0:00:06 > 0:00:10These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Together they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:16arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The question is, do you have the brains to join them?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Hello and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30We've launched a nationwide search
0:00:30 > 0:00:32to find the greatest quiz brains in Britain.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34By the end of the series,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37two people will emerge as champions and win the ultimate prize for
0:00:37 > 0:00:42quizzing enthusiasts, a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Yes, the Eggheads. Let's meet today's contestants
0:00:44 > 0:00:47both hoping they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Hello, my name's Kathryn Johnson. I'm a manuscripts librarian.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I come from Fleetwood, in Lancashire,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57and I now live in Northwood, in Middlesex.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Amber Marshall,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01I'm a freelance trainer in substance misuse.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04I live in Birmingham, but I'm originally from Gloucestershire.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Welcome to you both. How are you feeling, Kathryn?
0:01:07 > 0:01:10If this is fun, it's a funny idea of fun.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12It feels like fun afterwards though?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Yes, I'll keep on saying that to myself.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Now, you've done a lot of quizzing.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18You've done Mastermind. What was your specialist subject?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Well, the one that seemed to get all the attention was my first round,
0:01:21 > 0:01:27which was, specialist subject, Victorian and Edwardian poisoners.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Oh, fantastic. Immediately I want to ask a follow-up.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Who's your favourite one? Probably poor old Dr Crippen, really.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I really felt quite sorry for him.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Suddenly, look, all the quizzers over here are just logging,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40pulling out their Crippen file, that's how they work.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Amber, what about you, what have you quizzed on before?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44I've been on a few.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I've been on The Chase, Fifteen To One, Only Connect.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And some kind of way back ones -
0:01:48 > 0:01:52BrainTeaser, Memory Bank, Beat the Nation, I'm The Answer.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Oh, wow, so you were in a lot of television studios? A few.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Is this the friendliest? Of course. I'm glad you said that.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Good luck to you both.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03This is where you need to prove you could be an Egghead.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Just like on Eggheads, both of you will compete over
0:02:05 > 0:02:08a series of different rounds where your knowledge will be tested
0:02:08 > 0:02:11on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Film Television.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16I'm going to ask each of you three multiple-choice questions
0:02:16 > 0:02:17on Film and TV in turn.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the round,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25but the prize for winning a round on this show is that you gain
0:02:25 > 0:02:28an extra brain for the final. Not just any old brain,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32one of these five, sparkling Eggheads.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35So, you can bring one of them in to help you.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Before the show we tossed a coin and, as a result of that, Amber,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41you have the option as to whether you'd like to play first or second.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I'd like to play first, please.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Good luck to you both. Amber, your question.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53In 2008, which TV presenter married a man who was
0:02:53 > 0:02:57a founder member of the group Busted and a former winner of
0:02:57 > 0:02:59"I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!"?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Now, I know Fearne Cotton is married to a musician,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09but I don't think it's Busted
0:03:09 > 0:03:13and then I'm really going to regret that if it is.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17The other two - I have no clue who they're married to at all.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18So it's do I go for the one that
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I know is married to a musician at least?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Go on, I'll say Fearne Cotton in case it's a bad...
0:03:25 > 0:03:28in case it's a bum steer. JEREMY LAUGHS
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Emma Willis is the right answer. Oh, drat!
0:03:30 > 0:03:33And who was the bloke? Matt Willis.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Oh, of course. The clue was there.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Fearne Cotton is married to Jesse Wood, who is a musician,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42he's one of Ronnie Wood...Rolling Stone...Ronnie Wood's progeny.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44OK, your question, Kathryn.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47In a classic sketch about class,
0:03:47 > 0:03:50which comedian famously says the phrase, "I know my place."
0:03:55 > 0:03:56I do know this one.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59It's Ronnie Corbett,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01he was famously the shortest one, he was only about, what, 5'2"?
