0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27and a very warm welcome to Pointless, the quiz show
0:00:27 > 0:00:31where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38And couple number one.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Hello. I'm Lisa. This is my dad, Bob.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42We're from Ouston in Chester-le-Street.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Couple number two.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Hi. I'm Dave. This is my girlfriend, Paula.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47We're both from Canterbury in Kent.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Couple number three.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Hi. I'm Cat. This is my husband, Toby.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51We're from High Wycombe.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53And finally, couple number four.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hi. I'm Steve. This is my friend, Simon.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56We're friends and work colleagues.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58I live in Malvern, Simon lives in Bicester.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And these are today's contestants.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07He's not letting success go to his head,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10if you ignore the Bono-inspired sunglasses, the chauffeur-driven car
0:01:10 > 0:01:13and the fact that he now only answers to "His Osman-ness".
0:01:13 > 0:01:15It's my Pointless friend - it's His Osman-ness. Hiya!
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Hi, everyone. Hiya.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Afternoon. And to you.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24How are you? I'm well, thank you.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26How are you? I'm not too bad.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Yeah, mustn't grumble.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30No, you mustn't. Talking of grumbling,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I would be grumbling if I was on podium one with this first question today. Really?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36It's a tough question. That's not a good start!
0:01:36 > 0:01:41It's one of those ones where people will know answers, but you have to calculate some stuff, I think.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Oh, really? Yes. It'll take a little while.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Thank you, Richard. Pleasure.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show
0:01:49 > 0:01:53and our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -
0:01:55 > 0:01:57that's an answer none of our 100 people gave.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Each time that happens, we will add ?250 to the jackpot.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Now, James and Tom didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06so we add another ?1,000, so today's jackpot starts off
0:02:06 > 0:02:07at ?7,000.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08CHEERING
0:02:11 > 0:02:13If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's to be no conferring.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Whichever pair has the highest score at the end will be eliminated,
0:02:25 > 0:02:26so try and make sure that's not you.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29OK, our first category today is...
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Cities.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going second.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44OK. And the question concerns...
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Host cities. Richard.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54In a moment, Xander is going to show you a list of five events or celebrations
0:02:54 > 0:02:59and we're looking for the name of any city that has hosted one of these in the 21st century, please.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02So any city that has been the host of one of the following five things
0:03:02 > 0:03:05from 2000 through to the end of 2012. Very best of luck.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Thanks. So, as Richard has mentioned, I'm going to put five events up on the board.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11They will remain on the board for the entire round.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13So up the line and back down.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15You just have to name any city
0:03:15 > 0:03:18that has ever hosted one or more of these events
0:03:18 > 0:03:20since 2000.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22OK. Here are the five events.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34I'll read those all one last time.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42There we are.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Now then, Lisa.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Welcome to the show. What do you do, Lisa?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48I'm a civil servant.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Can we ask which bit of the Civil Service you're in?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Well, I work in the police, but I can't be specific.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56In your spare time, what do you like doing?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Well, until very recently, I was a wrestler.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Now I just attend the shows. Really?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Yes! You were a wrestler? Yes.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Why have you stopped wrestling?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Because I was getting too broken. I had broken about three bones,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12so I thought it was time to give up!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14What's your wrestling name?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16It was Georgie Shore!
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I played an angry Geordie girl.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22That's fantastic!
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Anyway, Lisa, there we are.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I've given you a little bit of time to...
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I wasn't really giving you any time to think at all.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I was asking you questions about wrestling, but still...
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Um...I'm going to...
0:04:33 > 0:04:34take a guess at
0:04:34 > 0:04:36the Capital of Culture.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38And I'm going to say Liverpool.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Liverpool, says Lisa.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Sounds good to me. Let's see if it's right.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Let's see how many of our 100 people said Liverpool.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48It's absolutely right.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Down it goes.
0:04:52 > 0:04:5426 for Liverpool. Good answer, Lisa.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Well played, Lisa. It was tough on that first podium.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Liverpool was the City of Culture in 2008.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Thank you, Richard.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Now, Paula, welcome to the show. Hello.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09What do you do, Paula?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I'm an insurance manager.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13In your spare time, what are your hobbies?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Hobbies...I like socialising with my friends,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19trying to go to the gym...
0:05:19 > 0:05:20OK.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Now, how long have you and Dave been together?
0:05:23 > 0:05:2413 years.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Dave!
0:05:27 > 0:05:2913 years, Dave!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Come on, Dave! Come on, Dave!
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Here's what you do. You win,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37go through to the final and win...
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Use that jackpot - maybe go somewhere romantic.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Then you get down on your knee, Dave.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45And then propose? Well, yes!
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Obviously, yes!
