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These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
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 | 0:00:20 | |
Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
You might recognise them as they are goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
They are the Eggheads. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
And taking on the might of our quiz goliaths today | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
are The Rank Outsiders. The team all work | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
at Ascot racecourse for a trade organisation which represents | 0:00:42 | 0:00:46 | |
59 racecourses around Britain. Let's meet them. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
Hi, I'm John. I'm 31 and I'm a promotions executive. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:54 | |
Hi, I'm Paul. I'm 29 and I'm a promotions co-ordinator. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
Hello, I'm Caroline. I'm 43 and I'm a services director. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
Hi, I'm Stephen. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
I'm 50 and I'm a chief executive. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
Hello, I'm Lance. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:07 | |
I'm 51 and I'm an accountant. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
-Welcome, Rank Outsiders. -Thank you. -So, work at Ascot, John, | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
-involves what? What do you do for all these racecourses? -We do a number of things. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:18 | |
Myself and Paul are involved in the promotion of racing, | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
which partially includes the running of the racegoers' club. We're all involved | 0:01:21 | 0:01:26 | |
in the promotion of British racing in general. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
Do you find, as you get more and more into racing | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
and watch more of it, Caroline, do you get luckier? | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
Well, certainly I don't. But I think that my colleagues | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
here certainly have in the past. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
-Have you? Who's been lucky? -I had a good win, four or five years ago, at Cheltenham. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:44 | |
Unfortunately, I've never repeated the trick. I think it was a fluke. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
You'll have to tell us what the good win was. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
It was £28,000. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
-On one horse? -On three horses, as a treble. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
OK. Well, let's see if you can do the treble now. | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
Every day, there's £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:09 | |
So, Rank Outsiders, the Eggheads have won the last three games, | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
which means £4,000 says you can't beat them. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Geography. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
Challengers, which one of you wants this? | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
-Lance? -I think, unfortunately, it was me, wasn't it? | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
You mean that earlier on, you thought, "OK, it's me on Geography"? | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
-No, we were hoping Geography didn't come up. -Oh, I see! | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
But I was going to be sacrificed if it did. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
-So, which Egghead? -I think the idea was Daphne. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
Well, they've thought this through, haven't they? OK. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
So, it's Lance, from The Rank Outsiders, versus Daphne, from the Eggheads. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:45 | |
The challengers sounding certain of themselves. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
To ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in the question room. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:53 | |
Good luck to you both. Three multiple-choice questions on Geography, in turn. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:58 | |
Lance, you can choose the first or second set. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
I think I'll go second, please, Jeremy. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
So, over to you, Daphne. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
The River Taff flows through which British national park? | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
Well, the only one of those that's in Wales is the Brecon Beacons. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:19 | |
And so River Taff is Welsh. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
So, that's my answer... | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
Brecon Beacons. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
River Taff is Welsh, and you're right, Brecon Beacons | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
is the park in question. Lance, | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne is located approximately eight miles | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
from which body of water? | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
I was in Newcastle earlier this year for a basketball final. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:49 | |
And I'm fairly sure... | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
Well, no, having said that, I'm not. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
Well, it's not the Irish Sea - let's rule that one out. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:58 | |
Firth of Clyde | 0:03:58 | 0:03:59 | |
wouldn't be totally impossible. But I think it's probably the North Sea. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
I'll go for the North Sea. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
North Sea is correct. Well done. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
Daphne, Lagos is a tourist resort in which European country? | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
Could you spell it? | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
L-A-G-O-S. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
-DAPHNE SIGHS -Well, it doesn't sound Italian. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:25 | |
But that's nothing to go on, is it? | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
Seeing as I haven't heard of it, I'll try Portugal. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:32 | |
It's Portugal, Daphne, well done. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
Over to you, Lance. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
The Simplon Tunnel connects Italy with which other country? | 0:04:37 | 0:04:43 | |
