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 > 0:00:15arguably 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 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35- Here they are - the Eggheads. So rarely you get beaten.- Ha-ha, yeah.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Taking on our quiz champions today
0:00:36 > 0:00:39are the Rate Chasers from Nottingham.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Now, this team of colleagues all work together at
0:00:41 > 0:00:44a major building society. Let's meet them.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Hi, I'm Jack, and I'm a customer adviser.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Leah, and I'm also a customer adviser.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Alan, and I'm a customer reviewer.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Ebony, and I'm a customer adviser.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Martin, and I'm a branch manager.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- So, Jack and team, welcome. Good to see you.- Hi, Jeremy.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04You all work together, right, Jack? Is that right?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Yes, we all work at the Long Eaton branch.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- So we've got my manager, Martin, on the end.- OK.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10That could be...
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Stakes are high here, Martin, if you go in and get knocked out.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16So do you quiz, or do you enjoy quizzes?
0:01:16 > 0:01:19We all enjoy quizzes. We've not done much together.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22And you're all basically customer-facing, aren't you,
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- for the jobs you do?- Yeah.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26So you're the nice, polite, friendly end of it?
0:01:26 > 0:01:27- Yes.- Yes. Always.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32I'm not sure how that compares to this bunch over here. Good luck.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:01:35 > 0:01:39for our Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Now, Rate Chasers, the Challengers in the last game were having
0:01:44 > 0:01:47a terrible time and then suddenly the Eggheads just fell apart,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49so they won the jackpot,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51which is good in the sense that it proves it can be done.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55It means there's £1,000 on the table for you to win today.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- Would you like to try? - Yeah, definitely.- Why not?
0:01:57 > 0:02:01OK, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & Television.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04So, Rate Chasers, which one of you wants to play Film & TV?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- So, I think we're going to go with...- That would be me, yes.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- It's going to be you, isn't it, Ebs? - Ebony on that?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Against which Egghead? You can choose any one of them, Ebony.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Who do you think?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- Do you want to go with Chris, maybe? - Yeah.- Shall we give it to Chris?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Yeah, I'll go against Chris for this one.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22OK, Ebony from the Rate Chasers, Chris from the Eggheads,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25please take your positions in our legendary Question Room.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Would you like to go first or second, Ebony?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Erm, I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37OK, so here we go with your first question. Good luck.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40First shown on New Year's Day 2016,
0:02:40 > 0:02:46The Abominable Bride is an episode from which drama series?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54I'm going to go with Doctor Who,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57just because I don't think it's Downton Abbey,
0:02:57 > 0:03:02as I know that that actually finished some time around last year,
0:03:02 > 0:03:06I think, and I don't really think it's Sherlock,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09so I'm just going to go with Doctor Who for that one.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11It definitely sounds like Doctor Who. Team?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Yeah, that sounds about right. - Sounds like it.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- The answer's wrong, it's Sherlock.- Oh, OK.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Chris, your question.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20What is the stage name of the English actor,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23known for both his comedy and serious roles,
0:03:23 > 0:03:28who was born David John White in London in 1940?
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Who was this, Chris?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35That's David Jason, Jeremy.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36- You're straight there? - Oh, yeah.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39David Jason's right.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41And this is your question, Ebony.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45In 2016, which sitcom did BBC Worldwide announce was its
0:03:45 > 0:03:51most popular export abroad, having been bought nearly 1,000 times
0:03:51 > 0:03:55by foreign broadcasters since its debut in the 1990s?
0:04:01 > 0:04:05It's not Absolutely Fabulous, I don't think. I'm going to go...
0:04:06 > 0:04:08..with...
0:04:08 > 0:04:10One Foot In The Grave, as a guess.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13OK, let's see if Chris knows this. Chris?
0:04:13 > 0:04:14It's Keeping Up Appearances.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Keeping Up Appearances is the answer.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21So, Chris can win the round with this question.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Who played Countess Natasha Rostova
0:04:24 > 0:04:28in the 2016 BBC version of War & Peace?
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Well, I never watched it, Jeremy, so I wouldn't know, but, erm...
0:04:42 > 0:04:44She's a countess, so...
