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APPLAUSE

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Thank very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong

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and welcome to Pointless,

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the game where we aim for the obscure and we ignore the obvious.

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Let's meet today's players.

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-And couple number one.

-Hi, my name's Becky.

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This is my brother Jon and we're from Worksop.

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-Couple number two.

-Hi, my name is Manoj and I'm from Birmingham.

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This is my best friend Rakesh and he's from Leicester.

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Couple number three.

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Hi, I'm James and this is my housemate Joe

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and we're students at the University of Bristol.

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And finally, couple number four.

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Hi, I'm Liv, this is my dad Giles

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and we're from Kenilworth in Warwickshire.

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And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you.

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Big warm welcome to Pointless, great to have you here.

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We'll get a chance to chat to you each throughout the show as it goes along.

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

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Honk if you love trivia.

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It's my Pointless friend.

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-It's Richard.

-Hiya.

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Hi, everybody.

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Good afternoon.

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-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you, sir.

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Good afternoon.

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-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

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Excellent. Now, sometimes people say to us,

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how would we do if we were a pair on Pointless, would we do well?

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You know, I never want to find out, by the way.

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-I think there's lots of rounds we would do rather well on.

-Yes.

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There are some things that we know about.

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Round One today would be my nightmare round for me.

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Other people would be fine with it, I promise you.

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For me, it would be a nightmare.

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OK. I don't know how we feel about that, do we?

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Are we looking forward to Round One?

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-A little nervous.

-Apprehensive.

-OK.

-It would be fine.

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And only Giles and Liv from the last show, got knocked out in Round One,

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very unfortunately knocked out in Round One, as well, Giles and Liv,

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so fingers crossed we'll see more of them today.

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Let's hope. Well, thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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So, Janis and Ann won the jackpot last time,

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so today's jackpot starts off rather sweetly back at £1,000.

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There we are. OK, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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APPLAUSE

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Remember this, if you remember nothing else.

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The pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.

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No conferring in the first two rounds.

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Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon is...

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It's birds. 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 our bird question is all about RSPB red status birds.

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Yep, red status birds.

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We're going to show you two boards in a minute, one on the way up, one on the way down,

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both of which will have nine birds on them.

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They're all on the RSPB red status list,

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which means they're a conservation priority.

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So give us the name of any of those birds, please.

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Nine on the first board, nine on the second.

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18 in all to have a go at at home.

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-Slightly different to normal, isn't it?

-It is. That's a flock, isn't it?

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-Nine. Nine on each board.

-And pictures.

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-Two picture boards.

-And initials!

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-I know, right?

-I think you'd be fine on this.

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-This is... No.

-Really?

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No. I don't know.

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Yeah, I'd be bad, I think.

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-Initials might help me out.

-OK.

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OK. Remember, if we went on together,

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I like to think birds is something I'd be relatively good at.

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Oh, yeah, you know about birds, all right.

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If you got by with one of your better-known red status,

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I could then come in with a nice low score.

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-Oh, that'd be nice.

-All right, thanks very much.

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So, we are going to show you two images, one going up, one coming down.

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Let's put our first image up right now and be done with it.

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Here it is.

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There you go.

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There we are. Now, Jon, we come to you first.

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A very warm welcome to Pointless here from Worksop.

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-What do you do, Jon?

-I'm self-employed.

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I work as an agent for Taiwanese companies,

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-doing their sales and marketing.

-I see.

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And when not sales and marketing-bound,

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what do you like to get up to?

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I enjoy playing badminton regularly, two or three times a week.

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What was it about badminton that particularly appealed to you?

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I don't know. It's just something I've played for a long time since I was quite young

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and I've carried on through.

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I love the way a shuttlecock is just a bit slower than a tennis ball.

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That's what I like about badminton.

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-You know that they're actually faster.

-Really?

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Yeah, yeah, a shuttlecock flies faster than a tennis ball.

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It doesn't seem that way, does it? But it does.

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-It's true, yeah.

-There you are. There you are.

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Now, Jon, birds. Red status birds.

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Red status birds, Jon.

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-There's a lot to choose from.

-Yes.

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Um...

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I think I'm going to go...

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-I'm going to go yellowhammer.

-You're going to go yellowhammer.

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OK, let's see if that's right

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

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It's right.

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Look at that, 17.

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Very well done indeed, Jon. Great start to the show.

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Yeah, I would be all right, actually, on this board.

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-The initials are quite helpful, aren't they?

-They are.

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Yellowhammer, yeah. Alabama in the States is named the Yellowhammer State,

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but after a completely different bird

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-that's also called the yellowhammer.

-Oh, really?

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Also, pleasingly, it rhymes with Alabama as well, which is nice.

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Yellowhammer, Alabama.

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Oh, if you were a limerick writer in Alabama, you've just got...

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Yeah, you are laughing.

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"What, you need something about the state bird?

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"Yeah, I think I can do that."

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Thanks very much, Richard. Rakesh, welcome to Pointless.

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-Thank you.

-Great to have you here.

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-What do you do, Rakesh?

-I run my own online toy shop.

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Now, that's fun. An online toy shop.

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What sort of toys do you specialise in?

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I specialise in sci-fi merchandise,

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comic merchandise and merchandise from popular movies.

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Now, these sound like... You might have more of an adult...

