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 pit
0:00:26 > 0:00:29their wits against possibly the best quiz team in Britain.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31They are the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Challenging the might of our quiz Goliaths today are Wights In Whites.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Now, this team have all worked for health and social services
0:00:38 > 0:00:40organisations on the Isle of Wight,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and through their common interest in cricket
0:00:42 > 0:00:45they formed the Isle of Wight Health Associates Cricket Club.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- Let's meet them.- Hello, I'm Geoff,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and I'm a brain tumour research professor.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hello, I'm Don, and I'm a charity worker.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Hello, I'm Roger, I'm a retired NHS procurement manager.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Paul, and I'm the director of a training company.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05Hello, I'm David, and I'm a retired project manager.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- So, Geoff and team, welcome. ALL:- Hello.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Good to see you. So it's cricket that brings you together,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- Geoff, is it? - It is. We play on the island,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17we come from various aspects of the health service, and so on.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19We try and play cricket as best we can.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24And you did once hit a straight six through a windscreen of a new BMW.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26That was on Corfu, on the island of Corfu.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31I used to take cricket tours across to Corfu, back in the '80s and '90s.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35I hit a rather large blow, straight through the windscreen of a BMW,
0:01:35 > 0:01:37which was owned by a German tourist,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39who came onto the pitch,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42remonstrating with the players and so on,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45asked to see the police, and the square leg umpire moved in and said,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48"Yes, sir?" And he was the chief of police on the island!
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Well, you should get more than six runs for that, I think!
0:01:52 > 0:01:54So, good luck against these brilliant Eggheads here.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56They are on a bit of a roll at the moment,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58which is in many ways good for you.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Are you quizzers, that's the crucial thing, Geoff?
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Not really, no.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04We're not regular quizzers.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05But you are knowledgeable people, I think.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Oh, yes, absolutely.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- Yeah.- Very important to front it here.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12It's a little bit of poker that goes on.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And your medical research area, Geoff, is the brain.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19I work on brain tumours, which covers a vast number,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21over 120 different types of brain tumour,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24from paediatrics through to geriatrics, I suppose,
0:02:24 > 0:02:25like many of us!
0:02:25 > 0:02:28So, yes, it's quite a challenge.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Good luck, Wights In Whites. Every day there's £1,000-worth
0:02:30 > 0:02:32of cash up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38So, Challengers, I can tell you that
0:02:38 > 0:02:39the Eggheads are on a real roll here.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42They've won the last ten games on the trot.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Barry isn't here, but he's been doing a sort of jazz hands move.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Not been particularly successful at it, it has to be said.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49He needs to work on it.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52He needs to work on his jazz hands.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56But it does mean that £11,000 is on the table for you to win today.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- Would you like to try?- Yes. - Oh, yes, please.- We would.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Arts & Books,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06and you can choose between Judith, Beth, Pat, Steve and Chris.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Right, shall I do that, then?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Who do you think I should take on?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I was thinking about Steve.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15I'll take on Steve.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Good stuff. So, David from Wights In Whites versus Steve from the
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Eggheads, one of our newest.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Just to ensure there is no conferring,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27would you please take your positions in our legendary Question Room?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29David, your interest is arts and books?
0:03:29 > 0:03:30- That's right.- Good stuff.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32And what do you like to read?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Well, at the moment I'm more into detective fiction.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Oh, I'm reading a bit of crime fiction.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39I'm reading some Val McDermid at the moment.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Who do you like?- Well, I'm reading Val McDermid at the moment,
0:03:42 > 0:03:43since I've come to Scotland.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46And obviously the Rebus books as well are good.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Yes, I end up buying lots of classical books,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51and then reading detective novels.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I'm sure I'm not the only one who does that.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Well, there's so much crime fiction,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- I think people love reading about crime, don't they?- That's true.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Do you have any favourite novel that you've read that's
0:03:59 > 0:04:01really gripped you?
0:04:01 > 0:04:05I think I remember more the books from my early 20s
0:04:05 > 0:04:06and adolescence.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08They seem to make such an impact on you, then.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13Books like The Stranger, Camus, and Sartre books, Iron In The Soul.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17They seem to really mean something when you're 20-25.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Absolutely. Those have all come up as quiz answers as well.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Good luck in this round.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Arts & Books, David, against Steve, one of the newest Eggheads.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27And would you like to go first or second?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I think I'll go first, please.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Here we go. Good luck.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38David, the author Roald Dahl died in which year?
