0:00:06 > 0:00:09These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Together, they make up the Eggheads,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19The question is do you have the brains to join them?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, and welcome to Make Me An Egghead.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30We've launched a nationwide search to find the greatest quiz brains
0:00:30 > 0:00:33in Britain. By the end of the series, two people will emerge
0:00:33 > 0:00:38as champions and win the ultimate prize for quizzing enthusiasts.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Yes, a place on the most fearsome quiz team in history, the Eggheads.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Are you looking forward to being joined by somebody
0:00:44 > 0:00:47at the end of all this? Absolutely. Yeah.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49OK. Well, let's meet today's contestants, both hoping
0:00:49 > 0:00:52they've got what it takes to become an Egghead.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Gary Grant. I'm a GP and I'm originally from Aberdeen.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Hello, my name is Martyn Oram. I am a supermarket cashier
0:01:00 > 0:01:02and I'm from Pencoed, in South Wales.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Martyn, Gary, welcome.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06So, I'm guessing you both love to quiz.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09We do... Well, certainly I do, yeah. Yes, absolutely.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Let's start with you, Gary. What have you done on TV and so on?
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I've been on Are You An Egghead? So, I've tried this process before.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I got to the semifinals and I came up against an immovable rock
0:01:20 > 0:01:22called Pat Gibson. Ah-ha!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24So, there's a bit of history there. Yeah.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28I've been on Mastermind, which I was fortunate enough to win in 2012.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32And I've been on Only Connect and Fifteen to One and The Weakest Link
0:01:32 > 0:01:34and I won shows on all of them, as well.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37OK. So, Martyn, you have, I know, been on Eggheads.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Indeed, yes, back in the day.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43We put a team in from our local rugby club and we called ourselves
0:01:43 > 0:01:45the Midweek Marauders and we obviously must have caught
0:01:45 > 0:01:48the Eggheads on a bad day that day because we actually came away
0:01:48 > 0:01:52with a prize and it was a very healthy ?10,000. Lovely.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56And not easily done. We sit here and I do Egghead after Egghead addition.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59I know how hard that is, so, well done. Good luck to you both.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Contestants, this is where you need to prove that you could be
0:02:01 > 0:02:04an Egghead. Just like on Eggheads, both of you will compete
0:02:04 > 0:02:07over a series of different rounds where your knowledge will be tested
0:02:07 > 0:02:09on the regular Eggheads categories.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12So, the first head-to-head battle, I can tell you,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14will be on the subject of Film Television.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16I'm going to ask each of you three multiple-choice
0:02:16 > 0:02:18questions on that subject in turn.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Whoever answers the most questions correctly
0:02:20 > 0:02:24wins the round, obviously. But here, the prize for winning a round
0:02:24 > 0:02:28is that you gain an extra brain for the final.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Not just any old brain, either. Not my brain,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32or an underperforming brain like that.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34One of these five brains, you can gain,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36and bring onto your side of the final.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Before the show, we tossed a coin, and as a result of that,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Gary, you got the option to decide whether,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44in this first head-to-head, you want to go first or second.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46I tossed a coin again to decide and it decided for me
0:02:46 > 0:02:48that I would go first.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Good luck to you both and here is your question.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Prior to selling his first screenplays,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Quentin Tarantino famously worked in what type of establishment?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Erm... Well, a butcher's shop would certainly fit with the amount
0:03:08 > 0:03:11of blood that are in his movies.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15I would probably think that the most likely thing is video store,
0:03:15 > 0:03:20so I will hazard a bit of a guess at video store.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Video store is correct.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Over to you, Martyn.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28In the 1995 crime thriller The Usual Suspects,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31by what name is Kevin Spacey's character known?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Well, I have watched the film.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Erm, I know they're all after Keyser Soze, I think,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47was the name that was cropping up on many occasion.
