Episode 16 Think Tank

Meet our Think Tank.

They've answered hundreds of general knowledge questions before the show.

Their answers are in.

But how helpful will they be to the three contestants?

Playing the game are Lisa, a medical secretary from Ystrad Mynach.

Michele, an employment consultant from Hemel Hampstead.

And Adam, a quantity surveyor from Bradford.

This is Think Tank.

Welcome to the show, welcome, as ever, to our Think Tank.

Who, it's fair to say, are extremely good with their hands,

with skills ranging from dressmaking to DIY,

tenpin bowling to computer building,

but will their knowledge prove HANDY for our three contestants? THEY LAUGH

Welcome to you three, lovely to see you.

Lisa, you are a medical secretary.

You work in the diabetes and endocrinology department.

-I do, yes.

-That's a very specialist business, isn't it?

-It is.

-You haven't always been a medical secretary, of course.

-What did you do before?

-I was in the Royal Navy.

-Uh-huh.

And I was a wren writer and I was called Combat Barbie.

-Because?

-I was five foot and size three combat boots.

Oh. You're conjuring up an image for me there.

-I know.

-LAUGHTER

Peter, you're in the TA.

Changed to the Reserves now.

I'm also five foot as well.

See, what a club.

THEY LAUGH

OK, and what are you not going to be so good at?

-Oh, football.

-Football.

I don't get that. I'm Welsh, I can't help it.

-Football.

-OK, football.

Oh, gosh.

I'm not entirely sure who's going to be able to help you here on that.

No, nor are they. OK. THEY LAUGH

Good to have you with us. Michele,

you help job-seekers back into employment, don't you?

I do indeed. Yes, I try to.

When you're not doing that, what do you do?

I'm a witch, so I study Wicca, so I do that.

-Are you a good witch?

-Very good witch.

I think anyone who is truly a witch would never practice anything dark

or spooky, that's not the way of the witch at all.

Does that have anything to do with the colour of your hair,

-the fact you're a lovely witch?

-Do you like it?

-Oh, it's super.

It would look good on you, Bill.

THEY LAUGH

Yeah.

Diane actually likes to play with hair and wigs

-and that sort of thing, don't you, Diane?

-I do, I do.

So some days I'm a redhead, some days I'm a brunette,

some days I'm blonde,

so my husband never knows which one is coming down the stairs.

-Keeps him on his toes.

-SHE LAUGHS

What an exciting life you lead.

THEY LAUGH

Michele, good to have you with us.

Adam, you work on building sites.

Yeah, I'm a quantity surveyor.

When you're not at work, what do you get up to?

I spend a lot of time playing football, going to the gym

and spending time with my three-year-old son, Archie.

OK. Well, football...

THEY LAUGH

I was about to say, football, no, still no help.

All right, welcome to all three of you. Over three rounds, then,

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 then progress to the final.

Ultimately, though, just one 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,

and 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

but there will also be any number of mistakes in the mix

as well, so pick out the right one,

£200 will be added to your prize fund.

-You get two questions each. Lisa, you're up first.

-OK.

So, here's the question we asked the Think Tank.

-Oh.

-Have a think about that, and let's see what the Think Tank said.

-Peter.

-Watching.

Word.

Wearing.

Work.

Watching.

Watching.

Women.

Work.

So, Lisa, are you familiar with this acronym?

Not really, no.

-So I'm just trying to work it through.

-Mmm.

Internet. So you look at the internet.

You don't wear the internet.

Perhaps watching is the best thing,

so, "Not Safe For Watching."

Well, it's certainly got more choices than any other

from the Think Tank. So you're going to go for watching?

-I'm going to go for watching.

-All right.

In the name of the internet abbreviation,

the letters NSFW stand for "Not Safe For..."

You're saying watching. What is it?

-Work.

-Oh!

"Not Safe For Work."

-Oh, dear.

-Diane and Max, well done.

NSFW is what you put as the subject of an e-mail that you send to people

so they know it's got stuff in it that you shouldn't be looking at

at work. What that could possibly be, I don't know.

-I'd never do that.

-Max, where do you find that?

Oh, I've no idea, I've never looked at anything like that.

THEY LAUGH

"Not Safe For Work."

OK. So, no money for you, Lisa, but you've got lots of time,

lots of chances. So, let's come to Michele.

Your first question, you've seen how it works.

Let's have a look.

You're looking confident.

