Episode 21 Revenge of the Egghead

These contestants hope to walk away 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 Mike, I'm retired. I'm from Lancashire.

I'm Sandra, I'm a theatre usher from Kent.

I'm Leigh, a sales development manager from Wolverhampton.

I'm Stephen, I'm a test analyst and I'm from Swansea.

I'm Phil, I'm a catering operations manager, and I'm from Leeds.

Welcome and good luck to all of you.

Now, as you know, in order to win any money today,

you will need to outsmart CJ de Mooi himself.

-How are you today?

-Utterly indifferent.

-Confident?

-Aren't I always?

-What are you revising at the moment, CJ?

I'm trying to prove I'm young and hip and down with the yoof of today,

so I've been looking at real names of pop stars.

OK. That's quite obscure, isn't it?

So somebody like Pink, who was not born Pink.

Erm, Alecia Beth Moore.

I once called Tinie Tempah "Tinny Tempah" on the radio

and blew my credibility. What's his real name?

Oh, er, Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu.

OK! There we are!

That's the kind of thing he gets up to in his spare time.

And, yes, it is rather sad.

What do you make of this line-up?

Just like my patience with you, Jeremy,

-they're going down very quickly.

-JEREMY LAUGHS

All right! On that note, why don't we start?

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 his big red buzzer.

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

a particularly difficult question that he's written himself.

If you get it wrong, you lose one of the lives lit up in front of you.

And 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.

So, let's begin.

Mike, your question comes first.

In French cookery, what are escargots?

Snails.

Snails is the right answer. £200 in the pot. Well done.

Over to you, Sandra. The OFT, based in London,

is the Office of Fair what?

Trading.

Trading is right. Another 200. Up to 400. Starting well.

Leigh, who plays Mrs Hudson in the BBC drama Sherlock?

Una Stubbs.

Una Stubbs is the right answer. Another £200.

600. Flawless! CJ can't get in.

That's right, Jeremy, congratulate them.

-We know what's going to happen now.

-He thinks if I congratulate you

-it will all come off the rails. It won't. Will it, Stephen?

-Hope not.

K is the symbol for which chemical element?

I'm not sure on this one. Erm...

Krypton.

-BUZZER

-Krypton, says Stephen.

Thank you, Jeremy, for saying what you did. It's potassium.

It is potassium. He's got it right, Stephen.

You got it wrong with krypton, so 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 two lives.

Watch out, as well. These are particularly difficult questions,

because he's written them himself.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

-OK, Stephen, our test analyst.

-Yes, that's right.

-Computing term, yeah?

-It is, yes.

-Computer people are usually smart, CJ,

so I think you're going to struggle here.

Not on the basis of the available evidence, he isn't.

-JEREMY LAUGHS

-Let's start off today's show, then,

with a bit of English history for you, Stephen.

Got any leads on this, Stephen? Anything coming to you?

I must admit, that sort of history's not really my cup of tea.

But taking an educated guess, I don't think it's Charles I.

-I would say Charles II.

-CJ?

It's Charles I.

OK, it was not Charles II, it was Charles I.

Stephen, please return to your fellow players.

And we have to take a life away from you.

So, you're on £600.

Phil, Me Ol' Bamboo and Toot Sweets are songs from which musical?

The South Pacific.

-BUZZER

-South Pacific. CJ's buzzed.

-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the answer.

-You did bluff it well, though.

-I did try.

It looked as if you were certain.

But you have to go on the Hot Spot. It is time to take on the Egghead.

OK, Phil, catering operations manager for you, CJ.

What are you thinking? What's your question area? What's your angle?

-Obtuse.

-Obtuse.

-Phil...

Well...

Erm, I would rule out November and September,

because the weather might be a bit inclement.

I'm inclined to go for May or July.

I'm going to go for July.

Let's hope for the best here. CJ looks worried.

The correct answer is November.

Well, I'm sorry, Phil, you lose a life.

-Please return to your fellow players.

-OK.

-You're on £600. Phil, you lose a life.

-OK.

-Mike, we're back with you.

What is the capital city of Uganda?

Kampala.

Kampala is the right answer. Well done. £200 more.

£800 in the pot. Sandra, Eva Duarte married which politician in 1945?

Erm, Juan Peron.

Juan Peron is exactly the right answer. Well done.

£200 takes you up to 1,000.

