Chris and Carol get all quizzical for Christmas; Chris Tarrant and Carol Vorderman reveal how they'll be spending Christmas, and try our Millionaire-style festive brain-teaser. By Ruki Sayid.

Byline: Ruki Sayid

It's not often you see Chris Tarrant in a Santa costume and Carol Vorderman kitted out as one of his elf helpers. After all, in their roles as king and queen of primetime TV, he's as well known for his sharp designer suits as she is for her breathtaking outfits.

But Chris was Carol's guest on a forthcoming Stars In Their Lives, and they were only too happy to team up again for some festive fun, exclusively for The Look.

Suddenly aware of his absurd outfit, and of having Carol perched on his knee, Chris giggled at the photo session, "What are we doing here?" Both burst out laughing and, as a wind machine whipped up a fake plastic snowstorm around them, he added with a smile, "I'm never working with Carol Vorderman again!"

In fact, this photo shoot is the third time they have worked together. Their first joint project was when Carol appeared on Celebrity Millionaire and won pounds 125,000 for charity. And they both plan to watch their second collaboration when Stars In Their Lives is shown on New Year's Eve. At the moment it seems Christmas will be just as busy as the rest of the year has been for both of them.

This has been a momentous year for Carol, who received her MBE from the Queen last Tuesday. As well as her many TV shows, including Countdown and Better Homes, she has released a 28-Day Detox Diet video, and hosts The Mirror's Pride of Britain Awards on Christmas Day (ITV, 2pm).

She also turns 40 on Christmas Eve, but is putting her celebrations on hold and concentrating instead on making the festive season special for children Katie, eight, and three-year-old Cameron. "I've got the tree and house decorated but that's it. People think I'm really organised but I'm not," says Carol, who has dusted down her copy of The Sound Of Music for the big day. "That's what we'll be watching, along with Pride Of Britain and Coronation Street."

Life is just as hectic for Chris, 54, who gets up at 5am to host his show on London's Capital Radio, then dashes to the TV studios to film Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? On Christmas Day he will host a live morning show on Capital, then appear in a Mr And Mrs-style Millionaire special. He says, "I'll be home by 1.30pm when I'll collapse with the biggest drink in the world."

Chris admits he found it strange being the subject of Stars In Their Lives. "Most of the guests spent the whole day taking the mickey out of me," he recalls. "I thought it was supposed to be a tribute show. To top it all my 15-year-old daughter Fia revealed she'd had her tongue pierced two months ago. And then the Phantom Flan Flinger came on and pelted me with a custard pie! Thanks, Carol."

But Chris has the last laugh and turns to Carol as he reveals, "There was one guy on that show who was supposed to be someone from my childhood, but I'd never set eyes on him before. I just pretended I had because I didn't want to embarrass you."

Stars In Their Lives, New Year's Eve, ITV, 6.45pm.

CHRIS v CAROL

Are you a Noel know-all? We put Chris andCarol to the test (butfailed to come up with the prizes, of course!)

pounds 100 question:

On what date does Christmas Day fall this year?

A) April 1 B) December 18 C) December 25 D) December 26. Carol and Chris both correctly chose answer C.

pounds 1,000:

According to the festive song, what did my true love send to me on the first day of Christmas?

A) A goldfish in a bowl B) A hamster in a wheel C) A pig in a poke D) A partridge in a pear tree.

Carol and Chris correctly answered D.

pounds 8,000:

In which season does Christmas Island celebrate Christmas?

A) Spring B) Summer C) Autumn D) Winter.

They both correctly guessed B.

pounds 16,000:

How many Christmas No 1 hits has Cliff Richard had?

A) One B) Two C) Three D) Four.

Chris and Carol chose B, but the correct answer is A. Cliff reached No 1 in 1988 with Mistletoe And Wine.

pounds 32,000:

What nationality is Good King Wenceslas?

A) German B) Czech C) Welsh D) Lithuanian.

Carol went 50:50 then correctly chose B. Chris got it right first time.

pounds 64,000:

Which TV soap won a record audience of 31.15 million in Britain on Christmas Day in 1986?

A) Coronation Street B) EastEnders C) Emmerdale D) Brookside.

Both our contestants chose A. The answer is B - the episode when Den served Angie with divorce papers.

pounds 125,000:

In 1992, Arnold Schwarzenegger directed his first and, so far, only film. Was it...

A) Christmas In California B) Christmas In Connecticut C) Christmas in Cleveland D) Christmas in Chicago.

Carol chose D and Chris A. They were both wrong, though. The correct answer is B.

pounds 250,000:

Which of the following great screen comedians died on Christmas Day in 1977?

A) Charlie Chaplin B) Buster Keaton C) Groucho Marx D) Harold Lloyd.

Both picked A, which is the right answer.

pounds 500,000:

Greg Lake had a 1975 hit with I Believe In Father Christmas. Who wrote the music on which the song was based?

A) Chopin B) Ravel C) Prokofiev D) Tchaikovsky.

Carol went for D, Chris chose A. The correct answer is C. It was based on Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite.

pounds 1m:

Christmas Disease is a relatively mild type of what?

A) Diphtheria B) Haemophilia C) Rubella D) Hepatitis.

Chris chose A but was wrong. Carol went for the right answer, B. Christmas Disease is a mild type of haemophilia caused by the lack of a protein. It was named after a man called Christmas who was the first patient to be diagnosed with this condition.

CHRIS GOT FIVE RIGHT, BUT CAROL HAD SIX