Episode 18 Think Tank

They answered hundreds of general knowledge questions before the show.

The answers are in, but how helpful will they be

to the three contestants?

Playing the game with us are Frank, a business analyst from Harrogate,

Jill, a design consultant from Stirling, and John,

a contracts manager from Addlestone in Surrey.

This is Think Tank.

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

-Hi, guys.

-Hi!

-Hi.

Whether they are standing for election in local government,

acting as an ambassador for their home city of Coventry

or marrying their own mother in a pantomime,

our Think Tank really does cover all bases.

Let's hope, for the sake of our three contestants,

they are the right ones.

Frank, Jill and John, lovely to see you.

Frank, you are a business analyst.

Whose business have you been analysing?

For the last three years,

I have worked for a vehicle auction company.

Vehicle auction company, I wonder what I am bid for this lot, then.

One or two of them do have high mileage.

But they are well upholstered.

I've got a couple of other racy numbers in there as well.

They are all very well spruced up, they do scrub up well.

-They do look well.

-When you are not doing that,

what do you do in your spare time?

I collect James Bond memorabilia.

What sort of memorabilia have you got?

It is going to sound a little bit nerdy.

I have all the James Bond Action Men.

In mint condition, never opened, right?

Of course, you can't open them because once you open them,

-the value goes.

-OK.

What do you think your weakest subject is likely to be?

Definitely sports, er, history and the soaps.

All right, Diane can help with the soaps.

-Can't you, Diane?

-I can, yes.

Because you can see them all on catch-up.

Of course, TV is a big thing for you.

In the past you have been mistaken for a TV cook, haven't you?

-Rusty Lee.

-Yeah, yeah.

There is a resemblance, don't you think?

-No.

-Let's have a look.

No!

SHE SCREAMS

No!

-No!

-Smile like she is.

-Look there.

-Yes!

You're a dead ringer.

She is beautiful, so are you.

What is wrong with that?

OK.

OK.

Jill, you're a design consultant. What designs do you work on?

So it is mainly conservatory shading solutions, so things like

sale canopies to go on the roof of your conservatory

to keep it nice and cool when it's too hot inside.

Is that what you studied at university?

No. I did environmental science at university so completely,

completely unrelated.

What do you think your strongest subject is going to be?

Anything sort of current, so current music,

not so much country or classical music and, you know,

general celebrity gossip, things like that.

-Ah, celebrity gossip. Anisha.

-Yeah, that is right up my alley.

-Good.

-Yeah.

-You two could form a very strong alliance there.

Definitely.

John, you are a contracts manager. Whose contracts are you managing?

We look after the baggage systems at Heathrow.

OK, so when our suitcases go missing,

-do we come knocking on your door?

-We don't lose suitcases...

LAUGHTER

-..very often.

-Strength and weaknesses, what are you best at?

Engineering and science is probably my strengths.

Weaknesses, I have never liked literature and reading books

so I could always struggle on that one.

Len, you are an engineer so you are good at engineering and science.

The last job I was in was building high-voltage switchgear

for the electric company, so a little bit of knowledge.

But now you're no longer doing that,

you've switched engineering for baking, is that right?

When I finished work I thought,

I have got to do something and I bake bread on a regular basis.

-You use your loaf.

-I use my loaf!

It'll be handy for today! Hey-hey!

I walked into that one, didn't I?

-Don't rise to it, Len.

-Oh!

All right, welcome to the programme, all three of you.

Over three rounds, our contestants will try to tap into

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

The two highest scorers go through to the final.

Ultimately, just one will walk away with the cash prize.

So, let's play the first round.

I am 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 there somewhere but there will also

be any number of mistakes in the mix too.

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

You get two questions each.

Frank, you're up first, so here is a question we asked the Think Tank.

Have a think about that while we see what the Think Tank came up with,

starting with Tristan.

Fedora.

Cowboy hat.

Fedora.

Duster.

Fedora.

Cowboy hat.

Homburg.

Stetson.

Three fedoras, two cowboy hats and a few others in the mix there

to choose from, Frank.

