0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Together, they make up the Eggheads -
0:00:10 > 0:00:14arguably, the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Welcome to Eggheads.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28The show where a team of five quiz Challengers pit their wits against
0:00:28 > 0:00:31possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths today are
0:00:35 > 0:00:36the Bird Brains.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Now, this team all work for the same
0:00:38 > 0:00:42food-manufacturing company and have come together from Derbyshire and Belfast.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- Let's meet them.- Hello, I'm Ian.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47I'm a category planning manager.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Hello, I'm Katharine.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49I'm head of talent.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Hi, I'm Andy, I'm head of planning.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Jackie and I'm an HR manager.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Chris and I'm a commercial manager.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59So, Ian and team, welcome.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00- ALL:- Thank you.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02So, different branches of the same company, Ian.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Yes.- And it's chicken and turkey.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Chicken and turkey. We do both at different times of the year, but, yes.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10And do you quiz together?
0:01:10 > 0:01:15No, we do not. We're together today really to raise money for our chosen
0:01:15 > 0:01:16charity Farm Africa.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- So, that's what we're trying to do. - I see. OK.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23But also, the Eggheads will be aware that you could be bluffing about not
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- quizzing. He gives you a big wink. - Yeah.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26- Couldn't you?- Yeah.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Yeah, exactly.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32- We planned it on the train coming up.- OK. Good luck.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Every day, there is £1,000 of cash up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44So, Bird Brains, the Eggheads had a bit of a bad time.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46They then won the last game.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49So, they're not sure yet whether they are back on track.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52It means there's £2,000 for you to win today.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Would you like to have a go?- Yes, we would.- Yes, we would.- I thought so.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV and you can
0:01:59 > 0:02:02choose from Chris, Dave, Kevin, Barry and Lisa.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03All right, team.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Who's going to do this one?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- Film.- Who's that?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Chris.- OK.- Is that you?- OK.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Chris at the end? OK.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Who do we want to go for?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14We'll go for... What do you think?
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- Chris at that end.- Chris? - Chris at that end.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Oh, right, you're a decisive lot, aren't you?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Some people take about five minutes to work it out.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I'm impressed. Chris from Bird Brains versus the other Chris.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27We're going to have to work out a way of telling you apart, Chris.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Bootiful. - LAUGHTER
0:02:31 > 0:02:33To ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36please take your positions in our Question Room.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40So, Chris Hughes, I'm just wondering...
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Mm.- ..who comes first?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43The chicken worker or the Egghead?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46This is a variation on the chicken and egg joke, isn't it?
0:02:46 > 0:02:50On the whole chicken and egg philosophical conundrum.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Yeah, because... Obviously, other Chris, you've got to decide...
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Well, you've got to answer the question, Challenger Chris.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58So, there we are. Film & TV, you can tell us.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00We'll finally get the answer.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03I think in this instance, the chicken person will come first.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05The chicken goes first. Are you ready?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06- Absolutely.- Let's do it.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13OK. Chris, here's your question.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Which of these characters featured in a 2016 film of the same name?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I would go down the centre with Jason Bourne.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Jason Bourne is quite right, well done.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32OK, Egghead Chris.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36The TV bloopers show It'll Be All Right On The Night was first broadcast
0:03:36 > 0:03:37in which year?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Well, it started out with Denis Norden.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52It wasn't as early as 1957 and it wasn't as late as '97, so it's 1977.
0:03:52 > 0:03:541977 is right.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Back to you, Challenger Chris.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01In EastEnders, who did Martin Fowler marry in May 2016?
0:04:05 > 0:04:09EastEnders is probably not my strongest area.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Something's attracting me to Tina.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12So, I'll go for Tina.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I wonder what is attracting you to Tina.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17It's almost like Chris.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Christina.- Oh, I see, you're being attracted by your own name.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22LAUGHTER
0:04:22 > 0:04:24That's one way of getting the answer,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26who might have a Chris in their name.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27Oh, I wish it was right.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Stacey is the right answer.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32OK, Chris Hughes.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35In the 1993 film Mrs Doubtfire,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39what accent does Robin Williams' character adopt when he assumes the
0:04:39 > 0:04:42identity of the nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- IN SCOTTISH ACCENT:- Well, he does a sort of very dour Scots accent.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50So, it's Scottish.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53It is indeed Scottish.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55You're taking your chances doing that in Glasgow.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Oh, bless him, Robin Williams.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00OK. Scottish is right. Well done.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03So far, Chris is in the lead, Egghead Chris.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05You need to get this one right, Challenger Chris.
