Episode 1 Think Tank

Meet our Think Tank.

They answered hundreds of general knowledge questions before the show,

but how helpful will they be to the three contestants?

Playing the game with us are -

Janet, who's retired from Bristol,

Bennettt, a trainer manager from London,

and Sarah, an NHS manager from Reading.

This is Think Tank.

Welcome to Think Tank,

a brand-new series, where a regular cast of people

from across the UK are on hand every day to help our three contestants.

They've made themselves useful during their careers,

whether that's teaching students about chemistry,

serving up pizzas,

diagnosing illnesses,

or even demonstrating the joys of Tupperware.

This group of people includes - pizza waiter Peter,

our doctor, Abi,

Arminel, our chemistry teacher,

English literature graduate Max,

office assistant Anisha,

retired engineer Len,

Tristan, our ice hockey player,

and Jackie, our retired local government manager.

But will they be any use at all

to the three contestants playing the game?

Janet, Bennettt and Sarah. Janet, welcome to the programme.

You are retired and used to work in HR, didn't you?

Yes, I did. I worked for Royal Mail for over 20 years.

Take a look at this mob.

Any of them you'd hire?

-Oh...

-What are you looking for?

Honesty, integrity...

-No, not here.

-LAUGHTER

They are all wonderful people,

as you'll discover through the programme.

-I'm sure.

-Who we hope will help you along, won't you?

-ALL:

-Yes.

-Excellent.

So, Janet, how do you like to spend your free time?

I like to do a lot of cooking, not very successfully in some cases.

I'm a demon at making a roast dinner.

Who's our resident chef among you lot? Oh, it's Max, isn't it?

I don't like to blow my own trumpet,

but that I can do tremendous things with an aubergine.

-Really?

-LAUGHTER

And I think that's something you should keep to yourself, probably.

OK, Bennettt, with your job as a trainer manager

you must spend a lot of time, I suppose, behind a computer screen.

Unfortunately I do, Bill, yes. I try to get away, really.

Well, how do you get away from it? What do you do?

I enjoy playing golf and skiing

but, more important than that, I participate in amateur dramatics.

-Wow.

-Yes.

-That's brilliant. And, Sarah.

-Hello.

Now, what are you hoping to score well on?

What are your best subjects?

I'm hoping to get some questions on Formula One,

one of my favourite pastimes

that I go every year with my dad to the British Grand Prix.

-Do you?

-Yep. And I love listening to a bit of cheesy pop music -

I'd say that would be good for me.

All right, cheesy pop music, Anisha.

I do like a bit of cheesy pop, to be honest with you,

although I wouldn't call it cheesy because it's ace.

Do you know Everything But The Girl?

-Brilliant.

-Yeah, it's brilliant, mate.

-Do you know it?

-Which one?

# And I miss you

# BOTH: Like the deserts miss the rain... #

Yes, Bill!

Yes! I love it.

So, let's hope you pop along nicely with Anisha.

-Welcome to you all.

-Thank you.

So, over three rounds,

our contestants will try to tap into the knowledge of the Think Tank

to build up as much money as possible.

The two highest scorers go through to the final,

ultimately, just one of them will walk away with a cash prize.

So, let's play the first round.

So, in this round, I'm going to ask you a question

then every member of the Think Tank

will reveal the answer that they gave before the show.

The correct answer is always going to be in there somewhere,

but there will also be any number of wrong answers in the mix too, OK?

So, pick out the right answer, £200 is added to your prize fund.

You get two questions each.

-Janet, you're up first, so we'll start with you.

-OK.

Here's a question we asked the Think Tank.

Have a think about that

and let's see what sort of goodies

the Think Tank came up with.

Peter.

Gosh, a really varied assortment of sweets to choose from there.

Well, I think I know the answer,

but I'm in a bit of a quandary

over Len's answer, toffees,

or Jackie's answer, humbugs.

But I'm pretty certain that Everton are known as the Toffees,

so I'm going to go for Toffees.

-Toffees, you're going to go with the Toffees, OK.

-I am.

As the confectionery-inspired

nickname of Everton Football Club.

Let's see how you get on.

Toffees is the right answer.

APPLAUSE

Well done.

Several explanations for that nickname,

most relating to a confectionery being made or sold in the area.

Len, you used to work in a sweet factory, did you?

We used to make handmade boiled sweets, we used to.

Did you? Is that why you came up with Toffees for Everton?

No, I knew what it was because obviously the confectionery thing,

but she picked the good-looking guy as well, didn't she?

LAUGHTER

Tristan, the crisps?

I just figured they'd be "crisp" passers, maybe.

OK, humbugs.

Not the most cheery nickname for a football club really, Jackie, is it?

I didn't know if they played in

black and white, so I wasn't sure.

