Episode 54 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.

Now, taking on the might of the Eggheads today are

the Big Fat Stupid Quizzers from Manchester.

Team captain Giles hosts a weekly quiz at the Lass O'Gowrie pub,

which the rest of the team attend, called the Big Fat Stupid Quiz.

So, let's meet them.

Hi, my name's Giles,

I'm the producer of a small media production company.

Hello, my name's Louise and I'm a research fellow.

Hi, I'm Lou and I'm a deputy stage manager.

Hi, I'm Ruth and I'm a head of service.

Hello, I'm Harold and I'm a housing administrator.

Giles and team, hello.

-Hello.

-Welcome to you.

Giles, tell us about the quiz.

Well, it's a weekly quiz at the Lass O'Gowrie,

it's called Big Fat Stupid Quiz

because essentially it requires no general knowledge,

just the ability to humiliate yourself.

I see, so it's... How can you do it without any general knowledge?

Well, obviously, there is an element of general knowledge.

You need to have some answers.

But I tend to concentrate on the more silly side of quizzing, really.

-And it's gone on for while, this quiz?

-18 years, this year.

Really, 18 years? Have you all quizzed at the pub?

-Yes.

-You have. All right. Well that's great.

That could come in handy against this lot over here.

Good luck, Challengers.

Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs.

But if the Challengers fail to defeat the Eggheads, as you know,

the prize money rolls over.

So, Big Fat Stupid Quizzers...

I hate saying that to you, by the way!

I feel bad about it.

The Eggheads have won just the last game.

Which means £2,000 says you can't beat them today.

The first head-to-head battle is on Sport.

One of you against either Lisa, Steve, Barry, Kevin, or Chris.

-I think Ruth.

-Yeah. For Sport!

-Really?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-And, Lou, we're going to...?

-Yeah.

-Is it Ruth?

-Yeah.

All right, Ruth. Against which Egghead, any one of the five?

-Oh.

-You want whoever's best.

-Lisa?

You want the best,

who therefore wouldn't be able to do one of the other head-to-heads.

Ah, that's true.

You're just trying to make me go up against Kevin, aren't you?

-My strategy.

-That's what it is.

Just trying to get rid of Kevin for the rest of you!

Yes, let's do that.

-Is that what we're doing?

-Yes.

All right then, Kevin it is.

OK, so Ruth from Big Fat Stupid Quizzers takes on Kevin,

this has not been a bad tactic before, has it?

-People hurling themselves at you.

-Sometimes it pays off.

He's not expecting this, so you never know. Catch him cold.

Please now go to the legendary Eggheads Question Room.

So Ruth, you've been volunteered for Sport here.

-Yes.

-Is it your thing?

No.

Is there a lack of Sport on the team?

Yeah. I think, generally, yes.

Oh, that's a shame that's come up then.

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

-First, please.

Here we go. Pep Guardiola became the manager of which

Premier League football team in 2016?

Oh, this might be the only sports question I get right.

-It's Manchester City.

-It is Manchester City, well done.

-So you've got a bit of football going on?

-Er, just Manchester.

OK! Of course, that's where you live, yeah.

-Yeah!

-All right, Kevin.

The Silver Fern is the emblem

of the national rugby union team of which country?

That's what you see on the all-black shirts of New Zealand.

New Zealand is correct.

Over to you, Ruth.

Dodger Stadium is a major baseball field in which city?

Baseball is definitely not my thing.

So it's going to have to be a bit of a guess.

For some reason, Los Angeles isn't really working for me.

So I'm going to go with Boston.

Dodger Stadium in Boston, let's see.

Kevin?

No, originally they started off in New York

because they were originally the Brooklyn Dodgers,

but then they, in the 1950s, the franchise moved and since then

-they've been Los Angeles.

-Oh!

So, yes, it is Los Angeles, Ruth.

OK. Your question, Kevin.

In total, how many major championship titles

did Nick Faldo win during his golfing career?