Don't answer just yet, because we might get the

Think Tank to put you off, you never know.

Saint.

Jade.

North.

Saint.

North.

Saint.

South.

Saint.

So half of the Think Tank going with Saint,

almost half of the Think Tank going with points of the compass.

THEY LAUGH

What do you think, what's leaping out? You did look confident earlier.

Yeah, I am confident.

I know that North was the first child.

And I know that Saint was the child born last year.

-Saint is what you're going with.

-I'm going for Saint, please.

As the name of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's second child,

born in 2015.

Let's have a look.

Saint is right. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Well done. So, £200 to you, Michele.

And, Adam, Let's see what your first question is.

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

Wensleydale.

Bournemouth.

Brighton.

Teddington.

Ilkley.

St Ives.

Bray.

Brighton.

So, two for Brighton, and otherwise,

it's spread all over the place.

Got any thoughts, Adam?

No. No idea.

I knew the first two questions.

LAUGHTER

-Sadly, that doesn't work.

-I'm going to go

for, as a guess, Teddington.

-Any particular reason?

-I remember reading about it a long time ago,

but it's since gone, so Teddington.

OK. So, following Max's advice,

you're going to go for Teddington as the location of Heston Blumenthal's

Fat Duck, once named the world's best restaurant.

Is that where it is? Let's see.

-It's in Bray.

-Ooh!

Arminel got it right. Bray on the Thames.

Teddington is on the Thames, that's all they have in common.

Arminel, have you been for a meal there?

No, I haven't, but I do know someone who did go,

and she said that she didn't like the snail porridge.

-She didn't like the snail porridge?

-I decided I didn't need to go.

You could have gone for the bacon and egg ice cream. Similarly.

I just thought, "Well, that's going to be easier on my pocket."

OK. Right, so no money for you there in your prize fund,

but you've still got some way to go.

Lisa, you're next for your second question.

Hmm! Let's see what the Think Tank thought.

Wayne Rooney.

Kriss Akabusi.

Seve Ballesteros.

John McEnroe.

Shane Warne.

Andre Agassi.

Jack Nicklaus.

Frank Maloney, now Kellie.

OK, so you've got a whole range to choose from.

I'm thinking, Open, golf.

Could be a link.

Seve, he had a nice mop of hair, didn't he?

And Jack Nicklaus, he was quite blonde.

-So it's between the two.

-Mm-hm.

-I'm going to have to go with Seve Ballesteros.

-Seve Ballesteros.

Yes, he had a lovely mop of hair.

OK, you think Seve's the sportsman who announced in his autobiography,

Open, that he had worn a wig for much of his career?

Let's see if you're down the fairway with that one.

-It's Andre Agassi.

-Oh!

-Because they have open tennis tournaments,

as well as open golf tournaments.

-Of course.

-Never mind.

-Yeah.

-So, Lucy.

-Yes.

You had that one. He wrote that he lost the final of the French Open

because he was worried about his wig falling off.

Yes. Yes.

I heard the same. And, you know, what a shame.

Not an issue you'd ever have, Cleve, I don't think.

Not at all. Not at all.

Although, actually, this is a wig.

-Really?

-No.

THEY LAUGH

So, Lisa, I'm afraid you don't get any money for that one,

and we move on to Michele and her next question.

So, think of your cartoons and your cartoonists.

While Peter gets us off with what the Think Tank came up with.

Elephants.

Horses.

Dogs.

Cats.

Pigs.

Horses.

Horses.

Dogs.

Do you know any of the work of Norman Thelwell at all?

Absolutely no idea.

However, seeing as this is a stab in the dark,

and there is a majority going towards horses,

and also, Arminel looks seriously brainy...

THEY LAUGH

She does look seriously brainy.

Appearances can be deceptive, of course.

Of course. Of course. And so does Lucy, and also Len.

I am going to go with them, and I'm going to go with horses, please.

So you're going to go with horses.

Let's see if you're right.

You are indeed. Horses is the correct answer.

APPLAUSE

So, you're using the Think Tank very well,

because you've got two answers right.

So, well done. £200 to you.

And, Adam, we come to your second question.

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

Father Christmas.

Jack the Ripper.

George Washington.

Father Christmas.

Father Christmas.

Father Christmas.

Father Christmas.

Sherlock Holmes.

So, a pretty sizeable majority going for Father Christmas.

-Adam.