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Since she's in everything, I'll say Olivia Colman.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- Lily James is the answer, Chris. - Ah.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53OK, your chance for the comeback now.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58Which English comedian is a co-creator and executive producer
0:04:58 > 0:05:02of the popular US programme Lip Sync Battle,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06in which celebrities mime to famous music tracks?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I don't think it's Stephen Merchant.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Going to go with...
0:05:18 > 0:05:21..Jack Dee as a guess, just because I know...
0:05:21 > 0:05:24I've got a feeling it's not Stephen Merchant.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- Let me see if your team-mates know. Team?- I'm not sure.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29If it was me I would have gone Stephen Merchant, down the middle.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Yeah, Stephen Merchant.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- Yeah, Stephen Merchant is the answer.- Oh, is it?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35I'm guessing he does more of the producing -
0:05:35 > 0:05:38maybe that's a clue - from The Office and so on.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41So, Chris has won in that first round, and, Ebony, you won't
0:05:41 > 0:05:44be in the final, but plenty of time for the Challengers to regroup.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Do return, rejoin your teams.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50So, the Rate Chasers have lost a brain from the final round.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54The Eggheads have not lost any so far. The next subject is Music.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Who would like Music?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- I'd try it.- I'd say I fancy Leah, if you're happy to do it.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- You feel confident on that, Leah? - Depends.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- I think we should take the gamble, go with you for Music.- OK.- Yeah?- OK.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- I'm pushing my wife in front of the bus.- It's going to be me.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13OK, Leah. And any Egghead, but not Chris.
0:06:13 > 0:06:19- I would say go Lisa, maybe? Shall we have a go with Lisa for music?- Yeah.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- Yeah.- Shall we go Lisa? - Leah vs Lisa. This is joke material.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Yeah, you're right, could be confusing.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28OK, so Leah from the Rate Chasers, Lisa from the Eggheads,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31please go to the Question Room now.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Well, I thought you might go for Music, Leah,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- cos I know you love your dancing. - I do, yes.- And what kind of styles?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39I do ballroom and Latin American dancing,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- and I have done since I was six. - Oh, right.- Yeah. I do enjoy it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Yeah, and I had a brief brush with it, and it was an amazing thing.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- You must love Strictly, do you? - I do, I love it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52I love watching it every year, yeah, it's just amazing.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54So, would you like to go first or second?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02OK, so your first Music question, Leah, is -
0:07:02 > 0:07:07which Rolling Stones UK number one single begins with the line
0:07:07 > 0:07:11"I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis"?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I think it was Honky Tonk Women.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I could be wrong, but I think that's the one I'm going to go for.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28OK, that's brilliant, you're absolutely right.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32# I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis, dan-da. #
0:07:32 > 0:07:38- It's actually better than Jagger. - Well, not... I can't sing.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43Lisa, which song by The Kinks makes reference to Terry and Julie
0:07:43 > 0:07:45meeting every Friday night at a railway station?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52It's Waterloo Sunset.
0:07:52 > 0:07:58# Terry meets Julie, Waterloo station, every Friday night... #
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Started in the wrong place there. - Beautiful.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02So, Waterloo Sunset is right.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Leah, your question.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10In the song My Favourite Things from The Sound Of Music,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12which food comes with noodles?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20I'm trying to go through the song in my head,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and I think it's schnitzel with noodles.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29I haven't actually seen The Sound Of Music, but I do know of the song.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- I'm going to go for schnitzel, please.- (Oh, get in.)
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Team-mates?- Yeah, I think so. - Yeah, definitely, 110%.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- You two are married, Alan, aren't you?- Yeah, we are indeed.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Your husband just said, "Get in."
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Schnitzel's right.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Lisa, "I love you from the bottom of my pencil case"
0:08:46 > 0:08:52is a line from a 1989 UK top ten single by which group?
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Yeah, it's my husband's favourite band, so if this goes wrong
0:09:00 > 0:09:02I can never go home again.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The song is called Song For Whoever, the group's The Beautiful South.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07It is The Beautiful South, well done.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11OK, Leah, your question.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Which television presenter and comedian released his first album,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18called A Year Of Songs, in 2015?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Ooh.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I've not actually heard of this, so this will be a complete guess.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Erm, I am going to go...
