Fourth 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 have 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,

which is an actual place here at the desk where the Eggheads sit!

And they're very precious seats, those, aren't they?

Yes. They're hard-won.

Yep. This is our last semifinal in our search to find two new Eggheads,

so let us meet today's contestants. I'm Nicki Cockburn,

I'm a broadcast journalist and volunteer radio presenter,

and I'm from Cardiff.

I'm Beth Webster, I'm a health and safety advisor

and I live in Watford.

Great to see you both back here. Nicki, first of all, you got through the heats, in fact,

you won all three rounds, didn't you? I did, yes, I was lucky.

And you then chose, was it Kevin, Dave and Barry?

It was, yes, and Dave helped me out on a question.

What was the key moment, do you think,

in the last bit of that contest? Any key question?

I think the one about Laura Kuenssberg being the new political editor.

Because I had two other Eggheads that I could have used,

and I sort of knew that one.

And I thought, it's OK because if I needed to answer another question,

I still had the two Eggheads.

I didn't need to use them for that round, so...

Apart from Dave, so... Yeah.

Well, next time I see her,

I'll say she was pivotal in getting you to this point!

She was, thank her for me! She'll be delighted she got it right as well.

Beth, how about you? How were the heats for you?

Oh, the heats were good - I was on tenterhooks to see whether I actually

still remained in the top four. So I'm quite excited to be here now.

Yes, you won two out of three head-to-heads and then you scored 15 points

in the Quickfire, which was very good.

Yes, I did, yeah. Quickfire requires a different kind of skill,

doesn't it? It does, and luckily,

my Mastermind experience has stood me in good stead for quickfire rounds.

Amazingly, you've been on Mastermind five times?

I have, yeah, once in the semifinal and then...

Well, five heats and one semifinal.

And if there is a particular specialist subject from Mastermind that you

would be willing us to have come up today, what would it be?

Muppet movies, of course! I thought you'd say the Muppet movies!

What was the expression on John Humphrys' face when you chose that?

Difficult to explain,

and I wouldn't want to be rude about one of your colleagues!

So, Nicki, how about you?

You've been on The Chase and Wright Around The World as well.

Yes. And Two Tribes and Pointless.

Yeah, so this is a lot different.

But the pressure is still the same, you still get nervous, but you know,

it's all the questions on the day, really,

so you can never really tell how it's going to happen.

And we met your guide dog, James, last time - he did seem to get,

at certain key moments in the contest, he does make himself known,

or felt? He does, yeah,

I think that's because I was rather vocal in my pleasure of getting

questions right. So if...

When I get questions right today, I shall just have to go, "Oh, good!"

I think my voice was in danger of breaking the windows at one point!

Because he came out from under the desk to see what was going on?

He did - he was quite alarmed, yes! OK, well, good luck for both of you.

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 tested on the regular Eggheads categories.

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

I will ask you three multiple-choice questions on sport in turn -

whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.

That much is obvious. But as you know, there's an extra twist,

which is that you can then choose an Egghead to help you in the

final round. Nicki, as our highest-ranked player in this semifinal,

you have the option as to whether you'd like to play first or second.

Can I go first, please, Jeremy?

OK, here we go, Nicki - good luck.

The Manchester United and Ireland footballer Denis Irwin usually

played in which position?

Erm...

Right, now, I have heard of him, so that's a good start!

I don't remember when I've heard of him, though.

I did go through a phase of supporting...

certain football teams.

I'm not very sure, so I shall just guess and say...

Striker. Striker.

OK, now, I know who to ask about this,

and that is Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

This was in the Alex Ferguson years?

Yes, he was, yeah.

He joined United, I think, in 1990 from Oldham Athletic.

Erm, very consistent, played about 600 games,

but he played as a right-back and a left-back at United - so,

he's a defender. Defender is the answer.

A friend of mine, who's a Man U fan, said Ferguson had said,

"Denis is always the first name on the team sheet."

Yeah. He was. Whatever you're doing, you always put Denis in there.

