0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 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 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34They are the Eggheads. Are you feeling the force today?
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- Yes, definitely.- We're going from strength to strength.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40You are indeed. Taking on our quiz champions today are...
0:00:41 > 0:00:43In forming this team,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46captain Helen has called upon the quizzing services of friends
0:00:46 > 0:00:49from the various clubs she belongs to and former colleagues as well.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Let's meet them.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Helen, a retired post office clerk.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00Hello, I'm Chris and I'm also a retired post office clerk.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello, I'm Sandy. I'm a retired army officer.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Hello, my name is Chris. I'm a retired administrator.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Hello, I'm David and I'm a retired grants advisor.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16- So, Helen and team, welcome. Good to see you. ALL:- Hello, Jeremy.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- Helen, You're the main connector here, is that right?- Yes.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22OK, so The Queen Bee's Cs. I understand "Queen Bee",
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- which must be you.- Correct. It's based on my initials.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31- My initials are HM, for Her Majesty. - Oh, I see, OK. And what are the Cs?
0:01:31 > 0:01:35The Cs are all my team members have either got
0:01:35 > 0:01:40C as their first initial, their last initial or, in one case, both.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- So, we've got a Chris, a Caypole, a Clayton and a Clayton.- Correct.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- I see. And you were a post office clerk.- Yes.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- Which was a great job, I'm assuming. - It was, for 20 years, yes.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I know you met all kinds of people, like Zsa Zsa Gabor
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- and Jimmy Connors. - Er, that was in my hotel job.- Ah.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Cos I was thinking, "Did they all come into the post office?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00"That seems like quite a busy branch."
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Quite a lot came into the post office,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06but for the first 20 years of my life, I was in the hotel business.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09And if these five turned up asking for a room, would you give them one?
0:02:09 > 0:02:14- Er, I'd check on their ratings first.- You'd have to think about it.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Good luck, team. Every day there is £1,000-worth of cash
0:02:17 > 0:02:19up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23our prize money rolls over to our next show.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25So, formalities out the way.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Queen Bee's Cs, I can tell you the Eggheads are on a storming run.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29They've won the last 17.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- CHALLENGERS:- Whoa! - Oh, yes.- We like it.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I think that's good, on balance,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38although there is a slight obvious downside.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41But it does mean, if you win today,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43it's £18,000 that you go away with.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Are you ready to try? - We certainly are.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47OK, Queen Bee's Cs,
0:02:47 > 0:02:51the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & Television.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53You can have either Beth, Dave, Chris,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Barry or Lisa. - Right, Film & Television.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Who's good on Film & television? - Is it going to be me?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02It's not the one I wanted but...
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- You can go if you like. - We know we need to keep you.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06It's not for me, certainly.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- So, I think it's going to have to be me, team.- OK.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14- It's you, Helen, is it?- It's me, straightaway.- Straight in, OK.- Yes.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16High risk. Who would you like to play?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- I think I'd like to take on Beth. - Very good.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21So, it's going to be Helen from The Queen Bee's Cs
0:03:21 > 0:03:24versus Beth from the Eggheads on Film & TV.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Please both of you go to our famous Question Room.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Good luck, Queen Bee, up against our Beth.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Would you like to go first or second?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I think I'd like to go second, Jeremy, please.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41OK, Beth, your first question then.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Tony Warren, who died in 2016,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47was best known as the creator of which long-running soap opera?
