0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30This is the quiz show where all the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show,
0:00:30 > 0:00:34and all our contestants have to do is come up with the answers those 100 people couldn't think of.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Let's meet today's players.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45- Couple number 1. - I'm Matt and this is my friend James and we're both from Sutton Coldfield.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49- Couple number 2.- I'm Simon from Dartford and this is Becky from Sevenoaks and we're work colleagues.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53- Couple number 3. - I'm Richard and this is my wife Jane and we're from Rutland.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58- And finally couple number 4. - I'm Leah, this is my best friend Ellen and we're from Belfast.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And these are today's contestants.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02APPLAUSE
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Thanks, all of you. We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13It's a man who is to answers what Jeremy Paxman is to questions,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15but only 80% as terrifying.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Hi, everybody.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- Good afternoon.- And to you.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- Oh, what a great show last time! - Very good.- A great jackpot round.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30We had Paul and Rebecca, didn't we, who were terrific throughout.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32And we've got three returning pairs from that show as well.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35We've got Richard and Jane who were very, very strong last time, got through toe the head-to-head.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40We've also got Ellen and Leah who we saw less of, I think it's fair to say, didn't we?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43We didn't see much of you but we saw a lot of points.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46But they were in the 200 Club last time.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50This first round, this first question, it's one of those ones that...
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I don't know, it's sort of trickier than it looks.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54OK. Thanks very much.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Our contestants here need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Now, what everyone's trying to do, of course, is find a pointless answer,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and each time that happens we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Now, Rebeccah and Paul didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14so today's jackpot starts off at...
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30Now, in this first round, I want an answer from each of you but I don't want anybody to be conferring.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34At the end of the round, whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36OK, our category for round 1 today is...
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Film. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Actor-director collaborations. Richard?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Yeah, quite often you get directors who work with the same actors time and time and time again,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02and that's what this round is about. In a moment, Xander's going to show you five pairs of names.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release
0:03:05 > 0:03:10for which the first name on the list was the director and the second name on the list was the actor.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Very best of luck.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17OK, so we'd like the name of any film on which these pairs of actors and directors collaborated.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Now, this board's going to stay the same the whole way through the round,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22so it'll be up the line and back down the line, it'll be the same board.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24OK. And the five pairs are...
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I'll read those one last time.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48There we are. Five pairs.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51The first a director, the second an actor.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Now, Matt, welcome back to the show. What happened last time?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Oh, I made a terrible mistake. I've regretted it ever since.
0:03:56 > 0:04:03Oh, yes, you picked France as a host of the Grand Prix in 2013. It's just not true, Matt!
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Anyway, now, Matt and James, you all drew lots before the show and today you're going to go first, obviously.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Film, is that a good area for you? - Yeah, I'd say so, yes. I think so.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- And you're feeling happy about this even now you can see the board? - I think so.- Good.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- I think I'll be all right on this one.- OK, good.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21So I'll say the Tim Burton and Johnny Depp,
0:04:21 > 0:04:22I'll go with Sweeney Todd.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Sweeney Todd says Matt. Good answer.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 said Sweeney Todd.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32It's right.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Very well done.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Good answer. 16 for Sweeney Todd.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Yes, Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Johnny Depp played the title role. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Now, then, Becky, welcome to Pointless.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Our only new pair today.- Yeah. - What do you do, Becky?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I'm a sports development officer.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58And when you're not doing that, what do you like to get up to, Becky?
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Well, I like to play football, I like to read...
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I like to shop...
0:05:04 > 0:05:09- shopping's one of my biggest hobbies. - Do you like to watch films?
0:05:09 > 0:05:15I do like to watch films, but, yeah... I've got one which I think...
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- so I'm just going to go for the one that I think.- OK.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22That's the Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe and I think it's Gladiator.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26OK, you're going to say Gladiator for Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Let's see if Gladiator's right, let's see how many people said Gladiator.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Phew!- It's right.
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0:05:37 > 0:05:41- Well done.- He's right. A lot better than 100.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Yeah, a lot better than 100, Becky.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Yeah, Gladiator, Russell Crowe of course plays the gladiator of the title.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Very good. Now, then, Richard...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Last time, tell us what happened.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- We got undone by David Hasselhoff. - Yes, and it's happened to better people than us!
0:05:56 > 0:06:02- Didn't know anything about him. - Yeah, and that's enormously to your credit, I have to say.- I think so.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Now, Richard, what are you going to go for?
