0:00:05 > 0:00:07These people are amongst
0:00:07 > 0:00:09the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:16arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:28 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33And here they are, the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35You've got an appetite for the fight today?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Definitely. I have now, yes. Absolutely. Raring to go.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Taking on our awesome quiz champions today
0:00:40 > 0:00:42are Yes, Sarah.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Now, this team are all members
0:00:43 > 0:00:46of the Norwich Phoenix Male Voice Choir.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Let's meet them.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Hello, I'm Philip, and I write crime novels.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Hello, I'm Jerry, and I'm a retired finance manager.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hello, I'm Keith, and I'm a retired engineer.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Hi, I'm Eddie. I'm a retired hotel manager.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello, I'm Chris, and I'm a retired teacher.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05So, Philip and team, welcome.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Thank you very much. Got to ask about the team name first.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Why are you called Yes, Sarah?
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Well, Sarah is our lovely musical director,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17and with 30 reprobates like us,
0:01:17 > 0:01:22she needs to have a rod of iron in a velvet glove,
0:01:22 > 0:01:26so she's taught us that when she asks a question, we reply...
0:01:26 > 0:01:28ALL: "Yes, Sarah." I see.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30All right, with gusto.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32How long have you all been singing together?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Well, the choir has been in existence for about six years,
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and we've joined at various intervals in that time.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40And I guess the key question is whether you quiz together as well,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42or do any of you quiz?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45We have a couple of quizzers. Maybe don't point them out.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48You want to keep the Eggheads guessing here.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49OK.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50But we enjoy quizzing,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53and we watch the programme religiously.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Oh, fantastic. OK.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Well, you'll recognise then our two new Eggheads
0:01:56 > 0:02:00right in the middle there - Beth and Steve.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Every day there is ?1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:02 > 0:02:03for our Challengers.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11So, Yes, Sarah, the Challengers won the last game,
0:02:11 > 0:02:12proving it can be done.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16That means ?1,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Would you like to try and win now? Certainly would. Good stuff.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Food Drink.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Now, who would like this? LAUGHTER
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Volunteer for Food Drink?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Sounds hopeful. I think that's Keith. Yes.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Keith? I'll take Food Drink, yes.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34OK, retired engineer against which Egghead?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37I'm thinking of Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39So, it's going to be Keith from Yes, Sarah
0:02:39 > 0:02:42versus Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the Eggheads.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44And just to ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47would you please take your positions in our famous Question Room?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51So, Dave, Food Drink. Are we confident on this?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Well, we'll just have to see what questions come up.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I've got a mixed record on this subject, I believe.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Keith, on Food Drink,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00you can choose whether you go first or second.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Thank you. I will go first, Jeremy, please.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07And here we go with your first question.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10What phrase has come to mean a specialised ale
0:03:10 > 0:03:15brewed in small quantities by an independent brewery?
0:03:20 > 0:03:25Well, I am a member of CAMRA, Campaign for Real Ale,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29and I recognise craft beer as the answer.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31And you're right too. Craft beer it is. Well done.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34There we go. First question to your team. Well done.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Dave, what is the literal translation of the name
0:03:37 > 0:03:39of the Italian dumplings called gnocchi?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I don't know.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Let's have a think.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51They're not tubular.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Not hoops.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54I've got to go lumps,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57but I'm not really happy with that answer at all.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59But lumps.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Yeah, lumps. You've got it. That's what they are.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Lumps is the answer, cos that's what they are.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Keith, in Indian cuisine,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11which nut is a common ingredient in korma-style curries?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I would say that's the almond.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Yes, you're quite right. Almond it is.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Dave, back to you.
0:04:24 > 0:04:30Popular in Austria at Christmas, Vanillekipferl is a type of what?
