0:00:04 > 0:00:08These 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 > 0:00:19The 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 > 0:00:31They are the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33- How are you?- All right.- Very well.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34They just say, "All right,"
0:00:34 > 0:00:37like ordinary citizens, as if they're nothing special.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today are...
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Now, this team are a Drifters and Motown tribute act
0:00:44 > 0:00:48hailing from both sides of the Atlantic. So, let's meet them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Hi, I'm Gillie and I'm a vocal entertainer.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Paul and I'm an entertainer.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Hi, my name is Newton. I'm an entertainer and a salsa teacher.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Stevie and I'm an entertainer.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Carlton and I'm a medical salesman.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- So, Gillie and team, welcome. ALL:- Hi.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- And fantastic outfits, may I say. - Thank you.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Carlton, I know you're an additional member sometimes,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- when needed, right?- That's right. - OK. Tell us about the outfits.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20We thought, actually once we're in the studio or doing our songs,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23something nice and bright. Make us look kind of sexy, you know.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Definitely, and more importantly,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28tell us about why you love Motown and the Drifters so much.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I've been at it 50 years now
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and I've been into the Drifters and Motown for that length of time
0:01:34 > 0:01:39- and my favourite song writer is Marvin Gaye.- Yeah.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Do we dare ask for some singing? Will that put you off completely?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- Oh, please. Please. - Maybe it WILL put them off. Go on.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Would you like to hear a little thing?- We'd LOVE to!- OK.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49One, two, three four.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53# Up on the roof
0:01:53 > 0:01:56# Up on the roof
0:01:56 > 0:01:59# When this whole world starts getting me down
0:01:59 > 0:02:04# And people are just too much for me to face
0:02:04 > 0:02:06# Up on the roof
0:02:06 > 0:02:09# I climb way up to the top of the stairs
0:02:09 > 0:02:13# And all my cares just drift right into space
0:02:13 > 0:02:15# Up on the roof
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- # On the roof it's peaceful as can be- Ah
0:02:19 > 0:02:21# Ah
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- # And there the world below can't follow me- Ah
0:02:26 > 0:02:28# So let's go up on the roof
0:02:28 > 0:02:32# Up on the roof. #
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Bravo! Lovely.- So amazing.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40And I heard that in, isn't it in the musical Beautiful about Carole King?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Yeah, the story about Carole King, yeah.- Yeah.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- She wrote quite a few songs for the Drifters.- That's right.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- Good luck, guys.- We're looking forward to it.- Good luck.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Can't wait to see you play. Really wish you all the best.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Every day, there is £1,000-worth of cash
0:02:53 > 0:02:54up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- So, Let's Drift, they are on a roll, and they've won the last 13.- Wow!
0:03:04 > 0:03:07But we're hoping that's unlucky for them
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- cos there's £14,000 if you win today.- Really? Wow!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Do you want to have a crack at it?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12- We'll have a crack.- Good stuff.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16I'm hoping Music comes up, but the first round is on Arts & Books
0:03:16 > 0:03:19and you can choose from Judith, Steve, Kevin, Pat or Dave.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Ooh, Arts & Books.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24INDISTINGUISHABLE DISCUSSION
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- Yes, let's do it.- OK.- Kevin? - It's going to be Newton?- Yeah.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- OK, Newton. And taking on Kevin? - Kevin, that's right.- Love it.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Going straight for the top man. - Let's do it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Let's do it, let's do it.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Newton from Let's Drift versus Kevin from the Eggheads on Arts & Books.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43To ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45please take your positions in our famous Question Room.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49We were just totting up some numbers, Kevin,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- and we've worked out this is your 800th head-to-head.- Oh, right, OK.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- We won't say how many you've won, but it's quite a lot.- Ah, good.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Newton, good luck.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I know you would beat Kevin on the salsa, cos that is your thing.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Absolutely.- You were UK salsa champion one year?
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- Yeah, quite a few years ago but I've still got it.- You've still got it!
0:04:08 > 0:04:11We'll break into a salsa any moment. Meanwhile, we're on Arts & Books.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Newton, would you like to go first or second?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I'll go second. I'll be a gentleman.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20OK, Kevin has the first question.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24In which work of science fiction is the Earth destroyed
0:04:24 > 0:04:27to make way for a hyperspatial express route?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I think that's, effectively, the opening sequence
0:04:36 > 0:04:39of a Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is quite right.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Newton, your first question.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47In which Shakespeare play does Miranda say, "O wonder!
