Episode 30 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's meet the five contestants hoping to get one over on CJ today.

I'm Tony. I'm a media planner/buyer.

Originally from Nottingham, I now live in Islington, North London.

Hello, I'm Emma. I'm an IT company director from Staffordshire.

Hi. I'm Rich. I'm a tax consultant from Hereford.

Hello, I'm Fiona, and I'm P.A. to the head teacher

of a large secondary school in London.

Hi. My name's Mark. I'm an integrity analyst from Burton upon Trent.

-JEREMY:

-So, welcome, and good luck to you all.

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

you will need to outsmart CJ De Mooi

who's sitting over there,

looking rather scary today, CJ, if I may so.

You may, indeed. It's perfectly true.

Are you studying anything at the moment?

Well, any good quizzer knows all about the Olympic Games.

I thought I'd go one stage further

and learn about the Commonwealth Games - all the host cities,

and especially the medal tables.

OK, so, 1978, where were they hosted?

Uh, Edmonton in Canada.

'78's actually interesting because '78 and '86

are the only two times since the '60s that Australia haven't topped the medals table.

-'78 was Canada and '86 was England.

-Well, we just have to hope that doesn't come up.

Right, let's get started. 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.

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

one of his own specially written questions.

Get that question wrong and you will lose one of those two lives

that are lit up in front of you.

If you lose them both, you are out of the game. Is that all clear?

However many of you survive to the end of the game

will have a shot at sharing the prize money you've earnt.

So, let's begin.

Tony, let's start with you.

By what name is the American musician and talent show judge William James Adams Jr better known?

Will.i.am.

Will.i.am is the right answer. £200 goes in the pot.

Well done. OK, over to you, Emma.

The promontory of Dungeness lies in which English county?

-Cumbria.

-Cumbria, you say?

The answer is Kent.

And the reason I was smiling is that CJ would love to buzz your wrong answer.

But, as we know, his weakest area is English geography, isn't it, CJ?

I really don't like English geography.

So, the answer was Kent and you got away with it.

But, of course, it does mean you don't add £200 to the pot.

Rich, your question - in which organ of the human body would you find the cerebellum?

The brain.

The brain is correct. £200 goes in.

£400 total. Well done. Over to you, Fiona.

Which French pop duo are famous for wearing helmets onstage?

I can only think of Belle and Sebastian for some strange reason.

-Is that your answer - Belle and Sebastian?

-I'm afraid it is.

-CJ?

-Daft Punk.

Daft Punk is the correct answer.

The problem here is that CJ has challenged you. His challenge is correct. Your answer was wrong.

You are, therefore, going to go to the hot spot.

It is time to face the Egghead.

Fiona, CJ has written these questions himself.

He often puts in particularly tricky multiple-choice options.

So be careful here. CJ?

So, Fiona, to lose the first of your lives...

I would say that was Taylor Swift.

-JEREMY:

-You've gone straight there.

-CJ?

-Unfortunately, in this case, it is Taylor Swift.

Well done, Fiona.

-You retain both lives and you can rejoin your fellow players now.

-Thank you.

THEY APPLAUD

Don't encourage her.

OK, next question to Mark.

Which Lib-Dem politician began a weekly phone-in radio slot

in January 2013?

-Nick Clegg.

-Nick Clegg is right.

They're not really allowing you a look-in. They've got £600 now.

They're lucky.

You haven't really managed to get much traction here at all, CJ.

Tony, back to you. Rufus Norris was appointed the new head of which theatrical institution in 2013?

The National Theatre.

The National Theatre is correct.

£800 in the bank. Playing well. Emma, this is for you.

Which jockey made history by riding Mountain Tunes to victory

on the 7th of November 2013?

Frankie Dettori

Frankie Dettori, you say. CJ has challenged.

-It was the 4,000th winner for Tony McCoy.

-Yes, he's right, I'm afraid.

CJ has challenged you correctly, so it's time to face the Egghead.

So, Emma, don't be fazed by him, don't worry.

-What are you thinking here, CJ?

-I'm thinking of going for the jugular.

So, Emma...

I'm going to stick with my gut feeling and go kestrel.

-Kestrel?

-Mm.

-CJ?

-Wrong. Buzzard.

-Oh!

-Buzzard is the answer, Emma.

I am sorry.

