0:00:05 > 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 > 0:00:15The question is -
0:00:15 > 0:00:17do you have the brains to join them?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28We've launched a nationwide search
0:00:28 > 0:00:30to 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 > 0:00:41Yes, a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history, the Eggheads.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43So let's meet today's contestants,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47both hoping that they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Hi, I'm Rupy Jandu.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I'm from Leighton Buzzard and I'm a new business manager
0:00:50 > 0:00:52for a property management company.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Sam Roberts.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56I'm from Liverpool and I own a mobile marketing business.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58- Welcome, guys. So, both quizzers? - Yeah.- Yes.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Let's start with you, Rupy. Tell us what you've done.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Previously, I've been on Eggheads.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I was on series two of "Are You An Egghead?".
0:01:06 > 0:01:08And, then, after that, I was on The Chase.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11And when you appeared on Eggheads, did you win?
0:01:11 > 0:01:12No. We came second.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- But you won your round? - I did win my round.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16I beat Daphne on Film and TV.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Oh, bless. Bless the Daphne.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- And she was hard to beat. My goodness.- She was.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23And, Sam, how about you, quizzing history?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25I've done quite a lot in a short space of time.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I started with Going For Gold Live.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I've done The Chase, Pointless, Two Tribes, Fifteen To One.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32And you're also in the Bolton Quiz League?
0:01:32 > 0:01:36I am, yes. Two of my team-mates are Anne and Jenny from The Chase.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38All right. So I wish you both luck.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Contestants, this is where you need to prove you could be an Egghead.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Just like on Eggheads, both of you will compete
0:01:43 > 0:01:45over a series of different rounds,
0:01:45 > 0:01:49where your knowledge will be tested on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52So the first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Science.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I'm going to ask each of you three multiple-choice questions
0:01:55 > 0:01:56on science in turn.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03The prize for winning a round on Make Me An Egghead,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06is that you gain an extra brain for the final.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Not just any old brain, you gain one of these brains over here,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11one of the Eggheads.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Now, before the show, we tossed a coin.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15As a result of that, Rupy, you've got the option
0:02:15 > 0:02:17to play first or second.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Here is your first question, Rupy. Good luck.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28In the human body, adipose tissue consists mostly of what?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35It's... They're a type of cell that I have a lot of.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37That would be fat cells.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I'm sure you don't, but fat cells is correct.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42OK, Sam.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44For what does the letter P stand in PWR,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47the most common type of nuclear power plant?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56I wonder if R has something to do with radiation. I don't know this.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Photon's to do with light. It could be pressurized.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04I think I'll go for primary.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Primary is not right.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I'm thinking it's pressurized water reactor,
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- is it, Eggheads? ALL:- Yes. - Yeah. Pressurized is the answer.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16OK. We go back to you, Rupy.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19In 1901, Jacobus Henricus Van 'T Hoff
0:03:19 > 0:03:22became the first winner of which Nobel Prize?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30It's not a name I've come across before.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I'd like to think I'd know them or I'd have heard of them
0:03:36 > 0:03:37if they were physics or chemistry.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40So I'm going to go for physiology or medicine.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Let's see if you're right. Eggs?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- Chemistry.- It's chemistry. - Chemistry is the answer.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47So we go back to Sam.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48The tooth-billed catbird,
0:03:48 > 0:03:52also known as the stagemaker, is a type of which bird?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Well, cassowary is a very aggressive, large,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04sort of ostrich/emu type of animal.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I'm not sure about bowerbird.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I'll go for lyrebird.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Lyrebird is wrong. It's bowerbird.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13So, Rupy, you have a chance now to take the round with this answer.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16What name is given to the hairlike bristles on a bumblebee?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Pile or down, I suppose, would be the obvious responses.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I'm going to go for pile.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Eggheads? Barry?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32I think it's down.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- Judith, you'll know this. - I think it's pile.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Judith's always right on this kind of question.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- The answer is pile.- Ooh.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Well played. Judith knows a lot about botany.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Well, pile and carpets.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45And if you think of what a bumblebee looks like,
0:04:45 > 0:04:50it's more like a carpet than a duck or flock wallpaper.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- That was my reasoning.- Absolutely.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56That is Judith's pitch to be chosen as your Egghead, I can tell you.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Congratulations, Rupy. You've won the first head-to-head.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05So, you now have the chance to gain an Egghead for the final round.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Which one?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Well, how can it not be Judith after our explanation
0:05:10 > 0:05:12from the last question?
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Thank you very much.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16So, Judith, you'll be hoping that plants come up
0:05:16 > 0:05:18or just the natural world.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Birds and bees.- Birds and bees. OK.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23As it stands, Rupy has one Egghead to help him in the final.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25That's Judith.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Sam has no-one yet. The next category is Music.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30And, Rupy, cos you won the last round,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32you can choose first or second.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33I'll go first again, please.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39So here we go. Music. Your first question.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44Wham!'s UK number two single Last Christmas was released in 1984
0:05:44 > 0:05:47as a double A-side with which song?
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Wham! Um...
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I know the song.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I'm not ashamed to admit that I've bopped to it once or twice.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04But I'm not sure what the other side of that would have been.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08I'm Your Man I thought was released as a single in its own right.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Bad Boys, again, I thought had been released
0:06:10 > 0:06:12as a single in its own right.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14So I'll go for Everything She Wants.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Everything She Wants is the right answer.- Ooh!
0:06:18 > 0:06:20OK, Sam. Your question.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24An image of which fruit appears on the front of the 1967 album
0:06:24 > 0:06:26The Velvet Underground & Nico?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Banana seems to be standing out for me.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37I've got to learn to guess better. Is this it?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- That's my answer. - Your answer is banana.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Yeah, you're right.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44It must have been one of Warhol's bananas. Is that right?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- He was big-time in with Lou Reed and...- Yes, yes, he was very much...
0:06:47 > 0:06:48In The Factory.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50OK. So back to you, Rupy.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Who composed the music for Riverdance,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55the number first performed in the interval
0:06:55 > 0:06:58for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Unfortunately, none of those names are really jumping out at me.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08I'm going to go for Barney McKenna.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Do you know this one, Sam?
0:07:10 > 0:07:11I think it's Bill Whelan.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Bill Whelan, it is.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17So, Sam, you have a chance to take the lead.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20What note is on the bottom line of the bass clef?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24I haven't really played much music.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28I think it's "every good boy deserves favour".
0:07:28 > 0:07:31But, then, I've seen it and it's not necessarily those letters.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37If you're saying it's on the bottom...I better go for F.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41But I don't know that much about notes and playing music.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44It's actually G.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46"Every good boy deserves favour" is the treble clef,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- is that right, Eggheads? - That's right.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- So, it wouldn't have helped there, is that right?- Yeah.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52GBDFA.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- GBDFA.- Is the bass.- Is the bass. OK.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58So you're equal. Third question now with Rupy.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Which composer was sometimes referred to as
0:08:01 > 0:08:02the Dean of American Music?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11The Dean of American Music.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16So from that, I'd assume it was...
0:08:16 > 0:08:19the older one, maybe.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Aaron Copland, I think, was more modern than the other two.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Leonard Bernstein, Charles Ives...
0:08:30 > 0:08:32I'm going to go for Charles Ives.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- It's Aaron Copland.- Oh.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35So, Sam, you have a chance now,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37on your third question, to take the round.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42Who composed the music for the 1892 opera Werther?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Spelt W-E-R-T-H-E-R.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I'm thinking from the name, it might be German.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Could go on the dates maybe?
0:08:55 > 0:08:561892.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00I think Wagner died in 1883.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Mozart was earlier. 1791, I think he died.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08So, by that logic, if it's 1892,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10the year Liverpool FC was formed, by the way...
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- THEY CHUCKLE - Had to get that in.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14..Massenet.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17The correct answer is Massenet.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21So well done. After three questions, Sam, you've won that head-to-head.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24As a result, you're going
0:09:24 > 0:09:26to be able to choose one of these Eggheads over here.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28You can't have Judith,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30but who would you like to help you in the final round?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I think I'll go for Kevin, if that's all right?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- Kevin.- Yeah.- Chosen again.- Yeah.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36It's tough back there, isn't it?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Yeah, you don't want to let anybody down,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41so you wouldn't want to give them a wrong steer either.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- So that can be very tricky. - Yeah. All right.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47So as it stands, Rupy has one Egghead to help him in the final.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Sam also has one.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51And the last head-to-head category
0:09:51 > 0:09:52is Film and TV.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54So, Sam, you won the last round,
0:09:54 > 0:09:55would you like to go first or second?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I'd like to go first, please.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Which playwright won an Oscar for his work on the screenplay
0:10:04 > 0:10:06of the 1998 film Shakespeare In Love?
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Won an Oscar?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I don't think it was Alan Bennett.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22So it's between the other two. Um...
