Third 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?

Hello and 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!

Here you are. We are.

And, for once, you're able to watch and enjoy, aren't you, really?

Yeah...

Until the final round.

We've reached the semifinal stage and now only

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

So let us meet today's contestants.

Hello, I'm Steve Cook.

I'm a self-employed distributor

and I come from Bolsover, near Chesterfield.

Hi, I'm Ian Bayley.

I'm a university lecturer from Oxfordshire.

Ian and Steve, welcome.

And well done, both of you, for getting into semifinals.

And this is, I know, a major contest.

Steve, you came top of all the heats.

The words "flash" and "pan" spring to mind, Jeremy.

Ian, you came fourth in the heats, so you're very much in the

green territory, which meant you came through to the semifinal.

Steve, you won all three rounds in the heats you were in.

You take questions as they fall,

and they fell nice for me that on that particular day.

Ian, you came number seven in the World Quizzing Championships.

How was it to be in that contest?

It was brilliant.

So this is a quiz where there are 50 to 100 venues

across the world and there are 2,000 people taking part.

And, of course, I was very, very pleased with the score I got.

Steve, you're Brain of Mensa 2014.

Yeah, the year that nobody showed up, that's right!

LAUGHING: You're too modest!

And we bring the Mensa versus Mastermind Champion 2011.

So we've got a very interesting meeting of minds here.

Maybe, we'll see!

OK, sense the nervousness here.

Well, good luck to you both.

Playing under the eagle eyes of these Eggheads here.

This is where you need to prove you could be one yourself.

Just like on Eggheads,

both of you will compete over a series of different rounds where

your knowledge will be tested on the regular Eggheads categories.

So, the first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Sport.

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

in turn, whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.

The prize for winning a round on Make Me an Egghead,

as you know, is you can choose one of these Eggheads.

You've got five rounds, so by the end,

all the Eggheads will be chosen.

The ones you choose will then work with you in the final -

that's the crucial thing.

Now, Steve, as our highest ranked player in this semifinal,

you can decide whether you play first or second on Sport.

Let's get it over with, Jeremy, I'll go first, please.

So, here is your first question, good luck.

Which football club is nicknamed the Rams?

Is it...?

I think if I got this one wrong, Jeremy,

I would never be allowed back in the county.

And speaking of counties, it is Derby County.

Derby County it is. It's kind of local for you, is it?

Yeah, that fell very nice. If you keep them like that...

All right. Sport to Ian.

In which country was the tennis player Garbine Muguruza born?

Right, OK.

So...

She's thought of as being Spanish, and I think

that's the country that she plays for.

I think I read that she is Venezuelan.

Of course, Argentine is possible, but then maybe that's

Gabriela Sabatini I'm thinking of, from a very different era.

So...

I think if I feel I've read it somewhere,

then I might be right.

So I will go Venezuela.

Eggheads? Yes.

Yes, Venezuela's right. Well done.

Hard one to guess, actually,

so you did very well there, Ian.

Back to you, Steve. The Texas Rangers Major League baseball team

moved to which city in 1972?

Baseball's not my thing at all, Jeremy.

I don't follow American sports, which is not great at the moment.

So, this is a one-in-three shot.

I'm just wondering, Arlington's there.

Unless there's a place called Arlington in Texas,

I thought it was in Virginia.

So, they usually tend to move away from the home state.

I just... I know it seems like a long way to move, but...

I will go for Arlington with no conviction at all.

Interesting, on the basis that...?

They're not in Texas. Which is completely illogical, I know.

That they're not in Texas? Help us out here.

Arlington is in Texas. Oh, is it!

There's more than one Arlington.

Right, yeah. So, right, that's my ignorance.

The played at the Arlington Stadium.

So, I believe Arlington's the right answer.

It is the right answer.

JEREMY LAUGHS

I was just trying to work out, yes, your logic is that...

I thought that usually when they relocate,

the move to a different state.

And obviously I thought Arlington, Virginia.

I mean, Texas is obviously a big place, so yeah, complete fluke, that.

Sorry, Ian. That's like the tennis

where the ball hits the net corner and just goes over.

OK, Ian, your question to draw level.

Not counting amateur titles, which golfer

has the third highest number of major victories in a career?

OK, so, the one with the most is Nicklaus with 18.

So what's making me thinking not Vardon,

is that he was from the amateur era, so I'm thinking not Vardon.

