Episode 12 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 beat the might of the Eggheads today

are 5000-1.

This team of friends all share

a passion for Leicester City

football club and take their name from the odds Leicester were

given to win the 2015/16 football season.

We all know what happened.

Let's meet them.

Hello, my name's Colin and I'm a sales manager.

Hi, I'm Adam, and I'm a finance director.

Hello, my name's Nick and I'm a retired firefighter.

Hi, I'm Pete, I'm an area manager for an agricultural company.

Hi, I'm Michael, and I'm a company owner.

So, Colin and team, welcome.

-ALL:

-Hello.

And, from all of us, I think, congratulations to Leicester.

-Wasn't it amazing?

-Thank you.

-You all big fans of the team?

-Very big.

-Very big fans of the team.

-I know you are, Colin.

Because... You must tell people how we met.

We met through a meeting at Chelsea versus Leicester,

which was the final game of the 15/16 season.

That's right. I thought, wouldn't it be great, because I take my

daughter, to meet a dad who takes his daughter to Leicester?

We could go out for lunch before and I could find out,

we could all listen to how they'd done it.

So, Colin and his daughter, Charlotte, we went out for lunch

-and you gave us a description of all your great players.

-Yes.

-It was fantastic.

-Yes, and we filled in on Richard III as well.

-Yes, that's right.

Ah, now, this is interesting because Richard III and Leicester,

quizzers, what do we know?

-He was found in a car park.

-Exactly.

-But his car was never found.

LAUGHTER

-It had been towed.

-He hadn't paid the ticket.

-It'd been taken away.

All right, so, listen, good luck, Challengers.

-Great to see you again, Colin.

-Thank you.

Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our challenging team.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money

rolls over to the next show.

So, 5000-1, you might get longer odds on the Eggheads at the moment,

because they've only won their last game,

so there's £2,000 to win today.

And would you like to get cracking?

Yes, please.

First head-to-head battle is on the subject of Politics.

-So, who would like Politics?

-I think Michael.

-Didn't we say Michael?

-Michael, are you going to take Politics?

-Are you sure?

THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER

I'll give it a go.

OK, Michael, and you can choose any Egghead, including the two

-newest we've got for you.

-I'll try Steve, the new one.

-Go Steve, yes.

-He's new.

-OK.

All right. I'm not sure whether we've done Politics.

-No, I've not. No.

-All right. We're learning, we're going to find out.

-New territory. Yes.

-We don't know what he's like on Politics.

Michael, from 5000-1, versus Steve, one of the newest Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in

the Question Room.

-So, they've got you on Politics, Michael?

-Yes.

Seems like it wasn't quite your choice.

Well, no, it wouldn't be my first pick, Jeremy.

I'm thinking you're more of a history guy.

Well, I enjoy history, yeah,

so I'd probably be slightly better on history.

OK, Michael, would you like to go first or second on Politics?

Second, please.

Here we go with you, Steve. Going to see what you're made of.

Which expression means an instruction to Members of

Parliament to attend an important vote?

Steve, is it...?

Credit to whoever thought these choices up, but it's

a three-line whip, Jeremy.

It is a three-line whip.

Michael, which of these things

must be invoked by any country

wishing to withdraw from the European Union?

That's Article 50, Jeremy.

Yes, suddenly everyone's talking about it. You're right.

Article 50. Steve, back to you.

Of which South American country did Michel Temer become the acting

president in May 2016?

And Temer is T-E-M-E-R.

Acting president, which means they may be a stand-in for somebody else,

so again, I've obviously missed this one, but maybe it was for

a limited period of time and they have been since replaced,

so purely on the basis I know that Kirchner stood down in

Argentina, I'll say Argentina.

Argentina is your answer. Do you know this one, Michael? Is he right?

-I would be stabbing at Bolivia.

-Right.

In my mind is that Brazil has had some horrendous massive

meltdown of the government for reasons I can't remember.

Is that right, Barry?

The Petrobras scandal, people have been taking bribes at senior

ministerial positions.

Yeah, it comes down to this big scandal in Brazil, Steve.

-Brazil is the answer.

-Yeah. Fair enough.

-Game on, guys.

Get this right, you're in the lead, Michael.

The presidential retreat known as Camp David is

located in which US state?

Is this...?

I don't think it's Massachusetts.

