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 > 0:00:33They are the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34What sort of form are you on today?
0:00:34 > 0:00:36- Sparkling, we hope. - "Sparkling, we hope."
0:00:36 > 0:00:38All right, well, let's see.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Challenging our resident quiz champions today
0:00:40 > 0:00:44are the Unreliable Narrators. Now, everyone in this team is associated
0:00:44 > 0:00:46with the Alliance of Literary Societies,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50of which team captain Linda is the chair.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Let's meet them.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Linda, and I'm a retired university manager.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Hello, I'm Deb, and I'm a validation engineer.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Hello, I'm Phil, and I'm an accountant.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello, I'm Robin, and I'm a biographer and historian.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Hello, I'm Mike, and I'm a retired civil servant.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11- So, Linda and team, welcome. - Hello.- Good to see you.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I'm immediately thinking literary people, Linda, is that right?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Yes. We represent different societies.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21We've got about 120 societies in the ALS.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Oh! So, there are a lot of different literary societies
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- that come together?- Yes, yes, loads.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I'm with John Clare, Elizabeth Gaskell,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Sherlock Holmes.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- Deb is...- Go on, tell us the whole... Let's go through the list.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Siegfried Sassoon. - Siegfried Sassoon, the poet.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Dr Samuel Johnson.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- Charles Lamb.- And Malcolm Saville.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Gosh, what a fantastic collection of potential quiz questions.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50I'm hoping Arts & Books comes up!
0:01:50 > 0:01:54I notice that there are, I think, more than 400 book festivals
0:01:54 > 0:01:57in the country now, so it's a real thing now, isn't it?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Why are you called Unreliable Narrators?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Well, we could be lying when we say we're good.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- It's a literary term.- Yes.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09So, when you get a narrator in a story,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12you cannot necessarily believe what they say is true.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Yes. - They could be lying deliberately,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16or they could be lying subconsciously.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Good luck, team. It's great to see you. Here's what's happening.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:22 > 0:02:25for our Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30So, Unreliable Narrators, the Eggheads have won the last
0:02:30 > 0:02:35four games, which means £5,000 is on the table for you to win.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- Would you like to try?- Yes.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41They were sounding a little bit uncertain earlier, so I'm hopeful.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & Television,
0:02:45 > 0:02:49and you can choose between Judith, Steve, Kevin, Dave and Lisa.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- OK, I'll do it.- Thank you, Mike.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53All right, Mike at the far end, retired civil servant,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55against which Egghead?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- Judith?- It looks like my team want Judith.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Very good, so Mike from the Unreliable Narrators
0:03:00 > 0:03:03versus the usually very reliable Judith.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Well, we'll see.- We shall see.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Please go to the famous Question Room now.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13So, Film & TV. Mike, would you like to go first or second?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14I'll go first, please.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Who plays the role of Michael Corleone
0:03:21 > 0:03:24in the 1972 film The Godfather?
0:03:28 > 0:03:32I've never seen The Godfather, but I believe that was Al Pacino.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Al Pacino is quite right, and it is a brilliant film.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36OK, Judith,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40which of these pop stars was a contestant on the 2016 series
0:03:40 > 0:03:42of Strictly Come Dancing?
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Oh, that was Will Young, who ducked out halfway through,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52which was very sad.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Yes, for reasons that were never really explained.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Yeah, exactly. - Will Young is the answer.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59He danced with Karen Clifton,
0:03:59 > 0:04:03who's one of the greatest dancers in the world.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07OK, Mike, what is the profession of Albert Finney's character
0:04:07 > 0:04:11in the 2000 biographical film Erin Brockovich?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Yet another film that I've never seen.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Erm, so I really haven't got a clue.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24So I'll say lawyer.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Lawyer is right, cos Erin Brockovich is a lawyer herself, isn't she?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- Paralegal.- A paralegal, yeah.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Julia Roberts, is that? - Yes, it was, yes.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Mike, you're ahead. Judith,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39who plays Prince Albert in the TV period drama Victoria?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Victoria, erm...
