Episode 25 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 contestants?

Playing the game are Alex,

a technical support manager from Leeds.

Sanjay, a medical sales representative from Stockport.

And Linda, a retired deputy headteacher from Belfast.

This is Think Tank.

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

These regular Brits are not quiz experts.

However, they do have a broad range of interests that could prove useful

to our three contestants. There's Essex girl, Anisha,

who is always up-to-date on all things popular culture,

and Arminel has both science and Eurovision covered.

A question including both of these subjects would be as welcome

as it would be surprising. Welcome to all three of you, contestants.

-Alex, nice to have you with us.

-Hi, Bill.

You're a technical support manager, what do you do in your spare time?

In my spare time, I like to do a little bit of DIY.

I'm trying to build a chicken coop at the moment.

-Have you got any chickens?

-Not yet.

OK, you're building the coop first, and then the chickens.

That is the right way round. Len, you do a bit of DIY, don't you?

I've done a bit down the years, I built my own garage,

and to get the measurements, I'd go round my neighbour's garages,

counting all the breeze blocks on his wall, measure it up,

and I've actually put a full gas central heating in -

without touching the gas.

So you measured the garage by counting the breeze blocks.

Did you not have a tape measure?

Well, you need to know how many blocks you want as well, don't you?

Well, maybe Len can help you with the chicken coop.

-It will be a big one, with heating, as well, in it!

-OK.

What do you think your best subjects will be?

I'm hoping geography, films and I do enjoy science, so science as well.

And what are you not so good at?

Sport, and, to be honest, history was never my best subject at school.

Max, Arminel, good at history?

Oh, yes, well, I'm surrounded by a wealth of knowledge around me.

Of course. Good to have you with us.

Sanjay, you are a medical sales rep,

but what do you get up to in your spare time?

I love playing sports, and I love watching sports, as well.

What particular sport do you take part in?

I like cricket and football.

I do play them as well, and I play badminton regularly.

-So you must be pretty fit?

-Not really, but I'm trying to get there.

Got any secret ambitions, apart from obviously winning on Think Tank?

Only one - to be James Bond, but then who wouldn't, Bill? Come on,

-think about it.

-What is your strongest subject going to be?

I reckon my strongest subjects will be films and sports.

And what are you not so good at?

Funny enough, although I'm a medical representative,

I'm not very good at science.

OK, well, look, Abi will help you on medical science, won't you?

-I'll try and help.

-All right. And, Linda, welcome to you.

You just retired recently as a teacher, is that right?

That's correct, that's correct, yes,

after 30 years in a girls grammar school in Belfast.

Gosh, so how many kids have you taught over the years?

Oh, my goodness, well, it must be in its thousands by now,

I wouldn't like to think, I couldn't count them all!

-What are you doing now?

-In my spare time, I enjoy knitting and I read.

-What sort of things do you knit?

-I knit scarves, Bill,

and I would sell scarves at the odd craft fair.

You could go into business with Arminel, because you knit a lot

-of your own clothes, don't you?

-Oh, God, completely, I mean, I love

knitting, and, of course, there comes a limit as to how many things

-you can knit for yourself.

-Yes.

And I also enjoy sewing, and in fact made this top,

although sadly didn't quite get my measurements right,

and it's just a bit skimpy.

LAUGHTER

You should have gone with Len's breeze blocks!

LAUGHTER

OK, Linda, what are you best at, do you think?

My strong subjects would be television and cinema,

and probably geography as well. I enjoyed geography at school.

OK, welcome to all three of you. Over three rounds, then,

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 have

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, though, just one of you will walk away with a cash prize.

-Ready to play the first round?

-Yes.

-OK, here we go.

I'm going to ask you a question, and then every member of the Think Tank

will reveal the answer they gave earlier. The correct answer is

always there somewhere, but also any number of mistakes in the mix.

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

Two questions each. Alex, you're first,

here is what we put to the Think Tank.

Ponder that for a second

while we take a trip around the USA with the Think Tank. Anisha.

Three for Texas, three for California

and a couple of others in there. What do you think, Alex?