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I don't mean that! I mean a slightly more grown-up,

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a slightly more mature client base.

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-That is right.

-Just because that sort of sci-fi and comic things...

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You know, it's not really aimed at children, is it?

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I've got two kind of sets of collectors.

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Some people who buy the product and never open it up,

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in the hope that it will go up in value over the years.

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But quite a few of the people who buy from me

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basically open it up for display purposes on their shelf or at home.

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There you are.

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So you don't act as a brokerage house for people who want to trade?

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No, I'm just purely a retailer.

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Maybe there's a market in that, as well, Rakesh?

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-Maybe, something to look into.

-There we are.

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-Now, Rakesh, how are we feeling about the birds?

-Um...

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Kind of mixed bag for me.

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I'm not a bird-watcher, but I've just worked out one,

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which hopefully might score me well.

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I'm going to go for lesser spotted woodpecker.

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Lesser spotted woodpecker, says Rakesh.

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Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people went for lesser spotted woodpecker.

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That's good! 20. There we are.

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20 for lesser spotted woodpecker.

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Yeah, the smallest and rarest of the UK's woodpeckers,

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the lesser spotted.

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They're beautiful, aren't they, the lesser spotted ones, though?

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It's like a sort of hound's tooth thing there.

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-Jacket.

-And a little cycling helmet.

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Yes!

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-That is right.

-Tiny little cycling helmet.

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Lovely. OK, thank you very much indeed.

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Now, then, James.

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-Hello.

-James, welcome to Pointless.

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Good to have you here from Bristol.

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And what keeps you busy in Bristol?

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Um, well, I'm in a house with five other guys,

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so we always sort of find things to mess around and do.

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We've got a pool table downstairs in our basement,

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so we often have tournaments and decide who's going to buy...

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-I'm sorry, are you an undergraduate at Bristol?

-Yeah.

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Oh, I see. So this all makes perfect sense.

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What do you read at university?

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I'm studying geology at the moment.

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My fourth year.

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-OK, so very much gearing up for the big, wide world.

-Yeah.

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Any idea what you're going to do when you leave?

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Um, no idea, really.

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Maybe go travelling for a bit

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and then hopefully get a job in a sunny country.

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That would be nice, wouldn't it? Put that geology degree to good use.

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The thing about doing a geology degree

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is you start in year four and you work backwards.

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So, James, how are we feeling about our bird table?

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Not good. Not good for me.

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I'm probably going to go, if it is a bird,

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I'm going to go for willow tit.

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-Bottom left.

-Willow tit.

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It sounds like a bird to me.

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Let's find out. Is it a bird?

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Is James right to go for it?

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-It is a bird! Of course it is.

-You're joking.

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There you are, 13. Not only is it a bird,

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it's scored you the lowest score of the round so far.

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Yeah, very well done. Not only did that score 13 points,

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but you live in a student household and you just said willow tit on national television,

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so congratulations.

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There are 90% fewer than there were when we were born in 1970.

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I know, it's terribly sad. They have a very distinctive song, the willow tit.

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It goes... HE WHISTLES

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Like that. You'll hear it a lot.

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And it was used in that song Tit Willow, from the opera The Mikado.

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There you are.

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Thank you very much. LAUGHTER

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So, Giles, welcome back to Pointless.

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-Last time, Round One.

-Yes.

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Round One, you were misled by some initials, I think.

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-Yes, that's right.

-Quite understandably.

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Remind us what you do, Giles.

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So I'm a doctor. I'm a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon.

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That's right. And does that leave you much time to do other things?

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-Yes, a bit.

-And what are your interests outside...?

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So, my passion's rugby.

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I'm a fan of Wasps, recently moved to Coventry.

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And I also coach and referee.

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Wow, I mean, that's a full-time,

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FULL-TIME rugby commitment there, by the sounds of things.

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I imagine being a rugby referee is a bit...

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You're not quite so much in the firing line as a football referee.

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No, so people are polite

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when they're telling you that they think you've made a complete error.

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Right. I see.

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OK, now, Giles, you're the last to have this board.

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If you wanted to, you could go through it and fill in all our blanks.

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So I think that that's a cuckoo at the top.

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The others, I don't really know.

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I think that's probably a thrush and I would guess a stag thrush,

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but that's only because it fits.

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I think top left is golden something

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and I think the top right has a ruff around its neck,

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but I have absolutely no confidence that there is a bird called a ruff.

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And I don't want to get 100 in the first round again,

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-so I'm going to go for cuckoo.

-Cuckoo, says Giles.

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

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50.

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50 for cuckoo.

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You know what? You were absolutely right about ruff.

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And it would have been a much lower score, as well.

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Ruff would have scored you 18 points

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and would have been a terrific answer.

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-You're right about golden.

-Golden oriole.

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It is a golden oriole, very well done.

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You see, I would have helped you out here, you see?

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You would have done. I'd have been all right on this board, I think.

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16 points for that. It is a thrush.

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-It's not a stag thrush.

-Song thrush.

-Song thrush.

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And that would have been 37 points.

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Next to that, it is...

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-Starling.

-Starling. 46.

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And right at the bottom, bottom right...

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Probably my favourite birds,

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what we used to call a peewit. It's a lapwing.

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-Is that your favourite bird, the lapwing?

-Yeah.

-Would have scored you ten points.

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-Why is that your favourite bird?

-They have the most glorious tone.

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It's a very, very shrill, slightly electronic sounding...

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You almost wouldn't believe it was a bird if you heard it.

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-What does that sound like?

-I can't really do it, but it goes...

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HE IMITATES A LAPWING

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-It's a very...

-It's like when you...

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-Yeah, when you lock your car.

-Yeah. And they're also...

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They're plovers, basically. They're ground nesters, as well.

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-They're plovers. They're plovers, not fighters.

-That's it, yeah.

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They're beautiful birds.

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Anyway, there we go.

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-There we go.

-Ah, peewits...

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-Peewits.

-Lovely.

-You just said peewits on national television.

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-Yeah.

-If only you lived in a student household.

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-What do you mean? I do.

-Oh, yeah?

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-Yeah.

-You and Ben Miller.

-That's right, yeah.

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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So, we're halfway through the round,

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so let's take a look at those scores.

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13, the best score of that pass, James. Very well done.

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Slightly unwitting, but there we are.

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17 is where we find Jon and Becky.

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20 is where we find Rakesh and Manoj.

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And then 50, Giles and Liv.

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Now, yes, there you are out in front again.

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I mean, no fault of your own,

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but you did know a lovely low-scoring bird there.

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Liv, it falls to you. We need a low score from you.

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Best of luck with that. We'll 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, we're going to put another image up on the board and here they are.

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Nine more red status birds.

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Oh, it's nice, this, I don't have to read them out.

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Oh, imagine if I had to describe them, that would take forever.

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OK, Liv.

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Welcome back. Liv, remind us what you do.

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-I'm a student at King's College London.

-That's right.

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And when not studying hard, which I'm sure you do,

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what do you like to get up to?

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I do a bit of volunteering at a homework club in Battersea

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for kids from refugee backgrounds.

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So we do an hour of homework support

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and then an hour of something fun, like cooking or games.

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Very good. Good for you. Now, Liv, you are the high-scorers.

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Don't forget that. Don't be lulled into any sense of security.

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We need a challenging answer from you.

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It's got to be one of those ones that's not entirely easy.

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Erm...so I'm going to make one up.

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-As long as it's loosely based around the initials that you're given there.

-Yeah.

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So the bottom middle,

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the last word is clearly gull.

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So I'm going to go for...

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-..heading gull. That well-known...

-Heading gull.

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-Yeah.

-Really good at getting balls into the net.

-Yeah.

-OK.

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Right, no red line for you, as you're the high-scorers.

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-That's encouraging.

-Let us see if heading gull is right.

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Oh, no!

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I'm afraid incorrect.

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I'm so sorry, Liv. I'm afraid that was an incorrect answer,

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scores you 100 points, and that takes your total up to 150.

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-It's all... It's OK.

-Sorry.

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Yeah, sorry, Liv.

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Heading Gull, that's where Yorkshire play cricket, I'm afraid.

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-Thanks very much, Richard. Joe...

-Hello.

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Now, then, welcome to Pointless.

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Also, I'm going to guess, an undergraduate at Bristol.

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-Yes.

-What are you studying?

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Environmental geoscience.

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-Bit of a mouthful, but...

-That's interesting. And I would...

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I don't know if red status birds come into your bailiwick.

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-Unfortunately not, no.

-That's a shame, that's a shame.

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-And you're a housemate of James's?

-Yeah, yeah. For four years.

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For four years standing.

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-Was it immediate friendship?

-Kind of had to be.

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I mean, we were on the same...

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Well, a similar course and the same floor in halls, so...

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OK. There we are.

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And here you are, putting it to the ultimate test by appearing on Pointless together.

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-Exactly, yeah.

-Now, Joe, I have good news.

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It doesn't actually matter what you score,

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you'll still get through to the next round.

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But it would be quite cool, wouldn't it, to have a nice, low score?

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Perhaps one as low as James's there.

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It would, yeah.

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I think I know one

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and I'm going to guess at the one that was said before

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-and I'm going to go herring gull.

-Herring gull.

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Herring gull, says Joe. No red line for you, you're already through.

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Let's see how many of our 100 said herring gull.

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It's right.

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25.

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38 is your total.

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-Yeah, very large, very noisy gulls, the herring gull.

-Mm.

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Oh, and they love a chip.

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They really do. Well, that's because they eat so much fish.

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Thanks very much, Richard.

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Now, then, Manoj, welcome to Pointless.

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-Great to have you here.

-Thank you.

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-What do you do, Manoj?

-I'm a senior surveyor

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for a Yorkshire-based property management company.

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I see. How long have you been doing that?

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With this company, six years, but overall, 17.

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Right you are. And what are your interests, Manoj?

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I like a bit of DIY.

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I like football more than anything else.

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I listen to music, as well.

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Very good indeed. How are you on your birds?

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Erm... I paid attention to Bill Oddie at The Goodies...

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Well, when he was in The Goodies.

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But obviously not with his ornithology.

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Right. OK. Well, the good news is it doesn't matter what you score,

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-you'll still be through to the next round.

-Fabulous.

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-What would you like to go for?

-Erm...

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I was going to try the herring gull but, well, that's gone now.

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But I'm going to take a punt at the white-tailed eagle.

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There we are. Vigorous nodding from Rakesh.

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I think rightly so.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people went for the white-tailed eagle.

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No red line, you're already through.

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Very well done.

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Look at that, ten. Very well done indeed.

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Taking your total up to 30.

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Nice low total there.

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They actually went extinct in the UK but was reintroduced.

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Got a wingspan of eight feet.

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Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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Now, Becky, welcome to Pointless.

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Great to have you here. What do you do, Becky?

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I work as a volunteer coordinator.

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-In what sector?

-It's in The Crossing in Worksop,

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which is a church with a social enterprise company and a cafe.

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Sort of a community building, if you like, with a church in the middle of it.

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-So I've been there just a couple of years now.

-Very nice indeed.

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And what are your interests, Becky?

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I play and run a rounders team,

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which I've been doing for about the last 20 years.

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-League champions the last couple.

-Worth just mentioning that.

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League champions!

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It did help that we have the England senior squad bowler bowling for us,

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-so that is a slight advantage.

-Well...

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And I also... I play flute.

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So I'm doing a bit this year with the local Shakespeare Company, playing for them,

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and I like reading, like films...

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Very nice. Fantastic.

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That's a very nice, wide spectrum of interests there.

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Now, at 17, you are through to the next round.

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Doesn't matter what you score.

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But, Becky, if you wanted to, you could talk us through this board.

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Erm...

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OK, so the first one I think is a hen harrier.

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Then a house sparrow.

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Squeak? Who knows?

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Turtledove.

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Black grouse. Yellow something...

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Yellow wagtail?

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Yellow wagtail.

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And the last one, something tern, but I'm not sure.

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I'm going to go yellow wagtail.

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You're going to go for the yellow wagtail. There we are.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people got the yellow wagtail.

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No red line for you also because you are already through.

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Look at that. 20 for the yellow wagtail, taking your total up to 37.

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Not bad at all.

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Very, very well played there.

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Becky took us through the board nicely, as well.

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Now, we've heard a few of these. Hen harrier we heard.

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Eight points.

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House sparrow, of course.

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And the house sparrow was 27 points, actually.

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Quite a low score. Now, S K.

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-You know that one? All aboard...

-The skylark.

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-The skylark.

-It's a skylark.

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-Do you know what? I've never seen one.

-16 points.

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-You've never seen a skylark?

-You just hear them.

-Oh, do you?

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What do they sound like?

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Oh, you hear them sort of up on a summer's day, you hear them.

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It's that lovely sort of full-throated evensong of, er...

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I'll take your word for it. You've never seen one.

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Turtledove, you're right about turtledove, as well.

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Turtledove would have scored 23.

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Black grouse is also right.

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Black grouse would have scored 22.

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And the last one, it's the best answer on the board.

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It's a very rare sea bird.

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It is a tern. It's the roseate tern.

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-Yeah.

-Absolutely.

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It has a slightly pinkish underbelly in the summer.

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-One point for that.

-There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

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So, at the end of our first round,

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I'm afraid the pair we have to say goodbye to, our only returning pair.

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-Oh, Liv and Giles.

-Oh...

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Oh! Feels like you've been with us for ages

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and I'm afraid it's just been... It's been two first rounds.

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So unfair. I'm so sorry.

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-That's OK.

-I'm so sorry. Anyway, it's been lovely having you on.

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Thank you so much for coming and playing. Liv and Giles.

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Brilliant contestants.

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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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And at the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another of our pairs.

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Well, well done, all of you. Lovely grouping, as well,

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all in the 30s. Very nice neck-and-neck scores there.

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But, Manoj, I'm going to reserve special praise -

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the lowest score of the round. But not because you knew it,

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anyone can do stuff because they know it,

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you did it because you worked it out.

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We applaud that on Pointless.

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So very well done indeed. Best of luck to all three pairs.

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Our category for Round Two 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, please step up to the podium.

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OK, and the question is all about...

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-Richard.

-Yeah, six clues on each pass

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and the answer to all of them begins with C.

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So there are going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home.

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-Very best of luck.

-OK.

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Let's reveal our first board of clues and here they come.

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We have got...

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I'm going to read all of those again.

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There we go.

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Becky, it's you.

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I think I know a few, but they're verging on guessing.

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So I'm going to go for one that I'm fairly certain of.

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I'm going to go for the top one, which is Calais.

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Calais, says Becky. Let's see if that's right,

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

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It's right.

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Look at that, 59. Not bad.

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-Sorry, Jon.

-Not bad.

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Yeah, lost under the reign of Queen Mary.

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She said, when she died, they'd find Calais engraved on her heart.

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-And they looked and it wasn't, so...

-LAUGHTER

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There we are. Thank you very much indeed. Now, Rakesh.

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Oooh, this board is horrible.

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But I do know one and I have to go with it.

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I think it might be a high scorer.

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I'll go for the Egyptian queen who is said to have committed suicide.

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-I'll say Cleopatra.

-Cleopatra, says Rakesh.

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Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Cleopatra.

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It's...

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Oooh, 81 for Cleopatra.

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-Well, it's a lot better than 100.

-True.

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Yeah, she chose to die, supposedly,

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rather than be paraded as a captive through the streets of Rome.

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Thanks very much, Richard.

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-James.

-Hello.

-You're the last person to have this board.

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If you wanted, you could go through it and answer all of those clues.

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Yeah, I don't think I know...

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I only really know one of them.

