0:00:05 > 0:00:09These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18The question is, do you have the brains to join them?
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Well, hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28We've launched a nationwide search
0:00:28 > 0:00:30to find the greatest quiz brains in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33By the end of the series, two people will emerge as champions
0:00:33 > 0:00:36and win the ultimate prize for quizzing enthusiasts -
0:00:36 > 0:00:39a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41The Eggheads!
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Joining you. And we know how much fun that is.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It's excellent fun.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Let's meet today's contestants both hoping they've got what it takes
0:00:48 > 0:00:49to become an Egghead.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Hello, I'm Brian Davis. I'm an accountant from Yate, near Bristol.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Michael McPartland, a civil servant from Middlesbrough.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57So, Brian and Michael, welcome.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And essentially, you've both
0:00:59 > 0:01:01competed on the normal Eggheads, haven't you?
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Brian first, twice? Yes, the team's called Black Horses and yes,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07thoroughly enjoyed it. Really, really good.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09And you want to tell us the result?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12We weren't successful, but we had a great time,
0:01:12 > 0:01:13which was the important thing.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Often the way. Michael, what about you?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17My team was called Lightning Can Strike Twice.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19And it went pretty well, I think, overall.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Ended up being my own, unfortunately, but somehow
0:01:21 > 0:01:24I became one of the very few people to beat all five Eggheads on my own.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Oh, so that's a bit of history there.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Cos we don't often see that, do we?
0:01:28 > 0:01:30No, no. Five on one and you lose.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Exclusive club, there's only about 17 people ever done it.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Is that right? Since the very start?
0:01:34 > 0:01:38My goodness. So Mastermind features for you both, I know, Brian?
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Yes, I was in the semifinal in 2014.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43I did the life and career of Sir Robert Peel
0:01:43 > 0:01:46and also Martin Frobisher cos I quite like a bit of history.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And your specialised subjects on Mastermind?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50I got in the grand final in 2014,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and one of my subjects was Father Ted,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54which Pat did when he was on it.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Is that right? Yes. My final subject was Father Ted.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Good luck, guys. Thank you.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01This is where you need to prove that you could be an Egghead.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Just like on Eggheads, both of you
0:02:02 > 0:02:05will compete over a series of different rounds,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08where your knowledge will be tested on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11So, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Art Books.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I'm going to ask each of you three multiple-choice questions
0:02:14 > 0:02:15on Arts Books in turn.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22The prize for winning a round on Make Me An Egghead is that you
0:02:22 > 0:02:24gain an extra brain for the final.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Not just any old brain, either.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29It's one of these five mega brains over here.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Before the show, we tossed a coin and as a result of that, Brian, you
0:02:32 > 0:02:35have the option as to whether you would like to go first or second.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Can I go first, please, Jeremy?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Paula Hawkins's novel The Girl On The Train
0:02:44 > 0:02:45is set in which country?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Ooh. Um, funnily enough, I was looking at the book cover of this.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57I'm not completely sure.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02But I think it's the UK, so I'm going to go for the UK.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05UK is right. She's on a commute and she see something.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Anyone read it? Yup.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Me too. Although actually, I say I've read it.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I've had it... I have an audio book of it.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Does that count as reading? No.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15For you, you've got to read it on a piece of paper,
0:03:15 > 0:03:16it's not the same if you listen to it?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18It sort of depends whose writing, to be honest.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21There are some writers I find impenetrable,
0:03:21 > 0:03:22where audio books are very useful.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25But, no, with this one I think you needed pages.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26OK, your first question now, Michael.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Where is the Venus De Milo statue currently displayed?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I think it's in France.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41And the Louvre's the only French museum there.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43So I'll go for the Louvre.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Louvre is correct.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47OK, your question, Brian.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Which of these characters appears in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57That's Willy Loman.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01OK, now my memory of my English degree many years ago is that he was
0:04:01 > 0:04:03in Death Of A Salesman. Oh.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07So I think they're probably all Arthur Miller characters. Mm-hm.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Eddie Carbone. View From A Bridge.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Ah, The View From A Bridge.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13So the answer is Joe Keller.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Right. So your second question now, Michael.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Which of these authors of detective novels died in 2015?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Stieg Larsson died quite a few years ago, I think.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36I have the feeling it might be Henning Mankell, but not 100% on it.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Who was his famous detective?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39He was Wallander.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Yes, that's right, played by Kenneth Branagh as well.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Henning Mankell is right, well done.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45OK, Brian, back to you.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47You need to get this one right.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50In which year was the Booker prize first awarded?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Oh, right.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04Certainly don't think it was '76.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06It's a question of the other two.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I'm inclined towards the late '60s.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I think I'll go from 1969.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16You're absolutely right, it is 1969.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Well done. So you're still in it.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20But, Michael, you have a chance now to take the round.
