Episode 11 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Salma, this is my housemate Nikki and we're from South London.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Lisa, this is my dad, Bob,

and were from Ouston in Chester-le-Street.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Paula. This is my boyfriend Dave and we're from Canterbury in Kent.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Ryan, I live in London.

This is my brother Jamie and he lives in Newcastle.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks, all of you. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

The obscurest of the obscureable.

See, he's so smart I'm having to make up words to describe him.

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

Hiya. Hi, everyone.

Hiya.

Good afternoon. And to you.

I'm looking forward to this one.

For so many good reasons. For a number of reasons.

Reason one, Bob and Lisa are back.

LISA GIGGLES

Georgie Shore. Didn't see a huge amount of them last time.

Poor old Bob.

No, we saw a huge amount of them,

but they weren't on the show for very long.

Yeah, they were around for Round One,

but we will remember it for some time. Poor old Bob.

I mean, Bob is no shrinking violet.

Bob works in a munitions factory, he's a real man

and when you got that question wrong,

I have never feared for someone's safety so much, Bob, I have to say.

LAUGHTER

Lisa was furious, wasn't she? Yeah.

She's an ex-wrestler and a cop.

She can handle herself, as well. Were you OK, Bob?

She put us in a full nelson.

LAUGHTER

Have you forgiven your dad?

Yeah. I don't know if he's forgiven himself.

I was pretty angry with meself.

Well, yeah.

Not as angry as Lisa was with you.

We also had Dave and Paula, didn't we?

Dave has been going out with Paula for 13 years.

Refuses, REFUSES to propose.

And you said, if you do well on the last show, perhaps you'll propose.

Got everything wrong.

Paula aced everything.

Dave got everything wrong.

Which we think may have been deliberate.

And then that wonderful endgame with Toby and Cat

where they got a one-pointer.

They got a correct answer, but for the wrong category.

And, for the first time since we introduced this new endgame,

the jackpot's going up a little bit, isn't it? Yeah, it is.

Nice sort of jackpot to have. It should be an absolute cracker today.

It's going to be loads of fun. Thank you, Richard.

All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Of course, everyone's trying to find a Pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 gave.

Each time that happens, we'll add ?250 to the jackpot.

Toby and Cat didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another ?1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at...

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

OK, in this first round, I want an answer from each of you,

but no conferring. At the end of the round,

whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

OK, our first category today is...

Famous People.

Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first, who will go second?

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

OK, the question concerns...

Famous former Girl Guides or Girl Scouts.

Good luck. Richard.

We're going to show you seven descriptions on each pass

of famous people who coincidentally used to be

Girl Guides or Girl Scouts in the UK or the US.

Just need to tell us who they are, please.

There'll be 14 in all to have a go with at home, so good luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

We're looking for these famous former Girl Guides or Girl Scouts.

Here's our first board of seven. We have got...

I'll read all of those again.

Now, Salma and Nikki, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you are going to go first, Salma.

Hello. Welcome to Pointless.

Tough board!

Yeah. It sounded tough, then it

sounded a bit easier, now it's tough again.

Yes, I was kind of thrown off by the category

and then thought, "Oh, OK, there's clues."

Loads of things in there you know.

Salma, what do you do? I'm a graphic designer.

What kind of graphic design?

I do websites, do illustration.

It depends on the job, really. I do animated videos, as well.

That's fun! Yeah. It's really cool job.

I get to do lots of different things. Good stuff.

And how do you and Nikki know each other? We're housemates.

But have you known each other for ages and ages or...?

Yes, actually. We met in 2005

when we both worked in Santa's grotto...

..as elves.

Where was that? Which of his many grottoes?

This was in glamorous Nottingham.

It was just after we'd finished uni, separately.

How long... Is it a tough day, the elf's day?

It is a hard day. I was actually chief elf.

Oh, really? She was my boss.

Commandeered Nikki off the street, cos I had to...

So, is the chief elf just purely in the grotto,

or do you remain chief elf backstage, as well?

