Episode 63 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

the show where the aim of the game

is to find the most obscure answer possible.

Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

I'm Ami and this is my partner, Sam. We're from London.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Liz, this is my husband Peter, and we're from Pickering.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Ray, this is Kevin.

We're from Wigan and St Helens in Lancashire,

-and we play golf together.

-And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Matt, this is my delightful baby sister, Anna,

and we're from London.

These are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you.

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

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Sound the geek klaxon, ring the swot bell.

Nerd alert: code red.

It's my Pointless friend...

-What?! It's Richard!

-Hi, everyone. Hiya!

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Hello.

We've only got one returning pair today, that's Sam and Ami,

notable for Ami joining the 200 club all by herself on the last show.

And, you know, we quite often have a sixth sense for who's going to be a good pairing on the show, don't we?

Sometimes a pair turns up, and even just by looking, you go, "OK."

You know who I'm talking about on this show?

-Ray and Kevin?

-Ray and Kevin, yeah.

-Don't you think?

-Definitely.

-They've just got that look,

that smiling assassin look we see so often.

They're going to be awesome. They're like a machine.

-I can see that.

-Don't you think?

-Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.

As ever, the aim of the game is to find a pointless answer,

that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time you do that, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Now, Sarah and Ruth didn't win the jackpot last time,

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

at £3,000.

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

Now, as ever, the pair with the highest score

at the end of this round will be eliminated,

and there is to be no conferring during this round.

Our category for round one is...

Countries. 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 concerns. And it is...

Country Borders. Richard?

In a moment, Xander's going to show you a list of five countries,

all landlocked countries.

We need you to tell us the name of any country

that has a national land border

with any of the countries you're about to see.

As always, by country we mean a member of the UN

that's a sovereign state in its own right. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, we'll put the names of five countries up on the board.

They will remain up for the whole round,

so they'll be up when the question line comes up and back down again.

Let's read those five countries out. Here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Sam and Ami, you all drew lots before the show,

-and today you are going to go first. Sam, welcome back.

-Thank you.

How was it last time?

It was good fun.

We, erm.... I think "death or glory" was the term that was used.

It was certainly that!

Yes, Ami, you went for the Monster Raving Loony Party, which was...

-Some people do.

-Yeah, exactly!

I thought, rather than Conservative, Labour, which was boring, I would...

-Spice it up a bit?

-Yeah!

-Good, good.

Sam, are you feeling comfortable about this geography question?

I was when it said Countries and Richard explained the question,

and now I see them all, I've got a plethora of things going through,

so I'm going to play fairly safe and say Montenegro.

-Montenegro.

-Yeah.

-OK, Montenegro, says Sam.

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

It is right.

There we are, 15 for Montenegro.

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Great start, Sam.

For much of the 20th century it was part of Yugoslavia.

Then it was part of the Federated Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

And now it's just Montenegro.

-Before you know it, it'll be Monte.

-And Negro.

Yeah, Negro will be somewhere else. And then... Where's it going to end?

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Peter, welcome to the show.

-Great to have you here, from Pickering?

-Yes.

In North Yorkshire. What do you do, Peter?

I'm retired. I was a production manager at a chemical factory.

-What sort of chemicals were they making?

-Dyestuffs.

I was at school with Di Stuffs.

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-Yeah, he was a redhead, wasn't he?

-That's right, that's him.

-Then, the next day, a blue head.

-Yeah.

-That's the one!

Now, Peter, what are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for Democratic Republic of Congo

for Central African Republic.

The Democratic Republic of Congo, says Peter.

Sounds like a great answer, let's hope it's correct.

Let's hope nobody thought of it, as well.

Oh, look at that, Peter! Very well done indeed, 3.

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3 for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Very well played, Peter. That's a terrific answer.

Two Pointless favourites in one question there,

Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

-How great is that?

-Yeah.

Now, Ray, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here. What do you do, Ray?

I'm a retired structural engineer,

and I also used to teach line dancing.

They often go hand-in-hand, don't they, yes? And where do you teach?

I used to have classes at Bury, where I used to live,

and I've taught on cruise ships on a couple of occasions, as well.

