0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 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 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain,
0:00:30 > 0:00:32they are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Feeling bookish, feeling learned?
0:00:34 > 0:00:35- Oh, yeah.- Definitely.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Very good. Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today
0:00:39 > 0:00:41are the Top Spinners. Now this team all met
0:00:41 > 0:00:43through the Redbridge sports centre
0:00:43 > 0:00:46in Ilford, where they compete against each other
0:00:46 > 0:00:49twice a week in table tennis. Let's meet them.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hello, I'm Carol, and I'm a retired library assistant.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Nigel, and I'm a black cab driver.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Karen and I'm a retired publican.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03Hi, my name's Dave and I'm a retired analytical chemist.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Hello. I'm Susan and I'm a house wife.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08So, Carol and team, welcome.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Hello!- Good to see you, and I love a bit of table tennis,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13if you've got a passion for it, I understand.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- You must be really good. - Well, yes, we are!
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Have we got any table tennis on this side?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23I pong far more than I ping.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26They don't really get out, I'm afraid.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Do you quiz at all?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30No, we've never quizzed before, this is the first time.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Oh, really?- Oh, together?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35So you've quizzed, you've got General Knowledge?
0:01:35 > 0:01:36We've never quizzed as a team before
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- but we've have been to quizzes individually.- Oh, brilliant.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Well listen, good luck.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- Thank you.- Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:01:43 > 0:01:45up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52So, Top Spinners, the Eggheads have had a slightly torrid time,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54then they've won the last two games.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58So they're getting back into their stride and you need to stop them.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01£3,000 is here for you if you can.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Would you like to try and win?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- ALL:- Yes.- Definitely. - Oh, yeah.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07The first head-to-head is on the subject of Geography,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09you can have Beth, or Dave,
0:02:09 > 0:02:10or Chris, or Barry or Lisa.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Nigel, yeah?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Geography?- I think it's going to be me.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15OK.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Our black cab driver, against which Egghead?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- Yeah, I'll take on Dave. - Very good, so Nigel,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24from the Top Spinners with a mean serve, I suspect,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27versus Dave from the Eggheads on Geography,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29and just to ensure there's no conferring,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33would you please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35So I'm just thinking we've got Tremendous Knowledge Dave,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37and then Nigel, if you're a black cab driver,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39you've done THE Knowledge, is that right?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- That's correct, yes.- So you're The Knowledge Nigel?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- That's me.- And that's where you have a memory of all the streets in London, it's amazing.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Just about most of them, yeah.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49And how long does it take to do that?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Well, when I did it, it took about 22 months
0:02:52 > 0:02:56but nowadays it takes between three and three-and-a-half years.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Really? What, cos there are more streets, or people are just slower?
0:03:00 > 0:03:01No, they have made it harder
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and also that there are more people doing it,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06so it's taking longer.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10I was going down near the Royal Albert Hall,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13and a cab driver said it's called the Hot And Cold Corner,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- do you know this, Nigel?- Yeah, it's the geographical society.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Yeah, Shackleton on one side and Livingstone on the other.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23That's right, so the cab drivers call it Hot And Cold Corner.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24All right, good luck, Nigel.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- Thank you.- And do you want to go first or second on geography?
0:03:28 > 0:03:29I'll go first, please.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Here we go. The Strait of Gibraltar
0:03:34 > 0:03:38connects the Mediterranean Sea to which ocean?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43It's definitely not the Indian,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46or the Pacific, so it's definitely the Atlantic.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Very good, Atlantic it is. Straight in there.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Good stuff.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54And Dave, Tremendous Knowledge Dave, if you lose,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- you've got to give him a tip. - Yep, definitely.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Seriously. Here is your question.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01What is Yellowstone Park's Old Faithful?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- It's a geyser.- It's a geyser, I've seen it!
0:04:07 > 0:04:09It goes off, what, every 90 minutes or something?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Yes, something like that.- Very, very faithful, funnily enough!
0:04:12 > 0:04:16OK. Nigel, the coastal resort town of Rapallo,
0:04:16 > 0:04:21with its pastel coloured houses, is in which European country?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28There's two choices I think
0:04:28 > 0:04:30with the name Rapallo,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33it's either, I believe, Spain or Italy
0:04:33 > 0:04:36and I'm going to say... Italy.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I'm so glad you did. You know, Carol, don't you?
