0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:29pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Here they are, the Eggheads, and in storming form.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36- We're doing OK.- We are doing OK. - Yeah, always modest...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Well, actually, not very modest at all, are you?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Challenging the might of our quiz Goliaths today are No Blame Culture.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Now, this team regularly quiz together
0:00:43 > 0:00:47at the Queen's Park Cafe in Glasgow. Let's meet them.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Hello, I'm Eric and I'm a retired sales manager.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Hello, I'm Malcolm and I'm a local government officer.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hello, I'm Neil and I'm a company director.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hello, I'm Ali and I'm a retired marketing manager.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hello, I'm Ricky and I'm a retired sales manager.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06So, Eric and team, welcome. Good to see you.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- ALL:- Hello.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10You come from round the corner, Eric, right?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- Not far away at all.- And I know you used to do sport together.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15We all play hockey and cricket
0:01:15 > 0:01:18at Clydesdale Cricket Club, and hockey club.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And did you stop and start quizzing because it was safer?
0:01:21 > 0:01:23THEY LAUGH
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- Not really, we've always been interested in quizzing.- Yeah?
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- And we rarely win. - You rarely win?- We rarely win!
0:01:29 > 0:01:31OK...
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Well, that may not discomfit them that much,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37so we might need to change the story for their benefit!
0:01:37 > 0:01:40We need to unsettle them. Well, good luck.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Whether it's hockey or cricket or quizzing, good luck to you.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:01:46 > 0:01:47up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52we take the prize money and roll it over to the next show.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Now, No Blame Culture, the Eggheads are on a little bit of a roll here,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57they've won the last six games,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59so there is £7,000 to win today.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- Would you like to try?- Absolutely. - Good, I'm very pleased.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of History.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- Who would like this?- Malcy?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Yeah, I'll do it.- Malcolm? - Yes, I'll take that.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14And you can choose any Egghead, including our two newest ones.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- Could I select Beth, please? - You may indeed.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20She won through on her last History round.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24So, Malcolm from No Blame Culture... That wasn't supposed to put you off!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Malcolm from No Blame Culture, Beth from the Eggheads,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30please go to our famous Question Room.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35So, Malcolm, History - would you like to go first or second?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Could I go first, please?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Here we go, good luck to you and good luck to No Blame Culture.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46What title is given to the chief official of
0:02:46 > 0:02:49the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, or NATO?
0:02:54 > 0:02:55It's Secretary General.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58It is the secretary general of NATO, well done.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Beth, your question.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Henry of Bolingbroke went on to become which King of England?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09I think that was... Henry IV.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Henry IV is quite right.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Anyone help us here? Could it not have been Henry I?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Is he the one who died of eating lampreys, Lisa?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Henry I is the one that died of a surfeit of lampreys, yes.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22That's my one historical fact. Henry IV was Bolingbroke?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Yeah, he sort of marched in and said to Richard II,
0:03:25 > 0:03:26"No, that's my throne, get off."
0:03:26 > 0:03:28And Richard II just said, "All right"?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Well, he had to lock him up
0:03:30 > 0:03:31in Pontefract Castle for a bit, but, yeah.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35OK, one each. Back to you, Challenger.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40The Helsinki Accords of 1975 aimed to ease tension between
0:03:40 > 0:03:45the West and the East by recognising the inviolability of frontiers
0:03:45 > 0:03:46in what part of the world?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Europe.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Oh, wow, you just go straight there!
0:03:53 > 0:03:56You didn't take any run-up at that at all.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Do you want to show your workings there at all?
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Well, the final settlement of the post-World War II boundaries
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- was agreed at the Helsinki Agreement in 1975.- Brilliant, quite right.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Europe it is.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Beth, how many chests of tea were thrown into the harbour
0:04:11 > 0:04:14during the so-called Boston Tea Party
0:04:14 > 0:04:17of 16 December, 1773?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Ooh! Oh, Lord.
0:04:24 > 0:04:2934 seems like an awfully small number for such a furore.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32But then, could it have been just 34...?
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Had they only got 34 off before they were apprehended?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40The first number that came to my head before the numbers came up
0:04:40 > 0:04:43was quite low, so I'll go with 34.
0:04:43 > 0:04:4634 is your answer. Do you know this one, Malcolm?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50No, I'm really glad it wasn't my question in this instance!
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Let me check with the Eggheads. Puzzled?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I'm puzzled, but I'd have gone with Beth there, because it was
0:04:54 > 0:04:59mainly a protest rather than, you know, a definitive thing.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I would have gone with the lower number myself.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Dave agrees with you, Beth.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Oh!
