0:00:04 > 0:00:08These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:10 > 0:00:14arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The 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 > 0:00:28We've launched a nationwide search
0:00:28 > 0:00:31to find the greatest quiz brains in Britain.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34By the end of the series, two people will emerge as champions
0:00:34 > 0:00:37and win the ultimate prize for quizzing enthusiasts -
0:00:37 > 0:00:42a place here with the most fearsome quiz team in history, the Eggheads.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44So, let's meet today's contestants,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48both hoping they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Hi. I'm Michael Taylor and I'm a writer from Manchester.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Hi. I'm Ian Bayley.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56I'm a computer science lecturer from Oxfordshire.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Welcome, guys.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00- Nervous?- Not yet.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03You've quizzed before, both of you, and at a really high level.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05In fact, Michael, you've been in this studio before.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Yeah, it didn't go terribly well, but I have been here before.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09So, tell us what happened.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13I came on with some friends of mine from university,
0:01:13 > 0:01:14and I played Judith in Geography
0:01:14 > 0:01:16and I made the classic schoolboy mistake
0:01:16 > 0:01:18of not reading the exam question.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I didn't listen to the question and gave the wrong answer.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23- Did you remember that, Judith? - It's all right.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24I'm completely forgettable. I understand.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- LAUGHTER - No, you're not at all!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30So, as I understand it, Michael, you've won University Challenge.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33And, Ian, Mastermind is your thing, is that right?
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Yeah, that's right.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Tell us about your Mastermind subjects.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Well, I've got six Mastermind subjects
0:01:39 > 0:01:41because I went on twice.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44The first time, I got to the final and came second,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47so I went through all that again,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50and the second time I got to the final and came first.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54And what is your most extraordinary Mastermind subject?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Possibly Dr Who in the 1970s,
0:01:56 > 0:02:01but the one that I won the final with was paintings
0:02:01 > 0:02:03in the National Gallery.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Well, that's a nice one.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- There's quite a lot of them, actually.- Yeah.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10It was very, very enjoyable to research,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13because I just had to spend my days in an art gallery.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- You won Brain Of Britain as well. - Yes, that's right. Yeah.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20And, Michael, you are now writing questions for University Challenge.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Yeah, which is quite fun, actually. You get paid to learn things.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Gosh. We've got two top quizzers here, Eggheads, haven't we?
0:02:27 > 0:02:28- Yeah.- Yes.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31No way of telling them apart at this stage.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Good luck to you both.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35So, this is where you need to prove that you could be an Egghead.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36It's very difficult.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Just like on Eggheads,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39both of you will compete over a series of rounds
0:02:39 > 0:02:44where your knowledge will be tested on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47So, the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Politics.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Going to ask each of you
0:02:48 > 0:02:50three multiple choice questions on Politics.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54In turn, whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58The prize for winning a round on Make Me An Egghead
0:02:58 > 0:03:00is that you gain an extra brain for the final.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02And not just any old brain.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05You can choose one of these five Eggheads over here.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Now, before the show, we tossed a coin,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09and as a result of that, Ian,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11you have the option as to whether you want to go first or second.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I will go first, please.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Good luck to you both. And here is your first question, Ian.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Which anniversary of the Easter Rising
0:03:21 > 0:03:23was marked in April 2016?
0:03:25 > 0:03:29It was the 100th because it happened in 1916,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31during the First World War.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32100 is quite right. Yeah.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35And it's the island that you're from, Michael, correct?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- It is. - You're from the North.- I am.
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Here's your question.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Maria Shriver, who married Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1986,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46is the niece of which former US president?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Hmm. I don't know, so I'm going to have to think about this.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I don't know if it's worth...
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Because Schwarzenegger was a Republican,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00is it worth just going for the Republican there?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Obviously, Carter and Kennedy were Democrats.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04I don't know the answer,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08but given that Reagan was a Californian Republican
0:04:08 > 0:04:10and Schwarzenegger was a Californian Republican,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I'm going to guess Reagan.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Ian, is he right?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I think it's Kennedy.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I think she's associated with the Kennedy clan.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Yeah, very much. Kennedy is the answer.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Very good reasoning, actually. It's just...