0:03:47 > 0:03:54The only one there, I think, that's going to pop out is Verbal.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Any Eggheads know? Verbal. Verbal is right. Well done.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Keyser Soze. You're absolutely right.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01That is the name of the scary person.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03OK, second question to you,
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Gary. What is the name of the character played by Barbra Streisand
0:04:08 > 0:04:11in her 1968 feature film debut Funny Girl
0:04:11 > 0:04:15and in its 1975 sequel Funny Lady?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Of those names, the one that I recognise...
0:04:24 > 0:04:28I certainly don't recognise the first two at all.
0:04:28 > 0:04:34But Fanny Brice...is ringing the tiniest, faintest of bells
0:04:34 > 0:04:37somewhere very distantly in my brain.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40So, I think the character she plays is called Fanny Brice.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Fanny Brice is correct.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Martyn, in the BBC's mid-'70s adaptation
0:04:44 > 0:04:48of I, Claudius, which actor played the Emperor Augustus?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57It's funny, actually, because I, Claudius is one of the sort of
0:04:57 > 0:05:01shows that I watched that you learn so much about the Roman Empire
0:05:01 > 0:05:04and the Roman dynasty. And I loved watching it
0:05:04 > 0:05:06and it was one of my favourite programmes when it was on,
0:05:06 > 0:05:11and I know that Brian Blessed is the...
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Hopefully! Bigging myself up.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15..is the correct answer.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Emperor Augustus was played by Brian Blessed. You're quite right.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22So, you're both playing well. Two points each.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Back to you, Gary. Who took over the role of the cat burglar
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Sir Charles Lytton from David Niven in the 1975 film
0:05:29 > 0:05:31The Return Of The Pink Panther?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Wow. Erm...
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I've got to say I don't know that at all.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46They're all very eminent actors, aren't they? So...
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I don't know. I don't know.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50This is really a bit of a stab in the dark.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I'll go with Christopher Plummer. Christopher Plummer.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Martyn, do you know this one? It's Christopher Plummer.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Yes, it is Christopher Plummer. Sorry. Sorry.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59OK, Martyn, you need this
0:05:59 > 0:06:01to stay in the round.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Which of these actresses spent much of her childhood
0:06:04 > 0:06:07touring with her German opera singer mother
0:06:07 > 0:06:10and occasionally appearing in operatic productions herself?
0:06:15 > 0:06:20Right, OK. I'm getting nothing at all from that, unfortunately.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Purely on the basis that Basinger sounds more German
0:06:25 > 0:06:28than anything else, I'm going to go with Kim Basinger.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I think I probably would've done, as well.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Let's see. Gary, is he right?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Sandra Bullock? Anyone?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Sandra Bullock. It is Sandra Bullock.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Sorry, Martyn. No, no.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Gary has won the first head-to-head.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48As a result, you gain an Egghead for the final round,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51so you have the pick of these five amazing brains.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Perhaps, to no great surprise, I'd like to pick Kevin, please.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Kevin, do you do anything to get focused for the final round?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59No, I don't think there's much you can, really,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01because you don't know what you're going to be hit with.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05It's going to be one question and it could be anything.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09So, just in a sense, of feeling generally focused, that's all.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12That's all you can do. Excellent. Well, Kevin will be trying
0:07:12 > 0:07:15to help you out in the final round. Good choice, Gary, I'm sure.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17You've got one Egghead there. Martyn doesn't have one yet.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Let's see what happens in our next category, which is History.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Gary, because you won the first head-to-head,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25you can choose. Do you want to go first or second?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Why break a winning habit? Let's go first again.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Here is your first question, Gary. Good luck.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Which historical figure was the founder
0:07:35 > 0:07:38of the international Communist organisation known as Comintern?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Erm...
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Comintern has to be far too late for...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49or far too early, sorry, for Khruhschev.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55And I'm going to say it was an early thing and we're going to say Lenin.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Lenin is correct.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Martyn, in the run-up to the Iraq War,
0:07:59 > 0:08:03the Swedish diplomat Hans Blix was the United Nations head
0:08:03 > 0:08:05of what type of activity?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14OK, I do remember this.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Massively in the news back in the day.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23He was in charge of the weapons inspection department.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25He was indeed. Yes, you're right.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29OK, Gary, your question.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32At the Battle of Agincourt, Henry V's army numbered
0:08:32 > 0:08:34roughly how many men?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Well, I'm immediately going to exclude 600
0:08:40 > 0:08:43because it would be far more than that.
