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These people are amongst | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
the greatest quiz players in Britain. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
Together, they make up the Eggheads, | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:16 | |
The question is, can they be beaten? | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers | 0:00:24 | 0:00:28 | |
pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
And here they are, the Eggheads. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
You've got an appetite for the fight today? | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
Definitely. I have now, yes. Absolutely. Raring to go. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
Taking on our awesome quiz champions today | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
are Yes, Sarah. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
Now, this team are all members | 0:00:42 | 0:00:43 | |
of the Norwich Phoenix Male Voice Choir. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
Let's meet them. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:47 | |
Hello, I'm Philip, and I write crime novels. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
Hello, I'm Jerry, and I'm a retired finance manager. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
Hello, I'm Keith, and I'm a retired engineer. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
Hi, I'm Eddie. I'm a retired hotel manager. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
Hello, I'm Chris, and I'm a retired teacher. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
So, Philip and team, welcome. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:05 | |
Thank you very much. Got to ask about the team name first. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
Why are you called Yes, Sarah? | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
Well, Sarah is our lovely musical director, | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
and with 30 reprobates like us, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
she needs to have a rod of iron in a velvet glove, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:22 | |
so she's taught us that when she asks a question, we reply... | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
ALL: "Yes, Sarah." I see. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
All right, with gusto. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
How long have you all been singing together? | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
Well, the choir has been in existence for about six years, | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
and we've joined at various intervals in that time. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
And I guess the key question is whether you quiz together as well, | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
or do any of you quiz? | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
We have a couple of quizzers. Maybe don't point them out. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
You want to keep the Eggheads guessing here. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
OK. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:49 | |
But we enjoy quizzing, | 0:01:49 | 0:01:50 | |
and we watch the programme religiously. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
Oh, fantastic. OK. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:54 | |
Well, you'll recognise then our two new Eggheads | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
right in the middle there - Beth and Steve. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
Every day there is ?1,000 worth of cash up for grabs | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
for our Challengers. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:03 | |
However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
the prize money rolls over to the next show. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
So, Yes, Sarah, the Challengers won the last game, | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
proving it can be done. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:12 | |
That means ?1,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads today. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
Would you like to try and win now? Certainly would. Good stuff. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Food Drink. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
Now, who would like this? LAUGHTER | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
Volunteer for Food Drink? | 0:02:25 | 0:02:26 | |
Sounds hopeful. I think that's Keith. Yes. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
Keith? I'll take Food Drink, yes. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
OK, retired engineer against which Egghead? | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
I'm thinking of Tremendous Knowledge Dave. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
So, it's going to be Keith from Yes, Sarah | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
versus Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the Eggheads. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
And just to ensure there's no conferring, | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
would you please take your positions in our famous Question Room? | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
So, Dave, Food Drink. Are we confident on this? | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
Well, we'll just have to see what questions come up. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
I've got a mixed record on this subject, I believe. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
Keith, on Food Drink, | 0:02:56 | 0:02:57 | |
you can choose whether you go first or second. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
Thank you. I will go first, Jeremy, please. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
And here we go with your first question. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
What phrase has come to mean a specialised ale | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
brewed in small quantities by an independent brewery? | 0:03:10 | 0:03:15 | |
Well, I am a member of CAMRA, Campaign for Real Ale, | 0:03:20 | 0:03:25 | |
and I recognise craft beer as the answer. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
And you're right too. Craft beer it is. Well done. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
There we go. First question to your team. Well done. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
Dave, what is the literal translation of the name | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
of the Italian dumplings called gnocchi? | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
I don't know. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
Let's have a think. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
They're not tubular. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
Not hoops. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
I've got to go lumps, | 0:03:53 | 0:03:54 | |
but I'm not really happy with that answer at all. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
But lumps. | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
Yeah, lumps. You've got it. That's what they are. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