0:05:20 > 0:05:26Interchange, which sold for approximately $300 million in 2015,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28is a painting by which artist?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35This one passed me by, unfortunately.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I'm trying to think which of the artist is more likely to sell
0:05:40 > 0:05:42something at that price.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I think a Jasper Johns would probably sell for the most,
0:05:45 > 0:05:46so I'll try that.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Jasper Johns.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Brian, do you know this one? I would have guessed Mark Rothko,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55but I can see why you'd gone for Johns.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58It's hard, isn't it? Interchange sounds a bit like Rothko.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Any Eggheads? I'd have guessed de Kooning, he's had huge prices.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I'd have guessed Jasper,
0:06:03 > 0:06:04I'd go with Michael.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05So we're all over the place here.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Willem de Kooning is the right answer.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Willem de Kooning, Pat got it right there.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13You've both got two out of three.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Scores level after our multiple choice question
0:06:15 > 0:06:16it gets a bit harder.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19We go to Sudden Death. I don't give you alternative answers.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Brian, "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs
0:06:23 > 0:06:25"and blaming it on you,"
0:06:25 > 0:06:28are the opening lines to a poem by which writer?
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Rudyard Kipling.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Rudyard Kipling is quite right.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Michael, to stay in. In the title of the early
0:06:34 > 0:06:3517th century play believed
0:06:35 > 0:06:38to have been at least partially written by Shakespeare,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Pericles is the Prince of where?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44He's a Prince of Tyre, I think.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Tyre is right.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Brian, back to you. Sudden Death.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51In which 1897 Gothic horror novel
0:06:51 > 0:06:54does a Russian ship called the Demeter
0:06:54 > 0:06:57run aground on the shores of Whitby?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59That's Dracula. It is Dracula.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Michael. The Venetian painter Tintoretto,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06also known as Jacopo Robusti,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08lived during which century?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I think it's either the 16th or 17th.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15I'll try the 17th.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19OK, if you've got this wrong...
0:07:20 > 0:07:21..then the round is over.
0:07:21 > 0:07:2317th, you say.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25As in, the 1600s.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Now, was he not a contemporary of Michelangelo and all that lot?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Or was he after that?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Well, he was a contemporary for a while.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36So it's Titian, Tintoretto, there's a whole load of them, Veronese.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Yeah. Go on, give us the dates, Kevin. You can do this.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Tintoretto was 1518 to '94.
0:07:42 > 0:07:451518 to 1594, you're absolutely right.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46So 16th century.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49So on Sudden Death, Brian has pulled ahead.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Well done, Brian, you've won the first head-to-head!
0:07:55 > 0:07:58You gain an Egghead and you have first dibs. Who do you want?