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Yeah, I loved your logic there. It just took you astray.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Ian, your question.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29In 2014, who became the prime minister of Italy?
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Oh.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42OK, so, this one is a bit tricky because I'm pretty sure that
0:04:42 > 0:04:47all three of those have been prime minister in the 2010s.
0:04:47 > 0:04:53I think that Monti was appointed as prime minister
0:04:53 > 0:04:56to help solve an economic crisis,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59but I think that might have been a little bit before 2014.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00You did say 2014?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- In 2014...- Yeah.- ..who became the prime minister of Italy?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05And I think that Prodi was before that, yeah.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I think I have to say Renzi.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- It's correct.- Good.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13But I'm feeling like Prodi was a long time ago.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16It was a while ago, yeah. It was a while ago, yeah.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Also became president
0:05:17 > 0:05:18of the European Commission.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Oh, yes. Yeah.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- Ah.- That's how I got confused.- Yeah.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23OK. I see.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Renzi was the very youthful mayor of Florence
0:05:26 > 0:05:27who I think became prime minister.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I'm not sure he'd ever been an MP,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32but he went from mayor of Florence to prime minister.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34And Monti, while we're at it, anyone got any thing on Monti?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36He was a kind of EU technocrat
0:05:36 > 0:05:39put in to try and save the Italian economy.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Renzi is right. Well done.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43You've got two, so you must get this, Michael,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45to stay in the round.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47At the 1997 general elections,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Stephen Twigg became the MP for Enfield Southgate
0:05:50 > 0:05:53overthrowing which conservative politician
0:05:53 > 0:05:54in a surprise reversal?
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Again, I don't know the answer.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I can't go through Rifkind and Lamont,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07but I know that Portillo's defeat in '97 was memorable
0:06:07 > 0:06:10and many people took great schadenfreude in it.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13So, I'm going to guess Portillo.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Michael Portillo is the right answer.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16OK, so, you're still in it,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18but, Ian, you can take the round now.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22In 1946, which city hosted the first General Assembly
0:06:22 > 0:06:23of the United Nations?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Oh.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31You would think it's New York,
0:06:31 > 0:06:35given that's where the General Assembly meets.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37At the moment, however,
0:06:37 > 0:06:42I've got a distinct memory that in London
0:06:42 > 0:06:45very close to the Palace of Westminster
0:06:45 > 0:06:50is a building called the Methodist Central Hall,
0:06:50 > 0:06:55and I think that they met in there.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- It's a long story, if I'm wrong. - HE LAUGHS
0:06:59 > 0:07:00So, your answer is?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02My answer is London.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Cos they're in New York now,
0:07:03 > 0:07:05and that could easily have led you astray,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07but you're absolutely right.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09It is London, and we say congratulations, Ian.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11You've won the first head-to-head.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14So, as a result,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16you gain an Egghead for the final round,
0:07:16 > 0:07:17and all five are there waiting to be picked.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Who would you like?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22All five of them are brilliant, as many people know,
0:07:22 > 0:07:23but I will choose Kevin, please.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Kevin. Now, last time you were called into action in this game,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30we had a question about the meaning of Avalon.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- Yes, yes.- And a bad thing happened.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Kevin's circuits failed.- Oh. - Yeah.- Yeah, both of them.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- They're supposed to work in parallel.- Yeah.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40It's apples, isn't it?
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Yeah. It is apples. Well done!