0:05:05 > 0:05:12Chicken Chris. Who presents the TV series Fake Or Fortune alongside the
0:05:12 > 0:05:14art expert Philip Mould?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Chris, is it...?
0:05:18 > 0:05:23Oh. You're testing me today, Jeremy. Erm...
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Sorry.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26To be honest, it's going to be a guess.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28I'll have to go with
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Kirsty Young.- OK, if you've got this right, we play on.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Let's just check with your team.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- Do you watch it anyone?- Yeah, it's Fiona Bruce.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37It's Fiona Bruce.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38I'm so sorry.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Chris, the Challenger,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43the Locomotive, as we call him, has knocked you out.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Chris, you'll be in the final.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Come back to us. Early days.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47We'll play on.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51OK, the Bird Brains have lost a brain from the final round.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53The Eggheads have not lost one yet.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And the next subject for you is Politics.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Who would like Politics?
0:05:57 > 0:05:58- That's quite easy.- OK.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00It's Jackie.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01OK, Jackie.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- OK.- Our HR manager.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Against which Egghead?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- Can't be Chris.- Lisa?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- I think we said Lisa.- Lisa. Lisa.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Very good.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11So, Jackie from Bird Brains...
0:06:11 > 0:06:12- You like that, don't you?- No.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15..Lisa from the Eggheads,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18please, both of you go to our famous Question Room now.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23OK, so would you like to go first or second, Jackie?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I'd like to go first, I think, please.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- Here we go. Good luck.- Thank you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37How many people voted for the UK to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Was it...?
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Hm. That's a tricky one. It was obviously a close vote.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54I would go with 17.4 million.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Absolutely right, well done.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58OK, Lisa, here's your question.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04Gerry Adams became the president of which political party in 1983?
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Lisa, was it...?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09That's Sinn Fein, Jeremy.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Well, we have a Northern Ireland contingent here, so let me
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- just check.- Yes.- Yes.- Yes, it was definitely Sinn Fein.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Well done.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Jackie, back to you. Second question.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Which of these world leaders was suspended from her presidential duties in
0:07:22 > 0:07:27May 2016 after impeachment proceedings were started?
0:07:30 > 0:07:35I think I do vaguely recall this.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I'm not certain, but I'm going to go with Dilma Rousseff.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Dilma Rousseff is the right answer.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Do you remember which country this was?
0:07:45 > 0:07:46I want to say Brazil.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Bang on. Well done.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Lisa, your second.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52In July 2016,
0:07:52 > 0:07:56there was a failed military coup attempt against the government of
0:07:56 > 0:07:58which of these three countries?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04I think it was Turkey.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Let me just have a little think.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I think it is Turkey.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Turkey's right. Well done.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13So, see if you can get the third one right, Jackie,
0:08:13 > 0:08:14and put some pressure on the Egg.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18See if she cracks. What is Theresa May's maiden name?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23I really don't know this one.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Theresa Sheffield doesn't sound right.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Complete guess, I'm going to go with Theresa Brasier.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Yes, it is right.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42Well done. Lisa, here's your question.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43You're on the precipice.
0:08:43 > 0:08:50The US politician Tim Kaine became a senator for which US state in 2013?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Now, you see,
0:08:55 > 0:08:58US elections in 2016, I made my little fact list
0:08:58 > 0:09:00while it was going on.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I was there going, "Right, OK, got that one.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05"Yeah, match them up with a state."
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Tim Kaine, I think the representative for Virginia.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Virginia is correct.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14So, you both got three out of three.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Sorry, Jackie, you couldn't shake her off.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18So, we go to Sudden Death.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21It gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternatives.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22- Are you ready to go?- Yep.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25The Equal Franchise Act of 1928
0:09:25 > 0:09:31gave all women over what age in the UK the right to vote?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33In my mind I'm going up all the time.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38So, I started at 21, I moved to 25, and I think I might be now at 30.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Erm...
