0:00:04 > 0:00:07These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Together, they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable
0:00:13 > 0:00:15quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The 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 > 0:00:32You might recognise them, as they've won
0:00:32 > 0:00:36some of the country's toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39And challenging our resident quiz champions today -
0:00:39 > 0:00:41The Biscuiteers, from Cheltenham.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43The team all work together
0:00:43 > 0:00:47and take their name from a recent office competition they organised -
0:00:47 > 0:00:50a Biscuit World Cup! Let's meet them.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Hi, my name's James. I'm 22 and I'm a research mathematician.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Andy. I'm 23 and I'm a research mathematician.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Ruth.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I'm 23 and I'm a software engineer.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Hi, I'm Tom. I'm 28 and I'm also a software engineer.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Hi, I'm Tom. I'm 22 and I'm a research mathematician.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13- So, Biscuiteers, you work in maths research?- That's right, yes.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- And it became more interesting to...look at biscuits?- It did.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20We decided one evening that we'd find, once and for all,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24which is the greatest biscuit in the world and I think we did that.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Did you do it in a scientific way? It sounds like you might have.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Yes, it was actually more complicated than the Cricket World Cup.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33It wasn't just by eating them? Other ways?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36We had different rounds and repechages and play-offs.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39At the end, what did you do? You bought them and ate them?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- We ate them all the way along.- Yeah!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45OK, every day there is £1,000 up for grabs
0:01:45 > 0:01:48for our challengers. However, if they fail,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Biscuiteers, the Eggheads have won the last 12 games,
0:01:53 > 0:01:58which means £13,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Are you ready to try?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- Yes.- Yes.- OK.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Get your biscuits on the table.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08The first head to head battle will be on the subject of...
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Who wants this?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- It's going to be you, James.- We're safer with you, I think, James.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- That's going to be me.- OK. Good. - Yeah.- Against?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18What do you reckon?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- Do you want to go for Barry? - I was going to suggest that.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22- Yeah, go on. Try it.- Can do.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Yeah, go for it. We're going to go for the newbie. I mean, Barry!
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Barry won't mind that. He is the newbie.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32And, yes, been tested on Arts & Books, actually, since he's arrived.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35So, OK. It's James from the Biscuiteers against
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Barry from the Eggheads.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39To ensure no conferring, would you please take
0:02:39 > 0:02:41your positions in the question room.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I'm going to ask three questions
0:02:45 > 0:02:47on Arts & Books in turn.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Not a biscuit in sight.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Whoever answers the most correctly wins.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54And, James, you have the choice to go first or second.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55I think, I'll go first, please.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01James, in which year did John Constable paint The Hay Wain?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Straight away, a question I have no idea about.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14I should know which era John Constable is from. I've no idea.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17I'm guessing he probably wasn't as early as 1721
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and my rule in these situations
0:03:19 > 0:03:24is generally to go for the middle option. So I'm going to go for 1821.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27It's a very good rule. We see it working a lot here
0:03:27 > 0:03:29and it's worked for you. Well done!
0:03:31 > 0:03:321821 is correct.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Some of the veteran quizzers on this side will use that technique.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Barry, what type of animals are the characters Clover and Mollie
0:03:41 > 0:03:44in the George Orwell novel, Animal Farm?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Well, they weren't pigs,
0:03:49 > 0:03:55because the main pigs in Animal Farm were Napoleon and Snowball, I think.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57And I'm pretty certain they weren't dogs.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00So, I think Clover and Mollie were the workhorses.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03They were the workhorses. Well done!
0:04:03 > 0:04:05One point each. Back to you, James.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08In the Shakespeare play, Hamlet,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11which character goes mad after the death of her father
0:04:11 > 0:04:13and drowns in a river?
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Again, not one I'm sure on,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22so I'm going to have to make a guess.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Ophelia sounds to me like she's from another play.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26It might Twelfth Night
0:04:26 > 0:04:29and if I'm wrong I'm going to look pretty stupid.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32So, it's between those first two for me.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37And because it looks prettier, I'm going to go for Desmona... Desdemona!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I can't even say it.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- You're guessing Desdemona?- Yes.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- Biscuiteers, any help or advice? - I would have... I don't know.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I would have said Ophelia, but I'm not sure.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Yeah, it was Ophelia. Although she, I guess, does sound
0:04:53 > 0:04:56like she comes from a different play, she didn't.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Barry.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01What's the title of the first Robert Ludlum novel
0:05:01 > 0:05:03featuring the character, Jason Bourne?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Gosh.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I don't think it was The Bourne Ultimatum.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16That sounds a little later.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I suppose if it was the first one then one has to go for
0:05:19 > 0:05:20The Bourne Identity.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24The Bourne Identity is correct. Well done!
