Episode 53 Pointless

Thank you very much.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless -

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

My name's James, this is my uncle Simon. We're from Hertfordshire.

Couple number two.

I'm Emma, this is my brother Andrew. We're from Doncaster.

Couple number three.

I'm Rose, this is my friend Victoria. And we're from Durham.

Couple number four.

I'm Jack, this is my friend Ed.

I'm from Surrey and he's from Shropshire.

These are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

Thanks to all of you.

We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

That just leaves one person for me to introduce.

Four of his handlers were injured

whilst waking him from hibernation and unpacking him from his crate.

This episode is dedicated to them.

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

-Hiya.

-That's a bit much, isn't it?

-It is a bit much, sorry.

-Don't you think?

-Yeah, it's a bit much.

I do have feelings, you know.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

We've got two returning pairs today -

Rose and Victoria, who did slightly better than

our other returning pair, James and Simon.

We need to see a bit more from you today.

Round One today some people are going to be furious about.

Some people are not going to like it one bit.

Some people will love it.

Who do you think is going to love it?

Me.

Who's not going to like it?

You can never tell, but I will bet that when

the question comes up, at least four people will go, "Oh, God."

And at home, at least 2.2 million people will go,

"You know what? I might just make a cup of tea while this round's on."

But the other 800,000 are going to go, "Yay."

That's good. Thank you, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

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

Jake and Rob didn't win our jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

but there is to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated, so do what you can to make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

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You see. Formula 1.

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

who's going to go second?

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

Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

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

Ten Grand Prix wins or more to their name.

-Richard.

-Not much to add there.

We're looking for anyone since the beginning of Formula 1 history

who's won ten Grand Prix or more. There's 30-odd names on this list.

-Very best of luck, and good luck at home as well.

-Thanks.

James and Simon, you all drew lots before the show

and today you're going to go first.

James, welcome back. What happened last time?

Didn't go well, pop music, I'm not a big music listener.

I had a punt, got lucky, but... it wasn't enough.

-It was a great round, BBC Radio 2's number twos.

-Indeed.

The best number twos.

Records never to have made it to the top slot.

-Oh, they were good.

-It was a good round.

Also, no-one did any jokes about number twos at any point, did they?

LAUGHTER

-Remind us what you do, James.

-I'm a medical researcher.

-What are your hobbies?

-Lots of sports.

Any games, cards, anything where there is a winner and a loser.

-Formula 1?

-Bits and pieces.

It's a bit of a procession at times,

but the start and the end are usually good.

It's only the endings we're interested here.

-What are you going to go for?

-I will go for...

..Mika Hakkinen.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's a good answer, look at that. Very well done.

20 wins for Mika Hakkinen. It's a great start to the show, well played.

Two world championships as well.

Emma, welcome to Pointless.

-What do you do?

-I'm currently a student at the University of Hull.

-What are you studying?

-Drama.

-How far are you through your course?

-Just about to finish.

-Got about two weeks left.

-Best of luck. You've done your exams?

You won't believe this,

but as a third year student, we don't actually have exams.

-We have a big performance, though.

-Oh, yeah, I bet you do.

-It's a real degree.

-I bet.

-The whole of your last year is one free swim, is that it?

-Well, no.

We have a big performance that takes a hell of a lot of time

-getting together and stuff.

-I bet it does.

-You've had your big performance?

-Yes.

Phew. How's your Formula 1 knowledge?

It's not great, but being from a family that constantly has sport on

the television, I think I can come up with an answer. This again is

damage limitation. I'm going to go for Michael Schumacher.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of your 100 people said Michael Schumacher.

Well, it's a lot better than 100.

91 wins for Michael Schumacher, seven world titles.

Did the right thing there, so much better than 100.

Puts pressure on everyone else for the rest of the round as well.

-Victoria, welcome back.

-Hello.

-How did you do last time?

We got through to the head to head,

unfortunately we got football, specifically southern football.

-We had the Cherries.

-Yeah. And the Spice Boys.

-But that wasn't Liverpool.

-Tactically, you did the right thing,

you've come back, two shows, bigger jackpot.

But Formula 1.

Yeah.

-Yeah, not really.

-Do you follow it at all?

I've got an answer. I don't know if that is an actual Formula 1 driver.