Oh, it's all over the place, yeah. Wow. There's some serious...

I had no idea. I don't even know within the elf hierarchy there was that kind of...

Yeah, there's a lot of different jobs

in the National Elf Service. All sorts of things.

LAUGHTER

I'm so sorry. So sorry you had to come all this way to hear that.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Anyway, Salma. Salma. Yes.

You're the first person to have this board. Yeah.

I know there's some pretty obvious names on there that I should know.

I think I'm going to go with

the only one that quite clearly

popped into my head.

It's the comedienne and actress, star of the US sitcom I Love Lucy.

I'm going to go for Lucille Ball.

You're going to go for Lucille Ball.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is,

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

It's right.

39.

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39 for Lucille Ball.

Well played, Salma. Good start to the show.

Yeah, she was in the same drama class as Bette Davis.

And Bette Davis was also a former Girl Scout.

I don't know what we draw from that, but... No.

They both did all right for themselves.

Certainly did. Certainly did. Now, Bob. Welcome back to the show.

What happened last time? Talk us through.

I made a complete idiot of myself on television, basically.

You didn't, you didn't...

Let's just step back away from this.

I think you came up with a perfectly plausible answer.

Lisa seemed to disagree with it. Quite volubly.

Yeah, you put forward Gateshead as the European Capital of Culture,

which I, for one, think is...

LAUGHTER

People are laughing. People are laughing at that!

Listen, Lisa, calm down. Calm down!

They actually lost out to Liverpool.

They lost out to Liverpool, as we've discovered.

Now, then, Bob, remind us what you do.

I work in a munitions factory making shells for the British Army. OK.

So, if Richard and I turned up and maybe wanted

a couple of shells, you probably wouldn't do them.

I could get you a couple from the beach.

LAUGHTER

OK, I've got you. I've got you. Right, back to the game.

Now, what do you make of this board, Bob?

I think this is quite hard.

The one I was definitely sure on has just gone.

I'm about that era.

Well, sort of.

But there's only one I think I know, which is,

"She had a 1994 UK hit",

was Mariah Carey?

Mariah Carey, says Bob.

Mariah Carey. Let's see if that's right.

Lisa, do you think this is right?

Yes, I do. Ooh.

LAUGHTER

Good. Let's find out. Mariah Carey.

Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right.

51.

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51. Not bad, Bob.

I can't tell you what a relief that is, Bob. Phew!

Tell us about it!

That was a number two hit when it originally came out.

It's re-released every year now,

or gets into the top 40 again every year now.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Paula. Hello.

Paula, welcome back. Thank you.

Round Two last time. Yes.

You didn't make a mistake.

No, I didn't. No.

LAUGHTER

Oh, hang on, Dave did...

Turns out John McEnroe's quite famous.

Yeah, he is quite well known.

Like Dave didn't know that(!)

PAULA LAUGHS

Paula, this is a better board, isn't it? No. No.

No, I was going to say Mariah Carey.

I think I know Nanny McPhee,

but there's something telling me that that's wrong.

So, I'm going to go for the top one

and say Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.

OK, Tanni Grey-Thompson, says Paula.

Let's see if that's right and,

if it is, let's see how many people said that.

Absolutely right, Paula. Very well done.

Well, 51, our high. You've passed that.

39, our low. You've passed that.

30. Good answer.

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Very well played. Yes, actually christened Carys

and Tanni comes from a pet name.

Her sister used to call her Tanni because she was tiny

when she was a baby. And so she calls herself Tanni.

That's nice. That is nice, isn't it? It is nice.

You get that and then she got Dame in front of it as well. That's rather lovely.

Very good. Now, Jamie. Hi.

You're the last person to have this board.

Do you fancy taking us through it?

I really wish I could.

I can feel my brother, I think he would know some of them.

Unfortunately, I don't.

So it's going to have to be a guess.

Well, what do you do, Jamie, first?

I'm a student at Newcastle University.

And what are you studying? Medicine, in my final year.

Oh, right. So really nearly take up a stethoscope in anger.

