Episode 30 Pointless

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

the quiz where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

-Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one...

I'm Steve, this is my wife Danni and we're from Colchester in Essex.

-Couple number two...

-Hi, my name's Caz,

this is my mum Sue and we're from South Buckinghamshire.

Couple number three...

I'm Paul, this is my father Andrew and we're from London and Reading.

-And couple number four...

-Hi, I'm Andy from Solihull

and this is my good friend Cliff from Coventry.

-These are today's contestants.

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

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce -

full of nous, gumption and other words which our young viewers have no chance of understanding -

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

Hiya! Hi, everyone. APPLAUSE

-Afternoon. How are you?

-Very well, thank you. How are you?

-You look well.

-T-Thank you! T-That's...

Have you been working out? LAUGHTER

Come on, Richard! You know I haven't.

We should have a good show today. We've only got one returning pair, that's Andrew and Paul.

-We didn't see very much of Andrew and Paul.

-No.

Andrew identified Ian Wright as a cast member of Chicago

and it slightly went downhill from there.

It's almost impossible for it to go worse, is the good news.

Hopefully, we'll see a little bit more of them today.

-Nice to have a mother-and-daughter and a father-and-son team.

-Very nice indeed.

There's something we can test out there.

Question one today, absolute solid gold

-old-school Pointless.

-Good.

Thanks very much, Richard. All our question have been put to 100 people.

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

Everyone's trying to find an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Steve and Ian didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.

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OK, 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.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

Our first category today is...

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

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could.

Capital cities that start with the letters of CAPITAL. Richard.

We want any capital city that begins with one of those letters.

It has to be a capital of a country that is a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.

We're looking for any capital of any of those countries, please.

There are loads and loads of pointless answers here,

so get thinking at home because there's money to be won.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Steve and Danni, you all drew lots and you're going first.

-Danni, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Great to have you.

What do you do, Danni?

I'm a homemaker. I stay at home with my little boy, who's 20 months old.

-20 months old!

-Yes.

That's nice. What's he called?

-Zachary.

-Zachary. He'll be watching now.

-Erm, hopefully, yes!

-Good stuff.

-Probably eating his dinner.

-What are your hobbies, Danni?

-I DJ on a radio station that does rock music.

I'm also a bass player and a singer.

I obviously had to take a stop while I had my little one.

-I'm guessing a bass player and a singer in a band?

-Yes.

-I was.

-You don't want to be a bass player on your own.

-Yes.

-OK.

Now then, capital cities, how do we feel about them?

Erm, I'm not sure!

I am going to guess...

..Istanbul.

Istanbul, says Danni. Istanbul. OK, let's see if that's right and if it is,

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

No! Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Danni, it begins with "I" but not a capital city.

-Thanks, Richard. Now, Sue, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

What do you do, Sue?

Well, I left work last October. I retired early, obviously.

I'm going to go back for a little bit to help out with exam invigilation.

-OK, what was work?

-I was a science technician in a school.

-In a school?

-Yes.

-So, not actually teaching but running the lab?

-Yes.

-That sounds fun! Which bit of science?

-Chemistry.

I loved chemistry. I've just remembered how much I loved it.

-Aww, that's nice.

-Yeah!

You can always do an Open University course in it.

Do you know, I'm going to do that!

You only work 45 minutes a day, don't forget. You've got plenty of time on your hands.

No, I'm doing all the preparation.

LAUGHTER

So, Sue, yes, capital cities...

Erm, I'll go for Lima.

Lima, says Sue. Let's see if Lima's right

and how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right.

There we are. 20 for Lima. Well done, Sue.

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-Nothing wrong with that.

Capital of Peru, Lima. It's a very good answer.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Paul...

-Paul, it's going to be better today, isn't it?

-So much better!

-What happened last time?

-We got a little confused between musical stars and footballers.

I don't think any footballers are capital cities, so it'll be OK!

Let's hope, anyway. Yes, it was Round One, is the point.

We want any capital city that begins with one of the letters of CAPITAL.

What are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for what I hope is the capital of Paraguay,

-Asuncion.

-HE PRONOUNCES AS "ASENCION"

Paul says Asuncion. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Asuncion.

It's right.

Well, 20's our best score so far. Asuncion passes that.

-Oh, look at that!

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There we are! That's the way to do it!

Very well done! A pointless answer! It adds £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £2,500. It scores you nothing

and, I'd like to think, ensures your place in the next round.

