You've had quite a lot of futurama in your two questions, haven't you?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Daisy Ridley is right, though. - Great.- Nice one.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27British actress as well. OK, Chris.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Who plays the title role in the TV comedy series Toast Of London?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39That is Matt Berry, Jeremy. Very funny he is too.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Is it funny, this programme?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44It's funny in an off-the-wall sort of way.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46OK! Matt Berry's right.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48So, Maria, back to you.
0:09:48 > 0:09:54Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney wrote and starred in which TV sitcom,
0:09:54 > 0:09:55first shown in 2015?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I don't think it was Car Share, because that was Peter Kay.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I don't know the other two.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10So I'll have to take a guess.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Mr Sloane.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15No, you've gone the wrong way, Catastrophe, it was.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Your third question, Chris, to take the round.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23"Jesus, does anyone?"
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Is a famous quote from which film?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32I think that's a quote from Stand By Me.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Chris, you're right, it is Stand By Me. Sorry, Maria.- He's very good!
0:10:36 > 0:10:38He is very good, in truth, he is.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39He does himself down.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- But it means Chris is in the final, and sadly not you.- Never mind.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Please, both of you, return to your teams,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46rejoin them and we'll see what happens next.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Well, the Alderley Wizards have lost two brains.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53And the Eggs have not lost one, so far.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Can you change that with the next round? It's Food and Drink.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Who would like this, Anna?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Annabel, I think.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Annabel?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03OK. Against which Egghead, Annabel?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Can be Lisa, Pat or Barry.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Barry.- Barry. - I'll have Barry, please.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Annabel from Alderley Wizards, versus Barry,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14known as the Brain from the Eggheads.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- Although whether the Brain and Food and Drink go together, I don't know.- Well, we shall see.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Annabel, are you a Food and Drink person?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25I like cooking.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27I don't know, really!
0:11:27 > 0:11:30That's good, but it's a funny old round this,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32because it can go all over the world.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Yes, and I'm not particularly well travelled,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38so it might not go in my favour.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Well, it's bit of a lottery, Food and Drink.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Do you enjoy playing this one, Barry?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I really do, because you never know what will come up in this round.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Famously, when you play Geography, you've been to every answer.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Is this one where you've eaten every answer?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I've eaten a fair few of them, I think!
0:11:54 > 0:11:58OK, Annabel, Food and Drink. Would you like to go first or second?
0:11:58 > 0:11:59I'll go first, please.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Here we go. What type of food is a John Dory?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I know this one, actually. It's a fish.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15It is indeed a fish, well done.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Barry, the snack called the pretzel
0:12:17 > 0:12:20was originally made on which continent?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25A pretzel is indisputably European.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Yes, you're right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Pretzel, Europe, correct.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Annabel, which of these words
0:12:30 > 0:12:34is typically used when referring to the mixing of cocktails?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39I don't know this one at all.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40So it will just be a guess.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46I think muddling has a feel of mixing about it,
0:12:46 > 0:12:47so I'm going to go for muddling.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Is she right, Barry?- She is indeed.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Yeah, that's right, I didn't know that either. Muddling is right.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55It's not quite the same thing as the James Bond,
0:12:55 > 0:12:56shaken not stirred, Barry, is it?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58"No, I'll have mine muddled."
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Excellent guess there.- Yeah.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03OK, Barry, your question - what type of salad is typically made
0:13:03 > 0:13:05with lettuce, cheese and croutons,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08and served with a creamy sauce containing anchovy?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15A Greek salad will always have feta and tomatoes in,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17so it's not that.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20And a Waldorf salad will have apples and walnuts in,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22so I think that's a Caesar salad.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Caesar salad is right.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Yeah, well done.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Annabel, which Indian side dish
0:13:27 > 0:13:30is traditionally made with yoghurt and cucumber?
0:13:35 > 0:13:39We love Indian in our family, we often have a takeaway on a Friday.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42I think I know this, I think it's raita.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Yeah, it is, that lovely cucumber raita.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Well done, you've got it, three out of three.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49So, Barry, to stay in - what is the surname
0:13:49 > 0:13:51of the sisters Jessica and Melissa,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55authors of the cookbook, The Art Of Eating Well?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Haven't a clue.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Haven't a clue. Jessica and Melissa?
0:14:03 > 0:14:07This is an out-and-out guess, I shall go for Hemsley.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Hemsley is the right answer, Barry.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Oh, I'm sorry about that!
