Episode 25 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

I'm Gary and this is my colleague Nigel, and we're from Peterborough.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Wendy. I live in Kent, and this is my daughter Sophie. She lives in London.

-Couple number three.

-Hello. I'm Wendy. This is my husband Magnus.

-We come from Bexhill in Sussex.

-And finally, couple number four.

Hi. I'm Alex. This is my housemate and compadre Anna, and we're from Brighton.

And these are today's contestants.

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

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

All of your answers are on the tip of his tongue - a forked, ten-foot tongue

that's currently rolled up in his mouth.

-It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-How are you this afternoon?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-It's going to be a cracking show.

We've got two returning pairs, both of whom were unluckily knocked out.

We've got Nigel and Gary. We've also got Sophie and Wendy.

I think they're going to be forces to be reckoned with.

We've got our country cousins there on podium four.

And on podium three we've got Magnus, who I used to go to school with.

-I know, right.

-What about that!

We had a teacher from Warden Park School on the other day.

Now we've got an ex-pupil, and I'm an ex-pupil.

Didn't do anybody any good, I have to say.

They got knocked out in Round One both times.

They did, but for the right reasons.

If you even get to Round Two, you'll be the first person ever from Warden Park

-to get through a round of Pointless.

-No pressure!

In fact, Wendy, you were there too, but a few years above me.

Thank you for that.

I'm sorry.

Thanks very much indeed. All our questions as ever on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

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

Of course, everyone's trying to find a Pointless answer - an answer none of our 100 people gave -

and each time that happens we will add £250 to the Jackpot.

Now, Hugh and Doug didn't win the Jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's Jackpot starts off at...

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

OK. In this first round I'll take an answer from each of you,

but there is to be no conferring, and at the end of the round,

whichever pair has the highest score will, I'm afraid, be heading home.

Our first category today is...

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

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

OK. The question concerns...

Famous Pats, Richard.

We're going to show descriptions of seven people whose name is Pat, or it could be shortened to Pat.

You just have to tell us who they are, please. There's going to be 14. The very best of luck.

Thanks very much. We're looking for the famous Pats described by these clues.

Here is our first board of seven.

READS ANSWERS

I'll just read all of those again.

There we are. Seven famous Pats.

Gary, everyone drew lots. You and Nigel are going to go first.

Gary, welcome back. Remind us what you do.

We both work for the Shopping Channel. Ideal World and Create and Craft.

Good stuff. So, nice to be in a different studio today.

-It is. Very different.

-How do you find it? Bit more relaxed?

A little bit more, yeah. It's live TV what we do.

So obviously it's quite high pressure...

Whoa, whoa, whoa... Is this not live?

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Why has no-one told me that before?

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Now, then, Gary - famous Pats.

Um...I don't want to go for one that's going to put me in jeopardy too early,

so I'm going to play for the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship.

-I think that's Pat Cash.

-Pat Cash says Gary.

Let's see if Pat Cash is right. If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Pat Cash.

He's right.

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53 for Pat Cash.

Pretty big score for Pat Cash. It was a very famous victory.

Only lost one set in the whole tournament.

Beat Lendl straight sets in that final.

Good work. Now, Sophie.

Sophie, welcome back. Yes, last time, a little bit unlucky.

Yeah. We're good at getting the answers.

It was just choosing which one was the least popular.

We actually gave the highest scorer even though we knew them all, which was a shame.

Now, Sophie, famous Pats.

I think I'm going to go for, because I worked in a bookshop,

I'm pretty sure the American crime writer is Patricia Cornwell.

Pat Cornwell in this instance. Is that right? How many people said that?

17! Very well done indeed. Good score.

Well played, Sophie. Sold over 100 million books, Patricia Cornwell.

I imagine she pats the cash as well, on the back of that.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Wendy G.

-It's great having two Wendys.

-It's amazing.

I think this a first for us.

We're bi-Wendyed.

Fantastic. Wendy, welcome. Great to have you here, up from Sussex.

-What do you do?

-I work for an education charity.

And in your spare time, Wendy, what do you do?