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I mustn't get muddled up with Young Victoria.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I don't think it's Dan Stevens or James Norton,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I think it's Tom Hughes.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Tom Hughes is correct.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58How did you do that, when you haven't seen it
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- and you don't know anything about it?- Well, cos Dan Stevens
0:05:01 > 0:05:03was in Downton, and I know he's not in that,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and James Norton was in War And Peace, and all sorts of
0:05:06 > 0:05:10other things, and didn't look like the photograph I saw of Victoria.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I see.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14OK, Mike, your question, third question.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17What was the name of Wendy Craig's character
0:05:17 > 0:05:19in the TV sitcom Butterflies?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Well, that one I have seen,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27and it's Ria Parkinson.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29It is Ria Parkinson.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Well done. So you're three out of three, there.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34That's pretty fast work.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Judith, can you stay in?
0:05:36 > 0:05:41Which 2016 comic book movie was written and directed by David Ayer?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I'm very bad on those kind of films.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54I think, well, Deadpool was 2016, definitely.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I don't know about the others, so I'm going to say Deadpool.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59You know what happens if you've got this wrong?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Yes, yes, I do.- It's very bad.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03It's not terribly bad.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- Well, it's quite bad.- It's just disappointing, that's all.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07It's on the grave side of disappointing.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12It is wrong. I'm afraid you've been knocked out.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Suicide Squad is the answer.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Mike, well done, not a single question wrong,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18nor any hesitation.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20That's really useful, good start for your team.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Come back to us, both of you,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and we'll play the next round.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Well, the Unreliable Narrators may be starting to create
0:06:29 > 0:06:32a narrative here. They've not lost any brains from the final round,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34and the Eggheads have lost Judith.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Disappointing, it's not a catastrophe, Jeremy.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- You mustn't worry about it. - It's more serious than it seems.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43The next subject is Science.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Who would like Science?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48All these literary people with the periodic table,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- how's that going to work?- Would you be all right doing it, Deb?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Well, I can try. - Oh, good. Are you sure?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Well, yeah. - Deb, our validation engineer, OK.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Yeah, I know, this is the thing, yeah.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01I see, you've got the word "engineer" in your job title,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- that's why you've been chosen.- Yes, but I'm not an engineer, though!
0:07:04 > 0:07:06No, OK. Do choose an Egghead, it can't be Judith.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Either Lisa or Dave.- Dave?- No.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- Lisa?- Lisa, I think.- Yeah, Lisa. - Lisa.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15All right, Deb from the Unreliable Narrators versus
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Lisa from the Eggheads, on Science.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Please go to the Question Room now.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24So, Deb, tell us about being a validation engineer.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Well, I work for a medical device company, and...
0:07:28 > 0:07:32we make orthopaedic implants that go inside the human body,
0:07:32 > 0:07:37so it's very important that all our systems and processes are validated,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40in other words tested.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44And I'm responsible for the software side of that,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48so making sure that all the software we use in the manufacturing process
0:07:48 > 0:07:51is thoroughly tested before it's used.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Well, that does sound scientific. - Yeah, it might sound scientific.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Don't you think, Lisa, seriously? - Just a little bit.- I think so.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02You're not, and have never been a validation engineer yourself, Lisa,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- have you, just to check? - I don't think anyone would give me
0:08:05 > 0:08:07any job that had "validation" in the title, Jeremy.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Nor me, I'm not very good at validating either!
0:08:09 > 0:08:11So, good luck, Deb, on Science,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13let's see if you can follow Mike into the final.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Would you like to go first or second?- I think I'll go first.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Here we go.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26An adult human skeleton is composed of approximately how many bones?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31OK, erm...
0:08:31 > 0:08:35I believe the exact number is argued over by people,
0:08:35 > 0:08:40but it's somewhere in the region of 200.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41200 is right.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It's almost up your street, isn't it,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- in terms of what you do for your job?- Yes, it is.- Orthopaedic stuff.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Yes.- OK, Lisa.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Which of these scientists lived during the 4th century BC?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58The 4th century BC?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59- Yeah.- Just checking.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- That would be Aristotle. - Aristotle is the right answer.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Back to Deb.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10Which planet takes approximately 88 days to orbit the Sun?
0:09:14 > 0:09:20OK, well... The Earth takes 365 days, I believe,
0:09:20 > 0:09:24so, it's got to be one that's nearer to the Sun than the Earth is,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27which would be either Venus or Mercury.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I'll go for Mercury.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Yes, you're right, Mercury's correct.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35You're playing well. Could have come unstuck there.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Lisa, to catch up.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Which of these animals is a type of cat?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Capybara is that big giant swimming rat thing, isn't it?
