0:00:07 > 0:00:10These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Together, they make up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable
0:00:14 > 0:00:16quiz team in the country.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The question is, do you have the brains to join them?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Well, this is very exciting, isn't it?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32We've launched a nationwide search to find the greatest
0:00:32 > 0:00:33quiz brains in Britain.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Over the past few weeks, we've seen contestants battle it out
0:00:37 > 0:00:41to win the ultimate prize for quizzing enthusiasts -
0:00:41 > 0:00:46a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history, the Eggheads.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48We have reached the semifinal stage.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Now, only a handful of people remain in the hunt to become an Egghead.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Let's meet today's contestants.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi, I'm Frankie Fanko and I'm a translator
0:00:57 > 0:00:58from Leicestershire.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02I'm Julia Hobbs, a question writer from Berkshire.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Frankie, Julia, welcome to you both. Thank you.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Great to have you back.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08You have quizzed against each other, is that right,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10in the Quiz League of London? We have. That's right.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Frankie, tell me about that.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Both our teams got promoted last season from
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Division 3 to Division 2,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19so we'll be meeting again next season. I see. Yup.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21And it's no mean feat to be in Division 2
0:01:21 > 0:01:24in the Quiz League of London, is it? Very tough league indeed.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Very top league. One of the toughest in the country?
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Absolutely. You know, everybody who, obviously, lives round the London
0:01:31 > 0:01:34environs plays in it, so there's quite a lot of very
0:01:34 > 0:01:35good quizzers there.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39And also, in this particular competition, Make Me An Egghead,
0:01:39 > 0:01:40you've both done really well.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Frankie, you won all three of your head-to-heads, didn't you?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45And then in the quickfire you got 15?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Yeah, I had a bit of a wobble in the middle,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I think I got a bit stuck, but I managed to pick it up again.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53You got one point better, Julia, in the quickfire, 16 points.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Yeah. So, you were storming on through that.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Yeah, again, I did have a little bit of a bump in the middle,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02but I think I picked it up quite well at the end, it was a bit
0:02:02 > 0:02:04of a blur, to be honest, I was sort of thinking,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06"Have I done it? Have I done it? Have I done it?"
0:02:06 > 0:02:09And then, time's up and yeah, the longest and shortest
0:02:09 > 0:02:11two minutes you could ever sit through, really!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Well, the good news here is there is no quickfire,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15so we spare you that.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18We do, however, have some longer than normal rounds for you.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21But that's all fun for us, I must say!
0:02:21 > 0:02:23We wish you both luck. Contestants, this is where you need to prove
0:02:23 > 0:02:25that you could be an Egghead.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Just like on Eggheads, both of you will compete over
0:02:27 > 0:02:30a series of different rounds where your knowledge will be sorely
0:02:30 > 0:02:33tested on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36The first head-to-head battle is on Arts Books,
0:02:36 > 0:02:38OK, which I know is pretty strong for you both.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I'm going to ask each of you three multiple-choice questions
0:02:41 > 0:02:42on arts and books in turn.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Whoever answers the most correctly wins the round.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Then, as you know, if you win the round, you get to choose one
0:02:49 > 0:02:52of the Eggheads to help you in the final round so they can
0:02:52 > 0:02:55be brought on board to serve your cause.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Now, Frankie, as our highest-ranked player in this semifinal,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01you have the option as to whether you want to go
0:03:01 > 0:03:03first or second now. I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08And here we go, good luck.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11What was George Orwell's real first name?
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Um, well, I think his real name was Eric Blair,
0:03:19 > 0:03:20so the answer's Eric.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23That's exactly right.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Eric it is.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Julia, which of these artistic movements was largely created
0:03:28 > 0:03:32by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in the years prior to
0:03:32 > 0:03:34the First World War?
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Um, pointillism is further back, I think, more connected
0:03:43 > 0:03:45to the Impressionists.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49And Picasso is very strongly associated with Cubism,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52so I believe that's the movement that they formed together.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Cubism is my answer there.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56That's the correct answer. One each.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Back to you, Frankie.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02The blacksmith Joe Gargery appears in a novel by which author?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Oh, um, I think he was a character from Great Expectations,
0:04:11 > 0:04:18I think he was the husband of Pip, the main character's sister.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19So, it's Charles Dickens.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Charles Dickens is right, well done, Frankie.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Julia, back to you.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Two great quizzers we've got here.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Which of these books was written by the American
0:04:26 > 0:04:28novelist Bret Easton Ellis?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Well, Fight Club was written by Chuck...
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I'm not quite sure how you say his name.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Palahniuk, I think.
