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 > 0:00:32They are the Eggheads.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Taking on our quiz champions today
0:00:34 > 0:00:36are Bowler's Name from West Yorkshire.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Now, this team all met at
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Cambridge Methodist Cricket Club in Leeds nearly 30 years ago,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44and have remained friends ever since. Let's meet them.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Hi, my name's Jeff, and I'm a company director.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Hi, my name's Paul. I'm a memory support worker.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, my name's Adrian. I'm a financial adviser.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm John. I'm a retired bank manager.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Hi, I'm Chris, and I'm an immigration adviser.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- So, Jeff and team, hello. ALL:- Hi.- Great to see you.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- And it's all about cricket, Jeff? - It is, yeah.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09We met over 30 years ago and we've been friends ever since.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12And there's a key person who's not here - Roland - is that right,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14who used this phrase that is your team name?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Dear old Roland passed away two years ago,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19but it was quite funny because one of us could be bowling,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22we'd go off and be replaced with another bowler,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and he'd shout out, "Bowler's name?" He'd known us for 20, 30 years
0:01:25 > 0:01:27and still had to shout out, "Bowler's name?"
0:01:27 > 0:01:28And was the idea that he would shout it out
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- and you would answer who the bowler is?- Correct.- Yes, I see. OK.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33And you all bowl and you bat and you wicketkeep and all that,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35or do you have certain positions on the field?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- All to various standards, but... - THEY LAUGH
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- We all try everything.- Right.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41And you know your Bruce Springsteen, I gather.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- I do.- All right. So, you might be the Music round or you might not.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47I don't want to reveal the strategy too early.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- THEY CHUCKLE Do you watch Eggheads?- Yes, we do.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52OK. You know this lot, then?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- We do.- Yes.- OK. Well, no need to be afraid. They can be fearsome.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Other times, you can have a total batting collapse, can't you?- Yeah.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01It happens. It really does.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Good luck, Challengers.- Thank you.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Every day, there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08but if the Challengers fail to defeat the Eggheads,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10our prize money just rolls over to the next show.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Bowler's Name, I can tell you the Eggheads are doing really well.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16They've won the last eight games, so there's £9,000 to win today,
0:02:16 > 0:02:17which is perfect.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20You can stop them getting to 10,000, really annoy them, if you win.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23And the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of History.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26So, it's one of you, please, against either Lisa, Steve,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Chris, Kevin or Judith.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- What do you reckon? - What were your tactics on History?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34It was Adrian, really, I would say.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Yeah. Adrian, do you fancy it? - I'll go for History, yeah.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- Who do you think I should take up against?- Or John. Do you fancy it?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I'm happy either way. Let Adrian go.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Yeah, let's put John in, actually. John against...
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Do you want to choose, John?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Do you want to choose, John?- No. Jeff, he's been doing his research.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53LAUGHTER OK.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- Let's try Chris, I think.- All right. Chris has had a lot...
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- You've had a lot of runouts recently, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00THEY CHUCKLE Keep getting picked first.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Better than being picked last.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06So, John from Bowler's Name versus Chris from the Eggheads.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08To ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11would you please take your positions in the legendary Question Room?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- John, you are a retired bank manager.- I am.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17And it looks like retirement agrees with you.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Very happily retired, thank you, Jeremy.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21You're smiling, and you seem to have a suntan, as well.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Yes, bit too much golf, I think. - Oh, golf and travel, I guess.- Yes.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Well, good luck in this round against our Chris,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29and it's History and you can choose whether you go first or second.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31I'll go first.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35OK, John, good luck.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40The writer and politician Cicero wrote in which language?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46That's an interesting one. I was expecting Greek to come up, as well.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52I don't think it's Aramaic. I'll go for Latin, Jeremy.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Latin is correct, yeah. It may be good that Greek didn't come up.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Chris, the birthplace of George I of Great Britain
0:04:00 > 0:04:02is in which modern country?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07He was George I of Hanover, and he was born in Germany.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Germany is correct.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13OK, back we go to you, John.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Kochi, the city in which the Portuguese explorer
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Vasco da Gama died in 1524,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22is located in which modern-day country?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- Could you spell Kochi, please, Jeremy?- Kochi is K-O-C-H-I.- OK.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32I don't think South Africa.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I'm going to go Mexico, Jeremy.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Let's just check this with the Eggheads.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41The exploration, did it take him to South America?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Is that right or...? - No, no. Took him to India.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- Kochi is in India, John.- OK.- Chris, your question. What was installed
