Episode 105 Eggheads

These five 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.

You might recognise them as they have won some of the country's

toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.

And challenging our resident quiz champions today are

Let's Get Quizzical.

The team is a real family affair,

as all five members are related to one another.

They regularly compete in pub quizzes and they

hope that their combined knowledge will be enough to beat the Eggheads.

So let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Paul, and 28 and I'm police support staff.

Hi, I'm Betty, I'm 32 and I'm a housewife.

Hi, I'm George, I'm 70, I'm a retired local government officer.

Hi, I'm Elizabeth, I'm 35 and I'm a psychological therapist.

Hi, I'm Arthur, I'm 64 and I'm a retired post office manager.

So Paul, let's work it out. You are married to...

I'm married to Betty.

-And Betty, your father is...

-George.

-And Paul, your father...

-is Arthur.

Arthur. And your daughter, Arthur, is...

Elizabeth.

You spent a moment thinking about that.

Yes, so you're all properly related.

We are, indeed. We are.

So when it goes wrong, who gets the blame?

It'll be us two, really.

OK. And you are quizzers,

so you know all about these guys and you compete together as well?

Yes, well, now and again because we are all spread around the country a

bit, but we do when we can, go to local quizzes on the Wirral together.

And you've got a Martha, is that right?

We've got a little baby Martha, yes.

-I've got a Martha, too.

-Oh, have you?

-Yes. How old is she?

She's five months yesterday.

-Oh, lovely.

-She's in the hotel.

Not on her own, but with my mum.

Very good. We love our Marthas.

Good luck to you, Let's Get Quizzical.

Every day, there is £1,000 cash up for grabs for our challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money

rolls over to the next show.

So, Let's Get Quizzical, the Eggheads have won their last five

games, which means £6,000 says you can't beat them.

-Are you ready to try?

-Mm-hm.

-Yes.

-First head to head battle is on subject of Film and Television.

Who would like to take this?

-I think Betty should.

-I'll do that.

-Without a doubt.

-I'll give it a go.

-Yes, give it a go.

-Who are we going to...

-We're going to say Betty.

-OK.

-I know you've got American studies as your background?

-Yes.

-So that might help.

-Hopefully.

-Who do you want to play against?

-Who do you think?

-Who do you think?

-Who did you say before?

-Chris.

-I don't know.

Do you want to go against Chris, do you think?

-Chris, yes?

-OK.

-Yes.

We'll give it a go against Chris, I think.

Right, so Betty from Let's Get Quizzical against Chris.

-Are you ready for this, Chris?

-Yes.

Pitched in at the beginning from the Eggheads.

To ensure no conferring, take your positions in the question room.

I'm going to ask you three multiple-choice questions

in turn, on Film and Television.

Whoever gets the most answers correctly is the winner.

Betty, do you want to go first or second?

I'd like to go first, please.

Betty, what was the name of the dog in the children's TV series

The Magic Roundabout?

OK, I was a fan of The Magic Roundabout.

Zebedee was the thing on springs, I don't know what he was meant to be.

Dylan was the rabbit, so the dog was Dougal.

Yes, the dog was Dougal. Well done, Betty.

-What was the thing on springs, Chris?

-A wasp?

-A wasp?

-It had a head like a tomato and a Fu Manchu moustache

and it went, "Boing! Time for bed!"

Judith, you thought it was a wasp?

Well, it was stripy wasn't it?

Zebedee was a wasp, OK.

Maybe that'll come up in another series.

Chris, what is the name of the outspoken New York City family

court judge who presides over a series of real-life cases on TV?

Is it Judge Judy, Judge Joyce or Judge Jackie?

-That's Judge Judy.

-It is Judge Judy, you're right.

And because of that show, she's now on the Forbes Rich List.

Is she really? Just from that show?

She's got a personal fortune of about 50 million.

Things work differently over there.

OK, Betty, your second question.

What nationality was the actress Ingrid Bergman?

OK, Bergman.

I'm pretty sure that she was Swedish.

I don't know why I know it, but I do think she's Swedish. Or was Swedish.

Remember any of her films?

She did Casablanca, I hope.

You're right. And you're right that she was Swedish as well.

Nice one, Betty. You've taken the lead.

