Episode 148 Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

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

pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

You might recognise them, as they are goliaths

in the world of TV quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.

Taking on the awesome might of our quiz goliaths

are Orwell And Good, from Suffolk.

The team are all related and take their name from the River Orwell,

which runs through their home town of Ipswich. Let's meet them.

Hello, I'm Paul. I'm 34 and I'm a postman.

Hello, I'm Sam, I'm 26 and I'm a deputy home care manager.

Hi, there. I'm Stef.

I'm 48 and I'm a boat fitter.

Hi, I'm Olivia. I'm 40 and I work on boats.

Hello, I'm Stefan. I'm 32 and I'm a delivery driver.

-So, welcome, Orwell And Good.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you.

Relationships, we must go through here. Paul, you're married to?

Sam, my partner.

-And you're the daughter of?

-Stef.

Who is the partner of?

-Olivia.

-OK. And on the end, tell us, Stefan, you are the son of Stef?

-Yeah, that's right.

-Stef and Stefan. OK.

-So, if it goes wrong who do you blame?

-Each other.

-That's the way it normally works, is it?

-Yeah. That way.

Every day, there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers.

If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over.

So, Orwell And Good, the Eggheads have won just the last game,

which means £2,000 says you can't beat them.

The first head to head battle is on the subject of Food And Drink.

Now, which of you wants this?

THEY CONFER

-I'll be happy to do that.

-Yeah, Sam? Know your Food And Drink?

-All right.

-The first victim!

-OK!

-Go on, Sam.

-Who shall I go up against?

-Um...

Sam against which Egghead?

Who's the non-foodie?

-You're the expert.

-Who's only eating burgers?

-Do you want to take Kevin on?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-I'll play Kevin, because he never gets picked.

LAUGHTER

-He does on this!

-He does on this.

This is the programme's very badly kept secret,

that this is the category to get Kevin on.

So, Sam from Orwell And Good against Kevin from the Eggheads.

To ensure no conferring, please take your positions in the question room.

All right, Food And Drink, three questions.

Sam, you can choose whether you have the first or second set.

Um, I'd like to go first, please.

Here we go and good luck.

Which bowl-shaped piece of kitchen equipment

is comprised of perforated metal or plastic

and is used to strain liquid off food?

Um, used most days, it's colander.

It is indeed colander. Anyone here got a trivet?

-Yes.

-Oh, have you? What, what's, where do you keep it?

It's, you put it on the surface, the kitchen surface

that you don't want to burn and put hot pans on it.

Ah, so it's to keep...

So you don't get rings on your very nice wooden worktop.

OK. That's what a trivet is.

We'll remember that for the future.

Kevin, what type of food

is traditionally sold jellied, from a pie and mash shop?

And you can keep them! Eels.

Eels, it is. Have you ever had that?

I think I did once, in a moment of bravado, I think I may have tried.

-Ha!

-But, um, no, not for me. Not for me.

So, other people go parachuting

and bungy jumping and you go out and buy eel pie?

I mean, in terms of danger, I suspect it's just about the same.

Yeah, you're probably right.

One point each. Sam, your question.

What type of dish is the South-East Asian speciality, satay?

Is it kebab, stew or bread?

Um, we was only talking about this other day

whilst preparing barbeques.

It's kebab.

Kebab is right, with a little wooden skewer. That's right.

Kevin, over to you.

Emmental cheese, from the Swiss canton of Berne,

is traditionally made from the milk of which creature?

Well, as far as I know...as far as I know, that is the obvious one,

which is cow.

I don't think emmental is made from either sheep or goat.

Um, no, I'm sure it's cow. Cow.

Yeah, you're right, it is.

Could have led you astray that one, but it didn't.

Sam, to keep the pressure on Kevin.

If a dish is prepared a la boulangere, how is it cooked?

And boulangere is spelt B-O-U-L-A-N-G-E accent-R-E.

Um, I haven't heard of that before.

Um...

I don't think it would be fried,

so I'm toying between steamed and baked

and I think I'm just going to have to hazard a guess, um, at baked.

Let me go to Judith, cos she lives in France

some of the time and you can tell us.