Maryland is where Washington is, so it wouldn't be a retreat.

-I think I'd have to go for Maine.

-Eggheads?

-Maryland.

-Maryland.

Maryland is the answer.

OK, so, Steve, you got a slight let-off there.

Mm. Massive.

Your third question - what expression refers to the time at

which the main business in the House of Commons ends on any given day?

Is it...?

Right, I've not heard this before.

Again, I'm going to have to just go on

a hunch based on the sound of the phrase.

I'll try, with no great conviction, moment of interruption.

Yes, moment of interruption is correct.

These funny arcane phrases they use.

Right, over to you, Michael.

The shoe is on the other foot here slightly. You've got to get this one right now.

In which country did the freedom movement that later became

the political party Swapo originate?

I'm pretty sure it wasn't Egypt. I'm going to go for South Africa.

It's wrong, I'm afraid.

Sorry, Michael, Namibia is the answer and Steve is through to the

final round.

Your first dose of politics with us, Steve.

-I need to brush up a bit, I think.

-Please come back and we'll play on.

So, as it stands, 5000-1 have lost a brain from the final round,

-but then the season started a difficult way, didn't it?

-Yeah.

And we know what happened, so you can take the title here.

Eggheads are still sitting pretty there. The next subject is Music.

So, who would like this? Obviously not Michael.

-Colin?

-Not me.

-Colin.

-Colin.

-That's me.

-Colin. OK.

-Come on.

Against which Egghead? And it can't be Steve.

-So you can choose anyone.

-Yes.

-Let's go for Pat.

-Patrick, please.

OK, Colin, from 5000-1, versus Pat, from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions in the Question Room.

So, Colin, I'm trying to remember the day we met, what the score was.

It was a fair result. It was 1-1.

It was one of those funny games right at the end of your season

and you'd won the Premiership and it was just a huge party really.

It was a big party and there was very big parties shortly

afterwards as well.

And, in fact, some of us are still partying.

JEREMY LAUGHS

OK. On Music, Colin, good luck to you,

would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Here we go, then, Colin. Good luck.

Which group's album Natty Dread entered the UK charts in 1975?

So, Natty Dread. I've actually no idea.

But with the Dread, maybe the dreadlocks is a clue.

So I think I'm going to rule out Sly And The Family Stone.

I shall rule out The Jacksons.

And go for Bob Marley And The Wailers, please, Jeremy.

That's very good, yeah, Bob Marley And The Wailers it is.

OK, Pat, your first question.

In which US city did the musical and cultural movement known as

hip-hop originate?

Is it...?

It's definitely east coast, urban,

so I think I'll eliminate Dallas and San Diego and I'll go for New York.

New York is correct. Well done.

Colin, your question.

"When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,"

is the opening line to which 1979 hit for Supertramp?

I'm going to rule out Dreamer and I'm going to go for

The Logical Song because it may be the logical answer.

JEREMY LAUGHS

Very good. Can you sing it for us?

# When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful... #

That's it. You've got it.

# A miracle Oh, it was beautiful, magical. #

Yeah, you're absolutely right. Well done.

The word logical comes into it somewhere. Logical Song is right.

OK, Pat, what term is used to describe a style of 1980s

rock music characterised by distortions or imperfections?

Well, lo-fi, as opposed to hi-fi,

certainly satisfies the imperfections part of the question.

I'm not certain of this, but I'll go for lo-fi.

Yep, lo-fi is right.

That is what it says on the tin.

OK, Colin, third question here.

Get this one right, put a bit of pressure on Pat,

known as the Silent Destroyer.

By what name is the DJ and producer

born Thomas Wesley Pentz better-known?

And Pentz, Colin, is P-E-N-T-Z.

I've got this feeling...

..that it could be...

I'm going to go for Avicii.

-Team-mates, do you know?

-No idea.

-No?

It's a difficult question.

I'm pretty sure it's Skrillex.

So Beth is saying Skrillex. Anyone else? Dave, come on.

I would've...gone for Skrillex,

but I wouldn't have a certainty about it.

Basically, it is not Avicii, and there's a leaning for Skrillex.

But it's not Skrillex either - it's Diplo.

-Aw!

-It's a very hard question.

Bad luck.

OK, for the round, Pat,

which composer did Rossini describe as having

"beautiful moments, but awful quarters of an hour"?

