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These people are amongst 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 the greatest quiz team in Britain.

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You might recognise them as they are goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows.

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They are the Eggheads.

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And taking on the might of our quiz goliaths today

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are The Rank Outsiders. The team all work

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at Ascot racecourse for a trade organisation which represents

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59 racecourses around Britain. Let's meet them.

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Hi, I'm John. I'm 31 and I'm a promotions executive.

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Hi, I'm Paul. I'm 29 and I'm a promotions co-ordinator.

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Hello, I'm Caroline. I'm 43 and I'm a services director.

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Hi, I'm Stephen.

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I'm 50 and I'm a chief executive.

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Hello, I'm Lance.

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I'm 51 and I'm an accountant.

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-Welcome, Rank Outsiders.

-Thank you.

-So, work at Ascot, John,

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-involves what? What do you do for all these racecourses?

-We do a number of things.

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Myself and Paul are involved in the promotion of racing,

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which partially includes the running of the racegoers' club. We're all involved

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in the promotion of British racing in general.

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Do you find, as you get more and more into racing

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and watch more of it, Caroline, do you get luckier?

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Well, certainly I don't. But I think that my colleagues

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here certainly have in the past.

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-Have you? Who's been lucky?

-I had a good win, four or five years ago, at Cheltenham.

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Unfortunately, I've never repeated the trick. I think it was a fluke.

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You'll have to tell us what the good win was.

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It was £28,000.

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-On one horse?

-On three horses, as a treble.

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OK. Well, let's see if you can do the treble now.

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Every day, there's £1,000 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, Rank Outsiders, the Eggheads have won the last three games,

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which means £4,000 says you can't beat them.

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The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Geography.

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Challengers, which one of you wants this?

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-Lance?

-I think, unfortunately, it was me, wasn't it?

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You mean that earlier on, you thought, "OK, it's me on Geography"?

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-No, we were hoping Geography didn't come up.

-Oh, I see!

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But I was going to be sacrificed if it did.

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-So, which Egghead?

-I think the idea was Daphne.

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Well, they've thought this through, haven't they? OK.

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So, it's Lance, from The Rank Outsiders, versus Daphne, from the Eggheads.

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The challengers sounding certain of themselves.

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

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Good luck to you both. Three multiple-choice questions on Geography, in turn.

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Lance, you can choose the first or second set.

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I think I'll go second, please, Jeremy.

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So, over to you, Daphne.

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The River Taff flows through which British national park?

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Well, the only one of those that's in Wales is the Brecon Beacons.

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And so River Taff is Welsh.

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So, that's my answer...

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Brecon Beacons.

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River Taff is Welsh, and you're right, Brecon Beacons

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is the park in question. Lance,

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the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne is located approximately eight miles

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from which body of water?

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I was in Newcastle earlier this year for a basketball final.

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And I'm fairly sure...

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Well, no, having said that, I'm not.

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Well, it's not the Irish Sea - let's rule that one out.

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Firth of Clyde

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wouldn't be totally impossible. But I think it's probably the North Sea.

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I'll go for the North Sea.

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North Sea is correct. Well done.

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APPLAUSE

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Daphne, Lagos is a tourist resort in which European country?

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Could you spell it?

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L-A-G-O-S.

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-DAPHNE SIGHS

-Well, it doesn't sound Italian.

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But that's nothing to go on, is it?

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Seeing as I haven't heard of it, I'll try Portugal.

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It's Portugal, Daphne, well done.

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Over to you, Lance.

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The Simplon Tunnel connects Italy with which other country?

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Simplon is S-I-M-P-L-O-N.

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It's one of those questions where you hope you're going to recognise

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it when it comes up. And I didn't.

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I'm inclined to rule out Austria.

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And somehow I don't think it's the name of the tunnel

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that goes to Switzerland, so I'm going to have to go with France.

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Yeah, the somehow bit was where it fell apart.

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Cos it is Switzerland and Italy - the Simplon Tunnel. Daphne,

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your question. If you get this right, you take the round.