Oh, yeah, that's not bad logic, really. OK, well done, Janet.

You start off with £200 in your fund,

-so that's a good way to get off the mark.

-Thank you.

Bennettt is next. Here's your first question.

Have a think about that while we see what the Think Tank said.

Half of the Think Tank

going for United Nations.

It's just an idea.

So, what do you think? Doesn't mean it's right necessarily, Bennettt.

I'm pretty confident that it's United Nations.

You're pretty confident that it's United Nations -

that's what you want to go with.

"Nations shall speak peace unto nation" -

is that the motto of the United Nations

or another famous organisation?

Let's find out.

-It's the BBC.

-Oh!

Yeah, it's the BBC.

Well done, Max.

Thank you very much.

But you were out on your own on that one, weren't you?

Well, I believe you've got it tattooed on your back.

LAUGHTER

Yeah, it's part of the staff requirement.

OK, no money for you there, Bennettt, but better luck next time.

And, Sarah, here's your question.

Have a look at what the Think Tank thought.

Half of the Think Tank going for shoes.

A couple go for stamps.

What do you think?

Well, I don't know the answer to this one,

but I've heard of Imelda Marcos,

and I think it's something to do within fashion,

so I'm going to go for shoes with the majority of the Think Tank.

All right, going for shoes.

The Filipino stateswoman Imelda Marcos,

best known for collecting what?

Sarah thinks it's shoes.

Is she on the right foot?

She certainly is. Shoes is the answer. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Apparently she had more than 1,000 pairs of shoes.

You haven't got enough time to put all those on, have you?

-You can make time.

-LAUGHTER

Well done, Sarah.

You are off the mark with £200.

OK, Janet, here's your second question.

Take a little bit of time to think about that

while the Think Tank tells us their answers

that they gave before the show.

Well, lots of threes

and lots of noughts to consider there.

What do you think?

Well, a millennium is 1,000 years, so trie,

being three,

I think would be 3,000 years,

and we've got one, two, three...

Three of the Think Tank would be with you on that.

..Think Tankers agree on that.

So, I think I'm going to go for 3,000 and hope.

3,000 years in a triennium.

Let's see if that's right.

It's just three. Knock off three noughts

and you would have been right. LAUGHTER

-Goodness me.

-Max, you got that right again.

-Abi, somehow you didn't seem to believe in your answer.

-Nope, sorry.

-You got three, you got three.

-Yeah, I got three.

-It was all right.

I was thinking of millennium and million, thought they were similar.

So, no more money for you just now, Janet.

Bennettt, here's your second question.

Let's see what the Think Tank sang about that.

Peter?

-Again, very wide choice for you to make there.

-It is, it is.

I'm in a bit of a quandary

because I'm not great with bands,

but I think I'm leaning towards Anisha's answer

because I seem to get a vibe that she's into her music,

and I'm hoping her knowledge extends to rock bands.

I'm going to go with Black Sabbath.

Going to go with Black Sabbath, Tristan chose it as well.

Guy Garvey found fame

as the lead singer of which Mercury Prize winning rock band?

You're saying it's Black Sabbath.

Let's see if you've hit the right note.

Elbow it is.

Elbow, of course, famous for songs like One Day Like This

and Grounds For Divorce.

You're on a hattrick, Max.

It's going very well today, yeah.

Jackie, AC/DC, you a bit of a head banger?

No, I just answer that to everything that's heavy rock

-because I don't know, so...

-That's your default answer.

It's my default, yeah, answer.

Bennettt, hard lines, you stay as you were.

Sarah, here's your second question.

Have a think on that while we hear from the Think Tank.

A couple of umbrellas, a couple of bags and some other bits and bobs,

Sarah, to choose from.

Part of me just wants to go with Max's answer

because he just seems to have got everything right so far,

but just the word "shoot"

and the mechanism of an umbrella is making me think that it's umbrella,

so I'll go with umbrella, please.

Going to go with umbrella.

Sarah is saying umbrella.

Is she right?

She is indeed.

APPLAUSE

Apparently thought to have evolved

as a combination of umbrella and parachute.

Peter, dust bin. Actually, you know, it's not a bad idea.

It's a "chute" and you just chuck your "bumber" down it...

so to speak.

I know that, sometimes in the Navy,

-they call a dust bin a gashbag or gash bin.

-Yeah.

So, I thought someone else might've called it something else.

Worth a shout, but just not quite the right kind of shout.

There we go.

£200 to Sarah.

So, that brings us to the end of the first round.

Let's have a look at how you're getting on currently.

Bennettt, yet to get off the mark. Don't worry, you've still got time.

Janet is on £200

and in the lead at the moment is Sarah with £400. Well done.

APPLAUSE

It could all change in our next round.

