Episode 58 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where we're always striving to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hello, I'm Alison, this is my friend Ken, we're both from Northumberland.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Jim, this is my sister-in-law Aisling

-and we're both from Birmingham.

-Couple number three.

Hi, Xander, my name's Chris, this is my friend Rob, and we met

when working together with the Royal Navy at Naples in Southern Italy.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Ram and this is Stephen, we're husband and wife

and we come from Hertfordshire.

And these are today's contestants.

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

So that just leaves one person for me to introduce,

a really great guy to be around as long as you never

address him directly, don't make eye contact and only speak to him

-when spoken to, it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya!

Hi, everybody.

-Ohh.

-Ohh. Afternoon.

-And to you.

-I think it's our 599th show today.

-Get out of here, is it?

-Exciting, isn't it?

-That went by like that!

-We're only 51 away from 650.

-Yes.

LAUGHTER

Going to be quite a milestone, isn't it?

Yeah, I'm going to order the bunting right now.

-We've only got one returning pair from last time, Rob and Chris.

-Yeah.

Now, Rob and Chris - both of whom were in the Navy -

they did very well last time for three out of their four answers,

and then Rob let himself down, I'm sure he'll remind us of how.

But they were a terrific pair, unlucky to get knocked out.

Should be a cracking show, Round One I'm looking forward to,

Round One you're going to be tested out a little bit.

-Really?

-Hmm.

-Tested out?

-A little bit.

-OK.

-Just have to go through the gears a little bit.

-OK, good.

Thanks, Richard. As usual, all of today's questions have been asked

to 100 people before the show,

and our contestants here are on the hunt for one

of the all-important Pointless answers that nobody could give,

and that will add £250 to our jackpot.

Karen and Dave didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000, today's jackpot starts off at...

AUDIENCE: Woo!

Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

OK, two things to remember at all times.

First thing - for the first two rounds, the pair with the

highest score will be eliminated at the end of the round,

and no conferring.

Our first category today is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-LAUGHING:

-Richard.

You like nothing better than your French pronunciations, do you?

-Love nothing better.

-That's good news,

cos we're going to show you on each board seven French words

for items of clothing or accessories, you just need to tell us the English.

There's going to be 14 in all for Xander to pronounce

and for you to have a go at at home, good luck.

OK, so we're looking for the English translations of these

items of clothing, and here is our first board of seven.

I'm going to read those again.

LAUGHTER

HE READS ITEMS FLAMBOYANTLY

OK, now then, Alison and Ken, you all drew lots before the show

and you are going to go first.

Alison, welcome to the show, from North Northumberland.

-Best place in the world.

-The best place in the world bar none.

-And what do you do up there, Alison?

-I'm retired.

What did you do up there?

The last job I had before I retired permanently, I was a parcel courier.

Before that, I organised youth and community activities.

-In and around Berwick-upon-Tweed?

-Wooler.

The youth and community was around Wooler,

-delivery was from just north of Wooler right up to Dunglass.

-Wow.

-Fun though.

-Oh, yes.

-Now, Alison, what about all these French things?

Well, I think I'm going to go for - if I pronounce it right,

my French teacher will kill me - les lunettes de soleil,

which I think are sunglasses.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

APPLAUSE

Not bad, not bad.

Yes, good start from podium one, Aviator sunglasses started to

be used in the 1920s for pilots with sunlight,

and then they didn't become a popular fashion accessory till

the '30s when Hollywood stars started wearing sunglasses.

-Interesting. Thanks, Richard. Jim, welcome to the show.

-Hi.

Great to have you here, you're from Birmingham,

what do you do in Birmingham?

I'm a transport planning consultant, so designing roundabouts

and planning applications and stuff like that.

Have you had any of your roundabouts built, Jim?

Not yet, no, that's not to say they're not going to be though.

-When I drive round it for the first time...

-Ohhh.

Your very own urban clearway system, oh, that'd be amazing.

Jim, how's your French?

I'm not going to pronounce it, but the bottom one,

bit of a guess, I'm going to say handbag.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

how many of our 100 people said handbag.

It is right.

23 for le sac a main!

Well played, Jim, good answer.

They say there's a survey recently which said women

will spend £4,000 on handbags in their lifetime.

-Where did they do this survey?

-Erm, I dunno...

-In Knightsbridge?

-Extraordinary, wow.

-I like your new man-bag, by the way.

Which one? I've got loads, like, 34.

-I love the emerald-studded leopard-skin one.

-Yes, yes.

LAUGHTER Very capacious as well.

-It's like the TARDIS in there.

-Is it really?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-There it is. That's that man-bag chat done.

LAUGHTER

Yep. Thank you very much. Now then, Chris.

Welcome back. As Rich said, you did very well last time.

But it was Round Two we had to say goodbye to you.

That wasn't the trajectory you were on, it looked very much

like you were going all the way, and then along came, ahem, Rob...

-What was the answer you gave?

-Dai Petrol.

-That's right.

For the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The current Archbishop of Canterbury.

So you met in Naples, how long ago was that?

-Er...2008 that would have been.

-How long were you there?

-Two-and-a-half years.

-That must have been a lot of fun.

It was fantastic, out there with the wife and the family,

kids loved it, wife loved it.

I bet. Now, French, what about your French?

I'm going to take a punt at la ceinture,

sounds a bit like "centre", might be belt.

-Let's see if that's right. Is that a complete guess?

-Absolutely.

Let's find out if it's a good one. La ceinture, belt, is that right?

-It's right!

-You dancer, put that there!

-CHRIS:

-Hats off.

-Good going, down it goes.

9 for la ceinture, I think

somehow you must have known that, but that's a great answer.

-That is a hell of a guess.

-Isn't it?

"Sounds like the centre", terrific, very well done.

And as a navy man, do you know what a "ceinture de sauvetage" is?

That sounds French navy, I'm not interested.

It's a life belt, so I bet you would be interested.

I would be very interested!

Thanks, Richard. Ram, welcome to the show, great to have you here.

-What do you do?

-I'm a structural engineer.

Wow, what sort of things do you build?

I design hotels, leisure centres, people's house extensions...

So, from small to very big.

Listen, Ram, you're the last person to have this board,

-this is your chance to show off your French.

-Yeah.

So, la robe is the dress. La maillot de bain I think is dressing gown.

La noeud papillon, this might be bit of a weird guess,

but, like, a cape?

And the one I want to go with

but I think is a little bit risky is les gants, which I think is gloves,

but I'm going to go with that because the others will be too high.

So you're going to say les gants - gloves.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's absolutely right.

Well, 9 is our low score, 21 is what you get for that.

Second lowest score of the pass, Ram, very well done.

Well played, Ram. Do you know the Queen always wears

nylon gloves in the evening and cotton gloves during the day?

That's how you can tell.

What's she do when she's on an aeroplane between zones, I wonder?

-Uh, latex.

-OK.

LAUGHTER

But she doesn't like to talk about it.

Let's go through the rest of this board.

La robe, you're right, was dress.

La maillot de bain, not a dressing gown, do you know?

-It's a swimming costume, isn't it?

-Absolutely.

Le noeud papillon, well, papillon is butterfly,

but it's not a cape, can you work it out?

-It's a bow tie.

-A bow tie, yeah.

The shape, I guess, giving you the clue there.

-So that's the best answer, well done if you said that.

-Thanks, Richard.

Halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores.

9 the best score of that pass, Chris and Rob

once again stamping their mark on this game.

Lovely low score.

Then we travel up to 21, where we find Ram and Stephen, up to 23,

where we find Jim and Aisling, and then up to 54, Alison and Ken.

You're not miles out in front, but significantly in front,

so, Ken, we need a brilliant answer. How's your French?

-I dropped it when I was 13.

-Pick it up again - now, quickly!