0:06:06 > 0:06:11I've got two in my head, but I think I'll go for the Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart film
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and I think they collaborated on Vertigo.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17You're going to go for Vertigo for Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Let's see if that's right and how many people said Vertigo.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34A good answer. Still not as good as yours, Matt. 23 for Vertigo.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Yeah, not a critical or commercial success when it first came out,
0:06:37 > 0:06:41but Sight & Sound every ten years do the critics' list of the best movies of all time
0:06:41 > 0:06:45and for the first time in 50 years Citizen Kane just got knocked off the top by Vertigo.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Really?- As the best film of all time.- Wow!- Yeah.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- Thanks very much. Now, then, Leah, welcome back. Now, it was round 1 last time.- Yeah.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- The 200 Club! - Yes, 200 Club in round 1.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- That is not going to happen this time.- Hopefully not.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- Now, remind us what you do, Leah. - I'm a student studying health and social care.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Leah, what are you going to go for?
0:07:05 > 0:07:09I'm going to say Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, Alice In Wonderland.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Alice In Wonderland says Leah. Alice In Wonderland.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18It's right.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Well, 53's our high score. You whizz past that.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Very well done.
0:07:25 > 0:07:2829 for Alice In Wonderland.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Yeah, he plays the Mad Hatter in that.
0:07:31 > 0:07:37Apparently he perfected his Scottish accent by watching old episodes of Rab C Nesbitt, Johnny Depp.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- That's one way of doing it, certainly.- Yeah, really. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Matt, nobody has beaten you, nobody!
0:07:45 > 0:07:49You are the best so far. 16, looking very strong indeed.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Then we travel up to 23 where we find Richard and Jane,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54up to 29 where we find Leah and Ellen,
0:07:54 > 0:07:58and then it's a bit of a hike to 53 where we find you, Simon and Becky.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01So, Simon, yes, we need a low-scoring answer from you.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04We'll have to hope that's enough to keep you in the game.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13OK, now, Ellen, we are looking for the name of any film
0:08:13 > 0:08:17on which these pairs of actors and directors collaborated.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19OK. Now, remind us what you do.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- I'm a mechanical engineering student. - And what are your hobbies?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26I try to play hockey and I play the guitar.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28OK. Good. Now what are you going to go for on this board?
0:08:28 > 0:08:32I'm also going to go with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp and say The Corpse Bride.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- The Corpse Bride.- Yeah. - There is your red line.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37If you get below that red line, you'll avoid becoming the new high scorers.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The high scorers at the moment on 53, Simon and Becky.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Let's see how many people of our 100 people said The Corpse Bride.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47It's right.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Oh, it's a good answer! Look at that. Very well done.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54APPLAUSE
0:08:54 > 0:08:58The lowest score of the round so far, Ellen. Very well done indeed.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04Very well played. 2005 animation, The Corpse Bride, also starring Helena Bonham Carter,
0:09:04 > 0:09:06as so many of his films do.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- Thanks very much indeed. Now, Jane...- Yeah, not a good round. - Really?
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Not a good topic at all for me. - Oh, dear. Well, it's the first time we've been halfway through a round
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- and you and Richard haven't been the lowest scorers.- I think we might get 100 on this one.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- No, no, no! Do you not watch films at all, Jane?- No. Well...- Really?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Is that on principle or do you just find you don't?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- I just don't. I haven't watched a film for about two years.- Ooh!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I might just have to go for a film that I know an actor is in
0:09:31 > 0:09:38and go for Nightmare Before Christmas and hope that Johnny Depp was in that.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Nightmare Before Christmas says Jane.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45The high scorers still Simon and Becky on 53. You're on 23. 29 is what you want to be scoring.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47The Nightmare Before Christmas. How many people said it?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Oh, bad luck, Jane. I'm sorry to say that's an incorrect answer.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Scores you the maximum of 100 points,
0:09:55 > 0:09:56takes your total up to 123.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Yeah, sorry, Jane. I'm afraid Johnny Depp wasn't in it
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- and Tim Burton didn't direct it. - Oh, didn't he?
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Other than that, it's exemplary. Well, at least neither of them were in it.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Simon...
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Hello.- Simon, welcome to Pointless. Simon, what do you do?
0:10:12 > 0:10:17- I'm a partnership and project officer for Sevenoaks Council. - And that means what?
