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 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:29pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Looking impressive today, Eggs.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36- Feeling ready?- Yeah.- Yes.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Very good. Taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths today are...
0:00:41 > 0:00:43This team all have an association
0:00:43 > 0:00:47with the British Egyptian Society. Let's meet them.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Hello, I'm Simon.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51I'm a retired banker and head-hunter.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55I'm Marwan, I'm a university lecturer in computer science.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Hello, I'm Sonia and I'm a retired civil servant.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Hello there, I'm Alastair and I'm a retired diplomat and head-hunter.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Hello, I'm Adel and I'm a PR consultant.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Simon, huge Egypt connection, is that right?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Yes. Some of us have Egyptian parentage,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14some of us have lived and worked in Egypt
0:01:14 > 0:01:18and others just have a fascination with Egypt and Egyptology,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20and through the British Egyptian Society,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23we came together earlier this year.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25And you've spent some of your life in Egypt, is that right?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Yes. I lived and worked there in the early '80s.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29OK, and fell in love with it?
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I was then married to an Egyptologist,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34so it was like a busman's holiday for her
0:01:34 > 0:01:36and I was then working for a bank -
0:01:36 > 0:01:39and, also, my parents met in Cairo during the war,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42so it just seems to have been a big part of my life.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43OK, brilliant.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Well, I'm going to be so embarrassed if there's no mention of Egypt
0:01:46 > 0:01:48in this contest - but we hope...
0:01:48 > 0:01:50we ask you questions on your given subject,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52but there'll be others as well.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- Good luck, team. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Nice to see you. Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:01:57 > 0:01:58up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Now, Ramses Squares, I can tell you the Eggheads are doing really well.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08They're on storming form.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10They've won the last 12,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14so that means there is £13,000 for you to win.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15A nice old jackpot.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Would you like to have a go at it?
0:02:17 > 0:02:18- You bet.- Of course.- All right,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Music.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24You can choose between Judith, Beth, Kevin, Pat and Steve.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Music!- Adel, are you good to go?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Yeah, I think that's me. - Are you good to go?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Who would you like to take on?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Adel against...?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- Um...- Why don't you try Beth?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- I'll try Beth. Yeah? Beth is good. - Beth.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40OK, our public relations consultant, Adel,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44versus Beth from the Eggheads on Music.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Please, for the first time, go to our legendary Question Room.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52So, Adel, do you also have an intense interest in Egypt?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56I do, yes. My parents are Egyptian - or at least one of them is,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58and I visit there regularly.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01It's up and down there, isn't it, at the moment?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04It is, unfortunately, but I'm hoping for the best.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07OK, well that's always a good outlook.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09So, we're on Music against Beth.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Would you like to go first or second?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I'd love to go first, please.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17And here is your first question, Adel.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Which of these pop stars was born first?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Some of the most famous singers ever.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Um...
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I would say Janet Jackson.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39It's actually Madonna.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Oh.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I'm not sure quite by how much.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44It might be close, actually.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Anyone got any birth years here?
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Is Madonna about '58?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Madonna's '58, yeah.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Janet Jackson is about '67, something like that?
0:03:52 > 0:03:57- I'm not sure. Not sure.- Janet Jackson, I think was born in 1966.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59'66? OK. OK.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04- '69 was Lopez...- She's the youngest. - ..and Madonna, 1958, as you say.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05- 1958?!- Yeah.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Yeah, Madonna was a child of the '50s.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10OK, Beth, your question.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Who was the lead singer of the band Led Zeppelin?
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Oh...
0:04:22 > 0:04:26I do know a little bit about this genre, but not a heck of a lot...
0:04:26 > 0:04:31but from what I remember...
0:04:31 > 0:04:33it's Robert Plant.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Yes, you're right, it's Robert Plant.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Roger Waters was Pink Floyd.- Mm.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Was Gillan Rainbow?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- Deep Purple. - Deep Purple was Ian Gillan.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44OK. Adel, back to you.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50Grow For Me and Dentist are songs from which musical?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Well, I've seen The Rocky Horror Show and I can't...
0:04:59 > 0:05:01It doesn't ring a bell.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Hair, I've never seen, and Little Shop Of Horrors...