0:04:47 > 0:04:52onto a World War II Churchill tank to convert it into a Crocodile tank?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Well, these are all what we call Hobart's Funnies,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01but the one that was called a Crocodile carried a flame-thrower.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Yes, flame-thrower is right.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Called Hobart's Funnies? Why's that?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Well, it was Hobart who sort of designed
0:05:08 > 0:05:12all these weird modifications to tanks for all sorts of things
0:05:12 > 0:05:15like mine-clearing and the folding bridge.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Flame-thrower is correct. Well done.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18So, John, you need to get this one right.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Which king personally commanded his forces
0:05:20 > 0:05:23at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge in Oxfordshire?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30OK, so, I'm guessing this is quite an old king
0:05:30 > 0:05:35because kings tended not to go to war in more recent times.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Charles I obviously did in the Civil War,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42but I'm going to go for Edward III.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- It is actually Charles I. - Ah!- Sorry, John.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Knocked out by our Egghead Chris in the first round on History.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Chris will be in the final. Please return to us, both of you,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53and we'll see what the next round holds.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59So, as it stands, Bowler's Name have lost a brain from the final round.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01They've lost John. The Eggheads have not lost any.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04The next subject for you is Music.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- So, Jeff, who wants this? - Music - who fancies this?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- Go for it, Jeff. - I think you've got to go for it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Did we say Paul? - No, I think it's Paul.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Oh, Paul. Do you want to go for it?- Paul?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- Paul will take it.- OK.- And, erm...
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- You've got to take Kevin or... - Anyone but Chris.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- I think we'll take Kevin.- Good.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- Good shout. Sometimes, catch him early...- Yeah.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27..hasn't quite warmed up, dislodge him, the Grand Master.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31So, Paul from Bowler's Name takes on Kevin from the Eggheads on Music.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33And please take your positions.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Paul, good luck here in this round. - Thank you.- Music against Kevin.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Would you like to go first or second?- First, please, Jeremy.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45And here we go with your first question, Paul.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Which song starts with the question "where have all the good men gone?"
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Love Is A Battlefield was Pat Benatar.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02And I don't think it was Love Is A Battlefield.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I would say Holding Out For A Hero.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Yes, Holding Out For A Hero is right.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I can't place Danger Zone.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Do you know that one, Paul, or not? - I don't. No, sorry.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Who was Danger Zone? - Kenny Loggins.- Kenny Loggins.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Lisa, you have to do Holding Out For A Hero for us.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- Oh, OK. But, you know...- Go on.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20..dangerous sound levels on this one.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- OK.- I'm warning you now, so... What did we say?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- "Where have all the good men gone?"- Yes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29# Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?
0:07:29 > 0:07:34# Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35# Bum-bum-bum-bum
0:07:35 > 0:07:40# Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
0:07:40 > 0:07:45# Late at night, I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need
0:07:45 > 0:07:47# I need a hero
0:07:47 > 0:07:50# I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night... #
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- There we go. We've got the... - That's brilliant!
0:07:52 > 0:07:54APPLAUSE
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Judith, you've got to join in on the chorus there.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- No, I can't sing.- You were going to do the harmony with her.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01No, it would have made a terrible racket.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03LAUGHTER Lisa, that was amazing,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05and your lyrics - you just know them all. It's incredible.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- I do feel sad that Judith didn't join in.- Aw, Judith!
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Next time, honestly, you've got to. - No, I can't sing.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11I can't hit a note.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13If you sing Holding Out For A Hero,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15it's going to be one of the great Eggheads moments.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17LAUGHTER Sorry, Kevin.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19We're back with you now.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23The BBC's Last Night of the Proms is usually held in which month?
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Well, the Proms tends to run over the July to September period,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32so it's September.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35September is correct. OK, we go back to you, Paul.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Which city is described as "that toddlin' town"
0:08:38 > 0:08:43in the words of a famous song published in 1922 by Fred Fisher?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I'm really not sure.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54I'm erring towards Los Angeles or Chicago.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I would go Chicago.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Chicago's correct. Nicely done.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Kevin, which term refers to the method of music teaching
0:09:06 > 0:09:11that applies words such as do, re, mi to notes?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Well, I mean, polyphony is a style of singing.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Clef is a piece of musical notation.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26But this do-re-mi is sometimes referred to as tonic sol-fa
0:09:26 > 0:09:29because of the early words that we used as the syllables,
0:09:29 > 0:09:33and so that has been brought into French, as well as solfege.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35So, solfege.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Yes, solfege is right.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40So, two-two, and the third question could be crucial, Paul. Here we go.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46Which composer's motet entitled Worldes Blis caused booing
0:09:46 > 0:09:48and much of the audience to leave the hall
0:09:48 > 0:09:52when it was premiered at a 1969 concert at the Proms?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Motet is M-O-T-E-T, and then when I said, "Entitled Worldes Blis",
0:10:00 > 0:10:07it's W-O-R-L-D-E-S, and then, new word, B-L-I-S.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Looking at the options, I don't think it's Benjamin Britten.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15So, either Peter Maxwell Davies...
