Episode 19 Revenge of the Egghead

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 Terry, I'm a retired flight test engineer from East Yorkshire.

I'm Joe, I'm a personal trainer and I'm from Berkshire.

I'm Lisa. I'm a bid manager from Leeds.

I'm Lee, a media production manager from London.

I'm Tim, I'm a civil servant from Luton.

Welcome to all of you players. Good luck to you.

In order to win any money today, you will need to outsmart CJ over here.

-How are you, Mr de Mooi?

-If I had a bit, I'd be champing at it.

-JEREMY LAUGHS

-Is there any topic in particular that you have been studying?

This time, it was designers of Royal wedding dresses.

Not something that interests me personally, but they do come up in quizzes.

OK, so if I said Kate Middleton, you would know who designed her dress?

I do. Spectacularly upstaged by her sister,

but the dress was designed by Sarah Burton.

And what about going back a way? Princess Margaret.

The most famous of the time, who did pretty much all of them then -

Norman Hartnell.

So, what do you think of that? Don't even tell me.

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.

KLAXON BLARES

And once he has hit the red button, he has the chance to ask you

a particularly difficult question that he has written himself.

If you get it wrong,

you will then lose one of those two lives lit up in front of you.

If you lose them both, you're out of the game.

Whoever survives to the end of the game

will have a shot at sharing the prize money.

Shall we start?

I sense you're up for it. Terry, we'll start with you.

The Pink Ladies are a high-school clique

in which 1978 film musical?

Grease.

Grease is quite right. £200 in the pot.

Joe, the island of Lanzarote lies in which body of water?

The Mediterranean?

Mediterranean is your answer. I'm surprised you didn't buzz on that.

-He's wrong.

-Oh, is he?! I thought it was the Mediterranean, as well!

I can tell you thought that, that's why you didn't buzz.

-It is in the Atlantic?

-It's in the Atlantic, CJ.

-I didn't realise it...

-You've dropped off to sleep already?

-It's geography.

You know me and geography.

One day, somebody is going to buy him a map for his birthday.

Joe, you got it wrong,

but he didn't know either, so he's not going to call you to the Hot Spot.

You just don't make any money with that answer.

-Lisa, I sense you're raring to go here.

-Oh, yes.

What element does the symbol Fe represent in the periodic table?

-Iron.

-Iron is correct. Another £200, up to 400.

Lee. What is the main unit of currency in Israel?

The shekel.

Shekel is right. £200. We go up to £600.

How easy is this?

It's working well, isn't it? Except for a little glitch with Joe.

Tim, your question,

the ceremony of the keys takes place each night at which London landmark?

-The Tower of London.

-Tower of London is the correct answer.

Another £200, you're now on 800.

Terry, see if you can take the team to 1,000.

Which rock band did Paul McCartney form shortly after leaving the Beatles?

Wings.

Wings is correct. £1,000.

Storming along. Look how fidgety he's getting now. Joe...

It's Joe's question, so we're fine now, I think.

The song Getting To Know You is from which 1951 musical?

Dirty Dancing.

KLAXON SOUNDS

-Dirty dancing. CJ.

-A little bit out.

Is it something like Oklahoma?

-No, it's not something like Oklahoma. It's The King And I.

-Oh, yes!

Again, you're off the hook. How is this happening?

He's buzzed only once, been wrong once,

missed another opportunity and you're just piling up the money.

Joe, no money for you, but you're not on the Hot Spot.

£1,000. Lisa, this is almost immaculate so far.

What specific term is used to mean a female hedgehog?

A sow.

-Sow is the correct...

-KLAXON

-Oh.

-Go on, then.

-No, sorry, er...

-You buzzed.

-I buzzed, yes, fine, sorry.

-Sow is the right answer.

Because you were right and he buzzed,

I'm going to give you an extra £100.

You get 300 from that answer. £1,300. What were you going to say?

-I wasn't, my hand slipped.

-You hand slipped?!

-I was putting my hand on there and hit the button.

-Of course(!)

Have you ever heard such a ridiculous excuse in your life?

If you can't come up with better answers and excuses,

I don't think we'll have too much of a problem today.

You haven't had a problem so far. £1,300 you're on. Lee.

In which TV series did Agent Dale Cooper attempt to solve

the murder of Laura Palmer?

-Twin Peaks.

-Twin Peaks is correct. You go up to £1,500.

Tim, who married the rugby player Mike Tindall in 2011?

-Zara Phillips.

-Zara Phillips is quite right. £200.

Up to 7,000.

Terry, we're back with you.

Which famous statue, unveiled in 1913, was created by Edvard Eriksen?

No, I don't know. KLAXON

CJ has buzzed.

Simply going on the language, I'll guess at the Little Mermaid.

-The Little Mermaid is correct. Where is the Little Mermaid?

-Copenhagen.

The Little Mermaid is right.

This is finally a moment where CJ has got in with a correct answer.

Tripping you up after your wrong one, Terry, and that means you

will have to take your place on the Hot Spot and face one of his

multiple-choice questions and risk losing one of your precious lives.

Watch out, Terry, because these questions have been specially

written by CJ with dastardly multiple-choice options.

It is time to face the Egghead.

CJ, what are you thinking?

I'm thinking it's probably time we relieved Terry

of one of those troublesome lives.

Terry...

-What are your thoughts, Terry?

-I think I might know it,

but here goes. Laura Prouvost.

The correct answer

is Laura Prouvost.

Well done, Terry! That was not just a guess, there was something more going on.

-Something at the back somewhere.

-What about that?

You appeared on the Hot Spot, you preserved both your lives.

You can return to your fellow players.

Can you see CJ getting nervous? I don't dare look. Joe,

Moulin Rouge, Strictly Ballroom

and The Great Gatsby are films directed by whom?

Pass. KLAXON

You weren't exuding a lot of confidence.

-I wasn't going to be able to bluff that one!

-I thought you would try and bluff him.

-What do you think?

-Baz Luhrmann.

-Baz Luhrmann is correct.

You go to the Hot Spot. It is time to face the Egghead.

You're on the Hot Spot, Joe, good luck.

-Hang onto those lives, they're very precious.

-Joe.

Any thoughts? Had you have you had a cordwain, or met one?

No. Looking at all four of those, I wouldn't say one sticks out, so...

-It's difficult, this.

-Let's go wigs.

-Wigs.

-It's shoes.

-Oh, dear.

-I'm sorry about that.

I thought it was rope, so I wouldn't have got it right, either.

Please return to your fellow players.

All right, we take a life away.

It's the first serious obstacle the players have hit here.

They have lost a life but you've been going like a train,

£1,700 you're on, building up a nice prize pot,

frustrating him, so, Lisa, keep it up.

What does the "P" stand for in the name of the children's author

PL Travers?

Polly.

KLAXON

Polly.

-Is it Pamela?

-Pamela is the correct answer, Polly is wrong.

PL Travers answers to Pamela.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

Just face him down. I can see you're confident.

Lisa.

I've been through Newcastle

and I'm fairly sure that's not Great Victoria Street.

I've never been to Aberdeen and I've never been to Belfast by rail.

Tricky from England, anyway!

So...

All the Scottish ones are named after... Things like

Glasgow Queen Street.

I don't think that's enough, necessarily, to go on Aberdeen.

Um, we'll take a punt on Swansea.

Swansea. CJ?

The right answer is Belfast.

-I'm really sorry, Lisa.

-It's like CJ says,

-you learn something new every day.

-Mm.

He swiped one of your lives, that's the annoying thing.

Please return to the other players.

Lisa you lose a life.

Don't worry, you're not out. In fact, no-one is yet out.

So we press on. £1,700. You're playing really well. Lee.

A Rake's Progress is a series of eight works by which artist?

Turner. KLAXON

-Turner.

-We'd need a first name, anyway, but it's still not the right answer.

Um, William Hogarth?

William Hogarth is the right answer, not Turner.

You also now... This is happening a lot, you have to go to the Hot Spot.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

The slightly worrying thing here is he's stopped you making money, all of you,

and he is successfully swiping your lives

so try and staunch the flow here, Lee.

How about a nice simple one on numbers?

A sesquicentenary.

I'm thinking that the start indicates that it might be...

..that it might be a six.

I'm going to go for 600th.

CJ, is he right?

150th is the right answer.

-It was close(!)

-I'm sorry, Lee,

you lost a life, please return to your fellow players.

CJ is striking back powerfully. Lee, we have to take a life away from you.

You are on £1,700. It's a war of attrition here.

See if you can dig yourselves out of it.

Tim, which cartoon character typically

appears as a hunter in pursuit of Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck?

Elmer Fudd.

Elmer Fudd is correct. Well done. £200 in the pot. 1,900.

Terry, can you get us over 2,000?

The Schoenbrunn Palace is in which European capital city?

It sounds German, so, Vienna?

Austrians might be offended by the answer, but it's correct.

-Vienna is the right answer.

-I meant Germanic.

-Yes, sure!

£2,100 you're on. You got £200 with that answer.

All right, Joe, for which 1953 film did Audrey Hepburn

win her only acting Oscar?

Titanic. KLAXON

-Titanic?

-Roman Holiday.

-Correct.

You are going to the Hot Spot again. It was Roman Holiday.

CJ was right, you were wrong. It wasn't Titanic. It's time to take on the Egghead.

Focus and stay in, Joe. Important question now.

If you lose your last life, you will have gone from the contest.

Joe, something to think about on your imminent journey home.

-I don't really have a clue.

-You shock us all, Joe(!)

You might be surprised!

I'm going to go for Richard III.

-CJ?

-It's Henry VII.

Oh, dear, Joe, another wrong answer and, unfortunately,

that was your last life. We say thanks for playing.

But you are now out of the money and out of the game.

The Egghead, rather smugly over here, has taken his revenge.

There is always a moment of silence there where the gap opens up.

And, in total, you're down to six lives and four players,

but you've got £2,100, you're playing pretty well.

As you can see, when he strikes, he strikes with conviction. Lisa, your question.

Going Straight, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais,

was the sequel to which other British sitcom?

Only Fools And Horses. KLAXON

-Only Fools And Horses.

-Porridge.

-Porridge is the answer.

-It had Ronnie Barker in.

-Absolutely.

OK, yes, you've turned in the right direction,

it is time to take on the Egghead.

We hope you stay in. You've got one life left. So, Lisa, good luck.

-CJ, your question.

-Lisa.

I think Ice Cube's name is one of those girl ones, like Tracy,

or something, so we'll take him out of the equation.

And something in the back of my head is telling me it's not Dr Dre.

We'll go with Flo Rida.

Tramar Dillard was Flo Rida, CJ?

The correct answer is Flo Rida.

Well done, you are still in the game, Lisa,

please return to your fellow players.

Lisa, one life left. Well done, you survived that onslaught by CJ.

Players, £2,100 in the pot. Lee, your question.

Under Milk Wood is a work by which writer?

Steinbeck. KLAXON

-We have to have the first name. Give it to us for form's sake.

-John.

John Steinbeck!

-Dylan Thomas!

-Dylan Thomas is the right answer.

The first name didn't help. He got it right, you got it wrong.

Once again, you have to go to the Hot Spot.

It's time to face the Egghead.

-What are you thinking, CJ, what sort of question?

-Hm.

Because there are questions here that I would think

are ridiculously easy, but I don't know if other people agree with me.

So I'm going to try one on you, Lee, that I think is very, very easy.

And let's hope you don't. Lee.

It's a name that I've heard somewhere, at some point,

but it could have been anywhere at any time.

I reckon it's one of the first two. I'm going to go with sculpture.

Let's hope you stay in the game. This is a crucial moment.

Is he right, or is he out?

The right answer is astronomy.

I'm very sorry, Lee, unfortunately, you got that answer wrong.

It was your second wrong answer.

So that means you are out of the money and out of the game.

The Egghead has taken his revenge.

OK, let's have a look at what's happening.

You two on the ends have got both lives, which will have annoyed him no end.

Lisa, you're down to one. Five lives in total, £2,100 in the pot,

and the klaxon could go at any time, so let's crack on.

Tim, your question,

which professional English football team is nicknamed the Cobblers?

Northampton Town.

Northampton Town is quite right and I bet you wouldn't know that, CJ.

-I only knew that because I've done panto in Northampton.

-JEREMY LAUGHS

£200, 2,300. Terry, your question.

Who played the title role in the TV series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman?

I can see her but I can't remember her name.

No, can't remember. KLAXON

-Yes, CJ?

-Jane Seymour.

-Jane Seymour is the correct answer.

-That was the name I had in my head.

-We can give him a point for that, can't we, CJ?

I think you know the answer to that one, don't you, all by yourself?

Terry, I'm sorry, it's time for you to take on the Egghead.

All right. You're on two lives.

You've got a bit of slack, but they're very precious

in the final-round, so try and hang onto them.

-CJ.

-Terry.

It's not Vietnam because that's the dong.

I'll have a guess at Laos.

CJ?

The answer is Laos.

Well done. It's twice you've seen

him off from the Hot Spot, Terry, well done.

-Good guessing.

-You can return to your fellow players.

CJ knows, because he's been through this,

if you don't get the lives off them, he really sweats in the final.

Lisa. Play passes to you.

Chartwell was the principal adult home of which British Prime Minister?

-Winston Churchill.

-Winston Churchill is correct, 2,500. Tim.

The city of Palermo is on which Mediterranean island?

Sicily.

Sicily is quite right. You've got an amazing number of questions right.

-Have you got one wrong, yet?

-Not yet.

-I didn't think you had.

Attracting your attention down the end, here, CJ.

It looks like he's a match for you.

Nobody is a match for me.

-Terry, your question...

-KLAXON

-The klaxon has gone on £2,700.

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 2,700.

You now have the chance to take the money home.

There is one little problem here. You've got to beat the Egghead.

So there is £2,700 up for grabs and three of you are left.

If you can prove yourselves better than CJ,

you will win the money, but he is going to do everything he can

to stop you, including putting you off.

I'm going to ask CJ ten general knowledge questions.

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

-Are you ready, CJ?

-I'll be honest,

I would have been happier had I got rid of Lisa, simply

because I think she brings something to the team that the others don't.

-Five lives is pretty good, so I will give it a go.

-OK, let's play.

Your ten questions begin now, CJ.

Moab Is My Washpot is an autobiography by which man?

-Stephen Fry.

-Stephen Fry is correct. That's one out of one.

Next question, which cartoon character lives with

his pet snail Gary in a pineapple in Bikini Bottom?

Spongebob Squarepants.

LAUGHTER

I've never seen anyone say Spongebob Squarepants with such a serious expression.

-But it's right.

-I know.

-Two out of two. Next question.

The Althing is the parliament of which European country?

A-L-T-H-I-N-G.

Started in 969, it's the oldest parliament in the world

and it's in Iceland.

Iceland is correct. Three out of three.

Which river forms part of the border between New York State

and New Jersey?

I don't know this. That's quite far north.

I don't know this, I'll guess at the Hudson.

The Hudson River is quite right.

Four out of four.

Which British athlete took the bronze medal

in the 1980 men's 1,500 metres Olympic final?

Steve Ovett.

Steve Ovett is quite right. Five out of five.

You're playing very well, CJ.

Frankfort is the capital of which US state?

Agh.

This is the tricky thing, asking it this way round.

If you ask what is the capital of the state, it's much easier.

-I'm sorry about that(!)

-Somehow, I doubt that.

-Nevada?

-Anyone know over here?

-Kentucky.

-Kentucky. Lisa knows.

That's why I had it in my brain...

-That's how I've remembered it the other way round, because the Ks go together.

-Ah.

First little glitch for you. Five out of six. Next question.

In 2009, who became the first person to win

a Best Supporting Actor Oscar posthumously?

-Heath Ledger.

-Heath Ledger is quite right.

-JEREMY LAUGHS

It's painful when he gets so many right.

For the Dark Knight, well done. Six out of seven, CJ.

You're playing well, it's impressive. No question.

The song The Lambeth Walk is from which musical?

Me And My Girl.

Me And My Girl. You've got seven out of eight.

In US national politics, which animal has long been

an unofficial symbol of the Democratic Party?

-It's the donkey.

-Donkey is quite right. Eight out of nine.

Last question, CJ. Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam

was formerly known by what name?

-Saigon.

-Saigon is correct.

You've played very well, CJ. It grieves me to say it,

but you got nine out of ten.

That's quite a target, but then you have got five lives left.

-So, you think it's good enough?

-We'll see. Um, I would hope so.

Terry, Lisa and Tim, you now have your target

and you can work together as a team to beat it.

You've got five lives remaining between you.

Give me an incorrect answer and I will have to take a life away.

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

you are going to win the £2,700. Simple as that. Let's play.

Who was the eldest of the three literary Bronte sisters?

The eldest.

I think I always get them the wrong way up.

Is it Charlotte, Emily, Anne?

I think I always think it's Anne and it's not.

So it might be Charlotte.

-I think it's Charlotte.

-Let's go with Charlotte then.

-OK.

-Charlotte.

-Charlotte is the right answer.

You have a point.

Proving CJ right when he was worried that you were still in, Lisa.

I read, CJ doesn't, as far as I'm aware. JEREMY LAUGHS

He can't touch you now.

OK, your second question. In horse racing,

during which month is the Cheltenham Gold Cup typically run?

-It is March.

-Yeah, it was on a poster in the Tube, I saw today.

Definitely March. A week after my birthday. March.

March is the right answer, you've got two.

Chasing CJ's nine. You have to go past him.

Native to North and South America, what type of creature is a phoebe?

In these situations I tend to just think bird.

Sounds about right.

-We'll go with bird.

-Bird is the right answer.

-Wa-hey!

-Well done.

-You were right about Lisa, weren't you?

-I am right about most things.

One of the very few people to frighten him, Lisa.

-Long may it continue.

-Next question.

We've got three out of three. You're playing really well.

£2,700 you're playing for.

Which politician has the nickname the Beast of Bolsover?

-Dennis Skinner.

-Dennis Skinner.

-Without a doubt.

-Dennis Skinner.

-Dennis Skinner is the right answer. Four points.

Milton Keynes is in which English county?

-Bedford...

-Buckinghamshire.

-I think it's Bedfordshire.

-I know it's Buckinghamshire.

Buckinghamshire.

Buckinghamshire is right.

Five, you have.

You're chasing nine. You've got to get to ten,

then you win the money. You're playing really well.

You've not made a mistake. You've not lost a life so far.

Which British band released

a 1993 album entitled Walthamstow?

East 17, I'm pretty sure it was, because it's where they're from.

< It is, isn't it? It's that postcode.

-East 17?

-East 17 is quite right.

And E17 is the Walthamstow postcode.

Six points out of six. Storming.

Archbishop Makarios III

was the first president of which country?

ALL: Cyprus.

Cyprus.

Cyprus is correct. Seven.

Just got to get to ten for £2,700.

And you've got five lives left.

Zinedine Zidane was sent off

in the 2006 football World Cup final

for head-butting which footballer?

-Marco Materazzi.

-Yes.

Marco Materazzi.

-Well done, Lisa.

-You know it because you love football?

Or you're just quizzy, or what?

It's just a really good incident you remember.

I remember watching it and I remember all the speculation

about why he did it and whether it was because he'd said something rude about his mum or his sister.

If you listen to that much about it, it's going to feeding eventually, isn't it?

I'm wondering if we've got in Egghead here.

I did say that Lisa was the one I was most concerned about.

-The other two are useless(!)

-LAUGHTER

Stop it, stop it!

Marco Materazzi is quite right. Eight so far.

Bulgaria has a coastline on which sea?

I'm terrible with this.

I always get it wrong, whether its Caspian or Black.

-It must be one of them. It's not the North, is it?

-Is it the Med?

-The Med.

-It's not the Adriatic.

Maybe it is the Med. If it's just above Greece.

-Go with the Med.

-Go with the Med?

All right. The Mediterranean Sea.

-You know the answer.

-Black.

Black Sea is the right answer.

You got the first one wrong. You have to lose a life now.

You're down to four lives.

You've only got to get two more right to win £2,700.

Birthday Letters is a collection of poetry by which English poet?

Ted Hughes.

-To his wife Sylvia Plath.

-Ted Hughes.

Ted Hughes is correct.

You've now drawn level with CJ.

If you get one more right answer, you've won the £2,700.

And here is your question.

The word "halcyon" is a poetic term for which bird?

-Kingfisher.

-Yes?

-Kingfisher.

-The correct answer

is kingfisher.

-You've done it.

-LAUGHTER

Fantastic.

You've got to ten with only one wrong answer. You did really well.

I bet CJ never ever forgets the capital of Kentucky again.

-JEREMY LAUGHS

-Look at his expression, it's worth coming just to see that, isn't it?

And because you've won £2,700. Well done.

You've beaten CJ's target and you take home the jackpot of 2,700.

And really brilliant Egghead-level quizzing, I think we can say.

Do join us next time when CJ will be doing his best

to restore his battered pride

by crushing another five contestants on Revenge Of The Egghead. Goodbye.