0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz-players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is - can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit
0:00:26 > 0:00:30their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33They are the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And looking a bit sombre today, Eggheads, I think,
0:00:35 > 0:00:36in your dark colours.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Thoughtful. Yes.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Thoughtful...hmm.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Taking on our awesome quiz champions today are...
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Now, this team all work together at the same solicitors firm in
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Manchester, so let's meet them.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Hello, I'm Alan and I'm a solicitor.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Mike and I'm a corporate lawyer.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Richard and I'm a personal injury claims solicitor.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Max and I'm a solicitor.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Dominic and I'm a trainee solicitor.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05So, Alan, team, welcome.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Good to see you.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Alan, there's a kind of Alan Partridge dimension here.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14There is. We based our team name on Alan's Big Plate
0:01:14 > 0:01:15and we're big fans of the show.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Now, you've got to explain that.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Yes, well, he used to, when he was at the Linton Travel Tavern
0:01:20 > 0:01:23he used to go to an all-you-can-eat buffet
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and he brought with him his own plate
0:01:25 > 0:01:27to try to get all his fair share.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Do you remember this, Eggheads?
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- Yeah.- This Partridge thing?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33And you're all solicitors, so you've got your own plate at work,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- I'm presuming.- We do. - JEREMY LAUGHS
0:01:36 > 0:01:39So you work together on matters involving the law?
0:01:39 > 0:01:43We do. We're based in different departments but we do work together,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- yes.- Do you quiz together?
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Occasionally, yes.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51We've participated in a few charity night quizzes
0:01:51 > 0:01:54and we've been lucky enough to win a few of those.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Oh, you're saying that in a very understated way.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59They hear the word win and they suddenly...
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Do you know what winning is, Eggheads?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- THEY LAUGH - You used to do!
0:02:03 > 0:02:05They've had a mare recently, the Eggs,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07doesn't matter how big their plate is.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:10 > 0:02:11for our challengers.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20So, Big Platers, the challengers won the last game.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21That means it can be done.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22£1,000 on the table.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film and TV.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29And you can choose between Beth, Chris, Pat, Barry and Lisa.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Who wants to take that one on? - This is the one we didn't want to come up.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34That's right, yeah. Don't fancy this.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Trying to save Alan for...
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Yeah.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- I don't think I'd be... - You're feeling it, mate?
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- No.- I think, Richard, you reckoned that you were pretty strong on that.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44- Go on, Richard.- Yes.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- I'll take this one.- OK, Richard, personal injury claims solicitor.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Entirely appropriate. Who would you like to do some personal damage to?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I think Chris might be the man to go for.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58- Yeah?- Chris.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Yeah, we'd like to choose Chris, please.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05OK. Last seen in a cinema in the days of the Farfisa.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Oh, yeah, yeah. The mighty Wurlitzer, yeah.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12So it's going to be Richard from The Big Platers versus Chris.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13To ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20So, Richard, do you watch movies when you can?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Yes, absolutely, as much as I can.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- What do you enjoy? - Mainly action films,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27a big fan of things like the Bourne films and the Bond films.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Are you a Bourne, Jason Bourne man, Chris?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Not really, no.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35No, I lost interest when they stopped making Ealing comedies.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Well, you like your James Bond, don't you?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41The early Bonds, yeah, the Connery Bonds, shall we say,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- the classic Bonds, yeah. - Film and television, Richard.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- First or second?- First, please.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51OK, let's see if these Eggheads are back on track.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54We've tried turning them off and turning them on again.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Here's your question. What is the profession of Denzel Washington's
0:03:57 > 0:03:59character in the film Training Day?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Hmm. Um...
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Vaguely remember watching this film.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Not entirely sure on it, though. Um...
0:04:13 > 0:04:19I do have a recollection that he was
0:04:19 > 0:04:24a politician called into action unexpectedly.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I'm going to go with politician.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Politician, OK.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Chris, do you know this? - I thought he was a policeman.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Yeah, policeman is the answer.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40Chris... What genre of film is Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket?
0:04:45 > 0:04:49It was filmed in the ruins of Becton gasworks, set in the Vietnam War,
0:04:49 > 0:04:50so it's a war film.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52War is correct.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Yes, not a romantic comedy.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Hardly.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Richard, which of these comic book characters appears in the 2016 film
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Suicide Squad?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Ooh.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Very tricky for me, that one. I...