0:04:33 > 0:04:39It's one word. V-A-N-I-L-L-E-K-I-P-F-E-R-L.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Vanillekipferl.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Just on the basis that biscuits and puddings are quite commonplace -
0:04:45 > 0:04:47it could be a Christmas biscuit or Christmas pudding -
0:04:47 > 0:04:52I'm going to go liqueur, because possibly at Christmas time
0:04:52 > 0:04:55somebody would have a liqueur like that.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57The answer is biscuit. Right. Never heard of it.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00All right, this is good, Keith.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Get this question right, you're in the final,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04you've knocked out an Egghead.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Hawke's Bay is a well-known wine region in which country?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Well, it's a New World wine,
0:05:17 > 0:05:21and I believe it comes from New Zealand.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Is he right, Dave? Yes, of course he's right.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25You're right. New Zealand it is. Well done.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Three out of three, Keith.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Continues the slightly torrid time for the Eggheads.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Dave has been knocked out and won't be in the final.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Keith, you will be. Please rejoin your teams.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Well, the Eggheads taking a bit of a bashing at the moment.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Yes, Sarah have not lost any brains from the final round.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46The Eggheads have lost a brain already.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48And the next subject for you is Music, gentlemen.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Who would like Music? This is good, isn't it?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Yes, it's very good. Yes, I'll take Music.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57OK, it's going to be Eddie, our retired hotel manager.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Against which Egghead? Anyone but Dave.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Let me try Beth.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Very good idea of trying Beth.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05We don't know... I'm just thinking, are you...?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Where are you on your music, Beth?
0:06:07 > 0:06:08I think you like music. I do like music.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12I've not had the Music round... No. ..in this so far. OK.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14You didn't choose Music on Make Me An Egghead, did you?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18No. Julia in the final chose Music.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Oh, but you won on that round. But I beat her on that. That's right.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25OK, so, Eddie from Yes, Sarah versus one of our newest Eggheads,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and please go to the special Question Room now.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33So, Beth, your musical tastes, remind us.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Oh, they're very wide-ranging.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Popular music, '90s '80s.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Goes down into the classical range as well.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42All right, well, good luck in this round.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Good luck to you, Eddie, as well.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45What's your particular kind of music
0:06:45 > 0:06:47if you could choose what sort of music came up?
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Just general.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I mean, I like all genres of music, really. Great stuff.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Listen, good luck, Eddie. Would you like to go first or second?
0:06:54 > 0:06:55I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Here is your first question.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Which of these, Eddie,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06is a traditional long-necked stringed instrument from Greece?
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Ooh.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I can't say I'm absolutely sure about that one.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18They're fairly obscure, as far as I'm concerned.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23I'd say possibly bouzouki.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Bouzouki is quite right.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The bouzouki has become
0:07:28 > 0:07:29something of a fixture
0:07:29 > 0:07:31in traditional Irish music.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It jumped the barrier... Did it?
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Bands like De Dannan and people like Alec Finn and Donal Lunny,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42suddenly bouzoukis were everywhere, and they fit in really nicely.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45OK, good answer from Eddie. Beth, your first question.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49What is the title of Paul Simon's 2016 solo album?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Ooh.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I don't know for certain,
0:07:58 > 0:08:03but the one that pulls out to me strongest is Stranger To Stranger.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Doesn't sound... Odder To Odder... No.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07So, Stranger To Stranger.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Yes, Stranger To Stranger is right.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11OK, back to you, Eddie.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Which female singer and songwriter was born Claire Boucher in 1988?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Golly, that's some fairly obscure ones.
0:08:23 > 0:08:251988?
0:08:25 > 0:08:261988.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Oh, dear.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I've got nothing really to go on here, I don't think.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Would it be Lorde?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37It's not Lorde, but who is this, Pat?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Grimes. Grimes is the answer.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43OK, Beth, your question.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46"And if I were a watch, I'd start popping my spring,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49"or if I were a bell I'd go ding-dong, ding-dong, ding"
0:08:49 > 0:08:51are song lyrics from which musical?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01It doesn't particularly sound West Side Story.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05I can't see the Sharks and the Jets
0:09:05 > 0:09:09singing "Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding."
0:09:11 > 0:09:14I'm going to go with Singin' In The Rain.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Singin' In The Rain. Now, I wonder if Eddie knows this. Eddie?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I thought it was Guys And Dolls, but...
0:09:19 > 0:09:22No, you're absolutely right. It is Guys And Dolls. Oh. Yeah.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23OK.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26So, one each after two questions.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Your third question, Eddie, is this.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Which composer fled the Russian Revolution in 1917,
0:09:31 > 0:09:35making the final part of his journey on an open sled?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Ah.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Yeah, I'm not absolutely certain about this one.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Is that Rachmaninov?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52It is Rachmaninov. Well done. Thank you.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Anyone know where he ended up or anything?
