0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is - can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit their wits against
0:00:27 > 0:00:30possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34They are the Eggheads. Taking on our awesome quiz champions
0:00:34 > 0:00:38today are the Thursday Knights. Now, this team are all associated with
0:00:38 > 0:00:42the University of Warwick chorus. Although they don't quiz regularly,
0:00:42 > 0:00:46they believe that with a combined age of 357 years,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50they will have soaked up enough trivia to help them along,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53against this lot over here. Let's meet them.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm JG, and I'm a semi-retired IT consultant.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hello, I'm John, and I'm a solicitor.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello, I'm Nick, and I'm a retired engineer.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Hello, I'm Phil, and I'm a retired mechanical engineer.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11Hello, I'm Mike, and I'm a retired education adviser.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13So, JG and team, welcome.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- Hello.- Good to see you.- Hello.- And tell us about University of Warwick,
0:01:17 > 0:01:18or the Warwick chorus.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23Well, it's an un-auditioned chorus which consists of community people
0:01:23 > 0:01:26as well as staff and students from the University of Warwick.
0:01:26 > 0:01:33It's been going for 28, 30 years, and we sing primarily classical,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35although occasional jazz things, but mostly...
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Currently rehearsing a Verdi Requiem but we have done virtually all
0:01:39 > 0:01:42the Requiae and many other classical works.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44If I asked you to sing later,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47would that embarrass some members of the team?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Yeah? Better not, then!
0:01:49 > 0:01:51I did think about trying to get two tenors and two basses so that
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- we could do Dies Irae from the Verdi Requiem.- Yeah.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58When we got, normally, 200...230 or more...
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- It's difficult. - Four would be a bit... Asking a lot!
0:02:01 > 0:02:04OK, I hope your quizzing is as good as your singing,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06those of you who sing. Good luck, team.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:09 > 0:02:11for our Challengers. However, as you know,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, that prize-money rolls over
0:02:14 > 0:02:17to the next show. So, here we are, Thursday Knights.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19The Eggheads have won the last three games.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20They just... They had a bit of an incident,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22which I'm not talking about, a few games ago.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25They've almost got back into their stride,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27and you need to break them up right now.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31It means £4,000 is on the table for you to win.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- Would you like to get cracking? - Absolutely.- Fantastic.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40and you can choose from Judith, Beth, Pat, Steve and Chris.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Film & TV. - TV. I think that's...
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- I think Mike...- I pulled the short straw on this one.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52OK, Mike, so the battle plan has already not survived
0:02:52 > 0:02:55first engagement with the enemy, as they say. Who would you like?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- Any advice?- Advice. We haven't seen much from Beth, of course, but...
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- I don't know, being fairly new. - Yeah.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Well, let's try.- OK. All right.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Chris, famously the last movie you watched was where they had a bloke
0:03:07 > 0:03:10playing the piano at the front, wasn't it?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12The up-and-coming Studio Keystone, yeah.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Anyway, you're out of this one. Mike from Thursday Knights
0:03:15 > 0:03:18versus Beth from the Eggheads on Film & TV, and to ensure there's
0:03:18 > 0:03:21no conferring, please go to the Question Room now.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Mike, before we start,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27I should ask why you're called the Thursday Knights.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Because choir practice is on Thursdays
0:03:31 > 0:03:34during the university terms,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36and when we started to agree to meet,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40we met in each other's houses on Thursday nights.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42The Knights bit is the clever,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45because we're the Thursday Knights with a K in front.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Yeah, because you're galloping in your armour.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Yeah, exactly, well, keep the armour on,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52cos this lot play a hard game, as you know.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55There's no messing with them. So you're up against Beth on Film & TV.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Would you like to go first or second, Mike?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I think I'll go first, as a matter of course.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08And here we go. William Roache first played Ken Barlow in the TV soap
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Coronation Street in which year?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Well, I don't think it was 1940s,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I really don't think it had started yet.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24In the '50s, I think it started,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and I think he was pretty well established by the 1980s
0:04:28 > 0:04:31so I'll go for 1960.
0:04:31 > 0:04:321960 is quite right.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34OK. Beth, your question.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40John Kettley, born in 1952, found fame in which role on TV?
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Well, as the 1990s song goes, "John Kettley is a weatherman".
