Episode 59 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Stephen, this is my wife, Ram, and we're from Hertfordshire.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Ken, this is Alison, my ex-boss

and we're from North Northumberland.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Hannah, this is my mum, Lee,

and we're from Eastbourne in East Sussex.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Chris, I come from Portsmouth,

and this is my dad, James, who originally comes from Glasgow.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you. We'll find out more about you

throughout the show as it goes along.

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

Give a man a fact and he'll look clever for a day.

Teach a man to find facts and, well,

just look how out of hand that can get!

He's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya!

Hi, everybody. Good afternoon.

-Afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-Excellent.

Show 600 today. Our 600th show.

Can you believe it?

I haven't got you anything.

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Oh, that's a shame, because I've got you... Oh, well, I'll take it back.

That's a shame. Actually, can you take back speedboats?

-How does that work?

-I'll get you something, I'll get you something.

HE MIMICS: I'll get you some...

ALEXANDER MUMBLES NONSENSICALLY

Two returning pairs today, on the first two podiums there,

Ken and Alison. Ken sort of had a kamikaze exit last time.

It was brilliant.

He knew a couple of answers and went for a spectacularly obscure one.

And Ram and Stephen also back, they got through to the second round.

I think it's a very open field today.

Should be a good little show.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, 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.

And of course, 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 to the jackpot.

Now, Jim and Aisling didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £3,250.

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-Ooh!

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

OK, now, the pair with the highest score will be

eliminated at the end of this round.

And, remember, there is to be no conferring.

OK, our first category today is...

The Oscars. 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. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many 21st-century

acting Oscar winners as they could.

21st-century acting Oscar winners. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the name of anyone who's won

one of the four major acting categories,

that's Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress,

or Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor in any of the Oscar ceremonies

from 2001 all the way through to 2013.

So, anyone who's won any of those four acting categories

from the 2001 ceremony through to the 2013 ceremony.

There's plenty of pointless answers on the list

so very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. Richard. Now, then.

Ram and Stephen, you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going to go first.

Ram, welcome back. Tell us what happened last time.

I was debating between going for something risky and something safe.

It was Cities, with nine or more letters. And you chose a town.

I chose a town.

And do you follow the Oscars?

Erm, yes, I've watched some of them.

I feel like I've got a good answer.

Whether or not it's low enough, but I think I've been burned

by my first appearance, so I'm not going to go too risky.

OK, well, best of luck.

-So, I'm going to go for Kate Winslet.

-Kate Winslet.

Kate Winslet, says Ram. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

There you are. 22. Very well done.

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Good answer. Kate Winslet.

Well done, Ram, she won in the 2009 ceremony, for The Reader.

Thanks very much. Now. Ken.

Ken, welcome back.

Justacorps!

-The justacorps, we now know, is not a corset.

-Engraved on my heart.

Yeah. A leotard.

From that to Oscar winners.

Do you think you've got a good answer for this?

I don't think I'd better take any risks.

And I'm not even certain of the one I'm thinking of.

You want it now?

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Any time in the next 45 minutes, Ken!

Gwyneth Paltrow.

Gwyneth Paltrow. Let's see if that's right.

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

Oh, it's justacorps all over again, Ken!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Yes, sorry, Ken. She won an Oscar for Shakespeare In Love, of course,

but that was 1999, that was. So just before our time frame.

Bad luck, Ken.

Good guess, though. Just out of the time frame.

-Now, Hannah, welcome to the show. You brought your mum.

-Yes, I did.

That's nice! Now, whose idea was it to come on the show?

-My idea.

-And was your mum your first choice of team-mate?

Yeah, definitely my mum. She is a genius.

She doesn't want me to say this, but she knows everything about anything.

Best person to have on a pub quiz. I'm not joking.

-So, first choice, definitely.

-Very good. We're looking forward to that.

Lee, genius.

How are you on Film?

This is my dream category. I'm so happy.

So I'm going to say Reese Witherspoon.

Reese Witherspoon.

Reese Witherspoon.

If it's wrong, my sister's going to kill me.

