0:00:16 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where the aim is to score as few points as you can.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34To do that, you need to come up with answers no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40And couple number one.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42My name's Steve. This is my friend, Mike.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46We've known each other for... 20 years. ..20 years.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49And we used to live together, but not in the Biblical sense!
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Couple number two. Hello. My name's Phil. This is my good friend, Ben.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57We're originally from Bracknell. I still live there and Ben lives in London.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Couple number three. Hi. My name's Murray. This is my mum, Liz,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02and we're from Dunbar in Scotland.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03And finally, couple number four.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Hi. I'm Sarah. This is my fiance, Ned.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09We're both from Northamptonshire, but we're living in London.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11And these are today's contestants.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Thanks very much. We'll find out more about you as the show goes along.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19So just one more person to introduce.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Ask him no questions, he'll tell you no lies.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Except the one about the Russian mail-order bride, the hotel in Bucharest
0:01:24 > 0:01:27and the bottle of Scotch. Turns out he made that one up!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30My Pointless friend, it's Richard. Hiya!
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Hi, everybody!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Hiya.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Afternoon to you. And to you. Are you well today? I'm very well.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40How about you? Are you raring to go?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Yes, raring is exactly what I am. I'm champing at the bit. Terrific!
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Should be a good show for Steve and Mike today, I'd have thought.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51They're the only returning pair. They got through to the head-to-head. Very strong.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55They've got that focused look, like they worked out where it went wrong last time
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and they're going to fix all of that. They'll be hard to beat.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01One of our contestants is a professional football gambler.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03What do you think about that?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Liz. Yes, that's very exciting.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Thanks very much, Richard.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Our contestants need to find the obscure answers our 100 people didn't get.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Clare and Emma didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:25 > 0:02:30so we add another ?1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at ?2,250.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless!
0:02:40 > 0:02:45In this first round, I want an answer from each of you, but there is to be no conferring.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Whoever has the highest score at the end of the round will go home.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Our first category today is...
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Leaders. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's second.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03OK. The question concerns...
0:03:05 > 0:03:07World Leaders. Richard?
0:03:07 > 0:03:11On each pass, we'll show you the names of seven people who were leaders of their countries
0:03:11 > 0:03:13as of the beginning of 2013.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16You just need to tell us which countries they were leaders of.
0:03:16 > 0:03:1814 in all to have a go at at home, so best of luck.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Thanks very much. Let's reveal our first board of leaders.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Here it is.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I'll read those one last time.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Seven leaders on that board.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Mike and Steve, you drew lots before the show and today you go first.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Remind us what you do, Mike.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00I'm a data analyst for a university. What kind of data are you...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02I work with a lot of student data.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06So track students through their success with their degrees.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Sounds fascinating, I'm sure!
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Yeah! It does! In your spare time, what are your hobbies?
0:04:13 > 0:04:18I'm a keen... I love sport and Steve and I go and watch Hull City.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Yeah, of course. Every home game.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26I also play badminton, and I like to play golf as well. Things like that.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30OK. Now, how are you on current affairs? International current affairs.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32On current affairs, I'm dreadful, actually.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37So I'm going to go for Julia Gillard, and Australia.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Australia for Julia Gillard, says Mike.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Is that right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Australia?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Absolutely right.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Down it goes to 41.
0:04:53 > 0:04:5741 for Australia. Solid start, Mike. She was born in Barry in Wales.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Been the Australia PM since 2010.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Thanks, Richard. Ben, welcome to the show. What do you do, Ben?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07I'm a credit analyst for a French bank in London.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09And in your spare time, what do you do?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Spare time, I'm a big football fan.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Big Tottenham supporter. I go down there and watch a few games.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17And I enjoy playing football, five-a-side, once a week.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Now, Ben, we're looking for the countries of which these people are leaders.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24I think I'm going to go for a more obvious one and hope it's right.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Angela Merkel, Germany.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Angela Merkel, Germany, says Ben.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Let's see if that's right. If so, how many people said Germany.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33It's right.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38For all sorts of reasons, it's a very high scorer, Ben.
0:05:38 > 0:05:4280. I like the fact that we've all learned to pronounce her name "Angela" instead of "Anjela".
0:05:42 > 0:05:47Yeah, yeah. Always makes you feel quite clever if you can do a foreign pronunciation.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49What did you make of my Mariano "Rahoy"?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53I thought it was terrific. I think your Icelandic is perfect!
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Clever.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Double bluff!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Murray, welcome to the show.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03You're from Dunbar. What do you do, Murray?