It's not, well it's not as high as 12 or 18.

I was just trying to work out which... I think he won, it was six,

and I think he won three British Opens and three US Masters.

So, six.

Six is correct.

-He is good, Ruth, isn't he?

-Yeah!

All right. Your question.

Lester Piggott, who was 18 when he won his first Epsom Derby in 1954,

was how old when he won his last?

You need this to stay in.

Well, I mean I know the name, but, again, don't know the answer.

I'm assuming it's probably not 27.

I'm going to take a punt at 47, I think.

47 is correct, well done.

-Yes!

-He had a very long career.

-Whoo!

Kevin. You can take the round with this.

Of which British boxer did Muhammad Ali reportedly comment,

"He hit me so hard, my ancestors in Africa felt it."

Well, it's not John Conteh.

But I think he did fight both of the others.

The one who famously knocked him down was Henry Cooper, so...

Yeah, it could be Bugner, but I'm going to

have to stick with Henry Cooper.

Henry Cooper's the right answer.

So three out of three. Sorry, Ruth.

And you know it's not your subject, but you did well there anyway,

beaten by our Egghead. Kevin will be in the final,

Ruth has been knocked out.

Come back to us please and we'll play round two.

So, as it stands, Big Fat Stupid Quizzers have lost a brain

from the final round, the Eggheads have not lost any so far.

The next subject for you is Arts & Books.

So, Giles and team, who wants this?

-I think we know.

-Well, we had you down for Books.

I think we discussed this on the train, didn't we?

We did, we had a little chat about it.

What do you say, Lou?

Yeah, I'll have a go.

Who would we choose?

OK, Lou against, obviously, anyone but Kevin.

I might try Steve.

-Steve.

-Steve.

-I think we'll go with Harold, you might be right there.

-OK.

-I think that's a good call.

-All right.

-Come on, Steve.

-Oh, sorry, I thought you meant...

-No, no.

-Steve, yeah.

So Lou from Big Fat Stupid Quizzers to play Steve from the Eggheads.

Arts & Books the subject, please go to the Question Room now.

So, Lou, Arts & Books, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first.

Here we go.

The sequel to Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

is called The Restaurant At The End Of The...what?

Gut feeling is universe.

I'm going to have to just go with my gut and hope that that's right.

It normally works in life. I'm going to choose universe.

It is Restaurant At The End Of The Universe,

you're quite right, well done. Well done.

Steve, your question, Arts & Books -

which of these artists was born first?

Well, you'll have to ask Kevin for exact dates,

but I think that's Salvador Dali.

Let's see. Kevin, first of all, Andy Warhol?

1928-87.

-David Hockney?

-Born in 1937.

-And Dali?

-1904-89.

Right. Dali's the right answer, Steve,

and we just had the dates from Kevin. All right.

Your question now, Lou.

Lydia Bennet is one of the characters

in which novel by Jane Austen?

Bit of a mental block here,

but again I'm going to go with my gut and go for Pride And Prejudice.

Pride And Prejudice is quite right.

-Your gut hasn't let you down.

-Ooft!

OK, Steve -

Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World was first published

in which century?

I thought you were going to ask me for a year. I were panicked.

It's 20th, Jeremy.

20th is quite right.

So, level on two and back we go to you, Lou.

See if you can get this right, put him under some pressure.

-I'll do my best.

-Which of these is a famous painting by Francisco Goya?

Wow.

OK, I'm going to choose The Dance. I don't know why.

I'm afraid you're wrong.

-The Naked Maja is the answer.

-Ah!

So, Steve has a chance.

The word "makar" is now used as a term for the poet laureate

of which country of the UK?

It's M-A-K-A-R.

-This for the round.

-I think that's Scotland, Jeremy.

You are right, Steve, well done, three out of three.

Sorry, Lou, they're playing really well.

Have you even got one wrong yet, Eggheads?

This is annoying when they're in this form.

