Think Tank is an Australian television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. It premiered on the ABC on 5 February 2018 and is hosted by Paul McDermott.
Video Think Tank (Australian TV series)
Think Tank panelists
The Think Tank is made up of people from across Australia with various backgrounds and occupations as well as sharing an interest in quizzing. There are thirteen people in the Think Tank, who make up a panel of eight in each show.
- Caroline Roff, runs a community newsletter in Koo Wee Rup, Victoria.
- Deborah Cooke, an editor.
- Gurm Sekhon, an intercultural consultant.
- Mik Quall, a stay-at-home dad.
- Emma Goodsir, an educational psychologist.
- Sam Wade, an educational travel company worker who takes high school students to developing countries.
- Jono McQuie, a journalism student.
- Bruce Whalley, self-proclaimed "happiest tram driver in Melbourne".
- Chira Fernando, works in retail.
- Michelle Cheng, a journalist.
- Mat Garrick, an electrician from Broken Hill.
- Craig Lawler, Australian bushranger expert.
- Rachel Ramsay, a high school humanities teacher.
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Gameplay
Before the show, the Think Tank answered quiz questions under strict conditions to determine which eight are in the tank that episode, because if a Think Tanker gets Question: Impossible correct they cannot be in the episode. Three contestants play against each other across five rounds. The phrases, "Shut the gate", "kill the goat" or "dance like a pagan" are sometimes used, similar to the phrase, "Lock it in", from rival game show Millionaire Hot Seat, when selecting an answer.
Full Tank
Each contestant gets asked three questions. When a question is asked, each answer given by the Think Tank is displayed, some being correct, some not, with one of the options being the correct answer. The contestant must decide which of the options is the correct answer. 15 points are given for each correct answer, with 45 being the maximum points total possible.
Pick a Thinker
Each contestant (one at a time) gets to choose a Think Tank panellist to ask them one of two questions the Think Tank panellists have written themselves for this occasion. If the contestant answers their question correctly, they get 25 points. The contestants have no help from the Think Tankers; they do it all on their own. Each contestant gets three questions.
Trust Me, I'm a Think Tanker
Two Think Tankers are asked the same question, so they both give their answer, one of them being correct, and explain why they chose their answer. They must persuade the contestants that their answer is correct, then the contestants choose option A or option B. Contestants with the correct answer are given 50 points. Five questions are asked in the round. The contestant with the lowest score at the end of the round is eliminated from the game. At the end of this round, the Think Tank no longer know the questions asked by Paul.
Head to Head
The remaining two contestants are each asked questions which have been previously unseen by the Think Tank in a best of five penalty shootout. The contestant can either answer the question by theirself, or can select a Think Tanker for assistance. If a Think Tank panellist is chosen, the contestant then has twenty seconds (represented by a burning fuse connected to the brain on a screen behind the host) to answer the question before the brain explodes. If the question is not answered in time, it counts as a wrong answer. Each contestant has three opportunities to ask a Think Tank panellist, and each panellist can only be chosen once. The contestant with the most question correct continues to the final round. If the scores are tied after five questions, additional questions are asked until one contestant gets a question right, and the other wrong. During a tie-breaker, the contestants cannot ask a Think Tank panellist even if all three chances to ask them have not been used. The tie-breaker is usually a numerical question, the contestant with the closest answer wins.
Question: Impossible
The remaining contestant is asked a question that none of the Think Tankers answered correctly before the show. Think Tankers cannot go on the show if they got the question right, so that is why the Think Tankers change almost each episode. To assist the contestants, the incorrect answers given by the Think Tank before the show are displayed to steer the contestant away from rocks or better, towards the correct answer. If the contestant answers the question correctly, they receive the Think Tank trophy.
References
External links
- Think Tank website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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