0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:24 > 0:00:28the show where a team of five quiz Challengers pit their wits against
0:00:28 > 0:00:30possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33They are the Eggheads.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Your shells going to give way today, Eggs, what do we think?
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Oh, no. We're rock solid.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40We'll see about that. JEREMY CHUCKLES
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Challenging our resident quiz champions today
0:00:42 > 0:00:44are Strip The Willow from Essex.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Now this team are all members of the Grand Ceilidh Club
0:00:47 > 0:00:48in Southend-on-Sea,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50so let's meet them.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Jeff, and I'm a science teacher.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Kate, and I'm a children's services practitioner.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Claire, and I'm a barmaid.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Hi, I'm Alexandra, I'm a preschool practitioner.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Hi, I'm Bob, I'm a retired technician.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07So, Jeff and team, welcome.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- ALL:- Hi. - Good to see you.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11You've made a long trip up to Glasgow, haven't you?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Yes, four and a half hours from London...
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- up to Glasgow.- Tell us then about the ceilidh club, Jeff.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Yes, it's a barn dancing group in Southend.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22We meet regularly every Wednesday evening.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25We really enjoy it, it's a really good social event.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28We get to see our friends, and lots dancing and music.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29And so we have some musicians here
0:01:29 > 0:01:32and I think they're called callers as well, is that right?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Yes, I do some calling,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36and Alexandra does some calling, and then we've got...
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Kate is a musician as well.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40The calling is, you know...
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Is strip the willow one of the commands?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45It's one of the moves within the dances.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47What exactly is strip the willow?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50You have a line of gentlemen facing a line of ladies.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- Yes.- You have a partner opposite you.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56You move into the middle, just the top couple only,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58you turn one and a half times round, right hand,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01and then you go left hand down the opposite line.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04So the men turn the ladies on the opposite line,
0:02:04 > 0:02:05keep coming back to the middle,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08turn your partner around until you get to the end of the line,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and that's strip the willow. But it can go on for a long time.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Depending on the length of the line, I guess.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I was in Pitlochry for New Year
0:02:17 > 0:02:20and I started at one end of the high street and people kept going on,
0:02:20 > 0:02:21adding on to the line,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24so by the time I got to the end of the high street, I was quite tired.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It was January 2nd!
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Yes, January 2nd.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Have you got that, Eggs?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31When we do strip the willow later, are you up for that?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33I've a feeling we might be do-si-doed here!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- Very good. - Well, I don't know, good luck.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Will you do some calling during this game maybe?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Yes, I think we will be.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41I think... OK, the team captain especially.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Good luck, Jeff and team.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:02:45 > 0:02:47up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51the prize-money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53So, Strip The Willow,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55I can tell you the Eggheads have been playing really well.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57They've had some games that were close,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59but by and large they have been triumphant.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02They've won the last 18 games,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04which means there's £19,000 to win today.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- Would you like to try?- Yes, please.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08OK, good stuff. The first head-to-head battle
0:03:08 > 0:03:10is on the subject of geography.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13And you can choose between Beth, Chris, Pat, Steve, and Barry.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- How about Bob?- Bob?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- OK.- You want to do geography?- Yep.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- Bob's going to do geography. - All right.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Bob, our retired technician.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Any one of the five, Bob.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24How about Beth?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Beth?- OK. That's fine, yeah.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28- OK.- Beth.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- And this is strip the willow now, is it?- Yes.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Bob from Strip The Willow versus Beth from the Eggheads on geography.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Well, I guess the key question, Beth,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44is whether we've sorted out our Southeast Asia yet.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Well, at least I know Belize isn't there any more.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Belize is not in Southeast Asia
0:03:48 > 0:03:50and Vietnam was constantly the issue, wasn't it?