But...

Eddie Irvine.

Let's see if that's right

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

Bad luck, Victoria.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

It's a good wrong answer.

He was a Formula 1 driver, he had four wins all in the same season

in 1999, where he came second in the championship.

Not ten, I'm afraid.

Ed, welcome to the show. What do you do, Ed?

I'm a trainee sports journalist.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

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Why is that funny?

Cos we're doing a sports round.

Oh, I get it.

I thought there was something inherently funny about being

a trainee sports journalist. I forgot we're doing sport.

I could see that. How many of these shows have you done?

-600 or so.

-You will pick it up, I promise you.

I'm guessing sport must be a big hobby of yours?

Yeah, not the playing of it, mainly the watching of it.

Our lowest score so far is four.

Can you better that?

I don't know, but I'll give it a try with Niki Lauda.

Let's see if that's right

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

That will do the job, Ed, very well done.

Well played, Ed. That's a relief, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-25 wins for Niki Lauda, three-time world champion.

Thanks very much.

We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

Best score, yours, James, lovely low score of 4, putting

you and Simon in POLE position.

You see, it just comes naturally.

Then 9 is where Jack and Ed are.

Then up to 55, where we find Emma and Andrew.

Then up to 100, Victoria and Rose.

Rose, do you follow Formula 1?

-No.

-This is going to be fun. Best of luck.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

We are looking for Formula 1 drivers with ten or more Grand Prix wins

to their name.

Jack, welcome to Pointless. What do you do?

I'm a marketing manager at a bank.

How do you and Ed know each other?

We both went to Durham University together.

What did you study when you were there?

I did economics and Ed did... What did you do?

Education and theology.

Perfect training, then, for sports journalism.

What are your hobbies, Jack?

Like a bit of sport.

Though I may be setting myself up for something here

with this question.

But mainly doing a bit of rowing, a bit of running, that kind of thing.

Did you start rowing at university? On the weir?

Yes. We've got a beautiful bit of river up in Durham,

but I started before, and I do a bit of coaching now as well.

Good stuff. There you are on 9. Our high scorers are Rose

and Victoria on 100.

90 or less keeps you in the game.

OK. He set me up quite well here, hopefully.

So I'm going to go with Fernando Alonso.

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

There is your red line. Get below that, you're in Round Two.

It's right and you're through. Very well done.

That's a good answer. Look at that, 9.

You match Ed point for point.

18 your total, Jack, very well done.

30 wins for Fernando Alonso up to the end of the 2012 season.

A surprisingly low score for Fernando Alonso.

Fernando Alonso and Lauda scoring the same.

-Thanks, Richard. Now, Rose...

-Yes.

You've got a bit of a mountain to climb.

You were head-to-headers last time.

You can't be leaving us at the end of the first round, surely?

-Oh, I think we might be.

-Rose, remind us what you do.

I'm training to be a social worker at the moment.

What do you like to get up to in your spare time?

I like baking, reading... Just a bit of everything, really.

-No Formula 1 in there at all.

-No.

-Are you aware of Formula 1?

-Yeah.

But all the ones I know are too obvious,

and we're not going to get through, so I'm going to take a punt as well

and hope we can join the 200 Club at least.

I'm going to say Pablo Montoya.

No red line for you as you are highest scorers.

Let's see if Pablo Montoya is right.

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

Bad luck, Rose, I'm sorry.

Another incorrect answer scoring you the maximum of 100 points.

Takes your total up to 200. Sorry.

Sorry, Rose. He had seven wins.

Between the two of you, you had two quite obscure answers

and between the two of them, they won 11 Grand Prix.

I don't know if there's a way we can make the maths work out.

-It's not how the show works, is it?

-Sadly not.

Andrew, welcome to the show. Good to have you here.

-What do you do?

-I'm a probation officer.

How long have you done that for?

Since I graduated. About eight years now.

-Is that quite a rewarding job?

-Yeah.

-In some instances I'd imagine?

Yeah, it's challenging. It can be challenging.

But when you have success stories, it's very rewarding

and makes your job worthwhile.

I bet. What do you do in your spare time?

Like the other contestants, I do play a lot of sport.

I play a lot of cricket,

but I also play football, golf, I ski, try to stay active.