-Well, a la boulangere means "at the baker".

-At the baker.

-Mmm.

-The boulangerie is the bakery

-Exactly.

You're right, Sam. Well done.

Kevin, get this wrong, you're not in the final

and they will feel very, very excited by that.

The French dish galantine consists of boned white meat or fish

cooked, pressed and served cold in what?

That's, erm, it's a variety of aspic.

It's a kind of phrase that springs to mind of a calf's head jelly, really.

But aspic is what I would go for there.

Is that another one you've tried in a moment of bravado?

Even I'm not that brave.

So, it's a jellied bit of boned white meat,

-you can see through the jelly and there it is?

-Yeah.

Ooh, oh, dear. Well, you're right.

I'm just saying, "Ooh, dear," because I don't fancy it.

Have you, Judith?

-It's delicious.

-You've had that?

-Yes.

What's it like?

It's delicious. It's just cold meat really with, erm, jelly round it,

a bit of jelly round, which you see all the time.

I mean, it's not unusual.

You're playing a storming game, Judith,

and you haven't even gone into the booth. You know everything!

So, three each and we move off multiple choice and to sudden death.

-Sam, are you ready?

-Yes.

-Here's your question.

What name is given to the thin, liquid food of oatmeal or other meal

boiled in milk or water, featured in the Dickens novel, Oliver Twist?

I don't make this regularly, I would if I had time,

but I think that's porridge.

-Porridge is the wrong answer.

-Oh.

Because it's gruel and the word gruel comes obviously from the book.

Are gruel and porridge different?

I think gruel is kind of watery soup, isn't it?

-Gruel's much thinner and cheaper to make.

-Thinner and cheaper?

Yes, exactly. Porridge is...thicker.

Over to you, Kevin.

What name is given to the bowl used to grind foods to a paste or powder,

that is the traditional partner of a pestle?

-The traditional partner of a pestle?

-Yeah.

Well, the phrase is, I may be doing something very silly here,

but I can't think of anything else, the phrase is pestle and mortar.

-So, the word is?

-Mortar.

And that's right, yeah.

-Did we confuse you there?

-Yes.

It's easily done though, don't worry.

Kevin, that gives you the round.

Sam, you won't be in the final

but good strategy to try and pick Kevin off with this subject.

Do, both of you, come back to the studio.

As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round,

the Eggheads have not lost any brains so far. Our next subject is Music.

Maybe this will be better for you. Who wants Music?

-Who is confident with music? Paul?

-No, not at all.

I think probably Olivia or Stefan.

-Do you want to do it?

-OK.

-Yeah?

-All right.

-OK.

-Olivia. Music?

-Yes.

What's your strongest musical area?

-Probably about the '80s.

-The '80s?

-I really enjoyed the '80s.

Which Egghead is weak on the '80s?

Chris looks a bit of an old hippy.

- He might know a bit. - Yeah, definitely, definitely.

-Shall we try it? Or Daphne.

-Try Daphne.

Can I play against Daphne, please?

Yes, you can. So, Olivia from Orwell And Good

versus Daphne from the Eggheads.

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

Olivia, Music now.

Three questions in turn, multiple choice.

Do you want the first or second set?

I'll go for the first one, please.

Your first question on music, Olivia.

In 2008, Warwick Avenue was a UK top five hit single for which singer?

Oh, my gosh.

I was hoping that the first one was going to be one I knew.

Adele, Duffy, Rihanna.

I'm actually quite embarrassed to say that I'm stumped on this one

and it's only the first one. Adele, Duffy or Rihanna.

This is very embarrassing, but I think I'm going to go for Rihanna.

Rihanna is your answer.

It was actually Duffy, who is kind of new,

so you have definitely an alibi there.

You, Daphne?

I would. You see, I know the latest results,

I'm just no good on the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s.

You just know the charts, now?

-Yes!

-OK, well, let's take you to the '80s.

-Oh, no.

-Here's your question.

In the '80s, Daphne, Annie Lennox became part of which group?

Oh, I'm all right with this one.

Eurythmics.

I thought you didn't know about the '80s.

I don't know the songs that were in the '80s, but I know the performers.

-I see.

-There is a difference.