0:10:17 > 0:10:22Well, it's a made-up title, really, but I deal with arts, leisure, community grants,
0:10:22 > 0:10:27the voluntary sector... I just grease wheels and make sure it all works seamlessly.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32Very good indeed. Now, Simon, we want the name of any film on which these pairs have collaborated.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- I'm going to go for a Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.- OK.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39And I'm going to go for Ed Wood.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Great film. There is your red line, Simon.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44The highest scorers are Jane and Richard.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48You are on 53. If you can score 69 or less, you're in the next round.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50How many of our 100 people said Ed Wood?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55It's right.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Yes! - You are through to the next round.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02APPLAUSE
0:11:06 > 0:11:09That takes your total up to 56.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Yeah, well done. Supposed to be the worst movie director of all time, Ed Wood,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- played by Johnny Depp in that film. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- Now, James...- Hello.- James, you are through to the next round. This is great news.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23This is great news. Even if you score 100 points, you are through to the next round.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Now, then, tell us a bit more about yourself, James.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30I currently work for the Civil Service but I used to work for...
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Let's be honest, let's say what it is. You're a tax inspector.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Correct.- What do you do with your spare time, James?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I really like travelling across the world.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- Every time I go to a famous monument such as the Pyramids... - You keep the receipts?
0:11:43 > 0:11:48I keep the receipts. I travel round the world and do a big star jump in front of the big sights.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52I'm collecting an album of photos of me star-jumping through the world.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55It'll be like a little book that you flick through with me doing this
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- throughout all these different monuments.- Do you want to do a star jump on the Pointless set?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- If you want me to, I can. - I do want you to. Go on. I'll show you how it's done.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06You must be...you must be...
0:12:09 > 0:12:11You must be getting very fit.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13It makes me lose a few pounds.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Good stuff. Now, then, James, what are you going to go for?
0:12:16 > 0:12:20I'm definitely going to play it safe. Well, I shouldn't play it safe really...
0:12:20 > 0:12:24but Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, I do like all their collaborations.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28I'm torn between Edward Scissorhands or Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33I'm going to go for the older film of the two and go for Edward Scissorhands, I think.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Edward Scissorhands. So, James, let's see if it's right. No red line for you. You're already through.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Let's how many people said Edward Scissorhands.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42It's right.
0:12:48 > 0:12:5030 takes your total up to 46.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Yeah, from 1990 and once again Johnny Depp plays the title character there.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00There's not that many pointless answers here.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers, though.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Body Of Lies which is a Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott film.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Interiors and Love And Death which are both Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Both of those would have been pointless. Very well done if you said either of those.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Radio Days, that's another Diane Keaton and Woody Allen film,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17and Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro, The King Of Comedy
0:13:17 > 0:13:20which is really a brilliant film if you haven't seen it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23It's a pointless answer, though. There's a few other lower scorers.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Play It Again, Sam, Woody Allen and Diane Keaton would have scored you 1.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Manhattan Murder Mystery would have scored you 2 points.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, the best answer for was Dark Shadows which would have scored you 2.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Ed Wood actually the second-best answer in that category, so well played, Simon, on that one.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe, American Gangster would have scored you 1,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41A Good Year would have scored you 3.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43And Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47The best answer you could have had would have been The Man Who Knew Too Much and Rope,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49both of those would have scored you 4.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Well done if you said those. Now, the top three answers, we've heard all three of them already, actually.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Leah gave us the third one.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58James gave us number 2.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05And Becky got the best answer and the worst answer with that one.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12So at the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair heading home is Jane and Richard.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14You were the low scorers in the whole of our last Pointless show,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17and I'm afraid this time out you go in round 1.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19But as ever a real pleasure having you on the show.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- Thank you so much for playing. Jane and Richard.- Thank you.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round 2.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35And so only three pairs remain.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Well, what a first round that was. Ellen and Leah, very well done. Very well done indeed.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Two good solid answers there.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Simon and Becky, you had the lowest score and the highest score on that podium.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47And, Matt and James, we had a star jump, so that's great.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51OK, we've got another star jump here for you to add to your collection. Here we are.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Hey! There you go!
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- There you are! - That's brilliant, thank you.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Very good. Now, then...
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round 2 is...
0:15:10 > 0:15:11History.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23OK, and the question concerns...
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Figures Of The Eighteenth Century, Richard.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31We're going to show six clues on each pass that will lead you to the name of somebody
0:15:31 > 0:15:35who was prominent and active during the 1700s, during the 18th century.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39You just need to give us who it was, please. There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44Thanks very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our first board of six clues, and here they are.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I'll read those one last time.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24There we are, six clues to six famous people from the 1700s.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Now, James...- OK.- How's that board to you, is that all right?
