Episode 5 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,

-with our new Egghead Beth on the end here.

-Hello!

-How is it for you at the moment, Beth?

-It's all right.

I've lost Steve now, so I'm all on my own being the newbie.

-Yes, you are. That's right. The newbie on her own.

-Yeah.

I'm sure well looked after by the rest of the team.

Hoping to beat the might of the Eggheads today

are Box Clever.

Now, this friends and family team

share a love of boxing, and quiz together every Thursday

at The Red Lion in Southend-On-Sea. Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Mick. I'm a systems manager for a scaffolding company.

Hi, I'm Gary. I'm a fire protection officer.

Hi, I'm Lee, and I'm a mail room supervisor.

Hi, I'm Dan. I'm a civil servant.

Hi, I'm Carl, and I'm a plasterer.

-So, Mick and team, welcome.

-Hello, Jeremy.

-Great to see you.

And, well, so much to ask you about. The boxing, first of all.

-Still boxing now?

-No, none of us, obviously.

-We're all too old for it now.

-HE LAUGHS

But, goodness, that is a sport, isn't it? That's testing.

It is the sport of all sports. It's the greatest sport, yeah.

So, tell me about The Red Lion.

Does it get lively in there when you quiz?

Yeah, it gets very lively in there. Yeah.

All right, from Southend,

a great team and playing for our jackpot.

Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs.

However, if you fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

Box Clever, the Eggheads have won the last couple of games,

so there's £3,000 to win today.

-Do you want to give it a go? ALL:

-Yeah.

Quizzing, boxing, whatever. It doesn't matter.

Just take them on and win.

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & TV,

so who would like this?

-That's you, Dan.

-Who do you want me to take on?

-What you think?

-Dan, against which Egghead?

Any one of the five. Obviously, don't know too much about Beth yet.

I'll leave it to you, Mick. You decide.

Let's try Beth, the new one.

We don't know anything about Beth yet, so...

-OK.

-Got a great brain.

-Yeah.

We'll see how good she is on her Film & TV.

So, Dan from Box Clever versus our newest Egghead, Beth.

To ensure there's no conferring,

would you please both go to the Question Room now.

Now, Beth, I've got a memory that you chose Film & TV

when you came through Make Me An Egghead.

-Am I right about that?

-Yeah, I picked Film & TV, yeah.

Sorry, Dan. I should've mentioned that. I forgot.

LAUGHTER I honestly completely forgot!

Oh, no.

But of course, it ranges so widely, doesn't it, Beth?

Yeah, it does. I mean, the whole gamut.

It could be any type of film from any genre from any year.

-Same with TV.

-Film & TV, Dan. Good luck.

Would you like to go first or second?

I'm going to put myself out of my misery, so I'll go first.

OK, here we go. Good luck.

In 2016, Dan, which member of One Direction joined the cast

of the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk?

Oh, I'm not sure.

One Direction.

Didn't Louis Tomlinson leave before the others, maybe?

I think...maybe it was Harry Styles.

-I'm going to go Harry Styles.

-Beth, do you know this?

I'm pretty sure it is Harry Styles.

There were some current pictures around of him

having all of his lovely curly locks having been cut off,

-so that's probably for a film role.

-Yeah.

Harry Styles is right.

Well done, Dan. Good start.

OK, Beth...

in May, 2016, what did Jeremy Clarkson reveal on Twitter

was the name of his new motoring programme

with James May and Richard Hammond?

Ooh, now, I was a very big fan of Top Gear.

Used to watch it every week.

Also, you know, fan of the new series as well.

Now, I think that they're doing rather large pieces

for their new show.

I think they've called it The Grand Tour.

Yes, The Grand Tour is quite right.

So, it's one each. Dan, back to you.

According to figures released by Nielsen,

what was the most-watched comedy programme

on American television in 2015?

I like all of those, but...

I think Two And A Half Men is very, very popular, isn't it?

-I'm going to go Two And A Half Men.

-Two And A Half Men.

Any Eggheads know?

