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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

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the show where the lowest scorers

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are the biggest winners.

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Let's meet today's players.

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APPLAUSE

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And couple number one.

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Hi, I'm Maja,

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this is my friend and colleague, Annette,

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and we're from Borehamwood.

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Couple number two.

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Hello, my name's Taz, I'm from Newport

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and this is my friend, Hannah, from Wimborne.

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Couple number three.

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Hello, my name's Nadeem.

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This is my sister, Ayesha, and we're from Northampton.

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And finally, couple number four.

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Hi, I'm Larry, this is my brother, Jon,

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and we're from Tottenham in North London.

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And these are today's contestants.

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APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much, everyone.

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Welcome to Pointless.

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Lovely to have you here.

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We'll get to chat 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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He's the only quiz show sidekick visible from space.

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

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-APPLAUSE

-Hiya.

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Hey, everybody.

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Good afternoon.

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Good afternoon to you.

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Good afternoon.

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What an extraordinary end to the last show.

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-Wasn't it amazing? Tasha and Joe.

-Yeah.

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So, they got this question, it was about the year 2000.

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Various questions came up

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and one of the questions was a football question.

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Tasha said that her boyfriend, Alex,

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had said before she came on the show,

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she knows nothing about football, nothing.

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He said, "Remember one name."

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He said, "Remember the name Henrik Larsson,"

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cos Henrik Larsson played for Celtic, he played for Man United,

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played internationally. He said, "Remember that name."

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Question came up - scorers in Euro 2000.

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She said, "We might as well just say Henrik Larsson,

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"cos Alex said,

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"if there's a football question, say Henrik Larsson."

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And he had scored in Euro 2000 and they won £2,250.

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-It's not bad going, is it?

-Not bad.

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So, Alex was very, very happy with himself, sitting at home.

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Amazing ending, wasn't it?

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Two pairs back from that show.

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We've got Larry and Jon, who got knocked out in Round One,

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and Taz and Hannah, who got all the way through to that head-to-head.

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Are you happy about that lovely good luck story?

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-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Let's go with "Yeah."

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That's gracious, isn't it?

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LAUGHTER

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Thanks very much.

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So, yes, Tasha and Joe won the jackpot last time.

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So, today's jackpot therefore starts off back at £1,000.

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There it is. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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APPLAUSE

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So, here's the deal -

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the pair with the highest score

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at the end of each round will be eliminated.

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So, keep those scores low.

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Very, very best of luck to all four pairs.

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Our first category today is...

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Can you all decide, in your pairs,

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who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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And whoever's going first,

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please step up to the podium.

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OK, let's find out what the question is.

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Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

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as many...

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US states containing the letters P, R, E, or S, Richard.

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So, we're looking for any of the 50 states

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that have one of those four letters anywhere in their names, please.

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-Very best of luck.

-There we are.

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Thanks very much.

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-Annette, welcome to Pointless.

-Hello!

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-What do you do, Annette?

-I'm a local government officer.

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Which department, locally?

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-Oh, it's income.

-Income.

-Income.

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That's a nice department to be in, isn't it? Surely.

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What are your hobbies, Annette?

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I like photography, I love music,

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but sadly, I'm an Eddie Stobart spotter.

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What possibly could be sad about that?

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I do have a lorry named after myself, Annette Kim.

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That's fantastic.

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Because you are a Stobart supporter?

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Because... Yeah, because I'm in the club.

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Good stuff. Anyway, now, Annette.

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US states. Always tough, going first.

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Yep.

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I'm going to go with Arkansas.

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Arkansas, says Annette. Arkansas.

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Let's see if that's right,

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

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CHEERING

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-Not bad at all. Look at that.

-That'll do.

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APPLAUSE 11 for Arkansas.

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Very well played.

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Yeah, Arkansas is a very good answer on that first podium.

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The greatest producer of rice in America.

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Oh, they are the greatest, aren't they?

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I mean, there are people who produce more, but they're the greatest.

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They're the greatest. No, they are the greatest by volume,

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-as you well know.

-Yeah.

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Lovely Arkansas rice.

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Ahh!

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Long grain?

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-That's what they call me.

-LAUGHTER

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Thanks, Richard. Taz, welcome back.

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So, head-to-head last time, Taz.

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-Got to be hoping to take that one step further this time.

-Hopefully.

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Remind us what you do, Taz.

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So, I'm a content editor for an eco-friendly travel website.

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-That's right. Still in its first stages.

-Yeah.

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Set up six months ago.

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Are you supported by advertising,

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or how does it fund itself?

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We do a lot of things through social media, have competitions.

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Very, very good. And what are your interests, Taz?

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So, I play ladies' rugby

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for my home team.

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What's your home team?

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Croesyceiliog Ladies.

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Oh, that's a good name.

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-Croesyceiliog Ladies.

-Yep.

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-Excellent.

-Quite into my travel as well. I do some...

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Have you been across the States?

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No, not ventured that far.

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OK, how confident are you feeling?

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Well, I know there's lots,

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but I'm struggling to think of any obscure ones,

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but I think I'm going to go for Oregon.

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Oregon, says Taz. Oregon.

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

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Look at that, 16. APPLAUSE

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We now have our high and low.

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16 for Oregon.

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Yes, known as the Beaver State.

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That's nice. LAUGHTER

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Nadeem, welcome to Pointless.

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-Hello.

-Good to have you here. What do you do, Nadeem?

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-I'm a dentist.

-Oh, I'm so glad.