Simplon is S-I-M-P-L-O-N. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
It's one of those questions where you hope you're going to recognise | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
it when it comes up. And I didn't. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
I'm inclined to rule out Austria. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:58 | |
And somehow I don't think it's the name of the tunnel | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
that goes to Switzerland, so I'm going to have to go with France. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
Yeah, the somehow bit was where it fell apart. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
Cos it is Switzerland and Italy - the Simplon Tunnel. Daphne, | 0:05:11 | 0:05:16 | |
your question. If you get this right, you take the round. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
The Karakum Desert | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
occupies over 70% of which central Asian country? | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
Oh, dear. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:34 | |
50-50 again. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
-DAPHNE SIGHS -I don't think it's Azerbaijan. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
I'm... Kazakhstan's big, isn't it? | 0:05:43 | 0:05:48 | |
No... Turkmenistan. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
Yes, you're right. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
So, well done, Daphne. Lance, you were beaten by our Egghead, | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
so you won't be in the final, I'm sorry to say. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
Both of you please come back and rejoin your team-mates. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
As it stands, the challengers have lost one brain from the final round | 0:06:07 | 0:06:11 | |
while the Eggheads have not lost any brains. Our next subject is Film And Television. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:16 | |
-Which of you wants this? -That's going to be me. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
-OK, the gambler versus...? -THEY LAUGH | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
We'll try Chris, please, Jeremy. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
Right. So, John, from The Rank Outsiders against Chris, from the Eggheads. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:29 | |
And to ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions in the question room. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:34 | |
So, I'm going to ask each of you three questions on Film And Television. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
John, you can choose the first or second set. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
I'll go first, please, Jeremy. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
John, the comedian and broadcaster Cyril Fletcher | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
regularly performed his Odd Odes on which television programme? | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
Right, I can't believe that it would be on Watchdog. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
I think that's a bit more of a serious consumer programme. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:04 | |
I also don't think it's likely | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
to be Blue Peter because that's more of a kids' show. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
It sounds like the sort of thing that would have gone on | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
in That's Life, which I vaguely remember watching as a kid. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
But I don't remember the person that you've mentioned there. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
As I think that's the most likely answer, I'll plump for That's Life. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:25 | |
-Yes, you're right. Well done, John. -Well done, John. -Chris... | 0:07:25 | 0:07:29 | |
which actor is the nephew of the film director Francis Ford Coppola? | 0:07:29 | 0:07:34 | |
Well, Francis Ford Coppola's Italian-American, | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
which would suggest Ray Liotta. But that's not the answer. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
Neither is it Tom Cruise. But I have an inkling it's Nicolas Cage. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
DAPHNE SIGHS WITH RELIEF | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
Yeah, your team-mates are relieved. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
Is this a well-known quiz fact? | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
-Yes, indeed. -Is it? -Yeah. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
-It's like Jon Voight's daughter is...? -Angelina Jolie. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
All that stuff... OK, so yes, Chris. Well done. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
Your question, John. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
Which 1966 film starring Terence Stamp and Monica Vitti | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
was based on a cartoon strip that appeared in the London Evening Standard newspaper? | 0:08:14 | 0:08:20 | |
It's a bit before my time, Jeremy, | 0:08:26 | 0:08:27 | |
so I'm going to be completely guessing on this one, I think. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:33 | |
Blondie does ring a vague bell as being something | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
that might have been a cartoon strip, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
whereas the other two just aren't ringing any bells with me at all. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:44 | |
So, more in hope that expectation, I'm going to go for Blondie. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:49 | |
Wrong answer, I'm afraid. Modesty Blaise is the correct answer. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:54 | |
Chris, in 2008, Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher starred in a film | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
entitled What Happens In...where? | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
Well, it's passed into vocabulary, hasn't it? | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." So, it's Vegas. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
That's the correct answer. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
John, here's your next question. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
Which Oscar-winning actress starred as the Flying Nun | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
in the TV series of the same name? | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
Again, that's not something which I'm familiar with. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
I would probably rule out Ellen Burstyn. It sounds like it's more | 0:09:35 | 0:09:41 | |
the sort of thing that would be akin to Sally Field or Diane Keaton. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:46 | |
