Episode 24 Think Tank

Meet our Think Tank.

They have answered hundreds of general knowledge questions under

exam conditions before the show. Their answers are in.

How helpful will they be to the three contestants?

Playing the game are -

Bill, a retired bank manager from Folkestone in Kent.

Paula, a cleaning supervisor from Liverpool.

Richard, a financial analyst from Belfast.

This is Think Tank.

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

whose childhood obsessions range from penguins to meteorology

and Thomas the Tank Engine. And that's just Max!

Let's hope these varied interests will prove helpful for our three

contestants. Welcome to you. Bill, nice to see you.

-Thank you.

-You are a retired bank manager.

-How long have you been retired for?

-25 years.

I got out while the going was good and I've never regretted it.

What have you been doing for the past quarter of a century?

Well, I've been travelling, reading, watching sport.

You take part in the occasional quiz?

I'm captain of a quiz team down in the Folkestone Quiz League.

Where are you in the league?

-We won it last year.

-Oh! He's going to be good!

-Not necessarily.

-But if you're captain, you must be one of the

-strongest players?

-Not necessarily. I'm the bloke that does

all the organisation. I do that.

So, you're match fit at least?

-Semi-match fit, yes!

-OK. Lovely to have you with us, Bill.

-Thank you.

-Paula, welcome to the programme.

You're a cleaning supervisor.

Does that mean that your family expect you to clean

-the place at home?

-They do. But I haven't got time to clean at home,

-because I'm too busy at work.

-You have children?

Two. 26 and 19.

Who else are you looking after in the house?

Just me husband, me dog and me snake.

-Snake?

-Yes.

A ball python called Monty.

Is it affectionate? Can you pet it?

Yeah. He gets on well with the dog.

-Does it really?

-Yeah.

Apart from pythons, what are your other passions?

I was in a mums' dance group once,

and I sang in the Empire Liverpool Theatre.

-Have you indeed?

-Yes.

-What do you like to sing?

Young Hearts Run Free. That's what I actually sang on the Empire.

-Really?

-And me friends were dancing behind me.

Did you get a standing ovation?

I did, yes. Especially from my family and friends.

So, music could be a good subject for you, presumably?

-Yes, hopefully.

-Where do you need help?

Geography and sports.

Geography and sport. Mark is good for geography.

Yeah, Paula. Come to me with that.

I've travelled a fair bit so, hopefully, I can help you out.

-Righty-ho.

-Len, you have your sports moments, don't you?

I do have my moments in sport sometimes, yes.

OK, indeed. Good. All right. Welcome to the programme, Paula.

-Thank you.

-Richard. You're a financial analyst from Belfast.

What are you analysing exactly?

It's one of those job titles that I like to keep pretty ambiguous.

There's a bit of mystique about it.

Even the people who are paying you don't quite know what you're doing?

They know vaguely what I'm doing and I know vaguely what I'm doing.

-So, it all works out in the end.

-"We tend to know vaguely what

we're doing. Roughly, got a rough idea." When you're not analysing,

-what do you like to do?

-I play a lot of sport, coach a bit of hockey.

I play some rugby. I don't play contact rugby any more.

I play, like, a non-contact version of it.

Lucy, didn't you teach some rugby players to dance once?

I did, yes. I went to Loughborough University.

It's a big sports university, well-known for its rugby.

And I was drafted in, actually, to teach ballet.

Did you have them up on tiptoe by the time they finished?

I did, yeah. I had them on point.

-Did you?

-I did.

-Good, good.

-It was great.

Off the pitch, Richard, what do you like to do?

I've done a bit of musical theatre. Just am-dram.

What's your biggest part been?

The last show I did was Evita, and I played Peron.

Is there one part you would like to play that you haven't had the

-opportunity yet?

-The phantom from the Phantom Of The Opera.

It helps if you have the face for the mask.

Only half as much make-up required, it's fine.

Musicals, then, and music of various sorts would be a good subject

-for you?

-Musicals, yeah. More modern stuff, not so much.

-Where do you need help?

-Probably geography.

I like to travel, but I'm not quite sure where places are.

OK, well, we'll see what crops up. Welcome to all three of you.

Over three rounds, our contestants will try to tap into the knowledge

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

Don't forget, the Think Tank have tried to answer

all the questions to the best of their ability.

