Episode 21 Pointless

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CHEERING

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

the quiz where the aim is to score as few points as you can.

To do that, you need to come up with the answers no-one else can think of.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one. Hello, I'm Sean, this is my friend, Pete. We're from Manchester.

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Couple number two. Hi, I'm Martin. This is my friend Mark and we work together in Leeds.

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And couple number three.

Hi, I'm Sian and this is my good friend Beth and we are doing A levels up in Sheffield.

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And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Ron and this is my wife Chris and we're from Pinner in Middlesex.

APPLAUSE AND LOUD CHEERING A big cheer for Pinner, there.

And these are today's contestants.

We'll find out more about you as the show goes along.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

People travel far and wide to gawp at him like a brainy Statue of Liberty.

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

Hiya. Hi, everyone. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hiya.

Blimey, Pinner got a big round of applause. They love a bit of Pinner.

Bigger than Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield combined. Impressive.

We've got three pairs back from the last show.

Ron and Chris got through to the head-to-head last time.

They were very good. Ron trains police cadets and German shepherd dogs. Mm-hm. Yeah.

You were a little bit frightened of Ron, weren't you? Yeah. I wasn't.

You were a little bit. I was a bit scared of Ron.

He was clever, though, wasn't he? Especially when he smiles.

Oh! He is a puppy, really, though.

He's like... Is that right, Chris?

No!

You didn't let me finish. An Alsatian puppy.

Yes! Yeah.

And we've also got Martin and Mark and Pete and Sean are back.

We didn't see as much of them last time, did we? No.

Andrea and Alex got through to the final, didn't win the jackpot,

so that's gone up another grand.

But Ron and Chris are the team to beat in this one, I think.

I think so. Thanks very much.

All of our questions were put to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

As you've just heard, Andrea and Alex didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another ?1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at ?2,000.

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If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

but there is to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home, so try and make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is Literature. Literature.

Can you decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second...

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

OK, and the question concerns:

Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Richard? On each pass, we're going to show you the surnames of seven people

who've won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

We need you to give us the first name by which they're most commonly known, please.

There's going to be 14 in all of these to have a go at home.

Thank you. We're looking for the first names of these winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Here's your first board of seven.

Now, Pete, Sean, you drew lots before the show and you are going to go first.

Sean, welcome back. Thank you. Good to have you here.

Remind us what you do, Sean. I work for Barnardo's, the children's charity.

And what happened last time you were on the show?

It didn't go well. Went out in the first round, unfortunately.

I think I played it too safe...

You said potato, we said patate. Exactly. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah, I was hoping someone was going to get 100

and someone did but it was Pete. Yeah. So...

How's this? This is an altogether better round, don't you think?

Yeah. I didn't like the subject

but languages having let me down last time, I think it's going to help me this time.

I did French at school and we studied some of Albert Camus's work,

so I'm going to say Albert. Go for Albert Camus.

Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said Albert Camus.

It's right.

Not a bad answer at all. Look at that - 28. APPLAUSE

That's the way to do it, Sean.

Albert Camus. Camus said that, "All I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football."

Of course. That's what Camus said.

When asked if he preferred theatre or football, he said, "Without hesitation, football."

If you asked me if I preferred the books of Albert Camus or football,

I would also say, without hesitation, football.

Thank you very much. Now, Mark, welcome back.

Another returning pair. Remind us what you do. I'm a trainee accountant.

And how close to completion is your training?

Hopefully this year. Are you just raring to be let loose on those accounts?

Oh, definitely. Definitely, yeah. Aren't we all?

Aren't we all! And in your spare time, what do you like to do?

I play the guitar, try and keep myself fit a little bit, with limited success.

I try a bit of cooking, going out, so standard stuff. Good-oh.

OK, now, what do you make of this board?

It's, yeah...

The category came up and I thought, this is horrendous.

I think I can have a go at the middle five. That's good.

But the top one's concerning me slightly

because I did do German at university

and I think might be, potentially, German.

I don't want to go for it because I'm not too sure about it.

I think I'll probably go for Pinter. I think it's Harold Pinter.

