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

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Together they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

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The question is: can they be beaten?

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Welcome to Eggheads, where five quiz challengers

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

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You might recognise them. They are Goliaths in the world of TV quizzes.

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They are the Eggheads.

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Taking them on today are Jack High, friends and family who all belong to the same bowls club.

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-Let's meet them.

-Hi, I'm Alan, 64, a retired prison officer.

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Hello. I'm Coral, I'm 70, and a retired civil servant.

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Hi. I'm Jonathan, I'm 47, and I'm a civil servant.

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Hi. I'm Keith, I'm 59, and an independent financial adviser.

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Hi. I'm Andy, I'm 39, and I'm a spare parts co-ordinator.

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-You're all bowlers.

-Indeed.

-And Jack High is a bowling term.

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It's when the jack is bowled down the green, the skip places it,

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and when the first bowler bowls his wood, it arrives level with the jack. That is jack high.

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You all have fascinating and very different interests. Andy's gone on 300 rollercoasters.

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There or thereabouts, yes. Around the UK and Europe and a lot of the United States.

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-Do they get more or less scary?

-The rides get more intense as technology improves.

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-Best one in the world right now?

-Probably at Cedar Point in Ohio.

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-Been on it?

-Been on it. 120mph, 400-foot straight down.

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We'll see if we can reach higher speeds here. Good luck.

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Every day there is £1,000 up for grabs for our challengers. If they fail, that rolls over.

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So, Jack High, the Eggheads have won the last 10 games

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so £11,000 says you can't beat them.

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The first head-to-head battle is on Food and Drink.

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Challengers, who will play this one?

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Right, who wants to do it?

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I'm happy to do it. You are?

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-All right, Andy.

-OK, I'll play it.

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-Andy, food and drink.

-Food and Drink.

-Pick an Egghead.

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-Chris. I'll take on Chris.

-So it's Andy from Jack High versus Chris from the Eggheads.

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To ensure there's no conferring, please go to the Question Room.

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-Andy, the first or the second set?

-I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

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OK, what is thick brown residue that is the by-product of sugar refining?

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Em...

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Caramel is thick and brown, but it does go brittle.

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Palm sugar I've not heard of.

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I'm going to go for molasses.

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It's the correct answer. Well done.

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Chris, marmalade is traditionally made from oranges from which Spanish city?

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Marmalade is traditionally made from oranges from which Spanish city?

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They are Seville oranges, Jeremy.

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You are quite right.

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Second question, Andy.

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Parasol and Blewit are varieties of which foodstuff?

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I have to admit I have not heard of either of them.

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Em, it's going to be a complete and utter guess.

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I'm going to go for mushroom because it could be a parasol shape.

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-Mushroom.

-Great deduction. You're right.

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Chris, which salad, created at the Brown Derby in Hollywood in 1937,

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traditionally contains chicken, bacon, eggs, Roquefort and avocado?

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Well, Greek salad is traditional. It's got feta in it and wouldn't be created in '37.

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Waldorf salad was created at the Waldorf Astoria and has apples and celery, so it's a Cobb salad.

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Quite right. The Cobb salad.

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Two points apiece.

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Which traditional pudding is made with sweetened milk and rennet?

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Right, I...

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Junket, I think, is curds and whey.

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I'm going to go for posset.

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-Have you eaten any of these recently?

-I haven't eaten junket since I was about six years old.

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When you ate junket, it had sweetened milk and rennet in.

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Junket is the correct answer.

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So, Chris, for the round,

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what type of food is served at a Brazilian churrasco?

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Hmm, interesting.

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Well, given that they are sort of tropical, and they are fairly carnivorous,

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the sort of thing you could do in the open-air on an impromptu basis...

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I'd say barbecued meat.

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Spot on, Chris, well done. Andy, beaten by our Egghead there.

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As a result you cannot take your place in the final round.

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Come back and join your teams.

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The challengers have lost one brain from the final round, the Eggheads have lost none.

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Next is Film and Television.

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Who from Jack High wants this? And against whom?

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-I think it looks like me, doesn't it?

-I think it does.

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Are you happy with that? Yeah, I'm relaxed.

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-Jonathan, you sound robust.

-I'm good for this one.

-Confident?

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-Pick one. Not Chris, obviously.

