Episode 30 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

They are the Eggheads, and you're really firing at the moment, Eggs.

Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today

are Quarter Life Crisis. Now, this team met when they lived

in halls of residence together at the University of Bristol.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Andy and I am a recruitment consultant.

Hi, I'm Ed and I'm a primary school teacher.

Hi, I'm Sean. I'm an odds compiler.

Hi, I'm Jake and I'm a student nurse.

Hi, I'm Paul and I'm a maths teacher.

So, Andy and team, welcome. Great to see you.

-Hi.

-And you met at Bristol, you then, kind of,

-fanned out around the country. Is that right?

-Yeah, pretty much.

-Yeah, we've all moved out.

-Right.

And... And tell me about your quizzing.

I think we've had some pub quizzes in the past and...

-A few.

-Yeah.

-Back in halls.

Oh, that doesn't sound too convincing!

-It's not, no!

-There's a desperate lack of conviction.

You once attended a quiz together?

-Yeah.

-That qualifies you.

-One or more.

-Yeah.

And we've had winners who have come from that position.

-And there was also a dodgeball competition.

-Erm, it was just...

I think it was near our house and we just had a, sort of, team of five,

and I think it was a big tournament, so it went on

and, yeah, we took home the crown.

Will you be using the spirit of dodgeball to beat the Eggheads?

-I think so, yeah.

-So, good luck, team.

Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash

up for grabs for our Challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

Now, Quarter Life Crisis, the Eggheads are doing really well.

They've won the last 14 games, which means Pat has been doing...

Come on, Pat. The shoulder roll.

Watch this!

LAUGHTER

That's what they do when they go above 10,000, OK?

It means... It means you're playing

for £15,000 today.

All right? So, it's...

The upside is the jackpot is huge.

The downside is they're on good form.

-But you can take them down. Would you like to try?

-Yup.

-Absolutely.

-Definitely.

-Excellent.

The spirit of dodgeball - remember that, OK?

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Music.

Who would like this?

-Anyone...?

-I think Jake should take it.

-I think Jake.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-I'll do this.

-Yeah.

-Jake, is it?

-Yeah.

-Now, which Egghead? You can have any one of the five.

And we've got the two new ones, as well.

-What do we think, guys?

-A difficult one to call.

-Erm...

-we kind of want to take, like,

maybe someone who we will play against and like a...

For example, Dave, we DON'T want to play at Sport.

-Yeah.

-So we might want to play...

-OK.

-OK?

-Yeah.

-Do you want to do that?

Yeah, we'll take on Dave, then.

All right, try and get them out of their comfort zones.

-Mmm.

-Good thought.

-I'll give it a go.

-So, Jake from Quarter Life Crisis versus Dave,

who is not yet in the mid-life zone, I don't think, from the Eggheads.

Oh, I don't know about that!

To ensure there is no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our legendary Question Room?

All right, Jake. Good luck against Tremendous Knowledge Dave,

and Music is your subject.

I'm guessing you're into music that is...new, not old,

but maybe I'm wrong about that?

Yeah, mostly. I mean, like, I love a bit of Motown and stuff as well,

but if anything classical comes up, I'm struggling.

Good luck in this round, Jake. Music against Dave.

Would you like to go first or second?

I will go first, please, Jeremy.

Here we go. Like A Rolling Stone was a UK hit single

for which man in 1965?

OK... This is...

I know it's a bit older, but I think I still know this.

I'm going to go for Bob Dylan, please.

Bob Dylan is correct.

Good play. That's...

So, you've got the rock-and-roll heritage there.

-Oh, it's my parents' era, so...

-Yeah.

-..it's fine.

OK, here's your question, Dave.

Which of these musical instruments typically has four strings?

Just checking... Four strings.

-I've gone... I've gone absolutely...

-DAVE LAUGHS

Terrible!

-Cello.

-Cello's right.

Well done. You had a blank.

Just had a blank, blank moment.

Jake, your question. Send My Love To Your New Lover

is a 2016 single by which singer?

See, now, this definitely isn't my area.

Erm... Send My Love To Your New Lover.