This man has taken quite a few jibes about the length of his operas.

I listen to him occasionally. I think that's Wagner.

Wagner is the right answer. Well done, Pat. Three out of three.

Sorry, Colin, he does do that.

He is very good. So you've been beaten by our Egghead,

and Pat will be in the final.

Please return to us and re-join your teams.

So, 5000-1 have lost a second brain from the final round.

They lost a skipper, Colin.

The Eggheads are still sitting there.

Let's see if you can get in amongst them now, get the midfield playing.

The next subject is Food And Drink.

So, who would like this?

-That would be me, yeah.

-Pete.

OK, so it's going to be Pete against which Egghead?

Barry has a knowledge of everything.

Yeah, Barry is The Knowledge, isn't he?

-It is a tough one.

-Dave.

-I think Dave.

I think Dave, too. We'll go Dave.

Pete from 5000-1, Dave from the Eggheads,

please go to our Question Room now.

So, let's play Food And Drink, Pete. Do you want to go first or second?

I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.

OK. Here is your first question, Pete.

Which of these is a popular tea-time cake in the UK?

Well, I've never heard of orange pekoe.

I certainly haven't eaten it at tea-time.

Plum duff is something quite heavy

which you have after a meal, I would've thought.

So lemon drizzle is a particular favourite.

I'll go with lemon drizzle, Jeremy.

Lemon drizzle is correct. Dave, over to you.

Mark Twain once wrote that which vegetable was

"nothing but cabbage with a college education"?

It's a cauliflower.

Cauliflower is right.

Pete,

what name is given to the process of heating then cooling chocolate

to give it a better consistency?

Um...

I didn't get the body of an athlete by avoiding chocolate,

so let's have a look.

Creaming, I can discount.

Assuaging, um...

..is persuading it to change, perhaps,

and giving it a good talking to.

I will go with tempering, Jeremy.

Yeah, tempering is right.

So two out of two so far. Playing well.

Dave, your question.

Which of the following is a general term for a Vietnamese noodle soup?

Right, I'm going to rule out soba.

Right, the more I'm going to think about, I'll keep going 50-50.

So...let's have a think. Nam...

No. I'm going to go pho.

-Peter, is he right?

-I think so.

-Yeah.

-I'd go for pho.

I think it's pronounced "fur".

So, that's the right answer.

Two each, Pete, to you.

What is the largest wine-producing region in France by area?

Bordeaux, there's a lot of wine produced in Bordeaux, obviously.

Cotes Du Rhone is, I think, home to the producer of Chateauneuf.

Perhaps...

My instinct is telling me Bordeaux.

I'll go with Bordeaux, Jeremy.

-The answer is Languedoc-Roussillon. CHALLENGERS:

-Oh!

That is hard.

OK, Dave, your question.

What type of food is the Italian dessert zeppole?

I've not heard of this.

Um...

I am more inclined to go down the middle, though,

just by the word, with fruit pudding.

-No, it's a fried doughnut.

-Oh, right. Fair play.

We go to Sudden Death, Pete.

That's a little bit of a let-off there,

but you need to press the advantage now.

Toby Cecchini is credited with making which vodka-based cocktail,

popular in New York City in the late 1980s?

I don't think it's right, but I'll go with Cosmopolitan.

I'm not even sure if that's vodka-based,

but I will go with Cosmopolitan, Jeremy.

Cosmopolitan is the right answer. Quizzing well.

OK, excellent play.

Dave, over to you. To stay in...

The coffee cultivar bourbon pointu

was originally grown on which island?

Uh...

-Coffee cultivar?

-The coffee cultivar.

-I'm going to go with Tahiti.

-Tahiti is your answer.

The island in question was originally called

the Ile de Bourbon.

Does that help you at all? Does that jog something?

Was it Reunion?

Yes, it's Reunion.

Reunion, or "ray-union"!

Well done, Pete, you're in the final round. Well done.

Leicester turning it around here.

So, please come back to us,

and we'll play the last round before the final.

So, 5000-1 have lost two brains from the final round,

but they've bitten back now, and the Eggheads have lost one as well.

The next subject is Art And Books.

-Who would like this?

-Arts And Books...

Someone's going to have to take one for the team on this.

-I'll take it, if you want, yeah. I'll take it.

-Adam.

OK, Adam, finance director, against which Egghead?

