Episode 20 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...

Hi, I'm Julie, I'm a part-time PA from Bath.

I'm Roger, I'm a gliding instructor from Whitton in Cambridgeshire.

I'm Farrell, I'm an assistant accountant from Hertfordshire.

I'm Val, I'm a retired ward manager and I'm from Lancaster.

I'm Tony, I'm a shipping clerk and I'm from Essex.

Welcome - good luck to you all. As you know, in order to win

any money today you will need to outsmart CJ de Mooi.

I have to ask - how are you feeling today?

In years to come the Oxford English Dictionary -

against the word "massacre" will have a picture of this team.

JEREMY LAUGHS

He can be very confident at the start but we've seen the smile

wiped off his face, on occasions.

Are you studying anything at the moment?

The problem is with quizzing, you have to study the stuff that bores you,

as well as the stuff that interests you and, I'm afraid, what I've been

doing recently is very much the former category - patron saints.

-Oh, patron saints of nations?

-Yeah.

-So, if I said to you,

-for example - Jordan...?

-Jordan... is fairly self-explanatory,

-it's John the Baptist.

-And... Nigeria?

That's an interesting one, actually, because it's Saint Patrick.

-St Patrick?

-Yeah, same as Ireland.

-OK. Any others... Belgium.

No others, those are the only two, you're not getting any more out of me.

-LAUGHTER

-I'm not showing any more with this lot.

OK, well let's get started. He's thrown down the gauntlet.

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 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

And, yeah, he hits the buzzer and it's a bit loud.

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

one of his own particularly difficult questions

that he's sat up all night writing.

Get it wrong, you will lose one of your to lives

on the front of the desk and if you lose them both you are out of the game.

Whoever survives to the end of the game will then have a shot

at sharing the prize money. So, let's begin.

Julie, you have the first question - the Serengeti National Park

is in which African country?

Kenya.

BUZZER

-Kenya, you say.

-Tanzania.

-Tanzania is the right answer. CJ has

caught you out which 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 those precious lives.

These questions are particularly tricky cos he's written them himself.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

-Any special subjects you like?

-I'm not giving anything away!

You know what? That's wise.

Cos he will exploit any vulnerabilities, won't you?

Frankly, with Julie's performance so far, I'm not sure it matters.

Julie...

Erm...

I'll go for Rembrandt.

CJ...?

The correct answer is...

Please return to your fellow players.

No money in the pot so far. Julie, you lose a life.

Roger, we move on to you, which active volcano

rises above the Bay of Naples on the plains of Campania

in southern Italy?

Vesuvius.

Is the right answer, well done, Roger.

-£200 to your team.

-VAL: Love it.

Now, your question, Farrell, which dog breed takes its name from

the French word for a butterfly?

Alsatian.

BUZZER

-Alsatian?

-Papillion.

Papillion is the answer. Where does Alsatian come from, CJ?

Alsace, surprisingly(!)

-Yes, which doesn't mean butterfly, is that right(?)

-It doesn't, no.

-OK.

So, CJ has got it right and you got it wrong.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

Farrell...

Now, my mum will be very annoyed if I don't get this correct,

cos she's been trying to make me watch this film for a long time.

I'll go... tailor.

Tailor?

The correct answer is milkman.

Farrell, I'm sorry, CJ is really cutting into your team

at the moment, please return to the other players.

So, we take a life away.

We have £200 in the bank so far, Val here's your question.

What name starting with G is given to the chief electrician

in a film production crew?

Gaffer.

Gaffer is right, well done, £200 more...

Tony, in which Shakespeare play is a pound of flesh demanded

in lieu of a loan repayment?

The Merchant of Venice.

The Merchant of Venice is quite right...

Back to you, Julie.

The haiku is a type of short poem originating in which country?

Japan.

-Japan is the right answer.

-Yes!

-Another £200, well done.

-Sorry.

LAUGHTER

Roger, we move onto you -

Dagenham Dave and You're The One For Me Fatty

are singles by which singer?

Tom Jones.

Tom Jones...

Well, I've no idea what the answer is but it's not Tom Jones!

I'll try Lily Allen.

It is Morrissey.

But because CJ got it wrong he doesn't actually get to

call you onto the Hot Spot,

-however you don't make £200 for that question.

-Yes!

So, you live to fight another day. OK, Farrell.

Who served as Argentina's president from 1946 to 1955

and then from 1973 to '74?

David Hasselhoff.

LAUGHTER AND BUZZER

Sometimes silence is a preferable alternative, Farrell, really.

I mean, any guess is better than none but sometimes, no.

You don't think it was David Hasselhoff?

I think it might have been Juan Peron.

Juan Peron is the right answer, so Farrell,

it's time to take on the Egghead.

Farrell, I am going to be kind to you.

I'm going to give you a question on numbers...

He's an accountant, CJ, that's not really an accountancy question.

I didn't say it was, I said it was to do with numbers.

Erm... just go round...

-France...

-Oh, Lord!

LAUGHTER

..Poland.

Switzerland.

This to stay in.

Seven.

Seven is your answer. Really important moment this, CJ...?

The answer is...nine.

Oh! I'm really sorry, Farrell, another wrong answer

and, unfortunately, you do lose your last life

as well, thank you for playing, you are out of the money

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

When it comes to an end in this show it's swift and...brutal.

Still, £800 in the bank. Val, your question...

which garment is named after the earl who led

the Charge of the Light Brigade?

Cardigan.

Cardigan is quite right.

Tony over to you, which dance with a name meaning "double-step"

is based on the bullfight?

Pasa Doble.

Paso Doble is correct...

OK, Julie...

SHE LAUGHS

-..keep it going.

-Yes.

Sir Henry Cecil was a leading name in which sport?

Cecil... Cecil...?

CJ, I can see you're champing... at the bit... give us a...

-Cricket.

-Cricket is your answer.

-Yeah.

BUZZER

With a clue like "champing at the bit" I thought she might have got it...

LAUGHTER

That wasn't supposed to be a clue. As I said it, I lost conviction.

-Oh, God!

-I think it might be horseracing(!)

-Yes, all right, one to you.

-Horseracing - Sir Henry Cecil.

Oh, dear, it is time, Julie, to take on the Egghead.

You've lost a life already,

if you get this answer wrong, you will be out of the game.

-Yeah.

-Julie...something to think about on the ride home.

SHE CHUCKLES

SHE EXHALES

-Well, an educated guess, sort of... Mali.

-CJ...

Julie...the correct answer...

is...

SHE GROANS

Julie, I'm very sorry, he's caught you out.

You are out of the money and out of the game.

The Egghead has had his revenge.

OK...but the three of you who remain have both got two lives.

And there's £1,200 in the bank.

Roger, Sagarmatha is an alternative name for what?

Onion.

An onion is your answer.

-It is wrong, but CJ didn't buzz.

-No idea.

Mount Everest.

But anyway, you didn't get any money from that but you've not been called on to the Hot Spot.

Second time you've got away with it... £1,200.

Val, A Game Of Thrones is a book by which author?

Rudyard Kipling.

BUZZER

You don't like that, CJ?

Well, it's wrong but I can't remember what his name is!

It's initials and a surname, is that good enough?

-No, it is not.

-I can't remember his name.

You're no use to us, here. George RR Martin it is.

But just like Roger, you got a wrong answer - you got away with it

so you add no money to the pot

but you've not been called to the Hot Spot.

Tony, the 2013 Tour de France began on which island?

Corsica.

-BUZZER

-Corsica, you say. CJ...?

-Isle of Man.

-No, CJ is wrong and you, Tony, are right.

Corsica is the right answer so you get an extra £100

as you've actually got one over on CJ. So, £1,500 we are on.

OK, Roger, who is the creator of the TV series Star Trek?

Gene Roddenberry.

Gene Roddenberry is the right answer.

You're looking towards getting £2,000, here, doing well.

OK, Val...

The Quare Fellow is a 1954 play by which Irish writer?

Rabbie Burns.

-BUZZER

-Rabbie Burns.

-He was a bit busy being dead and he isn't Irish.

Erm, don't know it, I'll guess it was Seamus Heaney?

No, it is Brendan Behan. So, you gain no money but you don't

-go on the Hot Spot, Val.

-OK.

Tony, your question...

which Greek goddess was the twin sister of Apollo?

Athenae.

BUZZER

I don't know of a goddess called Affenae.

-That's not good enough, you need to give me the correct answer.

-Well, I would say Aphrodite.

-Aphrodite is wrong!

-Oh.

-The answer is Artemis, Tony, so you don't'

add any money to the pot but he hasn't called you out.

Roger, the painter Vanessa Bell who was part of the early-20th-century

Bloomsbury group was the sister of which of which female writer?

Virginia Woolf.

Virginia Woolf is the right answer.

Val... get this one right you are over 2,000.

Tony Meo was a famous name in which sport?

Darts.

-BUZZER

-Darts.

Several times World Pairs champion with Steve Davis at snooker.

Yeah, CJ is right, it is snooker and after that amazing run when

you got up to 1,900...

-HE SIGHS

-..it is time to take on the Egghead.

Well, you did something brilliant there,

you actually caused CJ immense personal frustration.

Erm...

I'm going to go with a railing.

I've no idea why, just because it's obscure.

CJ...?

Correct answer is a rope.

A rope!

That's a shame. Please return to your fellow players.

Val, we have to take that life away.

You're still in with a chance of sharing the money

which is currently...

Tony, here is your question -

what does the common financial acronym, ISA stand for?

Independent Standards Authority.

-BUZZER

-Independent Standards Authority. That sounds reasonable.

Yeah, I could stop him after the first word.

Individual Savings Account.

Individual Savings Account, you were up the wrong creek, there,

I'm afraid, Tony. So, it is time to take on the Egghead.

What are you going to ask him, CJ what's your area?

-Cooking.

-Cooking.

-Tony...

I think I'm going to rule out apricot...

don't think I like the sound of apricot. Apricot dessert...?

I'm going to go for cherry.

The correct answer is apricot!

Ee! The first one you ruled out.

Please return to your fellow players.

Tony, you lose a life...

Roger, your question.

What are male bees, developed from unfertilised eggs, known as?

Drones.

Drones is the right answer. We've gone over 2,000...

Come on, Val. First published in 1843, Either/Or

is a major work by which Danish philosopher?

Hans Christian Anderson.

-BUZZER

-Hans Christian Anderson. CJ...

There's only one Danish philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard.

Yes, it is. Val, you know what has to happen now,

you have to take on the Egghead.

I have no idea, at all. I've not even heard of some of them.

I'm going to go with...

Bocce. Is she right? That's what we need to know, otherwise she's out.

The right answer, Val...

..is...

-Thank you very much.

-Val, I'm sorry, another wrong answer.

You are out of the money and out of the game.

The Egghead has had his revenge.

So, gentlemen. Roger, Tony, we are on...

It might feel like a good thing that you lost the others

cos you can share the money between you but you have to win it first.

And you've got fewer brains up against CJ in the final round.

We are on you, Tony. Who wrote the TV sitcoms Bread and Butterflies?

Carla Lane.

Carla Lane is quite right.

Well done...

Roger, IRIB is which country's state broadcaster?

India.

-BUZZER

-India. CJ...

I don't think it's India, this is a blind guess, Brazil.

No, you've got it wrong as well, it's Iran.

I think the I's are a clue.

CJ got it wrong, as well as you.

No money for you but you avoid the Hot Spot.

Tony - your question...

Bibliotheque is the French word for what institution?

A library.

Library is correct.

Roger...

Oh, we have run out of time, that is the last question.

Well, well done, gentlemen.

And I should say well done to the team-mates that we lost, as well,

cos you have built up a pretty handy pot of money there...

You've survived to play in the final, the two of you

and now you have the chance

to take that money home.

There is one little problem.

And he's sitting over there.

You have to beat the Egghead.

So, there is £2,500 up for grabs and two of you 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.

I'm going to ask CJ ten questions -

they are general knowledge questions.

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

-Are you ready, CJ?

-Just about, Jeremy.

How many lives have they got? Three lives, two players...

Let's see what happens here. Your ten questions, CJ...

First one...

Who is said to have posted his famous 95 theses to the door

of a church in Wittenberg in 1517?

Martin Luther.

First question correct.

Which James Bond film was the first to cast

Roger Moore in the lead role?

Live And Let Die.

Is correct, two out of two.

Who did Jimmy Connors beat in the final to become the 1974

Wimbledon Men's Singles champion?

'74...?

Er, not McEnroe, not Borg...

I'll guess at Ilie Nastase.

You're wrong and I know you love your tennis.

I can't believe you got this wrong - Ken Rosewall.

Thought about him but just didn't know.

Ken Rosewall is the answer, you've got two out of three.

Next question - published in 1922,

Child Whispers was whose first book for children?

I haven't heard of it.

But assuming it wasn't the only book for children by this person...

the dates would fit...

I will try Enid Blyton.

Enid Blyton is correct.

Three out of four.

Next question, what heavenly body appears on the flag of Uruguay?

-Er, that's the sun.

-It is the sun, four out of five! You trying to picture that?

I was just trying to remember what it looked like!

What is it? Blue lines or something?

-Blue and white with a yellow sun in the middle.

-OK, you've got four out of five.

Rocket 88, reputedly the first rock'n'roll single

was recorded at the famous Sun Studio in which city?

HE SIGHS

Mm, not sure.

I'll have to go for Detroit.

Memphis is the answer.

That was my first thought, as well, and I rejected it!

Oh!

JEREMY LAUGHS

All right, so you've got four out of six!

Next question, CJ. Which golfer born in 1929

was the first man to reach 1 million in career winnings

on the PGA Tour?

HE EXHALES

It's too early for Jack Nicklaus...

I'll go for Arnold Palmer.

Do you know the answer here?

-I would have guessed Arnold Palmer.

-Arnold Palmer is right, well done.

Five out of seven. Next question.

Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot was the lead singer in which 1980s pop group?

Curiosity Killed The Cat.

Yes, it is...

Which gives you six out of eight, next question...

Who was the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court?

Janet Reno.

-No, Sandra Day O'Connor.

-Oh, yes, it was!

Six out of nine.

Last question - which country won all four table tennis gold medals

at the 2012 Olympic Games?

Well, in table tennis it's either Sweden or China, isn't it?

Sweden used to be the main powerhouse but China's

overtaken them now. I can't imagine Sweden would win all

of them so I will go for China.

China is the correct answer.

You got seven answers right.

So, this is how it works, gentlemen...

that is your target. Roger and Tony, you've got the seven to beat

and you can now work together as a team to go beyond that.

You've got three lives remaining there

so you have to get your answers right or you lose your lives.

You lose all your lives, the game is over.

You have to get past seven before all your lives are gone.

If you manage to do that, you'll win £2,500.

-You ready to play?

-We are.

-Good luck to you.

First question...

In November 2013,

Democrat politician Bill De Blasio was elected mayor of which city?

First thoughts?

THEY MUTTER INDISTINCTLY

I'm not sure who the New York Mayor is at the moment. Do you know?

I don't know, but I would guess...

-It's normally the most famous, Mayor of New York, isn't it?

-It is.

-Shall we go New York?

-Let's go New York.

-New York.

-Ni!

CJ has made a noise because he's not happy cos you've got it right.

-New York is the right answer. Well done.

-Well done.

In November 2013, the members of which band

were named as the UK's most influential Twitter users?

That's got to be One Direction, surely?

They're the biggest band around at the moment.

-I'll go with you.

-I mean, they're huge.

They've got to have millions of followers. It's got to be...

-I don't know, but that would be my guess.

-Let's go with that.

One Direction.

Tony, you're playing well. One Direction it is.

Two correct answers. Seven to beat.

If you beat those seven, £2,500 is yours. Next question.

In which part of the human body is the thyroid gland located?

Thyroid - is that in the neck?

-That's my first thought.

-The throat? The neck?

-It is.

-I'm not good on biology. It was first thought, the neck.

-I'm pretty sure it's the neck, the throat.

-Throat or neck, though?

What do we go for?

The neck. It includes the throat. So, shall we go that?

-Shall we say neck?

-Yeah.

The neck.

I could have accepted both, actually. Neck is correct.

Well done. You're on three. You're doing well. Next question.

From 1974 till 1998,

Joao Havelange was president of which sporting organisation?

Was he the head of FIFA? That was my first thought when I heard the name.

-I'm...

-Sepp Blatter is head now,

-but he's only been head for a little while.

-That's true.

Mind you, it could be the IOC or something like that, couldn't it?

-Go with your first guess.

-FIFA?

I'm going to try FIFA, please.

FIFA is right again. You've got four out of four so far.

Playing fantastically. You haven't lost any lives.

Just get another four right and you'll win £2,500.

Next question. Which philosopher wrote the 1859 book On Liberty?

Any good on philosophy?

-1859...

-Absolutely lost.

Who was around in 1859? That's the question.

What philosophers do we know?

Descartes?

Wittgenstein?

-Go with one of your guesses, because...

-Oh, no!

-Yes, seriously.

I don't know the years. I've no idea of the years.

You came up with a couple of names there. Go with one of them.

-I'll back you.

-Shall we go first choice, Descartes?

Again, I'm guessing blind. It could be anybody.

OK. Guess blind, yes.

Rene Descartes.

Rene Descartes. They're playing with some confidence here, CJ.

Are they, indeed? Especially with that answer?

-You think that's wrong?

-It's not what I'd have gone for.

I'd have gone for John Stuart Mills.

I'm afraid John Stuart MILL...singular...

-Oh, sorry, I said Mills.

-..is the right answer.

John Stuart Mill. You lose a life.

You're on four. My, my, this is tight.

You still need four correct answers. You have two lives left.

You're on £2,500 to win here.

Which disaster took place at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1937?

Oh, that was the Hindenburg Disaster,

I think, wasn't it? 1937?

-Yes, it was.

-That was when the Hindenburg crashed, caught fire.

-Hindenburg or the R101?

-No, I'm sure it's the Hindenburg.

Let's go with that.

I think they flew it all the way to America

to prove it could go that far.

They crashed as they were coming to land.

-Shall we go with that?

-Yep.

Hindenburg Disaster.

Yes, Hindenburg. Five points you're on. Seven to beat.

In 1770, what name did Captain James Cook

give to the east coast of Australia?

Was it Van Diemen's Land?

-I don't know why I'm thinking Gold Coast.

-That's Africa.

But isn't there a Gold Coast in Australia as well?

Van Diemen's Land was the first thing that came up...

in my mind.

Why would he call it Van Diemen's?

That would be my only worry about that answer, though.

Would Captain Cook have named a territory after...

I assume he's Dutch? Van Diemen?

I don't know.

But I'm sure there is a Gold Coast in Australia,

-but where it is in Australia, I don't know.

-Let's go with yours.

-No, see, again, it's only a guess.

-You're quite right about the Dutch.

-What else could they call it?

-That's put a doubt in my mind.

Let's go with that.

-Go on.

-I'm not sure it's right.

-Let's go with it.

-We'll try.

Gold Coast, please.

-Do you know?

-New South Wales.

-Oh!

-New South Wales.

You lose another life.

-Of course it was.

-You're on five.

His target was seven. £2,500.

Mustn't get another one wrong.

You have to beat his target before you lose that life.

Wolfe Tone was a historical figure who sought overthrow

British rule in which country in the 18th century?

Where did we rule in the 18th century?

Canada?

-India, Africa...

-If you get this one wrong, the contest is over.

It's ringing absolutely no bells at all?

Doesn't ring any bells with me.

-Wolfe... I'm thinking of General Wolfe...

-Yeah, exactly.

Let's have a guess, then.

You want to go for Canada?

-Let's go for it.

-There must have been natives of Canada who wanted

to overthrow the British, presumably.

Yeah, it was British and French in there. Have a go.

-Shall we go with Canada?

-Let's.

We're going with Canada.

Canada is your answer. You've only got one life left.

You were coming close to Eggheads' target of seven.

You had to get eight to win the £2,500.

Wolfe Tone was a historical figure

who sought to overthrow British rule...

in Ireland.

Ah!

Tony and Roger, you lose your last life

and you have been beaten by the Eggheads.

You were storming there, and then suddenly...

We just hit that brick wall, didn't we?

-As Elvis said, you stripped and stumbled and fell.

-Yep.

It's been very good to have you in the game.

CJ's won, though.

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

to crush another five contestants on Revenge of the Egghead.

Goodbye!