0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit
0:00:25 > 0:00:29their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34And challenging the might of our quiz Goliaths today are the
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Metallurgists, from South Wales.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Now, this team of colleagues all work together in the metal industry
0:00:40 > 0:00:42in Port Talbot. Let's meet them.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Hello, my name's Richard and I'm a product metallurgist.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Hello, my name's Peter. I'm a product development metallurgist.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hello, my name is Elham and I'm a metallography technologist.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Hello, my name's Martyn and I'm a product specialist.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Hi, my name's Neil. I'm a metallography specialist.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- Richard and team, hello. - Hello.- Welcome. Great to see you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- My goodness, you're all metals. - Yes, yes,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10we all work in the metals industry in South Wales.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12OK, now, I've observantly noticed the T-shirts.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- Yes.- So, let's just work this out.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17These are periodic table elements, are they?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- That's right, yes.- Let's start at the far end with Neil.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Neil, show us that one? Zn. I know Zinc.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25OK, good. And next to you.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26- Fe.- That's Fe.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Which is iron.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Elham? Let's just... OK, that's...
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I know that Au is gold, because that's come up before.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I do not know Nb...
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- What's that?- Niobium.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Niobium? Eggheads, would you have known that?
0:01:38 > 0:01:42- No.- Yes.- Yes.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44They're showing off. You're giving them a chance to show off.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Last one.- Silicon.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49So, you've done a great thing there, you've come with answers on your T-shirts.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- That's right.- And, of course, if they actually come up
0:01:51 > 0:01:54in the questions, then there's going to be all kinds of...
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- They'll be in their element, Jeremy! - In my element, Steve, brilliant.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59So, and is there a reason that you each individually
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- chose your element?- Yeah, we're all sort of either working
0:02:02 > 0:02:06with those elements, they are all useful elements for
0:02:06 > 0:02:08alloying additions to steel.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Good luck. Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Challengers. However if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, as you know,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18the prize-money rolls over. So, Metallurgists,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I can tell you that the Eggheads are on a little bit of a,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23not so much a roll, a jaunt at the moment.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26You're getting into your stride. They've won three in a row,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29so there's £4,000 to play for today. Would you like to try and win it?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- Yes.- All right, very good.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33I'm really hoping science comes up.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34The first head-to-head battle, though,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37is on the subject of Film and TV.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Now, whose street is this up?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Who would like...?- Possibly not our best.- Possibly not our best.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43No.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Elham or Peter?- I'll take it.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- I'll take it.- We'll pick Peter.- OK.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Peter against whom?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55You've got Judith, Kevin, Pat, Steve, Lisa.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Choose somebody who looks like their TV's broken.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Who do you suggest?- Judith possibly.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Yes, why not, why not?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- I'll play Judith.- OK, Peter from the Metallurgists going against Judith.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Very early outing for you today.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- It is, yeah.- Is that good?- I rather like film and television.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- Energy levels really high.- Yeah.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15All right, would you please go to our legendary question room.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18So, Film and TV, Peter against Judith.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21And would you like to go first or second?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I'll go first, please.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28And here is your question -
0:03:28 > 0:03:30what is the name of the character played by Lesley Joseph
0:03:30 > 0:03:32in the TV sitcom Birds Of A Feather?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It's not something I watch very much,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43but occasionally my girlfriend makes me watch it,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47so I think the answer is Dorien.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Dorien is the right answer, Peter. Well done.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Over to you, Judith. Which of these follows "national" and "blue"
0:03:53 > 0:03:59to make the titles of a 1944 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and a 1986
0:03:59 > 0:04:02film directed by David Lynch?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06It's velvet.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Velvet is correct, well done.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14Peter. In the 2006 film The Queen, starring Michael Sheen
0:04:14 > 0:04:17as Tony Blair, who played Cherie Blair?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Not sure about this one.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I think I'll go for...