Harold Pinter, says Mark. Let's see if Harold Pinter's right and how many of our 100 said it.

Absolutely right.

Oh! 56 for Harold Pinter. APPLAUSE

Exactly double Sean's score.

The British playwright Harold Pinter.

He was nominated for two Oscars in his lifetime, both for screenplays.

What were they? The French Lieutenant's Woman and Betrayal.

Thanks, Richard. Impressive.

Sian. Hiya. Welcome to Pointless.

What do you do, Sian? I'm doing A levels at the moment.

You're doing your A levels. So you must be among the youngest Pointless contestants we've had. Possibly.

As soon as I turned 18, I was like, "Beth, we're going on Pointless."

Very well done.

Now, what do you do in your spare time? What are your hobbies, Sian?

At the moment, it mainly consists of revision, just solid revision.

Well, this is quite helpful, maybe? I don't do English, so not really.

What do you make of the board?

I knew Pinter. Hemingway and Steinbeck I know

and the rest, just no - no.

So I'm going to go with Steinbeck because we studied that at GCSE - Of Mice And Men.

John is his first name. John Steinbeck says Sian. John Steinbeck.

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

It's right.

44. APPLAUSE

Not bad at all, Sian. 44 with Steinbeck.

Well played. Steinbeck also wrote screenplays. He was nominated for three Oscars.

Well, get him. Yeah. How about that?

And what were his? Lifeboat. OK. Viva Zapata! and A Medal For Benny.

Thanks very much indeed. Nicely done. Thanks.

Chris, welcome back to the show. Thank you, Alexander.

And what do you do, Chris? I'm happily retired.

And what do you do with your happy retirement?

We love to travel. We have a beautiful German shepherd dog

and I love to go shopping.

You have a pretty extensive knowledge of North America.

We love America. We have a daughter and three grandchildren who live there, so it helps.

So you're over there quite a bit. Yes.

This is your board. You can fill in all the remaining blanks, if you like.

Erm... Do you fancy talking us through it?

I'm afraid I can't, Alexander, but there's one left that I know.

I'm going for Hemingway as in Ernest.

I've had a mojito in his favourite bar in Cuba. There we are. OK.

Ernest Hemingway, says Chris. Let's see how many people said Ernest Hemingway.

Is it right.

68! Oh! APPLAUSE

Better than 100. Better than 100, as you say.

68. Not bad. Well played, Chris. Let's fill in the rest of the board.

I bet you know all of these, do you?

Now, Hesse, he is German. Heinrich? Hermann. Hermann Hesse.

That would have scored you 14.

Heaney? Seamus. Seamus Heaney, yes. That would have scored 26.

And the best answer on the board? Dario.

Dario Fo, the Italian playwright, would have scored you four points.

Well done if you said that. Thanks very much.

Let's take a look at those scores.

28 points for Sean and Pete. Very well done. Nice low scoring.

Then we travel up to 44, where we find Sian and Beth.

Up to 56, where we find the accountants Mark and Martin

and then up to 68, where we find Chris and Ron.

Ron, you'll get first choice of the next board,

so make sure you find a nice low score there

and we'll have to hope that's enough to see you through.

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

OK, let's put seven more surnames on the board and here we go.

I'll read those all again.

We're looking for the first names of these winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Ron, you're going to try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, Ron, we discovered last time you break in Alsatians

and you break in police recruits. Yeah. Like that.

Wow. How long have you done the police recruit work?

Well, it's not recruits. It's volunteer police cadets...

Right. OK. ..which are youngsters aged between 14 to 19.

So they come to you a ragbag and they leave a cadre of disciplined young men and women?

Yes. In a word. LAUGHTER

Do you do a lot of shouting? Yes.

Usually about an inch from their faces?

About that, yeah.

Now, you're the high scorers. We need a low score from you.

That's done me no favours at all, that.

I haven't got a clue, to be honest with you,

so I'm just going to have to give a guess. John Churchill.

John Churchill. Well, it worked for Steinbeck, let's see if it does for Churchill.

No red line for you as you're the high scorers there.

But let's see if John Churchill is right and let's see how many people said that.

No. I'm sorry, Ron. I'm sorry. Tough board, there.

That incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points

and takes your total up to 168. Sorry.

Sorry, Ron. Even worse than that,

I'm going to need you to do 50 press-ups, I'm afraid.

Now, Beth. Yeah. Welcome to Pointless. It's great to have you here. What do you do?

I'm a student as well, with Sian, doing my A levels.

And what are your A levels? Geography, Maths and Physics.

Ah! No, English in there. No. No. Unfortunately.

So when you've watched Pointless, what are the rounds you see

and you think, "Ah, that's the one for us"?

Probably the geography rounds and the physics rounds. Yeah.

Anything science-y.

Well, there's great news for you. You're through to the next round.

The high scorers, Ron and Chris, are out of your reach.

So that's good but we are going to require an answer from you.

So what do you make of this board?

When I first looked at it, I thought I've not heard of any of them

but then I think the first one, Golding, might be William.

OK, you're going to go with William Golding.

No red line as you're already through

but let's see how many of our 100 people said William Golding.

21! Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE

Lowest score of the round so far, Beth. 65, your total.

Very well played, Beth. Best known for Lord Of The Flies.

Thanks very much. Now, Martin. Welcome back.

Martin, what you do in your spare time? What are you hobbies?

I like watching football and playing football.

I play five-a-side every week with my friends.

I'm massively into golf, as well, so sport, basically.

How long have you played golf for? I started when I was about 12 years old. Oh, right.

Got a good handicap? I haven't got one at the minute because I'm not a member of a club.

Hopefully when I qualify, I'll have a bit of spare cash and I'll join again.

Good stuff. So we want the first names of these winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Now, what do you make of this board? You're through already.

Yes, it couldn't have been a worse subject, to be honest.

I've absolutely no idea about any of them.

I'm going to go for Morrison and say Van.

LAUGHTER

Well, some would say he's a poet.

Van Morrison. Let's see if it's right. There's no red line for you as you are....

There's no red line for you...

Er... No red line for you...

I just like that idea a lot. Martin, there's no...

HE LAUGHS

No red line as you're already through but let's see if Van Morrison is right

and how many of our 100 people said Van Morrison.

LAUGHTER

Oh, bad luck, Martin. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. Oh, I would so like that to be true.

It may one day be, you never know, but for the moment, I'm afraid, not Van Morrison.

That scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 156. Richard?

Yeah, he's never won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

He just lost out in 1985 to Rick Astley.

Thanks, Richard.

Pete. Hi. Pete, welcome back. Remind us what you do.

I work as a sales rep for a haberdashery company.

That's right. We discovered last time you sell buttons...

Zips. ..pins, zips. Ribbons. Thread.

In your spare time, Pete, what do you like to do?

Like Sean, go to gigs. Do a bit of running.

Manchester United - go to the football.

What was the last gig you went to? Kraftwerk at Tate Modern.

Good stuff. It was good.

OK, now, Pete, we're looking for the first names of these winners

of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

You're the last person to have the board and you're already through,

but why not fill in the blanks for us, if you can?

I used to listen to This Sceptred Isle in the car - Winston Churchill was always referenced in that.

He might have written something else. I don't know.

Charles Brodsky, maybe?

But I don't really know. Samuel Beckett seems a little early to win that.

I'll go with Winston Churchill, I think.

Winston Churchill, says Pete. Winston Churchill.

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

No red line because you're already through.

Yeah. Oh, bad luck, Ron. 70 it scored, though.

We'd have still lost. Yeah. Big score, there.

Good for you, Pete. That takes your total up to 98.

Very well played.

Obviously for his histories and biographies and what have you.

Now, I bet you can do all of these apart from Brodsky.

Toni Morrison. Yeah, Toni Morrison would have scored you three.

A terrific answer.

Doris Lessing. That would have scored you 22.

Samuel Beckett. Yeah, it was Samuel Beckett. That would have scored 32.

Thomas Mann. Thomas Mann, yeah. That would scored 17.

I like Charles Brodsky... LAUGHTER

Joseph Brodsky. That's the best answer up there.

That would have scored you two points.

