Episode 22 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the aim of the game is to avoid obvious answers

and find the obscure ones. Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

I'm Emma, this is Adam

-and we are friends and neighbours from south London.

-Couple number two.

My name's Tom. This is Dewi. We are mates from Cardiff.

-Couple number three.

-My name's Erica,

this is my mum, Sandra, and we're from Newcastle.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Dave from Cumbernauld.

This is my son, David, from Gourock.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks, all of you.

We'll get to know more about each of you throughout the show as it

goes along. That leaves just one more person for me to introduce.

He's the number-one googled celebrity in his house.

It's my pointless friend. It's Richard.

Hiya. Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Afternoon.

-And to you.

-That was a fun show last time, wasn't it?

A good show.

John and Ollie somehow managed to get into the jackpot round.

Almost won as well, didn't they?

They got a one pointer in the jackpot round.

It was very, very close. They beat Erica and Sandra in the head-to-head.

Erica and Sandra, a very, very good team -

just to let the other three players know.

-Emma and Adam, nice to have neighbours on the show.

-Yeah.

-That's quite a nice thing, isn't it?

-It's quite rare, isn't it?

The last podium, Dave and David.

I like a man who calls his son after himself. Don't you?

That tells you a certain something.

We'll find out what it tells us as the show goes on, I'm sure.

Round one is the sort of one which will be just brilliant

for some people. Brilliant for some people at home, who'll love it.

And some people are just going to hate it.

-OK. Which am I, do you think?

-I don't think you're going to like it.

OK. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

All of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show

and our contestants are on the hunt for one of those all-important

pointless answers, one of the answers our 100 people couldn't get.

Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

John and Ollie didn't win the jackpot last time

so we add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

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

OK. Now, the pair with highest score at the end of this round

will be eliminated.

Also, do remember there is to be no conferring, during the round itself.

Our first category today is:

Boxing.

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

and who's going to go second.

Whoever is going to go first, please step up to the podium.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

world heavyweight champions as they could.

World heavyweight champions. Richard.

We are looking for the name of anyone who has been world heavyweight

champion from July 1921, all the way through to September 2012, please.

Any world heavyweight boxing champion sanctioned by the WBA,

the WBC, the WBO or the IBF. Those are all the big world champions.

From July 1921, all the way through to September 2012.

Very, very best of luck. Good luck at home as well

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Adam and Emma, you all drew lots before the show today.

You are going to go first. You and Emma are neighbours.

-Absolutely next-door neighbours or over the road...

-No, no.

We used to live about five minutes away from each other

and now we live about ten minutes away. I know Emma through Liz,

Emma's sister. I went to university with her.

That's how we actually know each other. Now we are neighbours.

-You knew each other first, then...

-Yes.

One of you recommended the area.

Me and my friend Liz moved to Balham and told Emma

she should come as well and she did.

-Now then, Adam, boxing.

-Yes.

-Do you follow it at all?

I know a couple but I don't know if they are heavyweights or not.

And whether or not they were champions.

I'm going to take a stab in the dark at Vladimir Klitschko.

Vladimir Klitschko. Let's see if it's right

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

It's right, Adam.

Still going down, Adam. Still going down. 5.

What a neighbourly gesture there, Emma.

-He has left you 5. This is good. Vladimir Klitschko.

-Great start.

I would not advise taking a stab in the dark at Vladimir Klitschko though.

You might end up on your back.

He has been world champion with different organising bodies.

Still world champion now.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Tom, welcome to the show.

-Good to have you here. From Cardiff.

-That's right.

-This is great.

We've just had seamless Cardiff representation across these shows.

-Tom, what do you do?

-I work for an educational charity in Cardiff Bay.

We aim to engage young people and the public with science

-and maths, that sort of stuff.

-How's that going?

-Are you finding them engaged?

-It's going swimmingly.

For me, personally, I think they are engaged as well.

-How long have you been involved?

-About a year and a half.

And over the last year and a half, the graph goes like that.

I've recently been promoted and I've now got a new job there.