Every member of the Think Tank is holding two questions,

which they answered correctly before the show,

so you're going to take turns to pick somebody in the Think Tank

whose knowledge you think you can match.

For every correct answer,

another £200 will be added to your prize fund.

Once a Think Tanker has asked both of their questions,

they can't be picked again. OK, Janet, you get to go first.

You've got all of them to choose from. Difficult job, I know,

but whose knowledge do you think you can match?

Max has got lots of questions right,

but I'm not necessarily certain I'll know the answer

to the question he's got.

Len helped me last time, so I think I'll go for Len.

-Len, our retired engineer.

-Right you are.

OK, Len.

I was really chuffed when this question came up

because, from the age of 11 until about 15, I worked on a farm.

-Oh...

-And I assisted in many aspects of the farm, and this says,

the question is:

I think I'll go for breed.

A breed, OK.

Is she right there, Len, with that one?

Well, I found it easy but it is a difficult question. It's farrow.

Farrow is the one we were looking for, indeed.

Oh, well.

Never mind. You stay as you were and we move on to Bennettt.

Who do you want to choose, Bennettt?

I have no particular preference here,

but I'm just going to roll with it and I'm going to go with Tristan.

-Tristan.

-So this is, if you like your reality shows,

and then you should definitely know the answer to this.

Oh, no.

Do you watch much reality TV?

I actually don't, Bill.

I've hit the bottom of the barrel here.

I'm just going to have a guess and say Geordie Shore.

OK, you're going to guess at Geordie Shore. Is he close?

-On the money, bro. You got it.

-Oh, well done.

APPLAUSE

As wild guesses go, that was a real winner,

so now you're off the mark with £200. Well done, Bennettt.

-Thank you.

-OK, Sarah, you've still got everybody to pick from.

Who do you want to go with?

I think I'm going to go with Anisha, please.

Yay. Right, so this is a film question,

so hopefully you should get this one,

and this is a really good actress - Sandra Bullock.

-Just to let you know, have you seen Speed?

-Yes.

Right, so that, she was actually,

-her character was meant to be played by Halle Berry.

-Really?

Yeah, but I'm so glad it was Sandra because she was ace.

OK, so, my question is:

Now, I don't know this,

but recently, on an aeroplane,

I've watched a film which I think potentially

may have been nominated, so I'm going to go for The Blind Side.

Well, let's see. Anisha, was she good enough in The Blind Side

to win an Oscar, Sandra Bullock?

She was because that's what she won it for.

Excellent, well done! APPLAUSE

The Blind Side is the right answer.

£200 to you and obviously time well spent on an aeroplane. Well done.

OK, Janet, we come back to you.

You've still got all of them to pick.

I think this time I'll try Jackie.

-We have an affinity with Tupperware.

-LAUGHTER

-There's more to me than Tupperware.

-I'm sure there is.

Although, sometimes I am fresh and tight.

LAUGHTER

I do actually like to travel quite a bit,

so, when this question came up, I actually knew it

because I'd actually been there in December.

The place I've been to is Cape Verde.

-Got any ideas?

-I don't really know. I'm guessing at the Pacific.

-No, I did it on a Transatlantic cruise. It's the Atlantic.

-Oh.

-The Atlantic.

-Had to be one of the two.

LAUGHTER

So, Janet, nothing gets added to your prize fund just now,

and, Bennettt, we move on to your next question.

Who do you want to ask it?

I'm going to go with him Arminel.

Arminel, our chemistry teacher.

-Hello, Bennettt.

-Hello.

-So, I hope that you're a fan of Strictly Come Dancing.

-Oh, dear.

LAUGHTER

I am not having a good day.

The good news is that it's the most recent one that I'm asking about.

So, the question is:

Bennettt, it's a series obviously

you have been watching closely over the years(!)

I wouldn't even know who's on the show, unfortunately.

Pick a celebrity, any celebrity.

Steve Davis.

Steve Davis is the answer that you're going for,

and is he right?

Sadly, he was not on that series.

The answer is Iwan Thomas.

Iwan Thomas was the first person off Strictly Come Dancing in 2015.

-Oh, well.

-Well, a sporting figure, just the wrong sport you chose.

-Wrong sport, yeah.

-It was a good stab, good stab at it.

-Thank you.

-Sarah, you still have the whole crew to go for.

-Yep.

I'm going to go for fellow medical person, Abi, please.

-Our doctor, Abi.

-Hello.

So, actually, semi-related,

I now have a lot of respect for Mr Justin Bieber,

seeing as he gave up the top spot...

the Christmas number one for the NHS Choir, but...

Are you a Belieber?

Unfortunately not, but it's worrying that

my husband has got his latest song on loop at the moment.

So, there's a lot of Justin Bieber music being played in your house.

Just the one song, again, and again and again.

LAUGHTER

I'll go with, putting some words together, Love Me Like You.

