Episode 17 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 George, a CAD engineer from Harrogate,

Linda, a Blue Badge tour guide from Harefield,

and David, a genetic technologist from Sheffield.

This is Think Tank.

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

which has a combined age of 371.

I'd never have believed it!

You don't look a day over 370.

Really, you look marvellous.

Let's hope they've picked up some useful knowledge over the years,

to help our three contestants play the game,

as they battle it out to win a cash prize.

So, welcome to the programme.

George, you're a CAD engineer.

You're not a cad. What does CAD stand for?

CAD is computer-aided design and draughting.

Personally, I create 3-D models of power lines.

-Your best subjects?

-Science, maths. Also a fan of music.

I used to be in a band called the Go Go Power Rangers.

The Go Go Power Rangers?

-It doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, does it, really?

-No.

All right. And what are you not so good at?

Literature, history, the arts in general.

All right, well, Diane, you like books, don't you?

I do. I'm always reading.

I usually have about three books on the go.

Hopefully, if we get a question, we might be able to find an answer.

Excellent, good. Linda, you're a Blue Badge tour guide

-so you know a lot about history, I would imagine.

-I do.

It's wonderful. I get the chance to talk my socks off,

which I love to do.

I'm surrounded by beautiful things, beautiful buildings,

-and really nice people.

-Any favourite TV programmes?

Well, Strictly's got to be my favourite.

Do you fancy dancing at all?

-Have you ever tried...?

-I'm desperate to learn how to do it.

I really want to do that dance

where they skip across the floor, you know, on their tiptoes?

-But my husband...

-The quickstep, I think you're talking about.

-Is that what it is?

-Yeah.

-He refuses to join me at dance classes...

-Does he?

..so I have to just jive around the kitchen.

OK. So we move on to David. You're a genetic technologist.

I have to say, we've got some real highbrow jobs today, haven't we?

-What does that mean?

-Practically,

I play spot the difference with chromosomes on a daily basis.

OK. Linda was into her dancing. Do you like dancing?

I may have acquired the skills

-to perform all of Lady Gaga's dance routines.

-Lady Gaga?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Do you wear any special costumes when you're doing that?

No, no, no. I've not gone full-time yet.

I've got other work to do.

Welcome, anyway, to all three of you.

Over three rounds, then,

our contestants are going to try and tap into the

Think Tank's knowledge to build up as much money as possible.

The two highest scorers 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,

then every member of the Think Tank will reveal the answer

that they gave before the show.

The correct answer will always be in there somewhere but also,

there will be any number of mistakes in the mix as well.

Pick out the right answer and £200 is added to your kitty.

You get two questions each and, George, you start.

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

What did the Think Tank have to say? Let's start with Peter.

Duke.

Duke.

Order of the realm.

Duke.

Lord.

Count.

Lord.

Duke.

So most of the Think Tank either going for your dukes or your lords.

How well up are you on your nobility, George?

Not particularly great at it.

If I was to give an answer, I'd probably go with the majority.

Duke of Cambridge?

-Yeah, I'll go with duke.

-All right.

What is the highest of the five ranks of nobility

in the British system of peerage? You're going with Duke.

Let's see the right answer.

Duke it is. Excellent.

Well done. The top five in order

are Duke, Marquis, Earl,

Viscount and Baron.

I knew that. I knew that!

£200 is added to your prize fund, George, and we move on to Linda.

You've seen how it works, so let's get to your question.

Let's see what the Think Tank came up with.

Remember, the correct answer's always going to be

in there somewhere.

Peter?

Pork chop.

Asparagus.

Prunes.

Chicken.

Sausages.

Sausages.

Sausages.

Oysters.

Any number of tasty items to choose from, Linda.

Which one leaps out at you?

Well, although sausages is the majority,

I know that's pigs in blankets at Christmas.

Oysters rings a bell.

And I've never had them, so I'm going to go for oysters.

Going to go for oysters?

What's wrapped in bacon in the traditional dish

of angels on horseback?

Has she found a pearl in the answer? Let's see.

She has indeed. Oysters is the correct answer.

Well done. Jackie, you were the only one to pick oysters.

Well, I have a refined palate, as you can tell.

Yeah, I've heard of it before, actually.

-Have you ever had it?

