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?
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Welcome to Eggheads,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit their wits against
0:00:27 > 0:00:29possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Here they are, the Eggheads!
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Oh, Judith, you've got a teaser for people watching at home.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Yes, I have, it's another mnemonic.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43It's - mugwumps eat mutton again voraciously and enthusiastically.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48And it's to remind you of which line of monarchs?
0:00:48 > 0:00:50We will find out the answer at the end of the show.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52You'll be here to tell us the answer?
0:00:52 > 0:00:53- I hope so.- OK.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Taking on our awesome quiz champions today are One Steps Beyond from
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Tyne & Wear. This friends-and-family team quiz regularly at The Steps pub
0:01:01 > 0:01:06in Washington, where team captain Percy is the quizmaster.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- Let's meet them.- Hi, I'm Percy and I am a civil servant business analyst.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Hello, I'm Phil,
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I'm a retired civil servant for the Department for Work and Pensions.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Hi, I'm Emma, and I'm a civil servant with the Valuation Office Agency.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Hi, I'm Dave, and I work in business customer services.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Hello, I'm Alan, and I'm a civil servant.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27So, Percy and team, hello.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28- Hello!- Great to see you.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Now, I know Washington, Tyne & Wear, because it's near Durham, where I
0:01:31 > 0:01:33went to university, so, yes, tell us about it.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Well, it started out as a very small village.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39The ancestral home of George Washington and it's over the years
0:01:39 > 0:01:42expanded and expanded, pretty large town now,
0:01:42 > 0:01:43between Newcastle and Sunderland.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47So we get from Washington in Tyne & Wear, we get George Washington
0:01:47 > 0:01:49and then we get Washington, DC, so you are...
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- The originals.- We can trace it back.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Can we?- Yes.- So, tell us about your quizzing, Percy.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57I've been on the quiz in The Steps now for three years
0:01:57 > 0:02:00and these poor people are my victims there.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I run the quiz in The Steps in Washington village, next to
0:02:03 > 0:02:05George Washington's ancestral home.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I'm guessing The Steps pub is called The Steps pub because there are some
0:02:08 > 0:02:09steps somewhere in it, are there?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Or not?- There are a couple of steps up to it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- There are, like, two.- It's one of the oldest pubs in Washington,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18very small pub but, yeah, a lovely local, in a small village.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Brilliant. Dave, what do you think?
0:02:20 > 0:02:21I'm visiting.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22LAUGHTER
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- On me way.- More than welcome. - Taxi's already been booked.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- More than welcome.- We can hear the draughts pouring.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- Yes, we can.- Every day, there is £1,000 up for grabs for our Challengers.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37the prize money rolls over to the next show,
0:02:37 > 0:02:42as you know. So, One Steps Beyond, the Eggheads are now doing it.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45They're on a roll. Five in a row, they've won.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47So there is a £6,000 jackpot.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Would you like to try and win it?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Yes, please.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51- Yes.- Definitely.- Since you're here!
0:02:51 > 0:02:54OK, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Science.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58And you can choose one of you to go against either Dave, Pat, Beth,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Kevin or Judith.- Science?
0:03:00 > 0:03:01What do we know about Science?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Do you want to go?- Shall we...?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Yeah.- Put David in?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- Absolutely fine to go.- OK, Dave,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09business customer services, against...
0:03:09 > 0:03:11..any one of the five, Dave.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14I will take on Pat.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Good thinking. Known as the shark - because he operates silently.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Dave from One Steps Beyond to take on Pat from the Eggheads and just to
0:03:22 > 0:03:26ensure there is no conferring, would you please take your positions in
0:03:26 > 0:03:27our legendary Question Room?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31So, Dave, you're doing a Star Wars podcast?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I do. Every fortnight,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36with a couple of guys I met actually at a Star Wars celebration in London
0:03:36 > 0:03:39a couple of years ago. Randomly, in a queue.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43And we decided that we liked talking about it so much, we'd...
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Get on air and do it, so, yeah, we do a Star Wars, the Ones With The Force,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48the Star Wars podcast every fortnight on YouTube.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51How brilliant. So, oh, YouTube, so it's in vision?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55It's in vision, we do have the audio version, as well, available on many
0:03:55 > 0:03:58platforms but, yeah, it's...
