Episode 78

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0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,

0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

0:00:17 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?

0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz Challengers

0:00:26 > 0:00:29pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

0:00:29 > 0:00:31They are the Eggheads.

0:00:31 > 0:00:33Hoping to get one over on our quiz champions

0:00:33 > 0:00:36are the Melodybeats from Cambridgeshire.

0:00:36 > 0:00:38Now this team have played together in the same band

0:00:38 > 0:00:40for almost 50 years.

0:00:40 > 0:00:42Let's meet them.

0:00:42 > 0:00:45Hi, my name is Dick and I am a retired teacher.

0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hi, my name's George and I'm an advocate.

0:00:48 > 0:00:51Hello, my name's Philip and I'm an operations manager.

0:00:51 > 0:00:55Hi, my name's Keith and I'm a retired media teacher.

0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hi, my name's Gary and I'm a freelance HR consultant.

0:00:59 > 0:01:01So, Dick and team, hello.

0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Hello.- Great to see you. Dick, tell us about the Melodybeats.

0:01:04 > 0:01:07The Melodybeats have been going, as you've said, for almost 50 years.

0:01:07 > 0:01:12Not with the exact same line-up, but I think the Rolling Stones

0:01:12 > 0:01:15are probably the only band that are older than we are collectively.

0:01:15 > 0:01:20And we play basically '60s and '70s music that we all grew up with.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23Who have we got today, we've got five members of the band?

0:01:23 > 0:01:24Well, no, we've got four...

0:01:24 > 0:01:26- Well, actually we've got three members of the band.- Right.

0:01:26 > 0:01:29We've got two drummers here - one who's the regular drummer,

0:01:29 > 0:01:31- who's Phil...- Yes.- ..and then if Phil can't make it then Gary...

0:01:31 > 0:01:35- Spare drummer.- The spare drummer. - OK.- And then George here

0:01:35 > 0:01:39is a local sort of DJ who now and again interviews us

0:01:39 > 0:01:42- or plays our music on the radio. - Brilliant. OK, good.

0:01:42 > 0:01:44- Guitarist Keith.- Yes.

0:01:44 > 0:01:47- This is great.- And I'm a sort of guitarist and keyboard player so...

0:01:47 > 0:01:50Brilliant. Do you quiz together or separately?

0:01:50 > 0:01:52- Separately.- Right.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54Don't say any more about your strategy...

0:01:54 > 0:01:57- No.- ..because they'll be on it! And they're mean, these Eggheads.

0:01:57 > 0:02:01They look friendly but they're mean. So, good luck, then, Melodybeats.

0:02:01 > 0:02:04I hope you do it. Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06But if the Challengers fail to defeat the Eggheads

0:02:06 > 0:02:09the prize money rolls over to the next show.

0:02:09 > 0:02:12So, Melodybeats, the Eggheads have won the last four games.

0:02:12 > 0:02:15They're getting into their stride, they're feeling the rhythm.

0:02:15 > 0:02:19You've got to break them up. So, £5,000 says you can't beat them.

0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Ooh, nice.- Would you like to give it a go?

0:02:21 > 0:02:25- Absolutely, yes.- The first head-to-head battle is on Geography.

0:02:25 > 0:02:28So, one of you, please, against either Dave, Beth,

0:02:28 > 0:02:30Barry, Pat, or Chris.

0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Keith, I think.- I'll do it. - Happy to do that?- I'll do that, yes.

0:02:32 > 0:02:34Keith, on the Geography.

0:02:34 > 0:02:37OK, Keith on the guitar, against who?

0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Any one of the five, Keith. - Gary, what do you think?

0:02:39 > 0:02:42- I'd say Beth. - Beth, I'll go with that.- Yeah?

0:02:42 > 0:02:46- We'll go for Beth.- OK, Keith from the Melodybeats playing

0:02:46 > 0:02:48Beth from the Eggheads. To ensure there is no conferring,

0:02:48 > 0:02:51please take your positions in our legendary Question Room.

0:02:53 > 0:02:55Keith, you played a gig with Paul McCartney?

0:02:55 > 0:02:58- I did indeed. - Was that in the Wings era?

0:02:58 > 0:03:01That was when Wings did their initial tour.

0:03:01 > 0:03:04They turned up at the university where I was studying,

0:03:04 > 0:03:08and we were doing a gig, and he gate-crashed it!

0:03:08 > 0:03:10- And we did the support for him. - How fantastic.

0:03:10 > 0:03:13And what were they like to listen to in those days?

0:03:13 > 0:03:17They were, by our standards, very loud, and,

0:03:17 > 0:03:20um, let's say they weren't particularly well polished.

0:03:20 > 0:03:22They were still getting into their stride.

0:03:22 > 0:03:24Fascinating. OK, Geography we're on, Keith.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27I wish it could be music, I know that's going to be a brilliant round

0:03:27 > 0:03:30for you guys. Would you like to go first or second against our Beth?

0:03:30 > 0:03:31I'll go first.

0:03:34 > 0:03:38So, here we go. Coney Island, famous for its amusement park,

0:03:38 > 0:03:40is a part of which US city?

0:03:40 > 0:03:41Keith, is it...