0:03:50 > 0:03:55Oh, I'm just going to say Vietnam, even if it isn't an option.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57All right, Bob. Well, good luck.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58I know you went to Romania recently.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Indeed, we did.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Tell us why.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06My daughter invited me to look at salt mines, churches,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10and other such tourist attractions,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12and sweetened the pill by saying
0:04:12 > 0:04:17there's a steam work narrow gauge railway in north-west Romania.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Ah, that's your kind of thing, is it?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- Yes, indeed.- Well, it's Chris's kind of thing, too.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Have you been to see that, Chris?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I haven't been there but I've read all about it.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- Oh, right. - There's videos of it on YouTube.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28So Chris knows a bit about this at this end, Bob,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30so you've touched his heart.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33So would you like to go first or second, Bob, on geography?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35I think I'd like to go first, please.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Here we go with your first question, Bob. Good luck.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46What was the approximate population of Wales at the 2011 census?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Well, Wales is a fair percentage of Britain.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Percentage...
0:04:55 > 0:04:59The population of Britain as it stands is about 60 million.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02So I would think by saying...
0:05:03 > 0:05:07..it's about a fifth of the land area,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I'd expect the population to be about a fifth,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12so, Jeremy, I'm going for 13 million.
0:05:12 > 0:05:1413 million. You're 10 million out.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18It's something to do with the way...
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Well, I guess England is so much the population centre, isn't it?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24The correct answer is 3 million.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27OK, Beth, your question.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Mar de Hoces is a name for the body of water
0:05:30 > 0:05:34that separates Antarctica from which part of the world?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Well, purely from the language
0:05:40 > 0:05:43and your wonderful pronunciation, Jeremy,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I'll go with South America.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Thank you for that compliment.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49South America is right.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- You were tempted with Asia, weren't you?- Yeah!
0:05:53 > 0:05:56OK, back to you, Bob. Get on the score sheet now.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01The Cerne Abbas Giant is a figure cut into a hillside
0:06:01 > 0:06:04in which country of the UK?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09It's England. It's England.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Do you know whereabouts?- Dorset.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Yes. I've seen it in Dorset, yes.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15England is right. Well done.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17OK. Based on this,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20the next answer to your next question will be Scotland, Bob.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22We can see the pattern here.
0:06:22 > 0:06:29Beth, what is the most populated town of the Shetland Islands?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I used to live in the Orkney Islands, which is
0:06:31 > 0:06:36the ones just below, but I never managed to get up to Lerwick.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Lerwick is quite right.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39So, two to Beth.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41It means, Bob, you need to get this right.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Australia's third-largest island,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47after Tasmania and Melville Island,
0:06:47 > 0:06:48is named after what creature?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Well, they're all Australian creatures.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00I'm making the assumption that if there's
0:07:00 > 0:07:03two jumping creatures and there are other birds,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07it's got to be wallaby or kangaroo.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09A pure guess, wallaby.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Wallaby. Anyone know Australia here, of the team-mates?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- I think it's Kangaroo Island. - Yeah, I thought it was kangaroo.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Kangaroo Island it is, Bob.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21- Oh, well.- Sorry. Two wrong answers,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23very expensive for you, you've been knocked out.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Beth will be in the final round.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Well done. Doing better and better on geography.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Come back to us, both of you, and we will play round two.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34OK, Strip The Willow have lost a brain from the final round,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37the Eggheads are still all there, playing well.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39And the next subject for you, Challengers, is sport.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42So, Jeff and team, who wants this?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Sport.- Are you OK, Alex, on this, Alexandra, to do Sport?
