0:00:06 > 0:00:09These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19The question is - do you have the brains to join them?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29We've launched a nationwide search
0:00:29 > 0:00:31to find the greatest quiz brains in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35By the end of the series, two people will emerge as champions
0:00:35 > 0:00:38and win the ultimate prize for quizzing enthusiasts -
0:00:38 > 0:00:42a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Yes, Eggheads, I'm talking about you.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Good. Let's meet today's contestants,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49both hoping they've got what it takes to become one of them.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Janet French,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54I keep a craft supply shop in Telford in Shropshire.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55I'm Lou Wilson,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58I'm a volunteer radio presenter and I'm from Cambridge.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Well, Lou and Janet, welcome.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03So, Lou first of all, your best quizzing moment?
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Beating Paul Sinha on The Chase.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Oh, right. And winning how much, can I ask?
0:01:08 > 0:01:10?9,500.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Oh, lovely. Yes. So you really, properly beat him?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Yes, we did, yes.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Janet, I know we've met. In this studio.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Yes, indeed. In this studio, yes.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I was with a team called Stitches.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Was there a question about Metallica?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Oh, yes, you remember that. Yes, there was a question about...
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Because you'd been to see them in concert, that's what's amazing.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Certainly, I have. Well, why is it amazing?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33No, I suppose I didn't expect that.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Well, Judith, you've been to see Metallica, as well.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39As if, Jeremy. See, there we go.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Janet was the hit of Twitter when that episode went out
0:01:41 > 0:01:44because everyone was going, "How cool is this lady?"
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Yes, exactly. Your moment when you referred to your Metallica concert
0:01:47 > 0:01:49was a great moment, that's true.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Lou, you do a bit of radio and you do a bit of cycling,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53so we've got a lot in common.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Yes, very much. And you're safe on your bike?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Definitely safe on my bike. I will weave, but safely.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59If that makes sense. Save weaving.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01There we are with you, with your craft shop.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04A connection. It all fits together! Another sort of weaving.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Tell us about the craft shop.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11Really people come in and talk about crafts - needlework, knitting,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14lace-making - and I do a bit to pass the time
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and talk to people about it.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17OK. It's heaven, really.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Fantastic. Good luck to you both.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22OK, contestants, this is where you need to prove
0:02:22 > 0:02:23you could be an Egghead.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Just like our Eggheads, both of you will compete
0:02:25 > 0:02:28over a series of different rounds where your knowledge will be tested
0:02:28 > 0:02:30on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32So, the first head-to-head battle
0:02:32 > 0:02:34between you both will be on Geography.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38I'll ask you three multiple-choice questions on Geography in turn.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44The prize for winning a round on Make Me An Egghead,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48and this is rather special thing, is that you gain an extra brain,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51one of the Eggheads themselves, who will help you in the final.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Before the show we tossed a coin. As the result of that, Lou,
0:02:54 > 0:02:58you have the option as to whether you want to go first or second.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59I'll go first.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Good luck to you both, and Lou, your first question,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Laurel Canyon is a district of which US city?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15I'm going to say Phoenix.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Purely because...
0:03:19 > 0:03:21the Grand Canyon is there
0:03:21 > 0:03:24and I'm hoping that maybe there's a branch of it.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Let's see, I haven't heard of this one. Any Eggheads know?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Los Angeles. Los Angeles. And why do we know it's Los Angeles?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31It's famous for musicians.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Musicians? People like Joni Mitchell and Neil Young,
0:03:33 > 0:03:37all those sort of people tended to have houses in the '60s and '70s.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41OK. I'm afraid the answer is Los Angeles. OK.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Over to you, Janet.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46The Meuse River rises in France
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and eventually flows out into which of the following?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I've a feeling it goes through Germany,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58so it would have to be the North Sea.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I wouldn't say I'm 100%, but North Sea.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04North Sea is right. Oh, good.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Lou...
0:04:05 > 0:04:08the coastal town of El Alamein,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11the site of two major battles during World War II,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13is part of which country?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Oh, hope I'm not... I think it might be Egypt.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Oh, am I wrong? I don't know.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I'm going to say Egypt.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Egypt is your answer. Well, I know who to go to on this.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Mr Chris? Yes, Egypt.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Oh, thank goodness for that.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Tobruk was Libya, wasn't it? Tobruk's Libya, yes.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35OK, well done, Lou, you're on the scoreboard.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Back to you, Janet, see if you can take the lead.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Which Canadian city in the province of Quebec
0:04:41 > 0:04:45was originally called Ville Marie, or city of Mary?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Is it...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54This is something I've read and it hasn't stuck.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00Because two of those are already in French or close to French,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I'll go Quebec City.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Montreal is the answer.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Oh. Even after two questions.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Back to you, Lou.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12What name is given to winds that are created in a valley
0:05:12 > 0:05:15when cool air reaches a warmed surface
0:05:15 > 0:05:19and the warmed lighter air then rises upslope?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Oh, right. Mm...
