A Newcastle woman walked away with almost £20,000 after on Saturday’s episode of The Wheel on BBC One.

Grace, a 30-year-old financial crime analyst, scooped the prize on the Michael McIntyre show, and planned to use the money to get onto the property ladder and visit her Grandma in Hong Kong.

She thought her game was over after being knocked off the wheel when she and fellow Geordies Chris and Rosie Ramsey answered a question on who was monarch during the Second World War incorrectly.

But Grace soon returned to the wheel being spun in again from the contestant wheel, only to be shutdown again and think her dreams of winning were scuppered.

But when fellow competitors Sally from Glasgow and Dean from Cardiff incorrectly answered the ‘cash out question’ Grace got a final chance to win £19,500.

With the help of Clare Balding she answered her final question correctly, taking home the prize.

See how you would have got on with the questions she faced:

Q1. When playing ‘Super Mario World’, what happens if I touch a red and white mushroom?
A) I can now fly
B) I grow in size
C) I lose a life
D) My moustache drops off

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Q2. Which of these fruits is actually just a smooth-skinned peach?
A) Apricot
B) Mango
C) Nectarine
D) Lychee

(Image: BBC)

Q3. Which of these hand gestures would an Italian person typically make to signal “I don’t care”?
A) Fingers pinched above the palm
B) Fingers flicked from under the chin
C) Index finger pointing at temple
D) One palm brushed against other

(Image: BBC)

Q4. According to NASA, the rings of Saturn are almost entirely made up of what?
A) Ice
B) Dust
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Spacecraft debris

(Image: BBC)

Q5. Who was the reigning British monarch during World War II?
A) Elizabeth II
B) Edward VII
C) Victoria
D) George VI

(Image: BBC)

Q6. The rulers of which ancient civilisation were buried in the Valley of Kings?
A) Aztec
B) Egyptian
C) Greek
D) Persian

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Q7. Motown Records originated in which US city?
A) Seattle
B) Nashville
C) Detroit
D) New York

(Image: BBC)

**ANSWERS BELOW***

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ANSWERS

Q1. When playing ‘Super Mario World’, what happens if I touch a red and white mushroom?

ANSWER – B) I grow in size

Q2. Which of these fruits is actually just a smooth-skinned peach?

ANSWER – C) Nectarine

Q3. Which of these hand gestures would an Italian person typically make to signal “I don’t care”?

ANSWER  - B) Fingers flicked from under the chin

Q4. According to NASA, the rings of Saturn are almost entirely made up of what?

ANSWER – A) Ice

Q5. Who was the reigning British monarch during World War II?

ANSWER – D) George VI

Q6. The rulers of which ancient civilisation were buried in the Valley of Kings?

ANSWER – B) Egyptian

Q7. Motown Records originated in which US city?

ANSWER – C) Detroit