Leigh, Brobdingnag and Laputa are fictional lands

in which 18th-century book?

Gulliver's Travels?

Gulliver's Travels is the right answer.

Another £200. You're on 1,200. Well done.

-Now, this is the moment, Stephen.

-Yep.

-Don't lose that last life.

Here we go.

The two battles of the Marne took place during which war?

Is it the First World War?

First World War is the right answer. Well done. Another £200.

You're up to 1,400. You're doing really well.

Phil your question: who played the title role

in the 2013 film The Lone Ranger?

HE CHUCKLES

Tom Cruise. BUZZER

Tom Cruise, he says. CJ?

Arnie Hammer.

You are wrong by one letter, CJ!

-Oh!

-It's Armie.

Ahhh...

..Hammer. Not Arnie.

How about that, Phil?

THEY LAUGH

That's how tough we have to be here sometimes.

Really good. OK, Phil,

-you're off the hook.

-Thank you.

-You're not going to the Hot Spot.

But you didn't make any money with that answer.

Mike, which country's Formula One grand prix

typically takes place at Albert Park?

Canada.

Canada is your answer.

The answer is Australia, though. CJ didn't know it,

so you, too, are spared the Hot Spot moment,

but you make no money from your answer.

Sandra, you've got two lives. Here's your question.

Totterdown and Clifton

are suburbs of which city in the south-west of England?

Taunton. BUZZER

-Taunton, you say. CJ?

-Bristol.

Bristol is the right answer.

Amazing for you to get an English geography question right.

-Clifton Suspension Bridge is fairly famous.

-Ohhh!

Yes, it is Bristol, Sandra.

You're going to have to go on the Hot Spot and take on the Egghead.

You're playing well so far. You've got your two lives.

Let's see what CJ does here.

Sandra...

Erm...I don't think it's cubs or kids.

I'm going to go with...

-pups.

-Young bats are pups could well be right. CJ?

The correct answer...

-is pups.

-Well done, you. Sandra, excellent work.

You've preserved both your lives. Please rejoin your fellow players.

OK, you still have two lives, £1,400 in the pot.

Leigh, which of Henry VIII's wives was born in Spain?

That would be Catherine of Aragon.

Catherine of Aragon is the right answer. Another £200. £1,600!

Stephen,

Bonkers: My Life in Laughs is a book written by whom?

Harry Hill? BUZZER

-Harry Hill, CJ?

-Jennifer Saunders.

Yes, CJ's right, I'm afraid, it is Jennifer Saunders.

Stephen, you've only got one life left,

but you have to face him on the Hot Spot.

Time to take on the Egghead.

Well, here it gets a little bit awkward for our computer analyst.

Stephen, you've got one life left.

If you get this wrong, your game will be over,

so take your time and don't let him put you off.

Stephen...

Erm...

Right.

-They're all dead, I know that.

-Just like your chances.

-I'm going to say Eddie Cochran.

-Eddie Cochran is your answer.

-It's Eddie Cochran.

-Stephen, well done.

All music available on Radio 2, by the way!

LAUGHTER

You're still in it. Please return to your fellow players.

Subtlety's never been your strong point.

Well, Stephen, well done.

You don't lose the life, you're still in the game. £1,600.

Phil, Down House in Kent

was the home of which 19th-century British scientist?

Newton.

BUZZER

I usually need a first name, but CJ's first.

Not for 19th century. We can pass over that for Newton, can't we?

-LAUGHTER

-It's Charles Darwin.

-Charles Darwin!

-It is Charles Darwin. And I'm sorry about the smug way

that CJ said it as well.

It does mean you go to the Hot Spot to defend your last life.

It's time to face the Egghead.

-Do what Stephen did, if you can...

-I'll try.

-..and stay in.

Hmm...

I can't confess to have heard of myalgia,

so this is going to be a complete guess.

I'm going to go for liver.

The right answer...

..is muscles.

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

that was your last life, so we say thanks for playing,

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

The Egghead over here has taken his revenge.

So that slightly sombre moment where a gap opens up. Four of you left.

Mike, it's you. Natalie Portman won an Oscar for her role in which film?

The Black Swan.

Black Swan is the right answer. Well done.

Another £200. £1,800.

Sandra, what relation is Lady Sarah Chatto to Queen Elizabeth II?

She is her niece.

Niece is quite right. Another 200. Playing really well.