-Please return to your fellow players.

-OK.

Emma, you got that wrong,

so you go from two lives to one.

-We put one of those lives out.

-Yeah.

£800. Playing well.

Rich, here's your question.

The island of Sumatra is a part of which country?

HE EXHALES

India.

Now, CJ's obviously on a bit of a roll here.

India, he says.

-Indonesia.

-Indonesia is the correct answer.

So, you also have to go to the hot spot and face the Egghead.

Rich...

..which you're not going to be at the end of this show...

I don't know any of the Asterix books.

Barbarians and Huns sounds the most likely.

Um, I will go Barbarians.

Are you sure you wouldn't like to change your guess to Huns?

No, I'll stick with Barbarians.

Wouldn't matter cos the answer's Picts.

-It's the way he takes pleasure out of it.

-Yeah.

Well, Rich, I'm sorry. The same fate has befallen you as befell Emma.

Please return to your fellow players now.

I'm going to take a life away now, Rich.

Also stopping you piling up the money.

You are on £800.

Fiona, see if you can add to that.

For what does the P stand in the stock market abbreviation IPO?

Profit.

I've never heard of it, I'll be perfectly honest.

-Interesting - no buzz from CJ.

-I can't remember!

It's "initial public offering" is the full phrase.

So, the P stands for "public".

But you've got a bit of luck there cos CJ hasn't buzzed you.

So, you don't make any money out of that,

but you also don't stand in danger of losing a life either.

Well done, Fiona. On to you, Mark.

Your question - Josh, Jaymi, JJ and George

are members of which UK boy band?

Union J.

Simply cos there are four of them, I'm going to try JLS.

HE LAUGHS

We don't have this very often. Your answer is right, Mark.

Union J. Well done. We add £200 to the pot.

You get to £1,000.

And you get a bonus £100

for being smarter than CJ.

Well done to you.

OK, so, total of £1,100.

Tony, your question.

The swimmer Mark Spitz won seven Olympic gold medals, Tony, in which year?

Uh...

'72.

1972 is the right answer.

Three right answers from you, Tony, so far. Brilliant work.

Emma, your question.

Nick and Amy Dunne are characters in which book by Gillian Flynn?

"Pygmalion" - I know that's not right.

"Pygmalion" is your answer.

-(LAUGHS) I've never heard of it, I'm afraid.

-Nor me.

CJ also drawing a blank.

-The title is "Gone Girl".

-Still no idea.

-No.

OK. "Gone Girl" it is.

That's all right, that's handy, Emma.

Although you don't make any money,

you have not been challenged by CJ.

So, Rich, on to you.

Ang Lee won a Best Director Oscar in 2013 for his work on which film?

-Uh, "Life of Pi".

-"Life of Pi" is correct.

£1,500 we're on now.

Over to you, Fiona.

Nefertiti, Fiona, was a queen of which ancient people

in the 14th century BC?

Um, Egypt. The Egyptians.

The Egyptians is the right answer.

Mark, your question.

Station X was the codename

for an interception station

at which institution during World War II?

Uh, Bletchley Park?

Bletchley Park is the right answer.

So, £1,900 now.

And, Tony, you haven't even got one wrong yet.

So, you're on a bit of a spurt here.

Here is your question.

A unit of power called the megawatt is equal to how many watts?

1,000.

-CJ?

-It should be a million.

-CJ is correct.

-Ah!

-It's time to take on the Egghead.

Tony...

I think that's the Court of Appeal.

Or...no, Supreme Court is my answer.

So, you've switched to the Supreme Court there.

-I have.

-CJ?

-It's the Court of Appeal!

-Ah!

Please return to your fellow players.

So, tripped up by the megawatt and the Court of Appeal.

We have to put out one of your lives, there, Tony. Only got one left.

And they come in very useful in the final round.

Emma, let's see how you do now.

Your next question, with £1,900 in the bank.

Bikram and Hatha

are both types of which form of exercise?

Yoga.

Yoga is quite right.

Rich, what word can mean

an independently run school

or the school of philosophy founded by Plato?

I don't know. Grammar school?

CJ has challenged.

-Academy.

-He has challenged you correctly.

Total in the bank is £2,100.

If you lose your life now, you lose your chance of sharing that.

Rich, it's time to take on the Egghead.

Rich...

