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 > 0:00:24Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit their wits against
0:00:27 > 0:00:30possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31They are the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Sizzling with quiz answers today?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- Yes.- And very relieved as well!
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Yeah, well, there was a lot of trouble in the last game.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Well, taking on our awesome quiz champions today
0:00:41 > 0:00:44are the Newbury Geeks. Now, this team all work for a
0:00:44 > 0:00:47telecommunications company in Newbury that deals
0:00:47 > 0:00:49with technical engineering.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- Let's meet them.- Hello, I'm George and I'm a project manager.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Tarryn and I am a travel and office manager.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Hello, I'm Nick and I'm a technical sales manager.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hello, I'm Sarah and I'm a technical writer.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Hello, I'm Steve and I'm a key account manager.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06So, George and team, welcome.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- Hello.- Hello.- Good to see you.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And it's all technical, is it, George?
0:01:10 > 0:01:11- Is that the key word here? - It is technical.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15We do radio-frequency optimisation, mobile phone networks, yeah.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Oh, my goodness, I'm lost already!
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Is that to do with sound waves?
0:01:19 > 0:01:23It's to do with radio waves and improving coverage and making sure
0:01:23 > 0:01:25you get a better experience on your mobile phone.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Oh, I see, so you do the masts and all the kind of drop-off, do you?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33We suggest tilts and powers and we have certain algorithms that we run
0:01:33 > 0:01:36that allow us to do this for the mobile operators, yeah.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39I'm sensing we could have a very strong team
0:01:39 > 0:01:40on the science round here.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I hope... I think so, let's see if it comes up.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45And of course other subjects as well.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Are you quizzers as well as technical people?
0:01:47 > 0:01:48I quiz reasonably regularly.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Some of the other guys, we don't, so let's see how we get on.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54All right. You used to live on the Mull of Kintyre?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- I did, yeah.- Next to Paul McCartney.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Yeah, so, he was my next-door neighbour, on the basis that
0:02:00 > 0:02:03his house was behind the hill that was behind my house.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05So he was not quite the fool on the hill, but he was...
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- He was there.- He was there?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Yeah. I used to see him knocking around in an old battered old
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Land Rover with Linda and the kids, back in the '80s.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Wonderful. OK.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Well, let's hope you can get this band on the run.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19As Barry mentioned, they have had a nightmare really,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23the last couple of games. However, they've won, that's the key thing.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27They've somehow just gathered up their resources and they've fought
0:02:27 > 0:02:31off two very brilliant challenging teams and it means there's quite a
0:02:31 > 0:02:34big jackpot today. So let me explain.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Every day we have £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39If the challengers fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:39 > 0:02:40the prize money rolls over.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43The Eggheads had a very smooth passage for a while and they
0:02:43 > 0:02:46suddenly got hit. They've come through it.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48They've won the last 16,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50so there is £17,000 to win today.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53OK. So, some serious quizzing coming up.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- Shall we get started?- Yes, please.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Good stuff. The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Music
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and you can have either Beth, Dave, Chris, Barry or Lisa.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- So, what do you think, guys? - I-I think...
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- you're up, aren't you?- Well, I think it's time to put myself forward.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- Yeah.- It's time to put myself forward.- OK, George, I know
0:03:11 > 0:03:12you have a collection of guitars.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- I do, yes.- Who looks like they don't own any musical instruments?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Gosh, this is a very difficult one, isn't it?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I'm going to go for Beth, if that's OK.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Good stuff. Well, I know you've got a trombone somewhere.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Yeah, and a guitar.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Oh, no, big mistake! - THEY LAUGH
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Two guitarists, OK.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31So, it is George from the Newbury Geeks
0:03:31 > 0:03:33to play Beth from the Eggheads.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35And to ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38please take your positions in our famous Question Room.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42So, do you have a collection of guitars, then, George?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Yeah, I've got about five, Jeremy, yeah.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48George, on Music, would you like to go first or second?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50I'll relax a little, Jeremy, I'll go second.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Ooh, don't relax here.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57It can end very quickly.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Beth, your question.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01A heptatonic scale is a musical scale
0:04:01 > 0:04:04that has how many pitches per octave?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Beth, is it...