0:10:15 > 0:10:19But I think, I have a feeling, it's John Tavener.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23John Tavener is not the right answer.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25It's Peter Maxwell Davies.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27So, you have a chance, Kevin, to take the round.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31In 1956, whose song I'll Be Home
0:10:31 > 0:10:34was the bestselling single of the year in the UK?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41All very prominent at the time, and they're all American,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44of course, and they all had big hits in this country, as well.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I think this one, though, was Pat Boone.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49If you've got this right, you've taken the round, Kevin.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52The correct answer is Pat Boone. Well done.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Another Egghead in the final.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Return to us, please, and we'll play round three.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59So, as it stands, Bowler's Name
0:10:59 > 0:11:01have lost two brains from the final round.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04The Eggheads have not lost any so far,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06and the next subject is Geography.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- Who wants this?- Well... - That's me, I think, isn't it?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Yeah, Captain.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Captain goes in. OK, Jeff, against... Let's see.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16..Lisa, Steve or Judith.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Let's try Steve, I think. He's looking away from me, so...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- There's a reason for that. - LAUGHTER
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Jeff from Bowler's Name takes on Steve
0:11:24 > 0:11:27from the Eggheads on Geography. Please take your positions.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Well, Jeff, I know we're on Geography,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32but I've got to ask you about Springsteen.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35In fact, you've see him in concert how many times?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I've lost count, but I think it's round about 75.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40But to my shame, I've got friends who've seen him
0:11:40 > 0:11:41probably over 200 times.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Wow! And I guess there is, therefore, a geographical element,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47cos it wouldn't just be in this country that you've watched him.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Yeah, I saw him in the States in '84 seven times.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Been to various places around Europe, as well.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55So, as I get older, we tend to combine
0:11:55 > 0:11:56the concerts with travel, as well.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59So, my wife was quite new to Springsteen in the last
0:11:59 > 0:12:0314 years or so, so we kind of do weekend trips, long weekends
0:12:03 > 0:12:05tied in with the concert. It's great. It's great fun.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Brilliant. OK. Well, listen, Jeff, good luck on Geography.- Thank you.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10You're up against a Springsteen fan, Steve,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12so you're going to lose, I'm afraid. LAUGHTER
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- How do you know I'm not? - Well, I don't know. I think...
0:12:15 > 0:12:16You've never mentioned him, but...
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Well, I've not told you a lot of things, Jeremy.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20It don't mean I don't do them.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23No, but listen, if you were, you'd have said it by now.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- I love Bruce Springsteen. - Do you?- Well, he's all right.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- Favourite track?- I like I'm On Fire. - I'm On Fire. OK.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32So, Geography, Jeff, and would you like to go first or second?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Even though it's not worked for us, let's keep to first, please.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Here we go. Which town, Jeff,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44is joined with Galloway in the name of a Scottish council area?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51OK, I think I know this one because I've been there.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So, it's certainly not Peebles.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57And whilst Dumfries and Ayr are in a similar area,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I do believe the answer is Dumfries.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Dumfries. Dumfries and Galloway, yes.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Steve, your question.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The town of Mansfield is in which English county?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Do you know what? I'm sure my opponent would love this question.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14But, fortunately, it's very close to my house, as well,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16and I know full well it's Nottinghamshire.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Nottinghamshire is correct.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Back we go to Jeff.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24What is the approximate population of Kyrgyzstan?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30I haven't a clue, really.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Kyrgyzstan, obviously, is new on the radar
0:13:34 > 0:13:37to a lot of keen people interested in geography.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41116 million seems high to me.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45I'm going to go for 6 million, please, Jeremy.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Yeah, 6 million is right. Well done, Jeff.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Steve, here we go. Hong Kong and Macau
0:13:51 > 0:13:54are both bordered by which of China's provinces?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01This is where I look very uneducated indeed
0:14:01 > 0:14:04because I really do not know.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Whatever I say is going to be wrong, so let's get it over with.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I will say Guangdong.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Guangdong is the right answer.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Oh, how annoying is that?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18So, Jeff, get this right, put some pressure on Steve.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22The Juan Fernandez Islands in the Pacific Ocean
0:14:22 > 0:14:24belong to which country?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28This takes me back a little bit to
0:14:28 > 0:14:31when I used to watch a lot of the Michael Palin documentaries,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33and I'm trying to rack my brains
0:14:33 > 0:14:38whether these islands came on one of the documentaries he did.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I don't think it's Peru,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and I think it is Chile.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Chile is right. You're playing really well.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50OK, to stay in, Steve, your question.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52According to the United Nations, in 2016,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54there were how many cities in the world
0:14:54 > 0:14:57with more than 1 million inhabitants?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04I can't work this out.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09It's probably, he says,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11with no insight or information whatsoever,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14not as many as you think. So...