£2,000 you've hit now.

Leigh, you haven't got a question wrong yet, have you?

That's jinxed it! LAUGHTER

Eye Of The Tiger was a UK number one single in 1982

for which band?

What I am at the moment. Survivor.

Survivor! Look at him! He's playing really well.

Despite your best efforts.

Well, look at that, another £200 to you. 2,200. Storming along.

Stephen, which European country's flag

depicts a map of the country and olive branches?

I believe that's Cyprus.

Cyprus is the right answer. Well done, Stephen. 2,400.

Mike, your question:

the birthplace of the Portuguese footballer Eusebio

is in which modern-day African country?

Djibouti.

BUZZER

-Djibouti. CJ?

-I have no idea. Let's go Portugal and...

-Mozambique.

-Mozambique is right.

Yes, previously Portuguese East Africa.

He's got it right, Mike, and you were wrong.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

All right, well, it's your first time on the Hot Spot.

-It is, Jeremy, yeah.

-You've played really well.

Mike...

Right. Well, looking at those, erm...

Athena reminds me of Athens,

and the symbol of Athens is an owl,

so I'm going to go for owl.

-It's owl.

-Well done to you, Mike. That's excellent.

So you've saved your life. Please return to your fellow players.

All right, so, £2,400, and now we move on to you, Sandra.

The Greek god Pan is depicted with the legs of which animal?

Erm, a goat.

Goat is right! Fantastic play, Sandra. 2,600.

But the klaxon could go at any moment.

Leigh, which herb is usually the main ingredient

of the Italian sauce pesto?

Basil?

Basil is correct. It's correct, isn't it, CJ?

-Certainly is.

-Well done! 2,800 you've got.

Still, we've got Stephen next. All's going to be well.

-LAUGHTER

-You're nearly at 3,000.

Can you push it over 3,000 and prove CJ wrong? Here's your question.

Wookey Hole is a feature of which range of hills?

Erm...

Is it the Chilterns?

-BUZZER

-Chilterns! I don't believe it,

CJ's buzzed on English geography.

This can't be right. You don't know, CJ, do you?

-Mendips?

-It is the Mendips, actually.

I thought you were going to get that, Stephen.

-I was going to say that, yeah.

-Oh, that's a shame, isn't it?

Now, it means it is time once again, Stephen, to face the Egghead.

Stephen's given you the runaround, hasn't he?

He is, and he's beginning to annoy me.

-LAUGHTER

-Stephen...

Erm... Again, I'm not sure about this one.

I'm going to rule out NATO straightaway.

Erm, I don't think it's NATO.

I think the UN might be too obvious.

Erm...

And I've just got a hunch that it's the BBC.

I think I've heard it before.

It's the BBC.

It is the BBC. Stephen, please rejoin your fellow players.

You should have got the Survivor question, shouldn't you, Stephen?

So, well done. BBC it was.

You preserve your last life there.

£2,800 you're on.

Mike, we're back with you.

-Which poet...

-KLAXON

Ah, the klaxon has gone, so we've asked our last question.

And four of you have survived to play in the final.

You've built up a prize pot of £2,800. Very handy.

And you now have the chance to take that money home.

There is just one problem. You have got to beat the Egghead.

So, the £2,800 up for grabs, and four of you left,

and 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.

So, 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?

-This is going to be tough.

I need to put in a good performance here, set a good target.

OK. He goes first. Here's your first question.

Which TV presenter controversially interviewed the Sex Pistols

on December 1st 1976?

I've got the letter M in my head for some reason.

Don't think it was Malcolm Muggeridge,

but I'm not sure I can think of anybody else.

Er, no, I can't remember. Er, Malcolm Muggeridge.

No, it's not. Definitely not.

-Bill Grundy is the answer.

-Oh!

-So none out of one so far.

Next question: the Russian resort of Sochi is located on which sea?

Oh, dear, which one is it on? Is it there or there?

Black.

Black Sea is correct. One out of two.

Guy Garvey is best known as the singer with which band?

Misfiring today. I know the name. Erm...

No, I can't remember.

Erm, Keane?

No, it's Elbow.

-Oh, yes.

-One out of three. Next question:

Jackson, named after a US president, is the capital of which state?

I'm sorry, I've... My mind's completely gone.

It's one of the southern ones, isn't it?

It's not Alabama.