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- Yes, I've been there.- You've been there! Carol's been there, Nigel.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- You're right, Italy it is. - Good.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Just past Hot And Cold Corner and turn left!
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Dave, the Pearl, Red and Mekong rivers
0:04:53 > 0:04:56all drain into which body of water?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Mekong. I think.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07If it's the Mekong...I'm going with the South China Sea, please.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09South China Sea is correct.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Nigel, the third question, can be crucial.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14The i360 observation tower,
0:05:14 > 0:05:19publicised as the world's thinnest tall building,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21opened where in 2016?
0:05:26 > 0:05:31I saw it under construction when I was down there and it's Brighton.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Brighton is the right answer.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Brilliant. Brighton it is.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39You were just passing, were you?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42No, I stayed there for a couple of days, for a weekend.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43It's a magnificent looking building.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Yeah, good stuff. Well done.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Dave, you're on the back foot now, got to get this right.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Mindanao is the second largest island of which country?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Mindanao, can you spell it for me, please?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02M-I-N-D-A-N-A-O.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I don't believe it's Malaysia...
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I don't think it's Indonesia either.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10I'm going to go for the Philippines, please.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Nicely done. Philippines is right.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14You two are both playing well, my goodness.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17After three questions each the scores are level.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19We go to Sudden Death, Nigel.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- Oh, dear.- No, you've done well, don't worry.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25It's a bit harder now, I don't give you alternatives.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve
0:06:29 > 0:06:32is located in which central Central American country?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I really don't know. But I'm going to take a guess at...
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- ..Uruguay.- Do you know this, Dave?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43I would have gone Costa Rica.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Costa Rica is the right answer.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- Oh, well played, Dave.- Nigel.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Now you've got to get your one right, Dave.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- It's where it gets difficult. - Yes.- OK, this for the round, Dave.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Now a national historic landmark,
0:06:54 > 0:06:59the former royal residence called Iolani Palace is in which US state?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Well, I'm having a guess here
0:07:01 > 0:07:04but thinking of royal palace, I'm going to go Hawaii.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Hawaii is the right answer, well done, Dave.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10You've taken that round without getting a question wrong.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12He's playing well, Nigel, isn't he?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- He certainly is.- Sorry, your Costa Rica was costly there.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19You were beaten by our Egghead and will not be in the final round.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23But, it's early days, please come back to us and rejoin your teams.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28So, as it stands, the Top Spinners have lost one brain from
0:07:28 > 0:07:31the final round, the Eggheads have not lost any so far.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34The next subject for you is Music.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35This is going to be good, isn't it?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I reckon some Top Spinners like their music.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- Oh, yes. - Susan, do you want to do music?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Yes. Why not? Who do I go against?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Susan is going to choose...
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Susan against anyone but Dave.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Do you want to try Chris? - Yeah, go on.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- OK.- Chris, please.- So Susan from the Top Spinners versus Chris
0:07:55 > 0:07:58from the Eggheads on Music, please go to our Question Room now.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02So you're retired now, Susan?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- Yes.- And playing table tennis, obviously.- Absolutely. Twice a week.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- Anything else?- I volunteer at a day centre for dementia.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Right, well, that must be amazing work.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It's very rewarding, yes, I enjoy it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18And how about your music tastes?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Nothing in particular, just general.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22I go to the theatre quite often
0:08:22 > 0:08:25and I do particularly like musicals, so...
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Chris, I think you're quite big on musicals as well?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I like some musicals. I like Les Mis.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Starlight Express because of the subject matter. Chicago...
0:08:34 > 0:08:36and some of the old Rodgers and Hammerstein stuff.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38All right, well, let's see how we go.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It's Music, Susan, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42I'll go first, please.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50And here we go. The annual music award show founded by which
0:08:50 > 0:08:56music publication presented its first Godlike Genius Award in 1994?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02I think it might be Q.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Do you know this, Chris?- I'd go for the NME, myself.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- It is NME.- Oh, dear.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- Never mind.- Over to you, Chris.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17Cher Lloyd came to fame as a contestant on which TV show?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24I never watch any of these things...