Lou, you've been knocked out, I'm afraid. Steve is in the final round.

Return to us and we'll see what happens in round three.

So, as it stands, Big Fat Stupid Quizzers have lost two brains

now from the final round and the Eggheads are all

just still sitting there. Five of them, intact.

So, chance for you now on Science.

-Who would like this?

-Ooh!

-Ah. I think I know the answer to this.

-Yeah, I think we all do.

-Come on, Louise.

-Yes.

-Who are we going...?

I say take one for the team.

All right, Louise. Against which Egghead?

And it can be... Well, alternate ones - Lisa, Barry, Chris.

-I'm drawn to Lisa.

-We all are.

-Beautiful hair.

-Well, it's the dress.

-It's the dress and hair.

We are all drawn to you, lady.

Yes, let's go with that.

You're only human!

So, Louise from Big Fat Stupid Quizzers,

drawn to Lisa from the Eggheads, and just to ensure

there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.

So, Science, Louise, would you like to go first or second?

Well, as we've done so well with the choice of going first,

I think I might try second.

All right, Lisa, here we go.

What type of creature is a praying mantis?

Praying Mantis is an insect, Jeremy.

Insect is right.

OK. Louise.

See if we can turn this around now.

In the human body, by what name is the oesophagus also known?

I would say...

Well, it's where your food goes down,

so I would say it was the intestine.

Or is it? Could be the gullet.

Yeah, it's not intestine, I'm afraid.

-The gullet, isn't it? Yeah.

-Gullet is the answer.

OK, Lisa, your question.

Which of these was invented first?

I don't think there's much in it for any of them, actually.

Erm, no, that's a complete lie. Ignore I said that.

There's a little puddle on the desk where Barry's weeping.

Right.

Galileo with a telescope?

Which would sort of mean it would have to be first, really.

Telescope.

Telescope is the right answer, well done.

OK, Louise -

which of these is a type of dolphin, native to UK waters?

Daubenton is a bat, muntjac is a deer,

so that would leave the bottlenose.

Yeah, absolutely right, bottlenose is right.

So, Lisa, your third question,

if you get this right you will be in the final.

The extinct Gigantopithecus was a giant version

of which type of animal?

The pithecus part, it's to do, I think,

with an early ape in that case.

So I will try, with the pithecus ending, ape.

Ape is right. Three out of three, Lisa.

Louise, sorry, that first slip was fatal.

And you've been knocked out there.

It's not the end of the road for the Challengers,

they've got another round, and then the final, you can still win.

Louise, Lisa, please return to us.

So, Big Fat Stupid Quizzers have lost three brains now

from the final round, the Eggheads...

Yep, all five of them, still there.

Now's your chance to get one out.

Music is the subject.

So, it's Giles or Harold.

-Well.

-Well, Giles.

-To quote a famous film, you are our only hope.

I'll do Music.

You'll do Music?

Oh, I see, so you're going to leave Harold for the final?

-Yes!

-Very interesting. I'm finally working this out.

So, it's going to be Giles on Music

and you've got to choose now, either Barry or Chris.

Ooh, Barry or Chris?

I'm going to go for Chris.

Giles from Big Fat Stupid Quizzers

to play Chris, on Music, from the Eggheads.

And to ensure there's no conferring, please, for the last time,

go to our Question Room.

Are we OK on Music then, Giles?

Is this going to be the round where we turn it around?

I hope so.

My music knowledge is varied, but we'll see.

Giles, would you like to go first or second?

I think I shall go first.

Here we go.

I Got A Feeling was a UK number-one hit single for which band?

Well, it rings a bell as being...

I think it rings a bell as being the Black Eyed Peas,

but I'm not entirely sure.

We'll go for Black Eyed Peas.

Don't worry, you're right, it is Black Eyed Peas,

will.i.am and all that. Well done.

Here's your question, Chris -

what is the real name of the singer Rihanna?

Well, Stefani Germanotta is Lady Gaga.