OK, Love Me Like You

is what Sarah is saying.

Will she love the answer?

Sorry, it's Baby.

Baby was the answer,

it was a hit single for him in 2010.

No money there for you either, Sarah.

And, Janet, your third and final question in this round.

Who do you want to go for?

I think, this time, I'm going to go for Max.

-Well done, Janet, be brave.

-I am.

LAUGHTER

Well, I'm a literature student

and I wrote my dissertation on this chap,

so hopefully you know a bit about him.

It's going to be a complete guess, I'm afraid.

South Africa.

South Africa is what you're going for

as the birth place of Joseph Conrad.

Is she close?

He was well-travelled,

but unfortunately he was born in the Ukraine.

-Born in Ukraine is the answer we're looking for.

-OK.

Author of The Heart Of Darkness and Secret Agent,

and did not speak English until he was in his 20s,

-and then wrote all those magnificent books in English.

-Absolutely.

So, no more money for you, Janet.

Bennettt, time for your third question.

Who would you like to be asking it?

I'm going to go with my fellow waistcoat wearer - Peter.

Oh, I've got a nice question for you.

I'm a waiter at a pizza place, so it's a pizza question.

-So, hopefully... I hope you eat lots of pizza.

-OK.

How many pizzas can you think of?

-I'm rattling through my brain...

-LAUGHTER

..of all the pizzas I've had.

It's finding if any of them sound like a lady's name.

There's one that keeps popping up, but I'm just not sure if it's right.

It's more related to a city, I think,

but I can't really think of any other ones.

-So, I'm going to go with Fiorentina.

-Fiorentina.

-Yeah.

You think Fiorentina is the type of pizza

often said to be named after a queen of Italy.

Is it a right royal answer?

-I'm afraid he's wrong - it's a Margherita.

-Margherita, yeah.

Typically made with cheese and tomato sauce.

I was pumping for Queen Hawaiian myself.

-LAUGHTER

-With the pineapples and meat...

-Perfectly acceptable.

-Yeah, with added peppers. There you go.

OK. So, you stay as you were, I'm afraid.

And, Sarah, here is your third question. Who do you want to go for?

I'm going to go back to Anisha, please.

Yeah, I was hoping you would

because this is a TV, kind of, related question. So...

The only one that comes to mind...

There's something telling me it's right,

but it could be completely wrong. Nigella Lawson.

Nigella Lawson is the answer you're going with

as the daughter of a former Chancellor of the Exchequer.

TV chef, of course. Is she on the money?

-You are! Well done!

-APPLAUSE

£200 goes into your fund. Very well done.

So, at the end that round, let's see how your prize funds have changed.

Currently, Janet is on £200.

Bennettt is also on £200.

But, in the lead by some distance, it's Sarah with £800.

APPLAUSE

Contestants, one of you is going to have to leave the game shortly,

but you've still got the chance to take the lead,

Janet and Bennettt, you still can catch up, OK?

All of you are now going to be asked the same question.

Two members of the Think Tank will then tell you the answer

that they gave before the show and why they think they are correct.

Only one of them, obviously, is going to be right.

If you side with the correct person,

you'll add an all-important £200 to your prize fund.

Just five questions left though,

before we do have to say goodbye to one of you,

so do choose your answers carefully, OK?

First up then, we're going to hear answers from Len and Max.

And here's the first question:

Do you go to many musicals, Len?

I've seen Les Mis on Broadway and that was tremendous, of course.

I was even left in tears at the end of the show,

both my wife and I were both in tears.

-But I think the answer to this one is Cats.

-You think it's Cats?

Cats. Elaine Paige was in it for a long, long time.

OK, Max, what do you think?

Well, Len, it's funny you say that

because my answer for this is Les Mis.

I mean, it's been almost a permanent fixture on the West End.

Obviously it's one of the classics

and I think it's going to run, and run and run, so I'd say Les Mis.

-Or to give it its full name...

-Les Miserables.

Oh, beautifully done. Parfait, mon ami.

Those are your choices - Les Miserables or Cats.

I wonder who's right.

Contestants, let's see who you are siding with.

Please lock in your answers.

Janet and Sarah went with Cats,

Bennettt is with Les Miserables.

Who's right?

Bennettt has it, it's Les Miserables. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Well done.

Well over 10,000 performances since its debut in 1985.

-So, not a bad shout with Cats, but you loved Les Mis.

-Exactly.

I'm in tears again now that I've lost.

-Max, you're on the money again, well done.

-Thank you.

So, Bennettt adds £200 to his total and, for our next question,

we hear answers from Arminel and Peter.

Here it is.

Interesting question, Arminel. What do you think?

I think it's George Clooney.

I don't know about overpaid.

When I go to films, I go because I'm interested in the content

more than the actor,

so I was just going for someone that I knew was well paid.

