Episode 17 Revenge of the Egghead

These five contestants are hoping to walk away today

thousands of pounds richer.

Standing in their way is one of the most formidable quizzers

to grace the Eggheads team - CJ de Mooi.

This is Revenge of the Egghead.

Hello and welcome to Revenge of the Egghead.

Let us meet the five contestants hoping to get one over on CJ today.

I'm Colin, I'm a pub landlord from Surrey.

I'm Rona, I'm a retired secretary and I'm from Southampton.

I'm Mark, I'm a landscape gardener from North Yorkshire.

I'm Naomi, I'm a creative writing student from Monmouth.

I'm Dan and I'm a journalist from Brighton.

So, welcome and good luck to you all.

As you know, in order to win any money today,

you need to outsmart CJ de Mooi.

How are you feeling today, CJ?

A little tired. I've been getting down to some really hard work.

And speaking about going down hard...

JEREMY LAUGHS

He does love to see people lose, but don't worry about that.

I know in between programmes while we're all socialising

you are learning lists. What is it at the moment?

I've been looking at films and TV this week,

and especially composers of TV theme tunes.

So if I said EastEnders, you'd be able to tell me...?

As it's probably the most famous theme tune at the moment, Simon May.

Hawaii Five-0?

Very interesting, because he was the guy

-who also wrote the theme tune to

-Gunsmoke... Sammy Davis Jr.

-Sammy Davis Jr?

-Yeah!

It was Morton Stevens, who also composed the theme tune to Gunsmoke,

but worked with Sammy Davis Jr.

Aiee, you were nearly there! Whatever.

Let's think. Blackadder?

You want to do Blackadder, Dan?

-I've got no idea.

-Blackadder.

-Howard Goodall.

-OK. Anyway, it probably won't come up. Don't worry.

What do you make of the line-up?

Well, there's one of them I'm gunning for already, isn't there?

Let's get started, everyone.

Contestants, none of you know each other,

but you will be building up a prize fund together by individually

answering general knowledge questions.

Each correct answer will add £200 to the pot,

but be very careful, because if CJ knows your answer is wrong

he can stop play like this.

BUZZER

So he hits the red buzzer, the lights go, the klaxon goes,

and once he's caught you out he has the chance to ask you

a particularly difficult question

that he has written specially himself.

Get it wrong and you will lose one of those two lives

lit up on the desk in front of you. If you lose them both,

you are out of the game. Whoever survives to the end of the game

will have a shot at sharing the prize money.

So, all to play for. Shall we start?

Colin, we start with you.

Which Scottish city hosts an annual Military Tattoo?

Edinburgh.

Edinburgh is correct. £200. Rona.

The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy comes from which Tchaikovsky ballet?

Swan Lake?

Swan Lake is your answer.

It is actually The Nutcracker.

Oh, we've found a little gap in your knowledge there, CJ.

I know that, I'd just completely forgotten which one it was!

You didn't buzz! How about that? So you don't add £200,

but because he had what was described in Breaking Bad

as a "fugue state" for a second, he had nothing going on upstairs,

Rona, you got away with it. You're not called to the Hot Spot.

Mark, your question. Which TV comedy character was killed off

in a hit-and-run accident in 2000?

Oh...

-Victor Meldrew.

-Victor Meldrew is correct.

£400 in the bank so far.

Naomi, in terms of satellite navigation systems,

what does the acronym GPS stand for?

Global Positioning System.

Global Positioning System is correct.

£600. Dan, how old was the jockey Lester Piggott

when he rode his first winner in a professional race

at Haydock Park in 1948?

He was 21.

-BUZZER

-21 is your answer,

-but CJ's buzzed.

-Was he 16?

No, he was younger than both those ages.

He was 12.

He was 12! Classic quiz question, but CJ doesn't know that,

so you're off the hook there, Dan.

Didn't make any money but you're not called to the Hot Spot.

We're on £600, Colin, we're back with you.

Who provides the voice of Gru in the Despicable Me films?

-Robin Williams.

-BUZZER

-Robin Williams.

-Steve Carell.

Steve Carell is the right answer,

he's caught you out there, I'm afraid, Colin.

So he's going to call you to the Hot Spot

and give you one of his own specially devised questions.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

Colin, if you get this question wrong

you will lose one of your two lives.

Pub landlord, CJ, what are you thinking?

Animals. Considering what most pubs are full of on a Friday night.

Colin.

Any clues there at all, Colin?

-Any thoughts?

-Magpie seems a little too obvious.

I think I'm going to go with squirrel.

Go on, CJ.

The answer's ferret.

Sorry, Colin.

That's not good news. Please rejoin the other players.

Colin, you're going to lose a life there. You're on £600, players.

Rona, Lillehammer is a town in which Scandinavian country?

Sweden. BUZZER

Sweden is your answer. CJ's buzzed.

Norway is my answer.

-How do you know that?

-The Winter Olympics have been held there.

OK. I'm afraid he's right. He just...

behaves as if it's so obvious.

But it is Norway, it's not Sweden.

You're going to have to go to the Hot Spot as well, Rona.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

-So you were a secretary for a long time?

-Yes. Many years.

All right. Well, don't take any dictation from him.

I think we're going to go with European Geography, aren't we, Rona?

Rona...

Brenner sounds a bit German.

I'll go for Germany.

The answer is Italy.

Sorry, Rona.

You got it wrong. Please rejoin the other players.

Rona, you lose a life.

You're on £600. Mark.

True caviar is made from the eggs of which fish?

-Sturgeon?

-Sturgeon is quite right. £200 added, up to £800.

Naomi, can you make it £1,000?

Max von Sydow, Donald Pleasance, Charles Gray and Telly Savalas

have all played which fictional character on screen?

Death. BUZZER

Death is your answer. OK.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

He's the main Bond villain, he's the head - or was the head - of SPECTRE.

He's the one with the cat.

-Yes.

-It is Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Please take on the Egghead.

-So you do some creative writing.

-I do, yes.

-Studying with Open University.

-Well, CJ does a bit of creative writing,

because he loves making up those multiple-choice options

and making them as dastardly as possible. So good luck here.

Let's play a little game, Naomi, and let's make that game darts.

OK.

13.

You said that straightaway. Have you played some darts?

Many years ago, but I didn't take much notice of the numbers.

This is a stinker, CJ.

-Oh, I'm sorry!

-I don't think even Eric Bristow knows this.

The correct answer is...

11.

Is there any way of knowing that logically, CJ?

-No.

-They're all a jumble?

-Yes.

So it's even worse than we thought, Naomi.

Please return to your fellow players.

Naomi, I have to take a life away from you, you're down to one life.

You're on £800. Dan, which author is featured

in the title of an acclaimed 1962 play by Edward Albee?

That is...

Virginia Woolf, with the play Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Virginia Woolf is quite right, and that is the correct play title.

Well done. £200 - £1,000 now, players.

Colin, here's your question.

In 1982, which snooker player scored the first ever

televised 147 break?

Alex Higgins. BUZZER

Alex Higgins. I have a feeling you like snooker.

I do quite like snooker.

In the 1982 Lada Classic, for which he won a Lada car,

-it was Steve Davis.

-It was Steve Davis, Colin, I'm afraid,

not Alex Higgins. And therefore you must again face CJ

with the risk that you're going to lose your last life.

Please, take on the Egghead.

Can you show some mercy here, CJ, for crying out loud?

I'm sorry, are you talking to me?

I didn't think so.

Colin, I'm going to be kind to you and ask you one

about my very favourite subject, so hopefully you'll have

watched Eggheads and know something about it too.

Martha.

I'm thinking he may be right, but I don't know.

The right answer's Mary.

Martha was George Washington's wife.

It's almost as if I put it in there deliberately, isn't it?

Sorry, Colin. Sorry as well about the gloating that goes on over here.

A wrong answer again, with only one life left,

means you lose your final life. You're out of the money

and out of the game. The Egghead has taken his revenge.

Well, it's very painful when that happens, players.

Sad to lose him.

£1,000 in the bank, four of you left.

Rona, where would you expect to see the Dewey Decimal System in use?

-In science?

-BUZZER

In science. CJ?

In a library.

In this case, we pulled the wrong book off the shelf, Rona.

And again you have only one life left

and you have to now face the Egghead.

I really hope we don't lose you, Rona. Good luck here.

I think we're doing Geography again, aren't we? Rona...

I would think

it's Libya.

If you get this one wrong you're out of the game. Let's hope not.

The correct answer...

..is Libya.

Well done, Rona!

You've saved your life.

Please rejoin your fellow players.

So, you're on £1,000, still, need to get a bit more money in there.

Mark, by what name is the retired sportsman

Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known?

Pele.

Pele is correct.

£1,200. Naomi.

Max de Winter is a brooding widower in which 1938 novel?

-Rebecca.

-Well done, Naomi, Rebecca is the right answer.

So you now have £1,400.

In terms of weather, what are the sirocco, mistral and zephyr?

They are types of wind.

Correct, they're winds. Another £200 - £1,600.

Rona, I was going to say "Playing well", but I don't want to jinx it.

Which famous landmark stands on the Champs de Mars?

"Mars" is spelled M-A-R-S.

-Arc de Triomphe?

-BUZZER

CJ?

It's not Arc de Triomphe... I will guess at the Eiffel Tower?

Yes, Eiffel Tower is correct and Arc de Triomphe is wrong.

And Rona...this is round and round we go, here,

you've got to go back to the Hot Spot and take on the Egghead!

You've got to get this right, Rona. Go on, CJ.

-What area are you going for?

-Art.

I don't think it's Francis Bacon.

I know David Hockney does strange things.

Never heard of Paul Klee.

Er, I'll try Jackson Pollock.

Jackson Pollock, you've eliminated the other three.

Let's hope you hang on in there. CJ?

The answer's Francis Bacon.

Oh.

So I'm really sorry, another wrong answer,

Rona, that was your last life which you now lose.

Thanks for playing, but you are out of the game

and out of the money. The Egghead over here has taken his revenge.

And then there were three.

But you've got five lives between you,

and £1,600 in the pot.

Mark, you've had three right answers so far. Here's your next question.

The 1956 film Reach For The Sky

is based on the life story of which man?

Douglas Bader.

Douglas Bader is quite right!

Another £200 - £1,800. Naomi.

The ports of Hull and Grimsby are situated on which estuary?

The...Humber Estuary.

The Humber is the right answer. £2,000 now, well done on that. Dan.

Which Australian bowler took 37 wickets

in the 2013/14 Ashes series?

That was Mitchell Johnson.

Mitchell Johnson is the right answer.

£200 more - £2,200.

See if you can get an answer wrong, Mark, not that I want you to!

Randle P McMurphy is a character in which book

by the author Ken Kesey?

Over The Hill. BUZZER

-CJ.

-Ken Kesey's most famous work is One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

CJ's right. It is One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,

and so finally, Mark, he's managed to get you to the Hot Spot.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

You've been playing stormingly well.

-Thank you.

-CJ, what are you thinking?

I really don't know what to ask you, Mark.

You, grudgingly, I will admit, have quite a good general knowledge.

It's the ounce.

-You seem to know that, that's not a guess.

-I like the ounce.

It is one of the favourite animals.

That's good, I hope you got this right. CJ?

The correct answer is the ounce.

-Look at that!

-It's one of the big five roaring animals.

You've embarrassed CJ, that's good.

Please return to your fellow players.

Well done, Mark. Two lives you had, two lives you still have.

You players are on £2,200.

I don't know when the klaxon is going to go off, though.

Naomi, which fruit is traditionally used to make an Eve's pudding?

-Apple.

-Apple is correct.

Another £200. £2,400.

Dan, you also have two lives. You're playing well, too.

What is the name of the character played by Peter Capaldi

in the TV comedy The Thick Of It?

That's Malcolm Tucker.

Malcolm Tucker is correct. Another £200. 2,600.

Mark, which Oscar-winning film was based on the novel

Q&A by the author Vikas Swarup?

The Mathematician.

-BUZZER

-The mathematician. CJ?

Slumdog Millionaire.

It was Slumdog Millionaire.

It's time once again to face the Egghead.

I suspect CJ isn't going to be asking you about any more

wild animals. He's learned his lesson.

I'm going to ask Mark about wild animals!

-OK.

-Mark...

Africa.

Again, you're straight there.

I think it's because is a Dutch spelling

and the Dutch were prominent in Africa.

Right, love the logic. Let's see.

The correct answer is Africa.

Well done, Mark. Please return to your fellow players.

You're making some bad choices here, CJ.

You know he's good on his wild animals because of the snow leopard.

Sorry, did I ask for your opinion?

All right, £2,600, you're doing really well.

Naomi, your question.

The resort of Paphos is located on which Mediterranean island?

Cyprus.

Cyprus is correct. Another £200. 2,800.

Dan, Horatio Nelson had his arm amputated during an attack

on which Spanish islands?

Elba.

-BUZZER

-Elba, CJ.

-Calvi?

-Calvi is wrong, too.

The answer is Tenerife.

Ah!

So no money in the pot. You've not even been on the hotspot yet, Dan.

You're playing really well. Still on 2,800.

Mark, your question.

-KLAXON,

-The klaxon has gone.

That was the last question

and three of you have survived to play in the final round.

You've built up a prize pot of £2,800 and you now have the chance

to take that money home.

There is one problem - you've got to beat the Egghead.

So there's £2,000 up for grabs and three of you left.

If you can prove yourself better than CJ, you will win the money,

but he's going to do everything he can to stop you.

Here's how it works -

we're going to ask CJ ten general knowledge questions.

However many he answers correctly will be your target to beat.

Are you ready, CJ?

This is going to be tricky. They're a good team. Five lives.

-I need to post a good score.

-There's a lot of knowledge there.

I didn't go that far.

OK. Let's play. CJ, I've got your ten questions here.

Here's the first one -

Cheddar Gorge is carved out of which range of limestone hills?

Mendips?

Mendips is correct. One out of one. Next question -

in 2012, who became the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal?

Ahhhh...

Well, I can see her face, but I can't remember what her name was.

I can't accept just a description of her face, I'm afraid.

Oh! Oh!

Nicola.

It's either Adam or Adams.

And I don't know which one it is.

Nicola Adam...? Adams...

Nicola Adam.

Ha-ha!

I'm so sorry, you're wrong.

It's Nicola Adams.

So you've got one out of two.

Next question - which organ of the human body contains

the tricuspid valve?

It's the heart.

The heart is correct. Two out of three.

The Queen Anne's Revenge was a ship famously sailed by which pirate?

-His real name or his moniker?

-I can accept either.

Edward Teach.

Edward Teach is correct. His moniker was Blackbeard. Three out of four.

Next question - which game takes its name from the Japanese for

"single number"?

Sudoku.

Sudoku is correct. Four out of five.

Next question - Thom Yorke

and Jonny Greenwood have found fame as members of which band?

-Is Tom T-H-O-M?

-Yes, he is.

-And an E on the end of York?

-Yes, it is.

-Radiohead.

Radiohead is correct. Five out of six.

I thought he'd tripped and stumbled there, but he's storming ahead. Five out of six.

OK, next question -

in Scrabble, CJ, how many points is the letter Q worth?

It's ten.

-Are you a Scrabble man?

-Yes, I've played Scrabble.

-I can tell.

Ten points is correct. Six out of seven.

The death of which actor at the age of 31 in 1926 caused widespread

hysteria, several suicides and riots as his body lay in state?

Rudolph Valentino.

Rudolph Valentino is correct. You've got seven out of eight.

The city of Perth is in which Australian state?

It's in...Western Australia.

Western Australia is correct. Eight out of nine.

Final question, CJ - how players does each team have

on the ice during an ice hockey game?

Six.

Six is correct as well. You've scored nine out of ten.

One S away from a full house!

Yes, you were one letter short of ten correct answers. So, nine.

I wonder if that might be a very costly letter S, CJ,

because these three are players, we know that.

You've got your target now from CJ. It's nine.

You've got to work together as a team to beat that target.

You've got five lives remaining between you.

Give me an incorrect answer, though, and you will lose a life.

If you beat CJ's target before you've lost all your lives,

you win the prize pot of £2,800.

Shall we play?

Here's your first question -

which man born in 1871 was nicknamed the Iron Chancellor?

THEY TALK INDISTINCTLY

The only possible guess I have is Bismarck.

And that's a bit of a guess but it's ringing a bell.

-Go for it, because I've no idea.

-Yes.

-We're going to have a stab at Bismarck.

-I need the full name.

Otto van Bismarck.

You said Otto VAN Bismarck.

And it's Otto VON Bismarck.

And we saw this principle in operation with CJ and the letter S.

So I can't accept "Van". So you got the first answer wrong.

You lose a life. You're down to four lives.

Next question - George Clooney won his first Oscar

for his role in which film?

Oh...

Was it Oceans 11?

No, he didn't win an Oscar for any of the Oceans ones, I don't think.

Oh Brother where Art thou?

Maybe.

-It would have been for an arty film.

-Yeah, yeah.

Or was it...?

Men Don't Stare At Goats?

I think that was afterwards, but I don't know.

-Shall we go for Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

-Yes, give it a try?

-Yes.

Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

Oh Brother Where Art Thou? is your answer. CJ will know.

-Syriana?

-Syriana is the right answer.

So you lose another life. You're down to three lives, players.

Still possible to overhaul CJ.

There are three of you, there's only one of him. You can do it.

Stay positive, don't let the... Forget the Bismarck thing, OK?

Forget the Bismarck thing. Doesn't matter. Here's your next question -

which nation's flag depicts an eagle eating a snake?

Mexico?

Yes, that sounds right.

Yeah, go for it.

Mexico.

Mexico is the right answer. Well done.

-We got one!

-First correct answer, well done.

You have a point up on the scoreboard. That's excellent.

Your next question - in 2012,

the singer Katie Melua married which sportsman?

I haven't a clue.

I don't think it's football. It doesn't ring any bells with football.

It's not ringing any bells at all!

Try and think of a sportsman her age.

-In a trendy sport.

-Trendy sport!

I haven't a clue. Is it a footballer?

I don't think so. It doesn't ring any bells with football.

Um...

Someone who's been in the Olympics.

Yeah, I was thinking maybe something like tennis or something.

I really don't know.

I don't think it's anything I watch,

because I might have heard it in the commentary.

Who's the Aussie swimmer with big feet? Let's go for him.

Phelps.

What's his first name, Ian?

Ian Phelps.

Go for it. Ian Phelps.

We are 100%, Ian Phelps.

As you're confused between Michael Phelps

and Ian Thorpe, I don't think it is!

LAUGHTER

-The swimmer Phelps?

-Er... Yeah, you know Ian Phelps!

It's the former world Superbike champion,

James Toseland is the answer.

You lose another life. You're down to two lives now.

You need to make progress here.

Your next question - in which 1847 novel is a woman

named Bertha Mason kept locked up in the attic?

Jane Eyre.

That's the only person can think of in an attic.

-That's right.

-We're going to go for Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre is quite right. Well done, Naomi. Good.

Another point to you. You're on two.

In which films did Mae West famously say,

"Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"

Oh...

It's frustrating because I can see it.

-Is it Gone With The Wind?

-No.

-Rings a bell.

-No.

-I haven't seen the film, it's a guess.

-No. It's black and white.

-She's a cabaret singer, isn't she?

-Yeah.

Um... I can picture the scene.

-I've seen her saying it but I can't think...

-She's in her feathers...

Is it something to do with entertainment?

It's not That's Entertainment, is it?

Try it, because I don't know it anyway.

-No?

-I've no idea, but, yeah.

Making one up, That's Entertainment.

-CJ, do you know?

-I can't remember.

-She Done Him Wrong.

SHE DONE HIM WRONG is the answer.

It's one of those where we all say, "Come up and see me sometime,"

and it's actually not quite what she says.

All right, you lose another life. You're down to one life.

The next wrong answer is curtains, but you could overhaul CJ.

Not in this lifetime.

You need the next eight correct.

Who played the role of the Soviet spy Bill Haydon in 1979 TV series

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

I haven't got a clue.

Alec Guinness is in it.

Give it a try.

Alec Guinness?

If you've got this wrong the contest is over.

If you've got it right you play on.

You said Alec Guinness.

The Soviet spy Bill Haydon

in 1979 in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

was played by Ian Richardson.

So, unfortunately...

that wrong answer means you've been beaten by this man,

and how annoying is that?

So, unfortunately you've lost all your lives

and you've failed to beat CJ's target.

I'm afraid that means you leave here with nothing, players.

It was very nice to meet you and thanks for playing.

Any parting words, CJ, for our team?

Alec Guinness was George Smiley!

Yeah, sporting as always!

Congratulations, CJ, you've shown why you are an Egghead and why you're CJ.

Join us again next time, when he will be doing his utmost to crush

another five contestants on Revenge Of The Egghead. Goodbye.