-OK.

Eurythmics is right.

Hiding your light under a bushel, again.

Here we go, Olivia.

Second question, plenty of time.

The jazz musician and composer, Bix Beiderbecke,

who played with Louis Armstrong in 1920s Chicago,

was most famous for playing which instrument?

I'm tending to think it's a clarinet, or possibly a double bass.

I think I'll go with the clarinet.

Clarinet is wrong. It was cornet.

Cornet. Tough one, that.

Daphne, if you get this right, you've taken the round.

Who had UK top 40 hits during the 1950s

with Magic Moments and Papa Loves Mambo?

I know it's either Perry Como or Andy Williams

and I can hear the song, but they've got very similar voices.

I'm hoping it's Perry Como.

You got it right, well done.

You see, the '50s we're all right.

Well done, Daphne.

You have taken the round. Olivia can't get back from this position.

Olivia, sorry, you were beaten

and can't take part in the final. Please both rejoin your teams.

So, the challengers have

lost two brains from the final round, Eggheads have not lost any.

Doing well, Eggheads.

It's Arts And Books next. Which of you wants this?

It's Stef or Stefan or Paul.

-Do you want to try it?

-Stef? Yeah, do you want to have a go?

-I think so.

-All right. I'll have a go, then. I'll have a crack.

I don't think I'll go for CJ, he seems quite well versed

with his arts and literature and stuff. Who have we got left?

You've got either Judith or Chris.

I'll have go with Chris. I'll have a stab.

OK, fair enough.

Fine, so it is Stef from Orwell And Good against Chris from the Eggheads

and to ensure no conferring, please take your positions.

Arts And Books is the category.

Three questions and you can choose

the first or second set.

Erm, I think I'll go first, also.

By what Italian name is the text of an opera known?

Oh, blimey.

The text of an opera?

Well, I don't think it's castrato.

I've got a vague idea and it might be wrong,

that that's a very high-pitched type of singing.

Libretto, librafree, erm...

I would say it's going to be libretto, because that's

text and a library and etcetera etcetera and I think libra

is maybe "to read", in French or Italian, I'm not sure,

I'm going to go for libretto.

Superb, you're right, well done.

Chris, "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods,

"they kill us for their sport,"

is a quote from which Shakespeare play?

I don't think... It's not Macbeth.

I don't think it's Hamlet.

I think it's from the great speech of King Lear in King Lear.

So, I'll say King Lear.

You're right, Chris. Well done!

OK, over to you, Stef. Who wrote the novels, A Handful Of Dust and Scoop?

A Handful Of Dust and Scoop?

Well, none of those are authors I've read. A Handful of Dust and Scoop?

I've got a couple of Graham Greene titles at the back of my head,

but they're not coming to the sort of fore,

but Scoop and A Handful Of Dust doesn't seem to be among them.

I think I'm just going to take a punt

between Evelyn Waugh and Iris Murdoch.

A Handful Of Dust... I'm going to go for Iris Murdoch.

I really haven't any idea, but I will try Iris Murdoch.

No, I'm sorry, it was Evelyn Waugh.

Chris, which artist painted Derby Day,

which proved so popular when it was first exhibited

at the Royal Academy in 1858,

it needed crash barriers to keep the crowds at a safe distance?

The same person who painted the railway station of Paddington.

That was William Powell Frith.

You're right, it was.

You need this next one, Stef,

and you have to hope that Chris gets his one wrong.

Stay in by getting this.

Which metaphysical poet wrote, The Collar and The Pulley?

The only one I've vaguely heard of is John Donne, there,

so really I would just, I would have to have a stab at John Donne,

I really don't know. I really don't know, I think I'll try John Donne.

John Donne is the wrong answer.

He was metaphysical, but it was George Herbert

who wrote The Collar and The Pulley.

Which means it's well done to Chris,

because you have won the round. No way back for Stef.

You were beaten by our Egghead.

Do please both of you come back and rejoin your teams.

The challengers have lost three brains from the final round

whilst the Eggheads have not lost any.

Our last subject is Film And Television.

Which of you challengers wants this?

And, of course, we are left now

-with Stefan and Paul. Stefan?