-Not...

No, I haven't had that but I have had oysters.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Peter, bacon wrapped around a pork chop!

It would be a pretty heavy angel, wouldn't it, I suppose?

-It would but it would be tasty.

-Yes, certainly would be.

-And, Lucy, you chose prunes.

-Yes.

-Which is, in fact, a dish.

-Devils on horseback.

-It's devils on horseback.

-Yep.

It was in the right vicinity.

-You were certainly on horseback.

-I was on horseback, yeah.

All right. So, very good work there, Linda.

You get £200 added to your prize fund.

We move on to David. Let's see your question.

What's the Think Tank have to say? Peter?

Alan Bennett.

Catherine Stewart.

John Le Carre.

Alan Bennett.

Maggie Smith.

Maggie Smith.

Beatrix Potter.

John Pinter.

We've got a whole range of answers to choose there from, David.

Are you familiar with Lady In The Van?

Absolutely not. Now that I've seen Maggie Smith as an answer,

I think she played the Lady In The Van.

I don't think she wrote it.

So I'm going to go for Alan Bennett.

The Lady In The Van is the title of a memoir and play by which writer?

David's saying Alan Bennett.

Let's see if he's got the right writer.

He has indeed. Alan Bennett is the answer.

Some very interesting answers here from the Think Tank.

Lucy, John Le Carre.

-Yep.

-Tinker, tailor, soldier, van driver!

Of course, Maggie Smith starred in the film Lady In The Van,

so that's why one or two of you would have chosen her.

So, well done. That's £200, David, added to your prize fund.

So, George, here's your second question.

Peter, start us off.

Nirvana.

Slipknot.

AC/DC.

Motorhead.

The Beatles.

The Rolling Stones.

Kiss.

AC/DC.

Well, a wide range of musical tastes to choose from there, George.

Of course, you played in a band yourself once.

-Did you do any covers of any of these bands?

-I didn't.

I know all the bands. A friend of mine went to see AC/DC recently at

Wembley and he came back and his ears were ringing for a week.

So I'm going to pick AC/DC.

You're going for AC/DC.

Which band were famously said to be so loud that if they moved

in next door your lawn would die?

The correct answer is...

-Motorhead.

-Oh!

-So, Len, you're on the money with Motorhead.

-Yeah.

As soon as the question was there, I just...

Bang! The first thing that came to mind.

-Are you a Motorhead fan?

-Not really, no.

So I'm afraid, George, you don't get to add any money to your prize fund

just now. Linda, here's your second question.

Let's see what the Think Tank have to say.

The stomach.

Lungs.

Skin.

Liver.

Liver.

Skin.

Epidermis.

Skin.

Lots of parts of the body to choose from.

Are you good at anatomy?

Well, going back to my biology lessons in school,

I do remember that the skin is the largest organ of the body.

However, I know that a gland is something that emits something,

but then the skin does, because it perspires, it sweats, so...

I'm going to go for the skin.

-You're going to go for the skin.

-Yeah.

All right. Which of our organs is the largest gland in the human body?

Linda's saying the skin, as are three of the Think Tank.

Are they right?

No, they're not.

The liver is the largest gland in the human body.

The skin is the largest organ but it's not actually considered

to be a gland. Diane, you're on the money with liver.

Yeah. I was aware that you can take away a part of the liver and

transplant it to somebody else

and it will grow and it keeps growing and looks after your body,

-so that's why I went for liver.

-So it's a very nice gland as well

-as being large.

-It is.

-So well done indeed.

-Thank you.

Linda, I'm afraid you don't get to add any money to your

prize fund either. And, David, we come to your second question.

Let's see what the Think Tank have to say.

Batman.

Harry Potter.

Dracula.

Dracula.

Tarzan.

Tarzan.

Draco Malfoy.

Ah-ah-ah! Tarzan.

LAUGHTER

So, five different answers to choose from.

One of them is right.

-What are you thinking?

-I'm not sure Tarzan's got any titles

out in the jungle. Len's got quite a good track record so far,

so I'm going to go with... Sorry, and Lucy as well.

So I'm going to go with the Dracula answer.

Going with Dracula.

Which fictional character holds the title of Viscount Greystoke?

Here's the answer.

It's Tarzan.