0:09:41 > 0:09:42I'm going to go with 30.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I don't know why I think that, but I'm going to go with 30.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46OK, let's check with the Eggs here.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Eggs?- I think it's 21.- 21.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Yeah, it's 21.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Oh!- Jackie. Did it hit 30 at some point?
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Yeah, the first time women got the vote, it was women over 30.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Do you know when that was?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- ALL:- 1918.- '18.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- So, 1918 was 30.- Right.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Lisa, if you get this right, you've taken a place in the final.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10Which former London Mayor became Foreign Secretary in July 2016?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12How could we forget? Boris Johnson.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Boris Johnson is right and with that, you take your place in the final.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Sorry, Jackie, you've been knocked out. Lisa will go through.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Please come back and re-join your teams and we'll play the next round.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27So, the Bird Brains have lost another brain from the final round.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28The Eggheads are still there,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31all five of you. And the next subject is Arts & Books.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36- Who would like this?- Arts & Books. I can't do Arts & Books.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38I think it'll have to be you.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39OK.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40- We're going to go with Andy.- OK, Andy.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Head of planning. Against which Egghead?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45And it needs to be Barry, or Kevin, or Dave.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- Erm...- Dave.- I think I'll go Dave, please.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51I know you like your Arts & Books.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Yeah, it depends what it is.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56If it's Harry Potter or Game Of Thrones, no.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00So, Andy from the Bird Brains versus Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Eggheads. Please take your leave of us and go to the Question Room.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07So, Andy, you were a student in the '80s.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- I certainly was.- And studying what?
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Economics.- Oh, OK, so, we're close to Arts & Books, but not that close.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16No, not close enough.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18But somehow you met Madonna?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Yes, the local radio station at the time ran a competition when she was
0:11:22 > 0:11:26on tour, to go and meet her and have a bite to eat
0:11:26 > 0:11:27and I won the competition.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30So, this was before she was mega, mega, mega, wasn't it?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32This was... This was a really early tour.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36So, this was the time of sort of singles like Holiday and Like A Virgin.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Right. Well, she was pretty big then.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41So, what was it like? Meal for two, or what?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43No, actually, I went along with a friend of mine.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44So, it was a meal for three.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Yeah.- But, no, it was fine.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47She was really good fun.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49How nice. Meeting Madonna.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Dave, that's right up on our list of impressive experiences.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- Oh, it's top-notch, isn't it?- That is top-notch.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Brilliant. Absolutely superb story.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59So, Andy, Arts & Books, do you want to go first or second?
0:11:59 > 0:12:00I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05And good luck.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06In 1836,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09what became the first work by Charles Dickens to be published
0:12:09 > 0:12:12originally in monthly instalments?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I seem to remember hearing about this
0:12:21 > 0:12:23listening to something on the radio.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26But the answer isn't jumping to mind.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I don't think it's Martin Chuzzlewit.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33For some reason, The Pickwick Papers stands out,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35so I'll go with The Pickwick Papers.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36You're right, well done.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40OK, Dave, your question.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42What was the real first name of the writer known
0:12:42 > 0:12:44as Dr Seuss?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51I think it's Theodor Dryser, so I'll go Theodor.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Theodor's right. Back to you, Andy.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58The politician Shirley Williams is the daughter of which novelist?
0:13:03 > 0:13:08I don't think it's in the Sackville-West family.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12But I'd be guessing between the other two.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I'm drawn to Violet Trefusis.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16So, I'll go with that, Jeremy.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18It's Vera Brittain.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Dave, your question.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Published in 1977,
0:13:23 > 0:13:29Dying Of The Light is the first novel by which fantasy and science fiction author?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33HE LAUGHS
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Oh, dear. Paid for this.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Right, I'm going to rule out Arthur C Clarke.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44I think he was earlier. I did say about my Game Of Thrones
0:13:44 > 0:13:48lack of knowledge. But I didn't think he wrote science fiction,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51George RR Martin. He could do.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Fantasy and science fiction I associate with Ray Bradbury,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56so that's got to be my answer.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- Ray Bradbury.- Oh, interesting.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02OK. Because you could have ruled him out for the same reason that you
0:14:02 > 0:14:03lost Arthur C Clarke.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Eggheads, correct me if I'm wrong, he was operating before.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- In the '50s.- Oh, yes.- In the '50s, yeah.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- Yeah, so I was... - Fahrenheit 451 and all that.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- Yeah.- George RR Martin.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14I didn't associate him with science fiction, so...