0:03:52 > 0:03:53He was, um...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Ooh, yes.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59He was the mind behind Coronation Street.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03He was indeed. Coronation Street. OK, Helen, back to you.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Jane Tennison was the main character in which TV detective series,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10first aired in 1991?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Right, well, it wasn't Cracker
0:04:16 > 0:04:19and I don't think it's as recent as Happy Valley,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- so it must be Prime Suspect. - Yes, indeed.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- Do you remember who played her? - Um, Helen Mirren.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I think it was. Beth, back to you.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33What is the title of Josh Widdicombe's sitcom,
0:04:33 > 0:04:39starring the comedian himself, which was first broadcast in 2014?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- It's just called Josh. - Josh is right.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49OK, Helen,
0:04:49 > 0:04:54who played Captain Mainwaring in the 2016 film Dad's Army,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56directed by Oliver Parker?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04I saw this movie and I must admit, I liked it very much.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Um, it wasn't Bill Nighy. He's too tall.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12It wasn't Hugh Grant. I think he's too thin.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- It was Toby Jones. - Toby Jones is right.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Any Eggheads seen this film?- Yes. - And what do we think of it?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- It was refreshing and it was lovely to watch.- Yeah?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Very enjoyable afternoon. - So, Beth, your third question,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28level after two.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33Which character was played by both Eartha Kitt and Julie Newmar
0:05:33 > 0:05:36in the 1960s television series Batman?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Kapow! It was Catwoman.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Kapow, it was! Catwoman is right.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48So, because she started, she's got to three
0:05:48 > 0:05:51before you, Helen. You've got to get this one right to stay in.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55The singer David Bowie played a character called Phillip Jeffries
0:05:55 > 0:05:57in which David Lynch film?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07I don't know this one.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Um, I won't go for Wild At Heart.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12It doesn't sound like Twin Peaks.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I'll go for The Straight Story.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Let's see if any Eggheads know this. Eggs?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- I thought it WAS Twin Peaks, actually.- Lisa thinks Twin Peaks.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The correct answer is Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- CHALLENGERS:- Oh! - Oh, we've lost the captain.- Oh!
0:06:25 > 0:06:27We have lost the skipper, we've lost the Queen.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Oh, no.- Oh, my goodness.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Is this an early crisis? Well done, Beth, you're in the final round.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Sorry, Helen. Beaten by our Egghead,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38but you can come back and you can still command strategy
0:06:38 > 0:06:40here at the desk, OK? Please return to your teams.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Right, so Queen Bee's Cs have not just lost a brain,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47they've lost the THE brain from the final round,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50so the rest of the team are going to have to pile in here.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52The Eggheads are all still there, all five of them.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54The next subject for you is Music
0:06:54 > 0:06:56so, Helen, who would like this?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:06:58 > 0:07:00We know for Music, it's going to be Chris.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05OK, and do you think we should have another Chris?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Why not? Shall we?- Yes? - Give it a go.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Come on, Chris? Ready to be throttled?
0:07:10 > 0:07:15You know my parameters. I'm not going to reiterate them.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Yeah, we'll see how a rap question affects you both.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Neither of you would like that.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Chris R from Queen Bee's Cs will take on Chris from the Eggheads.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25The two Chrises on Music -
0:07:25 > 0:07:27thankfully, wearing different coloured shirts.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Please go to the Question Room now.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32OK, Chris and Chris, good luck.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36And Chris R, you can choose whether you go first or second,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- as the Challenger. - May I go first, please, Jeremy?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44You may indeed and here we go. Good luck.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46"We're leaving together But still it's farewell
0:07:46 > 0:07:50"And maybe we'll come back To Earth Who can tell?"
0:07:50 > 0:07:55are the opening lyrics from which UK hit single of the 1980s?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Ooh, not a very good start cos I'm not very good on lyrics.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I know who got number one here, there and everywhere.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Sounds like something that might be Livin' On A Prayer,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12so that's what I'm going for.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Yeah, if I sang it, I don't know... Lisa, can you?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- Yeah, but brace yourself cos it's going to be loud.- OK, go on.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21# We're leaving together
0:08:21 > 0:08:23# But still it's farewell
0:08:23 > 0:08:27# And maybe we'll come back
0:08:27 > 0:08:30# To Earth, who can tell?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33# I guess there is no-one to blame
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- # We're leaving ground - Leaving ground
0:08:37 > 0:08:42# Will things ever be the same again?
0:08:42 > 0:08:46TOGETHER: # It's the final countdown Da-da-da-da. #
0:08:46 > 0:08:50I'm sorry, that's such a long way of telling you the answer, Chris.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52It's not Livin' On A Prayer.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53I was about to sing Livin' On A Prayer
0:08:53 > 0:08:56at the end of Lisa's thing and I couldn't face it.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I'm really sorry, it's the Final Countdown.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- That's all right.- But at least we heard that.- Mm-hmm.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05Lisa Thiel, that was amazing. Chris, back to Earth. Your question.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10Who did the singer Sarah Brightman marry in 1984?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16She married Andrew Lloyd Webber.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Andrew Lloyd Webber is right. Back to you, Chris R.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23What is the meaning of the musical notation term "ritardando",
0:09:23 > 0:09:25"ritardando"?
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- Crikey, it's not going for me, this one.- Can I spell it for you?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37R-I-T-A-R-D-A-N-D-O.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40"Rita" suggests maybe "once more".
