Episode 84 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 a team of five quiz challengers

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

You might recognise them, as they are Goliaths in the world of TV quiz shows. They are the Eggheads.

Taking on the awesome might of our quiz Goliaths today

are the Bard Brains from Stratford-upon-Avon, of course.

The team all know one another through team captain Cat,

and their name is in honour of Stratford-upon-Avon's most famous son.

Let's meet them.

Hello, I'm Cat, aged 72 and a consultant PA.

Hi, my name's Crid, I'm 61 and I'm a functions coordinator.

Hello, my name's David, I'm 56 and I'm a project manager.

Hello, my name's Nikki, I'm 46 and I'm a stud manager.

Hello, my name's Susan, I'm 54 and I'm a housewife.

-So, Cat, you're really called Pat?

-Yes.

What would you like me to call you?

-Oh, Cat, please.

-Because you've got cats? You've had cats?

Yes, I adore cats, I'm a cat nut!

And how did you all meet each other, then?

Well, they all have the very dubious privilege of being numbered amongst my friends,

and I had urgent need to build a new team,

so this lot are the crazy idiots that accepted my invitation.

One of your cats is called Psyche.

-She is.

-And you have a tattoo of her, but we're not going to see it?

No, they've forbidden me to show it to you.

How many of them have seen it?

-At the swimming pool.

-Probably all of them, yes, yes!

-Where is it?

-On my thigh.

All right, listen, if you win, you can show it to us!

Let's see how you do. Every day there's £1,000 worth of cash

up for grabs for our challengers.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads, the prize money rolls over to the next show.

So, Bard Brains, the challengers won the last game.

It was incredibly dramatic, proving it can be done.

That means £1,000 says you can't beat the Eggheads.

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

Challengers, who would like to take on Science,

and against whom?

I think that could be me!

Who shall we choose?

-Who do you think doesn't know any science?

-Who do you think?

-Judith?

-OK. Are you going for it?

Yeah, give Judith a try.

OK. I think we'll choose Judith.

-I'm loving the names today, it's Pat who's really Cat, and Crid, what a great name.

-Crid, yes.

-Where does that come from?

-It's Welsh and it's short for Ceridwyn.

OK, Crid against Judith on Science.

-Yes.

-To ensure there's no conferring,

would you both please take your positions in the question room?

Crid, your choice, you can either have the first set of questions or the second set.

I think I'd like to go first, please.

Your first question. Which bird has become synonymous

with gluttonous humans due to its ability to consume large quantities of fish?

Right, well, I do quite a bit of sailing,

but in the Solent I've never seen an albatross.

I've seen puffins, but I've seen gannets on many occasions,

diving into the water,

so I think it could be gannet.

You're quite right, it's gannet.

Well done.

OK, Judith, your first question.

What name is traditionally given to a castrated male horse?

Well, a mare is its mother,

so it's a gelding.

It is a gelding, well done, 1-1.

Eggheads and challengers abreast of each other.

Second question for you, Crid.

Pernio is another name for which condition, characterised by

a painful, itchy swelling on the skin

caused by poor circulation when exposed to cold?

You're smiling.

Right, verruca, well,

no, I don't think so, I've never had a verruca,

but I actually have had a chilblain

and it was extremely painful, so I'm going to go for chilblain.

You're quite right, through your own personal

experience you've got the answer. Chilblain is right, well done, Crid.

Judith, what name is given to the places in the universe in which new stars are created?

I've never heard of any of these, but I would imagine if they're new stars,

they're baby stars, so they might be nurseries.

I'll take nurseries as your answer.

-Yep.

-And you're right. Well done.

2-2. Third question.

Crid, what word is commonly used to describe tawny or brownish animal fur

marked with darker streaks or patches?

OK, I'm going to have to eliminate one.

So, isabelline I have never heard of.

Dunn, I think, is an all-over brown colour. I did have a guinea pig

once that was all sort of speckly, so I think we'll have brindle.

You've got there through impeccable logic.

You're quite right, it is brindle.

Crid, well done.