-Oh!

-It's Tarzan.

Yeah. Uh-uh-uh-uh!

LAUGHTER

Yeah, no, Tarzan was Viscount Greystoke.

He did grow up in the jungle but his parents had been aristocratic.

I haven't read up enough about it.

So you, too, I'm afraid, have failed to add to your prize fund,

but still plenty to play for.

Here at the end of the first round, then, let's look at the standings,

and you are all on £200.

So you're all on level pegging.

It could all change in the next round, of course.

Every member of the Think Tank is holding two questions

which they answered correctly before the show.

So you're going to 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 has asked both of their questions,

they can't be picked again. So, George, you get to go first.

You have the whole bunch to choose from.

Whose knowledge do you want to tap into?

-I'm looking at Tristan.

-Tristan, our ice hockey player.

Are you ready? This is one of my favourite movies.

If you like movies, you should know this answer for sure.

In which 1998 film by the Farrelly Brothers did Ben Stiller

star opposite Cameron Diaz?

I believe that to be, er, There's Something About Mary.

Let's ask Tristan.

-That's absolutely correct. Good answer.

-Hooray!

Well done. Well done. £200 gets added to your prize fund, George.

And, Linda, you're up next.

You can still choose from the whole Think Tank.

Well, I feel a kindred spirit with Diane, cos she loves reading.

I love books, too.

So, yeah, Diane.

-Diane.

-I'm going to ask you a geography question.

-Oh, great(!)

-LAUGHTER

It's a place that is absolutely beautiful

and I think you're going to get that.

Er, I'm thinking Kingston.

Kingston, Barbados.

The capital city of Barbados.

Linda says it's Kingston. Is she right, Diane?

I'm sorry. It's Bridgetown.

Oh, Diane!

-Never mind.

-Kingston is the capital of Jamaica.

Oh, it was close!

Not too far away but not...

-Never mind.

-Not on the money, so no money won on that question,

I'm afraid. And, David, whose knowledge do you want

to gain profit from?

I'm going to tap into Anisha, I think.

Our office assistant, Anisha.

-Yeah, I think you're going to get this, to be honest.

-Oh, right.

-It's not Gaga but you're going to get it.

-But...

-Sorry.

-So my question is...

So with which band did Mary J Blige collaborate on

the 2006 UK top ten hit single One?

I have no idea, so I'm just going to have to pick something.

-OK.

-I think I will just throw in Destiny's Child.

You think Destiny's Child.

-Anisha?

-That would have been an awesome collaboration

-but it wasn't.

-It would be.

-It was U2.

-U2.

-Oh!

-Not a U2 fan?

-No.

Not really in the same sort of division as Lady Gaga.

-No, they don't really occupy the same space.

-No, OK.

-At all.

So I'm afraid no money won for you on that question, either.

So, George, your second question on this round.

You can still ask any one of the eight here.

I'm going to go with Ken. We just have an affinity.

I think we'll... Yeah, I think we'll get on.

-Yeah, you look the same.

-Does your affinity include musicals?

-I've... I've seen a few.

-Good. You've probably seen this one.

-OK.

On The Street Where You Live and The Rain In Spain,

songs from which musical, George?

Hmm, that doesn't ring a bell.

I'm going to name a musical.

OK. That's a start.

It helps.

-The King And I.

-Ken, is he right?

Well, it's a good musical but, sadly, not the right answer.

It's My Fair Lady.

My Fair Lady because, Ken, the rain in Spain...

Stays mainly in the Spain....

On the plain.

LAUGHTER

I can't even get my favourite song right!

It's My Fair Lady. You were sort of there or thereabouts anyway.

-Yes.

-Good, OK.

And the original production starred Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle

and Rex Harrison, of course. As he said, she's got it

but I'm afraid you haven't got it for the £200

and we move on to Linda for your next question.

Who do you want to choose?

You've still got the whole Think Tank.

I'm going to go for Jackie, cos we've got oysters in common,

-haven't we, Jackie?

-Pearls. Let's go down to the pearls.

This is a subject close to my heart, something that I really believe in,

and it's a question about the suffragettes.

-I'd like to have been a suffragette.

-So would I.

I think it was the Derby.

She threw herself in front of the king's racehorse.

