Episode 4 Revenge of the Egghead

These five contestants are hoping

to walk away today thousands of pounds richer.

Standing in their way is one of the most formidable quizzers

to grace the Eggheads team...

CJ de Mooi.

This is Revenge Of The Egghead.

Hello and welcome to Revenge Of The Egghead.

Let us meet the five contestants hoping to get one over on CJ today.

I'm Sohail, I'm a locum pharmacist and I'm from Blackburn.

I'm Sally, I'm an occupational therapist and I'm from Bath.

I'm Len, I live in Leeds and I run my own training company.

I'm William and I'm an actor from Edinburgh.

I'm Joe, I'm an admin officer with the Army Cadet Force

and I live in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Welcome to the five of you.

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

you will need to outsmart CJ de Mooi,

so how are you today, CJ? You look pretty...worried.

I look pretty, I think, is where you meant to stop the sentence!

I think you're looking at them reflectively

thinking, "What's going on here?"

The teams I fear are ones with a wide range of ages

and a wide range of knowledge.

I see we've opted to only go for the former, here.

Have you been studying again?

-You usually learn lists in-between shows.

-Yes, um, this time it's been

national animals, you know, like England's got the lion,

you look abroad and see what national animals they have, cos

some of them have interesting ones.

So, you could tell me France, could you?

It's the Gallic rooster, but the first time I saw that

I thought it said garlic rooster, which I wasn't sure about!

Iceland, that's more obscure.

-That's a lovely one. It's the puffin.

-Know any of this, guys?

No? Don't worry, it probably won't come up.

He's just showing off. Just ignore him. OK, then, 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...

BUZZER

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

a particularly difficult question which he has written himself.

You get it wrong and you will

lose one of those two lives lit up in front of you

and, if you lose them both, you are out of the game.

Whoever survives to the end of the game

will have a shot at sharing the prize money.

So, shall we begin?

Sohail, you have the first question. Here we go for £200.

Who originally played Professor Dumbledore

in the Harry Potter films?

That was Richard Harris.

Richard Harris is correct. Sohail, well done.

-You get £200.

-Well done.

-Good start!

Onto you, Sally. In January 2014,

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer became the manager of which football club?

Um...

Barcelona.

-BUZZER

-Barcelona is your answer.

-CJ has buzzed.

-It's a British team and I can't remember

which one it was because

I have no interest in football whatsoever, so I don't know.

-I'm amazed that you're buzzing on it!

-Well, a few seconds might have

let the right answer pop into my head, because I did see the

-headline, but I can't remember.

-It's Cardiff City.

-Oh, right.

-But because

CJ got it wrong as well as you, Sally, you don't

get called to the Hot Spot, you don't have to face his individually

written questions, however, your team is still stuck on £200.

OK, Len, in 1956, Sylvia Plath married which poet?

TS Eliot.

-BUZZER

-TS Eliot? CJ?

Ted Hughes.

Ted Hughes says CJ and that is the right answer, so, because he's

caught you out there, Len, he can summon you to the Hot Spot.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

So, here's how it works, Len. You've got two lives.

If you get this wrong, you will lose one of those lives

and you have to take on one of CJ's specially written questions.

Have you got some dastardly ones there, CJ?

Don't I always, Jeremy?

Well, considering Len's immense knowledge of poetry, I thought

we'd go for something else cultural.

Uh, I'm not brilliant when it comes to painting, unfortunately.

I'm going to go for...

birds.

"Birds," says Len.

The correct answer is cats.

Len, I'm sorry.

Please return to your fellow players.

So, commiserations. I'll have to take a life away from you.

You're down to one life. Players, you're on £200.

Let's see if we can move the money higher.

William, play passes to you.

The Ring of Fire, an area of earthquakes and volcanoes,

surrounds which ocean?

The Indian Ocean?

-BUZZER

-Indian Ocean?

Pacific Ocean.

CJ says Pacific. I'm afraid CJ is right.

William, you're going to have to face him

and face one of his questions.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

Well, you've got something in common with CJ.

I'm thinking you two could bond cos you're both stage people.

You're an actor, CJ is also an actor, of sorts.

We have nothing in common. I'm a good actor.

-THEY LAUGH

-Which pantomime

have you done recently, CJ?

-Um, my most recent pantomime was

-Jack And The Beanstalk. Right. OK.

