0:00:06 > 0:00:10These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:16arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The question is, do you have the brains to join them?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29We have launched a nationwide search
0:00:29 > 0:00:31to find the greatest quiz brains in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33By the end of the series,
0:00:33 > 0:00:37two people will emerge as champions and win the ultimate prize for
0:00:37 > 0:00:39quizzing enthusiasts -
0:00:39 > 0:00:42a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history,
0:00:42 > 0:00:43the Eggheads.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Are you going to be able to fit somebody in there, Eggs?
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Yes, of course. OK.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Let's meet today's contestants, both hoping they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53I'm Nicki Cockburn,
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I'm a volunteer radio presenter and I'm from Cardiff.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02Hi, I'm Katy Williams. I'm a HR and payroll officer from Hereford.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Welcome, Nicki and Katy.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Two quizzers, I know.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07So, Nicki first.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Tell us about your quizzing and why you enjoy it.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I just love quizzes, watching them.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I've been on a few TV quizzes -
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Two Tribes, Wright Around The World with Ian Wright, and The Chase.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22And I just loved every minute of it.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26It's something about just amassing random information, isn't it?
0:01:26 > 0:01:29I heard you love to read Wikipedia?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33I do, yeah. And I love the fact that when a question is asked,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36sometimes your brain just pops out the answer and you think,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38"Where did I get that from?"
0:01:38 > 0:01:40It might be something that's not important
0:01:40 > 0:01:43for your life to know about, but yet it just happens.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45I wish my brain would do that, I must say.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Katy, what about you?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Yeah, I've loved quizzing from a young age.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I go to a quiz with my friends twice a week
0:01:51 > 0:01:54and also have been on the Eggheads show before.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55I'm hoping you're going to say you beat them.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57We didn't, unfortunately.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00We got beaten in the final on Sudden Death.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02They held you back till the final, didn't they?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03That's right. Good stuff.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06And I know you were also - this will embarrass you -
0:02:06 > 0:02:08voted "most likely to become Prime Minister".
0:02:08 > 0:02:11At school, yeah. That hasn't quite come about just yet,
0:02:11 > 0:02:12but there's still time.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And, Nicki, I should say you're two players today.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Yes, I have my guide dog under the desk with me today, Jeremy,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20and his name is James.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22And he's a two-year-old yellow Labrador.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24All right. Well, I hope he enjoys the quiz as well.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Thank you, both of you. Good luck. Thank you.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29So this is where you need to prove that you could be an Egghead.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Just like on Eggheads,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33both of you will compete over a series of different rounds,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37where your knowledge will be tested on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Arts Books.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42And I'm going to ask each of you
0:02:42 > 0:02:45three multiple-choice questions in turn.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51The prize for winning a round on Make Me An Egghead
0:02:51 > 0:02:53is that you gain one of those brains over there,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55who will help you in the final.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57So, before the show, we tossed a coin
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and, as a result of that, Katy, you have the option
0:03:00 > 0:03:02as to whether you would like to play first or second.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04I'll go first, please.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08So, good luck, both.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Here's your first question, Katy.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Of which institution
0:03:11 > 0:03:15did Rufus Norris become Artistic Director in 2015?
0:03:19 > 0:03:24OK. I'm not too sure on this one.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I don't think it's the Royal Opera House.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31I don't think it's the British Museum either.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I'm going to go for the National Theatre,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35but I'm not too sure.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37National Theatre is the right answer. Well done. Thank you.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Nicki, over to you.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Last Man In Tower is the title of the second novel
0:03:44 > 0:03:47by which Booker Prize-winning author?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Nicki, is it...
0:03:52 > 0:03:55And it's the second novel? Yeah, the second novel.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58I shall say Arundhati Roy.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Let's see whether the Eggheads know this one. Eggheads?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03I think it's Aravind Adiga.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04I suspect this is one of those
0:04:04 > 0:04:08that you've either come cross or you haven't, basically.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11With Rushdie, his novels are quite well-known.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13As between the other two, that's very tricky.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Nicki, the answer is Aravind Adiga. OK.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Katy, your second question.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20In Renaissance art, what term is used
0:04:20 > 0:04:25to refer to the long, decorated strip at the base of an altarpiece?
0:04:30 > 0:04:31OK. Another tricky one.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36I can't even really work out from those words
0:04:36 > 0:04:38which...which one it could be.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43So, I think...mainly based on the fact that it has "pre" at the front,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45I'm going to go for predella.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48And the logic of that is...?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52It's probably not the best logic. Just because pre means "front".