I don't think it's Adele, but that's not based on much,

so it's a toss-up between the other two.

Taylor Swift writes a lot of songs about heartbreak,

so let's go for Taylor Swift.

Adele is the right answer.

OK, Dave, your question. To take the lead,

which famous song features these lyrics?

"When we've been there 10,000 years

"Bright shining as the sun

"We've no less days to sing God's praise

"Than when we've first begun."

Can you repeat the words, please?

"When we've been there 10,000 years

"Bright shining as the sun

"We've no less days to sing God's praise

"Than when we've first begun."

I'm just trying to think...

What's a shame is that I have sung Abide With Me,

but just the first verse, obviously, at Wembley,

when Manchester United were on numerous visits.

I'm going to rule out Rule Britannia, rule out Abide With Me,

and go with Amazing Grace, please.

Yeah, Amazing Grace it is.

# When we've been there 10,000 years

# Bright shining as the sun... #

-It's that song.

-It was written by a chap called John Newton,

who was a captain of a slaver ship,

and he was so appalled by what he saw that he became...

He saw the light and became a Christian missionary

on one of his... Wrote a lot of songs and hymns,

but one of the first ones he ever wrote was Amazing Grace,

-to recant from his previous life.

-That's amazing.

OK, Jake. Now,

you need to get this one right, Jake, cos of the...

what we will call the Taylor Swift incident.

The distinctive theme tune to the South Bank Show

is a modern arrangement of a piece of music by which composer?

Right, I was hoping classical music wouldn't come up and it duly has,

so this is going to have to be a complete guess.

I went down the middle last time.

I'll do the same again and go for Paganini.

Do you know the tune we're talking about?

-Not a clue.

-It is quite an old song, but it's...

Barry, could you hum it for us or something?

BARRY AND JEREMY HUM THE TUNE

Yes, and on it goes.

-Paganini's right.

-Oof!

-Well done.

Lucked out.

Dave, your question. You can take the round with this.

Who had a 1976 UK hit with Young Hearts Run Free?

Mmm... Oh, yeah!

1,000 times a day, I just can't get away...

from Candi Staton.

I knew, as soon I saw the words "1976 UK hit,"

I thought you could do this in your sleep.

I calibrated that. Can't... Can't think of...

instantly how many strings a cello's got, but Candi Staton, that was a...

-That was all right for me.

-Well, she did Nights On Broadway, as well,

-didn't she, I think?

-Did she do that?

-I think so.

Oh, right, cos the other one she did, erm...

It's gone again! She did... Oh, I'll get there.

-We'll have it later.

-Yeah.

Candi Staton is the right answer, Dave, well done. Jake, sorry,

Dave is actually quite good on his music as well as sport,

and you've been knocked out by an Egghead there, but don't worry,

your team can still win, that's for sure.

Please come back and rejoin your team-mates.

So, Candi Staton, we had Nights On Broadway

and we had Young Hearts Run Free,

-but you've got another one, Dave?

-You've Got The Love.

-Right.

-Yeah.

-And Jake, you've got... Also had a moment with Adele.

Yeah, well, it's come back to bite me.

So, I was actually at Glastonbury when she was playing

but I was asleep in my tent at the time.

Was that your quarter-life crisis that was...

-Must have been!

-..being played out?

All right, the Challengers have lost a brain from the final round,

so you've taken a bit of a blow.

Just regroup and remember dodgeball.

The Eggheads have not lost any so far.

And the next subject... Maybe this is good.

We've got Sport now.

-Got to be Sean.

-We know who's up.

-It's got to be you.

-OK?

-Yeah.

-Got to be.

-Sean, yeah.

-Yeah, I'll take it.

-Who's it going to be?

-Sean, yeah, yeah.

-Sean? OK. Against which Egghead?

-Any one but Dave.

-Might try your luck against Beth.

-We don't know much.

-We don't know.

-Give it a go.

-OK?

-Against Beth.

All right, so Sean, our football odds compiler, against Beth.

Would you please go to the Question Room now?

Sean, I described you as a football odds compiler, so please...

please explain what that is.