Lumps is the answer, cos that's what they are. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
Keith, in Indian cuisine, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
which nut is a common ingredient in korma-style curries? | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
I would say that's the almond. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
Yes, you're quite right. Almond it is. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
Dave, back to you. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
Popular in Austria at Christmas, Vanillekipferl is a type of what? | 0:04:24 | 0:04:30 | |
It's one word. V-A-N-I-L-L-E-K-I-P-F-E-R-L. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:39 | |
Vanillekipferl. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
Just on the basis that biscuits and puddings are quite commonplace - | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
it could be a Christmas biscuit or Christmas pudding - | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
I'm going to go liqueur, because possibly at Christmas time | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
somebody would have a liqueur like that. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
The answer is biscuit. Right. Never heard of it. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
All right, this is good, Keith. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
Get this question right, you're in the final, | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
you've knocked out an Egghead. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
Hawke's Bay is a well-known wine region in which country? | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
Well, it's a New World wine, | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
and I believe it comes from New Zealand. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
Is he right, Dave? Yes, of course he's right. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
You're right. New Zealand it is. Well done. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
Three out of three, Keith. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
Continues the slightly torrid time for the Eggheads. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
Dave has been knocked out and won't be in the final. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
Keith, you will be. Please rejoin your teams. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
Well, the Eggheads taking a bit of a bashing at the moment. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
Yes, Sarah have not lost any brains from the final round. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
The Eggheads have lost a brain already. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
And the next subject for you is Music, gentlemen. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
Who would like Music? This is good, isn't it? | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
Yes, it's very good. Yes, I'll take Music. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
OK, it's going to be Eddie, our retired hotel manager. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
Against which Egghead? Anyone but Dave. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
Let me try Beth. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:01 | |
Very good idea of trying Beth. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
We don't know... I'm just thinking, are you...? | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
Where are you on your music, Beth? | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
I think you like music. I do like music. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:08 | |
I've not had the Music round... No. ..in this so far. OK. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:12 | |
You didn't choose Music on Make Me An Egghead, did you? | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
No. Julia in the final chose Music. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
Oh, but you won on that round. But I beat her on that. That's right. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
OK, so, Eddie from Yes, Sarah versus one of our newest Eggheads, | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
and please go to the special Question Room now. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
So, Beth, your musical tastes, remind us. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
Oh, they're very wide-ranging. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:34 | |
Popular music, '90s '80s. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
Goes down into the classical range as well. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
All right, well, good luck in this round. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
Good luck to you, Eddie, as well. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
What's your particular kind of music | 0:06:44 | 0:06:45 | |
if you could choose what sort of music came up? | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
Just general. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:48 | |
I mean, I like all genres of music, really. Great stuff. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
Listen, good luck, Eddie. Would you like to go first or second? | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
I'll go first, please, Jeremy. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:55 | |
Here is your first question. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:00 | |
Which of these, Eddie, | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
is a traditional long-necked stringed instrument from Greece? | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
Ooh. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:12 | |
I can't say I'm absolutely sure about that one. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
They're fairly obscure, as far as I'm concerned. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
I'd say possibly bouzouki. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:23 | |
Bouzouki is quite right. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
The bouzouki has become | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
something of a fixture | 0:07:28 | 0:07:29 | |
in traditional Irish music. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
It jumped the barrier... Did it? | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
Bands like De Dannan and people like Alec Finn and Donal Lunny, | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
suddenly bouzoukis were everywhere, and they fit in really nicely. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:42 | |
OK, good answer from Eddie. Beth, your first question. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
What is the title of Paul Simon's 2016 solo album? | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
Ooh. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:56 | |
I don't know for certain, | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
but the one that pulls out to me strongest is Stranger To Stranger. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:03 | |
Doesn't sound... Odder To Odder... No. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
So, Stranger To Stranger. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
Yes, Stranger To Stranger is right. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
OK, back to you, Eddie. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
