0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:24 > 0:00:28the show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35And couple number one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Hello, my name is Robin, this is my wife, Mary,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39- and we are from Northampton. - Couple number two.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Hi, I'm Tom, this is my girlfriend, Anna.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- I'm from Birmingham and she's from Cambridgeshire.- Couple number three.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48I'm Tim and this is...Bob and we're from South London.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50You had to think about that one, Bob.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- And, finally, couple number four. - I'm Joanna, this is Nat.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I'm from Cambridge, she's from London and we are sisters in law.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And these are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Thanks, all of you. We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along
0:01:05 > 0:01:07so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08James Bond has Q,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Danger Mouse has Penfold,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Paul Daniels has Debbie McGee.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Put them all in a blender and you'd come up with this man,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16it's my pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24That's nice. That's quite a nice introduction.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Putting them all in a blender? It's not that nice really, now I think about it.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31It should be a lovely show. We keep giving away the jackpot, don't we?
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- I know, I wish we wouldn't do that. - Oh, I like it. You hate it.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- You don't like giving away money, do you?- I hate it, hate it.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- No, you love it.- I do. - It was lovely the last time because it was Elliott and Michael,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- who were terrific.- They were brilliant.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45They did brilliantly well in the jackpot round, as well.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Robin and Mary, you were just knocked out last time
0:01:47 > 0:01:50by Elliott and Michael in that head-to-head.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52It was a very close one so I suspect you may do well today.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Tim and Bob, it's a distant memory those two, isn't it?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Because you were knocked out in the first round.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59You can barely remember them but, hopefully,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02stick around for a bit longer today. That would be fun.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- Have we had sisters-in-law on the show before?- Yeah, I think so.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07It's not a sort of charged partnership
0:02:07 > 0:02:08like a father-in-law, son-in-law.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13I don't like one of those. I get really scared when that happens.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15But anyway, perhaps they hate each other, you never know.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Nat and Joanna, they might have all sorts of issues but we'll find out, won't we?
0:02:19 > 0:02:20They don't hate each other yet.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23I think that's the point. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Now, all our questions on Pointless have been asked to 100 people before the show.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Today's contestants are trying to find one of those rare
0:02:29 > 0:02:32pointless answers, one of the answers none of our 100 people gave.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Find one of those and we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Elliott and Michael, as you will have gathered,
0:02:37 > 0:02:42won the jackpot last time so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45If everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47APPLAUSE
0:02:49 > 0:02:51OK, the pair with the highest score at the end of this round
0:02:51 > 0:02:54will be eliminated and also do remember there is to be no
0:02:54 > 0:02:58conferring during the round itself. Other than that, best of luck.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Our first category today is...
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Can you all deciding your pairs who's going to go first,
0:03:06 > 0:03:07who's going to go second
0:03:07 > 0:03:10and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:03:22 > 0:03:26A very apt question for Pointless this, scoring nul points.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28We are looking for the name of any country who scored nul points
0:03:28 > 0:03:33in the Eurovision Song Contest all the way through from 1957 to 2013.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35So any of those Eurovision Song Contests.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38We're looking for the name of the country as it was
0:03:38 > 0:03:40when it scored nul points. So very best of luck.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Now, you all drew lots before the show and today,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Mary and Robin, you're going to go first. Mary, welcome back.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Now, Mary, remind us what you do. - I'm a billing analyst.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53And what do you do in your spare time, what you get up to?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- I go to the gym three or four times a week.- That is good.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01- Consistently throughout the year? - Pretty much, yeah.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06I go to the gym three or four times a week in January,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08usually from about 5th of January to about the 12th.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13OK, now, we are looking for nul points scorers.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- Do you follow Eurovision at all? - Not really.- Well, it's...
0:04:17 > 0:04:21I'm guessing we can probably hazard an educated guess, I think.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- Er, Georgia, I think I'll go for. - Georgia, says Mary.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26OK, let's find out if Georgia is right
0:04:26 > 0:04:29and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Georgia.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Oh, no. Oh, bad luck, Mary.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- An incorrect answer, that scores you 100 points.- I love Georgia.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I love Georgia so much I've got a Georgian house.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Yeah, I mean, I have it on my mind, certainly. Thanks, Richard.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Now, Anna, welcome to the show. What do you do, Anna?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51I'm currently a project manager.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53And what do you get up to in your spare time?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I'm actually a Brownie Guide Leader in my spare time.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- No, that's brilliant! - I am Tawny Owl.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- How long have you done that for? - A couple of years now actually.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02- Do you love it?- I do.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06It's quite a lot like crowd control but we get to do good stuff.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08We get to do crafts and I've taken them to
0:05:08 > 0:05:11the Natural History Museum for a sleepover with the dinosaurs.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- You slept over with the dinosaurs! - It's actually quite scary.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- I bet it was. - Right next to the dinosaurs.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Right under that massive diplodocus or whatever it is.- And they come to life at night, as well.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22It really is properly scary.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Anyway, we want countries who scored nul points
0:05:25 > 0:05:28in the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I do watch Eurovision, particularly the scoring,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34but I'm going to go for a country which normally does quite well
0:05:34 > 0:05:38but I think when the twins with their spiky hair did it
0:05:38 > 0:05:42they didn't do so well. So I'm going to say the Republic of Ireland.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44The Republic of Ireland, says Anna.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Fingers crossed, let's see if that's right.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Republic of Ireland.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Oh, bad luck, Anna.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Even the twins with spiky hair scored points.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Who would have thought?- I know.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01That scores you quite a lot of points, 100 for you, I'm afraid.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Yeah, sorry, Anna, as well as winning it lots of times, never got nul points.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07And Jedward, who I think that's who you're talking about
0:06:07 > 0:06:09unless I'm mistaken, did rather well, both times they were in it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Oh, yeah, of course, they had them back.- Yeah, yeah.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15That's a country that really wants to lose, isn't it?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Anyway, Bob, welcome back. What happened last time?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- It was Round One. - Round One, total disaster.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- He cuts quite a figure, Bob, doesn't he?- Yeah.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28He's quite a stylish man there.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31If you were to tell me that Bob had won the Eurovision Song Contest
0:06:31 > 0:06:33in 1962, I'd go, "Oh, OK."
