Episode 66 Pointless

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi. I'm Chris and this is my girlfriend Annie

and we live in London.

Couple number two.

Hello. My name's Brenda and this is my friend Steve and we're from Essex.

Couple number three.

Hello. My name's Shereene.

This is my civil partner Rachael and we're from Birmingham.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hello. My name is Lee. This is my wife Ange and we're from Rochdale.

And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

Thanks to 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.

Oozing specs appeal, it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-Are you well?

-Yeah, I am well.

-Excellent, that's good news.

Two returning pairs today. We've got Lee and Ange back.

We didn't see a huge amount of Lee and Ange

but we enjoyed what we did see last time.

And Brenda and Steve as well,

got knocked out on our football question last time, didn't they?

But I think it's going to be a lot of fun today. Do you?

I'm going to go with yes, I think it is.

-Yeah, I'm going to say yes.

-Oh, that's nice.

Cos I know sometimes you get quite pessimistic.

-Yeah, sometimes I do come on all a bit...phew.

-Yeah.

And I think, "This is going to be terrible."

-Quite often I'm pleasantly surprised.

-"No-one's going to watch," you say.

-Yeah.

-"They're just going to switch it off." I go, "No, it'll be fine."

-You look very smart, as well. I like that shirt.

-Thank you.

You look very presentable.

I think people are going to enjoy this show

and they're going to enjoy you presenting it.

OK?

You're going to be really, really good.

OK?

And, also, if you do your best, no-one can ask any more.

OK? You just do your best.

All right?

Every question has been asked to 100 people before today's show,

but the contestants, obviously, are looking for a pointless answer -

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

Now, each time anyone comes up with a pointless answer,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Adam and Adam won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

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

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

OK, the pair with the highest score at the end of this round will be eliminated.

And do remember, there is to be no conferring.

OK, our first category today is...

..Pop Music.

Pop Music. 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...solo artists.

Solo artists. Richard.

On each board we're going to show you the names of seven solo artists

who used to be members of bands.

We need you to tell us the name of the band

with which they had their first UK Top 40 hit, please.

We'll show you some years in brackets -

that's the year they had their first UK Top 40 hit with the band.

Thanks very much indeed.

So we're looking for the name of the band that these solo artists were in

when they had a hit in the years shown.

Here's our fist board of seven and it reads like this:

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, then, Chris and Annie,

you all drew lots before the show and today you are going to go first.

-Chris, welcome to the show. Good to have you here.

-Thank you very much.

What do you do, Chris?

I'm en events manager for a high-end catering event...

..event catering company.

-Catering event company event catering.

-Yes.

-Which way around do you think they like it to be?

-Uh, event catering.

-Event catering.

-Yes.

-All right, now, Chris.

What about this fun question

of which bands these solo artists used to be in

in the years shown when they released a hit?

Well, I know you like a risk. I am going to take a risk. Sorry, Annie.

I am going to say Chris Cornell and I am going to say Audioslave.

Audioslave, says Chris, for Chris Cornell.

Let's see if that's right

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

Oh, no, bad luck, Chris!

-Sorry!

-Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry.

-Sorry, Chris. It is the other one, I'm afraid.

But we do like a risk-taker. Yeah, wasn't in Audioslave till 2001.

Thanks very much. Now, then, Brenda.

Brenda, welcome back. What happened last time?

We got through to the second round

and then we lost out by one point on Football.

That was tough. You had quite a good team - Leyton Orient. Nice low score.

I think it's debatable whether they're a good team, isn't it?

You scored quite low. Steve went QPR, which was a higher score. Yeah.

But, well, forget about that for now and concentrate on today's show.

-What are you saying, Brenda?

-I'm going to go for...

I know a few on there but I'm going to go for Brian Eno

and hope and pray that I'm right with Roxy Music.

Brian Eno, Roxy Music, says Brenda.

Sounds good to me. Let's see if it is right, though.

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

It is right.

-12 for Brian Eno.

-Not bad!

Very well done indeed.

-RICHARD:

-Yep, Brian Eno was in Roxy Music.

Has an extraordinary body of work outside that as well, doesn't he?

Yeah, extraordinary body of work. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant man.