SHE GIGGLES

Because she loves films as well, and she said we're not allowed

to get 100, and we're not allowed to go out in the first round.

So if this is wrong, that's it.

-Is there a particular film you were thinking of?

-Yeah, Walk The Line?

The Johnny Cash one.

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

You are going to survive at your sister's hand.

Three! Hannah, that's a brilliant answer!

And a commensurately low score. Very well done indeed.

Three, for Reese Witherspoon.

Well played, Hannah, that's a very good answer.

Blimey, if Hannah got three, imagine how well Lee's going to do!

-I'm hearing Lee's a genius.

-I've heard that, too, yeah.

Yeah, she won for playing June Carter in Walk The Line, 2006,

she won Best Actress. It's a brilliant film. Have you seen that?

Great film. Yeah, I saw it on an aeroplane, though.

Nice thing, nice to be on an aeroplane but films are never as...

I need to see it again. That's all.

-Not at altitude.

-Yeah.

You know it's 30 seconds longer on the ground than it is at altitude?

Yeah, yeah.

-Now, then, Chris. Welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

What do you do, Chris?

I am a primary school teacher.

I teach in year four at an inner-city school in Southampton.

-And have you been year four all the way?

-No, this is my first time.

I've been in year two with the younger children,

the previous two years, but I fancied a change this year.

Which do you prefer, so far?

Um, I like working with the younger children.

I like to do things like puppet shows and role-play and things.

When they get a bit older, they don't appreciate it as much,

but I am enjoying it.

So year fours don't like your puppets?

Well, I think they're more ashamed of admitting it.

They sort of do, but when it finishes,

they're sort of like, "Oh, no, boring, boring."

How many puppets have you got in your show?

Ooh, I've got about five.

Obviously two is my maximum, unless I grow a third hand. But, er...

-Yeah.

-So.

-Who's your big character?

Well, my favourite character, I've got an old lady I just call Granny.

I wonder what the old granny sounds like, do you?

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Sadly, she's not here...

Oh, wait a minute!

-Hang on! The creator of her is here.

-We could ask him!

We could always ask!

This is not going to end happily, is it?

For you, no. For us, yeah, very much!

OK, I apologise to the whole of Scotland

for the accent I'm about to do.

Hullo! I'm here today on Pointless, and I'm about to give you

an answer for 21st-century acting Oscar winners!

That's not bad!

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I say, that's really not bad at all. I agree, that's not a bad accent.

What are you going to go for, Chris?

I've got a really risky one and a safer one, so I think I'm going

to go for the safer one and go for The Joker, Heath Ledger.

Heath Ledger. Let's see if that's right,

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

It is right.

22, our high score and three our low, well done.

Eight, for Heath Ledger. Not a bad one at all.

-Richard?

-Well played, Chris.

Won Best Supporting Actor, posthumously of course, in 2009.

Only the second actor to receive a posthumous Oscar.

Peter Finch being the other one.

Thank you very much. Well, we're halfway through the round.

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

I hope your sister's watching. And wallowing in glory.

Very well done, Hannah and Lee, looking pretty commanding

at this stage, and then up to eight, where we find Chris and James.

Up to 22, Ram and Stephen. And then, Ken and Alison.

Oh, dear, you're way out in front again, I'm afraid.

Nice high score of 100.

But, yes, we're going to need a low score

from you, Alison, to try and keep you in the game.

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

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

OK, James, remember, we are

looking for the name of any acting Oscar winner in the 21st century.

Chris did very well with 8 there,

excellent score for Heath Ledger.

The high scorers on 100 are Ken and Alison which means

if you can score 91 or less, you're in the next round.

James, what do you do?

I was a retired...

I am a retired security consultant.

Which bit of security did you consult in?

Well, I used to work with a team of white hat hackers

and we used to go and hack people's networks...

-White hat hackers?

-..so that the black hats couldn't go in

and start hacking their network.

We found all the flaws first and then told them how to fix them

and then stopped anyone from going in.

I've never heard the expression "white hat hackers", that's brilliant.