0:05:03 > 0:05:05But it's 342.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- Oh, right.- It's the middle one.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11So, you are in the lead and you can take it with this answer, Malcolm.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14During the American Civil War,
0:05:14 > 0:05:19what name was given to any citizen in the North who opposed the war
0:05:19 > 0:05:22and advocated restoration of the Union
0:05:22 > 0:05:26through a negotiated settlement with the South?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31HE CHUCKLES
0:05:31 > 0:05:32It's Copperhead.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- You're certain?- Yes.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36You're good on history!
0:05:36 > 0:05:40A man of few words. Copperhead is the right answer.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Three out of three. So, no way back for you, Beth.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Sorry, you've been knocked out. Malcolm, you're in the final round.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Come back and rejoin your teams.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51I see, so at the start, Eric,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53you were suggesting that not only was your team not the best
0:05:53 > 0:05:55quiz team in the country,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57you weren't even the best quiz team in the Queen's Park Cafe!
0:05:57 > 0:05:59And now you unleash your history player
0:05:59 > 0:06:01and you blow us out the water!
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Well, that's what happens. Malcolm is our weakest link, so...
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- THEY LAUGH - We are looking forward to it now.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Oh, my goodness! You did a brilliant job there,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12just lulling them into thinking it was going to be easy.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15As it stands, No Blame Culture have not lost any brains and
0:06:15 > 0:06:19haven't even got a question wrong yet. The Eggheads have lost a brain.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21We play on, and the next subject is Arts & Books.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- Is this good?- Oh, no!
0:06:23 > 0:06:25It's Neil.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- That's me, that's me. - OK.- Yes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32So, Neil from No Blame Culture versus which Egghead? Can't be Beth.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34What would you suggest? Do you think...?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I don't know, what about Steve?
0:06:37 > 0:06:38You could try him.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- Yeah.- Go for that, yeah. - OK, we'll go for Steve, please.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Right. We are still discovering what Steve is made of.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Neil from No Blame Culture
0:06:48 > 0:06:51to play Steve from the Eggheads on Arts & Books.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Please go to the Question Room now.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58So, tell us what you do in your working life, then, Neil.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I'm a company director for a couple of forestry companies
0:07:01 > 0:07:04and have in the past also been the past president of
0:07:04 > 0:07:07the Institute Of Wines And Spirits Scotland.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Amazing, that must have been a rather nice job.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11It was, um...trying!
0:07:11 > 0:07:13THEY CHUCKLE
0:07:13 > 0:07:15An awful lot of tasting had to be done.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Yes, I'm sure, I'm sure. Well, we'll always help you with that!
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Good luck on Arts & Books.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22You're playing Steve, and would you like to go first or second?
0:07:22 > 0:07:23I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29OK, so here is your first question, Neil, good luck.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34Monty: His Part In My Victory is a book by which comedian?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I'm pretty sure that's Spike Milligan.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Spike Milligan is right.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Steve, here's your question.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Nick Hornby's autobiographical book about football fandom,
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Fever Pitch, was first published at the start of which decade?
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Right.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59When was it published, you said? Sorry.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Yeah, first published at the start of which decade?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Well, he is a fairly recent author, he's still going,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06so I think it must be the '90s.
0:08:06 > 0:08:091990s is right. Back to you, Neil.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15The Renaissance artist born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi
0:08:15 > 0:08:17was popularly known by what name,
0:08:17 > 0:08:21derived from an Italian word meaning "small wine cask"?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28"Small wine cask" is the one that gives it away to me.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31That's going to be Botticelli, I suspect.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Yes, you're right, that's a rather handy question for you, isn't it?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- That came across quite well. - Botticelli is right.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Over to you, Steve.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44In which Shakespeare play are Lucius, Quintus, Martius and Mutius
0:08:44 > 0:08:46sons of the title character?
