Episode 6 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. Here they are -

the Eggheads.

And when we said, "Can they be beaten?" I said, "Yes, they can,"

-and you said, Judith...

-"No, they can't."

They can't. They don't believe that they're beatable at the moment.

The stakes are high here. Taking on our awesome quiz champions today

are Too Tricky 5 Me from Glasgow.

Now, this team has been brought together by team captain Shazia,

who has enlisted the help of friends and family to take on the Eggheads.

Let's meet them.

Hello, my name is Shazia, and I am a primary teacher.

Hello, my name is Ayaz, and I'm an accounting student.

Hiya, I'm Abdul, and I'm a part-time cashier.

Hi, I'm Connor, and I'm a data handler.

Hello, I'm Aswad, and I'm an accounts assistant.

So, Shazia and team, hello.

-Hello, Jeremy.

-Great to see you all. And I know you're all

kind of connected in some way to each other, Shazia.

-That's correct. Yes.

-Friends, family?

Well, he's my brother, and we're friends through the school,

and that's some of my brother's work friends.

And Too Tricky 5 Me is because it is too tricky "FOUR" you?

-For us! But there's five of us. So it's too tricky.

-I've got it.

I just thought I should have asked.

It was kind of obvious, wasn't it, Eggs?

I can hear them all tutting away at my questions.

-All the time. You're a teacher?

-I am.

-Do you love it?

-I love it.

-Tell us about the school you're in.

It's in Thornwood Primary School, it's in Partick,

and I have a wonderful class.

And they wanted me to give them a shout out, so hello, P6!

-P6?

-P6, yeah.

-OK.

Right, win it for P6, yeah?

-Well, hopefully.

-Good luck, guys, good luck.

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, Too Tricky 5 Me,

the Eggheads had a bit of a bashing a few games ago, but they've got

back into their stride. They've won the last two.

They're building up a run here.

You've got to stop them, and there's £3,000 if you do.

-Are you ready to play?

-Yes, we are.

Fantastic. The first head-to-head battle will be on Music.

Shazia, who would like this? You can take on either Judith, Chris, Pat,

-Steve, or Lisa.

-Connor?

-I think Connor.

-I suppose.

-You suppose, that'll do!

Connor, our data handler, and which Egghead would you like to handle?

I'll try Steve.

Yep, quite hard to handle on some days.

Although the last game...

-Crashed and burned.

-Crashed and burned a little, that's right.

So maybe you're going to catch him at a good time here, Connor.

So, Connor from our Challengers versus Steve from the Eggheads,

please now take your places in our legendary Question Room.

Now, we had a little bit of a moment, Steve, in the last game,

-didn't we, with Geography?

-We did, yes.

-What happened?

-Er, well, I got it wrong, basically.

But interestingly it was your first Geography round you'd lost,

so you'd been playing very, very strongly.

Well, up till that point. But there's always things

you don't know, Jeremy, and if you can't guess right, which I didn't,

-then unfortunately, sometimes you lose.

-And where are we on Music?

-Have you lost any there?

-I have, yeah,

just to give a bit more encouragement to Connor.

But I do my best, I do my best.

What was the Music area that went wrong?

-Gilbert and Sullivan.

-Gilbert AND Sullivan or Gilbert O'Sullivan?

Well, I'd probably have got that one right -

I don't mind Gilbert O'Sullivan.

Gilbert and Sullivan - they're not my thing.

OK. Well, now we know, Connor, you know where the weak point is.

I wish you well in this round, Challenger.

Do you want to go first or second?

I'll let Steve go first.

So, Steve, he's putting you in first, and here is your question.

In which city in 1978

did Jarvis Cocker found the group that became Pulp?

Yeah, they're from my neck of t'woods - it's Sheffield.

Sheffield is correct. They've been around a long time, haven't they?

-They have, yeah.

-OK, Connor.

What was the name of the band Gladys Knight formed in 1952 with

Merald Knight, William Guest, and Edward Patten?

I've actually never heard of them before, so I'm going to try to make

a slight educated guess on this. I would probably say possibly

The Drifters.

There's a famous song that she does. Come on, Lisa, can you...?

-Which one would you like?

-Midnight Train To Georgia, can you?

Yes, I can.

# He's leaving...leaving

# On that midnight train to Georgia... #

You see, you need The Pips, it doesn't work just on your own.

And I'd rather live in his world, do that line.

# Rather live in his world than live without him in mine. #

It really doesn't work without The Pips.

No, but the lyric in that...

So the song is Midnight Train To Georgia.

The band is - you might have heard - if I put the names together,

Gladys Knight And The Pips.

-Connor, The Pips is the answer.

-Yep.

Steve, what is the title of The Beatles' second studio album?

That's With The Beatles, Jeremy.

Oh, you went straight there. What was the first one, then?

-Please Please Me.

-I see.

So this was still in their kind of pop phase, was it?

Yeah, about '63.

Right, With The Beatles is right.

Connor, back to you, you do need to get this one right to stay in.

Which group had a UK number one single in 1977 with Chanson D'Amour?

Again, I'm probably going to need to make a slight guess at this one.

But...probably guess The New Seekers.

-Steve, you'll know this.

-Manhattan Transfer.

Manhattan Transfer is the answer. Chanson...

You could do this one as well, Lisa, but...

I was going to get Chris to do it, it seemed more his...

-Go on, Chris!

-# Chanson D'amour, ra ta ra ta ra. #

That's the bit we wanted! Oh, I'm sorry, Connor,

it didn't quite break for you there.

"Ra ta ra ta ra" has knocked you out.

Manhattan Transfer was the answer,

Steve is in the final and you're not, but it is early.

Come back to us, we'll play on.

So as it stands, Too Tricky 5 Me have lost a brain

from the final round, the Eggheads are still all there,

all intact, shells still on.

The next subject is Science.

Now, who would like this?

Shazia, is there a plan?

Yeah. We were counting on this.

-Going to be Abdul?

-Yep.

-OK.

Abdul, which Egghead? It can't be Steve.

I'd like to take Pat on.

-You'd like to take on Pat.

-Yep.

-Good stuff.

Abdul from Too Tricky 5 Me, to play Pat on Science,

please take your positions.

So, Abdul, you're a member of the Chemical Engineering Society.

Is that a hobby or part of your job?

It's a part of what I study, actually.

Studying chemical engineering.

Right, with a view to doing what kind of thing?

Well, with chemical engineering,

you can go into the petrochemical industry,

which is where you'd go for money, but I'm looking at going into

pharmaceutical stuff, because everyone needs medicine, really.

Yeah, good thinking. Good luck on the Science round here.

I know it's your subject. You're up against Pat. He's quite a powerful

quizzer, so just try and use whatever tactics you need

to calm him down. Science, first or second, Abdul?

I'd like to go first.

Here we go, with your first question.

Herschel and Planck, launched by the European Space Agency in 2009,

are examples of what?

Let me read it again. Herschel and Planck, launched by the

European Space Agency in 2009, are examples of what?

I don't think they're telescopes.

Erm... Planck's constant...

In fact, they ARE space telescopes.

Because I'm pretty sure I remember something about Planck's constant

from physics and it's something to do with light, or something.

Sorry, Mr Campbell, if I've got this wrong!

-So, what's your answer?

-Space telescopes.

-Space telescopes is right!

-Yay!

-Yay!

You just were about to move away and then the knowledge came back.

-Yeah.

-OK, Pat, your question.

What is the branch of science that deals with the effects of

very low temperatures on living things known as?

The effects of very low temperatures on living things.

Well, the prefix "cryo", there,

you see that a lot when referring to low temperatures,

so I'll go for cryobiology.

Cryobiology is correct.

And a lot of this experimentation still goes on

with the Eggheads' dressing rooms! Cryobiology is correct.

Abdul, we go to you.

Who would be most likely to use a coronagraph in their daily work?

-Sorry, what kind of graph was that again?

-A coronagraph.

C-O-R-O-N-A-G-R-A-P-H. Coronagraph.

-All one word.

-I don't think it's an aircraft designer and an astronomer,

because they're both more to do with physics.

-So I'd go with the first option.

-OK, anaesthetist is your answer.

Corona... I'm not sure, Eggs know all about this,

but do we associate it with the sun, light with the sun, Eggheads?

-Is that right?

-Yes.

Yeah, a coronagraph would be most likely use by an astronomer, Abdul.

Sorry about that. Although I think if an anaesthetist used one,

that would be very painful.

Pat, here is your question.

Obcordate, palmate and sagittate

are three of the many classifications of the shapes

of what aspect of a plant?

Well, I suppose all three can have many different configurations.

Could I have the question again, please?

Obcordate, palmate and sagittate are three of the many classifications

of the shapes of what aspect of a plant?

I think this must apply to leaves.

Sagittate probably means either arrow or spear-like.

Palmate would mean like the shape of a hand.

-So I think it's leaves.

-Leaves is right.

Leaves, Pat. Right, Pat has two correct answers here, Abdul.

It does mean you've got to get this one right, OK, to stay in.

Take your time here. A certain type of which of the following, Abdul,

would be most likely to exhibit the quality known as labradorescence?

Labradorescence.

An essence is a smell and I'm pretty sure trees,

they don't really smell like a Labrador!

So I'd rule that out. And an ocean wave is more of an action.

And I'm pretty sure you can't really smell a wave.

So I'll go for mineral.

-OK, on the basis that it would smell of something?

-Yep.

-Eggheads, help us - how do we get to this?

-I'd have gone the same.

I thought labradorite was some sort of mineral.

Essence can be just a quality of something, can't it?

-Yeah, I suppose, yeah.

-Labradorescence.

You're right, Abdul, mineral is correct.

-OK.

-Good quizzing.

-Right.

And you've drawn level with the great Pat,

but he has a chance now with a question in hand to take the round.

Native to the Americas, what kind of creature is a honey creeper?

I think it's a...

quite a specialised little bird...

who chases insects and the like.

-So I think it's a bird.

-The correct answer is bird,

you've got three out of three. Sorry, Abdul,

you ran him pretty close there, but you're not in the final, I'm afraid.

Another victory for the Eggheads here. They're playing quite well.

Please return to us, and we'll play the third round.

We had a word there we hadn't heard before - labradorescence.

-Mm-hm.

-And one of you said there is a mineral called...

-Labradorite.

-Labradorite.

The word, the Labrador bit of this word,

is really about an iridescent optical effect.

So it's about gloss or shine, or...

That's why... I think you were right, Abdul, to rule out trees.

-Yeah.

-I don't think you would say, "That tree is very labradorescent,"

but a mineral could be. OK?

A wave could be, you've got phosphorescence.

If it was moving fast enough!

Don't make it more complicated, Judith!

It's true, a wave could have that kind of quality.

-Yes.

-Maybe.

-If a Labrador jumped into the sea...

No, it doesn't involve...

Let's take the dog out of it!

That's what's confusing us - there's no Labrador in this at all!

As it stands, Too Tricky 5 Me have lost two brains

from the final round, but they're playing in a gutsy way here.

The Eggheads have not lost any, and they are playing maybe in a slightly

smug way. I think this might be the time.

The next subject for you is History.

Who wants History? Aswad?

-Yeah, I'll take History.

-OK, down the end, our accounts assistant.

And you can take on Chris, Judith or Lisa.

I've been thinking long and hard about this,

and I'm going for Chris.

-He's been thinking long and hard about you, Chris.

-Has he?

Don't go there!

Aswad, from Too Tricky 5 Me, versus Chris from the Eggheads - History.

Chris loves his History, but certain periods only.

Basically if they were armed and charging around...

-If they were armed or steam-driven, yeah.

-Armed or steam-driven, yeah.

Please go to the Question Room now.

Well, Aswad, I hear you won an award for your charity work.

Yeah, that's right, Jeremy.

That sounds great. What was that for?

It was actually a Vodafone World Of Difference Award for my contribution

to all the charity work I've done in the past.

Tremendous. So you do a lot of volunteering and that kind of thing?

-Yeah, that's right.

-Any particular areas that you like to focus on?

Just all-round, basically,

I like to help different causes and whatever is really there.

Wonderful. And in amidst all of that,

you get a bit of time to think about History?

Yeah, that's right, just watch some, you know, old documentaries.

History programmes.

Brilliant, brilliant. Well, good luck in this round.

Hoping you're going to turn it around for the team.

Would you like to go first or second against Chris?

I think I'm going to give the honours, Jeremy,

to Chris to go first.

OK, so Chris goes first, and here we are with your question.

The two UK general elections held during the 1960s both resulted in

which politician becoming Prime Minister?

Let me read it again. The two UK general elections held during

the 1960s both resulted in which politician becoming Prime Minister?

That was the two general election wins of Harold Wilson.

It was. And were there only two in the '60s?

I'm just thinking when they were, then?

Six... I suppose there was one in '70, wasn't there?

So there must have been one in '66, maybe?

-Yeah.

-Well, there were two very close together, do you remember?

Because he got a very, very small majority.

-Wasn't that '74?

-I thought that was the '60s at some point.

OK, we'll come back to that. I'm getting confused myself.

But you're right, Harold Wilson is correct, Chris.

Aswad, your question. In 1970,

the British government announced an indefinite ban on the importation of

domestic pets, following an outbreak of which disease?

1970.

In 1970,

the British government announced an indefinite ban on the importation of

domestic pets, following an outbreak of which disease?

I'm thinking...

This is going to be a punt, really, because I'm not too sure,

so I'm going to guess rabies for this.

Rabies is right, well done.

OK, Chris, onto you.

During the Roman Empire, which of these was a type of brass coin?

Can you repeat the question, Jeremy?

During the Roman Empire, which of these was a type of brass coin?

Oh, Romans used to quote prices in sesterces, so it's a sestertius.

Yes, you're right, sestertius. Well done.

A bit of that in the Bible, I think?

Oh, "Render unto Caesar," yeah.

Yeah. So, let's have a look, Chris has got two.

Aswad, you've got one.

Haven't got anything wrong yet. The Angles were one of the main Germanic

peoples who settled in which part of the world in the post-Roman period?

I think I'm going to go with Britain.

Britain is correct. He's playing well, your team-mate, isn't he?

-Yay!

-Doing really well. OK, 2-2.

Chris, back to you. What was the name of the judge who presided over

the 1685 trials known as the Bloody Assizes?

What was the name of the judge who presided over the

1685 trials known as the Bloody Assizes?

The Bloody Assizes were the work of Judge George Jeffreys,

the Hanging Judge.

The Hanging Judge, George Jeffreys, is right.

So he unfortunately has got three out of three there, Aswad,

which he does tend to do, Chris, when he's in good form,

especially when he's wearing that shirt.

It seems to be associated with victories.

So get this one right to stay in.

-If you get it right, we go to Sudden Death, OK?

-OK.

Two civil wars were fought in which of these countries

between 1944 and 1949?

Hmm...

Can you repeat the question again?

Two civil wars were fought in which of these countries

between 1944 and 1949?

Er, I'm going to take a guess at this,

-and I'm going to say Spain.

-Chris, do you know?

Well, there was a Spanish Civil War in '36 to '39,

but the two civil wars we're referring to here were in Greece.

Greece was the answer, Aswad, two out of three wasn't quite enough,

I'm afraid. You've been knocked out, Chris is in the final round.

Return to your teams, please. We'll play one more round.

We were just doing a bit of our 1960s elections -

there were only two in the '60s, interestingly. '64 and '66.

Both won by Wilson. And then he had that double election year in '74.

-Do you remember that, Chris?

-Yeah, certainly do.

-So he won one, had to call another.

-Yeah.

Both times at the first election, '64 and '74,

he won too small to really govern properly.

As it stands, Too Tricky 5 Me have lost three brains

from the final round. The Eggheads are still all there.

No-one has been knocked out yet on their side.

The next subject is Sport.

So who would like this - Sport?

-Ayaz?

-OK, the process of elimination.

-Against?

-Judith.

OK. So Ayaz from Too Tricky 5 Me versus Judith from the Eggheads.

On Sport, your favourite subject.

And just to ensure there is no conferring,

please go to the Question Room.

Well, here we are again, Judith.

-We are.

-And I was thinking about you the other day,

-because I was watching football.

-Yes?

And I was thinking of the time we went to a game.

I know, it was great fun, I loved it.

And I've SORT of followed Chelsea ever since, actually.

But do you remember that person who actually explained the offside rule

-to you using salt and pepper?

-Yes. Yes. Absolutely.

-So, you're now a Chelsea fan?

-I am - I suppose,

if I was going to be any sort of a fan, I would be a Chelsea fan.

Good luck in this round.

Ayaz, good luck to you. Are you a sports fan, or not?

-Not really, but...

-How did you get chosen for Sport?

Well, it was between me and my sister so, yeah,

between that, I thought I would be better off taking my chances.

-Yeah.

-Mm-hm.

-But you are a fan of horror films, so...

Yeah. So if that comes up somehow...

Sport it is. Ayaz, do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first.

Here we go with your first question. In which of the following

do competitors use a piece of equipment made up of four parts -

the point or tip, the barrel, the shaft, and the flights?

In which of the following do competitors use a piece of equipment

made up of four parts - the point or tip, the barrel,

the shaft, and the flights?

Erm...

-I'll go with darts.

-Darts is quite right, well done.

-Yay!

-That's good, your sister's cheering.

You would have liked that question, Judith.

I think I would have got it...

-Got it right or wrong?

-Right!

I think you would have had an answer to it.

OK, here is your question. In the laws of association football,

the backpass rule puts restrictions on which member of a team

when the ball is passed to them by one of their team-mates?

Can you say all of that again?

I will. In the laws of association football,

the backpass rule puts restrictions on which member of a team

when the ball is passed to them by one of their team-mates?

I need the pepper pots, I think.

I don't really understand the question, that's the awful thing.

I'm going to say the goalkeeper.

Yeah, I think maybe the word "association" was throwing you.

It's just basically football.

Goalkeeper's right. You can't pick it up if it is passed back to you

-by one of your own players.

-Yeah.

-Because it stops time-wasting.

-Oh, I see.

-Ayaz, Richie Woodall has won

an Olympic medal and a world title in which sport?

Just guessing here, but athletics?

-It's boxing.

-Oh.

Judith, what is the technical term for the net at the

top of a lacrosse stick?

Oh, that's interesting. I don't think it's the sleeve,

because it doesn't look like a sleeve.

I think it's most likely to be a pocket.

It is a pocket. Well, you used to play lacrosse?

I did, but we didn't talk about the pocket.

You didn't have a pocket when you played?

Well, yes, it had a pocket, and now I know I had a pocket,

but I didn't know that I had a pocket!

-No.

-If you understand my drift.

The pocket was not really something that...

-I just called it a net, I think.

-Yes.

-Exactly.

So Judith is in the lead, Ayaz.

It's not a crisis, but it's getting closer to being one.

If you get this wrong,

you'll be down to just your sister in the final.

And she would really like company. OK?

Here's your question. Which American professional basketball team

can trace its origins back to the 1940s,

when it was known as the Syracuse Nationals?

I don't watch basketball, so a guess again, it's going to have to be.

-Philadelphia 76ers.

-What do you think, Challengers?

-Possibly?

-Yeah, you like it?