As you can see, he's at the serious end.

William...

First obvious question, William, have you been there?

I've...no, I've never been there.

-Which county?

-I'll go...I'll go for Cornwall.

-Cornwall is your answer, ruling out the other three.

-CJ?

It's East Yorkshire.

Taking a bit of a pounding at the moment.

Please return to your fellow players.

William, you have to lose a life.

Joe, we're finally with you.

Goodness me, we've got £200 in the pot here.

You need to add to this money. Here's your question.

The Usher Hall and Traverse Theatre are venues in which city?

Glasgow?

-BUZZER

-CJ has buzzed.

I thought it was the other side. I thought it was Edinburgh?

I think we should ask William. You know this.

-I do.

-Go on.

-It is Edinburgh.

Cos you're an actor from Edinburgh.

Right, so, Joe, it's not Glasgow, it's Edinburgh.

It is time to take on the Egghead.

This is just too easy, isn't it?!

You've got to fight him off here, Joe.

-We've got to build some money up in the pot.

-I'll do my best.

-Come on, face him down.

-Joe...

Um, well, it's not Michelle Obama, I don't think.

I'm going to go for Eleanor Roosevelt.

Eleanor Roosevelt is your answer. OK, fingers crossed here.

It's Michelle Obama!

Joe, please return to your fellow players.

OK, Joe, I'm afraid I'm going to have to take

a life from you as well. So,

we've been down the line once and three lives have gone

and you've got £200 in the pot.

-So, Sohail, you have to start the express train moving here.

-OK!

Get some money.

Which female athlete won a gold medal in the 400m

at the Olympic Games in 2000?

Merlene Ottey.

BUZZER

Cathy Freeman.

Yes, CJ's got it right and you've got it wrong,

which means that you now have to face the Egghead.

Have we got a replacement Hot Spot,

-cos this one's getting very worn.

-THEY LAUGH

Well, he hasn't been...you've still got two lives,

so you're not on the brink just yet, but try and face him down.

Sohail...

I'm between Theseus and Perseus.

And I think Perseus kills Medusa,

so I'm going to go for Theseus.

CJ, which one is it? Come on! Help us out! Say it's right!

-The correct answer is Theseus.

-Yes! What about that, Sohail?!

You've preserved your two lives!

Well done. Please return to your fellow players.

The celebrations are premature. You're still stuck on £200, players.

Sally...your question.

Which British actor plays the role of the adult Nelson Mandela

in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom?

Denzel Washington.

BUZZER

Denzel Washington.

-Idris Elba.

-Idris Elba. It was a British actor, Sally.

So, I'm sorry, he's got it right, you've got it wrong,

which means he can now give you one of his specially crafted questions.

Sally, it is time to face the Egghead.

OK, we can turn this around, Sally.

Sally...

Hmm...

I'm going to go for blood groups.

Blood groups.

-It's blood groups.

-Yeah!

-Well done, Sally! You've got it right.

Go back to your fellow players.

All right, Sally's got that right. She preserved her life.

Sohail did as well.

Len, you mustn't go wrong again.

Let Her Go was a million selling single

by which British artist in 2013?

Jake Bugg.

-BUZZER

-Jake Bugg.

-Not Jake Bugg?

-I don't know. A blind guess at Lily Allen.

See, he doesn't know either.

It's not Jake Bugg, but it's not Lily Allen either.

It's Passenger, so, Len, you don't get any money for that wrong answer,

obviously, but you also don't get called to the Hot Spot.

£200 in the pot.

William, your question.

Mary Seacole is renowned as a nurse during which war?

Is it the First World War?

-BUZZER

-The First World War.

She was alongside Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War.

Yes, I'm afraid CJ is right.

It's the Crimean, not the First World War.

So, William, he is now going to try and get you out of the game.

It is time to face the Egghead.

So, you started with two lives, you lost one.

The last time you were on the Hot Spot.

If you lose another life now, William,

you'll be out of the game and out of the money, so hang on in there.

CJ, make this one a bit easier, please.

They're all easy for me, Jeremy.

William...

Eh...

I'll try politics.

OK, said without much conviction, but if you're right,

you're right, and I hope you are, William.

CJ, politics he said.

The correct answer...

is gardening.

Oh, really.

Gardening is the answer. I'm sorry,

William. Another wrong answer on the Hot Spot

and, unfortunately, that was your last life, so,

thanks for playing, but you are out of the game and out of the money.

