0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much, indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the game where you are always aiming for the lowest score. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35- And couple number one. - My name's Ian, this is Alan.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37We are a father and son from Maidstone in Kent.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Couple number two.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42I'm Nicola and this is Judith and we're work colleagues from Durham.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46- Couple number three?- Hi, I'm Fintan, this is my friend, Mairead. I'm originally from Belfast.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48She's from Dublin and we both live in London.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And, finally, couple number four?
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hello, I'm Joy and this is my husband, Alan.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56We've lived in Norfolk for a lot of years but now we're in Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And these are today's contestants.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Thanks all of you, we'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Confucius once said real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12May I introduce the most knowledgeable man in the studio,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Hiya. Hi, everybody. APPLAUSE
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Good afternoon to you.- And to you. - Are you well?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- I'm extremely well, thank you. Are you?- Excellent, not bad at all.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28We've got two good pairs coming back today. We've got Judith and Nicola,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32who got all the way through to the head-to-head last time. We expect good things from them.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37Then we've got Ian and Alan, who were brilliant last time. Lots and lots of fun, and unlucky in Round Two.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- Ian gave an answer which I thought... It was unfortunate.- Yeah.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I suspect we may see good things from them today, as well.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Have you noticed an awful lot of people are wearing bright orange?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- It's happening a lot. It must be very on trend.- It must be.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53You're absolutely right.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I might hunt down a bright orange shirt and start wearing it.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- I think it's a good idea. - Or you, maybe.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Maybe you should wear a bright orange shirt. LAUGHTER
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- One of us maybe should.- Anyway, I've noticed it, it's quite nice,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09it makes people very easy to spot in the fog of the studio.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Very good, thank you, Richard.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14All our questions on Pointless have been asked of 100 people before the show.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16The aim of the game is to find a pointless answer.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave
0:02:19 > 0:02:21and each time that happens we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Now, Pat and Elaine didn't win the jackpot last time
0:02:24 > 0:02:26so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31APPLAUSE
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43OK, the pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated
0:02:43 > 0:02:46but do remember there is to be no conferring during the round.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49OK, our first category today is...
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Football.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55It's football. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and who's going second. Mairead, really not looking happy.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06OK, let's find out what the question is, here it comes.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:03:09 > 0:03:14European 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying teams, as they could.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Richard?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Simply looking for any nation that took part in the qualifying
0:03:18 > 0:03:21in the European zone for the World Cup of 2014.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Any team who took part in the qualifying, please,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28in any of the European zone groups. They don't have to have qualified for the World Cup itself,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30just anyone who took part in the qualifying.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32We're excluding the home nations from that,
0:03:32 > 0:03:36so we won't accept England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39OK, now then, Ian and Alan, you all drew lots before the show
0:03:39 > 0:03:41and today you are going first.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Ian, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Tell us what happened last time, Ian.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Who knew Benjamin Franklin wasn't a prime min...a prime minister? President, even.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I know, I didn't know that. I didn't know that.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56Apparently, Richard says it's come up before on the show and it shows how much I retain.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- Football, I think, an altogether better subject.- Yes, definitely.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03What do you think you are going to go for there?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I'm going along the lines of Belgium.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Along the lines of Belgium.- Yes, I'm going to go for Belgium.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Belgium is going to be my answer.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Let's find out if Belgium's right.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Let's see how many of our 100 people said Belgium.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- That's a good answer, 16. - I'm happy with that. - APPLAUSE
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Very well done, Ian.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Yes, they qualified for the World Cup finals, as well, Belgium.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37They were top of their group. They've got so many brilliant players,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40most of them play in the Premiership these days.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Judith, welcome back.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Hello.- Welcome back to Pointless. Head-to-head last time.- Yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- But then dispatched brutally by Pat and Elaine.- We were.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52They were just extraordinary. They were on it, weren't they?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54They were. We had no chance.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Anyway, a new day.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58What do you like doing, Judith,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01what would your favourite weekend involve?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03We normally go away in our caravan.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- You said last time you were caravanners.- We do.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- You do it every weekend?- Nearly every weekend.- You love that thing!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- We do.- How far afield do you go?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Not far, for a weekend, just about an hour, maybe North Yorkshire.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- Lovely, out into Weardale?- Yeah. - Lots of lovely places around there.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Perfect, OK, now then, what about football, Judith?- Not good at all.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25What about European geography, approach it in that way.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I'm just going to go for a country, and I'm going to go for Sweden.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Sweden, says Judith. Sounds good, let's see if it's right
0:05:31 > 0:05:34and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Sweden.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Well, 16 is what Belgium scored.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Sweden is 20. Well done. - APPLAUSE
0:05:44 > 0:05:46There or thereabouts.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Not bad at all.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Yeah, they came second in their group but they got knocked out
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- in a play-off by a country I shan't mention.- No.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Oh, you did that well. That was deft.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- Thank you very much.- Yeah.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Now then, Mairead, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Thank you.- Originally from Dublin. - Dublin, yes, I am.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- How long have you lived in London? - Seven years.- Seven years.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Do you go back quite a lot? - People come to visit me instead.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- There is a huge Dublin community in London, isn't there?- There is, I get a lot of visitors.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18So then Mairead, football...
