0:00:04 > 0:00:10These five people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:16Together they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The question is, can they be beaten?
0:00:24 > 0:00:29Welcome to Eggheads, the show where a team of five quiz challengers
0:00:29 > 0:00:33pit their wits against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.
0:00:33 > 0:00:41You might recognise them as they are goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Taking on the might of our quiz goliaths today
0:00:43 > 0:00:46are the Lobster Men From Mars. The team are all
0:00:46 > 0:00:50friends from Aberdeen who regularly win the pub quizzes they compete in.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Let's meet them.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm David. I'm 38 and I'm a university researcher.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Hi, I'm George. I'm 67 and I'm a retired school teacher.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Hi, I'm Phil, I'm 53 and I'm an engineer.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Hi, I'm Dan. I'm 38 and I'm a senior operations technician.
0:01:07 > 0:01:13Hi, I'm Alan. I'm 51 and I'm an internet dispatcher.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Lobster Men From Mars, I'm assuming there's a
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- fishing connection of some kind.- No.
0:01:17 > 0:01:24It's the name of a very cheesy '80s sci-fi sort of, well it's meant to be
0:01:24 > 0:01:28a sort of take-off of sort of '50s science fiction B-movies,
0:01:28 > 0:01:33starring Tony Curtis and I think it's got Patrick Macnee in it.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35They'll tell you. Who's in Lobster Men From Mars?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- Kevin?- Well, Lobster MAN From Mars was the film.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- We don't know.- No? You're drawing a blank on them already.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45That's promising. Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs for our challengers.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54So, Lobster Men From Mars, the Eggheads have won the
0:01:54 > 0:02:00last five games, which means £6,000 says you can't beat them.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02The first head to head battle will be on the subject of
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Film and Television so, challengers,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08which one of you wants to play this and who do you want to play against?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I think we'll go for Dan, shall we?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Dan, yes.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13We have a game plan so er...
0:02:13 > 0:02:16OK. Who do you want to take on then?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Try Judith.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22OK, so it's
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Dan from Lobster Men From Mars versus Judith from the Eggheads.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31To ensure there's no conferring, would you please take your positions in the question room.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Dan, would you like the first set of questions or the second?
0:02:36 > 0:02:40I'd like to go first please, Jeremy.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Dan, your first question. "You're fired"
0:02:45 > 0:02:48is a phrase used regularly in which TV series?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Um, I know it's not Strictly Come Dancing
0:02:56 > 0:02:57because I've never watched it.
0:02:57 > 0:03:04Um, and I seem to recall that The Apprentice is with Alan Sugar
0:03:04 > 0:03:06and I believe that that is his catchphrase at the end of each
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- show. So my answer is The Apprentice. - You're absolutely right. Well done.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13We would have worried if you hadn't got that one. Dan, off the blocks.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Your question now, Judith. Who won the Best Actor Oscar in 2008?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I think that was Daniel Day-Lewis.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29You're absolutely right, Judith.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Back to Dan from the Lobster Men From Mars.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36In which country was Mel Gibson born, Dan?
0:03:41 > 0:03:47Um, by the process of elimination, I don't think he was born in Italy.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52Um I think the impression is, they give the impression that he's
0:03:52 > 0:03:57Australian, given the Mad Max films that he did but I think, hopefully,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I'm going to plump for the USA. I believe he was born in the USA.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- That's your answer?- Yes, it is.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05You're right. It is the USA. Well done Dan.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Team doing well over here.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14The Lobster Men are doing well with their claws.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Judith, which two characters returned
0:04:16 > 0:04:20to EastEnders in March 2008?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I adore EastEnders, I'm completely
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- gripped by it and it was Ricky and Bianca.- You're completely right.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Well done, Judith. You have that question taped.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Next to Dan.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Which Oscar-winning film director narrated the TV
0:04:40 > 0:04:43sitcom Arrested Development?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51You'll have to forgive me for this because I don't actually
0:04:51 > 0:04:55watch the programme or never ever seen it so it would be
0:04:55 > 0:04:57an educated guess really.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02Um, Ron Howard... because I believe he used to be
0:05:02 > 0:05:05previously an actor whereas the other two I don't recall them being actors.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I know he was in Happy Days so
0:05:07 > 0:05:09that's the only reason I can go for that answer.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Your answer is Ron Howard?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- Yes.- It's correct. You're absolutely right.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Yeah, former actor. OK Kevin, that was a good stab at it wasn't it?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Yeah Ron Howard was Ritchie Cunningham in Happy Days.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24He was, he started out as an actor then turned to directing so...
