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These people are among the greatest quiz players in Britain.

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Together, they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

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The question is, can they be beaten?

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Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers

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pit their wits against possibly

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the greatest quiz team in Britain. You might recognise them, they've won

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some of the country's toughest quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.

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They haven't won on this show recently, but anyway.

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Taking on the might of our quiz Goliaths...

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are the Cambridge Cougars.

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Four of the team are students in Cambridge

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and belong to the university cheerleading squad - The Cougars.

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Steph is the squad's number one fan and an old school friend of team captain Alison.

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-Let's meet them.

-Hi, I'm Alison.

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I'm 20 and I'm a medical student.

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Hi, I'm Sian. I'm 20 and I'm a natural sciences student.

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Hi, I'm Theresa. I'm 19 and I'm a French and Portuguese student.

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Hi, I'm Emma. I'm 20 and I'm a natural sciences student.

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Hi, I'm Steph. I'm 20 and a business management and entrepreneurship student.

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So, Cambridge Cougars? And this is a cheerleading squad?

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-Yup.

-You just set it up yourself?

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Yup. I came to Cambridge as a first year and realised that there was no cheerleading squad in my college -

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Cambridge is split up into colleges -

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so I set one up for my college, and after a year of that, I thought, let's move onto something bigger.

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The start of this year, we set up the Cambridge Cougars, which is the university squad.

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And was that a big omission, do you think, that Cambridge had not had a team of cheerleaders?

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-Well, an omission in the fact that Oxford have one, so we need one as well.

-Do they?

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And do you cheerlead, sport or just anything? Finals?

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Mainly, at the moment, varsity matches, but we may move on to doing more matches.

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Varsity matches being between Oxford and Cambridge. And our competitive squads,

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so we did one competition this year

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for BCA and we're looking to do more next year.

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-Do you have to hold those big tassel things?

-Pom-poms!

-Yes.

-For dances and cheers, yes.

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But we do a lot of stunting as well... So two, three people high tosses and pyramids,

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and that wouldn't be very easy to do holding pom-poms. So not at those points.

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OK, well, it sounds brilliant and obviously if you win, we're going to want to see it.

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Every day, there's £1,000-worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.

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However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.

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So, Cambridge Cougars, the challengers won the last game, proving it can be done,

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so £1,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads. They are having a bit of a rough time of it at the moment.

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The first head-to-head battle will be on Film and Television.

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Challengers, which one of you wants to play in this category?

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-OK, yeah.

-And who against?

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We said, didn't we?

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What do you reckon?

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-Judith, maybe?

-Yeah? OK.

-Judith.

-Go on then.

-Steph against Judith.

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Steph? Steph, from the Cambridge Cougars, against Judith, from the Eggheads, Film and Television.

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Please go to the question room now.

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So, Steph, what are you studying?

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Business Management and Entrepreneurship.

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-Good. How's it going?

-Really good, thank you. I'm enjoying it.

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What sort of business do you want to do when you stop studying?

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Well, after travelling, hopefully run my own business. Hopefully, at the end of it.

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Any ideas at this stage?

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I've got a few, but I'm going to keep them to myself. Just in case.

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That's good. That's the first step.

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Not to give them to the world on a quiz show. Definitely.

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All right, you're playing Judith, it's three multiple-choice questions

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and you can choose the first or second set.

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Um, I'll go first, please.

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Your first question. Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy play Gaz and Dave

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in which 1997 British film comedy?

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Ooh, I'm not 100% sure on this one,

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but I'm gonna go for The Full Monty.

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Good guess, if it was a guess... You're right. Full Monty.

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-Are you very quiet cheerleaders?

-We get louder.

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Judith, your question. Who played the title character in the 1939 film Mr Smith Goes To Washington?

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This one, funnily enough, I do know. It's James Stewart.

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Yes, it is, although those three

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could be confused with each other, couldn't they?

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-No, not really.

-Same era...

-Same era, but...

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..all kind of chiselled.

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But you can't confuse them, they're completely different.

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I'm so sorry.

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Over to you, Steph.

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Which impressionist starred opposite Ronni Ancona in the TV series known as The Big Impression?

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I've got a confession to make. I've never seen it before,

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so this one will be a complete guess.

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I'm going to have to go for Steve Coogan.

