A full-time mum on The Chase left everyone including Paul Sinha speechless as she smashed each round.
Caroline was on the show hoping to win a proportion of the prize money.
She explained that her eldest son wanted to go to Japan, while her youngest was desperate to visit Disney in the US.
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The two previous contestant had scored highly - with David securing £24,000 and Roy adding £7000 to the pot.
Expectations were therefore high when Caroline started the cash-builder.
But everyone was left gobsmacked when Caroline answered a number of difficult questions correctly, scoring £7000.
Despite being offered £49k, Caroline stuck with £7000 as she took on The Sinnerman.
And it was an impressive round as Caroline smashed the Chaser and flew through to the final.
Host Bradley Walsh said: "How do you know this stuff? You are brilliant, a great performance that."
And Paul added: "Caroline has just come in and got several difficult questions right, so I am in trouble."
Fans on Twitter were equally impressed.
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Thomas said: "How good was Caroline there."
Rhone wrote: "Caroline was awesome!! How did she remember the actors in Dynasty? Well done love."
Another said: "How clever is Caroline?! Love her!"
And JL tweeted: "Fair play to Caroline, smashed it out of the park."
Caroline's £7k took the team total to £38,000, with fourth contestant Joanna adding an extra £3k later in the show.