0:04:47 > 0:04:51"How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is!
0:04:51 > 0:04:54"O brave new world that has such people in't"?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I'm going to say Romeo And Juliet.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Let's check with Kevin. Is that right, Kevin?
0:05:06 > 0:05:07No, it's The Tempest, this one.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- It is The Tempest, Newton.- OK.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Quite hard, those Shakespeare quotes.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Trying to figure them out is difficult. And that's, Kevin,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I guess where we get the phrase "Brave new world" from.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Where Aldous Huxley got his title from, yes.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Yeah. Here's your question,.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Which of these works of art was created first?
0:05:32 > 0:05:37They're all... In chorological terms, they're all fairly distanced.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40That's The Last Supper, Leonardo.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, is the right answer.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46OK, Newton, you need to get this one right to stay in.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Here we go.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52The poem Leisure by W H Davies begins with the words,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54"What is this life if, full of care
0:05:54 > 0:05:58"We have no time to stand and..." what?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Hmm. I would say...
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Um...stare.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- Yes, you got it! You nailed it. - There you go.- All right.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Kevin could take the round, though, with this question.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20The writer Stephen King was born in which US state,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23also a setting for many of his works?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30A great many of his works, actually. It's Maine.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35OK, Maine is the right answer, Kevin. Well done, you've taken it.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38He's got three out of three. I'm sorry. Letting him go first
0:06:38 > 0:06:40is sometimes a bit risky, Newton. But well played.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- OK.- He's knocked you out. Kevin will be in the final.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Please return to us and we'll see what happens next.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- So, 800 head-to-heads, Kevin. - Uh-huh.
0:06:50 > 0:06:5286 Arts & Books rounds
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- and you lost 6.- OK.- There we are.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Brave of you to take him on.- Yeah. - And well done for the try.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Let's see if you can now turn it around, Let's Drift.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05You have lost a brain from the final round, but it's very early days.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07The Eggheads are still all sitting there
0:07:07 > 0:07:09and we've got Geography for you now.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- So, who would like Geography? - Geography. Who was the one talking
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- about Geography? You?- Yeah. - I'll give it a shot.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Who's it going to be? - It's going to be me.- Carlton?- Yeah.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- All right. And which Egghead? Can't be Kevin.- I would say David.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Dave. Yeah, David. We've gone formal now. That's good!
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- Try and rattle him.- Posh.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Carlton from Let's Drift taking on Tremendous Knowledge Dave
0:07:31 > 0:07:33from the Eggheads on Geography.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Please, gentlemen, go to our Question Room now.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40When you perform with these guys, Carlton, what do you do?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Um, I kind of just do the dance moves and look pretty.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46How often do you get out with them then?
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Um, it's only been maybe two or three times.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- I'm not needed all that much.- Sure. - But it is good fun when I am.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Must be amazing to do it, to see the reaction to those songs.- Yeah.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- And what else do you get up to? - I model part-time as well.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- You've been doing a bit of that, Dave, as well.- Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04You and me. DAVE LAUGHS
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- A model, yeah. - They call me The Body. Body 2.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- No-one's called us yet.- Yeah. - All right, Carlton, good luck.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Geography against Tremendous Knowledge Dave, as we call him.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- Would you like to go first or second?- First, please.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Here we go. The geomagnetic north pole, Carlton,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26is a point in which country?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31This is going to have to be a guess, I think.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I can't even really rule any out.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Um... Yeah, actually, I'll go for...
0:08:37 > 0:08:39I think I'll go for Canada,
0:08:39 > 0:08:44simply because I think it's possibly the closest to the North Pole.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Canada is the right answer. - Ah.- Very good.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Yeah, it just goes up and up and it never stops.- Yeah.- OK, Dave.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55What is the approximate population of Ethiopia?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Hmm, that's a tough question.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05I don't know whether to go high or low.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08But Addis Ababa's quite a sizeable city.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I think Somalia's around 10 million,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12so I don't think it's as low as that.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I think it's between 50 and 100 million.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Really bad question for me. Um, I'm going to go...
0:09:21 > 0:09:23um, 100 million.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Eggheads, do you know?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27We think that's the closest.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- Yeah, 100 million is about right. - Well...
