Episode 12 Think Tank

Meet our Think Tank. They've answered hundreds

of general knowledge questions under exam conditions before the show.

Their answers are in but how helpful will they be to the three

contestants? Playing the game are Sarah, a primary teacher

from Glasgow. Sean, a police sergeant from Archiestown

in Moray. And Sandra, a retired customer services manager

from Biggin Hill in Kent.

This is Think Tank.

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

a mix of everyday people with different strengths and weaknesses.

If our contestants are struggling on the Arts today,

then maybe they could turn to Peter, who attends the Leeds Film Festival

every year, or our resident bookatarian, Max,

who would come in handy with any tricky literature questions.

All three contestants will seek to use this group's knowledge

to their advantage, and welcome to you all.

Sarah, you're a primary school teacher -

what sort of age kids are you teaching?

I've got a primary five just now, so those children are all just

kind of turning ten. What's it like trying to keep an unruly bunch

of children under control? On a day-to-day basis it's

pretty tough work. Yeah, tell me about it.

LAUGHTER

An unruly group of children over here. Ach, well.

And how do you instil discipline at that age?

Tone of voice can help sometimes. Tone of voice.

I'm a little bit sing-songy but if I go, "Right!" Oh!

LAUGHTER

You made Len jump!

I hope I don't need to do that...

too often! Yeah, you might have to with one or two of these if

they give you the wrong answer.

OK, in your spare time, what do you like to do?

Oh, I love going to gigs, going out watching live music

or staying in and watching films, things like that.

OK, lovely to have you with us. Thank you.

Sean... Hello. You are a police sergeant, so you're maintaining

law and order in Archiestown. Oh, I certainly try and do

that where I can. You must have been tempted, once or twice

to say something like - "You're nicked"? Perhaps!

LAUGHTER

When you're not keeping the streets safe for us all,

what do you like to do? Well, I've got four children,

so my time's fairly busy as it is, looking after my kids.

When I'm not looking after the kids,

I love to relax with a good book.

Oh, that's great.

Of course, police officers, as we know, are upstanding members

of the community but even they can have accidents, I suppose.

Oh, they can, indeed. Erm, certainly a few years ago,

we spent Hogmanay in the Highlands and I was in a house with

an open fire and I tripped over, spilt my glass of whisky

on the open fire, which caused quite a large fireball to...

It singed my hair and eyebrows. Had to get an emergency haircut

on New Year's Day to sort of...

LAUGHTER

You've got your eyebrows back again. Yes. OK.

No naked flames in here, so I think you're all right,

or tumblers of whisky, so we will all be safe, I hope.

Anyway, your strongest subjects are likely to be what?

I'm a big fan of television, particularly science fiction,

so I think that could be quite a good subject,

and history as well. OK. Weakest?

Erm, probably food and drink. I love eating and drinking,

but I'm not really up on what goes into it. OK.

Good to have you with us. Sandra, welcome. You're retired now,

but retired people are always very busy, aren't they?

I'm very, very busy. I'm very busy. I don't have a second,

to be honest! I'm glad you could spare the time to join us.

LAUGHTER

Thank you! What do you do when you're not here on Think Tank?

Samba. I do ballroom and Latin dancing, which I absolutely love.

Travelling, do you do much of that now? I do loads of travelling.

I go to India, I've been to Kenya, Egypt...

Erm, Tunisia, most of Europe. I've done loads of it.

Jackie, you spent a bit of time in Tunisia, didn't you?

I haven't spent a bit of time in Tunisia, I got off

the boat and got back on!

LAUGHTER

Every time I book to go to India, something's happened

and we haven't gone. I'm destined never to... Oh! ..go.

But I have travelled extensively all over the world.

You must do India, it's absolutely fantastic.

What's your weakest subject? Films. Especially the newer films.

Pop music - hopeless, absolutely hopeless on...

Well, we've got help for you, Peter's all over...cinema.

Especially the newer films. And...Anisha, you're all right

on pop, aren't you? Yeah...pop, R, hip-hop, grime. Oh, wow.

Especially the grime. OK. Welcome to all three of you. Thank you.