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The Karakum Desert

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occupies over 70% of which central Asian country?

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Oh, dear.

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50-50 again.

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-DAPHNE SIGHS

-I don't think it's Azerbaijan.

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I'm... Kazakhstan's big, isn't it?

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No... Turkmenistan.

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Yes, you're right.

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So, well done, Daphne. Lance, you were beaten by our Egghead,

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so you won't be in the final, I'm sorry to say.

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Both of you please come back and rejoin your team-mates.

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

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while the Eggheads have not lost any brains. Our next subject is Film And Television.

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-Which of you wants this?

-That's going to be me.

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-OK, the gambler versus...?

-THEY LAUGH

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We'll try Chris, please, Jeremy.

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Right. So, John, from The Rank Outsiders against Chris, from the Eggheads.

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And to ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in the question room.

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So, I'm going to ask each of you three questions on Film And Television.

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John, you can choose the first or second set.

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I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

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John, the comedian and broadcaster Cyril Fletcher

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regularly performed his Odd Odes on which television programme?

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Right, I can't believe that it would be on Watchdog.

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I think that's a bit more of a serious consumer programme.

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I also don't think it's likely

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to be Blue Peter because that's more of a kids' show.

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It sounds like the sort of thing that would have gone on

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in That's Life, which I vaguely remember watching as a kid.

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But I don't remember the person that you've mentioned there.

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As I think that's the most likely answer, I'll plump for That's Life.

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-Yes, you're right. Well done, John.

-Well done, John.

-Chris...

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which actor is the nephew of the film director Francis Ford Coppola?

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Well, Francis Ford Coppola's Italian-American,

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which would suggest Ray Liotta. But that's not the answer.

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Neither is it Tom Cruise. But I have an inkling it's Nicolas Cage.

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DAPHNE SIGHS WITH RELIEF

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Yeah, your team-mates are relieved.

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Is this a well-known quiz fact?

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-Yes, indeed.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

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-It's like Jon Voight's daughter is...?

-Angelina Jolie.

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All that stuff... OK, so yes, Chris. Well done.

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Your question, John.

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Which 1966 film starring Terence Stamp and Monica Vitti

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was based on a cartoon strip that appeared in the London Evening Standard newspaper?

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It's a bit before my time, Jeremy,

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so I'm going to be completely guessing on this one, I think.

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Blondie does ring a vague bell as being something

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that might have been a cartoon strip,

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whereas the other two just aren't ringing any bells with me at all.

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So, more in hope that expectation, I'm going to go for Blondie.

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Wrong answer, I'm afraid. Modesty Blaise is the correct answer.

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Chris, in 2008, Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher starred in a film

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entitled What Happens In...where?

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Well, it's passed into vocabulary, hasn't it?

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"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." So, it's Vegas.

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That's the correct answer.

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John, here's your next question.

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Which Oscar-winning actress starred as the Flying Nun

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in the TV series of the same name?

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Again, that's not something which I'm familiar with.

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I would probably rule out Ellen Burstyn. It sounds like it's more

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the sort of thing that would be akin to Sally Field or Diane Keaton.

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And it's a bit of a guess between the two. I will go for Sally Field.

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You're still in the game. Well done.

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Sally Field.

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Chris, you get this right, you've taken the round.

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The Lightning Tree, a hit for The Settlers in 1971,

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was the theme tune to which television show?

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I remember this. It was Follyfoot.

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-And you watched it every week?

-No.

-Chris, thank you, you're right.

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You've taken the round. John, you were beaten.

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It is tough out there. We know that. As a result,

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you won't be able to help your team in the final round, John.

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Please, both of you, come back to the studio now.

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As it stands, the challengers have lost two brains

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

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Our next subject is Arts And Books.

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So, who'd like this and against who?

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-I'm afraid that's me.

-It's you, Paul, promotions co-ordinator.

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-You can't have Chris or Daphne.

-We'll try Judith.

