0:00:20 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26the game where we aim for the obscure and ignore the obvious.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Couple number one.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36I'm Rhianon and this is my husband Dawfydd and we are from Reading.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40- Couple number two.- I'm Pat, this is my good friend Elaine,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and we're from the village of Church Aston in Shropshire.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44- Couple number three.- I'm Judith.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- This is Nicola, my work colleague, from Durham.- And couple number four.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52I'm Ian, this is my father Alan, and we're from Maidstone in Kent.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- And these are today's contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Thanks to all of you. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04A man who has earnt my respect by managing to play Pacman
0:01:04 > 0:01:08on that laptop for 260 episodes without anyone noticing.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Hi, everybody.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- Afternoon.- Good afternoon. - How are you?- I'm very well.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- Looking very dapper. You've had a haircut.- Exactly, I've had a haircut.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22- It's nice!- Yeah!
0:01:22 > 0:01:26A very rare thing happened last time, we didn't give away the jackpot.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28We've been giving it away endlessly recently, haven't we?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Five times in seven or something. Yesterday, no such luck.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33We've only got one returning pair from that show,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Dawfydd and Rhianon, who got knocked out in the first round on Elements.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42But I think they are smart, so I think there's a lot more in the tank.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46I think we gave them a bad category. And the other three pairs, who knows?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Every question has been asked to 100 people before the show.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Today's contestants are looking for a pointless answer,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59And each time that happens we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03As you'll have gathered, Alex and Jess didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07so we add another £1,000, so today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Right, if everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18OK, the pair with the highest score
0:02:18 > 0:02:20at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23And also remember there is no conferring during the round itself.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Our first category today is Cinema.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Can you all decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:42 > 0:02:46On each pass, we're going to show you the names of seven actors
0:02:46 > 0:02:49and the year in which they played a real person on film.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52We just need you to tell us the real person they played, please.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55There will be 14 to kick off the show with. Very best of luck.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Thanks very much indeed.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00So, we are looking for the real people played on film by these
0:03:00 > 0:03:03actors in the year shown. Here's our first board.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I'll read those all again.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36OK, Rhianon and Dawfydd, you all drew lots before the show
0:03:36 > 0:03:38and today you're going to go first.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- You're back on the first podium, Rhianon!- Yeah...
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Oh, dear, you're not looking happy.- No.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Can I help you at all? I can't give you any answers, but...
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Dawfydd is amazing at films and this is why I've gone first,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50but a lot of them, I can...
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Yeah...
0:03:53 > 0:03:57So... I'm going to say...
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Colin Firth, he played, was it King Edward?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Is that your answer?- Yeah. - King Edward.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how
0:04:08 > 0:04:12many of our 100 people said King Edward for Colin Firth.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Oh, bad luck, Rhianon.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I'm sorry. I'm afraid not King Edward.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22That scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm really sorry.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Yeah, sorry, Rhianon.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- King Edward, weirdly, was played by Maris Piper.- Yes!
0:04:28 > 0:04:33- That's odd, isn't it? - That is weird. - LAUGHTER
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- DAME Maris Piper. - Dame Maris Piper now, yeah.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- She played him beautifully.- Yeah. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Elaine, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- What do you do, Elaine? - I'm a retired teacher.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- And what do you do with your time? - I sail in the summer.- Very good.
0:04:49 > 0:04:55- Where do you go sailing?- I used to sail in Wales, round Anglesey.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- Lovely.- But now we are going to be sailing round Scotland.- Why?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- The boat has moved. - Oh, the boat has moved. I see.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Your choice of holiday, Wales no longer quite cutting it for you.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- We've done that now.- Yes. Sailing round Scotland - beautiful!
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- And you do that over summer?- Yes. Definitely.- And at sea, no midges!
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Absolutely.- Best of all worlds.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Now, Elaine, what you make of this board of actors?
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Yes, I know a few, actually. So I'm going to choose...
0:05:28 > 0:05:31..the top one. Paul Scofield.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- Sir Thomas More. - Sir Thomas More, says Elaine.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37That's if that's right,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Sir Thomas More.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Absolutely right, Elaine.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I think this will be a nice low score for you.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Look at that, 6! Very well done indeed.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52APPLAUSE
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- That's a great answer, Elaine. - Well played, Elaine.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59That's a nice start to your Pointless career.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03He won the Best Actor Oscar for the role, and the film won
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Best Picture as well.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Thanks very much indeed. Now, Judith, welcome to Pointless.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Great to have you here. From Durham.- Yes.- Perfect.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13How nice to have some people from Durham on the show. What do you do?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I'm a programme manager for Durham University Business School.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18What kind of programmes are you looking after?