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Right.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Well, I don't think it's Othello.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00I don't really remember Julius Caesar having that many sons.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03So by default I'm going to have to go with Titus Andronicus.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Yes, classic elimination moment there.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Have you seen Titus Andronicus or read it or...?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Yeah, there is a film, I think it's Ralph Fiennes,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13or perhaps I'm completely off beam, but... Or is it...?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15No, it might be Anthony Hopkins, actually.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17But, yeah, I've seen the film and read the play,
0:09:17 > 0:09:18so I should know, really.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Yes, you're right. Two each.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Your third question, Neil.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Which novel by Albert Camus consists of an extended,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30one-sided conversation between an unidentified stranger
0:09:30 > 0:09:33and a former Parisian lawyer?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40I don't know this one.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46The only one that I know of by Albert Camus, of those three,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48is The Stranger, L'Etranger.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Um, so, I will go with The Stranger.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54OK, The Stranger is your answer. I think they are all Camus.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Any Eggheads know this? No? We are drawing a blank.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58What about you, Steve?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I'm embarrassed to say, I think I've read them all, but, um,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I've got no way of distinguishing...
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I don't think it's The Plague, so it probably will be,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08now I've said that! But I would be guessing, to be fair.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13- Yeah, it's not The Plague or The Stranger. It's The Fall.- Oh, well.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15So, Steve has a chance to take the round, pull one back.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Here's your question.
0:10:16 > 0:10:22All the Conspirators in 1928 and The Memorial in 1932
0:10:22 > 0:10:26were the first published novels by which writer?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Well, I don't think EM Forster was that prolific, to be honest.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I thought I'd read most of his stuff,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38and they certainly don't tie in with that. The same with Aldous Huxley.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42In fact, I think Aldous Huxley's first novel was Chrome Yellow,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44which blows that out of the water, really.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46So, because I'm not as familiar with Isherwood's work,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I would say Christopher Isherwood.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Impressive, Steve. Christopher Isherwood is the right answer.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Sorry, Neil, the Eggheads reasserted themselves a bit.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57These things happen.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00They are quite good!
0:11:00 > 0:11:02The question didn't fall my way, of course.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07So, come back to us, both of you, and we'll play the next round.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09OK, No Blame Culture have lost a brain now.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13That was not the plan! The Eggheads have lost one as well.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15We play on, and it's Music.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Who would like Music?
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- I think that's me, Jeremy. - OK, Ricky against which Egghead?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Anyone except Beth or Steve.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I think I'll try Pat, please.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29OK, Ricky from No Blame Culture versus Pat from...
0:11:29 > 0:11:31What's the opposite of No Blame Culture?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- It's where everyone else is to blame.- Well, aren't they always?
0:11:34 > 0:11:39Pat from the Eggheads, please go to our Question Room now.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43OK, Ricky, so you are on Music,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45and I know, by the way, you play guitar, do you?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I do, yes, after a fashion.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48In a band?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Um, yes, well, I've played in bands since I was at school.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56But, um, nobody wants a 69-year-old rock 'n' roller these days,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59so the chances are few and far between.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Well, nobody's told Mick Jagger that!
0:12:01 > 0:12:02That's for sure.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05OK, on Music, do you want to go first or second against Pat?
0:12:05 > 0:12:06I think I'll go first, please.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Here is your question.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15In music, two or more musical parts sounding the same pitch
0:12:15 > 0:12:17at the same time is known as what?
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Well, overture is the commencement of a piece,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29so I suspect it is unison.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Unison is correct.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Pat, over to you.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36The singer Bessie Smith, who was born in 1894,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39was best known as an exponent of which musical genre?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I could be getting this wrong,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48but I think she was the Empress of the Blues, so I'm going for blues.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Blues is right. OK, Ricky.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56Which record label, set up with an 800 family loan,
0:12:56 > 0:13:01celebrated its 50th anniversary in January 2009?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I think EMI has been going longer than that.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Um...
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Motown, I think, was a fairly big production,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16so I'm going to go for Apple.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Any Eggheads know this?
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Yeah, Motown.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Motown is the answer, Ricky.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25OK, so you've got one wrong and Pat has the chance to take the lead.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Released in 1957,
0:13:28 > 0:13:33Love Is The Thing is a chart-topping album by which singer?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40The album doesn't ring any bells with me.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42It'll end up being a bit of a guess, this.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Can I have the question one more time, please?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Released in 1957,
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Love Is The Thing is a chart-topping album by which singer?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Well, Nat 'King' Cole died in his mid-40s, tragically young.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I've certainly seen footage of him in black and white,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00so it's just possible that he was dead by then.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Of the other two, I can certainly imagine Frank Sinatra
0:14:03 > 0:14:06releasing an album of that name.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09He sang loads of classic standards and ballads.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12So I'll take a chance on Frank Sinatra.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14No, it's not, it's Nat 'King' Cole.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15It is Nat 'King' Cole.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17So, Ricky, a little bit of a let-off,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19you need to take advantage now if you can.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Which orchestral suite, first performed publicly in 1920,
0:14:23 > 0:14:27was originally called Seven Pieces For Large Orchestra?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37I suspect that wasn't Tchaikovsky.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42I think that may be The Planets.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45The Planets is the right answer. Puts a bit of pressure on Pat.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Pat, get this wrong and you'll be knocked out.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Which Simon & Garfunkel song contains the lines, "the words of
0:14:51 > 0:14:55"the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls"?
