Episode 7 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is - can they be beaten?

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

-Here they are - the Eggheads. So rarely you get beaten.

-Ha-ha, yeah.

Taking on our quiz champions today

are the Rate Chasers from Nottingham.

Now, this team of colleagues all work together at

a major building society. Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Jack, and I'm a customer adviser.

Hi, I'm Leah, and I'm also a customer adviser.

Hi, I'm Alan, and I'm a customer reviewer.

Hi, I'm Ebony, and I'm a customer adviser.

Hi, I'm Martin, and I'm a branch manager.

-So, Jack and team, welcome. Good to see you.

-Hi, Jeremy.

You all work together, right, Jack? Is that right?

Yes, we all work at the Long Eaton branch.

-So we've got my manager, Martin, on the end.

-OK.

That could be...

Stakes are high here, Martin, if you go in and get knocked out.

So do you quiz, or do you enjoy quizzes?

We all enjoy quizzes. We've not done much together.

And you're all basically customer-facing, aren't you,

-for the jobs you do?

-Yeah.

So you're the nice, polite, friendly end of it?

-Yes.

-Yes. Always.

I'm not sure how that compares to this bunch over here. Good luck.

Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

for our Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

Now, Rate Chasers, the Challengers in the last game were having

a terrible time and then suddenly the Eggheads just fell apart,

so they won the jackpot,

which is good in the sense that it proves it can be done.

It means there's £1,000 on the table for you to win today.

-Would you like to try?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Why not?

OK, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & Television.

So, Rate Chasers, which one of you wants to play Film & TV?

-So, I think we're going to go with...

-That would be me, yes.

-It's going to be you, isn't it, Ebs?

-Ebony on that?

Against which Egghead? You can choose any one of them, Ebony.

Who do you think?

-Do you want to go with Chris, maybe?

-Yeah.

-Shall we give it to Chris?

Yeah, I'll go against Chris for this one.

OK, Ebony from the Rate Chasers, Chris from the Eggheads,

please take your positions in our legendary Question Room.

Would you like to go first or second, Ebony?

Erm, I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

OK, so here we go with your first question. Good luck.

First shown on New Year's Day 2016,

The Abominable Bride is an episode from which drama series?

I'm going to go with Doctor Who,

just because I don't think it's Downton Abbey,

as I know that that actually finished some time around last year,

I think, and I don't really think it's Sherlock,

so I'm just going to go with Doctor Who for that one.

It definitely sounds like Doctor Who. Team?

-Yeah, that sounds about right.

-Sounds like it.

-The answer's wrong, it's Sherlock.

-Oh, OK.

Chris, your question.

What is the stage name of the English actor,

known for both his comedy and serious roles,

who was born David John White in London in 1940?

Who was this, Chris?

That's David Jason, Jeremy.

-You're straight there?

-Oh, yeah.

David Jason's right.

And this is your question, Ebony.

In 2016, which sitcom did BBC Worldwide announce was its

most popular export abroad, having been bought nearly 1,000 times

by foreign broadcasters since its debut in the 1990s?

It's not Absolutely Fabulous, I don't think. I'm going to go...

..with...

One Foot In The Grave, as a guess.

OK, let's see if Chris knows this. Chris?

It's Keeping Up Appearances.

Keeping Up Appearances is the answer.

So, Chris can win the round with this question.

Who played Countess Natasha Rostova

in the 2016 BBC version of War & Peace?

Well, I never watched it, Jeremy, so I wouldn't know, but, erm...

She's a countess, so...

Since she's in everything, I'll say Olivia Colman.

-Lily James is the answer, Chris.

-Ah.

OK, your chance for the comeback now.

Which English comedian is a co-creator and executive producer

of the popular US programme Lip Sync Battle,

in which celebrities mime to famous music tracks?

I don't think it's Stephen Merchant.

Going to go with...

..Jack Dee as a guess, just because I know...

I've got a feeling it's not Stephen Merchant.

-Let me see if your team-mates know. Team?

-I'm not sure.

If it was me I would have gone Stephen Merchant, down the middle.

Yeah, Stephen Merchant.

-Yeah, Stephen Merchant is the answer.

-Oh, is it?

I'm guessing he does more of the producing -

maybe that's a clue - from The Office and so on.

So, Chris has won in that first round, and, Ebony, you won't

be in the final, but plenty of time for the Challengers to regroup.