She's a fairly exotic lady, isn't she, from Brazil,

so I think her name is Ella Yelich-O'Connor.

Ooh.

I'm thinking that might be Lorde, but I don't know. Is that Lorde?

-It's Lorde.

-Yeah.

-So that's, you've gone wrong there, Chris.

-It's Robyn Fenty.

-It's Robyn Fenty.

-Oh.

-Yeah. She's from Barbados, isn't she?

-Comes from Barbados, Chris.

-Barbados?

-Yeah, not Brazil.

All right, Giles -

which man, born in 1975, co-produced Amy Whitehouse's

Back To Black and won three Grammys for his work on the album?

Well, I know Rick Rubin produced various hip-hop things.

Pharrell Williams is synonymous with hip-hop,

and various pop music,

My answer would be Mark Ronson.

Yes, absolutely, Mark Ronson is the answer.

Well done.

So you're ahead and, Chris, this is a bit of a pickle now.

You've got to get this one right to stay in.

Which member of the Beatles wrote the song Here Comes The Sun?

One of my favourite Beatles songs, it's by George Harrison.

It is indeed by George Harrison, well done.

So, you've saved yourself there,

but you can, as they say, Giles, finish this now.

What was the first name of the Italian composer Monteverdi?

Born in 1567.

Ah, this...

Classical music, really not my area.

For no other reason,

it just sounds slightly better, I'm going to go for Francesco.

-Eggheads?

-Claudio.

Claudio is the answer.

Claudio, all right. Now, Chris, this is in your hands,

you can come back into it with this question.

The musician Itzhak Perlman is most associated

with which stringed instrument?

Itzhak Perlman was a virtuoso on the violin.

Violin is quite right.

We're level. Tense here.

So, Giles, it's Sudden Death now.

Gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternative options, OK?

Here's your question - which American singer-songwriter,

born in 1936, and who later became a member of the band

The Travelling Wilburys, was nicknamed The Big O?

That would be Roy Orbison.

Roy Orbison is right.

Sudden Death.

Cliff-edged stuff, this, for Chris.

Which Australian, female, chart-topping singer

duetted with Nick Cave on the 1995 single Where The Wild Roses Grow?

-Got to be Kylie Minogue.

-Ugh!

Kylie Minogue is right.

-Just a guess!

-Back with you, Giles.

Which band had a UK number-one single with Maria in 1999,

20 years after their first UK number one?

That would be Blondie.

-Yes!

-Yeah, Blondie, quite right, with Debbie Harry.

Chris, to stay in.

Which bass guitarist born in Oxfordshire in 1960

became famous as a member of U2?

Well he's known as The Edge, I don't know what his real name is.

I'd say The Edge.

The Edge is not a bass guitarist. He plays lead guitar.

-Uh-huh.

-Adam Clayton is who we're looking for.

Well done, Giles.

We're on our way here! Yes.

So, we do have a second Challenger in the final, that's good.

Well done, Giles, you took on Chris, you knocked him out.

So, come back to us and we'll play the final round for £2,000.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round and, as always, it's General Knowledge.

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

don't take part in this round.

So that is, from the Challengers side, Louise, Lou and Ruth,

from Big Fat Stupid Quizzers.

But also Chris, known as The Steamroller, from the Eggheads.

Would you please leave the studio?

Giles and Harold, you are playing to win Big Fat Stupid Quizzers £2,000.

Lisa, Steve, Barry and Kevin, you're playing for something

that money can't buy, which is the Eggheads' reputation.

Now, as usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

They're all General Knowledge.

You can confer, gentlemen.

So, Challengers, the question is,

can your two brains defeat these four over here?

And would you like to go first or second?

I think we'll go first.

Harold, Giles, good luck. Here we go.

Which film star shares her name with a non-alcoholic cocktail,

typically made of ginger ale,

grenadine and garnished with a cherry?

-Shirley Temple.

-Is it?