0:05:24 > 0:05:26You have two points to one. So, James,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28you need this. This is your third question.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Which American author
0:05:30 > 0:05:34wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Hours?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I've heard of Annie Proulx. I know she wrote a collection
0:05:42 > 0:05:45of short stories, in which Brokeback Mountain was one.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47That doesn't mean she didn't write The Hours,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50but I'm guessing that's what she's most famous for.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53So I've boiled it down to 50-50
0:05:53 > 0:05:57and, this time, I'm going to go for Michael Cunningham.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Well done!
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Michael Cunningham's right.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06But Barry, if you get this right
0:06:06 > 0:06:08you're through to the final round.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09The Ashcan school of painters
0:06:09 > 0:06:12worked in which city at the start of the 20th century?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23I'm pretty certain they didn't work in Paris.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26The beginning of the 20th century, would probably have been
0:06:26 > 0:06:27The Camden Town Group in London,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30so I think the Ashcan painters worked in New York.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32And you're right, Barry.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35It was New York. Three questions right, out of three.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37A powerful performance
0:06:37 > 0:06:40means Barry will play in the final round and not James.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43So, do, both of you, come back to the studio.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- Bad luck, James. Ophelia!- I know.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50These Shakespeare characters. They're so confusing.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53There's a famous painting, isn't there, of Ophelia?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- Millais.- Millais? That's the Pre-Raphaelite one?- In the Tate.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57What's she doing in the painting?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01She's in a river, with flowers sort of floating past her.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Looking cheesed off, as I remember. - Looking dead, but very beautiful.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06So, as it stands,
0:07:06 > 0:07:10the challengers have lost one brain from the final round.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Eggheads have lost no brains.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Next subject is Sport.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Who feels good about Sport?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Well, is this me?- I think this is gonna be Andy.- Yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Andy?- It's Andy. - What are your favourite sports?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Football is my sport, mainly. Some other stuff,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- but mainly football, yeah. - And who would you like to play?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- Chris?- Do you want to give Chris...- I'd say Chris.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- I'd like to take on Chris, please. - OK.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35It's Andy from the Biscuiteers versus Chris from the Eggheads.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41So, Andy, it's Sport.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Chris has a bit of an on-off time with Sport,
0:07:44 > 0:07:49- and can get a bit angry about it, too, can't you, Chris?- Yep.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51You can tell us what you think about Sport later.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- I'll tell you now if you like. - No, no. No, thanks.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58I'll ask each of you three questions on Sport in turn.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01So, Andy, you can choose the first or second set.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Going first didn't work out too well for James,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05so I'm gonna go second.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10So, Chris, how many points have been played in a game of tennis
0:08:10 > 0:08:12if the score is 40-15?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Is it three, four, or five?
0:08:15 > 0:08:1715-love...
0:08:18 > 0:08:2030-love...
0:08:20 > 0:08:2140-love...
0:08:21 > 0:08:2240-15. It's four.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Four is correct.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Where does that 40, 30, 15 stuff come from, anyway?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- Anyone know?- They're supposedly the quarters on a clock.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37But 45 just seemed to sound too difficult to say for the French,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39so they settled for 40.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- I see. So 15, 30, 45/40?- Yes.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- And then game?- Yes.- OK.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Over to you, Andy.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52The specifications of the equipment for which men's field event
0:08:52 > 0:08:57had to be altered in 1986 because competitors were endangering
0:08:57 > 0:09:01the safety of spectators with their longest throws?
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Was it discus, javelin or shot?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08I was actually reading about this just the other day,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10and it's the javelin.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14They were throwing it too far and they were getting over 100m,
0:09:14 > 0:09:18so they moved the centre of gravity forward a few centimetres
0:09:18 > 0:09:19so it dipped earlier.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21You're quite right. It is the javelin.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28You'd think that'd be a fairly basic health and safety one, wouldn't you?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32The audience are getting hit by the javelin - shall we do something?
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Chris, your question.