So you're saying the suffragette Emily Davidson disrupted the Derby

in 1913. Is that the right answer?

That's excellent, Linda.

-The Derby, yes.

-Well done.

Thank you, Jackie.

-And was killed in the process of making that protest.

-Yeah, yeah.

Yes. So, £200 goes into your prize fund and, David,

we move on to your second question of this round.

And you've still got every last one of them to pick from.

I think I also want to go for Jackie, please.

Going for Jackie again. OK.

One of the things that I'm quite into is the human body.

-Right.

-Some bodies more than others, I have to say!

-LAUGHTER

-Er... Not all bodies.

I think we'll just leave that particular line where it is!

Which bean-shaped human organs are located just below the

rib cage, one on either side of the spine?

-Kidneys.

-Jackie, is he right?

Particularly good with steak with a crust on top.

-Yes, kidneys.

-Well done. Kidneys is the right answer.

Back in the game. Back in the game.

So, well done, David. You get to add £200 to your prize fund.

George, we come back to you for your third and final question of this

round. You've got everybody to choose from, apart from Jackie.

I've had success with Tristan previously,

so let's go for Tristan again.

OK, let's do this. This is a geography question.

I've visited this place a few times. So here we go.

I think I've heard it in movies. I think it's a popular destination

for Americans to pop over the border to Cancun. Mexico?

He's going to go for Mexico as the country in which Cancun

is a resort city. Tristan, is he right?

Well, it's definitely a place for Americans to pop over,

especially during spring break. It is Mexico.

Well done. Mexico is the right answer.

Well done, George. £200 goes into your prize fund.

Linda, we come to your third question.

You just have the six to choose from now.

You can't go to Tristan, you can't go to Jackie.

I think, er, Len, please.

Our retired engineer Len. Your question, please.

Right. It's one of those things you see on the news

and it just sticks in your mind.

I better get this right. The BBC?

-The BBC.

-Yes.

OK. The BBC, you're going with

for Greg Dyke becoming chairman of in 2013. Len?

Football Association.

It was the Football Association, I'm afraid.

He had been director-general of the BBC between 2000 and 2004

-but that was a while back.

-Oh!

-I haven't kept up.

-Since then, moved on to football.

-Never mind.

-Sorry.

-So nothing gets added to your prize fund

and we come to David for your third question of this round.

And still the six to choose from.

I think I'll go for Peter. He looks really excited in the corner there.

Oh, wow! Thanks for choosing me.

I hope you do watch a bit of Saturday night TV,

because it's a question about Doctor Who.

-Oh!

-OK?

-Do you watch Doctor Who much?

-I don't watch Doctor Who.

I'm just going to have to pull something out of the air again

-and go for Bianca.

-OK.

You say Bianca is the first name of the character played by Karen Gillan

in Doctor Who. Is he right, Peter?

I'm afraid not. It was, er, Amy.

Amy. Amy Pond was the character.

Nothing gets added to your prize fund.

Peter, we can't let you off this particular subject

-without you giving us your Dalek impression.

-Exterminate!

Exterminate!

Yeah, that's really scary, isn't it?

Peter, thanks very much. All right, then.

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

Linda and David, you are tied on £400 but in the lead,

George with £600. Well done.

So, contestants, one of you is going to have to leave the game

fairly soon but there is one last chance for you to take the lead,

to catch up with George. All of you are going to be asked

the same question and two members of the Think Tank

are then going to tell you the answer that they gave

before the show and why they think it's correct.

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

If you side with the correct person,

you'll add what could be an all-important £200 to your kitty.

Only five questions remain, though,

before we have to say goodbye to one of you,

so do choose your answers carefully.

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

And here's the question.

-Diane?

-Yes, well, I believed that it was Wikipedia.

It's the place that people tend to go to

when they want to know anything and everything

and I couldn't think of anywhere else that would give such

a range of information that everybody would want to know about.

All right. Jackie, you disagree.

I do, actually, because straightaway when I was asked this question,

I thought Google. Everybody googles it, don't they?

-And it's always there in front of me. Google.

-All right.

So Jackie says Google, Diane says Wikipedia.

Contestants, please lock in your answers.

George, you've gone for Google.

Diane's Wikipedia.

David with Google as well.