This is fantastic. Still within the same department.

Within the same department, behind a desk now.

-Less work in the field, if you like.

-Good stuff.

-Tom, boxing.

-Yes.

-World heavyweight champions.

Boxing's not the best but I'm going to have a stab at Lennox Lewis.

Lennox Lewis says Tom. Lennox Lewis. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said Lennox Lewis.

It's right.

5's our low AND high score.

27 for Lennox Lewis.

Yeah, Lewis retired as heavyweight champion in 2004.

Erica, welcome back to the show. Last time, what a performance.

Through you went to the head-to-head,

almost like you were on casters.

You knew some low scoring answers

and didn't quite have the pointless neck to come out with.

A pointless neck. I've never said that before. 650 odd shows.

-We were too cautious last time.

-I think you were.

You were playing a little bit cautiously.

Luckily, it's boxing now, Erica, so the time for caution is behind us.

I don't even know how you say it really, the guy's name.

Is it Evander Holyfield?

Evander Holyfield, you are going to say.

Evander Holyfield. Erica, let's see if it's right

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

It's absolutely right. Very well done, Erica. 27 our high score.

5, our low. You passed 27 with flying colours. Nearly down to five.

Very well done, Erica. That's a great answer. Evander Holyfield.

Evander Holyfield, very good answer.

The only boxer to win the title four times, regained it three times.

-They call him the Real Deal.

-The Real Deal.

Because he's from Deal in Kent. That's where he was born.

LAUGHTER

-Dave. Dave, welcome. Cumbernauld.

-Yes.

What do you get up to in Cumbernauld, Dave?

Well, I've retired now. I've been retired for seven years.

What did you do?

I was senior control engineer with one of the power companies

-in Scotland.

-And what do you do now with your retirement?

Very little, actually.

It's a very sedentary retirement but I quite enjoy driving.

We have a touring caravan, so we tour around bits of this country

and have driven a fair bit abroad as well.

I do enjoy my cars and driving.

-OK. Do you enjoy your boxing, Dave?

-Not particularly, no.

-I think I will try Jack Dempsey.

-Jack Dempsey, says Dave.

Jack Dempsey. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said that.

It's right. So, again, 27 still our high. 5 still our low.

You passed 27.

You passed 5. 4, a new low score, Dave. Very well done indeed.

4 for Jack Dempsey.

Yeah, taking us right back, Dave.

He was world champion between 1919 and 1926, Jack Dempsey.

-The Manassa Mauler.

-The Nassa Mauler.

-Manassa.

-The Manassa... Where's Manassa?

Manassa is just east of Deal,

a lovely little village just near the Cinque Ports.

-No, it's in Colorado.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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

4, the best score of that pass. Dave, very well done.

Then up to 5, where Adam and Emma are.

Up to 8 were Erica and Sandra are. And Tom and Dewi, 27.

I thought it was a good answer. But it was quite a high score.

Dewi, a low answer from you might be enough.

We are going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

David, we are looking for the name of anyone who became

world heavyweight champion.

You are on 4, thanks to your father's brilliant answer there.

Jack Dempsey. Dave, what do you do?

I run my own business selling art and prints

through a website that I run.

-How long have you done that for?

-Round about four years now.

Would you want to have a gallery at any stage?

I don't think I want a gallery.

Galleries sell original prints, original paintings

and I don't think I want that.

A shop doing art prints and gifts and crafts

and things like that, yeah, I can see me doing that.

Sounds good. OK, well, David, you are on 4.

The high score is on 27, Dewi and Tom. If you can score 22 or less.

It's trying to decide now how you play it. It was such a good score.

There's a temptation to go safe but I have a name in my mind

and I think I'm going to go for it.

I'm going to go for Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr says David. OK. Now then, it's red line time.

We have a target for you and there it is.

If you can go is below that red line, you are in Round Two.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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

Oh, no, David. Oh, bad luck.

I'm sorry to say that is an incorrect answer.

Sounded brilliant to me but what do I know?

