Episode 21 Think Tank

Meet our Think Tank. They answered hundreds of general knowledge

questions under exam conditions. Their answers are in,

but how helpful will they be to the three contestants?

Playing the game are Tom,

a retired manager from Oundle in Northamptonshire.

Ann, a caterer from March in Cambridgeshire.

And Neil, a sales executive from Eastbourne.

This is Think Tank.

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

everyday people with a variety of hobbies, interests and skills.

Among them are proud '90s child Anisha, Hispanophile Ken,

and former backing singer Diane. Their combined knowledge

will help propel one contestant to victory today.

Or, at least, that's the plan, anyway! Welcome to you all.

Tom, you are retired now, but what did you used to do?

I used to run car dealerships, amongst other things,

-and lately I became a finance broker.

-Oh, right.

How do you spend your time now?

Well, I recently returned to motorcycling.

I hadn't ridden a bike for about 12 or more years,

so I took a rusty riders course.

-Rusty riders is what it's called?

-Amongst other things!

-Do you get a wire brush out and brush it?

-Something like that!

Anyway, they gave me a clean bill of health, so I bought a motorbike,

much to my wife's dismay.

-How long have you been married?

-47 years.

-Oh, wow. That's marvellous,

-isn't it? A great example for all.

-I don't need a round of applause!

LAUGHTER

You're not going to get one!

-You a big reader?

-Yes, I am a big reader.

Mostly books about old railways.

And I've got the complete works of Charles Dickens.

-Have you read them all?

-No.

But they look nice on the bookshelf!

Max has, haven't you? Every last one.

-Almost, I'd say.

-Really, Max?

-Well, Tom, it's great that you love books.

I'm a big book fan myself and, actually, I've got a good series

on railways I can lend you - the Thomas The Tank Engine series.

I'm a bit more mature than that!

-Welcome, Tom.

-Thank you.

-Ann, you're a caterer.

What is the most ambitious thing you've made?

Well, I made a Scrabble board with all the trimmings -

the bag, the tiles - everything edible,

and it took 24 hours to make all the items.

I can imagine. Jordan, you like baking.

Have you ever gone for anything as exciting as that?

Nothing quite that adventurous, but I do actually make cake toppers

for wedding cakes out of clay, so mine aren't edible,

but you can keep them then as a little ornament forever.

So, I've had some weird and wacky requests doing that.

-What have you made?

-Most recently, I did a bride pig and a monkey groom.

So, it was the head of a pig, in a full wedding dress,

and then this monkey with a big curly tail coming out of his tuxedo.

So, that was a bit strange.

-But everyone has their own little quirky things.

-OK.

What's your best subject going to be, Ann?

Food and nutrition. And I love words.

Where do you need some help, do you think?

-Sport and politics would be a bit dodgy.

-All right.

Cleve's our resident sportsman. And, Mark, pretty good at politics.

-Max, too, so you should be OK there.

-Lovely.

-All right.

Welcome to you. Neil, you're a sales executive.

-What are you selling?

-Hi, Bill. I sell houses.

-New houses. Brand-new ones.

-So, you don't get to peek around

-other people's places?

-Only on moving day, during chaos, Bill.

-It's very stressful, isn't it?

-Yeah, it can be quite stressful.

You just have to remain nice and calm.

-It's all going to happen eventually.

-OK. Away from work,

-what do you like to do?

-A big fan of the guilty box set binge, Bill.

What's the longest binge you've done?

I did every single episode of The American Office in under a month.

-How many is that?

-That's 188 episodes.

That's about six hours a day.

Do you not get a bit fed up with it after a while?

Yeah, but after a while, it suddenly becomes about completing the task,

-as opposed to watching it.

-Something to be terribly proud of!

Oh, exactly so, yes. Very much so.

-Your strongest subject?

-Probably history.

-Rome or America, probably.

-And where do you need help?

-I'm going to need help on food.

-Who is fond of food?

Oh, we're all fond of food.

