Merry Men on Eggheads

Dermot: 'The next subject is Sport who would like to play?'

Team meeting blah blah blah Steve is chosen

Dermot: 'OK Steve who would you like to play on Sport?'

Steve: 'I'm scared of them all!'

Dermot: 'They don't scare anyone!'

Steve: 'I think I'll choose Kevin. He seems to be the brightest person....if we can see the back of him...'

Into the booth Steve to go first

Dermot: 'Which former World Heavyweight Boxing champion launched a range of healthy eating grills in the 1990's?'

Steve: 'I doubt whether it was Ali. We have actually got one in our kitchen. I think it was George Foreman.'

Dermot: 'George Foreman grill is the right answer. One to you.'

'OK Kevin, Casino Square and the Swimmimg Pool are landmarks on which

Formula 1 course that is run through the streets?'

Kevin: 'The most famous street course is Monaco, obviously held in Monte Carlo, which has a casino

and one or two swimming pools as well. So I shall go for Monaco.'

Dermot: 'Monaco? Its got to be really. Its the right answer Kevin.'

'Back to you Steve second question. The presenter Suzanne Dando represented Great Britain

at the 1980 Olympic Games in which sport?'

Steve: 'Difficult one. Very very nice lady by the looks of it! So I believe she was

probably a gymnast. I will go for Gymnastics.'

Dermot: 'Suzanne Dando 1980 Olympics - Gymnastics? Its the bright answer well done Steve.'

'Kevin your second question. In January 2006, Greg Dyke, the former Director General of the BBC,

was announced as the chairman of which football club?'

Kevin: 'I'm pretty....I'm not a 100% sure but I don't think its any of the others.

I thought Brentford before the choices came up - so Brentford.'

Dermot: 'Brentford, the nylons. Its the right answer Kevin two to you.'

'Steve third question. Bonspiel is a term for a match in which sport?'

Steve: 'Ooooh you've thrown a hard one in there!!'

Dermot: 'B-O-N-S-P-I-E-L. - bonspiel.'

Steve: 'I've heard the phrase. I used to play Bowls so I can definitely eliminate Bowls.

I used to play Squash until I got a racket smashed into my head!!'

Dermot: 'Did you shout BONSPIEL?'

Steve: 'No I didn't it was something a lot different!' I'll go for Curling!! And its a guess!!'

Dermot: 'Curling? Its the right guess. Curling is correct.'

'Errm Kevin you've got to get this as you know. Which Englishman was the winner of the first US Open

golf tournament held in 1895?'

Kevin: 'Walter Hagen was American Tom Morris Senior was a Scot I believe, I'm going with Horace Rawlins.'

Dermot: 'Great Eggheadery there. Has to be Horace Rawlins then on that logic. Its the right answer well done Kevin.'

'Three-a-piece so that means we go to 'Sudden Death'. No multiple choices, so if you have to guess its an awful lot

harder. I can't put anything in front of you. So to sort out a winner can you tell me Steve....Which horse won the

Grand National at Aintree in 2007?''

Steve: 'Oh dear. It's only..................'

Dermot: 'Do you have a flutter Steve?'

Even though they are playing for £65000, John and Rob are both laughing. Anybody that knows Steve knows why!

Steve: 'I have a lot of flutters, but I just can't remember the most recent winner. 2006 was Numbersixvalverde

what won it after that?'My missus is gonna kill me she actually backed it!! ......I'm gonna say Numbersixvalverde

because I cannot think of the one that won it afterwards.'

Dermot: ' Numbersixvalverde? Certainly a Grand National winner but was it 2007? Steve its incorrect it was a longshot.

Kevin it could have been your question if you'd been put in first - do you know?'

Kevin: 'Was it Hedgehunter?'

Dermot: ' No, Does any of the Eggheads know?'

At this point none of the Eggheads knew - but magically in the final edit Daphne got the correct

answer of Silver Birch!! It was as if Marvo the Magician had lent a hand!!

Dermot: ' Its not over yet Kevin has to get this. Which Rugby Union International, nicknamed Alfie,

became Wales most capped player in May 2007?'

Kevin: 'Again its a bit recent. I saw this I remember seeing the story. Can I get away with just saying Jenkins?'

Dermot: ' Is that your answer?'

Kevin: 'I'll say Jenkins?'

Dermot: 'I don't have to go any further for a first name because thats the wrong surname its Gareth Thomas.

93 appearances at that time. He surpassed the previous record that he jointly held with Gareth Lewellyn.'

The next four questions were cut from the show due to the complete lack of time.

They were these posers.

Dermot: Steve, which sportsman played himself in the film Anger Management?'

Steve: ' John McEnroe.'

Dermot: ' Correct - Kevin, who was appointed the new England Cricket coach in May 2007?'

Kevin: 'Pete Moores.'

Dermot: ' Correct - Steve, from which country does the snooker player Tony Drago come from?'

Steve: 'Malta.'

Dermot: ' Correct - Kevin, the Russian Yelena Isinbayeva is expert in which Athletics event?'

Kevin: 'Pole Vault'

Dermot: ' Correct.'

Dermot: 'So Steve another one for you. Which German long jumper was awarded a posthumous Pierre de Coubertin Medal

for his sportsmanship while competing in the 1936 Olympics alongside Jesse Owens?'

Steve: 'AAH! you've got me! I'm afraid I'm gonna let my team down here. I do not know the answer.'

Dermot: 'Is that a pass?'

Steve: 'It is a pass.'

Dermot: 'OK Steve nothing there, tricky question. Kevin do you know?'

Kevin: 'Its Lutz Long.'

Dermot: 'Lutz Long Steve as we heard correctly there Lutz Long. So Kevin has a chance to win it then with this

question err Kevin which Basque or Spanish game, played in a walled court with a ball and basketlike rackets attached

to the hand, takes its name from the Spanish for ball?'

Kevin: 'Pelota which is also called Jai Alai - An alternative name for the same thing.'

Point: Jai Alai may indeed be an alternative name to Pelota but if that was given as the sole answer then it should

have been deemed wrong because Jai Alai means "Merry Festival" in the Basque language and not ball!!

Dermot: 'You are through to the final round after that wobble there bad luck Steve.'

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