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Cos I have a... LAUGHTER

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I'll talk to you about it later.

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How long have you been a dentist for?

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I've been working for about a year now

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after graduating at the University of Sheffield.

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Where's your practice?

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I work in a practice in Leighton Buzzard, in Bedfordshire, currently.

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It would be fun, being a dentist.

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-Do you think?

-I think it'd be fun.

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I think it takes a lot of skill.

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-It does.

-I think I would...

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I'm not sure I'd have the fine motor skills needed for it.

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I'm just thinking, keeping up that conversation

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when you have a dental nurse that you just...

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you just say stuff to.

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-Oh, yes.

-"A1..."

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I don't understand what it means.

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I think it's the shipping forecast, I think.

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That's entirely made up.

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Or when they say, "B4," and all that kind of stuff.

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"B4, rising slowly."

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It'd be fun. Now, Nadeem,

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any US state that contains the letters P, R, E or S.

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I think I'm going to go with Nebraska.

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Nebraska, says Nadeem.

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Let's see how many of 100 people went for Nebraska.

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It's right. Well, 16's our high score, 11 is our low.

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Oh, look at that. We have a new low. 4.

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Very well done indeed, Nadeem. APPLAUSE

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4 for Nebraska.

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It's a great answer. Well played.

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It's the Cornhusker State.

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-Corn-HUSKER?

-The Cornhusker.

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Yeah.

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-Is that a bird?

-The Cornhusker?

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Is it a plane?

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No, it is the act of husking corn.

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I see.

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Yeah, I think they might have been last in the line

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-for state nicknames.

-I think they might have been, yeah.

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There we are. Thank you, Richard.

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-Now, Larry.

-Hello.

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Welcome back to Pointless.

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Remind us what you do, Larry.

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I'm a journalism student at Kingston University.

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That's right, in your second year there.

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-Second year.

-We discovered last time

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that Larry has just published a glossy magazine for dogs

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as part of his studies,

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called Dogue. LAUGHTER

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I like that.

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How many pages did Dogue run to?

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Around the 40 mark.

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That's a lot.

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That's a lot of pages for a busy dog about town.

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Larry, so, yes, and you have your eyes

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sort of focused on sports journalism at the moment.

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Any particular sport you would like to cover?

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Well, I love all sports - football, boxing, Formula 1 -

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but I'm hoping to get into writing about football.

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OK, and it's print journalism you'd want to do?

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-Yeah.

-Oh, that's fun.

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Larry, there we are. We've had a range of states.

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Scores from 16 to 4.

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What are you going to go for?

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I'm going to go for Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin, says Larry.

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

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It's right.

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As I mentioned, 16's our high score, 4 is our low.

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Wisconsin passes 16.

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Nestles down, near the 4 there, at 7.

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APPLAUSE

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Yeah, and that's called the Badger State, Wisconsin,

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but not because badgers are from there.

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It's because the earliest settlers were lead miners

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and they would just burrow into the hills

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rather than make more permanent dwellings.

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-There we are.

-What do you think about that?

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I don't really have a comeback to that.

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-I mean, that is, yeah...

-Just give me some validation.

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Say, "You've done really well there."

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Oh, sorry, Richard. I like that very much.

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Ahh! No...

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LAUGHTER

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The Badger State. What about that?

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Not even named after old Brock.

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-No, it wasn't, it was people.

-It was people.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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-Burrowing.

-I think I did really well.

-Yeah.

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-That's a good fact.

-Thank you.

-Thank you Richard.

-(Yes!)

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Now, we're halfway through the round.

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Let's take a look at those scores.

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4 - well done, Nadeem, the best score of that pass.

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Then up to 7, where we find Larry and Jon.

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Then up to 11, Annette and Maja.

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And then up to 16, where we find Taz and Hannah.

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So, yes, Hannah, we need a low score from you in the next pass.

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So, good luck with that.

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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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Jon, welcome back, remind us what you do.

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I work front-of-house at the Lyceum Theatre.

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I think that's just a fantastic job.

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That's enormous fun.

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And as we discovered, running the bar.

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Which of the bars?

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You work in any of them.

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There's three bars, cos there's three levels.

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Is there a favourite bar?

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Which is the nicest?

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I think people tip better in the stalls bar, so...

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that's probably my favourite.

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They're the more expensive seats?

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Yeah.

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Does that mean, by the time the interval is over,

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your work is largely done?

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Yeah, when the interval's over, I go home.

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Oh-ho-ho! Well, that's nice!

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Now, Jon, you're on 7.

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The highest scorers at the moment on 16 are Taz and Hannah,

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which means, if you can score 8 or less,

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-you are definitely into the next round.

-OK.

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I'm going to go with... I hope it's a state.

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I'm going to go with South Dakota.

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South Dakota, says Jon.

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South Dakota. Here is your red line.

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If you can get below that red line,

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you are definitely in the next round.

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Let's seen how many people said South Dakota.

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Look at that.

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Very well done indeed. 15. APPLAUSE

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It takes your total up to 22.

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I think you have done enough there, Jon.

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Home of the mashed potato wrestling competition...

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Oh!

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..which is wrestling in mashed potato

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rather than wrestling mashed potato.

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The Mashed Potato Wrestling State.

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That's a lovely tradition, isn't it?

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What if it's an enormous potato and you fight inside the jacket?

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-A jackets-on fight?

-That'd be good!

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And you go in when it's solid.

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You have to work your way through the potato

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and then, when the victor leaves,

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dragging out the...