0:05:46 > 0:05:50What did you think - tie your shoelaces(?) Come on!
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Now, Paula,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54the first part of that is getting through to the final. Yes.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56What are you going to go for?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I'm going to go for
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Sydney. Sydney, says Paula.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Let's see if that's right.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Let's see how many of our 100 people said Sydney.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Absolutely right.
0:06:10 > 0:06:1226 our score at the moment.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15You passed 26...down to 20. Very well done, Paula.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Good answer.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Hosted the Summer Olympics in 2000, of course.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Thank you very much indeed. Now, Cat.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Cat, welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Cat?
0:06:29 > 0:06:30I'm a civil servant as well.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Can I ask what you do?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I work for the Department of Communities and Local Government.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Good stuff. And in your spare time, what do you do?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Well, I've got two little kids, so I don't have a lot of spare time. Not a lot of spare time.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44How old are they? Four and one and a half.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Ooh, good luck with that!
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Very good.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Now, how did you and Toby meet?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52At work.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Really? Yes.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Through your civil service?
0:06:55 > 0:06:59No, we both used to work for a local council. Toby still works there.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02I left and went to central government. You broke out.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Now, then, what do you make of this?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Actually, what do you make of this as a question?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10My mind's kind of gone blank. I love Eurovision.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Watch it every year and we try and do kind of, like...
0:07:14 > 0:07:18You know, we cook recipes from European countries!
0:07:18 > 0:07:21What, from all the European countries involved?
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Or just the host city? Yeah, we have people round and have, like, five countries each
0:07:25 > 0:07:28and look up a recipe and make something random.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30But I obviously spend too much time cooking while I'm watching,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33because my mind's gone completely blank for Eurovision.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36So I'm going to go for something more obvious
0:07:36 > 0:07:39and say, for the Summer Olympics, Athens.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Athens, says Cat. Athens.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Athens.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48It's absolutely right.
0:07:48 > 0:07:5126 our high score, 20 our low.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55You've passed both of those - down to 12. Very well done.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Great answer.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Yes, the Olympics in 2004, but also was Eurovision in 2006 as well.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Held two of them.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Thanks, Richard. Now, Simon, welcome back.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Our only returning pair to Pointless.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Simon, what happened with you last time?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15We got through to Round 2.
0:08:15 > 0:08:21We survived an opera round that was just sheer carnage,
0:08:21 > 0:08:25and then we got a sport round and Steve and I between us
0:08:25 > 0:08:27know absolutely nothing about sport.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29It's our Achilles leg.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33So it was a question about tennis
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and we had to name tennis players and we didn't really...
0:08:37 > 0:08:39..cover ourselves in glory at that point.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42So, listen, what are you going to go for?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Yeah, I'm going to go
0:08:45 > 0:08:47for a punt on the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52I think that was hosted a few years ago in Helsinki.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Helsinki, says Simon.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Helsinki. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Helsinki.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Absolutely right.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Well, 26 our high score, 12 our low.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07You've passed our high score,
0:09:07 > 0:09:08passed our low - down to 1!
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Very well done indeed!
0:09:13 > 0:09:15That's a great answer.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Helsinki.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Again, Helsinki is an answer for two of those categories.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24It was a European Capital of Culture in 2000 and hosted Eurovision in 2007.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Thank you.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:09:28 > 0:09:311 the very best score of that pass by a margin there, Simon.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Very well done.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Then we travel up to 12,
0:09:34 > 0:09:35where we find Cat and Toby.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Up to 20, where we find Paula and Dave.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Up a little bit to 26, where we find Lisa and Bob.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41You're not WAY out in front.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45But you've got a little bit of time to think of an absolute knockout answer
0:09:45 > 0:09:47that will keep you in the game.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Best of luck. We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please step up to the podium.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56OK. Now, Steve,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59remember, we are looking for the name of any city
0:09:59 > 0:10:02that has hosted one or more of these events since 2000.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I'm trying to not say what I think is the European Capital of Culture,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09because if Simon just did 1 and I do 100,
0:10:09 > 0:10:10I'm not getting home alive.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12So, um...I think...