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I know it's not your favourite subject, but one for the team.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51One of the team, I'll give it a go.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Yes.- Yay! Go, Alexandra.- Alexandra is going to take one for the team.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Alexandra, brilliant. Against which Egghead?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Chris, would you be able to do this one, please?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Oh, you mustn't ask him - that's a recipe for disaster.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04I'd consult with the higher powers.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Alexandra from Strip The Willow is against Chris
0:08:08 > 0:08:09on sport, from the Eggheads,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11which seems to happen quite a lot at the moment.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Please take your positions in our famous Question Room.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Alexandra, tell us what you do in the ceilidh club.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Are you a caller or a musician?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I am a caller. I call the dances
0:08:23 > 0:08:25and I occasionally may have made a dance.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Right, and you then say "do this" and "do that" and they all do it.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- It must be satisfying.- When it works it's very satisfying, yes.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35So apart from the command strip the willow,
0:08:35 > 0:08:36what are the other classic commands?
0:08:36 > 0:08:41There's do-si-do, swing your partner, promenade,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- I can't think of any others! - That's a good list.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46All right. So, I guess, for this round's purposes,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48take your partner by the arm, Alexandra, we're on sport.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50And would you like to go first or second?
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I would like to go first, please.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Here's your question.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01In January 2016, Nick Brett became an indoor world champion
0:09:01 > 0:09:04in which sport by beating Robert Paxton?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09I don't think it's bowls.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15And I've got a feeling, table tennis is calling.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I'm going to go with table tennis, I think.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Actually, that's wrong. I think the key word in the question
0:09:20 > 0:09:21is probably indoor.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23The suggestion that there's an indoor and outdoor version.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Team-mates, you got a clue here?
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- Bowls.- Yeah, bowls, cos there's no outdoor table tennis or darts.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Bowls is the right answer, Alexandra.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Here's your question, Chris.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36The Hawk-Eye ball tracking system
0:09:36 > 0:09:40was first used in cricket broadcasting in what year?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Well, it's a very recent and quite controversial thing, isn't it?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51So certainly not 1991.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57I don't remember it in 2001, so I'll say 2011.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Eggheads, is he right?
0:09:58 > 0:09:59I thought it was much earlier.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I think it must be earlier than that.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Earlier. Earlier, they're saying.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- 2001, Chris.- Oh, 2001.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06So, level.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Alexandra, here's your question.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Used in tennis's Australian Open from 1988,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17rebound ace is a type of which of the following?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Quite a while, then.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28I think it's... I'm going to go with ball, I think.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32It could easily be ball, but it's court surface, Alexandra.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Bit of bad luck. So, Chris, your question.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39What is the name of Middlesbrough FC's home ground?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Oh, Turf Moor's Burnley, Vicarage Road is Watford,
0:10:47 > 0:10:48so it's got to be Riverside Stadium.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Riverside Stadium is quite right. - Well done.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52So the first point in this round
0:10:52 > 0:10:54and you need to get this one right, Alexandra.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58In which decade did synchronised swimming debut
0:10:58 > 0:11:00as an Olympic sport?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I seem to remember watching it
0:11:07 > 0:11:11and pretending to do it while swimming in the creek!
0:11:11 > 0:11:13I think that's 1970s.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18I'm afraid it's 1980s.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20So sorry.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22So Chris has beaten Alexandra in the sporting round.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Chris, you'll be in the final. How about that - on sport?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- How about that?- How about that?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29And, Alexandra, return to your team,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31who need to start to come back now.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Bad luck there, Alexandra.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Actually, one of the techniques in synchronised swimming
0:11:36 > 0:11:39is called the eggbeater kick.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41You've been on the receiving end of a few of those!
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Haven't you, Eggheads?