And then, a choice between Player and Hagen.

I think the right thing to do, since we talk about third,

is to go for whichever of those I think

has got the most, on the basis that maybe Tiger Woods,

who did well in the '90s, the noughties - is probably second.

I think Gary Player is the one who has got the third most,

so I will go Gary Player.

Kevin, can you help here?

It's Walter Hagan.

I think he... Nicklaus, 18. Woods, 14. Hagan, 11.

I think Gary Player's on nine.

Yeah, the answer is Walter Hagen. All right, OK.

Third question, Steve.

Get this right, you've taken the round.

Between 1890 in 2015, Gloucestershire, Somerset and

which other team have never won cricket's County Championship?

Right... Derbyshire...? Have Derbyshire won it?

I don't really know again, you'll be surprised to learn.

But for some reason I don't think Derbyshire have won it,

so, I'm prepared to be pointed out that I'm wrong at any second,

but I will say Derbyshire.

Dave?

I believe that Derbyshire and Hampshire have both won the

County Championship, so my answer would be Northamptonshire.

Can you give us the dates?

Derbyshire, 1936.

And Hampshire was 1961 and 1973.

So the answer is Northamptonshire.

And we go back to you, Ian. You need to get this right. OK.

British athlete Don Thompson won the gold medal

for the men's 50 kilometre walk

when which city staged the Olympic Games?

OK, I think I know this one.

I think it was in 1960.

Which, if so, means it that it's Rome.

Helsinki was '52.

Berlin, '36 - even before that.

This think I remember the story about that,

that he trained in his bathroom with all of the...

..all of the heaters on.

So that he could imagine what it would be like to be in Rome

and walking around a lot.

So, yeah, I think this has fallen luckily for me.

I think it's Rome.

OK, Rome is your answer.

So if he trained in his bathroom,

you think he'd keep bumping into the wall!

LAUGHTER He maybe had a treadmill.

He had a treadmill? Oh, I see.

Or maybe that's the flaw in my explanation.

JEREMY LAUGHS

It's a good story, though.

Rome is the right answer, well done. Yes.

So you're equal after three questions.

This is very tight, very tense here.

We go to sudden death, gets a bit harder because I don't give you

different options. So, Steve, your question.

The basketball star, Steph Curry,

won the NBA championship with which team in 2015?

2015?

I'm going to say... the Golden State Warriors.

The Golden State Warriors is the right answer.

To stay in, Ian,

which St Helens Rugby League player won the

Super League Man Of Steel award in both 2001 and 2002?

HE SIGHS

Right, just trying to think of important names from that era.

I think Sinfield was important, but he was Leeds.

Long, maybe.

Yeah, I think there was someone called Long and I think that

this is around about the right time.

I think it's Sean Long.

Sean Long. OK. Let's see of the Eggheads know.

Paul Sculthorpe.

Paul Sculthorpe is the correct answer.

So, no way back in this round, Ian.

We say congratulations, Steve, you've won on sudden death.

The first head-to-head is yours. So, choose an Egghead.

You've got all five to choose from.

Well, because he did such a good job for me last time,

I will choose Kevin, please.

OK, so as it stands, Steve has Kevin to help them in the final.

Ian has no-one so far.

The next category is Film TV

and, Steve, cos you won the first round,

do you want to go first or second?

Let's stick with the winning formula, Jeremy - I'll go first, please.

Your first question, Steve.

Which is actress starred opposite Rock Hudson

in the films Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers?

Yeah, I do know this one and that's Doris Day.

Doris Day is the right answer, well done.

Ian, your question.

Which writer created the television drama Last Tango In Halifax?

Ooh! OK, so this one I don't know, I'm afraid.

And I don't know much about any of those three people.

There's something about Wainwright that seems familiar

in this context, and I don't know why.

I think I'll go for Sally Wainwright.

The answer is Sally Wainwright. Well done.

Steve, your question.

Which character from the Scandinavian TV drama is

played by the actress Sophie Grabol?

I barely understood the question.

The only name that means anything to me on that board is Sarah Lund.

And so that's what I'm going to say.

It's pointless thinking about it.

Sarah Lund is your answer. Eggheads?

Quite right. And the drama is?

The Killing. The Killing.

Ian, to catch up. In which film

does Tom Cruise say the line, "You complete me"?

OK...

Um, in Rain Man, I don't think there was a romance in that.

Jerry Maguire, I associate that with the corny line,

"You had me at hello."