Chris, what was the title of the 1969 sequel to the 1965 film

Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines?

It wasn't a narrative sequel as such, it just had a lot of the same

people in it and it was set about 20 years further on in history.

It was Monte Carlo Or Bust.

Yes, it was. Monte Carlo Or Bust.

Keeping track with each other here.

Your third multiple-choice question, Betty.

In 2007, the Antiques Roadshow celebrated how many years on TV?

OK, I don't actually know this one.

It's not a programme I watch regularly.

I'm trying to work it out.

I think it's more than 20 years old.

I may be wrong.

I'll have a guess at 30.

Is she right, Eggheads? Do you know the answer?

-Probably.

-Probably?

-I think so.

Yes, you are probably, definitely, certainly right.

Betty, you've got it. Well done.

30 years. Antique programme.

Chris, if you get this wrong, we're losing you.

For which film did Denzel Washington win his first Oscar?

Was it Glory, Training Day or American Gangster?

American Gangster's recent.

Training Day is fairly recent,

but I think he won his Oscar for playing an African-American

soldier in the American Civil War in Glory.

Brilliant memory. You're right, Chris. It was Glory.

Hang on in there.

-He got his second Oscar for Training Day.

-Second Oscar for Training Day?

So that was tricky. Three questions we've had.

The scores are level. We go to sudden death.

To make it that bit harder, these questions are not multiple-choice.

Here we go, Betty.

Tom Cruise received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor

for his role as Frank TJ Mackie in which 1999 film?

Oh, dear.

I'm trying to think of Tom Cruise films from that time. 1999.

The film that's popping into my head is Magnolia.

Um...

I'm not... I'm going to go for Magnolia but I don't really know it.

-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

-It's right. Brilliant!

And that was a tough question.

Well done! Well done.

OK, Chris. Pressure on you.

Which actress plays Hermione Grainger

in the Harry Potter series of films?

What's her name?

Which actress plays Hermione Grainger

in the Harry Potter series of films?

I can see her, she's a redhead.

Can't accept that.

Never read the books, never seen the films.

-No, nothing there at all.

-Nothing?

-Nothing.

-Not a first name, not a surname?

-No.

Well, I can see her. She's a redhead, but that's about all.

-You're just offering me a clump of red hair?

-Yes.

It's not enough, I'm afraid. It's Emma Watson.

So, Betty.

Well done.

You took on the Egghead and you beat him during sudden death.

Good news for the challengers.

Chris will not play in today's final round. Betty, you will.

Congratulations to you. Both of you, come back to the studio.

OK, as it stands, the challengers have not lost any brains

from the final round. The Eggheads have lost one brain.

Chris is a goner.

The next subject is Music.

Which of you wants Music?

ALL DISCUSS AT ONCE

-Yes, yes.

-Yes, yes. I'll do it.

We're going to go for Elizabeth.

Elizabeth, on music?

I don't know... Yes, I'll do it.

Who should you go against, do you think? I haven't got a clue.

I don't know. You know better.

We're at a bit of a loss but we'll go for Kevin.

Kevin on music. Yes, that could work.

On a good day.

Elizabeth from Let's Get Quizzical against Kevin from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in the question room.

Three questions on Music in turn

and, of course, you can choose, Elizabeth. First or second set?

I think I'll go second, please.

So, Kevin, which EastEnders actress had a UK top ten hit single with

Anyone Can Fall In Love, in 1986?

I think it was based on the EastEnders theme tune, the melody.

And I think it's Anita Dobson.

It was Anita Dobson. You're right.

Your first question, Elizabeth.

Don't Give Up On Us and Silver Lady,

were UK number one hit singles during the 1970s for which actor?

-Oh.

-Don't Give Up On Us and Silver Lady were UK number one hit singles

during the Seventies for which actor?

I know the song Silver Lady. I don't know the answer for definite.

But I'm just trying to...

I'm thinking David Soul but I'm just trying to make sure.

Yes, I'm going to say David Soul.

That's your answer? Spot on.

-Phew.

-It was David Soul.

Kevin, your question. Which American city was the first

to develop a distinctive style of jazz to which it gave its name?

Well, it's said to be the home of jazz, New Orleans.

