Episode 32 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one. Hi, I'm Phil. This is my daughter, Ruth.

We're originally from Oldham,

now living on the sunny side of the Pennines. Couple number two.

I'm Chloe and this is Stu,

and we are friends and former colleagues from South London.

Couple number three. Hello, I'm Sarah. This is Sheila.

We're colleagues and friends from South Oxfordshire.

And finally, couple number four. Hello, I'm John.

This is Ron, my friend and colleague,

and we're graphic designers from Aberdeen.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks, all of you.

We'll find out more about you through the show as it

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

What can I say?

He's my compadre, my confidante, and my Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor.

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

Hi, everybody.

We've given away two jackpots in a row. I know.

Nick and Neil last time were terrific, went all the way through.

They were terrific, and then in the jackpot round...

They knew everything! They did know everything.

They knew everything, from Thomas Hobbs to Lorde.

Terrifically well done.

Only one team back from that show, it's Chloe and Stu, who

did very well, but we've also got a rhyming couple, which I always like.

Yes. Ron and John.

We should do a rhyming couples special at some point.

LAUGHTER

Emma and Gemma. Yeah! Bill and Phil.

Mick and Rick, obviously, who were good. Dita and Peter.

They were a bit odd, those two.

Thank you very much, Richard.

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

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

Of course, everybody is trying to find a pointless answer,

that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

and each time that happens, we will add ?250 to the jackpot.

Nick and Neil won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off back at ?1,000.

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.

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be

eliminated, so do what you can to make sure that is not you.

Our first category today is...

Decide in your pairs 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. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many countries whose

names do not contain the letter 'A' as they could.

Countries whose names do not contain the letter 'A'. Richard.

We are looking for any country other than the UK whose common

short form name does not contain the letter 'A', please, so any country

in the world whose common short form name does not contain the letter 'A'.

As always, by 'country',

we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Ruth and Phil, you all drew lots before the show,

and today you are going to go first. Phil, welcome to the show.

Great to have you here. What do you do, Phil?

As little as possible these days. I've recently retired.

And what did you do? I was a secondary school headteacher.

Good stuff. Now then, how's your geography? OK. What did you teach?

Languages. Languages. OK.

German and French. Right.

So, a country whose name does not contain the letter 'A'.

I'm going to go for Benin. Benin, says Phil. Benin.

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.

APPLAUSE

Four.

Four. Very well done indeed.

One of Africa's smallest countries. Terrific start from podium one.

Very well played. 385 miles from north to south.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Chloe, welcome back to the show. Thank you.

What happened last time?

We got to the Head-to-Head but we were just outclassed.

Remind us what you do, Chloe. I work for the British Red Cross in London.

And remind us what you get up to in your spare time.

I enjoy playing video games. I play quite a lot with my husband. OK.

What's your favourite game?

I prefer first person shooters and he prefers role-playing games.

Back in the video games, though.

LAUGHTER

OK. Now. Countries that don't have an 'A' in their name.

I'm toying between two.

But I'm going to say Togo. Togo, says Chloe.

Let's see if Togo's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Togo.

Is right.

Four's been our best score so far.

Six for Togo. Very well done, Chloe.

APPLAUSE

Very well played, Chloe.

One of only three African countries that have a four letter name, Togo.

The other two have got 'A's in their name. Well, that's good.

I'll give you a few seconds to think about that

until after the next answer. Sheila, welcome to the show.

What do you do, Sheila? I'm a school improvement adviser.

You're sort of a hotel inspector but for schools. I can be the nice one.

I'm nothing to do with an inspection.

So your job is to say, "Could do better."

I help them to do better before Ofsted come.

Do you find that when you go back,

when you re-visit, like Kevin McCloud does on Grand Designs,

that they've actually learnt the lessons you've taught them?

Well, sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised

and sometimes I'm very disappointed.

Oh, I'd hate to see Sheila disappointed.

I would hate to see that. I hope you do well,

cos I would hate to see you disappointed. Yeah.