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- Game Of Thrones guy.- Yep. OK.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19One point each. Back to you, Andy.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23The Seven And Five Society that was composed of seven painters
0:14:23 > 0:14:28and five sculptors was founded in which year?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Andy, is it...?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Unlikely something like that would be founded at the start
0:14:38 > 0:14:41of the Second World War, so I would rule that out.
0:14:41 > 0:14:461919, end of the First World War, art back in fashion.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Again, I'm guessing between the first two,
0:14:48 > 0:14:50but I'll go down the middle and go with 1919.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- 1919 is the right answer. - Well done, Andy!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56This is all good for your sponsorship, isn't it?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I know every question you get right, you're...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01You're getting sponsored for, for Farm Africa. That's good.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03So, Dave, see if you can stay in.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Which 15th century Italian painter is believed to have died
0:15:08 > 0:15:10at the age of only 26?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I don't know.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22I don't know how old Fra Angelico was. I've heard of him.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Was he that young?
0:15:27 > 0:15:31No, I'm going to fall on my sword here - Fra Angelico.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Who is it, Eggheads?- Masaccio. - Masaccio...
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Masaccio.- ..is the answer.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38And with that, we say well done, Andy.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Well done, Andy. - You've taken the round.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Brilliant. You took on an Egghead, you emerged triumphant.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45You've just broken the rhythm of the Eggheads here.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47So that's very good news. You will be in the final.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Please return to us, we will play the last round before the final.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55As it stands, the Bird Brains have lost two brains from the final round,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58but the Eggheads have now lost a brain.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00The next subject is Sport.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Who wants Sport?- That'll be me. I'll take that one.- OK.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- I'll take that one, Jeremy. - OK, skipper goes in.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Our category planning manager, Ian, against either Barry or Kevin.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- Two big hitters. - I'd like to go with Kevin.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- Kevin.- OK.- Kevin.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- If I lose, I lose, then. - THEY LAUGH
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Well, at some point, he's going to be in front of you,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23so give it a go.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Ian from the Bird Brains versus Kevin from the Eggheads.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Please go to the Question Room now.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32OK, Ian, it's Sport.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Not your particular choice, or were you looking forward to this?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I'm OK with sport. Yeah. Not too worried.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Have you had one of your problems recently been Sport, Kevin?
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- I can't remember.- I lost the last one I did.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Yeah.- Yeah. Bit of blankness.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Yeah, just a little absence. Nothing to worry about.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I don't know yet.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56We'll let you know. Ian on Sport. Do you want to go first or second?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I'll go first please, Jeremy.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03And here is your question.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07In football, what colours are the stripes on the shirts
0:17:07 > 0:17:11usually worn by Newcastle United players for home games?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Well, I think they're called the Magpies because of black and white,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21so I'll go with black and white.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Black and white is right.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Well done. Kevin.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Which of these England cricketers became famous
0:17:27 > 0:17:29for being an all-rounder?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Well, be a bit careful,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39but Steve Harmison is primarily known as a bowler.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42And Alastair Cook is really primarily known
0:17:42 > 0:17:45as an opening batsman.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47So, Andrew Flintoff.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Andrew Flintoff is the right answer.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52All right. Back to you, Ian.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Which of these women is a left-handed tennis player?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Left-handed.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I don't believe Steffi Graf was.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08My initial thought was Martina Navratilova.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10So, I'll have to go with my initial thought.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12So, I'm going with Martina Navratilova.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14You are right. Martina Navratilova.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19Well done. I like your look of relief, Ian, that's good.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21You're doing well. Kevin.
0:18:21 > 0:18:27In UK horse racing, the Triple Crown consists of the 2,000 Guineas,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30the Epsom Derby and which other race?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Well, the only one of those that's one of the classics,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42let alone the Triple Crown, is the St Leger.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44So, St Leger.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Yes, St Leger is correct. So, we're on Sport.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Third question for you now, Ian.