0:04:42 > 0:04:48Certainly not 1950, and I don't think 1970, so I'll go for 1990.
0:04:48 > 0:04:521990 is the right answer. Your question, Steve.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Which of these is an avant-garde art movement, founded in 1916?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03I think, given the year, it must be Dada.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Dada is right.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10David, which artist said in his Turner Prize acceptance speech,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13"I think the art world had more trouble coming to terms with me
0:05:13 > 0:05:16"being a potter than my choice of frocks?"
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Frocks might make it Tracey Emin, but in fact it's
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Grayson Perry.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25It is indeed Grayson Perry.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27And to you, Steve.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30"Where's Papa going with that axe?"
0:05:30 > 0:05:34is the opening line to which classic children's book?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Yeah, I think it involves chopping a pig up, or
0:05:41 > 0:05:44something like that, it's Charlotte's Web.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Charlotte's Web is correct.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Or, as my youngest daughter called it, Charlotte's Website.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- Ha!- I realised the internet really had taken over everything!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55You're level after two questions, and we go back to you, David.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Third question could be crucial.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58The Doors Of Perception,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02from which the rock band The Doors took their name,
0:06:02 > 0:06:03is a book by which author?
0:06:08 > 0:06:13I talked about reading books in my 20s, and Aldous Huxley
0:06:13 > 0:06:15was one of my authors.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Aldous Huxley is correct, who famously wrote Brave New World.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22OK, Steve, get this wrong, you're out.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25"I count religion but a childish toy,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28"and hold there is no sin but ignorance",
0:06:28 > 0:06:31is a line from a play by which writer?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Oh, dear. Well, they're all contemporary.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40I'm going to ignore the obvious
0:06:40 > 0:06:46answer, Shakespeare, and I'm going to try Christopher Marlowe.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Christopher Marlowe is the right answer. So you're equal after three.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I'm sensing you've still got a bit
0:06:51 > 0:06:53of fuel in the tank here for us, David.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56So, foot on the accelerator, as we go to Sudden Death.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58It gets a bit harder, I don't give you different options.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Here we go. Which broadcaster wrote the children's book
0:07:01 > 0:07:06The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop, published in 2016?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11I think I'm going to have to take a guess at that, and...
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Do you know, I've no idea at all.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I'm going to say John Sergeant.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20John Sergeant. There's a bit of a clue in the theme of the book.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- Hmm.- Think of a famous broadcaster who has a connection with horses.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27So, it's Clare Balding.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Ah, yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31She branched out into children's books.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Steve, your question, you can take the round with this.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Which rock singer wrote the 2015 autobiography
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Reckless: My Life As A Pretender.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Well, the last word, hopefully, has saved me there.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44I'll try Chrissie Hynde.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Chrissie Hynde, who was in The Pretenders,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48is the right answer, Steve.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Well done, you're in the final round.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Sorry, David, you've been knocked out, just on a bit of Sudden Death,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54there. It was a bit sudden as well.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56You won't be in the final round.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58If you come back to us, gentlemen, we'll play the next one.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03OK, Wights In Whites have lost a brain now from the final round.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05The Eggheads have not lost any so far.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07And we move on to Geography.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Who would like this?- It's you, Don.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12It'll be me. Who am I going to do it against?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Don?- Choose someone for me.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- That's going to be me, I think. - OK, our charity worker,
0:08:16 > 0:08:17you can have anyone but Steve.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Can I take on Beth? - You certainly can.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Don from Wights In Whites is going to play Beth on Geography from the
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Eggheads. And once again, please go to the Question Room.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Geography for you, Don.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Would you like to go first or second?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31I'll go second, please.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36And here we go, Beth, with your first question.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Which small country lies entirely within the Pyrenees mountain range?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Sitting between France and Spain, it's Andorra.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Andorra is correct.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Over to you, Don.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Which of these UK cities has the largest population?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Ooh, I think Swansea and Aberdeen are pretty small,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06and Birmingham's pretty big, so I think it's Birmingham.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Your logic is perfect. Birmingham is right, well done.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11One each, back to you, Beth.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14The River Bann is the longest in which country?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21And this is B-A-N-N.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24I've not heard of it
0:09:24 > 0:09:27in Scotland or in Wales.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31My geography of Northern Ireland isn't particularly hot.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I'm pretty sure it's not Wales...