They like it here. And you're right, it is the Philadelphia 76ers.

-I should play the lottery.

-JEREMY LAUGHS

So, interesting - Judith, get this one right, you're in the final.

On Sport, and that's when we have the thing when we do

-the ticker tape coming down.

-Yeah, the glitter from the ceiling.

Exactly, and dancers come out.

The Cesarewitch Handicap is run each year at which racecourse?

-I think it's Newmarket.

-Have you been there?

No, I haven't been. I hardly ever go racing.

-The correct answer is Newmarket.

-Phew!

-Well done, Judith, you've won on Sport. Very good.

-Yippee!

Won again, because you've been playing well on Sport recently.

Ayaz, beaten by our Egghead, and trouble in the final

for our Challengers, but not out of reach by any means.

Please return to us. We'll play the final round.

So, this is what we have been playing towards, it is time

for the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.

But, I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be

allowed to take part in this round so, all from this side, I'm afraid,

it's Ayaz and Abdul and Connor and Aswad from Too Tricky 5 Me.

Would you please now leave the studio?

Shazia, you are playing to win Too Tricky 5 Me £3,000.

Lisa, Steve, Pat, Chris and Judith,

you're playing for something that money can't buy -

the Eggheads' precious reputation.

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

This time, they are all General Knowledge.

You can confer. I'm sorry that doesn't help you.

Shazia, the question is, can your one brain defeat these five

in a famous victory which will be talked about at your school forever?

Would you like to go first or second?

First, please.

And here is your first question.

Which of these is the name for a purplish shade of blue?

-I think it's laurel.

-Eggheads, do you know?

-Cornflower.

-Cornflower.

-Yeah, cornflower was the answer.

-OK.

-Purplish shade of blue - cornflower.

OK, Eggs, your question.

Which London street leads from Trafalgar Square

to Buckingham Palace?

-The Mall.

-The Mall?

-The Mall.

-The Mall. Indeed.

-That's The Mall, Jeremy.

-It is The Mall.

Back to you. On a standard UK Monopoly board,

which corner square is diagonally opposite Free Parking?

-Go. It's Go.

-Well done, you play?

-Yay!

-Go is right.

-Thank you.

-Played it recently?

-I always play Monopoly.

Yeah, it's a great... Still a great game. The streets in the one

you play - are they Glasgow streets or London streets?

I ordered a Glasgow street one, so that will be coming in soon.

Brilliant.

Eggheads, what would you be most likely to do in a French

train carriage known as a wagon-lit?

Sleep.

-Have a kip.

-You can do whatever you like in a wagon-lit,

-but it's go to sleep.

-The mind boggles what you would do.

So, "lit" is French for bed, so it's go to sleep.

Go to sleep is right.

So they're ahead, two points to one.

-You have to get this one right, or the contest is over, OK?

-OK.

Rooting for you here.

In the UK, road signs giving directions on non-primary and

local routes usually have what colour borders?

-Local routes?

-Yeah.

-Brown.

Brown is your answer.

-It's not, though, it's black.

-Oh!

Directions on non-primary and local routes have black borders.

-OK.

-Sorry, Shazia.

-It's OK.

We have to say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

-And you did those children in your class very proud.

-I hope so.

I think the local... It's the brown ones are sightseeing.

-Are they the tourist attractions, the brown ones?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Yeah. But I hope you enjoyed that.

-I did, thank you.

Great to have you all in, and bad luck to Too Tricky 5 Me.

Here are the Eggheads, doing what they do,

and a bit unstoppable at the moment, aren't they?

-Yeah.

-I can only apologise.

-OK, congratulations.

-They love to quiz.

Oh, don't congratulate them - that'll make it worse.

They reign supreme over Quizland once again, and it means,

I'm afraid, you won't be going home with £3,000.

-OK.

-So we will roll that money over to our next show.

Eggheads, very well done. Who will beat you, I wonder?

Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers can do it.

There's going to be £4,000 to play for.

Until we quiz again, goodbye.