My lovely colleagues at the library decided to make a party of the occasion, arranging to keep the library open for staff after closing time at 5 on the Friday.
There was a table full of lovely food and drink, bunting strung above the bookshelves, a clapperboard advertising Pointless, and chairs set up in front of the television.
Excitement reached fever pitch as everyone gathered round for the start of the show, drinks were handed round, and we were all smiling and happy.
5:15 and the opening credits rolled as we all cheered, then came the first sighting of myself and Alex on podium 3. I did the introduction, then it time for Round One. We had to name a song by The Jacksons. My answer was Beat It, which was ok, at 27 points but Alex gave 'Scream', scoring only 4. We had a bit of luck when one contestant said 'Black and White', which scored 100, since he meant, of course, Black OR White.
Round Two was about fashion designers - I chose 'founder of the London Fashion and Textile Museum, known for her pink hair', who I knew was Zandra Rhodes, and scored 16. Alex went for 'best known for popularising the mini-skirt in the 1960s, and got 50. But we got through to the next round when Simon got 100 points for his guess.
We were so excited to get through to the Head to Head Round, but our hearts sunk when the first question was on Football World Cup teams. We went for 'most successful team in history, with 5 titles'. as Brazil. We won this round with 38 points, the others team getting their question wrong. The next question was on RAF Aircraft, there were anagrams to decipher. We went for Mosquito, they guessed Barracuda, and we lost 58 to 6. The 3rd question was photos of models turned actors. We were so unlucky to guess Channing Tatum instead of Tatum Channing. Or was it the other way round? Still not sure!
Much ribbing from library colleagues that this point!
Anyway, that was it, we were out. Alex explained our mistake by saying we shelve author surname first in the library where we work.
It was a fabulous party in the library, everyone enjoyed it and they were hugely supportive of our efforts.
Round One was about chemical elements, my guess was Neon, which scored a disappointing 31, and Alex scored an excellent 5 with Californium. At this point, we were the high scorers, so were in danger of going out - but we had some luck when the final contestant made a mistake and scored 100.
Round Two was Famous Geordies - and it was here that I made my Big Mistake!
I decided to guess the 'footballer who was transferred to Newcastle United for a record-breaking £15million in 1996 - I said Gazza, and scored 100, as it should have been Alan Shearer. Luckily for me, Lizzie also had a 'random guess' at the same question and said 'George Best', which was much more wrong than my wrong one was wrong! Phew!
Alex went for the singer who had a hit with Ain't No Doubt in 1992, and scored 16 for Jimmy Nail. We needed 29 to stay in the game, so he saved us.
Yet again we were in the Head to Head. The first question had 5 stills from films adapted from Booker Prize winning novels. We lost this round when we guessed Brick Lane, but it was actually Midnight's Children.
Question 2 was about The Beano, and I chose to guess 'Scottish city in which its headquarters are based' as Dundee, and got 21. Lee and Simon guessed the companion comic as The Dandy, and got 61, so we won that round. So it was one all, and everything rested on the final round. The question was about NBA Basketball Teams. We had to guess the nicknames, and went for Chicago Bulls, the others went for Philadelphia 76ers - they got 6, we got 47, so that was it, we were out. The 76ers was the best answer on the board, we couldn't have beaten it, not that we knew it!
I was pleased to see that Lee and Simon went on to win the £2000, worthy winners.
My family loved watching it with me, it was such fun!
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