Yes, slightly borderline.

It's Asuncion, but Asencion/Asuncion I think is acceptable, certainly in Spanish.

There is a capital city that's a footballer, that's Seoul Campbell.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much indeed. Cliff, welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.

What do you do?

I work with people with learning disabilities and autism.

-Right you are. And where are you from, Cliff?

-Coventry.

Now, one's Coventry and the other one's Solihull.

-Are they quite close together, Coventry and Solihull?

-Yes.

-Almost the same.

-Yes.

-OK.

One decided to call it Coventry and the other one's gone Solihull.

Which is the posher?

-Solihull.

-Solihull.

-"Soulihull".

"Soulihull"! I'm not even saying it right!

-And what are your hobbies, Cliff?

-I like to cook, play golf,

I like to watch rugby. I'm quite sporty.

OK. Travel, maybe?

-Yeah, travel.

-Travelling to capital cities?

-A few.

-OK.

-Yeah, a few. I'm going to go with Cairo.

Cairo.

Cairo, says Cliff. Let's see if that's right

and how many of our 100 people said Cairo.

-27.

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-27 for Cairo.

-The capital of Egypt, of course.

On some calculations, the largest city in Africa, but not on others.

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

0 was our best score in that pass. Paul, well done.

We travel up from there to 20, where we find Sue and Caz.

Then up to 27, where we find Cliff and Andy.

Then up to 100, I'm afraid, where we find Danni and Steve.

-Steve, how are your capital cities?

-We'll see!

You've got a little bit of time to come up with a really good answer.

We have to hope it's really good and enough to keep you in the round.

We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Andy, welcome to the show.

-What do you do, Andy?

-I work in IT.

What do you get up to when you're not working in IT?

I do a lot with music. I go to lots of concerts and gigs.

What are your favourite bands?

What's the last great gig you went to?

Last year, I managed one of my lifetime achievements of seeing The Stone Roses live,

at Heaton Park and then at V Festival.

You saw them twice. Good work!

You're on 27. The high scorers are Steve and Danni on 100.

If you can score 72 or less,

you're in the next round.

OK.

I think I'm right, I've been there and I think it's right,

the capital of the United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi, says Andy.

Here comes your red line. Get below that and you stay with us.

Let's see if Abu Dhabi's right and let's see how many said it.

It's right.

Oh, very well done indeed, Andy! Another pointless answer!

It adds another £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total to £2,750.

It scores you nothing. It leaves your total at 27. Very well done indeed.

Brilliant play, Andy. I told you there were some pointless answers! We've had two already.

Abu Dhabi means "Father of the Deer", but no-one knows why it's called that.

-It's lost in the mists of time.

-Thank you very much.

Now, Andrew,

-how well did Paul do then?

-Very well!

-You're going to have to equal that, I think.

-Yes.

-Yes... Do you think you can?

-I hope so.

-I hope so, too. Remind us what you do, Andrew.

-I'm a piano teacher.

Does a piano teacher... Do you also play the piano?

-Are you a performer, as well, in any sense?

-No, not really.

It's a lot easier to teach.

It's like football managers, like Arsene Wenger and Ferguson,

it's a lot easier to teach than to do it yourself.

You are on 0, the high scorers are Steve and Danni on 100,

so 99 or less keeps you in the game.

I think, though, nothing less than a pointless answer will do here.

Right. Well, I think the capital of Jordan is Amman.

Amman, says Andrew. Amman.

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

Your red line is lovely and high. Let's see if Amman gets you through.

It does, of course.

Abu Dhabi was a pointless answer. Is Amman, as well?

-2 for Amman!

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It's a good answer.

It doesn't beat Paul's, though. Or equal Paul's. 2 is your total.

-Great attempt, Andrew, well done. So much nicer than last time, isn't it?

-Oh, you bet!

One of the oldest-settled places in the world - Jordan.

They found remains from 4000 BC in Jordan.

The place.

LAUGHTER

I could see what... I could see what you were thinking!

Thank you very much, Richard!

Yeah, good! Ahem!

Caz, welcome to Pointless. What do you do?

I'm a speech and language therapist.

-Who do you work with?

-I want to specialise in stroke patients.

-Right.

-I got a job two weeks ago so I haven't started yet.

I would imagine that must be such a satisfying thing to do.

-Really rewarding. I love it.

-Good stuff.

And in your spare time, Caz?

-I like to travel, so this is quite a good round for me.