That's right. Where will you be doing that?

Staying in Newcastle for the first two years. Right, OK.

What you do in your spare time, Jamie?

I really like to hike and recently did Kilimanjaro.

Wow. How long did that take you?

Six days. Quite a long time.

Is that a long time? It felt like it. Yeah.

OK, now. What are you going to go for?

I'm going to just take an absolute guess

at the barrister who received a CBE.

I'm not sure. I'm going to take a guess

and say Cherie Blair.

Cherie Blair. Cherie Blair.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many said it.

Dave is nodding.

It's absolutely right. Very well done, Jamie.

Well, 30 is our lowest score so far

and you've passed that. Look at that.

Down you go to 15. You halve it.

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Good answer, Jamie. Very well done. Cherie Blair.

Yeah, good hunch, Jamie. Very well played.

Cherie Blair and Tanni Grey-Thompson have both spoken

publicly about how important the Guides were to them,

which is rather lovely.

Now, the rest of this board.

You would think the first Briton in space would be one of the most

famous people in Britain. Yeah.

You really would. Do you remember her name? No.

It was Helen Sharman. That's the name.

Helen Sharman would have scored you six points.

Let's go down to the bottom. What would you say, Paula, for Nanny McPhee?

I think it was Kate Winslet. Oh! Lucky you didn't go for it.

It's Emma Thompson. Would have scored you 48 points.

Actually more than the answer you gave.

A doubly good reason not to do it.

And the journalist and news anchor who hosted Big Cat Live

is Kate Silverton. 1 point.

It's the best answer up there so very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed. We are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those. 15 is the best score.

Sometimes, with a tough board like that, it's quite useful

being forced into a position where you have to go

for something you perhaps wouldn't have gone for earlier on.

Anyway, it's paid dividends. There you are on 15.

Good score. Then up to 30, where we find Paula and Dave.

39 where we find Salma and Nikki and then up to 51,

where we find Bob and Lisa. Now, Lisa. Yes.

You know what you have to do.

A really low score. We are going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. We're going to put seven more clues on the board

and here they are:

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Ryan. Hi. Ryan, hello. Welcome to Pointless. Thank you.

What do you do, Ryan? I'm a teacher, secondary school teacher.

And what do you teach? English. English. OK.

And in your spare time, Ryan, which you get quite a bit of!

RYAN LAUGHS

Well, you get holidays. You get holidays. Don't you?

What? If you're a...

If you're a teacher? Yeah, you get holidays. Nice, long school holidays.

They work very hard, teachers.

But they do have nice holidays, which they need, yeah. Fair enough.

I'm not saying you don't earn them, Ryan.

But... What do you do in your holidays? Your downtime?

When I'm not marking and planning,

I like baking and I'm trying to sort of teach myself Spanish.

Very good indeed. What are you going to make of this board?

I think it's a tough board, to be honest with you. I think they both are.

I think I'm going to go for the female vice presidential

candidate and say Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin, says Ryan. You're on 15. The high scorers on 51.

So if you can score 35 or less, you are through to the next round.

There's your red line. Let's see if Sarah Palin gets you below it.

Is it right?

Bad luck, Ryan. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

and scores you the maximum of 100 points. Takes your total up to 115.

May well not be the last incorrect answer of this round.

Sarah Palin was actually the second woman to be a vice presidential

nomination for the Republicans or Democrats. Not the first, I'm afraid.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Dave.

Hello. Welcome back. Dave, remind us what you do.

I work for a motor insurance company. But in your spare time?

In my spare time, I do some stand-up comedy. Good stuff.

Have you written a piece yet about the last Pointless appearance?

Not yet. I'll see how I get on today. Good stuff.

What are you going to go for, Dave? OK.

I'm going to go for the Essex-born sprinter

who won the gold in the Olympics and I'm going to say Sally Gunnell.

Sally Gunnell, says Dave.

You're on 30. The high scorers are Ryan and Jamie on 115.

84 or less sees you through. There's your red line. Sally Gunnell.

Is that right? How many people said it?

It is right and you are through.

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51, your total. Very well done, Dave.

Well played, Dave. The brilliant Sally Gunnell.

At one point she held the Olympic, the world, the Euro

and the Commonwealth 400m hurdles titles at the same time,

which is some going.

Lisa. Yes. Now, Lisa. You have been handed over a lifeline, look.

115 now, the high score. You are on 51.

If you can score 63 or less, you are through. I know two.

I think one of them is going to be pretty obvious.

The other one, I think I only know the actor because she played a part,

like, a cameo, in Sex And The City.

That's good enough.

I'm going to go for, "She starred as Princess Leia" - Carrie Fisher.

You're saying Carrie Fisher.

Lisa, before we put that to the column,

we discussed your wrestling last time. A lot about the wrestling.

We didn't really focus on the other side,

which was initially you said, "civil servant", rather coyly.

About the only coy thing you did last time.

It transpired you work for the police.

Are you actually a cop or a backroom...?

I'm training to be a constable at the minute, special constable. Yeah.

Wow. Good luck with that. Are you enjoying it? Absolutely love it.

It's fantastic. OK. You have gone for Carrie Fisher.

There is your red line.

If you get below that, you are through to Round Two.

The very best of luck. Let's see if Carrie Fisher can get Lisa below that line.

Absolutely right.

And you are through. Very well done. APPLAUSE

31. Brilliant. 82, your total.

Yeah, well played, Lisa. That is all I wanted to do.

Actress Carrie Fisher. Lovely to have Lisa and Bob in Round Two.

It really is, yeah. If only for the peace!

THEY LAUGH Thank you. Nikki.

Finally we come back to you. Nikki, what do you do?

I work in the art department, mostly on TV commercials. That's fun.

I know that that's fun. Yeah, it's good.

You build stuff out of tiny little models and then present them. Yeah.

I get to make quite a few weird creations

that I mess up her house with.

What's your favourite thing that you've made?

I make a lot of stuff out of cardboard and paper.

I did an explosion out of Post-it notes. Excellent.

What do you do in your spare time? I play football. Are you doing well?

Mid-table. Good stuff. What are you going to go for in this board?

You are the last person to have it.

If you fancy, you can take us through it all and fill in the blanks.

The tennis player is Venus but I think that's too high.

The third one down, I think, is Pixie Lott

and the Walk On By song, I think, is Gabrielle,

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

You are going to say Gabrielle for Walk On By and Heartbreaker.

Gabrielle, says Nikki.

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

There is your red line.

Oh, bad luck. Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points and takes your total up to 139.

Sorry. You have been really unlucky there for a number of reasons.

Firstly, Gabrielle did have a cover version hit of Walk On By but

Walk On By and Heartbreaker both hits for Dionne Warwick.

Would have scored you 45 points.

Not only that, if you had said Venus Williams,

it would have scored you 52 points

and would have seen you safely through.

And if you would have said Pixie Lott,

that would have been right as well

and would've only scored you 19 points. So you're very unlucky.

Literally the only bit of luck you've had

is that you're not on a team with Lisa!

THEY LAUGH The only consolation I can give you,

that you are going to leave in one piece.

The first female presidential candidate was Walter Mondale's

running mate in the '80s and she was Geraldine Ferraro.

Well done if you said that cos it would've scored you two points. Terrific answer.

And the other answer that's even better than that, actually,

another US answer, the US TV journalist is Barbara Walters.

1 point. Well done if you said that. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our first round, the pair who'll be heading home

with their high score of 139, I'm sorry, it's you, Nikki and Salma.

Really tough. And then you almost filled in the board for us.

Two brilliant answers that would have seen you through.

Anyway, listen. You will come back forearmed next time

and I'm sure we'll go all the way through to the final.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing, Nikki and Salma.

Great to have you on. APPLAUSE

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

Obviously there will only be room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,

so at the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair. Bob and Lisa.

Look at that. You're in Round Two. That's all I'm bothered about now.

This is very exciting.

One more round, Bob, and then you can listen to Lisa

before you give your answers.

A first for everything. It'll be her fault if it goes wrong.

Dave and Paula. Dave, for the first time

in your Pointless career...

let me rephrase that. For the first time since you've been in Pointless...

No, you were right the first time. ..you scored less than Paula.

The plan's not working.

THEY LAUGH

Or maybe Paula's playing hard to get now.

Maybe that's what it is.

Jamie and Ryan, very solid, good performance.

Dave and Paul are the lowest scorers there.

Seem to be the pair to beat. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is Rugby Union. Oh, my...

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Can you decide in your pairs who will go first, who will go second?

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

Let's find out what the question is.

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

..as they could.

Countries that have played England at a Rugby Union World Cup Finals tournament, Richard.

Yes, the name of any national rugby team

who've played against England in any of those tournaments,

from the first one in 1987 through to the 2011 tournament.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, Bob...

do you follow Rugby Union?

Not in the least. Goodo(!)

I know some countries in the world, though.

Oh, God. I'll have to go for...

Italy?

Italy, says Bob.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said Italy.

It's right, Bob.

25. Good answer.

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Phew.

Played three times in the '90s, Bob. England won all of them.

That's despite Lisa going "Pwhh!" When you said Italy.

Paula.

What do you make of this round?

I don't watch rugby.

As Bob has just demonstrated,

that needn't get in the way of giving a good answer.

I'll go for France.

France?

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many of our 100 people said France.

It's right.

25 our lowest score so far.

56, you get for France.

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Much better than 100. Played them five times.

England have won three times, France twice. They won in 2011, France.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Ryan.

Is this good for you?

Absolutely not.

I think it might be really obvious.

I'll say New Zealand.

Let's see if New Zealand's right.

Let's see how many said it.

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65 for New Zealand.

We played them three times as well. In fact, in the same World Cups,

we played Italy but we lost all three of those.

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

25, the best score of that pass, Bob.

Very well done. Lisa, you seem to have it made, thanks to your dad.

Then up to 56, Paula and Dave,

then 65, Ryan and Jamie.

Not too far ahead, Jamie, but we need a low score

from you to keep you in the game.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

We're looking for any national team that's played England in a World Cup tournament.

Jamie, you're the high scorers on 65.

Is this good for you?

I do play rugby

and I think with the highest score, I might have to

take a bit of a gamble.

Someone I'm not sure about but might be a low score.

I'm going to say...

Japan.

LISA GASPS

Japan?

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

You got a gasp from Lisa there.

Let's find out what that means.

Japan - is it right? How many people said it?

It is right, good answer, Jamie.

25, our lowest score so far,

you whizz past that. Down it goes to four.

Brilliant work!

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69, your total, Jamie. Very well done.

Well played, Jamie. One of the more unusual rugby-playing countries, Japan.

We played them once, in 1987,

and beat them 60-7.

Thanks very much.

Now, Dave... Hello.

..you're on 56.

The highest scorers are Jamie and Ryan on 69.

12 or less keeps you in the game.

I have two in mind. One's risky,

but if it's right it'll probably be good enough.

I think I'll play a bit safer

and say South Africa.

South Africa?

There is your red line.

It's quite low.

Let's see if South Africa can get you somewhere near it.

It's right.

45.

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45 takes your total up to 101.

It's all in Lisa's hands. Richard...

That's a big score, Dave.

I'll ask you after the end of the round what your risky one was.

We played them four times and famously beat them in 2003.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Lisa.

Hello.

This is the deciding answer.

The high scorers are Dave and Paula on 101.

You need to score 75 to stay in the game.

Yes. 75 gets you through to the head-to-head.

You can talk us through you thoughts now.

The tables could turn here and Dad could turn on me,

but I always said if I got to this stage

I'd do something obvious and I think this is obvious...

to someone who's never watched Rugby Union in their lives,

but I'll say Wales.

Wales, says Lisa.

