0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15Together, they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit
0:00:27 > 0:00:31their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33You might recognize them as they are Goliaths in the world of TV
0:00:33 > 0:00:36quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41And taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths today are The Romantics.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45The team all work at the Wordsworth Museum in Cumbria
0:00:45 > 0:00:49and run the Wordsworth Trust, a charity dedicated to the romantic poet...
0:00:49 > 0:00:52you guessed it, William Wordsworth. Let's meet them.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Hello, I'm Catherine.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'm 34 and I'm an education officer.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Hello, I'm Alan. I'm 44 and I'm a press officer.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Hiya, I'm Polly. I'm 27 and I'm a PhD student.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm Alan.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I'm 59 and I am a finance officer.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Hello, I'm Carrie. I'm 55 and I'm a visitor services manager.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14So, welcome, Romantics.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- Thank you.- Catherine, it's poetry that connects you.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19It is, sort of, yes. We certainly
0:01:19 > 0:01:22all work for the Wordsworth Trust which runs Dove Cottage, Wordsworth's home
0:01:22 > 0:01:25where he wrote his best and most famous poetry.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- So I suppose that is what connects us, yes.- Polly you write poetry?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- Yes, I do.- Cos people don't write stuff like he did any more, do they?
0:01:31 > 0:01:36He used to waft around... I mean no-one would write, "I wandered lonely as a cloud," would they?
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Well, it was 200 years ago. I think you'd just get thrown out if you wrote like that now.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42So do you think we need to be more romantic?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Yeah, I think the romantic ethic is a good one.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47You know, individualism,
0:01:47 > 0:01:51you know, connection with things around you. It's good.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54And Catherine, is the museum a romantic place?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56It can be, yes.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Not always but yes, we try and make it a romantic place, I think.
0:02:00 > 0:02:06We have lots of poetry in there for people to listen to so that hopefully people can kind of be inspired by it.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08OK, let's see if you can make this a romantic place.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Quite difficult, with this lot staring at you.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over
0:02:19 > 0:02:23to the next show. So, Romantics, the Eggheads have won the last 13 games,
0:02:23 > 0:02:29which means £14,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Do you want to try?- We'll try. - While you're here you might as well.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36OK, first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Geography.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39So, which of you wants this and against which Egghead?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- I could do it.- Alan? Yep.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- I think so.- Want me to do it?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Yes.- Go on, then.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- Who am I playing against?- CJ?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Is he a geography lover?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Go on then, I'll do CJ. I'll try CJ, thank you.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58OK, so it's Alan from The Romantics against CJ from the Eggheads.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00To ensure there's no conferring,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02please take your positions in the question room.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07I'm going to ask each of you three multiple choice questions. Alan, you
0:03:07 > 0:03:09can choose whether you take the first or second set.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I can go first, please. Thank you.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Alan, in which ocean does the sub-region of Polynesia lie?
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Polynesia, I was thinking, it's not in the Atlantic.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32More likely to be in the South Pacific.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Yes, Pacific, please.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Pacific is the correct answer, well done.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42CJ, what is the capital of the autonomous Spanish region
0:03:42 > 0:03:45of Catalonia?
0:03:47 > 0:03:53The problem is I can never remember if Barcelona's Catalonia or Andalucia.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I thought that Catalonia was slightly
0:03:56 > 0:04:00further north and east and I think the other two cities aren't there.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05I'm not convinced about this but I'm going to go for Barcelona.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Barcelona's correct, well done.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Over to you, Alan.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13With how many countries does Belgium share a border?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Belgium, right. OK, you've
0:04:20 > 0:04:26got the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France certainly.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Um, I think it would be four.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I'll say four, please.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32You're very good at this, aren't you?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- Four is the correct answer, well done.- Thank you.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39OK, CJ, which arm of the Mediterranean Sea sits
0:04:39 > 0:04:45between Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and the western coast of Italy?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Don't know this one either.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I see we haven't got onto America yet.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00That's one of your strong subjects?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03It's the only strong subject when it comes to geography.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08I thought the Adriatic was on the other side, I thought that went down near Croatia.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13I don't know it. I'll go for the Tyrrhenian.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Tyrrhenian is the correct answer.