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Judith, Arts And Books...?

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-I haven't played it this series.

-I think people find you forbidding on Arts And Books.

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Yes, I glare at them, when Arts And Books come up.

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So, it's Paul, from the Rank Outsiders, versus Judith, from the Eggheads.

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

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Three questions, multiple choice. You can go first or second, Paul.

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I think I'll go first, please.

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Paul, here's your first question.

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Which painter spent the years 1746 to 1755 in England, where his views

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of London and English country houses were very popular?

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I did say I'd do Arts And Books

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to the team, as long as an art question didn't come up.

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-But, em...

-THEY LAUGH

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I have a feeling that Canaletto

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liked to paint London.

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And so I think I'll try Canaletto.

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Good for you, you're right. Well done.

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APPLAUSE

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Judith, the Heffalump is a creation of which writer?

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It is AA Milne, in the Pooh books.

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It is AA Milne, well done.

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One each. Paul,

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for what does the letter E stand in the name of the author EM Forster?

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I'm afraid I don't know.

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I'm struggling to rule any of them out.

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It's going to be a blind guess, I'm afraid.

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I'm going to try Eliot.

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Eliot was wrong.

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It's Edward.

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Edward. Tricky, those guys with their EMs

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and their WHs. How do you know answers like that, Judith?

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No-one ever says "Edward Forster". Are there ways of knowing?

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No, absolutely not. They say "EM".

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-No, but you often get asked what does it stand for. And it's "Edward Morgan".

-TS Eliot.

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-Oh, the M stands for Morgan?

-Yes.

-TS Eliot was?

-Thomas Stearns.

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-AA Milne.

-DH Lawrence.

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-AA Milne?

-Alan Alexander.

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OK. That's enough, anyway,

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because all of those... We're trying to work out

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the strategy, how you guys spend your days.

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-It's so desperately sad!

-THEY LAUGH

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Judith, which Italian playwright won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934?

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I think it's between Pirandello and Dario Fo.

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I don't... I don't know.

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I don't know. Pirandello.

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The answer's correct, Judith. Well done.

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-Phew!

-OK, your question now. A third question for you, Paul.

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Get this right, please,

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otherwise you, also, will not be in the final.

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Which of Agatha Christie's books begins with the line,

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"Miss Jane Marple was sitting by her window"?

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Never read one of her novels, so this is not a good question for me!

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I'm going to guess again. I'm going to try The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd.

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You got it wrong.

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The answer was The Mirror Crack'd, Paul.

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-OK.

-So, Judith, you've won the round, cos there's no way back for

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Paul at this point. Which means, Judith, you will be in the final.

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

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So, we have got Caroline and Stephen left in the challengers' team.

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But they have lost three brains from the final round. The Eggheads have lost none at this point.

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The last subject is Sport.

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-Reaction?

-I'll take that.

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Stephen on Sport... against Barry or CJ?

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-Barry?

-CJ.

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Well, I know CJ desperately wants to play, so I'll go for CJ.

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Stephen, from the Rank Outsiders, versus CJ, from the Eggheads. Please go to the question rooms now.

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So, I will ask each of you three questions on Sport. Are you ready, Stephen?

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-I am, I am.

-You enjoy your sports?

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I do, yes. I'm a big fan of American football, for my sins.

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I've also got a note that says you've got 1,000 CDs or more. So you love your music?

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I do. I've had to give up CDs.

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I now use an iPod,

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so that my partner doesn't know how many I've got now.

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-So, I'm still keeping it quiet.

-Good luck in this round.

-Thank you.

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Would you like the first or second set of questions?

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I will take the first questions, please.

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Stephen...

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which country won the first football World Cup in 1930?

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Well, I think I know this.

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Hungary I know, I believe, won the 1954 World Cup.

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Um...but it was Uruguay, Jeremy, I believe.

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A classic quizzers' fact to know.

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Well done. Uruguay's the answer.

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That would have stumped a lot of people.