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his opponent, the potato is mashed.

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-Perfect. And someone adds beans.

-LAUGHTER

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Oh!

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Do you think someone eats the mashed potato after the wrestling bout?

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Oh, I would hope not.

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I bet somebody does, though.

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The wrestlers, they cover themselves in butter.

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They say it's to flavour the mashed potato,

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but we know it's just a tactic.

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-And pepper.

-And pepper, yeah.

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And, slightly bafflingly, sometimes cottage cheese.

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LAUGHTER

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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-Now, Ayesha, lovely to have you here.

-Hi.

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Welcome to Pointless.

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What do you do, Ayesha?

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I'm a student at the University of Liverpool at the moment.

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-And what are you studying?

-Biomedical sciences.

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Biomedical... Now, tell us what biomedical science is?

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It's basically figuring out what's wrong with people

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and what we can do about it.

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So we're the pioneers behind new medicines and things like that.

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Ooh, that's exciting. What year are you in?

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-I'm a second year.

-How long is the course?

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-It's three years.

-Three years.

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And then you would go where after that?

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Do you go to hospitals?

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I'm probably going to stay and do a Masters,

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and then probably go into research,

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because I want to be a scientist in the lab.

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-I see. So, more lab-based than hospital-based?

-Yes.

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OK. Now, Ayesha, there you are on 4.

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Our high-scorers, at the moment, are behind you, Jon and Larry on 22.

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So, 17 is your target.

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OK. I am going to go for...

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Rhode Island.

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Rhode Island, says Ayesha.

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Now, that sounds, to me, like a low scorer.

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Let's see if it is. There's your red line.

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If you get below that, you're in the next round.

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Look at that! Very well done indeed.

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Look at that for efficiency as well. 15.

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APPLAUSE You needed 17. You got 15.

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19 is your total.

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Yeah, that's the smallest state in America.

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It always has to sit at the front in photographs.

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LAUGHTER

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Thanks very much, Richard.

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Hannah, welcome back.

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Remind us what you do, Hannah.

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I'm a support worker for a disabled children's team.

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That's right.

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And what do you like getting up to in your spare time, Hannah?

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I dabble in, like, various hobbies!

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I tend to try and, like, take up hobbies,

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realise they're not for me...

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You've taken a run at quite a lot of hobbies in your time then, have you?

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-Yeah.

-Any ones you've really particularly not liked?

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I went through a big phase of balloon modelling.

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We've all done that. We've all gone through that phase(!)

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Yeah, I couldn't get past the dog.

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Well, that's...

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A lot of people have trouble getting past that!

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So, balloon modelling. What else have you done?

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I decided I was going to become a top cyclist

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but, unfortunately, I'm not very good at cycling.

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-So, I bought a bike...

-Oh, no. I can see that would be an impediment.

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-No, shelve that. Shelve that.

-Gone.

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Move on. What was the next?

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I've dabbled in puzzles.

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-That's good.

-Yeah, I enjoyed that one.

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You could say one of your hobbies is just dabbling.

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Dabbling is a great hobby.

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-That's my main hobby.

-I think that's a top hobby.

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-You could be one of the top dabblists.

-Yeah.

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-There we are.

-That's what I aim to be.

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Good stuff. Now, Hannah, you're on 16.

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The high-scorers on 22 are Jon and Larry.

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If you can score five or less -

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a little bit of pressure there,

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but who knows?

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There may be some low-scoring states.

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US states is not my strong point.

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I don't know if I'm thinking of cities or states.

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I'm going to say...

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-Arizona.

-Arizona?

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-I don't know if that's a state.

-Well, let's find out.

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Arizona. Here is your red line.

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It is a low one.

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Let's find out how far down the column you get with Arizona.

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Very much a state.

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It's getting closer to that line.

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Still getting closer. look at that.

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Oh, 14! APPLAUSE

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14, taking your total neatly up to 30.

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You may still be in the game.

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Not a bad answer at all.

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They call it the Grand Canyon State, but nobody knows why.

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One of those great mysteries.

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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Maja, here also from Borehamwood.

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-Yeah, I'm afraid so.

-What keeps you busy in Borehamwood, Maja?

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Well, I work alongside Annette.

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I'm a revenues officer.

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So I'm really popular and collect council tax.

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Excellent! Everyone loves to see Maja come round(!)

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What are your hobbies, Maja?

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I like reading.

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We do a lot of girlie outs,

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a bit of travelling,

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weekends away, abroad.

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-Lovely.

-Lots of stuff like that.

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Good stuff. Now, Maja, you have to score

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18 or less with your answer here.

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Have you had lots of answers that other people have said?

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Well, actually, no.

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So, I think we have had South Dakota,

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so I will try North Dakota...

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It stands to reason, doesn't it?

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..and keep my fingers crossed.

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Keep them crossed. There's your red line.

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If you can get below that red line with North Dakota,

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you are through to Round Two.

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Good luck.

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You've done it! Very well done indeed.

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Look at that! 5 for North Dakota. APPLAUSE

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The second lowest score of the round...

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taking your total to 16.

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Yeah, scores less than South Dakota.

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So people were, sort of, saying South Dakota

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and forgetting North Dakota.

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Now, 4 is the best answer you could possibly have given.

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So, Nebraska was a terrific answer.

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There's one other answer that would have scored you 4,

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and that is Maryland.

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You'd have got 5 for Illinois, West Virginia, Minnesota.

