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 > 0:00:34Got a bit of vocal power today?
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- Yes, definitely.- I hope so. - Absolutely.- Bravissimo.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Well, you might have met your match, because hoping to beat the Eggheads
0:00:40 > 0:00:44today are The Upstagers. This team of singers are all members
0:00:44 > 0:00:47of the Royal Opera Chorus and perform regularly
0:00:47 > 0:00:51at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Let's meet them.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Hello, I'm Simon and I'm a tenor.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Hello, I'm John and I'm a bass.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Hello, I'm Alison and I'm a soprano.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hi, I'm Andrew and I'm a tenor.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm Ollie and I'm a baritone.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Simon and team, welcome.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09- Thank you.- Hello.- So, you sing, that's the key thing, is it?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- Yes, yes we do. - You do operas and all sorts?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Yes, operas. Not musicals, generally.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- Operas come up in the music round, don't they?- Occasionally.- Yes.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19They do!
0:01:19 > 0:01:23So, will that be nerve-racking, if you're asked a question about opera?
0:01:23 > 0:01:24LAUGHTER
0:01:24 > 0:01:26We'll probably get it wrong!
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Would it be OK for me to ask you to sing something for us?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Yes, of course. And how about the drinking song,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36the Brindisi, from Verdi's Traviata.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Libiamo.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41# Libiamo, libiamo
0:01:41 > 0:01:43# Ne'lieti calici
0:01:43 > 0:01:47# Che la bellezza infiora
0:01:47 > 0:01:53# E la fuggevol ora
0:01:53 > 0:01:56# S'inebrii a volutta. #
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Thank you.- Bravo. - Do you quiz together, crucially?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02We have quizzed together.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07For two years running, we won the inter-departmental Royal Opera House
0:02:07 > 0:02:11quiz challenge. That is, the chorus, beating the orchestra,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14which was the important thing... on both occasions.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Wonderful. Well, good luck, team.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Every day, there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:19 > 0:02:21for our Challengers. If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25the prize money rolls over to the next show. Upstagers, the Eggheads
0:02:25 > 0:02:27have won the last four games,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30so there's £5,000 for you to win today.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of -
0:02:34 > 0:02:35guess what? - Music!
0:02:36 > 0:02:38I don't know if that makes it difficult.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Let me tell you, you've got Judith or Steve or Kevin,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- Pat or Dave to choose from. - Right. Would you like to do that?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- I'll go.- Go on.- John. - John is down with the kids, so...
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Oh, no. Can we say that? Sorry!
0:02:52 > 0:02:54John, against which Egghead?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- I'm going to choose Steve. - OK, up to you.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04So, John from the Upstagers, versus Steve from the Eggheads.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions
0:03:06 > 0:03:09in our legendary Question Room.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11So, are you ready, John?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- I am, yes.- OK, it's Music. Would you like to go first or second?
0:03:14 > 0:03:17I'd like to go...second.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23OK. Interesting. Well, Steve, your question.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27In which section of the orchestra is a French horn found?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I don't want to do anything absolutely stupid here,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35so pretty sure that's Brass.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Brass is correct.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39OK, John.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44You'll like this. Which of these Puccini operas is set in China?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Well, all three of them are operas that we've done a lot,
0:03:52 > 0:03:53cos Puccini is very popular.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57And I do know that that opera is Turandot.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Turandot is the right answer.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Thank goodness for that!
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Steve.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07In 2015, BBC Radio One's Chart Show
0:04:07 > 0:04:09moved from Sunday to which day of the week?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Yeah, it's Friday, Jeremy.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Friday's right. Well done.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19OK, John.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Empty Sky,
0:04:20 > 0:04:26released in 1969 in the UK and, then, in 1975 in the USA,
0:04:26 > 0:04:30after he'd become famous, was the debut studio album
0:04:30 > 0:04:32by which musician? John, is this...
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Now, something in the back of my mind has clicked,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42so I'm going to listen to it.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47I'm going to say no to Rod Stewart and no to Sting
0:04:47 > 0:04:48and go for Elton John.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52You've done well there. Elton John is the right answer. Well done.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Steve, your question.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Drew Boley and Sherrie Christian
0:04:56 > 0:04:59are characters in which stage musical?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Musicals ain't my bag. Right, erm...