0:07:41 > 0:07:44He didn't know that. HE LAUGHS
0:07:44 > 0:07:46So, we wish you better luck this time.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Anyway, early days still.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49As it stands, Michael has got
0:07:49 > 0:07:50no Eggheads to help him in the final.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Ian has one, and that one is Kevin, and we play on.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55The next category is Food & Drink,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57and Ian is the winner of the last head-to-head.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- You can choose whether you go first or second.- I'll go first.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06So, here is your first Food & Drink question.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Which of these is the name given to a non-alcoholic cocktail
0:08:10 > 0:08:13usually consisting of orange juice and bitter lemon?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19I haven't heard of the drink
0:08:19 > 0:08:22and I haven't heard of any of those names,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26and the only thing that I can use
0:08:26 > 0:08:28to get me to any sort of answer is,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31"Oranges and lemons say the bells of St Clements,"
0:08:31 > 0:08:36which is probably the stupidest leap in the dark anyone could say,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40but, really, I've got no other way of choosing.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43No, I'll go for St Clements.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46OK. Judith is our cocktail specialist. Judith?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49It's absolutely right, and the right reason too.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Oh.- It's right and the right reason, so perfect.- Yay.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Good.- So, point to you. OK, we go over to you, Michael.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56What is the main flavouring
0:08:56 > 0:09:01of the famous Austrian cake sachertorte - S-A-C-H-E-R-T-O-R-T-E?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I've never heard of it.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08And I don't speak German,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12so I can't really derive anything from that.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15But sacher, from that it could be something similar
0:09:15 > 0:09:20to the French sucre, which would be sweet.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24I thought it was going to be a fruit when it came up,
0:09:24 > 0:09:28so based on that, I'm going to guess lemon, but I don't know.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Let's have a look. Lisa Thiel?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33I thought it was chocolate.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Chocolate is the right answer.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37So, over to you, Ian.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Which seafood is a main ingredient
0:09:39 > 0:09:42of the Italian dish spaghetti alle vongole.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Alle - A-L-L-E. And then V-O-N-G-O-L-E.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Well, Latin for cuttlefish is sepia,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57but Italian is very likely different.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00You know, I think that crab has got more of a taste to it
0:10:00 > 0:10:04than cuttlefish or clams.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08OK. I'm going to go for crab.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- It's the wrong answer.- OK.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- I feel I know this, that it's clams.- Clams, yes.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16But lots of Italian restaurants serve this and call it that.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18There's plenty of references to it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21And vongole means clams, does it, or seafood generally?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- Clams.- It means clams. - It means clams.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- But it comes with little clams... - Yeah, that's right.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- ..open on the spaghetti.- Yeah. - It's lovely.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31It is nice. Actually, my mouth started watering there.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Spaghetti alle vongole is clams.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36You have one point, Ian. Michael has none so far.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Michael, try and come back.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42What type of pastry is an essential part of the French cake
0:10:42 > 0:10:44known as a religieuse?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49As you're maybe beginning to tell,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51I don't know an awful lot about Food & Drink.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55See if I can reason anything here.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58I have an incredibly boring diet.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00I'm going to say choux.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Choux is correct.- Oh. Sorry.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- LAUGHTER Don't apologise.- Blind guess.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08So, you're level. Third question to you, Ian.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13Which of these has a high content of the pigment lycopene,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16believed to have antioxidant properties?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21I think I do know this one.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26I think it's tomatoes because I think that the Latin name
0:11:26 > 0:11:32for tomato contains lycopersica or something like that.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Either way, I think it's tomatoes.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Let's see. Anyone know here? - Yep, tomatoes.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38And the Latin name tomatoes is?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Lycopersicum esculentum.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- You were halfway there with that. - Yeah.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Very impressive. Tomatoes is the right answer.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46So, you have two out of three.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Let's see if you can get
0:11:47 > 0:11:49your second now as well, Michael.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50You need this.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52What type of food is tobiko,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55often used as an ingredient in sushi?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Tobiko is T-O-B-I-K-O.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05Sushi is not something I would eat. I don't know how...
0:12:05 > 0:12:07how spiced sushi is.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09I'm sure it can be.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13It does come occasionally wrapped in seaweed.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17I'll say seaweed, but based on just assuming,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20because sushi does sometimes come wrapped in seaweed.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- Seaweed is your answer, and you don't like sushi?- No, I don't.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27It's not right, I'm afraid. It's fish roe.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I guess those tiny little pink bubbly things.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32You see a few different kinds, a few different colours, but, yeah.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33OK, so, seaweed is wrong.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Fish roe was the answer, so we say well done, Ian, again.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38You have won that head-to-head.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43You're starting to get a sizable advantage, Ian.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45You can choose another Egghead.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Obviously not Kevin, who you've already got.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I will choose Pat, please.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52So, Pat, how were you on that Food & Drink round?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- I'd have done all right. - Yeah?- It was OK.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Never know how, cos it's not always natural quiz territory, is it?
