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.

So, this is it, we've reached the climax of our search for the

greatest quiz brains in Britain.

The hunt is almost over to find two people to take their place

alongside the most fearsome quizzers in history, the Eggheads.

And we've assembled you all so we can see the firepower -

and very impressive it is, too.

Now we meet the contestants taking part in our first Grand Final.

Hello, my name's Steve Cooke, I'm a self-employed distributor

and I come from Bolsover near Chesterfield.

Hi, I'm Gerard Mackay and I'm an accounts assistant

from Nesscliffe in Shropshire.

Gerard and Steve, welcome.

You've really fought a good fight, both of you, to get here.

Gerard, what's it been like getting to this point?

It's been emotional.

THEY LAUGH

It's been fun! How about you, Steve? Your semifinal was amazing.

I just hope I've not used all my luck up before the final.

You've got amazing quiz pedigree, Steve, Brain of Mensa,

two-time winner of Brain of Derbyshire, Derbyshire Quiz League,

you write questions, as well.

I always think that might help, actually.

Yeah, well, you say that, I started last year and I was told

my questions were too hard, so I had to tone them down a bit,

so how much of a help it will be, I don't know.

And Gerard, Fifteen to One series champion,

Only Connect and you've appeared on Eggheads before, as well.

Yes, and I do write questions, but for myself.

They'd be too hard to put in a pub quiz, I think.

And what will it mean to you to join this, this fabled crew over here?

It would be amazing, and I'm sure, yeah,

it would make my mum proud, as well. So, yeah, it would be delightful.

Steve, for you? Well, obviously it's a lot for me, Jeremy.

I've already discussed about my son, as well, but also this year,

my dad, he's been quite ill and in fact

it were quite serious at one point, I thought I were actually going to lose him.

So I'd just like to do something for him to make him proud.

OK, and you mentioned your son. Oh, yeah, yeah.

A lot at stake here, cos your son gets a dog if you win.

He does, yeah.

All right, well, this is the Grand Final,

so the rules today are going to be slightly different.

Our contestants will compete over two head-to-head rounds

answering questions from Eggheads categories

that they have chosen, but unlike in previous shows,

they are not competing here to win the help of our Eggheads.

Instead, three points are up for grabs per around,

they will take those three points through to the final.

So, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Music,

which was the category you chose, Steve.

Why did you go for that?

Erm, I think I've got a decent range and knowledge of music. I mean,

obviously there's things I don't know, but it's served me well

so far, so let's try and get three out of three.

Gerard, where are you on your music? I'm fairly scattered.

I've got, yeah, I'm not deep in any particular genre, but, yeah...

I like all music, really.

OK, well, the Eggheads are watching keenly.

They recognise large brains when they see them, I can tell you that.

I'll ask each of you three multiple-choice questions on Music in turn.

Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round

and you get the precious three points then, for the final.

Steve, as our highest-ranked player, you have the option

as to whether you would like to go first or second.

I'll go first please, Jeremy.

Good luck to you both.

Steve, you go first, here's your question -

at which institution were Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland

studying in 1996

when they formed the band that went on to be known as Coldplay?

Was it...

I imagine it could be any one of the three,

because obviously where they're from

doesn't necessarily mean it's where they studied.

Rightly or wrongly, I'm going to rule out Glasgow School of Art.

King's College Cambridge...

doesn't really appeal.

Purely on gut feeling, nothing more, I'll say University College London.

That's the correct answer.

OK, so first point then to Steve.

Gerard, Wyclef Jean, rapper,

producer and member of the group The Fugees

was born in which country?

Um, yes, I think I'm vaguely familiar with Wyclef Jean. But...

all I've got to go on is I feel I might have read it somewhere

that he's from Haiti.

So I'm going for Haiti as my answer.

Haiti is your answer.

I want to go to Chris on this. Chris?

Well, Wyclef Jean, Jean of course being French... French, yes.

..Haiti is Francophone, Barbados is Anglophone

and Costa Rica is Hispanic, so it's got to be Haiti.

Haiti's the right answer, well done. Both completely level now.

Second question to you, Steve.

Which of these musicians was a member of the group

Buffalo Springfield in the 1960s?

Right, I'm quite excited, cos I think I know this. Erm...

Just going to check through my mind, not going to do anything stupid,

it's Stephen Stills.

You're right, Stephen Stills, it is.

Gerard...

Joe Barry was the name formerly used by which singer

until the comedian Bob Hope urged him to change it?

Right.

So, Bob Hope. Hm...

I don't have much to... Well, Dean Martin I think was Dino Crocetti.

I didn't know Andy Williams had any other name.

I'm going to try Tony Bennett. Kevin, Barry, anyone?

I'd have gone Tony Bennett. Yes. Tony Bennett's the right answer.

That's an excellent answer, so you've both got two.

Couldn't be tighter. Third question to Steve.

In what year was the famous Montreux Jazz Festival first held?

Absolutely no idea. Erm...

it could be any of them.

I could argue a case for all three, but I don't know,

I'm going to guess, and it is a guess, '67.

You're right, 1967.

Three out of three for Steve.

Gerard, if you get this wrong, you've lost the round.

The American father and son John and Alan Lomax

were renowned scholars and collectors of what type of music?

Can't get a handle on the surname, Lomax.

Lomax... Where it must be from, even.

I don't think soul music is known for its collectors, as such,

whereas there are lots of collectors of...

folk music and chamber music.

I think I'm going to play the odds and say folk music.

The correct answer is folk music.

Three out of three to you both.

Gets a bit harder now, we go to Sudden Death, I don't give you alternative answers.

We start with you, Steve.

Do You Want To Build A Snowman is a song from which 2013 animated film?

Not going to sing it, fortunately. It's Frozen.

Frozen is right.

Gerard,

what surname is shared by one of the Pet Shop Boys

and an actor who portrayed the Doctor in Doctor Who?

Well, that's got to be Tennant.

Tennant is correct, yes.

Neil Tennant in the Pet Shop Boys

and David Tennant playing the Doctor.

Steve,

Billy Joel had his first UK number one single in 1983

with which song?

Uptown Girl.

HE PART SINGS Uptown Girl is right

and it's so far his only UK number one.

Gerard,

Oh What A Circus is a song from which production

with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber?

# Oh what a circus, oh what a show... #

That's David Essex, isn't it? In Evita,

playing Che Guevara, I think.

Evita is right.

And back to you, Steve,

which singer launched the clothing line L-A-M-B,

which is an acronym for Love Angel Music Baby?

Love Angel Music Baby.

The one I wanted to say, I can't even think of her name now.

Erm...

If I say this, it'll probably be the other one, but...

I'm going to say...

Mariah Carey.

Mariah Carey is your answer, the clothing line L-A-M-B. Anyone here?

Gwen Stefani. Gwen Stefani. Gwen Stefani is the answer.

That's the first wrong answer so far.

Gerard, get this right, you've taken the round.

Wayward Wind and Confessin'

were two of the four UK number-one singles of the 1960s

for which male singer?

I remember him. Yeah.

It's Frank Ifield.

Frank Ifield is right, so on Sudden Death, Gerard,

and not in the round you chose, you have won.

So, first head-to-head to Gerard.

And unlike in the previous heats, I don't give you

an Egghead to choose, they just keep watching and commenting as they are.

Gerard, it does mean you've got three points for the

all-important endgame in which the whole aim will be to get to ten.

Steve has no points so far.

Our next head-to-head battle is on the subject of Science.

And that was your choice of category, Gerard. Yes.

So why did you go for this one?

Er, well, I suppose my degree is in maths, but I...

I did a lot of science subjects at school so I just, yeah,

I quite like the subject.

As before, I will ask each of you three multiple-choice

questions on Science in turn.

Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round

and as the winner of the previous round, Gerard,

you get to choose whether you go first or second.

I'll go first, please.

OK, so, Science, Gerard starts.

Which British scientist used his well-known double-slit experiment

to demonstrate the wave theory of light?

Was it...

Yeah, it's called the Young double slit experiment

so it must be Thomas Young.

Thomas Young is correct.

OK, Steve, your question.

In which part of the body is the olecranon?

O-L-E-C-R-A-N-O-N?

Is it...

I think that's the elbow, Jeremy.

Elbow is correct.

Back to you, Gerard.

Which element did the German alchemist Hennig Brand

discover in 1669 by boiling a large quantity of urine?

Well, considering it... It was discovered by brewing urine,

it appropriately has the chemical symbol P,

and it's phosphorus.

Phosphorus is quite right.

OK, Steve, your question.

The world's first commercial Maglev train service

was built for which city's international airport?

Erm....

again, it's very tough to rule anything out.

Erm, I wouldn't imagine it's Birmingham,

although saying that, it probably is.

With no conviction at all...

I will try...Seoul.

What's the answer? Do we know, Eggheads?

I have an idea it's Birmingham, Jeremy.

Chris is right. Mm. Birmingham is the answer.

So, with this question you can take this round, Gerard.

The remaining population of the critically-endangered giant ibis

is concentrated in which country?

Ooh.

Now, I associated ibises, I thought they were in the,

sort of Middle East area, but obviously not.

I'm going to go for Costa Rica on this one, Jeremy.

Pat, you'll know. I don't know. Don't you?

I would've guessed Cambodia, but I don't know.

Why would you have guessed Cambodia?

Well, I think over in East Asia you get lots of these stork

and crane-like birds. It is Cambodia. Ah.

So, you have a chance to pull level now, Steve,

but you have to get this one right.

According to the standard model, there are how many types

of the fundamental particles called leptons?

Again, any science buff will eat this one for breakfast, but...

unfortunately, that's not me. Erm...

I think eight's too many.

Whichever one I say, it'll be the other one. Erm...

six.

Six is the correct answer.

JEREMY LAUGHS Well done!

You held Gerard in Science

over three very difficult questions, Steve. We go to Sudden Death now.

Gets a bit harder, I don't give you options.

So, Gerard, your question.

What is 17 x 13?

17 x 13.

Well, think about this, then. 17 x 10 is 170,

17 x 3 is 51,

so that's...221.

Think about that, does that sound right?

Yes. 221, Jeremy.

221... Yes.

..is the correct answer.

OK, Sudden Death, Steve, your question to stay in.

Which organ of the human body contains bronchi and bronchioles?

Well, hopefully that's the lungs. It is the lungs, well done.

OK, Gerard,

the name of what petroleum product used in jet engines

and known as paraffin in the UK

comes from the Greek word for wax?

Well, yeah, I think the Latin for wax is similar. It's cera, isn't it?

So it is kerosene. Kerosene is right.

Steve.

Buteo buteo is the Latin name

for which bird, now the most common

and widespread bird of prey in the UK?

It's one I always tend to get mixed up, this.

But I'm going to say buzzard.

It's buzzard.

Well done, you got it right.

Back to you, Gerard. The fundamental

constant relating to the magnitude

of electric charge per mole

of electrons is named after which scientist?

Coulomb? Coulomb is wrong.

Michael Faraday is the answer. Oh!

Steve, you are one question away from winning on Science.

At a hearing into the 1986 space shuttle disaster,

which physicist famously demonstrated a fault with

rubber O-rings by dipping one into a cup of iced water?

I think that is Richard Feynman.

You are absolutely right.

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

You're just reminding us

why you're both here, gentlemen.

That's extraordinary play from you both.

So as things stand, Steve has three points for the all-important

endgame, Gerard has three points.

It couldn't be tighter.

And this is what we've been playing towards.

It is time for the final round to decide who will become the

first of our two new Eggheads.

So, I will now ask you General Knowledge questions

in turn. No multiple choice.

I'm just going to need an answer.

There's one point for each correct answer.

The first player to reach ten points becomes one of our new Eggheads,

as simple as that. If both players reach ten points after

the same number of questions, we'll keep going until we find a winner.

Steve, as the winner of the previous round,

you can decide if you would like to play first or second.

I'll go first, please, Jeremy.

Steve.

Who defeated Vishy Anand in 2013 to become world chess champion?

There's only one name in the chess world that means anything to me,

and that's Magnus Carlsen.

Magnus Carlsen is correct.

So you go to four points.

Gerard, between 1963 and 1971,

who was editor in chief of American Vogue magazine?

The only name I associate with Vogue is Anna Wintour,

but I thought she was more recent than that.

I'm going to say Anna Wintour anyway, cos it's the only name...

That's wrong.

Diana Vreeland is the answer.

So you are still on three points, Gerard.

Steve is one point ahead.

The international NGO called Medecins Sans Frontieres

has its headquarters in which city?

I know they have a lot of different bases in Geneva, so I'll try Geneva.

Geneva is the right answer, Steve.

So, five-three.

Gerard, in mythology, which Greek god was the father of Pegasus?

Oh, father of Pegasus...

Pegasus sprang from the blood of Medusa, I thought.

So who would that make its father?

I'll go...

I'll say Perseus because I don't know of any other person

I associate with that legend. I'm just trying to think

who our go-to prison is on Greek mythology. Kevin?

I think it is Poseidon. Poseidon is the answer. Oh!

So it is still five-three. Steve, your question.

What is the common name of the tree scientifically called

Populus tremula that is now known for the movement of its

leaves in the slightest breeze?

I'll try aspen.

Aspen is correct.

Six-three. Gerard,

you need to put some points on the board here.

The International Atomic Energy Agency

has its headquarters in which European city?

The only one I associate with atomic energy at the moment is CERN.

It has nothing to do with... No.

France is quite heavily into nuclear power, so...

I'll try Paris for this one.

Paris... Anyone here?

Vienna. Vienna is the right answer.

Back to you, Steve. Six-three.

Which breed of dog has won Best in Show at Crufts

on the most occasions?

Poodle.

English cocker spaniel. Ha!

Gerard.

Which religious organisation was established during

the First World War

by an Anglican clergyman

known as Tubby Clayton?

This isn't... I don't know, Toc H?

Toc H is correct, well done.

You are up to four points. So, six-four. Steve.

The Susan Constant, the Godspeed

and the Discovery were the names of the three ships that set sail

from England in 1606 to found which colony?

I'll try Jamestown, Virginia.

Jamestown is the right answer.

Seven, four. You're getting closer, Steve.

Gerard.

With which US national newspaper did The Guardian US share

a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2014?

USA Today?

No, you are not having the luck of the draw here,

cos it's Washington Post.

Back to you, Steve.

Newell's Old Boys is a football club named after

a teacher from England in which country?

I know that Lionel Messi used to play for them,

so hopefully that's a clue.

So I will say Argentina.

Yes, you're absolutely right, and he did used to play for them.

Argentina is right.

You are on eight points now.

Gerard is on four.

Gerard, in which East Sussex town is the modernist building called

De La Warr Pavilion?

Lewes. I have no idea.

Bexhill-on-Sea is the answer.

We're back with you, Steve.

Of which country

was Petro Poroshenko elected president in 2014?

It's Ukraine.

Ukraine is the right answer.

You can come back, Gerard.

But you've got a little way to go here.

You're on four points, Steve is on nine.

Steve is one point away from becoming the newest Egghead.

Gerard, your question.

With which Hollywood tough guy is the character played by

Jean-Paul Belmondo obsessed in the 1960 film Breathless?

I mean, it's a classic movie. I very much should know that sort of thing.

I'm ashamed to say I've never seen it, so I don't really know.

James Cagney.

Eggheads, do you know this one?

I think it's Bogart.

Yeah, Humphrey Bogart. Ah.

All right, Steve, if you get one more right, you are an Egghead.

You need to do no more. You've been through quite a process to get here.

But you have not won yet.

So take your time, listen closely.

Sparafucile

is an assassin in which Verdi opera?

Can I have the spelling, please, Jeremy?

Sparafucile, all one word.

S-P-A-R-A-F-U-C-I-L-E.

I'll try A Masked Ball.

A Masked Ball. If that's correct, you are an Egghead.

Barry?

I think Sparafucile is the assassin Rigoletto hires to kill the

Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto.

Had you said Rigoletto, you'd be there.

Yeah. OK, we'll play on. Gerard.

Which term derived from the name of a Roman god

refers to a word that has two opposite meanings

such as cleave?

Right.

So it's cleave meaning things can cleave together or cleave apart.

Yeah.

So a word that has two opposite meanings.

Well, opposites, yes, it's something to do with Janus.

I'll just have to try a Janus word, then. Janus word is right.

That's a really, really good answer.

So you are on five.

Steve, you are one point away from being an Egghead.

According to official figures, which US state experiences,

on average, the highest number of tornadoes per year?

If you get this right, you are an Egghead.

Hm.

Well... You'd hope it were coastal.

Eh...

Do-do-do. Tornadoes...

According to official figures, which US state experiences,

on average, the highest number of tornadoes per year?

But there again, your Dust Bowl, Texas...

Hawaii...

It's probably something really obvious that I'm missing here,

but my brain's turned to jelly.

I will try Texas.

Your answer is Texas.

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

If you've got it right, you don't need to do any more work.

The correct answer...

..is Texas. Steve, you are an Egghead!

APPLAUSE

Well done. That was amazing.

Those questions were supremely tough.

Weren't they, Eggheads?

They were the hardest questions we've ever asked on Eggheads.

We've never asked harder questions.

And, honestly, to battle through, both of you, as you did, amazing.

Steve, what an extraordinary performance.

And you lost the first round as well.

I were that close...

I thought, 6-0 down, I can't do it.

So you're going to have to find somewhere to get this dog from.

Yeah! Your son's watching... He can have what he wants, now.

Well, I tell you... And your dad will be watching as well.

He's going to be... This one's for you, Dad. I love you.

Well done. Thank you. It'll be great to see you behind the desk.

Well done. Brilliant.

That's our first new Egghead found.

In a moment, you will see Steve take his place

alongside his new team-mates.

Bit of history here in the studio.

It's now time to find our second new Egghead.

Well, what excitement.

We've just seen Steve win his place on the Eggheads bench.

How does it feel there? It feels amazing, Jeremy.

I think I've just used all my luck up for the next 25 years, so...

Yeah. Pretty special moment.

Welcome, not just from me but from all of the brilliant Eggheads,

I know they're excited to have you.

Now it's the turn of our next two finalists to battle it out,

see which of you is going to join them. Let's meet them.

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

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

and I live in Watford.

Welcome, Julia and Beth, and Julia,

getting to this stage was not easy, was it, to say the least?

No, it really wasn't. I had a couple of close matches,

so being here is quite a shock, to be honest,

but actually a very pleasant shock, let's say.

And how was it for you, Beth?

Well, it was a massive shock to me,

because Nicky, my competitor in the semifinal,

was the top of the leaderboard, and I was fourth.

So to be sat here is quite something and I am quite staggered.

Listen, lots of luck to you both.

Same rules as before.

Three points are up for grabs per round,

which you'll take through to the final.

The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Music,

which was the category that you chose, Julia. Yep.

Why did you go for this? Music's where I think my strengths lie.

I've got very, very broad tastes in music.

Beth, how are you feeling about music? OK, yeah...

I... I have also a very broad taste in music as well,

but mine also drifts into classical.

Oh, we're going to have a good one here, I can sense it.

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

Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.

Julia, as our highest-ranked player, you have the option

as to whether you want to play first or second.

I'd like to go first, please.

So here we go. Good luck.

Kevin Price and Arnold Cunningham

are characters in which of these stage musicals?

This is a great start.

Er...

I don't think they're connected with Hairspray.

They don't sound like they'd be in The Book of Mormon either,

so on not a very strong basis,

I'm going to go for Jersey Boys.

Jersey Boys is your answer. Let's check with the Eggheads. Barry?

They're in The Book of Mormon.

The Book of Mormon is the answer. Oh, dear.

OK. So, Beth, your chance to take the lead here.

In which year was the Mozart opera The Marriage of Figaro

first performed?

Having said that my taste drifts to classical,

I must say that Mozart is my least favourite classical composer!

Er...I think 1806 is a bit late for him.

Let's go with 1786.

Now, the dates man here is the great Mr Ashman.

Can you give us a date on this?

Yes. Yeah, that's right, 1786.

Oh! 1786 is correct.

You've taken the lead. Back to you, Julia.

"That big wheel spins, the hair thins,

"people forget, forget they're hiding"

are lyrics from which song by The Who?

I'm not familiar at all with Eminence Front.

I'm trying to sing through Pinball Wizard in my head.

And I can't... I'm familiar with Baba O'Riley, obviously,

but again...can't remember the words.

I don't think it's Pinball Wizard.

I'm going to say Baba O'Riley.

The answer is Eminence Front!

OK, so...

Beth, you have a chance to take the round with this question.

Work From Home was a worldwide hit single by which pop act in 2016?

Work From Home...

Fifth Harmony sounds like it is a...

Oh! Actually...they're a female group, Fifth Harmony,

like the Spice Girls.

And I believe I might have seen the video for this,

where they're all dressed as... sort of like construction workers

or carpenters or things like that.

And from that alone, I'm going to go with Fifth Harmony.

Any Eggs? It is Fifth Harmony, yeah, definitely.

OK. Steve says Fifth Harmony, and he's right.

Fifth Harmony it is,

so you've got two points, Beth, you're uncatchable.

We say congratulations, you've won the first head-to-head.

If it is any consolation, Julia,

that is exactly what happened to Steve.

Exactly! Phew!

He chose Music, lost it, went on to win.

I don't feel so bad, now. Don't make it a habit, now.

Got a precious three points there, Beth, for the all-important endgame,

from that round. Julia's got no points so far.

And our next head-to-head is on the subject of Film TV.

Beth, you chose this. I did, yes.

Tell us why you chose it. It's where I think all my strengths lie.

I...read a lot about film, I watch quite a lot of film,

and having small children, I watch a lot of television!

So as before I'll ask each of you three multiple-choice questions

on Film TV in turn.

Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.

You've got the Eggheads looking on eagle-eyed here.

Beth, as the winner of the previous round you get to decide

if you want to play first or second. Continue going first, please.

Your first question, Beth.

What is the name of the owners of the farm

in Nick Park's animated film Chicken Run?

I know this answer.

It's a favourite film of mine. It's Mrs Tweedy!

Tweedy is correct. Julia.

In which film did Katharine Hepburn play the journalist Tess Harding?

I don't think it's... It's not The Philadelphia Story, I'm fairly sure.

Oh...maybe it is The Philadelphia Story.

I'm going to mix up my Katharine Hepburn films.

For some reason...

Bringing Up Baby is the one that immediately

was familiar to me with that role.

But I have no idea why that was.

I'm going to say Bringing Up Baby.

That's wrong. Woman of the Year is the right answer.

OK.

Beth, on to you. What was the name of the tortoise

who regularly visited Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men,

in the original TV series that started in the 1950s?

Ooh.

I think the answer to this is Slowcoach, Jeremy.

Slowcoach is the right answer.

So you have two points.

Julia, you must get this one right to stay in the round.

Which writer created the UK television drama series Shameless?

I watched pretty much every single episode

of every single series of Shameless - I loved it.

It tailed off a little bit towards the end.

And that was Paul Abbott.

Absolutely right. Paul Abbott it is. Well done to you.

So Beth, you have two, Julia, you have one.

Beth, your third question, for the round.

Who wrote and narrated

the Oscar-winning 1963 short animation The Critic?

I don't know the answer to this one immediately.

Zero Mostel isn't somebody I've heard of,

it's not come across my radar at all.

Er...

It seems to be something that Mel Brooks would do.

But then equally, it sounds like something Woody Allen would do.

Er...

I can't necessarily hear Woody Allen being a narrator,

and for that reason only, I'm going to go for Mel Brooks.

You are right. Congratulations, Beth,

you've won the second head-to-head!

So Beth has six points for that all-important endgame.

Julia, you have none. This is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round to decide

who will become the second of our two new Eggheads.

I will now ask you general knowledge questions in turn.

No multiple choice - I just need an answer.

There's one point for each correct answer, it couldn't be more simple.

And the first player to reach ten points becomes the new Egghead.

Straightforward as that.

If both players reach ten points after the same number of questions

we will keep going until we find a winner.

Do you both understand? Yes. Yes. Good stuff.

Best of luck to you both,

and Beth, as the winner of the previous round,

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

I'm sticking with first.

Beth, your first question.

The 2016 film Love Friendship that stars Kate Beckinsale

is based on an original story by which famous author?

I'm going to go with Charlotte Bronte.

The correct answer is...

Jane Austen. Jane Austen, oh.

Julia, your question.

Which element has the chemical symbol In?

Something's come straight into my brain. I'm just going to check,

make sure I'm not confusing it with something else.

Suddenly don't even know if this is an element. Um...

Indium.

Indium is the right answer - well done.

Beth.

Which character from the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas

is known as the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town?

Jack Skellington?

Jack Skellington is correct.

Beth, you have seven points.

Julia, you have one.

Before being married to Scarlett Johansson

and then Blake Lively,

the actor Ryan Reynolds was engaged to which Canadian singer?

Well, there's only one I can think of.

I'm not sure she was engaged to him!

I don't know this for certain,

and it sounds really ridiculous. Is it Avril Lavigne?

How interesting. I didn't think you were going in that direction.

Eggheads, Lisa will know. Alanis Morissette.

Alanis Morissette. Really?! That's incredible.

So, Beth, you have seven points,

Julia, you have one.

Beth, the leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera

is based in which city?

Might as well go for the capital. Rome.

No, no. Milan. Ah.

Julia, which Greek deity is the equivalent

of the Roman goddess Juno?

Again, one of those facts that I really should know and...

I pick up lots of information when I'm writing questions,

about Greek and Roman deities,

and they all get somewhat confused in my brain.

But the first thing that came to me...

..was Hera.

Hera is right.

So Julia has two, Beth has seven.

Beth, your question.

The ngultrum is the unit of currency

of which Himalayan country?

China doesn't recognise... one of them...

China, Nepal, Tibet...

Nepal.

Do you know this, Julia?

It's not familiar to me. I'd probably say somewhere like Bhutan.

It is Bhutan, actually, yeah.

Julia, your question.

In the USA, Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday

of which month?

I think...it's September.

September is correct. You're catching up.

Beth, your question.

The American group DNCE

had their first UK top-ten single in 2016

with Cake By The what?

Cake By The Ocean.

Yes, you're right!

OK, let's look at the scores here. Beth, you've got eight.

Julia, you've got three. Julia, you've got to

run to catch up. Two more correct answers, Beth,

and you are an Egghead. Julia, your question.

Which actor has appeared in the films Green Lantern,

Blade: Trinity and X-Men Origins: Wolverine?

With very little confidence,

only because I know him, I connect him with Wolverine...

I don't think he was in...

Green Lantern, I don't really know.

I'm going to say Hugh Jackman.

Hugh Jackman.

OK, let's have maybe a bit of knowledge from Kevin - do you know?

I'm just wondering if it's our friend Mr Reynolds again.

It is our friend Mr Reynolds! Ah! Ryan Reynolds.

All right, so Beth, you have eight, Julia, you have three.

Beth, your question.

Pan paniscus is the scientific name for which type of primate,

classified separately from the common chimpanzee in 1933?

Ooh.

The common chimpanzee is Pan troglodytes if I remember rightly,

and...until you specified chimpanzee,

that's where I was going.

I'm pretty sure chimpanzees don't have tails,

and the one I was just about to say I'm pretty sure has a tail.

So it's got to be very close, to be related to...

So...

Let's go with a bonobo.

That is a brilliant answer.

Bonobo is correct. Well done!

That is an absolutely stunning answer. Brilliant.

OK.

You're not an Egghead yet,

but Julia, you've got to get seven answers right now.

Yep.

Julia. Alec Douglas-Home and which other British Prime Minister

died in 1995?

I've got a slight inkling...

..that that might have been Harold Macmillan?

Harold Wilson is the answer.

Beth, you've got nine points. One more correct answer

and you are an Egghead. Here is your question.

Which Australian slang word for "intoxicated"

is also a derogatory term

for someone who tends towards a socialist point of view?

I haven't got a clue.

So I'm going to pick one of the Australian pieces of slang I know -

drongo.

Pinko is the answer.

All right. So Beth, you're on nine, Julia, you're on three -

you can catch up!

Julia, the area covered by which US national park

was known to Native Americans as Pahayokee,

or Grassy Waters?

Well, given that it's quite wet and green around Florida...

..I'm going to say the Everglades.

Bang on. The Everglades is right.

You've got four points. This may not be over.

Beth, you're on the edge of becoming an Egghead here.

One more point will do it. Here is your question.

In which year was the Prime Minister Winston Churchill born?

Now, I know... I'm pretty sure he served in the First World War,

which would have put his birth date in 1800 and something,

but he was young when he was in the First World War.

First year that came into my head - 1896.

No, you're quite a way out.

1874. Oh, well out, then!

Julia, from May 1930 to April 1931

which building was the tallest in the world?

I think...

I think for a time it might have been the Chrysler Building

before the Empire State took over.

Correct. Chrysler Building, New York.

So you now have five points, Julia.

Beth has nine. THEY LAUGH

It's not over, this!

Beth is stalled on nine. Yeah.

OK, Beth, your question. You're one point away from being an Egghead.

Which director general of the BBC

was named by Mary Whitehouse

as the one man who more than anybody else

had been responsible for the moral collapse in this country?

So...

Not very good on my DGs of the BBC!

I don't even know if this person was a DG of the BBC.

Lord Puttnam.

That's the wrong answer. It was Hugh Greene.

Julia.

Marian Holcombe and Laura Fairlie

are two of the central characters in which Wilkie Collins novel?

I can only name a couple of Wilkie Collins novels.

At least, I think this is a Wilkie Collins novel.

Literally everything I know suddenly just left my brain. Um...

The Woman In White?

The Woman In White is correct!

So you have six points now.

You are just gently creeping up.

Beth, your question.

In 1921, which French glassware and jewellery designer

founded the Verrerie d'Alsace glassworks

at Wingen-sur-Moder in Alsace?

I only know one French glassware-maker.

Er, and that would be Rene Lalique.

If you've got this right, you are an Egghead.

If not, we play on. You have been stalled on nine points.

Mmm.

You only needed to know one. The answer is Rene Lalique.

We say congratulations, Beth, you've just become an Egghead!

EGGHEADS APPLAUD

Are you OK? I'm all emotional!

Me too!

The tension in the air, my goodness.

I was suddenly starting to think that you were going to catch her!

Just question by question.

That answer was so totally certain, it was brilliant.

Yes. You didn't even have to search for it. No, I'm a fan of his work.

In fact, my mum has a fake Lalique at home

that I always call her fake Lalique.

OK! Well, that is it. We've had, what is it, five weeks of quizzing?

We've seen 40 contestants,

and they were selected from an even larger number.

We get down to semifinals and then to finals,

and now we have two new Eggheads. What a process.

We've all enjoyed seeing people come through.

Steve there, Beth going to sit with the Eggheads

for the first time as well.

I hope you've enjoyed it at home as much as we have.

See you next time, when we'll be putting Steve and Beth

through their paces, along with these other crazy geniuses,

against teams of challengers hoping that they've got the brains

to beat the all-new... Well, mostly new Eggheads.

Till then, goodbye.

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