0:00:04 > 0:00:08These five people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15Together they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, where five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:31pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35You might recognise them, as they are Goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows -
0:00:35 > 0:00:37they are the Eggheads.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41And taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today are...
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The team all know one another
0:00:45 > 0:00:51through working together as stand-up comedians and entertainers on the UK comedy circuit.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- Let's meet them. - Hi, I'm David. I'm 59, I'm a comedy entertainer.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Andy, 39, and I'm a comedian.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03Hi, I'm Rod, 57 and I'm a comedian.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Hello, I'm Bruce. I'm 59. I'm a comedy entertainer and musician.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Hi, everybody. I'm JP. I'm 52 and I'm also a comedy entertainer.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- David, great to have talent in the studio. - Goliath, David.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Yeah, exactly! You know what happened in that competition.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I very much do, so let's hope history repeats itself.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Bruce, you actually won New Faces in 1975.- I did.
0:01:25 > 0:01:2930, 30 - a few years back!
0:01:29 > 0:01:30THEY LAUGH
0:01:30 > 0:01:35One of those shows they always say was THE forerunner of all the reality stuff we have now.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I think so - except your researcher hadn't heard of it.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Too young. Too young. - They're all 17 - it's shocking.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Good luck, guys. We're rooting for you.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58So Midland Mirth Makers, the Eggheads have won the last three games -
0:01:58 > 0:02:00which means £4,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Are you ready? - ALL: We are ready. Ready to go.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07First head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Film And Television.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09How about that? Up your street?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- ALL: Andy. - Shall I take that one? - Are you going to take it?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- I'll take that one.- Good man. - Bite the bullet, get it over and done with.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20You need to pick an Egghead on Film And Television to go up against.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- Who should I take? - They're all so good.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24We had a list and I've left it.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- We left the list in the dressing room.- That may help.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- It's Film And TV. - Which one should I do?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31This is the easiest question of the night.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Kevin? I'm going...to have a chat... I'm going to do it with Kevin.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40- I'll take Kevin. Why not?- All right.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45So Andy from the Midland Mirth Makers versus Kevin from the Eggheads -
0:02:45 > 0:02:48to ensure there's no conferring, please go to the question room.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- So, Andy, good luck.- Thank you.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I know you're used to the spotlight.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Film And Television is the subject.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58You can choose the first or second set of questions.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I'll go first, Jeremy.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Andy, who directed the movies, Armageddon, The Rock and Transformers?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Now, I believe it was Michael Bay who directed those three films.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21- Oh, no hesitation at all on that - you're right.- Excellent!
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Great play by our comedians.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Fantastic.- You'll be shocked to learn I've actually seen those.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I don't believe you, CJ. On with a question for Kevin.
0:03:28 > 0:03:35Who played the role of the rock singer Aldous Snow, in the 2008 film comedy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41I haven't seen it
0:03:41 > 0:03:45but I believe the pop star character in that is played by Russell Brand.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I'm not certain but I think it's Russell Brand.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51You're right. Never heard of him - what does he do(?)
0:03:51 > 0:03:53THEY CHUCKLE
0:03:53 > 0:03:55One all.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Andy -
0:03:56 > 0:04:01the first series of which American TV show centred around the suicide of Mary Alice Young?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Well, I do know that a certain series started
0:04:09 > 0:04:14with a suicide of a woman and she continues in the show
0:04:14 > 0:04:21as an off-stage narrator and that show was Desperate Housewives.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Lovely job, Andy. You're right.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Fantastic.- Whoa!
0:04:28 > 0:04:35Kevin, who played the role of Carey Mahoney in the first four Police Academy films?
0:04:39 > 0:04:43The only one of those that I know was in the Police Academy films -
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I think I only ever saw the first one - was Steve Guttenberg.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49So I'll have to hope his character was called Carey Mahoney.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- That's your answer?- Yeah. - It's right.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Two all. Tight round - two great players here.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Andy, back to you.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Which former newspaper editor was the only celebrity fired
0:05:00 > 0:05:04from a special charity edition of The Apprentice in 2007
0:05:04 > 0:05:08but went on to win an American version of the show a year later?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Right. Hmm.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Rosie Boycott, I've seen her about.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24I, er, don't imagine it's her sort of thing doing The Apprentice.
