0:00:06 > 0:00:10These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:16arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The question is, do you have the brains to join them?
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29We've launched a nationwide search to find the greatest quiz
0:00:29 > 0:00:31brains in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33By the end of the series, two people will emerge as
0:00:33 > 0:00:37champions and win the ultimate prize for quizzing enthusiasts.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Yes, a place on the most fearsome quiz team history, the Eggheads.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43You don't like been described as fearsome, do you?
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Because you don't think you are. Love it. You love it, Judith? Yes.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48All right, let's meet today's contestants,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52both hoping that they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Hello, I'm Nick Paul, I'm a postman from Harpole in Northamptonshire.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Hello, I'm Dom Tait, I'm a managing editor of a media
0:00:59 > 0:01:03publication from Kingston upon Thames. So, Nick and Dom, welcome.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05This is our last male heat.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07One of your names will go onto our leaderboard and maybe even
0:01:07 > 0:01:10into the semifinal positions. We wish you all the best.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Tell us about your quizzing. Dom, first of all.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16OK, the first TV show I did was University Challenge back
0:01:16 > 0:01:20when I was at Sheffield University, and we got to the semifinals.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23I have been on the sister show to this, Are You An Egghead?,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27where David Edwards, the second person to win one million on
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? deposited me out of that show.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Are you over that now? It's fine, it was eight years ago.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I barely ever think about it.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38And more recently, I've been on Only Connect,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42where I was part of a winning team with my team, The Scribes.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45OK, and Nick, you were also on Are You An Egghead?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47I was, with equally little success as Dom, unfortunately.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49I was dumped in the first round as well, yes.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Well, it is a slightly brutal process, Eggheads.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53We've been watching these heats.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Somebody gets dumped in every one, of course,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59and then maybe the winner doesn't even make the top four.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01So, are you steeled and ready for this? I hope so, yes.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Yeah, looking forward to it. Good luck, contestants.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06This is where you need to prove that you could be an Egghead.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Just like on Eggheads,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10both of you will compete over a series of different rounds,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13where your knowledge will be tested on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18So, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Music.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Now, I'm going to ask each of you three multiple-choice
0:02:20 > 0:02:22questions on Music in turn.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28The prize for winning the round on Make Me An Egghead is that
0:02:28 > 0:02:31you gain an extra brain for the final.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34And it's not just any old brain, it's one of these sparkling,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38good as new brains. To my right here. An Egghead brain.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Before the show, we tossed a coin and as a result of that, Dom,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44you can decide whether you want to go first or second on Music.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46I'll go first, please.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52OK, here's your first question, Dom, good luck.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55"I gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over"
0:02:55 > 0:02:58are the first lines of which song by Foreigner?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Erm...
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I'm not a fan of Foreigner, sadly.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I know that they did sing I Want To Know What Love Is,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18but I'd be very surprised if you put two songs not by
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Foreigner there as well.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22The sort of...
0:03:24 > 0:03:27The sorrow in the lyrics you've just given me made me think it's
0:03:27 > 0:03:31the one I know, I Want To Know What Love Is. So I'll try that.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I Want To Know What Love Is is the right answer.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35OK, Nic, your first question.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Which of these Coldplay albums was released first?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I'm not entirely sure.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I think Ghost Stories might be more recent.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57And of the other two, I'd be inclined...
0:04:00 > 0:04:01..towards X,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04but I'm really not sure. I'll go for X
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Well, Dave will definitely know this. No, not necessarily.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I would've gone...
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Because Mylo Xyloto was about 2012...
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I'd probably go with Nic,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I'd probably agree with Nic, to be honest.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Yeah, X is right.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21One each. Back to you, Dom.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Which was the first single by Lady Gaga
0:04:24 > 0:04:27not to reach the UK number one spot?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33That's hard!
