0:00:04 > 0:00:08These 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.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit
0:00:26 > 0:00:30their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32They've won some of the country's
0:00:32 > 0:00:36toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads!
0:00:36 > 0:00:39And challenging our resident quiz champions today are
0:00:39 > 0:00:40the Official Retrievers.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43The majority of the team work in the insolvency trade, and
0:00:43 > 0:00:48for the past 20 years they have been taking part in charity quizzes. Let's meet them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Hello, I'm John, 49, a civil servant.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Richard. I'm 56 and I'm a civil servant.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Hello, I'm John.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I'm 61 and I'm also a civil servant.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Hello, I'm Nigel.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I'm 44 and I'm a business development manager.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Hello, I'm Bob.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I'm 62 and I'm an auctioneer.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Welcome, Official Retrievers!
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And you're all doing insolvency and that kind of thing?
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Pretty much so, yeah. Apart from Bob at the end, who's our auctioneer.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19He sells the things.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23So, you go into houses, take stuff out and, Bob, you sell it?
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I sell the stuff they take off people, yeah, that's right!
0:01:26 > 0:01:30So, you go in when people have fallen on hard times or gone bankrupt?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Yeah, the bankruptcies are all compulsory, and so
0:01:34 > 0:01:39the Insolvency Service, the official retriever, deals with all of them at first instance.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43And then we also deal with compulsory liquidations, when companies go into
0:01:43 > 0:01:46liquidation and they're dealt with in the public sector.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50There's a lot of money up for grabs here. You can get it if you answer the questions correctly.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Every day there's £1,000 worth
0:01:52 > 0:01:55of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over, and I can
0:01:59 > 0:02:02tell you, Official Retrievers, that the Eggheads have won the last
0:02:02 > 0:02:0820 games, so it's £21,000 that you're playing for.
0:02:08 > 0:02:1121 grand says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film & Television.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Are we going to have a talk about this?- It's you, isn't it, John?
0:02:17 > 0:02:22- I'm all right for Entertainment? - What do you reckon? - It's you, John, that is.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- I think it's you, John.- Shall I go with Film & Television?- Yes.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28OK, Jeremy. OK, it's going to be me.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29- John T?- Indeed.- Against?
0:02:29 > 0:02:32We did have a game plan, but it's slightly altered...
0:02:32 > 0:02:34You haven't even started yet!
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- I think we'd chosen Judith, hadn't we?- We'll take Judith, then.- OK.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41John from the Official Retrievers against Judith.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in
0:02:44 > 0:02:46the question room.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49I'm going to ask each of the three multiple-choice questions on
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Film & Television in turn.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54You choose, John, the first or second set.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56It's going to be first for me, please.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Here we go, good luck. Ben and Susan are
0:03:01 > 0:03:04the central couple in which TV sitcom?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Well, it's certainly not
0:03:11 > 0:03:13not One Foot In The Grave - they're aged and miserable.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Del Boy Trotter is a bit of
0:03:16 > 0:03:20a wide boy. We see him around quite a bit in the office!
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I think the answer to that question is My Family.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I think you're right, well done!
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Judith, the names of the American astronauts Scott Carpenter,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepard, Gordon Cooper and John Glenn
0:03:34 > 0:03:39were used as the names of the brothers in which TV series?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46The Waltons is sort of older, isn't it,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48than astronauts?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I always think The Waltons have been on for ever and ever.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56I've never heard of ChuckleVision, so let's have a go at ChuckleVision.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01There's a bit of ChuckleVision going on here!
0:04:01 > 0:04:06- Oh, dear, wrong answer! - The right answer is Thunderbirds.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I don't think I've ever watched Thunderbirds. I'm like that
0:04:09 > 0:04:12judge in the height of Beatlemania who said,
0:04:12 > 0:04:13"Who are The Beatles?"
0:04:13 > 0:04:15"Who are The Buttles?"!
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I mean, I realise I've got to that stage!