0:15:00 > 0:15:04I'm playing it in my head. They're all three well-known songs.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08I think it's The Sound Of Silence.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Yes, you're right. We're level after three questions.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14And, Ricky, it gets a bit harder. It goes to Sudden Death.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- I don't give the alternatives. Are you ready?- I am, yes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Castle Cary train station in Somerset is the closest
0:15:21 > 0:15:24station to the site of which music festival?
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Glastonbury?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Glastonbury's correct.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Pat, in which decade
0:15:30 > 0:15:34was the rock-music magazine Kerrang! first published?
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Well, it's all about heavy metal, isn't it? Erm...
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I suppose it could have come out in the '60s.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43'60s or '70s. I think it's going to be a pick between those two.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48Erm, '80s, surely heavy metal was well established by the '80s.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Led Zeppelin had been... Were big names from the early '70s onwards.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55I think I've no choice. I think the 1970s are a more heavy-metal decade
0:15:55 > 0:15:57than the '60s, so I'll go 1970s.
0:15:57 > 0:16:011970s. Now, Ricky, you're the musician. Do you know?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I'm not particularly a heavy-metal fan,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05but I suspect it might have been the '80s.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07You're bang on, actually!
0:16:07 > 0:16:11- '81, Pat!- Oh! - So the decade was the '80s.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14You've been knocked out by our rather good quizzers here.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Another Egghead bites the dust.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Ricky, well done, you're in the final round. Come back to us.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20We'll play on.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Well, Eric, there we are,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27the understated start, and you've now knocked out two Eggheads.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32You've lost one brain, No Blame Culture, Eggheads have lost two.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Final round before the final itself is Sport. Who would like this?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- That'll be me.- OK, Eric.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I'm not going to believe anything you say about how weak you
0:16:42 > 0:16:44may be on Sport. I won't believe it.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Eric from No Blame Culture plays Sport against whom?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50And it can be either Dave or Lisa,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52so you're picking on the left-hand side there.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- They're both good on Sport. I'll pick Lisa.- All right.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Eric from No Blame Culture... What was the phrase?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02"Good on Sport" - an exaggeration.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I cannot tell you how much I'm not looking forward to this.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06LAUGHTER
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Well, let's see if Lisa can hold up the flow here.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11To ensure there's no conferring, please take your
0:17:11 > 0:17:12positions in our Question Room.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17So, Eric, would you like to go first or second on Sport?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25And here is your question, Eric. Good luck. In the Olympic Games,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27the weightlifting competition is divided up into a number of
0:17:27 > 0:17:31events in which athletes compete depending on what factor?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37It's not age.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I don't think it'd be height. I'll go their weight.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Yes, it is their weight.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Lisa, the Tour de France traditionally ends on which
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Parisian thoroughfare?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Fancy putting it on a quay! That'd be a bit scary.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57It's the Champs-Elysees.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00It is the Champs-Elysees. Eric, back to you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Apart from final matches,
0:18:01 > 0:18:07how many minutes is each half of a game of rugby sevens meant to last?
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Rugby sevens is a hard game. 25 minutes would be tricky.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17I think the answer to that's seven.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Yes, it is seven minutes. Have you seen it or played it?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23I've played it, when I was younger, yes.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26It seems very short. Why is it so explosive?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28It's very intense.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30You've got the whole of the rugby pitch to cover and you've only
0:18:30 > 0:18:34- got seven players, so it's hard work.- OK.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- So a lot of running around.- Yeah.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Lisa, your question.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Which American athlete set a world record in the long jump
0:18:41 > 0:18:45of 8.90 metres at the 1968 Olympics?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52That was Bob Beamon.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Yes, and he's a very famous name.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Is that because it was unbroken for a long time?