Listen, you are through to the next round whatever happens

cos Rose and Victoria are high scorers on 200.

You're never going to catch up with that,

so let's maybe see if you can find a really obscure answer.

I'm going to try a bit of a risk rather than one of the safer options

because of being safe. I'm going to say Alain Prost.

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

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

Absolutely right.

23.

78 your total.

51 Grand Prix wins for Alain Prost. They used to call him The Professor.

That's cos he used to drive in a tweed jacket

with leather patches at the elbows. Smoking a pipe. He was the only one.

Thanks, Richard. Simon, you are also through to the next round.

-Remind us what you do?

-I'm a telecommunications engineer.

What do you get up to in your spare time?

A bit of swimming, theatre,

taekwondo, skiing.

-Sometimes all at once.

-No.

So there you are, on 4,

even if you score 100 points, you're still through.

-Do you follow Formula 1 at all?

-I do.

So this is a brilliant question for you.

I'm going to go back in time a little bit.

I had a few answers in my head

but I'm going to stick with Gilles Villeneuve.

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

But let's see how far down the column Gilles Villeneuve takes you.

Oh, bad luck, Simon.

We'll discover in a second why that's wrong, but I'm afraid

that is wrong, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

Takes your total up to 104.

You are through anyway, so it doesn't matter.

-Richard.

-Worth taking a punt, though. Only had six Grand Prix wins.

I would have thought he had ten or more, but just the six.

His son Jacques Villeneuve, who you'd think would have less,

had 11 wins and he was a pointless answer.

If you had said Jacques Villeneuve, very well played indeed.

Lots of F1 fans do incredibly well on these questions,

so let's take a look at the pointless answers.

They are people who only just got over that threshold of ten.

Alan Jones, the Australian, he won 12 Grand Prix.

Carlos Reutemann, the Argentine, he won 12.

There's Jacques Villeneuve.

12 wins for Mario Andretti. Ronnie Peterson, the Swede, he got ten wins.

Very well done if you said Ronnie Peterson,

probably the best answer there.

Other low scorers, you'd have got one point for Jody Scheckter,

for Gerhard Berger and for Rubens Barrichello.

You would have got three points for Nelson Piquet, Felipe Massa,

Alberto Ascari, David Coulthard and Emerson Fittipaldi.

There's lots of big names,

I don't know why Gilles Villeneuve isn't on the list.

Seems harsh to me. Let's take a look at the top answers,

ones that most of our 100 people said.

Stirling Moss would have scored you 32.

Ayrton Senna 36 and Schumacher with 55.

Other answers,

Fangio, James Hunt, Graham Hill, Damon Hill, Jackie Stewart,

Jenson Button, Hamilton, Mansell, all of those won ten Grand Prix or more.

All scored somewhere in between there.

Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our first round, the pair heading home,

I'm sorry to say, with the highest score of 200,

our newest members of the 200 Club are Rose and Victoria.

Oh, dear.

I'm sorry. Might you have said any of those names?

David Coulthard.

I was actually going to say Jacques Villeneuve but I thought,

"No, he didn't do Formula 1."

Bad luck. I'm so sorry, Rose and Victoria.

It's been lovely having you on both shows.

Thanks very much for playing. Rose and Victoria.

APPLAUSE

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

Only three pairs remain.

At the end of this round, we have to say goodbye to another pair.

Ed and Jack, very good, our lowest-scoring pair there

and also absolutely equal,

point for point, 9 each, so that was fantastic.

James and Simon, a little bit unlucky there.

Lovely low score from you, James,

you were our lowest individual scorer.

Simon, you might have had a pointless answer

if you've gone Jacques Villeneuve, but you didn't.

And Emma and Andrew, keep it up, solid performance.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

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

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

And the question concerns...

On each pass, we're going to show you the names of six film characters

all played by an actor whose surname beings with F.

You just need to tell us who the actor is, please.

There's going to be 12 in all. Very best of luck.

We are looking for actors whose surnames begin with F

who are in these films.

Here's our first board of six.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Six films starring people whose surnames begin with F.

Simon.

I can't even think of a name.

I genuinely can't think of an answer.

Let's have a noise that begins with F.

-Fortune.

-With a first name.

-Robert.

-Robert Fortune. That's a cracking name.

