0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you very much. I'm Alexander Armstrong, welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:34where you are rewarded for knowing obscure answers. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38And couple number one...
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Hi, Alexander. I'm Pete, this is my friend Sean. We're from Manchester.
0:00:42 > 0:00:49Couple number two... Hi, I'm Mark, from Birmingham, and this is my friend Martin. We work in Leeds.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54And couple number three... I'm Ron, this is my wife Chris. We're from Pinner.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59And couple number four... I'm Alex, this is my girlfriend Andrea and we're from Brighton.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02These are today's contestants.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Thanks, all of you. We'll find out more as we go along.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11That just leaves one more person. A man so obsessed with logic,
0:01:11 > 0:01:17if he could host a dinner party for any five guests, living or dead, he'd pick living.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21My Pointless friend, it's Richard. Hiya. Hi, everyone. Hiya.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Good afternoon to you. And to you. Are you well? I am.
0:01:27 > 0:01:34Are you looking forward to the show? Very much. We've got Andrea and Alex back. They reached the Head to Head.
0:01:34 > 0:01:41They were good. You can see the steely focus in their eyes now. Look at Alex.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Like a coiled viper. Isn't he? Yeah(!)
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Round One today. Classic Pointless. Classic Pointless. Should be fun.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55I'm looking forward to it already. All our questions were put to 100 people.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Our contestants need to find the obscure answers they didn't get, or a pointless answer
0:02:00 > 0:02:06that none of our 100 people gave. When that happens, we add ?250 to the jackpot.
0:02:06 > 0:02:13Aggie and Richard won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts back at ?1,000.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25OK, in this first round I want an answer from each of you, but no conferring.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Whoever has the highest score will head home.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33Our first category today is... Modern Languages.
0:02:33 > 0:02:39Can you all decide in your pairs who is going first and who is going second?
0:02:39 > 0:02:45Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium. OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Fruits and vegetables in Spanish.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53Fruit and veg in Spanish. What's not to like?
0:02:53 > 0:02:59On each pass, seven names of fruit or veg in Spanish. You just give us the English translation, please.
0:02:59 > 0:03:0414 in all to have a go at. Best of luck. No cheating by looking in a fruit bowl.
0:03:04 > 0:03:10You know what this means? I've got to read out 14 things in Spanish! A language I don't speak!
0:03:10 > 0:03:16This is going to be awesome. OK, we are looking for the English words for these fruit and veg.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20I'm sorry if you're Spanish. Here's our first board.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23HE READS THE LIST
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I'll read those again.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Spanish.
0:03:41 > 0:03:47Now then, Sean and Pete, you all drew lots and today you go first.
0:03:47 > 0:03:53Sean, welcome to Pointless. Thank you. From Manchester. Yeah. What do you do in Manchester?
0:03:53 > 0:03:59I work for Barnardo's, the children's charity. Good stuff. How long have you done that? Four years.
0:03:59 > 0:04:05Now, Sean...Spanish fruit and veg! Yeah. I've eaten a lot of tapas
0:04:05 > 0:04:10and I should know more of these, but I'll play it really safe and go for patata,
0:04:10 > 0:04:16which I believe is potato. Yeah, it could be. Let's have a look. Is that right?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18If it is, how many people said it?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24It IS right. ..It is a high score, Sean. 81.
0:04:26 > 0:04:2881.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33That's a big score. I suspect we may see some 100s. Patatas bravas, of course,
0:04:33 > 0:04:40you have in tapas. Indeed. They come from the Peruvian/Bolivian Andes, potatoes, originally.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45Now everywhere. Very popular. Have you noticed? And delicious!
0:04:45 > 0:04:51Have you had those chipped potatoes? I call them chips. Not yet. Read about them.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54And those crispy ones. I'm looking forward to those. Yeah.
0:04:54 > 0:05:00Crisps they call them. I walked past a restaurant and a man was having mashed potato.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Whatever next? Yeah. Whatever next?
0:05:04 > 0:05:10There we go. Mark... Hello. Welcome. What do you do? I'm a trainee accountant.
0:05:10 > 0:05:16Whereabouts? In Leeds. We're looking for the English words for these Spanish fruit and veg.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20This is a bit embarrassing. I used to do Spanish at school.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23You didn't have to tell us that! LAUGHTER
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Yeah. Looking at the board, I think...
