Second Semi-Final Make Me an Egghead

These 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, do you have the brains to join them?

Well, this is very exciting, isn't it?

Welcome to Make Me An Egghead.

We've launched a nationwide search to find the greatest

quiz brains in Britain.

Over the past few weeks, we've seen contestants battle it out

to win the ultimate prize for quizzing enthusiasts -

a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history, the Eggheads.

We have reached the semifinal stage.

Now, only a handful of people remain in the hunt to become an Egghead.

Let's meet today's contestants.

Hi, I'm Frankie Fanko and I'm a translator

from Leicestershire.

I'm Julia Hobbs, a question writer from Berkshire.

Frankie, Julia, welcome to you both. Thank you.

Great to have you back.

You have quizzed against each other, is that right,

in the Quiz League of London? We have. That's right.

Frankie, tell me about that.

Both our teams got promoted last season from

Division 3 to Division 2,

so we'll be meeting again next season. I see. Yup.

And it's no mean feat to be in Division 2

in the Quiz League of London, is it? Very tough league indeed.

Very top league. One of the toughest in the country?

Absolutely. You know, everybody who, obviously, lives round the London

environs plays in it, so there's quite a lot of very

good quizzers there.

And also, in this particular competition, Make Me An Egghead,

you've both done really well.

Frankie, you won all three of your head-to-heads, didn't you?

And then in the quickfire you got 15?

Yeah, I had a bit of a wobble in the middle,

I think I got a bit stuck, but I managed to pick it up again.

You got one point better, Julia, in the quickfire, 16 points.

Yeah. So, you were storming on through that.

Yeah, again, I did have a little bit of a bump in the middle,

but I think I picked it up quite well at the end, it was a bit

of a blur, to be honest, I was sort of thinking,

"Have I done it? Have I done it? Have I done it?"

And then, time's up and yeah, the longest and shortest

two minutes you could ever sit through, really!

Well, the good news here is there is no quickfire,

so we spare you that.

We do, however, have some longer than normal rounds for you.

But that's all fun for us, I must say!

We wish you both luck. Contestants, this is where you need to prove

that you could be an Egghead.

Just like on Eggheads, both of you will compete over

a series of different rounds where your knowledge will be sorely

tested on the regular Eggheads categories.

The first head-to-head battle is on Arts Books,

OK, which I know is pretty strong for you both.

I'm going to ask each of you three multiple-choice questions

on arts and books in turn.

Whoever answers the most correctly wins the round.

Then, as you know, if you win the round, you get to choose one

of the Eggheads to help you in the final round so they can

be brought on board to serve your cause.

Now, Frankie, as our highest-ranked player in this semifinal,

you have the option as to whether you want to go

first or second now. I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

And here we go, good luck.

What was George Orwell's real first name?

Um, well, I think his real name was Eric Blair,

so the answer's Eric.

That's exactly right.

Eric it is.

Julia, which of these artistic movements was largely created

by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in the years prior to

the First World War?

Um, pointillism is further back, I think, more connected

to the Impressionists.

And Picasso is very strongly associated with Cubism,

so I believe that's the movement that they formed together.

Cubism is my answer there.

That's the correct answer. One each.

Back to you, Frankie.

The blacksmith Joe Gargery appears in a novel by which author?

Oh, um, I think he was a character from Great Expectations,

I think he was the husband of Pip, the main character's sister.

So, it's Charles Dickens.

Charles Dickens is right, well done, Frankie.

Julia, back to you.

Two great quizzers we've got here.

Which of these books was written by the American

novelist Bret Easton Ellis?

Well, Fight Club was written by Chuck...

I'm not quite sure how you say his name.

Palahniuk, I think.

And I've actually read some of this book by Bret Easton Ellis.

It's very dense and wordy and it is American Psycho.

American Psycho is the right answer.

Third question, Frankie.

Which photographer only came to prominence in 1963 at the age

of 69 when an exhibition of his work opened at the

Museum of Modern Art in New York?