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Or perhaps just been in the charts in about 1981-82.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- As the keyboardist out of Visage. - Exactly, exactly.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Steve Strange's right-hand man. - Yeah, I'd buy that.- I'd buy that.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I DID buy that. It's a cracking song. Fade To Grey.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Anyway, Bob, what are you going to go for? I mean, it is a bit random.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58I'm going to pluck something out of the air and it's bound to be wrong.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- Iceland.- Iceland, says Bob.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Let's see if that's right and,
0:07:03 > 0:07:05if it is, how many of our 100 people said Iceland.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09It's right. Very well done indeed, Bob.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13I'd almost forgotten what that tower sounded like.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16APPLAUSE
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Good answer.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25Well played, Bob. They never won and they got nul points in 1989.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Nat, welcome to the show.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Great to have you here. What do you do, Nat?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I'm a communications manager.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35What do you like getting up to in your spare time, Nat?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I run a music festival, voluntarily, with some of my friends.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- What kind of music?- Sort of indie. Sort of indie music.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Fantastic. Where is it?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47It's actually on a steam railway in Derbyshire so...
0:07:47 > 0:07:48That sounds fantastic.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53So we have bands playing on steam trains, we have a little railway...
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- They play on the trains. - They do, yeah.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00- Is that Indietracks Festival?- It is. - It's very cool.- You know it?- Yeah.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02And you run it? You set it up with some friends?
0:08:02 > 0:08:03It's not just me, it's me
0:08:03 > 0:08:06and a group of friends and we do it all in our spare time.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- And Rich knows it.- Yeah.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- You should come.- Well...
0:08:10 > 0:08:14If you need someone to drive a train, could me and Xander come?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- It could be arranged. - That would be good, wouldn't it?
0:08:17 > 0:08:18Yeah, that would be great fun.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23- We could drive a train with Sonic Youth playing on it.- Done.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I'm guessing these are quite big trains.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Yeah, quite big, quite old, just a steam train.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- You could shovel some coal maybe. - All right, well, there we are.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Listen, Nat, what are you going to go for?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Do you follow the Eurovision Song Contest avidly?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Not really, I'm afraid. No.
0:08:39 > 0:08:46I think I'm going to guess maybe a bit of a random country and say Latvia.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48OK, Latvia, says Nat, and let's see if it's right
0:08:48 > 0:08:51and if it is how many of our 100 people said Latvia.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57There we are, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, Nat.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- It scores you 100 points. - Sorry, Nat...
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Look at Joanna, she looks furious!
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Oh, man, look at her. Just got revenge written all over her.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10She's fuming beyond words.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Bob and Tim on 14, very well done indeed.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22And then Nat and Joanna, Anna and Tom, Mary and Robin, all on 100.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26So, yes, Joanna, Tom, Robin, we need to start thinking of really good correct answers.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29At this stage they merely have to be correct, I'd say. Best of luck.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31We're going to come back down the line,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Joanna, welcome to Pointless.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Obviously, we're looking for countries that scored nul points
0:09:41 > 0:09:43in Eurovision Song Contests.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Joanna, what do you do?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- I'm a wedding photographer. - Oh, that's fun.- Yeah.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Running round, standing right next to couples just as they are saying their vows.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I've been to a few weddings recently where people have said,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58"I thought the photographer was very intrusive."
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Do people ever say that?