0:09:55 > 0:09:56He spent a lot of time in America,
0:09:56 > 0:09:57and then he retired,
0:09:57 > 0:09:58I think, to Switzerland.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01But he had been from a very rich family in Russia,
0:10:01 > 0:10:05and pretty much lost everything when he fled the revolution.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06And at the age of 40,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09he embarked on a career as a concert pianist
0:10:09 > 0:10:12because he was primarily a composer, but he was a magnificent pianist.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14And despite stage fright,
0:10:14 > 0:10:15he built himself back up
0:10:15 > 0:10:17into a very wealthy man.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18At the age of 40, it takes some bottle.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Wow. That's a great story. OK, Beth, pressure on here.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Mm-hm.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25You need to get this one right to stay in. Yep.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Pelican West was the sole album released
0:10:28 > 0:10:31by which short-lived '80s pop band.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Well, I'm pretty sure that Curiosity Killed The Cat
0:10:38 > 0:10:42was a bit longer-lived than just one album.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45And similarly with Haircut 100.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50So, Modern Romance isn't a band I'd heard of,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54so they're probably the least well-known
0:10:54 > 0:10:57and therefore shorter in duration, so, Modern Romance.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58OK, Dave will know this,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00cos this is not so much your kind of music
0:11:00 > 0:11:02but your era, our era, Dave.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Haircut 100.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Oh! Haircut 100, Beth.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Not to worry, but you've been knocked out
0:11:08 > 0:11:11and this is another good moment for our Challengers.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16What is happening to the Eggheads here? Wobbling around.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19So, well done, Eddie. You're in the final round.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Please return to us, return to your team-mates,
0:11:21 > 0:11:22and we'll play on.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26As it stands, Yes, Sarah are Yes, Yes, Sarah.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27You're doing really well.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Sarah will be watching this, won't she? She will.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31She'll be thinking, "This is fantastic."
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Her name is up in lights. You've not lost a brain.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37The Eggheads have lost two, and we play on with History.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38So, who would like this?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40We have our historian.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41On the plan, that's me, isn't it? Yep.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44OK, Chris. And against which Egghead?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46You can choose anyone but Dave and Beth.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48I'll try my luck with Barry.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51So, Chris from Yes, Sarah versus Barry from the Eggheads.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53You love doing History, Barry.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I do, and it's very rare I get picked on it,
0:11:56 > 0:11:57so I'm going to enjoy this.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00To ensure there's no conferring, please go to our Question Room.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06History, Chris. Any particular time, period, area?
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Well, I suppose the 16th and 17th century
0:12:10 > 0:12:12are the favourites with me.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15And I'm just thinking which kings they would be.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17We're talking Henry VIII onwards, are we?
0:12:17 > 0:12:23Henry VIII and Elizabeth and James and Charles I and...
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Well, that's a very rich seam for quizzing, isn't it, Barry?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27It is indeed.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Henry VIII especially seems to come up in all sorts of places.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32I always think with kings and queens,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35if you know Henry VIII, you've got half the potential questions.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36If only!
0:12:36 > 0:12:39All right, so, Chris, would you like to go first or second in this round?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:12:45 > 0:12:45And good luck.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Let's see if you can take down another Egghead here.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Which of these words describes a band of Zulu warriors?
0:12:56 > 0:13:01I think sepoy I associate with the Indian soldiers.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Impi, I've got a feeling I've heard a song
0:13:07 > 0:13:11about, "Hold you down, you impi warrior,"
0:13:11 > 0:13:14but I may be getting it muddled up with something else.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16In any case, I'm going to go for impi.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Yes, impi is right. Well done.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Barry, a satrap was originally
0:13:20 > 0:13:22the name given to the governor
0:13:22 > 0:13:25of a province in which ancient empire?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Satraps were governors in the ancient empire of Persia.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34They were indeed. Persia's right.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Chris, back to you.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39In which US state was the First Battle of Bull Run
0:13:39 > 0:13:41fought in 1861?
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I would rule out Alaska.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54I don't think much of the Civil War was fought in that area.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57And, likewise, California was
0:13:57 > 0:14:00a bit out of the main run of things at that stage.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02So, I'll go for Virginia, Jeremy.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Really good logic, Chris. Yes, you're right. It is Virginia.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Trying to hold back the tide here, Barry, aren't you?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11I'll do my best.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Who was the youngest son of William the Conqueror?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Richard I was a son of Henry II.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22William the Conqueror was followed by,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26if I'm not mistaken, William Rufus and then Henry I,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28so I'll go for Henry I.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Henry I is correct.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33So, two each. Chris, back to you.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36So, this is an interesting moment in the contest here.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Your team are in control at the moment.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41What was the name of the last Muslim dynasty in Spain,
0:14:41 > 0:14:46expelled in 1492 after the defeat at Granada?
0:14:50 > 0:14:55Oh, about all I know about Spain and Muslims
0:14:55 > 0:14:59is that it was El Cid who did a lot towards chasing them out,
0:14:59 > 0:15:03so I'm in the area of complete guesswork here, I think,
0:15:03 > 0:15:10and I can't see a lot to go on in the clues in the names.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I think I'll just go straight down the middle and go for Nasrid.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15HE LAUGHS Is he right, Barry?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Yes, he's totally right.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18Nasrid it is.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23OK, Barry, back to you to stay in.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Who was the British governor general of India
0:15:25 > 0:15:28at the time of the rebellion in 1857?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Oh, my goodness me.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39This is something I really should know.
0:15:39 > 0:15:431857 seems a little late for Canning,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46so I'm going to discount Canning.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I've never heard of Sir Henry Hardinge,
0:15:48 > 0:15:52but Lord Dalhousie rings a very vague bell,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55so I shall go for him, but I'm really not sure on this one.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56OK, Lord Dalhousie is your answer.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58If you've got it wrong, you've been knocked out.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01You'll be the third Egghead in a row to be knocked out
0:16:01 > 0:16:03by our brilliant singers.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06The answer is Viscount Canning. You've been knocked out, Barry.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Wow. Well done, Chris.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Well done indeed.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14You've actually knocked Barry out
0:16:14 > 0:16:16on pretty much his strongest subject as well,
0:16:16 > 0:16:17and you will be in the final.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Please return to your teams now.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Well, team, what can I say? This is going so well.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26So, all you've got to do is knock one more out,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28and it'll be all five of you against one.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30But it doesn't really matter at this stage,
0:16:30 > 0:16:31cos you're doing so well.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33The key thing is you've got to win the final round.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Yes, Sarah still haven't lost a brain.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37This is a really interesting game.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38The Eggheads have lost three,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40despite having the new blood and everything else.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43The next subject is Arts Books,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45so who from the Challengers wants that?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Will you take that?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I'll give it a go if you like, yeah. OK.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I think so, probably. I'll try. Jerry, OK.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Against which Egghead, Jerry?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57And you can have Steve or Pat?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I'd like to go with Steve, please.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00OK. Another new Egghead.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03All right, let's see if Steve can turn the tide somehow.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06So, Jerry from Yes, Sarah versus Steve,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08one of our newest Eggheads.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Please both of you go to our special Question Room now.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Does it feel like a crisis, Steve?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16It certainly does, Jeremy.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Just as a measure of how serious this is,
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Barry has done 41 History rounds in his Eggheads life
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and that was only the fourth he's lost.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Think it might be a case of name on the trophy. It's...
0:17:29 > 0:17:31At least Pat will have plenty of room to spread out.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Let's put it like that. All right, so, Arts Books, Jerry.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I know there's almost more pressure on you here
0:17:36 > 0:17:38cos you've got to keep this going.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Do you want to go first or second?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I will go first, please, Jeremy.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47And here is your first question.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51The 2003 novel entitled The Kite Runner
0:17:51 > 0:17:53is a work by which author?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Not something that I know.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I think I'm going to have to hazard a guess.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05The Kite Runner, you said? The Kite Runner.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08I'm going to go for Salman Rushdie.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Steve, you know this?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Yeah, I've read it. It's a fantastic book.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12It's Khaled Hosseini.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15It is Khaled Hosseini, who I think lives in the States now,
0:18:15 > 0:18:16actually, doesn't he?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18But he also did, was it A Thousand Splendid Suns?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Yeah, that's an even better book. I agree.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21I thought they were both incredible books.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Khaled Hosseini is the right answer.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25OK, Steve, your question.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28In which US city was the art museum
0:18:28 > 0:18:31simply known as The Met founded in 1870?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38At risk of sounding overconfident,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42I would hope that's got to be New York.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43New York it is.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Back to you, Jerry.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Robert Indiana was a prominent figure
0:18:48 > 0:18:51in which 20th-century art movement?
0:18:55 > 0:18:59I've got a feeling that cubism is a bit too early.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01I will go for pop art, please, Jeremy.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Lovely job. You've done it. Well done. Pop art it is.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I wonder if the Eggheads are starting to get
0:19:08 > 0:19:10a bit of their mojo back here.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12We'll see. Steve, your question.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15"You better not never tell nobody but God"
0:19:15 > 0:19:19is the opening line of which novel?
0:19:24 > 0:19:29Well, I did have an actual answer in my head before you mentioned it,
0:19:29 > 0:19:30and it has come up.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33So, I mean, I know it's not To Kill A Mockingbird,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35cos that's something about Jem's brother
0:19:35 > 0:19:37getting his arm broken, something along those lines.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Gone With The Wind, I've read it
0:19:39 > 0:19:41but I cannot remember the first line.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I've also read The Color Purple,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46and that is the answer that I think it is.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49The Color Purple is right.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53So, it's slightly tilting back against you here, Challengers.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55You need to get this one right, Jerry, to stay in.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00Which author managed one of the first Saab car dealerships
0:20:00 > 0:20:02in the United States -
0:20:02 > 0:20:05an experience he later drew on in a novel?
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Ray Bradbury is science fiction.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Joseph Heller, I think, was Catch 22.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20So, I'm going to go for Joseph Heller.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Kurt Vonnegut is the answer, Jerry, so that gives the round to Steve.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Well done, Steve.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Have you stemmed the tide here? We shall see.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31If you both come back to us, we'll play the final round.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35We had our favourite thing of first lines of books there.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Steve, you mentioned To Kill A Mockingbird.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39You got it very slightly wrong.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42"When he was nearly 13, my brother Jem got his arm..."
0:20:42 > 0:20:45"Badly broken at the elbow." Yeah. Yeah. I was just paraphrasing.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47No, no, no. I think... Yeah. I know.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I thought his version was better. Well, I think you did, actually.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I knew... Yeah, yeah. I think your version was better.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Right.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Any other great first lines that quizzers should know?
0:20:56 > 0:20:591984, I'd imagine, would be an obvious candidate. Which is?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02"Bright cold day in April, and the clocks were all striking 13."
0:21:02 > 0:21:04That's right. And Moby Dick.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05"Call me Ishmael," yeah.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07That's an almost inexhaustible trove.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12It is time for the final round, which, as always,
0:21:12 > 0:21:13is General Knowledge.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:16 > 0:21:20won't be allowed to take part here, so that's Jerry from Yes, Sarah,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23but also Dave, Beth and Barry from the Eggheads.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Would you all please now leave the studio?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Philip, Keith, Eddie and Chris,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32you're playing to win your team, Yes, Sarah, ?1,000.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Pat and Steve, you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:21:35 > 0:21:39which is to just somehow build back the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44This time the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45You are allowed to confer.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47So, Yes, Sarah, the question is,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51are your four brains able to defeat these two?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54And as we know, there's no obvious answer to that,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56but we wish you all the best. Good luck.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Do you want to go first or second? We'll go first, please.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05OK, Philip and team, all the best.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Playing for ?1,000.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Which of these words taken from French
0:22:08 > 0:22:13means a feeling of listlessness or dissatisfaction?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21All right, gentlemen. Down the middle, I think.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Parapluie is an umbrella, isn't it? Parapluie is umbrella, yeah.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Drolerie sounds like humour. Yes.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Ennui is boredom, isn't it?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Ennui is definitely boredom, yeah.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33We'll go for ennui.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Ennui is correct.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Eggheads, Pat and Steve,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41what name is given to a non-elected delegate
0:22:41 > 0:22:44in a US presidential campaign who has not pledged
0:22:44 > 0:22:46to support a particular candidate?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Super?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56It sounds the most familiar of those three.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59It's the only one I've heard of, to be fair.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Yeah, the other two sound unlikely, don't they?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05I mean, they're all superlative terms, aren't they?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08You're going from super to hyper to mega.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Got to be a superdelegate. Yeah. Yeah? OK.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13We think that's superdelegate.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Superdelegate is correct.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Challengers, for what does the first A stand
0:23:18 > 0:23:20in the name of the provider
0:23:20 > 0:23:25of school and college examinations, AQA?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Associated. OK.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35The middle one stands for Quality, doesn't it? Yes, yes.
0:23:35 > 0:23:40So it's got to be something that makes sense with Quality...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42which...
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Academic Quality makes sense.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48I mean, I've been out of that...
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I think it's probably got to be Academic, has it not, the first A?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Academic Qualifications Assessment.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Unless it's Associated Quality...