I don't know. Missouri.

Nearly, but no cigar. Mississippi.

Mm. Thought about it. Just didn't sound right to me.

OK, you've got one out of four.

Boris Johnson became editor of which magazine in 1999?

-Spectator.

-The Spectator is correct. Two out of five. Next question:

a classic planter's punch cocktail contains which alcoholic drink?

Rum.

Rum is the right answer. Three out of six.

The chemical element with the symbol Es is named after which scientist?

-Albert Einstein.

-Albert Einstein is correct.

Picking up now. Four out of seven.

Which region of Portugal

has a name taken from the Arabic meaning "west"?

I only really know one area of Portugal with its own name.

So there's no point thinking about it. So I'll guess at the Algarve.

The Algarve is quite right. Five out of eight.

How many states make up the US region known as New England?

Six.

Six is right. And you've scored six out of nine. Last question:

Fischbacker and Horn are the surnames

of which magicians and entertainers?

It doesn't sound English, or British.

Oh, it could be them, couldn't it? Ooh, dear.

But it could be Penn and Teller, or it could be Siegfried and Roy.

I thought Penn and Teller were their actual surnames.

Oh, I don't know. I'll try Siegfried and Roy.

Siegfried and Roy is the correct answer.

You've scored seven out of ten.

-OK. Do you think that's good enough to win?

-Very shaky start.

Erm, it was a terrible performance by me.

It will only require an adequate performance by them.

Mike, Sandra, Leigh and Stephen, you have your target.

You're now going to work together as a team to beat CJ's seven.

You also have seven lives remaining, which is very handy.

If you give me an incorrect answer, you will lose a life.

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

you will win the £2,800.

-Shall we play?

-Yes.

-Yes, please.

Whose autobiography was the UK's bestselling book of 2013?

-I would have imagined...

-Alex Ferguson.

-Is it?

-Yes.

-Do you think that's right?

-I think it's Sir Alex Ferguson.

The answer we're giving is Alex Ferguson.

Alex Ferguson is quite right. One point to you.

Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane Moore

both attempted to assassinate which US president?

-Er...

-Lincoln got assassinated, didn't he?

You have to think of an unpopular president.

Or a controversial one that...

Lincoln was controversial. But I don't think it is him.

No, I don't think it was Lincoln.

Could it be somebody like Nixon?

-Er...

-So if we take a guess...? I don't know.

-Do you want to go with yours, Nixon? Because he was controversial.

-Yeah.

Do you want to go with that? Are you happy to go with Richard Nixon?

-It's the best we can come up with.

-It's the best we're going to get.

-Shall I say that?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, we're not sure, Jeremy.

We'll say Richard Nixon.

Richard Nixon. Do you know this?

Er, Lynette Fromme was called "Squeaky" Fromme, for some reason,

but I think they were both for Gerald Ford.

Obscure, but it is Gerald Ford. You lose a life, players.

But you had a lot to start off with. You're now down to six.

George Fox was the founder of which religious group in the 17th century?

-I know this, definitely. It's the Quakers.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-The Quakers.

The Quakers is the right answer. You've got two.

The Oresund Bridge links Copenhagen in Denmark to which Swedish city?

-I've seen it.

-Well, let's go through Swedish cities.

-It's not Gothenburg, is it?

-Is it Malmo? Malmo?

-It might be Malmo.

Malmo rings a bell, but I could be wrong.

If it's your gut feeling, go with that.

-You're going to have to go with that.

-OK, yeah?

-Yeah.

-Malmo, Jeremy.

Brilliant play, Mike. It is Malmo.

-Well done, Mike.

-Well done!

-CJ's worried now!

And you've got six lives left. You're playing for £2,800.

You've got to overhaul seven, and you have three.

In which century

was Cervantes' famous novel Don Quixote first published?

Which century...?

It's quite early.

-1600s?

-You think it's...? 17th is obviously 1600s.

-I don't think it's before that. No, maybe not.

-It's not 18th, is it?

-18th century?

-That would be 1700s.

-Yeah.

I don't know. I'm more prone to go with yours. 17th.

-That'd be the 1600s, yeah?

-Are we going for the 17th?

-Yeah, the 17th.

-OK, we're saying the 17th century.

-Do you know the date?

1605 for part one, 1615 for part two.

17th is quite right. Well done. Really well done!