And that's what's making me think that maybe there's another corny

line in the movie. I will go with Jerry Maguire.

It's the right answer.

So, 2-2. Let's see, Steve, if you can take the lead.

In which film did Oliver Reed play the role of Ivan Dragomiloff?

Well, it's not The Devils because I think he was Urbain Grandier

in that one. Assassination Bureau, it could well have been that.

It's a film I don't really recall.

But because I think Royal Flash is to do with...

It could be Crimean War, I suppose...

I'll try Royal Flash, it's a one-in-two shot.

OK, anybody help?

The Assassination Bureau.

The Assassination Bureau is the answer.

Which is about what, Barry?

I think it was about a group of assassins who were bumping off

various people in Europe at the turn of the century.

OK, and Ivan was one of the assassins?

He was one of the assassins.

All right, there we go. So, two out of three.

Ian, if you get this right, you've taken the round.

For which film did the director Lewis Milestone

win his second Academy Award?

Right, I know that he did direct All Quiet on the Western Front.

I forget who directed Cavalcade.

Maybe Frank Lloyd.

But, OK, I'm pretty sure.

All Quiet on the Western Front.

It's right, well done. All Quiet on the Western Front is correct.

So, well done, Ian, you've won the second head-to-head.

And now you gain an Egghead.

So you can choose anyone but Kevin.

I will choose Pat, who was helpful in the heat, of course. Of course!

Look forward to it again.

As it stands, Ian has one Egghead -

the doughty Pat - to help him in the finals.

Steve has Kevin. It's absolutely evenly balanced, it's so exciting.

The next category is Science.

And, Ian, because you won the last category,

you can choose whether you go first or second.

OK, I will go first.

And here is your first question.

What is the chemical symbol for titanium?

It is...Ti.

So, I am pretty sure I simply know that and

no elements has the symbol T.

And Tm is thulium, I think.

But Ti is titanium. Ti.

Ti is quite right.

Steve, back to you.

The Hyperloop project envisioned by the entrepreneur Elon Musk

concerns which transport technology?

Well, loop suggests things drive along it.

I wouldn't have thought it was aircraft.

I can't quite see why he'd want driverless road vehicle,

though there's probably lots of explanations I'm not thinking of.

So I will go high-speed vacuum tube train.

Yes, high-speed vacuum tube train is correct. Back to you, Ian.

Taken from a word in German,

which uppercase letter is used to represent the set of all integers?

It's Z, because the German word is zahl, meaning number.

So, Z.

Correct. And brilliant.

Second question to Steve.

Which of these elements has the lowest boiling point?

Right, I'll get my coat.

Um, it's another guess, I'm afraid.

I'm sure Ian's about to tell me, but I will guess chlorine.

Ian, do you know? I'm absolutely not about to tell you.

The only thing I did have on my mind is that helium is very, very low.

And krypton is in the same group, but on the other hand,

we are talking about physical rather than chemical properties.

So not a clue, I'm afraid.

The answer is krypton.

So, you got one wrong there.

And that means, Ian,

you can take the round with this.

Which mathematician gives his name to

a triangular arrangement of numbers in which every number

written in the triangle is the sum of the two above it?

Er, yeah. So this is Pascal's triangle,

so it goes one, one-one, one-two-one.

One-three-three-one.

And so you can use it for lots of things.

It tells you the coefficients for use in a binomial theorem.

If you add up the rows, you get powers of two.

It's got lots of other properties, as well.

So, I think the answer's probably Pascal.

I'm sensing that science is quite a good subject for you. Yes, it is.

Pascal is correct.

That's three out of three for you, Ian. Well done.

You've won the head-to-head.

OK, so as a result, Ian pulls into the lead here,

gains another Egghead for the final round.

Which one would you like?

I think I will choose...Barry.

Your main thing is science. Science and Opera.

BARRY LAUGHS

Yes, if anybody can write a scientific opera, I'm in there.

As it stands, Ian now has two Eggheads to help in the final.

Steve has one Egghead. Both playing great and it's History now.

So, Ian, as the winner of the last round,

you can choose - first or second?

I will go first.

Here we go with your first question, Ian.

Which term was officially applied to the 50,000 to 100,000

Americans who moved to British North America

during and after the War of Independence?

Right, OK. So, all three of those sound plausible.

But United Empire Loyalists, I actually recognise as an answer.