Best of luck with that, Ken. We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

Let's put seven more items of clothing on the board,

and here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

Remember, looking for the English translations,

Stephen, and you're going to try and find the one

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-You're on 21, Stephen.

-Yeah.

-This is not bad.

The high-scorers are Ken and Alison on 54,

so 32 or less sees you into the next round.

Stephen, what do you do?

I'm a mechanical engineer, so...similar fields,

but I look at heating, ventilation...

How's your French?

I think I know a couple, but I'm going to go with la jupe,

and say skirt.

La jupe, is that skirt?

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

There's your red line, get below that, you're in Round Two.

It's absolutely right.

Very well done indeed, down you go to 13.

Second best score so far, Stephen, takes your total up to 34.

Well played, Stephen, very solid on that last platform.

Thank you, Richard. Rob, how's it all going this time round?

Dai Petrol, we've forgotten about.

It's something that will haunt me now, to my dying day.

Well, it was a good answer, it was a good wrong answer,

if you're going to have a wrong answer,

you might as well have one that's going to amuse everyone.

Didn't amuse me.

Actually, it was very good tactics, I think

you knew exactly what you were doing,

Justin Welby was on the top of your tongue,

but you knew the jackpot would be bigger,

so you thought you'd throw it - come back one game later.

-That's exactly it.

-And here you are.

Storming to a commanding lead, 9 points.

The high-scorers are on 54, you're 44 behind them.

Score 44 or less, essentially is what I'm saying,

and you're in the next round.

-How's your French, Rob?

-My Welsh is better, I must admit.

But they're related, Pays de Galles and all that.

But, yeah, Italian would have been better as well,

but I'm going to go safe on this one,

and la pantalon - trousers.

Rob, here's your red line, get below that, you're in the next round.

Let's see if le pantalon can get Rob below that red line.

Eeh, look at that, that's very safe!

-Oh, the trousers went long.

-Wow.

80 that scored you, takes your total up to 89.

Let's hope that's enough to see you through, Rob.

That's a big score, going to make the

rest of the round very interesting.

If you live in Sussex, you have to put your trousers on

right leg first, cos it prevents toothache.

But if you live in Shropshire,

you have to put them on left leg first, it's bad luck otherwise.

LAUGHTER

Everywhere else, you take your pick, but those two places?

-You be very careful.

-Toothache? A bit specific, isn't it?

Do they say which part of the mouth, is it a molar giving you trouble?

They're very bright people down in Sussex,

if they say "put your trousers on right first

"otherwise you get toothache", then that's what happens.

OK.

LAUGHTER

-Now, Aisling.

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show, Aisling.

You are Jim's sister-in-law, who's married to who?

He's married to my sister Shauna.

Right, and Shauna wasn't up to Pointless, did you think, Jim?

I've got to be careful what I say, uh, she couldn't make it.

But you and Aisling have decided between you that you would

come on as the team. Aisling, what do you do?

I work as a project assistant at my local hospital,

so I work in service improvement, working with patients

and staff to try and improve things in the hospital.

Nice thing to be doing, improving things in a hospital.

You're on 23, the high-scorers on 89, Rob and Chris,

65 or less keeps you in the game.

How's your French?

I do know a couple of them, but again, it's that age-old

"which one is going to be lower?" Two particular ones...

You going to go for le justaucorps?

That...no.

LAUGHTER

I think I'm going to go for le chapeau, and hat.

OK, there's your red line, get below that, you're in Round Two.

Let's find out if le chapeau is the hat,

and if it is, how many people said it.

43, very well done,

takes you through, takes your total up to 66.

-That's a good answer, isn't it?

-It is. Thank you, Richard.

Ken, there you are on 54, you were the high-scorers - no longer.

High-scorers now, Rob and Chris, 89, which means 34 or less

keeps you in the game, this is actually very exciting.

Take a look at that board, Ken,

you can talk us through it all if you can.

Le justaucorps means keeping the body in order, I think,

so it sounds like a corset. Le chausettes...

Underpants? La chemise, a shirt. Le manteau, an overcoat.