0:09:47 > 0:09:48And a cassowary is a bird.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50It must be a caracal.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Caracal is correct.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Anyone seen a caracal?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Well, my daughter, she draws wildlife,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01and I've got the most heavenly drawing of a caracal done by her.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05They've got the most lovely pussy cat faces, and then big ears,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09with completely mad, sort of, tufts coming out of them.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Oh, really? - They're absolutely lovely.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- Is that on your wall? - Yes, in front of my bed.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16I wake up and look at a caracal every morning.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18That's great. So you would have been able to answer that question?
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- Yeah, I would.- OK, Deb, it's two each, it's poised.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24So far your team has not got an answer wrong.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27One more, maybe, and get you in the final.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32Which of these prehistoric animals, which stood up to 2.5 metres tall,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36and could weigh over 250kg,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39is nicknamed The Demon Duck Of Doom?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Let me read it again. Which of these prehistoric animals,
0:10:49 > 0:10:55which stood up to 2.5 metres tall, and could weigh over 250kg,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58is nicknamed The Demon Duck Of Doom?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Right.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04I've never heard of any of those.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11My Latin's not helping me, and I never did any Greek, so...
0:11:13 > 0:11:14The one that is...
0:11:16 > 0:11:19..calling to me - I've got no idea if it's right -
0:11:19 > 0:11:21is Andrewsarchus.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Andrewsarchus.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26I'm drawing a blank on these as well.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Any Challengers know these?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30No. Obscure, to say the least.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33The Demon Duck Of Doom is actually a nickname for the Bullockornis.
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Any Eggheads help us on the logic here?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Just looking at "ornis", that's ornithology.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I would have gone for. That's the only...
0:11:42 > 0:11:45But it might not be, it might not be the case that that's got anything to
0:11:45 > 0:11:47do with "ornis", leads to a bird.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51A bird that looks like a bullock! We're just thinking, here, Deb,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53that the "ornis" was the thing that led you to bird,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55or would have led to bird.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58OK, well, Lisa has a chance to get a place in the final here,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00and you've got to hope that
0:12:00 > 0:12:02The Demon Duck Of Doom takes her out.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Here's your question.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06The Britons David Thouless,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz
0:12:09 > 0:12:12were awarded which Nobel Prize in 2016?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Right.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26It's not physiology or medicine, which makes it a straight 50/50.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Could I just have the question one more time, please, Jeremy?
0:12:30 > 0:12:31The Britons David Thouless,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz
0:12:34 > 0:12:36were awarded which Nobel Prize in 2016?
0:12:38 > 0:12:39This is why I don't learn these lists,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42there's three names for every prize, you know,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44why can't they just award them to one person?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Wasting quizzers' time, I tell you.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49It's going to be a straight 50/50...
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I will go for physics.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Yes, you got there. Physics is the right answer, Lisa,
0:12:56 > 0:12:58you've taken the round. Deb, well fought,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I'm sorry about the Duck Of Doom.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03And, you've been beaten by our Eggheads,
0:13:03 > 0:13:04so you won't be in the final.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Lisa's managed to level it up,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08but I'm sensing we've got a quiz on our hands here.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Please rejoin your teams, and we'll see what happens next.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13So, as it stands,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15the Unreliable Narrators have lost a brain now
0:13:15 > 0:13:19from the final round, and the Eggheads have also lost one.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Quite tense here. The next subject is Sport.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Who wants Sport?
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- It's got to be you. - It's got to be Phil.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- I'll do it.- Phil, decide who you want to play against.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34It can be any of the three gentlemen in the middle.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36What do we know about Steve?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- Go for Steve? - Kevin's good at everything.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Go for Stephen.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Steve is good at everything!
0:13:42 > 0:13:44We've got to choose someone!
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Steve?- Steve.- OK, Steve.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Right, decision made.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Phil from the Unreliable Narrators takes on Steve, on Sport,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56from the Eggheads. Let's see how the balance of power shifts now.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Please go to the Question Room.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02So Sport, Phil, would you like to go first or second?
0:14:02 > 0:14:03First, please.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09OK, good luck, and here is your first question.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11For how long was Sam Allardyce manager
0:14:11 > 0:14:13of the England football team?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I think he was manager for 67 days.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Yes, we were going to give it to you in minutes.