So, I will go United Empire Loyalists.

United Empire Loyalists.

Anyone know any history? Kevin, tell us a bit about these people.

A surprising number of the population of the then colonies,

actually did stay loyal to the Crown.

This tends to - because independence was achieved in

American history - this tends to get overlooked.

But it's possible that about a third of the population

actually wanted to stay with Britain.

And so a lot of them, during and then after the war,

they did move into territories, subsequently became Canada,

that were controlled by Britain.

Yeah, OK, thank you. Steve,

where was the early medieval title "mormaer" used to refer

to a regional ruler?

Mormaer is M-O-R-M`A`E`R, all one word, mormaer.

Surprisingly, I've never heard of this word in my life.

Doesn't sound Welsh. Just going on the sound and the spelling.

I'd have to go for Scotland.

But that's all I'm basing it on.

It could equally be any of them.

OK. Scotland is your answer.

And it's correct.

Ian, most of the historical lands

of the kingdom of Showa lie in which modern African country?

Showa is S-H-O-W-A.

There is the Shona tribe in South Africa.

Or possibly more like Zimbabwe, because I'm thinking of Mashonaland.

So should I go for South Africa because it's a similar word?

Obviously, I know that there were lots of empires in South Africa.

It's how they've got so many languages, for example.

Ethiopia, well, that's the Zagwe dynasty.

I think that they were quite unified.

I don't think that the tribe would be in Libya, either.

So, OK, I will go for South Africa.

Ethiopia is the right answer. Is it really? Oh, OK.

So, can you take the lead, Steve?

Which of these battles led to the conclusion of the second

English Civil War in 1648?

I've never heard of the Battle of Langport.

I do not know. I will say the Battle of Preston.

Eggheads? Yup.

Yup, you're right - the Battle of Preston.

JEREMY LAUGHS Don't apologise.

I feel like I'm being thrashed with an encyclopaedia.

So, you need to get this right, Ian, to stay in this round.

Which Foreign Secretary represented Britain

at the Congress of Vienna, in 1814?

I think it's Castlereagh.

What's confusing is that Castlereagh and Canning were

both Foreign Secretary at around about the same time.

But I feel it is still right.

Castlereagh.

Your knowledge is amazing, sir.

Castlereagh is correct.

So it is two points each, but on this you can take the round,

Steve, and draw level.

Cos at the moment you've only got one Egghead in the final

and Ian's got two. So, Steve, this is your all-important third question.

Who was the third son of Shah Jahan and the last effective ruler

of Mughal Empire in India?

Right, well, believe it or not, I might actually know this, because

I know that he did have a son called Aurangzeb who rebelled against him.

Now whether he's the third one or not,

I think Babur actually founded the Mughal Empire.

So he's going to be...way back.

Jahangir's a squash player, so I will go for Aurangzeb,

please. JEREMY LAUGHS

If you've got this right... If I've not, I'm going.

..you've taken the round.

Eggheads, is he right?

Yes. Aurangzeb, when he took over the Mughal Empire,

he imprisoned his father in the Red Fort.

His father hadn't built the Taj Mahal,

so his father could see from his prison, the monument he built.

Oh! All right.

So Aurangzeb is obviously a very important person.

So important that he's won you the round. You're absolutely right.

You've got three out of three there, Steve - well done,

you have won the head-to-head.

So, it gets even tighter. You choose your second Egghead.

It can't be Kevin, Pat or Barry.

Well, this is horrible, because last time both Lisa and Dave helped me.

So, toss a coin...

Erm,

Lisa.

So, Steve has Kevin and Lisa helping him in the final.

Ian has chosen Pat and Barry.

Just Dave left to go with the winner of the next round which is Music.

Steve, you won the last round, you can decide first or second.

Well, I'll go first, Jeremy, please.

Steve, your question.

In which of these classes of musical instruments are drums included?

Well, it's obviously to do with the sound - phone.

Aerophones obviously sound like something you use wind

to play with, so scratch that.

Idiophones sounds like something I'd play.

I've not heard of the words before, Jeremy, to be honest,

but based on the fact that a drum has a membrane, which you strike

with your drumsticks, obviously, I will go Membranophones.

Membranophones is the right answer.

Ian, back to you.

Who achieved his first

solo UK number one album in April 2016 with Mind Of Mine?

Zayn has been knocking around for the least amount of time

because he was in One Direction

and therefore not able to record solo number ones.