Texas, second biggest state in the States, I believe. So, for me,

it's between Texas or California,

and popularity wise, I'm going to go with California.

California is your answer for the state that has the most

electoral votes in a US presidential election. Let's see if you're right.

California it is, well done.

It's the largest US state by population.

It has 55 electoral votes.

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

Sanjay, you're up next.

Let's do our A to Z with Think Tank. Anisha.

I'm not sure what word those letters would spell,

-but there's a right answer there somewhere, Sanjay.

-OK.

I think I can rule out X,

I think X is, from memory, worth ten points.

I've not played Scrabble for a long time.

I don't think it's Q either.

I'm going to go for...

-K.

-K is your answer?

-Yeah.

-Let's see if you're right.

X, it was, actually.

So, nothing for you there, Sanjay.

Linda, here is your first question.

Here's what the Think Tank thought.

Three for Portugal but a whole host of other countries in there as well.

OK, well, some of these I can eliminate.

I'm torn between Taiwan and Thailand, so I'm not 100% sure.

I'm going to go with Taiwan.

-Taiwan, you say?

-Yes.

HE READS THE QUESTION

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

It's Portugal. Portugal.

TAP stands for "Transportes Aereos Portugueses",

or however they say it in Portugal.

Well done to Mark, Arminel and Jackie, who got that right.

But I'm afraid nothing for you there, Linda.

Lots of other chances to come. Let's come back to Alex, then.

Your next question.

Here's what the Think Tank came up with.

Well, there's a cast to call on, isn't there, Alex?

Indeed, lots of options there.

Well, Bill, I've got to be honest,

I've never heard of this song, Tears.

I don't think Paddy McGuinness has had a song, that I know of.

I know Peter Kay has, but that was Amarillo,

so I can take those two guys out.

Michael McIntyre, again,

I'm not familiar with him having released anything.

And now to the people I've got left - two for Ken Dodd.

-So I'm going to go with Ken Dodd.

-Ken Dodd is your answer,

as the comedian who had a number one hit in the UK with the song Tears.

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

Ken Dodd is right.

Cleve, naturally, as a musician, you got that one right.

I don't even know who Ken Dodd is!

No, I'm only joking!

Yes, I do remember it, I am of that side of the divide, age-wise.

Just remind us, how does it go?

HE SOBS

Something like that.

Well done, Alex, £200 for you. Sanjay, here's your second question.

So which clubs did the Think Tank come up with here?

Anything leaping out at you there?

Actually, I do know this one.

I'm a strong Liverpool supporter,

so I can straightaway rule out Liverpool, that's Anfield.

Manchester City's Etihad, Stoke City is the Britannia,

Arsenal is the Emirates,

Leeds, I'm not 100% sure...

Oh, Elland Road.

Therefore the only one that's left is Swansea City,

which I believe is Liberty Stadium.

You say Liberty Stadium is home to Swansea City.

If it's wrong, it's going to be embarrassing!

Let's see if you're going to be embarrassed or not.

Swansea City it is.

Great knowledge, Sanjay, well done, well done. £200 to you.

Linda, we come to you for your second question.

What do the Think Tank make of this one? Anisha?

Only three choices there, and half of the Think Tank going for puffin.

What do you think, Linda?

Well, birds would not be my hot topic either,

so, again, I'm going to go with the majority and say puffin.

Puffin, you say,

is a species of sea bird sometimes called the sea parrot.

Let's see if you are on the right lines there.

Puffin it is, well done.

The puffin, called a sea parrot,

simply because it looks like a parrot. Not very complicated.

£200 for you, Linda. And at the end of the first round, let's take

a look at your prize funds.

Sanjay and Linda are tied on £200.

In the lead, though, is Alex with £400.

So, you're still tightly bunched, anyone can take the lead from here.

In the next round, every member of the Think Tank is holding two

questions, which they answered correctly before the show.

You will take it in turns to pick someone from the Tank

whose knowledge you think you can match. For every correct answer,

another £200 will be 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. Alex, you get to go first.

