Episode 80 Eggheads

These five people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is...

can they be beaten?

Welcome to Eggheads, the show where five quiz challengers

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

You might recognise them as Goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows.

They are the Eggheads. Taking on our quiz Goliaths today

are The Brian's Trust.

The team all met whilst taking part

in quizzes at pubs in Dorset

and have won the Bournemouth District Quiz League Championships

for the last three years. Let's meet them.

Hi. I'm Brian. I'm 42, and I'm an activities coordinator.

Hell. I'm Jim. I'm 61 and I'm a local government officer.

Hi. I'm Ian. I'm 48 and I too am a local government officer.

Hi. I'm Bob.

I'm 61. I'm a planetarium operator.

Hi. I'm Brian. I'm 40 and I am a quality engineer.

This isn't just a misspelling, is it? Brian's Trust.

I suppose you're Brians with brains, are you?

Brains. Comes from the Brains Trust which basically goes back

to the days of the old radio show

when you had the Brains Trust originally

then it went onto television and they had the discussion programme

with the questions of the day and it was in some ways

the original quiz show and then Jim pointed to me

that we had two Brians, and an Ian, and the idea sprung from there.

Get it all in there, and like the Brains Trust, do you have

different areas of expertise, hopefully?

Yeah, hopefully, I think we've got a few bases covered, hopefully.

OK. Brian's Trust, let's see how you do today.

Every day there's £1,000 of cash up for grabs.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to the next show.

The Eggheads have won the last three games,

which means £4,000 says

you can't beat the Eggheads.

Let's see if you can. Here we go.

First head to head then, and today it's Politics.

Who'd like to play this?

Not me! Like a lamb to the slaughter.

OK. So is that Brian?

Somebody's got to go first.

-Somebody's got to do it.

-What a hero!

OK. So it's going to be Brian White.

OK. Brian, which Egghead would you like to play?

I'll take on Judith.

Brian and Millionaire winner, Judith, into the question room.

Brian, do you want to go first or second?

-I think I'll go second on this occasion.

-OK.

It's you first then, Judith.

Here's your question.

What's the official residence of the French President?

What's the official residence of the French President?

I love the idea of him living in the Arc de Triomphe!

It's the Elysee Palace.

Elysee Palace is correct.

OK, Brian,

first question to you. Where did Nelson Mandela spend

18 years of his 27-year prison sentence?

Well, I think Rikers Island is in America.

Dassen Island, I've never heard of...

and it sounds sort of Dutch,

and you've got South Africa which has got a lot of Dutch-type people there.

Robben Island rings a bell from that year.

I'm going to go for Robben Island.

You'd be right to. Correct.

Robben Island, so one each.

Judith, in 2006,

Romano Prodi, a former president of the European Commission

became prime minister of which country for the second time?

That was Italy... and he's just un-become Prime Minister...

for the second time.

It is the right answer, yes. Italy is correct.

Brian.

In which year did Edmund Barton become

the first Prime Minister of Australia?

Well, 1701 seems very, very early.

I'm not sure when they discovered Australia

or even the fact that Captain Cook went there.

1901...

No. I'm going to go for the middle answer of 1801.

Yes. 1801.

OK. 1801. Edmund Barton.

100 years later. It's 1901

Edmund Barton became the first Australian Prime Minister.

So, a chance for Judith here.

If you get this, you're through to the final round.

Which overweight American President had to have a special bath installed

in the White House after he got stuck in the standard-sized tub?

This is a CJ question, not me!

-American presidents?

-Yeah.

I don't think it's Theodore Roosevelt.

so it's either Woodrow Wilson or William Taft, and I think

I know the least about William Taft, so I'm going to say William Taft.

It's the right answer, Judith! You are through to the final round.

I don't get to put another question to Brian.

He got that second one wrong about the Prime Minister of Australia.

Improving all the time on Politics.

That means no place for Brian in the final round,

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

That means one member at least of the Brian's Trust

will be missing from the final round. All the Eggheads are still there.

Let's play another head to head, and this is Arts and Books.

Who wants to play Arts and Books?

THEY MUTTER

-OK. It'll be Jim.