The Egghead has had his revenge.

We're sorry to see William go.

It does mean, I suppose, that fewer of you share the money,

but, of course, it also means you've got fewer brains in the finals.

So, Joe, here's your question.

The Turquoise Mountain is a book about Mount Everest by which actor?

Ralph Fiennes?

-BUZZER

-Ralph Fiennes is your answer. CJ?

Brian Blessed.

Brain Blessed is the right answer. Ralph Fiennes is not,

so you go back to the Hot Spot.

It is time to face the Egghead.

CJ, what are you looking at?

-Foreign travel.

-Oh!

Joe...

-OK, Joe, you have to get this right to stay in the game.

-Mm-hm.

I'm going to go for Dunedin.

Dunedin.

Joe has lost a life already.

If he gets this wrong, he'll lose his second life. CJ?

It's Auckland!

It's Auckland.

-I'm sorry, Joe.

-OK.

It was your last life and, thank you very much for playing,

but you're now out of the game, out of the money.

The Egghead has taken his revenge.

Oh, dear! What's happening here?

Well, Sohail and Sally, you've still got two lives.

You've only got the one question right in the whole game though and

we need to maybe get some more correct answers

to get some more money in the pot.

Sohail, what is the technical name for the bone of

the lower jaw in humans?

That's the mandible.

Mandible is correct,

another £200 in the pot. Have a little celebration there.

Good. £400. Sally...

Usain Bolt was born in which country?

Jamaica.

Jamaica is the right answer.

You go to £600.

-Ooh!

-Excellent!

Len, don't let him in.

Your question...by what one-word name is the British magician

Steven Frayne better known?

Erm...

Urr...

Mystic.

-BUZZER

-Mystic is your answer. CJ?

-Dynamo!

-Oh!

-Dynamo!

I should know!

Don't worry, you can still do it, you can get it right

and stay in the game. If not, it's curtains.

It's time to face the Egghead.

Let's got for something...

astronomical.

Len, do you have an interest in this area?

Erm, I was very interested in the moon landings.

Um, so I was hoping when you started,

it was going to be a question about that.

So, the answer is no to your question, Jeremy.

Well, let's just wait and see. He's thinking carefully here.

I know you've put in some dastardly options, but let's see.

I'm going to go for Mariner 4.

OK, Mariner 4 to stay in the contest. CJ?

-The correct answer's Mariner 4.

-Yeah!

Well done to you, Len! You've held him off.

Please return to your fellow players.

Well done, Len. Well played. Good to see you're still in the game.

£600 we're on. OK, Sohail, which businessman

bought Mirror Group newspapers in 1984?

Robert Maxwell.

-Robert Maxwell is the right answer.

-Well done.

£800.

Sally...

which architect is famous for designing the New Coventry Cathedral

and New Zealand's parliamentary building, The Beehive?

Norman Foster?

-BUZZER

-Norman Foster.

Is it Jacob Epstein?

-It is not Jacob Epstein. It's Basil Spence, actually.

-Yes.

CJ got it wrong as well as you,

Sally, you will not be called to the Hot Spot.

You got let off there,

but it means your fellow players and you

are still stuck on £800.

Let's see if we can get it to £1,000. Len, in which 2013 film

by the Coen brothers does Oscar Isaac

play a struggling folk singer?

O, Brother Where Art Thou?

BUZZER

-Uh, that's not 2013.

-No, it's not.

Unfortunately, I remember seeing the poster for this

and I cannot remember what it's called

and I was hoping a few more seconds would do it for me, but it hasn't.

-The answer is Inside Llewyn Davis.

-ALL GROAN

Not, "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" Len,

but you don't get called to the Hot Spot cos he got it wrong too.

Sohail, Charles Van Commenee is a famous coach in which sport?

American football.

-BUZZER

-What do you think, CJ?

It's one of three and I can't remember which one it is.

It's either swimming, rowing or tennis,

and I am going to go for swimming.

It is not swimming or rowing or tennis or American football,

it's athletics.

-Oh...yes!

-Athletics, he was head coach in UK athletics.

-CJ, you're misfiring here.

-Aargh!

Well, the competition's so poor.

-THEY LAUGH

-You're blowing up on them

without knowing the right answer here.

OK, you're managing to make him a bit cross.