Or New ORLeans, maybe I should say.

Exactly so. You're right. Your next question, Elizabeth.

Cabaret is a musical by which songwriting partnership?

I don't know the answer to this.

I'm going to have to guess.

Obviously I know the musical, but I don't know it well enough.

I'm going to say Rodgers and Hammerstein,

but I'm not sure why I'm going to say that.

That's my instinct.

Rodgers and Hammerstein is your answer.

-Eggheads? Wrong era?

-Yes.

Kander and Ebb.

Rodgers and Hammerstein weren't writing then,

or weren't writing a bout that kind of thing?

It's not their style.

-It's not the sort of thing they'd write about.

-Or Lerner and Loewe.

Sorry, Elizabeth, you're wrong. It's Kander and Ebb.

So Kevin has the lead and with this answer,

Kevin, you can take the round.

Coloratura is a style of singing most associated with which voice?

It's a nice technical term for a flashy soprano,

so soprano.

Soprano is correct. Can anyone to the flashy soprano thing for us?

-Go on, Judith.

-What, sing it?

-Yes.

-Certainly not. You must be mad.

-We've got a moment.

Their televisions would crack.

You're right, Kevin, and with three points to Elizabeth's one,

you have won the round.

So Elizabeth, you were beaten by our Egghead.

You can't appear in the final round today.

Please, both of you, come back to the studio.

So, this is where we are.

Challengers have lost one brain from the final round and the

Eggheads have also lost one brain.

Level-pegging. The next subject is History.

-Challengers.

-Would you prefer...

-Let's Get Quizzical.

I think definitely.

I think Arthur.

Arthur on History. Who do you want to take on, Arthur?

-Do you know who would be best?

-I don't know.

-Shall I take on Judith?

-Yes.

-OK.

-I'll take on Judith, please.

Judith. So Arthur from Let's Get Quizzical against Judith

from the Eggheads, and just to make sure there's no conferring,

please go to the question room.

OK, I'm going to ask each of you three questions on History in turn

and, Arthur,

would you like the first or second set?

I'd like to go first, please, Jeremy.

Arthur, how many of Henry VIII's wives were called Jane?

Er... Let's think.

I don't think he had three with the same first name.

I think I'm going to say two.

Jane Seymour was one but I can't think of the other one.

But my answer will be two.

The reason you can't think of the other one is because there wasn't

another one. It was one.

-Oh.

-A stinky question, there.

-One Jane, two Annes, three Catherines.

-One Jane,

two Annes, three Catherines, according to CJ.

Judith, Lord Curzon was Viceroy of which country from 1898-1905?

Well, I don't think New Zealand or Canada ever had viceroys,

so it's India.

It is India, Judith, well done. First point to you. OK, Arthur.

Which US President was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize For Peace

for his work in creating the League of Nations?

It's another one I'm not sure about.

I don't think it was Theodore Roosevelt.

I think he was after that time.

I'm going to have to take a guess

and say Woodrow Wilson.

Spot on, Arthur, well done.

Well done. Judith, are you ready?

Bonnie Prince Charlie could claim a right to the British throne

through which king, his paternal grandfather?

I think that is James II.

-Take me through the logic there.

-James the second had a son who

was the Old Pretender, and he had a son who was Bonnie Prince Charlie.

-You're right. In every detail.

-Phew.

Your third question, Arthur.

You need this to stay in the game.

Which German vice-chancellor delivered the Marburg Speech

on June 17th, 1934?

I've absolutely no idea. I haven't

heard of any of those three so it's going to be a guess again.

I think I'm going to guess at Heinrich Bruning.

Arthur, I'm sorry, that's wrong. It was actually Franz von Papen.

That answer, Arthur, means that Judith

has won the round, because you can't come back from that position. So you were beaten by our Egghead.

As a result, you can't play in the final round.

Please, both of you, come back here.

So as it stands, the challengers have lost two brains from the final round

whilst the Eggheads have lost one brain.

The last subject is Arts and Books.

Which one of you wants this?

It's got to be George or Paul.

It'll be you, Paul,

-because I haven't got a clue.

-You haven't got a clue? We haven't asked a question yet!

Arts and Books won't be my forte.

It's not really my forte either, but I have a go.

