While two other contestants also correctly answered 19 our of 24 categories, Johnson was the only one of the three to correctly answer one of the tiebreaker questions.

CNN: Inside the Envelope

This year, festival organisers are giving away two free VIP seats to the heavyweight championships, but the winners will have to know their jousting trivia -- participants must answer eight questions correctly in order to be entered into the final draw this Wednesday, 22 August.

BBC: Water jousting in southern France