Right, um, not too sure about this one.

I feel like Alfred Stieglitz is ringing a bell,

so I will go for that.

Julia, what do you think?

I don't really know on this one.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue is the only one I've heard that

rings a bell with me, so I probably would have gone for that.

Any Eggheads know?

Karsh and Stieglitz were both famous very early on in their careers.

Stieglitz was actually married to Georgia O'Keeffe,

and Karsh did all his wonderful portraits of people like Churchill.

So, I'd be inclined to go for Lartigue.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue is the right answer.

So, Frankie, you've got two out of three,

it's your chance now, Julia, to take the round.

What is the profession of the title character in Kingsley Amis'

comic novel Lucky Jim?

Now, this is a book I haven't read.

University lecturer rings a bell with me.

I can't see it being a pub landlord or a tax inspector.

I'm sort of vaguely familiar with the story, so I'm going to go

with university lecturer, please.

University lecturer...

I have read this, so I can tell you, you are right. Thank you!

It is university lecturer.

Three out of three, you got there.

Frankie got two.

So, well done, Julia, you've won the first head-to-head.

Well, that's handy.

So, you can get first choice now.

Which Egghead would you like?

I would like to take Pat, please, if I may.

OK, Pat, playing in a semifinal.

Serious business.

So, what's it like, then, to go backstage to help these two?

Well, it's nerve-racking.

The one thing you don't want to do is to offer up a dud

answer and for your client, for want of a better word,

to abandon what they fancied for yours, only for it to turn out

that they were right all along.

That's the disaster scenario, so you've got to be very cautious.

You now have Pat to help you in the final.

Frankie, you don't have anyone yet, but early days.

Next category is Sport and, Julia, as the winner of the previous round,

you can decide if you'd like to play first or second.

Oh, um, I think I'll just get it over with and go first, please!

Here is your question.

Which women's professional golf tournament made its debut

on the LPGA Tour in 2014?

I have no idea on this one.

None of those is familiar to me.

Golf is not something I'm even slightly interested

in, unfortunately!

Um, I think if I was going to...

If I was going to name a women's golf team or tournament,

I probably would go for Driving Divas.

So, that's what I'm going to choose.

That's the wrong answer.

Oh! Swinging Skirts.

Right, Frankie, your question.

What prize money was on offer to the winners of the men's

and women's singles competitions at Wimbledon in 2016?

Well, um...

Oh, I'm not too sure. I seem to think...

I think you could probably win ?1 million if you're maybe winning

a lesser tournament.

I think I'll have to go for ?3 million.

I think there is a lot of money involved in tennis

these days, so I'll go for the highest one there.

The answer is ?2 million.

So, you're equal on zero in Sport.

Julia, your question.

Which county team did the Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram play

for between 1988 and 1998?

Again, cricket, not one of my strongest subjects!

I feel like this is something I probably should know.

Um...

The name is familiar to me, but not his county.

I don't think it was Gloucestershire.

It's more likely to be one of the other two.

I'm going to go for Essex.

The answer is Lancashire. Oh!

Frankie, which Kenyan runner won the men's elite race

of the London Marathon in 2015 and 2016?

I think I've definitely heard the name Eliud Kipchoge

before in connection with winning something, so...

I haven't heard of the others so I'll go for Eliud Kipchoge.

Yes, you're right, well done. Eliud Kipchoge, it is.

Off the mark!

Frankie, you have a point.

Your question, Julia. You've got to get this right.

In 1987, the Bulgarian athlete Stefka Kostadinova set

what turned out to be

a long-standing world record in which athletics event?

Which was it?

Hmm...

Um, I don't...

I wouldn't have thought it's the high jump.

Athletics is something I've got very vague knowledge of, sort of,

the bigger names and so on, this is not ringing any bells with me.

I'm going to go for...

the shot put.

Shot put is your answer. Mm.

Any Eggheads know? ALL: High jump.

High jump is the answer there. Well...