Here is your red line.

If you can get below that red line,

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

is it right? How many people said it?

It is right,

and you're through. Very well done!

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49 for Wales.

74, your total. Well done, Lisa.

That was genuinely tense.

Yeah, really. England and Wales have played twice,

won one each.

There are a few minnows out there.

There's only one pointless answer.

It's the team we had the biggest ever score against.

It was in 2003, we won 111-13

against Uruguay.

Georgia we played twice in World Cups, would have scored you one point.

Romania we played once, that would have scored you three points.

Japan was a terrific answer, the fourth-best you could have done.

United States would have scored you six, Tonga eight, Samoa 11,

Fiji would have scored you 15

and the top three...Paula gave us the third one,

which is France on 56.

Second, it was Australia with 60,

so top-of-the board, Ryan,

was New Zealand on 65.

Dave, you had a risky one. What would that have been?

I was thinking of Argentina.

If you had said Argentina, you would be in a tie.

Yeah, we'd have to go to overtime

and the first team to score a try would have won.

Thanks very much indeed. So, at the end of our second round, I'm afraid

it's Dave and Paula we have to say goodbye to.

I was convinced you were going to go through to the final

and we were going to have a pointless...

We could have married you on the spot, it would have been amazing.

But, I'm afraid, that's not to be, just that bit's not to be -

the Pointless final -

I'm sure the rest of it we'll leave in your capable hands, Dave.

I feel sure you know what to do.

It's been lovely having you on the show,

thank you both for playing, Dave and Paula.

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

Congratulations, Bob and Lisa, Jamie and Ryan,

you're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at ?8,000.

We need to decide which pair's going to play for that money and

you're now going to go head-to-head.

The big difference is, of course, you are now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for those ?8,000.

Now, Lisa, Bob actually was the lowest scorer in that last round.

I forgive him though. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. Very, very impressive indeed.

And, Jamie and Ryan - Japan?

What an answer. What an answer.

Both of you now being able to put your heads together, I think

this promises to be a very, very exciting third round.

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

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

Richard. We're going to show you five pictures of butterflies

that have colours in their name.

Can you name these butterflies, please? Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five colourful butterflies and here they are.

We have got...

There we are. Five colourful butterflies.

Bob and Lisa, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you get to go first.

Erm...

Basically, we only know one.

So we've got to go for it, which is Red Admiral.

You're going to say Red Admiral for E.

OK, Red Admiral for E, say Bob and Lisa.

Now, Jamie and Ryan, what are you going to go for?

We can't talk you through the board. Right, OK.

I think what we've agreed is we're going to say C - Purple Emperor.

Purple Emperor.

Purple Emperor for C.

So, Red Admiral, Purple Emperor.

Bob and Lisa are saying Red Admiral for E.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

That's a high score, look at that. 76.

Jamie and Ryan, meanwhile, have gone for Purple Emperor for C.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

And it wins you the point. Very well done indeed with Purple Emperor.

Down it goes, still going down.

Good answer.

Which means, Jamie and Ryan, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Well played, Jamie and Ryan. Let's fill in the rest of these.

It's a tough board. Now, A is...

Would have scored you 3 points.

Very shy butterfly, the Green Hairstreak. Very shy? Yeah.

Spends most of its time on vegetation or sunbathing.

Now, B is...

That would have scored you 5 points.

And D...

Surprised you didn't get this one, Lisa, it's...

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Would have scored you 6 points.

You can see how small it is, there it is, the dandelion behind it.

Tough board though. Well done, guys, for getting two answers there.

Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes your second question.

You have to win this one to stay in the game.

Best of luck, it concerns...

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Richard.

I'm going to give you five clues now to facts about Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they are...

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Jamie and Ryan, you go first this time.

We're going to go for the country he was born in,

which we're not sure but we think it might be Austria. Austria.

Austria, the country in which he was born.

Bob and Lisa, the board is all yours.

Do you fancy talking us through it?

The decade in which he was born - I would hazard the '50s.

US state was, er...California.