0:03:58 > 0:04:00It's a passion, so it's...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- It's something I really enjoy doing. - Well,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05that's sort of fantasy, and I suppose science fiction, and maybe we're in
0:04:05 > 0:04:07the science round with Star Wars, I don't know.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- Maybe, we'll see.- Maybe. Maybe there's a connection.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Good luck against the great Pat.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Would you like to go first or second?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Could I go first, please?
0:04:19 > 0:04:20You can, and here we go.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Which of the snakes found in the UK usually has a zigzag pattern on its
0:04:24 > 0:04:28scales and a V or a X-shaped marking on its head?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Oh...
0:04:34 > 0:04:36My knowledge on snakes is not great but that...
0:04:36 > 0:04:38That's fine, let's go through them and...
0:04:38 > 0:04:40..see what we can take out here.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I think...
0:04:42 > 0:04:44..looking for markings,
0:04:44 > 0:04:49and for some reason the V is taking me towards adder.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52So I'm going to go with adder, yes.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Adder is the right answer, well done.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Good start for our Challengers.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01Pat. The metallic element lanthanum, first discovered in 1839,
0:05:01 > 0:05:02has which chemical symbol?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I don't... I'm not sure there is an
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Lm. Lu, I presume is lutetium.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16And La I think is...
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Should be element 57.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Should be lanthanum. I think it's La.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25La is quite right.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Your question, Dave. Dwindling global reserves of which gas used in
0:05:29 > 0:05:34MRI scanners and in rockets, were boosted by a significant find in
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Tanzania in 2016. Is this...
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Rocket power, so it's space, you would think this would be my area.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46But let's have a look.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Oxygen...
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Helium, it's not balloons, so...
0:05:53 > 0:05:57I'm going to go dead centre on this, I'm going to go with hydrogen.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00No, it's helium. Actually.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02It does float you up, you're right.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I don't know which... Yeah.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Yeah... Help us with this, Pat, how would it...
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Why would it not be hydrogen?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Well, you wouldn't really have a global shortage of oxygen
0:06:12 > 0:06:15or hydrogen because you can just do electrolysis, you know,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18if you had a desperate need, you can simply manufacture it using
0:06:18 > 0:06:22electricity. You can split water and produce the two gases.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24But helium...is pretty scarce,
0:06:24 > 0:06:28the Americans have the biggest stockpiles in Texas, but it is
0:06:28 > 0:06:31scarce stuff because every time another novelty balloon pops,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33up it goes and doesn't come back, so...
0:06:33 > 0:06:37It's quite scarce and they found a big reserve in Tanzania, so...
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Everybody who needs helium is pleased and the people who held
0:06:40 > 0:06:43the existing stockpiles are probably fed up.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Interesting. So, helium is the answer and we go back to Pat.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50In the name of the condition known as IBS, what does the I stand for?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00I think that's irritable bowel syndrome, so it's irritable.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It is irritable, well done. So, Pat pulls ahead.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Dave, you need to get this one right.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06In April 2017,
0:07:06 > 0:07:12Nasa declared which moon of Saturn to be capable of supporting life,
0:07:12 > 0:07:16due to fluid vents that were observed jetting into space?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26These are the moons and I'm sure this is their names...
0:07:27 > 0:07:30In all honesty, it's not something that...
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Yeah, I'm not sure, but let's have a look.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37My idea was to go to Callisto.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I've got no reason behind that,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41as I say, it's not something I know,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43so, yeah, I'm going to go with Callisto.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46It is difficult, isn't it, to go between the three, there?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49It's Enceladus.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Is the answer. So, sorry, Dave, beaten by Pat, our Egghead,
0:07:53 > 0:07:56and knocked out. Pat will be in the final round but it's early.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Please return to us, we'll play round two.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03As it stands, One Steps Beyond have lost a brain from the final round.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05The Eggheads have not lost any so far.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07It's now time to fire up the engines, guys.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10The next subject is Film & TV.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11- So who would like this?- That's me.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Are you going to go to it? - Let's go for it.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- Let's do it.- Well, Dave cannot go...
0:08:15 > 0:08:21- That's me.- OK, Emma, a civil servant, against anyone but Pat.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Who do you think?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- You like Dave, don't you?- I do.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Yeah. I'll go for Dave.- Very good,
0:08:27 > 0:08:32so Emma from One Steps Beyond taking on Dave from the Eggheads and please
0:08:32 > 0:08:33go to the Question Room, now.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Emma, anything you're watching on TV or in the cinema
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- that you're enjoying? - I'm a very big reality TV fan,
0:08:41 > 0:08:45much to the disgust of all my team-mates.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49So, I'm into Big Brother, Love Island, at the minute.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Really, gosh, I don't think...
