Episode 27 Revenge of the Egghead

These five 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's meet the five contestants hoping to get one over on CJ today.

I'm Pete and I'm a DJ from Cheshire.

I'm Janice and I'm a retired librarian from Amersham.

I'm Michael. I'm a customer adviser from Guildford.

I'm Sharon. I'm a lifeguard from Liverpool.

Hi, I'm Lance, a prison officer from Northamptonshire.

So, welcome and good luck to you all.

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

you will have to outsmart CJ de Mooi here.

-You're looking particularly superior today.

-I can't help it.

You've met me before.

I know, you don't always go out with friends,

for perhaps the obvious reason.

You've been mugging up during your evenings.

What is the latest subject you're revising?

Well, we all know the lists of Nobel Prize winners, of course,

so I've been looking at Pulitzer Prizes this time.

So if I was to give you a year, you could tell me the prize winner -

1985?

-Let's say I could and move on.

-Yeah. You see?

It's only one inch deep, this knowledge.

He's vulnerable, even though he doesn't look it.

Let's get started, then.

None of you know each other, but you will be building up a prize

fund together.

You're going to be individually answering general knowledge

questions to build up the prize fund.

Each correct answer 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

Once he has caught you out, he has the chance to knock you

out by asking you one of his own specially written questions.

If you get it wrong,

you'll lose one of those two lives that are lit up in front of you.

Lose both lives and you're out of the game.

However many of you survive to the end of the game will have

a shot at sharing the prize money you've banked. There we are.

Pretty straightforward, so we'll begin.

-Pete, start with you. The DJ.

-Yeah.

-All right.

Who plays the role of the journalist Martin Sixsmith in the 2013

film Philomena?

No idea.

BUZZER

-Well, he's got in very quickly. CJ?

-Steve Coogan.

Steve Coogan is the right answer.

So I'm sorry, Pete, that means you're going to have to take your

place on the Hot Spot and face one of CJ's multiple choice questions -

these are particularly tricky cos he's written them himself -

and risk losing one of your lives.

So, it is time to take on the Egghead.

Well, I'm sorry we've started badly there, Pete.

-Unfortunately, CJ does now choose the question.

-So, Pete...

Take us through it, Pete. What are you thinking?

Obviously, Microsoft is Bill Gates.

But he didn't do that alone. I know there was somebody else with him.

So I'll try for Microsoft.

OK, Microsoft is your answer.

-Yes.

-I'm not sure of this one, CJ.

-Has he got it right?

-I think most of those...

Microsoft, Google and Apple were all founded by more than one person.

And I'm afraid, Paul Allen co-founded...

Microsoft.

Well done, Pete! How about that?

How about that!

-Sorry.

-You keep both lives intact. Please return to the other players.

I won't call that a great start cos you're still on zero pounds,

you didn't get any money, but you're still in with two lives.

Janice, here's your question.

Get £200 in the bank if you get this right.

At American colleges, what is the female equivalent of a fraternity?

Soriety?

BUZZER

Soriety.

Nearly. Sorority.

Sorry, Janice. You got that wrong. I thin I have to allow CJ that.

You've got to face him on the Hot Spot now with one of his own

questions. It's time to take on the Egghead.

-Well, you know a stickler when you see one.

-I do.

I thought that was really mean.

We would expect nothing less him.

CJ, we've got a librarian here, so there's a lot of knowledge.

There is a lot of knowledge

and I'm sure that will cover recent rap music.

Right. Well, apart from the fact that I've heard of all of them,

I have no idea, so the best thing is just to go for it with a guess.

Rihanna and...

..Snoop Dogg.

CJ?

It's Eminem.

Eminem is the answer. Please return to the other players.

Janice, you went to the Hot Spot, CJ asked you a mean question,

so you had two lives, you now have one.

OK, Michael. Here's your question.

Anyone Who Had A Heart was the first UK number one single for which

female singer?

-Cilla Black.

-Cilla Black is right. Well done.

Phew!

£200 in the pot. OK, Sharon. Here's your question. Good luck.

In 2013, Sebastian Vettel won his fourth Formula 1 championship

with which team?

Hyundai.

-Hyundai is your answer.

-BUZZER

CJ has buzzed. CJ, you're challenging.

Hyundai aren't in Formula 1. He was Red Bull.

He's right. You gave a confident answer!

Could have been right!

Well, I'm afraid you're going to have to take on the Egghead.

Sharon...

There was one that jumped out at me as soon as it came up.

I'm not really too sure whether it's right or not,

but I'm going to go for Van Cleve.