-Now, Rachael.

-Hi.

-Rachael, welcome to the show.

Good to have you here. What do you do up in Birmingham, Rachael?

I've worked in health and social care for six years.

And how long have you and Shereene been together?

We've been together just over five years and been married for 14 months.

For 14 months. Well, many congratulations.

Now, what do you like getting up to when you're not working?

We've both got scooters,

matching scooters just one digit apart on the number plate,

-so we go out on those.

-So how did you do that?

-We bought them at the same time.

-Simple as that?

-Yeah.

I didn't know that.

You can pick your number plate so we picked similar ones.

-Do you go touring on them?

-No.

Shereene only goes about five miles but I go a bit further.

SHE GIGGLES

Now, then, what do you make of this question, Rachael?

Um, considering there's been an incorrect answer so far,

I'm going to play it safe and go for Morrissey and The Smiths.

Morrissey and The Smiths, says Rachael. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said The Smiths.

It's right.

52. Well, a good, safe answer. Nice middling score there.

Yeah, very good answer, though.

As you say, it's the right thing to do

if there's already 100 points on the podium.

Tactically very good.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Lee, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Good to have you. It was round one last time, Lee.

-Dreadful.

-Oh, dear.

Now, we discovered last time that you are big fans of heavy metal music.

Slightly obsessed with zombies, as well, we discovered.

-Well, you've got to have an obsession.

-You've got to.

Any other obsessions?

-Manchester United.

-Manchester United and zombies.

AUDIENCE TITTERS

-Don't do a joke about Manchester United.

-I'm not.

What do you think I am - mad?

-Lee.

-Yes.

-Lee, you are the last person to have this board

and I know...I know how much of a fan you are of George Michael,

so I'm going to...I'm going to give you the task

of talking us through the board and filling in the blanks for us.

Um...Justin Timberlake was in a boy band, the name of I'm not sure.

George Michael was in Wham! Wyclef Jean was in The Fugees.

I've got an inkling of Chris Cornell but not enough to risk it.

So I'll go with Billy Idol, Generation X.

Billy Idol, Generation X, says Lee. Generation X.

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

It is right. I think this could be a very good score.

12 is our lowest score so far.

And you passed that comfortably. 8. Very well done indeed, Lee.

That's a great answer.

Very nicely, well played, yeah.

Been in lots of bands, of course, over the years,

but in 1977 had a hit with Your Generation, with Generation X.

8 points.

Now, the only answer that's better than that on the board is Chris Cornell.

-Chris, what do you think that is?

-Soundgarden.

Soundgarden is exactly right, yep.

1992, had his first hit with them. Seven points for that.

Justin Timberlake was in... Xander, do you know that?

-'N Sync.

-'N Sync, yep. Big scorer, though.

Would have scored you 47. George Michael was in Wham!

That would have scored you 86 points.

That's a big score, isn't it?

And Wyclef Jean, absolutely, was in The Fugees

and that would have scored you 25 points.

Thanks very much, indeed, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. 8 the best score of that pass. Lee, very well done.

Lee and Ange looking pretty commanding at this stage.

Then Brenda and Steve on 12,

then up to 52 where we find Rachael and Shereene.

Then up to 100, Chris and Annie.

Well, we're going to come back down the line now.

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

OK. Let's put seven more solo artists on the board. And here they come.

We have got:

I'll read them one last time.

Stevie Nicks, 1976. Oh, if only they all rhymed.

There we are.

OK, now, remember, we are looking for the name of the band

with which these solo artists had a hit in the years shown.

Ange, lovely to have you back. I like your earring, by the way.

-Thank you. Which one?

-Well, actually, both of them.

But I like the long, the long...

-Is that a feather?

-My little feather, yeah.

-Have you got a bigger one?

-Yes, I have. It's sort of, this long.

That's OK.

I was expecting this massive sort of ostrich feather, sort of down here.

But no, not quite that.

Ange, so what do you make of that?

Um, well, there's one on there

-that I think most people would expect me to go for.

-Yep.

But I'm not going to go for that

because I think it's going to be quite a high answer.

I'm going to take a little bit of a risk because we've got the 100 score

and I'm going to say David Sylvian, The Damned...and hope.