0:03:44 > 0:03:46Now, that's a good question.

0:03:46 > 0:03:48I'm pretty sure I know the answer.

0:03:48 > 0:03:50It's not West Coast, I've been to LA.

0:03:50 > 0:03:52I think the answer is New York.

0:03:52 > 0:03:54New York is quite right, yeah.

0:03:55 > 0:03:59OK, Beth. Which of these areas of the UK is in Devon?

0:04:02 > 0:04:05Well, the Fens are up in Lincolnshire,

0:04:05 > 0:04:06the Cotswolds are Oxfordshire,

0:04:06 > 0:04:07so Dartmoor has to be Devon.

0:04:07 > 0:04:09It is Dartmoor, well done.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11And back we go to you, Keith.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14Which of these peninsulas is the largest?

0:04:20 > 0:04:23Crikey, the Balkan Peninsula,

0:04:23 > 0:04:26the Scandinavian Peninsula is probably not the biggest.

0:04:26 > 0:04:28The Arabian one is bigger than you'd think.

0:04:28 > 0:04:31I'm going to go with Arabian Peninsula.

0:04:31 > 0:04:33You're absolutely right, well done.

0:04:33 > 0:04:35- Yes!- Well done.

0:04:35 > 0:04:37Arabian Peninsula.

0:04:37 > 0:04:40Beth, which US National Park is largely located

0:04:40 > 0:04:43in north-western Wyoming and partly in southern Montana

0:04:43 > 0:04:45and Eastern Idaho?

0:04:49 > 0:04:52While the Everglades are in Florida, so it's certainly not that.

0:04:52 > 0:04:56Isn't it awful when you think, oh, that's certainly such-and-such.

0:04:56 > 0:04:58Certainly Yellowstone, in my case.

0:04:58 > 0:05:01And then Yosemite comes in and...

0:05:01 > 0:05:03..scrambles your brain.

0:05:04 > 0:05:06But I think I will stick with Yellowstone.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08Yes, it is Yellowstone.

0:05:08 > 0:05:11So, Yellowstone is right, you're level, and we go back to you, Keith.

0:05:11 > 0:05:14The Equator passes through which of these countries?

0:05:17 > 0:05:20Ah, now, I think I do know this one,

0:05:20 > 0:05:24because I was recently very near there on the Equator.

0:05:24 > 0:05:26I think the answer is Uganda.

0:05:26 > 0:05:29Bang on, well done. Uganda it is.

0:05:29 > 0:05:33Beth, the source of France's Garonne river

0:05:33 > 0:05:36is in which mountain range? This, to stay in.

0:05:39 > 0:05:41Garonne...

0:05:41 > 0:05:43..the Bordeaux-y way,

0:05:43 > 0:05:46so that would be...

0:05:46 > 0:05:47..the Pyrenees.

0:05:47 > 0:05:49Pyrenees is correct.

0:05:49 > 0:05:50Three each.

0:05:50 > 0:05:52Never easy against the Eggs, is it, Keith?

0:05:52 > 0:05:55No, it is not, no, no. We're not there yet.

0:05:55 > 0:05:57We're not there yet but we could get there.

0:05:57 > 0:05:58Sudden Death we're on.

0:05:58 > 0:06:01It gets a bit harder cos I don't give you different options.

0:06:01 > 0:06:05Novosibirsk, with a population of roughly 1.5 million people

0:06:05 > 0:06:09is the third most populous city in which country?

0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Novosibirsk?- Yup.

0:06:11 > 0:06:13Er...is in Russia.

0:06:13 > 0:06:14Russia is correct, Keith.

0:06:15 > 0:06:20Beth, Swaffham and Sheringham are both towns in which English county?

0:06:20 > 0:06:22I think they're Suffolk.

0:06:22 > 0:06:25- No!- No, you're wrong, it's Norfolk, Beth.- Oh!- You've been knocked out.

0:06:25 > 0:06:28Well done, Sudden Death, Keith, you've taken it,

0:06:28 > 0:06:30you're in the final round, and Beth has been knocked out.

0:06:30 > 0:06:33Please come back to us and we'll play on.

0:06:34 > 0:06:37So, as it stands, Melodybeats haven't lost any brains

0:06:37 > 0:06:40from the final round. The Eggheads have lost one.

0:06:40 > 0:06:42And the next subject for you is Film And TV.

0:06:42 > 0:06:44Who wants this, Melodybeats?

0:06:44 > 0:06:46I might be able to take it.

0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Maybe take it, Gary?- Do you want it? What do you want?

0:06:49 > 0:06:53I would prefer Food And Drink but it may not come up, so I'll take this.

0:06:53 > 0:06:56- You'll take this, yes? Are you sure? - All right, Gary, reserve drummer.

0:06:56 > 0:06:58- Gary's up for it. - Against which Egghead do you want?

0:06:58 > 0:07:01- Can't be Beth. - What are we doing, Keith?

0:07:01 > 0:07:02- What are you thinking? - I think Barry.

0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Barry, I think.- Barry, I think.

0:07:05 > 0:07:08Gary, you're going to do me Gary-Barry, are you?

0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Yeah, Gary-Barry.- Oh, dear, sounds like the chorus of a '60s song!