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Harry Hill.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I would never have guessed this in a million years.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- It's not Harry Hill, it's Alexander Armstrong.- He's a trained baritone.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Oh, he's a singer?- Yeah. - Goodness me.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Talented man.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Lisa, your third question, to take the round.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57Donna Anna and Donna Elvira are major characters
0:09:57 > 0:09:59in which opera by Mozart?
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Yeah, opera's never been my favourite.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11However, one of my favourite authors in the whole world is
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Jilly Cooper, and she has a huge thing for opera.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Most of what I know about opera comes from her, and she makes
0:10:17 > 0:10:19reference to the two actresses playing Donna Anna
0:10:19 > 0:10:22and Donna Elvira in a production of Don Giovanni.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Don Giovanni is the right answer.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28You just pipped Leah at the post there.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Sorry, Leah, you've been knocked out.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Thank you. - Bad luck, but well played.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33And Lisa will be in the final.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Return to your teams, please, and we'll play the next round.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40As it stands, the Rate Chasers have lost two brains from
0:10:40 > 0:10:43the final round while the Eggheads have not lost any.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45At this point in a mortgage application,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48would you start thinking about calling in the property?
0:10:48 > 0:10:53- No!- Plenty of time left. - You've got plenty of time, OK.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- It's not a default just yet.- No!
0:10:56 > 0:10:58The next subject for you guys is Arts & Books,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00so which Rate Chaser would like this?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02You're going to fall on your sword for us, Jack, aren't you?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Yeah, I think that one'll be mine.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08OK, the skipper goes in. Against which Egghead?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- You can have Kevin or Dave or Judith.- Which one do you reckon?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I think... Either Kevin or Dave, I'm thinking.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I think... I'd go Dave.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I'll take on Tremendous Knowledge Dave, please.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22OK, customer adviser Jack from the Rate Chasers
0:11:22 > 0:11:24taking on Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29To ensure there is no conferring, please go to our Question Room.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31All right, so Arts & Books, Jack. Good luck against Dave.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Would you like to go first or second?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41And here is your first question.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44In George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four,
0:11:44 > 0:11:49what is the name of the room where Winston Smith has to face his fears?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Hmm. The book is based...
0:11:57 > 0:12:01I think it's what Big Brother's sort of based on.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03I think I'm having an inkling towards Room 101.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I'm not sure if that's the TV programme that I'm thinking of,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08but I'm going to go for that.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Spot on, well done, yeah.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11The TV programme is based on Nineteen Eighty-Four,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14so the two things are related for a reason.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Oh, good.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Dave, over to you.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22Where is Jay Gatsby's mansion located in the classic novel
0:12:22 > 0:12:23The Great Gatsby?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I'm going to go Long Island.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Long Island is correct.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37OK, Jack, back to you.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42An epistolary novel is one written using which form?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I'm not too sure.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54I've got a thought in my head somewhere from school -
0:12:54 > 0:12:57I think it might be letters. Erm...
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Don't know what I'm basing that on, but I'm going to go with my gut
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and I'll say letters, please.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Letters is quite right,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06so one character writes a letter to someone else, or...
0:13:06 > 0:13:10I'm thinking, hang on - Liaisons Dangereuses, is that an example?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Mm-hm.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14OK. Dave, your question.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17According to the American Library Association,
0:13:17 > 0:13:22which series of books was the most challenged and complained about
0:13:22 > 0:13:25between 2000 and 2009
0:13:25 > 0:13:30due to its alleged occult themes and anti-family views?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Right, I'm going to rule out His Dark Materials.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Now, occult themes and anti-family views.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Percentage shot would be Twilight, but...
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I don't like Harry Potter, so I'm going to go Harry Potter
0:13:53 > 0:13:56and complain about him meself.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Maybe you're secretly American. You're quite right.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59- Yeah, good.- Harry Potter.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03It's about time an anti-Harry Potter question came my way.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05JEREMY CHUCKLES
0:14:05 > 0:14:07So, 2-2, very tight. Back to you, Jack.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Landscape In Switzerland and Portrait Of Mamie are the names
0:14:12 > 0:14:16of paintings by which 20th-century American president?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Erm, it's going to have to be a complete guess.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I'm going to go down the middle - JFK.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31John F Kennedy, it's not, it's Dwight D Eisenhower.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- I'm trying to work out how you would guess that.- Mamie.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- Well, Mamie was Eisenhower's wife. - Mamie was Eisenhower's wife, OK.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41That's one way.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44OK, this for the round.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Dave, which English author who was born in Tyneside in the 1900s
0:14:48 > 0:14:52wrote the Bill Bailey series of novels in the 1980s?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Hmmm.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Right, yeah, er...
