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?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27We've launched a nationwide search
0:00:27 > 0:00:30to find the greatest quiz brains in Britain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31By the end of the series,
0:00:31 > 0:00:35two people will emerge as champions and win the ultimate prize for
0:00:35 > 0:00:39quizzing enthusiasts, a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history -
0:00:39 > 0:00:41The Eggheads.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Let's meet today's contestants,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47both hoping they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Hello, I'm Diane Hallagan.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I'm an assistant accountant from Leeds.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Kit Lommerud-Olsen.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I'm a waitress from Ashford, in Kent.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Welcome to you both.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Thank you for coming. So, Diane first,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00I know you've done a lot of quizzing, notably Mastermind.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Yes, three times on Mastermind, yeah.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04And the result being?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- Did you win?- The first time I got the semifinal and each of the other
0:01:07 > 0:01:10times I got to the final, but didn't win, unfortunately.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13What is it about quizzing that makes
0:01:13 > 0:01:15it fun to know stuff and answer questions?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17It's a show-off thing, isn't it?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20It's saying, "I know things and other people don't."
0:01:20 > 0:01:26Knowledge is power and it's great to go up against the best in the world.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29That is for sure. So another Mastermind veteran, Kit.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Yeah, after a fashion.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33I went out in the first round, though.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- I came third. - What was your specialist subject?
0:01:35 > 0:01:36It was Alan Bennett's Talking Heads.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- You have a law degree, is that right?- Yeah, absolutely.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41And are you planning on going into law at some point?
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I think that ship's sailed, actually.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47I was a paralegal for a time but I now work as a waitress.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51I've got two small children, so it fits rather better in with that.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52OK, well, good luck here.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Good luck to you both.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Contestants, this is where you need to prove you could be an Egghead.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Just like on Eggheads,
0:01:58 > 0:01:59both of you will compete over a series
0:01:59 > 0:02:02of different rounds where your knowledge will be tested
0:02:02 > 0:02:04on the regular Eggheads' categories.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07The first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of Politics.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11I will ask each of you three multiple-choice questions
0:02:11 > 0:02:12on Politics, in turn.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Whoever answers the most questions correctly, wins the round.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The prize for winning a round on Make Me An Egghead
0:02:18 > 0:02:19is rather special.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24You gain one of these brains and you can use them in the final round.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Before the show we tossed a coin and as a result of that, Kit,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29you have the option as to whether
0:02:29 > 0:02:31you would like to play first or second.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32I'd like to go second.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Starting with you, Diane.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Your question - in France,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43what was the length of a presidential term of office
0:02:43 > 0:02:46until it was reduced by a referendum in 2000?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53OK, before the options came up, I thought it was seven.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56And certainly, ten and 12 both seem much too long,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58so I'm going to go for seven years.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Seven years is your answer.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Eggheads, do we know what it was reduced to?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02- Five.- Five.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Stands to reason.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Seven is right.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Kit, when citing criminal law cases in the UK,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14the letter R stands for which Latin word?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21That's Regina.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Regina is correct - as in the Queen.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Diane, who became the first Lord of the Treasury in May 2010?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Well, John Bercow's the Speaker,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39or was the Speaker certainly at one point.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41George Osborne was the Chancellor.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- But you've got it wrong.- Oh, OK.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Because the title is Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Of right, of course it is.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Idiot.- So it's David Cameron.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Is it even written on the door of Number Ten or something strange?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- Yes.- Is it on the letterbox?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- I think it's on the...- It's actually on the brass letterbox.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- Yeah.- I thought I'd seen it there, yeah.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05OK, so to take the lead, Kit, your question.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09How many US Presidents have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize during
0:04:09 > 0:04:10their time in office?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20I thought it was two, so that doesn't help me tremendously.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Let's think about this.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I think it's two, does that mean there's one more?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I shall have to bite the bullet and say three.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Three is correct.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38So, it's Barack Obama and...?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.- Roosevelt and Wilson.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Was Roosevelt your other one?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45The third one, for some reason, I thought was Jimmy Carter.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I thought Jimmy Carter had,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49although not during his time in office.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51It was much later, long after.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53During their time in office was the key. So Carter is right
