0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless, the quiz
0:00:26 > 0:00:30show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Hello, my name is Sheila, this is my friend Sarah,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- and we're work colleagues from Oxfordshire.- Couple number two.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Hi, I'm Phil, this is my daughter Ruth,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47we're Lancastrians now living in Yorkshire.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Couple number three.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Alice, this is my friend Matthew,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54we used to live together while studying at Bristol University.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55And finally couple number four.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hiya, I'm Ron, this is my work colleague and friend John,
0:00:59 > 0:01:00and we're from Aberdeen.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02And these are today's contestants.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Thanks very much.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it
0:01:08 > 0:01:11goes along, so that leaves just one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Shouting from the touchlines like a spitting,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17shrieking Sunday league parent, it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22APPLAUSE
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- Good afternoon/early evening. How are you?- And to you.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- Yeah, I'm very well, thank you. How are you?- I'm not bad at all.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Cracking show last time, wasn't it? The Jackpot Round was terrific.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36We have three pairs from today's show who were all down, Chloe and Stu made
0:01:36 > 0:01:40it through, and they played ancient Rome, which was
0:01:40 > 0:01:44a really tough subject to go for, and three good answers but they said
0:01:44 > 0:01:47a pointless answer in their conferring but they didn't go for it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51So they didn't win the money, but they said it in their 60 seconds.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52It's always tough when that happens.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55So, three returning pairs so only one new pair, that's Matthew and Alice.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58It's going to be very tough for you today, but you never know.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Sometimes it happens that new players come along and sweep the board.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Two lovely first questions today, two very different questions
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- but both good ones. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Now, all our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Our contestants need to find the obscure answers
0:02:12 > 0:02:13those 100 people didn't get.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18this being an answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22As you'll have gathered,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Chloe and Stu didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add
0:02:24 > 0:02:29another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32APPLAUSE
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41OK, in this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you
0:02:41 > 0:02:42but there is to be no conferring.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Whichever pair has the highest
0:02:44 > 0:02:46score at the end of the round will be heading home.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Right, our first category today is...
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going
0:02:53 > 0:02:57to go second, and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:03:11 > 0:03:14We're looking for any act that's had six or more UK number one
0:03:14 > 0:03:15singles, please.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16It has to be in their own right,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19so things like Band Aid and stuff like that doesn't count.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21That's of February 2013.
0:03:21 > 0:03:2528 acts who've had six or more, it's more than I thought.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Thank you very much indeed.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Now then, Sheila and Sarah, you all drew lots before the show
0:03:29 > 0:03:31and today, you are going to go first.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Sheila, welcome back to the show. - Thank you.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Now then, Sheila, remind us what you do.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39I'm a school improvement advisor and that means that I go and help
0:03:39 > 0:03:41schools, usually before Ofsted comes,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I help them to get better management systems and better teaching.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49- What's the harshest advice you've ever dished out?- Ooh, the harshest?
0:03:50 > 0:03:54I think actually telling people just to relax and be confident
0:03:54 > 0:03:57and sometimes people think they are relaxed and confident, like now.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00So, if you were a Sheila-and-Sarah improvement advisor,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03your advice would be just relax.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Keep calm and carry on. OK, very good.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Now, what are you going to go for?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I'm going to go for Cliff Richard.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Cliff Richard. Surely one of the 28. Cliff Richard says Sheila.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:04:18 > 0:04:19It's right.
0:04:23 > 0:04:2439.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26APPLAUSE
0:04:28 > 0:04:3039 for Cliff Richard.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Yeah, 14 number ones he's had,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33he's had number ones in five different decades.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36His last one, though, was Millennium Prayer in 1999,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39so didn't have one in the noughties.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41But he sang at Wimbledon, so there we are.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43He did, yeah, that wasn't in the noughties either.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Was that in the nineties? - Yeah, yeah, that was a long time ago.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- We're really old, don't forget. - Yeah, I keep forgetting that.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51THEY SIGH
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- There it is.- Ah, well, there we go.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Now, Phil, welcome back to Pointless. Head-to-head last time.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- Yep.- How are we feeling this time?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Um, it's Pop Music again, which did for us last time.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- That's right, Girls Aloud was what you lost out to.- That's right.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08We knew that one but we didn't know any of the others.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Anyway, Phil, remind us what you do.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I'm a retired secondary school headteacher.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14And you fill your time how?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15We do a lot of walking,
0:05:15 > 0:05:19cos we live in the Yorkshire Dales, I like a lot of music, I play
0:05:19 > 0:05:24the piano, I sing in a choir and at the moment, I'm learning Italian.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- So how long have you been doing that for?- Eh, just since I retired.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30And how's it coming on?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- I went to Venice last week and managed to get by.- That's not bad.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36But I have got a background in languages anyway.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39But still, a new language, that's impressive.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Good news for all of us. Anyway, now, what are you going to go for?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45A band or act that has had six or more UK number ones.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I think I'm going to leave it to Ruth to come up with
0:05:49 > 0:05:52something really clever.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I'll go with The Rolling Stones.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55The Rolling Stones, says Phil.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03It's right.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Well, Cliff Richard scored 39, the Stones have passed that, 32.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08APPLAUSE
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Yes, eight number ones for The Rolling Stones,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18all within five years, all within 1964-1969.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Haven't had one since then.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Thanks, Richard. Now, Matthew, welcome to Pointless. Our new pair.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25What do you do, Matthew?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28I do a PhD in plant biology in the University of Edinburgh.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Are you attached to the Botanical Gardens up there?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33My second supervisor works there but I'm not up there.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37And when you're not doing that, Matthew, what are your other interests?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I'm actually a big music fan, listening and playing, I play
0:06:40 > 0:06:47a few instruments - piano, guitar, violin, drums and I sing a bit.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50OK, so perhaps you want to expand a bit more, Matthew?