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Well, hept...
0:04:09 > 0:04:13You get heptagons, heptagons have seven sides,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16so I assume that heptatonic would also be seven.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Seven is right. Well done.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Back to George.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24The word axe is most commonly used as a slang term for which musical
0:04:24 > 0:04:26instrument? Axe.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Well, I have five of them, so let's say guitar.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33That question was written for you, wasn't it?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Thank you.- Guitar is the right answer.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Beth, I'm thinking if it's an axe,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39it's used in a certain way, isn't it?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40We're not talking John Williams here.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- No, I don't think so, no. - We're talking proper Angus Young.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Yeah.- OK, your question. Who was the lead singer
0:04:46 > 0:04:49of the 1980s pop group Japan?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Morten Harket is the lead singer for A-ha.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Ian McCulloch isn't a name I associate with Japan.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I'm going to go with David Sylvian.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Yeah, you're absolutely right.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07And I'm thinking, Dave, you're going to know Ian McCulloch.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Echo & the Bunnymen is Ian McCulloch.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Echo & the Bunnymen is Ian McCulloch, yeah.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- We went down to Villiers Terrace to see what's a-happening.- Yeah!
0:05:14 > 0:05:17OK. George.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Are you an Echo & the Bunnymen fan or not?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- Er, spare us the cutter?- Yeah!
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- The Killing Moon?- Oh, absolutely, yeah, yeah.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25OK, here's your question, George.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28The American sibling rock group
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Kings Of Leon hail from which US state?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36OK.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Kings Of Leon...
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I'm familiar with the name and...
0:05:41 > 0:05:43I'm going with...
0:05:43 > 0:05:44with Washington on this one.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47So, Washington State, so up in the sort of grungy area,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- the Nirvana area.- That's what I'm going for, yeah.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Yeah, it's not, they're a bit more Dukes of Hazzard than that,
0:05:52 > 0:05:53actually. It's Tennessee.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- OK.- A bit more Southern.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Didn't we have a question, Eggheads, the other day to which the answer
0:05:59 > 0:06:02was the kings of Leon, but not the band? The actual kings of Leon
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- in Spain.- Yeah, in Iberia. - In the 1300s.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Alfonso the Slobberer. - That's right.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11The answer was Alfonso the Slobberer.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- How can you forget that? - One of the kings of Leon.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15We went off in an amazing tangent.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18OK, Beth, this for the round.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19You can take it with this answer.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Which of the following is used to perform the American composer
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Steve Reich's 1966 piece Come Out?
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Ooh, erm...
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Not a piece I'm familiar with.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40I'm trying to think of what sorts of noises you would get
0:06:40 > 0:06:42to put onto a piece.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Televisions, you would get static.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Tape recorders, you can...
0:06:47 > 0:06:49stop, start, squeak, squeal.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Film projectors...
0:06:53 > 0:06:56This is going to be an absolute guess.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00My first thought when those options came up was tape recorders,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03and I'll kick myself if I didn't go for it and it was correct,
0:07:03 > 0:07:04so I'll go for tape recorders.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Tape recorders is the right answer,
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Beth, well done, you're in the final.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10George, sorry, you were beaten by our Egghead.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11You've been knocked out.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Maybe we were too relaxed at the start there, we gave her an edge!
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Anyway, early days for the Challengers,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19please rejoin your teams and we'll play round two.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23So, as it stands, the Newbury Geeks have lost one brain from the final
0:07:23 > 0:07:26round. The Eggheads have not lost any so far.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And your next subject, Geeks, is Geography.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Who would like this?
0:07:31 > 0:07:32- Geography.- Geography.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Looks like it might be...