I'm going to go mad and go for le justaucorps - corset.

There's your red line, get below that, you are in Round Two.

Let's find out if le justaucorps is a corset.

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

No, bad luck!

Oh, bad luck, Ken, I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer,

that scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 154.

That was a properly risky play as well, very gutsy.

A corset, or a bodice, you're right about the form

of words, it's about keeping the body together, it's actually a leotard.

Would have been a terrific score as well, five points,

named after the acrobat Leotard.

Funny enough, a couple of the ones you did know would have seen you

through to the next round, la chemise is shirt,

that would only have scored you 26.

And le manteau, you're absolutely right, a coat or overcoat,

would have scored you 21.

Both of those would have seen you through to the next round.

-La chausettes is... AISLING:

-Socks.

So leotard the best answer up there, well done if you said that.

-That was a big play, wasn't it?

-Yeah, wasn't it?

To go for le justaucorps, but I like...he showed his working.

It's admirable, very much looking forward to them

coming back for the next show, cos that's the way to play the game.

Thanks very much, Richard. So, at the end of our first round,

the pair who'll be leaving us, with their high score of 154,

Ken and Alison.

But, as Richard said, punchy play, we salute you.

We look forward to your return, when we're sure you'll do

much better, but meantime, thanks very much for playing.

Ken and Alison.

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

So three pairs remain, obviously we'll be losing another pair

at the end of this round in time for the head-to-head, I wonder which.

Rob and Chris, you're putting us through the mill!

Sorry, no - Rob, you're putting Chris through the mill!

What are you doing, "pantalon"?!

You said you were going safe, that was too safe.

-Chris, you really looked so cross.

-I love Ken.

-I bet you do now, yes.

More than I love...

Yeah, you've forgotten his name, Rob.

Ram and Stephen, very well done, our low-scorers there.

Exceptionally well-played. And Jim and Aisling, no mean feat either.

Pretty good all around, best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

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

who's going to go second.

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

OK, let's find out what the question is.

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

-Richard.

-Yeah, in the UK in 2013 there are 69 cities,

and around about 25 of those have got nine letters or more.

That's what we're looking for, and only cities with one word,

so for example, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Stoke-on-Trent wouldn't count.

Any one-word British cities with nine or more letters, very best of luck.

Thank you, Richard. Now then, Aisling.

I don't know if this is a bit risky...

Let's hope it's risky cos it might not be a city,

rather than not having nine letters.

In a way it's risky - Londonderry?

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

how many of our 100 people said it - Londonderry.

Absolutely right, great answer, Aisling, very well done.

That's a wonderful score, 7, look at that!

Very well done, 7.

-For Londonderry.

-Great start, Aisling, also known as Derry,

which wouldn't count cos it's only five letters.

And London wouldn't count either cos it's six letters,

but put them together - bingo!

Now then, Rob, cities with nine letters or more.

You know what you have to do.

You not only have to get it right, you have to do it so well

that Chris instantly forgives you everything you've done so far.

More in the sort of Dai Petrol, pantalon range.

Well, I'm going to go naval on this one,

shipped out of this city quite a few times on my submarine - Portsmouth.

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

It's right.

Well, 7 is our only score so far.

Will it go above or below that? 20 for Portsmouth.

APPLAUSE

Yes, very good answer, Rob, well played.

First league game played under floodlights

was played in Portsmouth in 1956.

They lost.

Nothing's changed.

Well, Rob said that, not me, to any Portsmouth fans out there.

-That was outrageous, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

All this anti-Portsmouth stuff, extraordinary.

I like all football teams equally.

If ever I say anything about a football team,

Twitter just goes nuts.

"I can't believe you had a go at Derby County."

-You didn't do that, did you?

-I don't think I did. I love Derby.

Of course you do. Nearly as much as you love every other football team.

I love all of them absolutely equally,

apart from Fulham who are the best.

And I hate Chelsea. LAUGHTER

-Now then, Ram.

-I'm a bit nervous about it not being a city.