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Part of me thinks maybe Tom Stoppard might have worked a bit more...
0:10:29 > 0:10:31on films than Ayckbourn.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Definitely don't think it's Bennett.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35So I'll go with Thomas Stoppard.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Eggheads, is he right?
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Yes.- Yeah. Great moment in Mr Stoppard's career.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Tom Stoppard is the right answer.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44OK. So you're ahead. We go to Rupy for your first question.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Which actress starred in the comedy films We're The Millers,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Horrible Bosses and Bruce Almighty?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Well, they're all Friends actresses.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04The only one of those three films that I've seen is Bruce Almighty
0:11:04 > 0:11:09and the scene that I remember is where Jim Carrey lassos the moon
0:11:09 > 0:11:13and brings it down as a token of affection to Jennifer Aniston.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15And so my answer is Jennifer Aniston.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18You're right. Jennifer Aniston, it was.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Sam, which American writer, director and producer
0:11:20 > 0:11:25created the television shows Alias and Lost?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Well, JJ Abrams has been doing a few films lately.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I think a bit of sci-fi.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38David Chase I definitely recognise.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42I think he might have done House or something.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49It's tricky cos I'm not sure about the other things they did.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Because I don't know as much about him, I'll go Matthew Weiner.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Or WEIner .
0:11:55 > 0:11:57It's not Matthew Weiner.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- It is...- JJ Abrams. - Yes. JJ Abrams is the answer.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04So a chance for Rupy to take the lead.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08The actor James Stewart graduated from Princeton University
0:12:08 > 0:12:10with a degree in what subject?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15HE CHUCKLES
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Couldn't you have asked me about his films?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20You know, Jimmy Stewart always came across
0:12:20 > 0:12:22as such an avuncular character.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26He always struck me as being...
0:12:28 > 0:12:30..that sort of law profe...
0:12:30 > 0:12:32He always had that sort of law professor look.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35So I'm going to go for...
0:12:35 > 0:12:36I'm going to go for law.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39I like the logic. Has it served him well? Do we know?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41- I would have gone law.- Mm-hm. Yes.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Yeah, we think so?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Architecture is the answer.- Oh!
0:12:44 > 0:12:46BARRY LAUGHS
0:12:46 > 0:12:48So you're equal after two questions.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Sam, Carl Reiner's 1977 film comedy
0:12:52 > 0:12:55"Oh, God!" features veteran comedian
0:12:55 > 0:12:58George Burns as the title character,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00alongside which singing star?
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Yeah. I think Kris Kristofferson has done some acting.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I don't know about the other two.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I'm sort of drawn to Sonny Bono for something different.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Not John Denver. But maybe just for the acting.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I dismissed the director thing with JJ Abrams,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23maybe I should go Kris Kristofferson and it'll be Sonny Bono.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25I'll go Kris Kristofferson.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Yeah. He's probably the most famous of the three
0:13:27 > 0:13:29as far as acting is concerned.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Not him. It's John Denver.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33OK. So you have a chance now, Rupy, to take the round.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Your question - which of these actresses starred in her own
0:13:37 > 0:13:41TV sitcom on US TV in the early 1970s?
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Right. US TV in the early 1970s.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57I'm not aware of the show, so I'm going to say...
0:13:59 > 0:14:00..Honor Blackman.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02No. It's Diana Rigg.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04And it was called Diana.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06All right. You've had three questions each.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08The scores are level. We go to Sudden Death.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10It gets a bit harder. I don't give you alternatives.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15Sam, which British comedian who died in 2003 played Charlie Sage,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19one of the main characters in the first Carry On film
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Carry On Sergeant in 1958?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26First thought is Bob Monkhouse.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29It feels about right and I know he is obviously a comedian
0:14:29 > 0:14:32and he's famous for being in Carry On Sergeant
0:14:32 > 0:14:34in black-and-white.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36So that's my answer, Bob Monkhouse.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Bob Monkhouse is quite right.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Sudden Death, we're on. Rupy, back to you.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Which musical theatre actor who won the BBC talent show
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Any Dream Will Do joined the cast of Casualty
0:14:48 > 0:14:50in the role of Ben "Lofty" Chiltern?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54The only actor I can think of in Casualty is...
0:14:56 > 0:14:58..the guy who played Charlie and it wouldn't be him.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05I'm going to have to pass. I have no answer, I'm afraid.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07If you pass, the round is over on Sudden Death.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09You don't want to take a stab at it?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I have no name that would be...
0:15:13 > 0:15:15..that would be more entertaining than "pass".
0:15:15 > 0:15:19OK. Well, we're going back to the BBC talent show Any Dream Will Do.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20You've passed. Eggheads?
0:15:20 > 0:15:26- Lee Mead.- Lee Mead is the answer. So that means Sam has won the round.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Well done, Sam. You've taken the final head-to-head.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33And you can now choose an Egghead again.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Now, we've already had Judith chosen and Kevin. So who now?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41I wish I could pick everyone but I will go for Barry.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45OK. Barry. Barry, are you excited about being chosen?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Yes. And I hope I can do you justice, Sam.- Thank you.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49And you've got lots of strong areas, Barry.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I always think you've got History, you've got Music.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Very rare weak points with Barry. - That's why I've picked him.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55He reads a lot of books.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- And he's good at a lot of stuff I'm not so good at, so...- Yeah.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00So, Rupy, you've got Judith in the final round.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Sam, you've got two Eggheads, you've got Kevin and Barry.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Why don't we now play the final round?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09So this is what we have been playing towards.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13It is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:16:13 > 0:16:15and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Rupy and Sam, I'm going to ask each of you three questions in turn.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21This time they're all General Knowledge.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23In this final round, you will no
0:16:23 > 0:16:25longer be playing alone, however.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28You'll have the backing of the Eggheads you've won
0:16:28 > 0:16:29over the course of the show.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32So, Rupy, you're going to have the help of Judith there.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And, Sam, you've got Kevin and Barry.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37You'll be able to call on your respective Eggheads for advice
0:16:37 > 0:16:39before giving an answer to a question.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43However, you can ask each of your Eggheads for help only once,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45so you must use them wisely.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Sam, as you won the last round,
0:16:46 > 0:16:50you get to choose whether you want to play first or second.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51It didn't help me for the last round.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Let's see if it helps this time. First, please.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Here is your first question -
0:16:58 > 0:17:01in which year was Roger Federer born?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11So '81...he'd be 35...
0:17:14 > 0:17:16..'84, he'd be 32
0:17:16 > 0:17:19and '86, he'd just be just under 30.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20I don't think...
0:17:20 > 0:17:21He's certainly over 30.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23So it's not '86.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26He's definitely not 35, 36. So, I'll go '84.
0:17:27 > 0:17:281984 is your answer?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30You've not asked for Barry
0:17:30 > 0:17:31or Kevin to help on this.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I'll save them for something,
0:17:33 > 0:17:34hopefully, a bit harder.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37OK. Kevin, you're good on dates, do you know the answer?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38I'm not certain, actually.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40But, I thought he was about 34,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43so that would still make him valid if it was 1981.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47I would have thought 1981, myself, but I may be entirely wrong here.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48The answer is 1981.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54So failed to score there. Rupy, onto you.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58The twins, Sidney and Toots, are part of which gang?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07They don't sound like a classical pairing,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11so I'm going to discount The Secret Seven.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13The Jets, I've not come across.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15But in the back of my head,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Sidney and Toots sounds like they'd be members of The Bash Street Kids.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21So I'll go for The Bash Street Kids.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24The Bash Street Kids is the right answer.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26So no-one has yet used an Egghead.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Sam, you've got two behind you there and no points as yet.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Here's your question.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Who won the 2015 Edinburgh Comedy Award?
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Well... I'm into my comedy but it's more sitcoms.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45I don't know this.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I'm just trying to think which Egghead to use.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50It's a tricky one cos they're both
0:18:50 > 0:18:52very professional quizzers,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54they will look up things like this.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58I'm just wondering if it would suit Kevin more...
0:19:01 > 0:19:03..than Barry. I'll try Kevin.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06So, Kevin, you've been brought into play here.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Who won the 2015 Edinburgh Comedy Award?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Is the question.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12I'm sorry to say it is the sort of
0:19:12 > 0:19:14thing we look up from time to time,
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Sam, but in this instance, haven't.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20So I honestly do not know the answer. I really don't.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And comedy is not one of my things.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26It's not as though I have anything else to go on.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Right, but if you were on the spot and you had to go for one.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I'd pick a name but it is simply a one-in-three guess and, you know,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Sam should know that.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36I don't know.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I might try Nish Kumar, but I have absolutely no idea.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Well, at least that was the name I was going to pick if I had to guess.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I don't know if I would have seen it, you know,
0:19:45 > 0:19:46back of the mind sort of thing.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48You've got the option of using the other Egghead.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I think that might be a bit...
0:19:50 > 0:19:51I mean, he might know it,
0:19:51 > 0:19:52and no offence, Barry,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54but it just sounds like
0:19:54 > 0:19:56it might be wasting him.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58So I've obviously played it badly,
0:19:58 > 0:19:59should have used it for the last one.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01But I'll go for Nish Kumar.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Nish Kumar is your answer. OK. We've taken that.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Let's just see, Barry, did you know this one?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09No. I would have been tempted,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11with something at the back of my mind,
0:20:11 > 0:20:12to go for Joseph Morpurgo.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15OK. Well, nobody has mentioned the right answer so far.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16It's Sam Simmons.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- THEY LAUGH - My name, great.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22This is an interesting contest. We go back to you, Rupy.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24If you get this right, you've won.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Makaton is a form of what?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Makaton. Could you spell that for me, please?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Makaton is M-A-K-A-T-O-N.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Makaton is a form of what?
0:20:41 > 0:20:46I have an idea, but I'm going to seek counsel.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47So, Judith, over to you, please.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52You seek counsel in the wrong place.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Barry, over to you, sir.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Barry is not yours. So what do you think, Judith?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59My only thought was that if I was answering the question,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03I would eliminate bridge, because I'm assuming it's the game,
0:21:03 > 0:21:07and I don't think there's something called Makaton bridge.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10But I may be utterly wrong and I have absolutely no idea
0:21:10 > 0:21:13whether it's sign language or massage.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15So that's really all I've got to say.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- I had assumed that bridge was the game...- Yes.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- ..as opposed to the structure.- Yes.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25When I heard the spelling, I thought it sounded vaguely oriental
0:21:25 > 0:21:27and so I went for massage.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30But maybe that says more about my pastimes than anything else.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33So, ultimately, if Judith doesn't know,
0:21:33 > 0:21:34I don't feel quite so bad
0:21:34 > 0:21:35about not knowing either.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37So, I'm going to go for massage.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39No, once again, it's the one no-one has mentioned.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- It's sign language.- Oh!
0:21:41 > 0:21:45So this is interesting because you're now back in the game here,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Sam. But you do definitely have to get this one right.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Sam, what is an ebeniste?
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Let me spell it for you. It's E, acute accent on the E,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03B-E, same accent, N-I-S-T-E.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04So, ebeniste.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Don't forget you've got Barry.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09I don't know.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11I've obviously got thoughts.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13I've definitely got to pick Barry
0:22:13 > 0:22:14and hope he knows.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Barry, you're on.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Well, this one, I'm on reasonably happier ground on
0:22:19 > 0:22:21because I have heard the term.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25I think it derives from the use of ebony in cabinet-making.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28So I think an ebeniste is a cabinet-maker.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30All right. Now, he sounds certain.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34That was my thought and I'd be very foolish not to take his advice.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Cabinet-maker is the right answer.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Well done, Sam. Well done, Barry.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Thanks, Barry.- You called him in at just the right moment.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I thought I could see the twinkle in his eyes.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Maybe too late.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Well, let's see, because there is a chance for Rupy to win now.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Your third question -
0:22:47 > 0:22:52which writer struck up a friendship with Lord Byron's wife Annabella
0:22:52 > 0:22:56and wrote Lady Byron Vindicated,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59giving one side of the controversial marriage?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09So if it was someone who knew Lord Byron's wife...
0:23:11 > 0:23:13..we're assuming it was a while ago.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16I think Emily Dickinson is too young.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21So we're back to Louisa May Alcott and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Harriet Beecher Stowe...
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Actually, Louisa May Alcott, I think, is American.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33I'm not sure whether that's actually going to help me or not.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Let's go Harriet Beecher Stowe.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39On the basis that...?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41She's not American and she's old.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43She's old and not American.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47This is probably the kind of one that Judith would know,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- I think, Judith. - Well, they're all American.- Oh.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Louisa May Alcott was Little Women and all that.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Emily Dickinson was a poet.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57And Harriet Beecher Stowe,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00I can't remember what she wrote, that's so annoying.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03But, it's whoever came to England, I think,
0:24:03 > 0:24:08if she was going to be a friend of Lord Byron's wife.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11I think Harriet Beecher Stowe might be right.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14If it is right, Rupy, you've taken the contest.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16The correct answer is...
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Harriet Beecher Stowe.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21And we say, congratulations, Rupy, you have won.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Sorry, Sam. It's that Roger Federer thing.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Yeah. It was bad tactics.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I think I miscalculated by a year, and, of course, you forget,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38you watch him every year and you forget,
0:24:38 > 0:24:39"Wait a minute, another year's passed by.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42"He probably is about 34, not 32 any more."
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Yeah, but Rupy, you've come through there. So, congratulations, Rupy.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48You have proved that winning comes as naturally to you
0:24:48 > 0:24:50as it does to our Eggheads.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53You are one step closer to joining our quiz Goliaths.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56But your work for today isn't quite done.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58We give you 3 points for each round you've won today,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01so that's 3 points you've got already.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03And you're now going to get the chance to add to those points
0:25:03 > 0:25:06by answering quickfire questions for two minutes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08We give you 1 point for each correct answer
0:25:08 > 0:25:10and we're going to see where your final score puts you
0:25:10 > 0:25:11on the leaderboard.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14So let's just have a look. We've only got two names up there so far.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16So there's a good chance you're going to be in the top four
0:25:16 > 0:25:19at the end of today. Whether you'll still be there after we've got
0:25:19 > 0:25:20all ten names up, we shall see.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- All to play for. Are you ready? - I am.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Good luck. Your two minutes starts now.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31In which Shakespeare play does the ghost of Banquo appear?
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Much Ado About Nothing.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35No. Macbeth.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36In which year did the rower Steve Redgrave
0:25:36 > 0:25:38win his first Olympic gold medal?
0:25:38 > 0:25:391984.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Correct. What was the surname of the British writer
0:25:41 > 0:25:44with the first names John and Boynton?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Priestley.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Correct. In Greek mythology, who is the twin sister of Apollo?
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Athena.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52No. Artemis.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Which Puccini opera features the American naval officer Pinkerton?
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Pass.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Madame Butterfly.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03In which modern-day country was the statesman Simon Bolivar
0:26:03 > 0:26:05born in 1783?
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Bolivia.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07No. Venezuela.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10For which 2005 film did Reese Witherspoon win an Oscar
0:26:10 > 0:26:12for playing June Carter?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Walk The Line.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17Correct. In which card game is it possible to score "one for his nob"?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Cribbage.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Correct.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23In which Charles Dickens novel does an escaped convict
0:26:23 > 0:26:26named Abel Magwitch feature?
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Bleak House.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29No. Great Expectations. In British politics,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31how many times did Benjamin Disraeli serve as Prime Minister?
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Twice.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Correct. The mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary was born
0:26:35 > 0:26:36in 1919 in which country?
0:26:36 > 0:26:37New Zealand.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Correct. With which boyband did Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne find fame?
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Maroon 5.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46No. Westlife.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48In which Italian city are the attractions the Pitti Palace
0:26:48 > 0:26:50and the Boboli Gardens?
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Milan.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52No. Florence.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56In 2006, Kirsty Young became the regular presenter
0:26:56 > 0:26:58of which Radio 4 show?
0:26:58 > 0:26:59The Today Programme.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00No. Desert Island Discs.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Which US state is officially nicknamed the Sunshine State?
0:27:03 > 0:27:04California.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05- No. Florida.- Oh.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07In the 1981 Grand National,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10which horse did Bob Champion ride to victory?
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Aldaniti.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Correct. Which play by Arthur Miller has Willy Loman
0:27:13 > 0:27:16as the central character?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Salesman. Death Of A Salesman.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19Correct.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22In which English county is the Royal residence
0:27:22 > 0:27:23of Sandringham House?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Norfolk.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Correct. How many numbered symphonies did Beethoven complete
0:27:27 > 0:27:30in his lifetime? BUZZER SOUNDS
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Eight.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34We're out of time anyway but the answer was nine to that.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- So, ooh, that was tough! - That was tough.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39And you got Aldaniti right in the middle of that,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41which was a very hard one to get.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43And a couple of others, I sensed that you absolutely knew,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Macbeth, for example.- Yeah.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48- You know Macbeth. - That was just a silly one.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49Rupy, you've got 9 points there,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52so you have a grand total of 12 points.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Let us see the leaderboard now.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57You're going to be in third place behind Ian and Gareth.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59We have to see whether you remain in the top four.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I'm not going to put much money on it.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03It's really hard, the quickfire pressure, isn't it?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06It is tough. It's tougher than I thought it was going to be.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- Well, listen, thanks for playing. - Thank you very much.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- You did really well. Thanks, Sam, as well.- Thanks very much.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Do join us next time to find out who else might have what it takes
0:28:13 > 0:28:15to become an Egghead. Till then, goodbye.