0:00:04 > 0:00:08These 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?
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26the show where a team of five quiz Challengers pit their wits
0:00:26 > 0:00:29against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Here they are, the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- Eggheads, are feeling fiery today? - Yes.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Very much so. Determined to win.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Challenging our resident quiz champions are...
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Now, this team
0:00:40 > 0:00:43all met when they volunteered to help during
0:00:43 > 0:00:44the London 2012 Olympics.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Let's meet them.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Sue and I'm a retired educational administrator.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Alex. I'm a retired retail buyer.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Martin and I'm a retired civil servant.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hello, my name is Marjon and I am relief matron.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello, I'm Shirley and I'm a charity legacy officer.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07So, Sue and team, welcome. Good to see you.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And of course, the Olympics in 2012 were such a great success.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12So, well done.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- All your own doing.- Of course. - How does quizzing come into this?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18That's what I can't work out.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Well, it's quite interesting, really.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Because we all met about five years ago,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26we've carried on meeting up, having regular reunions,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30and about 18 months ago, because I watch the programme a lot, I floated
0:01:30 > 0:01:34the idea with my team about taking part in the Eggheads.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36And we also thought, "Well, we're not going to be at Rio,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- "so why not have a go at the Eggheads?"- Brilliant.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42That's a very, very good plan. Good luck, Challengers.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47If the Challengers fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49the prize money rolls over to our next show.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51So, Fellowship of the Rings,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54the Challengers actually won the last game, which in a way
0:01:54 > 0:01:57might be good cos the Eggheads are teetering a little bit
0:01:57 > 0:01:59and it proves it can be done.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00So there's £1,000 to win.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Would you like to go for it?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- Definitely.- OK.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- Who would like this?- Martin.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09I think that might be Martin.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I think that's you, Martin.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13I could have guessed this would happen.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- Yes.- Martin, so you're taking it, and you want to know which Egghead.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Well, two of them are still slightly unknown quantities,
0:02:20 > 0:02:21the two new Eggheads.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And we've got Pat, Barry or Judith as well.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- I'd say Beth.- Good?- Yeah. - I think so.- Happy with that.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Martin from Fellowship of the Rings versus Beth from the Eggheads.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33To ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36please take your positions in the famous Question Room.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41So, Martin, how come you got down for Film & TV there? What happened?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45When we had our trials, I seemed to do rather well at it,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48but probably more by good luck than good judgment, but we'll see.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50OK, Film & TV, Martin,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53you can choose whether you go first or second against Beth.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54I'll go first if I may, Jeremy.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59And here is your question.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Which Friends actor became a co-host of the TV show Top Gear
0:03:03 > 0:03:05in 2016?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Well, I don't actually watch Top Gear,
0:03:12 > 0:03:15but I think the answer is Matt LeBlanc.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Matt LeBlanc is right.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19OK, your question. Beth.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23In which year was the reality TV show Big Brother first
0:03:23 > 0:03:24broadcast in the UK?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Well, this was around the time I was finishing university,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33so I'm pretty sure the answer is 2000.
0:03:35 > 0:03:362000 is correct.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38OK, Martin, your question.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39You've got one each.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43The superhero costume worn by Ryan Reynolds's character in
0:03:43 > 0:03:48the 2016 film Deadpool is typically black and what colour?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55I haven't seen the film. I hope to, I like Marvel films.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57I think it's red.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Yeah, you're playing well, red it is.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Are you pleased you put Martin in now?
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Absolutely. We knew.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06They're feeling good about this, Martin.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08OK, Beth.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10The fifth instalment
0:04:10 > 0:04:15of which animated film series was released in the UK in July 2016?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I'm a fan of animated films and I believe this is Ice Age.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I think it's subtitled Collision Course.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Yes, you're right. So, Martin, your question.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32For three in a row.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Tom Courtenay won a BAFTA award in 2016 for his performance in
0:04:37 > 0:04:39which TV drama series?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it's Unforgotten.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Unforgotten is correct.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Well done, three out of three.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Beth, onto you. Which of these fictional countries
0:04:55 > 0:04:59plays a key role in the plot of the 2015 film
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Avengers - Age Of Ultron?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Ooh! Well, Genovia, I believe,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12is The Princess Diaries.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15So I don't think it's that.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18So Sokovia or Ruritania?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I'm going to go with Sokovia.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22BARRY LAUGHS Barry, what do you think?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Yes indeed. Ruritania is from The Prisoner Of Zenda.- Yeah.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26I thought Ruritania was a real place as well.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28No, no. Fictional.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30What? Ruritania is not real?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Oh, my goodness! BARRY LAUGHS
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- Sokovia is right, Beth.- Phew!