I'm nervous about anything I would submit as a city.

OK, I'm just going with it. Blackburn?

-Oh, no!

-Blackburn, says Ram.

-It's a town, isn't it? Oh, God.

Shall we find out?

It could go either way.

Blackburn, is it a town, is it a city, has it got nine letters?

I'm sure it has, I'll take Ram's word for that.

I'm sure she wouldn't have submitted it if it had fewer than nine.

Let's find out if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.

Noooo! Ram, bad luck, I'm sorry.

It's an incorrect answer, scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Yes, sorry, Ram, just a town I'm afraid.

It does give me an opportunity to say

how much I like Blackburn Rovers though.

LAUGHTER

-You do like them.

-Terrific team. I wish them well.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

7 the best score of that pass, Aisling, for Londonderry.

And what a range this scoreboard now has.

We travel up to 20 where we find Rob and Chris,

then up to 100 where we find Ram and Stephen.

Who knows what will happen in the next pass.

Stephen may have a brilliant answer and maybe

Jim or Chris might have an aberration. We'll see.

OK, we are going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, so we are looking for UK cities whose names contain nine or more

letters. Stephen, have you got some good answers up your sleeve?

I have a few. I don't think they are going to be good enough.

But I can't think of anything risky enough to chance it either,

so I am going to go with Sheffield.

Sheffield, says Stephen.

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

There's no red line for you as you are our high scorers

but let's see if it is right.

It is right.

21.

APPLAUSE

21 takes your total up to 121.

Yeah, good answer, Sheffield.

Did you know Brooklyn Bridge is made of Sheffield steel?

-I didn't know that.

-That is quite cool.

-That's nice.

Chris. Yes, yes. Chris.

Great news, you're in the head-to-head.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Stephen

-and Ram on 121. This is good news.

-It is very good news.

-But let's show Rob some good answers, or a good answer.

-OK.

I'm going to stay in the area, because I live in Portsmouth,

so he has stolen my answer, I'm going to stay in the area

-and I am going to say Chichester.

-Chichester. Let's find out.

Is it a city, and if it is, how many people said it?

Ooh, it's right.

Very well done.

Oh, 4, the best score so far, Chris.

APPLAUSE

24 your total, very well done indeed.

That's a good answer, isn't it? He's very bright, Chris.

The Cathedral is over 900 years old, the cathedral in Chichester,

and very rarely, with the Navy guys on, can be seen from the sea.

There are very few that can.

Now then, Jim. Cities.

You've had a lot of time to think of cities with nine or more letters.

-Too much time.

-Almost too much.

I did geography at uni so everybody assumes you know capital cities,

countries and stuff, so the pressure's on.

-But I'm going to play safe and stay home and say Birmingham.

-Birmingham.

Birmingham, says Jim. No red line for you as you are already through

but let's see if it's right and how many people said Birmingham.

It's absolutely right, of course.

67. Big city, big score.

Takes your total up to 74, Jim.

That really is playing it safe, isn't it, Jim?

It's actually the second-highest scorer on the poll, Birmingham.

We'll take a look at the highest in a moment.

There's no Pointless answers at all.

In fact, the best score up there is 3 points

so Chichester was a brilliant answer.

But let's take a look at the best answer of all, which was Lichfield.

Very well done if you said Lichfield. It would have scored three points.

And Wakefield and Chelmsford, Chelmsford one of the newest cities,

both would have scored you 4.

I'll go through some of the others,

I'll know you'll all have different ones at home.

Lancaster and Westminster both would have scored you 5 points.

You would have got 5 for Peterborough and Worcester.

Gloucester would have scored 7 points.

You would have got 8 for Salisbury.

9 for Inverness or Wolverhampton. And then the top three.

Edinburgh would have scored you 61.

We just heard Birmingham from Jim scored 67. Top of the list?

-Manchester. 75 points.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the pair who will be leaving us

with their high score of 121, they were our lowest scorers in the first round.

Then Stephen and Ram, oh, dear, Blackburn did for you.