0:05:06 > 0:05:07..neither.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Grow for Me could be about hair but Dentist doesn't really fit.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I'm going to say Little Shop Of Horrors.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Little Shop Of Horrors is right, actually.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Yeah, getting lured by Hair
0:05:21 > 0:05:24would have been very easy there, well done.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27OK, so, level, and back to you, Beth.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30A young mod named Jimmy is the central character
0:05:30 > 0:05:32in which rock opera by The Who?
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Well, you'd think that Tommy would be the main character of Tommy.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44A Quick One, I'm not aware of,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47but Quadrophenia is about a mod, so Quadrophenia.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Quadrophenia is correct, Beth, well done.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Adel, back to you. Beth in the lead.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54You need to get this one right.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Which composer wrote the music for the opera
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail,
0:05:59 > 0:06:03which translates as "the abduction from the Seraglio"?
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Hm...
0:06:11 > 0:06:16Classical music is definitely not my forte, if we're honest.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Um... However, I feel if it was a Mozart one, I may have heard of it.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24A Wagner one...
0:06:24 > 0:06:26maybe. Richard Strauss...
0:06:29 > 0:06:30I'm going to say Richard Wagner.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- It is Mozart.- No!
0:06:34 > 0:06:38So, it's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and that means, Adel,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- you've been beaten by our Egghead. - Aww.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- I'm sorry.- Well done, Beth. - Beth is through to the final.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Thank you.- And you've been knocked out - but it's early days,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47so please rejoin your teams and we'll play the second round.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50So, as it stands, the Ramses Squares have lost a brain
0:06:50 > 0:06:52from the final round. Beth won through.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54The Eggheads are still all there.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57The next subject for our Challengers is History.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- This is good, isn't it? - Oh-ho!- This is your thing.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02So?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- Sonia?- Sonia, against which Egghead?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- It can't be Beth. - I think I'll play Judith, please.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Very good. So, Sonia from the Ramses Squares.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14- I think she's an historian. - Playing Judith.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16You are a historian?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Yes, but perhaps the questions won't be my period!
0:07:18 > 0:07:20That's fine, I understand that.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23OK, so Sonia against Judith, please go to the Question Room now.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Well, Sonia, you were modestly saying you weren't a historian,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30but you are a member of the - or a fellow -
0:07:30 > 0:07:31of the Royal Historical Society.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Is that right?- That's right, yes.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36And a member, or fellow, of the Society of Antiquaries.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Yes.- Wow, and you've been on Mastermind?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Well, only one round, yes.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Well, I'm sure that doesn't presage anything here.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46All right, Sonia, this could be fun.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Would you like to go first or second?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I think I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58Good luck. Which of these British monarchs was born first?
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Sonia, was it...
0:08:02 > 0:08:05That would be George I.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Yes, George I is quite right.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Judith, your question.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14In which part of the world was the ancient city of Babylon?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20It was in the Middle East.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22It was indeed in the Middle East,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25and that's, of course, right up the Challengers' street, isn't it?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27OK, over we go to you, Sonia.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31The word, "Reconquista" refers to the wars
0:08:31 > 0:08:37in which Christian armies took back control of which part of Europe
0:08:37 > 0:08:41between the 8th century and the 15th century AD?
0:08:47 > 0:08:52That refers, I hope, to the Spaniards taking back Spain
0:08:52 > 0:08:56from the Moors. The Iberian Peninsula is the answer.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Iberian Peninsula is the answer.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Very sure-footed here in this round, Sonia, I can tell.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05OK, your second question, Judith.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09In which year was the American outlaw Jesse James shot and killed
0:09:09 > 0:09:12by Robert Ford? Judith, was it...
0:09:18 > 0:09:20The American what? Outlaw?
0:09:20 > 0:09:24The American outlaw Jesse James, shot and killed by Robert Ford.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Well, he's a Wild Westerner, isn't he?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31So, I would think it's probably 1882.
0:09:32 > 0:09:351882 is correct.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Nicely done. OK.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Sonia, what is the nickname of the Roman emperor
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Marcus Aurelius Antoninus II,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49whose bloody reign was ended in 222 AD,
0:09:49 > 0:09:54in a plot thought to be instigated by his own grandmother?
0:10:01 > 0:10:04And you say the year was 222 AD?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06222 AD his bloody reign was ended.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Well, it wasn't Claudius, who was much earlier,
0:10:09 > 0:10:13but I don't think either of the other two were very nice characters.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Um...