That may be good...or it may be even more dangerous.

You're on £800 still.

Time is against us. Let's see if you can get to £1,000.

Sally, who did Boris Johnson replace as Mayor of London?

Um...

I'm going to have to pass. I can't remember his name.

-BUZZER

-He hears the word pass and buzzes.

-Ken Livingstone.

-Ken Livingstone is the right answer.

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

and face one of CJ's questions.

It's time to take on the Egghead.

Don't worry, Sally. Last time you got it right on the Hot Spot,

so, let's see if you can preserve your lives.

-CJ?

-Sally...

Yeah, I reckon it's one of them!

-It's definitely one of them.

-Um, I don't think it's Somerset House.

I don't think it's Admiralty House.

So, I'm going to go for Burlington House.

OK, Burlington House to see if you can save both your lives. CJ?

-Somerset House.

-Oh!

It's the one you ruled out.

Sally, please return to your fellow players.

Well, you've done really well so far,

to preserve those two lives in

what has been a very tough game, but you are now losing a life, Sally.

Down to one. Len!

-You're still hanging on in there!

-Just about!

-You've got

your one life. Here is your question.

The poets Chaucer and Tennyson were buried in which building?

Westminster Abbey.

-Westminster Abbey is correct.

-Yeah!

-Phew!

You've now got to £1,000, players. Well done. Sohail,

Maurice Micklewhite was the original name of which actor?

That's Michael Caine.

Michael Caine is the right answer.

So, £1,200.

Sally, what is the name of Sherlock Holmes' brother?

Benedict.

BUZZER

Benedict!

Lovely idea, isn't it? Mycroft.

Mycroft. He's correct, you're incorrect, Sally.

-Coming round quickly this, isn't it?

-It is, very.

You have to take on the Egghead.

Now, this is particularly difficult. We're on £1,200.

The klaxon can't be far away. You were doing so well.

If you get this wrong, you're out of the game, so hang on in there. CJ...

Sally...

Um...

I'm going to say...

Well, I don't think it's Robert Burns.

I'm going to say JM Barrie.

JM Barrie who wrote Peter Pan?

The correct answer is...

..Walter Scott.

Ugh! So, you got it wrong, unfortunately, Sally.

You played really strongly

and stayed with those two lives for most of the game,

but, unfortunately, that was your last life and it's gone.

Thank you for playing.

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

The Egghead has had his revenge.

So, how's this happened, Len?

You were teetering early on

and you're now one of only two players left.

You still have to get past CJ to get any money at all

in this game, remember. Here is your question, Len.

£1,200 in the bank.

By what name is the comedian and qualified doctor

Matthew Keith Hall better known?

-Harry Hill.

-Harry Hill is quite right. Well done. Another £200.

£1,400 you're on. Sohail, your question...

KLAXON SOUNDS

Run out of time! The Klaxon has gone.

So, that was the last question. Two of you only

have survived to play in the final.

You've built up a prize pot, as we can see,

of £1,400 and now you have a chance

to take that money home. There is just one problem.

You have got to beat the Egghead.

So, there's £1,400 up for grabs and two 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, so, are you ready, CJ?

Well, essentially, it's me against Sohail, so, we'll see how it goes.

Hey, just ignore any teasing there. Don't worry about that.

CJ, your ten questions start here.

Jam roly-poly is traditionally made with which pastry?

Shortcrust.

Nope. I can't give you that.

Suet...

-Ew!

-..is the answer. So, nothing right so far. Next question.

Which actor is the star in the 2013 movie, All Is Lost?

Oh, yes, that's the...

..one man film with virtually no dialogue with Robert Redford.

Robert Redford is right and he is the only person in the film.

You're right. Which American general of World War II and the Korean War,

born in 1880, famously used a corn cob pipe?

Douglas McArthur.

Douglas McArthur is right. You've got two out of three.

Which city is the official capital of the Italian region of Tuscany?

Ugh! I don't know the regions.

Venice?

No, CJ. The answer is Florence. You've got two out of four.

Next question. Mrs Slocombe and Miss Brahms were characters in which

TV sitcom of the 1970s and '80s?

"Are You Being Served?"

"Are You Being Served?" is correct. Three out of five.

Next, which branch of mathematics takes its name from

the Latin word meaning "small pebble?"

Algebra.

That wouldn't have been a guess, by any chance, would it?

-Calculus is the answer.

