Episode 15 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and 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.

And couple number one.

I'm Rhianon, this is my husband Dawfydd, and we're from Reading.

-Couple number two.

-Hello, I'm David, this is Rosie,

she's also my mum, and we're from Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

-Couple number three.

-Hiya, my name's Mitesh. This is my friend Dhru.

He's from Cheltenham and I'm from West London.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hello, I'm Alex, this is Jess, and we're work colleagues from Southend.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks 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.

His knowledge is head and shoulders above the competition.

Well, to be fair, his head is head and shoulders above most things.

-It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hello, everybody.

Hiya.

-We keep giving away the jackpot.

-I know, I know, I know...

-Five time in seven shows.

-I don't mean to.

But, last time, amazingly, Steve and Fraser

got through to the jackpot round.

Three pointless answers they got, all of their answers were pointless.

We didn't give them triple money, but very, very well-played to them,

but, yeah, we keep giving it away at the moment

so it's one of our really lucky streaks,

a good time to be coming along,

other than the fact that the money's gone down, obviously.

We've got two pairs left from that show, neither made it to

the head-to-head so something to prove. David and Rose,

welcome back. Mitesh and Dhru, welcome back as well.

-I think Mitesh and Dhru were unlucky in that last one.

-I think

-they were.

-They'll want to stick around for a bit longer this time.

I think so. Well, thanks very much, Richard.

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

the show. Our contestants need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get. Of course, everyone's trying to find

a pointless answer, that being an answer that none

of our 100 people gave and, each time that happens, we will add £250

to the jackpot. Well, as you've gathered, Steve and Fraser

won the jackpot last time so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

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

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Now, the pair with the highest score at the end of this

round will be eliminated.

Also, remember, there's to be no conferring during the round itself.

Uh, our first category today is...

-Elements. Rhianon not happy.

-No.

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

who's going to go second.

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

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

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

..as they could. We'll discover in a second what that means. Richard.

We're looking for any element in the Periodic Table that begins with

one of those letters, begins with T, A, B, L, or E,

please, so any element in the Periodic Table that begins

with T, A, B, L, or E, please, and that's as of September 2013,

-cos they do add new ones from time to time.

-Oh, they do.

-They do.

-Yeah, you can vote them in.

-You can, yeah.

That's a great TV show, isn't it?

Element Idol...

-which was lovely.

-It's very nice.

-But I love that show.

-I love all the back stories.

-Yeah.

You know, the elements with difficult home lives, they get voted

onto the table, but the ones that don't make it, I feel very sad for.

Yeah, it's a shame, but they always get to go on the Element Tour,

which is always nice.

Yeah, it's worth going to see the Element Tour if you get to go

and see it live. They did a cover version of "Atomic",

didn't they, for last Christmas?

-It was very good.

-Uh, thanks very much indeed.

Now, Rhianon and Dawfydd, you all drew lots before the show

and, today, you are going to go first.

-Rhianon, welcome to the show, lovely to have you here.

-Thank you.

-From Reading?

-Yes.

-Two excellent Welsh names.

-Yeah.

-And you're from Reading?

-Yeah.

-Are you from Wales originally?

-I'm not, Dawfydd's family is.

-OK, and what do you do?

I'm a PR consultant.

And what do you like doing when you're not doing that?

Um, we've got a dog called Joey which we absolutely dote on, so,

any spare time that we've got we'll try and do anything we can with him.

So, we'll go to dog-friendly beaches, we'll go to woods,

-we look at hotels where we can take him with us.

-Aww!

-Joey will be watching right now?

-Oh, yeah. He loves Pointless!

Joey, Joey, come here, Joey! Come on, Joey, come on. Come on!

Oh, Joey! Excellent.

Uh, now then, what are you going to go for?

You didn't look at all happy.

-No, no, anything sciencey is just not my bag.

-No.

So, I've got an answer, but I think it's going to be high,

so, I'm going to say lithium.

"Lithium," says Rhianon. Lithium.

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

-It's right.

-Phew!

That's not bad. 28, Rhianon.

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Not bad at all with lithium.

I'd say it's a very good start from podium one.

Rhianon, yeah, the lightest of all the metals, lithium.

It's like a Bryan Adams song.

-Very, very light metal.

-Very light metal, yeah. Very good.

-Uh, thank you. Now, then, Rosie, welcome back.

-Hello.

-It was Round Two last time.

-I know. Formula 1 did it.

-Yeah, well, it was quite tough.

-It's the first names, isn't it?

-It's not the surnames.

-Yeah.

I'll tell you what, in the first round last time,

we didn't have any of that problem, cos all the first names were Nigel.

But, there we are.

So, then, Rosie, what are you going to go for from the Periodic Table?

I'll go for A, antimony.

Very nice. "Antimony," says Rosie.

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

Very good. Well, our only score so far is 28,

you passed that comfortably.

Look at that! Antimony down to 2, Rosie.

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That's a brilliant answer. Very well done indeed.

Very well played, Rosie.

Yeah, in the Hebrew Bible, Jezebel uses antimony to beautify her eyes,

but you mustn't do it, because it's highly toxic.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, then. Mitesh, welcome back.

Remind us what you do.

Uh, yeah, I work in the finance department as a

credit risk coordinator for a multi-industry company, yeah.

-And in your spare time you do a lot of sport.

-I do, I do.

I like playing table tennis during my lunch breaks, actually, cos...

-There's one there?

-There's one at my workplace, yes. So...

Are you quite good? Are you very quick?

I've taken it up recently, so, I've been playing for about

-two months or so, so it's going well, so far.

-Good stuff.

Now, what about chemistry?

Uh, I was good at it at A level

and I've got a few at the back of my mind.

-I'm going to go for going to go for tungsten.

-"Tungsten," says Mitesh.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right.

Very well done. 8 for tungsten. That's a great answer, Mitesh.

Well played, Mitesh. Also called wolfram, which is a correct answer in

elements beginning with the letters WABLE.

-But not TABLE.

-No. Wolfram.

-Wolfram, yeah.

-They should use that more.

-I'd buy many more light bulbs if they were made of wolfram.

-Would you?

-Yeah!

-They use it in darts as well. Tungsten darts.

Wolfram tipped darts, you wouldn't be able to

get into my house for darts if they were called wolfram.

Ah, well. There we are. That's their mistake.

Now then, Jess, welcome to the show. It's great to have you here.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Jess?

-I'm a support worker for adults with learning difficulties.

-Excellent.

-How long have you done that for?

-Um, about a year and a half now.

-Very rewarding?

-Yeah, I absolutely love it.

What do you like doing when you're not doing that, Jess?

Eh, when I'm not working, if I'm not sleeping,

I collect things that have cats on them. I do have my...

-Have you got anything with you?

-Yeah! I've got my cat print tights.

-You...! Oh! Have you ever!

-They've got cat faces on them, yeah.

I can see. Yeah, you really have.

How fantastic. How many things have you got with cats on?

-Oh, pretty much my whole wardrobe is cats.

-And waving ones.

No, I don't. I have a little rubber that's shaped like

-one of the waving cats, but...

-You haven't got a waving one?

-I need to get one.

-Well, that's an idea!

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Um, now then, Jess...

elements beginning with TABLE.

Yes...science wasn't my best subject, because I preferred to just

colour in the borders of my science book, rather than actually listen.

Fair enough.

But I do remember there was a song where

they listed all of the elements and I think beryllium was one.

-So, I'm going to say that.

-Oh, that's a good answer, Jess.

You were basically preparing me for something that

wasn't going to be that good.

I'll be honest, and then you pulled beryllium out of the bag.

I mean, I don't know if it's right or anything, obviously,

I don't want to get rid of the jeopardy. (I think it's right.)

Let's find out. Beryllium.

Is that correct and, if it is, how many people said it?

There we are.

Down it goes, Jess.

-8!

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That's a great answer, great score...

And you owe it entirely to Tom Lehrer, which is great.

That's right. Well played, Jess.

We are duty-bound to say berylli-ant every time that comes up on the show.

-We are.

-It really is, yeah. It was first discovered in 1798.

They found it in beryl.

And she didn't mind?

LAUGHTER

She was absolutely fine. That's what you get if you date a scientist.

Well, yeah!

-No, beryl, the stone, obviously.

-Oh, I see, right.

I was thinking, obviously, she'd be glad to have it removed,

I'd have thought. Anyway, thanks, Richard.

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

2, the best score of that pass, Rosie. Very well done to you.

A great answer. David, she's set you up.

Fantastic! Then up to 8 where we find Mitesh and Dhru,

and Jess and Alex, then up to 28 where we find Rhianon and Dawfydd.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

-Alex!

-Hello.

-Welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

What do you do, Alex?

I'm also a support worker for adults with learning difficulties.

And do you work alongside Jess?

Well, I work nights and Jess works during the day, but same place.

And what do you do for fun, Alex?

Uh, I play guitar and sing, and I've got a little girl.

-You've got a little girl? Lovely. What's she called?

-It's Paige.

-Paige. How old is she?

-Uh, she's two and a half.

-Wonderful.

She'll be watching. Hi, Paige. Hey, Joey! Joey, Joey! Hi, Paige.

-Um, and are you in a band, then?

-I'm in a band, yeah.

I actually know it. He's in Walk In Coma. It's Alex from Walk In Coma.

-Walk In Coma?

-Yeah.

-Like a walk-in bath?

-Exactly.

Well, it's very convenient for people who in a hurry.

People who want a coma on the move, they can just walk in.

No appointments necessary.

Yeah. Now, then, Alex, there you are. You're on 8.

The high scorers are Dawfydd and Rhianon on 28, so if you can

score 19 or less, you can avoid even becoming the new high scorers.

I can feel Jess's eyes looking at me right now.

I can tell you they are, I can see them looking at you.

Um, what do you think you're going to go for?

Are you good at chemistry?

Not really.

But I'm going to go with Argon.

"Argon," says Alex. Argon.

There's your red line.

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

Let's see if Argon can get Alex and Jess down there.

It's right.

Not bad, not bad. 28 that scores.

It takes your total up to 36.

I would like to think that's enough to see you through.

Well played. That is an inert gas.

You use it in fluorescent lights and all sorts of other things.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Dhru...

You're at college, aren't you, at the moment?

And you're on a year off working with a computer company.

-A university, but, yeah.

-That's right, you're at university.

So, what are you actually studying at university?

-I do mathematics and business.

-OK.

And when you leave, do you know what you are going to do,

have you worked out? No.

Not yet, I'm just glad I've got this year's experience

so I can tell whether it's something I want to go into or not.

OK, very good. And how do you and Mitesh know each other?

Um, we actually lived across halls in first year of university

-and then became very good friends.

-Oh, right. Excellent.

Now, what about chemistry, Dhru? This is the key question.

Well, I never did it at GCSE or A level or degree,

but I think I might have one.

-OK.

-So, yeah, I think I'm going to give it a shot.

I'm going to go for E.

-Einsteinium.

-That's the one I'd have gone for!

-Oh, is it?

-Yeah, yeah!

-OK.

There you are, you're on 8.

High scorers are currently Alex and Jess on 36.

If you can score 27 or less with Einsteinium,

you are through to the next round. There's your red line.

It's right.

You've done it, Dhru.

And how! Look at that. 6. Very well done indeed. 14 your total.

That's an excellent low total.

Well played, Dhru. Yeah, they found first it in the debris of the first

-thermonuclear hydrogen bomb.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, David. David, look, you're on 2!

You're on 2, this is a fantastic position to be in.

The idea is you should be scoring 33 or less, David,

and that will keep you in the game. Remind us what you do, David.

I look after the sales and marketing for an

-HE COUGHS

-industrial distribution company.

-HE COUGHS

-Industrial distribution is

-a codeword, obviously.

-LAUGHTER

And in your spare time...?

Uh, I like sport.

I have a season ticket at Spurs for my pains, I play in a band...

-Do you?

-..with my dad.

-What's your band called?

-Uh, Champagne Charlie.

-Champagne Charlie?

-Yeah.

Excellent. So, elements starting T, A, B, L or E.

-What are you going to go for?

-Well...

I suppose I should play safe

as tactics after my mum's excellent answer, so I'll go for bromine.

"Bromine," says David. Bromine. There's your red line, if you get

below that with bromine, you're in Round Two.

Let's see how many people said bromine.

It's right.

Very well done indeed, David.

-5.

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Our second lowest score of the round so far.

Well played, David. Great score there on podium two.

Yeah, discovered in 1826, bromine, just by two guys...

-A couple of bros.

-..who just really got along.

-Yeah.

-"Let's just name it after us."

-Yeah.

-"Let's call it bromine."

-Yeah.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now then, Dawfydd.

-Yeah.

Dawfydd, you're looking...

Either you're sitting on the best answer

and you are so impatient to get it out, or...

-No!

-LAUGHTER

-..it's or, isn't it?

-It's or.

-What do you do, Dawfydd?

-I'm a personal trainer and a coffee shop owner as well.

-That's good.

Now, is the coffee shop right next to the gym?

Um, hopefully it will be soon.

-Um, we're looking to open a fitness studio and a coffee shop.

-Very good.

-We've got the coffee shop already.

-Right you are.

-OK, good stuff.

And when you're not doing that, that must take up quite a lot of time?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Um, when you have any time off, and, obviously, when Joey...

Joey, come on! Come on, Joey! There it is! There it is!

-Um, what do you like to get up to?

-Um, I play football now.

I used to play rugby and now, um...

-playing football, that takes up quite a lot of time.

-Yeah.

I think Rhianon would agree. I run a football club, so...

You run a football club, your gym, you're training and you run the thing.

-You must be rushed off your feet.

-Yeah, it's good though. I like it.

Good stuff, all right, well, there you are. You're on 28.

Alex and Jess, the high scorers on 36.

You want to be scoring 7 or less.

I've got a few in mind, but it's just which one to go for.

I don't think any of them will...

-I'll go with bronze, bronze.

-OK. "Bronze," says Dawfydd. Bronze.

There's your red line.

You get below that with bronze and you are through to the next round.

Let's see if it's right and,

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

Oh, bad luck, Dawfydd!

I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you

the maximum of 100 points. It takes you up to a total of 128.

Sorry, Dawfydd. Not an element, I'm afraid. It's an alloy.

It begins with B though. So, that's good. Let's take a look.

There's quite a few pointless answers here.

Let's take a look at a few of them.

Those are all the pointless answers you could have had,

so very well done if you said any of those.

If you take a look at the top scorers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Actually the third highest scorer of all.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our first round,

I'm afraid the pair who are heading home with their high score

of 128, it's Dawfydd and Rhianon.

It's always tough being on that first podium

and chemistry rounds, they're tough.

Next time, it'll all be fine, Dawfydd.

-It's all going to be coffee...

-Joey.

-..Joey.

-LAUGHTER

-Basically, coffee, dogs and

personal training. It's all going to be brilliant.

-We'll look forward to seeing you next time.

-Thank you.

Thanks very much for playing. Rhianon and Dawfydd.

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

And so three pairs remain. Obviously, at the end of this round,

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair, but very well played,

I mean, David and Rosie, fantastic, lovely low scores there.

A solid performance from Mitesh and Dhru, and Jess...! Phew!

-We did all right there.

-Yay!

-Beryllium was fantastic.

And Argon, yeah, not bad, Alex. You did what you needed to do.

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

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...

-Moon Songs, Richard.

-On each pass, we're going to show you the names of

six hit singles which have the word "moon" in their title.

Also, the years they were hits. Can you tell us which act

had a hit with them, please?

It's going to be 12 in all. To everyone at home, the best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, we are looking for the acts who had UK hits with these

songs in the years shown in brackets and here's our first board of six.

I'll read all of those one last time.

There we are. Six moon songs. David.

I really want to go for one, but I'm really not 100% sure, so...

Oh, it's tempting.

But I'll go for Man On The Moon instead, the second one,

-and I think that was by REM.

-"REM," says David. OK, REM.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

-18.

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-Not bad at all. 18 for Man On The Moon.

-Well played, David.

A big hit for REM. Nearly didn't make it at all. It nearly didn't make it

onto the album Automatic For The People. They finished the music and

Michael Stipe hadn't written the lyrics.

At the last minute, they forced him to write lyrics for it, cos they liked the song.

So, he did, he buckled down.

Good for him.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Dhru...

-Yes?

-Music, good for you?

I would have said yes before, but I'm going to say no now.

I'm afraid I don't know any. Um...

Walking On The Moon...

..Beatles?

The Beatles, Walking On The Moon. OK. 1979. Let's see if that's right

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

Ooh, bad luck, Dhru, I'm sorry.

It's a tough board that one. It is a tough board and I'm afraid that

scores you with a maximum of 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Dhru, a bit too late for The Beatles.

I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Thank you. Now, Alex, you're the last person to have this.

I wonder...how many of those do you think you know?

I think I know three of them.

Do you want to talk us through the board and fill in the ones you know.

Well, I know To The Moon And Back,

but I couldn't tell you the artist, someone like Simply Red, I think.

But, I could be wrong. Harvest Moon, I think, is Neil Young.

And The Killing Moon is Echo and the Bunnymen.

So...

I'm not 100% on Harvest Moon,

whether that got in the charts or whether it was 1993, so

I'm going to say Echo and the Bunnymen for The Killing Moon.

"The Killing Moon, Echo and the Bunnymen," says Alex.

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

Absolutely right, of course.

Look at that. 8, Alex. Well done, you.

Good answer, good score.

Well played, Alex. Nice way to win the round.

I worry there's a generation growing up who have missed out on

Echo and the Bunnymen. They seem to be getting lost to history

and they were a terrific band.

Um, let's take a look through the rest of this board.

To The Moon And Back, it's a band a bit like Simply Red, I suppose,

Savage Garden that was. 12 points.

Harvest Moon, you're right, it was Neil Young.

It would've scored you more points, actually, 10 points.

Walking On The Moon is the big scorer on this board,

a number one in 1979 for The Police, of course.

It would have scored 45.

And By The Light Of The Silvery Moon would have scored you 1 point,

Little Richard.

Very well done if you said that terrific answer.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

OK, so we're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.

8, Alex, well done, the best scorer of that pass

puts you and Jess in a strong position,

then up to 18 where we find David and Rosie,

and then Dhru and Mitesh, I'm afraid that was tough.

I mean, really tough. There's nothing you can do if you don't know

any of those answers. Mitesh, maybe you'll get a chance to redeem that.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more songs on the board and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, remember, Jess, we are looking for the acts who had

UK hits with these songs in the years shown.

You're going to try and find the one you think the fewest of our

100 people knew. Oh, no, Jess! No, no!

I know some of the songs, but I don't...I can't think.

Well, listen, Alex has left you in a very, very safe position.

You might be all right, even if you get it wrong.

Yeah, um.

I'm going to take a guess

and say Elvis for Blue Moon cos that kind of makes sense in my head.

OK, Blue Moon, Elvis.

Here's your red line. If you can get below that red line with Elvis...

You're in the head-to-head, straightaway. Let's see.

Is that right, Elvis? And, if it is, how many people said it?

It's right. Very well done, Jess.

Wow, 7. You score even less than Alex scored in the first pass.

Very well done indeed. That takes your total up to 15.

Well played, Jess. That's the way to play it, isn't it?

And that's a song that's been covered by so many people.

It has been covered by so many people, yeah,

-and that's one of Elvis' early hits.

-Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Mitesh.

-Yes.

Now, OK, there's a scenario...there is a scenario in which you could

-go through to the head-to-head.

-Right.

It involves you scoring less than 18 and then Rosie suddenly

having a complete aberration and going for something incorrect.

You won't be happy to hear this, this is a nightmare round for me,

because I do not really listen to much pop music.

That's usually Dhru's field of expertise, but...

Uh, I'm going to have to hazard a guess again. Um...

I'm going to have to go with the same thing you said, to be honest.

Bad Moon Rising, The Beatles.

OK, "Bad Moon Rising, The Beatles," says Mitesh.

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

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

Bad luck, Mitesh, I'm sorry.

Another incorrect answer scores you another 100 points.

It takes your total up to an unbeatable 200.

Sorry, Mitesh. It is a hard board actually to be fair, but, at least, I have to say,

Mitesh didn't say a lot of these were before he was born, which is

good cos you did say that last time and I did warn him,

so it's nice to see he's learning.

It's a shame he's not coming back for another show cos, you know,

-imagine the stuff he'd have picked up.

-Oh, yeah.

-But that is a tough board.

-That is a very tough board. Thanks very much.

Now, then, Rosie, you are through to the head-to-head.

-This is the good news.

-Oh.

-But why not talk us through the board.

-I think you'll know quite a few of these.

-If only!

I think...

I know I can sing Bad Moon... but I won't sing it now,

but I know Bad Moon Rising, but I think I don't really know all of

them, but I will try for I See The Moon, I think might be Doris Day.

You're going to say Doris Day for I See The Moon.