Judith, your third question.

Which branch of medicine is concerned with disorders of the musculoskeletal system?

Well, it's not endocrinology.

-It must be rheumatology, aching muscles and things.

-Quite right.

-Yeah.

-It is rheumatology.

Well done to you as well.

So, 3-3.

After three questions each, the scores are level.

Tension mounts, does it not, Bard Brains?

We're going to Sudden Death, and to make it harder,

these questions won't be multiple choice,

so I want an answer from you, please. Crid, you first.

Pleurisy primarily affects which organ of the human body?

Pleurisy primarily affects which organ of the human body?

I think that's the lung.

You're correct. The lung.

Judith, what term, also the name of an ancient city,

is given to the system of weights used mainly for precious metals,

which has a pound equal to 12 ounces, or 5,760 grains?

I'm going to get this wrong, because all I can think of is carat.

I can't think of the ancient town that a carat could be connected to.

I know I'm going to get this wrong, but rather than hold everybody

up forever, I'm going to have to say Carat, and I don't think it's right.

-Judith.

-It's wrong.

I don't think there was an ancient city called Carat!

-No, nor do I!

-There might have been somewhere, but it was Troy.

-Oh!

-And the name comes from the French town of Troyes.

Well, there probably is a film or a book somewhere about the ancient

Roman city of Carat, but I haven't seen it!

I said that I didn't think there was a place called Carat!

Well, done, Crid! How about that?!

Took on one of the Eggheads, you emerged triumphant.

Good news for the challengers, as it means you will be able to play, Crid, in today's final round.

Congratulations! So, would you both please, Judith, if you could bear to

face your fellow team mates, come back, join your teams?

As it stands, the challengers haven't lost any brains from the final round,

while the Eggheads have lost one brain.

The next subject is Sport. Who from the challengers

would like Sport, and who to play against?

Chris, Daphne, CJ and Kevin to choose from.

-Shall I have this one?

-A handsome male, I think, please.

-Handsome male, you want to play against?

-That's going to be me.

Oh, on this side, you mean?

I was going to say, you're strapped for choice over there! David, whom?

Who's not very good at Sport?

-Daphne, it's going to have to be Daphne.

-Daphne at Sport?

OK, can we go for Daphne, please?

So, it's David from Bard Brains versus Daphne from the Eggheads.

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

David, you get to choose - the first set or the second set,

which would you like?

I think I'd prefer the first set, please.

David, your first question. In which sport can you score

points for cannons, losing hazards and winning hazards?

I watch cricket quite a lot and the only hazard I can remember

is if you have a shot which hits the stumps, so it's not that.

I used to play squash, don't remember anything like that,

so I'll have to go for billiards on this one.

You're going for billiards?

You're absolutely right, well done. First to you.

Daphne, the American city of Talladega is a major venue for which sport?

Never heard of it! I bet you haven't either!

Well, I'm sure I might have heard of it if it were tennis.

I think lacrosse is more Canadian, so here's hoping it's stock-car racing.

Brilliant guess, Daphne, it is stock-car racing! Well, done!

Question two, David.

What name is given to the type of baseball pitch in which no spin

is imparted to the ball, making its flight erratic and unpredictable?

Knuckleball is one of the early eliminations I can make on this one.

I think I'll go for curveball.

-Your answer is curveball?

-Yes.

It's the wrong answer, David.

You eliminated knuckleball, the right answer.

-What made you take that out?

-I've never heard of knuckleball.

OK, Daphne, your next question.

In 2008, Steven Fleming retired from international cricket

having played in over 100 test matches for which country?

Definitely New Zealand.

Definitely right as well.

Well done, Daphne.

So, the Eggheads pull ahead,

two points playing one. You need this, David.

What was the nationality of the cyclist Eddy Merckx?

I can say that he was Belgian.

You say that with total conviction.

I used to do quite a lot of cycling actually,

I have been to see the Tour De France quite a few times.

You're totally right, as well, he was Belgian, yeah.

Unforgettable name, with an X on the end.