-Good.

And I like photography, as well, so...

Good. Right. Well, there we are.

Have you got any capital cities from the word CAPITAL?

I do. There's one that I've been to, which I know is right,

but I want to risk one, which I'm not sure how happy my mum will be about that

but I want to try and get a pointless one.

I think the capital of Samoa

-is Apia.

-SHE PRONOUNCES AS "AYPIA"

Apia, says Caz.

Let's see if Apia is right. Big punt you're taking there.

There is your red line. It's not too far away.

If you get below that, you're through. It just has to be right.

How many people said Apia, if it is right?

It is right!

And you are through!

Down it goes.

-Very well done indeed, Caz!

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Apia is a pointless answer.

-It adds another £250 to today's jackpot.

-Yay!

It takes the total up to £3,000

and it leaves your total at 20. Very well done indeed.

Wow. Well played, Caz. You're right, the capital of Samoa.

"Appia" some people would pronounce it, but, er, I'm Apia either way!

LAUGHTER No, you can't be Apia!

I know there's an Apia pun in there somewhere, but I missed it.

-Steve...

-Hi.

Steve, listen, I've got bad news.

You're the high scorers and I'm afraid you haven't yet given your answer,

so even if you have a brilliant pointless answer,

which I think you might have,

-it's not going to help you.

-It's for pride now.

-Have you got a good answer?

-I think so.

I think I've got the answer which Danni meant to say.

I think. Which is probably going to cause an argument in the car.

-LAUGHTER

-Love you!

I'm going to say the capital of Turkey - Ankara.

Ankara, says Steve. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

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

It's right.

-12 for Ankara.

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-It takes your total up to 112.

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That's a nice way to finish the round, Steve.

Replaced Istanbul as Turkey's capital in 1923, Ankara.

There's loads of pointless answers. Let's take a look at a few of them.

Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE. Abuja, which is the capital of Nigeria.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

There's Apia, or Ap-eye-a.

Astana, which is Kazakhstan. Paramaribo, which is Suriname. Well done if you said any of these.

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Tashkent is Uzbekistan. Tbilisi is Georgia.

You could've had Antananarivo, Ashgabat,

you could've had Castries, Chisinau,

you could've had La Paz, Lilongwe,

Luanda, Lusaka, Podgorica, you could've had Port Louis, Port Moresby,

Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.

You could've had Thimphu, or Tirana, the capital of Albania.

All of those were pointless answers. Well done if you said any of those.

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

Copenhagen would've scored you 43.

You'd have got 73 for London. What do you think's beaten London?

-Paris? I don't know.

-It is.

Very well done. Paris there on 77.

Thanks very much, Richard. I'm afraid it's Steve and Danni we have to say goodbye to.

It's been great having you on, for albeit a very short time.

We'll look forward to seeing you again next time. Thanks very much. Steve and Danni...

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

Obviously, at the end of this round, we'll be saying goodbye to another pair,

but for now, I think it's going to be extremely evenly-matched.

You all have two things in common - you are all in Round Two for the first time

and you all scored a pointless answer, so very well done indeed. Very exciting.

Our category for Round Two is...

Movie Music.

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Singles From Soundtracks.

-Richard.

-On each pass, we're going to show you six UK Top 40 singles featured on film soundtracks.

Tell us the name of the film they appeared on, in the year we're going to show you.

There's 12 in all to have a go at.

We want the name of the movies in which these songs famously appeared.

Here's our first board of six...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, six singles from films.

Caz...

Yep. I think I know all of them.

-Good work.

-I'm just trying to work out which is the least likely.

One of them, I'm not so sure on, but I think I'm going to gamble.

Sorry!

I'm going to go with I Believe I Can Fly - Space Jam.

Space Jam, says Caz. Space Jam for I Believe I Can Fly.

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

It's another good gamble from Caz.

Very well done indeed!

-2, Caz.

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Good work.

Very well played, Caz. Great start.

-Your mum's face when you said you knew all of them was lovely.

-Was it?

-She went...!

-Really?

R Kelly, ironically, used to have a terrible fear of flying.

When he came to tour Europe, he used to come by boat.

-Now, Paul... Paul.

-Yes.

There is that board. There are five left on it.

What are the names of the films that these songs come from?

I think I was going to go for Space Jam,

but I'm thinking which one next.

I can have a shot at most of them, so I'm trying to work out whether to gamble.

I think I will a little bit. I'm going to go for Mad World and Donnie Darko.

Donnie Darko, says Paul, for Mad World.

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

It's right.

-8 for Donnie Darko.

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Very well done indeed, Paul.

Well played, Paul. Our run of very, very good shows is continuing. Some great answers coming up.

It's a cover of the Tears For Fears song. It was Christmas number one.

Thanks. Now, Cliff, you are the last person to have this board.

Can you talk us through the remaining blanks?

I know three of the four. Don't Cry For Me Argentina is Evita.

Erm... I Will Always Love You is from The Bodyguard.

My Heart Will Go On - Titanic.

I'm not sure about Aerosmith.

I think they're all going to score quite high.

I think I'll go for...

I'm going to go for Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Evita.

Evita, says Cliff. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

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

It's right.

2's our low score...

-Look at that - 62!

-APPLAUSE

62 for Evita.

It's actually the best score of the three you knew,

because if you'd said Titanic for My Heart Will Go On,

that would've scored you 71.

If you'd said I Will Always Love You - The Bodyguard,

you'd have scored 82 points!

The best answer left was the Aerosmith one.

That was from Armageddon and that would've scored you 17.

But podium one and two picked off the two best answers there.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Caz, very well done. 2. Great answer.

-Sue, wasn't that brilliant?

-I'm very worried!

Two brilliant gambles from Caz. She's taken a little bit of pressure off you.

Then up to 8, where we find Paul and Andrew. Well done, Paul.

Then up to 62, Cliff and Andy. Andy, you'll get first pick of the next board.

Use it wisely. Find a nice low score if you can.

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

Let's put six more songs up on our board. Here they are...

We have got...

I'll read those all one final time.

Remember, we need you to name the movies from which these songs famously came.

Now then, Andy, you're the high scorers.

-Is this a good board for you?

-Er, no!

Not at all, really! I'm struggling with that one.

There's a couple of obvious ones but we need to try and get a low-ish number.

I'm going to take a guess, it's not very strong,

but Mrs Robinson, erm, The Graduate.

The Graduate, says Andy. That's a guess?

It's somewhere in the back of my mind. I'm not sure.

OK. The Graduate, says Andy. Let's find out if that's right.

You're the high scorers so no red line for you.

It's right.

-65.

-APPLAUSE

Another high score there. 127 your total.

That's another very big score for a famous song from a famous film.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Andrew...

Andrew, great news - you're through to the head-to-head.

How do you feel about this board?

Well, I knew The Graduate...

-..and I knew The Graduate.

-LAUGHTER

So anything else is...

I just don't get out enough, obviously.

As it doesn't matter, I wonder whether the bottom one is Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

All For Love - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, says Andrew.

Paul thinks that's right. Let's see if it is.

No red line for you because you're already through.

No.

Not right, I'm afraid. It scores you the maximum of 100 points.

It takes your total up to 108.

Sorry. It's a tough board. It's much tougher than the first one.

Bryan Adams had a huge hit from Robin Hood

with (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Sue, again, you are through to the head-to-head.

-Is that a relief...

-Total relief!

-..or were you looking forward to your moment in the sun?

-No, it's a relief.

-Do you want to talk us through the board?

-No!

-OK.

Well, fortunately, I knew two and only one has gone,

so I think Lady Marmalade is from...

-..Moulin Rouge!.

-Moulin Rouge!, says Sue.

Moulin Rouge! for Lady Marmalade.

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

It's right.

-18.

-APPLAUSE

18 takes your total up to 20, Sue. Very well done.

-I think Sue and Caz are a force to be reckoned with, do you?

-They are. Definitely.

Let's go through the rest of these. I think this is a tougher board.

I've Had The Time Of My Life came from the soundtrack that sold 48 million copies worldwide

and that was Dirty Dancing.

That would've scored you 45.

Now, let's look at All For Love, Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting.

There's sort of a clue in the title.

-It's The Three Musketeers.

-The Three Musketeers, yes.

Would've scored you 5 points.

The King Of Wishful Thinking features at the very beginning of...?

-Pretty Woman.

-Pretty Woman!

-That would've scored 4.

And this next one is a pointless answer.

Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson was on the soundtrack of

Not Another Teen Movie.

-Very well done if you said that at home.

-Thanks, Richard.

At the end of our second round,

I'm afraid it's Andy and Cliff who'll be leaving us, with their high score of 127.

Nothing wrong with your answers, they were just very high scores, that was the problem.

Cliff, it was unfortunate for you because the nice low scores had gone

so it was a matter of finding the lesser of three evils, really.

Andy, The Graduate was quite a high score.

But that second board, as Richard said, was harder.

We'll see you next time. You scored a pointless answer, so you leave with your heads held high.

It all bodes well for your next appearance.

-Andy and Cliff, thanks for playing.

-APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Sue and Caz, Andrew and Paul.

You're now one step closer to a chance to play for our jackpot,

-which now stands at £3,000.

-APPLAUSE

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

You are now allowed to confer. The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

Sue and Caz, you've been our lowest scorers in each round.

Not only that, you've scored 20 in each round,

so your grouping has been phenomenal.

That means you get to answer first in the first and third, if it comes to a third, questions.

It hasn't always been an advantage, actually. In the last few shows

it's been the blue pair that's gone through to the final.

-Andrew and Paul, how are you feeling?

-Pretty good.

-You've done well.

-I'm psyched.

-All memories of leaving last time are banished.

-I cannot remember what the first round was.

-Good. That's how it must remain!

Let's play the head-to-head!

OK, here comes your first question. It concerns...

Shakespeare Productions.

We're going to show you five pictures taken from productions of Shakespeare plays.

Can you tell us which play, please?

OK, let's reveal our five pictures from Shakespeare productions.

We have got...

There we are, five pictures from Shakespeare productions.

Sue and Caz, you've played best throughout the show, so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

(I think D is, erm,

Antony and Cleopatra.)

Right, I think we'll go for D, Antony and Cleopatra.

OK. Antony and Cleopatra, Sue and Caz are saying for D.

Now then, Andrew and Paul, do you want to tell us what the others are?

Talk us through them all.

A is, I'm fairly certain, Romeo and Juliet.

-B, if we've got our Richards right...

-Richard III.

-..is Richard III.

-C, could that be Midsummer Night's Dream?

-It could well be.

-And E...

-Is that Helen Mirren?

-Is that Helen Mirren?

-Is that Helen Mirren, do you think?

-In which case...

-She was in The Tempest.

-Was she?

I don't think we'll beat Antony and Cleopatra, so we might as well have a go.

We will go for E and The Tempest.

-E and The Tempest.

-Yes.

Sue and Caz have said Antony and Cleopatra for D

and Andrew and Paul have said The Tempest for E.

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

It's right.

-Very well done. 12.

-APPLAUSE

Andrew and Paul have said that E is The Tempest.

-Why have you said that? You think that's Helen Mirren?

-We think it might be.

And we think Antony and Cleopatra would beat A, B and C, which are the answers we know.

-OK.

-So worth a shot.

-So you're going to have a bit of a shot on E.

Let's see if E is The Tempest and if it is, let's see how many people said The Tempest.

-Oh!

-Bad luck, I'm afraid. Not The Tempest.

But I bet you're right,

I bet that is the only one that would've beaten Sue and Caz.

Which means, Sue and Caz, after the first question, you are up 1-0.

Yes, that was the only one that would've won you the point.

Not Helen Mirren, it's Kelly Hunter. It's The Winter's Tale. That was a pointless answer.

Anyone who got that at home, terrific work.

You had to give it a go because "A", Romeo and Juliet, would've scored you...

..86.

Richard III, B, would've scored you 29.

There's Judi Dench and Oliver Chris, in the horse's head, in A Midsummer Night's Dream

and that would've scored you 38.

Thank you, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Andrew and Paul, you have to win it to stay in the game. Best of luck.

It concerns...

The Statue of Liberty. Richard.

We'll show you five clues to facts about the Statue of Liberty. Can you answer the most obscure?

Let's reveal our five clues. Here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about the Statue of Liberty.

-(It was definitely made in France.)

-Yes.

(The question is, erm...)

Are there 50 spikes?

(The question is, I think the metal is also copper

-(because I think it turns green, but that's a long shot.)

-Yes.

OK, we think we know one, but we definitely know one,

so we're going to go for the one we are certain about, it was originally made in France.

Originally made in France, says Andrew and Paul.

Sue and Caz, the rest of the board is yours.

I would've guessed the number of spikes might be, mm,

possibly 13, to do with the stripes on the flag, but I don't know.

Erm... We knew the France one.

The hand would only be a guess!

I think the metal from which the exterior's made must be copper.

-That's the one you're going for?

-Mm.

-Copper.

OK, so we have France and we have copper.

