Episode 4 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 John, who's retired, from West Yorkshire,

Dan, an operations manager from Redditch,

and Vanessa, a hospitality receptionist from Manchester.

This is Think Tank.

Welcome to the show.

Welcome, as ever, to our Think Tank,

our panel of the great British public,

with dates of birth ranging from the 1940s

all the way through to the 1990s.

Our Think Tank have more than 300 years of life experience

racked up between them,

and one of them has got a third of them.

THEY LAUGH Let's hope they've picked up

some useful knowledge along the way

to help our three contestants

as they compete for the glory of winning a cash prize.

Nice to see you all.

John, you're retired. What were you doing before you were retired?

I've been in the forces.

I was a computer operations analyst in international banking.

-You were in the armed forces?

-I was in the armed forces for 13 years.

Are you good at quizzes?

Quite good, yes, yes. We've won the local pub quiz a few times.

-Oh, a few times?

-A few times.

-So you're a regular?

-Yes, every week.

-So you can deal with the pressure of...?

As long as you can maybe get a pint in your hand.

THEY LAUGH

-Ah, that's the problem here today.

-That's the problem, yeah. No pint.

-It's a dry studio.

-Yeah.

-What's your best subject going to be, John?

-Probably geography.

And what are you not so good at?

Film. I have the attention span of a gnat when it comes to films.

Peter will help you there.

Not with your attention span, but with your film knowledge.

I'll try my hardest to help you, John.

-Yeah, he's a real film buff, so, good.

-Yep. Thank you.

Glad to have you with us. OK. Dan, special interests?

Batman. Big Batman fan.

-Do you collect the memorabilia as well?

-Yeah.

I started off collecting my own memorabilia

and then I get all the novelty socks and shower gels and everything else

-now for Christmas and birthdays.

-Batman shower gel?

-Yeah, it exists.

THEY LAUGH People give you that?

-Yeah. It smells like Gotham.

-THEY LAUGH

What's your best area?

Probably sport, football in particular.

And where will you need help?

Politics probably, religion, that sort of thing.

Jackie, you're good at politics.

I dabble. Yeah, I like to dabble.

I always have an opinion on everything.

So obviously, I'm interested in politics.

Do you know, I've never noticed? THEY LAUGH

OK. Well, welcome to the programme, Dan.

And, Vanessa, you're a hospitality receptionist.

Any lifelong ambitions?

-I would love to open up my food stall.

-A food stall?

-Yes.

-What kind of food?

-Selling wraps really, like burritos,

but from different countries and just trying new little dishes.

That's sort of your field, isn't it, Diane?

Oh, yeah, love to cook.

And, of course, when you say wraps,

-you could think of rotis as well...

-Yeah.

..with all the different fillings.

Rotis are very popular in Barbados and the Caribbean.

-They're a bit like a wrap but lots of meat.

-Sounds delicious.

Vanessa, your strongest subject is likely to be what?

Music, probably '80s, '90s pop.

Nisha, that's right in your territory, isn't it?

Yeah. That is right up my alley.

So, like, 10cc, I'm Not In Love is my absolute favourite.

What are you not so good at?

Geography, politics.

Geography, politics, well, Mark, a double bubble for you, isn't it?

Yeah, absolutely. Geography, politics, even geopolitics.

Wow! Brilliant. Well, welcome to the programme, all three of you.

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

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

Don't forget, the Tankers 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, just one of them will walk away with a cash prize.

So, ready to play the first round?

OK. Here we go.

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

and then every member of the Think Tank will reveal

the answer they gave before the show.

The correct answer is always there somewhere,

but there are any number of mistakes in there too.

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

You get two questions each.

John, you're up first.

So, here's the question we asked the Think Tank.

Have a think about that while we see

what the Think Tank thought. Jackie?

Sperm whale.

Humpback whale.

Sperm whale.

Humpback whale.

Killer whale.

Blue whale.

Humpback whale.

Killer whale.

So, four varieties of whale to choose from, John.

-What do you think?

-Yes.

Well, I don't think it's killer whale, because that's orcas.

Um...

-HE STUTTERS

-..there's a white whale.

So I would think it's possibly a sperm whale.

Sperm whale's your answer

for the species of whale in Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

Let's see if you're right.