0:09:33 > 0:09:34I'm going to go with Northern Ireland.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Yes, Northern Ireland is right.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39There is a constituency called Upper Bann, isn't there?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Back to you, Don, to catch up.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Albany is the capital of which US state?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52It's not California and I don't think it's New York.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- I'm going to go with Alabama. - Team-mates, is he right?
0:09:55 > 0:09:56I think it's New York.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59No, you've gone astray there, it's New York.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03It's that thing where the capital is not the place you imagine.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04- Yeah, yeah.- Not the biggest city.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06So, New York is the answer,
0:10:06 > 0:10:08so Beth has a chance to take the round with this.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13The Great Blue Hole, described as one of the world's best places
0:10:13 > 0:10:16to scuba-dive by Jacques Cousteau,
0:10:16 > 0:10:20is an underwater sinkhole off the coast of which country?
0:10:21 > 0:10:22The Great Blue Hole.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28This would be right up my husband's street.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29He used to scuba-dive.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Great Blue Hole.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37That might be to do with currents
0:10:37 > 0:10:40and where currents go across and sort of
0:10:40 > 0:10:42circle back, therefore making a hole.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45I'm going to go with Morocco,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49thinking about the currents.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- The answer is Belize.- Ah!
0:10:51 > 0:10:54OK, Don, you can get back into it, but you have to get this right.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58If you get this wrong, you're out. The crystal-clear aqua blue waters
0:10:58 > 0:11:00known as the Fairy Pools
0:11:00 > 0:11:04are a famous feature off which Scottish island?
0:11:09 > 0:11:15I don't think I'm too sure on this one, so I will go for Sanday.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16No, it's Skye.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19You have been knocked out by Beth.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Sorry, Don.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Beth will be in the final round.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23You've been beaten by our Egghead.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Return to your teams, please, and we'll see what the next round holds.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29OK, team captain,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32we're in a game of cricket here where we've lost a few wickets.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34We're quite used to that situation.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35JEREMY LAUGHS
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- And you've won from that position as well?- Occasionally.- Exactly.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39That's the key thing.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Quizzy cricketers here, Wights In Whites,
0:11:41 > 0:11:42have lost a couple of brains.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44The Eggheads are all still there.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47The next subject is Food & Drink.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Who would like this?- I'll take that one, shall I?
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Who do we have for that?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52That was me.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53- Ah, Don.- It's one of you two.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- It's got to be you. No.- OK.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58I think I'm going to take that one, Jeremy.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59OK, Paul, are you a cook?
0:11:59 > 0:12:00No.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03It's Chris, Pat or Judith?
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Chris. I'm going to take on Chris, apparently.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10OK. Chris has done quite a bit of food and drink recently.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12And some quizzing as well.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Paul from Wights In Whites plays Chris from the Eggheads
0:12:15 > 0:12:18on Food & Drink.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Please, to ensure there is no conferring, go to our Question Room.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Food & Drink.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Paul, would you like to go first or second?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Here we go. What type of vegetable is a gherkin?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I think it's a cucumber, Jeremy.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Well done, Paul, you're right. Cucumber it is.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Chris, back to you.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50In a restaurant, what is the job of the sommelier?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58A sommelier is a wine waiter.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Wine waiter, he or she is.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Well done, correct answer.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04One each. Back to you, Paul.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Which of these cuts of pork
0:13:05 > 0:13:07comes from the leg of the pig?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I think that's the hock.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I'm going to say hock, Jeremy.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Yeah, you're playing well, hock it is.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Hock is right.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21So you've got two out of two.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22This is good. You maybe were disguising
0:13:22 > 0:13:24your food and drink knowledge there.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Don't know about that, but we'll see.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Bluffing us. All right.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Chris, which of these is a type of Hungarian red wine?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Not seen it advertised for some time.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40It used to be quite extensively advertised.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42It's Bull's Blood.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Yes, it is. I seem to remember this from my teenage years.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Bull's Blood is right.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Was it very cheap back in the day, Chris?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50It was reasonably expensive.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52It had a real kick to it, apparently.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54OK. Paul, third question, get this right
0:13:54 > 0:13:55and put him under some pressure.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Both of you playing outside your comfort zones.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03The potato cake known as the rosti is a speciality of which country?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Rosti is R-O-umlaut-S-T-I.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Umlaut meaning two dots.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I'm not sure but, based on that spelling,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16I'm going to have a guess and say Sweden.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Ah, I thought you were going to go Switzerland.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Cos it's got that sort of slightly German O.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Switzerland is the right answer.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- OK.- Chris can take the round with this question.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31Chris, what type of food is the dish spoom?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33That's S-P-O-O-M, Chris.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I have never heard of this in my life.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46It's not a fish pie, I don't think.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51The O-O-M part suggests to me it might be of Dutch origin.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55So...
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Spoom...
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Blood sausage.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Blood sausage, I thought you were going there.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I thought, I bet you choose the one that you fancy.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11The one you're feeling a bit peckish for.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I didn't think you would order a spoom.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- It's a sorbet.- Is it, indeed?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Yup, comes from the Italian for spuma.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Ah, spuma.- Means foam.- Yeah.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23All right. After three questions you're level.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It gets a bit harder now, Paul.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27We go to Sudden Death, and, as you know,
0:15:27 > 0:15:28I don't give you different options,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30but, well done, you've held the Egghead level.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34See if you can overwhelm him now with an item of food or drink.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Which herb is known as estragon in French?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Estragon. E-S-T-R-A-G-O-N.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46I wouldn't know, Jeremy.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I'm going to have to have a guess.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51And I will say...
0:15:53 > 0:15:54..parsley.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56No, tarragon.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58OK.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Here we go, Chris.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03What meat is the traditional filling in the American sandwich
0:16:03 > 0:16:05known as a Sloppy Joe?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08It's basically a hamburger, so beef.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Yeah, minced or ground beef is the right answer.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12Beef is the meat.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Beef is the correct answer and beef has knocked you out, Paul,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- I'm sorry.- That's how it goes. - Chris goes through to the final.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19It's not a crisis for the Challengers yet,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21but it's looking... a little bit sticky.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24If you come back, we'll play the last round before the final.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Wights In Whites have lost three brains from the final round.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30The Eggheads have not lost any.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33This is the moment, guys, this is it,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36the moment that the tenth batsman scores 100.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38CHUCKLING
0:16:38 > 0:16:40And it's sport, so I'm thinking that is good, is it?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Roger or Geoff?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- Yeah, that's me. - LAUGHTER
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Smile like you mean it, Rog.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Roger, against which Egghead?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49You can have either Judith or Pat.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50I will go with Judith, please.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- Very good.- I thought you would.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Roger from Wights In Whites is playing Judith on sport.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56And to ensure there's no conferring,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58for the last time, please go to our Question Room.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Sport, Roger, would you like to go first or second?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Here is your first question.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12The football team of which country defeated Wales
0:17:12 > 0:17:15in the semifinals of Euro 2016?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22It was Portugal.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Portugal is correct.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Judith, Turnberry is a famous golf course in which country?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Turnberry's in Scotland.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Turnberry IS in Scotland.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36One each. And back to you, Roger.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Who was GB's youngest competitor at the 2016 Olympics?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Well, it's not Tom Daley.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Katarina is quite a young athlete.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I think it was Amy Tinkler.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Yes, it was Amy Tinkler.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00How old was she in 2016?
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Anyone know? Beth?
0:18:01 > 0:18:02She's a gymnast.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04They have to be 16...to compete.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Bronze medal on the floor, I believe.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Yeah, she was 16.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Judith, your second question.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Which tennis player
0:18:11 > 0:18:16was fined 25,000 and banned for three weeks
0:18:16 > 0:18:20for not trying hard enough at the 2016 Shanghai Open?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Well, he's frightfully badly behaved a lot of the time.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Nick Kyrgios, if that's how you pronounce it.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Nick Kyrgios is right. So, level after two.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36And here we go, Roger,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38this can be crucial, as your team has discovered.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39The third question.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42James Haskell joined which rugby union club
0:18:42 > 0:18:44for the second time in 2012?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Rugby's not my greatest sporting subject.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54James Haskell.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57I'll go for Harlequins.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- Let's see, team-mates. Geoff and team.- Wasps.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Ah, they know it here.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Wasps it is.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06OK, well, Judith has a chance now, on sport, to go through.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09And your record on sport, we've been looking at recently, Judith,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- haven't we?- Yes, but we don't mention it in the middle of a round,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- do we, Jeremy?- Oh, yes, sorry, I forgot, that's your rule.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Yeah. Mustn't mention it. OK.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Barry Richards and Mike Procter played Test match cricket
0:19:20 > 0:19:21for which country?
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Oh, deary me.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Barry Richard and something Procter?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Barry Richards and Mike Procter.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Well, there was somebody else Richards in the West Indies,
0:19:35 > 0:19:36wasn't there?
0:19:36 > 0:19:37I wonder if it runs in the family.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40I'm going to say West Indies.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I see. Were you thinking of Viv Richards?
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Yes.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- Yeah.- It might have been his son.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48It's not West Indies. It's actually not Australia, either.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- South Africa...- Oh. - ..is the answer.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52So, well done, Roger.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56You've managed to get enough to go to Sudden Death here.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- Yes, yeah.- Press the advantage.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59You've got to get into the final now.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- I'm ready.- Get your firepower into the final.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Yeah.- Here it is, Sudden Death. I don't give you options.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Your question.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Which world champion snooker player
0:20:08 > 0:20:11is known as the Jester from Leicester?
0:20:11 > 0:20:12HE GROANS
0:20:13 > 0:20:14I can see his face.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I can't recall his name, unfortunately.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19I have to pass on that.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I can't recall his name, no.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- Shall I try your team-mates here? Team-mates?- I think it's Mark Selby.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Yeah. Paul has just told us.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Mark Selby is the answer. - Oh, yeah, of course.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Yes, yes, yes, yes.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Well, this is interesting, Judith.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Sport maybe not seen as your strongest subject,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40and you're on the verge of a place in the final now with this question.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44What nationality was the cross-country skier Bjorn Daehlie,
0:20:44 > 0:20:48viewed by many as the greatest Winter Olympic athlete of all time?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49I think...
0:20:50 > 0:20:52It must be Scandinavian,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55so it's either Norway or Sweden.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I think I'm going to go for Norway.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58His nationality is...?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- Norwegian.- Norwegian is your answer.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02He won eight Olympic gold medals
0:21:02 > 0:21:05and nine World Championship titles during the '90s and he is Norwegian.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Well done, Judith, you've won on sport.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Judith is actually the most capped player in sport,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I think, in Eggheads.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13I am the most capped, yes.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16You've won 10 of your last 11, Judith.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17- Have I?- Seriously.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Golly. Perhaps people will stop picking me in that case.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21LAUGHTER
0:21:21 > 0:21:22They may!
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Roger, sorry, you've been knocked out by Judith.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- OK.- There we go.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29If you return to us, we'll play the final round for £11,000.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Well done on sport there, Judith.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Thank you.- I know you often don't want to be picked,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37but it's working out well.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Well, oddly enough, it really is.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I mean, I'm more surprised than anybody else.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Maybe it's cos you're getting so much practice
0:21:43 > 0:21:44on doing those questions.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Well, I do try and read the papers and learn a bit about it.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50And your nickname prior to this was the Rocket,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52because you beat a rocket scientist on science,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55but maybe we should call you the Sport Rocket.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Well, maybe.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57I don't want to jinx it.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- That's the key thing.- No, exactly. I'm terrified of jinxes.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02I know, let's just keep it going as it is. It's going well.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05So this is what we've been playing towards in this game.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07It is time for our final round.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09As always, it's general knowledge.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:11 > 0:22:13won't be allowed to take part in this round,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15and I'm afraid it's all from the Challengers' side.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19It's Don, Roger, Paul and David from Wights In Whites.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Would you please now leave the studio?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Geoff, you are playing to win Wights In Whites £11,000.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Chris, Steve, Pat, Beth and Judith,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32you're playing for something that money can't really buy,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34which is the Eggheads' reputation,
0:22:34 > 0:22:35and to continue this amazing run.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40I noticed, I think you've only lost three brains in the last 24 rounds,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43amazingly, over the last few games.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44So they're on good form.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50This time, the questions are all general knowledge.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I normally say you can confer.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Geoff, it's a bit tricky when you're on your own.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57The question is, can your one brain defeat these five?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59And we wish you well. Do you want to go first or second?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01I'll go first, please.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06And here we go.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Where was the TV presenter and baker Paul Hollywood born,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12in 1966?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Well, I don't think he has a Sheerness accent.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Nor Scunthorpe. I'm going for Wallasey.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Wallasey's correct.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Easy one to fall down on, that, as well. Well done.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28OK, Eggheads.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32What is the typical gestation period for a pregnant camel?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- 43 months? That's getting... - Well, it's bigger than a horse
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and a horse was... A horse was 11 months, wasn't it?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45So a camel is about the same... is bigger than a foal...
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- Say 43, you'd have to... - That's an elephant.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I think an elephant is about two years.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50I think it's 13 months.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- It seems to climb as the animal gets bigger.- Yes. Exactly.- Yes?
0:23:53 > 0:23:54- 13.- Yes.