0:16:28 > 0:16:32The first one that came up, I've actually been to his house quite recently.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I hope it's right. He lives in... he used to live in Lichfield.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40And I believe the author of the English language was Samuel Johnson.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43For a moment, I thought you'd gone round and his mum had made some tea for you.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44I was going to say!
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Right, OK, Samuel Johnson says James.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said Samuel Johnson.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53It's a good answer. Well done, James.
0:17:01 > 0:17:0323. Not bad at all, James.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Yeah, he worked for nine years on that dictionary.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09It wasn't the very first dictionary, but probably the most important at the time.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- Of course to generations of us he's now Robbie Coltrane in Blackadder the Third.- Of course.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- Yeah.- Do you think there's an online version of that dictionary?
0:17:17 > 0:17:22Dr Johnson's dictionary? Imagine if we did our rounds ending in just using Dr Johnson's dictionary!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I'm just wondering, I bet throughfare's probably in there.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- You think throughfare's in Dr Johnson's dictionary?- I don't know.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Xander the other day came up with a word that didn't exist and he's never let it lie since!
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Words ending -are and he said throughfare.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37And he's absolutely fuming. He doesn't look it, but he's fuming.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42So perhaps it's in Dr Johnson's. Perhaps if we were doing an 18th-century Pointless...
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Yeah, maybe. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49- Now, Simon...- Mmm... - Simon...how are we feeling about these historical figures?
0:17:49 > 0:17:55Not brilliant, but I'm going to go for Benjamin Franklin as the inventor of the lightning rod.
0:17:55 > 0:18:01Benjamin Franklin says Simon. Benjamin Franklin credited with inventing the lightning rod.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said Franklin.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08It's absolutely right.
0:18:09 > 0:18:1123 our only score so far.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15You've passed that. Very well done, Simon.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Good answer.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Well played, Simon. One of the founding fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Also invented bifocals.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- What a busy man.- Yes, a busy man. - That's impressive.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Lived in England for a while. There's a Blue Plaque to him in Craven Street in London.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Oh? There we are.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Now, Ellen, we'd like you to name the people described by these clues.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40That board is all yours. Do you want to talk us through it?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43I haven't got any idea.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50- I'm just going to guess a composer I know, Richard Wagner. - Which one's that?
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- The composer of The Goldberg Variations.- The Goldberg Variations, Richard Wagner says Ellen.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Richard Wagner.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01Well, let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said Richard Wagner.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Oh, bad luck, Ellen.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Sorry, Ellen. Do you want to have a go at The Goldberg Variations?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Bach.- It is Bach, yeah.- Sorry, I should say Johann Sebastian Bach.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Johann Sebastian Bach, yeah. That would have scored 9 points.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Talking of composers, the title character of the 1984 film Amadeus...
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Mozart. - Yeah, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Would have scored you 56. Do you know the economist who wrote Wealth Of Nations?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28- Adam Smith.- Adam Smith, yeah.
0:19:29 > 0:19:3420 points. And the best answer on the board, the philosopher who wrote A Treatise Of Human Nature?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38That's a tough one that. Very well done at home if you said David Hume.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40That's the best answer up there, would have scored 8 points.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Thanks very much indeed. OK, well, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:19:44 > 0:19:4617 the best score of that pass, Simon. Very well done.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Simon and Becky having a pretty good hold on this, I would say.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Then up to 23 where we find James and Matt.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Then I'm afraid it's a long hike up to 100 where we find Ellen and Leah.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Now, Leah, you'll have first pick of the next board, so use it wisely.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Find a really good low-scoring answer and it may be enough to keep you in the game.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07I'd be very surprised if that's the only 100 scored in this round.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:20:13 > 0:20:17OK, we're going to put six more clues on the board and here they come.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I'll read those all one last time.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53There we are, six clues to six famous people from the 18th century.
0:20:53 > 0:20:59Now, Leah, we need you to name the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05Er...I think I only know one which would be the British admiral.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06And I think it's...
0:21:08 > 0:21:13..Nelson, but I don't even know his first name of anything, so...
0:21:13 > 0:21:18OK. We will take Nelson. Let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how many people said it.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20There's no red line for you because you're the highest scorers,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22but let's see how many people said Nelson.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25It's right.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Oh, that's a high score.
0:21:27 > 0:21:3084. Takes your total up to 184.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34It's a big score, yeah, Horatio Nelson.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39He had his arm amputated in battle in 1797. He was back issuing orders within half an hour.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- Wow!- That's got the...- Yeah, yeah.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Thanks very much indeed.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Now, Becky...