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Poker Face, I'm sure, got to number one.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38So I will rule that one out.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Otherwise, I don't know the answer.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46But I think Paparazzi's a slightly less well-known song,
0:04:46 > 0:04:47so I shall say Paparazzi.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Yes, you're right, well done. It is Paparazzi. So two points to you.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53To catch up, Nic, your question.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57The 1960s American group the Ventures recorded and had
0:04:57 > 0:05:01a US hit with the theme tune to which TV series?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The Ventures. Ventures.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14I think they were an instrumental bands, I'm not 100% sure.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Of those, I would go for Hawaii Five-O.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19But, once again, I'm really not sure.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Let see if our Eggheads know? Eggs?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Yeah, yes. Yeah. # Ba-ba ba-ba baa-baa... #
0:05:24 > 0:05:26That one. Hawaii Five-O is right.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29OK, third question, Dom.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Chichester Psalms, which was commissioned for the 1965
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Festival at Chichester Cathedral, is a work by which American composer?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Chichester Psalms, wow, I have not heard of that.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51You did say an American composer, did you? Yes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I think Glenn Gould is Canadian.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56So, on that basis, I'll rule Glenn Gould out.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59But, unfortunately, from then on, it's a guess.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I mean, they were both active around then.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08I really don't know.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14No, I don't have much to go on between the two,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17so I'm just going to have to guess. Leonard Bernstein.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18The answer is Leonard Bernstein.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Well... And is it true that Glenn Gould is Canadian? He is, yeah.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Yeah, nice bit of ruling out there.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27OK, so you've got three out of three, hard man to beat.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Let's see if Nic can draw level.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33What is the name of the jazz fusion group that was founded by
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul in the early 1970s?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Well, when Joe...Zawinul, did you pronounce his name?
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I can't exactly remember? I said Zawinul... Zawinul came up,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53the immediate thought before the options came up was Weather Report.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55So that's what I'll go for, Weather Report.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57And the answer is Weather Report.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00You're playing very well, both of you. Three points each.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Perfect round so far on multiple choice.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Gets a bit harder now, we go to Sudden Death.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07I don't give you alternative options.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Dom, which cantata by Carl Orff, inspired by a 13th-century
0:07:12 > 0:07:17manuscript, has sections entitled In Spring and In The Tavern?
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Well, I know a single piece of work by Carl Orff,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24so I shall say the single piece I know, Carmina Burana.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Carmina Burana is quite right.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29To catch up, Nic,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32which group had a UK hit in 1965 with
0:07:32 > 0:07:35the Pete Seeger song, Turn! Turn! Turn!?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I think that was The Byrds. It was The Byrds.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42So Sudden Death and you're equal. Back to you, Dom.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Who became Limp Bizkit's lead vocalist
0:07:44 > 0:07:47when the band was formed in 1994?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Well, I think Limp Bizkit -
0:07:50 > 0:07:53unless there was some sort of replacement of vocalist -
0:07:53 > 0:07:55I think it's Fred Durst.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Fred Durst is right.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58OK, Nic, to stay in.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02With which band did Joan Jett, Lita Ford and Sandy West
0:08:02 > 0:08:04all perform in the 1970s?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Joan Jett... Ah, now, then.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12I've got two in my mind.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Joan Jett.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Was it the Runways?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18It was not.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21I'm going to feel very harsh here, it's the Runaways. Oh!
0:08:21 > 0:08:23But I can't take Runways, I'm sorry.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Oy, were you thinking Blackhearts?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27You were going towards Joan Jett and the Blackhearts?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I knew she was in a band before Joan Jett and the Blackhearts,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32but I just misnamed the band, unfortunately.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I'm so sorry, very, very close.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Brilliant quizzing by both of you.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39But there we are, Dom has taken the first round. Well done, Dom.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45So, you gain an Egghead for the final round,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48and there they are, all five of them, ready to be picked.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50There's not much in it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51But I'll say Kevin.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55So, Dom chooses Kevin.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58You're going to go into the eyrie back there, the Question Room. Yes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01And wait. And it can be tense.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Oh, absolutely, it is.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05As I've said before, it's nerve-racking,
0:09:05 > 0:09:07because you don't want to let people down.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10It's not like you're playing for yourself, in that sense.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13It's so wide-ranging, they can misfire, but, of course,
0:09:13 > 0:09:14the brains are huge.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18So as it stands, Dom has Kevin now to help him in the final,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20and Nic has no-one yet.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22The next category for you is geography.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24And, Dom, because you won that round,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27you can decide if you play first or second in this.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I'll keep going first, please.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34So, Dom, your first question -
0:09:34 > 0:09:38the city of Bilbao is situated near which of Spain's coasts?