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6 for Connecticut, 7 for Vermont,

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8 for Kentucky, Colorado, Delaware,

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Tennessee, Kansas and Louisiana.

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16 for South Carolina and New Jersey.

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Alaska scored 21, Florida 26,

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Washington 27, California 35.

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Let's take a look at the top three scorers.

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On 36 points, we have Pennsylvania.

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48, Texas.

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And right at the top, with 53, New York.

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Thanks very much, Richard.

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So, at the end of our first round,

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the pair we're sending away, with their not-that-high score of 30,

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I'm afraid it's our head-to-headers from last time, Hannah and Taz.

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I'm so sorry. Far too soon.

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This wasn't in the script at all.

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I thought you were going all the way today.

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But this is where we say goodbye.

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-Thank you so much for coming to play, Hannah and Taz.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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But for the remaining three pairs,

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it's now time for Round Two.

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And so, we're down to three pairs.

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At the end of this round, we will be down to two pairs.

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Congratulations, Nadeem and Maja,

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for our lovely low scores in that round.

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But congratulations, everyone.

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Not an incorrect answer in the whole round,

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which is nothing less than we expect and hope for on Pointless,

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but you never know. Anyway, the best of luck to all three pairs.

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Our category for Round Two today...

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European Transport.

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Can you all decide, in your pairs,

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who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

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OK, and the question is all about...

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What about that? Types of transport in French, Richard.

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On each board, Xander is going to expertly pronounce

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a series of French names for transport.

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We just need the English equivalent, please, for each of those.

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There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at, at home.

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Very best of luck. Now, let's all enjoy the silky tones...

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-IN FRENCH ACCENT:

-..of Monsieur Alexander Armstrong.

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LAUGHTER

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OK. So, we want to know what these types of transport are in English.

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Here they are in French.

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We have...

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I'll read those one last time.

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But what does it all mean, Maja?

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I don't know.

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Well, I know a couple.

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I think they might be high-scorers.

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So I think I'm going to have a quick punt at...

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une montgolfiere, as a golf buggy.

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-Surely!

-Maybe.

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Surely une montgolfiere, a golf buggy.

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Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

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Oh!

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AUDIENCE GROANS

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Oh, dear.

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Oh, dear. Oh, dear indeed.

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That is not a golf buggy, I'm afraid.

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It scores you 100 points. Sorry, Maja.

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Do you know what? 13 out of our 100 said exactly the same thing.

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-Too obvious.

-Made exactly the same... Yeah.

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And yet, not right.

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Too obvious and not right is a bad combination, isn't it?

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Nadeem. What are you going to go for on this board?

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I haven't studied French since I was maybe 12 years old, maybe 13.

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Yeah, that's about four years ago!

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LAUGHTER

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I'm a little older than I look.

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A little older.

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Ooh.

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I could take a risk, but I think I'm going to go with un velo -

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with my terrible French accent, sorry -

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and go with bicycle.

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A bicycle, says Nadeem.

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A bike for un velo.

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Let's see if that's right.

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

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It's right.

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APPLAUSE

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41.

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-Not bad.

-Yeah, well played.

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Hence velodrome.

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And also, if you win the Tour de France,

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you wear the "velo" jersey as well.

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It all comes from...

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-It comes from the same place.

-From the same root.

-Yeah.

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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Jon, you're the last person to have this board of fun.

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Do you want to talk us through it and fill in all the blanks?

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No. I couldn't...

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Un camion... Camel?

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LAUGHTER

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It's a mode of transport!

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Exactly.

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The only one I knew was un velo.

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But...

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I'm just gone to take a guess and say un avion, plane sounds...

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-Un avion, plane.

-Yeah.

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

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Let's see how many of a 100 people said plane, for avion.

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It's right.

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Well, 100 was our highest score, which you've passed...

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You come down to 67. APPLAUSE

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Yeah, the biggest answer on the board there.

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It must've been tucked away somewhere in the back of your brain.

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-Un camion?

-Is a lorry.

-It is a lorry.

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That would have scored you 17 points.

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Now, une montgolfiere is named after the brothers who invented it.

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They were the Montgolfier brothers, who invented the hot-air balloon.

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-Ahh!

-Yeah, 21 points for that.

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-Aeroglisseur...

-Aeroglisseur...

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must be a glider.

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-It's not, it's a hovercraft.

-It's a hovercraft.

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-What about that?

-Two points for that.

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Do you know this one, une planche a roulettes?

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I didn't know this one.

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It's a plank with wheels.

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-I'm guessing it's a skateboard.

-It is a skateboard, yep.

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It is a skateboard, and that would have scored 11.

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So, hovercraft is the best answer.

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OK, thank you very much indeed.

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OK, let's take a look at the scores as we're halfway through the round.

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Yes, quite high scores in this round.

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Not surprising, that was not an easy board.

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41, Nadeem, turns out to have been the best score of that pass,

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so well done. Nadeem and Ayesha looking very strong at this point.

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As, I would say, are Jon and Larry on 67.

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And then Maja and Annette on 100.

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Annette, how good's your French?

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Very poor.

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Good 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, let's put six more French terms up on the board,

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and here they come. We have...

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I'll read those again.

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There we are.

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Larry, remember, we're looking for the English names

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for these French modes of transport

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and, as ever, you're going to try and find

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the most obscure one you can on that board.

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Ideally, you would score 32 or less.

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Well, my French is hopeless, so it's going to be a guess.

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I'm going to go for un moto and say car.

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Car, surely.

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Car. Here is your red line.

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If you can get below this red line with car,

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you are into the head-to-head.

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Let's see how close to the red line you can get with car.

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Bad luck. An incorrect answer,

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which means you score 100 points,

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taking your total to 167.

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Sorry, Larry.

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I'll give all the correct answers at the end of the pass.

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Thanks very much indeed. Now, Ayesha, good news.

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You're through to the next round, even if you score 100 points.

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OK.

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I'm going to take a risk, because I'm already through.

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I'm going to go with un sous-marin with submarine.

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Submarine, surely. Submarine.

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No red line for you, you're already through.

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Let's see how far down the column you get with submarine.

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It's right.

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34. Really not bad at all. APPLAUSE

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75 is your total.

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The French had a sort of precursor to the submarine

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as early as the 17th century.

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They had a semi-submerged warship...

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in the 17th century.

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Wow!

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So down it went, with a couple of tubes

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-and people pumping air, presumably?

-Yeah, maybe.

-Maybe.

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-Yeah, maybe.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Thank you.

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Now, Annette, you have to score 66 or less.

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Do you fancy taking an amble through these French modes of transport?

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No!

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I'm going to have a guess, and it is a guess - un moto as a motorcycle.

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Motorcycle.

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Oh. Moto, motorcycle.

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Let's see if that's right. There's your red line.

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Get below that with motorcycle and you are through to the head-to-head.

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Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said it.

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It is right.

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Through you go to the head-to-head,

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Annette, very well done indeed.

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26. APPLAUSE

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Good score.

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126 is your total.

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Well played, Annette, and car, of course, is voiture rather than moto.

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Now, talking of voitures, une voiture de pompiers...

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-Fire engine.

-It's a fire engine, pompier being a fire officer.

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18 points for that.

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-Un bateau?

-A boat.

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A boat, correct. 50 points for that.

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Can you guess deltaplane?

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A deltaplane?

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I mean, is it a flying boat?

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-I've no idea.

-No, think about the delta shape.

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It's a hang glider.

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-Of course it is.

-Four points for that.

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And une fusee, do you know that one?

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-That is a rocket.

-It is a rocket.

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That is a really, really show-offy form of transport...

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-Yeah.

-..and that would have scored you eight points.

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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So, at the end of our second round,

0:25:370:25:39

the pair we send home, with their highest score of 167,

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it's Larry and Jon, our only other returning pair.

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What about that? I'm so sorry.

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Again, I thought you were going to go further this time,

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but I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye,

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but thanks so much for playing, Larry and Jon.

0:25:490:25:51

APPLAUSE

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But for Nadeem and Ayesha, and Maja and Annette,

0:25:540:25:57

it's now time for our head-to-head.

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APPLAUSE

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Congratulations, Nadeem and Ayesha, Maja and Annette,

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you are now one step closer to the final

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and the chance to play for that jackpot,

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which currently stands at £1,000.

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

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where you can start playing as a team -

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which means you can chat before you give your answers,

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which I think takes the pressure off a little bit.

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

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Well done, you've seen off our two returning players and, yes,

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from hereon in, we are in uncharted territory.

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So, best of luck to both pairs.

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Let's play the head-to-head.

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APPLAUSE

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Here comes your first question, and it concerns...

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Animals found on the Galapagos Islands.

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Yeah, we're going to show you five pictures now

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of animals you might find in the Galapagos Islands.

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We're going to give you alternate letters of their names as well.

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Can you tell us what they are, please?

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OK. Let's reveal our five animals, and here they are.

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We've got...

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There we are, five animals found on the Galapagos Islands.

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Now, Nadeem and Ayesha, you will go first as our low scorers.

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We're going to go with E,

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and say blue-footed booby.

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Blue-footed booby, say Nadeem and Ayesha for E.

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Now then, Maja and Annette...

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do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?

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It's a tricky one.

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There's only two that we knew, I think, anyway.

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We've seen giant tortoise.

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Or I think we ought to go for maybe A.

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Yeah, yeah.

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A, marine iguana.

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OK, marine iguana, you're going to say for A.

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So we have blue-footed booby and we have marine iguana.

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OK, now then, Nadeem and Ayesha said blue-footed booby for E.

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Let's see how many people said that.

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It's right.

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There we are. APPLAUSE

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17 for blue-footed booby.

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A popular answer with anyone who's played bird bingo,

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I should think, that one.

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Now, Maja and Annette have, meanwhile,

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gone for the marine iguana for A.

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Let's see if that's right.

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Let's see how many of our 100 said it.

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It's going to be close.

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-AUDIENCE:

-Oh!

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18! Couldn't be closer! APPLAUSE

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Wow!

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I said it was going to be an exciting head-to-head.

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Well done, Nadeem and Ayesha,

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after one question, you are up 1-0.

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How about that?

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Now, B...

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We'll just play a game of fill in the gaps, really.

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The last word is "locust".

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I'm guessing "large" is the first.

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"Large" is the first word, yeah.

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Painted?

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It is the large painted locust, yeah.

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It does look painted.

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That would have scored eight points.

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You know that can jump

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up to three metres in the air?

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-Oh, I wouldn't like that.

-No.

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I mean, only...

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I mean, from the nose and above, in your case, would be safe -

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but...yeah.

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Oh, could you imagine?

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They're quite expensive.

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It's cheaper if you get a large unpainted locust,

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it's slightly cheaper, and you paint it yourself,

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but they're still expensive.

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Now, C is, of course...

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-The giant tortoise.