0:04:41 > 0:04:47And I've actually read some of this book by Bret Easton Ellis.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52It's very dense and wordy and it is American Psycho.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54American Psycho is the right answer.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Third question, Frankie.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Which photographer only came to prominence in 1963 at the age
0:05:00 > 0:05:04of 69 when an exhibition of his work opened at the
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Museum of Modern Art in New York?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Right, um, not too sure about this one.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I feel like Alfred Stieglitz is ringing a bell,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24so I will go for that.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Julia, what do you think?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28I don't really know on this one.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Jacques-Henri Lartigue is the only one I've heard that
0:05:31 > 0:05:34rings a bell with me, so I probably would have gone for that.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Any Eggheads know?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Karsh and Stieglitz were both famous very early on in their careers.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Stieglitz was actually married to Georgia O'Keeffe,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44and Karsh did all his wonderful portraits of people like Churchill.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47So, I'd be inclined to go for Lartigue.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Jacques-Henri Lartigue is the right answer.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51So, Frankie, you've got two out of three,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54it's your chance now, Julia, to take the round.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57What is the profession of the title character in Kingsley Amis'
0:05:57 > 0:05:59comic novel Lucky Jim?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Now, this is a book I haven't read.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13University lecturer rings a bell with me.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I can't see it being a pub landlord or a tax inspector.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I'm sort of vaguely familiar with the story, so I'm going to go
0:06:18 > 0:06:19with university lecturer, please.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21University lecturer...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24I have read this, so I can tell you, you are right. Thank you!
0:06:24 > 0:06:25It is university lecturer.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Three out of three, you got there.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Frankie got two.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31So, well done, Julia, you've won the first head-to-head.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Well, that's handy.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37So, you can get first choice now.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Which Egghead would you like?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I would like to take Pat, please, if I may.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43OK, Pat, playing in a semifinal.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Serious business.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47So, what's it like, then, to go backstage to help these two?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Well, it's nerve-racking.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52The one thing you don't want to do is to offer up a dud
0:06:52 > 0:06:56answer and for your client, for want of a better word,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59to abandon what they fancied for yours, only for it to turn out
0:06:59 > 0:07:01that they were right all along.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03That's the disaster scenario, so you've got to be very cautious.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06You now have Pat to help you in the final.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Frankie, you don't have anyone yet, but early days.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Next category is Sport and, Julia, as the winner of the previous round,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14you can decide if you'd like to play first or second.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Oh, um, I think I'll just get it over with and go first, please!
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Here is your question.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Which women's professional golf tournament made its debut
0:07:25 > 0:07:27on the LPGA Tour in 2014?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I have no idea on this one.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41None of those is familiar to me.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Golf is not something I'm even slightly interested
0:07:45 > 0:07:46in, unfortunately!
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Um, I think if I was going to...
0:07:50 > 0:07:53If I was going to name a women's golf team or tournament,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55I probably would go for Driving Divas.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57So, that's what I'm going to choose.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59That's the wrong answer.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Oh! Swinging Skirts.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Right, Frankie, your question.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06What prize money was on offer to the winners of the men's
0:08:06 > 0:08:10and women's singles competitions at Wimbledon in 2016?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Well, um...
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Oh, I'm not too sure. I seem to think...
0:08:21 > 0:08:23I think you could probably win ?1 million if you're maybe winning
0:08:23 > 0:08:25a lesser tournament.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I think I'll have to go for ?3 million.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I think there is a lot of money involved in tennis
0:08:30 > 0:08:32these days, so I'll go for the highest one there.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34The answer is ?2 million.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37So, you're equal on zero in Sport.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Julia, your question.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Which county team did the Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram play
0:08:43 > 0:08:46for between 1988 and 1998?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Again, cricket, not one of my strongest subjects!
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I feel like this is something I probably should know.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Um...
0:08:59 > 0:09:04The name is familiar to me, but not his county.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I don't think it was Gloucestershire.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08It's more likely to be one of the other two.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I'm going to go for Essex.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13The answer is Lancashire. Oh!
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Frankie, which Kenyan runner won the men's elite race
0:09:19 > 0:09:22of the London Marathon in 2015 and 2016?
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I think I've definitely heard the name Eliud Kipchoge
0:09:34 > 0:09:38before in connection with winning something, so...
0:09:38 > 0:09:42I haven't heard of the others so I'll go for Eliud Kipchoge.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Yes, you're right, well done. Eliud Kipchoge, it is.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Off the mark!
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Frankie, you have a point.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Your question, Julia. You've got to get this right.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55In 1987, the Bulgarian athlete Stefka Kostadinova set
0:09:55 > 0:09:57what turned out to be
0:09:57 > 0:10:00a long-standing world record in which athletics event?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Which was it?
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Hmm...
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Um, I don't...
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I wouldn't have thought it's the high jump.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Athletics is something I've got very vague knowledge of, sort of,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24the bigger names and so on, this is not ringing any bells with me.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26I'm going to go for...
0:10:26 > 0:10:29the shot put.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Shot put is your answer. Mm.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Any Eggheads know? ALL: High jump.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35High jump is the answer there. Well...
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Three wrong answers means you can't win the round,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41so we say congratulations, Frankie, you've won the head-to-head.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Making it one round each and, Frankie, giving you a chance
0:10:45 > 0:10:47to select an Egghead.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I will go for Barry, please.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Good choice.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54So, Frankie has Barry now, Julia has Pat.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57We play another round and it is Music.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Frankie, you won the last round, so choose whether you want
0:11:00 > 0:11:03to go first or second. I will go first, please.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08And here is your first question.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Which of these performed as the replacement singer
0:11:10 > 0:11:16for Brian Johnson on the latter part of AC/DC's 2016 tour?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24I remember hearing about this. Um...
