Episode 46 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is... Can they be beaten?

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

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

They are the Eggheads.

And you've got a bit of attitude about you today, Eggheads.

Oh, yes. We're what you might call EWA.

Eggs with attitude.

THEY LAUGH

Right. Well, challenging our resident quiz champions today

are The Out of Date Beer Vouchers.

Now, this team from Warwickshire all quiz together at The White Swan

in Henley-in-Arden.

Let's meet them.

Hello, I'm Mike, and I'm a retired clinical researcher.

Hello, I'm Paul, and I'm a director of my own marketing company.

Hi, I'm Bernie, and I'm a non-executive director.

Hi, I'm Pete. I'm the managing director

of a small manufacturing company.

Hi, I'm Richard, I'm a project development manager

in the electricity industry.

So, Mike and team, welcome.

Great to see you. Got to ask you, Mike, about the team name.

Well, Jeremy, first time we ever quizzed together

was at our local pub,

and we were fortunate enough to win

and the prize was beer vouchers.

Three weeks later, we went back to the pub,

said, "We'd like some beer, please,"

and they said, "Sorry, mate, they're out of date."

So, hence, they did relent and they honoured them in the end.

They weren't even joking, they were quite serious.

-No, they were serious!

-They were expired?

-They were expired.

That ever happened to any of you?

They usually do it on a six-day thing

so you've got to go back before the next quiz.

That's it, yeah.

-Oh, is that right?

-Yeah.

Oh, I see. Well, listen, good luck, Out of Date Beer Vouchers.

-Thank you.

-Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash

up for grabs for our Challengers.

If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Out of Date Beer Vouchers, after a bit of a difficult time,

the Eggheads have got back on the road,

they've won the last two games,

they've started to have a bit of a swagger,

and that means £3,000 is on the table for you to win.

-Would you like to try?

-Absolutely.

-Yes, we would.

Good stuff, I love it!

So, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Geography,

and you can choose between Judith, Beth, Pat,

Steve and Chris.

Richard.

-That came up nicely.

-Yeah.

-Who do you want?

-I'm Geography.

So, difficult choice, but I think it's going to be Judith.

OK. So, Richard, from Out of Date Beer Vouchers

versus the very much IN date Judith Keppel.

-Are you happy with that?

-It sounded insincere.

THEY LAUGH

To ensure there's no conferring, would you...

Would you please take your positions in our famous Question Room?

All right, Richard, your choice.

Would you like to go first or second against Judith?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

And here we go. Good luck.

Which of these peninsulas is part of Egypt?

OK.

Hopefully, that's fairly straightforward.

The answer is Sinai.

Sinai is correct.

Judith, your question. Which motorway

links Southampton to London?

-Southampton to London?

-Southampton to London.

I know it quite well. It's the M3.

It is the M3. Well done. Do you go on it a lot?

Well, yes, I do, I do go on it.

My parents used to live down it...

on the way to Southampton.

Right. This was almost your perfect question.

-Yes. Good one.

-OK. Richard, your question.

The country of Zambia

is bordered by how many countries?

Wow. Well, it's definitely not one.

I think Botswana, Zimbabwe,

Malawi, definitely...

Probably DRC. I think there's more than three,

so on that basis, I'm going to make a punt and go for eight.

-Eight is correct.

-Yay.

-Well done.

OK, Judith, your question.

JFK airport is located in which of New York's five boroughs?

Well, it's not in Manhattan, because that's covered in skyscrapers,

so it wouldn't be a good idea.

Oh, Lord. Do you know? I don't know.

It had never occurred to me to think about it.

Queens.

Queens is quite right.

-That's a relief.

-OK.

Back to you, Richard.

Trying to get three out of three here.

What is the approximate population of Mexico?

OK, so Mexico City is a very big city,

I think that has 20 million in itself.

I don't think it's as much as 200,

and I don't think it's as few as 40.

So I'm going to shoot down the middle here and go for 120 million.

-Yes, you're quite right.

-Well done.

120 million. Three out of three, so...

Let's see, Judith. You've got to get

-this one right.