0:06:03 > 0:06:07I'm a supermarket assistant at a well-known chain of supermarkets.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10OK. And you've brought your mum here. Yep.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Have you come up with any tactics? Who's going to answer what, who's going to take the lead?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I think we'll just take it as it comes.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19You know what you know. OK. Good stuff.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Talking of knowing what you know... Ah, well. Welcome to Round One!
0:06:26 > 0:06:28I can have a punt at a few.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I'm going to go for one that I think is right.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I'm going to say Enda Kenny and Ireland.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Enda Kenny, Ireland, says Murray.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Let's see if Ireland's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it?
0:06:40 > 0:06:43It's absolutely right. 80 is our high score. You've passed that.
0:06:43 > 0:06:4541 is our low score. You've passed that.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49That's a great answer, Murray. Look at that. 14.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54That's a terrific answer.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Good answer, Murray. He's been Taoiseach since 2011.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Thank you. Now, Sarah. Hello.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Sarah, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Can I commend you on your hair colouring
0:07:07 > 0:07:09which matches the colouring for Round One!
0:07:09 > 0:07:10The lighting for Round One. What can I say?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Please, I'm not going to read anything into that!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I'm sure it'll equally match whatever we put up for Round Two.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21But for now, it's great. What do you do, Sarah?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I'm an illustrator and comic book artist.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26That's a great job.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27It's not bad. I enjoy it.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29What are you working on at the moment?
0:07:29 > 0:07:35At the moment I'm working on a comic about Edwardian super-heroines.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I'm going to buy that immediately. What's it called?
0:07:37 > 0:07:42The Peckham Invalids. All based in South London. The Peckham Invalids. Good stuff.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46There is your board of leaders as yet unassigned.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Do you know any of them?
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Talk us through them. Well, I knew three, and they've gone!
0:07:52 > 0:07:58So I'm going to have to take a guess at Jean-Marc Ayrault.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00And I'm going to say Belgium.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Jean-Marc Ayrault, or "Arault" Belgium.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Says Sarah. Let's see if that's right, and if so how many of our 100 people said Belgium.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Oh, no!
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Very clever reasoned choice.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21But it's not Belgium, I'm afraid. Scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23I'm really sorry. That's OK.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Sorry, Sarah. Tough board left there at the end.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29It is simpler than Belgium. The sort of thing an analyst at a French bank should know, really!
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Oh, really? He's the prime minister of France!
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Oops! Let's take a look through the rest of this board.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37It's a tough board, the ones that are left.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Mariano Rajoy is the prime minister of Spain.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41That would have scored six points.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Portia Simpson Miller is the prime minister of Jamaica.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46She would have scored you eight points.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49And Dilma Rousseff, she's been on the show before -
0:08:49 > 0:08:50not her, personally, but as an answer -
0:08:50 > 0:08:53she is the President of Brazil.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Would have scored nine points.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58So the best answer is Mariano Rajoy. Well done if you said that.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Thanks. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04The best score of that round was yours, Murray. Very well done. 14.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Murray and Liz looking pretty commanding.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Up to 41 where we find Mike and Steve.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Up to 80 where we find Ben and Phil.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15And Sarah and Ned, you are out ahead on 100.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Ned, we need a nice low score from you in the next pass.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Yep. Whether that's enough to keep you in the game.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29OK. Let's put seven more leaders on the board. Here they are.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42I'll read those all one last time.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53The countries of which these people are leaders.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Ned.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Hi. Professional gambling?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00That's me, I'm the professional gambler. It wasn't Liz!
0:10:00 > 0:10:05And you're a statistician? Yeah, I did a maths degree. It's all maths-based.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10I'd love to see you go head-to-head with another well-known football statistician
0:10:10 > 0:10:12who's not sitting a million miles away!
0:10:12 > 0:10:15You're always very good at that, aren't you?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I imagine I'm not as good as Ned.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21I assume you've got football up for the second round. That would be cruel if you didn't!
0:10:21 > 0:10:23But unfortunately not now.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25You know what? I wouldn't bet on it!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Now, enough of all this nonsense!
0:10:30 > 0:10:32You're the high scorers, Ned.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35So which countries are these people leaders of?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I think I'm going to go with Donald Tusk, Poland.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Donald Tusk, Poland. Do you like the way I said, "Toosk"?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45I prefer "tusk", like an elephant. OK.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Donald "Toosk", says Ned!
