Episode 106 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, where five quiz challengers pit their wits

against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain. They are Goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows.

They are the Eggheads. And taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths today

are the BizChicks. The team are all high-profile businesswomen

who also use their business acumen to help others. Let's meet them.

Hi, I'm Rachel, I'm 43, I'm an entrepreneur and an author.

Hi, I'm Lynne, I'm 60, I'm a businesswoman and social activist.

Hi, I'm Emma, I'm 44. I'm a social entrepreneur and company director.

Hello. I'm Laura, I'm 41, and managing director of a multi-channel nursery retailer.

Hi, I'm Gill, I'm old enough to know better and I'm an entrepreneur.

-Rachel, you are the team captain.

-That's right, Jeremy.

Does business success require great general knowledge?

No, I don't think so.

I think it requires great energy and positive thinking and positive mental attitude.

-But the brains are good here, Lynne?

-We're awake!

-We're ready, we're on.

-Good luck.

This is a fascinating contest. Serious artillery here.

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

If they fail, that rolls over.

So, BizChicks, the Eggheads have won the last six games.

So £7,000 says you can't beat them.

The first Head To Head is Music. Which one of you wants that?

And which Egghead do you want to take out of commission?

Right, not me.

-I think it might have to be Lynne.

-Or...do you want Music?

-I'll do it.

-OK, Rachel.

-Right.

-Which Egghead looks like cracking?

Right, the Egghead. Let's think. They all know everything.

My inclination would go, perhaps, to Daphne...

-Judith or Daphne?

-I'd pick Daphne.

-OK, so it's Daphne from the Eggheads versus Rachel from BizChicks.

To ensure no conferring, please take your positions in the Question Room.

So are you ready, Rachel?

Not really!

I'll ask each of you three multiple choice questions on Music. Answer the most to be the winner.

-Rachel, you get to choose the first or the second set of questions.

-I'll go first.

Rachel, your first question.

Riverdance features what kind of dancing?

Ohhh, well.

Thank you for giving me a slightly easy question first.

It has to be Irish.

Quite right, well done.

Breathe a sigh of relief.

Daphne, I wonder if you'll get this. Who was the lead singer of Ultravox?

I think that was probably Midge Ure.

Midge Ure is the right answer.

Well done, Daphne.

Up Where We Belong, an award-winning song from the 1982 film An Officer And A Gentleman,

was sung by Jennifer Warnes and who else?

Oh, gosh.

I really don't know.

Just trying to think how it goes!

You can sing it.

I'm feeling Joe Cocker is the right answer, but I may be wrong.

It might be Boz Scaggs, but...

Jennifer Warnes and...Joe Cocker sounds like the right answer.

-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

-She's right. Well done, Rachel!

Daphne..."slap and pop"

is a technical term used to refer to playing which instrument?

I have no idea!

Oh, my...! Slap?

Oh, dear.

You could slap a drum. You could slap the strings of a bass guitar.

I don't know, Jeremy.

I'll do what I usually do. Eeny meeny miney mo. Bass guitar.

I don't know!

-Your guessing is amazing.

-Is that it?

-Yes, it is!

Programme after programme, no clue and then she's got it!

Back to you, Rachel.

Keep On Running was a UK number one single in the '60s for which group?

# Keep on running... # Oh, again, I really don't know.

But...

..my inclination is The Spencer Davis Group. Yeah.

The Spencer Davis Group.

Before your time, right? You can't remember this from its release.

-But you are right.

-Thank you.

Three points

-to our challengers, Daphne. Get this or you're a goner.

-I know!

Who wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Rent?

Yeah, I do know this. It was very tragic.

He died quite soon after its premiere. It's Jonathan Larson.

It is, Daphne. Well done.

So, three points each

after multiple choice. We now move to sudden death. These questions are not multiple choice.

Thugs Mansion, Ghetto Gospel and Changes are posthumous hit singles of which rapper

who died in 1996?

A rapper who died in 1996?

It's not someone like Goldie, is it, or someone...?

Puff Daddy, he's still alive, isn't he?

I need some help!

The only rapper that I can think of the name of is Goldie.

Does that...? No.

-I can take that answer if you want.

-Yeah, I'll go with Goldie.

-OK.

It wasn't Goldie. It was Tupac Shakur. I could have taken Tupac.

Daphne, for the round.

What is the nationality of singer/songwriter kd lang?

Oh...

Canadian?

Yes, she is Canadian, Daphne. After sudden death, well done.

You've beaten the first BizChick.

Rachel, sorry. You can't appear in the final round. Both of you come back and rejoin your teams.

We've lost one challenger, Rachel, from the final round. Eggheads have not lost any.

Next subject is Politics.

Challengers, which one will play

-and which Egghead do you want to play against?

-It has to be Lynne, really.

Luck of the draw with me, but I'll do my best, girls.

Against which Egghead? Who's looking shaky in their little eggcup?

Any of them would be good, I'm sure. Shall we go for the one in the middle? CJ.

-The one in the middle.

-Somebody wants me for something!

It's going to be Lynne against CJ from the Eggheads.

Once again, please take your positions in the Question Room.

OK, three questions on Politics. Multiple choice.

-Lynne, first or second set?

-First set, please.

Which US politician said in 1990, "For NASA, space is still a high priority"?

I'm trying to think how long George Bush has been President.

Not that long.

I've never heard of Jack Kemp.

This is a real shot in the dark, really.

I'm absolutely guessing at Dan Quayle. I've no idea.

-Dan Quayle.

-Your guess has gone down well with Rachel.

-And it's right!

-Oh, my God!

So, CJ, in 2005, 82-year-old Walter Wolfgang was thrown out of which party conference for heckling?

He was heckling Jack Straw. Called him a liar or something. It's Labour.

You're right. Shouted, "Rubbish!" at Jack Straw and was thrown out.

Lynne, your question.

Which country voted against membership of the EEC in 1972

and opted again to stay out of the EU in 1994?

Oh, my goodness.

Well, I don't think it can be Estonia. Eastern Europe has only been coming in much more recently.

Portugal I don't know much about.

Norway has an awful lot of oil and is a very wealthy country.

Total guess again. Total guess. I... Norway.

There's a bit of logic in there. You did well, you got it right.

It is Norway.

CJ, what is the name of the external border security agency of the European Union?

This is interesting.

I've never heard of Grepo or Frontex, but that doesn't mean to say they don't exist.

-Give me the definition once more.

-The external border security agency of the EU.

I don't know if that's the definition of what Interpol do,

but it's the only one I know, so I'll try Interpol.

-Your answer is wrong, CJ. It's Frontex.

-Never heard of them.

There we are. Learn something every day.

Lynne, you can knock out CJ with this.

Who became leader of Veritas following the departure of Robert Kilroy Silk

in July 2005?

I have absolutely no idea. I haven't heard of Veritas since he left, so I don't know.

I've no idea.

Patrick Eston.

-Staggering. You're right.

-Oh! My God!

What about that?

-We work with intuition!

-Completely! Intuition and instinct.

CJ, you can't win the round now. So well done, Lynne.

You took on your Egghead and it's the first triumph for the BizChicks here.

Lynne can play in the final round. Please both of you come back to the studio.

OK, challengers have lost one brain from the final round, as have the Eggheads.

The next subject is Sport. Who wants this?

I'll have to be the sacrificial lamb on sport.

-You'll be great on Sport.

-Who do you want to play?

-Well...

-Should we take Judith?

-Yeah.

Yes, OK. All right, babe.

The BizChick against the EggBabe.

Gill from the BizChicks against Judith from the Eggheads.

Please leave the studio.

Sport, multiple choice. Gill, first or second set of questions?

It worked for Lynne, so I'll go first.

Who captained the England football team for the first time in a friendly against France

in March 2008?

Oh, wow.

Any one of them. There's a big issue about captaincy.

Steven Gerrard, Liverpool. He captains there.

Wayne Rooney doesn't captain Manchester United.

Rio, good West Ham guy,

moved to Manchester, does captain them. I think I'll go with Rio, please.

Yeah, you're right. Well done.

Judith,

which middle distance runner was banned in 1994 for using drugs

and then, when cleared a year later, won bronze in the 800 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games?

I'm sure it wasn't Kelly Holmes.

So it's one of the others.

I think it's Diane Modahl, if that's how she pronounces her name.

It is how she pronounces it and you are right. Well done.

Diane Modahl.

Gill, in which US state does the Indian Wells tennis tournament take place?

It won't be New York, I don't think.

My inclination is to go for... Texas, I think, Jeremy.

-Texas is your answer?

-Yes.

-I'm sorry.

You're wrong. It's California.

Your question, Judith.

To take the advantage here. What was unusual about the 1976 Tyrrell Ford P34 F1 vehicle?

Well, I'd have thought the rules would say you can't have a co-driver.

-What date did you say?

-1976.

-I think in 1976 they went too fast for a wooden body.

I think it's probably six wheels. A kind of bus!

You're right. Six wheels, well done.

Two-one to the Eggheads.

next question for you, Gill. If you don't get this right, you won't join us in the final round.

I don't need to tell you that! The Edmonton Oilers, Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning

are all teams in which sport?

Right. I've been to Tampa a lot

and I know the Tampa Bay Bucs are the football team, so I'm pretty sure it's not them.

A toss up between basketball and ice hockey.

I'm going to go basketball.

That's the wrong answer.

It is ice hockey. Tampa Bay Lightning, Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers.

So that means we've lost you from the final round. Well done, Judith.

Please both come back to the studio.

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

and the Eggheads have lost one.

Now Geography. Who wants this?

-Laura!

-OK.

I've been reading an atlas for a week!

-Good. Against which Egghead?

-Shall we try Chris, ladies?

-Chris?

-Let's go with Chris.

-What's Kevin good at?

-Everything.

-Kevin's good at everything.

But leaving Kevin leaves him in the final round.

-I think Kevin.

-Kevin?

-Yeah.

-Let's take him out now.

-Come on then, Kev.

-Kev! All right.

It's Laura from the BizChicks versus Kev from the Eggheads!

Please go to the Question Room.

Three questions on Geography. Laura, you can choose - first set or second?

First! Get it over and done with.

Here we go.

Which term refers to a ring-shaped reef or chain of islands formed of coral?

Well, I'm going towards atoll. The Maldives are atolls

and they tend to be ring-shaped.

An archipelago is a lot of small islands.

I'm fairly certain it's not a cove. That's an inlet of the sea.

It's between archipelago and atoll.

But Micronesia is an archipelago and it's not ring-shaped, so I think it's an atoll!

Right! Well done, Laura.

Kevin,

the Kroon is the currency of which country?

That is Estonia, Jeremy.

It is indeed Estonia. One point apiece.

Laura, Escalante, Alvord and Jornada del Muerto are deserts on which continent?

It's obviously not Asia. With the Spanish in the names, I'm going towards South America,

but it could be Central America, so it could be a trick question.

But I think the law of probability is South America.

-It's North America.

-Oh, no!

-They're hurting.

Kevin, Nymphenburg Palace,

the Marienplatz and the Englischer Garten are features of which European city?

Well, again, I've actually been to all of them. They're in Munich.

You're quite right. They are.

Eggheads 2, the challengers 1.

-Laura, you need to get this right to threaten Kevin.

-I know.

Sinhalese is one of the official languages of which country?

Well, it's definitely not Yemen.

And I'm sure, actually, that it is derived from the word Ceylon, the previous name for Sri Lanka.

Brilliant. You've got it. Well done.

Two out of three. Still pressing.

Which African country was known as Dahomey until 1975?

That was Benin.

Yes, you're right. Laura, I'm sorry.

-He's one of the great brains.

-I know.

-And he got you.

You can't play in the final round.

Please both come back to the studio.

OK, this is what we've been playing towards - the final round. It's General Knowledge.

Those of you who lost can't take part in it.

SO Rachel, Laura and Gill from the BizChicks

and CJ from the Eggheads, would you please leave the studio?

So this is the final round. Lynne and Emma, you are playing to win £7,000.

Judith, Kevin, Daphne and Chris are playing for something money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

I will ask each team three questions in turn, all on General Knowledge,

and you can obviously confer.

BizChicks, are your two brains better than these four?

So, BizChicks, first or second?

-First?

-First, please.

A torr is a unit of measurement for what?

-I hope you've heard of it.

-Yes.

-A torr is a unit of measurement for what?

-The unit for resistance is ohms.

-Right.

-Length is metres if we're being modern. Pressure...

Well, there's bars.

But...

A torr...?

I'm wondering if there's another word that relates to pressure, but...

I haven't got a clue. I have absolutely no clue at all.

I did a mechanical engineering degree so this is seriously embarrassing!

Torrs... I would go for pressure.

-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Spot on.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Oh, the relief! Your question, Eggs.

Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson all do what on US TV?

-Conan O'Brien is a talk show host.

-Conan O'Brien does that, yeah.

-They're talk show hosts, Jeremy.

-They are indeed. One each.

The streimel is a type of hat worn by male members of which faith?

It's not Christianity, I'm sure.

Em, I am born into the Jewish faith.

It is the very religious orthodox Jews that wear different headgear.

It's not the normal headgear most Jewish men wear.

I'm trying to picture the hat.

I don't even remember seeing people in mosques, the men, wearing hats.

-No.

-We're going to go Judaism.

-You're right.

-Thank God! My mother would never have spoken to me!

Eggheads,

what type of creature is a shubunkin?

-It's a fish.

-It is!

-A goldfish.

-A goldfish, even.

You're right.

You didn't need to say what colour.

BizChicks, the third multiple choice question. Keep the pressure on them.

"It is better to be brief than tedious," is a line from which play?

OK. Here we go.

-I did Macbeth at school.

-Right.

Macbeth was, "Out, damn spot! Out, I say!"

-Hamlet is...

-"What is the question?"

The only one we don't know a really good saying from is Richard III!

-I'm struggling.

-I'm struggling.

I know so little about Richard III that it makes me wonder.

-Shall we?

-Yeah.

-We're going to go on intuition. Richard III.

Richard III is the right answer.

So if the Eggheads get this wrong,

the BizChicks have triumphed. You need to get this right.

The Likes Of Us, in 1965, was the first theatrical collaboration of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

It's a musical based on whose life?

-I think I've heard this.

-Get this wrong and it's curtains.

I think it was done not on the full professional stage.

A sort of festival type thing.

-So we're going with Barnardo?

-Yes.

-Dr Thomas Barnardo.

-Said with real conviction. It is.

So three-all.

Sudden death. And to make it harder, these are not multiple choice.

BizChicks, you need to get this. Which reclusive American poet of the 19th century

is often referred to as the New England mystic?

Which reclusive American poet of the 19th century

is often referred to as the New England mystic?

-Who was the Edgar Allan Poe chap? Was he...?

-If he was American, that's it!

-He did sort of devilish stuff.

-Was he American?

-I don't know. It's the only name that's come.

Perhaps I brought that up too early. Where's the New England bit?

That's that side.

-East coast.

-So... Mystic. And he definitely wrote spooky stuff.

-OK, let's go with it.

-Edgar Allan Poe.

-OK.

-It's actually Emily Dickinson.

-Oh, no! I didn't know she was American!

-She wrote 1,700 poems.

-And what a great job she did, too!

-And she was a woman!

-She was!

That makes it even worse.

Eggheads, get this and you will have swept away the BizChicks. They'll have fallen in your wake.

Which author and philosopher born in 1913 once said, "All I know most surely

"about morality and obligations, I owe to football"?

Which author and philosopher said, "All I know most surely about morality and obligations

"I owe to football"?

Albert Camus?

-Is it?

-I think so. He played in goal.

-Who?

-Albert Camus.

-Is the answer "Alberr Cam-oo"?

-And he was born in 1913.

-Who did he play in goal for?

-Algeria.

-Algeria, I think.

-Yeah.

You're right on every count. It was Albert Camus. You're quite right.

With that answer, you've won.

Commiserations to you. Well done, Eggheads.

Your winning streak continues.

Bo £7,000 for our brilliant BizChicks.

That money rolls over to the next show. Eggheads, congratulations. Who will ever beat you?

Join us next time to see if the new challengers can do it. £8,000 says they don't. Goodbye.

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