0:15:16 > 0:15:19..I'll say 512, and congratulations to my opponent.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22OK, you've got it right. 512 it is. Sorry, Jeff.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25They're just raising their game every time you guys raise yours.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28You've done really well. You've got all your questions right so far.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30He's got all his right, as well. We go to Sudden Death.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- It gets a bit harder cos I don't give you alternative answers.- OK.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Here we go. Chania is the second city of which Mediterranean island?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40It's spelled C-H-A-N-I-A.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43OK. I think I've been to this island.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Might have been a few years ago, but I believe the answer is Crete.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Crete is right. Well done.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Sudden Death. Back to you, Steve.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52What colour are the horizontal stripes
0:15:52 > 0:15:57at the top and bottom of the flag of Costa Rica?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59That's blue.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Blue is right.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Here's your question, Jeff.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06The Otterburn ranges, owned by the Ministry of Defence,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09forms a large part of which national park?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Well, it's in Northumberland.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17So, Northumberland National Park, and I'm going to kick myself
0:16:17 > 0:16:20because I think it is under another name.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It's on the tip of my tongue and I can't get the words out.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I'm going to have to say just Northumberland.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Northumberland National Park?- Yes.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31I'm so glad you stuck with that. That's the right answer. I'm so...
0:16:31 > 0:16:34I was dreading you coming up with some other name and thinking,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36"Oh, my goodness." OK, well done.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38So, pressure on Steve.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41What name, taken from that of a German naturalist,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43is given to the major ocean current
0:16:43 > 0:16:47that flows north along the west coast of South America?
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- Humboldt.- Humboldt is correct. Also called the Peru Current.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Jeff, the holiday resorts of Ko Phi Phi
0:16:55 > 0:16:59and Ko Lanta are in which Asian country?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- They're in Thailand. - Thailand is right. Well done.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Good round. So, back to you, Steve.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10Hebburn and Wallsend are on opposite banks of which English river?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Erm, the Tyne.- The Tyne is right. There was once a ferry between them.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Jeff, your question.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Yukon and which other Canadian province or territory border Alaska?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24It's a little bit of a stab in the dark. I'm going to say Manitoba.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28No, it's British Columbia.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29So, Steve, you have a chance to take the round.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Sudden Death. Your question.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34What is the modern-day name of the English city
0:17:34 > 0:17:38that occupies the site of the Roman settlement known as Glevum?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40G-L-E-V-U-M.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44That's Gloucester, Jeremy.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45You sound pretty certain.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Glevum was Gloucester. You're right, Steve. Well done.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51You've taken the round. Jeff, you played really well there.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Sorry you've been knocked out,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54beaten by our Egghead on Sudden Death.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56One more round to play before the final.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Please return to your teams and we'll play it.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Well, they really are putting on a stout defence here,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05but Bowler's Name have lost three brains from the final round,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08and the Eggheads are still all there, sitting pretty.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10And the next subject is Arts & Books,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- so dislodge one before the final. - I think it's got to be you.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- Got to be me, hasn't it? - It's got to be you.- Go for it, yeah.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16- Who do you fancy?- Adrian?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20- Yeah, it's Adrian. - Financial adviser against...?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22And it can be either of the ladies on the end.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- We'll have a go with Lisa, please.- Brilliant.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Adrian from Bowler's Name giving Lisa a runout from the Eggheads.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31For the last time, please go to the Question Room.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Adrian, Arts & Books against Lisa.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Would you like to go first or second?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Here is your first question. Good luck getting in the final.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Which famous painter had the first names Peter Paul?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51OK.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57I don't think it was Rubens, for some reason.