0:06:18 > 0:06:22It's Masters programmes in things like management, economics,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24marketing, finance.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Are you trying to get people in, or once they're in you're...?
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Once they're in, we look after them.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31And what do you get up to in your spare time, Judith?
0:06:31 > 0:06:35I'm one of these annoying people with a caravan.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Bank holidays, when the roads are jammed, that's me.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Well, not pulling the caravan, but that's me in the caravan.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42I will always picture you in that caravan.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43That will make it much better!
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Now then, Judith, what about these actors and the parts they played?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Oooh, I think I know two, but one I'm really not sure,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53and one is a really obvious one, so I think rather than
0:06:53 > 0:06:58getting 100 I'll just go for Ben Kingsley and Gandhi.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Ben Kingsley and Gandhi, says Judith. Let's see if that's right
0:07:01 > 0:07:03and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Gandhi.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- 48! - APPLAUSE
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Not bad at all.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Yes, it could have scored a lot more, couldn't it?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Another Oscar-winning film
0:07:18 > 0:07:21and another Oscar-winning performance from Ben Kingsley.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25OK, thank you very much indeed. Ian, welcome to the show.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- It's great to have you here. Ian and Alan, father and son.- Yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Alan, for fun, just take your glasses off.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I mean, look at that!
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- LAUGHTER - That is just...- We could be twins, couldn't we?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41You could be twins! That is just... Alan, very well done!
0:07:41 > 0:07:46I have to say, your DNA is almost replicated in Ian there.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48That is extraordinary.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52What an achievement. Ian, welcome to the show. What do you do, Ian?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- I'm a sales director for a beauty products company.- That's quite fun.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Does that involve travelling around a lot?- An awful lot, yeah.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01The whole of the UK and Ireland.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I just sort travel round the whole country.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Of all the products, beauty products, that's very glamorous.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07It's not that glamorous.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09It's more the hair removal side of beauty.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12OK, well, it could be wart removal. It could be a lot worse.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- You could be selling foot scrubs. - True.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19So, what are you going for? You're the last person to have this board.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21If you fancied it, you could talk as through it.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22I'd love to talk you through it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Unfortunately, I wouldn't have a clue.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29I'm hoping I know Daniel Day Lewis was...
0:08:30 > 0:08:33..a president and I'm fairly sure it was Lincoln.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- So that's what I'm going with. - You're saying Lincoln.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Do you want to give us a Christian name?- Abraham?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Abraham Lincoln, says Ian. Let's if that's right and
0:08:42 > 0:08:45how many of our 100 people said Abraham Lincoln.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47It's right.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- 26. Not bad at all, Ian. - APPLAUSE
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Nice middling score.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Well played, Ian. Another role there that won Best Actor Oscar.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Now, let's take a look through the rest of these.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Colin Firth didn't play King Edward.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10He did play a king, of course.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14He played George VI in The King's Speech. Would have scored 18 points.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Do you remember Tom Hulce? - Yeah, Mozart.- Absolutely right.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21In Amadeus. Would have scored you 4. Ingrid Bergman...
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- is Joan Of Arc.- Oh, St Joan. - Good score. A low 2 points.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27And Philip Seymour Hoffman?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- Truman Capote.- Truman Capote, yeah.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Would have scored 5 points.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33So Joan of Arc the best answer. Very well done if you said that.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Thank you. Halfway through the round.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Let's look at those scores. 6 - very well done, Elaine.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41What a great score. That puts you well ahead of the game.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Takes a bit of pressure off you, Pat.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Then we travel up to 26, where we find Ian and Alan.
0:09:46 > 0:09:5048, Judith and Nicola. Up to 100. I'm sorry, Rhianon and Dawfydd.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Dawfydd, you're good on film, though. We heard it from Rhianon.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56So we need a really low score from you
0:09:56 > 0:09:59and let's hope that will keep you in the game.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:04 > 0:10:08OK, let's put seven more actors up on the board. And here they are.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I'll read those one last time.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36We want the real people
0:10:36 > 0:10:38played by these actors in the years shown.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Alan, try and find the one you think
0:10:40 > 0:10:42the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- Alan, great to have you here.- Thank you.- What do you get up to, Alan?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Not a lot because I'm retired now.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52But I spend a lot of time walking around the country lanes
0:10:52 > 0:10:53and the fields with my dog.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- What sort of dog have you got? - I've got a cross breed.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- He's a cross between a Rottweiler and a German shepherd.- Oh!
0:10:59 > 0:11:04- And he was feral originally. - Oh, really? Where did you find him?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I found him when we lived in Spain.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11I fed them for about six or eight weeks, these feral dogs,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- and walked back to the car one day, he followed me!- Wow!