0:04:53 > 0:04:55but not in this context.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Oh, well.- So, three is correct.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Back to you, Diane.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01In May 2016, Alexander Van der Bellen won
0:05:01 > 0:05:05a very narrow victory in the election to become president
0:05:05 > 0:05:06of which country?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11And you need to get this right.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13I do.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Unfortunately, I don't know.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18But the name suggests Netherlands
0:05:18 > 0:05:20and it's all I've got to go with
0:05:20 > 0:05:23so I'll say the Netherlands.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Alexander Van der Bellen from the Netherlands.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Is this right, Eggheads?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28No, it's Austria, unfortunately.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31It is, he became president of Austria, Diane.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Sorry. Kit, that means there's no way back for Diane.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38So congratulations, you've won the first head-to-head.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43As a result, you're going to gain an Egghead.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44So you have the pick of the bunch here.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Any one of the five to help you in the final round.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48I'm going to take Kevin.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I'm going to take the world champion, if I may.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Thank you. Thanks.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Because you watch Eggheads, do you?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I think you'd have to be living under a rock not to know that
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Kevin's pretty much, you know,
0:05:59 > 0:06:00awfully good at this.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Kevin, any particular tactics that you use in there?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05You've got to stay constantly focused, haven't you?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Oh, yes, absolutely. No, you've got to always listen to the question,
0:06:09 > 0:06:10that's the crucial... I guess,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14well, it's try and pick up on anything that might be in there
0:06:14 > 0:06:17that could possibly help at all. It's not always the case.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Sometimes there are things that you simply either know or you don't and
0:06:21 > 0:06:24there's no way really to get at them if you haven't come across them.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Usually, there's something you can get at.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30And a reminder of what a big prize it is at the end of all this.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Yes, I think it's great. It's fantastic really
0:06:34 > 0:06:36to try and join this team.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40It's an institution. I think what Kit's just said indicates that.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44It's something that's part of the public consciousness now.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48If you love quizzing, that's the place to be every working day.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52OK, as it stands, Diane doesn't have an Egghead yet but Kit has one -
0:06:52 > 0:06:54she has Kevin, and we play on.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56The next category is Sport.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58So, Kit, you won that head-to-head.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00You can choose whether you go first or second.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I shall go first, please.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09And here we go. As of 1st January, 2016,
0:07:09 > 0:07:11how many Formula 1 World Championships
0:07:11 > 0:07:13has Fernando Alonso won?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I'm very poor at Formula 1.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24How many has he won? World Championships?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Yes, Formula 1 World Championships.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Four seems awfully high.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30That seems an awful lot.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Does three seem like an awful lot?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Three seems like an awful lot.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I'm going to say two. And going to say two.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Do you know this one, Diane? - I have no idea,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42but I would have said two as well.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Two is correct.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Two is right. You're playing well over there, Kit.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49OK, Diane, your question.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50At the 1984 Winter Olympics,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean
0:07:53 > 0:07:59wore what colour outfits for their gold-medal winning Bolero routine?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06I do remember this. I am quite old. It was definitely purple.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07It was indeed purple.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Well done.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Your question, Kit.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11At the Tour de France,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15what jersey is worn by the King of the Mountains classification leader?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22I... I know very little about...
0:08:24 > 0:08:25..about Tour de France either,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27but I have a suspicion - and it's popped into my
0:08:27 > 0:08:29head that it's polka dot for King of the Mountains.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32So because it has popped into my head,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I can do nothing else but say polka-dot, I think.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Polka-dot is the right answer.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Well done. Back to you, Diane.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Which of these sportsmen was the founder of the
0:08:42 > 0:08:47English Bowling Association in 1903 and served as its first president?
0:08:52 > 0:08:58OK, Eric Liddell was involved in the Chariots of Fire race and was...
0:09:00 > 0:09:01..a runner.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Fred Perry played tennis
0:09:04 > 0:09:06and I think both of those are possibly slightly later,
0:09:06 > 0:09:10and the first thing that came into my head was that it was going to
0:09:10 > 0:09:13possibly be WG Grace, and that's what I'm going for.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Eggheads, is she right?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Yes. - Yes, you're right. Well done.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Kit, your third question. If you get this right, you put the pressure on.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25The tennis player Leandra Paes was born in which country?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Paes is P-A-E-S.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I've got the feeling he's Indian. I think I can picture him.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I'm going to say it cos I can picture him, that he's Indian.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40But I don't know, but I'm going to say that.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Indian.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44You're playing really well, India is correct.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Oooh! That is ridiculous! That is ridiculous!
