Episode 119 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.

Taking on our awesome quiz champions today

are the London Didgeridoo Club.

The team are all talented didgeridoo players.

They share a passion for Aboriginal art and culture. So let's meet them.

I'm Colin, 45 years old, company director.

I'm Tony, 41, I'm a data handling specialist.

I'm Andy, I'm 34 and I'm a builder.

I'm Steve, I'm 32 and I'm a scenic carpenter.

I'm Andrew, I'm 62 and I'm a retired teacher.

Colin, how did the club start?

The club started from my passion about didgeridoos.

I gathered more and more of them and thought it would be a good idea

to have a club in London, where we can meet up with like-minded enthusiasts.

So on the third Thursday of every month, the London Didgeridoo Club meets in a basement

in West Ham Lane in Stratford E15.

Great. I'm feeling it's a shame nobody brought one,

-cos we want to hear it.

-Ah, Steve!

Just for you, Jeremy.

OK, fire away.

PLAYS DIDGERIDOO

-That is fantastic!

-Thank you very much.

When there's five of you, that must be quite a sound playing together.

It doesn't sound good all at the same time!

-It sounds better if we play individually.

-Brilliant.

There is something about this team, Eggheads. I have got a feeling here!

OK. To the game.

Every day, there's £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.

However, if they fail to beat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, London Didgeridoo Club, the Eggheads have won the last six games,

which means £7,000 says you can't beat them. Good luck.

First head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Food and Drink.

Which one of you wants this, and who do you want to play against?

Andrew? Andrew.

-Andy.

-Come on, Andy.

Andy, our retired teacher, against which one?

CJ?

CJ on Food and Drink.

Kevin looking inscrutable there.

He's looking worried.

It's Andy from the London Didgeridoo Club against CJ,

and to ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions

in the Question Room.

Three multiple choice questions in turn. Food and Drink the subject.

Andrew, first or second set?

I would like to go first please, Jeremy.

Andrew what type of sweet is the traditional British humbug?

A mint. I think it is probably a lot harder than the sherbet,

certainly harder than the jelly and fits into the mint category.

Mint is right, well done.

CJ, which seafood should ideally be debearded before being cooked?

You're asking the wrong person for this, aren't you?

-Because you haven't eaten seafood?

-Yes.

-Of course, you're a vegetarian.

-Yes.

-You are not the sort of vegetarian

who eats fish and chicken?

No, they are pescetarians.

I'm wondering if it's the bit that needs to be taken out of a mussel.

There is something that comes out of the side, isn't there? But...

This is going to be little more than a guess.

I will try mussels.

Heavy weather. But you are right. Mussels.

Andrew, what type of spice is pimento, used in most types of chorizo sausages?

Um... I find hot, spicy things very difficult to cope with.

Saffron is not particularly hot and spicy.

Ginger is warm, but it's tolerable.

I think paprika is a pepper, it is a paprika.

Yes, you're right, it's paprika used in chorizo sausages. Well done.

Pressure on CJ now.

Which type of coffee is most often served ristretto for a fuller, more intense flavour?

I had one earlier, an espresso.

You're right. Espresso is correct.

Two points each.

You get this, you put the pressure on CJ, Andrew.

Food that has been soused has been prepared in which way?

I have a particular like for things that have got a bit of edge to them.

Smoked things have to be hung in a warm atmosphere,

usually with some sort of vapour passing around them.

Fried involves some sort of fat or oil cooking.

Pickling uses a variety of vinegar, pickles and spices,

so it has to be pickled.

Absolutely word perfect. Well done. Pickled is correct.

Which variety of artichoke is related to the sunflower?

Now you are asking me to visualise what they look like,

bearing in mind I can't stand vegetables, aren't you?

You don't eat vegetables, either?

I eat them, but I can't stand them. The same with fruit.

-You don't eat meat, fish or vegetables?

-Mm-hm.

Oh, dear.

I don't know this. So it is probably me gone.

As I know nothing about any of these.

I will go for the Globe artichoke.

-Daphne's hands have slapped the table.

-Good.

You were incorrect, the answer is Jerusalem.

So well done, Andrew, first blood to our Didgeridoos. Nice one.

If it goes on like this, we will have a celebration musical moment.

You took on one of the Eggheads and emerged triumphant.

Andrew, good news for the challengers. You will be able to play in today's final round.

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

The Eggheads have lost one Brain from the final round.

The challengers have lost no Brains. Our next subject is Music.

Which of you wants to take this?

There's got to be a didgeridoo in there.

-Music?

-Steve!