-All right, Jim.

Who would you like to play from the Eggheads? It can't be Judith.

-I'll have CJ.

-I'm not surprised!

OK. Could I ask you both, please, to go to the question room?

Well, Jim, Brian went second. What's it going to be for you, first or second?

Well, I think I'll go first and get it over with.

Best of luck, Jim. Here's your question.

"Et tu, Brute" is a line from which Shakespeare play?

"And you, you brute," as it's usually translated.

I think he killed off Julius Caesar,

not the other two certainly.

Julius Caesar. That's the right answer.

Solid start.

CJ, what is the name of the druid in the English versions

of the Goscinny and Uderzo books featuring Asterix the Gaul?

I think they all are characters, but the druid is Getafix.

It is Getafix. That's the right answer.

Asterix the Gaul. Jim, White Fang, featuring the adventures

of a wolf/dog hybrid born in the wilds of Canada is a book by which author?

Well, John Steinbeck is sort of not into

that kind of adventure quite so much, Ernest Hemingway is a bit,

but I know the real solid stuff is Jack London for that kind of book.

OK. Jack London. Yes, that's the right answer.

Second one for you. CJ,

Mr And Mrs Robert Andrews is considered to be

one of the first masterpieces of which 18th century artist?

I think it was painted was just after their wedding,

which shows them on a huge estate, standing next to a tree

and I think there was a green bench in the picture.

Not that I've ever seen it.

I think it might be by Gainsborough.

Mr and Mrs Robert Andrews is by...

Gainsborough. Yes, that's right, so it's two-all.

Jim.

Morning Becomes Electra is a trilogy of plays by which writer?

I'm sure it's not Williams or Miller.

-I'm pretty positive that's Eugene O'Neill.

-It is.

That's the right answer. Yes. Three to you.

Could win the round for you.

It depends how CJ does with this.

CJ, the 2006 book, The Innocent Man, was the first non-fiction novel by which author?

Not at all sure here, but...

one name is leaping out at me.

-I am going to go for John Grisham.

-John Grisham is the right answer.

Yes, The Innocent Man.

We go to sudden death. We remove those multiple choices.

You've both got three correct each, and this is your next question.

Which series of books is set in a world that is balanced on the backs

of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle?

Which in turn is travelling though the universe, I think,

so that's going to be the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.

Yes, it is. Very good, Jim.

CJ, From which country was the satirical author Tom Sharpe deported in 1961?

No. I'm not going to know this.

This is going to have to be a blind guess.

Well, profuse apologies.

This is just a blind, absolute,

pick a country out of anywhere.

Let's go for the big one. Let's try USA.

United States. OK, Tom Sharpe...

It's incorrect, CJ.

-Other Eggheads?

-South Africa.

-It's South Africa.

So, great news for the Brian's Trust.

Jim, you're through to the final round. No place for CJ.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

OK. As it stands now, it's all square.

One brain missing from the Brian's Trust, one from the Eggheads.

Our next head to head is Sport.

Who'd like to play Sport?

I'll draw the short straw.

Chris is the best bet.

Ian, who would you like to play?

-It can't be CJ or Judith, so it's Chris, Daphne or Kevin?

-Chris.

OK.

Right. Take Chris on at Sport.

Could you make your way to the question room, please?

A rather reluctant volunteer, Ian. Do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

Not at all.

Best of luck, Ian. Here's your question.

Which football club did Dennis Wise manage before moving to Newcastle in January 2008?

Well, as a Chelsea fan - I thought I'd get that one in -

he played at Chelsea.

He also actually played and managed at Millwall,

but he was at Leeds before moving to Newcastle, so I'll go for Leeds.

-Leeds? OK. You seem to know your football.

-I hope.

That's the right answer, yes.

Chris. Britain's Lewis Hamilton drove for which team

during his debut Formula One season?

Interesting.

I seem to see a rampant black horse,

which is the trademark of Ferrari, so I'll say Ferrari.

He saw it in his mirrors quite a bit,

-while he was driving a McLaren!

-Oh!

Yes. Lewis Hamilton...

McLaren. OK. Well, a real chance for you then, Ian, to forge further

into the lead with this one.

Which sprinter won the 100 metres at the Athletics World Championships

in 1997, 1999 and 2001?

My colleagues would be very confident in the knowledge

I don't know the answer to that one.

Ato Boldon doesn't ring a bell.

Donovan Bailey, I think, is in the athletics sprint.

I'm going to go for Maurice Greene.

OK.

Yes. Maurice Greene is the right answer.

Yes, well done. Two to you, then. Chris, you've got to get this.

Wales' 26/19 victory over the England Rugby Union team

in 2008 was their first win at Twickenham for how many years?

If you go back 20 years, we're in the golden age of Welsh rugby, aren't we?

And six years back, well, they were rather in the doldrums, so...

down the middle. 10.

Ten years since...

between 2008 and Wales' previous victory

at Twickenham over in England. No. It's 20.

It was a long time waiting. Ian, you're in the final round.

No place for you, Chris.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

Well, the balance is now swinging the Brian's Trust way.

Two Eggheads missing from the final round.

One Brian's Trust member missing.

Our last head to head before that final round is Entertainment.

And it's Brian or Bob.

Between he and me and I think that one is mine, Dermot.

Who would you like to play from the Eggheads?

-It's Kevin or Daphne?

-I always said if I was ever in this scenario

and I got a chance to play Kevin, I would go for it.

Changing your mind. Playing the three times World Quiz champion.

Could I have Brian and Kevin into the Question Room, then?

Well, Brian, it will be quite a scalp if you can claim it.

Kevin's won the last 34 Entertainment rounds he has played on the trot!

Try not to make it 35. Do you want to go first or second?

I will stick with going first, please, Dermot.

Here you go, then. Good luck.

Who had a posthumous UK Christmas number one hit single in 1986 with Reet Petite?

OK. Let's see.

So, 1986. I don't think...

No. I don't think it's Bobby Vinton, I don't think that one is right.

Nina Simone, not sure,

but I seem to recall there was a very big surge

in Jackie Wilson's work after he died,

so my instinct would be to go for Jackie Wilson.

Jackie Wilson is correct, yes. Well done.

Kevin. Gina G, the United Kingdom's representative

at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest was born in which country?

I don't know whether she qualified through her grandmother,

but she was from Australia... An Aussie.

Yes, she was. Australia is correct.

Back to you, Brian. The second question.

Jennifer Rumson and Jacob Woodling are characters from which musical?

Jennifer Rumson and Jacob Woodling are characters from which musical?

-So, Jennifer RAMSON?

-Jennifer RUMSON.

-Rumson, sorry.

R-U-M-S-O-N and Jacob Woodling are characters from which musical?

Yeah, a bit more tricky this one.

I'm not really getting an instinct

from any of them, really, so I'm afraid it is coming down

to guess time, unfortunately,

and something is drawing me to Calamity Jane.

I don't really know.

OK. Guess at Calamity Jane.

-Jennifer Rumson and Jacob Woodling are in...Paint Your Wagon.

-Aah!

Not Calamity Jane.

Kevin, how will you do with your second question?

Which actor played the US President in the 1993 film Dave?

Which actor played the US President in the 1993 film Dave?

About a man who becomes president

more or less by accident. It's Kevin Kline.

It is Kevin Kline, yes.

You've got to get this then, Brian.

In which group of islands is the TV series Lost filmed?

Lost. Watched it occasionally, not that often.

Working on what I think it might be,

I think it might be Tahiti.

That was my instinct, so I'll stick with that.

OK. Lost is filmed in...

-Hawaii.

-Hawaii. Aah!

Hawaii, which means we bid you aloha or whatever farewell is in Hawaii.

-Never mind.

-It's over for you, I'm sorry to say, Brian.

You will be playing in the final round, Kevin.

Would you come back and join your teams?

This is what we've been playing towards.

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

but those of you who lost your head to heads

won't take part in this round,

so Brian K and Brian W from the Brian's Trust, and CJ and Chris

from the Eggheads, would you leave the studio now, please?

So we've lost both the Brians, so we'll just

-have to call you "The Trust."

-Yeah, and we're hoping that

-the Brian's Trust is not misplaced!

-Oh!

So Jim, Ian and Bob, you're playing to win the Brian's Trust £4,000.

Judith, Kevin and Daphne, you're playing for something

which money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

The questions are all General Knowledge, and you are allowed to confer.

Brian's Trust, the question is,

are your three brains better than the Eggheads three?

Jim, Ian and Bob, would you like to go first or second?

We'll stick with first.

Yeah. We're more likely to get the questions by going first than second!

Off we go. Good luck.

Which national newspaper editor was arrested in 2005

after allegedly assaulting her EastEnders actor husband, Ross Kemp?

-It was definitely Rebekah.

-Have you ever heard of Wendy Henry?

-No.

OK. Shall we say Rebekah Wade?

We're hoping it's Rebekah Wade.

Rebekah Wade...is the right answer, yes. Well done.

So, Eggheads, first question to you.

In the periodic table, what is the chemical symbol for mercury?

That would be Hg.

Yes, it is. It's the right answer, symbol for mercury.

OK. Second question, Brian's Trust.

Semper Fidelis is the motto of which military organisation?

The SAS is Who Dares Wins.

The US Marine Corps or Delta Force doesn't ring a bell.

I think I've seen a film where that occurs, so try for the Marine.

-Was it a film about the US Marine Corps?

-Yes.

That's all right, then. We're going for the US Marine Corps.

It's the right answer.

-Semper Fidelis.

-Well done.

Eggheads, second question to you.

Which tennis player made a brief appearance in the 2003 film Anger Management?

-It must be John, I think.

-Logical.

I think the choice is between McEnroe and Connors.

-And Connors didn't lose his temper much.

-Well...

He was fairly volatile but even logically, if you don't know it...

But John McEnroe started going...

I've seen him in a CSI film.

There's also a Tatum O'Neal connection.

We're going to make an uneducated guess.

Uneducated guess?

John McEnroe.

-So it's a bit of stab?

-It's the most obvious!

Yes, but obvious doesn't count in this.

Obvious doesn't always get you the right answer. but it has this time.

John McEnroe.

Brief appearance in Anger Management. Well, it's two-all.

Getting very interesting.

Brian's Trust, in which African country

does the six-day Marathon Des Sables take place?

Well, it sounds French speaking.

-Morocco?

-Pretty sandy places.

Yeah, but Namibia's not a French-speaking place.

-It used to be a German colony, didn't it?

-That's right.

Ethiopia likewise. Now, Morocco...

-It's Morocco.

-Morocco was French-speaking.

-French connection.

So a French connection. By process of elimination,

we're going to go for Morocco as a formerly French-speaking nation.

I see. So a bit like the last one, going for the obvious link.

It is the right answer, yes.

Morocco. The gruelling Marathon Des Sables. OK.

Eggheads, with which American writer did Germaine Greer

have a well-publicised debate on feminism in 1971 in New York Town Hall?

I have no idea.

I thought Norman Mailer before the choices came up, but...

But Gore Vidal's gay, so...

Maybe Philip Roth, because Portnoy's Complaint,

which obviously was controversial...

-When was it published?

-That was only two years before.

I don't think it will be Gore Vidal. It could be Philip Roth,

because of Portnoy's Complaint and all that,

but I think Norman Mailer is the most likely again.

We're not doing very well!

Once again, we're not sure, but knowing the character

of Norman Mailer, that is who we'll go for.

Cigar-smoking...

Anti-feminist.

Norman Mailer. It's correct. Saved yourselves.

Bit worried there in the last two.

The same discussion as you!

That has put us through into Sudden Death now.

You know what this means, Brian's Trust.

No more choices for either team.

Here's your question, Brian's Trust.

Other than Geoff Hurst, which footballer scored a goal

against West Germany at the 1966 World Cup Final?

Martin Peters scored the other goal.

Of course, the hat-trick for Geoff Hurst.

Martin Peters is the right answer. Well done.

You've got to get this, Eggheads.

Which TV presenter, writer and actress born in Delhi

wrote her first book, Invitation To Indian Cookery,

in the early 1970s?

Which TV present, writer and actress born in Delhi wrote her first book,

Invitation To Indian Cookery in the early 1970s?

She's got American citizenship now. She's Indian born.

That would be Madhur Jaffrey.

Madhur Jaffrey is the correct answer, Eggheads.

She acted in EastEnders, Holby City, just to name a few there. OK.

Madhur Jaffrey is the right answer.

Brian's Trust, another question for you.

The former SAS soldier Simon Mann was arrested in 2004

for allegedly attempting to overthrow the president of which African country?

-It was to do with the Mark Thatcher business.

-It was.

-Was it Sierra Leone?

-No.

-Was it Namibia?

-Not Namibia.

It was up somewhere in the West.

-South Africa?

-No, no. I think it was in the central...

but near the angle of Africa, you know...

or a little bit north of there. How about Equatorial Guinea?

It sounds pretty likely.

-I don't know.

-It just kind of rings a bell.

-Well, sorry if it's wrong, but...

-Go for it!

You've got a better guess than me, so...

Out of nowhere came Equatorial Guinea, and no guarantee it's right.

-Equatorial Guinea is correct.

-Oh, well done, Jim!

Unbelievable!

Got that for the Brian's Trust there.

Well, Eggheads, you've got to get this.

Which American retail giant bought the UK supermarket chain Asda in 1999?

Which American retail giant bought the UK supermarket chain Asda in 1999?

I've got a son who works for Asda.

-It's Wal-Mart.

-It is Wal-Mart.

No point beating around the bush there.

Family connection there for Daphne. OK. Back to you, Brian's Trust.

By what name is the Marvel comic book character Tony Stark better known?

By what name is the Marvel comic book character Tony Stark better known?

It's not the Green Lantern, is it?

I was just thinking of him because I've heard of a lot of these.

None of them I know is called Tony Stark.

It's going to be one of the lesser-known ones.

-Who isn't it? It's not Spiderman.

-It's not Spiderman.

I don't think it's... It's certainly not Batman.

And it's not Superman.

I've no idea...

We're having an uneducated guess, are we?

Uneducated guess!

-I'll let them show their age.

-Yeah, all right, then.

We've got to say something, so we'll say Green Lantern.

Oh, Green Lantern?

-Tony Stark was not the Green Lantern.

-Oh!

It's Iron Man.

Iron Man. Tony Stark.

Eggheads, you need to get this question right.

Which 20th century black civil rights activist

was previously known by the nickname "Detroit Red"

for the reddish tinge in his hair?

Which 20th century black civil rights activist

was previously known by the nickname "Detroit Red"

for the reddish tinge in his hair?

Let me just...

I think it's going to be... My best guess here,

if I can't come up with something definite, is going to be Malcolm X.

I can't think of...

Malcolm X...

But something else. They changed the name, didn't they?

What was the founder of that?

I don't think it was one of them.

And it wasn't Stokely Carmichael.

No, no.

I'm wondering if it might be somebody perhaps involved in the Nation of Islam,

like Louis Farrakhan... I don't think so.

I think it's going to be Malcolm X.

-I can't honestly swear to this, but...

-It's not Stokely Carmichael?

I don't associate that thing at all.

So you think Malcolm X must have been Red Detroit? No.

-But...

-So...

-It's definitely not Louis Farrakhan?

-I don't think so. I don't think so.

What have you got, Eggheads?

-I think we'll go for Malcolm X.

-A blank wall!

Gosh, you're coming up with some crackers!

I write them all myself, of course!

Oh, it's your fault! Well, we're just going to have a guess. Malcolm X.

Guess...

It is the correct answer, Eggheads. You've won!

-You would have got that one?

-Yeah.

I was thinking of the film.

You've got the Spike Lee film with Denzel Washington.

It comes into that as well, so we couldn't be absolutely sure, so...

High-octane quizzing there!

Well played, Brian's Trust. You really are a brains trust.

Great quizzers. Thanks for playing today.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them

and they reign supreme over quizland once again.

You won't be going home with the £4,000,

which means the money rolls over to our next show.

Eggheads, congratulations.

Who will beat you? Join us next time

to see if the new challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.

Until then, goodbye.

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