-I had an idea before, because Tim Allen was in The Santa Clause,

I think. And Richard Attenborough did Miracle On 34th Street, I think,

so I'll guess I'll say Father Christmas.

Father Christmas. You had a pretty good idea, you think, before that.

And five eighths of the Think Tank agreeing with you.

-Confirmed.

-That doesn't necessarily mean that they're right.

Of course, yes. But, Jack the Ripper, I don't think...

-THEY LAUGH

-..is going to be on there.

-OK.

All right, so you say Father Christmas has been played

by Richard Attenborough, Nick Frost, Tim Allen and Paul Giamatti.

Let's have a look.

And you're absolutely right, Father Christmas is the answer.

Richard Attenborough was indeed in Miracle On 34th Street.

Nick Frost played Father Christmas in Doctor Who.

Tim Allen was, as you mentioned, in The Santa Clause.

And Paul Giamatti was in Fred Claus, so well done.

£200 to you.

So, at the end of the first round,

let's take a look at the prize funds,

and currently, Lisa has yet to get off the mark.

Adam is on £200,

and in the lead at the moment is Michele with £400.

APPLAUSE

So, don't worry. It could all change in the next round.

Every member of the Think Tank is holding two questions which they

answered correctly before the show.

You will take it in turns to pick someone in the Think Tank whose

knowledge you think you can match.

And for every correct answer,

another £200 will be added to your prize fund.

Once a Think Tanker is asked both of their questions,

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

You have all of them to choose from.

-Who do you want to go with?

-Max.

Max, our English literature graduate.

Happy to help you, Lisa.

Well, I have a confession to make, that when I was growing up,

I was obsessed with Thomas The Tank Engine.

Absolutely adored it,

and I dragged my parents every weekend to the local steam railway,

so hopefully you share my passion for small trains.

LAUGHTER

And you can answer this question.

So, are you familiar with Thomas The Tank Engine?

Yes, I've got an 11-year-old son. And he...

I've got Thomas The Tank Engine track everywhere,

when he was little.

I can hear Ringo Starr in my head.

-Because he did the voice-over.

-He did the voice-over on the cartoons.

Something like Thordor, Sordor, Sor, something like that. Dor.

-Thordor.

-You're going to go with Thordor?

Yes, it's all I can think of.

Thomas The Tank Engine books largely set on a fictional island called

Thordor as your answer.

-Max.

-Well, it's a magical land where dreams come true,

-and it's called Sodor.

-Oh!

-So close.

-Sodor, so close.

-So close.

-Oh.

What a pity. So, shame, no money on that question.

Michele, you're up next.

For the time being, you still have everyone to choose from.

-Who do you want to go with?

-I'm going to go with Lucy.

Going to go with Lucy. OK.

I really like the Radio 4 programme The Infinite Monkey Cage,

and I love Stargazing Live.

It's a question relating to Professor Brian Cox,

so hopefully you might know the answer to this.

The scientist Professor Brian Cox, once the keyboard player for which

chart-topping British band?

You are looking very happy.

-I know this one, Bill.

-You do?

-I do.

-Really, OK.

-It's D:Ream.

-D:Ream is your answer

to the chart-topping British band that

Brian Cox played keyboards for.

Is it a D:Ream answer?

He's a D:Ream kind of guy, you're right, well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Things Can Only Get Better.

And, of course, one of their big hits was Things Can Only Get Better.

-Can they?

-We hope.

So, £200 gets added to your fund, Michele, well done.

Adam, you are next,

and you can still choose from any one of these fine thinkers.

A Yorkshireman to a Yorkshireman, I'll go with Cleve.

Our musician, Cleve.

I think you'll be really pleased you did.

Because what I didn't confess to earlier

is I'm actually a huge sports fan

in general, and I heard you say you enjoy certain sports.

So the question is...

-So glad I picked you.

-LAUGHTER

That's made it so much easier.

-It's Liverpool.

-So you're saying Liverpool.

Managed to win the European Cup five times.

Is he right, Cleve?

-Yes!

-You had me going then.

-LAUGHTER

From one Yorkshireman to another.

-Thank you very much.

-Liverpool FC, you'll never walk alone,

as long as you stick with Cleve for questions on sport.

So, well done. £200 into your prize fund.

-Lisa, we come to you.

-Oh, dear.

-No, come on, keep your spirits up.

-Taxi for one.

-No, not at all. Not at all.

You've got tonnes of time to make up, so don't you worry about it.

-OK.

-OK. Who do you want to choose for the next question?

-Len.

-Our retired engineer, Len.

-Help me.

-I'll try my best.

-No, you'll be OK with this one, I'm sure you will. It's authors.

-Right.

This author, I've read a number of his books,

and he's my favourite author, he is.

Ian Rankin's Rebus novels, usually set in which city?

-Have you read much of the Rankin novels?

-Not novels.

They have been dramatised, haven't they, on TV?

And aren't they Scottish?

-Glasgow.

-You're going to say Glasgow?

I'm going to say Glasgow.

Going with Glasgow as the city in which Ian Rankin's Rebus novels

are usually set. Is it Glasgow, Len?

Right country, wrong city.

-Edinburgh.

-GROANS

Oh, dear. Lisa, not having any luck at all, I'm afraid.

Hang in there, hang in there.

-I'm trying.

-Michele, we come to you.

And you can still choose whoever you like.

I will choose Cleve this time.

-Going to choose Cleve?

-Yes, please.

All right. He did well for Adam earlier.

-He did.

-The question is...

Which singer, born in 1911, was known as "The Queen of Gospel?"

A gospel singer.

I would assume, it's going to be one of these great

Motowny type artists,

and I don't know the answer. I'm going to say Aretha Franklin.

Aretha Franklin is your answer for that question, which singer,

born in 1911, was known as "The Queen of Gospel?"

So, Cleve, is Michele right, was it Aretha Franklin?

I'm so sorry, it wasn't Aretha Franklin, it was Mahalia Jackson.

Mahalia Jackson. Of course, Aretha Franklin has sung a lot of gospel,

Mahalia Jackson was the original Queen of Gospel,

so nothing added to your prize fund there for the time being.

And, Adam, we come to you.

I think I will go for Abi.

So, I'm a doctor, and this question is related to medicine.

-Oh.

-And also my mother had it, so that's why I know it.

I want to say measles, but I don't think that's right.

But I can't think of anything else.

So I'm going to say measles.

Adam says measles is another name for rubella as a disease.

-Abi.

-I said German measles.

German measles is the other name for rubella.

Measles and German measles are actually two different diseases,

so I'm afraid, Adam, that is incorrect.

And you don't get to advance your prize fund any more.

Of course, Abi, you're a doctor, so you'd be bound to know that.

-Yeah.

-THEY LAUGH

-We would hope.

-OK.

Good. Lisa, we come to you next.

You wanted that question, being a medical secretary.

-I did.

-You had it. You so had it.

-I've had the injection.

-Let's see...

THEY LAUGH

-Let's see if we can get a question to suit you this time.

-Erm...

-Abi.

-I'm hoping you know it.

Which news presenter, born in Trinidad,

was awarded a knighthood in 1999 for his services to journalism, Lisa?

Sir Trevor...

Oh, what's his second name?

I can see him, he's there.

Sir Trevor...

-Davis.

-Sir Trevor Davis is your answer.

As the news presenter, born in Trinidad,

awarded a knighthood in 1999 for his services to journalism.

Abi, is it Sir Trevor Davis?

-Sir Trevor McDonald.

-Oh!

-CLEVE:

-Oh.

-Kicking yourself there.

Lisa, sadly, still not off the mark.

And I know you had that answer.

Hang in there. I'm going to come to Michele for the next question.

You can't choose Cleve or Abi,

but you've got six other members to choose from.

So, I think I'm going to go with Diane this time.

-All right.

-A fellow pen pusher.

Our retired HR advisor, Diane.

I travel to Spain every year, my husband and I,

we go to a reggae festival

and I decided to start learning this language.

Manana, manana.

-Manana.

-Manana.

-..is your answer, as the Spanish word for tomorrow.

Is that the right one?

Si. Yes, it's manana.

-Well done.

-Gracias, senorita.

Oh, we're getting all lingual now.

Si! Si, hablo un poco Espanol!

Ah, muy bien. Well done, Michele. You get another £200.

Adam, we come to you for your next question.

I think I will go for Peter.

Hi, Adam. Well, I am part time in the reservists, as I said earlier.

This is related to ranks.

The question is...

Have you got any military experience at all, Adam?

Soft hands these, never been outside.

Erm...

Lisa's desperate to answer the question for you.

She used to be in the navy.

I'm going to look silly and say sergeant.

-You're going to say sergeant...