You've got the whole bunch to choose from,

so who do you think suits you best?

Well, Bill, I think I'm going to ask Arminel for a question, please.

Arminel, our chemistry teacher.

Right, well, you did say that you thought you were quite strong

on science, and so this is a chemistry question,

-so hopefully you'll get this.

-Fingers crossed.

-And it is...

HE REPEATS THE QUESTION

I have to be honest, I don't know what the Bessemer process is,

so it's going to be a complete guess from me.

It could be nickel, it could be brass.

I'll go with a popular alloy. Aluminium?

Aluminium?

No, sadly it's something more popular than that,

and, incidentally, aluminium is a pure metal, not an alloy.

-It's steel.

-Steel? Right.

-Which is a very popular alloy.

The process named after its inventor, Henry Bessemer.

-Mm.

-OK, so nothing for you there, Alex. Sanjay, you're up next,

you can still choose anybody you like.

OK, can I choose Cleve, please?

-Musician Cleve.

-All right, Sanjay,

I know you're quite into sport, but I've got some terrible news for you,

-that this has got nothing to do with sport.

-Thank you!

In fact, in honesty, I was surprised I got this right myself!

The river that flows through Sheffield and Doncaster

before joining the Ouse.

I should know that, but I don't.

All I know is that Sheffield and Doncaster are in Yorkshire.

I don't even know which river flows through Yorkshire.

I'm going to just have a guess,

and it's a wild guess at the River...Trent?

The River Trent, Cleve?

I think that might possibly be the wrong county, it's actually the Don.

The Don is what we were looking for.

-I'm sorry.

-It rises in the Pennines and flows through the Don Valley

-to Doncaster.

-Of course.

So nothing for you there, Sanjay.

Linda, it's your turn, you can still choose any one of the eight.

OK, I think I'll go with Max.

I think, Max, you like literature and books, am I right?

Yes, I do also like some of the lower forms of entertainment

-as well. I heard that you enjoy television.

-Yes.

So maybe you've seen this programme, because it is one of my favourites.

First name and surname of Kevin Spacey's character

in House Of Cards.

I have never seen this series, I know that it's a brilliant series,

but I've never, ever actually managed to see it.

I'm going to have to guess, Max, I'm just going to have to say

something here, so I'm going to say...

Johnny...Welsh.

-Johnny Welsh.

-Johnny Welsh, it's a great guess!

Completely wrong but a great guess nonetheless.

It is Frank Underwood.

Frank Underwood is what we were looking for there.

-OK.

-So nothing for you there, Linda, we come back to you, Alex,

and you can still choose anyone you like.

I think I'm going to go Mark, please.

Mark, our creative director.

Alex, this is a political question. I used to work in politics.

The question is...

Scotland's inaugural First Minister in 1999, who opened the newly-formed

Scottish Parliament, who was it?

I don't think it would have been

Nicola Sturgeon, so I'm going to go with Alex Salmond.

-Alex Salmond.

-It's a very good guess, yeah,

he went on to be First Minister,

but the inaugural First Minister was actually Donald Dewar.

Donald Dewar, who was known as the "father of the nation".

OK. So, nothing for you there, Alex. Sanjay, moving on to you now.

Can I please choose Jackie?

Jackie, our retired local government manager.

I think I knew the answer to this one

because it's probably around my age...

Not around my age, but somebody of my age would know it.

-And if you know anything about cars, you may know it.

-OK.

I can only think of one, which is Vauxhall,

but I don't think it is Vauxhall.

It's not Jaguar, it's not Land Rover, I don't think.

I'm going to have to guess at Vauxhall.

No, I bet you kick yourself here, as well, it's Triumph.

-Oh!

-Yeah, it was originally a bicycle company and then progressed

to motorbikes and cars.

The Triumph Herald was a very famous car, of course, at the time.

So, nothing for you,

all scoring a blank so far, actually, in this round!

Linda, see if you can get further on with your next question.

OK, I think this time I'll try Anisha, please.

Office assistant Anisha.

Hi, Linda.

So, this is a film question, and you said that you enjoyed films, right?