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Here we are, CJ. The ECB is the governing body

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for cricket in England and which other part of the British Isles?

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I don't actually know this,

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but the county championship contains teams from both

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England and Wales. I don't think there are any

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Scottish or Northern Ireland teams in it, so I'll go for Wales.

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Wales is the right answer, CJ. Well done.

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Your question, Stephen.

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Magny-cours - M-A-G-N-Y, hyphen, C-O-U-R-S -

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Magny-cours is home to which country's Formula One Grand Prix?

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Well, I'm going to eliminate Canada. I don't believe it's Canada.

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So I think it's between Belgium and France.

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And I'm afraid, I'm going to have to guess this.

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I'm going to go for Belgium.

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You got it wrong. It is France.

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-Bad luck.

-C'est la vie.

-C'est la vie.

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CJ...

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who was the first athlete to be 100 metres Olympic champion, world champion

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and world record holder, all at the same time?

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Well, not Jesse Owens.

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He predates the world championships, I think.z

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I'm just trying to think if Donovan Bailey was Olympic champion.

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I know he's been world champion.

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And Carl Lewis was certainly an Olympic champion.

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CJ SIGHS

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The obvious answer is Carl Lewis, but I'll go for Donovan Bailey.

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That's the wrong answer. It's Carl Lewis.

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Stephen, your third question.

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Before Rafael Nadal in June 2008

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who was the last tennis player to go directly

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from winning on clay, at the French Open, to winning on grass at Queen's a week later?

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Well, I don't believe... It's going back a long way on there.

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Although I did watch tennis in the '70s, I can't ever remember

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Stan Smith winning on clay.

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I don't think Jimmy Connors favoured clay either.

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So I do not know, but I'm going to go

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for the great Romanian, Ilie Nastase.

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Known as a bit of a clown in his time, but a great player.

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-He was a great man.

-You're right, it was Nastase.

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For someone who says he doesn't know tennis,

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that was impeccable logic.

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CJ, which horse was a surprise winner of the 2008 Oaks at Epsom?

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Well, you know I do these lists of...

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winners of certain races. The only one there I recognise is Adored,

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so I'm hoping it's because it's in one of my lists. I'll go for Adored.

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The answer was Look Here, CJ,

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so you're wrong. And that means that

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our challenger has taken the round.

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Well done, Stephen. You took on one of the Eggheads and emerged triumphant. Good news for

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the challengers, because that means Stephen will be in the final round.

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Congratulations. Please come back and rejoin your teams.

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So, this is what we have been playing towards.

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It's time for the final round, which is General Knowledge.

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But those of you who lost your head-to-heads

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won't be allowed to take part in this round. So, John, Paul, and Lance from The Rank Outsiders,

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and CJ, from the Eggheads, please leave the studio.

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Caroline and Stephen, you're playing to win The Rank Outsiders £4,000.

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Eggheads, you're playing for something which money can't buy -

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your reputation. As usual,

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I will ask each team three questions in turn. This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

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You are allowed to confer. Rank Outsiders, the question is

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are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

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So, Caroline and Stephen, would you like to go first or second?

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-Well, I think we'll go first.

-Yup.

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Here we go.

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The administrative headquarters of which county are located in Aylesbury?

0:20:200:20:26

-Well...

-It's obviously, Aylesbury, Bucks, isn't it?

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Well, my son lives in Buckinghamshire.

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I think you're right, Caroline. Let's go with Buckinghamshire.

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Buckinghamshire.

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The answer's correct. Well done.

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You don't want to get that one wrong.

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So, over to you, Eggheads.

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Which member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer had a UK top ten hit single in 1975

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with I Believe In Father Christmas?

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I've no idea whatsoever.

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-Have you got anything?

-Greg Lake?

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-It's only a guess.

-Well, it was a name that came to mind.

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-Keith Emerson played the keyboard.

-I'm not sure what Carl Palmer was.

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-Does that make him the singer?

-I mean...

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when I saw the three, I thought, "Greg Lake".

