0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:16arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The 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 pit their wits against
0:00:27 > 0:00:29possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31They are the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Battered and bruised today.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34- Yes.- But we'll be back.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- We're shaken - shaken and stirred. - "We'll be back," I know you will.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40So, challenging the might of our quiz Goliaths
0:00:40 > 0:00:42are The Fish Brains from Shropshire.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Now, this team of friends all regularly quiz together
0:00:44 > 0:00:47at their local pub, The Compasses, in Shrewsbury
0:00:47 > 0:00:50and often scoop the £10 jackpot.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Let's meet them.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Deryn and I'm a beauty therapist.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Tom and I'm a biological sciences student.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02Hello, I'm Kathy and I'm a retired local government inspector.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Hello, I'm a Rod. I'm a retired BT engineer.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Hi, I'm Ian. I'm a retired HR advisor.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11So, Deryn and team, welcome.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- From The Compasses, Deryn?- Yep.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Yes, we are from The Compasses,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18which is in the village of Bayston Hill near Shrewsbury.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20And we play the pub quiz in there every fortnight.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22I'm worried cos I said, Shrowsbury.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Am I in the wrong to say Shrowsbury?
0:01:24 > 0:01:25- Can you tell me?- Shroosbury.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28You can say either. Shrewsbury, we say, Shroosbury.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Now, the pub is The Compasses, but the team is The Fish Brains,
0:01:31 > 0:01:32so please explain why.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- We met in The Fishes pub, that's where we were locals.- OK.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38And we gathered round the quiz machine in there
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and then The Compasses pub started doing a quiz,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and so we were The Fish Brains because we came from The Fishes.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48I see. And, Dave, a quiz machine in a pub you haven't been banned from.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Yeah. No, never got banned in Shrewsbury.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54THEY LAUGH
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Cos he's been banned in Manchester cos of quiz machine behaviour.- Oh.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Cos he keeps cleaning them out.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01So, you'll have to give him directions later. Good luck to you.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:04 > 0:02:05for our Challengers.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11So, Fish Brains, as I alluded to,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14the Eggheads had a very bad one in the last game
0:02:14 > 0:02:15and the Challengers won.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18That means, at least, that it can be done
0:02:18 > 0:02:20and it also means there's £1,000 for you to win today.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Would you like to try?
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- ALL:- Yes.- We certainly would. - Good stuff.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of History.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29So, who's the historian?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- That's me, isn't it?- Are we going to go with Kath?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- Yeah.- Yes.- Yeah, that would be me.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- Kathy.- Kath. - Against which Egghead, Kathy?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- I thought Dave. What do you think?- Dave?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Go with Dave?- Yeah, Dave is a good choice.- Yeah.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- Yeah.- Yeah, go for Dave. - OK, Quiz Machine Dave.- Yeah.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Straight into action, Dave. - Yes, no problem at all.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49So, Kathy from The Fish Brains versus Dave from the Eggheads.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50And to ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53would you please take your positions in the Question Room?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57So, Kathy, you've got a bit of a history connection, I know.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Yes. I'd prefer you not to mention that, really.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Oh, really? OK. Well, what shall we say?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06There's a bit of history...academic history stuff.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Yes. But I...
0:03:08 > 0:03:09When I do that job,
0:03:09 > 0:03:13I can have textbooks open, so I can see all the dates.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Well, can I say what the job is or shall we leave it a mystery?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- No, you can say if you want to. - So, you mark exam papers.- Yeah.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21For the International Baccalaureate.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- That's right, yes.- OK.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- So, I'm thinking a little bit of that must go in.- Hopefully.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- Well, let's see.- Yeah, not guaranteed, though.- Good stuff.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33And I notice also, interestingly, you buy and sell vintage postcards.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Yes, I do. Yes.- Which I always... I love to see them.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Where do you sell them?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I sell them at postcard fairs all over the country and on eBay.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I always like the way they look. I never know where to...