So you're going to get this right, cos it's a sick film.

So, it's one of my all-time favourites, so it's Titanic,

and every time I watch it, I always think, "If you shared the door,

"Jack would still be alive!"

Always what I think! So the question is...

Yes, I can see it, and I can see them on the prow of the ship.

But the title of the song, let me think, Love...

-I'm going to say Love Must Go On.

-Love Must Go On?

Linda, you were so close, but it's actually My Heart Will Go On.

-Oh, My Heart Will Go On.

-Yeah.

It was a number one in 1998,

and we will go on waiting for one of you to get a right answer

in this round!

LAUGHTER

So, Alex, come on, we can do this - who are you going to choose?

I'm going to choose Anisha.

And I'm going to hope for another film question.

It's not a film question...

It's a popular culture question, but hopefully you'll get it. So...

I remember it well.

No, sorry!

We were so full of hope there!

I'm rooting for the next question. OK, um...

I'm going to guess it's Italy.

Seems a popular marriage destination for celebrities,

so that would be my answer.

-Italy?

-You've got yourself some money!

-Oh, well done!

It was in Florence in 2014.

Well done, Alex, £200 for you.

Sanjay, you can pick anyone apart from Anisha.

Can I choose Abi?

-Dr Abi.

-Great!

I think this should be relatively straightforward,

especially cos you work in medical sales and I'm a medic as well.

No, no, genuinely, I don't think it's that bad.

What does the R in CPR stand for?

OK, so it's cardiac...

Resuscitation is the...

The answer, I think, is resuscitation.

Yes. Well done, resuscitation.

-What does the CP stand for?

-Cardiopulmonary.

There you are. Well done, Sanjay, £200 for you.

Now, Linda, make it a hat-trick! Who can you choose? Not Anisha.

I'm going to choose Len,

hoping that this is an easy question this time, Len!

I think you've chosen right this time.

Which British garden bird is jenny used for?

That is a very good question, Len.

I'm going to say...jackdaw.

-Have you ever heard the saying, the jenny wren?

-Oh, yeah.

I'm sorry, a wren is the answer.

-Rhymes with Len, there was the clue.

-Yeah.

Nothing for you there, Linda, I'm afraid,

and that brings us to the end of the round.

Let's see how your prize funds have changed. Not a lot!

Currently, Linda is on £200,

Sanjay has £400 in his prize fund.

In the lead, though, with £600, it's Alex.

So, 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, so, Linda,

you can still catch up.

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

of the Think Tank will give you the answer that they gave before

the show, and their reasons for it.

Only one of them will have the correct answer.

If you side with the correct person, you'll add £200 to your prize fund.

Five questions only remain before we have to say goodbye to one of you,

so choose your answer carefully. And here is the first question.

Anisha and Mark are going to tackle this one. Anisha.

So, I said Tom Hanks, cos he just seems like such a nice guy,

like, if he called me up and said, "Hello, I need your card details,"

I'd be like, "Of course, Mr Hanks, have them, it's fine!"

Obviously, he'd wipe my account clean, but, yeah, I said

Mr Tom Hanks.

OK. Mark.

I went for George Clooney.

Now, it's pretty obvious why all women like George Clooney,

but guys like him as well,

he's quite trustworthy, he's a good actor,

he's into his human rights, and he obviously married Amal,

who I think is a human-rights lawyer as well,

so he seems quite trustworthy, so I went for George Clooney.

OK, Anisha says Tom Hanks, Mark is going with George Clooney,

but what do you think? Please lock in your answers.

Let's see who you've chosen.

Alex and Sanjay say George Clooney, Linda says Tom Hanks.

Who's right?

Tom Hanks it is.

Sandra Bullock and Denzel Washington

came second and third in that poll in 2013.

So, well done, Linda, £200 to you.

And here's our next question.

Arminel and Cleve. Arminel, please.

My answer is tooth enamel,

because our teeth have to go through a lot of hard work,

particularly our molars, when they're grinding away.

I wouldn't say that my tooth enamel is necessarily particularly hard,

but it has to put up with a lot.