0:07:11 > 0:07:15Gary from the Melodybeats to take on Barry from the Eggheads,

0:07:15 > 0:07:17please, go to the Question Room now.

0:07:17 > 0:07:21Now, Gary, you were described as the reserve drummer.

0:07:21 > 0:07:22That's right, yes.

0:07:22 > 0:07:25But you have actually played drums with the Clash.

0:07:25 > 0:07:26Many, many years ago, yeah.

0:07:26 > 0:07:29I think it was around '76 or maybe '77.

0:07:29 > 0:07:33I was in a punk band, we supported them at the old Vortex Club,

0:07:33 > 0:07:36and their drummer got arrested in the afternoon, so I stepped in.

0:07:36 > 0:07:37THEY ALL CHUCKLE

0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Happy days. - What was your band called?

0:07:40 > 0:07:43We were called The Unwanted because we were pretty much unwanted

0:07:43 > 0:07:46- everywhere we went! - But what a great story, though.

0:07:46 > 0:07:48So, you played drums with the Clash.

0:07:48 > 0:07:51That's all... At that point there isn't anything necessary to do in life, is there?

0:07:51 > 0:07:54- There was nothing more I could do after that unfortunately.- No.

0:07:54 > 0:07:56I never reached those heights again!

0:07:56 > 0:07:58Good stuff. All right. Well, good luck here.

0:07:58 > 0:07:59Film And TV against Barry

0:07:59 > 0:08:02and, Gary, would you like to go first or second?

0:08:02 > 0:08:03I'd like to go first, please.

0:08:07 > 0:08:08Here is your first question. Good luck.

0:08:08 > 0:08:13In which TV sitcom did Ardal O'Hanlon play the role of Dougal?

0:08:17 > 0:08:19Don't think it was Peep Show.

0:08:19 > 0:08:22Spaced, I never watched.

0:08:23 > 0:08:25I'm pretty certain it was Father Ted.

0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Father Ted is right. Well done.- Yeah, well done, Gary.

0:08:28 > 0:08:32Barry, Bill Treacher played the role of Arthur

0:08:32 > 0:08:36on which TV soap opera from 1985 to 1996?

0:08:39 > 0:08:41I think Judith would have loved this question because

0:08:41 > 0:08:44that's her favourite soap, it was EastEnders.

0:08:44 > 0:08:46Yes, and it's the right period for Judith as well.

0:08:46 > 0:08:48EastEnders is correct.

0:08:48 > 0:08:511-1. And we go back to our Challenger.

0:08:51 > 0:08:55Which of these sportsmen has a cameo role in the 2017 film

0:08:55 > 0:08:57King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword?

0:09:01 > 0:09:03Strangely enough I was...

0:09:03 > 0:09:06I was about to go and see this film and it got pretty bad reviews

0:09:06 > 0:09:07so I didn't go.

0:09:09 > 0:09:11Um... I'm pretty certain it wasn't Tiger Woods.

0:09:11 > 0:09:15I seem to remember reading something about Beckham being in it,

0:09:15 > 0:09:18and he didn't get slated for it, so I think it was David Beckham.

0:09:18 > 0:09:22- David Beckham is the right answer. - Thank you.

0:09:22 > 0:09:24Barry, to catch up.

0:09:24 > 0:09:26The 1956 film High Society

0:09:26 > 0:09:29is a musical version of which Oscar-winning film?

0:09:33 > 0:09:35Oh, it's a lovely film with some great songs in,

0:09:35 > 0:09:38but it's a version of The Philadelphia story.

0:09:38 > 0:09:41The Philadelphia Story is quite right.

0:09:41 > 0:09:45So 2-2. And, Gary, your third question could be crucial.

0:09:45 > 0:09:47Who plays the role of Mr Wednesday

0:09:47 > 0:09:50in the TV drama series American Gods?

0:09:54 > 0:09:58This is quite fortunate cos I watched it for the first time

0:09:58 > 0:10:02a couple of nights ago, so, pretty certain it is Ian McShane.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05You are absolutely right. I did the same as you. Ian McShane.

0:10:05 > 0:10:06Yeah.

0:10:06 > 0:10:08OK, Barry,

0:10:08 > 0:10:11you went second, so you can get knocked out if you get this wrong.

0:10:11 > 0:10:16The 2017 film Jawbone is set in and around the world of which sport?

0:10:20 > 0:10:22Ooh, now, this one passed me by.

0:10:22 > 0:10:25The only thing I can bring to mind that, in boxing,

0:10:25 > 0:10:29boxers who are susceptible to early defeats are said to have had

0:10:29 > 0:10:32a glass jaw, so on that very spurious knowledge

0:10:32 > 0:10:33I will go for boxing.

0:10:33 > 0:10:35Boxing is right.

0:10:36 > 0:10:39So, 3-3. And we go to Sudden Death again.

0:10:39 > 0:10:42And, Gary, it's your question. Which Polish-born actress became

0:10:42 > 0:10:46well-known for her in Hammer Horror films, and starred in

0:10:46 > 0:10:51the central role in the 1971 film Countess Dracula.

0:10:52 > 0:10:54Oh, I'm struggling with this.

0:10:54 > 0:10:56Polish-born actress.