And it's a bit of a guess between the two. I will go for Sally Field. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:54 | |
You're still in the game. Well done. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
Sally Field. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
Chris, you get this right, you've taken the round. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
The Lightning Tree, a hit for The Settlers in 1971, | 0:10:01 | 0:10:06 | |
was the theme tune to which television show? | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
I remember this. It was Follyfoot. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
-And you watched it every week? -No. -Chris, thank you, you're right. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
You've taken the round. John, you were beaten. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
It is tough out there. We know that. As a result, | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
you won't be able to help your team in the final round, John. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
Please, both of you, come back to the studio now. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
As it stands, the challengers have lost two brains | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
from the final round, whilst the Eggheads have not lost any brains. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
Our next subject is Arts And Books. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
So, who'd like this and against who? | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
-I'm afraid that's me. -It's you, Paul, promotions co-ordinator. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
-You can't have Chris or Daphne. -We'll try Judith. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
Judith, Arts And Books...? | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
-I haven't played it this series. -I think people find you forbidding on Arts And Books. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
Yes, I glare at them, when Arts And Books come up. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
So, it's Paul, from the Rank Outsiders, versus Judith, from the Eggheads. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:05 | |
And to ensure there's no conferring, please take your positions. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:10 | |
Three questions, multiple choice. You can go first or second, Paul. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
I think I'll go first, please. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
Paul, here's your first question. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
Which painter spent the years 1746 to 1755 in England, where his views | 0:11:20 | 0:11:26 | |
of London and English country houses were very popular? | 0:11:26 | 0:11:30 | |
I did say I'd do Arts And Books | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
to the team, as long as an art question didn't come up. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
-But, em... -THEY LAUGH | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
I have a feeling that Canaletto | 0:11:43 | 0:11:47 | |
liked to paint London. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
And so I think I'll try Canaletto. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
Good for you, you're right. Well done. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
Judith, the Heffalump is a creation of which writer? | 0:11:59 | 0:12:03 | |
It is AA Milne, in the Pooh books. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
It is AA Milne, well done. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
One each. Paul, | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
for what does the letter E stand in the name of the author EM Forster? | 0:12:15 | 0:12:20 | |
I'm afraid I don't know. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
I'm struggling to rule any of them out. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
It's going to be a blind guess, I'm afraid. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
I'm going to try Eliot. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
Eliot was wrong. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
It's Edward. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
Edward. Tricky, those guys with their EMs | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
and their WHs. How do you know answers like that, Judith? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
No-one ever says "Edward Forster". Are there ways of knowing? | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
No, absolutely not. They say "EM". | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
-No, but you often get asked what does it stand for. And it's "Edward Morgan". -TS Eliot. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:58 | |
-Oh, the M stands for Morgan? -Yes. -TS Eliot was? -Thomas Stearns. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
-AA Milne. -DH Lawrence. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
-AA Milne? -Alan Alexander. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
OK. That's enough, anyway, | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
because all of those... We're trying to work out | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
the strategy, how you guys spend your days. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
-It's so desperately sad! -THEY LAUGH | 0:13:16 | 0:13:20 | |
Judith, which Italian playwright won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934? | 0:13:20 | 0:13:27 | |
I think it's between Pirandello and Dario Fo. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:39 | |
I don't... I don't know. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
I don't know. Pirandello. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
The answer's correct, Judith. Well done. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
-Phew! -OK, your question now. A third question for you, Paul. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:53 | |
Get this right, please, | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
otherwise you, also, will not be in the final. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
Which of Agatha Christie's books begins with the line, | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
"Miss Jane Marple was sitting by her window"? | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
Never read one of her novels, so this is not a good question for me! | 0:14:12 | 0:14:17 | |
I'm going to guess again. I'm going to try The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:22 | |
You got it wrong. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:23 | |
The answer was The Mirror Crack'd, Paul. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:27 | |
-OK. -So, Judith, you've won the round, cos there's no way back for | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
Paul at this point. Which means, Judith, you will be in the final. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
Do both of you please come back and rejoin your teams. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
So, we have got Caroline and Stephen left in the challengers' team. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:43 | |
