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 > 0:00:14arguably 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 > 0:00:31possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain - they are the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Here they are, and very present.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- Yes.- Very alive.- Yes, we are.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Yeah. Full of beans!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Taking on the might of our quiz goliaths today are the Stour Brains,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44from the West Midlands. Now, most of this team hail from Stourbridge,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47and occasionally quiz together at pubs around the town.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Let's meet them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Hi, my name is Lisa and I'm a financial administrator.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Martin, I'm a financial adviser.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi, my name is Andy and I'm a forensic analyst.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Hi, my name is Matt and I'm an accounts manager.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hi, my name is Ken and I'm a retired managing director.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04So, Lisa and team, welcome.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Hiya.- Hi.- Hi.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Tell us about the Stour Brains. What is the name from?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Erm, it's from where we're all currently located, in Stourbridge.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Some of us have moved around, but that's where we're all settled.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18OK, and do you quiz together or you just hang out together?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Er, bit of both, we go to a couple of various pubs
0:01:21 > 0:01:23around the area of Stourbridge - there's a fair few.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Lovely. Well, tell us about Stourbridge, what's it like?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Erm, it's a nice little town.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31There's lots of places to drink, they have their own breweries,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33a couple of different pubs round there. So, yeah.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36So, some of you have never been...
0:01:36 > 0:01:38lived anywhere other than Stourbridge, is that right?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- Or...?- I'm from Southampton.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- You moved there. - Yeah, I'm from Southampton.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43OK. All right.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46But by and large, we're Stourbridge-based.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- Yep.- We're a bit quizzy, and we're also, Lisa, The Walking Dead,
0:01:49 > 0:01:50- is that right? - Oh, yes, very much so.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- Tell me about that. - Oh, I love it, absolutely love it.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Do you really?- Yeah, watch it every week. It gets to nine o'clock
0:01:55 > 0:01:57and that's it, everything's got to stop for that.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59And that's the Morrissey actor, isn't it, what's his name?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02David Morrissey, that's Matt's favourite.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- He's in it, right? - Yeah. Well, he was.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Spoiler!- Oh! LAUGHTER
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Has something bad happened?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- A while ago, yeah. - Oh, dear, I should know that!
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Anyone else a Walking Dead fan here?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Watched a few.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Yes, a couple.- Seen some of it.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16But you've been to conventions and things like that.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Oh, yeah, I've met half of them, yeah, yeah.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Yeah. I need to catch up with this.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24All right, well, I hope you can turn this lot into the walking injured,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28at the very least, and win the jackpot! Good luck.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs
0:02:31 > 0:02:34for our Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36the prize money rolls over to our next show.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38So, Stour Brains,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42the Eggheads are really playing so well at the moment.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44They've won 21 on the trot.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48It means £22,000 is here for you to win - would you like to try?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49- Absolutely.- All right, good stuff.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Well, I'm glad I'm offering a good jackpot today. I wish you well.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Science.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Lisa, you can choose Judith or Steve, Kevin, Pat or Dave.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Mmm. Right.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Who wants this?- Science...
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- I think you should take this. - That's going to have to be you.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- That's pretty obvious. - That's our forensic scientist.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11OK, forensic scientist, that sounds very promising.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Andy, against any one of the five here.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Is there any preference on the one people are taking?
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- I don't mind Steve, or Judith or...? - Yeah, maybe try the new one, Steve.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Steve, yeah.- Yep, I'd like to take on Steve, please.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26OK. Andy from Stour Brains taking on Steve from the Eggheads on Science.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29And to ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions
0:03:29 > 0:03:32in our legendary Question Room.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Andy, I'm thinking you're quite well-equipped for Science
0:03:35 > 0:03:36because you are a forensic scientist.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39I am indeed, yep. Hopefully this is up my street.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42And you also brew your own beer, which I think is sciency.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Yeah, science-based.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Yeah, certainly not related to Arts & Books at all.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- No, not my subject! - And in terms of your forensics,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51is that for the police or somebody else?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Bit of police, mainly coroners' work at the moment.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55So, looking for clues?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Mainly drug testing, trying to work out causes of death.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Wow! So you spend a lot of time looking through a microscope?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05It's very analytical-based, but not quite microscopes, no, very...
