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 > 0:00:26Hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29We've launched a nationwide search to find the greatest quiz brains in
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Britain. By 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 > 0:00:40quizzing enthusiasts - a place with the most fearsome quizzers in history.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Yes, the Eggheads!
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Look how fearsome they are! So, let's meet today's contestants,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48both hoping they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Hi, my name's Craig Element, I'm a software developer from Coventry.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Said Khan and I'm a bullion dealer from Birmingham.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Well, that is quite some combination,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59and your name is actually Element?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01It is. I know nothing about chemistry,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03so hopefully there's no science questions.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05So, Craig, tell me about your quizzing pedigree.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09TV-wise, I was a grand finalist on Fifteen To One last year and also
0:01:09 > 0:01:12a semifinalist on Only Connect.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I've been on a few series over the years,
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Perfect Strangers back in the day, 2007,
0:01:19 > 0:01:20and a show called Battle Of The Brain.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25Yeah, well, we have a lot of quiz programmes mentioned by the Challengers
0:01:25 > 0:01:29here, Eggs. Which are the ones that make you think, "Aha, now that really is difficult?"
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- Only Connect.- Only... Really? - University Challenge.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- Probably the best two.- It's not so much a quiz, though, Only Connect,
0:01:35 > 0:01:37it's a sort of cryptic crossword, really.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40It's quite a heavy marker of basic intelligence, so you have to be very,
0:01:40 > 0:01:44very good at problem-solving and lateral thinking and everything else.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46It does prompt at a certain level of intelligence.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48OK, so, Said, tell me about your quizzing.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Well, this is my second crack at trying to become an Egghead.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I tried it a few years ago on Are You An Egghead?
0:01:53 > 0:01:59I've done Mastermind about 12 years ago and I didn't do too well on that,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01but I chose my subject, Dalida,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04which, if I was doing it again, I'd know a lot more about her now.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- Dalida, the French singer? - The French singer, yes. I think I'm her biggest fan in the UK.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Oh, really? OK. Good luck to you both.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Contestants, this is where you need to prove that you could be an Egghead.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Just like on Eggheads, both of you will compete over a series of different rounds where your
0:02:17 > 0:02:20knowledge will be tested on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23So, the first head-to-head battle will be on the subject of History.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27I will ask you three multiple-choice questions on History in turn.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round. So far,
0:02:31 > 0:02:36so simple, but the prize for winning a round on Make Me An Egghead is that
0:02:36 > 0:02:40you gain an extra brain for the final. Not just any old brain,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44one of these very young and brisk brains over here.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Before the show, we tossed a coin.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48As a result of that, Said, you have the option
0:02:48 > 0:02:51as to whether you would like to play first or second.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I'd like to play first, please, Jeremy.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59So, here we go, the contest is underway. Good luck, guys.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Said, popular from the 15th to the 17th century,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05what sort of man's clothing was a doublet?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I think it was worn along with hose, which are socks,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13so I'd imagine it'd be the trousers.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Interesting. Eggheads? - More of a jacket-y type arrangement.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Jacket.- Doublet and hose.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Where do we get doublet and hose from, then?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Well, it must be jacket and trousers as it were.- Jacket and trousers.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Brilliant, Judith.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26- Jacket is the answer.- Oh.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Craig, during the Civil War,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Charles I moved his court from London to which city?
0:03:37 > 0:03:41I'm trying to think of where he moved his banner... Sort of Derby,
0:03:41 > 0:03:45in the Midlands somewhere as a kind of like flash point.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Out of those three cities, I will go for Oxford, please.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Oxford is correct.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Back to you, Said. Which type of aircraft launched a torpedo that
0:03:55 > 0:04:00critically damaged the steering of the German battleship Bismarck?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I'm going to go for de Havilland Mosquito because
0:04:09 > 0:04:11it's the one I've heard of.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Now, Chris will know this.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14No, it's the Fairey Swordfish.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Absolutely obsolescent old biplane crate that could just about stagger
0:04:18 > 0:04:21into the air. But it was a very effective torpedo bomber
0:04:21 > 0:04:23and the torpedo in question actually
0:04:23 > 0:04:25jammed her rudder, so she could only steam in circles
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and she was done for, basically.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31So, it dropped a torpedo into the sea?