0:08:50 > 0:08:53That could be very handy, Dave, couldn't it?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55It could be very good. It's a big area of TV at the moment.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58All right, well, I'm praying they come up for you, Emma, it's brilliant,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00we've never had someone say that before.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02So would you like to go first or second?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Here we go. Which British actress
0:09:09 > 0:09:13stars as Belle in the 2017 film Beauty And The Beast?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22I saw this film recently and absolutely loved it.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24I know Karen Gillan was in Doctor Who,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27but I know the answer is definitely Emma Watson.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Emma Watson is correct. Well done, your namesake.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Dave. The 1954 3-D black-and-white monster horror film starring
0:09:35 > 0:09:40Richard Carlson and Julia Adams is entitled Creature From where?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48The only one of those I've heard of is The Black Lagoon,
0:09:48 > 0:09:49so that's my answer.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52The Black Lagoon is correct and it's worth looking it
0:09:52 > 0:09:55up now, I was showing it to my daughters,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57it is one of the funniest things you can ever see.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Because it is basically - it seems to be a bloke in some sort of
0:10:01 > 0:10:03plastic outfit swimming after people.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04All right!
0:10:04 > 0:10:06The Black Lagoon, well done.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08All right, Emma, your question.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13Which 1967 film, based on a Neil Simon play, starred Robert Redford
0:10:13 > 0:10:15and Jane Fonda as newlyweds?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23To be honest, I've never heard of any of them, so I'm a little bit
0:10:23 > 0:10:25struggling here.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Going to be a complete shot in the dark...
0:10:29 > 0:10:30..and I will go for...
0:10:32 > 0:10:33..Two For The Road.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Do you know this, Dave?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Yeah, Barefoot In The Park.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Barefoot In The Park is the answer.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41OK, Dave, your question, to take the lead.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45What is the first name of the eponymous star of the courtroom
0:10:45 > 0:10:47reality series Judge Rinder?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Right, let me get this right.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57One of the Strictly alumni, I think.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Yeah. Richard Rinder, no.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Russell Rinder, no. I think it's Robert Rinder.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06It is Robert Rinder, well done.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Emma, you need to get this one right.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12In 2016, Cherish Finden became a judge
0:11:12 > 0:11:15on which television cookery show?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Trying to work out if this is one of the ones you'd watch.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I don't think it's Bake Off.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I'm just going to, rightly or wrongly, discount that one.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38I know Celebrity MasterChef kind of had a few new judges brought in.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I'm not sure about the Great British Menu.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43But it could possibly be Great British Menu.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I think I'll go for Celebrity MasterChef.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Let's see, Judith?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Do you know this? Beth, do you know this?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56It's actually Bake Off: Creme De La Creme.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Even though Bake Off has...
0:11:59 > 0:12:03The Great British Bake Off has moved from BBC to Channel 4,
0:12:03 > 0:12:07this is a spin-off for professional bakers, in the same vein as
0:12:07 > 0:12:11professional MasterChef type thing, and she is one of the judges on that.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14The answer is Bake Off: Creme De La Creme.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Sorry, Emma. So Dave has taken the round.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Emma beaten by our Egghead,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21and it's looking difficult for the Challengers,
0:12:21 > 0:12:23they need the comeback to happen now.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Let's see if they can bring it on in round three.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28So, One Steps Beyond, yes,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31they've lost two brains from the final round,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34yes, the Eggheads are still sitting there looking a bit too smug
0:12:34 > 0:12:36but now is the time and yes, you can win.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38The next subject is Food & Drink.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Who would like this?
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- Food & Drink?- I think you should go.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44- Me?- I think...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47That's going to be...
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51I'll take it. I'll leave you two...
0:12:51 > 0:12:52I'll take that one, Jeremy.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55All right, Phil. And which Egghead would you like?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Any of the three nearest to me.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- Kevin...?- Yeah.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Go for Kevin.- Yeah?- Yes.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I think I'll have a crack at Kevin, Jeremy, please.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Phil from One Steps Beyond versus Kevin from the Eggheads.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Please go to our famous Question Room now.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13So, Phil, Food & Drink against Kevin.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Would you like to go first or second?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17I'll go first, Jeremy, please.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22All right, which of these dishes,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Phil, is a variation of cheese on toast?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I've never heard of blind Scouse.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39But I'm fairly sure that's Welsh rarebit.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It is indeed Welsh rarebit, well done, Phil, first one to you.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44OK. Here we go, Kevin.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Which of these styles of beer traditionally has the greatest
0:13:47 > 0:13:48alcoholic strength?
0:13:55 > 0:13:56I'm not a...
0:13:58 > 0:14:02..I'm no longer an alcohol drinker, anyway, so...
0:14:04 > 0:14:08I think, well, I think barley wine is supposed to be pretty strong.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09So, yeah, barley wine.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Barley wine is the right answer.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16All right. Phil, your question.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20What name refers to the hierarchy of roles in a commercial kitchen that
0:14:20 > 0:14:22was developed by the chef
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Auguste Escoffier?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Mm...erm...
0:14:30 > 0:14:32No real clues on this one.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Obviously, battery system...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39..doesn't...
0:14:40 > 0:14:43..to my mind link with anything that way.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Bayonet system would...
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Again, doesn't seem to fit the criteria.
0:14:51 > 0:14:58Just on the pure basis of a brigade having different ranks within it,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01I'll go with Brigade system.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04It sounds right and it is right, Brigade system.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Nicely done, two out of two.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Kevin, the term "Grenache" refers to a type of what?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I'm assuming that's G-R-E-N-A-C-H-E?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Yes, it is.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24There's definitely a wine grape called a Grenache, so, wine grape.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Yes, there is, wine grape is right.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Phil, back to you for your third question.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33Can be crucial. The rice with peas dish called risi e bisi is a speciality of
0:15:33 > 0:15:35which Italian region?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Italian geography is not...
0:15:44 > 0:15:47..a strong subject, certainly not on the rice side of things.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53I've got nothing at all, really, to work on with that one.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55So it's just going to be a pure guess.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59I think I'll go with Liguria.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00It's Veneto.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Oh.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05So is this Kevin's moment on Food & Drink?
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Which of these sauces, Kevin, is often used to make a macaroni cheese
0:16:09 > 0:16:11or mac and cheese?
0:16:16 > 0:16:21The mac bit refers to the macaroni pasta.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24So the cheese must come from the source and the one there
0:16:24 > 0:16:29that is cheese, a cheese-based sauce is Mornay, so, Mornay sauce.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32If this is right, you're in the final.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Do you think he's right, here, Phil?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35I would guess so, yes.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Yes, you're right. And you've knocked out Phil.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40So one more round to play before the final.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Please return to us, gentlemen.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Still not a crisis but looking...
0:16:45 > 0:16:49..grave. One Steps Beyond have lost three brains from the final round,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51the Eggheads have not lost any so far.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52This is the moment, Challengers.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54The next subject for you is Politics,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56so one more before the final.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Who would like this? It's going to be either Percy, the captain, or Alan?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00- Yeah.- Take it?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Take it.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- Yeah?- Go for it.- I'll take that.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Alan, OK. Against which Egghead, Alan?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10And it's going to be either, well, either of the ladies.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- Beth.- Beth, very good.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15So, Alan from One Steps Beyond taking on Beth on Politics.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Not for the first time, we've had that recently.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Yeah, in fact, in the celebrity episode, I beat Clive Myrie at Politics.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Oh, brilliant, I'd forgotten that, fantastic!
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Please go to the Question Room for the last time.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32So, Politics, Alan, would you like to go first or second?
0:17:32 > 0:17:33I'll go first, please.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Alan, here's your first question.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Lars Lokke Rasmussen became Prime Minister of which country, Alan,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45in 2009?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Well, I don't think it's Germany.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54I think I'll go for Denmark.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Denmark is right.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Beth, which colours are typically on rosettes worn by Ukip candidates in
0:18:02 > 0:18:03General Elections?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Ukip rosettes are purple and yellow.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Purple and yellow is quite right.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Back to you, Alan.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18In the early '50s, Operation Ajax was a successful attempt
0:18:18 > 0:18:21by the British and American governments
0:18:21 > 0:18:23to topple the government of which country?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Well, judging by the early '50s,
0:18:31 > 0:18:36I would take Iran out and either say South Africa or Nicaragua.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I'll go for Nicaragua.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I see your logic, but it's Iran, actually.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Can we get some history here, Eggheads?
0:18:47 > 0:18:52They wanted, the Prime Minister, at the time, in Iran, Mosaddegh,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54wanted to nationalise the oil industry,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57or at least to get a better deal out of the oil companies that were
0:18:57 > 0:19:00essentially taking Iran's oil.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03And so that didn't go down too well with both...