0:04:20 > 0:04:26Your question, John. Who plays the title role in the 2008 film Hancock?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32I don't think it's Tom Cruise.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I think I've seen his face
0:04:36 > 0:04:39on the buses that I've passed. I think it's Will Smith.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41You're right, it is Will Smith.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48Judith, Raymond Baxter, William Woollard and Judith Hann
0:04:48 > 0:04:51were presenters during the 1970s of which TV show?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59My brains have left me!
0:05:04 > 0:05:06I'm crying now,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09but I'm laughing crying rather than crying crying.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Raymond Baxter, William Willard...
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I thought he was an opera singer!
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- It's William Woollard.- Woollard.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- And who's the other one?- Judith Hann.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28What you're watching is the quiz equivalent of rope-a-dope!
0:05:32 > 0:05:37I think it's Tomorrow's World. Oh, please let it be Tomorrow's World!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39You're right, Judith, well done! Back on track.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Well done. Phew!
0:05:43 > 0:05:45OK, your question, John.
0:05:45 > 0:05:53The 1967 DA Pennebaker documentary film Dont Look Back follows which
0:05:53 > 0:05:57singer on his 1965 tour of England?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04I'm not really sure
0:06:04 > 0:06:05about this, I have to say.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08But I don't think it's Jimi Hendrix.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I'm minded to go for Bob Dylan.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Spot on with Bob Dylan. You've got that right, and because you got that
0:06:15 > 0:06:20right, there's no way back for Judith, so, John, you've emerged
0:06:20 > 0:06:23triumphant against the Egghead. You will be in the final round.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Judith, you won't.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Please, both of you come back to the studio.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30As it stands, the Eggheads have lost one
0:06:30 > 0:06:34brain from the final round, while the challengers have lost no brains.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36The next subject is Music.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Who would like to take on Music, and against which Egghead?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42I'd have thought John more than Bob.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- You're a pretty good '60s man. - Yeah, go on.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Who says the questions are on the '60s?!
0:06:46 > 0:06:48We're going to have to make a choice.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50What if Science comes up?
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- We'll worry about Science after this.- Go for it.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- OK, it's going to be John. - It's going to be John.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Not with the greatest will in the world, but he's going to go.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Music really is your subject?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03So, how did that happen?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06The categories have changed a little bit from previous
0:07:06 > 0:07:10series, and the Entertainment one was a global sort of subject, and I was
0:07:10 > 0:07:14going to do all of that, but now it's been split into TV, Films and Music,
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- so I can't go again.- You're still in it, so that's the main thing.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- Yeah, that's fair. - So, John, you're on Music.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- Unfortunately!- But you were down to do Science.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Yeah.- Something's unravelling here, isn't it?! Which Egghead?- Daphne.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31- Daphne. Daphne, yeah. - We're going to bring on Daphne.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36John from the Official Retrievers against Daphne from the Eggheads.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43OK, three questions on Music in turn.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46John, would you like the first or second set?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Always the gentleman, I'll go first, please!
0:07:52 > 0:07:55"Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees
0:07:55 > 0:07:59"and marmalade skies" is the opening line of which Beatles song?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Well, luckily it's The Beatles, so that's a start.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10At least it's not too modern!
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I do believe it's Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17And you were so worried about this category!
0:08:17 > 0:08:18That's only the first question!
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Yeah, but you got it right, well done!
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Daphne, your question. In which decade was
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Pass The Dutchie a UK number-one hit single for Musical Youth?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35I don't know!
0:08:35 > 0:08:40I keep telling you, all this era, all three of them, passed me by!
0:08:40 > 0:08:42When you have children... Yes.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Umm, because
0:08:44 > 0:08:50I don't know, I'll go straight down the middle and say the 1970s.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51John, you'll know this one.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- I will, yeah.- Go on, sing it for us.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54I think it's...
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- # Pass the dutchie from the left-hand side! #- That's right.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58- All kids and all in the...- '80s.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02In the '80s, Daphne. Well, that's handy.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05This is going the opposite way you thought it might.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08John, your second question.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13In 1990, The Only One I Know became the first UK top-ten hit
0:09:13 > 0:09:14single for which indie band?