Well, he was a stalwart, very loyal player, never rocked the boat,

and always consistent.

Useful qualities.

Let's see, Beth, if you can take the lead on your first question.

Who was the winning quarterback at the 2016 Super Bowl?

I'm exceptionally happy that American football has come up, Jeremy,

because my husband is a massive American football fan.

This was the last match of this particular quarterback,

because he announced his retirement straight afterwards.

And fingers crossed, I'm hoping I'm going to get the right name.

The two quarterbacks in the final were Cam Newton and Peyton Manning.

But unfortunately, Cam Newton was on the losing side,

so I believe the correct answer is Peyton Manning.

That's about as much American football knowledge as we've ever had

displayed in this studio, I think!

Peyton Manning is quite right!

Your husband will be pleased!

He will be, very pleased!

OK, Nicki, your second question -

which of these athletics events is part of an Olympic decathlon?

Ooh, goodness.

Erm, there's lots and lots in a decathlon.

I know that they do the hammer.

Because I think there was a guy called Dean Macey,

and I don't know whether he was a decathlete.

But his name has just popped into my head, which doesn't mean anything,

because I don't even know whether he was in the Olympics.

So that doesn't really...

They might have different things in the Olympics.

I don't know if the ladies do the decathlon.

I don't think ladies do hammer throws.

Well, they might do.

Anyway, I'm just going to guess.

Because he popped into my head, I'm just going to guess the hammer.

The hammer is your answer.

Yes. As decathlon - let's see, anybody here?

Hurdles. The hurdles is the answer.

110m hurdles.

So, if you get this right, Beth, you've taken the round,

and you get to choose an Egghead.

Rebecca Adlington won Olympic gold medals over 400m and 800m in which

swimming stroke?

I do know... It might have changed now, but at the time,

the longest distance for a female swimmer was 800m.

And they would...

There would be only one stroke competed for that,

and that would be the freestyle.

So I believe the answer is freestyle.

The correct answer is freestyle.

Beth, well done. You've got it right.

And no way back for you, Nicki, in this round.

So, Beth, you've won the first head-to-head.

So, you gain an Egghead for the final round,

and you've got any one of the five that you could choose...

Well, I'm going to take my lucky mascot from the last time,

and I'd like Kevin, please.

All right. Kevin, how about that?

Lucky mascot, yeah! So, as it stands, Beth has one Egghead,

Nicki so far has none, and the category for you next is Politics.

And Beth, because you won the last one, you can decide - first or second?

I'd like to go first, please.

And here is your first question.

Caroline Lucas was the only member of which party to win a seat at the

2015 general election?

Erm, when Politics came up as a topic...

It's really not my best subject.

But I do happen to know the answer to this one.

And I believe Caroline Lucas was voted as a Green Party MP in

Brighton and Hove, I believe.

So, your answer is Green Party? Green Party.

Green Party is the right answer.

Now, in my mind, I had Brighton Pavilion, but I may be wrong.

Oh, Brighton Pavilion. What is the seat? Yes.

Brighton Pavilion? Yes, it is. Yeah.

Nicki, your question -

which amendment to The Constitution of the United States reads...

"A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,

"the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"?

Right, well, I think that the first one might be something sort of a bit

more than that, to do with, you know, more freedom for people,

maybe speech or something.

So, without any conviction at all, I'm going to say third.

No idea. No, no, and this...

I just like the number three! Although I always say I don't like odd numbers,

but hopefully it's going to be lucky today.

Well, on this, it is not, I'm afraid.

This is the one that we keep going back to because of guns in America.

And people who bear arms say it is our...

Second Amendment right.

They're referring to this. Is that right? Yes.

Yeah. So, the answer, Nicki, is the Second Amendment. That's OK.

The right to bear arms.

OK, Beth, on to you.

In which year did the Rodney King riots lead to over 50 deaths and an

estimated $1 billion in damages to Los Angeles?

Now, I've been watching a popular television show

about the people versus OJ Simpson.

