Episode 16 Pointless

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Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless

where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Mark. This is Phil. We've been brothers since Phil was about eight. And we're from Manchester.

Couple number two. Hi, I'm Joanna. This is my mum Cathryn. We're from County Antrim. Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Rob. This is my friend Ian. We're from Hull in East Yorkshire.

And finally, couple number four. Hello, I'm Carol, this is my husband John and we're from Stourbridge.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks, all of you. We'll find out more about you as the show goes along.

That leaves one more person to introduce. So smart, he doesn't just think outside the box,

he thinks outside the sphere, the cylinder and the cone too. It's my Pointless friend Richard.

Hiya. Hi, everybody. APPLAUSE

Hiya.

Good afternoon. And to you. I haven't quite got over that last jackpot round. No.

That was the most impressive jackpot round in Pointless history. Yeah.

Beth and Martin. Not only did they get three pointless answers,

but in their 60 seconds, they gave us three more as well. They had six pointless answers in all.

Good luck following that, everyone. That was very impressive.

The only people who were there at the time, Ian and Rob.

You were there very briefly, knocked out in the first round,

but quite unluckily, so we should see a little bit more of you today.

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

Our contestants want the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone tries to find a pointless answer and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

As you've heard, Beth and Martin won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off back at ?1,000.

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

In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you, but there is to be no conferring.

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

OK, our category for the first round today is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

And the question concerns...

Richard? On each pass, we'll show you seven descriptions of famous cathedrals, chapels or churches.

Give us the name of the building. There'll be 14 to have a go at at home. Thanks very much.

So we are looking for the names of these famous cathedrals, churches or chapels. Here are the first seven.

I'll read those one last time.

Mark and Phil, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you lucky things, you'll go first.

Mark, welcome to Pointless. What do you do?

I'm an air steward for a small airline. Long haul or short haul?

Long haul. All over the place?

Yeah, worldwide. And you just go wherever you're sent? Yeah, it's just random.

That's quite fun. Yeah, it's great. Easiest job I've ever done.

Don't say that. You've got to make it... "It's really hard." How long have you done it for? Since 2007.

If that's the easiest job you've done, what was the hardest? I was an aircraft dispatcher.

That's not with the ping-pong bats? No. Everyone thinks that.

No, we did the weight and balance for the aircraft, so it takes off properly. Right.

Put all the bags in the front and it goes like that. Put them all in the back and it goes like that.

So when you were doing that, you'd watch the cabin crew going on and you'd just think, "Easy life." Yeah.

"One day." I want to travel the world. You'll add your weight to that manifest.

My massive weight. No, no, no, just your mass. That's all I meant.

Mark, what are you going to go for on that board?

I know a few. I wasn't looking forward to this one.

I'm going to play it safe, I think,

and go for the Sistine Chapel for the Vatican chapel painted by Michelangelo.

OK, the Sistine Chapel, says Mark. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Sistine.

It's right.

54.

APPLAUSE It's not bad, Mark.

It's a lot better than 100. It's always tough to start.

Over 5,000 square feet, the ceiling that Michelangelo painted.

It took him four years. It's amazing, isn't it?

It's a lot of paint. It's like the guy who painted my bathroom. He took a long time, but not four years.

Joanna, welcome to the show. What do you do? I'm a student at Belfast Met.

What are you studying? Music. That's fun. How long have you done it for?

This is my fourth year at Belfast Met and I'm moving on to university in September.

What's your specialist area in music? Rock music or a little bit of classical musical too. Good stuff.

What do you make of this board? Terrible for me.

I don't really know any of those bar one and it's the obvious one, so I'm going to have to go for it.

I'll have to go for the bottom answer and say St Clement's.

St Clement's, says Joanna. Let's see if that's right and how many people said St Clement's.

Absolutely right.

Oh, that's high - 82 for St Clement's.

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They're not sure if it's St Clement Danes or St Clement Eastcheap,

both of which were near the wharves where they unloaded citrus fruits.

One of them was the St Clement's of the rhyme. Thanks, Richard.

Now, Rob... Hello. Welcome back, our only returning pair.

We only had you for one round last time. You did. Very unfortunate.

Remind us what you do. I'm a radio presenter in East Yorkshire.

As I said last time, just before you went out, you'll be brilliant at Pointless

because that's a job that revolves around trivia. What do you get up to in your spare time?

I like to immerse myself in music quite a lot, particularly soul and disco stuff. I try to go to the gym.

That's still a work in progress and it will be for some time to come, I should think.

As in you don't go?

LAUGHTER Yes.

I have a similar membership. Rob, what are you going to go with on this board?

It's a very tough board, this. It's not my best.

The only one, and it's going to have to be a stab, I think, is the church in Montmartre...

I'm going for Notre Dame. A stab in the heart? Yes.

OK, you're saying Notre Dame in Montmartre, translating as "Sacred Heart".

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

Bad luck, Rob.

SMATTERING OF APPLAUSE You got four single claps there!

LAUGHTER It's better than last time!

I don't know. So we've achieved something. Maybe. That scores you 100 points. Sorry, Rob. Sorry, Rob.

Notre Dame is "Our Lady" and it's not in Montmartre.

Apart from that... Thank you. I would say I'd give you full marks, but you've already got 'em.

Thanks very much. Now, Carol... Hello. Welcome to the show. Great to have you here.

What do you do, Carol? Well, I'm a retired French teacher.

Are you? Yes. You knew what Notre Dame meant, didn't you? I did.

I imagine you know what Sacred Heart means. I do. Let's not go to that immediately.

You retired from teaching when? Three years ago. Do you miss it? Not at all. How many years?

Um...34.

Wow! So I've done my bit. You sure have. That's a lot of French taught.

What do you like doing with your retirement? I walk a lot. I do a long walk every day.

I'm learning to play the piano.

I like writing and socialising,

just general things that I hadn't got time to do when I was at work. Very good.

How is your knowledge of churches and cathedrals? It's not very good.

I should know the Istanbul one because we went to it, but I can't remember its name,

so I'll go for the church in Montmartre. Its name translates as Sacred Heart as being Sacre Coeur.

The Sacre Coeur. Are there any others you knew on that board?

I wondered about the Corbusier...

I wondered if that was Reims Cathedral, but I'm probably wrong.

We'll find out in good time. You're going to say Sacre Coeur though.

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

It's absolutely right.

44 for Sacre Coeur. APPLAUSE

Lowest score of the round, Carol.

Well played, Carol. John, did you go to the Istanbul church as well? I've forgotten.

It was actually the Hagia Sophia.

Very well done if you got that at home. It would have scored 3 points.

Do you know the New York cathedral? No. I've sung there, weirdly. It's St Patrick's.

That would have scored 6 points.

The cathedral found in Venice? St Mark's? Yeah.

That would have scored you 21.

The Le Corbusier one is not Reims Cathedral.

It is Notre Dame du Haut in eastern France. It was a pointless answer.

Lots of religious people and lots of architecture fans visit it.

Thanks very much, Richard. Let's take a look at those scores.

44, best score of that pass, Carol. You're in a pretty strong position.

Then we come up to 54 where we find Mark and Phil,

then up to 82 where we find Joanna and Cathryn, then up to 100...

You're not miles ahead, Rob and Ian, but, Ian, we definitely need a low score from you.

Best of luck. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Let's put seven more clues up on the board and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

We're looking for the names of these famous cathedrals and churches.

John, you need to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Welcome, John. What do you do? I'm retired.

I've retired from the paint industry.

I did have a short break in the late '80s and '90s and ran a pub. That was fun. Just to make things different.

So, then, what are you going to go for on that board?

If you can score 55 or less, you'll avoid becoming the new high scorers.

Right, not my best subjects.

I think I'm going to have to go with the second one and say Notre Dame.

You'll say Notre Dame. Not the first time we've heard it, but let's see what it can do for you.

If you get below that red line, you are through to Round Two. Notre Dame, is that right?

It is, of course, right.

Wow, and it gets you through! Look at that, 43 for Notre Dame.

Who would have thought it? The lowest score of the round so far takes your total up to 87.

Well played, Carol and John. Notre Dame de Paris celebrates its 850th anniversary this year.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Ian...

You're the high scorers. We need a low score. This is a tough round and a particularly tough board.

Before we get down to that, Ian, remind us what you do.

I work for Humberside Police as a command centre supervisor.

What are your hobbies? I'm a great lover of rugby league and follow my local club, Hull FC.

I play snooker in my local village. I like to do cryptic crosswords.

Do you quiz at all? Have you and Rob quizzed before? We haven't, no.

But I often go to the local pub where we have a team and do a quiz on a Thursday night.

What are you going to go for on this board? I know three.

I'm going to have a punt, seeing as we need the points or lack of points,

at the bottom one as St Peter's.

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

No red line for you as you are the high scorers.

Well, it's right.

26.

APPLAUSE 26 takes your total up to 126.

Maybe that's enough to keep you in the game. Well played.

The building was struck by lightning after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. Did you see that photo? No.

A couple of hours after he resigned, a direct lightning bolt hit on the dome.

It's on the site of an old chariot-racing stadium. That's cool. That is cool. Thanks, Richard.

Now, Cathryn, welcome to the show. Good to have you here from Larne in County Antrim.

What do you do, Cathryn? I work in an office and in a bar and restaurant.

Which of those many jobs do you like best? Working in the bar. Of course.

You used to have an interesting job. I knew you were going to ask me that.

Yes, I did. What was that? I used to make horse whips.

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And for other uses.

Well, yeah, cow whips.

Yeah. Fair enough.

Do you miss the crack of the whip?

LAUGHTER Yes.

Were you working on the whip assembly itself? Yeah, I made Tony McCoy's whip.

That is fantastic. There we were being smutty and you've been making a brilliant whip.

Do they have a horn end still or is that very old-fashioned? That's very old-fashioned.

You know a lot about whips!

Normally you say to someone, "What do you do?"

They say, "I work in the post office." You go, "Excellent."

As soon as someone makes a whip, suddenly we're 20 minutes into the show! It's interesting.

Oh, Cathryn... What are you going to go for, Cathryn?

I'm really stuck, but I'm going to go for, hopefully, a safe one.

St Paul's. St Paul's Cathedral?

For Christopher Wren. OK, St Paul's, says Cathryn.

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

Here comes your red line. It could be higher. But let's find out. St Paul's, how many people said it?

It's right.

56, I'm afraid, for St Paul's.

It takes your total up to 138.

"Oh, phew!" say Ian and Rob.

138, though, our new high score.

Richard? Right answer, but a big score. A whisper in there can be heard at 100 feet away.

Amazing, isn't it? It's at least the fourth cathedral to be built on the same site.

Is there a velodrome or something under that?

Yeah, there was a shark-racing tank(!)

That's brilliant.

I know, amazing. They used to do shark-racing back in the 700s, 800s when London was very, very new.

Obviously full of sharks in those days. There was lots of sharks.

They'd all come up the Fleet River. Yeah, they'd be diverted. They would have shark tunnels.

If you were a leading shark trainer back in the 800s in London, you'd be the David Beckham of your day.

Yeah, you would. You really would. Yeah, you would.

Thank you very much indeed.

Phil... Hi there. Listen, Phil, you are the last person to be introduced to us.

What do you do? I work in the printing industry, getting designs ready for press.

You and Mark are brothers. We are. Whose idea was it to come on Pointless? Mine.

Was Mark the obvious choice? Yeah.

We sit there watching it, saying, "We can do better than that."

Now I'm here with churches and there's none left.

Yeah, that's tough. You've just been watching them like... "I can do better than that." No, I can't.

You can talk us through the board if you like.

If you can score 83 or less, Phil, you're in the next round. Yeah.

The only one I can have a guess at is the one with Poets' Corner and I'm thinking York...

Mark is doing some heavy nodding there.

I'm thinking York... York?

York Minster. York Minster for Poets' Corner.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it. There's your red line, nice and high.

Bad luck, Phil.

I'm really sorry. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 154.

Not York Minster. Sorry, Phil. The first poet to be buried there was Geoffrey Chaucer.

It's Westminster Abbey. Let's look at the other three.

The cathedral in Red Square in Moscow is St Basil's.

That would have scored you 15.

The classical temple in Rome is the Pantheon. That would have scored 2.

And said to be built on the site of Jesus's Crucifixion is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

A pointless answer, so well done if you said that. It's one of the most complex buildings in the world.

Thank you. At the end of our first round, the pair heading home, you've only just got here, Phil and Mark...

I'm sorry we have to send you back, but we'll see you next time.

We look forward to that very much. Thanks for playing, Phil and Mark!

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

Now just three pairs remain and at the end of this round, we'll be sending off another pair.

Oh, Cathryn and Joanna, that was close.

Very close. What a relief! Well done. Good scoring all round.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second? Nice one for you, Joanna.

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 groups that represented the UK in Eurovision as they could.

As many groups that have represented the UK in Eurovision.

We're looking for the name of any group or duo

who have represented the UK at Eurovision from its beginning in 1956 through to 2012.

Any group or duo. Not solo artists.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much. Groups or duos that have represented the UK. Cathryn, do you watch Eurovision?

I do, yes, every year. Good.

No. Yes, there's a difference between watching it and remembering it, isn't there? Yeah.

From the '70s, was it Brotherhood Of Man?

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

It's right.

27.

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Not bad. 27 for Brotherhood Of Man.

Yeah, Brotherhood Of Man, Save Your Kisses For Me won it in 1976, back in the day when we could win it.

Thanks, Richard. Rob? Yes... Eurovision.

I'm a bit of a fan of the Eurovision, I have to say.

It's something I've watched from time to time, although we've not done too well recently.

It tends to be the classic acts that I'll go for.

I'll go for Prima Donna. They did a song called Love Enough For Two.

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

Well, it's right.

Past 27.

Very well done indeed, Rob! That's a pointless answer.

It adds ?250 to today's jackpot. It takes the total up to ?1,250.

And it scores you nothing.

Good skills there. You really do like Eurovision, Rob. Very good. In 1980, they came third.

Can you tell me who won in that year? It was Johnny Logan and What's Another Year. It was indeed, yeah.

Wow! LAUGHTER

John... Yeah...

Now, John, Eurovision...

As I've got a pointless one to go against, I'll have a shot at The Allisons. The Allisons? The Allisons.

Let's see if The Allisons is correct and, if it is, how many people said it. It sounds good to me.

It's right.

Oh, 2.

APPLAUSE Two off the bottom there, but still, that's a great score, John.

Very well played, John. They came second in 1961.

I'm guessing you don't know who won that year. I'm guessing you're right.

Luxembourg won that year. Did they? That's nice for them. That was back in the day.

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

The best score of that round, quite clearly yours, Rob. Very well done.

Then up to 2 where we find John and Carol, then up to 27, I'm afraid, Cathryn and Joanna.

Do you follow Eurovision? If there's one thing I don't follow in music, it's Eurovision. Best of luck.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Carol, we are looking for any band or duo that has represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest.

On the back of John's fantastic score in the first pass, you're on 2.

The high scorers on 27 are Joanna and Cathryn. 24 or less will see you through to the head-to-head.

The only ones I can think of are solo artists, but I have two names in the back of my mind,

neither of which I'm 100% sure has ever won it or even represented the UK.

I'm going to go for Pickettywitch.

Pickettywitch, says Carol. Pickettywitch.

If you get below your red line with Pickettywitch, you're in the head-to-head.

Is it right and how many people said it if it is?

Oh, bad luck, Carol. I'm afraid Pickettywitch is incorrect, so you score 100 points.

That takes your total up to 102. Sorry, Carol.

Pickettywitch never represented the UK. Polly Browne from Pickettywitch did in another group,

but I won't say their name until the round is over and I'll ask what your other one would have been.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Ian...

Ian, here's fun. You are through to the head-to-head, so it doesn't matter what you score,

but maybe there's another pointless answer. Are you as good on this as Rob? I can think of some singles.

But at the back of my mind, The New Seekers seems to ring a bell, so The New Seekers.

No red line for you as you're through, but let's see how many of our 100 people said The New Seekers.

It's right.

8.

APPLAUSE Very well done. 8 for The New Seekers.

Great answer, Ian. Again they came second with Beg, Steal Or Borrow.

Rob, do you know who beat them? Was it... Was it Luxembourg again?

That's a shame... Yeah, it was.

LAUGHTER

Very good. Now, Joanna, if you can score 74 or less,

you are in the head-to-head.

I would have thought most correct answers would score you 74 or less.

I know of two. Well, I can think of two, but I'm confused with one.

I can't remember if they represented Ireland or the UK,

so I'll go with the most obvious answer and say Bucks Fizz.

Bucks Fizz. OK, I said pretty much any correct answer would get you below 74. I forgot about Bucks Fizz.

Yeah, OK. Well, listen, there's your red line. It's not...

It's higher than I am.

Let's see if Bucks Fizz can get you below that red line. Very, very best of luck.

It's right.

You've done it.

You have done it. 52. Very well done indeed.

79, your total.

Well played, Joanna. You did what you had to do. Another winner for the UK, Bucks Fizz.

Rob, do you want to have a guess at some other pointless answers?

How about Co-Co, The Bad Old Days? Co-Co would have scored one point.

Runner from the '80s, a group called Runner? Runner, I'm afraid, is an incorrect answer.

I'll give you one more. Jemini.

The mighty Jemini scored six points which is six points more than they scored in Eurovision.

LAUGHTER Very much so. ..I seem to remember.

Let's see some pointless answers.

Belle And The Devotions from 1984 with Love Games.

Live Report came second with Why Do I Always Get It Wrong?

Love City Groove did the song Love City Groove. All of those pointless.

Precious who featured Jenny Frost, later in Atomic Kitten. Prima Donna.

Ryder was the band you were thinking of. They did Runner In The Night.

And Sweet Dreams who featured Polly Browne from Pickettywitch.

They were in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest.

Carol, what was your other answer going to be? Black Lace. Black Lace would have scored you 4 points.

You would have been the lowest scorers in the round.

Let's take a look at the answers that most of our 100 people said.

Thanks very much. At the end of our second round,

it's Carol and John we have to say goodbye to with a high score of 102.

That was awkward. Black Lace would have been brilliant. An excellent low score from John.

The good news is we get to see you again next time. Thanks so much for playing, Carol and John! Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Ian and Rob, Cathryn and Joanna, you're one step closer to the final and a chance

to play for our jackpot which currently stands at ?1,250.

We have to decide which pair plays for that money and to do that, you'll now go head-to-head,

the difference being you can now confer.

The first pair to win two questions will play for that ?1,250.

Ian and Rob, you went out first round last time.

We've stormed through this time. Not just come through. You're the golden couple there.

Cathryn and Joanna, you just made it through, but well done, that's all you needed to do.

From here on in, it's all plain sailing because you can talk. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Richard? We'll show you five pictures of celebrities on the day they received an honorary degree.

Can you name them? Good luck.

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

There we are, five celebrities receiving their honorary degrees.

Ian and Rob, you've played best in the show so far, so you go first.

We'll go for C, Dame Kelly Holmes.

OK, Dame Kelly Holmes for C, say Ian and Rob.

Now, Cathryn and Joanna, what are you going to go for? Talk us through the board if you can.

We think A is Patrick Stewart,

B, Colin Firth,

E is Kylie Minogue

and we'll go for D... Angela Lansbury.

Angela Lansbury, hopefully.

Angela Lansbury, you are saying for D.

So we have Kelly Holmes and Angela Lansbury.

Ian and Rob said Kelly Holmes. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Kelly Holmes.

Absolutely right.

APPLAUSE 40 for Kelly Holmes.

Cathryn and Joanna are saying Angela Lansbury for D.

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

It's right. Very well done.

Is that going to beat Kelly Holmes?

Yes, it is. Very well done. 23.

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Cathryn and Joanna, after one question, you are up one-nil.

Yeah, well done. She's getting a Doctor of Musical Arts there from the Manhattan School of Music.

You were right about the others. A is Patrick Stewart, 29 points,

getting a Doctor of Letters at East Anglia.

B is Colin Firth at Winchester. It would have scored you 33.

And E is Kylie at Anglia Ruskin University.

That would have scored you 55. Thanks very much.

Here comes your second question.

Ian and Rob, you have to win this one to stay in the game. Best of luck. It concerns...

Richard? We'll give you five clues to facts about Coronation Street.

Can you pick the most obscure answer?

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

I'll read those all one final time.