I sing with a singing group.

I sing with a group of four other women,

and we also have someone who plays piano, so we sing and dance at the same time.

-And who choreographs it?

-Two of the other people in the group.

I'm going to be honest - I think that sounds brave.

-Brave and silly.

-No, no, it sounds fun.

-Anyway, famous Pats.

-Yeah.

-Do you know all of them?

-No.

SHE LAUGHS

I know the one I'm going to give, and I'm sure it's the biggest answer.

Having a mental block on the others.

So I'll go for the actor who starred in Ghost and Dirty Dancing, which is Patrick Swayze.

Patrick Swayze says Wendy. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Patrick Swayze.

It's right... Ooh, good Lord.

-89!

-No so bad.

-Wow.

-That's a big score for Patrick Swayze, isn't it? Yeah.

-A lot of people remember him.

-Mm.

-Alex.

-Hello.

-Alex, welcome.

Another Sussex couple. Alex, what do you do?

I am an English language teacher for foreign students.

-I'm also a musician.

-What sort of musician are you?

Well, I play guitar. I've played guitar for a long time.

I played in my own bands, and the odd wedding band,

but I've just started singing, actually.

What kind of music? What kind of music do you sing?

What kind of music... Anna?

I think they sound a bit sort of like post-punky, like Talking Heads, sort of Squeeze-y, that sort of...

Much easier to have Anna to do this for me.

OK, good. Now, listen, Alex, you're the last person to have this board.

You can fill in all the blanks for us.

The actor who portrays Jean-Luc Picard, I do know.

Patrick Stewart.

I'm not sure about the footballer.

My other housemate Mike is in the audience. He's a massive Newcastle supporter.

He's probably going to be smacking his hand against his head right now.

But I'm going to go for the American singer-songwriter whose debut album Horses was released in 1975.

That's Patti Smith.

Patti Smith says Alex. Patti Smith. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Patti Smith.

Absolutely right.

17's our lowest score so far.

You've passed that. Down to 8. Very well done, Alex.

That'll do it.

8 for Patti Smith.

Well played. They wouldn't let you back into Brighton if you didn't know that one.

-Yeah, absolutely.

-The actor is Patrick Stewart. You were right.

Would have scored you 37 points.

Mike, can you tell us the footballer?

Actually, I can't.

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Actually, he can't. It was Patrick Kluivert.

The guy we were looking for there. Three points would have scored you, the Dutch international.

And the politician elected Conservative MP for Newark,

very well done if you said Patrick Mercer.

-That was a Pointless answer.

-Thanks very much indeed.

We're half-way through the round, so let's take a look at those scores.

They are as follows...

Very well done, Alex. A great score there.

Puts you in a pretty strong position at this stage.

Magnus, we need some good patting here from you.

Best of luck with that. Going to come back down the line. Second players, take your places at the podium.

OK, let's put seven more Pats up on the board, and here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

-There we are. Anna, seven Pats there.

-Hi.

-Anna, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Anna?

-I am a DJ, and a trainee accountant.

-A DJ and trainee accountant?

-Yes.

I DJ by night, and I trainee accountant by day.

You should mix it up - do it the other way round. Much more fun.

Any other things you like getting up to down there?

I like to cook a lot. I like to cook big meals for lots of people.

Good. Good stuff.

Anna, there we are. You're on 8, by the way. The highest score is 89, Magnus and Wendy G.

If you can score 80 or less, you're in round two.

Well, I have got a massive brain blank at loads of them,

but I'm going to go for the French international footballer.

-Patrick Vieira.

-Patrick Vieira says Anna.

Patrick Vieira. Here comes your red line. If you get below that, you're in Round Two.

Let's find out if it's right, and how many people said it.

20. Very well done indeed.

28 your total. You're through.

Well played, Anna. The brilliant Patrick Vieira played 107 times for France.

He was captain of Arsenal, and they're invincible this season as well.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Magnus...

Magnus, what do you do?

I work for a trade union that represents school leaders.

-OK. Which trade union is it?

-It's the National Association of Head Teachers.

Now, Magnus, we want the names of these famous Pats.

There are a couple on there that I think I know.

As we need the points, I'm going to take a bit of a risk,

and say the DJ and former presenter of Children's TV show Fun House

I think might be Pat Sharp.

Pat Sharp says Magnus. Pat Sharp.

Now, there's no red line for you because you're high scorers,

but let's see if Pat Sharp's right, and how many people said it.

It is right.

Takes your total up to...

Is that going to be enough to see you through, I wonder?

This is going to be about the third question we've had Warden Park people on,

and getting knocked out on this as well.

The WPC. You mentioned it last time.

Surely not. The lovely Pat Sharp. He's been on Pointless Celebrities.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Wendy J.

Wendy J, remind us what you do.

I'm an investigator for the Local Government Ombudsman.

(GASPS) I think that needs a bit of...(IMPERSONATES WAH WAH GUITAR)

That's...

-That's an HBO series in the making.

-Isn't it?

-Ombudsman.

-Om-buds-man.

Helen Mirren as Wendy.

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-Yeah.

-I imagine the councils would be pleased with that one.

-Yeah -

-That's your catchphrase. That's your catchphrase.

You've crashed a helicopter into a tank,

and you just go, "I imagine the councils will be pleased with that one."

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-Oh, my.

-Wendy J...

Anyway, listen, you're through to the next round.

That's what we do with ombudsmen.

I can't tell you just how relieved I am for you to say those words.

Well, there we are.

Because I'm really struggling with this.

I know a couple of answers, and I know their first names are Pat.

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But I think that the actor who plays John Steed is Patrick McGoohan.

-Or Googan.

-Which one of those do you want to go for?

You choose.

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-What are you going to go for, Wendy?

-McGoohan.

-No, guh. I'm going to put a guh. McGoogan.

-Patrick McGoogan.

Patrick... Pat McGoogan.

You wouldn't want to be called that, would you?

There's no red line for you, I'm afraid. For the good reason - you're already through.

Yes, I know. Phew.

Let's see if Pat McGoogan's right.

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No, bad luck. Bad luck. Couldn't matter less, though.

Takes your total up to 117. You're still through.

I'll give you the correct answer at the end.

And Nigel. Nigel, welcome back. Last time it was Gary in a yellow jumper.

Today it is you in a...what is that, a hibiscus on there?

I think so. Hibiscus, and a sword fish, and...

-A leaf.

-We've got all of those in our garden, certainly, yes.

Now, Nigel, this is exciting.

You have to score 74 or less if you're to remain with us.

So who are these famous Pats?

Lead singer of Fall Out Boy, haven't got a clue.

The astronomer who presented Sky at Night is Patrick Moore.

The actor who portrays McDreamy... I've got Patrick Dempsey in my mind.

I don't know whether that's right. I'm going to go for the actor who portrays John Steed.

The Avengers was one of my favourite shows. Still is one of my favourites.

That's Patrick Macnee.

Patrick Macnee.

-Pat My Knee! Bowler hat.

-Yes.

There is your red line. If Patrick Macnee gets you below that red line, you are into Round Two.

Let's find out - is it right, and if it is, let's see how many said it.

Absolutely right. Very well done.

Through you go to Round Two.

Still going down. Well done.

85 is your total.

Well played, Nigel. Good answer. Safely through to the next round.

Wendy, you were thinking of Patrick McGoohan, who was in The Prisoner.

Similar vintage. Nigel, you were absolutely right about Grey's Anatomy as well.

It was Patrick Dempsey. Would have scored you 8 points.

-Would have been a terrific answer.

-I wasn't sure.

The author of Strangers on a Train. She also wrote the Ripley books.

The wonderful Patricia Highsmith.

Would have score you one point if you'd said that.

The astronomer was Patrick Moore, you're right about that.

Big score, though.

The lead singer of Fall Out Boy is Patrick Stump.

That's a Pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

-I like Fall Out Boy.

-Good stuff. Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our first round, the curse of Warden Park once again!

I can't believe it.

You've been ill-served by Pats, but I'm sure when you come back we'll serve up something better for you...

that'll see you further through the game.

Anyway, thanks very much for playing, Magnus and Wendy. We look forward to seeing you next time.

Good luck, good luck.

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

Well, well done, our three remaining pairs.

I'm sorry to say at the end of this round we'll have to say goodbye to another pair,

but Alex and Anna, on the strength of that round,

it's not going to be you.

-That was a fantastic performance.

-Don't say that.

-Patti Smith, though. Lovely low score.

Nigel and Gary, welcome to Round Two.

It's good to be here.

Sophie and Wendy, Patrick McGoohan, you wouldn't have taken that punt

if you didn't know you were already through.

I think this is going to be very exciting. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is Shakespeare.

Shakespeare - traditionally a topic that always does well on Pointless.

Decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Shakespeare title characters as they could.

Shakespeare TITLE characters, Richard.

We're looking for the name of any character who appears in the title of any Shakespeare play.

Any character who appears at any point in the title of any Shakespeare play.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, now, Nigel,

characters who appear in titles of Shakespeare plays.

OK. I'm going to try and cast my mind back to when I was at school.

I wasn't the most attentive in English lessons, but...

I'm going to say, and keep my fingers crossed, Titus Andronicus.

Titus Andronicus, says Nigel. Let's see if that's right, and how many people said Titus Andronicus.

He's right.

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9 for Titus Andronicus.

Very good start, Nigel. Well done. We'd have accepted just Titus as well.

-It's whatever the name is.

-I like to give it all.

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That was the sub-heading of Titus Andronicus.

Thanks very much. Now, Sophie...

We're looking for the name that appears in any title of at least one Shakespeare play.

There's one which I think would be a good, low-scoring play generally,

and I'm about 70 per cent sure it's the character, and not just some sort of word.

I don't know the actual play. Coriolanus.

Coriolanus, says Sophie. How many of our 100 people said Coriolanus?

Good answer. Now, 9 is our low score at the moment.

Coriolanus.

We've got some good themes on today.

Very good answer, Sophie. Ralph Fiennes just did a film of it. He directed and starred.

-Yeah. Excellent. Now, Anna.

-Hello.

What about a title character from Shakespeare?

I'm going to go for one of the ones from a two-title play.

I'm going to go for Troilus.

Troilus says Anna.

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

It's a great answer.

Now, 9 is our lowest score so far.

I wonder if Troilus will take us beneath that.

Yes, it will. Very well done indeed, Anna.

Very well-played again.

Look at those scores for the first round. Very impressive on a Shakespeare round.

They're getting a good workout on that last podium, aren't they?

-Every time they get a low score.

-I'm sure there's a fitness DVD we can...

An Anna and Alex DVD. We should do it.

Thanks very much indeed. We're half-way through the round, so let's take a look at those scores.

6 the lowest score of that. Well done, Anna.

Then we travel up to 9, where we find Nigel and Gary.

And to 11, where we find Sophie and Wendy.

Wendy, you're not massively ahead of the field,

but a nice low score from you is what we'll need to keep you in the game.

Best of luck. We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Now, then, Alex...

Alex, remember, we're looking for the name of any type of character

who appears in at least one Shakespeare play.

Well, I've got a feeling that Wendy's got something up her sleeve, personally.

So...

I'm going to go for something which I think might be a bit of a safer answer.

-OK.

-I'm going to go for Julius Caesar.

Julius Caesar? OK. Well, 11 is the high score.

If you can score 4 or less, you'll avoid becoming the new high scorers.

Let's see. Julius Caesar. Is it right? How many people said it?

There's your red line. Quite a long way down.

It's correct.

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15 takes your total up to 21.

His real first name was Gaius.

-Julius Caesar's first name.

-Anyway, Wendy, Wendy...

-Yes.

-Wendy, Alex thought you had something up your sleeve.

Yes. He was wrong.

If you can score 9 or less,

you're in the Head to Head.

I think I'm going to go King Lear.

King Lear says Wendy. OK.

King Lear. Here's your red line.

Again, quite low, but let's see how far down the column King Lear can take you.

It's right.

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So 33 your total there, Wendy.

Based on the legendary British king, of course.

-It's a name you don't hear any more - Lear.

-Lear? No.

Favoured by jets, and not much else.

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-Now, Gary... Gary.

-Yes?

You're on 9. The highest scorers at the moment are Wendy and Sophie.

On 33. 23 or less gets you into the Head to Head.

We want any name from the title of a Shakespeare play.

I'm so pleased that the two other teams didn't steal my answer,

because Anna said Troilus, and I'd already thought of Cressida from Troilus and Cressida.

I did wonder why nobody picked up on Cressida.

I'm so relieved, because I couldn't think of anything else that would be as good.

-So I'm going to go for Cressida.

-Cressida.

There's your red line. If you get below that with Cressida, you're in the next round.

It's right.

Very well done. You're through.

Very good.

Cressida one point less than Troilus.

Scores you 5. Takes your total up to 14.

Very well done.

Well-played, Gary. There's no Pointless answers at all.

Have you got a good answer for this?

I'd have gone Cymbeline. Safe answer.

Cymbeline would have scored you two points.

-King John.

-John would have scored you 5 points.

But the best answer, scoring 1 point, would have been Pericles.

-Oh, yes.

-Cymbeline with 2.

Timon - Timon of Athens - would have scored you 3.

Cleopatra for 7. Antony would have scored you 8.

Othello would have scored you 24. Richard would have scored you 26.

You could have had Macbeth for 41, and let's take a look at the top three,

the ones that most people said.

Let's take a look at the gender balance here.

Why does that happen?

Romeo. I'll go for Romeo.

And yeah, Hamlet.

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-Romeo and Hamlet.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the pair leaving... I can't bear this.

Wendy and Sophie, you were Head to Headers last time.

I thought you were going to be finalists this time. You did so well.

It's been lovely as always to have you on the show.

Sorry I have to say goodbye to you now, but thanks so much for playing.

Wendy and Sophie.

For the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the Head to Head.

Congratulations, Alex and Anna, Nigel and Gary.

You're now one step closer to the final, and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...

Now, we have to decide who's going to play for that money, and to do that

you're now going to go Head to Head.

The difference is, you're now allowed to confer,

and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that Jackpot.

I think this is going to be extremely exciting, and very close.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the Head to Head.

OK, here is your first question,

and it concerns sporting losers.

Sporting losers, Richard.

I'm going to show you five pictures now of famous sportspeople.

Can you name the most obscure, please?

-Losers in what sense?

-You'll see in the images.

-I see, I see. Very good.

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five losers, and here they are.

We have got...

There we are. Five sporting, unlucky losers.

Alex and Anna, you played best throughout so far, so you get to go first.

THEY CONFER

We'd like to go for A.

Beth Tweddle.

A, Beth Tweddle, say Alex and Anna.

Beth Tweddle. Now, Nigel and Gary, that board is all yours.

Talk us through it, and fill in all the blanks, if you can.

Oh, that we could.

B is obviously Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, isn't it?

D is John McEnroe.

-C, is it Ronnie...

-Ronnie O'Sullivan.

The snooker player.

I can't put a name to A, but Beth Tweddle is British.

I don't think it's her. That's an American flag on her uniform.

Yeah, so I think we should go for Ronnie.

-C.

-I'm happy to do that.

-Ronnie O'Sullivan for picture C, please.

OK, you say Ronnie O'Sullivan for C.

So we have Beth Tweddle from Alex and Anna.

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

It is wrong...

as Gary suspected, which means, Nigel and Gary, you merely have to be correct with Ronnie O'Sullivan.

You'll win this question. Let's see if you are correct.

Let's see for fun how many people said Ronnie O'Sullivan.

He's right, of course.

Very well reasoned there, Gary. Very observant.

Nigel and Gary, that means after one question you're up one-nil.

Well played, Gary. That's Ronnie O'Sullivan losing to James Wattana.

Losing 5-0 there in that picture.

Now, A, you're quite right is American, so it wasn't Beth Tweddle.

It's actually...

A Pointless answer. It's up there because that face

became very famous all over the Internet.

Her not-impressed face. She got a silver medal there,

but she just lost out on a gold medal.

Let's take a look at B. It is of course...

D, losing in the Wimbledon finals to Jimmy Connors...

And E is Eric Moussambani, or Eric the Eel.

That would have scored you 5 points.

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

Alex and Anna, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

China, Richard.

Going to give you five clues to facts about China.

You just have to give us the most obscure answer. Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five China facts.

And here they are.

READS FACTS

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about China.

Nigel and Gary, you will go first.

THEY CONFER

-The language...?

-I think that's our better one of the two.

-I'm quite happy to go for...

-OK.

The most spoken Chinese language in China - Mandarin.

Mandarin say Nigel and Gary. Mandarin.

Now, Alex and Anna, that board is all yours. Talk us through it.

I think the largest city by population is either Hong Kong or Shanghai.

The capital city I think is Beijing.

I believe their position in the 2012 Olympics Medal Table was either first or second!

I've got a couple of choices to make here.

Let's go for the name of its largest city by population.

Largest city by population, I think we're going to go for...

Shanghai.

Shanghai say Alex and Anna, is the largest city by population.

So we have Mandarin versus Shanghai.

Mandarin say Nigel and Gary. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

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Well, it's right. It has that in its favour, whereas Alex and Anna have taken a bit of a punt there.

Shanghai. Is that right, and if it is, how many people said it?

It is right. Very well done.

And it beats Mandarin.

Well played.

Back in the game, Alex and Anna.

After two questions it's one-all.

Mandarin's the biggest answer on the board there, surprisingly.

Even more than the capital.

The capital, of course, is Beijing. Would only have scored you 45 points, amazingly.

Now the decade in which the People's Republic of China was founded.

It was founded in 1949 by Mao Zedong.

Would have scored you...

The position in the 2012 medals table.

It was first or second. What would you have gone for?

-I'd have gone for second.

-You'd have been right. The USA were first.

Would have scored you...

Thanks very much indeed. OK, so here comes the decider. Best of luck to both pairs.

Whoever wins this goes through to the Final to play for that Jackpot. It concerns...

Songs with items of clothing in their titles, Richard.

Yeah. In fact, songs with items of clothing not in their titles.

We're going to give you the titles of the five songs. We've missed out that item of clothing on each one.

-Can you fill it in, please? Best of luck.

-OK.

Let's reveal our five songs that have taken off their clothes.

And here they are.

READS TITLES

I'll read those again one last time.

There we are. Five songs missing bits of clothes.

Now, Alex and Anna will go first.

It's just trying to pick which one to go for.

I think we're going to go for the Thong Song, by Sisqo.

OK. Thong Song, say Alex and Anna.

-Nigel and Gary, that board is all yours.

-OK.

Madness is Baggy Trousers.

The bottom one is bikini.

I'm kind of hoping that I...well, we might be one of the few people

in the world that might know the answer to The Cheeky Girls one.

I seem to remember, and I don't know why...

It's in the bowels of my mind somewhere

that it was called Take Your Shoes off, but I don't know why.

-So fingers crossed...

-From the bowels of your mind?!

LAUGHTER

Those Romanian twins are there in my mind somewhere,

so I'm hoping that it's Take Your Shoes Off.

Take Your Shoes Off, say Nigel and Gary. So we have Thong Song and Take Your Shoes Off.

Alex and Anna said Thong Song. Let's see if that's right, and how many people said thong.

It's right.

27.

Nigel and Gary are saying Take Your Shoes Off from The Cheeky Girls.

Let's see if that's right... Are you doubting it now?

(EXHALES) Who's not going to doubt their knowledge of The Cheeky Girls?

Let's see - Take Your Shoes Off. Is it right?

How many people said it?

It is right!

Is it going to beat Thong Song? Yes, it is. Very well done indeed.

Down it goes to 6.

APPLAUSE

Which means, Nigel and Gary, very well done.

After three questions, you are through to the Final 2-1.

-Very well played, Nigel.

-I'm loving those Cheeky Girls!

Now, the top one is Baggy Trousers, of course.

-What do you think that would have scored?

-87.

92.

92 points. Alvin Stardust is Red Dress.

It's a good score of 17.

This other one...Teeny Weeny Polka Dot Bikini would have scored...?

87.

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100.

One of those very rare occasions.

Yeah. Thank you very much. I knew this was going to be very hard-fought,

and I knew it was going to be close, and would come down to the wire.

And so it did - Thong Song versus The Cheeky Girls.

But very well done, Nigel and Gary. Going through.

Alex and Anna, it means we have to say goodbye to you. You've done so well throughout the show.

It all bodes very well for the next time we see you.

We'll look forward to that very much. Alex and Anna, great contestants.

For Nigel and Gary, it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Congratulations, Nigel and Gary. You've seen off all the competition,

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless Jackpot, and at the end of today's show the Jackpot stands at...

You've done so well, SO well today.

It was Round One last time.

All memories of that now quickly receding as you storm through.

As always, you start this round off by choosing a category. You have four options to choose from.

They are...

-Oh.

-Ooh!

-Which one do you think?

-I think I'll get my coat.

I don't know any Booker Prize winners off the top of my head.

FIFA World Cup we can in theory guess.

Irish Geography... We work with a lovely Irish lady, Genevieve. If we get that wrong, she would murder us.

She doesn't sound that nice, I have to be honest.

-She's lovely.

-Yes, just verbally murder us.

Um...

-FIFA World Cup?

-Yeah. Irish geography is quite specific.

I think FIFA World Cup is a bit more broad. We might have a better answer.

I've got a trophy. I'm happy. I don't mind, so...

-FIFA World Cup.

-OK. World Cup.

-We'll try World Cup.

OK, you're going to go for FIFA World Cup.

-Richard.

-OK, you've got three possible questions to go for here.

I know some people at home are going to do very well on a couple of these.

Can you give us an answer from any of these, please?

We are looking for any stadium that hosted a match during the 1966 World Cup.

We are looking for the name of any World Cup-winning coach or manager

from 1966 all the way through to 2010,

so anyone who managed or coached a World Cup-winning team.

Or any winner of the Golden Boot - the Golden Shoe it used to be -

in any World Cup, please.

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Best of luck in the studio. Best of luck at home as well.

There's a few Pointless answers out there.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, as always, you've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.

To win that Jackpot of £6,000, you just have to find a Pointless answer.

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

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

-Are you ready?

-Yes. We're ready.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

So, 1966 was...

It's England.

We don't want Wembley.

All I know is Villa Park. I've no idea about whether they were in the World Cup.

I think Old Trafford probably wasn't involved.

Golden Shoe winners... Is that man of the match, or...

The person who scores the most goals, I think.

-OK, so...

-I'm thinking of Roberto Baggio from Italy in the '90s.

-Sounds good.

-Name rings a bell.

Pele... I don't know if he won it. He's going to be a big answer.

I imagine so.

World Cup-winning coaches and managers.

The only ones I can think of are really obvious ones.

Alf Ramsey started it in '66,

but that's going to be too obvious.

OK, so... But it's World Cup for the whole of history, isn't it?

When did it start? You go back in the mists of time.

-1966, I think.

-No, that's just the stadia.

Ten seconds left.

-I think we should go for...

-Your Baggio man.

-Roberto Baggio.

Wembley, but you could say Villa Park, and...

OK, that is your time up. I now need three answers from you.

-What are you going to say?

-OK, so we'll go for the Golden Boot/Shoe winner.

It is a bit of a guess, but Roberto Baggio.

In the 1990s, so thinking of that one.

And then from 1966 World Cup stadia,

shall we try two there?

-I think so.

-If we go for Villa Park...

Villa Park.

-And...

-What about Upton Park for West Ham?

That sounds beautiful to me.

OK, they are your three answers. Of those three,

which do you think is your best crack at a Pointless answer?

The Cheeky Girls.

-Let's say Baggio.

-Roberto Baggio we'll put last.

Which is your least likely to be Pointless?

-Villa Park.

-Villa Park we will put first.

OK, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.

Here they are.

Very, very best of luck.

Your first answer, the one probably least likely to be Pointless

was Villa Park.

Now, if this is correct, and it goes all the way down to zero,

you will leave here with £6,000.

Nigel, what would you do with your share of that?

A couple of things. I've always wanted a juke box for 7-inch singles I've got from my youth,

so I would like to have to a decent pub jukebox, that would be good.

The other thing is I write books as well.

I've always said I'd self-publish if I can't get a deal.

I'd quite like to self-publish a book.

-Best of luck. Gary, how about you?

-I've really wanted to visit the Grand Prix for a long time,

so I'd pick a country, and get out to one.

Excellent. Good stuff. Very, very best of luck.

Three answers up there on the board. Let's hope one of them is Pointless.

Your first answer - Villa Park.

Obviously, if this is Pointless it wins you that Jackpot,

so for £6,000, let's find out if Villa Park was a stadium in the 1966 World Cup.

It was.

Down it goes. If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £6,000.

It's taking us pretty confidently down through the 20s, down through the teens.

Still going down. Oh! 9.

Not a bad first answer.

-9. Great score.

-Shocker.

What do you mean, a shocker? It's a great first score.

-It's just a shocker it's correct.

-I see what you mean.

Obviously, it's not Pointless, so it won't win you that Jackpot.

Your second answer may, though.

Again, if it's Pointless it wins you the Jackpot,

so for £6,000, let's find out if Upton Park was a stadium in the '66 World Cup.

Oh, bad luck!

Bad luck. An incorrect answer there with Upton Park.

Which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer.

Roberto Baggio. A bit of a punt, but it came swimming into your mind.

I remember watching the World Cup with my dad as a child.

It was in 1990 when it was held in Italy.

I think he did quite well, so I'm hoping.

OK, well, fingers crossed. Let's hope it's right.

Let's hope it's Pointless. For £6,000, let's find out

if Roberto Baggio ever won the Golden Boot or Golden Shoe in a World Cup.

Bad luck.

Bad luck. I'm afraid an incorrect answer, which means you haven't won our Jackpot.

That Jackpot will roll over to the next show, but we've really loved having you on the programme.

You do of course get to take home a Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.

That's what we came for.

Unlucky, gents. Absolutely terrific performance today. Well done.

A very brave final category to take on as well.

The winner of the Golden Boot in 1990 - it was an Italian.

It was Toto Schillaci, as some people at home would know.

Scored two points, though, Schillaci.

Let's take a look at the Pointless answers in each of the categories.

Ayresome Park, which is the old Middlesbrough ground.

Roker Park, which is where Sunderland used to play.

And the White City Stadium, which is no longer there, of course.

All of those were Pointless answers.

Aime Jacquet, the French coach from 1998 would have been a Pointless answer.

Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian.

Carlos Bilardo, won it with Argentina in 1986.

Marcello Lippi of Italy also a Pointless answer. There's a couple more there as well.

Minotti, you could have had Helmut Schon, and you could have had Zagallo.

All of those were Pointless.

Now, for the Golden Boot winners, I know some people will have got some of these.

Davor Suker of Croatia.

Eusebio, the famous Portuguese.

The highest scorer in any World Cup, Just Fontaine of France.

I know some people will have said him.

And Oleg Salenko of Russia was a terrific answer.

In fact, every single winner of the Golden Boot was Pointless

other than Lineker, Ronaldo, Gerd Muller, Schillaci of course,

Mario Kempes, Klose, Muller and Paolo Rossi.

If you said anyone apart from those names - Stoichkov for example was Pointless -

all the other answers were Pointless.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Nigel and Gary,

but it's been fantastic having you on the show.

This time round especially you have done so well. You can walk off with your heads held high.

Thanks so much. Nigel and Gary.

Who sadly didn't win our Jackpot today.

It rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for £7,000.

Join us then, see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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