And you can have either Beth or Barry.

-Do you think Barry?

-Yeah, I'd go for Beth.

-Beth?

We'll take you, Beth, please.

OK. I thought I was hearing Barry and it suddenly changed to Beth.

He's going to be so disappointed. LAUGHTER

So, Adam from 5000-1 is playing Beth from the Eggheads

on Arts And Books,

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

We're going to do Arts And Books, and Adam, first or second?

I'll take first, please, Jeremy.

Here is your first question, Adam. Good luck.

Which former Prime Minister is the central character

in Tom Bower's 2016 biography Broken Vows?

I'm siding towards Winston Churchill.

I think...I don't remember...

..too much done on John Major.

Tony Blair...potential.

But I'm definitely siding more with Winston Churchill.

I'm going to go Winston Churchill, Jeremy.

It is Tony Blair.

OK, over to you, Beth.

In addition to portraits, with which genre of painting

is Thomas Gainsborough particularly associated?

Ooh...

I don't think he did religious paintings. So that's out.

So it's between the two.

He did some...exceptional portraits.

I think he also did landscapes, though.

So landscapes.

Landscape...

is the right answer. Well done.

OK, over to you, Adam.

The Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger Award

for the best UK thriller is named after which author?

Again, it's not one...not one I know.

I'm going to go with what my gut told me to start off with.

I think Ian Fleming.

Yeah, really glad you did. It's right. Ian Fleming.

All right. Beth,

your question.

What term is commonly used to describe a style of English pottery

that has been decorated with liquid clay?

I think that the liquid clay is known as slip,

so I'll go with slipware.

Very good. Slipware is right. Two out of two.

And we go back to you, Adam.

-You need to get this one right to stay in.

-OK.

Hester Collyer and Freddie Page are characters

in which play by Terence Rattigan?

Not a play...not a play I know.

I'm going to go with The Deep Blue Sea,

but it's a pure guess on this one.

The Deep Blue Sea is the right answer.

So, good play, Adam, two out of three.

But you'll be knocked out if Beth gets her third question right.

Beth, over to you.

Who runs the orphanage in the Roald Dahl tale The BFG?

Well, Miss Trunchbull ran the school in which Matilda was a pupil.

Mrs Bucket is the mother of Charlie

in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory,

so Mrs Clonkers must run the orphanage.

Yes, very good elimination, and you're right on every count.

Mrs Clonkers it is. You've got your third question right.

Sorry, Adam, it wasn't quite enough there.

But come back to us, both of you,

and we will play the all-important final round.

So, some stout play here from 5000-1.

This is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round. As always, it's 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 that is Colin, Adam and Michael from 5000-1

and Dave from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

Nick and Pete, you're playing to win 5000-1 £2,000.

Pat, Beth, Steve and Barry, you're playing for something that

money can't buy, which is the Eggheads' reputation.

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

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

You may confer. So, gentlemen, the question is,

can your two brains defeat these four Eggy ones?

Nick and Pete, first or second?

Shall we go first or second, Pete?

-I think first, Nick.

-Yeah, we'll go first, please.

Good luck.

And here we go with your first question.

What is the common name for the style of the 19th and 20th century

domestic architecture that imitates that of the 16th century in England?

-Mock Tudor.

-Has to be Mock Tudor.

-Mock Tudor, Nick.

-Yeah, we'll say Mock Tudor, please.

Yeah, Mock Tudor's right.

Very good. False Norman would be good as well.

OK, Eggheads, here we go.

Mainly used in the south-west of England,

the word grockle is a mildly derogatory term

for which one of these?

-That's a tourist.

-Definitely tourist.

-It's the Cornish for ant, isn't it?

-Is that what it is?

-There's some connection like that.

-Yeah, I've heard that as well.

We think it might be a reference to ants, but the answer is tourists,

cos maybe tourists flock, come in groups like ants.

Tourist is right.

OK. How nice would it have been for them to get that one wrong?

Just give you a downhill slope. But they don't do that very often.

Here is your question.

In which European city would you find the Fluntern Cemetery,

the burial place of James Joyce?

James Joyce...

Irish.

Born in Ireland. I've...

Not Vienna. Certainly not Berlin. I think he was buried in Zurich.

-He died in Zurich, he was buried in Zurich.

-Yeah?

Pete's confident it's Zurich.