-That must be fun?

-Yeah, it's great.

-Good stuff. Now, cruise ships...

Yeah, might have given you a bit of geographical knowledge.

I'll go with Chad.

You're going to say Chad? Ray says Chad.

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

Very good.

Oh, look at that! Very well done indeed.

Some great answers coming out this round. 6 for Chad.

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That's a very good answer, Chad. It wouldn't be great for cruise ships.

The capital of Chad is over 1,000 miles by road from the nearest coast.

-Yeah, that's...

-You can't have a day at the seaside if you live in Chad.

Spare a thought for them.

-Now, Matt.

-Hi.

-Welcome, welcome to Pointless.

-What do you do, Matt?

-I'm a solicitor in the City of London.

Any particular sort of branch of...of...soliciting?

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The best kind, competition law.

-So, how is your geography, Matt?

-It's not bad, it's not bad.

But the countries there are quite obscure, some of them.

But there's a couple of "..stans" up there

so I'm going to go for another "..stan" and go for Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan, says Matt.

Let's see if Kyrgyzstan is right and how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right. 15 our high score, 3 our low.

You've passed 15, you've passed 3.

Very well done indeed, Matt. A new low score.

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-Great answer. 2 points.

Kyrgyzstan, terrific answer. It's a good round so far, isn't it?

Kyrgyzstan, of course, famous last year for the great vowel shortage.

Yes. A vowel drought there.

-Yeah, the vowel drought.

-Well, in fact, it was just the "vwl drght".

Yes, it was, the "vwl drght".

Anyway, we're halfway through the round.

I must take people through the scores.

Best score of that pass was yours, Matt. Very well done indeed.

2 points to Matt and Anna, looking pretty good.

Then Peter and Liz on 3, Ray and Kevin on 6.

Now, Sam, 15, not a bad score at all,

-but, erm, in this, in this company...

-Up against it.

I'm afraid you are out in front, so, Ami, it falls to you.

We'll come back down the line now.

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

OK, so, we're looking for countries that border

these landlocked countries listed here.

And, as ever, Anna, you're going to try and find

the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Welcome to the show.

-Hi.

-What do you do, Anna?

I'm a medical student in London.

And how long have you been doing that for?

This is my ninth year at university.

Wow.

But that's great, you're going to be super qualified when you come out.

Good stuff.

Now, what about these countries bordering landlocked countries?

If you can score 12 or less,

you'll avoid becoming the high scorers.

That would be good.

OK, I'm going to go for a bit of a risky one

and I'm going to say Mongolia.

Mongolia? Mongolia. There's your red line.

If you get below that red line, you're through to the next round.

Let's find out if Mongolia's right,

and, if it is, how many people said it. Mongolia.

No!

Bad luck, Anna.

Good to take a risk, bad to get it wrong.

But, there we are. 100 points, I'm afraid, that scores you.

Might not be the last 100 points of this round, you never know.

But 102 is your total.

Sorry, Anna. Seems like it should, doesn't it?

I thought maybe with Kazakhstan.

Seems at least one of them, it should be.

What are they thinking?

-Anyway, now, Kevin, welcome.

-Thank you.

Every so often, I always like to pull out a lookalike.

I'm going to say Kevin is St Helen's...Julian Fellowes.

-Will you give me that?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Will you give me Julian Fellowes?

Yeah, I wish I had his money.

Maybe you could.

Buy lots of tweed and walk into a Swiss bank and just say,

-"I'll see my account now."

-"Of course, you know me, don't you?"

-"Who I am?"

-They'll say, "Of course."

-"Of course, Mr Fellowes."

"I wonder if I could take out all of my money just to look at for a moment?"

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"And if you could leave the room for a second, because it's very bad manners

"to stand in a room while someone looks at all his money."

And when they leave the room, scarper.

Kevin, it's great to have you here. You're on 6 points.

The high scorers are Anna and Matt on 102,

which means 95 or less sees you comfortably into the next round.

How are you feeling about geography?

Er... Well, going back to Austria,

it's the Austro-Hungarian Empire,

-so I'll go for Hungary.

