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APPLAUSE

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Thanks very much indeed.

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Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,

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the show where the more obscure your knowledge,

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the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's players.

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APPLAUSE

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And couple number one.

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Hi, my name is Sarah and this is my friend Mariam,

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and we're from Newcastle.

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Couple number two.

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I'm Stuart, this is my girlfriend Charlotte,

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and we're from Sydenham, South London.

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Couple number three.

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Hi. My name's Shelagh, I'm with my son Daniel,

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and we're from Manchester.

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And finally, couple number four.

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I'm Jill and this is my husband Peter, and we're from Salford.

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And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you, a very warm welcome to Pointless.

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Great to have you here.

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We'll speak to each of you throughout the show

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as it goes along.

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So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

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More brains than a low-budget zombie movie,

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it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

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Hiya. Hey, everybody.

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APPLAUSE

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-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

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Now, a real show of two halves today.

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On podium one and podium two, we've got our returning pairs

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who were knocked out in Round One and Round Two last time,

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so hopefully see more of them.

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And then podium three and podium four,

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we've got a Manchester v Salford battle.

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Which is one of the...

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I mean, that's a battle.

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A grudge match right there, isn't it?

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It really is a grudge match. So it's going to be a lot of fun,

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-and a lovely old-school Pointless first round today as well.

-Fabulous.

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Thanks very much, Richard.

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Now, Peter and Tristan didn't win the jackpot last time,

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so we add another £1,000 to that.

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So today's jackpot starts off at...

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There we are.

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Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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APPLAUSE

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So, the pair with the highest score at the end of each round

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will be eliminated.

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That's the rule.

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Best of luck to all four pairs.

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Our first category for Round One today is...

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Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

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who's going to go second.

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And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.

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OK, let's find out what the question is - here it comes.

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We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

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Countries that end with two consonants.

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-Richard.

-Yeah, we're looking for any country in the world

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whose usual short-form name in English

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ends with two consonants, please.

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As always, by "country" we mean a sovereign state

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that's a member of the UN in its own right.

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Off the top of your head,

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how many countries would you say there would be on this list?

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I would say...

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100.

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There are 18 countries on this list.

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-Isn't that incredible?

-Really?!

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I was going to wade through hundreds and hundreds of things -

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18 countries use names that end with two consonants.

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That narrows it down a bit.

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-Doesn't it just?

-Doesn't it just?

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Sarah. OK, countries that end in two consonants.

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Hmm.

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Sarah, anyway, listen, you think about that

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with two-thirds of your brain.

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With one third of your brain, remind us what you do.

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I'm a history student.

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History student, in your first year, at York.

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-Yeah.

-Which is a lovely place to be.

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What do you get up to when you're not revising, working, studying?

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I get involved in a lot of society sort of stuff,

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so, like, History Society, Geek Society, stuff like that.

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Now, what does Geek Society do?

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It's just, like, a lot of, like, different, like, sort of people

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that are interested in a lot of sci-fi or maybe games or something -

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a combination of different people

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with lots of different interests and stuff.

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I see. OK. Now, does any of that include

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a knowledge of countries that end in two consonants?

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-No.

-No.

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I did geography A-level, but that's about as far as it goes.

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-Yes.

-Oh...

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Paris.

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I don't know, I can't think of anything.

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-I'm having a blank.

-Don't worry. Don't worry at all.

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I mean, really, really don't worry.

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A, I wouldn't be at all surprised

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if there aren't several 100-scorers in this round.

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And B, it's always tough going on that first podium,

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so I'm sorry to put you under that pressure, Sarah.

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Paris - let's see what happens when we say Paris.

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Bad luck, Sarah.

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But anyway, phew - there you are, you don't have to do that again.

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I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.

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Always the worst place to be, that first podium.

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They're not going to like that in Geek Society, that's all I'll say.

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Yeah, Paris - wrong for a number of reasons,

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which we will go into at the end of the round.

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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Now, Stuart, welcome back.

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Remind us what you do, Stuart.

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I'm a brewer. I brew beer.

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A micro... Now, what other things would you brew, I wonder?

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Tea?

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See, that's true. But a brewer of tea

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would be somebody who's literally pouring water into a teapot.

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-Trouble?

-Nice.

-Trouble brewing.

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Nice. Good stuff.

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-Storms?

-Yeah.

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-Could be a storm-brewer.

-Yeah.

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I guess you could. But a beer brewer, though.

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-Beer.

-And there's just two of you running the brewery.

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-There's two of us doing the brewing.

-Oh, doing the brewing. Right.

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There are other people involved, but two main brewers.

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So what's the actual process that you're part of?

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Well, you do the whole thing, I guess, do you?

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Yeah. Well, we start out with sort of a quarter of a tonne of grain...

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-Yeah.

-..of malted barley.

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We then have to steep that...

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-Yeah.

-..for an hour or so.

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-Just like making tea.

-Yeah, it is like making tea.

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Then you have to boil it, for an hour.

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So, more than tea.

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But it's very quick, making beer.

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-Yeah.

-Pour it in, boil it for an hour.

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-Yeah. There we go.

-You go off, come back...

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-Add some hops.

-Yeah.

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And then, yeah, you're basically done.

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And then you taste it and mix it and blend it, and all that stuff?

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We taste it sometimes, just to make sure it's OK.

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Just to make sure. Then taste it again, just to make doubly...

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And then again...

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-Now, Stuart.

-Yes.

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What are you going to go for?

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Yeah, so this is tough.

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I'm going to go for Denmark.

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Denmark, says Stuart.

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Denmark. Let's see if that's right,

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let's see how many of our 100 people went for Denmark.

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Very well done, 29 for Denmark.

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Well played, Stuart. Yeah, ends -RK, you see?

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Stuart ends with two consonants, it's got -RT,

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-he's rocking an -RT at the end.