It was a sperm whale. Well done.

Moby Dick was pursued by Captain Ahab in the Pequod.

Well done to Max and Jackie.

-Presumably, Max, you've read the book.

-It's a great book.

I've never hunted a whale, but it gives you a very good idea

of what it would be like, I'm sure.

OK. £200 to you, John. That gets you off the mark.

And, Dan, we come to you for your first question.

Here's what the Think Tank made of that one, starting with Jackie.

Clint Eastwood.

Robert De Niro.

Robert De Niro.

Johnny Knoxville.

Clint Eastwood.

Tom Hiddleston.

David Walliams.

Robert De Niro.

Quite a broad cast of characters for you to choose from.

Yeah. I think I knew the answer before it came up anyway.

My initial thought was Robert De Niro,

just knowing the cover from seeing it out in shops.

So, yeah, I think the answer is Robert De Niro.

Robert De Niro is your answer for the actor who plays

the title role in Dirty Grandpa.

Let's see if you're right.

It is Robert De Niro. Well done.

And Robert De Niro starred alongside Zac Efron.

Well done to Mark, Peter and Max, again, for getting that one right.

£200 to you, Dan. And we come to Vanessa for your first question.

A long question, let's see what the Think Tank made of it.

Peak District.

Brecon Beacons.

Peak District.

Lake District.

Peak District.

Peak District.

Peak District.

Malvern Hills.

The Peak District seems to be a very popular choice,

chosen by five of the Think Tank.

Are they right, Vanessa?

Well...

I don't actually know the answer

but my guess would have been Peak District.

So, I'm going to go with Peak District.

So you're saying Peak District is the

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

in which the Worcestershire Beacon finds itself.

Let's see if you right.

-It's the Malvern Hills.

-Well done, Peter.

-Only Peter got that one right. Have you been there, Peter?

-I have.

I tried to push my bike all the way up

and then cycle all the way back down,

but it's such an effort to cycle all the way up.

-So that's why you remembered it?

-Yes.

-OK.

Nothing for you there, Vanessa.

Lots of other chances coming up, though.

Here's your second question, John.

Here's what the Think Tank made of that one.

Joshua.

Michael.

John.

Abel.

Joshua.

Jesus.

Noah.

Adam.

Well, a nice array of names,

but there's only one that's going to be right.

What do you think, John?

Yes, there's quite a collection there.

I don't think it would be, sort of, Michael, John.

They tend to be sort of old-fashioned.

-I would say Jesus.

-OK.

You're saying Jesus is the most popular biblical name

given to American baby boys born in 2015.

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

It's Noah.

Noah.

Liam, Mason, Jacob and William made up the rest of the top five.

-Lucy, you got that one right.

-Yes.

Was it a guess or did you know?

I went for it because it's the name of Chris Evans' son

and I listen to his breakfast show every morning

and it was a biblical name and I like it.

-OK. Fair enough. That'll do.

-Yeah.

-All right. Well done.

Nothing for you, John, there.

Dan, we come to your second question.

So, chemical, scientific question for you.

Here's what the Think Tank made of it.

Lead.

Steel.

Carbon.

Granite.

Lead.

Lead.

Carbon.

Carbon.

Three for lead, three for carbon,

couple of others in there as well, Dan.

Yeah. I've no idea of the answer on this one.

I was hoping there was going to be a clear majority from the Think Tank

to lead me, but obviously, there's a split.

But I'll go with the three members that went with carbon.

I'll take a punt with carbon.

Carbon is your answer as the chemical element

of which graphite is a form.

Let's see if you're right.

Carbon it is. Well done.

Also called plumbago or blacklead.

Apparently, yeah. OK. £200 for you, Dan.

Vanessa, here's your second question.

Where did the Think Tank go with this? Jackie?

Boston.

Baltimore.

Baltimore.

Chicago.

Chicago.

Washington.

Chicago.

Seattle.

Fair old spread for you to choose from there, Vanessa.

I've not actually watched The Wire.

I know it's very popular, but I've not watched it yet.

So I think I'm going to go with Peter, with Seattle.

I just feel like it may be Seattle.

-Seattle is your answer?

-Yes.

As the US city that was the main setting

for the popular TV drama series The Wire.

Let's see if you are in the right place there.

It's Baltimore...

I'm afraid.

And it starred the British actors Dominic West and Idris Elba.

So nothing for you just yet.

-SHE GASPS Oh, now you remember.

-Yeah.

Just a little bit too late. OK. Nothing for you there.

You've still got time, though.

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

Let's take a look at how you're all getting on.

Vanessa still to get off the mark.

John is on £200.

In the lead though, at the moment, Dan, with £400.

That could all change, though. There's a long way to go.

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

questions which they answered correctly before the show.

So 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 will be added to your prize fund.

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

subjects, so think carefully about who might be on your wavelength.

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

picked again. John, you get to go first.

You have the whole bunch to choose from, so who do you think

is in your general knowledge area?

Oh, I think I'll go with Ken.

I think...he's a pensioner, so we'll be on the same wavelength.

Well, this is probably the best decision of your life.

I'm sure you'll get this.

Well, I think she was just recently made a dame,

-that would be Dame Vera Lynn.

-Vera Lynn?

-That's 100% correct, well done.

-APPLAUSE

The famous pieces she sang - The White Cliffs Of Dover

and We'll Meet Again.

£200 for your running total, John.

Dan, you're up next and you still have the whole Tank to choose from.

Yeah, I think I'll start off with someone probably a similar age,

-I'll go with Peter, I think.

-Peter.

OK, at school we had extra-curriculum activities

and I got taught first aid by Mrs Glenn.

So it's a first aid question, so good luck with this one.

What does the C stand for in Dr ABC?

Never heard of Dr ABC,

but I think as it's first aid,

-I'll take a punt and go with care.

-Care you're going with?

Is care right?

I'm afraid it's circulation, sorry about that.

Circulation.

Stands for danger, response, airway breathing, circulation -

all the things you have to check for when you're doing

-emergency first aid. Is that right?

-That's correct.

OK, all right. Nothing for you there, Dan.

Vanessa, you're up next. You can still choose any one of the eight.

I'm going to go with Anisha.

Anisha, our office assistant.

I am happy you chose me,

cos I finally get a chance to pronounce my love for this man.

Like, he's beautiful, he's talented,

he's a pioneer in the grime industry and I just love him so much.

OK, so my question is...

I actually have no idea.

Oh, no.

I'm going to guess and just say...

-Wiley.

-So you're going with Wiley.

-Yes.

-Is that the answer, Anisha, Wiley?

No, unfortunately it's my love, it's Skepta.

-Skepta was the answer.

-Yeah.

-Corn On The Curb and Crime Riddim - tracks from the album.

-Yeah.

But for those of us who are not quite au courant,

can you tell us what grime is?

So, grime is basically, like, a very urban sound that came around in,

like, the early 2000s in, like, East London.

It's a very raw kind of sound and I feel that Skepta's

kind of pushed it to the masses now.

So he performed on the Pyramid Stage in Glastonbury

And he's just kind of taking it oversees.

Like, he's doing stuff with Drake and Kanye and he's just amazing.

-He's amazing.

-Good. THEY LAUGH

Thank you very much for that. Thank you.

-I'm a big fan.

-THEY LAUGH

We'd never have guessed. We'd never have guessed.

Nothing for you there, Vanessa, I'm afraid. We come back to John.

Who do you think you can match this time around?

I think I'll have Jackie.

-Looking lonely all up in the corner.

-I am. I am.

I knew the answer to this one

because me and my husband have actually celebrated

this anniversary.

So, the question is...

Well, I can remember my mum and dad on their 40th wedding,

and that was their ruby anniversary.

-Ruby?

-That's quite right, yeah.

-Well done.

-Well done.

So, silver is 25, sapphire is 45 and diamond is 60.

-You've had your ruby, have you?

-Yes, yes.

-You were a child bride?

-I were five.

LAUGHTER

It'll be 42 years this year, we've been married.

Aw, that's lovely. Well done.

£200 for you, then, John.

And, Dan, we come to you for your second question.

Still, you can choose anyone you like.

I think I was torn between Anisha and Lucy for this one,

but as Lucy hasn't been asked a question, we'll go with Lucy.

-Lucy.

-Aw, that's very kind of you.

So, science is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine.

If you kind of have an interest in that area,

this might be something you know...

I haven't got any clue

on this, but I think

I'll take a punt with Charles Darwin.

Charles Darwin?

-That's a brilliant punt. Well done. It's correct.

-Well done.

That was the book in which he proposed his theories of

natural selection and evolution. Well done. Very good guess.

£200 for you. And, Vanessa, we come to you again.

-Still all eight to choose from.

-OK.

I'm going to go with Diane and see, maybe,

-you're into food like myself.

-Yes, absolutely.

Well, I'm going to put you in the zone, OK?

So, the year's 1974.

The teacher made me sit at the back of the class

cos the kids couldn't see past my afro. So, it's out to here, yeah?

And this programme comes on the TV.

So, I've put you in the zone, I've sent you the vibes...

Erm, I think...

I'm not 100% sure.

And I do watch Coronation Street, but 1974, I'm not too sure.

I'm going to go for a guess and say is it Gail?

-You're going with Gail?

-Yes.

-Gail?

-You're right.

-Well done.

We've let you have just the first name

-because she's had any number of second names.

-Yeah.

She's been married to so many different people.

-What did she start as? Gail...? Gail Tilsley.

-Yeah.

-Gail Platt.

-Gail Platt, yeah.

-Gail McIntyre.

-Yeah.

-Gail Potter.

-Wow.

-And Gail Rodwell.

-Yes.

-So, how many is it? Five?

-Yeah.

-Five different names she's had?

-Yeah.

-Wow, she's a gale force.

THEY GROAN

I'm so sorry. They get no better. No better.

LAUGHTER Well done, Vanessa. £200 for you.

John, we come back to you,

and you can still choose anybody you want to.

-I'd like to choose Mark, please.

-Mark.

The world lost one of its great musical artists when Prince died.

The silver lining to that particular dark cloud

is that we got to listen to a lot of his music,

albums that we hadn't previously heard.

This question relates to that...

Tim Burton films?

Oh, what's the name of it?

It wouldn't be The Rocky Horror Show?

-Is that your answer?

-Yeah.

-The Rocky Horror Show?

Good guess. There was a lot of make-up in this film, as well,

-but it was actually Batman.

-Batman was the answer.

-Oh.

-Perfect question for you, Dan, it would have been.

-Yeah.

It starred Michael Keaton in the title role,

so nothing for you there, John.

Dan, we come to you for your next question, and, amazingly,

you still have the entire Tank to pick from.

Yeah, I think, this time, as I didn't pick her last time,

-I'll go with Anisha this time.

-Anisha.

-OK.

-Hey, Dan.

-Hi.

-My question is...

I haven't got any idea about this one either.

Just trying to think who might have got engaged

or would have been in the news this year.

I don't think it was,

but I know that he recently got engaged or married -

Rupert Murdoch - but I don't think that's the right answer.

-Rupert Murdoch is your answer?

-Maybe.

-Is that right?

-That would be hilarious.

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, my God. It's not.

-It's Rob Kardashian.

-Rob Kardashian.

Don't feel bad because it's useless knowledge.

LAUGHTER

Rob Kardashian is the brother of Kim, Kourtney and Khloe.

Tell you who did get married to Rupert Murdoch was Jerry Hall.

OK, so, nothing for you there, Dan. Vanessa, your next question.

-Ask anybody apart from Anisha.

-OK.

I'm going to go with Lucy this time.

This is a bit of a military question.

I live down in the South East

and have visited this place a number of times,

-so I knew the answer to this one. Hopefully, you will, as well.

-OK.

I have no idea at all, so...

..I'll just say, like, Henry Philip.

I'm just making up a name. I actually don't know. Sorry.

-Henry Philip?

-Yes!

-It's a guess.

-I don't know. I've got no idea.

You never know. He could have been the head of some secret agency.

But the man masquerading

that he made the decision was Winston Churchill.

-Oh, Winston Churchill. OK.

-Yeah.

I didn't know it, but could've thought of that.

Winston Churchill was the answer. He was Prime Minister at the time.

It was called the Fan Bay Deep Shelter.

-You'll remember it now.

-Yeah.

-There you go.

-OK, nothing for you there, Vanessa.

-OK.

That brings us to the end of the round.

Let's see how your prize funds have changed.

Vanessa's on £200, but in the lead and tied

on £600 are John and Dan.

You picked three questions each, but none of you chose

to hear from Max, and he's a very sensitive fellow,

so he wants to show us how clever he is,

so we're going to hear the question that you answered correctly earlier.

Just for fun. Just for fun.

I'm very sad you didn't ask me about this

cos it is a secret passion of mine, which is American country music.

I absolutely love it and I listen to it all the time on repeat.

When I went to visit America,

there's one place that I had to visit

basically as a pilgrimage for this, which was Nashville.

So, the question was...

Maybe you know this one at home.

Nashville - the capital of which US state?

-Any thoughts?

-Tennessee.

Tennessee. Very quick out of the traps, John. Is he right?

John, you're absolutely right. It is Tennessee.

So, since you love country music so much, Max,

why don't you just play us a little bit?

I mean, we don't have our choirmaster Cleve with us,

but I could do maybe a couple of bars of Taylor Swift,

-Shake It Off.

-LAUGHTER

# I stay out too late... #

-SHE HUMS

-# I've got nothing in my brain

# That's what people say Ooh, ooh

# That's what people say Ooh, ooh

# And the players... # And so on and so forth.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-Well done, Max. That was brilliant.

-Thanks, Bill.

OK, right, let's get back down to business, shall we?

John, Dan and Vanessa,

one of you will have to leave the game shortly,

but there is one last chance to take the lead

and you can still catch up, Vanessa.

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

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

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

Only one of them will have the correct answer, though.

If you side with the right person,

you'll add an all-important £200 to your prize fund.

Just five questions remain, though,

before we do have to bid farewell to one of you,

so choose your answers carefully, and here is the first question...

Jackie and Anisha are going

to tackle this one. Jackie.

Well, it's about the human body and the skeleton

and what in there could look like a Cupid's bow,

and then I thought the pelvis.

It's like a Cupid's bow if you look at it.

The only thing different is some people have bigger bows than others.

So, it's the pelvis.

OK. Anisha.

It is the upper lip.

So, Rihanna has the perfect Cupid's bow

cos it has that little dip, like it's a bow and arrow.

So, it's definitely, definitely, definitely the upper lip.

All right. Jackie says it's the pelvis.

-Anisha says it's the upper lip.

-Yes.

Contestants, who's right? Lock in your answers, please.

And what have you come up with?

All three of you are going with Anisha and the upper lip.

Are you right?

Yes, you are. Well done.

-Now you mention it, it is.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah, bit late on to that one.

-I know.

And, Anisha, absolutely right in your description there.

-It is because the shape of the lips forms a bow.

-Yeah.

-OK.

£200 to all of you, then. Here's our next question...

Ken and Lucy

are going to have a go at this one. Ken?

When I was at school, I was taught French,

but being a poor, working-class boy,

I gave up French and took something more interesting.

I wish I'd have kept French

because I think that French is the language most used in Europe.

Lucy.

I went with German. Obviously, Germany speaks it,

but then you've also got Austria, Switzerland, so I thought,

"It's the native tongue of a couple of people

"outside of the obvious country,"

so that was how I kind of arrived at German.

Ken's going with French. Lucy's German.

What do you think, contestants?

Lock in your answers.

And what are you saying?

John and Dan say it's German.

Vanessa is going with French. Who's right?

It's German.

Yeah.

16% of people in the EU speak German.

12% speak French.

£200 to John and Dan, and here is question number three...

Jackie and Peter, have a go at this one. Jackie.

Well, in our house, my husband and both my sons did martial arts.

Not this particular one, but they did martial arts,

so there was an awful lot of wax on, wax off.

You can just imagine, can't you, walking through the house?

"Move out of the way. I'm making tea." "Wax on, wax off."

I know there was an awful lot of talk about where it came from,

and it was Japan.

Peter.

I remember playing Street Fighter II and there was a character

and his speciality was capoeira and I say it's Brazil.

Very straightforward. Jackie says Japan.

Peter says Brazil.

What do you think, contestants?

Where have you gone with this one?

All three of you say it's Brazil. Let's see if you're right.

Brazil it is. Well done.

£200 for all of you. Just two more questions in this round,

and here's the next one...

Ken and Diane can worry about this one. Ken.

Well, there's been such a lot in the press lately about this,

I can't think of anything else.

It's got to be sugar.

Diane.

I thought of nuts because I was more thinking along the lines

of allergies and the fact that nuts can kill.

A lot of people have an allergy

to even the smallest amount of nut in foods,

and that was the one that I went for.

Ken says it's sugar.

Diane is going for nuts. What do you think, contestants?

Lock in your answers.

So, what have you come up with? Let's see.

All three of you say sugar. Are you right?

Sugar it is. Well done.

-Horse meat came second in that survey.

-OK.

OK, £200 to all of you.

Here's the final question in this round...

Mark and Max, have a go at this one.

Mark.

Well, before the United States of America got its independence,

it was a colony of the British Empire,

and I do think they probably kept on some cultural elements,

and I think it's the oak tree.

-Max.

-Well, I think, after the revolution,

they wanted to break away

and cling onto a tree that was native to their land,

so I'd say the redwood.

Just like America itself,

the redwood is big and it keeps growing

and it grows up nice and tall above all the other trees.

And I think, as an added poetic element,

the redwood, its seeds are specially adapted to grow after forest fires.

So I think, in a way,

America rose out of the ashes of its revolution and the war in 1812

to grow into a great, mighty nation, just like the redwood.

Are you running for office?

LAUGHTER

Two very persuasive answers from Mark and Max there.

Only one of them will be right. Contestants,

have a think and lock in your answers.

What have you come up with?

Well, John and Dan have gone with redwood.

Vanessa says it's oak. Who's right?

Oak is the right answer.

Sometimes,

-brevity triumphs over...

-HE LAUGHS

Voted for by the US public in a poll in 2001.

I'd have voted for you, Max.

Well, you can't trust the public, can you, Bill?

LAUGHTER

OK, £200 to Vanessa.

So, contestants, that is the end of the main game,

so shall we take a look at your totals?

John and Dan are tied on £1,400.

Not too far behind but trailing with £1,000 is Vanessa,

-so, I'm sorry, Vanessa, we have to say goodbye to you.

-OK.

I hope you've found it a worthwhile experience.

Yeah, it's been absolutely lovely and I've enjoyed meeting everybody.

It's been great to have you with us.

-Thanks for playing.

-Thank you very much.

Well done, John and Dan.

You two will now compete to take home the money you've earned so far

in our final.

So, John, if you were to win,

how would you spend your prize money?

Um, well, it's a long time

since I've been up right around the north of Scotland,

so I think I'd like maybe hiring out one of these nice big mobile homes

and drive up around there, see what's changed.

Beautiful. Choose the right time of year.

Yeah.

OK. Dan, what would you do?

Well, I've just bought a first house with my girlfriend, Joanne,

so the money would probably go on home improvements,

unless she decides she wants a holiday instead.

She'll make the decision?

-Yeah, she's the boss.

-LAUGHTER

It's funny. All the guys on the show say that,

-cos they know who's watching.

-Yeah.

-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 gives the most correct answers

takes home the money they built up so far.

You're not on your own, though.

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

You can pick someone to consult with before you answer.

Each member can only be picked once this time around, OK?

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

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

so they're just as much in the dark as you are, really.

OK, ready to play the final? Here we go.

Starting with you, John, here's your first question.

-Who do you want to go with first?

-Daft Punk. Oh, Anisha.

-Oh, I knew you'd choose me.

-Hello.

Hey.

My music finished in about 1979.

-OK.

-College, so...

For some reason, I want to say Australia.

Do you have any ideas, John?

I don't know whether I've got the wrong band. Quite possible.

-I thought they were French.

-You know what?

When you said that, that kind of sparked something in me,

so I think maybe let's go for that continent

-and let's just say maybe French.

-We'll go with France.

You're going to go with France

as the country in which the band Daft Punk was formed.

Let's see if you're right.

France is correct. Well done.

-HE MOUTHS

-Well done.

So, John, you are down with the kids after all.

And their hits include Get Lucky and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

That puts you one ahead. So, Dan,

your first question.

Who can help you here?

I'm maybe hoping Max might know the answer to this one, perhaps.

Oh, now, Dan, I haven't played cricket since I was yea high,

so the yards probably seemed a lot longer then.

I mean, when was the last time you played cricket?

-I don't play any cricket, but I go to watch it quite a lot.

-Ah.

And how far away is it when you're watching it?

Um, I would've guessed perhaps...

I'm trying to think of it in terms of, like,

other things like football pitches in yards,

so that's maybe something around 15, 18.

Yeah, I think it's around 15. 15 yards.

Seems like a reasonable estimate to me. I endorse you on that.

-15, is that your answer?

-Yeah.

So, you're saying there are 15 yards

between the wickets on a cricket pitch.

Let's see if you've got the right number.

22.

22 yards on a standard pitch, yeah.

So, nothing for you there, Dan.

John, you lead 1-0.

Here's your second question.

Bit of geography there.

Who do you think is the best person to choose now?

I think Mark might know this.

I think Mark might not know this.

-Oh, dear.

-What are you thinking, John?

Well, just by the name Phoenix Park,

I think through rugby and stuff like that, I think it's Dublin.

I think that's a pretty good estimate.

It's been a few years since I've been in Dublin,

but the Ha'penny Bridge does ring a bell.

I think if a little message is going off in your head about Dublin,

-that's probably a pretty good guess.

-Yep.

-I'd like to go for Dublin, please.

-Dublin.

You're saying Dublin is the city in which Phoenix Park

and the Ha'penny Bridge are features.

Have you got the right place?

You have. It is Dublin. Well done.

The Ha'penny Bridge is officially known as the Liffey Bridge.

Liffey Bridge.

So, 2-0 to you, John. Dan, you've got a little bit

of catching up to do, but still time.

Here's your second question.

Who's going to help you along with that one?

Um, I'm hoping maybe Peter has got a little bit of film knowledge.

-Might be able to help me out with this.

-Peter?

I have seen the film Source Code.

I've not quite seen Moon, but I don't really know.

But looking at Jones, it couldn't really be Tom Jones...

Yeah, my inclination just from the last name would've been Tom Jones.

That's where I would've guessed.

No. I think I'll probably, just because of the last name,

I'll probably take a punt with Tom Jones.

Tom Jones is your answer as the singer whose son

is Duncan Jones, the film director.

Let's see if you're right.

It's David Bowie.

The late David Bowie, his son was Duncan Jones.

And Duncan Jones also directed the 2016 film Warcraft.

So, still no score for you there, Dan.

John, here is your third question.

A literature question.

You can choose from Jackie, Ken, Diane or Lucy.

I'll go with Jackie.

Um, I don't know it.

-I don't know it, but...

-No idea?

I have a feeling it might be a snake.

-A snake?

-Yeah.

Right. Cos what sort of creatures were there in that story?

-Do you know the story?

-Is it not from the Jungle Book?

Well, that's what struck me first.

That's what I thought it might be from,

and that's what I was thinking,

what sort of creatures were in there.

But I think sometimes if you have

something that comes into your head straightaway...

With my gut feeling, yeah.

It's a gut reaction, and sometimes, you know...

And I can't help you by giving you anything more.

No. We'll go with snake, Bill, please.

Going with snake as the creature that Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is

in that story by Rudyard Kipling.

Let's see if you're right.

-It was a mongoose.

-A mongoose. Ah, yeah.

There were snakes in the story - cobras -

but Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was a mongoose

who protected a family against snakes.

Still 2-0 to you, John.

Dan, here's your third question.

Just three of the Think Tank to choose from now.

I'm hoping perhaps Lucy might know the answer to this one.

Well, I know she was married to Chris Evans,

but they separated way before 2016.

I'm not really up on my celeb culture, I'll be honest.

-Do you have any inklings at all?

-No.

-I knew obviously she was married to Chris Evans...

-Yeah.

..a while ago.

And I'm trying to think of things she's acted in since,

that she might have met someone through acting.

-She was in Dr Who, wasn't she?

-Yeah. And she was in...

Who did she act with? Was it Christopher Eccleston in that?

I might take a punt with Christopher Eccleston.

-Can't think of anyone else she might've crossed.

-Yeah.

I mean, it's at least somebody she will have crossed paths with,

-ergo might have chosen to marry him.

-Yeah.

-Who knows?

I'll take a punt with Christopher Eccleston.

-Christopher Eccleston...

-Yeah.

-OK.

..as the actor from whom Billie Piper announced

her separation in 2016.

Have you got the right person?

-Laurence Fox...

-Laurence Fox.

..it was, the name we were looking for.

Laurence Fox who plays in Lewis as Lewis's sidekick.

So, still 2-0 to you, John, but if you do get this answer right,

it'll mean Dan can't catch up with you

and you will be today's winner.

-OK?

-OK.

-All right.

Here then is your fourth question.

Just two left to pick from -

Ken or Diane.

I think I'd like to go with Diane.

She looks as though she's really into her sport.

I am.

I am so steeped in sport because my husband insists on having it

on a 42-inch screen TV in front of me.

However, this name doesn't ring a bell.

Looking at the name,

what is coming to my mind for some reason is cricket.

Because I'm wondering

if he might've been in maybe the Indian team,

Pakistani team.

Did you have any thoughts on...?

-Well, my thought is he's American.

-Right.

And I think he's possibly,...

basketball.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-I think it's basketball.

-You think it's basketball?

Well, if you think it's basketball, I would go with that.

I will defer to that one.

-I'd like to go with basketball, please, Bill.

-Basketball.

You're saying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a leading name in basketball.

If this answer is right,

you'll be today's winner with your prize fund of £1,400.

OK. Basketball. Is that the right answer?

Basketball it is. Congratulations, John. You are today's winner.

Well done.

Dan, hard luck to you.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dominated basketball in the 1970s.

-Yeah.

-Largely because he was seven feet two inches tall.

-So, very well remembered.

-Yeah.

-Good knowledge there.

Well tried, Dan.

-You were up against a very strong player here, weren't you?

-Yeah.

So, I'm afraid you're not taking anything home,

but thanks very much for playing

and I hope you've enjoyed meeting this lot here.

-Been a great day.

-Good. Thanks very much.

John is our winner.

You're definitely taking home your prize of £1,400

and you will shortly have the chance to add an extra £1,000

to your winnings.

First, though, let's take a moment to find the Think Tanker

who gave the most correct answers during the show.

And it was...

Max and Peter split the glory.

Are you guys very competitive?

Does it mean a lot to be the winner in that respect?

-No. Yeah. A lot. Really a lot.

-LAUGHTER

I think everyone has got a speciality

-and they all have a good chance of making top Tanker.

-Yeah.

It's right, isn't it, that the person who gets named

as having the most correct answers buys the drinks after?

-Yeah.

-Absolutely.

-That is a great rule, Max.

Peter, you're looking a bit sad about that.

OK. Well, well done, both of you. OK.

John, you now have one last chance then to boost your prize money

as you face our Question: Impossible.

You did very well there.

All those pub quizzes, have they paying off for you?

-Yeah, I think so.

-Yeah, fantastic.

So, John, this is the toughest question of the show.

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

If you can achieve what none of them could

and give us a correct answer, that extra £1,000 will be yours.

Shall we take a look, then, at your Question: Impossible?

Don't answer just yet. We're going to give you a little bit of help.

We're going to take a look at the wrong answers

that the Think Tank gave earlier

and this will rule a few things out for you.

So, here's what they said.

The National Gallery,

the Royal Opera House,

the English National Opera, Saatchi & Saatchi,

the Victorian Albert Museum, the RSC,

National Gallery again and the Royal Opera House.

It's none of those,

so what do you think the right answer could be, John?

It's obviously some...

artistic type of institution.

I think in some sort of...

Maybe even the Royal Ballet,

or could it be the Tate Gallery?

I'm going to go with the Tate Gallery.

-You're going to go with the Tate Gallery?

-Yeah.

OK. That's your answer.

Rufus Norris took over as the artistic director

of which institution in 2015?

For an extra £1,000 you're saying it's the Tate Gallery.

Let's see if you're right.

-It's the National Theatre...

-National Theatre.

-..I'm afraid.

-OK.

-Hard luck, John.

I'm afraid you didn't conquer the Question: Impossible.

Still leaving with £1,400, so that'll get you into a motorhome

and driving around Scotland a bit, won't it?

I sincerely hope so anyway, Bill.

We hope you have a really pleasant journey. Thanks very much.

-You've been a great player.

-Thank you very much. Thanks.

-You're welcome.

-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 for me. Bye-bye.