0:09:20 > 0:09:21I haven't a clue.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23It's much too modern,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26and I can't even eliminate
0:09:26 > 0:09:29any of them.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I'll go with The Charlatans.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37You're right.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Come on, John Boy!
0:09:40 > 0:09:47Daphne, the 808, also known as the Roland TR-808,
0:09:47 > 0:09:51beloved of record producers around the world, is a type of what?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54If you get this wrong, you're out.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Well, I'm just
0:09:58 > 0:10:03hoping TR stands for tape recorder, so I'm crossing my fingers
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and going for that.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I don't know what TR stands for, because the answer's a drum machine.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- Oh, right! - So, you are wrong and you are out!
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- I am!- How interesting! John, all your worries about
0:10:16 > 0:10:20not being able to compete there, and you've just taken her apart.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Well done! You emerge triumphant against our Egghead, so John, you
0:10:24 > 0:10:27will play in the final round, and, please, both of you,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29come back and rejoin your teammates.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32The Eggheads have lost two brains from the final round,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36whilst the challengers still have not lost any brains.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Our next subject is History, and I know your plan has gone to pot.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- Got somebody on History? - We've got a specialist.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Just gone back on track, I think!
0:10:46 > 0:10:51It's going to be my friend here on my left. Who are we going to play, then?
0:10:51 > 0:10:56Oh, come on, let's see if we can rattle another plug!
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- What shall we do then, take Kevin? - We'll take CJ.- CJ, please.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03OK, Richard from the Official Retrievers is
0:11:03 > 0:11:06going to take on CJ from the Eggheads.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13I'll ask each of you three questions on History in turn.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Richard, would you like the first set or the second set?
0:11:16 > 0:11:17I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24And here we go. Lady Caroline Lamb, notorious for her affair with
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Lord Byron, was the wife of which British Prime Minister?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I don't think William Pitt the Younger
0:11:37 > 0:11:38had time to get married -
0:11:38 > 0:11:40that's why they called him the Younger.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42He died very young.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47Gladstone went looking for ladies of dubious reputation, as far as
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I remember, so it's Lord Melbourne. He was a lamb.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53You're right, it was Lord Melbourne.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Good!
0:11:56 > 0:11:58And not that easy.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Here we go, CJ. How are you feeling?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- I'm not looking forward to this.- OK.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Having been born there, Richard II
0:12:06 > 0:12:09was known as Richard of which French city?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17He's really one of the forgotten kings,
0:12:17 > 0:12:18isn't he, Richard II?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21And I'm not sure I've heard this.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Oh, dear.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Let's start my inevitable downward slide with Richard of Bordeaux.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30It's not downwards. You got it right, well done!
0:12:30 > 0:12:33OK, next one to you, Richard. So, you're level.
0:12:33 > 0:12:41Which Royal Navy aircraft carrier was hit and sunk by the German U-boat U-81 in November 1941?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52That's a sticky one.
0:12:54 > 0:13:01Ark Royal was badly hit, but I'm not sure she was sunk.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06I'm going for HMS Indomitable.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08And it's wrong. It was
0:13:08 > 0:13:10HMS Ark Royal.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14So, CJ, your chance to take the advantage.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18John Hampton was an English politician who played a leading
0:13:18 > 0:13:20part in the opposition to the rule of which king?
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Oh, dear.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32I'm not sure about this, but there is one name that's eeking me.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33I don't think it's Edward VI.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37I'm going to work on the basis that I know virtually
0:13:37 > 0:13:41nothing about Richard III, so I'm going to go for Charles I.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Charles I is the correct answer, CJ, well done!
0:13:45 > 0:13:48So, you have two points and, Richard, you have one.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52You need to get this right, Richard, or you'll not be in the final.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56The royal House of Lancaster's reign over England began in
0:13:56 > 0:13:58the last year of which century?
0:14:01 > 0:14:07The only House I can remember that actually began
0:14:07 > 0:14:12in the last year of a century
0:14:12 > 0:14:16was when Richard of Bordeaux died
0:14:16 > 0:14:22and was succeeded, I believe, by Henry IV of the House of Lancaster,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24so it'll be the 14th.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Lovely!