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I think I'll rule out The Joker.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I'm fairly sure it's not The Joker.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Erm...
0:05:20 > 0:05:25Between the others, I have a feeling that was Deadpool.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Let's see. Challengers?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Do you know?- It's The Joker.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- It's The Joker.- Oh.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Don't worry.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35We're early days here.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Maybe not in this round, though.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Chris, you can take it with this.
0:05:38 > 0:05:44Who won the 2016 series of the TV show Celebrity MasterChef?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52This is something else I don't watch.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Doubt it would be Jimmy Osmond, somehow.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Louise Minchin or Alexis Conran.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I'll just have to take a punt on Alexis Conran.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06I was thinking Louise Minchin won it, actually,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08but I'm wrong and you're right.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- It is Alexis Conran.- Huh.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12And with two out of two, no way back for you, Richard.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15You've been beaten by our Egghead on Film and TV
0:06:15 > 0:06:18and, as a result, will not be able to help your team
0:06:18 > 0:06:19in the final round.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21This is what it's all about. Please come back to us.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Re-join your teams. We'll play on.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27So as it stands, The Big Platers have lost one brain
0:06:27 > 0:06:28from the final round.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31The Eggheads have not lost any and, Chris, powerful performance.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- Oh, thank you very much. - For a man who's not been in a cinema for a while.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Oh, yeah.- The next subject is Sport.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39So, Big Platers?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- I think...- Captain's decision.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48I'm happy to go through, so is Dominic.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49I think Mike.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Yeah?- That's fine, should be Mike.- All right.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Lots of people want sport.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- Mike?- It's a popular one, yeah.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- OK.- Yeah.- Against which Egghead?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Anyone but Chris.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01I think go for Pat.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Pat.- Mike from The Big Platers versus Pat from the Eggheads.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08To ensure there's no conferring, please go to our Question Room.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Well, usually, Mike, when sport comes up there's a bit of a tussle
0:07:13 > 0:07:14with people not wanting to do it,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16but half your team want to do sport.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21Yeah, it's a popular choice of topic.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22And I see why you were chosen,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25cos you used to play rugby semi-professionally.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Yeah. I think that's as high as it can get, yeah.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I did play for a number of years for a team in Manchester.
0:07:31 > 0:07:37We got up to the Championship, sort of one below the Premier League, so,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40yeah, it was a good number of years.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I had the benefit of still having a career but still playing decent sport.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46OK, well, good luck in this round against Pat.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Would you like to go first or second?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49I'll go first, please.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57In the game of cricket, which of these fielding positions, Mike,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59is located behind square?
0:08:04 > 0:08:05That's fallen nicely for me.
0:08:06 > 0:08:12Yeah, cover's in front of wicket on the off-side.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Mid-on, sort of beyond the bowler on the on-side,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18so fine leg is behind square,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20behind the batsman, so fine leg.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Fine leg is right. Well done.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25OK, let's see if this Eggheads revival is continuing
0:08:25 > 0:08:27with Pat's first question. In football,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30how many teams competed in the English Premier League
0:08:30 > 0:08:33during the 2016-17 season?
0:08:37 > 0:08:3916 is a bit small.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44I think it's a 38-game season, with 19...
0:08:44 > 0:08:4820 teams each having two games against their 19 opponents.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52I think there might still be 24-team set-ups in the lower divisions,
0:08:52 > 0:08:56but for the Premier League...yes, for the Premier League it's 20.
0:08:56 > 0:08:5820 is correct. Back to you, Mike.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01They may get harder. In a standard game of croquet,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05the four balls are black, yellow, red and what colour?
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Now, this, yeah...
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Trying to think if we had a croquet...
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- I'm trying to think as well. - I'm thinking...
0:09:18 > 0:09:21I don't think
0:09:21 > 0:09:22it's white but it could well be.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I mean, it could be those.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29My initial thoughts were blue
0:09:29 > 0:09:30and I will stick with blue.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Just go with the gut instinct, but really could be any of them.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Well, initial thoughts are often a good guide.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Blue is correct.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40That is a stinker of a question.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I haven't played croquet for quite some time.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Pat, your question.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Which sprinter crossed the line third in the infamous
0:09:49 > 0:09:541988 Olympic Games men's 100 metres final?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Well, let me see.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Um...