0:10:00 > 0:10:04That is my USP, is that I am not intrusive.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Disguise yourself as a pillar.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12It's not a bad idea, come in disguised as a rude screen or
0:10:12 > 0:10:16any part of a church and you can get away with murder.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- Not literally, but... - I try not to be intrusive.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Now, there you are, you are on 100 points.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24How good are you on Eurovision, do you think?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Well, I do watch it, occasionally,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29I don't usually get to the end. I fall asleep.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- That's the crucial bit, the scoring bit.- Yeah.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The Eastern European countries kind of stick together,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40so they always get point even though perhaps, you know, they wouldn't.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I was thinking that, but I wasn't giving that away.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47So I'm going to just put the country and say...Finland.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Finland.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Finland. Let's see if that is right
0:10:51 > 0:10:54and let's see how many of our 100 people said Finland.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56No red line for you as you're joint high scorers.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00It's right! You've plucked well.
0:11:03 > 0:11:0614 is our lowest score. Correct score.
0:11:06 > 0:11:1019 is our highest correct score.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Very well done indeed. 119, your total.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Well played, Joanna, they got nul points three times.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Only won it once with Lordi, the hard-rock band.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Of course, Finland were always the famous nul points
0:11:20 > 0:11:23when we were little, I think, I seem to remember. Maybe not.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Let's not discuss what countries may or may not have been.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30no, I was deliberately stepping around that minefield.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- OK. Now then, Tim, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- We discovered last time that you are a bookkeeper.- Yes.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40We also discovered last time that this is not the same thing
0:11:40 > 0:11:42as a bookmaker, I discovered that.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I just wondered what odds he was going to give me, that's all.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50Anyway, it's fine. And your big passion is line dancing.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53A little bit disappointed you're not wearing your
0:11:53 > 0:11:55line dancing shirt again, but there we are.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- What else do you like to do with your time?- Travelling, when I can.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Excellent. OK, Tim, it is over to you. What are you going to say?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07I think I remember this once happening, I think it was Norway.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Norway. Norway. I think I remember that.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Anyway, the good news is you are through.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Even if you score 100 points
0:12:15 > 0:12:18you wont overtake our current high scorers, Joanna and Nat.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22But let's see, is Norway right? And if it is, let's see how many people said Norway.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24It's right!
0:12:27 > 0:12:3039 for Norway.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Takes your total to 53.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Well done, Tim and Bob, you're through. Norway.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36They're the famous ones.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Exactly. Yes, because they got nul points four times,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42they're the record holders for the most nul points of all.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- They've won it three times, as well. - Fair enough.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Thanks very much indeed.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Now, Tom. Tom, welcome to the show. What do you do, Tom?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- I work in marketing for an SME in Birmingham.- For a what?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58An SME, small-medium-sized enterprise.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Well, make your minds up, would you! An SME?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- SME, did you know what an SME was? - I do now.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- Any other acronyms you can throw at me and slightly confuse me?- No.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12When you are not marketing, Tom, what do you get up to?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I play football, I'm sure you've heard that one before.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Football I know, yeah.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20I like to cycle and I campaign for a climate change group.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22What form does your campaigning take?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24It's kind of across Europe,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27we try and mobilise young people across Europe.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29And are you pro-climate change or anti?
0:13:29 > 0:13:34Yes, we want more ambition in EU policy.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36More ambition in EU policy.
0:13:36 > 0:13:42OK. Now, Tom, there is a high score which is 119.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45You want to avoid overtaking that high score otherwise
0:13:45 > 0:13:48you might be leaving us at the end of the round.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50What are you going to go for?
0:13:50 > 0:13:54I'm thinking that a lot of countries that border each other
0:13:54 > 0:13:58often vote for each other so I'll go for an isolated country, Malta.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Malta. Malta.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Poor Malta on its own being picked on, nul points like that.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I'm sorry, Malta.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07There's your red line, if you get below that red line
0:14:07 > 0:14:10you are through to the next round for sure.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Let's find out how many people said it.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Oh, no, bad luck!
0:14:15 > 0:14:18I'm sorry, Tom, I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer
0:14:18 > 0:14:22which scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 200.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27- They did come last three times but never scored nul points.- Fair enough.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Thanks very much indeed.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Robin, there you are on 100. Our high scorers at the moment are
0:14:31 > 0:14:36Tom and Anna on 200, 99 or less gets you straight into the next round.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Now then, Robin, remind us what you do.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42I'm a service delivery manager for a well-known high street retailer.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Do you watch Eurovision?
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Yes, I usually skip the songs and go straight to the voting.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- So I should do really well.- That is good of thing to do. Very good.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58There's one that I'm pretty sure did get nul points
0:14:58 > 0:15:00because it was on the news.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- So actually I am going to say the United Kingdom.- The United Kingdom.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07OK, you have to get below that red line with the United Kingdom
0:15:07 > 0:15:09and if you do you're through to round two.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Let's find out if the United Kingdom is right, let's see how many people said it.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Absolutely right, Robin,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18very well done. I'm amazed someone hadn't said before.
0:15:18 > 0:15:2358. Takes your total to 158, through you go to Round 2.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Very well played, Robin, exactly the right tactics there.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Gemini, of course.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31There's no pointless answers at all, a couple of low ones, though.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Let's look at those.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Yugoslavia would have got you 2,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Monaco would have got you 2 and Austria would have got you 6.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42The key thing was avoiding all the newer countries because they've
0:15:42 > 0:15:45been in it fewer times and there are so many more votes these days.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48It's much, much harder to get nul points.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51And the top three, there's only one of these we haven't seen
0:15:51 > 0:15:54so far, the third one. Spain with 21.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59Then it was Norway, 39 and Robin has just given us Royaume Uni.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05At the end of our first round I am afraid the pair heading home
0:16:05 > 0:16:08with their high score of 200, I'm afraid are Tom and Anna.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Listen, you used fantastic logic, but I am afraid you were wrong.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16I feel Pointless owes you one, is all I am saying,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19so next time I hope it will all land much better for you.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21But in the meantime, thanks very much for playing,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Tom and Anna, great contestants.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26But for the remaining three pairs it is time for Round 2.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31APPLAUSE
0:16:31 > 0:16:33And so, three pairs remain.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36At the end of this road we have to say goodbye
0:16:36 > 0:16:38to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Tim and Bob, very well done.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42The class swots of that round.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Nat and Joanna were the next best performing pair on 119
0:16:45 > 0:16:47and 158 from Robin and Mary.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I don't know, who knows what the next round will be
0:16:50 > 0:16:51but best of luck to all three pairs.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Our category is...
0:16:55 > 0:16:57So from Eurovision to Europe.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08OK, the question concerns...
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Great Danes, Richard.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16On each pass we will show you descriptions of six famous
0:17:16 > 0:17:17people were born in Denmark.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Can you give us the most obscure answer to one of these?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23There are 12 Danes to guess at home. Very best of luck.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24OK, thanks very much indeed.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27As Richard said we are looking for the names of these famous
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Danish people described on these boards. Here's our first board of six.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I'll read those all one last time.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- There we are, six famous Danes. Robin.- Yes.- Over to you first.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19How are you feeling about things?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Not bad, a bit worried when it came up
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- but I think there's one or two I might know.- Excellent.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27So, I'm going to go for the drummer
0:18:27 > 0:18:30and founding member of Metallica as Lars Ulrich.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Lars Ulrich, says Robin.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Let's see if that is right,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36let's see how many of our 100 people said Lars Ulrich.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Absolutely right, Robin.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47That's a great answer, Robin, very well done indeed.
0:18:47 > 0:18:509 for Lars Ulrich.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54A very good start to the round.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Lars Ulrich was a very good tennis player when he was a child,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59almost professional level for his age
0:18:59 > 0:19:03but then went to see a Deep Purple concert and everything changed.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10- Mum must have been pleased. - Yeah. Anyway, there we go. Sorry, Bob, over to you. Great Danes.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14I have always said sport and pop music are my worst subjects,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17so that rather cut it down a bit.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20So I am hoping I am going to be right
0:19:20 > 0:19:26with the scientist who won the Nobel Prize for physics was Niels Bohr?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28OK, so Bob has says Niels Bohr. Let's see if that's right and
0:19:28 > 0:19:30if it is let's see how many of 100 people said that.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33It is right.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Good answer! Very well done indeed, Bob. 4 for Niels Bohr.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Great answer, Bob, very well played.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Won the award for his work on the structure of the atom.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56- Bohrium is named after him. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02Now then, Joanna, this is all yours. This board. These famous Danes.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Take us through as many of them as you can and tell us
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- which one you will submit. - I can't, I can't.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I know the first one but I can't think of his name.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I know this answer, I will say an answer to the second one
0:20:12 > 0:20:15but I know it is wrong. But I will say Bjork.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18You're going to go with Bjork.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19OK, let's see if Bjork is right.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Did she knock Wet, We, Wet off the top of the charts,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24was she born in Denmark? Bjork.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Bad luck, Joanna. You knew it was wrong, I am afraid you were right.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32It's 100 points for you, sorry.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Sorry, Joanna. Icelandic, as I'm sure you know.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38It was Saturday Night by Whigfield.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Would have scored you seven points.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Number one for ever and ever and ever,
0:20:43 > 0:20:44straight after Wet, Wet, Wet.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48- The goalkeeper...- Peter Schmeichel. - It was Peter Schmeichel.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Quite a low score for Peter Schmeichel. 28 points.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54The biggest scorer in the board was the Red Sonja actress.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Brigitte Nielsen.- Brigitte Nielsen.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59She would have scored you 38. And this is a pointless answer,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03the actress who played Sarah Lund,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06and it was Sofie Grabol.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09If you said that, very well played. It's a pointless answer.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Don't you just wish we had things like
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- those whistles and bells in our alphabet?- I know.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18You could hang that surname up for a Christmas decoration.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19LAUGHTER
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- Put some thread through that thing on the A...- That's a lovely idea.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29let's take a look at the scores as they stand. 4 the best score -
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Bob and Tim,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32they're just on fire today.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Just fantastic. Very well done indeed.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Then up to 9
0:21:36 > 0:21:38where we find Robin and Mary, and then I'm sorry,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Joanna and Nat, it's up to 100
0:21:41 > 0:21:43where we find you. Who knows what might happen in the next pass,
0:21:43 > 0:21:49but Nat, if you find a really low-scoring answer, maybe it'll be enough to keep you in the game.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53We'll come back down the line, can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59OK, let's put six more famous Danes on the board, and here they are.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22I'll read those all one last time.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Six famous Danes. Nat,
0:22:40 > 0:22:44you need to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48I think I actually only know one.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51I'm going to say the supermodel
0:22:51 > 0:22:53who's appeared in the music videos,
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Helena Christensen?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Helena Christensen, says Nat.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57No red line for you
0:22:57 > 0:23:00but let's see how many people said Helena Christensen.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Ooh, it's a good answer. Well done, you.
