Episode 15 Make Me an Egghead

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is - do you have the brains to join them?

Hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.

We have launched a nationwide search to

find the greatest quiz brains in Britain.

By the end of the series,

two people will emerge as champions and win the ultimate prize

for quizzing enthusiasts - a place on the most fearsome quiz team

in history, and here they are, the Eggheads.

So, let's meet today's contestants,

both hoping they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.

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

from Nesscliffe in Shropshire.

And I'm Jamie Dodding. I'm a civil servant

from Peterborough, originally from Wallasey on Merseyside.

Well, welcome, gentlemen.

I've seen your quizzing history.

Gerard, series champion of 15 To One, Only Connect,

and you've been on Eggheads, as well. I have indeed.

Do you want to tell us what happened

when you came into the studio before?

Well, it went to Sudden Death, with me left on my own,

and I was asked a question on Strictly Come Dancing,

I'm sure a subject you know well. OK.

And I was asked which English rugby player was

in the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing and I said Kenny Logan,

so obviously forgot the English part of the question.

Eggs, do you know the answer to that? Austin Healey, I should think.

Austin Healey. Yes, indeed. Yes.

Jamie, you haven't done Eggheads, but you've also done Only Connect,

which is very popular with people who come through

Make Me An Egghead, I must say.

Is it an interesting show to do?

It's fantastic, it's got a bit of a sort of puzzle side

and a quiz side, so it's a bit of everything in there.

And Pointless and University Challenge -

the list goes on.

Yeah, I did Pointless with my brother, who is also

ranked in the top 20 or 30 in the country

and we won on that last year.

OK, well, listen. Good luck to you both. Hope you do well.

This is where you need to prove that you could be an Egghead.

Just like on Eggheads, both of you will compete over a series of

different rounds where your knowledge will be tested

on the regular Eggheads categories.

So, the first head-to-head battle is on Food Drink.

I'm going to ask each of you three multiple choice questions

on that subject in turn.

Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.

The prize for winning a round on Make Me An Egghead

is that you gain an extra brain for the final,

and it's not just any old brain, it's one of these brains over here,

these amazing, superheated Eggheads brains.

Before the show, we tossed a coin and,

as a result of that, Jamie,

you have the option as to whether you want to play first or second.

I'd like to go first, I think.

OK, good luck. Food Drink.

And your first question, Jamie, in the UK,

Bolly is an affectionate nickname for a producer of which

type of alcoholic drink?

Well, many years ago I won six bottles of this drink

from David Frost in a competition

and Bolly is short for Bollinger,

which is Champagne.

You're absolutely right.

I've got to ask - tell us about the circumstances of that.

This is many years ago and a friend of mine was

on a TV show that David Frost was doing, and he asked them

to predict what was going to be happening in six months' time

and my friend gave me a ring and I did a bit of research

and we won a dozen bottles of Bollinger, six each.

Brilliant!

On to you, Gerard. Your first question.

Which British chef was made an honorary fellow

of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2006?

Well, the chemistry bit makes me think of molecular gastronomy

and the one of those there associated most with that

is, of course, Heston Blumenthal.

Heston Blumenthal is right.

On to you, Jamie. In which European country

is the Italian-style cheese called Parrano produced?

Parrano.

Right, what does it sound like?

I go to Greece an awful lot and I've not heard

of Parrano in Greece.

And given it's cheese and a preponderance of cheese there,

I'll go for the Netherlands.

I like the logic, and you go to Greece, what,

three, times year, I gather? Yes, I'm afraid I do!

You've got family there? Yes, I've got family out there.

And they're all eating Parrano cheese, aren't they?

No, no, no, they're not, it's OK, it's Netherlands.

OK, don't worry about that.

So, your second question, Gerard.

Often used in Asian cuisine, what type of vegetable is rakkyo?

Asian cuisine.

Sounds Japanese, and I associate Japanese with mushrooms.

I'm going to try mushroom.

OK, well, Barry's there with a lot of experience

of Japanese things.

I have, but this one has passed me by, I'm afraid. I don't know.

Anyone want to take a stab at it? Eggs?

I'd have gone onion. Yes?

On the basis of...?

That it just seems to be more preponderant in Asian

cuisine than the other two.

The answer is onion.

Well, they know their onions. Indeed, indeed.

So Jamie, you have two and Gerard has one

and if you get this one right, you will have taken the round.

What type of dish is flamiche, a speciality of in northern France?

