0:00:04 > 0:00:08These 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?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where team of five quiz challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today are...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38This friends-and-family team from Ipswich
0:00:38 > 0:00:42hold their own monthly quiz where they compete against each other
0:00:42 > 0:00:45but today they have rallied together to take on the Eggheads.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46So let's meet them.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Hi, I'm Adam and I'm a catering manager.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Hi, I'm Robert and I'm a project manager.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm John and I'm a retired company director.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Rob and I'm a primary school teacher.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Hi, I'm David and I'm a business development manager.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03- Adam and team, welcome.- Hi.- Hello.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Good to see you. So, Adam, tell us about the quizzing, first of all.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- What do you do?- We generally go for a couple of drinks
0:01:10 > 0:01:12and end up in a curry house.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17And one of our members of the wider group devises a quiz.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21We split ourselves into two, take over the Indian restaurant,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25generally, and just do the quiz on various subjects.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And one night we thought,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30"Well, it'd be nice to see how good we are
0:01:30 > 0:01:33"and if we can take it a step further and try and win a few quid!"
0:01:33 > 0:01:36All right! Well, it's a great plan.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38You're called Hedley's Heroes - tell us why that is.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41One of the members of the club, called Hedley,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43sadly passed away earlier this year.
0:01:43 > 0:01:49So we thought we'd use his name as a sort of respect to him,
0:01:49 > 0:01:50and see what we could do.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Because he was always present at the curry nights,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56and he loved his quizzes and we just thought that would be a nice touch.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58How perfect. Good luck, team.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:02:00 > 0:02:02up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04However, if they fail to beat the Eggheads,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08the prize money rolls over to our next show. And, Hedley's Heroes,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10there's been an awful lot of rolling over recently.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14The Eggheads are on storming form, I think it's fair to say.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Would you agree with me, Judith?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Well, we are doing quite well at the moment.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20That's as extreme as it gets from Judith.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22"We are doing quite well."
0:02:22 > 0:02:24They've actually won the last 22 games.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- Ah.- So that means there's a big jackpot...
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Would you like to play for it?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- We certainly would.- Yes, please. - OK, Hedley's Heroes,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Food and Drink
0:02:36 > 0:02:38and you can choose either Judith, Steve,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Kevin, Dave or Lisa. Food and Drink.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Well, we said I'd do Food and Drink, didn't we?- Yeah, it has to be you.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Yeah.- Off you go. - What do you reckon, guys?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Yep, Food and Drink.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Who should we take on? - OK, Adam, our catering manager,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53against which Egghead?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Yes, a catering manager, everyone!
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Alarm bells ringing all over the place here!
0:02:58 > 0:03:01The alarm bells are ringing THIS side!
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- Who do you reckon?- Er... - Lisa, maybe?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- Yeah, try her.- Yeah? What do you reckon, guys?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Go for it.- We'd like to take on Lisa, please.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15OK. So, Adam from Hedley's Heroes versus Lisa from the Eggheads.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Kevin looking slightly relieved!
0:03:17 > 0:03:20To ensure there's no conferring, please take your...
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Yes, you are. Please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28We were looking back at the records, Lisa, since you joined Eggheads.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Since that happy day.- Mm-hm.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32And in that two or three years, you've only done...
0:03:32 > 0:03:34This is only the second time you've done Food and Drink.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I thought it was the third, so I can't count - that's terrible.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39So, I don't know what happened the other times
0:03:39 > 0:03:41but maybe you'll catch her unawares here, Adam.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43I do hope so, Jeremy, yes!
0:03:43 > 0:03:46So, I know you're a catering manager.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- I am, yes.- Tell us about that.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I basically work for a contract caterer
0:03:51 > 0:03:53in one of the large regions in Suffolk.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56A large site, serving up to about 200 people.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58But I've always been into catering, all my career.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02I was a chef in the Royal Navy for 13 years.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07So not only have I travelled around, cooking, er,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09hopefully I've picked up some knowledge on my travels
0:04:09 > 0:04:12of different cultures and different foods.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- That's what I'm hoping.- It also says here you have an irrational fear
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- of fish touching your feet, so... - Yes.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20..I'm just wondering if that might be a blind spot!
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Hopefully not, no!
0:04:21 > 0:04:24I tend to prefer my fish on a plate in front of me rather than
0:04:24 > 0:04:27touch my feet if I'm swimming, to be perfectly honest.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29All right, well, good luck against Lisa on Food and Drink.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Adam, would you like to go first or second?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Here we go. What dish was created at the restaurant Antoine's
0:04:41 > 0:04:43in New Orleans in the late 1890s,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46consisting of oysters cooked with a buttery sauce
0:04:46 > 0:04:49containing green vegetables?
0:04:55 > 0:05:01I believe Oysters Getty is just a wild one they've thrown in.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I believe it's Oysters Rockefeller.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06It is Oysters Rockefeller, yeah.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08You ever cooked that or not?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I've done oysters but not to that extent, no.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Buttery sauce with green vegetables.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- Is it delicious, Judith? - I've had it in America.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- It's delicious. - Washed down with champagne?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Probably!- Yes.- Yep.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Lisa, your question. Which of these
0:05:21 > 0:05:26is a cut of beef often used in the classic dish of steak frites?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32I don't know. Are they all cuts of beef?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I think that must be onglet or possibly "ong-lette".
0:05:34 > 0:05:37It is. I guess, depending on where you come from,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40you might go for an "ong-lette", but onglet is the answer.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Adam, back to you. Which drink
0:05:42 > 0:05:46is often warmed in a ceramic decanter called a tokkuri?
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Ceramic... I would... Sake is the rice wine from Japan.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Lassi just sounds like a film dog.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00So I will go for sangria, Jeremy.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Now, I've seen Barry having this a few times.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Lisa, you've been out with him, haven't you?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06I've been out with Barry when he's been on the sake.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08It's not pretty but there is a ceramic decanter involved.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Japanese food - sake.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12And lassi is Indian. So, Lisa, your question.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13In which country was
0:06:13 > 0:06:16the restaurateur and TV presenter Prue Leith born?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I really ought to know this, cos I'm an enormous Prue Leith fan
0:06:23 > 0:06:25and I will feel awful if I get this wrong.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I don't think it's Ireland.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I think I'll try South Africa.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33South Africa is quite right.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36So she has two - you need to get this one right, Adam.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41- OK.- In bakery, in its basic form, what is a dacquoise?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49A dacquoise is D-A-C-Q-U-O-I-S-E.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I believe it's a chocolate fondant.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58But I'm not 100%, but that's what I'd go with.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03- Dacquoise is a nut meringue...- Ah. - ..Adam.- Ah.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- That's... My love of chocolate took me that way.- A-ha-ha!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09So, no way back in this round. Lisa has taken the round.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Lisa, you'll be in the final round. Adam, you've been knocked out.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- I'm sorry.- OK. - Difficult start for our Challengers
0:07:15 > 0:07:17but plenty of time still to play.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Please return to your teams and we'll play on.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23OK. As it stands, Hedley's Heroes
0:07:23 > 0:07:24have lost a brain from the final round.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27The Eggheads have still got all their brains all intact -
0:07:27 > 0:07:29no shells broken.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31And the next subject for you is Arts & Books.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Who would like this? - That's the one I wanted to dodge!
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- What are we going to do?- I said I'd take the bullet if you want to...
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Do we...? You go for it.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Do you want to take the bullet?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Yeah.- Yeah?- Who is it going to be?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Everyone's happy? We're going to say Robert, please, Jeremy.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Robert, OK - our project manager.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Which Egghead would you like? It can't be Lisa.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- Tremendous Knowledge... - I would go...
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Yeah? I'd like to play Dave.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Brilliant stuff. Robert from Hedley's Heroes
0:08:02 > 0:08:04is playing Dave from the Eggheads.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07And to ensure there's no conferring, please, both of you,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09take your positions in our famous Question Room.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Robert, on Arts & Books, would you like to go first or second?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22And here we go. Which children's book was published as
0:08:22 > 0:08:25The Golden Compass in the USA?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32OK. I think I'm what's known as
0:08:32 > 0:08:35a sacrificial lamb on this round, Jeremy, just for clarity here.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40But I think I will go...
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- The Colour Of Magic. - The Colour Of Magic.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Dave, what do you think? - I think it's Northern Lights.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Golden Compass in the USA is Northern Lights, Robert.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Dave's first question is here. Which of these literary characters
0:08:52 > 0:08:55was created by Jean de Brunhoff?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03I think the Cat in the Hat is Seuss, Dr Seuss.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Tarka the Otter I think is Henry Williamson.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And I think...
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Babar the Elephant is French, so Babar the Elephant.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Babar the Elephant is quite right.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Robert...
0:09:17 > 0:09:22what is the full title of a Charles Dickens novel about Edwin Drood?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Again, this is not one I'm familiar with.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38But I will go with The Travels Of Edwin Drood, Jeremy, please.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42I'm sorry - it is The Mystery Of Edwin Drood.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45So a chance for Dave, with this question, to take the round.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Leonardo da Vinci died in which year?
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Er... Just make sure I've got everything right here.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01He could have been born in, I would think, about 1452
0:10:01 > 0:10:03so I'll go 1519.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09If you've got this right, Dave, you will have won 250 head-to-heads.
0:10:09 > 0:10:121519 is the correct answer - well done.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- APPLAUSE Well done, Dave.- Wow!
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Fully arrived as an Egghead with all your stripes.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I'm sorry, Robert - he's very good
0:10:22 > 0:10:24and he's knocked you out. You won't be in the final. Dave, Robert,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26come back to us and we'll play the third round.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31All right, some tricky times for our Challengers here -
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Hedley's Heroes have lost a couple of brains now from the final round.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36The Eggheads are all still there.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Maybe this is the moment, Adam.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39This is the moment Jeremy, yes.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41We've had a team talk.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43In catering terms, we're going to turn up the hob...
0:10:43 > 0:10:44That's it. Yeah, definitely.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47..to six. The next subject is Sport.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50That's got to be good.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- We hoped this would come up.- Good.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54We did hope. It's got to be you.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- It has to be you. - I'll take Sport, yeah.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Rob? OK. Primary school teacher
0:10:58 > 0:11:01who scuba dived in the Great Barrier Reef.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04So, which bit of the Eggheads would you like to break off?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05I'll go for Judith, please.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Right, so... Oh, dear.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Rob from Hedley's Heroes versus Judith from the...- Disappointed.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15That's what the teachers used to say.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Rob and Judith, please go to our Question Room now.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Judith, in the last series of Eggheads...
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Yeah? - ..your hit rate on Sport was 33%.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- That's not very good. - In this series, it's 82%.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Gosh!- Known as the Eliminator.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- Rob, you're up against Judith here. It can be tough.- Very daunting.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Very, very daunting indeed.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39You like football, Rob, I gather?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I do, yes. Yeah, keen follower of Ipswich Town.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I used to play a bit myself but I haven't done
0:11:45 > 0:11:48since age got the better of me.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50It's like they say with boxing - first the arms go,
0:11:50 > 0:11:51then the legs go, then the friends go.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- Yeah, my legs were going many years ago. - THEY CHUCKLE
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- Time to admit defeat. - So, Rob, on Sport,
0:11:56 > 0:11:57would you like to go first or second?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Good luck against the Eliminator.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Which of these was an event at the 2014 Winter Olympics?
0:12:13 > 0:12:18I've got a feeling a skeleton is an individual event. Er...
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Three-man luge?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24I think I'll go for four-man bobsleigh.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I'm glad you did. You're right. Four-man bobsleigh.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29OK. Is this the moment it turns for the Challengers?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Let's see. Judith,
0:12:31 > 0:12:36Kevin Keegan became manager of the England football team in which year?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Um, not sure.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- I'm going to say 1989.- No.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Let's see. Eggheads, is she right?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- No. '99.- Oh, you're ten years out.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- '99?- It's '99.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- Did you have a suspicion? - I had a sus...
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Well, I was alternating between those two, I have to say.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And be careful here, Rob. Sometimes she will lure people into thinking
0:13:05 > 0:13:07that she... THEY CHUCKLE
0:13:07 > 0:13:10..doesn't know the answers, and then suddenly strike.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12So, keep focus here.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- Will do.- In flat racing, which of these venues
0:13:15 > 0:13:21is the regular host of two of the five British Classics horse races?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I'm fairly sure...
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Newmarket and Aintree both have jumps.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Whether there are flat races there as well I'm not sure,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36so I'll go for Sandown Park.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37I've heard a gasp next to me.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- Eggheads?- Newmarket.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Newmarket is the answer.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44The regular host of two of the five British Classics.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47OK. Judith, to catch up...
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Sam Quek and Maddie Hinch won Olympic gold medals
0:13:51 > 0:13:54in which sport at the 2016 Games?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I don't know whether they won them together,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04in a sort of mixed event, or separately.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I don't know. Cycling?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Oh! Do you know, I thought you'd know this.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14The women's hockey, Judith - that's what it was.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16And they were absolutely amazing.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- Did you see... - What... Were they both women?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Yes, they were. Sam and Maddie.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Oh, well, that deceived me.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I thought they were a mixed... Possibly a mixed pair.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27They were part of a team. Steve, you watched it?
0:14:27 > 0:14:28- Yeah, yeah.- Wasn't it brilliant?
0:14:28 > 0:14:31It was so tense - it were unbelievable.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33OK, Judith, you messed up there. I'm sorry.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- It's hockey.- Yep.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38So far, the Egghead has got none
0:14:38 > 0:14:41and, Rob, you've got one. So this is quite good.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43If you get this right, you will be in the final round.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47And maybe this is the moment, Adam, just like you were saying.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- This is the moment we... - Star Man has planned that!
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Exactly. Here's your question.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Who won her first Grand Slam tennis singles title
0:14:55 > 0:14:58at the age of 16 at the 1990 French Open?
0:15:05 > 0:15:0926 years... 30. so she's 42 now.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I think I'd put all of them roughly in that bracket.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15We said the French Open?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16- Let me read it again for you. - Thank you.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Who won her first Grand Slam tennis singles title
0:15:20 > 0:15:25at the age of 16 at the 1990 French Open?
0:15:25 > 0:15:26I think...
0:15:26 > 0:15:32I'm going to narrow it down to Monica Seles and Steffi Graf.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Can't remember Capriati winning...
0:15:35 > 0:15:39..too much. I'll go for Steffi Graf, please.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Steffi Graf is your answer. Let's see if your team-mates know. Guys?
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- Well, we think it's Monica Seles. - They think it's Monica Seles.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Monica Seles is the answer.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51OK. So, let's just have a look.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Not the highest-scoring round.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Judith, you need to get one right, basically,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59not to put too fine a point on it, to stay alive here.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02OK? Here is your question.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06On the five-ringed Olympic Games symbol
0:16:06 > 0:16:08that features on the Olympic flag,
0:16:08 > 0:16:12what colour are the two rings at either end
0:16:12 > 0:16:15that are only attached to one another colour each?
0:16:20 > 0:16:21- This to stay in.- Yeah.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I haven't the faintest idea.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26I have a feeling black is one end.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31I think black and yellow.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34So you've got black definitely in your mind.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35I've got black in my mind.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39- Right.- And into my mind also floats yellow.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42So we've got black definitely and then yellow probably.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Yes, and it's blue and red.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46It's blue and red. Yeah. SHE GIGGLES
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Sorry!
0:16:49 > 0:16:51All right, but you've given a bit of a boost to the Challengers,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54which is a good thing. Oh, well done, Rob.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Thank you.- That was like trench warfare, that round, wasn't it?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- It was.- My goodness. - Low-scoring, but I got there.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Doesn't matter, doesn't matter. As long as you won.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03So you will be in the final. Judith, sorry.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06That's painful, I know, but your sports figures remain good.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Please, both of you, return to us and we'll play one more round.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Are we at a turning point in the contest
0:17:13 > 0:17:16as the Challengers battle for £23,000?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Hedley's Heroes have lost two brains from the final, yes,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21but the Eggheads have now lost one as well.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23And you can feel the tension here.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25The next subject is Music.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Now, if you can get one out on Music...
0:17:28 > 0:17:29- Yes!- ..then we're really talking.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31It's up to you, Dave.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35The sacrificial lamb. So I'll take that one.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38OK, David, our business development manager, against...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41You can have either of the gents on the right - Kevin or Steve.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I think it will have to be Steve.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46David from Hedley's Heroes taking on Steve from the Eggheads
0:17:46 > 0:17:50in the last round before the final. Please go to the Question Room now.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- David, you're building your own house.- Yeah, that's right.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Are you putting it somewhere where there was no house before?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00No, there was an existing house there -
0:18:00 > 0:18:03we've just sort of done quite a substantial extension,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06pretty much ripped it all out and started from scratch, really.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09So, er... Yeah, it's taken some time.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12And you've got the radio on while you're doing that, listening to music?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Er, no.- No?!
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Music isn't my strongest subject, I have to admit.- Oh, blimey. OK.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Steve, have you ever built a house?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Not one you'd want to live in. I'd struggle with a Wendy house.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Music, David - would you like to go first or second?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Um, I'll go second.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36OK. Over to the Wendy house and Steve.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38When the Spice Girls first became famous, Steve,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41what was the surname of the member known as Mel B?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46That was Scary and she were Brown.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Yes, she wasn't Mel Brooks, was she?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Ha! That's only just dawned on me, that, yeah.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Mel Brooks, yeah. Very good. - Blazing Saddles.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Brown is the answer.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55David, which musical features
0:18:55 > 0:18:58the song Don't Cry For Me Argentina?
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Well, it can't be Guys And Dolls, so...
0:19:07 > 0:19:10I think this is the musical about the lady in Argentina,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13so I think I will go for Evita.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15It is indeed - Eva Peron.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Evita is right. Well done.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Steve, in which decade
0:19:19 > 0:19:23was the George Michael solo album Faith first released?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Well, it's after he left Wham!
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I think it were about '87, something like that, so it's '80s.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35It is. I might have been tempted with the '90s, there, actually.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37But you're right. '80s is correct.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39David, to catch up...
0:19:39 > 0:19:43The Richard Wagner work often known as The Ring Cycle
0:19:43 > 0:19:45has what full title in English?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55So, I... This is going to be a guess. So, I...
0:19:55 > 0:19:59I'm going to go for Nibelungen, because Wagner...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03..sounds German. Nibelungen sounds German,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05so I'm going to go for The Ring Of The Nibelung.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Wagner is German for sure but, Eggheads, is he right?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- Yeah.- Yes, yes.- Yes, it is The Ring Of The Nibelung.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Over to you, Steve. Which of these
0:20:15 > 0:20:17is traditionally a male character
0:20:17 > 0:20:21in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado?
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Not the world's biggest Gilbert and Sullivan fan.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31The only character I've heard of is a genuine character -
0:20:31 > 0:20:33whether it's male or female, I really don't know -
0:20:33 > 0:20:36and that's Peep-Bo, so that's got to be my answer.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Peep-Bo. Is Peep-Bo in Gilbert and Sullivan?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Peep Bo and Pitti-Sing are two of the three little maids from school.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Unfortunately, they're all girls. They are actually all in The Mikado.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- It's Pish-Tush. - Ah, Lisa's told us - it is.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49They're all in The Mikado but Pish-Tush is the answer.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Oh, right. Right.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Now I'm feeling quite excited.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54If you get this right, David,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56not only are you in the final
0:20:56 > 0:20:59but you've levelled it up with £23,000 to play for.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Thanks for the pressure!
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Get this right, otherwise we go to Sudden Death.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08Here is your question. Originally released in 1999 in the USA,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12what was the title of the debut album by Dido?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Well, this is actually one of
0:21:19 > 0:21:21the few albums that I've ever bought, really.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23So it's No Angel.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Ha-ha! Are the omens up for this team, or what?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30No Angel is right - well done. So you've taken on one of the Eggheads.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31You've emerged triumphant
0:21:31 > 0:21:34at an absolutely crucial moment in the contest,
0:21:34 > 0:21:35with £23,000 to play for.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Steve, you are not in the final round. David, you are.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Please rejoin your teams and we will play the final.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47So, all very exciting - this is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49It is time for our final round
0:21:49 > 0:21:52which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54But I'm afraid those of you lost your head-to-heads
0:21:54 > 0:21:56won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59So, Adam and Robert, from Hedley's Heroes,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01but also Steve and Judith from the Eggheads,
0:22:01 > 0:22:04would you please now leave the studio?
0:22:06 > 0:22:11John, Rob and David, you're playing to win Hedley's Heroes £23,000.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Sizeable jackpot for this programme - that's for sure.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Lisa, Dave and Kevin,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20which is to defend the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24They're all General Knowledge.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27You can confer with each other.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29So, Hedley's Heroes, the question is,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32can your three brains defeat these three?
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Simple as that, and off you go with the money.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- We hope so.- Good, John. All the best to you three.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Thank you.- Would you like to go first or second?
0:22:40 > 0:22:41We'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Your first question...
0:22:46 > 0:22:50The warm-water current called the Gulf Stream
0:22:50 > 0:22:52is an important feature of which ocean?
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Is it...
0:22:56 > 0:22:58This isn't the Pacific. This is the Atlantic.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Everybody knows that, yeah. Agree?- The Atlantic.- Yeah.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02The Atlantic, Jeremy.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04It is the Atlantic. Well done, John.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Eggheads, what is the largest
0:23:07 > 0:23:10satellite of the planet Saturn?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Titan.- Clue's in the name, isn't it?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Titan, yeah.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Yes, in a way, the clue is in the name.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- It's Titan.- Are they all satellites of the planet?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- No, not of Saturn. - Ceres is a dwarf...
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Once an asteroid,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29it's now categorised as a dwarf planet.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Phobos is a moon of Mars.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33So it's Titan.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Titan is right. Your question...
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Who plays the Queen in the 2016 film The BFG?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I don't know. I think it's going to have to be a guess.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- I didn't see it. - Have you watched it?- No.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51What was that - a television programme?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- It's just recently been... - Out in the cinema.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- Who would make a...? - I've never heard of Penelope Wilton.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- I've only heard of Imelda Staunton. - Penelope Wilton...
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Penelope Wilton's in several soaps.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- Was she?- And Imelda Staunton was in that, er...
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- Best Marigold Hotel.- Oh.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- Oh, OK. Yeah.- So, shall...
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Well, I don't... Shall we go for Imelda Staunton, then?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Sure? Imelda Staunton?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Penelope Wilton - did she not...
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Yeah, I think she... Penelope Wilton seemed to be more regal.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- Yeah.- Then Brenda Blethyn's a bit...
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Yeah, she's a bit...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26OK.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Penelope Wilton. - Yeah, we'll go for that.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- What are you going for? - Penelope Wilton.- OK.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Penelope Wilton.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Penelope Wilton is your answer.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- You veered - you were going for Imelda Staunton.- Yes.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39What took you off her?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Well, she was in The Best Marigold Hotel.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Yeah.- She didn't seem to be...
0:24:44 > 0:24:45regal enough, I guess.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Not regal enough?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Penelope Wilton is the right answer.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51- Well done.- I don't know how you did that
0:24:51 > 0:24:53but you're playing with something innate here, guys.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Quite interested in how this contest ends.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59OK, this is lively.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04Eggheads, you get one wrong, it's out of your hands.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09In the original standard version of the board game Trivial Pursuit,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12which category was represented by a blue wedge?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Geography, isn't it? I thought,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19"Hold on, just let's go through them."
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It's my least favourite category, yeah.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- History was yellow. - Yeah, and entertainment's pink.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25So, yeah, I'm pretty sure it's geography, blue.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Happy with geography? OK.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30We'll go for geography, please, Jeremy.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31It is geography.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35I imagined you'd get that, having played so many quizzes.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36So, two each in the final round.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38You're playing really well, Challengers.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40£23,000 we're playing for.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Get this right, you may not have to do any more work today.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Dunfermline Palace, the birthplace of Charles I,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48is in which area of Scotland?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57This would be a guess, but Dunfermline, and Dumfries...
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- That would be my only connection to it.- But is that too obvious?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I had a slight inkling to Fife,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07but it wouldn't be anything other than a slight inkling, really.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- Well, shall we go for Dumfries and Galloway?- I'm happy to go for that.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Yeah? Dumfries and Galloway?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14- Sure? - BOTH: Yeah.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Dumfries and Galloway, Jeremy, please.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Dumfries and Galloway is your answer.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Yeah, I can see how you'd get drawn there because of Dunfermline -
0:26:22 > 0:26:24sounds a bit like Dumfries -
0:26:24 > 0:26:26and you were tempted by Fife for a second there.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29You should have gone to Fife.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31The answer is Fife.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33All right, if you get this right, Eggheads,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35you've taken the contest.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38The ballerina known as Alicia Markova
0:26:38 > 0:26:40was born in which city?
0:26:44 > 0:26:46She was Lillian Alicia Marks when she was born.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47I thought it was London.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49London came into my head.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51I don't think it's either of the others.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- I'm just having... - Have a think, have a think.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I'm having a little ponder about it, just to make...
0:26:55 > 0:26:57I'm sure it's not Berlin.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- Yeah.- And I don't think it was Paris.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- I thought it was London. - I think she was English-born.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05- Are you happy?- I'm happy with that. Because I think...
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- Yeah, other people I can attach to other places.- Places, yeah.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- I'm pretty sure. - I think London's fine.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Go with that. - We believe that's London, Jeremy.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17London is your answer. Now, they've got two.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19If you get this one, you've got three.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21If you've got three, the contest is over.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24The answer is London.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27We have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39- Ah, Fife!- Yes.- Maybe equal, then Sudden Death, and then who knows?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42We say commiserations to Hedley's Heroes.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44The Eggheads have done it yet again.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46This winning streak continues.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49So, the Challengers don't go home with the £23,000
0:27:49 > 0:27:52and we take that money, we roll it over to our next show.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Eggheads, really amazing play again.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57OK, you lost two, but you were pretty sure-footed throughout.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02I do think you can be beaten at all, and you will never be beaten again.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- Yeah.- Yeah! - Just putting that on the table.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- Just trying to jinx it a little. - Yeah. Hmm.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers
0:28:10 > 0:28:13can finally defeat the Eggheads and stop this run.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16£24,000 says they can't.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Till then, goodbye.