Anthony van Dyck.

So Van Dyck is the answer. I'm sorry, Sharon.

Please return to the other players.

So I have to put one of your lights out. You've lost a life.

Clinging on. So the situation for your team is that you've

banked £200 from one correct question so far.

Lance, you've got to turn things around now.

How many sides does a nonagon have?

A nonagon...

Octagon, eight. Decagon, ten.

It's nine or eleven. I'm going to go for nine.

Nine is the right number.

Well done.

Back to you, Pete. We put £400 now in the pot.

Your question - which protein is the main

component of the quills of feathers and fingernails?

Carotene.

Carotene is right.

Up to £600. Janice, your question.

Which Texas city calls itself the Live Music Capital of the World?

Austin?

BUZZER

-CJ has buzzed.

-CJ has buzzed but doesn't know the answer.

But he's going to take a guess at somewhere

he knows hosts a lot of music festivals, Houston.

-Houston is the right answer, you think?

-It's what I'm guessing.

-Janice, I've got good news for you. You're right.

-Oh, no!

-It is Austin. You are wrong, CJ!

-Nyeh!

A rare slipup from CJ, Janice.

You were right, so you get the £200,

but you also bank a bonus £100 for being smarter than CJ.

That's £900. Michael, your question.

Which alcoholic spirit is an ingredient of a traditional

Tom Collins cocktail?

-Rum.

-Rum is your answer.

Gin was what we were looking for.

CJ, cos you haven't challenged, you get away with that wrong answer,

but you don't bank £200 for your team, so you're staying on £900.

You're doing all right. Sharon, here's your question.

What kind of gemstone is the Koh-I-Noor in the crown jewels?

-Diamond.

-Diamond is right. Well done.

With your one life, you live to fight another day.

That's £1,100. Lance, the prison officer, here's your question.

For his role in which film did Daniel Day Lewis win his first

Oscar?

Oh, it's...

He's won three. I think the first one was My Left Foot.

My Left Foot is right.

You're a good quizzer. On £1,300 now.

Suddenly, this team is looking a bit handy. Pete, your question.

Which long distance walk links the villages of Edale and Kirk Yetholm?

-Is it the Pennine way?

-Pennine Way is quite right, Pete. Another £200.

£1,500. Well done. Now we're with you, Janice.

The Rumpy and the Stumpy are varieties of which breed of cat?

The Manx cat.

Manx is right.

Another 200. Well done. What's happened to this team?

You've suddenly just lifted yourselves.

£1,700. Michael, here's your question.

The Cor Anglais belongs to which section of the orchestra?

The brass.

Brass is incorrect, but CJ didn't buzz.

-LAUGHTER I have no idea!

-He's bluffing you!

Oh, it's the woodwind.

The answer is woodwind, Michael. You're making a habit of this.

You give the answer with such conviction, he then faltered.

An incorrect answer, you don't

get £200 but because CJ didn't buzz, you don't lose a life.

All right. Sharon, your question.

A gynaecocracy is a government run by whom?

-Women.

-Women is quite right.

Over to Lance. £1,900, you're really doing well now.

Lance, the Goodwin Sands are off the coast of which south coast

English county?

I'm going to say Sussex.

BUZZER

I don't believe you've buzzed on an English geography question.

-Go on, then.

-Is it Devon?

It's not Devon? I don't know. No.

So...you don't make £200 with the right answer cos you were wrong.

The answer was Kent.

However, you don't have to go on the Hot Spot because he was wrong.

Pete, your question -

which battle is also known as Custer's Last Stand?

Little Bighorn.

Little Bighorn is correct. £200 goes in. You've gone past 2,000 now.

That's £2,100.

Janice, Margaret of Anjou was the wife of which king of England?

Henry...

..VI.

BUZZER

-CJ has buzzed.

-Richard I.

This is so fascinating, this game. The answer is Henry VI.

So, another slip up from CJ means that you don't just

get £200 for your answer.

Because you were right and he was wrong, you get 300.

We go up now to £2,400.

Michael, over to you.

The character Lord Snooty appeared in which comic for many years?

The Beano.

Beano is correct.

That's £2,600.

Sharon, what was the name of the character

played by John Thaw in The Sweeney?

-Jack Regan.

-Jack Regan is correct.

2,800. Are you going to take it to 3,000, Lance? Let's see.

Robert Catesby was the chief instigator of which

historical conspiracy?

That would be the Gunpowder Plot.

The Gunpowder Plot is the correct answer.

Well done, you've now hit £3,000, team. Pete, we're back with you.

