0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 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 > 0:00:33You might recognise them, as they've won some of the country's toughest
0:00:33 > 0:00:35quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40Challenging our regular quiz champions today are The Divas.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44The team all know one another through team captain Rhian, and have
0:00:44 > 0:00:45been friends for over ten years.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Despite their team name, they promise
0:00:47 > 0:00:51not to throw a tantrum, unless the Eggheads win!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- Absolutely, absolutely. - Let's meet them.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Rhian, I'm 47, I'm a part-time violin teacher
0:00:59 > 0:01:02and classical music agent.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Hello, I'm Melanie, I'm 46, I'm a singer and actress.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Hi, I'm Louise, I'm 35, I'm a singer and musician.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Hi, I'm Steffi, I'm 44 and I'm a property developer.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Hello, I'm Debbie, I'm 46 and I'm a journalist.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Welcome, Divas.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Hello.- Hello. - Hi.- A real showbiz team
0:01:22 > 0:01:25we've got here, Rhian, tell us about your friends.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Erm, well, we've known each other collectively for over ten years.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Melanie's actually my best friend and we were at college
0:01:31 > 0:01:33a long time ago together.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Melanie's sister, Louise,
0:01:35 > 0:01:39I've known since she was a wee one.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Steffi, I met through my youngest child.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44She has a child the same age and we met at nursery.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Debbie, similarly, I met when I had my daughter,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- 14 years ago. - Just to pick one of you out, Louise,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53you sing and you've sung with Robbie Williams and Bryan Ferry, right?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I have indeed, yes.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Doing backing vocals?- Doing backing vocals for those guys, yes.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- On big stages? - Throughout the world, really, yeah.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05All over and it's been great fun.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I still do it, so it's great.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Fantastic. Well, welcome to all of you.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Every day there is £1,000 worth
0:02:11 > 0:02:13of cash up for grabs for our challengers. However, if they fail
0:02:13 > 0:02:17to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Divas, the Eggheads have won the last four games which means £5,000 -
0:02:22 > 0:02:23kind of a convenient amount of money -
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- says you can't beat them. Are you ready to play?- Yes.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- We're ready.- The first head-to-head battle is on the subject
0:02:30 > 0:02:34of Food and Drink, so you can pick that.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Is that me?- That's you, Rhian.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39OK, I'm going to do that one.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Rhian, all right, total certainty. Against which Egghead?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Kevin, please.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- What a surprise.- You've watched this programme before.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I sense a strategy here. So, Rhian from The Divas against
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Kevin from the Eggheads. You'll be aware of what happens next.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58You've gotta go to the question room to make sure there's no conferring.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Multiple choice questions, three of them.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05You can choose the first or second set.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07I'll go first, Jeremy, please.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14So, Rhian. What term is normally used for person who eats no meat,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17fish or dairy products of any kind?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Right, I feel on quite good ground here.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28It's definitely not a vassal, it's definitely not a velum,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30it is a vegan.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Vegan is quite right, well done.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Kevin, the man with no oven.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41A hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat and deep fried
0:03:41 > 0:03:44is usually known by what name?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I've never come across the other two
0:03:51 > 0:03:54and I do like Scotch eggs, so I think we'll go for Scotch egg.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Scotch egg is quite right, Kevin, well done.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Your question, Rhian.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04In Italian cuisine, what are cannellini?
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Well, it is my favourite country to visit. I've spent lots of time there.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17I think the answer is beans.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Beans is right.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Good, good, good.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Kevin, let's see how you do in question two. Oyster sauce is an
0:04:26 > 0:04:29integral part of the cuisine of which part of the world?
0:04:34 > 0:04:39I've never heard of that in relation to Scandinavia, which is
0:04:39 > 0:04:42no reason to...
0:04:42 > 0:04:45think it might not be, I suppose.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48But Central America? I've not heard of that
0:04:48 > 0:04:50in relation to Central America.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53So I may be wrong, but I'm gonna go for southern Asia.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57You guessed right, it is...
0:04:57 > 0:05:00oyster sauce in southern Asia. Well done, Kevin.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Rhian, your third question.
0:05:02 > 0:05:08In which US state did the modern day Chinese fortune cookie originate?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Right, I don't know the answer to this one.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16I wouldn't have thought it was Florida.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20It's either New York or California.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24I'm going to plump for New York.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- That's your answer?- Yes!