0:09:42 > 0:09:46OK, I've been to Bilbao, I've been to the Guggenheim there, and -
0:09:46 > 0:09:49unless I really wasn't paying attention -
0:09:49 > 0:09:50it was on the north coast.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53You were definitely paying attention, north is right.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Nic, back to you. Excluding the cross,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58how many horizontal stripes are there on the Greek flag?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Ah.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06I don't know, sadly.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Trying to picture the Greek flag in my mind.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12I can see stripes on it.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Sadly, I can't picture how many there are.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Erm...
0:10:18 > 0:10:23I really don't know. So I will hazard a guess at 11.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25But I really don't know.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I was picturing it myself and trying to work it out.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31I think, I'm not sure - they would be much thinner if there were 11.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34It's nine. OK.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Back to you, Dom.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Which African country is bounded by
0:10:37 > 0:10:41Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50You might have to give me the those again, please!
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Which African country is bounded by
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11I can't work it out very well.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I think Angola's a little bit too high.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Namibia and Zimbabwe, I can't separate...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Oh, dear. Erm...
0:11:28 > 0:11:30South Africa, Zambia...
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Zambia, certainly...
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Certainly has a border with Zimbabwe. But, then, it's...
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I'll go for Zimbabwe.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Zimbabwe is right.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Well done. We go over to Nic.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47In Ireland, the River Slaney rises in the Wicklow Mountains and
0:11:47 > 0:11:50joins the Irish Sea at which town?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57What was the river called, the Slaney?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Yeah, the River Slaney. S-L-A-N-E-Y, Nic.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05Sadly, my geography of Ireland knowledge is particularly poor.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Once again, I'm afraid, I'm not sure about this one at all.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12I will go for...
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Dundalk.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16But once again, I'm afraid, I'm really not sure about that one.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19OK, the River Slaney rises in the Wicklow Mountains,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21joins the Irish Sea, do you know where, Pat?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24I do, it joins it in Wexford. Wexford is the answer. OK.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26So there's no way back in this round for you, Nic,
0:12:26 > 0:12:30we say congratulations, Dom, you've won another head-to-head.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Have you got a question wrong yet, I'm just thinking?
0:12:35 > 0:12:38They're just all building up, I'm going to get a run of them wrong.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Ha-ha! Well, let's see what happens.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44But first, choose an Egghead, please.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I will take Pat, please.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Right. So you've now got Pat and Kevin.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50So there's quite a bit of firepower there.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Nic is still waiting to get an Egghead.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54We have a third head-to-head, it's on Sport.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Dom, you can choose first or second because you won the last one.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Yeah, I'll go first, please.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Are you laughing because that's good or bad?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I know Nic reasonably well, and I know he's brilliant at Sport.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09OK, here we go.
0:13:09 > 0:13:15Which sporting institution began outside the Cafe Au Reveil Matin
0:13:15 > 0:13:20in the village of Montgeron, in France,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23at 3:16pm on the 1st of July, 1903?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30I was hoping to hear 1903,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33because I associate that with the first year of the Tour de France.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36OK, Tour de France. Tour de France is quite right.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Nic, back to you, good luck in this round. Thank you.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42In gymnastics, what type of manoeuvre is a salto, S-A-L-T-O.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48A salto.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51What does it sound like, salto...
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Sounds like a bit like it might be a somersault,
0:13:56 > 0:13:57so I'll go for a somersault.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59But it's not a term I've come across.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Any Eggheads know this one? That's correct.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04That's correct, somersault is right. Well done, you're equal.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Back to you, Dom.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Whom did Mark Selby defeat in the final
0:14:07 > 0:14:11of the World Snooker Championships in 2016
0:14:11 > 0:14:13to win the title for the second time?
0:14:19 > 0:14:24I think 2016 was the year when Ding Junhui got to the final.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27So I'm going to go for Ding Junhui.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Well, you're not bad at Sport yourself, you're right. Ding Junhui.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Nic, your question.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36John Willes, born in 1778,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40played a role in the development of the rules of which sport?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Born in 1778, did you say? Yes, indeed.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48John Willes. W-I-L-L-E-S.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I'm going to go for...
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Cricket, because it seems about right, timescale-wise,
0:14:53 > 0:14:58but once again, I'm not sure. Cricket is correct. Playing well.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03Third question. To Dom, still hasn't got one wrong.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05And Sport is not your strongest, is that right, Dom?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I don't mind Sport, it's just that Nic's better at it!
