0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers pit
0:00:25 > 0:00:29their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31They are the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Challenging our resident quiz champions today
0:00:33 > 0:00:36are the Rubber Ducks. Now, this team of school friends
0:00:36 > 0:00:38have known each other for nearly 20 years
0:00:38 > 0:00:42and regularly quiz together in various pubs in south London.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43- Let's meet them.- Hi, I'm Ali.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45I'm a development researcher.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hello, I'm Jack, I'm a museum staffing manager.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Henry, I'm a civil servant.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Constantine and I'm a ship broker.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Jack and I'm a book-seller.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57So, Ali and team, hello. ALL: Hello.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Thank you so much for coming from London to Glasgow,
0:00:59 > 0:01:00I hope you had a good trip.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02It was really great. We're happy to be here, Jeremy.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- And how do you all know each other? - A few of us lived together
0:01:05 > 0:01:06and the rest of us went to school together
0:01:06 > 0:01:08and we stayed in touch, we're from the same part of town.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- And you're living in Brixton? - South London,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13so everyone's in and out of each other's houses all the time,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- it's a nice little community we've got going.- Good.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- Do you quiz together already?- We quiz, so in the build-up to this
0:01:17 > 0:01:20we've been doing quite a lot, in the pubs pretty much every night.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- Team name the Rubber Ducks? - That's right.- Tell us why.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Well, life can be stressful when you're working.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27We all like a bath to unwind,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and the mascot of the bath is of course the rubber duck.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33It's a great team name, I'm sure it's a great team.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36The Eggheads are looking a little bit bashed around.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38They lost the last game, I can tell you.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42So, as you will know, every day there is £1,000 worth of cash
0:01:42 > 0:01:44up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46If the Challengers don't win, we roll the money over,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50if they do, they take all the aggregated money
0:01:50 > 0:01:53and it means, Rubber Ducks, there is £1,000 to play for today.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55So, would you like to crack on?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- Absolutely.- Let's go.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59The first head-to-head battle is on Geography.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02You can choose between Beth, Chris, Pat, Dave and Lisa.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04So...are you taking Geography?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Yeah. We think that it would either be Beth...
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Beth or Dave?- ..Or Dave.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13What do you think?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14I'll take on Beth.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Constantine from the Rubber Ducks against Beth on Geography.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Please go to our legendary Question Room.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Well, I thought, Constantine, we might have you doing History
0:02:24 > 0:02:26cos I know about your degree.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Yeah, I took ancient history but I feel quite comfortable on Geography
0:02:30 > 0:02:34as well. We have some really good history buffs on the team.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36You're up against Beth on Geography.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Would you like to go first or second?- I'll go first, please.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Here we go. Which of these capital cities is furthest from London?
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Well, Madrid obviously is in Europe, Cairo, Egypt.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It's got to be Kathmandu, I think, in Nepal.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Kathmandu is quite right, well done.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Beth, onto you. Hammerfest,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02which claims to be the northernmost town in the world,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04is in which European country?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I think I remember the Hairy Bikers visiting this on one of their trips
0:03:12 > 0:03:13and it's in Norway.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Well done, Beth. It's Norway.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Back to you, Constantine.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Which of these countries is bisected by the Tropic of Capricorn?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Ecuador is, I think, bisected by the equator.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I'm not actually sure but Chile is just so long
0:03:33 > 0:03:36that I think I'm going to go with Chile.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Yeah, that's very good logic, actually.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Chile is right. It's very long and thin, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:03:41 > 0:03:47Beth, the country of Malta lies approximately 60 miles to the south
0:03:47 > 0:03:48of which Mediterranean island?
0:03:52 > 0:03:59It's not Ibiza, because that's in the Balearics in Spain.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03I'm pretty sure it's not Crete.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I've been to Crete.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07So it's got to be Sicily.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Sicily is correct. You're both playing really well.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13OK, third question could be crucial, Constantine. Here we go.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Which city in China was the eastern terminus of the trade route
0:04:17 > 0:04:19known as the Silk Road?
0:04:24 > 0:04:29I don't actually know, but when you said the names,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32something sparked at Xi'an.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- So I'm going to go with Xi'an. - Any Eggs know?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- I would have gone with the middle one.- No, it's not.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42They're not sure actually. But you played a blinder, Xi'an is right.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Well done. You seem to be the only person in the room
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- who could've answered that! - Well, I didn't know either, so...