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Eggheads?- California.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- I'm sorry, you're wrong, Rhian. - Oh no!- I'm sorry about that.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Mortified!
0:05:35 > 0:05:40So, Kevin. Rotini pasta takes the form of which shape?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I mean, it sounds...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Rotini, that sounds wheel-like in some...
0:05:52 > 0:05:56..some way. The logic may be entirely wrong, but...
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I'm tempted to go for spiral, but I'm just trying to think if I have
0:06:01 > 0:06:04ever heard of it as a tube one.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06No, I'm gonna go for spiral.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10So, if you get this right, you've taken the round and poor old Rhian
0:06:10 > 0:06:12will not play in the final round. You probably know the answer,
0:06:12 > 0:06:17- Rhian?- Probably, he's right. - Yeah, he is right. Kevin, well done.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20You've taken the round on Food and Drink, which is, legend has it,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Kevin's weakest subject.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Oh, that's even worse! Oh, no!
0:06:25 > 0:06:28But the tactics were good, Rhian.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Anyway, you were beaten by our Eggheads,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31so you won't be playing in the final round. Kevin, you will.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Please, both of you, come back and rejoin your teams.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the
0:06:39 > 0:06:42final round whilst the Eggheads have lost no brains.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45The next subject is Arts and Books.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48A good one for you as well.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49You're going to do that, aren't you?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Go on then, Deb.- Come on, Debbie!
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Come on, Deb, you can do it!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- OK, against which Egghead?- Ah. OK.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- We don't know about Barry. - No, Barry's a dark horse, isn't he?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Very, yeah. We'll take on the unknown quantity.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Yes. Let's go with Barry.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07So it's Debbie from the Divas against Barry from
0:07:07 > 0:07:09the Eggheads, here we go.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Take your positions, please.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14So, Debbie, would you like the first
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- or the second set of questions? - I'd like the first set, please.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25In poetry, Debbie, a quatrain is a stanza of how many lines?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Quatrain?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- The word comes from four, it must be four.- That's your answer?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Yes.- You got it right!
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Barry, here's your first question.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50What is the name of the chief in the English versions of the Goscinny
0:07:50 > 0:07:54and Uderzo books featuring Asterix the Gaul?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I just love Asterix because of the great names that they have.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06My favourite is actually the musician, who is Cacophonix.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- But in Asterix, the chief is Vitaltatistix.- He is indeed.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Well done, that is the answer.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Over to you, Debbie. Which English novelist born in 1882
0:08:17 > 0:08:22wrote the books To The Lighthouse, and The Waves?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33I don't know the answer to this.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I don't think it's Charlotte Mew.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I don't think it's Daphne du Maurier.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44So I will go for Virginia Woolf.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Brilliant process of elimination, you're absolutely right.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49It was Virginia Woolf.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Well done.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57Barry. "Of man's first disobedience and the fruit of that forbidden tree
0:08:57 > 0:09:01"whose mortal taste brought death into the world, and all our woe,"
0:09:01 > 0:09:04is the opening to which poem?
0:09:09 > 0:09:14The Divine Comedy was by Dante and the Canterbury Tales was by Chaucer,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17but my answer is Paradise Lost, which was written by
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Oliver Cromwell's secretary, who was John Milton.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23It's correct, well done, Barry.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26See if you can get this one right, Debbie.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30What is the name of the 2,100 kilogram
0:09:30 > 0:09:36bronze statue that was stolen from the Henry Moore Foundation in 2005?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Henry Moore? Erm...
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I don't remember this.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54But I think he did a Locking Piece.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57He probably did the others too.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I'm going for the Locking Piece.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- Anyone?- It's Reclining Figure.- Yeah, the answer is Reclining Figure,
0:10:07 > 0:10:08that's the one that was stolen.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Barry, your question. You get this, you take
0:10:13 > 0:10:15the round and you're in the final.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19In which country did the American poet Ezra Pound die in 1972?
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Gosh.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Er...
0:10:27 > 0:10:32It's a pure guess and I have nothing to go on but I'll go for France.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35France is wrong, it's Italy.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39So you remain level.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Well done, Debbie. Staying level, that means we go to sudden death
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and these questions, to make it harder, are not multiple-choice.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- Debbie, are you ready?- Yes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Here's your question. Henry Wilt is the main character in four novels
0:10:53 > 0:10:55by which English satirical author?