Shirley Temple is a nonalcoholic cocktail.

-Are we sure it's Shirley Temple?

-Yeah, Shirley Temple.

Shirley Temple is the right answer, well done.

OK, Eggs -

what name is given to the space between the thumb and forefinger

in the human hand?

Must be a purlicue, whatever one of them is.

-Hallux is a big toe.

-Hallux, yes.

Glabella is that bit there, were the eyebrows meet.

-Never heard of that before.

-That leaves purlicue, doesn't it?

Well, hallux is the big toe and glabella is where the eyebrows meet,

so that leaves purlicue.

-Purlicue is right.

-Never heard of it.

Never heard of it? No-one's ever said,

"I'm going to grab you by the purlicue"?

-Or lived to tell the tale!

-In so many words, no, no.

It's not one of the holds we've used here.

One each. Challengers -

which Roman emperor is the subject of a statue

that stands outside York Minster?

I've been to York Minster loads of times,

but for the life of me I cannot remember who it is.

I've got a feeling that, because he was...

..because he has quite a strong connection with York,

in that, when he came to the throne, he was at York...

I think it's Constantine.

Constantine is correct.

Well done, Harold.

Eggheads - which football ground,

with a capacity of over 50,000, has stands called

the Broomloan Road Stand, the Sandy Jardine Stand,

and the Copland Road Stand?

It's got to be Ibrox, surely. Sandy Jardine.

He was famously associated with Rangers.

-So...

-Yeah.

Well, we're sure that Sandy Jardine was associated with Rangers,

who play at Ibrox, so Ibrox is our answer.

-Ibrox is right.

-Well done, guys.

Playing well, you're both playing well.

OK, third question for you, Challengers.

What word from the Greek for summit or finishing touch is the name given

to a publisher's emblem or imprint on the title page of a book?

Xenophon is a general and then a historian and wrote the Anabasis.

Bellerophon was a mythological hero, more or less.

So, which leaves,

and I think colophon is some sort of publisher's mark.

I think it's the only one that's sprung to mind as

involved in publishing, but I haven't got a clue.

-You're the man that would know.

-Yeah.

So I'd say, yeah, colophon.

OK. As you were saying all of that, Harold,

I could hear the Eggheads going "Ooh, ooh!"

They suddenly realised they've got a quizzer on their hands here.

Colophon is the right answer, three out of three.

Are you about to take them apart for the second time in three games?

Let's see. Eggheads, your question.

If you get this wrong, it's over.

Crispus Attucks, who died during what is known as

the Boston Massacre, is widely held to be the first person to die

in which conflict?

US Revolution?

Yep, we're all agreed on that?

Yes, we're all agreed on this one,

we all believe it's the US Revolution.

-Very good. US Revolution is the right answer.

-Well done, guys.

Three out of three for you both. No-one's broken a sweat yet.

What will happen in Sudden Death?

Gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternatives.

Here is your question, Challengers -

the Central Criminal Court in London,

commonly known as the Old Bailey,

was partially built on the site of which medieval prison?

The only medieval prison that I can think of,

about the time that the Old Bailey would have been built,

I would think, would be Newgate, but I might be wrong.

Just all I can think is Newgate.

So therefore, I'm going to say Newgate.

Newgate Jail is correct.

-Eggheads. Game on here, aren't we?

-Absolutely.

The construction of which major building in Barcelona has a

planned completion date of 2026, the centenary of its architect's death?

-Sagrada Familia.

-Sagrada Familia.

-Must be.

-Yeah.

It's Gaudi's wonderful Sagrada Familia.

Sagrada Familia is correct.

Back to you, Sudden Death.

The Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto composed the original score

for which 1983 film featuring David Bowie?

Nicholas Roeg.

What year again, sorry?

1983.

1983, David Bowie.

No, you're thinking of The Man Who Fell To Earth,

which is '70s, wasn't it?

-Labyrinth?

-No!

-No, hang on.