0:14:24 > 0:14:2667 days is right, well done.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28You can look pleased with yourself.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30You got it right.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Steve, which country won the most gold medals
0:14:34 > 0:14:36at the 2016 Paralympic Games?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42I think it's a country that tends to do pretty well
0:14:42 > 0:14:43at the Paralympic Games,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45as opposed to the Olympics this time, and it's China.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Yes, China is correct.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Back to you, Phil. Which team defeated Great Britain
0:14:50 > 0:14:53in the semifinals of tennis's 2016 Davis Cup?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59This is going to be a complete guess.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I don't think it was Belgium, so I think it was either between
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Spain and Argentina.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10So, I'm going to guess Spain.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11No!
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Let's ask your team-mates.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14We think it's Argentina.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18They all think it's Argentina, and it is Argentina.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I'm sorry, Phil.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Steve may have the advantage now.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28The New Zealand rugby union international Julian Savea
0:15:28 > 0:15:31usually plays in which position?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39I don't know. I think he's pretty quick, though.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40I'm torn between two.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I'm not sure at all, I'm going to try wing.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Wing is right. There's something innate about your guessing, Steve.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Phil, we're in a situation. I don't know how an accountant would
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- describe it, how would you describe the situation?- Knee trembling.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Knee trembling?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00For an accountant? OK.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Basically, if you get this one wrong, you're not in the final.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Which of these boxers usually fought with a southpaw stance?
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Again, I'm going to guess on this one.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18I'm going to guess for Ricky Hatton.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Let me check with Steve. Steve, is he right?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I'm not sure, I would have gone Calzaghe myself, but
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- I'm not really sure.- Well, Dave is the one who knows all about boxing.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- Dave?- I think it's Calzaghe. - Calzaghe is right.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31It's Joe Calzaghe, Phil, sorry.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33A little slip-up from your team, you've been knocked out,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37beaten by our Eggheads. So Steve will be in the final round.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Advantage Eggheads?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Well, let's see. Please come back,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43and we'll play the last round before the final.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47So, as it stands, the Unreliable Narrators
0:16:47 > 0:16:49have lost two brains from the final round.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51The Eggheads have lost just the one.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54And the next subject is Arts & Books.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57At last, at last!
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I'm so relieved!
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Which one of you? Is there going to be a fight?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- I'll do it.- Are you going to do it, Robin?- Yes.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Great.- Do choose an Egghead. - I suggest Dave.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Dave.- Dave.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12OK, I've got it. Robin from the Unreliable Narrators
0:17:12 > 0:17:15is going to take on Dave from the Eggheads. This will be fun, Dave.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Oh, yes! - THEY ALL LAUGH
0:17:18 > 0:17:21To ensure there's no conferring, would you please
0:17:21 > 0:17:23take your positions for the last time in our Question Room?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Robin, I know you're very qualified, not just on books, but to quiz,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31cos I see you've been on Mastermind more than once.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Yes, I was on the radio one first, and then the TV one in 2007.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37And do you remember your specialised subjects?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40For the first one, it was English poetry of the 1930s,
0:17:40 > 0:17:45and in 2007 it was the life and art of John Piper.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47And a finalist on Brain Of Mensa?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Yeah, that was 2000, a long time ago.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I've been going in for it ever since.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54So, is that where you get the high IQ,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and then you're taken into a small room and you compete against
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- other similar, people?- Yes, yes.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02All done in a rather small scale, it's almost in camera,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04and there's no audience to speak of.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05No, sure. Well, I hope this is...
0:18:05 > 0:18:08This is fun for you so far, and I hope it continues to be fun.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Thank you.- And I'm glad Arts & Books came up, in fact not just glad,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I'm relieved. We've got a very literary team.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- So, Robin, would you like to go first or second?- First, please.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Here we go. In which year was the author Charles Dickens born?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Well, I happen to know that.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- 1812.- I thought you would know that, somehow.
0:18:33 > 0:18:351812.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39I have an e-reader and I bought all of his books for 49p,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41and it showed me that I have downloaded,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I think it might have been four million words.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- Isn't that amazing?- Astonishing. He died at 58.- It's just incredible.
0:18:47 > 0:18:491812 is right, well done.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Dave, your question.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Van Gogh's 1889 oil painting
0:18:54 > 0:18:57The Starry Night depicts a view from where?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03I don't know.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06# Starry, starry night... #
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Let me read it again.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Van Gogh's 1889 oil painting The Starry Night
0:19:11 > 0:19:13depicts a view from where?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16I'm going to have to go for a ship.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18That's interesting.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Can you not visualise that one?
