0:00:04 > 0:00:09These five people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:17arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Welcome to Eggheads, the show where five quiz challengers pit their wits
0:00:28 > 0:00:31against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35You might recognise them as Goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39They are the Eggheads and challenging the awesome might
0:00:39 > 0:00:42of our resident quiz champions today are The Highland Poachers.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Four of the team work together in Glasgow
0:00:45 > 0:00:48and Rolf regularly quizzes with Michael. Let's meet them.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53My name is Rolf, I'm 43, I work in a supermarket and I'm a part time poet.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56I'm Michael, I'm 42 and an admin assistant.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm Jim, I'm 54 and I'm a taxi driver.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05Hi, I'm Ian, I'm 47, I'm a BT customer service adviser.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Hi, I'm David, I'm 54 and I'm a civil servant.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Welcome, Highland Poachers. I hope, with the name,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15you're not making an admission you shouldn't be making on network TV.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- What's the poaching bit? - We're hoping to poach a few Eggheads.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23- Ah, I see. So, it's not your kind of nefarious night-time activity.- No.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25And tell me, the team,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27you're from the Highlands, you enjoy the Highlands.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Well, we all come from Scotland but various degrees in latitude.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Do you ever get out into the hills?
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Yes, thankfully. My father stays up near Oban. It's great up there.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40It's a great way to clear the head.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- Yes.- What about the quizzing, then, how does that go?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46You two quiz together, don't you?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Myself and Michael quiz together regularly,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52but with the rest of my colleagues, we did get through to the grand final
0:01:52 > 0:01:55of the British Telecom challenge three years running,
0:01:55 > 0:01:56before winning it.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58How many rounds did you get through?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Generally, you had to win the Scottish one,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03then the Northern one, to get to the final.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- Wow.- This a chance to meet up again and try again.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12This is a different league again; you're playing the Eggheads today.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Sounds like you've got some good quizzing credentials.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Every day there's £1,000 of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22If they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the money rolls over to the next game.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Highland Poachers, the Eggheads have won just the last game
0:02:25 > 0:02:30which means £2,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32And we'll play our first head to head then.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35To kick us off, its going to be Entertainment.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- Who'd like to play this? - Michael.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Oh, Michael, straight away. And which Egghead? Any one of them.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I think I'll take on Kevin.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Kevin, Entertainment.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Second straight Entertainment outing for you, isn't it?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Yes, it is.- OK, to make sure there's no conferring.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56could I ask you both to take your positions in the question room.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Michael, playing Entertainment,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01very eager to do so, got your hand straight up.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Do you want to go first or second? - I'll go first.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10And kicking off as well. OK, here's your question, then.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13In which city was the comedian Jasper Carrott born?
0:03:17 > 0:03:23I am going to have to have a guess and go for Bristol.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28OK, Bristol, Jasper Carrott. Its Birmingham, Michael,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Birmingham is where Jasper Carrott was born.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Presumably not his real name Eggheads, what's his real name?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Bob Davis. - Bob Davis, born in Birmingham.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40So, nothing there to kick the Highland Poachers off.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Kevin, a chance for the lead, then.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46In 2007 who stepped down as a regular team captain
0:03:46 > 0:03:49on A Question of Sport, after 11 years?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I have to admit it's a long, long time
0:03:56 > 0:03:59since I watched A Question of Sport,
0:03:59 > 0:04:03which I shouldn't admit as Sue Barker's a fan of this show.
0:04:04 > 0:04:10I can't imagine, Matt Dawson hasn't been there for 11 years, surely.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Could Frankie Dettori have been on it that long?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23I am going to go for Ally McCoist, I really don't know.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25I'd have thought you'd have been a keen viewer,
0:04:25 > 0:04:29good fodder for Eggheads, lots of sporting information.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Its just one of those things and there are various others,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I have just fell out of the habit of watching.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38OK, well the answer is Ally McCoist, you got it.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Yes, which I'm sure our Highland Poachers knew.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Yes, Ally McCoist stepped down after 11 years on a Question of Sport.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48So, you have
0:04:48 > 0:04:52got the upper hand there. Michael, to get you off the mark.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Which film won the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards Ceremony
0:04:57 > 0:04:58in 1987.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Chariots of Fire was around about 1982, so it's not that one.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I would probably say Rain Man.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16OK, Best Picture in 1987...
0:05:17 > 0:05:22was Platoon. Platoon, not Rain Man.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27So, a chance for Kevin to wrap it up with his second question.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Second Coming was the title of the long awaited second album
0:05:32 > 0:05:34by which band?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Ah, now this I don't know.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I don't think it's Oasis.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Second Coming...