0:14:26 > 0:14:30You're right!
0:14:30 > 0:14:32It's tight here. CJ, if you get this right,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35you're in the final. If you don't, we go to sudden death.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39CJ, in 1911, William Waldorf Astor
0:14:39 > 0:14:41became the owner of which national newspaper?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Well, I really don't have much to go on here.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54So, apologies if I'm going to
0:14:54 > 0:14:56let my team down and humiliate
0:14:56 > 0:14:58myself in sudden death, but I'm going to go for The Times.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00And what's your reasoning there?
0:15:00 > 0:15:04He strikes me as rather a conservative figure,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07and The Times is a conservative newspaper. Not quite
0:15:07 > 0:15:09as much as The Telegraph, admittedly.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- That's the one I'm going to go for.- It was The Observer.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14you're wrong, which means we go to sudden death.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Richard, you survived
0:15:16 > 0:15:20your problem with the second question, so let's see if you
0:15:20 > 0:15:23can take the round now. Not multiple choice now,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25so I'm going to need an answer from you.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29What was the nickname given to the son of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier,
0:15:29 > 0:15:34who succeeded him as president of Haiti?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39He was another member, not only of the Duvalier family,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43but presumably the Doc family, because he was known as Baby Doc.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46He was indeed known as Baby Doc, you're quite right.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Just pulling clear now, unless you can hold him, CJ.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Which British king was the last to hold the title Emperor of India?
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Oh, dear.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Well, let's see. They became independent in '47.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Would they have had an emperor up until the end?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11I don't know. I'm hoping...
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I'm hoping that the title had gone
0:16:15 > 0:16:18earlier rather than later.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22It just seems a bit antiquated for later.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25It's George V or George VI.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I'm going to go for George V.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Your response, Eggheads?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Oh, dear!- It was George VI.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Oh, dear. George VI it was. So, CJ,
0:16:37 > 0:16:41with that wrong answer you lose your place in the final.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Richard, you will join your team in the final, well done!
0:16:43 > 0:16:46It looked a bit sticky, but you came through.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Good History knowledge. Both of you, come back to the studio.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55We press on. The Eggheads have lost three brains from the final round.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57The challengers have not lost any.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59What is going to happen here, with £21,000 to play for?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01The last subject is Arts & Books.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- Which of you wants that? - And we have...
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- It looks like it's mine. - ..an auctioneer,
0:17:06 > 0:17:10whose gavel is now about to drop on this table, and we're going to take...
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Who did we say, chaps?
0:17:12 > 0:17:16You can do Kevin or Barry, Arts & Books.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I could be committing suicide, but we'll try Kevin.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Well, it's always worth a try!
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Bob from the Official Retrievers against Kevin from the Eggheads.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Please take your positions in the question room.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Three questions. Do you want the first or second set?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I suppose I had better bat first as well.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Bob, what do potters call the action of shaping clay on a wheel?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Well, as I play cricket a lot, I tend to drop
0:17:47 > 0:17:50a lot, so I don't think it's dropping.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52It certainly isn't catching.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54I believe it's throwing.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57It is throwing, well done.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Kevin, your question.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06In Greek drama, what name is given to a group of actors who comment on
0:18:06 > 0:18:08the central action of the play?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13That's the origin of the word chorus,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16so it's chorus.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Chorus is correct, Kevin.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Your question, Bob. Atlas Shrugged is the title
0:18:22 > 0:18:25of a 1957 novel by which writer?
0:18:28 > 0:18:34Well, I'm embarrassed to say I have no idea at all,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37so it's going to be a pure guess.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Purely and simply because...
0:18:43 > 0:18:44For no other reason than I like
0:18:44 > 0:18:49the name Ayn, that sounds likely, I'll go for Ayn Rand.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Great stroke of luck, or guesswork, for you. Well done!
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Ayn Rand is correct, well done!
0:18:56 > 0:18:57Kevin, back to you.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Which cartoonist provided the illustrations for
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Hunter S Thompson's classic book Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Now, I was really, really hoping that both Scarfe and Steadman
0:19:13 > 0:19:15weren't going to come up on that one.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16It's not Ronald Searle.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19I'm not at all...
