Episode 2 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 Steve, I'm a marketing manager and I'm from Banbridge, County Down.

I'm Christine, I'm a retired telesales operator

and I'm from Sheffield.

I'm Anton. I'm a town planner from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

I'm Tony, I'm a retired maths teacher

and I live in West London.

I'm Stephen and I'm a retail assistant from York.

Welcome and good luck to all of you.

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

you will need to outsmart CJ de Mooi -

how are you today, CJ?

-Angry.

-Oh, really? Why?

I don't need a reason, but I know who I'm going to take it out on.

JEREMY CHUCKLES

Fear not - he's really much nicer than that...

I said, without any conviction.

Are you studying anything at the moment?

One of the things that doesn't really interest me,

but you have to know, are all the different occupants

of Number Ten Downing Street,

including the non-human ones.

-Oh, the cats - OK.

-I've been looking at prime ministerial cats recently.

So you could tell me David Cameron's, could you?

Cameron's got two at the moment - the original one was Larry

and then, um...George Osborne's cat sort of moved in, Freya,

and they're always fighting,

which I think is quite a nice parallel

for Cameron and Osborne.

John Major's cat?

Uh, that was the now world-famous Humphrey,

who was Thatcher, Major and Blair.

Then if you go way back, did anyone have a cat a long time ago?

Neville Chamberlain?

Neville Chamberlain had two - there was originally Peter,

who was there for a long time,

and then, with Churchill, he shared the wonderfully named Munich Mouser.

-OK - is this interesting at all, or...?

-It is to me.

All right - the perfect note on which to get started.

Contestants, none of you know each other,

but you'll be building up a prize fund together by individually

answering general knowledge questions.

Each correct answer that you give me will add £200 to the pot.

But be very, very careful,

because if CJ knows your answer is wrong, he can stop play like this...

BUZZER

So the buzzer goes and the red lights flash -

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

a particularly difficult question that he has written himself.

If you get it wrong, you lose one of the two lives lit up

on the desk in front of you.

Lose them both and you are out of the game.

Whoever survives to the end of the game

will have a shot at sharing the prize money.

Let's begin.

Steve, you have the first question.

Who is the patron saint of Wales?

St David.

St David is correct.

£200 is in the pot, well done.

Christine, the Victoria Cross was first awarded

during which 19th-century war?

The Crimean?

Crimea is correct,

Crimean War. Another £200 - up to 400.

Anton, which politician gave up his title, Viscount Stansgate, in 1963?

Douglas-Home?

BUZZER

Douglas-Home?

Tony Benn.

Tony Benn is the answer.

Because you got it wrong and CJ's caught you out,

you'll have to take your place on the hot spot, Anton,

and face one of his multiple choice questions

and risk losing one of those precious lives.

Watch out, cos these are particularly tricky questions -

he's been up all night writing them himself.

It is time to face the Egghead.

CJ, what are you thinking?

I'm thinking a bit of well-known history.

Anton...

It's going to have to be an educated guess here, maybe,

or perhaps an uneducated one.

I will, um...

I'll plump for India.

CJ, has he got it right or does he lose a life?

It's Kenya.

Kenya is the answer. You've got it wrong.

Anton, please return to your fellow players.

You've got two lives

and we have to take one away.

Players, you've got £400 in the pot.

Tony, we move to you.

Which ballerina became a Strictly Come Dancing judge in 2012?

Margot Fonteyn?

BUZZER

-Margot Fonteyn?

-Bit dead. Darcey Bussell.

CJ is right, Darcey Bussell, not Margot Fonteyn,

who's...not with us any more.

So that means it is time to face the Egghead.

I'm guessing, Tony, that CJ's not going to ask you about maths,

-cos that's your thing, isn't it?

-It is, yes.

CJ, what are you planning on asking?

How about a bit of European geography for you, Tony?

Tony...

Mm...

I'm afraid geography isn't my thing, as you've probably realised.

-Um, I'll go with Hamburg.

-CJ?

The correct answer is Dresden.

Dresden is the right answer, I'm sorry, Tony,

not Hamburg - please return to your fellow players.

Tony, we take a life away.

You're on £400.

Stephen, here is your question.

Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?

Anne Boleyn?

Anne Boleyn...

is the right answer - £200 extra.

£600, you're on.

Your question, Steve -

Keele University is based in which Midlands county?

Warwickshire.

BUZZER

Warwickshire - I'm surprised to hear CJ buzzing,

your knowledge of English geography is so poor.

Warwickshire doesn't really count as the Midlands, does it?

Um...I'll guess at Northamptonshire?

No, it's not Northamptonshire.

You haven't got it right - Staffordshire, it is.

Warwickshire is in the Midlands, by the way.

He got it wrong as well as you, Steve,

so he doesn't call you to the hot spot,

but you don't get any money for your answer.

So team, you're stuck on £600.

Over to you, Christine -

Don Lockwood, Cathy Selden and Lina Lamont

are characters in which film musical?

Is it Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is the wrong answer.

It's Singin' In The Rain.

CJ didn't know, so your wrong answer

doesn't cost you a life, but you make no money with that.

Still on £600.

Anton, which country landed the Jade Rabbit rover vehicle

on the Moon in 2013?

China.

China is the right answer.

Another 200 - up to 800.

Tony, which island, part of Alaska, shares its name with a type of bear?

Polar?

BUZZER

Koala...CJ?

-Kodiak?

-Tony, it's not koala -

it is, as CJ says, Kodiak.

He's got it right and you've got it wrong.

He calls you to the hot spot

where you'll have to defend your final life.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

The biggest thrill for CJ here, Tony, in this game,

is getting people out, so please resist.

OK, Tony. For you, I think we're going to have some sport.

Tony...

I'm going to have a mad guess and say the 400m hurdles.

400m hurdles. OK. If you're wrong, you will be out of the game. CJ?

The correct answer...

..is the 400m hurdles.

Ha-ha! Well done, you've saved your life, Tony.

Return to your fellow players.

CJ is huffing and puffing here, but so far, hasn't blown anyone out.

You've kept your last life, Tony -

well done.

You're on £800, players.

OK, Stephen, your question -

which chemical element has the symbol Ca?

Calcium?

BUZZER

CJ.

I think it is calcium, actually!

-Cadmium?

-Cadmium.

No - it's calcium.

A rare slip-up from CJ - you were right,

so you do bank £200

and you get a bonus £100 for being smarter than CJ.

1,100, players - this is going well, now.

Steve, which meat is the main ingredient of the dish

"canard a l'orange?"

I think it's duck.

Duck is correct, well done. £200.

1,300. Christine, your question.

Professor Henry Higgins is a character in which play,

first performed in 1913?

"Ooh, caw, love-a-duck!" My Fair Lady.

BUZZER

Ah, but you might be wrong.

Pygmalion.

It's...I will go for Pygmalion.

Ooh! You handed him the answer, but I suspect he knew, anyway.

My Fair Lady is the musical. Pygmalion is the play.

Pygmalion was written by George Bernard Shaw.

My Fair Lady comes from it.

He got it right, you got it wrong,

you've got to go on the hot spot - it is time to face the Egghead.

Good luck here. Two lives left.

CJ thinks he's on a roll - we've got to prove him wrong.

Christine - US history.

I'm toying between two. Um...Delaware and Massachusetts.

I think I'll go for...Massachusetts.

CJ?

It's Delaware.

-Oh!

-Delaware, not Massachusetts.

Please return to your fellow players.

You're not doing badly, here.

You've got £1,300 in the pot.

Christine, you lose a life.

Anton, here is your question.

Which BBC comedy which started in 2011

stars Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig and Matt Le Blanc?

Outnumbered.

BUZZER

-CJ?

-Definitely not that, but I'm not sure I remember the name...Episodes?

-Episodes is the right answer, well done.

-Ooh!

So, you have to go to the hot spot and defend your last life.

Time to take on the Egghead.

CJ, what are you thinking, now?

Can you show some mercy, please?

I think we all know the answer to that!

Anton - literature.

Ulysses.

Guess or knowledge?

I know that it's based on one day in Dublin.

Right. CJ?

It's Ulysses.

Well done, Anton. Ulysses, it is.

You've every right to smile - please rejoin your fellow players.

Anton, you have saved your life,

just like Tony did.

£1,300.

Tony, we move to you.

In Greek mythology, Priam and Hecuba were the king and queen

of which city?

I think it was Athens.

BUZZER

Athens is the answer?

Troy.

Troy is correct - Tony, you have to defend that last life again.

Time to take on the Egghead.

One life left, Tony.

If you get this wrong, you'll be out of the game.

OK, Tony, let's try and get rid of you with this.

Oh, dear. This is going to be a complete guess.

I'm going to go with...Franz Liszt.

CJ.

Is he still in the game?

The correct answer

is F...Frederick Delius.

Oh, dear, Tony. Another wrong answer.

Unfortunately, that was your last life,

so we have to say thanks for playing,

but you are out of the game and out of the money.

The Egghead has had his revenge.

Oof - we've lost somebody.

There are fewer people in the final,

it means more money for each of you.

It also means fewer brains, as well.

So you're on £1,300.

Stephen, which bone in the leg shares its name

with the Latin word for brooch?

Tibia?

The correct answer is fibula,

but CJ didn't buzz, cos he didn't know.

You make no money,

but you don't get called to the hot spot.

Still on £1,300.

Steve, which British comedian who died on the Isle of Man in 2010

was one of the most popular film stars in Albania?

That was Norman Wisdom.

Norman Wisdom is the correct answer, Steve.

Well done - £1,500.

Christine -

the Atacama desert is mainly in which country?

I know it's South America.

I'm going to say Mexico.

BUZZER

Mexico is your answer.

Well, Mexico is not in South America.

But Chile is.

Chile is the right answer, Mexico is wrong.

It is time to face the Egghead.

All right - good luck here, staying in.

We saw what happened to Tony,

we don't want to lose another player.

Well, I don't. He may.

I think she was...

..his sister.

If this is wrong, you'll be out of the game, Christine.

Fingers crossed for you.

The answer is sister...in-law.

Oh, no!

Another wrong answer, Christine.

And it is unfortunately your last life you were on,

which means you're going to be out of the game and out of the money.

-The Egghead has had his revenge.

-Ta-ta!

Well, it's not yet carnage,

but it's looking like it, a bit.

Players, you're on £1,500.

Anton, your question.

In 1988, Yvette Cooper married which other politician?

It's a guess - Ed Balls.

Oh!

JEREMY LAUGHS

-He's right, isn't he?

-Yes...

Ed Balls is the right answer, £200.

That's £1,700.

Stephen, which island is separated from the African mainland

by the Mozambique Channel?

Madagascar?

Madagascar is the correct answer, Stephen.

Well done - another 200. You're doing well, here.

£1,900.

Steve, how many times did Bjorn Borg

win the Wimbledon Men's Singles title?

At a guess, I think he won it three times.

BUZZER

Three times - CJ?

I KNOW he won it five.

Five is correct, three is wrong.

You're going to have to go on the hot spot.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

First time here - face him down.

Hm...you're an interesting character, Steve.

I'm not sure what to try you out with.

-So let's try...music.

-OK.

Well, I know that there's only one of them still with us.

But this is a guess - I think it's Barry.

I wonder - CJ?

It's Barry.

Well done, Steve.

Please rejoin your fellow players.

Well done. You survived the hot spot

with the Barry Gibb answer.

£1,900, you're on, players.

Anton, which character in the TV series Dallas

was played by Ken Kercheval?

Cliff "Digger" Barnes.

Cliff Barnes is the right answer.

Another £200, £2,100.

Stephen, the samba is a dance

originating in which Latin American country?

Brazil.

Brazil is the right answer - £2,300.

Steve, what nationality is the darts champion

Raymond van Barneveld?

I think he is Dutch.

Dutch is the right answer. Playing well.

Another 200 - 2,500, you're on.

Klaxon could go at any time.

Anton, Moss Side is an area in which northern city?

Manchester.

Manchester is the right answer.

Another £200 - £2,700.

Can you get to 3,000?

Stephen, Abyssinia is a former name for which country?

Libya.

BUZZER

-Libya is your answer.