0:05:50 > 0:05:53The long awaited. I wonder what long means.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00I'm ruling out Oasis, I don't think its Oasis.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Its pretty much of a 50/50 between the other two quite honestly for me.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I'm going to go for Primal Scream.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17OK, Second Coming was the title of the long awaited second album
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- by the Stone Roses.- There we go.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Not Primal Scream and you were right not Oasis but incorrect,
0:06:23 > 0:06:29Primal Scream it was not. OK, keeps your hopes alive then, Michael,
0:06:29 > 0:06:30you've got to get this, though.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35What is the only Beatles UK number 1 hit single
0:06:35 > 0:06:38that has a one-word title?
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Yesterday.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Its not Yesterday, Michael, its Help!.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54It is Help, "I need somebody".
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Kevin doesn't need any more help to get through to the final round.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01The round's over. Sorry, Michael, you won't be playing there.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Kevin, a place for you in the final round.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Well, Kevin the one who successfully negotiated a tricky Entertainment round,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12means the Highland Poachers are one brain down so far.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Let's play our next one today and this one's Science.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Who'd like to play? It can't be Michael.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I'll have a go at that, Dermot.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25OK, who do you fancy from the Eggheads? Can't be Kevin.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Judith.- Judith, it's Science.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35OK, let's then have Ian and Judith into the question room, please.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- OK, Ian, it's Science, do you want to go first or second? - I'll go first, please.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Good luck, Ian.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Which 19th century naturalist invented the evolutionary theory
0:07:49 > 0:07:51of natural selection?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57That one would be Charles Darwin.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00No slips there, yes, Charles Darwin.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Judith, the chinchilla is native to which continent?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10I'm fairly sure that's South America.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15It is, that's right, South America. So, back to you, Ian.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Which branch of science deals with the nature and properties
0:08:19 > 0:08:20of energy and matter?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I've got a chemistry degree and it's not that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30And it won't be biology so it would be physics.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32It would be, that's correct.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37Judith how many nipples does a cow have?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42How many nipples does a cow have? Are you keen on a bit of milking?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I was trying to count.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Oh, how many?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Oh, lordy.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I haven't looked that closely.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I think its four.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Six would be a bit crowded
0:09:01 > 0:09:05and definitely eight would be terribly crowded, wouldn't it?
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- There's not enough room.- That looked like quite a practised hand.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13If you haven't been milking, I think you should get the old milking stool out.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Well, when I was very, very young
0:09:16 > 0:09:20I used to go and stay next to a farm where they still milked by hand.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Hand-milked, wow.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26So, I'm used to the sight of that, as it were.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28A laborious process, that.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33OK, but while you were watching that go on, did you count correctly?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- I don't know. - You did, it's four, well done.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Correct, two each.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42OK, Ian, in the early 1960s hip replacement surgery
0:09:42 > 0:09:47was pioneered by John Charnley in a hospital in which town?
0:09:52 > 0:09:57I don't know the answer to this one, I can't even think
0:09:57 > 0:10:00of a way of narrowing it logically.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05This stuff goes down the south east of England,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09big London hospitals but..
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I'll go for Woking.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16OK, Woking, John Charnley, a bit of a guess there from Ian,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I'm guessing...
0:10:21 > 0:10:23and you missed it, it's Wigan.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Not Woking. John Charnley was working in Wigan.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29He pioneered hip replacement surgery.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34So, a chance for Judith to win the round. Pierre and Marie Curie
0:10:34 > 0:10:39discovered polonium and which other chemical element in 1898?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I think radon is that stuff that comes out of granite, isn't it,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51you don't want to live on granite as a result.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I don't know what rhodium is. I think its radium.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Pierre and Marie Curie discovered polonium and...
0:11:00 > 0:11:02radium in 1898.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05It's the right answer, Judith. Bad luck, Ian.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Nodding there, you knew that one.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10It wasn't your question. I'm sorry you won't be playing
0:11:10 > 0:11:14in the final round. Would you please come back and join your teams.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Two of the Highland Poachers been caught red-handed,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I suppose, so far by the Eggheads.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22They will not be playing in the final round
0:11:22 > 0:11:25but we've got two more head-to-heads.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27This next one is history,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Jim, David or Rolf to play.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Nominate Jim for that one please. - Oh, yes, I think so.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I'll take that one, please.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37OK, Jim and which Egghead would you like to play?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- It's CJ, Daphne or Chris. - What do you think?