But the good news is we'll see you again next time.

On the evidence of this show, you will do very well indeed.

We look forward to that very much indeed.

-Thanks very much, Stephen and Ram.

-APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Rob and Chris, Jim and Aisling.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £2,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So we have to decide who is going to play for that money

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

This time you are allowed to confer.

The first player to win two questions will be

playing for that jackpot. Best of luck to both players.

Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns...

Piano players, Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures

of musical artists famous for playing the piano or keyboard.

Can you name the most obscure of these five?

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five pianists and here they are. We have got:

There we are, five piano players.

Now, Rob and Chris, you played best throughout the show so far

-so you get to go first.

-OK, so E is Rick Wakeman, isn't it?

-Yes, it is.

-At last we agree on something.

-We do.

-Superb.

Thank you, Xander, we are going to go for E, Rick Wakeman.

E, Rick Wakeman.

Very good. Now, Jim and Aisling, the board is all yours.

You can talk us through it if you like.

-A, I think, is Alicia Keys. B...

-Liberace.

-C is the ABBA man, I think.

-The ABBA man!

-As he is known. Yep.

D...

-That is what we are going to go for.

-We think D is Tom Odell?

-Tom Odell.

Tom Odell. So we have Rick Wakeman versus Tom Odell.

Rob and Chris said Rick Wakeman.

In fact, Rob, I think you said Rick Wakeman?

Let's see if that was a good call.

Rick Wakeman for E,

is it right and if it is, how many people said it?

Absolutely right.

-APPLAUSE

-21.

21 for Rick Wakeman, very good indeed.

Now, Jim and Aisling, you have said Tom Odell for D.

-How certain are you of that?

-Jim is more certain than me.

Is that right, Tom Odell, and if it is, how many people said it?

It is right!

Very well done indeed, look at that, down it goes, 2!

Very well done, Tom Odell. Surely the best answer on that board?

Which means, after one question, Jim and Aisling, you are up 1-0.

That was a terrific answer,

and it is the best answer on the board, as you say.

He won the BRITS Critics Choice Award in 2013, Tom Odell.

-Can you name Rick Wakeman's most famous band?

-He played on Hunky Dory?

-He also played on Lou Reed's first album.

-Did he really?

-Amazing, isn't it?

-Yeah.

21 points for him. A, you are right, is Alicia Keys.

She would have scored you 30 points.

Liberace, you are right as well, he is a big scorer,

63 points for Liberace.

And C, everyone knows that C is the ABBA man, what's his name?

He is Benny Andersson.

And he would have scored 8 points.

Everyone knows the group he is in but only eight people can name him.

But Tom Odell is a terrific answer, so well played.

Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes your second question.

Rob and Chris, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

-CHUCKLING:

-Mrs Beeton's Mock Turtle Soup.

Yeah, what's your point?

I make no point, friend.

In Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management,

she published a recipe for Mock Turtle Soup.

We're going to show you five lines from that recipe,

but one of the words only has its first letter.

Can you tell us what the word that is missing is, please?

OK, so let's reveal our lines from Mrs Beeton's Mock Turtle Soup

recipe, and here they are:

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, Mock Turtle Soup, according to Mrs Beeton's recipe.

Now, Jim and Aisling, you go first.

THEY WHISPER

OK, the chopped one, a few chopped mushrooms?

You want to say mushrooms for the top one. When obtainable, mushrooms.

Sounds fair enough.

Rob and Chris, do you want to talk us through the board?

We're having a bit of a debate about this.

We think cayenne, salt and maybe either mint or mace to taste.

The bottle we think is Madeira.

Ham, obviously, and lemon thyme.

We're going to go for a quarter bottle of Madeira.

A quarter bottle of Madeira say Rob and Chris.

So we have mushrooms and we have Madeira.

Jim and Aisling went mushrooms.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

19.

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19 for mushrooms.

Rob and Chris have gone for a quarter bottle of Madeira.

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

Yes, it's right. Very well done.