MUMBLES OF AGREEMENT

All of you? OK. Just pick your cuisine and one of them

will have the answer. Welcome to all three of you.

Over three rounds, our contestants will try to tap into

the knowledge of the Think Tank, to build up as much money as possible.

Don't forget, they've tried to answer all the questions

to the best of their ability, whether right or wrong.

The two highest scorers go through to the final.

Ultimately, just one walks away with the cash prize.

So, let's play the first round.

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

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

before the show. The right answer's always there somewhere,

but there's also any number of mistakes there, too.

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

Two questions each. You're up first, Tom.

Here's the question we put to the Think Tank.

Where did the Think Tank go with this? Let's start with Max.

Three for Uruguay. Three for Germany. Others there, as well. Tom?

Well, I'm inclined to follow three of the four guys

on this particular answer.

The answer is Uruguay.

Uruguay.

BILL READS QUESTION

You're saying it's Uruguay.

Let's see if you're right.

-You're on the ball. Well done. Uruguay.

-Thank you!

Uruguay was also the host nation and they won it again in 1950.

Max, Mark and Cleve got that right. Well done. £200 for you, Tom.

You're off the mark. Ann, you've seen how it works.

-Here's your first question.

-OK.

What did the Think Tank

cook up for this one?

You could have a mini-feast with that lot,

but only one of them is going to be right.

I really ought to know, being in the food industry.

I'm not too good at Spanish.

The "quilla" part of it... There are pasta quills.

I think I'll go for pasta.

BILL REPEATS QUESTION

You've chosen pasta. Let's see if you're right.

-It's butter.

-Ooh.

-Pasta is Italian, of course.

-Yes.

-Ken and Jordan got that right.

Ken, of course, used to work in Spain.

Can you give us a sentence containing the word mantequilla.

De gusta mantequilla? Do you like butter?

The old name was lard, actually.

And mantequilla means, actually, "little lard",

which they used for cooking. But, of course, now it's butter.

-It means butter.

-And there you go. Thank you, Ken.

Expert knowledge for you.

Nothing for you there, I'm afraid, Ann.

Plenty of other chances. Neil, your first question.

Where did the Think Tank go with this?

Max.

Well, pick a club, any club.

I don't know the answer, but I will rule a few out.

I've not heard of the Alphas, so Anisha I'm going to rule out.

And, Cleve, I used to live on a road called the Belfry.

I think that would have stuck in my mind.

So I'm going to go with Ken and Lucy and go St Andrews, Bill.

St Andrews. Let's see if you're right.

It was Muirfield, in fact.

And it has hosted the Open 16 times.

So nothing for you there, Neil.

We come back to Tom for your second question.

Have a look at the options here. Max.

Well, are you familiar with beauty and fashion blogging, Tom?

Not at all. Absolutely not at all.

I would say that the clue is in the name.

I mean, you wouldn't really want to be known as Zoe Sugg.

But perhaps Ella is her second Christian name.

So I'm inclined to go with Max, Jordan and Lucy and say Zoella.

Zoella. Let's see if you're right.

You are indeed. Well done.

She also released a novel called Girl Online.

-Very well followed there with the Think Tank's advice.

-Thank you.

Well done. Jordan, well done. Max and Lucy, well done to you as well.

£200 more for you, Tom. And, Ann, here's your second question.

What did the Think Tank make of this?

So you can go high and low and other places in between with that one.

I like to go to these places abroad, particularly Switzerland.

-And I think it's a lake.

-Going to go for lake?

-Yes, I'll go for lake.

You say it's a lake, let's see if you're right.

It is in fact a lake. Well done.

Mark, you were the only one to get that right.

Yeah, well, before I went into fashion, I worked in politics.

Before I went into politics, I actually went to university

with the wish to be a geography teacher, so this harks back to those

halcyon days before I was corrupted by fashion and politics.

And it's worked for you. £200 for you.

Neil, here's your second question.

Let's see if the Think Tank are on song here.