Sometimes they're right, sometimes they're wrong.

The two highest scorers go through to the final.

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

So, let's play the first round.

So, 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 correct answer is always there somewhere,

but any number of mistakes are in there, too.

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

Two questions each. Bill, you're up first.

Here is the question we put to the Think Tank.

Let's see what the Think Tank thought of that.

Starting with Max.

Goodfellas.

Train Spotters.

Goodfellas.

Taxi Driver.

Gangs Of New York.

The Godfather.

Goodfellas.

The Godfather.

So, a fairly wide choice for you there.

Some of them are even gangster movies.

I can confidently say that I've never seen any of them.

I don't think it would be the Godfather,

because I don't think Scorsese did that one.

I think I'm going to go with the majority and say Goodfellas.

Goodfellas. OK.

Which Martin Scorsese film includes the line,

"For as long as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster"?

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

Goodfellas it is. Well done.

Lovely.

Spoken by Ray Liotta, as the real-life gangster Henry Hill.

It's something you say in the mirror quite often, isn't it, Max?

Every morning to motivate myself I say it.

Well done, Max, Peter and Mark. £200 to you, Bill.

And, Paula, here's your first question.

What is the Think Tank make of that? Max?

Sweden.

France.

France.

Greece.

Denmark.

Norway.

Denmark.

Spain.

I take it you haven't eaten there yet?

No, not yet. No, I haven't visited none of them places.

It does sound...

Well, it sounds Spanish, but...

I'm going to go with France, because it sounds French more than Spanish.

-France?

-Yeah, I'll go with France.

Noma, voted the best restaurant in the world four times since 2010,

is in which country? You're saying France.

Have you got the right place?

Denmark, in fact.

Denmark. The restaurant is in fact in Copenhagen.

So, nothing for you there, I'm afraid, Paula.

-No.

-Plenty of other chances to come.

Richard, here's your first question.

Where did the Think Tank go with this?

-Max?

-Manchester.

Sheffield.

Leeds.

Manchester.

Sheffield.

Birmingham and Leeds.

Sheffield.

Nottingham.

Sheffield the most popular choice.

It doesn't necessarily make it right.

Yeah, fortunately for me,

the lower league football is where I kind of watch.

So, I'm pretty sure that the Blades are Sheffield United and the Owls

are Sheffield Wednesday. So, I'm going to have to go for Sheffield.

Sheffield. Which city's two main football teams are nicknamed the

Blades and the Owls? You're saying, Richard, that it is Sheffield.

Let's see if you're right.

You are, well done.

Sheffield United - the Blades. Sheffield Wednesday - the Owls.

Well done. Well done, Arminel,

Len and Mark for getting that right.

Lucy, you had a go. That's what's important.

I had a go. Both wrong!

£200 to you, Richard.

We come back to you, Bill, for your second question.

Have a think about that and we'll see where the Think Tank

went with this. Max?

Del Boy.

Boycie.

Rodney.

Del Boy.

Del Boy.

Boycie.

Boycie.

Rodney.

Split verdicts, really, between Del Boy and Boycie.

Rodney is also in the mix as well.

Fortunately, I was a devotee of that at most times, and their sequel,

The Green Green Grass.

And she's the wife of Boycie.

Boycie. That's your answer. In the sitcom Only Fools And Horses

Marlene is the wife of which character?

You're saying it's Boycie. Are you right?

Boycie is correct. Well done.

-Boycie was played by John Challis.

-John Challis, yes.

-Well done, Bill.

£200 to you. Paula, we come to you for your second question.

What did the Think Tank make of this one?

-Max?

-Red Cross.

Red Cross.

World Health Organization.

RSPCA.

United Nations.

United Nations.

League of Nations.

Unicef.

Several very worthy organisations there.

But which one is right?

I've never heard of Henri Dunant.

But the most likely one I'd go for is the Red Cross.

-Red Cross?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Henri Dunant was the joint winner of the very first Nobel Peace Prize as

the founder of which organisation?

You're saying it's the Red Cross.

Let's see if you've chosen correctly.

Red Cross it is, well done.

He was also influential in the establishment

of the Geneva Convention.

Max and Len did very well there.