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Well you should apologise.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17OK, equal after three, Annabel. We go to Sudden Death now.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternatives.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22You're playing well. Here's your question.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26The three key ingredients of lemonade are
0:14:26 > 0:14:29lemon juice, sugar and what else?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Need to think about this very carefully.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I think water, I would say water.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Perfectly right, well done.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Might be fizzy, might not be.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Barry, to stay in -
0:14:42 > 0:14:47the porridge known as hominy grits comes from which country?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49If you eat grits and hominy, you're in the southern states
0:14:49 > 0:14:52of the United States, so America.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- Correct. USA. You've been there, obviously?- Yes.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- You've eaten grits?- I have. I have eaten it once and never again.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01It's horrible!
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- It's slightly like polenta, actually, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06So, Sudden Death. Back to you, Annabel.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10The American scientist Loren Cordain
0:15:10 > 0:15:13is associated with which popular diet?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I've no idea about this at all.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Just trying to think what would be popular in America?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Maybe something like...
0:15:23 > 0:15:26That one from California, the South Beach Diet?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Barry, do you know this?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I don't know, was it the GI Diet?
0:15:30 > 0:15:34- No, a bit more recent, the Paleo Diet.- Ahh.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36So the situation is this -
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Annabel's got one wrong, and Barry,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40if you get this, you're in the final.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45Elizabeth Gwynne was the maiden name of which British food writer?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Barry?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Elizabeth...
0:15:49 > 0:15:51It would be Elizabeth... I should know this.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I'm wondering if she's the women who introduced
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Mediterranean cuisine to us.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Elizabeth David?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01The correct answer is Elizabeth David.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Very good quizzing by you, Barry, there.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Sorry, Annabel, knocked out.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09But just by the skin of your teeth. Please come back, we'll play on.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12As it stands, the Alderley Wizards
0:16:12 > 0:16:15have lost three from the final round.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17The Eggheads have not lost any.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20They're starting to swagger a bit, and it's time to stop them.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23This is the moment to step on the gas.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25The next subject is Politics.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Will this be the moment it turns around?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- Who would like this, Anna? - It's going to be me, isn't it?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- I think Jonathan.- Are you going to take it?- I think it'll be me.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Jonathan, retired headmaster - sounds promising. Against?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39I don't mind. Lisa?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Why not, give her a run out.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43So it's Jonathan from the Alderley Wizards
0:16:43 > 0:16:46against Lisa from the Eggheads, on Politics.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Please go to the Question Room.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51On Politics, do you want to go first or second, Jonathan?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54I think, please, if I may, I'll go first.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Here is your question - what name is typically given
0:17:01 > 0:17:05to the open sessions MPs hold in which they answer questions
0:17:05 > 0:17:08and listen to the concerns of their constituents?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15I think the answer to that is surgeries.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Surgeries is right.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Lisa, what name is typically given
0:17:18 > 0:17:22to the vehicles that ferry party leaders around the country
0:17:22 > 0:17:24during a general election campaign?
0:17:29 > 0:17:33I was waiting for party fun bus, but perhaps not.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Are they battle buses? Battle bus.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Yeah, battle bus is right.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39OK, Jonathan, your question -
0:17:39 > 0:17:42the Democrat congressman, Thomas Philip O'Neill Jr,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives
0:17:44 > 0:17:50from 1977 to 1987, was commonly known by what three-letter nickname?
0:17:53 > 0:17:57The name Tip O'Neill seems to be fairly familiar.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I'm going to go for Tip.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Yeah, Tip O'Neill is quite right.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Lisa, your question - who became the
0:18:03 > 0:18:08leader of the British Labour Party in July 1992?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14So, '92, July 1992.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18So, May 1992, coming off the back of a nasty electoral defeat.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23And I assume that spelled the end of Kinnock's time, I think...
