0:00:05 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:10 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The question is do you have the brains to join them?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29We've launched a nationwide search
0:00:29 > 0:00:32to find the greatest quiz brains in Britain.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35By the end of the series, two people will emerge as champions
0:00:35 > 0:00:39and win the ultimate prize for quizzing enthusiasts,
0:00:39 > 0:00:44a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history, the Eggheads.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46In previous years, both Barry and Pat
0:00:46 > 0:00:48have won this prestigious competition
0:00:48 > 0:00:51and earned the right to sit on the Eggheads' bench.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- So, Barry, did it change your life? - Absolutely.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57I know I remember when I was sitting there
0:00:57 > 0:01:01with an equal mixture of abject fear and excitement.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03And what about you, Pat?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- What's it like being an Egghead? - Very good, yeah.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I really wanted to win all those years ago
0:01:08 > 0:01:09and I was delighted when I did.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Dave, you were also on, as we called it, Are You An Egghead?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14What's it like, the pressure of it?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Absolute pressure because you know you're up against
0:01:17 > 0:01:19a quality quizzer each round.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23You can't really afford to make one single mistake - they're costly -
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and it just keeps you on your metal.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27It's what you get into quizzing for.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30All right, so, we've got some of the best in the country,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32in the world on this side.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Let's meet today's contestants,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37both hoping that they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Hi, I'm Gareth Kingston.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40I'm a marketing manager from Flitwick.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Hello, I'm Alan Heath.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I'm a chartered accountant from Buckingham.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47OK, good luck, both. Gareth, you've got an amazing quiz pedigree.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Fifteen To One champion, Mastermind.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50What's been the most important thing?
0:01:50 > 0:01:54I think Fifteen To One is the one that is life-changing, really,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57because there's a sum of money attached to it.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59It was a really tough competition
0:01:59 > 0:02:00and I was just over the moon to win it.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03And, Alan, what about you? Also a Mastermind veteran.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Yeah, I'm the current Mastermind champion.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Have you guys met on Mastermind? - No, we've never quizzed...
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- You've never quizzed?- We've never competed against each other before.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- Your background is economics? - That's right.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16What about you, Gareth? What did you study at college?
0:02:16 > 0:02:17I studied a history degree.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19A lot of international and colonial history.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21OK, what's your favourite area, Alan?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- My favourite area is history, as well.- OK!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- We'd enjoy History coming up. - All right.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Good luck to you both.- Thank you. - And, contestants,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32this is where you need to prove that you could be an Egghead.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Just like on Eggheads,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36both of you will compete over a series of different rounds
0:02:36 > 0:02:40where your knowledge will be tested on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45So, the first head-to-head battle will be not on History, sadly,
0:02:45 > 0:02:46but on Geography.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49I'll ask each of you three multiple-choice questions
0:02:49 > 0:02:50on Geography in turn.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56And the prize for winning a round, crucially,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59is that you gain an extra brain for the final.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Not just any old brain.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03One of these five Eggheads over here.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Before the show, we tossed a coin
0:03:04 > 0:03:07and as a result of that, Alan, you've got the option
0:03:07 > 0:03:09of whether you want to play first or second on Geography.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I'll play first, please, Jeremy.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17OK, good luck to you both. Alan, your first question.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22The Greek resort region of Halkidiki is a three-pronged peninsula
0:03:22 > 0:03:25jutting into which branch of the Mediterranean Sea?
0:03:28 > 0:03:32OK, well, the Tyrrhenian Sea is to
0:03:32 > 0:03:34the west of Italy, so it's not that.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38It's unlikely to be the Adriatic.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41The peninsula I think it is, it's in the Aegean.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Aegean is quite right.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45First point to you. Good stuff. OK, Gareth,
0:03:45 > 0:03:46your question.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Which of these cities is on the shore of the Rio de la Plata?