0:09:33 > 0:09:39In rugby union, the term half-backs refers to fly-half and which other position?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Is it centre, hooker or scrum-half?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Whoa.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47It's not the hooker,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and I don't think it's the scrum-half.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53I think it's the centre, not that I know anything about rugby.
0:09:53 > 0:09:59Well, given that you don't know, you've plumped for the wrong answer.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04Scrum-half is the correct answer. Chris, you're wrong. I'm sorry.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05No problem.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Your chance to take the initiative, Andy.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12In which American city is the NFL team known as the Chiefs based?
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Cincinnati, Chicago or Kansas City?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19I don't actually know this.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I know Kansas City have the Wizards at one sport.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I don't know if it's NFL or something else.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30So I'm gonna stay clear of that one.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35It doesn't sound... I don't like the sound of Chicago Chiefs,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37so I'm gonna go for Cincinnati.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Cincinnati is wrong, I'm afraid.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40It's Kansas City, which you ruled out.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Chris, your question.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49Which Indian cricketer was given an 11-match ban
0:10:49 > 0:10:53after slapping Shanthakumaran Sreeshanth in the face
0:10:53 > 0:10:58and making him cry during an IPL match in 2008?
0:10:58 > 0:11:04Was it Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag or Harbhajan Singh?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Hm...
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Well, Harbhajan Singh is a Sikh
0:11:11 > 0:11:13and most Sikhs have too much dignity
0:11:13 > 0:11:16to indulge in fisticuffs on the cricket pitch.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I don't think it was Sourav Ganguly,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25because the name would have stuck in my brain,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27basically because it sounds vaguely comic.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30So I think it must have been Virender Sehwag.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32No. It's not the first time in this match
0:11:32 > 0:11:36that people have ruled out the correct answer instantly
0:11:36 > 0:11:39before going on to the other two wrong ones. Harbhajan Singh.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Oh. Yeah.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43So if you take this question, Andy, you've won the round
0:11:43 > 0:11:46and you've knocked Chris out.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51In 2006, Barcelona signed a deal to carry a sponsorship logo
0:11:51 > 0:11:54of which charity on their football shirts?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57The first time in their 107-year history
0:11:57 > 0:12:01that a logo was featured on the shirt-front.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Was it Unicef, Oxfam or Marie Curie?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Well, this question is actually quite easy for me
0:12:08 > 0:12:10because I've got a Barcelona shirt with it on.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12I know straightaway it's Unicef.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Great work. You're right. You've taken the round.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Well, done! Good for you, Biscuiteers!
0:12:19 > 0:12:21You took on an Egghead, you won, you're in the final.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Chris, you won't be playing with us in the final.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Please both of you come back and rejoin your team-mates.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31So as it stands, the Eggheads and the challengers
0:12:31 > 0:12:34have lost one brain each from the final round.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Our next subject is Music. Who wants that?
0:12:38 > 0:12:43- I definitely don't think Tom C. - No. It might have to be me.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Possibly, yes.- Tom B? - We're gonna go for Tom B.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48OK, and which Egghead?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51I think we'll go for Judith.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- Who do you want to go for? - I'll try Judith.
0:12:53 > 0:13:00OK, it's Tom B from the Biscuiteers against Judith from the Eggheads.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02And to ensure there's no conferring,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04please take your positions in the Question Room.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07So, Tom, you studied what at university?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Physics.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11OK, and a mathematician now?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- I'm more of a software engineer. - A software engineer.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- I gather you go climbing every week? - Yes. Me and Ruth go once a week.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23Normally on a Sunday afternoon when it's nice and empty, and, er...
0:13:23 > 0:13:27I hope I'm better than her, even though she's taller than me.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- So you're a competitive climber. - I am competitive. More than Ruth.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Are you a competitive quizzer as well?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I try to be, but we'll see.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Tom, do you want the first or second set of questions on Music?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I was gonna go first but seeing as it worked for Andy, I'll go second.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Which girl's name forms the title of the traditional song
0:13:48 > 0:13:54that begins, "In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine?"