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Yeah, it's pre-Blair, isn't it?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28If you switched John Smith and Tony Blair around,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30you'd be in the right order.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31It's John Smith.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33John Smith is correct.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36OK, back to you, Jonathan, for three in a row.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Which man, sometimes referred to as the first American,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44was the oldest man to sign the US Constitution?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54I think it was George Washington.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56George Washington is your answer.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Let's check this out with some Eggheads,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00because it's an important question.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Help us here, did they all sign it? - They all signed, yes.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04They all signed, there's no stray answers there.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Benjamin Franklin wasn't allowed to write it, because they were
0:19:07 > 0:19:10scared that he would put in jokes, and they didn't want that.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Washington was the first person, and then Jefferson...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- I think it's Franklin. - I think it might be Franklin.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Jefferson, surely, if he was President after Washington,
0:19:18 > 0:19:19would be younger.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21That's all I was thinking.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Was Franklin President or not?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- No, he was never president.- Right.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- The answer is Benjamin Franklin. - Oh, no.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31You've gone astray. Lisa, your question.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36To take the round - until 1998, what phrase was uttered in the
0:19:36 > 0:19:40UK Parliament to order members of the public to leave the galleries
0:19:40 > 0:19:44of the House of Commons so that the chamber could sit in private?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54You see, I've been in the House of Commons prior to 1998,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56and I don't remember this.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59I'm sort of inclined to discount I spy strangers,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02just doesn't sound quite right.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04I'll give spies must leave a go.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Spies must leave.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09No, no, no, no, no, no.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10OK, I've got it, Jeremy, I'm wrong.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Barry?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- I spy strangers.- I spy strangers!
0:20:14 > 0:20:16What a ridiculous thing to say!
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I knew I should have gone on the stupidity principle!
0:20:18 > 0:20:20It's been abolished now, but it was, for a long time,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23that's what they said. She's let you off the hook there, Jonathan.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25We go to Sudden Death, as you're equal after three.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternatives,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29here's your question, Jonathan.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32The Elysee Palace is the official residence
0:20:32 > 0:20:34of the President of which country?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35France.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36France is right.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Lisa, in May 2015,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40who succeeded William Hague
0:20:40 > 0:20:44to the honorific title, First Secretary of State?
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I thought that was the thing they wrapped up with the Prime Minister's
0:20:48 > 0:20:52title, but maybe that's first secretary of something else.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Or is it Osborne?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Is something else wrapped up with the Chancellor that they...?
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Yeah, I shall consider myself defeated.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02And say David Cameron.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06It is an absolute stinker of a question. Do you know, Jonathan?
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- No, I don't.- I don't know if anyone in the country knows.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Is it George Osborne? - You think it's George Osborne?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- You're absolutely right.- Aargh!
0:21:14 > 0:21:17The one I couldn't remember that's wrapped up with the Chancellor!
0:21:17 > 0:21:19You drifted so close to it, but, of course,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- William Hague wasn't Chancellor. - No, of course, he wasn't.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25So there's no necessarily logical thing there.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29I should have got that, because I knew there was something else wrapped up with Chancellor,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32and I couldn't remember what it is. Never mind, poor guessing.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Tough one. George Osborne is right,
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Lisa, you're gone.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Jonathan, you're in the final.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40If you come back to us, we will play that final round.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44We've got a bit of information on the Americans,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47after I racked my brains.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50And the dates are very interesting here, Kevin would know these.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57And then, George Washington, born in 1732.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59And Jefferson, 1743.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02So, as we thought, Jefferson was the youngest.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06But you can see from that just how old Franklin would have been.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09And at that point, George Washington is in his 50s.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11And dear old Franklin is in his 80s.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13We're learning stuff, every day here.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16It's amazing. Sometimes several times a day.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20This is what we've been playing towards, the final round,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24But I'm afraid that those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:24 > 0:22:26won't take part in this round.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29So, that's Maria, Steve and Annabel from the Alderley Wizards.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31And also Lisa from the Eggheads -
0:22:31 > 0:22:33would you please now leave the studio.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Anna and Jonathan, you're playing to win the Alderley Wizards £10,000.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Pat, Barry, Chris and Judith, you're playing for something that
0:22:44 > 0:22:48money can't buy - which is to keep this amazing roll going and
0:22:48 > 0:22:52to keep the Eggheads' reputation nice and shiny.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57This time, they're all General Knowledge,
0:22:57 > 0:22:58you are allowed to confer.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00So, Alderley Wizards, the question is,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03can your two brains beat the Eggheads' four?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07And how nice to have a married couple doing it as well.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Would you like to go first or second?
0:23:09 > 0:23:10We're going to go with the trend,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12and we're going to go first, thank you.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19OK. Anna and Jonathan, General Knowledge, here we go.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21First question - The Boys Of Summer
0:23:21 > 0:23:25was a UK hit single in the 1980s for which American singer?
0:23:29 > 0:23:34All right, so this is where we say we probably don't know
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Tom Petty and Don Henley.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41And the rest of the country takes a sharp intake of breath.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45But we do know Bruce Springsteen, so we'll try him.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49I am sorry, it is Don Henley who did The Boys Of Summer.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Ex of the Eagles, less well-known as a solo artist,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I think we could say.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Eggheads, Sam Billings and James Vince
0:23:55 > 0:24:00made their England debuts in which Sport in 2015?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Doesn't ring any bells for me.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- Doesn't ring any bells with football.- In which year? In 2015?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- 2015. - Doesn't ring any bells for cricket.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Rugby union's probably got a bigger pool of players.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Rugby union, when was the World Cup?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Was there a big rugby union thing in 2015?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23There was the World Cup. So they had a big squad.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Have they played much since?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I don't think they've played very much at all.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- Maybe it was rugby union...?- They've got a new coach in, he's going to...
0:24:30 > 0:24:33People don't make debuts in football, do they?
0:24:33 > 0:24:37I mean, they creep in quietly, make their name, then become famous.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39England were working their way through
0:24:39 > 0:24:40the European Championships qualifying,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42they had a lot of successive wins.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- Shall we try rugby union? - I think rugby union.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I think we have to go with rugby union.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- I think rugby union's the best bet. - Yep.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Rugby union?
0:24:53 > 0:24:58Well, we're mystified here, these chaps have sneaked past us entirely.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01We think it could be rugby union.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Rugby union is your answer. Let's see if you guys know.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- We thought rugby union.- We thought rugby union.- Well, I do.- Right.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08OK, everyone is wrong.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09The answer is cricket.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Oh.- Oh.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Well, apologies to those two gentleman.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Not often the Eggheads get their first question wrong.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18That is a great let-off
0:25:18 > 0:25:21for you guys, so you're back level.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Here's your question, second question, £10,000 we're playing for.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Which African country has borders with Guinea and Senegal?
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Is it...?
0:25:34 > 0:25:39Well, I think Benin is a bit higher.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- I'm not sure about...- And I think Guinea-Bissau is further away
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- and, therefore...- Think it's Gambia?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48..we're going to go for Gambia.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49OK.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51We've decided on Gambia.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Again, another tricky question here.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Gambia, Eggheads?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Well, the Gambia is a strip of land
0:25:59 > 0:26:00which surrounds a river
0:26:00 > 0:26:03but it's entirely contained by Senegal.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04So, I don't think it's that.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08And Benin is on the West Coast, somewhere between Nigeria and Ghana,
0:26:08 > 0:26:09so I think it's Guinea-Bissau.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- Guinea-Bissau is the one.- Right, OK.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Guinea-Bissau.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Right, Eggheads, see if you can get one right here.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! and Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls
0:26:21 > 0:26:24are films directed by which man?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29I don't know.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Sounds like Russ Meyer, doesn't it?- Mm-hmm.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- I don't know on this one. - I don't know.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37They're all sort of B-movie type directors.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Well, it sounds like typical Russ Meyer's stuff,
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- rather bizarre films.- OK. Yeah.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45OK. We think that's Russ Meyer
0:26:45 > 0:26:46or "May-er".
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Russ Meyer, you sound uncertain there, Eggs.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Well, the Eggheads have got it right
0:26:52 > 0:26:53and it is Russ Meyer.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56So, maybe stabilising a bit here.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58It does mean you need to get this question right.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Third question, Challengers.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05In the British peerage system, which is the lowest of the five ranks?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Yes.- Baron.- Baron.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12We think it's baron.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- Baron is right. Well done.- Got one.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Anna and Jonathan, good.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Friendlier question than the Don Henley. OK.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21So, Eggheads, get this right and the contest is over.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Get it wrong, we go to Sudden Death.
0:27:23 > 0:27:30Here we go. The London bell known as Big Ben chimed for the first time in which year?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Is it...?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33No.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- 1859.- 1859.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38Absolutely.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41When the Houses of Parliament were being built.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42After the fire.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- Everybody happy with that?- Mm-hmm.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- So, 1859, yeah?- Mm-hmm.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49We think that's 1859.
0:27:49 > 0:27:531859 because there was a big rebuild because it was burnt down.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Because it had been burnt down, yes.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Oh, what an unusual final round.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Eggheads, 1859 is correct.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01We say congratulations, you have won.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05APPLAUSE
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Commiserations to you.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- Never mind.- Never mind. - We've had a nice day.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Well, that's good and, you know, these questions are so random at the end there.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- Well, very nice to see you and I hope you've enjoyed it.- Yes.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22This roll continues.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25I'm afraid it means that you won't be going home with the £10,000,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32I don't think you will ever be beaten.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers have the brains
0:28:35 > 0:28:37to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:37 > 0:28:38£11,000 says they don't.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40It's going up and up.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Till then, goodbye.