0:03:54 > 0:03:59OK. So, the Rio de la Plata is otherwise known as the River Plate.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Goes between Argentina and Uruguay.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07There's a song in Evita which is about Buenos Aires
0:04:07 > 0:04:10and mentions Rio de la Plata,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12and so I'm going to go for Buenos Aires.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Let me just check with the Eggheads, is he right?- Absolutely.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- I did it on the Evita song, as well.- Same here.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21That's the really cheap and cheerful way of getting it right.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23But well done. Quite right there, Gareth.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25So, you've got one each.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26OK, Alan, your question.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29The Limpopo River flows through which of these African countries?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Yeah, the Limpopo is in southern Africa so it's Mozambique.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Mozambique is correct.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Your question, Gareth.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44In Berlin, the thoroughfare Charlottenburger Chaussee
0:04:44 > 0:04:49was renamed what in 1953 to commemorate the victims
0:04:49 > 0:04:51of a workers uprising in East Berlin?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Well, I don't know Berlin,
0:05:03 > 0:05:08and this doesn't ring any bells at all for me, so...
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Juni doesn't sound very German.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I could make myself look a fool here.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18I will go for Strasse des...
0:05:19 > 0:05:2112th of October.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Let's see. Eggheads, do you know? - I think it's June.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25It's the workers uprising in the East.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Something that happened on that date and they chose to commemorate it.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Interesting. OK, the answer is Strasse des 17 Juni -
0:05:31 > 0:05:33the 17th of June.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35So, you have a chance here
0:05:35 > 0:05:37to take the round, Alan, with this question.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40What is the approximate distance in miles
0:05:40 > 0:05:42between Bethlehem and Jerusalem?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I think I'm going to have to use my Bible knowledge here
0:05:48 > 0:05:52because I think Jesus - well, Mary and Joseph, sorry -
0:05:52 > 0:05:54travelled to Bethlehem from Nazareth,
0:05:54 > 0:05:59which was quite a journey, to Joseph's ancestral home,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02which I think was somewhere around Jerusalem.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03So, on that basis,
0:06:03 > 0:06:07I would probably go for the lower of those three and say six.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09If you've got this right, you've taken the round
0:06:09 > 0:06:13and you're a step closer to a seat behind that table.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Six is the right answer.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Alan, well done. Three out of three. Congratulations.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20You've won the first head-to-head round.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Now, as a result,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Alan, you gain an Egghead to help you in the final round
0:06:26 > 0:06:28and you can now tell us which of the five you would like.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Got to be a Mastermind champion. Can I have Pat, please?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33You certainly can.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35So Pat, you're happy with that? You don't really have a choice.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37No choice, but I'm happy anyway.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41All right, Gareth, as it stands, has gained no Eggheads so far
0:06:41 > 0:06:43and Alan has the first one.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45He's chosen Pat. We play on.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47The next category is Film & TV,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50and, Alan, as you won the previous round,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52you can decide whether you go first or second.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Well, it worked last time so I shall go first, please.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Your first question on Film & TV, Alan. Here we go.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03In which 1970s film did Charlton Heston
0:07:03 > 0:07:05play Dr Robert Neville,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08a role later reprised by Will Smith in I Am Legend?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I don't think it was Planet Of The Apes.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18That was totally different.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I don't know anything about The Omega Man, to be honest.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24It could well be that that has something to do with robots.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28So, on that basis, I will go with The Omega Man.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Gareth, what would you say to this? - It's that, yeah.- It is that?- Yeah.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34The answer, Alan, is The Omega Man. Well done.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36OK, Gareth, you're fighting back now.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Here's your question.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Which of these TV detectives drives a vintage Porsche sports car?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Well, Sarah Lund's from The Killing.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Stella Gibson and Saga Noren really don't mean very much to me,
0:07:53 > 0:07:56so I'm going to go for Sarah Lund.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Sarah Lund is your answer.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Yes, she is from The Killing, I'm pretty sure about that.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03She's actually not the right answer, but I'm just...