That's a brilliant name, Simon.

For which one?

Any one you want, Xander.

No, but what if it's right? I can't...

I know it's not the middle four cos they're the ones

I can't bring to mind, so I'll go for Ed, Shaun Of The Dead,

Robert Fortune.

The excellent Bob Fortune. Was he in Shaun Of The Dead?

Let's find out. If he was, let's see how many people said it.

An incorrect answer scores you 100 points. I'm really sorry.

I hate it when that happens, that brain-freeze thing.

I've had it many times.

Sorry, Simon. I'm going to go through the list later

and you know you know some of them.

Robert Fortune, he's in the follow up to Shaun Of The Dead.

He's not in Shaun Of The Dead, I'm afraid.

Actually, that is a terrific name for an actor.

I might start calling myself Robert Fortune.

It's brilliant. I'd buy every book you wrote.

-Would you?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Robert Fortune.

Call me Bob. This is ridiculous, I've known you for years.

Emma.

How is this?

There's two on there that I definitely should know

because I love the films and somewhere in the back of my mind

I know them, but stood here right now, I cannot think of them.

I'm going to go for the one I definitely do know, which is

God in Bruce Almighty, and Morgan Freeman.

Morgan Freeman.

-Was that one of yours, Simon?

-It certainly was.

There you go. Let's find out if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Morgan Freeman.

25 for Morgan Freeman.

He played God again in Evan Almighty as well.

He's only won one Oscar in his career, Morgan Freeman.

For Driving Miss Daisy.

No, for Million Dollar Baby.

-Really?

-Yeah. Jessica Tandy won for Driving Miss Daisy, but not him.

There we go. Thanks very much indeed. Ed.

You're the last person to have this board.

Do you fancy talking us through

all these actors whose surnames begin with F?

I think I definitely know four of them.

If there's one thing I like more than sport it's film.

And I was the TV and film editor for my student paper,

so it's really good for me.

Marty McFly is Michael J Fox.

Draco Malfoy is Tom Felton.

Ed from Shaun Of The Dead is Nick Frost.

Nick Frost, says Ed. Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said Nick Frost.

25 is our lowest score. You whizzed past that. Down you go to five.

Very well done indeed, Ed.

Great answer.

Great answer, very well done.

He's appeared in lots of Simon Pegg films, and his TV work as well.

You were right about Michael J Fox.

He would have scored you 45 points. Another one you knew there, Simon.

Yes, Tom Felton as well.

Tom Felton was Draco Malfoy.

Would have scored you 8 points, not as good as Nick Frost.

-Robin Hood, do you know who that was, Xander?

-No.

-Errol Flynn.

-Right.

-That would have scored you 12.

And the best answer on the board, Baby Face in Bugsy Malone...

Dexter Fletcher.

Yeah, would have scored you 1 point.

-Very well done if you said that.

-Let's take a look at the scores.

We're halfway through the round.

5 the best score of that pass, very well done there.

Then up to 25, where we find Emma and Andrew.

Then up to 100, where we find Simon and James.

James, it's not out of the question that you could claw this back.

It depends on somebody else making a massive mistake

and you finding a really good low score.

You will be the last person to have this board.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Let's put six more film roles on the board...and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

We are looking for the actors who played these characters,

and their surnames all begin with F.

Jack, you need to find the one you think

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

I think this might be the most popular one,

but it's the only one on the board I know.

I'm going to go for Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford.

The high scorers on 100 are James and Simon.

If you can score 94 or less, you are in our head-to-head round.

Let's find out. Harrison Ford, is it right? How many people said it?

Very well done, you are through.

Wow, still going down. 52.

Takes your total up to 57.

How was that, only scoring 52? That's amazing, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Voted the seventh most sexy character in movie history

and eighth was Han Solo.

-He's got to be pleased with that.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed. Andrew.

I think I know a couple.

I think I'm going to go with Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx.

74 is what you need to score.

74 or less to avoid becoming our new high scorers.

Let's see if that's right.

And let's see how many of our 100 said Jamie Foxx.

There is your red line.

And you're in the head-to-head.

Takes your total up to 47.

He won the Best Actor Oscar for that portrayal.

Had to wear prosthetic eyelids at all points over his eyes,

so he was blind while filming.

Kept them on over lunch cos they were too difficult to take off.

-Wow, that's commitment, isn't it?

-His real name is Eric Bishop.

-Why didn't he go with Robert Fortune?

-I know.

That would have been much better, wouldn't it?

Oh, well. James, bad news.

-The worst.

-So I hear.

The worst news. I'm afraid you're on 100.

You haven't even given your answer yet.

You are the high scorers.

However, what about taking us through that board?

I wouldn't be at all surprised

if there were a pointless answer somewhere on that board.

See if you can find it.

Fortunately, I've seen all of the films

and I saw the board and knew four.

Two have gone.

Morpheus in The Matrix was Laurence Fishburne.

Ron Burgundy was Will Ferrell.

I will go with the former and say Laurence Fishburne.

No red line for you.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Laurence Fishburne.

It's a good answer. Down it goes.

14's an excellent answer.

In fact, out second-lowest score of the whole round.

Add it to your uncle's score, I'm afraid that takes it to 114.

I'm sorry, James.

You would have even got a lower score for Will Ferrell,

he would have scored you 10 points.

People are very bad on actors and who they play.

People love films but tend not to take any notice of

characters' names and what have you. 10 points for him.

Mouth in The Goonies was played by Corey Feldman.

Would have scored you 2 points.

This last answer is a pointless answer.

Harry Osborn was played by another Oscar nominee, not for this,

James Franco.

Thank you very much indeed.

At the end of our second round, I'm afraid it's James and Simon,

the remaining of our two returning pairs,

we have to send home with a high score of 114.

I'm really sorry, guys.

It's been great having you on both shows.

But this is where we have to say goodbye.

Thanks for playing. James and Simon.

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

Congratulations, Jack and Ed, Emma and Andrew,

you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £2,000.

We have to decide which pair's going to play for that money

and to do that, you are now going to go head to head.

The big difference is that you are now allowed to chat

before you give your answer.

And the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot. Emma and Andrew, very well done.

You've seen off our two returning pairs.

Here you are. No-one's been in the head-to-head round before.

How are you feeling?

I think the problem was getting through the first round,

which we did, so anything now is a bonus, really.

It just makes a massive difference being able to talk.

He's just being modest, we're absolutely shocked to be here.

OK.

Jack and Ed, every new round we pull up,

turns out you've written about them.

Yeah, I'm dreading that, now that I've said that.

If it's historic landmarks in this first question, you're just

going to say, "Well, I was actually historic landmark correspondent."

Only on weekends.

Very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Here comes your first question.

And it concerns...

Ed, anything you'd like to say?

I'm not a female pop star reporter at the weekend.

We're going to show you five pictures now of pop singers.

Can you give us the most obscure name, please? Good luck.

Let's reveal our five female pop stars...and here they come.

We have got...

There we are, five female pop stars.

Jack and Ed, you've played best throughout the show so far,

you will go first.

We've been debating a bit between D and E.

But we're going to risk it a little and go for D - Taylor Swift.

D - Taylor Swift.

Emma and Andrew, the board is all yours. Can you talk us through it?

We know E's Britney Spears.

I don't know A, C or D.

I think B is Suzi Quatro.

I think go for it.

We'll go with B - Suzi Quatro.

So we have Taylor Swift and Suzi Quatro.

Jack and Ed said Taylor Swift. Let's see if that's right for D.

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

Bad luck, Jack and Ed.

A mistake, not Taylor Swift.

Which means, Emma and Andrew, all you have to be is correct

when you say B is Suzi Quatro, and you will win that point.

Let's find out. Is that right, how many people said it?

It's right. Very well done.

You've broken their serve, Emma and Andrew, after one question.

You're up 1-0.

-Well done.

-That is a strong look for Suzi Quatro.

-Don't you think?

-Yeah.

Let's fill in the rest of these. D is not Taylor Swift.

It's the singer of Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen.

Would have scored you 6 points.

Very well done if you said that at home.

A is the Carly Rae Jepsen of her time, it's Tiffany.

Sang I Think We're Alone Now.

28 points for her.

C, also the Carly Rae Jepsen of her time,

in fact a similar time to Tiffany.

She was the Taylor Swift of her time.

And it's Debbie Gibson.

Would have scored you 3 points.