-Hungary, says Kevin.

There is your red line. Get below that, you're in round two.

Let's find out if Hungary is right, let's see how many people said it.

It's right, and you're through.

20, very well done.

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-26 is your total.

-We were right about Ray and Kevin, weren't we?

-Yeah.

-Never wrong.

-Never ever wrong.

Liz, welcome. Welcome to the show.

Great score from Peter in the first pass there.

-I know.

-He's set you up absolutely fantastically.

-How did you and Peter meet each other?

-We met in China.

-Did you?

-And the day after we got home,

Peter turned up at my doorstep with a single red rose,

and every year, on that date, he buys me a single red rose.

Ahh!

Now then, Liz, there you are on 3,

wanting to score 98 or less to stay in the game.

I think you can do that.

Slovakia.

Slovakia, says Liz.

Slovakia. Let's see if that's right

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

There's your red line.

Absolutely right. Very well done, Liz.

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10, takes your total up to 13.

Well played, Liz.

Yes, it's been an independent nation since 1993.

A single red rose is an interesting phenomenon, isn't it?

Because it is very, very romantic, it's a very charming thing to do,

but also, actually, quite cheap.

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-It's nice.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Ami.

102, the high scorers over there, Anna and Matt. You're on 15.

You can score 86 and still get through to the next round.

Now, then, what are you going to go for?

Erm, I shan't be too brave,

-and I shall say Russia.

-Russia, says Ami.

Let's see if Russia's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

There's your red line.

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

-34.

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49, your total.

Yeah, absolutely safe and sound, Ami. Very well played.

Now, there's only one pointless answer anywhere on the board,

and that, obviously, borders the Central African Republic,

-and it's South Sudan.

-South Sudan, yeah.

Macedonia, of course, borders Serbia.

And Tajikistan borders Afghanistan.

For Central African Republic, you could have got 2 for Cameroon,

you could have got 3 for Sudan, you could have got 11 for Congo.

Austria, Liechtenstein was the best answer,

Liechtenstein would have scored you 7.

And Iran would have scored 28 for bordering Afghanistan.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair who are heading home

with their high score of 102, I'm afraid it's Anna and Matt.

Well, you did the right thing, though, you took a punt.

You were looking for a good low score.

It all bodes very well for next time, anyway.

Anna and Matt, we'll look forward to seeing you then.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing. Anna and Matt.

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But, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

And so, just three pairs remain. At the end of this round,

we'll be saying goodbye to another pair

in time for our head-to-head round.

Very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for round two is...

Famous People. 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 the question concerns...

The Evening Standard Power 1,000.

On each pass we're going to give you six clues to people,

all of whom appeared on this list.

The Evening Standard publishes the 1,000 most powerful people in London.

It's going to be six on each pass, 12 in all, to have a go at at home.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So we are looking for the names of people described by these clues.

Here's our first board of six.

I'll read those all one last time.

So there we are, six clues to six people

on the Evening Standard Power 1,000 List.

Sam, what do you make of that?

Er, not great, really.

Well, I'm going to go with the Oscar winner and the artistic director,

-which I believe is Danny Boyle.

-Danny Boyle.

Sam, let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

26.

26. Good, low score. Danny Boyle.

One of our 100, when asked that question, said Danny Dyer.

LAUGHTER

-Really?

-So that goes to show.

Thanks very much. Now, Peter, what do you make of that?

Horrendous!

I knew Danny Boyle, and I should know the Pompidou Centre

and I should know the scientist,

but I'm struggling, so I'll have to go with the Prime Minister's wife,

2010, Samantha Cameron.

Samantha, or Sam Cameron, says Peter.

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

It's right.

18, Peter!

She's the great-great-great-great -great-great-great-great

granddaughter of Charles II, Samantha Cameron.

Thanks very much. Now, Kevin.

Kevin, you're the last person to have this board,

which I think is great

because I think you can probably take us through some of them.

-I don't think I can!

-Really?

I think I'm stumped on this one, yeah.

Er, well...

played the character Crystal in the 2013 film, Judi Dench.