And that was around the same time

or slightly after the Rodney King incident.

That would put it in 1992.

So, 1992 is my answer.

Eggheads, do you know? Yeah.

1992 is right.

So, we go back to you, Nicki, you've got to get this one right.

How many countries signed the 1957 Treaty of Rome which established the

European Economic Community and

later became a principal component of the European Union?

26 seems far too high...

for some reason.

I'll say six.

Six is correct. Oh, I got a question right! Well done!

I can relax now. You are there.

You're on the scoreboard.

That's great. OK.

Beth, this for the round.

Who was promoted to the post of

Work and Pensions Secretary in March 2016,

after the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith?

Well, I know that Nicky Morgan is the Secretary of State for Education,

so it's certainly not her.

And I don't believe that Oliver Letwin holds this post either.

And I seem to remember Stephen Crabb was given that position after

Iain Duncan Smith left it.

So, Stephen Crabb is my answer.

Stephen Crabb, who subsequently became a leadership contender,

is the right answer.

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

And you were not going to enjoy your politics, I thought.

I was quite grateful to win the previous round because I

wouldn't have stood a chance on Nicki's questions, so...

There we go. You've done well.

You gain another Egghead for the final round. You've already got Kevin,

who would you like? I would like Pat, please.

So, Beth has two Eggheads to help her in the final.

Nicki, so far, has none.

The next category is Film TV and because you won that round, Beth,

you can choose first or second.

I'll continue going first, please, Jeremy.

And here is your first question.

In 2015, who became the first dancer to win Strictly Come Dancing twice?

That was 2015, wasn't it?

2015.

Ola Jordan was eliminated quite early on.

In fact, I think she was the first...pro dancer to leave.

Natalie Lowe, I can't actually remember competing in that series

but I believe it's Aliona Vilani.

That is the right answer.

I feel this should be my specialist subject here.

Natalie Lowe did compete.

Oh, she did. She was with Ainsley Harriott.

Ola Jordan went out first with Iwan Thomas.

The sprinter.

And Aliona was - you say, Lisa. Who was...?

Jay McGuiness. Jay McGuiness!

Of course! Who turned out to be the most amazing dancer.

So, first one to you and, Nicki, your question.

Which of these EastEnders characters made a surprise return to the show

in May, 2016?

Right, well, in May, 2016, I think dear old...

..Barbara Windsor, not her, obviously, but Peggy Mitchell died,

so I'm thinking even though her and Pat were absolute...

You know, always fighting over "Frank!" Butcher.

I shall say Pat Butcher only because I think it's the kind of weird thing

that they would do to have them being together.

Judith is our person on EastEnders.

Judith. That's right.

She came back as a ghost.

Oh! And had this deathbed conversation with Peggy.

Not a dry eye, I imagine.

No. Absolutely - sobs.

Did you watch it more than once?

No! Once is enough.

LAUGHTER

It's one of Judith's surprise areas.

She loves EastEnders.

There we are. OK, Pat Butcher's right.

Beth, onto you.

What is the subtitle of the 2016 X-Men film starring Oscar Isaac?

Well, these are all subtitles of X-Men films,

it's been a favourite of

my husband, my son and my stepsons.

So, first one,

Days Of Future Past kind of mixed it all up a bit in the middle.

And I think the most recent one was X-Men Apocalypse.

Well, your husband is coming in handy. He's very handy, isn't he?

He's very handy. Maybe he should be here instead of me.

Apocalypse is quite right.

No answers wrong in this round so far. Back to you, Nicki.

Who was the original presenter of the comedy panel show Would I Lie To You?

before Rob Brydon took over in 2009?

I love Rob Brydon. He's one of us.

He's Welsh. And he's lovely, we like him.

Now, I did watch one of the old episodes and I'm trying to

remember whose voice it was.

I'm going to say Dara O Briain.

I just can't remember their voice at all. I only saw it once and I was

probably doing something at the time, so I don't really remember it.

Any Eggheads know?

Angus Deayton. Angus Deayton was the answer.

So your third question, Beth, and a chance to take the round.

Meryl Streep won her first Oscar for her performance in which 1979 film?

One thing you tend to do is look up things from around the time you were

born and what won the Oscar when you were born and things like that.

Um, and in...

So I was born in 1979.

Which helps for this question.

It's a '79 film, so it would have won an Oscar in 1980

and I think that was Kramer vs Kramer.

Kramer versus Kramer is correct.

You got three out of three there, Beth.

Have you got a question wrong yet, actually, in the contest, at all?

I don't think so. Nicki, what can I say? She's playing very well.

Very good, yes.

She's won another head-to-head.

And you gain another Egghead. You've already got Kevin and Pat.

Who would you like now?

You could have Judith, or Lisa, or Dave in the middle?

No offence, ladies, but I'd like Dave, please.

OK. Very good. So Beth has three Eggheads to help her in the final.

Nicki still is waiting to get her first.

The next category is Geography.

And Beth, again, as the winner of the last round,

you can choose first or second.

I'll still carry on with going first, please, Jeremy.

OK, so here we go again, Beth. Your first question.

Which of these countries shares a border with South Africa?

Ooh.

Um, well, I'm immediately taking out DR Congo, cos that's, um...

quite... Much further north than either of the other two.

For want of a... I'll go for a more educated guess than anything else,

I'm going to go with Botswana.

Nicki, is she right?

Yeah. Yeah, Botswana it is. Oh!

OK, your question, Nicki.

Approximately how many miles are there

between Southampton and Cowes on the Isle of Wight?

Oh, goodness me. Um...

So Cowes is probably on the Isle of Wight,

so you'd probably have to get a ferry across to it.

I'm going to go down the middle and say 20.

Now, this is local for you, Kevin.

It is, though it's not something I've really ever thought about,

but I don't see that it could really be any more than 10.

The answer is 10. Mm-hm.

So, back to you, Beth.

The British Overseas Territory of Ascension Island

is in which ocean?

Ooh. "Ascension" sounds like it would be nice and hot.

So, Arctic is out,

which leaves you the two biggest oceans to go down the middle of.

Um...

I think I'm going to go for Pacific,

cos I think it sounds like it's going to be more sort of...

..New Zealand-y-ish way than between South America and Africa.

So, Pacific, please.

You're going Pacific, so you are employing

what is known as the Judith Keppel rule.

LAUGHING: Oh, am I?

Judith, remind us.

All islands... Most islands live in the Pacific.

So if you hear the word "island" in a question... Oh, OK.

..you go Pacific. Oh, I see. Oh, right. Yeah, yeah.

The rule is going to have to be rewritten because, Judith?

It's in the Atlantic? It is in the Atlantic, this one.

JUDITH LAUGHS

So you are very much still in it, Nicki.

Beth has one, here's your second question.

What is the smallest of the four main islands that make up Japan?

Oh, I've only heard of one of them.

Only because the other two ends in "u" and the other one ends in "o"...

I'm kind of thinking, you know,

would smaller things have a different ending?

And only because it's the one I've heard of

and I don't know whether I've heard of it

because it might have been an answer to another question.

What have I got to lose? A lot.

But I shall say Hokkaido.

If Barry was here, I would ask him.

Anyone who's good on our Japanese islands?

Shikoku is the smallest.

S for small. Shikoku is...

Sorry, Judith?

S for small. S for small? Mm.

Is that how you remember it? Yeah. Oh!

S for small. I'll remember that from now on. Yeah, me too.

NICKI LAUGHS Shikoku is the smallest.

OK.

Beth, your question now. If you get this right, you've won the round.

The village of Geddington,

site of one of the few remaining original crosses

erected in honour of Eleanor of Castile,

is in which English county?

When I was a child, we used to live in Lincoln,

and my family were from Lincoln.

And we used to travel from where we lived at the time in Dover, in Kent,

up the, um... It's now the A14, but it was the A604 at the time,

and passed through lots of these...

Through the Eleanor crosses.

And the only one we would have passed through during our route

would be one in Northamptonshire.

So Northamptonshire's my answer.

Northamptonshire is the correct answer, as well.

There we are. No way back for Nicki in this round.

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

Beth, you gain one more Egghead for the final round.

You've got three. Who's your fourth?

I would like Lisa, please. OK.

So Lisa plays with you in the final.

Now, Nicki, come on, we need to get you an Egghead here

for the final round, otherwise the bench

is going to collapse on Beth's side.

It will. With five of them. NICKI LAUGHS

So Beth does have four Eggheads to help her in the final.

Nicki doesn't have any so far.

We'll play one more round before the final round,

and it is Food And Drink.

So, Beth, once again, you won the last round,

you can say whether you go first or second.

I'm going to carry on going first, please, Jeremy.

Here is your question, Beth.

The old English dish syllabub

is typically eaten at which point of a meal?

Ooh. This is one of my mum's favourite things to make, I think.

It's quite a sweet thing, I think it was made with whipped cream,

a bit like a mousse-type, fool-type thing.

So, it's served as a dessert.

Dessert is right.

Nicki, your question.

The name of the drink vodka is derived from the Russian for what?

I'm not very good at Russian.

SHE LAUGHS

I have a contemporary art degree and a journalism postgrad.

Um, vodka sounds like "vater"...

to me. And I think...

..I'm going to say water.

I'm glad you did. It is water.

Ah, yay! Me too! Well done.

Beth, what type of food are Forfar bridies?

Are they...?

When those lists came up and I saw smoked fish,

it brought the Arbroath smokies to my brain.

So I wonder whether, in Forfar, they do a similar thing?

As Arbroath have their smokies,

I wonder whether Forfar has their bridies.

So I'll go with smoked fish.

What do you think, Nicki?

I might have been inclined to go with pasties.

Meat pasties is the right answer. Ah.

So, if you get this right, Nicki, you will take the lead. OK.

Which of these spices, Nicki,

is derived from a member of the ginger family of plants?

OK, so, caraway is sort of like a seed-y thing.

Ginger, you peel.

And you have to have, like, a sort of peel-y, root-y type thing.

Just because nutmeg popped into my mind and...

..I like nutmeg, I think you sort of have to peel it

and it's kind of, like, in the cinnamon family.

I think that ginger might be there.

So, without any conviction at all, I'm going to say nutmeg.

I just love the word nutmeg. I hope it's a lucky word.

JEREMY CHUCKLES Nutmeg.

Let's see, Beth, do you know this?

I think it's turmeric.

Oh, dear.

It is actually turmeric.

Oh, well, never mind.

Not to worry, you're level in the Food And Drink round.

Last round before the final.

And here's your third question, Beth.

Which Portuguese wine region is located

in the extreme north-west of the country, on the border with Spain?

Ooh. Now...

I do like my wine.

But the only Portuguese wine I've drunk is port.

I'm going to go with Setubal.

For no other reason than I quite like the word.

LAUGHTER

Setubal.

No, it's Vinho Verde. Oh.

OK, Nicki, your third question.

You could take the round with this. OK.

Semolina is usually made from which type of wheat?

I quite like semolina. Um...

I'm going to say spelt.

But I have no idea at all. No idea at all

Anyone here know?

Well, that will be durum wheat. Durum.

Durum wheat is the answer. Oh, well.

You're equal after three questions.

And we go to Sudden Death. It gets a bit harder -

I don't give you alternative options.

So we start with you, Beth.

Which type of soup, typically made with a calf's head,

shares it name with a character from Alice's Adventures In Wonderland?

Oh, unless you put the end of that question on,

I wouldn't have known the answer.

But I think that's mock turtle soup.

It is mock turtle soup, you're right.

I knew that one!

LAUGHTER

OK. Nicki, your question.

A Caprese salad is typically made with which type of cheese?

Mozzarella, but, no, it's not.