Don't look so surprised, Leigh. Four points to you.

This is looking really good now.

In 1994, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize

with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat?

-1994?

-1994.

-Was it the president who brokered the deal?

-Shimon Peres...

Yitzhak Rabin, was it? He was the Prime Minister, wasn't he?

-What, in '94?

-I think he was, wasn't he? He was assassinated, wasn't he?

-The year after.

-You think it's Yitzhak Rabin?

-Yitzhak Rabin.

That's the only one I can think of.

-Huh?

-Yeah. We're going to have to.

Yitzhak Rabin.

Yitzhak Rabin is the right answer. Well done.

Well done. You've got five points and you've got six lives left.

You're looking to be in a good position here.

You are playing for £2,800.

Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo are characters in which 1969 film?

It's, erm...

Dustin Hoffman and, erm...

..Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. The Cowboy. Midnight Cowboy.

-Oh, Midnight Cowboy.

-I'm sure it's Midnight Cowboy.

-Is it?

-It is, isn't it?

-It was 1969.

-It is. It's Midnight Cowboy.

-He was in Midnight Cowboy.

-Are you sure?

-Definitely.

-We're going to go with Midnight Cowboy.

-Midnight Cowboy is the right answer!

-Well done.

-Six points!

One away from CJ.

Bottlenose, long-beaked and Hector's are types of which aquatic creature?

-I would say dolphin.

-Yes, dolphins. Definitely dolphin.

-We think that's dolphin.

-You're playing brilliantly.

Dolphin is the right answer. So, let's have a look at this.

You've drawn level with the Egghead over here,

and look how happy he is about that.

£2,800 that you're playing for.

You've got an amazing six lives left, so you've got a bit of leeway.

If you get one more answer right, you've taken the prize money.

Here's your question.

What was the name of the puppet turkey who represented Ireland

in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest?

I can remember it. I just can't remember the name.

-Yeah, I can't remember the name.

-Yeah.

-I've got no idea.

-Duncan's coming to my head. Duncan the turkey?

-Look, nobody else has got a clue at all.

-No, no.

-There's nothing.

-I mean...

-There's nothing there, so let's go with...

We're not sure, Jeremy. Just saying Duncan.

-Duncan?

-Close.

-What was it, CJ?

-Dustin.

-Dustin!

-There we go.

-Why I know that I don't know!

-Worrying!

OK, we take a life away.

You're down to five lives. You've only got to get one more right.

In the PG Wodehouse stories, what is the first name of Jeeves?

Begins with C. Is it Cyril?

Why is Cyril coming to mind?

-Why has Cyril just popped into my head?

-I don't know!

-I don't know why.

-Has anyone got anything?

-No. I haven't.

-Go with Cyril.

-No, I can't think of anything else.

-Do you mind? Shall I go with that?

-Go with that.

-Yeah.

-We're going to go with Cyril.

Cyril is your answer.

If you've got this right, you've taken the prize money of £2,800.

There is a book called Jeeves and the Chump Cyril.

-Oh, maybe that's the one.

-But it's not his first name.

His first name is Reginald.

You've got four lives left. We've taken another life away.

You're stuck head-to-head with CJ here, 7-7.

-You've got to get one more right to win the money.

-Come on, team!

Here's your question.

See if you can win the money with this one question.

In the UK's coinage of the 1950s,

how many farthings were worth one old penny?

-Oh, it's four. Definitely.

-Yeah.

-Four farthings, one penny.

-Can't help you with this one.

-Yeah, yeah. Definitely.

-I'm quite confident in you!

-It was a quarter of a penny.

A ha'penny was two to the old penny. Four farthings, one penny.

-Your answer is...?

-Four?

-Yeah.

If you've got this right, you've taken the money.

If you've got it wrong, another life goes and we play on.

The correct answer is four.

ALL: Yes!

-Well done, everybody.

-Well, good quizzing there.

Good quizzing, you scored eight, with only three wrong answers there.

And they overhauled you pretty comprehensively, CJ.

Did anyone ask you? No.

Well, I'm sorry.

You've taken CJ's target and you've rubbed his nose in it,

and you take home the £2,800.

So I'm sorry, CJ, it wasn't your day today.

-Any analysis for us?

-Yes. Your sympathy is not at all genuine.

And you're so right.

Join us next time, when CJ will be doing his best to restore his pride

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