0:10:14 > 0:10:17So, it's 50/50, as far as I'm concerned. Um...
0:10:17 > 0:10:21The Baths of Caracalla were in Rome, I remember about that,
0:10:21 > 0:10:25but very little about Elagabalus. Er...
0:10:25 > 0:10:30I think I should go for Elagabalus but it's 50/50, I'm afraid.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Elagabalus is the right answer.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Oh, hooray!
0:10:35 > 0:10:37That's a hard question, good stuff.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Three out of three for our Challenger.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Judith, to stay in, in Victorian Britain,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45what term referred to the anchored ships
0:10:45 > 0:10:49that held prisoners before they were transported to Australia?
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Was it...
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Well, Peelers were policemen.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57It was Hulks.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59It was indeed Hulks, you're right.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Three out of three for you both.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03So, Sonia, keep it up.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04We go to Sudden Death.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06It gets a little bit harder,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08because I don't give you alternative answers.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Which Portuguese explorer is the first-known European
0:11:14 > 0:11:16to cross the Pacific?
0:11:16 > 0:11:17I need a first name and last name.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23I know that the name Vasco da Gama is a Portuguese name
0:11:23 > 0:11:27and therefore that is one possibility, but...
0:11:28 > 0:11:33..I don't think Magellan was Portuguese. Er...
0:11:33 > 0:11:35and I think the other Portuguese explorers I can think of
0:11:35 > 0:11:36were a little bit too late,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39so I think I will go with Vasco da Gama,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42if Vasco counts as a first name.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Let me see what your team think of that. Vasco da Gama?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Yes.- Do you like it?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48- Yes.- Eggheads?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50I think this is quite tricky.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55You'd like Magellan, but he got killed in the Philippines
0:11:55 > 0:11:56so that might rule him out.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Elcano is normally credited with being the first
0:11:59 > 0:12:02to circumnavigate the world, so maybe it's Sebastian Elcano.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05The answer is Ferdinand Magellan.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Oh!
0:12:07 > 0:12:11The first-known European to cross the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Which gives Judith an opening here.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Judith, your question.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Which US President gave the order for atomic bombs
0:12:19 > 0:12:23to be dropped on Japan during World War II?
0:12:23 > 0:12:24I think that would be Truman.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27- I need a first name and last name. - Oh...
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I'm having a fearful moment.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34What was his name? Harry Truman.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- Your answer is...?- Harry Truman.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Harry Truman is the correct answer, Judith...
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- Oh, golly!- ..on Sudden Death, you've taken the round, well done.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Sorry, Sonia.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- There we go.- Well done. - It was Magellan what done it.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48You've been beaten by our Egghead - Judith will be in the final.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Please come back to us, and we'll see what happens next.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56So, the Ramses Squares have lost a second brain from the final round.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58The Eggheads have been fighting hard,
0:12:58 > 0:12:59and they're still all there
0:12:59 > 0:13:02and it's a good idea to knock one of them out now -
0:13:02 > 0:13:03so, it's Arts & Books.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- Arts & Books, who would like this? - Oh...
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- So, it's you three. - Alastair, literature...
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- I will go. - I think you should probably go.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- I will do it.- We have faith in you.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15- You guys are...for later. - Good luck.- It's going to be myself.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17OK, Simon, great stuff.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Against which Egghead?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20It has to be one of the three gentlemen.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Steve?- Maybe Steve.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Right, so, Simon from the Ramses Squares
0:13:24 > 0:13:26takes on Steve from the Eggheads.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28They're a learned team, aren't they? We can tell.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Yeah, they're playing well. They've been unlucky so far.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Simon, you used to do a weekly quiz at a particular pub in Twickenham?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Yes, that's correct, Jeremy.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It's a great place called The Turk's Head,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and it's a rugby pub, so each week, if there's an international,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51they clear the pub of all furniture and it's eight deep to the bar.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Now, it's got - let me ask the Eggheads, here,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55it's got a Beatles connection,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57do you Eggheads know what that would be?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- No!- The Turk's Head in Twickenham?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- No.- No? Steve, do you know?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03No, I don't know this one, Jeremy.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- Tell us, Simon.- It featured briefly in the very first Beatles movie,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10A Hard Day's Night, which was black and white.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12That is a tremendous quiz question.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15That will come up one day, I guarantee it.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16So, Arts & Books, we're on.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Simon, would you like to go first or second?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20I'll go first.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24And here we go, good luck.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Which of these bestselling books was written by Mario Puzo?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I'm pretty sure it was The Godfather.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37The Godfather is correct.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Amazing book to read, as well.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Are you ready, Steve?- Yeah.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- I think it is one of the best books I've ever read.- It's incredible.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45OK, your question, my friend.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Which of these artists was born first?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Yeah.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55I think Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst
0:14:55 > 0:14:58are relatively new "Young British Artists", as they call them,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00so it must be Lucian Freud.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Lucian Freud is the right answer.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Back to you, Simon.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07In 2016, which American writer
0:15:07 > 0:15:12was named the most-borrowed author in UK libraries
0:15:12 > 0:15:14for the ninth year running?