So, I can't make a judgment

as to whether he deserves the money or not, but that was my idea.

-George Clooney.

-George Clooney.

All right, Peter, films are your thing,

so who do you reckon Forbes reckoned was overpaid?

I watched a couple of films this year and I think

Johnny Depp has made some really right clangers this year.

I think he would have been classed for not making a really good film.

Johnny Depp or George Clooney?

Please lock in your answers.

Two of you going for George Clooney.

Bennettt, in the middle, on his own, with Johnny Depp.

Let's see who's right.

-Johnny Depp it is.

-Oh, I'm so sorry!

Unusually for Johnny Depp, he did have a poor year at the box office.

Films such as Mordechai and Transcendence did not perform well,

which is why Forbes Magazine reckoned he was the most overpaid.

Now, Arminel, before you go,

we must say what a splendid outfit you have on!

-Yes, I made it.

-You made it?!

-I made it. The fabric was hanging up in the shop...

-Mm-hm.

..screaming at me.

-"Buy me, buy me!"

-Yes.

-So, I had to.

-It's lovely.

-OK, and what's it a picture of?

-Ah, yes, do you know?

-No.

-It's Bruges.

-Bruges!

-Yes...

-OK.

-..which is Max's surname.

-Your surname, Max?

-Absolutely, Bruges!

It doesn't look anything like you!

OK, well, thanks very much for sharing that with us.

Peter, well done.

And it means, Bennettt, you get another £200 in your prize fund.

So, you're doing pretty well this round.

OK, next Think Tankers up are Tristan and Anisha.

And here's their question.

-Tristan.

-So, I picked robin because I love robins.

I think they're beautiful and I think

-they've got every right to win the vote.

-OK.

Anisha.

-Well, I hate birds - full stop.

-You hate birds?!

So, I work in London and I'm constantly dodging pigeons,

which are basically rats with wings.

So, I thought, "Well, it's obviously not a pigeon."

Swans are a-ight, so I said a swan.

Swans?

Yeah, they're birds, right?

-Absolutely!

-So, I said...

You think the swan was voted the favourite bird - quite possibly.

-Yeah.

-Of course. OK.

All right then, so here's the choice...

Please lock in your choices.

Janet's gone with robin, as has Sarah.

Bennettt, on his own again...

LAUGHTER

-..with swan.

-Yep.

Let's see if you're going to be on the money this time.

BELL CHIMES

It's the robin. GROANS

-INAUDIBLE SPEECH

-You cannot beat me.

-34%, more than a third of the people who voted, went for the robin.

-Oh.

Barn owl and the blackbird came second and third.

I don't where the pigeon was, to be honest.

-Well, probably 100% said they don't like them.

-OK.

-Definitely.

-Well done, Tristan.

-Thank you.

And £200 goes to you, Janet, and to you, Sarah, as well.

For our next question, we hear answers from Jackie and Len.

And here it is.

That's a very colourful description, isn't it?

It is, but he's a very colourful person, isn't he?

It's describing somebody that's ducking and diving,

hard to get hold of and I think,

if I remember somewhere,

he has a thing with Ken Livingstone,

and I think it's Ken Livingstone that he's describing.

-Ken Livingstone?

-Yes.

-OK. Against whom he ran, of course, in the mayoral elections?

-Yes.

-OK.

All right, Ken Livingstone for you.

-Len?

-Boris Johnson's been saying some outspoken things about people.

He says things about all sorts of things, but I think it's Tony Blair.

-You think that's how he described Tony Blair?

-Yes.

OK, so the answers to choose from are...

Please lock in your choice.

And all three of you

have gone with Ken Livingstone.

Have you voted the right way with this answer? Let's see.

-ALL:

-Oh!

-No, it's Tony Blair!

-That's it!

-I'm shocked, myself!

Tony Blair, described by Boris Johnson as a mixture

of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet.

So, Len, you were right.

Nobody believed me!

-LAUGHTER We do now.

-We do now.

-So, well done.

Nothing gets added to any of your totals there.

And for our final question in this round,

we'll hear answers from Arminel and Abi. Here we go.

-Arminel...

-Well, I decided athletics was the answer

and my reasoning behind that was that, within it,

athletics has very many disciplines,

therefore there will be many people doing it,

therefore there's a greater probability of one of them

winning Sports Personality Of The Year.

Possibly the right answer.

-Who knows?

-It was my reasoning.

-Abi?

So, on a similar wavelength, I went with what I thought

was the most popular sport in the UK, which I thought was football.

So, I think we have some good personalities because,

again, in terms of popularity, I thought there might be more

personalities within football.

All right, it's either football or athletics.

Please lock in your choices.

Janet and Bennettt have gone with athletics.