0:11:43 > 0:11:47So, Strip The Willow, you have lost two brains from the final round,
0:11:47 > 0:11:48the Eggheads are all still there,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50and the next subject for you is arts and books.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Who would like this? - I think that's you.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- Something for you, Catherine. - That would be me. Yep.- Kate.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57It's Kate. OK. Our children's services practitioner.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Against which Egghead?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- Steve?- Shall I go for Steve?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- We'll go for Steve, please. - Very good.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Good luck. Kate from Strip The Willow, Steve from the Eggheads,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07please take your positions.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Kate, good luck in this round.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11- Thank you.- Would you like to go first or second?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I would like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19And here we go with your first question.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21The illustrator Quentin Blake is famous for his work
0:12:21 > 0:12:23with which of these writers?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31That would be Roald Dahl, Jeremy, an author who I grew up on.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33As did we all. Roald Dahl is quite right.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- And he's an amazing illustrator, isn't he?- He is.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41OK, Steve, which of these was the place and date of Rembrandt's birth?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Well, I know he were Dutch, so that's a big help,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53so I'll say Leiden, 1606.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Yes, spot on.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56It is Leiden, 1606.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59OK, Kate your question.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Rabbit Run, published in 1960,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05was the first in a series of novels by which American author?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I don't know this one, Jeremy.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I think it's not going to be Kerouac.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I think I'm going to go with John Updike, Jeremy.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Team-mates, is she right?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- Yes.- You are right, Kate, well done.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24It is John Updike.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26OK.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Steve, to catch up.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Which of these writers wrote only one novel
0:13:30 > 0:13:32that was published in their lifetime?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38As opposed to more than one, I'm assuming?
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Right, OK.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42In that case then, I'll say Oscar Wilde.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43And do you know what it was?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Picture of Dorian Gray.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Picture of Dorian Gray is the right answer.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Oscar Wilde is correct.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52So, level. This is a fun round, Kate.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Certainly is.- We're finding out a lot here and you're playing well.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Here is your next question.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Which was the first of Patricia Cornwell's novels
0:14:00 > 0:14:03to feature the character Kay Scarpetta?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08OK, so I know the novels,
0:14:08 > 0:14:12I think I might have read one
0:14:12 > 0:14:14with a detective Kay Scarpetta.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Don't know the title.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Point Of Origin seems to be speaking to me because it's about something
0:14:22 > 0:14:26beginning, and if it's the debut of that particular character,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29I think I might go for that one, Jeremy, Point Of Origin.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Postmortem is the answer, Kate.- Oh.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36So, Steve, for the round.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39The American artist Ad Reinhardt's work
0:14:39 > 0:14:43is most commonly associated with which art movement?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49The short answer is I don't know.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52I'm going to rule out impressionism, rightly or wrongly,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55and because I don't know, it could equally be either.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59I'll try pop art.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02No, it actually is abstract expressionism.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05OK, so it's level after three.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07How about that, Kate?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- Oh.- Did you think you were out there?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I thought I might have bitten the dust.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13No, you have not, definitely not.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Sudden Death we go to. Gets a bit harder now.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I don't give your alternative answers,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19so you've gone further into this round
0:15:19 > 0:15:21than any of your colleagues did in theirs. Good luck.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Here we go.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Which character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
0:15:26 > 0:15:30is the main romantic interest of Benedick?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33I think that's Beatrice.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36It is Beatrice. Really good answer, well done.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Sudden Death.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Back to you, Steve.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44The poet George Gordon Noel, born in London in 1788,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47was better known by what title and surname?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Well, the surname threw me a bit to start with,
0:15:49 > 0:15:51but I think it's got to be Lord Byron.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53It is Lord Byron.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Back to you, Kate, Sudden Death.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59What is the surname of Pa, Ma, Tom, Al and Noah
0:15:59 > 0:16:02in John Steinbeck's novel the Grapes Of Wrath?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I don't think I know this one, Jeremy.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06I think I might have to take a guess.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13I'm going to guess something quite generic, unless...
0:16:13 > 0:16:14it's maybe a..
0:16:14 > 0:16:16It might be a Spanish name.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20I don't know any common ones, so I'm going to guess...