0:18:49 > 0:18:56Le Bron James left Miami Heat to re-join which NBA team in 2014?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Can't say that basketball is my sport.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10I think, and I'll go with, Los Angeles Lakers.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13It's Cleveland Cavaliers. Ian, sorry.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17So, Kevin has a chance to steal a place in the final.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22The American, Simone Biles is a famous name in which sport?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31She had a fantastic Rio Olympics in 2016.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34She's a gymnast.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Gymnastics is the right answer.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41You're in the final. Sorry, Ian, beaten by our Egghead.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45But then he is very good. And it's not over for your team.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Please, both of you, re-join us and we'll see what happens in the final round.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53So, this is what we've been playing towards.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55It is time for our final round.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57And, as always, it's General Knowledge.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-head
0:19:59 > 0:20:02won't be allowed to take part in this round, so that's Ian,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Jackie and Chris from Bird Brains, and also Dave from the Eggheads.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Would you please now leave the studio?
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Katharine, Andy, you're playing to win the Bird Brains' £2,000.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Lisa, Barry, Kevin and Chris,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20the Eggheads' reputation.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25This time, the questions are all general knowledge.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27You are allowed to confer.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31So, Bird Brains, the question is can your two brains defeat these four?
0:20:31 > 0:20:35And if you need to release chickens at any point, just do it.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Put them off. Katharine and Andy, good luck.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Do you want to go first or second? - First?- First.- First, please.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46All the best. Here we go.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Who received her fourth Oscar nomination
0:20:49 > 0:20:52for her work in the 2015 film Joy?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Was this...?
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- I have absolutely no idea. - Neither do I.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03I don't think it's Jennifer Lawrence.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I don't know if she's had any Oscar nominations, has she?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08See, I would have said definitely not Amy Adams.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12In which case, it would be Emily Blunt.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14I can't remember her getting one either.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17No, I can't. My first... My first reaction was Jennifer Lawrence.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22But... It's... I can't even remember the film.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Joy. Shall we go with Jennifer Lawrence?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Let's go with Jennifer Lawrence. Shall we?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- OK.- Yes, we'll go with Jennifer Lawrence.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Oh, you swerved around there.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33You did well there, Katharine,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35to just be open to the idea, because you're right.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37The answer was Jennifer Lawrence.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Eggheads, the Dirham is official currency
0:21:42 > 0:21:44of which of these countries?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47That's D-I-R-H-A-M.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- United Arab Emirates?- Yes.- Yeah, I'd say United Arab Emirates.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- Are we all happy with that? - Mm-hm.- OK, Germany...
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Jeremy, we're going for the United Arab Emirates.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02United Arab Emirates is the right answer.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05You didn't really struggle there, but that may happen.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07OK, Challengers.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10What are the dimensions in millimetres
0:22:10 > 0:22:12of a standard A3 sheet of paper?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- Right.- We should know this from selecting the paper
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- in the printer at work.- A3.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29620 feels like it's probably too big.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- Yeah.- 520 feels right.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35I don't know whether four...
0:22:35 > 0:22:37420 feels too small.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Oh, maybe... Maybe not. - Well, 297 x 2 is...
0:22:40 > 0:22:44590. And 520. That's too square, is it not?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Yeah, no, that's a good point.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51I think it would be 297 x 420.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53But then, I got the last one wrong.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57No, no, I think... I think, even just using my hand as a guide,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00I think 520 is too big.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03I think... I think you're right. I think we'll go with the first one.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- It's yours.- OK, we're going to go with 297 x 420.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09You've got it right. Well done.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11297 x 420.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Did some good reasoning there.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15A3 is twice the size of A4.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- And A4 is 297 x 210. - Ah, OK. Useful.
0:23:19 > 0:23:25Eggheads, according to Forbes, who was the highest-earning author in the world
0:23:25 > 0:23:32between June 2015 and June 2016 with pre-tax earnings of 95 million?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Oh, my goodness me.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40So, it's between mid-2015 and mid-2016.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44- Yes.- Not that that will particularly help.- No, I think it does.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Because John Grisham wrote most of his novels before that, hasn't he?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51So, you're looking at more recent things and Dan Brown's wrote
0:23:51 > 0:23:54The Da Vinci Code and Inferno and everything a way back.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58I think possibly James Patterson
0:23:58 > 0:24:00would be the more recent of them.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04I'm not convinced any of them have had a new release in that period.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- I think you'd be relying heavily on...- Historical.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10..previous sales, in the same way as most of the rich musicians.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13The ones with the big back catalogues.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19Patterson is an industry, basically. Churns them out.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Some of them are co-written, some of them are ghost-written.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Tricky.- I could think about this forever.- Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27If you just hadn't seen the list, it's...
