Episode 29 Think Tank

Meet our Think Tank. They've answered hundreds of general knowledge questions

under exam conditions before the show. Their answers are in,

but how helpful will they be to the three contestants?

Playing the game are Tanya, a sales executive from Shrewsbury,

Helen, a mental health nurse from Rosewell in Midlothian,

and Tom, a civil servant from Wall Heath in the West Midlands.

This is Think Tank.

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

What an amazing display of brains and beauty we have - literally.

A make-up artist,

a one-time male model and numerous degrees including qualifications

in fuel and combustion, English literature and business.

So many degrees, in fact, we nearly had to apply sunblock to our three contestants!

Degrees! Sunshine!

OK. Welcome to you all.

Tanya, you are a sales executive, what are you selling?

Yes, I sell holiday homes and lodges.

-Whereabouts?

-In Shrewsbury in Shropshire.

-Have you got one yourself?

-I have, yes.

-Is it nice?

-Up on the north coast.

-Is it? OK.

Are you a bit of a thrill-seeker?

Yes, I am.

What's the most exciting thing you've done?

I've done a couple, actually. My partner, I think he loves me,

he paid for me to go and do a Lamborghini drive,

a dive with sharks,

and an aerial extreme thing in Manchester.

Wow! Aerial extreme, what's that mean?

Yeah, you do, like, a skydive,

like a dive out of a plane, but in a sealed unit.

Fantastic. OK. Your strongest subject, what's it likely to be?

I like sport, food and drink...

OK, where do you need some help?

-Art and literature.

-Art and literature.

Well, Max is our literature expert, really.

Who's the artist amongst you?

Depends what kind of artist you're talking about.

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Fine arts, we're looking for. That rules you out, does it?

-Yeah.

-All right. Lovely to have you with us, Tanya.

Helen, welcome to you. You are a mental health nurse.

-That's right, yes.

-What does your work involve?

At the moment I work in a unit for people with learning disabilities.

-Have you always worked in Edinburgh?

-No, no, I've been in Scotland

for nearly 22 years.

Grew up in Sunderland.

But spent three-and-a-half years in Zambia.

Oh, that must have been interesting?

Yes, it was great. I went as a VSO volunteer to teach mental health

nursing in a college which was attached to a teaching hospital

on the outskirts of Lusaka.

-What do you do as a treat for yourself?

-I love my whisky.

I'm a member of the Malt Whisky Society and I love going up to visit

distilleries, go to tutored tastings, reading about it, and enjoying it, as well.

-So you know a lot about it?

-I'd like to think so, yes.

What's your favourite type of whisky?

Um, smoky and peaty.

Smoky and peaty.

Sounds like two mates, doesn't it?

Smoky and peaty. OK.

What are your strongest subjects going to be?

Probably sport, some music...

um, little bit of literature.

And where are you weak?

-Celebrities.

-Celebrities?

Yeah, I'm not very good on celebrities.

And I'm not brilliant on sort of science and nature.

All right - science, Arminel can help you with.

Celebrities - Jordan, you're up with your celebrities, aren't you?

Yeah, I love a good bit of trash TV, a bit of gossip, online and things,

so I'll help you out with your celebrities.

-Good.

-Nice to have you with us.

-Thank you.

-And, Tom, you're a civil servant.

Which branch of the civil service do you work in?

I'm afraid I can't answer that, Bill.

Oh!

-ALL:

-Ooh!

-OK.

Are you one of those civil servants, you know, "civil servants"?

I'm afraid I can't answer that, Bill.

What are your favourite things to do in your spare time when you're not

being a "civil servant"?

My favourite things are sport. I'm absolutely sports mad.

I love rugby. Love cricket.

And I've coached them for many years, as well.

And would you say you're a bossy person?

I would say I can get quite bossy.

I once stopped my year four play from happening

because a girl got her lines wrong,

and refused to continue as the White Rabbit in Alice In Wonderland,

until she finished her lines correctly.

How long did the play go on for?

My mum and dad told me they were sat there for hours.

Max, you have a bit of thespian experience yourself, don't you?