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Chromatography-based equipment, if that makes any sense.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10It does - does it make any sense to you, Steve?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I understood the first few words, and after that, I... You know.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Well, you've done well on Science, Steve.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19We reckon you've done six Science rounds and won all six.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Kiss of death springs to mind, Jeremy.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Yep, that's one possibility.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27At some point you will come off the rails, but you're playing well.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28- Thank you.- OK.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30So, Science, Andy, against Steve -
0:04:30 > 0:04:32and would you like to go first or second?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I would like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Here we go.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Nuclear fusion takes place at the core of which body
0:04:42 > 0:04:43in our solar system?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50OK, so... Erm, I think being...
0:04:51 > 0:04:56..the centre of the solar system, and a great mass of energy,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I think my answer is going to be the sun.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00The sun is correct, Andy, well done.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Steve, your first question.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03In December 2015,
0:05:03 > 0:05:07the announcement of the verification of the discoveries of four
0:05:07 > 0:05:12new chemical elements brought the total number discovered
0:05:12 > 0:05:14to how many at that point?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Yeah, I thought for a minute we were going to have something really
0:05:20 > 0:05:23horrible and have them all close together but it's 118.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Is that basically the number in the periodic table?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26I've got to assume so, yeah.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28I mean, they are creating them all the time,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31but I think that's where we're up to at the moment.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34So, Eggheads, the periodic table is in flux a bit, is it?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- It's moving, changing? - It does change, yes.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Things are added to it, yeah.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41How often do they find a new thing?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- It varies.- Whenever. - Every ten years?- Any time.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Couple of weeks?- You might go decades without anything new,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- and then... - They come at once, like buses.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Interesting. OK, 118 is the answer.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55It's equal.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Andy, back to you.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Which of an aircraft's control services is usually located
0:06:00 > 0:06:02on the vertical part of its tail?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07OK, I'm pretty confident on this one
0:06:07 > 0:06:09so I'll go straight down the middle with rudder.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Yeah, rudder's right, well done. - Thank you.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Steve, your question.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18How many bones called phalanges does a human have inside each hand?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Each hand.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28Right, they're not as well spaced this time.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Phalanges...
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Well, if I can... If I've got a normal hand, and I can count...
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I'm not doing anything really stupid, I'm assuming...
0:06:39 > 0:06:41That must be 14.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43What are you counting exactly?
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Sort of joints in my fingers.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Oh, I see. So each finger is three bones, is it?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Yeah, and then you've got two in your thumb.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52So that's...
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Well, it's 14 with my maths, but...
0:06:54 > 0:06:57You're going to spring something horrible on me now, aren't you?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- 14's right.- Good.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Well done. So, Andy, you can, if you need to,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03count parts of your body for this round.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Here's your question. The Asian mammal called the gaur
0:07:08 > 0:07:10has which alternative name?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Spelt G-A-U-R.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Gaur. OK, Jeremy...
0:07:19 > 0:07:23I'm not particularly confident on this answer, so...
0:07:25 > 0:07:27..it's going to have to be a complete guess.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I'm going to go straight down the middle with rhinoceros, please.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Steve, is he right? - I think it's a bison.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35It's an Indian bison.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36So, Steve has the chance to take the round.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I know that's not a forensics question, Andy,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41so outside of your comfort zone, there, wasn't it?
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Yeah, just a little bit.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Unless you've had bisons wandering around your lab,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46but that's unlikely.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48No, not biology. That's not my strong point.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49No, I understand.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Science is very wide.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Steve, for the round.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Which of these spacecraft was the first to achieve
0:07:55 > 0:07:56a soft landing on the moon?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I'm not sure.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07I think they're all probably correct names of space probes.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I mean, there's one that's leaping out.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Whether it's a red herring, I'm not sure.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15I'm just... I'm a bit worried about Zond 5.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I don't think it's Ranger 4.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20But I'm going to say Luna 9.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22If you've got this right, you're in the final round, Steve,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24and you've made it seven out of seven.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- Eggheads, is he right?- Yes.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Yes, you are right, they all agree.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Luna 9 it is. Sorry, Andy.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Tough old round, Science, isn't it?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Yeah, that's the way they fall. - That's the way they fall.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Early days for the Challengers.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Andy's been knocked out, Steve is in the final.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Return to us, please, and rejoin your teams.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43So, mention of Luna 9 there -
0:08:43 > 0:08:47anyone know the last time we got a message from Luna 9?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Yesterday.- No.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53So, the last message it sent was the 6th February 1966.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Oh, I was going to say... - No. Coincidently,
0:08:56 > 0:09:00the 6th February 1966 is the birthday of Rick Astley.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- There's got to be a link there. - What's that got to do with the moon?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Last message on the day Rick Astley was born.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Who knows? Just saying.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09It's like a plotline from The Walking Dead, this, isn't it?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11They are, anyway. As it stands,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Stour Brains have lost one brain from the final round.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15The Eggheads are still sitting there.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17And they've played so well in recent games,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19we've got to break their rhythm somehow.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21OK, so send in your best quizzer next.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22The next subject to Sport.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Who would like this, Lisa, Sport?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Are we going to go for Ken? - You prefer that one, Ken?- Yeah.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Happy with that?- Yeah.- Ken. - It's going to be Ken on the end.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33OK, against which Egghead?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Certainly not Dave.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Dave's pretty good. I mean, they're all...