It's basically a fancy way of saying that I look at football statistics

for a living, basically.

So you, if you have a match coming up, people bet on it and you...

-you set the odds?

-Yeah, so, I...

Well, I'm in the back end, so I just...basically do various...

use various programmes and stuff to look at stats,

at how teams are playing, and then from...

use that and other factors.

All right, Sport against Beth.

Sean, would you like to go first or second?

Erm, I'm going to go first, please, thanks.

Here we go. Which tennis player was given a two-year ban from the sport

in June 2016, after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium?

Erm, I think I know this.

I think it's Maria Sharapova.

Yeah, Maria Sharapova's right.

OK, good luck, Beth. Here we go.

Which famous golfer was nicknamed the Golden Bear?

Hmm, Greg Norman was the Great White Shark.

So, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo...

Sorry, could you repeat the question for me, please, Jeremy?

Which famous golfer was nicknamed the Golden Bear?

Nick Faldo was more in my lifetime

for me to remember a nickname like that,

so I'm going with Jack Nicklaus.

You've got it right, Beth. Well done. Jack Nicklaus it is.

One each. Back to you, Sean.

The cricketer Derek Underwood, nicknamed Deadly,

performed which role for the England team in 86 Test matches?

Erm, it's not exactly... I really am into cricket,

but it's, erm, not my... not my time, not my era.

Erm, I actually play a lot of cricket. Erm...

I'm going to go opening batsman.

-Do you know this, Beth?

-I would have gone, from his nickname,

for making him out to be a bowler, but...

Oh, I see, cos... Yeah, that's a good, good thought, actually.

Deadly suggests he's maybe aiming at something.

Spin bowler is the answer, Sean.

OK, Beth, your question to take the lead.

Eric Dier, who scored England's first goal of Euro 2016,

joined which English club in 2014?

Oh, Eric Dier, he grew up in Portugal

and played a lot of his football in Portugal,

but I believe he joined Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham Hotspur is quite right. So, Beth takes the lead

and that means you need to get this one right, Sean.

Which boxer became heavyweight champion of the world in 1962

by knocking out Floyd Patterson?

Not my sport or my era.

Erm, 1962...

I'm going to go...

..Joe Frazier, please.

Let me ask Dave cos he knows this stuff. Dave?

It's Sonny Liston.

So, Sonny Liston was then defeated by Ali, famously, wasn't he?

Yes, in '64, and then Joe Frazier was...

was late '71, I think, he defeated Ali.

-Right.

-Yeah, it's Sonny Liston.

Sonny Liston the answer there. Sorry, Sean, beaten by Beth.

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

And if you come back to us and rejoin your teams, we'll play on.

Right, Quarter Life Crisis

have lost a couple of brains now from the final round.

The Eggheads are all sitting pretty there.

So, the next subject is Science.

Let's see if we can turn it around, guys.

-Who'd like this?

-More cannon fodder.

-I think it's going to be Paul's.

-Yeah, I'll take it.

-Paul? OK.

-Yeah.

-On the end, our maths teacher.

Against which Egghead?

And you've got Pat, Steve and Barry left.

Barry was meant to be really good at Science, wasn't he?

Let's choose Barry, then. Erm... Shall we try Steve?

-Try him.

-Give it a go. We'll go with Steve, yeah.

OK, Steve, a bit of an unknown quantity still,

here in the Eggheads studio.

Paul from Quarter Life Crisis versus one of our newest Eggheads, Steve.

To ensure there is no conferring, please take your positions.

Paul, I think this could be a good round for you.

You're a maths teacher. What are the ages of the children you teach?

-11 to 18.

-OK, so you're doing, what?

Is it Pythagoras and differentiation and...?

Yeah, all that kind of stuff, yeah.

Barry loves that, don't you, Barry?

Absolutely. It's fun.

Steve, do you like it?

-No.

-No? LAUGHTER

You're not a maths person?

I can add up, but that's about it.

Now, we do shapes and angles sometimes, as well.

Right. So this... It could fall your way. I just don't know, Paul.

Let's see. Would you like to go first or second on Science?