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Do you play in bands? - I've done a few things.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I played in my local orchestra
0:06:56 > 0:07:00and we got the opportunity to play with the LSO at the Barbican
0:07:00 > 0:07:04and we played at the Royal Albert Hall, so that was fun.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07But then I've also done a few toilet venues around the country
0:07:07 > 0:07:10playing with bands.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12OK, now then, what are you going to go for?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15It sounds like you might have some good knowledge of this.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I think I'm going to go for somebody who I really don't like
0:07:18 > 0:07:23but I'm pretty certain will have lots of number ones,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27in fact I think he has the record at the moment, and it's Calvin Harris.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Calvin Harris.- Mm-hm.- OK, so Matthew says Calvin Harris.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Let's see if that's right
0:07:32 > 0:07:35and if it is, how many people said Calvin Harris?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39AUDIENCE GROANS
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Oh, Matthew. - He doesn't have the record.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Oh, no, I'm sorry, I thought that was a brilliant answer there,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46I thought that was going to go all the way down to zero
0:07:46 > 0:07:48but I'm afraid it did the other thing.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50It went up to 100, I'm afraid.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52That's an incorrect answer, I'm sorry, Matthew.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Sorry, Matthew, up to March 2013,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57he's only had four number one singles.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I say only four, it's still a lot, Calvin Harris.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02He does have one record, which is he's had the most top ten
0:08:02 > 0:08:03singles from one album.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06He released eight songs from the same album and all of them
0:08:06 > 0:08:08got into the top ten, that might be the record you're thinking of.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Thanks very much indeed. Now, Ron, welcome back. Remind us what you do.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I'm a graphic designer up in Aberdeen.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15And what are your hobbies, Ron?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I like to snowboard, I've just been on my honeymoon recently
0:08:18 > 0:08:20and we went snowboarding over in the USA.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Now, be honest, does your wife like snowboarding as well or...?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25She does, yeah,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28but she broke her wrist a couple of years ago snowboarding.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30We're both a bit accident-prone.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35- John actually broke my wrist a few years ago, as well.- Snowboarding?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37No, football.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- No, just fighting.- I've given up football now.- You have?- Pretty much.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42OK, now then, what are you going for?
0:08:42 > 0:08:46An artist or group that have had six number ones in the UK.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48I don't think I have a great answer
0:08:48 > 0:08:52but since there's been 100 scored, I'll go reasonably safe.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Spice Girls.- Spice Girls says Ron, the Spice Girls.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01It's right.
0:09:05 > 0:09:0831 is our new low score.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Yes, nine number ones for the Spice Girls, they only
0:09:14 > 0:09:17released 11 singles in all, so nine out of those 11 went to number one.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- They had three consecutive Christmas number ones as well.- Thanks, Richard.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Now, we're halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.
0:09:24 > 0:09:2631, the best score of that pass, Ron, very well done indeed, then up
0:09:26 > 0:09:30to 32 where we find Phil and Ruth, up to 39, Sheila and Sarah,
0:09:30 > 0:09:32and then up to 100 where we find Matthew and Alice,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35but that's an honourable 100, Matthew.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37You were trying to do the right thing.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40But it's all pretty close at the bottom end, I'd say.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Alice, we need a brilliant answer from you to make sure
0:09:43 > 0:09:47you have the best chance of staying with us at the end of this round.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54OK, we're looking for the name of any artist or group who've
0:09:54 > 0:09:56had six or more UK number ones.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Now, John.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- John, welcome back, you were also a graphic designer.- Yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Working hand-in-glove with the oil and gas industry.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Yes, indeed.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08A lot of call for graphic design in oil and gas?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Yeah, a lot more than you'd think.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13We produce a lot of courses for people going offshore,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16sort of mandatory training, so, yeah,
0:10:16 > 0:10:20we do a lot of animations and graphics and it's fun.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23And when you're not doing that, John, what interests you?