-I know.

-Feeling focused?

-I am.

-Here we go.

The national flag of which of these South American countries

features a white star in the upper hoist corner?

I'm hopeless at flags.

I simply can't get a flag into my head.

Well, it's not Argentina

cos that's got something blue in the middle.

Brazil's got something funny in the middle.

I think it's Chile...

..because I've eliminated the others.

Yes, on the basis that Argentina's got something blue in the middle,

and Brazil's got something funny in the middle.

It's got a coffee bean or something, I don't know what it is.

It's a globe, isn't it? I don't know.

Anyway, Chile's right.

Chile's right. Doesn't matter what the others have got.

Well done. Three out of three for you both.

Oh, it's a bit tense, here.

So we go to Sudden Death, Richard.

-OK.

-It gets a little bit harder

cos I don't give you alternative options. Are you ready?

I am.

The 1,972 feet-tall Abraj Al-Bait Towers,

also known as the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel,

is a feature of which country?

I don't know.

But I do know there's been a lot of tall building in Dubai,

so it could be Dubai.

So I'm just going to go for Dubai.

It's Saudi Arabia, I'm afraid.

Bad luck.

I completely bought your logic there.

Judith, you can get the round with this.

The Taklamakan Desert occupies approximately 125,000 square miles

of which Asian country?

My son walked across it...

..and stayed in a yurt and wrote the most wonderful letter from the yurt,

it was really poetic.

Where was he? Well, he was west of China, I think.

It could, I suppose, still be China.

I think I'm going to say China, because I can't...

I think it might still be in China.

-You're right.

-It is?

-China is correct, yes, west of China is China, it turns out.

-Yeah.

Judith, you've got it, on Geography.

Well done. Sorry, Richard, you played very well.

-OK.

-Just the tiny little thing with the tower.

So you've been knocked out. Judith will be in the final round.

Please both of you come back, and we'll play on.

So, as it stands, The Out of Date Beer Vouchers

have lost one brain from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any.

The next subject is Film & TV.

Which Voucher would like this?

Pete, over to you.

-Peter.

-Pretty simple, not much discussion.

Pete, OK. Who would you like to take on?

Chris? Did we say Chris?

Mike? Did we say Chris?

We'll take Chris.

OK, Pete, from The Out of Date Beer Vouchers,

versus Chris. So let's see what happens.

Please go to our Question Room now.

All right, so Film & TV.

Pete, would you like to go first or second?

I'd like to go first, Jeremy, please.

Here is your first question.

Which of these TV characters is best known

for his expert knowledge of antiques? Pete, is it...

Oh, that takes me back.

I do remember watching this back in the day.

I think it was the '80s.

I'd go Lovejoy.

Lovejoy's quite right.

Well done. Chris, your question.

Which businessman has been

a Dragon on the first 14 series of the TV show Dragons' Den?

Well, not Richard Branson.

Alan Sugar does The Apprentice, so it's got to be Peter Jones.

It is Peter Jones. Yeah, the tall guy.

Yeah.

OK, Pete, who provided the voice

of grown-up Elsa

in the 2013 animated film Frozen?

That's a very good question.

I know the movie,

but I have to admit that I don't

recognise any of those three names,

and so it's going to be a complete guess.

I'll go...Kristen Bell.

Let's check with an Egghead. Beth?

No, Kristen Bell played Anna, Elsa's sister.

Elsa was voiced by Idina Menzel.

Idina Menzel is the answer.

Unlucky, Pete.

Chris, your question.

The BBC sports presenter Hazel Irvine

is from which part of the UK?

Well, Irvine, the town, is in Scotland,

so on that basis, I will say Scotland.

Yeah, you know who we mean, don't you?

-Yeah, I know. Yeah.

-You've heard her speak?

Can't say I'd call her to mind.

She's got a Scottish accent.

-Has she?

-Yes, she's Scottish.

Scotland is the answer.

Thought she might have been from Northern Ireland.

Yeah, well, that's true, she could have maybe moved.

-Yeah.

-OK.