OK, Paul, it's you for Let's Get Quizzical but now you have to choose

the person on the other side.

Definitely CJ.

-There's two to choose from.

-OK, we're going to go against CJ.

-OK.

Paul from Let's Get Quizzical against CJ from the Eggheads.

Do go to the question rooms now.

Good luck in this round. I'm asking you three questions each

on Arts and Books in turn Paul, first or second set of questions?

I'll go first, please.

Paul, the British spy Harry Palmer began life

as an unnamed character in a series of books by which writer?

Right, I don't know this one at all.

I would say, purely because of Ian Fleming being known, obviously,

for spy books, whereas Agatha Christie is more murder mysteries,

it seems an obvious deduction. Len Deighton I'm not familiar with,

so just through the process of that, I'm going to go for Ian Fleming.

It's wrong. It's Len Deighton.

-Because Fleming was Bond, right, Eggheads?

-Mm.

-Yes.

CJ. In which Shakespeare play

does Titania, the queen of the fairies, appear?

or A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Along with Oberon, king of the fairies,

that's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Quite right. It is, thank you.

Your second question now, Paul.

Hang on in there. Let's get this one right.

In artistic representations of the Madonna, which flower is often used

to represent her purity?

This is a complete stab in the dark because I'm not sure at all, so...

For some reason in the back of my mind is lily.

I don't know why but I'm going to go for lily.

It's often the best way to answer them, you know.

Lily is right. Well done. Well done to the back of your mind.

CJ, Frank Churchill is a character in which Jane Austen novel?

We like your expressions.

-I've only ever read one Austen.

-One book?

-Yeah. Well,

-one book by Jane Austen.

-Oh, OK.

Which was Pride and Prejudice.

And I don't think he's in that, unless he's...

a slightly obscure character.

I wonder if Frank Churchill is in Emma.

-I wonder if that's your answer.

-I'm pretty sure it is.

You're right, CJ, by your fingertips.

So you need to get this, Paul, or CJ has taken the round.

Here's your your third question.

Which technique was used during the Italian Renaissance

for transferring a cartoon to the moist plaster in fresco painting?

Again, this is a bit of a guess.

I'm just thinking, because the term

is trapping, whether it has to be trapped while it's moist and kept in

the plaster, so...

for that and for nothing else, I'm going to say trapping.

Trapping is your answer. OK.

-Eggheads?

-Pouncing.

Pouncing is the right answer, yes. Pouncing.

What they used to do was have a little bag, maybe of hessian,

and have some dust inside it and go over the cartoon, prick holes in the cartoon,

pounce over it with the little bag and when they took the cartoon away,

it would just leave the outline in dust on the plaster.

Extraordinary, the stuff you know.

Well done, CJ, you got it.

Paul, you were beaten by our Egghead so you can't take part in the final round, I'm afraid.

Please, both of you, come back and rejoin your team-mates.

Time for the final round, which, as always, is General Knowledge.

Those of you who lost your head-to-heads

won't be able to take part in this. That's Paul, Elizabeth and Arthur from Let's Get Quizzical, and Chris.

Remember way back when Chris lost his round, from the Eggheads? Please leave the studio.

So, Betty and George, you're together.

-Father and daughter.

-Correct.

You're playing to win Let's Get Quizzical £6,000,

and you're playing against these four - Judith, Kevin, CJ and Daphne.

You're playing for something more precious - the Eggheads' reputation.

I will ask each team three questions in turn.

This time the questions are all General Knowledge. You are allowed to confer.

Let's Get Quizzical, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

Come on! We've got to believe in this.

-Betty and George, do you want to go first or second?

-We'll go first.

Which breed of dog was the film star Rin Tin Tin?

-It was not a Dalmatian.

-OK.

-And it wasn't a golden retriever.

-You know this?

You can answer the question.

I take it if it wasn't one of them, it's a German shepherd?

Your dad's logic was completely watertight.

You're right. German shepherd.

Eggheads, which language is believed to have been spoken by Jesus and the apostles?

-Aramaic.

-Who couldn't play?

-Him.

-Oh.

That would be Aramaic.

You're right, Aramaic. One each.

Let's Get Quizzical,

you're only two questions away from the money.