So I thought tooth enamel.

And Cleve?

I thought it was quite obvious, really - it's bone in general,

and obviously some bones are bigger and stronger than others and can

take a lot of weight - if you think of bones like the spine.

So I would generally say it would be the bone.

OK, Arminel says it's tooth enamel, Cleve says it's the bones.

Who's right? What do you think? Lock in your answers.

Let's see what you've chosen.

All three of you have gone with tooth enamel and Arminel's choice.

Are you right?

It's tooth enamel, well done.

£200 to you all, and let's move on to your next question.

Max and Jackie will have a go at this one. Max.

Now, I love my Shakespeare, I won't claim to have read all of the words

of Shakespeare, but I've read enough

to reckon that the most used word is actually "the".

If you take any of these quotes, like,

"If music be THE food of love, play on," or "To be or not to be,

"that is THE question," it's tucked away in there,

so I think it's very easy to miss,

but it's definitely the one he's most used.

-Jackie.

-What an exciting website(!)

As you can imagine, I'm never off it(!)

I wear the battery down on my tablet every day looking at it(!)

I thought about Shakespeare, and I don't know a lot about Shakespeare,

Max knows a lot about Shakespeare,

but really I'm a bit more in the real world.

But I think he talks about "thee" a lot - thee, thee!

They talk like that, that's how they talk.

They still talk like that in Yorkshire, but "thee",

-I think it's "thee".

-"Thee", as in T-H-E-E.

-Yes.

Max is saying "the", Jackie says it's "thee".

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

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

You have all gone with "the".

Let's see if you are right.

"The" is the right answer.

So, Max, since you know all the plays of Shakespeare inside out,

can you hazard a guess as to how many times the word "the" appears?

Oh, that is an excellent question, Bill.

Shall we say...900 times?

In all of Shakespeare's plays?

Maybe more. 2,000 times.

10,000 times.

15,000 times.

28,944.

-Close.

-Wow.

-Whereas "thee",

T-H-E-E, is only mentioned 3,378 times,

so you need to get new batteries for your tablet and start counting them.

-I do, yeah. I do, yeah.

-All right. Well done.

£200 to you all and we will move on to question number four.

Abi and Len are going to have a go at this. Abi.

I just thought that Winter Olympic games,

skiing is a very, very popular sport, so I went with skiing.

-Len.

-I think these people tend to go for more adventurous sort of sports

and my answer is bobsleigh.

So, Abi says it's skiing, Len says it's the bobsleigh.

Which one of them is right? Lock in your answers, please.

What have you come up with?

All three of you say it's skiing.

Let's see if you're on the right lines there.

In fact it is the bobsleigh. Bobsleighing.

-Bobsleigh.

-Well done, Len. Prince Albert competed in five

Winter Olympics from 1988 to 2002

-and he never won a medal.

-Oh.

There you go. So, nothing for you there

and we come to the final question in this round.

Anisha and Arminel. Anisha.

So, I said blue and I judge this by when I wake up in the morning

and I open my curtains, if the sky is grey or white, I'm like,

"Goodnight world, going back to bed."

If I open the curtains and it's blue, I'm like... "Ahhh!

"Yes! What a great day." Blue.

Arminel.

Well, my answer is green, so, you know, faced with this question,

what did I do? I know, I'll answer MY favourite colour, which is green,

and the reason why it is my favourite colour is because it's

the sign of spring, green shoots and, in particular,

I like a nice fresh green because I think it is very cheerful and it's

the sign of life. Green.

Anisha says blue, Arminel says green is the world's favourite colour.

Contestants, what do you think? Lock in your answers, please.

Let's see where you've gone with this one.

Alex and Sanjay say it's blue.

Linda's gone with green. Who's right?

It's blue. It's blue.

£200, then, for Alex and Sanjay and that brings us to the end

of the main game so let's take a look at your totals.

In the lead is Alex with £1,200, followed by Sanjay with £1,000.

Trailing behind with £800 is Linda.

Sadly, Linda, we have to say goodbye to you. Have you enjoyed playing?

I have. Thank you very much, it's been great fun.

It's been great to have you with us.

Thanks very much. Well done, Alex and Sanjay. You two will now compete

to take home the money you've earned, in our final.

So, Alex, if you win, how would you spend your prize money?

Well, I have never learned to sail and I would like to.

So I'd like to put myself in a position where I have to learn

and what I intend to do is to go and join one of the tour ship crews

and learn to sail somewhere exotic,

somewhere nice, around the Azores, maybe, or somewhere else.

It sounds very exciting. Sanjay, how about you?

Bill, at the moment, we're just having a house redone so I would

spend some money on helping with that. I can't paint so we'll

hire a painter and what have you, so... DIY is not my expertise.

And who have you got in the house with you there?

I've got my wife and my two daughters.

I wouldn't let my daughters paint, that's first and foremost,

being 11 and seven, I don't know what would end up on the walls!

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

I'm going to ask you five questions each.

Whoever gets the most correct answers takes home the money

that they have built up so far. You are not on your own, though,

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

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

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

The difference in the final compared to the rest of the show is they

don't know any of these questions either. They haven't seen them,

so they know as little about it as you do. Let's play the final.

Alex, you built up the most money in the main game so we're going to

start with you. And here's your first question.

Who would you like to help you with that?

Well, I've got a choice here, haven't I?

Cleve - very good with music.

However, Mark - Mark's from Scotland so I'm hoping he would know.

I haven't had help from Cleve yet so I'm going to ask Cleve.

That's a bit of a weakness there because I'm not...

It's not an area I'm great on, if I'll be honest with you, Alex.

Have you any idea at all?

My folk knowledge is....

-lacking, I think is the best description.

-OK.

Do you know any folk groups from Scotland?

I'm thinking of the guys who sang...

I would walk, you know, 500 miles.

The Proclaimers.

In this case, your guess is honestly as good as mine.

I'm really sorry I couldn't offer you help on this one.

No worries. Well...

I'll agree with you, we'll go for The Proclaimers.

-The Proclaimers is your answer.

-That's my answer.

-All right.

Let's see if you're right.

It was written by a member of The Corries, in fact.

Sorry, Alex. I'm so sorry.

It was written in the 1960s and refers to the Scottish victory

over England at the Battle of Bannockburn.

-Right.

-Mark, did you actually know the answer to that?

I did, unfortunately. Sorry.

Pretty much everybody in Scotland knows the words to that, don't they?

They do, yeah. It's the Battle of Bannockburn, as you say, in 1314.

All right, Alex, you've still got to get off the mark there.

Sanjay, here's your first question.

Who do you think could help you?

Sports...

I'm going to ask...

-..Len.

-South American country...

-I don't know, I mean I was...

-Somewhere like...

there's places in Patagonia or somewhere where there is

Welsh colonies out there, they speak Welsh, so I'm wondering if they've

taken... I know we like our rugby and are a football nation

and I wonder if they've taken... taken cricket out there?

-I was actually thinking Brazil.

-Maybe Brazil, again, as you say,

Brazil would be another one cos that's sort of into all sports.

I think Brazil. Think of any sort of countries that...?

I was actually thinking of Brazil because all the, I mean,

they must do some beach cricket there, I mean, when you see...

They've got the volleyball...

When you see the Caribbean you can see them play cricket on the beach.

What do you reckon on Brazil?

I think if I was sitting over there it would probably be my best guess,

but obviously it's entirely up to you what it's going to be.

-Yeah, Brazil. Hopefully I'll get it right.

-Brazil?

-Brazil.

OK, you're saying Brazil is the only South American country in which

Test match cricket has been played. Are you pitching it right?

-Oh!

-Wow.

Guyana, on the north coast of South America.

OK. So, no score for you either there, Sanjay.

Alex, we come to you for your second question.

I'm going to ask for Max's help, I think.

-Max.

-Well, we'll see what we can do.

I have to say, trees are not my speciality.

I'm thinking upside-down tree in Australia,

I'm thinking eucalyptus maybe?

Yes, I mean a eucalyptus is definitely a tree in Australia.

I mean, all the ones I've seen do seem to be the right way up.

I wasn't sure whether they're also in Africa as well, I mean,

there's all sorts of exciting trees aren't there, there's, you know,

monkey puzzle trees and the big sort of bulbous trees with the trunks

at the bottom that are large.

So, no advance on eucalyptus, though, specifics?

No real advance there. I mean,

if we could revisit the monkey puzzle perhaps?

That's a very sort of messy tree

and there's lots of stuff going on on the bottom but I don't know

whether that would be one that lodges in your memory at all?

We'll go with my guess, eucalyptus.

If I'm going to be wrong, I'll be wrong on my own.

It's certainly down under.

-Eucalyptus?

-Eucalyptus, please.

-OK.

HE READS THE QUESTION

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

Typically has a thick trunk

and thinner branches which resemble roots,

hence known as the upside-down tree.

OK. Still to get off the mark, then.

Sanjay, you could take the lead here with your second question.

Who can help you here?

I think...

-Anisha.

-OK.

I'm thinking...Lorde.

Is it pronounced Lorde or is it Lourdes?

No, no, no, Lourdes is Madonna's daughter.

L-O-R-D-E-S, though, isn't it?

-No.

-Oh.

-I think it's L-O-R-D-E,

silent E, so I think it's Lorde. That's all I've got.

-I haven't got an idea and I'm going to go with Lorde as well.

-OK.

-OK.

-That's your answer?

-It is.

Let's see if you are hitting the right note there.

-Lorde it is, well done.

-Thank you.

So, it was in 2014. She was just 16 years old at the time.

-Oh, nice.

-So, 1-0 to you, Sanjay. Alex, you can still catch up.

Plenty of time. Here's your third question.

Who would you like to choose to help you there?

Abi, Mark, Arminel or Jackie?

I'm going to go with Mark and see if Mark can help me.

I have to be honest,

-I'm not familiar with the guy's name.

-I'm familiar with the name.

I think he wasn't...

short of controversy but I can't quite think of what it was.

I think, off the top of my head, he was a diver.

The other thing that's come into my mind is cycling but I watch a lot

of cycling and I think I might be confusing him with Greg LeMond.

-I'm going to go with diving.

-Diving is your answer?

-Sounds like a good answer.

-OK. So, the American competitor

Greg Louganis won four Olympic gold medals, you say, in diving.

Let's see if you're right.

Diving it is, well done.

He famously hit his head on the board diving in the 1988 Olympics

and still went on to win gold.

All right, then, 1-1.

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

Abi, Arminel or Jackie here to help you.

Arminel, please.

OK. Right.

Well, I've got two ideas.

-I have as well!

-Do you have any ideas?

California and Florida are the two I've got.

Yes, exactly, those are exactly my ideas!

Right. Let's see which way we both want to lean

and whether we both want to lean in the same direction.

Which direction do you want to lean in?

I think I'm going to go for, well, not go for,

I think I'm going to lean towards California.

Well, I am leaning towards California, too,

-so let's hope that, together...

-Yeah, shall we go California?

-Fingers crossed.

-California.

-California, I think.

-California, you're leaning towards. That's your answer?

-Yes.

-OK.

You're saying California. Let's see.

-It's Florida.

-Oh, I'm so sorry.

It's no problem, I was leaning towards California, but...

-California is the Golden State.

-Oh!

So, 1-1 as we get into the fourth question.

Alex, you can take the lead now.

Here's your question.

You have just Abi or Jackie to ask.

I haven't heard much input from Abi yet, so I'm going to ask Abi.

Abi.

Politics, unfortunately, not much of my strong point.

Where do you think the name Zuma would come from?

I'm thinking the first name's probably more...

-Jacob is more a biblical name, isn't it?

-Yeah.

So it's going to be a predominantly Christian-type country.

Or do you want to split it by continent?

Well, I think it's likely to be...

-an African country...

-OK, fine.

-..I think.

I mean, there's Kenya, there's Zambia, where I was born.