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- He was a weather forecaster. - Weather forecaster's right, yeah.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56All right. Mike, your question.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58In the 1995 film Braveheart,
0:04:58 > 0:05:02which member of William Wallace's family is killed,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04igniting his quest for vengeance?
0:05:06 > 0:05:12Well, it was a youngish woman, and I don't think it was his mother,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14so I'm going to say his wife.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16So you've seen the film?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Yes. Yes.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Sounds like you weren't that moved by the incident in question.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Well, the incident was one thing,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29the retelling of history was another.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31All right. Understood, I get where you're coming from.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Wife is correct.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- Oh, well done! - He's playing well on Film & TV.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Yeah.- Yeah. - Beth, your question.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Which of these Star Trek films was released in 2016?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Oh, one of my husband's favourite things, Star Trek.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Star Trek Nemesis was one of the earlier Star Trek films.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Star Trek Into Darkness was the second of the reboots,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03so I'm sure it was Star Trek Beyond.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Star Trek Beyond is quite right.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Well done. Mike, your question, third question.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Get this one right, put some pressure on.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Which of these actresses was born first?
0:06:17 > 0:06:22I'm likely to be offensive to one of them in my answer, aren't I?
0:06:22 > 0:06:26I think none of them is in the first flush of youth.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32I have a feeling that I read recently they're all in their 50s,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35whatever they look like, and I think they all look terrific.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- Well done.- Erm...
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Nick in our team always tells me to go for the middle
0:06:40 > 0:06:45if you're uncertain, but I think I'm going to go for Julia Roberts.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49OK. Julia Roberts was born in 1967.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Nicole Kidman was born in 1967.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Sandra Bullock was born in 1964.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Oh!- So the middle was the one.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Nick, I'm sorry.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01He thought about it.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Beth, you can take the round with this question.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09In which year was the Academy Award for best animated feature
0:07:09 > 0:07:10first awarded?
0:07:17 > 0:07:23Now, surprisingly a rather late entry into the Academy Awards.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26And it wasn't as late as 2012.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30I'm pretty sure it wasn't as early as '92.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35Yeah, 2002 sounds about the right sort of area for the entrance
0:07:35 > 0:07:37of this award, so 2002.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40If you have this right, you are in the final round.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Anyone know on the Eggheads side?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Quite tricky. - I know it was won by Shrek.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Won by Shrek. Oh, so... - I'm not sure about the year.- Ah!
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- That would be 2000... - It will be 2002.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52They like it, Beth, 2002 was the right answer.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Well done. Mike, sorry.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Knocked out by Julia Roberts.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Well, there are worse things! There are worse things.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01So you won't be in the final and Beth will.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Please return, rejoin your teams.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10So the Thursday Knights have taken a bit of a jousting lance.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Yes.- Not centrally, but just, I think, a glancing blow.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16They've lost a brain. The Eggheads have not lost any so far,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18and the next subject is History.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Who would like this? Oh, there's a worrying silence.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24It's got to be Phil, I think. Yeah.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25- Yeah. - Phil, you like your History?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28He was deputed.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- OK.- Yeah. Not my favourite subject.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31- Not your favourite?- No.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34All right, you can have any Egghead except Beth.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Chris.- Chris, I've been told.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38He knows a lot of history.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Oh, does he?- He's lived a lot.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Well, I've been around longer than most people.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44You've seen a lot of it up close.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46So, Phil from the Thursday Knights
0:08:46 > 0:08:48versus our own Chris from the Eggheads.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Please, gentlemen, go to the Question Room now.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54So, Phil, is History your choice?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- It is.- Oh...
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- Not my favourite.- ..I thought you'd been kind of volunteered for it.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- Well, it's one of my subjects.- Oh, good, OK.- But not the strongest.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04OK. And you like it, Chris?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Well, History is real, it exists. The present is transitory
0:09:07 > 0:09:10and the future is nebulous, so study History.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Ah!- You see how profound he gets.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Honestly, it just comes from nowhere.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17So, Phil, good luck. First or second on History?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19First, please.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24OK, here is your first question.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Where was William the Conqueror born?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Certainly not in England. Erm...
