0:00:04 > 0:00:08These 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.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18The question is...
0:00:18 > 0:00:20can 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 > 0:00:35You may recognize them as they've won some of the country's toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39And challenging our resident quiz champions today are the Bere Heads,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41a team of friends and family who
0:00:41 > 0:00:47regularly take part in their local pub quiz at the Edgcumbe Hotel in Bere Alston in Devon.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Let's meet them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- Hello, I'm Mick. I'm 46 and I'm a primary school teacher.- Hi, I'm John.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58I'm 52 and I'm a stock controller for a large engineering company.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Hi, I'm Jim. I'm 30 and I'm an office and accounts manager.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Hello, I'm Malcolm.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I'm 64 and I'm an IT technical team leader.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Hi. I'm Ed. I'm 49 and I'm a carer.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Welcome, Bere Heads. So you all do different kinds of things but you quiz together.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- Yes, that's right.- Which is promising from this game's point of view.
0:01:20 > 0:01:27I'm a primary school teacher and I did teach at the local primary school at Bere Alston.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32John and I were at college together and we live near each other
0:01:32 > 0:01:37in Plymouth but we still go regularly with the others to the Bere Alston quiz.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And I used to live there.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- And Devon is beautiful.- Yeah.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43We'll try and keep it a secret or everyone's gonna be down there.
0:01:43 > 0:01:49So can no-one mention how beautiful Devon is again, in this game at all?!
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Good luck. It could be an exciting game, this one.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55There's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05And the reason I say it could be exciting is that, Bere Heads, the Eggheads have won the last 24 games.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08In fact they've been winning ever since Barry joined them.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13So £25,000 says you can't beat them.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Music.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Which one of you wants to play Music and against which Egghead?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21We hadn't expected this.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25It's not one we'd anticipated and I can't remember who we actually said.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- I think it had better... - I think Jimmy is the strongest.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- OK.- If it's classical he's gonna be all over the place.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35We'll hand you the poisoned chalice.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Who do you think we should pick? - Daphne?- Daphne?
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Me against Daphne.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45So, Jim against Daphne.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51- OK.- Oh, gosh.- To ensure there's no conferring, would you please take your positions in the question room?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Three multiple choice questions in turn.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Jim, you can choose the first or second set.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I'll go first, please.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Your first question, Jim. In which country was the singer Sharleen Spiteri born?
0:03:10 > 0:03:14I'm fairly confident I know that answer.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I believe it's Scotland.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20And you're right. It was Scotland.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Next question for you, Daphne. Which girl's name appears in the title of
0:03:27 > 0:03:30the traditional song that features the line,
0:03:30 > 0:03:35"You'll look sweet, upon the seat, of a bicycle made for two"?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42That's more like it.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44My era. Daisy.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46That's it, well done.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48One point each.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Over to you, Jim.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56"If" was a UK number one hit single in 1975 for which actor?
0:04:01 > 0:04:05I can't say it's one I know.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Slightly before my time.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Um... out of those three
0:04:11 > 0:04:16I don't think it's William Shatner,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I don't think it's Bill Cosby.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I'll go for Telly Savalas.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Interesting choice. Why did you choose him?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Well, I've got it in my head that he...
0:04:25 > 0:04:29sang a song but it's really pretty much a guess.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I don't really know the answer.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- And you know the cop he played, obviously?- Oh, yeah, Kojak.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37It's the right answer. Well done.
0:04:39 > 0:04:47OK, Daphne. Who was the third member of the 1990s grunge band, Nirvana, with Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57I don't think it's Eddie Vedder
0:04:57 > 0:05:01because isn't he something to do with Pearl Jam?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04But of the other two...
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I really don't know
0:05:09 > 0:05:12so I'll go for the one I can pronounce, Chris Cornell.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18Daphne, it is the unpronounceable one in the middle.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20It's not Chris Cornell.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22And you're gonna have to get back to your Nirvana albums
0:05:22 > 0:05:24and listen to them all over again.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26No, thank you!
0:05:26 > 0:05:31So that means our Bere Heads have got the edge in this round.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Jim, if you get this one right, you're in the final and Daphne is not.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38"A British Tar" and "Never Mind the Why and Wherefore"
0:05:38 > 0:05:41are songs from which Gilbert and Sullivan opera?
0:05:48 > 0:05:52I can't say it's one I know again. It's going to be a bit of a guess.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I'll go for...