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Which country won gold in the football competition at
0:15:12 > 0:15:15the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Wow. I certainly don't know that.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It could have been a home win, and obviously
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Germany and Italy are strong. Do you know, something is leading me
0:15:27 > 0:15:29towards Japan, because it's there and it's unusual
0:15:29 > 0:15:32that it should be there. I'm going to go for Japan.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Let's see, who knows? It's a great question, who knows?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37I think it should be Italy. Italy is the answer.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Because they won the World Cup either side. In '34 and '38.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Did they? Yeah.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44OK, Nic, this is now more promising for you.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47So it's two each, but you have a question in hand.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Get this one right, you've won the round, you pick an Egghead,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52it's a bit more evenly balanced.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Approximately how many people competed in
0:15:54 > 0:15:57the 2015 New York Marathon?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Right.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Obviously, there's a lot take part in the London Marathon,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12is it going to be as high as 50,000 in the New York Marathon?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I think it's going to be one of the extremes, either high or low.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21I'm going to take a punt on 50,000.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24If you've got this right, you've taken the round.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Yes, you're absolutely right, 50,000 it is, well done, Nic.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30This is quite a battle here. Two very good quizzers.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Nic, you've won the final head-to-head.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39So, Dom has Pat and Kevin, who would you like?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43I think, to work with my lack of knowledge of subjects,
0:16:43 > 0:16:44I'm going to go for Barry, please.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46OK.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48So, Nic, you've got Barry in the final round.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51And, Dom, you've got Kevin and Pat.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Don't know which way this is going to go,
0:16:53 > 0:16:54let's play that final round.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57So this is what we have been playing towards,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01it is time to find out who's one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:17:01 > 0:17:03and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Nic and Dom, I'm going to ask each of you three questions in turn,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09this time, the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12In this final round, you will have the backing of the Eggheads
0:17:12 > 0:17:14you've won over the course of the show.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17So, Nic, you will have the help of Barry back there,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19who is a wonder when he's on the right subject.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22And, Dom, you've got Kevin and Pat.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25You'll be able to call on them for advice before giving an answer.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28You could even use both of them for one answer.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32What you can't do is use any Egghead more than once.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35So ask for their help wisely.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Nic, as you won the last round,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39you get to choose whether you go first or second?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45All the best, guys.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50What title does the professional head of the British Army hold?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Well, it certainly isn't Supreme Chief Major.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Is it Chief of the General Staff...?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06It must be Commander In Chief, surely.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14It must be.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I'm starting to doubt myself now.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18It's certainly not Supreme Chief Major.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22I think I'm going to have to ask Barry, because I'm not...
0:18:22 > 0:18:25You can ask him, but you can't use him again if you do. Yeah, OK.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28I'm going to go for...
0:18:28 > 0:18:30No, I'm not going to use Barry.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I'm going to go for Commander in Chief.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Barry, what would you have said? Well, Commander in Chief is normally
0:18:39 > 0:18:42a title that one associates with the US President, but I think the
0:18:42 > 0:18:45chief of the British Army, sadly, is Chief of the General Staff.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47It is, it's Chief of the General Staff.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49OK.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Dom, back to you.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54In 2010, the Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews began presenting
0:18:54 > 0:18:58a regular Sunday morning show on which BBC radio station?
0:19:01 > 0:19:04I listen to it a lot, and it's really good, it's 6 Music.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06It is good, 6 Music is right.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08You didn't need to use your Egghead.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Nic, which monarch became king of Norway in 1991?
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Before the options came up, I thought Harald was King of Norway.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I think Olav is earlier.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I'm going to go for Harald V, because it came into my head
0:19:30 > 0:19:33before it came up that it was Harald, King of Norway.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Harald V is right.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Well done, Nic.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39So you're on the scoreboard, one point each.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Advantage, though, to Dom here,
0:19:40 > 0:19:44who's got two Eggheads still, and a question in hand.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46The intercontinental airport in Houston, Texas,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50is named after which US President?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58George HW Bush is from there.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01And I thought that was the answer before it came up.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02So I'm going to say George HW Bush.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05It is indeed George HW Bush, you're right.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09OK, back to you, Nic, for your third question.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Appearing on the 2007 album Sound Of Silver,
0:20:13 > 0:20:18North American Scum is a song by which group?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I've seen Interpol in concert.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28That doesn't help at all.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34I sort of know of Hot Chip, and doesn't really sound like
0:20:34 > 0:20:36one of their song titles, from the ones I know.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39So I'm going to go for LCD Soundsystem,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41but I'm not 100% sure at all about that.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45LCD Soundsystem is correct. Very good quizzing.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48You've still got Barry there as well, Nic, so let's see.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Dom, if you get this right, you've won.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53If you get it wrong, we go to Sudden Death.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55You've still got two Eggheads there.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59In the citation for his Nobel Prize for literature,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03who was commended for his "important literary production,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06"which, with clear-sighted earnestness,
0:21:06 > 0:21:11"illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times"?