Three wrong answers means you can't win the round,

so we say congratulations, Frankie, you've won the head-to-head.

Making it one round each and, Frankie, giving you a chance

to select an Egghead.

I will go for Barry, please.

Good choice.

So, Frankie has Barry now, Julia has Pat.

We play another round and it is Music.

Frankie, you won the last round, so choose whether you want

to go first or second. I will go first, please.

And here is your first question.

Which of these performed as the replacement singer

for Brian Johnson on the latter part of AC/DC's 2016 tour?

I remember hearing about this. Um...

I don't think it's Bono.

Um, I think, if I remember rightly, it was Axl Rose.

From Guns N' Roses.

Axl Rose is the right answer, well done.

Julia, what is the title of the album released

by Beyonce in April 2016?

There was huge publicity about this at the time.

And I think it sold lots and lots of copies and it's

called Lemonade.

Lemonade is correct.

So, one each, back to you, Frankie.

Brothers John and Damian O'Neill were members of which Northern Irish

group formed in 1974?

Right, well, um...

I'm fairly sure it's not U2.

Oh...

So, I'm really not too sure between the Undertones

and the Boomtown Rats, it could have been either of those,

I think they're probably both from around that time.

Both Northern Irish. Um...

Goodness! Um...

I'm going to go for the Boomtown Rats.

Boomtown Rats. I wouldn't call them a Northern Irish group,

I'm not quite sure... No, they're not, they are Southern Irish.

Southern Irish? U2 were Southern Irish.

U2 and the Boomtown Rats are Southern Irish. Oh, no!

Yeah, I've gone wrong, haven't I? They're Irish.

So, it would be the Undertones.

The correct answer is the Undertones.

It's one each still.

Julia, back to you.

The Gaon Music Chart tracks the weekly popularity of pop

songs in which country?

It's G-A-O-N.

Well, this is something I've not heard of!

Um, I know there is a big pop scene in Japan.

But I think there is quite a big pop scene in South Korea as well.

I don't think it's China.

So, I'm slightly torn between South Korea and Japan.

And I feel like I would have heard of it if it was Japan.

I'm going to go for South Korea.

South Korea is right. Well done.

So, you are ahead in this round.

Frankie, you must get this one right to stay in.

Often depicted in ancient Greek art, what type

of instrument was the aulos?

How do you spell that? It's A-U-L-O-S.

Aulos...

Um, well, it sounds a bit like the same root,

maybe, as sort of Aeolian, relating to the wind.

So, just on that basis, I think I'm going to go for pipe.

But I'm really not sure. Anyone seen an aulos? Lisa?

I used to play recorder as a kid and I had various

different sizes of recorder, and the brand across all of them,

underneath your fipple, I think the little hole

is called, is Aulos.

So, I would have gone for pipe. Pipe is right.

So, you're level but, Julia, you can take the round

with this question.

In which seaside town did Claude Debussy finished composing

La Mer in 1905 after leaving France amidst a personal scandal?

Gosh!

I really should know this.

Um, I've got a very tiny bell ringing in the back of my brain,

that says Bournemouth.

So I'm going to go for that. I can't see it being Eastbourne.

Yeah, Bournemouth.

Bournemouth is your answer.

This is a crucial point in the contest here,

so if you've got this wrong, we go to Sudden Death.

If you've got it right, you've taken the round.

It's Eastbourne. Oof!

So, after three questions, you're level, two points each,

we go to Sudden Death.

It gets a bit harder because I don't give you different options.

Frankie, what was the title of the debut album by Duffy,

released in 2008?

Um, well, I think it's named after the part of Wales

that she comes from, and it's called Rockferry.

It is called Rockferry, that's right.

I think it's on the Wirral, actually,

where her grandmother lived. Right. In that neck of the woods.

Julia, to stay in,

the composer Johannes Brahms was born in 1833 in which city?

I don't actually know this, I'm going to go for...

I think there's a museum somewhere...

..to him.

In Vienna?

Hamburg is the right answer.