-He's rocking that.

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-Isn't he?

-Yeah. How about that?

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All over that double consonant.

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Now, Shelagh.

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A warm welcome to Pointless,

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it's lovely to have you here from Manchester.

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What do you get up to in Manchester, Shelagh, what keeps you busy there?

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I'm retired. I'm a retired tax officer.

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I see. OK, and what are your interests, Shelagh?

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Manchester City Football Club.

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-Ah.

-That's my main interest.

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I've followed them all over the world.

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-Have you?

-Yes.

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I've followed them to China, Thailand...

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-erm...

-And they haven't shaken you off yet(?)

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No! They'll never shake me off.

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No. I assure you, Richard, no.

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Fantastic. Now, Shelagh,

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what would you like to go for? I mean, you've travelled widely,

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so I'm hoping you've maybe been to a country that...

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Well, I've changed my mind several times

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while you've been conversing with the other contestants.

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I hope improving each time, Shelagh.

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Well, I don't know. It's a punt.

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-Ah.

-I had a couple of safe-ish answers...

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but I'm going to go for Lapland.

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Lapland, says Shelagh.

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Lapland. OK, let's see if that's right,

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let's see how many of our 100 people went for Lapland.

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Oh, Shelagh, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

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scores you 100 points.

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Yeah, sorry, Sheila - the good news is

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you've made Mariam and Sarah very happy.

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That's one good thing here. But not a country, Lapland,

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it's part of another country.

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There we are. So, Jill, welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.

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-What do you do, Jill?

-I'm a physiotherapist.

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Is there any particular kind of physiotherapy you specialise in?

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I'm a neurological physio,

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so I treat mainly sort of stroke patients,

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multiple sclerosis, head injuries, that type of...condition.

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And what are your interests outside of work?

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Erm, we've got two, sort of, almost-teenage boys,

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we've got one 15-year-old,

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one 12-year-old, so they take up quite a bit of our time.

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What is "almost teenage" about that?

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Well, because he's 13 in June.

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Oh, I see what you mean, yes, exactly.

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-Erm...

-Yeah.

-So they take up a lot of our time, and the youngest,

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the one that IS nearly 13, has just started getting into rugby,

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so we've just started going to rugby matches.

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We do follow football and we do follow Manchester City as well.

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Oh, phew! I was just going to say.

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-Oh!

-We thought we were quite big Man City fans until we met Shelagh.

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Jill, have you got some good answers up your sleeve?

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I've got some answers...

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We'll see whether they're good.

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I'm going to go for Egypt.

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That's the one I was thinking of!

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Egypt, says Jill - let's see if that's right,

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let's see how many of our 100 people said Egypt.

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19. Very nicely done indeed, Jill.

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Egypt.

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Lovely answer, Jill, that ends in four consonants.

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That is quite some going, isn't it?

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-Extraordinary, isn't it?

-90% of Egypt is desert.

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And 80% of the word "Egypt" is consonant.

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I mean, that's a lot of, er...

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Phew! That's a lot of constants to end with.

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That's a lot of consonants.

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-But then Y, there, is a lovely delta. Isn't it?

-Yes.

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-No, it really is, doing an awful lot of heavy lifting there.

-Yeah.

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-Lot of work there.

-Yeah.

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Yeah. Good.

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I've now got to think of another one. Thanks very much.

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We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

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19, Jill - very well done indeed,

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Jill and Peter, looking very strong at the far end there.

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Then 29 - Stuart and Charlotte, likewise.

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And then, yes, we have Daniel on Shelagh,

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and Sarah and Mariam, sharing 100 there.

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So, yes, Mariam and Daniel,

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it's going to be between the pair of you

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to see who stays with us and who leaves at the end of the round, so best of luck.

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We're going to come back down the line now -

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can the second players please step up to the podium.

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Peter. A very warm welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.

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What do you do, Peter?

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I'm a freelance graphic designer at the moment,

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and part-time university lecturer.

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And you lecture in design, do you?

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Advertising and design.

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-Yeah.

-Oh, that's fun.

-Oh, it is.

-That's great.

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So your graphic design is very closely linked to advertising.

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-Oh, yes. Sure.

-And had you worked in advertising previously, or...?

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Erm, we touch on advertising in design anyway, so it's kind of...

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It goes hand in hand.

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I work mainly on the conceptual side of things for people,

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rather than the actual advertising,

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it's more getting people to develop ideas, etc.

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Very good. And how to present them as well.

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-Absolutely.

-So, Peter, there you are on 19,

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excellent answer from Jill in the first pass.

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So if you can score 80 or less, you're through.

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-I'll have a go.

-What would you like to go for?

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I would like to go for Luxembourg.

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Luxembourg says Peter.

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Here comes your red line, nice and high -

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get below that with Luxembourg and you're through.

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Very well done.

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Good answer, look at that, 9. 28 is your total.

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Lovely answer, Peter, very well played.

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Ends -RG. You see?

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Yes. Yes.

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Got an X in it as well. It's unusual.

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In the middle.

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-Erm, I've come up with another.

-Have you?

-Yeah.

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Let's see if someone else can find it.

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Daniel, maybe it'll be you.

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Daniel, welcome to the show, good to have you here.

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What you do, Daniel?

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I'm currently an executive chauffeur.

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So I drive around a lot of bigwigs.

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Sports stars, people like that.

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Band members.

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Do you drive any people that your mother might be a fan of?

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I have done in the past, yes, unfortunately.

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Do you tell her afterwards, rather than before?

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-Yeah. Yeah, generally.

-OK. Right you are.

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So, yes, executive driver, that's quite fun.

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Usually in the sort of Manchester area, or do you drive...?

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No, nationwide, we do a lot for sports channels

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and different events all over the country, really.

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See, that's quite fun,

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you meet some extraordinary people, I should think.