0:05:24 > 0:05:30I don't remember that. I'm going to go with Kelvin MacKenzie.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33It may be wrong but... that's what I'm going do.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Sorry, Andy, it is wrong.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- Ah.- It was Piers Morgan.- Ah. - Piers Morgan. Bad luck.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Kevin, for the round.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Which English musician starred in the 1979 film, Quadrophenia?
0:05:48 > 0:05:56I think he played a hotel - what the Americans would call a bellhop -
0:05:56 > 0:06:02who actually moonlighted as the style icon and leader of a gang of mods.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03It was Sting.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06It was Sting, Kevin, well done.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Tight round, and well played by our challenger -
0:06:08 > 0:06:12but sorry, Andy, you won't be joining us in the final round.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Please come back and join your teams.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20So, as it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round - bad luck, Andy.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Eggheads have not lost any brains, so they're in the lead.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Next subject is Science. Which challenger wants Science
0:06:27 > 0:06:29and against which Egghead?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Mmm.- Any good on that? - Science is a pretty broad one.- It is.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Very broad. - You're all looking at me.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37You're all looking at me, aren't you?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- You're on the end! - That's why we're looking at you.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Choosing between comedians is never easy.
0:06:42 > 0:06:49Jeremy, I think it's lamb to the slaughter - it's me - and I'd like to play against Judith.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Ooh! All right.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57JP from the Midland Mirth Makers versus our Judith from the Eggheads.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00To ensure no conferring, take your positions.
0:07:01 > 0:07:07Three multiple choice questions on science, and JP you can choose whether you go first or second.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11I know usually it's ladies first but in this case, I think I'll go first.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15OK, JP, here we go.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21When discussing how the range of the tides is affected by the relative positions of the sun and moon,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24which word has the opposite meaning to "neap"?
0:07:28 > 0:07:34Erm...this is the most awful thing you ever can imagine, isn't it?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The first question - I haven't got the faintest idea.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42Er, I'll go for...spring.
0:07:42 > 0:07:48Somehow your team have managed to send thoughts in your direction,
0:07:48 > 0:07:50because you got it right.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52It was a difficult question
0:07:52 > 0:07:54but most of you here seemed to know the answer to that.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00- Yes.- We also know Derren Brown. We've been on intensive training for two weeks. It's working.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02It worked!
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Well done, one point to you.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Judith, in which part of the human body is the gluteus maximus muscle located?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13I don't think it's neck.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Erm, I think it's buttock.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18I hope.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Buttock is the correct answer.- Yeah.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Question two, JP.
0:08:23 > 0:08:29By what name is the light-sensitive layer which lines much of the inside of the eyeball known?
0:08:33 > 0:08:39Inside...the cornea, I think, is on the outside.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I'll go for...retina.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- Two points, well done.- Yeah! - Retina is right.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- It is channelling.- Yeah!
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Channelling through, it's working. Don't channel to Judith by accident.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Judith, which bird is sometimes referred to as the undertaker bird
0:08:59 > 0:09:02because of its carrion diet and dark upper plumage?
0:09:11 > 0:09:17Well...I'm just trying to think which of them might be a vulture,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19and I don't think a marabou stork is.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I think it's a condor.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- Condor is your answer?- Yeah.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- You've fallen behind because it's wrong.- Oh, no.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- It's marabou stork. - Oh, no, I can't bear it.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I know what they look like, too. They're in Morocco.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36All right.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39If you get this right, JP, you have taken the round.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42What is the most abundant mineral in the human body?
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Ah...I know there's quite a lot of sodium. Um...
0:09:54 > 0:09:57I think it's sodium - I'll go for sodium.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Sodium.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01The problem here was that your team didn't know.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- They couldn't channel anything. It's not sodium, JP.- Ah.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Sorry, it's calcium.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Judith, you have a chance to draw level but if you get this wrong...
0:10:10 > 0:10:12you've gone.