0:11:27 > 0:11:28I don't think it's Bono.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Um, I think, if I remember rightly, it was Axl Rose.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34From Guns N' Roses.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Axl Rose is the right answer, well done.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Julia, what is the title of the album released
0:11:41 > 0:11:44by Beyonce in April 2016?
0:11:49 > 0:11:53There was huge publicity about this at the time.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56And I think it sold lots and lots of copies and it's
0:11:56 > 0:11:58called Lemonade.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Lemonade is correct.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02So, one each, back to you, Frankie.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Brothers John and Damian O'Neill were members of which Northern Irish
0:12:06 > 0:12:08group formed in 1974?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Right, well, um...
0:12:17 > 0:12:19I'm fairly sure it's not U2.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Oh...
0:12:21 > 0:12:23So, I'm really not too sure between the Undertones
0:12:23 > 0:12:26and the Boomtown Rats, it could have been either of those,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I think they're probably both from around that time.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Both Northern Irish. Um...
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Goodness! Um...
0:12:36 > 0:12:39I'm going to go for the Boomtown Rats.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Boomtown Rats. I wouldn't call them a Northern Irish group,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I'm not quite sure... No, they're not, they are Southern Irish.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Southern Irish? U2 were Southern Irish.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49U2 and the Boomtown Rats are Southern Irish. Oh, no!
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Yeah, I've gone wrong, haven't I? They're Irish.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53So, it would be the Undertones.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56The correct answer is the Undertones.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58It's one each still.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Julia, back to you.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02The Gaon Music Chart tracks the weekly popularity of pop
0:13:02 > 0:13:05songs in which country?
0:13:05 > 0:13:06It's G-A-O-N.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Well, this is something I've not heard of!
0:13:12 > 0:13:17Um, I know there is a big pop scene in Japan.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21But I think there is quite a big pop scene in South Korea as well.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I don't think it's China.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28So, I'm slightly torn between South Korea and Japan.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34And I feel like I would have heard of it if it was Japan.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I'm going to go for South Korea.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39South Korea is right. Well done.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41So, you are ahead in this round.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Frankie, you must get this one right to stay in.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Often depicted in ancient Greek art, what type
0:13:46 > 0:13:49of instrument was the aulos?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56How do you spell that? It's A-U-L-O-S.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Aulos...
0:13:59 > 0:14:04Um, well, it sounds a bit like the same root,
0:14:04 > 0:14:09maybe, as sort of Aeolian, relating to the wind.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12So, just on that basis, I think I'm going to go for pipe.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16But I'm really not sure. Anyone seen an aulos? Lisa?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I used to play recorder as a kid and I had various
0:14:19 > 0:14:22different sizes of recorder, and the brand across all of them,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24underneath your fipple, I think the little hole
0:14:24 > 0:14:26is called, is Aulos.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28So, I would have gone for pipe. Pipe is right.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31So, you're level but, Julia, you can take the round
0:14:31 > 0:14:33with this question.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37In which seaside town did Claude Debussy finished composing
0:14:37 > 0:14:43La Mer in 1905 after leaving France amidst a personal scandal?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Gosh!
0:14:48 > 0:14:50I really should know this.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Um, I've got a very tiny bell ringing in the back of my brain,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00that says Bournemouth.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05So I'm going to go for that. I can't see it being Eastbourne.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Yeah, Bournemouth.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Bournemouth is your answer.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10This is a crucial point in the contest here,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13so if you've got this wrong, we go to Sudden Death.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16If you've got it right, you've taken the round.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18It's Eastbourne. Oof!
0:15:18 > 0:15:21So, after three questions, you're level, two points each,
0:15:21 > 0:15:22we go to Sudden Death.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27It gets a bit harder because I don't give you different options.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Frankie, what was the title of the debut album by Duffy,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34released in 2008?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Um, well, I think it's named after the part of Wales
0:15:37 > 0:15:41that she comes from, and it's called Rockferry.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42It is called Rockferry, that's right.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I think it's on the Wirral, actually,
0:15:44 > 0:15:48where her grandmother lived. Right. In that neck of the woods.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Julia, to stay in,
0:15:50 > 0:15:55the composer Johannes Brahms was born in 1833 in which city?
0:15:56 > 0:15:59I don't actually know this, I'm going to go for...
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I think there's a museum somewhere...
0:16:05 > 0:16:06..to him.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10In Vienna?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Hamburg is the right answer.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Congratulations, Frankie, you've won the head-to-head.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22So, you now have a choice of a second Egghead, Frankie,
0:16:22 > 0:16:23for the final round.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Right. Um...
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Can't offer you Pat or Barry, cos they're taken already.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I think I'd like to go for Dave, please.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Tremendous Knowledge Dave!