But they have lost three brains from the final round. The Eggheads have lost none at this point. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
The last subject is Sport. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
-Reaction? -I'll take that. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
Stephen on Sport... against Barry or CJ? | 0:14:53 | 0:14:58 | |
-Barry? -CJ. | 0:14:58 | 0:14:59 | |
Well, I know CJ desperately wants to play, so I'll go for CJ. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
Stephen, from the Rank Outsiders, versus CJ, from the Eggheads. Please go to the question rooms now. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:11 | |
So, I will ask each of you three questions on Sport. Are you ready, Stephen? | 0:15:12 | 0:15:16 | |
-I am, I am. -You enjoy your sports? | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
I do, yes. I'm a big fan of American football, for my sins. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
I've also got a note that says you've got 1,000 CDs or more. So you love your music? | 0:15:22 | 0:15:27 | |
I do. I've had to give up CDs. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:28 | |
I now use an iPod, | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
so that my partner doesn't know how many I've got now. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
-So, I'm still keeping it quiet. -Good luck in this round. -Thank you. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:36 | |
Would you like the first or second set of questions? | 0:15:36 | 0:15:39 | |
I will take the first questions, please. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
Stephen... | 0:15:43 | 0:15:44 | |
which country won the first football World Cup in 1930? | 0:15:44 | 0:15:49 | |
Well, I think I know this. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
Hungary I know, I believe, won the 1954 World Cup. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
Um...but it was Uruguay, Jeremy, I believe. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
A classic quizzers' fact to know. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
Well done. Uruguay's the answer. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:07 | |
That would have stumped a lot of people. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:11 | |
Here we are, CJ. The ECB is the governing body | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
for cricket in England and which other part of the British Isles? | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
I don't actually know this, | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
but the county championship contains teams from both | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
England and Wales. I don't think there are any | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
Scottish or Northern Ireland teams in it, so I'll go for Wales. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
Wales is the right answer, CJ. Well done. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
Your question, Stephen. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
Magny-cours - M-A-G-N-Y, hyphen, C-O-U-R-S - | 0:16:40 | 0:16:46 | |
Magny-cours is home to which country's Formula One Grand Prix? | 0:16:46 | 0:16:51 | |
Well, I'm going to eliminate Canada. I don't believe it's Canada. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
So I think it's between Belgium and France. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
And I'm afraid, I'm going to have to guess this. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
I'm going to go for Belgium. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:07 | |
You got it wrong. It is France. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
-Bad luck. -C'est la vie. -C'est la vie. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
CJ... | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
who was the first athlete to be 100 metres Olympic champion, world champion | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
and world record holder, all at the same time? | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
Well, not Jesse Owens. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
He predates the world championships, I think.z | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
I'm just trying to think if Donovan Bailey was Olympic champion. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
I know he's been world champion. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
And Carl Lewis was certainly an Olympic champion. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
CJ SIGHS | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
The obvious answer is Carl Lewis, but I'll go for Donovan Bailey. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
That's the wrong answer. It's Carl Lewis. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
Stephen, your third question. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
Before Rafael Nadal in June 2008 | 0:17:54 | 0:17:58 | |
who was the last tennis player to go directly | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
from winning on clay, at the French Open, to winning on grass at Queen's a week later? | 0:18:00 | 0:18:05 | |
Well, I don't believe... It's going back a long way on there. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
Although I did watch tennis in the '70s, I can't ever remember | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
Stan Smith winning on clay. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
I don't think Jimmy Connors favoured clay either. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
So I do not know, but I'm going to go | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
for the great Romanian, Ilie Nastase. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:31 | |
Known as a bit of a clown in his time, but a great player. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
-He was a great man. -You're right, it was Nastase. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
For someone who says he doesn't know tennis, | 0:18:38 | 0:18:40 | |
that was impeccable logic. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
CJ, which horse was a surprise winner of the 2008 Oaks at Epsom? | 0:18:43 | 0:18:49 | |
Well, you know I do these lists of... | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
winners of certain races. The only one there I recognise is Adored, | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
so I'm hoping it's because it's in one of my lists. I'll go for Adored. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:06 | |
The answer was Look Here, CJ, | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
so you're wrong. And that means that | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
our challenger has taken the round. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
Well done, Stephen. You took on one of the Eggheads and emerged triumphant. Good news for | 0:19:16 | 0:19:22 | |
the challengers, because that means Stephen will be in the final round. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
Congratulations. Please come back and rejoin your teams. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:29 | |
So, this is what we have been playing towards. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
It's time for the final round, which is General Knowledge. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
But those of you who lost your head-to-heads | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
won't be allowed to take part in this round. So, John, Paul, and Lance from The Rank Outsiders, | 0:19:38 | 0:19:43 | |
and CJ, from the Eggheads, please leave the studio. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
Caroline and Stephen, you're playing to win The Rank Outsiders £4,000. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:52 | |
Eggheads, you're playing for something which money can't buy - | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
your reputation. As usual, | 0:19:56 | 0:19:57 | |
I will ask each team three questions in turn. This time, the questions are all General Knowledge. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:02 | |
You are allowed to confer. Rank Outsiders, the question is | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four? | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
So, Caroline and Stephen, would you like to go first or second? | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
-Well, I think we'll go first. -Yup. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
Here we go. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
The administrative headquarters of which county are located in Aylesbury? | 0:20:20 | 0:20:26 | |
-Well... -It's obviously, Aylesbury, Bucks, isn't it? | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
Well, my son lives in Buckinghamshire. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
I think you're right, Caroline. Let's go with Buckinghamshire. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:40 | |
Buckinghamshire. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
The answer's correct. Well done. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
You don't want to get that one wrong. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
So, over to you, Eggheads. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
Which member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer had a UK top ten hit single in 1975 | 0:20:48 | 0:20:54 | |
with I Believe In Father Christmas? | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
I've no idea whatsoever. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
-Have you got anything? -Greg Lake? | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
-It's only a guess. -Well, it was a name that came to mind. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
-Keith Emerson played the keyboard. -I'm not sure what Carl Palmer was. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:17 | |
-Does that make him the singer? -I mean... | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
when I saw the three, I thought, "Greg Lake". | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
But I have no idea why I said it. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
They did Fanfare For The Common Man. The Aaron Copland one, but... | 0:21:25 | 0:21:29 | |
Did Greg Lake sing? | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
-I don't know. We don't know. -Why do you rule out Keith Emerson? | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
-CHRIS: He's a keyboard player. -Can't he sing as well? | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
I suppose so. Keyboard players sing... I don't know. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
Think of Chas & Dave! | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
Yeah! So, what are we going to go for? Greg Lake? | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
-Greg Lake, all agreed? -Yeah, go on. We don't know. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
I haven't a clue, so whatever you like. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
We're not really sure, Jeremy. But the consensus of opinion is that | 0:21:55 | 0:21:59 | |
we go for Greg Lake. So Greg Lake it is. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
-You're right. It was Greg Lake. -DAPHNE LAUGHS | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
The next question | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
is for The Rank Outsiders. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:10 | |
A taffrail is a rail running around the rear part of what? | 0:22:10 | 0:22:15 | |
-I don't think it's a church, is it? -I'm inclined towards ship. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:24 | |
-But with no good reason. -Do they have rails behind helicopters? | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
-You wouldn't have thought so. -I can't believe it's a church. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:31 | |
Which leaves helicopter and ship. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
And I can't... | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
I just can't see a back rail on a helicopter. So, shall we go for ship? | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
-I think we'll go with ship. -We're going to go with ship. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
Ship is your answer. It is the only one that | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
you can visualise, isn't it? And it is the right answer. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
Over to you, Eggheads. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
The Amanita phalloides mushroom, considered by many to be the world's most poisonous, | 0:22:51 | 0:22:56 | |
is more commonly known by what name? | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
Death cap. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
-It's death cap. -It must be deathcap. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
Deadly nightshade isn't a mushroom. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
CHRIS: Destroying angel are edible, if they're properly prepared. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
Yes, it smells like a mushroom and looks like a mushroom, | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
-and is deadly. -So, we're all sure on death cap? -Yeah, yeah. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
We believe the answer is death cap. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
That is the right answer. It is death cap. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
OK, so it's two points apiece. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
Rank Outsiders, which British field marshal of World War II | 0:23:27 | 0:23:32 | |
was responsible for foiling the attempted Japanese invasion of India | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
in 1944, before going on to rout the Japanese again in Burma? | 0:23:36 | 0:23:42 | |
This is... | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
Well, I-I-I just don't know the name Slim at all. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
-So, I'm going to park that for a minute. -OK. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
Montgomery was obviously best known for North Africa. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:05 | |
