A Scots police officer appeared on The Chase but had little success after failing to answer one question.
Joanne from Armadale, West Lothian tried her hand at the TV quiz show reaching the final round with her team playing for a slice of £12,000 cash prize. The 999 responder and judo enthusiast took on Chaser Paul Sinha in a bid to treat son Jude to a trip to Diggerland.
As Edinburgh Live reports the episode aired on Friday, January 17 on STV at 5pm.
Joanne was third up as she took on the cash builder with her two teammates, Josh from Belfast and Mike from Salisbury, already banking £10,000.
She then faced Chaser Sinha. She then stepped up and introduced herself as a police officer who has a black belt in judo. Host Bradley Walsh joked that the only thing he knew about West Lothian was that it is “situated on the M8.”
The cash builder round got off to a flyer to begin with Joanne answering the first two questions correctly when quizzed on Guy Fawkes Night and the musician Sting.
However things quickly took a turn with the officer failing to answer another question correctly for the remainder of the round with four passes used.
Joanne rallied and she brought back £2,000 and when Paul appeared she was offered a low option of £1,000 and a whopping high offer of £50,000.
Again Joanne got off to a great start, getting the first question right when the Chaser faltered.
After getting the second question wrong and the game evening up, Joanne never looked back and would have had three goes at the £50,000 if she had been a spot braver.
Nonetheless her team were over the moon she was able to return and bring their total up to £12,000 with three players for the final round.
Unfortunately Su from Farnham was not able to make it to the last round, so Joanne was part of a trio fighting for their share of the prize pot.
Sadly it was a no contest as Paul caught the contestants with 52 seconds to spare having not got a single question wrong.
One viewer who watched the show said of Joanne’s performance: “Joanne thinks the answer to every question on The Chase is pass.”
You can watch The Chase Monday to Friday on STV and STV Player at 5pm
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