Yes, that's right. I directed a Shakespeare play at university.

I have to say I do admire your zero-tolerance approach to line fluffing.

Strongest subject, then - you mentioned sport, that sort of thing?

History, as well. I'm a very big history fan.

I like watching Sharpe on TV, so quite a lot of that.

And what are you not so good at?

Oddly, I think I will be drawing on Max quite a lot today,

I'm not as up-to-date with classical literature, and then also geography,

so if there are any geographers, I will be calling your name.

Mark knows his way around the world.

And Arminel, absolutely.

So, welcome to all three of you.

Now, over three rounds, our contestants will try to tap into

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

Don't forget, they 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, though, just one of them 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 right one is going to be there somewhere,

but also several mistakes, quite possibly.

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

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

Here is a question we asked the Think Tank.

Think on that for a second

while we see what the Think Tank came up with.

It's a fairly broad choice you've got there, isn't it?

It is. Well, I used to work in banking,

so if I get this wrong, that's perhaps why I left!

Individual. You're only allowed one ISA.

So, individual savings account.

-OK.

-I think.

-You're saying individual.

For what does the letter I stand in the financial acronym ISA?

Is it individual? Let's see.

It is, well done.

And it does stand for individual savings account.

Ken, you got that right - before you were a holiday rep,

did you work in financial services of some sort?

Sadly, I did work in a bank.

This was before computers.

We had to use fountain pens, before biros, so long ago, that was.

I hated every minute of it, really.

That was before they had ISAs.

We did it all by hand, yes.

Well done for getting it right. And to you, Arminel, as well.

-And £200 goes to you, Tanya.

-Thank you.

Helen, you've seen how it works, here's your first question.

Have a look at that. Let's see what the Think Tank thought.

Jordan?

Two kidneys, two livers, two ears,

and a couple of others.

I'm pretty sure it's not the ear.

And I'm pretty sure it's not the lungs.

Arminel's a science teacher so I think she's more likely to be right.

And I did think it may be, so I'm going to go for kidney.

Kidney. The Loop of Henle is in which organ of the human body?

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

Kidney's correct, well done.

So named after the person who discovered it, who was German.

Oh, right! Well, I'll store that bit of knowledge.

You never know when it might come in handy.

-Exactly.

-OK. Well done, Helen.

£200 for your prize fund. And, Tom, here's your first question.

What did the Think Tank vote for here? Jordan?

Five of the Think Tank have gone for Lincoln.

Doesn't necessarily make it right, though.

I'm trying to think of old pictures that I've seen of them,

and pictures of Mount Rushmore.

I'm going to rule out Roosevelt, because I think he was

quite a freshly-shaven man.

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

Lincoln? OK. Which of the US Presidents depicted

on Mount Rushmore has a moustache?

You're saying it's Lincoln.

Let's see if you're right.

It was Roosevelt.

It was Roosevelt, but it was

Theodore Roosevelt, not FDR.

Theodore Roosevelt, who was President from 1901-1909, did have a moustache.

Lincoln had a beard, but no moustache.

There you go. OK, so nothing for you there, Tom.

Tanya, here's your second question.

What did the Think Tank choose here?

Again, a clear majority in favour of porcupine,

but there are a couple of other things to consider there, as well.

I'm trying to think -

obviously, porcupine is something that's very thorny.

Don't think it's rhino.

And peacock, I've never heard of anything... Latin name for that.

So I think I'm going to go again with the majority, porcupine.

Porcupine. Which creature takes its name from the Latin for "pig" and

"thorn" or "spine"? You're saying it's the porcupine.

Let's see if you've chosen correctly.

Porcupine it is, well done.

There are 25 species of porcupine, apparently.

And they are large, herbivorous, quill-bearing rodents.

To give them their precise description.

They are just big and spiky.

I feel better for knowing that.

£200 to you, Tanya. Helen, we move on to you,

for your second question.

What did the Think Tank choose here?

Several choices there. What do you think, Helen?

I have no idea.

I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be aluminium,

because it's quite a soft metal.

And I reckon if they made it in gold, it would get pinched.