0:16:20 > 0:16:22White. I don't think it's right.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24No, it's Joad.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26It's the Joad family going from, I guess,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28the dust bowls of Oklahoma to California.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Joad, J-O-A-D.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Steve, for the round.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36What was the name of the bemusement park created by
0:16:36 > 0:16:42the artist Banksy and opened in Weston-Super-Mare in 2015?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45It's Dismaland, Jeremy.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Dismaland is the right answer.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48You probably knew that, Kate.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- I did.- Sorry, knocked out by our Egghead, there,
0:16:51 > 0:16:52but you played so well.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Come back to us, both of you.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56We've got one more round to play before the final.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Well done, Steve. Did I have a memory that you had 10,000 books?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- Yeah.- Really? And where are they all stocked?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- Well, a few more now, I bought a few more yesterday.- Did you?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I've just got one bedroom devoted to them,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09so it's like they're reaching up to the ceiling now,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11so I really need to come up with plan B.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14And is the ceiling below bowed?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I try to avoid that room, to be honest.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17JEREMY LAUGHS
0:17:17 > 0:17:20OK. So, Strip The Willow have lost three brains,
0:17:20 > 0:17:23so this is, I suppose, in dancing ceilidh terms,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25it's where it's going perfectly well,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27then in the backline somebody falls over.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Yeah. Perhaps we need to rewrite the dance now.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I think maybe just even speed up the music.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- That will fool them.- Yeah, I think it's not what they expecting.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38The Eggheads have not lost any so far
0:17:38 > 0:17:41and the last subject for you before we play the final is music.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42That's good, isn't it?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- That's me then, is it?- That's good.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- That's Claire.- OK, Claire. Against which Egghead, Claire?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Who would you like?- Barry? - Let's go with Barry.- Try Barry.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52So Claire from Strip The Willow
0:17:52 > 0:17:55is going to play Barry, on music, from the Eggheads.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58And, for the last time, please go to our Question Room.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02So, Claire, you're a barmaid in Leigh-on-Sea.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Well, I actually work in a town nearby in Rochford
0:18:05 > 0:18:06at the Cherry Tree, yes.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Oh, OK. And the Cherry Tree, tell us what kind of pub that is.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11It's a kind of gastro-pub out in the middle of nowhere,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14it's a destination pub, it's a listed building.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16It's really quite beautiful, actually.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19And any famous people that you have served there?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Not in the pub, no.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23We haven't had anybody famous through the doors as yet.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Wasn't there Christmas dinner with Rowan Atkinson or something?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- Tell us about that.- Yeah.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31I used to work with Piers Fletcher, who's now the producer for QI.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I worked in the city with him
0:18:33 > 0:18:35and he asked me to help out at a friend's Christmas lunch.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37And when I got round to his house,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39it was Emma Freud and Richard Curtis's house
0:18:39 > 0:18:42and there were quite a famous bunch of friends,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45including Angus Deayton, Rowan Atkinson and Howard Goodall.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46What a great line-up.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48It was a cracking evening, really funny evening.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50That's like a TV show right there, isn't it?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52It could have been a whole sitcom, I think.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54All right, good luck in this round.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Music against Barry, Claire. Would you like to go first or second?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04And here we go. Let's try and get you through to the final here.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Lulu sang the theme song to which James Bond film?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Well, I know that The Spy Who Loved Me was Carly Simon,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Diamonds Are Forever, I'm sure was Shirley Bassey
0:19:18 > 0:19:20so I'll go for Man With The Golden Gun, please, Jeremy.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Yeah, brilliant work.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23The Man With The Golden Gun it is.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25With Christopher Lee, wasn't it, Barry?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- It was indeed, yes. - And Scaramanga and all that.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Here's your question.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Bye Bye Love was the debut UK hit single from which group?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Oh, I grew up listening to this group
0:19:40 > 0:19:42and I love their music to this very day.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44It was the Everly Brothers.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46The Everly Brothers is quite right.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Claire, back to you.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51The Heavy Entertainment Show is a 2016 album by which singer?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I'm not sure about this one,
0:19:58 > 0:20:03but I'm going to rule out Robbie Williams, I think, and Tom Jones.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04I'll go Ed Sheeran.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10His main ones have been the plus sign and multiply sign
0:20:10 > 0:20:11and all of that on the cover.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Let's see if your team-mates know this.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Kate, not your thing?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16- I don't know.- Barry, do you know?