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Can I go for Kevin, please?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Brian, you've chosen Kevin. You'll have him in the final round.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04And so far, Michael, nobody on your side.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Let's see if you can change that.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09We go to Politics, gentlemen.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11And, Brian, because you won the first head-to-head,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13you can choose whether you now go first or second.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Can I go first, please?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20And here we go. In March 2016,
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Iain Duncan Smith resigned as head of which government department?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29That was Work and Pensions.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Yes, it was Work and Pensions. Well done.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Michael, what was the average age of an MP
0:08:34 > 0:08:37at the 2015 election, according to official figures?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42I don't think it'll be as high as 60.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46I think there's a fair amount of younger MPs.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50But there isn't a massive amount under 40, I would have thought.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52So I'll plump for the middle and go for 50.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54You are right. 50.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Convenient and memorable figure.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Back to you, Brian. In which city
0:08:58 > 0:09:01was Angela Merkel born in 1954?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Ooh, that's a very good question.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11As I was thinking of it as you asked the question,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Hamburg was coming into my mind.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16And, you know, I always associate her with the east of the country,
0:09:16 > 0:09:17I don't know why.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20But I think I'll trust my instinct and go for Hamburg.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Hamburg is correct.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25So she was a West German. Yes.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27In those days when it was split.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Her father, I think, was a Lutheran minister.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31And I think he went off to East Germany. Oh, really?
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Because I've always thought of her as a bit East German.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36So she did have some... I think she was raised in East Germany.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39But she was born in Hamburg. Right!
0:09:39 > 0:09:40But Hamburg was in the West?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Oh, very much. Yeah. Funny to think back to two countries, isn't it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47How relatively recent it was that it was split.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Back to you, Michael. In 2016,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54an aunt of which world leader was revealed to be running a
0:09:54 > 0:09:56dry cleaning business in the United States?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04It's an interesting question.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07I don't think that many people left North Korea,
0:10:07 > 0:10:08having had been quite closed.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10So might rule Kim Jong Un out for that.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I think it's most likely
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Vladimir Putin would have an aunt in America, I think.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16So I'll try Vladimir Putin.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Do you know this, Brian? Possibly would go for Mugabe,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22but it's a guess.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I thought I had a Mugabe connection in my mind.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26This is a great question. Anyone else?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I'd go with the North Korean.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29I thought it was Kim Jong Un.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Yeah, it is. It's Kim Jong Un.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Brian, you've got two points. Michael, you've got one.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Your third question, Brian, can give you the round and another Egghead.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42In 2016, Barack Obama became the first US president to visit Cuba
0:10:42 > 0:10:44since which other in 1928?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52That's a very good question.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53I'm just trying to go through my US presidents at the moment.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I'm just trying to go through my US presidents at the moment.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00I think it's a bit too early for Warren G Harding.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03It's either Hoover or Coolidge.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09Right, I'm going to go for Calvin Coolidge.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12You've got your president dates in your mind, have you? I have.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16I think it's '23 to '28.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Is he right? Yes.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21You are right. Thank you. Calvin Coolidge it is.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24And what were Coolidge's years, anyone?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Well, that's... Because Harding died.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Harding was the previous president, Coolidge was his vice president.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Took over. Right. So he was actually there from...
0:11:33 > 0:11:39He won an election in '24 and then he was still in office, of course,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41because the inauguration of the new president...
0:11:41 > 0:11:44But Hoover won the '28 election,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47but Coolidge was still there until early into '29.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50OK, so almost one of the last things he did was to go and visit Cuba?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Yeah. Well done, Brian. Thank you. You've won the head-to-head.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57So, you can choose another Egghead.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59You've already got Kevin. Who would you like now?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Could I choose Pat, please? You can.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05So Brian has now got Kevin and Pat. Michael, no Eggheads yet.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Don't be disheartened. I'll keep trying.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09That's the way! Last head-to-head category now for you,
0:12:09 > 0:12:10and it is on Sport.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Brian, again, you have the chance
0:12:12 > 0:12:15to decide whether you go first or second cos you won the last one.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I'll carry on with the current trend and go first, please.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23And here we go with your first Sport question.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27In which year were the Wimbledon Tennis Championships
0:12:27 > 0:12:29first held?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Well, 1927 is far too late,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40because it's certainly been going longer than that.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43So I'm really choosing between '27 and '77.
0:12:44 > 0:12:461827 sounds a bit early.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50I associate it with sort of a lot of the sporting events that happened
0:12:50 > 0:12:53in the 1870s, like the FA Cup final, for example.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57So on that basis, I'll go for 1877.
0:12:57 > 0:12:591877 is right, well done.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Michael.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04The boxer Marven Hagler was a world champion in which weight division?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09I'm a big boxing fan.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13He wasn't heavyweight. He was quite big, so middleweight, he was.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Middleweight is the right answer.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19That was the famous match, was it Sugar Ray Leonard, Dave?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Yes it was, yeah. They just went toe to toe, went at it and...
0:13:22 > 0:13:24One of the greats. Yeah, well he's had some great fights.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Hagler Hearns was a brilliant fight as well. Yeah.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31And then, famously, because he came over to Wembley,
0:13:31 > 0:13:32beat Alan Minter as well.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35But what a great boxer. OK, thank you.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Brian, which of these football teams was relegated from the English
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Premier League at the end of the 2015/16 season?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48That was Newcastle United.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49It was indeed.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52OK, your question, Michael.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57Which English rugby union team defeated Racing 92 to win their
0:13:57 > 0:13:59first European Champions Cup in 2016?
0:14:02 > 0:14:06I think there were all-conquering last year, this team. Saracens.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Saracens is right.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09And now we go to you, Brian.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10What was the length of
0:14:10 > 0:14:15Greg Rutherford's gold medal-winning long jump at the 2012 Olympics?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Oh, that's a good question.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I'm just trying to work it out in my mind now, in terms of distances.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28So you're talking about 21...
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Nine sounds too much.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I'm tending towards eight cos I seem to think something like
0:14:36 > 0:14:39they keep mentioning eight metres whenever I see an athletics event.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41But I'm hoping I've got the right event.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43So I'll go for 8m 31cm.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46I was looking at all of them, thinking I don't know how anyone
0:14:46 > 0:14:50jumps even 21 feet, let alone seven, eight or nine metres.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53But you're right, you've got it. 8m 31cm, well done.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56And now your question, Michael,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58to stay in this round.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Which of these England cricketers is a left-handed batsman?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Oh, dear. I was hoping you would have one I definitely know
0:15:09 > 0:15:11is left-handed, like Alastair Cook.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14I'm just trying to think of the way
0:15:14 > 0:15:17they stand when they're at the wicket.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Because you stand a different way when you're left-handed.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Something in the back of my mind tells me Ben Stokes
0:15:22 > 0:15:24bowls right-handed but bats left-handed.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Hopefully I remembered that rightly.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I'm not very confident, but I'll try Ben Stokes.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Ben Stokes is the answer, well done.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35It's a very, very good quiz, this.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37You're again level after three multiple-choice questions.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Again, it gets a bit harder.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41We go to Sudden Death. I don't give you alternative choices.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Brian, in April 2016,
0:15:43 > 0:15:48Danny Willett became only the second English golfer to win which major?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Right. It's either the US Open or the US Masters,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54I'm trying to think which one it is.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I'm going to go for the US Open.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01You've gone the wrong way. Oh. It's the Masters. Right.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04So you have a chance now, Michael.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Does the whole contest hinge on this question?
0:16:08 > 0:16:13In men's football, which is the only international team
0:16:13 > 0:16:17to have won two European Championships in a row?
0:16:17 > 0:16:24I think that would have been... 2008 and 2012 were both won by Spain.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Yes, I'll go for Spain. Spain is your answer.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Brian is nodding. I think he's right, yes.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Spain is the right answer. Well done, Michael.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37So, on Sudden Death you've taken it, you've won the final head-to-head.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I know you were probably desperate for this moment. Absolutely, yes.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45So well done, you can choose any of the remaining three.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47That's Lisa, Dave or Judith.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I think I'll pick the person who fills the most gaps I have.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51I think that's probably going to be Lisa.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53History, or...
0:16:53 > 0:16:55History I'm OK. Food and Drink, I'm not particularly good at.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Food and Drink. Celebrity kids, fashion.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59All the stuff... Yeah, good on Corrie!