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- Is Saga Noren from The Bridge? - She's from The Bridge, yeah.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- She drives a vintage Porsche. - Yeah, it's Saga Noren.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Saga Noren is the right answer, so, Alan, your chance to
0:08:14 > 0:08:16get a second one right now.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The Line Of Duty actress Vicky McClure
0:08:19 > 0:08:21is a native of which city?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Right, I have to say I've not watched Line Of Duty.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29I don't know who Vicky McClure is.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33From the name only - I mean, it could be anything -
0:08:33 > 0:08:36but I would probably go for Liverpool.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Nottingham is the answer.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40You're still ahead, Alan.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Gareth, you've got a chance to catch up, though.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Here's your second question.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46The Irish actor Jack Gleeson
0:08:46 > 0:08:49played which villainous character in Game Of Thrones?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Theon Greyjoy is played by Alfie Allen,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Baelish is Aidan Gillen,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05so Joffrey Baratheon is the answer.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06That's very good.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08I can't give you the extra points for all the other names.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I wish I could.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13But Joffrey Baratheon is the right answer, Gareth. Well done.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15So, one each.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Oh, it's tense here! Your question now, Alan.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22The actor Tom Hiddleston has a double first
0:09:22 > 0:09:25from Cambridge University in which subject?
0:09:29 > 0:09:35As he's an actor, I would probably plump for the history of art.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40Now, I didn't know he was this well read and educated.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Classics is the answer.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44We've got an interesting turning of the table here.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47So, you're equal in the second round. Gareth,
0:09:47 > 0:09:48you need this.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Which actor from the 1977 film Star Wars
0:09:52 > 0:09:57was also the voice of The Joker in TV's Batman - The Animated Series?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I've not seen the animated series.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I can't imagine it being Harrison Ford.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I know Mark Hamill, he's done a lot of voice-overs
0:10:09 > 0:10:12for computer games and possibly animation,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14so I'd go Mark Hamill.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Mark Hamill is the right answer. You've taken that round.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20This is tight, isn't it? Congratulations, Gareth.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22You have won the head-to-head.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28And as a result, you gain an Egghead for the final round.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30So, you can't have Pat, but any other.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Because he is so much better at classical music and art than I am,
0:10:35 > 0:10:36I'm going to go for Barry
0:10:36 > 0:10:39and hope that he can plug a gap if it comes up.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It's fair to say, Barry, you love your opera, you love musicals.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I do, I do. Very much so.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46But you're not so hot on music by The Clash.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- Well...- You are?- Horses for courses. - JEREMY CHUCKLES
0:10:50 > 0:10:53This is a real contest today, isn't it?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56As it stands, Gareth has gained an Egghead to help him in the final.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Alan has got an Egghead, too. Absolutely evenly matched now.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02And the next category is going to make it even tighter,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I think, cos it is History, which is
0:11:05 > 0:11:07the favourite subject of you both. And, Gareth,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10as the winner of the previous round, you get to decide
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- if you'd like to play first or second.- I'll go first, please.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18And here is your first question, Gareth.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21In the late fifth or early sixth century,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25a force of Britons defeated which opponents at the Battle of Badon?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30And Badon is B-A-D-O-N.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34It's too early to be the Vikings, I think.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38The Picts would have already probably been north of the Wall.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42But the Anglo-Saxons came in and dominated Britain
0:11:42 > 0:11:45until the coming of the Vikings,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47so I'd go Anglo-Saxons.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Chris, you know your Vikings.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52It'd be the Anglo-Saxons, Hengist and Horsa and those people.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Anglo-Saxons is right.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Real twists and turns in this contest. OK, so, now,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02it's Alan slightly on the back foot. Your question, Alan.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Which King of England was the son of Earl Godwin of Wessex?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Harold II's full name is Harold Godwinson,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15so it's Harold II.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Brilliantly done. It is Harold II. Well done. One each, History.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Here's your question, Gareth.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24The stanhope, a 19th-century invention,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26had which purpose?
0:12:31 > 0:12:35That's tricky. I haven't heard of it.
0:12:35 > 0:12:4019th century - remotely controlling ships would be quite clever.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41The stanhope.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I'm actually going to go for...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47It might be one of those viewers of photographs.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51So, yeah, I'm going to go for viewing microphotographs.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Viewing microphotographs. Do you know this one, Alan?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Yeah, he's right. - Yeah, you're right.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Viewing microphotographs.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01We now go to Alan for your second question.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Lady Barbara Fitzroy, whose father may have been
0:13:04 > 0:13:07the Duke of Marlborough or Charles II,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10was the daughter of which royal mistress?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Right, OK.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Well, they're all mistresses of Charles II.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23So, I think Barbara Villiers is probably the more famous
0:13:23 > 0:13:26of the three at the time so I'll probably go Barbara Villiers.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29It is Barbara Villiers.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32OK, so, the score is level.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Two points each. You've both won a round.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Couldn't be tighter. We go back to you, Gareth.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Get this right and put the pressure on Alan.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45Who was the last Whig Party president of the United States?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Whig is obviously W-H-IG.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Really wish I'd learned this list properly.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Three relatively unremarkable presidents
0:13:58 > 0:14:00and I'll go for James Buchanan.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Anyone here? - I think it was Fillmore.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Yeah, Fillmore is the right answer.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07So, it gives Alan a chance here. If you get this one right,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Alan, you will be able to seize another Egghead
0:14:09 > 0:14:11to help you in the final round
0:14:11 > 0:14:14in this all-important quest to actually become an Egghead.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17In 1870, who became the first president
0:14:17 > 0:14:19of France's Third Republic?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I can rule out Raymond Poincare cos I think he was president
0:14:30 > 0:14:32during the First World War.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I've never heard of Adolphe Thiers.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I think I've heard of Marie Francois Sadi Carnot
0:14:37 > 0:14:39so I'll go with Marie Francois Sadi Carnot.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44- You've gone astray, as well. - Ah.- It's Adolphe- Thiers. Right.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Scores level after three questions. We go to Sudden Death.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Gets a bit harder - I don't give you alternatives -
0:14:49 > 0:14:50and we go firstly to you, Gareth.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Born a princess, Astrid of Sweden
0:14:53 > 0:14:56became the queen consort of which country
0:14:56 > 0:15:00before her death in a car accident in Switzerland in 1935?
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Well, I don't know this, so I've got to think of monarchies.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Could be Norway, Belgium.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Netherlands have had a bit of a run of female monarchs,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12so I'm going to discount that.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I'm going to go for Belgium.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Belgium is quite right.- Hmm. - So, very heavily fought round.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23We go back to you, Alan. This to stay
0:15:23 > 0:15:26in the round, Alan. Who was the first US President
0:15:26 > 0:15:29to fly in an aeroplane whilst in office?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Woodrow Wilson famously crossed the Atlantic
0:15:32 > 0:15:34for the Paris Peace Conference.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39I don't know. I would just go with Woodrow Wilson.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Woodrow Wilson is your answer. Let's just check with the Eggheads.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I've got a feeling it might be Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50You're quite right. So, Alan, sorry, you've lost that round
0:15:50 > 0:15:54and we say congratulations, Gareth, you've won the final head-to-head.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59What a contest. As a result, Gareth,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02you're going to get to choose an Egghead for the final round.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Can't be Barry or Pat.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- Who would you like? - Because we haven't had any Sport,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I'm going to go for Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Cos sport is a weak spot for you, is it?
0:16:09 > 0:16:13It's not a weak spot, but I know it's a good strength for Dave.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Yeah, sport and '80s music.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Well, music between 1978 and 1982.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Yeah, something like that.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23All right, so, Gareth, you've got Barry and Dave in the final round.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Alan, you've got Pat.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Why don't we play that final round now?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34It is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming
0:16:34 > 0:16:37an Egghead and who will be eliminated from our search?