0:10:12 > 0:10:18Which deadly virus named after a city in Germany was first discovered in 1967?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27The one that's standing out is Marburg.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29The Marburg virus, what does that do?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31I don't know...dead - kills you.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Kills you? Slowly?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- Slowly or quickly?- I don't know.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37It's right anyway, well done!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Two points apiece. So after those three questions,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42the scores are level.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47We'll go to sudden death and to make it that bit harder, these questions are not multiple choice.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Here we go, JP.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49- Oh, dear.- Come on, JP!
0:10:50 > 0:10:57Which British born physicist who co-invented the transistor with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain
0:10:57 > 0:11:00won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06No, I have to say, I'm sorry, I have to pass.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Anyone know on your team? - We're just channelling static at the moment.- OK.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14The answer is William Shockley.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- Of course. Of course. - Oh, yeah, old Shockers.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Shockers!
0:11:21 > 0:11:28Judith, which Italian-born American physicist born in 1901 discovered neutron-induced radioactivity
0:11:28 > 0:11:33and directed the first controlled chain reaction involving nuclear fission?
0:11:34 > 0:11:39- Is it Fermi? Fermi?- I do need a first name and a last name.- Enrico.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- What's the first name and the last name?- Enrico Fermi.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- You are right. Well done, Judith. - I don't believe it!
0:11:46 > 0:11:48THEY ALL LAUGH
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Well done, Judith.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52That's a tough question as well.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Well done.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58JP, you were beaten by our Egghead. Commiserations. We won't be seeing you in the final round.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Would you both please come back and rejoin your teams?
0:12:03 > 0:12:08So, the challengers have lost two brains from the final round. The Eggheads haven't lost any.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Our next subject is Geography...Geography.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Which challenger on this and which Egghead?
0:12:13 > 0:12:17We travel all over the UK and abroad and we pick up knowledge of geography,
0:12:17 > 0:12:18so it's a luck of the draw.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- Shall I have a go?- Have a go. - Go on, Bruce.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26- He's been around, has Bruce. - Bruce has been around the longest. - Wait for the video to come out.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31- Who are we going to go with? Geography - they're all so good, it's ridiculous.- CJ.- CJ.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- CJ, please.- CJ, please.- CJ.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Right, so it's Bruce from the Midland Mirth Makers versus CJ from the Eggheads.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Please now take your positions in the question room.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45So I'll ask each of you three questions on geography, in turn.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Multiple choice and, Bruce, you can choose the first or the second set.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Erm, I'll stick with the rest of the guys and go first.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Bruce, your first question.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01In terms of surface area which is the smallest mainland state in Australia?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08I've got to be honest and say, I don't know
0:13:08 > 0:13:11and I'm not picking up any vibes from the other guys in the team.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17Erm...I'm going to have to have a wild stab at Victoria.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- You ever been there on your travels? - Nope.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- But you're right.- Oh!- Well done!
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Wow, thanks!
0:13:27 > 0:13:31CJ, Taunton is the administrative centre of which English county?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Gosh, if only I knew somebody who lived in Somerset!
0:13:37 > 0:13:40If only she was bashing me every single day
0:13:40 > 0:13:42about telling me about her boring little county.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I think it might be Somerset, Jeremy.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50For that, you should get it wrong but it's actually right.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Daphne, can you grit your teeth
0:13:51 > 0:13:52and confirm that?
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- It's right. I'll get him after the show.- You can get him afterwards. - I always do.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Second question now, Bruce.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02The ski resort of Klosters is located in which country?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Could you spell it, please?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11It's K-l-o-s-t-e-r-s. Klosters.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14I don't know what difference that made, actually.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16It just gave me some thinking time. Um...
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Oh. I don't think it's Italy.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23It doesn't sound Italian.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I've got no idea.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Umm...
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Switzerland.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- You're such a good guesser, you're right.- Oh.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Well done!
0:14:37 > 0:14:39In India, CJ, what is the "loo"?
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- Can you spell it, please?- L-o-o.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51Thanks. I'm not aware of any volcanoes in India.