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Steve?- We had a couple here that... - Yes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39..fancied it. Which one of you...?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Steve or Nick.- I'm happy to do it.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- Go for it.- OK, that'll be me, then. - OK, Steve, our account manager.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Choose an Egghead.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- Anyone but Beth.- Chris, please.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50All right, Steve from the Newbury Geeks
0:07:50 > 0:07:52takes on Chris from the Eggheads
0:07:52 > 0:07:55on Geography. Please go to the Question Room now.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Well, Steve, you're a descendant of Edward I?
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Apparently so, yes.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I spent 12 years researching it.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Maybe I've made a mistake, I'm not absolutely sure.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Great-great-great-grandson, or?
0:08:07 > 0:08:0922nd great-grandson.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12When was Edward I on the throne?
0:08:12 > 0:08:161272-1307, I think.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Right. He could almost be an answer in a quiz, Chris, couldn't he?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Could be, yeah.- Yeah.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Steve, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25I'll go first, please.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32And here we go with your first question, Steve, good luck.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36The names of how many African countries begin with the letter A?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Oh, let's try and think it through.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49Angola... My mind has gone blank at this point. Erm...
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- I'll go with five.- Five.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Because you did us Angola, there. - Yes.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I guess Algeria would count as Africa, right?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Anything else, Eggs?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Can't think of any.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02We've stopped at two.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Oh, dear.- I'm afraid, Steve, two is the answer.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07OK, Chris, your question.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11The city of Vienna is located in which major river?
0:09:15 > 0:09:20Strauss wrote the Blue Danube waltz in Vienna, so it's the Danube.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21The Danube is correct.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22So, Chris is ahead.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Steve, try and pull back if you can.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- OK.- In terms of population,
0:09:26 > 0:09:31which city is generally regarded as the second largest in Spain?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Not been to Spain for a long time.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42I've never been to any of these places.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I'm going to have a guess at Barcelona.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Yes, you've guessed well. Well done, it is Barcelona.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Barcelona is the second biggest.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51So Steve, you're level with Chris.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53And, Chris, here's your question.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57The island of Naxos lies in which sea?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Well, it's off Greece, so it's in the Aegean.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Aegean is right, Chris, you're playing well.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Steve. Which of the following
0:10:09 > 0:10:12is a river that flows through Essex?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Braintree is in Essex, so I'll go with River Brain.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Yeah, you could have gone wrong there.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23River Brain is right.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26So, again, level, but with this one question,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Chris can take it because our challenger got one wrong earlier.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Chris, Shepton Mallet is a market town
0:10:32 > 0:10:35in which traditional English county?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Well, it used to be on the old Somerset and Dorset Railway.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42It's in Somerset.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45There's always the mention of a train in every round!
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Whichever it is, whether it's Music or Geography or Sport or whatever.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Somerset is the right answer, well done.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Your timetable served you well there, Chris.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56You're in the final. Sorry, Steve,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59knocked out there. That one wrong answer can be dangerous
0:10:59 > 0:11:01when they're in this kind of form.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Please return, rejoin your teams and we will see what happens next.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08OK, so, we've got a little bit of a run on the Newbury Geeks at the
0:11:08 > 0:11:12moment. What would be the equivalent in terms of telecommunications
0:11:12 > 0:11:13technology here?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- A short-circuit?- I would say we've dropped a few calls.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18LAUGHTER
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Had a slight power surge resulting in a disruption.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23But you can easily bring this round.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25You've lost two brains from the final round.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28A really good idea now to try to take two Eggheads out
0:11:28 > 0:11:29by way of revenge.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31The next subject is History.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33So, who would like History, of our Geeks?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- That's a tricky one.- That was going to be me, so too late now.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38History was my second.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I'll take a go.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Are you willing to take one for the team?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- I'll take one.- OK.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- OK, Nick.- Yep. - Against which Egghead?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49You can have either Barry, Dave or Lisa.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Oh, take your pick! It's difficult, this one, isn't it?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- Erm, Dave.- Pretty decisive, there.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Nick from the Newbury Geeks taking on Tremendous Knowledge Dave from
0:11:58 > 0:12:01the Eggheads, who I feel you've been busy recently, Dave,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03saving the day on one of our previous games.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Let's see what happens now.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Please take your positions in our Question Room.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10So, Nick, good luck on History.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Thank you.- I gather you met the Arctic Monkeys once?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Kind of by accident, on a plane.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16I had to ask if they were famous.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18That's why I'm not doing the Music round.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21What, they were sitting next to you, just being the Arctic Monkeys,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- were they?- Well, they were made a big fuss of on the plane and on the
0:12:24 > 0:12:27ground beforehand. So I bumped into them in the passport queue at the
0:12:27 > 0:12:29other end and sort of said, "Well, are you guys famous?"