0:12:57 > 0:12:58They're very varied.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Yeah, you can certainly be surprised on a Food & Drink round, yeah.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04So, as it stands, Michael has yet to get an Egghead
0:13:04 > 0:13:05to help him in the final.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Ian has got two.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09And the next category is Sport.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12So, Ian, you won the last one. You can choose first or second.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16OK, I will go first with this one as well, please.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Good luck to you both.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Which London football club was granted a 99-year lease
0:13:24 > 0:13:27on the Olympic Stadium in 2013?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33It's West Ham United,
0:13:33 > 0:13:38because they've played their final game at the Boleyn Ground.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39That's right.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Bit of confusion over what West Ham's ground was called
0:13:42 > 0:13:43- because we've always called it... - Oh, yes.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- What was the original...? - Upton Park.- Upton Park.- Yeah.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Then for the final game, everyone called it the Boleyn Ground
0:13:48 > 0:13:50and we all thought, "Well, hang on..."
0:13:50 > 0:13:53I have another name for it seeing as Manchester United lost there.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55LAUGHTER All right.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57West Ham United is correct.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59OK, Michael, the comeback starts now.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02In 2014, Marcus Ericsson became the first driver
0:14:02 > 0:14:06from which country to race in Formula One for two decades?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Well, it's certainly not Germany
0:14:11 > 0:14:15because there's an abundance of German drivers in Formula One.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I assume the last guy who was Swedish to race in Formula One
0:14:19 > 0:14:25would've been Keke Rosberg maybe, and he was in the '80s.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I think he's Swedish, so Sweden.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Certainly sounds like a Swedish name.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Sweden is right, Michael. Well done.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32So, your question, Ian.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35A batsman who's been stumped in a game of cricket
0:14:35 > 0:14:39is traditionally referred to as being out of their WHAT?
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Stumped.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Out of their field, out of their turf,
0:14:46 > 0:14:47out of their ground.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50I wouldn't even say that there's one of those three
0:14:50 > 0:14:53that I associate more with one sport or another.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58I guess you've got a position in cricket called a fielder,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00so I think field.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I'll go for field.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Michael, what do you think?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07You'd probably say out of their crease more often,
0:15:07 > 0:15:08but of those three, it would be ground.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- Yeah, ground is the right answer. - Ah, OK.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15So, let's see if you can pull into the lead here, Michael.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18The 14th hole at the Augusta National Golf Course,
0:15:18 > 0:15:23Chinese Fir, is the only hole on the course without what?
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Well, it doesn't have a water hazard,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33but many other holes on the course don't have water hazards.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38It's definitely got a two-tier green, but it doesn't have a bunker.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Its green is the defence.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42It slopes violently from left to right.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43So, bunker is the answer.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Bunker is right. You sound like you've been there.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47No, I haven't,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50but I've got a worryingly good knowledge of Augusta.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- HE LAUGHS You like golf?- Yeah.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55And the 14th hole slopes violently from left to right.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57From left to right, and on the final day,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59they normally put the pin on the right-hand side of the green
0:15:59 > 0:16:02so you see everybody firing up the left-hand side
0:16:02 > 0:16:03and the ball gently makes its way down.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- Ah.- Or should do.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Now, that is a level of knowledge of Augusta Golf Course
0:16:07 > 0:16:10which I've never seen displayed on this side, if I may say so.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Yeah.- Respectfully.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Yep. No, he's brilliant.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Right, here we go.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Ian, your question.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17And if you get this wrong,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20then Michael takes the round and starts to pull it back.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Which of these tennis players became the first female athlete
0:16:24 > 0:16:29to earn more than 100,000 prize money in a single season?