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Do your team-mates have an idea? Who do you think it is?

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Alistair McGowan.

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It is Alistair McGowan.

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He seems to have given up on his impressions now,

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you don't see it very much. OK, Judith,

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your question to take the lead.

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Who directed the films The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption?

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Absolutely no idea.

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You don't look at the credits?

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No, I must start, mustn't I?

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It's a bit late now.

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I don't... I have to say, I've never heard of those people. Um...

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Frank Darabont.

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What made you choose Frank?

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I mean, nothing. But I've got to choose something.

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-It's right.

-Oh, no! Really?

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-Yes, it is.

-Sometimes, we win.

-He's directing the 2008 film The Mist,

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which is based on a Stephen King story,

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-as is The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.

-Oh, are they both, all Stephen King?

-Yes.

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That man wrote books which have become films that are classics...

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The Shining, Carrie... Amazing.

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OK, Steph, your question.

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You need this to stay in the game, all right?

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Who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the 1953 film Mogambo?

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Again, this is going to be another complete guess. Erm...

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I'm thinking 1953 is a bit before your time.

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Just a bit, yes. Um, I'll go for...

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Judy Garland.

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-Straight down the middle.

-Yeah.

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But it's wrong. Ava Gardner was the answer.

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Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1953.

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So, Judith, I guess you probably would have known that, would you?

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Yes, I did actually. And it's not quite my era, no, not quite my era.

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-I do apologise.

-It was just before.

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I think you know things before, rather than...

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-just before your era, as well as your era.

-Yeah.

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Very clearly put(!)

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-Oh, Jeremy, shut up. Honestly!

-You...

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Don't be so mean.

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You've won the round, OK?

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So you can't be angry.

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-I'm not angry.

-Steph, you were beaten by our Egghead.

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You won't be able to help your team in the final round.

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I'm sorry about that, but there are more cheerleaders to come.

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Would you please come back, both of you, and rejoin your team-mates.

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So, as it stands, the challengers have lost one Brain from the final round.

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The Eggheads have lost no Brains.

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Judith played a strong round there. The next subject is Science.

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Who, from the challengers, wants Science now?

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-Well, there's a lot of scientists here.

-Yes.

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-We were hoping for this one, weren't we? Is that OK?

-I'll do it.

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-Emma.

-You've got at least three scientists, I reckon.

-Yeah.

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OK, Emma, who would you like to play? You can't play Judith.

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What do you reckon? Have you thought about CJ?

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-I would have said CJ.

-OK, we'll go with CJ.

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Emma, Natural Sciences student, against CJ, from the Eggheads.

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To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions.

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I'll ask each of you three questions on Science in turn.

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Emma, first or second set for you?

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Um, I'll go first, please.

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In astronomy, the three bright stars in the constellation Orion are collectively known by what name?

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I definitely know that one. It's Orion's Belt.

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-And you're definitely right, Emma, well done.

-Thank you.

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CHEERING

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CJ, what part of the human body is most visibly affected by cellulite?

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I'm going to keep this answer clean,

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and I think the answer is skin.

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The answer is skin, yes.

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I'm going to keep anything I say clean as well.

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Emma, your question.

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The Glycemic Index is a system of classifying food

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based on the effect which food group has on blood glucose levels?

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Um...

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My first instinct says carbohydrates.

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Um...

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Yeah, I'll go with that, carbohydrates.

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Carbohydrates is the correct answer, well done.

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-Natural Sciences, yeah?

-Yes.

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We had a natural scientist the other day and he was a bit cagey about the whole thing. What do you study?

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Well, at Cambridge, Natural Sciences encompasses all the sciences,

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so you can pick and choose which subjects you specialise in.

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So last year, I did pathology and lots of chemistry.

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I see, so there's lots of science you miss out?

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Yes, I haven't done any physics since I was 16, for example.

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-And you haven't done carbohydrates?

-I have done carbohydrates.

-OK.

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Well, that was handy, well done.

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CJ, over to you. From what is the substance camphor derived?

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Well, as far as I'm aware, there's camphor wood...

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which is a very pungent and sweet-smelling wood, I believe.

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Um... So on that basis, I'd have to go for trees.

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And on that basis, you'd be right, CJ. Two points each.