-Yeah.

..as the soldiers who wear two stripes on their arm

-in the British Army.

-Yeah.

-Peter?

Sadly, that's the wrong answer.

It's a corporal.

A sergeant wears three stripes.

Yes, indeed, sergeant has three stripes.

It's the corporal who has two stripes.

So, no money for Adam, there, I'm afraid,

and, at the end of that round,

let's see how your prize funds have changed.

So, Lisa, you've still to get off the mark, I'm afraid.

Adam is on £400.

In the lead, though, Michele with £800.

So, contestants, one of you shortly will have to leave the game,

but there is one last chance to take the lead

and, Lisa, you can still catch up, OK?

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

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

that they gave before the show and why they think that they're correct.

Only one of them is going to be right, though, OK?

So, if you side with the correct person,

you get £200 added to your prize fund.

Just five questions remaining before we have to say goodbye

to one of you, so do choose your answers carefully, OK?

First then, we're going to hear from Peter and Diane.

And here's the question...

Peter, film's your big thing, isn't it?

Yeah, I've seen a lot of Bond films and I would say it's Sean Connery

because he's been in quite a lot of the films, the early ones.

-And Diane?

-I believe it's Roger Moore

and, you know, Sean Connery didn't do that many. It was Roger Moore.

He was the one that they felt was the Bond.

All right, then. Roger Moore or Sean Connery?

Contestants, please lock in your answers.

Well, two of you have gone with Sean Connery

and Michele, in the middle, you're on your own with Roger Moore.

Let's see if you're right.

It is indeed Roger Moore.

Roger Moore starred in seven official Bond films,

Sean Connery starred in six,

but there was one unofficial one that he was in.

-Almost a draw.

-Never Say Never Again,

but, actually, that wasn't, as they call it, an official Bond film.

-So, Diane, well done to you.

-Thank you. Thank you.

And that means, Michele, you add another £200 to your prize fund.

-Well done, you!

-Excited!

And, for our next question, we hear answers from Arminel and Max.

Here's the question.

Arminel?

Well, I did some Latin at school

and I believe that apis is the Latin for bee

and that apiculture is beekeeping,

so I think an apiarist is somebody who keeps bees.

-All right. Max?

-I also did Latin at school,

but I probably don't remember it as well as you do, Arminel.

-Well, thank you, Max.

-I went through a slightly more English root

and went, "Apiarist, sounds a bit like an ape,"

so better to go for a catch-all term

and say monkeys are the creatures that an apiarist keeps.

OK, you have a choice, then, between monkeys and bees.

Please lock in your answers.

And all three of you have gone with bees.

So, let's see if you're buzzing with the right answer.

You are, indeed. Bees, well done.

Yes.

Well done, Arminel.

-Thank you.

-Good stuff. Well done.

And it means that you all get to add £200 to your prize fund.

Lisa, congratulations, you are off the mark.

It's the start of something big, I know.

So, our next Think Tankers that we're going to hear from

are Cleve and Peter.

Here's your question.

Monstrous carbuncle! Who could have said such a thing, Cleve?

There are very few people, I think, who can honestly make

that kind of statement and use that kind of language

and the person that came straight away to my mind

and why I wrote it was Stephen Fry.

Stephen Fry. OK. Peter?

I think it's Prince Charles

because he always makes some outrageous statements sometimes.

-And this is one of his, you reckon.

-Yes.

-OK.

So, it's Prince Charles or Stephen Fry

that you have to choose from, contestants.

Please lock in your answers.

So, Lisa has gone with Prince Charles.

Michele and Adam with Stephen Fry.

One of you, at least, has got to be right.

It's Lisa again. Prince Charles was the correct answer.

So Prince Charles said this at a dinner to mark the 150th anniversary

of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

So it wasn't just something controversial to say, Peter,

it was a pretty controversial place to say it, as well.

So, well done, you, for getting the answer right. Thank you.

And, Lisa, this means you get another £200.

You're flying! You are indeed.

For our next question, we hear answers from Lucy and Abi.

And here it is.

Very funny guy, Lucy.

I believe he did something very sensible,

in stark contrast to his comedic things now that she does,

so I thought it was accountancy that he did.

-So I believe he was an accountant.

-He was an accountant, maybe.

-Abi, what do you think?

-I went with my own profession

because I think I've seen him on an interview

-and I think he was a doctor.

-He was Dr Harry Hill, was he?