0:04:47 > 0:04:50OK, Beth, the pula is the official currency of which country?
0:04:53 > 0:04:59I think this has popped up in my...research.
0:04:59 > 0:05:07I am hoping...that it's...Botswana.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Well done. Good answer, Beth.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11You've been looking at your currencies, have you?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Currencies aren't my strong point. But that one has popped up.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Well done, that's paid off.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19So you're playing well, both of you. Three each, we go to Sudden Death.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Constantine, it gets a bit harder now.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I don't give you alternatives, OK?
0:05:22 > 0:05:28- Yeah.- Lake Ladoga is the largest lake by area on which continent?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32It's going to have to be a guess again
0:05:32 > 0:05:34and it's going to be South America.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36It's Europe.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I am wondering if it might be Italy but I'm not sure.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Near St Petersburg. - Near St Petersburg?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Oh, it's Russia? OK. Good stuff.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46OK, Beth, this for the round.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49The flag of Texas features a vertical blue stripe
0:05:49 > 0:05:54containing which symbol, from which the state takes its nickname?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56It's a plain white star.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Yes, indeed. Just a star I could have accepted. Well done, Beth,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01you're in the final round. Sorry, Constantine.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04It's gone on Lake Ladoga, I'm afraid.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Yeah.- And Beth is in the final, you've been knocked out.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Please return to us and we'll see what happens next.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13The Rubber Ducks have lost a brain from the final round,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15the Eggheads have not lost any so far.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Beth is through to the final.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19The next subject is Film & TV.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21I reckon this is good for you.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22That's you, right?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Yeah, sure. Let's do it. - They've chosen you?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- Who should we take on?- It would be good to have Chris out,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- if you could do it.- Yeah, OK.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- I'll take on Chris, please. - All right.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36So it's going to be Ali from the Rubber Ducks
0:06:36 > 0:06:38versus Chris from the Eggheads.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41To ensure there is no conferring, please take your positions.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Well, Ali, heavy metal is your thing?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45That's right. Love it.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47And you were actually in the Air Guitar World Championships?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50That's right. Several years ago now,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53I went as an observer and they needed a volunteer to go on stage
0:06:53 > 0:06:56and I was quite well refreshed and feeling confident
0:06:56 > 0:06:58and I just went to town and unfortunately didn't make it through
0:06:58 > 0:07:00the first round but gave it a good try.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Chris, I can imagine you doing that, a bit of air guitar?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I used to, yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05- Used to.- In private.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Film & TV. Ali, would you like to go first or second?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09First, please, Jeremy.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Ali, here is your first question.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Which British monarch does Helen Mirren portray
0:07:17 > 0:07:19in the 2006 film The Queen?
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Elizabeth II.- Elizabeth II is quite right. Well done.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29OK, Chris.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33What type of animal was the long-standing Blue Peter pet George?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38He had his name painted on his shell, didn't he?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41He was actually Georgina, cos he turned out to be female.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- It's a tortoise. - Tortoise is right. Well done.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Back to you, Ali.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48On the television programme Countdown,
0:07:48 > 0:07:53how many number cards are selected in each number round?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I can picture the board in my head.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00It's kind of a geometric grid.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06You get the big total and then you get a few numbers beside that.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Six sounds like a bit too few.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12But eight sounds like too many, so...
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I think I'm going to go with eight.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20One large and five from anywhere else, please, Carol. It's six.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Six is the answer.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Terrible, disaster.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26OK, Chris. Thoughts on this question, please.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29The fictional law firm Cage & Fish,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33was the main setting for which long-running US television series?
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Ah. Well, Ally McBeal was set in a lawyer's office.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43I don't think it was Cage & Fish.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47The one that's been running the longest, I think, is Boston Legal.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- That would have to my answer. Boston Legal.- Boston Legal.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Ali, do you know this answer? - I can't say.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Ally McBeal, maybe? - Chris, it's Ally McBeal.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- Is it?- Yeah.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Oh, well.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- This is good, Ali.- Yeah, it's good.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Which director made his feature film debut
0:09:06 > 0:09:09with the 1953 movie Fear And Desire?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I'm just trying to place the dates
0:09:14 > 0:09:16of the Kubrick films I know in my head.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I think I'm going to go with Stanley Kubrick.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Kubrick is the right answer. Well done.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Yes.- Well done.- Good lad.- Cheers. - Good fight-back there.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Let's see if Chris can stay in.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Chris, this is to stay in the contest.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Which real-life character does Joseph Gordon Levitt
0:09:35 > 0:09:38play in a 2016 film written and directed by Oliver Stone?