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- You struggled with that but you got there.- Very hard.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Carlton, your question.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Which is the largest lake in England?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Again, it's going to have to be a bit of a guess. Um...
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I will go for Windermere,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50simply because I have been past it a few times
0:09:50 > 0:09:52and, obviously, it is very large
0:09:52 > 0:09:54and that is the main one that I tend to hear about,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57so Windermere is my answer.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59I love the way you play. You're absolutely right.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Windermere is right.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Gifted. OK.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05So two to you, Carlton,
0:10:05 > 0:10:10and we go back to Dave. Jordan has a coastline, Dave, on which gulf?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19It's not Taranto. I didn't think it went as far as Oman.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I think I'm leaning towards Aqaba.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Again, not with certainty, but I'll go the Gulf of Aqaba, please.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- Eggheads?- Aqaba.- That's right. - Aqaba, you say.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31It is correct, Dave, well done.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34It's annoying when the Eggheads get every single question right,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37isn't it? Cos they haven't got one wrong yet.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Well, thanks, Jeremy.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Yeah, well, I'm trying to help here!
0:10:41 > 0:10:45You haven't either, Carlton, so hang on in there. Here's your question.
0:10:45 > 0:10:52The port of Ceuta in North Africa is an exclave of which country?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Um...- "Exclave" is E-X-C-L-A-V-E.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Um...I imagine, at some point...
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Obviously North Africa isn't too far from Spain,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11that they may have, you know, conquered that area at some point.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16The word possibly sounds a bit Spanish, so I will go with Spain.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19OK, I'm wondering which country it's in or near.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20I guess it's appended to a country.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- Anyone tell me which African country it's near?- Morocco.- Morocco?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Spain is the right answer. Three out of three, Carlton.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Dave, back to you.- Yeah. - See if you can stay in.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Tahiti is the largest island in which group?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Don't believe it's the Greater Antilles or the Azores.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Just checking there,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46but I think that will be French Polynesia, please.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- French Polynesia is the right answer.- Oh!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51So, after three questions each, the scores are level.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54We go to Sudden Death, Carlton. Gets a bit harder.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I don't give you alternative answers.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59The island of Bermuda is in which ocean?
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- The Atlantic Ocean.- Atlantic is the right answer. Well done.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07You're still in. To stay in, Dave...
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- Mm-hmm.- The African town of Entebbe is located on which lake?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Er... Lake Victoria.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Lake Victoria is correct, in Uganda.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20OK, Carlton,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- doesn't get any easier, does it?- No.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27The city of Malaga lies on which Spanish Costa?
0:12:27 > 0:12:32I really don't know, but I will say Costa del Sol.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Costa del Sol is correct. JEREMY LAUGHS
0:12:35 > 0:12:37It was a good one to guess.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Dave, to stay in.- Yep.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Dakar is the capital of which African country?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- Senegal.- Senegal is right. Well,
0:12:45 > 0:12:47not a single question wrong in this round so far.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Carlton, what type of weapon features
0:12:50 > 0:12:53on the flag of Saudi Arabia?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Um...I'm trying to picture it.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59I really can't think. Um, a scythe.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01A scythe.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05I can't accept that. It's a sabre. It's a sword.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Sabre is the answer.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08But you were close.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Dave, you can take the round with this question.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13The city of Baltimore is located
0:13:13 > 0:13:20on the estuary of the Patapsco river above which major bay?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Er, Chesapeake Bay.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- Is he right, Americans? - I believe he is.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Yeah, we've got confirmation from Let's Drift.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32You are right on Chesapeake Bay, Dave.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Carlton, you fought so well there.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- Ah, I tried. - Knocked out on Sudden Death.- Oh.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Come back to us, gentlemen, and we'll play the next round.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45If we get into any more trouble on this side,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- we're going to get them to sing. Don't you think?- Yes.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50That's got to happen.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Or is that likely to cause many people to stop watching?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Likely to cause us to get up and walk out!