Do return, rejoin your teams.

So, the Rate Chasers have lost a brain from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any so far. The next subject is Music.

Who would like Music?

-I'd try it.

-I'd say I fancy Leah, if you're happy to do it.

-You feel confident on that, Leah?

-Depends.

-I think we should take the gamble, go with you for Music.

-OK.

-Yeah?

-OK.

-I'm pushing my wife in front of the bus.

-It's going to be me.

OK, Leah. And any Egghead, but not Chris.

-I would say go Lisa, maybe? Shall we have a go with Lisa for music?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Shall we go Lisa?

-Leah vs Lisa. This is joke material.

Yeah, you're right, could be confusing.

OK, so Leah from the Rate Chasers, Lisa from the Eggheads,

please go to the Question Room now.

Well, I thought you might go for Music, Leah,

-cos I know you love your dancing.

-I do, yes.

-And what kind of styles?

I do ballroom and Latin American dancing,

-and I have done since I was six.

-Oh, right.

-Yeah. I do enjoy it.

Yeah, and I had a brief brush with it, and it was an amazing thing.

-You must love Strictly, do you?

-I do, I love it.

I love watching it every year, yeah, it's just amazing.

So, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

OK, so your first Music question, Leah, is -

which Rolling Stones UK number one single begins with the line

"I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis"?

I think it was Honky Tonk Women.

I could be wrong, but I think that's the one I'm going to go for.

OK, that's brilliant, you're absolutely right.

# I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis, dan-da. #

-It's actually better than Jagger.

-Well, not... I can't sing.

Lisa, which song by The Kinks makes reference to Terry and Julie

meeting every Friday night at a railway station?

It's Waterloo Sunset.

# Terry meets Julie, Waterloo station, every Friday night... #

-Started in the wrong place there.

-Beautiful.

So, Waterloo Sunset is right.

Leah, your question.

In the song My Favourite Things from The Sound Of Music,

which food comes with noodles?

I'm trying to go through the song in my head,

and I think it's schnitzel with noodles.

I haven't actually seen The Sound Of Music, but I do know of the song.

-I'm going to go for schnitzel, please.

-(Oh, get in.)

-Team-mates?

-Yeah, I think so.

-Yeah, definitely, 110%.

-You two are married, Alan, aren't you?

-Yeah, we are indeed.

Your husband just said, "Get in."

Schnitzel's right.

Lisa, "I love you from the bottom of my pencil case"

is a line from a 1989 UK top ten single by which group?

Yeah, it's my husband's favourite band, so if this goes wrong

I can never go home again.

The song is called Song For Whoever, the group's The Beautiful South.

It is The Beautiful South, well done.

OK, Leah, your question.

Which television presenter and comedian released his first album,

called A Year Of Songs, in 2015?

Ooh.

I've not actually heard of this, so this will be a complete guess.

Erm, I am going to go...

Harry Hill.

I would never have guessed this in a million years.

-It's not Harry Hill, it's Alexander Armstrong.

-He's a trained baritone.

-Oh, he's a singer?

-Yeah.

-Goodness me.

Talented man.

Lisa, your third question, to take the round.

Donna Anna and Donna Elvira are major characters

in which opera by Mozart?

Yeah, opera's never been my favourite.

However, one of my favourite authors in the whole world is

Jilly Cooper, and she has a huge thing for opera.

Most of what I know about opera comes from her, and she makes

reference to the two actresses playing Donna Anna

and Donna Elvira in a production of Don Giovanni.

Don Giovanni is the right answer.

You just pipped Leah at the post there.

Sorry, Leah, you've been knocked out.

-Thank you.

-Bad luck, but well played.

And Lisa will be in the final.

Return to your teams, please, and we'll play the next round.

As it stands, the Rate Chasers have lost two brains from

the final round while the Eggheads have not lost any.

At this point in a mortgage application,

would you start thinking about calling in the property?

-No!

-Plenty of time left.

-You've got plenty of time, OK.

-It's not a default just yet.

-No!

The next subject for you guys is Arts & Books,

so which Rate Chaser would like this?

You're going to fall on your sword for us, Jack, aren't you?

Yeah, I think that one'll be mine.

OK, the skipper goes in. Against which Egghead?

-You can have Kevin or Dave or Judith.

-Which one do you reckon?

I think... Either Kevin or Dave, I'm thinking.