Ooh!

25.

-That's surprising.

-It is.

Which means, Jim and Aisling, very well done to you, after only

two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.

I agree, I'm surprised by that.

Even worse news, your other two answers are right

and would have given you an extra point. It is lemon thyme.

That would have scored you 16 points.

And cayenne, salt and what would you have gone for, do you think?

-BOTH:

-Mace.

-Mace is the right answer, yes.

Would have scored 5 points.

So that's the best answer up there.

You're right about ham as well but that's the biggest scorer there.

That would have scored you 65 points.

But surprising, isn't it, Madeira and mushrooms.

Thank you very much indeed, so I am afraid the pair leaving us

at the end of the head-to-head round is Rob and Chris. What a shame.

A real turnaround, this game, as we were expecting.

But I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye.

-It has been great having you on both shows.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much for playing, Rob and Chris, great contestants.

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But for Jim and Aisling, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jim and Aisling,

you have fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,250.

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You have done so well.

You've had your French words,

you've had your cities of nine letters or more,

you had piano players, we've had Mrs Beeton's Mock Turtle Soup,

-we've really put you through all sorts.

-It was a crazy one.

-Yeah.

And here you are at the end of it, fantastic. Very well done indeed.

Now, as always, you have to start this round off by choosing

the category you want to answer on and here are your options.

We have:

Oh, it's tricky. I know a bit, I could try, not as much as you.

What do you think? I think we said before that

if football came up with go with football, so...

-We'll go for football.

-Agreed? OK, FIFA World Cups.

-OK, here we are. Richard.

-We're going to give you three options now.

We are looking for any of the stadiums or stadia which have

hosted a World Cup final from 1982 all the way through to 2010.

We are looking for any player who's been given a red card

in any World Cup finals game from 1982 to 2010,

that is the whole World Cup finals, not just the final match.

Or any African nation that has taken part in a World Cup finals

since 1982.

So any of the stadia used for the final, any red-carded player

or African nation that has taken part in a World Cup since 1982.

Very, very best of luck.

Now, as always, you've got up to a minute

to come up with three answers, and to win that jackpot, £2,250,

all you need to do is to find one Pointless answer.

Also remember the answers you give

can come from any of these categories.

You can have all three from one category, if you like,

or one from each, two from one, one from another,

it is entirely up to you. Are you ready?

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

There they are, your time starts now.

I think we should go for African nations.

Central African Republic!

Red card, Beckham got sent off.

What about Roy Keane, did he ever get a red card,

because I imagine if he played he would.

-He walked out of the World Cup.

-OK.

-So you want to go for African nations.

-I think so.

Do you know any?

Yeah. If we go for...

-Just say some quick.

-Erm...

-Ivory Coast.

-What about stadia? Surely you know some stadia.

-They've all gone blank.

-OK, African nations then.

Which ones?

If we go for...

-Is it just any that have been in it?

-Any that have been in it.

-Senegal, they've been in it. Senegal.

-10 seconds left.

-And Mali?

-What about Burundi?

-I don't think they've been in it.

-And Mali.

-Go for Mali, Senegal and...

-OK, that is your time up.

I now need your three answers.

What are you going to go for and which category are you answering in?

-We'll do the African nations.

-All three African nations?

-Yes.

-We'll go Ivory Coast.

-Ivory Coast.

-Senegal.

-Senegal.

-And what's the other one?

-Zambia.

-What was it, you just said it?

-Mali.

-Mali.

Of those three, which is your most likely to be Pointless?

I think Ivory Coast might be right but it won't be Pointless,

because Didier Drogba, was it him who plays for them,

-so a lot of people know that.

-Go for Mali.

-OK, Mali we'll put last.

-What is your least likely to be Pointless?

-I think Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast we will put first, OK.

Let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.

We have got, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Mali.

Well, very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Ivory Coast.

And you thought this was probably your least likely to be Pointless.

Now remember, only one of these answers has to be Pointless

for you to win that jackpot. Three good answers on the board there.