0:05:59 > 0:06:01HMS Pinafore.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- That was a guess, was it?- It was.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Just before you guessed it I thought, this guy, there's
0:06:07 > 0:06:11something about him, he's gonna guess the right one, and you did!
0:06:13 > 0:06:15There's something about this team here.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17First round to our Bere Heads.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Daphne, no way back for you so I won't ask you the next question.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Well, done, Jim. Please, both of you, come back to the studio.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29As it stands, the challengers have lost no brains from the final round
0:06:29 > 0:06:33while the Eggheads have lost one brain. The next subject is Sport.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- What do you think, captain?- Well...
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Who wants it and against which Egghead?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- What if we get...?- Are we gonna go with Chris then, as we said?
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- Yeah.- I'll be playing this one, Jeremy, and I'd like to play Chris.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57So, Ed, from the Bere Heads, a carer from Devon, versus Chris from the Eggheads on sport. Chris!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- He's like that!- There are four things certain in this life.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Trouble, death, taxes and... SPORT!
0:07:05 > 0:07:10To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Ed, I know you spend your time caring for your wife in Devon.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15That's correct, yes.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20She's been quite poorly over the last two years but thankfully quite stable at the moment and hopefully
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- we will be sat out in the garden in the summer enjoying this.- Terrific.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28OK, well, good luck in this round, and to your team as well.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Three questions, multiple choice, you can choose the first or second set.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34I'd like to go first please, Jeremy.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Your question, Ed. In July 2006, Ruud Van Nistelrooy
0:07:40 > 0:07:45left Manchester United to sign for which Spanish football team?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I believe that one was Real Madrid, Jeremy.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59Great confidence you answered that with and you're right, Real Madrid.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06Chris, to you. Which British driver announced his retirement from Formula One in July 2008?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I actually saw this on the news.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I believe it was David Coulthard.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18David Coulthard is correct. One each.
0:08:18 > 0:08:25Back to you, Ed. Which country won tennis's Davis Cup in 2007?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33This is a difficult one.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40I do remember Sweden doing well in previous years but I don't think
0:08:40 > 0:08:43they won it in 2007.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46And although Russia
0:08:46 > 0:08:50are strong in the male tennis at the moment...
0:08:50 > 0:08:54I think I'll have to go for the USA, Jeremy.
0:08:54 > 0:09:00Unerring to the correct answer. Well done, Ed, you are right. USA.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03This team have not put a foot wrong so far.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05The Bere Heads.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Which city hosted the Winter Olympics at which Britain's
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Robin Cousins won a gold medal in the figure skating?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19When in doubt, go for the middle one.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23I remember the Winter Olympics being in Sapporo in Japan, so...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28or was it Lake Placid?
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I'll go with my original instinct, Sapporo.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36It was Lake Placid, that was the answer.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38You got it wrong.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I don't want to jump ahead of ourselves here, Ed,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42but £25,000 is a lot of money.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45What would you spend your bit on?
0:09:45 > 0:09:52It would go on my wife and I going on a holiday to France, or a good part of it anyway.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Great, OK. Here's your third question.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58If you get this right, you are in the final and Chris is not.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04Which British two-time WBO heavyweight champion is nicknamed the Dancing Destroyer?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14My mind's thinking Herbie Hide's too old
0:10:14 > 0:10:17to be now called the Dancing Destroyer.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Um...gut feeling.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I genuinely don't know a definite answer
0:10:23 > 0:10:25but I have a feeling it's Danny Williams
0:10:25 > 0:10:27so that's the one I'll go for please, Jeremy.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30OK, Danny Williams is your answer.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32The answer we were looking for was Herbie Hide.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36That was the nickname.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Chris, yours to keep it level
0:10:40 > 0:10:42but if you get this wrong, you're not in the final round.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46The spoon, Chris, is a former name for which golf club?
0:10:51 > 0:10:56Well, if it's called a spoon that postulates it being metal,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59which rules out the three-wood.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01And a pitching wedge is, I think,
0:11:01 > 0:11:02another wooden club,
0:11:02 > 0:11:07it's wedge-shaped for knocking stuff down a hole.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10So as it's the only one that appears to be made of metal,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I'll say the four-iron.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14It's the three-wood.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Which means you're not in the final and Ed is.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Another good break for our challengers.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Closer to the money.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Both of you come back to the studio now.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29The challengers have lost no brains from the final round,
0:11:29 > 0:11:34the all-important final round where they'll be playing for £25,000. Eggheads have lost two brains.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Next, Geography. Which of you wants this?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- I'll do it.- OK, John it is.- Yep.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Who's he gonna play?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Kevin, Judith or Barry.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Want to try Barry?
0:11:47 > 0:11:51OK. I'll go for Barry, please.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54So it's John for the Bere Heads against our newest Egghead, Barry.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Please take your positions.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I'll ask each of you three questions.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03John, would you like the first or the second set of questions?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I'd like to go first, please.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12Which coastal city is served by Ben-Gurion international airport?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18OK, well,
0:12:18 > 0:12:23I know that Ben-Gurion was a
0:12:23 > 0:12:27founder member of the state of Israel
0:12:27 > 0:12:30and I know that Tel Aviv is in Israel
0:12:30 > 0:12:33so I think my answer would be Tel Aviv.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36And it would be right - first to you. Well done.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43Barry, what is the approximate area of the Sahara Desert in square miles?
0:12:50 > 0:12:55The Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58North Africa is probably 2,000,
0:12:58 > 0:13:03maybe 2,500 miles wide
0:13:03 > 0:13:09by maybe 1,000 deep.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13So the answer must be 3.5 million.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15It looks very, very big
0:13:15 > 0:13:18but it is the right number, you're quite right.
0:13:18 > 0:13:233.5 million miles squared.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Back to you, John.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Which city is the capital of North Korea?
0:13:30 > 0:13:34OK. North Korea is much in the news lately.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Having read news reports about it I'm fairly confident
0:13:38 > 0:13:43that the capital of North Korea is actually Pyongyang.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44That's my answer.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47And you're right to be confident because it is.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Pyongyang.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55Barry. Corno Grande is the highest peak in which mountain range?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Well, the highest mountain in the Caucasus, I think, is Elbrus,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08and in the Carpathians I think it's Verakova
0:14:08 > 0:14:12so Mount Corno Grande is the highest mountain in the Apennines.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Well, you really are an Egghead for knowing all that. My goodness.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18You're right, Apennines.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20He's a hard man to beat on geography, we're discovering.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22John, here's your question.
0:14:22 > 0:14:28Which country borders Burkina Faso on its northern side?
0:14:32 > 0:14:39Burkina Faso is in the area of Africa known as the Sahel.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42I know Nigeria is...
0:14:42 > 0:14:44just somewhat south of that.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50So I would say... my answer would be Nigeria.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53It's wrong. It's Mali.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Mali.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58So, Barry, you have a chance to take the round.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02The first round the Eggheads will have taken in this game.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06In which English county is the forest of Marston Vale, Barry?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I'm beginning to understand why CJ doesn't like
0:15:13 > 0:15:15English counties questions.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19I'm not sure there's any forests in Kent.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23I know there's some in Essex but I know those so I will discount Kent.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29Shropshire's quite hilly, but I think that might also be covered in forest.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I think Bedfordshire... no, Bedfordshire doesn't sound right.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Shropshire sounds right for a forest
0:15:34 > 0:15:38with the name of a vale because there are vales in Shropshire.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40So my answer is Shropshire.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43And your answer is wrong. It's Bedfordshire.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Two points each after three questions.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45We go to sudden death.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50John, no multiple choice, gets a bit harder. Your question, John.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55Which city in north-western India, the capital of Rajasthan, is sometimes referred to as the
0:15:55 > 0:15:59pink city because of its rose-coloured buildings?
0:16:01 > 0:16:02In Rajasthan.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06The pink city.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11I'm going to have to make a stab at this, but I think it's Rawalpindi.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15It's not Rawalpindi, it's actually Jaipur.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20Your question, Barry. This to book yourself a place in the final.
0:16:20 > 0:16:27Zimbabwe has borders with South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and which other country?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Zimbabwe.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Borders with South Africa,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Zambia, Botswana...
0:16:36 > 0:16:41So we haven't done anything on the
0:16:41 > 0:16:44east coast of Africa.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Above South Africa on the east coast of Africa is
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Mozambique, so I shall say Mozambique.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Brilliant play, Barry, with your mental map coming out.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59You almost unfolded it there in your mind.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Mozambique is the answer so you will be in the final.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03John, sorry, you played a very strong round there
0:17:03 > 0:17:09but you have been knocked out by an Egghead, which we know does happen.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10You won't be able to join your team in the final.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Please come back to your team mates.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round
0:17:15 > 0:17:19whilst the Eggheads have lost two brains.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Our last subject now is Film & Television.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Moving up to our big final round.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Do you know who's having that?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- Yes, I'll have that.- OK, Mick is having it. Against which Egghead?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Judith, please.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Right, Mick from the Bere Heads against Judith from the Eggheads.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Bere versus Eggs, let's see. Please take your positions.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Good luck. Three questions on Film & Television in turn.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Mick, you can choose the first or second set.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48First please, Jeremy.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Who played Patrick Trench, Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour
0:17:54 > 0:17:57in the TV sitcom One Foot in the Grave?
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Yes, I think I know this one.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08Better known for his other job as a presenter, as yourself,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10it's Angus Deayton, I believe.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Timothy Spall was certainly not in that.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16He was in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and several other things.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17So I'm gonna go Angus Deayton.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Spot on. Well done, it was Angus.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26Judith, Peter Davison and Christopher Timothy starred together
0:18:26 > 0:18:29in which long-running TV comedy drama?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Peter Davison and who?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Peter Davison and Christopher Timothy.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45I think that was the thing about the vets in Yorkshire,
0:18:45 > 0:18:48All Creatures Great and Small.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51And you're quite right, it was.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Back to you, Mick, for the Bere Heads. £25,000 to play for.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00Who was the winner of the 2008 TV series The Apprentice?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10I've never ever seen this and I was going to.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15But I do recall
0:19:15 > 0:19:20that this year's winner was a man so I'm going to rule out Claire Young.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Alex Wotherspoon is the thing that's coming into my head
0:19:23 > 0:19:25and not Lee McQueen.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Any relation to Steve McQueen?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30So I'm going to go Alex Wotherspoon but it's not by any means certain.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33It was Lee McQueen.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37OK, Judith, your chance for an advantage now.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Tom Cruise was nominated for Best Actor Oscars for Jerry Maguire and which other film?
0:19:49 > 0:19:53I don't know why but I think it might have been Vanilla Sky.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56It was Born on the Fourth of July.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59So you've let Mick back in.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04Who directed the Rush Hour series of films?
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Again, I don't know this.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Rush Hour.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Was it Jackie Chan was in Rush Hour?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Christopher Nolan. Pure guess.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27No, it was Brett Ratner.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29So, Judith, if you get this right
0:20:29 > 0:20:31then Mick is out of the final and you are in.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton were characters in
0:20:34 > 0:20:41which animated TV series first broadcast in the UK in 1982?
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- What were they called again? - Texas Pete, Bulk and Skeleton.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I'm going to risk it
0:20:54 > 0:20:58and think that maybe the Bulk character was Bananaman.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00OK, Bananaman is your answer.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- Is she right, Chris?- Super Ted.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Originally made in Welsh by S4C.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10We move to sudden death with the two of you equal.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14It can end suddenly here, Mick, as you know. So, here's your question.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Frances de la Tour played Miss Ruth Jones in which TV sitcom?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Um...
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Rising Damp.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Correct, well done.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30For you now, Judith, which pop group officially launched
0:21:30 > 0:21:38the British TV channel, Five, on Easter Sunday 1997, with the song, The Power of Five?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Absolutely no idea.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Oh, I don't know, Duran Duran or something?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- No, they were big in...- The 1980s?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Yeah, '87. 1983 probably.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55The Spice Girls. They were big in 1997.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56So that means, Judith,
0:21:56 > 0:22:00you're not in the final round and our Bere Head is.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Well done, Mick, it was a tough one.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07You took on one of the Eggheads, you emerged triumphant.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Good news for the challengers, so Mick will be in the final round.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Both of you come back to the studio.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15So this is what we've been playing towards, it's time
0:22:15 > 0:22:18for the final round, which, as always, is General Knowledge.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads
0:22:20 > 0:22:23won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28So that's John from the Bere Heads, and Daphne, Chris and Judith from the Eggheads.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Would you please leave the studio.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37Mick, Jim, Malcolm and Ed, you are playing to win the Bere Heads £25,000.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Barry and Kevin, you're playing for something that money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47This time the questions are all general knowledge.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49You are allowed to confer.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53So, Bere Heads, the question is, are your four brains better than the Eggheads' two?
0:22:53 > 0:23:00- Mick, Jim, Malcolm and Ed, £25,000, do you want to go first or second? - First, please.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06In Germany, what type of building is know as Rathaus?
0:23:14 > 0:23:18We're all four agreed on that, we're certain it's the town hall.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Town hall is correct.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22One point to you, well done.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Cerise is a shade of which colour, Eggheads?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31It's probably red.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35I'm thinking of cerulean, which is blue.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37I think it's probably red.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42Cerise is a kind of pinkish colour, unless I'm mixing them up entirely.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- So red?- Right.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47We'll go for red, Jeremy.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50And you're right. Red is correct.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Back to you. "Now what I want is facts -
0:23:53 > 0:24:00"teach these boys and girls nothing but facts", is the opening line from which Charles Dickens novel?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09It's not David Copperfield.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16It's a line I've heard before and I've never, ever seen an
0:24:16 > 0:24:19adaptation of Dombey and Son, but I have of Hard Times.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21On that basis alone.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23So you'd rather go for Dombey?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- No, I think Hard Times. - OK. We're not sure about this,
0:24:26 > 0:24:31but we're going to plump for Hard Times.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Hard Times is correct.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Eggheads, which actor was America's most decorated combat soldier of World War II?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- Definitely Audie Murphy.- Yeah.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52They made a film of it and he played himself, called To Hell and Back.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54It was Audie Murphy.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56It was Audie Murphy, you're quite right. So two each.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01Bere Heads, which spice from the fennel family,
0:25:01 > 0:25:07used in Indian and Middle Eastern cooking, is know as devil's dung, due to its extremely pungent smell?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- The only one I...- Middle East.
0:25:14 > 0:25:20Asafoetida's got a terrible smell, whether it's Indian...
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Anybody else got?- I don't know if hyssop's in the fennel...
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Haven't got a clue.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33But it doesn't sound
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- Middle Eastern. - It doesn't sound Middle Eastern.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40If you're sure asafoetida smells that's the best thing to go for.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45- It's got a bad smell. - Malc thinks asafoetida
0:25:45 > 0:25:47and we'll go with his knowledge
0:25:47 > 0:25:50as the smelly one. So we're going for asafoetida.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56You got the word right. Well done.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- Well done, Malc.- Got it.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02So, Eggheads, pressure on you.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05If you get this question wrong, the Bere Heads have won £25,000.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Which Scottish engineer, inventor of the first electric clock,
0:26:09 > 0:26:15patented the basic principles of the fax machine in 1846?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22I think it was Bain.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25James Nasmyth invented the steam hammer.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27And Murdoch was involved with gas lighting.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29He was indeed, yes.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30I think I've heard his name in connection
0:26:30 > 0:26:31with it before and we know
0:26:31 > 0:26:36that the other two did other things, not to say that they couldn't have
0:26:36 > 0:26:38been involved. I think Bain.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40I'm happy with that.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45We hope, we hope, we're reasonably confident that it's Alexander Bain.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48If you're wrong they've got £25,000, you know that?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51The answer to the question is Alexander Bain.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54So, we keep in our stressed positions here.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58With £25,000 in play, we go to sudden death.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02You get one wrong, they get one right, that's it, you've gone.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Here's your question. Which building in the United States has 17.6
0:27:06 > 0:27:14miles of corridors and was the world's largest office block when it was completed in 1943?
0:27:14 > 0:27:17We're all certain it's the Pentagon.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21You're right. You're right.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Eggheads, if you get this one wrong they have won £25,000.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28What was the profession of Luke Hansard,
0:27:28 > 0:27:33after whom the official report of parliamentary proceedings is named?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Right.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41Was he a doctor?
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Funnily enough, that was the first thought that came into my mind.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47I don't know why.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49I don't think it's anything as obvious
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- as bookseller or printer. - No, not a printer.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56I keep on coming back to doctor because it came into my mind as well.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Yeah, yeah.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03- Yeah.- The fact that we both thought of it straight away, sort of.- Yeah.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09I mean, we both had a sort of instinct for doctor straightaway, although we don't actually know it.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12So we're hoping it's doctor.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15OK, your answer is doctor.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Eggheads that's the wrong answer, it was printer.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Challengers, you've just won £25,000!
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Well, Ed, we can go back to our conversation.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31You can take your wife on holiday to France.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Excellent, I'm looking forward to it already.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36I hope you have a great time, you've been a lovely team to have in.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40You are officially cleverer than the Eggheads. You proved they can be beaten.
0:28:40 > 0:28:46Join us next time on Eggheads to see if a new team of challengers will be just as successful.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Until then, it's been a great game today, hasn't it? Goodbye.
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