0:10:04 > 0:10:07This is the race that was won by Ben Johnson,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10who was subsequently stripped of his title.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14And did...? I'm not even sure if the second-place person
0:10:14 > 0:10:15eventually fell foul.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Who finished third?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I think I have a memory of Carl Lewis being in the frame
0:10:22 > 0:10:27of the finish and trailing Johnson, so I'll go for Carl Lewis.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32Yeah, and I think you're right about Carl being there because I think he
0:10:32 > 0:10:36very soon after gave an interview which was not even very coded
0:10:36 > 0:10:37about Ben Johnson's performance.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39However, the answer is Linford Christie.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43This is good, Mike, this is good.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Pat's stuttered.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Is Pat out? Only you can decide.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Here's your third question.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Which English rugby union team plays its home games
0:10:53 > 0:10:55at the Ricoh Arena?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Again, this has fallen very, very nicely.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08I've got a bit of history with the Ricoh Arena, so in my
0:11:08 > 0:11:14job as a corporate lawyer I acted for the purchasers of Coventry City,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17so I know it very well and
0:11:17 > 0:11:21well aware that Wasps have moved their home games
0:11:21 > 0:11:25up to the Ricoh Arena, so, yeah, it's certainly not
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Harlequins or Saracens - Wasps is my answer.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Wasps it is. Well done, Mike, you've done really well there.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Pat - oh, dear, setback.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36We lost a powerful Egghead there.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Knocked out and you won't be able to take part in the final.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41So come back to us, both of you,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43re-join your teams and we'll see what happens next.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48So, now a round to The Big Platers.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51They've lost a brain from the final, the Eggheads have lost one, too.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Evenly matched. We go into our next round.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55It's Geography.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Who would like this?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Geography.- You for the...
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I think we send Dominic on for this.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03- Right. OK.- Yeah?
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- That's fine. - Dominic, take your pick.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07- I choose Beth, please. - Dominic against...
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Against Beth?- Beth, yeah.- All right.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Dominic from The Big Platers versus Beth from the Eggheads on
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Geography. How's that for you?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Not my greatest.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Not my best.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Countries, rivers...- Yeah.- Capitals.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Mmm.- OK, let's see how we go here.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Getting exciting, this contest, isn't it?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Please go to our famous Question Room now.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29OK, good luck on geography, Dominic.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Would you like to go first or second?
0:12:31 > 0:12:32I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Here we go. Which of these bodies of water links the Red Sea
0:12:40 > 0:12:41to the Arabian Sea?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51I'll go for the Bay of Bengal.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Now, I need a bit of map work here, let's just think,
0:12:55 > 0:12:56which Egghead can help me?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Pat, you're very good at visualising maps.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Where is the Bay of Bengal?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04That's to the east of India, of the Indian subcontinent,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06between India and Burma.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07And Strait of Malacca? Help me.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09That's over in Indonesia.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13So we're looking sort of Middle East, Red Sea and...
0:13:13 > 0:13:15which one are we? Gulf of Aden, then, are we?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18The Gulf of Aden and it narrows to a thing called the Bab-el-Mandeb,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21which is the narrow strait and then you're in the Red Sea.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24OK. Gulf of Aden, I'm afraid, Dominic.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Beth, your question. Which of these US states is landlocked?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I'm pretty sure that Oregon and Washington
0:13:36 > 0:13:38are both on the West Coast,
0:13:38 > 0:13:39so that must be Montana.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43It is Montana. And I guess part of the land-locking is by a bit of
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Canada above it, is it?- Yeah.- Cos it's right at the top of the USA.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Dominic, which symbols feature on the national flag of Pakistan?
