Episode 77 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

They are the Eggheads.

-Feeling sprightly, I can see.

-Yes!

-Hope so.

-All right.

If you'd like to work on a question from the Eggheads

while you watch at home, Pat, you've got one for us?

Yes. In which very specific environment

might the Evetts-Russomano CPR technique be applied?

What were the names of the CPR?

Evetts-Russomano.

Evetts-Russomano, and that's some sort of life resuscitation thing.

-A CPR technique.

-That's a stinker.

We'll find out the answer at the end of the show.

Taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths today are the Lab Rats.

In forming this team, captain Hannah has called on the services

of her quizziest friends and family

and has taken their team name from the fact that the majority of them

work in laboratories.

-Let's meet them.

-Hello.

My name's Hannah and I'm a quality control analyst.

Hi, my name's Lea

and I'm a management information systems engineer.

Hi, my name's Maxine and I'm an industrial chemist.

Hi, my name's Jim and I'm a research chemist.

Hi, my name's Darren and I'm a civil servant.

-So, Hannah and team, hello.

-Hello!

-Great to see you.

Welcome. So, Hannah, it's all about laboratory work, is it?

Yeah, for a few of us,

a couple of us went to university together

and we've somehow ended up in the same company.

Different roles, but, yeah, three of us work in a lab.

So, a bit of friends, bit of family, all very good to form a team with.

Yeah, it's a good mix.

-Have you put a strategy together for it?

-Yeah, tried to!

-Don't say too much about it cos...

-Don't know how that'll go!

No, don't mention it because they'll be listening to every word.

-And you love live music, Hannah?

-I do, yes.

So, outside the lab, you'll be at Glastonbury or somewhere like that.

-Yeah, love it. In my element, yeah.

-Brilliant.

Good luck, challengers. Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash

up for grabs for our challenging team.

If they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

Now, Lab Rats, the Eggheads have got into their stride a bit

and they've won the last three games,

so there's £4,000 if you stop them.

-Would you like to try?

-Definitely.

-Please, yeah.

Good. The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Science.

It couldn't be better!

And it's one of you, please, against either Dave,

Beth, Barry, Pat or Judith.

-Are we going with you, Max?

-Yeah, we'll go with me.

-Go on.

So, that's Maxine, OK.

-Dave.

-Against...

-Dave?

-Dave.

-All right. Maxine from the Lab Rats taking on Dave.

Oh, dear, this could be difficult, Dave.

-Could be.

-Straight out of the lab and into the Eggheads studio.

To ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our legendary Question Room?

So, Maxine, what are you researching in your lab?

So, I research new refrigerant gases,

some more environmentally friendly ones,

and new medical propellants to go in asthma inhalers.

Right. I don't remember ever having done any of that myself!

Dave, can we match that?

Er, No. I research...

..hops and grains on a regular basis.

-Yeah, types of beer.

-In a certain environment...

Controlled conditions.

HE LAUGHS Yeah!

That's an interesting description of a pub.

So, you're a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry

-as well, Maxine?

-Yeah, I am.

I've been a member since I was in sixth form but I've recently

just completed the PDP assessment to become chartered.

OK, so you go up the levels and you get official status?

Yeah, it's like a two-year course

that you do in work to gain the chartered status.

Maxine, do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

Here we go. Good luck.

In physics, density is calculated by dividing what by volume?

Well, I know this because I use this calculation a lot in work!

It's nothing to do with speed or time, it's definitely mass.

So, mass is divided by volume or volume is divided by mass?

Which way round is it? I'm trying to remember my schooling.

-Volume equals mass over density.

-OK, brilliant.

Well done. Mass it is.

Dave, which of these fish is a type of tuna?

OK...

Well, a beluga I thought was a whale.

Hammerhead shark. I think it's an albacore, please.

Albacore is right.

It can range outside chemistry, this round, Maxine, that's the problem.

But we're back with chemistry for this question.

If red litmus paper turns blue,

it proves the substance being tested is what?

So, litmus paper is used to test the pH scale, so acidic would be red.

Alkaline would be blue and green would be neutral.

-Can you repeat the question, please?

-Yes.

In chemistry, if red litmus paper turns blue,

it proves the substance being tested is what?

I'm going to go with alkaline.

That's good, I can see you were just avoiding confusion there.

You got it right, don't worry. Alkaline is correct.

OK, Dave, the famous medical reference book Grey's Anatomy

was first published in which year?

Right...

In a bit of trouble here.

It's not 1958.

Now, Encyclopaedia Britannica is 1768,

so I could be getting something confused...