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-Oh, we do.

-But, I guess, as an executive chauffeur,

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you can't really...

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You can't really talk about them unless they want to talk to you.

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Unfortunately. No, but they are very nice, most of them are.

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-Good. I'm glad to hear that.

-I like, "Most of them are."

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-Yeah.

-There's an awful lot of anecdotes

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-behind that little sentence, isn't there?

-Yeah.

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Daniel. Now, then. You know what we need.

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There is Mariam, there is you.

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You are vying to stay with us.

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Yeah, I've been trying to think outside the box,

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I had to go into territory I didn't want to, but erm...

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-Finland.

-Finland.

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I'm wondering where your "box" extends to.

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-The continent.

-Finland is outside it.

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Anyhow, let's see - no red line for you as you're joint high-scorers,

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let's see how many of our 100 people went with Finland.

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31, takes your total up to 131.

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Yeah. A pretty solid answer. And, Shelagh, that's where Lapland is,

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Lapland is part of Finland, Norway and Sweden.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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Now, then. Charlotte, welcome back.

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Remind us what you do, Charlotte.

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I work for a broadcasting company,

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but I've been on maternity leave.

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So when do you go back?

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-How long from now?

-Next month.

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-So two weeks.

-Oh, no!

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There was a time when that would have felt like it went on forever.

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I know! Two weeks off, and now it's no time at all.

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Presumably it'll be the same personnel in the office, will it,

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they haven't got too many new people you have...?

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I think so. I don't know. We'll find out. Be a surprise.

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Quite strange, going back in, isn't it?

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-Yeah.

-Oh, but it'll be nice to see everyone.

-Yeah.

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I've had a nice time being off, and, erm...

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I used to skate with a roller derby team,

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but since being off I've started announcing for them,

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so that's been fun. That's been really good.

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Let's just talk about that a minute or two.

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Where do you do the announcing?

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Well, it's for Croydon Roller Derby team, and, erm...

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Just for their games, they asked me to do one and it went OK,

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but I took the baby with me,

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which was a bit of a mistake.

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So the next one, baby's staying at home with Stuart.

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So I'm free to announce the roller derby.

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That'll be fantastic. Good stuff.

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OK. Now, Charlotte, there you are - you are through,

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doesn't matter what you score here, but I bet you've got a good answer.

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Oh, I don't know about good.

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I've got quite a few safe ones, I think.

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So I think I'll just go for one of those.

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And I'll go with Thailand.

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Thailand, says Charlotte - let's see if that's right,

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let's see how many of our 100 people said Thailand.

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8.

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APPLAUSE

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8, takes you up to 37.

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One of the world's smallest animals, the bumblebee bat,

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is found in Thailand, it's 2 grams.

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Weighs 2 grams. Little bat.

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-Sweet, isn't it?

-That is sweet.

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You find lots of other things in Thailand,

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but that is one thing you will also find.

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Yes. Thank you very much, Richard.

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Now, then, Mariam.

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-Hello.

-Welcome back.

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Mariam, you're not looking thrilled with this...

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-No.

-..with this round.

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No. Yeah, I've got a few answers in my head, but like Lapland,

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I'm worried one of my answers is part of a country,

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not actually a country in itself.

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Mm. Well, just before we go to that, remind us what you do.

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I'm an English literature and sociology student

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at the University of Leeds.

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That's right, and heavily involved in politics.

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-Yes, I am.

-Which you love.

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Slightly squeezes the rest of your studies.

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Yeah. I've kind of got loads of different passions -

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I enjoy kind of political and social sciences,

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but then I'm also very into humanities,

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which is the reason why I chose my degree.

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I like writing in my spare time, as well.

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Right. OK.

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What are you writing, a novel, or are you...?

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Yeah, I like writing, like, stories and stuff,

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but I'm always too embarrassed to show it to people,

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-I'm nervous about it.

-That's the awful thing about writing.

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But actually, remember everybody feels the same about things.

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I mean, extraordinary people say that, you know,

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they're always very nervous about handing stuff over.

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-Yeah!

-But there you are, on 100.

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131 is the highest score - if you can score 30 or less, Mariam,

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you're into the next round.

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I really don't know. Like, I've got an answer,

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and if it's right I think it might be a low-scorer,

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but I'm worried it's not actually a country in itself.

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So I think I'm going to have to go with a sort-of-obvious one,

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and maybe say Iceland.

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Iceland, says Mariam - let's see if Iceland's right,

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let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

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There's your red line, Mariam -

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you must get below that to stay with us, so good luck.

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Oh, no! 34.

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Oh, I thought that was going to get you through.

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134 is your total.

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Yeah, that's very unlucky, Mariam.

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What was your other answer going to be?

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-Greenland.

-Would have been an incorrect answer, yeah...

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And New Zealand?

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New Zealand would have scored you...

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30 points.

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GROANING

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Can you imagine?

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Yeah, no, Greenland is part of Denmark.

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Erm... Well, let's go through all of these.

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There's a couple of pointless answers out there -

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-have you got an answer?

-Do you know what, I've just realised,

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no, my lovely answer is no longer the name that's...

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Kiribati used to be the Gilbert Islands, didn't it?

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It did, yeah. But no longer.

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Yeah, no, the Gilbert Islands, you see, would have been lovely.

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Ivory Coast would have been a good answer in the past,

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-but it's now Cote d'Ivoire.

-Yeah.

-Two pointless answers -

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very well done if you said the Solomon Islands,

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or the Marshall Islands,

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they are both pointless answers.

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2 points for Bangladesh.

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You'd have got 6 points for Swaziland, 16 for Hungary.

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19 for Switzerland, our friends in the Netherlands,

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that would have scored you 20 points.

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22 for Poland. Italy, 31.

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And the other two we haven't heard -

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Ireland, of course 42, and Germany, 56.

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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So, at the end of our first round,

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I'm sorry to say it is Mariam and Sarah

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we say goodbye to.

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Second first round in a row, I'm afraid,

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that we've sent you away from, but it's been lovely having you here,

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albeit briefly each time.

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Thanks so much for coming to play, Mariam and Sarah.

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APPLAUSE

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But, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

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And look at that, suddenly we're down to three pairs.

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At the end of this round we'll be down to two.

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Very well done, we made it through the first round.

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Charlotte, very well done - Thailand was the best answer of that round.

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Although, in fact, Shelagh,

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you were the first person to mention Thailand,

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cos you said that's where you'd been with Man City,

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you'd followed them to Thailand and China.

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Anyway, best of luck to all three pairs.

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Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...

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Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

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who's going to go second.

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And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.

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OK, and the question is all about...

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Songs with "black" in the title. Richard.

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On each board, we're going to show you six UK Top 40 singles,

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with the word "black" in the title.

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We need you to tell us the artist behind each of these singles, please.

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We're going to give you their initials as well.

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Lovely. OK, so, we're looking for the artists

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who had hits with these records. Here is our first board of six.

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I'll read those all again.

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Stuart?

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See, I know a song called Black Coffee

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and I'm just trying to remember the band.

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I know it was singer from the Small Faces.

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I can't remember the name of the band.

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I am going to have to go for Back To Black, Amy Winehouse.

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Amy Winehouse says Stuart. Let's see if that's right.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Amy Winehouse.

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It's right.

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54.

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APPLAUSE

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54.

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Yeah, number eight hit in 2007 for Amy Winehouse.

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Perhaps her best-known song, that. Maybe Rehab, maybe Valerie.

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-But a wonderful song.

-There we are.

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Thank you, Richard.

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Shelagh, what would you like to go for on this board?

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I only know one.

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So, I'll have to go for Black Or White, Michael Jackson.

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Michael Jackson, says Shelagh.

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Let's see if that's right, for Black Or White.

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Let's see how many people knew that answer.

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It's right. 54 is the high score...

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63 is our new high score.

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Well played, Shelagh, the fourth of his seven number-one singles,

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-Black Or White.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

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Now, Peter, this board's all yours. If you felt particularly brave,

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you could go all the way through it and fill in all our blanks.

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You've left me with one that I think I may know.

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I couldn't even imagine any others.

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I think the top one is Sam Sparro.

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Sam Sparro, Black & Gold.

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Sam Sparro.

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Erm, I think I got a nod from Jill.

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I think. So, we'll see.

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You are either both right or both wrong.

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Let's see. Sam Sparro.

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How many of our 100 people said Sam Sparro?

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It's right! It's right.

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63 our high score - passed it.

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54 our low score - you've passed it.

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Sam Sparro takes us all the way down to 7.

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Look at that! Very well done indeed.

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You see, that is why it's good being on that podium.

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Because it does sometimes force you to go for a...

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You'd have gone for an easier one, wouldn't you, otherwise?

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I didn't know anything else. I didn't know the others.

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-OK, well, 7 for Sam Sparro.

-It's a very good answer, yeah,

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a number-two single, Black & Gold, it's a great song as well.

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Erm, now, Black Coffee,

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that you were having trouble thinking of, it's All Saints.

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So, perhaps not what you were thinking of.

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Eight points for that. A very different song.

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Black Magic Woman.

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-Do you know that?

-Fleetwood Mac.

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Fleetwood Mac, yeah.

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That's 13 points - and this is a pointless answer, Black Cherry,

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and fans of Goldfrapp,

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very well done.

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Goldfrapp is the answer there.

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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OK, so, let's take a look at those scores

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before we come back down the line.

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7, Peter, the best score of that pass, very well done indeed.

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Jill and Peter looking pretty safe at this point.

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But then it gets very exciting,

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we've got Stuart and Charlotte on 54

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and then Daniel and Shelagh on 63,

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quite close there.

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So, yes, let's see what happens in the next pass.

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Best of luck. We're going to come back down the line now.

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Can the second players, please, step up to the podium.

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OK, well, let's put six more songs

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that feature the word "black" in the title up on the board.

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And here they are...

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I'm going to read all of those again.

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Jill, ideally you would score 55 or less

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to be sure of a place in the next round.

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I'm going to go for Black Eyed Boy, and I think that's Texas.

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Texas, says Jill.

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Here is your red line.

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If you can come below that with Texas,

0:24:050:24:07

you're definitely in the head-to-head.

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Let's see who said Texas.

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You've done it!

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By a margin - look at that, 22.

0:24:180:24:20

29 is your total. Very well done.

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They are clever on that last podium, aren't they?

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Yeah. That's a very good answer, from the White On Blonde album.

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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Now, Daniel. Daniel, you are our high-scorers,

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we need a low score from you.

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Yeah, I could play it safe, I've got an idea of one

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but I'm going to have to take a guess, erm...

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Supermassive Black Hole,

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Metallica.

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Metallica, says Daniel.

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No red line for you, as you're the highest-scorers.

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Let's see how far down the column we get with Metallica,

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if it's right.

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Daniel, bad luck.

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I'm afraid that scores you 100 points

0:24:590:25:02

and takes your total up to 163.

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It did genuinely sound so much like a Metallica song, doesn't it?

0:25:030:25:06

Supermassive Black Hole, so it's a very good guess,

0:25:060:25:08

-but wrong, I'm afraid.

-Thanks, Rich.

0:25:080:25:11

Now, Charlotte, good news - you are in the head-to-head.

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It doesn't matter what you do.

0:25:140:25:16

But actually, I happen to think

0:25:160:25:17

you're going to know a number of these.

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No, I only... I know two.

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I know Men In Black was Will Smith

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and Paint It Black was the Rolling Stones.