Is it...

I guess I'd go... Fish omelette would be southern France,

I'd have thought.

Um...

I think I'll go for vegetable tart.

If you've got this right, you've won the round.

You've got three questions in a row, well done.

Vegetable tart is the right answer.

So, congratulations, Jamie, you've won that head-to-head.

And you now gain an Egghead, so you can choose any one of the five.

It's going to get more difficult but I think I'll definitely

be taking Pat, I think, as a previous world champion.

Good choice.

So, Gerard doesn't yet have an Egghead,

but Jamie has chosen Pat and

we play on and the category you've got to face now is History.

Because you won the last one, Jamie,

you get to choose whether you go first or second.

I'll go first again, if I may, please.

Here is your question.

Paul Revere played an important part in which event in American history?

Um...

I thought Paul Revere was actually a dentist, as is my brother,

but he did the...ride to Lexington, I think.

It's the Boston Tea Party.

Boston Tea Party is quite right.

Gerard, during the second half

of the 19th century,

the condition known as phossy jaw particularly

affected those who worked in which area?

Phossy is P-H-O-S-S-Y.

Oh, yes, the jaw got all horrible and swollen, didn't it?

This was the poor little girls making matches.

You're absolutely right and that's a terrible thing this, isn't it?

I've seen pictures of affected children.

Yes, the jaws were eaten away by the phosphorus

they put in the match head. Making matches, quite right.

Well done. Phossy jaw.

Back to you for your second question, Jamie.

Nelson had his right arm amputated after injuries

he sustained in which 1797 battle?

Right.

I know it's one of two and he lost his eye at one

and he lost his arm at the other. It's definitely not Genoa.

I'm going to go for Santa Cruz.

Do you know this, Gerard?

I had a feeling it was Tenerife, so I'd have said Santa Cruz as well.

Santa Cruz is right.

Playing very well so far, Jamie.

You haven't got a question wrong.

Back to you, Gerard.

Which Emperor of Russia was assassinated in 1801?

Oh...

Well, I think that's too late for Ivan VI.

I have a feeling that's Paul...Paul I.

Just a glimmer or an inkling?

It's an inkling.

It's good enough for me, it's quite right. Well done. Paul I.

So, your third question, Jamie.

In the UK, since 1945, the highest turnout ever

for a general election was 83.9%, in which year?

Right.

I was looking for soon after post-war

when there were lots of people who were...

..up for democracy and up for voting,

so I'll go for 1950.

Yes, you're absolutely right. Back of the Second World War,

1950 it was. Very, very high turnout.

Three to Jamie, two to Gerard.

You've got to get this right to stay in the round, Gerard.

Which US President was a skilled horseman

and set an equestrian high jump record that lasted nearly 25 years?

Well, there's one there it clearly isn't -

William Howard Taft.

Taft was famously a large chap.

They had to get emergency services

to get him out of the White House bath once, I think.

Famous palindrome - "Taft fat".

Grover Cleveland or Ulysses S Grant?

Well, it suggests it's a military man, doesn't it?

So, I'll try Ulysses S Grant.

Ulysses S Grant is correct.

Three points each.

You're equal after the multiple-choice

part of this round, and we go to Sudden Death.

It gets a bit harder - I don't give you alternatives.

Jamie, your question.

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in which year?

Um, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in the same year

Um, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in the same year

as the Duke of Wellington.

His dates are 1769 to 1821,

so 1769.

Impressed. 1769 is quite right.

OK, to stay in, Gerard,

which 20th-century Prime Minister was the nephew

of the 19th century Prime Minister Robert Cecil,

the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury?

Gave rise to the famous phrase, Bob's your uncle.

I think it was Arthur J Balfour.

Arthur Balfour is quite right.

Playing well. Sudden Death. Back to you, Jamie.

In 1973 the UK, Denmark and which other country

joined the European Union?

I was tempted by...

my go-to answer of Greece but I don't think...

I think I'll go for Ireland.

Ireland is right.

Gerard, Anne Boleyn and which other wife of Henry VIII

are buried in the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincular

in the Tower of London?

I guess it's the other one who was assassinated...

was...executed rather, in the Tower of London,

so that will be Catherine Howard.

Catherine Howard is correct.

Jamie, your next question.

Which British World War II military leader

was nicknamed The Auch?

Um, I think Auch is short for Auchinleck.

I need the first name and a surname.

Right.