But, yeah. Mozzarella.

It's a guess.

Mozzarella is correct.

Oh! JEREMY LAUGHS

OK. Well done.

Sudden Death.

Yeah. Toe-to-toe here.

Beth, which French word, beginning with the D, is the name

of the mixture of finely chopped mushrooms and shallots

that is often used in the preparation of a beef Wellington?

I think that's called a duxelle.

Duxelle is right.

Nicki, which herb

is the primary flavouring of the drink absinthe?

Absinthe.

They call it "the green fairy", I think.

I don't know if it's mint, or if it's fennel.

Or aniseed, or something.

Mint.

Beth, do you know this?

Well, it used to be made with wormwood,

but I'm not sure whether it still is.

No, wormwood is what I was looking for. Mm-hm. OK.

So, on Sudden Death, we say congratulations, Beth.

You've won the fifth head-to-head.

And you can choose an Egghead.

THEY LAUGH

Hello, Judith. Hello!

Judith, our last remaining one to go.

So, Beth, you have got...

This is going to test our bench, back there.

..Kevin, Pat, Dave, Lisa, Judith in the final round.

Nicki, you're going to go it alone. I am.

Let's play the final round.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

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

and who's going to 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, Beth, you're going to have all of them, really -

Judith and Kevin and Dave and Lisa and Pat.

Nicki, you're going it alone, but it doesn't mean you can't win,

that's for sure. And you did, of course, top the heats.

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

before giving an answer to a question.

You can ask each of them for help only once.

You can ask more than one of them, though, for any question.

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

So, Beth, as you won the last round,

you get to choose whether you go first or second now.

Well, going first has helped me throughout the rest of the show,

so let's carry on with going first.

And here we go with your first question.

Which Australian singer released the albums

1000 Forms Of Fear and This Is Acting?

"This Is Acting"?

Well, all three of those artists are Australian,

so that doesn't help me knocking any of them out.

They're a touch modern for me, Jeremy!

SHE LAUGHS

I am actually going to have to call on one of my Eggies to help me.

Let's ask Lisa whether she can help me on this question.

Yeah, I think I might have gone for Lisa on this.

So, Lisa, which Australian singer released the albums

1000 Forms Of Fear and This Is Acting?

Well, if Beth hadn't already made the decision, Jeremy,

I'd say you were a fool.

Yeah, fortunately, Beth... unfortunately, Beth,

I'm only a year younger than you.

It makes me too old for this, as well, my dear.

You know, if it were me and I was on my own,

I'd probably have plumped for Iggy Izalea, but I really,

really haven't got a Scooby-Doo. I'm ever so sorry.

OK, no worries, thank you very much, Lisa.

OK, you can call in another, if you want.

Or you can just go for it. I think I'm just going to go for it.

Unfortunately, Lisa, I'm not going to be taking your learned advice,

or guessing. Only sensible! I'm actually going to go for Sia,

because I think those would be titles more along her genre

than Iggy Izalea's.

Do you know this one, Nicki?

Yes. She is absolutely a favourite artist of mine. Love, love,

love her. YouTube her all the time, got her albums. Sia.

It is Sia. Oh, wow.

So, Sia is the right answer there.

Nicki, over to you.

The financier Robert Morris,

a founding father of the United States

was born in which British city?

Oh, goodness me.

Obviously, it could have been any one of those,

and I'm just trying to think if there's any kind of, like,

you know, buildings named after him in any of those cities.

I shall just say Liverpool. I've got nothing to go on,

absolutely nothing at all.

Liverpool, OK.

No reason.

The correct answer is Liverpool. Oh, OK!

Well done.

That's very good.

OK, second question to Beth.

The military leader Fidel Ramos was president from 1992 to 1998

of which country?

Ramos.

Could very conceivably be any of these, but I'm going to have

to call on another Egghead.

OK. You're calling in another Egghead.

And I would like to call on Pat this time, please.

Yeah, he loves his maps, Pat. Yeah.

The military leader Fidel Ramos was president from 1992 to 1998

of which country?

I have a very faint bell saying the Philippines,

but it's extremely faint.

Have we room in the Philippines to have a President Ramos?

Because we've had various Aquinos,

Marcos before the whole thing started, we've had various Aquinos,

and several other top dogs.

I think, if I had to answer, I'd say the Philippines,

but I'd be a very, very worried man.

It's not really much of an assistance there, I'm afraid. OK.

Well, I'm going to take Pat's advice and go for the Philippines.

As he was saying it, I was thinking Marcos and Ramos,

they're similar sounding endings of names.

It is could be feasible that it is the Philippines.

OK. Philippines is right.

Thank you, Pat. You're welcome.

So you've got two answers correct, Beth,

and you've also used two Eggheads. Nicki, you're still playing alone.

Not quite alone. No.

James is there. Yes.

Here's your question.

Sir Herbert Read, who died in 1968,

was best known as a critic who specialised in which area?

It's very odd to think of someone specialising in furniture.

I mean, obviously, people do.

Film, I haven't heard of him.

I don't really know a lot about film.

But I know that there are a lot of sort of modern art critics, um...

..that kind of make people rather cross.

Unfortunately, his name didn't come up in my degree,

more's the pity.

Unless it did and I happened to be not listening at that point.

But I'm going to say...

..modern art.

Yes. Just hope that it's right.

Modern art is the right answer.

Thank you. Well done, well done.

So, two points to each of you.

And we go back to you, Beth.

In Ukraine, what are pysanky?

Spelt P-Y-S-A-N-K-Y.

P-Y-S-A-N-K-Y. Pysanky.

My Ukrainian isn't all that, Jeremy, I must say. Pysanky.

I'm not sure whether they would give their hedges a particular name.

So, I'm going to knock that one out and stick with the other two.

I think I might have to call another

Egghead here. OK.

And I think it's...

Kevin's turn to help me out.

Kevin, I wondered if you were dreading this.

I was dreading it, yes. It sounds a little obscure, doesn't it?

In Ukraine, what are pysanky.

As far as I'm aware, I've never heard of it.

So, it literally could be anything.

I can't find a handle onto it, I'm afraid.

It's one you've either come across or you haven't.

Well, that's troubling.

Yeah, that is a trouble. You can use other Eggheads.

No, I want to keep them.

OK. I'll use them for my next two questions.

Erm...

I'm going to go for decorated Easter eggs.

Decorated Easter eggs is the correct answer.

Oh!

No-one's made a mistake so far.

Although you're going through those Eggheads. I am, yeah.

You've got Dave and Judith left.

Your question, Nicki.

Who was the voice of Grace Archer until that character's

untimely death in a 1955 episode of The Archers?

Oh, I used to share a room with a girl who was a huge Archers fan

and I remember, obviously, I wasn't at school then,

but I remember her playing it.

But she didn't have the good grace to tell me what the lady's name was.

She just said, "This is Grace dying, isn't it sad?"

None of those names are any names that I've ever heard of.

Down the middle. Ysanne Bell.

Hang on, I want to be sure we're not confused.

Oh, sorry. Heather Bell, Ysanne Churchman, Bonnie Engstrom?

Down the middle is Churchman, but you choose. Ysanne Churchman.

Yeah, Sorry.

Ysanne Churchman is your answer.

Yeah. Never heard of her.

It somewhat evens up the decorated Easter eggs,

cos it's right. Oh, OK! Yay!

So you've both had a pysanky moment there.

Yes! We did. Forever known as.

That's lovely. Yes, exactly.

Well done. It's three each.

And Beth has the advantage, in that you have two Eggheads still.

Here's your question, Beth.

The stock sound effect known as the Wilhelm scream

that has appeared in over 300 films was first recorded in which year?

I'm so aware of this sound effect, as well.

It's used in so many things.

Oh!

And I'm pretty sure at least one of my Eggheads would have known

the answer to this and I've already used him.

I think I'm going to ask Judith this, if I may.

Judith, the stock sound effect known as the "Vilhelm" scream,

or maybe "Wilhelm" scream, that has appeared in over 300 films

was first recorded in which year?

I haven't the faintest idea.

I'm really sorry.

I really don't know. If it were me...

Because I don't think 300 films is very many to have used it,

if you think of how many films must have been made since 1961,

for example.

I think I'll go for the later date, simply on numbers of films.

Judith's reasoning is probably similar to mine.

1961, there was more advances in sound technology and stuff by then,

so let's go with 1961.

1961.

300 films sounds like a hell of a lot to me.

Maybe I'm missing something here.

Do you know this, Nicki? I probably would have gone '51.

The answer is 1951.

Oh! So, it's now very interesting,

because it has got a tiny bit closer than it was.

Nicki, if you get this right, you've taken control.

The betelnut,

commonly chewed as a stimulant in Asia, is the fruit of which palm?

Now, betel, Nicki, is B-E-T-E-L.

Right. I'm thinking...

I'm not thinking raffia,

because I think that's sort of

what you spin baskets with.

I'm going to...

say nipa.

The betel nut is the fruit of the areca.

OK. I'm sorry,

so you've also got one wrong now. Yeah.

So, you're equal on three points,

and this is your last multiple choice question.

Beth, who is the central character of a novel by Ivan Gonsharof

whose name has come to represent an inert or procrastinating character?

Oh, this is...

I've absolutely no idea, Jeremy.

You've got Dave still, remember that. I have Dave, I do have Dave.

Well, I might as well use Dave, as he's there.

So, please, Dave, can you help me out?

Dave, I'll read the question.

Who is the central character of a novel by Ivan Gonsharof.

whose name has come to represent an inert or procrastinating character?

Right. I haven't really got an idea.

It's not a word that I can...

I'm trying to get to the recesses, as the question was being read,

to see if any of those words have come up.

If I had to say something,

Oblomov sounds just like a word

that would work, but that is really a 10% basis just on the word.

I've no idea about the context of the novel at all.

This is why I wasn't saying which option I'd prefer

before I ask an Egghead, to see whether they would come down on

the same sort of reasoning as me, and I was thinking Oblomov.

It looks like it is sort of

an obstructive word,

or somebody that would take their time over things.

Like, oblong and things like that,

so Oblomov.

Oblomov is the right answer.

Nice play. You're obviously completely in sync, you two,

cos you made the same case for it.

So, now, you're on the defensive here, Nicki.

You need to get this one right. OK! She has used all her Eggheads,

so if you do get this right,

you are head-to-head on sudden death

and it's absolutely even, but you've got to get this one right.

Right. Which South American president

became known for his small chrysanthemum farm,

his old VW beetle, and his three-legged dog Manuela.

Um...

I've only heard of one of them but, you know,

when you're listening to The World At Night,

the last thing they mention is his three-legged dog!

Only because I've heard of him, no other reason.

Which means it's probably going to be one of the other ones.

I've got absolutely no idea, but I'm going to say Hugo Chavez,

cos he's the only one I've heard of.

The answer is Jose Mujica. OK.

So, we say congratulations, Beth, you've won.

Well done.

Wow.

And that...

It was just a case of one way or the other there, Nicki, wasn't it?

Yeah, I mean, if you don't know, you don't know,

and I wish Beth all the best for the final.

Thank you, Nicki, you've been absolutely marvellous to play against.

It's been such a great time meeting you.

Thank you. So, well done, Beth.

You've proved once again that winning comes as naturally to you

as it does to our Eggheads, which means you're through

to the grand final, and that much closer to actually joining them

on the rather crowded bench.

That is it, that was the last of our semifinals.

We now have our four finalists - Steve, Gerard, Julia, and Beth.

I wonder who will be triumphant.

Join us next time for our grand final, when we will find out.

Till then, goodbye.

Welcome to this Strictly edition of Pointless Celebrities.

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