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Do people re-use them or do they just store them and collect them?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49No, they collect them. Yeah. They wouldn't re-use them, no.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Oh, dear. A terrible mistake by me last time I bought one.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54THEY CHUCKLE
0:03:54 > 0:03:56OK, History, Kathy, would you like to go first or second?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58I'd like to go second, please.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03OK. The Challengers playing for £1,000.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04And, Dave, over to you.
0:04:04 > 0:04:10Who surrendered to the captain of the HMS Bellerophon in July 1815?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I'm going to have to go Napoleon Bonaparte.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Napoleon Bonaparte is right.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Any Egghead able to tell us the story here?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Well, it was after...a few days after the Battle of Waterloo.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- And they whisked him off to Saint Helena.- OK.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32So, Kathy.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Whom did Winston Churchill describe, in the 1930s,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38as "a seditious, Middle Temple lawyer?"
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Well... Oh.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I was going to say I don't think it's Gandhi,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50but it could have been cos he was a lawyer.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Erm, yes. So, having said it wasn't Gandhi,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I think I will go for Gandhi.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Gandhi is the right answer.- Great.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00And we say Mohandas, not Mahatma, what's going on?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Mahatma is a title.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Mahatma just means great soul, his real name was Mohandas.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07OK. Mohandas was his name.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08- So, Dave.- Yeah.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13In 1415, Henry V crushed a rebellion to put which nobleman on the throne?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I've got to go Owen Glendower.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21The answer is Edmund Mortimer.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Well, you say 1415?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24In 1415, Henry V...
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Well, that's after the Battle of Agincourt,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28so maybe Henry V was over in France
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and he had somebody temporary
0:05:30 > 0:05:33to look after the kingdom while he was away.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- A regent.- A regent, yes.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Let me rack my brains on this one, Eggs.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Kathy.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Luck is all you need.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Which of these events began in the town of Meerut in 1857?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- Could you spell the name of the place, please?- Yes, of course.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56M-E-E-R-U-T. Meerut.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Right. So, it won't be the Boer War because that's too early.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Erm...
0:06:01 > 0:06:03And the Crimean War didn't start then.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06So, I'll have to go for the Indian Mutiny.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Yes, Indian Mutiny is quite right. - Yes!- Yeah.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09So, you've taken the lead.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Dave, you need to get this one right.- Yeah.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13What was the name of modern-day Beijing
0:06:13 > 0:06:17when Genghis Khan captured it in 1215?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Erm, I don't know.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28I'm going to go Jinling.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30See if the Eggheads know. Is he right?
0:06:30 > 0:06:31I'd have had a punt on Zhongdu.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- Zhongdu is the answer.- OK.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Sorry, you've been knocked out there. And well done, Kathy.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Thank you.- You've done it with two questions.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39You'll be in the final round.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- Good start for our Challengers. - Thank you.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Come back to us, please, and we'll play on.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Well, Dave, it was the Southampton Plot, it was called
0:06:47 > 0:06:50and it was an attempt to get a guy called Edmund Mortimer
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- on the throne in 1415. - Yeah. All right.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55And it failed, it was put down.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58And it was nothing to do with Owen Glendower
0:06:58 > 0:07:00who was another battle, another day.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03So, as it stands, The Fish Brains have not lost any brains
0:07:03 > 0:07:05from the final round.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06The Eggheads, have lost one.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Over here, Dave has been caught on the line.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10So, the next subject for you is Sport.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Who is the sport person?- Rod!
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- Yes, that's me, Jeremy.- OK.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Well done, Rod.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It's going to be Rod against which Egghead?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Erm.- Who do you want to go for?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I think I'll go for Chris, please, Jeremy.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Oh, yeah? - THE FISH BRAINS LAUGH
0:07:24 > 0:07:29I thought we'd keep it local - Shrewsbury and Crewe.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32All right. That's good. Just get him a little bit wound up.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34That helps as well.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Rod from Fish Brains, Chris from the Eggheads,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39not a fish brain at all.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41And please, go to our Question Room now.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Rod, you train in dog agility.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Yes, Jeremy. Yes.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49So, you have a dog and you help it go through hoops and stuff?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50That's it, yes.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Over the jumps and through the weaves and what have you, yes.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57But I've been... My dog is ten now,
0:07:57 > 0:08:01so I've not quite retired her cos she still enjoys it,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04but we go in to sort of veteran competitions.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Lovely. I mean, I've seen a couple of them
0:08:05 > 0:08:07and they're great to watch, I must say.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Yes, they are.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Yes, it is enjoyable to watch,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13but the dog gets a lot out of it as well.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16And I think with a Border collie, you do really have to work
0:08:16 > 0:08:20their mind and their bodies and they clearly love doing it.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Chris, you ever had a dog?
0:08:21 > 0:08:25No. My dad had a...thing 40-odd years ago.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28But I'm not a dog person, more of a cat person.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Not that I keep a cat anyway
0:08:29 > 0:08:31cos being away so much it wouldn't be fair.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33So, when you say your dad had a thing,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35was this thing ever identified?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- It was a four-footed, bits of this, bit of that.- Yeah.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42OK, Sport, Rod, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53Who was appointed manager of Chelsea, Rod, in December 2015
0:08:53 > 0:08:55after the sacking of Jose Mourinho?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Could you repeat the date again, please, Jeremy?
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Who was appointed manager of Chelsea in December 2015
0:09:06 > 0:09:08after the sacking of Jose Mourinho?
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Well, it's not Ruud Gullit.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13He was a while ago.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17So, I think it's Louis van Gaal.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- Ooh.- Ooh.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Ooh. Guus Hiddink is the answer. - Yeah.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Louis van Gaal, at that time, was the Manchester United manager.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Chris.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Who won the women's singles tournament
0:09:30 > 0:09:32at the 2016 Australian Open?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I think that was Johanna Konta.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Oh, if only.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Oh, and she's the British one?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Yes, she is. Yeah.- So, no, Chris.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- Oh.- No, and Barry is in pain here cos he wanted it to be her.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- It was actually Angelique Kerber. - Mm-hm.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55So, we're back where we started.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Rod, well done there.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59You did a little swerve, made sure Chris got his one wrong.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04Felipe Contepomi is the highest all-time point scorer
0:10:04 > 0:10:07for which national rugby union team?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Could you repeat the name, please, Jeremy?- Yes.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Felipe, which is F-E-L-I-P-E,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Contepomi, which is C-O-N-T-E-P-O-M-I.
0:10:22 > 0:10:29Er, well, I'm not sure, but I don't think the name sounds French.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31It does sound Italian,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35but my head seems to think that it could be Argentina.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37But I'm going to go for Italian, please, Jeremy.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38- All right.- Italy.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Italy is your answer, but Argentina is the correct answer.- Aw.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Bad luck. So, Chris, your chance to try and take the lead.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Sydney Howard Smith was the first recorded winner
0:10:48 > 0:10:53of the all England men's singles title in which sport?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Oh, well, the only one of those where you get singles is badminton.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Badminton is right.- Mm.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04That was a clever little move you did there.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06So, Chris is in the lead.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08It means, Rod, you need this answer.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Quite badly.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Who was Jacque Villeneuve's team-mate
0:11:13 > 0:11:17during his debut Formula One season in 1996?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I don't think it is Mika Hakkinen.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28I think he's more recent than that.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31So, David Coulthard or Damon Hill.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35I'm going to have to sort of guess with Damon Hill, please, Jeremy.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38You've got it right. It is Damon Hill, well done.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Well done. We're breaking through now.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43OK. If Chris gets this one, he's in the final round.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Who was the first South African bowler to take 300 test wickets?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Well, the only name I recognise there is Shaun Pollock,
0:11:56 > 0:11:57so that's got to be the answer.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Any Eggheads know?- Allan Donald.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Allan Donald is the answer.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03We're going to go to Sudden Death.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06We're equal after three questions.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09This could end quickly, Rod, although it doesn't always.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11So, it gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternatives.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Here's your question.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14The cricketer Don Bradman,
0:12:14 > 0:12:20needing four runs to retire with a test match batting average of 100,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24scored how many runs in his final innings?
0:12:24 > 0:12:28I will have to go for the century, I think, Jeremy, but I don't know.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30No, it's the opposite, he scored zero.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34And so he didn't finish with 100 average,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36he finished with an average of 99.9 or something like that.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- 94.- 99.94.- Yeah.- Mortifying.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41OK, Chris, Sudden Death.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44If you get this right, you are in the final, Chris.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Hold focus now.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50In which sport might a player execute a Cruyff turn?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Cruyff as in Johan Cruyff? C-R-U-Y-F-F.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55C-R-U-Y-F-F.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Hmm.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Er.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Ice-skating.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- THEY LAUGH - How can he know who it is...?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Don't tell me it's football.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08The answer is football.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11You said, "As in Johan Cruyff," I thought, "We're there."
0:13:11 > 0:13:14THEY ALL LAUGH We're there.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Ice-skating?!
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Well, a turn, you know.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21OK. Sudden Death, we may need to rename this round.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Rod, the controversial athlete Marita Koch set a world record
0:13:26 > 0:13:31of 47.60 seconds in 1985 in which track event?
0:13:31 > 0:13:35The time would suggest it's somewhere around the 400 metres,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38so I would say 400 metres, Jeremy.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Well done, Rod. 400 metres it is. Good. OK.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44So, Chris needs this one now.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Will Greenwood played rugby union for Leicester
0:13:48 > 0:13:50and which other professional club?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Get this wrong and you're out, Chris.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Saracens.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57You've got it wrong. It's Harlequins. Well done, Rod.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59APPLAUSE
0:13:59 > 0:14:02You went toe-to-toe with big Chris there and you've triumphed.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04You're in the final. You've beaten him on Sport.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Please come back to us, both of you, and we'll play the next round.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Well, it is going very well for The Fish Brains.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14You have not lost any brains, Fishes.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18The Eggs, have lost two and we've still got two more subjects to go.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19The first of which is Music.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Who would like music?
0:14:22 > 0:14:23- Do you want to do it?- Well.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Or do you want me to do it?- You do it.- You want me to do it?- Yeah.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27- OK.- All right, it's me.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- OK, Deryn. Against which Egghead? - Gosh.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Who looks like they're striking bum notes?- Music, music, music.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Barry or Pat.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- Sorry, what do you...?- They're all really worried about taking this.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- I'd go for Barry or Pat.- OK. Erm...
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- Yeah, Barry or Pat. - Ooh, I don't know.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Barry.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47OK. Deryn from Fish Brains versus Barry from the Eggheads on Music.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Barry known as The Brain.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56So, would you like to go first against Barry or second?
0:14:56 > 0:14:57I'll go second.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Barry, your question.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06What is the name of the Minneapolis recording studio established
0:15:06 > 0:15:07by the musician Prince?
0:15:11 > 0:15:16It can't obviously be Abbey Road, which is in London and Sun Studios
0:15:16 > 0:15:20is the studio that first recorded Elvis and that, I believe,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23in Memphis, so I will go for Paisley Park.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It's Paisley Park, well done.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Over to you, Deryn.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31"Watchin' the ships roll in and I'll watch 'em roll away again,"
0:15:31 > 0:15:33are lyrics from which Otis Redding song?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Right, when you said that, I started singing it in my head
0:15:43 > 0:15:50and I'm pretty sure it's Sittin' On - The Dock Of The Bay.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Indeed it is.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54If Lisa was here, she could sing it.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56# Sittin' on the dock of the bay... #
0:15:56 > 0:16:01OK, Barry, in which year did Madonna achieve her first UK number single?