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Yeah. It used to come in low, let the torpedo go, then
0:04:35 > 0:04:39get out of there PDQ and the torpedo would carry on.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42There we go, thank you, Chris, fascinating.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Fairey Swordfish is the answer, Said, so yet to score.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Back to you, Craig. Which British noble married
0:04:47 > 0:04:50the Infanta of Castile and
0:04:50 > 0:04:55attempted to take the Castilian throne by force in 1386?
0:04:59 > 0:05:031386, so it's late 14th century.
0:05:03 > 0:05:09I think Warwick the Kingmaker was more 15th century,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12possibly Harry Hotspur as well. I mean, it's all Hundred Years War.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I think I'll go for John of Gaunt, please.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18John of Gaunt is the right answer, so you've got two points.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Said, you can't catch him up, so that means, Craig,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23you've won the first head-to-head.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29And you can scan these five Eggheads now and decide whose brain you want
0:05:29 > 0:05:31to join you in the final.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33I'd like a combination of all of them, really,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35because they could all add something to my bow.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37If I could select Pat, please.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Pat, how's it feel back there?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I hope I can help Craig.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Thank you.- If I can give him an answer.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I'm sensing that Craig's very good on his history.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- Well, he did well there, didn't he? - Well, the stakes are high here.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52As it stands, Craig has one Egghead to help him in the final.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Said has no-one so far, but it's early days.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Next category is Film & TV and, Craig, you can choose
0:05:59 > 0:06:01whether you go first or second because you won the last round.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03May I go first, please?
0:06:07 > 0:06:08And here is your first question.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Which Doctor Who actor played Tristan Farnon
0:06:11 > 0:06:14in the TV drama series All Creatures Great And Small?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Is it...
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I mean, they're all Doctors,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I think Tom Baker was the, was he the fourth?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Then Peter Davison, the fifth,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Christopher Eccleston obviously in the reboot in 2005.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33All Creatures Great And Small is a 80s TV series.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I think Peter Davison was in
0:06:35 > 0:06:39All Creatures Great And Small at a similar time as he was a Doctor,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41so I'll go for Peter Davison, please.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Peter Davison is right. Well done. Was he the younger one of the two?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46- Yeah.- And who played the older one?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- Robert Hardy.- Robert Hardy. Before your time, Lisa, I guess?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I'm afraid so, although I was drinking the other day with a guy
0:06:52 > 0:06:55who played a vegetarian vet in two episodes.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- It lives on.- It taught me everything I know about country life.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01OK, Said, back to you.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04What is the first name of Mrs Brown,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06the character played by Brendan O'Carroll,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08in the comedy Mrs Brown's Boys?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Is it...
0:07:13 > 0:07:15I must admit, it's not a comedy I've watched
0:07:15 > 0:07:17but I think her name is Agnes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Agnes is correct, well done. You've got some points on the board.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24OK, back to you, Craig. Who played the third sailor alongside
0:07:24 > 0:07:29Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly in the 1949 film On The Town?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Musicals aren't really my bag.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Donald O'Connor, the name rings a bell from being in a musical but
0:07:40 > 0:07:43should I go for Donald O'Connor because I know he was a musical
0:07:43 > 0:07:46actor or shall I veer away?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50I don't really know either of the first two names.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54But I will go for Stubby Kaye, please.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Eggheads?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I would have gone for Donald O'Connor.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- All right.- Stubby Kaye was in Guys And Dolls.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I'm looking for a bit of certainty here.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- It's Jules Munshin. - I don't think it was...- Chris knows.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Oh, well done.- You're playing a blinder here,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11you've got the torpedoes and musicals, got everything covered.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Absolutely.- Jules Munshin it is.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Chris is obviously the go-to guy today.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19OK, back to you, Said.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25Which Carry On regular married the actor John Le Mesurier in 1949?