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I haven't got a clue.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I shouldn't laugh, really, should I?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- Well, listen, I've got great news for you, Becky. You are through to the head-to-head.- That's true,
0:21:56 > 0:22:02that is true. Er... I really haven't got a clue, so...
0:22:04 > 0:22:08The author of the novel Tom Jones, I will say Tom Jones
0:22:08 > 0:22:13because he could have wrote it himself, so let's go for that!
0:22:13 > 0:22:17There we go, yeah. So Tom Jones.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20You're thinking more of a sort of autobiography, you're thinking?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24It could have been. Like, not Tom Jones, but...
0:22:24 > 0:22:26yeah...
0:22:27 > 0:22:33OK. Listen, Tom Jones, let's see if that was written indeed by Tom Jones. Tom Jones.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36You haven't got a red line because you're already through.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Bad luck!
0:22:41 > 0:22:45I'm afraid an incorrect answer, which scores you the maximum of 100 points
0:22:45 > 0:22:46and takes your total up to 117.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Yes, unlucky, Becky. There it is.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Of course, the singer Tom Jones has written a book about Tom Jones.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Matt...listen, you're the last person to have this board
0:22:56 > 0:22:58and it is almost untouched.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Why not take us through it and fill in all the blanks?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I think it might remain untouched, unfortunately.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09So I'm just going to guess the artist who painted The Swing is Vincent van Gogh.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13It's not going brilliantly well this round, is it? I've got to be honest with you.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Vincent van Gogh says Matt. You're already through.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19There's no red line for you, but let's see how many of our 100 people said Vincent van Gogh.
0:23:22 > 0:23:28Oh, bad luck. Er, no. That's an incorrect answer. Scores you the maximum of 100 points,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30takes your total up to 123.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35- We should probably forget about this round as soon as we possibly can, shouldn't we?- Mm-hm.
0:23:35 > 0:23:40The artist who painted The Swing, it's in the Wallace Collection in London, that painting,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42is Jean-Honore Fragonard.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Would have scored you 4 points, a terrific answer if you got it.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Now the author of the novel Tom Jones wasn't Tom Jones, I'm afraid, it was Henry Fielding.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Henry Fielding wrote that novel. - Really?- Would have scored you...
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Really nearly, it was so close.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58Cos it's got a man's first name and then a surname, which is what you gave us as well.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Tom...Henry...- I know. Exactly. In fact, you know what? You can have it, you can have it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- That's fine.- Yeah.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05The Italian violin maker, what would you guess for that?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Stradivarius. - Stradivari, Stradivari.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10That would have scored you 35 points.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- Who wrote Jerusalem?- William Blake. - Yeah, Blake, William Blake, absolutely.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17That's another fairly big score at 18. You'd have thought more people would know that.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19And the author of the Rape Of The Lock?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Alexander Pope.- It is Alexander Pope, very will done.
0:24:21 > 0:24:27That would have scored you 9 points. Very well done if you did well on those two boards, though.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- Quite tough. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32So at the end of our second round, I'm afraid, it's Ellen and Leah, I'm afraid...
0:24:32 > 0:24:37yes, 18th century figures caught up with you there. 184 your high score.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you, but it's been lovely having you on the show.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Thank you so much for playing both shows.- Thank you.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Too brief in each instance, but lovely all the same.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- Leah and Ellen, thanks very much. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Congratulations, Matt and James, Simon and Becky.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04You are one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our jackpot
0:25:04 > 0:25:06which currently stands at...
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Now, to decide which pair's going to play for that money,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16you're now going to go head-to-head, but the big difference is you are now allowed to confer,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Well, Matt and James, it was out round 2 last time.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25So here you are, welcome, welcome to the head-to-head.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Not just to the head-to-head, but as our lowest scorers.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Very well done indeed. Simon and Becky, also well done.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Good news, Becky, you can now confer!- Yes!
0:25:33 > 0:25:37In the rounds we've had so far, Simon's been doing the heavy lifting, I'd say!
0:25:37 > 0:25:41We'll put all that behind us. I think this might be a very close head-to-head.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Good luck to both pairs. Let's play it.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Famous Redheads. Richard?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I'm going to show you five pictures now of famous people with red hair.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Can you name the most obscure of these? Good luck.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our five famous redheads, and here they are.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08We've got...