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But I have no idea why I said it.

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They did Fanfare For The Common Man. The Aaron Copland one, but...

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Did Greg Lake sing?

0:21:290:21:33

-I don't know. We don't know.

-Why do you rule out Keith Emerson?

0:21:330:21:37

-CHRIS: He's a keyboard player.

-Can't he sing as well?

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I suppose so. Keyboard players sing... I don't know.

0:21:410:21:44

Think of Chas & Dave!

0:21:440:21:47

Yeah! So, what are we going to go for? Greg Lake?

0:21:470:21:50

-Greg Lake, all agreed?

-Yeah, go on. We don't know.

0:21:500:21:52

I haven't a clue, so whatever you like.

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We're not really sure, Jeremy. But the consensus of opinion is that

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we go for Greg Lake. So Greg Lake it is.

0:21:590:22:02

-You're right. It was Greg Lake.

-DAPHNE LAUGHS

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The next question

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is for The Rank Outsiders.

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A taffrail is a rail running around the rear part of what?

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-I don't think it's a church, is it?

-I'm inclined towards ship.

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-But with no good reason.

-Do they have rails behind helicopters?

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-You wouldn't have thought so.

-I can't believe it's a church.

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Which leaves helicopter and ship.

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And I can't...

0:22:330:22:35

I just can't see a back rail on a helicopter. So, shall we go for ship?

0:22:350:22:39

-I think we'll go with ship.

-We're going to go with ship.

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Ship is your answer. It is the only one that

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you can visualise, isn't it? And it is the right answer.

0:22:450:22:49

Over to you, Eggheads.

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The Amanita phalloides mushroom, considered by many to be the world's most poisonous,

0:22:510:22:56

is more commonly known by what name?

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Death cap.

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-It's death cap.

-It must be deathcap.

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Deadly nightshade isn't a mushroom.

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CHRIS: Destroying angel are edible, if they're properly prepared.

0:23:090:23:12

Yes, it smells like a mushroom and looks like a mushroom,

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-and is deadly.

-So, we're all sure on death cap?

-Yeah, yeah.

0:23:150:23:19

We believe the answer is death cap.

0:23:190:23:21

That is the right answer. It is death cap.

0:23:210:23:25

OK, so it's two points apiece.

0:23:250:23:27

Rank Outsiders, which British field marshal of World War II

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was responsible for foiling the attempted Japanese invasion of India

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in 1944, before going on to rout the Japanese again in Burma?

0:23:360:23:42

This is...

0:23:520:23:54

Well, I-I-I just don't know the name Slim at all.

0:23:540:23:57

-So, I'm going to park that for a minute.

-OK.

0:23:570:24:00

Montgomery was obviously best known for North Africa.

0:24:000:24:05

-Yeah, I was going to say...

-And was a field marshal.

0:24:050:24:09

I think it's between... So the question is, what did he do

0:24:090:24:13

once he finished in North Africa?

0:24:130:24:17

I think he went on to Northern Europe where he worked for Eisenhower.

0:24:170:24:23

-So...

-By process of elimination.

-Well, and...

0:24:230:24:27

Would he have gone on to Asia as well?

0:24:270:24:32

Well, everything tells me it's Montgomery.

0:24:340:24:37

But it just doesn't make sense that he could win in North Africa,

0:24:370:24:40

in Europe, and then go over to Asia. So, we're going to go for Harding.

0:24:400:24:46

You got it wrong.

0:24:460:24:48

The correct answer is Slim.

0:24:480:24:50

Your question, Eggheads.

0:24:500:24:52

You get this right, you've taken the contest.

0:24:520:24:54

What was the code name of the Flying Squad operation that foiled the armed robbery at

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the London Millennium Dome in 2000, where thieves were arrested trying

0:24:590:25:04

to steal over £200 million worth of diamonds?

0:25:040:25:09

I remember reading about this.

0:25:170:25:19

- Why would you go for Moonlight? - It just sounds right.

0:25:190:25:23

Yup. When they came up, I thought "Moonlight".

0:25:230:25:25

Cos it's to do with diamonds...

0:25:250:25:28

To do with light reflecting of the facets?

0:25:280:25:31

Yes. And I don't...

0:25:310:25:32

CHRIS: The actual diamonds were fakes anyway, so... Yeah.

0:25:320:25:35

All right. Are we all agreed?

0:25:350:25:37

-It's a real "We're the Sweeney" style operation, yeah.

-Yes, so...

0:25:370:25:40

We're not 100% certain, but we think they're might be

0:25:400:25:43

a link between moonlight and light reflecting off diamonds.

0:25:430:25:46

So, we're going for Operation Moonlight.

0:25:460:25:49

CJ in the background, are you exasperated or happy?

0:25:490:25:51

I'm wholeheartedly agreeing with that answer.

0:25:510:25:54

Good. It's wrong. The answer is Magician. So, the contest is

0:25:540:25:57

still alive. Rank Outsiders, we move to Sudden Death.

0:25:570:26:01

Sudden Death... it's not multiple choice.

0:26:010:26:03

Here we go. They let you off the hook.

0:26:030:26:06

-They did, didn't they?

-You need to press home the advantage.

0:26:060:26:09

Greed and The Wedding March

0:26:090:26:12

are silent films made by which director and actor?

0:26:120:26:16

It could be Charlie Chaplin.

0:26:210:26:24

Yeah.

0:26:240:26:25

There are only about three directors I know. There's...

0:26:250:26:29

Charlie Chaplin, there's Harold Lloyd and there's Buster Keaton.

0:26:290:26:33

I think they all produced.

0:26:330:26:36

Yup.

0:26:360:26:38

And, I mean, Harold Lloyd played it for laughs, really.

0:26:380:26:43

-I think Greed doesn't sound like Harold Lloyd.

-No.

0:26:430:26:46

Buster Keaton... I think it's Chaplin. I think it's Chaplin. OK?

0:26:460:26:50

I'm happy to go with that.

0:26:500:26:52

I think we're going to go for Charlie Chaplin, Jeremy.

0:26:520:26:56

-That's wrong. It's Erich von Stroheim...

-I would never have got that.

0:26:560:27:00

..forced out of Hollywood by his fanatical attention to detail, and need for complete artistic control.

0:27:000:27:06

CHRIS: Running millions over budget.

0:27:060:27:08

Yeah, that as well.

0:27:080:27:10

Eggheads, you get this right, you have won the contest.

0:27:100:27:15

The Continental Op

0:27:150:27:17

is a fictional character created by which writer, born in 1894?

0:27:170:27:24

He's one of the... It's...

0:27:240:27:28

-The Continental Op.

-It's like Dashiell Hammett.

0:27:280:27:30

-Do you think so?

-I'm not sure.

-Well, it's the right period.

0:27:300:27:33

-Yeah.

-He was an actual Pinkerton agent at the time as well.

0:27:330:27:37

BARRY: We don't have anything else.

0:27:370:27:39

Right, we're going for Dashiell Hammett, Jeremy.

0:27:390:27:42

You're going for Dashiell Hammett. You think that's the writer of The Continental Op fictional character.

0:27:420:27:49

Eggheads, you're right. It was Dashiell Hammett.

0:27:490:27:53

Well done, Daphne, in particular, picking that name out.

0:27:530:27:56

Congratulations, Eggheads. You've won.

0:27:560:27:58

And commiserations to our challengers.

0:28:020:28:05

Well-played, Stephen, Caroline, and the whole team back there.

0:28:050:28:08

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

0:28:080:28:14

I'm afraid, you won't be going home with the £4,000,

0:28:140:28:17

which means that the money rolls over to our next show. Eggheads, congratulations.

0:28:170:28:21

Who will beat you? Join us next time to see if

0:28:210:28:24

a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

0:28:240:28:28

£5,000 says they don't.

0:28:280:28:30

Till then, goodbye.

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