-Grr!

Calculus is the answer. Three out of six.

-Not doing so well here, are we?

-No.

-After all your gloating.

Next question. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

is a book by which author?

Muriel Spark.

Muriel Spark is correct. Four out of seven.

The Raffles Hotel, opened in the 19th century,

is a famous landmark in which city?

I've stayed there, so I should know it. Singapore.

Singapore is correct. Five out of eight.

What is the largest nerve in the human body,

running down the back of the leg?

Sciatic?

Sciatic is the right answer. Sciatic nerve.

Six out of nine.

Your last question. Perrie, Jesy, Jade and Leigh-Anne

are the names of members of which girl band?

A girl band with four members.

That's slightly unusual, isn't it? You normally have three or five.

Little Mix.

Little Mix is the right answer.

I don't know how you did that.

How annoying is that, gentlemen?

-BOTH: Very!

-Very! So, seven out of ten. He pulled it out the fire.

You don't do much cooking, do you?

Certainly not. I have people for that.

When I said the words "jam roly-poly",

I saw a look of panic on your face.

-Do I look as if I eat jam roly-poly?

-No!

OK, Sohail and Len,

you have your target. You can now work together as a team to

beat it and claim your money. You've got three lives remaining,

they're lit up in front of you. If you give me an incorrect answer,

then I'll have to take one of the lights out.

If you beat CJ's target before you have lost

all three of your lives, you win the £1,400.

so, let's go for it, shall we?

Your first question.

When referring to a ferry, what does ro-ro mean?

It's roll on, roll off.

That sounds right, yeah. I'm happy with that, yeah.

Roll on, roll off.

Roll on, roll off is quite right.

-Well done.

-You've got your first answer...

towards CJ's total at seven.

The TV show Call The Midwife is based on the memoirs of which woman?

Oh, my wife's got these books at home.

I've seen it on TV, but I haven't watched it.

I bought them for my wife for Christmas,

she's going to hate me for this bit.

I couldn't even guess at her name.

-Can you give a surname?

-Maureen Bates.

Maureen Bates. Do you know this one, CJ?

I don't, no.

Jennifer Worth it is.

So, you got an answer wrong and you go down to two lives now.

Your chasing CJ's total of seven.

For £1,400, you have to beat it.

The cricketer Shane Warne played for which Australian state

in the Sheffield Shield competition?

I was hoping he was going to say County then.

I think he comes from Melbourne.

-Melbourne's Victoria, right?

-Yeah.

-So, Victoria? Shall we go Victoria?

-I think we'll go Victoria.

Victoria.

Victoria's the right answer.

-Well played.

-You've got two points. Very well played.

-Are you both cricket fans?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-That's handy.

In 1992, which band won the first ever Mercury music award?

-1992?

-1992, which band?

Do you know, it was someone like M People.

Oh, the strange prize, there were music...

But I can't remember. Let's go M People.

-Shall we go for it?

-Yeah. But you say it, cos,

-if you're wrong, I don't have to tell the wife.

-Fair enough.

M People.

M People is wrong. Primal Scream.

-Primal Scream won that...

-M People did win a very early one.

I think it was '93 or '94 for M People.

'94 was M People so you were not far off.

Ah, nice.

OK, you lose a life.

And it's now condition critical, guys.

You've got to chase CJ's target. You're on two.

He got seven. You need eight.

What is the title of the 1975 novel

that is the last work by Agatha Christie to be published that

features the detective Hercule Poirot?

I don't know any Agatha Christie apart from the obvious Mousetrap.

No, eh, Poirot, erm...

"Goodbye, Poirot!"

We could be falling on our swords here. I'd be going for something

-like, The Last Solution, but I don't think that...

-Go for that.

-With no confidence at all...

-No.

-..I'm pretty sure this is wrong,

but I'm going to just try The Last Solution.

Your answer is The Last Solution.

If your answer is wrong then your last life goes.

If it's not, you play on.

You're trying to chase CJ's target of seven.

The answer is...

..Curtain.

Len, Sohail, it was curtains for you, I'm afraid.

A good, valiant attempt,

but you've lost all your lives and you've failed to beat CJ's target.

I'm afraid that you leave here with nothing and we say,

with some reluctance, congratulations to CJ.

You've shown why you're an Egghead.

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

five contestants on Revenge of the Egghead. Goodbye.