0:10:12 > 0:10:14I'm going to go for
0:10:14 > 0:10:16a sports one, and it's going to be
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Winter Olympic Games
0:10:18 > 0:10:20in Albertville in France.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Albertville, says Steve. Albertville.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Well, you're on 1. The high scorers, Bob and Lisa, are on 26.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29If you can score 24 or less, you'll avoid becoming the new high scorers.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Let's see if that's right, Albertville, and if it is,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33let's see how many of our 100 people said Albertville.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Oh, Steve!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41You said if you scored 100 points, you'd never hear the end of it.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Or did you say you'd get killed?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Probably! Well... maybe a bit of both.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Takes your total to 101.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Incorrect answer there.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Albertville was 1992, I'm afraid.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Not 21st century.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Now, Toby, welcome to the show. Hi.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03What do you do, Toby?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I'm a traffic engineer for a local council.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Tell me what that means.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I design road junctions,
0:11:09 > 0:11:10pilot road improvements,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13things like that, really.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Now then.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Toby. The pressure's been taken off, so I'm going to go for Beijing.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Summer Olympics.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Beijing, says Toby.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25As you say, the high scorers are now way out in front of you.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26They're still within reach.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29There they are on 101. You're on 12.
0:11:29 > 0:11:3188 or less sees you through to the next round.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Let's see if Beijing's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Absolutely right,
0:11:36 > 0:11:38and you are through. Very well done.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Wow - 26 for Beijing!
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Takes your total up to 38.
0:11:47 > 0:11:522008 Summer Olympics, of course. You did exactly what you needed to do there. Well played.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53There we are.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Now, Dave.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Dave, what do you do?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I also work in insurance and I do what you probably consider
0:11:59 > 0:12:01is the boring job of writing your policy booklets.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05I'm so sorry, I completely dozed off there!
0:12:05 > 0:12:06What...wh...?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09That is the correct reaction!
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Are you in the same insurance business as Paula? No.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15That's how we met, but Paula's since left that company. I see.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Anyway, in your spare time, what do you like to do?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Well, recently, I've started to do some stand-up comedy.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Have you? How's that going?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Surprisingly well.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Good stuff. Well, good for you.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Now then, let's see if you can get a nice low score here.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33The high scorers, way out in front of you, are Steve and Simon on 101.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36You're on 20, so 80 or less sees you through.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Well, I'm going to have to... I think this is right,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44but it does leave the door open to be wrong. I'm going to say Bloemfontein.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Bloemfontein, says Dave. Bloemfontein.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Here comes your red line. Quite nice and high.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Get below that, you're through to the next round.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Let's see if Bloemfontein's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Oh! I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Phew-ee, Steve and Simon!
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Bad luck, Dave and Paula.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08That takes your total up to 120.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Sorry, Dave - a gutsy answer, but incorrect, I'm afraid.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15If it's any consolation, it's funnier to get it wrong than right.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17LAUGHTER
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Now then, Bob.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22What do you do, Bob?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26I work in a munitions factory, making shells for the British Army.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Wow! That needs safe hands.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30I imagine.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Obviously, they're not live and loaded when...
0:13:32 > 0:13:35They're not live. We just make the actual shell.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38What do you get up to in your spare time, Bob?
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I play a lot of golf.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41I mean a LOT of golf.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43The odd game of squash.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46And I like doing cryptic crosswords.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Now then, you're on 26.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50You have to score 93 or less to stay in the game.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55I'm hoping this was in the 21st century.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I've got to go for it - can't think of anything else.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00I'll say European Capital of Culture, Gateshead.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Gateshead.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Gateshead. Georgie Shore to your left
0:14:04 > 0:14:06is getting quite cross about that,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09but let's see. Gateshead. It could be right. What do you think, Lisa?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11It's not right!
0:14:11 > 0:14:13We might as well go now!
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Well, let's just find out. Bob says Gateshead.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Let's see how many of our 100 people said Gateshead. Let's see if it's right.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23There's your red line. If you get below that,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25you are through to the next round.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Gateshead.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30AUDIENCE LAUGHTER
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Ohhh!
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Bad luck. Bad luck. Must have been in the running.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41It was Newcastle, but that lost out to Liverpool.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Oh, Bob, I'm sorry.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, so scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Takes your total up to 126.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Lisa is mad
0:14:50 > 0:14:52with Bob, isn't she?! Isn't she!
0:14:52 > 0:14:54REALLY mad!
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Newcastle/Gateshead did apply when Liverpool got it.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Gateshead would have been an answer if it had got it.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03But unfortunately, it didn't.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05I knew they were in the running.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Exactly.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08You're backtracking!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Georgie Shore!
0:15:11 > 0:15:13No wonder you were a wrestler! Blimey.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16You must have had to tone it down a bit when you got on stage!
0:15:16 > 0:15:18She did blame me!
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Funnily enough, if you'd just said London, you'd be in the next round.
0:15:21 > 0:15:2479 points, that would have scored you. Oh, London...
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Oh, you were going to say London, were you(?)
0:15:26 > 0:15:28It was only last year when it was on!