The woman he married, I'm not sure but it might be Marie Helvin.

I don't know the director of the 1984 film The Terminator.

OK, we'll go for the decade in which he was born and say the '50s.

The '50s, say Bob and Lisa.

So, Jamie and Ryan have said

Austria was the country in which he was born,

and Bob and Lisa are saying

the '50s was the decade in which he was born.

So, Jamie and Ryan, Austria - is it right and how many people said it?

It is right.

62.

Bob and Lisa have said he was born in the 1950s.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

Oh, not the '50s, Bob and Lisa.

Which means, Jamie and Ryan, you are straight through to the final,

2-0 after only two questions.

Very well played, Jamie and Ryan.

Tough luck, Bob and Lisa, it's been so lovely having you on.

He was born on the 30th of July, 1947.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, looking pretty good in it, isn't he?

Would have scored you 22 points if you'd got it.

You were right not to go for California, you knew it would

score too many and it would. It would have scored you 68.

The woman he married wasn't Marie Helvin, it was Maria Shriver.

It would have scored you 9 and the director of The Terminator

is James Cameron

and that would have scored you 18 points.

Very well done if you got all five of those at home.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, at the end of our head-to-head round,

I'm afraid the pair leaving us now, it's Bob and Lisa.

Oh, it was all set fair for you to be through to the final.

That would have been fantastic. I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been lovely having you on the show - both shows -

but thanks for playing. Bob and Lisa, wonderful contestants.

But, for Jamie and Ryan, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jamie and Ryan, you've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

which at the end of today's show stands at...

AUDIENCE: Woo!

Obviously I'm delighted you've made it to the final, well done,

but I'm a bit disappointed as well

because I was hoping you'd be back next show.

This means it's only one appearance

and it also means... I had all sorts of things to chat to you about.

Ryan, I know that you're a mystery...

I shouldn't say this on television.

Until today, you were a mystery diner.

Now tell me what a mystery diner is.

Well, the idea is you just go and have a meal at a restaurant,

you get it free and then you write a review of it.

So the restaurant get the review and, er, we get dinner!

So you have to show your qualifications as an eater of good food?

I've got plenty of qualifications of eating food.

Good stuff. Fantastic. Well, I'm sorry I've just blown your cover.

But anyway, what a brilliant job, I'd love to do that.

Well, listen,

as always with this round you have to start by choosing a category.

You have four options to choose from, and they are...

Well, we don't really know anything about any of them.

Jamie just asked me who Alan Bennett is,

which shows you the level we're working at. LAUGHTER

I think it has to be Sheffield. OK, Sheffield. Sheffield.

OK, Sheffield it is, Richard.

Yeah, as so often with those categories that

look like they're very broad, there's three very different

categories you can go for, so take your answers out of any of these.

We are looking for any man who has made a 147 in the

World Snooker Championships at the Crucible,

any Pulp UK top 40 single

and any cast member of the film The Full Monty.

It's quite a good spread of things.

Hopefully at home there's something you can go for.

Very, very best of luck, guys.

OK, as always you have up to one minute to come up with

three answers and to win that jackpot of ?8,000, only one of those

answers has to be pointless.

Remember, the answers you give can come from any of these three categories.

Could be all three from one category or one from each,

it's entirely up to you.

Are you ready? Yes.

OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. Your time starts now.

So, snooker players, who do we know? Ronnie O'Sullivan?

Probably not pointless. Stephen Hendry.

What about The Full Monty, Robert Carlyle? Yes.

He was the main star, wasn't he?

There's the big guy who was also in The Thin Blue Line.

Are you going to get his name? I'm not.

I don't know who you mean.

He was in the Thin Blue Line, he was in CID,

the big guy who knew all the football trivia.

No. Not going to get him?

Do you know anything about Pulp?

Nothing.

So we have one for the cast of The Full Monty,

are we going to get anything else?

Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Do you have another snooker player? Do you have anything?

What's the guy from Belfast called? Oh...

Dennis...Taylor? 10 seconds.

Dennis Taylor. Robert Carlyle. Yeah, OK.

OK, that is your time up, I now need your three answers.

We don't know anything about snooker,

but we're going to go for...Dennis Taylor.

Dennis Taylor.

Ronnie O'Sullivan. JAMIE SIGHS

For the Crucible, and Robert Carlyle for The Full Monty.

Robert Carlyle. Now, of those three, which

is your best shot at a pointless answer?

If his name's right, Taylor? Yeah, Dennis Taylor, if he exists.

OK, Dennis Taylor we'll put last.

LAUGHTER

I can't believe they're saying this, Dennis.

What shall we put first? Your least likely to be pointless?

Robert Carlyle.

OK, and Ronnie O'Sullivan we'll pop in the middle there.

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

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was Robert Carlyle.

This was the one you thought was least likely to be pointless.

But if it is pointless, it will win you ?8,000.

Jamie, what would you do with your share of that?

If it's pointless, I'd like to go on holiday.

I've got my finals coming up and the last long-haul day of my life

before I start work as a doctor, so go somewhere nice, get some sun.

Ryan, how about you?

I'd really love to go to South America, practice some Spanish.

Perfect. Well, three answers up there.

Maybe one of those will be pointless and will win you that jackpot.

Your first one, as I say, is Robert Carlyle. Let us find out.

If it is pointless it will win you ?8,000.

Is Robert Carlyle in the cast of The Full Monty?

He most certainly is.

Down Robert Carlyle goes, through the 50s, into the 40s,

if he goes all the way down to zero...

Oh. 35.

35, I think you'd have been very surprised

if Robert Carlyle had been a pointless answer there.

Not too upset about that, but 35, not a bad score.

Your second answer was Ronnie O'Sullivan.

For ?8,000, has Ronnie O'Sullivan ever managed

a 147 break at the Crucible?

It's right, that's the first thing.

Your first answer took you down to 35,

Ronnie O'Sullivan taking you past 35...

33! Excellent grouping.

APPLAUSE

Uncanny, even.

Not pointless sadly. Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on the back of Dennis Taylor,

a name that you thought you'd made up.

Let's find out.

Dennis Taylor. If he's pointless, he will win you the jackpot.

For ?8,000, has Dennis Taylor scored a 147 break at the Crucible?

Oh, bad luck.

Bad luck. Two good answers there,

but unfortunately you didn't manage to find that all-important

pointless answer, which means you don't win today's

jackpot of ?8,000, which rolls over onto the next show.

But we've really enjoyed having you and you do, of course, get to

take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done.

Unlucky, guys, a couple of categories there some

contestants would have killed for.

There are snooker fans and Pulp fans

waiting on tenterhooks to see if they got a pointless answer here.

The actor you were talking about from Full Monty was Mark Addy,

and he would have scored you two points, wouldn't have been pointless.

There's only one pointless answer in

the Crucible 147s, so you've done very well if you said...

The other men who've scored 147s are Ali Carter,

who would have scored you two, Cliff Thorburn 11, Jimmy White 19,

Stephen Hendry 24, along with Ronnie O'Sullivan, that's all of them.

Now the Pulp singles, I will read out all of the pointless answers here.

Very well done if you said...

You could also have had top-ten hits Something Changed,

that was a pointless answer, Sunrise and This Is Hardcore,

from the number one album This Is Hardcore.

And for The Full Monty cast -

some people would have got pointless answers here.

Bruce Jones, who was Les Battersby on Coronation Street. Emily Woof

plays Robert Carlyle's ex-wife. Paul Barber, who played Horse, perhaps the

easiest of the pointless answers, he was Denzel in Only Fools And Horses.

Steve Huison also pointless. Very well done

if you said any of those at home.

Thanks very much indeed.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye, Jamie and Ryan.

Thank you both so much for playing, brilliant contestants.

APPLAUSE

Sadly Jamie and Ryan didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for...

AUDIENCE: Woo! Join us then to see if someone can win it.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me - goodbye.

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