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And I don't have a clue on the others.

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So, I'll go for the Rolling Stones.

0:25:300:25:32

OK, the Rolling Stones, says Charlotte.

0:25:320:25:33

No red line - you're already through.

0:25:330:25:35

Let's see how many of our 100 people said the Rolling Stones.

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It's right.

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Not bad. 32.

0:25:440:25:45

Taking your total up to 86.

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Yes, and a better choice than Will Smith as well,

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which was right but it's a big scorer.

0:25:520:25:55

Will Smith scores you...

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69, for Men In Black.

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Now, Supermassive Black Hole, not Metallica -

0:25:590:26:02

almost as loud, it's Muse.

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Muse is the answer there, would have scored 17.

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Now, Black Magic down the bottom,

0:26:070:26:10

is Little Mix.

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Little Mix would have scored 13.

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The best answer on the board, another very loud band -

0:26:140:26:16

Black Chandelier, by Biffy Clyro.

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And that would have scored 1. So, very well done if you said that.

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Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, at the end of our second round,

0:26:210:26:24

the pair we're sending home with their high score of 163,

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it's Daniel and Shelagh.

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Yes, Supermassive Black Hole, as Richard said -

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I mean, so nearly right there.

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But not, I'm afraid, this time.

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However, we'll see you again next time,

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and I'm sure you'll go even further then.

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But in the meantime, thanks very much for playing.

0:26:390:26:41

Daniel and Shelagh!

0:26:410:26:43

APPLAUSE

0:26:430:26:45

But, for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.

0:26:450:26:48

Congratulations, Peter and Jill, Charlotte and Stuart.

0:26:520:26:55

You are now one step closer to the final

0:26:550:26:57

and the chance to play for our jackpot,

0:26:570:26:59

which currently stands at £3,000.

0:26:590:27:02

APPLAUSE

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Well, here we are, in the head-to-head,

0:27:050:27:07

which means you can confer before you give your answers.

0:27:070:27:09

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

0:27:090:27:13

Oh, it's a North versus South.

0:27:130:27:14

The Watford Gap running right between those two podiums!

0:27:140:27:18

I think this could be very exciting indeed.

0:27:180:27:20

We've had some great answers from both pairs.

0:27:200:27:23

Lovely low-scoring from you, Peter and Jill, in particular.

0:27:230:27:25

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

0:27:250:27:28

Here is your first question.

0:27:330:27:35

And our first question this afternoon concerns...

0:27:350:27:37

We're going to show you five pictures now,

0:27:420:27:45

famous people with those initials, can you identify the most obscure?

0:27:450:27:48

Thanks very much. Let's show our five pictures - and here they come.

0:27:480:27:51

We've got...

0:27:530:27:54

There we go.

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Five people with the initials MR.

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Now, Peter and Jill, you've been our low-scorers so far,

0:28:230:28:26

so you will go first.

0:28:260:28:27

-Do you want to do that?

-Yeah.

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-Are you sure?

-No...

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THEY CONFER

0:28:310:28:34

We think we know most of them.

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I think we're going to go for C, and we think that's Mark Radcliffe.

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Mark Radcliffe, say Peter and Jill.

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Mark Radcliffe. Now then, Charlotte and Stuart.

0:28:440:28:47

You can do your chatting out loud if you like now.

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Yes, OK.

0:28:490:28:51

So, I think Mike Read, A.

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I think B is Mark Ronson.

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D is Molly Ringwald.

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And we think we know E, but we can't remember the name.

0:28:590:29:01

No, I think she played Queen Elizabeth in Blackadder II.

0:29:010:29:05

Yeah. Molly Ringwald?

0:29:050:29:07

Do you think? Yeah, yeah.

0:29:070:29:09

D, Molly Ringwald.

0:29:090:29:11

Molly Ringwald say Charlotte and Stuart.

0:29:110:29:13

OK, so in the order they were given,

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Peter and Jill went for Mark Radcliffe for C.

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Let's see if that's right.

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Let's see how many of our 100 went Mark Radcliffe.

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Is right.

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Look at that! 7 for Mark Radcliffe.

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Very well done.

0:29:330:29:34

Oh, that's a good answer from the northern team there.

0:29:350:29:39

Mark Radcliffe.

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Now, Charlotte and Stuart have gone Molly Ringwald for D.

0:29:400:29:42

Let's see if that's right,

0:29:420:29:44

let's see how many of our 100 people got that.

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It is Molly Ringwald.

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15! Not bad.

0:29:560:29:59

But, Peter and Jill, very well done -

0:29:590:30:00

after one question, you're up 1-0.

0:30:000:30:02

Yeah, those are the best two answers on the board as well.

0:30:020:30:05

So, well played, both teams there.

0:30:050:30:06

You couldn't have done anything about Mark Radcliffe,

0:30:060:30:08

it was the best answer.

0:30:080:30:10

You're right about Mike Read.

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Let's see what Mike would have scored.

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45.

0:30:140:30:16

Mark Ronson, would have scored 31.

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And the last one on the board,

0:30:200:30:22

you're absolutely right about who it is -

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Miranda Richardson, 19 points.

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There we are, thank you very much, Richard.

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So, here comes your second question.

0:30:270:30:29

Charlotte and Stuart, you get to answer this one first,

0:30:290:30:31

but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck.

0:30:310:30:34

Our second question this afternoon is about...

0:30:340:30:36

We'll show you the names of five chefs now

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who have been awarded Michelin stars.

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We've removed alternate letters from their names.

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Can you let us know who they are?

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Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five chefs.

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And here they are...

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We've got...

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I'll read those again.

0:31:080:31:09

Charlotte and Stuart, it's over to you first.

0:31:190:31:22

The bottom one's Heston Blumenthal.

0:31:220:31:25

Yeah.

0:31:250:31:26

OK, we're going to go for Raymond Blanc.

0:31:340:31:37

Raymond Blanc.

0:31:370:31:39

Raymond Blanc, there at the top.

0:31:390:31:41

Now, Peter and Jill, do you fancy talking us through that board?

0:31:410:31:44

-Do you want me to answer?

-Yeah.

0:31:440:31:45

Raymond Blanc at the top, obviously.

0:31:450:31:48

Gordon Ramsay. Erm, who did you say?

0:31:480:31:51

The bottom one's Heston Blumenthal.

0:31:510:31:54

I don't know the middle one.

0:31:540:31:56

-We're going to go for Tom Kerridge.

-Tom Kerridge, say Peter and Jill.

0:31:560:31:59

We have Raymond Blanc and we have Tom Kerridge.

0:31:590:32:02

Now then, Charlotte and Stuart -

0:32:020:32:03

Raymond Blanc, let's see how many of our 100 people got that.

0:32:030:32:06

It's right.

0:32:090:32:11

Good answer. 17 for Raymond Blanc.

0:32:150:32:18

Peter and Jill, meanwhile, have gone for Tom Kerridge,

0:32:210:32:24

one up from the bottom. Let's see if that's right.

0:32:240:32:26

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Tom Kerridge.

0:32:260:32:28

Again, it's right.

0:32:310:32:32

It's going to be close, this.

0:32:350:32:37

Oh, look at that, you've won it! 13, Tom Kerridge!

0:32:370:32:39

Very well done. Peter and Jill, that means, after only two questions,

0:32:420:32:44

you are through to the final, 2-0.

0:32:440:32:46

That was very well played, yeah, both got two Michelin stars,

0:32:460:32:49

Raymond Blanc and Tom Kerridge.

0:32:490:32:51

I love, actually, both of them, I love both of them on television.

0:32:510:32:53

They're both naturals, aren't they, in very different ways.

0:32:530:32:56

-Yeah.

-Tom Kerridge is great on TV.

-He's great, Tom. Yeah.

0:32:560:33:00

Have you ever eaten at his restaurant?

0:33:000:33:02

-I haven't, no.

-Have you not?

0:33:020:33:04

I imagine it's, like, tasty.

0:33:040:33:05

-I bet he's good.

-Well, I would think - it's got two Michelin stars.

0:33:050:33:08

I bet he does a good steak and chips.

0:33:080:33:11

-Ah.

-Actually, do you know what,

0:33:110:33:12

I bet he DOES do a good steak and chips!

0:33:120:33:14

I bet he does. I mean it's a big restaurant,

0:33:140:33:16

his microwave must be huge.

0:33:160:33:17

It must be really, really big. Do you know what?

0:33:170:33:19

I've heard Tom Kerridge is such a good chef

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he doesn't even have pictures of the food on the menu.

0:33:220:33:25

That's how good that guy is.

0:33:250:33:26

Erm, let's fill in the rest of these, shall we?

0:33:260:33:29

Gordon Ramsay is a big scorer.

0:33:290:33:32

Gordon Ramsay would score you 50 points.

0:33:320:33:35

He's had three Michelin stars before, Gordon Ramsay,

0:33:350:33:37

as has the bottom answer there,

0:33:370:33:39

Heston Blumenthal.

0:33:390:33:40

48 points. Someone said the other day,

0:33:420:33:44

if I was a chef, I'd be Heston Blumen-TALL.

0:33:440:33:47

That's nice, isn't it? The best answer on the board,

0:33:470:33:50

he's got a Michelin star down in Jersey,

0:33:500:33:53

and it's Shaun Rankin.

0:33:530:33:55

Very well done if you said Shaun Rankin.

0:33:550:33:56

-Three points for that.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

0:33:560:33:59

So, the pair leaving us at the end the head-to-head round -

0:33:590:34:02

I'm sorry, Charlotte and Stuart.

0:34:020:34:03

You made it into the head-to-head,

0:34:030:34:05

which is good - one better than last time.

0:34:050:34:07

But it's still one too soon to be fun, though,

0:34:070:34:08

it would've been nice to have had you for the final.

0:34:080:34:10

But this is where the road ends, I'm afraid,

0:34:100:34:12

but thanks very much for playing. Charlotte and Stuart.

0:34:120:34:16

But for Peter and Jill, it's now time for our Pointless final.

0:34:170:34:20

Congratulations, Peter and Jill.

0:34:250:34:26

You fought off the competition

0:34:260:34:28

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

0:34:280:34:31

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

0:34:370:34:39

At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £3,000.

0:34:390:34:43

APPLAUSE

0:34:430:34:44

See, that's quite an exciting jackpot.

0:34:460:34:48

I think... I think we've tested you fairly well.

0:34:480:34:51

We had our double-consonant-ending countries,

0:34:510:34:54

we had songs with "black" in the title,

0:34:540:34:56

we had people whose initials are MR,

0:34:560:34:58

and we finished off with chefs!

0:34:580:35:00

It certainly made my mouth water anyway.

0:35:000:35:02

Anything you'd particularly like to see come up in this last round?

0:35:030:35:06

What's going to be your...?

0:35:060:35:07

Tennis might be quite nice for me.

0:35:070:35:09

Any sport, really. TV, films.

0:35:090:35:13

OK, very good. Well, you know what it's like.

0:35:130:35:14

Four things go up there and, initially,

0:35:140:35:16

quite often, your heart sinks.

0:35:160:35:18

But there's usually something behind one of those

0:35:180:35:20

that sort of just softens the blow a little bit.

0:35:200:35:23

Let's hope it's something you like.

0:35:230:35:24

Today's selection looks a bit like this...

0:35:240:35:27

-What do you think?

-Sporting "32s" could be scores, obviously.

0:35:340:35:38

-Shall we go for sport?

-Then we both...