0:13:54 > 0:13:59Is it Clementine, Adeline or Emmeline?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01It's Clementine.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05You're right, it is. Do we say Clementine for the song, though?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07# In a cabin, in a canyon
0:14:07 > 0:14:09# Excavating for a mine
0:14:09 > 0:14:10# Lived a miner, 49er
0:14:10 > 0:14:12# And his daughter, Clementine. #
0:14:12 > 0:14:14So the rhyme is mine and Clementine.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16There we go. It's official.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Tom, what is the name of the hip-hop group whose hit singles include
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Ready Or Not and Killing Me Softly,
0:14:23 > 0:14:30founded by Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel and Lauryn Hill in the 1990s?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Cypress Hill, Fugees or Public Enemy?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34I know it's not Cypress Hill,
0:14:34 > 0:14:39and Public Enemy I'm not that knowledgeable about,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43but I know it was the Fugees from the album The Score.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46You're right. It was the Fugees. Well done.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Your question, Judith.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55In the 1980s, Like To Get To Know You Well, and What Is Love?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57were UK hit singles for which singer?
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Was it Nik Kershaw, Howard Jones or Marc Almond?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04I've never heard any of them.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07So who's got a pretty name?
0:15:08 > 0:15:13Um... I think Marc Almond sounds as if it's a very pretty name.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Yes, it's lovely, isn't it? - Yes, and the wrong answer?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Completely, yeah.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20It was actually Howard Jones.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- Was it?- Did you say you'd not heard the songs,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24or you'd not heard of any of those people?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- I've not heard of any of those people.- OK.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Let's have a moment's silence.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Well, it may have been your era!
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- It was.- Yeah, well. Everybody has their own era.
0:15:35 > 0:15:41- That's true, that's true. OK. - And then they grow out of it.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42All right!
0:15:42 > 0:15:44That's enough, Judith!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48OK, here we go.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52The pop duo Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus,
0:15:52 > 0:15:57whose 1990 Best New Artist Grammy Award was taken back
0:15:57 > 0:15:59after it emerged they'd not actually sung
0:15:59 > 0:16:02on their debut album All Or Nothing,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05are better known by what name?
0:16:05 > 0:16:10Color Me Badd, Extreme or Milli Vanilli?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Again, I'm lucky because my mum used to play this tape to us
0:16:13 > 0:16:17while she was cooking Sunday lunch, and it was Milli Vanilli.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Milli Vanilli is the correct answer. Well done, Tom.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- So, Judith, you need to get this answer right.- Or...
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Or... Shall we do it together? You won't be with us in the...
0:16:29 > 0:16:32BOTH: In the final round.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
0:16:37 > 0:16:39is based on music written by which composer?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- Was it Purcell, Elgar or Vaughan Williams?- Oh, dear.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45I don't think I even know this one.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Um...
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I think it's Purcell.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53You're right, Judith.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Well done.- Phew.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57If you get this right,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01you're through and the Eggheads have lost one, Tom. Here we go.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Who wrote the original 1895 version of the folksong Waltzing Matilda,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Australia's unofficial national anthem?
0:17:09 > 0:17:16Was it Didgeridoo Henderson, Banjo Paterson or Ukelele Johnson?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Well, this is one that I don't know.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23I can't imagine it would have been played by someone on a didgeridoo,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26because as far as I know that's only got one note.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29So it's down to the other two,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33and I think that Banjo Paterson sounds like the better name,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35so I'm gonna go for that.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Very smart play by our software engineer. You're quite right.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Yes!
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Banjo Paterson.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47You got all three right. Judith only got two.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51You won't be in the final round, Judith. And Tom, you will.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Do come back and rejoin us here.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round,
0:17:57 > 0:18:02whilst the Eggheads have lost two brains. So you're ahead, basically.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06The last subject is Politics. Which challenger wants this?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- None of us want it.- Nobody?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12We agreed before that I would...
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Take one for the team.- Yes. - We're gonna go with Ruth.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Ruth, OK.- Yes.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Politics. But not your subject, I'm guessing?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- No.- Who do you want to play against?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24- Daphne.- Daphne.- We'll go for Daphne.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Ruth from the Biscuiteers against Daphne.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- Big sigh...- Yes.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30..From the Eggheads.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34To ensure there's no conferring, take your positions in the Question Room.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Ruth, not politics for you. You don't like it?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38No, not really.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40We just agreed that we had to save Tom C for the final round
0:18:40 > 0:18:43and, yeah, I get lumbered with politics.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- You are the sacrificial lamb?- Yes.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50OK. Well, you never know. Daphne, it can go wrong, can't it, for you?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52It certainly can, and it has.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Not often, but it has.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I'm gonna ask each of you three questions on politics in turn.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00You can choose the first or second set.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I'll go second, since that seems to be working.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06Here we go, Daphne.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Which political leader reportedly survived
0:19:09 > 0:19:14over 600 assassination attempts by the United States during his lifetime,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18including one famous plot that involved an exploding cigar?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Was it Fidel Castro, Kim Jong-il, or Vladimir Putin?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I love the idea of the exploding cigar!
0:19:25 > 0:19:32It was poor old Fidel Castro, and why they missed 600 times...
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- It was Fidel Castro.- Yes. - Did the cigar go off, Eggheads?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37What do we know about it?
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Not sure it went off necessarily,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41but there were all sorts of bizarre schemes.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44He was quite keen on scuba-diving,
0:19:44 > 0:19:48so they had some kind of exploding conch shell,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50a nice pretty one that he might pick up. In order to...
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Because his beard was his trademark,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56they decided to make him look ridiculous
0:19:56 > 0:19:57by having his beard fall out.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00There was a shoe polish with some kind of poison in it,
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- that would make his beard fall out. It was just bizarre.- Never worked.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Nice to know the Western world is in safe hands!
0:20:07 > 0:20:10How childish are some of those plots, I ask you!
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Kids playing at being a superpower.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14OK, Ruth.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Your first political question. Here we go.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22Which political party came third in the 2008 local elections,
0:20:22 > 0:20:27with only 24% of the vote, their worst result in 40 years?
0:20:27 > 0:20:32Was it Conservatives, Labour, or Liberal Democrat?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35I'm just trying to work out what the "worst result" part is,
0:20:35 > 0:20:40because the Liberal Democrats normally do well in local elections,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42compared to general elections.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44So it could be them.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49But worst result in 40 years...
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I don't know.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53But...
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Maybe I'll go for the Liberal Democrats.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59No, it was Labour.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- OK.- Under Gordon Brown.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Daphne, over to you.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08The G4, a group of nations lobbying to become permanent members
0:21:08 > 0:21:14of the UN Security Council, consist of Germany, Japan, Brazil
0:21:14 > 0:21:16and which other country?
0:21:16 > 0:21:21Is it Australia, Italy or India?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Well, of those three,
0:21:23 > 0:21:28I would say the one with the most booming economy is probably India,
0:21:28 > 0:21:30so I shall go for India.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33But...
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Well, you're right, Daphne. Well done. India is correct.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41So two points to the Eggheads, which means you do need this one, Ruth.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Yes.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48In which decade of the 20th century did the Kingdom of Brunei
0:21:48 > 0:21:52officially cease to be a British protectorate?
0:21:52 > 0:21:57Was it 1960s, 1970s or 1980s?
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Well, I don't remember it but that doesn't help,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04because that would only allow for the Nineties.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Um, so...
0:22:07 > 0:22:10I'll go straight down the middle with the Seventies.
0:22:10 > 0:22:131970s is your answer.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18Actually, it was 1984 so it's the 1980s, Ruth.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21And with that, you've given the round to Daphne,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23who had two correct out of three.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26So, sorry, Ruth. We won't be seeing you in the final.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Daphne, we'll see you in the final. Do both of you return to your teams.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33So this is what we've been playing towards.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35It's time for the final round,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37which as always is General Knowledge.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40But those of you who lost your head to heads won't play in this round.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43So, James and Ruth from the Biscuiteers,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46and Chris and Judith from the Eggheads,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48would you please now leave the studio?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Andy, Tom B and Tom C,
0:22:50 > 0:22:54you are playing to win the Biscuiteers £13,000.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Daphne, Barry and Kevin,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58you are playing for something money can't buy -
0:22:58 > 0:23:00the Eggheads' reputation.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05This time the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07You are allowed to confer.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09The question is, are your three brains
0:23:09 > 0:23:11better than the Eggheads' three?
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Andy, Tom and Tom, do you want to go first or second?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18What do you think? Stick with second?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- Stick with second, I think. - OK, yeah.- We'll stick with second.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27So they launch you into the first question, Eggheads.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Who, in their professional work,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32would be most likely to execute a do-si-do?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35A sculptor, a pianist or a dancer?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- It's a square dance, isn't it? - A square dance, yes.- Square dancing.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40It would be a dancer, Jeremy.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Square dancing. Do-si-do, back to back.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45That's right, it is. Dancer is correct.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Your first question, Biscuiteers.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52For what does the letter U stand in the acronym SCUBA?
0:23:52 > 0:23:57Underground, underwater or underneath?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- I think it's, er...- Go for it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05In our practice questions it was underwater.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08It's also quite a sensible one given the options, as well.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10What does SCUBA stand for?
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- Let's go for it.- Go for it.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Underwater.- Underwater.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19The whole thing is, self-contained...
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Underwater breathing apparatus.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Right. I didn't know it was an acronym.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25One point each. Back to you.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30Who was appointed a dignity ambassador in 2008,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33in a Government campaign to encourage more respect
0:24:33 > 0:24:34for older people in care?
0:24:34 > 0:24:40Was it Terry Wogan, Frank Bough or Michael Parkinson?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- I don't know. - No. I've not seen this.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45I've not seen this. Who could it be?
0:24:45 > 0:24:49It couldn't be Frank Bough, surely?
0:24:49 > 0:24:53He's done things for a long time, hasn't he, in relation to...
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Yes, but he's still got that touch of scandal.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58I wouldn't have thought they'd have chosen him.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02And Michael Parkinson's just finished, hasn't he?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04So he might have been the sensible choice.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Yes.- What would you be inclined towards?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10I'd go for Michael Parkinson, rather than Terry Wogan.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Just on the basis that he's just finished?- Yes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16He probably would want to do something like that.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17And I'm quite sure...
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Pete listens to Terry Wogan and I'm quite sure...
0:25:21 > 0:25:24He tells me little nuggets like that. I mean, it might be.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Who would have more dignity, Terry Wogan or Michael Parkinson?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Michael Parkinson, I would say.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Michael Parkinson, you would have to say.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Terry Wogan has got such a jocular approach.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38If I had an instinct, without actually knowing at all,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40I would have gone for Wogan.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43But I've got no argument for that whatsoever.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47So if you're both happy with Parkinson...
0:25:47 > 0:25:49If we rule out Frank Bough...
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Yes, I think so. Yes.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54You've probably realised we don't know it.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56I had thought that was the case, yes.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01You had an inkling. None of us has actually seen this at all.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Consensus of opinion is that we...
0:26:03 > 0:26:09Because Michael Parkinson has recently retired, effectively,
0:26:09 > 0:26:11that he'd have this new role.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14We don't know, but we'll go for Michael Parkinson.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19- You're right.- Oh! - It was Michael Parkinson.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Challengers, we needed them to get that wrong, didn't we?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Your question.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Which famous designer was commissioned to create a new uniform
0:26:31 > 0:26:34for McDonald's UK staff in 2008?
0:26:34 > 0:26:39Was it Bruce Oldfield, Stella McCartney or John Rocha?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- I haven't got a clue. - I have no idea.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47I remember hearing something about...
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Any idea which person it was?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Um... I would say not the one on the left.- Not Bruce Oldfield?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55I remember seeing, like, the picture in the paper.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58John Rocha? That name sort of...
0:26:58 > 0:27:01I was drawn to John Rocha, but I don't know why.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05If you two both thought John Rocha...
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- I wouldn't go with what I thought. - Yeah. Not very...
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- I have no idea, so... - Shall we go for it?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- Yeah, do it.- Yeah?- Yeah.- OK.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15We're gonna go for John Rocha.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19And you ruled out Bruce Oldfield because...?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Don't know! - Someone had a hunch.- Gut feeling.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27- It was the wrong hunch...- Sorry! - Because it was Bruce Oldfield.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29You got that wrong, I'm afraid.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31So we go to the third question.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Eggheads, if you get this right,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36you've taken the contest.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40What name is traditionally given to the puppeteer
0:27:40 > 0:27:42who performs a Punch And Judy show?
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Is it prophet, professor or provender?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Yes.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50It's professor.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Professor. I don't know how to break this to you, guys.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Professor is the right answer, which means, Eggheads, you have won.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Commiserations, challengers.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Going second means they take the advantage a bit, doesn't it?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- They do. - You're always catching up.- Yeah.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them
0:28:11 > 0:28:14and their winning streak continues.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £13,000.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19That means the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Eggheads, congratulations. Who will ever beat you?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Join us next time to see if the new challengers have the brains
0:28:25 > 0:28:26to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30£14,000 says they don't.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Till then, goodbye.
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