0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are among 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.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:26 > 0:00:28pit their wits against possibly
0:00:28 > 0:00:32the greatest quiz team in Britain. You might recognise them, they've won
0:00:32 > 0:00:36some of the country's toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39They haven't won on this show recently, but anyway.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths...
0:00:42 > 0:00:43are the Cambridge Cougars.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Four of the team are students in Cambridge
0:00:45 > 0:00:49and belong to the university cheerleading squad - The Cougars.
0:00:49 > 0:00:55Steph is the squad's number one fan and an old school friend of team captain Alison.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- Let's meet them.- Hi, I'm Alison.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00I'm 20 and I'm a medical student.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm Sian. I'm 20 and I'm a natural sciences student.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Hi, I'm Theresa. I'm 19 and I'm a French and Portuguese student.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Hi, I'm Emma. I'm 20 and I'm a natural sciences student.
0:01:11 > 0:01:17Hi, I'm Steph. I'm 20 and a business management and entrepreneurship student.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20So, Cambridge Cougars? And this is a cheerleading squad?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- Yup.- You just set it up yourself?
0:01:23 > 0:01:29Yup. I came to Cambridge as a first year and realised that there was no cheerleading squad in my college -
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Cambridge is split up into colleges -
0:01:31 > 0:01:35so I set one up for my college, and after a year of that, I thought, let's move onto something bigger.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39The start of this year, we set up the Cambridge Cougars, which is the university squad.
0:01:39 > 0:01:45And was that a big omission, do you think, that Cambridge had not had a team of cheerleaders?
0:01:45 > 0:01:50- Well, an omission in the fact that Oxford have one, so we need one as well.- Do they?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53And do you cheerlead, sport or just anything? Finals?
0:01:53 > 0:01:58Mainly, at the moment, varsity matches, but we may move on to doing more matches.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Varsity matches being between Oxford and Cambridge. And our competitive squads,
0:02:02 > 0:02:03so we did one competition this year
0:02:03 > 0:02:06for BCA and we're looking to do more next year.
0:02:06 > 0:02:14- Do you have to hold those big tassel things?- Pom-poms!- Yes.- For dances and cheers, yes.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19But we do a lot of stunting as well... So two, three people high tosses and pyramids,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23and that wouldn't be very easy to do holding pom-poms. So not at those points.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27OK, well, it sounds brilliant and obviously if you win, we're going to want to see it.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Every day, there's £1,000-worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40So, Cambridge Cougars, the challengers won the last game, proving it can be done,
0:02:40 > 0:02:46so £1,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads. They are having a bit of a rough time of it at the moment.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49The first head-to-head battle will be on Film and Television.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Challengers, which one of you wants to play in this category?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- OK, yeah.- And who against?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57We said, didn't we?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59What do you reckon?
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- Judith, maybe?- Yeah? OK.- Judith. - Go on then.- Steph against Judith.
0:03:04 > 0:03:10Steph? Steph, from the Cambridge Cougars, against Judith, from the Eggheads, Film and Television.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Please go to the question room now.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14So, Steph, what are you studying?
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Business Management and Entrepreneurship.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Good. How's it going?- Really good, thank you. I'm enjoying it.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22What sort of business do you want to do when you stop studying?
0:03:22 > 0:03:28Well, after travelling, hopefully run my own business. Hopefully, at the end of it.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Any ideas at this stage?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I've got a few, but I'm going to keep them to myself. Just in case.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36That's good. That's the first step.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Not to give them to the world on a quiz show. Definitely.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43All right, you're playing Judith, it's three multiple-choice questions
0:03:43 > 0:03:45and you can choose the first or second set.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Um, I'll go first, please.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56Your first question. Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy play Gaz and Dave
0:03:56 > 0:03:58in which 1997 British film comedy?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Ooh, I'm not 100% sure on this one,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10but I'm gonna go for The Full Monty.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Good guess, if it was a guess... You're right. Full Monty.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22- Are you very quiet cheerleaders? - We get louder.