Basically, you were a paid hacker.

And now you've retired, you can just do it for fun.

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Now then, James, there you are on 8 points.

As I say, 91 points or fewer will see you into the next round.

OK, I remember it's a more recent one, it was a French film,

it was a silent film and the actor,

I'm sure, was Jean Dujardin.

Jean Dujardin.

There's your red line, get below that

and you are through to the next round.

Let's see if Jean Dujardin is right

and if it is, how many people said it.

It is right and you are through, very well done.

I have a feeling this might go a very long way down

and it does to 1.

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Takes your total up to 9, James,

a very impressive single-figure total, well done, you.

Well played, James, terrific answer

and a terrific pairing there as well with 9 points.

Yeah, he won in 2012, he won the Best Actor for The Artist.

-It's also quite a good film.

-It's cracking.

-You think it's going to be terrible and it isn't.

-Oh, it's lovely, yeah.

-Now, Lee.

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show, the genius that is Lee.

What do you do, Lee?

I'm a trading standards officer.

-That's quite fun. Whereabouts? In East Sussex?

-In East Sussex, yes.

What are your hobbies, Lee?

I'm a passionate member of the WI.

I haven't made the calendar yet, but keep hoping.

Do you make a calendar, your WI, each year?

Our federation makes a calendar, yes.

It's bridges, footpaths, autumn colours, it's not quite...

-It's not kit off?

-No, no.

-OK.

Um, anyway, Lee, listen, let's have a brilliant answer.

We've had a score of 3 from Hannah which was fabulous,

beaten just now by Jean Dujardin said by James which scored 1.

The only place for you to go is a pointless answer

and I bet there are some.

Well, no pressure then.

I'm going to go with Daniel Day-Lewis.

-Daniel Day-Lewis says Lee.

-Could be risky.

-Could be a risk.

Well, there's your red line, get below that,

you're through to the next round.

Daniel Day-Lewis.

Absolutely right.

22.

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22 takes your total up to 25 which sees you very comfortably

through to the next round.

Yeah, in 2013, of course,

became the first man ever to win three Best Actor Oscars.

Won for Lincoln, also won for There Will Be Blood

and in 1991 for My Left Foot as well.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Alison, there's a scenario in which you

and Ken could still be with us at the end of this round, it goes like

this - you come up with something that scores less than 22

and Stephen suddenly goes mad.

It could happen. How good is your knowledge of film and Oscar winners?

Not terribly good.

My answer was going to be Daniel Day-Lewis

but I was surprised it only scored 22 so I've been frantically

racking my brains so I think it's going to have to be a bit of a punt.

-I thought I might go for Johnny Depp.

-Johnny Depp says Alison.

Johnny Depp.

No red line for you as you're the high scorers, but let's see

if Johnny Depp's right and let's see how many people said it.

Oh, no, bad luck.

Bad luck, Alison, that's an incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-However, you are our latest members of the 200 club.

-300.

No, we won't do it on aggregate, it's all fine.

Welcome to the club, great to have you.

Richard?

Yeah, he's been nominated a few times but hasn't won any, I'm afraid,

but that's the way to go out of the show.

Thanks very much. Now, Stephen.

Stephen, I have good news.

You are into Round Two whatever happens.

However, I think you might have a good answer,

you've had a lot of time to craft your answer.

I've got a couple that I know have won Oscars, or at least I think

-I know, but I'm not sure of the year and that's the bit that's...

-OK.

So, I'm going to go with the riskier of the two and say Charlize Theron.

Charlize Theron.

No red line for you as you're already through but let's see if Charlize Theron is right

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

It is right.

Look at that, 6!

Very well done indeed, 6 for Charlize Theron,

it takes your total up to 28.

Very well done, Stephen.

Well played, Stephen. She won Best Actress Oscar for Monster in 2004.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

They're all for Supporting Actor or Actress.

Alan Arkin won for Little Miss Sunshine.

Benicio Del Toro won for Traffic.

Chris Cooper won for his role in Adaptation.

Jennifer Connelly won for A Beautiful Mind.

Jennifer Hudson won for Dreamgirls.

Marcia Gay Harden, she won for her role in Pollock.

Mo'Nique who won for Precious.

Octavia Spencer who won very recently for The Help

and Penelope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress

for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, all of those pointless answers.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Well, at the end of our first round,

I'm afraid to say the pair leaving us with our high score of 200,

it's our lovely north Northumbrians, it's Alison and Ken.

I'm so sorry. It was Round One last time and it's Round One this time.

I'd like to think that you were going to have an easier time

this time but I'm afraid we threw Oscars at you.

Thank you so much for joining us, Alison and Ken,

it's been lovely having you on the show.

Alison and Ken.

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

Well, we're now down to three pairs.

I think anything could happen in this round, it could go any way.

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

Cricket. 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, and our question concerns...

If it's any consolation, everyone in front of me

now looks really disconsolate.

-Richard.

-But you look happy.

-Well, I do, yes.

I think you'll like this one.

We're going to show you two photographs

now of England Ashes teams, one from 1981 and one from 2013.

We need you to identify anyone in either of these photographs,

please, any of the players in the two photographs you're about to see.

As Richard's just said, we're going to put two images up on the board.

They will stay up throughout the whole round so up the line

and back down the line and all you have to do is name any

person on either of those two photographs.

And here are those two images...

OK, so, Ram, you are going to go first. How is cricket for you, Ram?

Em, absolutely awful. I really have no idea.

I've got somebody that played cricket a long time ago

that could be in the top photograph but I can't recognise him.

Ian Botham.

Ian Botham.

Let's see if Ian Botham is correct

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

It's absolutely right. Well done, Ram.

-30.

-Oh, my God.

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30 for Ian Botham.

Well done, Ram, a bit of damage limitation there.

It was known as Botham's Ashes, the '81 Ashes, gave up

the captaincy halfway through, but there he is in the bottom-left.

Now then, Hannah.

I actually follow the Ashes quite closely so, again,

this isn't too bad for me.

I'm going to say Stuart Broad for the bottom photo.

Stuart Broad says Hannah, Stuart Broad.

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

Down it goes to 20.

Well done, Hannah, good score.

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Well played, Hannah, took 22 wickets during that Ashes series in 2013.

Thanks very much. Now, Chris. Cricket, Chris.

Yeah, I'm afraid it's not very good for me. I had Ian Botham in my head.

I'm just going to have to go for the only other cricket player

I can think of and hope that they're in the top picture

and that is Phil Tufnell.

OK, well, let's find out. Phil Tufnell, is he in that picture?

If he is, how many people said it?

Bad luck.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you

the maximum of 100 points.

I'm sorry, Chris.

Yeah, sorry, Chris, too late for the '81, too early for the 2013,

I'm afraid.

OK, thanks very much.

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

20, the best score of that pass, Hannah, very well done to you.

You and Lee looking strong at this stage.

Then up to 30 where we find Ram and Stephen and then, I'm afraid,

it's up to 100 where we find Chris and James.

The lovely low score you had in the first round

beginning to be a distant memory there.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, James, we're looking for the name of anyone who

appears in either of these pictures.

There they are.

Is cricket something you follow?

I know more about hippo breeding than I know about cricket.

There's someone there who looks a bit like someone who I think

used to be on TV and I think his name was David Gower.

David Gower says James.

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

No red line for you, James, as you are the high scorers.

It's right.

21.

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21 takes your total up to 121.

Well played, James, might have kept yourself in it.

Yeah, David Gower scored over 8,000 runs in his Test career,

now a very good presenter and commentator.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Lee.

Lee, good news, you're in the head-to-head.

How's your cricket, Lee?

Eh, cricket's great. I followed the '81 Ashes and the most recent Ashes.

Go on, give us a brilliant name from the '81.

Em, the top photo, next to Ian Botham, I think, is Bob Willis.

OK, Bob Willis says Lee.

No red line for you for the lovely reason that you're already

through but let's see if Bob Willis is right

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

It's right.

Very well done, 19.

Lowest score of the round, very well done, Lee. Takes your total to 39.

Well played, Lee.

Do you know Bob Willis changed his middle name from George to Dylan?

Did he?

Because of Bob Dylan who was his musical hero, so by deed poll,

he changed his name to Bob Dylan Willis.

To Bob Dylan Geldof Willis.

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-Stephen.

-Hello.

-Now, you are not out of the woods here by any means.

The high scorers are James and Chris on 121, there you are on 30.

90 or less will see you into the head-to-head.

Is cricket something you're comfortable with?

I should be better than I am.

I'm going to play safe and hope that it gets us

below the line with Kevin Pietersen.

Kevin Pietersen says Stephen.

There's your red line.

If you get below that with Kevin Pietersen,

you are in the head-to-head. Let's find out.

Kevin Pietersen, is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

19.

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Joint lowest-score of the pass, takes your total up to 49.

Did exactly the right thing there, Stephen, very well played.

Now, I bet you're rather good at this round.

Is there anything you fancy going for?

-Joe Root, probably, or Steven Finn.

-Well, let's take a look.

-Joe Root, there he is. He would have scored you 10 points.

-Steven Finn.

Steven Finn, there he is, he would have scored you 5 points,

both are good answers.

Let's go through both of the pictures.

Let's take the 1981 picture first.

You've got Bob Taylor there, would've scored you 2 points,

he's the best answer you could have got.

Chris Old, he would have scored you 3.

There's John Emburey, would've scored you 4.

Peter Willey, that's who I went for, he would've scored you 5.

Graham Gooch there with 8 points.

Geoffrey Boycott, 11 points he would've scored you.

Mike Brearley, he would've scored you 13 points.

Bob Willis, we've already had, on 19. Mike Gatting there on 21.

Let's take a look at the 2013 team.

You would have got 4 points for Graham Onions,

he's the best answer on that picture.

5 points for Steven Finn as we've heard.

You would have got 8 points for Tim Bresnan.

9 for Jonny Bairstow, 10 for Joe Root, 10 for Jonathan Trott.

Ian Bell, 11. Graeme Swann there would have scored 14, Matt Prior, 15.

Kevin Pietersen we know already got 19.

Broady got 20, Alistair Cook, 23,

just pipped by James Anderson who got 24 points.

Good for him. Thanks very much indeed.

So, at the end of our second round, I'm afraid the pair who'll be

heading home with our high score of 121 is James and Chris.

Oh, dear, so good in the first round.

But it all bodes very well for next time and I'm sure you'll do

much better then but it's been great having you on the show.

Thanks so much, James and Chris.

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

Well, congratulations, Lee and Hannah, Ram and Stephen, you are now

one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...

So, now, we have to decide who's going to play for that money

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

The big difference is you are now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Well, Lee and Hannah, your first appearance on Pointless

and straight through to the head-to-head.

Ram and Stephen, last time, Round Two. This time, head-to-head, hey!

So, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

UK cuts of beef, Richard.

We are going to show you the names of five UK cuts of beef

but we've filleted them all leaving just the first and last letters.

Can you fill in the gaps and tell us what the cuts are, please?

Thanks very much so let's reveal our five UK cuts of beef

and here they are.

We have got...

HE READS LETTERS

I'll read those one last time.

HE REPEATS LETTERS

Now then, Lee and Hannah, you played best throughout the show

so far, so you get to answer first.

-Any ideas?

-(Only one, silverside.)

We're going to go for the third one down, silverside.

Silverside say Lee and Hannah. Now, Ram and Stephen.

Do you want to talk us through the cuts?

Talking you through the board, it's rump, silverside,

which we got as well,

tartare and flank but I just can't quite figure out what

that top one is and whether or not it's going to be really low.

I think we're going to go with flank.

You're going to go with flank, the bottom one.

OK, so we have silverside versus flank.

Now, Lee and Hannah said silverside, let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people said silverside.

It is right.

28.

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And Ram and Stephen have gone for flank.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

It's got to beat 20. Oh, look at that, 58.

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There we are. 58. That's a big score for flank, isn't it?

But that means very well done, Lee and Hannah.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

Silverside was tough to beat. It's a good answer.

You wouldn't have beaten it with tartare,

because that is a way of cooking beef. It's not... Topside.

I'm afraid it wouldn't have beaten silverside anyway,

so it would have scored you 33 points.

Wouldn't have beaten it with rump, either,

-because that would have scored 93 points...

-Ooh!

-..for rump.

-Now, the top one...

-Can I guess what it is?

-You can guess what it is.

Is it clod?

-Absolutely.

-Oh, no!

-And is the best answer on the board as well. 8 points for clod.

-Oh, no!

-Being honest, now, had you heard of clod?

-Clod? Mmm, delicious!

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, here comes our second question.

Now, Ram and Stephen, you get to answer this one first.

But you have to win it to stay in the game, so very best of luck.

It concerns...

It concerns Poetry. Stephen, closing his eyes, shaking his head.

Ram, laughing. Richard, Poetry.

Going to show you five clues now to facts about poetry.

Can you give us the most obscure answer to one of these?

OK, let's reveal our five clues, and here they come. We have got...

I will read those all one last time.

There we are, Ram and Stephen, you will answer first.

-THEY WHISPER:

-The second one is... They might not know.

-I don't think the second one is, though.

-Really?

-No.

We're going to go with the Lewis Carroll novel

that features the poem Jabberwocky. And it's a bit of a guess.

Is it Through The Looking Glass?

Through The Looking Glass, say Ram and Stephen,

for the Jabberwocky novel.

Lee and Hannah, what are you going to go for?

Do you fancy talking us through the board?

The 14th-century author of Canterbury Tales

we think is Geoffrey Chaucer.

Um...but the other ones... Gone blank,

so we're going to go with the top one, and we think

Daniel Day-Lewis's father is Cecil.

Cecil, say Lee and Hannah.

Cecil, the father of Daniel Day-Lewis.

Now, in the order they were given, Ram and Stephen

said Through The Looking Glass.

Let's see if that is right, for the novel from which Jabberwocky comes.

It is right. My God! Very well done, Ram and Stephen.

How far down the column it goes

we will discover...

Look at that, 6!

Very well done indeed. Great answer.

APPLAUSE

Very well done. You chose well.

Now, Lee and Hannah,

you have said Cecil Day-Lewis was the Poet Laureate father of Daniel.

Let's find out if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said it.

It's absolutely right, of course.

It has to beat six.

Ooh... 16.

16. Well done, Ram and Stephen.

You've done exactly what you needed to do there.

After two questions, you're back in the game. It is 1-1.

Well played there to Ram and Stephen. That has made the scoring even.

That's my little, er... LAUGHTER

-That's my little poetry sum-up for you.

-That's nice.

Let's take a look at the rest of these.

You're right about Geoffrey Chaucer. A big scorer, though, Geoffrey Chaucer - would have scored you 51.

-Roald Dahl's 1982 collection of rhymes...

-Revolting Rhymes?

Revolting Rhymes, yeah. Would have scored you five points.

And the best answer on the board, the poet with whom

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the collection of Lyrical Ballads...

-William Wordsworth.

-William Wordsworth. 4 points.

Well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, here comes your third question.

This will be the decider - who will go through to the final,

who will we say goodbye to?

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

ABBA singles. Richard.

I'm going to show you five picture clues now, to top 40 singles by ABBA.

Tell us the name of the single that these pictures most directly refer to. Best of luck.

The team who gets the most obscure answer plays for the jackpot.

Thanks very much indeed.

So let's reveal our five picture clues to ABBA singles,

and here they are. We have got...

That's good.

Lee and Hannah, you will go first.

-Um...

-Which one?

I don't know.

THEY CONFER IN WHISPERS

OK, we're going to go with A - SOS.

SOS. You're going to say SOS for A.

Ram and Stephen.

Um... Do you want us to talk you through the board?

Yeah - why not?

-B is Fernando Torres, so Fernando.

-Fernando.

C is Waterloo.

-That's probably...

-We think that's going to be high.

-And D and E we're just not sure.

-We will go for...

-B.

-B. Fernando.

Fernando,

say Ram and Stephen. So we have SOS, and we have Fernando.

Now, Lee and Hannah, you said SOS. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

-Ooh!

-38.

APPLAUSE

38. Now, Ram and Stephen, you have gone for Fernando for B.

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

let's see how many people said it. Fernando.

It's right.

But it's got to beat 38.

Is it going to?

Yes, it is! Look at that.

Ooh, 20. Very well done indeed. Fernando.

APPLAUSE

You pulled it back, Ram and Stephen. Very well done indeed.

After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.

Well played, Ram and Stephen, nicely answered. I like those rounds.

-We've got a few more of these coming up soon.

-Oh, good.

Let's take a look at the other three.

You're right about C - it is Waterloo. It was a big scorer though,

it won't surprise you. Would have scored you 80 points.

The best answer on the board is the next one.

You've got to guess whether they have a song called Roly-Poly,

or Head Over Heels.

They've got a song called Head Over Heels. It was a number 25 hit.

That would have scored you five.

And E, of course, is Martin Luther King, doing his famous...

-I Have A Dream.

-..I Have A Dream speech.

Yes, I Have A Dream. And that would have scored 25 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round is Lee

and Hannah. Well, you did incredibly well there,

and you could have done better - you knew Head Over Heels.

We did. That's my fault. I'm never going to live it down.

Never mind. You can forget all about it, because you'll be back next

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

But it's been great having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing. Lee and Hannah.

APPLAUSE

But for Ram and Stephen, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Ram and Stephen.

You fought off all the competition and you have won

a coveted Pointless trophy, so well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,250.

There it is.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, I'm delighted you've done so well.

Ooh, you were 1-0 down in the head-to-head,

and then you came through with Through The Looking Glass.

That was a fabulous moment, there.

-Don't know where that came from.

-And Fernando.

-Yeah.

-Brilliant.

Well, very, very best of luck in this round. As always,

you kick off this final round by choosing the category

you want to answer on.

And here are the options you can choose from. They are...

Just on the basis we know quite a bit about American locations...

Do you want to go for the bottom one?

On the basis that we know a bit about American locations,

maybe not so much popular music - but we'll go...

-American locations in popular music.

-Yeah.

-American locations in popular music. With the emphasis on American.

-Yeah!

OK, best of luck. Richard.

Yeah, what we're looking for is any band or artist who've had

a UK top-40 single or album with...

The word "New York" in it, in its title.

The word "Memphis" in its title.

Or the word "California" in its title.

So any artist or band who've had a top-40 album or single

with New York, Memphis, or California in its title.

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 of £3,250,

all you need to do is find a pointless answer.

Now, remember, the answers you provide

can come from any of these three categories.

New York, Memphis or California, on singles or album titles.

You can choose the category. All three can come from

the same category, you can have one from each...

It's up to you how you spread them across those.

-Are you ready?

-BOTH:

-Yep.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Can I go through mine first?

-Yeah, cool.

So, I think California Love is by 2Pac,

and Hotel California is The Eagles.

-Yep.

-So those are two answers. I don't know how obscure they are.

I think California Love is fairly obscure, by 2Pac.

Yeah, that's pretty good. I'd keep that one.

-And New York City Cops by Strokes.

-Strokes. Brilliant.

And California Dreamin' by the Beach Boys - they covered it.

It was originally The Mamas & The Papas, but...

Oh, so which one would you...?

Because The Mamas & The Papas might be more obscure.

-Yeah, Mamas & Papas, The Strokes...

-..and 2Pac.

-..and 2Pac.

A little bit of hip-hop.

-Any others you can think of while we've got a bit of time?

-Memphis...

I just keep thinking of that Cher song.

There's that song Memphis On My Mind,

but I have no idea who sings that.

Don't know that. New York...

Obviously, Frank Sinatra, but that's going to be....

And you've got that New York...

Obviously, you've Californication by The Red Hot Chili Peppers,

but that's not exactly California, is it?

We'll stick with that,

so we'll go Strokes, 2Pac, and Mamas & Papas?

-Yeah.

-And what's the most random - 2Pac?

-I think so.

-Yeah, Strokes in the middle...

-OK, that's your time up.

I now need your three answers.

What are you going to give me?

-We're going to go with Mamas & Papas.

-Mamas & Papas.

-Yeah.

-For California.

-We'll go for The Strokes for the New York...

-Strokes for New York.

-Yeah, and...

-California Love, which is 2Pac, for California.

-2Pac for California.

Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Probably in that order, isn't it? I think 2Pac's probably our best.

-OK, we'll put 2Pac last.

-Yep.

-And we'll put Mamas & Papas first.

-Yep.

-Yeah, I think so.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order, then.

-Sorry if it's wrong.

-No...

We have got...

Well, very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was The Mamas & The Papas.

Now, if this is right, and it's pointless, it will win you £3,250.

-What would you do with that?

-Um...

I would put that towards a deposit

for an Aston Martin. I'd have a lot of saving to do,

but I would have that as a little nest...

OK, "Put that as a deposit towards..."

And I was thinking, "This is good. This is good."

"..an Aston Martin."

-OK. No, that's a good thing to spend it on.

-It's fun.

-Why not? Stephen.

I've got slightly more realistic aspirations,

and I'd probably buy a retro arcade machine for our house.

Well, best of luck. Three good answers on the board.

Let's hope one of those will get you that...arcade machine/Aston Martin.

Mamas & Papas you said was your least confident

shot at a pointless answer, but only one of these answers has to

be pointless for you to win that jackpot, so let's find out.

For £3,250, how many people remembered The Mamas & The Papas

had California in a single or an album title?

It is right.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you'll be leaving with £3,250.

It's going down through the '20s,

down through the teens...

15!

APPLAUSE

OK, 15 for that. That's fine. That was your first answer.

You'd have been very surprised if that had been pointless, surely.

Two more shots at today's jackpot. Your next answer was The Strokes.

We've now moved to the New York category.

Let's hope nobody said The Strokes. Let's hope it's correct.

It has to be a single or an album with New York in its name.

For £3,250, let's find out how many people said The Strokes.

Well, it's right.

Your first answer, Mamas & The Papas took us down to 15.

The Strokes now takes us way past 15, down into single figures.

Down it goes...

Down it goes. You've done it!

-SHE SHRIEKS

-Very well done indeed!

Very well done.

-Oh, very, very well done indeed! Congratulations.

-Oh, my God.

The Strokes was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of £3,250.

Well done, you, Ram and Stephen.

That was brilliant, Ram and Stephen. Really well done.

New York City Cops was a double A-side with Hard To Explain, by The Strokes. That's a terrific answer.

2Pac did California Love, of course - would have scored you two points.

So that was your winning answer.

Let's take a look at some of the other winning answers.

The Bee Gees, and New York Mining Disaster, of course.

Bruce Springsteen and The E. Street Band's Live In New York City.

That was a pointless answer.

Good Evening, New York City, Paul McCartney,

and REM, Leaving New York, also would have been pointless.

Also could have had Fun Lovin' Criminals, Lou Reed, Pet Shop Boys,

Shinehead - all of those pointless answers.

Memphis - Dave Berry & The Cruisers.

Prefab Sprout, From Langley Park To Memphis, the album.

Terrific new album out as well, Prefab Sprout.

Sheryl Crow, Wet Wet Wet.

And for California, you could have had America,

you could have had Elvis Presley, California King Bed by Rihanna,

and the wonderful Wedding Present with California -

all of those were pointless answers.

Well done if you got any of those at home.

Very well done for getting New York City Cops in the studio.

That's terrific work, and I hope you get your arcade machine.

Many happy years ahead of you, playing that.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players,

Ram and Stephen, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250!

APPLAUSE

Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

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

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.