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I thought it'd be too high - 90s or something.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Well, it doesn't matter.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36All right, OK. Oh, well.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Let's look at some of the pointless answers here.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41The European Capital of Culture - loads of them and lots are pointless.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45Belgrade was the Eurovision Song Contest. Would have been a pointless answer.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Bruges, European Capital of Culture.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Istanbul was both Eurovision Song Contest and Capital of Culture.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Should rule each other out, but they don't.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55All of these were European Capitals of Culture -
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Luxembourg, Porto and Reykjavik.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Riga was Eurovision Song Contest, Rotterdam another Capital of Culture
0:16:03 > 0:16:05and Turin was the Winter Olympics.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Let's look at the top three answers overall.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Beijing, 26, Liverpool, 26 and London at the top with 79.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Gateshead not to be seen.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Thanks very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our first round,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I'm afraid the pair going home with their high score of 126
0:16:26 > 0:16:28is Bob and Lisa.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Oh, dear, oh, dear! Gateshead, Bob?!
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Well, listen, maybe this could be looked upon as the foundation
0:16:34 > 0:16:36of Gateshead's...
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Well, they went in for it.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39It's high time they were.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Bob, Lisa, sorry we have to say goodbye to you,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43but we look forward to seeing you next time.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46It's been great having you. Thank you. Bob and Lisa!
0:16:46 > 0:16:47APPLAUSE
0:16:48 > 0:16:51But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58OK, so now we're down to three pairs.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01There's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03so we'll say goodbye to another pair at the end of this round.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Dave and Paula, you are one step closer to that engagement ring!
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Very well done. It was looking a bit touch and go there.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14I think he tried to do that. You think he threw in Bloemfontein to...?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Oh, Dave, what a low trick!
0:17:19 > 0:17:22You won't get away with that this round. NO, no, no.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Best of luck to all three pairs, but particularly Dave and Paula.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Our category for Round 2 is...
0:17:29 > 0:17:33It's people. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Famous people with surnames that begin with Mc.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51I'm guessing it's Mc and not MC? Yes.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56On each pass, we'll give you six clues to famous people whose surnames begin with Mc.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Can you tell us the most obscure? 12 in all to have a go at at home.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Thanks. So we're looking for these famous people whose surnames begin with Mc.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06And here's our first board of six clues.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I'll read those all one last time.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40There we go.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Six people whose surnames begin with Mc. Paula.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48I'm going to go for the top one and say Brian McFadden.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Brian McFadden, says Paula. Brian McFadden.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it. Brian McFadden.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Absolutely right.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Good answer. 14.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Not bad at all. Richard.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15In the Guinness Book of Records for having seven consecutive Number 1 singles, Westlife. Amazing.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Thanks very much indeed. Now then. Cat.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Cat, people whose names begin with Mc.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I've got one I could go for, but it'd be a big risk,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28so I'm not going quite so risky. I'm going to say
0:19:28 > 0:19:31lost to Barack Obama - John McCain.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35John McCain, says Cat. Let's see if John McCain is right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Absolutely right.
0:19:42 > 0:19:4415.
0:19:45 > 0:19:4915. It's all looking very close in this round.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Well played, Cat. Good answer.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55He was a prisoner of war for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, John McCain.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Half of that, he was in solitary confinement.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Blimey!
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Steve.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05You're the last person to have this board. Do you fancy filling in
0:20:05 > 0:20:07all these Mcs for us?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Two I know, two I don't.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I'm going to go with played Gandalf in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy -
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Ian McKellen.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Ian McKellen, says Steve. Ian McKellen.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Let's see how many of our 100 people said that. Is it right?
0:20:21 > 0:20:22It's right.
0:20:23 > 0:20:2614 and 15 are our lowest and highest scores.
0:20:26 > 0:20:2821 for Ian McKellen.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Well played. 21 points.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Let's look through the rest of them.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Were there any you'd have gone for if you were going for a risk?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43The Angela's Ashes author, as soon as I hear it, I'll know it.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46I can see the book. Yeah. It's Something McSomething, isn't it?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50I think...Paul McCartney.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53You got that! Then cricketer...
0:20:53 > 0:20:56No idea. Let's look at Paul McCartney,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58see how much he would have scored.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Would have got you 90 points - a punishingly high score.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Wrote the memoir Angela's Ashes? Frank McCourt?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Franck McCourt, yeah,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08and would have scored 9 points.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11The Australian...? Glenn McGrath. Glenn McGrath, yeah.
0:21:11 > 0:21:134 points. The best answer on the board.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Thanks very much indeed.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.
0:21:17 > 0:21:1914 the best score of that pass, Paula.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Very well done indeed.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23There it is!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Then up to 15, Cat and Toby,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29then up to 21, where we find Steve and Simon. Not madly out in front.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31But you are in front.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33We will need a low score from you.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Very best of luck. Back down the line now.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Can the second players please step up to the podium.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43OK, let's put six more clues up on the board. Here they are.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44We have got...