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Ooh, tight round. Back to you, Emma.

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The Kiang, native to Tibet, belongs to which family of mammals?

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-Sorry, where was it from?

-Native... I'll read the question again.

-OK.

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The Kiang, native to Tibet, belongs to which family of mammals?

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Tibet. Um...

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I've never heard of it, surprisingly enough.

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So I'm gonna go with buffalo. Um...

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It's a complete guess.

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-Buffalo's your answer?

-Yes.

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You stay on two points, because it's wrong. It's horse, actually.

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CJ,

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you take the round if you get this right.

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In what part of the human body would you find the vomer bone?

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Oh, haven't heard of it.

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Um, I don't think it's in the chest.

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You've got the sternum and the ribs there.

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And I'm not sure of any other major bones there. Um...

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I don't know of it in the foot,

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so I'm gonna go for the head.

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Let me go back to our Natural Sciences student. Emma,

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-you probably know this?

-No, not at all.

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Alison would know it, being a medic.

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-Alison?

-I do know.

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-And so you know that...

-CJ is right.

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CJ is right and he's taken the round.

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He's in the final. Emma, sorry, you're not. You've been beaten

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by our Egghead. So please, both of you, come back and rejoin your teams.

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As it stands, the challengers have lost two Brains from the final round.

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The Eggheads have lost no brains. Our next subject is Sport.

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CAMBRIDGE COUGARS: Oh, dear!

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You'd think we'd be

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-good at this one, wouldn't you?

-Who wants this?

-I stand no chance.

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-I stand absolutely no chance.

-But then if something

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-like history comes up...

-You're going to have to give it a shot, Ali.

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-Really?

-Yes.

-OK, if it's a crash and burn, it'll be me.

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OK, the lead cheerleader...

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and against whom?

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Daphne?

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-Yes.

-Not Kevin.

-OK.

-So, it's our lead cheerleader Alison,

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from the Cambridge Cougars, against Daphne, from the Eggheads.

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-Are you on for that?

-Yup, yup.

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To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions now.

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-OK, Alison, our chance to haul it round now.

-Hmm...

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-Debatable!

-OK, let's see how we do.

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I'm going to ask each of you three questions on Sport in turn.

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Alison, first or second set of questions for you?

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First, please.

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Your first question,

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Alison. Roy Emerson won the men's singles title consecutively

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between 1963 and 1967 at which grand slam tennis tournament?

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Um, don't know much about tennis.

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You can't cheer for it, therefore...

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That's my excuse. Um...

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It's going to have to be an absolute guess.

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I'll go for French Open.

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You guessed wrong, it's Australian Open. Daphne,

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which football team won the first ever European Championships,

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held in 1960?

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I think...

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it was Russia, the USSR.

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-Yes, absolutely, it was.

-I know.

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That's one of those silly facts that stuck,

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-thank goodness.

-Alison, your question.

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How many Olympic gold medals has James Cracknell won?

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I don't even have any idea who that is.

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It's shameful, isn't it? Erm...

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Again, at an absolute guess, I'll just go for two.

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And it's absolutely right. Off the blocks!

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In fact, level with Daphne. Daphne,

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your question. If you get this right, you've taken the advantage.

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In 2004, Liu Xiang won China's first Olympic gold medal

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in a men's track and field event when he won which discipline?

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He's a hurdler,

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so it's 110m hurdles.

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Mr Liu is a hurdler, you're right.

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-Yes.

-Respect.

-"Respect," says Barry.

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No messing. Which means, Alison, you need

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to get this question right to stay alive in the contest.

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Baffy is the nickname traditionally given to which golf club?

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Baffy. If my dad sees this and I get it wrong...

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-Does he play golf?

-Yes, he loves his golf,

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so he would expect me to know this.

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Um, I haven't heard it referred to very often.

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So, in that case, I'm probably...

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torn between pitching wedge and 4 wood.

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I think I'll go for pitching wedge.

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Agh!

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-It's 4 wood.

-Oh!

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But your dad would have appreciated how close you came to the right club.

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So, Daphne, well done.

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You've taken on one of our cheerleaders and you've beaten her.

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Alison, no place in the final for you, but Daphne will be there.

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Please, both of you, come back to us.

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So, as it stands, the challengers have lost three Brains from the final round,

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whilst the Eggheads have lost no Brains. Last subject for you is History.

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Which challenger wants this?

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Well, we want Sian to stay for General Knowledge, so...

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I'm happy to do it.

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I'm going to do History.

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Theresa, French and Portuguese student, against whom?

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-Kevin, or Barry?

-Barry? Yeah?

-Yeah.

-We'll go for Barry.

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OK, Theresa, from the Cambridge Cougars, against Barry, from the Eggheads.

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To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the question rooms.

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So, Theresa, you're a cheerleader too?

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Yup, I'm a cheerleader.

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I'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.

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-So I gather that some of the lightest cheerleaders will be thrown into the air?

-Yeah, I'm quite small.

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I've done gymnastics for quite a few years, so that's helped.

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Good. OK, well, see if you can go flying through the air now. You're playing Barry, our newest Egghead.

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I have to tell you, he's quite handy at History.

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When he starts talking about kings and queens, this little light comes into his eyes.

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I'll ask each of you three questions on History in turn. Theresa,

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-you can choose the first or second set of questions.

-Um,

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I'm going to go second for a change.

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No-one's gone second for ages.

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Here we go. Barry, in which country was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in 1948?

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He was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic

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called Nathuram Godse in India, in 1948.

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You are correct. Your first question now, Theresa.

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What name is given to the wide-muzzled firearm of the

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17th century, used to fire shot with a scattering effect at close range?

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Well, I'm not an expert in military history,

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nor have I heard of any of those. Well, purely for...

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the most unusual name, I'll go for blunderbuss, for a wild guess.

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Blunderbuss is correct, well done, Theresa.

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OK, now watch Barry's eyes.

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How old was queen Elizabeth I when she ascended the English throne?

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She was 25, Jeremy.

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And you're right.

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Taken the lead.

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Theresa, see if you can stay in it.

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In which decade did the Open University enrol students for the first time?

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Hmm...

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I don't think the Open University's been going that long...

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..so I'd imagine it was founded

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along with some of the other newer universities.

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Um, I'm going to have to guess again,

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and I'll go for the 1970s.

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Spot on, well done!

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Great play.

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An Egghead in the making.

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Barry, your third question. James Scott, Duke of Monmouth,

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was the illegitimate son, by Lucy Walter, of which monarch?

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He was one of the many illegitimate sons of Charles II

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and he came to a sticky end after the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685.

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-What happened to him?

-He was caught and executed.

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And they realised after they'd executed him that they didn't have

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an official portrait of him, so they sewed his head back on

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-so the artist could take a portrait of him.

-OK, we won't forget that,

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and you're right, obviously, in your answer. Charles II.

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So, Theresa, you need this to take it to sudden death

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and have a chance of locking Barry out of the final.

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Here's your question. On the 8th May 1945, Winston Churchill

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announced that a ceasefire, ending war with Germany, had been signed in which French city?

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Um, I've been to Reims,

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and I don't remember seeing any museums or anything

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about the treaty.

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Um...

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OK, I'm going to guess Lille.

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It's funny that the city isn't on the tip of all our tongues,

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given that it was a massive, momentous event.

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It's not Lille, it's Reims.

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"Reems," as the soldiers called it at the time.

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So, Theresa,

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bad luck. Barry beat you, but he is strong on History.

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Our Egghead will be in the final and you won't be able to help your team in the final round.

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Please, both of you, come back and rejoin your team-mates.

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So, this is what we've been playing towards,

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it's time for the final round which, as always,

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is General Knowledge. I'm afraid those of you who lost

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your head to heads won't be allowed to take part in this round.

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This is where the Eggheads have come bouncing back after two defeats on the trot

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and they have taken out Alison, Theresa, Emma and Steph, from the Cambridge Cougars.

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Almost as if they've got something to prove today!

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So, those Cougars who are being exiled, will you please leave the studio.

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-So, Sian, you're playing to win the Cambridge Cougars £1,000, but you're doing it all alone!

-Yup!

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How does that feel?

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Um, it's a heavy burden of responsibility, but I'll do my best.

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-They're all sitting behind you. Do you have a message for Sian?

-We do.

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-Give us an S!

-Give us an I!

-Give us an A!

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-Give us an N!

-ALL: Go, Sian!

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There you are, you've been cheer-led.

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Brilliant. Now, here's one interesting thing for you.

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We had a team who were young dancers.

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They went down to one and they beat the Eggheads.

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They were called the Flexi Funksters. That's the good news.

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The bad news is, the Eggheads have never lost three times in a row and they did lose the last two shows.

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So, we'll see. Barry, Judith, Kevin, CJ and Daphne, you're playing for something that money can't buy,

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the Eggheads' reputation. It needs rebuilding, frankly.

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As usual, I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

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This time, the questions are all General Knowledge and you are allowed to confer.

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So, Sian, the question is, is your one brain better than the Eggheads' five?

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-Would you like to go first or second?

-I'll go first.

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OK, good luck.

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Who performed lead vocals on The Beatles song Yellow Submarine?

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OK, well,

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I'm not a big Beatles fan.

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It's a song everyone's heard, but I have to admit I really wouldn't

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be able to tell the difference between the three of them.

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So, it's going to be a guess. Um...

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For some reason, I think I'm going to go with John Lennon.

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John Lennon was the singer for most of The Beatles songs.

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For this one, they asked the drummer to do it. It was Ringo Starr.

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First question, you got wrong there.

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OK, Eggheads. Which illustrator, born in 1879, famously provided

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illustrations for Winnie The Pooh and The Wind In The Willows?

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I bet Ralph Steadman would be pleased to be on there.

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Um, it's EH Shepard.

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EH Shepard is the answer.

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Your question, Sian.

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The Green Goblin is an enemy of which comic-book hero?

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OK, I think I know this one,

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mostly from watching the films. I seem to remember him

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flying about on some sort of flying skateboard contraption.

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I think it's Spiderman.

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Great answer, you're right.

0:25:280:25:31

So, Eggheads - one, challengers - one. You've got to hope they get this one wrong.

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Here's your question. Who designed and built the Conwy Suspension Bridge, opened in 1826?

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It's too early for Brunel, he'd only been...

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My instinct for Conwy was Telford.

0:25:510:25:53

Yeah, he certainly did things around that area.

0:25:530:25:56

-Yeah, he's associated with North Wales, but...

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I don't think... Although Robert Stephenson

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did a bridge across the Menai Straits,

0:26:030:26:07

-I don't recall George Stephenson...

-I've never heard of

0:26:070:26:10

George Stephenson building any bridges. Telford was into canals.

0:26:100:26:15

-Yeah.

-It does ring some sort of bell with me that he did...

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Conwy and Telford...

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-ring a bell for me.

-Rings a bell for me as well.

-Yeah.

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It's certainly the favourite there, without knowing it for sure.

0:26:240:26:28

-OK, are we happy with Thomas Telford?

-Yep.

-Yep.

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Not absolutely certain, but we'll go for Thomas Telford.

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Is the correct answer. Well done, Eggheads. So,

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they have two points and you have one.

0:26:410:26:44

You need to get this question right.

0:26:440:26:46

-OK.

-Otherwise, they've taken it, because there's no way back.

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Here's the question. Sian, which is the only US state that contains two Ivy League universities?

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OK, I should probably know this,

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seeing as they're our main rivals really.

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Um... OK.

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For some reason,

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I'm thinking Connecticut,

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but I can't think why. Um...

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New York...

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No, I don't think it's New York.

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Yeah, I think I'm going to go for Connecticut.

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Connecticut is your answer.

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The two universities are Columbia and Cornell. Does that help?

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They're in New York.

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I'm sorry, New York State. So that means

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you're not going to be able to get back at the Eggheads and they've won.

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-Commiserations, Sian, because it's very hard playing alone.

-Yeah.

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-With someone else, you've got a chance to bounce things off them.

-Yeah, it's lonely over here.

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They're all looking a bit muted at the back.

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-Sorry, guys.

-Very unusual look for the cheerleaders back there.

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The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them. They reign supreme over quiz land

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once again, after a couple of nasty contests lately.

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I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £1,000.

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That money now rolls over to our next show.

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Eggheads, congratulations.

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Who will beat you?

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Join us next time to see if a new team of challengers have the brains

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to defeat the Eggheads, £2,000 says they don't.

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Till then, goodbye.

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