0:04:01 > 0:04:06So he was at the end. Can you remember who the other two were?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09John Cleese and Ronnie Barker.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I think that's right, Ronnie Corbett,
0:04:11 > 0:04:12bless him, is the answer.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Your question, Amber, to catch up.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Idris Elba provides the voice for which character in
0:04:18 > 0:04:21the 2016 version of The Jungle Book?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Ooh, I've not seen it.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Well, King Louie's the orangutan,
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Bagheera, I believe, is the panther and Shere Khan is the tiger.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41So, who would Idris Elba sound best as?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43He's got a great voice.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I'm going to go for Bagheera, cos he's got kind of an edge,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48like a kind of malevolent edge to him.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Any Eggheads know this?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I think it's Shere Khan. Shere Khan.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Shere Khan is the answer.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56If you get this right, Kathryn, you've taken the round
0:04:56 > 0:04:57and you get to choose an Egg.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Which Daniel Craig Bond film was directed by Marc Forster?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I've seen all of those and, unusually for me,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I've actually seen them at the cinema.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I'm ashamed to say I seldom take much notice of the director,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17which is probably a bad idea.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I don't think it was Casino Royale.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I'm going to go for Quantum Of Solace.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Do you happen to know this one, Amber? I'm afraid I don't.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28It would be a similar kind of random guess, I'm afraid.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Quantum Of Solace is right.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33So you have pulled ahead there, crucially, Kathryn.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Well done, you've won the first head-to-head.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42OK, and you get a chance now to gain an Egghead, to choose
0:05:42 > 0:05:45somebody for the final. There they all are, sitting pretty.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47I would like Pat, please, because he knows everything.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50He does, he doesn't have many weak points, that's true, Pat.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I try to hide them. JEREMY LAUGHS
0:05:53 > 0:05:56As it stands, Kathryn has an Egghead, she's got Pat.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Amber, at the moment, will be unassisted in the final.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Let's see if we can change that. The next category is Geography.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Kathryn, you won the first head-to-head,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06you can choose first or second.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I'll choose second, please.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Here we go, Amber, with your question.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16What colour is the diagonal cross on the flag of Jamaica?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Well, I'm fairly sure that all three colours are on the Jamaican flag
0:06:24 > 0:06:26and I think the cross is yellow.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Yellow is correct, well done, first point. Back to you, Kathryn.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31The Ravenglass
0:06:31 > 0:06:34and Eskdale Railway is
0:06:34 > 0:06:36a tourist attraction in which national park?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Oh, I have been on this on a holiday where it rained from start to
0:06:44 > 0:06:48finish and it's in the Lake District.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52The Lake District is correct. It always rains, doesn't it?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56On our holidays, it certainly did. Chris, come on. Tell us about it.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Well, it goes from Ravenglass, up the Esk Valley.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01It was originally built to carry
0:07:01 > 0:07:03minerals and three-foot gauge,
0:07:03 > 0:07:04closed down just before
0:07:04 > 0:07:05the First World War and
0:07:05 > 0:07:06it was reconstructed as a 15-inch
0:07:06 > 0:07:08gauge miniature railway
0:07:08 > 0:07:10and has been running ever since.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I didn't know you knew about trains.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15One point each. Your question, Amber.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Langelinie Quay is a feature of which city?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21So, quay is Q-U-A-Y, obviously.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26And it's Langelinie, which is L-A-N-G-E-L-I-N-I-E.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Langelinie Quay.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37I've been to both Bruges and Gdansk and I don't remember that,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40but I didn't go to the riverside in Gdansk,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I haven't been to Copenhagen.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I know that's where the statue of The Little Mermaid is,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49that could be on Langelinie Quay.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Based on the fact that I've never heard of it,
0:07:51 > 0:07:52I'm going to go Copenhagen.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Copenhagen is correct.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59Nicely done. OK. So you're ahead now.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Kathryn, the Gulf of Trieste is at the head of which sea?