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I'll read those all one last time.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25There we are. Six more Mcs.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Simon, obviously, you're going to try and find the one
0:22:28 > 0:22:30you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32You are the high scorers.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34I'm going to go for...
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Played Alex in Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of A Clockwork Orange.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I think it was Malcolm McDowell.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Malcolm McDowell, says Simon.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Malcolm McDowell. No red line for you
0:22:46 > 0:22:47as you're the high scorers.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Let's see how many people said Malcolm McDowell.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52It's right.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Good answer. 19.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02That takes your total up to 40.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Very well played. That may see you through.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08He was born Malcolm Taylor, but Malcolm McDowell is his stage name.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Now then, Toby.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Toby, what do you make of this board?
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I know one or two, so I'm going to go for the footballer
0:23:17 > 0:23:19who played for Liverpool and Real Madrid -
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Steve McManaman.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Steve McManaman, says Toby.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Here comes your red line. If you can score 24 or less,
0:23:26 > 0:23:27you're in the head-to-head.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Will Steve McManaman get you down there? Let's see how many people said it.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Yep, it will! Very well done.
0:23:39 > 0:23:4113.
0:23:41 > 0:23:4328 your total.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Well played. The great Steve McManaman.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48He now is a pundit and all sorts of things.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49Dave.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51You're the last person to have this board.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Do you think you can talk us through it? No!
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I genuinely know one answer that's left.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Well, let me tell you, it needs to score 25 or less.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Now, every answer given in this round so far
0:24:02 > 0:24:04has scored less than 25.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I think this might be the exception,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09but I can't make an intelligent guess on the others,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12so I'll have to say US tennis player and say John McEnroe.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14John McEnroe, says Dave.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17John McEnroe. Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19let's see how many of our 100 people said John McEnroe.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20There's your red line.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23It is right.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Oh, 60, Dave!
0:24:29 > 0:24:3160 takes your total up to 74.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35You've got to admire the man, haven't you? Yeah.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38I know one that he knew for sure.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42John McEnroe. In the 1981 US Open final, he won that as well.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Dave, for fun... No, I'll fill them in.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I'll fill them in, but we know you can.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Played Obi-Wan Kenobi... You know that.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52I really don't. Ewan McGregor.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Oh! I know it now.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Would have scored 18 points.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Would have seen you safely through.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03At the bottom - second female president of the Republic of Ireland
0:25:03 > 0:25:05was Mary McAleese. 7 points.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08The best answer on the board - the author of Amsterdam.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Ian McEwan. Yes, of course!
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Would have scored you one point,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15so very well done if you said that. Very well played.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Thanks very much.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19So, at the end of our second round, it's Dave and Paula leaving us
0:25:19 > 0:25:22with their not massively high score of 74.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26But it is appreciably higher than our impressive low scores of 28 and 40.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Dave and Paula, not this time.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Next time, Paula.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Next time. I have every confidence.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34It's been great having you on the show. Thanks for playing.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Dave and Paula! APPLAUSE
0:25:38 > 0:25:41But for the remaining two pairs, it's time for our head-to-head.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Congratulations, Toby and Cat, Simon and Steve.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51You are now only one step away from our final
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at
0:25:54 > 0:25:55?7,000.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57CHEERING
0:25:59 > 0:26:01To decide which pair plays for that money,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05you're now going to go head-to-head. But the difference is, you're now allowed to confer.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that money.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Neither of you have been here before. Toby and Cat, you are newcomers.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Simon and Steve, it was Round 2 last time,
0:26:14 > 0:26:16so you've gone one step further.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17How are you feeling?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Yeah, good. Relieved. Happy.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Very good indeed. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Film aliens. Richard.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39We'll show you five images of alien life forms from various films.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43We need you to tell us the name of the film these aliens first appeared in. Good luck.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Let's reveal our five film aliens. And here they are.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48We have got...
0:26:59 > 0:27:00There we are. Five film aliens.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Toby and Cat, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Take a stab at C.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Yeah, we'll take a stab at C.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Paul.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Paul. OK.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Paul, say Toby and Cat.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Simon and Steve.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23The rest of the board is yours. Talk us through it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Well, we know that E is ET.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28We're not sure about B and D.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31But we think A is Coneheads.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33So that's our answer. Coneheads.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Coneheads.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37So we have Paul versus Coneheads.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Toby and Cat said Paul.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Paul.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45It's right.
0:27:49 > 0:27:5019.
0:27:53 > 0:27:5519 for Paul.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56Simon and Steve.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01Again, is this another punt or are you pretty sure of this?
0:28:01 > 0:28:02We're fairly sure. OK.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Well, you say Coneheads. Let's see if Coneheads is right and if it is,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08let's see how many people said Coneheads.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11It is right.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Question is, is it going to beat 19?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Oh, 20! Look at that!
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Oh!
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Toby and Cat, very well done. By the skin of your teeth, you win that question. You are up 1-0.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Yes, a shocker that, isn't it?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Let's look at some of the other answers.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Couple of other lower answers.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35B is a Vogon from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Would have scored you 6 points.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40D is from Lilo Stitch.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Would have scored you 10 points.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46And what do you think ET is going to score?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48In the 90s, actually. 91.
0:28:48 > 0:28:5096.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Wow! 96 points.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Thank you very much indeed.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56So here comes your second question.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Simon and Steve, you get to answer this first, but you have to win it to stay in the game.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01It concerns...
0:29:04 > 0:29:06George VI. Richard.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08We'll show you five clues to facts about King George VI.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Let's reveal our five clues. And here they are.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28I'll read those all one last time.
0:29:39 > 0:29:40Simon and Steve.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47Yeah. We think the year in which he died was 1952.
0:29:47 > 0:29:491952, the year in which he died.
0:29:49 > 0:29:511952, say Simon and Steve.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Toby and Cat, the rest of the board is all yours.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59I know he became...I think he became King in 1936.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02First name of his second daughter...
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Margaret?
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Don't know the university. Maybe Oxford or Cambridge.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09And the film's The King's Speech.
0:30:09 > 0:30:10Um...
0:30:10 > 0:30:131936, the year in which was crowned.
0:30:13 > 0:30:141936, say Toby and Cat.
0:30:14 > 0:30:171936. So we have 1952 versus 1936.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Let's see...1952, said Simon and Steve.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Let's see how many people said that, if it's right.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26Absolutely right, yes.
0:30:26 > 0:30:281952, the year he died.
0:30:29 > 0:30:3133.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Toby and Cat have said the year in which he was crowned was 1936.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Oh, bad luck!
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Bad luck, Toby and Cat. An incorrect answer, which means,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Simon and Steve, you're back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Sorry, it's 1937, I'm afraid.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57It would have scored you 14 points as well.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01You were right about Margaret being the first name of his second daughter.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Would have scored you too many points - 49.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05You're right at the bottom as well.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07The film was The King's Speech.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08Again, too many points.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Would have scored you 55.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13If you'd had to guess the university, what would you have said?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Cambridge. Cambridge. Would have scored you four points.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19So would have won you that point.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Thanks very much indeed.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23OK, here comes your decider, the third question.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot. It concerns...
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Dreamcoat colours. Richard.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36We'll show you the names of five colours from the song Joseph's Coat
0:31:36 > 0:31:39from Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41We'll only give you the first and last letter.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Can you fill in the gaps and give us the most obscure colour?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47OK, let's reveal our five colours with missing letters.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Here they are. We have got...
0:31:59 > 0:32:01I'll read those again without the blanks.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12There we are. Five colours of the Technicolor Dreamcoat.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Now, Toby and Cat, you go first again.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21We're going to go for the top one.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23And say ochre.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Ochre. Ochre, say Toby and Cat.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Simon and Steve, the board is all yours.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Can you take us through all those colours?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Second one, lilac.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Third one, russet.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36Fourth one, green.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Fifth one, we didn't have a clue on,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42but I think we'll go for russet.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44You're going to go for russet.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46So we have ochre versus russet.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Toby and Cat said ochre. Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:32:50 > 0:32:52let's see how many of our 100 people said ochre.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56It's right.
0:33:01 > 0:33:0213 for ochre.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Simon and Steve, you've gone for russet. Let's see if russet is right
0:33:11 > 0:33:13and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:33:15 > 0:33:16It is right.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Now then, is russet going to beat 19? Down it goes.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Oh...21 for russet!
0:33:22 > 0:33:24We've won!
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Two very, very good answers.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28But ochre pips it.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Which means, Toby and Cat, very well done. After three questions,
0:33:31 > 0:33:33you're through to the final 2-1.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Well played, both teams.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38That bottom one is the winner if anyone can get it.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40We'll get to that last.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42We'll start with green,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44which is a big scorer.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Would have scored you 97 points.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Lilac also quite a big scorer.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52That would have got you 77.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Now, the bottom one is the best answer on the board - 8 points.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Any clue?
0:33:56 > 0:33:57Chocolate would fit.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Chocolate would fit and does fit. It's chocolate.