Sarah's out on her own,

on the wing, with football.

Let's see if she's going to score with the right answer.

-It's athletics.

-Thank you, thank you. Thank you.

-Arminel, well done.

-Thank you.

So, £200 goes to Janet and Bennettt.

Nothing for Sarah this time around.

So, that's the end of round three. Let's take a look at your totals.

In the lead is Sarah, with £1,000,

followed by Bennettt, with £800.

Trailing in third place is Janet, with £600.

So, I'm afraid, Janet, we have to say goodbye to you.

Thanks very much, though, for playing.

-Thank you. I had a lovely time.

-Excellent.

Pleased to hear it. Well done.

Sarah and Bennettt, you two will now compete to take home the money

you've earned so far in our final.

So, Bennettt, have you had any thoughts about what you might

do with your winnings if you were to be successful?

I have. My little sister's getting married in a few months' time

and I think some of the winnings will go towards making

-her gift a little bit more elaborate.

-That's nice.

That's kind of my plans for that.

Some of the winnings because £800 would be amazing!

That'd be an amazing wedding present, wouldn't it?

I have my brotherly limits.

OK. And, Sarah, what would you do?

Well, my husband's got a big birthday coming up this year,

so I think I'll have to take him away somewhere special to celebrate.

-Got any ideas as to where?

-Just somewhere hot.

-Keep it a secret from him.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, make it a surprise.

OK, well, good luck to you both. Our final is a general

knowledge battle. I'm going to ask you five questions each

and whoever gives the most correct answers

takes home the money they've built up so far.

Fortunately, the Think Tank is still here on hand to help you out.

You can pick one of them to consult with before you answer

the questions. Each member can only be picked once though.

The difference in the final, compared to the rest of the show,

is that they haven't seen any of these questions before,

so they're just as much in the dark as you are.

OK, Sarah, you've built up the most money in the game so far,

so the final starts with you. OK?

Here's your first question.

-Who do you think might help you out with that?

-Arminel.

Our chemistry teacher Arminel.

Oh, Dear!

-OK, we're going to have to have a dialogue here.

-OK.

My first idea...

was Winston Churchill.

What were you thinking about?

See, I'm thinking Nelson Mandela.

OK, I'm sure that that's a much more brilliant idea than mine,

but, it's your decision.

So, a long time to choose from, of course, the century.

You've got two names in the running so far.

-Uh, I'm going to go with my gut feeling...

-OK.

..and go with Nelson Mandela, please.

Nelson Mandela is your choice

to answer the question...

Was it Nelson Mandela? Let's find out.

-It was Albert Einstein.

-Oh!

And his theory of relativity.

-We only thought of leaders.

-Yes.

We didn't think of scientists.

-Sorry!

-That's all right.

So, no points there.

And, Bennettt, here's your chance

to take the lead with your first question.

Who's going to get their teeth into this answer for you?

I'm going to go with...

-Max.

-Max.

Well, Bennettt, I have to say,

I'm not having a whale of a time with this question.

LAUGHTER Oh, boom, boom!

I think... I don't know whether we count a blue whale's little

-frilly bits as teeth.

-What other whales...?

Sperm whales.

-Similar size.

-Killer whale.

Those are the two whales I'm going to go with for now,

and I'll let you think of some others.

OK. How confident are you with your first answer?

-Humpback whale - that's another whale.

-OK.

-Your answer, of course, counts in the end.

-Yes.

I'm thinking because, as you said, the filters,

I don't know whether you would classify them as teeth,

so, therefore, I'm going to lean towards...

killer whales because I know that actually have enamel-based teeth.

So, that's going to be my guess.

-Killer whale.

-Yes.

-..is what you want to go for.

Bennettt's choice is killer whale. Let's see if he's right.

-It's a sperm whale!

-Sperm whale.

-Oh!

Larger whales, such as blue whales, don't have teeth.

They have baleen plates they use to process their food,

as you were thinking earlier.

-So, you're on the right track...

-Half my logic.

-..just not quite the right whale.

-Not quite, yeah.

OK, so both of you are yet to get off the mark in the final.

Sarah, here's your next chance.

Who do you think can help you on this? It's a film question.

-I'm going to go for Len, please.

-Going to go for Len.

I've never actually seen the film, but...

-Marilyn Monroe comes to mind.

-Yeah.

That's what I was thinking. It's the first name that came to mind for me.

-Let's go for it, Marilyn Monroe.

-Marilyn Monroe, you think...

Let's see if you're going to get off the mark with this one.

-BELL CHIMES

-Oh, well done!

You're right, well done, Marilyn Monroe!

Starring alongside Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, of course,

a very, very funny film indeed, it was.

So, well done, Sarah, one-nil to you.

Bennettt, your chance to catch up

comes with this question.

History question for you.

