User:George.millman

Hi George, I "feel" and fear for teams of 2nd year undergrads when they perform against the Eggheads. They're only 20-y-o, so were born in early 90's, and get asked lots of questions about events that happened in early 21st century (1900-1990). Whereas, the Eggs average age is 60-ish and they were around when some of these events actually happened ! That helps, plus their phenomenal memories.

So, team 'CJ's Haircut' only answered 4 q's on 12/4/10. This was surpassed by team 'The Magpies' (Newcastle Univ) on 25/1/12, answering only 3 correctly in whole match. And then matched by 'Team Phoenix' (from Grey College of Durham Univ) on 10/2/12.

I really think that the auditioning team should be more thorough when pre-testing teams for the programme. Apparently they weed out expert quizzing teams but let teams of teenagers through ! I wonder why ? Mind you, we are approaching episode 1000 in May and that means 6,000 contestants have appeared on the programme. I wonder how many quizzers are left in the UK to challenge the Eggs ?

Regards, The Cricket Scorer (Lloyd Windust)

Hi

I have a couple of questions about Eggheads... they don't really relate to the Wikipedia article, but I thought you might know.

Firstly, why are they taking a break now? Wouldn't it make more sense to take a break in between the series, instead of right in the middle?

Secondly, do we know when CJ is leaving? Could it be that he won't return after the break? And are they going to replace CJ, or just carry on with the six?

George.millman (talk) 17:34, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi George, Sorry not to have replied before now, and thanks for keeping entry up-to-date. Eggheads back to repeats whilst Euro 2012 Football, and Wimbledon 2012 Tennis, were live on BBC during June and July. Then, a complete 2-week break for the London 2012 Olympics. Perhaps another 2-week break from 29th August when London 2012 Paralympics will start?

CJ may have left when host change occurs on Episode 61 of this Series 13. Wikipedia entry suggests he will be replaced by David Rainford although there was no Series 3 of the programme "Are you an Egghead?" to find a replacement ! The Cricket Scorer (talk) 23:59, 16 August 2012 (UTC)