0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:29pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Here they are, the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths today are The Potters.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36This team of students are all
0:00:36 > 0:00:39members of the University of Bristol Pool and Snooker Club.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Let's meet them.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Hi, I'm Daniel and I'm a mathematics and physics student.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Hello, I'm Natan and I'm a mathematics student.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Hi, I'm Tom and I'm a law student.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Michael and I'm a history student.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Hello, I'm Joel and I'm a mathematics student.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56So, Daniel, team, welcome.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58- Hello, Jeremy.- Hello.- All right.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00What a fantastic hello you just gave me.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03When I saw you were called The Potters, I thought this was to do
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- with Stoke-on-Trent, and so did Chris, didn't you, Chris?- Yeah.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- But it's not.- No, we're all members of the Pool and Snooker Club
0:01:08 > 0:01:12at the University of Bristol, so we all share a passion for cue sports.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13How are you on your quizzing?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Do you quiz while you're potting the balls?
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Not whilst we're at the balls, but we do quiz regularly together in and
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- around Bristol. - Shall I ask if you win,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23or shall we keep that secret?
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I think you'll know at the end! I think you'll know at the end.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28All right. Have you got all the subjects covered?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Because sometimes, in this game, you need a bit of range.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Yes, I think we have a good range, but there are one or two
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- we're hoping don't come up. - Don't say what they are,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40because you need to flummox this lot over here.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Good luck, team. Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:01:44 > 0:01:47for our challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Now, Potters, the Eggheads are doing well at the moment, which must be
0:01:52 > 0:01:54why they've got that little look of confidence.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56They've won the last seven,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00so it means there is £8,000 for you to win today.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Would you like to try? - Of course.- Yes.- I thought so.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05OK. And the first head-to-head battle
0:02:05 > 0:02:06is on the subject of Geography.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Now, you can have either Beth or Dave, Chris, Barry or Lisa.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- Geography.- For you, Joel?- Yeah.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- That was our dream pick for number one, wasn't it?- Yep.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- Very confident on geography. - We know you are.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Joel down the end, mathematics student.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23- OK.- Who should I take?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Beth, maybe?- Beth.- Beth!- Beth!
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Yeah, Beth. Beth.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31OK, Joel from The Potters, on Geography, taking on Beth.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- There we are. Early in.- Early in. I don't mind.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Yeah, that's good.- Beth from the Eggheads. To ensure there's no
0:02:36 > 0:02:38conferring, would you please both take your positions
0:02:38 > 0:02:40in our legendary Question Room.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Well, the key question, Beth,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46is whether we've sorted out South-east Asia yet, isn't it?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Well, let's just hope it doesn't come up this time around.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51You just need a rule, always go Vietnam...
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I think that's going to be a good idea!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56We got into a bit of a jumble, Joel,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58with our Vietnams and everything else.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59So good luck against Beth.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- Thank you.- I know this isn't your subject, really, is it?
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Not at all, no, not really, but what can you do when they come up?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Have you been chosen for Geography because you've travelled more than
0:03:08 > 0:03:11anyone else? Or just that you were sitting on the end?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14I have ambitions of travelling, but I haven't got round to travelling
0:03:14 > 0:03:16yet, as much, but, yeah, probably because I was just sitting
0:03:16 > 0:03:18on the end, they picked on me!
0:03:18 > 0:03:22OK! Well, ambitions to travel are good enough for this round
0:03:22 > 0:03:24and would you like to go first or second?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Good luck, Joel. Mathematics student from Bristol.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Here is your question.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Which of these countries is larger than the United Kingdom
0:03:37 > 0:03:39in terms of area?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45For some reason, I don't think it's Costa Rica,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48so that leaves Algeria and Bulgaria.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I'll take Algeria, please, Jeremy.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Is he right, Eggs?- Yes. - Yes, you're right.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Algeria is correct, well done.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Algeria is now the biggest country in Africa,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00now that Sudan has split into two different countries.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03So it's the biggest country in Africa, Barry says.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06OK, Beth, your question.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Cuba lies approximately 130 miles off the south coast
0:04:10 > 0:04:12of which US state?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Well, there's always attempts to try and swim from Cuba to Florida.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Florida is correct.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Joel,
0:04:24 > 0:04:29how tall in metres is North America's highest mountain,
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Denali?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Well, they're all quite tall.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40LAUGHTER
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I'll rule out 4,190, because that's...
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I don't know why...
