0:00:04 > 0:00:08These five people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably, the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:27 > 0:00:30pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35You might recognise them, as they are Goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40They are the Eggheads. And taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths today
0:00:40 > 0:00:42are the Wise Monkeys, from Northern Ireland.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47The team have been friends since their schooldays and, as they are all keen quizzers,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51team captain Jim decided they should take on the Eggheads. Let's meet them.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Jim, I'm 46 and I'm a retired printer.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Stephen, I'm 46 and I'm a fire-fighter.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm Mervyn, I'm 46, and I'm an education welfare officer.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Hello, I'm Alan, I'm 47 and I work for Revenue and Customs.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Hello, I'm Alistair, 48, and I'm a rug tourist.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18- So, Jim, quizzing brought you all together?- Well, we were schoolmates,
0:01:18 > 0:01:23but we go to quizzes all around the county,
0:01:23 > 0:01:29and it's sort of been the glue that's bound us together.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Does an all-male team have any weaknesses, do you think?
0:01:32 > 0:01:36No, we're strong in everything!
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Well, good luck. Hope it goes really well for you guys.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45- Thanks very much.- Every day, there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53So, Wise Monkeys, the Eggheads have won the last five games,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57which means £6,000 says you can't beat them.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of History.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Challengers, which one of you wants to play History,
0:02:03 > 0:02:04and against which Egghead?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Looks like Alan's gonna take the poisoned chalice, so...
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Alan, our customs official?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Any Egghead in mind?
0:02:12 > 0:02:18- Do you have any thoughts right away? - I... I think I'll play Kevin.
0:02:18 > 0:02:24- Kevin.- OK.- Very brave!- So it's Alan, from the Wise Monkeys, versus Kevin, from the Eggheads.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Please take your positions in the question room.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- Alan, you have the choice to go first or second.- I'll go first.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39What name was given, Alan, to the group of the outlaws
0:02:39 > 0:02:44organised by Butch Cassidy at Brown's Hole in August, 1896?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Yeah, well... Let me have a little ponder on that one for a minute.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58The Mad Bunch... Seems a bit 20th century, Mad Bunch.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00The last century, I think, they might have used
0:03:00 > 0:03:05the term the Wild Bunch. I'll go for the Wild Bunch.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Wild Bunch is right. Well done.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Kevin, patented in 1733 by the Englishman John Kay,
0:03:14 > 0:03:19the flying shuttle was a component of which larger piece of equipment?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24It was one of the early inventions
0:03:24 > 0:03:27that drove the Industrial Revolution along.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31It was used in textile mills, so the answer is loom.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Spot on. The answer is loom. Well done, Kevin. one-all.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Back to our Wise Monkeys.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40By what soubriquet was Suleiman, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
0:03:40 > 0:03:44from 1520 to 1566, commonly known?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52I don't think Suleiman was unready. He may have been a lionheart,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55but I believe he was known as the Magnificent.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- That's your answer?- Yes, it is. - You're right, well done.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02The pressure is on Kevin.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Kevin, the Four Freedoms outlined to Congress by Franklin Roosevelt
0:04:07 > 0:04:11in his 1941 State Of The Union address were...
0:04:11 > 0:04:13freedom of speech and expression,
0:04:13 > 0:04:18freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from what else?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25It was freedom from fear, Jeremy.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Correct. Two points each. Here's your next question.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33Alan, the Hudson's Bay Company was founded in the 17th century,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35primarily to trade in which commodity?
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Well, I don't believe they have a lot of spices around Hudson Bay.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47They may have some gold up there, but I believe it was furs.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Furs, I'll go for furs.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53And furs is correct. Three out of three.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Kevin, if you get this wrong,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58not only are you out of the contest, but this will be the first time
0:04:58 > 0:05:01in 20 History rounds that you've fallen short.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06The first British naval ship to bear the name Ark Royal was purchased by which monarch?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Ah, now... You may have me, because I don't know this.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Should do.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I don't know it, so I'm going to...
0:05:22 > 0:05:24..go for Elizabeth I.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26A guess from Kevin.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29We should put a plaque up in the studio for that!
0:05:29 > 0:05:31You're right, well done, Elizabeth I.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Oh!- You came...
0:05:33 > 0:05:38so close! We now go to Sudden Death after our multiple-choice questions,
0:05:38 > 0:05:42and to make it that much harder, I'm not going to give you options. You have to give me the answer.