0:05:25 > 0:05:29It's... There's going to be a Greek connection here,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31you know, with the words and everything, isn't there?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Or some sort of Latin or something. Um...
0:05:36 > 0:05:40I...am going to say...
0:05:40 > 0:05:41metabatic.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Metabatic. Or is...?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46You know this one by any chance, Janet?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I would have gone for anabatic.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Why is that? Because I think I've heard the word before.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54OK, Barry will know. Well, I know katabatic winds goes down slope
0:05:54 > 0:05:57and I think the opposite is anabatic.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Is it? So I think the answer's anabatic. The answer is anabatic.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Oh... Let's see how you do now, Janet.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03You could take around.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Which US river experienced a great flood in April 1927
0:06:08 > 0:06:12when almost the entire levee system keeping it in check gave way,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16forcing hundreds of thousands of people to become displaced?
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Trying to hang it on the word levee. Mississippi.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29She took my Chevy to the levee and the levee was dry.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Yes. Wet in this instance.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33If you've got it right, you've taken the round.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37The correct answer is Mississippi.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Good. Well done, Janet, congratulations,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41you've won the first head-to-head.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47You've taken the first round, you now gain an Egghead.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49So you can look at these five super brains
0:06:49 > 0:06:51and choose one to help you in the final.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Any of them would do me proud, I'm sure.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58But on the tenuous link that I'm married to a Patrick,
0:06:58 > 0:06:59I'll have Pat, please.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And he's an Irishman.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Janet has one Egghead therefore to help her in the final.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Lou doesn't have one yet. Let's see if you can change that now, Louise.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Next category is Music. So, Janet, because you won the last round,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14you can decide whether you go first or second.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15I'll go first please.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22And here is your question. Of the original five members of Take That,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24who was the eldest?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Mark Owen still looks about 14.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Um...
0:07:33 > 0:07:36And I haven't got a clear picture of Howard Donald.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I'll go Howard Donald.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Lou? I know she's got that right. Yeah, you got that right.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43OK, Howard Donald.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Lou, your question. In Band Aid 20's version
0:07:47 > 0:07:51of Do They Know It's Christmas?, who sings the opening line?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59If it was the original one, I'd know straight away! Um...
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Because of his...
0:08:04 > 0:08:08..notoriety... Because he's sort of I guess
0:08:08 > 0:08:11the biggest of them, I'm going to say Chris Martin.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Eggheads? It's Chris Martin. Chris Martin, correct.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Janet, over to you. Of which fellow composer
0:08:16 > 0:08:19is Mozart supposed to have said,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22"One day he will give the world something to talk about"
0:08:22 > 0:08:25after hearing him play as a teenager? Is it...
0:08:28 > 0:08:31The only one I can remember both of the dates for is Beethoven,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33which means nothing really
0:08:33 > 0:08:36as I can't remember Mozart's just offhand.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Beethoven.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Beethoven is the right answer.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Oh. OK, Lou, to catch up.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48Which of these musicals has music and lyrics by Kander and Ebb?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56I think I'm going to rule Hello Dolly! out.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02I've seen that and I don't remember it being on the credits.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04I could be wrong.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08It's the one I'm least familiar with. I'm going to go Godspell.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11But I don't... Lisa's going to know this one, I'm sure.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I think it is Cabaret.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15It is Cabaret, Lou.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Yeah. So you're behind.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20And if Janet gets this one right,
0:09:20 > 0:09:22she has another Egghead in the final round.
0:09:22 > 0:09:28Which singer appeared in the 1940s films Something For The Boys,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Dollface and Words And Music?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40I don't remember Perry Como doing many films.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Could even have been a bit young for that.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44He did more television.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Paul Anka seems younger.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Bobby Darin, please.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Lou? I'd probably have gone with Bobby Darin for the same reasons.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57The answer is Perry Como. Well, well.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Two points to Janet, one point to Lou.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Lou get this right to keep the round alive.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Please!