I think I've heard this before but it's slipped out of my mind.

-Um...

-That's a shame.

Well, I studied law at university,

so that's as good a reason as any - I'll go for law.

-You know that you're on your last life now.

-Yeah.

So, if this answer is wrong, Rich, you will depart. CJ?

Che Guevara was born in 1928,

died in 1967.

And in between those years, as is evidenced by a very famous photograph

with him in his doctor's coat,

he studied medicine.

So, medicine is the answer, Rich.

You've lost your final life.

You won't be able to share in the money. We have to say goodbye.

The Egghead has had his revenge.

It might feel good that there are fewer people here,

cos it means there's more of a share of the money,

but, of course, those lives come in very handy in the final round.

Fiona, £2,100 we're on.

You've got two lives left and so has Mark.

Rai is the name of the major state broadcaster in which country?

Spelt R-A-I.

India.

India is your answer. CJ has challenged.

I always get Ireland and Italy confused because they're very similar.

Ahh! I think it's Ireland.

-HE LAUGHS

-No, you've got it confused.

-It's the wrong one!

-The answer is Italy.

So, you don't get called to the hot spot, Fiona.

A little bit of luck there. You were wrong but CJ was wrong as well.

Mark, your question.

"Notre Dame de Paris" is an 1831 book by which author?

Samuel Pepys.

Samuel Pepys.

-He was a bit busy being dead by then.

-Oh.

-Um...

-Victor Hugo.

-Victor Hugo, annoyingly, is the right answer.

So, it's time to take on the Egghead.

Mark, you describe yourself as an integrity analyst.

-What exactly do you do?

-Uh, it's not a very exciting job.

-But it's basically programming tills.

-Oh, right.

-What, cash registers?

-Uh, yeah.

-Making sure all the data's correct.

-All right. You're facing a machine here.

So, I'm glad you understand them.

CJ: Mark...

I'm not really a Gary Barlow fan.

But I would think it's 1973.

CJ?

He was born in...

..1971.

1971.

That is a stinker, because all those years are quite close to each other.

I'm afraid CJ's caught you out. Please return to your fellow players.

You've played well so far, Mark,

but you have now lost one of those lives.

£2,100 in the pot.

OK, back to you, Tony.

Which fashion designer made

the Queen's wedding and coronation gowns?

Is it Norman Hartnell?

You're right. Norman Hartnell is correct. Another £200.

Well done. £2,300.

Emma, your question - "Burn" is a 2013 UK number one single

by which British artist?

Emeli Sande.

-Ellie Goulding.

-Ellie Goulding is right. CJ's given the right answer.

-You have to take on the Egghead.

-OK.

Well, Emma, we don't want you going the same way as Rich,

but I have to point out you're down to one life,

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

-And it's quite a handy pot of money, so hang in there.

-OK.

-CJ?

I don't think it's Alex Ferguson.

That doesn't ring a bell for the title of his book.

However, I know that he has brought one out in 2013.

So, I'm a little unsure whether to rule him out.

Jose Mourinho - would he...?

He probably likes to talk about himself.

I'm...I don't know this, Jeremy, unfortunately,

but I'm going to go with...

..Harry Redknapp.

Well, good logic. I don't know the answer. CJ, tell us, please.

It's Harry Redknapp.

Well done, Emma. You're still in it.

-Please return to your fellow players.

-Thank you.

Ooh, this is getting a bit edgy.

You're the only one with two lives there, Fiona. Your next question...

Thrombocytes which aid blood clotting

are more commonly known by what name, Fiona?

Platelets.

Platelets is right.

Mark, the footballer Yaya Toure

represents which country in international football?

Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast is quite right.

£2,700. OK.

-DRAMATIC RUMBLING

-Ah.

Now, that is the sound that says that was the last question.

Four of you have survived.

That's the good news. You'll be playing in the final.

You've built up a prize pot of £2,700.

Well done on that.

You've got the chance now to take the money home.

There's one problem. You've got to beat the Egghead.

So, there is £2,700 up for grabs

and four 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. That won't surprise you, I know.

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

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

-Are you confident, CJ?

-I would have been a lot more confident had Emma gone out.

Uh, four people and five lives

is tricky.

All right - ten questions for CJ first. Here's your first question.

Which British newspaper is nicknamed "The Thunderer"?

"The Times".