0:10:59 > 0:11:04Henry Wilt? Sorry, my head's gone completely blank. Erm...
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Oscar Wilde.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Not Oscar Wilde. The answer is Tom Sharpe.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18So, Barry, if you get this right, you've taken the round.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23The champions of the Irish Revival movement,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26WB Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory,
0:11:26 > 0:11:32established which famous Dublin theatre which opened in 1904?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I believe the Playboy Of The Western World was first
0:11:35 > 0:11:37performed at this theatre.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41The theatre, I'm pretty certain, is the Abbey Theatre.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Which is in Dublin, you think? - It is, indeed.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Barry, you got it right, well done, congratulations.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50That means you will be in the final round.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Debbie, sorry, beaten by our Egghead.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54As a result, you won't be in the final.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Please come back and rejoin your teams.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01As it stands the challengers have lost two brains from the final round
0:12:01 > 0:12:06while the Eggheads have lost none. The next subject is Sport.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Come on, Steffi!
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Come on! - Now, you know who's doing it?- Yes.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Steffi? OK.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Against?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- CJ!- Let's go with CJ.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Yeah, CJ.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21So it's Steffi from the Divas against CJ from
0:12:21 > 0:12:22the Eggheads and to ensure there's no conferring, please take your
0:12:22 > 0:12:25positions in the question room.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- Good luck, Steffi.- Thank you.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- I sense an opening here. - Oh, I don't know.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Three questions, multiple choice, and you can choose the first or
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- second set.- Er, first, please.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Steffi, in which sport might you encounter a dog-leg?
0:12:44 > 0:12:48This is definitely one of my sports and I do play golf, and it's golf.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Bang on. What is it?
0:12:50 > 0:12:54It's where you can't see the actual flag, so you have to
0:12:54 > 0:12:57go straight, and then either left or right before you see the flag.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Great answer, one point to you.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06CJ, how many points are awarded to a driver for a win
0:13:06 > 0:13:09in a Formula One Grand Prix?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Erm, that has changed in the last few years, the scoring system,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19but I think the driver who wins always gets ten points.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23That's right. That is the answer.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Steffi, your question.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26In March 2008, which bowler
0:13:26 > 0:13:30became the 11th Englishman to take a Test match hat-trick?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I do like cricket, but, ooh...don't know.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Oh, I'm gonna go for the new boy, Ryan Sidebottom.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Is that a total guess?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- Mmm, sort of.- It's totally right.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50THEY CHEER AND APPLAUD
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I love your team.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55You're brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00CJ, which American boxer is nicknamed The Executioner?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Boxing is one of those sports I know absolutely nothing about.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I've never even heard of Antonio Tarver.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I don't know why I'm thinking. I'm just gonna have to pick one.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I'm going to go for Antonio Tarver.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Antonia Tarver, The Executioner? Daphne is shaking her head.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Bernard Hopkins. - Sorry, CJ, it's wrong.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30It's Bernard Hopkins, The Executioner.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34You have a chance here now.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39Steffi, the Battle of Santiago was a notoriously violent football match
0:14:39 > 0:14:45between Chile and which team at the 1962 World Cup?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Oh, before my time, I'm afraid. Erm...
0:14:52 > 0:14:56I don't think it's Italy.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Santiago, South America?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Brazil.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05A total guess.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07You're wrong, I'm afraid.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- It was Italy, Steffi. - Oh, it was. Sorry.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17CJ, what was the prize money awarded to the winner
0:15:17 > 0:15:21of the Wimbledon Mens' Singles Championship in 2008?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Exactly the same amount of money
0:15:31 > 0:15:34awarded to the winner of the women's single.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35It was 750,000.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39You are right. Well done. So, after three questions
0:15:39 > 0:15:43you are neck-and-neck with two correct answers each.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45We go to a sudden-death.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Steffi, the graveyard of champions is the nickname
0:15:49 > 0:15:52for which number court at Wimbledon?
0:15:56 > 0:16:01"Graveyard of champions"... I do not think it is Centre Court
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Court One? Could be Court One.