0:18:57 > 0:19:03I honestly don't know, but I'm veering towards Van Dyck,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06so that's my answer, Jeremy - Van Dyck.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08OK, let's just check with your team-mates here.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Anyone help us here? What do we think?- Rubens, we think.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12You think it's Rubens.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17- I'm afraid Peter Paul Rubens. - OK.- OK. Lisa,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19what title is held by the arch villain
0:19:19 > 0:19:23James Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes' stories?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Don't overthink it. I think he's Professor Moriarty.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Professor is quite right. Adrian, your question.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Narinder Dhami, Sue Bentley, Linda Chapman
0:19:35 > 0:19:39and Sue Mongredien collectively write under which pseudonym
0:19:39 > 0:19:43in a range of hugely popular children's books?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I honestly can't remember ever reading these to my children.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Any of them.
0:19:55 > 0:20:01- Sadly, Tracy Beaker isn't up there. - LAUGHTER
0:20:01 > 0:20:02And I genuinely...
0:20:02 > 0:20:06I've absolutely got no idea whatsoever,
0:20:06 > 0:20:09so it's going to be a punt on...
0:20:11 > 0:20:12..Daisy Meadows.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Daisy Meadows is the right answer. Well done.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20JEREMY CHUCKLES OK, Lisa, you're level.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25What term was coined in 1886 by the critic Felix Feneon
0:20:25 > 0:20:27to describe the art movement
0:20:27 > 0:20:31led by the pointillist painter Georges Seurat?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38I'm not actually sure.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I suppose Seurat and the like...
0:20:44 > 0:20:49..neo-impressionism wouldn't be a long way out.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Can I make a case for either of the other two?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Not off my limited knowledge.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I'll go for neo-impressionism.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Yeah, that's right. Neo-impressionism. OK, Adrian,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03as what were Lucas Cranach the Elder
0:21:03 > 0:21:07and his son, Lucas Cranach the Younger,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10known in the 15th and 16th centuries?
0:21:13 > 0:21:19- Could you spell the surname, please? - Of course. It's C-R-A-N-A-C-H.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I think I'm going to dismiss writers
0:21:22 > 0:21:24cos I can't think of anything that's been...
0:21:26 > 0:21:32..written that far back that still survives today,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35so it's probably going to be writers, isn't it?
0:21:35 > 0:21:39I think it's sculptors, Jeremy. My answer's going to be sculptors.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- They were painters.- Ah, OK. - They were painters.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44So, Lisa, well done. You're in the final round.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46The Eggheads have all got through to the final.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Adrian beaten by our Egghead.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Come back to us, please, both of you,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53and we will see what happens in the crucial final round for £9,000.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59It is time for the final round,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:03 > 0:22:05won't be taking part in this round,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07and they're all from the Challengers side.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Jeff, Paul, Adrian and John from Bowler's Name,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12would you please now leave the studio?
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Chris, you are playing to win Bowler's Name £9,000.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Lisa, Steve, Chris, Kevin, Judith, you're playing for something
0:22:20 > 0:22:23that money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28This time, they're all General Knowledge,
0:22:28 > 0:22:30and I was going to say you can confer,
0:22:30 > 0:22:32but they're all stuck backstage.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Chris, the really big question is,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37can your one brain overturn these five here?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39And would you like to go first or second?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Well, it was team policy from day one to go first,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44so I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Chris, good luck, playing for Bowler's Name.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52In the 1970s, which television presenter
0:22:52 > 0:22:55climbed to the top of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square
0:22:55 > 0:22:57without a safety harness?
0:23:00 > 0:23:04I remember watching this on Blue Peter,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06and given that Michael Aspel
0:23:06 > 0:23:09and Judith Hann didn't present Blue Peter,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11it must be John Noakes, Jeremy.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14John Noakes is the right answer. Well done.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17And it was played a lot around the time of his passing, wasn't it?
0:23:17 > 0:23:18People were just saying,
0:23:18 > 0:23:22"That is absolutely incredible that that was allowed to happen."