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I don't think it was Germany, so I will certainly go for France.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38France is the right answer.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Well done. You knew that, Chris?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Well, he was Duke of Normandy, so it is France, yeah.- Yeah.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45OK, here's your question.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Which of these groups of people came from Hungary?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53If you see a Hungarian stamp, even today, it says "Magyar poster,"
0:09:53 > 0:09:58- so they are Magyars. - Magyar is correct.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Phil, your question.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03How did the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev die?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Certainly wasn't a plane crash and - well, I remember this happening -
0:10:11 > 0:10:13it wasn't assassination.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16I believe he almost dropped dead in the street of a heart attack.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Heart attack is the right answer. Well done. Back to you, Chris.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21The Hundred Years War was fought
0:10:21 > 0:10:26between England and France from 1337 to what date?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Er... Well, it was 118 years, wasn't it?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35So 1337...
0:10:35 > 0:10:38So, 1453 in that case.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41That's good quizzing, you're right. 1453.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43He's good, isn't he, Phil?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Mmm. - JEREMY LAUGHS
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- So far.- Here is your third question, this is the one.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51This is the turnaround moment now.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Which of these politicians was Prime Minister of Great Britain
0:10:54 > 0:10:56for just under 15 years?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Chatham... Now, I think that was one of the... I can't remember his name,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12but I think it was probably a fairly long stretch.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Having been told to go for the middle one if in doubt,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19and my friend went for not the middle one,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I'm going to go for the middle one.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- The Earl of Liverpool. - Chris, you know?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Well, it's Chatham, isn't it? William Pitt the Elder.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Argh!
0:11:26 > 0:11:30The answer is the second Earl of Liverpool. Well done!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Even Eggheads can be wrong sometimes.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Chris does say it with immense conviction when he's wrong.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Almost more than when you're right, Chris, actually.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- Yes.- It's brilliant.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44OK, you'd be an amazing con man, because you convince everybody.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Right, your question, Chris,
0:11:47 > 0:11:48and if you get this wrong,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50you're going to have to go out the hatch.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54What was the first name of the man after whom Wyatt's Rebellion,
0:11:54 > 0:11:58a 1554 uprising against Mary I, was named?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Wyatt. Thomas...
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Thomas Wyatt. Thomas.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Thomas Wyatt is your answer.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14You're right. Well done, 3-3.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15So it gets a bit tense now, Phil,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17we go to Sudden Death.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19I don't give you choices.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21The Gulf War was triggered in 1990
0:12:21 > 0:12:24by which country's invasion of Kuwait?
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Erm... The invasion of Kuwait by...
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- Iraq.- Iraq is quite right, under Saddam Hussein.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Chris, in January 1959, what became the 49th state of the USA?
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Er, 49th...
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Well, Hawaii's the 50th, so it was Alaska.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Yeah, you could have gone wrong there, but you didn't.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Alaska's right. Phil, your question, Sudden Death.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52In 1679, which diarist was charged
0:12:52 > 0:12:56with leaking naval secrets to the French?
0:12:56 > 0:13:01The only diarist I know around that time was Samuel Pepys.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Samuel Pepys is the right answer.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Chris, if you get this wrong, you're out.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Who was president of the USA
0:13:08 > 0:13:12at the start of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Jimmy Carter. - Jimmy Carter is right.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16History, Sudden Death. Phil, back to you.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21Who was the first Hanoverian monarch to be born in England?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I should think it was George II.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24It was George III.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28OK, Chris, for the round.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Who was the head of the German Luftwaffe
0:13:32 > 0:13:35during the Battle of Britain in 1940?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Hermann Goering is the right answer.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Chris, you've taken the round, on History.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44I know you love your First and Second World War,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47so I would have been surprised if you'd got that wrong. Well done.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Phil, sorry, you've been knocked out.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51He knows his history, and you won't be able to help your team
0:13:51 > 0:13:53in the final round. So, Phil, Chris,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56come back to us, and we'll see what the next round brings.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00So, as it stands, the Thursday Knights have lost a second brain
0:14:00 > 0:14:04from the final round. The Eggheads are still all there.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06The next subject is Sport.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Who would like this?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Hooray(!)- Hooray. - The plan has slightly...
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- That's defini... - Nick.- I'll take that.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15OK, Nick, our retired engineer.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Which Egghead? It can be Judith or Pat or Steve.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20We decided on Judith.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21Yes. Yes.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24OK, so, it is Nick from the Thursday Knights,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27with no intention of being chivalrous, I am sure,
0:14:27 > 0:14:28to Judith from the Eggheads.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32For Sport. Please go to the Question Room now.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Nick, is this your choice of subject?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- Yes, it was, yes. - Good luck against our Judith.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39And would you like to go first or second?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I'd like to go first, please.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Here we go.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48The tennis player Heather Watson won which competition
0:14:48 > 0:14:49at Wimbledon in 2016?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57It certainly wasn't the Ladies Singles.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00And I don't think it was the Ladies Doubles.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I think it was the Mixed Doubles.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Mixed Doubles is right. Well done. Judith, by what score
0:15:07 > 0:15:10did Portugal defeat France in the final
0:15:10 > 0:15:13of the 2016 European football Championships?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Um, I think it was 3-1.