Let's find out what the correct answer is.

It's Google. It's Google.

Yes, of course, because, I mean, if you wanted the answer,

-you'd Google it, wouldn't you?

-Google it.

-There you go.

-You see, I thought Google was a search engine...

-It is.

..as opposed to being a website.

-Ah, but it's still a website.

-Don't be a sore loser, Diane!

-It's Google!

-We'll sort this out afterwards.

-Yes.

-It's a website and search engine at the same time.

-Yeah, OK.

-Well done, Jackie.

-All right.

-As it turns out,

Wikipedia was seventh in the list of most visited websites.

So, George and David, you get to add £200 to your prize fund.

Linda, you've still got time to catch up, though.

For our next question, then, let's hear answers from Peter and Lucy.

Here is the question.

Peter?

I thought a diamond-covered football boot

because it's the ultimate status of decadence.

Yes. That's a nice idea.

-All right. Lucy?

-Well, I was thinking much larger.

I think it was an island.

I know that you can buy, for example, Greek islands.

There's a website you can buy them and I thought,

"That's very extravagant."

-Island.

-Well, he's got enough money for either of them, hasn't he?

So, contestants, you've got a choice between an island

or a diamond-encrusted football boot.

Please lock in your answers.

-So...

-Oh!

-..David and George have both gone for the football boot.

Linda, you're worried because you're on your own with an island.

But you could still be right.

Let's see.

-And you are!

-Oh, wow!

-So we don't know which island it was...

-No.

But you mentioned Greek islands being for sale.

You can get one for about three million euros.

-Oh, right. Oh, well...

-Well done.

Thanks very much. Well done.

OK, so that means, Linda, you add £200 to your prize fund.

Next up are Anisha and Tristan.

Here's the question they had to answer.

The world's tallest building, Anisha?

I said New York and the reason why I said New York is cos I know

at one point the Empire State Building obviously was,

-and that's what I went for, guys.

-Tristan?

I'm going to say Dubai,

purely because there is a lot of oil money there

and people with money tend to do it big.

OK. So you have the choice between Dubai or New York City.

Contestants, please lock in your answers.

All three of you going for Dubai then.

Let's see if you've made the right choice.

Dubai it is, indeed.

It is the Burj Khalifa building. 828 metres high.

The Empire State Building was, once upon a time, of course,

the world's tallest building but was overtaken some time ago.

-That's fine.

-All right.

So all three of you were right.

Well done. You all get to add £200 to your prize fund.

Now, for our next question, we're going to hear answers from Diane

and Ken. So here's the question.

-Diane?

-Yes, well, I feel that the most popular colour was white,

and that's because in the millennium,

everybody went for silver

and then people wanted a change and they decided

to go for white because it's a sort of statement.

-It's a statement colour, white?

-Yes.

-Ken?

You've got to think that people of all ages buy cars nowadays,

so the younger people would think white was very boring.

So I've chosen red because it seems to be the in thing at the moment.

Definitely in 2014, it was the in colour for cars.

All right, so status white...

-White.

-Or racy red? Those are your choices, contestants.

Please lock in your answers.

So, George has gone with white and Linda and David have gone with red.

Let's see who's right.

White it is, indeed.

Yay!

-Well done. Well done.

-Thank you.

Does that mean I've got to get my red car sprayed white?

-White, yeah.

-Only unless you don't want to stand out

from the rest of the crowd.

-OK. Well done, guys. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

So, white made up 22.2%, almost a quarter,

of all new cars manufactured in 2014.

So, George, you were on the money there.

You add £200 to your prize fund.

So, for our final question in this round,

we hear answers from Len and Jackie.

Here's the question.

What event, Len?

Now, this is one of the noble arts,

events that go back for donkey's years. Cheese rolling.

Years gone by, people used to bring in their cheeses

-and it was an annual event...

-And they roll the cheese down

-and they tumble after it?

-Yeah.

OK. Cheese rolling. Jackie?

Hmm. This event's grown over the last few years.

It's Glastonbury. And I was going to say I'm an aged hippie

but I'm not going to say that.

I was a hippie at one time and I would have gone,

and now I don't fancy rolling around in the mud, but it's Glastonbury.

No, it's not. It's cheese.

-All right!