Which female singer and songwriter was born Claire Boucher in 1988? | 0:08:11 | 0:08:15 | |
Golly, that's some fairly obscure ones. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
1988? | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
1988. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:26 | |
Oh, dear. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
I've got nothing really to go on here, I don't think. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
Would it be Lorde? | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
It's not Lorde, but who is this, Pat? | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
Grimes. Grimes is the answer. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
OK, Beth, your question. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
"And if I were a watch, I'd start popping my spring, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
"or if I were a bell I'd go ding-dong, ding-dong, ding" | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
are song lyrics from which musical? | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
It doesn't particularly sound West Side Story. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
I can't see the Sharks and the Jets | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
singing "Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding." | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
I'm going to go with Singin' In The Rain. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
Singin' In The Rain. Now, I wonder if Eddie knows this. Eddie? | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
I thought it was Guys And Dolls, but... | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
No, you're absolutely right. It is Guys And Dolls. Oh. Yeah. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
OK. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:23 | |
So, one each after two questions. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
Your third question, Eddie, is this. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:27 | |
Which composer fled the Russian Revolution in 1917, | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
making the final part of his journey on an open sled? | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
Ah. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:41 | |
Yeah, I'm not absolutely certain about this one. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
Is that Rachmaninov? | 0:09:46 | 0:09:47 | |
It is Rachmaninov. Well done. Thank you. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
Anyone know where he ended up or anything? | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
He spent a lot of time in America, | 0:09:55 | 0:09:56 | |
and then he retired, | 0:09:56 | 0:09:57 | |
I think, to Switzerland. | 0:09:57 | 0:09:58 | |
But he had been from a very rich family in Russia, | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
and pretty much lost everything when he fled the revolution. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
And at the age of 40, | 0:10:05 | 0:10:06 | |
he embarked on a career as a concert pianist | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
because he was primarily a composer, but he was a magnificent pianist. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
And despite stage fright, | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
he built himself back up | 0:10:14 | 0:10:15 | |
into a very wealthy man. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
At the age of 40, it takes some bottle. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:18 | |
Wow. That's a great story. OK, Beth, pressure on here. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
Mm-hm. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:22 | |
You need to get this one right to stay in. Yep. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
Pelican West was the sole album released | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
by which short-lived '80s pop band. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
Well, I'm pretty sure that Curiosity Killed The Cat | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
was a bit longer-lived than just one album. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
And similarly with Haircut 100. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
So, Modern Romance isn't a band I'd heard of, | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
so they're probably the least well-known | 0:10:50 | 0:10:54 | |
and therefore shorter in duration, so, Modern Romance. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
OK, Dave will know this, | 0:10:57 | 0:10:58 | |
cos this is not so much your kind of music | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
but your era, our era, Dave. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
Haircut 100. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:03 | |
Oh! Haircut 100, Beth. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
Not to worry, but you've been knocked out | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
and this is another good moment for our Challengers. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
What is happening to the Eggheads here? Wobbling around. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
So, well done, Eddie. You're in the final round. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
Please return to us, return to your team-mates, | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
and we'll play on. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:22 | |
As it stands, Yes, Sarah are Yes, Yes, Sarah. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
You're doing really well. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:27 | |
Sarah will be watching this, won't she? She will. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:29 | |
She'll be thinking, "This is fantastic." | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
Her name is up in lights. You've not lost a brain. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
The Eggheads have lost two, and we play on with History. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:37 | |
So, who would like this? | 0:11:37 | 0:11:38 | |
We have our historian. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
On the plan, that's me, isn't it? Yep. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:41 | |
OK, Chris. And against which Egghead? | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
You can choose anyone but Dave and Beth. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
I'll try my luck with Barry. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
So, Chris from Yes, Sarah versus Barry from the Eggheads. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
You love doing History, Barry. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
I do, and it's very rare I get picked on it, | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
so I'm going to enjoy this. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:57 | |
To ensure there's no conferring, please go to our Question Room. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
History, Chris. Any particular time, period, area? | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
Well, I suppose the 16th and 17th century | 0:12:06 | 0:12:10 | |
are the favourites with me. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
And I'm just thinking which kings they would be. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