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Potato I knew, but apart from that I'm going to have to go for a bit of a guess.
0:05:32 > 0:05:40I think I'll have to go for Lechuga, which I think - I think - might be lettuce.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Lechuga, lettuce, says Mark. Is that right? How many said lettuce?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50It's absolutely right. Well remembered, Mark.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Nine!
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Brilliant. Very well done. Nine. Lovely score there, Mark.
0:05:59 > 0:06:05For lettuce. Well played. Lettuce rarely lets you down on Pointless. Yeah.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Do you want a fact? It might blow your mind. Give me half of it.
0:06:10 > 0:06:17I don't know whether you can take it. What do you think? I worry about the audience.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Will they be able to take it? Have we got medical...? We have.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Spain is the world's fourth-largest producer of lettuce.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39Are you all right? I'm fine. There we are. You all right?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Sorry. Wow.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Fourth-largest? Yeah. In the world?
0:06:46 > 0:06:51In the world. Wow. Yeah. Oh... No, I'm fine, I'm fine.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55OK. Everyone all right? Yeah, OK. Thank you.
0:06:55 > 0:07:02Now, Chris. Hello, Alexander. Welcome to the show. What do you do, Chris? I'm happily retired.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06That's a lovely reply. Good. What do you do that makes you so happy?
0:07:06 > 0:07:11We love travelling. We like dog training.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14We have a German Shepherd, which we train an awful lot.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19How many have you trained in your time? Personally, two. Right.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25But Ron is a qualified German Shepherd dog trainer, so he's trained quite a few.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Chris, what are you going to go for? I really don't have a clue.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33I'll try Brecol as broccoli.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39Brecol as broccoli. A pure guess, because it begins with B.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43That's exactly what I reckoned. If it's wrong, we're both wrong.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Brecol. Is it broccoli? If it is, how many people said it?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It IS right! Well done.
0:07:49 > 0:07:5381 is our high score. You've passed that.
0:07:53 > 0:07:5526. Thank you.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06Well played, Chris. Well worked out. They also call it brocoli, but I thought that was too obvious.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Yeah.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Brecol's good. Now, Andrea, welcome back. Our only returning pair.
0:08:13 > 0:08:21Andrea, remind us what you do. I'm head of music at a radio station. Great job.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27We have a whole board of fruit and veg from Spain. Do you speak any Spanish? No.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33Have you been to Spain? I have been to Spain. I'm quite good at French
0:08:33 > 0:08:40and some look like French words. Frambuesa sounds a bit like framboise, the French for raspberry.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46So that might be raspberry. And cereza sounds a bit like the French word for cherries.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51I think I'm going to go for cherries for that one.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58It's completely right. Well done.
0:08:58 > 0:09:0081, our high score. You passed that.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Nine, our low score.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Four! Brilliant answer, Andrea.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Four is your score.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Well worked out, Andrea.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Spain is the fifth-largest producer of cherries.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22Only fifth. OK. Do you know the largest producer of cherries?
0:09:22 > 0:09:27Em...somewhere in South America. I will give you 70 guesses.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29It's Turkey.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Worth coming out now, wasn't it?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Turkey. There's another couple you can work out from the French here.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Fresa. Strawberry. Yep. Would have scored you 25.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Frambuesa, you're right. Raspberry.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50It scored 22. Any guesses on Alcachofa?
0:09:50 > 0:09:57Carciofo in Italian is artichoke. So I'm guessing Alcachofa is artichoke. Absolutely right.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01And would have scored three points. Best answer on the board.
0:10:01 > 0:10:08Thanks. OK, we're halfway through. Let's look at those scores. Four is the best score of that pass.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Alex and Andrea looking pretty strong. Nine, Mark and Martin.
0:10:12 > 0:10:1526 for Chris and Ron.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Sean and Pete, about this score... It's 81.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Do you speak any Spanish? I tried to learn Spanish in the car, once.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28I gave up. So no, no Spanish.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30OK.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36"I started it in the car once." How far did you drive before you stopped learning Spanish?