0:09:46 > 0:09:49So up against it here slightly, Diane.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Get this one right any you take it to Sudden Death.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Which city hosted the 1968 Winter Olympics?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02It's definitely not Sapporo,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04that was quite late on.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I don't think it was Oslo, either.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12It was held in Grenoble around about that time, I think.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I have to go for Grenoble.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Grenoble.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- Was Sapporo recent?- That was '72.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- '72?- Oh, not quite as far back...
0:10:23 > 0:10:24- Oslo?- '52.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26'52.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29So this was a difficult bunch of options, but you got it right.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Grenoble is the right answer.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33After three questions each, the scores are level.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35We go to Sudden Death. Just to make it that big harder,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37these questions are not multiple-choice.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I don't give you alternatives.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Kit, we start with you.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45In 2004, which boxer became an Olympic silver medal winner
0:10:45 > 0:10:47for Great Britain at the age of 17?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Prince Naseem?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55No. Amir Khan.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58So Sudden Death. You have a chance now, Diane, to take the round.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01In 2013, who did Greg Dyke replace
0:11:01 > 0:11:04as chair of the Football Association?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I hate football!
0:11:10 > 0:11:11I can't think of anything at all.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Erm...
0:11:13 > 0:11:16I'm really sorry, I can't think of anything at all.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- Sorry.- It's David Bernstein.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21OK, we're on Sudden Death.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Your question, Kit. The European football team
0:11:24 > 0:11:27known as PSG is based in which country?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30PSG is Paris St Germain, so that's France.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31France is correct.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35So pressure on you, Diane. You've got to get this right to stay in.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38In which decade did South Africa host the Rugby Union World Cup?
0:11:38 > 0:11:42OK, I'm torn between a couple.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I'll say the 2000s.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45I think this is famous because...
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Well, Barry will know this. It's the Mandela moment, isn't it?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Yes.- He dressed in the Springboks' jersey.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Yes, indeed.- Who was it? Was Pienaar the captain?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Yes, Francois Pienaar. - Francois Pienaar.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- 1990s.- 1990s is the answer, Diane.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02You got that wrong. So, Kit, you've taken the round on Sudden Death.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09As a result, you can choose another Egghead to help you in the final round.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Which of them would you like? It can't be Kevin.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I will take Pat, if I may?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- If that's all right?- Pat, how are you feeling about that?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18No, he can't refuse, actually.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19- He's not allowed to. - I'll do what I can.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24Do you and Kevin have any complementary areas or areas that don't overlap?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27We're both general knowledge quizzers.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I don't think there are huge differences.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33That's looking as if it might be OK, but we'll see.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35As it stands, Diane still waiting
0:12:35 > 0:12:37for that first Egghead to help her in the final.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Kit has two and we've got one more head-to-head to play.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42It's Food and Drink and, Kit,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44you can choose because you won the last one,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46who goes first and who goes second.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I'll go first I think, please.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54And here is your first question.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59The leaves of which herb are used to make a classic mojito cocktail?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I've imbibed a few in my time.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06That's mint in a mojito.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07You find it with lime juice.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I forget the spirit, actually but, yeah, it's mint.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Mint is the correct answer, and you are a waitress, right?
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- I am, I am.- But you don't serve... - No, not my establishment.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18..mojito cocktails?
0:13:18 > 0:13:22- No, no.- OK, so, Diane... here's your question.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Which part of turmeric plant is ground into powder?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I could be wrong, but I don't think it's the bark.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I will say seed.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37It's the rhizome.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Back to Kit.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42In 1957,
0:13:42 > 0:13:47which type of produce from the Bresse district of France
0:13:47 > 0:13:49was granted AOC status?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Saltmarshes... Of course, it can be...
0:13:59 > 0:14:02We have them in my neck of the woods in Romney Marsh.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06For some reason I think Bresse is chicken.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07So I'm thinking poultry.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I guess poultry, I don't know.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Judith, you'd know cos you're part French.- Yes, it's chicken.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Chicken is right. Poultry is the right answer.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18So that means you need to get this one right, Diane.