Congratulations, Frankie, you've won the head-to-head.

So, you now have a choice of a second Egghead, Frankie,

for the final round.

Right. Um...

Can't offer you Pat or Barry, cos they're taken already.

I think I'd like to go for Dave, please.

Tremendous Knowledge Dave!

All right, as it stands, Frankie has two Eggheads now, Julia has one.

We play on with Science.

Frankie, you won the last round,

you can choose now whether you go first or second.

I'll go first again, please.

Science, your first question. Good luck, both of you.

Frankie, what term is used to refer to a device for detecting

and analysing wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation?

Can you repeat the question, please?

What term is used to refer to a device for detecting

and analysing wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation?

OK.

Um...

Well, I think I've heard of a spectrometer before

in relation to radiation.

Don't think I've heard of a galvanometer.

Yeah, I think, just based on that,

I will have to go for spectrometer, please.

You're right, spectrometer it is.

That is slightly fiendish, that question!

Julia, in 1935, the naturalist Gerald Durrell

moved with his mother and siblings to which island?

Um, that will be Corfu, he very famously...

All his books and everything were written while he was in Corfu.

Is this the one he wrote, My Family And Other Animals?

I believe so, yeah.

Corfu is right.

Over to you, Frankie.

What type of insect is the tarantula hawk?

Tarantula hawk? Tarantula hawk.

Sounds horrible! Um... SHE LAUGHS

It doesn't sound like a wasp to me.

Could it be a locust?

I think I'm leaning towards moth.

So that's what I will go for.

OK, moth is your answer.

Eggheads, do you know? It is a moth.

I think it's possibly the largest moth in the world.

Pat disagrees. I'm not sure, I think it might be a wasp.

A wasp? There are umpteen species of hawk moth,

so presumably it's one of those.

We've got a big disagreement, cos Chris and Barry think it's a moth.

It is a wasp, actually.

Oh! Oh, well done.

It's called that because A, it's big, and B, it hunts tarantulas.

That's why. Ugh!

You've both got one point.

Back to you, Julia.

What name is given to a hypothetical alien megastructure

constructed around a star to harness its energy?

OK, not...very familiar with any of these terms.

Turing Shroud sounds a bit made up to me!

SHE LAUGHS

Um, although it could be a punny name, I don't know.

Um...

I don't really know what to go for.

Baylis Shell doesn't sound very plausible either.

I'm not sure how plausible any of them sound.

I'm going to go for Dyson Sphere.

Yeah, Dyson Sphere it is. Oh!

Well done.

Right, Julia, you're ahead.

Frankie, got to get this one right.

In quantum mechanics,

what letter is the symbol for the principal quantum number?

Goodness! I hate anything like this.

Letters in...

..in science, they don't mean a lot to me.

I think k is the letter that represents Planck's constant.

Now, whether that is anything to do with quantum mechanics or not,

I couldn't tell you.

But that's definitely something that's ringing a bell.

Um...

I'll go for k.

Now, I think the man to help us here is Barry.

Well, I think e is Euler's number and k is Boltzmann's constant,

which is to do with thermodynamics.

But I think the principal quantum number,

which represents things like spin and angular momentum, is n.

Barry's right... Oh. ..n is the answer.

Well done, Julia, you've won that head-to-head.

And you can level it up now and gain your second Egghead.

You can't have Pat, who you've got already,

and Frankie has Barry and Dave, so it's either Chris or Lisa.

I will take Chris, please. OK.

As it stands, Julia has two Eggheads to help her in the final,

Frankie has two.

The final category is History

and, Julia, as the winner of the last round,

you can decide whether you go first or second on History.

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

OK. History - real meat and drink for quizzers.

Let's see how you do.

In British history, which monarch died in 1727?

SHE SIGHS

Kings and queens is a bit of a patch for me, I can't lie.

Have a bit of a blank spot on kings and queens and their dates.

And recently had one of my friends trying to drill me on dates

and who died when, and can I remember?

No, I cannot. SHE LAUGHS

1727?