0:05:42 > 0:05:48So, Alan, which figure from World War One famously said, "Patriotism is not enough?"
0:05:48 > 0:05:52"Patriotism is not enough." A leading figure perhaps.
0:05:54 > 0:06:01I'm reckoning it's got to be a national leader, or perhaps an army leader, perhaps one of the generals.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05I'll go for Lord Kitchener.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- That's your answer?- It is.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10It's wrong, I'm afraid, Alan. Kevin, do you know the answer?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- It's Edith Cavell. - Yeah, Edith Cavell is the answer.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16So, Kevin, if you get this question right,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18then you've won the head-to-head.
0:06:18 > 0:06:25Who was President of America's International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1957 to 1971?
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Yes, and mysteriously disappeared later on. Jimmy Hoffa.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Kevin, you've got the right answer, well done. That means you take the round.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Alan, you were beaten by our Egghead,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39so we won't be seeing you in the final round, I'm afraid.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Both of you, please come back and rejoin your teams.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46As it stands, the challengers have lost one Brain from the final round,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50while the Eggheads have lost no Brains. Our next subject is Arts and Books.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Which of you wants this, and against
0:06:53 > 0:06:54which Egghead?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57What do we think, guys?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Arts and Books.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Alistair?- Count me out!
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I'll have a go. Yeah.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Mervyn. OK, Mervyn, education welfare officer.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Which Egghead, Mervyn?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11CJ.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15OK, it's Mervyn from the Wise Monkeys against CJ from the Eggheads.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Please take your positions in the question room.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Mervyn, good luck. Three questions, multiple-choice. Arts and Books,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26you get to choose the first or second set.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I'll choose to go first.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35Here we go, Mervyn. Which term refers to both a crayon made from pounded pigments
0:07:35 > 0:07:40bound with resin or gum, and a soft, delicate shade of a colour?
0:07:45 > 0:07:48It's... Having done A-level art at school,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I should know this, so I'll be very embarrassed if I've got this wrong,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55but I would say it's the middle one, pastel.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Pastel is your answer? - Yes, it is.- Quite right, well done.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01CJ,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04where in a book is the appendix usually found?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Usually at the bit I look up first, the end.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17That's correct. Well done, CJ. Mervyn,
0:08:17 > 0:08:22here's your next question. Benefits Supervisor Sleeping,
0:08:22 > 0:08:27which went to auction in May 2008, is a 1995 painting by which artist?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39It's a very difficult one. Erm...
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Really, I don't know much about Lucian Freud.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45I know nothing about Frank Auerbach.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46It's kind of a German name.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51Because the title's actually in English, I'm just wondering,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54should I pick the one that's in English?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Now, David Hockney, I've seen some of his...
0:08:56 > 0:08:59his paintings I've been more familiar with and,
0:08:59 > 0:09:03even though I've never heard of the painting, I'll pick David Hockney.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07David Hockney is the wrong answer, I'm afraid.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08It's Lucian Freud.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Did you know that one?- A large lady,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- and her name was Sue Tilley. - Sue Tilley?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- Yeah.- And she's around and she's commented on it and everything?- Yes.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- And she's become the subject of the most incredibly expensive painting. - Yeah.- Bad luck there, Mervyn.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24CJ, your next question.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27In the books by Enid Blyton, which female member of The Famous Five
0:09:27 > 0:09:30prefers a masculine version of her name?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34It's not Timmy then?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Which is the only member of The Famous Five I know!
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Oh, dear.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- It's George.- Wow!
0:09:45 > 0:09:48You suddenly said that in a booming voice.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51You want conviction, and I can see what sort of female name
0:09:51 > 0:09:54that would come from, but I can probably work out less likely ones
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- for the others, but it's definitely George.- Is he right, Eggheads?
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- Yeah.- He is right! CJ, well done. You take the lead, and that means,
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Mervyn, you need this question.
0:10:02 > 0:10:09Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel cycle, A Dance To the Music of Time, is named after a painting by whom?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Um...
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I'm not familiar at all
0:10:22 > 0:10:26with this part of art, and it would really just be a guess,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29and I'm just guessing Anthony Van Dyck.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- That's your answer?- Yes, it is.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34I'm sorry, that's wrong, Mervyn.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36It's Nicolas Poussin.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40So, no way back, and therefore, CJ, well done. You have won the round.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Please, both of you, come back and rejoin your team-mates.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51As it stands, the challengers have lost two Brains from the final round. The Eggheads have lost none.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53The next subject is Sport.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Who, from the challengers, wants Sport?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Go for it.... - OK, I'll go for it, Jeremy.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02OK, Jim, on Sport. And which Egghead would you like to take on?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04We'll go for Judith, Jeremy.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Judith on Sport.