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Yeah, Mike Powell actually was the one to break it, in 1991, 8.95.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Still stands.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02OK, two points each.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Challengers have got the edge on the Eggheads here.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06If you get this one right,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09we may be at a decisive moment in the game, Eric.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Which of these football clubs have played home matches at the
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Ricoh Arena? That's R-I-C-O-H.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I'm not entirely sure, but I think
0:19:24 > 0:19:26that might be Coventry City.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- Let's see if your team-mates think you're right. Yes?- Spot-on.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Spot-on! Well done, Eric. Coventry City it is. OK, your third question.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35You can't put it off any more, Lisa.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40Kukkiwon is the name of the headquarters of which sport?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43K-U-K-K-I-W-O-N, Kukkiwon.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Can you spell it for me again, Jeremy, please?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52There are three Ks in it.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56K-U-K-K-I-W-O-N, all one word. Kukkiwon.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I haven't got a clue.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03And I haven't got a clue how to go about narrowing it down, either.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Would it be too simplistic simply to say taekwondo because
0:20:06 > 0:20:07the same thing's in there?
0:20:08 > 0:20:14Ooh, no, see, I'm having a fight here. I don't think it's kendo.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19I'm torn between taekwondo and judo, and I am the world's worst at 50/50.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Come on. Taekwondo.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22JEREMY LAUGHS
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Well, yeah, your one little straw that you grabbed was the
0:20:26 > 0:20:31- appearance of the "won" in Kukkiwon and taekwondo.- Wrong straw?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34No, the straw's good. Taekwondo's the right answer. Well done.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Thank you, straw!
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Oh, Eric, you were so close there to delivering
0:20:40 > 0:20:45a possibly pulverising blow to the Eggheads. Let's see.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46We go to Sudden Death. Gets a bit harder.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I don't give you alternatives. Here's your question.
0:20:48 > 0:20:55In the 1960s and 1970s, Hank Aaron was a major name in which sport?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I'm going to say baseball.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Baseball's right!
0:20:59 > 0:21:04He held the Major League all-time home-run record for 30, 40 years.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Lisa, to stay in...
0:21:07 > 0:21:12which 51-year-old six-time champion jockey announced his
0:21:12 > 0:21:14retirement in July 2016?
0:21:15 > 0:21:19I think it was Kieren Fallon. Kieren Fallon?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Kieren Fallon is right.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Back to you. Sudden Death, Eric. In which sport, Eric,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28would you use a technique known as the Indian dribble?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Well, I'm hoping that's hockey.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Yeah, field hockey, hockey.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35It's the sport that brought you guys together, isn't it?
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- Correct.- That's right. OK, Lisa, it doesn't get any easier, does it?
0:21:39 > 0:21:45In basketball, which player position, sometimes called the one,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49is responsible for controlling the team's attacking play?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Ooh, look, new team positions to learn when I've got a second...!
0:21:52 > 0:21:56I can't even think of any position in basketball, so I'm going to
0:21:56 > 0:21:59have to pass and hand Eric a very well-deserved round. I'm sorry.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01You've got to guess.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Honestly, I cannot think of a single position in basketball!
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- OK. Point guard.- Point guard! - And you're out.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- I've learned something, though. That's all right.- You're a goner,
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Lisa. Sorry! Eric, well done.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17This team that you undersold to us is performing very, very well.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Come back to us, and we're going to play what
0:22:19 > 0:22:21looks like now a very exciting final round.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27It is time for the final round, which, as always,
0:22:27 > 0:22:28is General Knowledge.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads are not
0:22:31 > 0:22:33allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35So, that is Neil from No Blame Culture,
0:22:35 > 0:22:38but it's also Lisa, Pat and Beth from the Eggheads.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Would you please now leave the studio?
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Well, well, well! Eric, Malcolm, Ali and Ricky,
0:22:45 > 0:22:49you're now playing to win No Blame Culture £7,000.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Dave and Steve, you're playing for something the money can't buy,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54which is the Eggheads' reputation,
0:22:54 > 0:22:58and to somehow block the advance of these impressive Challengers.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02This time, they're all General Knowledge.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04You are allowed to confer, gentlemen.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09So, No Blame Culture, the question is, are your four brains now able
0:23:09 > 0:23:13to defeat these two and prove that you are all-powerful in Quizland?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Would you like to go first or second?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17We'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22OK, Ali and team, good luck. First question...
0:23:22 > 0:23:28which of these words means to deny or contradict a fact or statement?
