Carol Vorderman left stumped by ‘easy' Jack Black question on Celebrity Puzzling – but would you have got it right?
CAROL Vorderman was left stumped by an 'easy' Jack Black question on Celebrity Puzzling - but could you work it out?
The Channel 5 game show
features
Carol and Sally Lindsay as team captains.
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Carol Vorderman is a team captain on Celebrity Puzzling
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She and guest Ore Oduba were stumped in a round called Cinema Cipher
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They had to find a concealed Jack Black film title
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The format requires contestants to use their language skills, lateral thinking, visual intelligence and memory to solve various mind boggling puzzles.
Former Countdown star Carol, 64, was perplexed by a Jack Black question in a round called Cinema Cipher.
Host Jeremy Vine explained the rules, saying: "I show you a well-known
film
title concealed by a code of symbols. Just give me the title of the
film
."
Carol and her teammate Ore Oduba were shown a selection of animal images.
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Each one corresponded to letters that in turn spelled a Jack B;ack
film
title.
Some image examples included a snake, two squirrels and four butterflies.
As the two pondered over what it could be, Strictly star Ore asked Carol if she knew any Jack Black movies.
Unfortunately for their effort, the TV legend replied that she did not.
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They opted to take a clue - with one of the letters being revealed to them.
The pair then discovered each of the butterflies represented the letter O.
Watch Melvin Odoom's reaction to crush Carol Vorderman's flirty voicenote
As a result, Ore correctly worked out that School Of Rock was the elusive
film
title.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that
Channel 5
show Puzzling was set for a big shake-up.
Longtime Eggheads quizmaster Jeremy was announced to be taking over as host for the new weekly series.
Originally presented by historian Lucy Worsley, the programme
.
Carol Vorderman's career so far
Carol Vorderman has been on our screens for decades. She is also a regular presenter on the radio.
Here are some of her biggest shows:
Countdown (1982-2008)
How 2 (1990-1996, 1998)
Pride of Britain Awards (1999-present)
Strictly Come Dancing (2004)
Loose Women (2011-2014)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2016)
This Morning (2022-present)
The Masked Singer (2023)
Cooking with the Stars (2024)
However, the programme was later
Discussing her role as team captain, Carol said previously: 'I'm so excited to be a team captain on
Celebrity
Puzzling.
"Finally, all those years of loving numbers, words and brainteasers are about to pay off! Well, I hope that they are.
"Joining forces with my brilliant and really good mate Sally Lindsay, and with the ever-clever Jeremy Vine keeping us all in line, it's going to be a battle of brains… and I'm going to be fighting all the way, of course!'
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Carol said she was "so excited" to become a team captain on Celebrity Puzzling
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