I'd have gone The Big Bang Theory.

I think it would be close against Modern Family,

but I think The Big Bang Theory has had very substantial ratings.

Dave is right. It's Big Bang Theory.

Beth, your question to take the lead.

Who co-starred as a cop named Marcus Burnett

opposite Will Smith in the Bad Boys series of films?

Well, Danny Glover is a bit too old to have played this role,

but the answer is Martin Lawrence.

Martin Lawrence is right.

Oh, she's playing well, Dan, on this.

Your question to stay in.

Which 2003 film became the first since Ben-Hur

to win Oscars for both best actor and best supporting actor?

Oh.

I'm not sure.

I know Million Dollar Baby, that definitely won an Oscar.

Not sure if it won two, though.

Crash was up for a lot of Oscars.

It's a guess, but I'm going to go for Crash.

Which do you think, guys?

-Million Dollar Baby, would've gone for.

-Million Dollar Baby, yeah.

Well, it's not either of those. It's Mystic River, actually.

Right, right.

Sorry, Dan.

I'm afraid there's no way back in this round.

Beth will be in the final. You've been knocked out.

Please return to us. Join your teams. We'll play on.

OK, so, Box Clever have lost a brain from the final round.

If this was a boxing match, Mick, we'd be...

-Round one...

-One round down.

..but coming back out fighting in round two for sure.

-Oh, definitely.

-Absolutely.

So, the Eggheads are still all there,

and the next subject for you is Arts & Books.

So, Mick, who would like this?

-Got to be me, hasn't it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Yeah, I'll take this one.

OK, would you like to choose an Egghead? Can't be Beth.

-Lisa, I think.

-OK.

-Yeah, go with Lisa.

Good stuff. All right.

Mick from Box Clever versus Lisa from the Eggheads.

Please go to the Question Room now.

So, you're on Arts & Books against our own Lisa,

and would you like to go first or second, Mick?

I'll go first, please.

And here is your first question. Good luck, Mick.

In the Arabian Nights folktale,

how many thieves does Ali Baba discover

visiting their treasure store?

Uh, yeah.

That's definitely 40, Jeremy. 40 thieves.

That's right. Ali Baba and the 40 thieves.

Well done.

Lisa, which rock star's

2016 autobiography is called Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This?

Well, if it isn't Dave Stewart,

it's the worst-named autobiography ever,

so I'll have to go with Dave Stewart.

If Annie Lennox had been in there,

-it might have given you some trouble, mightn't it?

-A little bit.

Dave Stewart is right.

Your question, Mick.

The Peter Shaffer play Equus

tells the story of a young man's dangerous obsession

with which animals?

Hmm. I've not heard this one.

I'm going to have to say a guess here,

and I'm going to guess with horses.

I'm so glad you did, cos Equus - equine, all that...

Oh, of course. Yes.

-I could see you just missed that clue in the question.

-I did, yeah.

Horses is right. Well done. Brilliant.

Well done, Mick.

Lisa, the 2015

Olivier awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor

in a musical went to performers from which jukebox musical?

So, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

OK, so, you'd sort of tend to look away from The Bodyguard,

cos you'd think there'd be the one big strong male role there

in the front and maybe there wouldn't be another one.

So, Sunny Afternoon is the Kinks jukebox musical,

and Our House presumably the Madness jukebox musical.

I have a feeling...

Of the two, I'd be inclined to go with Sunny Afternoon,

cos I think it's had very good reviews,

but beyond that, I'm struggling a little bit.

So, let's try Sunny Afternoon.

-It is Sunny Afternoon.

-Woohoo!

So, two each, and we go back to you, Mick.

Which comedian is the author of a series of children's books

called The Bolds, B-O-L-D-S?

Right, the one author that stands out of those three names

is David Walliams.

Julian Clary, no. Jack Whitehall, no.

No, I'm going to go for my initial, David Walliams.

Well, you're right that he writes children's books,

-but he doesn't do this, actually.

-Ah.

