Scott debuts an entirely new game show concept: Treadmill Trivia, where contestants must answer general knowledge questions while running on a treadmill that speeds up with every wrong answer.
Scott has invented what he believes could be the next big TV quiz format: a treadmill in the live lounge where contestants start at the lowest speed and face 10 questions. Each incorrect answer increases the machine’s speed, with the goal being to stay on the treadmill until the end. The show opens by explaining the concept—with cushions strategically placed “just to soften” any falls—though Scott admits someone tested it earlier and now has “quite bloody” hands.
Scott goes first and draws an envelope marked “football.” The questions immediately go wrong: he gets the Champions League winner (Liverpool), The Valley (Sheffield), and Neil Lennon’s team all incorrect. The speed increases dramatically with each failure, culminating in him flying off the machine spectacularly. He lands hard, with actual blood on his elbow, and complains that Laura was increasing the speed while he was still answering questions—to which Scott insists that’s “allowed.” Scott also mocks his camp running style and his mistake of thinking Chemical Romance was named after a football team.
Later in the show, Laura attempts Treadmill Trivia with geography questions. She fares better initially, correctly answering that Russia covers one-eighth of the world’s surface and that Australia has six states, but gets Peru’s capital, the largest US state, Venezuela’s capital, and Glastonbury’s location all wrong. By the final questions, the machine is moving fast enough that she visibly bounces and eventually flies off, landing hard with visible carpet imprints on her body. Scott jokes about potentially pitching the concept to ITV1 and suggests bringing in Joe Boyle as a future contestant.
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