0:14:18 > 0:14:24What is cooked with rice in the Italian dish Risi e bisi?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27So it's R-I-S-I and then E and the B-I-S-I.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Risi e bisi.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Hooray! It's peas.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Hooray!
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Saved yourself in this round. That's good. Peas is correct.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Still in it. Diane,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46you've one point there but Kit can win the round with this question.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50In Japanese cuisine, what are the thin slices or pouches
0:14:50 > 0:14:54called "aburaage" made from?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Oh, I don't know.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04You can't slice tofu that thin, I think.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06I do eat it.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14I'm inclined to say lotus but with absolutely no reason for that beyond
0:15:14 > 0:15:16that I think you can slice it quite thinly.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Deep-fried tofu is the right answer.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- Wow.- So, Diane, get this right and stay in the game.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Which herb is also known as sea parsley?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I'm sure I'm going to get this wrong.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38I don't really think it's chervil, but it could be.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41The one that I'm slightly drawn to of those three...
0:15:43 > 0:15:47..is savory, but I'm really not sure.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50It could be lovage.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52No, lovage is a herb garden thing.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54I'll say savory but I'm not so sure.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57OK, savory is your answer. Let me throw it over to the Eggheads.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Anyone know? They're drawing a bit of a blank here.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Sea parsley.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Well, it's not lovage.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Sea parsley...- It's not lovage because lovage is...
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- What is lovage? - It's rougher, isn't it?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Is it? Cos lovage is the right answer!
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Lovage it is.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Well done, Kit. You've won the final head-to-head.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23So you're going to have three Eggheads in the final.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Who is your third?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I don't know! I'm going to take Barry.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29I like his stripy shirt.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33And the brain, of course. Known as Barry "The Brain" Simmons.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Absolutely. Just caught my eye.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Of course, you were selected through Are You An Egghead - the first one.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41- Indeed I was, yes. - So you know what they're going through over here.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Yes, and I feel for both of them.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45All right, so, Diane, you don't have any Eggheads in the final round.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Kit, you now have Kevin, Pat and Barry.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Let's play that final round.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54So this is what we have been playing towards,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57it is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Diane and Kit, I'm going to ask each of the three questions in turn.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06This time the questions are all general knowledge.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08And in this final round,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10you will have the backing of the Eggheads
0:17:10 > 0:17:12you've won over the course of the show. Which means, Diane,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15for you, you'll be going it alone
0:17:15 > 0:17:19and, Kit, you will have the help of Pat, Barry and Kevin here.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22So you will be able to call on your respective Eggheads for advice
0:17:22 > 0:17:24before giving an answer to a question.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28However, you can ask each of them for help only once.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30I'm sorry you haven't got any assistance on that side,
0:17:30 > 0:17:32but it doesn't mean you can't win.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33So, Kit, as you won the last head-to-head,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36you get to choose whether to go first or second.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I'm going to go first, please.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44And here is your first question.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48In 2013, the Bank of England announced that which British Prime Minister
0:17:48 > 0:17:51would appear on the new plastic £5 banknote?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01It sounds absurd, but I actually don't know the answer.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I think it might be Churchill.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04I don't think it's Churchill...
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I don't think it's... I think it is Churchill
0:18:06 > 0:18:08but I don't know if that's a bit too obvious.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12So I'm going to ask for some help, if I may?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14You may. Which one do you want?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I'm going to ask Pat what he thinks.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20All right, it's the kind of thing Pat will know.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25- Pat?- I'm pretty sure it's going to be Winston Churchill.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- OK.- You don't have to take his advice.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30No, that's good enough for me. That's what I mean...
0:18:30 > 0:18:31That's what I thought
0:18:31 > 0:18:34but then you start to second-guess yourself with something
0:18:34 > 0:18:36maybe a little bit more esoteric.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38But, yeah, that's fine, I shall say Churchill.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Winston Churchill is correct.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Diane, over to you.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46With which symbol are National Trail signs marked in
0:18:46 > 0:18:48England and Wales?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56I don't 100% know this but one sort of seems a bit more obvious than the
0:18:56 > 0:19:01others, so I'm going to have to say the acorn.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Acorn is right.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Diane, well done. Kit, back to you.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07You've got two Eggheads left now.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11The annual Henley Regatta was first held in which year?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22See, again, I'd be inclined to say the 1800, but I don't know.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I don't know. I'm going to ask Kevin.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30OK, Kevin, the annual Henley Regatta was first held in which year?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Tell me if you need the options.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36No, I don't need... I believe that Kit is right there,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38that it's the 19th century one.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39I believe it's 1839.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- So Kevin says 1839. Is that what you were thinking?- It is.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I'm very happy to go along with that one.
0:19:46 > 0:19:481839 is the right answer.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51OK, Diane, you get this right, you draw level.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57Most of the historical region of Silesia now lives in which country?
0:20:03 > 0:20:04I don't think it's Austria.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08So now I'm a bit torn between the other two.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12I'm going to say Poland.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Poland is correct.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Well done, Diane. You've saved the petrol for the right moment here.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24So it's 2-2 and we go to the third question.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26You've got one Egghead left.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28That Egghead is Barry, Kit.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Your question, Kit, is this.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35Which country had an infamous secret police service called the Securitate
0:20:35 > 0:20:39between 1948 and 1991?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47See, this is where I have... I really do not know.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49An infamous secret police?
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Till '91?
0:20:53 > 0:20:57That makes me think it might be Romania, that might be Ceausescu.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I'm going to ask Barry.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01I think it's Romania, but I don't know.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Barry, you've been called in.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Kit is right. The Securitate were the secret police that kept
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Ceausescu in power in Romania.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I thought it was Romania,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Barry thinks it's Romania, let's go Romania.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14And the Eggheads have had certainty on all three so far.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Romania is the right answer.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20OK, Diane, you need to get this one right.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Which of the creatures encountered by Hercules during his 12 Labours
0:21:25 > 0:21:28was associated with Lake Lerna?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36It's the Nemean Lion,
0:21:36 > 0:21:41it's the Erymanthian Boar and it's the Lernaean Hydra.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42So my answer is hydra.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45You can see Barry enjoying that one back there.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47He's very impressed.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Hydra is the right answer.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Well played!
0:21:50 > 0:21:53With no Eggheads, you have effectively drawn level.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55All the Eggheads are out of the game now.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Diane got all of her three answers right, as did you, Kit.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00So you are level. We go to Sudden Death.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02It gets a bit harder, I don't give you alternative answers.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04You're on your own now.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Kit, Roddy Doyle's novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
0:22:08 > 0:22:12is set in a suburb of which city?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16I think that's Dublin.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I think that's Dublin. I'm going to say Dublin.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Dublin is the right answer.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Diane, this is to stay in the contest.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27The Acqua Alta, or high water,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30is the usual name given to a particularly high tide,
0:22:30 > 0:22:36often famously causing extensive flooding in which Italian city?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Well, they have a lot of floods in Venice.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I'm going to say Venice.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Venice is right.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Absolutely even now.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Nothing to show between you.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50So tight, this contest.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55Kit, le renard is the French word for which creature?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- It's a fox.- It is a fox.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Back to you, Diane.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05The city of Luang Prabang, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09is located in which south east Asian country?
0:23:09 > 0:23:13So it is two words, L-U-A-N-G and then P-R-A-B-A-N-G.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Just going on the spelling and the words, the sound of the words,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I'm going to have to try something and I'm going to have to say...
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Sorry...
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I was going to plump for something here but it doesn't seem the sort of
0:23:30 > 0:23:33place that would have a lot of World Heritage Sites.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36It sounds Indonesian or Malaysian.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39I'm going to say...
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Indonesia.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Indonesia is your answer.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47If you've got it right, we play on.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49If you've got it wrong...
0:23:49 > 0:23:51the contest is Kit's.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52- Do you know this?- I don't.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56It's in that neck of the woods but then we did say south east Asia and
0:23:56 > 0:23:58it's not Indonesia, it's Laos.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59OK.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04So on Sudden Death we say congratulations, Kit, you have won!
0:24:10 > 0:24:13You played really well because you came back from what seemed like a
0:24:13 > 0:24:16hopeless position and you were one question away
0:24:16 > 0:24:18from taking the whole contest.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Diane, I hope that wasn't too stressful over there.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- It was!- We needed you to have at least one Egghead there.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Kit, you used them up.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Absolutely, I would have foundered without them, absolutely.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I think you knew the answers but just wanted certainty there.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I thought I knew them. Yes, that's crazy.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37That's ludicrous. I can't believe I've won. That's madness!
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Well, congratulations, you have proved that winning comes as naturally to you, Kit,
0:24:41 > 0:24:43as it does to our Eggheads.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46You are one step closer to joining our quiz Goliaths.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48But your work for today is not quite done.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51We give you three points for each round you've won today,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55that's rather healthy nine points you've got already.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58You're now going to get the chance to add to those points by answering
0:24:58 > 0:25:00quickfire questions for two minutes.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03We'll give you one point for each correct answer
0:25:03 > 0:25:06and see where your final score puts you on our leaderboard.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Have a look at the leaderboard.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11We've only had two contestants go before you, Marianne and Nancy.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14So you've got a pretty good chance of being in the top four,
0:25:14 > 0:25:17whether you stay there when all ten names are in, we shall see.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20The top four places at the end of the heats
0:25:20 > 0:25:22will make it through to the semifinals.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25All to play for. Are you ready to go for it?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Absolutely.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Good luck. Your time starts now.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Which dessert takes its name from the old French
0:25:33 > 0:25:35for white food or white eating?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36- Blancmange.- Correct.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Which Shakespeare character says the line,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40"Out, damned spot. "Out, I say!"
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Lady Macbeth.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Correct. What is the surname of Phil
0:25:42 > 0:25:47who forms a frequent TV presenting partnership with Kirstie Allsopp?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48- Spencer.- Correct.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51In which country is the Maasai Mara Game Reserve?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52- Kenya.- Correct.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55In British history, Henry VIII died in which century?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- 16th.- Correct.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02The first line of Herman Melvin's novel Moby Dick is, "Call me..."
0:26:02 > 0:26:03- what?- Ishmael.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Correct. Which British city hosted both the 1970
0:26:06 > 0:26:09and the 1986 Commonwealth Games?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- Glasgow.- No, Edinburgh.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14What is the first name of the grandchild of the Queen,
0:26:14 > 0:26:16born on 8th November, 2003?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20- Pass.- Louise.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24In travel, what three letters make up the airport code specifically for
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Gatwick?
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- GTW.- No, LGW.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31In which 1949 film does Orson Welles play the role
0:26:31 > 0:26:34of the villainous Harry Lime?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- Third Man.- Correct.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39For what does the letter O stand in the name of the psychological
0:26:39 > 0:26:41disorder, abbreviated to OCT?
0:26:41 > 0:26:42- Obsessive.- Correct.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Which Welsh town is home to the National Library of Wales?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I don't know. Sorry, pass.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Aberystwyth.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50What is the first name of Gulliver,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53the title character in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels?
0:26:54 > 0:26:55- Pass.- It's Lemuel.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59With which UK chart-topping group did Noddy Holder achieve fame?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Slade.- Correct. According to legend,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03on which of Rome's seven hills
0:27:03 > 0:27:06were the city's founders Romulus and Remus cared for by a she-wolf?
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Forth.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08No, the Palatine Hill.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Inhabitants of which English county are known as salopians?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- Slough.- No, Shropshire.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17The function of which human organ if faulty
0:27:17 > 0:27:19can be performed by a dialysis machine?
0:27:19 > 0:27:20- Kidneys.- Correct.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Which music features the song Mr Cellophane and All That Jazz?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- Chicago.- Correct.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27In which city did Oscar Wilde die in 1900?
0:27:29 > 0:27:30I don't know.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34The answer I wanted was Paris.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36OK, Kit, you scored 11 points,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39giving you a grand total of 20 points.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Let's have a look at our all-important leaderboard here and see your name arrive.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45So you've got 20 points.
0:27:45 > 0:27:51You're in second because your last correct answer came a little bit later than Marianne's.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- Right.- But you're up there.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- Yeah!- And 20 is a very, very handy score.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58You may well still be in the green.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03The crucial thing is staying in the green as we get other competitors through. Well played.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Now you can breathe.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07- SHE SIGHS - I might cry!
0:28:07 > 0:28:09I think I might cry. Crikey! Thank you.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12All right, thank you for playing. You, too, Diane.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Join us next time to find out who else might have what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16What a contest today!
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Until then, goodbye.