1727, we're looking for the monarch who died.

I'm... I'm going to go for Anne.

That's where my inkling is, so that's what I'm going for.

Anne is your answer. Now, Lisa, let me ask you on this.

George I, I think.

It is George I, can anyone help us with the dates here?

So Anne was 1702 to 1714, then George I took over from her.

But she died childless,

they had a bit of trouble rooting out the successor.

Then George I, yeah, died 1727,

and, yeah, there's a long succession of Georges after that. Yeah.

George I. Yep.

Here we go with your question, Frankie.

The American naval base of Pearl Harbor, bombed in 1941,

was on which island?

Gosh! Um...

Well, I know it's in Hawaii, obviously. Um...

Not too sure about which island.

I'm assuming it was an island sort of in the west of Hawaii,

but I'm not sure how much that helps me!

I haven't heard of Kauai.

I don't remember hearing that it was Maui or Oahu,

and I think maybe that might have stuck in my mind,

cos I've heard of them.

So, I think I'll go for Kauai.

Chris? It's Oahu.

Oahu is the answer. So you're level.

Julia, the two temples at Abu Simbel

were built by which Egyptian pharaoh?

Yeah, something else I'm a bit patchy with, Egyptian history!

SHE LAUGHS Um...

I think Rameses II did kind of more in Egyptian history

than either of the other two -

I could be completely wrong about that.

So, I'm going to go for Rameses II.

Rameses II is right. Thank you.

So, you are on the scoreboard in this History round.

Your second question, Frankie.

Pierre Villeneuve played an important part

in which of these historical events?

Um...

I don't think it's the assassination of James Garfield.

I think he was assassinated by a man called Charles Guiteau.

Well, it sounds like a French name, so to me, that makes me think...

It could have been the Battle of Trafalgar,

cos that was during the Napoleonic wars, so...

um, could have been on the French side.

So, yeah, that's my best reasoning, I think,

so I'll go for the Battle of Trafalgar.

OK, nicely reasoned, is it right, though? Any Eggheads?

Yes, he was the French admiral in charge of the French fleet

at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Battle of Trafalgar is the right answer, well done.

So, you're equal, one point. Back to you, Julia.

The remains of the Inca city of Machu Picchu

were first discovered in which year?

Um, having been there and looked at all the history of it,

I know that Machu Picchu was discovered

by a gentleman called Hiram Bingham in 1911.

Yes, you're absolutely right. Was he British or American...?

American, yeah, an American explorer. Right. Good answer.

So, you're ahead, Julia. Frankie, this is kind of crucial now,

cos you've got two Eggheads each, it's very evenly balanced.

This is the last head-to-head, you need to get this right to stay in.

In 1704, Frankie, who seized Gibraltar for the British?

Um...

Well, I haven't heard of the first two.

We actually have a team, in the Quiz League Of London,

called Sir Colin Campbell.

I know they're named after some kind of hero of the same name.

Whether that was for seizing Gibraltar

that he's become a hero, I don't know.

Yeah, I think, just on the basis that I've heard of his name

in connection with some sort of achievement,

um, I'll go for Colin Campbell.

You said Colin Campbell,

the answer is George Rooke.

And that means that Julia has taken this round.

We say well done, Julia, you've won the final head-to-head.

So, will the third Egghead give you the advantage in the final, Julia?

That's the question. I was going to say, "Who would you like to take?"

It can only be the great Lisa.

I appreciate you have absolutely no choice in this whatsoever.

THEY LAUGH

Lisa has many strengths. Among them, I would say Music?

Basically, these guys know everything worth knowing,

and that tiny sliver of frivolous,

and basically not-worth-knowing stuff falls to me.

Good stuff!

It's been a tough old contest, some great questions in there,

and some great answers.

Julia, you've got Pat, Chris and Lisa in the final round.

Frankie, you're lagging a tiny bit, but you've got Barry and Dave,

who are extraordinary players.

And let us now see what happens in the final round.

So this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead

and who will be eliminated from our search.

I will ask each of you five questions in turn,

so a slightly longer round than normal.

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

In this final run, you'll have the backing of the Eggheads

you've won over the course of the show.

So, Frankie, you've got Barry and Dave right behind you,

and, Julia, you have the help of three of them -

Pat and Lisa and Chris.

You will be able to call on your respective Eggheads for advice

before giving an answer to a question.

You can even ask more than one of them, for one question,

but you can only use them once.

This is it. If you win this round, you are through to the Grand Final.

All good? Mm-hm. Shall we play? Yep.

So, Julia, do you want to go first or second?

I'll go first, please.

And here is your first question.

In 2015, which comedian took over from Sandi Toksvig

as the presenter of Radio 4's The News Quiz?

Is this...

Oh, I'm a big fan of all of these comedians.

I listen to The News Quiz occasionally,

but I believe it's Miles Jupp

that has replaced the lovely Sandi Toksvig.

Miles Jupp is right.

Frankie, your first question.

What name is given to the triangular gable

often seen on a portico in Greek and Roman architecture?

Oh!

I don't think it's a pilaster, cos...

..I think that's more of a column. But, um...

I think it's probably most likely a peristyle.

Cos I think a pediment's something else.

I'm not too sure.

I think I'll have to ask for some help.

OK, you're going to bring in one of your Eggheads.

And which one would you choose for this?

I would like to ask Barry, please.

OK, Barry, big moment here -

you're being called in on the first question.

What name is given to the triangular gable,

often seen on a portico in Greek and Roman architecture?

Well, you were right, it wasn't a pilaster -

a pilaster is a column that's built into the surrounding wall,

so you only really see half the column.

But it looks as if there's a whole one.

I'm not really sure what a peristyle is,

but I'm reasonably confident, probably about 75-80% confident,

that it's a pediment.

Yeah, I'm happy to go with that. I'll go with pediment, please.

Pediment is the right answer.

Phew! Rest easy, Barry. Your work on Earth is done!

This is so nerve-racking!

I didn't mean to put you through that!

Well done, Frankie, well chosen. Good use of an Egghead there.

Julia, second question.

The Vision of Gombold Proval,

posthumously published as Head To Toe,

was a novel written by which English playwright?

Oh!

I've never heard this title, I've never heard of it.

I feel like I'd know if it was Harold Pinter,

because he died quite recently and it's not ringing a bell with me.

But I'm not familiar with this title at all.

I mean, it could be him, it could feasibly be any of those.

I think I might see what Pat has to say about this, please.

OK, Pat, you are being called in here.

The question is, The Vision of Gombold Proval,

posthumously published as Head To Toe,

was a novel written by which English playwright?

Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat as Julia.

I haven't heard of this book.

So, I am reduced to, literally, a one-in-three stab

and giving her the benefit of that.

I've read a good bit about Harold Pinter and I'm not sure

I've seen a mention of it.

Joe Orton, generally, is acclaimed for his plays. Loot and so on.

And Joe Orton died young, so perhaps one could cynically surmise

he didn't have enough time to get any novel-writing sidelines going.

For that reason, I'd be slightly drawn to John Osborne,

but this is just about a one-in-three stab.

Sorry about that, Julia.

I don't know. OK!

Um... You could always use another Egghead.

I think I might just be better saving the other two,

just in case something horrific comes up later!

Um, I think I will go with John Osborne.

Again, the title doesn't...

For some reason, the title doesn't sound to me very much like something

that Joe Orton would have chosen either, so I'm going to go

with John Osborne, please.

OK, so, John Osborne is your answer.

The answer is Joe Orton. Oh!

So, you have a chance here, Frankie, to take the lead.

You've still got Dave back there.

Which social networking platform, launched in 2010, was created by

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger?

I think Twitter was launched in 2006.

So, it's a bit older than that.

So, it's between WhatsApp and Instagram.

Oh! Just trying to think... how old both those are.

Um...