0:09:44 > 0:09:49I would have to go with Edward Snowden.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Ali, you'll know this, for sure.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Yeah, it's Edward Snowden.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Edward Snowden is the right answer.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Equal after three questions. We go to Sudden Death.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01It gets a bit harder. I don't give you different options as answers.
0:10:01 > 0:10:07Rose DeWitt Bukater is the central character in which 1997 film?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11It sounds like quite the sort of period drama name.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13In 1997, I remember my sister
0:10:13 > 0:10:16was watching a lot of Pride And Prejudice,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19so I'm going to go with Pride And Prejudice.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23She's actually the one who hangs off the front of the Titanic.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24- Oh!- With Leonardo DiCaprio.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And then at the start she's the old lady, actually.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29She's kind of central to Titanic.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31That's a huge blow for me, Jeremy.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34OK. Chris, you can take the round now.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Who plays the title character in the 1973 film adaptation
0:10:38 > 0:10:42of Frederick Forsyth's book The Day Of The Jackal?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45What's his name? Edward Fox.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48The answer is Edward Fox.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Chris, well done. Sorry, Ali.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- That's a blow.- What can you do? - What can you do?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56I think you just got steam-rolled, Ali.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Come back to us and we'll play on.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Chris, no shame in this, but I think
0:11:01 > 0:11:03we might have got confused with our Blue Peter tortoises.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06The one you're thinking of was Fred the tortoise.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- Fred, yeah.- And they then had a look
0:11:08 > 0:11:10and they said, "It's Freda, not Fred."
0:11:10 > 0:11:11As it stands, the Rubber Ducks
0:11:11 > 0:11:13have lost two brains from the final round.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16The next subject for you is Politics.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- What do we think?- Who wants this?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- Henry?- Yeah, Henry is...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Henry, take it home.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- I'll do it.- Henry, you're going to take it home.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28All right, civil servant. Against which Egghead?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30And you can have any of the three on the left.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31All big brains.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Let's go for Dave.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Tremendous knowledge.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Henry from the Rubber Ducks versus Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39To ensure there's no conferring,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41please go to our famous Question Room.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Henry, good luck in this against Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Would you like to go first or second?- I will go second, please.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Change of strategy from our Challengers.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Just trying to unpick the lock here.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Dave, in 2016, the MP Sarah Olney
0:11:59 > 0:12:03ousted Zac Goldsmith from his Richmond Park constituency,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06winning the seat for which political party?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I think she was a Liberal Democrat.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Liberal Democrat is right.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18And, Henry, your question.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22In August 2016, which English political leader was embroiled
0:12:22 > 0:12:26in the so-called Traingate dispute, in which he claimed he was forced
0:12:26 > 0:12:29to sit on the floor of a ram-packed train?
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Well, I remember the CCTV footage quite well and it was Jeremy Corbyn.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40It was indeed. And it introduced us to the word ram-packed,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42which I now use all the time.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Dave, who was Hilary Clinton's running mate
0:12:45 > 0:12:47in the 2016 presidential election?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53It's Tim Kaine.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Tim Kaine is right.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Henry, from 1990-97,
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Mary Robinson was the first female president of which country?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08So, I'm not 100% certain.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I think it's definitely not South Africa.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I'm going to guess for Ireland.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16You've guessed absolutely right.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19OK, Dave. To get three in a row, here we go.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21In 1989, which backbench MP launched
0:13:21 > 0:13:26the first unsuccessful leadership challenge against Margaret Thatcher?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Think Julian Critchley was a colourful MP for Aldershot,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38if I'm not mistaken.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Michael Cartiss doesn't ring any bells.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45I do remember Anthony Meyer being put forward as a stalking horse,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47so that's my answer. Anthony Meyer.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Brilliant. That's another real obscure point in history.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52But you're absolutely right, Dave.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54It is Anthony Meyer.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56All right, he's got three in a row.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58So, Henry, you need this.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Which of these women was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
0:14:01 > 0:14:03in 2011 for her work to improve woman's rights?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15So I'm afraid it's a slight guess again.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19So I've heard of Dilma Rouseff from Brazil,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is Argentina.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I'm afraid I haven't heard of the other person.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30I'm going to go for the answer on the right, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- So you're going for the one you haven't heard of?- Yes.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34She's president of Liberia and she is the answer.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Very well done. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38You've got three out of three as well.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Henry, nice work from our civil servant.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41It goes to Sudden Death.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44It gets a bit harder, I don't give you different options.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Dave, what did the initials GLC
0:14:46 > 0:14:49stand for in the name of the local government body
0:14:49 > 0:14:52formed in the 1960s and abolished in 1986?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Greater London Council.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Quite right, Dave. Well done.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- So you're on the edge now, Henry. - Yeah.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Until his death in 2016, the world's longest-reigning living monarch
0:15:02 > 0:15:04was the king of which country?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06It was Thailand.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Thailand is right. Well done.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09You're still in it. Sudden Death. Dave, back to you.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Which prominent figure in politics was born in 1964
0:15:14 > 0:15:18with a middle name LaVaughn and the surname Robinson?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Sounds American.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26LaVaughn...Robinson.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Right, total guess...