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I think the ancient city now in Tunisia could be Carthage.

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Carthage, says James.

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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 Carthage.

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It is Carthage. Very well done.

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81 is our high score. You've passed that.

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59, our low score. You've passed that.

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Down it goes to 25. Very well done indeed, James.

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Good work on that far podium.

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Yeah, it's just on the coast. It's near Tunis.

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It is an archaeological site now.

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It's an extraordinary place, Carthage.

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Now...I bet you get all of these.

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-The surname of the first Protestant Archbishop?

-Cranmer.

-Cranmer.

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Thomas Cranmer.

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11. You are as rich as...

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-Croesus.

-Croesus.

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Of course you are. And that would have scored 19.

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-And the battle?

-Culloden.

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Culloden. And that scores 43.

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So Cranmer is the best answer on the board.

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Thanks very much indeed.

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We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.

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25, James, well done to you.

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James and Joe looking pretty strong as the low scorers at this point.

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Then 59's where we find Becky and Jon.

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And then 81, Rakesh and Manoj.

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Manoj, how good's your history? How did you like that board?

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I was pretty sure of the last one.

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OK. OK, so let's hope there's a nice low score on the next board

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that might just keep you in the game. Best of 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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OK, let's put six more clues up on the board and here they come.

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We have got...

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I shall read those all one last time.

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There we are. Joe, it's over to you.

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You're on 25. Ideally, you'd score 55 or less,

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then you'd be absolutely sure of a place in the next round.

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Yep. Not great for me, history, really.

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But I think I'll go for the Cuban leader and go Castro.

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Castro, says Joe.

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Castro. Here comes your red line.

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Should you get below that red line,

0:25:460:25:48

you are straight through to the head-to-head.

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Let's find out how many of our 100 people said Castro.

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Not bad at all. 58. That's good enough, I'd have thought.

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58, of course, takes your total up to 83.

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Yeah, Fidel Castro. He overthrew Batista in 1959.

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Ruled for almost five decades.

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Thanks very much, Richard.

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Now, Manoj, you have got a target,

0:26:120:26:15

which is one.

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If you can score one or less,

0:26:170:26:19

you are definitely in the head-to-head round.

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I'm going to go for the third one down and Caesar.

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Caesar. Caesar, says Manoj.

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OK. Well, there is your red line.

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Let's see how far down the column we get with Caesar.

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No.

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I'm afraid not Caesar.

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That's an incorrect answer and it scores you 100 points.

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181 is your total.

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Sorry, Manoj. I'll give the correct answer at the end of this pass.

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OK. Now then, Jon. This board is all yours.

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If you wanted to you could go through it,

0:26:560:26:59

fill in all those unanswered clues,

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but safe in the knowledge

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

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It's a tricky one for me.

0:27:050:27:08

I think there's only one possibly, which is the answer said previously,

0:27:080:27:11

but the man who became the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD.

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Caesar.

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But that's again a guess.

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OK, Caesar.

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Getting quite an outing as a word.

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Let's see if it's right in this instance.

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

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Oooh. No, not Caesar.

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That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 159.

0:27:320:27:35

Yeah, let's fill these in.

0:27:350:27:36

I bet you get all of these as well, I suspect.

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Now, did you know the man who became the first Roman emperor?

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-Charlemagne.

-Yes, a name we all know. And that's where it's from.

0:27:420:27:45

Six points for that. Little Boot was...

0:27:450:27:48

-Caligula.

-Caligula.

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That scores 13. The largest amphitheatre in the world...

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-Colosseum.

-The Colosseum.

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63 for that. And do you know this?

0:27:550:27:58

The surname? Someone of India.

0:27:580:28:01

-Clive.

-Clive of India.

-Of course, of course.

-14 points.

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-And the King of England?

-Cnut.

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Cnut. And that would have scored you 57 points.

0:28:050:28:09

It's funny, yes, because history... I mean, that's correct.

0:28:090:28:12

History often portrays Cnut as being a vain and foolish man

0:28:120:28:16

who's ordering the tide back,

0:28:160:28:17

but the whole point of it was actually to demonstrate

0:28:170:28:19

that he didn't have any power at all over...

0:28:190:28:22

Yes, he's been much misrepresented.

0:28:220:28:24

-Exactly. He was a man of modesty.

-Yeah, exactly.

0:28:240:28:26

Also, he had to do that CNUT from London to Brighton to do it,

0:28:260:28:29

so it's a real...

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

0:28:310:28:35

we have to say goodbye to Manoj and Rakesh with their high score of 181.

0:28:350:28:38

I'm so sorry to say goodbye to you at this stage but we get to see you again next time.

0:28:380:28:41

And we're already looking forward to that.

0:28:410:28:43

So in the meantime, thanks very much indeed, Manoj and Rakesh.

0:28:430:28:45

APPLAUSE

0:28:450:28:48

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

0:28:480:28:52

APPLAUSE

0:28:520:28:55

Congratulations, Joe and James, Becky and Jon.

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You're now one step closer to the final

0:29:000:29:01

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

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which currently stands at £1,000.

0:29:030:29:06

Well, look, here we are. We've arrived at the head-to-head.

0:29:060:29:08

That nice little ledge.

0:29:080:29:09

From here on in, we can confer before giving answers, which is great.

0:29:090:29:13

First pair to win two questions will be going through to the final and playing for the jackpot.

0:29:130:29:17

So we have flatmates versus brother and sister.

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And we've had very good answers from both teams,

0:29:200:29:22

so I think this should be close. Best of luck to both pairs.

0:29:220:29:25

Let's play the head-to-head.

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OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...

0:29:320:29:37

Fictional clergy, Richard.

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We're going to show you five pictures now of fictional clergy.

0:29:410:29:43

We need you to tell us the film or TV programme that they featured in, please.

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Thanks very much indeed.

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OK, let's reveal our five fictional clergy and here they come.

0:29:490:29:52

There we are.

0:30:210:30:22

Five fictional clergymen or women.

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Now, Joe and James, you are our low scorers, so you will go first.

0:30:250:30:28

Feel free to confer.

0:30:280:30:30

THEY WHISPER

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Erm, I think we're going to go for C

0:30:410:30:44

-and go Sister Act.

-C, Sister Act.

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C, Sister Act.

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Now, Becky and Jon, do you want to talk us through the board?

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Give it a go.

0:30:510:30:53

E, Jon thinks possibly The Exorcist.

0:30:540:30:57

Or I'm thinking maybe Thorn Birds, but I'm not sure which.

0:30:570:31:00

D, I don't know.

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Looks like a steeplejack, but who knows?

0:31:020:31:04

B is lovely Dawn French in Vicar Of Dibley.

0:31:040:31:07

But we're going to go for A which is Rev.

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Rev.

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OK. So we have Sister Act and we have Rev.

0:31:100:31:13

Joe and James said Sister Act.

0:31:130:31:15

Let's see if that's right.

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

0:31:160:31:18

It's right.

0:31:220:31:24

74.

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74 for Sister Act.

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Now, Becky and Jon, meanwhile, have gone for Rev 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 people said Rev.

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It's right.

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And it wins you the point, moreover.

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Down it goes. That's a great answer.

0:31:440:31:47

-Rev scoring 11.

-Well done.

0:31:470:31:49

You've nicked it, Becky and Jon. Well done.

0:31:490:31:52

After one question, you are up 1-0.

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Rev played by Tom Hollander there.

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B, you are right, The Vicar Of Dibley.

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Dawn French there as Geraldine Granger.

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81 points for that.

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Now, D is the best answer on the board.

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That's Gene Hackman and he's in The Poseidon Adventure.

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Three points.

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And E was The Exorcist, you're quite right.

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The Exorcist. Max von Sydow there,

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and that would have scored you ten points.

0:32:160:32:17

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.

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Now, Joe and James, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

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but Becky and Jon get to answer it first.

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So best of luck with that.

0:32:250:32:27

Our second question today is all about...

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Species of bear, Richard.

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Going to show you five names now of species or subspecies of bear, but they're in anagram form.

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Can you unscramble these, please?

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Thanks very much indeed.

0:32:410:32:42

Let's reveal our five anagrams of bear. And here they are.

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I'll read those again.

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Becky and Jon will go first.

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BECKY CONTINUES WHISPERING

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We're going to go with the top one, which we hope is sloth bear.

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"Sloath" bear or sloth bear. Sloth bear, say Becky and Jon.

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Now, then, Joe and James, over to you.

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Well, they actually took the one we were going to go for.

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So we know the bottom two. They're grizzly bear and polar bear.

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I don't know, we'll probably have to go for grizzly bear, then.

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OK, grizzly bear, say Joe and James.

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So we have grizzly versus sloth.

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Sloth bear, say Becky and Jon. Let's see if that's right.

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

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It's right.

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27.

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27 for sloth. Now, then, Joe and James, meanwhile,

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have gone for grizzly bear at the bottom.

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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 grizzly.

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It's right.

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Oooh, 71... That's a high score.

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Which means, very well done, Becky and Jon,

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after only two questions, you are straight through to the final 2-0.

0:34:200:34:23

Very well played again. There's a couple of better answers up there.

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The next one down, virtually the first word virtually has the name in it.

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-Spectacled.

-Spectacled bear, yeah.

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They have the little rings around the eyes, or most of them do, anyway.

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20 points for that. Pearl boar is polar bear, you're right.

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It scores 89 points, a big scorer.

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Now, this last one I only know because it's been an answer on the show before.

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-I know...

-It's the bear that reviews all the films...

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-Oh, Kermode bear!

-A Kermode bear.

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Absolutely. And it's a pointless answer,

0:34:480:34:50

-so very well done if you said that.

-There we are.

0:34:500:34:52

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

0:34:520:34:53

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

0:34:530:34:56

our golden couple, our low-scoring pair, Joe and James.

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It's good news really, though, cos it means we get to see you again next time.

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Otherwise it would all have been over in just one show.

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We'll look forward to that very much indeed,

0:35:040:35:06

and on the strength of today's show I imagine you'll do just as well, if not better then.

0:35:060:35:09

-So thanks very much for playing, Joe and James.

-Thank you.

0:35:090:35:11

Well done.

0:35:110:35:12

But for Becky and Jon, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, Becky and Jon,

0:35:200:35:22

you've seen off all the competition

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and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

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You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

0:35:320:35:35

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

0:35:350:35:38

Well, what about that? You made very quick work of this.

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We'll draw a veil over the Caesar answer

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in our history beginning with C round, but apart from that,

0:35:440:35:48

we've had some lovely answers from you all the way through.

0:35:480:35:50

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

0:35:500:35:53

-Oh...

-What do you want, ideally?

0:35:530:35:56

Blue Peter in the 1970s.

0:35:560:35:58

-Nothing very specific at all.

-Yeah.

0:35:580:36:01

And the books of Enid Blyton would be...about my skill set.

0:36:010:36:05

OK, well, as always, you get to choose your category from the four that we put up on the board.

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Let us hope there's something up there today that you like the look of.

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Today's selection reads like this. We've got...

0:36:120:36:14

Nora Ephron films are like Sleepless In Seattle...

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But that's about the only one I can think of right now.

0:36:270:36:29

Or we could have a punt on things containing the letter Y, which could be anything.

0:36:290:36:33

-Go for that?

-Let's have a punt on that.

-Go on, yeah.

0:36:330:36:35

We'll go for things containing the letter Y.

0:36:350:36:37

-It's the mystery of the unknown.

-OK, there we are.

0:36:370:36:39

Things containing the letter Y, Richard.

0:36:390:36:42

Good punt. If you like your geography, you've picked a nice category.

0:36:420:36:44

We're looking for any of the following things, please.

0:36:440:36:46

We are looking for any capital city that contains a Y in its name, please.

0:36:460:36:51

It has to be a capital city of a country that's a member of the UN in its own right.

0:36:510:36:55

We're looking for any football clubs

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in the top four divisions of English football in 2015-2016 that contain a Y.

0:36:570:37:02

Or we're looking for any US states or state capitals that contain a Y.

0:37:020:37:06

So capital cities that contain a Y, football clubs containing a Y

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or US states or state capitals that contain a Y.

0:37:100:37:13

Very best of luck.

0:37:130:37:14

Thanks very much indeed.

0:37:140:37:16

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

0:37:160:37:19

All you need to win that jackpot

0:37:190:37:20

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

0:37:200:37:23

-Yes.

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

0:37:230:37:26

There they are. Your time starts now!

0:37:260:37:28

-OK.

-Right, OK.

0:37:280:37:30

-What are you looking at first?

-US states.

0:37:300:37:32

Wyoming. Kentucky.

0:37:320:37:34

-Wisconsin.

-Oh, that's a good one.

0:37:340:37:36

I like that one. Wisconsin.

0:37:360:37:38

Football clubs...

0:37:380:37:39

I'll be rubbish on that, as well.

0:37:400:37:42

I can't even think of anything that has got...

0:37:420:37:45

The cities.

0:37:450:37:46

-Cor, I'm struggling with that.

-Right, think carefully.

0:37:500:37:52

I think Yambol for some reason, but I don't think that's...

0:37:520:37:54

I don't think Yambol's necessarily a...

0:37:540:37:56

-Right, think of any...

-That's a bit of a random one.

0:37:560:37:58

..African capitals.

0:37:580:38:00

Burkina Faso...

0:38:000:38:02

Right, think of any other US states.

0:38:030:38:05

-Kentucky. What did you say? Wisconsin.

-Wisconsin.

0:38:050:38:08

Kentucky, Wyoming.

0:38:080:38:11

-There could be...

-Is Wisconsin W-I or W-Y?

0:38:110:38:14

-Oh, I think it's W-I.

-Ten seconds left.

0:38:160:38:19

Capital cities, erm...

0:38:190:38:21

Brighton and Hove Albion, no.

0:38:240:38:26

Sheffield United, no...

0:38:260:38:28

I'm afraid that is your time up.

0:38:280:38:30

-That minute's never long enough, is it?

-No!

0:38:300:38:32

Let's have your three answers,

0:38:320:38:33

and if you can say which category you're answering, that'd be great.

0:38:330:38:36

-Shall we go for Kentucky?

-Yeah, go for Kentucky.

0:38:360:38:38

-Kentucky.

-Kentucky in US states.

0:38:380:38:40

Erm...Wyoming?

0:38:400:38:42

-Wyoming.

-In US states. Oh...

0:38:420:38:45

We'll go for Wisconsin, even though we think we've spelt it wrong.

0:38:450:38:48

And Wisconsin. OK.

0:38:480:38:49

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

0:38:490:38:52

They're all equally unlikely,

0:38:520:38:54

but we'll make one up and we'll go Wyoming.

0:38:540:38:57

Wyoming goes last. Least likely to be pointless?

0:38:570:38:59

-The one that's spelt wrong, Wisconsin.

-Wisconsin. OK.

0:38:590:39:01

Well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then, and here they are.

0:39:010:39:05

We have got...

0:39:050:39:07

Well, very, very best of luck.

0:39:100:39:12

One of those answers could turn out to be pointless.

0:39:120:39:16

One of them is beginning to look quite pointless,

0:39:160:39:19

but one of them could be pointless and might win you that jackpot.

0:39:190:39:21

1,000 quid. What would you do with that, Becky?

0:39:210:39:23

We're trying to do a garden project this year,

0:39:230:39:26

so I'd put it towards that and I think you're the same.

0:39:260:39:29

-Likewise, yeah. Towards gardening.

-Happy with that. OK, very good.

0:39:290:39:33

Well, your first answer was Wisconsin.

0:39:330:39:35

I find myself thinking, "Why?".

0:39:350:39:38

Anyway, let's find out what happens when we say Wisconsin.

0:39:380:39:41

If it's correct and pointless, it could win you £1,000,

0:39:410:39:44

but let's see if it's correct.

0:39:440:39:46

Yeah. OK. Draw a quick veil over that.

0:39:500:39:53

I will. I'll explain why it is an incorrect answer at the end of the round.

0:39:530:39:56

-LAUGHTER

-Thank you.

-Thank you, Richard.

0:39:560:39:58

OK, your next answer was Kentucky.

0:39:580:40:01

In this case, we were looking for US states or state capitals containing the letter Y.

0:40:010:40:05

If this is pointless, it will win you a thousand quid.

0:40:050:40:07

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

0:40:070:40:10

Is it pointless?

0:40:100:40:12

-It's right.

-Yeah!

0:40:140:40:15

That's the main thing. Down it goes.

0:40:150:40:17

Kentucky takes us down through the 50s and into the 40s.

0:40:170:40:20

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

0:40:200:40:22

Into the 20s. Into the teens.

0:40:220:40:24

Oooh, 13.

0:40:240:40:26

13, not bad.

0:40:290:40:31

Not a bad score. Annoyingly, though, not a pointless answer,

0:40:310:40:34

which means you only have one more shot at today's jackpot.

0:40:340:40:37

Everything is now riding on Wyoming,

0:40:370:40:38

which most definitely has got a Y in it.

0:40:380:40:41

Again, we're looking for US states or state capitals with a Y in.

0:40:410:40:44

If it's pointless, it wins you £1,000.

0:40:440:40:46

How many people said Wyoming?

0:40:460:40:48

It's right.

0:40:510:40:53

Well, Kentucky took us all the way down to 13.

0:40:530:40:56

Wyoming now takes us down through the 40s,

0:40:560:40:58

through the 30s, into the 20s...

0:40:580:41:00

Oooh, 25.

0:41:000:41:03

Ah, well.

0:41:030:41:04

Well, football fans would have adored that round, I'm sure.

0:41:060:41:10

But that was a tough one for you there

0:41:100:41:12

and that minute, just never long enough.

0:41:120:41:14

But I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

0:41:140:41:17

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

0:41:170:41:19

That rolls over onto the next show.

0:41:190:41:21

But a very strong performance right the way across the show

0:41:210:41:24

and 2-0 in the head-to-head. No arguing with that.

0:41:240:41:27

And you get a Pointless trophy each to take home,

0:41:270:41:29

so very, very well done, Becky and Jon.

0:41:290:41:31

APPLAUSE

0:41:310:41:33

Yeah, that was great fun. You've been terrific throughout, as well.

0:41:360:41:39

It's been a pleasure having you here.

0:41:390:41:40

Let's take you through the pointless answers

0:41:400:41:43

and, hopefully, nothing here that looks too familiar to you.

0:41:430:41:45

We'll start with the capital cities.

0:41:450:41:47

Conakry, which is Guinea.

0:41:470:41:48

Pyongyang, North Korea, would have been a pointless answer.

0:41:480:41:51

Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, which is Sri Lanka.

0:41:510:41:54

It's the legislative capital of Sri Lanka.

0:41:540:41:56

And Reykjavik, as well, was a pointless answer.

0:41:560:41:59

Other pointless answers...

0:41:590:42:00

Erm, I think you worked out after the minute

0:42:000:42:03

that some of the places with City on obviously contain a Y.

0:42:030:42:06

You could have had Guatemala City, Kuwait City or Panama City.

0:42:060:42:09

Also Niamey in Niger.

0:42:090:42:11

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, was a pointless answer.

0:42:110:42:14

Yamoussoukro, which is Cote d'Ivoire.

0:42:140:42:16

That was a pointless answer, as well.

0:42:160:42:17

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

0:42:170:42:20

Football clubs containing a Y.

0:42:200:42:21

There's only three pointless answers here -

0:42:210:42:24

Bradford City, Milton Keynes Dons and Newport County.

0:42:240:42:28

One point, if you're playing along at home,

0:42:280:42:30

for Notts County, Hull City,

0:42:300:42:31

Wycombe Wanderers, Birmingham City, Exeter City,

0:42:310:42:34

Shrewsbury Town and Accrington Stanley.

0:42:340:42:36

All of those would have scored you one.

0:42:360:42:38

Now, let's take a look at those capitals and states.

0:42:380:42:41

Carson City, Nevada, was a pointless answer.

0:42:410:42:44

Oklahoma City, a pointless answer.

0:42:440:42:46

Olympia, which is Washington.

0:42:460:42:47

Pennsylvania, the only state on the list.

0:42:470:42:50

You also could have had Cheyenne and Jefferson City.

0:42:500:42:53

Very well done if you got any of those at home

0:42:530:42:55

and tough luck in the studio.

0:42:550:42:56

That one minute, it just whizzes by, does it not?

0:42:560:42:59

Thanks very much indeed.

0:42:590:43:00

Well, Becky and Jon didn't win our jackpot today,

0:43:000:43:03

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

0:43:030:43:05

when we will be playing for £2,000.

0:43:050:43:07

APPLAUSE

0:43:070:43:08

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

0:43:090:43:12

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

0:43:120:43:14

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

0:43:140:43:16

APPLAUSE

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