What do you think? Do you remember the films?

Of course. There's only really one hat that Indiana Jones is famous for

and that is a fedora.

OK. Indiana Jones famously wears what type of hat?

Frank, you are saying fedora.

Let's see if you are right.

Fedora, it is. Well done.

£200 goes into your prize fund.

And, Jill, you've seen how it works, let's see your question.

Have a think about that while we see what the Think Tank came up with.

-Tristan.

-Elton John.

Jessie J.

Ed Sheeran.

Noel Coward.

Oscar Wilde.

David Bowie.

Gershwin.

Johnny Davro.

Eight different choices. Jill, you said music is your thing -

-how are you going to get on with this one?

-I have no idea.

-Ah.

Which would rule out it being anybody current, I think and I hope.

So I guess I am just going to have to guess

and I will guess David Bowie.

-David Bowie.

-Yep.

Mad Dogs And Englishmen is a song by which British songwriter?

You're saying David Bowie.

Let's see if you are right.

It is Noel Coward.

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.

-Diane.

-Yeah?

-Johnny Davro.

-Yeah, he's Bobby's brother.

-Bobby Davro's brother.

-Yes.

I thought it was him because, you know,

Bobby did all kinds of songs that, you know,

got you kind of singing, but Johnny wanted to do a bit more

iconic things, so he wrote that.

-That's your story...

-Yeah.

..and you're sticking to it. OK.

Great.

OK. No money for you there, Jill. John,

let's see your first question.

Let's see what the Think Tank could come up with there.

New York.

London.

New York.

New York.

Berlin.

Gothenburg.

Gothenburg.

Lincoln.

Three for New York, two for Gothenburg,

a couple of others in the mix there. What do you think, John?

So when I saw Gotham, I was hoping it was going to be

a Batman reference, but it didn't turn out that way.

I'm going to go with New York.

I'm not 100% sure but I'm going to go with New York because

the Think Tankers, at least three of them have agreed on that.

OK. Gotham is an old-fashioned name for which city?

John, you are going with New York.

Let's see if you are in the right place.

New York it is.

Gotham, the name first coined by Washington Irving,

the writer, in 1807.

£200 for you there, John, and we come back to Frank

for your second question.

Let's run through the Think Tank's options. Tristan.

Guy Ritchie.

Guy Ritchie.

Val Kilmer.

Sean Penn.

Sean Penn.

Harrison Ford.

Eddie Murphy.

Sean Penn.

Three for Sean Penn, two for Guy Ritchie,

doesn't necessarily mean that they're right.

True, I mean, Madonna was married to Guy Ritchie but looking at the date,

1985, it's Sean Penn.

OK. Which actor did Madonna marry in 1985?

Frank is confidently saying Sean Penn. Is he right?

He is indeed, Sean Penn.

They got divorced in 1989 and you're quite right,

she has also been married to Guy Ritchie, the film director.

£200 to you, Frank. Well done.

And, Jill, here is your second question.

Have a look at that and let's see what sort of names

the Think Tank came up with.

Sebastian.

Sebastian.

Steven.

Steven.

Eric.

Steven.

Edward.

Steven.

Half of the Think Tank coming up with Steven but there are some

other options for you there.

No, I think that I'm going to go with the Think Tank on this one.

Max, you got the last one right and I should have gone with you then,

so I'll stick with you now and I'll go with Steven.

OK, Esteban, the Spanish version of which English name?

You're going with Steven. Let's have a look.

Steven it is. Well done.

£200 for you, then, Jill.

And, John, your second question.

Think Tank, what did you say?

Chris Evans.

Bob Goldman.

Jonathan Ross.

Richard Osman.

Jonathan Ross.

Jonathan Ross.

Ben Shephard.

Adrian Chiles.

So, a fairly broad choice to make there, John.

Anything leaping out at you?

I do think I know this one.

I think she was a writer on one of the later X-Men movies

and I recall it from there.

So I think it is Jonathan Ross.

OK, the screenwriter Jane Goldman is the wife of which TV presenter?

You think it is Jonathan Ross.

Let's see if you are hitched to the right person.

Jonathan Ross it is. Well done.

She has written screenplays for Kick-Ass,

X-Men First Class and Kingsman: The Secret Service.

£200 to you, John. And at the end of the first round,

let's take a look at how you are all getting along.

Currently, Jill is on £200,

Frank and John are tied on £400.

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.

You're going to take it in turns to pick someone from the Think Tank

whose knowledge you think you can match and for every correct answer,

again 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.

Frank, you get to go first and you have the whole bunch to choose from.

Well, I'm going to try and avoid the science and I am going to try

and avoid the kind of popular culture questions.

I think I'll start with Peter.

Peter, our pizza waiter.

I'm afraid it's a science question.

Oh, dear.

My question for you is...

Which is the closest planet to the sun in our solar system?

I'm thinking it's Mercury.

-Mercury?

-Yep.

-Is it Mercury?

-Mercury is correct!

And it is also the smallest planet in our solar system.

So £200 goes to you, Frank.

And, Jill, you are up next. You can still ask anybody you like.

Thinking we are on the same wavelength

so I am going to go with Anisha.

Anisha, our office assistant.

I'm glad you chose me because I think you are going to know this.

-OK.

-It is about Joan Collins' goddaughter.

I know who her goddaughter is because I follow her on Instagram.

So this is your question.

I don't know that one off the top of my head.

An actress and model, so it is going to be someone that you've heard of.

And I don't even know how you pronounce her surname properly

but maybe Cara Devangeline?

However it's pronounced.

-Try again.

-Cara Devangeline?

Cara Devangeline?

Oh, God, it was so close. It's Cara Delevingne.

Cara Delevingne. You are close, but I'm sorry, we can't accept it.

-It's OK.

-Cara Delevingne,

famous for her prominent eyebrows, particularly.

Yes, she has got very bushy brows and that is in.

Well, that was in. But her brows are amazing.

And she appeared in the films Paper Towns and Suicide Squad.

Nothing for you there, I'm afraid, but you came close, Jill.

John, you're next.

The whole bunch to choose from.

I think Len is probably going to have a similar way of thinking to me

so we'll try Len, please.

Well, the closest thing to...

You get in the car and go to this place.

It's a geography question.

Aston is an area in which city of the UK?

I was there two weeks ago. I think it's in Birmingham.

That'll help you, wouldn't it? Is that right?

-I've never been there but it's the correct answer.

-Birmingham, indeed.

Well done.

From which, of course, the football team Aston Villa take their name.

-That's where I was.

-What were you doing there?

We were doing some graduate recruitment

-and it was at the Aston Villa ground.

-There you go.

OK, Villa Park. John, £200 added to your total.

Frank, we come back to you.

And you can still pick any one of the eight.

I think I am going to go for Len.

I think you'll get this one...

By what name is the fictional character

Simon Templar better known?

That's going back a number of years,

that's Roger Moore who played Simon Templar

-and he was known as the Saint.

-The Saint.

Yep, just like me with a halo on top.

-Correct.

-Well done.

£200 to you, Frank.

And, Jill, we come to you.

-Anyone but Len.

-OK, I'll mix it up a little bit

and I'll go with Lucy.

Dance teacher Lucy.

Following on from a really abysmal round in a pub quiz

a couple of years ago,

I set about learning all of the flags of the world.

-Right.

-Hence knew the answer to this question.

Which creature is featured on the flags of Mexico, Egypt and Albania?

Are you good at your flags?

I feel like it would be easier if I could see it.

I'm afraid not.

You have to picture it in your mind somehow.

I feel like it might be a bird.

I'm guessing eagle.

-Guessing at an eagle.

-Flying high with that answer, well done,

-it is eagle.

-Well done.

£200 for you, Jill. John, we come to you.

I think I would like to try Tristan, please.

Ice hockey player Tristan.

I got this answer correct because it seemed pretty obvious at the time.

The question is...

What does the U stand for in the name

of the Middle Eastern country UAE?

I think it is United, as in United Arab Emirates.

-United?

-United is the correct answer, good job.

-Well done.

And they are indeed the United Arab Emirates.

They include Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.

Well done, John. £200 to you.

Frank, coming back to you and still seven to choose from.

I will take Tristan's other question.

-Tristan.

-I think you've picked right because it is

-a James Bond question.

-Brilliant!

The opening scenes of the Bond film Spectre are set

in the Day of the Dead celebration in which country?

-OK...

-You must have seen Spectre, you're a James Bond fan.

I know. I am obviously a James Bond fan,

it is the only film I haven't watched.

-Oh!

-Oh, no.

That's a tough one.

I have seen a lot of photographs from the film

and I do know the Day of the Dead is pretty big in Mexico,

so I can only say Mexico.

-Tristan.

-Mexico is a great answer, good job.

Well done.

It is an annual celebration, typically occurring in late October.

Good deduction there, Frank.

But I am shocked...

-I know.

-..shocked that a man of your James Bond calibre

-hasn't seen Spectre yet.

-I'm going to regret it now.

Well, you've still got £200.

True.

OK. Everyone apart from Tristan and Len for you, Jill.

OK, well, it worked last time so I'll stick with Lucy.

This is one of my favourite actors,

I think you'll probably like him too. So...

I am pretty sure that I know the answer to this one,

and I'm pretty confident I can pronounce it correctly.

I think it is Benedict Cumberbatch.

-Benedict Cumberbatch?

-That is absolutely right, well done.

Well done.

And they had their first child together in 2015.

£200 to you, then, Jill.

And, John, you can choose from Jackie, Anisha,

Peter, Max and Diane.

Well, I quite like the science question that Pete asked earlier

-so let's try Pete again.

-Peter.

I remember watching this film and I screamed like a little girl,

so it is a film question.

Who directed the horror films A Nightmare On Elm Street and Scream?

Scream gave it away for me. Is it Wes Craven?

-That is correct.

-Wes Craven.

And A Nightmare On Elm Street famously introduced

the villain Freddy Krueger.

Peter, horror films are your speciality, really, aren't they?

I watched my first one in a cinema

and I really did scream and jump a lot.

OK. £200 to you, John, and that brings us to the end of the round.

Let's see how your prize funds have changed.

Currently, Jill is on £600,

Frank and John are tied on £1,000.

Now, one of you will shortly have to leave the game but there is one last

chance to take the lead so, Jill, you can easily catch up here, OK?

All of you will be asked the same question.

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

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

Only one of them 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 remain before we do have to say goodbye to one of you

so choose your answers carefully.

All right? First up, we are going to hear answers from Diane and Tristan.

So here's the question.

-Diane?

-OK, well, it is the one that I used to listen to

when I had to be down with the kids.

So I said Radio 1.

Radio 1. Tristan?

I said BBC Radio 2 because I like Chris Evans in the morning

and I feel like whenever I go into a room, the older generation

are always listening to the radio and it is always BBC Radio 2.

OK. Radio 2 or Radio 1.

Contestants, please lock in your answers.

Frank, you've gone with Radio 1.

Jill and John, you've chosen Radio 2.

Who is right?

-Radio 2 it is.

-Ooh!

It gets 15.1 million listeners every week, Radio 2.

Wow.

Radio 4 came second, Radio 1 was third, in fact.

-Well done, Tristan.

-Thank you.

So, £200 for Jill and John and for our next question we get answers

from Anisha and Lucy.

Here it is.

-Anisha?

-So I said India.

I think he's Indian.

My dad's Indian, he must be Indian.

-He's Indian.

-OK.

-It is India.

-Lucy?

-The stuff I know of Kipling relates a lot to animals

and having been to South Africa myself and gone on Safari,

I was quite inspired by that, and I think if I had any literary bones

in my body I might have written some poetry or whatnot about animals,

so I went with South Africa.

South Africa or India, those are your choices.

Please lock in your answers.

Frank and Jill have gone with India.

John has chosen South Africa.

Who is right?

-India.

-Well done!

He set many of his works in India as well,

such as The Jungle Book and Gunga Din.

Oh, he wrote that? Oh, that makes sense now!

-OK, yeah.

-It's coming back to you.

-It's coming back to me.

-Yes.

-Well done, Anisha.

-Thanks.

-Thanks very much.

That means, Frank and Jill, you get £200 more.

Our next Think Tankers are Peter and Len.

Here is their question.

-Peter?

-I think it is a buzzard because every time...

When I was learning to drive, I remember a buzzard almost crashed

into our windscreen. It was like... Rrragh!

And so that's my answer, is buzzard.

OK. Len?

-It is a kestrel.

-Uh-huh?

And I think a kestrel is one of those birds that has adapted to man

and you see them living in cities because there are plenty of prey,

as in pigeons. I think the answer is kestrel.

All right, kestrel or buzzard, those are the choices.

Please lock in your answer.

All three of you have gone with kestrel.

Are you right?

-It is the buzzard, in fact.

-Rrragh!

Quite large with broad, rounded wings and a short neck and tail.

Peter, well done. Thanks very much.

No money for anybody there on that answer.

For our next question, then,

we're going to hear answers from Anisha and Jackie.

Here it is...

-Anisha?

-I went with Queen Victoria

because from what I remember, I think she reigned for, like,

64 years, and she died in 1901, so I went with Queen Victoria.

-OK, Jackie?

-No, it's definitely Queen Elizabeth II,

our present queen at the moment.

Well, they both believe they have the right answer,

but only one is correct.

Queen Elizabeth II or Queen Victoria are the options.

Lock in your choices, please.

Frank's gone with Queen Victoria,

Jill and John have gone with Queen Elizabeth II.

Who's right?

And they're right. Queen Elizabeth II it is.

From 9th September 2015,

the Queen overtook Queen Victoria as longest-reigning monarch.

So you weren't far off.

You really weren't far off.

-All right. Well done, Jackie.

-Thanks very much.

And that's £200 to Jill and John.

For our final question in this round,

we're going to get answers from Peter and Max.

And here it is...

I figure it's like a French dog.

I remember the character is like a dog.

Like a dog? OK. Max?

Pepe le Pew, like the name would suggest, is a skunk

cos of course, skunks smell very bad.

It's voiced by Mel Blanc,

one of the great Warner Brothers, Looney Tunes voices.

And Pepe obviously does have a French accent, but he is a skunk.

So it's a choice between a skunk and a dog.

Contestants, please lock in your answers.

All three of you have gone with skunk.

Let's see if you are right.

Skunk it is, indeed. Well done.

He is an amorous French skunk,

who's always trying to make romance with a rather understandably

reluctant cat.

Thank you very much. That's £200 for all of you,

bringing us to the end of that round.

So let's take a look at your totals.

In the lead is John with £1,600.

Tied in second place, Frank and Jill on £1,400.

Now, only two contestants can go through to the final

so we do go to a tie-break to determine

who is going to make it through to join John.

All right? This deciding question has a numerical answer.

Whoever's closest to the correct answer will be in the final.

Here is the question.

Please lock in your answers.

So let's see what you came up with.

Frank, you've gone with 101.

Jill, you've said 108.

The answer is, in fact, 69.

So, Frank, you're closest, you'll be going through to the final.

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

-Thanks very much for playing.

-It's been great.

I've really enjoyed it.

Well done, John and Frank.

You two will now compete to take home the money you've earned

in the final.

So, Frank, how would you spend the money if you were to win?

Well, my wife has a significant birthday coming up,

so I'd take her on a really nice holiday.

Anywhere in particular?

We'd looked at doing Route 66 across the States,

-so that's an option.

-OK.

-John?

-I've always wanted to see a solar eclipse from where it happens,

right in the centre of the totality,

and there's one happening in the States next year.

So I'd like to put my money towards going to see that.

All right, good idea. Good luck to both of you.

Our final is a general knowledge battle.

I'm going to ask you five questions each.

Whoever gives the most correct answers then

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

Fortunately for you, 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 can be picked just once.

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

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

so they're just as much in the dark as you are, OK?

John, you built up the most money in the main game,

so the final starts with you.

Here is your first question.

OK. So I don't have any immediate idea on this,

so I think I'm going to try Max.

I'm afraid I'm totally clueless on this one, John.

1996, I was about three years old,

so I wasn't really allowed to go to the cinema,

but I wonder if you have any initial thoughts on this?

"You had me at hello"...

Is it... Is it... '96, something like, erm,

the types of films like Sin City or something like that?

It strikes me as the sort of line you'd have

at some sort of romantic comedy.

Was Sleepless In Seattle around that time?

That's does sound like a film that was around then.

I'm afraid I'm quite lost

-so I'm going to try going for Sleepless In Seattle.

-OK.

"You had me at hello" is the famous line from which 1996 film?

John, you're going with Sleepless In Seattle, let's see if you're right.

-Jerry Maguire...

-So it is.

-..was the answer.

-So it is.

Said by Renee Zellweger to Tom Cruise.

-Have you seen it?

-Yeah, and I know it now.

Sleepless In Seattle, not far away. That kind of film, but made in 1993.

You're still to get off the mark there.

Frank, you could take the lead with your first answer. Here it is.

Who do you think might help you here?

Max would have been perfect, but obviously I can't choose him.

-Let's try Len.

-Len.

I haven't got no idea at all on this one.

-None whatsoever.

-OK.

-Any thoughts yourself?

The name that springs to mind for me is Richard Harris.

Or Robert Harris.

Richard Harris was a film star, so I'm thinking that's wrong.

I can only go with Robert Harris.

-Robert Harris?

-Yes.

The Silence Of The Lambs is a book by which author?

Frank, you say Robert Harris. Let's see if you're right.

-Thomas Harris it was.

-So close, so close.

Robert Harris is an author, but not of that series of books.

So no score for you, either.

John, we come back to you. Here's your second question.

So it doesn't immediately give me any ideas of what it is,

but since Tristan's a sporting guy, I reckon

that I'm going to see if Tristan can help me.

I don't have any clue, to be honest with you. No idea whatsoever.

-I don't even know what it is.

-Aorangi Terrace...

-Maybe dancing?

-Could be ballroom.

-Yeah.

Erm, mind you, sporting, it's not obvious, is it?

Is it polo?

Polo?

I think I'm going to try polo.

Polo? Yeah. Aorangi Terrace is a feature of which UK sporting venue?

John, you're saying it's polo.

What's the answer?

It's Wimbledon.

More commonly known these days as Henman Hill or Murray Mound,

it's that slope outside the main stadium.

So, again you've drawn a blank there, John.

And, Frank, we come to you for your second question.

You have five members of the Think Tank to choose from still.

Len would have been an obvious choice for that,

but that's not possible.

So, Diane...

-..what do you think?

-OK...

For some reason, I'm thinking... I'm around energy.

Energy... MC squared...

But I'm not sure.

Have you got any thoughts there?

-I'd agree with you.

-Energy...

Cos it's Einstein.

Cos I'm thinking... Yeah.

Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared,

so it's got to be energy.

Yes, OK. That's what I thought, yeah.

Let's go with energy.

For what does the letter E stand in Albert Einstein's

famous formula E = MC squared?

Frank, you're going with energy.

Let's see if you have got the right formula there.

-Yay!

-Thanks very much.

-You're welcome.

E is energy, M is mass,

and C is the speed of light in a vacuum.

So well worked out.

Well calculated, both of you.

That takes you to 1-0, Frank.

John, here's your third question.

Half of the Think Tank to go with, still.

I think I'm going to see if Pete can help me.

-Peter?

-I seem to get the word Africa.

And I know a lot of people died in it

and I think it's, like, charging, with the horses,

and the cavalry and stuff.

-What do you think?

-Which continent? Well...

Let's work it out. It's not Europe.

-Do you think?

-No, it doesn't sound very Europy at all.

And it's not the Americas?

No, I know it's certainly to do with the English fighting someone.

So I think Africa is a good call.

Yeah. I don't think it's India and I don't think it's China.

-OK. Let's go with Africa.

-Africa?

The Boer wars were fought on which continent?

John, you're saying Africa.

Let's have a look at the answer.

Africa it is. Well done.

The Boer War was fought in South Africa

at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century.

1-1, then.

Frank, you can take the lead, though, on this third question.

Anisha, Jackie, or Lucy can help you here.

I'm thinking it's popular culture, so I think...

..I will have to go with Anisha.

Anisha.

I don't know it for certain, but I want to say Kate Winslet.

I'm not entirely sure why,

but I that she won a Golden Globe for something,

a role in something.

The kind of films she has been in has been in the back end of 2015,

and obviously they would have been nominated for the 2016 Oscars.

-OK.

-So that's the only woman that I know I think

would be nominated for an Oscar.

How about Cate Blanchett?

Oh, you just threw a spanner in the works,

because it could possibly be Cate Blanchett.

But I don't know if she's been in any films as of late.

I know that Kate Winslet definitely has.

I can only imagine it's about somebody's life, but...

I think, like, Kate Winslet...

I don't know what the film is about,

but if it's to do with someone around that age,

she's reaching that now, that age.

OK. I'll go with that.

Let's try Kate Winslet.

Which actress was nominated for an Oscar in 2016 for her role

in the British film 45 years?

You are choosing Kate Winslet, Frank.

Let's see if you're right.

It's Charlotte Rampling.

Oh. I have no idea who that is.

And she starred alongside Tom Courtenay.

Anisha, sort of on the right lines because Kate Winslet was nominated

for Best Supporting Actress...

-Right.

-..for her role in the Steve Jobs movie.

-OK.

It's still 1-1. We come to question four.

John, here we go for you.

You have Jackie or Lucy to choose from.

I think Jackie might know this. I've got some ideas myself.

I don't want to prejudice what you're going to say, though.

So where do you think it is?

What sprung to mind straight away was Colorado.

I think it... The one that I'm torn with is...

I've thought of something else... Sorry, go on.

-Go on.

-Nevada?

Yeah. Or Arizona.

-Oh, right.

-I know it's one of the stop-offs you go to

when you go to Las Vegas, but I don't know if it's in Arizona,

because it's quite a distance from Las Vegas.

Right. It's a place I haven't been to. I've travelled a lot,

and I've been to America, but it is a place I haven't been to.

I think Las Vegas is this side of Nevada.

Right.

Yeah, I think Nevada's going to be the one I want to go for, please.

-Nevada?

-Yep.

-The Grand Canyon is in which US state?

John, you're saying it's Nevada.

In fact, it's Arizona.

It's 277 miles long.

And the Colorado River runs through the canyon,

which is possibly where you got Colorado from.

So still 1-1. Frank, we come to you and your fourth question.

-Just Lucy to go with.

-Well, then, which poets?

Let's see if we can draw something up.

We've got Keats...

-Yes.

-Shelley...

-Yes.

-Wordsworth...

Yeah.

-Byron?

-Yep.

I'm just wondering whether Shakespeare

might be a more obvious choice.

I think of him more of as sort of like a playwright.

A more romantic poet?

He wrote all his sonnets, didn't he?

Yes, and the romantic ones were more

the Shelleys and the Byrons.

It's going to be a bit of a stab in the dark wherever we go with it,

-really, isn't it?

-Let's go Shelley.

Shelley? "A thing of beauty is a joy forever" is a famous line

by which poet? Frank, you're going with Shelley.

Let's see if you're right.

John Keats it is.

-The first name that you mentioned, funnily enough.

-Yeah.

1-1 still, after four answers each.

This is your fifth question.

There are no Think Tankers left to help you out,

so from here on, you are on your own.

John...

I'm glad this came up.

My degree was in material science, so I hope I should get this.

-Magnesium.

-Magnesium?

Mg is the symbol for which chemical element,

which burns with a brilliant white flame?

Very quick to choose magnesium.

John, are you right?

Magnesium it is. Well done.

Often used in pyrotechnics, of course.

Frank, you do need to get this answer right to stay in the game.

It's James Bond related, really, isn't it?

It is even more related because they live quite close to where

I live at the moment in Yorkshire

and Daniel Craig occasionally pops up in the local supermarket.

And I know that he married Rachel Weisz.

OK. Which actress married Daniel Craig in 2011?

Frank, you're going with Rachel Weisz.

To stay in the game, let's see if you're right.

Rachel Weisz it is.

And she won an Oscar for her role in The Constant Gardener, of course.

After five questions each your scores are tied,

which means we go to sudden death.

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

you are still on your own until we have a winner.

So, John, here is your next question.

I have no idea.

Bridge Of Spies starring Tom Hanks?

I'm try to think of the guy who did Skyfall, the last Bond...

I don't want to just say a throwaway answer.

I'm just going to try Ron Howard.

-Ron Howard?

-Yeah.

Who directed the 2015 film Bridge Of Spies, starring Tom Hanks?

John, you're saying it's Ron Howard.

Let's see if you're right.

It's Steven Spielberg.

I was going to go for that! It was a throwaway. Never mind.

There you go. Frank, this means if you get this next question right,

you'll be today's winner.

Well, I can see Liza Minnelli with the bowler hat on and the chair.

And I believe it was a nightclub in Berlin.

-Berlin?

-Yes, let's go for Berlin.

The musical Cabaret is largely set in which city?

You're saying Berlin. If you're right...

you will be today's winner.

Let's see if you are.

Berlin is the right answer.

Congratulations, Frank, you are today's winner. Well done.

Well played. Well played.

-Thank you.

-Cabaret, based on the book

by Christopher Isherwood, of course.

So very well done. Commiserations, John.

I'm afraid you're not taking anything home

apart from glorious memories of having spent some time

with these wonderful intellects.

-It's been wonderful, thank you.

-Frank is our winner.

You're definitely taking home your prize of £1,400, and, shortly,

you will have the chance to add an extra £1,000 to your winnings.

First, though, let's take a moment to congratulate the Think Tanker

who gave the most correct answers during the show.

And it was...

..Max and Peter.

CHEERING

So, Frank, you have one last chance to significantly boost your prize

as you face our Question: Impossible.

Frank, this is the toughest question of the whole show

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

If you can achieve what none of them could

and give us the correct answer,

that extra £1,000 will be yours.

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

Have a think about that while we try and give you a little bit of help.

We're going to look at the wrong answers that the Think Tank gave,

and this will rule a few things out for you.

Here we go. This is what they said...

Princess Kate, Prince Harry,

the Queen, and Prince Charles.

So it's none of those.

Who do you think it could be?

Well, there's a few missing off there,

so it could be Prince Philip, it could be Princess Anne,

but to be honest, I don't think she does that many appearances now.

It could be Prince William, who's not on there.

So who else is left in the monarchy?

My mind is almost drawing a blank.

-Erm...

-Prince William...

Prince William?

Or Prince Philip?

I think I'm going to go Prince William.

Yeah, I think I'll go Prince William.

Prince William? OK.

Which member of the Royal Family carried out

the most public engagements in 2015?

Now, you're taking home £1,400 anyway.

If you get this right, £2,400 will be yours.

You've said Prince William.

Fingers crossed for you, Frank.

Let's see if you're right.

It's Princess Anne, I'm afraid.

544 engagements she had in 2015,

and she was one of the names you mentioned, of course.

But you ruled her out.

Prince William had 122, so she's quite a long way in the lead.

-That's impressive.

-Yeah.

So I'm sorry, that wasn't it.

You didn't conquer the Question: Impossible.

Still leaving, though, with £1,400, so still enough to celebrate

your wife's milestone birthday in some way.

True. That will make her happy.

And on the journey back that means she's not going to be going on

about me losing.

It's been a brilliant day.

Erm, thank you very much.

Thank you, Think Tankers.

It's been fantastic.

OK. Well played, well played.

-Thanks, Frank.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you 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...

Bye!

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