Good, Steve, who played for us earlier. Who is looking non-musical?

-Daphne.

-Can't have CJ, obviously. Daphne. OK.

No, I'm completely tone deaf!

Steve, from the London Didgeridoo Club, versus Daphne, from the Eggheads.

To ensure there is no conferring, please take your positions.

Three questions on Music in turn.

Multiple choice. Steve, you can choose the first or second set.

I will go first, please.

OK. Here we go. Good luck, you Didgeridoos.

The 1984 film Purple Rain starred and featured music by which singer?

It's actually one of my favourite tracks.

I know it's not Michael Jackson or Madonna.

I'm going to go crazy with Prince, please.

Prince is the answer.

Daphne, Gene Simmons is a founder member of which US rock band known for wearing black and white make-up?

Prepare to be amazed. Kiss!

No, we are not surprised. You know your stuff. You can't hide it.

Well done, Kiss is correct.

Steve, what type of musical instrument is the Indian tabla?

I know it's definitely not wind, as it's tapped.

Definitely not strings, because it is tapped and it is a set of drums.

Percussion, or string, or wind?

Percussion.

Spot on. Great answer, you are going great guns, you Didgeridoos.

Daphne, your question.

Simian Records is the name of a music label founded by which Lord Of The Rings actor?

I don't know. Erm...

I'm trying to work it out logically.

I mean, Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom are quite young.

So, I'm hoping

Sean Bean would have had the money to start a...

So I'll go for Sean Bean.

Wrong?

-Wrong.

-Wrong!

-Elijah Wood is the answer.

-Is it?

-Yeah. He founded Simian Records.

-Never knew it. Oh!

So, Steve... Don't worry. You will never get it wrong again.

No.

Steve, get this right, you have knocked Daphne out. Your team is doing well.

Which singer did Orson Welles once call, "The most exciting woman in the world?"

Eartha Kitt had a very low voice.

I'm going to guess here.

Marlene Dietrich is probably somebody I could ask my nan about.

I want to say Shirley Bassey.

Shirley Bassey is wrong.

It was Eartha Kitt.

The voice must have done something for him.

So you are back in, Daphne.

Which Scandinavian country opened its first opera house in 2008?

Sorry, it passed me by.

Well, I would have thought Sweden had an opera house,

because there is a few Swedish opera singers.

I mean, Norway, you have got Kirsten Flagstad.

Denmark.

Oh, it is going to have to be a total guess, Jeremy.

Norway?

-Is right.

-Oh! Oh, gosh.

Amazing ability with guesses.

We see this day in, day out.

After three questions each, the scores are level.

We will now go on to Sudden Death, and just to make it harder,

these questions are not multiple choice. It is with you now, Steve.

"Do not forsake me, oh, my darling," are the song lyrics that open which well-known 1952 western?

Is it Gone With The Wind, Jeremy?

-Is that your answer?

-Yes. Gone With The Wind.

No, it's High Noon.

Daphne, here is your question.

Which country music legend was arrested in 1965 for allegedly illegally picking flowers?

You're not going to believe this. I asked Kevin about it.

I had read and I thought, no, it can't be true.

So I will confirm it with Kevin.

It's Johnny Cash.

Why were you reading about that? It is Johnny Cash.

I have got a list of questions and answers.

And I have just read them, this question again,

"Whose first jail term was for picking flowers?"

And I couldn't believe the answer.

That is amazing!

-Maybe there is only a finite number of questions in the world or something.

-Yes.

He supposedly trespassed on private property, that was the reason.

Daphne, well done. You pulled it back. You were on the edge there for a while.

Steve, you were beaten in the end by our Egghead, but you played strongly.

As a result, you can't help your team in the final round.

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

So, as it stands, the Eggheads and the challengers have lost one Brain each from the final round.

The next subject is Science. Which of you

wants this one?

Not Steve, not Andrew.

-OK. I will have a go.

-Colin. Which Egghead?

-Judith.

-Judith, on Science.

Colin, from the Didgeridoos, Judith from the Eggheads,

please make your way to the Question Room.

Three questions on Science in turn.

Multiple choice, of course.

-You are against Judith. Would you like the first or second set of questions?

-Second, please.

Somebody's gone for the second set of questions.

That has not happened for so long.

-Judith, are you ready?

-I am ready.

What name is given to wood that has been fossilised by the invasion of minerals?

Well, I... It is turned to stone.

I think it must be petrified.

I am just a bit worried by mortified.

I am mortified.

Petrified.

Are you just a little bit petrified?

I am. I am about to be mortified, I think.