So...

I'm thinking that the answer is Zayn.

You are spot on. Zayn is right.

So one point each. Music we're on. Back to you, Steve.

Which band headlined at the Glastonbury Festival

for the first time in 2007 and again in 2013?

I don't think it's Coldplay.

I can't really pin it to the dates because they've all been around

pre-2007.

I'm going to try Arctic Monkeys.

Let's see if the Eggheads know this. Lisa?

Couldn't be sure but I would have gone that way. Dave, you'll know.

I'd have gone Arctic Monkeys, definitely. Yeah.

Arctic Monkeys is right. Well done.

Back to you, Ian.

What type of instrument is the Middle Eastern ney?

That's spelt N-E-Y.

I'm just trying to think what sort of music they would like to

play the most. Would they like to play guitar music or flute or harp?

There are lots of names for harp-like instruments

so I can imagine that there'd be one that I don't know.

All of them are equally likely, unfortunately,

so this does need to be a guess.

So I'll go for harp.

The answer is flute, Ian.

So, Steve is in the lead and Steve, if you get this right,

you will have taken this round, as well.

Just have the edge with three Eggheads.

Which of these '60s bands was originally called the Pendletones?

Pendletones.

See, Beach Boys, I thought they were Carl And The Passions

but I don't know if they were called something else, as well.

I've never heard of The Monkees being called anything else

or The Doors.

And I thought I was a bit of a Doors fan

so I'm going to look pretty stupid if it is The Doors.

Erm...

I've got to go Beach Boys.

The Beach Boys is the correct answer.

Good quizzing, Steve, you've taken that round, as well.

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

We've only got one Egghead left to choose but you might as well...

I'll choose Dave, please.

Yeah, do the formal thing of choosing Dave. Well done. Thank you.

Great quizzer.

So, Steve, let's go through this.

You have now got three of the Eggheads, having won three rounds.

Kevin, Lisa and Dave are yours.

So you've got the Eggs on the left there.

You have got, Ian, Pat and Barry.

Well, let's see what happens as we play the final round.

So, this is what we have been playing towards and there is

an awful lot riding on this final round because, Steve, you told

your eight-year-old son you are going to get him a dog if you win,

is that right?

I think it was an empty threat because I knew there was

no chance I was going to win it.

But, you see, now I'm getting close, it's going to be...

Well, I'm going to be persona non grata if I don't win,

I think I'll be in the kennel myself.

Have you thought of a type of dog?

Probably a hot dog. One that doesn't move about a lot,

you know, a cactus dog, something like that.

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.

This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.

In this final round,

you will have the backing of the Eggheads you've won

over the course of the show, so, Steve, behind you,

you've got this impressive trio of Kevin, Lisa and Dave

and Ian, you have the double barrels of Pat and Barry.

Equally impressive.

Now, you'll be able to call on them as we go through this round.

You can use them only once. OK.

You can use more than one to answer a single question if you want,

but whatever happens, once they're used, they're used,

so bring them in wisely.

This is it - if you win this round, you are through to the grand final.

Do you understand? Yeah. Yeah.

OK, let's play.

Steve, you won the last round,

you can choose whether you go first or second in our final now.

I've gone first so far so I'll stick with that, please, Jeremy.

OK, I know it means a lot to you both and of course there is

also a dog riding on this, as well.

Steve, your first question.

Which body of water lies between Italy and Greece?

Well, hopefully...

I'm doubting everything I see at the minute,

but between Italy and Greece,

I'm hoping that's going to be the Ionian Sea.

Ionian Sea is quite right and you didn't need to call an Egghead,

which is handy.

Ian, the award-winning restaurant, Noma,

often voted the best in the world, is in which city?

OK, I surprisingly know this.

It is Copenhagen.

No surprisingly about it,

it is Copenhagen.

So, one each, no Eggheads used.

Steve, you have the slight advantage of three Eggheads here.

The Arnolfini is an arts centre and gallery in which city?

The answer I'd got in my head has come up, which is encouraging.

Yeah, I can think all day, I'm not going to change my mind.

I'm going to say Bristol, Jeremy.

Bristol is correct.

This is hot quizzing here, you haven't used your Eggheads yet

at all.

Ian, which British sportswoman set a world record in 1967

that was better than the equivalent men's world record at that time?

Right.

Erm,

OK, I think I've got an idea but it really is best

for me to ask one of the two Eggheads.

So who would you like to call in?

I'd like to call Pat, please.

Pat, your question.

Which British sportswoman set a world record in 1967,

that was better than the equivalent men's world record at that time?

I don't know the answer to this but one think we can cover

a fair amount of ground using a sort of logic.

Lillian Board was a sprinter, a runner,

who specialised, I think, in the 800 metres.

Anita Lonsbrough was a swimmer.

I don't think she did super long distances,

I think she did regular distance swimming.

And Beryl Burton was a cyclist.

Now, in general, in sports involving strength,

it's very unusual for a female world record to be greater

than a men's, all other things being equal.

But when it comes to endurance,

women sometimes have an advantage in super endurance events.

Female physiology can occasionally confer gains.

Now, I don't think in an 800 metres race,

I don't think any of that advantage is going to come through

and in a fairly standard swimming event,

I don't think endurance effects will come through.

But I think in cycling, I think possibly,

the female anatomy and the fact that in certain circumstances,

women can display more endurance than men,

might give Beryl Burton a chance, so like I said, I don't know

the answer to this. If I had to answer it, that would be my logic,

and I would advance Beryl Burton but I would be quite nervous,

so I don't know the answer but I've given you my logic.

OK, that's very clear, Pat, thank you.

Ian, you process that now.

I think I will go with Pat's, given that he does have good

reasoning, so I will go for the middle one - Beryl Burton.

Beryl Burton is your answer.

Pat, you know that Beryl Burton is a cyclist?

She's a cyclist, I think she set things like hour records.

She did all sorts of endurance distance cycle events.

So, like I said, just a bit of logic but it remains to be seen

whether it amounts to anything.

The logic is brilliant, Beryl Burton is the right answer, well done.

Two each.

One Egghead used so far by Ian.

Steve, which Foreign Secretary resigned

following the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina?

I should know this straight off the bat but now I'm looking at the...

choices, I really don't want to slip up.

John Nott...

I didn't think John Nott was Foreign Secretary -

I thought he was Defence. Perhaps I'm completely wrong with that.

The name I most associate with the Falklands out of those three

is Lord Carrington.

I'm just wondering now if I'm going to be regretting this

if I don't ask for help...

..but

I'm also quite aware that if it goes to Sudden Death,

that Ian doesn't really need any help and I will.

I hope I don't live to regret this but I'm going to

stick to my guns...

..and I'm going to say Lord Carrington.

OK, your answer is Lord Carrington.

Let's just check, without using your Eggheads, let's bounce it off them.

Eggs? Yes. Yes.

They all like that, Lord Carrington is right, well done.

Three out of three so far.

Ian, back to you.

The 2001 fantasy model American Gods is the work of which British writer?

Unfortunately, I have not heard of this novel.

There is one person I see there who I know is

a fantasy author, but, of course, the other two could be, as well.

So...

..I'm afraid I will have to use

Barry, please. OK. I'll need to ask Barry.

OK, so you're using your second Egghead on your third question.

Barry, this is for you, then.

The 2001 fantasy novel American Gods is the work of which British writer?

Well, unfortunately, I've not heard of this novel and I think

I'm in the same position as Ian in that there's one name that stands

out there as an author of fantasy novels and I don't really know...

I've not really heard of the other two.

So the name that stands out for me - as Ian will well know,

I suspect - is Neil Gaiman.

So I can't really offer any more than that,

that I know Neil Gaiman writes fantasy novels.

But I'm sorry, Ian, I really don't know the answer to this. That's OK.

Was that your thinking as well? Yeah, it was, yeah.

So, I will go for Neil Gaiman, please.

Neil Gaiman is right.

Well done, Barry.

You gave enough there.

Nothing to choose between them on the scoreboard

but significantly, Steve has all three Eggheads left.

And Ian has used all his.

Steve, your question -

the American soloists Joshua Bell and Rachel Barton Pine

are both leading performers on which musical instrument?

No, that doesn't mean anything to me.

It could equally be any of them so I do need help with this.

I'm going to hope and pray that Kevin knows.

Kevin, Joshua Bell and Rachel Barton Pine.

American soloists, both leading performers on which instrument?

I...

have an inkling, Steve...

..but I'm not at all certain.

Well, your inkling's better than my nothing.

I don't know Rachel Barton Pine, I must admit.

But I think I have heard of Joshua Bell.

My...

inclination is for violin and I'm hoping that

that is a bell ringing from somewhere,

so with a big...

..health warning, I hope...

I hope that he's ringing a bell in relation to violin.

Thank you.

OK, so you've got that from Kevin.

Well, I've got nothing to go on at all, Jeremy, and, like I say,

an inkling from Kevin is probably better than my best answer

anyway, so I wouldn't have had a clue.

If it's wrong, it doesn't matter because I didn't know anyway

so I will go with what Kevin said and I will say violin.

So, Kevin just had a leaning towards violin

and only with Joshua, but the leaning is enough -

violin is correct. Thank you, Kevin.

So, you have got four out of four

and this is your fourth question, now, Ian.

Which British landscape artist became known as

the "Canaletto of the canals"?

So, Newton, I haven't heard of.

Someone with the

surname Frampton -

but I thought it was a man...

..did the statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.

Richard Long...

..I associate him with landscape art.

But would it simply be the person that I haven't heard of?

I'm going to go for Richard Long.

Algernon Newton is the right answer.

The one of whom you hadn't heard.

Often, I guess, the way.

So that means, Steve, because you've got four out of four so far,

that if you get this answer right,

you are in the final.

And we are just a bit closer to A - you becoming an Egghead

and B - your son having a dog.

No pressure, then!

And you do still have Lisa and Dave to help you, as well.

Which medieval scientist wrote his most important work

Opus Majus for Pope Clement IV?

Well, I don't want to unduly influence Lisa and Dave

the wrong way cos I'm going to be coming to you in a minute,

rest assured.

But, I don't associate Thomas Aquinas with being a scientist.

I mean, I could be completely off beam there.

I thought he was a theologian and a philosopher.

Robert Grosseteste...

Not really too... I don't know if I thought he were a maths...

I mean Roger Bacon is the obvious scientist.

Erm, so I will go to Lisa first, do your best.

OK, Lisa.

What do you think on this?

I think you might more or less have done my best already, mate.

I'm sorry, I can't really advance this much for you.

Erm, I don't think I would have gone with Thomas Aquinas.

You are quite right, Bacon was the scientist I knew.

I have some other logic muddling around in the back of my head

that I am very reluctant to mention because I think it will

muddy the waters. Anything that will help, Lisa, anything at all.

I was just wondering if Clement IV was one of the French Popes

and if that would vaguely tip it towards Grosseteste

but I have nothing, nothing at all to back that up, nothing.

Thanks anyway, thank you.

Dave, do your best.

OK, so he's using all his Eggheads here,

knowing that if he gets this right, it's over.

So, Dave, come on.

Well, I can't add anything to the conversation

that's not already been said.

I thought Roger Bacon was a scientist and I've got

nothing to go against what's already been said

by both you and Lisa.

Thanks, Dave. That's all I can say, really. Appreciate it.

It's a percentage shot, I don't know the answer.

It could equally be Thomas Aquinas who I've discounted

but just based on the fact that I know he is a scientist,

I will say Roger Bacon and hope for the best.

Roger Bacon is your answer.

OK, if you've got this right, you will have five out of five

and you will have won and you'll be in the final.

If you've got it wrong, we go back to Ian to see if he can catch up.

You'll have no Eggheads left if that happens.

The medieval scientist who wrote his most important work Opus Majus

for Pope Clement IV...

..was Roger Bacon. STEVE SIGHS

Well done. So we say congratulations, Steve.

Oh, Ian, I'm sorry. Yeah, that's all right.

That was an exhausting, punishing contest between two huge brains.

Really. Hope you enjoyed it. I did, yeah. Good, good, good.

And well done, Steve. Ian has got a fantastic...

I was just in awe of some of the things he were saying

and I felt a bit guilty getting them right, to be fair.

Yeah, the guilt thing...

Eggheads, you need to practise a bit of guilt -

I never see you showing any guilt when you guess the right answer.

This guilt's a new thing we've got here.

It's all knowledge, there is never any guilt.

There is no room for it cos all the wins count.

Yeah, if you become an Egghead, Steve, I promise you,

we will teach you not to feel guilt. Right.

Well done, you've come close to buying that dog,

you proved once again that winning comes as naturally to you

as it does to our Eggheads. You are a fearsome and brilliant contestant.

It means you're through to our grand final.

And you are that much closer to actually becoming an Egghead.

Join us soon to find out who our last grand finalists will be.

Until then, goodbye.

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