0:00:17 > 0:00:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless -
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the quiz show where we are always striving
0:00:29 > 0:00:32to find the most obscure answers. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37And couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Hi, my name is Patrick. This is my friend Ciaran.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42We're school friends who now both live in London.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Couple number two.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Hello, my name's Ben. This is my friend Sally. We're from Norwich.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- Couple number three.- Hi, my name's Alix, this is my mum Abi.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51We're both from Salisbury.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Finally, couple number four.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hi, my name's Ben, this is my housemate Steve.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57We're both students from the University of Sheffield.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59These are today's contestants.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Thanks. We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it
0:01:04 > 0:01:07goes along. That just leaves one more person for me to introduce -
0:01:07 > 0:01:10a voodoo priest ready to sacrifice our contestants here
0:01:10 > 0:01:11at the altar of ineptitude.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Hi, everybody.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20CHEERING
0:01:20 > 0:01:22That is essentially what's going to happen, isn't it?
0:01:22 > 0:01:23Yeah, essentially.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26A slight format change from the show you may have seen.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- How are you this afternoon? - I'm really well.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Now, the last show Mike and Sarah, they were terrific.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35We've got a couple of pairs back from that show. They'll tell you that.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36They were very good.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Then in the jackpot round, there were a couple of subjects they knew about.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43They went for something that neither of them knew anything about at all.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- No, that does happen, though. - It was peculiar, wasn't it?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- You have a molecular physicist. - Molecular physics will come up.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Yeah, yeah. They go for rom coms.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53LAUGHTER
0:01:53 > 0:01:55It's funny. There it is.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Patrick and Ciaran played very well in that last game.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59They're going to be tough to beat this time round.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Alix and Abi we didn't see enough of.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03They were knocked out in that first round.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Thanks very much. All our questions on Pointless
0:02:05 > 0:02:07have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Our contestants need to find the obscure answers
0:02:09 > 0:02:11those 100 people didn't get.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Of course, everyone's trying to get a pointless answer,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Mike and Sarah didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:20 > 0:02:21so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23So today's jackpot starts off at...
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38OK, in this first round, obviously I want an answer from each of you.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40But there is to be no conferring.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round
0:02:43 > 0:02:46will be eliminated. Do what you can to make sure that's not you.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Our first category today is...
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:53 > 0:02:54who's going to go second?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Let's find out what the question is.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:03:08 > 0:03:10European countries with a coastline, Richard.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14We are looking for the name of any country that's either wholly or
0:03:14 > 0:03:17partly in Europe that has a coastline on any ocean or sea, please.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19As always, by country we mean a sovereign state
0:03:19 > 0:03:21that is a member of the UN in its own right.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24I will say we won't accept a country which only has
0:03:24 > 0:03:25a coastline on the Caspian Sea.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29We're looking for any European country which has a coastline.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Very best of luck.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Thanks very much indeed.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Patrick and Ciaran, you all drew lots before the show
0:03:35 > 0:03:36and today you are going to go first.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Patrick, last time, tell us what happened.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40We got to the head-to-head
0:03:40 > 0:03:43and unfortunately it was 2-1 to the other team.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44- It was very close, though. - It was, yeah.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Very hard-fought that one.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Forests was what saw you off in the end.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Yeah, not our speciality subject.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Epping Forest was yours, I think, wasn't it? Yeah.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Remind us what you do, Patrick.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I'm a data analyst for the Department of Health.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59OK. How's your European geography, do you think?
0:03:59 > 0:04:04It's not too bad. I've got a shower curtain of the map of the world...
0:04:04 > 0:04:05LAUGHTER
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- ..so I like my countries. - That's good.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Very good.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12LAUGHTER
0:04:12 > 0:04:14That's actually not a bad idea.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I'm just thinking we could do a pointless shower curtain.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- It's a really good idea. - Not a bad idea... With holes in it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22LAUGHTER
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Tell me more.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- Well, so it's pointless. - Oh, I see what you mean.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31I'm thinking of a Pointless shower curtain, where when you pull it
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- with you, it's fully drawn...- Yeah? - ..you've got lots of facts there.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Map of the world.- Yeah. - Periodic table.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- African nations, obviously. - FA Cup winners.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Yeah. It'd be quite useful.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Also, anybody who ever came on Pointless
0:04:44 > 0:04:47and didn't know anything, you'd just go, "Oh, you need a shower."
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Anyway, Patrick, what are you going to go for from your shower curtain?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I'm going to go for Croatia.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Are you sure that's a country and not some mildew?- I'm pretty sure.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58I hope.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01OK. Croatia, says Patrick.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Let's see if that's right and if it is
0:05:03 > 0:05:05how many of our 100 people said Croatia.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Well, it's right.
0:05:12 > 0:05:1424.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- 24 for Croatia. - Well played. Great start.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24To continue the bathroom theme, a salutation in Croatia is "bog".
0:05:24 > 0:05:26If you say "bog", it means hello and goodbye.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Not at the same time.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Thanks, Richard. Sally, welcome to Pointless.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Good to have you here. What do you do, Sally?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35I work at the University of East Anglia in Norwich
0:05:35 > 0:05:36in the events team.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39We organise all the open days and things at the university.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Good, that's fun. What are your hobbies, when you're not...?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I like running, keeping fit.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I love music, listening to music, attempting to sing
0:05:48 > 0:05:50and playing the piano.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I've recently started to enjoy cooking,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55which has come as a bit of a shocker, but I'm enjoying it.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Very good. Good stuff.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58What do you cook? Do you bake cakes?
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Yes.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Oh.- What do you really make? What's your...?
0:06:05 > 0:06:11- I quite enjoy cooking Thai food and Chinese food and curries.- Excellent.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Yep.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Good, cos it is going to be time for our supper quite soon.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Mmm. Mmm.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Yum.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23After this question, you think about what you're going to make us...
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Anyway, what are you going to go for?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I'm going to say Cyprus.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Cyprus, says Sally. Let's see if that's right
0:06:28 > 0:06:32and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Cyprus.
0:06:39 > 0:06:4010. Very well done.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Good answer, Sally. 10 for Cyprus.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Yeah, very good answer, Sally. Well played.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Won their first ever Olympic medal in 2012, Cyprus. Laser sailing.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56They also uncovered the world's oldest ever pet cat.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59They found someone buried with their cat from 9,000 years ago.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02First domesticated cat they've ever discovered.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Now then, Alix.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Alix, yes, last time, tell us what happened.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11We went out in the first round, unfortunately.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16We didn't disgrace ourselves, but we just weren't good enough.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Alix, remind us what you do. - I'm a student at the moment,
0:07:19 > 0:07:20studying my A levels.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23What do you like getting up to in your spare time?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25A mix of things.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29I do like to get involved in things in the village as well.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I do panto each year.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35OK, what about these European countries with coastlines?
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Well, geography isn't my strongest category. I'm thinking of two.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41I don't know which one to go for.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I think I'm going to go for Iceland.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Iceland.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47OK, Iceland, says Alix. Let's see if that's right,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50let's see how many of our 100 people said Iceland.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53It's right.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Well, 24's our high and 10 our low.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58You've past 24. 18, there we are.
0:08:01 > 0:08:0318.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Well played, Alix. Fewer people live in Iceland than live in Croydon.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Isn't that amazing?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11On so many levels, that's extraordinary.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Now then, Ben H. What do you do, Ben?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- I'm a medical student in Sheffield. - In Sheffield. What year are you in?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21We're in our fifth year of six.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Wow. Then at the end of that you go off and do what?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25What are you going to be?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27So I ideally want to be a paediatrician,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- so I want to work in a children's hospital.- Right you are.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31What are your hobbies, Ben?
0:08:31 > 0:08:35At the moment, I'm big into cycling. I should thank my parents for that,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- they've really got me into it for the past few months.- I will.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Thank you very much, Mr and Mrs H.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Really, are they keen cyclists or did
0:08:43 > 0:08:45they just want to get you out the house?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Probably a combination of both.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49OK, now what are going to go for?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52We are looking at a pretty low range of scores so far.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Croatia, strangely enough, our highest score.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59I'm actually going to go for a country which myself and Steve
0:08:59 > 0:09:04visited at the end of our first year at university with a group of lads.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I'm going to go for Bulgaria.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Bulgaria, says Ben. Bulgaria. Let's see if that's right
0:09:09 > 0:09:12and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16It is right.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Well, 24 our high, 10 our low. Bulgaria passes 24. 19.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Well played, Ben.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Good series of answers across all four podiums there.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Thanks very much, Richard.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Let's have a look at those scores. We're halfway through the round.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36The lowest score was yours, Sally. Very well done.
0:09:36 > 0:09:3810 points to you. Then up to 18 when we find Alix and Abi.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42That's more like it. Up to 19, where we find Ben H and Steve.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Then up to 24. Nothing wrong with Croatia.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I don't know why everyone suddenly thought of it. They did.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49You are the high scorers.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Ciaran, we need a low score from you. Best of luck.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54We're going to come back down the line now.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- OK. Now, Steve.- Hi.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Remember we're looking for European countries with coastlines.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- Steve, what do you do? - I'm a med student like Ben.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Same year, fifth out of six.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Are you going to go into paediatrics do you think?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- I'm having a good time on anaesthetics at the moment.- Oh, yes!
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I quite fancy myself as a bit of an anaesthetist.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19LAUGHTER
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- What are your hobbies, Steve? - I'm big into music.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Singing, playing guitar, playing piano. Anything.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29They're not very big into syntax, are they?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- No, people tend to be big into stuff these days.- I guess they do.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Yeah. Adverbs...not so much.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Which is the music you're biggest into?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42LAUGHTER
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- I'm really into... - It's largest into.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47LAUGHTER
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Which?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52I'm MOST into...
0:10:54 > 0:10:59I've got an a cappella group. We've done quite a lot of gigs now.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01That's fun. What sort of music's that?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03We do some croonery kind of things.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05We do a bit of Can't Take My Eyes Off You...
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Which part are you? Do you do the...?
0:11:07 > 0:11:08# Dum-be-do-do... #
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- No, I sing the really high bits, actually.- Do you?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Yeah.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14OK, listen, you're on 19.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17The high scorers are Ciaran and Patrick on 24.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19If you wanted to avoid becoming the new high scorers,
0:11:19 > 0:11:224 is what you would want to score.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24We're looking for any European country with a coastline.
0:11:24 > 0:11:30Erm, I'm probably going to go for... I'm big on... I like Formula 1.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31LAUGHTER
0:11:31 > 0:11:32I'm a fan of Formula 1.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35For that reason, I will go for the place
0:11:35 > 0:11:38which hosts my favourite Grand Prix, which is in Monaco.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Monaco, says Steve. Monaco. Here's your red line. It's very low.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Let's see how many of our 100 people said Monaco.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46It's right.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Oh, very well done indeed. Look at that.
0:11:53 > 0:11:558, best score so far, Steve.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Well played, Steve.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03You can walk across the entire country in 45 minutes.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- They're big into walking over there as well.- They are.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Now then, Abi.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11You're on 18.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14The high scorers obviously now are Steve and Ben on 27.
0:12:14 > 0:12:168 or less is your target.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Whose idea was it to come on Pointless?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Well, it was a bit of both, really, wasn't it?
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Just sort of sat there watching it
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- and thought, "Let's go for it." - You thought, "Oh, we could do this!"
0:12:25 > 0:12:27- Absolutely.- Yeah.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Are you pretty good at home? Do you get lots of pointless answers?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32At home we're fantastic. It's here that it's all gone to pot.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- I know, it's tough. It's much harder here.- A lot harder.- Yeah.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38However, not this one. This is a good round.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40This is a great round for you.
0:12:40 > 0:12:46OK, so I'm going to take a bit of a punt and I'm going to say Malta.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Malta, says Abi. Here's your red line again. It's a low one.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Let's see how many of our 100 people said Malta.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Well, 24 is our highest score so far and 8 our lowest.
0:13:01 > 0:13:0314. Pretty much in the middle.
0:13:05 > 0:13:0932 is your total. I think that will see you through to the next round.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11There's some good scoring from everybody here.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14It's very well played. The Maltese language is interesting.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15It sounds like Arabic,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19but it's written as a Western language and read left to right.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Thank you, Richard.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Ben B, Ben B.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Ben B, how are you?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Good to have you here. From Norwich.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28What do you do, Ben?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32I work for Broadland District Council as a town planner.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34What department of town planning? Are you in the...?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Well, it's sometimes hard to make it sound exciting,
0:13:37 > 0:13:41but I deal with all the large-scale applications, the controversial
0:13:41 > 0:13:44ones, and ones that no-one else really wants to deal with.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Ah. Do you get harangued a lot by people?
0:13:47 > 0:13:48I wouldn't say that.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I'd say we take on board people's comments
0:13:51 > 0:13:53and consider them all carefully.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Then we come to a reasoned decision.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56Yeah, OK.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The nice thing is, lots of nice backhanders
0:13:58 > 0:14:00from all those developers,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02so, you know, it's swings and roundabouts, isn't it?
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Ben, what are your hobbies?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Particularly into football.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Play Sunday League football for my local team.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Friends say I do this all the time, but I never miss
0:14:12 > 0:14:14an opportunity to say that I'm the captain of the team.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19- You're the captain.- Yes.- Of the Mad Moose.- Yes.- The Mad Moose. OK.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- Remind me again what your role is in the Mad Moose, Ben B.- It's captain.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Captain. So you're essentially in charge, really.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Yeah, I don't like to make a big deal of it, but, yeah.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29There's no-one above you. Not the Mad Moose.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Not really even the manager, to be fair.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35No. You are the boss there. OK, what are you going to go for, Ben?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Well, I had a couple of answers that have literally just
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- gone in that last round. - That's right, yeah.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41But I think...
0:14:42 > 0:14:45I think I'm going to go for Belgium.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48OK, Belgium, says Ben. There is your red line.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50If you can get below that, you're through to the next round.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Let's see how many of our 100 people said Belgium.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Not bad at all. 31, takes your total up to 41.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07That's the biggest score so far of the round,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10not what you'd expect from the captain of the Mad Moose, is it?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Not so much, no. Ciaran.- Hello.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Ciaran, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- So, yes, head-to-head last time.- Yes.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20And we discovered last time
0:15:20 > 0:15:23you are a children's television writer.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25That's right, that's right. And children's books as well.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Children's books as well.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- And you do books about genies and books about dinosaurs.- I do, yeah.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Is that a sort of open-ended franchise in each?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34The genies ones are,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- the dino ones...- Has died out.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Yeah, exactly. Extinct. I finished those soft of...end of last year.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Do you illustrate them yourself, or do you...?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45No, I don't, I have different illustrators for different books.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47That's quite fun, so do you audition the illustrators,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- they bring in their...? - Yeah, you get to see them
0:15:49 > 0:15:52and because different illustrators can have different styles,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54obviously, some are better for dinosaurs,
0:15:54 > 0:15:56because they're prehistoric and clumpy,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59whereas genies are light and airy and you want a different style.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- It's nice to have that.- Good stuff.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Now, how's your European geography?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- It's not bad. I'm a fan of Eurovision.- OK, this is good.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Very helpful.- I know, I'm sorry...
0:16:07 > 0:16:11But I know that's technically not always... Anyway.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I'm risking a punt
0:16:13 > 0:16:15or playing safe. Erm...
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Well, just to help you, 41 is the highest score.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21You need to score 16 or less.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I'm tempted to either go to Scandinavia
0:16:23 > 0:16:25and do either Finland, Sweden or Norway.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Or I'm tempted to go to Eastern Europe
0:16:28 > 0:16:32and maybe do either a Georgia or maybe an Albania and see.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34So, erm... Erm...
0:16:34 > 0:16:38I'm not sure Georgia has a coastline, but I think it does -
0:16:38 > 0:16:40but then I'm not sure whether it's in Europe either.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Erm... So, I'm going to play it safe and go for Finland.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45You're going to say Finland.
0:16:45 > 0:16:4716, remember, is what you have to score.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Let's find out - Finland, is it right?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52If it is, how many people said it. There's your red line.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56It is right.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Oh, no! 30.
0:17:03 > 0:17:0630 takes your total up to 54.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- I'm sorry, Ciaran.- I think you knew plenty of answers there
0:17:08 > 0:17:12would have seen you safely through. Sweden and Norway wouldn't have done,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14but Albania would have scored you 8.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Georgia, it is partly in Europe -
0:17:15 > 0:17:18it's partly in Asia as well, but it's partly in Europe -
0:17:18 > 0:17:20and it has a coastline on the Black Sea as well,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- and was a pointless answer.- Oh!- No.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Fortune favours the brave, you see. That's what I should've done.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Not only that, it was the only pointless answer
0:17:27 > 0:17:28on the whole board as well.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32It's the only pointless out there, so very, very nearly said it.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Let's take a look at some of the other lower scorers.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Georgia is right at the bottom there, Montenegro would've scored you 2.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Slovenia would've scored you 3,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41you'd also have got 3 for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45You'd have got 4 for Lithuania, Ukraine would've scored you 5,
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Latvia would've scored you 7.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Romania would've scored you 8, Estonia 9.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50So some low scorers out there.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Let's take a look at the biggest three answers,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55the ones that most of our 100 people said online.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Italy with 94 - there's some big scorers here.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Spain with 98. We didn't allow the United Kingdom,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03so the biggest scorer is...
0:18:03 > 0:18:06France, with 99.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Thanks very much indeed.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09So, at the end of our first round,
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I'm afraid it's Ciaran and Patrick having to leave us
0:18:11 > 0:18:12with their score of 54.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13It's not a terribly high score,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16but, yes, you were just under-scored by everyone else, I'm afraid.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18It's been great having you on the show,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I'm sorry we have to say goodbye so soon.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23But, Ciaran and Patrick, thanks very much for playing.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24APPLAUSE
0:18:24 > 0:18:27But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33And so three pairs remain.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35And, obviously, at the end of this round,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37we will have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39So we'll have only two for our head-to-head.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Very, very well done, Ben H and Steve, in that last round,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44lovely low scores from you. Individually, with Monaco,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47and, in fact, together - your joint score was the lowest score.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49So, they would appear to be the pair to beat.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Our category for Round Two is music.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Music. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:18:56 > 0:18:57who's going to go second?
0:18:57 > 0:19:01And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06OK, and the question concerns...
0:19:06 > 0:19:08iconic album covers.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Iconic album covers. Richard. - Yes, good question, this one.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15On each pass we're going to show you six descriptions of album covers
0:19:15 > 0:19:16and the name of the band that released them.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18You need to tell us the name of the album, please.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20It'll be 12 in all to have a go at at home,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23some easy ones and some tough ones as well, so good luck.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24OK, thanks very much.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26So we are looking for the titles of these albums.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28And here are their descriptions. Six on our first board.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I'll read those all again.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05There we are. Six iconic album covers.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Beautifully described by our question-setters.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Sally.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- Sally.- Yeah. - This is fun, this is good.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- We haven't had a round like this before.- Yeah, this is fun. OK. Um...
0:20:16 > 0:20:20I think I know that the top one
0:20:20 > 0:20:24is Nirvana, Nevermind.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Nevermind, says Sally. Nevermind. Let's see if that's right
0:20:27 > 0:20:30and, if it is, let's see how many people said Nevermind.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33It's right. Well done.
0:20:37 > 0:20:3921. Good score.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41APPLAUSE
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- That'll do.- Well played, Sally.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Yep, one of the most influential albums of all time,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Nevermind by Nirvana.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Thanks, Richard. Alix.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54Oh, see, I can picture the front of so many of these albums,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- but just really don't know the names of them.- Yeah.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I'm going to have to guess,
0:20:59 > 0:21:04because I know the track Knights Of Cydonia is on the Muse album,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06so I'm going to really hope
0:21:06 > 0:21:09that the album is also called Knights Of Cydonia.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Knights Of Cydonia, says Alix, for the Muse album.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Let's see if that's right, Knights Of Cydonia,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16and, if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Oh, bad luck, Alix, I'm afraid.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Brave effort, but I'm afraid an incorrect answer
0:21:23 > 0:21:25scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Sorry, Alix. I'm sure a lot of people at home are in the same boat.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29You can see them in the mind,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32it's just the names of some of these are quite tough.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Now then, Ben H.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- Yeah.- You are the last person to have this board.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Do you fancy taking us through it and filling in all the blanks?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Erm...I don't think so!
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Erm, I'm in the same boat as Alix,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46so I'm probably going to have a stab at the Michael Jackson.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50I'll go for Bad, Michael Jackson.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Bad, says Ben H. Bad. Let's see if that's right
0:21:53 > 0:21:55and, if it is, let's see how many people said Bad.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59No! Bad luck, Ben.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01I'm afraid that scores you the maximum of 100 points,
0:22:01 > 0:22:02it's an incorrect answer.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Really hard, actually.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Well, you say that, but Bad is him in a leather jacket
0:22:07 > 0:22:09on a white background, but that bottom one there,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12very interesting, it's the biggest-selling album
0:22:12 > 0:22:14in the history of recorded music.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18So it's the most well-known cover there will ever be,
0:22:18 > 0:22:19and it's Thriller.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22But it only scores you 20 points. Isn't that amazing?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Isn't that amazing? The amount of people who must have it.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Now, these other ones, the four men seated at a table,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30it's Black Holes And Revelations is the name of the album -
0:22:30 > 0:22:32would've scored you 2 points.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- The two greyhounds.- Parklife. - It's Parklife by Blur. Yes.
0:22:35 > 0:22:3613 points for that.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Do you know the Arctic Monkeys one?
0:22:38 > 0:22:41It's Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- Yep, good. - Would've scored you 5 points.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45The Public Enemy one also would've scored you 2 points -
0:22:45 > 0:22:48It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.
0:22:48 > 0:22:502 points. So, Muse and Public Enemy best scorers there.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Very well done if you got all of those,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54actually quite a tough exercise, isn't it?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56It is. Very tough. Thanks very much indeed.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:22:59 > 0:23:0221, Sally - the only correct answer of that last pass,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05so very well done. Nice low score to show for it as well.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06So, congratulations on that.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Then up to 100, where we find Alix and Abi and Ben H and Steve.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11So, Abi and Steve,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13it's between the pair of you - who will be staying
0:23:13 > 0:23:15and who will be leaving at the end of the round?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Best of luck with that, we're going to come back down the line,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:22 > 0:23:25OK, let's put six more album-cover descriptions on the board.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27And here they are...
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I'll just read all of those again.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10There we are. Six clues
0:24:10 > 0:24:12to six iconic album covers.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Steve, we need a really low score from you.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17You're joint highest scorers.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I don't know if I know
0:24:19 > 0:24:21any of them that would be particularly low,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25so I'll have to go for the Pink Floyd album
0:24:25 > 0:24:26and I'll go for Dark Side Of The Moon.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Dark Side of the Moon, says Steve, the Pink Floyd album.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31No red line, as you're the highest scorers,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33but let's see how many of our 100 people said Dark Side Of The Moon.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37It's right.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- 30. - APPLAUSE
0:24:42 > 0:24:4530, The Dark Side Of The Moon - takes your total up to 130.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47And that cover created
0:24:47 > 0:24:49by the same person who created the Muse cover, actually,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51- Storm Thorgerson. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Now, Abi. You now have a target.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56You have to score 29 or less.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59That's not going to happen! Erm...
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I was going to go for the Pink Floyd one,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03that was the only one that I really knew.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05So I'm going to have to have a guess,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08which would be the Bruce Springsteen one,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10which is Born In The USA.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Born In The USA says Abi for Bruce Springsteen.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18There is your red line - below that you're in the head-to-head.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20It's right.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27And you're through, very well done indeed.
0:25:27 > 0:25:2818 for Born In The USA
0:25:28 > 0:25:30takes your total up to 118.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Well played, Abi. That photo taken by Annie Leibovitz.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Thanks very much indeed. Now, Ben B.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42So what are the titles of these albums?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Here are descriptions of their covers - what are they called?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47What are you going to go for? Do you fancy taking us through the board,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49filling in all the blanks?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51I'm not sure I can go through all of them, I can give them a go.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Erm, I think The Clash is London Calling.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57I was thinking Blue Monday for Joy Division,
0:25:57 > 0:25:58and I'm going to go for Kanye West
0:25:58 > 0:26:01and I might even give you the wrong answer,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03but I think it's The College Dropout.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05The College Dropout, says Ben.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07OK, no red line for you, you're already through,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10but let's see if The College Dropout is right for Kanye West.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13It is. Very well done.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20That's a great score, look at that!
0:26:20 > 0:26:23A pointless answer. Very well done.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26That adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28takes the total up to £3,250,
0:26:28 > 0:26:29it scores you nothing.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32It leaves your total at a brilliant low 21,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34very well done, Ben, that's fantastic.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Brilliant answer, Ben. Kanye West's debut album.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Terrific album as well. The other answers here.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42The Rolling Stones is actually Sticky Fingers. The original cover
0:26:42 > 0:26:45had a working zipper and belt. Would've scored you 9 points.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47You're right about The Clash, it was London Calling,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51would've scored 6 points, way more than College Dropouts.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54And Joy Division, Blue Monday was New Order
0:26:54 > 0:26:56but the Joy Division album was Unknown Pleasures,
0:26:56 > 0:26:58and that would've scored you 4.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- Two tough boards there, that board particularly tough.- That was.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Thanks very much. At the end of that round,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I'm afraid it's Steve and Ben H we have to
0:27:05 > 0:27:08say goodbye to, but the good news is we'll see you again next time.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11We'll look forward to that, but in the meantime, thanks. Steve and Ben.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14APPLAUSE
0:27:14 > 0:27:18But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Congratulations, Sally and Ben, Abi and Alix, we are now
0:27:26 > 0:27:28one step closer to the final
0:27:28 > 0:27:32and a chance to play for the jackpot which currently stands at £3,250.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Now, we have to decide who'll go through to the final and
0:27:37 > 0:27:40play for that money and to do that, you're now going to go head-to-head,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43but you're now allowed to confer before you give your answers
0:27:43 > 0:27:45and the first pair to win two questions
0:27:45 > 0:27:46will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Abi and Alix, last time around, Round One.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Yeah.- Here you are. - Bit better this time.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Oh, yes. The dizzy heights of the head-to-head!
0:27:54 > 0:27:56How are you feeling? What do you make of Sally and Ben?
0:27:56 > 0:28:01- They're lovely.- We like them. - Oh, we know they're nice,
0:28:01 > 0:28:02we know they're nice, but...
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Oh, what, like, their intellect? I've no idea.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- That's...- Thanks(!) - LAUGHTER
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Anyway, best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Blenheim Palace.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Blenheim Palace, Richard.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26We'll give you five clues now to facts about Blenheim Palace.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Can you give us the most obscure answer? Very best of luck.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come. We have got...
0:28:48 > 0:28:49I'll read those all one last time.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05There we are, five clues to facts about Blenheim Palace.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Sally and Ben, you go first.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- Do you know?- No. I don't think I know any!
0:29:13 > 0:29:16We're really struggling with this, and my wife will kill me
0:29:16 > 0:29:18because she'll know all the answers to this
0:29:18 > 0:29:20and we've been a couple of times.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24The only one I know the answer to, though, is the UK Prime Minister
0:29:24 > 0:29:27who was born in the palace, it's Winston Churchill.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Winston Churchill, say Sally and Ben. OK, now. Abi and Alix,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34the rest of the board is yours, do you fancy talking us through it?
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Well, no.- That was the only answer we knew for sure.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40We've been there as well, our local cricket team played there
0:29:40 > 0:29:43a few times, so we should know some.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- I think we'll go for the county? - Yeah, but it's just a guess.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49It's a bit of a guess and we'll say Surrey.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51- Mm.- Surrey. - AUDIENCE GROANS QUIETLY
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Nah, it's not right! Oh, dear!
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- That groan tells me... - Wow!- That was extraordinary.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- They didn't like that at all.- No!
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- I think that's... They just don't like Surrey, I think.- Maybe!
0:30:03 > 0:30:06OK, Surrey. So we have Winston Churchill and we have Surrey.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Sally and Ben said Winston Churchill, let's see if it's right
0:30:09 > 0:30:11and how many people said Winston Churchill.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14It's right.
0:30:16 > 0:30:1764.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20APPLAUSE
0:30:20 > 0:30:25Quite a high score, but then we had Surrey from Abi and Alix.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said Surrey.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34No, bad luck. Surrey, I'm afraid, an incorrect answer.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36When did your cricket team play there last?
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- Ooh! We have played at Blenheim Palace.- Yeah, a few years ago now.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42That's the thing. The problem with sat nav
0:30:42 > 0:30:43is you don't know where you're going.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48- I was on a coach.- Yeah.- Even worse! Well, very well done.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Sally and Ben, after one question, you're up 1-0.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Yes, not in Surrey, it's in Oxfordshire.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55In Woodstock in Oxfordshire.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Coincidentally, we've got a coach party from Woodstock in today.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- Have we?- No, we haven't really. But it just sounded a bit like it.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- It did.- They didn't like that one bit.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05You know you spoiled the jeopardy of that, don't you?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07LAUGHTER
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Which is our job.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Would've scored you 32 points.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14The century in which it was built, it was built in the...
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- 18th.- ..18th century, well done.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Would've scored you 25. The artist... He came up the other day.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23- It's our friend Grinling Gibbons. - Grinling Gibbons. 5 points for him.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26The site of the Battle of Blenheim is in this modern-day country?
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Is it Austria, or Germ...?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30- Germany, it's Germany.- Germany.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34The fact... It wasn't Austria! Germany, good.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Germany would've scored you one point. Well done if you said that.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Abi and Alix, you get to answer it first
0:31:41 > 0:31:43but you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45It concerns...
0:31:48 > 0:31:50..TV shows with numbers in their titles.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52We're going to show you five images now of TV shows
0:31:52 > 0:31:54that had a number in the title.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Just need you to tell us the name of the TV show, please. Good luck.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00OK, let's reveal our five TV shows. Here they are.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21There you go.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26Five TV shows with numbers in their titles.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Abi and Alix, you will go first this time.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33(B is Hawaii Five-O.)
0:32:33 > 0:32:36(E is 3-2-1.)
0:32:36 > 0:32:39OK, well, we know a few of them,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41a couple are quite obvious.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45We're going to go for A, which I think is 30 Rock.
0:32:45 > 0:32:5030 Rock, say Abi and Alix. 30 Rock for A.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Sally and Ben, can you talk us through the rest of the board?
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- I think Ben can. Maybe.- Maybe.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00I think that C is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02I think E is 3-2-1.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I'm not sure about B, maybe Hawaii Five-O,
0:33:05 > 0:33:08but I think we'll go for D and Six Feet Under.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11You're going to say Six Feet Under for D.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14So, we have 30 Rock and Six Feet Under.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Abi and Alix have said 30 Rock. Let's see if that's right for A,
0:33:17 > 0:33:19and, if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22It is right.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Ooh, it's a good answer. Look at that, down it goes.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28Still going down. 11.
0:33:33 > 0:33:3811 for 30 Rock. Now then, Sally and Ben have said Six Feet Under for D.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Let's see if that's right,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42and let's see how many people said Six Feet Under.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46It's right.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48It's got to beat 11.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51It's going to be close. And it does it! Very well done.
0:33:51 > 0:33:535 for Six Feet Under.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Brilliant work, Sally and Ben.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59After only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Two very good answers there.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Two very good shows, as well, 30 Rock and Six Feet Under.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06I think everyone knew the others.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08B is Hawaii Five-O.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Would've scored you too many points, would've scored you 35.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13C is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15That would have scored you 18.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19And E, of course, is 3-2-1,
0:34:19 > 0:34:22and that would have scored the most of all, perhaps unsurprisingly.
0:34:22 > 0:34:2452 points for that.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Thanks very much indeed.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28So, the pair leaving us at the end of our head-to-head round,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31I'm afraid it's Abi and Alix. You've done so well today.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Really great performance.
0:34:33 > 0:34:3530 Rock, a brilliant answer there.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- Oh, Surrey!- I know.- Oxfordshire.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40- It's not good.- There we are.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Never mind, though, you have done very well,
0:34:42 > 0:34:44a very creditable performance.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Thanks very much for playing, Abi and Alix.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49APPLAUSE
0:34:49 > 0:34:52But, for Sally and Ben, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Congratulations, Sally and Ben, you fought off all the competition
0:34:59 > 0:35:02and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,250.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16APPLAUSE
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Well, very, very well done.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22And we've had a pointless answer from you, so very...
0:35:22 > 0:35:24And quite a cool one, as well.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Good stuff. What would you like to see come up in this round, Sally?
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Well, I think music is probably the best category for both of us.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36- Erm, sport, maybe?- Yeah, I think we might be all right on sport, maybe.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39To be honest, we've been quite lucky with music and TV.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42As you know, you kick this round off by choosing your category
0:35:42 > 0:35:45and, as always, you have four options. Here they are.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- What do you think?- Erm... Do you know much about motor sport?
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- I know enough, but not enough... - ..for this? OK.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02Booker Prize winners?
0:36:02 > 0:36:07I wouldn't be great on it but might know...some, if you know a lot?
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- I probably only know the obvious ones.- Er...- Italy? Have you been?
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- I've not been. I'd like to go.- OK.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- I'd choose Booker Prize winners. - Let's go for it. Let's go for it.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Purely cos I know nothing about the other three.- We'll go for it.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- OK, Booker Prize winners, please. - Booker Prize winners it is. Richard.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Going to give you three specific questions within that category.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27I hope one of these suits you.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30We are looking for the name of any novel by J M Coetzee.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33We are looking for the name of any novel by Pat Barker,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35or we're looking for any novel
0:36:35 > 0:36:37by Ian McEwan.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Any novel by any of those
0:36:38 > 0:36:39three writers, please.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40J M Coetzee, Pat Barker,
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Ian McEwan.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Best of luck at home, having a go at this,
0:36:43 > 0:36:45and very, very best of luck in the studio.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Thanks very much. As always, you've got up to one minute
0:36:48 > 0:36:49to come up with three answers.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52To win that jackpot, only one of those answers needs to be pointless.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55The answers you give can come from any of these categories,
0:36:55 > 0:36:57it's up to you how you spread them.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59They can all come from the same one or you can have one from each,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- entirely up to you. Are you ready?- Yes.- Yes.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03OK, let's put 60 seconds
0:37:03 > 0:37:04on the clock.
0:37:04 > 0:37:05There they are.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06Your time starts now.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- Oh, dear.- I've got nothing.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- I'm sorry!- OK, brilliant! Erm, I don't know
0:37:11 > 0:37:12the first two people.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Ian McEwan, he wrote Atonement,
0:37:14 > 0:37:16but I think that'll be quite high.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19He wrote another book, there's a hot-air balloon on the front
0:37:19 > 0:37:21and it involves a hot-air balloon crash,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24but I can't remember what it's called. I'm thinking Burning Love,
0:37:24 > 0:37:26but I know that's an Elvis song, and it's not that!
0:37:26 > 0:37:28It could be that, you never know.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Er... OK, erm,
0:37:29 > 0:37:31another Ian McEwan novel...
0:37:31 > 0:37:36- I'm sorry.- Erm...- Erm...
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Oh, I've got loads at home. Oh...
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Anything...anything I can help to stimulate your mind?!
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- Remember the name of the one with the hot-air balloon?- That'd be good!
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- Hot-air Balloon Crash? - It's not called Burning Love.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49That's...that's the song we had at the wedding.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51We need to think of another one as well, don't we?
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Erm... Oh.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- Ten seconds left.- So, Atonement,
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Burning Love, and...- Erm...
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Sorry, I can't think of anything
0:38:05 > 0:38:06- else.- That's all right.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08OK, I'm afraid that's your time up,
0:38:08 > 0:38:09I'm really sorry.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11I now need three answers from you.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14OK, we're going to say Atonement.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Atonement.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Burning Love.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Burning Love.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21And... Make up a novel.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25OK, erm... Hot-air Balloon Crash.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28LAUGHTER
0:38:28 > 0:38:31OK, that's what you're going to say?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33There we are, OK.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Fingers crossed!
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Now then, just so we know which category these are from...?
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- Oh, Ian McEwan.- All three... - Yes!- ..are Ian McEwan novels?
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- Yes, they are!- This is news, possibly, to some people!
0:38:45 > 0:38:50Of those three, Atonement, Burning Love, and Hot-air Balloon Crash...
0:38:50 > 0:38:53which do you think is your best shot at a pointless...?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56I'd say Atonement, because I think it's the only one that's right.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Let's put that last. Least likely to be pointless, probably?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- Probably Ben's, Hot-air Balloon Crash.- Hot-air Balloon Crash?
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- OK, we'll pop that first.- Probably.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09OK, let's put those up on the board in that order, and here they are.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11We've got...
0:39:11 > 0:39:13..the first one, Hot-air Balloon Crash,
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Burning Love, and Atonement.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18THEY SNIGGER
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Well, very...good luck!
0:39:20 > 0:39:22LAUGHTER
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Your first answer was Hot-air Balloon Crash.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27What if...what if Ian McEwan did write something
0:39:27 > 0:39:31called Hot-air Balloon Crash and you won £3,250?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Or for any of the others, of course.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36What would you do with that, Sally?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Erm, I think I'd treat my husband and I to a holiday.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43We fancy a trip to New York in the autumn, so it would go towards that.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Very nice indeed. Ben, how about you?
0:39:45 > 0:39:50Well, I suppose a number of Ian McEwan books might be an idea.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53But, no, I've got a young son and he's five and a half months,
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- so...they cos quite a lot of money. - Lovely.- Get him a number of toys.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59OK, good luck. Three...
0:39:59 > 0:40:02I was going to say, "Three good answers on the board."
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Three answers on the board!
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Your first answer was Hot-air Balloon Crash.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Let's see if that's right, and, if it is...
0:40:09 > 0:40:10it'll win you that jackpot.
0:40:10 > 0:40:16so, for £3,250, is Hot-air Balloon Crash an Ian McEwan novel?
0:40:18 > 0:40:20AUDIENCE GROAN
0:40:20 > 0:40:22No. It's not, I'm afraid.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Your second answer was Burning Love.
0:40:25 > 0:40:30Let's find out, for £3,250, is that an Ian McEwan novel?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35No, bad luck.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38OK, so it's all riding on your third and final answer,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41which...I think we can be quite confident about.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Atonement.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Now, if this is right and this is pointless, you will leave here
0:40:46 > 0:40:51with that jackpot, so for £3,250, is Atonement an Ian McEwan novel?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Yes, it is.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Hot-air Balloon Crash, alas, wasn't an Ian McEwan novel,
0:40:59 > 0:41:01nor was Burning Love,
0:41:01 > 0:41:03but Atonement most certainly is,
0:41:03 > 0:41:05and is taking us down into...
0:41:05 > 0:41:07not quite into single figures, 10.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09APPLAUSE
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Well, you did valiantly
0:41:14 > 0:41:17considering it wasn't a brilliant subject for you.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19So, three answers, but one, not a bad score.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26which means you don't win today's jackpot of £3,250.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27That will roll over onto the next show.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30But we've enjoyed having you on the show, you've performed so well.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- And you get a Pointless trophy, so there we are.- That's great.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35APPLAUSE
0:41:38 > 0:41:41And you've played very well, as well.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44So, there is an Ian McEwan novel with a balloon on the front
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- that you called Burning Love... - Enduring Love?
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Enduring Love is exactly the right answer, yeah.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52If you'd said Enduring Love, er...
0:41:52 > 0:41:56you would've just won £3,250. AUDIENCE GASP
0:41:56 > 0:41:58It's all right.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02That is gutting, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- It's really tough luck. - I'm sorry.- That is tough luck.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Let's look at the pointless answers in the other categories
0:42:08 > 0:42:09while you have time to recover.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12JM Coetzee novels, Age Of Iron,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14In The Heart Of The Country, Life & Times Of Michael K,
0:42:14 > 0:42:15his most recent book
0:42:15 > 0:42:16The Childhood Of Jesus,
0:42:16 > 0:42:18all of those were pointless answers.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21For Pat Barker, who wrote the wonderful Regeneration Trilogy,
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Another World, Blow Your House Down, Double Vision,
0:42:23 > 0:42:24The Man Who Wasn't There -
0:42:24 > 0:42:25all of those were pointless.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27I think perhaps most people
0:42:27 > 0:42:29would've got their pointless answers from Ian McEwan.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Black Dogs, there's Enduring Love, The Child In Time,
0:42:32 > 0:42:33The Comfort Of Strangers,
0:42:33 > 0:42:34The Cement Garden,
0:42:34 > 0:42:36that was also a pointless answer.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Sweet Tooth, another recent novel,
0:42:38 > 0:42:40a terrific novel, as well, was also a pointless answer.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Very well done if you've said those at home,
0:42:42 > 0:42:46and I'm sorry that we've spoiled Enduring Love for you forever.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Yep!
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51We have to say goodbye to you, Sally and Ben,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54but we've loved having you on the show. Brilliant contestants.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Thank you.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58APPLAUSE
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Sadly, Sally and Ben didn't win our jackpot today,
0:43:01 > 0:43:03which means it rolls over onto the next show,
0:43:03 > 0:43:06when we'll be playing for £4,250.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08APPLAUSE
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.