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I've seen films of all three.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Basically, cos I don't think it's the other two,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I will say Rock of Ages, but I'm really not sure.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Rock of Ages is the right answer.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19OK, John, you need to get this.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21I'm hoping for an opera question.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24How many songs reached the number one spot
0:05:24 > 0:05:28on the UK singles chart in 2015?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Well, I think it does change quite a lot these days.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38I don't think you get these people staying 15 weeks at number one
0:05:38 > 0:05:41any more. But 34 sounds quite a lot.
0:05:41 > 0:05:4414 sounds too little. I'm going to guess
0:05:44 > 0:05:46and I'm going to say 24.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Got that right. Well done. 24 is the right answer.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- He's good, isn't he, Steve? - Yeah, good answer.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59So, three questions each. It gets bit harder. We go to Sudden Death.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- I don't give you alternative options. You know that, Steve.- I do.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Here's your question. When Zayn Malik left One Direction
0:06:06 > 0:06:10in 2015, how many members of the original group
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- remained?- Four.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Straight out?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Yeah, my daughter's a massive fan.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17- Went from five to four?- Yeah.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19You're right. That's the quickest
0:06:19 > 0:06:25answer we've EVER had in the history of Eggheads. "Four"!
0:06:25 > 0:06:27In the lead. The trouble with letting him go first, John.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- Mmm.- You keep plugging away and we've got to hope he trips up.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35The singer Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian,
0:06:35 > 0:06:40who found fame as Charles Aznavour, was born in which country?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Well, until I heard his full name, I would have said he was French.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48But the name doesn't sound particularly French.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I really don't know, so I'm going
0:06:51 > 0:06:55to make a guess and say Belgium.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59You know what, we weren't even trying to mess with your head there.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- France, it is.- Ah! - It's just as simple as France.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- He's French and it's France.- Ah, well.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Sudden Death. You've gone, John, I'm afraid.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Never mind.- Charles Aznavour. Of all the artists to get knocked out by!
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Steve, you're in the final round. Please, both of you return to us
0:07:14 > 0:07:16and we'll see what happens next.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22As it stands, The Upstagers have lost one brain from the final round.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25The Eggheads have not lost any, but it's too early for you to burst
0:07:25 > 0:07:29into song, Eggheads. The next subject is Science.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30So, who would like this?
0:07:30 > 0:07:31ALL UPSTAGERS: Ah!
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Andrew!- Shall I build you up?!
0:07:35 > 0:07:37No discussion needed.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Yeah, we do have a doctor of nuclear physics amongst us.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Oh, brilliant! Can you guess which?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Well, Andrew did look as if he was quite excited by the word "science",
0:07:46 > 0:07:49when I said it, so... OK, Andrew.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Anyone but Steve. Who would you like?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Dave.- OK.- Yeah, go on.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- I think it's going to be Dave. - Great stuff.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59So, Andrew from The Upstagers is going to take on Dave
0:07:59 > 0:08:03from the Eggheads. To ensure no conferring, please go to our
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Question Room.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Andrew, would you like to go first or second on Science?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11I'll stick with the tradition of going first, please.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Your first Science question
0:08:16 > 0:08:19against Tremendous Knowledge Dave. Which of these creatures
0:08:19 > 0:08:20is native to Africa?
0:08:24 > 0:08:30Uh, well, the coyote is North American, the dingo is Australian.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33It's hyena.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Hyena's quite right.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Dave, your first question.- Yep.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Pyrosis is a technical name for which of these?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- Pyrosis?- Pyrosis.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Yeah. I've got to go off those. I don't think it's earache.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52I think that's otitis, maybe.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55I don't think it's athlete's foot. I've got to go heartburn.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Heartburn is right.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58OK. Coming back to you now, Andrew.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03What is the average gestation period for a horse?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Sorry we're not quite on nuclear physics yet.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Um, well, three months is too short.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I think I'd have to go with...11 months.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18You're right. 11 months. Well done.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Two out of two. Dave.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24What is the predominant colour on the upper side of the wings
0:09:24 > 0:09:29of the Comma butterfly, found commonly across England and Wales?
0:09:32 > 0:09:33I'm not sure, at all.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39But the instinct was white, so I'll go with white, please.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Instinct was white.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Let's check.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Judith, your famous victory against the rocket scientist
0:09:44 > 0:09:46was on a question about butterflies. Is it white, orange or green?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I'm not sure. I think it's white.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I think it's like an RAF sign on the top, with white...
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Like an RAF sign?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- I think it's orange, I think. - You say orange.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I think it's orange and it's got a bit of fretwork down the bottom.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Dave, it's orange.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00- OK.- Oh.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Little bit of a moment here.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Anticipation. Andrew, get this right,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09you're in the final round. In the human body, the appendix
0:10:09 > 0:10:13is connected to which part of the large intestine?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18I'm not sure.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22The one that stands out, although I'm not quite sure why,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24is cecum, so I'll go with cecum.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Cecum is right!
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- ALL:- Yes! - So, you're in the final round.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29You've been knocked out, Dave.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33We've got some good quizzers here, no question about that. Sorry, Dave.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36No, no, no. No apologies needed. Very good player.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Knocked out by a classy player. Andrew, Dave, come back,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42rejoin your teams and we'll see what happens next.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46OK, level now. The Upstagers have drawn back.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48They have lost a brain from the final round.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50The Eggheads have also lost a brain.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52And the next subject for you is Arts & Books.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Arts & Books. That might be good for you, as well,
0:10:55 > 0:10:56- arty people.- Yes.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- Will I do it?- Yeah.- Go on.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- I'm going to do it!- Alison is going to do it.- I'm going to have a go!
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Alison, our soprano. Arts & Books, against which Egghead?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Can't, obviously, be Steve or Dave. - Pat, I'd think?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10- With Pat are we?- OK.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Alison from The Upstagers, versus Pat from the Eggheads.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16To ensure there is no conferring,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Arts & Books, Alison. First or second?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Um...first, please.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33Alison, in a German fairytale collected by the Grimm Brothers,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36which of these is imprisoned in a tower?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41It's not Rumpelstiltskin.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I think he kidnapped a baby.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48It's not Little Red Riding Hood.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51She was in the woods, trying to visit her grandmother.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55So, I think it is Rapunzel, who was locked up in a tower.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57You are so right. Well done. Rapunzel.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Pat, who's 1825 painting, entitled The Leaping Horse,
0:12:03 > 0:12:07depicts a scene beside the River Stour in East Anglia?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Francis Bacon. Doesn't sound like his sort of thing, at all.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17The dates are good, I think, for both Turner and Constable,
0:12:17 > 0:12:22but the River Stour leads me to say John Constable.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25John Constable is the right answer. They may get harder.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Back to you, Alison.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30The Hilary Mantel novel, A Place Of Greater Safety,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34is set during which historical event?
0:12:38 > 0:12:41I don't know the answer to this. I associate Hilary Mantel
0:12:41 > 0:12:45with Wolf Hall, which is Tudor novel.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48It's a toss-up between French Revolution and Spanish Civil War
0:12:48 > 0:12:51and I'm going to go for French Revolution.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Is the right answer!
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Oh, lovely!
0:12:54 > 0:12:55OK, Pat, your question.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59The vacuum cleaner salesman, James Wormold,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02is the main protagonist in which Graham Greene novel?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09I know all three books.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Wormold, I think, is Our Man in Havana.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Yeah, I love Graham Greene. You're quite right.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Our Man in Havana is right. Well done.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22So, we're level here. Alison, feeling a bit tense?
0:13:22 > 0:13:28- Oh, yes!- Get this one right and put a bit of pressure on the great man.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30The Good Morrow, which opens with the lines,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32"I wonder by my troth
0:13:32 > 0:13:35"What thou and I did, till we loved"
0:13:35 > 0:13:37is by which poet?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I don't know the answer to this question.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47I am drawn towards John Donne,
0:13:47 > 0:13:52because I know that he wrote that kind of thing,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55so I'm going to have to say John Donne,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58with no certainty, whatsoever.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59John Donne. It's a beautiful line.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- John Donne is right.- Oh! - Yes! Well done.- Well done.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03I am pleased!
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Pat, your question, to stay in.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Who is the author of the 2016 bestselling novel,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11The Essex Serpent?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Pat, is this...?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Ooh, I think I'm undone here.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21I haven't heard of the book. I'm, erm...
0:14:21 > 0:14:23I'm going to be reduced to a stab here.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Sarah Perry.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28How do you do that?
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- Sarah Perry is the right answer. - Oh!- Was that just one in three?!
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I know nothing about the authors. I have not heard of the book.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37That's amazing. OK, Sarah Perry is right.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39So, 3-3. Scores level.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Gets a bit harder. We go to Sudden Death.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43I don't give you alternative options.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Playing well, Alison. Keep it up. Here's your question.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51The Weekend Baker is a 2016 cookery book by which male celebrity chef?
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Right, so, is it somebody like Paul Hollywood?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Cos I think he's the, kind of, most famous baker, sort of,
0:14:59 > 0:15:03celebrity chef I can think of. Let's go for Paul Hollywood.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Paul Hollywood is right.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Yes!- We're on Sudden Death.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09I'm not giving you alternative answers.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Pat, the fictional desert planet Arrakis first appears in which
0:15:14 > 0:15:171965 sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Dune.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Dune is correct.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23So, back to you, Alison.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26"Here begins the great game"
0:15:26 > 0:15:29is a quote from which Rudyard Kipling novel?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I think that is...
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Is it Kim?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36It's Kim. Well done.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Pat, to stay in.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Aurelio Zen, the fictional detective created by Michael Dibdin,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46is a native of which Italian city?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49I think Aurelio Zen is based in Venice.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Ah!- Venice is right.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Sudden Death. Good round.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Keep it up, Alison.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00The Big Tail Elephant Group was an art collective formed
0:16:00 > 0:16:07in the 1990s in which country, as a response to its rapid urbanisation?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Elephants. I can only think of India.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Maybe India. I don't know. This could be it for me.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- It's not India. Anyone know?- No.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19It's a big thought, like the one you had.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- It's China.- Mm. - So it's just, yes,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23cities getting bigger and that was the response among artists.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26You're not out yet. Pat, get this right,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28you're in the final. What type of object
0:16:28 > 0:16:34is the American Buffalo, in the title of the play by David Mamet?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36I think I know this.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I quite like David Mamet.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41I do like Glengarry Glen Ross. I think the American Buffalo
0:16:41 > 0:16:42is a coin.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47That's the answer I was looking for. Coin. You're quite right.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49That's it. Pat, well done.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Sorry, Alison. You played so well
0:16:51 > 0:16:54there, though. Round of applause for Alison. Did great.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Haven't had an Arts & Books round with that many right answers
0:17:00 > 0:17:02for quite a while, have we, Eggheads? So, please come back,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05both of you, and we'll see what the next round brings.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Well, can The Upstagers pull back?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12They have now lost two brains from the final round.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14The Eggheads have lost just the one.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17The last subject before the final is Sport.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Ah, well, well... Rule me out!
0:17:18 > 0:17:20That's a clear choice. Easy.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- I think it's me and Judith, isn't it?- Yes!
0:17:23 > 0:17:24LAUGHTER
0:17:24 > 0:17:28OK, a baritone, so you know what you're doing.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Ollie from The Upstagers will play
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Judith on Sport.- Yes. - You will forgive them for this.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Well, I've no choice.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38To ensure there's no conferring,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41please, for the last time, go to our Question Room.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44So, Sport, against Judith.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Ollie, first or second?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Oh, I think first, please, yeah.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Here we go. Good luck.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56What term is often used to describe a tennis player
0:17:56 > 0:17:59who plays predominantly from the back of the court?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Well, I'm pretty sure that's a baseliner.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Baseliner is right.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Judith.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Aside from the Water Jump,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16what is the minimum height of the fences
0:18:16 > 0:18:18horses have to jump at the Grand National?
0:18:22 > 0:18:26I'm, sort of, hesitating about that it could possibly be eight foot six.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Erm, but I...
0:18:28 > 0:18:32I think it must be four foot six, actually - the minimum.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- Four feet six inches is the right answer.- Thank goodness for that.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Could've been eight foot.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39OK. Back to you, Ollie.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Duncan Goodhew won an Olympic gold medal in 1980
0:18:43 > 0:18:44in which swimming stroke?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Ha-ha. It's not backstroke.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I remember watching it,
0:18:52 > 0:18:55but obviously not that well, if I'm still struggling for an answer.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I think I'm going to go for...butterfly.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00No! It's breaststroke.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02It is breaststroke.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05OK, Judith.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Your question, to take the lead on Sport!
0:19:10 > 0:19:15Which football team was defeated by Real Madrid in the 2016
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Champions League final?
0:19:22 > 0:19:26I have a feeling it was... Isn't it known as a derby,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29when you play the next-door team?
0:19:29 > 0:19:33There's something in my mind saying it was Atletico Madrid.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Let's go to Dave. You know this.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- Yeah, she's right.- Done well here, hasn't she, Judith? Well done.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Atletico Madrid is right, well done.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44So, she's ahead.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Ollie, if you get this wrong, you're out.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50In 1963, who became the first New Zealand golfer
0:19:50 > 0:19:52to win the British Open?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Oh... Well, Frank Nobilo's far too recent for that.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Erm...
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Peter Thomson, I thought was Australian,
0:20:06 > 0:20:11but maybe I'm wrong there. Bob Charles is round about
0:20:11 > 0:20:13the right era. Er...
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I'm going Bob Charles.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17And you're right! Well done.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19That could've caught you out. Bob Charles, it is.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21So, level now. Judith, with this,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23you can take the round.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28In 2016, Dutee Chand became the first woman from which country
0:20:28 > 0:20:33to qualify for an Olympic 100m race in over 30 years?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38That sounds very Indian to me.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Purely on how her name sounds, I'm going to say India.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Ollie, you know what...
0:20:47 > 0:20:49You know what's happened here, don't you, Ollie?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I'm never going to hear the last of this.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I do sometimes win!
0:20:57 > 0:20:59India is the right answer.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Well done, Judith, you're in the final round.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Sorry, Ollie. Knocked out by Judith on Sport.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Something to write home about! - Thanks(!)
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Come back to us, both of you, and we will play the final round.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13So, this is what we have been playing towards,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15it's time for our final round, which as always,
0:21:15 > 0:21:16is General Knowledge.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:19 > 0:21:21can't take part in this round.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23So, that's John, Alison and Ollie,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26from The Upstagers. And also Dave, from The Eggheads.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Would you please now leave this studio?
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Simon, Andrew, you're playing to win The Upstagers £5,000.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Pat, Kevin, Steve and Judith,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40you play for something money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42And to just turn this roll into a super roll.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50This time, the questions are all General Knowledge. You may confer.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54So, Upstagers, the question is, are your two brains better
0:21:54 > 0:21:57than the Eggheads' four? We know your voices are better.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Are your brains better?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Would you like to go first or second?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01We will go first, please.
0:22:05 > 0:22:11Here's your first question. The RAAF, established in 1921,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13is the air force of which country?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20We're agreed it's Australia.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Straight there. Australia's right. Well done.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Eggheads, what is the capital city of Costa Rica?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32- San Jose?- West Side Story, isn't it?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34That is San Jose.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36San Jose is correct.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Feeling tense and we've only done one question.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Upstagers, which Ghanaian-born British author
0:22:43 > 0:22:47wrote the 1990 novel, Brazzaville Beach?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Do you know this?
0:22:53 > 0:22:56David Lodge was born in Brockley, I think.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59No, no. Is that right, Eggheads?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Can I confer...?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Can we confer with the Eggheads?! - Don't you dare.- No, no.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- Is it Zimbabwean? - I think, I think it's William Boyd.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- Is it Zimbabwean?- No, Ghanaian.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- Ghanaian.- Ghanaian-born British author who wrote Brazzaville Beach.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- I've read some of his books and... - I'm happy to go with you on that.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Yep? Andrew's happy to go with my William Boyd.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24William Boyd is correct.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Eggheads, to catch up,
0:23:26 > 0:23:31who played Peter Venkman in the 1984 film, Ghostbusters?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Weren't Venkman Bill Murray?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- That's what I was thinking.- I don't know which character that was.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I don't remember. I haven't a good memory of it.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44I think Harold Ramis, was he Egon Spengler?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- KEVIN:- Dan Ackroyd... - JUDITH:- I'm abstaining.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- KEVIN:- Name beginning with ST or...
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Raymond something? The other character. Raymond.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- Surname beginning with S. - Really can't think.
0:23:53 > 0:23:59- OK, shall we go for it? - Yeah.- Not...- Are we all...?
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Not 100% on this, actually. Mixing up names and characters
0:24:03 > 0:24:05a little bit, but we think it's Bill Murray.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07OK, Bill Murray is your answer.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10The name you were searching for was Ray Stantz...
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- Stantz, yes.- ..who is played by Dan Ackroyd, so you're very...