0:15:14 > 0:15:15American writer.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I'm pretty sure it was James Patterson.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Indeed, he comes up a lot, because he writes an awful lot.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27James Patterson is the right answer.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34Steve, A Room With A View is a novel by which author?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41It's one I've read, it's EM Forster.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44EM Forster is right. We're whipping through this, aren't we?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46You don't hang about, you two.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48My goodness!
0:15:48 > 0:15:50OK, third question to you, Simon, with the scores level.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56Which author won the Booker Prize for his novel Vernon God Little?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I'm pretty sure I've read it - it's a while ago,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07but it was DBC Pierre.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11It was indeed DBC Pierre.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14I think that's the quickest way to three points we've ever had.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16So, Steve, can you match him?
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Which work by Alfred Lord Tennyson features the lines,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"?
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Yeah, I think it's one he dedicated to a friend who died, Arthur Hallam,
0:16:34 > 0:16:35it's In Memoriam.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38In Memoriam is quite right.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Three points each. I'm not sure we've stretched either of you yet.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43We go to Sudden Death.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45It does get harder now, Simon, OK?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47I don't give you different options.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52What is Marcel Duchamp's famous "readymade" art piece
0:16:52 > 0:16:54entitled Fountain?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I'm guessing it's some piece of sculpture...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01..but that's about as much as I can give you.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Could you just read the question
0:17:04 > 0:17:06before I go firm on that please, Jeremy?
0:17:06 > 0:17:11What is Marcel Duchamp's famous "readymade" art piece
0:17:11 > 0:17:13entitled Fountain?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15"Readymade"?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I'm struggling to understand "readymade", but...
0:17:20 > 0:17:22"Readymade" is in inverted commas in the question, by the way,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25in the sense of it being a technical term.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Yeah, which I don't think I particularly understand.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31I'm going to go with some form of sculpture.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I've accepted a piece of sculpture. Let's just see on your side.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Challengers, do you know what we're talking about here?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- I believe it was a urinal. - It's a urinal, that's right.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42It's "readymade", as in "objet trouve",
0:17:42 > 0:17:46as in a thing that exists already and is then exhibited as art.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Eggheads, give us some information on that.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- When you think Marcel Duchamp, you think urinal, do you?- Yeah.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- That's the one?- You do.- Yeah. - I'm afraid you do.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Probably his most notorious.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- That is the most notorious piece he did?- Yeah.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01He did a number of these. There's a bicycle wheel, various things,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04but that one is probably the most notorious,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07because it got into trouble with the New York Customs authorities...
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Oh, right! - ..when it was sent to an exhibition.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12They thought, "That's not art!" So...
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Quite right. - Oh, I see, that's the story?
0:18:14 > 0:18:15OK, that's interesting.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17What year are we talking about, roughly, there?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- Well, round about the...- '30s, '40s?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Oh, no, no, this was back towards the end of the second decade,
0:18:22 > 0:18:27- so, 1917, 1918.- Right.- So...
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Steve, you can go through to the final with this question.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33What is the name of the pig who is a central character
0:18:33 > 0:18:36in the EB White book Charlotte's Web?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- Wilbur.- Wilbur is the right answer.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41You've won through on Sudden Death.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Sorry, Simon.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46That Duchamp object has done for you there, and Steve is through.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Come back to us and we'll play on.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53So, the Ramses Squares have lost three brains, now,
0:18:53 > 0:18:54from the final round.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57The Eggheads have not lost any so far.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Time for the fightback. This is the moment.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01So, it's Geography.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04I'm sure we've got some Egypt in there somewhere.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- I'll go for geography.- Yeah? Alastair!- OK.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- I can't...- Good luck, Alastair. - Good luck.- Alastair, OK.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Choose an Egghead.- I think it's a flip of a coin.- Pat or Kevin.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- Flip a coin. - Pat, if I may, please.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Fine. So, Alastair from the Ramses Squares
0:19:18 > 0:19:20versus Britain's Pat from the Eggheads on Geography
0:19:20 > 0:19:23and just for the last time, please would you go to the Question Room?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Alastair, what was your connection with Egypt?