0:21:18 > 0:21:22OK, if you don't mind, could you possibly read it through again?
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Yeah, and listen to this backstage, Eggheads, in case you're called on.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31In the citation for his Nobel Prize for literature,
0:21:31 > 0:21:35who was commended for his "important literary production,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38"which, with clear-sighted earnestness,
0:21:38 > 0:21:42"illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times"?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Yeah, that's hard, I'm definitely going to be asking an Egghead here.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I think I've discounted one of them,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59but I'm going to check with Kevin, if that's OK.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Kevin, would you like to tell us what you think?
0:22:03 > 0:22:10I know Dom said there was one he's sort of ruled out.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15I think one he would rule out would probably be Steinbeck.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17I find this very tricky, quite honestly.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Because you can make a case...
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Well, you could make a case for any of them.
0:22:21 > 0:22:27I'm assuming the word production in this means a body of work.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Because the Nobel Prize for literature is ordinarily given
0:22:30 > 0:22:33for a body of work, rather than for a specific work of literature.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35On that basis, if it's a body of work,
0:22:35 > 0:22:38you'd probably edge towards Camus.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Maybe.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46So I don't know what to advise Dom, to be perfectly honest. OK!
0:22:46 > 0:22:48That's not very heartening!
0:22:48 > 0:22:51I know, I know. It's all right, don't worry. I mean...
0:22:51 > 0:22:54I would have, left alone, I would have gone for Camus.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55I don't think...
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Funnily enough, I discounted Pasternak,
0:22:57 > 0:23:01because I think Steinbeck IS very earnest.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04But then, the kind of problems of the human mind,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08or whatever it was, sound more like a Camus kind of thing. Yeah, yeah.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12I will go with what I thought first, and you think now...
0:23:12 > 0:23:14You can, of course, call in Pat as well, if you want to.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18I know, the thing is, it's such a tricky area that I feel like,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20it's not something...
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I know Pat's mind is cavernous,
0:23:22 > 0:23:26but it doesn't feel like something that can be emphatically known.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28So I'm going to go with my hunch and Kevin's hunch
0:23:28 > 0:23:29and I'm going to go for Camus.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Let's just see what Pat would have said. Pat?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I would've followed pretty much Kevin's logic.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Albert Camus seemed to deal with the tortured consciences,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41people who've done dodgy deeds,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44but I think it's a very difficult question.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46If you've got this right, you've won.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49The answer is Albert Camus, well done.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52So we say congratulations, Dom, you have won.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54APPLAUSE
0:23:57 > 0:23:59That felt like a very enjoyable game.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I hope, even being on the losing side, you enjoyed it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04I'll regret not going to Barry on that one question, but, yes, I did enjoy it, yes.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Of course, you didn't...
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Barry, you didn't get used there?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09No, sadly. No.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Well, he spared you the question about Interpol.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Or what was the answer? American Scum?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15LCD Soundsystem. LCD Soundsystem.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I would not have been any use at all on that question!
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I would have loved to see you doing that, though.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I would have enjoyed your facial expressions on that one.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Nic, thank you for playing. Thank you very much.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Good luck with all your future quizzing, you're brilliant. Good luck to Dom. Cheers, Nic.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Well, great, and I don't know whether that will be needed, but let's see, Dom.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34You've proved that winning comes as naturally to you
0:24:34 > 0:24:35as it does to our Eggheads.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38You've got a powerful brain, a lot of quiz knowledge.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41You are one step closer now to joining our quiz Goliaths.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43But your work for today is not quite done.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46We give you three points for each round you've won today,
0:24:46 > 0:24:48so two Eggheads makes six points you've got already.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51You're now going to get the chance to add to those points by answering
0:24:51 > 0:24:53quickfire questions for two minutes.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56We give you one point for each correct answer.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59And we see where your final score puts you on our leaderboard.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01The top four places at the end of the heats will make it
0:25:01 > 0:25:05through to the semifinals. Just take a look now at the leaderboard, Dom.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08You can see you'll be the last name on it.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10You want to avoid being positions 5-10,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13because they're not going to be in the semifinals.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17You want to displace Ian, basically. Not to put too fine a point on it.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19To get into the semifinals. 21...