0:35:380:35:40

Films with geographical titles would be...

0:35:400:35:42

-That'd be quite...

-OK.

-Yeah?

0:35:430:35:46

That's on you.

0:35:460:35:47

OK, I think so. But, well... You...

0:35:490:35:52

No, no, no. Go for it. Go for it.

0:35:520:35:53

Films with geographically... something whatnot. There we are.

0:35:530:35:57

All right, brilliant, Films With Geographically Titled...

0:35:570:36:01

Titles. There we go!

0:36:010:36:03

-Richard.

-OK, very best of luck.

0:36:030:36:05

We're looking for anybody with an acting credit

0:36:050:36:07

in any of the following three films, please, according to IMDB.

0:36:070:36:10

We're looking for anyone who appeared in Out Of Africa,

0:36:100:36:13

anyone who appeared in Sleepless In Seattle,

0:36:130:36:16

or anybody who appeared in The Last King Of Scotland.

0:36:160:36:20

So, anyone credited on IMDb

0:36:200:36:21

with appearing in any of those three films.

0:36:210:36:23

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

0:36:230:36:26

Now, as always, you've got up to one minute

0:36:260:36:28

to come up with three answers.

0:36:280:36:29

All you need, to win that £3,000 jackpot,

0:36:290:36:31

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

0:36:310:36:34

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

0:36:340:36:35

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

0:36:350:36:37

There they are. Your time starts now.

0:36:370:36:39

-OK.

-I just know the obvious at the moment.

0:36:390:36:42

Out Of Africa is obviously Robert...

0:36:420:36:46

-Redford.

-Robert Redford.

0:36:460:36:47

And...Meryl Streep.

0:36:470:36:49

I don't know anybody else.

0:36:490:36:50

Anybody around that era that we can just sneak into there?

0:36:500:36:54

Sleepless In Seattle -

0:36:540:36:56

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, anybody else about...?

0:36:560:36:59

-I don't know... Last King Of Scotland.

-Just James McAvoy?

0:37:000:37:04

-That was it, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

0:37:040:37:05

Anybody else who could have been in there?

0:37:050:37:07

-Mackenzie Crook, someone like that?

-We could say that, yeah.

0:37:070:37:10

Anybody else?

0:37:100:37:13

I think that's the one that probably...

0:37:130:37:15

So, Last King Of Scotland, we'll...

0:37:170:37:20

We'll go James McAvoy. Anybody else?

0:37:200:37:23

Do you want to go Mackenzie Crook, and just put that in?

0:37:230:37:25

Yeah, he was in something like that.

0:37:250:37:27

-I don't know.

-Ten seconds left.

0:37:270:37:30

Jim Broadbent.

0:37:300:37:32

I don't know.

0:37:320:37:33

OK, that is your time up, I'm sorry to say.

0:37:390:37:41

Let's have some answers from you, three answers.

0:37:410:37:43

-What are you going to go for?

-Right, so, to maybe get a right answer,

0:37:430:37:46

-we'll go James McAvoy.

-James McAvoy.

0:37:460:37:49

And then we're just going to guess a couple.

0:37:500:37:51

We know the obvious ones out of the other two,

0:37:510:37:54

but they're not going to be pointless,

0:37:540:37:56

so we'll go for Mackenzie Crook.

0:37:560:37:58

-Mackenzie Crook.

-And who else do you want to go for?

0:37:580:38:01

-I'd say Jim Broadbent.

-Jim Broadbent.

0:38:010:38:02

OK, Jim Broadbent.

0:38:020:38:04

-In which category, just so we...?

-All in The Last King Of Scotland.

0:38:040:38:07

All in The Last King Of Scotland, OK.

0:38:070:38:08

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

0:38:080:38:11

-I would say...

-The best shot is...

0:38:110:38:13

For a pointless, I think Jim Broadband.

0:38:130:38:15

-If it was correct.

-OK, Jim Broadbent, we'll put last,

0:38:150:38:17

-and least likely to be pointless?

-We'll go...

-James McAvoy.

0:38:170:38:21

-James McAvoy.

-James McAvoy first. And then Mackenzie Crook.

0:38:210:38:24

OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order then.

0:38:240:38:27

And here they are. We've got...

0:38:270:38:29

Well, very, very best of luck. Three answers you've come up with.

0:38:330:38:36

We know one of them's right.

0:38:360:38:37

The other two, extremely educated guesses, I have to say,

0:38:370:38:39

and one of these days an educated guess is going to...

0:38:390:38:42

Well, I'm sure it's happened in the past -

0:38:420:38:43

an educated guess must have won the jackpot.

0:38:430:38:46

If that were to happen today and you were to leave here with £3,000,

0:38:460:38:49

what would you do with it? Peter, you first.

0:38:490:38:52

Well, we're just currently having some work done on the house,

0:38:520:38:55

so I think we'll rest easy at paying that,

0:38:550:38:57

that shouldn't be a problem.

0:38:570:38:58

And, like Jill mentioned, we'll probably...

0:38:580:39:02

We're debating whether to go to the O2 to watch the tennis,

0:39:020:39:05

because Jill's a big tennis fan as well.

0:39:050:39:07

So that probably would be a definite.

0:39:070:39:09

Fantastic. Jill, anything you'd want to add to that?

0:39:090:39:11

We'll have to treat the children!

0:39:110:39:14

-Obviously.

-They can have some sweets, they'll be fine.

0:39:140:39:16

-Absolutely fine.

-I won't state what we're going to treat them to, but, you know...

0:39:160:39:19

OK, well, best of luck, as I say. James McAvoy was your first answer.

0:39:190:39:23

In all these cases, we're looking for cast members

0:39:230:39:25

of The Last King Of Scotland.

0:39:250:39:27

Only one of these has to be pointless

0:39:270:39:28

for you to win that jackpot.

0:39:280:39:30

So, for £3,000, let's put James McAvoy to the test.

0:39:300:39:32

Is it pointless? If this goes all the way down the column,

0:39:320:39:35

you leave here with £3,000.

0:39:350:39:38

Well, James McAvoy is right, as you knew he would be.

0:39:420:39:46

James McAvoy now taking us down through the 30s,

0:39:460:39:48

into the 20s, into the teens

0:39:480:39:50

still going down...

0:39:500:39:51

Oh, 12. Not bad, not bad at all.

0:39:510:39:54

You'd be pleased with that score at any other stage of Pointless.

0:39:570:40:00

Sadly, in this round, we are only interested in pointless answers.

0:40:000:40:03

So you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

0:40:030:40:05

We now leave the slightly firmer territory

0:40:050:40:08

of things you know to be right

0:40:080:40:10

and we go into conjecture here.

0:40:100:40:12

But both of them perfectly feasible, plausible answers.

0:40:120:40:16

Mackenzie Crook was your next answer.

0:40:160:40:18

Really, what we have to find out here is whether or not it's right,

0:40:180:40:21

and then if it is right and it's pointless, you'll win £3,000.

0:40:210:40:24

How many people said Mackenzie Crook?

0:40:240:40:26

Is it right?

0:40:260:40:27

Bad luck. A good punt and definitely worth doing.

0:40:320:40:35

But, I'm afraid, an incorrect answer.

0:40:350:40:37

Which means everything is now riding

0:40:370:40:39

on the broader shoulders of Jim Broadbent.

0:40:390:40:41

Your third and final answer.

0:40:410:40:42

Wouldn't he be brilliant in that film?

0:40:420:40:44

-I think so!

-He would, he would.

0:40:440:40:46

-Probably in there.

-He's been in everything,

0:40:460:40:48

so he's got to have been in this.

0:40:480:40:49

It has to be right, obviously.

0:40:490:40:51

Then it has to be pointless for you to win.

0:40:510:40:53

So, for £3,000, let's see what happens when we say Jim Broadbent.

0:40:530:40:57

No, bad luck!

0:40:590:41:00

Bad luck!

0:41:030:41:04

Well, as quite often happens, that was quite a tough board,

0:41:060:41:10

quite a tough category for you to choose from, those four, I think.

0:41:100:41:13

But you did it, and you made a valiant attempt

0:41:130:41:15

at getting three answers there.

0:41:150:41:17

I'm sorry you didn't manage to win, you didn't find a pointless answer,

0:41:170:41:20

so I'm afraid that jackpot remains unwon for this day.

0:41:200:41:24

That £3,000 will roll over onto the next show.

0:41:240:41:27

But it has been wonderful having you here.

0:41:270:41:28

I'm sorry it's only been one show.

0:41:280:41:30

-That's all right.

-But you have done brilliantly,

0:41:300:41:32

and you get to take home a Pointless trophy, so very well done.

0:41:320:41:35

APPLAUSE

0:41:350:41:38

Yeah, it's been lovely to meet you, and very well played indeed.

0:41:390:41:42

I'll take you through some pointless answers here,

0:41:420:41:44

and hopefully none of them will be too familiar.

0:41:440:41:46

We'll start with Out Of Africa. Very unusual board, this.

0:41:460:41:49

Graham Crowden, that we know best from Waiting For God.

0:41:490:41:51

Iman, as well, was a pointless answer,

0:41:510:41:53

and Leslie Phillips. Imagine the two of them together on set!

0:41:530:41:56

-No, I can't really...

-That must have been a lot of fun.

0:41:560:41:59

Michael Kitchen, who perhaps we know best over here from Foyle's War.

0:41:590:42:02

Everybody in that film - everybody - was a pointless answer,

0:42:020:42:04

apart from Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.

0:42:040:42:06

Everybody else is a pointless answer.

0:42:060:42:08

Some amazing names on that list.

0:42:080:42:09

Now, the cast of Sleepless In Seattle.

0:42:090:42:12

Bill Pullman was a pointless answer.

0:42:120:42:14

David Hyde Pierce, who we know better as Niles in Frasier.

0:42:140:42:17

Frances Conroy.

0:42:170:42:19

Rita Wilson, who, of course, is married to Tom Hanks,

0:42:190:42:21

star of Sleepless In Seattle.

0:42:210:42:23

The only people who scored in that film were Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan,

0:42:230:42:26

both big scorers, Rosie O'Donnell and Ross Malinger.

0:42:260:42:29

They were also scoring answers.

0:42:290:42:31

Everyone else was pointless.

0:42:310:42:32

And The Last King Of Scotland.

0:42:320:42:34

Barbara Rafferty. David Oyelowo was a pointless answer.

0:42:360:42:39

Giles Foden, who wrote the book,

0:42:390:42:40

and plays a very small part as a journalist in the film as well.

0:42:400:42:43

Sometimes with those book adaptations

0:42:430:42:45

it's worth saying the author,

0:42:450:42:46

because they quite often pop up, don't they, in a little cameo.

0:42:460:42:49

And Kerry Washington, who is in Django Unchained,

0:42:490:42:51

amongst many other things.

0:42:510:42:52

The only scoring answers there were Forest Whitaker,

0:42:520:42:54

James McAvoy and Gillian Anderson.

0:42:540:42:56

Very well done if you got a pointless answer at home,

0:42:560:42:59

and unlucky in the studio.

0:42:590:43:00

Thanks, Richard. Well, sadly, Peter and Jill

0:43:000:43:02

didn't win our jackpot today,

0:43:020:43:04

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

0:43:040:43:06

when we will be playing for £4,000.

0:43:060:43:08

There it is.

0:43:080:43:09

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

0:43:110:43:13

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

0:43:130:43:14

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me - goodbye.

0:43:140:43:18

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