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Well, they're all from a long time ago.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40The same era, roughly - the 1970s.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47I associate Billie Jean King with earning a lot of money.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I just wonder why that would be.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55Obviously, the reign of Navratilova lasted for longer.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00She won her last Wimbledon in 1990,
0:17:00 > 0:17:05so if inflation means that we had to wait longer
0:17:05 > 0:17:07for it to be 100,000,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11then that would suggest more likely to be Navratilova.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15But my first thought was Billie Jean King,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18so my answer will be Billie Jean King.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Billie Jean King is correct. HE SIGHS WITH RELIEF
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- HE LAUGHS You're still in it.- Well...
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- That is tough, to do that...- I have to say, though, that's very fluky.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30Although, maybe that very dim light bulb in my head
0:17:30 > 0:17:33about her earning a lot of money might have been based on something.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Who knows?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37So, we have two points to Ian, two points to Michael.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Michael, get this right, you're able to choose an Egghead.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43What is the nickname of the left-field wall
0:17:43 > 0:17:47at the Fenway Park baseball stadium in Boston?
0:17:52 > 0:17:53OK.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Um, I don't follow American sports at all,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00so this is going to be a semi-informed guess.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04The Boston Red Sox play at Fenway, I think,
0:18:04 > 0:18:09so purely based on that, I'm going to say Red Giant.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Is he right? - No.- It's the Green Monster.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- No. Green Monster... - Green monster. Oh, right.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17..is the answer. So, two points each. Level after three questions.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18We now go to Sudden Death.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternatives. Yours first, Ian.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24What is the name of the ground at which the Rugby League team
0:18:24 > 0:18:29now called the London Broncos played their first game in September 1980.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34So, I don't think I know any London rugby grounds.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39Well, tell you what, of course I do know a London ground.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42I suppose I could just say Twickenham.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Except Broncos is League, but still...
0:18:46 > 0:18:48HE SIGHS
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Yeah, I'll just have to say that, Twickenham.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53No, it's not Twickenham. It's Craven Cottage.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- OK.- OK.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58So, you have a chance now, Michael, to take the round
0:18:58 > 0:18:59with this question. Sudden Death.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Shakib Al Hasan has captained which international cricket team?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Bangladesh.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- No doubt at all...- No. - ..in your mind, or mine.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Bangladesh is right. Well done, Michael.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13You've pulled it back a bit there. You've won the final head-to-head.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19So, you can now choose an Egghead. Obviously not Kevin or Pat.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I want Dave.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25So, Michael, you've got Dave in the final round.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Ian, you've got Kevin and Pat.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29And let us now play that final round.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36It's time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Michael and Ian, I'm going to ask each of you three questions in turn.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45This time the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46In this final round,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49you will no longer be playing alone, though.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51You'll have the backing of the Eggheads you've won
0:19:51 > 0:19:53over the course of the show, which means, Michael,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55you've got the help of Dave,
0:19:55 > 0:19:59and, Ian, you will have Kevin and Pat right behind you.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01You'll be able to call on your Eggheads for advice
0:20:01 > 0:20:03before giving an answer to a question.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07However, you can ask each of them for help only once,
0:20:07 > 0:20:08so use them wisely.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Right, Michael, here we go.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11As you won the last round,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13you get to choose to play first or second.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I will go first, please.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21And here is your first question.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Which English actress who played Big Suze
0:20:24 > 0:20:25in the comedy series Peep Show
0:20:25 > 0:20:30married Lord Frederick Windsor in 2009?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39I've always meant to watch Peep Show and never got round to it.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I'm probably going to have to do something rash here and ask
0:20:43 > 0:20:46for my Egghead's advice already.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48So, can I call in Dave?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50You can call in Dave straightaway, of course.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Dave, what do you think?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Unfortunately, Michael, I don't watch Peep Show either
0:20:55 > 0:21:00and haven't really got a clue on this one.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Let me have a think.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07If there's a name that possibly I've heard, it's Isy Suttie, but...
0:21:07 > 0:21:08I'm aware...