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Madonna's first hit, I believe, was Holiday, but her first number one
0:16:08 > 0:16:11single, I think, was Into The Groove.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Oh, that's the easy bit, but what year?
0:16:14 > 0:16:19Madonna has been going an awfully long time. I think 1987 is too late.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23I'm going to go for the earliest of those dates, 1983.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27- OK, Dave is our '80s music specialist. Dave?- 1985.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Yeah, '85 is the answer.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Barry, sorry. That's handy.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Gosh, you're getting the wind behind you, the Fish Brains.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38This is good for you.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40You have a chance here to take the lead, Deryn.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday
0:16:43 > 0:16:48was a 1979 UK top 10 single for which group?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50SHE CHUCKLES
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Again, I've got that in my head
0:16:56 > 0:17:00and it's definitely not Kool & the Gang,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03it's not Sister Sledge. I'm quite sure it is Boney M.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06It's one of those things you almost don't want to know.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Boney M is right. Well done, you are in the lead.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Eggheads are wobbling here in their egg cups.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16So, Barry, if you get this wrong, you're out as well.
0:17:16 > 0:17:229 Variations On A March By Dressler is the first extent published work
0:17:22 > 0:17:23of which composer?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Could you just repeat that, please?- Yes.
0:17:29 > 0:17:359 Variations On A March By Dressler is the first extent published work
0:17:35 > 0:17:37of which composer?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41I have heard the name Dressler, I think it's Anton Dressler.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46I think he's the earliest musician of all of those three,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49so in that case, that would lead me to Mozart.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51But is it Mozart? Let me think.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55No, I'm going to change my mind. I'll say Wagner.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56I thought you were going to go
0:17:56 > 0:17:58to the right answer then, but you didn't.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- It's not Mozart or Wagner.- Oh.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02- Beethoven.- Didn't know that.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Tough old question but there we go.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Deryn, you've beaten another Egghead.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09What a contest this is.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11So, three knocked out now
0:18:11 > 0:18:13and only one more round before the final.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Please come back and rejoin your team-mates.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Well, what a contest we've got here.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22The Fish Brains have been battling away. They have not lost any brains.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25The Eggheads have had three of their little shells broken.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28So the next subject now is Science.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30THE FISH BRAINS LAUGH Is this good?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- Yeah.- Well done, Tom.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- OK, Tom, because you're a biology student.- Yeah.- Great.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- And I'll go against Judith. - OK, fine.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40You're leaving Pat for the final.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Tom from Fish Brains versus Judith from the Eggheads.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45She did have a famous victory once
0:18:45 > 0:18:47in science against a rocket scientist,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50but it doesn't happen all the time.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53To ensure there is no conferring, please go to our special room.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Well, we're just totting up questions and answers here
0:18:57 > 0:19:02and we think that this is the worst Eggheads performance of all time.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Cos you have three answers right out of 11 questions.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09So, Judith, there's an awful lot on your shoulders now.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- There is, isn't there?- You're the rear guard defence, OK?- Oh, dear.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- So it's not that we've done well. - No, you are doing well as well.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Tom, you are a biology student. - I am, yes.- OK.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Good luck against Judith. Would you like to go first or second?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22I'll go second, please.
0:19:26 > 0:19:33Judith, the computing term apps is a shortened version of which word?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Apps. They are applications.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Applications is right.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Suddenly, the Eggheads... - Four questions.- ..come roaring back.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- Four out of 11.- My goodness.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Is the tide turning?
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Tom, what general name is given to those elements in the middle
0:19:53 > 0:19:54of the periodic table?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Well, I recently started an organic chemistry module,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06so I should know this.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08And I'm pretty sure it's transition elements.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Well done, it is transition elements.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Judith, Madagascar is the sole
0:20:14 > 0:20:19native habitat of which endangered nocturnal primate?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Oh, dear. What is it?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Um...
0:20:27 > 0:20:31I'm not quite sure. I think it's a loris.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33No!