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Is it right? If so, how many people said it?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52There's no red line for you as you're the high scorers.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Absolutely right with Poland.
0:10:55 > 0:10:5914 has been our lowest score to date.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Let's see how far Poland takes you.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Whizzing past 14 down to five.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Very well done, Ned.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08I think that might be enough to keep you in the game.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10That's a great answer. 105 your total.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Well played, Ned. Where did that knowledge come from?
0:11:12 > 0:11:17I've just read about him in the paper. Thanks very much. Liz. Hello.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Liz, hello. Welcome to the show. Great to have you here.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22What do you do, Liz? I'm a PA.
0:11:22 > 0:11:28PA to? I work for a company that gives support to people with learning disabilities.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Very good indeed. That's full time?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33No, it's part time. And I work from home.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37That's very nice. Great! And in your spare time, what do you like to do?
0:11:37 > 0:11:41I like to do crosswords and I collect Victorian glass.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Wow. Victorian glass in what form?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46In panes of glass or..?
0:11:46 > 0:11:51Victorian stained glass is... Particularly blue glass. Bristol blue glass, I'm very fond of,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and wine glasses, which I do use.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Do you let anyone else use them? No!
0:11:57 > 0:11:59They are fiendishly expensive, aren't they?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01OK. You're on 14.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04The high scorers are Ned and Sarah on 105.
0:12:04 > 0:12:0790 or less keeps you in the game.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08What do you make of this board?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Not a lot!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I'm going to go for Mario Monti, Italy.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Mario Monti, Italy, says Liz. Here is your red line, nice and high.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22Is Mario Monti right, and if it is, will it get you below that red line. Mario Monti, Italy.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Absolutely right. Very well done, Liz.
0:12:28 > 0:12:3032.
0:12:30 > 0:12:3332 takes your total up to 46.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Yes, he wasn't elected, he was drafted in to become prime minister
0:12:38 > 0:12:41after all the financial troubles of 2012.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45He resigned in 2012, but was still there in 2013 as a caretaker prime minister.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Thanks very much. Now, Phil. Hello.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Welcome to the show. What do you do, Phil?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54I'm a purchaser for an x-ray security company.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Ah! So bomb detection, I guess, in airports.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Phil, tell me, tell me, tell me.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03How many more years does the world have to wait for x-ray specs?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Funny you should say that!
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Yeah. Not that long. Really?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Obviously that'll be x-ray specs that detect bits of metal and things like that?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Yes, there are already instruments that can see through walls.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22That's what Victorian glass was for originally, wasn't it?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Allow us to see through walls!
0:13:24 > 0:13:26LAUGHTER
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Phil, what do you like doing in your spare time?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I'm an active musician.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Very good. What do you play?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38I play ethnic percussion. What's your favourite item of ethnic percussion?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Probably my djembe, my African drum.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45That's one you put between your knees. Pretty much, yes.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Now, what we need from you is an answer. You're on 80.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49The high scorers on 105 are Ned and Sarah.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52This is the spicy moment in this round, Phil.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55You have to score 24 or less to stay in the game.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58That would be the second lowest score of the round so far.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02The classic one where I wish I'd had the board before!
0:14:04 > 0:14:08I don't know any for certain, apart from one, sorry!
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I'm not that thick!
0:14:14 > 0:14:16You'll be pleased to know!
0:14:17 > 0:14:22So it's an educated guess. I don't think it'll get low enough,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26but I'm going to go with Manmohan Singh and India.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Manmohan Singh. Manmohan Singh, India.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31There is your red line. If you get below that,
0:14:31 > 0:14:36with Manmohan Singh, you are through to Round Two.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Let's see if Singh is right for India.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41If it is, how many people said India.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45It's right, Phil.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Still going down.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Oh, no! 31!
0:14:51 > 0:14:5431 takes your total up to 111.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00Yes, the 13th prime minister of India. The round's not over yet, though.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Not over yet. A tough board.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03But we come to Steve.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Steve, there's something different about you. Have you been working out?
0:15:07 > 0:15:11If only! Have you been working out since the last show? What is it?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13We saw what we looked like on the camera.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17And obviously the TV does put 20lbs on,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20So I thought I'd shave my beard off, have a goatee,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22and it elongates my face.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23So I look a lot slimmer!