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Well, that might be another way of winning the jackpot.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05So, Let's Drift have lost two brains from the final round.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07The Eggheads have still not lost any.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- And did you even get a question wrong there, Dave?- No.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- He pushed me to the limit. - And Kevin didn't either.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14So, I can only apologise for the way they're playing
0:14:14 > 0:14:17and it's a feature of a number of recent games. Still, don't give up.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20That's the key thing. The next subject for you is Film & TV.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Who would like this? I'll take that. - That's...- I'll take that one.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- Gillie, yeah?- I think I'll take that one.- OK, great stuff, Gillie.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Against which Egghead? And you can have Steve or Judith or Pat.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I think I will challenge Judith.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- Very good.- Me?- Yes.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40So, Gillie from Let's Drift and Judith, our own Judith,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43from the Eggheads, please both of you go to the Question Room now.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47OK, Film & TV against Judith.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- Gillie, would you like to go first or second?- I think I'll go first.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Here we go. Good luck, Gillie.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59The TV personality Rod Hull found fame
0:14:59 > 0:15:02appearing on screen with which animal?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I think that was Emu. I think it was the Emu.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Yeah, it was Emu. Well done.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14OK, Judith.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18In which year was the sitcom Gavin & Stacey first broadcast?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Well, definitely not 2012.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29I think it went all the way back to 2001.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33That's the first wrong answer from an Egghead in this contest.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- It was 2007...- Oh! - ..I'm sorry to say, Judith,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39so you've fallen behind. OK, Gillie,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41press the advantage. This is your comeback moment.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45In 2012, who became the oldest man
0:15:45 > 0:15:51to win an acting Oscar for his role in the film Beginners?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58This is a difficult one, this is.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03It's either between Christopher Plummer or...Robert Duvall.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I think I'll go for Christopher Plummer.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11- Judith, do you know this one? - Um, no. Ian McKellen.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- No, Gillie's right. Christopher Plummer it is.- Hmm.- Playing well.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Judith, you need this to stay in.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Who plays the role of the oil rig worker Mike Williams
0:16:21 > 0:16:24in the 2016 film Deepwater Horizon?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Don't know.- Don't say, "Don't know", you haven't seen the options.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I still don't know.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- You've got to get this right, Judith.- I know I have.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- I haven't seen it.- Sorry.- Oh!
0:16:35 > 0:16:37I have absolutely no idea.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Um...Mark Wahlberg.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Mark Wahlberg is your answer.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Eggheads, is she right?- Yeah.- Yeah. - You're right.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Oh!- I don't know how you did that.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I thought you were going to say, "I'm going down the magic right."
0:16:50 > 0:16:54No, I've abandoned the magic right. It's not so magic now.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56No, it's not magic anymore.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59OK, Gillie, if you get this right, you will have knocked out Judith.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04Your question. Which British game show, first broadcast in 1979,
0:17:04 > 0:17:08was based on the US show the Match Game?
0:17:12 > 0:17:16The Generation Game - that was more to do with, er...
0:17:16 > 0:17:19GILLIE MUMBLES
0:17:20 > 0:17:22The Match...
0:17:23 > 0:17:28I will go with, er...Blankety Blank.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Blankety Blank is the right answer. Well done.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34You got three out of three. You've taken on one of our Eggheads
0:17:34 > 0:17:37and you've successfully knocked her out.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- So, Judith, sorry. Sin bin for you.- Yeah.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Gillie, well done. You will be in the final round.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44That's a bit of a turning point, maybe, is it, for the Challengers?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Please come back and rejoin your teams.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Well, maybe things are shifting here.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Let's Drift have lost two brains from the final round,
0:17:53 > 0:17:55but the Eggheads have now lost one.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57And the last subject before the final is History.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Who would like this? Stevie or Paul?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Paul?- Paul.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04PAUL LAUGHS
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- Try it.- Paul.- Paul is it you? OK. And you can take on Pat or Steve.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13- It's going to be Pat.- Pat. - OK, very decisive on this side.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Paul from Let's Drift, on History, versus Pat from the Eggheads.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Please go to the Question Room now.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22This is History. Hope it suits you, Paul.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- Would you like to go first or second?- I would go first, please.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33Here we go. Which of these was a type of historic warship
0:18:33 > 0:18:35with three banks of oars?
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Well, they all have Ts in them, but it means not much to me.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I'm just going to take a stab at this one.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Trireme.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52You're very instinctive. I love the way you play, your team.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54You've got it right again. Well done.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58It's like Carlton - every guess was right. Trireme is correct.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Maybe the "tri" is the key part
0:19:00 > 0:19:02of the word. Pat, your question.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05The historic agreement known as the Auld Alliance
0:19:05 > 0:19:09principally involved France and which other country?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14And "Auld" is A-U-L-D.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I think this was an arrangement
0:19:17 > 0:19:19between Scotland and France
0:19:19 > 0:19:22against their eternal common enemy, England.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24So, I think the answer is Scotland.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25That's not a recent thing, is it?