0:11:06 > 0:11:12You had... That impassive expression, which was saying,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14"I'm not actually here," didn't work!
0:11:14 > 0:11:18So, it's Jim from the Wise Monkeys against Judith from the Eggheads,
0:11:18 > 0:11:22and to make sure there's no conferring, please now leave the studio.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- Jim, tell me if you'd like the first or the second set of questions. - I'll have the first, please.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31And good luck to you,
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Wise Monkeys. Here we go. The US Open golf tournament is traditionally held
0:11:36 > 0:11:40on the weekend that ends on the third Sunday in which month?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Third Sunday...
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Um... I don't think it's February.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54June, no.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I think it might be October.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00I'll go for October.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- So it's your answer?- Yes.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08I'm sorry, June is the right answer, Jim. June is the answer.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10OK, Judith.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15The name of Haydock Park is most closely associated with which sport?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22That is racing.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Yes, you're right. Horseracing is the answer.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Well done, Judith. Jim,
0:12:27 > 0:12:33your question. In the Olympic triathlon event, over what distance do competitors run?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Um...
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Let's see. I don't think it's 40.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I think it might be 25km.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59It's not. It's 10, it's 10 kilometres.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Not 25. Judith, back to you.
0:13:02 > 0:13:08The elusive Triple Crown of Cycling consists of the World Road Race championship,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11the Tour de France and which other event?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I don't think it's the Deutschland Tour.
0:13:24 > 0:13:30I'm torn between the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34My inner voice, my inner cycling voice
0:13:34 > 0:13:38is saying Vuelta a Espana.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40- Is that your answer?- Yeah.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42You're wrong, it's the Giro d'Italia.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47Jim, you live to fight another day here.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Well done, back to you. By what name is the Brazilian footballer
0:13:51 > 0:13:57Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite better known?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59The last name there is L-E-I-T-E.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Kaka. I'll go for Kaka.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Kaka is your answer?- Yeah.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Right answer, Jim, well done.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17One point each. Judith, get this right and you'll take the round.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22The quotation, "If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same,"
0:14:22 > 0:14:28taken from Rudyard Kipling's If, is inscribed above the players' entrance at which sporting arena?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36It's the sort of Edwardian thing
0:14:36 > 0:14:42that might be above, at Lord's, but actually, that's a new stand.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45There's a new stand at Lord's, isn't there? On the other hand,
0:14:45 > 0:14:50cricket is a very sort of old-fashioned game, isn't it?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52I think...
0:14:52 > 0:14:55I think it might be Lords, actually.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I think it sort of goes with cricket
0:14:58 > 0:15:02and those sort of rather high-flown sentiments.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Lord's is wrong, Judith. It's Wimbledon.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Oh, it's Wimbledon.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10So, after three questions each, the scores are level.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16- We move off multiple choice. We go to Sudden Death now. Are you ready, Jim?- Certainly, yeah.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Which nation won gold in the Olympic women's softball competition
0:15:20 > 0:15:24at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Games?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Um, softball.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31United States of America?
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Is that your answer?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34That is.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36It's right.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40This is tight.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Judith, in which martial art do competitors wear a traditional jacket,
0:15:44 > 0:15:51long divided skirt, chest protector, waist protector, mask and padded gloves?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54The most dangerous one, by the sound of it.
0:15:55 > 0:16:01- Bushido, or however you pronounce it.- Bushido?
0:16:01 > 0:16:06- Yes.- Is that your answer, Bushido?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Mmm.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- No.- No?- It's kendo.- Kendo. - I haven't heard of bushido.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14It's the samurai code.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15It's the samurai code.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20- The code for samurai.- Rather than the sport.- Judith, bad luck. You've been knocked out.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25Well done, Jim. You took on one of our Eggheads, emerged triumphant.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Great news for your team. You'll be able to join them in the final round.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33Congratulations. Please, both of you come back to the studio.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35So, as it stands, the challengers have lost
0:16:35 > 0:16:39two Brains from the final round whilst the Eggheads have lost one.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Our last subject is Film & Television.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Which of the challengers wants Film & Television?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- You have a go, Stephen. - I'll go for it, Jeremy.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Stephen, OK. All right.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I'll pick Chris.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57So, Steve from the Wise Monkeys, versus Chris from the Eggheads. Please take your positions.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Good luck in this round. Three questions on Film & Television multiple-choice.