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- So he found you, really. - He found me.- What's he called?- Duke.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19You have to call him Duke.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24It was either Tyson, Duke, Prince, Buster, I'm guessing...
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I knew Alan would have lived in Spain for a little bit. Did he have to?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29LAUGHTER
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Just a few years out, yeah?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Alan, what are you going to go for? You're on 26.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43You have to score 73 or less.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I think I'll go for George C Scott,
0:11:46 > 0:11:47who played General Patton.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51General Patton, for George C Scott.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57There's your red line. Below that, you're in Round Two.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00It's right.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03And you're through. Very well done, Alan.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- 17. - APPLAUSE
0:12:08 > 0:12:1217 takes your total up to 43. Well done. Through you go.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Well played, Alan. Played General George Patton.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Another Oscar-winning performance as well. Surprisingly high score.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21I might have gone for that one. I thought it would score a bit lower.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Yeah. Thanks, Richard. Nicola, welcome to the show.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- You work in the same office as Judith.- Yes.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Well, I'm in a different location but we are part of the same team.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- And what do you deal with? - The same, the programmes.
0:12:35 > 0:12:41- What do you get up to, Nicola?- I do baking from time to time...- Do you?
0:12:41 > 0:12:45I bake cakes. And I've taken a fancy to doing up furniture as well,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48so I'm filling the house up with old furniture.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50You get old furniture and recondition it?
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- Yeah, just paint it and rub it back and...- Very satisfying.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Well, there you are on 48.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58The high score is still Dawfydd and Rhianon on 100.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00So 51 or less sees you through.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02How do we feel about this board?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Um...
0:13:04 > 0:13:06I think I'll go with Meryl Streep,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08simply because it is 2011,
0:13:08 > 0:13:09it's more recent.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I'm no good with anything beyond...
0:13:15 > 0:13:17I know it's going to be wrong, so...
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I'm going with The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22You're going to say Margaret Thatcher.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- You know that's going to be wrong? - Yes.- There's your red line.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Let's see if it's right.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Maybe it is, and if it is maybe it'll get you below that red line.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31How many people said Margaret Thatcher?
0:13:33 > 0:13:34- Very much right, Nicola!- Oh!
0:13:34 > 0:13:38That's a good answer, and you're in Round Two. Very well done, Nicola.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Look at that, 43.
0:13:40 > 0:13:4291 is your total.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Yeah, well played, Nicola. Absolutely. Margaret Thatcher.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50So, Pat, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54- What do you get up to, Pat? - What do I do?- What do you do?
0:13:54 > 0:13:59I am a guide at the stately home of Weston Park.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- How long have you done that for? - 14 years.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Wow, you know every story about Weston Park.- I do.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Everything. - Do you take parties round?- Yes.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Do you vary it a little bit?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Do you decide which things you tell or do you move pretty much to
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- a script?- I tend to stick to my own script. It's fresh for everybody.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19That's true. Are they generally well-behaved, your bunch?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Yes, you wouldn't come to a stately home unless you were interested.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27Quite so, Pat. Good stuff. What are you going to do with this board?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Right, um...
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Yes, I know...
0:14:32 > 0:14:35..definitely two, possibly three.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39But I'm not going to risk it
0:14:39 > 0:14:41by going for the possibles,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43so I'm going for Nigel Hawthorne,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46who played King George III.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49George III, says Pat. Nigel Hawthorne. Here's your red line.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Nice and high.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54If you get below that with George III you're into Round Two.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Let's see if it's right and how people said it.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59There you are, well done.
0:15:07 > 0:15:0814 takes your total up to 20.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Lovely low total, Pat.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Very well done, Pat and Elaine on the second podium.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Well played, good answer.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Famously, it was originally called The Madness Of George III.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19They changed it to The Madness Of King George,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22because they thought Americans would think it was a sequel.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Yeah. That's brilliant.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I'm not sure if that's true, but it's funny if it is.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I bet you any money that's true.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29They go, "Well, I didn't see The Madness Of George II,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31"so I'm not going to go and see this."
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Alan Bennett missed a trick. He should've written two prequels to it
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- and then he's got a franchise there. - Yeah, he should have done.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- The Madness Of Richard IV!- Exactly.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Anyway, thanks very much.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Now, Dawfydd, this I...
0:15:46 > 0:15:49I don't like this any more than you do. You're our high scorer.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51This isn't right, you're meant to be with us for the whole show.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I know. Never mind.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56I do mind. I thought you were going to go through...
0:15:56 > 0:16:01Well, you can fix it. You can get us on. Disguise us for the next show.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03We could put a moustache on you, maybe.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Maybe we'll do that. - How about on me?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09We could.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15Listen, Dawfydd, your little gift to the rest of the teams
0:16:15 > 0:16:17is to take us through the board.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Maybe there's a pointless answer on there.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Hmm. Elizabeth Taylor was probably Jane Austen.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Sean Penn, I think the film is Milk, but I don't know.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Forest Whittaker, Last King Of Scotland,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32but I wouldn't know...