I think I'm going to go with the majority and go for bronze.

-Bronze?

-Yeah.

-OK.

The so-called statue of Eros in London's Piccadilly,

one of the first in the capital to be cast in which metal?

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

-It's aluminium.

-Gosh.

-Aluminium.

We are saying so-called statue of Eros, do you know why?

Because it's not actually Eros.

-Oh, yes.

-The statue

is actually a statue of Eros's brother, Anteros, but it is,

to give it its official title, the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain.

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

Tom, here's your second question.

What did the Think Tank dial up for this one? Jordan?

Easy to get confused on this question, I think, Tom.

I'm trying to go through my alphabet but it's not helping me a lot.

I know that the number 7 has four letters on it, I believe.

I'm trying to see if I can work my way backwards,

but it's not working very well in my head.

I'm going to rule out anything which has a Z in, because that would be

on the number 9, I believe.

Equally going to rule out anything with a Y in, because I believe

that would be next to Z. Um...

I'm trying to see what that leaves me.

I'm going to go for TUV.

TUV? OK.

Which three letters appear on the same key as the number 9

on a standard international telephone keypad?

You are saying it is TUV. Have you deduced correctly?

You have, it is TUV, well done.

It's one of those things you don't really think about, is it?

And actually, we don't use those keypads quite as much as we used to with phones.

Well done, Tom, £200 to you.

It gets us to the end of the first round.

Let's take a look at your prize funds.

Helen and Tom are tied on £200.

In the lead with £400 is Tanya.

That 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 Tank whose knowledge you think you can match.

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

Although they're not experts, they are interested in different subjects,

so do think carefully about who might be on the right lines for you.

Once a Think Tanker has asked both of their questions, they can't be picked again.

Tanya, you get to go first, whole bunch to choose from,

so who do you think is on your wavelength?

Peter, I think, because he works for pizzas, so I'm just thinking food,

he might be knowledgeable on food.

Our pizza waiter, Peter.

I'm afraid it's not a food question.

-Oh, no!

-There is a card game I used to play at lunchtime at school.

What number is the alternative name for the casino card game Blackjack?

What number is the alternative name for the casino card game Blackjack?

I should know this, because I like cards,

but Blackjack, I think, is an ace

and a colour card... I think it's 21.

21, Peter?

-Correct.

-Yes!

And it's a game in which players must try to score as close to 21

as possible without going over.

All right, £200 for you, Tanya, well done.

Helen, you are up next and you can choose anyone you like.

I think I'm going to go with Arminel.

This is science and let's hope you can guess this.

Which radioactive chemical element has the atomic symbol Pu?

Radioactive chemical element that has the atomic symbol Pu.

Not sure at all.

I'm trying to think -

it's a long time since I did any science at school.

I'm going to have to just make a guess and say plutonium.

-Plutonium?

-Completely inspired!

Plutonium is correct.

Wow.

That was a total guess!

And well-known, of course, for its use

in nuclear power and nuclear weaponry, as well.

OK. £200 for you, Helen.

Well done. Tom, you're up next. Who would you like to go with?

I'm going to go with Peter because I'm hoping it's some form of food

or maybe a film and TV question.

I'm a part-time reservist in the Army and we get to play with radios,

so it's sort of like a science question, really.

When referring to a radio station,

what does the letter F stand for in FM?

What does F stand for in FM?

I'm just going to have to go for... with frequency.

-Frequency?

-You're on the right wavelength, it's frequency!

Frequency modulation, was that just a guess?

-Educated guess, I'd say.

-And a correct guess, too. Well done.

£200 for you, Tom. Tanya, we come back to you.

Peter is out of the running, but you can choose anybody else.

I'm going to go with Jordan.

This is my favourite dessert, which is why I knew the answer.

So the question is...

Which dessert has a name taken from the French for "burnt cream"?

Which dessert takes its name from the French for "burnt cream"?

Burnt cream, I think,

is used from caramelising sugar

on a creme brulee,

-so I'm going creme brulee.

-Creme brulee?

-It is indeed creme brulee, well done.