OK, well, let's find out how wide of the mark or otherwise

Kevin might be with Judi Dench.

Is it right? How many people said it if it is?

Oh, bad luck. A good guess, but I'm afraid an incorrect one.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry, Kevin.

-That's all right.

Yes, actually the most obscure answer on the board by a mile.

It was a pointless answer, that one,

so it was a tough one to choose for a guess.

Kristin Scott Thomas is the answer to that. The pointless answer.

Now, the computer scientist credited with

inventing the World Wide Web...

-Tim Berners-Lee.

-Yes, Tim Berners-Lee.

He was of course featured in the opening ceremony as well, wasn't he?

13 points. The biggest score up there, the professor, Brian Cox.

That would have scored you 42.

And the architect, Richard Rogers, yes.

He would have scored three points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores as they stand.

18, very much the best score of that pass, Peter. Well done.

That puts you and Liz in a strong position,

and up to 26 where we find Sam and Ami, very well done,

and I'm afraid it's up to 100 where we find Kevin and Ray.

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

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

OK, we will put six more descriptions up on the board.

And here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Remember, Ray, we're looking for the names of the people

described by these clues and obviously, you're going

to try and find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-I think it's a harder board, this one.

-I agree.

Wish I'd have had the first one.

I'm going to have to go for the top one, which is

really the only one I can say, which is Alastair Cook.

Alastair Cook, says Ray. Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, how many of our 100 people said Alastair Cook.

It's right.

23.

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23 takes your total up to 123.

Well played, Ray.

Might have kept yourself in the game there, you never know.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Liz.

Became third in line to the British throne, Prince George.

Prince George, says Liz. Let's see if that's right and,

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

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

It's right.

70.

-Takes your total up to 88.

-A big score, but safe and sound, yeah.

Quite depressing that within minutes of him being born,

he's already much more important than we'll ever be.

Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, then, Ami, do you want to talk us through the board?

I can talk you through two, I think.

I think the animator is Nick Park.

And I think, I think the guy who plays Luther

is called Idris Elba, but I'll be a bit safer and go for Nick Park.

You're going to go for Nick Park. Well, you have to score 96 or less.

I think you might be able to do this. There is your red line.

If you can get below it, you're in the head-to-head. Let's see.

Nick Park. Is that right?

Of course it's right. And you are through, very well done.

17. Well done, you.

43, your total.

Well played, Ami, you've been great in both rounds on today's show,

terrific work.

You're absolutely right about Stringer Bell

and Luther as well, it is Idris Elba.

He would have scored you 15 points.

Now, Margaret Mountford was replaced by Karren Brady.

Fairly big score for her, 30.

And the best answer on that board, became editor of British Vogue.

-Is it Alexandra Shulman?

-It is Alexandra Shulman. One point.

Very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed.

Well, at the end of our second round, I'm sorry to say,

the pair heading home with a high score of 123,

it's the people I thought were going to win.

-Did you have a bet on us?

-Well, no, it's fine.

As long as you win the next game, I will still redeem my 50 grand,

so that's fine.

Ray and Kevin.

Thank you. Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Sam and Ami, Peter and Liz,

you are one step closer to the final and a chance to play

for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000. There it is.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

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.

This time, you are allowed to confer.

And the first pair to win two questions will be

playing for that £3,000 jackpot.

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

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

-Richard.

-I'm going to show you five images now

of birds which have five letters, according to the RSPB website.

Can you tell us the most obscure of these? Good luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five five-letter birds, and here they are.

There we are. Five birds with five letters in their names.

Now, then, Sam and Ami, you played best throughout the show,

so you get to go first.

-We're going to go safe and go for D, raven.

-D, raven.

D, raven, says Sam and Ami.

Now, Peter and Liz, do you think you might be able to talk us through

the whole board and fill in the blanks for us?

I would, if I was a bird-watcher.

For some reason, I just hoped you might be.

Hmmm, not really. Do you want to go B?

No.

No, we'll go a completely wild guess and go, E, heron.

E, heron.

E, heron.

OK, now, Sam and Ami have said raven, for D.

Let's see if raven's right and,

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

It's right.

56, for raven.

Quite a high score, but it's right.

Now, Peter and Liz, I could hear some doubts setting in.

No sooner had you said heron

than I heard you say stork,

but heron is the answer you've given, so we will take that.

E, shall we find out if that's a heron?

And how many people said it, if it is.

Ooh, bad luck!

Bad luck.

Very well done, Sam and Ami. After one question, you are up 1-0.

Well played, Sam and Ami.

I think you did the right thing, going for the most obvious one.

-Yes, it's not a heron, it's not a stork either. It's a crane.

-Ah!

Yeah, I bet lots of people at home

got caught out on one or other of those answers.

Would have scored you 19 points, would have been a good answer.

Now, C, do you know what C is?

-Yeah.

-We know them as a quail.

-Oh!

Would have scored you 26.

Now, B, we use its feathers a lot.

Britain's heaviest duck.

It's an eider. Yeah, absolutely. It's an eider.

Would have scored you six points. And A is the best answer on the board,

it's a twite.

A twite. Would have scored you one point.

A twite, I'm not sure I've ever heard that word said before.

You should go on Twiter! They're all on that.

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

Now, Peter and Liz. You get to answer this one first,

but you have to win this one to stay in the game, so good luck.

It concerns...

The human heart, Richard.

Now, we are going to give you five clues to facts about the human heart.

Can you give us the most obscure answer? Best of luck.

OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.

We have got...

And I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about the heart.

Peter and Liz, you will go first.

Which do you think is most...

-Sorry?

-Which is going to be the hardest one?

Which one do you know?

We will go with city where Christiaan Barnard performed

the first successful heart transplant as Cape Town.

Cape Town, say Peter and Liz, Cape Town for the first one.

Now, then, Sam and Ami.

-Do you fancy talking us through the board?

-We'll give it a go.

I believe the lower chambers are the ventricles.

Does the right side of the heart pump the blood to the lungs?

And the systolic and diastolic readings,

potentially blood pressure. Which one do you want to go for?

Ventricles, maybe?

-Ventricles, shall we?

-Go on.

-Why not?

We will go for ventricles for the two lower chambers, please.

OK, you're going to say ventricles.

Peter and Liz said Cape Town was where Christiaan Barnard

performed the first human heart transplant.

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

It's right, very well done.

Ooh, look at that, 10.

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Ten for Cape Town, very well done.

Sam and Ami, you said ventricles for the lower chambers of the heart.

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

It's right.

It's going to have to beat 10, though.

Ooh, 39.

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Very well done, Peter and Liz, back in the game,

after two questions, it is 1-1.

Well played, both teams there,

there's only one answer that would have beaten Cape Town.

It's the one you didn't know.

You were right about systolic and diastolic. It's blood pressure.

Big score for that, 68 points.

The right side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs, of course.

That would have scored you 20.

Best answer up there is the wall dividing the right

and left sides of the heart, which is the septum.

That would have scored you five points.

Very well done if you said that at home, a terrific answer.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Here comes your deciding question.

Whoever wins this one goes to the final and plays for that jackpot.

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

RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER

-Your dream round, isn't it, Liz?

-Yes!

Duran Duran singles. Richard?

Yes, we're going to show you a list of five Duran Duran singles.

But we're just going to show you

the number of letters in each word in that title.

Can you decipher what those titles are, please?

-Best of luck, both teams.

-Thanks very much, indeed.

Let's reveal our five Duran Duran singles, and here they are.

There we are, five Duran Duran singles.

Sam and Ami, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

We'll go for 8,5, Ordinary World.

8,5, Ordinary World, say Sam and Ami.

Peter and Liz, do you want to talk us through the board?

LAUGHTER

We haven't a clue. But we will go with...

1,4,2,1,4...

..A Girl In A Boat.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

That's the third single I ever bought,

A Girl In A Boat by Duran Duran.

That is brilliant.

Now, Sam and have gone for Ordinary World.

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

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

Eight for Ordinary World.

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Peter and Liz, I think we know the answer to this one, but I think

you deserve some sort of special prize for coming up with that.

It fits and it's perfect and it's lovely and it would be great.

I fear it may not be right.

Let's see, is it? A Girl In A Boat.

No, bad luck!

Bad luck, the greatest single they never had a hit with,

A Girl In A Boat. But very well done.

Sam and Ami, after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.

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Well, well played, Peter and Liz, I'm sure you'll come back next time

and go one step further. Sam and Ami, terrific work there.

It was a tough round and Ordinary World was a very good answer.

-Do you know 1,4,2,1,4?

-A View To A Kill.

-Yes, it was the Bond theme.

-Oh, no!

And that would have scored you 14 points,

so wouldn't have beaten Ordinary World, which was a terrific answer.

The bottom one, do you know that?

-I've got that, Hungry Like The Wolf.

-Yes, good.

It would have scored you 23 points.

-Three, I think is probably the easiest one there.

-Rio, yes.

Rio, yes, with 32 points.

And the top one, it came out at much the same time as Ordinary World,

another one of their singles at that time, Come Undone.

And that would have scored you six points.

There we are. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head,

after a heroic performance right across the show, Peter and Liz, you've been wonderful.

The good news is, we get to see you again next time.

Peter and Liz, thanks so much for coming.

But for Sam and Ami, it's time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Sam and Ami, you've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,000.

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You start this round off by choosing your category

and here are your four options. They are:

-OK, so it's not Drummers or Dance Acts.

-No.

-Are you better at Athletics than I am at Writers?

-Probably.

-I don't know.

-How good is your Athletics?

-Let's go for it, why not?

-On your own? Good.

-Athletics?

-Yes, please.

That's what it is, Richard.

OK, three different categories for you here.

Take your answers from any of these.

We are looking for anyone who has ever won an Olympic medal

for Team GB in a field event.

That's from any time from 1896 Olympics

right up to the London Olympics at 2012.

So anyone with a bronze, silver or gold

in a strictly field event in one of those Olympics.

We are looking for any British athlete who won

a medal at the 2013 World Championships.

So anyone from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team

who won a medal.

Or we are looking for

any current holder of a UK record,

any woman who holds a UK record

in any of the field and track events.

Very, very best of luck. Plenty to get your teeth into there.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Sam and Ami.

As always, you have up to one minute

to come up with three answers

and to win that jackpot of £3,000,

only one of those answers needs to be pointless.

The answer you provide can come from any of these categories.

It's entirely up to you. You can have them all from one category

or two from one, one from another.

It is entirely in your hands. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Jonathan Edwards won the gold in the field, in the triple jump.

-Yes.

Who won the triple jump this year? The redhead.

He won't be pointless anyway.

Women's record holders, Christine Ohuruogu, does she still own the...

She probably does, actually.

Sally Gunnell, potentially, does she still own a record?

She won't be pointless, will she?

I don't know, she may be in the hurdles.

World Championships medallists from this year,

obviously, Mo, but...

Maybe...

I don't know, did Hannah England maybe come in

in the other distance running?

It's worth a punt, maybe,

because she's not as famous as Ohuruogu or...

OK, we'll go with Hannah England...

-10 seconds left.

-Jonathan Edwards.

Jonathan Edwards, Hannah England and shall we go with Sally Gunnell

-as an outside chance?

-Or Ohuruogu, whichever you prefer.

-Go with Gunnell.

-OK.

-OK, that's your time up.

I now need your three answers.

Could you say which category you're answering in?

Yep, so Team GB field medallists, we'll go with Jonathan Edwards.

Jonathan Edwards.

A UK 2013 world championship medallist, Hannah England?

Hannah England.

And women's record holders in the UK athletics, we are

going to say Sally Gunnell?

Hopefully still holds a record in the hurdles.

Sally Gunnell. OK, of those three,

which is your most likely to be pointless, do you think?

If it's right, then Hannah England.

All right, Hannah England, we'll put last.

Which is your least likely?

-Sally Gunnell.

-Sally Gunnell first.

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

and here they are.

We have got Sally Gunnell, Jonathan Edwards and Hannah England.

Well, very best of luck. OK, Sally Gunnell was your first answer.

The one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

Remember, only one of these answers has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £3,000.

What would you do with that?

We've just moved into our first home together last month,

so things for the house. I want a toaster.

What, you haven't got a toaster?!

No, we have to use the grill.

-And you forget about it under the grill.

-We do, it's rubbish.

-You have to scrape all the black bits off.

-Yes.

OK, now, Sally Gunnell,

we're looking for people who hold UK athletics records.

Is that right, and if it is, is it pointless, for £3,000?

It's right.

Ooh, that's a good answer, Sam.

Down it goes, through the 40s.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you leave here straight to the toaster shop.

Seven.

-OK.

-Seven.

So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer,

-but you weren't expecting that to be pointless, really.

-No.

So only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Our next answer from you is Jonathan Edwards.

Now, Jonathan Edwards, this is a Team GB field medallist.

OK, well, let's find out. Obviously, it has to be correct

then it has to be pointless to win the jackpot.

So for £3,000, let's find out, how many people said Jonathan Edwards.

It's right.

Your first answer, Sally Gunnell,

took us down to 7.

Your second answer passes that, down it goes, still going down, too.

Oh, this is very good.

APPLAUSE

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot of £3,000.

Everything is now riding on Hannah England.

You were hoping - Jonathan Edwards, quite a well-known name.

And he only scored two.

Hannah England, as yet, not one of the really big names.

-So maybe, maybe, she is a pointless answer.

-If she's even there.

-Yeah!

OK, well, let's find out, Hannah England,

if it's correct and pointless it will win you £3,000.

Let's find out, Hannah England.

No! No, bad luck!

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Oh, well.

Oh, I'm sorry.

You're going to have to grill the bread for a little bit longer.

I'm so sorry. Unfortunately, you didn't manage

to find that all-important pointless answer,

which I'm afraid means you don't win today's jackpot of £3,000.

That will roll over onto the next show.

But we have really enjoyed having you on both your shows.

And you do get to take home a Pointless trophy, so there we are.

You won't leave empty-handed. Richard.

Yeah, unlucky. Hannah England got a medal

in the 2011 World Championships,

but not the 2013 ones, I'm afraid, but good punt.

Jonathan Edwards, the triple jumper.

You mentioned as well Phillips Idowu,

who got the silver in the triple jump,

-he was a pointless answer, I'm afraid.

-Sorry.

And right at the last second you decided Sally Gunnell

is absolutely right as a British record-holder.

You were wondering whether Christine Ohuruogu is as well.

-She is and she was a pointless answer in that category.

-Oh, no!

Let's take a look through some of the pointless answers.

There will be other names you will know, I'm sure.

The high jumper, Germaine Mason, who won a silver in 2008.

There's Phillips Idowu. Robbie Grabarz, who won the bronze

at the London Olympics in the high jump, was a pointless answer.

Sheila Parkin-Sherwood,

who won a silver in the long jump in 1968 in Mexico.

Another jumper, Keith Connor, you could have had.

Mary Rand also would have been a pointless answer.

And our medallists, Eilidh Child, Margaret Adeoye

and Shana Cox from the 4 x 400m relay team.

They were all pointless answers.

Tiffany Porter, who won a medal in the hurdles,

she was a pointless answer.

And all the 4 x 100m bronze team, they were all pointless answers.

Let's take a look finally at the women's record holders.

Ashia Hansen, who still holds the triple jump record from 1997.

There's Christine Ohuruogu.

Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Kathy Cook, who was,

who has held her 200m record since 1984. And Sonia Lannaman,

who was part of the 1980 4 x 100m record-winning team,

that record still stands as well, which is amazingly impressive.

Very well done, athletics fans, if you got some of those at home.

And that has to go down as one of the more unlucky jackpot losses,

I'm afraid. It was terrific. I'm so sorry you didn't win the money.

Thanks very much. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,

Sam and Ami, but it has been brilliant having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing so well. Sam and Ami, everyone.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Sam and Ami didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

hen we will be playing for £4,000.

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.