-It's not. It's on a farm.

You both believe you're right.

Only one of you can have the right answer,

of course, so, contestants,

cheese rolling or Glastonbury?

Lock in your answer, please.

Well, two of you have gone for Glastonbury.

David, you're out on your own on cheese rolling.

Let's see if you are right on the roll.

-It's the Glastonbury Festival...

-Ah!

-..I'm afraid.

Well done, you ancient hippie.

Cheese? Cheese?!

Yes! Don't you like cheese?

Yes, but I'd rather be at Glastonbury than rolling it.

Cheese rolling happens in the same part of the country,

-just not in Glastonbury.

-There is... Yeah.

-There's music there as well.

You were so convincing!

Go on, you two. Well done.

Has Lady Gaga never played at Glastonbury?

She has. I didn't realise it was on that particular farm, however.

OK. So it means George and Linda get to add £200 to their prize fund,

so let's take a look at your totals.

In the lead is George with £1,400,

followed by Linda with £1,000.

Trailing behind with £800 is David.

So, David, you're the one we say goodbye to.

-Thanks for playing.

-Thank you for the experience.

-Pity old Lady Gaga

-didn't do you any favours!

-I'll have to brush up on a new subject.

OK. Thanks for being with us.

-Thank you.

-Well done, George and Linda.

You get to compete now to take home the amount of money

that you have earned so far in the final.

So, George, had any thoughts about

what you might do with the money if you win?

I'm attempting to save for a deposit for a mortgage currently,

so it would go towards that.

OK. Good luck with that.

-And Linda?

-Because I love art and going to galleries,

I'd buy a night just for me,

so that I could go into a gallery

and have all those beautiful pictures

-all to myself.

-OK, nice idea.

Well, good luck to you both. Our final is a general knowledge battle,

so I'm going to ask you five questions each

and whoever gives the most correct answers gets to take home

the amount of money that they've built up so far.

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

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

Each member of the Think Tank, though, can only be picked once.

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

they haven't seen any of these questions before either,

so they are just as much in the dark as you are this time.

OK? So, George, you built up the most money in the main game,

so the final starts with you, and here's your first question.

Who do you want to choose to help you with this one?

OK. I'm going to go with Len. I think it's a bird.

Well, we're on the same wavelength. I know it's a bird.

-You do?

-Know it's a bird?

-I think it's one of these tropical birds.

I'm not sure if it's a flightless bird.

-You think it's definitely a bird?

-If I was there,

-I'd go for the bird.

-Bird is your choice?

-Bird.

-OK, George,

you're saying bird for the type of creature that is a cassowary.

Let's see if you're right.

Bird it is, indeed. Well done.

It's a large, flightless bird, similar to an emu.

So good knowledge there, Len. Well done.

So, George, that's one to you.

OK, Linda. We come to your first question.

Historical question.

-Who do you want to go for?

-Er, Diane likes historical novels.

I'm not 100% sure. Who were you thinking of?

-It's Henry V.

-Is it Henry?

-"Once more unto the breach," and all that.

Ahhh!

Right, so, yes, so we'll go with your answer.

-I shall feel a right fool now if it's wrong.

-No, no, go with it.

Be positive.

-Going to go with Henry V?

-Henry V.

All right. Which English King led his army to victory

at the Battle of Agincourt?

The answer is Henry V.

Wow! Good answer.

-Thanks for helping.

-Well done.

Famous victory, of course,

took place in 1415 during the Hundred Years War.

And do you remember that speech, then, from Shakespeare?

I can remember a little bit.

-St Crispin's Day.

-Yes, all that.

-Once more unto the breach...

-Dear friends, once more. Or...

-Those who not were with us...

-That day...

-Shall...

-Yeah, they'll say, "I was there."

No, I wish I'd been there.

-All that sort of thing.

-We've missed our vocation.

ALL LAUGH

Yes, Shakespeare, as performed by people who just don't remember him very well.

OK. So, the score is one-all.

George, here's your second question.

Who are you going to choose from the Think Tank to help you?

I'm going to go with Tristan.

I wonder why you'd choose Tristan for this one.

I heard that Tristan plays a bit of ice hockey.

My answer is Toronto.

I'm pretty confident in that answer.

What are you feeling? Are you feeling that?