I think... I'd go Dave.

I'll take on Tremendous Knowledge Dave, please.

OK, customer adviser Jack from the Rate Chasers

taking on Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

To ensure there is no conferring, please go to our Question Room.

All right, so Arts & Books, Jack. Good luck against Dave.

Would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

And here is your first question.

In George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four,

what is the name of the room where Winston Smith has to face his fears?

Hmm. The book is based...

I think it's what Big Brother's sort of based on.

I think I'm having an inkling towards Room 101.

I'm not sure if that's the TV programme that I'm thinking of,

but I'm going to go for that.

Spot on, well done, yeah.

The TV programme is based on Nineteen Eighty-Four,

so the two things are related for a reason.

Oh, good.

Dave, over to you.

Where is Jay Gatsby's mansion located in the classic novel

The Great Gatsby?

I'm going to go Long Island.

Long Island is correct.

OK, Jack, back to you.

An epistolary novel is one written using which form?

I'm not too sure.

I've got a thought in my head somewhere from school -

I think it might be letters. Erm...

Don't know what I'm basing that on, but I'm going to go with my gut

and I'll say letters, please.

Letters is quite right,

so one character writes a letter to someone else, or...

I'm thinking, hang on - Liaisons Dangereuses, is that an example?

Mm-hm.

OK. Dave, your question.

According to the American Library Association,

which series of books was the most challenged and complained about

between 2000 and 2009

due to its alleged occult themes and anti-family views?

Right, I'm going to rule out His Dark Materials.

Now, occult themes and anti-family views.

Percentage shot would be Twilight, but...

I don't like Harry Potter, so I'm going to go Harry Potter

and complain about him meself.

Maybe you're secretly American. You're quite right.

-Yeah, good.

-Harry Potter.

It's about time an anti-Harry Potter question came my way.

JEREMY CHUCKLES

So, 2-2, very tight. Back to you, Jack.

Landscape In Switzerland and Portrait Of Mamie are the names

of paintings by which 20th-century American president?

Erm, it's going to have to be a complete guess.

I'm going to go down the middle - JFK.

John F Kennedy, it's not, it's Dwight D Eisenhower.

-I'm trying to work out how you would guess that.

-Mamie.

-Well, Mamie was Eisenhower's wife.

-Mamie was Eisenhower's wife, OK.

That's one way.

OK, this for the round.

Dave, which English author who was born in Tyneside in the 1900s

wrote the Bill Bailey series of novels in the 1980s?

Hmmm.

Right, yeah, er...

There's Catherine Cookson...

..who was Northumberland-based.

I'm not sure where Georgette Heyer's from.

I'm going to rule out Barbara Cartland.

I've got to go Catherine Cookson,

but with slight reservation that Georgette Heyer could be a problem.

-OK. Catherine Cookson. Is she Tyneside, Eggheads?

-She is.

-Is she the answer?

-Yes.

-Must be.

Yes, she is.

Well done, Dave, three out of three, and you are through to the final.

Sorry, Jack, beaten by our Egghead, so you won't be in the final round.

Jack and Dave, please come back and we'll play the last head-to-head.

So, as it stands,

the Rate Chasers have lost a third brain from the final round.

-Sorry about that, Jack. You fought the good fight, though.

-Yeah.

The Eggheads have not lost a brain yet,

but you've got History now.

Maybe this'll change things. Who wants History?

Oh, it's a lesser of two evils between me and you right now.

-Shall we stick with the game plan?

-I'll take it.

-Go on.

-Martin's going to fall on his sword, so...

-OK, branch manager Martin

against either Kevin or Judith.

-Judith?

-Yeah.

-Judith, please.

OK, so it is going to be Martin from the Rate Chasers vs Judith...

-Yeah.

-..on History.

-Yes.

To ensure there's no conferring, would you please,

for the last time, go to our Question Room?

Well, I know the stakes are a bit higher for you, Martin,

cos you're the boss, so, with that in mind, shall we get cracking?

-Yes, please, yeah.

-You can choose whether you go first or second.

Erm, I'll go first, please.

And here we go. Good luck.

Nefertiti was a queen in which country in the 14th century BC?

Erm...

Don't think it's India.

I'm going to go with Egypt.

Egypt is quite right, Martin, well done.

-Thank you.

-Team are cheering you on here. OK, Judith.

Which US state is home to the town of Plymouth,

the site of the first permanent settlement by Europeans,

in New England?

I think it's Plymouth Rock... Massachusetts.

-Have you been there?

-No.

Massachusetts is right. Well done.

Back to you, Martin.

In 19th-century America, Washingtonians was the name of

a group who pledged abstinence from what?

I don't know, but I'm going to have a guess at alcohol.

That's completely right. Well done, alcohol it is.

OK, Judith, your question.

Playing well so far.

Named after a French minister who presented it,

the Schuman Plan of 1950 laid the foundation for which institution?

Well, it wasn't Interpol or NATO. I think that was definitely the EU.

It was the EU. Well done.

Back to you, Martin.

The uprising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace

took place in the 16th century as a protest against

legislation imposed by which king?

I'm going to go - again, I don't know the answer -

I'm going to go straight down the middle and go for Henry VIII.

-Great quizzing tactic - on the basis that he was busy?

-Mm.

And colourful, and he did a lot of stuff?

-You're right.

-Yes!

-Henry VIII it is. Three out of three for the boss.

OK, Judith, I know you love your history,

but you are up against it here.

Who was the British Prime Minister for a short period in 1834

and again from 1835 to 1841?

Well, I know Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister when

Queen Victoria acceded...

..because he became almost like a father to her,

so I think that's Lord Melbourne.

Very good, Judith. Lord Melbourne is right.

Three out of three for you both.

We go to Sudden Death.

Gets a bit harder now, Martin, I don't give you options.

The Victorian age began in which century?

The...

19th century.

-The 19th is correct.

-(Oh! Get in, Martin.)

OK, over to Judith to stay in. It's Sudden Death now, Judith.

In the 18th century, Cartouche was the name of

a highwayman who terrorised which country?

I really don't know this, actually.

I'm just... It sounds French, so I'm going to say France.

-France is right.

-Mm.

OK, Martin, your question. Sudden Death.

What political event caused petrol rationing to be reintroduced

in the UK in 1956?

Erm...

The Suez Crisis?

-Suez Crisis is correct.

-(Yes!)

Well done. Judith on the edge.

Mary Kingsley was a 19th-century traveller and explorer,

chiefly on which continent?

-This to stay in.

-Mary Kingsley?

-Mary Kingsley.

I don't know. Erm...

What... Sorry, did you say a date in that question?

-19th century, Judith.

-19th century.

-Africa?

-Africa is right.

-Oh.

Sudden Death. Back to you, Martin.

The World War I flying ace, Billy Bishop,

who was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917, was born in which country?

-I'm going to say England.

-No, Canada.

Judith, which American Founding Father lived in London

for almost 20 years before returning to America in 1775?

-Benjamin Franklin.

-Benjamin Franklin is the right answer.

You're in the final round. Sorry, Martin, knocked out there.

Come back to us, both of you, and we will play the final.

So, this is what we have been playing towards - it is time

for the final round, which, as always, is General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be

allowed to take part in this round, so, Jack, Leah, Ebony, and Martin

from the Rate Chasers, would you please now leave the studio?

So, Alan, you are playing to win the Rate Chasers £1,000. Good luck.

Thank you.

Judith, Kevin, Chris, Lisa, and Dave, here you all are,

after a defeat in the last game,

playing just to get your reputations back on track.

As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.

This time, all the questions are General Knowledge

and you are allowed to confer.

I'm sorry that doesn't help you, Alan.

But the question is - can your one brain defeat the Eggheads' five?

-And what a famous victory that would be.

-That'd be awesome!

-All right.

Well, you're three questions away from doing it,

so would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first.

OK. Good luck.

The Fontaines de la Concorde are a pair of fountains

in which European capital city?

I'd rule out Amsterdam, just cos, straight away, Concorde,

to me, screams French.

And, purely on that basis, I'd go Paris.

Paris is correct, well done. They're very excited backstage.

OK, Eggheads.

What do North Americans refer to as "diapers"?

Nappies.

Trust me, I'm a pro in them - it's definitely nappies.

Yeah, OK.

Er, yeah, don't want to get any of these mixed up.

We think that's nappies.

Nappies is the right answer.

Somebody once said, "Governments are like diapers.

"They must be changed regularly, and for the same reason."

EGGHEADS CHUCKLE

We go back to you, Alan. Your second question.

Which member of the royal family spent two terms

as an exchange student in Australia in 1966?

(Australia, Australia.)

Trying to think how old Charles is. Erm...

I'm going to rule out Edward.

I don't know why, I've just got a feeling that it's not Edward,

so I'm between Andrew and Charles.

I'm going to go Charles, but I'm...

Yeah, a stab in the dark, to be honest.

-Prince Charles is your answer. Is he right?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Was Edward born then?

-'64.

-So he would have been two.

And Andrew would have been six.

Yeah, so Charles, as the older one, was a good choice. Well done.

-OK, cool.

-OK, second question, Eggies.

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the leading scorer

in which European country's top football league?

-Can you spell it?

-How do you spell it?

P-I-C-H-I-C-H-I. Pichichi.

Never heard of it, but it sounds Italian.

-No, I think...

-Do you think it's Greek?

-I think it's Spain.

-You think it's Spain?

-I think it's a Spanish word.

All right, OK.

If you pronounce it like that, there's every chance it is Spanish.

I may be wrong. Is there any reason why you thought Italy straight away?

I was thinking it just sounded...

It's P-I-C-H-I-C-H-I?

-Correct.

-Yeah, I think that's Spanish.

OK, I'd go with you, then.

I've never heard of it.

-Never heard of it as a trophy.

-I've heard of it somewhere.

-OK, I'd go with you, Kevin.

-JUDITH:

-In Spain?

I think... Well, Spain.

OK, Spain is your answer. Wow, we've got a bit of confusion here.

All jumped to Italy, and Kevin said, "Whoa,"

and then he had more than a glimmer.

Got a definite sense. Spain is the right answer.

-Well done, Kevin.

-Thanks, Kevin.

-Well played, Kevin.

I daresay that you might have chosen Italy without Kevin there.

They nearly fell down a manhole there.

-They nearly did your job for you.

-So close.

-I know, they were!

And Kevin's just like the genius at work.

OK, here's your third question. Get this right, you're on a roll.

Cabo San Lucas, usually referred to as just Cabo in English,

is a popular tourist destination in which Central American country?

I've not heard of it being in Mexico.

I've places in Mexico that I know people go to.

I could be wrong, but certainly, from what I've heard,

I don't think it is Mexico. Erm...

To me, it sounds Costa Rican.

Erm...

My knowledge on Nicaragua is slim to none. Erm...

I've got absolutely nothing to lose, essentially,

so I'm going to go Costa Rica.

OK, Costa Rica is your answer. Let's just see if the Eggheads know.

-I thought it was Mexico.

-Mm-hm.

I thought it might be Costa Rica.

OK, Kevin thinks it might be Costa Rica. You think it's Mexico, Lisa?

I had a vague inkling it was Mexico, but you know my geography, Jeremy.

Finding it difficult, that's for sure. It's not an easy question.

-Cabo is in Mexico.

-Oh!

You got two out of three.

So, for the contest, Eggheads - which comedy group released

the album Bridge On The River Wye in the 1960s?

-It's W-Y-E.

-W-Y-E.

-Christoph?

-That was a parody of Bridge On The River Kwai...

-Yeah.

..and it wasn't Monty Python, it wasn't The Goodies,

it was a late effort by The Goons.

Yeah, I think if it's the 1960s...

I mean, Python didn't start until 1969,

and The Goodies weren't until the '70s...

It's not a Python title, anyway, is it?

-It doesn't sound Python-y, anyway.

-No.

But, yeah, it sounds...

From just saying the 1960s, I would go for The Goons, but...

-Yeah, no, if you've come to that, that's fine.

-Yeah.

-Happy with The Goons?

-I'm happy with that.

-Trust your instinct.

-We believe that's The Goons.

When Chris is certain, he really is certain.

The answer is The Goons.

We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

Ah, bad luck, there, Alan. You just almost...

I was thinking you were going to force them to Sudden Death,

and that would be a great achievement on your own.

Nah, I'm happy with how I did.

You did absolutely fine, and the team were a pleasure to meet,

-as well.

-Thank you very much.

-So, commiserations to the Rate Chasers.

The Eggheads have done what normally comes naturally to them,

and they do reign supreme once again over Quizland.

It does mean that the Challengers are not going home with

the £1,000, so we take the money and we roll it over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations.

Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to defeat our Eggheads.

£2,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.