How many women were there in the 2002 BBC Top 100 Greatest Britons list,

of which Winston Churchill came top?

I think we can dispense with 3.

I think there was more than 3.

-Yeah, I'd think so.

-So what do you think?

Well, it's going to be a guess, isn't it?

I don't think... Well, I might be wrong...

I don't think there'd be as many as 33, so...

Well, we're having a complete guess

-and were going to say 13.

-Going straight down the middle?

-Yes.

-More than 3, less than 33.

-Yes.

Brilliant. Quite right. Well done!

On this basis,

you'll do well. The football team,

Eggheads, Atalanta, is based in which Italian city?

The football team Atalanta is based in which Italian city?

I'm reliably informed,

because you know what I think about football,

it's Bergamo.

-Who knows that answer, who told you?

-Kevin.

-And he's right. It is.

-I knew that.

-You knew that?

Football is not Daphne's strongest subject.

OK, third question. Good luck.

Which cathedral city lends its name to a low, open-topped cabinet

with partitions for holding musical books?

Which cathedral city lends its name to a low,

open-topped cabinet with partitions for holding musical books?

Any idea, or are you guessing?

Yes, I'm guessing. Winchester...

It's probably just because it's in the middle.

I was hoping you might know!

No, no, I don't.

Isn't Winchester...? Hang on.

I've got a feeling Winchester is something else.

That'll be why it came to mind, because it's something else.

What you think? Shall we have a guess at, say, Salisbury?

I was going to say have a guess at Canterbury!

-OK.

-What's your logic here? Betty, fill us in.

The logic is we don't know, so we're having a guess.

-And you're guessing different ones?

-Yes.

-We are.

That's the problem.

We'll go with your guess.

-Are you sure?

-Yes, OK.

Salisbury.

-It's the wrong answer.

-Ooh.

Can we take that back now?

Betty, you guessed it right. Canterbury...

-Oh, dear.

-..is the answer.

OK, Eggheads, if you get this right,

you have taken the contest and knocked our wonderful contestants, Let's Get Quizzical, out.

The image of Marilyn Monroe used by Andy Warhol

in a number of different-coloured works after her death

was a publicity still from which of her films?

The image of Marilyn Monroe used by

Andy Warhol in a number of different-coloured works

after her death was a publicity still from which of her films?

-I don't think that one.

-Niagara, the first one.

That was 1953.

It's always encouraging when they don't know it straight away.

-Remember the poster?

-Sometimes they get even less certain.

Think of her hairstyle.

Yes, that's what I'm trying to visualise, the actual picture.

She looks pretty young

-in that picture.

-Yes, and Niagara was one of her first films.

Some Like It Hot... Not that they made any concessions with hairstyles

or anything like that, that's a Twenties' set anyway,

and I don't think it looks like she was in Some Like It Hot.

-No.

-But Some Like It Hot is sort of obvious.

Kevin, was she actually in

All About Eve? I don't remember.

-Yes, a minor part.

-I mean, Niagara was her first sort of big film.

It was her breakthrough film.

-Yes.

-I...

-Are were ruling out Some Like It Hot?

-Yes.

Because she looks quite young in that.

So I think we're narrowing it down

to All About Eve or Niagara.

-What's your instinct?

-I know you're enjoying

thinking about Marilyn Monroe, but are you near an answer?

Near, yes, but not there.

You've knocked out one?

We've knocked out Some Like It Hot. Let's go for Niagara.

-Niagara?

-Let's go for Niagara.

-What do you think?

-I've absolutely...

I disassociate myself.

We've decided on Niagara.

-Niagara?

-Niagara.

-You're right.

-Well done!

-You're right.

-Was she even in All About Eve?

Yes. It was a smallish part, so that's why...

But Niagara was her first... It was her breakthrough role.

Yes, good role.

Commiserations, challengers. Eggheads, you have won.

I was certain it was falling apart there.

There's panic, confusion and everything, and suddenly they get the answer.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them. Their winning streak continues,

and I'm afraid, Let's Get Quizzical, you won't be going home with the £6,000.

That money then rolls over to our next show. Eggheads, well done!

Who is ever going to beat you?

Join us next time to see if the new challengers

have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£7,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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