He went on to form Brodsky Beat with Jimmy Somerville. Exactly, yes.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair leaving us -

head-to-head last time, we had great hopes for you today... Sorry.

And I'm sorry that it was Winston Churchill. Yeah, well.

Tough. That was tough.

It was a pretty unforgiving board, that one.

We have to say goodbye to you. It's been lovely having you on the show.

But great contestants. Ron and Chris. Thank you.

Good luck, everybody! Good luck.

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

OK, three pairs remain and at the end of this round, we'll be saying goodbye to another pair.

Martin and Mark - Van Morrison.

And you're still here.

What a double achievement for your first round, there.

Very well done indeed.

Now, it was round two last time where you met your nemesis,

so let's hope we see you beyond this round.

Sian and Beth, fantastic performance from you

and Pete and Sean, nice low scoring from you as well.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two is:

Australian Actors.

Can you all decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Hugh Jackman films as they could.

Hugh Jackman films, Richard.

We're looking for the name of any feature film made for cinema release up to February 2013

that starred Hugh Jackman, please.

As always, no short films, TV films, documentaries or uncredited performances

but voice performances do count.

Very, very best of luck. Thanks very much indeed.

So, Pete, Hugh Jackman films. Mm. Mm.

I think he was in that big Australian biopic about Australia

called Australia.

LAUGHTER The Baz Luhrmann - yeah.

OK. So I'll go for Australia. We'll go for Australia.

Let's see how many people said Australia.

It's right.

It's a good answer. Very well done, Pete.

Australia. Australia, yeah. As you say, it's a film all about Australia set in Australia.

Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman. It was a very, very long production.

There were 15 babies born to people who worked on the set during the production,

including Nicole Kidman's.

Thank you very much. It couldn't be more of a pleasure.

I'm just picturing that. That's nice. That's a lot.

Including the leading lady, though. Yeah.

A long production. Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Mark, Mark... Hello. Hugh Jackman films. Not good.

Oh, no, no. It can't be round two again. I'm not standing for that.

That's my identical thought process but this is not good.

There are some obvious ones there, Mark, obviously. Are there?

Erm...

I'm glad they are obvious to you. Mm-hm.

Erm... The only one I could have guessed at

and been sure about was the one that's already gone.

Really? Yeah.

Which is bad because I know my girlfriend will be at home

saying, "This one, this one, this one."

I don't know any of them. Oh! I'm going to have to have a guess.

I'm going to have an absolute stab. Oh, Mark!

No, I know, I know. I'm sure you will know some.

So I'm going to have an absolute stab at The Dark Knight.

The Dark Knight. I don't know why I've said that, but it's a guess.

The Dark Knight. Let's see if that's right and how many people said The Dark Knight.

One day, someone's going to have a stab and it's going to be right. It has happened.

Sadly not today. No, bad luck.

An incorrect answer scores you the maximum 100 points. Sorry, Mark.

Sorry, Mark. Heath Ledger in that, of course, but no Hugh Jackman.

Thanks very much. Now, Sian. Hugh Jackman movies.

I think I am going to go for...

the second X-Men film - X2.

X2. Mm. X2, says Sian.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said X2.

It's right.

100 our high score. You've passed that.

17 our low and you've passed that, too.

Look at that - down to nine. Well done, Sian. Great answer.

Well played, Sian. That's a very good answer. Well done.

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

Nine, the score we've just heard here from Sian.

A fantastic low score there. Very well done.

You're in pole position at this halfway mark.

Then we travel up to 17, where we find Pete and Sean,

then up to 100, Mark and Martin.

Now, Martin, Mark's 100 may not be the last 100 of the round

but yours must not be the next one.

OK? It's not looking good. Oh, Martin!

Get thinking, get thinking!

Just do some lateral thinking at this stage - it might help you.

We're coming back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we are looking for Hugh Jackman films, Beth.

Sian has given us a cracking answer and put you in a very strong position on nine.

The high scorers are Martin and Mark on 100, so a score of 90 or less

keeps you in the game.

Yeah, well, I don't know who Hugh Jackman is,

so I was just going to try and guess a film that was vaguely Australian.

I was going to go with Crocodile Dundee.

LAUGHTER OK.

Crocodile Dundee.

Sian's cringing at me now.

Crocodile Dundee. There is your red line.

Sian might have done enough to see you through, so it might be fine.

Let's see if Crocodile Dundee is right and how many people said it.

There is your red line.

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

That scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 109.

Yeah, Hugh Jackman. He's the guy from Australia and X2.

He's that guy. There we are. Exactly.

Now, Martin, Martin. You've just been thrown a lifeline of sorts.

Yeah, Beth has scored 100 there, so 109 the high scorers.

You're on 100. If you can score eight or less, Martin, eight or less - just think about that -

you're in the head-to-head. Right.

I'm not big on my films at all.

OK. Another Van Morrison coming, I think. Erm...

I'm going to say Les Miserables. Les Miserables says Martin.

Les Miserables. Here comes your red line. It's very low.

Les Miserables - is it right? How many people said it, if it is?

It's right.

33! APPLAUSE

133 is your total.

Nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor for that film, of course.

Behind you, Sian is essentially dancing.

Just so long as you know.

Now, then, Sean. Sean, you're in the head-to-head, which is great news.

That is great news. Even if you score 100 points.

Take us through your thinking. Favourite Hugh Jackman films?

Australia, X2...

Les Mis.

I haven't got a definite answer but if I'm through anyway,

that's fine, that's good.

But I'm going to guess he was in the first X-Men film.

X-Men. The X-Men.

X-Men. With the definitive article. You're going to say X-Men.

OK, X-Men, says Sean.

You're on 17. No red line - you're already through.

Let's see if X-Men's right and let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right, Sean. That is proper lateral thinking.

There we are - 34. Not a bad score, either, really. APPLAUSE

51 is your total.

Well done, Sean. That's the way to do it on the last podium if you don't know an actor -

go for a sequel or even a prequel.

Now, there's only pointless answer, which is very impressive of our 100.

The pointless answer was Snow Flower And The Secret Fan from 2011. Well done if you said that.

Movie 43 came out in 2013, a big turkey that had everyone in it, just a series of sketches.

And Rise Of The Guardians - those two both would have scored you one point.

Some other low scorers for you.

Animal Attraction would have scored you one point.

You would have got two for The Fountain.

Happy Feet would have scored you two. Kate And Leopold would have also scored you two.

Scoop and The Prestige, Paperback Hero and Flushed Away

would have scored you three. Richard, if I could interrupt.

You know who co-starred with him in Scoop? In Scoop? In Scoop, yeah.

Oh, that was that terrible flop. I haven't seen it. Yeah.

Ah. You'll have to bear with me. To be honest, nor have I.

You were in it, were you? Yeah, I'm in it. Did you act with him?

Yeah. I was in a... I was in a scene. I had a...

I'm going to call it a soliloquy.

I came in and said, "They're just pulling the bodies out of the lake now, sir."

And walked out.

That's good! Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Is he nice? Couldn't have been nicer.

He really couldn't, yeah. Nice fella. That's good.

Yeah. That is good. That was the Woody Allen thing, yeah? Yeah. Ah!

You could have also had Swordfish for four,

Real Steel you could have had for six.

I saw that with my son. That's a great film.

Terrible if you're not watching it with your son but a great film.

Van Helsing would have scored you eight points.

X2 we've already had.

Let's take a look at the top three.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine would have scored you 20

and the top two we already know - Les Miserables on 33

and X-Men on 34.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So at the end of our second round, Martin and Mark, once again -

what is it about round two? What don't you like?

Is it the colouring? What is it?

Something. Something. You're not breaking through the round two glass wall.

Not so far, no. I'm so sorry.

This is it. This is the end of the Pointless line for you.

We have to say goodbye but thanks very much for playing.

Martin and Mark. Cheers. Cheers. APPLAUSE

Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Pete and Sean, Sian and Beth,

you're one step closer to the final and our jackpot,

which currently stands at ?2,000.

WHOOPING

Now, to decide who's going to play for that money, you're going to go head-to-head.

You're now allowed to confer.

First pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Pete and Sean, I don't know what's happened today, but last time, round one you walked.

This time, you've made it to the head-to-head as our golden pair,

our lowest-scoring pair.

You're in the driving seat. How are you feeling? Great.

Been revising. Revising a lot since we saw you last.

Do you know, it shows, Sean. It really does. Up all night.

That shows as well but...

Sian and Beth, amazing performance.

Only one misstep, which was Crocodile Dundee but...

At least it was Australian. Yeah! It was Australian. There we are.

And you made it through, so it's fine.

This is going to be a very exciting head-to-head. Let's play it.

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns:

Famous streets, roads and avenues. Richard? We're about to show you five pictures.

You just need to tell us the city in which each is located, please.

OK, so let's reveal our five streets, roads and avenues and here they are.

We have got:

There they are - five famous streets, roads and avenues.

All we need are the cities they are to be found in.

Pete and Sean, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

D is Edinburgh.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go for D and say Edinburgh.

D, Edinburgh, say Pete and Sean. D, Edinburgh.

Now, Sian and Beth. Can you talk us through the other streets, avenues and roads?

I wish we could. Just think aloud on them. Beth knows.

I think A could be in New York City.

I'm not sure about B or C.

But I think E is in San Francisco.

Shall we go for that one? So I'm going to go for that one.

OK, E, San Francisco, say Sian and Beth.

E, San Francisco.

Pete and Sean said Edinburgh. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Edinburgh.

Of course it is Edinburgh.

Wow! Nice low score for Edinburgh. Look at that - 12.

Sian and Beth have said San Francisco for E.

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

It's right.

The next thing it has to do is beat 12. It looks like it...

Ooh, no. 22. APPLAUSE

Two very good answers but, Pete and Sean, yours won in the end,

which means you're up one-nil.

That's the Royal Mile in Edinburgh beating Lombard Street in San Francisco.

San Francisco is so hilly that they have that by-law that you have in some other places

where when you park, you have to turn your wheels to the kerb

just in case your handbrake fails, so that nothing will go downhill.

It's illegal to just leave your tyres straight when you park on a hill in San Francisco.

It's sensible. Isn't that sensible?

Now, A, you're right, Beth - it was New York.

That would have been a bigger score. It would have scored you 48 points.

B is the Champs Elysees in Paris.

That would have scored you 19.

And C is the widest avenue in the world

and it's in Buenos Aires and that would have scored you two,

so very well done if you said that.

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

Sian and Beth, you get to go first this time

but you have to win this one to stay in. Best of luck.

It concerns:

Martial Arts. Richard?

We're going to show you the names of five forms of martial art

but we've missed out alternate letters - can you fill in those gaps?

OK. Let's reveal our five martial arts with missing letters

and here they are.

I'll read those again without the blanks.

There are. Five martial arts with missing letters.

Sian and Beth, you can have a moment or two to confer

but you will go first.

Well, this is hard!

Yeah? We have come to the conclusion that we suck at martial arts

and we should probably take up some.

We know the bottom two and we're trying to decide which would be the lowest out of those two.

I think we're going to have to go for taekwondo.

Taekwondo, say Sian and Beth. Taekwondo.

Now, Pete and Sean. The board is all yours. Talk us through it.

Taekwondo. The second one down - aikido.

Judo - I knew that one.

Yeah. Yeah, difficult, really, so...

I suppose the second one down - aikido.

Yeah. Because I don't think judo will beat taekwondo.

So aikido. Aikido.

Taekwondo and aikido.

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

Taekwondo.

It's right.

Oh, that's a high one. 79 for taekwondo. APPLAUSE

Pete and Sean have gone for aikido.

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

It's right. Yep, that wins it for you.

APPLAUSE 51.

51 for aikido wins that question,

so, Pete and Sean, after only two questions, you're through to the final, two-nil. Very well done.

There's one obvious one and two very difficult ones there.

The obvious one is judo. What do you think judo scored?

87. Might be a record for this round. It scored 96.

Wow.

And the other two, the top one would have scored you one point.

That's Muay Thai. Very well done if you said that.

And other one you can possibly work it out if you know a bit about martial arts - shinkendo.

Very well done if you did work it out because it's a pointless answer.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So the pair leaving us, I'm afraid it's Sian and Beth.

But you've done so well. What a fantastic performance.

Your first ever Pointless performance.

We'll get to see you again next time. We look forward to that.

I'm sure you'll do this well and maybe even better.

But thanks very much, Sian and Beth!

APPLAUSE

But for Pete and Sean, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Pete and Sean, you've seen off all the competition

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

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at ?2,000.

CHEERING

Well, you've done very, very well.

We had the Nobel Prize for Literature.

We had Camus, we had Churchill.

We've had the films of Hugh Jackman - Australia, a very good guess with X-Men.

Anyone else could have guessed that. I'm amazed no-one else did.

And then we've had famous streets and then we had martial arts.

Yeah, there we are. A two-nil victory in the head-to-head is always a good thing.

And this from people who went out in the first round last time.

What do you want to see come up in this final round?

Music. Pop music of some... Preferably '80s, maybe '90s.

Yeah. Yeah. Pop music generally or... Yeah, that would be good.

OK. And if not pop music, Pete, what's a good strong area for you?

Haberdashery. Haberdashery, possibly.

If buttons comes up... I'm there. ..you've got it made.

Food, maybe. OK. Food and drink. Good stuff.

All right. As always, you start by choosing a category.

You have a choice of four options. They are:

Girl bands? It's got to be. We'll go for girl bands.

Girl bands? Yes.

Any area within girl bands that you're hoping is going to be covered?

Girl bands. Just girl bands. Yes.

I was thinking, within... That'll do.

Are there any particular bands you feel you know more about than others?

Well, Motown, some '60s girl groups. You like '60s, '70s.

It depends where it's pitching at. If it's '80s, Sean might know those.

And if it's from the Noughties, less...? Yeah, maybe, yeah.

I've got young kids, so they've kind of kept me in touch with what's going on - ish.

OK, well, that's fine. They've gone for Girl Bands, Richard.

It's a gutsy play for two Mancs to go for Girl Bands.

Well done, guys.

If you win the jackpot on it, you'd say, "Yeah, we won the jackpot."

"What did you win it on?" "Oh, er... It was a Formula One thing.

"Something about that. Superbikes. Superbikes we won it on."

Erm, not Motown, I'm afraid but here are the three categories you can choose between.

We are looking for any UK top 40 hit up to the end of January 2013 by Atomic Kitten.

We are looking for any top 40 hit by The Saturdays.

Or any top 40 hit by the ever-changing Sugababes.

So any top 40 hit by any of those groups up to the end of January 2013.

Very, very best of luck, guys. Thanks very much indeed.

You've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.

To win that jackpot of ?2,000 all you have to do is find just one pointless answer.

Now, the answers you give can come from any of those categories -

all three from one category, one from each, it's up to you.

Just say which category it is when you give your answers. Ready?

Yeah. Yes. OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Right, I know Whole Again. That's it as far as I'm concerned.

Erm... Sugababes had a song called Overload. It was an early single.

Right, OK. I'm pretty sure it went top 40, fairly low.

Oh, I just can't believe we're going to possibly lose on this. We'll get ribbed.

Erm... Sugababes. There's Push The Button. That was a big hit.

Whole Again. I can't think of anything by The Saturdays.

No, forget The Saturdays. We'll have Atomic Kitten or Sugababes.

Erm... Have you got even an inkling of titles? No, I don't. Nothing at all.

OK, so let's drill down.

Whole Again. Yeah. That's not going to be it, is it? No.

Erm, Overload. Sugababes, Sugababes.

How early is Overload? I think it was the first single they had.

The first chart single. Ten seconds left.

It'll have to be that, then, won't it?

Round Round. Was it Round Round? Yeah, Round Round.

OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers. What are you going to give me?

Right, we're doing Sugababes first. Sugababes, pretty certain they had a single called Overload.

Overload. And then we drop off massively.

Atomic Kitten, Whole Again. Whole Again. Great song.

Erm... Sugababes also had a single called Round Round.

Round Round. Yeah. Round Round.

So we have Overload, Whole Again, Round Round.

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

That would be Overload. Overload we'll put last.

Least likely? Whole Again. Whole Again least.

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

We have got Whole Again, Round Round and Overload.

Well, very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Whole Again.

Now, this was the one you thought was least likely to be pointless but who knows?

Maybe people just had a blind spot when it came to voting on Atomic Kitten.

In which case, maybe it's pointless and it'll win you that jackpot of ?2,000.

It's not our biggest ever jackpot but, Pete, what would you do with your share of that?

I think I'd come to London and spend four days at Tate Modern.

I think. It's a great museum, a great art gallery.

It needs the time. Blow it all on that.

Very good. Good cultural answer there, Pete. Well done. Thanks.

Sean. I'm going to lower the tone and go...

Probably credit card bills.

Got a holiday booked to Croatia later this year,

so something towards that.

Good. Nothing as cultured as Pete.

Croatia's good. Yeah. Have you been before?

Yeah, a couple of times. It's beautiful. Very nice.

It would be the first time ever that Atomic Kitten have encouraged somebody to go to Tate Modern.

That's quite nice. That is nice.

OK, your first answer. Whole Again. Let's find out.

If it's pointless, it wins you the jackpot.

For ?2,000, is Whole Again an Atomic Kitten UK top 40 hit?

It is, of course.

Whole Again. If this takes you all the way down to zero,

you will leave with ?2,000.

Down through the forties, the thirties...

Oh! 31. GROANING AND APPLAUSE

Very popular song.

Sadly not pointless.

Now, your second answer was Round Round.

We're now on to Sugababes top 40 hits.

If it's pointless, it wins you that jackpot of ?2,000.

Let's find out if it was indeed a Sugababes top 40 hit. Round Round.

It's right! Whole Again, your first answer, took us down to 31.

Round Round taking us down through the forties.

It passes Whole Again. Down it goes into single figures.

Eight! Very well done! This is more like it. APPLAUSE

It's going the right way. Round Round is quite a well-known song.

Overload - I'm struggling to remember that one.

So maybe the rest of our 100 might have struggled to remember that one.

Let's hope so. Let us hope so. Maybe it's a brilliant answer.

Maybe Croatia and the Tate Modern beckon.

Here's your third and final answer. Let's see Overload.

For ?2,000, was it a Sugababes top 40 single?

It was! So your first answer, Whole Again, went down to 31.

Your second answer, Round Round, went down to eight.

Your third and final answer passes eight.

Down it goes, down, down...

Oh, one! One!

Oh, that is so unfair!

That is unfair!

What I mean is it's fair but I mean, that's really harsh.

Oh! One person knew Overload.

It was Sean. Yeah. LAUGHTER

Impressive, though, Sean. That's a brilliant answer.

A fantastic score. Sadly it's only those pointless scores we're interested in,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of ?2,000.

That will roll over onto the next show

but we've really enjoyed both shows you've been on.

And you do get to take home our Pointless trophy, so there you are. Well done.

Excellent. Thank you.

Yeah, you played terrifically today, guys.

Sean, that couldn't have gone worse for you in a way

because you've shown everybody in Britain that you've got a detailed knowledge of Sugababes

and you still haven't won the money.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers

because I know people will be shouting things out at the screen.

These were top ten singles for Atomic Kitten.

They're all pointless answers:

You could also have had Cradle, Follow Me or Someone Like Me.

All of those were pointless answers.

For The Saturdays, Missing You - that's a top ten single.

My Heart Takes Over and another top ten big hit with Notorious.

Those were pointless answers. Well done if you said those.

And Sugababes top 40.

About A Girl was a pointless answer.

Easy was a pointless answer.

Run For Cover and Wear My Kiss - all pointless.

Very well done to anyone who got any of those at home

and tough luck in the studio but a valiant effort.

Well, I'm really sorry. You came so close to winning the jackpot

but I'm afraid, just one score away, I'm afraid.

We have to say goodbye to you. We've loved having you on the show.

Thank you for playing. Great contestants. Pete and Sean.

Thank you. APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, Pete and Sean didn't win our jackpot which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for ?3,000.

CHEERING Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

It's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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