0:23:22 > 0:23:26OK, Eggheads, in which country is the word klomp
0:23:26 > 0:23:28used for a traditional type of shoe?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- Given the choices...- Sounds Dutch.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35It's a Dutch word, isn't it?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- Let's hope so.- Netherlands? OK?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- A klomp? As well as a clog?- Yeah.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Yeah, well, I don't know.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43I've never heard of it,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45but it's the Netherlands.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Netherlands is right.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50One each. Back to our Challenger.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55In 1974, which aircraft flew from New York to London
0:23:55 > 0:24:00in a record time of one hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07I was hoping you were going to say Concorde,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09but as it's not there,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I know for a fact that
0:24:12 > 0:24:15the Blackbird is a very fast plane,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18but it tends to go at very, very high altitudes.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21The Eagle, I've never heard of,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23and the Harrier, I would imagine,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26is a fairly short-range jet.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30So, I'm going to go for Blackbird, please, Jeremy.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Blackbird is absolutely right. Well done, Chris.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36You're a good quizzer, I can tell. This could be a contest.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Five Eggheads' brains. We've seen them lose before.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41£9,000, we're playing for.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Which of these actresses has played the character Moira MacTaggert
0:24:45 > 0:24:48in two of the X-Men series of films?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54X-Men?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- STEVE:- Is Rose Byrne in the X-Men films?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58I couldn't remember her being in them.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I can't remember Rose Byrne being in X-Men films.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05- Well, I don't... Well, I think it might be, actually.- Do you?- Mm, OK.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09- I'm pretty sure she's a CIA operative or something.- Ah.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Ah, now it's ringing some bells. - She's not somebody with superpowers.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- No.- Right. I'm happy to go along with that.- I think it's Rose Byrne.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19OK. Well, we'll take that as an inkling.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Well, the consensus seems to be that it's Rose Byrne.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Quite a lot riding on this
0:25:24 > 0:25:28cos you'll give the initiative to the Challengers if you're wrong.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30A little bit of dissent in there.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Rose Byrne is the right answer. - Well done, Kevin.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Well done, Kevin. Just enough information there to do it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Your third question, Chris.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The volcano called Novarupta,
0:25:42 > 0:25:47formed in 1912 by the largest eruption of the 20th century,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49is in which part of the world?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56I'm not sure that the Caribbean is particularly volcanic,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59and I do remember, a long time ago,
0:25:59 > 0:26:05an island was formed through volcanic eruption near Iceland.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07But that doesn't mean that it's not Alaska.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12My first instinct, when you asked the question,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14before I saw the answers, was Iceland,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- so I'm going to go for Iceland. - Iceland is your answer.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Let's just check with the Eggheads. Do you know?
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- I think it's probably Alaska. - Alaska is the answer.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26We go to the Eggheads, who can take the contest on their third question.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30The empress Wu Zetian was a ruthless ruler of China
0:26:30 > 0:26:35whose reign interrupted the supremacy of which imperial dynasty?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I think it's... I think it's Tang.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44So, let's try and think of the dates now.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47I mean, Tang Dynasty was from the early 7th century
0:26:47 > 0:26:49through and up until the 8th.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52But she was relatively early on, I think.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55I think she was somewhere either later in the 7th century,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57or else in the early 8th century.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Yeah.- Song is later.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Qing is the later one on into the 19...
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Well, 17th to 19th.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- OK. Shall I say Tang? - I think it's Tang.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Tang was the interrupted dynasty.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12We think it's Tang.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14If you've got this right, the contest is over.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Do you know this? - No, I'm afraid not.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19A lot of detail coming out of these Eggs on this question.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22It does sound quite convincing. The answer is Tang.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25We say congratulations, Eggheads. You have won.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Aw, the Alaska Iceland thing!
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- Mm-hm. I won't forget that.- No.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Well, it's very hard against the five of them, I must say.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40And Kevin's on form here, as well. Oh, and Eggheads, the klomp...
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Just cos, I think, Judith, you were worried about
0:27:42 > 0:27:44it's not a clog so how can it be Dutch?
0:27:44 > 0:27:49- The klomp is a whole-foot clog. - A whole-foot clog?- Yeah.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- Yeah, as opposed to... - What's a clog, then?
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- Well, a clog is a half-foot clog. - Half-foot clog.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55A clog's a boot upper with a wooden sole.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- Yeah, it's got a lot of wood round it.- It's a mule.- There we are.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Commiserations, Bowler's Name.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05It is now officially a winning streak.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £9,000,
0:28:07 > 0:28:09so the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Eggheads, congrats.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Who will beat you? Look at you all sitting there.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16I don't think it can be done. I think, from here to eternity...
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- Oh, thanks for that. - ..you're going to be winning.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21JEREMY LAUGHS Yeah, lose the next game.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Join us next time to see if a new team of Challengers
0:28:23 > 0:28:27have the brains to defeat them, and if they do, they'll win £10,000.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Until then, goodbye.