-..the giant tortoise.

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Although, you know what? It only scores 49,

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but I think maybe people said "great",

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even though it doesn't quite fit or something like that.

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You can't tell how giant that is, though.

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I'd like to see a giant tortoise next to the large painted locust.

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-Yes.

-Just to see...

-To see how giant it is.

-..who's kidding who.

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And D...

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-Silly.

-It's not silly, actually.

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Oh, no.

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It's something...

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-Salty?

-Salty.

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Long...

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Long doesn't fit.

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Salty lognovet, you've got it. It's salty lognovet(!)

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You know what it is? It's Sally Lightfoot.

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Sally Lightfoot.

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I was at school with her!

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-LAUGHTER

-I know.

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God, she's changed.

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She really has changed.

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She got turned into a crab in a university prank...

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-That fits.

-..and, yeah, never came back -

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but there she is, she's doing all right for herself.

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That's from her Instagram page.

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There, she's saying, "Having rock pool LOLs."

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-Sally.

-LAUGHTER

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And, if you did say Sally Lightfoot,

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congratulations, pointless answer.

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Thanks very much indeed.

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OK, so here comes your second question.

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Now, Maja and Annette, you get to answer this one first,

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

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Our second question is all about...

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Countries beginning with A, B or C, Richard.

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Simply five clues to countries whose names begin with A, B or C.

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Easy as that. Here are the five clues.

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I'll read all of those again.

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Over to you, Maja and Annette.

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-Tricky. Shall we go with that?

-Yeah.

0:31:540:31:56

Yeah.

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I think the only one we're really sure of is the Tasmanian devil,

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and we would say Australia.

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Australia, say Maja and Annette. Australia.

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Now then, Nadeem and Ayesha,

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do you feel up to talking us through that board?

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We think the first one might be Bangladesh, but we're not 100%.

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The second one, you thought maybe Congo.

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-Possibly.

-Halloumi cheese...

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We think Cyprus.

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And winning the World Cup...

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..we think possibly Brazil, '78.

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But we're going to go for Cyprus for halloumi cheese.

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Cyprus for halloumi cheese.

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So we have Australia and we have Cyprus.

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Now then, Maja and Annette said Australia,

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for the Tasmanian devil.

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Let's see if that's right.

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

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It's right.

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Oh!

0:32:440:32:46

69.

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APPLAUSE

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A high one.

0:32:490:32:50

Now then, Nadeem and Ayesha have gone for Cyprus

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as the country from which halloumi cheese originates.

0:32:540:32:56

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.

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Very well done.

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You have won this one.

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APPLAUSE 18 to 69

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and after two questions, Nadeem and Ayesha,

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you are straight through to the final, 2-0.

0:33:110:33:14

Yeah, very well played as well.

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I bet lots of people think of it as Greece,

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or it must be somewhere near Greece.

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I was thinking maybe Albania, but Cyprus is a great answer.

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Well played.

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You were right about the top one as well.

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Would have scored you one more point,

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would have scored 19 for Bangladesh.

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Do you know the second one, the Alexander McCall Smith one?

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Funnily enough, he was born in what was Southern Rhodesia,

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which is now Zimbabwe,

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studied law in Edinburgh

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and then went back to help found the law school

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at the University of Botswana.

0:33:390:33:41

-Oh.

-It's in Botswana.

-Yes.

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Would have scored 16.

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And it wasn't Brazil,

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it was Argentina who won for the first time in 1978,

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and that would have scored 32.

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So, the best answer on the board there, 16 points, Botswana.

0:33:500:33:53

Thanks very much indeed.

0:33:530:33:54

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

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I'm afraid, is Maja and Annette.

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Oh, that was close.

0:33:580:34:00

I mean, your iguana answer in the first question...

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Oh, so close!

0:34:030:34:05

But it's great news. It means we get to see you again next time,

0:34:050:34:07

cos otherwise you'd have gone on to the final,

0:34:070:34:09

you'd have disappeared and we'd never have seen you again,

0:34:090:34:11

but, as it happens, you'll get two bites at the Pointless cherry

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and we look forward to seeing you then.

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Meantime, thanks very much, Maja and Annette.

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-Tremendous.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

0:34:170:34:19

-Good luck.

-Yeah, good luck.

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But, for Nadeem and Ayesha, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, congratulations, Nadeem and Ayesha.

0:34:290:34:31

You have seen off all the competition

0:34:310:34:33

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

0:34:330:34:35

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,000.

0:34:440:34:48

Well, we have taken you through, I think, a pretty,

0:34:480:34:51

I mean, a broad range of questions, I'll say.

0:34:510:34:54

We had American states,

0:34:540:34:55

we had French modes of transport in English,

0:34:550:34:57

then we had animals from the Galapagos Islands

0:34:570:34:59

and we had countries beginning with A, B or C.

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I mean, "Is there anything we've missed out?" is what I'm wondering.

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What would you like to see come up in this last round?

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We're both quite good with our science, cos that's...

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We're both in that sort of field.

0:35:100:35:12

-Science, geography...

-Yeah.

0:35:120:35:14

..maybe football. Some sort of recent history, that kind of thing.

0:35:140:35:17

OK, well, as always, you get to choose your category

0:35:170:35:19

from the four that we put up on the board.

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We just have to hope there's something up there

0:35:200:35:22

that you quite like the look of.

0:35:220:35:24

Today's selection looks like this.

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We've got...

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It's literally up to you, because I'd be terrible at all of them.