0:10:56 > 0:10:57Hammer Horror.

0:10:57 > 0:11:00I think I'm going to have to have a guess at this.

0:11:00 > 0:11:05For Polish actress, I will go for Rula Lenska.

0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Ingrid Pitt is the answer. - Oh, well done!

0:11:07 > 0:11:10- Did you know that, guys?- I knew it.

0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Keith had it.- Where that came from I've no idea.

0:11:12 > 0:11:15All right. So a chance for Barry to book his place in the final.

0:11:15 > 0:11:19Barry, Tony Montana is the name of the character played by Al Pacino

0:11:19 > 0:11:22in which 1983 film?

0:11:22 > 0:11:24Oh! "Say hello to my little friend!"

0:11:24 > 0:11:27Which is the famous line from Scarface.

0:11:27 > 0:11:29Scarface is right, Barry. You're in the final round.

0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Gary, sorry, you've been knocked out.- That's OK.

0:11:32 > 0:11:34So, well done to our Egghead, he's levelled things up.

0:11:34 > 0:11:36Please return to us, both of you.

0:11:38 > 0:11:40So, it's level after two grounds.

0:11:40 > 0:11:42The Melodybeats have lost one brain from the final,

0:11:42 > 0:11:44the Eggheads have lost one as well.

0:11:44 > 0:11:47And your next subject, Challengers, is Politics.

0:11:48 > 0:11:51So, could be a key moment now.

0:11:51 > 0:11:53We're going to gamble on the next one, aren't we?

0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Are you going to take it.- We've decided, Dick or I, isn't it?

0:11:55 > 0:11:57Got to leave George, haven't we?

0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Yes, we've got to leave George. - I think it will be me.

0:12:00 > 0:12:02OK, Dick, against which Egghead?

0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Oh, right.- You've got Dave, you've got Pat, you've got Chris.

0:12:05 > 0:12:08Well, Dave has been so hospitable, I'm going to choose Dave.

0:12:08 > 0:12:10- That's nice.- Thank you.

0:12:10 > 0:12:12You've obviously caught him on a good day!

0:12:12 > 0:12:15Dick from the Melodybeats taking on Tremendous Knowledge Dave

0:12:15 > 0:12:17from the Eggheads. To ensure there's no conferring,

0:12:17 > 0:12:19please take your positions.

0:12:20 > 0:12:23All right. Well, good luck in the politics round against

0:12:23 > 0:12:24Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

0:12:24 > 0:12:26And Dick, would you like to go first or second?

0:12:26 > 0:12:28I think I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

0:12:31 > 0:12:32Here we go.

0:12:32 > 0:12:37Who was the Prime Minister of Ireland from 1997 to 2008?

0:12:37 > 0:12:38Dick, is it...

0:12:41 > 0:12:43Um, I'm not sure.

0:12:43 > 0:12:47I think De Valera was a bit earlier than that.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51I'm going to go for Bertie Ahern.

0:12:51 > 0:12:53Bertie Ahern is the right answer.

0:12:54 > 0:12:58Dave, over to you. Who did the journalist Caitlin Moran

0:12:58 > 0:13:02famously refer to as a C3PO made of ham?

0:13:06 > 0:13:07Made of ham?

0:13:11 > 0:13:12Right.

0:13:12 > 0:13:18I've got no basis for this, I just can't see Donald Trump as C3PO.

0:13:18 > 0:13:21Theresa May, No.

0:13:21 > 0:13:25I've got to go David Cameron, but I've not heard this quote at all.

0:13:25 > 0:13:28Got no real basis for saying the answer

0:13:28 > 0:13:30but David Cameron's my answer.

0:13:30 > 0:13:32OK. David Cameron is the answer, Dave, well done.

0:13:33 > 0:13:37OK. We go back to you, Dick, your second question.

0:13:37 > 0:13:41The MP Mhairi Black was elected as the member of Parliament

0:13:41 > 0:13:43for which constituency in 2015?

0:13:50 > 0:13:53I don't think it's the middle one.

0:13:55 > 0:14:00I'm going to go for Paisley and Renfrewshire South.

0:14:00 > 0:14:02You're absolutely right, it is SNP.

0:14:02 > 0:14:04Paisley and Renfrewshire South is the answer, in Scotland.

0:14:04 > 0:14:07OK. Dave, in mainland France,

0:14:07 > 0:14:10presidential elections typically take place on which day of the week?

0:14:13 > 0:14:14Right.

0:14:14 > 0:14:17Um, I don't think it's Wednesday or Friday.

0:14:17 > 0:14:21Tends to be overnight Sunday into Monday morning, so, Sunday.

0:14:21 > 0:14:23Sunday is right. 2-2.

0:14:24 > 0:14:27- These Eggheads are playing well, aren't they?- They are.

0:14:27 > 0:14:29OK. Your question, Dick.

0:14:29 > 0:14:32Which 20th-century British Prime Minister had previously been

0:14:32 > 0:14:35known by the courtesy title Lord Dunglass.

0:14:40 > 0:14:43Can you spell the Lord part for me?

0:14:43 > 0:14:44Yeah, Lord Dunglass.

0:14:44 > 0:14:47D-U-N-G-L-A-S-S.

