Tuesday evening’s winner
Stand-up comedian Roosje Pertz has the highest score with 507 seconds on the counter. This way she immediately moves on to her fourth episode.
The loser
On Monday he delivered another knockout, on Tuesday Victor Schelstraete – unsurprisingly with 104 seconds – had to leave the game. He can return to the boxing ring after two episodes. “Strong opponents. They were two fast ladies.”
The newcomer on Wednesday
K3 Hanne Verbruggen makes her appearance. A first, because she has never appeared on TV without Marthe and Julia by her side.
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Beste quotes:
Erik Van Looy to Victor Schelstraete: “Victor, you won yesterday.”
Schelstraete, dryly: “Yes, I expected that.”
Van Looy: “And today?”
Schelstraete: “The same.”
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West Flanders is the province with the most number of working people. Jury member Bockie De Repper: “Of course, there is nothing to do there but work. What else are you going to do there?”
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Daphne Agten talks about posing nude. She was already in front of Stephan Vanfleteren’s lens, but at the other extreme there are places where a grim mattress lies on the floor. Bockie: “That was in Ninove, right?”
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Bockie has been taken by the same taxi driver for years. “He doesn’t say too much, but he just talks at the right times.”
Van Looy: “What does he say?”
Jury member Wim Willaert: “We are there.”
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Van Looy: “Do you have a lot of body hair, Victor?”
Schelstraete: “It’s not too bad. I once had to box against someone with a lot of hair on the back.”
Van Looy: “And then?”
Schelstraete: “I knocked him out as quickly as possible.”
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After a question about the Brothers Grimm, Van Looy asked the jury: “Do you have a favorite fairy tale?”
Bockie De Repper: “Monogamy.”
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About grandmothers’ nicknames. Schelstraete calls his grandmothers ‘bibi’ and ‘mooshi’. “As a child, my mom couldn’t say ‘mama’ so she said ‘mooshi’. That stuck.” ‘Grandma bibi’ is watching anyway The smartest person. Schelstraete to the camera: “I will come for dinner soon, grandma Bibi.”
Bocki De Repper: “My grandmother once fell into a stream while drunk and we lost her for three hours. Since then we have been saying mémé brook. It’s really true.” And to the camera: “I’ll be coming for dinner soon, mémé beek.”
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Van Looy: “Does money make you happy, Roosje?”
Roosje Pertz: “I had less money for a while, so yes, money makes you happy. I like money. I like watching it. I’d like to publish it. But not stupid things like the gas station.”
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Van Looy to the jury: “Do you have anything from Dries Van Noten at home?”
Bockie: “I’m from Ninove, they all wear Dries Van Langenhove there.”
Daphne Agten asked a question in the first season of ‘The Smartest Person in the World’: ‘What do you know about Hamlet?’ — © Play4
The most beautiful moment
Daphne Agten has been in The smartest person then Erik Van Looy, she says. She was featured in the very first season, when Bruno Wyndaele was still presenting. As a thirteen-year-old, the actress was then allowed to ask a quiz question from the audience. “What do you know about Hamlet?” “I don’t remember exactly how I ended up in the studio, I think through a call. But I was already involved in theater at a young age and was very curious about how TV programs were made.”
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The most remarkable answer
The puzzle round is about having a ‘crush’ on someone. Daphne Agten: “I like to ask people which celebrity they have a crush on, that says a lot about someone.” Van Looy: “I’m thinking about it. Victor, do you ever have a crush?” Schelstraete quickly answers: “Jennifer Anniston.” To which Agten: “That is a red flag. That’s really the easy choice, Rachel Friends.” Schelstraete: “She’s just hot.” Agten: “Okay, it can be that simple of course.”
The standings
1. Timon Verbeeck (6 episodes)
2. Bart Appeltans (5 episodes)
3. Simon Mignolet (4 episodes)
4. Raven van Dorst (4 episodes)
5. Patrick Van Looy (3 episodes)
INFO The smartest person in the world, from Monday to Friday. Thursday at 9:15 PM on Play4 and GoPlay.