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I served as a diplomat in our embassy out there in the 1980s.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- It must have been amazing! - It was a fantastic time.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Very exciting, very interesting, politically, as well.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40And you came back, again, with a love of the country?
0:19:40 > 0:19:41I did - and a wife!
0:19:41 > 0:19:42JEREMY LAUGHS
0:19:42 > 0:19:45So, tell us about the team name.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I must ask, Ramses Squares,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50is that about a square in the centre of Cairo?
0:19:50 > 0:19:55Yes, the main railway station in Cairo is Ramses Square,
0:19:55 > 0:19:59and so we've all passed through it in our time, I suspect.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02We know about the other one because that's where the crowds gather.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Tahrir Square, that's correct, yes.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- So, Ramses Square, OK, fine.- Yeah. - Well, good luck on this.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Thank you.- The last Ramses Square to do battle in a head-to-head.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10It's on Geography, Alastair,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12would you like to go first or second against Pat?
0:20:12 > 0:20:13First, if I may, please.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19And here we go. Good luck.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Your question. Finland shares land borders
0:20:22 > 0:20:25with Norway, Sweden and which other country?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I know that Russia tried to invade Finland
0:20:33 > 0:20:36at the start, I think, of the Second World War,
0:20:36 > 0:20:37so I'll go with Russia.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Russia's the right answer.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- I think they got driven out, didn't they?- They did.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43It was harder than they thought it was going to be.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46All right, so Russia is right, and we come to you, Pat.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50The Cote d'Azur is located on which French coast?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I think the Cote d'Azur
0:20:55 > 0:20:58is down near the French Riviera
0:20:58 > 0:21:01so that would be the Mediterranean,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03and I think that would best be described as south.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06South is correct.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Alastair, back to you. The cities of Cardiff and Swansea
0:21:11 > 0:21:13are ports on which body of water?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Well, they're on the southern coast of Wales,
0:21:24 > 0:21:29and that is hugged by the Bristol Channel.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33I'm not quite certain how far the Bristol Channel goes out, though.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Um...
0:21:35 > 0:21:38..but I will go with the Bristol Channel.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Yes, you're right, it is the Bristol Channel. Well done.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Easy to go wrong on those kinds of questions.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Pat...
0:21:44 > 0:21:47which of these islands is the largest by area?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Well, the smallest is easy - that's Jersey.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Sardinia is a pretty substantial island,
0:21:58 > 0:22:02but I think Madagascar is one of the world's largest islands,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05it might be the seventh or eighth largest island in the world.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Could Sardinia be bigger than Madagascar?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I don't think it could.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11So, the answer, I think, is Madagascar.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Madagascar is the right answer.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Pat plays very well in almost every game, and he's a hard one to beat,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Alastair. Keep plugging away here.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Here's your question.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25After Mont Blanc, which is the highest mountain in the Alps?
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I haven't heard of Dufourspitze so I'm going to rule that out.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38The other two...
0:22:38 > 0:22:42it's a toss-up between them, so I'll go for the Eiger.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Let's see if the Eggheads know. Eggs?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46I think it's the Dufourspitze.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Kevin says it's the Dufourspitze.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Anybody else here?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I would have thought Eiger.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- You would have thought Eiger. Yeah. - Matterhorn.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54- It is the Dufourspitze.- Is it?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Ah. Mm.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00OK, so, Pat, you have a chance to take the round.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03The Gulf of Taranto lies off the coast of which country?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I think it lies between, effectively,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12the heel and the toe of Italy.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- Italy.- If you've got this right, you're through.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17The answer is Italy.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18So, we say, well done, Pat.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Alastair, you were beaten by our Eggheads.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22You've lost four players from the final -
0:23:22 > 0:23:23but they can still win.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Come back to us, Pat and Alastair,
0:23:26 > 0:23:30and we will see what happens when the Challengers play for £13,000.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35It is final-round time.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37As always, it's General Knowledge,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39but those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:23:39 > 0:23:41won't be allowed to take part in this round -
0:23:41 > 0:23:46so that's Simon, Sonia, Alastair and Adel from the Ramses Squares.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Would you please now leave the studio?