0:16:31 > 0:16:35All right, as it stands, Frankie has two Eggheads now, Julia has one.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37We play on with Science.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Frankie, you won the last round,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41you can choose now whether you go first or second.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I'll go first again, please.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Science, your first question. Good luck, both of you.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Frankie, what term is used to refer to a device for detecting
0:16:52 > 0:16:57and analysing wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Can you repeat the question, please?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08What term is used to refer to a device for detecting
0:17:08 > 0:17:12and analysing wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13OK.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Um...
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Well, I think I've heard of a spectrometer before
0:17:22 > 0:17:24in relation to radiation.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Don't think I've heard of a galvanometer.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Yeah, I think, just based on that,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30I will have to go for spectrometer, please.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32You're right, spectrometer it is.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35That is slightly fiendish, that question!
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Julia, in 1935, the naturalist Gerald Durrell
0:17:39 > 0:17:44moved with his mother and siblings to which island?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Um, that will be Corfu, he very famously...
0:17:52 > 0:17:56All his books and everything were written while he was in Corfu.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Is this the one he wrote, My Family And Other Animals?
0:17:59 > 0:18:00I believe so, yeah.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Corfu is right.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Over to you, Frankie.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06What type of insect is the tarantula hawk?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Tarantula hawk? Tarantula hawk.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Sounds horrible! Um... SHE LAUGHS
0:18:16 > 0:18:19It doesn't sound like a wasp to me.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Could it be a locust?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26I think I'm leaning towards moth.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28So that's what I will go for.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32OK, moth is your answer.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Eggheads, do you know? It is a moth.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I think it's possibly the largest moth in the world.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Pat disagrees. I'm not sure, I think it might be a wasp.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42A wasp? There are umpteen species of hawk moth,
0:18:42 > 0:18:43so presumably it's one of those.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47We've got a big disagreement, cos Chris and Barry think it's a moth.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48It is a wasp, actually.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Oh! Oh, well done.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55It's called that because A, it's big, and B, it hunts tarantulas.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56That's why. Ugh!
0:18:56 > 0:18:57You've both got one point.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Back to you, Julia.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04What name is given to a hypothetical alien megastructure
0:19:04 > 0:19:07constructed around a star to harness its energy?
0:19:16 > 0:19:21OK, not...very familiar with any of these terms.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Turing Shroud sounds a bit made up to me!
0:19:24 > 0:19:25SHE LAUGHS
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Um, although it could be a punny name, I don't know.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Um...
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I don't really know what to go for.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Baylis Shell doesn't sound very plausible either.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I'm not sure how plausible any of them sound.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44I'm going to go for Dyson Sphere.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Yeah, Dyson Sphere it is. Oh!
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Well done.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Right, Julia, you're ahead.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Frankie, got to get this one right.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54In quantum mechanics,
0:19:54 > 0:19:59what letter is the symbol for the principal quantum number?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Goodness! I hate anything like this.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Letters in...
0:20:08 > 0:20:12..in science, they don't mean a lot to me.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17I think k is the letter that represents Planck's constant.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Now, whether that is anything to do with quantum mechanics or not,
0:20:20 > 0:20:21I couldn't tell you.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25But that's definitely something that's ringing a bell.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Um...
0:20:34 > 0:20:35I'll go for k.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Now, I think the man to help us here is Barry.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Well, I think e is Euler's number and k is Boltzmann's constant,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43which is to do with thermodynamics.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45But I think the principal quantum number,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48which represents things like spin and angular momentum, is n.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Barry's right... Oh. ..n is the answer.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Well done, Julia, you've won that head-to-head.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58And you can level it up now and gain your second Egghead.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00You can't have Pat, who you've got already,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04and Frankie has Barry and Dave, so it's either Chris or Lisa.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I will take Chris, please. OK.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08As it stands, Julia has two Eggheads to help her in the final,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Frankie has two.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11The final category is History
0:21:11 > 0:21:13and, Julia, as the winner of the last round,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16you can decide whether you go first or second on History.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23OK. History - real meat and drink for quizzers.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Let's see how you do.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30In British history, which monarch died in 1727?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36SHE SIGHS
0:21:36 > 0:21:42Kings and queens is a bit of a patch for me, I can't lie.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Have a bit of a blank spot on kings and queens and their dates.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48And recently had one of my friends trying to drill me on dates
0:21:48 > 0:21:51and who died when, and can I remember?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54No, I cannot. SHE LAUGHS
0:21:54 > 0:21:561727?
0:21:56 > 0:22:001727, we're looking for the monarch who died.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02I'm... I'm going to go for Anne.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06That's where my inkling is, so that's what I'm going for.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Anne is your answer. Now, Lisa, let me ask you on this.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11George I, I think.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13It is George I, can anyone help us with the dates here?
0:22:13 > 0:22:17So Anne was 1702 to 1714, then George I took over from her.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18But she died childless,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21they had a bit of trouble rooting out the successor.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Then George I, yeah, died 1727,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26and, yeah, there's a long succession of Georges after that. Yeah.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28George I. Yep.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Here we go with your question, Frankie.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34The American naval base of Pearl Harbor, bombed in 1941,
0:22:34 > 0:22:35was on which island?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Gosh! Um...
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Well, I know it's in Hawaii, obviously. Um...
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Not too sure about which island.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I'm assuming it was an island sort of in the west of Hawaii,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58but I'm not sure how much that helps me!
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I haven't heard of Kauai.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I don't remember hearing that it was Maui or Oahu,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09and I think maybe that might have stuck in my mind,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11cos I've heard of them.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14So, I think I'll go for Kauai.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Chris? It's Oahu.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Oahu is the answer. So you're level.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Julia, the two temples at Abu Simbel
0:23:22 > 0:23:25were built by which Egyptian pharaoh?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Yeah, something else I'm a bit patchy with, Egyptian history!
0:23:33 > 0:23:36SHE LAUGHS Um...
0:23:36 > 0:23:41I think Rameses II did kind of more in Egyptian history
0:23:41 > 0:23:42than either of the other two -
0:23:42 > 0:23:45I could be completely wrong about that.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47So, I'm going to go for Rameses II.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Rameses II is right. Thank you.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53So, you are on the scoreboard in this History round.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Your second question, Frankie.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Pierre Villeneuve played an important part
0:23:59 > 0:24:01in which of these historical events?
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Um...
0:24:11 > 0:24:15I don't think it's the assassination of James Garfield.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19I think he was assassinated by a man called Charles Guiteau.
0:24:19 > 0:24:26Well, it sounds like a French name, so to me, that makes me think...
0:24:26 > 0:24:28It could have been the Battle of Trafalgar,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31cos that was during the Napoleonic wars, so...
0:24:31 > 0:24:34um, could have been on the French side.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37So, yeah, that's my best reasoning, I think,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39so I'll go for the Battle of Trafalgar.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42OK, nicely reasoned, is it right, though? Any Eggheads?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Yes, he was the French admiral in charge of the French fleet
0:24:44 > 0:24:46at the Battle of Trafalgar.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Battle of Trafalgar is the right answer, well done.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52So, you're equal, one point. Back to you, Julia.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55The remains of the Inca city of Machu Picchu
0:24:55 > 0:24:57were first discovered in which year?
0:25:02 > 0:25:07Um, having been there and looked at all the history of it,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11I know that Machu Picchu was discovered
0:25:11 > 0:25:15by a gentleman called Hiram Bingham in 1911.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Yes, you're absolutely right. Was he British or American...?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20American, yeah, an American explorer. Right. Good answer.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23So, you're ahead, Julia. Frankie, this is kind of crucial now,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25cos you've got two Eggheads each, it's very evenly balanced.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29This is the last head-to-head, you need to get this right to stay in.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34In 1704, Frankie, who seized Gibraltar for the British?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Um...
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Well, I haven't heard of the first two.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48We actually have a team, in the Quiz League Of London,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50called Sir Colin Campbell.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56I know they're named after some kind of hero of the same name.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Whether that was for seizing Gibraltar
0:25:58 > 0:26:01that he's become a hero, I don't know.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Yeah, I think, just on the basis that I've heard of his name
0:26:04 > 0:26:07in connection with some sort of achievement,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09um, I'll go for Colin Campbell.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10You said Colin Campbell,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12the answer is George Rooke.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15And that means that Julia has taken this round.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18We say well done, Julia, you've won the final head-to-head.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23So, will the third Egghead give you the advantage in the final, Julia?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26That's the question. I was going to say, "Who would you like to take?"
0:26:26 > 0:26:28It can only be the great Lisa.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31I appreciate you have absolutely no choice in this whatsoever.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32THEY LAUGH
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Lisa has many strengths. Among them, I would say Music?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Basically, these guys know everything worth knowing,
0:26:38 > 0:26:40and that tiny sliver of frivolous,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42and basically not-worth-knowing stuff falls to me.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Good stuff!
0:26:43 > 0:26:46It's been a tough old contest, some great questions in there,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48and some great answers.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Julia, you've got Pat, Chris and Lisa in the final round.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Frankie, you're lagging a tiny bit, but you've got Barry and Dave,
0:26:54 > 0:26:55who are extraordinary players.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59And let us now see what happens in the final round.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03So this is what we have been playing towards.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06It is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:27:06 > 0:27:08and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11I will ask each of you five questions in turn,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13so a slightly longer round than normal.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18In this final run, you'll have the backing of the Eggheads
0:27:18 > 0:27:20you've won over the course of the show.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23So, Frankie, you've got Barry and Dave right behind you,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25and, Julia, you have the help of three of them -
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Pat and Lisa and Chris.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29You will be able to call on your respective Eggheads for advice
0:27:29 > 0:27:31before giving an answer to a question.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35You can even ask more than one of them, for one question,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37but you can only use them once.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41This is it. If you win this round, you are through to the Grand Final.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44All good? Mm-hm. Shall we play? Yep.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47So, Julia, do you want to go first or second?