0:10:36 > 0:10:40I got five minutes in. Backed it out of the driveway. Listen,
0:10:40 > 0:10:47you need a really good score, but someone might get one wrong. Very best of luck, Pete.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:53 > 0:10:59OK, let's put seven more fruit and veg on the board. Here they are. We have got...
0:10:59 > 0:11:01HE READS THE LIST
0:11:11 > 0:11:13CHEERING
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I'll try them again.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31There we go. Remember, we are looking for the English words.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37Alex, welcome back. Hello. Remind us what you do. I'm a part-time student doing a Master's
0:11:37 > 0:11:42in music and sonic media. You're the first to have this board.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44So there you are. Dive in.
0:11:44 > 0:11:50I'm lucky to be the first person. There's only one I think I could ever get.
0:11:50 > 0:11:57I'm going to have to go with the bottom one, which I'm guessing is tomato. Tomato!
0:11:57 > 0:12:03Very much the patata of that board, I would say.
0:12:03 > 0:12:09The high scorers on 81 are Pete and Sean. If you can get 76 or less, you're in Round Two. Let's see.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Tomate. Is it a tomato?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Oi!
0:12:15 > 0:12:2393. Takes your total up to 97, Alex. It was sort of inevitable it would score a substantial number.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27What were the other seven people thinking it is?!
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Now Ron... Yeah.
0:12:31 > 0:12:38Welcome. Thank you. So you train German Shepherd dogs? Yes. I've recently completed a course.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42They can be quite scary, German Shepherds. No.
0:12:42 > 0:12:48They're the nearest thing to wolves. They look like them, but they're big softies. OK.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50And what else do you like to do?
0:12:50 > 0:12:55I train police cadets. Oh! Do you shout at them a lot?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Oh, yes.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01You could imagine he's terrifying. I bet!
0:13:01 > 0:13:05That's good. And quite scary. Ron...
0:13:05 > 0:13:10How good's your Spanish? Not too bad. I know a couple of them.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15It's just picking the right one. Yeah. As with all fruits. Indeed!
0:13:15 > 0:13:20Our high scorers are Alex and Andrea on 97. You're on 26.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23So 70 or less gets you into the next round.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27I'll go Manzana...apple.
0:13:27 > 0:13:33Man-thana, apple, says Ron. Is that right? Here is your red line.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37It's right.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40And you're through to Round Two. Very well done, Ron.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Very well done, indeed. Seven.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Takes your total up to 33.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Well played, Ron. Solid as a rock. Manzana.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57The UK not even in the world's top 20 producers of apples.
0:13:57 > 0:14:04Thank you. Now, Martin, welcome. What do you do? I'm also a trainee accountant. At the same place?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Same firm. What do you do when not doing your accounting?
0:14:07 > 0:14:14I just like to go out with friends, play sport. Play football every week, play golf as well. Good.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Now you're on nine. The high scorers are on 97.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23If you can score 87 or less, you're through. How's your Spanish?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Shocking. OK. Have you got any ideas?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31I'm hoping I've seen Naranja on a soft drink.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37So I'm going to say that and hopefully it's orange. Naranja, orange.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42Let's see if that's right and how many said it. Here's your red line.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45It's right and you're through.
0:14:48 > 0:14:4939.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Very well done. Takes your total up to 48.
0:14:54 > 0:15:01Well played, Martin. Naranja. Also means the colour orange, like orange and orange in English.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Now, Pete, you've waited very patiently. We have a game here.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10This is very exciting. You are on 81. Alex and Andrea are on 97.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16It's all down to those 15 points you have to score,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19or less. Pete, what do you do?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23I'm a sales rep for a haberdashery company. Oh, that's fun. It's good.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29So buttons... Ribbons, threads. Do we make that stuff here any more?
0:15:29 > 0:15:34A lot of the threads are made abroad, the zips are made abroad. Not really.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Pins, needles? Abroad. Ribbons are made in the UK. That's nice.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Lovely. Yeah. Glitter? Is that made in the UK? I'd like to think so.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49There's a huge glitter factory in Rotherham. There was a break-in at the glue factory next door
0:15:49 > 0:15:55and they got out through the glitter. They found them pretty quickly.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01Pete, what are these Spanish fruit and veg in English?