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Not too sure about this.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03But I'll go for the crescent and the star.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Crescent and star is quite right.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Do you know the colour of this, Beth?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Yeah, it's a green field with a white crescent and star.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12That's it.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Your question, what is the capital of the Dominican Republic?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Oh, I was revising capital cities of the West Indies not so long ago.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Now, let's have a think.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Dominican Republic.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34I'm pretty sure Port-au-Prince is Haiti
0:14:34 > 0:14:42and St John's sounds a little more English, so it would be one of
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Bermuda, Barbuda, Antigua, somewhere like that,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48so, as it's Spanish sounding, Santo Domingo.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Indeed. Santo Domingo.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53OK, back to you, Dominic.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Got to get this right.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Lake Burley Griffin is an artificial lake
0:14:58 > 0:15:01in the centre of which Australian city?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Lake Burley Griffin.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Artificial lake.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I'll go with Darwin, Jeremy.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14I'm afraid it's Canberra.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Oh.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Sorry, Dominic. Actually, Australia comes up a lot,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20and it always foxes me, I must say,
0:15:20 > 0:15:21but you've been knocked out there.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24And beaten by our Egghead, Beth, who will be in the final round.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Maybe the Eggheads really are rebooting a little bit after
0:15:28 > 0:15:30their recent defeats. Come back to us
0:15:30 > 0:15:32and we'll play the last round before the final.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36OK, as it stands,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38the Big Platers have lost two brains from the final round.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Still looking quite unruffled there, Alan? Do you
0:15:41 > 0:15:44always have that expression when you're in a big legal negotiation?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- I do indeed, yeah. - So just completely...?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Still confident.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Still confident? OK.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The Eggheads have lost just Pat, just the one,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55and we have now Music for you.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Who wants to play a tune?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- Well, it's Max.- You do it?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Go Max?- Max? OK.- Good man.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Another solicitor with the Big Platers.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07You can take on either Barry or Lisa,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09both of them quite tricky.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I'll try Barry, please, Jeremy.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15OK. Max from the Big Platers,
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Barry - loves his music, don't you?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19I do indeed.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20LAUGHTER
0:16:21 > 0:16:23But different sorts, we forget.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Yes. You didn't say anything about "his music".
0:16:25 > 0:16:27His music, crucially.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Although we had a little bit of misfiring on Wagner the other day,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- didn't we?- Yes, amazingly, that.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Yeah, it was amazing. To ensure there's no conferring,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35please go to the Question Room now.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39OK, good luck, Max, we're all admiring your shirt.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Thank you, Jeremy.- And actually, Chris,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43you've been trying to identify the aircraft on it?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Well, I've got a couple. There's a Boeing P-12
0:16:46 > 0:16:48and an Albatross DV.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50But some of the others I think are just generic.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52It's an interesting shirt.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55So when you shook his hand earlier, you just started looking at
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- his shirt...- That's right. - ..identifying planes?- Yeah!
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Have you got it for a reason, or just cos it's rather beautiful, Max?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Just because I thought it would pop on television, Jeremy.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- Yeah, it's good.- So it was quite intimidating having Barry and Chris
0:17:07 > 0:17:08name the planes back to me.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Well, there's a whole load of potential questions just on
0:17:11 > 0:17:12your shirt. Well, anyway, we're on Music.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Would you like to go first or second against Barry?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22And here is your first question.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25The 2014 jukebox musical Sunny Afternoon
0:17:25 > 0:17:29is based on the songs of which group?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35I'm pretty confident, on my way to work...
0:17:35 > 0:17:39I think they are putting this on at one of the theatres in Manchester.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43I can't see there being any link to The Who or The Beatles.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45I'm pretty sure it's The Kinks.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The Kinks is the right answer, yeah, it's one of their songs.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50First line, anyone?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- Barry?- "The taxman's taken all my dough"?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56That's it. "I'm sitting in my stately home." Yeah.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58OK.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00The Kinks is right. We go to you, Barry.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04The Verdi opera Aida was first performed
0:18:04 > 0:18:06in which year?
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Barry, was it...?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13This opera was especially commissioned,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and I believe the answer to this
0:18:15 > 0:18:17must be 1871.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Very good, Barry.