-Yeah, I was going to say... -And was a field marshal. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
I think it's between... So the question is, what did he do | 0:24:09 | 0:24:13 | |
once he finished in North Africa? | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
I think he went on to Northern Europe where he worked for Eisenhower. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:23 | |
-So... -By process of elimination. -Well, and... | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
Would he have gone on to Asia as well? | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
Well, everything tells me it's Montgomery. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
But it just doesn't make sense that he could win in North Africa, | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
in Europe, and then go over to Asia. So, we're going to go for Harding. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:46 | |
You got it wrong. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
The correct answer is Slim. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
Your question, Eggheads. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:52 | |
You get this right, you've taken the contest. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:54 | |
What was the code name of the Flying Squad operation that foiled the armed robbery at | 0:24:54 | 0:24:59 | |
the London Millennium Dome in 2000, where thieves were arrested trying | 0:24:59 | 0:25:04 | |
to steal over £200 million worth of diamonds? | 0:25:04 | 0:25:09 | |
I remember reading about this. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
- Why would you go for Moonlight? - It just sounds right. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
Yup. When they came up, I thought "Moonlight". | 0:25:23 | 0:25:25 | |
Cos it's to do with diamonds... | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
To do with light reflecting of the facets? | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
Yes. And I don't... | 0:25:31 | 0:25:32 | |
CHRIS: The actual diamonds were fakes anyway, so... Yeah. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
All right. Are we all agreed? | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
-It's a real "We're the Sweeney" style operation, yeah. -Yes, so... | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
We're not 100% certain, but we think they're might be | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
a link between moonlight and light reflecting off diamonds. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
So, we're going for Operation Moonlight. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
CJ in the background, are you exasperated or happy? | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
I'm wholeheartedly agreeing with that answer. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
Good. It's wrong. The answer is Magician. So, the contest is | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
still alive. Rank Outsiders, we move to Sudden Death. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:01 | |
Sudden Death... it's not multiple choice. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
Here we go. They let you off the hook. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
-They did, didn't they? -You need to press home the advantage. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
Greed and The Wedding March | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
are silent films made by which director and actor? | 0:26:12 | 0:26:16 | |
It could be Charlie Chaplin. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
Yeah. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:25 | |
There are only about three directors I know. There's... | 0:26:25 | 0:26:29 | |
Charlie Chaplin, there's Harold Lloyd and there's Buster Keaton. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
I think they all produced. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
Yup. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:38 | |
And, I mean, Harold Lloyd played it for laughs, really. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:43 | |
-I think Greed doesn't sound like Harold Lloyd. -No. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
Buster Keaton... I think it's Chaplin. I think it's Chaplin. OK? | 0:26:46 | 0:26:50 | |
I'm happy to go with that. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
I think we're going to go for Charlie Chaplin, Jeremy. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
-That's wrong. It's Erich von Stroheim... -I would never have got that. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
..forced out of Hollywood by his fanatical attention to detail, and need for complete artistic control. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:06 | |
CHRIS: Running millions over budget. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:08 | |
Yeah, that as well. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
Eggheads, you get this right, you have won the contest. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:15 | |
The Continental Op | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
is a fictional character created by which writer, born in 1894? | 0:27:17 | 0:27:24 | |
He's one of the... It's... | 0:27:24 | 0:27:28 | |
-The Continental Op. -It's like Dashiell Hammett. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
-Do you think so? -I'm not sure. -Well, it's the right period. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
-Yeah. -He was an actual Pinkerton agent at the time as well. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:37 | |
BARRY: We don't have anything else. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:39 | |
Right, we're going for Dashiell Hammett, Jeremy. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
You're going for Dashiell Hammett. You think that's the writer of The Continental Op fictional character. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:49 | |
Eggheads, you're right. It was Dashiell Hammett. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:53 | |
Well done, Daphne, in particular, picking that name out. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
Congratulations, Eggheads. You've won. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
And commiserations to our challengers. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
Well-played, Stephen, Caroline, and the whole team back there. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them. They still reign supreme over quiz land. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:14 | |
I'm afraid, you won't be going home with the £4,000, | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
which means that the money rolls over to our next show. Eggheads, congratulations. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:21 | |
Who will beat you? Join us next time to see if | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
a new team of challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
£5,000 says they don't. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
Till then, goodbye. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 | |
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