0:08:43 > 0:08:4660,000's a very high number...
0:08:48 > 0:08:53..especially because they would have had to go to France for it.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55I think a reasonable number...
0:08:55 > 0:08:58It's not something I know, but I think a reasonable number for this
0:08:58 > 0:09:02would be 6,000, so we'll say 6,000. Let's see if our boffins know.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Spot-on. Spot-on. 6,000 is right. Well done.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Martyn, your second question.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12the founding document of NATO, states that,
0:09:12 > 0:09:16"An armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America
0:09:16 > 0:09:20"shall be considered an attack against who?"
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Right, just for clarification, once more, please, Jeremy.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35the founding document of NATO, states that,
0:09:35 > 0:09:39"An armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America
0:09:39 > 0:09:42"shall be considered an attack against who?"
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Thank you for the clarification.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48On that basis, I'm going to go with them all.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Them all is quite right.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Gary, of the five landing beaches
0:09:52 > 0:09:57used on D-Day in 1944, which was the easternmost?
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Crikey.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Right. They...
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I may have this hopelessly wrong, but I think the two American beaches
0:10:11 > 0:10:13were to the west, Juno and Omaha...
0:10:15 > 0:10:17..which would mean it's got to be Gold or Sword.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20I don't know the order they were in. I can't imagine a map.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24I'm going to have to hope that there was some sort of alphabetical order
0:10:24 > 0:10:28involved left-to-right and say Sword.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Sword is your answer. I'm looking at Martyn thinking, "Do you know?"
0:10:32 > 0:10:36If it had been my question, it would have been my answer - Sword.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Can we picture them here, anyone? We've no Chris today. Kevin?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41As far as the British and Canadian beaches are concerned,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44that is the order, from west to east, in which they sit.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48So, the westernmost beach was the American, Utah, then Omaha,
0:10:48 > 0:10:52and then Gold, Juno, Sword. So, Sword is the easternmost.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54There we are. From the man himself.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Sword is the right answer. You've got three out of three.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Martyn, there's still the pressure on you.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Now, you've got to stay in with this answer.
0:11:02 > 0:11:08Who defeated the Saxons at the Battle of Maldon in 991?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15It's too late for the Romans, it's too early for the Normans
0:11:15 > 0:11:19because they didn't darken our shores until around 1066,
0:11:19 > 0:11:20if I'm not mistaken.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24The basis of elimination, or the process of elimination,
0:11:24 > 0:11:26takes me towards the Vikings.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Vikings is right. You're playing really well, both of you.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31So, you've got three out of three, both of you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35It gets a bit harder now - we go to Sudden Death
0:11:35 > 0:11:37and I do not give you alternative answers.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Gary, are you ready? I am.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42The International Brigades was the name given to the groups
0:11:42 > 0:11:46of foreign volunteers who fought on the Republican side,
0:11:46 > 0:11:50against the Nationalists, in which country's civil war?
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Oh, well, I think George Orwell was part of the International Brigades
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and that was in Spain's civil war.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Spain is right.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Martyn, Sudden Death. Walter Mondale
0:11:59 > 0:12:04served as US vice president during whose presidency?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Right, OK. Erm...
0:12:09 > 0:12:11It's not that far back.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15I'm torn here between Bush Sr and possibly Reagan.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22And I might even have to borrow Gary's coin here
0:12:22 > 0:12:25to decide which one it is.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I will go for...