0:15:19 > 0:15:223-1. You've got a memory of those goals?
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Yes.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24JEREMY LAUGHS
0:15:24 > 0:15:26It was 1-0, Judith, sorry.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Oh!- You got half the score there,
0:15:28 > 0:15:32but there were three phantom goals involved. 1-0.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Phil, back to you.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36For which international rugby union team
0:15:36 > 0:15:41did the fly-half Stephen Larkham play over 100 matches?
0:15:44 > 0:15:50Now, rugby isn't necessarily my best sport, so I'm going to certainly go
0:15:50 > 0:15:52against my rule of the middle.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55I don't think he was South African.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I just might remember Australia.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Australia is the right answer.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Yes!- OK, the pressure's increasing, Judith.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05You need to get this one right.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09The golfer Henrik Stenson won his first major in 2016
0:16:09 > 0:16:13when he finished 20 under par at which of these tournaments?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Well, it wasn't the Masters.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Oh, gosh, which one from the other two was it?
0:16:22 > 0:16:23I think it was The Open.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- Yes, brilliant work. It is The Open, well done.- Mm.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30So you're back in the game here, Judith,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32and we return to Nick.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Which of these Pakistani cricketers is a spin bowler?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Sharp intake of breath.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47It's certainly not Mohammad Amir. He's their fast bowler.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I don't know, but I'll go for Riaz.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54It's Shah. Yasir Shah.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56So, get this right, Judith,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58and you're in Sudden Death territory.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- Oh, Lordy! - No, that's a good thing.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03We'll be here for ever!
0:17:03 > 0:17:06No, no, it's a good thing.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Which of these cyclist recorded his 30th stage win on the Tour de France
0:17:10 > 0:17:11in 2016?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I thought that was Mark Cavendish.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Mark Cavendish is right, Judith, well done.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24So, Nick, she's held you there,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26and that means we go to Sudden Death.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29It gets a bit harder - I don't give you different choices.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31In which decade did Kevin Keegan
0:17:31 > 0:17:34make his debut for the England football team?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36It wasn't the '60s.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42I don't think it was the '80s. I think he made it in the '70s.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- And your answer is?- '70s.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46'70s is right. Well done.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Judith, to stay in, how many gold medals
0:17:48 > 0:17:52did Usain Bolt win at the 2012 Olympic Games?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56I think it... I think it's three.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- You're absolutely right. Three is correct.- Mm.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00It's 100, 200, and then it's the relay.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03So, well done, you are still in it, and we go back to Nick.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07In American sports, in which city is the National Football League team
0:18:07 > 0:18:10known as the Colts based?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I need some clues here.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16So, the Colts would be horses, cowboys...
0:18:17 > 0:18:19So I will go Dallas.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Anyone on your team know?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Denver, I think.- Denver Colts?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Just looking for a word that goes with Colts.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26- Anyone here?- Indianapolis.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Indianapolis Colts is the answer. - Ah.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33So, Judith, you are on the verge of a place in the final here on Sport.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35This whole room is going to fill with confetti.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42In rugby union, what number shirt does a team's fullback usually wear?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- 15.- Is she right, Challengers?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Absolutely.- Judith, you've got it absolutely right.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Well done!
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- You've won on Sport. - I can't believe it!- There we go!
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Well done, Judith.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55- Sorry, Nick.- Yep.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Beaten by our Egghead, and as a result,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59you will not be in the final round.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Please come back. We'll play on.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I'm starting to think, Judith, you are spending your Saturday nights
0:19:05 > 0:19:06propping up a sports bar somewhere.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Talking about American football with everyone who, you know,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11passes the time of day.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13You know how many sports rounds you've won on the trot now?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- How many?- Five!