0:34:01 > 0:34:048 points. Very well done if you said that. If you know the song,
0:34:04 > 0:34:07you can work it out, but that's a terrific answer.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Thanks very much. So the pair leaving us
0:34:09 > 0:34:12at the end of the head-to-head round - it's Simon and Steve.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15I knew that was going to be a hard-fought head-to-head,
0:34:15 > 0:34:17and it was so close in the end.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20It's been great having you on both shows. Thanks for playing.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I'm sorry we have to say goodbye, but great contestants.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24APPLAUSE
0:34:24 > 0:34:27But for Toby and Cat, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Congratulations, Toby and Cat.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38You've seen off all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy. So very well done.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at ?7,000.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51CHEERING
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Now, as always, you start this round by choosing a category for yourselves.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Here are your four options. Best of luck.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10We don't know anything about Irish geography at all.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Sporting achievements, depends what it is. If it's the Olympics...
0:35:13 > 0:35:16If it was football, it could be all right.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19But US politics we could both have a crack at, so I think...
0:35:19 > 0:35:22If it's sporting... Sorry!
0:35:22 > 0:35:26If it's sporting achievements, it might be football or tennis Grand Slam winners.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Or US politics? Politics, we know. I just think... Really?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Yeah. OK.
0:35:32 > 0:35:33You've done best so far today. US politics.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36OK, US politics is the one you're going for.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Richard.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41We'll give you three different options in this category.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Hopefully, somewhere here is something you can give us a good answer for.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48We're looking for any 20th-century Republican Secretaries of State.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51So any Secretary of State that was appointed by a Republican President.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54We are looking for any Vice-Presidential candidates
0:35:54 > 0:35:57who lost an election since 1945.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00And we're looking for any Speakers of the House of Representatives
0:36:00 > 0:36:02in its entire history.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05So, any 20th-century Republican Secretaries of State,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08any unsuccessful post-war Vice-Presidential candidate
0:36:08 > 0:36:10and any Speakers of the House of Representatives.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14For anyone who really knows their American politics, there's lots of good stuff in there.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16I hope that you do too.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19OK. As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21All you need to win that jackpot of ?7,000
0:36:21 > 0:36:24is for just one of those answers to be Pointless.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26The answers you give can come from any of those categories.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29One from each, two from one, one from another,
0:36:29 > 0:36:32all three from one. It's entirely up to you.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Are you ready? Yes.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Your time starts now.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39OK, the Vice-President...
0:36:39 > 0:36:41I think Schuyler Colfax was Vice-President,
0:36:41 > 0:36:44but I don't know if he was unsuccessful or not.
0:36:45 > 0:36:4820th-century Republican Secretaries of State...
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Colin Powell.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Um...
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Struggling with that one.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Speakers of the House of Representatives...
0:36:56 > 0:37:00I'm thinking Nancy Pelosi, but is the House of Representatives the Senate?
0:37:00 > 0:37:04We'll have that. Nancy Pelosi, Schuyler Colfax...
0:37:04 > 0:37:05How long have we got left?
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Vice-Presidents...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Quincy Adams?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Michael G Clark has popped in my head, I don't know why.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13John McCain. Sarah Palin.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15If they're right, there'll be points.
0:37:17 > 0:37:18Shall we go for Colin Powell?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20We've got Schuyler Colfax...
0:37:20 > 0:37:24Who else did you say? Nancy Pelosi at a guess, for Speaker.
0:37:27 > 0:37:2810 seconds left.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31What was the other one you said? John McCain.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33That's too high.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41That's your time up. I now need your three answers.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43OK. Um...
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Nancy Pelosi. Nancy Pelosi.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48Speakers of the House of Representatives. Speakers of the House of Representatives.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51I know Schuyler Colfax was a Vice-President,
0:37:51 > 0:37:54so maybe he was unsuccessful at it as well. Schuyler Colfax.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Um, and...
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Um...
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Colin Powell? Yeah, Colin Powell.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Colin Powell. As Secretary of State.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10One of the first two. Nancy Pelosi?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Let's put Nancy Pelosi last. Sounds like a good answer.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Which is your least likely? Colin Powell?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Colin Powell. OK, Colin Powell we'll put first.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Let's put those on the board in that order. And here they are.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24We have Colin Powell as a Republican Secretary of State.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29We have Schuyler Colfax as a defeated Vice-Presidential candidate.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33And we have Nancy Pelosi as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Very, very best of luck.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39Your first answer, the one you thought least likely to be pointless, was Colin Powell.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41If this is correct and it is pointless,
0:38:41 > 0:38:43you will win ?7,000.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45What would you do with that, Toby?
0:38:45 > 0:38:49I think we'd spend it on a holiday. Our little boy's not been on a plane, and he would like to.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Or a helicopter.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Probably a plane with seven grand!
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Good stuff. Very best of luck.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Three good answers - let's hope one of them wins that jackpot for you.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Colin Powell - was he a Republican Secretary of State in the 20th century?