-I think I am going to take on... Daphne, please.

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Daphne on Film and Television. Daphne from the Eggheads against Jonathan from Jack High.

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Please both take your positions in the Question Room.

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-Jonathan, a civil servant...

-Right.

-You've travelled extensively including Las Vegas how many times?

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Five times now, Jeremy. Just the whole buzz about the place is fascinating.

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-You're up against Daphne. Do you want to go first or second?

-First.

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How did Captain Mainwaring typically refer to Private Pike in Dad's Army?

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One of the all-time classic catchphrases there.

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It was in my time. The answer is, "Stupid boy!"

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Absolutely right. Well done.

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"You stupid boy!"

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Daphne,

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what was the colour of the famous book in This Is Your Life?

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That would be the big red book.

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-Well done. Held by...?

-Well, I remember Eamonn Andrews.

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Yes, he was the most high profile.

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One point each. Jonathan,

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which actor provided the baby's voice in the 1989 film Look Who's Talking?

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Oh, I haven't seen the film, I haven't seen the film.

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I know Tom Hanks has done, I think, a voiceover in Toy Story.

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I'm going to go for Bruce Willis, Jeremy.

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And you're right! It was.

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-Pressure's on, Daphne. How are you feeling?

-Ohh(!)

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In the 1951 film The African Queen, what is the African Queen?

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They don't make films like that no more, do they? It's a boat.

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It is a boat. Well done. Two points each.

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Final question for you, Jonathan.

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In what type of workplace was the 1990s BBC comedy The Brittas Empire set?

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OK. One that I did watch over the years.

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A classic in how not to be a manager. A leisure centre.

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Yes, it was.

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Daphne, you need this or you will not be playing in the final round.

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Which former Premiership footballer appeared in the 2006 film Basic Instinct 2?

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I think this is bye-bye, Daphne, because I really don't know.

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Stan Collymore.

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-Is that your answer?

-Yes.

-Why did you guess that?

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I just guessed it. I can't see Paul Ince

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and Graeme Le Saux I don't think, so I'm just hoping it's...

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-Is it? Put me out of my misery!

-It IS Stan Collymore!

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-Oh, thank you!

-Well done! They know so much, their guesses somehow get better.

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You've answered three questions each. We now go to sudden death.

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Just to make it harder, these will not be multiple choice.

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Who was the director of the 1970s films The French Connection and The Exorcist?

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Oh, I'll think about this one.

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-I need a first name and a surname.

-I'm getting the name William.

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Exorcist...French Connection.

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I'm... Is it...?

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William...

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I'm trying to get it. William Friedken, Friedkin?

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-William...?

-Friedkin.

-You're spot on. Well done.

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That is the director's name.

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William Friedkin.

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So, Daphne, which American film star first came to prominence as Inspector Steve Keller

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in the long-running 1970s police drama The Streets of San Francisco?

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Oh, dear. It's one of two. I can't remember which is which. Michael Douglas.

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-Is the right answer. Who else?

-Karl Malden.

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Karl Malden, that's right.

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Jonathan, which actress starred in the Talking Heads TV plays entitled A Cream Cracker Under The Settee

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and Waiting For The Telegram?

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I recognise A Cream Cracker Under The Settee.

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Thora Hird.

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Spot on. It was Thora Hird. Brilliant play!

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By our bowler. Well done.

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Which actress won an Oscar for her role in the 1989 film My Left Foot?

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Brenda...Blethyn.

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-That's your answer? Brenda Blethyn?

-Yes.

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-It's wrong.

-Is it?

-You can hear CJ here, who is obviously in some physical pain.

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-It is Brenda Fricker.

-Oh!

-Before that, best known as...?

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-She was in Casualty!

-Yes. As Nurse Megan Roach.

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Yes. Oh, blast!

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So, Jonathan, what superb play!

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You emerged triumphant. Good news for our challengers.

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That means you will be able to play in the final round. Congratulations.

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Both of you rejoin your teams.

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The Eggheads and the challengers have lost one brain each.

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The next subject is Science.

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Who wants to take this on?

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I think that might be down to you.

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-Yes, it's not one of my...

-Not one of mine, either.

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I think it's you, Keith.

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< Go for it.

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-Keith, who do you want to take on?