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Next question, Judith.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31which film does Sydney Greenstreet play the villainous Kasper Gutman?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Um, oh, lor'.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Um, I don't think it's
0:05:42 > 0:05:44The Maltese Falcon.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I think it might be The Big Sleep.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- No, you're wrong. Judith, it's The Maltese Falcon.- Oh, bother.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Well, bother for them gives you
0:05:55 > 0:05:57first blood, well done to the Lobster Men From Mars.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Well done, Dan. You took on...
0:06:01 > 0:06:03very exciting for our challengers,
0:06:03 > 0:06:07took on one of the Eggheads and emerged triumphant.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Good news for the Lobster Men. It means you'll be able to play, Dan,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12in today's final round.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Congratulations and would you both please come back
0:06:14 > 0:06:16and join your teams.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Exciting start here. As it stands the Eggheads have lost one brain
0:06:20 > 0:06:24from the final round, Judith, while the challengers haven't lost any.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27The next subject is Science.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Who from the challengers will be playing from this round and
0:06:29 > 0:06:31who would you like to nominate?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33I guess it's either George or me, is it?
0:06:33 > 0:06:37It's George or Dave. But I think George is, do you fancy a go George?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Yeah.- OK? Yeah we're going to go for George.- George.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43And I think it's CJ on science.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45OK, let's go for CJ on science.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47To ensure there's no conferring, would you please take your
0:06:47 > 0:06:50positions in the question room?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53George would you like the first set
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- of questions or the second set? - I'll go first.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01George, your first question.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04The potato is considered by botanists
0:07:04 > 0:07:06to be native to which continent?
0:07:11 > 0:07:16Well, my understanding is that the native home of the potato
0:07:16 > 0:07:21is in the Andes, which are in South America
0:07:21 > 0:07:23so I'll go for South America.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Your answer is correct, George.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Well done. Spot on. Good start.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33CJ, first question, the Shetland is a
0:07:33 > 0:07:37very small breed of which creature?
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Um, I think that might be the horse, Jeremy.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51You're right, CJ. Well done.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Well done.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55George, second question to you.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00In which decade was the world's first commercial industrial robot
0:08:00 > 0:08:03deployed in a car factory?
0:08:11 > 0:08:16I think the '40s is a bit too early and I'm pretty sure they were in
0:08:16 > 0:08:19operation by the '80s so I'll go for the 1960s.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22That's your answer, the 60s?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- Yeah.- Well done, George. Two points to you.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29CJ.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Project Sign, Project Grudge and Project Blue Book were set up by the
0:08:34 > 0:08:39US Air Force to investigate which phenomena?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I haven't heard of Sign and Grudge but I have heard of Blue Book and I
0:08:47 > 0:08:51think... I think that's UFOs.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55You're right. It was UFOs. Two all.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Nail-biting stuff. Back to George.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Here's your question, George.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05Which metal, discovered in 1735 by the Swedish chemist Georg Brandt
0:09:05 > 0:09:07has the atomic number 27?
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Well, it's certainly not copper. Copper goes way, way back to the
0:09:15 > 0:09:18mists of time, so it's either cobalt or nickel
0:09:18 > 0:09:22and honestly I'm not too sure.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Um...
0:09:27 > 0:09:31I think I shall go for nickel.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34You haven't got a question wrong so far
0:09:34 > 0:09:38but you have now. I'm afraid it's not nickel, it's cobalt.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43The first slight stumble by our challengers.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46So for this round, CJ, you have to answer this question.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Here it is - in 1939, which
0:09:49 > 0:09:55chemist was the first to discover the insecticidal properties of DDT?
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Well, I'd be very surprised if it was Wankel simply because he's more
0:10:09 > 0:10:13associated with engines.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Freyssinet or Muller?
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Um, I don't know this but I'm going to go for Paul Hermann Muller.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Paul Hermann Muller is your answer?