0:14:53 > 0:15:01THE loo sounds a little too specific for something like an oxbow lake.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04So I'll have to go for a wind.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08It is the wind or a wind.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11You're right. The loo wind.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Back to you, Bruce. Keep the pressure on him with this one.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21The Niagara Falls waterfalls lie on the border of New York state and which Canadian province?
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Quebec's...Eastern Canada?
0:15:29 > 0:15:33I'm looking for an answer, but you're not going to tell me.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34I wish I could.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Manitoba, I'm not sure. Oh.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I'll have a...
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I think it's Ontario.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Team, is he right?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- He's right.- We believe he is.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- He's right! Three out of three. - ALL: Yeah!
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- He's right.- Well done, Bruce. - Well done, Bruce.- Yes!
0:15:59 > 0:16:01OK, CJ.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06You're playing the guy who won New Faces in 1975 and he's winning again here.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11The rufiyaa is the official currency of which island group in the Indian Ocean?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18I've never heard of it.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25I don't know, so apologies to the team, except for Daphne.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29So I will go for the one I know nothing about - the Comoros.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30The Comoros.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33I want an apology.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Daphne wants an apology, and you're out.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- It's not looking good, CJ, it's the Maldives.- The Maldives.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40You're wrong on Comoros.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- Well done, Bruce! - TEAM-MATES: Yeah!
0:16:45 > 0:16:50You took on one of our Eggheads and you emerged triumphant. Good news for the challengers...
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Thank you. - ..because you can play Bruce in the final round.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Congratulations. Please both of you come back and join your team-mates.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02So as it stands, the challengers have lost two brains from the final round.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04The Eggheads have lost one brain.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Our last subject is Sport. Feeling good about it, challengers?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Yeah!- I'll take Sport.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12This young, athletic-looking man here is well into sport.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- He does a lot of sporting after-dinner speeches.- OK.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- I think we're going to have Rod.- Yup. - ALL: Yeah.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Rod's the man.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- Don't go yet, tell us who you wanna play.- Who're you gonna go for?
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Daphne or Chris.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Chris. I think I'll take Chris. - Go for Chris.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30It's Rod from the Midland Mirth Makers versus Chris from the Eggheads -
0:17:30 > 0:17:34to ensure there's no conferring, please go to the question room.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38I'll ask you each of you three questions on Sport in turn.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Rod, choose the first or second set of questions.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I'll go with the team - I'll go first.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Good luck to you both.
0:17:46 > 0:17:52Rod, which Spanish driver became the youngest ever Formula One World Champion in 2005?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Erm...
0:18:01 > 0:18:06..motor sport isn't my big...draw...
0:18:06 > 0:18:08HE MOUTHS
0:18:08 > 0:18:11..but I don't think it's Pedro de la Rosa,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14although he's got a Spanish-sounding name.
0:18:14 > 0:18:22Erm...I think he had problems with one of his team men.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23I think it was Fernando Alonso.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- They're very pleased, well done. - Yes!
0:18:27 > 0:18:28One point to you.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Chequered flag for you.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Chris, which boxer was named BBC Sports Personality Of The Year in 1985?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Well, it's bit late for John Conteh.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47And, of the two, I think it's a bit late for McGuigan as well.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I'd say Lennox Lewis.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Interesting, you've swerved away from the correct answer.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- It's Barry McGuigan, Chris.- Is it?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56The Clones Cyclone.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Over to you now, Rod.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04Which swimming stroke comprises the final leg of the Olympic medley relay?
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Well, I do know this, because although I don't look it now,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13I used to be quite a good swimmer and it's freestyle.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- It is freestyle, brilliant!- Wow! - Great answer!
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Every kind of stroke?