Erm, I'll go first, please.

And here is your first Science question.

We're hoping for maths here. The large musk ox

is native to which part of the world?

Ox... Let's see. It's going to be a guess.

I'm trying to think if I can make it an educated guess.

Erm...

Let's go for the Sahara.

Arctic is the answer.

But that was definitely not a maths question, Paul. Sorry about that.

OK, Steve. Which of these creatures is classified as an insect?

Well, it goes on legs and body parts, Jeremy, so a locust,

having three body parts and six legs...

is an insect.

You're quite right. Many people would go wrong with that one,

but locust is the answer.

Paul. Which type of bird,

belonging to the order Gruiformes and weighing up to 18kg,

is often said to be the heaviest modern flying bird?

Erm...

Again, it's going to be a...

It's going to have to be a guess.

Osprey, something to do with the rugby team...

They're quite big, aren't they, usually?

I'm going to go for osprey.

Osprey. Anyone know here? Is he right?

I'd guess on bustard.

You think bustard? Yeah,

there's a bit of bustard going on, on your team.

Bustard is the answer.

OK, well, Steve, you have a chance to take this round on this question.

Which of these planets in our solar system is closest to the sun?

Well, there is a clever mnemonic

to remember the order of the planets, erm, from the sun,

but, unfortunately, I don't know it.

But fortunately I do happen to know that, of the three,

Jupiter is the closest to the Sun.

-Jupiter is your answer.

-Yeah, Jupiter.

Jupiter is correct. You got it right,

and with two correct answers, he's uncatchable,

-Paul, sorry.

-That's all right.

But no maths there for you.

No, I wasn't expecting any, to be honest.

We needed an angle, we needed a compass or something like that.

-Yeah.

-So, you've been beaten by our Egghead.

As a result, you won't be able to help your team in the final round.

If you come back to us, we'll play the last round before the final.

OK Andy, a thought, now.

We may be in a difficult situation.

It looks a bit sticky at the moment, but...

-You've lost three.

-Mm.

-But you can win this.

One of the last teams to win were down to one.

-We thrive under pressure, basically.

-Yeah, exactly.

I just wanted to make sure you were still very much fighting.

Quarter Life Crisis have lost those three brains.

The Eggheads are still all there,

and the best thing is just to try and unsettle them

by taking one out now. So, here's your chance.

The subject, Arts & Books.

-Who would like this?

-OK, yeah, I think I'll take that one.

OK, Andy, recruitment consultant, against either Pat or Barry.

Not an easy choice.

I think...I'd like to take Barry, please.

Andy, from Quarter Life Crisis, versus Barry,

known as The Brain, from the Eggheads.

Please go to the Question Room now.

I'm reckoning you were waiting for history, Andy, were you?

That would have been good, too, yeah.

That's your... I mean, probably, Barry's main subject, as well.

But you went and taught English in Korea?

Yes, yeah, in a small island in between mainland Korea and Japan.

-Very beautiful.

-And what is it called?

It's called Jeju Island.

Barry, I'm thinking that's your part of the world, you love to visit there.

I do indeed and Jeju is a very beautiful island, well known for it.

It's known, Andy, as the Hawaii of Asia, is that right?

That's right, yeah, it's got a big kind of a volcanic centre

and beaches around the outside,

and they get really, really good weather and climate, very nice.

So, why did you ever leave?

It's a very good question and one that I don't know the answer to.

You were doing a year-off thing

and I guess these things come to an end?

Yeah, exactly, yeah. It was a good year, a very, very good year,

and then it was time to come back to the UK, I think.

All right, all right. Well, good luck with all your doings here in the UK.

And right now, you have got eyes on £15,000.

So, let's see if we can get you in the final, and then who knows?

Arts & Books. Would you like to go first or second?

I would like to go first, please.

Andy, here's your first question.

Which of these writers was born first?

Ooh! I don't know Len Deighton.

I would guess that Ian Fleming was born before John Le Carre.

I'm going to go with...

Ian Fleming, please.

Ian Fleming is correct.

Barry, the novel Wuthering Heights

is largely set in which part of the UK?