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Excluding the three church parables, Lou,
0:10:06 > 0:10:11what is the only one of Benjamin Britten's full length operas
0:10:11 > 0:10:13to have an all-male cast?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19I'm going to go with Billy Budd.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Cos I think... I could be totally wrong here,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I think that's set on the ships, I think.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29So, Billy Budd is your answer. We can check probably Barry.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Yes, it is Billy Budd, it's set on a Royal Navy warship.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34At least I got it right. You did get it right,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36so Billy Budd is the right answer, so you're equal after
0:10:36 > 0:10:39three multiple-choice questions, it gets a bit harder now.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44We go to Sudden Death and I don't give you alternative answers.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49Janet, the Dolly Parton song Nine To Five features the line
0:10:49 > 0:10:54"I stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of..."
0:10:54 > 0:10:55What?
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Ambition.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Brilliant, it is ambition.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01OK, Lisa, this is your moment.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03# Tumble out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen
0:11:03 > 0:11:05# Pour myself a cup of ambition
0:11:05 > 0:11:08# And yawn and stretch And try to come alive. #
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Yay! It's not Dolly. It's really good.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I was thinking it was cup of tea.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17OK, Lou, to stay in,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21what's the first name of the Girls Aloud member with the surname Coyle?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23C-O-Y-L-E. OK, Nadine.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Nadine is right.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Janet, Peter "Biff" Byford
0:11:27 > 0:11:32found fame as the lead singer of which 1980s heavy metal band
0:11:32 > 0:11:36whose albums included Wheels Of Steel?
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Saxon.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43You're now trending on Twitter again!
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Yes, it's right. Yeah.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48So, over to you, Lou,
0:11:48 > 0:11:49to stay in,
0:11:49 > 0:11:56what was the title of Lieutenant Pigeon's 1972 UK number one single?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Or Lieutenant Pigeon's?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02I actually just don't even have a clue.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Based on his name, I don't know, Trafalgar Square!
0:12:05 > 0:12:07No idea.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09It's pretty un-guessable. Do you know this, Janet?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Mouldy Old Dough? Mouldy Old Dough is correct.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15It's got a very strange distinction. Yes?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18It's the only number one single to feature a mother and son.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20So, how bizarre. There we are.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Well, Sudden Death, Janet, you've taken it, congratulations,
0:12:23 > 0:12:25you've won the second head-to-head.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31And you can choose another Egghead. You've already had Pat,
0:12:31 > 0:12:32who would you like now?
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Looking for my weak areas and I don't honestly know,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39but I'll have Barry, please. You can't go wrong with Barry.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41So Janet now has two Eggheads to help her in the final,
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Lou has still not got one, so maybe this is your round, Lou.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48It's Arts and Books, the subject.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Janet, you won the last round,
0:12:49 > 0:12:51you decide whether you go first or second.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53First, please.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Here is your question, Janet.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01How was the character Felix Holt described
0:13:01 > 0:13:04in the title of a novel by George Eliot?
0:13:08 > 0:13:09I don't know.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I'll go The Misanthrope.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15No, you're wrong, it's The Radical.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Well... So, a chance for Lou to take the lead.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21You don't give many chances, Janet.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Who wrote the novel Orlando - A Biography
0:13:24 > 0:13:27and dedicated it to Vita Sackville-West?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I don't know.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I think I might rule Virginia Woolf out.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45For me, the one that I've heard of least is Radclyffe Hall,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47and for that reason I'm going to go for him.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Janet, do you know this one?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I'd have gone Virginia Woolf.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Would you? Let's see the Eggheads...
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Virginia Woolf. It is.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Radclyffe Hall is a lady, by the way.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Virginia Woolf is the right answer.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Janet, your question - which of these animals
0:14:01 > 0:14:06features in the foreground of George Seurat's pointillist painting,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09A Sunday afternoon On The Island Of La Grande Jatte?
0:14:12 > 0:14:17I'm trying to call the picture in detail and I'm not...
0:14:18 > 0:14:22I know the name and I can't remember it well enough.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Panther.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27No, monkey. Mm.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Which classic novel
0:14:28 > 0:14:32has the alternative title Virtue Rewarded?
0:14:36 > 0:14:37I'm going to go with Emma.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Eggs? Pamela. By whom?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Samuel Richardson? That's right.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46There you go. Pamela, it is.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49No score yet in this round. Third question to Janet.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Jill Paton Walsh, famous for her children's books,
0:14:53 > 0:14:57has also written novels featuring which detective?
0:15:01 > 0:15:02This must be...
0:15:04 > 0:15:07As all of those had original authors...
0:15:07 > 0:15:10So this is something by agreement with the estate
0:15:10 > 0:15:14to use the names again, presumably.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16And I didn't think Father Brown
0:15:16 > 0:15:21had had that attention, unless the television series provoked it.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28Peter Wimsey, someone did try some extra Peter Wimsey books.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33Hercule Poirot, I'd have thought would've been better left alone.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I'll go Lord Peter Wimsey.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Lord Peter Wimsey is your answer.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It's correct. Ooh.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Good logic there, actually.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44So, Lou, you need to get this right to stay in the round.
0:15:44 > 0:15:50The two well-known 1921 pieces of art, entitled Three Musicians,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54each featuring harlequin, a pierrot and a monk,
0:15:54 > 0:15:56were the work of which artist?
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Well...
0:16:02 > 0:16:07I think Henri Matisse was more a surreal artist.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I'm going to do a Judith here and just go down the right
0:16:11 > 0:16:13and say Pablo Picasso.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I'm not 100% sure.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16I'm going to say Pablo Picasso.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Eggheads, is it right?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Yes. Yes, it is right, Pablo Picasso it is, well done.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Your technique works, Judith! Thank you. It's the magic right.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27It does work more often than you might imagine. When in doubt!
0:16:27 > 0:16:29After three questions each, the scores are level,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32we go to Sudden Death - I don't give you alternatives.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Janet, your question,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36what is the surname of Hedda's husband
0:16:36 > 0:16:39in the Ibsen play, Hedda Gabler?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Oh... So the obvious go at Gabler seems not to be the answer.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47I really don't know.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I'm going to say Gabler.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50You're going to say Gabler,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53it would be terrible if it was Gabler and you hadn't said it.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56It's not, it's Hedda Tesman.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Her married name is Hedda Tesman.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02So, Lou, for the round,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04what is the name of the Huron leader and main villain
0:17:04 > 0:17:07of the novel The Last Of The Mohicans?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I'm sure there's lots of people screaming
0:17:10 > 0:17:13the answer, um, including all the Eggheads.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Miguel. I don't know. Miguel?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20No. Not actually far off, funnily enough. Is it not?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Magua. Oh, OK.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23M-A-G-U-A.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25So, Sudden Death, we're back to you, Janet.
0:17:25 > 0:17:32The 1940 oil painting, Self-portrait With Thorn, Necklace And Hummingbird,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35is a well-known work by which leading female artist?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37It's the way you say "well-known"...
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Yes, it's right. ..it does put one on the spot.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42You're so right.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Is it Frida Kahlo?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Oh, that's what I was going to say.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Frida Kahlo is right.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49So you have a chance, Lou, to stay in there.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Which artist's abstract expressionist painting Blue Poles,
0:17:53 > 0:17:55or Number 11 1952,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58caused a political outcry in Australia
0:17:58 > 0:18:00when it was bought in 1973?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I'm going to say Jackson Pollock.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Eggheads? Jackson Pollock certainly numbered his paintings,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09I would have gone for him.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Jackson Pollock is correct. Oh, thank goodness for that. OK!
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Janet, your question, Sudden Death.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Which Indian-born novelist has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize
0:18:18 > 0:18:23for her works Clear Light Of Day, In Custody and Fasting, Feasting?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Hunting for Indian-born novelists.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31AS Byatt?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34No. Anita Desai. Right.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Lou, who wrote the play, John, Paul, George, Ringo And Bert,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40which was first performed
0:18:40 > 0:18:43at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre in 1974?
0:18:45 > 0:18:48The only reason I'm going to say his name
0:18:48 > 0:18:52is because he's a Liverpudlian and he writes brilliant plays.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I'm going to say Willy Russell. Willy Russell is your answer.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56And it's right.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Yay! JEREMY LAUGHS
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Well done!
0:19:00 > 0:19:04So you've won on Sudden Death, you've taken the final head-to-head.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Thank goodness for that!