But I don't know Zambian politics, unfortunately.

What about South Africa?

2009, 2009 South Africa.

Could be.

What about Mandela, when did... When was Mandela in power?

I feel like he presided up until he died but that's very unlikely.

-I'm going to have a random guess, I'm afraid.

-Go for it, go for it.

-I'm so sorry.

-Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is your answer. Let's see if you're on the right lines there.

Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness.

-We were almost there.

-Should have listened to you.

-Almost there.

-Yes, you nearly had it, and he was re-elected in 2014.

-Right.

So, another miss for you, Alex.

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

Jackie is your last source of assistance.

-I think I've got an idea.

-Do you? That's more than I have.

-I think it's Lindsay Lohan.

-Do you?

-Yes.

Well, I've got to be honest with you, I have no idea whatsoever.

I've seen the film and I think Cady Heron was, because, yeah,

it was Lindsay Lohan cos they move from Africa to... I think...

and she was Cady, if I'm not mistaken.

Well, I couldn't give you anything else to support that, so, yes.

-Lindsay Lohan?

-If that's

-what you think. Lindsay Lohan's my answer.

Lindsay Lohan you're saying played the role of Cady Heron in the film

Mean Girls. Let's see if you're right.

You are, Lindsay Lohan is the right answer. Well done.

This is your fifth question, no Think Tankers left to help,

you're on your own from here

and, Alex, if you don't get this one right,

then Sanjay will be today's winner. So this to stay in the competition.

The World According To Garp.

You know what? My head has just gone completely blank.

So, The World According To Garp...

I'll try and remember the guy that wrote

The Girl Who Played With Fire books.

Is it Henrik Larsson? Was that his name?

-Henrik Larsson.

-Henrik Larsson is your answer?

-It is indeed.

-OK, the question is this.

The World According To Garp is a book by which author?

You are saying it's Henrik Larsson.

If you are not right then Sanjay will be today's winner.

OK. Let's see, was it Henrik Larsson?

That means, Sanjay, you are today's winner.

-Congratulations.

-Thanks.

The book was adapted into a film in the '80s starring

Robin Williams and Glenn Close. So, hard lines, Alex.

It was a particularly difficult final. So, commiserations,

I'm afraid you're not taking anything home apart from the honour

of having shared a studio for a while with these magnificent minds.

Thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you very much.

-Sanjay, as our winner, you will definitely

be taking home your prize of £1,000. You will shortly have the chance

to add an extra £1,000 to your winnings. First, though, shall we

take a moment to identify the Think Tanker and praise them for giving

the most correct answers during the show? And it was...

..Arminel. Well done.

Sanjay, you have one last chance to boost your prize money significantly

as you face our Question: Impossible.

Well, Sanjay, this is the hardest part of the whole show because

no-one in our Think Tank got this question right.

If you can achieve what none of them could and give us a correct answer,

an extra £1,000 will be yours, OK?

Shall we look at your Question: Impossible?

Now, before you give your answer, we'll give you a little bit of help.

We'll take a look at all the wrong answers that the Think Tank gave

and that'll knock a few things out for you.

So, here's what they came up with.

The Daily Mail, the Independent, the Express, The Guardian,

and the Mail again. So, those are wrong answers.

HE REPEATS THE QUESTION

I have no idea, I mean...

there's a couple that comes to mind.

Daily Telegraph is one of them

and the Sun is another one.

Its own official website...

Actually, I'm going to go for the Sun.

-Going for The Sun?

-Yeah.

OK. This for an extra £1,000

to take your prize money to £2,000.

Let's see if you have the right answer.

It was the Daily Telegraph.

It launched its website in 1994

and it was known as the Electronic Telegraph. That's it, I'm afraid,

so you didn't conquer our Question: Impossible, Sanjay.

Still leaving with £1,000.

That will buy you a few pots of paint, won't it?

-Yes, it will!

-Add a couple of brushes.

-Yes.

And you can teach your daughters how to paint and that'll be it.

Why not? 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 is goodbye from them. ALL:

-Bye!

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