-Well done.

It is a dessert of custard topped with caramelised sugar. It's delicious.

-It's so good. It is.

-OK.

Well done, Tanya, £200 for you.

Helen, still anybody apart from Peter to choose from.

I'm going to go for Max.

I think we share a lot of interests in common.

Well, Helen, this question is actually related to my job.

I do press relations for a couple of big technology companies,

and whilst I can talk a good talk, I realised I didn't know very much

about the technology itself, so I struck out and tried

to build my own computer.

So it sort of worked out OK,

but this is a question relating to that.

Now, I think I know this one.

There are so many bits in a computer and I remember having a problem with

mine and taking it down to the shop and the guy took it to bits and I'm

pretty sure it was a motherboard.

OK. Which part of a personal computer is a printed circuit board

that holds the main components of the system?

Motherboard?

Computer says yes, it's motherboard.

Well done.

So you built your own computer, did you?

I did, yeah. You can buy all the bits, like you said -

all the bits that are found in a computer -

and gradually put them all together and then it doesn't work!

And you curse and you cry and you take it all apart and put it back

together again and eventually it does work.

All right. Well done, you.

And well done to you, Helen - £200 for you.

Tom, your second question. Anyone apart from Peter.

I think I'm going to go with Jordan.

-Jordan?

-This is actually about celebrities,

particularly my favourite fashion model of all time.

And the question is...

Cindy Crawford married to which actor between 1991 and 1995?

I haven't got a clue.

No. I'm...

Take a punt and say...

-..Brad Pitt?

-Brad Pitt?

That would be an absolutely gorgeous couple but I'm afraid it was

-Richard Gere.

-Richard Gere was the answer we were looking for.

Nothing for you there, then, Tom.

Tanya, we come back to you for your third question this round.

Jordan and Peter you cannot choose - anyone else you can have.

Ken, I believe he likes holidays.

Yes, I do. Travel a lot.

This question is about my favourite book, or series of books,

and I've read every one in the series so I hope you like this.

In which African country is The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency set?

I like detective programmes, but I said I don't like books, really.

So this is going to be a complete guess.

Geography is not my thing, either, so I'm thinking,

I hope this is in Africa.

I'm going to go with Kenya.

-Kenya, Ken?

-Sadly it's Botswana.

Oh.

The book by Alexander McCall Smith -

Botswana was where he lived for several years.

Nothing for you there, Tanya. Helen, your third question -

still six of the eight to go with.

I'm going to go with Diane.

I knew the answer to this because I spent several years judging gymnastics

competitions in acro and their artistry.

The question is...

The item of gymnastic clothing named after a French trapeze artist.

Wow. I don't know much about gymnastic clothing.

One of my sisters used to do gymnastics but I didn't. Um...

It's going to have to be a guess and I'm going to go for leotard.

-Leotard?

-Absolutely right.

His full name was Jules Leotard.

So, very well guessed.

£200 for you there, Helen.

Tom, your third question, the last of this round.

I'm going to ask Jackie for a question, please.

Right, Tom.

I travel quite extensively, I've been to lots and lots of places.

But I hadn't been to Venice until about four years ago

and since then I've been in and out of Venice about five times.

So the question is...

Venice International Airport named after which explorer?

I've been to Venice on holiday so I'd like to think I know this

and I'm a bit of a history buff.

I am toying with two answers in my head but I'm going to go with my gut

feeling and say Marco Polo.

-Marco Polo?

-Your gut feeling was right, well done.

Marco Polo was in fact born and died in Venice.

£200 for you there, Tom, brings us to the end of the round.

Let's see how your prize funds have changed.

Tom has £600.

Tanya and Helen are in the lead and tied on £800.

You chose three questions each but none of you chose to hear from

Mark and he's got great knowledge to show off so how about we hear a

question from him that he answered correctly earlier,

just for a bit of fun? Mark?

It concerns one of the great female figures of the 20th century and the

question is...

So, you might know this one at home, have a go.

Mother Teresa spent much of her life caring for the poor and sick

in which country? What do you think?

-India.

-India?

-Yeah.

-It is the subcontinent of India.

Well done.

And she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

So, well done, Helen, the honour and glory of that answer is yours.

Nothing for your prize fund, though.

Again, thanks, Mark, for that.

Let's get back to the competition.

Now, one of you is going to have to leave the game shortly,

but you have one last chance to take the lead and, Tom,

it's very easy for you to catch up from here.

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

Two members of the Think Tank will give you the answer they gave before

the show and their reasons for doing so.

Only one of them will have the correct answer.

If you side with the right person,

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

to your prize fund.

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

so choose your answers carefully.

Here is the first question.

Ken and Arminel are having a go at this. Ken?

I've got to say that I absolutely love Carry On films and I think...

I'm sure I've seen every one of them many, many times.

When this film came out, I didn't realise how popular it was

going to be and many people were the same.

The film was called Carry On Sergeant.

-Arminel.

-I was four in 1958, so I didn't see it at the time,

but saw a lot of the Carry On films afterwards and it's going to be one

that was in black and white,

so there were a few that I could rule out,

such as Carry On Up The Khyber.

And I believe that it was Carry On Nurse, because, at the time,

there were a lot of...

The comedic possibility of hospitals

was well seen and in particular

I've got a vision of Hattie Jacques as matron.

And it was in black and white, so I reckon it was Carry On Nurse.

All right. Ken says it was Carry On Sergeant.

Arminel is going for Carry On Nurse.

What do you think, contestants? Please lock in your answers.

How are you carrying on?

All three of you have gone with Carry On Sergeant.

Let's see if you were right.

Carry On Sergeant it was.

Do you know who the sergeant was in the title role, Carry On Sergeant?

Well, it wasn't Kenneth Williams.

No. William Hartnell.

-Yes.

-The first Doctor Who.

Of course. But also in it were Kenneth Williams and Bob Monkhouse.

£200 for all of you there. Here's the next question.

Jackie and Peter are going to pronounce on this one.

-Jackie.

-I didn't have to think a lot about this one

because there are some accents in the British Isles

that are absolutely like nails on a

blackboard, but the one that I think is the one that most people like to

listen to - and I'm recording these shows and I'm going to listen to

Jordan. And just because everybody...

It's the Irish accent.

I think it's lovely.

A really nice, soothing accent.

-OK, Peter?

-I spend a lot of time in Yorkshire where I do my degree in

Leeds and I think it's the Yorkshire accent.

And it's very friendly, they're a really nice type of people.

All right. Jackie says it's an Irish accent.

Peter's gone for Yorkshire.

What do you think, contestants?

What have you come up with? Tanya and Helen say Irish.

Tom's gone for Yorkshire.

Who's right?

Irish it is.

Received pronunciation came second, which is no accent at all, really.

Welsh, Yorkshire and the West Country accents

all scored very highly, as well.

OK. £200 to Tanya and Helen and here is your next question.

Max and Diane. Not afraid to take this one on.

-Max.

-Well, I said public speaking. Now, I know you wouldn't think it,

given what a tremendous job all three of

you are doing speaking in front of our thousands of viewers from around

-the world.

-Hundreds of thousands, if you don't mind.

Millions.

But a lot of people do find it very difficult to get in front of a large

group of people, or even a small group of people,

just making a speech or a brief statement.

So I'd say most people would say that

public speaking really is the thing that makes them most scared.

-Diane.

-OK.

I say that it's a fear of open spaces.

A lot of people have a very debilitating fear

of going outside of their

own front doors, and it can be daunting in this day and age.

I believe the term is agoraphobia

and I say it's a fear of open spaces.

Max has gone with public speaking, Diane says the fear is open spaces.

What do you think, contestants?

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

Tanya and Helen are saying it's open spaces.

Tom's gone with public speaking.

Let's see who's right.

Open spaces.

Other common phobias include arachnophobia - a fear of spiders.

Emetophobia, a fear of vomiting.

And hypochondria, which is, in fact, a fear of illness.

OK. £200 to Tanya and Helen.

And we move on to question four.

Arminel and Jordan are going to tackle this one.

I think it's salmon,

and the reason I think it's salmon is because I've got visions of the

supermarket shelves full of this beautiful pink fish.

I think it's become very fashionable.

It's also farmed, so you can consider

that you are buying it responsibly.

I think it's salmon.

-Jordan?

-I do love salmon.

I mean, I sort of toyed with it, but then I thought, in Britain,

I think we tend to prefer fish either battered or in breadcrumbs.

So I went for cod, because I was thinking of things...

Fishfingers, fish and chips, and although salmon is more expensive,

I think the vast amount of fish and chips

that are sold in the UK probably make cod the most popular.

Arminel's gone for salmon. Jordan says it's cod.

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

What have you come up with?

Tanya says cod.

Helen and Tom have gone with salmon.

Who's right?

Salmon is the correct answer.

We spent over £870 million on salmon in that time period.

£357 million on cod, so a lot, but not nearly as much.

OK. So, £200 to Helen and Tom and that brings us to the final question of this round.

Jackie and Mark having a go at this.

-Jackie. AS MCENROE:

-You cannot be serious!

When I first looked at this question I thought, "John McEnroe,

"Bruce Willis.

"America." And then I realised it said European country.

I do believe that they were both born in the UK

-and then moved out to America.

-Mark?

Well, I was thinking that there would be quite a lot of Americans in

Europe in a certain country from around about 1945 to 1980 and that

country would be West Germany,

because of the GIs and the officers

left over after the Second World War,

so I went for West Germany.

Jackie says it's the UK. Mark's gone for West Germany.

What are you plumping for, contestants?

Tanya says West Germany.

Helen and Tom have gone for the UK.

Let's see who's right.

And it's West Germany.

And as you so cleverly explained, Mark,

they were both born to US servicemen,

who were stationed in West Germany at the time of their birth.

So, £200 to you, Tanya, well done.

That brings us to the end of the round and the end of the main game,

so let's see how your scores are now.

So, in the lead are Tanya and Helen with £1,600.

Trailing behind with £1,000 is Tom,

so we have to say goodbye to you, Tom.

You were up against two very keen competitors there, I'm afraid.

-I hope you've enjoyed playing.

-I have done. It's been brilliant.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you with us, thank you.

Helen and Tanya, then, you two will now compete

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

Tanya, if you win today, what would you do?

I'd like to take all my family on a spa break.

My two daughters and my sisters and me likes spas,

so that would be nice.

And me and my partner celebrate our 50th birthday this year,

so a nice holiday for us would be lovely.

Lovely. So, the spa - what do you like to do in the spa?

-Nothing.

-Lounge around.

-Lounge around.

Lounge around in one of those robes.

Dive-bomb in a pool. Yes.

Yes? All right, then. Helen, what would you do?

Well, I've been accepted to start a Masters degree later this year and

it's part-time, so I'll be doing it while I'm working full-time and the

money would go really well towards the fees.

-Oh, that's lovely.

-I'm self-funding it.

-What's the degree going to be in?

-International dementia.

Wouldn't there be a little treat you would want to have, as well?

-Just a little one?

-Yeah,

I might take myself down to the Stadium of Light for a game.

-Bottle of whisky?

-Oh, well, maybe. I could be persuaded.

All right. 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

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

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

You choose someone to consult with before your answers.

Each member can only be picked once this time round.

And the difference in the final compared with the rest of the show

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

so they know as little about them as you do.

OK? Let's play the final.

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

Pop question. Who could help you?

I think I'll go with Jordan.

Because she likes celebrities.

I haven't heard of it, to be honest, and I like music.

I really like celebrities and really like music and I've not heard

of Delirium.

I'm trying to think who it could be.

I'm trying to rule out artists I know it's not, so,

obviously Adele's album was 25.

It was a big album of the year.

I'm not sure what Ed Sheeran's album was called.

It could have been Delirium.

-Yeah.

-I'm trying to think of some popular artists from last year.

There was Ed Sheeran, Drake was very popular last year.

Kanye West's album is more likely to be called something like

I'm Fantastic.

Justin Bieber?

-Oh.

-I think Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber are probably our best bets.

Do you have a stronger feeling towards one?

Ed Sheeran. Only because it's like...

It was my gut feeling but, as I say, I'm not entirely sure.

-I'm really sorry I can't be more help.

-No, that's fine.

-I think I'm going to go with Ed Sheeran.

-Ed Sheeran?

-Yep.

BILL READS QUESTION

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

Ellie Goulding, it was.

I like her, too.

It contains the hits Love Me Like You Do and Army.

OK. Right.

Helen, your first question.

-Who would you like to go with here?

-I'm going to go with Max.

Any thoughts, Max? Because I haven't.

Well, Helen, I have to say, I did get this book for Christmas

and it has been on my shelf for a while but I haven't read it.

I have a feeling it might be an American author of some kind.

Did you have any games that popped into your head at all?

Not at all.

I wondered about...

..the guy who wrote The Da Vinci Code, but I don't think so.

No, I think there's slightly too many long words

in there for Dan Brown.

I think... I mean, it could be Jonathan Franzen,

though I know he doesn't tend to do memoirs.

Dave Eggers is another name that popped into my head.

I mean, that's probably the one I feel strongly about now,

Dave Eggers, but I really...

I have to confess, I haven't read it, so I do feel a bit useless.

You think it might be Dave Eggers?

Yes. In lieu of any other better answer,

I'm afraid that's the only one I can throw to you.

Well, in lieu of any answer from me, let's go for Dave Eggers.

Dave Eggers is your answer?

-Yeah.

-BILL READS QUESTION

Let's see if you're right.

Dave Eggers it was, well done.

Thank you, Max.

It describes his experiences bringing up his eight-year-old brother

after the death of his parents when he was 21.

-So, well done, Helen.

-Thank you.

-1-0 to you.

Tanya, your second question coming up.

Who did you want to choose to help you here?

I would say Ken.

-Ken.

-The worst thing is, I know it and I can't think of it.

Isn't it dreadful? It's an African city, isn't it?

Do you have any ideas?

We could go Botswana.

-No.

-Again.

-That's one thing it wasn't.

I can assure you of that.

He didn't ever become archbishop in the UK, did he?

Wasn't it...? No, not Canterbury or...

I've got a feeling that he may have transferred here because I've seen

him so many times on television. It won't be Canterbury, so...

-Shall we try something like York? I don't know.

-Yeah. Up north.

-York.

-York.

York? BILL READS QUESTION

You're saying York. Let's find out if you're right.

-It's Cape Town.

-Oh, Cape Town.

-Sorry.

-Yeah.

-Just a guess.

-In 1984, he'd received the Nobel Prize for Peace, as well,

for his role in opposing apartheid.

So South Africa was where he was from, Cape Town.

OK. Nothing for you there, Tanya.

Helen, your second question coming up.

You're 1-0 in the lead at the moment.

Who could help you here?

-Arminel.

-Great!

-Do you know?

I've got a pretty good idea.

I'm hoping you will reinforce that idea.

I know, because of the flag game I play with my sons and this is one of

the ones I can get right.

I lived in Zambia, which is a long way from Nigeria,

but I think it's green.

Absolutely, I agree totally with green.

-Green.

-It goes green, white, green.

-Green?

-Yes.

-You got to that one quickly.

The two colours featured on the national flag of Nigeria

are white and which other? You are saying it's green.

Let's see if you're right.

It is green. Well done.

And a good choice of assistant there. Well done.

2-0 to Helen. Tanya, you can still catch up, though.

Here's your third question.

Jackie, Mark, Peter or Diane are left to help you.

-Who do you want to go with?

-I would like Diane.

I have no idea.

Hagar the Horrible?

-Horrible Henry, I think.

-What it Horrible Henry?

-I don't know.

-Didn't that have Victor...?

-Was it the sister with...?

-Victoria.

-Yes.

-And she squeaked.

Was there an animated film called that, though?

-I haven't seen the film.

-Do you know another one that came into my mind

was How To Tame Your Dragon.

That had Vikings in, I think.

Yeah, that's been on at the cinema.

And that was animated and that was a book.

The only books I've ever seen are the, you know, Horrid Henry ones.

Well, it could be Horrid Henry, but I can't remember a film.

-No, I can't remember a film. We'll go with Hagar.

-Hagar?

Yes. OK. BILL READS QUESTION

You're going with Hagar.

Let's see if you've chosen correctly.

-It was How To Train Your Dragon.

-How To Train Your Dragon.

Oh. Sorry.

You did mention it, didn't you?

I said there were the two films.

You led her up the path, she didn't quite go with you, I'm afraid.

-Never mind.

-And the book was written by Cressida Cowell.

So another miss for you, I'm afraid, Tanya.

Helen, your third question coming up.

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

because Tanya won't have time to catch up.

-OK?

-OK.

-Here we go.

So who can help you here?

Mark, Peter or Jackie.

Jackie?

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

Do you? Did anything spring to mind?

-No.

-Right, well,

we're going to have to try and think about what rivers are in Wales.

That would be a start, wouldn't it?

-It would, wouldn't it?

-So if you'd like to start.

I honestly haven't got a clue.

I've been to Wales quite a few times.

I've been once or twice.

The Severn? I mean, I really don't know.

The Severn goes...

Is that Bristol?

I mean, the bottom of Wales, South Wales, out towards Bristol,

-doesn't it?

-Yeah. Well, in the absence of anything else,

-I'm going to go with the Severn.

-The Severn?

-Yeah.

OK. BILL READS QUESTION

You're saying it's the Severn.

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

Let's see if you are.

The Severn it is.

Well done. Congratulations, Helen, you are today's winner, well done.

-Well done, lovely.

-Thank you.

And its source is in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales,

so well done, very well-educated guess.

-Sorry, Tanya.

-That's OK.

-It was tough for you there in the final,

wasn't it? So I'm afraid you're not taking anything home,

-but you've been a very good player. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-It's been great. OK.

Helen, as our winner, you're definitely taking home your prize of £1,600.

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

First, though, shall we find out which Think Tanker gave the most correct answers during the show?

It was...

..Arminel. Well done, Arminel.

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

our Question: Impossible.

Well, Helen, that was pretty straight shooting, wasn't it?

-Yes.

-You just breezed right through it.

It wasn't that easy when I reflect on it now.

Yeah. But so often it's in the choice of Think Tanker that you go with.

-It really is. And you proved that this time.

-I think I chose well.

You certainly did, you certainly did.

OK. Well, we've come to the toughest question of the whole show now,

because no-one in the Think Tank actually answered it correctly earlier,

so if you can do what none of them could, and give us a correct answer,

an extra £1,000 will be yours, OK?

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

Have a think on that while we see what the Think Tank came up with as

wrong answers. And this will knock a few things out.

So, what did they say? The Shining, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,

and that's it, I'm afraid.

They are not ruling much out, for you, really,

when you think of all the films Jack Nicholson has been in.

I love films, but I'm not a huge Jack Nicholson fan.

Oh, gosh.

The only other one that's coming to mind is As Good As It Gets.

Yeah, that's...

I've seen that one. I can't remember the name of the character,

but I know Jack Nicholson was in it,

so I'm going to have to go with As Good As It Gets.

As Good As It Gets. OK.

BILL READS QUESTION

You have £1,600 already, which you're going to take home with you.

If you get this right, you have an extra £1,000.

Your answer is As Good As It Gets. Let's see how you do get on with it.

A Few Good Men, I'm afraid, is what we are looking for.

He plays Colonel Nathan Jessup.

It's a military courtroom drama, I think, isn't it?

-Right.

-So, I'm sorry, Helen, that wasn't it,

you didn't conquer the Question: Impossible.

Still leaving with £1,600, though,

so I hope that will go some way towards your studies.

It certainly will, yes. And I might treat myself, as well.

I think you should. You deserve it, you really do.

At least one bottle of whisky for your collection, if not more.

OK. Thanks ever so much.

-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.