Episode 9 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

-They are the Eggheads. Feeling quizzy, Eggs? ALL:

-Yes.

OK, let's see if you can fry them, Challengers.

Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions today are...

This team originally met

through their local church and once took on Barry at a pub quiz.

Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Tom and I'm a youth worker.

Hi, I'm Rhi and I'm a project coordinator for a charity.

Hi, my name's Dan and I'm a design engineer.

Hi, my name's Annabelle and I'm a graduate student.

Hi, my name's Christopher and I'm a bartender.

-So, Tom and team, welcome. Good to see you. ALL:

-Hello.

So, the church is the connecting thing for you guys.

It is, yeah, originally.

And you're all still in Sheffield so you're still in touch.

All still in the same area, in the same church.

And how was it that you met Barry, known as The Brain?

We go to a couple of quizzes in Sheffield

and one of them Barry was at.

We were beating him for a good time and then he overtook us at the end.

-Do you remember this, Barry?

-I do, indeed.

I think there were 400 students in a bierkeller.

-Boy, those guys can party!

-LAUGHTER

How long were you there for, Barry? About 5am, was it?

Oh, it was quite late.

-Do you remember the deciding question at all?

-Not at all.

Was it, out of interest, something on the periodic table?

-Cos that's usually...

-Quite possibly.

-Could have easily been.

That's one of Barry's favourite subjects. I hope you enjoy this.

Good luck, guys. Every day,

there is £1,000-worth of cash up for grabs for our Challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Made In Sheffield, the Eggheads have won the last two games,

so they're a little bit unsteady on their feet at the moment,

which is probably good for you.

It means there's £3,000 to win. Would you like to try?

-Yes.

-We'll have a go.

The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Geography.

-Who would like this?

-Rhi?

-Do you want to go for it?

-I think so.

-I think Rhi's definitely the best to go for it.

-OK.

OK, Rhi, before you go to the Question Room,

tell us which Egghead you'd like to take on.

I know Barry's going to be popular today. You choose whoever you want.

They all have their moments.

-Steve?

-Go for Steve, Rhi?

-Yeah, we'll go for Steve.

OK, going to try out Steve, see what Steve can do on Geography.

We're still working him out, you know.

Rhi, from Made In Sheffield

-versus Steve from Made In Derbyshire, right?

-Just about, yeah.

To ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions in our famous Question Room.

OK, Steve. Tell us where you've travelled.

This is the Geography round

and I don't think I've ever asked you that before.

Mmm, well, I can find my way to the studio now, which is always a bonus.

But I won a trip to Australia in 2003

to see the Rugby World Cup Final, which was pretty spectacular.

I went to New York for my other half's 40th.

I've been to Rome, been to France...

It's a big, wide world, Jeremy. I'd like to see a lot more.

-OK, good luck, Steve, and also good luck, Rhi.

-Thank you.

-On Geography.

-Are you well-travelled yourself?

-Um, quite well-travelled.

I've interrailed through Europe, been to New Zealand, Peru, Fiji,

so, I've gone to a fair few places, yeah.

All right, would you like to go first or second on Geography?

First, please.

OK, here we go. You're playing our newest Egghead.

In the UK, the Mersey estuary opens into which sea?

Er, I think that is the Irish Sea.

-Irish Sea.

-Irish Sea is quite right. Well done.

That's a good start. Steve.

The English resort of Margate is located in which area?

Mmm, I hoped it would be counties coming up.

Um, Kent I've never been to, so...

Probably at a slight disadvantage here but...

I've just got a slight suspicion it might be the Isle of Thanet.

I can't narrow it down any more than that,

so I'm going to go with my gut instinct and say Isle of Thanet.

Yes, Isle of Thanet is right. Do you know the other two?

I've heard of them but I know very little else, other than, you know...

I'm going to go to Chris on that. Chris?

The Isle of Axholme is sort of North Lincolnshire,

just south of Goole, marshy area.

And the Isle of Grain is also in Kent,

-just about 20 miles west of Thanet.

-Right, OK.

Thanet, actually, did use to be an island,

but the creeks have all salted up over the centuries,

-so it's joined to the mainland.

-How interesting. Thank you, Chris.

Back to you, Rhi.

What is the national currency of Belarus?

I've never been to Belarus. Um...

My gut instinct is the Zloty.

I don't know why. I feel like Rouble is maybe more Russia.

Krone, I know they have something that sounds similar

in the Czech Republic, so...

Yeah, I'll go with my gut instinct and go Zloty.

OK, Zloty is your answer. Let's see if your teammates know this.

-Is she right?

-No idea.

-No idea.

I think it's Rouble because it used to be a part of Russia

and I think they had similar currencies but I could be wrong.

Yeah, and do you know, Christopher, where the Zloty is from?

Um, to be honest, no.

-Is it Poland?

-Yes.

-So, Zloty is Polish, actually.

-Ah, OK.

Christopher, your teammate, was just saying the Rouble...

It's the Russia connection you're looking for here, cos Belarus...

-It IS a separate country now, right, Eggs?

-Yeah.

-But it's using their currency.

-Still uses Rouble.

Rouble's the right answer. Krone is Denmark.

OK, Steve, your question to take the lead.

Although many have been filled in,

which capital city features waterways called klongs

that are much used as transport routes?

Just from the name alone, to me, anyway,

it suggests something South-east Asian and, of the three,

the place I associate klongs with is Bangkok.

Bangkok is quite right. OK, back to you.

You need to get this one right, Rhi, to stay in.

The Council of Europe, which has 47 members,

including Turkey and Russia, has its headquarters in which French city?

Well, I know there's a Council of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Um...

That's kind of my gut instinct

that they might be in the same place, so I'll go Strasbourg.

Yes, Strasbourg's right. So, Steve, your question.

If you get this right, you're in the final.

Porto Novo is the capital of which African country?

Yeah... Chad is Ndjamena,

or however you want to pronounce it.

Zambia's Lusaka,

so we're left with Benin and that's my answer.

Yeah, you're right on all of that, every single thing, Steve.

-Benin is the answer. Sorry, Rhi.

-All right.

That one wrong answer, the Zloty, the wretched Zloty.

You've been beaten by our Egghead,

so you won't be able to help your team in the final round.

Rhi and Steve, please come back and rejoin your teammates.

Made In Sheffield have lost a brain from the final round.

Not a crisis yet at all. I'm sure you can still win.

The Eggheads have not lost anyone yet.

Our next subject for you is Music.

-Who would like this?

-Annabelle.

-I think Annabelle definitely wants this.

-OK.

-You're being volunteered, Annabelle.

-Yeah.

-OK, against which Egghead?

-Can't be Steve.

-What are we saying?

-I would say Judith.

I was going to go with Judith, if that's OK.

Annabelle from Made In Sheffield versus Judith from the Eggheads.

Please go to our legendary Question Room now.

Annabelle, I gather you were photographed in the local paper

-with a teddy bear.

-Yeah, that's right, Jeremy.

And what was the teddy bear doing?

It was parachuting off the church roof

to raise money for the building fund.

-But I was about seven, so...

-OK.

That's a nice photo I've got pictured.

-Would you like to go fist or second on Music?

-First, please, Jeremy.

Here we go, Annabelle. Your question.

Which band had a hit with a cover version

of the Bee Gees' song How Deep Is Your Love in 1996?

-19... What date was that?

-1996.

It was a little bit before my time.

I would have been one, but thinking what my mum listens to,

I think it might be Take That. How Deep Is Your Love.

I'm going to go with Take That, Jeremy.

-OK, you said Take That. You're right!

-Brilliant.

-You're right.

Judith, your question.

Which rapper first came to prominence as an actor

in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation?

-Degrassi?

-Degrassi.

-How do you spell Degrassi?

It's D-E-G-R-A-S-S-I.

-Degrassi. As you'd expect.

-I don't know. Jay Z.

-Jay Zed, as Chris would call him.

-Jay Zed?

-Annabelle, is she right?

-I don't know, Jeremy.

I don't think it's Eminem,

so I would have gone for 50-50 with that one.

-Mmm, it's Drake, Judith.

-Oh.

OK, Annabelle,

your second question.

Nina Simone lived in which European country

from 1993 until her death in 2003?

I'm afraid I'm going to have to go for a complete guess with this one.

I really don't know the answer, so I'm going to go for Sweden

cos I think it would be a nice place to live.

LAUGHTER

It's France, actually. OK, Judith, your question.

Which hit for Steps starts with the lyrics,

"If only you read my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside

"A thousand times I've told myself it's over"?

Oh, it sounds so sad, it must be One For Sorrow.

One For Sorrow. Annabelle, do you know this?

I'm afraid not.

It's actually Better Best Forgotten.

-Most of Steps' songs are, yeah.

-LAUGHTER

It could have been either, I suppose.

That's probably a description of the song.

So, Judith is having one of those days, Annabelle.

-This is your chance to take the round.

-Okey-doke.

OK, which composer's piece, entitled As Slow As Possible,

is intended to take 639 years to perform?

-Annabelle, for the round.

-I don't know this one, Jeremy,

but I'm going to go with my brother's advice

and go for the middle one if you're not sure.

LAUGHTER

All right. Your team like that, do you?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

-Yeah, John Cage is the really out-there composer

and John Cage is the right answer, so there's no way back, Judith.

I'd like to thank my brother.

You took on an Egghead, Annabelle,

you emerged triumphant. You will be in the final. Well done.

Please return to your teams.

Made In Sheffield have lost a brain

but the Eggheads have also lost a brain,

so this is getting exciting now, officially.

The next subject for you is Film & TV.

-Tom, who wants this?

-Is that me?

-That's you.

-I think that's got to be team captain.

-I'll have a go, yeah.

OK, the skipper goes in. Tom from Made In Sheffield against...?

Can be anyone except Judith or Steve.

-Can I go for Barry?

-Whoever you want.

-I'll go for Barry then, please.

-So, you met in Sheffield on a quiz.

-Yeah.

-You meet again.

Tom from Made In Sheffield versus Barry from the Eggheads.

Please go to the Question Room now.

-So, Tom, your degree is in Criminology.

-It is, and Sociology.

Brilliant, and that underpins a lot of fiction on Film & Television,

-doesn't it?

-Yeah, I've done a few modules on film.

-Yeah?

And I'm thinking Cracker and I'm thinking other detectives

who try and get inside the criminal mind.

Yeah, I did an essay on Primal Fear with Richard Gere

so, hopefully, that'll come up!

There's a lot of primal fear on Eggheads, actually,

-isn't there, Barry?

-Yes, indeed.

It's not only among the Eggheads either.

OK, Film & TV, Tom. Would you like to first or second?

I'll go first, please.

Here we go with your first question.

Which long-running TV series featured the recurring line,

"Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it"?

I recognise that slogan but I can't pin it to any of them. Um...

Mission: Impossible feels like an obvious answer

because it's "Your mission, Jim".

Never seen or heard of Space: 1999. Um...

And I don't remember anyone called Jim in the A-Team,

although there probably is.

-I'm going to go Mission: Impossible.

-Excellent, you're right.

It's almost too obvious.

-The double "mission" there could have put you off.

-Nearly did.

Well done. OK, Barry, your question.

Which actor played James T Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek

and the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness?

I'm just trying to imagine what Jason Statham would be like

as James T Kirk. That would be quite exciting.

I think it was Chris Pine.

Chris Pine is correct. Back to you, Tom.

In Charles Laughton's 1955 film The Night Of The Hunter

which actress played the role of Willa Harper?

I have got no idea, which is a shocker.

Um... It's going to be a guess.

I've not heard of any of those but I'll go for Shelley Winters.

-Barry, do you know this?

-No, I'm afraid I don't know this one.

-Well, you're ahead, Tom, on this. Shelley Winters is right.

-Wow.

You guys are playing well on the percentages here.

OK, Barry, which reality television programme had a spin-off series

set in New York in 2014

and another set in Los Angeles in 2015?

Oh, gosh.

Now, some reality TV is watched in my house,

but sadly, none by me, so I'm not sure on this one.

From the cities that it was in, I think the one that best fits,

as I don't know, is...

..Made In Chelsea, so I'm hoping that's the right answer.

Right, this might be more of our Challengers' kind of show.

-Yeah, it's definitely Made In Chelsea.

-Ah, shame.

-You're right, Barry.

-Wow.

OK, this is getting tight here.

Back to our criminologist.

Tom, who directed the films Angels With Dirty Faces

and The Adventures Of Robin Hood, both released in 1938?

A little bit before my time.

Um, I'm really rubbish with directors, so, again,

it's going to be a guess, and I'm going to go for Michael Curtiz.

OK, Michael Curtiz is your answer.

-I can see the Eggheads spluttering slightly here. Is he right?

-Yes.

Yeah, you're right!

I was looking at the three, thinking I wouldn't know where to start.

OK, anyone, Kevin - William Wyler?

William Wyler... They're all of that time.

In fact, they all had quite long careers,

so they were all active from the '30s through to the '60s,

or thereabouts, primarily.

Michael Curtiz, perhaps, did more in the way of action films.

Cukor more associated with comedy and lavish entertainment.

-Half of Gone With The Wind.

-Half of Gone With The Wind?

-Mmm.

Yes, he wasn't properly credited,

but he did do part of Gone With The Wind.

But later on in his career,

he did things like My Fair Lady, so musicals.

William Wyler, big prestige dramas

but, again, he worked across a whole range of genres.

You did brilliantly there, Tom. I don't know how you did that.

-Me neither.

-It's amazing.

OK, so, Barry, your third question to stay in.

Which actor, who played a villain

in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only,

has appeared in Game Of Thrones as Grand Maester Pycelle?

Well, I am a huge Game Of Thrones fan

and the only one of those three actors

who I know for certain is in Game Of Thrones

is Jonathan Pryce, so that's my answer.

Oh, you gave us the big warm-up there to the correct answer

-and then you got it wrong.

-Oh!

-Yeah. Eggs?

-It's Julian Glover.

-Julian Glover.

Oh, goodness me, I got it totally wrong.

Yeah, you were right at the far end.

Tom, well done, you've won on Film & TV. You're in the final round.

Barry's been knocked out. He's going to be in the sin bin.

Please rejoin your teammates and we'll see what happens next.

As it stands, Made In Sheffield have lost a brain

from the final round, but the Eggheads have now lost two.

So, this is looking better but keep your guard up here

cos they can strike back.

The next subject is History.

-Who would like this?

-Chris, you're up.

-You don't want this, do you?

-I think you'd have more of a chance.

-All right, I'll do this.

-He wants to be in the final round as well.

Christopher, OK. Our bartender from Sheffield against which Egghead?

-Any ideas?

-No idea.

-Try and get Kevin out?

Try and get Kevin out? That's the plan? All right, yeah,

I'll go for Kevin then cos I'll just easily get rid of him, so...

Yeah, it has to be done at some stage.

It's actually not a bad tactic, especially if he's beginning

to think he's not going to get chosen and suddenly, you shock him.

So, Christopher from Made In Sheffield

against Kevin, King Egghead. To ensure there's no conferring,

please take your positions in the Question Room.

-How is your history, Christopher?

-Um, well, I'd say I'm here

because my history is better than Dan's,

which may not be saying much, but I know a little bit, so we'll see.

Would you like to go first or second?

Um, I, I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Your first question, Christopher. Good luck.

Four British monarchs of the House of Hanover

all ruled using which name?

I think the Georges were different houses. Um...

I'm drawn towards William, for some reason,

but I can't think of enough kings with the name William, to be honest.

Um...I'm going to go with William.

OK, let's just think about this with the Eggheads.

-If we just go on the number, was there a William IV?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Was there a Richard IV?

-No.

-Richard III.

Right, so there is no Richard IV, so you can rule that out.

-There was a George IV.

-Yeah.

And who was Hanoverian?

-George.

-The Georges.

George. The Georges were.

-George is the answer, Christopher, sorry.

-That's fine.

Kevin, your question.

The Gunpowder Plot, in which rebels plotted to blow up Parliament

and kill the king took place in which century?

It was just into the 17th. It was 1605.

1605 is right. Do you know what time it was?

-Oh, night-time.

-Yeah. OK, Christopher,

to get you back into the round here.

During which of these conflicts did the Siege of Paris take place

over roughly four months?

Um, this will be a complete guess, to be honest with you.

But, um...my instincts tell me the Franco-Prussian War.

For literally no reason.

OK, but you're right, well done. Franco-Prussian is right.

Kevin, what is the modern successor to the Roman town of Glevum?

It was one of the bigger cities in Roman Britain.

They didn't get as far... Well, not really -

not in any settlement sense. ..as far north as Glasgow.

It wasn't Glastonbury. Glevum was Gloucester.

Gloucester is correct.

OK, so, Kevin has two. You do need to get

-this one right now, Christopher.

-Yeah.

Which medieval king of England established the Order of the Garter?

Order of the Garter...

I think this is going to round out my effort here

with three guesses, so, um...

Henry VI's jumping out at me.

-I'm not sure why, but I'm going to go with Henry VI.

-OK, let's see.

-Kevin, is he right?

-No, it's Edward III.

Edward III is the answer

and it means that Kevin has won that round

and will be in the final. Interesting final in prospect.

We'll play it if you come back to us now.

So, thanks to the good offices of Kevin and the Order of the Garter,

the Eggheads have drawn level now.

This is what we have been playing towards.

It's time for our final round. As always, it is General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads

won't be allowed to take part,

so that's Rhi and Christopher from Made In Sheffield,

but also Barry and Judith from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

So, Tom, Dan and Annabelle,

you're playing to win Made In Sheffield £3,000.

Steve, Kevin and Chris,

you're playing for something that money can't really buy,

which is to get this show on the road again

and restore the Eggheads' precious reputation.

As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.

This time the questions are all General Knowledge. You may confer.

So, Made In Sheffield, the question is,

can your three brains defeat these three over here,

unlike what happened when Barry visited your quiz

-and he just squeaked to victory?

-He did.

OK, good luck. Would you like to go first or second?

-I think we'll go first, please.

-Yeah.

Your first question.

The Kattegat is a stretch of water

between Sweden and which other country?

We need Rhi. What do you think?

Er...Poland is...has got a...

-is on the sea.

-OK.

The Baltic Sea or something. So it could be that.

And Sweden is that side of it. But...

It's more of a hunch than I've got.

But it could be that bit in between Sweden and Finland.

-Could be Denmark though.

-Poland was the first thing you thought.

Is that...? What was your...? What are you drawn to?

It could be that thin bit between Finland though.

I'd go for that cos if you know the Baltic's between Poland,

then best to go for something else, maybe.

-Yeah.

-Shall we go Finland?

-Shall we go Finland?

-I don't mind.

-We'll go for it.

-Er, it is a guess, but we'll go for Finland.

-OK.

This is a strange one cos the very first piece

-I ever did for television, I had to go and go into this sea.

-Ah.

Into the Kattegat. And do you know what it was about, by any chance?

-It came up in a news story once.

-The bridge?

No, this was in the early '90s

and they were trying to dredge up the last remaining U-boat.

-Oh, OK.

-Ah.

It was U-boat 534 in the Kattegat Sea between Sweden and Denmark.

So, Denmark is the answer.

You got that wrong, Challengers, but hang on in there. Eggheads.

In a quote attributed to George Bernard Shaw,

what is described as

"A perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire"?

I think that's Dancing.

I think I've heard that quote.

-I think it's Dancing.

-Yeah.

-It makes sense.

Yeah, I'm sure I've heard that.

Smiling doesn't make sense cos it's the other way round.

-I'm sure it's Dancing.

-We think it's Dancing, Jeremy.

You think Dancing.

Dancing's right, well done.

And we go over to the brilliant Made In Sheffield.

Which actor provides the voice of the character Sideshow Bob

in the animated TV series The Simpsons?

-It's Kelsey Grammer.

-I think so.

-He was on Graham Norton.

-It's who?

-Kelsey Grammer, I think.

-Go.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, go for it.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

We think it's Kelsey Grammer.

Kelsey Grammer is correct. Well done, Tom.

OK, you're on the scoreboard.

You're level with the Eggheads. Their question now.

Which American city ended a period of 52 years

without a major sporting title

when its basketball team won the 2016 NBA Championship?

It's Cleveland. Cleveland Cavaliers, isn't it?

-They came from behind, didn't they?

-Yeah.

It was the Cleveland Cavaliers, Jeremy, so it's Cleveland.

OK, 2016 NBA was the Cleveland Cavaliers, was it?

They famously came from behind

to take the series, but they did it.

How exciting. Cleveland is right.

You need to get this one right,

Challengers, or the contest is over.

You still can win this thing.

Castle Combe in Wiltshire is well-known

as a venue for which sport?

I have a feeling that, if it was motor racing,

if it was motorbikes,

-I would have at least heard of it.

-Yeah.

-I think it's golf.

-It would make more sense.

-It would make more sense, Castle.

-Yeah, but...

And if it was cricket, I have the radio on a lot,

and if it was something that was on the radio, I might have heard it.

But I definitely don't listen to golf.

But that would be MY suggestion.

-Let's go for it.

-Happy with that?

-Yeah.

Yeah, I think, based on the excellent logic,

we'll go for Golf, please.

On the basis that if it's motor racing, you would have heard of it.

I wouldn't have definitely heard of it.

It depends on what type of motor racing it is,

but I think I would have heard of it. But now I'm thinking...

No, I just want to make sure I've got the logic.

And cricket, we don't hear something was played at Castle Combe, yeah.

Castle Combe in Wiltshire is well-known as a venue

-for motor racing.

-Oh!

We say congratulations, Eggheads. You have won.

-APPLAUSE

-I just lost it for us.

-Apologies.

-No, you did not. You mustn't say that, Annabelle.

Can we help out here with the motor racing, what goes on there?

It's obviously not Formula One or anything like that.

It's for other types of cars, like touring cars, that kind of thing.

-Ah.

-And there's a course there and...

-Yeah. It's only a village.

Castle Combe is a very nice village, actually,

but this place has been established on the circuit

for quite a long time

for the domestic and some international events.

Commiserations, Made In Sheffield. Great to meet you.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them

and you still reign supreme over Quizland.

We need to get to the bottom of that Game Of Thrones answer, Barry.

My goodness!

It means you won't be going home with the £3,000,

so the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£4,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.