£200 to you, Paula.

Richard, here is your second question.

How long did the Think Tank take to think about this?

-Max?

-Epoch.

Millennium.

Jurassic.

Milli.

Eon.

Millennia.

Jurassic.

Light year.

Wow, what do you make of that, Richard?

I have absolutely no idea.

I think it's just going to be a matter of ruling them out.

Jurassic, all I can think of is Jurassic Park.

-So, I'm going to say no.

-Millennium is a thousand.

So, I think I'm going to have to go with...

..Max and go for epoch.

Epoch. OK, we're looking for the word that's the largest unit of

geological time or a period of a billion years.

You're saying it's epoch.

Let's see if you're right.

It is, in fact, eon.

Which is taken from the Greek for age. And, of course, Arminel,

-you knew that.

-No, actually, it was a lucky guess!

-Really?

I knew an eon was a period of geological time.

I didn't know how long it was.

OK. Well, you are on the money there.

But sadly, you're not, Richard. Nothing for you there.

So, that brings us to the end of the first round.

Let's see how you're all getting on.

Tied on 200 are Paula and Richard.

In the lead with £400, it's Bill.

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

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

answered correctly before the show.

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.

They're not experts, but they're interested in different subjects,

so do think carefully about who's going to be on your wavelength.

Once a Think Tanker has asked both of their questions,

they can't be picked again. You get to go first, Bill.

Every last one of them to choose from.

Whose knowledge do you think you can match?

Well, I'll look straight ahead at Max,

because I think he might give me a literature question.

And if he doesn't, I shall be terribly, terribly upset.

-No pressure, Max.

-Well, Bill, we'd better get the hankies,

I'm afraid you are going to be terribly upset.

Now, I'm not, by any stretch of the imagination, a sportsman,

but there is one sport I do particularly enjoy.

And it's the only one that I know that you can play whilst holding a

gin and tonic. So, hopefully, you can answer this.

-Have you played croquet?

-Never.

I think you should change "hoops" into "whoops,"

because I don't know the answer.

-I'll say 12.

-12?

Bill, you're only out by 100%.

-It's actually six.

-Oh, well.

Croquet was an Olympic sport, actually,

at the 1900 Olympic Games.

You say it's a very genteel game.

I got eight stitches playing it once.

-I got hit on the head by a croquet mallet.

-Oh, no!

I did. No, it was an accident.

They went for a golf shot. I was standing behind them.

And it came out of their hand and hit me on the head.

Very bad form, doing a golf shot.

I could have been Prime Minister otherwise! There you go. Right.

Back down to business. Bill, nothing for you there.

Paula, it's your turn next.

Every last one of them to choose from. So, who do you favour?

I'd like to choose Anisha. She seems very quiet there on the end.

So, I'd like her to be nice to me and give me a nice question.

-Paula, do you like The Only Way Is Essex?

-I do.

-Great, cos I hate it!

I absolutely loathe it.

And because I'm from Essex, everyone is like, "Oh, my God,

"you must watch it." No, I don't!

But this is about that, kind of, so hopefully you'll get this question.

Hopefully.

The answer would be Mark Wright. The beautiful Mark Wright.

-Mark Wright?

-He is beautiful.

-And, yes, you're right. It is Mark Wright.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

-Michelle Keegan, the star of Coronation Street.

-Yes.

Good. Well done, Paula. £200 is your running total.

Richard, we come to you. Your choice. Any one of them.

I think, on the basis of her flexible rugby players,

-I'm going to have to pick Lucy.

-Oh!

So, I am a mum of a six-year-old.

So, I spend a lot of my time watching, kind of,

animated films of varying different periods of time,

and have just recently watched this, so I knew the answer.

Whistle While You Work is from which Disney film?

Now, the only kind of parenting I do is to a cat!

So, she's not really into her Disney.

But I can remember this from one of them.

I think it is Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.

-Is that correct?

-Absolutely correct.

-Well done.

-Well done.

It was in fact Disney's first full-length, animated film.

-Yes, it was. Yeah.

-Do you know how it goes?

-Erm...

-Do you know how to whistle?

THEY WHISTLE: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK

There you go. Well done, team.

Except there's more than seven of us. Never mind.

You can be Snow White, at least.

Oh, thank you. I thought you were going to say I could be Dopey!

There's any number of candidates for that job!

Richard, £200 is added to your running total

and we come back to Bill. You can still choose anybody you like.

I'm going to go for Arminel, please,

because she always seems to get everything right.

Hopefully, she has got something I will get right.

I hope you will get this right.

I think you've made a good choice in going for me with this question.

In which building is Christopher Wren buried?

Well, it's a toss up, obviously, between Westminster Abbey

and Saint Paul's Cathedral. But as he redesigned Saint Paul's,

-I'm going to go for that.

-Saint Paul's Cathedral?

Absolutely correct.

Well done.

-Of course, it was designed by Wren himself, as you mentioned.

-Yeah.

£200 for you, Bill, well done. Paula, we come to you again.

You could still choose the entire field.

I'd like to go with Lucy.

Her questions seem to be on my wavelength.

Well, yes. Our questions do very much tend to reflect our interests.

This one concerns me slightly as I read it,

because I wonder what on Earth this relates to my interests.

But I'm going to read it and hopefully you will know the answer.

What comes from a female horse and a male donkey?

Erm...

I haven't got a clue.

But...

No, I haven't got a clue, I'll have to go with calf ass.

Calf ass!

I love that answer and I really wish that was the answer on the card.

-Sadly it's mule.

-Oh, right.

-It's a mule.

-Yeah.

-Sorry about that!

And the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse is called a hinny.

-Oh.

-The other way round. Paula, sorry, nothing for you there.

Richard? We come to you.

-Anyone but Lucy.

-OK,

I think I'm going to have to go for Mark, because he is wearing a

waistcoat. He is just classing the whole panel up.

Situation normal as far as Mark is concerned.

It's fashion related. I'm very lucky,

I've been to this city many times,

a wonderful city, with my work, Richard. So, good luck.

Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Robert Denning

were brought up in which city?

I think I'm just going to have to hedge my bets here,

based on the fact that two of the three are something to do with

clothes, so we will go with New York.

New York?

New York it is. Good guess, well done.

£200 for you, Richard.

Bill, we come back to you and still seven of the eight, just not Lucy.

-I'll try Len.

-Len, our retired engineer.

It's a literary question.

The legal suspense thriller A Time To Kill

was which author's first novel?

In that case, the only legal thriller writer

-I know of is John Grisham, so I'll go with him.

-John Grisham?

-Spot on.

-Well done.

John Grisham was a lawyer before he turned to writing and many of his

novels have a legal theme. Well done, Bill, £200 for you.

Paula, we come to you again and still you can choose anybody -

just not Lucy.

I'll choose the lovely Jordan.

Thanks, Paula. It is about an icon of the fashion world

so, hopefully, you'll have heard of her.

Lesley Hornby found fame as a model in the '60s with what one-word name?

I think I might have a little clue to this.

-A beautiful lady and I think it's actually Twiggy.

-Twiggy?

-Yes, it is Twiggy, well done.

-Yay!

She's also done some acting and won two Golden Globes

for her role in The Boyfriend in 1971.

£200 to you, Paula.

Richard, we come to you again. Still seven of the eight, just not Lucy.

I think because he is the only one that still has his two questions,

-I'm going to have to go for Peter.

-Peter, our pizza waiter.

Cool. I used to really enjoy science at school, because you could do lots

of experiments and stuff. So, it's a science question for you.

HCL is the chemical formula for which acid?

I have no idea what it might be the chemical formula for,

but the fact that it is HC, I'm going to go for hydrochloric acid.

-That's correct.

-Well done.

Hydrochloric acid is present in the digestive juices

of the stomach, and too much of it and we get ulcers.

-Is that right, Arminel?

-Yes, that's right.

-Good, OK.

Well done, Richard, £200 for you.

That brings us to the end of the round.

Let's see how your prize funds have changed. Paula is on 600.

In the lead and tied on £800 are Bill and Richard.

Well, one of you is going to have to leave the game shortly, but there is

one last chance for any of you to take the lead and, Paula,

it is easy for you to catch up here.

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

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

gave before the show and their reasons for doing so.

Only one of them will have the right answer.

If you side with the correct person,

you will add what could be an all-important £200

to your prize fund. Just five questions remain

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

so do choose your answers carefully.

Here's the first question.

The answers are from Max and Lucy on this one. Max.

Well, I said Edinburgh Castle for this.

I don't know whether any of you have visited Edinburgh before,

because it's a very beautiful city and the castle totally

dominates the skyline of the town.

Obviously, when you do go up there, you get an amazing view of the city

as a whole and there is a fantastic museum in there

and, of course, there is a cannon that attracts tourists from all

around who come and hear it go boom and I'm sure that will bring in all

the numbers they need to be the

most visited tourist attraction in Scotland.

-Lucy.

-So, I went with somewhere that I haven't yet been,

but would really, really like to go.

It's the stuff of myth and legend and I think lots of

people will have been to Loch Ness

to see if they for themselves can see the fabled Loch Ness Monster.

So, I went for Loch Ness.

Max is saying Edinburgh Castle, Lucy would plump for Loch Ness.

Where would you go with this, contestants?

Lock in your answers, please.

What have you chosen?

All three of you have gone with Edinburgh Castle.

Let's see if you are right.

You are indeed.

Edinburgh Castle is correct.

It has 1.5 million visitors, Edinburgh Castle.

Mark, you are Scottish. Do you spend a lot of time going to see tourist

-attractions?

-I do get around Scotland a lot.

There is always something new that you can see.

I drive a lot with my work, so I'm really lucky.

I saw quite a bit of Skye this year

and I got to see the island of Arran, which is fantastic as well.

Lovely, OK. £200 to all of you, well done.

Here is the second question.

Len and Mark taking this one on. Len.

Well, when it comes to royal weddings,

there is a lot of tradition and pomp and ceremony as well.

But also they've got to try and please a lot of people

and, obviously, tradition comes into it as well.

Some of the famous people they've got to introduce come in various

forms and I believe John Lennon wrote the first song

-that they danced to.

-OK, Mark?

I went for Elton John.

I think the royal family have got quite a strong connection through

Princess Diana.

Elton John obviously did the song at her funeral, albeit very tragic.

So, I think they probably wanted to have some of that carried

over into the royal wedding.

OK. Len says it's John Lennon. Mark's gone for Elton John.

Who do you think it is, contestants?

Lock in your answers, please.

Let's see who you've chosen.

All three of you have gone with Elton John.

A unanimous verdict again.

Let's see if it's right.

It is Elton John. Well done.

And the song was Your Song, sang on this occasion by Ellie Goulding.

£200 to each of you, well done.

And we come to question number three.

Arminel and Peter are diving in on this one. Arminel?

I thought it was 20%.

I think it is surprising how many people can't. So, for example, in my

own family, I've got four sons, and my husband couldn't swim,

that is one sixth, that is 16.67%, so the nearest percentage is 20%.

-Peter.

-I went on an army swimming course

and I noticed that some people just don't have any ability to swim.

-So, I went for 40%.

-OK.

What do you think is the right answer, contestants?

Please lock in your answers.

What have you come up with?

Bill says 40%.

Paula and Richard are agreed that it's 20%.

Who is right?

20% is the right answer.

Up to nine million men and women

aged over 14 have yet to learn to swim.

Who can swim on the Think Tank?

-OK.

-We're above average.

OK. £200 for Paula and Richard.

We come to question number four.

Anisha and Jordan taking this one on.

-Anisha?

-So, I said Superman and the reason for that is

because one of my favourite films is Kill Bill Two,

and there's an amazing scene where Bill

is telling Beatrix Kiddo who his favourite superhero is, and he said

Superman, because he was born a superhero.

So, I thought, if you're born with great power it might come with great

irresponsibility if you don't know how to use it properly.

So, that's who I went for - Superman.

-Jordan?

-Well, the tag line, "With great power comes great

"responsibility," was the tag line for Spider-Man,

which was obviously a popular superhero film a couple of years

ago. Then, earlier this year, a film came out called

Deadpool and Deadpool is kind of like the anti-superhero film.

He sort of by default becomes a superhero,

but he's extremely irresponsible with it,

he's very disrespectful, a very rude character.

-So, I went for Deadpool.

-OK.

Anisha said Superman. Jordan has chosen Deadpool.

Who do you want to select?

Lock in your answers, please.

All three of you have gone with Deadpool

Let's see if you're right.

Deadpool it is. Well done.

The film stars Ryan Reynolds. Bill, have you seen a Deadpool?

No. Not a genre I follow, I'm afraid.

-Sorry.

-Well, it doesn't matter, you still got the right answer.

£200 for all of you there.

And we come to the final question in this round.

Len and Mark having a go at this one.

-Len?

-Well, I've gone for the blackbird.

In recent years, we've seen house sparrows,

starlings numbers have declined,

but 90% have gone, they've just vanished, they have.

One bird has adapted and you always see them in the gardens,

the males have got the orange beak and the females are a duller brown

colour, I thought of the blackbird.

-Mark?

-Well, I was brought up in a farm in Ayrshire

and my father was a dairy farmer,

but did a fair bit of crops as well and sparrows were everywhere.

And I think, even to this day, they remain everywhere.

Like Len says about the blackbird, they adapt well,

so I think it's got to be the sparrow.

Len says blackbird, Mark's gone for the sparrow.

What do you think? Lock in your answers.

Bill says blackbird, Paula and Richard have gone for sparrow.

Let's see who's right.

It's the sparrow.

Starling was second, blue tit was third.

£200 for Paula and Richard.

So, that brings us to the end of that round

and the main game and I think it brings us to a rather interesting

situation, in fact. Let's take a look at your totals.

Richard's in the lead with £1,800,

followed by Paula with £1,600

and trailing behind with £1,400 is Bill.

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

You were in the lead earlier, but those five questions,

they can move things around quite a lot.

I don't see many of either in my garden.

-So, c'est la vie.

-C'est la vie.

-Thank you for having me.

-And I hope you've enjoyed being here.

-Indeed, yes.

-Bill, thank you very much.

Well done, Richard and Paula. You two will now compete to take home

the money you've earned, in our final.

So, here we are in the final.

-Every answer counts in that round, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

Interesting how sometimes things really do turn around.

-So, well done, Paula, for sticking with it.

-Thank you.

OK. If you win, how would you like to spend the money, do you think?

For my 50th birthday next March I'm going on a cruise,

like a cruise and stay, a week in Las Vegas or somewhere like that.

So, I'm going to treat myself to a really nice couple of gifts.

Where would you like to go, apart from Vegas?

The Caribbean. Going on a Caribbean cruise and then going to stop

-somewhere for the week after that.

-All right.

Good luck with that. Richard, got any thoughts

-about what you would do?

-Well, my brother and I both lived in

New Zealand for a while, but we've never been there together.

So, he lives in England now,

so I think maybe both take a trip together out to New Zealand.

What were you doing in New Zealand?

Worked at a school, we both worked at the same school just before we

went to university and coached a bit of sport and taught a bit of music.

-So, it was a gap year sort of thing?

-Yeah. So, I'd like to go back.

It's been about five years since I was there.

-Whereabouts in New Zealand was it?

-In Auckland.

-OK.

-Right in the city centre.

-Well, good luck to you both.

Our final is a general knowledge battle.

I'm going to ask you both 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, though.

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

You can pick someone to consult with before you give your answer.

Each member can only be picked once and the difference in the final

compared to the rest of the show is they haven't seen any of these

questions before either.

OK? All right, let's play the final.

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

the final starts with you. Here's your first question.

Who could help you here?

I think I'm going to have to go for Max. He seems to talk a good game,

up in the corner, so maybe football's his game.

Yeah, talk a good game but definitely don't play one -

I'll tell you that.

No, unfortunately, I don't really know anything at all about football.

I know roughly which end you're meant to kick the ball,

but apart from that, my knowledge is completely empty.

I wonder if you've got any hints we can go on here, Richard?

I was a collector of football stickers in my youth

and I'm pretty sure I can remember him in a red and white shirt,

-so my thinking is Arsenal for this.

-I 100% support you in that.

That's more information than I've got to go on.

-Yeah, I'm going to look for Arsenal.

-Arsenal.

Tony Adams played for which football club throughout his career?

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

Arsenal it is. Well done.

Played more than 500 league matches for them between 1983 and 2002.

You're off the mark, Richard. Paula, here's your first question.

Who could help you here?

-I'll go with Mark.

-Mark, our creative director.

I'm pretty confident I know the answer to this, Paula.

So do I.

-Therefore, it's Breaking Bad.

-Yes, Breaking Bad.

-I'll go with that.

-Breaking Bad?

-Yeah.

-In which TV drama series did Aaron Paul Play the role

-of Jesse Pinkman? You're saying it's Breaking Bad.

-Breaking Bad.

Let's see if you're right.

You are indeed. Breaking Bad it was.

-He starred alongside Bryan Cranston as Walter White.

-Yeah.

OK, one-all.

Well done. Richard, here's your second question.

Literary question.

-Who do you want to go with?

-I'm going to go with Arminel.

Arminel, our chemistry teacher.

Do you have any idea?

No.

Absolutely extraordinarily, I just pulled The House Of Mirth out of the

book shelf last week, deciding to read it.

Incredibly good luck that I chose to take that book down.

You see, neither one of them even strikes me as maybe being made into

a film I might have seen, so I'm going to have to put all my faith in

-you here.

-It's Edith Wharton.

I'm going to go completely with Arminel and go with Edith Wharton.

-Edith Wharton.

-Mm-hm.

The Age Of Innocence and The House Of Mirth are books by which author?

You say it's Edith Wharton.

Let's see if you're right.

Edith Wharton it is. Well done.

Such a piece of good luck.

Both have in fact been made into films.

Both depictions of upper-class American society.

So, that was fortuitous.

Absolutely amazing piece of good luck, yes,

because I've just read something by Henry James and I thought,

"I'll read this by Edith Wharton," and picked it off the shelf.

Good choice of person to help you there.

OK. 2-1 to you, Richard.

Paula, let's see what your second question is going to be.

Geographical question for you.

-Who could help you here?

-I'll go with Peter.

-Peter.

-Do you have any clue at all?

My guess probably would be Asia.

I would go more American or South American.

But Asia, could be.

They do like to use double letters in the middle,

-like pan-pan and so forth.

-Mm.

I'm afraid I can't really help you much.

-I'll stick with Asia.

-Asia?

-Yeah, please.

The large treeless plains known as Pampas are a feature of which

continent? You're saying it's Asia.

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

South America. You hinted at it, didn't you?

I wasn't too sure myself.

And they are found largely in Argentina.

-Oh, right.

-OK. So, a miss for you there, Paula.

Richard, your third question coming up.

Cinema question.

Len, Anisha, Lucy or Jordan can help you.

I'm going to go for Len.

Do you have any idea?

You do, thank God for that.

No clue at all?

-It's not Spielberg, is it?

-I'm pretty sure it's JJ Abrahams.

So, I've seen both of them and Star Wars isn't out that long

and I can remember his name.

So, I think I'm going to go for JJ Abrahams.

-You're saying JJ Abrahams?

-Mm-hm.

-OK.

Your answer is JJ Abrahams. Let's see if you're right.

It's actually JJ Abrams.

You said JJ Abrahams, but we've adjudicated in your favour.

So, we're going to give it to you.

JJ Abrams also directed Mission: Impossible Three and Super 8.

OK, 3-1 to you now, Richard.

Paula, your third question coming up.

Anisha, Lucy or Jordan here to help you.

I'll go with Lucy, but I have got an idea.

OK, I'm glad you got an idea. The only thing that sprung to my mind

was something like the World Series baseball or something like that,

but that would be such a stab in the dark. What's your idea?

-I was thinking the Olympics.

-The Olympics?

-Yeah.

-Way back. The Olympics was, like, 1900s, turn of the century.

-Was it?

Way, way back. And also it only ever happens in a leap year.

-Oh, right.

-So, there wasn't one in 1967.

OK. Right, so American sports that are major

would be things like the World Series.

I don't know if there's any kind of big basketball or hockey events.

The World Series is a big deal in America, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-That was what jumped out at me straight away.

I don't know if that's an inkling or just a random stab.

-Any other thoughts?

-Yeah, we'll go with baseball.

Let's keep our fingers really crossed.

-Yeah, baseball, please.

-Baseball is your answer.

-Yeah.

Which major sporting event took place for the first time

in Los Angeles on January 15th, 1967?

Your answer was baseball. Let's see if you're right.

-It was the Super Bowl, which is American football.

-Oh, no!

-Oh!

-The first Super Bowl won by the Green Bay Packers.

The World Series baseball takes place in October.

It's the boys of summer, they play through the summer, baseball.

-I'm so sorry.

-It's OK.

So, 3-1 to you, Richard,

and if you get this next answer right, you'll be today's winner.

OK. Because Paula won't be able to make up the ground.

OK, here we go.

Anisha or Jordan can help you out with this one.

Obviously, a lot of Game Of Thrones filming was done in Belfast,

so I'm going to have to go for Jordan and hope she might know this,

because I have no idea.

-Are you a Game Of Thrones fan at all?

-No, I've never seen it.

-No.

Actually, alarmingly, I have never watched it either.

Kit Harrington is absolutely gorgeous, though.

I think Kit is often short for Christopher.

-OK.

-And that would be my best guess, to be honest.

It is a guess, unfortunately.

But I would probably say Christopher.

-Given that neither of us have seen Game Of Thrones...

-That's shameful!

..and we're going on aesthetics alone, I'll go for Christopher.

-Christopher?

-Yeah.

-OK.

What is the real first name of the actor known as Kit Harrington?

You're saying Christopher.

If you are right, Richard, you will be the winner today.

OK? Let's see if you are.

Christopher is correct. Congratulations, Richard,

you are our winner today! Well done.

Kit Harrington plays the role of Jon Snow in Game Of Thrones.

-Sorry, Paula.

-That's fine.

-Gave it your best shot.

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

I hope you have some happy memories of working with these guys.

Yes, I will. I will.

-Good. And thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Richard,

as our winner, you're definitely taking home your prize of £1,800.

Shortly you'll 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...

..Mark. Well done, Mark.

-You seem surprised.

-Well, you know,

I am surprised.

You've always done very well and particularly well today.

So, well done. Richard, you have one last chance now to boost your prize

as you face our Question: Impossible.

So, Richard, you're on a bit of a roll here.

You've only had one question wrong in the entire show so far.

Yeah, back in the first round, so I think I've just been lucky.

It's not just luck, it's not just luck. It's your knowledge,

it's picking the right people to get this far.

That, well, is pretty good.

Have you got one more right answer in you? That's the question.

-I hope so.

-And this is the toughest question of the whole show,

because no-one in our Think Tank answered correctly.

If you can do what none of them could

and give us the correct answer, that extra £1,000 would be yours

and you'd be taking home £2,800.

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

Have a think about that.

We're going to give you a little bit of help by showing you some of the

-wrong answers the Think Tank gave earlier.

-OK.

And here's what they said.

Chancellor, Minister of the Armed Forces, Home Secretary,

Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister.

All of those are wrong.

So, can you choose another office of

a member of the Government

that might be used at Number 9 Downing Street?

2001 was when Tony Blair went into office and I have a funny feeling he

was the only one who moved in

with a family

and I don't think he actually stayed at Number 10.

As far as I can remember,

he moved to whichever one was better to fit his family.

So, I think it might be the Prime Minister.

And, you know, all the answers up there

would have been a lot of the ones I probably would've guessed at.

But it isn't up there, so I'm going to go for Prime Minister.

-Prime Minister, you're saying?

-Prime Minister.

Since 2001, Number 9 Downing Street

has been used as the main office of which member of the Government?

You currently have £1,800 you're taking home.

This is for an extra £1,000 if you're right.

Let's see if you have got the Question: Impossible correct.

It's the Chief Whip, I'm afraid.

I would never have got that.

Interestingly, you were right, in a way.

Tony Blair did move into number 11 Downing Street, into the flat there,

but the Prime Minister still works in Number 10.

So, I'm sorry, you didn't conquer the Question: Impossible.

Still leaving with £1,800. Will that get you to New Zealand and back?

I think it'll probably cover the airfares, at least.

-Have you got friends to stay with out there?

-Yeah, I'll find someone.

Excellent. Well, well done for playing so well.

-Thanks, Richard.

-Thank you.

-Thanks for watching.

Do join us next time, when three more contestants

will see whether they can bank on the Think Tank.

-Until then, it's goodbye from them. ALL:

-Bye!

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