We've got a bit of a mini jukebox to choose from there.

-What do you think?

-Not sure I'm familiar with the back catalogue

of Sting and the Police, so I think I'm probably going to have to take

a bit of a guess and I will go with resident musician Cleve, and Max,

who is doing very well, with Message In A Bottle.

-Message In A Bottle?

-Yes, Bill.

You say it's Message In A Bottle.

Let's see if you've chosen correctly.

It was indeed Message In A Bottle. Well done.

Roxanne, actually, wasn't a number one here.

-Wow.

-Yeah, one of their most famous songs. So, well done, Neil.

Well followed there. £200 for you.

That brings us to the end of the first round,

so let's see how you're all doing.

Ann and Neil are tied on £200.

In the lead, though, with £400 - it's Tom.

Long way to go still.

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.

Now, 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.

You get to go first, Tom. All eight are at your disposal.

-I'm going to go with Max.

-PR executive Max.

Well, Tom, I gave you a little hint earlier that I was raised on a diet

of classic children's TV by my parents.

We had a big old VHS collection of all sorts of things,

including this series from Mr Gerry Anderson. So...

I did watch the Supermarionation series,

but the only one that comes to mind

that I can think of is Joe 90.

-Joe 90.

-Well, you're close.

I'm afraid it's actually Captain Scarlet.

Captain Scarlet led Earth's resistance to the evil...

-Mysterons.

-Who came from where?

-Mars, I believe.

-Mars, indeed.

-It had a great theme tune.

-Yes.

-How did it go?

HE IMITATES THEME TUNE

# Captain Scarlet, indestructible... #

If they were still making it, you'd have a part.

Nothing for you there, Tom. And, Ann, we move on to you.

You can choose any one you like.

-Lucy, please.

-Dance teacher Lucy.

-Hi, Ann.

-Hello.

So, I run a dance school, and as such, encounter all genres of music.

I knew the answer to this kind of because of that reason,

so hopefully you'll know the answer.

I'm not hot on music, but the artist

I've got in mind I quite like is a lady. It's just gone out of my head.

-Adele.

-Adele is your answer?

-Yes.

Well, Adele has done a stunning James Bond theme tune.

However, it's not, it's Shirley Bassey.

-Oh!

-Shirley Bassey.

-Yes.

-Sorry.

-That's OK.

Adele did Skyfall.

Shirley Bassey did Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker.

Hard lines, Ann. Nothing for you there. Neil, you're up next

and you can still choose the whole Tank.

I'm going to pick someone who's already helped me out once,

and that's Max at the back.

Well, as I mentioned, I am slightly interested in politics,

not quite as involved as Mark was, but hopefully you'll get this one.

2014. So that would have been David Cameron appointing.

And I've got a few names going around my head, but I think

they might be a bit before that.

But I'm going to go with...

..Dr Liam Fox.

-Liam Fox.

-That's a very good answer.

Unfortunately, he wasn't there in July 2014.

-It was actually Michael Fallon.

-Michael Fallon was the answer.

Before that, he'd been vice-chairman of the Conservative Party.

So nothing for you there, Neil.

Tom, we come back to you for your next question.

Max is not available to you any more,

but you can choose anyone else.

-I will choose Ken.

-Ken, our retired holiday rep.

Do you like old films?

-I hope so.

-This is a very old film.

It was made before I was born, so it's that old.

I do know the answer to this.

As Ken is of my sort of period in time, thank you for that question.

It was Rhett Butler.

-Rhett Butler.

-Yes, perfect answer. Well done.

OK, £200 for you, Tom. Ann, here's your next question.

Anyone but Max.

Diane, please.

Diane, our retired HR advisor.

OK, hello. It's a question about Britain's motorways.

Gravelly Hill. Oh...

I do a lot of travelling on the roads of the UK.

Uh...

Oh, I'll have to say the Black Cat.

-The Black Cat?

-The Black Cat roundabout.

Do you know, you will know this.

It's Spaghetti Junction.

I nearly said that, Birmingham...

-I nearly said it.

-Nothing for you there, Ann.

Neil, we move on to you, and seven of the eight available,

just not Max.

I'm going to have to go with that incredible shirt, Mark, at the back.

Mark, our company director.

Good luck with this. I drive through this area.

It's a Scottish geography question.

So, Scottish geography is probably not in my wheelhouse, Bill,

I have to say. So I'm just trying to rack my brains.

I'm thinking shipping forecast, see if that throws anything up,

but there is nothing coming up at the moment.

The first thing I can think of is the Mull of Kintyre.

-Mull of Kintyre.

-Yeah.

It's actually a good guess. It's a really difficult one, and I think

you might be onto something with the shipping forecast.

It's the Black Isle. Black Isle.

Not in fact an island but, as you say,

a peninsula in the Scottish islands.

So, Neil, nothing for you there. We come back to Tom.

And still seven of the eight to choose from.

Lucy.

-Hello, Tom.

-Hello, Lucy.

So, with the dance school comes this wonderful summer stretch

where we close for eight weeks

and it's through that lovely stretch of time off

that I have been to this place so knew the answer to this question.

I have been to the Caribbean a few times,

mostly to Antigua and Barbuda.

With the Grenadines I'm not sure of the answer,

but I'm going to have a guess it's St Kitts.

-St Kitts.

-So close geographically.

-It's St Vincent.

-St Vincent.

-I'm sorry.

-That's all right.

-St Kitts is part of Nevis.

-That's right.

So, nothing for you there, Tom. Ann, your turn next.

Let's see if you can be successful with this one.

You can't choose Lucy or Max.

Can I ask Diane again, please?

It's another transport question,

so I'm hoping that you'll get this one.

I go to France a fair bit,

my cousin lives in France and, of course, nearby to Switzerland.

It's the railway.

Railway system.

-Railway system.

-Yes, train is the answer.

Train, that's fine, we'll take railway system.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

Well done, Ann. £200 for you. Neil, we move on to you.

Diane, Max and Lucy out of the running.

I'm hoping that Anisha is going to be able to help me now.

-So Anisha, please.

-Office assistant Anisha.

Hi, Neil. Right,

the reason I know the answer to this question is I like doughnuts

and cakes, all the bad things, so I'm constantly on the scales.

-Big fan, big fan.

-So my question is...

Now, I...

I should know this because I do spend more time on the scales

than I necessarily should.

But I also know it's an imperial system,

which means it makes very little sense.

And I'm tossing up between two.

I'm going to go with 16.

-16.

-You are two out.

-It's 14.

-14.

16 ounces to a pound. 14 pounds make a stone.

It's such an age divider, this, because the older ones of us,

we grew up with imperial measurements and you...

you kids with the metric system

is just 10, 10, 100, 1,000.

You're too kind, Bill, you're too kind.

OK, nothing for you there, Neil, I'm afraid.

And that brings us to the end of the round.

So let's see how your prize funds have changed.

Neil's £200, Ann is on £400, in the lead with £600 is Tom.

So you chose three questions each,

but none of you picked Jordan or Cleve,

and we don't want them to feel left out,

so how about we hear a question answered correctly earlier by Cleve?

Right, OK. I think you should get this one,

and I know it because I'm a bit of a sports fan.

Just for fun, and you might have this one at home...

Any of you have the answer to this?

I'll have a punt.

-Sure.

-Muhammad Ali.

-Muhammad Ali.

Spot on.

Muhammad Ali, "the greatest", who sadly died earlier this year.

Well, thanks very much for that, Cleve.

Let's get back to the competition.

So, one of you will have to leave the game soon,

but there is one last chance to take the lead and, Neil,

still plenty of time for you to catch up.

So don't worry too much. All of you will now be asked the same question.

Two members of the Think Tank will then give you the answers they gave

before the show and their reasons for doing so.

Only one of them will have the right answer,

so if you side with the correct person,

you get what could be an all-important £200

added to your prize fund. Five questions only, though,

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

Do choose your answers carefully. Here is the first question.

Answers from Diane and Mark.

-Diane.

-I said it was a bus.

The bus network is pretty good,

you can get a reasonably priced pass and it's the most effective way

to get to work without polluting the world.

-Mark.

-I think if you spread the statistic outside of London,

Birmingham, Manchester, the bigger cities, yeah,

people have to actually jump in their car.

So, with that in mind, I am going with car.

Diane says it's the bus, Mark thinks it's the car.

What do you think? Lock in your answers, please, contestants.

Let's see what you've chosen.

Tom and Neil said it's car, Ann has gone for bus.

Who's right?

It is the car indeed.

67% of people travel to work by car.

10% on foot, only 7% by bus.

-Wow, really?

-There you go.

-Surprising.

£200 for Tom and Neil. Here's your next question.

Ken and Anisha having a crack at this one. Ken?

Well, due to my age,

I'm not really a great rapper fan, except for this one.

I've seen him on TV on The Voice and I've heard such amazing things

about him that he gives a lot of money to charity, I mean,

we're talking millions.

And I would love to see him as a president.

And he is will.i.am.

-Anisha?

-OK, so the guy I said

is renowned for being ridiculously outspoken,

and I actually watched it.

He interrupted Taylor Swift and when he came on,

he was like, "Oh, I'm going to run for US president."

So Kanye West is who I went for.

All right. Ken says will.i.am.

Anisha's gone for Kanye West.

Who do you think is right, contestants?

Let's see what you've chosen.

Tom and Neil have gone with Kanye West, Ann is voting for will.i.am.

Who's right?

Kanye West it was.

£200 there to Tom and Neil.

And here's question number three.

Max and Mark having a go at this.

-Max?

-Now, I live in London, so my answer for this was Reading.

Obviously Reading is one of the key satellite towns that feeds in

commuters every day to London.

There's an awful lot of people who live there,

there's a great big university but, crucially,

my reasoning was Crossrail is about to extend right into Reading because

it is one of the key places where lots of people live so, naturally,

I reckon it must be the biggest satellite town, and therefore

-would be the right answer here.

-Mark?

Well, I've gone for Swindon.

Swindon Town, if you go with the football.

And I think it's just at the mouth of the Thames,

it's in the M4 corridor and I'm sure

I read it was pushing for city status, whereas I pretty much think

Reading is only pushing for Premiership status.

Ooh!

Max has gone for Reading, Mark has gone for Swindon.

Which town do you think it is that isn't yet a city?

What have you chosen? Tom's gone with Swindon.

Ann and Neil have both chosen Reading. Who's right?

Reading it is.

OK. £200 for Ann and Neil.

We come to question number four.

Ken and Cleve, what have you cooked up for this one? Ken?

Well, as you know, I used to live in Spain, so I know lots of things

about Spanish, and I know lots of things about South America.

My answer is going to horrify you if you don't already know the answer

because their diet is made up of guinea pigs.

Cleve.

I cannot say I have such an extensive knowledge as my colleague

Ken, but I do believe the animal is a hamster.

OK. Ken says guinea pig, Cleve has gone for hamster.

Please lock in your answer, contestants.

Let's see what you've chosen.

Tom says hamster, Ann and Neil have gone for guinea pig. Who's right?

It is the guinea pig.

Several million eaten every year in South America.

OK. £200 to Ann and Neil.

And here is the final question in this round.

Lucy and Jordan. Lucy?

OK, so I am a massive radio fan, and I listen to the radio,

it's the soundtrack to my life,

and I quite like to download podcasts and things,

and I came across something narrated by David Attenborough

called Tweet Of The Day, and it's all different bird sounds.

So I have gone very specific here.

I think it's birdsong, but I think, more specifically, thrush song,

because I remember when I downloaded that,

that was the most popular download.

-So that's why I've gone for thrush song.

-Jordan?

-Well, like Lucy,

I've gone in the sort of bird direction, but I was trying to think

of a bird that had a really distinctive sound.

And I think this bird is also extremely popular thanks to

the Harry Potter movies.

So I think it's owl, cos everyone likes to hear a little

tu-whit tu-whoo now and again.

The owl. OK.

Lucy says it's the thrush song, Jordan has gone for the owl.

What do you think, contestants?

Let's see what you've come up with.

All three of you are saying it's thrush song.

Let's see if you're right.

Thrush song is correct.

£200 for all of you, then.

And that brings us to the end of the round and the main game,

so let's see how you're all getting on now.

Tied on £1,200 are Tom and Neil,

just behind them with £1,000 is Ann.

So I'm sorry, Ann, we have to say goodbye to you.

£1,000 would normally get you into the final, but just not today.

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

I had a lovely time. Thank you very much.

Well done, Tom and Neil. You two will now compete to take home

the money you've earned in our final.

Well, Neil, well done, you, because you had £200 at the beginning

of that last round. You've really zoomed up to a commanding position,

so well done. You got all five right last round.

-I did, yes.

-Were you feeling a bit nervous going into that?

Well, I had these guys to help me out so, you know,

-they helped me through.

-Tom, if you were to win,

what would you spend the money on?

I would rent a villa in Bay of Kotor in Montenegro.

I last visited there...more years ago than I would care to admit to,

but it's come on leaps and bounds since then,

-and take the family there.

-How many people would you take, then?

Well, it depends how much I win.

LAUGHTER

-But, no, hopefully I can put a bit towards it as well.

-Excellent,

that'd be nice. Neil, what would you do with your winnings?

A bit of a road trip, Bill, is what I have planned.

Depends how much I win, depends on how long and how far,

-but the West Coast of America.

-OK.

All right. Well, good luck to you both.

The final is a general knowledge battle. I'm going to ask you

five questions each, whoever gives the most correct answers takes home

the money they've built up so far. You're not on your own.

The Think Tankers are still on hand to help you out if they can.

You can choose someone to consult with before you answer

the questions. Each member, though,

can only be picked just the once this time. And the difference

in the final compared to the rest of the show is they haven't seen

any of these questions before.

OK? So they're new to them as well as to you. Let's play the final.

Tom, we're going to start with you. Here's your first question.

Who would you like to choose for this one?

I would like to choose Max on this one.

Well, Tom, I've been lucky enough to actually visit Wall Street.

-Have you got a rough idea on this one?

-No, I haven't.

OK. How many of the boroughs can you think of?

-Manhattan.

-Yes.

Erm...

And that's about it. I've never been to New York.

Well, I have a feeling that might be the only one we need here.

-Yes.

-Wall Street, if I remember rightly,

is positioned down sort of in the southern tip of Manhattan.

So I think you might be right in saying Manhattan on this.

Max, I will go with you. I will say Manhattan.

Manhattan. Let's see if you're right.

Manhattan it is. Well done.

Max, as you correctly said, it's in the Financial District

of lower Manhattan. You're off the mark, then, Tom.

OK, Neil. Your first question coming up.

-Who could help you here?

-I'm going to go with Cleve.

Can you help me with anything, Cleve? Cos I've got an idea.

Nothing there even rings any kind of bell.

-Does it not?

-The truth is, I'd be guessing. Graphic novels...

I can't register anything.

So you're on your own, with my best wishes.

I can hear friends of mine screaming at me for this one.

So I hope I get it right.

And there's only one name there that I recognise,

and I think it might be from Watchmen.

-So I'd like Watchmen to be my answer.

-Watchmen is your answer.

HE READS THE QUESTION

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

Watchmen it is. Well done.

Written by Alan Moore, and made into a film in 2009.

Well done, Neil. That's six answers on the trot you've got right there,

so well done. Tom, we come back to you for your second question.

It's 1-1.

-Who would you like to choose here?

-I would like to choose Mark, please.

Oh. Some pretty...

fancy names there.

What are you thinking, Tom?

I'm thinking basketball.

Horses and horse racing tend to have pretty fancy names.

But I really don't know the answer to this one.

I think if basketball was the one...

-I'm changing my mind from basketball.

-Yep.

Godolphin and Arabian could be

breeds of horse or stud, something like that, so I'm going to

-go with horse racing.

-Horse racing?

-Yep.

-You're saying it's horse racing.

-Horse racing.

Let's see if you've chosen correctly.

It is indeed. Well done.

2-1 to Tom.

Neil, here's your second question.

-Who could help you here?

-Who have we got left that likes their sport?

I am going to go...

Actually, I don't think it comes down to sport. I think it comes down

more to celebrities. I am going to go with Lucy.

-Lucy.

-Do you know the answer?

I have... I do have a thought, yeah.

I think we're probably thinking the same thing.

The clue is in the other person, isn't it?

And it's the working partnership.

And I do seem to recall seeing something and I think

-it's Robbie Williams.

-That's who I was thinking.

-Yep.

I'll go with Robbie Williams, please, Bill.

Robbie Williams. Let's see if you're right.

-You are indeed.

-Well done.

Jonathan Wilkes and Robbie Williams are best friends, and Soccer Aid

has raised more than £20 million for Unicef so far.

-Wow.

-Well done, you two. 2-2. Neck and neck.

Tom, here you go. Your third question.

I have no idea because I never watch Star Trek.

All right. Somebody might be able to help you.

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

I will go with Jordan.

-OK.

-Jordan doesn't know.

Jordan doesn't know.

I mean, to be completely honest,

I don't know if we're trying to think of a Mars or a Neptune

or if it's a made-up planet. Do you know anything about Star Trek?

In truth, I've never watched it.

OK.

I would guess Mars because it's pretty Martian-y.

But, unfortunately, I really don't know, I'm afraid.

-Well, thank you anyway.

-I'm so sorry.

-Thank you so much.

I'm just going to have a guess, and that will be Ultron.

-Ultron...

-Yeah.

-..is your answer.

HE READS THE QUESTION

Tom, you're saying Ultron.

-Ultron.

-Let's see if you're right.

In fact, Mr Spock was half-human,

half-Vulcan, because his mother was human.

2-2, then. A miss for you there, Tom.

Neil, you can take the lead if you get this one right.

Just three members of the Think Tank to choose from -

Anisha, Ken or Diane.

Not familiar with the works of Gillian Flynn, so I'm going to ask

for Diane's help.

I'm not a fan of Gillian Flynn at all.

And the names Nick and Amy Dunne

aren't even bringing anything to mind.

I was just thinking of big novels

that have been released recently, maybe.

So something like Gone Girl.

-I don't know, have you read that?

-I have read Gone Girl.

Does that ring any bells?

Oh, my gosh. You're right on the money.

-Am I?

-Yeah. I think Gone Girl.

-Shall we go with that?

-Yeah.

-Bill, Gone Girl.

Nick and Amy Dunne are characters in which novel by Gillian Flynn?

You're saying it's Gone Girl. Let's see if you're right.

You are indeed. Gone Girl. Well done.

It was made into a film in 2014

starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.

3-2 to Neil.

Tom, your fourth question coming up.

Anisha or Ken to help you here.

I think I'll go with Anisha, please.

OK, so from 2000 to 2008. I only know Boris Johnson.

I only remember him because of his hair.

Do you have any clues, Tom?

-Yes, I think it's Ken Livingstone.

-Let's go with that.

-Go with that?

-Yeah, I'm going to support you with that.

-Ken Livingstone.

Ken Livingstone is your answer.

Was it Ken Livingstone?

Yes, it was.

3-3. Neil, you can take the lead again with this question.

Just Ken to help you now.

-What are you thinking, Ken?

-Sailing.

-That's exactly what I was thinking.

-I've actually seen her,

cos I used to go to Southampton quite a lot

to visit friends there, and I've actually

seen her messing about in her boat.

-Yeah.

-We'll go with Ken's suggestion of sailing.

Sailing. Let's see if you're right.

Yachting is the official answer.

But sailing you can have. So you're all right.

Well done, Neil.

Tom, you are 4-3 behind.

You have to get this question right to stay in the competition.

It's the third question.

There are no Think Tankers left

to help you, so from here on in, you're both on your own, OK?

Here we go.

I know the answer to this question.

The answer is Holland.

-Holland is your answer.

-Yes.

The Hague is a city in which country? You're saying Holland.

Let's see if you got the right place.

The answer is the Netherlands, but we will take Holland.

So well done. You're right.

The Hague is the administrative capital,

Amsterdam is the official capital.

OK. It's 4-4, but if you get this one right, Neil,

you will be today's winner. OK?

Not a big fan of...

celebrity generally, so I really would have liked

some of my Think Tankers to help me out. But...

probably going to go with the best known supermodel, and that would be

-Kate Moss.

-Kate Moss.

-Kate Moss.

-The musician Jamie Hince is famous for his marriage to which

supermodel? You're saying Kate Moss.

If you are right, you will be today's winner.

Let's see if you are.

Kate Moss it is. Congratulations, Neil, you are today's winner.

Well done.

Amazing. Well done.

We haven't had a performance like that ever on the Think Tank.

You got all five right here. You got all five right before.

You've had ten answers correct in a row.

That is astonishing, isn't it?

-Well done.

-Thank you.

Hard lines, Tom. You did very well, but you were up against a superstar

here, weren't you? So I'm afraid you're taking nothing home

apart from memories of a valiant contest. So I hope you've enjoyed

-being here.

-I have indeed.

-It's been wonderful. Well done.

-Thank you so much.

-Neil is our winner.

You're definitely taking home your prize of £1,200.

Can you make it 11 answers in a row correct

and then you get an extra £1,000? First, though, shall we see

and congratulate the Think Tanker who gave the most correct answers

during the show? It was...

..Max. Well done, Max.

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

our Question: Impossible.

Stunning performance, Neil.

And they weren't easy questions along the way either.

-I mean, you really earned it.

-Thank you.

-You kept your head

and that's really important sometimes, cos the pressure

can get to you. We hope not too much pressure for you now,

but it is the toughest question of the whole show.

No-one in the Think Tank got it right earlier.

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 at your Question: Impossible.

Have a think about that.

A little bit of help from the Think Tank,

because these are all the wrong answers they gave earlier.

Let's run through them.

Norfolk, Hampshire, Kent, Cornwall,

Devon and Lincolnshire.

All right?

So six counties you can knock off.

-Yep.

-Have you got any thoughts?

Well, I live in Sussex and work in Kent.

I know they're not particularly low.

Cornwall is very hilly and very rocky,

so might have a few points in there, but they're obviously gone.

So when you take all of those out,

I think Max is doing the right part of the country with Norfolk.

And I think it's probably...

I'm going to go with Suffolk.

Suffolk.

You have £1,200 so far, you've had ten answers correct in a row.

This would be really something special.

You'd take home an extra £1,000 and you'd have 11 right in a row.

HE READS THE QUESTION

You're saying Suffolk.

Fingers crossed for you, Neil. Are you right?

Cambridgeshire.

Just so close.

Next door.

It's in a place called Holme Fen, nine feet below sea level.

I mean, it's just across the county line, in a sense,

so hard lines there. You were ever so close.

You didn't conquer the Question: Impossible, but you've done

really, really well, and leaving with £1,200,

so it's California you want to go to, is it?

Yeah, Highway 1, which runs up the West Coast of...

So it runs from Vancouver in Canada,

from the border, right the way through,

down to Tijuana in Mexico.

Send us a postcard when you get there.

Thanks for watching. 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:

-Goodbye.

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