0:15:03 > 0:15:04There's Catherine Cookson...
0:15:06 > 0:15:08..who was Northumberland-based.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10I'm not sure where Georgette Heyer's from.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I'm going to rule out Barbara Cartland.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15I've got to go Catherine Cookson,
0:15:15 > 0:15:19but with slight reservation that Georgette Heyer could be a problem.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25- OK. Catherine Cookson. Is she Tyneside, Eggheads?- She is.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26- Is she the answer?- Yes.- Must be.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Yes, she is.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Well done, Dave, three out of three, and you are through to the final.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Sorry, Jack, beaten by our Egghead, so you won't be in the final round.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Jack and Dave, please come back and we'll play the last head-to-head.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42So, as it stands,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45the Rate Chasers have lost a third brain from the final round.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Sorry about that, Jack. You fought the good fight, though.- Yeah.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51The Eggheads have not lost a brain yet,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53but you've got History now.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Maybe this'll change things. Who wants History?
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Oh, it's a lesser of two evils between me and you right now.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- Shall we stick with the game plan? - I'll take it.- Go on.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- Martin's going to fall on his sword, so...- OK, branch manager Martin
0:16:06 > 0:16:09against either Kevin or Judith.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- Judith?- Yeah.- Judith, please.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17OK, so it is going to be Martin from the Rate Chasers vs Judith...
0:16:17 > 0:16:18- Yeah.- ..on History.- Yes.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20To ensure there's no conferring, would you please,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23for the last time, go to our Question Room?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Well, I know the stakes are a bit higher for you, Martin,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30cos you're the boss, so, with that in mind, shall we get cracking?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Yes, please, yeah.- You can choose whether you go first or second.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Erm, I'll go first, please.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41And here we go. Good luck.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Nefertiti was a queen in which country in the 14th century BC?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Erm...
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Don't think it's India.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I'm going to go with Egypt.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Egypt is quite right, Martin, well done.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- Thank you.- Team are cheering you on here. OK, Judith.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Which US state is home to the town of Plymouth,
0:17:06 > 0:17:10the site of the first permanent settlement by Europeans,
0:17:10 > 0:17:11in New England?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19I think it's Plymouth Rock... Massachusetts.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- Have you been there?- No.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Massachusetts is right. Well done.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Back to you, Martin.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31In 19th-century America, Washingtonians was the name of
0:17:31 > 0:17:34a group who pledged abstinence from what?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44I don't know, but I'm going to have a guess at alcohol.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49That's completely right. Well done, alcohol it is.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52OK, Judith, your question.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Playing well so far.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Named after a French minister who presented it,
0:17:58 > 0:18:04the Schuman Plan of 1950 laid the foundation for which institution?
0:18:09 > 0:18:15Well, it wasn't Interpol or NATO. I think that was definitely the EU.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18It was the EU. Well done.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Back to you, Martin.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26The uprising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace
0:18:26 > 0:18:31took place in the 16th century as a protest against
0:18:31 > 0:18:34legislation imposed by which king?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I'm going to go - again, I don't know the answer -
0:18:42 > 0:18:46I'm going to go straight down the middle and go for Henry VIII.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- Great quizzing tactic - on the basis that he was busy?- Mm.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54And colourful, and he did a lot of stuff?
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- You're right.- Yes!- Henry VIII it is. Three out of three for the boss.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00OK, Judith, I know you love your history,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03but you are up against it here.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09Who was the British Prime Minister for a short period in 1834
0:19:09 > 0:19:13and again from 1835 to 1841?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Well, I know Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister when
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Queen Victoria acceded...
0:19:24 > 0:19:28..because he became almost like a father to her,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30so I think that's Lord Melbourne.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Very good, Judith. Lord Melbourne is right.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Three out of three for you both.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36We go to Sudden Death.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Gets a bit harder now, Martin, I don't give you options.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44The Victorian age began in which century?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46The...