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Judith, I think.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41OK. Have you found the weak link?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Well, Judith's played well in Sport recently, haven't you?
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Yes, but don't say so!
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I'm not going to say any more about it.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Ken from the Stour Brains is taking on Judith,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52just hoping to knock a hole in the wall here.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- So, Ken, you're a quizzer? - Occasionally.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01And Sport is your thing?
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Yes. Well, some sports, we'll see.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Golf, tennis, football...?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Yeah, football. - Any more minority sports?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- No, not really. - Judith, how about you?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Any sports you enjoy that are not mainstream?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17No, not really.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18I have to say no.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- Elephant polo?- Oh, yes!
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Do you know the Scottish win elephant polo the most?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26You see, I knew... And you've got a thing about it, haven't you?
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Well, it's fascinating, isn't it?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30It must be the slowest game ever, and it's played...
0:10:31 > 0:10:34..high up in Nepal or something.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36And it's the Scottish who win.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Wonderful. Ken, have you ever seen elephant polo in action?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41No, can't say I have.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44All right. Well, would you like to go first or second on Sport?
0:10:44 > 0:10:45First, please, Jeremy.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50OK, Ken.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54In golf, which of these words is an alternative term for a bunker?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Well, I've been in many of them myself.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03And that would be a sand trap.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Yeah, very good, sand trap it is.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08OK, Judith, your question.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09In Formula 1,
0:11:09 > 0:11:13which team has won the Constructors' World Championship
0:11:13 > 0:11:14on the most occasions?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Erm, I'm going to say Mercedes.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Oh, dear, expression of pain from Dave. Dave?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- It's Ferrari.- Ferrari!
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Ferrari. Well, I mean, earlier on, Ferrari was the top.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Right, Ken, game on, as they say.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Here's your question. In 1979, which tennis player
0:11:40 > 0:11:45won the women's singles title at the US Open when she was 16 years old?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I don't know exactly. I would rule out...
0:11:54 > 0:11:56..Helena Sukova.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59I'll pump for Tracy Austin.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Eggheads, is he right?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Yes.- Yes, you are. Tracy Austin is correct.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04So you've pulled into the lead there.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07And, Judith, you must get this one right.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10In 40 matches between 1905 and 2014,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14on how many occasions did the England rugby union team
0:12:14 > 0:12:16defeat the All Blacks?
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Well, I think it was fairly seldom.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25But I... It must be more than two.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Erm, I should think probably... Let's say seven.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Seven is right. Seven out of 40, that's amazing.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- Yeah, very few.- Very few indeed.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39All right, your third question, Ken. Get this right,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41you're in the final round. Keep it steady.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Since the 1960s, which of these Italian football matches
0:12:45 > 0:12:49has become known as the Derby d'Italia?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58This for the round.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Well, I don't know exactly.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05No obvious clue.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I would say, because of their relative success,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11I would choose Juventus versus Internazionale.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Let's check with Dave.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I would say that that would be the answer,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19because that is The Old Lady and Internazionale.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Through tradition, would have thought that would be the match.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24The answer is Juventus versus Internazionale.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27So we say well done, Ken.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- That's good, getting fired up in there, I can see.- Yeah!
0:13:30 > 0:13:33You've taken on an Egghead, you've emerged triumphant.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Judith has been knocked out in Sport.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37That's brought to an end a run of I think a dozen,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40maybe 13 successive Sport wins for you, Judith.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42No, I had one off in the middle.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Yeah, well...- It's 12 out of 13.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- 12 out of 13, you were counting. - So now it's 12 out of 14.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48It's 12 out of 14.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- Yeah.- Still impressive.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Please come back, rejoin your teams and we'll play round three.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58So, the Stour Brains have lost a brain from the final round.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00The Eggheady brains over here have also lost one.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04We're level. It's exciting, with £22,000 to play for.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07And your next subject, Challengers, is geography.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- Geography.- Who would like this?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Do you want it to be me, then?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13You'll do better.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Yeah, yeah. OK.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- I'll take Geography.- Lisa, OK.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Against which Egghead? Any of the three on the left.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23I think I might go for Dave, because if TV & film does come up,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25he'll be good at that, so...