Let's see. The Damned, you're saying. Well, there is your red line.

Get below that with The Damned and you are through for sure.

Let's find out if David Sylvian was in The Damned

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

Ooh! Bad luck, Ange.

Not The Damned, I'm afraid.

An incorrect answer which scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Takes your total up to 108.

But I'm pretty sure that's enough to get you through, still.

I see exactly where you went wrong. He's got a very, very similar name.

The lead singer of The Damned was Dave Vanian, not David Sylvian.

Sorry. That's unlucky, isn't it?

-Shereene.

-Hello!

-Welcome to the show. What do you do, Shereene?

I'm a relationship coordinator for a financial services company.

Relationship coordinator sounds great fun. So what do you say?

"You should go out with him."

SHE LAUGHS

"See her? She fancies you."

-Is that what you do?

-Yeah.

I wish. But, no, that's not it.

I look after four financial consultants,

so I manage their diaries and get all their work all sorted for them

-for when they go out.

-Oh, I see. OK, well, look, there you are on 52.

The highest score is now Ange and Lee on 108,

which means 55 or less gets you through.

It's not too bad, this board, is it? You don't mind.

Yeah, it's good. It's really, really good.

I'm just hoping that

the one that I go for is going to be really, really low.

It's going to be Gwen Stefani was in No Doubt.

Gwen Stefani in No Doubt. There's your red line.

Get below that, you're through to the next round.

Let's see how many people said No Doubt for Gwen Stefani.

It's right.

And you are through to the next round. Well done. 40, it scored.

It takes your total up to 92. Through you go.

Very well played. Yeah, her brother, Eric Stefani was also in the band.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Steve.

-Steve, welcome back.

-Yes, yes.

Steve, a silversmith, we discovered last time.

The man who made Mike Oldfield's tubular bells

for the 25th anniversary.

The third one, yep.

Fantastic. So there you are on 12.

High score - it's still Ange and Lee on 108,

which means 95 or less sees you through.

Well, there's a few obvious answers there,

but I want to have a go for that difficult one.

I can't help it. I'm going to have to have a go for it.

I think David Sylvian is from the band Japan.

Japan, says Steve.

Japan. There's your red line, Steve. Get below that, you're in round two.

Is Japan right, for David Sylvian? If it is, how many people said it?

He's right and you're through.

8!

Very well done. Takes your total up to 20.

Yeah, a huge band in the early '80s, Japan.

They were also big in Japan, ironically,

and managed by Simon Napier-Bell, who also managed Wham!

There we go. Right, Annie. Right. OK, sleeves up.

-I've got a lot to do.

-You see what you have to do?

You have to score 7 or less, that's all you have to do.

7 or less. Before we do that, Annie, what do you do?

-I'm a PA.

-I see.

-Do you work for one particular person in the company?

-I do.

I work for the CFO or a large magazine publishing company.

Now, then, Annie, 7 points.

Do you think you can talk us through this board and fill in all the blanks?

Um, no. No, I don't think I can.

Um, I know maybe a couple of them.

Stevie Nicks I've got no idea.

Sting, I would guess, is The Police.

Glenn Frey - 'Fray', 'Fry' - never heard of him.

I think Ozzy Osbourne was in Black something. I don't know.

SHE LAUGHS

So I'll go for Graham Coxon

and I'm not even 100% sure but I've got to have a crack.

-So I'll say Blur.

-Graham Coxon, Blur.

Yeah.

Chris, do you think that's going to score seven or fewer points?

I think it's right but I don't know, I think I've made our bed.

-Oh!

-I'm sorry.

Well, there is your red line.

Good luck, Annie. Blur. Is it right? How many people said it?

-Oh!

-Oh, I'm sorry, Annie. 23.

23 takes your total up to 123.

Unlucky, Annie. It was a good answer but, yeah,

Audioslave saw you out of the round, I'm afraid.

Let's go through the rest of these.

Ozzy Osbourne was in Black something. He was in Black Sabbath.

-That's the one.

-That's a big score. 69 points for that.

-Glenn Frey was in...

-The Eagles.

-The Eagles, yes. Thank you.

The Eagles would have scored you 16.

Sting was in The Police, you were right. Another big scorer, though.

It would have scored you 83 points.

-And Stevie Nicks.

-Fleetwood Mac.

-Fleetwood Mac, yep.

And that would have scored you 49. So some big scorers up there.

And Japan the best answer up there, so very well done.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our first round, the pair leaving us with a high score of 123,

I'm afraid it's Annie.

Yes, Chris, as you just said, you've made your bed.

-Yeah.

-Now you must go and lie in it.

But not for too long, because we'll see you again next time

and we look forward to that very much indeed.

-In the meantime, thanks very much for playing. Annie and Chris.

-Thank you.

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

And so now we're down to three pairs.

And, obviously, we have to say goodbye to another pair at the end of this round.

I wouldn't like to say who that's going to be. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our next category is...

..Countries.

-Oh!

-It's countries.

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

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 countries with a Pacific Coast as they could.

Countries with a Pacific Coast.

Richard.

We're looking for any country that has any part of its coast

alongside the Pacific Ocean, please, or any of its seas.

So any country that has any Pacific coastline, please.

That includes island nations, of course.

We won't accept countries like the UK or France which have overseas territories in the Pacific.

And, as always, by country we mean a sovereign state

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

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. OK, now, Steve, we come to you first.

Oh, that's a tough one. That's a tough one. Um, I really don't know.

I'm just going to have to go for a punt, I'm afraid. Um...

..I'll go for...

..Fiji.

Fiji, says Steve. Fiji.

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

It's right.

Look at that - 15. Not bad.

-15.

-Good answer, Steve, I'd say, on that first podium. Very good.

Yeah, there's a particular spot on the Fijian island of Taveuni

where you used to be able to stand with one foot in today and one foot in yesterday.

Or, depending on which way your head is,

you could say one foot in today and a foot in tomorrow.

You could do, yeah. That would be a much nicer way of looking at it.

-You should do motivational speaking.

-Yeah, I should.

-I should, Richard!

-See? Perhaps I should do it.

You should. You should!

Yes, Richard, you're right! Shereene, it's your turn.

Oh, my gosh.

Right, I'm just going to have a wild guess and hope that it's right.

And say...

..Egypt.

SHE LAUGHS

OK, Egypt.

Let's see if that's right

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

No, I'm afraid Egypt not in the Pacific.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points, I'm sorry, Shereene.

Sorry, Shereene. Particularly sorry

because you've got a lecture coming your way from Rachael

-by the...by the looks of things.

-That's just TV gold, that is.

Thanks very much indeed.

-Ange. Ange.

-Hello.

Any country with a Pacific coastline.

Um, well, we were learning this on the way down,

so I'm so glad geography has come up.

Um, I'm going to say Tuvalu.

Tuvalu, says Ange.

A Pointless favourite. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

Oh, look at that! 6.

Very well done indeed, Ange. That's a great answer. Tuvalu.

I reckon a few years ago that would have been pointless.

It would have been pointless. That's testament to Pointless.

If anyone from Tuvalu is watching and has, say, a holiday apartment,

I would say that we've done an awful lot of favours to the country of Tuvalu.

I would give us the freedom of Tuvalu,

-if I were the president of Tuvalu.

-There you go. Yeah.

-I'd say, "Gents, our country is your country."

-Yeah.

And when we stay at the Hotel De Posh in Tuvalu town...

-I hear it's terrific.

-..which I gather is wonderful - six stars.

-We can go to the all-you-can-eat buffet three times a day.

-Oh!

-We'd be like gods.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

6 the best score of that pass, Ange. Very well done indeed.

You and Lee looking very strong at this point.

Then up to 15 where we find Steve and Brenda.

And then, I'm sorry, Shereene and Rachael,

quite a long way ahead there on 100.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, now, Lee, we're looking for any country that has a Pacific coastline.

You're on 6, Lee, so 93 or less.

-I'll go with Tonga.

-Tonga, says Lee. Tonga.

A very authoritative nod from Ange as well. Good stuff.

OK, there's your red line. Get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

Is Tonga right and how many people said it?

It is right.

That's 8.

Takes your total up to 14. Very well done.

Very strong performance there. Good revision. Yeah.

After a Tongan king dies,

his undertakers are not allowed to use their hands for 100 days afterwards.

So they're sort of cosseted in a special house

with their hands all wrapped and they are fed by people

and they're literally not allowed to use their hands.

-Wow.

-Three months.

Thank you. Now, Rachael. Rachael.

Rachael, you're the high scorers on 100.

I'm going to have to go all in or something.

I think you might have to.

If it's wrong I suppose it's both of us in the same boat.

I'm going to say El Salvador.

-El Salvador...

-Yes.

-..says Rachael. OK.

No red line for you, as you're the high scorers.

Let's see if El Salvador's right

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

It is right.

Ooh, look at that! 3!

Very well done, Rachael. That is exactly what you had to do.

103 is your total. You could still be in the game.

A very good answer, yeah. It makes up the whole of its coastline, the Pacific.

It's got as many people as Wales, El Salvador, but 20 volcanoes.

-They call it 'the land of the volcanoes'.

-Yeah, you would.

I don't know if I would if I was, like, an estate agent.

I wouldn't. I'd say 'the land of the mountains'.

-'Land of misty mountains'.

-Yeah.

-Sometimes very misty.

-'Land of the hot mountains'...

-Yeah.

-..I would say.

-Lovely.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, how are you feeling, Brenda?

-Not good, 'cause I was going to say Tonga.

-Oh.

-So that was kind of my...

You can talk us through your thoughts, if you like.

Panama is the one that I'm thinking of

cos I went through the Panama Canal once

and I know it's got the Pacific at one end and the Atlantic at the other,

but I'm not sure if it's actually a country.

I know it sounds silly but I'm going to go for Panama.

Panama. OK, Panama, says Brenda. There's your red line.

Get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see if Panama's right.

Will it get Brenda and Steve into the head-to-head?

It will!

SHE LAUGHS

Very well done, Brenda. Panama still going down. 9. Good answer.

9, taking us up to 24.

Very well done for trusting yourself. Very good answer.

Now, there's a few pointless answers here. Let's take a look at them.

You could have had Brunei - it would have been a pointless answer.

Timor-Leste, Kiribati, was a pointless answer.

You also could have had Palau - that would have been a pointless answer.

Some other low scorers, Honduras and the Marshall Islands,

both would have scored you 1.

Guatemala, Cambodia, Nauru,

Micronesia, Singapore and Malaysia all would have scored 2.

See, Nauru would have been a pointless answer a few years ago.

And our old friend Vanuatu managed to score 4.

-Really?

-Can you believe that?

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round,

the pair heading home with their high score of 103,

despite Rachael getting the lowest score of the whole round there,

I'm afraid it's Rachael and Shereene.

You did very well. El Salvador was a great answer.

-I did excellently on my own.

-Yeah. Oh, Shereene!

Someone's got some revising to do.

Well, Rachael and Shereene, we'll see you again next time. We look forward to that.

But in the meantime, thanks very much for playing.

Lovely contestants. Rachael and Shereene.

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

Congratulations, Steve and Brenda, Ange and Lee.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.

Now, we have to decide who's going to go through to the final

and play for that money

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

The big difference is, you're now allowed to confer.

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

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

OK, here comes your first question

and it concerns...

..Celebrity Gardeners.

Celebrity Gardeners, Richard.

I'll show you five pictures now of celebrity gardeners.

Can you name the most obscure of these five? Best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our five gardeners.

And here they come. We have got:

There we are. Five celebrity gardeners.

Steve and Brenda, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you get to go first.

-BRENDA:

-I should know E because...

-STEVE:

-B. B's Percy Thrower.

-That's right.

-C is Titchmarsh.

-Mmm. And E is Kim Wilde.

-Yeah.

-But I don't know D or A.

-So who should we go for?

I thought Percy Thrower.

I know A in the paper, but I don't know her name.

Right. I think we're going to go for B and we think that's Percy Thrower.

B, Percy Thrower.

Percy Thrower.

Now, Ange and Lee, how comfortable are you feeling with these gardeners?

-ANGE:

-We know B and we know C.

The first name that came into my head

is the one we're going to go for for A.

It's a stab in the dark. We think it's Gay Search.

OK, Gay Search. So we have Percy Thrower and we have Gay Search.

Steve and Brenda said Percy Thrower for B.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's absolutely right, of course.

49.

49. Now, Ange and Lee have said Gay Search for A.

Let's see if that's right

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

Ooh! Bad luck.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer there.

Which means Steve and Brenda, after one question, you're up one-nil.

Sorry, it's her colleague on Gardeners' World. It's Carol Klein.

She would have scored you 11 points.

Now, what do you reckon Titchmarsh scored? It's obviously Titchmarsh.

Obviously Titchmarsh. He's going to be a massive scorer.

That's going to be up there in the late 80s.

85. 85.

So a pretty big score, though, isn't it?

D - it's one of Britain's leading organic farmers.

That's Bob Flowerdew.

Oh, right. I like his hair.

It's all right, isn't it? It would have scored you 10.

And E, I had a crush on her when I was ten,

so I can safely say I've fancied her for over 30 years.

-It's Kim Wilde.

-Yep, Kim Wilde.

-And she would have scored 26 points.

-Very good.

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

Ange and Lee, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

But you will get to answer it first, so best of luck.

It concerns...

..US Inauguration.

US Inauguration. Richard.

I'm going to show you five clues now to facts about US presidential inaugurations.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues. And here they come.

I'll read those all one final time.

There we are.

Five clues to facts about the US presidential inauguration.

Ange and Lee, you will go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

I don't think they... I don't think...

Just go with whatever.

-What's it going to be, Ange and Lee?

-We're going to go for the bottom one.

This president had to move his ceremony inside in 1985 because of bad weather. Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan, say Ange and Lee.

Now, Brenda and Steve, that board is all yours.

Do you want to just do your thinking out loud for us?

-STEVE:

-The White House at the top.

Taken place... We figured if the elections were in November,

the ceremony was possibly in December.

2009... Has to be...

-BRENDA:

-Obama, I would have thought.

-Has to be Obama.

And the first four words, no idea.

We'll go for the 1937 ceremony and we'll say it's December.

OK. You think the ceremony has taken place in December since 1937.

So Ange and Lee said Ronald Reagan

whose ceremony had to be moved inside because of bad weather in 1985.

Is that right and, if it is, how many people said Ronald Reagan?

It is right.

33.

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33. Brenda and Steve have said the ceremony takes place in December.

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

Oh, bad luck.

I'm afraid incorrect.

So very well done, Ange and Lee. That's what you needed to do.

You're back in the game. After two questions, it's one all.

Unlucky, Steve and Brenda. You're right.

The election is November but they wait a little bit longer till the next year

and hold it in January, I'm afraid, the inauguration.

Um, it would have been a good score.

It would have got you 32 points, so it would have won you the point there just about.

Um, you were right about 2009.

The president who had to repeat the oath was Barack Obama.

Because Justice Roberts had muffed his words in the official ceremony.

That would have scored you 54.

Um, you were wrong about where the ceremony takes place.

It's not the White House.

It's the US Capitol building.

It's the best answer up there, actually. You would have scored 4.

Now, the first four words of the president's oath of office.

I bet you do know it. 'I do solemnly swear'.

'I do solemnly swear'. Or 'I do solemnly affirm', you can have as well.

Um, and that would have scored you 11 points. So well done if you said that.

Very well done at home if you said the US Capitol building as well. Terrific answer.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So here comes the decider. Your third question.

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

Best of luck to both pairs.

It concerns...

-Star Trek film suffixes. Now, Ange and Lee, I thought you might be good at this.

-No. Not Trekkies.

-No.

-Not Trekkies.

-Not sci-fi.

We're gonna show you five sets of initials now

which represent the suffixes of five Star Trek films.

You just have to give us the most obscure answer.

Very best of luck to both teams.

OK. Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five suffixes and here they are.

Steve and Brenda, you will answer first again.

-BRENDA:

-The WO...

-STEVE:

-Search For Spock?

Yes. Yes. Definitely. Yeah.

-OK?

-OK. Well, we think we know two.

Top and bottom.

I think we're going to go for the bottom one.

We think that's The Search For Spock.

The Search For Spock, say Steve and Brenda.

The Search For Spock.

-Ange and Lee, do you fancy having a crack at any of the others?

-Yeah.

Surprisingly know quite a few of those, we think.

The first one, we think, is The Final Frontier.

-FC is First Contact.

-I think so, yeah.

-TWOK, The Wrath Of Khan.

No idea what TUC is, so which one are we going for?

We'll go with TWOK.

-Go for The Wrath Of Khan.

-The Wrath Of Khan.

So we have The Search For Spock and The Wrath Of Khan.

Steve and Brenda have said The Search For Spock.

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

It is right.

21.

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

-Yeah. I think we've got it now.

-21.

Now, Ange and Lee have gone for The Wrath of Khan.

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

It's right.

Can they beat 21? Is it going to beat 21? Oh, no. Oh, wow.

-22.

-Well done.

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

Well, what a nail-biting end to the head-to-head.

And very well done, Steve and Brenda.

It means you just go through to the final, 2-1, after three questions.

Well, that was very close, wasn't it? Really close.

You did know a couple of the others.

The Final Frontier was right.

That wouldn't have won you the points

because it would have scored you 34.

First Contact you said for the second one. It was First Contact.

-I would have scored you 14 points.

-Ohh.

It would have seen you through to playing for the jackpot.

And the best answer up there is TUC,

and that is The Undiscovered Country.

And that would have scored you 9 points.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid it's Ange and Lee. I'm so sorry.

We've had such fun with you on the show.

And this time you've done so well.

Thanks so much for playing, Ange and Lee.

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

Cheers.

But for Steve and Brenda, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Steve and Brenda.

You fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.

Well, you've done very, very well indeed.

In fact, I think the only miss hit you've had

-was in the head-to-head when you said December.

-Yeah.

I think you've had correct answers pretty much the whole way through other than that.

Now, as always, you kick this round off by choosing a category

and here are the choices you have.

I've been to Edinburgh.

-Do you want to go for that?

-Yeah, we'll try Edinburgh.

We'll try Edinburgh, please.

You'll try it and if you don't like it, you'll have something else.

-That would be nice.

-OK. Fine.

You'll try Edinburgh. Richard, Edinburgh.

OK. I'm going to give you three very different categories here.

Hopefully one of them suits you.

Can you give us the name of any team beaten by Hibs or Hearts

in any competitive fixture in the 2011-2012 season?

So any team beaten by Hibs or Hearts in any competitive fixture.

Can you give us the name of any Proclaimers song to have been a top 75 hit?

That is up to March 2013.

So any Proclaimers top 75 hit.

Or can you give us the name of anyone credited in the Shallow Grave film, please, according to IMDB?

So any team beaten by Hearts or Hibs in 2011-2012,

any Proclaimers top 75 hit,

or anyone who acted in Shallow Grave.

Hopefully one of them suits you.

Hopefully some of them suit you at home as well. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, indeed.

Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot of £1,000

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Now, remember, you can provide answers

from any of these categories.

So how you spread them across the categories is entirely up to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

-OK. Have you seen Shallow Grave?

-No. I don't know what it's about.

It's got Ewan McGregor in it

-and I think Keith Allen was the guy who got killed in it.

-Keith Allen.

And the Proclaimers are probably...

There's only the two big hits, isn't there?

There's no point in even going for them.

Trouble is there wasn't... I used to have an album of theirs.

I can't remember any of them.

-Your fault, really.

-Letter from America.

-Oh, it's too big.

It's too big. I'm just thinking obscure like Queen of the South.

-Yeah, OK.

-How many Shallow Graves do you know?

I can't remember the girl's name.

I can picture her, but I can't remember the girl in it.

So you want to go Keith Allen...

Keith Allen from Shallow Grave, um...

Anybody else?

-You said Queen of the South.

-Queen of the South.

Do you want any more from Shallow Grave?

-Forfar Athletic.

-Forfar?

Ten seconds left.

Forfar Athletic. I'm sure.

-OK, then. Well, we'll do that, then.

-Yeah, OK.

OK? Sounds like you've arrived at three answers.

Your time is pretty much up. There it is.

What are you going to give me?

Mari... Brenda wants to have a go for Shallow Grave.

-He's calling me his wife's name now.

-SHE LAUGHS

-The Shallow Grave actor, which is Keith Allen.

-Keith Allen.

One from there.

And we will take two from the top

and we'll go for Queen of the South and Forfar Athletic.

And Forfar Athletic.

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

-I think it's got to be Keith Allen.

-OK. Keith Allen we'll put last.

The other two are shot in the dark.

Which is your least likely?

Forfar Athletic, I think. I don't even know it's an athletic.

Forfar Athletic, we'll put first. OK.

Let's pop those answers up on the board in that order

and here they are.

We have got Forfar Athletic, Queen of the South, Keith Allen.

Well, very best of luck.

Those look like great answers up there.

And remember, only one of those answers has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

What happens if you do win the jackpot? Brenda, what will you do with it?

Well, Steve says that he is going to take me and his wife, Marion, to Rome.

So with my money, I'm going to use it as spending money for when we go.

Very nice. Good stuff.

Well, in the case of your first two answers,

we are looking for teams who were beaten by Hearts or Hibs

in 2011-2012 season.

Your first answer, Forfar Athletic.

That's a great answer. I mean, I have no idea if it's a team.

Neither do I.

But, um, I've heard of Forfar.

And I think they are pretty athletic. Yeah. That's good.

So let's find out. Obviously it has to be correct.

That is the first hurdle it has to clear.

Then it has to be pointless, but for £1,000,

let's find out how many people said Forfar Athletic

were beaten by Hearts or Hibs in the 2011-2012 season.

Oh.

Well, we'll discover it could be because they don't exist

or it could be that they triumphed, or they never played.

Unfortunately, whichever way, it's not a pointless answer,

which means only two more answers left on the board

that might win you that jackpot.

Your next answer was Queen of the South, in the same category,

so let's find out, for £1,000,

if Queen of the South were indeed beaten by Hearts or Hibs

in 2011-2012.

And let's find out if it's a pointless answer.

Oooh.

Remember when I said three brilliant answers on the board there?

Um...I lied. That was, uh... OK.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot,

but I think we are on much firmer ground here.

Brenda, this was your particular speciality.

Keith Allen is the answer you have given

and we were looking for people from the cast of Shallow Grave.

Let's find out if that's a correct answer.

Let's find out if it's a pointless answer, for £1,000.

It's right.

Your first answer, Forfar Athletic was an incorrect one.

Your second answer, Queen of the South also incorrect,

but Keith Allen absolutely on the money.

Down it goes. Still going. Oh! 5. Oh, bad luck.

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

A good answer. And a lovely low score.

Sadly, it's Monte Carlo or bust in this last round,

and I'm afraid that was bust.

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

so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.

That rolls over onto the next show,

but you have been fantastic

and you've played so well across the show today.

And you do, of course, get to take home a Pointless trophy,

so there we are.

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

They have played very well, haven't they?

It has been great fun having them on the show.

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

In the Hearts and Hibs ones,

there will be some happy Hearts fans at home, I suspect.

Both the pointless answers were teams beaten by Hearts in that season.

And they were Auchinleck Town and Paksi SE.

I'm glad to say that's what you call them.

I know for a fact that there will be Scottish football fans who would have got that.

They didn't play Forfar Athletic, I'm afraid, or Queen of the South.

Let's take a look at the Proclaimers songs.

I'm On My Way was a pointless answer.

Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely.

It features in the Shrek soundtrack as well.

Make My Heart Fly, which is also in Sunshine On Leith, the Proclaimers film.

It would have been a pointless answer.

What Makes You Cry and These Arms of Mine.

All of those were pointless answers.

Let's take a look at the Shallow Grave actors

who were pointless answers.

You've got:

Anyone in that film apart from Ewan McGregor, Christopher Ecclestone,

Keith Allen, Kerry Fox, who I think you were thinking of, and Ken Stott.

Everyone in that film apart from those would have been a pointless answer,

so well done if you said any of those.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Steve and Brenda,

but we've loved having you on the show.

Thank you for playing. Steve and Brenda.

Well, sadly Steve and Brenda didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £2,000.

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.