No, you are not mortified. Petrified is quite right. Well done.

OK, our Didgeridoo.

What is the low-level radiation present in the atmosphere and on the surface of the Earth called?

I have never heard of circumstantial radiation or wallflower radiation.

But I remember seeing some science programme

and it is background radiation. I'm pretty sure about that.

Quite right. One point each, well done.

Judith, what geological term is given to a sheet-like vertical intrusion of igneous rock

cutting across the strata of older rocks?

I had a feeling that moraine was kind of pebbly,

or loose, not a sheet.

And a dyke? I mean...

I don't know. Because I don't really know, I am going to say clint.

-Dyke is right, clint is wrong.

-Oh, no.

Sorry, Judith. So, a good chance for you, Colin.

What part of the human ear has a distinctive spiral shape?

Right, I am going to be guessing here.

It doesn't sound familiar, the hammer and the anvil.

I will go for the cochlea.

Cochlea is correct.

Lucky guess.

It was more than a guess, wasn't it?

You had a bit of knowledge in there.

Well done. You're ahead.

Judith, you need this question to have a chance of staying in.

What is the world's largest nocturnal primate?

I have no idea.

An owl monkey?

Some monkeys do look like owls, don't they?

Primate.

I just don't know.

Um...

It is the third question, so I can't believe it would be obvious.

The third question is always traditionally harder.

I can't believe it would be an owl monkey.

I am going to say a tarsier.

Mostly, because I don't know what it is.

That is a very good reason for choosing it,

-but you're wrong. It's not tarsier. It's aye-aye.

-It's aye-aye.

You have been knocked out.

-Again.

-Well done, Colin. You took on one of the Eggheads and emerged triumphant.

Great news for our challengers, who are playing really well.

It means you are able to play in the final round.

Congratulations. Please, both, come back and rejoin your teams.

As it stands, the Challengers have lost one Brain from the final round,

while the Eggheads have lost two Brains. The last subject is Sport.

-Andy, Sport?

-Who would like Sport?

Who is the sportsman?

-That would be me.

-OK, Andy, a builder from Essex.

Who do you want to take on?

I will take Chris on.

So it is Andy, from the London Didgeridoo Club, versus Chris, from the Eggheads.

Please take your positions in the Question Room now.

I will ask you each three questions on Sport.

Andy, you can choose the first or second set of questions.

I will take the second set, please.

Here we go, Chris.

In amateur boxing, what is the mandatory standing count that a boxer must take

when the referee decides he is temporarily unable to defend himself?

We are talking amateur, not professional here, aren't we?

It is the mandatory eight count.

Correct.

Your question, Andy.

Which colour follows Llanelli to make the name of a Welsh rugby union team?

Well, obviously, coming from Britain, I don't follow Welsh rugby.

I'm not a great rugby fan.

I only really can connect Scarlets to rugby.

I think I will go for Scarlets.

You think it is the Llanelli Scarlets?

Yes.

You are right.

You got it right, Andy.

Your second question now, Chris.

Which cricketer received his first England call-up in 2006?

Well, I think if his name was Malcolm Sausages,

he would probably play for Wiltshire.

I have never heard of anybody called Malcolm Sausages.

Neither have I ever heard of a cricketer called Trevor Eggs.

But I think you will find it is On'ions,

and it is Graham Onions.

Graham Onions...

is correct.

You see, sports questions can be fun, Chris.

There used to be a firm of engineers in Birmingham called Alldays & Onions.

That's how I know there should be an apostrophe in there.

Andy, which football team were the quickest to be relegated in Premiership history

in the 2007/2008 season?

I'm really a water sports person,

living on the coast, so unless it is about Manchester United,

I don't really follow football. Um...

I'm just trying to eliminate two of them.

I think I'm gonna say Fulham.

Ooh, they're going to be offended by that. It was Derby County.

Chris, your question.

Spectators at which of golf's majors are traditionally referred to as patrons?

That is a rather posh term, isn't it?

Well, USPGA and the US Masters, it is all very democratic over there.

I don't think they would use such a term as patrons,

they would just be fans or followers.

So, I would guess it is the British Open.

You guessed wrong. It is actually the US Masters.

-Is it indeed?

-Yeah.

-Ah, well.

-That is invitation only, isn't it?

-Is that why, Judith?

Well, it's not democratic, in other words. Not American and democratic.

-You invite people and they come and you call them patrons?

-Yes.

Andy, your question.

You get this right, it takes us to Sudden Death.

In which year did athletes officially compete in the Paralympics for the first time?

Right. Unfortunately, I was born after all of those dates

and if there is one thing I can't stand,

and I probably shouldn't be saying it with it coming to Britain,

is I don't follow the Olympics one little bit, apart from the sailing.

I'm going to have to take a bit of... an educated guess on it.

Um... I am going to say 1960.

1960 is the correct answer, Andy. Well done.

That takes us to Sudden Death.

To make it harder, these questions will not be multiple choice.

Here we go.

Which football player, signed by Liverpool in 2007 from Atletico Madrid, is nicknamed El Nino?

El Nino.

Ronaldinho?

The answer is Fernando Torres.

Atletico's youngest player, their captain at 19.

Next question to you, Andy - still on Sudden Death here.

The FIG is the governing body of which Olympic sport?

Federation of International Gymnastics?

So the sport is?

-Gymnastics.

-Correct. Well done.

Where did that come from? That was straight out of the blue.

Pulled the grey matter out for that one.

Sudden Death. And, Chris, I'm afraid you've died there. Andy, well done.

You took on one of the Eggheads, you emerged triumphant.

Good news for our challengers, who are playing a great game.

At some point, you will break into a round of applause, won't you?

Yeah! Woo-hoo!

Please, both of you, come back and rejoin your teams.

This is what we have been playing towards. Time for our final round -

General Knowledge. Those of you who lost your head to heads

won't be allowed to take part. So...

Steve, from the London Didgeridoo Club,

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

Colin, Tony, Andy and Andrew, you are playing to win the London Didgeridoo Club £7,000.

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

I will ask each team three questions in turn.

The questions are all General Knowledge. You are allowed to confer.

So, London Didgeridoo Club, the question is, are your four Brains

better than the Eggheads' two?

Didgeridoos, do you want to go first or second?

We've been lucky going second. So we're going to go second again.

Eggheads, we start with you.

Good luck. Around which part of the body might you develop crow's feet?

It's eyes.

From smiling a lot.

Unless you're exceptionally unlucky, it should be the eyes.

Yes, you are right. It is the eyes.

First point to you. Didgeridoos.

The Shim Sham Shimmy, the Paddle and Roll, the Cincinnati

and the Maxie Ford are steps, or routines, in which form of dancing?

Definitely not Scottish.

I would be surprised if it is ballet.

It has got to be tap. It has got to be tap.

-I think it is some sort of group dancing.

-Tap.

-Tap.

-Tap?

-That's what we'll go for.

We'll go for tap.

You are going for tap? I heard the word Scottish

-come through very loud.

-No, no.

But then it went away again. Which is lucky, because it is wrong.

-Tap is right.

-Well done.

Your second question, Eggheads.

Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson

starred in the 2008 film comedy "In" where?

-It is one about the two...

-Two hitmen.

-Yeah, two hitmen.

I have seen this one and it is In Bruges.

-Is it any good?

-Yes, it is actually.

You are right, Bruges is the right answer.

Back to you, Didgeridoos.

In 2008, it was announced that the England cricket team

would no longer be wearing which item of equipment as part of a new commercial deal?

-Helmets, or pads.

-The other two.

They are required by the laws.

It must be woolly jumpers.

Woolly jumpers.

Good, you are right. Woolly jumpers.

Two each.

No idea which way this is going to go.

The third question, Eggheads. Which architect died in 1926 after being struck down by a tram?

That was Gaudi, Jeremy.

Famous for?

Well, lots of things in Barcelona.

The Sagrada Familia, which he never finished. Park Guell,

which may have popped up previously,

and various other buildings all over Barcelona.

You're right. Gaudi. Three out of three.

You need this

to stay in the contest.

Didgeridoos, what is the literal English translation of the Arabic word intifada,

used to describe uprisings in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories?

Guessing.

Pushing away.

-Pushing?

-Pushing away.

-I think so. It is a guess.

-What do you think, Andy?

-I think it is a bit more subtle than...

-Kicking out.

-Yes.

-I think it is pushing away.

-Pushing away.

If you get this wrong,

it is the end of the contest and the Eggheads have won.

We have got £7,000 up for grabs.

It is more subtle than kicking out.

-Make sure you all agree.

-I don't think it is shaking off.

OK. Pushing away.

Pushing away.

You have gone for that with real conviction.

It's wrong.

Kicking out?

-Shaking off.

-Oh.

Which means, Eggheads, you have won.

Commiserations, challengers, you were a great team to have here.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them.

Their winning streak continues.

You won't be going home with the £7,000, which means the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?

Join us next time to see if the new challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

£8,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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