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Gets interesting. So you can choose an Egghead.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12You can't have Barry or Pat, cos Janet's already got them.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14You've nicked them. I'm going to go for Chris.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17All right. So, Janet, you've ended up with Pat and Barry
0:19:17 > 0:19:19in the final round - very good.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21And, Lou, you started to pull it back at the end there
0:19:21 > 0:19:24and you've got Chris. Shall we play the final round?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28So, this is what we have been playing towards -
0:19:28 > 0:19:30it is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and who will be eliminated from our search?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Janet and Lou, I'm going to ask each of you three questions in turn.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39This time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42In this final round, you will have the backing of the Eggheads
0:19:42 > 0:19:45you've won over the course of the show.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48So, Janet, you've got Pat and Barry there.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And, Lou, you're going to have Chris helping you.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53You can call on them, you can even ask,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56in your case, Janet, both of them, to help with one question.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59What you can't do is use them more than once,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02so do bring them in wisely.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03So, Lou, as you won the last round,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06you get to choose whether you want to go first or second.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07I'll go first.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12OK, our final on Make Me An Egghead.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13And, Lou, your question.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Which London museum is located on Great Russell Street?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25See, this is a difficult one, cos I'm not entirely sure,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27but it's a question of whether I ask Chris,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30who I'm sure will know this...
0:20:30 > 0:20:33or just take a crack at it and risk getting it wrong.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37I'm going to say...
0:20:40 > 0:20:41..British Museum.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Right. So you're not calling in Chris. No.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Let's just check, Chris, are you pleased with the way she's gone?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Yeah, she's right, Jeremy. Well done, Lou.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52British Museum it is. That was very steely.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Janet, over to you.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Which Californian city is home
0:20:56 > 0:20:59to the headquarters of the tech giant, Apple?
0:21:03 > 0:21:07I know what I'd guess, but as I've got two lovely gentlemen,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09I'm going to, um...
0:21:09 > 0:21:10ask Pat, please.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Pat? Well, Modesto is in the north of the state
0:21:14 > 0:21:17and I think it's sort of in wine country.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Fresno is deep inland, effectively in the desert.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23But Cupertino is in...
0:21:23 > 0:21:25roughly in the Silicon Valley area,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28so I think Apple are headquartered at Cupertino.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30He says Cupertino.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35I think he is a good tech man and I will go Cupertino.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37OK, Cupertino's your answer.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38It's right.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Over we go, back to you, Lou.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42In May 2016,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45which UK seaside town voted for a proposal
0:21:45 > 0:21:50to ban the building of second homes? Is this...
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I'm going to say St Ives, because Cornwall have got a massive,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59massive problem with people buying second homes,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01so I'm going to say St Ives.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03St Ives is correct. Oh!
0:22:03 > 0:22:04You still haven't used Chris.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Janet, your question. Your second question
0:22:06 > 0:22:08You've still got Barry there.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Cintura is the Italian word for which item of clothing?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16A cinch is a girth on a horse's saddle,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18so I'm going to go belt, please.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Belt is the right answer.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23It's looking lively, this.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Lou, here is your next question.
0:22:25 > 0:22:32Which of these designed the reverse side of the first UK pound coin,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35issued in 1983?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I absolutely don't have a clue so, at this point,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45I think I'll call on Chris.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47I maybe would have gone Eric Sewell.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Go on, Chris. Well, I've not got a clue either, Lou.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53I know Eric Sewell is, or was, a designer. Yeah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55So I'll go with Eric Sewell. Yeah.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Well, on that basis, I'll go Eric Sewell, because I...
0:22:59 > 0:23:01That's the one I'd heard of
0:23:01 > 0:23:05and I knew that he was a designer of sorts,
0:23:05 > 0:23:06so I'll go Eric Sewell.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11The answer is Eric Sewell. Oh! Thank goodness for that!
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Janet, to stay in.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15The Battle of Puebla was an important milestone
0:23:15 > 0:23:18in the history of which country?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I think Barry's a history man.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26What do you think, Barry?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Well, I think it's also known as the 5th of May,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31which is a national day in Mexico.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32So my answer is Mexico.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35That makes sense to me, and I trust you, Barry!
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Mexico. So you say Mexico.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40If you get this wrong, the contest is over.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Mm-hm.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Mexico's the right answer.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44BARRY CHUCKLES
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Thank you, Barry! You're welcome.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48We move from multiple choice to Sudden Death,
0:23:48 > 0:23:50cos you're equal after three questions.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52It gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternatives.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Here, Lou, is your first question.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58For what does the first letter T stand
0:23:58 > 0:24:02in the name of the proposed trade agreement known as TTIP?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Based on the fact that, normally...
0:24:06 > 0:24:11..acronyms like that start with, I guess, the most important...