0:26:29 > 0:26:32There we are, five famous redheads.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Matt and James, you've played best throughout the show so far so you get to go first.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38THEY CONFER
0:26:44 > 0:26:46OK, we're going to go for D.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51We think she's the singer in Girls Aloud, therefore Nicola Roberts.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Nicola Roberts say Matt and James. Nicola Roberts.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Simon and Becky, the board is yours.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00What do you think?
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Er, I definitely know C, Rupert Grint.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07B...she is...
0:27:07 > 0:27:15I really recognise her face. I don't know whether she did radio... No?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- No?- Don't look at me. - Do you know A or E?- No.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20We'll have to go with C, then.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- You don't know A or E's names?- No. - Well, go for C.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Yeah. Can we go for C? Rupert Grint.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31C, Rupert Grint say Simon and Becky.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32So we have Nicola Roberts versus Rupert Grint.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Matt and James said Nicola Roberts, let's see if that's right.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Let's see how many people of our 100 people said Nicola Roberts.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41It's right.
0:27:45 > 0:27:4728 for Nicola Roberts.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Simon and Becky have gone for Rupert Grint.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56C, Rupert Grint. Let's see if that's right,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59and if it is let's see how many of our people said Rupert Grint.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03It's right.
0:28:06 > 0:28:0840 for Rupert Grint.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Not too bad.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Well done, Matt and James. After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Those were the two biggest answers up there, actually, so let's fill in the rest of them.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23A is the US talk-show host, he's a writer, producer, all sorts of things, Conan O'Brien.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Would have scored you 3 points.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Now, B who you recognised, Becky, is Florence out of Florence And The Machine, Florence Welch.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34Would have scored you 18 points.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38And E is the other guy who won a gold medal on Super Saturday.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40It's the long jumper Greg Rutherford.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43And he would have scored you 9 points.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Thanks very much indeed. So here comes your second question.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Simon and Becky, you get to answer this first, but you have to win it to stay in the game. Good luck.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52It concerns...
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Newcastle, Richard.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00I'm going to show you five clues to facts about the city of Newcastle.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Can you answer these, please?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Newcastle. And here they are.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26I'll read those all one last time.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46There we are, five clues to facts about Newcastle.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Simon and Becky, you go first.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53THEY CONFER
0:29:59 > 0:30:01I should know this one.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03I'm actually quite scared to say it.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I'm just going to go for it. Magpies.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- OK.- That's the Newcastle...- OK, you're going to say the Magpies.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- Why were so scared to say it? - Because...- It might be wrong! - I'm a sports development officer.
0:30:16 > 0:30:22- Obviously, I should have known Greg Rutherford!- Ah!- And now it's another sports question...
0:30:22 > 0:30:28and also, as I like football a lot, this is why I'm really worried.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- Well, you're going to say the Magpies.- Yes.- The Magpies is the nickname for Newcastle United.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Now, Matt and James, what are you going to say?
0:30:35 > 0:30:38I would love to visit Newcastle actually. I was going to do it later this year,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41and if I'd been I'd probably have visited the bridge and I'd know the date,
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- cos I try and memorise the dates of things.- You've got to go up there and do a star jump on the bridge.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47That's exactly what I'm going for actually.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52I was torn between Newcastle's nickname which I think they've got right...
0:30:52 > 0:30:58so I'm going to take a shot at the '90s BBC police drama and go for... Crocodile Shoes.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Crocodile Shoes you're going to say, Crocodile Shoes.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05So we have the Magpies versus Crocodile Shoes. Simon and Becky have gone for the Magpies.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09Let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said the Magpies.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12It's right.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Matt and James have gone for Crocodile Shoes.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said Crocodile Shoes.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Oh, bad luck, Matt and James. An incorrect answer,
0:31:32 > 0:31:36which means Simon and Becky are back in the game. After 2 questions it's 1-1.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Yeah, Crocodile Shoes, it was Jimmy Nail but that was about a country singer.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44- The cop drama was Spender. - Spender. Yeah. - Would have scored you 11 points.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Did you know the name of the half marathon?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- Great North Run. - It was the Great North Run, yeah.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52It's actually a slightly better score than Magpies. It would have scored you 52 points.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56The year the Tyne Bridge was officially opened, that was 1928.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Well done if you said that. Only two people out of 100 knew that.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Even better answer, a pointless answer in fact,
0:32:01 > 0:32:03the name of the largest independent library outside London.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06The Lit And Phil. Very well done if you said that.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07A pointless answer.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, it comes down to a decider.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14A third question. Whoever wins this question goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Good luck, both pairs. It concerns...
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Double A-Sides.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Yeah, back in the olden days where you could release double A-side singles...