0:19:15 > 0:19:17No! Oh, that's not very many.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Anyway, we must hurry on, cos Judith has to get back to the sports bar.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26As it stands, the Thursday Knights have lost three brains
0:19:26 > 0:19:30from the final round. The Eggheads have not lost any brains so far.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32The next subject for you is Geography.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- Who would like this? - There's only one left.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37It's suddenly become very real. Is that you?
0:19:37 > 0:19:38- All right, JG. - It's got to be me.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Good, good, lovely. And against which Egghead?
0:19:41 > 0:19:42It could be either Pat or Steve.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44All right, then, we'll take Steve.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Good stuff. JG from the Thursday Knights
0:19:46 > 0:19:49versus Steve from the Eggheads on Geography.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50To ensure there's no conferring,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56So, Geography, JG.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Team captain now, big moment.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Do you want to go first or second?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I'll go first and get it over.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08So, get through this round, then you've got two in the final.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Here's your first question. Which of these is not a state of the USA?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I know New Mexico is. It's next to Texas.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22New Hampshire, I'm fairly certain, is New England,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24so therefore, I'm going for New Brunswick.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Yes, indeed, you're right. Is that Canada?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Yes, it is. OK, New Brunswick, you're right.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Steve, how are you doing, my friend?
0:20:33 > 0:20:34- Still here, Jeremy. - Good, good.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36On the London Underground,
0:20:36 > 0:20:43the Piccadilly Line has a distance of about 0.25 kilometres between
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Leicester Square and which other station?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51STEVE SIGHS
0:20:51 > 0:20:53I do not have a clue.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I know London like the back of somebody else's hand.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59For no particular reason, I'll say Covent Garden,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01cos I like the sound of it.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Covent Garden, Steve!
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- Really? - Well done. Yeah, yeah.- Sorry.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06OK, back to you, JG.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11The state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo is part of which country?
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Hmm, they're all very close... No, Philippines, yes.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Sarawak...
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I think that has to be Indonesia.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Malaysia is the answer, JG, sorry.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29So Steve has the chance to take the lead.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Barcelona is the capital of which of Spain's autonomous communities?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Well, the one leaping out at me there
0:21:38 > 0:21:40is Catalonia, so that's me answer.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Catalonia is quite right.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44JG, you've got to get this one right.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Which of these African countries is landlocked?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Not Equatorial Guinea, certainly. That goes out onto the ocean.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01The Congo has gone through so many changes, but Burkina Faso...
0:22:01 > 0:22:03No, I think Republic of the Congo.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Burkina Faso is the answer, JG.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09It's hard, that. Congo must have a coastline somewhere.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Yeah, it's quite small, though. - Yeah. Sorry, JG.- Oh, well.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I think Steve has knocked you out, and will be in the final round,
0:22:15 > 0:22:16and actually, if you both return to us,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18we will play that final round.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23So, this is what we have been playing towards. It is time for
0:22:23 > 0:22:25the final round, which, as always, is General Knowledge,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28but I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed
0:22:28 > 0:22:31to take part in this round, and I'm afraid I have to look this way
0:22:31 > 0:22:35at JG and Nick and Phil and Mike from the Thursday Knights.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Would you please now leave the studio?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42John, you're playing to win the Thursday Knights £4,000, no less.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Chris, Steve, Pat, Beth and Judith,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48which is the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53This time, they're all General Knowledge.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56You can confer. Sorry that doesn't help you.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59So, John, the question is can you defeat these five brains
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- with your one? - It seems startlingly unlikely.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Do you know? It's happened more often than you would think.- Right.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09And sometimes the sheer number of them, it causes trouble, so let's...
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- We can but hope. - We can but hope.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Would you like to go first or second?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15I would like to go first please, Jeremy.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Here we go. Caymans are South American animals closely related
0:23:22 > 0:23:24to which of these creatures?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30That would be the alligator, Jeremy.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Alligator's right. Straight there.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Eggheads, what is added to
0:23:35 > 0:23:37coconut cream and pineapple juice to make
0:23:37 > 0:23:39a Pina Colada cocktail?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Rum. - Rum. Everyone happy with Rum?