..but I'm going to go 1758.

1758...

-Any Eggheads know?

-I would have gone for 1858.

I don't think they would have had that detailed knowledge of anatomy

that Grey shows in the earlier date.

You got it wrong, Dave. 1858.

-Fine, yeah.

-Middle answer.

OK, Maxine, this is promising now.

Get this right, you're in the final.

In mathematics, an icosagon is a polygon with how many sides?

Icosagon...

It's going to be a total guess, I'm afraid, Jeremy.

I'm going to go for 20.

-Barry, is she right?

-Yes.

-20 is the right answer.

Well done. Three out of three and you're in the final, Maxine.

Very good start for our challengers.

Sorry, Tremendous Knowledge Dave, you've been knocked out.

-No apologies needed. She was a very good player.

-Very good scientist.

Come back and rejoin your teams and we'll see what happens next.

So, well done, the Lab Rats and Maxine,

they've not lost any brains from the final round so far

and the Eggheads have lost one! And we play on with Geography.

So, Hannah, who's taking this?

Guys?

-I fancy Lea.

-You happy to take geography?

-I'll take geography, yeah.

-Lea? Yeah.

-OK.

Against which Egghead, Lea? You can have anyone but Dave.

-Beth. I would say Beth.

-Beth? Beth.

Lea from the Lab Rats playing Beth from the Eggheads on Geography.

Please go to the Question Room now.

Geography, Lea, would you like to go first or second?

I would like to go first, please.

Here we go. Good luck.

In which ocean are the Marshall Islands located?

I've never heard of the Marshall Islands,

so this is going to be an absolute guess.

I'm going to say Atlantic.

Well, it's funny, our Judith has a rule,

and this is the classic example of your rule, isn't it, Judith?

Yes. Islands live in the Pacific.

She always goes, if there's any doubt, Lea, she goes Pacific,

even if it's not an option!

Because Pacific is just bigger and there's more stuff in it.

Pacific is the answer here.

OK, your question, Beth.

Which of these things features on the national flag of North Korea?

Erm...

A lot of Communists, I think the red star is a common feature

of a lot of countries around this way, a lot of Communist countries.

-So, star.

-Star is quite right.

All right, Lea, your question.

What is the approximate distance as the crow flies

from Edinburgh to Dublin?

Well, Dublin is what,

in the middle of Ireland and Edinburgh is quite high, well,

not high, but south Scotland but north of the UK.

I'm going to go for 418 miles.

-It's actually the lowest one.

-Oh!

-Sorry, Lea, it's 218.

So, Beth, you can take the round with this question.

Which of these autonomous communities of Spain

is the furthest south?

Galicia is up in the north, next to Portugal.

Cantabria...

Not entirely sure but I have holidayed at Andalusia

and it's right down in the south. So, Andalusia.

Andalusia... Andalusia...

..is the right answer, Beth, well done!

2-0, so Beth is in the final.

Sorry, Lea. Just didn't break for you today.

Beaten by our Egghead and therefore not in the final.

Return to us, please, and we'll see what happens next.

OK, as it stands, the Lab Rats have lost a brain now

from the final round. The Eggheads have lost one as well,

so we're completely level going into round three, which is Film & TV.

Who would like this?

-Jim?

-What do you think?

I don't mind going for it.

-Yeah?

-I'll give it a whirl.

OK, Jim, our research chemist, against which Egghead?

The three on the right are free.

Um...

Maybe Barry?

-You choose.

-Barry, please.

Good. Jim from the Lab Rats versus, fair to say, our own Lab Rat.

Barry, as he's known here.

To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.

So, you're a very keen runner, Jim.

Yeah, I do enjoy it. Do the long distance when I can.

Have you done some marathons?

I've done one.

I want to do more, but just got to get it booked

-and then see if I can improve on the time.

-Brilliant.

All right, well, good luck in this particular marathon

here on Eggheads. You're up against Barry.

Film & TV is the subject. Jim, would you like to go first or second?

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Here's your first question, Jim.

In May 2017,

who was confirmed as Len Goodman's replacement

as the head judge on Strictly Come Dancing?

Erm, I don't actually know...

..the answer straight off.

I do watch the show...

..semi-regularly, so I might be able to have a fair stab.

I know Arlene Phillips was a previous judge on the show,

so I can't imagine, well,

I didn't hear anything or see anything

that she'd be coming back onto the show.

I might go for Nicole Scherzinger, actually. Just...

..something popped into my head there.

OK, let's just check with the challengers. Is Jim right?

-I don't think so. No.