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I don't think it's "slowing down" or "stop",
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- so I'll say "play once more". - Ritardando.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49I think I'm going to let Barry answer this one.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- It's gradually slowing down. - Gradually slowing down.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Maybe because of "ritard" in there.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- That's right, yes.- Hard to spot when you're in the both though.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01"Gradually slowing down" is the answer.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03We go back to Chris Hughes. You can take it
0:10:03 > 0:10:05with this question.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Perfect Illusion, released in September, 2016,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11is a single by which recording artist?
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Ah... It's a toss-up between Ariana Grande and Rihanna. Um...
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Perfect Illusion is, I believe, Rihanna.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- No, it's Lady Gaga.- Is it?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I'm so sorry, Chris. Well, I'm not really.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Cos it means you're still in it here, Chris, Chris the Challenger.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Get this right and who knows?
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Which country and western singer wrote the song Hey, Good Lookin'?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Hopefully, I get one right,
0:10:48 > 0:10:53and it's not Kenny Rogers, I don't think, so, um... Johnny cash...
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Hank Williams. - Hank Williams is correct.- Oh!
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Well done, Chris, well done. On the scoreboard.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05OK, Chris Hughes, you can take the round with this question.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08According the lyrics of the song Chattanooga Choo Choo,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12at about what time does the train leave the Pennsylvania Station?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Ah...
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- A quarter to four. - Yeah, is he right, Chris R?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- Yes.- He is right.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26To get a train-related question in a Music round,
0:11:26 > 0:11:31you really were quite lucky there, Chris, knowing your love of trains.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Chris Hughes, you'll be in the final.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- Chris, you've been knocked out. - Never mind.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Let's hope for a comeback from the Challengers.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Please rejoin your teams and we'll play on.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44So, The Queen Bee's Cs have lost two brains from the final round
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- but, as we've said, they are playing very well.- They are.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Lots of teams have been this way, and you can turn it around.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52The Eggheads are all still sitting there, sitting pretty,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55in a manner of speaking. The next subject for you is History.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- CHALLENGERS:- Ah!
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- We know who's History. - I'll give it a go.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- You will, right.- Sandy?- Yes. - OK, Sandy, against whom?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Who do you think? - You can have Dave, Barry or Lisa.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- I'll try Dave, please.- Very good.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13So, Sandy from Queen Bee's Cs - you said that with a certain
0:12:13 > 0:12:16formidable concentration, a sense of destiny, I think...
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- Desperation. - ..versus Dave from the Eggheads.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Please go to our Question Room.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Sandy, I noticed when the word went round that it was History,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- everyone chose you. - Afraid so, Jeremy.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Have you been revising or has it always been your passion?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33History is my subject, Jeremy.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I'm one of these geeks who knows dates and things
0:12:35 > 0:12:37but occasionally things drift out my brain,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40so I'm not 100% reliable, but I know some things.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41You were an army officer
0:12:41 > 0:12:44and I always think that with the army and battles,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46there's a lot of history there, isn't there?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48That's a fair point, yes. Yes, I know my battles.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51OK, Sandy, would you like to go first or second?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Er, I'm going to take a gamble at going second, Jeremy.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01OK, everyone's going second at the moment.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Here we go, Dave, your question.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05In which year were the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies
0:13:05 > 0:13:11all restored under Charles II, marking the end of the interregnum?
0:13:15 > 0:13:171660.
0:13:17 > 0:13:191660 is right.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20OK, Challenger,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24which city became the capital of West Germany in 1949?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Yes, I think I'm fairly confident it's not Munich,
0:13:32 > 0:13:33although it was the biggest city.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36And Hamburg was the biggest port, I think.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41But I'm being drawn inexorably towards Bonn, please, Jeremy.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44You are quite right. Bonn is the right answer.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49OK, Dave, your question.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53The 10th century Norwegian explorer Erik the Red is best known
0:13:53 > 0:13:58as the founder of the first permanent European settlement where?
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Ha! Sorry, having bit of a brain freeze here.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Er, Erik the Red...
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I thought he discovered Greenland, so...