I'm going to go with Peter on this one,

for some reason, I don't know why.

I'm afraid I don't know my kings and queens.

I think George was not a very popular king, but...

Like, John in Robin Hood

wasn't very popular, was he?

So, I think John... King John.

Which one?

I'm not sure what number he was,

but, you know, Robin Hood.

OK, I might not go with yours, Peter.

I'm just going to throw one out there and say King Charles.

I don't know why it's ringing in my head.

You're going with King Charles?

-Yes.

-OK, you say King Charles...

Let's see if you're right.

BELL CHIMES Charles I it was, well done!

Executed as a result, of course, of the English Civil War.

So, well done, brilliant guess.

So, you're level, one-all.

Third question coming up.

Sarah, it's for you.

Who do you want to go with?

Based on the fact it's a sporty question,

I'm going to go for Tristan, please.

Our ice hockey player, Tristan.

Well, I really wish I could help you out on this one,

but I really have no clue.

-It's the wrong sport.

-Oh, I know.

Is it...? The islands I'm thinking of,

that just come straight to mind,

I've got the Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight.

OK, I'm kind of thinking Spain because a lot of people

train for the Tour de France in Spain in the Balearic Islands.

Oh, right, OK.

It's a bit of a punt, really.

Um... I'm going to go for

the Isle of Man.

Going to go for the Isle of Man...

Let's see if you picked the right island.

BELL CHIMES You have, it's the Isle of Man!

-Well done!

-Nice! Good job!

-Thank you.

-You went with your gut feeling, didn't you?

-I did.

You're absolutely right, so good. Well done. Good answer there.

You're two-one up. Bennett, it's your chance to catch up.

-OK...

-Who can help you with this?

Who can help me with this?

Just the three of them left.

I'm going to go with...

Jackie.

Oh, thanks.

LAUGHTER

Put you on the spot there, Jackie.

The only person I can think of that went on to be a saint,

and there will be more of them, was Joan of Arc.

I'm really not going to be much use to you, I'm afraid.

So, the suggestion you had is Joan of Arc.

Do you think it works here?

I'm going to have to go with your suggestion, Jackie,

because I don't have any other.

So, your choice is...

-Joan of Arc.

-Joan of Arc...

..you say Joan of Arc. Have you got the right one?

-It's Mother Teresa.

-Oh, sorry.

-She was from Albania.

-Right.

So, no score for you though,

which means it is still two-one to Sarah.

Here's the fourth question for you.

You've got Anisha or Abi,

both really good at their rugby league.

I'm going to choose Abi.

-Our doctor, Abi.

-OK.

Do you have any idea?

Well, I only support Wales because I'm Welsh.

The only time I ever watch rugby, I love rugby to bits,

-but the only time I ever watch it is when Wales are playing.

-OK.

So, all I'm going to say is the big W.

-The big W.

-Yeah, the big W.

-You're standing for...

-Wales.

-..as a rugby league team..

-Yes.

-..winning the Challenge Cup?

-Yes.

-What do you think?

-I think I've got some better ideas than that.

Good!

I don't think Wales play in the Callenge Cup...

per say. I can only think of a few...

names and the one that just comes straight to mind,

I don't know if it's right or wrong, is Sale.

OK, you think Sale's the rugby league team that's won

the Challenge Cup on the most occasions?

Let's see if you're right.

-The W.

-Yeah! Definitely, definitely.

It was a W, Abi, but not the W you had.

They've won it 19 times.

-Oh, wow.

-There you are.

This gives you a chance, Bennettt, to equalise.

-You're two-one behind at the moment.

-OK.

This is your fourth question.

Just Anisha to ask on this one.

I don't like Harry Potter...

or birds...

-..to be honest with you...

-Yes?

I actually gave up after the second film because they were far

too long and I don't really like reading, so...

Right, actually, I have to agree. I've never read any of the...

Harry Potter books either.

-Right.

-Um...

-You know what? I want to say...

Not the first one, because no-one really knew about it,

so it was just like a new book, so it was like, "Oh, whatever."

And then, obviously, as the books came out,

-they got better and better and better and better.

-Yeah.

And was it the...? There are seven books in total, right?

So would it be the last one?

-Does it make sense that everyone bought it?

-That's kind of the same

train of thought I was going with as well, actually, because...

But what's it called though? Because I don't know. Maybe...

-Is it the Deathly Hallows?

-Harry Potter: The Last Book.

That would have been a great name, but I don't think it's that.

I think it might... Is it...?

OK, so you've got Chamber of Secrets, The Philosopher's Stone

is the first one... Chamber of Secrets.

Something, something, something, something...

I think it's Deathly Hallows.

I'm going to go with that as well, Deathly Hallows.

You're going to say the Deathly Hallows?

-Yeah, the last book.

-Deathly Hallows is your answer.