"The Times" is the correct answer. You've got one out of one.

Who was the first English monarch

to hold the title Defender of the Faith?

Henry VIII.

Henry VIII is the correct answer. Two out of two.

What was the nationality, CJ,

of the 1967 Formula One world champion Denny Hulme?

That I don't know.

I will try, at a guess, Australian.

You're very close, but no cigar.

New Zealand he was from. So, you've got two out of three.

Your next question - who wrote the words to the song "Jerusalem"?

William Blake.

William Blake is right. Three out of four.

What became the world's first national park in the 1870s?

The Peak District.

Wrong country, CJ. It was Yellowstone in the USA.

Three out of five now. Their lives are looking, now, a bit threatening, aren't they?

In Greek mythology, Penelope was the faithful wife

of which hero of the Trojan war?

Odysseus.

Odysseus is the right answer. Well done.

Four out of six.

Who won the 2013 Mercury Prize

with the album "Overgrown"?

I can't remember his name.

He wasn't somebody I'd come across before.

He might be called James?

I really cannot remember this. Um...

I will try James for the first name

and probably just something... blind guess the second name.

I think it was something short and normal. Um...

I don't know - James Blake.

That's a phenomenal answer. You've got it absolutely right.

-EMMA:

-No.

-Rah!

That is one of the most extraordinary plays

I've ever seen by you.

How did you get to Blake from...?

There was a William Blake earlier on. I wondered if that was in your head.

No. It was the first thing that occurred to me,

and then I discounted it because of the tennis player, James Blake.

And I just thought, "I've got that name in my head from that."

One thing I've learnt, over the years,

is if you have a first thought,

even if you've got no reason for going for it, pick it.

Well, James Blake is correct.

He's a hard man to beat, I tell you.

Five out of seven. Next question...

Who was the director of the three recent "Transformers" films?

Michael Mann.

Oh, it's Michael Bay! Oh!

-I have to take your first answer, CJ.

-Oh! Oh!

Michael Bay is correct. You snatched at it. Five out of eight.

Next question - Mashhad is the second-largest city

in which Middle-Eastern country?

Jordan.

Iran is the answer.

-Oh.

-You've got five out of nine so far.

Your last question - Archie Rice is the main character in which play?

I think...

I think he's "The Entertainer".

Tony will know this.

-Is he right?

-"The Entertainer", yeah.

-"The Entertainer" is correct.

Six out of ten.

Will the Michael Bay answer be costly?

Tony, Emma, Fiona and Mark, you have your target

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

You've got 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'll win.

You've got £2,700 to play for here.

First question - in which year was the UK forced out of the ERM

on Black Wednesday?

-TONY:

-When did Margaret Thatcher resign? It was after that.

It was John Major, wasn't it?

Was it '91 when she resigned?

-EMMA: '79?

-'79 she came into power.

-Yeah.

And was that halfway through a term or was it at the beginning of a...?

-FIONA:

-No, it was the beginning.

-TONY:

-I think it'd be around '92.

-EMMA: I'll go with that. FIONA:

-I don't know the answer.

Yeah, go on, then.

We're going for 1992.

Thatcher was '79 to 1990.

You were absolutely right - under John Major is when it all happened.

And 1992 is the right answer.

1992.

THEY TALK EXCITEDLY

Very well done. You've taken the first step to £2,700.

Next question - in 2013, the Marmaray Railway Tunnel

was opened, linking which two continents?

-MARK:

-It's Istanbul. It's Asia.

-Um, is it Africa?

-FIONA:

-It would be.

Cos Istanbul's in the northern...

TONY: It's not Asia and Europe, is it?

-I think it is.

-Shall we go with that?

-Yeah.

-Go for it.

Uh, Asia and Europe.

Asia and Europe is correct.

-EMMA:

-Well done, Mark.

-CJ...

-Sea of Marmara was the clue.

Your next question - "Shangri La" is the 2013 album

by which English singer/songwriter?

-EMMA:

-"Shangri La".

It's not James Blunt, is it?

TONY: No idea. What do you think?

-I'm going to have to go with...

-Say James Blunt.

-MARK:

-James Blunt?

-It's worth a bash, isn't it?

We're going to go with James Blunt.

James Blunt is your answer.

It's wrong. Jake Bugg is the answer!

Your first wrong answer and you lose a life.

Your next question...

In which century was the political movement called the Levellers formed?

Wasn't round Oliver Cromwell's time or something like that?

-EMMA:

-And that's 16... So, that's 17th century.

That was...the Diggers were around that time, weren't they?

Should we say 17th?

-MARK:

-I'm happy to go with the 17th.

-17th century.

-Are they right?

I always get confused, myself, between the Levellers and the Chartists?

Cos there were so many of these groups, with the Lollards and everybody else.

I'm not sure, but I would have gone for the 17th.

-17th is the right answer.

-Brilliant!

So, it's three correct.

-Wonderful!

-You have to get to seven. You've got three correct.

Four lives still intact. What was Orson Welles's real first name?

Is it Charles? I don't know. That is a complete blank field.

Well, I've not heard of any name other than Orson.

No, I've not either. Shall we go with Charles?

-I think so.

-Why not?

-Charles.

-Charles is wrong.

-It's George.

-THEY GROAN

Your second life has gone.

Down to three lives now.

You've got three answers correct. You've got to get to seven.

Don't let that money fade away!

Here's your question -

"The Postman Always Rings Twice" is a novel by which author?

Do you know this one?

TONY: I remember the film, but I can't remember the name of the author.

-FIONA:

-That's a shame.

-EMMA:

-Is it a classic... classical kind of film?

It was certainly Depression era.

-MARK:

-Set in the Depression?

-I was thinking of...

What about Hemingway?

It's a famous writer from that time.

-The one who did "Of Mice and Men" - Steinbeck?

-John Steinbeck.

John Steinbeck.

I'm not saying it is, please.

-Should we go with John Steinbeck?

-Yeah.

We'll go with John Steinbeck.

James M. Cain is the answer.

Oh...

You've lost another life.

You're now down to two lives.

You've got to get seven correct answers to win.

Your next question - the controversial 1929 film "Un Chien Andalou"

was a collaboration between Luis Bunuel and which artist?

I have never heard of that.

-I've seen it.

-You did?

-Yes.

It's a GCSE, um, media film.

What's it about?

It's a black-and-white film.

To say artist, does that mean a painter or... Sorry.

Or an artist as in a film star or something?

-EMMA:

-It could be. If it's black-and-white, would it be...?

Oh, what's his name? With the hat.

-Uh, Charlie Chaplin?

-Charlie Chaplin.

-No.

-Controversial.

-What about Toulouse-Lautrec, back then?

Toulouse-Lautrec or Charlie Chaplin?

Toulouse-Lautrec.

Toulouse-Lautrec is the incorrect answer.

-I think he was around before that.

-Yes, I thought it might have been.

The mid-1800s. It's Salvador Dali.

-TONY: Oh!

-That was my very first thought!

You've lost another life.

£2,700 in the bank,

but it's getting harder.

You need four more correct answers.

And look at his face.

-He thought he was down and out. You let him back in.

-Yeah.

Here's your question.

Matt Prior and Steve Finn have represented England in which sport?

-I don't know. FIONA:

-No, it's sport.

I think it's rugby.

That's the first thing that's come to head.

I have nothing else.

-That sounds right to me.

-That doesn't ring a bell with me.

-No?

-You're a rug... Aren't you?

-Yeah, I'm quite a rugby fan.

-OK, so...

More of the Dallaglio, Johnson generation.

If you think that's right, I say go for it.

-EMMA:

-Represented England, though. You'd know all the English rugby players.

-Instinct.

-Mm.

-It's only the last life.

-It's only the last life.

OK.

We're going to go rugby.

-So, you're saying rugby?

-Mm.

If you've got this right, we play on

and you are closing in on your £2,700.

If you've got it wrong, you know you're down to your last life. The contest will be over.

You came into the final with five lives

and I'm afraid you lost them all.

The answer is cricket.

Was there a hinge question where it all went wrong there?

-What was the one?

-The last five.

-The last five?!

-FIONA:

-We started off well.

CJ, give them a memory to take away with them.

Everyone comes here and tries to challenge me.

But you didn't do too badly.

-There we are.

-Thank you very much.

-How about that?

Congratulations, CJ. Well done. Thanks for a great game, players.

CJ, you have shown why you are a formidable Egghead.

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

to crush another five contestants on Revenge of the Egghead.

Goodbye.