-This is Julian Clary.

-Ah.

So, maybe not quite as...

I think David Walliams' ones have been selling like hotcakes.

Lisa, is Julian Clary's...? Are they well-known?

I'm struggling,

cos I don't remember those being on my radar at all,

to be honest.

If you think about it just with the names,

the natural choice is Walliams. I'd have ruled him out

cos I didn't think he'd written a series, but that was about it.

Anyone name any of the Walliams books here, Eggs?

Boy In The Dress. Mr Stink. Gangsta Granny.

So, your question will give you the round

if you get it right, Lisa Thiel.

Which Scottish actor co-founded a theatre company

called Raindog in the early 1990s?

Oh! I'm going to kick myself so hard if this goes wrong.

Oh, no. Cos I know this. I know this.

I suspect if it were Mr Capaldi,

he would've founded it a little earlier.

Mr McGregor, possibly a little younger.

By then, I mean, yeah, of the three,

Capaldi and Carlyle are more your theatre actors.

Robert Carlyle has fairly successfully, I think,

spread his career over film, theatre and television.

I'm sort of inclined to say Robert Carlyle.

Let me just have one more think about that.

Don't want to add to the pressure, but if you get this right,

it's your 100th victory in a head-to-head.

No, you don't want to add to the pressure in any way,

do you, Jeremy? No.

Raindog, Raindog, Raindog, Raindog.

No, if you'd asked me that and there weren't any options

in front of me, I probably would've gone for Robert Carlyle,

so let's try Robert Carlyle.

-You've won 100 head-to-heads, Lisa.

-Woohoo!

-Well done.

It is Robert Carlyle.

A little bit of Eggheads history for you there, Mick,

happening right beside you.

I know it's not the way you wanted it to pan out.

Robert Carlyle is the answer.

Mick, you've been knocked out.

Please rejoin your teams and we'll play another round.

As it stands, Box Clever have lost two brains from the final round.

The referee has not stepped in yet, though.

-No, not yet.

-The towel has not been thrown.

The Eggheads are all still there. You can change this, guys. Fight on.

-I think you're going to like this. It's Sport now.

-Ooh.

This is a good subject, I reckon.

-I'll take it.

-Yeah. Well, we all know who that is.

-Should I take it?

-Yeah. That's Gary.

OK, Gary. Against which Egghead?

-Chris.

-Oh, Chris.

The towel is thrown in. I'm going home.

LAUGHTER

It's Gary from Box Clever on Sport against Chris from the Eggheads.

Please go to our Question Room now.

So, Gary, we're doing Sport. Do you follow a team?

-Yeah, I'm a Chelsea fan.

-OK.

-I know what that feels like.

-You do.

-And a bit of Shoebury Town as well.

-Yeah, Shoebury Town.

I've been with Shoebury Town for 40 years as a player,

chairman, manager, treasurer. Everything, I've done.

And, Chris, I guess this is not your ideal round, really, is it?

Not really, no.

This is a man who once thought Mo Farah was a woman called Maureen.

LAUGHTER

Gary, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

All right, we'll see if Maureen Farah comes up.

Here's your first question, Gary.

The Sir Bobby Charlton Stand was unveiled

at which football ground in 2016?

Well, Goodison Park is Everton, Anfield is Liverpool.

And he played for Man United, so it's got to be Old Trafford,

unless I heard the question wrong.

Bobby Charlton I'm sure you said, so Old Trafford.

Old Trafford is right. Well done. Spot on.

You would've got that, Chris, wouldn't you?

-I would've got that, yeah.

-Yeah.

Chris, what was the approximate distance

of the 2015 Tour de France in miles?

Well, now, you'd have to circumnavigate France

a few times for it to be 21,000, and 210,000 is ridiculous,

so it's 2,100.

2,100 is right.

OK, back to you, Gary.

Which female tennis player won her first Grant Slam

when she defeated Serena Williams

in the final of the French Open in 2016?

Well, I know Angelique Kerber beat Williams in a final.

I'm not sure if that was the French one,

but I know she beat her in a final

so I'm going to go for the middle one, Kerber.

Kerber is your answer.

Who's our tennis person here?

I think Lisa is our go-to tennis person.

You see, Dave and I had a bet

on the Kerber-Williams final,

and Dave said, "Kerber will thrash her." I said, "No way."

Actually, that was the Australian Open final. It's Garbine Muguruza.

Yeah, you're right about the final, but it's not the right one.

That's the trouble here, Gary.

-The French Open was Garbine Muguruza.

-Right.

So, Chris has a chance to take the lead on Sport.

There's a whole series of

extraordinary things happening in this game.

Chris, in June of 2016,

Harzand was the winner in which of the five Classic horse races?

Oy. Harzand.

Not the Derby winner, or else I would've heard of it.

I'll take a punt on 1,000 Guineas.

OK, 1,000 Guineas is your answer. Gary, do you know this one?

-Derby. I had my money in it.

-Yeah. Oh, there we go.

-Derby is the answer, Chris.

-Mm-hm.

So, you're equal.

OK, Gary, press the advantage. He is a bit wobbly on Sport.

In 2012, who became the first cricketer to score a six

off the first ball of a test match?

-Sorry, could you repeat the year, please?

-Yeah, in 2012...

-2012.

..who became the first cricketer to score a six

off the first ball of a test match?

Well, I'm looking at them, and the only opener is Chris Gayle.

Kevin Pieterson came in three or four.

Ricky Ponting was three or four.

And if it was the first ball, I've got to go for Chris Gayle.

Chris Gayle is right.

Lovely job.

Nice play, Gary.

So, Chris, your question to stay in the round

and in the competition.

King Constantine II of Greece, who reigned from 1964 to 1973,

won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in which event?

Ah, if I remember rightly, he was a keen yachtsman,

so it would be sailing.

-No uncertainty at all.

-No.

Sailing is quite right.

You're equal after three questions. Gary, we go to Sudden Death.

Gets a bit harder. I don't give you different options.

Here's your question.

In 2016, which athlete broke David Moorcroft's

34-year-old British record for the 3,000m?

-Mo Farah.

-Yeah. HE LAUGHS

How does that happen, eh? How does that happen?

I think you just...

-You helped us a little bit unwittingly there, Chris.

-Mm-hm.

Conjuring with a name before a round, always dangerous.

All right, so, Sudden Death, Chris.

Held twice in the 1990s,

the Formula One Pacific Grand Prix took place in which country?

Hmm. Formula One Pacific.

South Korea.

If you've got this wrong, the round is over.

-Do you know this, Gary?

-No, I don't, actually.

-Let's see. Who knows here? Anyone, Eggs?

-I suspect it's Japan.

Yeah, I was going with Japan, yeah.

Yeah, they're edging towards Japan. Japan was the right answer, Chris.

You've lost there. Well done, Gary.

So, things are turning, maybe, for our Challengers.

Gary took on an Egghead and emerged triumphant

and will be in the final.

Please come back.

We'll play the last round before the final.

So, good victory for Gary there.

Box Clever have lost a couple of brains,

but the Eggheads have lost a brain too now.

The next subject is Geography,

so last one before the final.

Carl or Lee?

-It's got to be me, then.

-Yeah. OK, Carl.

And, Carl, against which Egghead?

-You can have either Pat or Dave.

-I'm going to go for Dave, I think.

Yeah.

Carl from Box Clever on Geography versus

Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the Eggheads.

Please go to our Question Room now.

Carl, I reckon your motorbike might help you in this round.

Yeah, it might help me get on my bike.

HE LAUGHS No, but you've been all around

the world on it, haven't you?

Well, not quite all round the world, but, yeah,

probably most of Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, Africa.

So, Geography, Carl. Would you like to go first or second?

I think I'll go first, Jeremy.

And here is your first question.

What is the largest country on the Iberian Peninsula?

Well, Andorra is really quite small, a principality.

Portugal, that's got quite a long coastline,

but actually for size overall, I would say Spain.

Spain is quite right.

Well done.

Well done, Carl.

Dave, your question.

The Falkland Current

flows along the east coast of which continent?

I've got to go South America...

because it's where the Falklands are.

OK. Understood your logic. Completely right.

Well done. South America.

That would be a beastly question if that was not the answer.

Carl, in which country of the United Kingdom is Reelig Glen,

home to a number of record-breaking tall Douglas firs?

Sorry, could I have that again, Jeremy?

Yeah. Reelig Glen is R-E-E-L-I-G, and then G-L-E-N, OK?

-Yeah.

-In which country of the United Kingdom is Reelig Glen,

home to a number of record-breaking tall Douglas firs?

Right. Well, I don't think it's Wales.

There's a lot of firs, trees in Scotland,

but I think there is in Northern Ireland.

But I'm erring towards Scotland, so that's my answer. Scotland.

Scotland is right. Well done. Reelig Glen.

Two out of two.

Rev that motorbike.

Dave, the Three Kings Islands off the north coast of New Zealand

were given their name because they were discovered

on the eve of which day?

Well, I've got to go...

Cos "We Three Kings from Orient" are taking gifts to Baby Jesus.

I've got to go Epiphany.

Epiphany is correct.

Well done, Dave.

Two each. Carl, this third question can sometimes be decisive.

Here it is.

What is the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba?

Well, this will be a total guess.

I've heard of Regina and I've heard of Winnipeg.

Manitoba, somehow it rings a bell with Winnipeg for me,

so, yeah, Winnipeg.

I'm going to go for Winnipeg.

OK, Winnipeg is your answer.

Let's just see whether your team-mates know this one.

-What do you think?

-Would have said that as well. Not sure...

-That's what we were...

-Mick was nodding.

-Yeah, they like it. Winnipeg is correct.

-Yes.

-Well done, Carl.

OK, that's good, Carl. Well done.

Dave, your question.

In June 2016, which Northern European country

became the first in the world to commit to zero deforestation?

It could conceivably be any of them, but I've got a yearning for Norway.

I'm going to have to go Norway.

Norway is the right answer. Well done.

Ah! So, Sudden Death again.

You're playing well, Carl.

Just keep them coming, the right answers.

Gets a bit harder now. I don't give you different options. Here we go.

The Chihuahuan Desert straddles the border of the United States

and which other country?

Well, I'm pretty sure it's Mexico.

Mexico is correct.

Dave, to stay in, often regarded

as the world's most northerly and most polluted city,

Norilsk is in which country?

-Sorry, can you spell it for me, please?

-N-O-R-I-L-S-K.

Most northerly and polluted?

Can you just repeat the question, please? Sorry.

Often regarded as the world's most northerly

and most polluted city, Norilsk is in which country?

Not happy with this one at all.

Most northerly.

Cos most northerly, it would go to Iceland, surely, but...

Yeah, I've got to go Iceland

simply on the fact of the northerly business,

but I've never heard of this at all.

OK, Iceland is your answer.

Carl, do you know this?

The northerly bit, like Dave, has thrown me.

I had a feeling that it was Poland.

I wondered if you might've gone to it on your motorbike

when you were riding around Russia,

-cos Russia is the answer, Dave.

-Well, right. Mm.

Sudden Death,

Dave is knocked out.

Carl is in the final.

Please come back, join your teams. You'll play the final round.

And this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the all-important final round.

As always, it's General Knowledge,

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

are not allowed to take part in this round,

so that is Mick and Dan from Box Clever,

but also Chris and Dave from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

So, Gary, Lee and Carl,

you are playing to win Box Clever £3,000.

You've done really well getting them down to three as well.

Lisa, Pat and Beth,

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

which is to shore up the Eggheads' reputation.

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

This time, they're all General Knowledge.

You are allowed to confer.

So, Box Clever, the question is,

can your three brains pummel these three over here?

And would you like to go first or second?