Five clues to facts about Coronation Street. Cathryn and Joanna, you go first.

What are you going to go for?

We're going to go for the comedian who had a cameo role. We think it's Bradley Walsh.

Bradley Walsh, say Cathryn and Joanna. Bradley Walsh. Now, Ian and Rob...?

We think... I'm sure that the 50th anniversary was last year,

so we think it was '62, the year it was first broadcast.

The fictional town is Weatherfield. The pub is the Rovers Return.

We don't know the last one. Shall we go for '62?

Yeah. 1962 for the top one. 1962, say Ian and Rob for the top one.

Bradley Walsh, said Cathryn and Joanna. Is that right and, if it is, how many people said Bradley Walsh?

Oh, incorrect, I'm afraid, so, Ian and Rob, you only have to be correct with 1962 and you'll win this point.

Let's find out. Are you correct?

No! Wow!

Two incorrect answers. After two questions, Cathryn and Joanna are still up one-nil.

No, Bradley Walsh was Danny Baldwin for a long time in Corrie. This was Peter Kay.

It would have scored you 20 points.

The year in which the first episode was broadcast was 1960, I'm afraid.

That would have scored you 23.

It is Weatherfield. That would have scored you 74 points.

Even more points for the pub, Rovers Return. It would have scored you 91.

And it's Florizel Street. 14 of our 100 people knew that, which is very impressive.

Thanks. Here comes your third question. Ian and Rob, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Or you both have to get it wrong again. And it concerns...

Richard? We'll show you five anagrams now of populous US states.

Just unscramble them and give us the best answer.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Ian and Rob, you go first this time.

We think the last one is Wisconsin.

Cows In Sin, Wisconsin.

Cathryn and Joanna, the rest of the board is yours.

We'll go for the one above that - Massachusetts.

Scathes At Sums. So we have Wisconsin versus Massachusetts.

Ian and Rob said Wisconsin. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Wisconsin.

It's right.

63.

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Cathryn and Joanna have said Massachusetts for Scathes At Sums.

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

It's right.

And you win it. Very well done indeed.

27. Good work.

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Cathryn and Joanna, after three questions, you are through to the final two-nil.

Wisconsin, the 20th most populous state, but the biggest scorer, maybe because the anagram ended in "Sin".

It might have been the easiest anagram, not the best known state

because the top one is California. Of course it is.

It would have scored you 33. The next one is Pennsylvania.

That would have scored you 13. It's the best answer up there.

And the other one? Washington. Washington State. That scored 23. Very well done if you got all five.

Thanks very much. The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Ian and Rob.

You've done so well this show. Kelly Holmes, sadly, not good enough

and I'm afraid Wisconsin pipped by Massachusetts.

Ian and Rob, thanks so much for playing. Great contestants! APPLAUSE

But for Catherine and Joanna, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Cathryn and Joanna, you've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at ?1,250.

Well, you've ended up here. Somehow, we've ended up here.

Round One was pretty touch and go. Round Two, you came through,

then it was a two-nil victory in the head-to-head.

It was quite lucky. Very lucky. You did very well.

Here you are in the final. What would you like to see come up?

American TV shows would be good for me. A bit more music, I think. OK.

Something that I would know the answer to. We'll try and whip something up for you. Thank you.

As always, you kick off this round by choosing your category and here are your four options.

German Sport?! Children's Films? It'll have to be. You've seen them all.

We'll go for Children's Films. OK, Children's Films, Richard.

You can choose your answers from any of these three options.

We're looking for any film, TV or feature film, with the word Muppet in the title.

We are looking for any film starring Macaulay Culkin that he made up to the age of 14

or any of the cast of any of the High School Musical films.

So we're looking for the title of any film starring The Muppets with the word Muppet in the title,

any Macaulay Culkin film that he made up to the age of 14

or any of the cast of the High School Musical films.

Very, very best of luck.

You've got up to a minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that jackpot of ?1,250

is for just one answer to be pointless.

The answers you give can come from any of those categories. It can be all three from one or one from each.

It's entirely up to you. Are you ready? Yeah. Yeah.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

Films with The Muppets, haven't got a clue. Muppets From Outer Space, Muppet Christmas Carol.

Macaulay Culkin films, I know two. Home Alone. And Home Alone 2.

Cast of High School? Cast, um... Corbin Blue.

Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron. I'm really embarrassing myself here!

They're all very popular.

There's one... I can't remember her name.

So if we go for... Two Muppets and a High School?

No, we'll go for one of each. We could do.

Yeah? Yeah, we'll go for one of each - Muppets From Outer Space.

Then we'll go for Home Alone 2. And we'll go for... Corbin Blue. Corbin Blue.

OK. Are you happy? Yeah. Shall we stop the clock? Yeah.

There we are. That's the depth of our knowledge on those. Well done. What are you going to give me?

We're going to give you one from each, so Films With The Muppets...

Muppets From Outer Space. Macaulay Culkin Films, I hope he filmed this before he was 14 - Home Alone 2.

Home Alone 2. And Cast Of High School Musical, we'll go with the guy with the crazy Afro - Corbin Blue.

Corbin Blue. Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless?

Muppets From Outer Space. We'll put that last.

Which is your least likely? Corbin Blue. And Home Alone 2 in the middle.

Let's put those up on the board in that order. We have got...

Very best of luck. Your first answer, the one you thought least likely to be pointless...

Corbin Blue sounds like a really nice cheese.

It does. If this is right, Corbin Blue, and it's pointless, you will win that jackpot of ?1,250.

Cathryn, what would you do with it? What I'd like to do, I won't get to do, so I'll share it round the kids.

That's nice. Yeah, I'm a nice person.

Joanna? I'd probably go to the pub first for a celebratory drink,

but I want to buy a new electric and acoustic guitar cos mine are old and battered and don't really work.

Best of luck. Three chances to win the jackpot. Corbin Blue is your first answer.

Let's find out. Was Corbin Blue part of the High School Musical cast?

It's right.

OK, well, Corbin Blue, if he takes you all the way down to zero,

will win you ?1,250.

You're going through the 20s, the teens, into single figures.

Oh, one!

APPLAUSE So close!

One for Corbin Blue.

Very close. That's good for a first answer.

You thought that was your least likely. Yeah, I thought he'd be more well-known.

No, just one of our 100. That was close. Very best of luck with your next answer - Home Alone 2.

If it's correct and pointless, you will win that jackpot, so, for ?1,250, let's find out.

Is Home Alone 2 a film Macaulay Culkin made before he turned 14?

Yes, it is. Your first answer, Corbin Blue, took you down to one.

Mac... Oh!

55.

APPLAUSE

OK, everything is now riding on your third and final answer, Muppets From Outer Space.

If this goes down to zero, you leave with that jackpot. For ?1,250,

is Muppets From Outer Space a Muppet film?

Oh, bad luck.

APPLAUSE Ah, well...

Well, they were ordered perhaps the opposite way to the order they should have been in,

but unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.

You don't win today's jackpot of ?1,250 which will roll over on to the next show,

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

That's what we came for. Thank you. APPLAUSE

Unlucky. You were very close. It's not Muppets From Outer Space, just Muppets From Space.

It would have scored you 8 points anyway. From 1999. Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie was a pointless answer.

The Great Muppet Caper with Peter Ustinov, John Cleese, Diana Rigg.

The Muppets' Wizard Of Oz was also pointless,

so well done if you said those. The Muppet Christmas Carol was the biggest scorer with 37 points.

Macaulay Culkin Films is a harder category, I think.

Getting Even With Dad with Ted Danson, the thriller The Good Son,

the theatrical version of The Nutcracker

and he's in The Pagemaster, Patrick Stewart also in that.

High School Musical, you obviously knew some of these.

You could have had Alyson Reed who plays Ms Darbus, the teacher.

Lucas Grabeel is Sharpay's twin brother Ryan.

Olesya Rulin plays Kelsi who composes the musicals

and Monique Coleman plays Taylor, head of the science club.

Very well done if you said any of those ones at home.

Thanks, Richard. We have to say goodbye to you, Cathryn and Joanna.

Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants, Cathryn and Joanna! Thank you.

Sadly, they didn't win the jackpot today which rolls over to the next show when we will play for ?2,250.

Join us next time to see if someone wins it. It's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me.

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