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Well, good luck, Marwan -
0:23:51 > 0:23:54you are playing to win the Ramses Squares £13,000.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Steve, Pat, Kevin, Beth, Judith,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59you're playing for something that money can't buy -
0:23:59 > 0:24:01the Eggheads' reputation.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05This time they're all General Knowledge.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08You can confer. I'm sorry that doesn't help you, Marwan.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12The question is, can you, with your one brain, defeat these five?
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Don't say no, because we've seen it happen on several occasions.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- I'm going to do it. - Exactly, that's the attitude.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21You're going to do it. Would you like to go first or second?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Do you know what? I've been watching the show,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26taking the measurements, and I feel like I should go second,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28but the sample size just isn't large enough
0:24:28 > 0:24:31so I'm going to do what everybody else does and go first.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37OK, the first set of questions for you, then.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40General Knowledge - and here is your first.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46The Colorado River flows through which major US tourist attraction?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Well, it's clearly not Niagara Falls.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57The question is, Yellowstone Park and Grand Canyon.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- You said the Colorado River? - The Colorado River.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01So, Yellowstone is rather north.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I'm going to say Grand Canyon.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Grand Canyon is quite right, well done.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07OK, Eggheads, over to you.
0:25:07 > 0:25:13In the fable by Aesop, what was the job of the boy who cried wolf?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- Probably a shepherd. - I think - happy with shepherd?- Yeah.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- He must've been a shepherd.- Yeah.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27Yeah. He was basically supposed to keep any wolves away from the sheep
0:25:27 > 0:25:29and he was a shepherd.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Shepherd is the right answer. One each.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34So far, so good, Marwan.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35You're on track.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40Which cyclist won his sixth Olympic gold medal in 2016?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49So, this is...when I play Trivial Pursuit,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51I sit at the centre,
0:25:51 > 0:25:52waiting for anything but Sport.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Purely based on recognition, I'm going with Bradley Wiggins.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01OK, Bradley Wiggins.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I'm looking for a reaction among your team-mates.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Wrong answer or you don't know?
0:26:06 > 0:26:10- Jason Kenny.- Yeah, Jason Kenny is the right answer, Marwan, sorry.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Jason Kenny.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16OK, over to you, Eggheads, see if you can take the lead now.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21The akita breed of dog originated in which country?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- Japan.- Happy with Japan? - It's a Japanese dog.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Very happy.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29That is Japan.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Japan is right.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Right, Marwan, you need to get this one right.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38In which year was the Prime Minister Theresa May born?
0:26:48 > 0:26:521956... I don't remember hearing anything about a big milestone
0:26:52 > 0:26:54that recently,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57so I'm going to go right down the middle.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Er, 1952.
0:27:00 > 0:27:031952 is your answer?
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Let's just see. Eggheads, do we know?
0:27:06 > 0:27:07I think it's '56.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12She turned 60 in 2016, it's 1956.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Do you know what date she was born, Kevin?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17No - October sometime is ringing a bell,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19but I may be entirely off beam, there.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23October the 1st, 1956 is the answer.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Marwan, I'm sorry, you're wrong.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29We have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won!
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Bad luck. That birthday thing is very difficult.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Obviously, she had a busy year, so maybe her...
0:27:39 > 0:27:42if we were thinking, do we remember her 60th in 2016...
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- It was lost. - ..it might have been lost
0:27:45 > 0:27:47because there was so much going on in 2016.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Oh, commiserations - I hope you enjoyed it?
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Very much, very much. - Brilliant contestants.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Bad luck. The Eggheads are on great form,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56there's no question about that.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58They're knocking sixes all over the park at the moment,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00and this winning streak continues,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03so I'm afraid it means you won't be going home with the £13,000.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06We take the money, we roll it over to the next show.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Look at you, all five of you, there!
0:28:10 > 0:28:11You're playing so well.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Who will beat you?
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:16 > 0:28:18have the brains to defeat them.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19£14,000 says they don't.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Till then, goodbye.