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Well, it's not the Baltic and it's not the Black Sea.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14So I'm fairly certain it's the Adriatic.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Adriatic is the right answer.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Two points each, nothing to choose between you so far in this round.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Your question, Amber.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Which of these is an island at the south-eastern corner of Lundy?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33I think it's Rat Island.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Something at the back of my head is saying Rat Island.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38It doesn't sound like a great tourist destination.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Rat island is your answer, do you know this one, Kathryn?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I didn't know it, I would've probably guessed that, I think.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Where are we talking about here? Where is Lundy? Remind us.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48It's in the Bristol Channel.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Anyone been to Rat Island or Wolf or Otter?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Anyone know? No. Oh, wow. You don't know.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57It wouldn't be Otter, unlikely to be Wolf,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59so it's Rat Island, obviously.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I love the logic. It's quite right,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Rat Island is right. Three out of three, Amber. Coming on strong.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Kathryn. As a result of the creation of South Sudan
0:09:11 > 0:09:16in 2011, what became the largest African country by area?
0:09:22 > 0:09:27They're all fairly large. I don't think it's Namibia.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33I'm fairly sure it's not Chad, so I'm going to go for Algeria.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Algeria is right.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38So, after three questions, you're level on your multiple choices.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40It gets a bit tougher now.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43We go to Sudden Death, I don't give you alternative answers.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45And we start with you, Amber.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Lake Powell, created by the flooding of Glen Canyon is a reservoir
0:09:50 > 0:09:52on which US river?
0:09:52 > 0:09:56I want to say Colorado or...
0:09:56 > 0:09:59See, Colorado's long, but I don't know of Lake Powell.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Rio Grande, Mississippi, Missouri.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06There's so many rivers to choose.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Based on the fact there's a canyon, I'm going to say Colorado.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Based on the fact there's a canyon, I'm going to say Colorado.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Colorado is correct.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Is this to do with the Grand Canyon, no, it's not, that's different?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17There's loads of dams on the Colorado,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21it barely reaches the sea any more, they've diverted so much water.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Right, Kathryn, this to stay in.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Roseau is the capital of which of the Windward Islands?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Roseau. R-O-S-E-A-U.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35First thing is to work out which ones the Windward Islands are.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I'm struggling here. I'd say I'm going to take a punt
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and say Martinique.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45You're in the right part of the world, but it's not that,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47it's Dominica.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49And you'll now see that everywhere, won't you?
0:10:49 > 0:10:53That's one of three I was thinking of. And that was, yeah.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Well, Sudden Death is sudden, Amber's pulled ahead.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Well done, you've won the head-to-head.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02So, you even it up and you can
0:11:02 > 0:11:03choose your own Egghead.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05It can't be Pat. Any of the others.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Could I have Dave, please?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08You certainly may have Tremendous Knowledge Dave.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Dave, looking forward to this? Oh, absolutely.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Happy to help and hopefully I can be of some use.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16It's almost the most pressure you guys come under, isn't it?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Because it comes down to the best player, but tactics
0:11:19 > 0:11:25will play a big part, so hopefully those tactics will work out for you.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27So, as it stands, Kathryn has one Egghead to help her in the final,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Amber also has one.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32The next category for you - our third head-to-head - is History.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Amber, you won the last one, you can choose to go first or second.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I'll go second this time, please.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44And here is your question, Kathryn.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47What was the name of the supreme policy-making body of the
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
0:11:55 > 0:11:59I'm going to go straight for the middle one, which is the Politburo.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Politburo is correct.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Amber. The main delegations to the
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Dumbarton Oaks Conference in 1944,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09which eventually led to the formation of the UN were from
0:12:09 > 0:12:14Britain, the USA, Russia and which other country?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I believe that was France.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I was looking at this thinking, "Which would I guess?"
0:12:26 > 0:12:28and I suppose France and Italy were still
0:12:28 > 0:12:32in serious trouble in the Second World War.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34The answer is China, actually. Oh!
0:12:34 > 0:12:37China. So, Kathryn you're ahead.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42Which of these US forces was Chester W Nimitz in charge of
0:12:42 > 0:12:44during World War II?