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Cher Lloyd.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Well, people from Britain's Got Talent and Fame Academy
0:09:29 > 0:09:32tend to sink without trace once they get outside,
0:09:32 > 0:09:33so I'll go for X Factor.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Like Susan Boyle.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38The X Factor is right.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Over to you, Susan.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Bobby Crush, who found fame on Opportunity Knocks in the '70s,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50became known for his skill on which musical instrument?
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- I think this is piano. - Yeah, do you remember that?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- I do, actually. - I'm struggling a bit.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Hughie Green and all that. - That's right. Piano is right.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Chris, according to the lyrics of the song Oklahoma,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11from the musical of the same name, what comes sweeping down the plain?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17# When the wind comes sweeping down the plain... #
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- It's the wind, Jeremy. - It is the wind.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Susan, what is the stage name of the American rapper and actress
0:10:27 > 0:10:29born Dana Owens?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I've never heard of Little Kim.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I've heard of Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43I think...maybe Missy Elliott,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45I'll go for.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Any Eggheads know this?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- Queen Latifah.- Queen Latifah...
0:10:49 > 0:10:54is the answer, Susan, so I'm sorry, no way back for you in this round.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57We have to say well done, Chris. Chris will be in the final.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Please, both of you return to us and we'll see what happens
0:10:59 > 0:11:02in the next round.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05OK, Top Spinners, what do we do
0:11:05 > 0:11:07in table tennis when it starts to go wrong?
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- We up our game.- We up our game or we change our serve.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Oh, yes.- Yep, we do.- We've lost two brains now from the final round.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16The Eggheads have still not lost a brain
0:11:16 > 0:11:19but they can cave in at any moment!
0:11:19 > 0:11:21The next subject is History.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Oh!- Now that sounds good, Carol, is that yours?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Yes, I'm going to have a go at that.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28A former librarian.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Against which Egghead? - I'll have Beth, please.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Very good. So Carol is going to be top spinning against Beth
0:11:36 > 0:11:37from the Eggheads on History.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40And please, both of you go to our Question Room now.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43So good luck against Beth, Carol,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45would you like to go first or second?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I'll go first, please.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Here we go.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Carol, Francis Walsingham was the principal secretary
0:11:55 > 0:11:59and spymaster for which English monarch?
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Well, when I first heard that name, I thought of Elizabeth I,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10so that's who I'm going to go for, Elizabeth I.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Brilliant, you got it right, Carol, well done.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Beth, Kenneth MacAlpin is considered
0:12:17 > 0:12:20to be the first king of which country?
0:12:23 > 0:12:27It could be any of them - they've all got similar roots of names.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30But with a name like MacAlpin you would go with Scotland,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34and Kenneth is a very Scottish name as well, so Scotland.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Scotland is right, well done, Beth.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42Carol, the Spanish hero, El Cid lived during which century?
0:12:46 > 0:12:50I've heard of El Cid but I don't know which century he lived in.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53So I will have to guess.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57It definitely wasn't the 19th, so I'll go for the 11th.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- Yeah, 11th is right. - Oh, well done!
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Beth, your question. Buenaventura Durruti
0:13:05 > 0:13:10was an influential figure in which 20th century conflict?
0:13:17 > 0:13:21I know Barry is sitting there screaming the answer...
0:13:22 > 0:13:27..most probably. Buenaventura sounds Spanish, Spanish Civil War?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Let's see, Barry? - I'm happy with that.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33He's happy, Spanish Civil War, well done.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Carol, your question.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41You're doing well, Carol. The early medieval kingdom of Dumnonia
0:13:41 > 0:13:43was in which part of England?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Could you spell it please, for me?
0:13:48 > 0:13:52D-U-M-N-O-N-I-A.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Well, I actually don't know at all, because I've never heard of it,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59so this is a pure guess, and I'll go for the north-east.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01No, it's the south-west.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03But it's hard if you haven't heard of it.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Very hard. Beth, your question for the round.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12How many so-called Good Emperors of Rome ruled over the empire
0:14:12 > 0:14:17between approximately 96 and 180 AD?