0:19:19 > 0:19:23I'm really, really not at all sure about this, but I'm going to
0:19:23 > 0:19:24go for Ralph Steadman.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Is the correct answer. Well done, Kevin!
0:19:30 > 0:19:31He's a hard man to beat, Bob!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33He certainly is, yeah.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Here's your next question. As what is the British artist
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Nicholas Hilliard, born in 1547, most famous?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Well, he certainly wasn't
0:19:51 > 0:19:53a manuscript illuminator,
0:19:53 > 0:19:58and he certainly wasn't involved with stained glass.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03He was one of the world's most famous and popular miniaturists.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07You're quite right. He was a portrait miniaturist, well done.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Three out of three for our auctioneer.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Kevin, get this right or you're not in the final.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17John Self is the central character in which novel by Martin Amis?
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Not a Martin Amis fan either, I'm afraid!
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- Sorry, Barry! - Why are you apologising to Barry?
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Because he'll be left on his own if I get this wrong, that's why!
0:20:37 > 0:20:38The Rachel Papers was his...
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I don't say it was necessarily his first book, but it was his first
0:20:43 > 0:20:47early success when he was about 24.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50And I don't think...
0:20:51 > 0:20:55..the central character in that was called John Self.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59So, rightly or wrongly, I think I'll rule out The Rachel Papers.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04But Money or The Information?
0:21:05 > 0:21:10I honestly don't know, I'm torn 50-50 between those two, so I've got
0:21:10 > 0:21:14to go for one, so I shall go for The Information.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19If you get this wrong, the whole of the other team
0:21:19 > 0:21:22will be there for the final round with £21,000 to play for.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Kevin, you did get it wrong.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29It's Money, not The Information.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32So, Bob, well done!
0:21:32 > 0:21:35The Egghead who gets most questions right has been
0:21:35 > 0:21:39eliminated. That means there's only one Egghead left in the final.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Challengers, you will have Bob playing with you in a moment's time.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Please, both of you, come back to join us.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49So, this is what we've been playing towards. It's time for the final
0:21:49 > 0:21:52round, which, as always, is General Knowledge. I'm afraid those of
0:21:52 > 0:21:55you who lost your head-to-heads won't be allowed to take part.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59So, and this is really quite remarkable, I'm just going to turn this way
0:21:59 > 0:22:04and say, Judith and Kevin and CJ and Daphne, you're gone, I'm afraid!
0:22:04 > 0:22:07We've only seen this twice before in the history of Eggheads.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11This is only the third time that the whole of
0:22:11 > 0:22:15the challengers have been left with one Egghead to play against!
0:22:15 > 0:22:17I wonder who that can be?!
0:22:17 > 0:22:19OK, guys, leave the studio, please.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Our challengers work in insolvency, and it looks as if
0:22:23 > 0:22:28the Eggheads have been almost compulsorily liquidated here!
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Just Barry left! John T, Richard, John W,
0:22:31 > 0:22:38Nigel and Bob, you are playing to win the Official Retrievers £21,000.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Barry, on your own there, you're playing for something that money
0:22:41 > 0:22:44can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51The questions are all General Knowledge, and you are allowed to confer.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Official Retrievers, the question is, are your five brains
0:22:54 > 0:22:57better than the Eggheads' one?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Official Retrievers, first or second set of questions?
0:23:00 > 0:23:03It's gone well so far, and on the basis that if we get one
0:23:03 > 0:23:07one wrong, we'll have to get his three, perhaps we're going to go first.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13First question. What is the name of
0:23:13 > 0:23:17the UK agency that carries out CRB checks?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- The diddle? - Well, we reckon middle for diddle.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31It certainly isn't the Car Registration Bank.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33The one down in the middle. We're in agreement?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36It is the Criminal Records Bureau.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39That's the one we want? Straight down the middle, please.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41The Criminal Records Bureau.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Is the right answer, well done.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Barry, a rough, tight embrace is often referred to as what?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I don't think I'd fancy being squeezed
0:23:58 > 0:24:00by a tiger, and a clinch by a wolf
0:24:00 > 0:24:03doesn't sound attractive either, but I've had the odd bear hug
0:24:03 > 0:24:08in my time, so I shall go for a bear hug as a tight embrace.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Bear hug is the correct answer.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Difficult at this moment to have a bear hug,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15given that you're there on your own!