0:16:06 > 0:16:12Graveyard of Champions...erm... I'll go for Court One.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15The logic took you nearly there but not far enough.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16It was Court Two.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Oh, Court Two, yeah.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24CJ, at which sports have Mervyn King and Tony Alcock
0:16:24 > 0:16:27been world indoor champions for England?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Bowls.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32You said that so precisely and so certainly.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Tony Alcock is one of the most famous English bowlers ever.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Bowls is correct, CJ. You've taken the round.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42And it was a tough round.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Steffi, you were beaten by our Eggheads.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- O-oh...- You won't be able to help your team in the final round.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Please, both of your, come back to the studio.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54The challengers have lost three brains before the final round
0:16:54 > 0:16:56and the Eggheads have lost none.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Next, the subject is Film and Television.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Is that good?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- OK, Louise. It's Louise. - Louise, are you doing it?
0:17:05 > 0:17:06So, it's Louise, yeah?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09ALL: Yeah. We're gonna go for Chris.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- Chris? Chris, yeah?- Chris.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14We're going for Chris.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Louise from the Divas against Chris from the Eggheads.
0:17:17 > 0:17:24- Please take your positions in the Question Room. This is getting lively.- Oh, yes!
0:17:24 > 0:17:28We are excited to have a singer with us, Louise. More than one, in fact.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Give us...
0:17:30 > 0:17:35some Bryan Ferry, some Beverley Knight, you tell us.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I will...well...
0:17:37 > 0:17:41This time I'm trying to pray to myself and sing.
0:17:41 > 0:17:47# Don't you worry about a thi-i-ing
0:17:47 > 0:17:53# Don't you worry about a thi-i-ing.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55# The Divas. #
0:17:55 > 0:17:57CHEERING
0:17:57 > 0:17:58What about that?!
0:17:58 > 0:18:03Absolutely beautiful. Chris, your turn.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06# Sirens are screaming in the fires of hell
0:18:06 > 0:18:08# Way down in the valley tonight... #
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Stop it! Stop it!
0:18:12 > 0:18:17All right, Louise, I'm going to ask you three questions on film and television in turn.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19First or second set?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21The first, please.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Lovely singing.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Thank you.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30What is the name of Noriyuki Pat Morita's character
0:18:30 > 0:18:33in the 1985 movie the Karate Kid.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Oh, yo... I think I'm going to go
0:18:44 > 0:18:48for Mr...Mr Suzuki.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Suzuki is wrong.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- Miyagi is right. I'm sorry. - Never mind! Never mind.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Sorry.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Chris, who provides the voice for the Children's TV character
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Bob the Builder?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13It's Neil Morrissey.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16It is Neil Morrissey. Well done. One point to you.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Come on, Louise.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25"On every street, in every city there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody",
0:19:25 > 0:19:29is the tagline for which 1976 movie?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39I can feel either Taxi Driver or The Godfather Part II,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41so...erm...
0:19:48 > 0:19:49The Taxi Driver.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Team mates, are you pleased?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Yes.- Yes, that's right.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57OK!
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Well done.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05Chris, which 1996 disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton
0:20:05 > 0:20:08was the first movie ever released on DVD?
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton... that was Twister.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23You're right. Twister is the correct answer.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26So, you need this, Louise.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33In the 1932 film Night After Night, who replies to the hat check girl's exclamation,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36"Goodness, what lovely diamonds!",
0:20:36 > 0:20:41with the line, "Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie!"
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I can feel a kind of attitude in that reply
0:20:50 > 0:20:53so I reckon, with attitude, Bette Davis.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Bette Davis is your answer?
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Yeah, cos she's kind of cool and she'd be using a shoulder going...
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Whatever that phrase was.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08We so want you in the final but...
0:21:08 > 0:21:11it's Mae West.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13I'm really sorry. Beaten by our Egghead.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16You won't be in the final, Chris will be.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Please come back and rejoin your teams.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25It's time for the final round which as always is General Knowledge.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:21:27 > 0:21:29will not be allowed to take part,
0:21:29 > 0:21:34which means Rhian, Louise, Steffi and Debbie from the Divas,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37please leave the studio.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42So, Melanie, all alone.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Yes.- Playing to win the Divas £5,000.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Kevin, CJ, Daphne, Chris and Barry, you're playing for something
0:21:49 > 0:21:52that money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54As usual, I will ask each team three questions,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57this time the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59You are allowed to confer.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Melanie, the question is,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03is your one brain better than the Eggheads five brains?
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- And you're an actress and singer. - Singer/actress. Yeah.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11OK, do you want to do yourself a line of something in song
0:22:11 > 0:22:13to get us going here?