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Michelle Obama.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Michelle Obama is correct.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Henry. In 1994, who became the first woman
0:15:39 > 0:15:42to be appointed acting leader of the Labour Party?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44There's a few people swirling in my head.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I know Harriet Harman's done the job in the past.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52So probably part of my question is whether she was prominent in 1994
0:15:52 > 0:15:55to have done it then as well?
0:15:55 > 0:16:01I am going to guess that she was not, and go for Margaret Beckett.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Margaret Beckett is correct. ALL: Yes!
0:16:04 > 0:16:07And you were only about six years old in '94. Well done.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Dave, Sudden Death. Your question.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12What is the largely formal final stage
0:16:12 > 0:16:15a public bill must go through in Parliament
0:16:15 > 0:16:18before the proposals in it become an act of Parliament?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I don't know. The wording of the question is just confusing me.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24But all I can go off is Royal assent.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Royal assent is correct.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Henry, members of which a British political body have to swear an oath
0:16:31 > 0:16:35or solemnly affirm to keep secret all matters treated of secretly in counsel?
0:16:37 > 0:16:41So, the two things in my head are either the Cabinet or the Privy Council.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44I'm going to go for the Privy Council, though.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Well done. Privy Council is correct.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48You're really doing well.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Dave, "It's the economy, stupid,"
0:16:50 > 0:16:54was written on a sign in the campaign headquarters of which
0:16:54 > 0:16:57American presidential candidate, to keep everyone on-message?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Right, well...
0:17:03 > 0:17:06..it's either Herbert Walker Bush or it's Bill Clinton,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I think. It's from that time.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11So...
0:17:13 > 0:17:15..I'm going to go Bill Clinton.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Bill Clinton is correct. In 1992.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Henry, to stay in,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24what is the surname of the brothers Charles and Jonathan, who were
0:17:24 > 0:17:26private secretary to Margaret Thatcher,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30and chief of staff to Tony Blair, respectively?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33It's a bit of a guess, but for some reason
0:17:33 > 0:17:36the name Powell is coming to mind.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38That's my guess. Powell.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Powell is right.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42ALL EXCLAIM
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Famously, one calls himself "Pole" and one calls himself Powell.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51All right, Dave. Which independent body was created in 2000 to oversee
0:17:51 > 0:17:56donations to and campaign-spending by UK political parties?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01I can't think of what it would be called...
0:18:03 > 0:18:07..I don't think... It's obviously something I've heard of but
0:18:07 > 0:18:09not coming to mind at all.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Because the Electoral Commission was going for a long time before.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19So it is just to have a look at funding.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24No, I'm not getting anything, really.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Committee for Public Scrutiny.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28No, you said the answer earlier.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Electoral Commission. - Oh, I didn't know it was...
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Oh. I thought that had been around longer.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Sorry.- Henry, you can get your place in the final now, with this answer.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41The Trades Union Congress was founded in which decade in the 19th century?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45In the 19th century, so...
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Well, I've heard of the TUC, obviously.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Decade in the 19th century,
0:18:50 > 0:18:54it's going to be a complete and utter guess.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58But I would be surprised if it was too early on and so I'm going to go
0:18:58 > 0:19:00for the 18...