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Well, they went through some terrible emperors
0:14:24 > 0:14:27as well as some pretty good ones,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31and after Marcus Aurelius died, a bad one came in, Commodus.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I'm pretty sure it's not seven.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I don't think that they had seven good ones in a row,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38or together.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I'm going to go with five.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Any Eggheads know? - Yes, it was five.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48They were Trajan, Hadrian, Nerva, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Blimey, Barry's just named them all.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53We need a round of applause for all of that!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Barry does that at parties quite a lot.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58It's why I don't get invited to many!
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Five is right.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Hooray!- Three out of three for our Eggheads.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Sorry, Carol, they're playing well today, aren't they?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Yes, they are. Yes.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Not to worry. You've been knocked out,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12but it's not over by a long way for our Challengers.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Come back to us, both of you, and we'll play a last round
0:15:15 > 0:15:16before the final.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20So, the Top Spinners have lost another brain.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22They've lost three from the final round now.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25The Eggheads are still all there and they're playing well as well.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28The next subject is Arts & Books.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- Who would like this?- Well, it's got to be one of you two.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Go on, Karen.- Are you going to go, Karen?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Who are you going to go up against?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40It can be either Barry or Lisa.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Who do you fancy?- Lisa.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- You fancy Lisa? - Everyone fancies Lisa!
0:15:44 > 0:15:46LAUGHTER
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Karen from Top Spinners versus Lisa from the Eggheads and the subject,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Arts & Books. The last round before the final round,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54please take your positions.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59OK, so you're on Arts & Books, Karen, against Lisa,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01would you like to go first or second?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I would like to go first, please.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07And here we go with your first question.
0:16:07 > 0:16:13The 19th century novel The Brothers Karamazov is set in which country?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I don't think it's Ireland.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20It's between Portugal... I'm sure it's not Portugal.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I'm going to go for Russia.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Russia is correct.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Written by, Eggheads?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- Dostoyevsky.- Dostoyevsky. - Dostoyevsky.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Lisa, the word "Bildungsroman",
0:16:33 > 0:16:36which means a novel dealing with youth or formative years,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38comes from which language?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45It must be German.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Well, it wasn't my accent that gave it away, that's for sure.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49German is right. OK, Karen,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52which comedy writer well known for his TV sitcoms
0:16:52 > 0:16:56adapted the Ealing Comedy film, The Ladykillers,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58for the stage in 2011?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I'm not sure on this one at all.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07It's going to have to be a guess, I'm afraid.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Graham Linehan is jumping out at me.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I'm going to say Graham Linehan.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Yeah, you're absolutely right!
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Amazingly talented guy.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Lisa, My Wicked, Wicked Ways
0:17:19 > 0:17:23is an autobiography by which Hollywood star?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Now, why did I think it was Errol Flynn just before it came up?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Is that because it's the right answer?
0:17:32 > 0:17:37Or just because it's, you know, a happy straw that I'm clutching.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40My Wicked, Wicked Ways.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Mr Hughes there will be able to tell you it's related to films
0:17:43 > 0:17:46they've been in or catchphrases or something.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Sadly, I can't tell you anything of the sort.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51I don't know many of the others were renowned
0:17:51 > 0:17:52for having wicked ways, really.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56More of an Errol Flynn persuasion, I think.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00No, I'm grasping, here, I'll go for Errol Flynn.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Let's see if Chris knows.- Yep.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06He did have a reputation of being, shall we say, a ladies' man.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07So, yes.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09He confirm it's right, Errol Flynn.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Bless his heart. - Who, Errol's or Chris'?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15It's the same thing, really, isn't it?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17OK, Karen. Your question.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Just pile the pressure on.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20I'll try.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25"I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world"
0:18:25 > 0:18:29is a famous line by which poet?
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Would you repeat that for me?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Yes, yawp is Y-A-W-P.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42"I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world"
0:18:42 > 0:18:45is a famous line by which poet?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- Again... - SHE SIGHS DEEPLY
0:18:47 > 0:18:49There's one jumping out at me
0:18:49 > 0:18:51but it doesn't sound like TS Eliot.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54I think I'm going to go with Walt Whitman.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- What does your team think? - I think it's Robert Frost.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- What about you, Eggs?- Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Walt Whitman is right, from Leaves of Grass.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Three out of three, Karen.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09So, Lisa to you, to stay in.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Is this the Egghead who's going to crack?