0:04:52 > 0:04:54In front of or before. Yeah. I see.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Predella is quite right.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58That's a nice bit of quizzing there.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00OK, back to you, Nicki.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Which crime writer created the character
0:05:02 > 0:05:06of the corrupt Irish-American cop, Dudley Smith?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Erm, right. Oh, goodness...
0:05:12 > 0:05:17I started listening to a Desert Island Discs programme
0:05:17 > 0:05:20about James Ellroy...
0:05:20 > 0:05:21And I didn't listen to the whole thing.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23So I don't know whether he's Irish.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Oh!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28I'm going to have to say James Ellroy.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30James Ellroy. Katy, do you know this one?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34I don't, no, but I would have gone for Patterson, as a guess.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36OK, let's just check with the Eggheads. Eggheads?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38James Ellroy. James Ellroy's right!
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Well done. Oh, thank you, James.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I don't know whether he is himself Irish or Irish-American or what.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48He's American. James Ellroy is firmly American.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Yeah. Dudley Smith appears in...
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Well, probably the best-known, because it was made into
0:05:53 > 0:05:55a very successful film, LA Confidential.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Oh, yes, of course. With Guy Pearce. Yeah.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Played by James Cromwell in the film.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04But he also appears in a number of other historically set novels.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05It was set in Los Angeles.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Interesting. Well done, Nicki.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Katy, back to you. Third question.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14Who wrote "No man has tasted differing fortunes more
0:06:14 > 0:06:18"And 13 times I have been rich and poor"?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Is it...
0:06:23 > 0:06:26OK. Again, I'm not sure, but I think...
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Well, it obviously rhymes, so it's poetry.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Samuel Pepys is a diarist.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Daniel Defoe is more of a novelist.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36So I'll go for Alexander Pope.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I love your ruthless logic there.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40But that's the wrong answer.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42It's Daniel Defoe.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45So you've both got one wrong so far.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Nicki, we go back to you.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Get this right, we go to Sudden Death.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Which actor gave the first performances
0:06:51 > 0:06:53of many of Shakespeare's great roles,
0:06:53 > 0:06:57such as Hamlet, Richard III and Othello?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Was the actor...
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Ooh... I've heard of Richard Burbage and I don't know why.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Right, well, because in the bowels of my brain
0:07:13 > 0:07:18I have heard of Richard Burbage, I think...I will say -
0:07:18 > 0:07:21without any conviction at all and just hope it's right -
0:07:21 > 0:07:23I shall say Richard Burbage.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Eggs? Yeah. Yay!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28HIGH-PITCHED: Ohhh! Gosh!
0:07:29 > 0:07:31You hit a certain note there brilliantly.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I did, yes. Sorry, I think I woke my dog up!
0:07:35 > 0:07:38All right, so you're equal after three multiple-choice questions.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40It gets a bit harder. Katy, I don't give you alternatives.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Sudden Death we're on, now.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Here is your question.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47"The only good human being is a dead one"
0:07:47 > 0:07:50is a quote from which novel by George Orwell?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53OK. Well...
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Is it going to be his famous novel?
0:07:57 > 0:08:02It sort of fits, I think, with the story of that.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05So I'll go for that. I'll go for Nineteen Eighty-Four.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Very interesting question, this. Nicki, do you know this one?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I would say Animal Farm. Yeah, Animal Farm is...
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Because they were against the humans.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15And Animal Farm is the right answer, actually. Although, I could see...
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I recently saw a stage production of Nineteen Eighty-Four
0:08:17 > 0:08:19and I can see how that line would fit in,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21but it is not Nineteen Eighty-Four. Animal Farm.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25So, on Sudden Death, Nicki, you have a chance to take the round.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Which English landscape painter said in a letter to a friend in 1821,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33"I should paint my own places best",
0:08:33 > 0:08:36in a reference to the area in which he grew up?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Oh, gosh. Erm...
0:08:39 > 0:08:44Landscape is people like Constable,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Gainsborough...
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Constable did paint lots of pictures of where he lived.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53But then so did Lowry.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58I shall say John Constable only because my dad was called John.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04And I think it's more likely that it was him.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06OK. I don't know if the dates fit, though.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10So your answer is...? John Constable. John Constable.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12You were just toying with Lowry there.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15But, 1821, when was Lowry, Eggheads?