0:21:08 > 0:21:13Or the only other actress I knew was in Peep Show was Olivia Colman.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17All I can say to you, Michael, is I would go Isy Suttie
0:21:17 > 0:21:21on the basis of nothing really at all.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- My guess would be Isy Suttie. - OK, Dave.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26You've offered your advice there.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Michael, you can decide whether you take it.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30I probably will.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Dave's guess is as good as or if not much better than mine,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37so I'll go Isy Suttie.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39The answer is Sophie Winkleman.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Sorry, Michael. Lost your Egghead on that.- Sorry, Michael.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Don't worry, Dave. That happens.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46It's put Ian in a better position.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49He's still got his two Eggheads. Here's your first question, Ian.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Thomas Henry Huxley, born in 1825,
0:21:52 > 0:21:56is best known for his support of which scholar's theories?
0:22:00 > 0:22:03It's Charles Darwin. He was known as Darwin's bulldog.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05The answer is Darwin.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Charles Darwin is correct.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09So, he's ahead, Michael.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I know you're up against it here, but you can still win.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Hold your nerve.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17John Philip Holland, born in Ireland in 1840,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20is remembered as an early designer of which form of transport?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Sure I can't go second now?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Well, there definitely had been designs of submarine
0:22:30 > 0:22:34well before 1840, which was when he was born, so...
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I haven't heard of him,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and on the basis that I may have heard of him
0:22:39 > 0:22:43if he had designed a bicycle, I'm going to say glider.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Glider is your answer.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47I'm not sure when we started gliding.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Maybe it was around then, but the correct answer is submarine.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Oh, right. OK.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55So, that means if you get this one right, Ian, you will have triumphed.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Which type of UK bird is also known as a dabchick?
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Dabchick. One word, Ian. D-A-B-C-H-I-C-K.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09OK.
0:23:09 > 0:23:16I think it's grebe, but really I'd be stupid not to ask.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19I will ask Pat, please.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21OK, now, because you've said it,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- you might have put it into Pat's head.- Yeah.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- You're being called in, Pat. - That's what I'm worried about.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29You've got to extract from your head anything you heard.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I'll attempt to extinguish all of Ian's deliberations
0:23:32 > 0:23:36from my mind, but I'm very confident it's a little grebe.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38OK. I will say little grebe.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Probably worth the double check, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- If you've got this right, you've triumphed.- Yeah.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- And I've also spurned Kevin, so sorry about that, Kevin.- Yeah.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51If you've got it wrong, Kevin might well come in useful, though,
0:23:51 > 0:23:52at a later stage.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54But there is no later stage.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- Little grebe is the right answer. - Right.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- We say congratulations, Ian. You have won.- Thank you.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08And commiserations, Michael. It didn't quite fall for you.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10No, it didn't, but the better man won.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13I'm very lucky I didn't have the Peep Show question. Yeah.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Well, that's very sporting.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16And you've managed to do it without calling on Kevin.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Didn't see what you were made of today, Kevin.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Oh, sugar and spice. Oh, no. That's somebody else.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23LAUGHTER So, well done, Ian.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25You've proved that winning comes
0:24:25 > 0:24:26as naturally to you as to our Eggheads.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30You are one step closer to joining our quiz Goliaths,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- but your work for today isn't quite over.- Mm.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35The good news is that you're guaranteed a place
0:24:35 > 0:24:38on our leaderboard cos it's only got one name on it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Top four places at the end of the heats will make it through
0:24:40 > 0:24:44to the semifinals, so you get three points for each round you won today.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47That's six points in total that you've banked.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49As we're still in the early stages of the heats,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52you're guaranteed a spot in the top four,
0:24:52 > 0:24:54but only time will tell how long you stay there.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56So, let's have a look at the leaderboard to see what score
0:24:56 > 0:24:59you've got to beat to get the top spot.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01And you can see it's Gareth on top with 20 points.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03You're going to get the chance to add to your score now
0:25:03 > 0:25:06by answering two minutes of quick-fire questions.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08You get one point for each correct answer.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10I've got to accept your first answer.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- Are you ready to play?- Yes, I am.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Good luck. Your time starts now.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19In the original Star Wars trilogy,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22which character was played by Peter Mayhew?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- Chewbacca.- Correct.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Harry's pet owl?