0:32:24 > 0:32:27We're going to show you the name of an act and a song
0:32:27 > 0:32:31and we're going to show you the initials of the song that was a double A-side with that song.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35We need you tell us what those initials stand for, please. Very best of luck.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Thanks very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our five double A-sides. And here they are...
0:32:55 > 0:32:58I'll read those all one last time.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14There we are. Five double A-sides.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Matt and James, you go first.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21THEY CONFER
0:33:27 > 0:33:31We'll go for the Bicycle Race, Queen, which is Fat Bottomed Girls.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Fat Bottomed Girls say Matt and James, Fat Bottomed Girls.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Simon and Becky.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Well, the bottom one must be Brown Girl In The Ring.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44- OK.- And that's where my input stops.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45Excellent.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49The bottom one is Brown Girl In The Ring.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53And that would be our answer.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55OK, you're going to go for Brown Girl In The Ring.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58So we have Fat Bottomed Girls versus Brown Girl In The Ring.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Matt and James said Fat Bottomed Girls.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05It's right.
0:34:10 > 0:34:1237 for Fat Bottomed Girls.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Simon and Becky have gone for Brown Girl In The Ring.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how many people said that.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23It's right.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26It has to beat 37 and it does! Look at that! Wow!
0:34:27 > 0:34:31- 30 for Brown Girl In The Ring. - Well done, you did well.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37Very well done, Simon and Becky. After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41And once again a brand-new pair defeats three returning pairs. It's happened three times recently.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Let's take a look at the rest of this board and fill this in.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- Do you know any of these? Do you know the Brice Springsteen one? - I'm On Fire.- I'm On Fire, yes.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Would have scored you 7 points.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53The Stones?
0:34:53 > 0:34:57- You'll know the song. It's Let's Spend...- The Night Together. I'd have got that.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00That would have scored you 16. And the best answer on the board
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- is McFly...- You've Got A Friend. - You've Got A Friend, yeah.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Well done. McFly. Would have scored 5 points.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Very well done if you got that at home. Well done if you got all of those. That's very impressive.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Thanks very much indeed. So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:12 > 0:35:16I'm sorry, it's Matt and James. You've done so well this time.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Much, much better performance.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21The head-to-head as we predicted a very, very close-run thing.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Now, yes, Spender. Were you sort of thinking of Spender?
0:35:24 > 0:35:27No, the only thing in my mind was Crocodile Shoes.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31I remember he sort of walks down and he plays the song Crocodile Shoes.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34I just thought, "I'm sure that's a detective or police," but...obviously not.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- It was music.- It was music.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Anyway, it's been great having you on the show.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you now, but, Matt and James, thanks very much for playing.
0:35:41 > 0:35:42- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47But for Simon and and Becky, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Congratulations, Simon and Becky, you've seen off all the competition
0:35:55 > 0:35:58and won our coveted Pointless trophy. So very well done.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:36:06 > 0:36:09and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:36:12 > 0:36:16You've done very well. You've done very well. You've arrived here.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21There have been some howlers on the way but there have been howlers from everyone, to be fair.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25Well, as always you kick this round off by choosing a category, and your four choices are...
0:36:34 > 0:36:38None of those are my strongest. What would you say yours would be?
0:36:39 > 0:36:44Well, I'm tending towards the 2010 UK General Election, actually.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- Sure.- Well, it depends what we're asked, of course, but...
0:36:47 > 0:36:50I don't think France is... What do you know about opera?
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- Nothing.- Opera's out.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- British And Irish Lions?- Nope. - That's out.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59- France?- Not too much. We'll go for the...trusted...
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- We'll go for the 2010 UK General Election, please.- Yeah.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07- So the 2010 UK General Election it is.- Let's give you some choice here.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10You can give us any answer in any of these categories.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Very best of luck.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41OK, you now have to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46And all you need to win that £3,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Now, remember the answers you give can come from any of these categories.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52So you can have three from one category, two from one, one from another, it's entirely up to you.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56As long as you say which category it is you're answering when you submit your answer.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- Are you ready?- Yeah.- OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02There they are. Your time starts now.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06Right, MPs first elected in the 1970s. I think Sir John Stanley
0:38:06 > 0:38:11- who is the Edenbridge and Tonbridge MP. I think he was elected in the '70s.- Fantastic.
0:38:11 > 0:38:17- So if we have him... - There was a female on the other day
0:38:17 > 0:38:22and she was speaking out about Margaret Thatcher. Who was that lady? Did you watch the news?