People born on the 1st of June share which star sign?

Gemini.

Gemini is correct. £200 goes in. 3,200.

Janice, Great Bear Lake is the biggest lake entirely within

which country?

-Canada.

-Canada is right.

£200 more. £3,400. You're doing really well.

Michael, your question now. What is Miss Marple's Christian name?

Agatha.

BUZZER

-Agatha is your answer.

-Finally! Jane.

-Marple is the character in an Agatha Christie.

-Yeah, I just had no idea.

-I thought I'd just give CJ a chance.

-Well, he needs that at the moment.

How do you feel, CJ? You've been locked out for a while there.

I'm a little frustrated.

Frustrated him, but at this point, Michael,

you can see he's in the mood for vengeance now.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

I dread to think what you're going to do now, CJ.

You were out of the game, not even visible for a while,

which I know you hate.

I think we've had enough of this. Michael...

I'm going to go with my gut instinct, which is Villiers.

OK, you have got two lives. If you lose a life you're not out.

There is that. CJ, what's happening?

Bingham.

Bingham is the right answer.

You're wrong, you're going to lose a life.

Michael, please return to your team.

Well, CJ has taken one of your lives, Michael, the lord of quizzes.

Out goes the light. Some of you are hanging on.

Let's have a look at these lives.

Michael, Sharon, Janice, down to one life.

The other two of you on two lives, still playing really well.

£3,400 in the pot. Sharon, we move to you with your question.

Who played Arthur Daley in TV's Minder.

It was...Dennis Waterman.

BUZZER

-It certainly wasn't. It was George Cole.

-That's the one.

Cole is the right answer.

He has corrected you, Sharon.

You've got to go to the Hot Spot and face one of his questions.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

Oh, well, now the stakes are a bit high, aren't they, Sharon?

We've got £3,400 in the pot.

If you lose your last life, you will be leaving us. CJ, what question?

What question area?

Women in power.

Sharon...

I've heard of a couple of them.

I know they were politicians,

but I'm not too sure who was the first female Cabinet minister.

I'm just going to go with Edith Pitt.

You're on the edge here, Sharon. You've only got one life left.

If you get this wrong you will be out, I'm afraid to say.

-CJ.

-The first female Cabinet minister...

was Margaret Bondfield.

Oh, dear. So you have got it wrong. Your last life goes, Sharon.

CJ has beaten you, I'm afraid. The Egghead has had his revenge.

Thank you.

Oh. It can go wrong. We've got £3,400 here.

-You look quite nervous, Lance.

-No, not at all.

Which toy was once called the Pluto Platter?

The Pluto Platter. Something to do with dogs, maybe?

I'm going to go for Lego. BUZZER

Lego is your answer. CJ has buzzed.

It's the original name for the Frisbee.

You were playing with such incredible composure, Lance,

I actually didn't believe you'd get one wrong.

You're going to have to go to the Hot Spot

and face one of his questions. It is time to take on the Egghead.

Two lives intact, Lance. Up until this point you were sitting pretty.

We are going to go for world history.

It wasn't the D-Day landings. That was something else.

Not sure about the Battle of the Atlantic.

I can't recall the Dambuster Raids being called that.

I'm going to go for Stalingrad.

The Siege of Stalingrad is your answer.

Operation Chastise, CJ?

Dear old Guy Gibson and the Dambuster Raids.

It was the Dambusters. You got it wrong, Lance.

You've played spectacularly well up till this point,

but now you're going to lose a life. Please rejoin the other players.

We have to put out one of your lights, I'm afraid, Lance.

Pete, you're the only one with two lives left. Time is pushing on.

You've got a lovely pot of money here - £3,400.

Here's your question -

which peninsula lies between the River Mersey and the River Dee?

-The Wirral.

-The Wirral is correct. £200 more. £3,600.

Can we get to 4,000?

Janice, what are baby sharks called?

-Pups.

-Pups...

is the right answer.

No buzz from CJ.

He didn't know that. £3,800.

The klaxon could go at any moment. Michael, here's your question.

Which common French expression often used to refer to a social

blunder literally means false step?

Faux pas.

Faux pas is correct. Wow, you're playing well.

£4,000 we're on here. Lance, your question.

What was the occupation of Edna Krabappel in the TV show

The Simpsons?

-She was the kids' teacher.

-She was indeed the teacher. Well done.

4,200.

Pete, not even...

-END OF ROUND BUZZER

-Oh, there we are.

We're out of time. That was the last question.

Four of you have survived to play in the final.

