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 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today
0:00:35 > 0:00:38are the Game Birds from Partridge Green in West Sussex.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Now, this team of friends are all members of the Game Birds book club.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Let's meet them.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Hello, I'm Coralie and I'm a business consultant.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Hello, I'm Nicola and I'm an HR manager.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Hello, I'm Nikki and I'm a risk specialist.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Hello, I'm Sarra and I'm a part-time costume assistant.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Hello, I'm Sarah and I'm a landscape gardener.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- So, Coralie and team, welcome. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- We have a book club here, Coralie. Is that right?- We do, yes, yes.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- The Game Birds.- And give me an idea of how often the Game Birds meet.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10We meet once every about six weeks where we've read two books,
0:01:10 > 0:01:15and we go to a local pub where we then talk about the books
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- and we have dinner and have a few drinks.- Ooh, what fun.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20But that means you're reading a book every three weeks.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Yeah, some of us are very good at that,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25but the rule is that you don't have to read all the books, so...
0:01:25 > 0:01:26And I'm sure you've had this.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29If you turn up and you haven't read the book, does anyone bluff?
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I'm not sure we do. We actually are very polite and say,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33"Look, haven't read that one."
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- But then you're not allowed to score it.- Ah, I see. OK.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36And at the end, you say...
0:01:36 > 0:01:38At the end of a year, you say,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40"This is the best book we read this year"?
0:01:40 > 0:01:41We've actually got the record
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- of all the books we've read over the ten years.- Oh, really?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- We've read 145 books. - Oh, wow. Brilliant.- Yeah.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- And I think our best book was...? - My Sister's Keeper.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult. That scored a nine out of ten.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I have to write that down. THEY LAUGH
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- No, nine and a quarter. - Who's read that, Eggs?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- Have you read that, Judith? - No, I haven't.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Wow, drawing a blank here.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01OK, I think that augurs well. THEY LAUGH
0:02:01 > 0:02:04You've got a bit of superior knowledge.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06So, every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:02:06 > 0:02:07up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Now, Game Birds, the Eggheads are on a bit of a roll.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16They've won the last seven games.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- Think that's good, isn't it? ALL:- Yeah.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21There's £8,000 to play for, which will be great
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- for your next few pub lunches. - Absolutely.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27And the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Right.- Who would like this? That could be
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- right up your street, actually. - Yes. So, who's going to take that?
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- Film & TV.- So, that could be Sarra or Nikki.- Mm.- Up to you.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- Do you want to take it, Nikki? - I'll take it.- Yeah, I think Nikki.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Me, then.- OK, Nikki.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Choose an Egghead, Nikki. Any one of the five.- Who do you want?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Can I do Chris?- You can do Chris. - THEY LAUGH
0:02:47 > 0:02:49You certainly can. You certainly can.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Happy with this? - Yeah, course I am.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Last book you read?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Industrial Locomotives Of Lancashire, 1952,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57reprint by the Industrial Railway Society.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Oh, we haven't read that one.- No. - That's probably when he read it.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03So, Nikki from the Game Birds versus Chris from the Eggheads.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05And to ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08please take your positions in our famous Question Room.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- Well, I have to ask, favourite book, Nikki?- Favourite book?- Yeah.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17OK, it's The Island by Victoria Hislop.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Which is about the leper colony. - It is, yeah. We all loved that.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Yeah, my mum loved that.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24In fact, I must read it, actually. Have you read that, Chris?
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- Um, no is the short answer to that. - OK. So, the conversation ends there.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Film & TV, Nikki. Would you like to go first or second?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I'd like to go first, please.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Here we go. Who played Gareth in the sitcom The Office?
0:03:47 > 0:03:53Right. Do you know, I didn't ever actually watch this.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57I never saw the dance that Ricky Gervais did.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Um, OK, I'm going to go for Martin Freeman.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Challengers, is she right? - It's Mackenzie Crook, I think.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- It's Mackenzie Crook.- Ah.- The sort of bug-eyed, very thin...- Yeah.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10OK, Chris, your question.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14In which film does Jodie Foster play a character called Tallulah?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Well, the concept of this film sounds absolutely repulsive.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24It's a sort of gangster melodrama played by kids for laughs.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26It's Bugsy Malone.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Bugsy Malone is right. Well done.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31So, he's ahead, Nikki, and you need to try and stop him.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- Yeah, I would have liked that one. - SHE LAUGHS
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Always the way.
0:04:36 > 0:04:43Who adapted Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse play Cyrano De Bergerac
0:04:43 > 0:04:47into the 1987 comedy film Roxanne?
0:04:51 > 0:04:57Not 100% sure, but I think...
0:04:58 > 0:05:02I think it was Steve Martin, but I'm not 100% sure.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Steve Martin is the right answer. Well done.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Was there some kind of nose-growing thing in that film?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- It's not really growing. It's just big.- Oh, it's just big.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12The premise of it is is there's this stupid bloke
0:05:12 > 0:05:13who fancies Roxanne,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15and he wants to woo her, but he's too stupid to do it,
0:05:15 > 0:05:19so Cyrano De Bergerac does it on the quiet in his name sort of
0:05:19 > 0:05:22because he thinks he's too ugly to do it himself. But, of course...
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Well, hey, that's spoilers. We won't go further than that.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27OK, she then falls in love with... I see. OK.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30So, level. Chris,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33which actress best known for her role in Coronation Street
0:05:33 > 0:05:36took on the role of Mrs Winterbottom
0:05:36 > 0:05:39in a Christmas 2015 episode of Emmerdale?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Ah.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Now, Jean Alexander, I think, has retired, finally,
0:05:50 > 0:05:51so it wasn't her.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Don't think it was Amanda Barrie either,
0:05:54 > 0:05:58but I think I remember somewhere that Liz Dawn actually came back
0:05:58 > 0:06:01to make a cameo in Emmerdale, so I'll say Liz Dawn.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Eggheads, is he right?- Yes. - Yes, indeed you are.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06And was Jean Alexander Hilda Ogden?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Yes, she was, yeah. - Right. Liz Dawn is correct.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Nikki, third question.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13You need to get this one right.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17In The Muppet Show, first seen in 1976,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19who provided the voice for Miss Piggy?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Don't actually know.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Well, Jim Henson did the puppets,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31but whether he provided the voice or not...
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Um, I'm going to go Jim Henson because he did the puppets.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40He's certainly got the big Muppet connection, but, Chris, is he right?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- No, it's Frank Oz. Hayah! - SHE LAUGHS
0:06:44 > 0:06:47We've never seen Chris do Miss Piggy before.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50The whole show has been worth it just for that.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52THEY LAUGH Frank Oz is the answer, Nikki.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53You've been knocked out by our Chris.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- OK.- The Locomotive, as he's known. He does steam ahead sometimes.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00He'll be in the final. You won't. Please return to us.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04So, as it stands, the Game Birds book club have lost
0:07:04 > 0:07:05one brain from the final round.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07The Eggheads have still not lost a brain.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10All sitting there wondering if they're going to continue
0:07:10 > 0:07:12this winning streak of theirs.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13And the next subject is Food & Drink.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- THEY LAUGH - That was Nikki.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- Oh, dear.- That was my subject.- OK.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- So, who goes into this one, then? - Well, that's going to be a bit...
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- Do you want me to do this one... - Do you want to take it?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- ..and hope that Sport doesn't come up?- Yeah, go on, then.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- This'll be interesting, then, won't it?- Sarra...
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Yes, I'm going to do it. - ..which Egghead would you like?- Ooh.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Any ideas, anybody? - Kevin.- Kevin. Oh, Kevin.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41SHE CHUCKLES Sarra from the Game Birds
0:07:41 > 0:07:44is going to try and knock out the grandmaster from the Eggheads,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- our Kevin.- Grandmaster? - Please go to the Question...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Well, not grandmaster on Food & Drink, though.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51THEY LAUGH Please go to the Question Room now.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55So, Sarra, can you give us a book recommendation?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Um, no. I can never remember anything.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01All right, so, quizzing will be a strong point for you, then?
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Oh, yes. I've got the memory of a sieve.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06THEY LAUGH Well, we're on Food & Drink and...
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Well, you can see I'm quite good at eating food and drink,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10so I'm sure I'll be fine.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Well, Kevin, famously, has done without a kitchen for a long time.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Is it now back in service, Kevin? - Well, as we speak,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19I've moved anyway, so I have actually got
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- a functioning kitchen area now, yeah.- Oh, really?- Yeah.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24And is the oven working or have you not tried it yet?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- I haven't tried it yet. - He's probably serious.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30So, Sarra, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Well, I was going to break the mould and go second,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35but I think I'm going to go first.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Here is your question, then, Sarra. Good luck.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44The phrase al dente is most likely to be used
0:08:44 > 0:08:46in relation to which of these foods?
0:08:48 > 0:08:53Well, I think I'm just going to go straight for it and say pasta.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Yeah, that's right. Do you know what it means?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Just not quite cooked.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- Yeah, sort of on the teeth, yeah.- Mm.- OK, Kevin,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05what is the technical term for the white of an egg?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Well, it's certainly not the other two. That's the albumen.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15You're sure it's not the giblet?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17That would be interesting, but, no, it's not the giblet.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20It's not. Albumen is correct.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22OK, Sarra, I think you've got him on the ropes.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Hope so.- He's showing a bit of uncertainty.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Not much, it has to be said.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28What name is given to the Scandinavian dish
0:09:28 > 0:09:33of dry, cured salmon marinated in herbs and spices?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Oh, this one is quite a good question for me
0:09:40 > 0:09:45cos I'm married to a Scandinavian and therefore I will go for gravlax.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And does he get up every morning and demand gravlax?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50No, thank goodness. He just wants muesli.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Oh, he just wants muesli? HE CHUCKLES
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Gravlax is right.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57OK, Kevin, to stay abreast of Sarra,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01for what does the letter T stand in UHT,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03used in relation to a type of milk?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Funnily enough, I've seen variations on this over the years.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15At one time, it used to be said that it stood for ultra-heat treated,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18but the one that seems to have taken over
0:10:18 > 0:10:22is ultra-high temperature, so it's temperature.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Temperature is right.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I'm glad the word treated wasn't in there as well
0:10:25 > 0:10:27or we would have had all kinds of trouble.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29So, Sarra, get this right and put a bit
0:10:29 > 0:10:30of pressure on the great one.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Which cocktail consists of vodka, orange juice and Galliano?
0:10:40 > 0:10:47Now, I don't honestly know because I gave up drinking, so...
0:10:47 > 0:10:51I love the word margarita, but I don't think it's a margarita.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I think I'm just going to go for a Harvey Wallbanger.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00- A Harvey Wallbanger's right.- Ah! - Well done. Three out of three.- Ooh!
0:11:00 > 0:11:04OK, Kevin, to stay in, in Japanese
0:11:04 > 0:11:08cuisine, what colour is the pungent paste wasabi?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I really can't remember. I've not actually...
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I don't like horseradish and I've not actually had wasabi.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I'm not a great fan of Japanese cuisine in general,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22so I think I'll...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24It could turn out to be red, actually,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27but I'll have to go for my original instinct, which is green.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Green. OK, we struggled there. And, Lisa, you and Kevin were...
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Kevin and I and some other Eggs were out at dinner last night.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Kevin was sat across from me eating wasabi.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39THEY LAUGH
0:11:39 > 0:11:42He obviously only had eyes for something else.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- He wasn't looking at the wasabi. - No, to be fair, he did have
0:11:44 > 0:11:46some very nice chicken on the go,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48but it was very definitely, while I was eating it, green.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Green is the answer, Kevin. It is very spicy, that stuff.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54OK, so, Sarra,
0:11:54 > 0:11:55we go to Sudden Death now.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- Mm.- Perfect threes for you both. Gets a bit harder now.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I don't give you alternatives.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06Which mixed drink, usually alcoholic and containing fruit or fruit juice,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10is thought to have taken its name from a Hindi word meaning five?
0:12:11 > 0:12:15I just... I really don't have a clue,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18um, and nothing is coming to mind.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21I don't know the Hindi for the number five...
0:12:22 > 0:12:26..so I can't even take a guess, really.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28So, I think I'm going to have to say...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Take a stab at it in some way just to have a go at something?
0:12:31 > 0:12:36No, I don't know at all. I can't even stab.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38You'll be so cross when I tell you.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41So, the mixed drink, usually alcoholic and containing fruit
0:12:41 > 0:12:43or fruit juice, is punch.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- Oh, no! - SHE LAUGHS
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- And, obviously, the word for five in Hindi...- That threw me.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- ..anyone know?- Well, it's Punjab. The five rivers.- Ah, I see.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- And it has five ingredients, I guess.- Mm.- Yeah.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58OK, Kevin, for the round, in Germany,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01the Spargel season, beginning in April,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03celebrates which delicacy?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The Spargel season?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Well, I'm pretty sure that's German for asparagus,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11so I'll have to say asparagus.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Yeah, asparagus is the right answer.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15On Sudden Death, you've taken the round.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- There we go. Sorry, Sarra. - Never mind.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I know you knew punch, as well. You've been knocked out
0:13:19 > 0:13:21by our Egghead. Please, both of you,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23rejoin your team-mates and we will play on.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28So, the Game Birds have lost two brains from the final round.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32The Eggheads have not lost any and we move to Sport.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- THEY GROAN - As we thought we would, yeah.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37We knew that would happen. What are we going to do?
0:13:37 > 0:13:41- I'll take it if you want me to, but...- We need you for the final.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- ..that'll leave one of you for the final.- It's a shame, isn't it?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Do you want me to take it? - I know nothing about Sport.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49I don't mind, but...
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- All right, I'll take it. - OK, Coralie. Against...?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- I'm taking one for the team. - All right.- Um...
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- The captain goes into the breach against which Egghead?- Judith.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- I know that I shouldn't do it to you, really...- Never mind.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- ..but come with me. - THEY LAUGH
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- You're in this together, after all.- We are.- OK.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08So, Coralie from the Game Birds versus Judith.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Please go to the Question Room.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- Well, favourite book, Coralie? - Anything by Peter James.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17He's a local author to us
0:14:17 > 0:14:20and he's written a great series of crime novels.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23So, introduced to him via the book club. Fantastic.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- And I appreciate sport is not your thing?- It's not, no. No.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- You had a battle plan. - Gone completely, yeah, awry.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Well, Judith, that happens all the time, doesn't it?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Yeah, it's impossible to make a battle plan, really, that works.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Who was it who said, "No battle plan survives
0:14:37 > 0:14:39"the first engagement with the enemy"?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- I don't know. Wellington or somebody?- Anyone know?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- It wasn't Wellington. Um, I'll have a think.- OK. All right.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47So, meanwhile, we play on with Sport,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50and, Coralie, would you like to go first or second?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51I'll go first, please.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Your first question.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Ian Rush scored a record 28 goals
0:15:00 > 0:15:02for which international football team?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I'm very much hoping that that's Wales.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11It is Wales. Well done. Good stuff.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Judith, in which decade
0:15:13 > 0:15:15did the boxer George Foreman
0:15:15 > 0:15:18first become heavyweight champion of the world?
0:15:22 > 0:15:28Oh. Um, I think 1950s is too early,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31so I think it's 1970s.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33It is 1970s.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Coralie, which English cricketer
0:15:35 > 0:15:40became the world's top ranked test batsman in October 2015?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Well, I recognise two of those names. Um...
0:15:50 > 0:15:54I'm going to go down the right, Ian Bell.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Judith, is Coralie right?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I think it was Joe Root, wasn't it?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59It is actually Joe Root, yeah.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- Well done, Miss Keppel.- Rooty.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Rooty? Is that what you call him? - Yeah.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Well, they're all called Rooty, Cookie, Belly,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Stokesy, you know.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- Yeah.- They all... - SHE LAUGHS
0:16:09 > 0:16:11They think they're Australian, I think.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- They add an -y to the end of their names.- Yeah.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15OK, Keppely, here's your question.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Which of tennis's Grand Slam men's singles titles
0:16:18 > 0:16:23has Rafael Nadal won on more occasions than any other player?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Well, he's very, very good on clay,
0:16:29 > 0:16:34and I'm fairly sure that's the French Open, which is a clay court.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36French Open is correct.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Coralie, to stay in,
0:16:37 > 0:16:41which rugby union international played for Cambridge University
0:16:41 > 0:16:44in the 2015 Varsity Match?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Well, unless Jonny Wilkinson's gone back to do a PhD or something,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53it shouldn't be him.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Jamie Roberts.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Is the right answer. THEY CHEER
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- That's good.- Yes!
0:17:01 > 0:17:03All right, well, this is interesting now.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05So, two-two. Judith,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07you need this one to end the round.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Otherwise, we go to Sudden Death on Sport,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11which I'm sure you're looking forward to.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- We really don't want to do that. - THEY LAUGH
0:17:14 > 0:17:16The Scotsman Allister Hutton
0:17:16 > 0:17:20won which of these sporting events in 1990?
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Well, I've heard of more jockeys winning the Grand National
0:17:28 > 0:17:32and people winning the snooker.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I think it might be the London Marathon.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Interesting quizzing.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38That's how they do it sometimes when they're working blind.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Are you right, though? Eggheads, is she right?- Yeah.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Yes, London Marathon is the right answer, Judith.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45SHE LAUGHS You've won on Sport.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- It was a rather devious method, I must say.- Yeah.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50So, what, is that 602 now or something you've won on Sport?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- Yes, it is. It's 602. - You're passed 600. Yeah.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55All right, sorry, Coralie.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- I know you knew some of those. - Well...
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Come back to us and we will play the next round,
0:17:59 > 0:18:00the last before the final.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Now, I gave a quote earlier, which was,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07"No battle plan survives first engagement with the enemy,"
0:18:07 > 0:18:08which a lot of Challengers find,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11and I was asking the Eggs who it was. I've looked it up.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14It was a guy called Hellmuth von Mucke The Elder.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- Kevin, any thoughts on him?- Yeah, I'm OK if it's attributed to him.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21I'm not 100% convinced, I have to say,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24but he was the leader of the Prussian Army
0:18:24 > 0:18:27at the time of the Franco-Prussian War
0:18:27 > 0:18:30just when Prussia was on the rise and Germany was becoming unified,
0:18:30 > 0:18:35and he was the creator of the great Prussian General Staff
0:18:35 > 0:18:38who developed battle plans and that sort of thing.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41So, it's appropriate that it would be him, so, fair enough.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44All right. And he's known as the great, silent one.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46So, again, Pat models himself on...
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Yeah, that's right. - ..Hellmuth von Mucke The Elder.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- Yeah, he hasn't invaded France yet. - No, he hasn't. That's true.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54So, the Game Birds are having a bit of difficulty
0:18:54 > 0:18:56with their battle plan. They've lost three.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58The Eggheads have not lost any so far
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and we have the last round now before the final,
0:19:01 > 0:19:02which is Geography.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04THEY GROAN Oh, dear.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Guess who's round that was. - That was yours, Coralie.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09THEY LAUGH You're one step behind.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13- It does seem to be going that way, doesn't it?- I don't mind.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- I'm really not at all good. - Do you want me to do it?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Go on, then. Yeah, Sarah.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- Go on, then. It's me.- Sarah, OK.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Our landscape gardener against which Egghead?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Lisa, please.- Dave or Lisa?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- Sorry, Lisa. - No, she won't mind that at all.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28When I say you won't mind that at all,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30you might mind a little bit, actually.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Sarah from the Game Birds versus Lisa on her wonderful Geography.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35To ensure there's no conferring,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37please, for the last time, go to our Question Room.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41So, I'm guessing you were holding out for History, Sarah...
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- I was, yes.- ..cos that's your thing. - It is, yes.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I did a degree in archaeology.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49And interestingly, you've been doing re-enactments, as well.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53I do. I'm a member of a War of the Roses re-enactment group.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Give me your favourite book or recommended read,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Sarah, for the Eggs.- Oh, for me, it's got to be Pride And Prejudice.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02I am a Jane Austen... I just read, yeah, every few years.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Love it.- Brilliant. So, on Geography against Lisa,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06would you like to go first or second, Sarah?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Oh, I think I'm going to change the trend
0:20:08 > 0:20:10and I'll go second, please.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15And here we go.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18The Great Barrier Reef lies off which coast of Australia?
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Right, brace yourself, Jeremy, but I think I might be about to get
0:20:26 > 0:20:30an Australian geography question right...she says.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32I think it's the East Coast.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34It is the East Coast. Yay!
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- There have been so many problems for you with Australia.- It is my hoodoo.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I think that the Australian tourist board
0:20:39 > 0:20:41will fly you out there soon... SHE LAUGHS
0:20:41 > 0:20:44..just to make sure you stop getting answers wrong on it.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Sarah, your question.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49How many countries share a border with the Netherlands?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Oh, dear. The Netherlands.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Oh, I'm trying to remember.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I'm going to say four.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Yeah, these questions throw me, I must say.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- It's got a coast, first of all, hasn't it, Eggheads?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- Right. What's the answer, Eggs? BOTH:- Two.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Two.- Oh.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14OK,
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Lisa, the Seychelles lie approximately 1,000km
0:21:19 > 0:21:21north-east of which island?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26They're in the Indian Ocean.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I'm fairly certain that's Madagascar.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Madagascar's the right answer.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34OK, so, you do have to get this one right, Sarah,
0:21:34 > 0:21:35to stay in.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38In which English county is Croyde Bay?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Oh, my in-laws live in Norfolk
0:21:44 > 0:21:49and I don't ever remember Croyde Bay being mentioned.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Ooh, there's lots of bays in Devon.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- I'll say Devon. - I know Devon quite well.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I'm not sure where it is, but it is Devon.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- You're right.- Oh!- Well done. North Devon coast.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Sarah, well done.- Thank you.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05So, Lisa, you can get the round with this answer.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Which of these countries is smallest by area?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Yeah, that was never, ever going to be an easy gimme,
0:22:14 > 0:22:18like, you know, Monaco, Russia, Canada, was it?
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- THEY LAUGH - Um, Andorra and Liechtenstein
0:22:22 > 0:22:29are big enough to have capitals in their own right.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34San Marino, I'm wondering if it's a sort of large-ish city-state.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Now, you see, recently, I've lost a lot of rounds
0:22:36 > 0:22:41by ignoring my first instinct and overthinking it.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43It's never a guarantee with Geography
0:22:43 > 0:22:45that my first instinct is any good,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47but nonetheless, I will say San Marino.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50OK. Let me ask the Eggs. Liechtenstein's capital?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52- ALL:- Vaduz.- Vaduz.- Vaduz, yeah.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56- And Andorra's capital? - ALL:- Andorra la Vella.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- And San Marino's capital? ALL:- San Marino.- Ah.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02So, your logic was impeccable there. San Marino is the right answer.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- No capital city. You've got the answer right...- Hurrah!
0:23:05 > 0:23:08..and you've taken the round and you will be in the final. Sorry, Sarah.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- Never mind. - If you both come back to us,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13we will play that final round for £8,000.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18It is time for our final round,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:23:23 > 0:23:25won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29So, Coralie, Nikki, Sarra and Sarah from the Game Birds,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31would you please now leave the studio?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Nicola, you are playing to win the Game Birds £8,000.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39I know you weren't supposed to end up alone, but don't worry,
0:23:39 > 0:23:40we've seen it, haven't we?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- More than once recently. - Yes.- Oh, yeah.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Chris, Judith, Kevin, Dave and Lisa,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47you're playing for something that money can't buy -
0:23:47 > 0:23:49the Eggheads' reputation, and to keep this streak going.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- I was going to say you can confer. - No.- Nobody to confer with.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01But, Nicola, the question here is
0:24:01 > 0:24:03can your one brain defeat these five?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- And would you like to go first or second?- I'll go first, please.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11All right. I won't put you off
0:24:11 > 0:24:13by asking for your favourite book at this stage.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Here is your first question.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18In Greek mythology, who was the father of Icarus,
0:24:18 > 0:24:23the boy who flew too near to the sun and melted the wax on his wings?
0:24:28 > 0:24:29OK.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33This is not my best subject,
0:24:33 > 0:24:38but something tells me it's Damocles,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40so I'll go Damocles.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42OK. Well, there was the Sword of Damocles.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- Was he also the father of Icarus, Eggheads?- No, Daedalus.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- Daedalus was the father. - Oh, I knew it was a D.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50And Sisyphus? Who was Sisyphus?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- Bloke with a big rock. - Pushing the stone up the hill.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- Oh, and he kept falling back down?- Mm.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56OK, Eggheads,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59from which country did the UK astronaut Tim Peake
0:24:59 > 0:25:03depart on his landmark flight to the International Space Station
0:25:03 > 0:25:05in December 2015?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09- Kazakhstan.- Kazakhstan.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Are we all happy with Kazakhstan? - ALL:- Yeah.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14We believe that's Kazakhstan, please, Jeremy.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Dave and team, Kazakhstan, it's the right answer.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Back to you, Nicola.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Which writer created Slartibartfast?
0:25:23 > 0:25:28So, it's all one word. S-L-A-R-T-I-B-A-R-T-F-A-S-T.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Slartibartfast.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34OK.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I...I'm going to rule out JK Rowling,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43and I've read a lot of Terry Pratchett
0:25:43 > 0:25:48and I don't think it's him, so I will go Douglas Adams.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Douglas Adams is the right answer.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- OK.- Good stuff.- Yay! - SHE LAUGHS
0:25:52 > 0:25:55All right, you're level with the Eggheads.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57They have the advantage cos they went second.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01George Shelley found fame with which boyband?
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- Union J.- He was one of Union J, yeah.- It was Union J.- Yeah.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09- Was he in the Jungle?- He was.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- Yeah, it's Union J, isn't it?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Chris, just making sure of that with you.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Well, you'd know. I wouldn't.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- No, you're the DJ.- Well, I don't play that sort of rubbish.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Um, we believe that George Shelley
0:26:23 > 0:26:26is a member of Union J, please, Jeremy.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Was he in the Jungle? Is that right?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- He was in the Jungle. - I think he was.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Just revealed your viewing habits, Lisa.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- This way, you don't need to listen to the music.- OK.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Even Chris the DJ agrees.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Union J is quite right.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41All right, so, they've got two,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43which they can do sometimes.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- They might go wrong on the third...- Right.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47..but we've got to hand it back to them
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- with you getting this one right. If you get it wrong, it's over.- OK.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Which comedy performer created the character Minnie Bannister?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- Minnie- Bannister. Bannister. - Minnie Bannister.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Ooh, I really don't know this one.
0:27:07 > 0:27:14Um, I'm leaning towards Matt Lucas, so I'm going to go with that
0:27:14 > 0:27:16because I'll kick myself if it's not that one.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18So, I'm going to stick with Matt Lucas.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20So, a sort of Little Britain type of character?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- That's what I thought. - Sounds like it. Let's see.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24If you've got this wrong, the contest is over.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Eggheads, is it Matt Lucas?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- Spike Milligan.- Spike Milligan. - It's from The Goons.- From The Goons.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Quite a while ago. - Oh. Before my time.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- The answer is Spike Milligan.- OK.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- We have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.- Well played.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Fear not. It's hard being solo there with no-one to talk to.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- I know! It's very lonely. - Doesn't happen to them very...
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Very rare you're down to one, isn't it, Eggheads?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- It has happened. - It has, occasionally.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53It's a lonely place. So, commiserations, Game Birds.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them
0:27:55 > 0:27:58and this winning streak of yours continues.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00It means you won't be going home with the £8,000,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:08 > 0:28:10have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14£9,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.