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- And an umbrella.- It's not there, Judith, it's not an option.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48We think that's rum.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Rum is the right answer.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Your question, John. Which of these people
0:23:52 > 0:23:55celebrated their 70th birthday in 2016?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I don't think Richard Branson is that old.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05I would be surprised if Bill Gates was.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08I'll go down the middle with Donald Trump.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11You are a very good quizzer. Donald Trump is correct.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13OK. Eggheads,
0:24:13 > 0:24:14which of these areas of the United Kingdom
0:24:14 > 0:24:18voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- Northern Ireland.- Well, Northern Ireland voted to stay in.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Oh, no, they stay, sorry. - Scotland want to stay in.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Wales wanted to leave. - It must be Wales.- It's Wales.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Wales and England, I think.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- Wales wanted to leave. - Voted to leave, yes.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Scotland definitely want to stay.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Northern Ireland, I think, was narrowly stay.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Because they were worried about the border, and that kind of thing.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- What do we think, Chris?- Yep.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42We think that's Wales.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Yes, Wales is right.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Back to our Challenger.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51John, who wrote the bestselling novel Me Before You, which was
0:24:51 > 0:24:54adapted into a film starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Yes, I have absolutely no idea about this.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10I will straightforwardly guess Sophie Kinsella.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- No, it's not, it's Jojo Moyes.- OK.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Your chance now, Eggheads, to take the contest.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Which of these featured on the UK number one single
0:25:19 > 0:25:21One Dance by Drake?
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Don't associate Lil Wayne with that song.- No?- No.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31I mean, I'm not saying... I'll go with the majority,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34but for me, if I were on me own, I'd say Wizkid.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- I really... - Have you reason to believe...?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39I don't know if I've heard...
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Because when the song comes up on the charts, it's Drake,
0:25:44 > 0:25:45and that's obviously "featuring,"
0:25:45 > 0:25:48and I've obviously not looked at that bit.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- Blocked the feature bit out?- Yeah.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Well, it's rap, isn't it, basically?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I'd be inclined towards Lil Wayne myself.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- That's what I thought. - Is that what you think?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Go with that, then. Yeah, if that's what do you think.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I think he's a more regular collaborator, he pops up.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04He's just done that one, hasn't he, Sucker For Pain, from Suicide Squad,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06with about three more of them.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11So we'll go with your faint notion, or we go with just a calculated
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- the most regular collaborator? - Yeah. Yeah...
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- It's a bit unsatisfactory. - It is, I know.- What do you fancy?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- What we do? Do we go with...?- Majority rule.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Abstaining. I don't want to...
0:26:22 > 0:26:26So it's two against me, so I'll go with Lil Wayne.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29OK, we're in trouble here.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Lil Wayne has the higher profile and seems to pop up more often in
0:26:32 > 0:26:36collaborations, but Steve has a sort of memory for Wizkid.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38We're going to go for Lil Wayne.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39OK. Lil Wayne.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- Steve was right, though.- Oh!
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Wizkid. - Always go with instincts.- Yes.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Sorry, Steve.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48You did a lovely little sort of soliloquy there, Steve.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51No, but, it's a democracy rule, isn't it? So...
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Three questions each, the scores are level,
0:26:55 > 0:26:56and we go to Sudden Death.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59So, John, well done, you've held them off. I know that's frustrating,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01that Jojo Moyes moment. Wipe it out of your mind.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Here is your first Sudden Death question.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I don't give your alternatives.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11Which star sign falls between Aquarius and Aries in the calendar?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- Capricorn. - Do you know this, Eggheads?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Pisces.- Pisces.- Pisces.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Sorry.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19OK, Eggheads, you have another chance.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Oh, what a let-off!
0:27:20 > 0:27:23In which TV sitcom did Windsor Davies play the role of
0:27:23 > 0:27:26the irascible sergeant major Tudor Bryn Williams?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Sounds like it.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- Can you think of anything else? - Not a sergeant major, I can't.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37No? OK, we're going for It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- Do you know this, John? - Yeah, they're absolutely right.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44There is no point in me even drawing this out, because you've got it
0:27:44 > 0:27:46completely right. It was It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49Well done.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Well, as I said,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58sometimes when they're all together those massive brains all sort of
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- start colliding, so it almost... - Yes.- You could see the trouble.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05You won! Look joyful.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- Commiserations... - We don't want to look smug.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08..to the Thursday Knights.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13and they still reign supreme over Quizland, so it does mean
0:28:13 > 0:28:15our Challengers are not going home with the £4,000,
0:28:15 > 0:28:17so we roll it over to the next show.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18It's building up, isn't it?
0:28:18 > 0:28:22And look at you, all five of you, again. You're on good form.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Who will ever beat you?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers can do it.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29£5,000 says they haven't got a chance.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30Till then, goodbye.