Well, Wuthering Heights is set in Yorkshire,

and a very good friend of mine works for the Bronte Society,

and she plays the part of a maid in the Parsonage,

and when people come to be shown around,

she tells them all stories of life in Haworth

at the time of the Brontes.

Brilliant. Yorkshire's right.

Andy. Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg

are characters from which series of fantasy books?

I don't think it's Lord Of The Rings.

I haven't heard of Gormenghast.

And I think Discworld has a lot of random stuff like that,

so I'm going to guess Discworld, please.

Yeah, Terry Pratchett's Discworld is the right answer. Well done.

Two out of two. Over to you, Barry.

The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in which country?

Oh, Longfellow was renowned

as one of the most famous American poets of the 19th century,

so I'd be very surprised if he was born anywhere other than the USA.

You are bang-on. USA is right. Well done.

OK, Andy, back to you.

Which poet wrote the following lines?

"So we'll go no more a roving

"So late into the night

"Though the heart be still as loving

"And the moon be still as bright."

-Could you just read the lyrics one more time, please?

-Yeah, yeah.

So, it's poetry, and who wrote this?

"So, we'll go no more a roving

"So late into the night

"Though the heart be still as loving

"And the moon be still as bright."

I mean, it sounds... quite romantic,

so I would guess Byron, probably.

Yeah, I would guess Byron, please.

Yeah, Lord Byron is right.

Barry needs this to stay in.

Which dramatist and contemporary of Shakespeare

is famously said to have referred to him as an upstart crow?

Well, I wouldn't have known this until fairly recently,

but there was a wonderful television series

about the life of Shakespeare,

coined by that great author Ben Elton,

and Upstart Crow was the name of the series,

and the character that called Shakespeare an upstart crow

was Robert Greene, so that's my answer.

Your answer is correct, well done, Barry. Robert Greene.

So, three each. We go to Sudden Death, Andy.

It might get a touch harder because I don't give you different options.

Which Belgian artist painted Olympia,

which was stolen in 2009 but returned in 2012

after the thieves were unable to sell it on the black market?

I don't think I could name a Belgian artist,

so I'm probably in some trouble here.

Erm...

-Monet.

-It's not Monet. It's actually quite hard

because there's a number of different versions of Olympia.

I think Goya did one and then Manet did one.

This one is a Belgian artist, and it is the fellow with the bowler hats.

Oh! I went to his exhibition in Brussels!

-Marguerite?

-You're close. Rene Magritte.

Magritte, yeah.

We could just keep... That's quite a good new way of playing the game.

I give you lots of clues, you gradually get there. So,

Barry can take the round with this question.

In which novel by Arthur Conan Doyle

are we first introduced to Mary Morstan

who eventually marries Dr Watson?

Ah, now, we're looking at a Sherlock Holmes novel,

and Conan Doyle only wrote four Sherlock Holmes novels,

but which one was it?

The first one was The Sign Of The Four,

then there was The Hound Of The Baskervilles,

and I'm struggling to remember the names of the other two.

But I'm going to take an assumption

that she appeared in the very first Sherlock Holmes novel

and I'll go for The Sign Of The Four.

OK. Now, I love Sherlock Holmes, and I'm, like you,

thinking the other two... Was Study In Scarlet one of them?

-Of course, yes, that's right, yeah.

-But what was the fourth one?

-Valley Of Fear.

-The Valley Of Fear, says Steve.

That's the one I can never remember.

Was The Sign Of Four the first one, Eggheads on the desk?

-No, Study In Scarlet.

-Study In Scarlet was the first one.

Oh. Ah!

The answer is The Sign Of Four,

which can also be called The Sign Of The Four, Barry. Well done.

Oh, I got it by default!

-Almost got it right by accident, there.

-I'm so sorry about that!

That's all right. There's been a lot of luck knocking around this round

and Barry has just taken it there, Andy, sorry.

-Ugh...

-Beaten by our Egghead.

So the skipper knocked out for the Challengers.

They'll be up against it in the final, but they can win this money.

Please come back and you can give it a go.

And this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round.