0:19:20 > 0:19:24No, not at all. I'm not very good at visualising art,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26you know, if I haven't seen the painting.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30I thought it was a view from a bar, so I would have got this wrong,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- but the answer is a hospital. - Oh, right.- Eggheads, help,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I'm thinking of the right thing, it's a street scene, isn't it?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37More of a wide landscape, I can see where Dave was going with this.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39It's more looking up at the sky.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42But he was in the asylum at Saint-Remy, in the South of France,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- near Arles.- Oh, I see. Well, Robin, it has started well for you, here.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Drive home the advantage, here's your question, Robin.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Barabas is a major character
0:19:50 > 0:19:53in which of these Christopher Marlowe plays?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I don't think it's Tamburlaine.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I think Barabas was a Jew, so I'll go for The Jew Of Malta.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04The Jew Of Malta is right.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- He's playing well, Dave.- Yeah.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Alarm bells?- Yeah, absolutely.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Your question. Who wrote the 2016 novel Conclave,
0:20:13 > 0:20:17which tells the fictional story of the election of a new Pope?
0:20:21 > 0:20:24All I can go off is
0:20:24 > 0:20:26from The Da Vinci Code
0:20:26 > 0:20:29and Angels And Demons, and that kind of thing,
0:20:29 > 0:20:31The Lost Symbol. All I can go for is Dan Brown.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33That's my answer, Dan Brown.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- If you've got this wrong, you are out.- Mm-hmm.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Sorry Dave, you have got it wrong.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40- Robert Harris?- Yeah. And I can see there's
0:20:40 > 0:20:43a bit of petrol in your tank there, Robin, still.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46You probably wanted to have all the other questions, didn't you?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I should think. Anyway, Robin, well done, you've levelled it.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52You've taken on an Egghead, you've won your place in the final,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55and if you both come back and rejoin your teams,
0:20:55 > 0:20:59we will play that all-important final round for £5,000.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Well, you fought hard, Challengers,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and this is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06It is time for our final round,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08which, as always, is General Knowledge,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11but I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:11 > 0:21:13won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16So, it's Deb and Phil from the Unreliable Narrators,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18and Dave and Judith from the Eggheads.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Would you please now leave the studio?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Linda, Robin and Mike,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28you are playing to win the Unreliable Narrators £5,000.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Lisa, Kevin and Steve,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35to preserve the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39This time they're all General Knowledge,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41and, team, you can confer.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43So, Unreliable Narrators, the question is,
0:21:43 > 0:21:47are your three brains able to take down these three?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51It's going to be General Knowledge, not just your beloved books,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54that's the thing! You've got a great chance, here.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- Would you like to go first or second?- First, please.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02OK, I can feel the Eggheads bracing themselves.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Here's your question. In September 2016, which of these
0:22:05 > 0:22:09celebrity couples announced that they would be divorcing?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Erm, do we think it's Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- Yes, definitely.- Yeah.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Brad and Angelina. - Straight there, well done.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Obviously, you've got celebrity news covered.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- You couldn't really avoid it!- No, you can't avoid it, you're right.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Eggheads, which of these foodstuffs is a type of sausage?
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Happy with chorizo?- It's my husband's favourite food, chorizo.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46That is chorizo, Jeremy.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Chorizo is the right answer.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Back to you, Challengers.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55In astrology, someone born under the sign of Aquarius
0:22:55 > 0:22:59could have a birthday on which of these days of the year?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- Valentine's Day.- It's, it's... - Is it Valentine's Day?- Yes, yes.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Because I'm Aquarius.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Oh, you're Aquarius. - Yes, two days after.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15- Oh! Valentine's Day.- Wow, you've got an Aquarian on your team!
0:23:15 > 0:23:17He's multifunctional!
0:23:17 > 0:23:19You've done a lot of good things today already, Robin.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Valentine's Day is right.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22OK, Eggheads.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26I just sense the uncertainty of the super quizzers here.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Let's see.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33Juliana was queen of which country from 1948 to 1980?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Happy with the Netherlands?- Mm-hmm.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41That was the Netherlands.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Very sure-footed, the Netherlands it was.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46We're playing for £5,000. Get this one right,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49and you may then win the contest if they get theirs wrong,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52otherwise we're going to go to Sudden Death.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53My advice is, don't get this wrong,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56cos that gives them a way to win.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Which small Greek island in the Cyclades
0:24:00 > 0:24:04spans an area of approximately 33 square miles,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07and is nicknamed The Island Of The Winds?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Oh, no... Is it Mykonos? - Let's think about it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Greek...