0:24:27 > 0:24:29If it comes to a vote, my vote's for Patterson.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Chris, have you any ideas?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Yeah, well, Dan Brown's a sort of passe phenomenon, isn't he?
0:24:36 > 0:24:40And John Grisham tends to be more of a steady seller rather than having
0:24:40 > 0:24:43fast peaks of sales, so I'm probably inclined toward Patterson.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- As Kevin says, he's an industry. - Yeah, exactly, yeah. You'll see...
0:24:45 > 0:24:49You'll see on the shelves, you'll see loads of James Patterson books.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51You know, with other people's names, as well.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54But it's a James Patterson brand.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56I'd probably have to go for Patterson.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- Right, that's three of us.- He's the one about which I know the least,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- so I wouldn't have gone for him. - No, no.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04But I'm quite prepared to fall in with the majority.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I can see exactly what you mean though with the past sales thing.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- OK, shall we go?- Yeah, it... It's very tricky.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14You can look at it either way.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Well, we could talk about this for a long, long time
0:25:16 > 0:25:19and still not come to any firm conclusion.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22But on the balance that James Patterson is more of an industry
0:25:22 > 0:25:25than the other two, we think on sheer volume alone,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28it will be James Patterson.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30James Patterson did have a lot of books out between June 2015...
0:25:30 > 0:25:33I hope there's not a but coming there.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Just... Just in that one year, he had a lot out.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38So, the logic was good, but is the answer correct?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Do you know the answer?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42I think we would have tended towards James Patterson, as well.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44James Patterson is the right answer.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- Well done, gentlemen. - Eggheads, you just crept to it.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50OK, now get the third one right.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52You can see that they're in a bit of a state still.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Which of these supermodels is the tallest?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I think... I think all of the press...
0:26:05 > 0:26:08..I'm sure was around Naomi Campbell was really tall.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10That's the one that jumps out at me.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12I mean... But...
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Yeah. You see, I wouldn't tend toward Cindy Crawford,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18but I'm not sure about Elle Macpherson,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21because I think she's quite tall as well.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- So, we're definitely ruling Cindy Crawford out.- Yes.- Definitely.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28OK. So, can you think of them on the catwalk at any stage together?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30No!
0:26:31 > 0:26:33I mean, is there anything about Elle Macpherson
0:26:33 > 0:26:35that brings to mind the fact that she's tall?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Not particularly. Not particularly.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44My first instinct was Naomi Campbell. But...
0:26:47 > 0:26:49OK. Shall we go with Naomi Campbell then?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Bearing in mind, we don't really know.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- We'll go with Naomi Campbell, Jeremy.- OK.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57One of them is six foot and the other two are 5'9".
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Let me check with the Eggs here. Do you know?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- It's Elle Macpherson. - Elle Macpherson.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07So, chance for the Eggheads now in this close game.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Get this right, the contest is over.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Your question. Cold Water,
0:27:11 > 0:27:16featuring Justin Bieber and Mo was a UK number one single
0:27:16 > 0:27:19for which pop act in 2016?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- It's Major Lazer.- Major Lazer. - Major Lazer.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Well, three of us instantly said Major Lazer on that one.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30I don't think Chris passed an opinion,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33but I'm sure he will agree with us if we all go for Major Lazer.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- I won't stand in your way. - Major Lazer.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40The pop act that had Cold Water was indeed Major Lazer.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43We say congratulations, Eggheads. You have won.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50So, I don't know how they do that,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52but sometimes they've been looking at lists of...
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Or maybe you've just been dancing around to it in your dressing room, Barry?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57No, no, no, that was a list one, trust me.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- Thank you for playing.- Thank you. - Commiserations to our Bird Brains here.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and they are just
0:28:04 > 0:28:07about reigning supreme again over quiz land.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09It does mean you don't go home with the £2,000,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Eggheads, well done. Back on track.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat them.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21£3,000 says they don't.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Until then, goodbye.