0:39:06 > 0:39:07No, he wasn't!
0:39:07 > 0:39:0921st, yes.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13You spotted that just after you'd given the answer!
0:39:13 > 0:39:14Bad luck.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Well, your second answer - this is a great answer.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18Schuyler Colfax.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22This is just one of those names you carry around with you everywhere you go.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26Understandably! I think we'll all be carrying Schuyler Colfax around for some time.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Let's find out if it's correct. If it's pointless, it will win you ?7,000.
0:39:30 > 0:39:31Schuyler Colfax.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Was he a defeated Vice-Presidential candidate?
0:39:37 > 0:39:38Oh, bad luck!
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Bad luck. Schuyler Colfax an incorrect answer as well,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46which means everything is riding on your third and final answer.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49The answer, though, that you thought was most likely to be pointless.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Nancy Pelosi.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53So let's find out.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54For ?7,000,
0:39:54 > 0:39:58has Nancy Pelosi ever been Speaker of the House of Representatives?
0:40:01 > 0:40:03She has! It's a correct answer.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Your first answer, Colin Powell, was incorrect.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Schuyler Colfax, your second answer, was incorrect.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Nancy Pelosi, on the other hand,
0:40:10 > 0:40:12right on the money. Down she goes...
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Oh, no!
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Oh, no!
0:40:15 > 0:40:17APPLAUSE
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Oh, that is SUCH bad luck!
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Oh, that's SO unfair!
0:40:29 > 0:40:32One person remembered Nancy Pelosi.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35That's a brilliant answer. Whichever way you look at it, that's a great answer.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Well done, knowing Nancy Pelosi.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39But galling.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Pretty hard to take. Gutted!
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I'm really sorry. That is so unlucky. Unfortunately,
0:40:43 > 0:40:46you haven't found that all-important pointless answer,
0:40:46 > 0:40:48which means you don't win today's jackpot of ?7,000.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51That rolls over on to the next show. But we've loved having you.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54You do of course get to take home your Pointless trophies. Very well done.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Thank you. Thank you.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57APPLAUSE
0:41:02 > 0:41:05What about that?! That's really unlucky, guys.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07It's just about to get a little bit worse as well.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Let me take you through your wrong answers. Colin Powell,
0:41:10 > 0:41:12it was a 21st century Secretary of State.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Now, with Schuyler Colfax,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17he was a Vice-President, but a long time ago.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19It was in the 19th century, Schuyler Colfax.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24He also had three spells as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27So if you'd given his name in answer to that question,
0:41:27 > 0:41:30you would just have won ?7,000.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Oh, no!
0:41:31 > 0:41:35That is really, really unlucky. I know!
0:41:35 > 0:41:39Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:41:39 > 0:41:4320th-century Republican Secretaries of State, you could have had Alexander Haig,
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Frank B Kellogg - also won the Nobel Peace Prize -
0:41:45 > 0:41:47George Shultz and John Foster Dulles.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52There's more recent ones - James Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger would have won you the money.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Unsuccessful post-war Vice-Presidential candidates.
0:41:56 > 0:41:57Some really recent ones here.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Bob Dole, who ran unsuccessfully with Gerald Ford.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Geraldine Ferraro, who ran with Walter Mondale.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Walter Mondale himself also a pointless answer on this one.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Joseph Lieberman, who ran unsuccessfully with Al Gore
0:42:08 > 0:42:12and Paul Ryan, who was Mitt Romney's Vice-Presidential running mate.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14He would have been a pointless answer.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16You could have had Jack Kemp, Earl Warren,
0:42:16 > 0:42:17John Edwards,
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Lloyd Bentsen - all of those were pointless answers.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22And Speakers of the House of Representatives...
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Dennis Hastert, James Polk,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Jim Wright, Tom Foley.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28The name not up there is, of course, Schuyler Colfax,
0:42:28 > 0:42:31who did it three times a long time ago.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Unlucky, isn't it?
0:42:32 > 0:42:34That is SO unlucky.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38I'm sorry. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Toby and Cat,
0:42:38 > 0:42:40but it's been great having you on the show.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43You have performed so well throughout the show.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46You can leave with your heads held high. I'm sorry
0:42:46 > 0:42:48you don't leave with that ?7,000 jackpot as well.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50You certainly deserve it.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Thanks so much for playing. Toby and Cat - great contestants!
0:42:53 > 0:42:55APPLAUSE
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Well, very sadly, Toby and Cat didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00which means it rolls over to the next show,
0:43:00 > 0:43:02when we will be playing for ?8,000.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04CHEERING
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Join us next time, see if someone can win it.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard... Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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