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Well, I believe he was a navy man, so that cuts out
0:12:53 > 0:12:55the ground troops in Europe.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58And I don't think it was North Atlantic submarines,
0:12:58 > 0:13:02so I'm going to go for the Pacific Fleet. Let's find out.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Chris or Barry, one of you two. Barry?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Totally. Absolutely. Show us your workings, Eggs.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09He was in charge of the Pacific Fleet
0:13:09 > 0:13:11when they won the Battle of Midway,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13which effectively ended the war for the Japanese fleet.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16What do we need to know about Midway?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19The Americans sank four Japanese aircraft carriers and they
0:13:19 > 0:13:22only lost one of their own and that effectively destroyed the
0:13:22 > 0:13:25power of the Japanese fleet and from then on the Japanese were
0:13:25 > 0:13:29fighting a war, a defensive war, rather than an aggressive war.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31OK, so Nimitz is a really important person. Very.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Pacific Fleet is the right answer. Well done, Kathryn.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38You've got two and that means you do need to get this right, Amber.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Margaret, who was Queen of Scotland from 1286 to 1290,
0:13:43 > 0:13:46was known by what sobriquet?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Well, based on the fact that I haven't heard of the Lady of Spain
0:13:54 > 0:13:57or the Maid of Norway and I have heard of the Dowager of Denmark,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59but then that could be somebody completely different,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I'm going to go with Dowager of Denmark.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Eggheads? Maid of Norway.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Maid of Norway is the right answer.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Amber, sorry, so no way back for you in this round.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12We say congratulations, Kathryn, you've won the final head-to-head.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Might be decisive, but we don't know.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18You can choose another Egghead.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21You can't have Dave or Pat, you've already got Pat.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I'm going to choose Barry, please.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26OK, Barry, known as The Brain.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30So, Kathryn, you've got Pat and Barry in the final round.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Amber, you've got Dave.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Let us play that final round.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37So, this is what we have been playing towards,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39it is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming
0:14:39 > 0:14:43an Egghead and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46So, Kathryn and Amber, I'm going to ask each of you three questions
0:14:46 > 0:14:48in turn, as per normal, and this time the questions
0:14:48 > 0:14:49are all General Knowledge.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53But in this final round, you'll have the backing of the Eggheads
0:14:53 > 0:14:55that you've won over the course of the show,
0:14:55 > 0:14:59so, Kathryn, you'll have the help of Pat and Barry
0:14:59 > 0:15:02and, Amber, you'll have Dave right behind you there.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04You'll be able to call on your respective Eggheads for advice
0:15:04 > 0:15:07before giving an answer to a question,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09but I must say you can only use them once.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11So you have to use them wisely.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Now, Kathryn, you won the last round
0:15:13 > 0:15:15so you get to choose now whether you want to play first or second.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I'm going to go second again.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24OK, so we start with you, Amber.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27The Scottish athlete Allan Wells won an Olympic gold medal
0:15:27 > 0:15:31in 1980 in which track event?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37I'm definitely going to call on
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Dave's sport knowledge for this one.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41It's a shame to use him
0:15:41 > 0:15:42so quickly, but, yeah.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46If you had picked, I don't know, a track event and maybe football
0:15:46 > 0:15:48and golf I could have guessed, but no.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51All right, well, knowing Dave as I do, I think he'll be on solid
0:15:51 > 0:15:53ground here, but let's try.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Dave, the question is - the Scottish athlete Allan Wells won
0:15:56 > 0:16:00an Olympic God medal in 1980 in which track event?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03And you've got 100, 200 or 400 metres.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07I believe he was a silver medallist in the 200 metres,
0:16:07 > 0:16:12behind, I think it was... No, Pietro Mennea, the Italian.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Yeah, so he won the silver in that,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18but he just beat Silvio Leonard, the Cuban.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21I believe, in the 100 metres final.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25So, my recommendation, Amber,
0:16:25 > 0:16:29if you want to take it, is 100 metres, please.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Well, given the level of detail, you'd be rather...
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I'm going to ignore Dave... ..you'd be rather brave to disagree.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39So, your answer? So, Dave said 100, I'm going to go 100, please.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40100 metres is quite right.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Well done, Dave. Thank you!