0:04:29 > 0:04:31..Helen McCrory.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34You're right. Helen McCrory it is.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Judi Dench would be a little bit too old to play her, I'm guessing.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41All right. Judith, back to you.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Helena Bonham Carter was Oscar-nominated for her role
0:04:44 > 0:04:46in which of these films?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Oh. Well, I don't think Planet Of The Apes.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59I think Sweeney Todd.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02It's The Wings Of The Dove, Judith.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Oh, dear, is that going to be trouble?- Oh, dear.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Yes, probably.- It's your initiative here, Peter.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Get this right, you're in the final round.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13The actress Patricia Arquette was married to which Hollywood star
0:05:13 > 0:05:16between 1995 and 2001?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Again, I'm not sure about this.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I don't think it's Sylvester Stallone.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I'll go for Charlie Sheen.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Yeah, yeah, you should have ruled out Charlie as well, actually.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36It's Nicolas Cage.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39So, Judith has a chance to get back into it.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Here's your third question.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44In the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48what type of creature is Patrick, SpongeBob's best friend?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I don't know. I don't know.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I don't know! Seahorse.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- Steve?- A starfish.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- Starfish.- Oh!- Starfish is the answer.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Peter, you're through. First blood to our brilliant Metallurgists,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11they've taken an Egghead out.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Please return and rejoin your teams.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18As it stands, the Metallurgists have not lost any brains from the final
0:06:18 > 0:06:20round, the Eggheads have lost a brain.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Oh, Eggs. Can you see the panic starting over there?
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Drive it home, guys. The next subject for you is Music.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Now, I know you're scientists, is this going to be OK?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Which one of you wants it? Music.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Elham, you going to go for music?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- I'll go on. I don't mind.- OK.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Right.- OK, Elham, choose an Egghead - not Judith.- Yeah.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Who would you like? - I'll go against Lisa.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Very good. I think you're quite happy with that, probably.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47It's not a science round.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I am absolutely rejoicing in the fact that it's not a science round.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Someone, if science comes up, whoever goes in will be quaking,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I know that. So, it's going to be Elham from the Metallurgists
0:06:55 > 0:06:59versus Lisa from the Eggheads in the question room, please.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03OK, so our next Metallurgist is Elham.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Tell us what kind of metallurgy you do, Elham.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10We do a lot of analysis in the lab,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14look at steel defects under the microscope.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And you're based in Cardiff, is that right?
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- Port Talbot.- Having originally been from Iran?
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Yes, I'm originally from Iran.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- How is Wales for you? - It's wonderful.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27And your music knowledge?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28- Not so wonderful!- All right.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Good luck, Elham, in this round against the great Lisa.- Thank you.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Would you like to go first or second?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35I'll go first.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41First question for you, Elham.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Louise Redknapp, who took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2016,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48became famous with which pop group?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54I know who she is.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58I have a feeling it's not Atomic Kitten.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01It's either Eternal or Bananarama.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I don't know the other two, but I'll go for...
0:08:09 > 0:08:11..Eternal.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12- Eternal is right.- Oh, OK.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Well done.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17OK, Lisa, which of these film characters
0:08:17 > 0:08:19sings Let's Go Fly A Kite.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25It is in Mary Poppins. It's Mr Banks.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Mr Banks is right.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Elham, back to you.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33Which of these operatic works was composed by Jacques Offenbach?
0:08:40 > 0:08:44I'll go for Nabucco.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Do you know this one, Lisa?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I think Orpheus is Gluck and Figaro is Mozart,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I think, so Nabucco would be where I'd go.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54You'd both say the same, but you'd both be wrong.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Orpheus In The Underworld is the answer.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Lisa, which singer found fame with the group Catatonia?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09So, Shirley Manson was Garbage and Beth Gibbons,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13was she Portishead or have I made that up?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Might be a different Beth. Anyway, it's Cerys Matthews.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Who presents on 6 Music.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- She does.- Yeah, Cerys Matthews is right.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I would say that Beth Gibbons is Portishead.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- I do believe she is. - Yay.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27OK. So, you need to get this one right, Elham.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I know it's not your natural subject, but here we go.
0:09:29 > 0:09:35In what year was Nena's 99 Red Balloons a UK Number one single?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Nena is N-E-N-A.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Was it...?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I have no idea who that person is.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I'll go for 1988.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51It was sort of around when I was a teenager. Lisa, what would you say?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- It's not easy, this, is it? - Well, no,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I'm struggling a little bit. I knew it wasn't as late as 88.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I think it might have been as early as 1980,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00but then I think it was a German hit first, so I'm a bit confused.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02I would have said '80s as well.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05But the answer is the middle one, actually, 1984.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07So, well done, Lisa.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09You have beaten the Challenger. Sorry, Elham,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12you've been knocked out there. And you won't be in the final round.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Please, both of you, return and rejoin your teams.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18So, it's levelled up now.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21The Metallurgists have lost one brain from the final round,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23while the Eggheads have lost a brain as well.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26The next subject for you is Arts and Books.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Metallurgists, who wants this?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Me or...?- I can do it, but I...
0:10:31 > 0:10:34I hope that a better subject comes up later on.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35There may not be later.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Well, no, yeah.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40It's definitely not my field so...
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Shall I try?- Yeah, go on.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43- I'll try.- OK.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Martin, product specialist.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Against which non-metallic object here?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Can we try Steve, please?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Of course you can. Martin from the Metallurgists,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Steve from the Eggheads, please, take your positions.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Martin, I'm feeling this isn't particularly your subject?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04It's not the subject I wanted to be doing, if I'm honest,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08but I'll give it my best shot and see what I can do.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11And ideally you would have wanted a whole round on the Titanic?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13That would be perfect, yes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Always been interested in the history of the Titanic.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19It started out with some newspaper cuttings that were given to me by my
0:11:19 > 0:11:23grandparents when I was five, six, something like that.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Martin, Arts and Books, would you like to go first or second?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Please can I go first?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33You may, and good luck.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35What first name was shared by the English poet Wordsworth
0:11:35 > 0:11:38and the Irish poet known as WB Yeats?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I don't think it's Walter or Wesley.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46I think it's William Wordsworth.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Not so familiar with the Irish poets, so I'm going to assume
0:11:50 > 0:11:52it's William. So, can I say William, please?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Indeed, it is William Butler Yeats.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56William is right.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Steve, which of these was the name used as a pseudonym by the writer
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Anne Bronte?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06That's Acton, Jeremy.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Nice work, I didn't know that, that's for sure.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Acton is right. Back to you, Martin.
0:12:12 > 0:12:18In children's books by Gwynedd Rae, what type of animal is Mary Plain?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24I'm not familiar with the books, so it's...
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Unfortunately, I think it'll be a guess on this. So...
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Hamster, cat or bear? I think there's a lot of books on bears,
0:12:33 > 0:12:38but I'm going to say cats, because I'm not familiar of any books,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40children's books, with hamster.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43OK, so your answer is cat.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Let's just think about this, Steve, have you read any of these?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I've never heard of them, Jeremy, but just because it's child's book,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I'd have probably gone bear.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52The answer is wrong.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- It's not cat, it's bear.- Oh.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Steve's logic of bear, what, children like reading about bears?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Well, that's all I basically have to go on, because, like I say,
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I've not heard of the books, but they do tend to feature quite
0:13:03 > 0:13:08- often in kids' books, I suppose. - OK, so it's one each.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Steve to take the lead.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Shakespeare's play Romeo And Juliet starts with the line,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15"Two households both alike in..." What?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Are they both alike in...
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Oh, my.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25"Two households both alike..."
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Dignity.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32- "Two households both alike in dignity," that's what you say?- Yeah.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- You look uncertain.- I know, I'm really doubting,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37because stature's really thrown me.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Lisa?- Well, it's got to be dignity, on the basis it is the only one with
0:13:40 > 0:13:42three syllables and your pentameter will be all wrong.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44It is dignity, he is quite right.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Lisa gives a good answer, which is that she's doing a syllable
0:13:47 > 0:13:50count and dignity is the only one with three syllables.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Shakespeare writes in iambic pentameters,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56so it's dee-dum, dee-dum, dee-dum, dee-dum, when he writes a line.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- "Two houses both alike in dignity." - Yeah.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Dignity's the answer, Steve.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- Right.- You got there.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Interesting question. OK, so he's ahead. Martin,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07you've got to get this one right to stay in.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Damien Hirst's acceptance speech for his 1995 Turner Prize featured the
0:14:12 > 0:14:17line, "It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-level art,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20"a twisted imagination and a..."? What?
0:14:25 > 0:14:28I'm not familiar with what he said, so...
0:14:32 > 0:14:33He's...
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I can see chainsaw being something he would do in his art,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40but I don't know if he's trying to suggest from doing...
0:14:42 > 0:14:44..from doing art and getting an E level,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48getting an E, that maybe he's referring back to the glue stick,
0:14:48 > 0:14:53because glue sticks is what I remember using a lot of in art.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57So, I'm taking a guess, but glue stick, please.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59I think he's referring to his art
0:14:59 > 0:15:01since he left school. So, he'd upgraded by
0:15:01 > 0:15:04that stage from the glue stick to the chainsaw.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Chainsaw is the right answer.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09So, there is no way back there.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11That's it, it's Steve's round.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Steve, you're in the final. Martin, you've been knocked out.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16A little bit of a crisis here for our Challengers. Please come back.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19One more round to play.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21So, as it stands, the Metallurgists have lost two brains
0:15:21 > 0:15:24from the final round. The Eggheads have lost one
0:15:24 > 0:15:26and the next subject is History.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28So, who would like this?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30What are we doing?
0:15:30 > 0:15:35- I don't know.- Who are we wanting to save for the last round?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39I was going to save you. I can go up and save you for the last one, yeah?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- You're both good.- I'm happy either way.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- I'll go up and save you for the last round.- Right.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- I'll do the History one, Jeremy. - OK, Richard on History,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49against which Egghead? Pat or Kevin -
0:15:49 > 0:15:51so, it's not an easy choice, I'm afraid.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54THEY LAUGH Not at all.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- Quiz champions.- Kevin.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59So, it is Richard from the Metallurgists
0:15:59 > 0:16:03versus Kevin, the grandmaster from the Eggheads, on History.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Please, for the last time, go to the question room.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09OK, good luck, Richard. Would you like to go first or second
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- against Kevin?- I'll go first, please.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19And here we go. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford motor
0:16:19 > 0:16:23company famously said of his Model T Ford,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26"Any customer can have a car painted any colour
0:16:26 > 0:16:29"that he wants so long as it is..." what colour?
0:16:32 > 0:16:34It's not red or green,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36it's black.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38It is black, you're right.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Might have been tempted to go red on that if I was just guessing.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Kevin, your question on History -
0:16:44 > 0:16:47in British history what regnal name was shared by two of the men
0:16:47 > 0:16:51who served as King in 1936?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Well... In 1936?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- 1936.- Yeah.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01That would be George, George V and George VI.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03You're quite right, George is right.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Back to you, Richard. In Britain's history,
0:17:06 > 0:17:10how old was Charles I when he was executed in 1649?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I don't think it's 88.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21I think 68's probably too old,
0:17:21 > 0:17:25so I think it's probably 48.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28You're right, he was 48 when he was executed.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Kevin, over to you. Which of these historical figures had an older
0:17:32 > 0:17:37sister called Francis Parthenope, who was often known as Pop?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Sorry, it was Francis Parthenope?
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Parthenope, yeah.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I think that was Florence Nightingale.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51It was and how do we know about Miss Parthenope,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53is she famous for other reasons?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Mainly for being Florence Nightingale's sister, basically.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59That's it. Their parents did choose some quite... Even for the time,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02some quite unusual names for them.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Florence Nightingale is the right answer, Kevin.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07So, two each. And we go back to you, Richard.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Which industrialist was the maternal grandfather of Charles Darwin?
0:18:15 > 0:18:21I've never heard of Titus Salt, and industrialist...
0:18:21 > 0:18:24I think it'll probably be Josiah Wedgwood.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Brilliant, you're right. Josiah Wedgwood.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Three out of three. So, over to you, Kevin.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32You've got to get this right to stay in.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35In British history, who was the father of the man who succeeded to
0:18:35 > 0:18:39the English throne in 1603 as James I?
0:18:45 > 0:18:50Right, so the father of James the VI and I, as it was.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53All three of these were associated with Mary Queen of Scots one way or
0:18:53 > 0:18:57another, and two of them actually married her, but the one who was the
0:18:57 > 0:19:00father of James I was Lord Darnley.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Lord Darnley is correct.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05All right, we're equal. Richard, well done so far.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07We go to sudden death. It gets a bit harder,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- I don't give you different options, OK?- OK.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Here is your question. You'll love this.
0:19:11 > 0:19:17Which element in the periodic table shares its name with the codename of
0:19:17 > 0:19:22one of the beaches in the 1944 D-Day landings?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25That would be gold.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Let's check with Elham.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28- It's correct.- Yes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Yeah. She confirms it is right. She is wearing a gold T-shirt.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Gold is correct.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Sudden death. Challenger in the lead.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Kevin, over to you. Which civil rights activist married the singer
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Coretta Scott in 1953?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47That was Martin Luther King Jr.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Martin Luther King Jr is correct.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Richard, sudden death. Your question -
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition was on which ship,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58that left Cardiff docks in June 1910?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Oh, I feel like I should know this. Erm...
0:20:04 > 0:20:07I want to say the Bounty, but I know it's not.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09The Bounty is the only one I can think of, but I know...
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I don't think it's the right answer.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13No, it's the Terra Nova.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15That's the one that went wrong, isn't it, Kevin?
0:20:15 > 0:20:19That's the expedition that went disastrously wrong, yes, in the end.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Over to you, Kevin, you can win the round with this question,
0:20:22 > 0:20:27sudden death. Which British aviation engineer born in 1887 designed the
0:20:27 > 0:20:30bomb known as the tall boy?
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Well, I believe it's the same man who designed the bouncing bomb -
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I think it's Barnes Wallis.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38If it's right, you're through to the final.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39The answer is Barnes Wallis.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Well done, Kevin. Booked your place in the final.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44He is very hard to beat on History particularly, Richard,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46but you played really well there.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Barely missed a beat until the very end.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51But you were beaten by our Egghead and if you return to your teams,
0:20:51 > 0:20:55we will play the final round for £4,000.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00It is time for the final round, which, as always,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02is General Knowledge, but I'm afraid, those of you who lost your
0:21:02 > 0:21:06heads won't be allowed to take part in this round. So, Richard,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Elham and Martin from the Metallurgists
0:21:08 > 0:21:13and Judith from the Eggheads, would you please now leave the studio?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16So, here we are, a final, Peter and Neil,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19you're playing to win the Metallurgists £4,000.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Lisa, Steve, Pat, Kevin, you're playing for something that money
0:21:22 > 0:21:24can't buy, which is the Eggheads' reputation
0:21:24 > 0:21:26and to keep this roll going.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31This time, they are all General Knowledge.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33You may confer, gentlemen.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34So, Metallurgists,
0:21:34 > 0:21:39the question is, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41And would you like to go first or second?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Shall we go second?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45We'll go second, I think.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51And here is the first question, then, to the Eggs.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Shrewsbury is the county town of which English county?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- I think it's Shropshire. - It's definitely Shropshire.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Shrewsbury, Shropshire, yeah.- OK. Shropshire.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Shropshire is correct.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Back to you, Challengers.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Which of these is a sea bird that defends itself
0:22:10 > 0:22:13by spitting out a foul smelling oil?
0:22:18 > 0:22:23I believe the only one of those three birds which is a sea bird,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27is the fulmar. So, we shall say fulmar.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Fulmar is your answer. Eggheads, is that right?- Yeah.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Yes, it is, well done. Fulmar. One each.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Final, playing for £4,000. Back to you, Eggheads.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39What were the first names of the British scientists Crick and Watson
0:22:39 > 0:22:43who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in medicine? Were they...
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Francis and James.- Yeah. Francis and James.- All the way.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- Francis Crick and James Watson. - They were Francis and James.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02They were indeed Francis Crick and James Watson.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Your second question, to catch up.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Which of these comedians is six feet eight inches tall?
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- I'm pretty sure it's Greg Davies. - Greg Davies, yes.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19More than one of them's a teacher, I believe.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23A former teacher. But we think it's Greg Davies.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26You're absolutely right. Greg Davies is correct.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29He's a former teacher, is there another one?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- Romesh Ranganathan. - Romesh is a former teacher too?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Right. Two each after two questions for you both. Your third question,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Eggheads. What was the name of Richard Branson's first business,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42a magazine launched in 1968? Was this...
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Hmm.- Ooh.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- Can't say I know that?- No.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Is Student too obvious?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Or did he like letter V and go from Visions to Virgin?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Oh, now Virgin...
0:24:02 > 0:24:05No, I can't even think. I... Hmm, no. I'm not sure.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07No, I'm not at all sure.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Tiny something in the back of my mind that it was
0:24:13 > 0:24:14something to do with...
0:24:14 > 0:24:18students, but not necessarily that's what it was called.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Yeah, I knew he'd done a magazine...
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Did he actually go to university?
0:24:24 > 0:24:28- I don't think he did. - He rented a stall.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I've seen the phone box where he did all the business from,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33but, other than that, I can't help you.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36No, I don't know. If anything, I still favour Student.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I don't know why.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- I really don't know why.- Pat?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43I have no idea, but if I had to pin the tail on the donkey,
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- I'd go Student.- Go Student, then.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50It's just completely arbitrary. I have no knowledge.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Go for it, then, Pat.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Stumped here, but we've decided to go with Student.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Oh, you were really struggling.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Really struggling. I thought you might be attracted by Visions,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04cos the Vi is reminiscent of Virgin,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07even if it was only subliminal.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10He was 16 when he launched a magazine
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- called Student.- Well done.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Well done, Eggheads. You got there.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Touch and go.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19So, now you need to get this one right to stay in,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21otherwise the contest is over.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25In Norse mythology, what is the name of the spear that is frequently
0:25:25 > 0:25:29wielded by the God Odin?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36The spear.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Any idea, Neil?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I think Hel is a goddess.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54So, I'd be guessing really, I think.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56I'd be guessing as well.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Gungnir is...
0:26:00 > 0:26:02..my guess.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05But it's no more than a guess, really.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10I wouldn't know, so we might as well go.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12We'll go for Gungnir.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- Is it right or wrong?- It's right.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15It's right, well done. Gungnir it is.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Three out of three for you both, the scores are level.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20It's suddenly got very tense in here, hasn't it?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23You're playing brilliantly against four Eggheads here. Well done.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26We go to sudden death. It gets a bit harder, as you know,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29because I don't give you different options. OK. Eggheads, in the UK,
0:26:29 > 0:26:34for what does the letter I stand in the savings acronym Isa?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- Individual Savings Account.- That's what I thought it was initially.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40It hasn't... It's never been superseded by anything, has it?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42No. I don't think so.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Then the Pep came in.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- OK.- Yeah, I think Individual. - Individual?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Yeah, I think Individual.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Individual.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Individual is right. Individual Savings Account, as you rightly say.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Sudden death, here we go. You've got to get this one right to stay in.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Which driver was the Formula 1 World Champion in 1998 and 1999?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Not my subject, I'm afraid.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10I'm tempted to say Schumacher.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14I am not sure.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16I am not really certain of that,
0:27:16 > 0:27:21but I, honestly, can't think of anything better to say.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25We'll go with Michael Schumacher.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Michael Schumacher is your answer.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30OK. If you've got it wrong, the contest is over.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Let's check with a Schumacher fan. How many years was he champion for?
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- He won seven world titles.- Seven world titles.- Seven world titles.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Were they in '98 and '99?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- No.- Who is this, then? - Mika Hakkinen.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Mika Hakkinen is the right answer, Challengers.- Oh!
0:27:44 > 0:27:47I'm sorry. We have to say congratulations, Eggheads.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48You've won again.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Well done.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56I think, you know, Formula 1 is something you either know it all or
0:27:56 > 0:28:00- nothing.- Unfortunately, he's... - Not today.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Oh, he's at the back, is he? Who's the Formula 1 fan?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- Richard was our sports...- Richard might have known it.- Yeah.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Well, commiserations to Metallurgists.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Love the T-shirts.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Best team outfit we've had for years, I think.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17and they still reign supreme over Quizland.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Well done, Eggs. You were touch and go a little bit, weren't you?
0:28:20 > 0:28:23I'm afraid it means you won't be going home with £4,000.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25So, the money rolls over to our next exciting show.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Eggheads, very well done.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Getting closer to five, then maybe ten,
0:28:30 > 0:28:32then maybe we'll get up to 100,000, who knows?
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Maybe it will happen, maybe it won't.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37But anyway, the key thing is the next game.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Join us then to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:39 > 0:28:42have the brains to defeat the Eggs and win 5,000.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Till then, goodbye.