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- Yeah.- You're correct. What took you to Muller and not Freyssinet, CJ?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Um, I thought he was, it was closer to his field.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Um, I don't know that much about Freyssinet but, um
0:10:33 > 0:10:36it's more Muller's field so I assumed he'd be associated with it.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Well done, CJ. George, you were beaten by our Egghead.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44As a result, you will not be able to help your team in the final round.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Sorry about that. Would you both please come back
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and join your teams?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51So as it stands the challengers and the Eggheads have lost one
0:10:51 > 0:10:56brain each from the final round. The next subject is Arts and Books.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Who from the challengers
0:10:58 > 0:11:02will be playing in this round and who would you like to play against?
0:11:02 > 0:11:03George was going to be our first choice on that.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06It sounds like I'm going to be
0:11:06 > 0:11:11taking the short straw here so who do we want to play?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Obviously can't be Judith or CJ. - OK, so we'll go for Chris, I think.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- Chris. Give it a go.- Yeah, Chris.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23So it is David from Lobster Men From Mars versus Chris from the Eggheads.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27To ensure there's no conferring would you please take your positions
0:11:27 > 0:11:29in the question room.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31So David, you have to
0:11:31 > 0:11:33choose whether you want the first set or the second set of questions.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Er...OK, I'll go second just to make a change.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38All right.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41So, first question to you, Chris.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46Which writer created the half-man half-goat character Mr Tumnus?
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Oh, he's one of the inhabitants of Narnia, isn't he, so it's CS Lewis.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- That's your answer?- It is.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59You're spot on. Well done. First to you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01OK David, your question. The novel
0:12:01 > 0:12:06Doctor Zhivago is set during a revolution in which country?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12I don't really know the book that well but it was written by a Russian
0:12:12 > 0:12:15so I hope it's the Russian, or in Russia.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17You believe Russia?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- I believe Russia.- You're right.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Point to you as well.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24One all. Back to our Egghead. Chris,
0:12:24 > 0:12:30Adam Bede and Daniel Deronda are novels by which 19th-century author?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36They're by George Eliot who was actually a woman
0:12:36 > 0:12:39called Mary Ann Evans, but George Eliot's the answer.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Have you read them both?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I've seen adaptations of them on the telly.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Does that count, anybody on this side?- It does.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48It doesn't, counters Kevin. I'm sorry Chris, it doesn't count.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Still, you get the point anyway.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Next to you, David. The Courtauld Institute art gallery
0:12:54 > 0:12:56is located in which city?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Right, um I don't really have much of an idea.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06I assume it's probably not Rome with a name like that and
0:13:06 > 0:13:10I think I'll try New York
0:13:10 > 0:13:14because I haven't heard of a London gallery called Courtauld.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Go for New York.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19The Courtauld Institute art gallery
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- is located in London, David. - Oh.- Sorry about that.
0:13:22 > 0:13:28Which gives the Eggheads the edge in this round.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33Chris, At Risk is a 2006 novel by which author?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42At Risk is a 2006 novel by which author?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Well, I don't know, but it doesn't sound like Jilly Cooper.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49It's not jolly hockey sticks enough for Jilly Cooper.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53I don't think it's Patricia Cornwell either, who tends
0:13:53 > 0:13:57to write sort of espionage type things if I remember correctly.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58I've an idea it's James Patterson but
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I may be wrong but James Patterson's my answer.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Chris, you're wrong. It's Patricia Cornwell.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Oh, right.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08So you're still in with a chance David. You can breathe a sigh of
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- relief there. You didn't think that was going to happen did you?- No.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Sometimes it does.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Your question. What name was give to the exclusive
0:14:17 > 0:14:22intellectual society that was formed in Cambridge in 1820 for the purpose
0:14:22 > 0:14:24of friendship and formal discussion?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34What name was given to the exclusive intellectual society that was formed
0:14:34 > 0:14:39in Cambridge in 1820 for the purpose of friendship and formal discussion?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42I think I've vaguely heard of this somewhere before.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48I've just got a feeling it's the Apostles but I'm not 100% sure.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52I'm not even 75% sure but I'll go for the Apostles.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54You're right, it was the Apostles. You're back in there.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Great relief among the challengers.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01After three questions each the scores are level so we
0:15:01 > 0:15:04go to sudden death now.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Just to make it that bit harder these questions will
0:15:06 > 0:15:08not be multiple choice.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Chris, your question, sudden death.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13"To the red country and part of the grey country of Oklahoma the
0:15:13 > 0:15:17"last rains came gently and they did not cut the scarred earth"
0:15:17 > 0:15:21is the opening line of which John Steinbeck novel?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Ah, well, it's obviously the dustbowl depression of the '30s
0:15:24 > 0:15:27and the main Steinbeck novel that deals
0:15:27 > 0:15:29with that is The Grapes of Wrath so I'll say The Grapes of Wrath.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33You're quite right, it was The Grapes of Wrath. First point to you.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36So David, you need this to stay in.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40The international bestseller World Without End is a sequel to which
0:15:40 > 0:15:45- Ken Follett novel?- Ah.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49I can't even think of any Ken Follett novels off the top of my head at all.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51He's going to be devastated if he's watching.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Yeah, very sorry, um...
0:15:56 > 0:15:58No.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01World Without End was the sequel.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- Sequel to which Ken Follett novel. - Right, OK.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10I'll go for World Without Beginning just as a total guess but...
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Oh, it would be so great if it was right
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- but I'm afraid it's Pillars of the Earth.- Never heard of it I'm afraid.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19And of course that means that Chris has stopped you
0:16:19 > 0:16:23from taking part in the final round and the Eggheads have won that round
0:16:23 > 0:16:28and I'll ask you both if you can please return to your teams.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31David, I hope you're not feeling sore about that?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Oh, it's all right.- You have got something in common with Chris
0:16:33 > 0:16:35because Chris loves his trains...
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Right.- And you recently did an amazing train journey.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Well, it was a couple of years ago.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43I took a train from London to Shanghai. Sort of...
0:16:43 > 0:16:46It wasn't non-stop. We stopped off for a
0:16:46 > 0:16:48few days here and there but yeah, through Russia
0:16:48 > 0:16:54- and China and Mongolia on the way. - Chris, respect? London to Shanghai.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Oh, respect, yeah. - So as it stands the challengers have
0:16:57 > 0:17:02lost two brains from the final round whilst the Eggheads have lost one.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Pressure on you guys now. Lobster brains get going.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08The last subject is politics.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Who from our Lobster Men From Mars wants to
0:17:11 > 0:17:15tangle with the Eggheads on politics and who do you want to tangle with?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17It can't be David, George or Dan.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- I think it was a 50/50, wasn't it? Um, I think...- No, no.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24I decided that politics wasn't...
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- OK, it's going to have to be me then.- OK, Phil then.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29"It's going to have to be me" is your...
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Does that inspire confidence? Who do you want to be up against?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Ah we actually had a plan before we started.- Has it fallen apart?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38It's totally fallen apart.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41The people that we had for various subjects have either already played
0:17:41 > 0:17:45or...the only one for politics was David.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Ah anyway, as a poor substitute I'll try...
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Can't be Chris, can't be CJ, can't be Judith.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54I'm going to have to have a go with Kevin.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57If I win, at least I've got some glory.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59To ensure there's no conferring,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02please take your positions in the question room.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Phil, you get to choose whether you get the first set
0:18:05 > 0:18:07or the second set of questions.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Um, OK I'll go first, put the pressure on.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Phil, "Dubya" is the nickname of which politician?
0:18:23 > 0:18:29Ah right, well Dubya is the W in his name, it's George Bush.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Absolutely right. Well done. What does the W stand for anybody?
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- Walker.- Walker.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38You said in a really exasperated voice CJ.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- OK Kevin... - Don't bother us with such trifles.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Kevin, are you ready?
0:18:43 > 0:18:48- Yeah.- Your question. In which year was the politician Nick Clegg born?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Well, he's not 80
0:18:56 > 0:19:02and I don't think he's 60 so I'm going to have to go for 1967.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06You're right, Kevin. He's a very young man. 1967.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Phil, next question for you, here we go, your second.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13In 2004 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero became prime minister
0:19:13 > 0:19:15of which country?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22OK, well, I really, um,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I can't answer that one straight away, I'm going to
0:19:24 > 0:19:26have to a little bit of elimination.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30I'm going to eliminate Italy because of the root of the name
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and it sounds very Hispanic so it's either Spain or Portugal.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Zapatero.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41Um, I'm tossing a mental coin and I'm coming up with Portugal.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45It's not Portugal, it's Spain, Phil.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Never mind, you're still in there.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Zapatero means shoemaker.- Zapatero
0:19:50 > 0:19:56means shoemaker, says CJ just to rub it in, just to make you feel better.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Next question to you, Kevin.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Who did Harold Wilson once
0:20:00 > 0:20:05memorably describe as "a shiver looking for a spine to run up?"
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I don't know.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Logically it should be Heath,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18as being of his, of his period as it were.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Although of course he was around until the mid-90s.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23You've got to
0:20:23 > 0:20:25go for Edward Heath there. I may be wrong,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- you've got to go for Edward Heath. - Edward Heath is your answer?- Yeah.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Spot on. Well done. Great quote as well.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34All right, so two to the Eggheads, one to the challengers.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Phil, this is your moment to stay in, save the team.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Which area in the Balkans declared its independence from Serbia
0:20:40 > 0:20:44in February 2008?
0:20:51 > 0:20:57Um, OK. Kosovo was independent before then so I think we'll
0:20:57 > 0:21:00ah, um, so I'm left with a choice again.
0:21:00 > 0:21:06Ah, I believe I've read somewhere that the latest country
0:21:06 > 0:21:10or state was Montenegro so I'm going to try Montenegro.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Your answer is Montenegro. - For what it's worth.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Sorry to say it's the wrong answer.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17- It was actually Kosovo.- Oh, really?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20So it was just a few months back
0:21:20 > 0:21:22that it had its official moment of independence.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27So Eggheads two, challengers one.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Well done Kevin. Phil, you were beaten by our Egghead
0:21:31 > 0:21:34and as a result you won't be able to help your team in the final round.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Would you both please come back and join your teams.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40So this is what we've been playing towards.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43It's time for the final round which as always is general knowledge
0:21:43 > 0:21:48but those who lost your head to heads won't be allowed to take part
0:21:48 > 0:21:53this round so David, George and Phil from the Lobster Men From Mars
0:21:53 > 0:21:58and Judith from the Eggheads, would you please leave the studio.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03Dan and Alan, you are playing to win the Lobster Men From Mars £6,000.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Kevin, CJ, Daphne and Chris, you are playing for something
0:22:07 > 0:22:11which money can't buy and that is the Eggheads' reputation.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15As usual I'll ask each team three questions in turn. This time the
0:22:15 > 0:22:19questions are all general knowledge and you are allowed to confer.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Lobster Men From Mars, the question is - are your two brains better
0:22:23 > 0:22:26than the Eggheads' four?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29And so first of all would you like to go first or second?
0:22:29 > 0:22:33We've conferred, haven't we? We're going to go first.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35You're going first.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40And your question is this.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Slavin Bilic was appointed as manager of which
0:22:43 > 0:22:47national football side in 2006?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Yes, I know the answer to this one. Do you want to confer?
0:22:54 > 0:22:58I would say it would be Croatia.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- And you would be right. - Yeah, we'll go for that.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Our answer is Croatia.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Your answer is Croatia and you're spot on with that. Well done.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Well done.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13Eggheads, what was the name of Ricky Gervais's third stand-up tour
0:23:13 > 0:23:15which began in January 2007?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22What was the name of Ricky Gervais's third stand-up tour
0:23:22 > 0:23:25which began in January 2007?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31That's also been a tour but I'm reasonably sure it's not that.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35As soon as I saw the options, I think he's done one called Fame.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37If it was me I'd pick Fame.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Well, go with that.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- You heard CJ. - Don't blame me for all of this.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Daphne, have you got a view here Daphne?- No.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47CJ says
0:23:47 > 0:23:49it's Fame.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51You're saying Fame, that's your answer?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- That's what we're going for.- Yes.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55- You're hiding behind your hand now. - Yes.- But you're right.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Well done. You're right.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Oh, what a pity!
0:23:59 > 0:24:02One all. Challengers, here we go.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Which was the only structure in the UK to make it to the shortlist of
0:24:06 > 0:24:08the new seven wonders of the world?