0:16:42 > 0:16:43No problem. That's the advantage
0:16:43 > 0:16:45of having an Egghead,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47but you've now, of course, not got any left, Amber.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Over to you, Kathryn, you've got two Eggheads behind you.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Here's your question.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Moored on the Thames, HMS Belfast, serves as a branch
0:16:55 > 0:16:59of which museum organisation?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I'm pretty certain it's not the Victoria and Albert Museum,
0:17:08 > 0:17:13and it's not really the museum of London's kettle of fish,
0:17:13 > 0:17:17so I'm going to go for the Imperial War Museum.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19You're 100% right. Well done.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23The Imperial War Museum and you haven't even used an Egghead there.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25OK, Amber, you're playing alone now.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Your question.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32What is the name of the woman who married Jeremy Corbyn in 2013?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Oh, I'm trying to dredge this up.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Now, if it hadn't been Jayne with a Y,
0:17:42 > 0:17:43I would've gone for Jayne,
0:17:43 > 0:17:44but it's got a Y in it
0:17:44 > 0:17:45and that doesn't look familiar.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I'm going to go down the middle and say Laura.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50I think what might have foxed you initially
0:17:50 > 0:17:52was that there is a Jane Corbin
0:17:52 > 0:17:55but it's not... You're right to avoid Jayne in this context,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58it's actually a BBC colleague of mine who reports on Panorama,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01so that name... That's what that was.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Yeah, so there's an echo, dangerous echo there,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05but she's not relevant here.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Laura is the right answer. Nicely done.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Two points to you. Second question now to Kathryn.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Very tense here.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16What architectural term is used to describe
0:18:16 > 0:18:20a monumental gateway to ancient Egyptian temples?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Well, minaret is the...
0:18:32 > 0:18:35..can't think of the exact shape,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37in Islamic buildings.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41A ziggurat is a stepped pyramid,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43so I shall go for pylon.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47OK, that's always good elimination, if it's the one you don't recognise
0:18:47 > 0:18:49it can be the right answer.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Has she triumphed here on pylon?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54I'm taking your answer, it's just for the sake of it...
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Eggs, where would you have gone with this?
0:18:56 > 0:18:57BOTH: Pylon.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Ah, well done. You didn't even use them. Pylon is right.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04So you've got two Eggheads still in play there, Kathryn.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Amber, you're playing alone, your third question,
0:19:07 > 0:19:08you're playing well though.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13The ancient Roman toga was a direct adaptation of
0:19:13 > 0:19:16a garment worn by which Italian people?
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Ah. There is no clue at all there in any of the words or...
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Etruscans.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Would you have gone there, Dave? That's what I would have gone for.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39You would've gone for that as well? Yeah.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41You're playing brilliantly, Amber,
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Etruscans is right.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Three out of three.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46So... JEREMY LAUGHS
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Interesting. Although you are in a stronger position,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52you could also go out on this question, Kathryn.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Here it is.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58A demyship is a type of scholarship awarded
0:19:58 > 0:20:02at which college at Oxford University?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11A demyship. D`E`M`Y`S-H-I-P, all one word.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16I'm going to call upon Pat for this,
0:20:16 > 0:20:19because I'm really not sure.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22OK, there's a lot riding on this, Pat,
0:20:22 > 0:20:26because if Kathryn gets this answer wrong, she's out.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30A demyship is a type of scholarship awarded at which college
0:20:30 > 0:20:34at Oxford University? Christ Church, Balliol, Magdalen?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37I'm afraid I've never heard of a demyship,
0:20:37 > 0:20:42so I can't give you any sort of
0:20:42 > 0:20:45positive steer on this.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Demy, I wonder whether we can extract
0:20:48 > 0:20:50any meaning from that, any clue.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Demy, is it after a person? I don't know.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Well, back to first principles.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00In my time at Oxford, I stepped out with men from Christ Church
0:21:00 > 0:21:06and Balliol and I can't remember, looking at notice boards,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09ever seeing - on announcements of scholarships and so on -
0:21:09 > 0:21:13ever seeing "demy".
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Which is not to say they didn't exist there.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18So I shall go for Magdalen.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21OK. You're not bringing in Barry on this one?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23You can use two Eggheads
0:21:23 > 0:21:24if you want to. Can I use
0:21:24 > 0:21:26two Eggheads? Does Barry know?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29SHE SIGHS HEAVILY
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Go on, I'll go for broke, I'll try Barry as well.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34BARRY SIGHS, KATHRYN LAUGHS
0:21:34 > 0:21:36So, Barry, I'll read it to you again. Thanks so much, Barry.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38A demyship is a type of
0:21:38 > 0:21:40scholarship awarded at which college
0:21:40 > 0:21:42at Oxford University, Barry?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Christ Church, Balliol, Magdalen? There's a lot of pressure
0:21:45 > 0:21:48on your young shoulders now, Mr Simmons.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Well, I'm sorry, Kathryn, I've never heard of this term before,
0:21:52 > 0:21:57but the only thing I can offer is that Magdalen is,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59of those three, I believe, the largest college. Yeah.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00So, on the principle
0:22:00 > 0:22:02that the largest college
0:22:02 > 0:22:03may have more different types
0:22:03 > 0:22:05of scholarships than the other,
0:22:05 > 0:22:10my inkling would be Magdalen, but I really don't know.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12No, I'm going to stick with Magdalen.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I'm going to stick with Magdalen.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Magdalen is the right answer.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20There we go, Barry.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21You did your bit.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23It was mostly down to you though,
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Kathryn. Well done.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Ooph. The pressure here.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31So three questions each. The scores are level, but not only that,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34you've all been reduced to zero Eggheads behind you
0:22:34 > 0:22:37so you're playing alone now as we go to Sudden Death.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I'm not going to give you alternative answers,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41it gets a bit harder.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Amber. In the 1980s TV ads, which book was written by JR Hartley?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Oh, that would be Fly Fishing.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Fly Fishing is quite right.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52What was it advertising, do you remember?
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Well, it was the Yellow Pages ad... That's right.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57..and he was ringing up all the shops trying to find it
0:22:57 > 0:22:59and eventually he got a copy. Fly Fishing
0:22:59 > 0:23:01is the right answer, well done. OK, Kathryn, to stay in.
0:23:01 > 0:23:07Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban named their first child together
0:23:07 > 0:23:09after which day of the week?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Oh, Lord.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17I can vaguely remember this being in the news.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21But vague is the mot juste,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23so I'm going to choose...
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Oh.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Thursday.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35If you've got it wrong, the contest is over.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37I suppose it's a one in seven. Yeah.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Do the Eggheads know back there?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I have a feeling it might be Sunday,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44because I think the name was Sunday Rose,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46which was pilloried as Sunday roast.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49JEREMY LAUGHS It doesn't ring bells anywhere.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Barry's right, actually.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Sunday is the answer. Ah.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57So, on Sudden Death, Amber has pulled ahead.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Well done, Amber, you have won.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Well, commiserations, Kathryn.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10You were ahead for much of that and you had two Eggheads as well
0:24:10 > 0:24:13and it was that Magdalen question which caused you to use them both.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17I was gambling that if they'd known it, that I would have gone out then
0:24:17 > 0:24:19if I got it wrong, so it's a gamble.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21It was a very, very tight quiz between both of you.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24It's just a cigarette paper, isn't it?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Well done, Amber. You won through.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Dave, your answer on the sprinting was perfect in every detail.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Thank you, Dave!