0:14:47 > 0:14:49Sounds a little bit Scottish to me.

0:14:51 > 0:14:53So I'll go for Alec Douglas-Home.

0:14:53 > 0:14:55Alec Douglas Home or Hume,

0:14:55 > 0:14:58some people call him, is the right answer.

0:14:58 > 0:15:00Well done.

0:15:00 > 0:15:02Dave, to stay in.

0:15:02 > 0:15:05Hubert Humphrey was vice president during the time in office

0:15:05 > 0:15:08of which 20th-century US president.

0:15:12 > 0:15:14Have a think.

0:15:14 > 0:15:17Right, Lyndon B Johnson...

0:15:17 > 0:15:20I believe, cos I've got Barry Goldwater coming into my head

0:15:20 > 0:15:24for some reason with him, but...

0:15:24 > 0:15:29..Barry Goldwater, I think, stood against him in the '64 election.

0:15:30 > 0:15:35Yeah, I'm going to have to go Lyndon B Johnson, please.

0:15:35 > 0:15:37Lyndon B Johnson is the right answer, Dave, well done.

0:15:37 > 0:15:40So, after three questions each, the scores are level.

0:15:40 > 0:15:43We go to Sudden Death and, Dick, here is your Sudden Death question.

0:15:43 > 0:15:44I don't give you alternatives.

0:15:44 > 0:15:49The name of which city precedes Cathcart and Shettleston

0:15:49 > 0:15:52to make the names of two constituencies

0:15:52 > 0:15:54in the Scottish Parliament?

0:15:55 > 0:15:59Must be a city, reasonable size.

0:16:01 > 0:16:04I'm not sure at all on this, but as I'm in Glasgow, I'll say Glasgow.

0:16:04 > 0:16:06So glad you did!

0:16:06 > 0:16:09Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Shettleston.

0:16:09 > 0:16:12OK, Dave, to stay in.

0:16:12 > 0:16:14Which Greek philosopher famously stated

0:16:14 > 0:16:16"Man is by nature a political animal."

0:16:16 > 0:16:19Barry will not like this.

0:16:19 > 0:16:23Barry, my apologies for this one, there.

0:16:23 > 0:16:26It's come to a two-philosopher shoot out.

0:16:27 > 0:16:30And I'm going to go alphabetically and go with Aristotle.

0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Yes!- As opposed to Plato?

0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Socrates was coming to mind. - Socrates, OK.

0:16:35 > 0:16:37Aristotle is correct.

0:16:37 > 0:16:38Well done.

0:16:38 > 0:16:40Sudden Death, back to you, Dick.

0:16:40 > 0:16:45In 2011, which Conservative Cabinet Office minister was caught on camera

0:16:45 > 0:16:50disposing of official letters in bins in St James's Park?

0:16:51 > 0:16:57Er, I think I'm thinking of people of that time, Osborne, Cameron,

0:16:57 > 0:17:00Gove, Boris Johnson probably...

0:17:02 > 0:17:06I'm going to have to take a guess at this one.

0:17:06 > 0:17:08I'm going to go for Boris Johnson.

0:17:08 > 0:17:09No, Oliver Letwin.

0:17:09 > 0:17:11Oh, yes.

0:17:11 > 0:17:13Dave, for the round.

0:17:13 > 0:17:17In English, what does the letter C stand for

0:17:17 > 0:17:21in the name of the German political party the CDU.

0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Christian. - Christian is the right answer.

0:17:23 > 0:17:26You've got the round, Dave, well done, you've knocked out Dick,

0:17:26 > 0:17:28the skipper for the Challengers.

0:17:28 > 0:17:31And if you return to us, both of you, we've got one more round

0:17:31 > 0:17:32to play before the final.

0:17:33 > 0:17:36OK, the Melodybeats have lost two brains now from the final round.

0:17:36 > 0:17:40Bad luck, Dick, there. And the Eggheads have just lost the one.

0:17:40 > 0:17:43And the last subject before the final, you'll love this, is Music.

0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Oh!- So, now who's going to do this?

0:17:45 > 0:17:47- You've got to do it! - Big Phil, I think.

0:17:47 > 0:17:51I'm going to do it, but I know I'm heading for a fall, Jeremy, so...

0:17:51 > 0:17:52Not at all.

0:17:52 > 0:17:55You can take on, well, either of the two gents on the right here.

0:17:55 > 0:17:58- What do you think?- I think Chris.

0:17:58 > 0:17:59I would like to ask Chris.

0:17:59 > 0:18:02He is one of my favourite Eggheads and he's probably taller than me

0:18:02 > 0:18:04as well, so that gives him an advantage.

0:18:04 > 0:18:08OK, Philip from the Melodybeats taking on Chris from the Eggheads.

0:18:08 > 0:18:10Just to ensure there is no conferring, for the last time,

0:18:10 > 0:18:12please, go to the Question Room.

0:18:13 > 0:18:16Music, Philip, do you want to go first or second against Chris?

0:18:16 > 0:18:20Um, I'll keep up the formula of going first, thank you, Jeremy.

0:18:23 > 0:18:26Here is your first question. Good luck, Philip.