0:19:11 > 0:19:15What is the name of the innovative British theatre group
0:19:15 > 0:19:19founded in 2000, known for its immersive productions,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22whose 2013 work The Drowned Man
0:19:22 > 0:19:26was performed in a disused sorting office in London?
0:19:31 > 0:19:36Now, I think the only one I've heard of, of those, is Punchdrunk.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Shall I go with my first instinct and say Punchdrunk?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Again, I don't think I can make a case for the other two.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- I'll go- Punchdrunk. Punchdrunk is the right answer, Lisa.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Well done, good quizzing. Good quizzing by our Eggheads.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Sorry, Karen, you couldn't throw her off that easily.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- That's right.- So we go to Sudden Death, it's gets a bit harder.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56No alternatives from me.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Here's your question.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Which book by HG Wells is partly set
0:20:02 > 0:20:06in the year, 802,701 AD?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09There's only two that I can come up with...
0:20:09 > 0:20:111984 and...
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Animal Farm?- It's not Animal Farm that was George Orwell,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18it is The Time Machine.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- Sorry!- The Time Machine.- Of course it was, sorry.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24OK, Lisa, get this right and you're in the final.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28The Albertina is a museum and art collection
0:20:28 > 0:20:30in which European capital city?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33OK, not ringing bells for Paris.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36It sounds more Germanic than anything else.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39I've never heard of it in Berlin, that's not a guarantee.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42No, I really haven't heard of it.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44I'm reduced to guessing. I'll try Vienna.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- It is in Vienna.- Wow! - Well done, Lisa.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50You got there. I don't know how you did it, a mystical thing there.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53It's called being exceptional jammy.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Being jammy, whatever, you're in the final. Karen, sorry,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58you've been knocked out as well.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01So, it's looking difficult for the Challengers
0:21:01 > 0:21:03but it's not beyond hope at all. Please come back,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06rejoin your teams, we will play the final round.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11So, this is what we've been playing towards, it is time for
0:21:11 > 0:21:14the final round, which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed
0:21:17 > 0:21:18to take part in this round.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21So Carol, Nigel, Karen and Susan,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23from the Top Spinners,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26would you please now leave the studio.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Dave, you are playing to win the Top Spinners £3,000.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Lisa, Barry, Chris, Dave and Beth,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37you're playing for something that money cannot buy,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39just restoring the Eggheads' reputation,
0:21:39 > 0:21:40it's coming along nicely!
0:21:40 > 0:21:43As usual I will ask each team three questions in turn,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46this time the answers are all general knowledge
0:21:46 > 0:21:48and you may confer. Sorry, doesn't help you, Dave.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- Oh, I can talk to myself! - You can talk to yourself!
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Your team-mates sadly have been lost in battle.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56So, Dave, can your one brain
0:21:56 > 0:22:00defeat these five in a famous victory?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02So, would you like to go first or second?
0:22:02 > 0:22:03I'll go first, please.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Your first question, Dave, good luck.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14For what does the letter P stand in the name of the navigational system
0:22:14 > 0:22:18known commonly as GPS?
0:22:20 > 0:22:26Positioning, I believe. Plotting doesn't sound right. Pathway, no.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31- It's positioning.- Global positioning satellite system?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Satellite.- Anyway, P is positioning.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37One to you. Eggheads, the Italian word "nonna"
0:22:37 > 0:22:41translates into which English word?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46- ALL:- Grandmother.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I had a litany of grandmothers appearing in front of me,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51so we're going for grandmother.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Right answer. All right.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00Over to you. In the 2016 Steven Spielberg film The BFG,
0:23:00 > 0:23:05who plays the title role via motion capture performance?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I really am not sure about this.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16I think I might have read it not so long ago.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20I just think Mark Rylance is standing out to me.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22So that will be my answer.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Mark Rylance is correct.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Playing well. So far, two out of two for our Challenger.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Eggheads, in 2016 in Major League Soccer,
0:23:30 > 0:23:32which English footballer scored
0:23:32 > 0:23:38the first-ever hat trick for New York City FC?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- Lampard.- It's got to be Lampard because Beckham's LA Galaxy,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48not Dennis Wise.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Well, our esteemed football correspondent assures me
0:23:51 > 0:23:53it's Frank Lampard, so that's our answer.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56It's Frank. Frank Lampard. You're right.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58First-ever hat trick.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Dave, Changing Places, Nice Work
0:24:01 > 0:24:06and Small World are novels by which British writer?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12OK.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Mmm, again, not certain.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20And I think I will do a Judith approach and I'll go for the middle,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- David Lodge.- Well, funnily enough,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Judith's famous approach is to go down the right,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29but that doesn't matter because it's right.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30David Lodge is correct.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33She won't mind at all!