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Three out of three for you both, so we go to Sudden Death now.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Martin, it gets a bit harder,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I don't give you alternatives. So here's your question.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47Which Hollywood actor born in 1972 has starred in films in
0:05:47 > 0:05:52The Fast and The Furious, GI Joe and The Mummy franchises?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Um...
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Born in 1972?- Yeah.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Um...
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Only one I can think of in the context of The Mummy
0:06:02 > 0:06:05is Brendan Fraser, but I fear that's not right.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10It's Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Back to you, Beth, for the round.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar
0:06:14 > 0:06:16for her portrayal of the
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo
0:06:19 > 0:06:22in the 2002 film Frida?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Um... - SHE SIGHS
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Now, let me make sure I've got her name...her name right.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I think that's Salma Hayek.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34That's the correct answer.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36You are through to the final. Sorry, Martin,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38knocked out there on Film & TV.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Please return to us, rejoin your teams
0:06:40 > 0:06:41and we'll see what happens next.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45So, as it stands, the Fellowship of the Rings
0:06:45 > 0:06:47have lost one brain from the final round,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49the Eggheads have not lost a brain so far.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50But it's early.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53And the Olympic spirit will carry you through.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55The next subject is Science.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Who would like Science?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I think that was me, wasn't it? Yeah.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01- Shirley?- Yeah.- OK.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Which Egghead would you like to play, Shirley?- Do you think Judith?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Could try Judith.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Judith. I'd like to play Judith, please.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Judith, known as The Rocket after she beat a rocket scientist
0:07:12 > 0:07:14in the Science round. THEY LAUGH
0:07:14 > 0:07:15- SHIRLEY:- Thank you(!)
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Now you tell her.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20She beat him on a question about hedgerows, to be fair.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22So Shirley from Fellowship of the Rings
0:07:22 > 0:07:24versus The Rocket from the Eggheads.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26To ensure there's no conferring,
0:07:26 > 0:07:29would you please take your positions in the Question Room?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- Shirley, do you have a science background?- Um, no.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- I was the member of the team that was least bad at science.- OK.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Well, I guess the same for you, Judith. You've got some botany.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Yes, and animals and things.- Yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- Antelopes and whatnot. - EGGHEADS LAUGH
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Yeah, and the famous...
0:07:50 > 0:07:51The call of the nene.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54And the nene!
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- A Hawaiian goose.- A Hawaiian goose.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59If Judith gets knocked out, she then does that call.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- I have become a Hawaiian goose. - JEREMY LAUGHS
0:08:02 > 0:08:04All right, Shirley, Science we are on,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06would you like to go first or second?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I'll go second, please.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13OK, over to The Rocket.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Tim Peake returned to Earth on June the 18th, 2016,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21after spending approximately how long in space?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28I think it was about six months.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- Six months is correct.- Yes.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Shirley, your first question.
0:08:32 > 0:08:38In physics, momentum is the product of a body's velocity and what?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Well, it's not temperature.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45I think it's mass.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47You're right. It's one of the few things I remember
0:08:47 > 0:08:50from science at school - momentum is MV.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- Is that right, Barry?- Yes.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Mass times velocity.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56All right, Judith.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Including moons that have been discovered but not yet given
0:08:59 > 0:09:01official status or names,
0:09:01 > 0:09:08which planet in our solar system do scientists now think has 67 moons?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I don't think it's Neptune.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Jupiter has a huge number of moons, doesn't it?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23And Juno is going to probably discover how many.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28But of Uranus... I don't know much about Uranus, frankly.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30I'm going to say Jupiter.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Jupiter is right, well done. Well done.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37So, Judith moves into the lead. Back to you, Shirley.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41The honey bear, an arboreal mammal native
0:09:41 > 0:09:43to South and Central America,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46is also known by which of these names?
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Well, it's not okapi.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55That's a sort of creature that is similar to
0:09:55 > 0:09:57a giraffe but it's got a shorter neck.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03I think dugong is an underwater creature, so I think it's kinkajou.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Kinkajou is quite right. You're playing well.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08You're good at this, I can tell.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Back to Judith. Which radioactive element
0:10:10 > 0:10:15with the atomic number 96 has the chemical symbol CM?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Can you tell me the number again?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24The atomic number 96.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27So, 96. They get more and more radioactive
0:10:27 > 0:10:29as they go up in numbers.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I don't know for sure, but as it's 96,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34it's quite high up the table,
0:10:34 > 0:10:39and Marie Curie got terrible radioactive sickness,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42and curium is named after her.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46So, I mean, the association... I'm going to go for curium.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49On the basis that if it's a higher atomic number,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51it's giving off a lot of something?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Like it. Barry?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Yes, the higher the atomic number,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57the more unstable the nuclei are,
0:10:57 > 0:10:58so you will get radioactivity.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00But Judith is right about curium,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02but it wasn't just named after Marie Curie,
0:11:02 > 0:11:04it was named after Pierre and Marie Curie,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06after her and her husband.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08You're missing Pierre Curie out, but apart from that, Judith,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- you're right.- Oh, well. - Curium is the right answer.- Yeah.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13So, here we are, three to Judith,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16two to you. See if you can make it three, take her to Sudden Death.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21Who performed the world's first successful human cornea transplant
0:11:21 > 0:11:22in 1905?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I've no idea.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33So it will have to be a complete guess.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36And I'm going to go for Eduard Zirm.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Eduard Zirm is right.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Well done.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Tell you what, these Challengers are playing well.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Both of them have gone to Sudden Death so far.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45So, Judith, it gets a bit harder.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I don't give you alternative options.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52Which famous cosmonaut was killed along with Vladimir Seryogin
0:11:52 > 0:11:58during a routine training flight on March the 27th, 1968?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Well, it is not Gagarin, is it?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I think it's Valentina...
0:12:03 > 0:12:06What was she called? Tereshkova or something.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I think it was the female one. I have a feeling.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Give me a name.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Valentina...Tereshkova.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Valentina Tereshkova.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18It certainly sounds like a Russian name.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- Pat, you know this.- I have a feeling it's one of these great ironies.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I think when Gagarin came back from space,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26he was so precious they resolved that they'd never send him up again
0:12:26 > 0:12:30and risk him, and I think he died in an airplane crash.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- It was Yuri Gagarin.- Really? - It really was.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I thought he lived to a ripe old age.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37So you have a chance here, Shirley.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39This question will get you in the final round.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42What has the India Meteorological Department
0:12:42 > 0:12:47defined as a seasonally reversing wind system accompanied by
0:12:47 > 0:12:53seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Is it monsoon? - Monsoon is quite right, well done.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00You're in the final round, Shirley. Sorry, Judith.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Didn't quite fall for you today,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04but brilliant play from our Challenger.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Come back to us and rejoin your teams.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09So, as it stands,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12the Fellowship of the Rings have lost a brain from the final round.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14The Eggheads have also lost one. It's quite a tight contest here.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16You're playing well, Challengers.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18And your next subject is Geography.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Who would like this?
0:13:19 > 0:13:24- I think that's going to be me, Jeremy.- OK, Marjon.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25And... You can pick an Egghead.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Obviously, it can't be Beth or Judith.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- I think it's going to be Pat. - Brilliant.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32OK, Marjon from the Fellowship of the Rings
0:13:32 > 0:13:35versus our own Pat from the Eggheads,
0:13:35 > 0:13:36known as The Silent Destroyer.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39EGGHEADS LAUGH
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Sometimes anyway.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44To ensure there is no conferring, please take your positions.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Now, your name is fascinating, Marjon, cos it's M-A-R-J-O-N,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51and I bet everyone gets it wrong.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Um, yes.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56It is just the Dutch version of Marion, but it is Marjon.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Yes, and in the end, it's all Mary.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01It is just another version of Mary.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03OK. Geography, Marjon.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Would you like to go first or second against the great Pat?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I think I'll go first, Jeremy, please.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15All right. All the best, Marjon, in this round. And here we go.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19The island of Corsica lies approximately 100 miles off
0:14:19 > 0:14:21which coast of mainland France?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Well, it's not north.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28And it...
0:14:28 > 0:14:31shouldn't be west, so I'm doing south.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Yeah, I went on holiday there once, it is definitely south.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Well done.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Pat.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Which of these motorways links Bristol to London?
0:14:46 > 0:14:50I have lived in London in the past and my mother lived in Wexford,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54so the motorway and ferry combination
0:14:54 > 0:14:56meant I had to go along the M4.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58M4 is right.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01OK, Marjon. What is the approximate
0:15:01 > 0:15:04population of the Netherlands?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06How did...? How did that happen?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Now, you're welcome to get this wrong,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10but I'll give you three suggestions.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Mm.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Well, 57 million would mean that we would all be terribly squashed in,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22so let's not do that one.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I don't think it is 37.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26It used to be 16, when I came to live here,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29but I think it has gone up a bit, so I'm going with 17.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33And that is your country of birth?
0:15:33 > 0:15:34It is, yes.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39You're absolutely right, 17 million. That question was designed for you.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- I know!- That's joyful.- Thank you. - That's wonderful.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44OK, Pat, your question.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46The Gulf of Aqaba is an arm of which sea?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The Gulf of Aqaba, which is A-Q-A-B-A.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Well, the Red Sea runs in a sort of southeast to northwest direction.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02And the Gulf of Aqaba is a little branch of that that goes up
0:16:02 > 0:16:06the edge of the Sinai Peninsula to the Israeli city of Eilat,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08so it's the Red Sea.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12You do have a map on the inside of your eyelids, don't you?
0:16:12 > 0:16:16I'm certain of that. Red Sea is right. Well done.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Marjon, back to you.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Which Middle Eastern country shares land borders with
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates?
0:16:29 > 0:16:33It's going to be a little bit of a guess, and I'm going to say Oman.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Pat, is she right?- She is. She is correct.- Oman is right.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Three out of three again.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Nothing goes wrong for you in the multiple-choice rounds,
0:16:40 > 0:16:41you Challengers.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Playing really well.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43OK, Pat, to stay in.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Which of these items features on the national flag of Angola?
0:16:50 > 0:16:51I think it's...
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Yeah, it is one of those flags with some unusual content.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I think Mozambique has got the AK-47
0:16:58 > 0:17:00and I think Angola has a machete.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02So...
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- I think it is a machete.- Machete is the right answer, well done.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09So, here we are, Sudden Death. Back to you, Marjon.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11It gets a bit harder, I don't give you options.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14French Guiana, an overseas region of France,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16is located in which continent?
0:17:16 > 0:17:22I think, but I might not be quite right, but I think it is in Africa.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Africa no, South America.- Oh!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Pat, your question for the round.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33The Tenzing-Hillary Airport is located in which Asian country?
0:17:33 > 0:17:38Well, one's first thought would be Nepal because of the obvious
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Everest connection.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43I know Nepal does have some of the world's most frightening airports,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46with short runways that head straight into cliff faces.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49BARRY LAUGHS
0:17:49 > 0:17:51I don't think it's... I think it's not far from Everest.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I don't think it's on the Chinese side.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56So I think it must be in Nepal.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Nepal is your answer.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02And it is the correct answer, you've won on Sudden Death.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Sorry, Marjon.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Brilliant Dutch question in there. Well played.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- Thank you.- Bad luck. You won't be in the final round.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Do come back to us, we'll play the last head-to-head.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14As it stands, the Fellowship of the Rings
0:18:14 > 0:18:17have lost two brains now from the final round.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20The Eggheads have only lost one, so this is the time to fight back.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22The next subject is Sport.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Now...
0:18:23 > 0:18:25So we've got Alex or Sue on this, is that right?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- Me.- Yes.- OK, Alex. - It's going to be Alex.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- I'm in here for my sports knowledge.- Oh, right.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Well, that's brilliant. And against which Egghead?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34You can go for Steve or Barry.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- I think I'm going to try Barry, actually.- Why not? Many have.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42Alex from Fellowship of the Rings versus Barry The Brain.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45To ensure there is no conferring, please go to the Question Room now.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50So what took you toward Sport in this, Alex?
0:18:50 > 0:18:55I love sport. I watch lots of sport, all sports, all over the place
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- and I spend all my holidays watching sport in foreign countries.- Really?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Fantastic. So the Olympics was fantastic for you.- Fantastic.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04And I mainly follow cricket,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- so I go and watch England wherever they play.- OK.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Well, good luck in this round against Barry.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- Would you like to go first or second?- I think I'll go second.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17OK, Barry, your first question is this.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Which of these teams knocked England out of
0:19:19 > 0:19:23football's 2016 European championships?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26BARRY CHUCKLES
0:19:26 > 0:19:30I watched this match, and I must admit, when I watched it,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I was very proud to be a Scotsman.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34And it was Iceland.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Yes, I suddenly remembered I had a grandfather who lived in
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Wales for a period. BARRY LAUGHS
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Iceland is right.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43And good for them.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45They played well.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47OK, Alex, in snooker,
0:19:47 > 0:19:51the pink ball is generally worth how many points?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I haven't got a clue, so I'm going to have to have a guess.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01I'm going to guess at four. I'm pretty sure it's not two.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03But I really don't know.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I'm so sorry, it's six. Barry, back to you.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08David Haye
0:20:08 > 0:20:11has been a world champion at heavyweight and which other
0:20:11 > 0:20:13boxing weight class?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Right.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Well, if he has to lose weight from a heavyweight,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24the next one down is cruiserweight, so I shall try that.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Nicely done, you're right.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Cruiserweight it is.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Alex, you need to get this one right.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34In cricket, which of these positions is closest to the batsman?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Slip.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Brilliant. I knew you wouldn't go wrong there.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44I don't know how many hours of cricket you've seen,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46but it just paid off.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Slip is right, so a point to our Challenger,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50but Barry can take the round now.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53In which year did the tennis player Stefan Edberg win
0:20:53 > 0:20:56his first Grand Slam singles title?
0:21:00 > 0:21:05'95 is much too late for Edberg, and for his first championship,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07I think '90 is, cos he...
0:21:07 > 0:21:10he kind of won championships alternating with Boris Becker,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12so I shall go for 1985.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15The correct answer is 1985.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Barry, you're in the final.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Sorry, Alex, that wretched snooker question.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22So, come back to us, both of you, rejoin your teams,
0:21:22 > 0:21:23and we will play the final.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27So this is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30It's time for the final round, which as always is General Knowledge.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:32 > 0:21:34won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38So, Alex, Martin and Marjon from the Fellowship of the Rings
0:21:38 > 0:21:41and Judith from the Eggheads, would you please now leave the studio?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Sue and Shirley, you're playing to win the Fellowship of the Rings
0:21:46 > 0:21:48£1,000.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Pat, Beth, Steve and Barry, you're playing for something that
0:21:51 > 0:21:55money cannot buy, which is the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01You are allowed to confer.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04So, Fellowship of the Rings, the question is,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07are you two brains able to defeat these four?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08You don't have to answer that,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10just tell me whether you want to go first or second.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12I think we'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17And here is your first question.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Which of these politicians campaigned for the UK to leave
0:22:20 > 0:22:23the EU in the 2016 referendum?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- (Michael Gove.)- Michael Gove, yes.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- Yeah.- That was Michael Gove, Jeremy.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Michael Gove is right.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Eggheads, your first question.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Which birthday did Prince Philip celebrate in June 2016?
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- 95.- 95.- I think it was 95.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Definitely 95.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- I think he's a few years older than the Queen.- Yeah.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- And she's 90.- Yeah.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55Jeremy, the consensus of opinion seems to be the 95th birthday.
0:22:55 > 0:22:5795 is quite right.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59OK, your question, Challengers.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Elizabeth Bats married which explorer in 1762?
0:23:09 > 0:23:13- Right. So it is not Francis Drake because...- James Cook, do you think?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16I don't know anything about John Smith, do you? Or when he was.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Do you think he exists?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Possibly not.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- Shall we go for James Cook?- Yeah.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Right, I think we are going to go for James Cook, Jeremy.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26James Cook. It is a tough old question.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- Let's see if the Eggheads know. Eggheads?- Yes, yes.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30The other two were much earlier.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- They were much earlier. They were explorers, though?- Yes.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35James Cook is right.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38So, Eggheads, your second question.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40What is the real name of the singer Pink?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Alecia Moore, I think. - Alecia Moore. Yeah.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Stefani Germanotta is Lady Gaga.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Stephanie Germanotta, she is Lady Gaga.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Katheryn Hudson is Katy Perry.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00So we're left with Alecia Moore, and we think that's Pink.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Alecia Moore is quite right.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Nicely done. OK, your third question. Get this right
0:24:06 > 0:24:07and you get a bit of pressure on them.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Which of these characters is killed in the John Steinbeck novella
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Of Mice And Men?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I don't know, I haven't read it.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- The only one I've heard of is Lennie.- Right.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- So I think we'll have to go with Lennie.- Yeah, Lennie.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25We're going to go with Lennie.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Nice bit of logic, that's the one you've heard of.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29THEY LAUGH
0:24:29 > 0:24:32No, but it is good because it is right. Well done, Lennie is right.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34You play well in these rounds, I must say.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36It's three out of three again.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38OK, Eggheads,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40here's your questions to stay in.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44In 2009, which film star co-founded the drinking water
0:24:44 > 0:24:50and sanitation development and aid organization water.org?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- PAT:- Hmm...
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- BARRY:- Struggling on this. I'm afraid I don't know this one.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- PAT:- Hmm... My slight preference would be Matt Damon,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05I'm just trying to bring back some clearer details.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07We've all got a slight Matt Damon preference.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Sean Penn, Brad Pitt and I think Matt Damon are very active
0:25:11 > 0:25:14on the charity front.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16I mean, not to say the others aren't, but...
0:25:16 > 0:25:18The others could be.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Should we ask for a reread?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Yeah, please. Could you just read it again, Jeremy, please?
0:25:22 > 0:25:27Yeah. In 2009, which film star co-founded the drinking water
0:25:27 > 0:25:32and sanitation development and aid organization water.org?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35You're going back seven years.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- How long has Chris Pratt been a big star?- Not very long.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40So he might be a bit recent.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Bradley Cooper has been fairly big for a while.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Matt Damon has been very big for quite a long time.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Quite a long time.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47What is the consensus, then? Barry?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Well, I think Matt Damon, but I don't know it.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51I don't know, but I prefer Matt Damon.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- I prefer Matt Damon as well. - Yeah, Pat?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57As you can see, Jeremy, we're not ever so sure.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Rightly or wrongly, we've ruled Chris Pratt out,
0:26:00 > 0:26:04so it's a toss of the coin, but purely on the basis that
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Matt Damon's been an established star longer than the other two,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11we are going to chance his arm and say Matt Damon.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14You are one question away from defeat here.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17The correct answer is Matt Damon.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18- Phew!- Well played, team.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21A lot riding on it for these guys.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25It's like a car that's crashed and they're trying to put the different
0:26:25 > 0:26:28bits back together and you're stopping them, which is great play.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29We go to Sudden Death.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32It gets a bit harder, I don't give you options.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36The title of the stage play that won the Best New Comedy award
0:26:36 > 0:26:39at the 2015 Olivier Awards is
0:26:39 > 0:26:41The Play That...what?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44So the title is The Play That...
0:26:44 > 0:26:45(Went Wrong.)
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Right, I don't know, so...
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I believe that's The Play That Went Wrong.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52It's incorrect.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54The title is The Play That Goes Wrong.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55- Ah!- Oh!
0:26:55 > 0:26:58That is very unlucky.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01You just needed an extra moment on that.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Eggheads, you can win on this, but you may not.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Which ministerial residence which in recent times
0:27:07 > 0:27:10has been granted to either the Deputy Prime Minister or the
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Chancellor of Exchequer is located near the Buckinghamshire
0:27:14 > 0:27:16village of Burnham?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- Dorneywood?- Dorneywood. - Dorneywood?- Dorneywood?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Chevening is in Kent, not Chevening.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- Not Chequers.- Not Chequers.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Which is the other one?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27The Foreign Secretary house.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- That's Chevening, isn't it?- Yeah. - And Chevening is in Kent.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- I think it is Dorneywood. - Yeah?- Yeah, yeah.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- We'll go with that.- Well, we are all agreed on Dorneywood, Jeremy.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39If you got this right, you'll taken the contest.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41They've given you a run for your money, that's for sure, here,
0:27:41 > 0:27:42these Challengers.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45The correct answer is Dorneywood. We say congratulations,
0:27:45 > 0:27:46Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Oh! The challenge that went wrong, just at the end.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- Just at the very end. - Don't rub it in!
0:27:57 > 0:28:01You played really, really well throughout. Notwithstanding,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03the three in the back honestly played really well.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Lots of questions right, that's what we like to see.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07So, commiserations. I hope you've enjoyed coming in.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- Very much, thank you. - The Eggheads have done what comes
0:28:09 > 0:28:13naturally to them and they reign supreme over quiz land once again,
0:28:13 > 0:28:14along with our newest Eggheads.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I'm afraid it means you won't be going home with the £1,000,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19which means the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Eggheads, maybe we'll build up a bit of a jackpot, you never know.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Who will beat you? Join us next time
0:28:25 > 0:28:27to see if a new team of Challengers have the brains
0:28:27 > 0:28:31to defeat the Eggheads. It will be £2,000 they'll be playing for.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32Till then, goodbye.