0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads, arguably
0:00:12 > 0:00:14the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers pit
0:00:26 > 0:00:30their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31They are the Eggheads.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35If you'd like to work on a question from the Eggheads while you watch at home, Beth has one for you now.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37- Beth?- Yes.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41According to estimates, how many bacteria are there on the Earth?
0:00:41 > 0:00:42The answer is coming later.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Challenging our resident quiz champions today
0:00:45 > 0:00:46are the Mages from Manchester.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Now, this team met through their local Greek Cypriot
0:00:49 > 0:00:53community and regularly get together to review restaurants.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Let's meet them.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Andy, and I'm an engineer.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Sam, and I'm an economics and finance student.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Josh, and I'm a recruitment consultant.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Hello, I'm Ken, I'm a maintenance engineer.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Hi, I'm Jimmy, and I'm front-of-house staff.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10So, Andy and team, hello.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- Hi.- Hi.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14So, tell us about the Mages. What does the name mean, Andy?
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Mages stands for Manchester, where we live,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Aphrodite Gastronomics Epicurean Society.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Manchester Aphrodite Gastronomic Epicurean Society...
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- Meaning that you review restaurants? - We do.- Right.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31As a society, yes. So, it's not just the team name for Eggheads,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- it's...- No, no. This has...- It's a real thing.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35..been going a while, quite a few years.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38OK. So, you get in there, you sit down, incognito.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- That's right, yeah.- Do he pens come out at any point?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- Because I always think that's a giveaway.- No, no, we don't...
0:01:43 > 0:01:47- Just knives and forks. - Knives and forks!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Do you quiz together, Andy, as well?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- Not as a team, no.- It's the first time as a team.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56We, er, individually, I think we just do quizzes as a family.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58But you used to set a quiz, is that right?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Yes, when I was a...
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I was a landlord, I used to set questions for quiz teams, yeah.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05OK. Well, good luck here.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for up for grabs for our
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Challengers. However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16So, Mages, these Eggs are on a bit of a roll.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18You may sense their confidence.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21They've won the last 14 on the trot.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24So, there's £15,000 to play for, which is good.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25- Shall we go for it?- Let's go for it.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Fantastic. The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Science. And so, it's one of you against either Dave, Pat, Beth,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Kevin or Judith.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36It fell just right, didn't it?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Who's going to take it?
0:02:38 > 0:02:39I'm not too sure!
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Yeah?- Yeah, I can go for it. - Are you sure?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- Yeah.- Do you want to do it? - Yeah. I'll do it.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Yeah, go on.- OK, go on.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Good man.- Jimmy.- Jimmy, front-of-house staff,
0:02:51 > 0:02:52against which Egghead?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Who do you fancy? Who do you fancy?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- I fancy Beth.- OK.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58- Yeah?- Beth, please.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Very good. Jimmy, from the Mages,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02taking on Beth from the Eggheads on Science.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04First round, here we go,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07please take your positions in the legendary Question Room.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12All right, Science, it's Beth versus Jimmy, and Jimmy,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14you can choose whether you go first or second.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Er, I think I'll go first.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Here's your question.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24What is the largest species of shark in the world?
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Er, I think probably...
0:03:31 > 0:03:34From the name "whale shark", er,
0:03:34 > 0:03:38whale is one of the largest mammals in the ocean -
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I'll go for whale shark.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Whale shark is correct, brilliant.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44First point to you. Beth -
0:03:44 > 0:03:49the plumage of the common magpie is largely made up of which two colours?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55We have loads of these around our house.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58So... They come and invade our garden.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Magpies are black and white.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Back and white is correct.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Jimmy, back to you.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Bubonic plague is believed to be spread by which method?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I don't think it's an insect bite.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Erm... I think it's probably contaminated water.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Beth will know this, as a microbiologist?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24It's an insect bite from a flea.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Yeah, it's a flea that does it.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Insect bite was the answer.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30So, to take the lead, your question, Beth.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Which of these is the name of a species of turtle native to the Pacific,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Indian and Atlantic oceans?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Oh, erm...
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I'm probably in a good position here,
0:04:43 > 0:04:49my children are huge fans of a cartoon series called The Octonauts,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53and there is a loggerhead turtle in The Octonauts.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56So, I'm hoping the answer is loggerhead.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Quite right, well done.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59So, Jimmy, you need to get this one right.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06The elasticity of a material is quantified by a calculation usually known as Young's what?
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Erm...
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Doctrine doesn't sound like the right answer.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Probably... Er, the one that sounds
0:05:22 > 0:05:25correct to me would probably be statement.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Young's statement.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I'm sorry, you've got it wrong, it's Young's modulus, Jimmy.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32So, bad luck, you've been knocked out by Beth.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Beth will be in the final round.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Please return to us, both of you, and we'll play Round Two.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41All right. As it stands, the Mages have lost a brain from the final round.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43The Eggheads have not lost any.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45The next subject is Sport.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Who would like Sport?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I don't know.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I'll do it if no-one wants this.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- All right, you do it. - No, I'm not doing it.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Who have we got now?!
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- All right, then.- Ken?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- I'll do it.- All right, Ken, our maintenance engineer.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05And against which Egghead, Ken? It can be anyone but Beth.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- Take Kevin down.- Take Kevin down!
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Really?!
0:06:08 > 0:06:09HE LAUGHS
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- I'll leave it to you.- Hey? - I'll leave it to you.- Go on, then.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Go on, Kevin.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Ken from the Mages, taking on Kevin, known as the Grand Master,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19from the Eggheads. To ensure there's no conferring,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21please go to the special Question Room.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26OK, Ken, Sport - first or second?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Er, I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Here we go. Which of these sporting events typically takes place latest in the year?
0:06:41 > 0:06:46I know the Grand National, that's the end of March, April...?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49I think...
0:06:49 > 0:06:50I'll go with the FA Cup final,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I think, that's always the end of May, isn't it?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Yeah, I'll go with the FA Cup.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56FA Cup final is right, well done.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Halfway through the year, but the latest one of the three.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Kevin, your question.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Which fast bowler took 37 wickets at an average of 13.97
0:07:07 > 0:07:11in England's ill-fated 2013-14 tour of Australia?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18It's just remembering which tour is which year.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Obviously, not Dennis Lillee, because he's much further back.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22But...
0:07:22 > 0:07:25What seems to be the obvious answer would be Mitchell Johnson.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28It's certainly his heyday.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I'm just sli... I don't recall Pat Cummins, I have to say.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33That's the problem.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Because he could be somebody who came out for one
0:07:35 > 0:07:37series, and had a very good time.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38But I think on balance, I...
0:07:40 > 0:07:42It would be daft not to go for Mitchell Johnson,
0:07:42 > 0:07:43since he's the one I recognised.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44So, Mitchell Johnson.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Mitchell Johnson is quite right.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49OK, we go back to you, Ken.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55Which footballer was named PFA Young Player of the Year in 2017 for the second time in two years?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03That's a good one. Er...
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I'm sure Dele Alli won it.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Erm...
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I bet it's Harry Kane, you know.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14But...
0:08:14 > 0:08:15I'll go with Dele Alli.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17All Spurs players, aren't they?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Yeah.- Dele Alli is the right answer.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Oh!- Well done!
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Kevin -
0:08:24 > 0:08:27which African city announced that it would not be able to host the
0:08:27 > 0:08:302022 Commonwealth Games as scheduled,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33due to financial restraints?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Yeah, they were supposed to be in Durban.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Had to pull out.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Durban is correct. 2-2.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Nothing to choose between you at the moment.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Ken, keep the pressure up.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Which Federation Cup tennis captain was suspended in 2017 for his
0:08:50 > 0:08:56controversial behaviour before and during a tie against Great Britain?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I...
0:09:03 > 0:09:07..don't think Jimmy Connors was a cap...
0:09:07 > 0:09:08..a Federation captain.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Ilie Nastase rings a bell,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15because he's always been a bit controversial.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Er...
0:09:18 > 0:09:19That's the only reason.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22I'm going to plump for Ilie Nastase.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25OK, yes, you're right. He behaved in a really bad way.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Ilie Nastase is the right answer.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30All right, Kevin, you need to get this one right to stay in.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36Who was the captain of the 1989 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I'm really not sure there.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45All members of the Scotland team...
0:09:46 > 0:09:48..which was very good at the time.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49It could actually be any of those three.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I'm going to say Finlay Calder.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55I don't... They're all plausible.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Finlay Calder is the right answer, Kevin.
0:10:00 > 0:10:033-3. This is getting competitive now.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07So, we go to Sudden Death, and I don't give you alternative options.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09You might just knock Kevin out here.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Which world heavyweight boxing champion of the 1970s
0:10:13 > 0:10:15was nicknamed Smokin' Joe?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Oh, that's...
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Yeah, I know this one. It's Joe Frazier.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Joe Frazier is quite right.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Kevin, to stay in.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26In which year was the England football team,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28under the management of Ron Greenwood,
0:10:28 > 0:10:33knocked out of the World Cup Finals despite not losing a game?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Yeah, well, they had the group structure, whereby, erm,
0:10:37 > 0:10:39basically, if you just had...
0:10:39 > 0:10:44I think England had two draws and they lost out.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I think it was 1982.
0:10:46 > 0:10:471982 is correct.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Back we go to Ken.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52At the 1930 British Empire Games,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55the forerunner to today's Commonwealth Games,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59what was the only sport in which women were allowed to compete?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I'm trying to think now.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I don't know if that was included,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07tennis...
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Er...
0:11:11 > 0:11:13No, there's nothing...
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Nothing coming up.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Er...
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I'll go for 100 metres.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23No, it's swimming.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Oh!
0:11:26 > 0:11:27OK, Kevin.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Which businessman born in 1948 was the founder of the
0:11:30 > 0:11:33promotions company Matchroom Sport?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35If you get this, you're in the final round.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Matchroom, I believe, is Barry Hearn.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Barry Hearn is the right answer, Kevin, well done.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Sorry, Ken, beaten by our Egghead.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Just the swimming answer we needed, didn't we?- Yeah.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Bad luck there, you took it to Sudden Death.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Come back to us, both of you, we'll play Round Three.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55As it stands, the Mages have lost a couple of brains from the final round.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- You want to get the skewers out soon.- Yeah!
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- They're coming out, don't worry. - OK, do something!
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Eggheads have not lost any, but you're playing well,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05and I feel that the dam's going to be breached in a moment.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07The next subject for you is Geography.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Who would like this?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- I'd rather not have it.- I'll do it.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- What do you reckon? - Andy, Sam or Josh?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20I can do... I'll try it, and then...
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- I'll do it.- Sam, all right, our economics student.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Against which Egghead - Judith, Pat or Dave?
0:12:30 > 0:12:31- Pat or...?- Geography...
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- Just say who you fancy. - I'll take Dave, please.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39OK, Sam from the Mages takes on Tremendous Knowledge Dave from the
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Eggheads. To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47All right, Geography, Sam - would you like to go first or second?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I'll go first, please.
0:12:52 > 0:12:59Here we go. Stratford-upon-Avon is an historic town in which traditional English county?
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Sam, is it...?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I've travelled past it quite a few times.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Erm, I don't think it's Cornwall.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Erm, I used to live in Kent, and it's not there,
0:13:13 > 0:13:14so I'll go for Warwickshire, please.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Yes, very good, Warwickshire's right.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19OK. Dave,
0:13:19 > 0:13:24which of these US cities lies adjacent to the border with Mexico?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Well, Seattle's up north...west.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Dallas, Texas. I believe it's San Diego.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35San Diego's right, well done.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Over to you, Sam.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal
0:13:41 > 0:13:46capital of which country?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48I have heard of it.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I was thinking in that sort of area of the world.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53I don't think it's Japan.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I'm going to go with Burma, please.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Burma's right, well done, Sam.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Dave, your question. What is the capital
0:14:02 > 0:14:05of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
0:14:05 > 0:14:07region of France?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Auvergne is A-U-V-E-R-G-N-E.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Hyphen R-H-O-chapeau-N-E.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Hyphen A-L-P-E-S.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20It's a choice of two.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23I don't think it's Paris.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Auvergne...
0:14:25 > 0:14:28I've got to go Lyon, but I'm not certain about that at all.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Eggheads, is he right?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Judith, you'll know this, you live in France.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I think he's right, yeah.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Lyon is the right answer, David, well done. So, 2-2.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37We go back to you, Sam.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38The third question can be crucial,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40let's see if we can turn this around now.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Ferries from the Welsh port of Fishguard
0:14:43 > 0:14:46typically sail to which Irish port?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I can't say I've heard of any of them.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55None of them are drawing me out.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59I'm just going to have to take a stab at Kinsale, please.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02It's Rosslare.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04And that gives Dave a chance.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09Dave, Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11is in which country?
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Argentina.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19No hesitation. Argentina is the right answer.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Well done, Dave, you've taken that round.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22So, Sam, you've been beaten by our Egghead,
0:15:22 > 0:15:26and it's looking difficult, but not impossible for the Challengers.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Return to us, gentlemen.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32One more round to play, before the all-important final, for £15,000.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37As it stands, the Mages have lost three brains from the final round.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39The Eggheads are still sitting pretty.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40So, you've got to dislodge one now.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43This is the moment. The next subject is Music, so,
0:15:43 > 0:15:44which of you would like this?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- Are you confident?- Yeah.- Are you sure?- No, you do it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Let me do it.- Nah.- You do it.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- You do it.- No, no, you do it.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54I'll do it, please, Jeremy.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58OK. So, it's Josh from the Mages against which Egghead -
0:15:58 > 0:15:59either Judith or Pat?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I'll play Judith, please.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Very good. So, Josh from the Mages is going to hurl himself at Judith
0:16:04 > 0:16:07now...from the Eggheads!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Please, for the last time, go to the Question Room.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14It seems you're the man to do Music, then, Josh.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Apparently so.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20So, do you go on these restaurant review trips as well as the others?
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Erm, I've been on a few.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25I'm actually... My girlfriend is actually Andy's daughter,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28and so I've been there for more of the barbecues in all weathers,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30festive times and that sort of thing.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34So, not too many actual reviews, but I think that's my next stage.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38So, the Greek Cypriot connection is through Andy's daughter.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- Yes.- Oh, I see. OK, fine. Well, brilliant, good luck on this.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Let's see if we can get you in the final. You're against Judith.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Judith, any weak spots on Music?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Jeremy, you know them as well as I do!
0:16:49 > 0:16:51And I'm not going to reveal them!
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- Well, usually, AC/DC's early albums....- Is that what it is?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55..we've struggled with in the past.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58And what about Depeche Mode, didn't something happen there?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Well, there was something with Depeche Mode.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- And there was also...- And there was Barcelona!
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Barcelona, yes.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06OK, so, here we go, Josh, good luck with this.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Would you like to go first or second on Music?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Er, first, please, Jeremy.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Here we go with your first question, Josh.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Which of these songs by Elton John was recorded first?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I don't really know the answer to this one, to be honest with you.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Erm...
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Circle Of Life was around The Lion King time.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Erm...
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Your Song, I think, was...
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Was recorded once and then again later on,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38but I'm not sure when it was originally.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Erm...
0:17:39 > 0:17:42I'm going to have to go for Sacrifice, because I don't know,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- it's just a complete guess.- I am just looking at them and thinking,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46you're absolutely right about Circle Of Life.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48I think Sacrifice might have been the '80s.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Your Song, 1970s?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Yeah.- Yeah, Your Song is the earliest.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Right, Judith, your question.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01The singer-songwriter Willie Nelson is best known for what genre of music?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Willie Nelson, I thought he was a country singer.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Country is right, well done.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Phew!- OK, Josh.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Niccolo Paganini, born in 1782,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19was best known for his expertise on which instrument?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24This isn't one again that I can say I definitely know the answer on.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Erm...
0:18:26 > 0:18:27I don't think it's piano.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I've not really heard his name related to that,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32and I think I may have done...
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Erm, don't know about trumpet.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36I'm going to go with violin, please, Jeremy.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Violin is correct, well done, Josh.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40OK, Judith, back to you.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44In which 2017 hit single do these lyrics appear?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46"Maybe I'm foolish, maybe I'm blind,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49"thinking I can see through this, and see what's behind."
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Well, Ed Sheeran has got...
0:18:57 > 0:19:02I mean, he's got more hits than anybody else in 2017, hasn't he?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Erm...
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I think I'm going to say Rag'n'Bone man, though.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Ah! Why did you veer?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11I thought the title and the words matched better than the others.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13OK, you got it right, Judith.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Josh, that's annoying!
0:19:16 > 0:19:18You're not supposed to hear that!
0:19:18 > 0:19:20So, Josh, you've got to get this one right,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23otherwise the Challengers will be down to one.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Here we go. Who had a UK number one single in 2017
0:19:28 > 0:19:30with the song Symphony?
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I think I do know this one.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I know it's definitely not Coldplay.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I'm a big fan of theirs.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47I don't think it's Selena Gomez, so I'm going to go with Clean Bandit.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson is absolutely right,
0:19:50 > 0:19:51well done, Josh.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54So, two out of three, is it enough to go to Sudden Death?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Judith, if you get this right, you're in the final round.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02Matt Helders is the drummer of which band, formed in Sheffield in 2002?
0:20:07 > 0:20:08I don't think it's the Kaiser Chiefs,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10so, maybe one of the other two.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Oh, lordie. Erm...
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- Muse.- Muse is your answer.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Judith, you got that wrong.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21The answer was Arctic Monkeys.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Josh, we go to Sudden Death.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26It gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternative answers,
0:20:26 > 0:20:31here's your question. The first performance of Wagner's opera Lohengrin
0:20:31 > 0:20:34took place under the direction of which composer -
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Wagner being in exile at the time?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Erm, I haven't really got any idea for this,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41but I'm going to go with Mozart.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I'm afraid you're wrong. Franz Liszt.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Judith, for the round.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50The leading concert pianists Martha Argerich
0:20:50 > 0:20:56and Daniel Barenboim were both born in which South American city?
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Daniel Barenboim, erm, I don't know, Buenos Aires?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Buenos Aries is the right answer.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05They were born in 1941 and 1942 and have been lifelong friends.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Well done, Judith, you've taken the round.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Josh, sorry, knocked out by our Egghead, and as a result,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12not in the final. So, it's looking difficult for our Challengers in
0:21:12 > 0:21:16the final. Come back to us, both of you, and we will play the final round.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21It is time for the final round,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed
0:21:27 > 0:21:28to take part in this round.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33So, Sam, Josh, Ken and Jimmy from the Mages, all from this side,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36would you please leave the studio, gents?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Well, here we are, Andy, good luck.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Thank you.- Playing to win the Mages £15,000.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45On the other side, we've got Dave, Pat, Beth, Kevin and Judith,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47playing for something that money can't buy,
0:21:47 > 0:21:49which is the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55They're all General Knowledge, and normally, I say you can confer,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57but obviously today, that's awkward.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01So, the question, Andy, is, can your one brain defeat these five?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Would you like to go first or second, Andy?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Er, I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11OK, I really wish you all the best, Andy.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Which of these actors was born in New Zealand?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20New Zealand...
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Russell Crowe...
0:22:24 > 0:22:26..is Australian, isn't he?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28I think.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Mel Gibson is Australian, I'm sure he is.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Tom Hanks is American. I'm going to go for Russell Crowe.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36You've done well there, it is Russell Crowe, well done.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Because Tom Hanks, yeah, Tom Hanks is American.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Right, and Mel Gibson is Australian.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- But he was born in America. - Oh, born in America?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Born in the States, yeah.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48OK. Your question, Eggheads.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52In terms of men's grooming, what is a Van Dyke?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- Beard.- It's a beard.- It's a smart little beard, isn't it?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Yes, a very smart, pointed beard, as in portraits of Charles I.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Beard. Beard for you, Pat.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06OK. It's a smart little beard.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Yes, it is. Beard is the answer.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Your question, then, Andy,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12keep the pressure on them.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17Which spy novelist is the author of the cookbook French Cooking For Men?
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Of course, John le Carre is a famous spy writer.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I can't think... I don't think it was him, though.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Two big names there, Frederick Forsyth and John le Carre.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36I don't think it's any of them, so I'm going for Len Deighton.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Len Deighton is your answer. Is he right?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- Yes.- I think so, yes. - Yes, you are right.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46You've got two out of two so far.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48I'm loving the way you're playing this.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I can't work the logic out, but you're doing it!
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Just don't change anything, Andy.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55OK, Eggheads, which footballer was banned from the sport
0:23:55 > 0:23:59for 18 months in 2017 after admitting to a misconduct charge
0:23:59 > 0:24:01relating to betting?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- Joey Barton.- Joey Barton. - Joey Barton.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Joey Barton, isn't it? - Yeah, I am pretty sure.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12That was Joey Barton.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16It was Joey Barton, well done, Eggheads.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18So, 2-2.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Oh, I feel the tension here because it's £15,000 that we're playing for.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Get this right and you may have won the money.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Pteronophobia is the irrational fear of what?
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Now, that is spelt...
0:24:30 > 0:24:35P-T-E-R-O-N-O-P-H-O-B-I-A.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37So, it starts P-T.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Right, I think, er, being Greek,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I'm at a bit of an advantage here.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Because "ftera"...
0:24:51 > 0:24:54..in Greek means feathers.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56So, that's the one I'm going for.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Which word means feathers in Greek?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Ftera.- Pftera, spelt with a P?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It's spelt different in Greek, it starts with an F.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Feathers is right!
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Brilliant quizzing! Absolutely storming it here!
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Three out of three in the final round, this is the time to hit the
0:25:12 > 0:25:14gas, and that's what you're doing.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17£15,000, if the Eggheads get this question wrong.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Eggheads, your question.
0:25:19 > 0:25:25What is the first name of the Irish naval officer, born in 1774,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29after whom the Beaufort wind scale is named?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Francis.- I thought it was Francis. - I thought it was Francis.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- Is it Francis?- Yeah, it's not Albert Beaufort or Joseph Beaufort, no.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39- It's Francis.- I think it's Francis.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Yeah? Everybody's happy with that? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44We think that's Francis.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48If you've got this wrong, £15,000 goes to our Challengers,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50after Andy's brilliant playing.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52If you got it right, we go to Sudden Death.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57The Beaufort wind scale is named after an Irish naval officer
0:25:57 > 0:25:59whose first name...
0:25:59 > 0:26:02..is Francis. Well done, Eggheads.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04You're playing in a very sure-footed way, as well.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06So, it goes to Sudden Death.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Gets a bit harder, Andy,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10I don't give you alternatives.
0:26:10 > 0:26:16.cn is the internet top-level domain extension for which country?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18.Cn.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21What have we got now? Cn...
0:26:21 > 0:26:22China...?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Canada...?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Cn. Cn.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30.cn.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33I'm going for Canada.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Could easily be Canada. Is it, Eggheads?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Canada I think is .ca.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41It's China.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Ca. It's China, Andy.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47China. This gives the Eggheads a bit of an advantage,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50the first bit of daylight they've had in this round.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51And you can take the contest on
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Sudden Death with this question, Eggheads.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Apart from the X,
0:26:55 > 0:26:59which is the only letter in Scrabble that is worth eight points?
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- It's J?- J? I always get muddled up with that and K.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Well, Q and Z are ten. - Q and Z are ten.- K is five.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08And X and J are on...
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- ..eight points.- Eight, yeah.- So, it's J, right?- It's J.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13We think that's J.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17If you've got it right, you've taken the contest on Sudden Death.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Do you play Scrabble, Andy?
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Occasionally, Christmas and family get-togethers, yeah.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- You think they've got this right? - Yeah.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25The correct answer is J.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Well, what a performance in the final round there.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39And they were all sitting back just...
0:27:39 > 0:27:43- That was impressive, guys.- That was brilliant, well done, Andy!
0:27:43 > 0:27:46People have got the jackpot with those three correct questions before.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Commiserations, Mages, you really did it at the end there.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51But the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55This winning streak continues, and again, you haven't lost a player, Eggheads.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57It does mean you don't go home with the £15,000,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01so we're going to roll that money over to our next show.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Eggheads, are you going to get to 20?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I wonder. It's a very impressive run.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Oh, before we go, Beth, you had that question?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10I did. I asked you, according to estimates,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13how many bacteria are there on Earth?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15And I was thinking thousands...?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17A few more than that. So, in 1998,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20the University of Georgia estimated there were
0:28:20 > 0:28:25five million trillion trillion bacteria.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29So, that's five, with 30 zeros after it.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Gosh! Beth, thank you.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers have the brains
0:28:34 > 0:28:38to defeat the Eggheads. £16,000 will be the jackpot.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Until then, goodbye.