Pete, your question, and you need to

get this right, Pete, to stay in.

Which actress became the second wife of Steven Spielberg in 1991?

I actually know the answer, I think,

cos she starred in one of the Raiders Of The Lost Ark movies,

or the Harrison Ford Raiders movies.

Kate Capshaw.

It is, indeed, Kate Capshaw.

-Well done.

-Nice one, Pete.

-Well done.

-So, we're level.

Chris, you have the advantage.

If you get this question right, you've knocked out Pete.

In the 2016 survival film The Shallows,

Blake Lively's character is hunted by what type of creature?

I believe he gets hunted by a crocodile.

-He is a woman.

-Right.

Have you seen it, or...?

No, I've heard of it. Sharks tend to be pelagic,

and anacondas are up South American rivers,

so in the shallows, it would be a crocodile.

Got it. Let's see if the Eggheads think you're right.

-Eggs?

-Blake Lively's a woman.

I think it's a shark.

The crocodile was not in the film.

-Must be a shark, then.

-It may have

swam alongside her during filming,

but it was not a part of the film.

Shark is the answer.

-Oh, right.

-OK?

So we go to Sudden Death. Well done, Pete, that was...

You held your nerve there.

So we go to Sudden Death. I don't give you options.

Here's your question. In the TV soap EastEnders,

what is the first name of Grant and Phil Mitchell's sister?

A wild guess...

Susan.

Samantha is the answer, or Sam.

Chris, you could take the round with this.

The name of which American city

features in the title of a 1995 Nicolas Cage film?

Las Vegas.

Yes, the film was Leaving Las Vegas.

You're absolutely right. So on Sudden Death, you got it.

So, both times, they've just squeaked in, Challengers.

Chris, you're through to the final,

Pete, sorry, you've been knocked out.

-Bad luck, Pete.

-Come back to us.

And we'll play another round.

As it stands, The Out of Date Beer Vouchers

have lost two brains,

and both of them on Sudden Death, so...

It's almost like you've presented your vouchers to the Eggheads

and they've said they were just a day out.

-Exactly.

-The Eggheads have not lost any,

they're just sitting there. They're looking smug.

The next subject is Arts & Books.

-Oh...

-Who wants Arts & Books?

Well, nobody wants it, but I think I'm going to take it.

OK, Paul. Against which Egghead?

And you can have...

Let's see - Steve, Pat or Beth.

So, any of the three in the middle.

Guys...

OK, we'll take Steve, please, Jeremy.

Very good. So, Paul from The Out of Date Beer Vouchers

playing one of our newest Eggheads, Steve.

Please go to the Question Room now.

Arts & Books. Paul, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

And good luck to you. Here is your question.

Which of these Lord Of The Rings characters has the surname Gamgee?

Well, it's absolutely not a strong point, this.

And Baggins is the only surname I'm really aware of on Lord Of The Rings

which of course is Bilbo, so I'm going to guess Frodo.

Team-mates?

-No, it's Samwise.

-Samwise.

Steve.

The titles of how many plays attributed to William Shakespeare

feature the name Henry VI?

-That's three, Jeremy.

-Just part one, part two, part three, is it?

-Yeah, simple as that.

-Three is correct.

Back to you, Paul.

The pop art movement,

in which commonplace objects such as comic strips, soup cans,

and hamburgers were used as subject matter, began in which decade?

-Pop art.

-Pop art movement.

Well, I'm associating that with Andy Warhol,

which was obviously sort of commercially big in the '60s,

so I'm going to guess 1950s.

1950s is quite right.

Well done.

So we go back to you, Steve.

To take the lead.

Which Charles Dickens character has a nephew named Fred,

a sister named Fan, and an ex-fiancee named Belle?

Yeah, I think... The Ghost of Christmas Past

is leading me to Ebenezer Scrooge with this question.

Ebenezer Scrooge...

is the right answer.

So he's got two,

you've got one, Paul.

And it's a good idea to get this one right.

Here we go. Which bestselling author created the Women's Murder Club

series of murder mysteries?