-Nicole Scherzinger is with which show?

She done a bit of X Factor, didn't she?

-Barry, is it X Factor she's on?

-Yeah, she was with X Factor.

Yeah, Nicole Scherzinger is X Factor.

Arlene Phillips is a judge from Strictly in the past.

Shirley Ballas is the answer here.

Barry, Sinbad, played by Michael Starke,

was a character in which TV soap?

I love Sinbad, he was such a delightful character

and he was in Brookside.

Brookside is correct.

OK, back to you, Jim. Which of these actors starred in the films

The Vikings, The Bad and the Beautiful

and Gunfight At The OK Corral?

Erm, again, I've heard of...

..the last one, Gunfight At The OK Corral, but...

..I'm not 100% as who would have starred in it.

But I'll go with Kirk Douglas, please, Jeremy.

James Stewart and Cary Grant were both in

a lot of Hitchcock films. Kirk Douglas is the right answer.

-Yay!

-Well done. Nicely played.

Long time before you were born.

Barry, in which year did Matt Dawson become a regular team captain

on the TV show A Question of Sport?

Oh!

It's certainly not as recent as 2014.

Matt Dawson...

I just think 2004 seems an awful long time ago,

he was probably still playing then, so I don't think he probably

would have been a captain then,

or was that just after he stopped playing?

2009, that's...

That's quite a while back.

He was captain for a while.

No, I think it was as far back as 2004.

Barry, you're right, 2004 is the answer.

OK, it's a shame about that, Jim.

It means you've got to get this one right.

In the 1989 thriller Dead Calm,

Billy Zane terrorises a married couple

played by Sam Neill and which actress?

Erm...

I don't think this would be...

..Cate Blanchett.

I'm not quite sure

who Jodie Foster, what her films would be.

But I've got a funny feeling that it's Nicole Kidman,

so I'm going to go with Nicole Kidman.

You're absolutely right, it is Nicole Kidman,

and I'm wondering if this might be her first feature film.

-Was it, Eggheads?

-It was Australian, wasn't it?

Because it's Sam Neill, but, yeah, it's reasonably early, I think.

Yeah. OK, Nicole Kidman is the right answer.

Barry, Anna Chlumsky

plays the role of Amy Brookheimer in which American political TV series?

This for the round, Barry...

Well, the only one of those that I've actually seen

is Designated Survivor, and there is...

But I'm guessing there's a female lead in all of them.

I don't know this one, it's going to have to be a guess.

I'll go down the middle for Veep.

You're right, actually, Barry, it is Veep.

He's got it right. Sorry, Jim.

He wasn't sure but got it right, so he's got three out of three

and he's in the final round. Jim knocked out.

Return to us, please. One more round to play before the final for £4,000.

So, as it stands, the Lab Rats have lost two brains

from the final round, the Eggheads have lost one.

One more round to play before the final and it's Sport.

Whose is this?

-Hannah?

-Hannah or Darren?

Daz? Darren, me or you?

I think... Could I do the last one and you do this one?

-OK, I'll take Sport.

-OK, Hannah.

Now, which Egghead?

You've got the two on the right here, Pat and Judith,

-both fearsome players.

-Yeah.

-Go for Pat.

-I'll go for Pat.

OK, Judith has been researching sport at her lunch break.

Hannah from the Lab Rats taking on Pat from the Eggheads on Sport.

Last round before the final. Please go to the Question Room.

OK, Hannah, you wisely didn't take on Judith on Sport.

You've gone for Pat instead.

-Would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first, please.

Here we go. Good luck. See if you can get yourself into the final.

Which of these sports stars returned to competition

after a drugs ban in April 2017?

I am a little bit of a tennis fan,

so I would discount Lance Armstrong and go for Maria Sharapova.

Yes, you're right, Maria Sharapova it is. Well done.

Pat, how much did the boxer Anthony Joshua weigh

for his world title bout with Wladimir Klitschko in April 2017?

Well, he's a big man and he's in shape.

Let's see, 11st is definitely far too small,

he's a full heavyweight.

And even 14st, I think.

Yes, he's well over six foot tall and covered in muscles.

I think he's 17st 12.

17st 12lbs is correct.

OK.

Hannah, the rugby union star Joe Launchbury

usually plays in which position for England?

OK... Rugby, not my sport, unfortunately.

I will go with...

..Judith's logic, straight down the right, number eight.

It only works with Judith, though.

Second row is the answer, down the middle.

Thank you!

OK, Pat,

approximately how many runners took part in the 2017 London Marathon?

Well, it takes...

It takes a long time for them to be released and they're all

stored in various public parks.

I think it's an immense number.

I don't think 5,000 or even 10,000 really impresses

in terms of big marathon numbers, so I think it must be 40,000.

40,000 is correct.

Well done. So, he's ahead, Hannah.

You must get this one right.

In 1994,

who became the first non-British winner of either of the two versions

of the World Darts Championship?

Erm... Well, again, darts is not my strongest, if at all.

I will...

..have a little guess, none of the names are familiar to me,

at John Part.

-Eggheads, is she right?

-I think she might be right.

You are right, Hannah. Well done, John Part it is!

-Well done to you.

-Sorry, Pat.

OK, so, level, but Pat has this question in hand.

In which year did Tiger Woods win three of golf's four majors?

When was he born?

Somewhere around 1970.

Somewhere around there.

To win, I've a feeling that one of the majors...

I could be getting confused here. He did a Tiger Slam,

which meant he won four in a row but they weren't all in the same year.

But presumably, three of the four in the Tiger Slam

could easily have been in the same year.

I've a recollection of him winning a sensational US Open

at Pebble Beach in 2000.

Is that right? I know, subsequently he...

He finally won a US Open,

I think it was at Torrey Pines in San Diego,

but he was already suffering from a knee injury

and I think he then had a whole succession of back problems.

Because I've a strong feeling that he won at Pebble Beach in 2000,

I'll go for 2000.

If you've got it right, you're in the final.

The correct answer is 2000, Pat.

Well done, you have won through on Sport.

-Sorry, Hannah.

-OK.

Captain knocked out by our Eggheads

and not therefore in the final round.

If you return to us, we'll play that final for £4,000.

So, this is what we've been playing towards.

It's time for the final round. As always, it's General Knowledge.

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

won't be taking part in this round,

so that's Hannah, Lea and Jim from the Lab Rats,

and also Dave from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

Maxine and Darren, you are playing to win the Lab Rats £4,000.

Beth, Barry, Pat and Judith,

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

which is the Eggheads' reputation.

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

This time, they're all general knowledge and you can confer.

So, Lab Rats, the question is,

can your two brains defeat these four magnificent ones over here?

Although yours may well be as magnificent.

Would you like to go first or second?

-What do you think? First?

-Think we should go first, yeah.

First, please, Jeremy.

Right, Darren and Maxine, here we go.

The 19th-century murders attributed to Jack the Ripper

took place in which area of London?

-I'm pretty sure it's Whitechapel.

-Whitechapel.

-East End.

-I'm happy to go Whitechapel.

-90%.

-Yeah, we'll go with that?

Yeah. We're pretty sure they were in the East End,

so we're going to go Whitechapel, please, Jeremy.

Whitechapel is absolutely right. Well done.

Eggheads, the words, "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him,

"we have the technology" appeared at the beginning of

which 1970s TV series?

-The Six Million Dollar Man.

-Sounds like it, doesn't it?

Definitely. Definitely.

That's The Six Million Dollar Man.

Yes, it is.

Staple of my childhood viewing, The Six Million Dollar Man.

OK, your second question.

In May 2017,

Donald Trump fired the director of which of these organisations?

I've been watching the news quite a lot lately, so I think,

I'm pretty sure it's the FBI.

I'll trust your judgment on that.

-Want to go with it?

-Yeah.

We're going to say the FBI, please, Jeremy.

Yeah, could be easy to get confused between FBI and CIA.

FBI is correct.

Do you remember his name, out of interest?

-James Coey?

-Comey.

-Comey.

All right.

Eggheads, your second question.

The Aesir is the primary group of gods in which ancient mythology?

It's spelt A-E-S-I-R.

-Well, the Norse...

-Norse?

There were two groups of gods -

the Aesir, which were the more warlike ones, and the Vanir,

which were the more peaceful ones.

Anything with I-R at the end of it's got to be Norse.

Yeah, so they're Norse.

Those are the Norse gods.

Norse is right. 2-2.

The third question can be crucial.

You're playing really well.

Which children's author writes

the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series of books?

I haven't got a clue on this one, sorry.

Jeff Kinney is the answer that springs out,

but I don't know if he's just, I just recognise the name.

Diary of a Wimpy kid.

I'm not sure if a woman does write it, though.

Which one do you go for, Jeff Kinney?

If I was guessing, I'd guess Jeff Kinney, yeah.

OK, I think we're drawing a blank here,

so we're going to go with Jeff Kinney, straight down the middle.

OK, Jeff Kinney is your answer.

Just from a glimmer?

Just recognise the name but...

OK, it just seems like two men and one woman there,

let's just have a think, Eggheads, is she right?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-You're right.

Well done. Jeff Kinney it is.

Three out of three. Sometimes that's enough to win the prize.

Let's see, £4,000.

If the Eggheads get this question wrong,

they've lost and you take the jackpot.

Which Britpop band had hits in the 1990s with the songs Good Enough,

In a Room and Staying Out for the Summer?

-BETH:

-It's Dodgy.

# Staying out for the summer... #

# If it's good enough for you... #

Yeah, it's Dodgy, it's definitely Dodgy.

-Definitely Dodgy?

-Definitely Dodgy.

Beth says it's definitely Dodgy.

Beth is right, it is Dodgy.

OK, so, this is good

but it's also slightly annoying because they got their three right.

It's 3-3. It goes to Sudden Death.

I'm feeling the tension now!

£4,000 we're playing for, you've done really well.

It gets harder, though, now,

because I don't give you alternative answers.

Richard Bingham, who disappeared in 1974,

is better known by what name?

I think it might be Lord Lucan.

He's the only person who disappeared, so...

Right, go for that, then. I've no idea.

I've never heard of him before.

I don't know many people who have disappeared other than Lord Lucan,

so I'm going to guess, absolute guess with that one.

Lord Lucan is correct. Well done.

Here's your question, Eggheads.

If you get this wrong, you've been beaten.

In which century did the Battle of the Alamo take place?

-1836.

-19th century.

So it's the 19th century, yes.

-1800...

-1836.

-19th century.

That is the 19th century.

Yes, and Barry's right, it was 1836

and it is the 19th century. Well done.

Over to you. Sudden Death.

Which renowned theatrical director and manager became

the first artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960?

I've no clue with art whatsoever.

Can't even think of any names.

I don't know many people from that field,

so the only person I can think of...

..John Gielgud?

It is not. Let's see if the Eggheads know. Do you know this?

Is it Peter Hall?

Peter Hall is the right answer, yeah. Peter Hall.

So, Eggheads, you can take the contest with this.

Which Lionel Richie song begins with the lyrics, "What is happening here?

"Something's going on that's not quite clear"?

All Night Long? Dancing on the Ceiling?

I'm going to need the lyric again, please.

"What is happening here?

"Something's going on that's not quite clear."

-Hello?

-I don't know.

Dancing on the Ceiling...

It could be Hello.

He gets a surprise when he sees the sculptured head.

-It sounds like a slightly more dynamic...

-More upbeat than Hello.

-Hello is quite slow from the word go.

-Yeah.

Dancing on the Ceiling and All Night Long are quite bouncy numbers.

Say You, Say Me?

Pick the most likely one?

We'll go with All Night Long, then.

-All Night Long?

-Yeah, or did you want to go with Dancing on the Ceiling?

Dancing on the Ceiling or All Night Long, I don't know.

Go with Dancing on the Ceiling cos if there's something going on

that isn't quite clear, it might be Dancing on the Ceiling.

-We are just guessing, aren't we?

-OK, yeah.

-Dancing on the Ceiling.

OK. We don't seem to know

but we're going to go with Dancing on the Ceiling.

Dancing on the Ceiling.

The correct answer is Dancing on the Ceiling.

We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

Sorry about that.

You look shocked, all of you.

I mean, it is a terrible lyric, isn't it? So it's...

"What's happening here? Something's going on that's not quite clear.

"Oh, hang on, someone's dancing on the ceiling." It's that sort of idea.

Listen, thank you so much for coming and playing, Lab Rats.

-Thanks at the back.

-Thank you.

-Great to see you.

-Hope you enjoyed it.

-We did.

-Brilliant.

-It's been a fun day.

-Good stuff. Commiserations to our challengers.

The Eggheads have, I'm going to say, done what comes naturally to them.

The last question was anything but natural

but they still reign supreme over Quiz Land anyway.

It means the challengers don't win the £4,000,

so we'll take the money and roll it over to our next show.

Hope you'll join us for it. Congratulations, Eggs.

Before we go, Pat, you had a question.

Yes. In what very specific environment

might the Evetts-Russomano CPR technique be applied?

CPR meaning sort of life-saving. I don't know.

In weightless conditions, ie in space.

It's one of a number of techniques

that have been proposed by scientists

who are planning for all the special problems that medical treatment in

weightless conditions will entail.

Brilliant. Thank you, Pat, you floored us there.

Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains

to defeat the Eggheads. There will be £5,000 to win.

Till then, goodbye.