0:04:47 > 0:04:50I'll guess at 8,190, please.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54The answer to this question, Joel, is 6,190.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57OK, Beth, your question to take the lead. What colour is the
0:04:57 > 0:05:00middle stripe on the national flag of Russia?
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Now, let me think. They're all the colours of the flag of Russia.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13Now, if it was red, white and blue,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17that would make it very similar to the flag of the Netherlands,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19so it can't be white.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23I think it might be blue.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Now you're going to tell me it's red.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28No, you're good on your flags, it is blue. Well done.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Blue is right. So, Beth takes the lead.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33So, Joel, you need to get this one right to stay in.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- No pressure.- No pressure!
0:05:35 > 0:05:38What is the capital of Bhutan?
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Is it...?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I don't really know, but I'm going to guess at Thimphu.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Oh!
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Let's see, Eggheads, is he right?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Yes.- You're right and that's quite an obscure capital. Well done.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55That's one of the places on your list, is it?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Yeah, definitely, yeah. It will be, now!
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Yeah, it's got to be.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03So, if you get this one right, Beth, you are in the final.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Here's your question. The Indonesian island of Sumatra is part of which
0:06:07 > 0:06:09island group?
0:06:15 > 0:06:20Are we back in these islandy groups that I know nothing about?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Can you repeat the question for me, Jeremy, please?- Yes, of course.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29The Indonesian island of Sumatra is part of which island group?
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Must do more reading on islands.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I don't think it's the Andaman Islands.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Though I expect Barry is sitting there going, "I've been there,
0:06:42 > 0:06:43"I know where it is."
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Visayan Islands.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Barry has got an expression of pain.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Barry?- Well, the Sunda Strait separates Sumatra and Java,
0:06:54 > 0:06:55so Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Yes, the Sunda Strait apparently separates Sumatra and Java,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01so it is the Sunda Islands.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04So, a little bit of a let-off there, Joel.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05You're level after three questions.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07We go to sudden death on Geography.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I thought you'd say that!
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternative answers.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17The quetzal is the currency of which Central American country?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Panama.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Not Panama, Guatemala. Sudden Death.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25For the round, Beth, your question.
0:07:25 > 0:07:31Which African country shares land borders with Angola,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Zimbabwe?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Er... So, it's all on...
0:07:40 > 0:07:43the west coast, going downwards...
0:07:43 > 0:07:45There's quite a lot... Erm...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Namibia?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- Close but no cigar.- Eggheads, do you know?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Zambia.- Zambia is the answer.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Oh, that was the other one I had in my head.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Joel, back to you.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02What is the English name for the river known as the Donau in German?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- How do you spell that, please, Jeremy?- D-O-N-A-U.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07The Donau, in German,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09what's the English name?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I'm trying to think of words that are similar.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- Money.- The Money?
0:08:17 > 0:08:18It's the Danube.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Beth, your question, for the round.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28Leshan in China is famous for its giant statue of which religious
0:08:28 > 0:08:30figure, carved out of a rock face?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Er, I'm hoping that's a Buddha.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Buddha is the right answer.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Well done, Beth, you've taken the round on sudden death.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Hard-fought, Joel. You've been knocked out.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Please return to us. Beth will be in the final and Joel won't.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Rejoin your teams, we'll play on.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51So, we started with Geography and The Potters lost a brain.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52You lost Joel.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55The Eggheads have still got all their brains intact
0:08:55 > 0:08:57and the next subject is Film & TV.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Who would like this? - Certainly Natan.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- Natan.- I watch. I watch, I dabble. It'll be me, I think.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08OK, Natan. Against? Anyone but Beth.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- Who do you think, Dan?- Barry.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Yeah, Barry's a good shout.- Barry.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Barry, please.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Good stuff. So, Natan from The Potters
0:09:15 > 0:09:18versus Barry from the Eggheads.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19- Up for this, Barry?- Always.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Always. Please go to the Question Room.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26OK, well, Natan, good luck.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27You're a maths student, as well.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I am indeed a maths student, yeah.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32So, Joel did Geography as a maths student and you're doing Film & TV.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Are you out of your comfort zone here, or not?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I think relatively in my comfort zone.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I do a lot of ignoring my maths by watching TV.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I do a lot of ignoring my friends by watching TV.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46So I think, along that line, I think I'll be OK.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Brilliant. That sounds very promising, actually.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51So, Film & TV, Natan. Would you like to go first or second?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I'll stick with tradition and go first, please.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Here we go.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Which British actor stars as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's
0:10:01 > 0:10:03film adaptation of The Hobbit?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Is it...?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11So, I actually watched this with my friend Dave.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13It's, like, one of his favourite films.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15I'm going to cut out Benedict Cumberbatch.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17He was the Dragon, so he was Smaug.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Nick Frost, unfortunately, would be too funny for it,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22so I'm going to go with Martin Freeman, please.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Yes, Martin Freeman is quite right. Well done.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28No uncertainty. Barry, over to you. What type of animal
0:10:28 > 0:10:33is Judy Hopps in the 2016 animated film Zootopia?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Barry, is Judy a...?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Oh, I've not seen this film, so...
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I'm going to have to have a guess on this.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Could you just repeat the question again?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49What type of animal is Judy Hopps, H-O-P-P-S,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52in the 2016 animated film Zootopia?
0:10:52 > 0:10:58Well, pairs of rabbits are known to multiply and as the name is female,
0:10:58 > 0:10:59I shall go for rabbit.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01That's interesting logic!
0:11:01 > 0:11:02I haven't got any other logic!
0:11:02 > 0:11:05No, I thought you might see the Hopps and go kangaroo.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Rabbit is right. Well done.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Oh, I'm sorry about that!
0:11:09 > 0:11:11You were almost ahead there, Natan.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- That's OK.- Your question.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17John Whaite and Frances Quinn have won which TV show?
0:11:22 > 0:11:26OK, so, we do watch a lot of this in my house.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I don't think it's The Voice UK.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I'm going to say it's not Bake Off, I've just started watching Bake Off,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36the names don't sound delicious enough.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38So I'm going to have to go with Britain's Got Talent,
0:11:38 > 0:11:39please, Jeremy. OK.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I love your logic, you're taking a leaf out of Barry's book there,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45the wildest logical process of the night.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48The Great British Bake Off is the answer, though.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52So yes, maybe they didn't have very bakey names, but they were in that!
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Eggheads, would you give us any more info?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56They were series three and series four winners.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Right. Series three and series four winners, Natan.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01So, Barry has a chance to take the lead
0:12:01 > 0:12:03and here is your question, Barry.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Which of these EastEnders actresses was born first?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Ooh, goodness me.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Another EastEnders question.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17I've got a bad track record on EastEnders questions.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21I'm pretty certain Samantha Womack is older than Natalie Cassidy,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24but I'm not quite sure how old Kellie Bright is.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26I'll go for the one I know, I'll say Samantha Womack.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29She is the answer, Samantha Womack. Well done.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32So, he's taken the lead, Natan, which could be bad news.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Here's your third question.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38You need this. Who stars in the 2015 disaster film San Andreas
0:12:38 > 0:12:42as the helicopter rescue pilot Ray Gaines?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49San Andreas. OK.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53I think maybe the film is slightly too trashy for Jason Statham,
0:12:53 > 0:12:55which is saying, maybe, something.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I think...
0:12:57 > 0:13:02I don't remember Vin Diesel being in it,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04and Dwayne Johnson's in everything,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07which would help, if everything included this.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I think I'm going to go for Dwayne Johnson on that.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Team-mates, is he right?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- Yeah, we think so.- They like it. You're right, Natan. Well done.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18You're still in it.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21You've got two and Barry's got two,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24but he has a question in hand and here it is, Barry.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Which of these '70s movies was remade for TV in 2016 with a cast
0:13:29 > 0:13:32that includes Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Now, Chinatown...
0:13:39 > 0:13:42was one of my all-time favourite films, with Jack Nicholson
0:13:42 > 0:13:45and I don't believe that's been remade.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49And Serpico, I think, had Al Pacino in and
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I don't think that's been remade, but I'm pretty certain
0:13:52 > 0:13:55there's been a remake of Westworld, so I shall go for that.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Good quizzing. Westworld is the right answer, Barry.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58You've taken it, three out of three.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Sorry, Natan.- That's OK. I think I'll get over it, slowly.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04They do that, yeah. Just take it slow.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07And your team is not out of it, not by any manner of means.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09You won't be in the final, but if you come back to us,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11we'll see what happens in the next round.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14So, as it stands, The Potters
0:14:14 > 0:14:16have lost two brains from the final round.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20The Eggheads have still got all their brains intact and Barry is
0:14:20 > 0:14:21looking particularly pleased with himself!
0:14:21 > 0:14:23The next subject is Arts & Books.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Come on, you're all students, you're supposed to say, "Yes!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28"That's brilliant, that's what we wanted."
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- Who's going to...- Answer books?
0:14:30 > 0:14:32You're a better shout than me.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Yeah, because he can do Sport as well, and History,
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- so it leaves more... - Are you happy?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38ALL SPEAK AT ONCE
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Try your best.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- Anyone could've got the questions I got!- OK, Michael.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46So it's going to be Michael from The Potters, Arts & Books, against...?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48And you can have Chris, Dave or Lisa. They're all pretty clever.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- Lisa.- Yeah? I'll play Lisa. - Very good.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Michael from The Potters to play Lisa from the Eggheads
0:14:56 > 0:14:57on Arts & Books.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Michael, you were once grabbed by an orang-utan.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Yeah, this is true. I was in Malaysia when I was about seven
0:15:09 > 0:15:13and a small orang-utan called Tiger Woods mistook me for one of its own
0:15:13 > 0:15:16and came up to me and pulled me off into the forest temporarily
0:15:16 > 0:15:20and sat me down, looked at me very peculiarly and sort of...
0:15:20 > 0:15:23And then, fortunately, my parents came and took me back.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It does sound like the start of a book, doesn't it, Lisa?
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Yeah. I mean, I had a hat stolen by a monkey once, but, you know,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- that's not nearly as cool. - Arts & Books, Michael,
0:15:31 > 0:15:32would you like to go first or second?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34I think I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Here we go with your first question.
0:15:39 > 0:15:45Wilfred Owen wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum est during which conflict?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Right, now, I think there is...
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I think there's an obvious answer here.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57And obviously...um, one war, the First World War,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00is particularly known for its war poetry.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01I think in terms of the rhetoric,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I think I'm going to go for World War I, Jeremy.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Yeah, you're bang on. For some reason,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08the poets all did World War I. Not so many in World War II.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Well done. Lisa,
0:16:10 > 0:16:14in which century was the artist Edvard Munch born?
0:16:16 > 0:16:20I always think of Munch as being quite sort of contemporary.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Anything to disprove that theory?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I could do a full Scream impression while I think about it.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27That's actually quite good.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Yeah, my face sort of lends itself to gurning, doesn't it?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33On that basis, I will try the 19th.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37OK, that is the first time in the history of this programme we've had
0:16:37 > 0:16:40somebody recreate a painting inside the booth, so credit for that.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43You also get a point for the answer, because it is the 19th century.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45I think we were probably lucky it wasn't Rubens
0:16:45 > 0:16:46you were asking about, in that case.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48LAUGHTER
0:16:49 > 0:16:54He wasn't that far near the end of the 19th though, it was 1863,
0:16:54 > 0:16:55he was born.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57So he was well square in the middle of it.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Right.- OK. Michael.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Who wrote the Booker Prize-nominated novel Brick Lane?
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Is it...?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Right, Brick Lane, you said?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Brick Lane, yeah, Booker Prize.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17I'm being drawn towards Zoe Heller
0:17:17 > 0:17:19and I can't really give you a reason why.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I recognise the name
0:17:21 > 0:17:24and on the faintest chance that one plus one equals two,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I will go for Zoe Heller, please, Jeremy.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Lisa, you'll tell me the right answer here.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29It's Monica Ali.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Monica Ali is the right answer there, Michael.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36So, Lisa has a chance to take the lead now.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41What You Will is the subtitle of which Shakespeare play, Lisa?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Ordinarily, I'm very confident with Shakespeare.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Recently, he has let me down badly
0:17:50 > 0:17:52for a man who's been 500-odd years dead.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54400-odd years, sorry, Shakespeare.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58It's quite a feat. I think that's Twelfth Night.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Yes, Twelfth Night, we did it at school
0:18:00 > 0:18:02and it said underneath, "or What You Will."
0:18:02 > 0:18:03OK, so she's ahead, Michael.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05You've got to stop her.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09In the French novel Dangerous Liaisons,
0:18:09 > 0:18:11who kills Valmont in a duel?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Again, Dangerous Liaisons...
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Again, the name obviously springs out at me.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Unfortunately I haven't read it,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27I know nothing about it, which is obviously a shame.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Tourvel and Merteuil do ring a bell somewhere,
0:18:31 > 0:18:33which probably means they'll be completely wrong.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37But I associate Tourvel slightly differently.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43I can't really put a finger on it. I'm probably going to go with...
0:18:43 > 0:18:45- Merteuil, please, Jeremy. - OK, Merteuil is your answer,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47not an easy question.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49The answer is Danceny.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Michael, I'm sorry, you got it wrong.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Such is the way.- It was indeed a dangerous liaison with Lisa,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57who's in the final now.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58And if you come back to us,
0:18:58 > 0:19:02we'll have one more round before that all-important final.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08All right, they're getting close to potting the black.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11You've lost three brains from the final round, but, Daniel,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14any change of strategy, a different position for the cue, maybe?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Er, no, I think we're going to stick with a similar strategy,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20just hoping for some nicer categories.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Yeah, keep aiming at the same pockets. The Eggheads have not lost
0:19:23 > 0:19:26any brains so far and they're just looking as if they're the best
0:19:26 > 0:19:28quizzers in the world, which of course they are.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30The next subject is Sport.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- Who would like this? - I'm confident with sport.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Who do you suggest I take on?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38- Tom?- Is it Dave and Chris?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Dave or Chris are still left.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42I'd like to challenge Chris in Sport.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Oh, he's going to be happy about that, he's had a lot of sport
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- recently, haven't you, Chris? - I've had too much sport.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52Tom, from The Potters, to play Chris again on Sport, from the Eggheads.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Please, go to the Question Room.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- Tom, are you up for this on sport? - Yeah, I'm feeling confident.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Er, I've got football pretty well covered and maybe a bit of boxing as
0:20:01 > 0:20:05well. Hopefully, if we can avoid cricket,
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- I'm pretty sure I've got a good chance of winning this round.- OK.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- I like this man.- Good attitude and they're depending on you back here.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14They've got their fingers crossed, they've got everything crossed.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16So up against Chris, who has his moments.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I won't say any more than that.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20On Sport, would you like to go first or second?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Er, I'd like to go first.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26All right, here we go.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31Which footballer scored a record 260 Premier League goals before his
0:20:31 > 0:20:34retirement in 2006?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40I think my dad would disown me if I got this one wrong
0:20:40 > 0:20:42as a Newcastle fan, so I'll go for Alan Shearer.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Yes, and I can, of course, hear the Geordie in your accent.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Alan Shearer is right.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51He must be like a god there, is he?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- He's up there.- Chris, your question.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58In Test cricket, how many umpires are always on the field of play
0:20:58 > 0:20:59officiating a match?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01This is Test cricket, Chris.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Well, there's...one, two...
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Well, these days there's all sorts of additional umpires with Hawk-Eye
0:21:12 > 0:21:14and that sort of stuff, but on the field of play,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16under the laws of cricket, there are two.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18And two is the right answer.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21OK, Tom, keep your confidence, your question.
0:21:21 > 0:21:27By what score did the USA defeat Europe in golf's 2016 Ryder Cup?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Golf's one of my weak points, so unfortunately this is going to
0:21:33 > 0:21:35have to be a bit of a blind guess.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Er...
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I'll go for 11-5.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Team-mates?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- 17-11.- 17-11.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46You got it wrong, Tom.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Chris, to take the lead,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53which of these tennis players never won the ladies' singles title at
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Wimbledon?
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Well, Lindsay Davenport certainly did, so it's not her.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Sanchez Vicario...
0:22:06 > 0:22:10won it. No, no, no, no.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Jana Novotna did, I think.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17A Czech lass. So it's Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20It is actually Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. Well done.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22He's taken the lead, Tom.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25You need to get this one right to stay in.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30Danny Cipriani left Sale to join which rugby union club in 2016?
0:22:33 > 0:22:37It's a tough one. I'm not sure of the answer to this, either.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Er...something seems to make me
0:22:40 > 0:22:44think that Harlequins are quite successful, so I'll go for them.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46No, it's Wasps.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49So, sorry, Tom, you've been knocked out by our Egghead.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Don't worry, you went into that with such confidence,
0:22:52 > 0:22:53I was right behind you there.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Chris has done it. Chris, another round on Sport,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57another scalp you've taken on Sport.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- Yeah.- Do I say wonders will never cease or actually,
0:22:59 > 0:23:03does that not take account of your secret sporting knowledge?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05You say wonders will never cease.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06If you come back to us, both of you,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09we will play the final round for £8,000.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Now, Barry, you've noticed something interesting?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Yes, of the last three games of Eggheads we've played,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19that was 12 head-to-heads, we've only lost one head-to-head,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21and do you know who lost that head-to-head?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Well, I think I do.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- It was Kevin. How unusual is that?! - That's Barry's very modest way
0:23:26 > 0:23:29of saying that they are in storming form,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32so don't feel bad about what's happened here.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Four of you have been knocked out.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36This is what we've been playing towards.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37It is time for the final round.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39As always, it's General Knowledge,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42but I do have to ask those of you who lost those head-to-heads
0:23:42 > 0:23:45to leave the studio. So that's Natan, Tom, Michael
0:23:45 > 0:23:47and Joel from The Potters,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49would you please take your leave of us now?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Daniel, you're playing to win The Potters £8,000.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Lisa, Barry, Chris, Dave and Beth, here you are, all five of you,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00playing for something that money can't buy,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03the Eggheads' precious reputation.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07This time they're all General Knowledge.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11I usually say you can confer, but obviously you're playing alone.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15So, Potters, the question is, can you, with your one brain,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19destroy these five? And would you like to go first or second, Daniel?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Can I go first, please?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Good luck, take it slow and here we are.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Mike Hookem and Steven Woolfe,
0:24:27 > 0:24:32who were reported to have had a physical altercation in the European
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Parliament in October 2016,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39were, at the time, members of which political party?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45This is a good first question for me.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I know it's Ukip, so the answer's Ukip.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Ukip is right, well done.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Over to you, five Eggs.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Approximately how long does it take the International Space Station to
0:24:55 > 0:24:57orbit the Earth?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Well, my guess would be 92 minutes.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- 92 minutes.- Yes, we're all happy with 92 minutes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I think they watch about 18 sunsets a day,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10so it must be about 92 minutes.
0:25:10 > 0:25:1292 minutes, yeah.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- It's 92 minutes.- 92 minutes, yeah. is that our answer?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18We're going for 92 minutes, please, Jeremy.
0:25:18 > 0:25:2192 minutes is the right answer.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23OK, your question, Daniel.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27What are the main alcoholic ingredients of a Manhattan cocktail?
0:25:32 > 0:25:36OK, so my initial thoughts are not rum and Curacao,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40because I think that might have a more exotic or tropical name.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45My gut instinct is vodka and Cointreau, but I'm not confident.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46So I'm going to say vodka and Cointreau.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Vodka and Cointreau.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Let's see if the Eggheads know, because they have a lot of Manhattan
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- cocktails after we've recorded. - It's whiskey and vermouth.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Whiskey and vermouth is the answer.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59So you got one wrong there, Daniel.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02It may not be expensive, or it may be.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Let's see how they fare.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Let's hope they have a problem.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Which of these monsters from Greek mythology had 100 heads?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- Typhon.- Yep, Typhon.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Polyphemus only had one because he had one eye.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Chimera is half dog, half whatever.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Typhon.- Yeah.- Yeah, we're happy with the Typhon.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Er, Jeremy, we'll go for the Typhon, please.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Typhon is correct. I would have been put off by the poly there,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36but you weren't foxed by that, you clever Eggs.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40I won't sugar-coat it, you do need to get this question right,
0:26:40 > 0:26:41to keep it alive.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Who wrote the bestselling 1845 cookery book
0:26:45 > 0:26:48entitled Modern Cookery For Private Families?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I really...don't know.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01It's a terrible question for me, really, both cookery and books,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03so...
0:27:03 > 0:27:07I've never heard of Eliza Acton.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I've heard of the other two,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12so I'm going to plump for one of those two.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17With absolutely no logic whatsoever, I'm going to go for Isabella Beeton.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Isabella Beeton. Well, there was a Mrs Beeton, wasn't there?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- Is this her?- Yes.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23Was she writing in 1845?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- No.- No, she's a bit later.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- A bit later but not much. - Not much, no.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30The answer is Eliza Acton.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33So no way back for our brave challengers and I'm afraid we have
0:27:33 > 0:27:37to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Commiserations, Daniel and The Potters.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47I know that's a hard one, history, the history of cooking, basically.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- Yeah, it's terrible for me, a scientist.- It's not a good one
0:27:51 > 0:27:52for a young scientist.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- Thank you for playing.- Pleasure.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- Have you enjoyed it?- Yes, it's been brilliant.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Good stuff. Well done.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Commiserations as well to The Potters who go back
0:27:59 > 0:28:01to the pool and snooker table.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them
0:28:03 > 0:28:05and their winning streak continues.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08It does mean the challengers don't go home with the jackpot,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10so we roll the money over to our next show.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Eggheads, I wonder if you can be beaten,
0:28:12 > 0:28:14or even lose any head-to-heads any more?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I think maybe we've reached the perfect moment.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Join us next time to see
0:28:19 > 0:28:22if a new team of challengers can spoil it for them.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23£9,000 says they can't.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Till then, goodbye.