0:18:18 > 0:18:201871's right.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23OK, Max.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Seven Years was a worldwide hit
0:18:26 > 0:18:29for which pop act in 2016?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36I really don't know, I'm afraid.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40I think my music knowledge kind of falls off a cliff after about 2005.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I'll go for Taylor Swift, but I don't know.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Lisa, can you sing it?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50# Once I was seven years old
0:18:50 > 0:18:52# Momma told me
0:18:52 > 0:18:54# Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely... #
0:18:54 > 0:18:56And it sort of carries on like that, doesn't it?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58# Once I was 11 years old... #
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Yeah, it's a lovely song - it's Lukas Graham.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05OK, Barry, which 1959 stage musical
0:19:05 > 0:19:08features the character Rose
0:19:08 > 0:19:10and her two daughters, June and Louise?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17It's certainly not Rent, cos that's much later.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Carousel and Gypsy are of that vintage.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Gypsy, of course, is about Gypsy Rose Lee,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26so there's a Rose there.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Was there a Rose in Carousel?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I don't recall a Rose in Carousel,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34so I'll go for Gypsy.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Gypsy is correct.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41So he's ahead, which is a bit annoying, Max,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44and I can feel them, having had their rather difficult time,
0:19:44 > 0:19:48they're just firing up their turbo chargers now, the Eggs.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50This could be a key moment -
0:19:50 > 0:19:52you've got to get this one right to stay in.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Coldplay's Guy Berryman is best known
0:19:55 > 0:19:57for playing which instrument?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Guy Berryman.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Again, I don't know.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I think Chris Martin tends to play the piano.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13I'll go for bass, because no-one ever knows the name of the drummer.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19What, you've gone for bass because the drummer is so obscure that
0:20:19 > 0:20:21even people in the band wouldn't know who it was?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23That's my hope, that's my hope.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Bass is right, well done.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Bass is right. OK, so, level,
0:20:29 > 0:20:31but Barry has a chance with this to take the round.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33And here is your question...
0:20:33 > 0:20:37The cover of the Nirvana album Nevermind
0:20:37 > 0:20:39features a baby swimming underwater
0:20:39 > 0:20:41along with what, Barry?
0:20:44 > 0:20:51Oh, gosh, a very famous cover - I'm just trying to picture it now.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Nevermind. I saw...
0:20:53 > 0:20:56I saw an article recently about the baby as he looks now.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Wouldn't quite recognise him as a baby.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01HE LAUGHS
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I think I have it in my mind that there was a dollar bill
0:21:04 > 0:21:06on that cover, so I'll go for dollar bill.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Yeah, it's a very, very famous album cover.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11And you're right - I think the baby has become maybe
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- a 20-year-old now...- Indeed.- ..or so, maybe even older.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Dollar bill is right, well done.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Sorry, despite the aircraft there,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- we couldn't quite get into formation, Max...- Yeah.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- ..and you've been knocked out by Barry.- Them's the breaks.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Barry will be in the final.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Come back to us, gentlemen, we'll play the crucial final round.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32All right, this is what we have been playing towards -
0:21:32 > 0:21:34it is time for the final round,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't
0:21:38 > 0:21:40be allowed to take part in this round.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43So that's Richard, Max and Dominic from the Big Platers,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45and also Pat from the Eggheads.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Would you please now leave the studio?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51So here we are, Alan and Mike,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53you're playing to win the Big Platers £1,000.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58For Lisa, Barry, Chris and Beth, the prize is almost bigger -
0:21:58 > 0:22:01it's to restore the Eggheads' reputation,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03which has been so badly ripped and torn.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08This time, they're all General Knowledge.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10You can confer. So, gentlemen, the question is,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13can your two brains defeat these four?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15And would you like to go first or second?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16We'd like to go first.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23And here we go. Good luck.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Osiris was the god of the underworld
0:22:25 > 0:22:29in which collection of ancient myths?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35How are you spelling Osiris, please?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38O-S-I-R-I-S, all one word. Osiris.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41My first thought, Mike, is it's Egyptian.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Yep, I-I'm thinking it's not... Doesn't sound like a Norse...
0:22:45 > 0:22:48It doesn't, no.
0:22:48 > 0:22:54And I think the Roman god of the underworld was Pluto.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55- Oh, OK.- So, that being the case,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I think we're in agreement that Osiris was Egyptian.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Yeah.- That's our answer, Jeremy - Egyptian.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Yeah, very good, Egyptian is right.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Eggheads, for what does the letter H stand in the abbreviation
0:23:09 > 0:23:13of the United Nations agency WHO?
0:23:17 > 0:23:18It's the World Health Organization.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- World Health Organization. - So it's health.- OK.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23My little internal voice is chiming, so, yeah.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25That's health, Jeremy.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Health is right.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Well done. 1-1.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Back to you, challengers.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32The Conservative MP Philip Hammond
0:23:32 > 0:23:36was appointed to which role in July 2016?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44You know this one, don't you, Alan?