0:22:13 > 0:22:18# Summertime and the living is easy
0:22:18 > 0:22:22# Fish are jumping and the cotton is high
0:22:22 > 0:22:27# Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good looking
0:22:27 > 0:22:32# So hush, little baby Don't you cry. #
0:22:32 > 0:22:34APPLAUSE
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Forget the last round, just sing!
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I'll take the money now, thank you! Thank you.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45OK, the first question is do you want to go first or second?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47I'll go first, please.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Melanie, in April 2008 which former deputy prime minister
0:22:53 > 0:22:55disclosed that he secretly battled
0:22:55 > 0:23:00with the eating disorder bulimia throughout his political career?
0:23:05 > 0:23:09I know it's not Michael Heseltine and I know it's not Geoffrey Howe
0:23:09 > 0:23:11but it was definitely John Prescott.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14John Prescott is correct.
0:23:17 > 0:23:23Your first question, Eggheads. What does the L represent in the charity abbreviation RNLI?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29That would be Lifeboat.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34- That's right, as in Royal... - ..National Lifeboat Institution.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Very good. One each. Back to you, Melanie.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41The pop singer Jessica Taylor of the group Liberty X
0:23:41 > 0:23:44married which sportsman in 2007?
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Well, it's not Rio Ferdinand,
0:23:56 > 0:24:00and it's not Danny Cipriani.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05- It's Kevin Pietersen. - Yes, you're right.- OK!
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Eggheads, who played the role of Richard Hannay
0:24:13 > 0:24:16in Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 version of The 39 Steps?
0:24:23 > 0:24:27That's Robert Donat.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29It is correct.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Third question for you, Melanie.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36What name is given to a literary work in the form of letters?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I'm looking at the last one - Epistolary.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56I'm thinking of the word "epistle",
0:24:56 > 0:24:59which means letter.
0:24:59 > 0:25:05I'm going to go with Epistolary.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07You got it right.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:09 > 0:25:13So, the pressure is now on the Eggheads.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15If you get this wrong,
0:25:15 > 0:25:16you are defeated
0:25:16 > 0:25:20and the challengers take the money. Which American president
0:25:20 > 0:25:24began the tradition of the ceremonial first pitch
0:25:24 > 0:25:28at the start of the baseball season in 1910?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Was it...?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38THEY CONFER
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Wasn't he too fat to throw anything?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- He was President at the time.- Yeah.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Yeah, he was President at the time.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51But we want the serving President
0:25:51 > 0:25:54rather than the ex-President, I think.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58I think we have to go with Taft. We've covered that anyway,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- because we know he was President. - Right.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03We are going to go for William Taft,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06because he was President at that time.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- Yes, you're right.- Ooh, good.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11SHE CHUCKLES
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Now, three questions each. Scores are level.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17We go to sudden death. Hang on in there, Melanie.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23What type of bird is the emblem of the city of Athens?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31SHE SIGHS Erm...
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- What's on your mind? - Is there another question?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35- No. - CHUCKLING
0:26:35 > 0:26:36Erm...
0:26:39 > 0:26:40I really don't know.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Total total total guess.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56An eagle.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03- Eagle is wrong. It's owl.- Oh.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Eggheads, your question. If you get it right, you've snatched the prize
0:27:07 > 0:27:09from our wonderful challengers.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12In Welsh folklore, what did Saint David suggest
0:27:12 > 0:27:15that his followers wear in their caps in battle
0:27:15 > 0:27:17to distinguish them from their Saxon foes?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20THEY CONFER
0:27:25 > 0:27:31- Barry, did you think of leek, there? - I'd go with daffodils.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36- Kevin and I both thought leek. - So did I, because Llewellyn
0:27:36 > 0:27:38was supposed to wear a leek in his cap.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Yes, so that would probably be the older emblem.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- That's probably the origin of it. - Right.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Consensus of opinion
0:27:46 > 0:27:49going on Shakespeare's Henry The Fifth,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52we think it's a leek.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54And if you get it right,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57it's the end of the line for our wonderful divas.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Leeks is correct.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Congratulations, Eggheads, you've won.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- Sorry, Melanie. - Bad luck. Commiserations.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12The Eggheads have done what comes naturally.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15They still reign supreme over quiz land,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18and I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £5,000.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21So, the money rolls over to the next show. Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Who will beat you?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Join us next time to see if the new challengers
0:28:26 > 0:28:28have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31£6,000 says they don't.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Till then, goodbye.
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