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Yeah, I'll go against Dave.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30OK. Lisa from Stour Brains takes on Dave from the Eggheads,
0:14:30 > 0:14:32and please go to our Question Room.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Lisa, good luck on Geography against Dave.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Would you like to go first or second?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39I think I'm going to go first, please.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Your first question, then.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Roundhay Park is a large open space in which English city?
0:14:48 > 0:14:52And Roundhay is R-O-U-N-D-H-A-Y, all one word.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Wow, they're all cities, so that's a start.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Can't knock one out that way.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Not familiar, not somewhere I've been.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04I've been to London a fair amount and I don't remember it,
0:15:04 > 0:15:09so it's going to be punt between one of the other two.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I'm going to go with Leeds, please.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Leeds is right.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18OK, your question. Dave, Chamonix is a resort for winter sports
0:15:18 > 0:15:19in which country?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24I believe it's where the first Winter Olympics were held,
0:15:24 > 0:15:261924, and I think that's France.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27France is correct.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Lisa, following a financial crisis in 1999,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35which South American country
0:15:35 > 0:15:39replaced its own unit of currency, the sucre, with the US dollar?
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Hmm.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Right. A lot of them use the dollar down there, don't they?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I've travelled but not down that way.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Let's go down the middle and go for Bolivia.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02No, it is Ecuador.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Ecuador is the answer, the sucre.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07OK, Dave, to take the lead.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The islands of Westray and Papa Westray, which are linked
0:16:10 > 0:16:14by one of the shortest scheduled flights in the world,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16are in which island group?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23One of those came into my head straight away.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I don't think it's the Inner Hebrides.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29I'm going to stick with my original thought and go Orkney, please.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31If Beth was here I'd go to her, cos I think this is where
0:16:31 > 0:16:34she was brought up. Orkney is right.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36It's a two-minute flight, is it, Kevin?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I've done it - the channel in between the two islands
0:16:39 > 0:16:43is so dodgy that they decided that's the best way to do it.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46So you go up, come down on the other side.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49But you've got to pay good money for that, I'm guessing.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- Yeah, not too bad. You get a certificate.- Ha! Yeah.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Amazing, two-minute flight.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56So, Eggheads two, Challengers one,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59and, Lisa, you need to get this one right.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04Craiova, the largest city in the region of Oltenia,
0:17:04 > 0:17:05is in which country?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13So, Craiova is C-R-A-I-O-V-A.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18I don't know why but the only thing that's calling to me is Romania,
0:17:18 > 0:17:19so I'll go for that.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22you've got it right, actually, Romania it is.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Well done, Lisa, you got two out of three.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Now you need to hope that Dave doesn't get this right.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Murray Mouth in Australia,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31where the Murray river system reaches the ocean,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33is in which state?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Right, I haven't really got a basis for this.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46I've got the Murray-Darling River and it does go quite a long way.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50But I'm going to go South Australia.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52The answer is South Australia.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Well done, Dave, three out of three.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Sorry, Lisa, team captain's been knocked out now.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Not a crisis for our Challengers but getting close.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02You were beaten by our Egghead, you won't be in the final.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06If you return to us, we'll play one more round before the final.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11So, Stour Brains have lost two brains from the final,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13including the captain, Lisa.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15The Eggheads have lost one.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Interestingly poised, isn't it?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19The next subject is Music.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Who wants this? One last heave at them.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- It's going to have to be me. - Matt, OK, our accounts manager.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Would you like to take on either Pat or Kevin?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Any ideas, guys?
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Number one or number two.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Going to be number two, isn't it? - Do you want to try Pat?