0:24:15 > 0:24:20Next question is for the Official Retrievers. In August 2007, a statue
0:24:20 > 0:24:23was unveiled on Parliament Square in London of which world leader?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Churchill was already there.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Churchill's there.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Do we think it's JFK, then?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- No, it's Mandela.- It's Mandela, is it? It's Mandela?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- Are we all sure about this, yeah? - 90%.- Are you sure?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's Mandela.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43We're going to go down the middle again, for...
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Ready, team? Nelson Mandela?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- Yeah.- Mr Nelson Mandela.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49You've got it right again.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51- Thank you.- Nelson Mandela.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54The pressure on Barry, on his own.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58The five Studebaker brothers together founded a company
0:24:58 > 0:25:01that would become famous for the production of what?
0:25:08 > 0:25:12One of my dreams when I was a young child was
0:25:12 > 0:25:15to own one of the classic American cars, and of the
0:25:15 > 0:25:19many cars who I admired, Studebaker was certainly up there amongst them.
0:25:19 > 0:25:25So, I think the answer to this one certainly must be automobiles.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Automobiles is the correct answer.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Two points each.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33I've just got a feeling this is going to be very tight.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37In which year was San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge completed?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46It's the early one. It's the early one.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Which one? It's not going to be 1947.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It's not '47. I think it's '27.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54It was the time of the Great Depression.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57You would go early, would you?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59I think it's '27. You think '37?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- I don't know.- I think it's 27.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Are we going to go for that? Are we happy?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05We're not 100% sure. We think
0:26:05 > 0:26:10'47 is too late. We're not going down the middle this time, are we, chaps?
0:26:10 > 0:26:13We're going to go for 1927.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Maybe took that a bit too quickly. It's 1937.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Sorry, guys.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22In 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was completed.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27It's not over, challengers, because Barry has to get this correct.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30And if he doesn't, we go to sudden death.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34If you do, Barry, well, that's it for our Official Retrievers.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Sortilege is the act of predicting the future by doing what?
0:26:47 > 0:26:53I've heard this word before. I don't think it's examining leftovers,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56because the word haruspicy, for some reason, comes into
0:26:56 > 0:27:01my mind for that. So, that would leave me with drawing lots or
0:27:01 > 0:27:07throwing feathers. I've never heard of an act of divination, of
0:27:07 > 0:27:11predicting the future, by throwing feathers, so because I don't think
0:27:11 > 0:27:15it's examining leftovers, and I've never heard of throwing feathers,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I'm going to go for drawing lots.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21If you've got it right, you've taken the prize money from them.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25If you've got it wrong, we go to sudden death.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27It's a big, big prize we've been playing for,
0:27:27 > 0:27:33and the Official Retrievers have played an impeccable game, and
0:27:33 > 0:27:37we listened to your logic, and it was impeccable,
0:27:37 > 0:27:38because you're right.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44It's drawing lots. Congratulations, Eggheads, you've won.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Well, it's no consolation at all, but the two other teams
0:27:55 > 0:28:00who got into this particular permutation both lost as well.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- We enjoyed ourselves. - You did brilliantly.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06You came storming through right up until the very end.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Barry, well done, because it takes a lot of nerve,
0:28:08 > 0:28:13the newest Egghead here. So, there we are, you've got your stripes!
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Commiserations, challengers.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20The Eggheads have done what comes naturally. Their winning streak continues,
0:28:20 > 0:28:24and I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £21,000, which means that
0:28:24 > 0:28:28the money rolls over to our next show. Eggheads, congratulations!
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Who will beat you? I'll address that to Barry, if you don't mind!
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Join us next time to see if the new challengers have
0:28:34 > 0:28:36the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39£22,000 will say they don't.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Until then, goodbye.
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