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Do you have any joy on this one, any idea?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- I don't.- For some reason, I don't know why, St Paul's.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- Do you want to go for that? - Your instincts would say Stonehenge
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- wouldn't it? - Yeah.- Because it would be
0:24:28 > 0:24:33but I, I think I can discount Hadrian's Wall.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34For some reason something just sticks
0:24:34 > 0:24:38in my head with St Paul's but unless you've got any...
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Well, I'm not sure.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- I trust you on that one.- For some reason I think it's St Paul's.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49It was mentioned, um, I read something or saw something about it.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53My heart says Stonehenge but my head thinks it's St Paul's.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Are we going to do that?- Yeah.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57We'll go, we'll say St Paul's.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59It's wrong. It's Stonehenge.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Your heart was right. How many times has that happened?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05The heart has been right, the head has been wrong.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Yeah. It's just something I thought I'd read so you go with your,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- you get torn between the two. - And that's a tricky one because
0:25:11 > 0:25:14it was a shortlist only and then it didn't make the final seven.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Next question to you Eggheads.
0:25:16 > 0:25:22Which property in Kent became the home of Winston Churchill in 1922?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30That's Chartwell. I've been there.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32And did you know
0:25:32 > 0:25:37Winston Churchill always insisted there was a ginger cat at Chartwell
0:25:37 > 0:25:39and he had to be called Jock?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40And is the cat still there?
0:25:40 > 0:25:44About the fourth Jock but he's not allowed in the house
0:25:44 > 0:25:46in case he scratches the furniture.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Yes, it's Chartwell, with or without the cat.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Well done, Eggheads.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52So you need this, challengers.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Lobster Men From Mars, here's your question.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01In which industry did a saggar maker's bottom knocker
0:26:01 > 0:26:03traditionally work?
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I've heard of this before. Do you know this?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- What'll it be. - If you go with your instincts and we
0:26:15 > 0:26:16guess what your instincts would be?
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- I know, I believe I know what it is. - You know what it is?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Yeah.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I'm pretty certain that it's to do with pottery.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26The potteries, they used to knock
0:26:26 > 0:26:28the bottom of the pots or something
0:26:28 > 0:26:30or how they stack them, something to do with that.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Yeah, seems a good assumption.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- All right. OK.- Go for that.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Believe pottery is the answer.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40You're right, it is pottery.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Well done.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Give us any knowledge you have about the saggar maker's bottom knocker
0:26:47 > 0:26:49or even just about bottom knockers.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54Yeah, well, the saggar is the sort of shelf they stack the raw pottery on
0:26:54 > 0:26:58in the kiln before they fire it up and obviously saggars had to be made
0:26:58 > 0:27:01by a saggar maker and a saggar maker's bottom knocker
0:27:01 > 0:27:02I believe was a man
0:27:02 > 0:27:05who used to clean the saggars by knocking the bottom with a hammer,
0:27:05 > 0:27:07get the clinker and stuff off them.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- He would have used a saggar maker's bottom knocker hammer.- Yeah...
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Any hammer will do, you know. - That's a question for another day.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17It became famous in the 1950s on What's My Line
0:27:17 > 0:27:21because where they had to guess people's occupations and they had
0:27:21 > 0:27:23one of those who came on so you can
0:27:23 > 0:27:27imagine what it was like trying to actually get to the bottom of that.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32- Brilliant.- We feel totally filled in on the pottery now, right?
0:27:32 > 0:27:35It's a revelation.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38The next question is for the Eggheads.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Wolof is a language spoken by people on which continent?
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Could you spell it? - W. O. L. O. F.- Africa.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Yeah, oh, yes, it is isn't it.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57That would be Africa, I'm afraid, Jeremy.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Why are you afraid?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Oh, because it's the right answer.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04It is the right answer. Don't be afraid. You've won.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Commiserations, challengers. The Eggheads have done
0:28:13 > 0:28:17what comes naturally to them and their winning streak continues.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21I'm afraid you won't be going home with the £6,000 which means that the
0:28:21 > 0:28:23money rolls over to the next show.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Eggheads, congratulations to you.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Who will beat you?
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Join us next time to see if the new
0:28:29 > 0:28:32challengers have the brains to defeat the Eggheads.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35£7,000 says they don't.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36Till then, goodbye.
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