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- Pat.- OK.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Right, so, Matt from the Stour Brains
0:18:37 > 0:18:39taking on Pat from the Eggheads.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Matt on Pat, please go to the Question Room.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47OK, Matt, you do something called cosplay, I understand.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Yes, it's basically costume-building.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I see, so you turn up somewhere in a costume
0:18:51 > 0:18:53that relates to a TV figure, maybe?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Yeah, so to conventions and events.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58So The Walking Dead me and Lisa love,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00so I dress as The Governor,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02and then also from animated shows as well.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Doesn't The Governor have an eye patch?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06He does. I wear an eye patch, too.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08OK, so you've got to get properly into character there?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10I do, I do very much.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12And do you have to dress as somebody you like or can you just dress as
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- the most exciting person? - You can do what you like.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19You can either just build the most spectacular costume you can,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21or you can go with something you're interested in.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Sounds good, this, Pat, doesn't it? - Sounds all right, yeah.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26What sort of character would you be?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I haven't given this a great deal of thought.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Would you consider dressing as yourself if you went out?
0:19:31 > 0:19:32No, I'd make the effort.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I'd disguise myself as some sort of extra terrestrial.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Somebody with superpowers, yes.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40I'm just thinking, the monster from Alien?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Well, you wouldn't get messed around, would you?
0:19:42 > 0:19:43They'd leave your car alone.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44They would! They would.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49OK, while we think about who we might play in cosplay, Matt,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52you tell me whether you want to go first or second on Music.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53I'd like to go first, please.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Good luck, Matt. Let's see if we can get you into the final here.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Your first Music question.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Which musical genre of the 1960s developed to include artists
0:20:05 > 0:20:09such as Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Searchers and Billy J Kramer?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15This is almost a complete guess.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18I think...I think I've heard of Humberblues before,
0:20:18 > 0:20:22so I'm going to go straight down the middle and go for Humberblues.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24No, it is Merseybeat.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- OK.- Merseybeat was a big Liverpool sound.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30The Beatles in it, or they were kind of, in a way, triggered it,
0:20:30 > 0:20:31did they, Dave, do you think?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Triggered it, I would have thought, but, no,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Gerry And The Pacemakers were around.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39The bands were playing at The Cavern at much the same time.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41There was, of course, a band called The Merseybeats.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- Yes, there was. - Was it Friday On My Mind?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- That was it, yes.- OK, Pat.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Which Robbie Williams song starts with the lines,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51"Me with the floor show, kicking with your torso"?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53One of your favourites, I'm reckoning.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Well, Angels is a very popular,
0:21:01 > 0:21:02pretty slow ballad...
0:21:04 > 0:21:06..whereas this is quite a punchy lyric in a punchy song.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I don't think it's Millennium or Angels
0:21:10 > 0:21:12so I'm just going through Rock DJ to...
0:21:12 > 0:21:17I can remember the video he kind of gyrates and eventually, I think,
0:21:17 > 0:21:19loses bits of his body...
0:21:20 > 0:21:22..he commits to the performance so much.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I think that must be Rock DJ.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Rock DJ is right, so Pat's ahead.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Matt, just keep getting them right.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35In which year did the girl group Eternal have their first
0:21:35 > 0:21:37top ten hit single in the UK?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Eternal.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47That's not a group I've heard of recently,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51so I'm going to go with the earliest year, '93.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54'93 is quite right. Well done.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57'93 is right, so you've got a point there, Matt, well done.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Pat, which of these bands performed at Woodstock in 1969?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08The Beatles did not, I know that much.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10The Rolling Stones and The Who...
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Hmm.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I've a suspicion it was The Who, so I'll go for The Who.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Yeah, quite a hard question, that, but The Who is right.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23So Pat's ahead and that means, Matt,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26you must get this one right to stay in.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29What is the name of Mark Knopfler's guitarist brother,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31who was a co-founder of Dire Straits?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It's going to have to be a complete guess, I'm afraid.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Guy.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44It was David Knopfler, Matt,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46and that means that Pat has won through
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and books his place into the final.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Matt, sorry, beaten by our Eggheads, so come back to us,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54both of you, and let us see what happens in this final round.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Just working out our bands.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01The Merseybeats didn't do Friday On My Mind -
0:23:01 > 0:23:03that was The Easybeats. My fault entirely, guys.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06The Merseybeats did, anyone?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Wishin' And Hopin', I think. - Wishin' And Hopin'.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11They then became The Merseys and released Sorrow,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14which was then recorded by the great...
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Bowie.- David Bowie, on which album?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- Come on.- Covers album, isn't it?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- Pin Ups.- Can't remember. - Pin Ups. That's it.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25And here's the kicker - on Pin Ups, not only Sorrow
0:23:25 > 0:23:28but also Friday On My Mind, so it completes the circle.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31All right, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33It is time for the final round
0:23:33 > 0:23:35which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:23:37 > 0:23:39are not allowed to take part in this round.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42So, Lisa, Andy and Matt from the Stour Brains,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44but also Judith from the Eggheads,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46would you please now leave the studio?