0:20:33 > 0:20:36The Eggheads have got four questions right out of 13.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- The answer is aye-aye.- Oh.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43That's a sort of Scrabble answer, isn't it?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46All right, I wouldn't fancy the Eggheads chances in a game
0:20:46 > 0:20:47of anything at the moment.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49THE FISH BRAINS CHUCKLE
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Tom.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54The bacteria named campylobacter
0:20:54 > 0:20:58is a major source of which of the following in humans?
0:21:01 > 0:21:07Well, avian influenza refers to flu, so that's not the answer.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Tuberculosis. Well, we all know what condition that is.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14I'm going to say food poisoning and I'll kick myself if it's not.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16No, you're right. Food poisoning is right.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Well done, Tom.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20OK, Judith.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22You need to get this one right.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Which type of star comprises approximately three-quarters of the
0:21:26 > 0:21:29galaxy's stellar population?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Um...
0:21:35 > 0:21:37I think that's a white dwarf.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- BARRY GROANS - Are they all crying?- Yes!
0:21:42 > 0:21:45The only one I've heard of there is red wharf and that's the answer.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49- Oh, no.- Oh, dear. I can't explain what's happening.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53I almost want to apologise, but I don't think you mind too much.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55No, we don't.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- That's it, Judith, you're out.- Yes.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59The Eggheads have got...
0:21:59 > 0:22:02You've managed to get one right in each round and that's four questions
0:22:02 > 0:22:04out of 14 you've got.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Tom, well done. You've taken them on...
0:22:07 > 0:22:09..and you've emerged triumphant.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12That's very good news for your team, all of whom will be in the final.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14What a day!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Come back to us and let's play that final round.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21So I understand why Judith went for white dwarf.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24It's because when you look at the sky, the stars are white.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- And there's so many of them.- Yeah.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- You can't see the red ones. - Can't see any red stars.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Oh, dear. It's just one of those days at the office, I think.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37So, this is what we've been playing towards.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It is time for the final round. It couldn't come a moment too soon.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42As always, it's General Knowledge,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44but I'm afraid, those who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:44 > 0:22:46won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47And how often do I do this?
0:22:47 > 0:22:51I turn to this side and say, Dave and Barry and Chris and Judith,
0:22:51 > 0:22:52leave the studio, please.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Well, this has only happened ten times in the history of Eggheads,
0:22:57 > 0:23:01which is more than 1,500 additions. Only one person left.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05However, on eight of those ten occasions, the Egghead won.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Yes.- We know.- Just to say that.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- Pat, for you, never before, right? - It's an unexpected novelty.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Yeah. How are you feeling about it? - I am very alone here.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Yeah, you can't consult with anyone at all.- No.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20So, Deryn, Tom, Kathy, Rod and Ian, you are playing to win the
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Fish Brains £1,000 after this
0:23:23 > 0:23:26spectacular non-performance by the Eggheads.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Pat, you are playing for something money can't buy, which is to try
0:23:29 > 0:23:33and somehow shore up the defences here, be the last man standing.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37This time they are all General Knowledge.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39You are allowed to confer.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40So, Fish Brains, the question is,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43can your five brains, after a very exciting half-hour here,
0:23:43 > 0:23:47bring this contest to a close by defeating that one?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Would you like to go first or second, Deryn?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52We will go second. Yes, second.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56OK.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59First question to you, Pat. Complete the proverb.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00"A little of what you fancy..."