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- Right?- She gets confused herself, to be honest!
0:24:36 > 0:24:38To be honest, she veers all over.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40But in theory, it's going down the right.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41The magic right, she calls it.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45So you've got three out of three,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47you may not need to do anything more today.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50The Eggheads mess this up, it's over.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
0:24:53 > 0:24:58became president of which country in 2016?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Oh, goodness.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05It's not Portugal, I don't think.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07I don't think Portugal's had an election this year.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Why did I think Panama?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I've got nothing else to pin that on.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Now, for me, De Sousa is more a Portuguese name
0:25:21 > 0:25:23if you think about Paulo Sousa
0:25:23 > 0:25:27and things like that, it does tend to be.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I'm not... That's all I can hang it on.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Unless anyone has a more definite...
0:25:33 > 0:25:36I have a vague inkle that there was
0:25:36 > 0:25:38an election in Peru in 2016.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43Panama will have a president, definitely, I don't know about Peru.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44If Portugal has a Prime Minister,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46you wouldn't know about the president.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Not necessarily.- No.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52And it's "became president" rather than elected.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56We really don't know. This might come down to a vote.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03My inkling is Portugal because of the name and the president, but...
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- That's just my suggestion.- I think that might be a red herring.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08OK.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10I've just got at the back of my mind Peru,
0:26:10 > 0:26:11but I have nothing to base it on.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- Lisa thought Peru. - You thought Peru.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- I thought there was an election there in 2016
0:26:18 > 0:26:20but I'm not getting any more than that from it.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- - So what are you saying, Beth? - Panama.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- Panama.- I say Portugal.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- Portugal.- Peru.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- Probably Peru.- Oh.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32OK, three Perus. Let's Peru then. Team.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35OK, Jeremy, well, as you've obviously gathered,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38we haven't the slightest idea what the answer to this is.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Although, De Sousa does sound a Portuguese name,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44we're not going to go for Portugal, we're going to go for Peru
0:26:44 > 0:26:46and keep everything crossed.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50I think you might be on for a famous victory here!
0:26:50 > 0:26:54One of us has to be right, because we've said all three.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Yeah, one of you is right.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58The correct answer is Portugal.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02We say congratulations, Challengers, you have won!
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Thank you very much.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08And I said what does GPS stand for,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11you said Global Positioning Satellite,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15and it's System, so the engines have fallen out of the bottom
0:27:15 > 0:27:19of the chassis with the Eggheads. Oh, the excitement here!
0:27:20 > 0:27:23That's how excited we are. Dave, well done. Well played,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26you kept your nerve with the David Lodge question.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Well, I didn't know it, it was a guess.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32But doing it on your own is not easy, we know.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33You can't confer.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Eggheads, what's that, three losses out of five games?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- Yes, it is.- Yep. - And five against one now?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40What did we tell you?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42The most dangerous opponent, one person.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- We got that right at least! - You got that right!
0:27:46 > 0:27:49You may need to work on this voting system of yours,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52it is producing some very odd results.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Congratulations, Top Spinners, you've won the jackpot of £3,000.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59You've stopped them and they've been stopped a few times, recently.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01So they are going to go away and think about it
0:28:01 > 0:28:04and you are officially cleverer than the Eggheads.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06You've proved they can be beaten.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Join us next time on Eggheads to see
0:28:08 > 0:28:11if a new team of Challengers will be just as successful.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14What a game, what an ending, what fun!
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Until then, goodbye!