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Good luck, Martin and Ken,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52you're playing to win the Stour Brains £22,000,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54and I think your three team-mates
0:23:54 > 0:23:56will be rather grateful if you do it.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Dave, Pat, Kevin and Steve,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04the Eggheads' reputation, and to keep this amazing run going.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06It's really been remarkable.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11This time, they are all General Knowledge.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14You may confer. So, Martin and Ken, the question is,
0:24:14 > 0:24:18can your two brains defeat these four over here?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Good luck. Would you like to go first or second?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- You reckon...?- You choose. - We'll go first.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Your first question. In 2013,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32James Comey was sworn in as director of which organisation,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35having been nominated by President Obama?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41It doesn't ring a bell with me.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- James Comey. - I'm pushing towards Supreme Court.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50I'm also. I don't... I haven't got a logical reason for it.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54No. I don't know whether we'd have heard the US Navy one, or the FBI.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57No, I don't think we'd have heard the US Navy over here.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- Supreme Court?- The FBI would have probably kept it quiet.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- So are we in agreement, Supreme Court?- Yeah.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07We don't... We're not 100% sure, Jeremy,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10but I think we're going to go Supreme Court.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Supreme Court is your answer.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Now, this guy is quite famous and he is famous because during
0:25:14 > 0:25:17the 2016 election campaign,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20he was the one who reopened the investigation into
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Hillary Clinton's e-mails.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25So director of the FBI is the answer.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Eggheads, your first question.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31What type of dog is a Dandie Dinmont?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- Terrier.- Terrier, yeah.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I believe it's the one that's named after a character
0:25:38 > 0:25:40in a Walter Scott novel.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43It's a terrier, a Dandie Dinmont terrier.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Terrier is the right answer.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Back to you, Challengers. Just keep pressing on, here.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50The giant sea monster known as The Kraken
0:25:50 > 0:25:53has a name taken from which language?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59OK, I would rule out Norwegian.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02- And...- I don't know.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06I think we'd have heard of it if it was Welsh.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07- I would say Japanese.- No idea.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10It fits in with the, sort of, Godzilla...
0:26:11 > 0:26:15..sort of genre of Japanese films.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- I'm happy with Japanese.- Yeah, go for it, happy to go for it.- OK.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Again, a little bit of a guess, Jeremy,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24but we're going to go with Japanese.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Japanese is your answer.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Now, that phrase, the kraken wakes, or the KRAYKEN wakes,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31where is that from? Is it...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- A poem by Tennyson. - It was used as a...
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- a novel title by John Wyndham... - John Wyndham.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39..who also did Day Of The Triffids, yeah, The Kraken Wakes, yeah.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41OK, so that doesn't necessarily lead us to the answer.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- No, no.- Go on, tell us.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- It's Norwegian.- Norwegian.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51It was supposed to be a monster in the seas off northern Norway,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53where you have the maelstrom,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55the great whirlpool and you have various other...
0:26:55 > 0:26:57- I see.- ..problems.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59All right, Eggheads, you can actually take the round with this,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01your second question.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05For what does the letter M stand in the name of the UK honour
0:27:05 > 0:27:10that entitles the holder to put the letters OM after their name?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Merit.- Order of Merit. - Yeah. Order of Merit, yeah.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Order of Merit?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Yeah, it's one of the most prestigious.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22It's the Order of Merit.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25If you've got this right, the contest is over.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Because with your second correct answer,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29there would be no way back for the Challengers.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32The correct answer is Merit, for Order of Merit,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34you're quite right, Eggheads.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Once again we say congratulations, you have won.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Bad luck, Stour Brains.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47I know the final didn't get the best out of you there, so fear not.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Oh, bother. So, commiserations, Challengers,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51the Eggheads have done it again.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53This winning streak continues.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56It means you won't be going home with the £22,000,
0:27:56 > 0:28:01so we roll that money over to our next show and we say, once again,
0:28:01 > 0:28:02very well done, Eggheads.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04You only lost one today.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08I'm thinking you are now almost officially unbeatable.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Let's tempt fate! Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:12 > 0:28:14can finally defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17What is it, 22 games on the trot now?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19£23,000, they'll have to play for.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Until then, goodbye.