0:24:06 > 0:24:07"Does you good," Jeremy.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- You don't have anyone to talk to though, do you?- I don't.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Not even my imaginary friend, he's sloped off.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Does you good is right.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Challengers, which of these bridges
0:24:18 > 0:24:21was temporarily closed in 2015
0:24:21 > 0:24:24after cracks in the steel work were discovered?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I think it's the Forth Road Bridge.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I thought it was the Humber Bridge.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I thought it was the Humber Bridge because it was the long one.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- I can remember a bridge being closed for that reason.- Oh, gosh.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41OK, Ian thinks is the Forth.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45No, I vaguely remember the Humber Bridge closing
0:24:45 > 0:24:47and having this massive detour to get round it.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- When, when?- OK.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- This year?- Last year, wasn't it? I think it was last year.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- OK.- we're going to go with the Ian, all right.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- So we are going with Humber Bridge? - Yeah.- OK.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59The Humber Bridge.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- It's wrong.- Oh.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Forth Road Bridge.- Oh, gosh.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Just outside Edinburgh, it caused massive hold-ups just in the
0:25:07 > 0:25:08run-up to Christmas.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11So Pat has the chance to take the lead here.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15In December 2015, what did the US Federal Reserve decided to do
0:25:15 > 0:25:18for the first time in almost a decade?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27I think after all that time of holding interest rates at
0:25:27 > 0:25:32a very low steady value, I think they raised interest rates.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Raise interest rates is the right answer.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37So, he's got two, you've got zero.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39You must get this one right.
0:25:39 > 0:25:46In which field is the Belgian-born Raf Simons a prominent figure?
0:25:46 > 0:25:52Now, Raf Simons is spelt R-A-F and then S-I-M-O-N-S.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- Has anyone got any inclination or any directions?- Any ideas?
0:25:59 > 0:26:00I've no idea whatsoever.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02I kind of don't want to say architecture.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Why don't you want to say architecture?
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- It's just...- It doesn't seem right. - No.- Not cos...
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Just because it seems like the odd one out, out of those three.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- Right, OK. Any other thoughts? - That's the only thought.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- It looks like Simons.- Have you heard of this fashion designer?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17I haven't really heard of a fashion designer.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- Sounds like a fashion designer. - I know.- That's not good enough.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22It could be any of them.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Photography maybe. You've not heard
0:26:25 > 0:26:27of it as a fashion designer, have you?
0:26:27 > 0:26:31I must admit, I have a feeling he's fashion design just cos...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33I've no idea about the other two.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36I haven't heard of fashion design, architect or photography.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- I don't know anything about photography either.- It's a guess.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40What do we guess? Are we voting?
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- I don't know cos I think fashion design is the obvious one.- Yeah.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- Simons.- Shall we go for photography? - Yeah, go for photography.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49It's a one in three chance.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- You reckon?- One in three, isn't it?
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- OK, let's go for that then.- Go for photography?- Yeah, go on, then.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- We're going to go for photography. - Fingers crossed.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01All Right, photography. If you have got it right, you continue.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04If you have got it wrong, the contest is over.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- Let's see if Pat knows. - I think he's a fashion designer.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- Oh, no!- Fashion design is the right answer. I'm sorry.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14We say congratulations, Egghead, you have won.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21He's the ninth one to do it, then.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24You actually gave more correct answers in that game
0:27:24 > 0:27:25than the Eggheads did.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28That's your claim to fame there.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Such an entertaining game, I can't tell you.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Well, Pat, there we are. - There you go.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34We wanted to see you in the final
0:27:34 > 0:27:35on your own and we've now
0:27:35 > 0:27:37had that wish, it's taken a while, though.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38I have to thank my colleagues
0:27:38 > 0:27:41for their selfless acts in making this possible.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Crashed and burned back there, my goodness.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Fish Brains, thank you for playing. What fun.- Thank you.- What fun.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49So, the Eggheads have done...
0:27:49 > 0:27:52To say what comes naturally to them is hardly a compliment today,
0:27:52 > 0:27:55but they reign supreme over Quizland once again.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58It does mean you're not going home with the £1,000, so they will get
0:27:58 > 0:28:00a chance to stash that away
0:28:00 > 0:28:02and build up the money for the next show.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Some days you look unbeatable and some days you just scrape by.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers have the brains
0:28:11 > 0:28:13to finally bring them down.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17£2,000 says they can't. Till then, what a game. Cheerio.