Episode 15 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless.

This is the quiz show where all the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants have to come up with the answers those 100 people couldn't think of.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi. My name's Ian. This is my friend, Rob.

We are from Hull in East Yorkshire.

Couple number two.

Hi. I'm Ben. I live in London.

This is my good friend, Phil, who lives in Bracknell.

Couple number three.

Hello. I'm Liz. This is my son, Murray,

and we're from Dunbar in East Lothian.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi. I'm Martin. This is my daughter, Beth.

We're originally from North Wales.

Beth's now in Cardiff and I'm in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.

And these are today's contestants.

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

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

the only man who spends more time thinking about pointless things than the cast of TOWIE -

it's my Pointless friend. It's Richard. Hiya!

Hi, everybody.

Good afternoon. And to you.

Are you looking forward to today? I am. Should be fun.

It was a great show last time. Great show.

We had Ned and Sarah. Sarah was a comic book artist and Ned was a professional football gambler.

They got a question on football in the final round as well and walked off with the jackpot.

He was impressive. That was impressive.

So we start the game with a lower jackpot, but a cracking group of couples, I think.

They all seem lovely, don't they? Don't they?

Lovely bunch. Yeah, lovely bunch.

Two of them have been on before, on podiums two and three there.

The end podiums, we've got newcomers.

Should be a load of fun!

It should. Thank you, Richard. All our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -

an answer none of our 100 people gave.

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

Ned and Sarah won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts back off at ?1,000.

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

In this first round, I'll want an answer from each of you, and there's to be no conferring.

At the end of the round, whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

OK, our first category today is...

World geography. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going second.

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Island groups. Richard.

In a moment, Xander's going to show you the name of four island groups.

We need you to tell us any of the names of the main islands in those groups.

You'll see four groups. We need any of the main islands. Good luck.

OK, thanks.

As Richard just said, we'll put these four island groups up on the board.

They'll remain up there for the whole round, so up the line and back down.

They won't change halfway through. Here are those island groups.

I'll read those again.

Ian and Rob, you all drew lots before the show and today you are going first.

Ian, welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Ian?

I'm a command centre supervisor with Humberside Police.

Command centre supervisor - do you take in the calls and send people out?

I'm part of the management team that looks after the command centre,

where the staff take 999 calls, non-emergency calls,

and then send police officers to jobs.

How do you and Rob know each other?

I used to ring the radio station where Rob works,

enter various competitions, and we got talking.

Then Rob came to the command centre on a visit.

I look after the visits for the command centre.

And we just took it from there, really.

Good stuff. OK. Now then, have you visited any of these island groups?

I've been to the Canaries.

But none of the others. I'd like to go to the Hawaiian ones, obviously.

But I will say...

Guernsey. Guernsey, says Ian.

Guernsey. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said it.

It's right.

59.

59 for Guernsey.

It's a big score for Guernsey. Isn't it?

Yeah. Two things I know about Guernsey -

their phone boxes and pillar boxes are painted blue instead of red.

Identical otherwise.

Yeah, I know. What kind of blue - a navy blue, a royal blue, an electric blue?

It's what they call telephone box blue.

LAUGHTER

The other thing I know about Guernsey is the Krankies lived there, briefly.

As tax exiles?

Yeah, I think when they made their billions in the early '80s,

I think for five or six years, they laid low.

You'd want to, certainly.

Phil, welcome back. Thank you.

Now, remind us what you do, Phil.

I am a purchaser for an X-ray security firm.

This is exciting! The X-ray security company.

Do you do security...you know, those doorways as well for other events?

The metal detector things? Yeah.

Ah, good. It's all quite interesting.

Until you get sat in front of an Excel spreadsheet,

which is basically most of the day.

Now, Phil, what are you going to go for?

Any island from any of these groups.

I know a few.

I've been to this particular place in the Canaries and it's Fuerteventura.

Fuerteventura, says Phil.

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

It's right.

59 our low score at the moment. You've passed that.

20.

Good work, Phil. 20 for Fuerteventura.

Well played, Phil. The second largest of the Canary Islands.

The closest to the African mainland of the main islands.

Now, Murray. Hi there.

Welcome back to Pointless.

Murray, remind us what you do up in Dunbar.

I'm working at a supermarket just now.

And what's your job in the supermarket? I'm just a general assistant.

You're not in any particular department?

No. I work in the in-store bakery, but I spread myself across the store. That's a good place!

The in-store bakery. It's very good.

I imagine you get very hungry! Yes.

It all smells very good. Yum, yum!

I'm actually now quite hungry.

Yeah. Even saying "in-store bakery" was enough.

We should have an in-show bakery.

I tried to get a little petit four oven through there.

Just back here, just powered by the tower.

Bit of tower power.

And I just burnt things. I kept forgetting I was putting things in there.

Rather than having a laptop, I'd rather have a sandwich toaster.

LAUGHTER

Now, Murray, what are you going to go for?

I'm going to say...

I'm reasonably certain this is an island.

I think it's in the Balearics.

I'm going to say Formentera.

Formentera, says Murray. Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Formentera.

It's absolutely right.

20 our low score at the moment.

You've passed that, down to 7. Very well done.

That's a great answer and a great score.

Well played, Murray. Liz and Murray are good - they were unlucky last time.

Thanks. Now, Beth, welcome to the show. Great to have you here. What do you do?

I'm a student at Cardiff University. What are you studying?

English literature.

Does that mean you're really praying that English literature doesn't come up?

Yeah, because I'll probably embarrass myself.

How are you enjoying it?

The course? I like two out of six of the modules at the moment.

Two out of six ain't bad.

LAUGHTER

Now then, Beth, what are you going to go for from this group?

I'm hoping it's a correct answer.

I'm going for Menorca, which I think is in the Balearic Islands.

Menorca, says Beth. Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

34.

34 for Menorca.

Good answer. You're right - it's in the Balearics.

It's where they invented mayonnaise, you know.

Is that what mayonnaise means - from Menorca?

No. Oh, right.

OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

7, Murray, the best score of that pass.

Very well done. Then we travel up to 20,

where we find Phil and Ben. Up to 34, Beth and Martin,

and then Ian and Rob,

little bit exposed

out in front there with 59.

We're going to need a low score from you, Rob.

At the very least. All right.

We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

OK, so we're looking for the name of any island, any of the main islands,

in any of these island groups.

Now, Martin, welcome to the show. Great to have you here. Thank you.

What do you do in Pontefract?

Well, I'm actually based in Manchester.

I'm a business banking manager for an international high street bank.

Hang on - you're based in Manchester... Yes.

You're from North Wales... Yes.

Then where does Pontefract come into this?

It's just that my wife works in Yorkshire.

The M62, most times, is drive-able

and most of my time isn't spent in the office - it's on the road.

Right. What are you going to go for? Which of these islands?

Er, well...

I will stay home and I'll go Channel Islands.

And I know - cos I missed a ferry to this place once -

Sark.

Sark, says Martin. Sark.

Now, the high scorers on 59 are Rob and Ian.

If you can score 24 or less, you're through to the next round.

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

It's right.

36.

36 for Sark takes your total up to 70.

Another big scorer. People know their Channel Islands.

There was a nuclear physicist from France who in 1990

went to invade Sark, because he thought he was the rightful heir.

He had a gun and everything.

As he was loading the gun, the local constable took his gun off him,

punched him in the nose and that was the end of that invasion. Wow!

Good job he didn't go nuclear. He could have.

He had the know-how.

Exactly.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Liz.

Liz, welcome back. I've got a question for you. Yes?

You don't sound very... You're from Dunbar.

You don't sound as Scottish as Murray does.

No, I don't. We've lived in Scotland for 19 years.

I'm originally from Oxfordshire and I haven't picked up the accent.

What took you up to Dunbar?

Really, the children were very small and we were living in the southeast

and we got to the stage in our lives where we just said,

"Where would we really like to live?"

My husband's from Edinburgh, so we chose the countryside around Edinburgh to settle. Perfect.

No, it's heaven up there. It's very nice.

Now then, Liz, what about these island groups?

Yes, well, a lot of the ones I would have said have gone.

I've got a Hawaiian one but I don't know how to say it.

I think it's Maui.

And it's M-A-U-I.

Maui, says Liz.

Well, you're on 7. Great low score from Murray in the first pass.

The high scorers at the moment are Beth and Martin on 70.

If you can get 62 or less, you're in the next round.

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

let's see how many people said it. There's your red line.

It's right.

And you're in round two. Very well done.

10.

10 takes your total up to 17.

Our lowest score of the round.

They really are good, aren't they? They are.

"Mow-y" is a perfectly acceptable pronunciation and you spelt it right too.

Now, Ben. Hi.

Welcome back. Thank you.

What happened last time? It was world leaders.

I played it a bit safe with Angela Merkel.

Yes! Angela Merkel was a massive score.

It was, yes.

Ben, remind us what you do. I'm a credit analyst for a French bank.

And you didn't go for the French Prime Minister.

I didn't know the French Prime Minister! I didn't either. I don't think I'll live it down.

What are you going to go for this time round?

You're on 20. You have to score 49 or less to stay in the game.

I think I'm going to go for Lanzarote.

Lanzarote, says Ben. Here is your red line.

Get below that and you're through. Let's see how many people said Lanzarote.

It's right.

And you're through.

33.

33. 53 your total.

The oldest of the Canary Islands. 180 million years old.

So it gets to go to bed the latest.

This is one of those rounds where you think it's quite difficult.

Actually, we know so many of these without realising.

One of those rounds where actually all the knowledge is in there. We've heard of all the names.

There are beaches with black sand on Lanzarote.

Yes, because it's volcanic in origin.

Well, there we are.

That's good.

Thank you, Richard. Now, Rob.

Hello.

You've got a bit of a task here, Rob.

Just slightly. Yeah. Welcome to the show. What do you do?

I'm a radio presenter on a station in Hull.

What sort of show is that?

I do a drivetime show, which is from two until seven.

OK. And it's one of those shows where you always get a couple of listeners who keep calling in.

Always the same faces, always the same people. Yes!

Always making the same point. That's right!

Ian...

I didn't like to say. And my mum!

Your mum rings in as well? It's terrible, yeah.

Listen, this is what you have to score - 10.

There must presumably be islands in these groups that might score 10 or less. I know.

Certainly Murray managed to find one.

As did Liz. Maui scored 10.

So that's the kind of level.

That's the kind of size of island

we're looking at, Rob.

OK.

It's one of those things that just when you need it, it escapes you,

but I'm going to take a bet on one of our home islands.

Go for the Channel Islands and Alderney.

Alderney, says Rob.

Let's hope it's low enough to get you through.

How many people said Alderney? There's your red line.

It's right.

Oh, bad luck! 26.

Alderney scores 26. Takes your total up to 85.

A good answer, but just too many points, I'm afraid.

No traffic lights or roundabouts on the whole of Alderney.

Speed limit's 35mph. No traffic jams.

Four cars.

Yeah.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers here.

Cabrera is an uninhabited island in the Balearics.

It's a nature reserve.

El Hierro is one of the Canary Islands.

Kahoolawe is a Hawaiian island.

Easy for me to say.

And Niihau also would have been a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at the top three scorers, the ones most of our 100 people said.

Tenerife would have scored you 53.

Guernsey, 59.

And right at the top, Jersey would have scored you 66.

Well done, everyone. It's tough luck to go out with 85.

Well done if you got any of the pointless ones at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round,

I'm afraid the pair that will be heading home with our high score of 85, it's Rob and Ian.

It's not a very high score,

but Guernsey was an expensive call there.

Not my strong point, geography.

Did you know any of the lower-scoring ones?

I was going to say Sark, but I wasn't sure if it was in the Channel Islands or further north.

So...

Never mind. The good news is we get to see you next time.

We look forward to that. Rob and Ian, thanks very much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

Three pairs remain, and at the end of this round,

obviously, we'll be saying goodbye to another pair.

Well, I think it'll be an exciting second round. Our category is...

Politics. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Politicians who were born in Scotland. Richard.

A real people-pleaser of a round, this.

On each pass, we're going to show you six descriptions of politicians who were born in Scotland.

You just need to tell us who they are.

There will be 12 in all. See how many you can get at home.

Thanks very much indeed.

Here is our first board of six politicians born in Scotland.

Who are they?

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six MPs born north of the border.

Now, Ben.

Yes. How are we feeling about this?

OK.

I'm glad I'm going first.

Um, yeah...so not too bad.

I'm going to go for the leader of the Labour party

from 1992 until his sudden death in 1994.

John Smith.

John Smith, says Ben.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people knew that answer.

It is right, of course.

30.

30 for John Smith.

He grew up on the isle of Islay, John Smith.

Thank you. Now, Liz.

Liz. Not good at all. Ah!

Not good at all. And you living in Scotland and all.

I know the Lib Dem guy, but I can't remember his name.

Um...

I can see his face too,

but it's not going to come to me.

So I'm going to say Chancellor of the Exchequer was Gordon Brown.

Gordon Brown, says Liz.

Gordon Brown.

Chancellor of the Exchequer when the UK crashed out of the ERM in 1992.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Ooh, bad luck, Liz. I'm afraid that's incorrect.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

I'm sorry. Sorry, Liz, not in 1992.

Now then, Beth.

You're the last person to have this board.

How do you feel about this? I'm not going to be able to talk you through it.

OK. Is there one there you can answer? Yeah, there's one.

The obvious one.

I'm going to go for UK Prime Minister - Tony Blair.

Tony Blair. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

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

It's right.

Now... Oh, 64.

64.

Could have been far more damaging. 64 is not terrible.

Now, the leader of the Lib Dems that we're all trying to think of...

Charles Kennedy.

Charles Kennedy would have scored you 22 points.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1992 was...

Norman Lamont. Norman Lamont, yes. Would have scored 3 points.

Let's go down the bottom first.

The only Tory MP returned by a Scottish constituency

is the MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale,

and even if you live there, you may not know him.

He is David Mundell.

Would have scored 1 point.

And between 1999 and 2007, he held seven Cabinet posts.

Some people would have got him.

It'd be very impressive if you did. It's John Reid.

And he was a pointless answer,

so very, very well played if you did.

Thanks very much indeed.

Halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.

30 the best score of that pass. Ben, well done.

Then up to 64, where we find Beth and Martin.

That might be enough to keep you in.

100 is our high score, Liz.

Bad luck.

So, yes, Murray, we need another of your brilliant low-scoring answers in this next pass.

We have to hope that's enough.

We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

Let's put six more politicians up on the board. Here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

We're looking for the names of these politicians, all born in Scotland.

Martin, you'll try to find the one you think fewest of our 100 people knew.

Something tells me you'll be quite good at this, Martin.

You want to score 35 or less to get through to the head-to-head.

I'm going to go for, because he's a local MP now in Yorkshire,

I'm going to go for George Galloway, the Respect MP

who was the cat for Rula Lenska.

George Galloway. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said George Galloway.

There's your red line. Get below that, you're through.

It's right.

Very well done. Ooh, just!

35.

Takes your total up to 99.

That was close.

He was elected Respect MP for Bradford West in 2012.

OK. Thank you very much indeed. Murray.

Um, well, being the most Scottish-sounding person here,

I would hope I'm better at this than I think I'm going to be,

but I'm going to say the person who replaced David Laws

as Chief Secretary to the Treasury was Danny Alexander.

Danny Alexander, says Murray. Danny Alexander.

There is no red line for you as you are the high scorers,

but let's see how far down the column Danny Alexander takes you.

It's absolutely right.

That's a good score. Look at that - 10. Very well done.

Very well done, Murray. 110 your total.

I wonder if that's enough to keep you in the game, though.

Well done, Murray. Lib Dem MP born in Edinburgh.

Thank you. Now, Phil.

Phil, you're on 30. The high scorers are Murray and Liz on 110.

If you can score 79 or less, you're through to the head-to-head. Talk us through the board.

I would guess the longest continuously serving Chancellor

is Gordon Brown.

Um...

Lord Chancellor who was criticised for his wallpaper... I have no idea.

Became the Leader of the Liberal Party in 1956 - Enoch Powell.

But I'm going to go for the second one.

Former Foreign Secretary who resigned over the Iraq War.

And I'm very sorry if this is wrong,

but I think it's Robin Cook.

Robin Cook, says Phil. Robin Cook.

Here comes your red line. If you get below that,

Robin Cook has seen you into the head-to-head.

Let's see how many people said it.

Well done. It's right, and you're through. Good answer.

4.

That really is a very good answer indeed.

Robin Cook. Well remembered. 34 is your total.

Good work, Phil. That's very nicely done on that last podium.

Let's fill in the rest of these.

The longest continuously serving Chancellor...

That was Gordon Brown.

Would have scored you 29 points.

The one at the bottom there...

Became leader of the Liberal Party. It wasn't Enoch Powell.

It was Jo Grimond.

Very well done if you got that at home. 3 points for that.

And the Lord Chancellor who was criticised for his wallpaper...

Derry Irvine. Derry Irvine.

It's a pointless answer as well.

So very well done if you said that.

Thanks. So Liz and Murray are our high scorers at the end of that round

and we say goodbye to them. I'm really sorry.

I thought we would see much more of you this time.

Murray, that was a valiant attempt on your part, though.

Second lowest score of the round with Danny Alexander,

but I'm afraid it just wasn't enough.

But thanks for playing. We've loved having you. Liz and Murray.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Ben and Phil, Beth and Martin.

You are now one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at ?1,000.

To decide who will play for that money, you're now going head-to-head.

The difference being, you're now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that money.

Best of luck. Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question, and it concerns...

Music duos. Richard.

We'll show you five pictures of music double acts.

We need you to name the acts, please. Best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our five musical duos.

And here they are. We have got...

LAUGHTER

There you go.

Five musical duos.

Ben and Phil, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

We're going to go for B

and Hall and Oates.

Hall and Oates.

Daryl Hall and John Oates, you are saying.

Now then, Beth and Martin,

the rest of the board is all yours.

Chas and Dave, my personal favourites, are A.

My second favourites are Robson and Jerome, D.

My third favourites - my three favourite musical duos -

E is Zig and Zag.

Unfortunately, C are not one of my favourite duos.

But they look a bit young, so they could be Beth's era.

I have no idea who they are.

So we're going to go for...

Zig and Zag.

You say E, Zig and Zag. So we have Hall and Oates

and we have Zig and Zag.

Ben and Phil have said Hall and Oates for B.

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

It's right.

12.

12 for Hall and Oates.

Beth and Martin have gone for Zig and Zag, E.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

It's going to be so close. Oh!

14 for Zig and Zag.

APPLAUSE DROWNS OUT SPEECH

Hall and Oates pips it for you. Well done.

Ben and Phil, after one question, you are up 1-0.

That was pretty close. Zig and Zag, the puppet duo from Big Breakfast,

had a Top 5 hit with Them Girls, Them Girls.

If we take a look at the picture of Hall and Oates...

It's so disconcerting.

I keep thinking it's one of the publicity stills we did for series one of Pointless.

They were very similar, weren't they?

He's got his top FIVE buttons undone.

That is... He's done one up.

He's done his sixth one up, just above his belt buckle.

I think the photographer came and said,

"I'm just going to do that up."

LAUGHTER

But that's like... Why even wear a shirt?!

Yeah.

Or perhaps you just do them all undone, and maybe the top two buttons of his flies.

LAUGHTER

Now, A is Chas and Dave, you're quite right. A big scorer, though.

That would have scored 60 points.

Now, C...

Certainly is more your era.

That is Chase and Status.

I've seen them live.

Three times!

I just don't know what they look like, clearly.

Were you facing the wrong way?!

LAUGHTER

Well, they look like that and they were a pointless answer.

Would have been a terrific answer if you'd said it.

And D is of course Robson and Jerome.

That would have scored you 46 points.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Here comes your second question.

Beth and Martin, you get to answer this one first, but you have to win it to stay in the game.

It concerns...

Charles Dickens novels. Richard.

We'll show you the names of five Charles Dickens novels,

but we'll show you the number of letters in each word of the title.

Can you work out which titles we're showing you here?

Let's reveal our five Dickens novels. And here they are in this coded form.

I'll read those all one last time.

Beth and Martin, obviously, you go first.

OK? Yep.

We're going to go for the final one.

Bottom one.

We're going to say A Tale Of Two Cities.

A Tale Of Two Cities, say Beth and Martin.

Ben and Phil, the rest of the board is yours.

Yes. We can't really run you through it, unfortunately.

We know one.

We're going to have to go with Oliver Twist for the top one.

Oliver Twist for the top one.

We have A Tale Of Two Cities versus Oliver Twist.

Beth and Martin said A Tale Of Two Cities.

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

It's absolutely right.

29.

Ben and Phil have gone for Oliver Twist.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said Oliver Twist.

It's right.

40 for Oliver Twist.

Beth and Martin, very well done. Back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Let's fill in the rest of these.

Have you got any? I've got the middle one.

OK, the middle one is...? A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol, yes.

That would have scored 32 points. I've got the second one.

The Old Curiosity Shop. The Old Curiosity Shop.

That's a better score - 16.

The best answer is the fourth one.

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood! The Mystery Of Edwin Drood.

His unfinished final novel. 2 points. Very well done if you said that.

There we are. Here comes your third question. Whoever wins this

goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.

It concerns...

Mickey Mouse Club members. Richard.

We'll show you five clues to famous people

who were once members of the American variety show The Mickey Mouse Club.

Can you tell us who these famous people are, please?

Let's reveal our five members of The Mickey Mouse Club.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Five clues to five members of The Mickey Mouse Club.

Ben and Phil, you go first.

Yes, we know three of them, we think.

We're going to go for the middle one - had a hit with Lady Marmalahd,

or Lady Marmalade, as Christina Aguilera.

Christina Aguilera. Lady Marmalahd!

Lady Marmalade!

Beth and Martin, do you want to talk us through the board?

I'll leave this to Beth.

The bottom one is definitely Britney Spears.

I think the penultimate one is

Ryan Gosling, but I'm not entirely sure.

And then...

the top two...

..I'm going to go for Justin Timberlake.

I know he was definitely in The Mickey Mouse Club, but... Which one?

I thought he was both!

Right, I'm going to go,

and fingers crossed, sorry if it's wrong,

Drive with Ryan Gosling, please.

Ryan Gosling. So we have Christina Aguilera and we have Ryan Gosling.

Ben and Phil said Christina Aguilera.

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

It's right.

22.

22 for Christina Aguilera.

Now, Beth and Martin have gone for Ryan Gosling.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Ryan Gosling.

It's absolutely right.

I have a feeling this may... and it does...

see you through to the final.

Congratulations! Martin, I'm tempted to ask you to repeat that manoeuvre.

We were going to do a thing. We might as well.

I couldn't get the end bit. That's why the twirl came in. That was poetic. Beautiful.

Very well done, Beth and Martin.

After three questions, you're through to the final 2-1. Well done.

We're so used to seeing fathers embarrassing daughters. Nice to see it the other way round.

That's what I'm here for!

Terrific answer. Very well played.

Now, one of the top two is Justin Timberlake.

What would you have gone for if you had to choose one?

He's definitely dated Cameron Diaz, so I'd go for that.

Absolutely right. That's Justin Timberlake.

That would have scored you 27 points.

So would have seen you knocked out.

The member of N'Sync was his band-mate JC Chasez.

That would have been a pointless answer.

Justin Timberlake's debut album was Justified.

And Britney Spears, you're right, at the bottom.

That would have scored too many points as well - 33.

Thanks, Richard. So at the end of our head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's Ben and Phil we have to say goodbye to.

You came into this as the favourites, having played exceptionally well throughout.

You were saying Ryan Gosling while you were chatting.

But we weren't too sure.

Like our 100, you weren't sure.

Absolutely.

Bad luck. It's been great having you. Thanks for playing. Ben and Phil.

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But for Beth and Martin, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Beth and Martin.

You've seen off all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.

You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at ?1,000.

You've done very, very well indeed.

As always, you need to start this round off by choosing a category.

You have four options. They are...

Straight away, we're going to go for the British and Irish Lions.

We are. Welsh cufflinks.

There we are. OK. That was nice and quick.

Richard.

We'll give you three options within this.

And they are...

Any head coach of the Lions since 1963.

That's up to 2012.

Any captains of Test teams that have beaten the Lions since '63.

And we are looking for any players

who have played in two or more tests for the Lions since 1993.

So, head coaches since '63, captains of test teams that have beaten the Lions since '63

or players who've played in two or more tests for the Lions since '93.

I think this might be rather a good category for you.

OK, as always, you've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.

To win that jackpot, all you've got to do is find one pointless answer.

The answers you give can come from any of those categories.

However you like to spread them.

It can be all three from one or one from each. Entirely up to you.

Are you ready? Yes. Yes.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

John Bentley.

Alan Tait was rugby league - he went to the Lions.

Scott Quinnell played a lot of games.

You've got people like Simon Shaw.

You've got people like Ben Kay.

You've got people like... Probyn played loads of times.

Brian Moore played loads. Not Brian Moore.

Rob Andrew played loads of times.

Will Carling played loads of times.

If we stick to... Who are we going to go for?

Ugo Monye... I know he played in a couple of tests,

but I'm not sure whether Shane Williams kept him out of the team.

I think we go for the first ones I said - John Bentley,

because he came from rugby league. Alan Tait is also connected with rugby league.

Scott Quinnell... Will Greenwood's probably a good one.

Or Dewi Morris.

Matt Dawson... Ten seconds left.

Dewi Morris? Yeah.

Let's take a punt on Dewi Morris

and let's go for Bentley, and we'll go for Alan Tait. Tait definitely played.

Right, that's your time up.

Sounds like you've got three pretty good answers there. What are they?

We'll give all three answers from the bottom category,

which is the players.

So we're going to say as our first one, John Bentley.

John Bentley. Alan Tait. Alan Tait.

And who was the other one? Dewi Morris. Dewi Morris.

And Dewi Morris. As a long shot. Not sure he played the two.

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

Alan Tait. Alan Tait we'll put last.

Which is your least likely to be pointless?

Dewi Morris? Let's start with Dewi.

Dewi at the top. Let's put those up on the board in that order.

We have got Dewi Morris, John Bentley and Alan Tait.

Very, very best of luck.

It sounds like you were very comfortable with that as a category.

Your first answer was Dewi Morris.

This is the one you thought was least likely to be pointless. It's still a good answer.

There's a pretty good chance that will be correct, and if it is, it might be pointless

and will win you that jackpot of ?1,000.

I'm afraid it's not the biggest jackpot we've ever given out,

but what would you do with your share of that, Beth?

Hopefully, he'll give me the lion's share, but he won't.

So, ?500 - go on a nice little trip around Europe.

I like the way you put a bid in there early on!

Martin?

Well, the interesting thing is our surname's Lyons.

We've got a question on the British Lions,

our surname is Lyons and this one wants the lion's share!

I would say I think I would spend the money

on a trip to Sark

to watch the upcoming test series in Australia of the Lions.

Can't quite get to Australia with ?1,000,

but we can get to Sark, and we might take Beth. OK.

Happy days!

There we go. Happy days, indeed.

Very best of luck. Dewi Morris your first answer.

Let's find out - has Dewi Morris played two or more tests for the Lions?

It's right.

You weren't expecting it to be right, and it is.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you will leave here straightaway with ?1,000.

Still going down.

Single figures.

Down it goes...

You've done it!

You've done it with your first answer!

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Sorry, don't let me get in the way of your...

There we go!

Good stuff! Well done.

Very well done indeed.

Dewi Morris, of course, a pointless answer.

Absolutely brilliant. Which means you go away with our jackpot of ?1,000. Well done.

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Just a dream category for rugby fans!

There's a lot of pointless answers out there.

John Bentley...

pointless answer.

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Alan Tait...also a pointless answer.

Wow!

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Isn't that weird? That happened not many days ago.

It's happened four times in history. It's happened twice in a very short space of time.

You also mentioned Brian Moore.

He would have been a pointless answer.

You also mentioned Simon Shaw.

He would have been a pointless answer.

You also mentioned Ugo Monye.

He was a pointless answer.

You also mentioned Scott Quinnell.

He scored 1 point. Come on, guys!

LAUGHTER What are you thinking?!

Will Greenwood as well scored 1 point.

But terrifically done.

Let's look at the pointless answers in the other categories.

Head coaches of the Lions since 1963.

You would have won the money with Carwyn James,

John Robins, Ronnie Dawson or Syd Millar.

Also, John Dawes would have won you the money or Noel Murphy.

Now, captains who've won against the Lions.

The first three are all New Zealanders.

Andy Dalton, Brian Lochore, Colin Meads

and the Australian, John Eales.

All those pointless answers.

And we've been through about a million in this last category.

Austin Healey would have been a pointless answer.

Rob Andrew! Lewis Moody, Rob Andrew,

Tom Croft, a slightly more recent one.

All of those pointless. So very well...

I was going to say, very badly done if you didn't get a pointless answer if you're a rugby fan!

Terrifically well done. It's a shame you're not coming back for another show.

Lovely to have you on the show, and that's a great final category for you.

Thanks very much.

Thanks once again to our winning pair, Beth and Martin, who go away with today's jackpot of ?1,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard... Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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