Sheila, countries without an 'A' in their name.

I'm going to go for Tibet.

OK, let's see if Tibet is right,

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

Oh! Bad luck!

You didn't realise it was spelt 'Tibat', did you?

LAUGHTER

That's incorrect, Sheila, I am sorry,

and I think that's for the old Pointless reason.

It scores you 100 points.

Absolutely right.

Not a country the way that we would recognise

and not a member of the UN, I'm afraid.

OK, now, Ron. Hello. Ron, welcome to the show. What do you do, Ron?

I'm a graphic designer.

Generally, or do you work on particular kinds of things?

It's mainly for the oil and gas industry.

It sounds a little bit boring, but we work hard and we play hard.

Of course, you're from Aberdeen, which is

kind of the home of oil and gas in the British Isles.

What are your hobbies, Ron?

I like to snowboard and I go to the gym as well, quite a bit.

Got a bit chubby over the years, so thought I'd better hit the gym. OK.

Countries that don't include the letter 'A'.

Well, I was going to go for Djibouti.

I know it starts with a silent 'D',

so I hope it doesn't have a silent 'A' as well. Djibouti.

Let's find out if Djibouti's right,

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

It's absolutely right. Four is our low score, 100 our high.

Oh, look at that! New low score.

Very well done for Djibouti there, Ron. Good answer.

A lot of the Pointless favourites coming out this round.

That's a great answer. Very well played. Another African country.

Those two African countries with four letters? Mali and Chad.

Very well done if you got those at home. Thanks very much.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at our scores.

Ron and John, looking very strong.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

If they can carry on with that they should be fine. Very well done.

Up to four, where we find Phil and Ruth.

Up to six, where we find Chloe and Stu,

and then I'm afraid it's 100, Sheila.

It's a shame to see Sheila disappointed, isn't it?

Yeah. Yeah.

SHEILA GIGGLES

There we are. Best of luck.

Maybe there will be another high score in the next round, Sarah,

so a low score from you might be enough to keep you in the game.

Let's hope. We're going back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we're looking for any country that doesn't contain the letter

'A' in its name. Now, John, welcome to Pointless. Also from Aberdeen.

What do you do? I'm a graphic designer. Also a graphic designer.

Do you get to travel around a lot, working for oil and gas,

or is it all very much Aberdeen-based?

I don't do travelling for work

but I've done a lot of travelling myself in my time.

I got married in Australia for a start. Good!

In a hot-air balloon as well. Very nice.

You were actually married in a hot-air-balloon? Yeah, yeah.

Eight o'clock in the morning, 4,000 feet. Wow.

That's one way of not having too many guests, isn't it? Yeah!

Yeah. Cut the prices down. Good stuff.

Now, John, what are you going to go for? I'm going to go for Belize.

Belize.

Now, you want to be scoring 97 or less with Belize to ensure

you get through to the next round.

If it's right, I'm pretty sure you can do that. There's your red line.

Of course it's right.

Nine.

APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 11. Very well done, John.

Some very low scoring in this round, isn't it? Impressive show.

It's the only Commonwealth country in Central America, Belize.

Used to be British Honduras, which would've had an 'A' in it.

Would've done.

So if we were playing Pointless in the '50s,

that would've been a terrible answer.

Seems like we have been doing Pointless since the '50s,

doesn't it to you? That' show I'm pitching it, certainly.

How would it have worked in the '50s?

We couldn't have called it Pointless

cos that would sound too flip, I think.

We would've had to call it,

Some Questions For The Education Of The Population.

Good Lord! That Scored Less Than I Thought!

I think you'll find it scored fewer than you thought!

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Now, Sarah, we come to you.

What do you do, Sarah? I'm a teacher in a secondary school.

What do you like getting up to in your holidays?

I play tennis and I sing in a choir.

Very nice. Sheila, have you been along to hear the choir sing?

I sing in the choir, too. You're in it as well. Good stuff.

Now, Sarah, what would you like to go for?

I'm going to say Niger.

Niger, or Ni-ger, says Sarah. Let's see if that's right.

There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers,

but let's see how far the column Niger gets you.

It's right!

Eight. APPLAUSE

108 is your total.

It's a really good answer, Sarah.

It's not going to be enough to save you, but very well played.

It's named after the Niger river, which is

also what Nigeria is named after. But Nigeria has an A in it.

At the end. LAUGHTER

Ah, good.

Stu... Hello. Stu, welcome back.

Remind us what you do.

I am a lead researcher in the London Borough of Camden.

What are all the other researchers doing now? Coffee breaks...

Not researching. Yeah. That's why they need a lead.

Yeah. But I'm on here, so...I'm not doing it either.

You didn't leader them all here though? There aren't lots of researchers out there? No. Phew!

OK, Stu, you are through to the next round anyway, even if

you score 100 points. What are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for Montenegro.

Montenegro, says Stu.

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

No red line, as you're already through.

It's right.

That's a great answer! Look at that! 2!

APPLAUSE Joint lowest score.

Takes your total up to 8, which is our lowest total so far.

Well played, Stu. Another very good answer.

It's hated by cartographers, Montenegro.

It's a very small country, smaller than Wales, and it's name is so long,

it's almost impossible to write the name inside the borders of it. Yeah.

See, this round would have been much easier in the '50s.

There were only about 12 countries. Yeah. Now, there's millions of them.

Montenegro being one of them. There we go. Thank you. There we go.

Now then, Ruth. Ruth, welcome. What do you do, Ruth?

I'm a primary school teacher. Do you teach everything across the board?

I don't. I'm going to say this now.

I just teach music and Spanish at the moment. So don't ask me about Egyptians or...

That's good. What a nice combination, music and Spanish.

Yeah. And in your spare time, what do you do?

I have two small children, so spare time is not really...

Doesn't really come into it. What ages are they? Three and five.

Anyway, Ruth, what are you going to go for?

I've had a lot of time to think about it.

I've had enough time to spell them several times in my head

and make sure they don't have any As in them.

So I'm feeling quite confident about the Seychelles.

Oh-ho-ho! Good answer!

The Seychelles. Let's find out. No red line, you're already through.

How far down the column will the Seychelles take us?

Ah, look at that! APPLAUSE

Scores you 3, takes your total up to 7.

Well played, Ruth. Another great answer. The Seychelles, made up of over 100 islands.

Let's take a look, there's only a couple of pointless answers.

Very well done if you said either of these.

Timor-Leste, which used to be called East Timor, or Liechtenstein.

That was a pointless answer as well.

That was a very timely name change for East Timor,

just so they could get in here on this round.

Yeah, that's why they did it. It was essentially their tourist board.

We told them what the round was going to be. Yeah, good.

And they took about four hours to come up with something.

Well done, East Timor. Very well done.

Other low scorers, Cote d'Ivoire would have scored you 1 point.

You would have got 2 points for Brunei, Lesotho, Comoros.

Three points for Burundi. The Philippines would have scored 6, as would Yemen.

You would have got 9 for Congo, 11 for Czech Republic. Those are some of the lower scorers.

Let's take a look at the three biggest scorers now.

You'd have got 41 for Belgium.

Egypt would have scored you 42.

And right at the top, Sweden, the biggest of all on 46. Wow!

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. At the end of that round, the pair leaving us

with their high score of 108, it's Sarah and Sheila. We'll look forward to seeing you next time.

Thanks so much for playing. Lovely contestants. APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

OK, so just three pairs remain now and at the end of this round,

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

John and Ron, of the remaining pairs, sounds ridiculous

with your score of 11, but you were the high scoring pair there.

You want to pull your socks up! It was very, very close.

Everybody scored in single figures there.

It's all looking very good for this round. It's going to be close.

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

Film characters. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and second?

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

OK, and the question concerns:

Harry Potter actors. Richard.

This will be popular at home, I think. People often ask for Harry Potter questions.

We're going to show you the names of six Harry Potter characters on each pass.

Tell us the actor who most famously played that character, please.

12 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.

OK, here's our first board of six.

And we have:

I'll read those again.

There we go, six characters from Harry Potter.

Ruth, how are you feeling about Harry Potter?

It's one we get asked for a lot.

There are a couple of answers there that I could guess at,

but I'd rather not,

so I'm going to play safe and say Hermione Granger, Emma Watson.

Emma Watson, says Ruth. OK. Let's see if Emma Watson's right

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right.

45 for Emma Watson. APPLAUSE

A safe and steady start, I think we'd describe that as.

I think that's right. JK Rowling says that Hermione Granger is based on herself at her age.

Now, Chloe, we're looking for the name of the actor who played

each of these parts in Harry Potter. I think I know the last two

and I think Lord Voldemort might be more recognised.

People might know the actor's name better.

So I'm going to go Ron Weasley and Rupert Grint.

Rupert Grint, says Chloe. Let's see if Rupert Grint is right.

Let's see how many people said that.

It is right. Emma Watson got 45.

Rupert Grint passes that. 28. APPLAUSE

28 for Rupert Grint.

Well played, Chloe. Another of the three main characters in those films.

Thanks very much. Now, John, are you happy with Harry Potter?

No, not at all. We try!

I know, we try. Honestly! I know.

Well, this board is all yours.

There would be some people falling over themselves to fill in this board for us.

I know. Cedric Diggory? Come on, John!

I'm going to have to guess.

Dolores Umbridge, Emma Thompson?

Dolores Umbridge, Emma Thompson. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

Oh, back luck. I'm afraid it's not Dolores Umbridge.

But not a bad guess. She's got to be in there somewhere.

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer, scoring you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry, John.

Dolores Umbridge actually played by Imelda Staunton, and that would have scored you 1 point.

Would have been a terrific answer. Severus Snape was played by...

Alan Rickman. Yes, would have scored you 12 points.

Now, Cedric Diggory was played by someone who's become

enormously more famous since these films came out. Robert Pattinson.

R-Patz. Yeah, would have scored you 9 points.

And Lord Voldemort, Chloe,

he's a more famous actor than Rupert Grint, but it would have been

a much better answer in this came cos it would have scored you 3 points.

3 points for Ralph Fiennes.

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores. 28, the best score of that pass, Chloe,

so you didn't do too badly in the context of things.

Up to 45, we find Ruth and Phil.

And then up to 100, where we find John and Ron.

Yes, you're quite far ahead, Ron, so we'll need a good answer from you in the next pass.

But you'll get first dibs. Use them carefully.

OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We're going to put six more Harry Potter characters on the board

and here they come. We have got:

I'll read them all one last time.

There we are. We're looking for the names of the actors who played each of these characters.

Ron, you need to find a really nice low scoring answer.

Did you watch any of the films?

I shouldn't admit this on TV, but I've read all the books.

I asked John yesterday if he'd seen all the movies yet and he said no.

But you have. I have. I've seen them all. OK, this is good.

Worked in the movie industry for a while. Did you? At the cinema, yeah. All right!

LAUGHTER

What are you going to go for, Ron?

I'm going to go for Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody,

that's Brendan Gleeson.

Brendon Gleeson, says Ron.

No red line for you, I'm afraid, cos you're the high scorers,

but Brendan Gleeson might take you a long way down that column.

It's right.

That's a brilliant answer! 1, Ron! APPLAUSE

Fantastic!

101 is your total.

Brilliant answer. Given yourself a squeak of a chance there.

Brilliant actor as well, Brendan Gleeson. He's in three Harry Potter movies.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Stu...

Stu, you need to be scoring 72 or less with your answer.

Now, how do you feel about Harry Potter?

Right, I think I know a few.

But it's under a lot of pressure now after that great answer.

Um... I'm going to go...

Hopefully, that it's Sirius Black and it's Gary Oldman.

Sirius Black, Gary Oldman, says Stu. Let's see if that's right

and how many people said it. There's your red line.

That's what you have to get below to be in the head-to-head.

Gary Oldman. Is it right?

It is right.

And you're in the head-to-head. Very well done.

9 for Gary Oldman.

APPLAUSE 37 is your total.

Yes, Harry's godfather. It's like a lovely retirement nest egg for a brilliant generation

of British actors, the Harry Potter franchise.

Thanks very much. Now, Phil.

So we want to know who played these Harry Potter characters.

Well, Harry Potter's obviously Daniel Radcliffe.

Rubeus Hagrid is Robbie Coltrane.

I'll risk Robbie Coltrane for Hagrid.

OK, Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane. There's your red line.

If you get below that, you're in the head-to-head. Let's find out.

Robbie Coltrane. How far down the column will that go?

It's right.

You've done it!

22... APPLAUSE

..for Hagrid, played by Robbie Coltrane. There you are.

Takes your total up to 67, sees you into the head-to-head.

Sailing through. You were right to avoid Daniel Radcliffe cos he would have put you above 101.

He would have scored 61 points.

Professor Flitwick is Warwick Davis. He'd have scored you 3.

And Bellatrix Lestrange is Helena Bonham Carter, would have scored you 8 points.

Brendan Gleeson, the best answer on that board, so tough luck. Thanks very much.

Well, at the end of that round, we have to say goodbye to Ron and John.

Ron, that was a fantastic answer. Very well done.

I'm sorry it wasn't enough to save your skin,

but we will see you again next time.

Thanks very much for playing, Ron and John. Thank you. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Chloe and Stu, Ruth and Phil.

You're one step closer to the final and a chance to play

for our jackpot, which currently stands at ?1,000.

We have to decide who is going to play for that jackpot. You're now going 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 ?1,000.

Chloe and Stu, you were here last time.

How are you feeling? OK, cos we got to this stage last time.

Ruth and Phil are pretty good though.

We really want the trophy as well. OK, yes. Important.

This is your last chance to win it. Yes. Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head. APPLAUSE

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns:

BBC News Editors. Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of BBC News Editors, as of the start of April 2013.

Can you identify the most obscure of them? Good luck. Thanks.

Let's reveal our five BBC News Editors and here they come.

We have got:

There we go. Five BBC News Editors.

Chloe and Stu, because you played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

(John Simpson... Is that Stephanie Flanders?)

OK, we're going to say D - Stephanie Flanders.

Stephanie Flanders, say Chloe and Stu for D.

Ruth and Phil, do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?

We were going to go for Stephanie Flanders. A is Nick Robinson.

C is John Simpson.

E is Robert Peston.

Shall we go for...E? E - Robert Peston.

E - Robert Peston.

E - Robert Peston. Chloe and Stu have said Stephanie Flanders. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

Oh, very well done indeed! APPLAUSE

1 for Stephanie Flanders.

That's a great answer. Ruth and Phil have gone for Robert Peston.

Let's see if that's right for E

and if it is, let's see how many people said Robert Peston.

It's right.

11. Another good answer. APPLAUSE

Sadly not good enough to beat Stephanie Flanders on 1,

which means, Chloe and Stu, after one question you're up 1-nil.

Robert Peston would definitely have David Tennant playing him in a film.

Wouldn't he just!

Let's go through the rest of these. A is Nick Robinson.

He's the Politics Editor. Would have scored you 12 points.

B... It's not an instantly recognisable shot of him,

but it's BBC Home Editor Mark Easton.

That's a pointless answer, if you said it, so very well done.

C is John Simpson.

He's the World Affairs Editor. And he would have scored you 14.

So Mark Easton and Stephanie Flanders very much the best answers there.

Thank you. So, here comes your second question.

Ruth and Phil, you get to answer this first. But you have to win it to stay in the game.

Here comes your second. It concerns:

Richard. We're going to give you fine clues to facts now about the Commonwealth Games.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, thanks. Let's reveal our five clues and here they come.

We have got:

I'll read those one final time.

There we are. Ruth and Phil, you will go first this time.

THEY CONFER

We're not confident about this.

We're going to guess that the 15-year-old Australian

swimmer might have been Ian Thorpe.

Ian Thorpe. Ian Thorpe, say Ruth and Phil.

Chloe and Stu, do you fancy taking us through the rest of the board?

They've just taken our answer, so... We're not sure on the first country.

We assume it might have been England.

It's four years between each Games.

We think Glasgow is going to be the host city

and we're not at all sure on the bottom one.

Um... So, Glasgow?

Yes. We're going to say the host city in 2014 will be Glasgow.

OK, Glasgow, you're going to say.

So, Ruth and Phil have said Ian Thorpe. Chloe and Stu, Glasgow.

Let's see how many people said Ian Thorpe, if it's right.

It's right.

19. APPLAUSE

19 for Ian Thorpe. Chloe and Stu have said Glasgow.

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

It's right. Is it going to beat 19?

35. APPLAUSE

Well done, Ruth and Phil. You've equalised. After two questions, it's 1-all.

Ian Thorpe a very good answer. He was a terrific pundit on the Olympics.

The first country to hold the Games in 1930 was Canada.

It would have won you the point. It would have scored you 8.

The usual number of years, four years. That's a big score. 97 points.

And the third core value, we might have been here all day if you were going to guess that.

It's Humanity, Equality... Bristol City.

LAUGHTER So close.

Humanity, Equality, Destiny.

Thanks, Richard. So here comes your third question. This is the decider.

Whoever wins this one goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck. It concerns:

Brit Bands, Richard. We're going to give you the initials of the members of some

of the biggest British girl and boybands that have ever existed.

The initials of the band when they formed.

Can you tell us who the bands are, please?

Let's reveal our five sets of initials and here they are.

We've got:

I'll read those all one last time.

Chloe and Stu, you go first again this time.

The top one...

The bottom one...

The fourth one... I don't know the second and third ones.

OK, we're going to go with the second one and hope that

people don't recognise Cheryl Tweedy because she's now Cheryl Cole.

Nice thinking. So we're going to say the second one is Girls Aloud.

Girls Aloud, say Chloe and Stu for the second one.

Ruth and Phil, the rest of the board is yours.

The first one is One Direction and we knew the second one was

Girls Aloud and...I'm really struggling with the other three.

We'll just have a guess because the one that we do know is not

going to win us the point, so let's say Snow Patrol for 2007.

2007, Snow Patrol.

OK, so we have Girls Aloud versus Snow Patrol. Chloe and Stu said Girls Aloud.

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

It's right.

Wow! 6!

APPLAUSE

6 for Girls Aloud. Very well done indeed, Stu and Chloe.

Ruth and Phil have gone for that other big

boyband of the Noughties, Snow Patrol.

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

Bad luck. I'm afraid an incorrect answer there, which means, Chloe

and Stu, after three questions, you're through to the final, 2-1.

Sorry, Snow Patrol formed in 1994 and have none of those initials either.

But you've got to have a punt.

I think, Chloe, you maybe know that one. The one they went for there.

Is it JLS? It is JLS, yes.

Aston, Marvin, Oritse and JB,

and would have scored you 7 points as well.

Chloe was absolutely all over this question.

I think you know the bottom one. I don't even like these bands! I'm not saying you do.

I'm just saying you did very well.

The bottom one? Take That. Take That, yeah.

That would have scored you 27.

The top one, I think both teams knew it was One Direction. Would have scored you 13.

Now, Xander, if I was to tell you that the first initials on this

next one, rather than MG, should be MFTW...

..who would it be?

That's... It's The Wanted! What about that!

Yes, Max From The Wanted.

And that would have scored you 1 point. Wow!

Very well done if you said that at home.

I think, Chloe, you got all five of them, didn't you? Yeah. Well done.

Thanks very much. So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round are Phil

and Ruth, I'm afraid. It means we get to see you twice.

Otherwise you'd have gone through to the final and that would have been it.

We look forward to seeing you again next time.

I'm sure you'll do just as well, if not better, next time. Thanks.

In the meantime, Ruth and Phil. APPLAUSE

But for Chloe and Stu, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, Chloe and Stu, you fought off all the competition

and you've one our coveted Pointless trophy. 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 ?1,000.

Brilliant. You came through to the head-to-head last time.

You were just beaten there and you've come back.

As always, you start this round off by choosing a category.

You have four options to choose from and they are:

OK, I don't read any Chick Lit.

Ancient Rome, I'm OK cos it'll be like Emperors.

I'm not too bad at that. '90s Football could be anything.

If it's '94... Yeah. Could be OK!

Chick Lit, zero for me. Bestselling Albums... Bestselling Albums is so broad. Exactly.

But there's going to be a number of options. Ancient Rome, I'm not sure.

If it's... What could it be, apart from Emperors? Emperors, cities...

Poets... I'm not sure. Areas of Rome.

All right. Ip dip... No!

I'll leave you with the final choice cos that's the chicken's way out.

I prefer Ancient Rome. Paper, Scissors, Stone. There you are.

Shall we just do that? Yeah, go on.

Oh, right. We'll do Rome. Ancient Rome. That's fine.

After all that.

OK. Yeah. That wasn't built in a day either!

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They've gone with Ancient Rome. Let's take a look at the three categories.

Hopefully, there's something here for you. We're looking for,

any of the 11 Roman Caesars who, along with Julius Caesar,

make up the 12 Caesars.

The Emperors between 27BC and 96AD.

We are looking for any of the 12 Roman Gods who

sit in Jupiter's Council of the Gods. Obviously, not Jupiter.

Or we're looking for any Characters in Gladiator,

the name of any named character in Gladiator, please.

Any of the 11 Caesars, alongside Julius Caesar,

any of the 12 Roman Gods who sat on the Council of Gods with Jupiter,

or any character names from the film Gladiator. Very best of luck.

Good luck at home as well. OK.

Now, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers and

to win the jackpot of ?1,000, you need to find one pointless answer.

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

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

Are you ready?

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

Your time starts now.

I can't name any characters in Gladiator. OK.

We'll leave that one. On Caesars, we've got Tiberius... Augustus...

Augustus... Nero, Caligula....

Germanicus was the father of Caligula, but he didn't take...

I think it was Claudius, Tiberius...

I don't know whether Justinian was just after that period. Justin...

Justinian... Yeah, not Justin.

I literally only know Augustus, so... Which one shall we go for?

Are we ruling out the Gods?

I think any God that is a planet, people will know. OK.

So we rule those out.

But then we've got to make sure we get the Roman and not the Greek.

Diana is Roman.

Um...

Is it Gods and Goddesses? Or just Gods?

Gods, um...

OK, we've got 16 seconds. What do you...?

How do you want you spread it? RICHARD: And Goddesses as well.

Any of the Council of Gods. OK.

OK, um... Not that I can... I can only think of Greek ones.

Not Roman ones.

Commodus is in Gladiator.

OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers.

OK, we'll go for three Caesars.

OK, we're going to lump all our three answers in the 12 Caesars. OK.

We're going for Tiberius... Tiberius.

Claudius... Claudius.

And... Pick a real curveball. Curveball...

..may well be too late...

..but I'll go for...Justinian.

Justinian. OK, Justinian. Of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Tiberius. Tiberius. That's if it's a real one. Yeah.

Tiberius, we'll put last. And your least likely? Justinian. Justinian, we'll put first.

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

and here they are.

We have:

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was Justinian.

Now, this sort of swam in from nowhere. You weren't entirely sure if this was right.

It could have been Justin, but that sounded a bit...

Doesn't sound very Roman, Justin. Justinian, better!

Now, if this is right, and it is pointless,

you will win today's jackpot. What would you do with your share of that, Chloe?

I would probably buy a gaming chair.

What is a gaming chair? You get a range of different options, but...

Do you plug it in? Well, yeah, they have speakers around here.

Does it vibrate? They can vibrate, yes.

LAUGHTER OK...

A gaming chair. Stu, what would you get? I was going to get a vacuum cleaner,

but I like the sound of the gaming chair.

LAUGHTER Well, best of luck!

There's a lot riding on these three.

Well, your first answer was Justinian.

Let's find out, for ?1,000, was he one of the 12 Caesars?

Oh! Bad luck!

An incorrect answer. So your second answer was Claudius.

You thought you were on slightly more solid ground here with Claudius. More solid. OK.

Let's find out if it's right and if it is, let's find out if it's pointless.

So, for ?1,000, was Claudius one of the 12 Caesars?

Yes, he was. Justinian, your first answer, turned out to be incorrect,

but Claudius is absolutely spot on, taking us down through the 30s,

through the 20s, through the teens...

Oh, not quite into single figures. 10 for Claudius.

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That's more like it.

OK, not a pointless answer.

So, everything is now riding on your third and final answer, which was Tiberius.

Let's find out if it's correct, then let's find out if it's pointless.

For ?1,000, let's find out, was Tiberius one of the 12 Caesars?

Yes, he was. OK, so Justinian was an incorrect answer, your second answer,

Claudius, took us down to 10.

Tiberius, taking us down into single figures.

Down it goes, still going down...

Oh, no! APPLAUSE

2!

I tell you what, two fantastic answers out of the three.

Justinian, you can afford to take a punt on one,

but two brilliant low scores, particularly Tiberius.

I'm afraid it didn't go all the way down to zero though,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of ?1,000.

That will roll over onto the next show. But we've enjoyed having you on both shows

and such a good performance on each occasion. And you get to take home a Pointless trophy.

Well done for that.

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Not quite a pointless answer, but I do think that was the right tactic to go for Ancient Rome.

You clearly know your stuff and it could have fallen nicer for you.

You mentioned five Caesars. There's only five Caesars who scored any points

and it was the five you mentioned.

You said Nero, he would have scored 23, Claudius would have scored 10.

Augustus, 7. Caligula, 7. And Tiberius, we've seen there.

Justinian was a Byzantine Emperor and much later, 6th century.

Another thing you mentioned, as you were talking,

Gladiator characters, you talked about Commodus,

who is the Joaquin Phoenix character, he was a pointless answer.

Oh, no!

You are one Joaquin Phoenix character away from a gaming chair.

Aren't we all! Let's take a look at all of these answers.

Let's take a look at the Emperors, see if you know any of these.

Galba would have been a pointless answer.

Titus, he was the son of Vespasian, as well, who was a pointless answer.

Vitellius was a pointless answer. You could have had Domitian or Otho as well.

Now, the Gods... You could have had Ceres, she's the Goddess of Agriculture, Vesta,

Vulcan, he was the God of Fire, all of those were pointless answers.

And let's take a look at some of these characters.

There's Commodus, the Joaquin Phoenix character.

Derek Jacobi's character, Gracchus, was a pointless answer.

Juba, Lucilla... If you were going for this category,

there's only four answers that scored any points.

They were Maximus, Lucius, Marcus Aurelius and Proximo.

If you said any other character from that film, you would have won the jackpot.

Really tough luck. I think you went for the right one and it didn't quite go your way.

Bad luck. You did really well.

You can walk out of here with your heads held high and the trophies held above them.

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

Chloe and Stu, thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

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So, Chloe and Stu didn't win our jackpot today, which means it

rolls over onto the next show, when we'll be playing for ?2,000.

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

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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