0:23:09 > 0:23:108.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- APPLAUSE - That just keeps you in the game.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Till the end of the round, maybe...
0:23:19 > 0:23:23A very good answer. Puts a lot of pressure on Mary on the last podium.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Yeah, she was in Duran Duran's Girl Panic video
0:23:26 > 0:23:29where she played the drummer, Roger Taylor.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Tim - good news.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36You're in the head-to-head thanks to Bob's excellent answering
0:23:36 > 0:23:38in the first pass.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40How are you feeling about this?
0:23:40 > 0:23:41There's one easy one
0:23:41 > 0:23:43and another one I THINK I know.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45I think the News Quiz presenter
0:23:45 > 0:23:47is Sandi Toksvig.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Sandi Toksvig, says Tim.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50No red line for you,
0:23:50 > 0:23:54you're already through, but let's see how many of our 100 people said Sandi Toksvig.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Absolutely right.
0:24:02 > 0:24:0319.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- APPLAUSE - Takes your total up to 23,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09sees you very comfortably into the head-to-head.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Very well played. They continue their
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- great run on that middle podium. - They do.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Yeah, when we were kids she was on No.73. Do you remember that?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- What, the bus?- No. The children's television programme.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- I didn't see that, No.73.- Really?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26You probably weren't allowed to watch ITV.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30It wasn't that, we didn't really get it. We had a little...
0:24:30 > 0:24:33We'll go into this another time. Northumberland, is all I can say.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Now, Mary - you have to get this answer right.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40That's the level of jeopardy we're at. It has to be correct.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43An incorrect answer from you, we'll be saying good night, Mary and Robin.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- This is a terrible one for me. - Oh, no!
0:24:46 > 0:24:47Nat and Joanna,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49you heard what she said.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Talk us through the board, Mary. Just do your thinking out loud.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I'm a massive Breaking Bad fan
0:24:54 > 0:24:56and I can't think who plays Gus.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I don't watch Strictly,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04and the author who wrote
0:25:04 > 0:25:05The Little Mermaid,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07all I can think of for that one,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10and that's going to be my answer,
0:25:10 > 0:25:11is Hans Christian Andersen.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14OK, that's all you can think of.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Hans Christian Andersen.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Well, there's your red line.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Get it right, and you're through to the head-to-head.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Is Hans Christian Andersen right?
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Course it is! Well done, Mary. That was all you needed.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Hans Christian Andersen...
0:25:29 > 0:25:3135.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Takes your total up to 44,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38sees you into the head-to-head. Well done.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Oh, you could see the exact moment
0:25:39 > 0:25:41when Joanna and Nat's heart broke.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43"I can't think of anyone
0:25:43 > 0:25:45"but I'm just going to say Hans Ch..."
0:25:45 > 0:25:47It was just as you got to that, they just both went, "Oh..."
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Let's look through the rest of these.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54The ballroom dancer is Camilla Dallerup.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56She would have scored you 7 points.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59The female author at the bottom there is Karen Blixen,
0:25:59 > 0:26:01very well done if you said that, 6.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04And the actor who played Gus is a pointless answer,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06and you'd be naming stereotypical Danish names for a long time
0:26:06 > 0:26:09before you got to Giancarlo Esposito.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11CHUCKLING
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Thanks very much indeed.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18So at the end of our second round the pair heading home with
0:26:18 > 0:26:19their high score of 108
0:26:19 > 0:26:20I'm afraid it's Nat and Joanna.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Oh, you were teased there by Mary,
0:26:22 > 0:26:23she played you.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26But the good news is you'll be back next time.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27We'll look forward to seeing you,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30thanks very much for playing.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32APPLAUSE
0:26:32 > 0:26:35But for the remaining two pairs it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Congratulations, Tim and Bob, Robin and Mary,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43you're one step closer to the final
0:26:43 > 0:26:47and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £1,000.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Now, we have to decide who's going to go through to the final
0:26:51 > 0:26:54and to do that you're now going to go head-to-head.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56The big difference is you're now allowed to confer.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that £1,000,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I think this is going to be very exciting.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head!
0:27:09 > 0:27:12OK. Here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:27:13 > 0:27:15..TV Historians.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Simply going to show you five pictures now of TV historians -
0:27:20 > 0:27:22can you tell us the name of the most obscure, please?
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Let's reveal our five pictures, and here they are. We have got...
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Tim and Bob, you've played best so far
0:27:52 > 0:27:54so you will go first.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56(A, I know her face, but...)
0:27:56 > 0:28:00(Oh, what's her name? Lucy...?)
0:28:00 > 0:28:01(Begins with W...)
0:28:04 > 0:28:06We're going to go for B,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- and that's David...- Starkey.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11David Starkey, say Tim and Bob. Now then, Robin and Mary,
0:28:11 > 0:28:15- do you think you can talk us through the rest of the board?- Ah...
0:28:15 > 0:28:17A, I know -
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I've seen her, can't place her name.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21C, I think, is Simon Schama.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24D, again I've seen her programme
0:28:24 > 0:28:25and I can't think.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29E, is possibly going to be my guess,
0:28:29 > 0:28:31I'm not sure what he looks like
0:28:31 > 0:28:32but I know there was
0:28:32 > 0:28:34a black-and-white TV historian
0:28:34 > 0:28:35called AJP Taylor,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37and I'm not if I should go for that
0:28:37 > 0:28:40or go for the other one, so
0:28:40 > 0:28:43I'm going to go for C, Simon Schama.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47C, Simon Schama. OK, so we have David Starkey and Simon Schama.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Tim and Bob said David Starkey for B, let's see if that's right
0:28:51 > 0:28:53and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56It's right...
0:29:01 > 0:29:0310.
0:29:06 > 0:29:0810 for David Starkey.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Robin and Mary have said that C
0:29:11 > 0:29:14is Simon Schama. C, Simon Schama.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Let's see that's right and if it is, how many people said that.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19It's right...
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Not far off. But 19.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Which means, Tim and Bob, after one question you are up 1-0. Richard.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Well played, both teams.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38It would have been no risk to say AJP Taylor - there was a historian
0:29:38 > 0:29:42of that vintage shall we say called AJP Taylor, and that is him.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Would have scored you 8 points.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Would have been a big risk to take.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51A, I think you all recognise her
0:29:51 > 0:29:53and you're getting towards a name somehow.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- Lucy Worsley.- Exactly. She would have scored you 7 points.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00And D is
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Bettany Hughes.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04And would have scored you 6 points,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06so low scores all round from our 100 there.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Thanks, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Robin and Mary, you'll get to answer it first
0:30:11 > 0:30:13but you have to win it to stay in the game.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15It concerns...
0:30:17 > 0:30:18..Board Games.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23- Richard.- Going to show you five clues to facts about board games -
0:30:23 > 0:30:25can you give us the most obscure answer, please?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27OK, let's reveal our five clues,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29and here they come. We have got...
0:30:47 > 0:30:49I'll read those all one last time.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Now then, Robin and Mary, you will go first this time.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:31:16 > 0:31:18We're going to go for
0:31:18 > 0:31:22the murder victim in the UK Cluedo,
0:31:22 > 0:31:23and we're going to say Dr Black.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Dr Black, say Robin and Mary.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30Now, Tim and Bob, can you talk us through the rest of the board?
0:31:30 > 0:31:31How much of it can you fill in?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33The top one I think is ludo.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36The chess piece is the bishop.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38The... I think it's something like
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Jailhouse Jack or Jake or
0:31:40 > 0:31:43something like that, I'm not sure.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46The black-and-white game is Othello.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49I think the one we should go for is
0:31:49 > 0:31:50ludo.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52OK, you're going to say ludo.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54So we have Dr Black,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56and we have ludo.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57OK, Dr Black say Robin and Mary.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Let's see if it's right and if it is how many people said it.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03It's right. Very well done.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Down to 10.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12APPLAUSE
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Tim and Bob, you have gone for ludo,
0:32:17 > 0:32:20the counters and dice game that is Latin for "I play".
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Let's see if that's right and if it is how many people said ludo.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26It's right.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Is it going to go down below 10?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31No, it's not. 40 for ludo.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33APPLAUSE
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Well done, Robin and Mary.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38After two questions you're back in the game, it's one-all.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41It is a good head-to-head, this. Let's take a look at the other names.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43You're right about the chess piece, it's the Bishop,
0:32:43 > 0:32:46that would have scored you too many points.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47It would have scored you 51.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50You were right about Othello, as well.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52That would have scored you 23 points.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Now, the name of the character in jail in Monopoly -
0:32:56 > 0:32:59if you'd had to have a guess, what would you have gone for?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Jailhouse Jake?
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Jake the Jailbird is the answer.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07You obviously knew it, it wasn't quite the right words.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Three points for that, so that would have been a great answer,
0:33:10 > 0:33:12well done if you said that at home.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13OK, it's all coming down to a decider.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15It's the third question. Whoever wins this one goes
0:33:15 > 0:33:18through to the Final and plays for that jackpot.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:33:23 > 0:33:25ABBA Singles Titles. Richard.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28We're going to show you the name of five ABBA top 40 singles now,
0:33:28 > 0:33:32but we're just showing you the number of letters in each word of the title.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Can you decipher what the title is from these clues?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37OK, thanks very much indeed.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Let's reveal our clues to ABBA singles titles, and here they are...
0:33:51 > 0:33:53I'll read in those all again...
0:34:04 > 0:34:07There we are, five ABBA singles.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Tim and Bob, you will go first.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Money, Money, Money, but I don't know what the bit in brackets is.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Erm...
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I'll try, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
0:34:21 > 0:34:23for the fourth one down.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27OK, you're going to go for I do, I do, I do, I do, I do.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Now, Robin and Mary, talk us through the board.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33OK, I think the first one is
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight).
0:34:37 > 0:34:39I think the second one is Dancing Queen.
0:34:39 > 0:34:425,3 I think is Mamma Mia.
0:34:43 > 0:34:474,4 is not coming to me right now.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51So I'm going to go...
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight).
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight).
0:34:56 > 0:34:59OK, so Tim and Bob have said I do, I do, I do, I do.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Let's see if that's right and if it is how many people said it.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05It's right.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Very well done, 29.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13APPLAUSE
0:35:15 > 0:35:19Robin and Mary have gone for Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight).
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Let's see if that's right and if it is how many people said that.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26It's right.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28It's got to beat 29...
0:35:28 > 0:35:29And if it does...
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Which it does! You are through to the Final.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33- Very well done indeed, 15. - APPLAUSE
0:35:35 > 0:35:36Very well done.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38After three questions, Robin and Mary,
0:35:38 > 0:35:39you are through to the Final, 2-1.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Brilliant head-to-head, well played, Robin and Mary.
0:35:44 > 0:35:477,5 we've already heard is Dancing Queen.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49That would have scored you 41.
0:35:49 > 0:35:515,3 is Mamma Mia.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54That would have won the point, as well, actually,
0:35:54 > 0:35:56because it only scored 24 points.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58And the bottom one is the best answer up there
0:35:58 > 0:36:01it was one of their very, very early songs - Ring Ring.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04That would have scored you 5 points.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Well done if you said that at home. - Thanks very much in need.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08At the end of our head-to-head round,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11I'm afraid the pair leaving us, Tim and Bob, what an exciting
0:36:11 > 0:36:14head-to-head that was, some great answers from both pairs.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16I'm really sorry we have to say goodbye to you now.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Came so close, but it's been great having you on our show.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Thank you so much for playing, Tim and Bob.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22APPLAUSE
0:36:24 > 0:36:27But for Robin and Mary it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Congratulations, Robin and Mary, you fought off all the competition
0:36:33 > 0:36:35and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £1,000.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48There it is.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Well, you've done one better, it was head-to-head last time.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54And you were sort of the underdogs in the head-to-head slightly.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56- And you stormed it.- Yeah.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58OK, well, good luck.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00As always, you get to choose your category,
0:37:00 > 0:37:01and here are your four options...
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- HE SIGHS - There's a few.- Gosh.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13OK, Belgium I think I'm not familiar,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- so might have to leave that.- No, I don't think we should go for that.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Boxers is a possibility for me.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- Bestselling Albums...possibly for both of us.- Yes.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25You'd be quite good at obscure boxers, though, wouldn't you?
0:37:25 > 0:37:29I might be OK at Boxers, although it's pretty much me then, isn't it?
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Yeah, but I'd prefer something like that.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- OK, it's on me then?- Yeah.- Great.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37It's on me, Alexander, we'll go for Boxers.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39It's Boxers.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42We're going to show you three different options now,
0:37:42 > 0:37:44take your answers from any or all of these.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46We're looking for anyone ever defeated
0:37:46 > 0:37:48in a professional bout by Henry Cooper,
0:37:48 > 0:37:51anyone ever defeated in a professional bout by Joe Calzaghe,
0:37:51 > 0:37:55or anyone defeated in a professional bout by Ricky Hatton.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Anyone defeated by any of those three guys,
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Henry Cooper, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton
0:37:59 > 0:38:02in a professional boxing bout. Very, very best of luck.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05OK, as always you have up to one minute to come up with
0:38:05 > 0:38:07three answers, and all you need to win that jackpot is for
0:38:07 > 0:38:09just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Remember, also, the answers you provide can come
0:38:12 > 0:38:15from any of these categories, completely up to you. Are you ready?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- Yes. - Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20There they are, your time starts now.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23OK, Henry Cooper, right, I'll do some thinking out loud.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Most famously fought Muhammad Ali...
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Um, he lost to, erm...
0:38:31 > 0:38:36a few people in the '70s. I think Brian London.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39The only one I can think of for Henry Cooper is Brian London.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40Joe Calzaghe beak Chris Eubank
0:38:40 > 0:38:43and would have beaten a lot of middleweight boxers.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46I don't think he beat Nigel Benn or Mike McCallum.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Mikkel Kessler, he would have beaten.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52I might have to go for that one, that's probably popular.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55And Ricky Hatton I know he beat Kostya Zu and then lost
0:38:55 > 0:38:58to Mayweather and lost to, erm...
0:38:58 > 0:39:00a Filipino boxer, as well.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02I'm trying to think of someone like Herol Graham or someone
0:39:02 > 0:39:05he would have fought earlier in his career,
0:39:05 > 0:39:07because that's going to get a pointless answer, isn't it?
0:39:07 > 0:39:11- I'm going to say maybe Herol Graham.- Ten seconds left.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Mikkel Kessler and Brian London
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- for those three. OK. - Yeah. That's great.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- OK, now, Robin. Phew!- Phew!
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Now, let's have your three answers.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27When you give your answers will you say which category you are answering?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30OK, in the Henry Cooper category I'm going to say Brian London.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Brian London.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34In the Joe Calzaghe sector I'm going to say Mikkel Kessler.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39Mikkel Kessler. And in Ricky Hatton, going for a guess, Herol Graham.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Herol Graham. OK, of those three,
0:39:41 > 0:39:43which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45It's either going to be the best or it'll go boom,
0:39:45 > 0:39:47so I'll Herol Graham.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Herol Graham we'll put last - least likely to be pointless?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- Mikkel Kessler.- Mikkel Kessler.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order, and here they are.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00We have got Mikkel Kessler, Brian London, and Herol Graham.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Very best of luck. Your first answer was Mikkel Kessler.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05This was the one you thought was probably least likely
0:40:05 > 0:40:08to be pointless. Is it that you weren't sure if it was correct?
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Yeah, and he seemed to fight him I think
0:40:10 > 0:40:12near the end of his career, and I think it was quite
0:40:12 > 0:40:15a well-known fight, so I think a few people might know him.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Well, remember, only one of these answers has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20It's £1,000, what would you do with that?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Mary, what would you do with your share of that?
0:40:22 > 0:40:25The crazy thing would be to go on holiday.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Robin would probably be like, "No, we have to put it towards moving,"
0:40:28 > 0:40:30so it would go on new furniture and things.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31Well, it'll be nice new furniture,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- and it'll last longer than a holiday.- Exactly.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36We hope. Depends where you get it from, obviously.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39But anything else, Robin? You have a burning desire for?
0:40:39 > 0:40:41I think probably going back to New York.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43We've been there a couple of times, absolutely love it,
0:40:43 > 0:40:46so we could probably have an expensive holiday there.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48There are three good answers on the board,
0:40:48 > 0:40:50let's hope at least one of those is pointless.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Mikkel Kessler, your first answer.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Obviously it has to be correct,
0:40:53 > 0:40:55and pointless for you to win the jackpot.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57For £1,000, let's find out how many people said
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Mikkel Kessler lost to Joe Calzaghe.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04It's right.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06That was the first thing it had to be.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09The second it has to be is pointless for you to win that £1,000.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Down it goes, through the teens.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Into single figures, we're on the right track now,
0:41:13 > 0:41:14down it goes...
0:41:14 > 0:41:16You've done it! Very well done indeed!
0:41:16 > 0:41:18APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:41:18 > 0:41:22What about that! Fantastic! Very well done.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25That is brilliant.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30Very well done indeed.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34And congratulations, your new flat is going to have furniture!
0:41:34 > 0:41:36LAUGHTER
0:41:36 > 0:41:39That's fantastic. Yes, Mikkel Kessler was a pointless answer,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,000.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Very well done indeed, Robin and Mary.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:41:48 > 0:41:49That's terrific work.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51We're giving away a lot of jackpots at the moment
0:41:51 > 0:41:53and that was a well-deserved one.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Yeah, Kessler, unbelievably a pointless answer.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58There are lots of pointless answers on all of these lists.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Brian London would have scored you 4, he did fight Cooper,
0:42:00 > 0:42:02and Herol Graham didn't fight Ricky Hatton,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05they were slightly out of each other's eras, I think,
0:42:05 > 0:42:07so Mikkel Kessler was your main shot there.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10During the 60 seconds you mentioned Kostya Zu,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13who fought Ricky Hatton, of course, very famously,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16but not that famously because that was a pointless answer, as well.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17Oh!
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Let's take a look at the pointless answers in all the different categories.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23For Henry Cooper, very famous title fight at Wembley where
0:42:23 > 0:42:24he beat Billy Walker.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Chip Johnson, Joe Bygraves, who then beat him in a rematch.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29Joe Erskine, as well -
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Cooper beat him three times for the British Empire title.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35There's Joe Calzaghe, Kabary Salem, the Egyptian,
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Mikkel Kessler, Paul Hanlon and Robin Reid.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40He won the world title on split points decision against Robin Reid.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42That was a pointless answer.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45And Ricky Hatton you could have had Colin McAuley,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Jose Luis Castillo, Louis Collazo,
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Paul Denton, you also could have had Paulie Magnilaggi,
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Juan Urango, and as I said before, Kostya Zu,
0:42:52 > 0:42:53also a pointless answer for him.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Thanks once again to our winning players, Robin and Mary,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05APPLAUSE
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16APPLAUSE