0:27:47 > 0:27:48I'll go first, please.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53And here is your first question.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56In 2015, which comedian took over from Sandi Toksvig
0:27:56 > 0:28:00as the presenter of Radio 4's The News Quiz?
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Is this...
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Oh, I'm a big fan of all of these comedians.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10I listen to The News Quiz occasionally,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13but I believe it's Miles Jupp
0:28:13 > 0:28:15that has replaced the lovely Sandi Toksvig.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Miles Jupp is right.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Frankie, your first question.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22What name is given to the triangular gable
0:28:22 > 0:28:26often seen on a portico in Greek and Roman architecture?
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Oh!
0:28:32 > 0:28:34I don't think it's a pilaster, cos...
0:28:36 > 0:28:39..I think that's more of a column. But, um...
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I think it's probably most likely a peristyle.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Cos I think a pediment's something else.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49I'm not too sure.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I think I'll have to ask for some help.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53OK, you're going to bring in one of your Eggheads.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55And which one would you choose for this?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I would like to ask Barry, please.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59OK, Barry, big moment here -
0:28:59 > 0:29:01you're being called in on the first question.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04What name is given to the triangular gable,
0:29:04 > 0:29:08often seen on a portico in Greek and Roman architecture?
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Well, you were right, it wasn't a pilaster -
0:29:11 > 0:29:13a pilaster is a column that's built into the surrounding wall,
0:29:13 > 0:29:15so you only really see half the column.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17But it looks as if there's a whole one.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20I'm not really sure what a peristyle is,
0:29:20 > 0:29:24but I'm reasonably confident, probably about 75-80% confident,
0:29:24 > 0:29:25that it's a pediment.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Yeah, I'm happy to go with that. I'll go with pediment, please.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Pediment is the right answer.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Phew! Rest easy, Barry. Your work on Earth is done!
0:29:35 > 0:29:37This is so nerve-racking!
0:29:37 > 0:29:38I didn't mean to put you through that!
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Well done, Frankie, well chosen. Good use of an Egghead there.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Julia, second question.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49The Vision of Gombold Proval,
0:29:49 > 0:29:52posthumously published as Head To Toe,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55was a novel written by which English playwright?
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Oh!
0:30:01 > 0:30:04I've never heard this title, I've never heard of it.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07I feel like I'd know if it was Harold Pinter,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10because he died quite recently and it's not ringing a bell with me.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13But I'm not familiar with this title at all.
0:30:13 > 0:30:18I mean, it could be him, it could feasibly be any of those.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21I think I might see what Pat has to say about this, please.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23OK, Pat, you are being called in here.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26The question is, The Vision of Gombold Proval,
0:30:26 > 0:30:29posthumously published as Head To Toe,
0:30:29 > 0:30:33was a novel written by which English playwright?
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat as Julia.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39I haven't heard of this book.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41So, I am reduced to, literally, a one-in-three stab
0:30:41 > 0:30:43and giving her the benefit of that.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46I've read a good bit about Harold Pinter and I'm not sure
0:30:46 > 0:30:48I've seen a mention of it.
0:30:48 > 0:30:55Joe Orton, generally, is acclaimed for his plays. Loot and so on.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00And Joe Orton died young, so perhaps one could cynically surmise
0:31:00 > 0:31:05he didn't have enough time to get any novel-writing sidelines going.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08For that reason, I'd be slightly drawn to John Osborne,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11but this is just about a one-in-three stab.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12Sorry about that, Julia.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13I don't know. OK!
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Um... You could always use another Egghead.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21I think I might just be better saving the other two,
0:31:21 > 0:31:26just in case something horrific comes up later!
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Um, I think I will go with John Osborne.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Again, the title doesn't...
0:31:31 > 0:31:34For some reason, the title doesn't sound to me very much like something
0:31:34 > 0:31:36that Joe Orton would have chosen either, so I'm going to go
0:31:36 > 0:31:38with John Osborne, please.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41OK, so, John Osborne is your answer.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44The answer is Joe Orton. Oh!
0:31:44 > 0:31:46So, you have a chance here, Frankie, to take the lead.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48You've still got Dave back there.
0:31:48 > 0:31:54Which social networking platform, launched in 2010, was created by
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I think Twitter was launched in 2006.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07So, it's a bit older than that.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10So, it's between WhatsApp and Instagram.
0:32:10 > 0:32:16Oh! Just trying to think... how old both those are.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Um...
0:32:18 > 0:32:22I'm really not sure how long Instagram has been around.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Well, WhatsApp might have been around since 2010.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28Oh... Um...
0:32:30 > 0:32:33I know it has become very big in the last few years,
0:32:33 > 0:32:35since it was bought by Facebook.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40But I think it maybe has existed for a few years now.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Um...
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Oh, gosh!
0:32:43 > 0:32:49Um, yeah, not too sure, but, um, I think I'm going
0:32:49 > 0:32:51to have to go for WhatsApp.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54OK. You're not using an Egghead.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58If I ask Dave now, then I'm on my own, aren't I, thereafter?
0:32:58 > 0:32:59You certainly are.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02You know what, I think I will ask Dave, because I'm really not sure.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07OK, Dave, which social networking platform, launched in 2010,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger?
0:33:11 > 0:33:15Right. Um, sorry, Frankie, I'm not sure at all.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18I agree with you about Twitter, I don't think it's that.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21My inclination would be to WhatsApp,
0:33:21 > 0:33:25but with no real certainty, at all.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29I would have thought that it could, feasibly, be any of the three,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31to be honest.
0:33:31 > 0:33:38But WhatsApp would be my inclination and mine would be about 30%. OK.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42You know, I can't really disagree with what you've said.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46OK, well... How helpful is that? Probably about the same as I am.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Well, seeing as we both are leaning towards WhatsApp,
0:33:49 > 0:33:53then I will have to go for that, I think.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56WhatsApp is your answer.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58So, Dave did what you did. He ruled out Twitter,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00which he was right to do.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02He then did what you did, which was to lean towards WhatsApp,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04which was wrong to do.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06The answer is Instagram.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Sorry about that, Frankie.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09That's all right.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13So, you are level, after two questions.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Five questions, remember, here.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22Julia, the American actor Jeffrey Tambor won an Emmy award in 2015
0:34:22 > 0:34:24for his role in which series?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Tambor is T-A-M-B-O-R.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33I do happen to know this.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37It was an online-only television series in which he plays
0:34:37 > 0:34:42a transgendered - male to female transgender -
0:34:42 > 0:34:48and it is called Trans-parent. Transparent/Trans-parent.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49Transparent is the right answer.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53So, Julia still has two Eggheads.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Frankie, you are down to none.
0:34:56 > 0:35:01Bobbinet is a machine-woven net fabric,
0:35:01 > 0:35:04with meshes that are what shape?
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Bobbinet?
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Bobbinet. One word. B-O-B-B-I-N-E-T, as you'd expect.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Right. Bobbinet.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Um, I don't think I've ever heard of it.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25Um... Triangular, square or hexagonal...
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Gosh, on my own now!
0:35:29 > 0:35:35Thinking of mesh, it's most likely to be hexagonal,
0:35:35 > 0:35:38I think, because, in my mind, when I think of mesh,
0:35:38 > 0:35:40that's the shape that comes to mind.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43But then, of course, it could be one of the others
0:35:43 > 0:35:46and that might be what makes it different. I don't know.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Um...
0:35:49 > 0:35:51I will go for hexagonal.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Your answer is hexagonal.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57It's the right answer. Well done.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00So, you are level. After three questions, you both have two points.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Your fourth question, Julia, is this.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07Discovered by Georg Friedrich Henning and patented in 1898,
0:36:07 > 0:36:14but not used until World War II, RDX, also known as cyclonite,
0:36:14 > 0:36:16is what type of substance?
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Well, I know what I would lean towards, but this does actually
0:36:27 > 0:36:29sound like something that Chris might know,
0:36:29 > 0:36:33so I think I might ask him if he can help me, please.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Yes, Chris, you've been called in.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40Discovered by Georg Friedrich Henning and patented in 1898,
0:36:40 > 0:36:42but not used until World War II... Ah, yeah.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47..RDX, also known as cyclonite, is what type of substance?
0:36:47 > 0:36:50It's an explosive, I think.
0:36:50 > 0:36:5280% sure, explosive.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53He says explosive, so...
0:36:53 > 0:36:56And to be honest, that's where my inclination was, anyway.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58It does sound a bit like an explosive. Right.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00So, I think that's what I will choose.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Explosive is the right answer.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05So, Julia has three and you are running to catch up here, Frankie.
0:37:05 > 0:37:12In the 15th and 16th centuries, flyting was a form of Scottish duel
0:37:12 > 0:37:16in which the participants engaged in what activity?
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Could you spell that for me, please?
0:37:27 > 0:37:28F-L-Y-T-I-N-G.
0:37:28 > 0:37:35Um, well, a flyte spelt like that is something that's used in fishing,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38I think, in angling, to sort of...
0:37:38 > 0:37:44In throwing or, maybe, casting out the...rod.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50So, yeah, I can only think there's a connection to throwing.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52So, I will say throwing fish.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Barry, I saw you shaking your head.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57No, I think I've heard this term and it is exchanging insults.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01There's quite a lot of flyting goes on in the Eggheads studio,
0:38:01 > 0:38:03doesn't it? All the time!
0:38:03 > 0:38:04It is exchanging insults.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Right, OK.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Not fish throwing, although that is undoubtedly a better answer!
0:38:11 > 0:38:13A much better answer!
0:38:13 > 0:38:16The world would be a better place if all arguments were settled
0:38:16 > 0:38:17by throwing fish.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Now, here is the situation.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Julia, you have three points. Frankie has two.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28If you get this right, you can end the contest now
0:38:28 > 0:38:32and book your place in the final. You still have Lisa left.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Lisa is doing that karmic thing, aren't you,
0:38:35 > 0:38:36of just settling your spirit?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41OK. So, concentrate here.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Julia, built in the 1840s, St George's Hall
0:38:44 > 0:38:48is a neo-classical building located just across from
0:38:48 > 0:38:50which railway station?
0:38:59 > 0:39:01I really should know this.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02Um...
0:39:04 > 0:39:06I've been to two of those three...
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Well, no, in fact, I think I've been to all three of those stations.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15I studied in Newcastle, so...
0:39:22 > 0:39:24I definitely should know this.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26But nothing is really shouting...
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Well, something is shouting slightly louder than the other two,
0:39:29 > 0:39:31but given that I still have Lisa in play,
0:39:31 > 0:39:35I might just ask her if she has any opinion on this, please.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37OK. So, Lisa, the question is this.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42Built in the 1840s, St George's Hall is a neo-classical building
0:39:42 > 0:39:46located just across from which railway station?
0:39:46 > 0:39:48You've got Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle.
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Oh, Julia, lovely(!)
0:39:50 > 0:39:53You get stuck with me by default, then you get stuck with me
0:39:53 > 0:39:57in a geography question! Do you know, I'm not sure it's your day!
0:39:57 > 0:39:59No, maybe not!
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Right, yeah, so, let's try and apply what logic we have, then, shall we?
0:40:03 > 0:40:08I would be disinclined to say Manchester Piccadilly,
0:40:08 > 0:40:11on the basis it is the one I have visited most often and I don't
0:40:11 > 0:40:16remember being confronted with St George's Hall from any of the exits,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19although it has got a few.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21You know, a little bit of teamwork here.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Maybe, if you had studied in Newcastle, you might have heard
0:40:23 > 0:40:27of St George's Hall as a place, tangentially.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31So, you know, regardless of where it is actually situated.
0:40:31 > 0:40:38So, maybe you could get to Liverpool on that basis of elimination,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41but, you know, I would struggle if I were on my own,
0:40:41 > 0:40:45because I wouldn't have that tip you gave me about Newcastle.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49So, all I would be able to do, probably, is rule out Manchester.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52And even then, I couldn't do it with any certainty.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55So, I'm, sort of, unable to give you a steer,
0:40:55 > 0:40:58other than a very possible couple of percent from Liverpool Lime St,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01but I would take that with the largest pinch of salt possible.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03All right, OK. Thank you.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07So, you've both got just a sense...
0:41:07 > 0:41:12Yeah. ..that enables you to almost rule out two of them.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Yeah. I think, having studied at Newcastle, it does not sound
0:41:16 > 0:41:18familiar to me, at all. I think I would know if it were
0:41:18 > 0:41:20near Newcastle Central Station.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23And, yeah, as Lisa says, it's not familiar with Manchester, either.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26I've been there several times and it doesn't ring any bells.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33So, on that basis, I'm going to go for Liverpool Lime St, please.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Liverpool Lime St is your answer.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Lisa's heart is in her mouth now.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43If you've got this right, you've taken the contest
0:41:43 > 0:41:46and booked your place in the final.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50If you've got it wrong...we play on!
0:41:50 > 0:41:53The answer is Liverpool Lime St,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55so we say congratulations, Julia, you have won!
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Oh, my goodness me! Lisa, how did you feel?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Now that, that is how we do it when we play in proper Eggheads.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10We do it with some teamwork. Yup.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13And it was brilliantly picked away to Liverpool Lime Street there,
0:42:13 > 0:42:15cos although it felt very uncertain,
0:42:15 > 0:42:19actually, Lisa's contribution, together with yours, were decisive
0:42:19 > 0:42:23in taking you there. Sometimes, it's about what you know
0:42:23 > 0:42:26in other areas that can help you with knowing something that you
0:42:26 > 0:42:28didn't think you knew.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Yeah. Has anyone walked out of Liverpool Lime Street
0:42:30 > 0:42:32and seen St George's Hall? I've been in it!
0:42:32 > 0:42:34You've been there, Pat? Yes.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39The first big quizzing event I ever attended was in St George's Hall.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42It's an enormous, classical building,
0:42:42 > 0:42:44complete with columns and pediments!
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Look what St George's Hall spawned!
0:42:48 > 0:42:50And, strangely enough, that was also the first quizzing event
0:42:50 > 0:42:53I ever attended, as well!
0:42:53 > 0:42:54Oh, right! There we are, the stars aligned.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57The stars aligned and got you in the final. Frankie, commiserations.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01That's OK. Julia, did brilliantly. Thank you.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04It was a good old contest, and you will face each other
0:43:04 > 0:43:06across the Quiz League of London next, I guess? Yup. Yup.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09All right, I'm sure you're backing Julia to win the whole thing now.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Absolutely. Well done. Julia, you've proved once again
0:43:11 > 0:43:14that winning comes as naturally to you as it does to our Eggheads.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18It means that you are through to the grand final and that much closer
0:43:18 > 0:43:20to becoming an Egghead yourself.
0:43:20 > 0:43:21Really close now.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24Join us soon, to find out who our next grand finalist will be.
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