If you were to win £2,250, what would you do with it, Aisling?

I'm going on holiday with my sister, we are going to New York,

so maybe we'd have a fun time on Fifth Avenue shopping.

Jim?

I would like to go to Vegas, and obviously, Shauna is my wife

so gets two holidays.

-Win-win either way for her.

-But Vegas I would quite like to go to.

OK, well, very best of luck.

As I say, your first answer,

the one you thought was least likely to be Pointless, was Ivory Coast.

Let's hope it is correct, and if it is,

find out how many people thought Ivory Coast

was an African nation that played in the World Cup since 1982.

It's right.

I think we knew this was right, but quite a good way of finding out how

much our 100 people know about the African nations in World Cup finals.

Down it goes, in single figures,

9, well done.

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Not bad for a first answer.

You thought, Aisling,

even you thought that was quite a well-known team to have there.

So unfortunately not a Pointless answer.

Two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Senegal.

You're pretty certain that is a correct answer,

they've been in the World Cup finals at some stage since 1982?

You think of the African Cup of Nations as well.

If you try and think of one, you hope it is the World Cup one.

Well, fingers crossed, let's find out if it is correct,

and if it is, let's see how many people remembered Senegal

as a competing nation in the World Cup finals.

It's right.

Your first answer was Ivory Coast, took us all the way down to 9.

Senegal, now taking us down

through the 20s, through the teens,

it passes 9...

8. Just!

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Can't argue with the direction it's going in, this is good.

It's going down.

So, only one more chance to win today's jackpot of £2250.

Everything is now riding on your final answer which was Mali.

-You were pretty sure this was least likely to be correct.

-Yes.

-It's a bit of a punt.

-A bit of a punt.

Well, to win that jackpot, obviously, it has to be correct

and Pointless. Let's find out for £2250,

if Mali have played in the World Cup final since 1982.

AUDIENCE GROANS

Jim, bad luck!

Three perfectly good answers there but unfortunately,

you didn't manage to find that all-important Pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £2250.

That will roll over into the next time

but we've loved having you on the show.

And an amazing performance that in only one Pointless show

you've made it through to the final.

And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each

so very well done indeed.

Jim and Aisling.

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Yeah, I think you picked the toughest of the categories there.

There was only one Pointless answer in that category

and there are hundreds in the red card one.

There are so many Pointless answers. I know people will have got that.

We'll start off with the stadia.

-Are there any you've thought of in the time?

-Soccer City?

Soccer City in South Africa?

Would have just won you £2,250, I'm afraid.

Let's take a look at those Pointless answers for the stadia.

You could have had these:

There is the Soccer City Stadium, I am so sorry.

And the Rose Bowl in the USA.

You could also have had the International Stadium in Yokohama.

Now on the red cards, there are so many Pointless answers.

Zola got sent off against Nigeria.

Materazzi, who of course, was involved in the Zinedine Zidane

sending-off as well, he would have scored 13 though.

Patrick Kluivert, Thierry Henry, you could also have had

Asamoah Gyan, Brett Emerton of Australia, you could have had,

Scottish fans will remember Craig Burley, he was a Pointless answer.

Deco was a Pointless answer,

Totti, Frank Rijkaard was a Pointless answer, Harry Kewell,

there are hundreds and hundreds of Pointless answers there.

Very well done if you said one of those at home.

And there is only one African nation who were a Pointless answer

and that is from the 2006 World Cup and it was...

Angola.

Angola. Togo would have scored you one point.

That is the next best answer. You played brilliantly throughout.

I think there was stuff there you could get.

I am so sorry about Soccer City as well. But very, very well played.

Very well played indeed. Oh, that is hard, isn't it?

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you,

Jim and Aisling, but it has been brilliant having you on the show.

Thank you both so much for playing. Jim and Aisling.

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Well Jim and Aisling didn't win our jackpot today which means it

rolls over on to the next show when we will be playing for £3,500.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

-Meanwhile, it is goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it is goodbye from me, goodbye.

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