0:16:01 > 0:16:07Don't ask me to go through the board, please. I'd guess at... Can I go through it?
0:16:07 > 0:16:12If you want to! Don't ask me to go through the board, but I will!
0:16:12 > 0:16:19Platano I'd guess would be plantain, maybe. But I don't think it'll be enough, even if it's right.
0:16:19 > 0:16:25Zanahoria I would have a guess at courgette.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31Zanahoria. Courgettes, OK. Well, here's your red line you've got to get below.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Good luck. Courgettes. Is that right? Is it Zanahoria?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Bad luck, Pete. An incorrect answer.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46A game effort, but scores 100 points and takes your total up to 181.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52Sorry. Yeah, there's really no clue in that name as to what it is. And it's the carrot.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Would have scored you five points.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Now Platano is banana.
0:16:57 > 0:17:04It would have scored 14. We would have accepted plantain. It would have seen you through.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Uva?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11If it wasn't fruit and veg, you'd think egg, but it's grape.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Oh, grape. Would have scored four. And Hinojo?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Hinojo. LAUGHTER
0:17:18 > 0:17:23No. It's literally impossible. Very well done at home if you said fennel.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Fennel is the answer to that. A pointless answer, unsurprisingly.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Thank you very much indeed.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35So the pair I'm afraid who will be heading home with 181
0:17:35 > 0:17:38are Pete and Sean. I'm so sorry.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Sean, you didn't get enough time and Pete was left with...
0:17:42 > 0:17:46We've had things like that left in our fridge for three months.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Yeah, I'm sorry. Slim pickings.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56Anyway, we will see you next time. Pete and Sean, thank you very much for playing. Thank you.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10So we're now down to three pairs. At the end of this round, we lose another pair.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Ron and Chris, you did so well. Great teamwork.
0:18:14 > 0:18:20Andrea, best score of the round. Alex, I think the worst correct score of the whole round.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Time to pull your finger out.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Martin and Mark, keep it up. Very best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:27 > 0:18:34Our category for Round Two is US Geography. Can you all decide who's going first and second?
0:18:34 > 0:18:39And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:18:39 > 0:18:47We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many US states that are smaller than England as they could.
0:18:47 > 0:18:55US states that are smaller than England. 22 US states are smaller than England in land area.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59We just need you to name one of those 22 states. Best of luck.
0:18:59 > 0:19:05Thank you, Richard. OK, Mark, are you going to be answering this the way I would answer this?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Which would be pretty much a guess.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Yeah. Definitely. Good luck. Right.
0:19:13 > 0:19:20Em...I'm going to say Rhode Island. Rhode Island says Mark. Let's see if Rhode Island is right
0:19:20 > 0:19:23and how many people said it.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26It is right! Well done.
0:19:31 > 0:19:3215.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Good answer, Mark.
0:19:37 > 0:19:43Yeah, good start to the round. It's actually the smallest US state of all, Rhode Island.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Thank you. Now, Chris, how's your US geography?
0:19:48 > 0:19:55Not too bad. We love the USA and go there as often as we can. I'll plump for New Hampshire.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It's right!
0:20:06 > 0:20:11That's a good answer. Nine! Very well done, Chris.
0:20:14 > 0:20:20Another very strong answer. It was the first state to declare its independence from Britain.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Forward-thinking folk.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Now, Alex... Alex, what are you going to go for?
0:20:26 > 0:20:32Well, my answer and my safety answer have just both gone, so I'm going to have to have a bit of a guess.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37And I'm going to say... I'm hoping it's a state. Delaware.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Delaware, says Alex. Delaware. Is it right? How many said it?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46It's right. Very well done.
0:20:46 > 0:20:5015 our high score, nine our low at this stage.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Nine, there we are!
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Well done, Alex. Great answer.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01That's the second-smallest US state by land area.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04State fruit is the strawberry.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Go, strawberry! Yeah. It's fresa in Spanish. CHEERING
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Yeah.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16We're halfway through. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21Nine is the low score, shared by Alex and Andrea, Chris and Ron.
0:21:21 > 0:21:2615, the high score, Mark and Martin. Martin, you're not way ahead,
0:21:26 > 0:21:31but we need a really good low-scoring answer from you.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36Best of luck. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:36 > 0:21:42OK, so remember we are looking for any US state smaller than England.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Andrea, Alex did very well there.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50Do you know the US at all? He's much better at geography than me.
0:21:50 > 0:21:58I've never even been to America. OK. Well, you want to score five or less to avoid being the high scorers.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00No pressure(!)
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Yeah...
0:22:04 > 0:22:08I'm going to have to go for a complete guess.
0:22:08 > 0:22:14New Jersey? New Jersey, says Andrea. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Your red line is quite low.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19It's absolutely right.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Very well done. 15, not bad.
0:22:28 > 0:22:3324 your total. And that's the fourth-smallest.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37But it's the most densely-populated of any of the states.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Thanks, Richard. Now then, Ron, any US state smaller than England.
0:22:42 > 0:22:50Is your US geography as good as Chris's? I would imagine... Yeah, not too bad.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55Smaller ones are being picked off, but it's obscurity rather than size, really.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Maine. Maine. The high scorers are Andrea and Alex on 24. You've nine.
0:23:00 > 0:23:0614 will see you through. Let's see if Maine's right. How many said it?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09It's right.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Very well done. 18, good answer.
0:23:18 > 0:23:2518 takes your total up to 27. Well played, Ron. It's a low-scoring round. Isn't it?
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Staying in that north-eastern corner. Now then, Martin.
0:23:29 > 0:23:36This is where we have a game on our hands. You're on 15. The high scorers are on 27.
0:23:36 > 0:23:4211 or less sees you through. How confident are you feeling? Not very confident at all.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Are you going to be playing by how I would play it?
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Definitely. So a complete guess.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52I'm not even sure if it's a state, but I'll say Wisconsin.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Wisconsin, says Martin.
0:23:54 > 0:24:01Wisconsin. There is your red line, Martin. Wisconsin - will it get you below that red line?
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Oh! Bad luck, Martin. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Scores you the maximum 100 points and takes you to 115. Sorry, Martin.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15I felt sure we'd get the 100. Sorry it came down to you.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19No pointless answers at all. Here are the lowest.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24There's 22 that are smaller than England. Indiana would have scored three, Mississippi three,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Pennsylvania three.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31You could also have had Tennessee or Louisiana for five,
0:24:31 > 0:24:37seven points for Kentucky or West Virginia, eight for North Carolina or Virginia.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42You'd have scored nine for South Carolina, 11 for Vermont, Maryland,
0:24:42 > 0:24:4613 for Massachusetts, 15 for Connecticut.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50And the top three, let's take a look. Ohio would have scored 18.
0:24:50 > 0:24:57New York would have scored you 28 and, at the top, Hawaii, of course, would have scored 30.
0:24:57 > 0:25:03Thanks very much. So at the end of our second round we say goodbye to Martin and Mark.
0:25:03 > 0:25:10I'm so sorry. That was a tough round. You did well, Mark, but Martin...yeah. Sorry.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Well, what else have you got to go on? There's a handful to guess,
0:25:14 > 0:25:19but beyond those it's time to pull some names out, frankly.
0:25:19 > 0:25:25We'll see you again next time. Meantime, thanks very much for playing. Martin and Mark!
0:25:27 > 0:25:32But for the remaining two pairs it's now time for our Head to Head.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42Congratulations, Ron and Chris, Andrea and Alex. You're one step closer to playing for our jackpot,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45which currently stands at ?1,000.
0:25:45 > 0:25:52We have to decide who goes through to the final, so you now go head to head and can now confer.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.
0:25:57 > 0:26:04Andrea and Alex, you've been here before. Last time, you were the low scorers, like Ron and Chris now.
0:26:04 > 0:26:10How does that feel? It was lucky for the last contestants. Maybe it'll be lucky for us.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15I think this will be very exciting. Let's play the Head to Head.
0:26:18 > 0:26:25OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...winners at the 2012 British Comedy Awards.
0:26:25 > 0:26:32Richard? We'll show you five pictures of people who won awards at the 2012 British Comedy Awards.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Can you name the most obscure? Good luck. OK, thanks.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Let's reveal our five award winners. We have got...
0:26:58 > 0:27:03There we are. Five winners at the 2012 British Comedy Awards.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Ron and Chris, you've played best so you get to go first.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11THEY CONFER
0:27:14 > 0:27:20We're going to go for C, Jason Manford. C, Jason Manford, say Ron and Chris.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25Jason Manford. Andrea and Alex, the board is all yours. OK. Talk us through it.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Well, A is Charlie Brooker.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34B is Morgana. I don't know if that's a surname... I can't remember her surname. No.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37C is Lee Mack. Yeah.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41D is Julia Davis. And Sacha Baron Cohen.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45I think maybe Julia Davis. Yeah, Julia Davis for D.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Julia Davis for D. Let's see.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Ron and Chris said Jason Manford. Is that right?
0:27:53 > 0:27:58Oh...bad luck. Didn't think so. Bad luck.
0:27:58 > 0:28:04Andrea and Alex have said Julia Davis for D. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06All it has to be is right.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10It is right. Very well done.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Seven.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24Great answer there, Andrea and Alex. It means you are up one-nil.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Picking up the award for Hunderby. Which you were in. Excellent show.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33If anyone hasn't seen it, it's worth getting. Good script.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Yeah. The cast... LAUGHTER
0:28:37 > 0:28:42Some good performances. Yeah? She's terrific in it. She's brilliant.
0:28:42 > 0:28:49I know Lee Mack's kids watch Pointless, so I'm sorry someone thought he was Jason Manford!
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I apologise! But hi!
0:28:51 > 0:28:56That is Lee Mack. He'd have scored you 23 points.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Now A is Charlie Brooker, Best Comedy Entertainment Personality.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05He'd have scored you 14. B is Morgana Robinson.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08We need the full name. One point.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13And E is Sacha Baron Cohen, of course. He'd have scored you 38.
0:29:13 > 0:29:20Thanks, Richard. Here comes your second question. Ron and Chris, you need to win this one.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22It concerns...Monaco.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27Monaco, Richard. We'll show you five clues to facts about Monaco.
0:29:27 > 0:29:34Can you give us the most obscure answer? OK, let's reveal our five facts and here they are.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36We have got... HE READS THE LIST
0:29:48 > 0:29:50I'll read those one last time.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07There you are. Five clues to facts about Monaco. Andrea and Alex, you go first.
0:30:14 > 0:30:20Well, yeah... OK. We'll go for the country responsible for its military defence
0:30:20 > 0:30:26and say France. OK, you say France is responsible for its military defence.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Ron and Chris, can you talk us through the board?
0:30:30 > 0:30:35I guess the main unit of currency now would be the euro.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40The royal house to which its head of state belongs is Grimaldi.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45I don't know the Grand Prix and the body of water is the Mediterranean.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49We'll go for the royal house. Grimaldi.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54The Grimaldi family. OK, we have France and the Grimaldis.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57France. Is that right? How many said it?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01It's right.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04OK, 43.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11Not bad. It was a bit of a guess, so not a bad score.
0:31:11 > 0:31:17Ron and Chris have said the Grimaldi family. Is that right? How many people said Grimaldi?
0:31:19 > 0:31:21It's right.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26And it wins it for you. Very well done.
0:31:26 > 0:31:2720.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Brilliant, Ron and Chris. You're back in the game. One-all.
0:31:33 > 0:31:39It's a good Head to Head. Well played. The main unit of currency is the euro.
0:31:39 > 0:31:4339 points for that. The decade in which it held its first Grand Prix.
0:31:43 > 0:31:49The World Drivers' Championship didn't start until the '50s. It was the 1920s. Six points.
0:31:49 > 0:31:54And the body of water is the Mediterranean. Scored 51.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59Thanks very much. OK, this is very exciting. Down to a third question.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04Whoever wins this goes through to play for that jackpot. It concerns...
0:32:05 > 0:32:10Classic sporting commentaries. Richard?
0:32:10 > 0:32:16Five pieces of classic sporting commentary, but with one word removed. Can you give us that word?
0:32:16 > 0:32:21Good luck, both teams. OK, let's reveal our sporting commentaries.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23HE READS THE LIST
0:32:44 > 0:32:46I'll read those one last time.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06There we are. Five classic sporting commentary lines with missing words.
0:33:06 > 0:33:12Ron and Chris, you go first. I'll go for the bottom one. "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey."
0:33:12 > 0:33:16LAUGHTER Holding. Willey.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21Now Andrea and Alex, what are you going to go for?
0:33:21 > 0:33:26The first one is, "They think it's all over. It is now."
0:33:26 > 0:33:32The only other one I think we should go for is, "He knows he can hurt him now. Get in there..."
0:33:32 > 0:33:38I guess that's probably Frank. Frank Bruno. OK. So you say Frank.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Ok, so we have Holding and we have Frank.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47Ron and Chris have said Holding. Is that right? How many said that?
0:33:49 > 0:33:51It's right.
0:33:53 > 0:33:5535.
0:33:58 > 0:34:04Now, Andrea and Alex, this is the decider. 35 is what Holding scored.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09You have to score less than that to go through to the final. You're saying Frank.
0:34:09 > 0:34:16A bit of a guess. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how far down it takes you.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19It IS right.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Is it going to win it for you?
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Yes, it is! Very well done! 26 for Frank!
0:34:28 > 0:34:34Well done, Andrea and Alex. After three questions, you're through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36They think it's all over, it is now.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Which would have scored you 97 points.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Now the second one. It was in the Olympic hockey.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49"Where were the Germans? Frankly, who cares?" Six points.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53"There's only one word for it - magic darts!" Darts!
0:34:53 > 0:34:58Sid Waddell. 18 points. And that bottom one is the West Indian bowler Michael Holding
0:34:58 > 0:35:02and English batsman Peter Willey in a Test match in 1976.
0:35:04 > 0:35:10Thanks, Richard. So at the end of our Head to Head, I'm afraid the pair leaving us are Ron and Chris.
0:35:10 > 0:35:16It's good news, though. It's your first appearance, but not your only one.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20We'll see you again next time. You played so well. Very impressive.
0:35:20 > 0:35:26It looks very promising for your next appearance. Ron and Chris!
0:35:28 > 0:35:32But for Andrea and Alex, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:36 > 0:35:44Congratulations, Andrea and Alex. You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:49 > 0:35:55You now have a chance to win our jackpot, which stands at ?1,000.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59Well, it was on the cards. It's happened this time.
0:35:59 > 0:36:05Yeah. What would you like to see come up? Well... Music. Maybe a bit of sport or geography again.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Yeah, but then it'll all be on you. OK. Music.
0:36:09 > 0:36:15OK. As always, you start by choosing a category and here are your four choices.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18HE READS THE LIST
0:36:24 > 0:36:25Hmm.
0:36:25 > 0:36:30Political. I do like sitcoms, but political ones?
0:36:30 > 0:36:34The Thick Of It, er... Can't think of anything else.
0:36:34 > 0:36:41German Sport... It's the only one I can even think of trying. Let's wing it with Sitcoms.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Out of that, British Political Sitcoms. Best of luck.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48That's what it is, Richard.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53You asked for geography, music or sport and you chose the other one!
0:36:53 > 0:36:56LAUGHTER Not German sport!
0:36:56 > 0:37:00OK, guys. Here's your three options. Best of luck with this.
0:37:00 > 0:37:06Any actor who has appeared in five or more episodes of The New Statesman, The Thick Of It
0:37:06 > 0:37:10or Yes, Minister or Yes, Prime Minister.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15Any actor in five or more episodes of any of those sitcoms.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19As always, you've up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:19 > 0:37:26To win that jackpot, all you need is just one pointless answer. They can come from any category.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31All from one or one from each. Entirely up to you. Are you ready? Yes. Yes.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41Yes, Prime Minister, I can't... The Thick Of It. Chris Addison.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46Chris Addison... I can't think of anyone else. Rik Mayall.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50I can't think who else was in it. Who were the female actresses?
0:37:50 > 0:37:56The lady in The Thick Of It who's been in everything. The Day Today, Alan Partridge...
0:37:56 > 0:37:59I know her. I know.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04I'm trying to think of... anyone else. This is really hard.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09Of all the DVDs we have, we don't have these. Yeah.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Yeah, I know.
0:38:11 > 0:38:17Can you think of anyone in Yes, Prime Minister? Older actors. I know, I should do.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I should do as well.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21We're struggling.
0:38:23 > 0:38:2810 seconds left. Go for Chris Addison, Rik Mayall... Yeah.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32Someone else from The Thick Of It.
0:38:34 > 0:38:40OK. That's your time up. I now need your three answers. What are you going to give me?
0:38:40 > 0:38:46Chris Addison from The Thick Of It. OK, Chris Addison. Rik Mayall from The New Statesman. Rik Mayall.
0:38:46 > 0:38:54And, em...I'm pretty sure it isn't him, but... John Hawthorne? John Hawthorne for Yes, Minister.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57John Hawthorne for Yes, Minister.
0:38:57 > 0:39:04Which is your best shot at a pointless answer? One that's correct is Chris Addison.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07We'll put Chris last. Yeah. Which is least likely?
0:39:07 > 0:39:11John Hawthorne. OK, let's put those up on the board in that order.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14And here they are.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23Very best of luck. Your first answer, the least likely,
0:39:23 > 0:39:27the least likely to be right, to be honest, is John Hawthorne.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32But if it is right and pointless, you will win ?1,000.
0:39:32 > 0:39:39Andrea, what would you do with that? I'd quite like, with my half, to go to The Fat Duck in Bray.
0:39:39 > 0:39:46I like Heston Blumenthal. My friend went. It looked amazing. Alex? Yes, definitely. Best of luck.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50John Hawthorne. If it's right, it'll win you that jackpot.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54For ?1,000, was John Hawthorne in Yes, Minister?
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Oh, bad luck.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03As you suspected, an incorrect answer. We're now on firmer ground.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Rik Mayall. Again, if it's right and pointless, you win the jackpot.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12For ?1,000, was Rik Mayall in five episodes of The New Statesman?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Yes, he was.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17OK, your first answer was incorrect.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22Your second answer, Rik Mayall, is taking you into the 20s.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Still going down. 19 for Rik Mayall!
0:40:31 > 0:40:3219.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37So not pointless. Everything is now riding on your third answer,
0:40:37 > 0:40:42which is Chris Addison. Let's find out if it's right and pointless.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46For ?1,000, has Chris Addison been in five episodes of The Thick Of It?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Absolutely right.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Your first answer was incorrect.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Rik Mayall took you down to 19.
0:40:55 > 0:41:00Chris Addison taking you past 19, down into single figures...
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Three!
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Oh, bad luck! Aww.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09That is a great answer.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14I would have thought more people would have known he was in it. Yeah.
0:41:14 > 0:41:20Unfortunately, you didn't find that pointless answer, so you don't win the ?1,000.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25That rolls over, but we've loved having you. You've done so well.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30And you take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done. Thank you.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41Unlucky. Been lovely having you on. John Hawthorne - it's Nigel.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44He would have scored you 12 points.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49I've remembered the lady I was trying to think of. The lady? Rebecca Front.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Would have scored you one point.
0:41:51 > 0:41:58Only three cast members scored any points. She scored one, Chris Addison three, Peter Capaldi six.
0:41:58 > 0:42:03Everybody else was pointless. Let's go through all the shows.
0:42:03 > 0:42:08For New Statesman, these were pointless answers. Berwick Kaler, John Nettleton,
0:42:08 > 0:42:14Rowena Cooper, Terence Alexander, more famous as Charlie in Bergerac. All pointless.
0:42:14 > 0:42:21Now for The Thick Of It, you could have had Alex MacQueen. He's also in Hunderby. Yeah.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26James Smith, Joanna Scanlan, Will Smith,
0:42:26 > 0:42:34Roger Allam, Justin Edwards, Tony Gardner. All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39Now let's take a look at... Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister. Arthur Cox, Jim Hacker's driver,
0:42:39 > 0:42:45Deborah Norton, Diana Hoddinott, some people might have got, plays Jim Hacker's wife,
0:42:45 > 0:42:53and Neil Fitzwiliam. Also John Nettleton, who was pointless in New Statesman as well.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57Very well done if you got any of those at home. Sorry. Thanks.
0:42:57 > 0:43:04Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. We've loved having you. Thank you. Great contestants.
0:43:05 > 0:43:12Sadly, Andrea and Alex didn't win our jackpot. It rolls over and we will play for ?2,000.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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