0:19:20 > 0:19:27I've competed at most levels with the different strokes, but backstroke was my best stroke.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Your second question, Chris.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33Which fast bowler, nicknamed the Rawalpindi Express, was banned for five years
0:19:33 > 0:19:37from international and domestic matches by the Pakistan Cricket Board in 2008?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Hmm. I don't think it's Waqar Younis.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48He's not been in trouble at all, as far as I can remember.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53I don't think it's Mohammad Asif, either. I think it's Shoaib Akhtar.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55It is Mr Akhtar, you're quite right.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Well done. So you have a point.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59But if you get this, Rod -
0:19:59 > 0:20:03you've taken the round and you're in the final round. Your third question.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05You mustn't let him back in.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Darren Ferguson, the son of the Manchester United manager, Alex,
0:20:09 > 0:20:13became the manager of which English football club in 2007?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Well, I know it's not Plymouth Argyle
0:20:20 > 0:20:23because they pinched my team's manager some time ago.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28I don't think it's Portsmouth. It was definitely Peterborough United.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30He took them to promotion.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Well done. It's Peterborough United. - ALL: Yeah!- You've got it.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Great play!
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Sweeps the board!- Good comeback on the...something's happening here.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43The energy's with you.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Well done, Rod - you took on our Egghead, you emerged triumphant.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Congratulations. Please come back and join your teams.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56So, this is what we've been playing towards. It's time for the final round which is General Knowledge.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:20:59 > 0:21:02won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05So, Andy and JP from the Midland Mirth Makers,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08and CJ and Chris from the Eggheads, would you please leave the studio?
0:21:10 > 0:21:16So, David, Rod and Bruce, you're playing to win the Midland Mirth Makers £4,000.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21Judith, Kevin and Daphne, you're playing for something which money can't buy -
0:21:21 > 0:21:22the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29This time, the questions are all general knowledge. You are allowed to confer.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Midland Mirth Makers, are your three brains better than the Eggheads' three?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36You can choose to have the first or second set of questions.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40What shall we do - go with the flow or shall we mix it up? THEY CONFER
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- You sure?- Yup, go first. - Shall we go third?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Yeah, we'll go first again.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Good luck...
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- to the Midland Mirth Makers. - Thank you.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55In Scandinavian mythology, what is the name of the hall
0:21:55 > 0:22:00in which the souls of those who have died in battle feast with Odin for eternity?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- I'm pretty sure I know it.- It's Valhalla, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07- Is it Valhalla?- Yeah.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Definitely is - Valhalla. Without a shadow of a doubt.- You sure?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12I'd put my house on it.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- My house. - You only live in a caravan.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- What about his house? - Yeah, it's definitely Valhalla.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Valhalla is your answer, it's correct, well done.- Yeah!
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Eggheads -
0:22:22 > 0:22:24what would you do in a refectory?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30You could do the others, but yes, eat.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36Well, you could have a fight or a wash, but normally you would eat.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- It's a dining room.- Dining room? - Yes.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41You'd eat. Exactly. Well done.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44They do get slightly harder.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48What is the only film directed by Alfred Hitchcock that won the Academy Award for Best Picture?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Right, Rebecca was one of his earlier ones.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59It's a Daphne du Maurier film. I'm pretty sure that it was er...
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- I don't think it would be Psycho, would it?- No, it wasn't Psycho.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06I'm pretty sure it was North By Northwest. It's an amazing film.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Are we agreed on that? - I think so, yeah.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12OK, pretty sure, about 95%, it's North By Northwest.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- It's wrong.- Ooh!- Ah.- It's Rebecca.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Rebecca.- I didn't know that.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21OK. Your question,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Eggheads, to take the lead.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Maputo is the capital of which country?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32(Mozambique.)
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It was so funny
0:23:34 > 0:23:37coz we were testing each other on capitals the other day,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40and it's Mozambique.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41You're right.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44So they have the initiative
0:23:44 > 0:23:46and you really need this question.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48If you don't get it, that's the end of the contest.
0:23:48 > 0:23:54Midland Mirth Makers - which secret agent nicknamed the Ace Of Spies
0:23:54 > 0:24:01obtained Persian oil concessions and German naval secrets for Britain prior to his death in 1925?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I seem to recall there's a book or a film - Reilly, Ace Of Spies.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Do you remember that one? Was it a TV thing? That rings a bell to me now.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- I haven't a clue.- It's not Blunt. - Not Blunt. It's a gut instinct.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23I just think Reilly, Ace Of Spies, I'm sure there was a TV production.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- OK.- Shall we go with that?- Yeah.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29OK. Er, we might regret this, but we've got a feeling -
0:24:29 > 0:24:31if my gut instinct and I'm channelling -
0:24:31 > 0:24:33we'll go for Sidney Reilly.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I'm really glad you went with your gut instinct - you're right.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37ALL: Wow.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39He was the Ace Of Spies.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Good play.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Good assertion of a fact you weren't sure of.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- But well done.- It came to me. It came to me.- Well done.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Eggheads, third question. Get it right
0:24:51 > 0:24:56and you've knocked out our wonderful Midland Mirth Makers, and the contest is yours.
0:24:56 > 0:25:02Here it is. What is the name of the play written by Ken Campbell and Neil Oram that,
0:25:02 > 0:25:06at 22 hours typical running time, is considered to be the longest play in the world?
0:25:12 > 0:25:16No, I don't know. I have no idea. I was relying on you.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21No, no, no, sorry - even I wouldn't go and see something for 22 hours.
0:25:21 > 0:25:28- Um, I just don't know.- No.- I'd guess at The Quantum but I don't know.- No.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- OK?- Absolutely. I haven't got a clue.- No.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35The question has just completely floored us,
0:25:35 > 0:25:36because none of us have heard of it
0:25:36 > 0:25:42so we are going to go one in three - The Quantum.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- The Quantum is your answer?- Yes.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- It's a great answer for the other team because it's wrong.- Oh!
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- It's The Warp. - We knew that.- We knew that!
0:25:56 > 0:25:58OK, North By Northwest is forgiven.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00We can quote every passage!
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Three questions each you've had.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05You move now to sudden death - it gets harder.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10Here's your question, and they're egging you on behind.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Challengers, which word,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14now more often used to mean extremely angry,
0:26:14 > 0:26:21refers to skin that has a discoloured bluish appearance caused by a bruise?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Get red in the face... um, extremely angry.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- I'm thinking like fuming? Would that...?- No, it isn't fuming.- No.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Do you know it, but you can't think of it?
0:26:31 > 0:26:36- It's the name of the actual... the wound, the bruise.- Extremely angry.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Extremely angry. Think of some words.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43That's not poly, which is many things...is that the skin?
0:26:43 > 0:26:48I'm just trying to go quiet and just think on it. It's the angry bit.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- It's the angry bit. Er...- I can only think of fuming, as a word.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- Distressed...- I'll ask it again and then we need an answer.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01- OK.- Yup.- Which word, now more often used to mean extremely angry,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05refers to skin that has a discoloured bluish appearance caused by a bruise?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Skin is like dermis. - He wants an answer.- Yeah, OK.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Fuming. That's the only word I can think of.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- Unless you can think of a better one. Fuming.- It's a total guess.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18We don't really know. So we're gonna go with Bruce and hope we're not going to be fuming after this answer.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20We're going to go fuming.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22I fear you are going to be fuming.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25The answer you gave is wrong - the correct word is livid.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30- Ohh.- Livid.- Oh. Oh.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34- We're not livid. - Sorry.- You're the only one that come up with an answer.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Eggheads -
0:27:36 > 0:27:41in which building did Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry in 1981?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- St Paul's Cathedral.- St Paul's.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- If you get this, you've won the contest. - DAPHNE CHUCKLES
0:27:46 > 0:27:48St Paul's Cathedral.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- It's frightening when you're certain, Daphne.- Yes.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Because I see it immediately. You're right.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57It was St Paul's Cathedral. Sorry.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Congratulations, Eggheads.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00You've won.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09And well done, challengers - great quiz, great team to have in.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- Thank you.- We loved it. - Thanks for coming.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and still reign supreme over quiz land.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20I'm afraid you're not leaving with £4,000. I don't need to remind you.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23It does mean the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29That look of certainty on Daphne's face, it's so terrifying.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30Who will beat you?!
0:28:30 > 0:28:35Join us next time to see if the new challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37£5,000 says they don't.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Till then, goodbye.
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