Episode 93 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is can they be beaten?

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

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

They are the Eggheads.

Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today

are the Game Birds from Partridge Green in West Sussex.

Now, this team of friends are all members of the Game Birds book club.

Let's meet them.

Hello, I'm Coralie and I'm a business consultant.

Hello, I'm Nicola and I'm an HR manager.

Hello, I'm Nikki and I'm a risk specialist.

Hello, I'm Sarra and I'm a part-time costume assistant.

Hello, I'm Sarah and I'm a landscape gardener.

-So, Coralie and team, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-We have a book club here, Coralie. Is that right?

-We do, yes, yes.

-The Game Birds.

-And give me an idea of how often the Game Birds meet.

We meet once every about six weeks where we've read two books,

and we go to a local pub where we then talk about the books

-and we have dinner and have a few drinks.

-Ooh, what fun.

But that means you're reading a book every three weeks.

Yeah, some of us are very good at that,

but the rule is that you don't have to read all the books, so...

And I'm sure you've had this.

If you turn up and you haven't read the book, does anyone bluff?

I'm not sure we do. We actually are very polite and say,

"Look, haven't read that one."

-But then you're not allowed to score it.

-Ah, I see. OK.

And at the end, you say...

At the end of a year, you say,

"This is the best book we read this year"?

We've actually got the record

-of all the books we've read over the ten years.

-Oh, really?

-We've read 145 books.

-Oh, wow. Brilliant.

-Yeah.

-And I think our best book was...?

-My Sister's Keeper.

My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult. That scored a nine out of ten.

I have to write that down. THEY LAUGH

-No, nine and a quarter.

-Who's read that, Eggs?

-Have you read that, Judith?

-No, I haven't.

Wow, drawing a blank here.

OK, I think that augurs well. THEY LAUGH

You've got a bit of superior knowledge.

So, every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash

up for grabs for our Challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

Now, Game Birds, the Eggheads are on a bit of a roll.

They've won the last seven games.

-Think that's good, isn't it? ALL:

-Yeah.

There's £8,000 to play for, which will be great

-for your next few pub lunches.

-Absolutely.

And the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV.

-Right.

-Who would like this? That could be

-right up your street, actually.

-Yes. So, who's going to take that?

-Film & TV.

-So, that could be Sarra or Nikki.

-Mm.

-Up to you.

-Do you want to take it, Nikki?

-I'll take it.

-Yeah, I think Nikki.

-Me, then.

-OK, Nikki.

-Choose an Egghead, Nikki. Any one of the five.

-Who do you want?

-Can I do Chris?

-You can do Chris.

-THEY LAUGH

You certainly can. You certainly can.

-Happy with this?

-Yeah, course I am.

Last book you read?

Industrial Locomotives Of Lancashire, 1952,

reprint by the Industrial Railway Society.

-Oh, we haven't read that one.

-No.

-That's probably when he read it.

So, Nikki from the Game Birds versus Chris from the Eggheads.

And to ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions in our famous Question Room.

-Well, I have to ask, favourite book, Nikki?

-Favourite book?

-Yeah.

OK, it's The Island by Victoria Hislop.

-Which is about the leper colony.

-It is, yeah. We all loved that.

Yeah, my mum loved that.

In fact, I must read it, actually. Have you read that, Chris?

-Um, no is the short answer to that.

-OK. So, the conversation ends there.

Film & TV, Nikki. Would you like to go first or second?

I'd like to go first, please.

Here we go. Who played Gareth in the sitcom The Office?

Right. Do you know, I didn't ever actually watch this.

I never saw the dance that Ricky Gervais did.

Um, OK, I'm going to go for Martin Freeman.

-Challengers, is she right?

-It's Mackenzie Crook, I think.

-It's Mackenzie Crook.

-Ah.

-The sort of bug-eyed, very thin...

-Yeah.

OK, Chris, your question.

In which film does Jodie Foster play a character called Tallulah?

Well, the concept of this film sounds absolutely repulsive.

It's a sort of gangster melodrama played by kids for laughs.

It's Bugsy Malone.

Bugsy Malone is right. Well done.

So, he's ahead, Nikki, and you need to try and stop him.

-Yeah, I would have liked that one.

-SHE LAUGHS

Always the way.

Who adapted Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse play Cyrano De Bergerac

into the 1987 comedy film Roxanne?

Not 100% sure, but I think...

I think it was Steve Martin, but I'm not 100% sure.

Steve Martin is the right answer. Well done.

Was there some kind of nose-growing thing in that film?

-It's not really growing. It's just big.

-Oh, it's just big.

The premise of it is is there's this stupid bloke

who fancies Roxanne,

and he wants to woo her, but he's too stupid to do it,

so Cyrano De Bergerac does it on the quiet in his name sort of

because he thinks he's too ugly to do it himself. But, of course...

Well, hey, that's spoilers. We won't go further than that.

OK, she then falls in love with... I see. OK.

So, level. Chris,

which actress best known for her role in Coronation Street

took on the role of Mrs Winterbottom

in a Christmas 2015 episode of Emmerdale?

Ah.

Now, Jean Alexander, I think, has retired, finally,

so it wasn't her.

Don't think it was Amanda Barrie either,

but I think I remember somewhere that Liz Dawn actually came back

to make a cameo in Emmerdale, so I'll say Liz Dawn.

-Eggheads, is he right?

-Yes.

-Yes, indeed you are.

And was Jean Alexander Hilda Ogden?

-Yes, she was, yeah.

-Right. Liz Dawn is correct.

Nikki, third question.

You need to get this one right.

In The Muppet Show, first seen in 1976,

who provided the voice for Miss Piggy?

Don't actually know.

Well, Jim Henson did the puppets,

but whether he provided the voice or not...

Um, I'm going to go Jim Henson because he did the puppets.

He's certainly got the big Muppet connection, but, Chris, is he right?

-No, it's Frank Oz. Hayah!

-SHE LAUGHS

We've never seen Chris do Miss Piggy before.

The whole show has been worth it just for that.

THEY LAUGH Frank Oz is the answer, Nikki.

You've been knocked out by our Chris.

-OK.

-The Locomotive, as he's known. He does steam ahead sometimes.

He'll be in the final. You won't. Please return to us.

So, as it stands, the Game Birds book club have lost

one brain from the final round.

The Eggheads have still not lost a brain.

All sitting there wondering if they're going to continue

this winning streak of theirs.

And the next subject is Food & Drink.

-THEY LAUGH

-That was Nikki.

-Oh, dear.

-That was my subject.

-OK.

-So, who goes into this one, then?

-Well, that's going to be a bit...

-Do you want me to do this one...

-Do you want to take it?

-..and hope that Sport doesn't come up?

-Yeah, go on, then.

-This'll be interesting, then, won't it?

-Sarra...

-Yes, I'm going to do it.

-..which Egghead would you like?

-Ooh.

-Any ideas, anybody?

-Kevin.

-Kevin. Oh, Kevin.

SHE CHUCKLES Sarra from the Game Birds

is going to try and knock out the grandmaster from the Eggheads,

-our Kevin.

-Grandmaster?

-Please go to the Question...

Well, not grandmaster on Food & Drink, though.

THEY LAUGH Please go to the Question Room now.

So, Sarra, can you give us a book recommendation?

Um, no. I can never remember anything.

All right, so, quizzing will be a strong point for you, then?

Oh, yes. I've got the memory of a sieve.

THEY LAUGH Well, we're on Food & Drink and...

Well, you can see I'm quite good at eating food and drink,

so I'm sure I'll be fine.

Well, Kevin, famously, has done without a kitchen for a long time.

-Is it now back in service, Kevin?

-Well, as we speak,

I've moved anyway, so I have actually got

-a functioning kitchen area now, yeah.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah.

And is the oven working or have you not tried it yet?

-I haven't tried it yet.

-He's probably serious.

So, Sarra, would you like to go first or second?

Well, I was going to break the mould and go second,

but I think I'm going to go first.

Here is your question, then, Sarra. Good luck.

The phrase al dente is most likely to be used

in relation to which of these foods?

Well, I think I'm just going to go straight for it and say pasta.

Yeah, that's right. Do you know what it means?

Just not quite cooked.

-Yeah, sort of on the teeth, yeah.

-Mm.

-OK, Kevin,

what is the technical term for the white of an egg?

Well, it's certainly not the other two. That's the albumen.

You're sure it's not the giblet?

That would be interesting, but, no, it's not the giblet.

It's not. Albumen is correct.

OK, Sarra, I think you've got him on the ropes.

-Hope so.

-He's showing a bit of uncertainty.

Not much, it has to be said.

What name is given to the Scandinavian dish

of dry, cured salmon marinated in herbs and spices?

Oh, this one is quite a good question for me

cos I'm married to a Scandinavian and therefore I will go for gravlax.

And does he get up every morning and demand gravlax?

No, thank goodness. He just wants muesli.

Oh, he just wants muesli? HE CHUCKLES

Gravlax is right.

OK, Kevin, to stay abreast of Sarra,

for what does the letter T stand in UHT,

used in relation to a type of milk?

Funnily enough, I've seen variations on this over the years.

At one time, it used to be said that it stood for ultra-heat treated,

but the one that seems to have taken over

is ultra-high temperature, so it's temperature.

Temperature is right.

I'm glad the word treated wasn't in there as well

or we would have had all kinds of trouble.

So, Sarra, get this right and put a bit

of pressure on the great one.

Which cocktail consists of vodka, orange juice and Galliano?

Now, I don't honestly know because I gave up drinking, so...

I love the word margarita, but I don't think it's a margarita.

I think I'm just going to go for a Harvey Wallbanger.

-A Harvey Wallbanger's right.

-Ah!

-Well done. Three out of three.

-Ooh!

OK, Kevin, to stay in, in Japanese

cuisine, what colour is the pungent paste wasabi?

I really can't remember. I've not actually...

I don't like horseradish and I've not actually had wasabi.

I'm not a great fan of Japanese cuisine in general,

so I think I'll...

It could turn out to be red, actually,

but I'll have to go for my original instinct, which is green.

Green. OK, we struggled there. And, Lisa, you and Kevin were...

Kevin and I and some other Eggs were out at dinner last night.

Kevin was sat across from me eating wasabi.

THEY LAUGH

He obviously only had eyes for something else.

-He wasn't looking at the wasabi.

-No, to be fair, he did have

some very nice chicken on the go,

but it was very definitely, while I was eating it, green.

Green is the answer, Kevin. It is very spicy, that stuff.

OK, so, Sarra,

we go to Sudden Death now.

-Mm.

-Perfect threes for you both. Gets a bit harder now.

I don't give you alternatives.

Which mixed drink, usually alcoholic and containing fruit or fruit juice,

is thought to have taken its name from a Hindi word meaning five?

I just... I really don't have a clue,

um, and nothing is coming to mind.

I don't know the Hindi for the number five...

..so I can't even take a guess, really.

So, I think I'm going to have to say...

Take a stab at it in some way just to have a go at something?

No, I don't know at all. I can't even stab.

You'll be so cross when I tell you.

So, the mixed drink, usually alcoholic and containing fruit

or fruit juice, is punch.

-Oh, no!

-SHE LAUGHS

-And, obviously, the word for five in Hindi...

-That threw me.

-..anyone know?

-Well, it's Punjab. The five rivers.

-Ah, I see.

-And it has five ingredients, I guess.

-Mm.

-Yeah.

OK, Kevin, for the round, in Germany,

the Spargel season, beginning in April,

celebrates which delicacy?

The Spargel season?

Well, I'm pretty sure that's German for asparagus,

so I'll have to say asparagus.

Yeah, asparagus is the right answer.

On Sudden Death, you've taken the round.

-There we go. Sorry, Sarra.

-Never mind.

I know you knew punch, as well. You've been knocked out

by our Egghead. Please, both of you,

rejoin your team-mates and we will play on.

So, the Game Birds have lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any and we move to Sport.

-THEY GROAN

-As we thought we would, yeah.

We knew that would happen. What are we going to do?

-I'll take it if you want me to, but...

-We need you for the final.

-..that'll leave one of you for the final.

-It's a shame, isn't it?

-Do you want me to take it?

-I know nothing about Sport.

I don't mind, but...

-All right, I'll take it.

-OK, Coralie. Against...?

-I'm taking one for the team.

-All right.

-Um...

-The captain goes into the breach against which Egghead?

-Judith.

-I know that I shouldn't do it to you, really...

-Never mind.

-..but come with me.

-THEY LAUGH

-You're in this together, after all.

-We are.

-OK.

So, Coralie from the Game Birds versus Judith.

Please go to the Question Room.

-Well, favourite book, Coralie?

-Anything by Peter James.

He's a local author to us

and he's written a great series of crime novels.

So, introduced to him via the book club. Fantastic.

-And I appreciate sport is not your thing?

-It's not, no. No.

-You had a battle plan.

-Gone completely, yeah, awry.

Well, Judith, that happens all the time, doesn't it?

Yeah, it's impossible to make a battle plan, really, that works.

Who was it who said, "No battle plan survives

"the first engagement with the enemy"?

-I don't know. Wellington or somebody?

-Anyone know?

-It wasn't Wellington. Um, I'll have a think.

-OK. All right.

So, meanwhile, we play on with Sport,

and, Coralie, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

Your first question.

Ian Rush scored a record 28 goals

for which international football team?

I'm very much hoping that that's Wales.

It is Wales. Well done. Good stuff.

Judith, in which decade

did the boxer George Foreman

first become heavyweight champion of the world?

Oh. Um, I think 1950s is too early,

so I think it's 1970s.

It is 1970s.

Coralie, which English cricketer

became the world's top ranked test batsman in October 2015?

Well, I recognise two of those names. Um...

I'm going to go down the right, Ian Bell.

Judith, is Coralie right?

I think it was Joe Root, wasn't it?

It is actually Joe Root, yeah.

-Well done, Miss Keppel.

-Rooty.

-Rooty? Is that what you call him?

-Yeah.

Well, they're all called Rooty, Cookie, Belly,

Stokesy, you know.

-Yeah.

-They all...

-SHE LAUGHS

They think they're Australian, I think.

-They add an -y to the end of their names.

-Yeah.

OK, Keppely, here's your question.

Which of tennis's Grand Slam men's singles titles

has Rafael Nadal won on more occasions than any other player?

Well, he's very, very good on clay,

and I'm fairly sure that's the French Open, which is a clay court.

French Open is correct.

Coralie, to stay in,

which rugby union international played for Cambridge University

in the 2015 Varsity Match?

Well, unless Jonny Wilkinson's gone back to do a PhD or something,

it shouldn't be him.

Jamie Roberts.

Is the right answer. THEY CHEER

-That's good.

-Yes!

All right, well, this is interesting now.

So, two-two. Judith,

you need this one to end the round.

Otherwise, we go to Sudden Death on Sport,

which I'm sure you're looking forward to.

-We really don't want to do that.

-THEY LAUGH

The Scotsman Allister Hutton

won which of these sporting events in 1990?

Well, I've heard of more jockeys winning the Grand National

and people winning the snooker.

I think it might be the London Marathon.

Interesting quizzing.

That's how they do it sometimes when they're working blind.

-Are you right, though? Eggheads, is she right?

-Yeah.

Yes, London Marathon is the right answer, Judith.

SHE LAUGHS You've won on Sport.

-It was a rather devious method, I must say.

-Yeah.

So, what, is that 602 now or something you've won on Sport?

-Yes, it is. It's 602.

-You're passed 600. Yeah.

All right, sorry, Coralie.

-I know you knew some of those.

-Well...

Come back to us and we will play the next round,

the last before the final.

Now, I gave a quote earlier, which was,

"No battle plan survives first engagement with the enemy,"

which a lot of Challengers find,

and I was asking the Eggs who it was. I've looked it up.

It was a guy called Hellmuth von Mucke The Elder.

-Kevin, any thoughts on him?

-Yeah, I'm OK if it's attributed to him.

I'm not 100% convinced, I have to say,

but he was the leader of the Prussian Army

at the time of the Franco-Prussian War

just when Prussia was on the rise and Germany was becoming unified,

and he was the creator of the great Prussian General Staff

who developed battle plans and that sort of thing.

So, it's appropriate that it would be him, so, fair enough.

All right. And he's known as the great, silent one.

So, again, Pat models himself on...

-Yeah, that's right.

-..Hellmuth von Mucke The Elder.

-Yeah, he hasn't invaded France yet.

-No, he hasn't. That's true.

So, the Game Birds are having a bit of difficulty

with their battle plan. They've lost three.

The Eggheads have not lost any so far

and we have the last round now before the final,

which is Geography.

THEY GROAN Oh, dear.

-Guess who's round that was.

-That was yours, Coralie.

THEY LAUGH You're one step behind.

-It does seem to be going that way, doesn't it?

-I don't mind.

-I'm really not at all good.

-Do you want me to do it?

Go on, then. Yeah, Sarah.

-Go on, then. It's me.

-Sarah, OK.

Our landscape gardener against which Egghead?

-Lisa, please.

-Dave or Lisa?

-Sorry, Lisa.

-No, she won't mind that at all.

When I say you won't mind that at all,

you might mind a little bit, actually.

Sarah from the Game Birds versus Lisa on her wonderful Geography.

To ensure there's no conferring,

please, for the last time, go to our Question Room.

So, I'm guessing you were holding out for History, Sarah...

-I was, yes.

-..cos that's your thing.

-It is, yes.

I did a degree in archaeology.

And interestingly, you've been doing re-enactments, as well.

I do. I'm a member of a War of the Roses re-enactment group.

Give me your favourite book or recommended read,

-Sarah, for the Eggs.

-Oh, for me, it's got to be Pride And Prejudice.

I am a Jane Austen... I just read, yeah, every few years.

-Love it.

-Brilliant. So, on Geography against Lisa,

would you like to go first or second, Sarah?

Oh, I think I'm going to change the trend

and I'll go second, please.

And here we go.

The Great Barrier Reef lies off which coast of Australia?

Right, brace yourself, Jeremy, but I think I might be about to get

an Australian geography question right...she says.

I think it's the East Coast.

It is the East Coast. Yay!

-There have been so many problems for you with Australia.

-It is my hoodoo.

I think that the Australian tourist board

will fly you out there soon... SHE LAUGHS

..just to make sure you stop getting answers wrong on it.

Sarah, your question.

How many countries share a border with the Netherlands?

Oh, dear. The Netherlands.

Oh, I'm trying to remember.

I'm going to say four.

Yeah, these questions throw me, I must say.

-It's got a coast, first of all, hasn't it, Eggheads?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Right. What's the answer, Eggs? BOTH:

-Two.

-Two.

-Oh.

OK,

Lisa, the Seychelles lie approximately 1,000km

north-east of which island?

They're in the Indian Ocean.

I'm fairly certain that's Madagascar.

Madagascar's the right answer.

OK, so, you do have to get this one right, Sarah,

to stay in.

In which English county is Croyde Bay?

Oh, my in-laws live in Norfolk

and I don't ever remember Croyde Bay being mentioned.

Ooh, there's lots of bays in Devon.

-I'll say Devon.

-I know Devon quite well.

I'm not sure where it is, but it is Devon.

-You're right.

-Oh!

-Well done. North Devon coast.

-Sarah, well done.

-Thank you.

So, Lisa, you can get the round with this answer.

Which of these countries is smallest by area?

Yeah, that was never, ever going to be an easy gimme,

like, you know, Monaco, Russia, Canada, was it?

-THEY LAUGH

-Um, Andorra and Liechtenstein

are big enough to have capitals in their own right.

San Marino, I'm wondering if it's a sort of large-ish city-state.

Now, you see, recently, I've lost a lot of rounds

by ignoring my first instinct and overthinking it.

It's never a guarantee with Geography

that my first instinct is any good,

but nonetheless, I will say San Marino.

OK. Let me ask the Eggs. Liechtenstein's capital?

-ALL:

-Vaduz.

-Vaduz.

-Vaduz, yeah.

-And Andorra's capital?

-ALL:

-Andorra la Vella.

-And San Marino's capital? ALL:

-San Marino.

-Ah.

So, your logic was impeccable there. San Marino is the right answer.

-No capital city. You've got the answer right...

-Hurrah!

..and you've taken the round and you will be in the final. Sorry, Sarah.

-Never mind.

-If you both come back to us,

we will play that final round for £8,000.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for our final round,

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

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

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

So, Coralie, Nikki, Sarra and Sarah from the Game Birds,

would you please now leave the studio?

Nicola, you are playing to win the Game Birds £8,000.

I know you weren't supposed to end up alone, but don't worry,

we've seen it, haven't we?

-More than once recently.

-Yes.

-Oh, yeah.

Chris, Judith, Kevin, Dave and Lisa,

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

the Eggheads' reputation, and to keep this streak going.

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

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

-I was going to say you can confer.

-No.

-Nobody to confer with.

But, Nicola, the question here is

can your one brain defeat these five?

-And would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please.

All right. I won't put you off

by asking for your favourite book at this stage.

Here is your first question.

In Greek mythology, who was the father of Icarus,

the boy who flew too near to the sun and melted the wax on his wings?

OK.

This is not my best subject,

but something tells me it's Damocles,

so I'll go Damocles.

OK. Well, there was the Sword of Damocles.

-Was he also the father of Icarus, Eggheads?

-No, Daedalus.

-Daedalus was the father.

-Oh, I knew it was a D.

And Sisyphus? Who was Sisyphus?

-Bloke with a big rock.

-Pushing the stone up the hill.

-Oh, and he kept falling back down?

-Mm.

OK, Eggheads,

from which country did the UK astronaut Tim Peake

depart on his landmark flight to the International Space Station

in December 2015?

-Kazakhstan.

-Kazakhstan.

-Are we all happy with Kazakhstan?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

We believe that's Kazakhstan, please, Jeremy.

Dave and team, Kazakhstan, it's the right answer.

Back to you, Nicola.

Which writer created Slartibartfast?

So, it's all one word. S-L-A-R-T-I-B-A-R-T-F-A-S-T.

Slartibartfast.

OK.

I...I'm going to rule out JK Rowling,

and I've read a lot of Terry Pratchett

and I don't think it's him, so I will go Douglas Adams.

Douglas Adams is the right answer.

-OK.

-Good stuff.

-Yay!

-SHE LAUGHS

All right, you're level with the Eggheads.

They have the advantage cos they went second.

George Shelley found fame with which boyband?

-Union J.

-He was one of Union J, yeah.

-It was Union J.

-Yeah.

-Was he in the Jungle?

-He was.

-Yeah, it's Union J, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

Chris, just making sure of that with you.

Well, you'd know. I wouldn't.

-No, you're the DJ.

-Well, I don't play that sort of rubbish.

Um, we believe that George Shelley

is a member of Union J, please, Jeremy.

Was he in the Jungle? Is that right?

-He was in the Jungle.

-I think he was.

Just revealed your viewing habits, Lisa.

-This way, you don't need to listen to the music.

-OK.

Even Chris the DJ agrees.

Union J is quite right.

All right, so, they've got two,

which they can do sometimes.

-They might go wrong on the third...

-Right.

..but we've got to hand it back to them

-with you getting this one right. If you get it wrong, it's over.

-OK.

Which comedy performer created the character Minnie Bannister?

-Minnie

-Bannister. Bannister.

-Minnie Bannister.

Ooh, I really don't know this one.

Um, I'm leaning towards Matt Lucas, so I'm going to go with that

because I'll kick myself if it's not that one.

So, I'm going to stick with Matt Lucas.

So, a sort of Little Britain type of character?

-That's what I thought.

-Sounds like it. Let's see.

If you've got this wrong, the contest is over.

Eggheads, is it Matt Lucas?

-Spike Milligan.

-Spike Milligan.

-It's from The Goons.

-From The Goons.

-Quite a while ago.

-Oh. Before my time.

-The answer is Spike Milligan.

-OK.

-We have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

-Well played.

Fear not. It's hard being solo there with no-one to talk to.

-I know! It's very lonely.

-Doesn't happen to them very...

Very rare you're down to one, isn't it, Eggheads?

-It has happened.

-It has, occasionally.

It's a lonely place. So, commiserations, Game Birds.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them

and this winning streak of yours continues.

It means you won't be going home with the £8,000,

so the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

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

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£9,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.