0:08:28 > 0:08:32I know it was the lovely matron, Hattie Jacques.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Hattie Jacques is the right answer, well done.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37So, it's two to Said and one to Craig.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40And, Craig, if you get this wrong, it's Said's round.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46What is the surname of Sheldon in the US sitcom The Big Bang Theory?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I think they're all surnames of characters in The Big Bang Theory.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53I'm not an avid watcher,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56but I think Sheldon Cooper's played by Jim Parsons.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I'll go for Sheldon Cooper, please.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Yeah, it's right, Sheldon Cooper it is.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01So, you're still in it.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05But, Said, you have the chance now to take the round.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09What is the name of the Hoover-like companion in Teletubbies?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16My children were big fans of this show. It's Noo-noo.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17JEREMY LAUGHS
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Do you know, it's...- We've found our level.- We have found our level!
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Was it Dave came unstuck on a Teletubbies question a while back?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Brilliant. I was talking to my daughter on Skype and asked the same
0:09:26 > 0:09:28question, she came out with it straightaway.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31That's right, we realise that Harry Potter and Teletubbies
0:09:31 > 0:09:32are very important in this game.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35OK, Noo-noo is right, to put you out of your misery there.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38So, Said, well done, you've pulled it back...
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- Thank you.- ..majestically there and you've won the second head-to-head.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46We have got a contest here, haven't we?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49So, you now, Said, can choose an Egghead for the final round.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Obviously can't be Pat.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I'd like to choose Lisa, please.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Lisa, what are we hoping will come up in the final?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Can you give Said any advice?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00We're looking at food, fashion and celebrity kids, tend to be my
0:10:00 > 0:10:02areas of expertise that none of the other Eggheads can touch.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04And history and literature.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Well, you know, they tend to be areas
0:10:06 > 0:10:07that these guys can touch as well.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10As it stands, Craig has one Egghead to help in the final.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Said also has one.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Great contest and the third and final head-to-head
0:10:15 > 0:10:16is on Arts & Books.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18So Said, you won the last, so you can choose
0:10:18 > 0:10:19whether you go first or second.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21I'll go first, please.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Here we go, your first question.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30What informal term is often given to the dramatic idea that an object,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34which appears on stage, must be used later in the play?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Drama... I would suggest maybe it's...
0:10:46 > 0:10:48..to create some sort of drama.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Chekhov's Gun. - Let's see whether we know that.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- This is really interesting.- Yes.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Yes, he's right.- That's right. Is there a Chekhov play
0:10:55 > 0:10:57where a gun was on the table?
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Oh, good question.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01I think the point is, if you show the gun early in the play,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03it must effectively be used.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Good answer. Chekhov's Gun is right and you can at some point, Said,
0:11:07 > 0:11:08produce gold bullion if you want to,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12if you want to just swing it your way, this might be the moment.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15OK, Craig, over to you, our software developer.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The novels with the English titles Kafka On The Shore
0:11:18 > 0:11:20and Hear The Wind Sing
0:11:20 > 0:11:23were originally written in which language?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Um... Just guessing a language, really.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33I don't recognise the pieces of work
0:11:33 > 0:11:35so I couldn't tell you who they're by.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Kafka On The Shore and Hear The Wind...?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Hear The Wind Sing.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Is that H-E-A-R?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- H-E-A-R.- Hear The Wind Sing...
0:11:46 > 0:11:50I will go for Japanese but with no certainty at all.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53OK. Well, you've got it right and the author is?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Is it Murasami?- Murakami?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Haruki Murakami, is that right?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Yeah, I feel like he's done something else
0:11:59 > 0:12:02that was more famous than those two but I can't remember what it was.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Yeah. Japanese is the right answer, well done.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09OK, back to you, Said.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Which sculptor lived at Trewyn Studio in St Ives
0:12:13 > 0:12:16from 1949 until she died in 1975?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25The one I was thinking of has come up, I think it's Barbara Hepworth.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Yeah, you're absolutely right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I've been round her garden. Barbara Hepworth.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33OK, Craig, to catch up in our third head-to-head.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37What is the title of Kate Atkinson's 1997 novel,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40of which Isobel Fairfax is the central character?
0:12:47 > 0:12:53I don't think Human Rugby sounds like...
0:12:53 > 0:12:56a particular good choice of title for a novel.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57I'm just wondering if...
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Would it be Human Croquet?
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Human Polo... I will go for Human Croquet, please.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- Said, what do you think? - I would have gone for Human Polo.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13It's actually Human Croquet.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14- Oh.- So, you're level.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16You've got two points each.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19And your third question, Said.
0:13:19 > 0:13:25The poet Dante Alighieri is buried in a tomb in which Italian city?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Well, I think Modena and Padua are more famous in England
0:13:33 > 0:13:34for being in Shakespeare plays
0:13:34 > 0:13:36so I'm going to go down the middle to Ravenna.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Let's see whether the answer's right.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- Eggheads?- He died in Ravenna.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Judith says you're right and you are actually right.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Ravenna it is.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48You've got three out of three. Pressure on Craig now.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50You have to get this right, Craig.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Many of the greatest works of which of these painters
0:13:53 > 0:13:59were destroyed in a fire at the Doge's Palace in Venice in 1577?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I can't pick, 1577,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13I can't pick any of the painters' lives from that year.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Um...
0:14:15 > 0:14:17I will go for Giovanni Bellini, please.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Giovanni Bellini is the correct answer.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Well, you're playing well, both of you, three points each.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Our third head-to-head.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29It's level after three questions, so we go to Sudden Death now.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I don't give you alternatives, it gets a bit harder.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36Said, "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all"
0:14:36 > 0:14:39is a line from which Shakespeare play?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I've heard this one, but I'm just trying to think.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52The one that springs to mind is Hamlet.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Hamlet is right.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Sudden Death. You need this to stay in, Craig.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59What is the surname of the 19th-century British painter
0:14:59 > 0:15:01who lived out his final years in Chelsea
0:15:01 > 0:15:03under the assumed name Mr Booth,
0:15:03 > 0:15:07the surname of the widow who was his companion?
0:15:09 > 0:15:1219th-century English painter?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17It's 19th-century, I'm going to go Pre-Raphaelite with the hood.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Just the surname, I'm going to go for Millais.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Millais. I wonder if the Eggheads know this?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- Turner.- I think that's Turner.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Yes, Turner. Turner was known as Mr Booth.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Not Mr Turner.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37And that means you've taken the round, Said.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40So well done, you've won the final head-to-head.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45As a result, you have an advantage here, Said.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48You can choose another Egghead for the final round. Can't be Pat,
0:15:48 > 0:15:50can't be Lisa.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52I'd love to choose Barry, please.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54OK, he's champing at the bit, there!
0:15:54 > 0:15:56I know that unless you get in the booth there to help, Barry,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00it feels like you haven't done a day's work, does it?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I'm always very eager to help the contestants because I know
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- what stress they're going through. - So we wish you both well.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Craig, you've got Pat in the final round, Said,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10you've got both Lisa and Barry.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Why don't we now play the final round?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15So this is what we have been playing towards.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19It is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:16:19 > 0:16:22and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Craig and Said, I will ask each of you three questions in turn.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28And this time the questions are all General Knowledge.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31In this final round you will have the backing of the Eggheads
0:16:31 > 0:16:33you've won over the course of the show.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37So Craig, you've got Pat there, and Said, you have got Lisa and Barry.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40You'll be able to call on your respective Eggheads for advice
0:16:40 > 0:16:42before giving an answer to a question,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45but you can ask each of them for help only once.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47So you need to use them wisely.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48- You happy with that?- Yes.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Good stuff. Now, Said, you won the last round,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54so you now get to choose whether you want to go first or second.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55I'll go first, please, Jeremy.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01And here we go with your first question.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Who succeeded Malcolm Fraser as Prime Minister of Australia in 1983?
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Um, I've got an idea but I'm going to ask for Barry's help, please.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19You're calling an Egghead straight in. Barry?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Right, I'm going to have to think about this.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25They were all Australian prime ministers, there.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Robert Menzies was the earliest of the three,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30so I'm discounting him straight away.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33So I have to think, between Bob Hawke and Gough Whitlam.
0:17:33 > 0:17:351983.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I am really not sure on this one.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I'm leaning towards Gough Whitlam,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44because I believe one of the Australian prime ministers
0:17:44 > 0:17:48was removed by the High Commissioner in the '80s
0:17:48 > 0:17:50and I believe that was Gough Whitlam.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52So on that basis I'm going to go for Gough Whitlam
0:17:52 > 0:17:55but I'm really not too certain on this.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58OK, so Barry's given you some measured advice there,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00for Gough Whitlam.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02You don't have to accept it, Said, it's up to you.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Well, I was torn between two,
0:18:03 > 0:18:07but that's tipped the balance in favour of Gough Whitlam, please.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09OK, your answer is Gough Whitlam.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10I wonder if Lisa knows?
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- Lisa?- This is worrying me because I probably would have gone for
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Gough Whitlam as well. And as we know, my inklings on Australia
0:18:16 > 0:18:18tend to be completely wrong.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21The only thing I remember is that Mrs Thatcher
0:18:21 > 0:18:24was a big buddy of Bob Hawke. So he was '80s.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25The answer is Bob Hawke.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- Oh!- I thought he was later.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Here's the thing. The Gough Whitlam crisis,
0:18:29 > 0:18:31when he was removed by the British representative,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34was actually in the '70s.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36So it was a long, long time before this.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39So Bob Hawke is the answer.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41OK, Craig, your question.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44In the tax year 2016-2017,
0:18:44 > 0:18:48how much is the personal allowance for income tax in the UK?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Um, I know that it's increased recently.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I thought it had gone to about...
0:19:02 > 0:19:03nine and a half.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Um, sorry, ten and a half.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I thought it had gone up from nine and a half to about ten and a half.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14So do I use Pat for confirmation,
0:19:14 > 0:19:16or do I go with my instinct even though
0:19:16 > 0:19:19it's not the same figure there, it's in the ballpark?
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Or has it gone up to 11 from 10?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I'm going to go for £10,250, please.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Right, so you're not calling in your Egghead.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33You're answering it. I've just realised that you and Pat
0:19:33 > 0:19:34are both software developers,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37so you've got potential synergy there.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40The answer is £11,000.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43So no-one has scored a point yet.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Back to you, Said.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Which of these is closest to the meaning of the word attenuate?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Well, I think...
0:19:59 > 0:20:02it's something to do with making something bigger,
0:20:02 > 0:20:04so I'll go for that one, please.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Make bigger.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I love language and I wouldn't have got this.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12The answer is, make thinner.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16As in, sometimes they say a musical note is attenuated.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21So no-one has scored a point yet in this final round.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Back to you, Craig.
0:20:22 > 0:20:28Who would be most likely to execute a Barani flip in their daily work?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Barani is capital B-A-R-A-N-I.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- A Barani flip.- Barani flip.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I'm guessing it's named after a person who devised it.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Um, it's too obvious to be a gymnast.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Possibly a chef.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Again, I'm tempted with commodities trader.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54But with the situation of the game, do I gamble?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56My last hunch didn't quite work out!
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Um, do I gamble on commodities trader?
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Would you flip, would you buy something
0:21:00 > 0:21:03and then sell something quickly, would that be a flip?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Do I ask Pat? Do I save Pat?
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Oh! Um, I'm going to leave Pat for the third question again.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16And guess that it's something to do with buying and selling
0:21:16 > 0:21:18very quickly, and go for commodities trader.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21OK, I buy your logic completely.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I've taken your answer, let's just see with Pat.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- What would you have said, Pat? - I think it's a gymnastic move.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I think Barani was a gymnast.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Ohhh!
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I should have thought that Pat would know that. He knows most things.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36But Barani flip is indeed a gymnastics move.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38So gymnast is the answer.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42What an unusual final round we've got here.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Said, which African country's coat of arms
0:21:46 > 0:21:50features a baobab tree and a lion?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56And baobab is B-A-O-B-A-B.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Yes, I've actually seen a baobab tree.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02So I kind of...
0:22:02 > 0:22:04would associate it with Africa or Asia.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06But that doesn't really narrow it down.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08I don't think it's Cameroon.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Um...
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Then it could be. I'm going to ask Lisa for your help, please.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18OK, Lisa.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20I can't come up with a reason for this,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23but something is telling me it's Ethiopia.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27And I am struggling to work out what is telling me that.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34But there is a relatively strong link to it in my head.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- All right.- That's about the best I can do for you, Said, I'm sorry.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- All right, so she's guiding you there.- Thank you, Lisa.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Well, I was thinking of a lion of Ethiopia,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45maybe to do with Haile Selassie, something like that,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- so I'll go for Ethiopia.- OK.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Barry, do you know? I'm thinking if you do know,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51you've had a complete poker face there.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53I think it isn't Ethiopia.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I would be tempted to go for Cameroon.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59It's not Cameroon, it's not Ethiopia, it's Senegal.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01We've got five red crosses.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05But you've got a rather nice position here, Craig, in a way.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Because you've got your Egghead still.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- I might not ask him! I might just... - Yeah, yeah, exactly!
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Why don't you just guess this one as well!
0:23:11 > 0:23:14And if you get this right, you've won.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Bytown is the former name of which Canadian city?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20That's B-Y-T-O-W-N.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Um, I actually read this the other day!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Um, I think,
0:23:27 > 0:23:31I think it's Ottawa, but just for the hell of it
0:23:31 > 0:23:33I'll see if Mr Gibson thinks it's Ottawa as well.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Oh, you've planted the thought now. You should have not said.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39OK, extract from your mind what Craig has said, Pat,
0:23:39 > 0:23:40and tell us what you think.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Craig is dead to me. I have forgotten everything he said.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45THEY LAUGH
0:23:45 > 0:23:46I always have to check.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50I think Toronto was Yorktown and I think Ottawa was Bytown.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I don't think it applies to Montreal or Quebec
0:23:53 > 0:23:56so I think it's Ottawa as well.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- Can I have Ottawa, please? - You've given Ottawa.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02If you've got this right, you are the winner.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05The right answer is Ottawa.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08So you've pulled ahead there.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Congratulations, Craig, you have won!
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Well, I can only... What can I say, Said?
0:24:18 > 0:24:22You had the two Eggheads there, don't want to blame you guys,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25leading Said astray, Gough Whitlam.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28I thought Gough Whitlam was meat and drink to you, Barry, as a quizzer.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Yes, I really should have known that.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- I'm so sorry for leading you astray. - Not to worry.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Thanks for playing, Said.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37- Thank you.- Well, what a great contest there, both of you.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Really, that was some great quizzing in there.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42You've proved, Craig, that winning comes as naturally to you
0:24:42 > 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 > 0:24:49but your work for today is not quite done.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51We give you three points for each round you've won today,
0:24:51 > 0:24:54so you've got three points on the board already,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57and you're now going to get the chance to add to those points
0:24:57 > 0:24:59by answering quickfire questions for two minutes.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03We will give you one point for each correct answer and we then see where
0:25:03 > 0:25:06your final score puts you on our Eggheads leaderboard.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08The top four places at the end of the heats
0:25:08 > 0:25:10will make it through to the semifinals.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13So we'll have a quick look at the leaderboard as it currently stands.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15We've got three names on there, as you can see.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18So you will at the end of today be not just on the leaderboard
0:25:18 > 0:25:19but in the top four!
0:25:19 > 0:25:22And we'll see how far up there you can get.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24All to play for, are you ready?
0:25:24 > 0:25:25I am indeed.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Good luck, your time starts now.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Until 2005, Alesha Dixon was a member of which girl band?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Mis-Teeq.- Correct.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37In the 1960s TV series The Avengers, Patrick Macnee played John...
0:25:37 > 0:25:38- Steed.- Correct.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41According to the saying, what is thicker than water?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Blood.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46In 2004, which football club did Wayne Rooney leave to join...
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Everton.- ..Manchester United? Everton, correct.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Established in 1926,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Route 66 ran eastwards from Los Angeles, terminating in which city?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- Chicago.- Correct.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58What is the traditional name of the pantomime
0:25:58 > 0:26:00that features the character Widow Twankey?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- Aladdin?- Correct.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03Which hero from Greek mythology
0:26:03 > 0:26:07saved the Argonauts from the Sirens by playing beautiful music?
0:26:07 > 0:26:08- Hera?- No, Orpheus.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11The Vatican City is an enclave within which city?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- Rome.- Correct.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Which term for a successful womaniser comes from a character
0:26:16 > 0:26:19in Nicholas Rowe's 18th-century play The Fair Penitent?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- Pass.- Lothario.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24What was the first feature film to be directed by Quentin Tarantino
0:26:24 > 0:26:25to be given a full theatrical release?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- Reservoir Dogs?- Correct.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30The composer Tchaikovsky, famous for his Nutcracker Suite,
0:26:30 > 0:26:31was born in which century?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- 19th.- Correct.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36In the periodic table, which element has the chemical symbol Au?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- Gold.- Correct.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code begins with
0:26:41 > 0:26:42a murder in which famous museum?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- The Louvre.- Correct. Which musical features the song Feed The Birds?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Mary Poppins.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Correct. In which country are the GABA and the Waca...
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- Australia. - Historic cricket grounds, correct.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56In which US state is Yale University based?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- New York?- No, Connecticut.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00In which decade of the 20th century
0:27:00 > 0:27:02did Clement Attlee become the UK Prime Minister?
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- 1940s.- Correct.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06What nationality is the fictional detective Hercule Poirot?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Belgian.- Correct.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10In both 1980 and 1984,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14in which event did Sebastian Coe win Olympic gold medals?
0:27:14 > 0:27:15- 1,500 metres?- Correct.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Which island, the largest in Wales, is separated from Wales...
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- Anglesey?- ..Menai Straight. Correct.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Anglesey. Which Oscar-winning 1962 film has no credited...
0:27:24 > 0:27:26- Lawrence of Arabia? - ..speaking roles for women?
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Correct. Which Scottish monarch was killed at the Battle of...
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I can't finish that question.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35But my goodness, you were storming along there.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37You've scored 18 points, that's very good.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39We add in the three points you got from your round,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41giving you a grand total of 21 points.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Let's see where that puts you now.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47You're ahead of Rupy and Gareth, you're in second place, Craig,
0:27:47 > 0:27:49just behind Ian Bayley, who's got 27.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Craig, well done.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Thank you, Jeremy.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Looking at the leaderboard, I think 20 was my benchmark, so I'm pleased.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59So whoever's in the green, when we've seen all the competitors,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02in all the heats, the four names in the green area
0:28:02 > 0:28:05will be in the semifinal. That's how it works. Thanks, Craig.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- Thanks, Said, as well, hope you enjoyed it.- Thank you.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Join us next time, to find out
0:28:09 > 0:28:12who else might have what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Ah! Until then, goodbye.