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I thought he discovered Greenland, so Greenland.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Let's check with the Eggheads. - Just thinking about this
0:14:17 > 0:14:19cos there was a Viking settlement in Finland,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22which was in Nova Scotia, in L'Anse aux Meadows,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24and I was wondering if that was Erik the Red
0:14:24 > 0:14:27or his son, Leif Erikson. I think it was Greenland, yes.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29You're right, Dave, it's Greenland.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32It is the right answer anyway. Well done.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34So, he's ahead.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Sandy, keep up here. Your team needs you.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Tojo Hideki was Prime Minster of which country
0:14:41 > 0:14:44during most of World War II?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Sorry, can you spell his name, please, Jeremy?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52T-O-J-O H-I-D-E-K-I.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56I cannot believe that Russia or China
0:14:56 > 0:14:58would go down the prime minster route, so...
0:14:59 > 0:15:03By default, I think I'll stick with Japan, please, Jeremy.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Japan is correct. Well done.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Dave, your question
0:15:08 > 0:15:12By what nickname is the US army's 101st Airborne Division,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15renowned for its role on D-Day, commonly known?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I've not heard this.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26My instinct is Screaming Eagles,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28but I have a problem with Golden Unicorns,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31for the simple reason that Gold was one of the beaches.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32But...
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I'm going to stick with Screaming Eagles
0:15:35 > 0:15:38because it was my first instinct, so Screaming Eagles.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Chris will know this. - Yes, Screaming Eagles.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Yeah, so Screaming Eagles is right.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46So, he's got three and you've got two, Sandy.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47You need to get this one right to stay in.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,
0:15:49 > 0:15:54which British ruler invited the Saxon warriors Hengist and Horsa
0:15:54 > 0:15:58to come to Britain to help him fight the Picts?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I'll just go for it, Jeremy.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09I'm fairly certain that in 449 AD,
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Vortigern invited Hengist and Horsa into Kent.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Let's see whether it's the biggest bluff of all time.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Challengers, do you know this? - I'm sure he's right.- OK.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- He's totally right. - You're totally right!
0:16:24 > 0:16:26JEREMY LAUGHS
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Great quizzing.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30So, level after three. You've got a bit of a contest here,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- haven't you, Dave?- Yes, I have.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- You've suddenly realised that.- Yep. - OK, so, we go to Sudden Death.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Gets a bit harder for you both. I don't give alternative answers.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Dave, which Swedish diplomat and important figure
0:16:42 > 0:16:46in the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
0:16:46 > 0:16:48had earlier served as the Director General
0:16:48 > 0:16:51of the International Atomic Energy Authority?
0:16:52 > 0:16:57Got to get the name right. Right, got to go for it.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Hans Blick.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- You said Hans Blick.- Yeah.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- It is Hans Blix.- That's fine. - Sorry, Dave.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- No problem.- You didn't have an X on the end of it, did you?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11No, no, that's totally fine.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13All right, so in your hands, Sandy.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Turning it around for your team.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20The 1812 Battle of Borodino
0:17:20 > 0:17:25led to Napoleon's forces taking control of which nearby city?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28I'm trying to think if there was another city on the way
0:17:28 > 0:17:31but I can't think of one, so I have to go for Moscow, Jeremy.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Is he right, Dave?- Yes, he is, yeah.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Moscow is the right answer, Sandy. You've taken that round.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Very tight between you.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Great quizzing.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Well done, both. Dave, you're out though.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Return to your teams and we'll play the last round before the final.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Maybe it's heading back the Challengers' way.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52The Queen Bee's Cs have lost two brains,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55but the Eggheads have lost a brain now too
0:17:55 > 0:17:56in that tight-fought History round.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Our last subject before the final is Arts & Books.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Thank you, Jeremy.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04And it's going to be Chris or David, is that right?
0:18:04 > 0:18:05- Yes.- I'll try that one, Jeremy.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09OK, Chris. Which Egghead would you like to take on, Chris?
0:18:09 > 0:18:13And I'll try Lisa, please.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15OK, Chris C from Queen Bee's Cs
0:18:15 > 0:18:19taking on Lisa from the Eggheads on Arts & Books.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Please go to our Question Room for the last time.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Chris, would you like to go first or second against Lisa?
0:18:25 > 0:18:29I think I'll try first, Jeremy, please.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Here is your first question.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39Which of these is a type of poem, written to lament someone's death?
0:18:43 > 0:18:48Er, sonnet... I think that's more to do with the love for somebody.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Haiku, I'm not quite sure what that is.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54I think I'll go for elegy, please, Jeremy.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55It is elegy. Well done.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Lisa, what is the name
0:18:59 > 0:19:01of the title character's best friend
0:19:01 > 0:19:03in the novel Bridget Jones's Diary?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10She has two, but I think the one we're referring to here is Shazzer.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Shazzer's right. Back to you, Chris.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19With whom did Neil Gaiman write the 1990 book Good Omens?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I don't think it would be Martin Amis.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Er, I'll try Terry Pratchett, please, Jeremy.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Terry Pratchett is correct. CHALLENGERS CHEER
0:19:34 > 0:19:36OK, Lisa, your question.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Who would be most likely to win a PEN/Faulkner Award?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43That's "Pen" in capital letters, slash Faulkner.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49I wonder what that stands for.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Obviously, Faulkner was a novelist.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59Um, I wonder what the PEN bit stands for. That's probably the clue here.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02No, I could think about this for an awfully long time.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I'm not going to get very far. I will try novelist.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Yeah, you're right. It is novelist.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- But PEN is Poets, Essayists, Novelists.- Ah!
0:20:11 > 0:20:14So, two each, after two questions.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Come on, Chris.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Kouros was the name given to any freestanding Ancient Greek sculpture
0:20:21 > 0:20:24that depicted which of the following?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32I haven't heard of any Olympian god...kouros.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I think it was a nude man, Jeremy.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Nude man is correct.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40CHALLENGERS CHEER
0:20:40 > 0:20:43All right, so is this the moment
0:20:43 > 0:20:45the show turned?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47If you get this wrong, you're out, Lisa.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52The American painter Clyfford Still, who was born in 1904,
0:20:52 > 0:20:57is most closely associated with which art movement?
0:21:02 > 0:21:051904...
0:21:05 > 0:21:09He's probably a little young for cubism.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Unless he started very early.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15I always think of cubism as being
0:21:15 > 0:21:18a marginally more European movement anyway.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Abstract expressionism... Well, I could talk about it,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25but none of what I say would make sense, so we'll skip that.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Um, I'll go for pop art.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Ooh, some pain on the Eggheads' side. Why, what is it?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32He's an abstract expressionist.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Abstract expressionism is the answer.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Well done to you, Chris.- Thank you. - You've taken the round.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- You looked a bit surprised there. - Well...
0:21:42 > 0:21:47You were still totting the numbers up. 3-2 to you. You're in the final.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Come back to us, both of you,
0:21:48 > 0:21:52and we'll play that final round for £18,000.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56So, here we are. This is getting exciting, isn't it?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58This is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01It is time for the final round - as always General Knowledge.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:04 > 0:22:07are not allowed to take part in this round, though.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10So, that is Helen and Chris R from Queen Bee's Cs,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13but also Lisa and Dave from the Eggheads.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Would you please now leave the studio?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Sandy, Chris and David,
0:22:18 > 0:22:23you're playing to win Queen Bee's Cs £18,000.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Barry, Chris and Beth, you're playing for something
0:22:25 > 0:22:29that money can't really buy, which is the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35This time, the questions are all General Knowledge. You can confer.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39So, Queen Bee's Cs, with the Queen looking on there, from backstage,
0:22:39 > 0:22:43we're going to find out if your three brains can beat these three.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47It definitely can be done, so Sandy, Chris and David, good luck.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Would you like to go first or second?- Yeah?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50We'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Good stuff. Here is your first question, playing for £18,000.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01What name is given to the restricted stopping areas on UK roads
0:23:01 > 0:23:05that are indicated by either single or double red lines?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- I think that's routes. - Red route, isn't it?
0:23:12 > 0:23:18- We've got them near where we live. - If you're sure, go for it.- Yeah.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Yeah, we're pretty sure that that's red routes, Jeremy.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- Check with the Eggheads. Are they right?- Yeah.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Red routes is correct. Eggs, your question.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30What is the approximate population of Botswana?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36It won't be 2.2 billion.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37- It won't be 2.2 billion.- No.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40200,000 sounds very small.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- 2 million sounds about right. - 2 million?- Yeah.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Botswana is mostly a desert country,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47with most of the Kalahari desert,
0:23:47 > 0:23:51but I still think more than 200,000 people would live there,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53so we're going to go for 2 million.
0:23:53 > 0:23:542 million is your answer.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- If it were 2.2 billion... - It would be crowded!
0:23:58 > 0:24:01..you'd look pretty silly, wouldn't you? 2 million is right.
0:24:02 > 0:24:042.2 billion, honestly!
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Right, your second question, Challengers.
0:24:08 > 0:24:14Which of the following is the name of a station on the Paris Metro?