0:19:03 > 0:19:06The States and Britain had substantial oil interest
0:19:06 > 0:19:09in the country at the time, and so they engineered
0:19:09 > 0:19:12a coup and he was forced out of power.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14And was that when the Shah took over or...?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17No, I mean, the Shah was already there
0:19:17 > 0:19:20but he knew which side his bread was buttered, from then on,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22and Mosaddegh has become a...
0:19:23 > 0:19:27..a sort of a rad... A sort of an icon for nationalists ever since.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30OK. Iran is the answer.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31We go to Beth.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Beth, James Mattis, nicknamed "Mad Dog",
0:19:34 > 0:19:38was appointed to which office in the government of the United States in 2017?
0:19:43 > 0:19:50Oh...I should be all over these American...appointments.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56No, I don't think he's...
0:19:56 > 0:19:58..Secretary of State.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04I thought that was Bannon.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I'm torn between State and Defense.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17I wonder whether he's a mad dog because he would be good in Defense.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Yeah, I'm going to go with that.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Secretary of Defense.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Secretary of Defense is quite right.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Oh! Lucky for me!
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Let's just do the other two, Eggheads, if we can?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- Secretary of State?- Rex Tillerson.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Rex Tillerson, and Secretary of the Treasury?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Is it Steven Mnuchin?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Mnuchi?- Mnuchin.- All of the names have bypassed me,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- for some reason.- OK.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46So...we go back to you and you need to get this one right, Alan.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50To stay in. Alexander Haig served as Secretary of State under which
0:20:50 > 0:20:52US President?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Just trying to work out the years.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04I've heard of him.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I'm going to go...for Ronald Reagan.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Yes, you're absolutely right, well done.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15OK, so you can take the round with this, Beth.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Dennis Skinner first won his seat in the House of Commons in a
0:21:19 > 0:21:20General Election in which year?
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Dennis Skinner.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Oh, Dennis Skinner, he's been around for a very long time,
0:21:30 > 0:21:31very long time.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37He's...
0:21:37 > 0:21:38..a Labour politician.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Don't think he was elected in the year I was born.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50That's 1979. 83...
0:21:51 > 0:21:53I'm...
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I'm pretty sure he's one of the longest...
0:21:56 > 0:21:58He is still there and he's been there
0:21:58 > 0:22:00for an exceptionally long time,
0:22:00 > 0:22:01so I'm going to go with 1970.
0:22:03 > 0:22:051970 is correct. Well done.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07So help us out here, Eggs, because I...
0:22:07 > 0:22:10They recently said Kenneth Clarke is the Father of the House,
0:22:10 > 0:22:11meaning he's the longest-serving MP,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13and I'm thinking how can he have been in there
0:22:13 > 0:22:14longer than Dennis Skinner?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- He took the oath first. - Yeah, it can be that close.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Oh, is it alphabetical?- Whoever takes the oath first.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21I see, OK. Because that...
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Would that have been the same election, Kenneth Clarke?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Yes, yes, 1970.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- Michael Meacher, Kenneth Clarke, Dennis Skinner and...- Kaufman.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32They were all there at the same time and it should have been alphabetical
0:22:32 > 0:22:33but apparently Gerald Kaufman
0:22:33 > 0:22:35said, "I've got an engagement,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37"let me through," and he sort of jumped the queue,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40and that's why he became Father of the House earlier than he might
0:22:40 > 0:22:41- otherwise have been.- OK.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44You're right. Anyway, that's the main thing.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Beth, 1970 is right. Sorry, Alan, beaten by our Egghead.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49And as a result, not in the final round.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52So if you come back to us, both of you, we're going to play the final,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54for £6,000.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56So this is what we have been playing towards.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58It is time for our final round.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00As always, General Knowledge.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head to heads won't be allowed
0:23:03 > 0:23:05to take part in this round, so that's Phil,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Emma, Dave and Alan from One Steps Beyond.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Would you please now leave the studio?
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Percy, good luck, you are playing to win One Steps Beyond £6,000.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Dave, Pat, Beth, Kevin and Judith, you're playing for something ...
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Well, it's invaluable.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23It's your reputation. As usual, I will ask
0:23:23 > 0:23:25each team three questions in turn.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28They're all General Knowledge. You are allowed to confer.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30I'm sorry, that doesn't help you, Percy.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33The question is, can your one brain take down these five?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Something they'll talk about in Washington for decades to come.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Would you like to go first or second?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I'll go against what everybody else has done,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43since it hasn't really worked. I'll go second, please.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50OK. So, Percy going second, and Eggheads, your question.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Carolina Herrera, born in Venezuela in 1939,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56is a famous name in which field?
0:23:59 > 0:24:00- Fashion.- Fashion. Is it fashion?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- Fashion.- I don't know.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Fashion. Definitely.- Good.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05Fashion.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- Fashion.- Fashion. Is right.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Percy, which of these is another name for the plant alfalfa,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16whose seeds are often eaten after sprouting?
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Alfalfa.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22None of them...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26..mean anything instantly.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Can you repeat the question, Jeremy, please?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Yeah. The plant is spelt, A-L-F-A-L-F-A.
0:24:31 > 0:24:37Alfalfa. Which of these is another name for the plant alfalfa
0:24:37 > 0:24:41whose seeds are often eaten after sprouting?
0:24:41 > 0:24:42With nothing to go on at all...
0:24:44 > 0:24:46..I don't like Como, I don't know why.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I'll go for Constance, please.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Constance is your answer.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- Let me just check with the Eggheads. This is a tricky...- Lucerne.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57It's Lucerne, is it? What sort of a plant is it, then?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58I think it is used a lot for...
0:24:58 > 0:25:00It's in the health, very much a health shop.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Health shop plant?- Yes.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Yes, and animal, as you said, animal feed as well.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Yes.- Used a lot for animal feed.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- Yeah, alfalfa.- Alfalfa is Lucerne.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13OK. Eggheads, your question.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Thomas, Henry and Albert Pierrepoint were all family members who held
0:25:17 > 0:25:22which position for various periods between 1901 and 1956?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28- Executioner.- Executioner.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Executioner.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Executioner is the answer.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33It's absolutely right.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Unbelievably so, but that is right.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40The Eggheads have got two, and you need to get this one.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44The monarchs of which Asian country, Percy, wear the Raven Crown?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46The Raven Crown.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Again, there's nothing springing to mind immediately but...
0:25:56 > 0:25:59I suspect if it was Thailand, I would have known that.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01And I haven't heard of the Raven Crown.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07I'll go Bhutan.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Bhutan is the right answer.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13OK, Eggheads, your third question.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16And you can win it with this, because Percy let you go first.
0:26:16 > 0:26:22The Algerian athlete Noureddine Morceli won three consecutive World Championship
0:26:22 > 0:26:26gold medals in which athletics event in the 1990s?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- 1,500. - It was 15, 1,500.- 1,500 metres,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- yeah.- Yes, definitely? - Yeah. Miler.- Middle-distance runner.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- Yeah.- And better at the longer...
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- 1,500 metres, definitely. - So, 1,500 metres?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42OK. 1,500 metres.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46The correct answer is 1,500 metres.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48We say - congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Sorry, but so difficult when they get three out of three
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- and they go first.- Yeah.- Because you're just on the back foot.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01So... And also playing alone.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- Too true.- But thank you so much for playing.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Thank you.- Hope you've enjoyed it and hope The Steps are enjoying it too.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Watching it back in Washington.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- I'm sure they will.- Commiserations, One Steps Beyond.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Good to have a Madness song title referred to, as well.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17with some very strong performances lately, Eggheads,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19you've steam coming out of your ears, here.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23I'm afraid it means you're not going home with the £6,000, Challengers,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Eggheads, well done.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Looking unbeatable, nobody even in the sin bin today!
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Oh, before we go, Judith asked you a question at home
0:27:32 > 0:27:35and remind us of the question.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40The question was mugwumps eat mutton again voraciously
0:27:40 > 0:27:42and enthusiastically.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45And it's meant to remind you of the crowned Queens of England,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48the Queens of England having been crowned in their own right.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- So go through it, Judith. Mugwumps? - Mugwumps, Mary Tudor.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- Eat?- Elizabeth I.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54- Mutton?- Mary.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- Again?- Anne.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Voraciously?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Victoria.- Enthusiastically?
0:28:00 > 0:28:01And that's Elizabeth II.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Well. That's a very, very good question.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Join us next time, to see if a new team of Challengers have the brains
0:28:07 > 0:28:11to defeat them, try and knock them off their perches, here.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13£7,000 says they can't do it!
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Till then, goodbye!