Carlos Alberto, Franz Beckenbauer,

Julio Cesar Romero and Pele all played for which football club?

Well, I think it's either New York Cosmos or Los Angeles Aztecs, and,

as usual, when it's 50/50 I always go for the wrong one,

so here's the wrong one,

New York Cosmos.

It's actually the right one!

Well done! I thought you were going to say

you'd go down the middle, which I've noticed you doing.

-No, no.

-But you didn't do that on this occasion.

-I won!

-So, well done, Daphne! David, you were beaten by our Egghead.

As a result you will not be able to help your team in the final round.

Would you both please come back and join your teams?

So, the challengers have lost one brain

from the final round and the Eggheads have also lost one brain.

The next subject is Geography.

Who from the Bard Brains would like to play, and against whom?

-Me?

-Do you want to do it?

I thought you were better at Geography than anything else.

It was my second, but I can't promise you anything.

-Don't, just go and do Geography.

-I think I've drawn the short straw.

-Did I hear you say, "I can't promise you anything"?

-I did,

because that's not my category, CAT-egory, but never mind!

OK, let's see if this is Cat's category.

Who would you like to play against? You can't take Judith or Daphne.

-I'm going to take that CJ.

-CJ, are you ready for Geography?

-Always.

-Oh, dear!

-Good! So it's Cat...

-Can I change my mind?!

He always puts on a show!

It's Cat from Bard Brains versus CJ from the Eggheads.

To ensure there's no conferring, could you please both go to the question room?

Cat, would you like to take the first set of questions or the second set?

I'll go first, please.

Cat, your first question. Ostend is a port in which country?

Ostend is a port in which country?

Well, having been, like Ceridwyn, on a ketch once, when I was a Sea

Ranger, I got blown into Ostend harbour broadside in a Force 8,

so I'm pretty sure it's Belgium.

You're quite right. Well done, Cat!

First blood to you.

CJ, what name is sometimes given to a rocky promontory or headland

that juts out into the sea from the mainland?

I'm to assume that's where Portland Bill takes its name from,

so I'll go for Bill.

Quite right, it is Bill. One each.

Cat, the M40 motorway connects London with which other city?

Well, Jeremy, being as I'm a Brummie,

I'm pretty sure it's Birmingham!

Quite right, it is Birmingham, and also your Stratford team

are very well placed to know that, well done!

CJ, the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands

are located in which body of water?

I think they're in the Caribbean Sea, Jeremy.

You are correct, it is the Caribbean sea.

He is sounding a little bit confident, Cat, isn't he?

-I'm afraid so!

-We need a delay before he answers the question,

a moment of puzzlement or something.

Your third question, Cat. Stewart Island is a part of which country?

Well, it doesn't sound very Cuban,

so I've got a 50/50 chance with the other two.

Right or wrong, I'm going to plump for Canada.

Canada's the wrong answer, Cat, it's New Zealand.

So, CJ, for the round,

the county of Tipperary is located in which Irish province?

I actually drew myself a map to try and learn all these,

and I learnt where the provinces were,

and I learnt all the countries of Ulster.

There's something telling me it's towards the west, which is more

Connacht, so I'm going to go, with not too much confidence,

for Connacht.

Any confidence you had was misplaced. It's actually Munster.

OK, you were let off the hook there, Cat.

Here we go, it's Sudden Death.

Cat, of the eight countries crossed by the Greenwich Meridian,

which is the furthest south?

It's got to be us, London.

Of the eight countries?

Oh, countries? Sorry.

Great Britain.

Great Britain is the wrong answer. It's Ghana.

Ah!

CJ, the Himalayas are formed by the continental collision

of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate and which other?

Eurasian?

-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

The Eurasian plate is the correct answer, CJ. Well done!

Cat, you were beaten by our Egghead.

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

Please, come back and join your teams.

So, as it stands, the challengers have lost two

brains from the final round, while the Eggheads have lost one brain.

The last subject now is Music. Who from the challengers

wants to play in this round?

-Who do you want to play against?

-Me!

-She sounds very confident!

-It's me!

There's no choice on this one!

-No choice on it!

-Music is Nikki. Nikki is Music. And who against?

Can't take Judith, Daphne or CJ.

-I'll take Chris, please.

-You want to take Chris on Music?

OK, so it's Nikki from Bard Brains versus Chris from the Eggheads.

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

Nikki, you can decide whether to take the first set or the second set.

Which would you like?

I'll go first, please.

Nikki, what name is given to a group of musical notes sounded together as a basis of harmony?

I don't think it's a scale,

cos that's what you run up and down when you're practising,

-so I'll go for chord.

-Chord is quite right, well done.

Good start!

Chris,

what is the term for a loudspeaker that reproduces high frequencies?

Top-end sound is a tweeter.

-Quite right. Tweeter as opposed to...

-A woofer.

Woofer and subwoofer.

DEEP VOICE: Down there!

Is there a subtweeter at all?

-No, it would be above a tweeter, wouldn't it?

-Supertweeter.

Yes, supratweeter, yeah!

Nikki, here's your next question.

Four Minutes was a 2008 hit single for which singer, in collaboration with Justin Timberlake?

Well, considering she's celebrating her 50th birthday this year,

it's got to be Madonna.

Absolutely spot on!

-You know the song?

-Yes, I do.

-Don't ask me to sing it!

-You're up with your 2008 music, that's great.

OK, Chris,

John Entwistle was the bassist with which highly successful band?

Well, he's English, and The Doors are an American band.

The Animals was Eric Burden and co, so he was bassist with The Who.

He was indeed, bassist with The Who, that's right.

-He died, I think, a couple of years ago, didn't he?

-Yep.

Your third question, Nikki.

The US band leader Benny Goodman was best known for playing which musical instrument?

Oh, it's a bit before my time, but I'm going to go...

..trumpet, I think.

Because clarinet was Acker Bilk, wasn't it? So I'll go trumpet.

It's wrong, it's clarinet.

I think there was more than one clarinet in circulation!

OK, Chris, "When the little bluebird who has never said a word

"starts to sing Spring" is the opening line of which Cole Porter song?

It's not I Get a Kick Out Of You,

and I don't think it's Night And Day.

I think it's Let's Do It. Even educated fleas do it.

Let's Do It.

You're quite right, Chris.

It is Let's Do It, that is the opening line.

And therefore, you have beaten Nikki, for the Bard Brains,

and Nikki, you were just one point behind him.

As a result, you won't be able to help your team in the final round,

so do, both of you, please, come back and rejoin us.

This is what we've been playing towards. It's time for the final round,

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

But, I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads can't take part in this round.

So, Cat, David and Nikki from the Bard Brains

and Judith from the Eggheads, would you please leave the studio?

Crid and Susan, you are playing to win the Bard Brains £1,000.

Chris, Daphne, CJ and Kevin,

you are playing for something which money can't buy - the Eggheads' reputation.

As usual I'll ask each team three questions in turn.

This time the questions are all General Knowledge, and you are allowed to confer.

Crid and Susan, the question is, are your two brains better than the Eggheads' four?

Bard Brains, would you like to go first or second?

We'd like to go first, please.

First question for the Bard Brains.

What is the middle name of the businessman Alan Sugar?

What is the middle name of the businessman Alan Sugar?

He's Jewish, isn't he?

-Oh, is he?

-Yes, he's Jewish.

-So you're looking at...

I don't know if any of those are Jewish names.

Alan Charles Sugar.

Alan Michael. Alan Michael's got a ring to it, hasn't it?

-Shall we plump for Michael?

-Let's guess at that.

I'm afraid we're having a guess at Michael.

-Your guess is spot on.

-Whoa!

-Well done!

-I don't know if he was named after an archangel but...

-Actually, Amstrad, AMS, Alan Michael Sugar.

-Of course, yes.

The registration of his car is AMS1.

Well done, Bard Brains! Good start.

Eggheads, which Latin phrase literally means "great work"?

-It's magnum opus, Jeremy.

-Magnum opus is correct, Eggheads.

1-1.

Bard Brains, here we go with two.

What is the name of the French paste made from finely-chopped olives, capers and olive oil?

What is the name of the French paste

made from finely-chopped olives, capers and olive oil?

If you don't know that, I'll be surprised!

A quenelle is a shape of whatever you're making the shape out of.

A rillette is... I'm not quite sure. I think it's a long tube, isn't it?

-A rillette of something.

-You tell me.

-Tapenade.

-It's got olives in.

-I've eaten it many times,

and I think it's got to be tapenade.

Quite right, Crid, Susan, well done!

It is tapenade.

Eggheads, who is Garfield's owner in the cartoon of the same name?

Who is Garfield's owner in the cartoon of the same name?

Jon Arbuckle.

CJ's throwing the surname in as well. It's Jon, anyway.

Apparently it's Jon Arbuckle.

Jon Arbuckle. Jon is the right answer. Well done!

So, 2-2.

You're hanging on in there. More so, you're holding your own.

Bard Brains, the second largest barrier reef in the world

is off the coast of which Central American country?

The second largest barrier reef in the world

is off the coast of which Central American country?

-Do you know this one?

-I don't know. I've been to Mexico

and there's a barrier reef off there.

I have a feeling I read something about Belize.

Belize is next to Mexico, so if it carried on down the coast...

Yeah, I think I remember reading or hearing something about Belize

having a barrier reef.

I know it's got a big lagoon.

You'd kind of think, if it was Panama, then if you were

going through the Panama Canal, you might bump into it.

-So I don't think it's that one.

-No, OK.

-Go with Belize?

-Yeah, shall we?

-Yes.

-OK, well, we're going to go for Belize.

Great answer, you're right.

That was more than a guess. That was proper knowledge, wasn't it?

-Well, sort of!

-You've been there and you've seen it.

-Yeah, but I didn't know it went down that far!

-Well done!

Eggheads, if you get this wrong...

-Oh, don't!

-..that's two running, OK?

So this is reputational now.

The wife of which English king is the only Queen of England never to have set foot in England?

The wife of which English king

is the only Queen of England never to have set foot in England?

Yes, it's Berengaria of Nevarre.

Richard I. Berengaria was the Queen.

I didn't need the Queen's name, but the King is right, Richard I.

Well done, Eggheads. After three questions each,

the scores are level. We now go on to Sudden Death, and remember,

to make it harder, these questions are not multiple choice,

and I want an answer from you.

Who started as Leonard, a man who is unable to form new memories, in the 2000 film Memento?

I've seen that film.

Who started as Leonard, a man who is unable to form new memories, in the 2000 film Memento?

It's Colin...

-Firth?

-No, Irish.

-Farrell?

-Is he that Irish chap?

-I have no idea.

I don't know much about films at all.

That's the only guess I have.

-Which one?

-Colin Farrell?

I think he sounds more Irish than Colin Firth.

Colin Firth is the nice one...

Oh, yeah, it's not him. Definitely not him.

Go on, that's going to be my best guess.

-OK.

-Colin Farrell.

Colin Farrell?

It's wrong. Eggheads, do you know?

-Guy Pearce.

-Guy Pearce, that's right.

So, Eggheads now,

your chance to take the match.

Which musical, with words and music by Jerry Herman, takes its name

from the San Tropez nightclub in which the character Albin

works under the stage name Zaza?

Which musical, with words and music by Jerry Herman, takes its name

from the San Tropez nightclub in which the character Albin

works under the stage name Zaza?

That's La Cage Aux Folles.

-You're certain about that?

-Yeah.

Absolutely.

Yes, that's the correct answer. Well done, Eggheads! You've won.

Commiserations, challengers.

The Eggheads have done what comes naturally to them and got back in the winning groove.

They reign supreme over quiz land once again.

I'm afraid you won't be going home with £1,000.

The money rolls over to the 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.

£2,000 says they don't.

Until then, goodbye.

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