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Bush Sr.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38I would ask you for the full name. George Bush Sr.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43His was Dan Quayle, actually. OK. And then Reagan's was Bush Sr.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45And Mondale was a Democrat.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Carter, then. It is Jimmy Carter, yeah.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Sorry, you're behind. It's Sudden Death.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55You can't afford a wrong answer. We say congratulations, Gary.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57You've won that head-to-head, as well.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And you can choose a second Egghead to help you in the final.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04OK. I've already picked one. You've picked Kevin. Yeah.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I've picked one world quiz champion, I'll pick another one now,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09so I'll pick Pat, thank you.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Right. So, as it stands, Gary has two Eggheads to help him
0:13:12 > 0:13:15in the final. Martyn doesn't have any yet.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18We have got another head-to-head, Martyn, fear not.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Food Drink
0:13:19 > 0:13:21is the topic. And, Gary, again,
0:13:21 > 0:13:25cos you won the last one, you can choose - first or second?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27This is going to be my weakest subject,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30so it's not going to make any difference, but I'll go first again.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Food Drink, and your first question, Gary.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40Which foodstuff was the subject of a 1957 hoax documentary
0:13:40 > 0:13:43shown on Panorama for April Fool's Day?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Now, there's... Again, there's a...
0:13:52 > 0:13:54..a tiny bell ringing in my head here,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57and I think it's something to do with growing them on trees.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02And I think it's spaghetti.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03So, I think the answer's spaghetti.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Anyone confirm? Absolutely.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07None of us have seen it, have we?
0:14:07 > 0:14:11I've seen things of it cos it was Richard Dimbleby, wasn't it?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Yes, it was Richard. In 1957. And,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18obviously, at the time, because he was the big voice
0:14:18 > 0:14:20of, you know, seniority and truth,
0:14:20 > 0:14:24it did look a very good, you know, spoof documentary.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26If Jeremy Vine was telling you about spaghetti trees,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29you wouldn't believe him, would you? I'd believe him.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Yes, it is spaghetti. It was done very well.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Well done. Spaghetti it was.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35OK, Martyn,
0:14:35 > 0:14:39the dish of bird's nest soup, considered a delicacy,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42health booster, life prolonger and aphrodisiac,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45is most associated with which continent?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Well, the way you described it, it sounds very tasty.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I'm pretty sure it's from Asia.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Asia's correct. Has anyone here had bird's nest soup?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02I've had it once and I think the bird involved is a swift.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04So, there was a bird used in it?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I think it's the saliva that holds the nest together,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09which is used to make the soup. Oh, really? Yes.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Was that in one of your Japan travels, Barry?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16No, it was in a Chinese restaurant in my home town. What, in Bradford?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Leeds. JEREMY LAUGHS
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Leeds near Shanghai. Oh, great.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Here's your second question, Gary.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Baloney is a type of what?
0:15:29 > 0:15:34I only know baloney in terms of the thing that I normally talk,
0:15:34 > 0:15:38and certainly what the answer I'm going to give will be baloney,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I think, cos I've never heard of it as a food.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I'm going to say baloney is a sausage.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47LAUGHTER Sausage.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Well, Judith's rule is, if cheese is up there, you always choose cheese.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Ah. That's the rule of Keppel.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55But cheese would have been wrong. Martyn, you know.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Yeah, I do. Yeah, and it's sausage.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01I'm so sorry! You haven't got an answer wrong yet.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03You're playing well.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04OK, Martyn, your question.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09Which of these is a form of green tea used in Japanese tea ceremonies?
0:16:15 > 0:16:19I do drink tea. None of that stuff, though.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Builder's tea for me, thank you very much.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I'm going to go with goma.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28I'm going to check this with Barry cos I reckon you'll know this.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Well, I've drunk green tea in the shogun's summer residence
0:16:31 > 0:16:32in the Central Park, in Tokyo.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35That's not in Leeds? That's not in Leeds.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36This one is definitely in Japan.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I have a vague recollection that it was made from matcha.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41The answer is matcha. Yeah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44So, let's see if that was
0:16:44 > 0:16:48an expensive error. If you get this right, Gary, you've taken the round.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52In champagne production, what is the English term for the process
0:16:52 > 0:16:57of moving sediment to the neck of the bottle so it can be removed?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Oh, wow. When you said that, I thought,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06"Oh, yeah, I'll know that when it comes up," and I don't.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12But there is, again, something.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14This little bell keeps going off in my head.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Where it's coming from, I've no idea.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20And this time, it's saying riddling, so I'll have to go with that.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22I've certainly heard that as a process.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25It's something, so we'll say riddling.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28If you've got this right, Gary, then you've taken the third
0:17:28 > 0:17:30of the head-to-heads.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33The answer is riddling.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35You have got it right.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38And congratulations, we say. You've won the final head-to-head.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41So sorry.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43All right... No, you don't need to apologise.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44You're not triumphant yet.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46So, you've got Kevin, you've got Pat.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50You can choose one more Egghead and leave Martyn bereft.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54It is a tricky one. There's a case for all three, but I'd probably say
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Barry, if that's all right. Sure. Yeah, we know Barry's strengths.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01They're very familiar. The history, the opera,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03the albums of the Sugababes.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08So, Gary, you've got Kevin, Pat and Barry in the final round.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Martyn, you don't have any Eggs, but it's not over,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15not by any manner of means. Let's now see what happens in the final.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19So, this is what we have been playing towards.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22It is time to find out who is one step closer to becoming an Egghead
0:18:22 > 0:18:25and who will be eliminated from our search.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Gary and Martyn, I'm going to ask each of you three questions in turn,
0:18:29 > 0:18:31and this time, the questions are all
0:18:31 > 0:18:34General Knowledge. In this final round,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37you will have the backing of the Eggheads you've won over the course
0:18:37 > 0:18:41of the show. So, Gary, you're going to have Kevin and Pat and Barry
0:18:41 > 0:18:44back there. Martyn, sadly, you're on your own!
0:18:44 > 0:18:47But it doesn't mean you can't win.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50You'll be able to call on your respective Eggheads, Gary,
0:18:50 > 0:18:52for advice before giving an answer to a question.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56However, you can ask them only once, so you've got to use them
0:18:56 > 0:18:59very wisely. So, you both happy with that? Yeah.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02All right. Gary, you won the last round, you get to choose
0:19:02 > 0:19:03whether you want to go first or second.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06This time, Jeremy, I'll go second, please.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12OK. Martyn, your first question.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16In February 2015, Colin Graves was elected to be the chairman
0:19:16 > 0:19:20of the governing body of which sport in England and Wales?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27I love my sport. Very sport-orientated.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I've played cricket. I've played cricket for over 40 years.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Erm, tennis is not...
0:19:34 > 0:19:38..not my forte, got to be honest with you.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Colin Graves.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42It's a very familiar-sounding name...
0:19:44 > 0:19:46..and I am leaning towards cricket.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Cricket is correct.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51You're on your way.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Gary, what is the English translation of the name
0:19:55 > 0:19:59of the Italian newspaper La Stampa?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Oh.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I've done a little bit of Italian
0:20:09 > 0:20:12and I have a little inkling, but...
0:20:14 > 0:20:17..I think, with three Eggheads sat there, it would be very foolish
0:20:17 > 0:20:18of me not to use one of them.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23And I'm hopeful that if I ask...
0:20:25 > 0:20:28..Kevin, he will confirm what I'm already thinking.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30So, Kevin, what is the English translation
0:20:30 > 0:20:33of the name of the Italian newspaper La Stampa?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Well, I think it's sort of a mechanical process.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I think it is the press.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42He says the press. You don't have to accept that, but was that
0:20:42 > 0:20:44what you were thinking? It was actually, yes.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46I know it's not the truth.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50So, yeah, because we both think the same thing,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53I think, yeah, I'll save my other two Eggheads,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55hope it's correct and say the press.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59And the press is right. Stampa sounds a bit like press, doesn't it?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Thank you, Kevin. Martyn, your second question.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08H1N1 is the scientific designation for a subtype of which virus?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17HN...? H1N1.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Now, that's very familiar in terms of, if I'm not mistaken,
0:21:21 > 0:21:24a few years back, there was quite an epidemic
0:21:24 > 0:21:29and it was surrounding, if I'm not mistaken again, bird flu.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31So, I will go with influenza.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Your logic is impeccable. Influenza is the right answer.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Back to you, Gary.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Jumpman was an early name of which video game character?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Right, this is where...
0:21:52 > 0:21:55..I ride my bicycle along the ragged edge of disaster
0:21:55 > 0:21:58because I think, with two Eggheads, I might just...
0:21:59 > 0:22:01..go for this, actually.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04See, Sonic the Hedgehog is a hedgehog...
0:22:06 > 0:22:08..and isn't a man.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Clearly, it's designed to be a hedgehog.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Similarly, the Crash Bandicoot is a bandicoot.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Whereas Mario is a man.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21This may be something I regret...
0:22:24 > 0:22:25..but...
0:22:26 > 0:22:30..I'm going to say Mario. JEREMY LAUGHS
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Mario is right. Well done.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34I loved that.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38A very serious application of logic to those video game characters.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43So, your question, Martyn. Third question in the final round.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46The timing of which of the Apollo moon missions
0:22:46 > 0:22:52meant that the astronaut crew had to spend Christmas Day in space?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58OK, right. Well...
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Apollo 13 was the ill-fated mission that was...
0:23:09 > 0:23:12..made into a film with Tom Hanks.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo missions.
0:23:17 > 0:23:23Purely because of the disaster that occurred
0:23:23 > 0:23:25to the Apollo 13 mission...
0:23:30 > 0:23:33..I will go with Apollo 13.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Gary, do you know this one?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36I'll be honest, I don't, no. No?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Any Eggs know this? I think it's eight. I think it's eight.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41I think it's eight. I seem to remember a Christmas broadcast
0:23:41 > 0:23:42from Apollo 8.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Yeah, the Eggheads have got it. Apollo 8 is the answer. OK.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48So, with this, your third question, Gary,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51you can take the contest.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Which Hindu festival is sometimes referred to
0:23:53 > 0:23:56as the Festival of Colours,
0:23:56 > 0:24:00after the practice of participants throwing coloured powders
0:24:00 > 0:24:01over each other?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Right.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13I've travelled to India and I was there when they did this.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15You get covered in
0:24:15 > 0:24:16multicoloured powder
0:24:16 > 0:24:20and it's great fun and it's Holi.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23OK. You're not going to consult Pat or Barry?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I probably should have done, shouldn't I?
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Well, if you're right, we're not going to hear from them again.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Yeah. If we go to Sudden Death, I've still got them, haven't I?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Yeah, Holi.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35It won't be necessary. The answer is Holi.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39So, after three questions, we say, Gary, congratulations, you have won.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45And I'm just realising, Martyn,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47he didn't get a single question wrong in the whole show.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Well, thanks for reminding me, Jeremy. That's very kind of you.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Sometimes, a player just does that and there's no stopping them.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Absolutely. Fair play. He did very, very well.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Well, brilliant. I hope you've enjoyed your visit.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I've had a fabulous time. I've had an absolute whale of a time,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03thank you. And well done, Gary. You've proved that winning
0:25:03 > 0:25:05comes as naturally to you as it does to our Eggheads.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08You are one step closer to joining our quiz goliaths,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11but your work for today is not quite over yet.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14We're going to give you three points for each round you've won today,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16so that's a very handy nine points.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19And you're going to get the chance to add to those points
0:25:19 > 0:25:22by answering quickfire questions for two minutes.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24We give you one point for each correct answer
0:25:24 > 0:25:28and we'll see where your final score puts you on our leaderboard.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Now, the top four places at the end of the heats
0:25:31 > 0:25:33will make it through to the semifinals.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Take a look at the leaderboard.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36We've already got four names up there.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Maybe, after your quickfire round, you will displace one of them.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42We shall see. But you've got to be in the top four at the end
0:25:42 > 0:25:44of the whole process to get to the semifinals.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48All to play for. Are you ready to play? I certainly am. OK.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Good luck. Your time starts now.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Made famous after the 1970s scandal involving President Nixon,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58the Watergate complex is a group of buildings in which city?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Washington DC. Correct.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Which stage musical features the character Jean Valjean?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Les Miserables. Correct.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07In which TV drama series did Craig Parkinson play
0:26:07 > 0:26:10the police officer Matthew Dot Cottan?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Heartbeat. No, Line Of Duty.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15What was the surname of the title character in the British comic strip
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Roy Of The Rovers?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Roy Race. Correct.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22The wrestler who used the ring name Big Daddy was called Shirley what?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Crabtree. Correct.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Grantham, famous as the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher,
0:26:27 > 0:26:28is a town in which county?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Lincolnshire. Correct.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Which 1981 UK number one
0:26:31 > 0:26:33was a collaboration between Queen and David Bowie?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Under Pressure. Correct.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Which 1989 Disney animation features the characters
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Ariel, Flounder and Scuttle?
0:26:39 > 0:26:41The Little Mermaid. Correct.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43The Canadian city of Toronto is situated on which of the five
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Great Lakes of North America?
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Ontario. Correct.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49What colour are the 50 stars on the national flag of the USA?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51White. Correct.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53The llama is native to which continent?
0:26:53 > 0:26:54South America. Correct.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Of which Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
0:26:56 > 0:26:58is Jean Louise Scout Finch the main narrator?
0:26:58 > 0:26:59To Kill A Mockingbird. Correct.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Which musical features the songs With A Little Bit Of Luck
0:27:02 > 0:27:04and I Could Have Danced All Night?
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Oh, Carousel. No. My Fair Lady.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08In which play by Shakespeare is a pound of flesh demanded
0:27:08 > 0:27:10for non-payment of a debt?
0:27:10 > 0:27:11The Merchant Of Venice. Correct.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14In which country was the composer Edvard Grieg born?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Norway. Correct.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19The catchphrase that became most associated with Max Bygraves was,
0:27:19 > 0:27:20"I want to tell you a..." what?
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Story. Correct.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24The spirit tequila is named after a location in which country?
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Mexico. Correct.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28What was the first name of the poet WB Yeats?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Er, William. Correct.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32The racing driver Jacques Villeneuve, born in 1971,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35won the Formula One world championship in which decade?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37The '90s. Correct.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Which saint is celebrated on the 15th of July
0:27:39 > 0:27:41and is associated with a custom that
0:27:41 > 0:27:43if it rains on this day, it will rain for 40 days?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Swithin. Correct.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47What is the first name of the EastEnders character
0:27:47 > 0:27:48played by Ross Kemp?
0:27:48 > 0:27:49Grant. Correct.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52What is the star sign of someone born on April the 10th?
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Taurus. END OF ROUND BUZZER
0:27:54 > 0:27:57No, that last one was wrong. Aries. It was Aries. Yeah.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00You did a storming performance there. My goodness.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02So, you've done very, very well.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06I'm thinking this looks very good for you, Gary. You scored 19 points.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08That gives you a grand total of 28.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10So, let's see the leaderboard now
0:28:10 > 0:28:13and we're going to see something quite dramatic here.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Gary comes on and you're right at the top with 28 points.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20I don't know how anyone's going to push you out of the top four
0:28:20 > 0:28:21in the next few days, but let's see.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24All right, well, we're working out how this works.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27It's very exciting. Thank you, both. Great quizzing, guys, both of you.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Join us next time to find out who else might have what it takes
0:28:29 > 0:28:31to become an Egghead.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35I wonder if tomorrow's will be just as tense? Till then, goodbye.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06Start the clock. Name this show.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07BUZZER Top Class.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08What is it?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10BUZZER A new quiz show.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Which channel is it on?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13BUZZER CBBC.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14What happens?
0:29:14 > 0:29:15BUZZER THIS happens.
0:29:18 > 0:29:2016? Yes!
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Which country does this flag belong to?
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Belgium.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24I'm feeling quite happy.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25IT'S A TRIUMPH!
0:29:25 > 0:29:26CHEERING AND APPLAUSE