Think...

Think of a 1940s name.

Claude.

You've got it right.

I don't know where that came from.

That's really tough.

Back to you, Gerard, to stay in the round.

Which woman, born in London,

was elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1917?

I'm trying to think of someone,

a woman I associate with India from that period.

I really haven't a clue. Florence Nightingale.

I'm afraid you're wrong.

Annie Besant.

Jamie, well done. You've won the head-to-head.

So, as a result, Jamie, after that gargantuan effort,

you gain an Egghead.

I'm going to take Barry, I think.

You're going to take Barry. You've already got Pat.

You have two Eggheads, Gerard.

We're still waiting for you to win your first.

I hope you can manage that in this round.

The category for you now is Sport.

Jamie, because you won the last round,

you can choose first or second.

First has worked so far, so I'll try that again

if I may, please.

Jamie, your first question.

What cricketing term means the area

between where a batsman takes guard and his toes?

I'm glad I've got three alternatives here,

because when you asked the question I didn't have an idea,

but I don't think there's any such thing as a stumphole or

a manhole, in cricket, anyway.

The answer is blockhole.

Blockhole is correct.

Gerard, which of these Formula One teams made

its debut in the 2016 season?

Well, I've heard of Force India and Sauber,

I'm sure, before that,

so I'm going to go for Haas.

Haas is correct.

Jamie,

which tennis player was nicknamed The Punisher during his career

for his aggressive style?

Oh, well, I'd be thinking alliteration,

but Pete Sampras was generally known as Pistol Pete.

Jim Courier and Andre Agassi are both really

counter hitters.

I'm going to go with Pete Sampras on the basis

he's got more than one nickname.

No, it's not, it's Andre Agassi. Oh.

OK.

Your chance now, Gerard, to take advantage.

Which footballer scored a record 46 goals

in his debut season for Manchester United?

Oh. 46 in a season. That's quite high.

I'm going to try Denis Law.

Well, I've got to go to Dave on this.

Denis Law would be the one I'd go for.

Denis Law is the right answer.

Dave's never going to be wrong on that.

You're ahead, Gerard.

Jamie, you need to get this right to stay in this round.

Which racehorse was at the centre of a betting scandal in 1982

in which it was replaced with another older horse

that won the race?

Is the horse...

Um...

1982 was a time when I was quite interested in horse racing...

..and the answer to that one is it was a major,

a major coup that went on when it was found later on,

it was Flockton Grey.

That's a beautiful bit of quiz trivia.

Is he right, though? Yes.

Yes? Yes. Oh, well done.

Flockton Grey is the right answer,

so you're still in the round, but can Gerard finish it now?

Here's your question.

Whom did Jack Nicklaus defeat in a play-off of the 1962 US Open

to win his first major championship?

Was it...

Sam Snead, I associate with an earlier period.

Do you know what? I'll go for Arnold Palmer.

In the 1962 US Open,

Jack Nicklaus did indeed defeat Arnold Palmer.

Well done, Gerard,

you've pulled it back there and you've won the final head-to-head.

So you can now choose an Egghead for the final round.

Not Pat or Barry.

I'm going to choose Dave.

Tremendous Knowledge Dave.

OK, so, Gerard, you've got Dave in the final round.

Jamie, you got Pat and Barry. Let's now play the final round.

So, this is what we have been playing towards.

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

and who will be eliminated from our search.

Gerard and Jamie, I'm going to ask each of you three questions in turn.

This time they're all General Knowledge.

In this final round you will have the backing of the Eggheads

you've won over the course of the show,

so Gerard, you'll have Dave right behind you

and, Jamie, you've got Pat and Barry.

You'll be able to call on your respective Eggheads

for advice before giving an answer to a question.

You can ask each of them for help only once, though.

You could, by the way, ask both of them for

help with one question.

Use them wisely, guys.

Gerard, as you won the last round,

you get to choose whether you want to play first or second.

I'll go first this time.

Good luck. You've got Dave there remember.

In which modern day country was the workwear manufacturer

Levi Strauss born in 1829?

Levi Strauss. Levi Strauss.

I'm going to have to try Germany.

Germany is correct.

Jamie, your question.

What is the term for the instigation or inducement

of a person into the commission of a crime by

an officer of the law?

Blackmail isn't really what the law would do, I don't think,

and slander is very similar to libel,

so I think it's entrapment,

is the answer, I think.

Entrapment is correct.

Back to you, Gerard.

LAR is the international vehicle registration code

for which country?

LAR.

Well, I'm thinking it's the Libya...

Libyan Arab Republic...

..so I'm going to try Libya.

Libya's right. Nobody's called on an Egghead yet.

You've still got two back there, Jamie.

Philology is the study of the history of what?

Philology.

Um...it's definitely not migration.

The only thing that's thrown me is philo normally means

love of something, but I think philology, I think is the...

is language.

Language. You didn't even call on Barry and Pat.

Not yet.

Language is right, Jamie.

You're now equal and the third question is yours, Gerard.

Music For The Jilted Generation

is the title of a number one 1994 album by which act?

Oh...

Music For The Jilted Generation.

I'm going to ask Dave on this one.

Dave, Music For The Jilted Generation is the title of

a number one 1994 album by which act?

Right, Gerard, I'm not quite... I'm not sure.

Erm...

Very difficult one for me. I'm going to rule out Underworld.

Now, The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy

are around the same time.

If I had to go somewhere, I'll start talking percentages now,

70-30 to me, I would go The Prodigy.

He's confirming what I'm thinking already,

so I'm going to go for The Prodigy. OK.

They did have an album called Fat Of The Land,

I remember that.

Did they have Music For The Jilted Generation as well?

The answer is The Prodigy.

Ooh, yeah. Well done.

And Dave, very good guidance there

cos you just gave it a little bit of context.

You weren't certain, but you were leaning heavily.

Here we are in the final round.

And Jamie, you went second,

so you have to get this right.

Which major philosopher spent his whole life

within a few miles of his birthplace

in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad?

Right. Well, they're all major philosophers.

That goes without saying.

This seems like a perfect one to call Pat in on.

So, can I ask Pat, if I may? OK. Well, you've saved them up.

You haven't used them yet. You've got two Eggheads sitting there. Pat?

I have a strong feeling that Immanuel Kant is linked

strongly to Konigsberg.

I'd recommend Immanuel Kant.

I'm not absolutely certain but I'm fairly confident.

Well, that sounded to me more than 70-30 there.

Yeah, I know Kant did hypothetical imperatives

and categorical imperatives and it sounds like Pat's being

quite categorical on that one, so I'll go with Pat on Immanuel Kant.

Immanuel Kant is your answer.

It's correct.

Thank you very much, Pat.

Well done. So you've both got three out of three.

You're great quizzers.

You've still got Barry there, Jamie,

so you've got a slight advantage here, as we go into Sudden Death.

It gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternative answers.

You can't use Dave again, obviously, Gerard, so you're on your own.

Your question.

Which planet in the solar system is named

for the Roman God of War?

That is Mars.

Mars is right.

Sudden Death. Back to you, Jamie.

"Here comes a candle to light you to bed,"

is a line from which nursery rhyme?

I know what I want to say.

Here comes a candle.

Upstairs downstairs.

The question is, do I guess what I think it is or do I go to Barry?

I see the problem.

I think I'll ask Barry.

So, Barry, "Here comes a candle to light you to bed,"

is a line from which nursery rhyme?

I'm been racking my brain trying to run through it and the one

I'm coming up with is, "Wee Willy Winkie runs through the town,

"upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown."

I don't know the end of that but,

"Here comes a candle to light you to bed," would seem to be

a logical follow-on for that, so I would say Wee Willy Winkie.

But I really don't know for sure.

Wee Willy Winkie was what I was going to say before and I got

where Barry did there, that I couldn't think of the,

"Here comes a something that will take you to bed,

"here comes something or other to chop off your head,"

or whatever.

I've got no other answer, so I'll have to go with Wee Willy Winkie.

OK, Wee Willy Winkie is your answer.

Barry's come on for that and running it forwards and backwards there.

Do you know, Gerard?

It's Oranges And Lemons, isn't it?

It is Oranges And Lemons. Barry's got it wrong.

You both got it wrong there. My goodness.

You got all the hard questions right and went out on the nursery rhyme.

We say congratulations, Gerard, you have won.

The power of autosuggestion because actually when he said

Wee Willy Winkie, I thought, "No, wait, he's right."

I thought it was. Can you help us? How does it go then?

Oranges and lemons... Say the bells of St Clemens.

"When will you pay me?" say the bells of Old Bailey

"When I grow rich," say the bells of Shoreditch

"When will that be?" say the bells of Stepney

"I do not know," says the great bell at Bow...