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- It's Robbie Williams.- Oh.- Yeah.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Robbie Williams.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22He's always big on entertainment -
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Let Me Entertain You and all that - that's his kind of thing.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Robbie Williams is the answer,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29so Barry has a chance to take the lead.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Andy McCluskey is the lead singer with which band
0:20:32 > 0:20:33formed in the late '70s?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It's not Yazoo and it's not Soft Cell,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43it's Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Very good, Barry. Didn't know you followed them.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I've heard one or two of theirs.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I couldn't name any at the moment,
0:20:50 > 0:20:51but I have heard some of their work.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Oh, I love them.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is quite right.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Well done. OK.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59So, third question to you, Claire.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02You need to get this right to stay in.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06The 20th-century piano virtuoso Arthur Rubinstein
0:21:06 > 0:21:09was born in a city that is now part of which country?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I don't know this one, so it's going to have to be an educated guess,
0:21:16 > 0:21:20but Rubinstein sounds possibly German.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24I will go Germany, please, Jeremy.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Poland is the answer, Claire. Sorry, no way back in this round,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31so Barry has taken the round and will be in the final.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33And, if you both return to your teams,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36we will play that final round for £19,000.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40So this is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42It is time for our final round.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44As always, it's general knowledge.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:46 > 0:21:48are not allowed to take part in this round.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51So that's Kate, Claire, Alexandra and Bob,
0:21:51 > 0:21:52all from Strip The Willow,
0:21:52 > 0:21:56I'm afraid I have to ask you to please leave the studio.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Jeff, I know you're a scientist.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03- Yes.- A degree in marine biology and a PhD in lugworms.- That's right.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- Hopefully, that will come up. - I would love a lugworm question.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08We are overdue, aren't we, actually?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11You are playing to win Strip The Willow £19,000
0:22:11 > 0:22:12and your team behind you,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I know it hasn't quite gone to plan but, believe me,
0:22:15 > 0:22:16they are cheering you on.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Barry, Steve, Pat, Chris and Beth,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn -
0:22:24 > 0:22:26they are all general knowledge.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30I usually say you may confer, but obviously that's a bit difficult!
0:22:30 > 0:22:31The real question here, Jeff,
0:22:31 > 0:22:36is whether your one brain can take down these five mega-brains.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39It can be done, it's been done relatively recently.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Would you like to go first or second?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47OK. Here we go, good luck.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51In the TV sitcom Only Fools And Horses,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53what was the name of Boycie's wife?
0:22:57 > 0:23:02Right, well, in Only Fools And Horses, I haven't heard of...
0:23:02 > 0:23:05They are probably in it, Raquel and Cassandra, but Marlene,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08it's a long time since I've watched it,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Marlene does ring a bell so I'll go for Marlene.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Marlene is right.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Well done. That would be an easy one to go wrong on.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- The other two names are in it as well.- Right.- OK, Eggheads.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Edward is the real first name of which children's character?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Winnie-the-Pooh.- I think he's Edward Pooh.- Edward Bear.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Yeah?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32We think that's Winnie-the-Pooh.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Winnie-the-Pooh is quite right.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37OK. Level. £19,000 we're playing for.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Jeff, you can do this.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Here's your question. Malcolm Campbell broke the land speed record
0:23:43 > 0:23:46for the first time in which decade?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I'm just wondering whether they were doing that land speed record
0:23:53 > 0:23:55out in Arizona. Would it have been out there?
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Now I need to work out when he actually lived.
0:24:00 > 0:24:031960s seems a little bit late to me.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Whether it's the 1920s or the 1940s.
0:24:07 > 0:24:081960s is too late.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Certainly a lot of racing going on in the 1920s.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Malcolm Campbell...