There's no red line for you as you're already through, but let's

see how many people said Doris Day. Let's see if it's right.

Oh!

It's incorrect, it scores you the maximum of 100 points,

but it couldn't matter less, you're already through.

-118 your total, Rosie.

-No, absolutely.

It's a song about how icy the moon is, and it's by...

The Stargazers.

One of their three number one hits, it would have scored you one point.

Bad Moon Rising, you know the song. It's...

-Creedence Clearwater Revival.

-Creedence Clearwater Revival.

-The band plays it!

-It would have scored you... Oh, really?

-Yeah.

23 points. And David's band plays it.

Her husband does.

Uh, Bark At The Moon...

-Ozzy Osbourne.

-A solo hit for Ozzy Osbourne.

Yeah, it would have scored you 8 points.

-New Moon On Monday.

-Duran Duran.

Duran Duran from 1984, 13, and the biggest scorer on the board,

-Under The Moon Of Love.

-Showaddywaddy!

Of course, would have scored you 31 points.

Thank you very much indeed. So, at the end of our second round,

I afraid the pair heading home with a high score of 200,

this time, Mitesh and Dhru, I'm afraid it really is home.

We say goodbye, but thank you so much for playing,

I'm sorry you're leaving so soon.

It's been great having you on the show,

thank you for playing, Mitesh and Dhru.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Alex and Jess, David and Rosie,

you're now one step closer to the final and a chance to

play for our jackpot, which currently stands at...

Now, we have to decide who's going to play for that jackpot and,

to do that, you're now going to go head-to-head.

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

so you can chat before you give your answers, and the first pair

to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Well, well done, David and Rosie, what a game you've had.

You've played so well, an absolute blinder.

Alex and Jess though, what a great performance there.

Beryllium is still my favourite moment, Jess, so thank you for that.

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

APPLAUSE

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

-Oscars Hosts, Richard.

-We're going to show you five pictures now

of people who've hosted the Academy Awards.

Can you tell us the most obscure of these, please?

Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our five Oscars Hosts.

And here they are. We've got A...

There we are, five Oscars Hosts.

Alex and Jess, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you will get to go first.

-WHISPERED CONVERSATION:

-I believe that A is Ellen DeGeneres.

-Yeah, I know that one.

-Isn't E...?

Is it James Franco?

-Is it?

-I'm not sure.

It kind of looks like him, but then...

what's his name, is that Marlon Brando, B?

-What's the play?

-What do you want to do?

-I don't know. I know that A...

-OK, go for it.

-OK...

-NORMAL VOICE:

-We think we know A and B, but we're going to take a gamble

and go for E and guess that that is...

James Franco.

"James Franco," say Alex and Jess. James Franco.

Now then, David and Rosie, do you want to talk through the rest

of the board, see if you can, uh...come up with names for them?

Well, I think A is Ellen DeGeneres.

And C is Billy Crystal.

D looks like George and Mildred!

XANDER LAUGHS

But I don't think it is. E...

I've got a sneaky feeling that it's the guy that does

South Park in drag.

Not South Park...Family Guy.

But now...

We'll play it safeish...

and go for A, Ellen DeGeneres.

"A, Ellen DeGeneres," you're going to say.

So, Alex and Jess have said James Franco, a little bit of a punt.

But you're sure enough, you think?

Mmm. We'll see.

We'll see. OK, let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right!

Very well done.

It's a great answer. 3! Wow, look at that!

APPLAUSE

That's a gutsy answer. Very well done, Alex and Jess.

Well done, you. Now then, David and Rosie,

3 is what you're going to have to beat with A, Ellen DeGeneres.

Let's see if that's right and,

if it is, let's see how many people said "Ellen DeGeneres."

It's right, of course.

Oh, 39!

-APPLAUSE

-Not a bad score, but, um,

it didn't stand much of a chance against three there.

Very well done, Alex and Jess. After one question you are up one-nil.

Well played, Jess, and well played for going for it as well.

A very brave move, cos I know you weren't sure.

Let's take a look at the rest.

Now, B, he co-hosted the very first Oscar ceremony

and it's Douglas Fairbanks.

It would have scored you 7 points.

C is Billy Crystal, I think everyone knew that.

He would have scored you 40.

And D, you're right, it looks very much like Yootha Joyce

from George and Mildred, but it's not, it's Carol Burnett, and she

would have scored you 2 points, so she was the best answer on the board.

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

David and Rosie, you will get to answer this one first, but you have

to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck. It concerns...

-Jewellery. Richard.

-Now, we're going to show you five items of jewellery,

but we've scrambled up the letters, anagrams,

so can you unscramble them and give us the most obscure?

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

There we go. David and Rosie, as I say, you will go first.

-WHISPERED CONVERSATION:

-What do you think?

-The last but one is bangle.

-Yeah, I got that.

-I thought it would be easy.

I don't know. Oh, God. Uh...

THEY MUMBLE TO EACH OTHER

Uh...

Oh! I've just seen the top one.

The top one is diamond ring.

Diamond ring. "Diamond ring," say David and Rosie.

Now, Alex and Jess...

Do you want to talk us through them?

Yeah, we've got...well, we got diamond ring.

Um, kneecap caller is pearl necklace.

Gel ban is...

-Bangle.

-Gel ban is bangle and

angrier is earring and...I can't work that one out.

Um, do you want to go? Yeah. We'll go for pearl necklace.

You're going to go for pearl necklace.

So we have diamond ring, we have pearl necklace.

David and Rosie, you said, "diamond ring." Let's see

if that's right and let's see how many people said, "diamond ring."

It's right.

13.

Not bad at all. Diamond ring, 13.

Alex and Jess have gone for kneecap caller, which they have said is

pearl necklace. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see

how many of our 100 people said, "Pearl necklace."

And it wins you the point, very well done indeed. Alex and Jess!

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done, six points,

which means, after only two questions,

Alex and Jess, you are straight through to the final, two-nil.

Well played, Jess and Alex. That's terrific work.

Do you know they recently sold, at the end of 2013,

the most expensive diamond ring ever. How much do you think it went for?

£46 million.

It was 83 million.

-That's a lot of money, isn't it?

-Yeah, yeah.

Um, now, Gel Ban, I think everyone knew was bangle. A big scorer though.

That would have scored you 89 points.

Angrier is earring.

That would have scored you 35.

Now, used snot was the one that everyone had trouble with.

It looks like it should be easy, doesn't it? Not many letters.

-And it's very apt.

-Yeah.

It's nose stud.

-That's the answer to that...

-Oh, yes, that is apt.

-3 points, it is apt.

-Very well done if you said that.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our head-to-head round,

I'm afraid the pair leaving us, it's David and Rosie.

What a show you've had, I mean, you've been absolutely fantastic.

-Thank you.

-Antimony's still the highlight for me,

but very well done. I'm sorry that you came up against Alex and Jess

who were just on fire in that, I mean, amazing low scores,

but, uh, thanks so much for playing.

It's been lovely having you on both shows, David and Rosie.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But, for Alex and Jess, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Alex and Jess, you've fought 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...

Do you know what? You've done so well.

Every round has had brilliant answers in it. Absolutely fantastic.

Very, very well done.

It's so deserved your position here in the last round.

Now, as ever, you choose the category for the final

and here are your four options. They are...

None of them are great for me

and I can see one that might be all right for you.

-Post-war British Writers.

-You'll be on your own though.

Or we can wing it on Academy Awards Statistics,

but I don't know any Elton John Albums.

Do you want to go for Academy Awards Statistics?

-Yes, let's go down together.

-Yeah, if we're going to go...!

Let's go out in flames together.

-Yep. Academy Awards Statistics, please.

-Academy Awards Statistics,

-Richard.

-OK, take your three answers from any of the following three

categories. We're looking for the winner of any Best Picture...

..according to IMDb.

We're looking for any Best Picture winner, that was...

..also according to IMDb.

Or we're looking for...

..who won Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress who was

under 25 years old when she picked up her award.

And that's from the very beginning of the Academy Awards

all the way up to the 2013 ceremony.

-Very, very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot of £1,000 is for just

one of those answers to be pointless. Also worth remembering

is that the answers you give can come from any of these categories.

Entirely up to you. Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

-Your time starts now.

-What have you got?

JESS LAUGHS

Right, um, I can't even think of any films that are really, really long

or that are really, really short.

I can think of one that's really, really short and,

I only read it earlier today, The Little Mermaid,

would that have won an Academy Award?

-That would be for animation though, surely?

-Yeah.

I mean, we can guess it. The Little Mermaid, I quite like that.

Um, Oscar-winning actresses...

-Natalie Portman.

-Yes!

-Dakota Fanning.

-Yeah, that could work.

-That's three answers already.

-There was that, um...

I can't remember her name...

so, it's irrelevant, really.

Um...I'm just trying to think of anyone else.

-Yeah.

-Oh, eh, what's her name in Spider-Man?

-Kirsten Dunst.

-Kirsten Dunst.

-She was in a lot of the...

-Yes, cos she was in...

-She was quite young.

-..Interview With The Vampire, wasn't it?

-Ten second left.

Yes, so if we say Kirsten Dunst...

Do you want to go with Natalie Portman or what's her face?

-Five seconds.

-Or we could just have them all.

-All three, yes.

-Ignore The Little Mermaid.

-Cool.

That's your time up and I need your three answers.

Which category are they all from?

Oscar-winning actresses under 25 years old.

What are you going to give me?

-Uh, we're going to say Natalie Portman.

-Natalie Portman.

-Um, Kirsten Dunst.

-Kirsten Dunst.

-And Dakota Fanning.

-And Dakota Fanning.

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

-I'd say Kirsten Dunst.

-Kirsten Dunst, yeah.

Kirsten Dunst we'll put last. Least likely?

-Dakota Fanning?

-Dakota Fanning because quite a lot of people

-know her as a child.

-OK, we'll put Dakota Fanning first.

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

and here they are. We've got...

Well, best of luck. Your first answer was Dakota Fanning.

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

pointless for you to win that jackpot of £1,000.

What would you do with that, Alex?

Uh, I'd spend it on my daughter.

-Yeah, maybe pay off a couple of bills.

-Excellent.

How about you, Jess?

Um, I would spend it on a ticket to Florida to see my boyfriend.

-He lives out there.

-Perfect.

-Yeah.

Well, very, very best of luck.

Your first answer, as I said, it was Dakota Fanning.

Now, this was the one you thought was probably least likely to

be pointless, but, remember, if it is correct,

and it is pointless, you will leave here with £1,000.

Let's see how many people named

Dakota Fanning as an Oscar-winning actress under 25.

Oh, bad luck! An incorrect answer, so not a pointless answer.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot. Your next answer

was Natalie Portman.

Again, it has to be correct, then it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,

so, for £1,000, let's see how many people named Natalie Portman

as an Oscar-winning actress under 25.

Ooh!

OK, well, we're clearing the board very quickly here.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on Kirsten Dunst. Now, how confident are you?

-Not very!

-No. No confidence there.

OK, well, let's find out if it's correct.

Maybe there's a good chance it could be pointless.

And if it is both of those things, you will leave with a jackpot of

£1,000. Let's find out how many people said Kirsten Dunst

as an Oscar-winning actress under 25.

No! Oh, bad luck!

-Never mind!

-APPLAUSE

I'm so sorry. That was a...

That was a tough category.

I feel sure that somewhere in that category, you would have found a

good pointless answer if you'd had longer to think about it, but,

unfortunately, you didn't find it in the time allotted,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000 and that will

roll over onto the next show, but we really loved having you on the show.

You've done so well, the whole way through, um, and you do, of course,

get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, well played throughout. Not bad guesses at all in that last round.

Kirsten Dunst, Dakota Fanning, neither have been nominated in

for an Oscar, and Natalie Portman was 30 when she picked hers up,

looking very good on it. Let's take a look at the Pointless answers in all

the different categories. There's quite a few for the long films.

Amadeus would have been a Pointless answer.

Hamlet, Oliver, Out of Africa, uh,

you could have had The Bridge on the River Kwai.

You could have had The Departed, The Last Emperor,

all of those were pointless answers. There's fewer of the shorter films.

Those were the only Pointless answers in that category.

Joan Fontaine and Marlee Matlin for Children of a Lesser God.

Very well played if you got any of those at home.

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

Alex and Jess, but we've loved having you on the show

and you've been so fantastic. Thank you so much for playing.

-Alex and Jess.

-Thank you.

-Great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

-Thanks very much.

-Thank you.

Well, sadly, Alex and Jess didn't win our jackpot today, which means

it rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for £2,000.

APPLAUSE

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.