0:19:02 > 0:19:04..90s.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05The 1860s.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Dave, what was the name of the feminist magazine that pursued
0:19:10 > 0:19:15issues concerned with the Women's Movement, which was published in
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Britain between 1972 and 1993?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Only one that I've heard of, Spare Rib.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Spare Rib is right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Henry, back to you, to stay in.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Which Soviet president signed the START 1 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35I do not know the answer.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Erm, so... There's two in my mind.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I'm going to go for...
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Khrushchev.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Khrushchev is your answer.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51It isn't him, actually, it's Mikhail Gorbachev,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54who's probably in your mind, your brilliant quizzing mind,
0:19:54 > 0:19:55probably the more obvious one.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- Yeah.- Sorry, Henry.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58What a quiz, eh, Dave?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Yeah, it was. He was absolutely superb.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Yeah, absolutely superb.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I mean, picking out answers from way before you were born, on Politics.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07That is seriously impressive.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Margaret Beckett is a seriously impressive answer.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11So was Powell.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12And Powell as well.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Really, we are all applauding here, Henry.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Well done. Well done.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I won't be going to Brixton for a pub quiz any time soon,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I can tell you.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25All right, so Dave is JUST in the final.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27But he loves a good quiz.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Henry, well done. Come back to us, we'll play on.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Well, this doesn't really reflect the brilliant quizzing we've seen,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35but the Rubber Ducks have lost three brains from the final round.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Even lost Henry there.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38The Eggheads are still all sitting there.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40So see if you can get one out now.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42It's Music. Who would like Music?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- It could be Jack or Jack. - I'll take that one.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Jack M. OK.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Our museum staffing manager.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51And it can either be Pat or Lisa you take on.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55I've seen Pat give some outrageous music answers before,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58but Lisa does have a great singing voice.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00This is really tough. Lisa, please.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04So, Jack M from the Rubber Ducks versus Lisa from the Eggheads.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Please go to our Question Room for the last time.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10OK, Jack M, on Music.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Would you like to go first or second against the very tuneful Lisa?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I'm going to follow suit with Henry, I'd like to go second, please.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23Lisa, your question. Which single word has been the title of UK
0:21:23 > 0:21:26singles for Duffy, Shawn Mendes and Kanye West?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Rather good song titles, I think more songwriters should consider.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I'm guessing that one is Mercy.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Mercy is correct.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40First question for you, Jack. When they formed,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42who was the youngest member of the Spice Girls?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51I haven't kept track with the ages of the Spice Girls, I'm afraid,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54but given their spice monikers,
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Gerry being Ginger and Mel B being Scary,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01I think it makes more sense for it to be Emma Bunton,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03given that she's Baby Spice.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04So I'll say Emma Bunton.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07That is the most perfect logic we've ever had.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Emma Bunton is right. Lisa,
0:22:09 > 0:22:13in which year did the singer Al Martino have the first-ever official
0:22:13 > 0:22:15UK number one, with the single Here In My Heart?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23I don't think they had an official chart until the '50s.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29I don't think it did start earlier, I think it is 1952.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Here In My Heart was 1952.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Lisa, well done.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38OK, back to you, Jack. How many members make up the electronic music
0:22:38 > 0:22:39group Daft Punk?
0:22:42 > 0:22:45It's two of them. They wear their little helmets on the stage.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47There's definitely only two of them.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Yes, I remember seeing them getting an award and they looked very,
0:22:50 > 0:22:51very odd. Two is right!