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I don't know Colin Farrell.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38I'd just say Jane Austen for Elizabeth Taylor, I think.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Jane Austen, says Dawfydd, for Elizabeth Taylor.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Oh, bad luck. I'm sorry.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Another 100 there takes your total up to 200.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Sorry, Dawfydd, Cleopatra was the Elizabeth Taylor answer.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57It would have scored you 39 points.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59You're right about these next two films.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02It was Milk, and he played Harvey Milk in that, Sean Penn.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06And you're right that it's The Last King Of Scotland.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Forest Whitaker plays Idi Amin in that film.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Colin Farrell, at the bottom there... Oliver Stone's film.- Oh, yeah.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Alexander The Great. - He played Alexander the Great,
0:17:16 > 0:17:182 points. That's the best answer on the board.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19I didn't know he played you.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Yeah...
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Yeah. We auditioned lots of people, actually.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Did he do a lot of method acting, getting into the role?
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- To be honest, not as much as I was hoping.- Really?
0:17:33 > 0:17:37- Who was next choice after him? - Well, Ross Kemp was quite a close...
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I'll tell you who'd be a very good you...
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Dame Judi Dench.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46I think she would, actually.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51- I must watch the film anyway. - It's good. It is good.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Yeah, I mean, don't believe all the stories in it.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- They've taken a bit of licence... - Oh, yeah.- ..with the script, there.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02- They've had to tone it down a bit. - Yeah, little bit. Thanks, Richard.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05So, I'm afraid, at the end of our first round, the pair
0:18:05 > 0:18:07who are heading home with the high score of 200
0:18:07 > 0:18:09is Dawfydd and Rhianon. I'm so sorry.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12If there was anything we could do to keep you here...
0:18:12 > 0:18:14It's always tough on that first podium.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17It's been lovely having you. Thank you so much for playing.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Dawfydd and Rhianon. Great contestants.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24But for the remaining three, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28OK. Three pairs remain.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30At the end of this round,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33we say goodbye to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Pat and Elaine... Oh, gold star for you. Fantastic performance.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Two of our best low scorers and the low-scoring team, as well.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Not a bad performance all round, though. All looking pretty strong.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- LAUGHING:- Not popular on podium two, there.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Can you all decide who's going first and second?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Presidents whose surnames contain at least one of the letters U, S or A.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Richard.- Yes, simply looking for any US president whose surname
0:19:21 > 0:19:23contains one of those letters.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26We're going to need first name and surname, please, in your answers.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Very best of luck.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Thank you very much indeed. Now, Elaine...
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I know how terrifying it is,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40particularly when you're the first person to be asked in a round.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Barack Obama.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Barack Obama. That's a good name, they should use that.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Let's see if that's right, and if it is,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51let's see how many of our 100 people said Barack Obama.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54It's right.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56It's high, though.
0:19:56 > 0:19:5884, but...sensible thing to do,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00if all else fails.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02It's a lot better than 100.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Yep, Barack Obama.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07He's the 44th president. You'll remember him.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I will remember him, I'm sure.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12He can bench press 200 pounds.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15I bet he can.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17What are you benching at the moment?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19101...
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- Yeah. I'm pressing that. - He's president, though.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25He's probably got people to help him.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- Exactly. He's got people lifting up with him.- Either side of him.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29He's not doing much.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32He's going, "Urgh!" And they're lifting, going,
0:20:32 > 0:20:33"That's very good, Mr President."
0:20:33 > 0:20:35No arms. He just goes, "Urgh!" and they do the lifting.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38AMERICAN ACCENT: "That's terrific work, Mr President.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40"Oh, that's 200 pounds you're benching."
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Nicola.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46What are you going to go for?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Well, I was going to go with what they said, the obvious one.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53But I think I'll go with Ronald Reagan.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Ronald Reagan.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Let's see if that's right,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57let's see how many people said that.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01It's right.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06There we are.
0:21:08 > 0:21:0943.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I have to say, there were certain episodes of Pointless,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15certain teams, where we would have got pointless across the board
0:21:15 > 0:21:16- in this round, I think.- Yeah.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19It's one of those rounds where some people really know the proper obscure ones.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22It's one of those things, like the periodic table, isn't it?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24That people will actually tend to learn.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27People at home will be shouting out obscure US presidents as we speak.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Indeed.- Annoying their partners, so stop it.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Unless you're both doing it, in which case, that's fine.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35You've obviously found the right person!
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Thanks, Richard. Now, Alan.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Alan looks like he's got a good answer.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Jimmy Carter.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Jimmy Carter. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50It's right.
0:21:51 > 0:21:5343's our lowest score. You've passed that.
0:21:53 > 0:21:5536 for Jimmy Carter.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03We're very slowly going back in time.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05We're still only as far back as 1976.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Let's look at the scores.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12They've gone down as we've gone down the line.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Alan, well done. 36 the lowest score.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Up to 43, where we find Nicola and Judith,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18and then 84 for Elaine and Pat.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20So, Pat, who knows?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22We might have some more high scoring in the next pass,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26but if we have a low score from you, that might be enough to see you through.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Best of luck with that. Back down the line now.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:32 > 0:22:36OK, Ian, we are looking for US Presidents whose surnames
0:22:36 > 0:22:37contain the letters U, S or A.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42There you are on 36. Great play from Alan in the first pass.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45The high scorers, Pat and Elaine on 84. So 47 or less.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I think I'm going to take it a little further back again.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- This is good.- I'm going to go with Benjamin Franklin.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Benjamin Franklin, says Ian.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55There's your red line.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round
0:22:59 > 0:23:00and into the head-to-head.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Let's see if Benjamin Franklin can get you down there.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Oh!
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- Unfortunately, an incorrect answer, Ian. That's unexpected.- That was.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Yeah, an incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and takes your total to 136.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Yeah, he's got an A in his name, I'll give him that,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22but he wasn't president, Benjamin Franklin.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Never president.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Thanks, Richard. OK, Judith.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Judith, listen.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33That makes things a little easier. Eases the pressure, somewhat.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37136 now a high score. You want 92 or less.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Yeah, most of my answers went.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Nicola took my best answer, I thought.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45So, the other one I've got is George W Bush.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49George W Bush, says Judith. There's your red line.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51If you get below that with George W Bush,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54you're through to the head-to-head. Let's see if it's right.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58It is of course right, and through you go.
0:24:02 > 0:24:0321!
0:24:03 > 0:24:06It takes your total up to 64.
0:24:07 > 0:24:1021?! He's got two of the letters in there.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- That's a surprisingly low score, isn't it?- Yeah. That's flagrant.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16I think your immediate thought
0:24:16 > 0:24:19is to go for ones with long names, maybe, but that's...
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Very low. Below Jimmy Carter.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23It is below Jimmy Carter.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Now, Pat...
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Yes.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Well, a little bit of pressure off you, as well,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32which is a welcome relief, I should think.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34There they are, Ian and Alan, still the high scorers on 136.
0:24:34 > 0:24:3751 or less sees you through.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41You've had a little bit of time now. What are you going to go for?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I am going to go for
0:24:43 > 0:24:46the second President, John Adams.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47John Adams,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50very well done. There's your red line.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Let's see if it's right, let's see how far down the column you go.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55John Adams.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02You're in the head-to-head. Well done.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Good answer! 3!
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Takes your total up to 87. Back in the game.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16That's the kind of answer we were looking for all along, Pat.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Very well done.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19The first President to win a contested election,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22the first President to live in the White House,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25the only one of the first five Presidents not to be a slave holder as well.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26There you are. Good for him.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29But there's quite a few pointless answers and I know
0:25:29 > 0:25:33people at home will have got some of these, so let's take a look at them.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46You would have got low scores as well for...James Madison,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48William Taft, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50all would have scored you 1.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Warren G Harding, Grover Cleveland, James A Garfield would have scored you 2.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55So, lots of low answers out there.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Let's take a look at the top three.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05See, these are the things we should all be learning.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08These are our future Vanuatus and Central African Republics,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- aren't they?- Well, there's some...
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Martin Van Buren, Rutherford B Hayes,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15they were always low scorers on presidents rounds.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- Millard Fillmore. - Oh, who could get forget him?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Always a low scorer,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22but, sadly, his surname doesn't fit the criteria here.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23There we are. Thanks very much indeed.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26At the end of our second round, I'm afraid the people leaving us
0:26:26 > 0:26:28are Ian and Alan, our father/son team
0:26:28 > 0:26:29on the far podium
0:26:29 > 0:26:31with a high score of 136.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32I thought that was a correct answer.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34It just goes to show how little I know.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Benjamin Franklin... Well, you took one for the team there, Ian.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- I tried.- You took one and I will never forget that now,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43that he was not actually a president.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45But we'll look forward to seeing you both again next time.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- Thanks for playing, Ian and Alan.- Thank you.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Congratulations, Pat and Elaine, Judith and Nicola,
0:26:59 > 0:27:00you're one step closer to the final
0:27:00 > 0:27:03and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Now, we have to decide who's going to play for that money
0:27:10 > 0:27:13in the final and, to do that, you're now going to go head-to-head.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15The big difference is you're now allowed to confer.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I tell you what's great about this - an all-female head-to-head.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24We haven't had one of those for ages. So, very well done indeed.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27You've seen off our returning pair, straight through.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Pat and Elaine, very well done. John Adams - our best answer so far.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35That was very good. Elaine - phew!
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Phew! I know that feeling.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Even when Richard's asking me, I get that brain freeze.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42But you can confer now, and just being able to chat before you
0:27:42 > 0:27:45give your answer, I think, makes a world of difference.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Harry's dad...
0:28:02 > 0:28:04We're going to show you five images now
0:28:04 > 0:28:05of different architectural styles.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08We're also going to give you the first letter of what that style is.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Can you give us the most obscure of these? Good luck.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Thanks.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Let's reveal our five architectural styles and here they are...
0:28:36 > 0:28:39OK, there we are. Five architectural styles.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Pat and Elaine, you will go first,
0:28:40 > 0:28:43as you played best throughout the show so far.
0:28:46 > 0:28:52- I don't know... I don't know D. - I think it's Bauhaus.- Bauhaus?
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Yeah, I'm not 100% sure, but I think that's what it is.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58I'm going to go for that.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- Are you?- Yeah.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04OK, Pat and Elaine, what are you going to go for?
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Well, we know all five.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11- And...- Are you sure? - Yes, I think so.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Elaine thinks you know four. Are you a little bit scared?
0:29:15 > 0:29:16Um...
0:29:16 > 0:29:22And we're going to go for D, which is Bauhaus.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24D, Bauhaus, say Pat and Elaine.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25Bauhaus.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Right, Judith and Nicola,
0:29:28 > 0:29:31do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?
0:29:31 > 0:29:34If only... The two we know!
0:29:34 > 0:29:36We know A and E.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39We think A is Art Nouveau and E is Art Deco,
0:29:39 > 0:29:42so we're going to go with Art Deco.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Art Deco, E.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46OK, Pat and Elaine have said that D is Bauhaus.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Let's see if that's right,
0:29:47 > 0:29:50and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54It's right. Very well done, Pat.
0:29:58 > 0:29:5913.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Good answer. 13 for Bauhaus.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Meanwhile, Judith and Nicola
0:30:07 > 0:30:09have said that E is Art Deco.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Let's see if that's right
0:30:11 > 0:30:13and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Art Deco.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17It's right...
0:30:19 > 0:30:2152.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Well done, Pat, Elaine, for having
0:30:24 > 0:30:27the courage of your convictions.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31That won you that point. After one question, you're up 1-0.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Yeah, not the lowest scorer on the board, though. I'm sure you know B.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Palladian.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42That would have scored you 9 points. So that's the best answer up there.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Art Nouveau as A would have been a slightly better scorer than
0:30:45 > 0:30:50Art Deco, but still wouldn't have won you the point. Would have got you 42.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53And the middle one of course is Gothic.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56And that's a big scorer, 72 points for that.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Thank you very much indeed. Here comes your second question.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Judith and Nicola, you'll get to answer this one first
0:31:02 > 0:31:04but you have to win it to stay in the game.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05It concerns...
0:31:09 > 0:31:10..the Coronation. Richard.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15Going to show you five clues now to questions about the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19OK, let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36I'll read those one last time.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Judith and Nicola,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51you will go first this time.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Shall we go for the year of the Coronation?- Yeah.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- 1952, was it? - Yeah.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Not our strong subject yet again -
0:32:01 > 0:32:05we're going to go for the year the Coronation took place, and 1952.
0:32:05 > 0:32:081952, say Judith and Nicola.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Pat and Elaine,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12do you want to talk us through that board?
0:32:12 > 0:32:16- I think it's Archbishop Runcie.- No.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21I thought it was Runcie, but Pat says it isn't!
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- The year is...'53.- '53.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28The child is Prince Charles.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32UK Prime Minister I think was Winston Churchill,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- and it's the orb.- Yes.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Which would you like to go for?
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Shall we go for the orb?- Yeah.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42We'll go for the orb.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44OK. The orb, say Pat and Elaine.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46So Judith and Nicola have said 1952,
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Pat and Elaine have said the orb, the sovereign's orb.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53OK, let's see. 1952...
0:32:53 > 0:32:54Shall we see if Pat and Elaine
0:32:54 > 0:32:56were right about that?
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Fingers crossed, let's find out if it's correct.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Oh! Bad luck, it WAS 1953.
0:33:03 > 0:33:08Which means, Pat and Elaine, if you are correct with your answer
0:33:08 > 0:33:09you go through to the final.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Is it the orb,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13the golden globe that the Queen held?
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Absolutely right.
0:33:21 > 0:33:2328.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Which means very well done,
0:33:27 > 0:33:32Pat and Elaine, after only two questions you are straight through to the final 2-0.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Pat and Elaine were like assassins.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- That was brutal!- Yeah.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Let's take a look at all of these.
0:33:40 > 0:33:41You knew most of them -
0:33:41 > 0:33:43the Archbishop of Canterbury, though,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45was Geoffrey Fisher.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Would have scored 3, best answer up there.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49The year of the coronation was 1953.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Scores 50 points.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55The only child was Prince Charles,
0:33:55 > 0:33:56he was four-and-a-half at the time,
0:33:56 > 0:33:5879 points.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Anne was three-ish and I think they thought she was too young.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02The Prime Minister was Churchill
0:34:02 > 0:34:04in his second term,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06and that would have scored you 26.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, I'm afraid the pair leaving us
0:34:09 > 0:34:12at the end of the head-to-head round is Judith and Nicola.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15As Richard said, that was
0:34:15 > 0:34:17a stealth raid from Pat and Elaine,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20they meant business there!
0:34:20 > 0:34:22They were quite tough, those Coronation questions.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Good news for us, though, is we get to see you again.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29So I'm sure you'll do even better next time,
0:34:29 > 0:34:33but Judith and Nicola, thanks very much for playing.
0:34:33 > 0:34:34APPLAUSE
0:34:34 > 0:34:37But for Pat and Elaine, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46Congratulations, Pat and Elaine, you've fought off all the competition
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done.- Thank you.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57You now have a chance to win our jackpot,
0:34:57 > 0:35:00and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £2,000.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Well, I'm sorry it's not our biggest ever jackpot, but it is most
0:35:07 > 0:35:10certainly one that you deserve to win after your performance today.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12You've done incredibly well,
0:35:12 > 0:35:15you've had one little wobble with Barack Obama,
0:35:15 > 0:35:19and a little bit of moment of doubt over the Bauhaus, of course,
0:35:19 > 0:35:24but you stuck with it and straight through you came, 2-0,
0:35:24 > 0:35:26so very well done indeed. It's been a fantastic performance.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29As always you choose your category for this last round -
0:35:29 > 0:35:33there's not a very wide choice, but here are your four options.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Goodness me...
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- That is not helpful.- No!
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- Do you want to do Sporting Awards?- No.- OK.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- Novelists?- Cult Novelists?
0:35:54 > 0:35:57We'll go for Cult Novelists.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58Cult Novelists, OK. Richard.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02OK, we're looking for any novel published up to August 2013
0:36:02 > 0:36:05by any of the following three cult novelists, please...
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Very, very best of luck.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18OK, thanks, Richard.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Now, as always you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:21 > 0:36:24and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26The answers can come from any of those categories
0:36:26 > 0:36:29and it's entirely up to you how you spread them.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31They could all come from Kurt Vonnegut,
0:36:31 > 0:36:34they could all come from Douglas Coupland, or one from each,
0:36:34 > 0:36:35completely up to you.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Your time starts now.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Kurt Vonnegut, he's the science fiction writer.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- Is he?- Yes. - Well, I don't know any of the...
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Oh, dear!
0:36:48 > 0:36:51You're the reader.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53- Well, I don't know the other two. - I can't give any answer.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- I think we're going to have to make something up.- We will.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Kurt Vonnegut. Something like,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01I don't know...
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Kurt Vonnegut...
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- I've never even heard of Douglas Coupland.- No...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Irvine Welsh, I've heard of.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11What about something to do with...
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Let's have something like...
0:37:13 > 0:37:18- Moon Landing, for Kurt Vonnegut? - Yes.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20I don't think this is going to go very well.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- Douglas Coupland?- No. I don't know anything.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25I don't even know what genre he is.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Let's see, it could be something
0:37:27 > 0:37:31to do with the Trade Center - The Two Towers...?
0:37:31 > 0:37:32- Something like that?- Yeah.
0:37:32 > 0:37:38Irvine Welsh. Something to do with...Rhodesia?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- Zimbabwe...?- OK.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43OK... That is your time.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46I could have listened to that chat for ever and ever!
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Some great novels coming.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53You should write some of these up, I was enjoying all of those.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56So what are your three answers going to be?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58One from each category.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01OK...
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Which one do you want to give me for Irvine Welsh, then?
0:38:05 > 0:38:09We're going to go for... Zimbabwe The Great.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11They've made a film of that.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13That's true, with Forest Whitaker.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Zimbabwe The Great.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- What are we going to go for for Douglas Coupland?- Erm...
0:38:20 > 0:38:24- Twin Towers? - The Twin Towers. Very good.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27And your third one, the one we're going to go for Kurt Vonnegut.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Something to do with science fiction, so...
0:38:32 > 0:38:35I know the name, but I just can't think of anything he's written.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I'm going to have to say Moon Landing.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Moon Landing. OK.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44So we've got Zimbabwe The Great, we've got The Twin Towers,
0:38:44 > 0:38:46and we've got Moon Landing.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Some good history in there as well.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Of those three, any one you want to nominate as your most likely to be pointless?
0:38:53 > 0:38:58- Or shall we just put them in that order?- Just in that order.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Let's just say one of these answers is right,
0:39:09 > 0:39:11and pointless,
0:39:11 > 0:39:14what would you do with your £2,000?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Let's just indulge that for a moment or two.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20I have a desire to go to Canada,
0:39:20 > 0:39:24so it would go toward a trip to Canada.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Excellent. Elaine?
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Well, my husband needs a new engine.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- For his boat! - Oh, I see. I thought...
0:39:32 > 0:39:35LAUGHTER
0:39:35 > 0:39:37I thought, "A pacemaker, brilliant thing to get."
0:39:37 > 0:39:39LAUGHTER
0:39:39 > 0:39:41I'm sure the NHS would do that.
0:39:41 > 0:39:42A new engine for his boat.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44It would have to be a reconditioned one.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Well, that would be money well spent.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48You'd get around those Scottish Isles,
0:39:48 > 0:39:50the Summer Isles all the quicker.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52OK, well, very, very best of luck.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Fingers crossed, there's probably more chance
0:39:54 > 0:39:58of one of these being right than you have of winning the lottery. So there we are.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Let's find out. Zimbabwe The Great, an Irvine Welsh novel -
0:40:01 > 0:40:04is it right and how many people said it, for £2,000?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Oh-h!
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Unfortunately not a pointless answer.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- Surprise(!)- Not a correct answer I'm afraid.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16But your next answer, we were looking for Douglas Coupland novels
0:40:16 > 0:40:18and you've gone for The Twin Towers.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Let's just see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:40:20 > 0:40:25One of these days, it is going to happen, somebody is going to come up
0:40:25 > 0:40:28with a book that HAS actually been written by one of these authors.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Is it going to be today?
0:40:33 > 0:40:38Well, if it is today, it's not on the Douglas Coupland category.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Only one more chance to win today's jackpot of £2,000.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Moon Landing is your third and final answer.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47In this case, we are looking for Kurt Vonnegut novels.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52Is it right, will it win you £2,000, will it be pointless?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55No, I'm sorry to say.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06There was a chance, a tiny little chance that one of those might have been right
0:41:06 > 0:41:09but I'm afraid they weren't, so I'm afraid you didn't manage to win
0:41:09 > 0:41:12today's jackpot of £2,000, that will roll over onto the next show.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15But you have been fantastic contestants, you really have,
0:41:15 > 0:41:17you've done such a brilliant job on the show,
0:41:17 > 0:41:19lots to be very proud of there, and you do get to take home
0:41:19 > 0:41:21a Pointless trophy each, so very well done.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Sorry, Pat and Elaine, you were an unstoppable force
0:41:30 > 0:41:33but you met an immovable object in that jackpot round, I'm afraid.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37You got three wrong ones, but the game going on in my head was very,
0:41:37 > 0:41:42very exciting. I had three answers, and they all scored one point.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46I was gutted! Can you imagine if that had been me standing there?
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Let's have a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Irvine Welsh only has one pointless answer...
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Very, very well played if you said that.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01I said Marabou Stork Nightmares, that scored 1.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Douglas Coupland, another terrific writer.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Five pointless answers for him.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11And God Hates Japan.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15I went for Girlfriend In A Coma for that one, that scored 1.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18And Kurt Vonnegut, the biggest scorer Slaughterhouse-Five.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26I went for Breakfast Of Champions, and that scored 1 point.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28I've had a nightmare.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- Richard!- But at least I get to take home a coveted...
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Oh, I don't even get to take home a coveted Pointless trophy!
0:42:34 > 0:42:35You've covered yourself in glory.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40I haven't even done that. At least I get to nick this computer...
0:42:40 > 0:42:43You don't even get to do that. It's glued to the table.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Well, we have to say goodbye to you, Pat and Elaine,
0:42:47 > 0:42:51but we have loved having you on the show. Thanks so much for playing, great contestants.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Sadly, Pat and Elaine didn't win the jackpot today,
0:42:57 > 0:43:01which means it rolls over onto the next show where we will be playing for £3,000.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07Join us next time to see if it's won. Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard...
0:43:07 > 0:43:09- Goodbye.- ..and it's goodbye from me, goodbye.