0:18:26 > 0:18:30According to the American Civil War song, "The men will cheer

0:18:30 > 0:18:34"and the boys will shout. The ladies they will all turn out

0:18:34 > 0:18:39"and we'll all feel gay when..." WHO comes marching home?

0:18:39 > 0:18:40Who?

0:18:42 > 0:18:44I think I'll just go for a process of elimination here.

0:18:44 > 0:18:46I don't think it's Jeremy,

0:18:46 > 0:18:50I don't think that was a typically American name at that time.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52Um, Jimmy would...

0:18:52 > 0:18:56would fit the bill. Um, but I think it's Johnny,

0:18:56 > 0:18:58so I'm going to go for Johnny.

0:18:58 > 0:18:59Absolutely bang on, well done.

0:18:59 > 0:19:01Johnny it is.

0:19:01 > 0:19:04OK, Chris. Formed in 2012 with which type of music

0:19:04 > 0:19:07is the group called The Vamps most associated?

0:19:11 > 0:19:14Sounds like they might be jazz fusion.

0:19:14 > 0:19:16No, Chris, they are pop rock.

0:19:16 > 0:19:17They're a kind of teen band.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19- Are they? - Yes, I've seen them, actually.

0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Well, that would explain it, wouldn't it!- Saw them,

0:19:22 > 0:19:24saw them supporting Taylor Swift once.

0:19:24 > 0:19:26OK. Philip.

0:19:26 > 0:19:30Odelay, Sea Change and Midnight Vultures are albums

0:19:30 > 0:19:32by which American singer and musician?

0:19:35 > 0:19:38This, this is going, definitely going to be a guess.

0:19:38 > 0:19:42Um, and I'm kind of looking at one name, looking at another name,

0:19:42 > 0:19:43looking at a third name

0:19:43 > 0:19:46and thinking, it doesn't sound like any of them.

0:19:46 > 0:19:47Um...

0:19:47 > 0:19:51I don't much about Beck, to be fair.

0:19:51 > 0:19:53I know Prince is quite prodigious

0:19:53 > 0:19:56and has turned out many, many albums.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58I'm familiar with some but not all.

0:19:58 > 0:20:02I think it's between Beck and Prince and I'm going to go for...

0:20:02 > 0:20:03Prince.

0:20:03 > 0:20:05You've gone the wrong way, it's Beck.

0:20:05 > 0:20:08It's Beck. But you're right, Prince was very prolific.

0:20:08 > 0:20:10OK, Chris, your question.

0:20:10 > 0:20:13Who wrote the song Mama Told Me Not To Come that was a hit

0:20:13 > 0:20:16for Tom Jones and Stereophonics in 2000.

0:20:20 > 0:20:21Um, well it's not Lennon.

0:20:21 > 0:20:23I don't think it's Carole King.

0:20:23 > 0:20:25Sounds like the sort of thing... # Mama Told Me Not To Come... #

0:20:25 > 0:20:27Yeah, that's Randy Newman.

0:20:27 > 0:20:28Well done, Randy Newman it is.

0:20:28 > 0:20:31So, level. Third question.

0:20:31 > 0:20:32And it goes to you, Philip.

0:20:32 > 0:20:37The controversial entrepreneur Suge Knight was the CEO

0:20:37 > 0:20:40and co-founder of which rap music label.

0:20:44 > 0:20:48Er, you won't be surprised that the Melodybeats don't play a lot of rap.

0:20:48 > 0:20:51And I rather like listening to opera,

0:20:51 > 0:20:53so I'm not terribly familiar with it.

0:20:53 > 0:20:56Um, the only one of those three choices that I've...

0:20:56 > 0:20:59I've kind of heard of, and I know are reasonably prominent...

0:20:59 > 0:21:02I think I can disregard Skin Graft.

0:21:02 > 0:21:05I'm going to go for Death Row Records.

0:21:05 > 0:21:07Death Row Records is the right answer.

0:21:07 > 0:21:09So, you've got two out of three.

0:21:09 > 0:21:11Let's see if that is enough to knock Chris out.

0:21:11 > 0:21:13So, here comes Chris, known as the steam roller.

0:21:13 > 0:21:17Maria Wodzinska was the fiancee of which famous composer?

0:21:20 > 0:21:25And Wodzinska is W-O-D-Z-I-N-S-K-A.

0:21:25 > 0:21:28Well, I don't think Mozart was ever engaged.

0:21:28 > 0:21:31Brahms was German, and she sounds like a Polish lady,

0:21:31 > 0:21:34so that makes it...

0:21:34 > 0:21:37- Chopin.- Chopin is correct, Chris.

0:21:37 > 0:21:392-2. Sudden Death.

0:21:39 > 0:21:41Again! And we go back to you, Philip.

0:21:41 > 0:21:43It gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternatives.

0:21:43 > 0:21:47Which short phrase is repeated around 30 times

0:21:47 > 0:21:50at the end of the song Panic by the Smiths.

0:21:50 > 0:21:52I have absolutely no idea.

0:21:54 > 0:21:58I know Gary on our team, he is going to be absolutely mouthing it out,

0:21:58 > 0:22:01- and shouting it out...- Yes! - Obviously I can't hear it from him.

0:22:04 > 0:22:06Don't panic, Mr Mainwaring.

0:22:06 > 0:22:07JEREMY CACKLES

0:22:07 > 0:22:09Oh, it should have been, really.

0:22:09 > 0:22:11All right, Gary, we go to you. Come on, tell us.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13- Hang the DJ.- Hang the DJ.

0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Oh, of course it is! Hang the DJ! - Yes, you've heard it.

0:22:16 > 0:22:18- You've heard it. - Of course it is, yeah.

0:22:18 > 0:22:20OK, Chris, you have this in your hands.

0:22:20 > 0:22:22You can get into the final with this question.

0:22:22 > 0:22:26William Perks is the original name of which former bass player

0:22:26 > 0:22:28for the Rolling Stones?

0:22:28 > 0:22:30Well, William - Bill Wyman.

0:22:30 > 0:22:33Bill Wyman is correct. You're in the final round, well done.

0:22:33 > 0:22:35Philip, beaten by our Egghead.

0:22:35 > 0:22:37Please return to us, both of you

0:22:37 > 0:22:39and we'll see what the final round holds.

0:22:41 > 0:22:43So, this is what we have been playing towards, it is time for

0:22:43 > 0:22:46the final round which, as always, is General Knowledge.

0:22:46 > 0:22:49But I'm afraid those of you lost your head to heads won't be

0:22:49 > 0:22:50allowed to take part in this round.

0:22:50 > 0:22:54So, Dick, Philip and Gary from the Melodybeats, and also

0:22:54 > 0:22:58Beth from the Eggheads, would you please now leave the studio?

0:23:00 > 0:23:03George and Keith, you're playing to win the brilliant Melodybeats

0:23:03 > 0:23:05£5,000.

0:23:05 > 0:23:08Dave, Barry, Pat and Chris, here we are playing the rear-guard action,

0:23:08 > 0:23:11trying to defend the Eggheads' reputation.

0:23:11 > 0:23:13As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

0:23:13 > 0:23:16They're all general knowledge, gents, and you can confer.

0:23:16 > 0:23:18So, Melodybeats, the question is,

0:23:18 > 0:23:22are your two brains better than these four over here?

0:23:22 > 0:23:24On a good day, I am sure you can take them down.

0:23:24 > 0:23:26Let's just find out if today is a good day.

0:23:26 > 0:23:29George and Keith, would you like to go first or second?

0:23:29 > 0:23:32I think we are going to break the pattern and go second.

0:23:36 > 0:23:40All right, so, Eggheads go first and here's your question.

0:23:40 > 0:23:44Who came second behind Usain Bolt in the 100 metres final

0:23:44 > 0:23:46at the 2016 Olympics?

0:23:50 > 0:23:53- It wasn't Asafa Powell. - I thought it was a Frenchman.

0:23:53 > 0:23:54It wasn't Asafa Powell.

0:23:54 > 0:23:56I think it was Gatlin.

0:23:56 > 0:23:59Cos Gatlin didn't qualify for the 200, did he?

0:23:59 > 0:24:01He flopped, didn't he? In the 200.

0:24:01 > 0:24:04The more I think about it, the more I think you're right.

0:24:04 > 0:24:07- I think it's Gatlin.- I think it's Gatlin, but I am not sure at all.

0:24:07 > 0:24:10I thought they had built it up as a big Bolt/Gatlin...

0:24:10 > 0:24:13- Yeah, it was, yeah.- Bolt definitely got the better of him, but, yeah.

0:24:13 > 0:24:16Did Gatlin actually drift back, even out of second?

0:24:16 > 0:24:18- No?- I think he got second.

0:24:18 > 0:24:20I think, I don't think it's the other two, but...

0:24:20 > 0:24:22- You don't think it is Lemaitre, no? - No.- Oh, well...

0:24:22 > 0:24:25- It is definitely not Lemaitre. - Let's have a think about it.

0:24:25 > 0:24:26- Dave's got...- A Frenchman...

0:24:26 > 0:24:28- OK.- I think it is Gatlin, but...

0:24:28 > 0:24:30- OK.- I think... I think it is Gatlin, but...

0:24:30 > 0:24:32I could be, I could be very, very wrong.

0:24:32 > 0:24:34- OK.- Yeah.- We'll go with him.

0:24:35 > 0:24:38We're not sure, but we are going to go with Justin Gatlin.

0:24:38 > 0:24:40Justin Gatlin is correct.

0:24:40 > 0:24:42- Well done.- Well done.- Yeah.

0:24:42 > 0:24:43Your question.

0:24:43 > 0:24:46The Dhow is a type of ship traditionally used

0:24:46 > 0:24:49on which body of water? Spelled D-H-O-W.

0:24:50 > 0:24:54- I think we know this one. - I think we do, yeah.

0:24:54 > 0:24:58- Yeah.- It's not, it is too cold in the Baltic.

0:24:58 > 0:25:00It is actually the Arabian Sea.

0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Is that right, George?- I think we'll go for the Arabian Sea, yes.

0:25:03 > 0:25:05Arabian Sea is the right answer.

0:25:05 > 0:25:07OK, Eggheads, your second question.

0:25:07 > 0:25:10In which decade of the 20th century was the emergency telephone number

0:25:10 > 0:25:14999 first introduced in the UK?

0:25:18 > 0:25:20- '37.- Was it 1937? - 1937, yes.

0:25:20 > 0:25:24- Yes.- 1937, Chris, I think.- Yeah?

0:25:24 > 0:25:27- 1937.- We're going for the 1930s.

0:25:27 > 0:25:291930s is correct, Eggheads.

0:25:29 > 0:25:34So, two to you. You need to get this one to stay level with them.

0:25:34 > 0:25:39The TV presenter Stephanie McGovern is an expert in which field?

0:25:39 > 0:25:43The TV presenter Stephanie McGovern is an expert in which field?

0:25:47 > 0:25:50Keith is very sure that it's business,

0:25:50 > 0:25:52so, I'm going to go with that.

0:25:52 > 0:25:55Business is quite right.

0:25:55 > 0:25:58Well done. They are giving you the thumbs up backstage.

0:25:58 > 0:26:01OK, Eggheads, third question.

0:26:01 > 0:26:05Which writer, acclaimed for a series of biographies of literary figures,

0:26:05 > 0:26:10with the novels Hawksmoor, and Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem?

0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Peter Ackroyd. - Hawksmoor is Peter Ackroyd.

0:26:16 > 0:26:17Yeah, that's good.

0:26:17 > 0:26:19Yeah. Are you...?

0:26:19 > 0:26:21- I don't know, so... - Well, it's Peter Ackroyd.

0:26:21 > 0:26:23Can we have it one more time, please, Jeremy?

0:26:23 > 0:26:27Which writer, acclaimed for a series of biographies of literary figures,

0:26:27 > 0:26:32wrote the novels Hawksmoor, and Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem?

0:26:32 > 0:26:34We think that's Peter Ackroyd.

0:26:34 > 0:26:36Peter Ackroyd is correct.

0:26:36 > 0:26:37Well done.

0:26:37 > 0:26:41You need to get this one right to stay in the contest.

0:26:41 > 0:26:43In Greek mythology,

0:26:43 > 0:26:47which creature did Heracles capture in the last of his 12 labours?

0:26:53 > 0:26:55I haven't got the faintest idea,

0:26:55 > 0:26:59but before the answers came up, the word Hydra came into my head.

0:26:59 > 0:27:01A gut instinct. But that...

0:27:02 > 0:27:05And I did a thing equally about... I was thinking about Cerberus.

0:27:05 > 0:27:08- Were you? - I don't think it is the boar.

0:27:08 > 0:27:10We'll rule the boar out, then.

0:27:10 > 0:27:12What are we going to go for?

0:27:12 > 0:27:15- Go with your gut? - If my gut instinct...

0:27:15 > 0:27:18If we go for my gut instinct and it's wrong...

0:27:18 > 0:27:20I'll buy you a pint.

0:27:20 > 0:27:22I'll take that any day.

0:27:22 > 0:27:25We'll go for Lernean Hydra.

0:27:25 > 0:27:28Lernean Hydra is your answer.

0:27:28 > 0:27:30There has been quite a lot of activity behind you.

0:27:30 > 0:27:33Guys backstage, are you thinking that's right or wrong?

0:27:33 > 0:27:35- Wrong.- Wrong. - We were thinking Cerberus.

0:27:35 > 0:27:37Oh, you like the Cerberus?

0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Eggheads? - The Hydra was the second one.

0:27:40 > 0:27:43Cerberus was the three-headed dog who guarded the entrance

0:27:43 > 0:27:44to the gates of Hell.

0:27:44 > 0:27:47The Hydra was in there because the Hydra was one of the tasks,

0:27:47 > 0:27:50but it wasn't the LAST of the 12 labours.

0:27:50 > 0:27:52The last of the 12 labours was Cerberus.

0:27:52 > 0:27:55So, we say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

0:27:55 > 0:27:57Well played, boys.

0:27:59 > 0:28:02Well, Keith, you're going to get a pint out of it.

0:28:02 > 0:28:05- Yeah, exactly.- Unless... - Sweet end of the deal.

0:28:05 > 0:28:08Yeah. And I could see backstage they were sort of furiously willing

0:28:08 > 0:28:10you right or left, or whichever way it was.

0:28:10 > 0:28:12I'm sorry about that. Great to play with you, guys.

0:28:12 > 0:28:13Thank you so much for coming in.

0:28:13 > 0:28:15- Thank you, Jeremy. - Really good to have a band in.

0:28:15 > 0:28:18- I hope you have enjoyed it, Melodybeats.- Great.- Yeah.

0:28:18 > 0:28:19Commiserations to you,

0:28:19 > 0:28:22the Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them most of the time.

0:28:22 > 0:28:24As this winning streak continues,

0:28:24 > 0:28:27it does mean the Challengers are not going home with the £5,000,

0:28:27 > 0:28:30so, we'll roll that money over to our next show. Eggheads, very well done.

0:28:30 > 0:28:34Starting to look a little bit unbeatable.

0:28:34 > 0:28:37Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers have the brains

0:28:37 > 0:28:41to defeat them. £6,000 is here for them to win.

0:28:41 > 0:28:43Until then, goodbye.