0:19:46 > 0:19:4719th century.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- The 19th is correct. - (Oh! Get in, Martin.)
0:19:53 > 0:19:56OK, over to Judith to stay in. It's Sudden Death now, Judith.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01In the 18th century, Cartouche was the name of
0:20:01 > 0:20:04a highwayman who terrorised which country?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I really don't know this, actually.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I'm just... It sounds French, so I'm going to say France.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- France is right.- Mm.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16OK, Martin, your question. Sudden Death.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21What political event caused petrol rationing to be reintroduced
0:20:21 > 0:20:25in the UK in 1956?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Erm...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28The Suez Crisis?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- Suez Crisis is correct.- (Yes!)
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Well done. Judith on the edge.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37Mary Kingsley was a 19th-century traveller and explorer,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40chiefly on which continent?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- This to stay in. - Mary Kingsley?- Mary Kingsley.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45I don't know. Erm...
0:20:47 > 0:20:50What... Sorry, did you say a date in that question?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- 19th century, Judith.- 19th century.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- Africa?- Africa is right.- Oh.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Sudden Death. Back to you, Martin.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02The World War I flying ace, Billy Bishop,
0:21:02 > 0:21:08who was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917, was born in which country?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- I'm going to say England. - No, Canada.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Judith, which American Founding Father lived in London
0:21:20 > 0:21:26for almost 20 years before returning to America in 1775?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- Benjamin Franklin.- Benjamin Franklin is the right answer.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33You're in the final round. Sorry, Martin, knocked out there.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Come back to us, both of you, and we will play the final.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39So, this is what we have been playing towards - it is time
0:21:39 > 0:21:42for the final round, which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be
0:21:45 > 0:21:49allowed to take part in this round, so, Jack, Leah, Ebony, and Martin
0:21:49 > 0:21:54from the Rate Chasers, would you please now leave the studio?
0:21:54 > 0:21:58So, Alan, you are playing to win the Rate Chasers £1,000. Good luck.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Thank you.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Judith, Kevin, Chris, Lisa, and Dave, here you all are,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05after a defeat in the last game,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08playing just to get your reputations back on track.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13This time, all the questions are General Knowledge
0:22:13 > 0:22:15and you are allowed to confer.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I'm sorry that doesn't help you, Alan.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21But the question is - can your one brain defeat the Eggheads' five?
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- And what a famous victory that would be.- That'd be awesome!- All right.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Well, you're three questions away from doing it,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28so would you like to go first or second?
0:22:28 > 0:22:29I'll go first.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35OK. Good luck.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40The Fontaines de la Concorde are a pair of fountains
0:22:40 > 0:22:42in which European capital city?
0:22:46 > 0:22:51I'd rule out Amsterdam, just cos, straight away, Concorde,
0:22:51 > 0:22:52to me, screams French.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55And, purely on that basis, I'd go Paris.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Paris is correct, well done. They're very excited backstage.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00OK, Eggheads.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04What do North Americans refer to as "diapers"?
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Nappies.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Trust me, I'm a pro in them - it's definitely nappies.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Yeah, OK.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Er, yeah, don't want to get any of these mixed up.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17We think that's nappies.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Nappies is the right answer.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Somebody once said, "Governments are like diapers.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26"They must be changed regularly, and for the same reason."
0:23:26 > 0:23:28EGGHEADS CHUCKLE
0:23:29 > 0:23:32We go back to you, Alan. Your second question.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Which member of the royal family spent two terms
0:23:35 > 0:23:39as an exchange student in Australia in 1966?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46(Australia, Australia.)
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Trying to think how old Charles is. Erm...
0:23:50 > 0:23:52I'm going to rule out Edward.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54I don't know why, I've just got a feeling that it's not Edward,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57so I'm between Andrew and Charles.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I'm going to go Charles, but I'm...
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Yeah, a stab in the dark, to be honest.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Prince Charles is your answer. Is he right?- Yes.- Yeah.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- Was Edward born then? - '64.- So he would have been two.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14And Andrew would have been six.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Yeah, so Charles, as the older one, was a good choice. Well done.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- OK, cool. - OK, second question, Eggies.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the leading scorer
0:24:26 > 0:24:30in which European country's top football league?