0:35:360:35:38

Yeah, we would not be great at most of these.

0:35:380:35:42

You're quite good with your films.

0:35:420:35:44

Action Actors might be...

0:35:440:35:46

-Yeah.

-Might be the one, yeah.

0:35:460:35:49

I can't even think what the last one will involve.

0:35:490:35:52

-I think...

-Let's go with Action Actors.

-Action Actors.

0:35:520:35:55

OK, Action Actors it is.

0:35:550:35:56

Very best of luck.

0:35:560:35:57

We're looking for any feature film

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for which any of the following three have received a credit, please.

0:35:590:36:02

We're looking for...

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So, according to IMDB,

0:36:100:36:12

up to the end of February 2016,

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we're looking to any films starring Steven Seagal,

0:36:140:36:16

Jason Statham or Jean-Claude Van Damme.

0:36:160:36:19

Very best of luck.

0:36:190:36:20

Thanks very much, Richard.

0:36:200:36:21

Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

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and all you need, to win the jackpot,

0:36:240:36:26

is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

0:36:260:36:29

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

0:36:290:36:32

There they are. Your time starts now.

0:36:320:36:33

-OK.

-OK.

0:36:330:36:35

Jason Statham, the only thing I know is Expendables.

0:36:350:36:38

Expendables 2.

0:36:380:36:39

Fast and Furious 7, he was in...

0:36:390:36:42

-Right.

-It was quite recent.

0:36:420:36:44

-Steven Seagal...

-Was Jean-Claude Van Damme in Expendables as well?

0:36:440:36:47

I would imagine so.

0:36:470:36:49

Any Steven Seagal films? I'm really bad at this.

0:36:490:36:51

-I don't know.

-Do you know any?

0:36:510:36:53

I don't even know who Steven Seagal is.

0:36:530:36:55

Oh. Everyone's going to be mad at us for that.

0:36:550:36:58

Jason Statham, do you know any...?

0:36:580:36:59

Jason Statham, I mean, there's a few...

0:36:590:37:01

He's played a lot of East End gangsters, hasn't he? So...

0:37:010:37:04

He's the hard man, isn't he?

0:37:040:37:05

I don't know if he is in, like,

0:37:050:37:07

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch - those kind of films.

0:37:070:37:10

Snatch.

0:37:100:37:12

But I don't think they'll be pointless.

0:37:120:37:14

Tough. Let me think about Jason Statham.

0:37:140:37:17

-OK.

-Jason Statham...

0:37:170:37:20

Trying to picture him in a number of films.

0:37:210:37:23

-Dad would know this.

-Ten seconds.

0:37:230:37:25

-Let's go with Fast and Furious

-7. Yeah.

0:37:250:37:29

-Expendables

-2? Expendables 2, for who? Jason Statham?

0:37:290:37:31

-Jason Statham.

-Was that him?

-I'm pretty sure.

0:37:310:37:34

OK, that's your time up.

0:37:340:37:35

Let's have your three answers.

0:37:350:37:37

OK, so, for Jason Statham films,

0:37:370:37:39

we're going to go with Fast and Furious 7.

0:37:390:37:42

Fast and Furious 7.

0:37:420:37:44

We're going to go with, for Jason Statham as well,

0:37:440:37:47

Expendables 2.

0:37:470:37:48

Expendables 2.

0:37:480:37:50

And, for Jason Statham again, we'll go with...

0:37:500:37:52

..Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

0:37:540:37:55

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

0:37:550:37:57

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

0:37:570:38:00

Lock, Stock.

0:38:000:38:01

-Yeah.

-Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

0:38:010:38:03

OK, Lock, Stock we'll put last.

0:38:030:38:04

Least likely to be pointless?

0:38:040:38:06

-Fast and Furious 7?

-Fast and Furious 7.

0:38:060:38:08

Fast and Furious 7, we put first.

0:38:080:38:10

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

0:38:100:38:13

and here they are.

0:38:130:38:14

We have got...

0:38:140:38:16

Well, very, very best of luck.

0:38:220:38:23

Three answers on the board there.

0:38:230:38:25

Now, let's just imagine one of those ends up being pointless

0:38:250:38:28

and wins you that jackpot.

0:38:280:38:29

What would you do with your £1,000?

0:38:290:38:31

Nadeem, you first.

0:38:310:38:33

Oh, I'd probably put it towards travelling.

0:38:330:38:36

I've seen a lot of Western Europe

0:38:360:38:37

but I haven't seen much of Eastern Europe at this point,

0:38:370:38:40

so I'd probably, yeah,

0:38:400:38:41

organise a trip, with maybe a few friends, around that area.

0:38:410:38:45

Very nice. Ayesha, how about you?

0:38:450:38:46

I really would like to go to some festivals,

0:38:460:38:48

so I'd probably put it towards that.

0:38:480:38:50

Excellent. Well, best of luck.

0:38:500:38:52

Let's hope one of these answers wins you that jackpot.

0:38:520:38:55

Your first answer was Fast and Furious 7.

0:38:550:38:57

In this case, we were looking for Jason Statham films.

0:38:570:38:59

This has to be pointless for you to win, but it could easily be.

0:38:590:39:02

Let's find out. Fast and Furious 7,

0:39:020:39:04

is it pointless, for £1,000?

0:39:040:39:06

Well, it's right.

0:39:090:39:10

Down it goes. Fast and Furious 7, taking us through the 40s.

0:39:120:39:15

If this goes all the way down to zero, it will win you £1,000.