E is Britney Spears.

A very big score that, would have scored you 88 points.

Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question.

Jack and Ed, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

John Major, Richard...

Very much the Carly Rae Jepsen of his time.

LAUGHTER

We're going to show you five clues about John Major.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

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

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Emma and Andrew, you will go first this time.

We're going to play safe and go with the one we're pretty certain of

and it's the TV show that portrayed him as a grey puppet

-and that's Spitting Image.

-Jack and Ed, the board is yours.

We also knew Spitting Image.

We had a rough idea on a Cabinet post...

You can say all your ideas out loud.

I reckon go for the year, cos I was born in that year.

1991, I think.

-You were born in 1991?

-Yeah. Sickening, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

It's not great, is it?

What were you doing? Just leaving university round about then?

-Second year.

-Is that right?

-Yeah.

But you missed out on Tiffany and Debbie Gibson!

Yeah, there you go.

Thank you very much indeed.

So we have Spitting Image versus 1991.

Emma and Andrew have said Spitting Image, let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people have said that.

Jack and Ed have said 1991.

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

Bad luck.

You won that, Emma and Andrew,

and it means that after only two questions,

you are through to the final, 2-0. Very well done indeed.

The year that he became Prime Minister, it was actually on

my 20th birthday, it was the 28th November 1990.

Would have scored you 12 points.

His wife's first name is Norma.

That would have scored you 48.

The Cabinet post he left to become Prime Minister was

Chancellor of the Exchequer. Would have scored you 23.

He also had been Foreign Secretary briefly before that.

And the London borough, it's the best answer on the board, was Lambeth.

Would have scored you 2 points.

Do you know the two people who did John Major's voice on Spitting Image?

Jon Culshaw and Steve Coogan.

There you go. Thanks very much indeed.

The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, Jack and Ed.

You've done so well. Well, you've done so much, Ed.

You've covered nearly everything we've covered today.

This is all boding very well for your next appearance on

Pointless, and we look forward to that very much indeed.

Thanks for playing. Jack and Ed.

APPLAUSE

For Emma and Andrew, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Emma and Andrew, you've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.

You've done incredibly well, what a performance.

Your first and only appearance on Pointless

and you've made it right through to the final.

That was exciting, that head-to-head. 2-0.

To be honest, we thought the year was 1991 too.

That was our second answer, so if we had said that...

Playing safe worked.

But you didn't play it safe with Suzi Quatro,

that was a great answer.

I think I would have gone for Britney Spears.

I knew it wasn't Taylor Swift

-so I didn't know why I said Suzi Quatro...

-It was good.

That's what earned you the second question, I think.

Best of luck with this round.

As always, you kick it off by choosing a category

and you have four options to choose from. And they are...

-Any of those?

-Russian Culture you can rule out.

-Yeah.

Films By Kens...

I can't think of any Ken film directors, really.

South America - I suppose you don't know what the questions will be.

It could be geography. Don't know if we'd have a chance with that or not.

What do you reckon?

We were hoping for Sport so bad.

-South America.

-Yeah, let's try it.

-OK.

South America it is. Best of luck.

Well, there might be a little bit of sport in here, you never know.

Let's take a look at your three subcategories.

We are looking for any president of South America at the start of 2013.

We are looking for any country in South America

that has red in its flag. As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state

that's a member of the UN in its own right.

Or we are looking for anyone who was born in South America

who's ever scored in a World Cup final.

It's not including penalties, it's not penalty shoot-outs, anyway.

So, any president of South America at the start of 2013.

Any South American country with red in its flag.

Or any South American player who scored in a World Cup final,

not including penalty shoot-outs. Very best of luck, guys.

You have one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

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

You can spread them across those categories as you choose.

So they can all come from one category, have one from each,

-completely up to you. Are you ready?

-Yes.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

We're going to go with the World Cup final.

Flags, I know a couple, Chile.

I think Paraguay might be a bit of a rare answer.

I think that's got red in the flag.

But again it might not be pointless.

Venezuela, I don't know if it's got red in the flag.

But it's probably a bit more of a rarer answer.

I'm pretty sure Ronaldo scored in the World Cup final,

but I'm pretty sure it's not pointless.

-Think of any Brazilians...

-Or Argentinians...