0:17:03 > 0:17:08- Would you want to go with the first or second set, Stephen? - I'll go first, please.
0:17:11 > 0:17:18Let It Be, released in 1970, is a documentary filmed during the slow break-up of which group?
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Well, it's fairly obvious, it has to be The Beatles.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27I'll just go for The Beatles.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30It has to be and it is. Well done!
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Chris, here's your first question.
0:17:32 > 0:17:38Which US TV series was based around Southfork, the home of the central family?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Southfork, that's the Ewing ranch in Dallas.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Quite right, it's Dallas.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Stephen...
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Tiffany Case, played by Jill St John, is a character in which James Bond film?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04It's definitely not Goldfinger.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07That was the second one released. She wasn't in it.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12Diamonds Are Forever. That was a moon buggy in the desert.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15I seem to remember Jill St John being there.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Very scantily clad from what I can remember.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19So, I'm going to say Diamonds Are Forever.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Good memory. I don't know if there was anything in that scene that helped you remember!
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Diamonds Are Forever is correct, Stephen.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Chris, over to you.
0:18:32 > 0:18:39Who played the title character in the 2008 television drama, Frankie Howerd, Rather You Than Me?
0:18:44 > 0:18:49And a very good job of it he did as well. It was David Walliams.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50That's the correct answer.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54What was the great Frankie Howerd line?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Titter ye not.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Yeah. Third question to you.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Put the pressure on with this one, Stephen.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06Jude Law dropped out of school to appear in which now defunct daytime soap?
0:19:11 > 0:19:17Right, um, I'm not really a watcher of daytime soaps. That doesn't help.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I'll hazard a guess.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Not even an educated guess.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28A stab in the dark. I'll go for...Albion Market.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31It's the wrong answer, Stephen. It's Families.
0:19:31 > 0:19:38Families! Chris, what can you do for the Eggheads family?
0:19:38 > 0:19:45Who presented the statuette at the first ever Academy Awards ceremony in May 1929?
0:19:49 > 0:19:54I don't think it would have been Mack Sennett, he was on the production side.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57He wasn't a celebrity as such.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were married to each other at the time.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07So, given we're still talking about a patriarchal society and they'd rather have a gentleman than a
0:20:07 > 0:20:13lady presenting the statuette, I'd say it was Douglas Fairbanks Senior.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I love your logic. You're absolutely spot-on, Chris.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18That's why you're an Egghead. Well done! You won that round.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Bad luck, Stephen. Taken out of the final round, I'm afraid.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Please, both of you, come back and rejoin your teams.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27So, this is what we've been playing towards.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29It is time for our final round.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31As always, it's General Knowledge.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed to take part.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40So, Stephen, Mervyn and Alan, from the Wise Monkeys
0:20:40 > 0:20:43and Judith from the Eggheads, please now leave the studio.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Jim and Alistair, you're playing to win the Wise Monkeys £6,000.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Kevin, CJ, Daphne and Chris, you are playing for something that
0:20:53 > 0:20:58money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation, that precious thing.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05This time, the questions are all General Knowledge. You are allowed to confer.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Wise Monkeys, the question is, are your two Brains better than the Eggheads' four?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Jim and Alistair, you can choose.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Would you like to go first or second set of questions?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I think we'll go first.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18We'll go first.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Your first question.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28Traditionally, from where did a costermonger sell his wares?
0:21:34 > 0:21:39Traditionally, Wise Monkeys, from where did a costermonger sell his wares?
0:21:39 > 0:21:44The spelling of that - C-O-S-T-E-R-M-O-N-G-E-R.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Jim, I don't think it's possibly a warehouse. Like fishmonger, etc.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- Pub.- I don't think it's...
0:21:52 > 0:21:54I think it's barrow.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58That would be my less than educated guess.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02I think we concur. Barrow.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04I think that sounds good. We'll stick with that.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06We'll go with barrow.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11Great answer, you're right. Well done, guys. One point to you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14First question to the Eggheads. In Greek mythology,
0:22:14 > 0:22:19what creatures did the three Gorgons have in place of hair?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27They had snakes, Jeremy.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30That's your answer? It's the right answer, Eggheads.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33They did. Here's your second question, Wise Monkeys.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38What was the ninth month of the Roman republican calendar?
0:22:41 > 0:22:48Something about the Ides of March - was that the start of the year?
0:22:48 > 0:22:52April, May, June, July, August, September, October.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- November.- November.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59We'll go for November, Jeremy.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00November.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03We've thought about it logically.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07We were following the logic and the logic was good logic. You're right.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09You are right.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11OK, Eggheads, they're pressing you.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Here's your next question.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17The American naval engineer, Richard T James, accidentally invented
0:23:17 > 0:23:24which multi-million selling toy while working on power meters for battleships during 1943?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33You can't accidentally invent Scalextric.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35You can't accidentally invent Scalextric.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37I would think Play-Doh is the wrong thing.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41You would think, logically.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Well, we are going to go for Slinky.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52You know the one with the coils. It sounds...
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Goes down the stairs and all that.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57You're right, Slinky is right.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Wise Monkeys, most often seen on tombstones,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07what is the English translation of the Latin phrase, hic jacet?
0:24:12 > 0:24:18Most often seen on tombstones, what is the English translation of the Latin phrase, hic jacet?
0:24:18 > 0:24:22That's spelt H-I-C J-A-C-E-T.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I'm trying to think, I did Latin for a couple of years at school.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Hic.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32- Can you separate them? - I think hic is possibly here.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36- If I were going to make an educated guess...- Here lies, no?
0:24:36 > 0:24:41My Latin was mensa, mensa, mensa, I'm afraid. I got a bit lost after that.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44I'd go here lies.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Here lies.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49- Do you think so?- No.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- No!- Yes, we'll stick with that.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Here lies, here lies.- Is right!
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Three out of three.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Eggheads, if you get this wrong, we're going to be sending
0:25:01 > 0:25:03the Wise Monkeys back to Northern Ireland with £6,000.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06If you get this wrong, Eggheads. Here we go.
0:25:06 > 0:25:13The word aquiline, often used to describe a Roman nose, refers specifically to which bird?
0:25:16 > 0:25:20That would be eagle, Jeremy.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Eagle is right. Eagle is right. After three questions each, the scores are level.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29We go to Sudden Death now. Wise Monkeys, you're playing well.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Nigel Molesworth, created by the writer, Geoffrey Willans,
0:25:33 > 0:25:40and drawn by the cartoonist, Ronald Searle, is a pupil at which fictional prep school?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42St Custard's.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44St Custard's.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Good stuff! St Custard's it is, Well done!- Well done, Jim.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- I didn't know that at all.- Thank you.
0:25:50 > 0:25:57Eggheads, if you get this wrong, you've lost and our challengers have gone away with the money.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02What is the name of the French literary award with a prize value of just ten euros,
0:26:02 > 0:26:09given each December since 1903 to the author of the best and most imaginative prose work of the year?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I don't know of any others. Is it only ten euros?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17It is a nominal sum.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Prix Goncourt.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Prix Goncourt is the correct answer.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29Next question for you, Wise Monkeys. Which novel by Iain Banks was made into a 1996 television series,
0:26:29 > 0:26:34starring Peter Capaldi, Dougray Scott and Joseph McFadden?
0:26:36 > 0:26:43What nationality do you think those actors are?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I have absolutely no idea, Jim.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49I think it's about a fly or something.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51A book about a fly!
0:26:52 > 0:26:55I could be wrong.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Give me an idea to think.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59I think it's science fiction/horror,
0:26:59 > 0:27:04- I think.- 1996.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- I don't know, Jim.- We don't know.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11We'll pass on that.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13OK.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18The novel, which was made into the TV series, is called the Crow Road.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25You were mentioning fly. Is there an Iain Banks story with "fly" in the title?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- There's The Wasp Factory.- The Wasp Factory.- That's what I was thinking.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34If the answer had been that, I would have felt for you. I could feel you getting closer.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37I was trying to think logically.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Eggheads, if you get this right, you've won the contest.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Which radio show started in 1941 to boost wartime morale
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and was broadcast from factory canteens and shop floors?
0:27:50 > 0:27:54It was still going when I was a kid. Workers' Playtime.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59- Workers' Playtime.- Workers' Playtime is the correct answer.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02So, the Eggheads have won.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- Commiserations, you've really played a great game.- We came, we lost.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- It's been great to have you.- Thank you for having us.- We've enjoyed it.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Commiserations. The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Their winning streak continues.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Wise Monkeys, you won't be going home with the £6,000.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25That money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:27 > 0:28:33Who will beat you? Join us next time to see if the new challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37£7,000 says they don't. Till then, goodbye.
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