We're talking Henry VIII onwards, are we? | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
Henry VIII and Elizabeth and James and Charles I and... | 0:12:17 | 0:12:23 | |
Well, that's a very rich seam for quizzing, isn't it, Barry? | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
It is indeed. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
Henry VIII especially seems to come up in all sorts of places. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
I always think with kings and queens, | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
if you know Henry VIII, you've got half the potential questions. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
If only! | 0:12:35 | 0:12:36 | |
All right, so, Chris, would you like to go first or second in this round? | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:41 | |
And good luck. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:45 | |
Let's see if you can take down another Egghead here. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
Which of these words describes a band of Zulu warriors? | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
I think sepoy I associate with the Indian soldiers. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:01 | |
Impi, I've got a feeling I've heard a song | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
about, "Hold you down, you impi warrior," | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
but I may be getting it muddled up with something else. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
In any case, I'm going to go for impi. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
Yes, impi is right. Well done. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
Barry, a satrap was originally | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
the name given to the governor | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
of a province in which ancient empire? | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
Satraps were governors in the ancient empire of Persia. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:32 | |
They were indeed. Persia's right. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
Chris, back to you. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
In which US state was the First Battle of Bull Run | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
fought in 1861? | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
I would rule out Alaska. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:50 | |
I don't think much of the Civil War was fought in that area. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:54 | |
And, likewise, California was | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
a bit out of the main run of things at that stage. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
So, I'll go for Virginia, Jeremy. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:02 | |
Really good logic, Chris. Yes, you're right. It is Virginia. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:07 | |
Trying to hold back the tide here, Barry, aren't you? | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
I'll do my best. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
Who was the youngest son of William the Conqueror? | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
Richard I was a son of Henry II. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
William the Conqueror was followed by, | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
if I'm not mistaken, William Rufus and then Henry I, | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
so I'll go for Henry I. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
Henry I is correct. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
So, two each. Chris, back to you. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
So, this is an interesting moment in the contest here. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
Your team are in control at the moment. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:38 | |
What was the name of the last Muslim dynasty in Spain, | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
expelled in 1492 after the defeat at Granada? | 0:14:41 | 0:14:46 | |
Oh, about all I know about Spain and Muslims | 0:14:50 | 0:14:55 | |
is that it was El Cid who did a lot towards chasing them out, | 0:14:55 | 0:14:59 | |
so I'm in the area of complete guesswork here, I think, | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
and I can't see a lot to go on in the clues in the names. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:10 | |
I think I'll just go straight down the middle and go for Nasrid. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
HE LAUGHS Is he right, Barry? | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
Yes, he's totally right. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
Nasrid it is. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:18 | |
OK, Barry, back to you to stay in. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
Who was the British governor general of India | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
at the time of the rebellion in 1857? | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
Oh, my goodness me. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
This is something I really should know. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:39 | |
1857 seems a little late for Canning, | 0:15:39 | 0:15:43 | |
so I'm going to discount Canning. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
I've never heard of Sir Henry Hardinge, | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
but Lord Dalhousie rings a very vague bell, | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
so I shall go for him, but I'm really not sure on this one. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
OK, Lord Dalhousie is your answer. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:56 | |
If you've got it wrong, you've been knocked out. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
You'll be the third Egghead in a row to be knocked out | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
by our brilliant singers. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
The answer is Viscount Canning. You've been knocked out, Barry. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
Wow. Well done, Chris. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
Well done indeed. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
You've actually knocked Barry out | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
on pretty much his strongest subject as well, | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
and you will be in the final. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:17 | |
Please return to your teams now. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
Well, team, what can I say? This is going so well. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
So, all you've got to do is knock one more out, | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
and it'll be all five of you against one. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
But it doesn't really matter at this stage, | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
cos you're doing so well. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:31 | |
The key thing is you've got to win the final round. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
Yes, Sarah still haven't lost a brain. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:35 | |
This is a really interesting game. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
The Eggheads have lost three, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:38 | |
despite having the new blood and everything else. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
The next subject is Arts Books, | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
so who from the Challengers wants that? | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
Will you take that? | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
I'll give it a go if you like, yeah. OK. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:49 | |
I think so, probably. I'll try. Jerry, OK. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
Against which Egghead, Jerry? | 0:16:52 | 0:16:54 | |
And you can have Steve or Pat? | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
I'd like to go with Steve, please. | 0:16:57 | 0:16:59 | |
OK. Another new Egghead. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:00 | |
All right, let's see if Steve can turn the tide somehow. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
So, Jerry from Yes, Sarah versus Steve, | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
one of our newest Eggheads. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
Please both of you go to our special Question Room now. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
Does it feel like a crisis, Steve? | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
It certainly does, Jeremy. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
Just as a measure of how serious this is, | 0:17:16 | 0:17:18 | |
Barry has done 41 History rounds in his Eggheads life | 0:17:18 | 0:17:23 | |
and that was only the fourth he's lost. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
Think it might be a case of name on the trophy. It's... | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
At least Pat will have plenty of room to spread out. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
Let's put it like that. All right, so, Arts Books, Jerry. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
I know there's almost more pressure on you here | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
cos you've got to keep this going. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
Do you want to go first or second? | 0:17:38 | 0:17:40 | |
I will go first, please, Jeremy. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
And here is your first question. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:47 | |
The 2003 novel entitled The Kite Runner | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
is a work by which author? | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
Not something that I know. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
I think I'm going to have to hazard a guess. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
The Kite Runner, you said? The Kite Runner. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
I'm going to go for Salman Rushdie. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
Steve, you know this? | 0:18:08 | 0:18:09 | |
Yeah, I've read it. It's a fantastic book. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
It's Khaled Hosseini. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:12 | |
It is Khaled Hosseini, who I think lives in the States now, | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
actually, doesn't he? | 0:18:15 | 0:18:16 | |
But he also did, was it A Thousand Splendid Suns? | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
Yeah, that's an even better book. I agree. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
I thought they were both incredible books. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:21 | |
Khaled Hosseini is the right answer. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
OK, Steve, your question. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
In which US city was the art museum | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
simply known as The Met founded in 1870? | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
At risk of sounding overconfident, | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
I would hope that's got to be New York. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
New York it is. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:43 | |
Back to you, Jerry. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:45 | |
Robert Indiana was a prominent figure | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
in which 20th-century art movement? | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
I've got a feeling that cubism is a bit too early. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
I will go for pop art, please, Jeremy. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
Lovely job. You've done it. Well done. Pop art it is. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
I wonder if the Eggheads are starting to get | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
a bit of their mojo back here. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
We'll see. Steve, your question. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
"You better not never tell nobody but God" | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
is the opening line of which novel? | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
Well, I did have an actual answer in my head before you mentioned it, | 0:19:24 | 0:19:29 | |
and it has come up. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:30 | |
So, I mean, I know it's not To Kill A Mockingbird, | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
cos that's something about Jem's brother | 0:19:33 | 0:19:35 | |
getting his arm broken, something along those lines. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
Gone With The Wind, I've read it | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
but I cannot remember the first line. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
I've also read The Color Purple, | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
and that is the answer that I think it is. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
The Color Purple is right. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
So, it's slightly tilting back against you here, Challengers. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:53 | |
You need to get this one right, Jerry, to stay in. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:55 | |
Which author managed one of the first Saab car dealerships | 0:19:55 | 0:20:00 | |
in the United States - | 0:20:00 | 0:20:02 | |
an experience he later drew on in a novel? | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
Ray Bradbury is science fiction. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
Joseph Heller, I think, was Catch 22. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
So, I'm going to go for Joseph Heller. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
Kurt Vonnegut is the answer, Jerry, so that gives the round to Steve. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
Well done, Steve. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:25 | |
Have you stemmed the tide here? We shall see. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
If you both come back to us, we'll play the final round. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
We had our favourite thing of first lines of books there. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
Steve, you mentioned To Kill A Mockingbird. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
You got it very slightly wrong. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
"When he was nearly 13, my brother Jem got his arm..." | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
"Badly broken at the elbow." Yeah. Yeah. I was just paraphrasing. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
No, no, no. I think... Yeah. I know. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
I thought his version was better. Well, I think you did, actually. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
I knew... Yeah, yeah. I think your version was better. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
Right. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:53 | |
Any other great first lines that quizzers should know? | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
1984, I'd imagine, would be an obvious candidate. Which is? | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
"Bright cold day in April, and the clocks were all striking 13." | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
That's right. And Moby Dick. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
"Call me Ishmael," yeah. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:05 | |
That's an almost inexhaustible trove. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
So, this is what we have been playing towards. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
It is time for the final round, which, as always, | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
is General Knowledge. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:13 | |
But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
won't be allowed to take part here, so that's Jerry from Yes, Sarah, | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
but also Dave, Beth and Barry from the Eggheads. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
Would you all please now leave the studio? | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
Philip, Keith, Eddie and Chris, | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
you're playing to win your team, Yes, Sarah, ?1,000. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
Pat and Steve, you're playing for something that money can't buy, | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
which is to just somehow build back the Eggheads' reputation. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:39 | |
As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
This time the questions are all General Knowledge. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
You are allowed to confer. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:45 | |
So, Yes, Sarah, the question is, | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
are your four brains able to defeat these two? | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
And as we know, there's no obvious answer to that, | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
but we wish you all the best. Good luck. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
Do you want to go first or second? We'll go first, please. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
OK, Philip and team, all the best. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
Playing for ?1,000. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:06 | |
Which of these words taken from French | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
means a feeling of listlessness or dissatisfaction? | 0:22:08 | 0:22:13 | |
All right, gentlemen. Down the middle, I think. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
Parapluie is an umbrella, isn't it? Parapluie is umbrella, yeah. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
Drolerie sounds like humour. Yes. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
Ennui is boredom, isn't it? | 0:22:28 | 0:22:29 | |
Ennui is definitely boredom, yeah. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:31 | |
We'll go for ennui. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
Ennui is correct. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:34 | |
Eggheads, Pat and Steve, | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
what name is given to a non-elected delegate | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
in a US presidential campaign who has not pledged | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
to support a particular candidate? | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
Super? | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
It sounds the most familiar of those three. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:56 | |
It's the only one I've heard of, to be fair. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
Yeah, the other two sound unlikely, don't they? | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
I mean, they're all superlative terms, aren't they? | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
You're going from super to hyper to mega. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
Got to be a superdelegate. Yeah. Yeah? OK. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
We think that's superdelegate. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
Superdelegate is correct. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
Challengers, for what does the first A stand | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
in the name of the provider | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
of school and college examinations, AQA? | 0:23:20 | 0:23:25 | |
Associated. OK. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
The middle one stands for Quality, doesn't it? Yes, yes. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
So it's got to be something that makes sense with Quality... | 0:23:35 | 0:23:40 | |
which... | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
Academic Quality makes sense. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
I mean, I've been out of that... | 0:23:46 | 0:23:48 | |
I think it's probably got to be Academic, has it not, the first A? | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
Academic Qualifications Assessment. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
Unless it's Associated Quality... | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
Yeah, it's more likely Academic. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:57 | |
Academic, yes. | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
Things have changed | 0:23:59 | 0:24:00 | |
so much since I was last... | 0:24:00 | 0:24:01 | |
Things have changed since we all left school. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
Very radically. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
Shall we go for Academic? | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
Yep. Yep. Go for it. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
Without any confidence, we'll go for Academic. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
OK. Academic is your answer. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
We've got at least one teacher, haven't we? | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
Yes. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:20 | |
Although, I think maybe | 0:24:20 | 0:24:21 | |
the AQA is quite a recent... | 0:24:21 | 0:24:22 | |
That's right, yes. Since my time. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
Do you know this, guys? Is it Academic? | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
I didn't think it was. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
I thought it was Assessment, based on being at school | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
probably more recently than anybody else here, | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
but I could entirely be wrong. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
Well, it's Assessment and Qualifications Alliance. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
Ah. OK. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:43 | |
So, that's the AQA, and it means you've got a wrong answer | 0:24:43 | 0:24:47 | |
at what might be a crucial moment, but let's see. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
Have the Eggheads | 0:24:50 | 0:24:51 | |
corrected their skid? | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
In which country did work on the FAST radio telescope, | 0:24:53 | 0:24:58 | |
500 metres in diameter, begin in 2011? | 0:24:58 | 0:25:02 | |
FAST is F-A-S-T, capital letters, OK? | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
Yeah, I know about this. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:09 | |
Yeah, that's good, then. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:10 | |
It's in Guizhou Province | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
in southern China. HE CHUCKLES | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
Are you laughing, Steve, cos...? I'm not going to argue with that. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
He's got the actual GPS coordinates there! | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
China is right. So, the Eggheads pull ahead, | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
and that means you need to get this one right, Challengers. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
Which of the UK's Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
is the largest in area? | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
Right, do we know where these various areas are? | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
The Weald of Kent, presumably? Kent. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
Weald of Kent. That's Kent, yes. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:44 | |
The Cotswolds cover | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
quite a large area. They do. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
From Bath north to beyond | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
Cheltenham and Gloucester. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
Yes. Wessex Downs... North Wessex Downs. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
Wessex is one of those... | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
Yeah. Covers a lot of areas. | 0:25:58 | 0:25:59 | |
..odd sort of old areas. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Does that include Exmoor and so on? Well, I don't know. It might do. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
North... It could do, in which case it could be quite large. Yeah. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
I suspect it's not the High Weald. Would you agree with that? | 0:26:09 | 0:26:13 | |
Yeah. I don't... | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
I haven't heard that's a particularly large area. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
So, what are we going to go for? | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
Let's decide, have a vote. I'm inclined to go for North Wessex. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
You go for North Wessex. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
Yeah, Devon is a big county, | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
isn't it? | 0:26:28 | 0:26:29 | |
And Dorset. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:31 | |
I do suppose it could also include Somerset. Yes, yeah. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:36 | |
It could include the Quantocks. Is it the Quantocks? | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
Yes, the Quantocks. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
I'm thinking of moving towards the North Wessex Downs, | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
to be honest. OK. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
Well, this is something | 0:26:47 | 0:26:48 | |
of a shot in the dark | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
because we haven't got a real picture of what we're talking about. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
We know what the Cotswolds look like. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
We think we know what the High Weald looks like, | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
but on the basis that the North Wessex Downs | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
could include quite a chunk | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
of Exmoor and the Quantocks | 0:27:03 | 0:27:05 | |
and hills into Somerset, we will, | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
with some reluctance, | 0:27:08 | 0:27:09 | |
go for the North Wessex Downs. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
North Wessex Downs. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
OK. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
If you've got this right, we play on. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
If you've got it wrong, the contest is the Eggheads'. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:24 | |
The largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is the Cotswolds, | 0:27:25 | 0:27:30 | |
so we say congratulations, Eggheads. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
You have won. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
I'm sorry, Challengers, | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
but, my goodness, you had them on the ropes there. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
You really did. Commiserations, Yes, Sarah. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:46 | |
Thank you. And Sarah and others will be thinking this is | 0:27:46 | 0:27:50 | |
a great performance, no question. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:53 | |
No question at all. We may be in the naughty box when we go back. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
HE LAUGHS Well, there we are. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
You've been bashed around today, Eggheads, haven't you? | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
But they have done what normally comes naturally to them, | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
and they do reign supreme once again over quiz land. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
It does mean you're not going home with the ?1,000. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
Thank you for being here. Pleasure. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
The money rolls over to the next show. Eggheads, congratulations. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
Who will ever beat you, I wonder? | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
Can't see it happening, can you? | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers | 0:28:19 | 0:28:21 | |
have the brains to defeat the Eggheads. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:23 | |
?2,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:27 |