0:38:22 > 0:38:23- No.- Can't remember her name.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- That's not going to help. - Political parties?
0:38:26 > 0:38:31I would...over 100,000 votes, I would have said something like the Democratic Ulster Party
0:38:31 > 0:38:35or Democratic Unionist Party, let's get it right.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40Do you know anybody else first elected in the 1970s apart from...?
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- Quick, quick, quick!- I'm try to think who the Father of the House is,
0:38:44 > 0:38:46but it's someone that I don't know.
0:38:46 > 0:38:51- Actually, if we go for Dennis Skinner...- OK. - He's the Beast of Bolsover.
0:38:51 > 0:38:57- 10 seconds.- So we've got Dennis Skinner. We've got... - Sir John Stanley for the first,
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- and we've got the Democratic Unionist Party for the third one. - OK.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05OK, that is your time up. I now need your three answers, what are they going to be?
0:39:05 > 0:39:09- OK, from the first category we'll have Sir John Stanley... - Sir John Stanley.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- We'll have Dennis Skinner. - Dennis Skinner.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15And from the third category, we will have the Democratic Unionist Party.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Democratic Unionist Party.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21Very good. Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- I'd have said Sir John Stanley. - Sir John Stanley will go last.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Which is your least likely?
0:39:26 > 0:39:33- Probably... the Democratic Unionist Party. - OK, the DUP we'll put first, then.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38Very good. Let's put those up on the board in that order. And here they are. We have got...
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Well, very, very best of luck. Three good answers on the board there.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Your first answer was the Democratic Unionist Party.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51This is the one you were least sure of.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55I mean, you were pretty confident. It's just whether or not it would be pointless.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00Now, obviously, if it is pointless, you'll win £3,250. Simon, what would you do with your share of that?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04A nice big long holiday somewhere,
0:40:04 > 0:40:08and I also need to get my flat redecorated. So some it would go towards that.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12That's the boring bit. But the exciting bit would be a cruise somewhere, I think.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- Becky, how about you?- Shopping!
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Yeah... I would...yes, use some of it to go shopping,
0:40:20 > 0:40:26and some of it just to do boring, pay-off-the-student-loan type of things, so...
0:40:26 > 0:40:33OK, well, very, very best of luck. Let us find out for £3,250.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38The Democratic Unionist Party, was that a party that gained more than 100,000 votes?
0:40:41 > 0:40:42It was.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47So the DUP taking us down through the 50s, into the 40s,
0:40:47 > 0:40:50if this goes all the way down to zero, you will leave here immediately
0:40:50 > 0:40:51with £3,250...
0:40:51 > 0:40:53It's still going down, down it goes...
0:40:53 > 0:40:54Wow! You've done it!
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Very well done indeed!
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Wow! Very well done!
0:41:00 > 0:41:01- Fantastic!- Thank you.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03- Good work.- Thank you.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08I told you! I told you!
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Well, congratulations.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15Congratulations. The Democratic Unionist Party was a pointless answer.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19And that means you will go home with the jackpot of...
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Very well done.
0:41:24 > 0:41:31And we had two pretty good answers on the board as well for your second and third answers,
0:41:31 > 0:41:34so we'll find out from Richard how they would have done, but very well done indeed.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35Yeah, well played, guys.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37The politics ones are always good categories to go for if you know your stuff,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40because our 100 are always quite shaky on them, so very well played.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Sir John Stanley also would have been a pointless answer as well.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44- So very well played with that.- Yeah.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Dennis Skinner would have scored you 5 points, but two out of three isn't bad,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I think it's fair to say. Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Some big names on the list.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Also could have had Austin Mitchell, Frank Field, Geoffrey Robinson,
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Gerald Kaufman, you could have had Stephen Dorrell. Well done if you said any of those.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Now, female MPs elected for the first time.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16There were over 60 female MPs elected for the first time in 2010.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20I'll tell you the ones that scored points, and everyone else was pointless on this list.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23The ones that scored points... Louise Mensch would have scored you points.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Liz Truss, Claire Perry, Stella Creasy, Pauline Latham, Pamela Nash,
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Helen Grant and Caroline Lucas.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Every single other female MP elected for the first time was a pointless answer.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Well done if you said any of those.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38And the one that won you the money, there's only three answers, all Northern Irish parties.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Very well done if you said any of those at home, and very well done in the studio. Terrific work.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50Thanks very much, Richard. Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Simon and Becky,
0:42:50 > 0:42:54who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55Very well done.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
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