0:04:22 > 0:04:29Judith, your question. Who played the title character in the 1939 film Mr Smith Goes To Washington?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37This one, funnily enough, I do know. It's James Stewart.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Yes, it is, although those three
0:04:40 > 0:04:43could be confused with each other, couldn't they?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- No, not really.- Same era... - Same era, but...
0:04:45 > 0:04:47..all kind of chiselled.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50But you can't confuse them, they're completely different.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I'm so sorry.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Over to you, Steph.
0:04:54 > 0:05:00Which impressionist starred opposite Ronni Ancona in the TV series known as The Big Impression?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09I've got a confession to make. I've never seen it before,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12so this one will be a complete guess.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16I'm going to have to go for Steve Coogan.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Do your team-mates have an idea? Who do you think it is?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Alistair McGowan.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22It is Alistair McGowan.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24He seems to have given up on his impressions now,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27you don't see it very much. OK, Judith,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30your question to take the lead.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35Who directed the films The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Absolutely no idea.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45You don't look at the credits?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47No, I must start, mustn't I?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49It's a bit late now.
0:05:52 > 0:05:58I don't... I have to say, I've never heard of those people. Um...
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Frank Darabont.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02What made you choose Frank?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I mean, nothing. But I've got to choose something.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- It's right.- Oh, no! Really?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- Yes, it is.- Sometimes, we win.- He's directing the 2008 film The Mist,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14which is based on a Stephen King story,
0:06:14 > 0:06:19- as is The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.- Oh, are they both, all Stephen King?- Yes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24That man wrote books which have become films that are classics...
0:06:24 > 0:06:27The Shining, Carrie... Amazing.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30OK, Steph, your question.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33You need this to stay in the game, all right?
0:06:33 > 0:06:39Who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the 1953 film Mogambo?
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Again, this is going to be another complete guess. Erm...
0:06:50 > 0:06:53I'm thinking 1953 is a bit before your time.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Just a bit, yes. Um, I'll go for...
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Judy Garland.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- Straight down the middle.- Yeah.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06But it's wrong. Ava Gardner was the answer.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1953.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13So, Judith, I guess you probably would have known that, would you?
0:07:13 > 0:07:19Yes, I did actually. And it's not quite my era, no, not quite my era.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- I do apologise.- It was just before.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I think you know things before, rather than...
0:07:25 > 0:07:30- just before your era, as well as your era.- Yeah.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Very clearly put(!)
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- Oh, Jeremy, shut up. Honestly! - You...
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Don't be so mean.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42You've won the round, OK?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44So you can't be angry.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- I'm not angry.- Steph, you were beaten by our Egghead.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49You won't be able to help your team in the final round.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52I'm sorry about that, but there are more cheerleaders to come.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Would you please come back, both of you, and rejoin your team-mates.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00So, as it stands, the challengers have lost one Brain from the final round.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02The Eggheads have lost no Brains.
0:08:02 > 0:08:08Judith played a strong round there. The next subject is Science.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Who, from the challengers, wants Science now?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Well, there's a lot of scientists here.- Yes.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- We were hoping for this one, weren't we? Is that OK?- I'll do it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- Emma.- You've got at least three scientists, I reckon.- Yeah.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23OK, Emma, who would you like to play? You can't play Judith.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26What do you reckon? Have you thought about CJ?
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- I would have said CJ. - OK, we'll go with CJ.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35Emma, Natural Sciences student, against CJ, from the Eggheads.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I'll ask each of you three questions on Science in turn.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Emma, first or second set for you?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Um, I'll go first, please.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55In astronomy, the three bright stars in the constellation Orion are collectively known by what name?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I definitely know that one. It's Orion's Belt.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- And you're definitely right, Emma, well done.- Thank you.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09CHEERING
0:09:09 > 0:09:15CJ, what part of the human body is most visibly affected by cellulite?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22I'm going to keep this answer clean,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25and I think the answer is skin.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29The answer is skin, yes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I'm going to keep anything I say clean as well.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Emma, your question.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39The Glycemic Index is a system of classifying food
0:09:39 > 0:09:44based on the effect which food group has on blood glucose levels?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Um...