0:11:39 > 0:11:44Hmmm. Who would you rather, CJ or Chris?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- CJ.- CJ.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- CJ.- CJ. OK.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Let's have Jim and CJ into the question room, then.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55OK, Jim how do you want to play it?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Do you want to start or let CJ begin?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I'll go first, thanks, Dermot.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Good luck.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Here you go then, Jim, history.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08In which century did Jack the Ripper stalk the streets of London?
0:12:10 > 0:12:14In which century did Jack the Ripper stalk the streets of London?
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Well, that was in 1888 so that would be
0:12:20 > 0:12:22the 19th century, wouldn't it?
0:12:23 > 0:12:27It would be and that's the right answer, a good start for you, Jim.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32CJ, in Britain, which historical period
0:12:32 > 0:12:34directly followed the Bronze Age?
0:12:37 > 0:12:42In Britain, which historical period directly followed the Bronze Age?
0:12:42 > 0:12:46I sincerely hope
0:12:46 > 0:12:48that's the Iron Age.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Yes, it is the right answer.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54The Iron Age following the Bronze Age.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57OK, Jim's second question, then.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Which doomed ocean liner was captained by Edward J Smith.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Well, it was definitely the Titanic.
0:13:08 > 0:13:15It sank I think at 2:20 on the 15th April, 1912.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Right, thank you very much for that.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Very good answer, yes, and it was the Titanic. Yes, right answer.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Precise. OK, CJ.
0:13:25 > 0:13:31The Dawes Plan was a reparation payment plan set up after which war.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I'm just trying to think.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46I should know this straight off and I'm just trying to think.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51For some reason I can't place...when Dawes was.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00I think its either World War I or the Vietnam War,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02I don't think it's the Boer War, but...
0:14:04 > 0:14:08I should know this straightaway. I think Dawes was American
0:14:08 > 0:14:10but I can't think when he was.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12That could be an absolute load of rubbish.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23I really don't know this. I'm going to go for World War I.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28The Dawes Plan was a reparation payment plan
0:14:28 > 0:14:32set up after World War I.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34It's correct, CJ.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Much relief there, going through agonies. OK it's two each.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Jim,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43which European country was invaded by the Soviet Union
0:14:43 > 0:14:45in November, 1956.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51That was definitely Hungary.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55November 1956,
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Hungary's the right answer.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Yes, well done Jim. Three to you.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01CJ, you've got to get this.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06Who was King of France at the time of the Battle of Hastings? Was it...
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Haven't got the blindest idea.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Louis VI.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Louis VI. The King of France at the time of the Battle of Hastings,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31it was Philip I. Metaphorical arrow in your eye,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33you're not playing in the final round, CJ.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36So, the first of the Highland Poachers through is Jim.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Would you both please come back and join your teams.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44Well, impressive stuff from you there Jim, especially that Titanic answer.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Can't give you extra points for the timings
0:15:46 > 0:15:48and the dates, and the rest of it.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Eggheads you know an awful lot about these sort of things and transport, Chris down there.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57Was the Titanic, as we've seen in many, many films now, was it as simple as that.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Hit the iceberg.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01They just got unlucky, basically.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Watertight bulkheads only went up as far as E deck and with five flooded
0:16:05 > 0:16:07she couldn't stay afloat. End of story.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10So, is it a case if the bulkheads had gone up further...
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Well, if they'd gone up another couple of decks, or...
0:16:14 > 0:16:18if the gash in her side had been 20 feet shorter.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Yeah, OK. Well, as it stands now the Highland Poachers have lost two brains
0:16:21 > 0:16:24from the final round, the Eggheads have lost one, though.
0:16:24 > 0:16:30And this is our next head-to-head, it's arts and books.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Who wants to play this - Rolf or David?
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Two remaining poachers.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36THEY MUTTER
0:16:36 > 0:16:42- We're going to nominate David for this.- OK, David and it's Daphne or Chris for you.- I'll go for Chris.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Chris on arts and books.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47OK, question room for you two.
0:16:48 > 0:16:54- Right David do you want to go first or second in this arts and books category?- I'll go first.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Good luck then, David.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03The Greek statue the Venus de Milo, is housed in which museum?
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Well, I've never been to either the British Museum or the Prado.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I have been to the Louvre and I do believe I saw it there.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15So, I'll go for the Louvre.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Yes, through the crowds. It's the right answer, it's the Louvre.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Venus de Milo. OK,
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Chris, what name is given to the process of arranging the movement of actors on stage?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34That's called blocking, Dermot.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Blocking it all out.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Yes, it's the right answer. One each, back to you, David.
0:17:40 > 0:17:47Which French Impressionist artist painted Olympia in 1863? Is it...
0:17:50 > 0:17:54I wouldn't think it would be Paul Gauguin because he mainly painted
0:17:54 > 0:17:58in the south of France with Vincent Van Gogh.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03So, that leaves just Claude Monet or Edouard Manet.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07I think, in this case, it's actually Claude Monet.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I could be incorrect, but I'll go for Claude Monet.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Claude Monet painted Olympia in 1863?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19David, you are incorrect - it's Manet.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Manet painted Olympia. So, a chance for Chris to take the lead.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Arcadia and Rock and Roll are plays by which writer...?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36I don't think they're Peter Shaffer.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Oh...
0:18:42 > 0:18:47I think they're two of the later plays by Tom Stoppard. Tom Stoppard.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Tom Stoppard, you think. Arcade and Rock And Roll are by Tom Stoppard
0:18:51 > 0:18:56that's correct, which means, David, you've got to get this one correct.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01In which country was the writer JRR Tolkien born?
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Well, the name sounds a bit Norwegian
0:19:08 > 0:19:11but I don't think he was born in Norway.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15I have a creeping suspicion, in this case,
0:19:15 > 0:19:20but it would be an educated guess, that it is South Africa.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Yes, it is, well done David.
0:19:23 > 0:19:31But, that middle one there, the X, gives Chris the chance to win the round.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34The Diamond Smugglers and Thrilling Cities are non-fiction works
0:19:34 > 0:19:36by which author?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Well, I don't think Dick Francis writes non-fiction.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Ian Fleming, well,
0:19:51 > 0:19:53a lot of his stuff was semi non-fiction
0:19:53 > 0:19:57based on his war-time experiences in British intelligence.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01But, I think John Le Carre has written a couple of non-fiction books
0:20:01 > 0:20:02so I'll say John le Carre.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05John Le Carre. Judith, you're shaking your head.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- It's Ian Fleming.- It's Ian Fleming.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11It is, Ian Fleming wrote the Diamond Smugglers and Thrilling Cities.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Great news for you, David.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15We go to sudden death, which means
0:20:15 > 0:20:19we remove those choices David, so I've just got to hear an answer from you.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21This is your question.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Which best selling book of 2007
0:20:23 > 0:20:29begins with an epigraph from Aeschylus's The Libation Bearers.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34I must admit to not having any great clue about this one. Um...
0:20:37 > 0:20:40If I had a guess it would be...
0:20:40 > 0:20:43just totally plucking something out of the air.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46I'm sorry, I don't know.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52- OK, David, passing on that one. Do you know, Chris?- Not a clue.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54OK, any Egghead tell me?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Cheating At Cooking by Delia Smith.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Yeah, that's right, it is(!) Any serious attempt from the Eggheads?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02It doesn't tell you what the epigraph is, does it?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04No. It just says "an epigraph". OK, I'll give you the epigraph.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Oh, the torment bred in the race, The grinding scream of death.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Sounds like fun, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- No, I don't know.- It's Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18I thought it was Harry Potter.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Well, nothing there,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25which means another chance for Chris.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Which poet wrote Cut Grass and The Old Fools?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Relatively modern, isn't it, so...
0:21:42 > 0:21:47- Ted Hughes?- OK, well Rolf you're a poet, is he right, do you know?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Well, we were thinking it was Kingsley Amis but probably not.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Well, no it's not Ted Hughes.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- Eggheads.- Philip Larkin. - Philip Larkin from Judith there.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Philip Larkin wrote Cut Grass and The Old Fools.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Another let-off, David. Right, see if you can get this.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10Myra Arundel and Judith and David Bliss are characters in which Noel Coward play?
0:22:12 > 0:22:17The only one I know that might be by Noel Coward is Blithe Spirit.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Blithe Spirit, Noel Coward it is by, but it's not the right answer.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Not Blithe Spirit. Chris.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28- Hay Fever.- Hay Fever. Yes, Hay Fever.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Myra Arundel and Judith and David Bliss are in Hay Fever.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34So, another chance, Chris.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39Yossarian, Milo Minderbinder and General Dreedle
0:22:39 > 0:22:43are characters in which anti-war novel first published in 1961?
0:22:43 > 0:22:47They're all in Catch 22 by Joseph Heller.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51They are characters from Catch 22. It's the right answer, Chris.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55It gets you through to the final round, just. Good quizzing, David.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Wasn't to be for you. Would you both please come back and join your teams.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02This is what we've been playing towards.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06It's time for the final round - as always, general knowledge,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08but those who lost their head-to-heads
0:23:08 > 0:23:13won't be in this round. So, Michael, Ian and David from the Highland Poachers
0:23:13 > 0:23:17and CJ from the Eggheads, would you all leave the studio now, please.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21So, Rolf and Jim you're playing to win the Highland Poachers £2,000.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Judith, Kevin, Daphne and Chris you're playing
0:23:23 > 0:23:27for something that money can't buy, the Eggheads' reputation.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30As usual I'll ask each team three questions in turn. This time,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33the questions are all general knowledge and you are allowed to confer.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36So, Highland Poachers, are your two brains
0:23:36 > 0:23:41better than the Eggheads' four brains? Rolf and Jim would you like to go first or second?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43We'd like to go first, please.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Kicking off, it's the Highland Poachers
0:23:49 > 0:23:53and this is your first question. What is the cube root of 64.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59HE WHISPERS
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Four.- Four.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Four, yes, cube root of 64 is four. Good start.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13So, one to you. Eggheads,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17in English grammar, what part of speech is the word "quickly".
0:24:21 > 0:24:23It's adverb.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Quickly is an adverb, yes, right answer.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31So, one each. OK, Highland Poachers,
0:24:31 > 0:24:32second question.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37In Greek mythology what was the first of Heracles' 12 tasks?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Lion came later,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52so it's the stables or capture the bull.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I think it might have been cleaning the stables, the first one.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- That's what I'm thinking. - Not 100 percent on that.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12Something kind of mediocre and then... Work his way up.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17It might have been shovelling, final answer, yeah.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- Bit of shovelling. - Bit of shovelling.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24OK, cleaning out the Augean stables.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27In Greek mythology, the first of Heracles' 12 tasks
0:25:27 > 0:25:29was to Kill the Nemean Lion.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- Kill the Nemean Lion.- Sorry.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35So, a chance for the lead, Eggheads.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39According to figures from the Office of National Statistics,
0:25:39 > 0:25:44what was the most popular boy's name for newborn babies in England and Wales in 2007?
0:25:48 > 0:25:55Seeing as my great grandson was born last year, it's actually Jack,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57although he's a Jacob.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I see. Jack, you think.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- Yes. - Yeah, it is the right answer, Jack,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04the most popular boy's name in 2007.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06So, you've got to get this, Poachers.
0:26:06 > 0:26:12The national flag of Benin is made up of three colours, green, yellow
0:26:12 > 0:26:13and what?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- Benin flag...- I'm pretty sure it's red.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Give me a second to think about it. I'm trying to picture it in my head.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35I think it's red.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- I don't know. - Are you happy with that?
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- Is that your answer? - We think it's red.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46OK, Jim letting you get on with it there.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50- So he can blame me.- Well, if you don't know, you don't know, do you?
0:26:50 > 0:26:54You do now, its red, it's the right answer. Well, done, Rolf.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01- Dermot, red, yellow and green are what they call the pan-American colours.- African.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06Pan-African colours, and they are all based on the flag of Ethiopia.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08I see, pan-African colours,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11red, yellow and green.
0:27:11 > 0:27:17- Whichever particular configuration. - Yes, lots of African countries have red, green and yellow flags, yes.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- Loads of them.- Gosh, you lot know your flags, don't you?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22It's the art of good quizzing, I suppose.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24There we are - got that one there,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Highland Poachers, keeps you in it, but that middle one,
0:27:28 > 0:27:35the 12 tasks of Heracles, means that the Eggheads have a chance to win the game.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39In which year, Eggheads, was the Independent newspaper first published?
0:27:45 > 0:27:49That would be 1986.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52You are toying with me there, like I toy with you.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Yes, it's nice to get my own back.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Well, quite closely grouped, those years.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01But it was 1986.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03It was 1986, Eggheads you have won.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13The Independent published in 1986 has won the game for you, which means
0:28:13 > 0:28:18Highland Poachers, we bid you adieu. Thank you very much for playing the Eggheads today.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23- Pleasure meeting you all. I'm sure the Eggheads enjoyed taking you on. - Mmm, we did. Lovely.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28OK, it means the Eggheads have done what comes naturally, though. They still reign supreme over quiz land.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £2,000 which means
0:28:32 > 0:28:34the money rolls over to our next show.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Eggheads congratulations, who will beat you?
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Join us next time to see if the new challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45£3,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.
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