0:24:34 > 0:24:35- Can you spell it? - How do you spell it?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38P-I-C-H-I-C-H-I. Pichichi.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Never heard of it, but it sounds Italian.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- No, I think...- Do you think it's Greek?- I think it's Spain.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- You think it's Spain? - I think it's a Spanish word.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47All right, OK.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49If you pronounce it like that, there's every chance it is Spanish.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53I may be wrong. Is there any reason why you thought Italy straight away?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55I was thinking it just sounded...
0:24:55 > 0:24:59It's P-I-C-H-I-C-H-I?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- Correct. - Yeah, I think that's Spanish.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02OK, I'd go with you, then.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I've never heard of it.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Never heard of it as a trophy. - I've heard of it somewhere.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- OK, I'd go with you, Kevin. - JUDITH:- In Spain?
0:25:09 > 0:25:12I think... Well, Spain.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16OK, Spain is your answer. Wow, we've got a bit of confusion here.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19All jumped to Italy, and Kevin said, "Whoa,"
0:25:19 > 0:25:22and then he had more than a glimmer.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Got a definite sense. Spain is the right answer.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Well done, Kevin.- Thanks, Kevin. - Well played, Kevin.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I daresay that you might have chosen Italy without Kevin there.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34They nearly fell down a manhole there.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- They nearly did your job for you. - So close.- I know, they were!
0:25:37 > 0:25:40And Kevin's just like the genius at work.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44OK, here's your third question. Get this right, you're on a roll.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50Cabo San Lucas, usually referred to as just Cabo in English,
0:25:50 > 0:25:55is a popular tourist destination in which Central American country?
0:25:59 > 0:26:03I've not heard of it being in Mexico.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06I've places in Mexico that I know people go to.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11I could be wrong, but certainly, from what I've heard,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I don't think it is Mexico. Erm...
0:26:16 > 0:26:18To me, it sounds Costa Rican.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Erm...
0:26:20 > 0:26:25My knowledge on Nicaragua is slim to none. Erm...
0:26:26 > 0:26:28I've got absolutely nothing to lose, essentially,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30so I'm going to go Costa Rica.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33OK, Costa Rica is your answer. Let's just see if the Eggheads know.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- I thought it was Mexico.- Mm-hm.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38I thought it might be Costa Rica.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41OK, Kevin thinks it might be Costa Rica. You think it's Mexico, Lisa?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I had a vague inkling it was Mexico, but you know my geography, Jeremy.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Finding it difficult, that's for sure. It's not an easy question.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- Cabo is in Mexico.- Oh!
0:26:50 > 0:26:52You got two out of three.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58So, for the contest, Eggheads - which comedy group released
0:26:58 > 0:27:02the album Bridge On The River Wye in the 1960s?
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- It's W-Y-E.- W-Y-E.
0:27:06 > 0:27:12- Christoph?- That was a parody of Bridge On The River Kwai...- Yeah.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14..and it wasn't Monty Python, it wasn't The Goodies,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17it was a late effort by The Goons.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Yeah, I think if it's the 1960s...
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I mean, Python didn't start until 1969,
0:27:23 > 0:27:24and The Goodies weren't until the '70s...
0:27:24 > 0:27:26It's not a Python title, anyway, is it?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28- It doesn't sound Python-y, anyway. - No.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30But, yeah, it sounds...
0:27:30 > 0:27:34From just saying the 1960s, I would go for The Goons, but...
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- Yeah, no, if you've come to that, that's fine.- Yeah.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- Happy with The Goons? - I'm happy with that.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- Trust your instinct. - We believe that's The Goons.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44When Chris is certain, he really is certain.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46The answer is The Goons.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Ah, bad luck, there, Alan. You just almost...
0:27:55 > 0:27:58I was thinking you were going to force them to Sudden Death,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00and that would be a great achievement on your own.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Nah, I'm happy with how I did.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04You did absolutely fine, and the team were a pleasure to meet,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08- as well.- Thank you very much.- So, commiserations to the Rate Chasers.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11The Eggheads have done what normally comes naturally to them,
0:28:11 > 0:28:15and they do reign supreme once again over Quizland.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17It does mean that the Challengers are not going home with
0:28:17 > 0:28:21the £1,000, so we take the money and we roll it over to our next show.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:25 > 0:28:28have the brains to defeat our Eggheads.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31£2,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.