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Yeah, it's more likely Academic.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Academic, yes.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00Things have changed
0:24:00 > 0:24:01so much since I was last...
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Things have changed since we all left school.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Very radically.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Shall we go for Academic?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Yep. Yep. Go for it.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Without any confidence, we'll go for Academic.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17OK. Academic is your answer.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19We've got at least one teacher, haven't we?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Yes.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Although, I think maybe
0:24:21 > 0:24:22the AQA is quite a recent...
0:24:22 > 0:24:25That's right, yes. Since my time.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Do you know this, guys? Is it Academic?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I didn't think it was.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34I thought it was Assessment, based on being at school
0:24:34 > 0:24:36probably more recently than anybody else here,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38but I could entirely be wrong.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Well, it's Assessment and Qualifications Alliance.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Ah. OK.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47So, that's the AQA, and it means you've got a wrong answer
0:24:47 > 0:24:50at what might be a crucial moment, but let's see.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Have the Eggheads
0:24:51 > 0:24:53corrected their skid?
0:24:53 > 0:24:58In which country did work on the FAST radio telescope,
0:24:58 > 0:25:02500 metres in diameter, begin in 2011?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05FAST is F-A-S-T, capital letters, OK?
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Yeah, I know about this.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Yeah, that's good, then.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12It's in Guizhou Province
0:25:12 > 0:25:14in southern China. HE CHUCKLES
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Are you laughing, Steve, cos...? I'm not going to argue with that.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20He's got the actual GPS coordinates there!
0:25:20 > 0:25:23China is right. So, the Eggheads pull ahead,
0:25:23 > 0:25:26and that means you need to get this one right, Challengers.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Which of the UK's Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
0:25:30 > 0:25:32is the largest in area?
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Right, do we know where these various areas are?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43The Weald of Kent, presumably? Kent.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Weald of Kent. That's Kent, yes.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46The Cotswolds cover
0:25:46 > 0:25:48quite a large area. They do.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51From Bath north to beyond
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Cheltenham and Gloucester.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Yes. Wessex Downs... North Wessex Downs.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Wessex is one of those...
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Yeah. Covers a lot of areas.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01..odd sort of old areas.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Does that include Exmoor and so on? Well, I don't know. It might do.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09North... It could do, in which case it could be quite large. Yeah.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13I suspect it's not the High Weald. Would you agree with that?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Yeah. I don't...
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I haven't heard that's a particularly large area.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21So, what are we going to go for?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Let's decide, have a vote. I'm inclined to go for North Wessex.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26You go for North Wessex.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Yeah, Devon is a big county,
0:26:28 > 0:26:29isn't it?
0:26:30 > 0:26:31And Dorset.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36I do suppose it could also include Somerset. Yes, yeah.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39It could include the Quantocks. Is it the Quantocks?
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Yes, the Quantocks.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I'm thinking of moving towards the North Wessex Downs,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47to be honest. OK.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Well, this is something
0:26:48 > 0:26:50of a shot in the dark
0:26:50 > 0:26:53because we haven't got a real picture of what we're talking about.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55We know what the Cotswolds look like.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57We think we know what the High Weald looks like,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00but on the basis that the North Wessex Downs
0:27:00 > 0:27:03could include quite a chunk
0:27:03 > 0:27:05of Exmoor and the Quantocks
0:27:05 > 0:27:08and hills into Somerset, we will,
0:27:08 > 0:27:09with some reluctance,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12go for the North Wessex Downs.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14North Wessex Downs.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16OK.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19If you've got this right, we play on.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24If you've got it wrong, the contest is the Eggheads'.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30The largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is the Cotswolds,
0:27:30 > 0:27:32so we say congratulations, Eggheads.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34You have won.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I'm sorry, Challengers,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43but, my goodness, you had them on the ropes there.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46You really did. Commiserations, Yes, Sarah.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Thank you. And Sarah and others will be thinking this is
0:27:50 > 0:27:53a great performance, no question.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56No question at all. We may be in the naughty box when we go back.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58HE LAUGHS Well, there we are.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01You've been bashed around today, Eggheads, haven't you?
0:28:01 > 0:28:04But they have done what normally comes naturally to them,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07and they do reign supreme once again over quiz land.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09It does mean you're not going home with the ?1,000.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Thank you for being here. Pleasure.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15The money rolls over to the next show. Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Who will ever beat you, I wonder?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Can't see it happening, can you?
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:21 > 0:28:23have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27?2,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.