-Ethiopia.

Ethiopia, it is, not Libya.

He got it right, you got it wrong.

Time to take on the Egghead.

You're doing well so far, Stephen - two lives left.

A little combination of subjects here for you, Stephen.

Never heard of him

or know anything about Buck Rogers films, or Flash Gordon.

I'm going to go for a complete guess.

I'm going to say...

..boxing.

It's swimming.

Swimming is the answer, Stephen.

Return to your fellow players.

Stephen, you were caught out.

You lose a life.

You've got four lives in total, three of you left,

£2,700 in the pot.

Here's your question, Steve...

ENDOFROUND KLAXON

We don't have time for that question -

as I say, three of you left,

£2,700 in the prize pot,

and you can take that money home...if you beat the Egghead.

So there is £2,700 up for grabs

and three of you left.

If you can prove yourselves

better than CJ, you will win the money.

But he's going to do everything he can

to stop you.

I'm going to ask CJ

ten general knowledge questions.

However many he answers correctly

will become your target to beat.

OK - ten questions start now.

Who was voted BBC Sports Personality Of The Year for 2013?

Andy Murray.

Andy Murray is correct, one out of one.

The bolivar fuerte is the unit of currency

in which South American country?

Obviously named after Simon Bolivar.

As is Bolivia.

Seems a little too obvious.

I'm trying to think which of the other countries Simon Bolivar

was connected with.

There's Argentina, but I don't think that's the currency there.

Did he have something to do with Uruguay as well?

"Fuerte" means "fire" presumably...

Come on, CJ, we need an answer.

I'll just go for Bolivia, then.

Bolivia is wrong -

in fact, the right answer didn't cross your lips.

Venezuela.

-Oh!

-One out of two.

Who became Ireland's first female president in 1990?

I always get them the wrong way round!

Is it Robinson or McAleese?

I think the first is Mary Robinson.

Mary Robinson is correct - two out of three.

Next question -

which London landmark appears on the cover of Pink Floyd's album Animals?

Absolutely no idea, I don't have the album.

OK, let's assume it's a tongue-in-cheek reference

and say the Houses of Parliament.

JEREMY LAUGHS

Absolutely not - it's funny,

the only ones I can answer in my sleep,

you are completely stumped on.

Battersea Power Station.

All right, you've got two out four - we're kind of limping along, here.

Next question - the Galerie des Glaces,

the Salon de le Paix and the Salon de la Guerre

are famous rooms in which historic location?

Palace of Versailles?

The Palace is Versailles is correct - three out of five.

Next question - who wrote the music for the opera La Traviata?

Oh. Which one is it?

That's embarrassing - I can't remember if it's Verdi or Puccini.

This is just stupid, I don't know who it is.

I'll have to take a blind guess between the two.

Go on?

Giacomo Puccini.

No, Giuseppe Verdi.

-SCOFFING:

-Ridiculous!

Three out of six.

Next question - on Desert Island Discs,

all guests are traditionally given a Bible

and which other book to take onto their desert island?

I think it's the works of Shakespeare.

Complete Works of Shakespeare is the right answer.

Well done, four out of seven.

Next, the Folketing

is the parliament of which European country?

F-O-L-K-E-T-I-N-G, Folketing.

I think that's Denmark.

Denmark is the right answer. You're picking up a bit, here.

Five out of eight, now.

Lake Maggiore is on the border of Italy and which other country?

I think it's Switzerland.

-Is that your answer?

-It is.

Switzerland is correct - six out of nine.

Which architect designed Regent Street

and the Royal Pavilion in Brighton?

Should be him - is there anybody else?

Can't think of anybody else who fits the dates.

John Nash?

John Nash, it is.

You did well at the end, there, seven out of ten.

-Think it's good enough?

-That's going to be tight.

That's not a good score.

Steve, Anton and Stephen, you have your target, now,

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

You have four lives remaining between you.

Give me an incorrect answer and you lose a life.

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

you win the £2,700.

OK, then - let's play.

First question - what is the first name of the wife of Neil Kinnock,

the former Labour leader?

I think it's Glenys.

I think it's Glenys, too.

OK. Go for it, Steve.