0:10:23 > 0:10:30I like football, I play basketball, I like tennis, I support Liverpool.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32You like breaking wrists at football.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I like breaking wrists at football, yeah.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38How exactly did you break Ron's wrist playing football?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Well, it was the dying seconds of the game,
0:10:40 > 0:10:46- I was charging towards goal, Ron was the goalkeeper...- Ah.- Safe hands.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Safe hand.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53I took a shot to win, blasted it, Ron put his hand out, snap.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- But...- Did it save...? - ..it saved the goal.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58There we are, Ron. Good stuff.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- It's a happy ending.- Hmmm, ish.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04OK, now, John, what are you going to go for?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Eh, I'm going to go for a band that I don't particularly like either
0:11:08 > 0:11:11but I would say Westlife would have had quite a lot.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Westlife says John.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Now, you're on 31,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18you want to score 68 or less to ensure a place in the next round.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26It's right.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29And you are through, very well done, John.
0:11:29 > 0:11:3032.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32APPLAUSE
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Very much around the score everyone seems to be getting,
0:11:36 > 0:11:38that takes your total up to 63.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- 14 years together and 14 number ones for Westlife.- 14?!
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Yeah, that's quite impressive, isn't it?- Yeah. Alice.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Hello.- Alice, welcome to the show.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Now, you were also at Bristol
0:11:49 > 0:11:52with Matthew and what are you doing now?
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- I'm studying a PhD at UCL. - And what's that in?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00I'm trying to produce biofuels in algae.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Wow. Now, that's a very worthwhile thing to be doing.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05How are you doing? Have you found anything yet?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Not really, no.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11What can we rule out at this stage?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Where have you not found a potential for biofuels?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19It's just very long, I suppose, the process.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22You just have to wait for stuff to grow, that's the issue.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Yes, I can see that would be quite testing.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Now then, what about bands or acts, I should say,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31who have had six or more UK number ones?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I don't know if I should risk it.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Well, you are the high scorers
0:12:36 > 0:12:38on 100 so we need a low score.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41I don't know if they've had enough number ones
0:12:41 > 0:12:47- but I'm just going to say S Club 7. - S Club 7.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49OK, S Club 7 says Alice, let's see if that's right
0:12:49 > 0:12:51and if it is, how many people said it?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54No red line for you as you're the high scorers.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Oh, no.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Bad luck, Alice.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I'm afraid S Club 7, another incorrect answer,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05which means that you have now scored 200.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07You are our newest members of the 200 club.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Sorry, Alice, they had four number ones as well, like Calvin Harris.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12They also had five number twos
0:13:12 > 0:13:14so they weren't a million miles away.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Don't laugh at number twos. LAUGHTER
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I was just about to stretch that into a joke as well,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22so I'm glad they did.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Can I apologise to everybody at home? Such a shame.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28It's such a shame.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Quite funny, though.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I have to say I think that's quite a valiant
0:13:33 > 0:13:37membership of the 200 club, two not-bad answers at all there.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Ruth, welcome back to the show.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Remind us what you do.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I'm a primary school teacher teaching music
0:13:45 > 0:13:46and Spanish at the moment.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Music and Spanish, and in your spare time, Ruth, what do you get up to?
0:13:49 > 0:13:54I haven't got lots of spare time cos I've got two small children
0:13:54 > 0:14:00but I play the piano, mainly for my own pleasure, and I read quite
0:14:00 > 0:14:05a lot and I like going to watch live comedy when I can get a babysitter.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Do you have a favourite live comedian?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Oh, who have I seen?
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- Dara O Briain had me in stitches. - Good stuff.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Now then, you are through to the next round, this is the good news.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Have you got a good answer, though?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21I think I've got a few answers, I don't think...
0:14:21 > 0:14:24It's really hard though cos they're all be going to well known.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26You've just got to try
0:14:26 > 0:14:29and think of the more forgettable of the well-known acts.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Yeah.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Well, seeing as we're through, I'm just going to say
0:14:33 > 0:14:37something from my youth and hope it's right and say East 17.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40East 17. Well, why not? Let's see if Ruth's right with East 17.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42No red line for you, you're already through,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44but let's see how many people said East 17.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49No, bad luck, Ruth, I'm afraid.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51An incorrect answer scores you 100 points,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54takes your total up to 132 but you're through anyway.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Worth a punt, Ruth.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57They only had one number one, actually,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59which was Stay, a very big hit,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02but it was their only number one single.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07- Now then, Sarah, good news, you are through.- Good.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08But we need an answer from you.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Have you been thinking of a really good answer all this time or
0:15:11 > 0:15:13have you had all your best answers taken by other people?
0:15:13 > 0:15:16No, I have got some answers, most of them are probably quite safe,
0:15:16 > 0:15:23people like ABBA, the Carpenters, Boyzone, if Westlife was there,
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- but I'll go for JLS.- JLS says Sarah.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30No red line, you're already through
0:15:30 > 0:15:32but let's see how many of our 100 said JLS.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40It's right. Now, our lowest score so far has been 31.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42JLS passes that easily, down it goes to three,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44best answer of the round, Sarah.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47APPLAUSE
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Hats off to you, that takes your total up to 42.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53That's a great answer, Sarah, they had six number one singles.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I think you're a maths teacher, aren't you, as well?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I imagine that's going to go down well at school.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00If you're a maths teacher who just said JLS on national television,
0:16:00 > 0:16:01that's a terrific answer.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- And it's the lowest score of the round.- Lowest score of the round.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10Very well played. Now, there's only two pointless answers in this, there are 28 acts on the list.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I imagine you've guessed a few at home,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14but let's take a look at the two pointless answers.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16They both had six number one singles.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Very well done if you said either of those, I'll take you through some of the other low scorers.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28A very good answer was The Shadows, who, of course, backed Cliff on so many of his number one singles,
0:16:28 > 0:16:32so they are an answer on this round, would have scored one point.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Eminem would have scored you one point.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Our favourites, McFly, would have scored you one point.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40You would have got two points for George Michael or Slade,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42both of those very good answers.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Three points for Rod Stewart or Britney Spears,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47alongside JLS, which is a terrific answer.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Let's take a look at the top three,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Elvis Presley had 21 number one singles,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56would have scored you 41 points.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Take That would have scored you 49,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02and right at the top with 17 number one singles,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- the Beatles, 80 points. - Amazing.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09I'm amazed Sugababes were so low, because if you are female
0:17:09 > 0:17:11and aged 36 or less, you are statistically likely
0:17:11 > 0:17:16- to have BEEN in the Sugababes, at one stage or another.- Exactly right.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20We have eight members of Sugababes in the audience!
0:17:20 > 0:17:21LAUGHTER
0:17:21 > 0:17:23There we are, thanks very much indeed.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27At the end of the first round, the pair leaving us with their dazzling high score of 200,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I'm afraid it's our newcomers, Matthew and Alice.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34But, as Richard said, that was an honourable 200, you did it for the right reasons.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Which all bodes very well for when we see you next time, we look forward to that.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Thanks for playing, Alice and Matthew.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43APPLAUSE
0:17:43 > 0:17:46But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Obviously, there's only going to be room for two pairs in our head-to-head,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57so we will have to get rid of another pair at the end of this round.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Well, that was pretty good.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Out of all our correct answers, they kind of all fell in the 30s
0:18:01 > 0:18:04and it was all pretty good grouping, with one exception, Sarah.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06JLS.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09That was a perfectly judged answer, lovely low score.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12So, yes, Sheila and Sarah are the pair to beat, I would say.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Best of luck to all three pairs, our category for Round Two is...
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first and second?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29OK, and the question concerns...
0:18:32 > 0:18:35LAUGHTER
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- French body parts.- My new favourite types of rounds, these ones! - Mine, too.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Firstly, we hear your pronunciations of things, and secondly, they are fun.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46We will give you six French body parts on each pass,
0:18:46 > 0:18:51you just have to give us the English translation, please. So, what are these French body parts?
0:18:51 > 0:18:55There will be 12 in all to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59OK, we are looking at English words for these French body parts and here is our first board of six.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I'll read those one last time.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20There we are, six French body parts. Sarah.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- Yes.- Sarah.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27I think I know a few of them.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34Um...it's just deciding which one might be the lowest score.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40I'm going to go for le coeur, and heart.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44The heart, says Sarah, for le coeur. Let's see if that's right,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46and if it is, let's see how many people said heart.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49It's right.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- 49 for heart.- Well played, Sarah.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Like Sacre Coeur - sacred heart.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Cri de coeur...
0:20:05 > 0:20:06- Coeur.- Coeur.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11- Now, Ruth...- Yes.- Ruth. Of course, you speak French as well.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I mean, Spanish is what you teach. You speak a bit of French.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19- I do, I've got a French A-level and I did a bit at university as well. It's just, it's rusty...- OK.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- I just don't want to... - Do you know all of those?
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- Be honest, now!- I am struggling with the top one, to be honest.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Your father is shaking his head!
0:20:30 > 0:20:32My dad and my husband are going to be horrified,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35because they are both French speakers.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38I'm going to go for le pied, foot.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Le pied, the foot, says Ruth.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said that.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Well, heart took us down to 49.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Foot is down to 71, what about that?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Yeah, good answer, I'm going to get Phil to take us through
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- the whole board at the end, don't you think?- Yeah.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- Like a proper French teacher. - I think so.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Now then, Ron.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08- Hello.- Ron, how's your French? - It's a bit rusty again, yeah.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11It's been a while since I had to speak French properly.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- When did you last do French?- When I was at the Academy, at school.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19I've only been to France once, and that was when I was 11, so...
0:21:19 > 0:21:20OK, right you are.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23But one phrase comes to mind from when I was at school,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25it was, "Fermez la bouche"!
0:21:25 > 0:21:27LAUGHTER
0:21:28 > 0:21:34- Is that it? That's the extent of your French.- Yeah.- Pretty much.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I mean, you can sort of venture a guess at some of these, maybe.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39La bouche is mouth.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42L'oeil... That's eyes, I think.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44And la tete is head.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- So, I'm going to go for la bouche. - La bouche.- Yeah.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49And you're going to say...?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- Mouth.- Mouth, for la bouche. Let's see if that's right,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59It's right. 49, our low score, 71, our high.
0:21:59 > 0:22:0177, our new high.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05It's actually the highest scorer of the ones you knew,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09so you were right about those other two, but they would have scored you less.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12La tete, which is head, would have scored you 76.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16And l'oeil, which is eye, would have scored you 52.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Now, Phil, no-one knows what le poumon means.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- Do you know what it means? - Can I just have a guess? Is it lung?
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- Yeah. Pulmonary!- It is lung, indeed.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Would have scored you 12 points as well. I think
0:22:28 > 0:22:31with your dad on the next pass, it's best to just get
0:22:31 > 0:22:35- a correct answer and let him do the heavy lifting!- No pressure!
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Thanks, Richard, we are halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:22:39 > 0:22:4049, the best score of that pass,
0:22:40 > 0:22:41well done, Sarah.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Then up to 71, Ruth and Phil.
0:22:43 > 0:22:4577, Ron and John.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Now, you're not miles ahead, John, but a nice, deft, low score,
0:22:48 > 0:22:53early on in the next pass, might be enough to see you into the head-to-head.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58Heading back down the line, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:58 > 0:23:02OK, we'll put six more French body parts up on the board,
0:23:02 > 0:23:03and here they come.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14I'll read those again.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- John. We need a low score.- Mm-hm.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28OK.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32OK. Again, rusty, I've got to say.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Is your French better than Ron's, do you think? Or pretty much on a par?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- No.- No, no.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43I don't think so. I'll go for the one at the bottom,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- which is bottom! - Bottom at bottom, says John.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Let's see if that's right, no red line for you as you are
0:23:49 > 0:23:52the highest scorers, but derriere - bottom, is that right?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Whee! Look at that. 95!
0:23:59 > 0:24:03And I'm afraid to say, that takes your total up to 172,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06which is a total out of everyone else's reach.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Yeah, sorry, John, a very, very big score for derriere.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12We use it ourselves, don't we, in the English language, as well?
0:24:12 > 0:24:13There's your problem.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19Now, Phil, which of these ones are you going to go for?
0:24:21 > 0:24:24It's a question of which is the most obscure. Um...
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I'll go for le coude, elbow.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Elbow. Le coude, elbow, says Phil.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Let's see if that's right, no red line for you as you are already
0:24:34 > 0:24:37through, but let's see how many people said elbow for le coude.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39It's right.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43There we go.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Best score of the round, appropriately enough.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Nine, Phil, very well done. Takes your total up to 80.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Well played, Phil, nothing less than we expected.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58If you do the maths, with 95 for derriere and nine for le coude,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01you can work out how many people know the difference between...
0:25:01 > 0:25:05LAUGHTER ..their backside and their elbow!
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Sheila. The board is all yours.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12And you are through to the next round,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15you are in the head-to-head, so no pressure,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18but for fun, see if you can take us through all those remaining answers.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20La jambe is the leg.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22I think le doigt is a finger.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Le bras is an arm.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26And I would guess le genou is the knee.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- But I think...- Well, you're through anyway, so why not?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- I'll try le genou, knee, then.- Why not?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Knee, le genou, let's see if that's right,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37and if it is, how many people said it?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41It's absolutely right.
0:25:45 > 0:25:4719, there we go, Sheila, very well done.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- 68, your total.- That's a great answer, Sheila, well done.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- Where did that knowledge come from? - Genuflect.- Absolutely right.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Let's take a look at the other three. You got them right as well.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03La jambe, leg, that would have scored you 52.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Le doigt, finger, that would have scored you 57.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09And le bras, arm, would have scored you 45.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11So, you went for the right one as well.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16So, elbow and knee were the best ones there and you did very well on those last two podiums.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Thanks, Richard.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20At the end of our second round, I'm sorry to say it's John and Ron.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22It was Round Two last time, it's Round Two this time.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26There is a pleasing symmetry to that, but I'm afraid it means we have to
0:26:26 > 0:26:30say goodbye to you far too soon. It's been great having you, thanks very much for playing.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32John and Ron, great contestants.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34APPLAUSE
0:26:34 > 0:26:38But for the remaining two pairs, it's time for the head-to-head.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Well, congratulations, Sheila and Sarah, Ruth and Phil,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48you're one step closer to the final and the chance to play
0:26:48 > 0:26:51for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,000.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Now, we need to decide which pair is going to play for that money,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57so you are now going to go head-to-head.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Now you are allowed to confer, and the first pair to win two questions
0:27:01 > 0:27:05will be playing for the jackpot. Ruth and Phil, you were in this position last time.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09In fact, EXACTLY this position, you were the highest scoring pair of our two head-to-head pairs.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14And Stu and Chloe pipped it from you, but it was very close.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16How are you feeling today?
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Ready for revenge!
0:27:17 > 0:27:18OK!
0:27:18 > 0:27:21But then, Sheila and Sarah have got a point to prove, they went out
0:27:21 > 0:27:24in Round One last time, I wouldn't say unfairly,
0:27:24 > 0:27:29but for the right reasons - it was a very good answer that just happened to be wrong.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- LAUGHTER - So, here you are....
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Well, you know what I mean! So, yes, you have a point to prove.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36And of course, you can now confer,
0:27:36 > 0:27:38which just takes some of the pressure off.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44It's going to be very exciting, I think, best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Scottish football managers, Richard.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57We will show you five pictures now of people who
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- have managed the Scottish national team. Can you tell us who they are, please?- Thanks.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Let's reveal our five Scottish football managers.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28There we are, five Scottish football managers.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Sheila and Sarah, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34THEY CONFER
0:28:43 > 0:28:46We are going to go for A, Gordon Strachan.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49A, Gordon Strachan, say Sheila and Sarah.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Now, Ruth and Phil, the board is yours,
0:28:51 > 0:28:52talk us through it, if you can.
0:28:53 > 0:29:00Right, well, E is obviously, er, Ferguson. We'll not go for him.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03I should know D, but I...
0:29:03 > 0:29:05I've got the name William in mind,
0:29:05 > 0:29:09but that might be for some other reason, I don't know.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- We are going to go for C, Jock Stein.- Jock Stein, OK.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15So, we have Gordon Strachan and we have Jock Stein.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Sheila and Sarah said Gordon Strachan, let's see
0:29:17 > 0:29:22if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23It's right.
0:29:27 > 0:29:2844.
0:29:30 > 0:29:3144, for Gordon Strachan.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Now, Ruth and Phil are saying Jock Stein for C.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Let's see if that's right
0:29:36 > 0:29:40and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Jock Stein.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43It is right.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48And it beats 44.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Very well done indeed, 16.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Which means, Ruth and Phil, after only one question, you're up 1-0.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Well played, Phil.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01The great Jock Stein had two spells as Scotland manager.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06Now, B, he managed for one game. He was caretaker manager.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07It's Tommy Burns.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11And that would have scored you five points, a terrific answer.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13D, you were right with Willie.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Willie Ormond took Scotland to the 1974 World Cup.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19He would have scored four points. He is the best answer up there.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23And Sir Alex Ferguson was the interim manager for Scotland after
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Jock Stein died after he passed away
0:30:25 > 0:30:28and Sir Alex Ferguson would have scored you 89 points.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Thanks very much indeed.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33OK, here comes your second question. Sheila and Sarah
0:30:33 > 0:30:35you have to win this to stay in the game. Best of luck.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39It concerns... European Sausage Origins.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41LAUGHTER
0:30:41 > 0:30:45It's kind of a gift. European Sausage Origins.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Yeah, European Sausage Origins.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49We usually say ESOs, but we will give it the full title.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52We will show you the name of five sausages in this round.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54You need to tell us from which European country do
0:30:54 > 0:30:55they originate, please?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Let's reveal our five sausages and here they are.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05ALEXANDER READS THE LIST ALOUD
0:31:11 > 0:31:14I will read those all again one last time.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Now, Ruth and Phil, you go first this time.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28The bottom three are easy.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:31:30 > 0:31:33I think the second one is Sweden.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36K-O-R-V is Swedish for sausage.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39OK, we are going to take a bit of a risk on this one
0:31:39 > 0:31:44but I think that "korv" is Swedish for sausage.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46So, Sweden for falukorv.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50Falukorv. Swedish, or Sweden, you are saying.
0:31:50 > 0:31:51The country of origin.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54OK, Sheila and Sarah.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56The board is yours.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Um, we think krakowska is Poland.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04And mortadella is Italy. Bratwurst is Germany and Boudin Blanc...
0:32:04 > 0:32:07That one! We think is French.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Um, we are going for the top one, krakowska, as Poland. Polish.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15OK, Poland, you are going to say for krakowska.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17So, we have Sweden and we have Poland,
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Ruth and Phil have said Sweden, let's see if that's right
0:32:20 > 0:32:22and if it is let's see how many people said it.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27It is right. Fantastic reasoning, Phil.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Six, that's a great answer.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Something tells me that's going to be hard to beat, but Sheila
0:32:40 > 0:32:43and Sarah have had a game effort, they've filled in all the other
0:32:43 > 0:32:47answers on the board, I suspect correctly, and have gone for Poland.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:32:53 > 0:32:54It is right.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Ooh, 70. 70 for Poland.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Very well done, Ruth and Phil.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07After only two questions you are now through to the final, 2-0.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10There's nothing you could have done. It's the best answer on the board.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12I suspect, Phil, you're one of the few contestants in Pointless
0:33:12 > 0:33:15history who knows the Swedish for sausage.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20It is korv and the falukorv is a sausage from Falun, which is a Swedish town.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Mortadella is Italy and would have scored 48,
0:33:24 > 0:33:28a slightly better score, but still nowhere near what you needed, and bratwurst is Germany
0:33:28 > 0:33:32and would have scored you 93 points. Boudin Blanc A L'Ancienne
0:33:32 > 0:33:34is French.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- That would have scored you 65.- It's where we get the word pudding from.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- Boudin.- Is that right?- Yes. Thanks very much indeed.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round is
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Sheila and Sarah.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51You've done so well on this show after your early exit last time.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56Fantastic performance but I'm afraid you came up against Ruth and Phil who know their stuff.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you but it's been lovely having you on the show.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Thank you both so much for playing, Sheila and Sarah.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05APPLAUSE
0:34:05 > 0:34:09But for Ruth and Phil, it's time for our Pointless final.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Congratulations, Ruth and Phil you have seen off all the competition
0:34:16 > 0:34:19and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:34:25 > 0:34:29and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33APPLAUSE
0:34:33 > 0:34:36You've really come back on a mission today
0:34:36 > 0:34:41and some of the rounds have fallen quite nicely for you linguistically, I suppose
0:34:41 > 0:34:46but still you know your stuff. You don't teach Swedish, after all. That was a great answer.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48I did a tiny bit of Swedish in the sixth form
0:34:48 > 0:34:50and it's the only word I remember!
0:34:50 > 0:34:53I've been about four times because we've got family in Sweden
0:34:53 > 0:34:56but I'm vegetarian so what do I know about sausages?!
0:34:56 > 0:34:59So, there you are. We've had great answers.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02The only misstep we had from you was East 17 but even then...
0:35:02 > 0:35:05I wouldn't have said that if I wasn't already safe.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08I would have said something like Rihanna. I can say that now.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Anything you would particularly like to see come up this round?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Scandinavian Playwrights.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15LAUGHTER
0:35:15 > 0:35:21- No, I think he means that.- He does. - OK, Scandinavian Playwrights.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25As always, you kick this round off choosing a category.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28And you have four choices and they are...
0:35:28 > 0:35:33HE READS THE LIST ALOUD
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- We're spoilt for choice. - Germany would be great.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Booker Prize Winners looks great.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48We have both spent time living in Germany...
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- That's really tempting. What do you want to do?- Germany.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57OK, Germany it is. Richard...
0:35:57 > 0:36:00If you've spent time living in Germany, this might go quite well.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05I will show you the three categories, take your answers from any of these.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08We are looking for any of the 16 Lander,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11federal states of Germany, we are looking for any person
0:36:11 > 0:36:15born in Germany who has won the Nobel Peace Prize, or we are looking for
0:36:15 > 0:36:19any German film that has ever been nominated for a
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Best Foreign Language Picture at the Oscars.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24So, any of the 16 federal states of Germany, any German Nobel
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Peace Prize winners or any German film that's been nominated
0:36:27 > 0:36:30for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. Very, very best of luck.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Thanks very much. As always, you've got up to a minute to come up with three answers
0:36:33 > 0:36:37and to win the jackpot just one of those answers needs to be pointless.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Remember your answers can come from any of these categories, all three
0:36:40 > 0:36:44from one category, one from each, two from one, one from another.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- It's entirely up to you. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50There they are, your time starts now.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Can we discount the Nobel prize winners from the start?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt...
0:36:55 > 0:36:57I do know...
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Oh, peace prize, I was thinking literature. Forget that.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Bremen. Schleswig-Holstein
0:37:09 > 0:37:11OK, are we sticking with that, forgetting the films?
0:37:11 > 0:37:16There's that East German film about when the mum is in the coma
0:37:16 > 0:37:19and she wakes up, they try to make it....
0:37:19 > 0:37:22No, is that not ringing a bell? Forget that.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27- We will stick with the federal states.- Goodbye To Lenin.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29- Good Bye, Lenin!- Did that get to the Oscars?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- Let's go for that.- OK.
0:37:36 > 0:37:42- Let's do the states. - Schleswig-Holstein. Sachsen-Anhalt.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47- Can we say that? Is Bremen obscure? - No.- Thuringia- Yes.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51And... Schleswig-Holstein.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57We are giving all three answers Federal States of Germany.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59OK, they are all federal states.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02I'm going to say Schleswig-Holstein.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Schleswig-Holstein.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- Thuringia.- Yes. Thuringia. - Thuringia.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- And Sachsen-Anhalt. - And Sachsen-Anhalt.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- Saxony-Anhalt, is that in English? - Sachsen-Anhalt in German.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Sachsen-Anhalt. I'm enjoying saying that!
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer? - Sachsen-Anhalt.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Sachsen-Anhalt we will put last, and your least likely?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Schleswig-Holstein. - Schleswig-Holstein.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30OK, let's put those up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35We have got Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia and Sachsen-Anhalt.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Now, very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Schleswig-Holstein.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42If this is correct and it's pointless,
0:38:42 > 0:38:44you will leave here with £2,000.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47I am sorry it's not a bigger jackpot to be playing for
0:38:47 > 0:38:50but it's better than nothing. Ruth, what would you do with that?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53I think I would pay off my library fines to begin with.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55How big are your library fines?!
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Not as big as they used to be since I stopped using the library.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- And after...- You want to start taking your books back.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03It sounds like an expensive habit.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07Yeah, and then take the family to Legoland, we've never been
0:39:07 > 0:39:13- and my boys have just discovered Lego.- Yeah, mine too. Phil?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15We've got a really good restaurant around the corner
0:39:15 > 0:39:20from where we live so I would like to take the whole family there and we wouldn't need a taxi back!
0:39:20 > 0:39:24You can eat all the sausages you like from Europe!
0:39:24 > 0:39:28OK, so Schleswig-Holstein, your first answer - let's find out,
0:39:28 > 0:39:31for £2,000, if that's one of the federal states of Germany.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37It is.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38Now, if this takes us
0:39:38 > 0:39:42all the way down to zero you will leave here with that jackpot of £2,000,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45down it goes, striding down through the teens into single figures,
0:39:45 > 0:39:47still going down, down it goes.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50You have done it with your first answer!
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Very well done indeed.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56That is impressive. Brilliant.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Very good.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04What about that?
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Well, congratulations,
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Schleswig-Holstein was a pointless answer which means you leave
0:40:08 > 0:40:12here with that jackpot, those library fines are going to get paid.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16You'd better book your table at the restaurant round the corner. That is fantastic.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18I have a hunch those other two answers might be pretty low
0:40:18 > 0:40:20scorers too but we will find out.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23That was lovely, what a category to get, guys.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26You deserve it as well for how well you have played over two shows.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30The other two you gave us, Thuringia, a pointless answer.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31APPLAUSE
0:40:35 > 0:40:40But Sachsen-Anhalt would have scored you... nothing at all! Also a pointless answer.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45It's incredibly rare.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48I think that's about the fifth or sixth time we've ever had
0:40:48 > 0:40:50three pointless answers in the endgame
0:40:50 > 0:40:52so it's incredibly rare in 600 odd shows. Very well done.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56A nice category but you had to play it and you played it absolutely perfectly.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Let's take a look at pointless answers in all the different
0:40:59 > 0:41:02categories in case people playing at home were going for a different one.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04We start with the federal states.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Baden-Wurttemberg would have been a pointless answer.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Stuttgart is the capital of that.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Brandenburg, which is around Berlin, I think.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein is up at the top near Denmark.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Do you know any others you might have gone for?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21I wanted to go for Bremen because I know Bremen.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Bremen would have scored you two points. Dreadful!
0:41:26 > 0:41:29What are you thinking, Phil?! Bremen.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Nordrhein-Westfalen.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Would have scored one point.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39So, he knows the Swedish word for a sausage, but Bremen...!
0:41:40 > 0:41:45People at home openly laughing at you now(!) No, that's terrific work.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48You could also have had Saarland for a pointless answer.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Let's look at some of the Nobel prizewinners.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Nobel Peace Prize winners.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57Carl Von Ossietzky, Gustav Stresemann. Henry Kissinger was born in Germany
0:41:57 > 0:41:59so he would have been a pointless answer.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Ludwig Quidde also pointless.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Your pronunciation would be so much better than mine
0:42:03 > 0:42:06so do pick me up if I do anything too terrible!
0:42:06 > 0:42:09And let's take a look at some German foreign-language films.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13I think you said Good Bye, Lenin! which wasn't a correct answer
0:42:13 > 0:42:19so you did right to stick with the states. Jacob, The Liar, Schtonk!
0:42:19 > 0:42:24I once saw a trailer for Schtonk! and you would think that's the least
0:42:24 > 0:42:27likely film I'm ever going to see in my entire life.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28The title has always stuck with me.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31The Baader-Meinhof Complex would have been a pointless answer,
0:42:31 > 0:42:33as would The Tin Drum.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37So, very, very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40There's a couple more on the German films - Angry Harvest,
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Nowhere In Africa, The Bridge,
0:42:42 > 0:42:46you could have had The Nasty Girl or The Glass Cell.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53Wasn't that a terrific performance all the way through? Brilliant.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56OK, well, well done, Ruth and Phil. Fantastic performance.
0:42:56 > 0:43:01Thanks once again to Ruth and Phil, who go away with today's jackpot of £2,000.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04APPLAUSE
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Join us next time when we will be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye!