0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 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 > 0:00:24Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34They are the Eggheads, looking sharp if I may say so.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Taking on our awesome quiz champions today
0:00:37 > 0:00:39are Lion's Tale.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Now, this team of friends from London
0:00:41 > 0:00:42all met when working
0:00:42 > 0:00:45together at the same film marketing company.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Let's meet them.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Hi, I'm Andy, and I'm a film publicist.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Hi, I'm Tristan, and I'm a head of marketing.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Wil, and I'm a film and TV journalist.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Stephen, and I'm a film marketing manager.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Phil, and I'm a head of marketing.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02So, Andy and team, great to see you.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I would say from the film industry, Andy, is that right?
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Yes, so, we...at some point, we all worked together at the same
0:01:08 > 0:01:13marketing and PR agency, and we work across TV,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17on-demand stuff, as well as independent big studio films.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Right, and one of our categories on this show, of course, is Film & TV.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Yeah.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I'm now hoping it comes up because it's going to be terrible if
0:01:23 > 0:01:26it doesn't. But I'm assuming that's the one you're best at.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Well, three of the team members here studied film at university,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31so it would be a shame if it didn't come up.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33And why have you called yourselves Lion's Tale?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37It's quite a random one, so when we were discussing who would do
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Arts & Books in that round,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40we thought Wil would be good, he reads a lot.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42And we asked him what he was reading and he said...
0:01:42 > 0:01:46At this point I was reading the autobiography of the
0:01:46 > 0:01:51WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, which I highly recommend,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54but, yeah, the book was called Lion's Tale. Apparently that stuck.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- Apparently it was funny.- OK, he was reading a book called Lion's Tale.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- That's it. That's the name. - It's not a great story, is it?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02No, it was quite a good story actually.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04It got Chris Jericho onto Eggheads,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06and as far as I'm concerned, that's brilliant.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Yeah, it is our first mention of
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Chris Jericho, I think, in 1,500 programmes.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11OK, every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:02:11 > 0:02:13up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Lion's Tale, the Eggheads have won
0:02:19 > 0:02:21the last three games so there's
0:02:21 > 0:02:23£4,000 for you to win today.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Do you want to have a bash?
0:02:25 > 0:02:26- ALL:- Yes.- Good stuff.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Geography.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- So who would like this? - That's me.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Swotting up.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Yeah, I've been playing some geography app for the past 24 hours,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40so not the longest revision, but I'd like to take on Lisa.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Right, Andy from Lion's Tale. Lisa's had so many Geography rounds.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Do you know what?
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Any other game I would be, like, come on, Film & TV, Film & TV.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53This is the one game where I'm happy to be playing Geography.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Good stuff. Andy from Lion's Tale versus Lisa from the Eggheads,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58and just to ensure there is no conferring,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01please go to our legendary Question Room.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Andy, on Geography, would you like to go first or second?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06I'm going to go first.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11OK, good luck here.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Geography it is, Andy. And here's your question.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Which of these cities has the largest population?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24I've been to two out of the three.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I've been to Venice and I've been to Mumbai.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31And I've visited Baltimore when I was watching The Wire,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33which is the best TV show of all time.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35But the answer is Mumbai.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Yes, Mumbai is the right answer. I don't know what the numbers are.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- But it's some way ahead.- About 18 million, I think, Mumbai.- Is it?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- Something like that. - Right, interesting. OK.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Lisa, here's your question.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49The seaside town of Bognor Regis is in which part of the UK?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Well, Praise the Lord, it ain't in Yorkshire. Um...
0:03:57 > 0:04:00It's not Cornwall either so it must be West Sussex.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Yes, it is West Sussex. Back to you, Andy. They may get harder.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Which country has borders with
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19I've been studying, I've been playing this app where you're given
0:04:19 > 0:04:22a country and you have to find it on the map.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And Africa's probably the hardest
0:04:24 > 0:04:26because there's so many countries.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I know Ethiopia...
0:04:30 > 0:04:34..is alongside Somalia, Eritrea... Is Ethiopia big enough?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36All right, I'm going to go for Ethiopia.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- Team, is he right?- I think so.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41You're right, Andy, well done.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Lisa,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45which of these is a region of Croatia?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50SHE LAUGHS
0:04:50 > 0:04:55Sorry, the idea that Provence is in Croatia, I can actually
0:04:55 > 0:04:58almost hear Judith turning a funny colour at this point.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Transylvania is in Romania, so it must be Dalmatia.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Dalmatia is right. So, you're equal.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05This would be a good one to get,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08here, Andy. Third question.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Approximately how many islands are there in the Orkney Islands?
0:05:15 > 0:05:22Unfortunately, I've sort of studied more exotic places.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Really don't know, so...
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Have to have a little think and then a guess.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32If it was 700, it would have to include tiny little
0:05:32 > 0:05:34uninhabited islands, I guess.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37That have, like, two seagulls chilling on them. Um...
0:05:41 > 0:05:42I'm just going to say seven.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Yeah, I would have gone seven.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- Any Eggs know?- I would have gone seven.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52They would all have gone seven. The answer is 70.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I'm sorry, it must be the seagulls chilling.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56The seagulls chilling.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Your question, to take the round, Lisa.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Lake Peipus forms much of the border between
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Russia and which country?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Now, what do I know about Lake Peipus? Anything?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It's one of those ones that's really deep.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Or have I got it mixed up with Lake Baikal?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Um...
0:06:21 > 0:06:22OK.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Purely on the basis that if it was on the border of Belarus and
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Ukraine and making up the majority of the border,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31then it would be absolutely gigantic.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32I will say Estonia.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39Estonia is correct, yes, Estonia is the right answer. Andy, sorry.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40- Gutted.- That one wretched
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Orkney question has knocked you out there.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Tricky, wasn't it?- It was tricky. I think everyone here said seven.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49So, no shame in that. Come back to us, and we'll play on.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53OK, so an early little hit for Lion's Tale who have lost
0:06:53 > 0:06:55their captain from the final round.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58The Eggheads are all sitting pretty there, all five of them.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Haven't lost any brains. The next subject, guys, is Music.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Who would like this? - Phil, you're the man.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Phil? OK.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Against, Phil, which Egghead? Can't be Lisa.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13- Were we going for Chris? - I'm going Chris.- Chris.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15So, Phil from Lion's Tale,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18there was a certain inevitability about that, Chris, wasn't there?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Probability rather than inevitability, yeah.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Phil again against Chris from the Eggheads.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24And just to ensure there is no conferring,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26please go to the special room.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32- Phil, would you like to go first or second?- I will go first, yeah.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36OK, Phil.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Which of these UK number one singles was released first?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Definitely not Back For Good.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Take That, that's the '90s. Um...
0:07:49 > 0:07:51So we're talking Frankie Goes To Hollywood
0:07:51 > 0:07:53and Madonna.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55It's fairly early Madonna,
0:07:55 > 0:08:00but I feel like Relax must have been early '80s.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I'm going to go for Relax.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Yes, it is Relax. Well done.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Chris, "Hello darkness, my old friend,"
0:08:09 > 0:08:12is the opening line of which Simon and Garfunkel song?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18That is the opening line of The Sound Of Silence.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23The correct answer is The Sound Of Silence.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25OK, Phil, your question.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Which of these is a common translation of La Donna E Mobile,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33the name of a famous aria from the opera Rigoletto?
0:08:39 > 0:08:45I'm assuming it's Italian, which I know absolutely no Italian.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47But I think that women could be donna,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I'm thinking of a prima donna.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I'm going to go for women are fickle.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Yeah, absolutely. Women are fickle. Well done.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Right, Chris. Which of these songs
0:08:56 > 0:08:58is from the stage musical Annie Get Your Gun?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Well, I Don't Know How To Love Him is Jesus Christ Superstar.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Oh, What A Beautiful Morning is Oklahoma.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12So, from Annie Get Your Gun,
0:09:12 > 0:09:13There's No Business Like Show Business.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16There Is No Business Like Show Business is the right answer.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Well done.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Phil,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Blame It On Me was a 2014 UK hit single
0:09:23 > 0:09:24for which singer?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I was kind of praying that there wasn't recent years
0:09:31 > 0:09:34top 40 stuff because that's where I'll fall down.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Um...
0:09:35 > 0:09:39I'm going to go with Ed Sheeran on this.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43I'm not convinced, but that's where I'm going.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46OK, let's just check in with your colleagues here. Not Ed, is it?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I think it's George Ezra.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Yeah, Ed Sheeran's songs tend to be very well known so, given that
0:09:51 > 0:09:54this is a bit less well-known, it's likely to be one of the other two.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56It's George Ezra.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58All right, Chris, this for the round.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Which famously intense composer was once described by
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Stravinsky as "a six and a half-foot-tall scowl"?
0:10:10 > 0:10:15Described by Stravinsky so it's 20th century so it's not Liszt.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Um...
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Given that he composed one of the most intense pieces of music
0:10:20 > 0:10:22ever written, the Leningrad Symphony,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I'll say Rachmaninov.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26You're right, Chris, well done. Rachmaninov it is.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Aw, sorry, Phil.- No problem. - They've taken the round, it's that
0:10:29 > 0:10:32beastly third question with you guys, isn't it?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33- It is, indeed.- All right.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Hold focus because there's plenty of time.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38We've seen people win with only one in the final.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Come back to us, both of you, and we'll play the next round.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Chris, well done, but a quick word.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Rachmaninov was not the Leningrad Symphony.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Who was it, then?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49- It was Shostakovich.- Oh, Shostakovich!
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Of course it was. Yeah.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- So, Andy, not a crisis yet. - Um, not just yet,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56I mean, I would like two in the final round,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- but we'll see what happens. - All right.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03OK, well, good luck. Lion's Tale have lost two from the final round.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Eggheads are still there at the moment, all five.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08You've got to try and change that.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- Sport is the subject now. - Let's do this.- OK.- Is this me?
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Tristan?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- I think not Dave.- What do you think? - No chance, Dave.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Pat or Dave or Barry.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- I'm going to make the call and go Barry.- OK, well, Barry,
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- he has his off moments. - Especially in Sport.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25So, just Tristan from the Lion's Tale goes against
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Barry from the Eggheads on Sport, known as The Brain.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37So, would you like to go first or second on Sport, Tristan?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Um, I will go first.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44So here we go with your question. Good luck.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Tristan, which of these golf clubs
0:11:46 > 0:11:49would typically have the most lofted face?
0:11:53 > 0:11:59I'm currently teaching my two boys how to play golf. Um...
0:11:59 > 0:12:01And so I know that that's a sand wedge.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03It is a sand wedge. Great stuff, well done.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Barry,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07who was the England goalkeeper
0:12:07 > 0:12:10throughout the 1990 football World Cup?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Oh, gosh, that is a tough one for me.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21All England goalkeepers, so I've got to think back to 1990s.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I think this is where Dave will be tearing his hair out.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28I'm going to go for Peter Shilton.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Peter Shilton is right. Well done.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33OK, Tristan,
0:12:33 > 0:12:38Henry Slade made his debut for England in which Sport in 2015?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Henry Slade, he made his debut, controversially, alongside
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Sam Burgess, for the England Rugby Union team.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Well done, cos people come unstuck with Rugby Union,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Rugby League all the time on this quiz.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57You've gone straight there, though. Rugby Union is right.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- So he's ahead, Barry. - Yes, he's good as well.
0:13:01 > 0:13:07Which female British cyclist became World Road Race champion in 2015?
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Was it...
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Ah, three magnificent cyclists.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17For some reason I'm discounting Lizzie Armitstead.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20If it's 2015, I've got to go for Laura Trott.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23OK, slight agonies here, Eggheads.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25She's from Yorkshire and everything.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- She's from Yorkshire and everything, Barry.- It's Lizzie Armitstead.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- It's Lizzie Armitstead. - Oh, sorry, Lizzie.- Oh, dear.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33OK, so this could be the
0:13:33 > 0:13:36turning point now for Andy and his team.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Tristan, get this right, you're in the final.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Fanny Blankers-Koen, known as the Flying Housewife,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47won four Olympic gold medals in which sport in the 1940s?
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Was she...
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Well, if she was flying, I'm guessing gymnastics which...
0:13:56 > 0:14:02flying through the air or athletics, flying in terms of speed.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Um...
0:14:04 > 0:14:05I'm going to discount sailing.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10And I think I'm going to go with athletics.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- Is he right, Eggheads? ALL:- Yes.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Yes, the Flying Housewife did athletics, so you're right, Tristan.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Sorry, Barry, you've been knocked out there.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21You won't be in the final round.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Is the tide turning for our Challengers now? Let's see.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Come back to us, both of you,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26We'll play the last round before the final.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I'm really hoping Film & TV comes up.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34OK, the Lion's Tale have lost two brains from the final round,
0:14:34 > 0:14:36but they've now taken out an Egghead brain,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40eaten Barry with a single chomp of their lion teeth.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43The next subject, and the last before the final, is History.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- We never got film.- I know,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- what a shame.- Gutted. - Who wants History?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50I think, because, basically, Wil's knowledge is quite different
0:14:50 > 0:14:53to Tristan, I think, to have those in the final would be beneficial.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55So I think Steve's going to have to take one for the team.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00- And he'll go against Dave.- OK. - That's all right?- Yeah.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Yeah. I can tell you watch the show and you're very good.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05OK, so Stephen from Lion's Tale takes on Tremendous Knowledge Dave
0:15:05 > 0:15:07from the Eggheads on History.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Please go, for the last time, to the Question Room.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14OK, Stephen, good luck to you. History, it is.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Would you like to go first or second?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22So here's your question.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Genghis Kahn was the ruler of which historical empire? Was it...