Haven't got a clue about that.

I'm going to guess Baldacci, but I really don't know.

Shall we check with Steve? Do you know?

Because he's the most prolific,

I might have gone James Patterson, but...

I really don't know.

Yeah, James Patterson is the answer.

He is very prolific. Oh, dear, Paul, I'm so sorry.

Steve has won. Steve has triumphed, and he will be in the final round.

So you've got to keep slugging away here, Challengers.

It's not beyond hope, not by any manner or means.

Come back, and we'll play the last round before the final.

So, as it stands, The Out of Date Beer Vouchers

have lost three brains from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any.

The next subject is Sport.

Oh...

-Bad or good?

-Good.

-Good.

-I'd better not say that, because I may embarrass myself.

Yeah, I'll take that.

OK, Bernie. Against which Egghead?

-And I'll take Beth.

-OK, fine.

Could see that coming!

Was it too obvious?

Are the Challengers going to win a round here before the final?

Bernie from Out of Date Beer Vouchers

versus Beth from the Eggheads on Sport.

Please go to the Question Room for the last time.

-Well, Beth, you've won two of your last three Sport rounds.

-Mm.

There we are. Bernie, would you like to go first or second?

I'll see if I can change our luck by going second.

Oh, OK.

This is exciting. Here we go.

Beth, your question.

Which team knocked England

out of the 2016 European Football Championships?

Exceptionally embarrassing for the England football team

that they were knocked out by Iceland.

Iceland is the right answer, Beth, well done.

Your question, Bernie.

In athletics, a decathlon competition lasts for how many days?

Bernie, is it...

Yeah, this is...

..five events per day for two days, so the answer's two.

Two is correct. Well done.

Beth, back to you.

Here's your question.

Who was the first woman

to win four Olympic gold medals for Great Britain?

Kelly Holmes famously won two in 2004, in Athens.

Rebecca Adlington won two, but wasn't able...two in Beijing,

but wasn't able to repeat that in London, 2012.

So the answer's got to be Laura Trott.

Very good. Laura Trott, it is.

So, to catch up, your question, Bernie.

The basketball player Magic Johnson

spent his whole career with which NBA team?

Well, Magic Johnson...

It was Michael Jordan was the famous player for the Bulls,

Larry Bird the very famous one for the Celtics.

Now, that doesn't necessarily mean

that Magic Johnson didn't play for either of those two,

but I think I'll go for LA Lakers.

Nicely done. You're right, LA Lakers, it is.

-This is impressive.

-Well done, Bernie.

Beth, to you.

Which cricket umpire was nicknamed Slow Death

due to the theatrically protracted manner

in which his finger was raised to give a batsman out?

Well, Dickie Bird,

that's already a nickname, so I don't think it's him.

Billy Bowden...

Wasn't he the New Zealand one

that always had a crooked finger when he raised an out?

So it could be Rudi Koertzen.

-SHE SIGHS

-Oh...

Billy Bowden.

It's Rudy Koertzen.

Oh, sh...

I thought you were going straight there!

Hm!

So, your chance to take the round, here, Bernie,

on the third question.

Jack Laugher and Chris Mears are famous names in which sport?

I can confidently say water was definitely involved, but, yeah,

they were synchronised divers

who won a gold in the Rio Olympics, so diving.

Diving is the right answer, well done,

you're in the final round.

Maybe turning things around.

Sorry, Beth, been knocked out, on the umpire.

Should have gone, should have done it, should have just...

So, we've got quite a final to come.

Please return. We'll play it.

So, the Challengers bouncing back at just the right moment, maybe.

Let's see. This is the moment we have been playing towards.

It is time for our final round

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

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

won't be allowed to take part in this round, so that's Paul, Pete,

and Richard from The Out of Date Beer Vouchers.

And also Beth, from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

Mike and Bernie,

you are playing to win

The Out of Date Beer Vouchers £3,000.

Chris, Steve, Pat and Judith,

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

the Eggheads' reputation.

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

This time, they're all General Knowledge.

You can confer, gentlemen.

So, Out of Date Beer Vouchers,

the question is, can your two brains overwhelm these four?

And would you like to go first or second?

We'll follow the pattern and go second to win.

Hey, second to win.

Let's see. First question, then, to the Eggheads.

Which actress appeared with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the Road To...

series of films?

It's Dorothy Lamour.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Think so, yeah.

We think that's Dorothy Lamour.

It is Dorothy Lamour.

Well done. Chris, at the end there,

piping up.

Challengers. In law enforcement,

the acronym SWAT stands for Special Weapons And what?

Fairly sure it's tactics. You said that before it came out.

I'm absolutely certain it's

Special Weapons And Tactics.

-Targets, terrorists.

-Yeah.

-OK.

We're fairly confident

on this one, Jeremy.

We think it's tactics.

Tactics is absolutely right.

Eggheads, who ran against

Jeremy Corbyn in the September 2016

Labour leadership contest?

-Owen Smith.

-Owen Smith.

-Owen Smith.

Yeah? We think that's Owen Smith.

Owen Smith is correct.

So, to catch up, your second question.

Which planet in our solar system is closest in size to Earth?

Venus or Mars, I thought.

It was either Venus or Mars.

So... I think Saturn's...

-Saturn's huge, Mercury's small.

-Yeah.

And Venus is slightly smaller.

-Slightly smaller.

-Yeah.

Venus, we think, is very nearly

the same size as the Earth,

so our answer is Venus.

-Venus is correct.

-Thank you.

Your question, Eggheads.

The Indian Kailash Satyarthi was awarded which Nobel prize in 2014?

-Peace.

-He shared it with

Malala Yousafzay, didn't he?

What was he?

-Charities, wasn't he?

-Peace?

He shared it with Malala Yousafzay.

Oh, yes. Right.

-Yeah, happy with that?

-Yeah.

We think that's peace.

Peace is the right answer.

They have got three out of three,

-which is a little bit annoying.

-Very.

-Makes it tougher for you.

You must get this right to keep the contest alive.

Get it right, we go to Sudden Death.

Get it wrong, it's over.

Challengers, in 2000, the title of Grand Duke Henri

was bestowed upon the head of state of which European nation?

Henri, H-E-N-R-I.

This to stay in.

Luxembourg's a duchy, isn't it?

Luxembourg is a duchy.

Yeah, I think it's Luxembourg.

-Netherlands...

-Netherlands is a kingdom.

Henri doesn't...doesn't ring true.

-No.

-So, French-speaking Belgium.

Belgium is a kingdom, so...

So Grand Duke would, you'd think...

And I don't know his name, I used to know...

I was going to Luxembourg

quite a lot a few years ago, but...

I can't fault...

Just one pause for a second,

I can't fault your logic on...

You assume he is the Grand Duke...

-And it's a duchy.

-And the other two

are a kingdom, so... Yeah.

We're not absolutely sure, Jeremy,

but our thinking is that the Netherlands and Belgium

are monarchies with kings,

or queens,

whereas Luxembourg is a duchy

and therefore a Grand Duke

would be the head of state,

we think, so we'll go

for Luxembourg.

You're absolutely right. Well done.

Three out of three for you, as well.

Luxembourg, it is. Quizzing well.

They've got a bit of something,

these Challengers, haven't they?

-They have.

-There's something about them.

OK, we go to Sudden Death.

Eggheads, gets a bit tougher, I don't give you choices.

The Ponte Dei Sospiri in Venice

is known by which English name?

-Bridge of Sighs?

-Bridge of Sighs.

-Bridge of Sighs?

-Yeah.

-Bridge of Sighs.

That's the Bridge of Sighs, Jeremy.

The Bridge of Sighs is right.

To stay in, and keep the contest alive,

your Sudden Death question.

Which star sign falls after Gemini and before Leo in the calendar?

I'm on the cusp of Cancer...

Leo, I'm July 21st, I'm on the cusp of Cancer and Leo.

Therefore it must be Cancer, I think.

-You're happy with that?

-Yeah.

OK, I'll take your word for it.

-Cancer.

-My colleague is very confident that the answer is...

-Cancer.

-Cancer.

You've got it absolutely right, Bernie, well done.

Cancer, it is. So, Sudden Death.

The Out of Date Beer Vouchers are...

sailing along quite happily, here, at the moment, Eggheads.

One false move from you...

-Yeah.

-I think you're going down the hatch.

Here's your question.

Which royal house came to power in France

with the accession of Henry IV in 1589?

The Bourbons?

Is it Bourbon?

-Or de Valois?

-It's not... Valois went before, weren't it?

-I think.

-Yeah, there were lots before...

Are we talking Henri of Navarre?

Henri of Navarre, we're talking about.

Is he Bourbon?

-Yeah, so...

-Bourbons.

Or were Bourbons later?

What else could they be rather than Bourbons?

Well, yeah, if we're saying Valois were earlier.

Was it Henry IV of Navarre?

-Yeah.

-Henry of Navarre is different to Henry Capet.

Yeah, definitely.

-Back.

-Valois.

-Henry IV of Navarre.

I think that came after Capet, but I'm not...

Chris, what do you think?

Could be, because the Bourbons went back quite a way...

because Louis XIV was a Bourbon.

Yeah, but that's 16-something.

Yeah.

Yeah, so... So...

Louis XIV, XV, XVI...

-Go backwards...

-..were they?

-They're Bourbons.

-They're definitely Bourbon kings.

So Louis XIII was before Louis XIV.

Oh, yes.

-What dates was he?

-Louis XIV were on the throne for ever, weren't he,

about 70-odd years.

Yeah, he was 1650 to 17...

-So before him.

-And if he were a Bourbon king...

-Yeah.

-I think it's very unlikely

to think that Henry IV were the first Valois

and were reigning for 40 year.

-Yes, I quite agree.

-It's got to precede that, hasn't it?

-Yeah.

-I think it's got to...

So we're back on Bourbons, are we?

I think it's got to be Bourbon.

-Yeah.

-Bourbons?

-OK?

-Yeah.

-I think it's Bourbon.

OK. Yeah. OK. We're going to go for Bourbon.

Bourbon is the right answer.

-Well done, team.

-Very well played, Eggheads.

There's a lot of dates, a lot of facts coming out, there.

-The tension!

-OK. So, here we are.

You let them go first.

They've managed to keep the initiative,

which puts you in a slightly dangerous position,

perched on the edge!

You must get this right.

In Greek mythology, who was the brother and

husband of the goddess Rhea?

One name that comes to mind is Apollo

because he had multiple relationships,

but it may have been further up the...

up the hierarchical sort of line.

My mind's gone blank on Greek gods.

It's either right or wrong, but, I mean,

it's not necessarily a million miles away, but...

I can't think of a better alternative at the moment,

and even if I could, it wouldn't be better,

it would just be another one.

-Yeah.

-So...

-Go on, go with your first guess.

-So we've just got to be one guess.

-Go with your first guess.

Jeremy, we are not at all sure, you may have gathered that.

The punt is Apollo.

Let's just see, Eggheads, are they right?

-Cronus.

-Cronus?

Cronus is the right answer.

-It was further up the line.

-I'm not sure I'd have brought him to mind.

Cronus, Cronus.

We have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won!

So, further up the line in the sense of, what he was older than...

Yeah, they go back further, they are more senior, more ancient.

Is that right, Cronus was way back?

-Yeah.

-One of the first.

-Apollo's brother were Artemis,

sister were Artemis.

-OK.

-Before my time.

-Even my time.

-Well, get the beer vouchers out now,

and we'll certainly accept them.

You've been a great team, thank you very much for coming and playing.

-Thank you.

-Commiserations to you.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,

so they reign supreme over Quizland.

They're very good, aren't they?

It does mean that the Challengers are not going home with the £3,000.

We'll take the money, we'll roll it over to the next show.

Eggheads, well done.

Who will beat you? Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to defeat these Eggheads.

£4,000 says they don't.

Shall we quiz again? Goodbye.