0:23:44 > 0:23:45I believe so, I think it's
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- the Chancellor of the Exchequer.- Yeah.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49We agree on that?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- Yes, yeah.- I think we can safely eliminate the other two.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54That being the case, we're going
0:23:54 > 0:23:56to say Chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01He's a difficult guy to follow, cos he keeps such a low profile,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03he's very quietly spoken.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- Are they right, though?- Yes, it is Chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Yes, it is Chancellor of the Exchequer, well done.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09OK, Eggheads, your question.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11The Tales of Beedle the Bard
0:24:11 > 0:24:14is a book of children's stories most closely
0:24:14 > 0:24:16linked to which of these fantasy worlds?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- Potter, Potter, Potter.- Potter! - Potter.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24JEREMY LAUGHS
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Dave's favourite - it's Harry Potter.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28It is Harry Potter.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30So, where are we?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32We're equal. Oh, this is tense,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34cos there's a lot riding on this for the Eggheads.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36They're just trying to get back on track.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Panthera onca is the scientific name
0:24:40 > 0:24:42for which of these big cats...?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Panthera onca, O-N-C-A.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53I don't think it's tiger, cos tiger is...
0:24:53 > 0:24:54No, I'd eliminate that one.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- Tiger is just the same name twice, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02So my gut feeling was jaguar.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Because that's South American, black panther...
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Yeah.- ..sort of...
0:25:08 > 0:25:13It's a sort of... It's an American, rather than an African one.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16So, the panther and the jaguar are more similar.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- But honestly...- Hm.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20- ..that's my logic.- I think so.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22It's between the jaguar and the leopard, isn't it?
0:25:23 > 0:25:28- I think a leopard is sometimes described as a panther.- Yeah.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29But, um...
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- I don't know the answer for certain.- Yeah.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Your first thought was jaguar?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I'm inclined to...
0:25:38 > 0:25:40go with that one.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44My one reservation is that a leopard
0:25:44 > 0:25:48is sometimes referred to as a panther.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50If you know that...
0:25:50 > 0:25:53then that would be logical, wouldn't it, that it would be known as that?
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Black panther.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Orca...
0:25:58 > 0:26:01A black panther is a type of...
0:26:01 > 0:26:02a type of leopard.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Yeah, OK. Cos...
0:26:05 > 0:26:07cos panthers, what was the...?
0:26:07 > 0:26:08In The Jungle Book...
0:26:08 > 0:26:09there was the...
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- ..that was a panther, wasn't it? - It was.- So... So...- And they...
0:26:14 > 0:26:17And they are Asian/African.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- They are.- So...- Yeah.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21No, you've talked me round there.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24I'll defer to you on that one, I think, yeah.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25It's...it's a tough call.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Um...I think we've arrived at our answer.- Yeah.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Leopard.- Go on, then.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34We're going to say leopard, after lengthy discussion,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37with no...no certainty at all.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39OK.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I'm sorry, you've just got into
0:26:41 > 0:26:42a mess there - it's jaguar.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43ALAN GROANS
0:26:45 > 0:26:47So it gives the Eggheads the power
0:26:47 > 0:26:50to get this question, get this round,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53get this contest, maybe get themselves back together.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Here is your question.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59Jeanne Calment, believed to have been the
0:26:59 > 0:27:01oldest person in recorded history,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05died in 1997 at what age?
0:27:05 > 0:27:06It's 120.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Definitely 122.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- She was French, 122, yeah.- She was, yeah.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- An old French lady, wasn't she? - Yeah, 122, I think.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Yeah, fairly definitely. Cor, 130...
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Yeah, we're fairly certain that's 122.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Jeanne Calment died in 1997
0:27:24 > 0:27:26at the age of 122.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30APPLAUSE
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Sorry, guys, you were within a...
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- Literally within a jaguar's whisker...- Yeah.- ..of taking them
0:27:39 > 0:27:40- to Sudden Death there.- Wow.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43But for them, well, that's good news, and a relief,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47I suspect. Commiserations, Big Platers. Hope you enjoyed it?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- Very much so, thank you.- We've got a buffet upstairs,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- get your plates in up there and... - We will do!- ..get all the food.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them -
0:27:54 > 0:27:56they have reigned supreme over quizland once again.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58You fought well today, Eggheads.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59No taking anything away from you.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I'm afraid that means the challengers don't go home with
0:28:02 > 0:28:04the £1,000, so the money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07And we wonder whether you're now starting to get back into
0:28:07 > 0:28:09your stride. Congratulations, Eggheads.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers can stop them
0:28:13 > 0:28:16winning. £2,000 will be here for them if they do.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Till then, goodbye.