-Judith.

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So Keith from Jack High versus Judith from the Eggheads.

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Please go to the Question Room.

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-Keith, do you want the first set or the second set?

-I'll go first, please.

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Science questions. The prairie dog is a type of ground squirrel native to which continent?

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I don't know the answer, but I've never seen one in Europe on my travels.

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I think I'll go for North America.

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Quite right! That is the right answer.

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Judith,

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what is the machine that uses electric and magnetic fields

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to propel electrically-charged particles?

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I think that's probably a particle accelerator.

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You want conviction. A particle accelerator.

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-I've given up asking for conviction.

-A particle accelerator!

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That's it! Well done! You've done it.

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Which highly-flammable colourless gas is commonly mixed with oxygen

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and used as a fuel in welding?

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Well, I think butane is normally the camping-type containers we use for stoves.

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Acetylene is the answer.

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It is the answer.

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You're right.

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Judith, to keep up.

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What name is given to a triangle of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two

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immediately to the left and right of it in the row above?

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I shall read that question again.

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What name is given to a triangle of numbers

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in which each number is the sum of the two immediately to the left and right of it in the row above?

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-I think it's Fermat's Triangle.

-Ever seen one?

-No.

-It doesn't exist.

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-It's Pascal's Triangle.

-Oh.

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Keith,

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water and what else are produced when acids react with bases?

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I'm not quite sure, but I don't think it's carbon.

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I'll hazard a guess at... hydrogen ions.

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Your guess is wrong because it's salts.

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Still in with a chance, Judith.

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Axilla is the anatomical name for which part of the human body?

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Axilla is the anatomical name for which part of the human body?

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It's either armpit or groin. I think it's armpit.

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Correct answer. Well done.

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So the scores are level.

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We now go on to sudden death. You have to give us the answer, Keith, to this question.

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Which reddish-black mineral consisting of ferric oxide takes its name from the Greek for blood-like?

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I'm not quite sure, but I'll hazard a guess at...

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..a substance called rougeon.

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It's a kind of exotic guess. It's hematite.

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Judith,

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which disease, transmitted by ticks and affecting the joints, heart and brain,

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is named after a town in Connecticut where it was first identified in humans in 1975?

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I think that's Lyme's Disease.

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You're absolutely right, Judith. Well done.

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You've won after sudden death.

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Keith, you will not be able to help your team in the final round.

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Please both come back and rejoin your team-mates.

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So the challengers have lost two brains from the final round.

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The Eggheads have lost one.

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Our last subject is Sport.

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Who wants Sport?

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I've got no idea about sport.

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-I think it's me!

-It's you, Coral, is it? Who would you like to play?

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Which one looks the most sporty?

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-I'll go with CJ.

-You wouldn't be the first, Coral.

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So it's Coral from Jack High versus CJ from the Eggheads on Sport.

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Please take your positions in the Question Room.

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-Coral, good luck in this round.

-Thank you.

-Do you want the first or the second set of questions?

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The first set, please.

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Which footballer was nicknamed The Non-Flying Dutchman due to his fear of flying?

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The name I hoped would come up has come up. I hope it's correct.

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That is Dennis Bergkamp.

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Well done, Coral! You're right.

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I think he went to a World Cup by land.

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-Yeah.

-He could do it by the Trans-Siberia.

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-How would he do that?

-Going from Holland, Holland-Berlin, Berlin-Moscow,

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Moscow-Trans-Siberia and get the ferry to Yokohama and you're in Japan.

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-CJ, you awake?

-Has Chris finished?

-Here's your question.

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Pierre de Coubertin modelled which Olympic sport on the skills required of a battlefield courier?

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Oh, I see. OK.

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-You've just understood the question?

-Yeah.

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OK, a battlefield courier.

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It's presumably someone who goes backwards and forwards taking messages. That was done by bicycle,

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generally, in the days before more efficient methods came along.

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The only one of those that contains a bicycle is the triathlon.

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The other two would be an awful lot of skills, so I'll try with not much certainty, the triathlon.

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Daphne's thrown her hands down. You're wrong, CJ.

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-Modern Pentathlon!

-Yes. Daphne?

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Horses, shooting, fencing, swimming, running.

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-Was there a bicycle?

-No!