0:09:50 > 0:09:54My first instinct says carbohydrates.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Um...
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Yeah, I'll go with that, carbohydrates.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Carbohydrates is the correct answer, well done.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- Natural Sciences, yeah?- Yes.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13We had a natural scientist the other day and he was a bit cagey about the whole thing. What do you study?
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Well, at Cambridge, Natural Sciences encompasses all the sciences,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20so you can pick and choose which subjects you specialise in.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23So last year, I did pathology and lots of chemistry.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I see, so there's lots of science you miss out?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Yes, I haven't done any physics since I was 16, for example.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- And you haven't done carbohydrates? - I have done carbohydrates.- OK.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Well, that was handy, well done.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38CJ, over to you. From what is the substance camphor derived?
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Well, as far as I'm aware, there's camphor wood...
0:10:45 > 0:10:49which is a very pungent and sweet-smelling wood, I believe.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Um... So on that basis, I'd have to go for trees.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58And on that basis, you'd be right, CJ. Two points each.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Ooh, tight round. Back to you, Emma.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06The Kiang, native to Tibet, belongs to which family of mammals?
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- Sorry, where was it from?- Native... I'll read the question again.- OK.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18The Kiang, native to Tibet, belongs to which family of mammals?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Tibet. Um...
0:11:22 > 0:11:26I've never heard of it, surprisingly enough.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32So I'm gonna go with buffalo. Um...
0:11:34 > 0:11:37It's a complete guess.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- Buffalo's your answer?- Yes.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44You stay on two points, because it's wrong. It's horse, actually.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47CJ,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49you take the round if you get this right.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53In what part of the human body would you find the vomer bone?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Oh, haven't heard of it.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Um, I don't think it's in the chest.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05You've got the sternum and the ribs there.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08And I'm not sure of any other major bones there. Um...
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I don't know of it in the foot,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17so I'm gonna go for the head.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Let me go back to our Natural Sciences student. Emma,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- you probably know this? - No, not at all.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Alison would know it, being a medic.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- Alison?- I do know.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- And so you know that...- CJ is right.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30CJ is right and he's taken the round.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33He's in the final. Emma, sorry, you're not. You've been beaten
0:12:33 > 0:12:37by our Egghead. So please, both of you, come back and rejoin your teams.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42As it stands, the challengers have lost two Brains from the final round.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46The Eggheads have lost no brains. Our next subject is Sport.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48CAMBRIDGE COUGARS: Oh, dear!
0:12:48 > 0:12:49You'd think we'd be
0:12:49 > 0:12:55- good at this one, wouldn't you? - Who wants this?- I stand no chance.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- I stand absolutely no chance. - But then if something
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- like history comes up...- You're going to have to give it a shot, Ali.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- Really?- Yes.- OK, if it's a crash and burn, it'll be me.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07OK, the lead cheerleader...
0:13:07 > 0:13:09and against whom?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Daphne?
0:13:11 > 0:13:18- Yes.- Not Kevin.- OK.- So, it's our lead cheerleader Alison,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20from the Cambridge Cougars, against Daphne, from the Eggheads.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- Are you on for that?- Yup, yup.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions now.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32- OK, Alison, our chance to haul it round now.- Hmm...
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- Debatable!- OK, let's see how we do.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37I'm going to ask each of you three questions on Sport in turn.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Alison, first or second set of questions for you?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41First, please.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Your first question,
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Alison. Roy Emerson won the men's singles title consecutively
0:13:49 > 0:13:54between 1963 and 1967 at which grand slam tennis tournament?
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Um, don't know much about tennis.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05You can't cheer for it, therefore...
0:14:05 > 0:14:08That's my excuse. Um...
0:14:10 > 0:14:15It's going to have to be an absolute guess.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20I'll go for French Open.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25You guessed wrong, it's Australian Open. Daphne,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28which football team won the first ever European Championships,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30held in 1960?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38I think...
0:14:38 > 0:14:42it was Russia, the USSR.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- Yes, absolutely, it was.- I know.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48That's one of those silly facts that stuck,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- thank goodness. - Alison, your question.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55How many Olympic gold medals has James Cracknell won?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I don't even have any idea who that is.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07It's shameful, isn't it? Erm...
0:15:07 > 0:15:13Again, at an absolute guess, I'll just go for two.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19And it's absolutely right. Off the blocks!
0:15:19 > 0:15:22In fact, level with Daphne. Daphne,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25your question. If you get this right, you've taken the advantage.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31In 2004, Liu Xiang won China's first Olympic gold medal
0:15:31 > 0:15:34in a men's track and field event when he won which discipline?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43He's a hurdler,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46so it's 110m hurdles.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Mr Liu is a hurdler, you're right.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Yes.- Respect. - "Respect," says Barry.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58No messing. Which means, Alison, you need
0:15:58 > 0:16:01to get this question right to stay alive in the contest.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06Baffy is the nickname traditionally given to which golf club?
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Baffy. If my dad sees this and I get it wrong...
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Does he play golf? - Yes, he loves his golf,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24so he would expect me to know this.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Um, I haven't heard it referred to very often.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30So, in that case, I'm probably...
0:16:30 > 0:16:35torn between pitching wedge and 4 wood.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39I think I'll go for pitching wedge.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Agh!
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- It's 4 wood.- Oh!
0:16:43 > 0:16:48But your dad would have appreciated how close you came to the right club.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50So, Daphne, well done.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54You've taken on one of our cheerleaders and you've beaten her.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Alison, no place in the final for you, but Daphne will be there.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Please, both of you, come back to us.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04So, as it stands, the challengers have lost three Brains from the final round,
0:17:04 > 0:17:10whilst the Eggheads have lost no Brains. Last subject for you is History.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Which challenger wants this?
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Well, we want Sian to stay for General Knowledge, so...
0:17:17 > 0:17:19I'm happy to do it.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I'm going to do History.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Theresa, French and Portuguese student, against whom?
0:17:24 > 0:17:29- Kevin, or Barry?- Barry? Yeah? - Yeah.- We'll go for Barry.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34OK, Theresa, from the Cambridge Cougars, against Barry, from the Eggheads.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the question rooms.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40So, Theresa, you're a cheerleader too?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Yup, I'm a cheerleader.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48I'm a flyer, which means I go do all the stunts in the air and I'm at the top of the pyramid as well.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- So I gather that some of the lightest cheerleaders will be thrown into the air?- Yeah, I'm quite small.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56I've done gymnastics for quite a few years, so that's helped.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01Good. OK, well, see if you can go flying through the air now. You're playing Barry, our newest Egghead.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I have to tell you, he's quite handy at History.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07When he starts talking about kings and queens, this little light comes into his eyes.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11I'll ask each of you three questions on History in turn. Theresa,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- you can choose the first or second set of questions.- Um,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I'm going to go second for a change.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21No-one's gone second for ages.
0:18:21 > 0:18:27Here we go. Barry, in which country was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in 1948?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34He was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic
0:18:34 > 0:18:38called Nathuram Godse in India, in 1948.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43You are correct. Your first question now, Theresa.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47What name is given to the wide-muzzled firearm of the
0:18:47 > 0:18:5217th century, used to fire shot with a scattering effect at close range?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Well, I'm not an expert in military history,
0:19:01 > 0:19:08nor have I heard of any of those. Well, purely for...
0:19:08 > 0:19:12the most unusual name, I'll go for blunderbuss, for a wild guess.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Blunderbuss is correct, well done, Theresa.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19OK, now watch Barry's eyes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24How old was queen Elizabeth I when she ascended the English throne?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29She was 25, Jeremy.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31And you're right.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Taken the lead.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Theresa, see if you can stay in it.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39In which decade did the Open University enrol students for the first time?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Hmm...
0:19:47 > 0:19:53I don't think the Open University's been going that long...
0:19:55 > 0:19:57..so I'd imagine it was founded
0:19:57 > 0:20:01along with some of the other newer universities.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Um, I'm going to have to guess again,
0:20:04 > 0:20:08and I'll go for the 1970s.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Spot on, well done!
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Great play.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15An Egghead in the making.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20Barry, your third question. James Scott, Duke of Monmouth,
0:20:20 > 0:20:25was the illegitimate son, by Lucy Walter, of which monarch?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33He was one of the many illegitimate sons of Charles II
0:20:33 > 0:20:37and he came to a sticky end after the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42- What happened to him? - He was caught and executed.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45And they realised after they'd executed him that they didn't have
0:20:45 > 0:20:48an official portrait of him, so they sewed his head back on
0:20:48 > 0:20:53- so the artist could take a portrait of him.- OK, we won't forget that,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56and you're right, obviously, in your answer. Charles II.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00So, Theresa, you need this to take it to sudden death
0:21:00 > 0:21:04and have a chance of locking Barry out of the final.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Here's your question. On the 8th May 1945, Winston Churchill
0:21:08 > 0:21:14announced that a ceasefire, ending war with Germany, had been signed in which French city?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Um, I've been to Reims,
0:21:20 > 0:21:25and I don't remember seeing any museums or anything
0:21:25 > 0:21:27about the treaty.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Um...
0:21:33 > 0:21:36OK, I'm going to guess Lille.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42It's funny that the city isn't on the tip of all our tongues,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45given that it was a massive, momentous event.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49It's not Lille, it's Reims.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52"Reems," as the soldiers called it at the time.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54So, Theresa,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57bad luck. Barry beat you, but he is strong on History.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02Our Egghead will be in the final and you won't be able to help your team in the final round.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Please, both of you, come back and rejoin your team-mates.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08So, this is what we've been playing towards,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11it's time for the final round which, as always,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14is General Knowledge. I'm afraid those of you who lost
0:22:14 > 0:22:17your head to heads won't be allowed to take part in this round.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20This is where the Eggheads have come bouncing back after two defeats on the trot
0:22:20 > 0:22:25and they have taken out Alison, Theresa, Emma and Steph, from the Cambridge Cougars.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Almost as if they've got something to prove today!
0:22:28 > 0:22:33So, those Cougars who are being exiled, will you please leave the studio.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41- So, Sian, you're playing to win the Cambridge Cougars £1,000, but you're doing it all alone!- Yup!
0:22:41 > 0:22:42How does that feel?
0:22:42 > 0:22:47Um, it's a heavy burden of responsibility, but I'll do my best.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- They're all sitting behind you. Do you have a message for Sian?- We do.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- Give us an S!- Give us an I! - Give us an A!
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- Give us an N! - ALL: Go, Sian!
0:22:57 > 0:22:59There you are, you've been cheer-led.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Brilliant. Now, here's one interesting thing for you.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07We had a team who were young dancers.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10They went down to one and they beat the Eggheads.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13They were called the Flexi Funksters. That's the good news.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19The bad news is, the Eggheads have never lost three times in a row and they did lose the last two shows.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24So, we'll see. Barry, Judith, Kevin, CJ and Daphne, you're playing for something that money can't buy,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27the Eggheads' reputation. It needs rebuilding, frankly.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34This time, the questions are all General Knowledge and you are allowed to confer.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39So, Sian, the question is, is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- Would you like to go first or second? - I'll go first.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47OK, good luck.
0:23:47 > 0:23:54Who performed lead vocals on The Beatles song Yellow Submarine?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01OK, well,
0:24:01 > 0:24:06I'm not a big Beatles fan.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09It's a song everyone's heard, but I have to admit I really wouldn't
0:24:09 > 0:24:13be able to tell the difference between the three of them.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18So, it's going to be a guess. Um...
0:24:18 > 0:24:23For some reason, I think I'm going to go with John Lennon.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29John Lennon was the singer for most of The Beatles songs.
0:24:29 > 0:24:35For this one, they asked the drummer to do it. It was Ringo Starr.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37First question, you got wrong there.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42OK, Eggheads. Which illustrator, born in 1879, famously provided
0:24:42 > 0:24:46illustrations for Winnie The Pooh and The Wind In The Willows?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I bet Ralph Steadman would be pleased to be on there.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Um, it's EH Shepard.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02EH Shepard is the answer.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Your question, Sian.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09The Green Goblin is an enemy of which comic-book hero?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16OK, I think I know this one,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20mostly from watching the films. I seem to remember him
0:25:20 > 0:25:25flying about on some sort of flying skateboard contraption.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28I think it's Spiderman.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Great answer, you're right.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37So, Eggheads - one, challengers - one. You've got to hope they get this one wrong.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43Here's your question. Who designed and built the Conwy Suspension Bridge, opened in 1826?
0:25:47 > 0:25:51It's too early for Brunel, he'd only been...
0:25:51 > 0:25:53My instinct for Conwy was Telford.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Yeah, he certainly did things around that area.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- Yeah, he's associated with North Wales, but...
0:26:00 > 0:26:03I don't think... Although Robert Stephenson
0:26:03 > 0:26:07did a bridge across the Menai Straits,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- I don't recall George Stephenson... - I've never heard of
0:26:10 > 0:26:15George Stephenson building any bridges. Telford was into canals.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- Yeah.- It does ring some sort of bell with me that he did...
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Conwy and Telford...
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- ring a bell for me. - Rings a bell for me as well.- Yeah.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28It's certainly the favourite there, without knowing it for sure.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- OK, are we happy with Thomas Telford?- Yep.- Yep.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Not absolutely certain, but we'll go for Thomas Telford.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41Is the correct answer. Well done, Eggheads. So,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44they have two points and you have one.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46You need to get this question right.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- OK.- Otherwise, they've taken it, because there's no way back.
0:26:49 > 0:26:56Here's the question. Sian, which is the only US state that contains two Ivy League universities?
0:27:02 > 0:27:05OK, I should probably know this,
0:27:05 > 0:27:09seeing as they're our main rivals really.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Um... OK.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15For some reason,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I'm thinking Connecticut,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21but I can't think why. Um...
0:27:21 > 0:27:22New York...
0:27:24 > 0:27:26No, I don't think it's New York.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Yeah, I think I'm going to go for Connecticut.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Connecticut is your answer.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39The two universities are Columbia and Cornell. Does that help?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42They're in New York.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47I'm sorry, New York State. So that means
0:27:47 > 0:27:53you're not going to be able to get back at the Eggheads and they've won.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Commiserations, Sian, because it's very hard playing alone.- Yeah.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05- With someone else, you've got a chance to bounce things off them. - Yeah, it's lonely over here.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08They're all looking a bit muted at the back.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- Sorry, guys.- Very unusual look for the cheerleaders back there.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them. They reign supreme over quiz land
0:28:17 > 0:28:20once again, after a couple of nasty contests lately.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £1,000.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26That money now rolls over to our next show.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Eggheads, congratulations.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Who will beat you?
0:28:30 > 0:28:34Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains
0:28:34 > 0:28:37to defeat the Eggheads, £2,000 says they don't.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Till then, goodbye.
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