0:24:31 > 0:24:34So, Amber, you've proved that winning comes as naturally to you
0:24:34 > 0:24:36as it does to our Eggheads, you are one step closer
0:24:36 > 0:24:38to joining our quiz Goliaths,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40but what you've got to do now is to try and get up
0:24:40 > 0:24:42on the leaderboard.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45We're going to give you three points for each round you've won today,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48so that is three points you've got already, cos you won one round.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51You're now going to get the chance to add to those points by answering
0:24:51 > 0:24:53quickfire questions for two minutes.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55We give you one point for each correct answer.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58And if you have a look at our leaderboard there,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01you'll see where your final score puts you.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Now, we've only got three names on it,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04so I'm betting you will be in the top four.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07The big question will be whether after we've got ten names up there,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11you're still in the green area, cos those will be our semifinalists.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15All to play for. Are you ready? As I'll ever be.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19All right, good luck. Your time starts now.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Which board game takes its name from the Latin word meaning I play?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Ludo. Correct.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27The folklore of which country features a swamp-dwelling monster
0:25:27 > 0:25:28called the bunyip?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30America.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31No, Australia.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33For what does the letter B stand in the name
0:25:33 > 0:25:36of the 19th-century US President Rutherford B Hayes?
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Bernard.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39No, Birchard. Which musical features rival gangs
0:25:39 > 0:25:41called the Jets and the Sharks?
0:25:41 > 0:25:42West Side Story.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Correct. In British history, which King married Catherine of Braganza?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Henry III.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50No, Charles II. Which Shakespeare play features the line,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players."
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Tempest.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57No, As You Like It. In which TV soap was Trevor Jordack
0:25:57 > 0:25:59murdered and buried under the patio?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01It was Trevor Jordache and it's Brookside.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Brookside is correct, thank you.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05In which 1969 film does Dustin Hoffman
0:26:05 > 0:26:07play the role of Ratso Rizzo?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Midnight Cowboy.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Correct. The dodo, the flightless bird
0:26:11 > 0:26:14native to Mauritius became extinct in which century?
0:26:14 > 0:26:1519th.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18No, 17th. Oh. What is the official currency of Vietnam?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20The dong. Correct.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23In which sport are Lucas Glover and Jim Furyk famous names?
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Boxers.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27No, golf. In 1970, Clint Eastwood had a UK top 20 single
0:26:27 > 0:26:29with I Talk To The... what?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31People?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34No, Trees. Of which US city is Staten Island a borough?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Um... New York.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Correct. In the TV series Thunderbirds, what is the name
0:26:39 > 0:26:41of the father of the Tracy brothers?
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Oh, Jim.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45No, Jeff. The head of which monarchy is featured on the Penny Black,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47the world's first... Victoria. ..adhesive postage stamp.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Victoria is correct. What relation was the poet laureate
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Cecil Day-Lewis to the actor Daniel Day-Lewis?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Father.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Correct. What was the name of the green duck
0:26:56 > 0:26:58operated by the ventriloquist Keith Harris?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Orville. Correct. The juice of which fruit is used to make
0:27:01 > 0:27:02the alcoholic beverage perry?
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Pears.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Correct. In which country was the jockey Frankie Dettori born?
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Italy.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Correct. Eggplant is the American name for which foodstuff?
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Aubergine.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Correct. In which West Coast US state is the resort of Malibu?
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Um, California.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Correct. Which rock band take their name
0:27:17 > 0:27:19from the Latin phrase meaning "the state in which"?
0:27:19 > 0:27:21BUZZER RINGS Status Quo.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25I'm sorry, that was out of time, but it was indeed Status Quo.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26After a bit of
0:27:26 > 0:27:27a difficult patch,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30you came on strong there with a whole series of answers.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32So, let's see.
0:27:32 > 0:27:3413 points.
0:27:34 > 0:27:3613 correct answers,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39which we add to your three points which you've already got,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41giving you a grand total of 16 points.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Let's just see where you are on the leaderboard.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46You are third. So, feel good?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Not really, but never mind.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I know there were ones...for example,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52the Shakespeare one you knew.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55And thank you for the Jordache. JEREMY LAUGHS
0:27:55 > 0:27:57I couldn't let it slide. It's always good to actually
0:27:57 > 0:28:00correct the question. I shouldn't have wasted the time.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Brilliantly done though. You are well and truly on our leaderboard.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07So, we'll see if you stay there as the other names come on.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10There's no way of telling. It's a good score. Thank you both.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Great game today.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Join us next time to find out who else might have
0:28:14 > 0:28:16what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Till then, goodbye.
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