Let's see.

BELL CHIMES

Brilliantly worked out. For somebody who actually doesn't read books,

let alone any Harry Potter books,

you seem to know the names of most of them.

I know! That's cray-cray!

-Cray-cray!

-Cray-cray. I'll take it, or we'll take it.

-Thank you.

You're introducing us to a whole new vocabulary as well.

-I'll introduce you to more later.

-Yeah.

So, Bennettt, that puts you back

level with Sarah at two-all.

OK, this is the fifth question now.

No Think Tankers left to help you out, so you're on your own now.

OK, fifth question to Sarah.

I think I know this. OK.

I could be totally wrong, but...

-I'm a massive, massive fan of the film The Rock...

-Mhm.

..which is set in Alcatraz,

-and I think it's in the Bay of San Francisco.

-San Francisco.

OK. That's your answer?

-That's my answer.

-OK.

You're saying San Francisco. Are you in the right place?

BELL CHIMES San Francisco it is. Well done!

So, three-two to you, Sarah.

Bennettt, you need to get this answer

right or Sarah will be our winner. OK?

Um...

-I'm pretty sure I've got this.

-Mhm.

Aston Villa?

-Aston Villa, you're saying.

-Yes.

To stay in the game.

Let's see if you're right.

BELL CHIMES Well done!

Appointed in 2015, replacing Tim Sherwood. So, well done.

That's great. OK, so, five questions each. Your scores are tied.

We're going to go to sudden death.

Now, as you know, all the members of the Think Tank have been

used up, so you're still on your own until we get to a winner. OK?

All right, Sarah, here's your next question.

OK... Um...

Coronation Street's older than that.

30-year anniversary, I think,

was for...EastEnders.

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

-EastEnders.

-EastEnders, you think.

Are you right? Let's see.

BELL CHIMES EastEnders is the right answer.

Well done. So, Bennettt, you've still got to climb back into it...

All the way.

-..haven't you?

-Making me work.

-Here we go, then.

It sounds like bird names, or types.

It could be dogs... I...

I really...am not sure.

Um... trapdoor, huntsman...

I'm going to go with dogs, I think.

-Dogs is your answer?

-Yeah.

-OK.

You're saying dogs to stay in the game.

Let's see if you're right.

-Spider is the answer we were looking for.

-Ah!

So, congratulations, Sarah,

you are the winner. Well done!

Commiserations to you, Bennettt.

I'm afraid you're not taking anything home,

-apart from an experience...

-A great time!

-..of being with these guys that you'll never forget.

-Absolutely.

-Thanks for your help.

-You might try to, but you'll never forget it!

-You've been wonderful, so good.

-Thanks.

Well done, thanks for playing. Thank you. Sarah is our winner.

You're definitely taking home your prize of £1,000 and you'll

shortly have the chance to have an extra £1,000 to your winnings.

First though, shall we take a moment to congratulate the

Think Tanker who gave the most correct answers during the show?

Today's top thinker was...

Max!

-ALL:

-Yeah!

INDISTINCT SPEECH

Straight out of the traps with that hat-trick, weren't you?

-And nobody else got near you after that.

-Very exciting.

-Well done. OK.

Sarah, now you have one last chance to boost your prize fund

quite significantly, as you face our Question: Impossible.

So, this is the toughest question of the whole show

because no-one in our Think Tank answered it correctly.

So, Sarah, if you can achieve what none of them could,

-and give us a correct answer, that extra £1,000 will be yours. OK?

-OK.

-Shall we take a look at your Question: Impossible?

-Yep.

While you have a look at that,

we're going to give you a little bit of help.

OK, we're going to take a look at the Think Tank's wrong answers.

None of them could get it right,

but this could help you rule a few things out. OK, what did they say?

Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Daniel Day-Lewis

and Robin Williams

are the choices that they made,

so it's none of them.

It's someone else.

-What do you think?

-Uh...

I'd love to say I knew it, but I don't.

Um...

It's going to be a total guess,

I really don't know the answer, but I'm going to...

guess at George Clooney.

George Clooney is your answer?

For an extra £1,000, let's see if that is right.

-ALL:

-Aw!

That was the answer we needed, I'm afraid.

Nominated 12 times for an Oscar.

You stood out from the crowd, but you didn't quite make it.

You didn't conquer the Question: Impossible.

Still leaving with £1,000, Sarah.

-Thank you very much.

-You've got to be feeling pretty good about that.

-Pretty good.

-Very well-played...

-Thank you.

-..in the tie-break.

-So, thanks for being with us.

-Thank you, very much.

Thanks for watching. Do join us next time, when three more contestants

will see whether they can bank on the Think Tank.

Until then, it's goodbye from them...

-All:

-Bye!

..and it's goodbye from me. Bye-bye.