-I think I know what it is.

-Go on.

-What do you think it is?

-Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence.

Oh, right, yes! Of course it is.

Sorry, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ah.

-Yes.

-Yes.

I think it is Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence.

It is indeed Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, you're playing brilliantly.

Back to the Eggheads. Something's going to give soon.

Which side is it going to be on?

The name of which Jules Verne character

literally means "goes everywhere",

but is also that term for a skeleton or master key.

-Passepartout.

-Passepartout.

OK, we think it's from Around The World In 80 Days

and the character is Passepartout.

Passepartout is correct.

Challengers - the nickname of

which country's women's national football team

translates literally as Girls Girls?

It's a bit of a guess and it's not based on anything other than

thinking that the South African men's football team

is known as The Boys The Boys,

or Boys Boys or something like that.

But probably something in, I don't know,

it's something Zulu or Xhosa or whatever,

but I would imagine that the women's football team

would have a similar nickname, so I'm going to say South Africa.

Banyana Banyana, South Africa's right.

Eggheads.

The seaside village of Walberswick, the venue for the

British Open Crabbing Championships for many years,

is in which county?

I think Walberswick's in Suffolk.

Well, if you think that, Kevin, because I've never heard of it.

-I'm not certain.

-That's the right part of the world.

Well, we believe East Anglia is famous for crabs, Cromer especially,

but in this case we're not going from Norfolk,

we're going for Suffolk.

-The answer is Suffolk.

-Well done, Kevin.

-Brilliant.

We play on.

Can you take the stress? This is good, come on!

Just hold it steady, you're going to overwhelm them,

they will go wrong at some point, I promise!

Here we go - which bird of myths and folktales,

that has the ability to fly backwards,

was the object of the expedition in the 1970 film

Carry On Up The Jungle?

Well, what do we know?

We know the phoenix, obviously, rises from the ashes, blah-blah.

We know...

-Ah!

-A Roc's just giant, a giant bird.

I've never even heard of that one.

-It's in Marco Polo.

-Right.

We're going to have to say the phoenix, because I don't think

-we can think of anything else.

-Well, we'll say phoenix.

We're going to have to say phoenix because we can't really think

-of any other mythical birds.

-Phoenix is your answer.

Let me just check with the Eggs here. Eggheads?

Did it begin with oo-something?

Or boozlum?

Gosh, your minds are amazing. You're nearly there.

It's oo-something.

-It's oozlum.

-Oozlum.

The oozlum bird, yeah.

Flies around in ever-decreasing circles

until it flies up its own backside, that was the Carry On film plot.

It's not only birds.

All right. Well, finally, a crack of light

here for you, Eggheads.

Let's see whether you can capitalise?

If you get this right, the contest is over.

Which body of water is mentioned in the title of the song

that contains these famous lines?

Oh, ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road

and I'll be in Scotland afore ye.

# Where me and my true love will never meet again

# On the bonny, bonny banks of Loch Lomond. #

-So, body of water?

-Which body of water?

-It's Loch Lomond.

-Well, it's Loch Lomond.

Loch Lomond is your answer.

If you've got it right, the contest is over.

The title is The Bonny Banks Of Loch Lomond,

we say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

Ooh, well, that was amazing.

We don't see, I can hear them rumbling at this end, thinking,

"Oh, hang on, we've bitten off more than we can chew here."

Harold particularly.

-He was very good, wasn't he?

-He's fantastic.

He's an Egghead, actually, an Egghead in disguise.

No question.

Commiserations to the Big Fat Stupid Quizzers, who are not big,

fat or stupid at all. They've done brilliantly well.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,

although they were given a bit of push and pull today, weren't they?

You do still reign supreme.

It does mean you won't be going home with the £2,000,

so we roll the money over to our next show.

Ooft, what a contest today!

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

like the brilliant quizzers we've got in today.

£3,000 will be here for them to play for.

Until we quiz again, goodbye.