0:23:35 > 0:23:40- Gainsay, do you think? - I think it's gainsay.- Certain.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Yeah, we're pretty confident that this is gainsay, Jeremy.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Gainsay is the right answer.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Eggheads, your first question.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48What is a hamlet?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- It's not a cigar, then!- No, no.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56It's a small village, I think.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- Are you happy with?- Small pig's funny, though, in't it? Ham-let.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- Ham-let, yeah.- Yeah, small village.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04We're going to go small village, please, Jeremy.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Oh, can't you get this one wrong?
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- No.- Because it would be really funny.- No.- Cheers, pal(!)
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Small village is the right answer.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15OK, I think that's probably the shortest question I've ever
0:24:15 > 0:24:18asked on Eggheads, "What is a hamlet?"
0:24:18 > 0:24:19OK, your question.
0:24:19 > 0:24:26A regular icosahedron has 20 faces and how many edges?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33What's "icosa-"?
0:24:34 > 0:24:3720 faces. Trying to work out...
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- How many edges?- How many edges?
0:24:41 > 0:24:46If there's 20 faces, surely it has to be the highest, 50 edges.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Some of them are common faces.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53- Y'know. Faces and edges are common.- Uh-huh.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- I really don't know. - No blame! Might just be
0:24:59 > 0:25:0040, but...
0:25:01 > 0:25:05- What do you want to go with? 40? - Go down the middle?
0:25:05 > 0:25:09- Malcolm, have you not got...? - No.- We don't know.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Jeremy, we're really not very sure about this one,
0:25:12 > 0:25:14but we're going down the middle with 40.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17OK, 40 is your answer. What would you say, guys?
0:25:17 > 0:25:21I might have gone 30, but I could be very wrong.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- Let's try back there. Lisa, Pat, Beth?- I have a theory.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- It's 20 triangular faces.- Yeah.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32So that's 20 times three is 60 edges, but they've
0:25:32 > 0:25:36all been double-counted, so you divide by two and you're down to 30,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- I think.- Oh, I see, because every edge abuts one triangle.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Well, that sounds right. The answer is right. 30. It's 30.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Now he says that... Did you know it was triangles, the shape, or not?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- No. I didn't.- No, we didn't.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52OK. Back to the Eggheads.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58What is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet?
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Right, alpha, beta, gamma... No, alpha, beta, kappa...
0:26:04 > 0:26:10- Alpha, beta, gamma, delta... - Epsilon.- Zeta, eta, theta, iota.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- So iota's the ninth. - Yeah, kappa, lambda then mu.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Yeah. That's fine, yeah. Right.- Iota.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Yep. We're going for iota.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Iota. OK. They're quite impressive on their Greek alphabet, these two.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24I don't know when they find time to practise it.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Iota is the right answer.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29So they've got two and you've got one.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Get this one wrong and it's over.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37Which of these creatures belongs to the scientific suborder vermilingua?
0:26:40 > 0:26:44That's V-E-R-M-I-L-I-N-G-U-A,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- vermilingua. - I would guess eel.- Uh-huh.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50I was looking for worm to come up.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54- Vermicelli is "little worms".- Yeah. - So eel is almost like that.- Yeah.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Yes, Jeremy, we're ruling out anteater and snail and going
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- for eel.- Eel. What was your reasoning for that?
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Verm-, vermicelli, little worms.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Oh, I see, yeah, yeah. Got you.- We thought eel was the most like that.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Let me check with the Eggheads on this.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Well, we were thinking vermilingua, "worm tongue",
0:27:14 > 0:27:16so something with like a worm, long tongue,
0:27:16 > 0:27:20so I'd personally have gone anteater, but I'm not...
0:27:20 > 0:27:21I don't know.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Mm! OK, well, these are both good arguments.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27If this is wrong, the contest is over.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29If it's right, we play on, we go to them.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31The correct answer is...
0:27:31 > 0:27:32- anteater.- Oh, dear.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.- Well played, lads.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Well played. Well played.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- The icosahedron, that was the killer.- Yeah.- I'm afraid so, yep.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47And now Pat explains it, I've got it pictured in my mind,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50but I didn't know they were triangles.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Guys, thanks for playing. That was brilliant. Great game, wasn't it?
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- They're a brilliant team. - A very good team.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Commiserations to No Blame Culture.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01This is now properly a winning streak.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Somebody's got to come and stop it, surely.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I'm afraid it means the Challengers are not going home with the £7,000.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10We'll take that money and roll it over to the next show.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Eggheads, well done. Who will beat you?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14A little bit ragged today, but you were there in the end,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16in the final round, which is what counts.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers have the
0:28:18 > 0:28:23brains to defeat that lot. £8,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.