As always, it's General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads

won't be allowed to take part in this round.

So, Andy, Sean, Jake and Paul from Quarter Life Crisis,

would you please now leave the studio?

OK, Ed, I know it was not supposed to end like this,

but it hasn't ended yet.

You're playing to win Quarter Life Crisis £15,000.

Dave, Pat, Beth, Steve, Barry,

you're playing for something that money can't buy -

the Eggheads' reputation and to keep this roll going.

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

This time, they're all General Knowledge. You can confer,

but I'm sorry, that doesn't really help you very much, Ed.

-No.

-The big question here is this.

Can you, with your one brain, defeat these five in a famous victory?

-Let's hope.

-You don't need to answer that, you've just got to answer

the next three questions, maybe only two, to win the £15,000.

Would you like to go first or second, Ed?

Let's continue the trend and go first.

And here is your question.

Which of these stage musicals is set in the UK?

Now, Carousel's the one with...

You'll Never Walk Alone, isn't it?

I think...

it will be that one. Please!

Carousel.

Carousel. Where is that set, Eggheads?

-USA.

-America.

-USA.

-Oh, no!

It's obviously been adopted by Liverpool Football Club.

A very close friend of mine

is the grandson of the man who wrote Me And My Girl,

and that's Got The Lambeth Walk in and things like that.

The Sun Has Got His Hat On. So, the answer is Me And My Girl.

Eggheads, your question.

What is the meaning of the word "maudlin"?

-Sentimental.

-Sentimental?

-Sentimental, of those, yeah.

I think that's sentimental...

and not in a very good way.

-Sentimental.

-Sentimental's right. Is it like mawkish?

I never know whether they're almost the same word?

-I think there's a slightly negative edge to it, isn't there?

-Yeah.

-Maudlin.

-Slightly sickly, sort of sickly sentimental.

-Yeah.

OK, over to you, Ed.

The statue popularly known as Eros in London's Piccadilly Circus

is actually a depiction of which other deity?

Em... Now...

It's the little thing shooting the arrow, isn't it?

I think...

Em...

God I've walked past this so many times.

It's not Bacchus, he's the fat wine-drinking one, right?

So, I think it is between the other two.

I've never heard of Anteros.

I think...

I'll go for Apollo, but it's a guess.

Apollo is your answer. Let's check with the Eggs. Eggs?

-ALL:

-Anteros.

-Oh!

-Anteros is the answer.

Eggheads if you get this right, the contest is over.

Your second question. 2016's All For One

is the first new single to be released in over 20 years

by which band?

-Stone Roses.

-Stone Roses?

-Roses, definitely.

-Is it?

Right, well, just take your time on this.

I don't think it's Happy Mondays.

Well, they haven't had one, have they?

Blur's been doing stuff continually.

Yeah, Blur have been released, fairly certain.

They've a single, and an album which has come out,

because they toured a couple of years...

Well, they toured in 2014,

and then toured again in 2016,

fairly certain that's the first new studio material

the Stone Roses have got, if everybody's happy with that.

-Yeah, definitely.

-Fairly certain, yeah.

We think that's the Stone Roses.

Stone Roses is your answer.

If you're correct, there's no way back for our Challengers.

Ed, what do you think? Do you know this?

-They're right.

-HE HUMS THE TUNE

Oh, you know the song?!

That's better than me!

The answer is indeed Stone Roses.

Eggheads, we say congratulations. You have won.

-Oh, commiserations, Ed!

-Heartbreak! What can you do?

It's hard when you haven't got anyone to talk to...

-Yeah.

-..I think, to compare stuff with...

There we go. I hope you've enjoyed it?

-Oh, it's been great!

-Great seeing you.

And some good, stout play in the early rounds,

but they just were in the habit

of using whatever bit of daylight they got, these Eggheads,

they're in ferocious form at the moment.

Commiserations to our Challengers.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

This winning streak continues.

Will it ever end?

I'm afraid it means you're not going home with the £15,000,

so the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, well done.

Who on Earth will beat you?

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

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

It's going to be £16,000 for them to win!

Until we play again, goodbye.