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Let's go for the 1920s.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Malcolm Campbell, when he broke the land speed record,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21he touched 146mph,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24he did it in the UK, but he did it in the 1920s,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26so you are absolutely right. Well done.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29OK. Eggheads, your question to catch up.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32What was the medieval trebuchet designed to do?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Fire projectiles.- Yeah, massive...
0:24:38 > 0:24:40It was time to get out of the way.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43It was a giant catapult that fired projectiles.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46It did fire projectiles, you're right.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49No signs so far of them breaking into a sweat, is there?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I didn't think they'd get that one wrong.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53No, that's the kind of word they love.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55They sometimes just throw it into conversation!
0:24:55 > 0:24:58So your third question, get this one right and, who knows,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00you may not have to do any more work today.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03£19,000 we're playing for, big jackpot.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05So, Jeff, here is your question.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Samuel Morse's famous 1844 telegraph message
0:25:10 > 0:25:14was sent on a line connecting which two cities?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22There's the famous one about catching a criminal.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26I can't remember whether that's connected to that,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28but he was on the ship, wasn't he,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31going to America and they had to cable back and arrested him?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34I don't think that is going to be that one.
0:25:34 > 0:25:40Samuel Morse, I need to think about where he was from.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Morse code. Morse code, then.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Aberdeen and Edinburgh... So, Morse,
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Edinburgh and Aberdeen is about 50 miles apart, Paris and Lille,
0:25:51 > 0:25:56that's French, France and Belgium. Washington DC and Baltimore,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59that's a bit further apart.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Um... Tricky.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04We'll go for the Scottish connection, I think,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11I think the murderer you're referring to was Dr Crippen
0:26:11 > 0:26:13but I'm not sure when that was.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- That was 1910. - 1910, so it's much later.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21Was this sent inside France or Scotland or the USA?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Let us see. Eggheads, do you know?
0:26:23 > 0:26:27- Washington and Baltimore.- It's Washington DC and Baltimore.- OK.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Jeff...- The message he sent was, "What God hath wrought?"
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- He was American, was he?- Mm-hm.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36So once you know he is American, then you can go to the cities.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39So, Eggheads, with this answer you can take it.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41What is the traditional starting point for the
0:26:41 > 0:26:44London to Brighton Veteran Car Run?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Hyde Park.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50No arguing with that.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53I'm not arguing with you, Chris.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- Hyde Park, yeah?- Hyde Park. - We think that's Hyde Park.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Chris, you were straight there. You've seen it start, have you?
0:27:00 > 0:27:04I've seen Genevieve umpteen times on the telly.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- She one of the cars, is she?- Yeah.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08If you've got this right, the contest is over.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11And they are playing very, very well.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Three questions in the final round, Eggheads, three correct answers,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Hyde Park is the answer.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won!
0:27:25 > 0:27:29And the message that Samuel Morse sent, you're very nearly there,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Barry, "What hath God wrought?"
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- I got the two words transposed. - Yeah. You were pretty much there.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38That's how they are playing at the moment, I'm afraid.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I almost feel like I should apologise.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43But the thing is, the jackpot is high and that's the joy of the game.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Yes.- Jeff, well done. Sorry about Samuel Morse.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Yes. If I'd known the nationality, I would've have got it right, I think.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Well, you never sent an SOS out during that round.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57You played well. In the end, they've just edged it, these Eggheads,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59as they tend to do. They've done what comes naturally to them.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02This winning streak continues.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Barry, I think we need the jazz hands.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Oh, last time, then!
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Woo-ooo!
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Well, it marks the moment where we go into a £20,000 jackpot.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15It does mean the Challengers don't go home with the £19,000,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18we roll the money over to the next show.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19Eggheads, who will beat you?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers have the brains
0:28:22 > 0:28:26to defeat the Eggheads, with £20,000 to play for.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28This is getting exciting.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Till then, goodbye.