0:22:53 > 0:22:55OK, Lisa. Who wrote the poem on
0:22:55 > 0:22:59which the Christmas carol, In The Bleak Midwinter is based?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Bleak pretty much gives it all away.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10She wasn't known for her cheery outlook on life.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12That's Christina Rossetti.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Yes, she was a bit miserable, wasn't she?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16A little bit, but still a great poet.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Christina Rossetti is quite right.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21So she's got three out of three, Jack, which is a bit inconvenient.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- A little.- A little.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26See if you can take her to Sudden Death with this question.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31In 1969, which musical act had a UK number-two single,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34with the title Call Me Number One?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43I'll level with you, Jeremy, I don't have a clue with this one.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I'm going to go for The Monkees.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49So it's a very hard question this.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50The Crickets were Buddy Holly's band.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- Yes, they were.- And The Tremeloes we know for Silence Is Golden.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Not so much for this. The Tremeloes is the answer.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Lisa, you're through.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Sorry, Jack. Beaten by our Egghead.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Come back and we'll see what happens in the final round.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07OK, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09It is time for our final round.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11As always, it's General Knowledge.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be
0:24:14 > 0:24:17allowed to take part in this round. I honestly can't believe I'm taking
0:24:17 > 0:24:19them all from the Challengers' side. Ali, Jack M, Henry,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21and Constantine from the Rubber Ducks,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23would you now please leave the studio.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27- Good luck, Jack. - Thank you very much.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Our book-seller, playing to win the Rubber Ducks £1,000.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Lisa, Dave, Pat, Chris and Beth,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34you're playing for something money can't buy -
0:24:34 > 0:24:37the Eggheads' reputation, and dare I say, just to get back
0:24:37 > 0:24:41on track after a rather awkward performance the other day.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46This time they are all General Knowledge.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47You can confer.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Sorry, that doesn't help you very much.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53So, Jack R, the question is, can your one brain defeat these five?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56And they'll talk about it in Brixton for years if it happens.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Good luck.- Thank you very much.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Would you like to go first or second?- I would like to go first.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06And they're cheering you on back there.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I know you can't look but they're riveted already.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12In Scrabble, which of these letters is worth only one point?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18This is something that I know I should have
0:25:18 > 0:25:20revised up on a little bit more.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Based on the fact that it is very common. I think it's one of the most
0:25:25 > 0:25:27common letters, I'm going to go with A.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29You're absolutely right, it is A.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Eggheads, over to you. What's going to happen here?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Just see if you're back on track, Eggs.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39The melting point of beeswax is closest to how many degrees Celsius?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- 60.- About 60. - You would think so, wouldn't you?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47At six, they would be dripping out of the hive.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Melts in boiling water and so it's got to be less than 100.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52OK, yeah.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54We're going for 60.
0:25:54 > 0:25:5660 is quite right.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Jack. The White Queen is the first
0:25:58 > 0:26:01book in a series of Wars Of The Roses novels,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05known as the Cousins' War, by which writer?
0:26:09 > 0:26:12All three of these write historical fiction.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13I know it's not Hilary Mantel.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17So it's between Antonia Fraser and Philippa Gregory.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21I'm going to go with Philippa Gregory.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Philippa Gregory is quite right.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Eggheads, in English grammar,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28which of these terms is specifically used for a word that connects
0:26:28 > 0:26:32clauses or sentences, such as "if" and "but"?
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- Conjunction, I would have said. - Means joining, doesn't it?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43We think that's conjunction.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Conjunction is quite right, Pat.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Well done, Eggs. Playing well at the moment.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Here's your third question. Which player was unexpectedly defeated by
0:26:53 > 0:26:58Arthur Ashe in the Men's Singles Final at Wimbledon in 1975?
0:27:03 > 0:27:04I'm at complete loss here.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I'm not good on my tennis.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11I'm going to go with Bjorn Borg.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- Eggheads, do you know? - Jimmy Connors.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Jimmy Connors is the answer.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20It gives the Eggs a chance to take the whole contest with this one
0:27:20 > 0:27:24question. Eggheads, who plays the handsome American, Jack,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27love rival to Colin Firth's Mark Darcy,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30in the 2016 film, Bridget Jones's Baby?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Patrick Dempsey. McDreamy himself.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Yeah, McDreamy.- OK.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41I'm advised it's Patrick Dempsey.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47The handsome American, Jack, is indeed played by Patrick Dempsey.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49And with three out of three in the final,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51we say, congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59If you played them every single day,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02they would win, might not win half, but...
0:28:02 > 0:28:06- It would average out.- You would take them down an awful lot of times.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09You were just bit unlucky on those marginal calls.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11We will come back, if you like.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Honestly, what great, smart quizzers, my goodness gracious me,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17and so young as well. Commiserations, Rubber Ducks.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them, most of the time.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Here they are, back reigning supreme over Quizland.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26It does mean you don't go home with the £1,000, but
0:28:26 > 0:28:29you played brilliantly and everyone is going to remember this one.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31The money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35Eggheads, I wonder if you are now going to begin one of those runs
0:28:35 > 0:28:37that you get on. Join us next time,
0:28:37 > 0:28:40to see if a new team of Challengers can stop them
0:28:40 > 0:28:42in their tracks. £2,000 says they can't.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Until then, goodbye.