Eggheads vs Alderney Rock Hoppers
As I have mentioned on here before, I am a fan of Eggheads and tend to catch as many episodes as possible via Sky plus or on iplayer. After so many episodes the show is still going strong, seems to be attracting steady ratings and waves of teams wanting a crack at taking on the Eggheads.
Last nights episode involved a team from Alderney taking on the Eggheads team consisting of Pat Gibson, Kevin Ashman, Judith, Barry Simmons and Chris. As I said of the Chase earlier, its nice seeing the UK's top quizzers get so much airtime and the success of Eggheads is probably a huge reason for that. Either way £5,000 was on the line.
Judith was up first, always one of the first to play and Food and Drink was the subject. Judith is usually strongest in this area, as oppose to the likes of Sport which she usually faces. Bridget put Judith under pressure and had her guessing the final question taking it to sudden death which always tends to favour the Eggheads, particularly the stronger players. Bridget did get one of her's right but Judith managed one more and moved into the final. Not the best start for the team from Alderney and the strongest Eggheads were to come.
Time rather reluctantly took on Music and chose one of the finest quizzer in the world, Pat Gibson, to play against (in a very funky Hawaiian number). The questions, apart from the Abba one, were very tricky indeed and Pat took it 2-0.
Arts and Books next, always a tough subject to beat the Eggheads on and this is quizzing bread and butter and choosing Barry as an opponent, Julie was up against it and Barry eased into the final. 3 down and the Alderney Rock Hoppers were struggling badly.
Film and TV for the final head to head, Bill chose Chris to meet wearing his favourite rugby shirt but it was not enough to inspire him as Bill joined his sister Bernice in a final showdown. I always feel with Pat and Kevin together, and to that extent Barry too, the Eggheads are most difficult to beat and missing a gift of an opener about Christchurch, showed no knowledge of us Presidents by stating Taft died in the same year as Queen Victoria and the Eggheads had another easy win under their belt!
Eggheads remains to be enjoyable, entertaining and great tea time viewing after all these years, in my mind it has not become stale at all and just like with the Chase, its good to see top level quizzers on tv. I am much looking forward to Sky Atlantics Cleverdicks for that reason!
Time rather reluctantly took on Music and chose one of the finest quizzer in the world, Pat Gibson, to play against (in a very funky Hawaiian number). The questions, apart from the Abba one, were very tricky indeed and Pat took it 2-0.
Arts and Books next, always a tough subject to beat the Eggheads on and this is quizzing bread and butter and choosing Barry as an opponent, Julie was up against it and Barry eased into the final. 3 down and the Alderney Rock Hoppers were struggling badly.
Film and TV for the final head to head, Bill chose Chris to meet wearing his favourite rugby shirt but it was not enough to inspire him as Bill joined his sister Bernice in a final showdown. I always feel with Pat and Kevin together, and to that extent Barry too, the Eggheads are most difficult to beat and missing a gift of an opener about Christchurch, showed no knowledge of us Presidents by stating Taft died in the same year as Queen Victoria and the Eggheads had another easy win under their belt!
Eggheads remains to be enjoyable, entertaining and great tea time viewing after all these years, in my mind it has not become stale at all and just like with the Chase, its good to see top level quizzers on tv. I am much looking forward to Sky Atlantics Cleverdicks for that reason!
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