-Yep.

Stefan against which Egghead?

-Which Egghead?

-Judith, do you reckon?

-Yeah.

Yeah, Judith, please.

Judith!

-You flinched then, as if you were struck by something.

-Yes!

Stefan from Orwell And Good versus Judith from the Eggheads.

Here we go.

I'm going to ask three questions on Film And Television

Stefan, choose the first or second set of questions.

Erm, could I go first, please?

Playing for a place in the final, Stefan, and your team needs you.

What was the title of the long-running British TV series

that was based on the game of charades?

Yeah, I remember that one well and it was Give Us A Clue.

Absolutely right, well done.

Here we are, Judith. "Nasty" Nick Bateman came to fame in 2000,

when he appeared on which TV show?

I remember him. It was Big Brother. It was the first one, wasn't it?

Yes, it was. What do you remember about him?

Being nasty. He was quite nasty, he was very sneaky, wasn't he?

-I think he told a load of fibs.

-Yeah.

And I remember he said he was in the SAS or something

and he was doing an assault course and he fell over all the whole time

and one said to another, "Is anything he's told us true?"

It was a great moment.

You're right, Big Brother.

Stefan, back to you.

In 1997, Kevin Costner starred as the title character

in which post-apocalyptic film?

I don't think I've heard of a film called The Milkman before.

Don't think it was The Garbage Man, so, The Postman.

Postman is correct.

And we've got, you're a postman.

And Stef is a... You did work part time as a postman, Stef.

-That's right.

-So I'm glad you didn't get that wrong.

Must be not a very good film.

I think it was one of those, it was an overblown thing that it...

I mean, sometimes it gets into the system that something is really bad.

It happened with things like Heaven's Gate as well

and quite often when you see them they're not as bad as it was said.

-I didn't think The Postman was as bad as was made out.

-Yeah.

I guess with this question Milkman we can exclude because this country has milkmen, but not many others do.

-No.

-People go door to door delivering your pinta.

I like the idea of the Garbage Man though.

The garbage man IS The Garbage Man.

He's been in a lot of garbage.

Judith...in which country was Audrey Hepburn born. Judith?

Oh, I think that was Belgium but I think she was actually,

had some sort of Dutch parentage, didn't she?

But I think she was born, as, I mean out of all those three,

she was born in Belgium.

-So you answer is Belgium?

-Yeah.

And you're right.

Question three to you and you're doing well Stefan.

Get this right, put the pressure on Judith, anything can happen.

Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, released in 2002,

was the feature film directorial debut of which actor?

I'm not too sure about the answer, I'm going to have to have a guess.

I'm going to say Edward Norton.

Edward Norton it wasn't.

It was George Clooney who directed that film, first film he directed.

Judith, this for the round.

Georgia Thomas, Richard Fish and John Cage are characters in which US TV series?

No idea.

I'm sure it's not Cagney And Lacey because the characters in that were

Cagney and Lacey mostly weren't they, regularly?

Um, I don't know about the other two.

What about Quantum Leap?

I'll make a Quantum Leap.

You've made a quantum leap into a road of mud.

-Oh.

-Because it's the wrong answer. Ally McBeal was the right answer.

-Oh, right.

-We were missing Ally. Who was Ally played by?

-Calista Flockhart.

-That would have helped, yeah.

So after three questions the scores are level.

We go from multiple choice to sudden death.

It gets harder here because I don't give you options.

Stefan, which French actress won the 2008 Best Actress Oscar for La Vie En Rose?

I've got no idea about that one, I can't think of any French actresses so I'm going to have to pass.

It was someone called Marion Cotillard.

Judith, your question.

If you get this right you're in the final.

Captain Furillo, Officer Renko and Detective Belker were characters in which US TV drama series?

Was it NK...?

What's it called? New York, NYPD...

No, I know, Hill Street Blues.

-Your answer is correct.

-Phew.

You seem to be naming a programme called NYPD Hill Street Blues, but anyway...

-No, I changed halfway through.

-You just put all the titles together, that's one way of getting it right.

Judith, you got that right, it was Hill Street Blues. Stefan,

you won't be in the final round, I'm sorry to say. There's no easy way to say it.