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Tell you what... Does it? You are worryingly thin, Steve.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Steve, last time we discovered that you're a very keen caravanner.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34What are your other hobbies?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Obviously football. We all know about that. Hull City, et cetera.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39But we've got chickens now.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44How many? We've got five chickens. We got them from a battery farm.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48These poor little chickens were bald. They look terrible, when they come out.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Do they then grow full lustrous feathers? Absolutely gorgeous.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56That's good. I would say good enough to eat, but we won't do that!
0:15:56 > 0:15:58That's all right, you can eventually.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02A broiler hen is fine. They're doing wonderfully, they really are.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Lovely. Three to four eggs a day.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07So there's two that need to buck up their ideas, really.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Now, you're on 41. The high scorers are Phil and Ben on 111.
0:16:13 > 0:16:1669 or less gets you through to the next round.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18What do you make of this board?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Um, well, we know where Barack Obama comes from. The United States.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30John Key, I think he's New Zealand, but that's only a guess.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Perry Christie, no idea.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Stephen Harper, no idea.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40So I'm going to go for John Key. John Key. New Zealand. New Zealand.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43OK. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Here is your red line.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Absolutely right.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52And you're through. Very well done, Steve, that's all you had to do.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Ooh, it's a good answer. Look at that - eight!
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Second best answer of the round.
0:16:58 > 0:17:0149 your total, and you're through.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07That was a gutsy move. Very well played from the new slim-line Steve!
0:17:09 > 0:17:13John Key. Stephen Harper is... Canada.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14The Canadian prime minister scored 11.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16He has been for some time.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Perry Christie is the best answer on the board. Even better than Tusk.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I've got all his old 78s. Just wonderful.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Well, he's now the prime minister of the Bahamas.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Very well done if you said that. Four points if you said that.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30What do we think Barack is scoring?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32I would hope 100. You would, wouldn't you?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34It's 97.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37But we've seen worse. We have.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40We've seen worse. Definitely. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43So at the end of our first round, the pair heading home with their high score of 111,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46not a terrible score, and two perfectly correct answers.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Angela Merkel was the big expense for you in that pass.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53We have to say goodbye, but we'll see you again next time.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56I look forward to that. Great contestants, Phil and Ben.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12And so three pairs remain. At the end of this round, we'll be saying goodbye to another pair.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Liz and Murray, you were our lowest scorers in that round.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Two really good answers there.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Was that a guess, Italy? Total guess!
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Mario sounds Italian. It does. It does.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Ned, fantastic with Tusk there for Poland. Thanks. A great answer.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30And Steve, you pulled it out of the bag there.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32John Key.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Phew! You can say that again!
0:18:34 > 0:18:36It's going to be a very exciting game, this.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Very best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Our category for Round Two is...
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Words. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's second.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Let's find out what the question is.
0:18:53 > 0:18:59We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in A-R-C-H as they could.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Words ending in A-R-C-H. Richard?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I think this is going to be quite a high scorer.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Any word that has its own entry in the Oxford Dictionary of English,
0:19:07 > 0:19:13that ends A-R-C-H. As always, no proper nouns, no trade marks, no hyphenated words, either.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17And we won't accept the word arch itself, I'm afraid. Good luck.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Thanks very much indeed.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21So, Mike.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24There's not a lot of words coming into my head at the moment!
0:19:24 > 0:19:27I'm trying to go through the alphabet.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I think it's actually quite a tough group of letters.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34So, um...
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I'm just going to say monarch.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Monarch, says Mike. Is monarch right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said monarch?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47It's right.
0:19:54 > 0:19:5648 for monarch.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59It is a tough group of letters. Sovereign head of state, a monarch.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Thanks very much. Now, Liz.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07Um, I've got one, but I'm not sure that it's one word.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10But I'm going to have a go at "wordsearch".
0:20:10 > 0:20:13OK. "Wordsearch" says Liz.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17It's a risk worth taking, because it will be a brilliant score if it's right.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20We just have to find out. Is it going to be allowed, "wordsearch"?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Oh, no! Bad luck, Liz.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Bad luck.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I'm afraid that's wrong, but for all the right reasons.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32That scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35It's a terrific word, Liz. I can tell you're a crossword fan,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38but two words, I'm afraid, in the ODE.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Now, then. Sarah.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44So it's words ending A-R-C-H.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45What are you going to go for?
0:20:45 > 0:20:49I'm hoping this is right. I think it is.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I'm going to go for matriarch.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Matriarch, says Sarah. Is that right? How many people said it?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00It is, of course, right.
0:21:01 > 0:21:0248 is our only...