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- Not Waterloo. - It can't be Waterloo, no.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24So, it's Pyramides or...
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Think about the design of the Pompidou thing.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29That's a pyramid shape, isn't it?
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- Oh, and Napoleon won the Battle of the Pyramids.- Ah, go for that then.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Marcel Marceau signs. You wouldn't hear the announcer.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- Pyramides.- Er, well, we don't think it's Waterloo. Er...
0:24:42 > 0:24:47And not Marcel Marceau, either. We think it might be Pyramides.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Pyramides is correct. Two out of two, playing for £18,000.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Just watch these Eggheads gradually get nervous.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Your second question, Eggs.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01What is the meaning of the Spanish phrase "Lo siento"?
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- Could you spell that for us? - Of course.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15It's two words. L-O and then S-I-E-N-T-O. Lo siento.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18THEY DISCUSS QUIETLY
0:25:18 > 0:25:21I'm tempted to go for "I understand".
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Spanish is not my language.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- It's not "I'm sorry."- What about...?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29So, "sentient" would be "know", wouldn't it?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Yeah.- To be sentient.- Yeah.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33It must come from the same root.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- Yeah.- Yeah.- Yes, it's got to be.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37- OK.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Well, we think the key word
0:25:39 > 0:25:40is "to know",
0:25:40 > 0:25:42cos in Latin, that's "sentient",
0:25:42 > 0:25:45so "Lo siento" must mean "I understand."
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Right. And that comes from your fluent Spanish?
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- It comes from a bit of Latin, I think.- Yeah. Lisa's laughing...
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Lisa's crying. What's happening, Lisa?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Well, believe me, I'm sorry,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57but probably not as sorry as they will be.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- It's "I'm sorry."- Oh!- Oh!
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- Ooh! - BARRY:- Oh, well, we didn't know.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05It's like the moment in The Six Million Dollar Man
0:26:05 > 0:26:07where he bursts into flames in the desert.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09"I'm sorry" is the answer.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12OK...
0:26:12 > 0:26:13It's in your hands now.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16If you get this question right, you've won £18,000.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- Now the Queen Bee really IS looking on.- No pressure there.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- Fingers crossed.- No pressure.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Your third question, for £18,000, Challengers.
0:26:24 > 0:26:30What is the term for someone who hangs around locks, bridges
0:26:30 > 0:26:36or other canal features, much like a trainspotter, watching the traffic?
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- It's not speleologist, cos that's a caver, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49I thought I'd heard of it, yes.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53That's one down. What's a gricer? What's the...?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Gongoozler...
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- What's it called, a water diviner? That doesn't help.- A gricer...
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Gongoozler...
0:27:02 > 0:27:03What's a...?
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Gongoozler, which is like, well, Venice and gondola.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- Well, yeah. It could be one of those sort of...- Gongoozler.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Gongoozler sounds better. - Shall we go for that then?- Yes.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16It's a good word to go down fighting on, isn't it?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19OK, well, we don't know the answer to this, Jeremy,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22but we rather like the word "gongoozler",
0:27:22 > 0:27:25so we thought we'd go for "gongoozler".
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- Just to be clear, your answer is "gongoozler"?- Yes.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30OK, if you've got it right, you've won £18,000.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34The Queen Bee looks quite excited there. What do you think?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- Gongoozler.- You think so?- Yes. - Eggheads?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I think we've been well defeated.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41The answer is gongoozler.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45We say congratulations, Challengers. You have won!
0:27:49 > 0:27:54You're also, by the way, our 150th winning team,
0:27:54 > 0:27:55so many, many congratulations.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59They've been playing so well, these Eggheads but, in the end,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I don't know what happened in the Spain question.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04We'll never know, but there'll be a full inquiry later, no doubt.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06The secret is, Jeremy, I'm a Leicester City supporter,
0:28:06 > 0:28:10- so it was in the stars.- Exactly, Leicester City. It's in the stars.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Congratulations, Queen Bee's Cs.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15You've won £18,000 and you can now say you are officially cleverer
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- than the Eggheads.- I don't think so.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20You've proved they can be beaten. The jackpot is now reset.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23You've got to rebuild and replace your battered pride
0:28:23 > 0:28:25and we hope you join us next time on Eggheads
0:28:25 > 0:28:28to see if a new team of Challengers will be just as successful.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Until then, great game. Thank you so much for coming. Goodbye.