Thank you. Now, over three rounds, our contestants will try

to tap into the Think Tank's knowledge, to build up

as much money as possible. Don't forget, the Tank has

tried to answer all the questions to the best of its ability -

right or wrong. 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.

In this round, I'm going to ask you a question and then

every member of the Think Tank will reveal the answer they gave

before the show. The right answer is always there somewhere,

also any number of mistakes in there too.

So pick out the correct answer - ?200 will be added to your

prize fund.

Two questions each, Sarah, you're up first... OK.

Here's a question we asked the Think Tank.

Have a look at that while we see what the Think Tank thought,

starting with Mark.

Well, spinning wheel is chosen by half of the Think Tank,

but some other sharp objects in there as well, what do you think?

Yes, I see. I would have been really confident in this before.

To be honest, my answer that I would have had in my head would actually

have been a spindle. I'm in two minds, I don't know

whether to go for spinning wheel or go for sewing needle,

cos I suppose...they are much of a muchness there.

Erm, I think....

I'm just going to plump for spinning wheel.

Spinning wheel? Yes. OK.

In the traditional fairy story Sleeping Beauty,

the title character falls asleep when she pricks her finger on what?

You say spinning wheel.

Let's see if you're right.

It was... Well done. Yes!

And indeed it was the spindle on the spinning wheel...

Just being too specific. ..she pricks her finger on.

No, you were absolutely right. Well done, you.

?200 to you, Sarah. Thank you.

And we move on to Sean. You've seen how it works,

so let's see your question.

Here's what the Think Tank thought of that.

Danny Dyer a popular choice there, chosen by half of the

Think Tank. Doesn't make it right, necessarily.

What do you think?

Yeah, it's quite a lucky question for me.

I'm not a fan of EastEnders, but my wife certainly is.

So I have seen the show.

I think you can discount Ross Kemp.

I think he plays one of the Mitchell brothers.

And I'm sure Bradley Walsh was in a different soap.

I'm pretty certain the answer is Danny Dyer.

Danny Dyer's your answer? OK.

Who plays Mick Carter,

landlord of the Queen Vic, in the soap EastEnders?

You say it's Danny Dyer. Let's see if you're right.

Danny Dyer it is. Well done.

He won the Best Serial Drama Performance Award

in the 2015 National Television Awards.

So, well done to you, Sean.

?200 is added to your prize fund,

and we come to Sandra.

Here's what the Think Tank made of that. Mark?

Some interesting choices again there.

What do you think?

Right, well, I definitely don't think it's scary.

I mean, they are scary, but I don't think in this case they're scary.

Calves, I'm absolutely positive it's not.

Sharklings...

No. No, I've never heard of that one before.

I think it's pups.

I think the answer is pups.

I think the answer is pups.

Pups? OK.

By what name are newly born sharks known?

Your answer is pups - let's see if you're right.

Your answer is pups - let's see if you're right.

Well done.

So, Anisha, if baby sharks are known as scary,

they had to be known as Posh, Sporty, and Ginger as well.

OK, all right.

Well done, Sandra. ?200 for you.

We come back to Sarah for her second question.

OK. What did the Think Tank write down for this?

Well, a fair old spread of tales to choose from.

What do you think, Sarah?

Well, it's the sort of question I'm not too great with.

But when it comes to the Think Tankers,

especially literature-style questions,

I definitely think Max knows what he's talking about.

So I'm going to plump and hope that he's not let me down this time.

There's a couple of answers that match,

so I'm going to say The Canterbury Tales. Canterbury Tales.

The Wife Of Bath and The Summoner are characters which early work of literature?

You say it's The Canterbury Tales.

Let's see if you've chosen correctly.

Well done, Canterbury Tales it is.

By Geoffrey Chaucer.

Presumably, Max, you must have read it at least once?

Oh, well, I've actually just finished reading it for the second time, for my book club.

We even went to the pub next door to where, apparently,

he himself started off when he started writing the book.

Well, there you go. Very good judgment, Sarah.

?200 to you. Thank you.

Sean, here's your second question.

Have a look at what the Think Tank chose here.

Michelangelo's a popular choice there,

but there are a couple of other names you can choose from as well.

Yeah, I think the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,

I think they were all named after painters

so I think I can discount Fred and DiCaprio.

I'm pretty certain that Michelangelo is the right answer.

Michelangelo. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' names - Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo and which other?

You're saying Michelangelo. Let's see if you're right.

It was indeed Michelangelo. Well done.

All named after Renaissance artists.

Diane, DiCaprio was just too tempting.

It was. I thought if they've got a Leonardo,

they could have had a DiCaprio.

?200 to you, Sean. Well done.

Sandra, here's your second question.

What did the Think Tank brew up here. Mark?

All hot beverages, but you need to choose the right one.

Right, well, I'm not a great coffee drinker.

I must admit I'm more of a tea drinker.

I know more about tea.

I don't think, Diane, it's venti.

I think... I know with the milk you put the coffee

and then the milk with the cappuccino,

so I'm going to go with cappuccino.

Cappuccino? Yes.

Which Italian word for "stained" means an espresso coffee

with a dash of hot foamed milk?

You're saying cappuccino - let's see if you're right.

It's macchiato. Oh, goodness me!

I said I didn't know about coffee.

Arminel and Mark got that right.

Are you a big coffee drinker, Arminel? Yes, but I like it black.

I don't allow milk anywhere near my coffee.

Mark, can you explain the difference between a macchiato and a cappuccino?

They're pretty much the same, but a macchiato is smaller.

OK, good. Nothing for you there, Sandra, I'm afraid.

That brings us to the end of the first round.

Let's see how you're doing.

Sandra's on ?200.

In the lead and tied in first place on ?400, Sarah and Sean.

Everything still to play for.

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.

For every correct answer, another ?200 is added to your prize fund.

The range of questions reflects their varied interests and knowledge.

Once a Think Tanker has asked both of their questions,

they can't be picked again.

Sarah, you get to go first.

Every last one of them to choose from. Who's on your line, if you like?

I'm not too sure. There's a couple I would perhaps like to choose from.

Arminel's a fellow teacher.

I feel like I should go towards you,

but I'm so terrified that you're far more intelligent than I am!

I think the question number one, I would like to ask Anisha, please.

Office assistant Anisha.

OK, so, are you a fan of films? Yes.

This is like a cult film in my house.

Me and my mum always try to recreate the last dance scene at our family parties. OK.

This is a Dirty Dancing question.

I can't lift up my mum!

So, the question is...

Jennifer Grey's character, Frances Houseman, is known by which nickname in Dirty Dancing?

OK, I think there's a very famous line in there,

so I'm going to say her nickname is Baby.

Baby.

It is indeed Baby, well done.

And the famous line is?

"Nobody puts Baby in the corner."

Yes. Why don't they put Baby in the corner?

Why shouldn't they put Baby in the corner?

Because she's too epic to be in the corner!

OK, good. All right, ?200 for you, Sarah. Well done.

Sean, you're up next.

Everybody's still available.

Yep, you said at the start that Peter was a man for film,

so we might have similar interests. I'll go for Peter, please.

Peter, OK.

You chose right, it's a film question.

OK, my question for you...

Character in the Wizard of Oz that wanted courage.

I think it was the lion.

I think he was called the cowardly lion, so he wanted to be brave.

So it was the lion that wanted the courage. The lion.

Grr - you're right!

The scarecrow wanted a brain and the tin man wanted a heart.

Sean, ?200 added to your running total.

Sandra, your turn now. Who do you want to go with? OK.

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

Sorry to lead you astray, Sandra.

Whilst I did study literature at university, I did also,

in a slightly misguided attempt to broaden my horizons,

take a module in contemporary Chinese politics.

Oh, my goodness!

Hopefully it's not too difficult for you.

The leader of the Chinese Communist Party during the Cultural Revolution.

It wasn't Chairman Mao?

Chairman Mao?

Chairman Mao.

It was the great helmsman himself, Mao Zedong. Well done.

And he was leader of the Communist Party from 1935 until his death.

?200 for you, Sandra. Well done.

We come back to you, Sarah. Still anybody to choose from.

This time I think I would like to ask Mark. Mark.

My question is...

A small town in the Scottish borders

that gives its name to a regiment in the British Army.

Oh, I should know this as well!

I had a couple of years working down in Stranraer

so I have been quite close to the Borders.

Gosh... It's not going to be Stranraer.

Let me see.

I will say...

Because that's where I was, I'm gonna just say Portpatrick.

I know it's wrong, but I'll say Portpatrick.

Portpatrick, OK. Portpatrick.

Yeah, unlucky, it's a tough one.

It's the Coldstream guards. Coldstream.

The oldest regiment in the regular army

in continuous active service, originated in Coldstream in 1650.

So, nothing for you there, I'm afraid. And Sean, we come to you.

Still anybody from the eight you can have.

Again I was thinking Mark but that was quite a difficult question,

so I will maybe give you a skip, if you don't mind, Mark.

I think Diane could be a similar generation to me so I will go for Diane.

Absolutely.

The second key in the abbreviation PPI.

Again, it is a lucky question for me. I am probably like everyone else

I've had all the phone calls from the various companies

trying to get me to look into this.

I believe it stands for payment protection insurance

so I think the second word's protection.

Protection. Absolutely spot on. Well done.

APPLAUSE

?200 for Sean there, and, Sandra, your second question,

still anyone there you can ask.

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

I'm sure you'll like this one.

The famous bronze statue of which charging animal

at Bowling Green Park?

My goodness, which charging animal?

The only thing that charges is like a bull, so, um...

All I can guess is a bull, because that's a charging animal.

Bull? Yeah. You're charging on to the right answer!

Well done.

Thank you!

Sandra, ?200 for you. Sarah, we come back to you for your third question.

OK, I think...I'm going to ask...

Jackie. Let's have a question, thank you.

I knew the answer to this question because I am quite keen on

politics and local politics. Some would say keen,

some would say meddling.

But I am quite keen on it.

So the question is...

I am doing a really bad job at picking questions here

that are not suitable for me at all.

I'm just having a blank here again as well. Oh, my goodness.

What might it be?

General elections...

I'll just have to say it. A midterm.

Midterm. Yeah. Midterm?

You'll kick yourself because you'll know it.

It's not midterm, it's by-election.

Oh! By-election. I couldn't get that out.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

They're known as special elections in the USA,

by-elections here in Britain.

Nothing for you there, Sarah, I am afraid.

Sean, we come to you again and you can still choose the entire field.

I think everyone has maybe been avoiding Arminel, because we

are worried about her questions so

I think I will give Arminel a try, please.

OK, brave man, let's hope that you can answer this question.

It is a science question but you might know it anyway.

I'm not really a scientist, particularly but it sounds

like a more chemistry sort of field, which is definitely not my field.

I would guess, I know diamonds are hard, so I will guess diamond.

Diamond.

Brilliant guess! Well done.

What's at the other end of the scale, do you know?

Might be something like talc, I am not sure.

It certainly is, it is talc. Well done.

And, Sarah, you're nodding your head there. Oh, I knew that one!

Oh, well, it's luck of the draw sometimes.

Sean, ?200 for you, Sandra, we come to you for your next question and

you can still just about choose anybody you like.

OK, I have been looking around and I think Peter. I'll choose Peter.

Pizza waiter Peter.

OK, this is a really good and nice question for you.

Actually, I'm from Kent, so I think it should be chalk.

You've come very quickly to that answer. It should be chalk.

She's correct! Well done.

?200 for you, Sandra, well done.

That brings us to the end of that round.

So let's see how you're all getting on now. Currently, Sarah is on ?600,

Sandra has ?800 in her prize fund

but in the lead with ?1,000, it's Sean.

APPLAUSE

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

but there is still one last chance for you to take the lead and

you can easily catch up, Sarah.

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

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

they gave before the show, and their reasons for it.

Only one of them will have the correct answer.

If you side with the right person you will add

an all-important ?200 to your prize fund,

Just five questions left before we have to say goodbye to one of you.

Choose your answers carefully. And here the first question.

Answers coming up from Max and Anisha. Max.

Well, I don't know whether you'll have noticed,

but there has been a real vogue amongst

educational, governmental ministers in

pushing the STEM subjects,

so, science, technology

engineering and, crucially, maths.

And I thought that the most commonly taken A-level subject as

a result of that would have been maths.

As it tends to be seen as one that people have a bit of a grounding

in already in primary education

and GCSE, what with it being a compulsory

subject, so I thought, naturally, it would be the one to progress

into in A-level.

Anisha? I went for the opposite reason,

when you are in secondary school

you have to do maths and English and science,

so when you go to college, why do you want to do that?

So, obviously, you go for something different

so I chose media studies, because I think a lot of people

just think that you just get to sit around and watch films all day.

so I went from media studies.

Max says maths, Anisha says media studies. Who's right?

Lock in your answers, please.

Which subjects have you come up with?

Sarah says media studies, Sean and Sandra have chosen maths.

Who's right?

It's maths, well done.

Well done, Max. What did you study at A level?

I did English, unsurprisingly, history,

philosophy and then, as a bit of a treat, drama and theatre studies.

Anisha, what did you do? Media studies!

Did you sit around and watch a lot of films?

We actually did watch quite a lot of films, hence why I chose it.

OK, well, well done to Sean and Sandra, ?200 for you.

Here's your next question.

Mark and Peter now with this one. Mark.

China has the highest population in the world by quite

a considerable amount, second highest population is India.

India, actually, I think, is a much more urban population,

a little bit more technologically advanced, so I went for India.

Peter?

I went for China because it is a massive population,

they all like their gadgets, so, China.

Mark says India, Peter says China.

Which country going to choose, contestants? What do you say?

Sarah says China, Sean and Sandra say India.

Who's right?

It is China.

Yes!

China has an estimated 1.3 billion mobile phone users,

India was second, with 944 million.

Sarah, well done, ?200 to you and we move on to question number three.

Arminel and Diane taking this one on. Arminel?

I said Manchester United, and I do get the odd football question

right because I have four sons and the oldest of them works for

the FA, so I have had to listen to quite a lot of football talk.

And I do know that for a long time Sir Alex Ferguson was in

charge of Manchester United, and I do know that they have also had

quite a few changes of manager since then.

But so many Premier League football clubs

change their managers at an amazingly frequent rate

that I thought that Manchester United

probably had had the fewest since.

Diane.

I said it's Arsenal, having been an Arsenal supporter since 1996,

and they have only had the one manager who is Arsene Wenger,

I say it's Arsenal. Believe me. I'm a Gooner. All right.

Arminel says Man United, Diane says Arsenal.

Which one of the two is it, contestants? Lock in your answers.

Sarah and Sandra say it's Arsenal, Sean has gone with

Manchester United.

Who's right?

Arsenal is correct.

APPLAUSE

You're right, Diane, it was just Arsene Wenger from 1996 to 2016.

Yeah. ?200 to Sarah and Sandra. And we come to the next question.

Jackie and Max taking this one on. Jackie?

Well, I can remember this,

I remember reading about it, and I think it's Harry Styles.

And I think when it happened, I think were are quite a few women,

well, girls, let's say girls and young women,

that were quite devastated.

I wasn't because I've got my David and I am not bothered about

Harry Styles but I think it was Harry Styles.

OK, Max.

My answer was Louis Tomlinson, I think

he had his baby, little baby Freddie,

yes, at the beginning of 2016.

Jackie is going for Harry Styles, Max says it's Louis Tomlinson.

Contestants, lock in your answers.

All three of you have gone with Louis Tomlinson.

Let's see if you're right.

Louis Tomlinson it is.

APPLAUSE

?200 to all of you. And we come to our final question in this round.

Diane and Len, would you have a go at this, please? Diane.

I said it is band A, and the reason I said it is A

is that everything that you have to apply for, for proof of address

they want to see your council tax demand as proof that you are

who you say you are and you live where you say you do

and I said that the highest is A.

Len. Well, I wish I was in A, because A is the lowest band of all.

H is the answer. There are eight actual bands

and H is the highest band.

OK, Diane says A, Len says H.

Choose one end or the other, contestants.

You've all gone with H. Let's see if you're right.

H is the right answer, well done.

APPLAUSE

Band H is for houses that are worth over ?320,000.

That's ?200 each there. Well done.

That brings us to the end of the main game.

Let's have a look at your totals.

In the lead with ?1,600 are Sean and Sandra.

?1,400, just behind them, is Sarah.

So we have to say goodbye to you, Sarah. Thank you.

Thanks very much for playing. I hope you've enjoyed it.

It's been great, yes, thank you.

Good. Well done, Sean and Sandra, you two will now

compete to take home the money you've earned the final.

Well done, you two - it is very unusual to have two contestants

scoring ?1,600 so well done to both of you.

And Sarah was just behind you, so you have all done very well so far.

Sean, if you were to win, what would you spend the money on?

My wife has been studying for a social work degree

for the last few years

and we have been promising the kids we would take them

to Disneyland as a treat once she qualified, so

she is just due to qualify later this year

so we'll put the money towards a holiday for the family.

That would be very nice. And Sandra?

I would like to use the money to go to Australia.

I last saw my uncle back in 1975 and I have been in correspondence with

my cousin since I was tiny, so I would really like to go to

Australia in Sydney and see them.

Gosh. Really love to. So that's 40-odd years?

Yep, my son was just born and they came over from Australia to

see us and I would really love to go back to see them. OK.

Good luck to both of you.

Our final is a general knowledge battle and I am going to ask

you five questions each. Whoever gives the most correct answers

takes home the money they have built up so far.

You are not on your own because

the Think Tankers are still here to help you if they can.

You can choose someone to consult with before you answer the

questions. Each member, though, can only be picked once this time round.

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 are just as much in the dark as you. OK?

Let's get to the final, then.

So, Sean, we will start with you. Here's your first question.

Corrie question, who would you like to go with on that one?

Er, I think Jackie.

You strike me as someone who maybe watches the soaps.

I've got an idea, I can't think of her name.

I don't actually watch the soaps, any of them,

but I do think I know the answer to this question.

I'm trying to think of her name. She's done some more serious acting.

Yes, she was in a police drama.

Yes, and very good she was, as well in there.

Have you come up with a name yourself? I'm trying...

Is it Sarah Lancashire? Yes, that's exactly... I think, yes.

I'll go for Sarah Lancashire, please. OK.

Which actress played the role of Raquel Wolstenhulme

in Coronation Street?

You're saying it's Sarah Lancashire.

Let's see if you're right.

It IS Sarah Lancashire, well done.

In Coronation Street, she worked in

the supermarket and the Rover's Return and had relationships

with Curly Watts and Des Barnes.

There you go. So well done, Sean.

You're off the mark and Sandra,

here's your first question.

Oh, dear. It's a sporty literature question for you,

who would you like to choose? Very sporty, let me see who I can use.

Diane seemed quite sporty so I think I shall choose Diane, please.

For some reason, I didn't think it was Alex Ferguson and I

didn't think that it was Manchester United, and for some reason I was

thinking that it was Leeds United,

I don't know why that's in my mind.

Who was the football manager for Leeds United?

Um, I know very few football managers, um...

All I know is the old ones like Bill Shankly...

Keep going. Arsene Wenger.

No, he's Arsenal. That's Arsenal, isn't it? Yes.

I don't really know many managers!

Just trying to think of managers

because Moyes was Everton,

Wenger - Arsenal, um...

Say Alex Ferguson.

I don't think it's him,

I can't think of his name and I'm really sorry.

OK, no problem, we'll go for Alex Ferguson. Alex Ferguson? Yes.

Which football manager was the principal character in the book

The Dammed United? You're saying Alex Ferguson.

Let's see if you've chosen the right person.

It was Brian Clough! Oh, OK!

Long way back. LONG way back.

It's a book about his time at

Derby County and his short-lived tenure at Leeds United,

I think it was 44 days, something like that.

I knew it was Leeds United, but...

You did, but you were decades away, that was the trouble!

LAUGHTER

Sorry, Sandra,

nothing for you there.

So it's still 1-0 to Sean.

Here's your second question.

Who could help you here?

Well, it's a difficult one for me, cos it's a geography question.

I think I'll go to Arminel for some help here, please.

I'm feeling very happy that you've come to me! Do you have any idea?

I don't have any idea at all, no.

It's Liberia, as in liberation.

Free. I'm sure it's Liberia, trust me.

As I say, I don't have a clue, so I'll go with that - Liberia, please.

Which African country that became independent in 1847 takes its

name from the Latin for free?

You're saying Liberia, let's see if you're right.

Liberia it was indeed.

And it was originally established as a home for freed slaves.

2-0 to you, Sean. Sandra, you can still catch up, though.

Here's your second question.

Who do you want to go for?

OK, well, I feel that Max would probably know this one!

Yes, it's definitely one of those instances that sticks

in people's minds, isn't it?

He's quite a pugnacious character, isn't he? Did you have a thought?

I can picture him, but I can't think of his name.

I think he is now Lord Prescott, isn't he, John Prescott?

That's the one. I mean, if you're happy with it. Absolutely.

And I say John Prescott. John Prescott.

Which MP famously punched a man who threw an egg at him while

campaigning in Rhyl in North Wales in 2001?

You're saying it's John Prescott.

Let's see if you've chosen correctly.

John Prescott it is indeed.

Up to that point,

he'd been known as "Two Jags" Prescott

and after that, he was known as "Two Jabs".

2-1 to Sean, your third question coming up.

Half of the Think Tank still to choose from.

Yes, I think I know this answer,

but I'll discuss it with one of the Think Tank.

I think I'll go for Peter,

I know he's a TV and film man.

I'm afraid don't really own a TV, I've only recently acquired one.

Have you seen it at all? Yes, I think it was called Broadchurch.

That sounds quite right, actually.

As a policeman, I tend not to watch the police dramas,

but this one was quite famous at the time.

I'll go for Broadchurch, please. Broadchurch.

Which TV drama, first shown in 2013, starred Olivia Colman and

David Tennant as police detectives? You're saying it's Broadchurch.

Are you right?

Broadchurch it was indeed.

It was a hugely popular whodunnit set on the coast of Dorset.

Well done, Sean. 3-1 to you.

Sandra, here's your third question.

You have just Mark, Len, or Anisha to help you here.

Well, I think on this occasion Len will be the one to ask.

Should have asked Mark, I think!

So have you got any ideas at all? Yes, I know the answer.

I'll leave it with you, then. Well, I THINK I know the answer!

What do you think...? I think it's Tarzan. Tarzan. Mm.

Tarzan is what you want to go with? Yes, I'll go with Tarzan.

The writer Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote more than 20 books

featuring which famous fictional character?

You're saying it's Tarzan, let's see if you're right.

Tarzan it was.

Tarzan was originally the shipwrecked orphan son

of the Earl of Greystoke. Mm. OK.

Well done, Sandra. 3-2 to Sean.

Your next question, Sean, coming up.

Mark or Anisha here to help you.

I'll go for Mark, please.

I've got an idea, but it would be good to discuss it with someone.

I think it's somewhere near Blackpool,

so I think it's Lancashire. Yes, that would be my guess.

They play the golf there, it's one of the destinations for the Open,

so Lancashire, I would say. I'll go with Lancashire, please, Bill.

Lancashire. Lytham St Annes is a town in which English county?

You're saying Lancashire. Let's see if you've chosen the right place.

You have indeed, Lancashire is the right answer.

OK, Sandra. You are 4-2 down, but you're still in it.

Here's your fourth question.

Anisha is here to help you.

I thought it was India. What was your thoughts? India.

Because they have a film on it as well, don't they?

Yes, I've actually seen both the films, actually. Brilliant!

I'll say India. India is your answer? Yes.

OK, you do have to get this one right to stay in the competition.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

and its sequel are largely set in which country?

You're saying India, this to stay in the competition.

India is the correct answer.

Based on an original novel

called These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach.

OK, Sean, your fifth question coming up and if you get

this one right, you will be today's winner.

You've both used up all the Think Tankers, so from here on in,

you're on your own. Here we go.

It's a geography question again, so it's a difficult one.

I've got to be honest, I don't really know.

It's possibly the Indian Ocean, I think I'll go for the

Indian Ocean, I'm just not sure. You're saying Indian Ocean.

It's either Indian or the Pacific,

certainly in that part of the world, I'll go for the Indian Ocean.

Indian Ocean.

You're saying Indian Ocean.

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

Let's see if you are.

Indian Ocean is correct.

Congratulations, Sean,

you are today's winner - well done!

Well, Sandra, did you know the answer to that one?

I didn't know the answer, no.

I would have guessed that, but I didn't know the answer.

So I'm afraid you're not taking anything home apart from some

wonderful memories, I hope, of having competed so well.

It's been lovely, thank you. Thank you so much for playing.

Sean, as our winner, you're definitely taking home

your prize of ?1,600 and you'll

shortly have the chance 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?

And it was...

Max. Well done, Max!

So, Sean, you have one last chance to boost your prize as you

attempt our Question Impossible.

So, Sean, you're on ?1,600, that extra thousand would take you to

2,600, which would get you on that trip with the family to Disneyland.

It'd certainly go a long way towards it.

How many people have you got to take with you?

Six, because I've got four children, plus me and my wife.

And how old are the children?

My oldest is 15, then I've got another boy who's 12,

another boy of eight, then my little girl is seven.

She's the baby of the family.

OK. They're an expensive bunch to take!

Actually, we have a sort of Disney child of a sort...

Well, "manque", as they would say, cos Max,

you were nearly there in a Disney movie, weren't you? Very nearly.

I got down to the final ten

for a part in one of the Chronicles of Narnia films,

but thank goodness I didn't get it,

because I came to a much better fantasyland -

the land of Think Tank.

LAUGHTER

OK. Are you ready, then, for your Question Impossible?

Indeed. The toughest question of the whole show,

because no-one in the Think Tank got it right earlier.

If you can achieve what none of them could and give us

a correct answer, that extra ?1,000 will be yours, OK?

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

Have a think about that and we'll give you a bit of help,

we're going to show you the answers that the Think Tank gave,

which were all wrong, OK?

This will rule some things out.

Here's what they came up with.

Italy, the Russian army,

the brain, football,

the Pacific Ocean,

the earth's crust,

rugby league and Cassini.

So eight things you can rule out,

sort of pretty varied range,

isn't it?!

So anyway, those are eight answers which are not correct.

So what do you think the answer MIGHT be?

I've got the same struggle.

I thought Italy as well, like Mark,

because I know there was a battle in World War II at a place called,

I think it was Cassini in Italy.

Um...

It's a really difficult one.

I don't really have a lot of ideas, to be honest.

I'm going to say France.

I really don't know. France?

I'll go for France. OK. Where would the Cassini Division be found?

Your answer is France.

This for an extra ?1,000, which

would take your winnings to ?2,600.

Help get your family to Disneyland! Indeed. Let's see if you're right.

It's space.

I should have known that!

They're a gap in the rings of Saturn.

Ah, right! It's a long way away.

Why do you think you should have known that?

Well, I have a lot of interests, I'm a bit of a sci-fi buff,

I have a lot of interest in space,

and when you say Cassini, I think there was a probe called

Cassini that was sent to examine the rings of Saturn, so it makes sense.

So you did have it in there.

I think you may have been distracted by Monte Cassino,

which was the battle in Italy.

Yes, that was exactly what I was thinking of.

Well, thanks very much for playing.

You didn't quite conquer the Question Impossible.

Still leaving you with ?1,600, so with a bit of luck,

that will go some way towards getting the family to Disneyland.

Thank, Sean. No problem, thank you.

Thanks for watching.

Join us next time when three more contestants will see whether

they can bank on the Think Tank.

Until then, it is goodbye from them... ALL: Bye!

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

Join me, Patrick Kielty,

in a brand-new BBC Two quiz show, Debatable,

where a team of celebrities put their debating skills to the test

to try to win their contestants pots of cash.

Will they help, or will they hinder? That's Debatable.