I'm really not sure how long Instagram has been around.

Well, WhatsApp might have been around since 2010.

Oh... Um...

I know it has become very big in the last few years,

since it was bought by Facebook.

But I think it maybe has existed for a few years now.

Um...

Oh, gosh!

Um, yeah, not too sure, but, um, I think I'm going

to have to go for WhatsApp.

OK. You're not using an Egghead.

If I ask Dave now, then I'm on my own, aren't I, thereafter?

You certainly are.

You know what, I think I will ask Dave, because I'm really not sure.

OK, Dave, which social networking platform, launched in 2010,

was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger?

Right. Um, sorry, Frankie, I'm not sure at all.

I agree with you about Twitter, I don't think it's that.

My inclination would be to WhatsApp,

but with no real certainty, at all.

I would have thought that it could, feasibly, be any of the three,

to be honest.

But WhatsApp would be my inclination and mine would be about 30%. OK.

You know, I can't really disagree with what you've said.

OK, well... How helpful is that? Probably about the same as I am.

Well, seeing as we both are leaning towards WhatsApp,

then I will have to go for that, I think.

WhatsApp is your answer.

So, Dave did what you did. He ruled out Twitter,

which he was right to do.

He then did what you did, which was to lean towards WhatsApp,

which was wrong to do.

The answer is Instagram.

Sorry about that, Frankie.

That's all right.

So, you are level, after two questions.

Five questions, remember, here.

Julia, the American actor Jeffrey Tambor won an Emmy award in 2015

for his role in which series?

Tambor is T-A-M-B-O-R.

I do happen to know this.

It was an online-only television series in which he plays

a transgendered - male to female transgender -

and it is called Trans-parent. Transparent/Trans-parent.

Transparent is the right answer.

So, Julia still has two Eggheads.

Frankie, you are down to none.

Bobbinet is a machine-woven net fabric,

with meshes that are what shape?

Bobbinet?

Bobbinet. One word. B-O-B-B-I-N-E-T, as you'd expect.

Right. Bobbinet.

Um, I don't think I've ever heard of it.

Um... Triangular, square or hexagonal...

Gosh, on my own now!

Thinking of mesh, it's most likely to be hexagonal,

I think, because, in my mind, when I think of mesh,

that's the shape that comes to mind.

But then, of course, it could be one of the others

and that might be what makes it different. I don't know.

Um...

I will go for hexagonal.

Your answer is hexagonal.

It's the right answer. Well done.

So, you are level. After three questions, you both have two points.

Your fourth question, Julia, is this.

Discovered by Georg Friedrich Henning and patented in 1898,

but not used until World War II, RDX, also known as cyclonite,

is what type of substance?

Well, I know what I would lean towards, but this does actually

sound like something that Chris might know,

so I think I might ask him if he can help me, please.

Yes, Chris, you've been called in.

Discovered by Georg Friedrich Henning and patented in 1898,

but not used until World War II... Ah, yeah.

..RDX, also known as cyclonite, is what type of substance?

It's an explosive, I think.

80% sure, explosive.

He says explosive, so...

And to be honest, that's where my inclination was, anyway.

It does sound a bit like an explosive. Right.

So, I think that's what I will choose.

Explosive is the right answer.

So, Julia has three and you are running to catch up here, Frankie.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, flyting was a form of Scottish duel

in which the participants engaged in what activity?

Could you spell that for me, please?

F-L-Y-T-I-N-G.

Um, well, a flyte spelt like that is something that's used in fishing,

I think, in angling, to sort of...

In throwing or, maybe, casting out the...rod.

So, yeah, I can only think there's a connection to throwing.

So, I will say throwing fish.

Barry, I saw you shaking your head.

No, I think I've heard this term and it is exchanging insults.

There's quite a lot of flyting goes on in the Eggheads studio,

doesn't it? All the time!

It is exchanging insults.

Right, OK.

Not fish throwing, although that is undoubtedly a better answer!

A much better answer!

The world would be a better place if all arguments were settled

by throwing fish.

Now, here is the situation.

Julia, you have three points. Frankie has two.

If you get this right, you can end the contest now

and book your place in the final. You still have Lisa left.

Lisa is doing that karmic thing, aren't you,

of just settling your spirit?

OK. So, concentrate here.

Julia, built in the 1840s, St George's Hall

is a neo-classical building located just across from

which railway station?

I really should know this.

Um...

I've been to two of those three...

Well, no, in fact, I think I've been to all three of those stations.

I studied in Newcastle, so...

I definitely should know this.

But nothing is really shouting...

Well, something is shouting slightly louder than the other two,

but given that I still have Lisa in play,

I might just ask her if she has any opinion on this, please.

OK. So, Lisa, the question is this.

Built in the 1840s, St George's Hall is a neo-classical building

located just across from which railway station?

You've got Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle.

Oh, Julia, lovely(!)

You get stuck with me by default, then you get stuck with me

in a geography question! Do you know, I'm not sure it's your day!

No, maybe not!

Right, yeah, so, let's try and apply what logic we have, then, shall we?

I would be disinclined to say Manchester Piccadilly,

on the basis it is the one I have visited most often and I don't

remember being confronted with St George's Hall from any of the exits,

although it has got a few.

You know, a little bit of teamwork here.

Maybe, if you had studied in Newcastle, you might have heard

of St George's Hall as a place, tangentially.

So, you know, regardless of where it is actually situated.

So, maybe you could get to Liverpool on that basis of elimination,

but, you know, I would struggle if I were on my own,

because I wouldn't have that tip you gave me about Newcastle.

So, all I would be able to do, probably, is rule out Manchester.

And even then, I couldn't do it with any certainty.

So, I'm, sort of, unable to give you a steer,

other than a very possible couple of percent from Liverpool Lime St,

but I would take that with the largest pinch of salt possible.

All right, OK. Thank you.

So, you've both got just a sense...

Yeah. ..that enables you to almost rule out two of them.

Yeah. I think, having studied at Newcastle, it does not sound

familiar to me, at all. I think I would know if it were

near Newcastle Central Station.

And, yeah, as Lisa says, it's not familiar with Manchester, either.

I've been there several times and it doesn't ring any bells.

So, on that basis, I'm going to go for Liverpool Lime St, please.

Liverpool Lime St is your answer.

Lisa's heart is in her mouth now.

If you've got this right, you've taken the contest

and booked your place in the final.

If you've got it wrong...we play on!

The answer is Liverpool Lime St,

so we say congratulations, Julia, you have won!

Oh, my goodness me! Lisa, how did you feel?

Now that, that is how we do it when we play in proper Eggheads.

We do it with some teamwork. Yup.

And it was brilliantly picked away to Liverpool Lime Street there,

cos although it felt very uncertain,

actually, Lisa's contribution, together with yours, were decisive

in taking you there. Sometimes, it's about what you know

in other areas that can help you with knowing something that you

didn't think you knew.

Yeah. Has anyone walked out of Liverpool Lime Street

and seen St George's Hall? I've been in it!

You've been there, Pat? Yes.

The first big quizzing event I ever attended was in St George's Hall.

It's an enormous, classical building,

complete with columns and pediments!

Look what St George's Hall spawned!

And, strangely enough, that was also the first quizzing event

I ever attended, as well!

Oh, right! There we are, the stars aligned.

The stars aligned and got you in the final. Frankie, commiserations.

That's OK. Julia, did brilliantly. Thank you.

It was a good old contest, and you will face each other

across the Quiz League of London next, I guess? Yup. Yup.

All right, I'm sure you're backing Julia to win the whole thing now.

Absolutely. Well done. Julia, you've proved once again

that winning comes as naturally to you as it does to our Eggheads.

It means that you are through to the grand final and that much closer

to becoming an Egghead yourself.

Really close now.

Join us soon, to find out who our next grand finalist will be.

Until then, goodbye.

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