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Coral, first blood to you. Well done.

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Which marathon runner won the first of his two Olympic gold medals running barefoot

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in Rome in 1960?

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-Abebe Bikila.

-How have you got that one?

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I recognise the name, that's all.

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It's right. Under pressure, CJ.

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-You need to do more crown bowling.

-I do!

-Sharpens the mind.

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Tim Ambrose, who made his test debut in 2008, regularly performs what role in the England cricket team?

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I've never heard of him, so he's a wicket keeper!

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You're right.

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I don't know how, but you're right.

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Coral, get this right

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and you've knocked CJ out.

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In which sport would you take part in the Louis Vuitton Cup?

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I haven't heard of it.

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Em...

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I think I'll rule out golf.

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I'll go for sailing.

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There's just a quiet, suppressed cheer of encouragement here, Coral. You've got it completely right.

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That is particularly good because CJ has not been knocked out in a head-to-head

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-for about 12 games?

-First time I've lost since you've been here.

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12 in a row. Coral, well done. Good news for the challengers.

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You'll be able to play in today's final round. Both please rejoin your teams.

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This is what we've been playing towards. Quite a contest today. The final round, General Knowledge.

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Those of you who lost won't be allowed to take part.

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That is Keith and Andy from Jack High and CJ and Daphne from the Eggheads. Please leave the studio.

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Alan, Coral, Jonathan, you are playing to win Jack High £11,000.

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Judith, Kevin and Chris, you're playing for the Eggheads' reputation.

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I'll ask each team three questions. They are all on General Knowledge.

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You are allowed to confer. Jack High, are your three brains

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better than the Eggheads' three? Alan, Coral, Jonathan, would you like to go first or second?

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We'll stick with going first.

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-Good luck.

-Thank you.

-Which character from Friends had a hairstyle named after her?

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-It's the one that Jennifer Aniston played.

-I've never seen it.

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It was Jennifer Aniston. I'm pretty sure it's the Rachel.

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Rachel.

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-Rachel.

-Well done. It was Rachel.

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Eggheads,

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Longbridge, Dagenham and Cowley were sites for which industry?

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-The car industry.

-Quite right.

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Back to you, Jack High. The private detective Easy Rawlins

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is the creation of which American crime novelist?

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I've not heard of this detective.

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The only one I've heard of is Elmore Leonard.

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That's the only one out of those three.

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I don't recognise any of them. We'll just have to guess this one.

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-That's the only one I've heard of.

-Go for that one, then.

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Purely a guess. We'll go for Elmore Leonard.

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I'm sorry, you're wrong. It was Walter Mosley.

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Eggheads, to go ahead.

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The Happy Valley Set, as featured in the 1987 film White Mischief, lived in which African country?

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It was Kenya.

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It was indeed Kenya.

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Third question now.

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What is the official language of Bangladesh?

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Bangladesh...

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-Bangladesh is on the east side of India.

-Yes.

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-I associate Urdu with Pakistan.

-Yes, I would tend to also.

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-OK. I don't think it's Hindi.

-No.

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I think it's Bengali.

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Let's go with Bengali. It's our best shot.

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-Our best shot is Bengali.

-Bengali? Right.

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"Phew!" he says.

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Eggheads, if you get this right, you win again.

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Which critical theorist wrote the essay The Death of the Author?

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I should know this.

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-Deconstruction.

-Yes.

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He would be my best guess.

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They've got to get this wrong for you. Ruled one out?

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There is a favourite there, but... it could be one of the others.

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Barthes was... Deconstruction was his thing.

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In terms of fragmented narratives, it fits. It fits with Barthes.

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-Shall we go for Barthes?

-Yeah. We're all-square if it's wrong.

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On the basis that he was famous as a deconstructivist,

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the idea being that stories are constructed in readers' minds more than by authors,

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yeah, Roland Barthes.

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Barthes is your answer. Correct.

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Congratulations, Eggheads. You've won.

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Swift at the end there. Commiserations, challengers.

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The Eggheads have done what comes naturally. Their streak continues.

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You won't be going home with the £11,000, so the money rolls over to our next show.

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Eggheads, congratulations. Who will beat you? Join us next time to see if the new challengers do it.

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£12,000 says they don't. Until then, goodbye.

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