0:39:150:39:18

We are into single figures.

0:39:180:39:20

Down it goes, still going down.

0:39:200:39:21

4!

0:39:210:39:22

That's exciting. APPLAUSE

0:39:220:39:27

Four people away from £1,000 there.

0:39:280:39:31

Sadly not a pointless answer,

0:39:310:39:33

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

0:39:330:39:36

Your next answer was The Expendables 2.

0:39:360:39:38

Again, we were looking for Jason Statham films.

0:39:380:39:40

If this is pointless, it will win you £1,000.

0:39:400:39:43

How many people named The Expendables 2

0:39:430:39:46

as a Jason Statham film?

0:39:460:39:47

It's also correct.

0:39:510:39:52

Your first answer, Fast and Furious 7, took us all the way down to 4.

0:39:540:39:57

The Expendables 2 takes us down through the teens,

0:39:570:40:00

into single figures.

0:40:000:40:01

Down it goes. Still going down. Passes four...

0:40:010:40:03

Oh, stops at 2!

0:40:030:40:05

APPLAUSE

0:40:050:40:10

Tell you what, this is all moving in the right direction, isn't it?

0:40:100:40:13

-Maybe.

-Down from 4, down to 2.

0:40:130:40:16

Only one more shot at today's jackpot.

0:40:160:40:18

Well, now, if you placed these in the correct order,

0:40:180:40:20

we should see this going down, correspondingly,

0:40:200:40:23

maybe down to 1 or maybe down to pointless.

0:40:230:40:25

Your last answer was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

0:40:250:40:28

Once again, we were looking for Jason Statham films.

0:40:280:40:31

If this does go down to zero, you will leave here with £1,000.

0:40:310:40:35

How many of our 100 people named Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?

0:40:350:40:38

It's right.

0:40:410:40:43

So, the first answer, Fast and Furious 7, took us down to 4.

0:40:430:40:45

The second, The Expendables 2, took us down to 2.

0:40:450:40:48

Your third and final, and most confident answer -

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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - takes us down...

0:40:510:40:53

-AUDIENCE:

-Oh!

0:40:530:40:55

6.

0:40:550:40:56

APPLAUSE

0:40:560:40:59

-We did all right.

-Yeah.

0:40:590:41:01

I'll tell you what, three brilliant scores there.

0:41:010:41:04

I mean, in normal Pointless gameplay, that...

0:41:040:41:06

-You'd take any of those scores, wouldn't you?

-Definitely.

0:41:060:41:09

But sadly, we didn't get that pointless answer we needed.

0:41:090:41:11

I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000,

0:41:110:41:14

that rolls over onto the next show,

0:41:140:41:15

but it's been brilliant having you here.

0:41:150:41:17

I mean, fantastic play all the way through.

0:41:170:41:19

2-0 in the head-to-head.

0:41:190:41:21

I mean, never any argument with that.

0:41:210:41:22

And you get a Pointless trophy each to take home,

0:41:220:41:25

in recognition of that achievement.

0:41:250:41:26

So, very well done, Nadeem and Ayesha.

0:41:260:41:28

APPLAUSE

0:41:280:41:34

Yeah, very solid effort there.

0:41:340:41:36

I'm going to take you through the pointless answers

0:41:360:41:38

in the different categories. There's some great-named films here,

0:41:380:41:41

as you'd imagine. Some great-named films.

0:41:410:41:43

We'll start with Steven Seagal.

0:41:430:41:45

Lots of people at home might have got Executive Decision.

0:41:450:41:48

That was a pointless answer.

0:41:480:41:50

Now some of his other films.

0:41:520:41:54

If you didn't know who this guy was,

0:41:540:41:55

you'd understand the sort of actor he was.

0:41:550:41:57

Born To Raise Hell,

0:41:570:41:59

Force Of Execution,

0:41:590:42:01

Gutshot...

0:42:010:42:02

LAUGHTER

0:42:020:42:03

..Half Past Dead,

0:42:030:42:05

Mercenary Absolution

0:42:050:42:06

and, sums it all up,

0:42:060:42:08

The Perfect Weapon.

0:42:080:42:09

Jason Statham now.

0:42:090:42:11

He had a couple of big films here.

0:42:120:42:14

Collateral. The Guy Ritchie movie, Revolver.

0:42:140:42:16

He's in The Italian Job as well, was a pointless answer.

0:42:160:42:18

The One, 13, Blitz, Cellular, Death Race.

0:42:180:42:21

All of those pointless answers.

0:42:210:42:22

Jean-Claude Van Damme now,

0:42:220:42:24

who's also got some brilliantly-named films.

0:42:240:42:27

You also could have had

0:42:330:42:34

Assassination Games,

0:42:340:42:36

Death Warrant,

0:42:360:42:37

In Hell,

0:42:370:42:38

No Retreat, No Surrender,

0:42:380:42:40

Until Death,

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and Kung Fu Panda 3.

0:42:420:42:43

LAUGHTER

0:42:430:42:46

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

0:42:460:42:47

Well, Nadeem and Ayesha, very sadly, didn't win our jackpot today,

0:42:470:42:51

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

0:42:510:42:53

when we will be playing for £2,000.

0:42:530:42:55

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:42:550:42:59

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

0:42:590:43:01

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

0:43:010:43:03

-Goodbye.

-..and it's goodbye from me.

0:43:030:43:05

Goodbye.

0:43:050:43:07

APPLAUSE

0:43:070:43:10

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