0:21:11 > 0:21:1415 for matriarch. Very well done indeed.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Good answer, Sarah. A woman who's head of a family or tribe or any big grouping.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Matriarch. Thanks very much. Halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:21 > 0:21:2315. Well done, Sarah, best score of that pass.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26So Ned and Sarah can relax a bit on the back of that.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Then up to 48 where we find Mike and Steve
0:21:28 > 0:21:31then up to 100. Bad luck, Liz.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35I'm so sorry. It deserved better because your thinking was along the right lines.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39But I'm afraid it cost you dear. Murray, we need a very low score from you.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Hope that's enough to keep you in the game.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51OK, Ned, we are looking for words ending in A-R-C-H.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57Yeah. I've got various risky ones, I'd like to go for, but I'm going to go fairly safe. OK.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Um, oligarch.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Oligarch, says Ned. Oligarch.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Is that right? How many people said it. There is your red line.
0:22:04 > 0:22:0884 or less is what you want to get to get into the head-to-head.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Very well done. Gets you through.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Well, 15 is our lowest score so far from Sarah.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18You've passed that. Six! Very well done.
0:22:21 > 0:22:2321 for oligarch.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27An oligarchy is a small elite group who lead an organisation.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30We've come to use it much more often to describe Russian businessmen.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Football club owners. Yes, exactly.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35So it's a perfect answer for a football fan!
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Thanks very much indeed.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Now, Murray, you're the high scorers on 100.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Well, I had thought of this before Sarah said matriarch.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49So before you say I'm not being original, I'm going to go with patriarch.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Patriarch. Well, matriarch scored 15.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Interesting to see what patriarch scores. There's no red line for you as the high scorers.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58But let's see how far down the column will patriarch take you?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It's right.
0:23:10 > 0:23:1221 takes your total up to 121.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Yes, obviously the opposite of a matriarch.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Scored six points more, though.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Now, Steve, you have to score 72 or less with this
0:23:21 > 0:23:24to get through to the head-to-head.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26It's been nice knowing you!
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Words is my worst category.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I'll go for larch. Larch, says Steve. Larch.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35This will be exciting. There is your red line.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37If you get below that, you're in the head-to-head.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Let's see if it's right,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42and if it is, how many of our 100 people said larch.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49You've done it. Very well done. Still going down. 52.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Very well done. 100 is your score, your total.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Every single pointless answer here has that "arch" ending
0:23:58 > 0:24:00which means the ruler of something.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01That's where the pointless answers are.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05But before we get to the pointless ones, there's a few lower scores you might have got.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08"Wordsearch" was such a terrific spot, seeing the arch at the end.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11"Research" would have scored you nine points.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13That would have been a terrific answer.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15And "search" would have scored 33.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18So they both wouldn't have been bad answers at all.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20There are a couple of one-pointers, as well.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Overarch would have scored one point, which is a good one.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25And frogmarch would have been a great answer. Scored one point.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30An autarch is a ruler with absolute power.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34A chiliarch, that's the leader of Chile!
0:24:37 > 0:24:42Not really! An ecclesiarch is someone who rules using cake!
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Heresiarch, that's the sign at the top of the Champs Elysees!
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Is that right?
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Nomarch, that's an Egyptian community called nomes.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58The leader of that is a nomarch.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01A squirearch is a squire who's a leader of something.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Is this helping you?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Massively, yes!
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Let's take a look at our top three answers that most of our 100 said.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Thanks very much, Richard. I'm afraid at the end of our second round,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22it's Murray and Liz we have to say goodbye to.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24121 your score there.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26But as I said, you were doing the right thing.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Had that been a word, I'm sure it would have scored very low indeed.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34We look forward to seeing you next time, Liz and Murray. Thanks very much for playing. Thanks.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Congratulations, Ned and Sarah, Steve and Mike.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53You're one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at ?2,250.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00To decide who's going to play for that money, you now go head-to-head.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02The big difference is you're now allowed to confer.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05The first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Steve and Mike, you were here last time, but you were in pole position.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12How do you feel about having that position taken from under your noses.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13We've used up our nine lives, to be honest.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18Really? In that last round, I was going to go for "oglyarch" and not oligarch!
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I got the G and L the wrong way round.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22So I thought, "I'm not sure", and went for monarch.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Ned, oligarch, the best score of that round. Very well done. Yes.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30You've been consistently low-scoring, Ned and Sarah.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33One of us should have said "uglyarch". It's funnier, isn't it?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Anyway, best of luck to both pairs.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I think this is going to be close. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45OK. Here comes your first question. It concerns...
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Cricketers of the year. Richard?
0:26:50 > 0:26:54We'll show you five pictures of cricketers, all of whom have won the Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57We just want you to tell us the most obscure. We need first name and surname.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five cricketers. Here they come. We have got...
0:27:20 > 0:27:23There we are. Five Cricketers of the Year.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Ned and Sarah, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Right. I think I only know one for sure.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41And I think Sarah's not that good at the old cricket!
0:27:41 > 0:27:43I thought about E,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47but I'll go with C, Michael Vaughan.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50C, Michael Vaughan, says Ned. C, Michael Vaughan.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Steve and Mike, do you want to talk us through the board? Can you do that?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56B's the one that's a commentator, isn't he?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58As in Richie Benaud, you mean?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I think it is Richie Benaud. A is definitely Brian Lara.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04D is definitely Imran Khan.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07But I think Imran Khan will be lower than Michael Vaughan.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11I would go for Richie Benaud.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14I don't think it's him.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I would go for Richie Benaud and just enjoy the moment.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Richie Benaud? I'm confident that Imran Khan will be lower than Michael Vaughan.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Very confident that Imran Khan will be lower than Michael Vaughan.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Yeah, but he's famous for not just cricket, now. He's a politician as well,
0:28:30 > 0:28:32but I don't think people know that.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34I'll take the bait. I'll take the rap if the guess is wrong.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38A is Brian Lara, isn't it?
0:28:38 > 0:28:42I don't know. All I know is Richie Benaud.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Right, Steve and Mike, let's have an answer.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Can you trust me on this one?
0:28:48 > 0:28:53Yeah. We're enjoying the moment, so... We're living the dream!
0:28:56 > 0:29:00I'm going to take an executive decision... Why don't you go for Brian Lara?
0:29:00 > 0:29:03I'm not one million per cent it's Brian Lara.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04OK. Let's have an answer.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07We're going to go for D, Imran Khan.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09D, Imran Khan.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12OK.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15So we have Michael Vaughan versus Imran Khan.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Mike, you've got so much resting on this!
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Phew. In the order they were given.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Ned and Sarah said Michael Vaughan for C.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Is it right? If it is, how many of our 100 people said Michael Vaughan?
0:29:31 > 0:29:32It's right.
0:29:41 > 0:29:4327.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Steve and Mike, but most particularly Mike,
0:29:46 > 0:29:49have said Imran Khan for D.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Mike said, "Trust me on this. It'll score less than Michael Vaughan."
0:29:54 > 0:29:57The moment of truth, Mike.
0:29:57 > 0:29:58Let's find out is it right?
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Of course it's right.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Is it going to go down below 27?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Oh, no - 32!
0:30:09 > 0:30:1032.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16So, well done to Steve for being right.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20And well done to Ned and Sarah for winning the question.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Well done. You're up one-nil.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Text book stuff, Mike, there.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27That was unlucky.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Let's see if you could have done better. Please don't say Richie Benaud!
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Let's deal with A, first. If you had to go with A, who would you have said? Brian Lara.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37You know it's Brian Lara, right? I should have done.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41It is Brian Lara. He would have scored you 14 points.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Now, the second person.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49I tell you now he would have scored you six points, if you'd got him.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Please don't say it!
0:30:50 > 0:30:52It's Richie Benaud! Yay!
0:30:57 > 0:31:00I've never seen someone cheer in that circumstance before!
0:31:02 > 0:31:07E, she was the first woman to have been named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10And it's... I might be wrong. Sarah Taylor?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Ooh. Claire Taylor.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Would have scored three points.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17That round was more exciting than I though it was going to be!
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Yeah!
0:31:19 > 0:31:22And then some! Thanks very much. Here's your second question.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Steve and Mike, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Listen to me! Nah! I'm going home!
0:31:28 > 0:31:32You do get to answer it first, though, which is good news! Best of luck!
0:31:32 > 0:31:34It concerns...
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Will Smith. Richard?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Five clues now to facts about the American actor Will Smith.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Which is the most obscure answer?
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues. Here they come. We have got...
0:31:58 > 0:32:01I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Five clues to facts about Will Smith.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Steve and Mike go first.
0:32:17 > 0:32:22OK. I know two. I know one for definite. The other's a guess.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24I'll go for the one that's a guess.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25His son...
0:32:26 > 0:32:30..it's...Jared Smith.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Jared Smith, say Steve and Mike. Jared Smith.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Now, Ned and Sarah.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39I think his son's called something else.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41I'm pretty sure that his son's called Jaden.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44It must be the '70s, the decade.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46His stage name was the Fresh Prince.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Don't know The Bad Boys.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51I could guess the city, but we've got to go with Jaden.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54I think we should, yeah. He hangs round with Justin Bieber a lot.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Bezzie mates, Jaden and Justin Bieber.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01This better be right, though! I hope so.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Could be quite embarrassing! Jaden Smith, say Ned and Sarah.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08So we have Jared Smith versus Jaden Smith. Only one of you can be right.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Let's find out. Steve and Mike said Jared Smith.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Ooh!
0:33:16 > 0:33:21I say only one of you can be right. Both of you could be wrong! Hadn't entertained that possibility!
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Ned and Sarah, let's see if Jaden Smith is right.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27It's right.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Good answer. 15.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Very well done, Ned and Sarah.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42After two questions, you are through to the final two-nil.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Nice to see Steve and Mike both making executive decisions there.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50With the same result! At least you'll be able to sit together at the football next season!
0:33:50 > 0:33:51It's even-stevens.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55The parents are Jada and Will and the kids are Jade and Willow.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00The city in which he was born, in west Philadelphia, born and raised
0:34:00 > 0:34:03was Philadelphia. Scored seven.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08The decade in which he was born was the '60s. Born in 1968.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Looking good on it, isn't he?
0:34:10 > 0:34:1312 points for that. His stage name was The Fresh Prince.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18That scored 30. And his male co-star was Martin Lawrence.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20That scored 12.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22So the best answer up there is Philadelphia.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Thanks very much indeed.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27So the pair we have to say goodbye to at the end of the head-to-head is Steve and Mike.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30I will never, ever live this down!
0:34:30 > 0:34:32No! He won't!
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Well, at least you're laughing about it now.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39I'll always be laughing. It's been great fun. It'll be a long train journey home! Indeed!
0:34:39 > 0:34:43It's been lovely having you on both shows. It's been brilliant. Absolutely fantastic contestants.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46I'm really sorry you didn't make it to the final to have a crack at the jackpot.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Thanks very much for playing. Steve and Mike!
0:34:52 > 0:34:54But for Ned and Sarah, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Congratulations, Ned and Sarah. You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Very well done!
0:35:10 > 0:35:13You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at ?2,250.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25You've done so well. Ned, what odds would you have put for your chances of making it through?
0:35:25 > 0:35:27I've given it some thought. It's something like...
0:35:27 > 0:35:29I'll sound arrogant, though, won't I?
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I thought it was a one per cent chance of getting to the final
0:35:32 > 0:35:35but 100 to 1 shots sometimes come in, don't they? So that's it.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38What are your chances of winning the jackpot?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Less than... 63.7 per cent!
0:35:41 > 0:35:46OK. 63.7. Yep. More than 63.6, less than 63.8.
0:35:46 > 0:35:51That's what you wanted to hear, isn't it? OK. I'll go and work that one out!
0:35:51 > 0:35:56As always, you start this round by choosing a category. You have four options.
0:35:56 > 0:35:57They are...
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Well. That wasn't exactly what I was hoping for! It has to be Sporting Defeats, doesn't it?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11It's up to you. Certainly not Country Music.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Come on, let's go for that. You know. Yes, let's try that. OK.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Sporting Defeats. Sporting Defeats. Richard?
0:36:18 > 0:36:23Here's your three categories. Hopefully there's something in one of these to get your teeth into.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Up to 2012.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55All of those up to 2012. Best of luck at home and best of luck in the studio, guys.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59OK. As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:59 > 0:37:05To win that jackpot of ?2,250, all you have to do is just find one pointless answer.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08The answers you give can come from any of these categories.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Entirely up to you. One from each, three from one, two from one, one from another.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16Entirely up to you. Just say which category it is when you give your answer.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Are you ready? Yes. As we'll ever be, yep.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25OK. I have no idea whatsoever!
0:37:25 > 0:37:30I'm terrible at sport. I'm going to go for three teams that have knocked United out. Go for it. Yep.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33I seem to remember Barnsley might have knocked them out in '97, '98,
0:37:33 > 0:37:35in Barnsley in the Prem.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Portsmouth knocked them out in 2008 when Portsmouth won.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40And I think Wimbledon knocked them out once as well.
0:37:40 > 0:37:45OK. But I want to spend the rest of the 60 seconds thinking of even more obscure...
0:37:45 > 0:37:48I'm tempted to guess, have a complete guess in there.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51It could have happened in 1992 that I've no idea about.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Guess a random team. Who was around back then?
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Everton have knocked them out. But everyone would remember that.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58What other clubs are there?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00I can't think of anything.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Wimbledon, Barnsley and who? Wimbledon, Barnsley and...
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Portsmouth. That's the one. What else could we have?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09I don't know who was in the premier league then.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13Nottingham Forest? Swansea? Cardiff? I don't know. Ten seconds left.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16I think we should go with those three that I've thought of.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Portsmouth, Barnsley and...
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I can't be bothered with tennis players and snooker players.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27OK. That's your time up. I now need your three answers. What are you going to go for?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Portsmouth. Barnsley. What was the other one? Wimbledon.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Wimbledon. And all of those are in which category?
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Those are the teams that have knocked Ferguson's United out of the Cup.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Thanks very much. Which is your best crack at a pointless answer?
0:38:38 > 0:38:42I reckon Barnsley. Yeah. People might forget that. Quite obscure.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45I'm not sure. I think Wimbledon and Barnsley might be wrong.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Barnsley most obscure. Barnsley we'll put last.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Which is your least likely? Portsmouth. People will remember that.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53We'll put Portsmouth first and Wimbledon in the middle. Brilliant.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Let's put those up on the board in that order.
0:39:00 > 0:39:05Best of luck. Your first answer, Portsmouth, you thought was least likely to be pointless.
0:39:05 > 0:39:12If it's correct and it's pointless, it will win you today's jackpot of ?2,250.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14What would you do with that, Ned?
0:39:14 > 0:39:18I think we'd do different... I want to go to the World Cup in Brazil next summer.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23That would buy a ticket to the final, 1,125 quid. Just about.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Sarah? Basically, I'd really like to go to San Diego Comic-Con.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30I've never had enough money to do it, so that would be brilliant.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Excellent. Awesome.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Two very worthwhile things to spend your prize money on there.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Let's find out. Your first answer, Portsmouth.
0:39:38 > 0:39:44Have they knocked Alex Ferguson's Man United team out of the FA Cup? Let's find out.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Yes, they have.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Portsmouth taking us down through the 50s, the 40s.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56If this goes down to zero, you leave with ?2,250.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Taking us into single figures. Going down... Ooh!
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Oh, that's good. You thought most people would remember that.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Well, most? Maybe not! Two people remembered that!
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Rio Ferdinand had to go in goal at the end of that game.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20I remember that. OK. Anyway.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Your second answer was Wimbledon.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26Again, if this is correct and it's pointless, it wins you today's jackpot.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30So for ?2,250, let's find out if Wimbledon have knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34Absolutely they have.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Now, your first answer, Portsmouth, took you down to two.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Wimbledon taking us down through the 30s into the 20s.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Down into the teens. Into single figures.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Down we go with Wimbledon still going down!
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Still going down! You've got it!
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Very well done! Brazil, San Diego, here we come!
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Very well done indeed. Fantastic. Brilliant.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Well done! That's all right! Football!
0:41:01 > 0:41:02Football.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07I don't think I was ever in any doubt at all.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Very well done. Fantastic play throughout the show.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Crowned it there with a great pointless answer, where it really counts.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19Fantastic. You go home with today's jackpot of ?2,250.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Yes, a lovely category for you there.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35Well played. You were right about Barnsley. Barnsley was a correct answer and a pointless answer.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Very well done.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43I know more people at home will be specialists in tennis or snooker.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Let's have a look through the pointless answers there.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57The four pointless answers.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Other people who've beaten him. Nadal would have scored 49.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04Tsonga scored one. Tim Henman, who beat Federer, would have scored seven.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Those are all the answers there.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Now, players who've beaten Stephen Hendry at The Crucible.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Ali Carter. Shaun Murphy, who's been on Pointless Celebrities.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Stuart Bingham beat him at The Crucible.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Willie Thorne, taking us back a bit, beat him.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21You could also have had Joe Johnson, Nigel Bond or Steve James.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24All of those were pointless answers. Very well done if you said those.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27And a couple more answers for the Man United question.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36One other pointless answer was Coventry City. That would have been pointless.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41Oh, Coventry! I can't remember. It was when they won the Cup in '87.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44I should have got that. My dad will kill me! Oh, man.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46And it was all going so well up till then(!)
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Thanks again to our winning players, Ned and Sarah,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54who go away with today's jackpot of ?2,250.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye!
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