0:25:28 > 0:25:29- Hedwig.- Correct.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32For what does the G stand in relation to the GI diet?
0:25:34 > 0:25:35- Glycemic.- Correct.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40Which band recorded the 2005 UK hit single The Important Of Being Idle?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- Oasis.- Correct.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44For which country did Vinnie Jones play international football?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- Wales.- Correct.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48How many pieces does each player have
0:25:48 > 0:25:51at the start of a standard game of backgammon?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53- 13.- No, 15.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56What is the first name of the title character
0:25:56 > 0:25:57in Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- Clarissa.- Correct.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03What is the state capital of the US state of California?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Sacramento.- Correct.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Which 1945 film was based on
0:26:07 > 0:26:09the short play Still Life by Noel Coward.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10- Brief Encounter.- Correct.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Which historical artefact was stolen from Westminster Abbey
0:26:13 > 0:26:15on Christmas Day, 1950?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- The Stone of Scone.- Correct.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Which goddess from Greek mythology was the counterpart
0:26:20 > 0:26:21of the Roman goddess Venus?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Aphrodite.- Correct.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Zurga is a character from Bizet's opera known in English
0:26:26 > 0:26:27as the Pearl WHAT?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- Fishers.- Correct.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30The French national heroine Joan of Arc
0:26:30 > 0:26:32was known as the maid of which city?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- Orleans.- Orleans is correct.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Which US sport is played by the Dallas Cowboys?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- American football.- Correct.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Which 1956 film features the songs
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and True Love?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- High Society.- Correct.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48What is the present name of the country formerly known as Persia?
0:26:48 > 0:26:49- Iran.- Correct.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Which spirit is added to tomato juice
0:26:51 > 0:26:52to make a bloody Mary?
0:26:52 > 0:26:53- Vodka.- Correct.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Morgan Freeman narrates the 2005 film March Of The WHAT?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- Penguins.- Correct.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space in which year?
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- '61. 1961.- Correct.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Which popular hymn starts with the line
0:27:06 > 0:27:08"And did those feet in ancient time..."?
0:27:08 > 0:27:09- Jerusalem.- Correct.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Which John Steinbeck novel are George and Lennie
0:27:11 > 0:27:12the central characters?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- Of Mice and Men.- Correct.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17In which decade did Anthony Eden serve as British prime minister?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- 1950s.- Correct. That's it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- You've played very well.- Oh!
0:27:21 > 0:27:24You've played out of your socks there. Goodness me.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- You scored 21 points there, Ian.- OK.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Which we add to your previous six,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31giving you a grand total of 27 points.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- I'm not even sure you got anything wrong. Oh, the backgammon.- Yeah.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- But then that was cos it was each player and you doubled it.- Indeed.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38- Yeah.- Let's have a look at our leaderboard.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42And you have displaced Gareth at the top
0:27:42 > 0:27:43in quite dramatic fashion.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Ian Bayley now the top. 27.- Right.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Are you OK there?
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- That was quite an intense moment. - It absolutely was, yes.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53And we were darting around from Yuri Gagarin
0:27:53 > 0:27:55to High Society and American football.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Yeah. Absolutely.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- So, it's like you're opening every filing cabinet in your head.- Mm-hm.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- Yeah.- How did that feel? - Oh, exhilarating.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07It's interesting how there was for the first couple of questions
0:28:07 > 0:28:11I had to really think and I felt it was going to go on like that,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14me having to really drag the answers out.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17And then suddenly I was able to get into it
0:28:17 > 0:28:20just after about the backgammon blunder, as you said.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22- Well done.- So, yeah. Feel good.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Michael, thank you for playing as well.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- He was good, wasn't he? - They'll do well to beat him.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Maybe we've found our Egghead. We shall see.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30Quite a few rounds to go.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Join us next time to find out
0:28:31 > 0:28:34who else might have what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37What a game. Till then, goodbye.