0:25:19 > 0:25:23So you really want, yeah, you want 21 correct answers. Somehow!
0:25:23 > 0:25:27In two minutes, it doesn't sound brilliant. Or maybe even 22. Yeah.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31It's been done. And I'm sure, if anyone can do it, you can.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Are you ready? Yeah.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Your time starts...now.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Which substance has the chemical formula CO2?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Carbon dioxide. Correct.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42In which country is the world-famous Bolshoi ballet based?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Russia. Correct.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47On a standard dartboard, what number lies between one and four?
0:25:47 > 0:25:4915? No, 18.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52The classic films The Graduate and To Kill A Mockingbird
0:25:52 > 0:25:53were released in which decade?
0:25:53 > 0:25:54'60s. Correct.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55During the 1990s,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58who became the first male actor to win back-to-back Best Actor...
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Tom Hanks. ..Oscars since Spencer Tracy in the 1930s? Yes, Tom Hanks.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Which song was a UK number one single
0:26:03 > 0:26:07for both the Bangles and Atomic Kitten?
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Eternal Flame. Correct.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12For what does the letter J stand in the name of the author JRR Tolkien?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13John. Correct.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15The Barry Burn is a feature
0:26:15 > 0:26:17of which championship golf course in Scotland?
0:26:17 > 0:26:18St Andrews? No, Carnoustie.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21What is the name of the pink cat who was the nemesis
0:26:21 > 0:26:22of the cartoon dog, Roobarb?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Custard. Correct.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26In which US state was Barack Obama born?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Illinois. No, Hawaii.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Scarborough is the name of the chief town on which specific...?
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Tobago. ..island? Tobago, correct.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Comfiture is the French word for which food?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Jam. Correct.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37In the title of the 1981 Roald Dahl book,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39what word describes George's medicine?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Marvellous. Correct.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42What was the nationality of the cricketer Don Bradman?
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Australian. Correct.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46In the 1992 film the Muppet Christmas Carol,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49which role is played by Michael Caine?
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Fa... Erm...
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Bob...
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Jacob Marley. No, Ebenezer Scrooge.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56In which English county is the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge?
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Wiltshire. Correct.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Which comedy group had members called Chico, Harpo and Groucho?
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Marx Brothers. Correct.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03In which country is the city of Timbuktu?
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Mali. Correct.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07What is the title of the 1983 sequel to the 1977 film,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Saturday Night Fever?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Night Fever. No, Staying Alive.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Which group had a UK Christmas number one single
0:27:14 > 0:27:16in 1968 with Lily The Pink?
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Scaffold. Correct.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19The third book in the Harry Potter series was
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of...What?
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Azkaban. Correct.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25In Greek legend, who was the last king of Troy?
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Priam. Correct.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Which musical, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, features the songs
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Everything's Coming Up Roses and You Gotta Get A Gimmick?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33South Pacific. No, Gypsy.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36In imperial measurements, how many pints are there in a gallon?
0:27:36 > 0:27:37BUZZER Four...
0:27:37 > 0:27:40No, it's not four, it's eight.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42You did well there.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44I know you know the Obama one.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48It's the senator, not the birth, yeah. Yeah, exactly.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51So, you scored 17 points.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53We add that to the six you get from your two Eggheads,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55we get a grand total of 23 points.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58And let us see the leaderboard.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01And you are just outside.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04So, Dom, well, congratulations and commiserations.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06There should be a word for both those things.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09I don't see how you could have done better on the quickfire,
0:28:09 > 0:28:11I really don't, you were storming along. And Camus was right!
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Yeah, Camus was right, yeah. That is the key thing.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Thank you so much for playing. Thank you.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Thank you, Dom. Thank you, Nic. Thank you. Good to see you both.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Join us next time to find out who'll be the last name on our leaderboard.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24After that, it's the semifinals.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Till then, from us all, goodbye.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57Join me, Patrick Kielty,