Andrew and Paul said France.

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

It's right.

-Ooh, but it's a big score. 68.

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-You were toying with copper, weren't you, Andrew?

-I was, because it turns green.

Well, Sue and Caz have taken that guess.

They've said copper. Let's see if that's right and how many people said copper.

It's right.

And it beats France.

That's a good answer. There we are. Copper - 17.

APPLAUSE

Very well done. Sue and Caz, after only two questions,

-you are through to the final 2-0.

-Copper's a terrific answer.

As Paul says, it naturally oxidises and turns green. That's what gives it the colour.

The number of spikes on her crown -

it's not 13, it's seven, and would've scored you 7.

This next one, the hand in which she holds the torch,

if anyone just did this randomly -

the answer is the right hand -

but what would you expect that to score if you literally just guessed?

-50.

-Yeah. 49 that scored. LAUGHTER

Which, statistically, that means nobody knew that at all.

Statistically, that's even better than a pointless answer.

The former name of Liberty Island, very well done if you got this, is Bedloe's Island.

-That would've scored you 1 point.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

The couple leaving us at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid it's Andrew and Paul.

A much better performance today than last time.

Round One last time, and you've zoomed through to the head-to-head.

But I'm afraid you came up against Sue and Caz there, who pipped you.

-You didn't really have many options on that first board.

-No.

-The Winter's Tale was tough!

-I wouldn't have guessed that.

Ah, well, it's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing. Andrew and Paul!

APPLAUSE

But for Sue and Caz,

it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Sue and Caz,

you fought off the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,000.

You've done very well indeed. Let's remember all the things that we've tested you on.

We had capital cities, soundtracks from films,

we had Shakespeare productions and Statue of Liberty.

So just two questions in the head-to-head round, 2-0 you came through,

and you were the lowest scorers in every round, apart from Round One,

but even then, your scoring was incredibly low.

What would you like to see come up in this last round?

Well, my thing is geography, so I'm a bit sad that's already gone.

That's where all my pointless ones come from.

Obviously, I would like science, but then I might embarrass myself!

Best of luck. As always, you start this round by choosing a category. You have four choices.

They are...

-The Traveling Wilburys...

-AUDIENCE MURMUR

-..Chemistry and Physics...

-LAUGHTER

..Chick-Lit

and Motorsport.

-It's got to be...

-We have to go with Chemistry. But it's all you.

I know. I don't know anything about the other ones.

-Got to be Chemistry and Physics!

-Chemistry and Physics it is.

Richard.

Now, are you absolutely certain? LAUGHTER

The Traveling Wilburys is here. I can do it.

-You're sure?

-You can do this.

-I-I'm good!

OK. Well, don't say I didn't give them the opportunity.

We'll give you three options here. I hope there's stuff you know. I suspect there will be.

Take your answer from any of these. We're looking for...

We are looking for...

Or we are looking for...

Some varied things there. HE RE-READS LIST

No temporary elements, please.

Good luck at home. And, you know, no pressure,

but it should go quite well in the studio, you'd hope!

Thank you very much indeed.

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

All you need to win that £3,000 is for just one of them to be pointless.

Remember, the answers can come from any of these three categories.

It can be all from one, one from one, two from another, it's completely up to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

Yttrium and ytterbium definitely begin with a Y. I can't think of...

Molybdenum's got a Y.

-I don't think we should go for any presenters.

-No. Winner of Physics, Robert Millikan.

-Lawrence Bragg.

-Are they going to be pointless?

-Winners...

-Well, it's up to you.

We can go for three elements if you want.

I'm just trying to think of another one. Erm...

-I'm trying to think of one with Y further in...

-In the middle.

-Yes.

-Are you not thinking of any?

-I'm not thinking of any, no! It's up to you.

-Have we got three?

-Yeah. I'll just think to the end of the time.

-Do you want to go for three elements?

-No, two and...

-OK.

-10 seconds left.

-OK.

-Which are you going to go for?

-OK?

-Yes.

-You're happy with what you've got?

Well, your time is up, anyway!

There we are! What three answers are you going to give me, Sue?

-I would go for yttrium...

-Yttrium.

-..ytterbium...

-Ytterbium.

..and...

SHE STAMMERS & SIGHS

-..Lawrence Bragg.

-And Lawrence Bragg.

-Yes.

For Lawrence, just say which category.

Lawrence Bragg is for Physics, and the other two are elements.

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

I would guess at ytterbium.

OK, ytterbium we'll put last. Which is your least likely?

-Yttrium.

-Yttrium.

-Mm.

-And Lawrence Bragg in the middle.

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

We have got...

So yttrium, Lawrence Bragg and ytterbium.

Very best of luck. Your first answer was yttrium.

Let's see if that's right. If it's right and pointless, you will win £3,000.

That's quite a nice jackpot. Sue, what would you do with that?

Well, my youngest daughter is in Australia,

-so it might be quite nice to go out and visit.

-Very nice.

Caz, anything you particularly want to spend that on?

-I guess I should say the same!

-LAUGHTER

Go see the sister!

-Although Australia's not bad, so...

-You don't want to go and see your sister, do you?

I'd rather go to a country I've not been to before,

but she hasn't been home in a while, so...

It honestly sounds like her business.

-Let her win an Australian game show and come and visit you!

-OK.

-Don't you think?

-I'll tell her that.

Well, let's find out, yttrium - is it pointless?

For £3,000,

is it a chemical element containing the letter Y?

It is.

Yttrium taking us down through the 60s and 50s.

If it goes down to zero, you will leave here with £3,000.

Into single figures.

-8 is where yttrium comes to a stop!

-APPLAUSE

That's a great answer, Sue. It's not a pointless answer, though.

Your second answer was Lawrence Bragg. Tell us a bit about Lawrence Bragg.

He worked with his father, I think, but apart from that, I don't know!

When did he win the Nobel Prize?

-It must've been the '20s?

-OK.

-I'm only guessing!

-Well, it's impressive enough!

-I know he did win.

You know he won. OK. You know it's correct, let's find out if it's pointless.

If it is, it wins you £3,000.

Is Lawrence Bragg a Nobel Prize-winner?

Yes, he was. So your first answer, yttrium, took us down to 8.

Lawrence Bragg now taking us down...

Past 8... Down he goes. Still going down...

Yes! You've done it with Lawrence Bragg!

-Really?

-Very well done! That's fantastic.

-Thank you.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you.

I can't believe it!

There we are! Very well done indeed! Congratulations.

-Well done!

-Lawrence Bragg is a pointless answer

-and there is a trip to Australia on the cards.

-Maybe!

You will be leaving here with that jackpot of £3,000.

-Fantastic.

-Thank you.

-Well done!

Now, who's your other Nobel Prize-winner?

-Millikan. Robert Millikan.

-Robert Millikan.

I wasn't sure of the dates.

OK, well, let's find out. Richard.

Let's find out indeed. Any obscure Nobel Prize-winner is going to win you the money

because almost all of them are pointless.

If we'd had to go onto ytterbium, it would've scored you 1 point.

Far more people know the periodic table than know the Nobel Prizes.

Robert Millikan...

-..was a pointless answer.

-Well done!

It would've been a fantastic one. APPLAUSE

Lawrence Bragg's father, Sir William Bragg, who he did win the prize with, would've been pointless, as well.

That's why Lawrence Bragg is known by his middle name. They were both Williams.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers for the chemical elements.

You gave us one in the 60 seconds. You said molybdenum and that would've been a pointless answer.

As would dysprosium, neodymium and praseodymium.

Please do, if I pronounce any of these wrong, er, keep quiet about it!

LAUGHTER No, do tell me.

I have to do them all the time

and I have my own ways of pronouncing them, but I suspect I'm wrong on most.

The "Bang Goes The Theory" presenters... Remember that question?

The two pointless answers, Dr Yan Wong and Philippa Forrester,

who also used to present Tomorrow's World,

they were both pointless, so well done if you said either.

Now, for the Nobel Prize-winners,

I'll just give you a list of the people who would've scored points.

Einstein would've scored 35, Marie Curie, Niels Bohr,

Schrodinger, Max Planck, Paul Dirac, they would've scored points, as would Wilhelm Rontgen.

Every single other person who won that Nobel Prize was a pointless answer,

so if you said any of them, you would've won the money.

But you said the one in the studio, Sir Lawrence Bragg, pointless answer.

That's nice, isn't it? We said, "Nice to have a mother-and-daughter team."

The daughter, brilliant all the way through to the final, the mum takes over in the final.

What a team! Going home with that cash. Lovely.

Very well done. Thanks once again to our winning players, Sue and Caz,

who go away with today's jackpot of £3,000.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

-It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

-APPLAUSE

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