0:05:16 > 0:05:22How you do it, I do not know. I do not know. OK, third question - what was the name
0:05:22 > 0:05:29of the former capital of Montserrat, destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1997?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Montserrat. Now, there you go.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I studied geology at university
0:05:37 > 0:05:41and I ought to know about volcanic eruptions.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Now, Montserrat. Um...
0:05:45 > 0:05:47I'd say Plymouth.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Based on...
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- anything?- Instinct, I think, more than anything else.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I'm using CJ's technique on this, I think.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Well, you got it right, well done!
0:06:02 > 0:06:08CJ, you'll like this. In which US city could you visit the residential and
0:06:08 > 0:06:12commercial thoroughfare called the Magnificent Mile?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I've never heard of it!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22All right, it sounds very...
0:06:25 > 0:06:27opinionated and self-advertising
0:06:27 > 0:06:30which means it's Texas so let's go for Dallas.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Dallas is your answer?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I know what you mean, 'Magnificent Mile' sounds Texan
0:06:35 > 0:06:37but it is Chicago in fact.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Alan, you took on one of the Eggheads, you've emerged triumphant.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Well, done, you'll help your team in the final.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Do come back to the studio.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49As it stands, the challengers have lost no brains from the final round.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52The Eggheads have lost one brain, which is CJ.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56The next subject is music.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59We were discussing Polly as our musical expert, weren't we?
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- Don't say that! 'Musical Expert' kind of pumps it up a bit. - I think you'd be wonderful.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- OK.- Polly, you'll be wonderful, against which Egghead?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Let's try Barry. Give Barry a run for his money.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Polly from the Romantics against Barry from the Eggheads.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17To ensure there's no conferring, take your positions, please.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23We're doing music now. OK, three questions in turn
0:07:23 > 0:07:26and Polly, the poet, you can choose first or second set.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I'll go first, please.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33OK, Polly. Good luck, here we go. What name was given to a type of
0:07:33 > 0:07:37musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40popular in the 1920s and '30s?
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Well, I can answer this one because my mum is absolutely crazy about
0:07:47 > 0:07:50these and this is a big thing when I was growing up. It's the big band.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Absolutely right, well done.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Barry, your question.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Which dance group had a 2008 hit
0:08:01 > 0:08:05with a re-release of their 1990 single Something Good?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Oh, wonderful... dance groups!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Not only do the songs not mean anything to me but unfortunately
0:08:18 > 0:08:20the groups don't mean anything to me.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22So this is an absolute guess.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Which would sound more like a dance group?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29I like the sound of angels, I'm always on the side of angels so
0:08:29 > 0:08:31I'll go for the Ohio Angels.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34OK, Barry, you're wrong.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36It was the Utah Saints.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38So, Polly,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- great victory for poetry, you're in the lead.- Pressure's on! - Here we go.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Pacific Ocean Blue is the title of the only solo album by which
0:08:47 > 0:08:50of the original Beach Boys lineup?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I should know this because my ex-housemate was
0:08:58 > 0:09:02a big, big Beach Boys fan and
0:09:02 > 0:09:05I actually have no idea right now.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09But I'm going to go for the
0:09:09 > 0:09:14answer which I'm more drawn to which is Brian. Brian Wilson.
0:09:14 > 0:09:21Brian Wilson was the most famous Beach Boy but not the person who brought out that album.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23It was Dennis Wilson.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26OK, Barry, on to you.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Who composted the comic opera Der Rosenkavalier?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Well, the words 'comic'
0:09:37 > 0:09:41and 'opera' don't often come in association with Richard Wagner,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45although he did write Tannhauser, which does have its moments.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Offenbach did write comic operas but I'm reasonably certain that
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Der Rosenkavalier was written by Richard Strauss.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55And you're absolutely right, well done. It's one point each.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Third question.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03Polly, what name is given to the southern US offshoot of rap music
0:10:03 > 0:10:06that features repetitive rhythms and chants?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Oh, my goodness!
0:10:13 > 0:10:16My teammates are going to kill me.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I'm going to say Crunk.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- Because why? - I don't know, for the hell of it!
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- And it's wrong, isn't it? - No, it's right.- Is it?
0:10:29 > 0:10:34- So, someone from the Wordsworth Museum got Crunk as the answer. - Excellent.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35OK, fantastic.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38We're breaking new ground here.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Barry, if you get this wrong, you are out of the final round, as you well know.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Which musical instrument would be classed as an idiophone,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I-D-I-O-P-H-O-N-E?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Which musical instrument would be classed as an idiophone?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Idio...
0:10:58 > 0:11:03I can't remember any Greek or Latin root that starts idio, unfortunately,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05cos that would've been very helpful.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10For some reason I'm drawn to xylophone because I think
0:11:10 > 0:11:13that's probably the least well-known of those three instruments and if it
0:11:13 > 0:11:16was one of the others I think idiophone would have come into
0:11:16 > 0:11:18my memory a little more easily.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20So I shall say xylophone.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Excellent logic... you're right.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Well, done. Now, you're level and we go to sudden death.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Polly, which Ben E King song was a UK top-40 hit single
0:11:30 > 0:11:34in 1961 and 1987?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36'61 and '87.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Um, I can't even think of a song
0:11:42 > 0:11:47which was a hit in both those years at the moment.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Er... I'm going
0:11:50 > 0:11:52to say Rock Around The Clock.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57- No idea.- No, it was Stand By Me.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Oh!
0:11:58 > 0:12:04OK, if you get this right, Barry, you've taken the round and knocked Polly out of the final.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Art Garfunkel's 1979 UK number one hit single Bright Eyes
0:12:08 > 0:12:14was featured on the soundtrack of which 1978 animated film.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Well, to paraphrase Wordsworth, my heart leaps when I get a music question I know the answer to
0:12:19 > 0:12:26and this one was... Art Garfunkel's song Bright Eyes was the soundtrack for Watership Down.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Watership Down is absolutely correct, Barry, well done.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Polly, sorry, you won't be in the final.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Please come back and rejoin your teammates.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40The Eggheads have lost one too.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45The next subject is film and television, so who would like that?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- Do you want?- I'll have a go.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Yeah, you'll be fine at it. - Carrie, Judith, Kevin or Chris?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Kevin's not a fan of entertainment.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Kevin, please.- Kevin.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Not a fan of entertainment, OK.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Carrie, then, from the Romantics, against Kevin from the Eggheads...
0:13:06 > 0:13:08who loves films like no other person I know. To ensure there's
0:13:08 > 0:13:12no conferring, would you please take your positions in the question room.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17So, multiple choice, Carrie. Would you like to go first or second?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I'd like to go first, please.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Here we go and good luck.- Thank you. - Amos Brearly and Alan Turner have
0:13:25 > 0:13:28both been landlords of which TV pub?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I like this question.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38The Rovers Return is in Coronation Street,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42The Queen Vic is in EastEnders and The Woolpack is in Emmerdale.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45It is the Woolpack.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I'll take the Woolpack, please.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Yeah, well done, you're right.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57Krishnan Guru Murthy is best-known for presenting which
0:13:57 > 0:13:58type of programme?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05He's branched out into other things, I think. I remember him presenting a
0:14:05 > 0:14:09quiz show, strangely enough, for a while and
0:14:09 > 0:14:11other current affairs stuff.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16He'd primarily be associated with news.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18You'd be relieved you got it right. Well, done.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Carrie, here's your next question.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26Which 1976 film, starring Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland
0:14:26 > 0:14:29is mostly set in a fictional village of Studley Constable?
0:14:36 > 0:14:42Well, I've seen The Eagle Has Landed and that's a war film, so
0:14:43 > 0:14:47for whatever reason, I'm not choosing that one.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51The Swarm must be all about...
0:14:51 > 0:14:54forgive me if I'm wrong... bees and things like that.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58My instinct tells me it's Sleuth.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02I will take Sleuth, please.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03I'm afraid your instinct is wrong.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- The Eagle Has Landed is the correct answer.- Wow!
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Sorry, Carrie.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Gives Kevin the chance to take the advantage.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Alec Harvey and Laura Jesson are the main protagonists
0:15:14 > 0:15:17in which classic film romance?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26They were famously filmed at Carnforth Station.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29That is Brief Encounter.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Kevin, Brief Encounter is correct.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Carrie, you need to get this right to have a chance of being in the final.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40To which actor was Uma Thurman married from 1998-2004?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I think I'd be quite happy to be tied up to any of these three
0:15:48 > 0:15:52gentlemen in marriage, so it would be difficult.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55There's absolutely no logic in my choice...
0:15:55 > 0:16:02except the last two right answers have all been the left-hand one
0:16:02 > 0:16:04and therefore I shall go for Gary Oldman.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09OK, there is a logic in that choice, that's for sure.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13It's wrong, though, it's Ethan Hawke, Carrie, sorry.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Kevin will be in the final round.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Please both of you come back and rejoin your teams.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24As it stands, the challengers have lost two brains from the final round,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28the Eggheads have lost one brain. The last subject is history,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30so which of you wants history?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- My history is slightly dodgy. - Do you want to try it?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- All right, then.- Alan, history?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Have to be. Chris, please.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41OK, Alan against Chris.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Please take your positions.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Alan, you can tell me whether you want the first or second set.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Er... I'll go second.
0:16:53 > 0:16:59The famous motto of the French Revolution was 'Liberte, egalite...' and what?
0:17:03 > 0:17:08Well, I like the idea of decapite but it was actually fraternite.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Yeah, it was fraternite.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Liberty, egality and decapitation.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Alan, your question - from the late 16th century,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22what name was given to soldiers trained to fight on foot but who
0:17:22 > 0:17:25transported themselves on horseback?
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Well, Sappers is a more modern term, isn't it, for the Royal Engineers?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Grenadiers I believe are foot-soldiers.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42The horseback men are Dragoons.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Dragoons is your answer?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Yes, dragoons.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49And it's right, well done.
0:17:51 > 0:17:58Your question, Chris - what type of weapon was the 'potato-masher', used by German troops in World War II?
0:18:03 > 0:18:09Now the German stick grenade was a fairly stubby canister on a wooden handle.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Now, because it's got a handle,
0:18:12 > 0:18:16it looks as if you could do that with it, I'd say it was the stick grenade.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20That's right.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Back to you, Alan.
0:18:22 > 0:18:28What type of animal was Obaysch who caused a stir when he arrived
0:18:28 > 0:18:30at the London Zoo in 1850,
0:18:30 > 0:18:36as he was the first of his kind to be seen in Europe since Roman times?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46It's going to have to be a pure guess.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49I really have no idea at all.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Hippo. Hippopotamus.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59OK. Romantics, is it right?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02It's unlikely to be an Emperor Penguin because
0:19:02 > 0:19:04they're quite deep into the interior of the Antarctic
0:19:04 > 0:19:07and I'm not too sure if they'd got that far in at that time. Maybe...
0:19:07 > 0:19:08I'm not sure. What do you think?
0:19:08 > 0:19:12I'd have gone for hippopotamus or giraffe but I don't know which one.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15I'm afraid this one is up for grabs.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18It is but he's got it right. Hippopotamus.
0:19:19 > 0:19:26So, Chris, your question - what was the name of King George V's horse in front of which
0:19:26 > 0:19:31the Suffragette Emily Davison threw herself during the 1913 Epsom Derby?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Well, it was one of the few racehorses of any renown that wasn't
0:19:40 > 0:19:45commemorated in the name of an A3 Pacific on the LNER. It was Amner.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48And I bet this is a classic question for you quizzers, isn't it?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Amner is the answer, correct. Well, done, Chris.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Over to you, Alan.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59Who was the older brother of Charles I who died aged just 18?
0:20:05 > 0:20:06The only thing I can go on...
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I don't know the answer... the only thing I can go on is
0:20:09 > 0:20:12the fact that
0:20:12 > 0:20:14William and Arthur's
0:20:14 > 0:20:16are more modern.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Prince Henry, only because it sounds roundabout the time.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28I'm not entirely certain but I'll go for Prince Henry.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Your guesswork is astonishing.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35You're right, Prince Henry is right.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38So, you've had three questions each, the scores are level.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40We go now to sudden death.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45Chris, which famous naturalist, President of The Royal Society
0:20:45 > 0:20:53for over 40 years, sailed around the world with James Cook and helped organise the voyage of HMS Bounty?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Ah, yes. That was the chap that Banksy is named after, isn't it?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Joseph Banks.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Joseph Banks is correct, Chris, well done. So, advantage to you and if
0:21:04 > 0:21:07you get this one wrong, Alan, I'm afraid you won't be in the final.
0:21:07 > 0:21:15Here's your question - what name is given to the planned march from Manchester to London in March 1817,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19instigated by John Baguley and Samuel Drummond
0:21:19 > 0:21:25to draw attention to the problems of unemployed spinners and weavers?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Um...
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Spinners and weavers? Cotton?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34The Cotton March?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Cotton March? No, it's the March of the Blanketeers
0:21:37 > 0:21:42because they apparently wore blankets to show that they were
0:21:42 > 0:21:44weavers and to keep them warm.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Which means, Chris, you'll join us in the final and, Alan, you won't.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Please come back to the studio.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56This is what we've been playing towards... it's time for the final round. As always, general knowledge.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Those of you who lost your head-to- heads won't be allowed to take part
0:21:59 > 0:22:04in this round, which means Polly, Alan and Carrie from The Romantics
0:22:04 > 0:22:08and CJ from The Eggheads, you have to please leave the studio now.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Catherine and Alan, you're playing to win The Romantics £14,000.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Chris, Barry, Judith and Kevin, you are playing for something
0:22:17 > 0:22:21which money can't buy, the Eggheads' very precious reputation.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27This time the questions are all general knowledge.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28You are allowed to confer.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32So, Romantics, the question is are your two brains better than The Eggheads' four?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34First or second?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Shall we go first? You went first, didn't you, and won?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- Yeah, let's go first. - We'll go first, please.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Here we go.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45What is the term for an aggressively
0:22:45 > 0:22:51managed investment fund that concentrates on making high returns?
0:22:53 > 0:22:56That's... a little easier than I thought.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Yes, I was expecting trouble there!
0:22:57 > 0:23:00But I think we're fairly certain, yeah. Hedge fund,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02we'd like to go hedge fund, please.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Quite right, right answer, well done. Eggheads,
0:23:05 > 0:23:10which prime minister introduced the Citizen's Charter in 1991?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Definitely John Major.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19That was John Major.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22You're right.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Over to you, Romantics.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28What name is given to the wedge-shaped block at the summit of a stone arch?
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- Well, the cornerstone's on the corner?- Yeah.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- Isn't a whetstone what you sharpen a knife on, I think?- So, it's keystone.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43We think it's keystone, by a process of elimination.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46You're sounding confident, you guys. OK, keystone is right...
0:23:46 > 0:23:48another point to The Romantics.
0:23:48 > 0:23:56Eggheads, at which Australian cricket ground is the Boxing Day Test Match traditionally held?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Gabba... MCG...- I've no idea at all.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08WACA... Western Australia?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10It's a bit unfortunate, I was hoping...
0:24:10 > 0:24:12What's the MCG?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- Melbourne Cricket Ground.- The more confusion, the better for you.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17The discussion's a good sign.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19That's Brisbane.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22WACA's Perth, Western Australia.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- I would bet it's Melbourne. - It says traditional'.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27- Melbourne's the oldest-established. - Yeah, exactly.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29I'd go for Melbourne, myself.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Well, using the logic that Melbourne is the most traditional
0:24:33 > 0:24:36place in Australia, traditionally-minded place in
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Australia, we'll go for MCG, which is the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42That's right, MCG.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Well, done.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Romantics?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49In Greek mythology, what are Pelion and Ossa?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- How are you on Greek? - Not great...- Words, deconstructing.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Yeah, what they mean. Not good.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Ossa means stone, doesn't it? Like an ossuary, where you heap stones.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Ossified, ossified means turned into stone. Mountains.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Does that make it more likely to be mountains? OK, shall we go for it?
0:25:08 > 0:25:13We're going to go, tentatively, for mountains, please.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15There's no tentatively round here.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- Positively. - We're going to go for mountains.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20I'm glad you did... you're right.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Which means if the Eggheads get this question wrong, you have won £14,000.
0:25:26 > 0:25:33OK, your question, Eggheads. Which city was chosen as the Unesco 2008
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Arab Capital of Culture?
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Tehran is Iranian, which isn't Arab, so it won't be that.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50No, that's a good point. I don't know if I have seen anything about this.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53I had an instinct for Damascus when they came up
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Did you?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58But that means nothing, really.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01With nothing to go on whatsoever, I'd vote for Damascus but I don't know.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06I'd go for Damascus as well for much the same reasons.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08- We don't really know... - We don't know at all!
0:26:08 > 0:26:13so we're going to plump for Damascus and hope for the best.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Eggheads, you got it right.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- It's Damascus.- Well done, Kevin.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21We move to sudden death, now.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Your question, Romantics -
0:26:22 > 0:26:26the architect Oscar Niemeyer is best-known for his work
0:26:26 > 0:26:31on which new city in the late 1950s and early 1960s?
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- New city?- Yeah, new city. - What parts of the world have got
0:26:36 > 0:26:38new cities built? South America.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40What is there in South America?
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- No, I don't think it's South America. - North America.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Everything there's new, isn't it? - Far East.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Yeah, somewhere.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Where's the Twin Towers, is that Kuala Lumpur?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Go on, guess a city.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Go on, pick one. I don't mind.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00It's not a new city.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Kuala Lumpur.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08Oscar Niemeyer designed many of the municipal buildings, cathedral
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- and the overall construction in Brasilia.- Oh, it was South America!
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- It was South America.- It was...
0:27:14 > 0:27:18and when you ruled it out, I was thinking ah, no, don't do that.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22So, Eggheads, you get this right, you've snatched away the prize money
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and sent them home with nothing.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Here's your question - which popular term for a state of
0:27:28 > 0:27:34unrealistic or over-the-top fantasy is a translation of the Greek name
0:27:34 > 0:27:39for the city that features in Aristophanes' play The Birds.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Cloud cuckoo land.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46That's cloud cuckoo land.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- You know what the name of the city is?- Nephelokokkygia.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Oh, I am impressed, Chris.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57That answer, quite right, and Eggheads, you've won it.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Well, knowing the name of the city on this side wasn't bad but tough.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Brasilia, tough one.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Sorry, commiserations, challengers. The Eggheads have done what comes
0:28:11 > 0:28:14naturally to them. Their winning streak continues.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £14,000, which means
0:28:18 > 0:28:21it rolls over to our next show.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Join us next time to see if the new challengers have the brains
0:28:26 > 0:28:28to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32£15,000 will say they don't. Till then, goodbye.
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