0:19:25 > 0:19:29No, back in the, I don't know, 1200s, 1300s, that sort of time.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33I was kidding. Yes, you are right. Scotland is the correct answer.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35OK, so we go back to you, Paul.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41Which English king declared war on France in the 14th century
0:19:41 > 0:19:44to begin the Hundred Years' War?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50I'm going to stab again. Henry V.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Now, here you have gone astray. It is Edward III. Bad luck.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Let's see if Pat can take advantage. Pat, your question.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02How old was the Egyptian queen Cleopatra when she died,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05after a reign of 22 years?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Well...
0:20:13 > 0:20:17She had a child with Caesar called Caesarion.
0:20:18 > 0:20:25What was the interval after that to Caesar's death and the...
0:20:25 > 0:20:28arrival of Mark Antony into Egypt?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Hmm, Caesar dies in 44 BC,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34then we have a triumvirate battling it out
0:20:34 > 0:20:37to take over with the Battle of Actium.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Mark Antony flees to Egypt.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Huh...
0:20:40 > 0:20:42It's a tricky one, really.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45She's such a fabulous figure,
0:20:45 > 0:20:49in the sense of almost unreal, from history.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Um, she could be almost any age.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56She reigned for 22 years so, obviously then, we've got,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58from those three answers,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01we've her taking up her reign at the age of 7,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05the age of 17 or the age of 47.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Well, I think she was the ruler when she had a child with Caesar,
0:21:09 > 0:21:12so I think we can probably discount 69.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Because she would have to had to have been 47 plus
0:21:16 > 0:21:19and, probably, back in those days, well beyond childbearing age.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23So, did she come to power at the age of just seven?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Or did she come to power at the age of 39?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Hmm...
0:21:29 > 0:21:31I'll say she was 39.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33You've got that. 39 is the right answer.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36So, he's pulled ahead a little bit
0:21:36 > 0:21:38and you need to get this one right, Paul.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42The British chieftain Caractacus led a rebellion
0:21:42 > 0:21:46against Roman rule in Britain during the reign of which emperor?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Hmm... This is a bit of a stretch,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57but I'll say Augustus.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01- Let's see if the Eggheads know. Is this Augustus, Eggheads?- No.
0:22:01 > 0:22:07- Rebellion?- No, Augustus was before the Romans invaded Britain,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09apart from a couple of forays by Julius Caesar.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13This was in the early days of the Roman rule,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15which was under Claudius.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18And is that when we talk about I, Claudius by Robert Graves,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20that famous book - is that what this is about?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23That only comes in a bit to I, Claudius.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26It's mostly about the machinations in Rome itself.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29But it's the same Claudius.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Sorry, Paul, it is Claudius, I'm afraid.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34That means Pat has knocked you out.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38So, the Eggheads will be strong in the final but not undefeatable,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40not by any manner of means.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43If you come back to us, we will play that all-important final round,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45for £14,000.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49This is what we have been playing towards.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50It is time for the final round
0:22:50 > 0:22:52which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:55 > 0:22:57won't be allowed to take part in this round,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00so that's Paul, Newton and Carlton from Let's Drift,
0:23:00 > 0:23:01and also Judith from the Eggheads.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Would you please now leave the studio?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Gillie and Stevie, you're playing to make sure
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Let's Drift take that £14,000 home with you.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Dave, Pat, Kevin, Steve,
0:23:13 > 0:23:15you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18which is the Eggheads' reputation and to continue this amazing roll.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23This time they're all General Knowledge
0:23:23 > 0:23:25and, gentlemen, you can confer.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27So, Gillie and Stevie, the question is,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30are your two brains able to defeat these four?
0:23:30 > 0:23:31We know you can outsing them.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- Can you do it with General Knowledge?- We'll give it a go.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Great stuff. Would you like to go first or second?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39We'll go first, please.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44All right, your first question.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Where in the body is the spleen located?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- Abdomen.- Abdomen.- We'll say abdomen.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- Spleen's definitely here.- Yeah.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Oesophagus is... Yeah, abdomen.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01We'll go abdomen.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Abdomen is the right answer. Well done.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Eggheads, your question.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10The banshee is a type of supernatural being
0:24:10 > 0:24:13from the mythology of which country?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Do you know this one, Pat?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- Any idea?- Any idea, Pat? - Should be Ireland.- OK.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23- All agreed?- Yeah.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26We're pretty happy that's Ireland, Jeremy.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Steve, Eggheads, it's Ireland. You're right.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32OK, back to you, Let's Drift.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37Testament Of Youth is a memoir by which writer?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- Virginia Woolf?- Virginia Woolf is what popped into my head, yeah.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47THEY DISCUSS QUIETLY
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Um, yeah.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53GILLIE MUMBLES
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Er, we'll go with Virginia Woolf.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Virginia Woolf. Is it Virginia Woolf?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03No, it's Vera Brittain.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Vera Brittain, who was the mother of...?- Shirley Williams.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Shirley Williams, the politician.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10OK, so a chance
0:25:10 > 0:25:13for Eggheads to take the lead in the final round.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15£14,000 we're playing for.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17The culinary term "sweetbread"
0:25:17 > 0:25:21refers to the pancreas and which other part of an animal?
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- Thymus.- Thymus.- Thymus, I think. - Yep, yep.- The thymus.- That's it.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Thymus.- Go for thymus gland.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Yeah, we're all singing from the same hymn sheet, Jeremy.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36We're thinking it's thymus gland.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I don't know how you know this stuff.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- How do they know this stuff? - Misspent youth.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Misspent youth, is it, how you get these quizzy answers?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Thymus gland is right.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48So, the situation is... I won't say it's critical.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- Yes, critical.- We could describe it as "grave".- Grave!
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Get this one right, guys, to stay in.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Sam Allardyce left his job as England football manager
0:25:58 > 0:26:02after he was secretly filmed by employees of which newspaper?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06This to stay in.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09I think it's either The Telegraph or The Sun.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- But it would be the English Sun, rather than the Scottish Sun.- Yeah.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17- Wouldn't it be? Don't know. What do you think?- Yeah...
0:26:17 > 0:26:19I don't think the Guardian would...
0:26:19 > 0:26:22I think I can see a black and white heading above it.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27- I'm thinking The Telegraph. - Telegraph?- But...
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- It's more like The Sun would do something like that.- Yeah.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Well, it's up to you. I think, maybe... It's a toss-up, isn't it?
0:26:33 > 0:26:37- Yeah.- I think it's a toss-up between The Sun and The Telegraph.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- Go for The Sun?- OK.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- Try it? We may as well try it. - We'll try The Sun.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48OK, The Sun is your answer, and I could hear the discussion there.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50You were thinking it felt like it was The Telegraph
0:26:50 > 0:26:53but it's more The Sun's kind of thing and...
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- It'll be the Guardian.- If you've got it wrong, the contest is over.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- The answer is The Daily Telegraph. - Oh!
0:27:01 > 0:27:04You were so close in your discussions there.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05I'm sorry, Challengers,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08we have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won!
0:27:13 > 0:27:16There was a second there when you were going to say The Telegraph.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21- Yeah.- I'd seen the headline.- Ay! Ah! - But that's it, you can only try it.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Oh, sure, got to give it a go. - Yeah, got to give it a go.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Yeah, and brilliant to see -
0:27:26 > 0:27:29I was going to say The Drifters, cos that's what it felt like -
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- but Let's Drift. Wasn't it great to hear the song?- Absolutely superb.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Thank you, guys. And a pleasure trying to beat you.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Well, in a funny way, it's good to see them
0:27:37 > 0:27:39when they're on top form like this,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41although it is very frustrating as well
0:27:41 > 0:27:43to see them win one contest after another.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- But you gave it your best shot there.- We did, yeah.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48And commiserations, Let's Drift. The Eggheads have done their thing.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50This winning streak continues
0:27:50 > 0:27:53and it does mean the Challengers don't go home with the £14,000,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56so we'll take that money, we'll roll it over to our next show.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Eggheads, well done. Only lost one today.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04I'm wondering if you will ever lose again. I'm serious.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Join us next time to see if it might just happen.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Will a team of Challengers be their undoing?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12£15,000 says they won't.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Till we quiz again, goodbye.