Well, that came with impressive confidence. It's absolutely right.

-Well done.

-Zurich is right.

Eggheads, in the early episodes of the TV series Magnum PI,

who provided the voice of Magnum's employer, Robin Masters?

-Well, I thought it was Orson Welles.

-Well...

Did John Forsythe take over?

He was Charlie's Angels, John Forsythe.

-OK.

-Definitely Orson Welles.

-The only one's Orson Welles?

-Yeah.

We think, before he moved into sherry adverts,

it was Orson Welles.

Yeah. So he ended up, you're absolutely right,

as the voice of Magnum's employer, Robin Masters.

Orson Welles.

Back to you, with the scores equal.

Which country announced it would reward its national football players

with diplomatic passports after winning a game at Euro 2016?

Oh, I would say Albania. Would you say Albania?

Before it came up, I was thinking Albania.

We think it's Albania.

Albania is your answer, for three out of three.

Albania is right.

So, Eggheads, here we are again with the pressure on.

But you're used to the pressure. Let's see if you can take it now.

Which strait links the Gulf of Riga with the Baltic Sea?

Well, the Bering Strait is between America and the USA

and I think the Karimata Strait is...

Karimata, it sounds Indonesia or Japan.

-It doesn't sound...

-It's East Asian, I think, Karimata.

I think it has to be the Irben Strait.

-On balance, I prefer Irben.

-Right then, go for it.

-OK.

Well, we know it's certainly not the Bering Strait and we're

pretty certain the Karimata Strait is somewhere in East Asia,

so we'll go for the Irben Strait.

Irben Strait is indeed the answer.

Three out of three for both teams.

The scores are level, we go to Sudden Death.

It gets a bit harder - I don't give you alternative answers.

And here is your question.

The KWP is the primary political organisation of which country?

Think about it logically. KWP.

Kuwait? Kenya?

-Political parties...

-This is really shooting from the hip, isn't it?

-I don't think we know.

-No.

Eastern European...? No.

I think it would be an African country.

-I don't think we've got this one nailed, have we?

-No.

I think first instinct, first guess, best guess.

-Kurdistan?

-No.

-No.

-Oh, we'll be kicking ourselves.

-Yeah.

-No. Go with your first guess.

-Do you think so?

-I think so. We might as well.

We'll jointly... Yeah.

We'll say Kenya.

Anyone know here?

-Could it be North Korea?

-Yeah, North Korea.

-It's the Korean...

-Korean Workers' Party.

Well, I'm guessing Korean Workers' Party,

but North Korea is the answer.

OK, Eggheads, get this right and you've won the contest.

To which continent is the water buffalo native?

The water buffalo. Is it from India?

I was just thinking Asia.

I think they're Asian, India's in Southeast Asia.

Africa, we get the Cape buffalo, don't we?

There's Cape buffalo in Africa.

It's in Africa. Water buffalo...

-You've obviously got your standard buffalo in North America.

-Yeah.

That's why I've got confused now.

-We'll use that one then.

-I think it's Asia.

-Yeah.

-OK, are we happy with that?

-Yeah.

OK, well, the common or garden buffalo we think is North American.

In South Africa they do have a buffalo,

but it's known as the Cape buffalo.

But we think the water buffalo is common in India,

maybe in Southeast Asia, and so we'll go for Asia.

Scoping the whole world there with their buffaloes.

It's quite impressive, actually. The answer is Asia.

We say congratulations. On Sudden Death, you've won.

It was good, that, because I think a lot of people would have gone

-straight for Africa on that.

-First instinct, Africa, yeah.

It's almost a trick question there, because you think buffalo,

-you think...

-I was in Africa in January

-and I saw Cape buffaloes, so...

-Yeah.

OK, commiserations to 5000-1.

It has been fantastic to play with Colin and all the team.

Thank you, Colin, for coming, for your team here.

-Hope you've enjoyed it, guys.

-Thank you.

You know I was willing you to do

what Leicester did in the Premiership...

-So were we.

-..and snatch it away.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them -

fairly naturally, anyway.

They still reign supreme over quiz land.

It does mean our Challengers are not going home with the £2,000

so the money rolls over to the next show.

Eggheads, congratulations.

Getting into your stride now, I think.

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

can just have the extra push and take the money.

£3,000 says they won't do it. Till then, goodbye.