I think Maradona probably scored in the final.

If we go for... Paraguay's quite a good answer. Venezuela, you said.

I'm not sure...

-I think something like that's likely to be pointless.

-OK.

-And then...

-Do you want to go for...

Ten seconds left.

-Sorry, I'm pretty useless, this one.

-Shall we say Ronaldo then?

-Yeah.

-OK.

That's your time up. I now need your three answers.

In terms of the South American World Cup final scorers,

we're going to say Ronaldo.

In terms of red in the flag, we're going to take a punt at Venezuela.

I'm not sure it is. And Paraguay.

Of those three,

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

-I think Venezuela, if it's correct.

-We'll put that last.

-Your least likely to be pointless?

-Ronaldo.

Let's put those up in that order and here they are.

Best of luck. Your first answer was Ronaldo.

If this is correct and it's pointless, you'll win that jackpot of £2,000.

What will you do with that, Emma?

I'd use my bit to go travelling.

I really fancy going to Thailand.

Andrew?

I'd probably say something boring like put it towards

a deposit for a house, but I've always wanted to own a boat.

I might put it towards that. I'm not sure £1,000 is enough.

A sailing boat.

A dingy, one of them blow-up ones at the seaside, maybe!

-A pedalo.

-Yeah, that would be OK.

-Very best of luck.

Let's find out.

Ronaldo, for £2,000, has Ronaldo scored a goal in a World Cup final?

Yes, he has.

Down we go through the 70s and the 60s.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £2,000.

Oh, 20.

I think we'd all have been surprised if that had been a pointless answer.

We move on to slightly surer pointless territory

with your next two answers.

Your second answer was Paraguay.

If this is correct and it's pointless, you will win £2,000.

Does Paraguay have red in its flag?

Yes, it does.

Your first answer of Ronaldo took us down to 20.

Paraguay does indeed have red in its flag

and it is taking us past 20 down to 10!

APPLAUSE

This is all very metric, down from 20 to 10.

If we follow that same course,

obviously Venezuela will take us down to 0.

The only problem is, you have no idea what the flag looks like.

So we just have to hope it does have red in it.

Best of luck. Let's find out.

If it does, you will win that jackpot.

Does Venezuela, for £2,000, have any red in its flag?

Oh, it does. Look at that.

Ronaldo took us down to 20.

Paraguay then took us down to 10.

Venezuela, which you put as your third and final answer, takes us to 8.

APPLAUSE

Well, three perfectly good answers there,

but hats off for your ranking. You ranked those exquisitely.

You got that absolutely right.

I'm sorry to say you didn't manage to find that

all-important pointless answer, which means

you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.

That will roll over on to the next show.

We've really enjoyed having you on the show.

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

APPLAUSE

We always secretly admire a team who can rank their answers correctly,

that's what we like. Let's take a look.

There's a few pointless answers people might have got

in all of these categories. The flags is a tough one, though.

Presidents of South America.

Dilma Rouseff, who's the President of Brazil,

she's been an answer a couple of times on the show before.

Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, who is the Colombian President.

Federico Franco of Paraguay was a pointless answer.

And Sebastian Pinera, who is the President of Chile.

There's only one flag that would have won you the money

and it is Suriname.

There's nine in all. Guyana would have scored you 1,

Ecuador would have scored you 9, Bolivia 11, Colombia 11,

Chile 25 and Peru 29.

Those are all the flags we would have accepted.

South American footballers who scored in a World Cup final -

Amarildo scored for Brazil.

Daniel Bertoni scored for Argentina in 1978.

Jose Brown scored in 1986, all the Argentinian goal scorers in 1986,

Burruchaga, Valdano were the two, they were all pointless answers.

I suspect some people might have got those.

And Vava, another Brazilian, who scored in a World Cup final.

Very well done if you got any of those. Pretty tough.

I would have said Burruchaga was possible, Suriname was possible,

Dilma Rouseff some people might have said as well.

-Any of those...?

-No.

-No.

Even the football one, I was kind of thinking one was going to come out,

I would be like, "I knew that," but no.

-That's a relief.

-Yeah.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,

but we loved having you on the show. Great playing. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Emma and Andrew didn't win our jackpot today, which means

it rolls over to the next show, when we will be playing for £3,000.

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye!