Episode 51 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.

Here they are - the Eggheads.

Taking on our awesome quiz champions today are:

Now, team captain Paddy has hand-picked a team

of the quizziest people he knows in a bid to beat the Eggheads.

-Let's meet them.

-Hello, I'm Paddy and I'm a retired commodity broker.

Hello, I'm Christopher, I'm a retired journalist.

Hello, I'm James, I'm an insurance broker.

Hello, I'm Edward, I'm a charity worker.

Hello, I'm Josh and I'm a senior structured finance analyst.

So, Paddy, team, welcome.

Good to see you. So, Paddy,

you've basically got a super-team from your friends here.

I have, they're all totally hand-picked,

and we're ready and raring to go.

-And if there's a fox in the hen house, it's going to be you.

-Yes.

Cos you were shot as a child by somebody who thought you were a fox.

Yes, unfortunately, I was.

It felt like a whole series of snowballs all being thrown at me

at the same time with great force.

You weren't dressed as a fox, were you?

-I had brown corduroys on.

-JEREMY LAUGHS

Well, foxes wear brown corduroys quite a lot,

so maybe that explains it!

Well, nothing like that will happen here today.

I can promise you, you're perfectly safe.

Except that they will be aiming at you with their quiz brilliance,

so I wish you well in taking them down.

Look forward to it.

OK. Good luck, Paddy and team.

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

for our Challengers,

if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, you'll know

the prize money rolls over.

Challengers, I can tell you the Eggheads are fighting fit.

They've won seven on the trot.

So you've caught them in a good spell - but it means the jackpot

is rather juicy - £8,000

saying you can't beat them.

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of History.

And you can choose to take on Chris, or Dave, Kevin, Barry, or Lisa.

Right, well, who's our history man now?

-I have a feeling that's you, isn't it?

-OK. Right, OK.

Christopher, against which Egghead?

Lisa. Please.

OK. Christopher, from Paddy and the Pearls of Wisdom,

versus Lisa from the Eggheads. Are you ready for this, Lisa?

-Always.

-Here we go.

Please go to our legendary Question Room now.

Christopher, your choice, would you like to go first or second

-on History?

-I'd like to go first, please.

And here is your first question.

"I came, I saw, I conquered,"

is a quote first attributed to which historical figure?

It certainly wasn't Joseph Stalin.

It wasn't Hannibal, either.

It was Julius Caesar.

It was Julius Caesar, well done.

Do we know, Lisa, whether he said that or was it Shakespeare,

-where did that come up?

-You're asking the wrong Egg.

-Check with the others.

-Or was it a Carry On film, Eggheads?

It was a genuine quote from Caesar.

And who was it who said, "Infamy, infamy,

"they've all got it in for me"?

-That was Kenneth Williams.

-OK. That's not the same thing at all!

JEREMY LAUGHS

See how highbrow we are here, gentlemen, you see this?

History. Lisa, your question.

See if you can lower the tone.

What type of vehicle were the 19th-century ironclads?

Got to tread carefully here.

Very carefully.

Ironclad doesn't sound very floatable

but I think probably still the most likely answer is warship.

With apologies to Chris if this has gone horribly wrong,

-I shall try warships.

-Chris?

-She's right.

-She's right!

So, equal after one question.

And back to you, Christopher.

What name was given to General Haig's ill-fated offensive

at the Battle of the Somme in World War I?

Ah. That's tricky.

I think great push sounds very military

so I'm going to say great push.

Yes, great push is correct.

Well done.

You're ahead of Lisa.

Let's see if it's temporary.

Lisa, the Battle of Anzio took place in which country in 1944?

I think that's a fairly safe bet for Italy.

Italy.

Italy. You would have upset Chris if you'd got that wrong.

-It is Italy, Chris, isn't it?

-It is, yes.

So, Italy is right. Well done, Lisa.

And we go to your third question now, Christopher.

Which of these is a nickname given to King William IV of Great Britain?

Well, it wasn't Soldier and the Farmer, that sounds like...

It was Sailor King.

It was Sailor King, you're right.

So, three out of three. OK!

-Feeling nervous, Lisa?

-Always.

Here's your question.

In Roman culture,

which type of gladiator typically fought in a suit of armour

resembling that of a Greek soldier?

Now, all I'm getting here is a very tenuous connection

between the hoplites,

or hop-lites, who I think were

Greek infantrymen, and Hoplomachus.

Given that's where my shred of logic is, I will try Hoplomachus.

The shred is enough, it is Hoplomachus.

Well done, Lisa.

So, after three questions each, the scores are level.

We go to Sudden Death. Gets a bit harder, now, Christopher,

-because I don't give you alternative answers.

-Right.

Here's your question.

Which historical figure who was executed in 1540 was known

as Malleus Monachorum, the Hammer of the Monks?

Right, I'm just trying to think of someone who didn't like monks...

in 1540.

And I can't. Sorry, I just don't know.

No. Absolute blank, sorry.

-OK. Lisa, do you know?

-I thought it might be Thomas Cromwell.

Yeah, it is, he supervised the dissolution of the monasteries

and it was King Henry VIII's time and so on.

650 monasteries were closed, that's why...

he had that description.

Now this gives Lisa a little bit of an advantage here, Christopher.

Cos if she gets this right, she's knocked you out.

Lisa. Andrew Moray fought to secure independence for which country from

English rule in the 13th century?

Er, I think percentage guess would be Scotland,

let's just have a little think about that.

13th century sounds about right.

Yes. Scotland.

Yes, he was a contemporary of William Wallace,

although Wallace was better known,

and he was fighting for independence for Scotland.

You're right. Well done, Lisa, you've won the round.

Sorry, Christopher, knocked out.

Knocked out by Thomas Cromwell, as many were.

Please come back to us and we'll play on.

So, as it stands, Paddy and the Pearls of Wisdom

have lost a brain, but it's early days.

Sorry, Christopher.

Eggheads have not lost any so far.

And the next subject is Music.

So which Pearl wants this?

Who are we going to...?

I think if it's 21st century, it's going to be Josh, isn't it?

-Yeah, Josh.

-Yes. I think it has to be Josh.

What if Sport comes up later, are we just going to take our chances?

I think we have to take our chances.

-OK, I'll take this one, please, Jeremy.

-OK, good stuff.

Music, with Josh,

and on the Eggheads side, who would you like?

-Not Lisa.

-Who shall we go for on this one? Shall we go with Chris?

Yeah? I'll go with Chris, please.

Great stuff. Josh from Paddy and the Pearls of Wisdom,

-and Chris, are you ready for this?

-Ready as I'll ever be.

Please go to the Question Room now.

Would you like to go first or second on Music, Josh?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Here we go. "Peace on earth and mercy mild,

"God and sinners reconciled,"

are lines from which Christmas carol?

I think this is where my knowledge of being in a choir whilst at school

and also for my last company I worked for comes into full effect.

So, it is Hark The Herald Angels Sing, Jeremy.

It's very handy, isn't it, that choir experience?

Hark The Herald Angels Sing is right. Well done.

Chris.

Which of these jazz musicians was born first.

Well, Wynton Marsalis, I think he's still going.

Miles Davis was sort of '50s and '60s,

but going right back to pre-Great War New Orleans and

the orphanage he was brought up in,

the first of those to be born was Louis Armstrong.

Louis Armstrong's quite right, well done.

Back to our Challenger - Josh.

On which Beatles album did the songs A Day In The Life,

Lovely Rita and When I'm Sixty-Four first appear?

Not a huge Beatles fan.

Not really my era.

But I'm going to have to go with...

I don't think it's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...

and something's telling me that Let It Be was more recent

but that's just a guess.

So I'm going to go with Revolver. But it could be wrong.

We've got some Beatles fans in your team, I think.

Guys, tell us.

-ALL:

-Sgt. Pepper.

-Sgt. Pepper!

Oh, the one I ruled out.

The answer was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

OK, you've given Chris the advantage.

Let's see whether he can capitalise.

Give It Away, Under The Bridge and Scar Tissue are UK hit singles

by which American band?

"Give it away, give it away, give it away now."

That's the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers is right.

Well done.

He's in the lead, Josh.

Yeah, I knew that one as well.

Panic stations. I know you knew that.

I suppose the Red Hot Chilli Pepper question for Chris is the equivalent

of the Beatles question for you.

-Exactly.

-Outside your time zone!

So, you need to get this right.

Which member of the Rat Pack was nicknamed Mr Show Business?

See, once again, not in my timeframe.

I am a fan of the Rat Pack but don't know their nicknames.

I don't think it's Joey Bishop.

I'm leaning towards Sammy Davis Jnr

but it could be Frank Sinatra as well.

I'm going to go with my heart and say Sammy Davis Jnr.

-That's what I initially thought.

-Let's see, Eggheads, is he right?

-Yes.

-Well done, you are right, it is Sammy Davis Jnr. Well done.

So you pulled it back but is it enough?

Chris, you can take the round with this.

Which of these is a famous piece of music by the composer

Camille Saint-Saens?

Well, O Fortuna's Carl Orff,

Clair De Lune's Debussy,

so it's Danse Macabre.

Wow, you made short work of that.

Anyone want to dispute this?

No, he's right, isn't he?

Danse Macabre, it is. Chris, you've taken the round.

Josh, beaten by our Egghead.

Similar pattern to the first round.

So come back to us, both of you, and we'll play on.

So Paddy and the Pearls of Wisdom are,

I think we're saving the pearls until later rounds.

I sincerely hope so.

Well, let's see, you've lost two brains from the final round.

The Eggheads are all still sitting there looking a little bit too happy

with themselves, I think. So let's change that.

It's Science now.

Which Paddy or which Pearl?

I have a sneaking suspicion that's going to be me.

I think we'll leave the Pearls here and send Paddy.

I'm in the hot seat this time.

OK, Paddy, now, against which Egghead?

It's got to be one of the three in the middle.

I would love to meet Dave.

Good. So from Paddy and the Pearls, it's Paddy himself

and from the Eggheads, it's Dave himself.

Please go to our Question Room now.

Paddy, would you like to go first or second?

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

So, Paddy, team captain, going into the breach, going first,

and here's your question.

In which part of the human body are the tonsils located?

Well, I've got a bit of history on this.

In that I've had them removed.

So I think they are in the back of the throat.

Back of the throat is right.

Well done. A point to our Challenger.

Dave. How many legs to termites have?

Right, well, I'll put them as an insect, so I've got to go six.

Yeah, six is right.

OK, Paddy.

Which zoological phrase refers to animals from the continents

of Europe, Asia and Africa?

Well, New World, I would put down to America,

and Dark World,

I would think must be somewhere else,

but I would choose Old World there.

Yeah, it's a bit like wines, isn't it?

Old World is right.

Dave, your second question.

What name is given to the orbital region around a star

in which a planet can possess liquid water on its surface

and possibly support life?

Well, never heard of this at all.

I'm going to get rid of Rapunzel zone

for no particular reason.

I'll go through fairy tales, why would it be Goldilocks?

And Cinderella zone...

sounds more feasible.

I'm just going to go Cinderella zone.

Cinderella zone.

Ooh, Tremendous Knowledge Dave...

-Failed.

-Goldilocks zone -

it's that thing of not too hot, not too cold!

And I'm checking with the Eggheads to make sure I'm right,

-but it's that idea.

-Bear's porridge.

It's the porridge, Chris, that's the reference, isn't it?

-Yeah. OK.

-Not too hot, not too cold.

The third was just right!

Yes, exactly. So, this is good, Paddy.

Here's your question. In the human body, what are glycine,

leucine and valine?

I don't think it's muscles.

And I'm thinking of glycerin

and I'm trying to work out whether that could be

an enzyme or an amino acid.

And I'm...

I'm torn.

I think I'll go for enzymes.

OK, looking at your team-mates,

there's a little moment of pain here.

-Team-mates?

-Amino acids.

We think it's amino acids.

They've gone amino and they're right.

Amino acids it is, Paddy, sorry.

You just didn't quite take advantage of Dave's slip-up.

But let's see, you can still go through to the final on this question.

-Dave, you have to get this right, my friend.

-Yeah.

The sable is a mammal belonging to which family of animals?

Sable is S-A-B-L-E.

It's not a dog.

It's one with fur

because we get fur from it like the sable coats.

I'm not too sure but I'm going to go weasel.

Weasel is correct.

So you've drawn level. Well done, Dave.

Paddy, it goes to Sudden Death and it gets a little bit harder.

I don't give you alternatives.

Here's your question. In the periodic table,

how many chemical elements begin with the letter Z.

Z. Er, Zirconium...

There's zinc.

I would say three.

So you've named zirconium and zinc.

-Yes.

-And you've added one and got three.

-OK.

-Yes.

-It's so painful, this.

-It's only two. It's the two you named!

-Oh, dear!

The reason that you couldn't think of the third one is that

-there isn't a third one!

-Probably.

-Yes.

-Hang on in there, Paddy, it may not be over.

Dave, get this right, you're in the final.

What is the square root of 324?

Right, OK. Let's try it this way.

13 is 169.

I believe 14 is 196.

15 must be 225.

16 - 256.

17 is 289.

18, logically...

So 270 would be 15 times 18,

which leaves three 18s at 54,

and it's 324 after, so I'm going to go 18.

OK. Easy for me to say.

Maybe the way to say this is - what number multiplied by itself

gives you a number ending in four.

So, it can't be five, six, seven, nine...

You're right, anyway, it's 18.

Well done, Dave, you got it.

I know how difficult it is to do square roots

when the light is on there, so you've taken the round.

Sorry, Paddy.

Zinc and zirconium!

-There we go.

-Yes.

-Dave will be in the final round.

Please come back to us.

We've got one more round to play before the final.

So, as it stands, we've lost the skipper from the Challengers.

-Bad luck, Paddy.

-It's the way it goes.

They've lost three brains from the final round,

the Eggheads have not lost any so far.

Still sitting there, looking solid.

The next subject is Sport.

So this could be the turning point. CHALLENGERS CHUCKLE

-Who wants Sport?

-Like a hole in the head!

-That's you, isn't it?

-Looks like me.

OK, James, choose an Egghead, either the great Kevin or the great Barry.

The lesser of two evils.

Whatever happens, it's going to go wrong.

-Kevin.

-Yes.

-Please, I think.

-Yeah, OK.

Well, good luck. James from Paddy and the Pearls of Wisdom

versus Kevin from the Eggheads on Sport.

Let's see if this is the moment the Challengers take a round back.

Please go to the Question Room for the last time.

James, big moment for your team.

Can you come back and get yourself into the final?

Do you want to go first or second?

I'll go second, please, Jeremy.

So the Grand Master Kevin takes the first question and here it is.

Who won the 2016 Wimbledon ladies' singles final?

Uh, well, Kvitova has won it a couple of times but not in 2016.

Simona Halep has yet to do so.

I believe this was Serena Williams.

Yes, it was Serena Williams, well done.

So your question, here, James.

Which of these sportswomen was born first?

Jessica Ennis-Hill is as famous and incredible as we all know she is,

I suspect is the oldest.

Jade Jones, if I'm correct in thinking who she is,

is younger than Ennis-Hill.

Amy Tinkler, I have to hold my hands up,

to my huge embarrassment and apologies to her,

not know who she is, but I would say Jessica Ennis-Hill.

Jessica Ennis-Hill is the right answer.

Well done. Let's check with the Eggheads, here.

-So Amy Tinkler?

-Gymnast.

Just 16 when she won a bronze at Rio 2016.

Oh, I've got it now.

I remember, yeah. OK, so level.

And, Kevin, we go to you.

What was the nickname of the three-time former world darts

champion John Lowe?

Yeah, well, he was famously, what shall we say, impassive.

So, yeah, he was known as Old Stoneface.

Old Stoneface.

Yes, you're right.

So, James, your question.

Which country's team won the 2016 European Football Championships?

Despite a very valiant effort, it wasn't Wales.

I think it was Portugal, Jeremy.

Correct. Portugal's right.

So, the situation is, you're level after two questions.

Let's see what Kevin can do with his third.

The boxer Tony Bellew became a world champion in which weight in 2016?

From Liverpool, I believe.

Er, maybe wrong there, might be.

He's not a bantamweight.

He's heavier than that. I don't believe he's a middleweight.

Erm...

I don't believe he's a middleweight. I'll say cruiserweight.

Cruiserweight. Well, Dave loves his boxing.

-Dave?

-Yeah, it is, yeah. Kevin's right.

He's right, yeah. You got it, Kevin.

Three out of three. Cruiserweight it is.

So here's your question, James.

Which of these wicketkeepers played in the most Test matches

for the England cricket team?

My initial instinct was Alan Knott.

"Not" knowing for sure, forgive the pun,

exactly what the answer was or is,

I'm going to stick with it and say Alan Knott.

Often a useful sign.

Initial instinct says Alan Knott.

The correct answer is Alan Knott.

Well done. You're still in it.

OK, just keep on batting away, there.

Kevin, Sudden Death, now.

What colour medal did Jonny Brownlee win in the 2016 Olympic triathlon?

-Silver.

-Silver's correct.

Sudden Death.

I don't give you alternatives, James.

In September 2016,

who was announced as the coach of the British and Irish Lions squad

to tour New Zealand in 2017?

Warren Gatland.

Warren Gatland is correct.

Kevin, the cricketer Marcus Trescothick has played

county cricket for which team for over 20 years?

That is Somerset.

Somerset is right.

James. To stay in -

which American football team won Super Bowl 50,

contested in February 2016?

Miami Dolphins.

Denver Broncos is the answer.

Sorry, James. But you played very well, there.

You have lost to Kevin.

Kevin will be in the final.

In fact, all the Eggheads will be in the final round.

Come back to us, both of you, and we will play that final, for £8,000.

Yeah, on the Jessica Ennis-Hill question, which you got right,

James, little bit of imprecision, actually,

cos there are two Jade Joneses.

-That's true.

-Both of them were born after Jessica.

One is a Paralympian wheelchair racer,

born 1996 and the other one is taekwondo, born '93.

-Interesting.

-So, just so we, we clocked that.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the 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 it's all from the Challenger side, I'm afraid.

Paddy, Christopher, James, and Josh, from Paddy and the Pearls of Wisdom,

would you now please leave the studio?

Edward, good luck in this round.

You're playing to win Paddy and the Pearls of Wisdom £8,000.

And I think they may be rather grateful if it happens,

sitting back there and listening.

Lisa, Barry, Kevin, Dave, and Chris,

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

which is the Eggheads' precious reputation,

and to keep this formidable run going.

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

This time, they're all General Knowledge.

You are allowed to confer.

Edward, I'm sorry, that doesn't help you on your side cos you're alone.

The question is - can you, with your one brain, defeat these five?

So good luck, Edward, good luck to you and your team.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first.

So, General Knowledge, and here is your first question.

What was the first name of the gardener commonly known

as Capability Brown?

Lancelot.

Lancelot is quite right.

Eggheads, what is the name for Cornwall in the Cornish language?

-ALL:

-Kernow.

-Yes. All happy with Kernow?

-Yeah.

Yes. Well, I'm afraid I don't have a Cornish dialect,

wonderful as it is, but the answer to that is Kernow.

Kernow is correct.

So you're level after one question each.

And, Edward, back to you.

Who plays the role of Harley Quinn in the 2016 film Suicide Squad?

I've never heard of the film or any of them.

So it's going to be a complete guess.

Can you give me the choice of answers again?

-I'll pick the middle one.

-Kate Mara?

-Yes.

-Eggheads, do you know it?

-ALL:

-Margot Robbie.

-Margot Robbie is the answer.

Bad luck, Edward. They have a chance to take the lead in the final round.

Playing for £8,000.

Which singer is known for his association with The Bad Seeds?

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.

Oh, I had another chorus of Nick Caves here

so I cannot argue against that and we'll go for Nick Cave.

Nick Cave is the right answer.

So, they've taken the lead here.

And, Edward, you need to get this one right to keep hope alive.

The Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont was a pioneer in which field?

There's a tiny inkling that says aviation and I cannot think why.

I don't know but I just,

something tingles on aviation so I'll go with that.

It's interesting, just behind you, your team-mates are going,

"Aviation, aviation". You're right.

It's aviation. Well done.

Well done!

JEREMY CHUCKLES

So, level,

but the Eggheads have the edge

cos they've got this one further question.

If you get this right, Eggheads, the contest is over.

Cereology is the study or the investigation of what?

-I think it's...

-It's spelt C-E-R, OK?

-..crop circles.

-Crop circles.

-We believe it's crop circles.

-I think we need a spelling.

-Can we have a spelling?

-Yeah, OK. C-E-R-E-O-L-O-G-Y.

-Yeah, crop circles.

-Yeah, from the spelling, from C-E-R.

-Let's just think about it.

-Just to make sure.

-OK.

-Yeah, OK.

-Yeah, OK.

-All happy with that?

-Yeah.

-All happy with crop circles?

-Yeah.

I think this is men with long pieces of string and planks.

It's crop circles.

Crop circles, you say?

You've just gone straight from it's, it's like cereal,

and cereal grows in fields and therefore it might...

It's not, you know, cereal can decay your teeth, can't it?

It can make animals migrate because they're in search of cereal?

It can, but not in this instance.

I wish I could persuade you otherwise.

The answer is crop circles.

We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

I know it's hard when you end up alone, and particularly that film,

Suicide Squad, has come up a lot, hasn't it?

I haven't seen it myself. I don't know what it's all about.

Well, sorry you came a cropper, there, Edward,

but doughty play by your team and I hope you enjoyed it.

-Certainly did.

-Confronting these, these five legends.

Commiserations to the team, Paddy and the Pearls of Wisdom.

Here they are, the Eggheads, doing what comes naturally.

This winning streak continues.

It does mean that our Challengers don't go home with the £8,000,

so the money rolls over to the next show.

Eggheads, very well done.

I wonder if you can actually be beaten at all?

I'm tempting fate, aren't I?

Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to take them down. £9,000 to play for.

Until then, goodbye.