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Fashion, yeah. EastEnders, Corrie.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03OK, fine. Michael, you've got Lisa in the final round.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Brian, you've got Kevin and Pat. Why don't we play that final round?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13It is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:17:13 > 0:17:16and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Brian and Michael, I'll ask each of you three questions in turn.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21This time the questions are all
0:17:21 > 0:17:22General Knowledge.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24In this final round, you will of course
0:17:24 > 0:17:26have the backing of the Eggheads that you've won
0:17:26 > 0:17:27over the course of the show.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Brian, you're going to have the help of Kevin and Pat back there,
0:17:30 > 0:17:32looking very intelligent.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37And, Michael, there's Lisa looking similarly astute,
0:17:37 > 0:17:38ready to come to your aid.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41So, you can call on your respective Eggheads any time,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43but you can only call on them once.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Brian, if you're in a situation where you're really stuck,
0:17:46 > 0:17:47you can use them both for one question.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50But use them wisely, that's the key, key piece of advice.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Well, Michael, as you won the last round,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54you get to choose whether you want to play first or second.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I think I'll go first this time.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02And here is your first question, Michael.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07The rapper Drake had a UK number one single in 2016 with which song?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I've not come across this.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14I...
0:18:14 > 0:18:15Hopefully Lisa's up-to-date
0:18:15 > 0:18:19on her rap acts and I'll ask her.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Ah, so you're calling Lisa straight in.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24I'm afraid so. I could see that coming from a long way off,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26like a runaway train.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I don't think the end result is going to be any prettier than
0:18:29 > 0:18:31if we were hit by a runaway train either. Sorry, Michael.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36So, apply what logic I can.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38No Money is not ringing bells.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42One Dance and Light It Up are both ringing bells.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Now which one is ringing bells for Drake?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48OK, on first glance...
0:18:50 > 0:18:52..I thought it might be One Dance.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56And then I had a little waver to Light It Up.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57In that situation,
0:18:57 > 0:19:01generally I will revert to my first instinct and go for One Dance,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05but I would caution you. OK.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08There'd be a very hefty pinch of salt attached to that, my love.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10I'm very sorry. OK, you tried your best.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12I have no clue, so I'll go with One Dance.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15OK, you don't have to choose what Lisa chose,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17and she was leaning rather than choosing there.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20It's a stinker, really, if you don't know your rap.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And you brought Lisa in for her cultural awareness.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26You've done it, Lisa. Well done. Woohoo! Thanks, Lisa.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27One Dance is right!
0:19:29 > 0:19:30OK.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32So you're down to no Eggheads now, Michael.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34And, Brian, you've still got two.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Your first question. Which of these sharks poses the least danger
0:19:38 > 0:19:40to humans?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46That's the whale shark.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49OK, you don't need to check that with your Eggs.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Whale shark is correct.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53So one each.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Michael, back to you.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55In the United States,
0:19:55 > 0:20:00what is a 401(k) plan set up to provide primarily?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11I have heard the expression, but I've not heard what it is.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Is the answer something to do
0:20:14 > 0:20:16with housing?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17I'm not sure, I'll try mortgage.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Because it's got a vague hint,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21it might be something to do with housing.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Ooh, no, it's not mortgage.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27In the States, it's an almost interchangeable term for pension.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29401(k) plan.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30So...
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Brian has a chance to take the lead.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Which song won the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?
0:20:48 > 0:20:54I think I know, but I think I'm going to ask Kevin on this one,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56as I have the feeling that Eurovision is a subject
0:20:56 > 0:20:57close to his heart.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59So, Kevin?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01OK, Kevin, you've been brought in on high culture here. Yeah.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Which song won the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Can I just say first,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11I wouldn't describe Eurovision as being a subject close to my heart.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Sorry, Kevin! No, that's all right.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15I think I'm OK here.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Boom Bang-A-Bang I think was... That was Lulu.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Yes. The other two were both winning songs, I think.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24But of the two...
0:21:25 > 0:21:28..I think Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley was later.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32I think that was possibly in the early '80s.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I think Ding-A-Dong was the... It's a Dutch one.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I think it was 1975.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Yeah. OK, thanks, Kevin. That was my instinct as well.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I think it was by... I think it was Teach-In or something.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Teach-In, Teach-In, that's right. So, Ding-A-Dong.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Wow, you've got the name of the band as well.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51So, well done, Kevin, and well done, Brian.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Ding-A-Dong it is.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55So you've taken the lead, and that means,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Michael, you've got to get this one right.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Which of these monarchs reigned as King of England for the longest?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Well, William I obviously came in in 1066.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14I think he was still going for about 20-odd years, maybe.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16William II, I don't think lasted
0:22:16 > 0:22:17particularly long.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21When did William III come in?
0:22:21 > 0:22:25He died just after the beginning of the 18th century.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I've a feeling that William I was there for about 20-odd years,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32so I think he'll probably be the longest, so I'll try him.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Brilliant, William I it is, well done.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38So you've got two out of three.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42So, you have a chance now, Brian, to take the round and the contest...
0:22:43 > 0:22:44..with this question.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Which of these Brazilian cities is located on the Atlantic Ocean?
0:22:52 > 0:22:55OK, I'm going to call on Pat.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Again, I think I've got an idea,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59but, Pat, I know you're very good at geography.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02So have you any thoughts on that one?
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Well, I know that Manaus is, I think, over 1,000 miles inland
0:23:07 > 0:23:09on the Amazon.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12It's bang in the heart of the country, so it doesn't qualify.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18I think Belo Horizonte is north of Rio,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20but I have a feeling it's inland.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25So of the three there, I would have a preference for Fortaleza.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28I'm just thinking about Belo Horizonte.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30I think it's inland.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33It's the fourth, or third or fourth biggest city in Brazil,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35it's a big place.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40My feeling is that Belo Horizonte is inland, so by elimination
0:23:40 > 0:23:44I think I'd go for Fortaleza, but I have some slight worries.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47But of those three I would go for Fortaleza.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50That sounds to me like at least an 80-20 from Pat.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Yes. Again, it's definitely not Manaus, as Pat says.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56So Pat's saying Fortaleza.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00So, yeah, go for Fortaleza, please.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Is that what you were thinking?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04I couldn't really decide between the two, in all honesty.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Between Belo and Fortaleza? Between Belo and Fortaleza.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10So again, I've got that nagging fear that Belo is on the coast,
0:24:10 > 0:24:12but I think Fortaleza definitely is.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14So agree with Pat, go for Fortaleza.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15OK, Fortaleza is your answer.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Did you know this one, Kevin?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Yes, it is Fortaleza.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21I think it's "Belohorizanche" is how they pronounce it locally.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23It is inland, it's well inland.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26The correct answer is Fortaleza.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30So we say, Brian, congratulations. You have won!
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Thank you.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35Thank you, Mike.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Well, he's a very good quizzer, isn't he, Michael?
0:24:38 > 0:24:39He is indeed, yes.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42There were a couple of answers you might have given differently
0:24:42 > 0:24:44on another day? I was 50-50 on a couple of them, yeah.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I hope you've enjoyed it, Michael. It's been a good day, yes.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Good, good, good. Brian, well done to you. Yeah.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51And thank you very much indeed to Kevin and Pat
0:24:51 > 0:24:53for their invaluable help, as ever! Great.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56So you've proved that winning comes as naturally to do as it does
0:24:56 > 0:24:57to our Eggheads.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00You are one step closer to actually joining our quiz Goliaths on
0:25:00 > 0:25:02the table, with a permanent chair.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04But your work for today isn't quite done.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05So what we're going to do, Brian,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08is give you three points for each round you've won today.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10That's a very handy six points you've got already.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12You now get the chance to add
0:25:12 > 0:25:14to those points with a quick-fire round.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15So I'll ask you two minutes of questions.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18We give you one point for each correct answer.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19We add the scores together,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22and we see where you end up on our leaderboard.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Now, if you take a look at the
0:25:23 > 0:25:25leaderboard, the top four places
0:25:25 > 0:25:26in green are the names that will
0:25:26 > 0:25:28go through to the semifinal.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31So you want to be scoring ideally
0:25:31 > 0:25:32above 27, don't you,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34to be perched nicely
0:25:34 > 0:25:36in a safe position up there.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38So if you're not in the green, you're not in the semifinal.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40All to play for. Brian, are you ready to play?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Yes I am, Jeremy. OK.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43All the very best, Brian.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Your time starts now.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48What is the second closest planet to the sun in our solar system?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Venus. Correct.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Which group had a UK number one single in 1992 with Good Night Girl?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Pass. Wet Wet Wet.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Gettysburg, where Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg address,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00is in which US state? Pennsylvania. Correct.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03In which sport is play called an alley-oop,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05closely combined with a slam dunk, most typically seen?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Basketball. Correct.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Which 1942 film features the line,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12"she walks into mine"?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Casablanca. Correct.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16In 1483, who reigned as the uncrowned king of England
0:26:16 > 0:26:18for less than three months?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Richard III. No, Edward V.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24The prestigious Leander Club has produced many world and Olympic
0:26:24 > 0:26:26champions in which sport?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Rowing. Correct.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28In the TV sitcom Fawlty Towers,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31what was the name of the Spanish waiter played by Andrew Sachs?
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Manuel. Correct.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35In Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, what type of creature is Kaa?
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Snake. Correct.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39The island of Martinique in the
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Caribbean Sea is an overseas region of which country?
0:26:41 > 0:26:42France. Correct.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Which Cole Porter stage musical features the song We Open In Venice?
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Funny Girl. No, Kiss Me Kate.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51In 2007, Jacqui Smith became the first woman to hold which position
0:26:51 > 0:26:52in the British Cabinet?
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Home Secretary. Correct.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56What is the capital of the Australian state of Victoria?
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Pass. Melbourne.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03The tennis player Ivan Lendl was twice the runner-up in the Wimbledon
0:27:03 > 0:27:05men's singles final in which decade?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07The 1990s. No, the '80s.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08In 1845, which state became the 28th
0:27:08 > 0:27:11to be admitted to the United States of America?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Pass. Texas.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15In which 1999 film did Brad Pitt
0:27:15 > 0:27:17play a character called Tyler Durden?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Fight Club. Correct.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22In imperial measurement, a furlong is equal to 220 what?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Yards. Correct.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26In the TV series Sherlock,
0:27:26 > 0:27:28what is the first name of Sherlock's older brother,
0:27:28 > 0:27:29played by Mark Gatiss?
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Pass. Mycroft.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Which county in the Republic of Ireland features
0:27:34 > 0:27:36the Dingle Peninsula?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38That's Clare. No, County Kerry.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Which country is the setting for Puccini's Opera Madame Butterfly?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44China. Japan.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Which fruit is dried to make raisins?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Not enough time for that answer.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50You can tell me if you want.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52It's dried to make raisins? Grape. Grapes.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54You scored 11 points there, Brian,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56giving you a grand total of 17 points.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00I felt you didn't quite... Yeah, it... ..get a grip on it.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I didn't get a grip on it, yes, I agree. The speed of it is not easy.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Quite intense, yeah.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06So let's have a look at the leaderboard.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08you're not in the top four there,
0:28:08 > 0:28:09so you're not going to
0:28:09 > 0:28:10qualify for the semifinals.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12But just to get onto it,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15believe me, the level of quizzing we've had in the last few days
0:28:15 > 0:28:17has just been extraordinary. You can feel proud about that.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Thank you. Thank you very much for coming in, Brian.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21Thank you, Michael, as well. Thank you.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24There we go. It's getting hot and heavy on the leaderboard, isn't it?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Join us next time to find out who else might have what it takes
0:28:27 > 0:28:29to become an Egghead. Until then, goodbye.