0:15:30 > 0:15:33From the name, there's one answer that jumps out at me
0:15:33 > 0:15:38straightaway and it's the Mongol Empire.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Mongol Empire is correct. Well done.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41You're off the blocks.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47What was the nickname of the German World War II Field Marshal Rommel?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- The Desert Fox. - The Desert Fox is quite right.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Dave, well done, one each. Back to you, Stephen.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Who defeated a huge Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis
0:16:00 > 0:16:02in 480 BC?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Really tricky. Um...
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I don't think it's the Egyptians.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I'm going to say it's Greeks.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Yeah, I think the Romans were in the ascendant a bit later.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Greeks is right. Well done.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24OK, Dave, to catch up.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26In which country was the revolutionary and
0:16:26 > 0:16:29guerrilla leader Pancho Villa born?
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Villa is spelt V-I-L-L-A.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36I think that's Mexico.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Mexico's right.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40So, third question to you,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Stephen. In which year did the
0:16:43 > 0:16:48German statesman Otto von Bismarck die?
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Stephen, was it...
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Really tricky again.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Being the sacrificial lamb for this round, um...
0:16:58 > 0:17:01But my initial instinct says
0:17:01 > 0:17:031848.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I'm afraid you're wrong.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Otto von Bismarck died in 1898, Stephen.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12You got two out of three. Dave can take the round with this question.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17At which battle did the US Admiral David Farragut reputedly say,
0:17:17 > 0:17:18"Damn the torpedoes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19"Full speed ahead!"
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Right, I've not heard the phrase, or not heard the incident but...
0:17:28 > 0:17:32I'm going to have to go for the Battle of Midway.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36OK, now, Chris, can I get a Chris on this, Chris?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Yeah, it's the Battle of Mobile Bay in
0:17:38 > 0:17:40the Civil War. Of course, what he called torpedoes
0:17:40 > 0:17:42aren't what we know as torpedoes,
0:17:42 > 0:17:43they were more like mines.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47And the Confederates had mined the entrance to the bay, obviously.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49"Never mind these mines, let's get in there."
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- So he's a federal ship captain? - He's the US, a union...
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Civil War so it's down that southern state area.- Yeah, yeah.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Dave, Battle of Mobile Bay is the answer. You're equal after three.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Bit of a let-off there, Steve. We go to
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Sudden Death on History.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I know it's not your ideal subject,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- but it gets a bit harder now. I don't give you alternatives.- OK.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12In 1963, which American president visited his family's
0:18:12 > 0:18:17ancestral home in Dunganstown in Wexford, Ireland?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20US President in '63?
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- John F Kennedy?- Yes, it is John F Kennedy. Well done.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29He was killed that year. Dave,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Great Harry, launched in the 1510s,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36was a ship built for which English monarch?
0:18:36 > 0:18:40So if I go 1509 to 1547, I've got to go Henry VIII, please.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Henry VIII is right.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Sudden Death. Stephen, back to you.
0:18:44 > 0:18:50Julius Raab became Chancellor of which European country in 1953?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Raab is R-A-A-B.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53I'll say Belgium.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55No, Austria.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Dave, Sudden Death.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01In 1960, the alleged skull of which 17th-century statesman was
0:19:01 > 0:19:05buried at his old college of Sidney Sussex, Cambridge?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- 17th century statesman?- Yes. - Oliver Cromwell.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Oliver Cromwell's the right answer, yeah.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12So, well done, Dave, you're through
0:19:12 > 0:19:14on History. Sorry, Stephen.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Good battle, but he's knocked you out.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Come back to us and we'll play the final.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22So this is what we have been playing towards.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24It is time for our final round.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26As always, it's General Knowledge,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29but I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:19:29 > 0:19:30can't take part.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34So, Andy, Stephen and Phil, from the Lion's Tale and also Barry,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37dear old Barry from the Eggheads, would you please leave the studio?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40So, Tristan and Wil,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43you're playing to win Lion's Tale £4,000.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Lisa, Pat, Dave and Chris, you're playing for something that
0:19:46 > 0:19:48money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55This time, they're all General Knowledge. Guys, you can confer.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57All right? So, Tristan, Wil, the question is,
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- can you with your two brains defeat these four?- Yeah, probably.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- We'll give it a go. - I reckon you might.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- Would you like to go first or second?- We'll go first.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11OK, so General Knowledge questions start now.
0:20:11 > 0:20:17In which TV sitcom of the 1970s and 1980s did John Rudling play
0:20:17 > 0:20:20the role of Brabinger the butler?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Is it...
0:20:25 > 0:20:31So it's not Reginald Perrin because that's office based, yeah.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Three Up Two Down, I'm not aware of.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38To The Manor Born is obviously quite hoity-toity upper crusty.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It's... I can't remember the actress's name who's in it.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Three Up Two Down, yeah, I don't think
0:20:42 > 0:20:44there was any sort of service in that.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- So I think To The Manor Born.- Yeah.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Yeah, I'd go To The Manor Born.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51To The Manor Born...
0:20:51 > 0:20:53is the right answer.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55OK, Eggheads.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59What is the literal meaning of the name of the dessert tiramisu when
0:20:59 > 0:21:01translated from the Italian?
0:21:04 > 0:21:05- Lift me up.- Lift me up?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06- Lift me up?- LISA:- It's usually
0:21:06 > 0:21:08what you have to do to
0:21:08 > 0:21:10me when I've eaten a tiramisu.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Lift me up? OK? We think that's lift me up.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Lift me up is right. One each, back to you guys.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Which of these birds is native to Australia and is famous for
0:21:21 > 0:21:27its ability to mimic almost any sound, even trains or chainsaws?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Is it...
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- The one I've heard of is lyrebird. - Yeah.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I think I've seen a documentary about it.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Also lyre being, like,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- that's a reference to...- Lyrics.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Yeah, musical terminology.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I'm pretty sure that's right.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I've heard of a kakapo.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I slightly thought that but no, lyrebird,
0:21:52 > 0:21:53most sensible answer
0:21:53 > 0:21:54so we'll go with lyrebird.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Yeah.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59You're good. Lyrebird is right. Well done. Two out of two.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01I'm sensing they're getting a tiny bit nervous now
0:22:01 > 0:22:04cos they've realised they're up against some quizzers here.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Eggs, which of these seas has the largest surface area?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- Is it the Mediterranean? - Should be the Mediterranean.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Yeah, I think it's the Med.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20We think that's the Mediterranean by quite a margin.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Yes, the Mediterranean Sea is correct.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25So, third question, can be crucial, guys.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Get this right, put some pressure on them.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29£4,000 to win here.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Who became chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee
0:22:33 > 0:22:35in the US in 2015?
0:22:39 > 0:22:45So McCain ran against Obama for
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- his first term, I think.- He did.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Um, I'm not really sure.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Something is going off in my brain about John McCain because I
0:22:55 > 0:22:56remember he was...
0:22:56 > 0:23:00They were against each other but I think there was
0:23:00 > 0:23:02a sort of job offer or something.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03What was the name of the...?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Who became chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee
0:23:06 > 0:23:09in the US in 2015?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Yeah, John McCain also ran his whole campaign on his military service.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14And also the Senate tends to be,
0:23:14 > 0:23:15when it's Democrat,
0:23:15 > 0:23:16the Senate tends to be
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Republican and vice versa.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- So I think... - I'd go with John McCain, yeah.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22I mean, it's a guess,
0:23:22 > 0:23:23but we'll go John McCain.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26John McCain is the correct answer. Three out of three.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Really good play from our Challengers.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31£4,000, they're playing for.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Eggheads, get this wrong, the contest is over.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36A Hologram For The King and The Circle
0:23:36 > 0:23:38are books by which author?
0:23:42 > 0:23:43- Never heard of them.- Me neither.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46It doesn't sound like Philip Roth.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47It doesn't sound like him at all.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- Doesn't sound like David Nicholls.- It doesn't, really.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- We're in trouble here, I think. - Yeah, we are in trouble.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- We're reduced to a guess, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- Any ideas?- On my own, I'd go Dave Eggers but just...
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I'd go Dave Eggers.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03I know slightly more about the other
0:24:03 > 0:24:04- two but...- I'd go Dave Eggers....
0:24:04 > 0:24:07It just doesn't sound like a David Nicholls, but if it is,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10it could conceivably be, but...
0:24:10 > 0:24:11OK? We'll go for that?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Give it a go, yeah.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15We're all at sea here, Jeremy.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18And after an extremely unscientific process,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20we're going to go for Dave Eggers.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22OK, they're playing for £4,000 here.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25You've been battered by that question. Do you know the answer?
0:24:25 > 0:24:29I think it's Dave Eggers. It's definitely not Philip Roth.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30I think The Circle is the thing
0:24:30 > 0:24:32that's sort of based on Google.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35And it's more modernist so I'd go Dave Eggers.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Dave Eggers is the right answer. Well done, Eggheads.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Oh, you see them teetering there. You were so close to the jackpot.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45But you haven't won yet. We go to Sudden Death. Gets a bit harder.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I don't give you alternatives.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52What colour cricket balls were used in the first ever day/night
0:24:52 > 0:24:54test match in November 2015?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58I'd say, well, normal cricket balls are red.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I should assume it's not red cos that would be
0:25:00 > 0:25:03a horrible question, but it could be.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08So, I've seen white balls and I've also seen pink balls.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11White balls, I don't think would work because you've got the white
0:25:11 > 0:25:13screens at the back and obviously cricket whites,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15although they wear different colours.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Are you saying you've seen pink balls?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Cos my thought was going to football where you obviously have
0:25:20 > 0:25:22orange balls. I think pink is a good shout.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Orange, now you've put that in my head.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27If you've seen pink balls I think pink balls is a good shout.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31- Yeah, but, now, yeah. - I'd like to say pink.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34OK, that's the first thing that came to my head so...
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Yeah, yeah, stick with that. Pink.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Pink is the right answer. You're very good quizzers.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43But, let's see. There's a sting in the tail with these guys,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45so watch out, Challengers.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Which British motorway, stretching from Rugby to Gretna, is
0:25:49 > 0:25:52approximately 370km long?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- M6.- M6?- It must be the M6.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58That's the M6.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00M6 is right. Well done.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Absolutely dead level.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Malcolm Turnbull ousted Tony Abbot
0:26:06 > 0:26:10as Prime Minister of which country in 2015?
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- Tony Abbott is Australian. - Australia, yeah. Australia.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Australia is correct.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Sudden Death, Eggheads, get this wrong, they've won.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23The Roman settlement Augusta Taurinorum
0:26:23 > 0:26:27is known in modern times as which Italian city?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29My first thought is Turin, they sound alike.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31It does sound like Turin.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Something to do with bulls, Taurus. What do you think? Turin?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35I would've gone Turin.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- I don't think I've got anything else to offer.- No, no, no, no.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- Let's just do it.- Give it a go.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- I don't think there's anything else. - And he only wants the modern name.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Yeah, yeah. Turin. - We're going for Turin.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Turin is right. Torino in Italian.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Oof!
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Billed as the UK's largest light festival,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58in which city did Lumiere first take place in 2009?
0:27:00 > 0:27:01- I ain't got a clue.- Um...
0:27:03 > 0:27:10I'm thinking of cultural cities. Don't think it's Birmingham...
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I want to take a stab at... Were you going to suggest something?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15I was going to suggest Edinburgh.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I wanted to pick a city like Manchester or Liverpool or
0:27:17 > 0:27:20somewhere, but, I mean, that's not based on anything.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I'm...
0:27:25 > 0:27:27I'm going to stick my neck out and say Edinburgh.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Cool, let's just try that. Yeah. Let's say Edinburgh.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34I'm afraid you're wrong. Durham is the answer.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37So it gives the Eggheads a chance here.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Which electric car company, founded in 2003,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45is named after a Serbian-American inventor, often credited with
0:27:45 > 0:27:48discovering the rotating magnetic field?
0:27:48 > 0:27:53- Tesla?- Tesla? Tesla Motors? - Tesla Motors, yeah.- Yeah?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56That's Tesla or Tesla Motors.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Barry is nodding, which is usually a good sign.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04The answer, Eggheads, is Tesla. We say congratulations, you have won.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Good. Wow.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12It could have gone either way and I know you knew that last one as well.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13I'm sure that was meat and drink for you.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Commiserations, guys, you are very, very good.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Lots of people come through the studio.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- You're in the top 5%, I would say. - Oh, God, yeah.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Quizzers without a doubt.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and they do
0:28:24 > 0:28:26still reign supreme over Quizland.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28It means you won't be going home with the £4,000,
0:28:28 > 0:28:32so the money rolls over to our next show. Eggheads, well done.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers have
0:28:35 > 0:28:38the brains to defeat our standing quizzers.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40£5,000 says they don't.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Till then, goodbye.