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- I bet they enjoyed that!- I guess.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34And did they say yes, or did they say no, not really?
0:12:34 > 0:12:35They patiently explained.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36They were very gracious.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38And did you go back home and listen to
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor?- I guess I did, yeah.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I think my family were a bit embarrassed as well!
0:12:43 > 0:12:45OK, so, History, Nick.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47And would you like to go first or second?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I'll go first, please.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53I'm not sure I can guarantee
0:12:53 > 0:12:55an Arctic Monkeys reference in this round!
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Here's your question. Up until 1971,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01it was necessary to have a licence
0:13:01 > 0:13:04for which of the following in the UK?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I can't imagine needing a licence for a cooker.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13A bicycle seems a bit of a stretch, so I'll say a radio.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Yes, radio. Dave, your question.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Which monarch was the father of Princess Margaret?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Just make sure I get it in my head.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Obviously Queen Elizabeth II's sister,
0:13:28 > 0:13:32erm, so it's George VI.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34George VI is quite right.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Was he the one in The King's Speech?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37- Yes.- Yeah.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39So, level.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41And back to you, Nick.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47The Oregon Treaty of 1846 brought to an end a dispute between the United
0:13:47 > 0:13:49States and which other country?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55It's a little bit late to be Great Britain.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59It's a long time before that when the Civil War was on.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I don't believe it was Russia, so I'll go for Mexico.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Great Britain is the answer.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07There was a bit of a hangover post-independence, wasn't there?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Chris, you've got any idea here?
0:14:09 > 0:14:13It established the boundary between the USA and Canada,
0:14:13 > 0:14:14and mostly on the 49th parallel.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Of course, yes.- Great Britain is the answer.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Dave, over to you. In which year
0:14:19 > 0:14:22did 12 men go on trial at
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Buckinghamshire Assizes in Aylesbury,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28charged in connection with the Great Train Robbery?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Can you just repeat the question,
0:14:34 > 0:14:36just to make sure that I've got this right?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39In which year did 12 men go on trial
0:14:39 > 0:14:41at Buckinghamshire Assizes in Aylesbury,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45charged in connection with the Great Train Robbery?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47I've got to go 1964.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Yeah, but I thought that some of them had fled, but maybe...
0:14:51 > 0:14:55The Train Robbery was in '63 and they caught the people very quickly
0:14:55 > 0:14:57because they'd left their fingerprints
0:14:57 > 0:14:58all over Leatherslade Farm.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- Yes.- A couple of them had escaped before the trial.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06But again, people like Biggs escaped after the trial and after he'd gone
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- to prison.- I see, OK.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11So the trial came before the flight.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13'64 is right. So,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15he's in the lead and you need to get this one right, Nick.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21What name was given to the English Parliament from 1661-1679?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Er...
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Sorry, can you just repeat those years, please?
0:15:30 > 0:15:36What name was given to the English Parliament from 1661 to 1679?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39So, I don't think it was Cavalier.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41And that does sound like a long time for a parliament,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43so I'm going to say Long.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45No, it's Cavalier Parliament.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46That's the answer.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- Ah-ha.- So, you've been knocked out by Dave.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Well done, Dave, you're in the final round again.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Nick, you were beaten by our Egghead.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Please come back to us and we'll play the last round before the
0:15:55 > 0:15:57all-important final.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Eggs, I know you love your treaties.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03So it was the Oregon Treaty we were talking about in 1846.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Of course, Oregon is below Washington State,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08so it's not a Canada border issue at all.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10President Polk?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- That's the fellow.- That's the fellow, James K Polk.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17It was basically a dispute over the Oregon boundary between the US and
0:16:17 > 0:16:22the UK. And it was settled under this treaty and I think since 1818,
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Oregon had been jointly occupied by the UK and the US, so, there we are.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28A more obscure one.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Yeah, interesting to learn about that.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34As it stands, the Newbury Geeks have lost three brains from the final
0:16:34 > 0:16:37round. The Eggheads have not lost any so far.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Turn the masts up now.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Last one before the final and it's Sport.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Who would like this?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48OK, which of us is going to sacrifice ourself on this altar?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50You're probably slightly ahead on Sport.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- I'll go for sport.- Are you sure?
0:16:52 > 0:16:53- Yeah.- Tarryn?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Yep, I'll go sport.- OK. Originally from South Africa,
0:16:55 > 0:16:56very sporty nation.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Against either Barry or Lisa.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00So, one of the two on the left.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- I'll go for Lisa.- OK, very good.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06So, it is going to be Tarryn from the Newbury Geeks playing Lisa from
0:17:06 > 0:17:10the Eggheads on Sport. Just this round before the final for £17,000,
0:17:10 > 0:17:12good luck to you.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Tarryn, you are originally from South Africa.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16I am indeed, Jeremy.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Whereabouts?- Durban, on the coast.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20And do you get back there much?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23No, I haven't been back since, but I will be going back in August.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25So how long have you been here for?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- I've been here for three years, Jeremy.- Are you missing it?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31I am, I'm missing the warm climate.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Yeah, just, it'll be good to go back.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- It's a very lively place, isn't it? - Definitely.- There's a lot going on.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Yeah.- And fascinating politics and history and everything else.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- Lots going on, definitely. - Yeah. Lisa, have you been?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45I never have, actually, no.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Everybody I've ever known who's gone says what an amazing place it is.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50I've never made it out there yet.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Are South Africans as big on quizzing as Brits are?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- No, I wouldn't say so.- I don't think anyone in the world is!
0:17:56 > 0:17:58I don't know what it is about quizzing and the British.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02I think it's more people going to the pub, and that's what people do.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Yeah, it's social.- Yeah. - OK, well, good luck, Tarryn.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07On Sport, would you like to go first or second?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09I would like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15So, here we go. According to FIFA rules,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19what is the maximum length of a senior professional level
0:18:19 > 0:18:21football pitch touchline?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30OK, I'm just trying to convert that into metres.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32LAUGHTER
0:18:33 > 0:18:35I'm going to go over 210 yards.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39No, you're quite a way out there, it's 130.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41The conversion is roughly equal, isn't it?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- A metre's just a bit longer than a yard.- OK.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47But it's 130. But the bizarre thing about football pitches is that they
0:18:47 > 0:18:50are different sizes. This is the thing that people can't...
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Dave, can they? Can't get their head around.- No, they can't, no.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Other sports, you wouldn't dream of having pitches different sizes.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Tactically, for instance, they've got wingers,
0:18:57 > 0:19:02you want a wider pitch, so that you can get the wingers playing,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04but if you've not got wingers, you want to squeeze the pitch.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Right. OK, Lisa, your question.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11The first UFC, or Ultimate Fighting Championship,
0:19:11 > 0:19:15mixed martial art event took place in which decade?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Lisa, was it...
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I've never really thought about it.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26My inclination is sort of that it's a more recent thing.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30I really don't know, I've not got much to go on, I'll try the 1990s.
0:19:30 > 0:19:321990s is correct.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Well done. Very modern.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Very up-to-date. Just like you.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38- Tarryn.- Yes.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41The Iron is the nickname of which English football team
0:19:41 > 0:19:44that plays home matches at Glanford Park?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50This is going to be a totally...
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I'm just going to have to guess this one, as I'm more of a rugby fan
0:19:53 > 0:19:54than a football fan.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00I'm just going to go with my gut and go Scunthorpe United?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01All right, let's have a listen.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Team-mates, is she right?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- I think she is, yes.- You're right, it's Scunthorpe.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07They can now become your favourite team.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Lisa.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16In 1990, the Scottish athlete Tom McKean won the gold medal at both
0:20:16 > 0:20:21the indoor and outdoor European Championships in which event?
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Lisa...
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Tom McKean.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I might have him mixed up with somebody else,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35but I had an idea he was a long-distance runner.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38I'm sure it's a toss-up between the two longer distances.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41I'll try the 10k, 10,000m.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Anyone know here?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- 800 metres.- 800 metres is the answer.- Bother.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Bother bother. Here's your third question now, Tarryn.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51You're level at the moment.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Announced in late 2016,
0:20:53 > 0:20:58the route of the 2017 Tour de France was notable for having only
0:20:58 > 0:21:0136km of what?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Oh, erm...I should know this.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Can you just repeat the question, please, Jeremy?
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Of course. Announced in late 2016,
0:21:18 > 0:21:22the route of the 2017 Tour de France was notable for having only
0:21:22 > 0:21:2436km of what?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28I'm just going to go with mountain stages.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30It's individual time trials.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34So, Lisa, you have a chance on this question to take the round,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36and make it five Eggheads in the final.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41Which country does the tennis player Carla Suarez Navarro play for?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Argh!
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I couldn't remember if it was Argentina or Spain.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52I'm fairly sure it isn't Colombia, so that's a start.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Go on, I'll try Spain.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59OK, so it was between Argentina and Spain, there, was it?
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- Yeah.- But you hit the right answer in the end, Spain it is.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Well done, you're through.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Oh, so sorry, Tarryn.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- Oh, it's OK.- But they are playing well at the moment.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11You've been beaten by our Egghead. If you both come back to us,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13we will play the final round for £17,000.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19It is time for our final round.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21As always, it is General Knowledge.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24But those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:24 > 0:22:26won't be allowed to take part in this round, I'm afraid.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28So that's George, Tarryn,
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Nick and Steve from the Newbury Geeks.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I do have to ask you, please, to leave the studio.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37OK, Sarah, good luck here.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41You're playing to win the Newbury Geeks £17,000.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42- No pressure, right?- No pressure!
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Your team-mates are looking on with, let's say, interest.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Lisa, Barry, Chris, Dave and Beth,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49you're playing for something which money can't buy,
0:22:49 > 0:22:50the Eggheads' reputation,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and to see whether we might even get near £20,000.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55That doesn't happen very often.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01They're all General Knowledge and usually I say you can confer...
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Yeah, exactly, not possible because you're on your own.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08But the key thing here, Sarah, is whether you with your one brain,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11can take out these five in a famous victory.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12It has been done.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- I wish you all the best.- Thank you.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Do you want to go first or second?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18I'll go first. Straight in.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23All right, good luck.
0:23:23 > 0:23:29What word arose in the 1930s to mean a bribe given to a disc jockey to
0:23:29 > 0:23:32plug certain records?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Music, that would not be my subject.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42I haven't the faintest idea.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I've heard of all three terms.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Erm...I'm going to say kickback.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50No, it's payola.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55So-called payola scandal, or maybe that was in the '50s,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57was it, the payola scandal?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00I think it was, yes. Disc jockeys were being bribed to play certain
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- records.- Yeah, it was a particular DJ, I remember, in the States,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05who fell foul of it.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07OK, Eggheads.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09In the phrase, "In one's best bib and tucker,"
0:24:09 > 0:24:12meaning looking at one's most presentable,
0:24:12 > 0:24:17the tucker is a piece of decorative lace worn where?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Ooh.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Well...
0:24:25 > 0:24:26What a great question!
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Isn't it?- I've heard this phrase for so long, I'm...
0:24:29 > 0:24:31You wouldn't have a piece of decorative lace round your ankles,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- would you?- No, no. - That'd be stupid.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34I think it is a neck thing.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- You think it is a neck thing?- I think if you had it on your sleeves,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40it might have to be plural, do you know what I mean?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- Yeah.- Are we happy to go for neck?
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- Yeah.- I don't think there's anything we can discuss...- Yeah.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Well, it's surprising that on such a well-known phrase,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50that we actually struggled to see where it was,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53but we've decided, after a little bit of conference, that we'd go for
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- at the neckline.- What do you think, Sarah?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I would probably have gone the same guess and I would've done so with
0:24:59 > 0:25:02the vague feeling that I was wrong.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04No, but it's right, at the neckline.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06So, they're ahead.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Your question, Sarah.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12The reddish giant star Aldebaran
0:25:12 > 0:25:15is said to represent which part of the bull's anatomy
0:25:15 > 0:25:17in the constellation of Taurus?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19There's your science question.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Even better, it's an astronomy question,
0:25:24 > 0:25:26so I really ought to know it!
0:25:27 > 0:25:29I can see the constellation in my head
0:25:29 > 0:25:32and I can't see where Aldebaran is.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36So I'm going to guess the eye.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39The eye is the right answer.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Good save. Why is that a good question for you?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45I studied an astronomy module recently.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47JEREMY CHUCKLES
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- But they didn't ask me about constellations, you see.- Well, I can
0:25:49 > 0:25:52see how you can study for the whole of your life and not just
0:25:52 > 0:25:54bump into that fact, so...
0:25:54 > 0:25:57But nicely done. Eggheads, to take the lead...
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Willemstad is the capital of which Caribbean island,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05settled by the Dutch in the 1600?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Eggs, is this...
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- It's Curacao, isn't it?- It's one of the ABC Islands, isn't it?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- It's Curacao. Pretty sure it's Curacao.- Yeah.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- It's not Aruba, it's not Mustique. - I think Aruba might be Oranjestad.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Yeah, that's fine. Yeah, Curacao is fine.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- OK, we all happy with Curacao? - Yep.- Yep.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Well, this is one of the ABC Islands, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao
0:26:27 > 0:26:30and Willemstad is the capital of Curacao.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Curacao is the right answer.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34So, that's a shame in a way,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37because it would've been nice if they'd got that wrong.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- They are ahead now.- Mm-hm.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Don't get this wrong.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44I'll try not to, yeah! Thanks for letting me know the strategy!
0:26:44 > 0:26:47If you get it wrong... I'm just saying, if you get it wrong,
0:26:47 > 0:26:52the contest is over. Taken from the name of their commanding officer,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54which country's troops were known
0:26:54 > 0:26:58during the First World War as Byng Boys?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01And Byng is B-Y-N-G, with a capital B.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Byng Boys.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11I have never heard that used of US troops.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Not that that means much, but...
0:27:12 > 0:27:15So it'll be one of the others.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21And I'm just going to guess Australia.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23The correct answer is...
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Canada.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29So I'm sorry, Sarah, that ends the contest and we say congratulations,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Eggheads, you have won!
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Oh, Sarah, I'm sorry, but, well...
0:27:38 > 0:27:40- I got the science one right! - I was going to say,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I would've been in such pain had you got that wrong
0:27:42 > 0:27:44and I know you would've been too.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Commiserations, Newbury Geeks.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I guess in telecommunications terms,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52they are networked together rather well, here.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Their winning streak continues.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57It means that you won't be going home with the £17,000,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59so we roll the money over to our next show.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Eggheads, many congratulations.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Who will beat you?
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains
0:28:07 > 0:28:11to defeat the Eggheads. £18,000 says they don't.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Till we quiz again, goodbye.