And then it just goes...

Here comes the candle to light you to bed

And here comes the chopper to chop off your head.

For non-payment of the...

Yeah. But it's almost bolted on, isn't it?

Yes. It's not obvious.

Honestly, what brilliant quizzing. Amazing, Jamie.

Thank you very much indeed. And, Gerard, congratulations to you.

You held your nerve there and you've proved that you can win

despite being an Egghead down in the last round.

Winning obviously comes as naturally to you as it does to our Eggheads.

You are one step closer to joining our quiz Goliaths,

but your work for today isn't quite done.

We give you three points for each round you've won today

so, with Dave there, you've got three points already.

You're now going to get the chance to add to those points

by answering quickfire questions for two minutes.

At the end of that, we give you one point for each correct answer

and we're going to see where your final score puts you

on our leaderboard.

The top four places on the board at the end of the heats will go

through to the semifinals.

It's worth as having a look here

because the board is quite populated now.

You've got too obviously get about 20 to be in the key green area

and to be safe, you really need to be 28 or above.

And the disadvantage you have here is just having had one Egghead,

you really need to power through these questions.

So all to play for, Gerard. Are you ready?

Yes, thank you, Jeremy. OK.

Good luck. Your time starts now.

In snooker, what colour ball is worth two points?

Yellow. Correct.

Which mountain range was at the centre of the Inca civilisation?

Andes. Correct.

The name of which percussion instrument literally means

wood sound in Greek?

Xylophone. Correct.

Norway is bordered by Sweden, Finland and which other country?

Russia. Correct.

In Dante's work, The Divine Comedy, how many circles of hell are there?

Nine. Correct.

Inhabitants of which US state are called Hoosiers?

Indiana. Correct.

Which character from children's literature describes himself

as a bear of very little brain?

Winnie the Pooh. Correct.

In 2006, an airport in which country of the UK

was renamed in memory of the footballer George Best?

Northern Ireland. Correct.

On which island in the Indian Ocean was the singer Freddie Mercury born?

Zanzibar. Correct.

Queen Victoria was on the British throne

for five months short of how many years?

64. Correct.

Which musical features the songs

the Black Hills of Dakota and Secret Love?

Calamity Jane. Correct.

In which US sport is the Vince Lombardi Trophy awarded?

American football. Correct.

Which 19th-century novel features the character Catherine Earnshaw?

Wuthering Heights. Correct.

In which Italian region are the cities of Pisa and Sienna?

Tuscany. Correct.

Which city hosted the 1976 Summer Olympic Games?

Montreal. Correct.

In the animated comedy series Family Guy,

what is the name of the youngest child of Pete and Lois Griffin?

Stewie. Correct.

In 1987, which country won the first Rugby Union World Cup?

New Zealand. Correct.

During the 1980s, which group had their only UK number one single

with Jealous Guy?

Roxy Music. Correct.

In 2001, which free online encyclopaedia

was founded by Jimmy Wales?

Wikipedia. Correct.

Of which US state is Anchorage the largest city?

Alaska. Correct.

In which country did the Pekinese dog originate?

China. Correct.

Which character from the Blackadder comedy series

has the catchphrase, "I have a cunning plan"?

Baldrick. Correct.

After hydrogen, which gas is the lightest element?

Helium. Correct.

Which sign of the zodiac is represented by scales?

Libra. Correct.

In which decade did Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

become the first...? 1950s. BUZZER

I'm afraid you were just out of time on that last one.

It was 1950s but the buzzer had gone.

So that was really extraordinary.

You did not get an answer wrong there, Gerard,

and you scored 24 points.

I suspect that's the highest in the quickfire round that we've had.

So we add that to your three points you got earlier.

We get a grand total of 27 points.

Let's just put you on the leaderboard now and you can see

Ian Bayley in third with 27.

We're going to bring you on. You go above him

because you hit 27 points ahead of him on the clock, OK?

Fractionally ahead.

You're in the green area and, as things stand,

you will be a semifinalist... and you quizzed brilliantly.

And actually, funnily enough, it's partly because you quiz so well,

you deprived Gerard of any other Eggheads.

So you probably would have scored even more against another opponent.

Stay in the green. That's the key.

Thank you, both of you,

for an amazing, amazing afternoon of quizzing.

Join us next time to find out

who else might have what it takes to become an Egghead.

Till then, goodbye.

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