0:24:12 > 0:24:15..part, if you like, as in who the trade might be between.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18I'm going to say Transatlantic, but I don't know.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Transatlantic is correct. Oh, thank God for that. Well done.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22So Janet, to stay in.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25We're on Sudden Death here - you've got to get this right.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Which national newspaper, launched in 2016,
0:24:28 > 0:24:32closed just two months after its launch?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Oh, I remember that happening.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38And I can't remember the name of it
0:24:38 > 0:24:42and I've got a graphic in my head of a...
0:24:42 > 0:24:46large lower case "i" and I don't know whether that's from that
0:24:46 > 0:24:50or something else completely, so I'll go with "i".
0:24:51 > 0:24:54"i" is that offshoot from the Independent, isn't it?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56But it's... Ah.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Do you know this, guys?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00The, er... The New Day, I think.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Yeah, the answer is New Day.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Right.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05So, I'm sorry, Janet,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08but we say congratulations, Lou, you've won!
0:25:08 > 0:25:12LAUGHING: Oh, my goodness me! Great.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Do you know, honestly, I would have gone with "i" as well.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Yeah. Cos that was the image I had in my head.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18What a quizzer.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22I did my best, but well done, Lou.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Well, you've shown how comebacks are possible in this game, Lou,
0:25:24 > 0:25:27and you've proved that winning comes as naturally to you
0:25:27 > 0:25:29as it does to our Eggheads,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32and you're one step closer to joining our quiz Goliaths.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34But your work today isn't quite done.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37We're going to give you three points for each round you've won today,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39so you get three cos you've got Chris back there.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41You're now going to get the chance to add to those points
0:25:41 > 0:25:43by answering quickfire questions for two minutes.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46We will give you one point for each correct answer and we'll see
0:25:46 > 0:25:49where your final answer puts you on our leaderboard.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51The top four places at the end of the heats
0:25:51 > 0:25:53will make it through to the semifinals.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54If you get above 25,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58you cannot be dislodged from a place in the semifinals.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00So all to play for.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Are you ready to play?
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Yeah.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Good luck. Your time starts now.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10In the human body, incisors and molars are types of what?
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Teeth. Correct. Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
0:26:13 > 0:26:16features the sinister farmhand, Jud Fry?
0:26:16 > 0:26:17I don't know. Oklahoma.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21In the Republic of Ireland, in which county is the Blarney Stone located?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Omagh? No, Cork. Oh.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26In which century was the French queen Marie Antoinette executed?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Which century?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Er...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33The...17th?
0:26:33 > 0:26:3518th. 18th! Oh!
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Which sport is played by the Miami Dolphins?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40I think that is...
0:26:42 > 0:26:44..American football? Correct.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47In 1972, which group had UK number-one singles
0:26:47 > 0:26:50with Telegram Sam and Metal Guru?
0:26:50 > 0:26:51T Rex? Correct.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54In the title of a 1975 book by Roald Dahl,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56what is the name of the "Champion Of The World"?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Danny. Correct.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Which European country has Bratislava as its capital?
0:27:03 > 0:27:07I know that. Oh, I do know that.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Um...
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Oh, crikey.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Pass. It's Slovakia. Slovakia.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Which city is home to the world's oldest annual marathon,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21first held in 1897?
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Which country? Which city. Which city.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28New York? Boston.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29In which 1969 film
0:27:29 > 0:27:32does Michael Caine play the part of Charlie Croker?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Charlie Croker? Er...
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Not The Italian Job, is it? No.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Is that your answer?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Yeah. Correct. Oh.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Which Mediterranean island has the capital Cagliari?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Which...? Mediterranean island has the capital Cagliari?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Um...
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Corsica. Sardinia.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Hercule Poirot first appeared in Agatha Christie's novel
0:27:58 > 0:27:59The Mysterious Affair At...where?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Pass. Styles.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08In 1965, which song became the only UK number one single for The Byrds?
0:28:08 > 0:28:09BUZZER I don't...
0:28:09 > 0:28:12It's Mr Tambourine Man.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15So you scored 5. You got a grand total of eight points. Yeah.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16You are on our leaderboard.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19You're not going to be in the green. Nope.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21However, you won today!
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Yay! THEY LAUGH
0:28:23 > 0:28:25I hope you enjoyed it. Yeah, it's been fabulous, thank you.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Very good. Thank you so much, Janet, as well.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Thank you. What a game.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Join us next time to find out who else might have what it takes
0:28:32 > 0:28:34to become an Egghead. Until then, goodbye.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Start the clock. Name this show.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06BUZZER Top Class.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08What is it?
0:29:08 > 0:29:09BUZZER A new quiz show.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10Which channel is it on?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12BUZZER CBBC.