I think we'll go first.

OK, Lee and team, good luck to you. You've done really well.

In 19th century slang,

what sort of establishment was known as a grog shop?

Well, we know that one, lads, don't we?

-I think we know that one.

-A bar?

-Got to be, hasn't it?

-Are you 100%?

Yeah. Well, it's Australian, isn't it? Grog, booze, isn't it?

-So...

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

We believe it's bar.

It is, absolutely. Yeah. Well done. Bar is correct.

Eggheads, in the 1960s,

Northern Songs was the name of a music company

formed to publish songs by members of which group?

Northern Songs

was Lennon and McCartney, wasn't it?

-I will take your word for it.

-I will take your word for it.

-Could not be sure myself.

-No.

-I think it's Lennon and McCartney. OK.

-Prepared to go with your think.

-We think that's the Beatles.

It is, of course, the Beatles. Yeah, well done.

OK, back to you, Challengers.

What is the title of the second part of Dante's La Divina Comedia?

I've heard of Dante's Inferno, but I've also heard of Paradiso.

-But I'm erring to Inferno.

-Inferno.

-That's what I think. Inferno.

Inferno sounds good to me. Yeah.

We're not sure, Jeremy, but we're going to go for Inferno.

Purgatorio is the second one.

Right.

So, Eggheads, to take the lead,

according to legend,

the mark on the side of a John Dory fish

is the thumbprint of which saint?

-They call it a St Peter's fish, don't they, a John Dory?

-OK.

I don't know... He was supposed to have held it or something.

-I don't know why.

-I only...

-He was a fisherman, of course.

..only knew any culinary context,

my friend, I'm afraid.

-I would've thought St Peter.

-Yeah.

I don't think it's Patrick or Jude.

I'm fairly sure they call it...

I think in every other language they call it something that sounds

like John Dory, but they do also call it St Peter's fish,

-so...I would go with that.

-OK. We'll go with that.

We're going to go with St Peter.

-What do you think, guys? Do you know this one?

-He's right.

He's right. Yeah. St Peter it is.

So, they have taken the lead here.

Box Clever, you need to get this question right.

The so-called Prison Experiment,

led by the psychologist Philip Zimbardo,

took place at which American university in the early '70s?

-Any idea?

-Not having a lot of luck here, are we?

-No.

-I heard of some prison...

-Biggest one there is Harvard.

-It is, but...

We said before, if we didn't know,

we'd go with the biggest one, didn't we?

-Is that Harvard?

-Is it the biggest one, though?

-They always say go down the left.

-Yale is bigger than Harvard.

Yale is big as well, isn't it?

-That's the thing.

-So, we're cutting out Stanford, yeah?

They always say go down the left.

-But we don't know it.

-No.

Well, I'm erring for it, but I don't know.

What did you think?

I've got a feeling it's Yale, but it could be Harvard.

I don't know. I really don't know.

-Go on, then.

-Do you want to?

We really don't know, Jeremy, but we're going to go

with the old Egghead thing where we go down the left.

-HE LAUGHS

-We're going to go for Yale.

OK, OK.

If you've got this right, you're still in.

Otherwise, the contest is over.

You've said Yale.

-The answer is Stanford.

-Ah!

We say congratulations, Eggheads. You have won.

Well, there we are.

-Thank you for playing.

-Thank you.

-Brilliant team.

And to get to this position, you know, anything can happen.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, yeah.

And they've got the benefit of a new Egghead

who's playing well, so, yeah.

-Commiserations, Box Clever.

-Thank you.

-Hope you've enjoyed your visit.

-Been brilliant.

The Eggheads had done what comes naturally to them,

and they reign supreme still over quiz land.

So, it means our Challengers don't go home with the £3,000.

We'll take the money... Why not? ..and roll it over to the next show.

Well done, Eggheads.

Beth bedding in here, looking very good.

Lost a couple on the way, but you won.

Let's see what happens next time,

and whether anybody can actually take the Eggheads down.

Until we play again, goodbye.