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Gareth, Alan, I'm going to ask each of you three questions in turn.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48In this final round, however, you will no longer be playing alone.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52You're going to have the backing of the Eggheads you've won
0:16:52 > 0:16:54over the course of the show so far, which means, Gareth,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57you're going to have the help of Barry and Dave,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and, Alan, you will have Pat behind you,
0:17:00 > 0:17:01literally and in every sense.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04So, you'll be able to call on your respective Eggheads for advice
0:17:04 > 0:17:07before you give an answer to the question.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11However, you can ask each of your Eggheads for help only once,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13so you must use them wisely.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16OK, Gareth, you won the last round,
0:17:16 > 0:17:20so you now get to choose whether you want to play first or second.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21I'll go first, please.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27And here is your first question. All the best to you both.
0:17:27 > 0:17:33Gareth, David Corbett was involved in finding which item in 1966?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Well, the Rosetta Stone was discovered
0:17:40 > 0:17:44considerably longer ago than 1966.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47It was discovered, I believe, by Napoleon's troops.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Mona Lisa was last stolen in the early part of the 20th century.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Something like 1908, 1912, something like that.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen in 1966
0:17:58 > 0:18:01just before the World Cup and it was discovered
0:18:01 > 0:18:03supposedly by Pickles the dog,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06and I'm presuming that this chap is the owner of Pickles the dog.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09So, I'll go Jules Rimet Trophy.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Yeah, good logic and great back story.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Jules Rimet Trophy is correct.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17First one to you and no use of an Egghead
0:18:17 > 0:18:19there either. OK, Alan, your question.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24At Crufts in 2016, the Border collie came top of which group?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Well, Border collie is
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I'd say more of a sheepdog than anything else.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I can't think it was a gundog.
0:18:36 > 0:18:42Utility is the sundries, left after all the rest, I think.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- I'm going to go for Pastoral. - Pastoral is your answer.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Pastoral is quite right, Alan, well done.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52So, we go back to Gareth.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57The pademelon is a creature that most resembles which of these?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03It's spelt P-A-D-E-M-E-L-O-N.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09I don't know this and I would be hazarding a guess.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14I'm going to go for Barry, please, on this and hope that he knows.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16OK, Barry's being called in.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- I'm trying to read your expression there, Barry.- Pademelon.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I don't think it's a wallaby.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26And I have something at the very, very far reaches of my mind
0:19:26 > 0:19:28that says it might be a lizard,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31which would tempt me to go for gecko.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35OK, so, Barry says gecko, but that's just the Egghead's suggestion.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38You can choose the answer yourself, Gareth.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42How would you distinguish between it looking like a wallaby or...
0:19:43 > 0:19:44..a kangaroo?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Before you go on, I'm just going to say you can call in
0:19:49 > 0:19:51both your Eggheads on one question.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53No, I don't think I want to risk that.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56I don't know what gives something the essence of gecko either,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58but I am going to go for gecko.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02OK, well, Gareth has gone for gecko. That was Barry's answer.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- The answer is wallaby.- Oh!
0:20:05 > 0:20:07So, you've used an Egghead and got it wrong,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10which almost evens us up. In fact, Alan, if you get
0:20:10 > 0:20:12this one right, you'll take the lead.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17Lumley Castle overlooks the county ground of which cricket club?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I would be very surprised if it was Middlesex
0:20:24 > 0:20:26cos that's in Central London.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Don't know many castles being in there.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31I think I might save Pat for question three
0:20:31 > 0:20:33and probably guess this one.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37My guess would be Worcestershire.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Worcestershire is your answer.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42It's funny, I'm very aware of Lumley Castle
0:20:42 > 0:20:45cos I was near it a lot when I was at university in Durham.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Durham is the answer.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50So, slight let-off for you there,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Gareth. You both have one Egghead left
0:20:54 > 0:20:57and one question left before we go to Sudden Death.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00One of you can take it. Gareth, your third question.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03The Hand And Flowers pub in Marlow, which, in 2011,
0:21:03 > 0:21:08became the first pub to be awarded a second Michelin star,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10is owned by which TV chef?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I think I've heard this before.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I think it's Tom Kerridge.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Tom Kerridge is the right answer.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Two out of three.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Will it be enough?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29You need to get this one right, Alan, to stay in.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34Huntigowk Day is an old Scottish term for which event?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Again, I don't know.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I'm going to ask Pat, if I may, if he knows.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47You're calling in your Egghead on your third question.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49That's the perfect moment. Pat, what do you think?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I think a gowk is a Scottish word for a bird,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54perhaps a cuckoo or a hawk or something.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I would have a slight preference for April Fool's, but it's a whim.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I've got no evidence at all.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01If I'm going to go out, I would go out with Pat, I think,
0:22:01 > 0:22:04so I'll go for April Fool's Day.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05April Fool's Day.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09If you've got this wrong, you will be out.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12But you're right, it is April Fool's Day. Well done.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14So, you've managed to come level there
0:22:14 > 0:22:18after your three questions, and we will now go to Sudden Death.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternatives, as you know.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Gareth, your question. You've still got Dave.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27You can call him in in Sudden Death if you need to.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Which character, introduced in the 1960s,
0:22:30 > 0:22:34is the daughter of Lord Hugh and Amelia Creighton-Ward?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37I really feel I should know this.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Do I gamble or do I ask Dave?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48On the basis that I want to try and stay in,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I'm going to just see what Dave thinks.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- OK, you're calling in your Egghead. - Yeah.- Dave, what do you think?
0:22:53 > 0:22:56The first thing that came into my head,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59and seeing it's the 1960s, is Lady Penelope.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Yeah, that was what it was for me, as well,
0:23:01 > 0:23:05so I will go for Lady Penelope and hope that it's right.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06I know somebody who will know for sure
0:23:06 > 0:23:09whether it is, but I'm going Lady Penelope.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10And you would know for sure, Alan,
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- because your subject on Mastermind was what?- Thunderbirds.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Is he right?- Yes. - JEREMY LAUGHS
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- You should have got that question. - Yes.- That was one for you.- Yeah.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21All right, so, here we are
0:23:21 > 0:23:23on Sudden Death. Well done, Dave.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- No problem.- Cheers, Dave. - Nicely done,
0:23:25 > 0:23:27but you have now used both your Eggheads.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30We're back with Alan now, who needs this right to stay in.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34For what does the letter S stand in ZSL,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37the charity that runs conservation projects
0:23:37 > 0:23:40in more than 50 countries and manages London Zoo?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Well, it's the Zoological Society of London
0:23:42 > 0:23:43so it must be Society.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Society is quite right.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Sudden Death. You're playing alone now, gentlemen,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51and your question now, Gareth.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54In 2012, which member of The Script was one of the coaches
0:23:54 > 0:23:57on the first series of The Voice UK?
0:23:57 > 0:23:59That was Danny O'Donoghue.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Danny O'Donoghue is the right answer.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04So, again, advantage Gareth,
0:24:04 > 0:24:06and, Alan, this to stay in.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Who directed the 1980s Eddie Murphy films
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Coming To America and Trading Places?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Hmm.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I have to admit, I don't know.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Guess Robert Zemeckis.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26If you're right, we play on.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30If you are wrong, then the contest is over for you
0:24:30 > 0:24:35and Gareth takes a step closer to the Eggheads' desk.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38The director of the 1980s Eddie Murphy films
0:24:38 > 0:24:41was John Landis.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46So, we say congratulations, Gareth, you have won.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55And nip and tuck. I mean, bad luck, Alan,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58cos I can see how evenly matched both of you are.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- Hope you've enjoyed it. - Yeah, it's been a great time.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Two incredibly sturdy quizzers here.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07But congratulations, Gareth, you've proved that winning
0:25:07 > 0:25:10comes as naturally to you as it does to our Eggheads.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14You are one step closer to joining our quiz goliaths.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17But your work for today isn't quite done.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19The good news is that you are guaranteed
0:25:19 > 0:25:21a place on our leaderboard.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23The top four places at the end of the heats
0:25:23 > 0:25:25will make it through to the semifinals.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28You get three points for each round you won today,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30so that's six points you've banked already.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33And as the winner of our first heat in the men's competition,
0:25:33 > 0:25:34you are guaranteed top spot.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Only time will tell whether you stay there.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40You're now going to get the chance to add to your score
0:25:40 > 0:25:43by answering two minutes of quickfire questions,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45one point for each correct answer.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I have to accept your first answer.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Are you ready to play?- I am, yeah.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Good luck, your time starts now.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Which Alan Bennett play features characters called Dakin and Posner?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- The History Boys.- Correct.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02In relation to the test for vehicles,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04for what does the letter T stand in MOT?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- Transport.- Correct.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09In 2006, at which racecourse were the ashes
0:26:09 > 0:26:12of the horse Desert Orchid buried?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- Cheltenham.- No, Kempton Park.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17In the nautical acronym SONAR,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20which word is represented by the letters N and A?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Pass.- Navigation.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Which British university is home to the Bodleian Library?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- Oxford.- Correct.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Of which island country is Manama the capital?
0:26:32 > 0:26:33- Bahrain.- Correct.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37For what does the letter S stand in the military medical acronym MASH?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- Surgical.- Correct.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44Which magazine was set up in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and his wife Lila?
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- Punch.- No, Reader's Digest.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Which pre-decimal coin was colloquially known as the tanner?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- Farthing.- No, sixpence.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59Which comedy duo had a UK number one in 1991 with The Stonk?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Hale and Pace.- Correct.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Between 1980 and 1991,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05which position was held by Robert Runcie?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Archbishop of Canterbury.- Correct.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10In 1963, the volcanic island of Surtsey
0:27:10 > 0:27:12appeared off the south coast of which country?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- Iceland.- Correct.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Which Jane Austen novel features the character Elinor Dashwood?
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- Sense And Sensibility.- Correct.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Which 1978 film features the song You're The One That I Want?
0:27:25 > 0:27:26- Grease.- Correct.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28In popular legend, who cut the Gordian Knot?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30- Alexander the Great.- Correct.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34For what does the letter B stand in the cricketing abbreviation LBW?
0:27:34 > 0:27:35- Before.- Correct.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38In British history, who was the father of Edward VII?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- Prince Albert.- Correct.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48In 1984, Murray Head had a UK hit single with
0:27:48 > 0:27:50One Night In Bangkok, a song from which musical?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Chess.- Correct.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54In the name of the basketball team New York Knicks,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56for what is Knicks...? BUZZER
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- No time to complete that question. - Knickerbockers.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Yeah, you're right, as it happens.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02For what is Knicks short?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04The answer would have been Knickerbockers.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Gareth, you did a storming job there, I must say.
0:28:08 > 0:28:1014 points, you scored, in our two-minute round.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13So, you get three points for each round you won today.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16That's six points that you've banked already,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18giving you a grand total now of 20 points.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Let us see the leaderboard,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23and you're the first person on it, so this is rather good!
0:28:23 > 0:28:25You're right up there. You can take a photo of that.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- Look at me!- Look at you. Number one in a field of one.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Great quiz. Thank you so much for playing.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Join us next time to find out who else might have what it takes
0:28:33 > 0:28:35to become an Egghead.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Been great quizzing with you both. Thank you so much.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Until the next show, goodbye.