0:06:18 > 0:06:21How closely do you follow it?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Well, I'm a season-ticket holder at Arsenal.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I follow football in that respect
0:06:26 > 0:06:30but not the bigger stage than the Premiership.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- I'm going to say Croatia. - Croatia?- Yeah.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Croatia, it sounds perfectly good to me.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43It's absolutely right, Mairead.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Our high score at the moment is 20.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Our low score is 16.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48You whip past both of those,
0:06:48 > 0:06:49down to 13.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Our best score so far, very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Well played, Mairead, and they qualified through the play-offs,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Croatia, against a team I really, really wanted to win.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- But didn't.- Yeah.- There it is. - There we are.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07OK, now, Joy, welcome to Pointless.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Great to have you here. Where are you from, Joy?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Well, we live in Leighton Buzzard now.- Leighton Buzzard?- Yes.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Herefordshire originally and lots of years in Norfolk.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- You've been everywhere. - Been everywhere.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Been everywhere and what do you get up to in Leighton Buzzard?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24We're both retired so I play a lot of golf.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I really enjoy playing golf
0:07:26 > 0:07:30and we've recently taken up playing bowls because you don't
0:07:30 > 0:07:34have to wear your raincoat and it's nice and indoors in the winter.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Good stuff. Do you follow football at all?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Yes. I will go for Denmark.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Denmark, says Joy. OK, let's see if that's right
0:07:43 > 0:07:46and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Denmark.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Absolutely right, Joy.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Well, 20 our high scorer, 13 our low.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- You're between the two, there we are. 18, very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Yes, runners-up in their group, Denmark.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Haven't had any obscure answers yet, have we?- No.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- We call it Pointless for a reason. - We do.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11OK. Consider that a warning.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Let's take a look at the scores.
0:08:15 > 0:08:1813 the best score of that pass, very well done, Mairead.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Then up to 16 where we find Ian and Alan, then up to 18
0:08:22 > 0:08:23where we find Joy and Alan,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26and then up to 20 where we find Judith and Nicola.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30It's very, very close grouping indeed. What a nice unit you make.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32But, Nicola, we are relying on you.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34You are just ahead there,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37so a nice low score from you should keep you in the game.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46OK. Now, Alan, remember, we are looking for any national football team
0:08:46 > 0:08:49that took part in the European zone qualifying groups
0:08:49 > 0:08:53for the 2014 World Cup. Now then, Alan, welcome.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- Do you play a lot of golf as well? - Yes, I play a lot as well, yes.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- We like to compete against each other.- Who's the most competitive?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Er, Joy.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I thought you...
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- Who's got the better handicap? - I have. Not by much.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Not by much, OK, that's nice, nice thing to do.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- She has had five holes in one and I haven't had any.- Have you really?!
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- Sad, sad!- Joy! That must be the most exhilarating thing in the world.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22It's fantastic.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25To do it once is kind of a fluke, to do it five times,
0:09:25 > 0:09:26that's just outrageous.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29By the fifth one, you must have just gone... HE YAWNS
0:09:29 > 0:09:31"Yeah, just got another one, Alan, yeah."
0:09:31 > 0:09:34What happens on the course if someone scores a hole in one?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Does everybody just put down their clubs and applaud?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- No.- Yeah.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41LAUGHTER
0:09:41 > 0:09:44On the course if it's seen, yes, but you're expected,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46when you go in, to buy a round of drinks.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48So you hope it's a quiet day.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- What, if you score a hole in one, YOU buy drinks?- Yes.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Remind me never to take up golf! Excellent.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Now then, Alan, you're on 18.- Yes.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00You aren't quite the highest scorers
0:10:00 > 0:10:02but you're only two points behind them,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05so if you can score one or less you avoid becoming the new high scorer.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I'm going to go for San Marino.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09There you go.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12There you go. Alan says San Marino.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16There is a red line, you can't quite see it but it's there.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19If you get below that, you are definitely in the next round.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Let's see how many people said San Marino.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25It's right.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Well, our lowest score of the two has been 13.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30You've passed that comfortably.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Nine, very well done indeed, Alan.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33APPLAUSE
0:10:33 > 0:10:3527 is your total.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Very well played, Alan, that's much more like it.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43San Marino are bottom of the FIFA world rankings of every country.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46They've never won a competitive match for FIFA or UEFA,
0:10:46 > 0:10:47though they do hold a record,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50they hold the record for the fastest ever World Cup goal,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53which most people remember, 8.3 seconds, against England.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Yeah.- That was a terrifying... I mean, we spanked 'em in the end,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- as we should do, cos they're only little.- But still.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Yeah, they've got half their Cabinet playing in their team.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- Their coach is a part-time PE teacher.- I like that he's part...
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Part-time PE teacher! Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- Now then, Fintan, welcome to the show.- Thank you very much.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- What do you do?- I'm a patent examiner.- That's just fun, isn't it?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19That's fun. I picture you sitting around in a Dragon's Den environment
0:11:19 > 0:11:21where lots of inventors drag things in.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23And present them to us?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Unfortunately not, it's less exciting than that.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27What sort of patents do you cover?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Well, I just deal with the internal workings of the computers,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33so nothing you can hold in your hand and say, that's quite exciting.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Circuits are not very sexy, I'm afraid.- Still, quite fun.- Not bad.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41And also, you can always lie when people ask what kind of patents.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44You can just say, "Well, we had a hovering machine that came in."
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- I actually patented this display mechanism.- Excellent.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I've got a couple of things I want to take up with you,
0:11:50 > 0:11:54because they're less than perfect. But, um... Yeah, OK!
0:11:54 > 0:11:56There you are, you're on 13,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59the high scorers at the moment, Alan and Joy on 27.
0:11:59 > 0:12:0313 or less sees you through. How do you feel about this?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05That's not going to happen, I'm afraid.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I know people say "This really isn't my subject,"
0:12:07 > 0:12:09but it isn't my subject.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12So I could take a gamble, but it's a bit too risky
0:12:12 > 0:12:15so I am going to play it safe, I'm afraid. The Netherlands.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17OK, well, with so much orange around you,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19that seems a sensible thing to go for.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23There is your red line.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27It's right, of course.
0:12:31 > 0:12:3226.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35APPLAUSE
0:12:35 > 0:12:3826, quite a high score, takes your total up to 39.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41They had a great qualifying campaign, the Netherlands. Topped their group.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- They qualified with two matches to spare.- Very good. Thank you, Richard.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Now, Nicola, you were the high scorers, of course, not any more.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Nicola, remind us what you do.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56I work at Durham University Business School as a program administrator.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Now, I imagine that's a year-round job.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Does it ease off at all during the holidays?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I'm fairly new to the role, I only started this position in October,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08so I haven't done a full year yet, but I would imagine, yeah.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- It tails off Christmas time, isn't it? - Presumably in the summer as well.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Or maybe that's your busiest time, got to get ready for next year.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- Yeah.- Judith nodding quite hard! "Like we get a slack time!"
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Now, Nicola, there you are on 20.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27The high scorers on 39 are Mairead and Fintan, so 18 or less...
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- Not going to happen.- Really?- No.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Well, think about it, remember what Richard said.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I'm going to go with Italy.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Italy, says Nicola. Italy. There's your red line.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41If you get below that with Italy, you are in Round Two.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Let's find out how many people said Italy.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49It's obviously right.
0:13:52 > 0:13:5539, oh, Nicola, that's a punishing high score.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Takes your total up to 59.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Yes, qualified for their 14th straight World Cup, the Italians.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Them and the Netherlands were the first two teams to qualify.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Thanks, Richard. Now then, Alan.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Alan, we have a game on our hands here. Welcome back to the show.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15OK, we discovered last time that you have
0:14:15 > 0:14:17a really lovely-sounding dog,
0:14:17 > 0:14:21that is a German Shepherd crossed with a Rottweiler.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- He's a baby, he's a pussycat. - I bet he is.- He really is.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- Well, you've known him since he was a puppy.- He is an absolute baby.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32I say he fixed onto you, I mean that in the nice sense, that he decided
0:14:32 > 0:14:35he wanted to be owned by you. You found him just living in the wild?
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- Yes.- He's mostly wolf.- Absolutely!
0:14:39 > 0:14:40And there he is.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- And how old is he now, then?- He's eight now.- That's good, very good.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Well, you're on 16 and the high scorers at the moment
0:14:47 > 0:14:50are Nicola and Judith on 59. All you need is 42 or less.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52I have a hunch you're going to be quite good at this.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Two of my answers have gone.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57But I shall go for Greece.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Greece says Alan, Greece.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03There's your red line. Get below that, you're in Round Two.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05How many of our 100 people said it?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Well done, Alan, you're through.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Still going down. 11.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16APPLAUSE
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Our second lowest score of the whole round there, Greece.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Very well done, 27 your total.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Well played, Alan, another team who qualified, Greece.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27I think it's lovely when people take in stray dogs, I really do.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- It's a lovely thing to do.- Yeah.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Genuinely a disgraceful performance by and large on that round.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35You know, if San Marino are in there, they're all in there.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Come on, just an obscure European country is all we're looking for.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Andorra. - Andorra would have been perfect,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Andorra would have scored you two points, they're all there.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Let's look, there's only one pointless answer, though.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49That is Kazakhstan, would have been a pointless answer.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Belarus and Slovenia would have scored you one, as would Azerbaijan.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56You'd have got two points for Armenia, three points for Cyprus,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Liechtenstein, Albania, Israel, all of those three points,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Israel were in the European groups.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Lithuania, Malta, Luxembourg would have scored you four,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07five for Georgia, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10So virtually any country in Europe is what we were looking for,
0:16:10 > 0:16:14not Italy and the Netherlands. I've surprised no-one said Germany.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16LAUGHTER
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Let's take a look at the top three answers.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21The ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Spain with 50.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Germany there with 52.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29And right at the top, France, on 55.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33So, at the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair headed home
0:16:33 > 0:16:35with their score of 59, not a terribly high score,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- but Nicola and Judith, I'm afraid you are the high scorers.- Yeah.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Well, you did pretty well, though. He's getting quite cross, isn't he?
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- Yeah! It's still football. - It is still football.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48But a little bit of geography in there.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Yes, I'm sorry, they were just too high, your scores.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53We have to say goodbye. Head-to-headers last time.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I hoped we'd see more of you but this is the end of the road.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- It's been great having you on the show, Nicola and Judith.- Thank you.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01APPLAUSE
0:17:01 > 0:17:03But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10So, three pairs remain.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12At the end of this round we'll send another pair home
0:17:12 > 0:17:15in time for our head-to-head round.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Well, our low scorers, Ian and Alan, and Alan and Joy,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22were tied there on 27, so yeah, very, very equal.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24This is a bit like one of those flat horse races
0:17:24 > 0:17:26where everyone's just together.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28No-one's really made a break for it yet.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32And you heard what the big man said, he's not happy. He is not happy.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34People aren't pushing the boat out enough.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36There we are, best of luck to all.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Celebrities. Celebrities.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46First players, please step up to the podium.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Friends of Friends, Richard.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59On each pass, we're going to give you six clues to famous people
0:17:59 > 0:18:02who've appeared at one time or another on the TV series Friends.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Six on each pass, 12 in all, 12 to have a go at at home, best of luck.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Thanks very much indeed.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10So we are looking for the names of these people
0:18:10 > 0:18:11who guest starred on Friends.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13And here's our first board of six.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35I will read all of those one last time.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57There we are, six clues to six guest stars.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Now then, what are you going to go for, Alan?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- It's quite tough, isn't it? - It's tough for me, I don't know.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I've never seen Friends ever.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- Did you watch M*A*S*H? - Yes, and that's what I'm...
0:19:08 > 0:19:09I'm going to take a chance on that
0:19:09 > 0:19:11because I've never seen any of Friends.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14But I'm going to go for Alan Alda from M*A*S*H.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Alan Alda, says Alan M.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Let's see if that's right
0:19:18 > 0:19:20and how many of our 100 people said Alan Alda.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Bad luck.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I'm sorry, Alan.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31scores you the maximum of 100 points, I'm sorry.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Sorry, Alan, not Alan Alda, he was in M*A*S*H, of course.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Thanks very much, indeed. Now then, Fintan.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Well, I did used to love Friends.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46I could take a stab at the Monsters, Inc. but it's a bit risky,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49so I think I will try for the other M*A*S*H actor,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52who I think was Elliott Gould.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Elliott Gould, says Fintan. Let's see if that's right
0:19:54 > 0:19:56and how many of our 100 people said Elliott Gould.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Absolutely right.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Look at that, 11, very well done. That's a great score.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11APPLAUSE
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Yeah, well played, Fintan. He plays Jack Geller on the show.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- He was also married to Barbra Streisand.- Was he?- He was, yeah.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21He said a lot of the time it was like a chocolate souffle,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23but sometimes it was like a bath of lava.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- LAUGHTER - Brilliant.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- Now, Alan P. Alan P, did you watch Friends at all?- No.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- So this is going to be fun. - This is going to be fun, yes.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- Do any of the other bits of the clues help you, though?- Not really.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41I should know the voice of the Pixar because I watch that film endlessly
0:20:41 > 0:20:44with my grandchildren, but it's just gone completely out of my head.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47The only one I can guess at is the Australian model,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50is that Elle Macpherson? "Ellie" Macpherson?
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Elle Macpherson or "Ellie" Macpherson. Let's see if that's right
0:20:53 > 0:20:56and how many of our 100 people said Elle Macpherson is The Body.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00It's right.
0:21:03 > 0:21:0444.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Well done, Alan.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08APPLAUSE
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Well played, absolutely, she played Joey's new flatmate. Elle Macpherson.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Let's go through the rest of this board.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19I think you all know the top one, the mother of princesses Beatrice
0:21:19 > 0:21:23and Eugenie, Sarah Ferguson. 54 points.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Now, the voice of Mike Wazowski...
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Billy Crystal.- Yeah, 10 points.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31And the actor who starred as Will Colbert, very famous actor.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Brad Pitt.- Yeah.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Scored 15, and the best answer on the board,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38the actor who played Don Self is Michael Rappaport.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Very well done if you said that, one point.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Halfway through the round, the scores:
0:21:44 > 0:21:4611, Fintan, very much the best score of that pass.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Then up to 44 where we find Alan and Joy,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52and then I'm afraid it's 100. I'm sorry, Alan, that was tough.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Anything can happen on the next board, Ian, so don't give up hope.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58It will require, if you're going to make it to the head-to-head,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00it will require a very good low-scoring answer from you,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02so best of luck to you with that.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Can the second players step up to the podium?
0:22:07 > 0:22:11OK, let's put six more clues up on the board, and here they are.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I'll read all of those one last time.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57There we are, six more guest stars in Friends.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Joy, you're going to try and find
0:22:59 > 0:23:01the lowest scoring one you can on that board.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Joy.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Now, how are we feeling? - Not very good.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09There are some quite nice clues there to help people
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- who don't know Friends. - Yeah, yeah. Um...
0:23:12 > 0:23:18- Actor who played George Smiley, Tim Roth.- Tim Roth says Joy.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Tim Roth. There's your red line.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23If you can get below that red line you're in the head-to-head.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Let's see if Tim Roth is right.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Oh, I'm so sorry, Joy. I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36It scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 144.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Not Tim Roth, Joy. I'll give you the correct answer
0:23:38 > 0:23:40at the end of the pass. I think you'll know it.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Now, then, Mairead. Good news, you are in the head-to-head.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46A combination of Joy and Alan's high score
0:23:46 > 0:23:48and Fintan's excellent low scoring
0:23:48 > 0:23:50in the first pass have led you there.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- Good, I've never seen Friends, ever. - You've never seen it? It's good fun.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59- So, I know two because of the clues. - Yes, there's some quite good clues.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03So I'll go with Tom Selleck for Three Men And A Baby.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Tom Selleck for Magnum PI, let's see if that's right,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08no red line for you as you're already through.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Let's see if it's right.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- 37. - APPLAUSE
0:24:19 > 0:24:2237 takes your total up to 48.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Well played, Mairead, he's a recurring character in Friends.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- Dates Monica, Richard Burke. - Thanks very much. Now then, Ian.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Oh, you've been thrown a lifeline by Joy there.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35If you can score 43 or less, you're in the head-to-head.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- Do you want to talk us through the board?- I'd love to but I can't.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Tom Selleck I knew, and I know one other on there,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45which I think is going to be higher than what I need.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Die Hard star is Bruce Willis.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51The top one, I can't for the life of me think what it is at the moment.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53I just don't know any of the others.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55So I'm going to have to go with Bruce Willis.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58You're going to go with Bruce Willis for just...
0:24:58 > 0:24:59For the Die Hard star.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Thanks so much indeed. There's your red line.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04If you can get below that with Bruce Willis,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07you are through to the head-to-head. Best of luck.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Let's find out how many people said Bruce Willis.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Oh, no, 51. Ian, I'm sorry.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19APPLAUSE
0:25:19 > 0:25:23You suspected that was going to be a high score and indeed it was,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25151 is your total.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Yeah, sorry, Ian. Tough luck there.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Now, the actress who played Rachel Bradley,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34I'm sure you can picture her face, I know, is Helen Baxendale.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38- That's her.- Would have scored you 11 points and seen you safely through.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Now, the actor who played George Smiley is a contemporary of Tim Roth.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46- Gary Oldman.- Gary Oldman, exactly that, would have scored four points.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49The Anchorman actress? This is the best answer on the board.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Christina Applegate. Would have scored you two.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54And played Matilda's father in the 1996 feature film,
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- do you know that one?- Danny DeVito.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Danny DeVito, yes, appeared in Friends as a stripper,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00would have scored you 20 points.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Thanks very much indeed. So, at the end of our second round,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06the pair who will be heading home with a high score of 151,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08it's Ian and Alan.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Oh, I'm sorry, that was tough. You were so close, though. Really close.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15You took a risk, which is what we normally applaud.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18But in this instance I'm afraid it's sending you home.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- It's been great having you on the show, thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23APPLAUSE
0:26:23 > 0:26:26But for the remaining two pairs it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Congratulations, Mairead and Fintan, Alan and Joy,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35you're now one step closer to the final and a chance
0:26:35 > 0:26:38to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at...
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- £3,000. - AUDIENCE WHOOPS
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Now, we have to decide who is going through to the final and playing for
0:26:45 > 0:26:47that money, and to do that you are going head-to-head.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50You're now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Best of luck, let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05OK. Here's your first question. And it concerns...
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Famous Works Of Art. Famous Works Of Art, Richard.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11We're going to show the English names of some famous statues
0:27:11 > 0:27:14and sculptures, but we've left out the last word of each one.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- Can you fill in those blanks, please? - Thanks very much indeed.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21So let's reveal our names of famous statues and sculptures
0:27:21 > 0:27:23and here they are.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41I'll read those one last time.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00There we are, five works of art or sculptures with missing words.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Now, Mairead and Fintan, you played best throughout the show so far
0:28:03 > 0:28:04so you will go first.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06THEY WHISPER
0:28:07 > 0:28:09THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:28:13 > 0:28:16OK, we're going to try Michael Jackson And Bubbles.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Michael Jackson And Bubbles, say Mairead and Fintan.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Now then, Alan and Joy.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Do you want to talk us through the rest of the board,
0:28:24 > 0:28:25do your thinking out loud?
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Can't talk you through the board.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29It's the Angel Of The North.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31I think it's Jacob And The Ram, but I'm not sure.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34But we'll go for The Burghers Of Calais, I think.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38The Burghers Of Calais by Auguste Rodin, say Alan and Joy.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40So we have Bubbles and we have Calais.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Mairead and Fintan said Bubbles,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54That's a good answer, look at that.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Oh, look at that, 11, well done!
0:28:58 > 0:29:0011 for Bubbles.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04But then Alan and Joy's answer, The Burghers Of Calais,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06is also a fantastic answer.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I wonder how many people got that? Let's see.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Now, then. It's going to be close.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Oh, 12!
0:29:25 > 0:29:29It is a very, very hard-fought head-to-head.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33But well done, Mairead and Fintan, you just came out ahead in that one.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Two very good answers there.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38The Jeff Koons statue is quite something,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41it's a life-size porcelain model of Michael Jackson and Bubbles,
0:29:41 > 0:29:45but all gold-plated. It's fairly spectacular.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48There's one answer there that would have beaten both of those.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50And that is Jacob... It's not The Ram,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52it's Jacob And The Angel.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56You can see it in the Tate Britain. Would have scored you eight points.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01The Angel Of The North is a very big scorer. Antony Gormley.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Would have scored you 89 points. Not bad for a bit of modern art.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- And d'you know this next one?- No.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09It's... You know what, I had trouble with this one,
0:30:09 > 0:30:11it's a very, very high scorer.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13It's obvious when you hear it.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- It's The Statue Of Liberty. - Oh, it's Liberty, for heaven's sake!
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Would have scored 64 points.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Thank you very much indeed, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Alan and Joy, you'll get to answer this first,
0:30:24 > 0:30:26but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It concerns...
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Breakfast TV Presenters, Richard.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36We're going to show you five images now of breakfast TV presenters
0:30:36 > 0:30:39past and present. Can you identify the most obscure of these five?
0:30:39 > 0:30:40OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Let's reveal our five breakfast TV presenters and here they come.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45We've got...
0:31:05 > 0:31:09There we are, five breakfast TV presenters.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Alan and Joy, you will go first.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15(The second one is Charlie something.)
0:31:15 > 0:31:19(Yeah, Stayt or something, Charlie Stayt?
0:31:19 > 0:31:23(I do know D but I can't think of his name.)
0:31:23 > 0:31:27We think that B could be Charlie Stayt.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Charlie Stayt.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Charlie Stayt you're saying for B.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Now, Mairead and Fintan,
0:31:33 > 0:31:36d'you want to talk through the rest of the board?
0:31:36 > 0:31:40OK, A's Lorraine Kelly, er, I think B is Charlie Stayt,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43that was going to be our answer!
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Er, don't know who C is. D is...
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- Johnny somebody, but we can't remember.- Johnny somebody.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50And E is Nick somebody, it might be Nick Robinson,
0:31:50 > 0:31:52but that might be wrong.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54So, er, shall we try Nick Robinson?
0:31:54 > 0:31:55- Yeah.- Nick Robinson.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57You'll say Nick Robinson.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59OK, so we have Charlie Stayt, we have Nick Robinson.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Alan and Joy said Charlie Stayt.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07It is Charlie Stayt, well done.
0:32:12 > 0:32:1415.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16APPLAUSE
0:32:16 > 0:32:1815 for Charlie Stayt.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23Mairead and Fintan have had a punt at E, Nick Robinson.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26You're pretty sure it's not Nick Robinson
0:32:26 > 0:32:28but you've gone with Nick Robinson nonetheless.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Erm, let's see if it is Nick Robinson.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35No, bad luck, it's not Nick Robinson, which means,
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Alan and Joy, well done, that's exactly what you needed to do,
0:32:38 > 0:32:40you're back in the game. It's 1-1 after two questions.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Well played, Alan and Joy. I like Charlie Stayt.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44- He's got big hair, hasn't he?- Mm.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47That's just a guy who's so pumping with testosterone.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49If you switch on at seven in the morning
0:32:49 > 0:32:51and you look again at nine, it's grown.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- LAUGHTER - His chin blew.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Yeah, very impressive.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Erm, you're very, very good,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00I have to say, Mairead and Fintan, at first names.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02- Yeah, yeah. - Cos you're right about Nick,
0:33:02 > 0:33:03- but it's Nick Owen.- Ah!
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Used to present with Anne Diamond for many years. 18 points.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- You were right about Johnny as well. It's Johnny Vaughan.- Of course.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Used to present The Big Breakfast. 31 points for Johnny Vaughan.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18A is Lorraine Kelly, you got both of her names,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22but, er, I think you knew it would be too much and it was, 61.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27And C is the best answer on the board, and it is Michael Wilson.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- Michael Wilson. - That's a great pose, isn't it?
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Somebody said, "Michael, just get a picture of you, erm, by the camera.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- "Over by the camera." - "Just what you'd normally be doing."
0:33:35 > 0:33:39"Wear this tie, I dare you, wear this tie, go on."
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- That's a proper '80s pose, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44One point for Michael Wilson, so very well done if you said that.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Thanks very much indeed, Richard. OK, this is very exciting.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49I knew it was going to be close, it is close, it's 1-1.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52It comes down to the decider. One of you will be going through
0:33:52 > 0:33:54to the final and playing for that jackpot.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Best of luck to both pairs. Our third question today concerns...
0:33:58 > 0:34:01We're going to give you five clues now to facts about Argentina.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04The pair who gives us the most obscure answer is going through
0:34:04 > 0:34:07to play for the jackpot, so very best of luck, both teams.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Let's reveal our five clues and here they come...
0:34:27 > 0:34:29I'll read those all one last time.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46There we are, five clues to facts about Argentina.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Now, Mairead and Fintan, you will go first.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51THEY WHISPER
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Slight risk, but I think the first female president
0:35:02 > 0:35:04was Cristina Fernandez.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Cristina Fernandez, say Mairead and Fintan.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Cristina Fernandez. Now, then, Alan and Joy, the board is all yours.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Yeah. If that's right we won't beat it.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18The two bottom ones are fairly obvious.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21We'll take a punt at the year of the World Cup,
0:35:21 > 0:35:24but it's probably wrong, as '88.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27You're going to say '88, the year they hosted and won the World Cup.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Mairead and Fintan, you have said Cristina Fernandez,
0:35:31 > 0:35:33the first female elected president of the country.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34Let's find out if that's right
0:35:34 > 0:35:36and, if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Cristina Fernandez.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41It's right.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46It's a good answer. Look at that. Wonderful low score.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50Right down to 5. Very well done indeed, Mairead and Fintan.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52APPLAUSE
0:35:55 > 0:35:58That's going to take some beating, but Alan and Joy,
0:35:58 > 0:36:02you said 1988 was the year they hosted and won the World Cup.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Let's if that's right and, if so, how many people said it.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09There's your answer.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Very well done.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Mairead and Fintan,
0:36:12 > 0:36:15after three questions you are through to the final 2-1.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Terrific play, Fintan. That was a killer blow there.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Yes, also known as Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner,
0:36:20 > 0:36:24because she is the widow of the former president Nestor Kirchner.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29The year they hosted and won the football World Cup was '78.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Would have scored you 11 points. The main unit of currency?
0:36:33 > 0:36:38- Um...peso.- Peso is the right answer. Would have scored you 14.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43- The island group?- The Falklands. - Yeah, big score, though. 71.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- And the mountain range? - The Andes.- It is the Andes, yeah.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48And that would have scored 29 points.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51So Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner best answer on the board. Well played.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Thanks very much indeed.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round
0:36:56 > 0:36:59is Alan and Joy. You've done so well the whole way through the show.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01But Cristina Fernandez would take some beating,
0:37:01 > 0:37:03so you needed something on that board.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06The good news is we'll get to see you next time.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09We look for to that. Alan and Joy, thanks very much for playing.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- APPLAUSE - Thank you.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15But for Mairead and Fintan it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19Congratulations, Mairead and Fintan.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21You fought off the competition
0:37:21 > 0:37:23and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35At the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £3,000.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36AUDIENCE: Oooh!
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Superb. One appearance on Pointless, straight through to the final.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- What would you like to see come up in this last round?- Film.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- Anything to do with film.- Both of us, I think, yeah.- Best of luck.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50You choose your category.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52It's not the widest of choices we usually give people
0:37:52 > 0:37:55but here are your four options. They are...
0:38:03 > 0:38:05I think we have to go for Hollywood Eds.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- OK, we'll go for Hollywood Eds. I'm not sure what it is, but... - We'll discover. Who knows?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Hollywood Eds. Richard? - OK, you've got three options here.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14We are looking for any feature film
0:38:14 > 0:38:18made for cinema release up to August 2013, starring one of the following -
0:38:18 > 0:38:23any Ed Harris film, any film he has a credited role in.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Any Eddie Izzard film or any Ed Norton film.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30So, Ed Harris, Eddie Izzard, Edward Norton, any feature film
0:38:30 > 0:38:33made for cinema release for which they received an acting credit.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35No TV films, short films, documentaries.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Voice performances do count, though.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- Very best of luck to both of you. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43As always you have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45And all you need to win the jackpot of £3,000
0:38:45 > 0:38:48is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51But the answers you provide can come from any of these categories
0:38:51 > 0:38:54and how you spread them across the categories is up to you.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56They could all come from the same,
0:38:56 > 0:38:58all Ed Harris or all Eddie Izzard or one of each.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03- Are you ready?- Yes.- OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05There they are. Your time starts now.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Ed Harris was in Pollock. Jackson Pollock.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- Edward Norton was in American History X.- He was.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- Eddie Izzard was in Mystery Men. - Was Ed Harris in The Right Stuff?
0:39:15 > 0:39:20- The Right Stuff?- The space thing. I think he might have been in that.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Eddie Izzard...? - I can't think of any he's been in.
0:39:24 > 0:39:29- Mystery Men is the only one I think he's been in.- That's a good answer.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34And...other Edward Norton films. He's in American history X. Um...
0:39:34 > 0:39:38He was in something called Keeping The Faith? Um...
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Ed Harris, he's been in so many movies. I can't think...
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- Is Pollock good enough?- Yeah.
0:39:46 > 0:39:52We'll do Pollock for Ed Harris. Mystery Men for Eddie Izzard...
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- And The Right Stuff?- Ten seconds left.- Shall we try that?
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- Try The Right Stuff. - Or do you want to go for Ed Norton?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01- No, go for The Right Stuff. - OK, we'll try it.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05OK, your minute is running down now and it's up.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09I now need your three answers. Sounds like you've reached...
0:40:09 > 0:40:14- OK.- You go.- OK, for Ed Harris films, Pollock and The Right Stuff.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- Pollock and The Right Stuff for Ed Harris.- And for Eddie Izzard...
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- Mystery Men.- Mystery Men for Eddie Izzard. Of those three,
0:40:20 > 0:40:23which do you reckon is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- If it's right, The Right Stuff. - The Right Stuff we'll put last.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- Least likely to be pointless? - Mystery Men.- Mystery Men.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33OK. Let's pop those on the board in that order. And here they are.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37Well, very best of luck.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Three perfectly good answers up there on the board.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Your first answer, Mystery Men, you decided was your least likely to be pointless. I can't see it.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47I think that's pretty good niche knowledge there.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50But let's say one of these is pointless
0:40:50 > 0:40:52and you win the jackpot of £3,000, what would you do with it, Mairead?
0:40:52 > 0:40:56- Go to New York for a friend's birthday next summer.- Perfect.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57Fintan?
0:40:57 > 0:41:01I'm long overdue a return trip to some friends in Australia, so...
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Excellent. Two lovely things to look forward to should you win the jackpot.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06So best of luck. Mystery Men.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10You nominated this as an Eddie Izzard film. Let's find out.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13If it's right and it's pointless, you leave here with £3,000.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16So, for the jackpot, is Mystery Men an Eddie Izzard film?
0:41:16 > 0:41:17How many people said at?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21It's right.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25That's the first thing. It had to be correct.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Now, if this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £3,000.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Down it goes. Still going down. Still going down...
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- APPLAUSE AND CHEERING - There we are!
0:41:35 > 0:41:37There we are.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Guys, fantastic. What a result. That's brilliant.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Very well done indeed. Superb.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50Congratulations!
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Mystery Men was a pointless answer,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54which means you are going home with £3,000.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Very well done indeed.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02Oh, how about that?
0:42:02 > 0:42:05I'm so pleased for you. That's terrific. Well played.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Pollock would have scored you two points.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12And The Right Stuff would have scored you one point.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14So Mystery Men is your big answer there.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16You mentioned Ed Norton's Keeping The Faith.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20That would have been a pointless answer if you'd risked that one.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Let's look at pointless answers in the different categories, though.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26For Ed Harris, lots of big films he's been in.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29A History Of Violence. Nixon was a pointless answer. Stepmom. The Hours.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32You also could have had for him Absolute Power,
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Glengarry Glen Ross, Gone Baby Gone, State Of Grace, Man On A Ledge.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Lots of great films for Ed Harris.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Eddie Izzard, Five Children And It, My Super Ex-girlfriend, Mystery Men.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45That's just got pointless film written all over it, hasn't it?
0:42:45 > 0:42:47It's one of those ones that if you can claw it
0:42:47 > 0:42:50from the back of your memory it's going to be worth money.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54And The Cat's Meow. And for Ed Norton...
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Frida. Kingdom of Heaven. The Invention Of Lying
0:42:57 > 0:42:59and The Score, which is at a terrific film as well.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02All pointless answers. Well done if you said any of those at home.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- And congratulations in the studio. Lovely work.- Thank you.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Thanks very much, Richard.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Well, thanks once again to our winning players,
0:43:10 > 0:43:14Mairead and Fintan, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,000.
0:43:14 > 0:43:15APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye...
0:43:21 > 0:43:23And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.