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