0:23:54 > 0:23:5713? We think that's 13 months.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Yes, I can see you're developing a new rule.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02The bigger the animal, the longer the gestation period.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04We're going to have a question at some point
0:24:04 > 0:24:06which completely derails you...
0:24:06 > 0:24:09but you're right on this. It is 13 months, well done.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10OK, Geoff, back to you.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13What is the official name of the MI6 building
0:24:13 > 0:24:16located on the south bank of the Thames in London?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Based on those locations,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I don't think it's anywhere near Whitechapel or Kingston,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28so I'll go with Vauxhall Cross.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Vauxhall Cross is correct.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Eggheads, Craig Logan was
0:24:34 > 0:24:37a member of which band in the 1980s?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Bros.- He is, he was the drummer?
0:24:43 > 0:24:44- Yeah.- The drummer from Bros.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- Oh, no, he weren't the drummer, were he? Guitarist?- Bass guitarist.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Oh, Luke was the drummer.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53- Yeah.- OK, so Bros?- Bros.- Bros.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55That's Bros.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Bros is the right answer.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59So they have two and you have two, Geoff.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02And this third question could be crucial.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03You're playing for £11,000.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Get this right, you may have to do no more today.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09What name is sometimes given to a type of hat
0:25:09 > 0:25:12similar to a flat cap but baggier,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16and often panelled, with a button on top?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24OK, I'm going to go with newsboy.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Now, I've got one of these at home which someone gave me for a birthday
0:25:28 > 0:25:30and I do actually love wearing it,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32although I look a bit silly in it.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I didn't know that this was a name for it.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35I'm pleased to find out.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Newsboy is the name.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38You've got three out of three.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40If you get this wrong, Eggheads,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42the contest is over.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Which of these is a word that means to carry someone
0:25:46 > 0:25:49by supporting them under the armpits?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- Well, oxter's an armpit, isn't it? - Oxter's an armpit.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57- Yes.- Is it?
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- So that's something to go on. - Oxter is an armpit?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- Yeah.- It's the only thing we've got, isn't it?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Yeah?- Well, that may be enough.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Yeah.- Hopefully.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08I mean, unless anybody knows,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10you can sit and look at them words all day, can't you?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Everybody happy with that?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13- Well...- We've got nothing else.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15OK. We'll have to do that.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18We're going to go for oxtercog, Jeremy.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Oh, you went very fast for that, Eggheads.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22A few seconds, wasn't it?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Oxtercog is the right answer.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26They never make it easy,
0:26:26 > 0:26:27and they are very good,
0:26:27 > 0:26:28and they're on good form,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30but you can definitely win.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31You've got three out of three.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32We go to Sudden Death, Geoff.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternatives.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41The word Stygian refers to which mythological river?
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Stygian is S-T-Y-G-I-A-N.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Stygian.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Yes, these were the sorts of questions I was hoping
0:26:49 > 0:26:52weren't coming up. Mythology is not my strong point.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I'll have to pass.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57You don't want to throw a name out?
0:26:57 > 0:26:58No.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01OK. Meat and drink for the quizzers here.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02- Quizzers?- The Styx.- The Styx.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04The River Styx.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05S-T-Y-X.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Your chance to win.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Eggheads, here's your question.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Which newspaper tycoon took charge of his first paper,
0:27:13 > 0:27:15the San Francisco Examiner,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17in 1887?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Randolph Hearst, I should think.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20It's the right part of the world.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Hearst?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24He's California-based.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26He's California-based. San Francisco Examiner.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- Is the date good? - The date's Randolph Hearst.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Yeah.- I'm thinking of Citizen Kane.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34We think we'll go for William Randolph Hearst.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38The newspaper tycoon who took charge of his first paper in 1887
0:27:38 > 0:27:40was indeed William Randolph Hearst.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43On Sudden Death, we say congratulations, Eggheads.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44You have won!
0:27:49 > 0:27:50And I know you knew the River Styx,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52but it's very hard playing alone, there.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- Hope you've enjoyed it. - It's been great.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56You've met them in good form,
0:27:56 > 0:27:58but it does raise the stakes, and that's not a bad thing.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02This winning streak continues.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04It does mean the Challengers aren't going home with the £11,000.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06The money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Eggheads, I'm wondering if you can be beaten.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09You're in sterling form.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Join us next time to see if
0:28:10 > 0:28:13a new team of Challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16There will be £12,000 to play for.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Until we quiz again,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19goodbye!