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Erm...
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Island Of The Winds?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Mykonos sounds small...
0:24:21 > 0:24:23It does.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- I don't think it's Lesbos. - I don't think it's Lesbos.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Could it be Kefalonia?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31It's either Kefalonia or Mykonos.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34"Aeolian", what's that? Is that...
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- Cyclades, that's... Is that on the right?- What nationality...?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40What language is "Aeolian" in?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42No, he said Cyclades, didn't he?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- Cyclades.- No, no, I'm talking about the...
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- Kefalonia. - Kefalonia, oh, right, I see.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Well, if you take the word apart...
0:24:53 > 0:24:56English people, we would be taking the word apart...
0:24:56 > 0:25:00- Doesn't that mean "wind", or am I just making that up?- Does it?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- I don't know. - Yeah, you could be right.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Oh, "Aeolian".- Harp, is it harp?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08All right, we'll go for that one, it sounds more likely.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Yeah?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Kefalonia.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Kefalonia is... - With no great conviction at all.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16No, but you had, what was it? "Aeolian" means "winds"?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- "Aeolian", yeah.- Right, let's just start from that.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Is "Aeolian" "winds"?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Well, "Aeolian" is certainly to do with the winds.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Aeolus was a god of the wind.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29God of the wind. So you could see how Kefalonia leads us towards
0:25:29 > 0:25:31"Aeolian", because they rhyme.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Well, the crucial... Didn't the questions say the Cyclades?
0:25:34 > 0:25:38- Yes.- Well, the only one of those that's in the Cyclades is Mykonos.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40The brain of Kevin went to Mykonos straightaway,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42because the others aren't in the Cyclades.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45But I sensed your struggle on that.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Mykonos is the answer.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Let's see, has that ended the contest? Well, no, not yet,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53because the Eggheads still have to get a question right.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55The Canadian musician Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
0:25:55 > 0:25:58is better known by what stage name?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I've never heard of K'naan.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Well, I mean, they're all Canadian rappers, singers.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11I know I've read The Weeknd's name before, and it was pretty strange.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Can you just say the name again, please, Jeremy?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Yeah, it's three names.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Abel, Makkonen, which is M-A-K-K-O-N-E-N,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20and then Tesfaye, T-E-S-F-A-Y-E.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Yeah.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23It's an Ethiopian name.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Yeah.- Derivation. K'naan is actually...
0:26:26 > 0:26:29You could almost make it out of Makkonen, can't you?
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Yeah, but I think he's a guy from,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- of Somali origin.- Right.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36It's not Drake.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- No.- The one who's been the most prominent, along with Drake,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41in recent times is The Weeknd,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43and I think it's him.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Yeah, happy with that.- It would have been where my inkling was,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48but I didn't have much more to go on than that.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50I'm happy with The Weeknd if everyone else is.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- I think it's him.- Give it a shot.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Not absolutely certain on it - we're sure it's not Drake -
0:26:56 > 0:26:59we think the other two both originate,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01in terms of their ancestry,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04from the same sort of area of northeast Africa,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06so it's a possibility for either of them,
0:27:06 > 0:27:10but on balance, we seem to have heard of that more recently
0:27:10 > 0:27:12with The Weeknd,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15who's been very prominent in the last couple of years,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17so our answer is The Weeknd.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19If you've got this right, the contest is over.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Abel's stage name is The Weeknd.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34I feel we needed something literary for you on question three,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36instead of a Greek island,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40for heaven's sake. So, I hope you enjoyed it.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Yes, it was great, thank you.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44It's great to see you, and great to see your many strengths
0:27:44 > 0:27:46as a quiz team, my goodness.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48The Unreliable Narrators didn't quite make it in the end.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53and they reign supreme over quiz land,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55so, it means you won't be going home with the £5,000.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59We will take that money and roll it over to the next show.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Well done, Eggheads. Building up a head of steam, here.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Who will beat you?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:06 > 0:28:08have the brains to defeat them.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11There'll be £6,000 to play for.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14It's getting exciting, isn't it? Till then, goodbye.