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Amazing, Kevin, just weaving
0:24:15 > 0:24:16the needle through the wool there.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- Bill Murray's right. - Phew.- Well done.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22They're very good,
0:24:22 > 0:24:23but they can go wrong.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Here's your third question. Get this right, let's see.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Which Italian lake was the site of
0:24:29 > 0:24:32a heavy defeat for the Roman army by Hannibal?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39I'd immediately say Trasimene.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Trasimene.- That just rings a historical bell, that's all.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47- Well...I'll go with you. - And I don't...
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Lake Trasimene.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53You say Trasimene, I say Trasi-mean.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- It's correct.- Mm-hm.- Lake Trasimene.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Well done.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02And you've got a bit of certainty there, that's good.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Not shown any signs of going wrong, these Challengers,
0:25:05 > 0:25:06over these. Eggheads.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Sometimes given the title, The Peaceable,
0:25:09 > 0:25:14who was king of England from 959 to 975?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20- It's Edgar.- Yeah.- Edgar, OK?
0:25:20 > 0:25:24OK? That...that was Edgar.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26You're never going to go wrong on your kings, are you?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Edgar The Peaceable is correct. Well done.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32So, 3-3, after three questions.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- Are you ready for Sudden Death, Challengers?- No!- Gets a bit harder.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I don't give you alternatives. So, here we are with your first.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Who played the astrophysicist Jane Foster
0:25:43 > 0:25:45in the 2011 film, Thor?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- I really haven't a clue. - No, neither have I.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- I don't know, pick an actress. - Yes. I can't think of...
0:25:52 > 0:25:57- Is Helen Baxendale old enough? I mean...- Yes...- Well...
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I'm... Yeah, I'm clueless.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01We don't know. Helen Baxendale.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Let's see if the Eggheads know.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04- Eggheads?- Natalie Portman.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Natalie Portman. Let's see if
0:26:07 > 0:26:09the Eggheads can take the contest.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11£5,000 we're playing for. Get this wrong, it carries on.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16Eggheads, your question. Thomas Marvell and Bobby Jaffers
0:26:16 > 0:26:20are characters in which 1897 novel by HG Wells?
0:26:22 > 0:26:26- If it's 1890s, well...- Invisible Man?- What else have we got?
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- War Of The Worlds or... Time Machine or...- I just...
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Well, I don't think The Time Machine is 1897. I think that was earlier.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35That was a couple of years before.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I mean, they do sound pretty down-to-earth names, don't they?
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Yeah, yeah.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- I think...- Is he The Island of Dr Moreau or is that Verne?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I think that might have been the year before, actually.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48I think it's coming down to either The Invisible Man
0:26:48 > 0:26:50or The War Of The Worlds.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Cos I think that was his science-fiction period.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59I think his social novels, like Kipps and Mr Polly, etc...
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- Tono-Bungay, that were later. - Yeah. They were a bit later.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05If The Time Machine was 1895,
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- Doctor Moreau was 1896...- Yeah.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I'm thinking that The War Of The Worlds was possibly his first
0:27:12 > 0:27:17big...success. I may be going wrong there.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21So, I'm inclining to The Invisible Man, at the moment.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Well, I just thought that year,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27around that time, but I can't place characters, anyway.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31OK. Shall I? Not sure on this, Jeremy.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34But we're going to go with The Invisible Man.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36The Invisible Man is your answer.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39If you've got this right, the contest is over.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Amazing quizzing. You're quite right.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43The Invisible Man is the answer.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54That was quite amazing.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- Did you know that one?- No. No.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59I was going to come up with something else.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I thought you'd do it through the characters, but you did it
0:28:01 > 0:28:03on the dates. The hardest route.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05You've seen them at their very best here.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09Upstagers, you played a hard game and you played well.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10So, commiserations. I hope you enjoyed it.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- Thank you.- Very much.- Thank you.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15We loved the quizzing, but also the singing very much, indeed.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18The Royal Opera House singing. The Eggheads have done what comes
0:28:18 > 0:28:20naturally to them. This winning streak continues.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22An impressive victory today, on HG Wells.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24It does mean that you don't go home with the £5,000,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27so we roll that over to the next show.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34We're close to a Pat shoulder roll here.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:36 > 0:28:38have the brains to defeat The Eggheads.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42£6,000 is here for them to play for. Till we quiz again, goodbye.