We think it's Glenys, Jeremy.

Glenys is the right answer.

One point to you.

In Greek mythology, who was the father of the Titans

and the grandfather of Zeus?

Is it Croesus?

I have no idea.

Crosius or Croesus.

- C-R-O-E... - Might forgive you.

Um...

I'm not sure exactly on the pronunciation.

Is it, um...

-.. Croesus, Crosius?

-Croesus.

-Croesus.

-Croesus is your answer.

Father of the Titans, the grandfather of Zeus,

was Uranus.

You got it wrong, gentlemen. I have to take a life away.

Down to three lives.

Seven to beat, £2,700, you're playing for.

What nationality was the artist Velazquez?

Sounds like South American, Spanish or Portuguese?

It does sound Spanish to me.

Sounds Spanish, definitely, but...I don't know,

I've not heard of him, to be honest.

-Have you heard of him?

-Can you spell his name?

V-E-L-A - accented - Z-Q-U-E-Z.

Velazquez.

-Go with Spanish? Gut feeling?

-Yeah, yeah.

OK.

Spain?

Spain? Spanish.

Spanish is correct, well done. Second correct answer.

Three lives, you got. £2,700. CJ scored seven.

Here we go - what kind of creature is a shubunkin?

Never heard of that.

S-H-U-B-U-N-K-I-N.

Shubunkin.

- A bird, or something. - It could be a bird or fish?

-Shubunkin...I'm not sure, Steve.

-I have...

I don't know at all.

- Shall we say bird? - Why don't we say bird?

Bird?

It's a fish.

THEY GROAN AND LAUGH

Goldfish, to be precise.

I have to take another life away.

You've got two lives left.

In 1907, who was the first British winner

of the Nobel Prize for literature?

No idea.

How old was Charles Dickens then?

Charles Dickens was knocking around that sort of time,

but I'm not sure he ever won...

-Rudyard Kipling?

-Is he around that time?

-Was he around?

-Hm...

I thought he wrote mainly in the 1920s?

But he could have been writing earlier than that.

Shall we just say Dickens?

It wasn't.

-It wasn't Dickens.

-I don't think it was Dickens.

-No.

My only credible guess is Rudyard Kipling,

But I don't know, I might be completely wrong.

Go for that.

OK, we're going to go for a stab in the dark -

Rudyard Kipling.

Rudyard Kipling is the right answer!

Look how angry CJ is! Well done!

So, three points, chasing seven.

The Intolerable Acts passed in 1774

were used by parliament

as punishment for which event the previous year?

1773, something big must've happened.

I couldn't even tell you who was on the throne, then.

Say the Glorious Revolution. It's a guess.

-Go for it.

-Glorious Revolution.

It's...

No, you had to look further afield.

The clue was 1770s - American Independence.

-Is that right?

-The Boston Tea Party.

Boston Tea Party was the answer, you got it wrong. You lose a life.

You've got one life left, now.

Your next wrong answer ends the contest.

£2,700 to win

but you need the next five questions correct in a row.

Here's your question.

Doha is the capital of which country?

I think it is...Qatar?

It's Qatar. Yep, definitely.

We think it's Qatar.

Qatar is correct, well done.

Four - can you beat him?

Who directed the films District 9 and Elysium?

- Neil Blomqvist. - What?

-Go for it.

-Neil Blomqvist.

Neil Blomqvist is your answer.

-CJ, do you know this?

-Yep.

Think they're right?

If you're right, we press on.

You're on four points.

He got seven, you need eight.

If Neil Blomqvist is wrong, you lose your last life.

-CJ agrees with you.

-It sounds right.

The answer is actually Neill Blomkamp.

Oh!

Sorry, you lose your last life.

The contest is over, you lost to CJ.

You were within an inch of it. Oh, well.

-I hope you enjoyed it?

-Thank you very much.

Unfortunately, contestants, you have lost all your lives,

you didn't beat CJ's target.

That means you leave here with nothing.

Congratulations, CJ -

that was tighter than I think you expected.

-Yes.

-Relief on that side.

You've shown why you are an Egghead, though.

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

another five contestants on Revenge Of The Egghead - goodbye.