Please both of you come back, rejoin your teams and we will play that final round.

So Orwell And Good have had a bit of a time of it and we are now playing

the final round which as always is general knowledge.

Those who lost your head to heads will not join us for that round,

so that's Sam, Stef, Olivia and Stefan from Orwell And Good, please leave the studio.

So Paul, good luck. I know you're on your own, but it can happen.

-You're a postman?

-Yes, that's right, yes.

-Same round every day or not?

-No, it tends to be a bit driving, a bit

delivering in different parts, you know, but I enjoy it, keeps me fit.

And you're walking how many miles a day?

Probably about four to five miles a day.

And you're walking with a weight on your back and quite quickly, so it's quite, you know,

keep fit.

Yeah, well, let's see whether you are fit enough in a quizzing sense to win this.

You're playing for £2,000 for your team, Orwell And Good.

Judith, Kevin, CJ, Daphne and Chris, you're playing

for something that money can't buy which is the Eggheads' reputation.

You're rebuilding that reputation really after what happened a few days ago.

As usual I will ask each team three questions in turn.

This time the questions are all general knowledge and you are allowed to confer.

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

I know lots of people watching will be rooting for you here.

So do you want to go first or second?

Um I'll go first please.

Best of luck to you.

According to the nursery rhyme, what does Bobby Shafto have on his knee?

Um...

doesn't really ring a bell. I don't believe it's red buttons.

Um, um I'm going to go for golden bells.

Golden bells is your answer. Any Egghead want to help us with this nursery rhyme?

-Silver buckles.

-Silver buckles. But what's the nursery rhyme?

Bobby Shafto's gone to sea

Silver buckles on his knee He'll come back and marry me...

-Bonny Bobby Shafto.

-Right.

You did that all completely in sync.

So it's wrong, I'm sorry, Paul.

It was silver buckles.

Eggheads, in America what term is used

to describe a person crossing a road outside a designated crossing area?

It's Luke Jaywalker.

Oh, that's right. Or whatever his first name is whether it's Luke or anything else. It's jaywalker.

Jaywalker is the correct answer.

Paul, what colour are the berets worn by members of the UN peacekeeping forces?

Um, yeah, I think I know this one.

I don't think they're green or red so I think they're blue.

They are blue. Well, done. Off the blocks.

And your team are pleased.

Eggheads, Velma von Tussle is a character from which stage and film musical?

-Chicago.

-That's Velma Kelly.

Sorry, can we have it again, Jeremy, please?

Velma von Tussle is a character from which stage and film musical?

-Because the Velma in Chicago is Velma Kelly.

-Yeah.

So I don't recognise this from either Chicago or Grease.

I think it is Hairspray.

Yes.

Um, consensus of opinion, Hairspray.

So you were not taken away from the correct answer by the other Velma.

Hairspray's right, Eggheads.

Paul, this is a tough moment for you.

You need to get this question right or the Eggheads have won, OK?

Here's your question. Which former British prime minister

had a brief and unsuccessful stint as a chat show host?

Um, I don't know this one either.

I don't believe it's Harold Wilson.

Um, Edward Heath for some reason jumped out at me

so I'm going to go for Edward Heath.

Edward Heath is actually wrong and it wasn't Alec Douglas-Home who was

kind of aristocratic and probably wouldn't have been up his street.

-It was Harold Wilson.

-Really?

Yeah, it was Harold Wilson who appeared famously

with Mike Yarwood and all of that and obviously got a taste for it.

Yeah, but it didn't last long.

He was always supposed to be so good on the telly, that's why.

-I could never see it.

-What went wrong?

-He wasn't any good unfortunately.

-He wasn't any good.

-No.

I've seen clips of it and it is skin crawlingly bad.

I remember seeing it at the time and it was painful.

Paul, I'm sorry, you got the question wrong.

That means there's no way back in this final round for you

so, Eggheads, congratulations you have won.

So the Eggheads have one what comes naturally to them,

they still reign supreme over quizland and I'm afraid, Paul,

you and the team won't be going home with the £2,000 which means the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations. Who will ever beat you?

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

£3,000 says they don't.

Till then, goodbye.

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