You built up a prize pot of a very considerable £4,200.

You've done very well. You now have the chance to take that money home.

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

So there is £4,200 up for grabs and four of you left.

If you can prove yourselves better than CJ, you'll 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.

Are you confident?

I'm a little worried, to be honest.

They played fairly well, locked me out for a lot of the game.

We're going to go for it, CJ. Ten questions.

You'll set the target for them to beat.

I'll start now.

The Venus de Milo is on display in which European museum?

It's the second most visited exhibit in the Louvre.

Louvre is correct. One out of one.

Everybody Hurts was a hit for which band in 1993?

-REM.

-REM is correct.

Two out of two.

Which iconic map was created by Harry Beck in the 1930s?

The London Underground map.

You're right.

Three out of three, players.

PB is the symbol for which chemical element?

Takes its name from the Latin word plumbum - lead.

Lead is correct. Four out of four.

Which novelist was the step-grandmother

of Diana Princess of Wales?

Barbara Cartland.

Barbara Cartland is correct. Five out of five.

In which Sussex town might you visit the De La Warr Pavilion?

I don't know this, but I'm wondering if that's the Art Deco one.

In which case, it's... I really don't know this. I will try Bexhill.

Bexhill is the right answer.

Six out of six. Very good quizzing, CJ.

We have to reluctantly admire that.

Which politician is the father of children

called Nancy, Arthur and Florence?

Don't know it, but I know Florence is one of the daughters

of David Cameron, so that's what I'll try.

David Cameron is correct. All questions right so far.

Seven out of seven.

Milton Obote was twice overthrown as president of which African country?

Oh, I've got this wrong in the past.

I think I'm about to again.

Hmm.

Mozambique?

You have got it wrong. It's Uganda.

So seven out of eight.

Next question - which novelist's updated version

of Sense And Sensibility caused controversy in 2013?

This passed me by.

Who likes updating novels then?

Sebastian Faulks.

No, Joanna Trollope. You've got seven out of nine.

Last question - who was the father-in-law

of the English Civil War General Henry Ireton?

You've finished off with three I don't know here.

Oh, dear.

You'd have to be fairly advanced in age to get to General,

so somebody at the beginning of the 17th century, maybe.

I don't think it would be Cromwell.

But then again, your son-in-law

doesn't have to be younger than you, I suppose.

I will guess at Oliver Cromwell.

Do you know the answer?

-I think it was Cromwell.

-I think he's right.

You're right, CJ. Oliver Cromwell. Eight out of ten.

CJ, you managed to set a target of eight.

Pete, Janice, Michael and Lance, you have your target.

You can now work together as a team to beat it.

You have five 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 will take the money away.

A lot of money today - £4,200.

-Shall we play?

-Yes.

-Please.

Got to get nine correct answers.

Here's your first question, working together, remember.

Texas Holdem is a variety of which card game?

-Poker.

-Definitely.

We're going to go for poker.

Poker is the right answer.

Frederick Wentworth is a leading character in which

Jane Austen novel?

-I have no idea.

-Wentworth... I think it's... I think it's Mansfield Park.

I just want to check it's not Sense And Sensibility.

-I get them really muddled up.

-Take your time.

-Oh, don't put it all on me.

-Has anybody else got an idea?

-Nobody knows.

-Sense And Sensibility has been part of a question today.

I wouldn't go with that, I would go with what you thought originally.

I'm not 100% by any means.

I'll go with Mansfield Park.

So you thought Mansfield Park or Sense And Sensibility, did you?

Or one of the others she wrote.

It was one of the others. It was Persuasion.

-Oh, well.

-Sorry, gang.

Still got one right, but you lose a life now.

You've gone from five to four lives.

Remember, when the last life goes, the game is over...

unless you get the money first.

Next question. Dr Kananga is a character in which James Bond film?

I don't know that.

- It's the voodoo one. - Live And Let Die.

-The voodoo?

-That's what I would have said.

-Jane what's her face?

-Live And Let Die.

Was it the guy with the hook?

He was the one who blew up at the end and exploded.

-He was.

-I'm 90% sure.

I would go with that as well.

We think it's the voodoo film from the '70s. Live And Let Die.

-Live and Let Die is correct.

-Well done.

Where was the hook? Was there a hook in there?

-I think it was the...

-The guy with the hook?

I think it was the sidekick with the crocodiles.

So your score is two.

You've got to get to nine before you lose all your lives.

£4,200 in the pot to win.

The Camera Never Lies is the first novel by which TV presenter?