All right, so he was either that or he was an accountant.

Contestants, please lock in your answers.

All three of you have gone with doctor.

Very confident you are there.

Let's see if you're right.

He was indeed, Dr Harry Hill.

Abi, good choice on your part. Thank you very much indeed.

-Thank you.

-And it means that you all get to add £200 to your prize fund.

For our final question, then, in this round,

we're going to hear answers from Len and Diane.

Here it is.

Len?

Australia.

The reason I'm saying that is because I've been there.

I've been in the zoos. Haven't seen them in the wild,

-but I've seen them in the zoo in Australia.

-OK. Diane?

OK, well, I've also been to Australia

and I saw a platypus in a zoo, but they come from South America

and they're actually called duck-billed platypus.

OK, she says comes from South America.

-South America.

-Len says Australia.

Contestants, please lock in your answers.

Two of you have gone with Australia.

Michele is the odd one out, possibly, with South America.

Could still be right. Let's have a look.

Australia it is.

Well done.

So, Len, very good memory from what you saw in the zoo so well done,

and it means that Lisa and Adam get to add £200 to your prize fund,

but you have now run out of time to boost your kitty,

so it's time to take a look at your totals.

In the lead is Michele with £1,400, followed by Adam with £1,000

and trailing behind with £800 is Lisa.

So, sadly, we have to say goodbye to you.

Thanks very much for playing the game with us

and I thought you were very brave to keep trying away,

-so well done to you.

-Thank you.

-Well done, Michele and Adam.

You two will now compete against each other to take home the money

that you've earned so far in the final.

Well, Michele, have you had any thoughts

about what you might do, if you win, with the money?

Yeah, I'd like to take my daughter Amelia away

on a nice little holiday.

-OK, how old is she?

-She's eight and gorgeous.

OK. Adam?

Similar, I'd take my dad and Archie, probably, to Spain

or somewhere where weather's nice and the beer's cold.

All right, OK.

So you've both got travel plans. It'll come true for one of you.

Good luck to you, both of you, in the final.

It's a general knowledge battle.

I'm going to ask you five questions each

and whoever gives the most correct answers

will then take home the money that they've built up so far.

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

You can pick someone to consult with before you answer the questions.

Each member, though, can only be picked once

and the difference in the final compared to the rest of the show

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

so they are in the dark just as much as you are at this time, OK?

So, Michele, you built up the most money during the main game,

so the final will start with you, OK?

Here's your first question.

So it's a pop question.

Who do you want to choose to help you with it?

It's going to be Cleve.

This would be a calculated guess, to be honest with you, Michele.

Have you any thoughts? Any ideas?

I can hear the song in my head. # London calling... #

-Yeah.

-Maybe like The Clash or something.

Oddly enough, I was going to go for The Jam.

Only because I thought I could hear

Paul Weller's voice in my head somehow.

Oh, man. The Clash and The Jam. Like...

-It's too close to call, isn't it?

-I wish I could be certain,

and genuinely I can't be certain,

but my calculated guess would be The Jam.

That would be my guess.

You have to go with what you think, though, is the right answer.

I actually think Cleve's right. I think it is The Jam.

As we've been discussing it, it's popped out to me more,

so hopefully...

-So you're going to go with The Jam?

-I'm going to go with The Jam.

OK, London Calling and Bankrobber, UK hit singles for which band?

You say it's The Jam.

Let's see if it is.

-It's The Clash.

-Oh!

-It's The Clash.

Your first instinct was right, Michele, I'm afraid.

-OK.

-So no score for you just yet.

-OK.

-Adam, we come to you for your first question.

Here it is.

I will ask Diane.

You're going to ask Diane. OK.

Right... Erm...

There's a name in my head.

He was opposite Kylie Minogue and I can't...

-Jason Donovan.

-Yeah, but I'm not sure if he played Mike.

I was thinking either Donovan or Russell Crowe

because he was on something like that

but I'm not sure if he was on Home and Away.

If you're more certain with your answer,

-I would go with that.

-The Hollywood career...

The Hollywood career bit, it's not Donovan.

I don't think he's done anything in Hollywood,

so, at a guess, I'd stick with that.

-So you're going to go with...

-Russell Crowe.

Russell Crowe is your answer for the actor

who's gone on to have a Hollywood career

having played the role of Mike Young on Neighbours in the 1980s.

You say Russell Crowe. Let's see if you're right.

It's Guy Pearce, I'm afraid.

Russell Crowe was indeed in Neighbours,

-but he played Kenny Larkin.

-Right.

So, sadly, you're not off the mark either.

So you're still level.

Michele, here's your second question.

Pope Francis. You have six members of the Think Tank to consult.

-Arminel, please.

-Arminel.

Ah, well, I do have an idea here.

I don't know. Do you have any idea?

-Not a clue.

-OK. OK, so you're going to have to trust me.

-Pope Francis, that's the most recent Pope, right?

-Yes, it is.

-OK.

-And he's South American.

-Yeah.

And I think it's Argentina.

I'm going to go with what Arminel says.

-Hope I'm right!

-I'm going to go for Argentina.

Argentina is your answer.

Let's find out.

Argentina is the correct answer.

Well done. Well done.

Yeah, you chose the right person there, absolutely.

Arminel can be relied on time and again.

Oh, and some of you, the rest of you, as well.

All right, don't get jealous. It's OK.

All right, Adam, you are 1-0 behind,

but this is your chance to even things up, OK?

Here's your question.

Who do you think can help you out on this one?

I will ask Max.

Let's see if we can put you level pegging with Michele.

Now, it's not Winston Churchill,

because he was elected during the war,

but what was the name you were going to go for here?

It's the guy who came back with a letter, "Peace in our time..."

-but I can't think of what his name was.

-A piece of paper.

-Yeah.

Now, my first instinct here was Neville Chamberlain.

-Yeah, that's it.

-That's the one we're going to go for?

-We'll have that one, yeah.

-Well, you've got to that idea together.

-Neville Chamberlain's the one you want?

-I'll go for that, yeah.

The British Prime Minster at the start of World War II.

Let's have a look.

Neville Chamberlain it is, well done.

He resigned in 1940 and then Winston Churchill did take over.

So well done to you.

OK, Michele, here's your third question.

A bit of a geographical question there.

You've still got half of the Think Tank to choose from.

I am going to go with Lucy.

I think I might know this, actually.

I travelled to Belgium earlier in the year.

What city were you thinking of?

Something's just come into my head.

I was originally going to say Brussels

but I just thought, Bruges.

Bruges, that's where I travelled to and it did remind me of Venice.

Yeah, I totally get that and I'm going to go for Bruges, please.

Having heard of only one Belgian city before you started...

It popped into my head because of the Colin Farrell film In Bruges

-so...

-OK, In Bruges is what you're going for.

-Indeed.

The Belgian city often referred to as the Venice of the North.

Let's see if you're right.

-You are indeed.

-Yay!

-Well done!

It's Bruges. Great collaborative effort.

-We've worked well together.

-You certainly did.

I'm loving Lucy.

2-1 to Michele

but plenty of time for you to get back on level pegging, Adam.

Here's your question.

Have you watched it much?

I've only started getting into it recently, on the recent season.

Well, you have Abi, Peter and Len to choose from.

I'm going to go with Len because he looks like he might know.

Right, you've picked a good'un this time,

-because I've never even seen the series.

-Ah!

Have you got any ideas yourself?

For some reason Dave, but I know that's not right.

I just can't get Dave out of my head.

So where is the series based? Is it based in London or is it based...

It's based in London, I think.

Maybe like a Cockney name or something.

Try and give us some information to sort of spark something up there.

I'm going to guess at Martin.

I can't honestly think of what his first name is.

You're going to go with Martin.

-I'll go with Martin instead of Dave, yeah.

-OK. Martin's your answer

for the first name of the detective played by Idris Elba

in the TV series Luther. Let's see if you're right.

It's John Luther. There is a very famous Martin Luther, of course.

-He was the Protestant reformer...

-Yeah.

..a few centuries back and there was Martin Luther King,

but this was John Luther, was what we were looking for.

So it's 2-1 to Michele

and we move on to our fourth question.

And here it is.

Oh, you're nodding your head so you're looking confident.

-Yeah.

-You need someone to back you up here

so it's Abi and Peter to choose from.

I'm going to go with Abi, although I have a good idea of the answer.

I am such a scientist.

I dropped history I think, in year eight,

-so I have no idea!

-Back to school!

I would say possibly Victoria but that's a complete guess.

Based on that, I hope you've got a strong idea of your own.

I have got a strong idea

because I really like the Tudor period of history.

It was Queen Elizabeth I, her cousin, in fact.

Elizabeth I, you're saying, was the English monarch

during whose reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed.

Let's have a look.

Well done indeed. Elizabeth I is the right answer.

Mary Queen of Scots, executed for allegedly

plotting to take over the throne from Queen Elizabeth.

OK. So well done.

That means it's 3-1 to you.

Adam, 3-1 down.

You have to get this answer right or Michele will be the winner, OK?

Let's have a look at this question.

And it's just Peter to help you out here.

My first instinct was Iraq, but I don't think that's right.

I think it's somewhere around that area

because I remember in the Prince of Persia films, it was very sandy.

I sometimes think Russia is somehow related

to the Persian Empire, as well, but I'm not too sure.

-Hmm. So you've got Iraq, Iran...

-It's quite a...

Yeah, broad spectrum, that, isn't it?

Yes. The whole Middle East!

I think I'll... I haven't got a clue, so I'll just go with Iran.

-You're going to go with Iran?

-Yes.

-OK.

Iran is your answer for the question.

Let's see if you're right. This to stay in the game.

And you're right. Iran is the correct answer.

Well done. That was a good bit of nudging Peter gave you there,

because you started off in Iraq and he just brought you round,

via Russia of all places, and then back in.

-So well done. That was good collaboration.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

3-2 the score.

Michele, question is yours. This is the fifth question.

If you get this one right, you will be the winner.

There are no Think Tankers left, though, to help you,

so you are your own from here on in, OK?

This to win it.

I think the answer's Emma Thompson.

-Because?

-I remember them two...

They're like amazing luvvies and she's brilliant and he's brilliant

and going round their house for dinner must have been awesome.

So I just think I know it's Emma Thompson.

That's what you've got in your mind, Emma Thompson.

-In my head, that's what I've got, yeah. Please!

-OK.

And if you are correct, you will have won £1,400, OK?

Emma Thompson is your answer to the question.

Let's see if you're right.

It is the right answer. Well done.

Oh, my gosh!

Congratulations.

You are the winner. Commiserations to Adam.

You were very close, gave it a really good go,

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

apart from the joy of sharing a programme with these people here.

THEY LAUGH

Honestly, I get that every single time.

-Anyway, Adam, thanks very much indeed.

-Thank you.

So, Michele, as our winner,

-you're definitely taking home the prize of £1,400.

-My goodness!

And, shortly, you have the chance

-to add an extra £1,000 to your winnings.

-Right.

-OK?

First, though, let's take a moment, shall we,

to congratulate the Think Tanker who gave the most correct answers

during the show. Who was it? Let's have a look.

-It's a tie! Lucy and Arminel. Well done.

-Ooh! Well done!

Good stuff. OK. Good work. Arminel, particularly, did very well.

Oh, and Lucy!

-Left out on the heap!

-Honestly, it's like having kids in the studio!

OK, Michele, you have one last chance, then, seriously,

to boost your prize, as you face our Question: Impossible.

Well, this is the toughest question of the whole show, of course,

because no-one in the Think Tank managed to get it right, OK?

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

and give us a correct answer, you will get an extra £1,000, OK?

Let's take a look at your Question: Impossible.

Now, just take a moment to think about that.

While you do that, we're going to give you a bit of help

because we're going to look at the answers that the Think Tank gave,

which were all wrong so that you can rule a few things out, OK?

Let's see.

So, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Gabon, Kenya and Ghana

are some of the wrong answers.

I would have gone for Zimbabwe, actually,

and the only one that I can think of right now is Chad.

So I'm going to go with Chad because it's my instinct.

-Chad?

-Yes, but I don't know.

You don't remember that story particularly

-but you're going to go with Chad?

-Yes.

-OK.

Good luck.

You're saying it's Chad.

Let's see if you're right.

For an extra £1,000...

-Oh, it's Equatorial Guinea, I'm afraid.

-Of course.

Yeah, difficult one.

Really difficult one for you there, I'm afraid.

So, you didn't conquer the Question: Impossible

but you're still leaving with £1,400,

so that'll take you on a nice holiday with Amelia.

-Yeah, it's awesome. I can't wait.

-Good. Feeling happy?

So happy! I'm ecstatic, actually!

-Well, that's great.

-Just getting to the final I thought was amazing.

Well, you did really, really well, Michele,

-and thanks for being a great contestant.

-Thank you.

Thanks very much 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.