0:09:15 > 0:09:1720th century. He was 20th century.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20So he's completely out of the question. Right.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Some people would have said Constable and struggled for
0:09:22 > 0:09:25the first name, so you have your dad to thank for this.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27John Constable is right, and well done, Nicki.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30On Sudden Death, you have taken the first round.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34A bit of a comeback there.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Yeah. I was worried when I got the first one wrong.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41OK, in front of you, you have Barry, Chris, Judith, Kevin and Dave.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44You can choose one Egghead to help you in the final.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47May I have Kevin, please?
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Yes, of course you may. Thank you.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Kevin... Mm-hm. Hopefully, I'll be able to help out.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52OK. Thank you.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55As it stands, Nicki has one Egghead to help her in the final.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Katy doesn't have one yet. We have our second head-to-head now.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59The category is Science.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Nicki, because you won the first one,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03you can decide whether you go first or second.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I would like to go first, please, Jeremy.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11So, Science, and here we go. Good luck to you both.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16The analgesic drug morphine was discovered by the German chemist
0:10:16 > 0:10:21FWA Serturner when he isolated it from what substance?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Right. Well, morphine is,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I believe, an opiate.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Or of that family.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38And so I shall say opium.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Opium is the right answer.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Over to you, Katy.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44What is the natural habitat of the type of snail
0:10:44 > 0:10:45known as the abalone?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Hmm. OK.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Are snails likely to live in the desert?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I don't know, possibly.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57But I think the most likely answer is sea.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59I'm going to go for sea.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Sea is correct.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02So you're equal after one.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Your second question, Nicki.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06The material, lucite,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08is more commonly known by which trademarked name?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Goodness. And there's no clue...
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Lucite...
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Oh, Perspex, you can see through.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26So I wonder if that's anything to do with light. Erm...
0:11:26 > 0:11:28And nylon, and what was the other one?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Formica, Perspex or nylon.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33I shall say Perspex. OK.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Perspex is the right answer.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Ohhh!
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Two out of two.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43Katy, your question. The mineral siderite is an ore of which metal?
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Again, the name isn't giving a lot away there.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Er... Could you spell it for me, please?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56S-I-D-E-R-I-T-E.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59All one word - siderite.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Trying to think if there's anything from the...
0:12:02 > 0:12:06..chemical symbols for any of them, but I don't think so.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Based on the fact that you get a lot of things derived from it,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12I'll go for iron. Let's see if the Eggheads know.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Barry will know this. Barry? My first thought was zinc.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17But I'm thinking siderite might be an ore of iron.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19So I think I would agree with that.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20I think it's iron. Yeah?
0:12:20 > 0:12:24It's a mineral that is often found in meteorites.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Iron is right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Playing well, here, both of you. Two points each.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Nicki, your question.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32What type of creature is a gnatcatcher?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Erm... Right, well...
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Gnats are obviously those little fly things.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48You do get a bird which is called a flycatcher.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Again, it could easily be an amphibian.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55But I think they tend to be newts or frogs or toads.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59So just on the basis that there's a flycatcher and it could be, like,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03a different breed, I'm going to say a bird.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05I'm going to say it's a bird.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08OK. So you moved between the two, amphibian and bird.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10You never thought about fish?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Not really. No.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Bird is right.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15You got three out of three. Well done. Well played.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Katy, back to you.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22What is the term for a pattern or group of stars that belong to one
0:13:22 > 0:13:24or more constellations?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33And you have to get this right, Katy.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38OK. So asterism, I'm thinking, sounds like asteroid.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Galaxian sounds like it is to do with the whole galaxy.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47So I think I'll rule those two out and go for the middle one,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49stellamaris.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Stellamaris is your answer.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Let's see. If you've got this right, we go to Sudden Death.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56If you've got it wrong, another round goes to Nicki.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Eggheads?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59It's an asterism. Ah, Barry...
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I think perhaps the most famous one is the Summer Triangle,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05which has stars from three constellations.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Barry bringing his enormous brain to bear.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Can lead him astray sometimes.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12But he's right, actually. It is asterism.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Nicki is ahead after three questions.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16We say well done, you've won another head-to-head.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21So you can choose another Egghead.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22You've got Kevin already.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Yes. We have left Barry, Chris, Judith and Dave.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Let's have Dave, please, Jeremy.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31OK. Nicki has two Eggheads to help her in the final.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Katy, come on - we're at the third round, now -
0:14:34 > 0:14:37and get yourself an Egghead for the final.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39The last head-to-head is Music.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40So, Nicki, you won the last one.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42You can choose whether you go first or second.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Can I go first again, please, Jeremy?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Here we go.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Which musical features songs called Naughty and When I Grow Up?
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Oh, it was Tim Minchin.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Lovely, funny Tim Minchin had a hand in producing it.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I think he wrote it. I don't know, I might be totally wrong.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10But, anyway, I think it's Matilda.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Matilda is right, and it was Tim Minchin
0:15:12 > 0:15:13who wrote all the music.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Katy.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21What is the full first name of the singer known as Ed Sheeran?
0:15:27 > 0:15:32I think I have heard this before and I am quite a fan of his.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34If I get this wrong, I'll look a bit silly,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36but I think it's Edwin.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38It's not. Oh, no! It's Edward.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41It's Edward. Oh, dear.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47Nicki, the musette de cour is most similar to which musical instrument?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54"Musette" makes me think of folding up things.
0:15:54 > 0:16:00I don't know whether it's that, because bagpipes kind of expand.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03But then "cour" makes me think of circles
0:16:03 > 0:16:06and I think an ocarina is like a little round thing.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I used to have one when I was younger.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11But it was always called an ocarina, never anything else.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17And "cour" might be like concertina, which again you would squeeze.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Oh, goodness,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I shall just put myself out of my misery and say bagpipes.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24So that is really just a lunge at the answer?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Let's just see... Yeah. Bagpipes.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Bagpipes is right. Oh!
0:16:30 > 0:16:31OK, Katy, hold steady there.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Here's your question. Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta features
0:16:35 > 0:16:39the line, "They are all noblemen who have gone wrong"?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47OK, I guess there's maybe a clue in that.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Pirates are bad guys that have perhaps gone wrong.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I guess yeomen could sort of apply to that as well.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01But I think I will go for The Pirates Of Penzance.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04OK. I thought, with your logic,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07you were taking me off to Yeomen Of The Guard there.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10But you're right. Pirates Of Penzance is correct.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12So you're still in it.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Nicki, if you get this right, the third round will be yours.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19The duo Smith and Burrows comprises Andy Burrows,
0:17:19 > 0:17:23a former member of Razorlight, and Tom Smith, from which group?
0:17:26 > 0:17:30I have a radio show that I present each week,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33and I played a Toploader track the other day.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34And I just skipped through it.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I just found out, you know, what was on the album,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I didn't look at who the person was.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46But I seem to think, in my deep, dark recesses...
0:17:46 > 0:17:51The guy in the Editors, I think his name was Tom Smith.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52But, again, I'm not a fan of theirs.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54I have no idea why I think that.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58So, I'm not going to talk myself out of it, I'll just say Editors.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01That's a stunning bit of quizzing, if I may say so,
0:18:01 > 0:18:02because you're absolutely spot-on.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05It is Tom Smith from the Editors.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07You got three out of three there
0:18:07 > 0:18:10and you've beaten Katy in the third head-to-head.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Doesn't mean you're out of it, Katy, but, Nicki,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16you have a chance to choose another Egghead.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18You've got Kevin and Dave.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20You've got Barry, Chris and Judith left.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Oh, gosh... All powerful brains.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I'll have Barry, I think, please.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Yeah. Barry. All right.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31So, Nicki, you have now got Kevin, Dave and Barry in the final round.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Katy, you don't have any Eggheads to help you.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Let's play the final round now.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42It is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:18:42 > 0:18:44and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Nicki and Katy, I will ask each of you three questions in turn.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52In this final round,
0:18:52 > 0:18:55you will have the backing of the Eggheads you have won
0:18:55 > 0:18:57in the course of the show.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01So, Nicki, behind you, you have Barry and Dave and Kevin,
0:19:01 > 0:19:02and Katy, you will be going it alone.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05So you can call on those Eggheads, Nicki.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09You can only use them once, so use them wisely.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10That's the key thing. Here we go.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Nicki, as you won the last round,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15you get to choose whether you go first and second.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I think I'll continue the trend and go first, please, Jeremy.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Nicki, here is your first question.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29The American comedy Us And Them is based on which British TV series?
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Ah, now, Being Human...
0:19:38 > 0:19:41..makes me think that...
0:19:42 > 0:19:46..Being Human is not a human thing.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Oh, gosh, that's so stupid.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Erm, can I have a chat to Dave?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Yes, you can. Dave is sitting in the middle behind you.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Hi, Nicki. Hi, Dave.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Right, now, my logic to this led me to one particular answer,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01because I did watch the British version of this.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Oh! Now, if you think about Gavin Stacey,
0:20:04 > 0:20:09it's based on a family in Essex and a family in Barry, South Wales,
0:20:09 > 0:20:14with differences in terms of how they get along.
0:20:14 > 0:20:21And Us And Them suggests that it is about two sets of families,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25a relationship where two people fall in love
0:20:25 > 0:20:26from totally different backgrounds.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30So, my hunch, with all of that,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33and I do believe there has been an American remake,
0:20:33 > 0:20:34is Gavin Stacey.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36OK, so Dave has given his view.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38You can accept or reject it.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40It's a guide rather than answer.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44I will accept Dave's answer
0:20:44 > 0:20:47and I will go with Gavin Stacey.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48OK. It is Gavin Stacey.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Thank you, Dave!
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Not a problem. My pleasure, Nicki.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54We go to Katy. Your first question.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Which of the following is the 18th-century English craftsman
0:20:57 > 0:21:01William Caslon famous for creating?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Caslon is C-A-S-L-O-N.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09C-A-S-L-O-N.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12OK, I'm trying to think of any
0:21:12 > 0:21:14typefaces that sound like that.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I can't really think of any.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24I think, out of the three, I will go for...cabinets,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26but I don't have a lot of logic
0:21:26 > 0:21:27to go for on that one.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Let's see if the Eggheads know. Which one is it?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Caslon, anyone know? Typefaces.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Ah. Typefaces is the answer.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37So, you're ahead, Nicki,
0:21:37 > 0:21:38and this is your second question.
0:21:38 > 0:21:45Who replaced Nick Robinson as the BBC's political editor in July 2015?
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Right. Um...
0:21:53 > 0:21:55He went to The Today Programme,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I think. And I...
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I remember all the talk about the euro.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01I think that Laura Kuenssberg
0:22:01 > 0:22:02was in there a lot.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05I have heard of her more on the telly than I have the other two.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08I'll be honest and say I haven't heard of Allegra Stratton.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10I'm awfully sorry, if she's watching.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12And Lucy Manning, I think I have,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15but I'm not sure that she doesn't do more foreign things.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18So I believe it could be Laura Kuenssberg.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Laura Kuenssberg is the right answer. Well done.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26You saved an Egghead there, maybe for Sudden Death, if it happens.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Katy, your question.
0:22:28 > 0:22:34Which property investor brothers, with a net worth of ?13.1 billion,
0:22:34 > 0:22:38were number one on the 2016 Sunday Times Rich List?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49OK, I do try and pay attention to that list when it comes out.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I'm pretty sure the Barclay brothers
0:22:51 > 0:22:53have been on it before.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I don't know whether it's this year.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Not heard of the middle ones.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I've heard of the first ones.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04I think, based on the fact
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I'm pretty sure they've been on it before,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I'll go for Frederick and David Barclay.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12OK, you need to get this right to stay in.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15You have said Frederick and David Barclay.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17The Barclay brothers. Twins, aren't they?
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Let's see. Eggs?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21I'm not sure. I was inclined to Barclays before it came up.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I was inclined to David and Simon Reuben.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Were you, Barry? Why's that?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30It just rings a vague bell, that they're property magnates.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I was thinking we were going to see the Candy brothers on the list,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35but we didn't.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37If you have got it wrong, the contest is over.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40If you've got it right, we play on. The answer is...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42David and Simon Reuben.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43OK.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Sorry, Katy!
0:23:45 > 0:23:46No way back.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49And we say congratulations, Nicki, you have won.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Thank you. Well done.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Thank you.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56Commiserations, Katy.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Thank you. We're seeing a pattern now where no-one has yet overpowered
0:24:00 > 0:24:02the other person with three.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05But I know you're a great quizzer.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07And, Nicki, well done to you. Thank you.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I'm thinking James, below the desk, will be very pleased. I hope so.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Is it quite a tense feeling, even though you had the Eggheads?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16It is. I was more nervous in the second part.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Even though I knew I had the option of asking the three Eggheads,
0:24:19 > 0:24:20I was more nervous.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Well done, Katy, though. It was fun. Thank you.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Well done to you. All right. You've proved, Nicki,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27that winning comes as naturally to you as it does to our Eggheads.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30You are one step closer to joining our quiz goliaths.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33But your work for today isn't quite done.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36We're going to give you three points for each Egghead you won
0:24:36 > 0:24:39in the head-to-head rounds, so that's nine points.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Very, very useful.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43And you're now going to get the chance to add to those points
0:24:43 > 0:24:45by answering quickfire questions for two minutes.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48For each correct answer, you will score one point.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I've got to accept your first answer.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53We will see where your final score puts you on our leaderboard.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56The top four places at the end of the heats
0:24:56 > 0:24:58will make it through to the semifinals.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01The top score to beat is Frankie Fanko, who scored 24.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05And in fourth position, Amber Marshall is on 16 points.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08All to play for. Nicki, are you ready to play?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10I'm ready. OK.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12All the best to you.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Your time starts now.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17On which continent is the Atacama Desert?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18South America.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21In which country was the athlete Mo Farah born?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Kenya.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23No, Somalia.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26In the Harry Potter books, what is the surname of the character Draco?
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Pass.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Malfoy.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Which Robbie Williams song contains the line "I'm a burning effigy of
0:25:31 > 0:25:33"everything I used to be"?
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Let Me Entertain You.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Which country of the UK is home to the delicacy of laver bread?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Wales.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42In geometry, how many sides does a rhombus have?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Four.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46In which 1988 film does Kathleen Turner provide the
0:25:46 > 0:25:48speaking voice for Jessica Rabbit?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Which city hosted the Winter Olympics
0:25:52 > 0:25:54at which Torvill and Dean won their gold medal?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Sarajevo.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59What type of beverage is most likely to be made in a percolator?
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Coffee.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Which chemical element with the atomic number 15 takes its name from
0:26:04 > 0:26:06the Greek for "light-bringing"?
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Pass. Phosphorus.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10What is the first name of PG Wodehouse's celebrated
0:26:10 > 0:26:11fictional valet, Jeeves?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Pass. Reginald.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17In which US state did the actor James Dean die
0:26:17 > 0:26:19in a car crash in 1955?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21New York. No, California.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24In which TV drama series does Jenny Agutter play Sister Julienne?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Call The Midwife.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28In which English county is Blenheim Palace?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Oxfordshire. Correct.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34Stevie Wonder released the 1976 album Songs In The Key Of what?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Life.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Which Roald Dahl book features the cruel characters
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40James And The Giant Peach.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45How many planets in our solar system have names beginning with a vowel?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48One... Two. I have to accept one. Sorry, it's two.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50The Republic of San Marino is completely surrounded by
0:26:50 > 0:26:52which other country?
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Italy.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Which TV soap features the characters Marlon and Cain Dingle?
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Emmerdale.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00The UK number one single Take My Breath Away, by Berlin,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03was on the soundtrack to which 1986 film?
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Top Gun.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a goat?
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Capricorn.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10The plot of which cult television series
0:27:10 > 0:27:12centred around the death of Laura Palmer?
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Oh, Twin Peaks.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18My goodness, you were storming through there.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20I'm thrilled for you. Thank you.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22You must feel you did really well. I hope so.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I enjoyed it. I settled into it, yes.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26So, look, you got 16, which is brilliant.
0:27:26 > 0:27:2816 correct answers? Yes.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33Gosh! Because you had three Eggheads from the three successful
0:27:33 > 0:27:35head-to-heads, we add nine to that.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37We get a grand total of 25 points.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39And we now bring up the leaderboard.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42You're not just in the top four, you're number one, Nicki.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Well done. LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Well done! We have got to see James at this point.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51James, are you excited by that? I think he is. Thank you.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53He's come out from behind the desk.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55So, Nicki, you're number one with 25 points.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58In second place is Frankie with 24, and then below you and Frankie
0:27:58 > 0:28:00is Marianne and Kit.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01They have 20 points each.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Oh, gosh! That was very doughty quizzing.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Thank you.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08My goodness, Katy, you have been beaten by a great quizzer here.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Yes, very good. Very well done.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Thank you. The quickfire is very, very hard.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13How do you feel, Nicki?
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Um, relieved, but really nervous at the prospect of possibly having to do it again.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Well, it's going to heat up, that's for sure.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Join us next time to find out
0:28:21 > 0:28:23who else might have what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Till then, goodbye.
0:28:54 > 0:28:55Start the clock. Name this show.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57BUZZER Top Class.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58What is it?
0:28:58 > 0:29:00BUZZER A new quiz show.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01Which channel is it on?
0:29:01 > 0:29:02BUZZER CBBC.