-That's scores you 100 points and takes you up to 104.

-Sorry, David.

One of the greatest boxers of all time, Floyd Mayweather Jr,

certainly one of the richest boxers of all time but not a heavyweight.

He's not even close to heavyweight, I'm afraid.

Thanks, Richard. Now then, Sandra, welcome back.

How happy with you with this as a round generally?

-I know nothing about boxing.

-OK, but didn't Erica do well there?

-Didn't she though? Very well.

-Didn't she do well?

-Yes.

Remind us what you get up to, Sandra. What occupies you?

I'm retired at the moment and I've never been busier in my life.

-What chiefly occupies you?

-I do a lot of courses. I play piano.

I swim. I enjoy myself thoroughly.

-Good stuff. Until this boxing question.

-Until this came up!

OK, listen, you only have to score 95 or less.

OK, I'll go for Mike Tyson.

Mike Tyson, says Sandra. Mike Tyson.

Here is your red line. Nice and high.

He doesn't have to travel far to get you into the next round.

Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said Mike Tyson.

It's right and you're through.

46. Very well done. 54 your total.

Very well played.

One of the most iconic heavyweight champions of all time.

I was with a guy the other day called Steve Bunce,

who is a boxing journalist and commentator.

He knows Tyson, has met a number of times.

He told me some stories!

HE GASPS

Just extraordinary stuff.

What a man.

What a man. Now then, Dewi. Tell us what you do, Dewi.

I'm a guitarist.

I write and perform original music

but at the moment doing a lot of Spanish flamenco.

I go around playing in fancy restaurants.

-So you are a classical guitarist.

-Yeah, yeah. Classical.

Here's a question. Do you turn up with a little stool?

Do you bring a stool to put your foot on?

No, and I think I'm probably worse off for it.

My arm's starting to get a weird twitch.

If you win the jackpot...

I can buy all the stools I want!

The jackpot's not that big and those stools aren't cheap.

But you could get yourself a stool, certainly.

-A fancy stool.

-A fancy stool to go with the fancy restaurant.

It would be good. OK, but first, you have to win.

Yeah, I don't know if it's a risk or not but he's a big guy

so he might be world heavyweight. Joe Frazier.

Joe Frazier, says Debbie.

Joe Frazier. There is your red line.

Get below that, you're in the second round.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Joe Frazier.

It's absolutely right. And you are through. Well done, Dewi.

26. Not a bad score at all. Takes your total to 53. Very well done.

Smoking Joe Frazier, in fact, yeah. Terrific fighter.

Most famously lost the Thriller In Manila to someone we won't mention.

Thank you very much indeed. Now then. Emma.

Emma, you are most of the way through.

You are literally... 98 or less will see you step

into the paradise that is round two. Emma, what do you do?

-I'm on maternity leave at the moment.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you.

How much longer do you have on maternity?

-I have another three months left.

-That's nice.

And when you finish your maternity, what will you return to?

I'm an operations officer in the NHS.

So, I manage the postgraduate training of doctors and dentists.

-Right. How was the obstetrics on the delivery ward?

-It was superb.

Absolutely superb and I kept telling them who I work for and that

I was responsible for whether they passed the year or not.

-I don't think that had any impact whatsoever.

-Good, good.

Now, boxing, world heavyweight boxing champions.

It's not asking a lot. 98 or less sees you through.

All of the things that I could think of have gone, apart from one,

and it's either really obvious or it's wrong.

It's a famous boxer and I've no idea whether he was heavyweight.

He's just famous. I'm just going to go for it and cross my fingers,

and say Muhammad Ali.

Muhammad Ali, says Emma. Muhammad Ali.

Your red line is about to appear at the top of the column there.

He really does not have to travel far to get you into the second

round. He just has to be right.

Let's find out. Muhammad Ali. Is it right?

It's right.

Well done. 75.

It takes your total up to 80. Very well done indeed, Emma.

Yeah, the most famous heavyweight of all time.

The most famous boxer of all time. The greatest of them all.

Muhammad Ali. 75 points sees you safely through.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers

and I'll mention a few more as we go.

The South African, Gerrie Coetzee, would have been a pointless answer.

As would Francois Botha.

Hasim Rahman, who beat Lennox Lewis in a shock,

he was a pointless answer.

A Brit who won one of the versions of the title,

Henry Akinwande was a pointless answer.

Herbie Hide, who won a similar title at the same time, was three points.

James Bonecrusher Smith was a pointless answer -

that's a good nickname, isn't it?

Michael Moorer, first southpaw to win the title,

was a pointless answer. Michael Spinks was a pointless answer.

Leon Spinks would have given you 11 points.

Oliver McCall, who lost his title to Frank Bruno, was a pointless answer.

Bruno would have scored you 26 points.

Riddick Bowe, who was the undisputed champion for a while,

he was a pointless answer.

And Trevor Berbick, who beat Ali in his last ever fight,

he was a pointless answer. Let's take a look at the top three,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

A couple of those will be familiar names. Lennox Lewis, 27.

Mike Tyson, 46,

and Muhammad Ali on 75.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our first round the pair heading home with a high

score of 104, it's David and Dave.

Well, what a shame to be saying goodbye to you but, David,

that was a good wrong answer.

Boxing was never going to be a strong suit for me.

I knew the name, I thought it sounds reasonably obscure so it was

worth a chance but perhaps should have played it safer.

Well, it all bodes well for the next time we see you.

We'll look forward to that very much,

but in the meantime thanks very much for playing. David and Dave!

APPLAUSE

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

And so three pairs remain.

At the end of this round, we'll be saying goodbye

to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.

Well done, everyone, we made it through!

Erika, Sandra, that was great. Very well done. Some good answers there.

Emma and Adam, of our remaining pairs, you obviously ended up with

the highest score overall, but you also scored, Adam, the lowest score,

the lowest individual score of any of our answers so very well done.

Very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is:

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

who's going to go second.

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns:

On each pass we'll show you the names of six fictional

companies, we need you to tell us

the TV series in which they first appeared, please.

There will be 12 TV series to guess at home, very best of luck.

OK, thank you very much indeed,

so let's reveal our six fictional companies, and here they come.

I will read those all one last time.

There we are. Remember we're looking for the title of the TV

show in which these companies first appeared.

Yeah, I know a few of them.

There's one, I know what it relates to, I'm just not sure which version

of the show it was in, if that makes sense. It will when I say it.

Peartree Productions, I think was I Am Alan Partridge.

I'm Alan Partridge, you're saying.

OK, let's see if that's right,

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

Very well done indeed, Emma.

Good answer. I'm Alan Partridge.

3, that scores.

Great start, Emma, great start to the second round.

One of the best TV series of all time, I'd say, I'm Alan Partridge.

Yeah. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Dewi, what about this board?

Is this a better round for you?

Much better than boxing, it is a relief.

I know three for definite.

I'd say the hard bit is thinking what the British public would know.

I am going to go with Sterling Cooper,

which I think is the advertising company in Mad Men.

Mad Men, says Dewi, for Sterling Cooper.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said Mad Men.

It's right.

7! Another good answer, another low score, Dewi. Well done.

Yeah, exactly right. Won Golden Globe for the best

television series three years in a row, Mad Men.

There we are. Now, Sandra. You're the last person to have this board.

Yes.

-How are you finding it, by the way?

-I know one.

-Good.

Ewing Oil is Dallas.

Wernham Hogg, I would take a wild guess and say IT Crowd,

but I'm not going to go for that.

And I'm sorry, I don't know the other two.

-Which one are you going to go for then?

-Ewing Oil, Dallas.

Ewing Oil, Dallas, says Sandra.

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

It's right.

-84.

-Very safe!

Kind of safe, yes. 84 for Dallas.

That's a big scorer, but if it's the one you know, it's the one you know.

If you'd said IT Crowd for Wernham Hogg, you'd have got 100.

That's Reynholm Industries in IT Crowd.

Wernham Hogg is The Office, would have scored you 14.

Globelink News, do you remember that one?

-Is that Drop The Dead Donkey?

-Yes, would have scored you 9 points.

And down the bottom from the '70s,

Hammond Transport Services was in The Brothers.

Well done if you said that.

7 points. There are some low scorers there.

-The best answer on the board, I'm Alan Partridge.

-Thanks.

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

Well done, Emma and Adam.

Lovely low scoring from you, Emma, very well done indeed.

Then up to 7, where we find Dewi and Tom.

Then, I'm afraid, it's quite a journey up to 84, where we find you,

Sandra and Erika.

So, Erika, you get first use of the new board

so make sure you find something nice and low scoring on that

and maybe that will be enough to see you through, you never know.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more fictional companies up on the board,

and here they come.

I will read those one last time.

Remember, we're looking for the title of the TV show in which these

companies first appeared. Erika, you're going to try

and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-How is that board?

-It's not great.

It really isn't great at all.

I'm going to take a risk, which we didn't do last time,

and I'm going to go for the fourth one, the Spacely Space Sprockets

-and guess that it's Futurama.

-Futurama, says Erika.

Futurama for Spacely Space Sprockets.

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

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

Oh, bad luck. I'm sorry, Erika, an incorrect answer

scores you the maximum of 100 points, gives you a total of 184.

That's unlucky, Erika, but well done for taking a risk.

That's exactly the right thing to do. They've got a courier company

-on Futurama, rather than a sprocket company.

-Thanks very much. Now, Tom.

-Good news, you're through.

-That is good news. That is good news.

-How do you find the board?

-This is not a great board, I'll be honest.

I would have preferred the first pass.

I only know the one on this board,

that will be the third one down, Trotters Independent Trading.

-I'm going to have to say Only Fools And Horses.

-Only Fools And Horses.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Only Fools And Horses.

No red line, you're already through.

75.

Takes your total up to 82.

Yeah, perfectly good answer, that sees you safely through.

The car, the three-wheeler, is in a museum in Keswick.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Adam.

Again, last person to have this board.

It is a tricky board, this one, I think.

It is a really tricky board so I'm pleased I don't have to score

-anything to get through.

-No, you don't, you don't.

You're through whatever you score.

But do you fancy having a shot at any of them?

The only one that I knew was Only Fools And Horses.

Slate Rock And Gravel Company, maybe Fraggle Rock.

Fenner Fashions, Ugly Betty maybe, because that's a fashion company.

Don't know the others at all so I will take a stab at Ugly Betty,

Fenner Fashions.

OK, Ugly Betty, Fenner Fashions, let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said it.

No red line as you're already through.

An incorrect answer scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 103 but you're already through

so it's all fine.

Yeah, absolutely.

You had to go for something

but Fenner Fashions actually is a '70s show,

it's The Rag Trade, which I know some people at home will have got.

Would have scored 13.

The Slate Rock And Gravel Company, it's not the Fraggles,

-do you know that one? You'll know this one.

-It is the Flintstones?

-It is.

-Hurray, good!

-That would have scored 18.

Now, Spacely Space Sprockets, not Futurama.

Not 1 million miles away actually, it's a futuristic animation.

It's The Jetsons. Would have scored 3.

Jupiter Mining Corporation,

my son will be screaming at the telly at this moment, it is Red Dwarf.

Would have scored 9, and Baldwin's Casuals,

everybody knows, I think.

It's Coronation Street and would've scored 50 points, big scorer.

So the best answer on that board is The Jetsons,

-well done if you said that.

-Thank you very much indeed.

So, at the end of our second round, I'm afraid to say it is

Erika and Sandra, head-to-headers you were last time.

This time I'm afraid it's Round Two.

It's been brilliant having you on the show.

I'm sorry, that was a really... They were quite tough, those.

Did it help? Did you know any once you were nudged?

-When the answer went up on the board?

-No!

-No.

Well, that's OK, I mean maybe that's a relief.

Anyway, it's been lovely having you on both shows.

Thank you for playing, Erika and Sandra.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Dewi and Tom, Emma and Adam,

you're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £2,000.

APPLAUSE

Well, now we have to decide who's going to play for that money, go

through to the final, and to do that you're now going to go head-to-head.

The difference is that now you're allowed to confer

before you give your answers and the first pair to win two

questions will be playing for the jackpot.

Well done, Dewi and Tom, lovely low scoring,

nice consistent low scoring across the rounds.

But Emma and Adam, in the first round, Adam, you gave the lowest

scoring answer, and in the second round, Emma, you gave the lowest

scoring answer so now you can confer,

maybe you'll be the low scorers. Who knows?

Either way, I think this is going to be very close, very exciting.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question.

And it concerns:

We're going to show you five pictures now of famous people called Martin.

You just have to give the most obscure answer.

We're going to need first name and surname.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, let's reveal our five famous Martins, and here they come.

There we are, five famous Martins.

Dewi and Tom, you've played best throughout the show so far

so you'll go first.

Well, I know two.

THEY WHISPER

-Yes, he's going to be better than D.

-Oh, yeah.

We only know two of them, C and D.

We've got a feeling D will be the higher

so we're going to say C is Martin Scorsese.

Martin Scorsese, say Dewi and Tom. Martin Scorsese.

Now then, Emma and Adam, do you fancy talking us

-through the rest of the board?

-If only we could. Erm...

Don't know A or E at all.

We knew C, and I think B might be a Northern Irish politician

of some kind. I've got it in my head but I can't access that information

so I'm going to go...we're going to go for D...

is Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King. So we have Martin Scorsese,

we have Martin Luther King.

Dewi and Tom, you think the one you went for, Martin Scorsese,

will be the lowest scorer.

Let's find out. Is it Martin Scorsese?

It's right.

25.

25. Now, Emma and Adam, you've said Martin Luther King for D.

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

Was Martin Scorsese the right one for Dewi and Tom to have gone for?

It's right.

There's your answer. Yes, it was.

Dewi and Tom, very well done indeed.

After one question, you're up 1-0.

Yes, a pleasingly high score for Martin Luther King that, isn't it?

Not pleasing for Emma and Adam, but you know what I mean.

You were right that B is a Northern Irish politician,

currently Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness.

Would have scored you 35 points.

That's what you're going to look like when you're old.

Yeah, I've looked quite like him for a lot of my life.

A is... Do you know A?

-Martin Amis.

-Martin Amis, yep, the novelist.

He'd have scored you 10 points.

And E is the French DJ, Martin Solveig.

Very well done if you said that, would have scored you 2 points.

-Best answer on the board.

-Thanks very much indeed.

OK, so here comes your second question.

Emma and Adam, you have to win this one but you get to answer it first.

It concerns...

Just going to show you the names of five singles

that were hits around the Christmas period and the years

in which they were hits but we've left out alternate letters

-from each one. Can you fill them in?

-OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five Christmas hits and here they are.

I will read those all one last time.

So there we are. Five Christmas hits. Anna and Adam, your go first.

THEY WHISPER

Number four, what's number four?

Erm, OK, so we think we know all of them.

The one we're going to go for is number four,

Christmas In Smurfland?

Christmas In Smurfland, say Emma and Adam.

Wow, Dewi and Thomas, beat that!

Do you fancy talking us through the others?

We know all of them except Christmas In Smurfland.

So from the top, it's Mr Blobby, then Merry Christmas Everyone,

Mistletoe And Wine, then Killing In The Name at the bottom.

It's going to have to be Rage Against The Machine, isn't it?

I think so. I think so. We'll go Killing In The Name.

Killing In The Name, you're going to say.

Emma and Adam said Christmas In Smurfland,

let's see if that's right and, if it is,

let's see how many people said it.

Three!

No arguing with that. Well spotted, Emma and Adam.

Dewi and Tom have gone for Killing In The Name.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Killing In The Name.

18.

Not a bad answer, but there was no beating Christmas In Smurfland.

Well done, Emma and Adam.

After two questions, it's even again, 1-1.

The best two answers up there, a good head-to-head, this.

Funnily enough Rage Against The Machine followed up

Killing In The Name with a cover version of Christmas In Smurfland!

Let's take a look at the scores. You're right about all of them.

Mr Blobby, that would have scored you 35.

Merry Christmas Everyone, by Shakin' Stevens,

that would have scored you 57,

and Mistletoe And Wine, by Cliff, of course,

would have scored you 83 points.

Thanks very much. Here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this one goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns:

Horrible Histories Figures. Richard.

We're going to show you five clues to historical figures

and the date they died. They've all been characterised playing songs

in the Horrible Histories series.

-Can you name the most obscure of these five?

-OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five Horrible Histories figures.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Five famous figures from Horrible Histories.

Dewi and Tom, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

-Confer with Tom, do you think first or third?

-First one.

I don't know if I'm pronouncing it right - Boadicea.

Boadicea, Boudica, you can say it how you like.

Well, we'll hear how Richard thinks we should say it.

But Boadicea, yeah. Emma and Adam.

Phew...um...OK, so we think we know the bottom three.

The Scottish nationalist is William Wallace.

The English naturalist is Charles Darwin.

And the Egyptian queen is Cleopatra.

The Jamaican nurse, we were talking about Florence Nightingale.

But I have no reason to think she would be Jamaican.

So let's go for William Wallace.

OK, you're going to say William Wallace. We have Boudica

and William Wallace. Dewi and Tom said Boudica.

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

57.

APPLAUSE

Emma and Adam have gone for William Wallace. Let's see

if that's right, let's see how many people said William Wallace.

Very well done, you're through.

27 for William Wallace.

APPLAUSE

Which means, Emma and Adam, you're through to the final, 2-1.

Yeah, really good head-to-head, well played, both teams.

We were taught Boadicea, they're taught Boudica these days.

The biggest scorer on the board - the Egyptian queen - Cleopatra.

The English naturalist was Charles Darwin.

I think everyone knew that.

Would have scored you 72.

The Jamaican nurse, always talked about in schools these days,

is amazing figure, it's Mary Seacole.

She would have scored you 9 points, so very well done if you said that.

Thanks, Richard. So the pair leaving us at the head-to-head

is Dewi and Tom.

Very strong performance but I suspected when Emma and Adam

got to put their heads together they were going to be unstoppable.

And so it has proved. But a very strong head-to-head.

We'll look forward to seeing you again next time. Dewi and Tom,

thanks very much for playing meantime.

APPLAUSE

But for Emma and Adam it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Emma and Adam, you fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

which stands at...£2,000.

I remember at the start of today's show you were on the first podium

and I said it's always tough on the first podium. And you said,

"You're making me nervous now."

And you dispatched all your opponents,

starting on podium four with Dave and David.

Then we had Sandra and Erica...

And then we had Tom and Dewi but you've seen them off

in a very systematic way. Very neat, I have to say.

-What would you like to see come up in this last round?

-Maybe movies.

-OK.

-Maybe music.

OK, well, best of luck.

You get to choose your category from four options. And here they are.

-Have to be....

-Bestselling Albums?

-Yeah, has to be.

Bestselling Albums it is, OK.

OK, we're going to ask you questions about three of the top 20

bestselling albums of all time in the UK.

We are looking for any track from the original release of Brothers In Arms

by Dire Straits.

We're looking for any track from the original release of Urban Hymns

by The Verve.

Or we're looking for any tracks on the original release of

The Immaculate Collection by Madonna.

So any of the tracks on the initial releases

of any of those three albums. Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. You've got up to one minute to come up

with three answers to win that jackpot.

All you have to do is find just one pointless answer.

Remember, the answers can come from any of these categories.

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

Could be one from each, two from one, or all three from one,

if you like. Are you ready?

-Yep.

-Yeah.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

-Urban Hymns?

-I don't know it at all.

-That's The verve.

-I know, but...

-Sorry?

-Bittersweet Symphony.

-Yeah, but that's really obvious and Drugs Don't Work.

-Yeah.

Do you know any Brothers In Arms?

Again, it's kind of somewhere in my mind...

-I'm thinking Immaculate Collection.

-OK, Lucky Star?

Yeah, Lucky Star's a good one.

-Um...

-Trying to think of not obvious ones.

-Yeah, they're quite obvious.

-Ray Of Light?

-No, that's later.

-When was the Immaculate Collection then?

-'80s?

-OK, so Material Girl.

Too obvious?

Erm...Holiday?

-Yes, definitely on there.

-Uh...

-Struggling to think.

-Yeah, I'm just thinking, like, Vogue and...

What was that one, um...

I can't think of it.

Ten seconds left.

OK, so shall we go for Lucky Star, Holiday and Material Girl?

-Not Material Girl.

-OK.

-Go for Vogue?

-Really? OK.

-OK, that's your time up.

I now need your three answers.

OK, we're going to go all for Immaculate Collection.

-OK.

-We're going to say Lucky Star.

-Vogue. And...

-Holiday.

-Holiday.

Of those three, which would you say was most likely to be pointless?

-Probably Lucky Star.

-Lucky Star.

-Lucky Star we'll put last.

-Which is your least likely?

-Holiday, I think.

-Vogue.

-Can't remember what we said now!

-So Vogue.

Let's pop those up on the board in that order. Here they are...

Very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Vogue.

This is the one you decided was least likely to be pointless.

Remember, only one of them has to be pointless to win that jackpot.

If you were to win in, what would you do with your split, Emma?

Well, I've just bought a house. I've exchanged contracts today.

So I would probably use it to buy some furniture.

-Always useful.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Adam, how about you?

Nothing as productive as that, I'd probably go on holiday,

maybe to Vegas or New York.

OK, well, very best of luck. Vogue, your least confident answer.

Has to be correct, then it has to be pointless for you to win.

So for £2,000, let's see how many of 100 people said Vogue.

It's right.

14.

APPLAUSE

14 for Vogue.

So, not a pointless answer.

You only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Holiday.

Again, this from the Immaculate Collection album.

It has to be correct then it has to be pointless for you to win,

so let's find out how many people said Holiday.

Well, it's right.

Your first answer, Vogue, took us down to 14.

Your second answer, Holiday,

is now taking us down through the teens...

15.

APPLAUSE

OK, so again not pointless.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer, Lucky Star.

This, you thought, was probably your best shot at a pointless answer.

Let's find out. Has to pointless to win that jackpot.

For £2,000, how many people said Lucky Star?

Well, that's three correct answers.

Your first answer, Vogue, took us down to 14.

Your second answer, Holiday, took us down to 15.

Well, you've passed both of those with Lucky Star...

3!

APPLAUSE

You definitely put the right one last.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.

That rolls over onto the next show.

But we've really enjoyed having you on the show.

You've done fantastically well throughout the show,

and you do get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so well done.

APPLAUSE

Very well played. Good to have three correct answers

and there's definitely some pointless answers on that Madonna album

that you'll know. The Dire Straits ones first,

this is the one that our 100 people did the best on.

So Far Away is the opening track on Brothers In Arms.

Your Latest Trick was released as a single. Both of those pointless.

For The Verve...

You also could have had Catching The Butterfly, Neon Wilderness,

and Weeping Willow. Very well done if you said any of those.

And Madonna...

Rescue Me also a pointless answer.

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

If you'd had a couple of minutes you would have got one of those,

wouldn't you? Material Girl would have scored you 2 points.

-Would actually have been your best answer.

-Thanks, Richard.

Well, we have to say goodbye to you, but it's been great having you

on the show. Thank you both so much for playing and playing so well.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Emma and Adam didn't win our jackpot, which means it rolls over

onto the next show when we will be playing for...

Join us next time to see if someone can win in.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.