It sounds like a woman. Don't know why I'm thinking a woman.

I could be completely wrong. I could have insulted someone.

The only presenter I know who's written a novel is Penny Smith,

but it's not...it's definitely not that.

Why would it be about a camera and photography?

It's going to be about a TV show.

I have absolutely no idea. I've never heard of it.

I don't know any television presenter who's written a novel.

The only TV presenter I know who's written a novel is Penny Smith,

but I'm pretty sure it's not that.

It's not Alan Titchmarsh, who's written lots of novels.

Go for yours.

We're not sure, we're going to go for Penny Smith.

No, it's wrong. Tess Daly.

So you lose another life. You've now got only three lives left.

You've only scored two so far.

You need to get some correct answers here.

Bertram Mills and Billy Smart were famous names

in which field of entertainment?

Circus. Yeah.

-Circus.

-Don't ask me.

You're too young.

It is definitely the circus.

-Yay.

-Three points.

You didn't know that, Michael?

I'm not a big fan of the circus anyway. They scare me.

Clowns, is it?

It's not the clowns, it's just the weird things they do.

You can be as strange as you like on this programme

cos you're never going to be as strange as CJ.

Here's your next question.

Navan is the county town of which Irish county?

I'm afraid I have no idea.

-Is it county something? County Tyrone...

-Donegal?

No.

Could be any of them. Cork's at the bottom,

but if you don't know where Navan is...

-County Cork, let's go for Cork.

-Yeah.

We don't know.

We're going to go for County Cork.

County Cork. On what basis, one that you've heard of?

Just a hunch, really.

Meath is the answer. You lose another life.

-Oh, this is not going well.

-Come on, players.

Got to get to nine to beat CJ. Down to two lives.

Here's your next question.

Who gave birth to a baby called Jett Riviera in 2013?

-Oh, that's Katie Price, isn't it? Jordan.

-Yes, it is.

It was Katie Price.

Katie Price.

Katie Price is correct. Well done. This is close. This is exciting.

Just don't lose another life,

cos then you're going to really be on tenterhooks.

Here's the question - All I Ask Of You is a song from which musical?

- Phantom? - That's what I was thinking.

It was a hit for Cliff and Sarah Brightman.

Yeah, I would go. I'm happy with that. Is everyone happy with that?

-Hang on, just have a think.

-It's definitely...

Cos it was Sarah Brightman.

Yeah, we think that's Phantom Of The Opera.

Phantom Of The Opera is correct.

Oh, yes.

You've now put a string of two together.

You still need another four. You've got two lives left.

Your next question -

Key of the Door is the traditional bingo call for what number?

-21. 21?

-21.

-She's got the key of the door... BOTH:

-..never been 21 before.

-I got a key on my 21st birthday. That makes sense.

-There we go.

That's definitely the answer then. 21.

21 is the right answer.

CJ got eight answers right, so your target is nine.

You're getting closer.

Two lives left. In which city is De Montfort University situated?

-Leicester.

-Leicester.

Definitely. Leicester.

I'm smiling cos you said it with great conviction. You're right.

Leicester it is.

You're up to seven. Just two more.

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war room,"

is a quote from which film?

(Dr No.)

Another James Bond film?

No, it's the one with Peter Sellers where he played all the different...

Oh, that's Dr Strangelove.

Dr Strangelove.

I'm not sure.

I've never heard of it.

-Is it Peter Sellers?

-It's Peter Sellers.

It's Dr Strangelove.

-You go for it.

-You can say it.

It's Dr Strangelove.

Dr Strangelove is correct.

I was worried about Dr No.

-Nearly said that.

-Yeah, so was I.

You were right with the James Bond logic.

CJ got eight. Your target is therefore nine.

You have to go one more than CJ.

One more correct answer and you've won £4,200.

Two wrong answers and the game is over. Look at CJ.

-Not going to happen.

-Look at CJ. He's really worried now.

If you get this right, you've won £4,200.

Which city in Jordan was famously described as a rose-red city

half as old as time?

-Petra.

-Petra.

-Petra.

Definitely Petra.

Petra.

A rose-red city half as old as time.

Well, CJ set you quite a target of nine by getting eight right.

For £4,200, the correct answer is Petra. Well done.

You have won. Fantastic.

You've beaten CJ's target and you take home the jackpot of £4,200.

Brilliant quizzing, may I say.

Really sustained quizzing under fire.

Look at CJ, he is not amused.

Not amused by all this celebration.

I thought it was going to be really uphill, but well done.

You've got £4,200 you can share it out between the four of you.

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.