I am feeling that, yeah.

-Go for Toronto.

-So the Maple Leafs, the Raptors and the Blue Jays,

-professional sports teams...

-Yep.

-In Toronto.

-The Maple Leafs are the ice hockey team

and the Blue Jays are the baseball team.

And what do the Raptors play?

-Basketball.

-Basketball.

-So Toronto for sure.

Perfect. Let's go with Toronto.

Toronto is your answer.

Let's see if your faith in Tristan is well-placed.

It is, indeed. The answer is Toronto.

Tristan didn't really give you one answer. He gave you five.

And they were all right! So well done. OK.

You're 2-1 up. Linda, you've still got

plenty of time to make up ground.

Here's your next question.

Oh!

I've gone blank and of course I know it.

You know it, you've gone blank,

but here is any number of people who can help.

Who do you think's got musical knowledge?

-Lucy.

-Five to choose from.

Lucy you want to go with.

You have to help me out here.

Is it Genesis?

Oh, that's it! That's it, Lucy.

I just couldn't get... Thank you.

You're welcome. I hope it's right!

So do I.

Just gave you a nudge. And you think you've got

the right answer there, do you?

-Yeah, Phil Collins.

-You're going to go with Genesis

as the group in which Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel found fame.

Let's have a look at the right answer.

-It is Genesis.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

I saw them when I was a teenager.

We had them at school.

90 quid, they cost, to hire then.

-Wow!

-This was in about 1864, but it's true.

Yeah, fantastic, they were. Well done.

Two-all and we move on to the next question.

George, you have just half of the Think Tank to consult with now.

I'm going to pick Jackie.

-Going to go for Jackie.

-I've heard of Unite.

They are a trade union.

-That's the only one I can think of.

-I was along those lines.

Unison, Unite.

It's either Unite or Unison.

-We'll go with Unite.

-You're united on Unite...

-Correct.

-As being the biggest trade union in the UK in 2015.

Let's see if it's a happy union for you.

It is indeed. Well done. Unite was the answer.

Unison is, in fact, the second-largest union,

so you were along the right lines,

but right to stick with your original thought there,

so well done. 3-2 to you, George. Linda, here's your next question.

So, you just have now Anisha,

Ken and Peter

to choose from.

-I'm going for Ken, please.

-Going to go for Ken.

I've been all over Europe.

I'm thinking Croatia...

Czech Republic.

I can only think of those two but I'm sure there's more.

I'm going to have to go for two

because it's the only two I can think of.

Let's see if you've got the right number.

-It's three. Just missing one.

-Ohhh!

-Yeah.

So we had Croatia, Czech Republic.

-Can you help us with the third?

-Cyprus.

-Cyprus.

-Cyprus, indeed, so well done.

-Ah!

Cyprus. It was a good effort but didn't quite make it.

So it means that,

George, you're 3-2 ahead.

You can still catch up, though, Linda.

George, here's your next question.

You've got Anisha and Peter to choose from.

I will pick...

-Peter.

-Peter.

I was thinking maybe Thursday

because Friday's child has the best day,

-so you'd normally have...

-Yeah, I mean, I don't know the rhyme.

Which day of the week do you think you work the hardest?

On a Wednesday or Thursday?

My boss is probably watching, so...

LAUGHTER

I work hard all the time.

-Thursday, please, Bill.

-You're going to go for Thursday?

OK. Is that the right answer, though?

No, it's not. It's Saturday.

Friday's child is loving and giving.

Saturday's child works hard for a living.

Thursday's child has far to go, as you did with the answer, I'm afraid.

So, still 3-2 but Linda,

you can catch up if you get this answer right.

Just Anisha to help you here with this question.

Anisha, how are you on sport?

I'm so bad!

OK, well, let's do a process of elimination.

Obviously, it's not going to be anywhere hot.

I'm thinking America. I think...

They've got cold places there too, so we could say America,

if you're happy with that.

I'm going to say the USA.

-Going for United States...

-Yeah.

..as the country which has hosted the Winter Olympics

on the most occasions. Let's see if you're right.

You are indeed. It's the USA.

You and I together.

-Teamwork!

-Well done.

It's hosted four times.

Oh, four times? Wow!

Lake Placid twice,

Squaw Valley, and Salt Lake City once.

So, well done. That was a very good process of deduction.

3-3. So it's getting pretty tight now. George,

this is your fifth question.

No Think Tankers left to help you.

From here on in, you're on your own. Here's your fifth question.

I have never heard of it.

So I'm going to go pig.

OK, you're saying pig.

-The British Toggenburg being a breed of that.

-Yeah.

Let's see if you're right.

-It's a goat.

-Oh!

-So still 3-3.

But, Linda, if you get this answer right,

you will be our winner. OK?

-No pressure.

-No.

Here is your question.

I'm struggling to think of any contemporary actors, really.

It sounds like an English name, so I'm thinking English actors.

No, I'll just have to pluck something out of the air.

I'll say, er...

Tom Cruise. I know he's American but I can't...

Tom Cruise, you say, played the title role

in the 2014 film John Wick.

If you get this right, you will be today's winner.

Let's find out.

Afraid not. Keanu Reeves is the right answer.

-I would never have thought of him in a million years.

-Never? No?

-No.

All right. After five questions

each, then, your scores are tied.

It means we go to sudden death. SHE GASPS

Now, as you know,

all of the members of the Think Tank have been used up,

so you're still on your own until we find a winner.

So, George, here is your next question.

I'm trying to rack my brains for my Spanish. Um...

I'm going with...

Uno, dos...

Dos? The do-si-do.

-The do-si-do.

-Yep.

That's what you're calling it. Let's see if you're right.

It's the paso doble. Double step.

Paso - step. Doble - double.

-Doble.

-You had that, didn't you, Linda?

-I did.

-If that had fallen to you... Yeah. OK. Well, scores

still tied but, Linda, if you get this answer right,

the winnings are yours, OK?

-Very excited.

-All right, here we go.

-Adrian Edmondson?

-OK.

If it's right, £1,000 is yours.

All right. You're saying Adrian Edmondson as the comedian and actor

married Jennifer Saunders in 1985.

This for £1,000, Linda. Let's see.

Ade Edmondson.

-Is that...

-We're going to give you that one.

-Whoo!

-Absolutely.

-Thank you!

-Well done.

-Congratulations, Linda. You're our winner today.

-Wow!

I'm delighted. Thank you.

Well done, George. You came so very, very close.

I'm afraid you're not taking anything home

apart from, we hope, some happy memories...

-Great memories.

-..of working alongside Linda and, of course,

the marvellous Think Tank here, so thanks for playing.

Thank you. And, Linda, as our winner,

you're definitely taking home your prize of £1,000 but, shortly,

you get the chance to double that,

to add 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?

Who was it? Who was it?

Jackie!

CHEERING

You have plucked a pearl from your oyster answer earlier.

-I certainly have.

-Well done indeed.

So, Linda, you now have one last chance to boost your prize

as you face our Question: Impossible.

This is the toughest question of the whole show,

because no-one in our Think Tank got it right.

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

and give us the correct answer,

an additional £1,000 is going to be yours, OK?

-Thank you, yes.

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

So, before you give your answer, have a think.

I'm going to give you a little bit of help from the Think Tank,

because we're going to look at their wrong answers,

and this might help you rule a few things out, OK?

Here we go.

So those are all wrong answers.

You have to think of the right answer.

We want the name of the band

which was the first to be played on MTV in 1981.

Let me just think.

Earth, Wind And Fire.

Late '70s.

Commodores. Er...

I've just got to guess.

I'll say the Commodores.

You're going with the Commodores?

-Yeah.

-So, in 1981, a song by which band

became the first to be played on MTV?

Linda, you're saying, for Question: Impossible and an extra £1,000,

the Commodores. Fingers crossed you're right.

-It's The Buggles.

-Oh, I'd never have got it!

The Buggles. The song - Video Killed The Radio Star.

-I do remember it.

-Remember it now?

-I do remember it.

-So I'm afraid you didn't conquer

-the Question: Impossible.

-Never mind.

-But you're still leaving with £1,000, so...

-Thank you. Yes.

That'll buy you a few hours overnight in an art gallery,

-won't it?

-Yeah, and I've had a lovely time.

OK. Good. I'm glad. 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, but I have some steps to do with Linda.

Bye-bye.