Episode 29 Pointless

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CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

My name's Michael from south London.

This is my very good friend Julia from Horsham.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Bryony.

This is my mum, Sue, she is from just outside Coventry

-and I'm from Bristol.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Jon.

This is my lovely wife, Lou, and we're from Wigan.

And couple number four.

Hello, I'm Tyna.

This is my former colleague and long-time friend Jon,

and I'm from Eastbourne and he's from Hailsham.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you.

We'll get to find out more about you throughout the show as it

goes along, so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

More on the ball than the entire Barcelona midfield,

it's my Pointless friend.

-It's Richard.

-Hiya.

Hi, everyone.

Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-Are you well?

I'm very well, thank you, yeah.

It's almost like a gallery of strangers today,

because we've got three new pairs, and Lou and Jon,

who we didn't see much of last time, did we?

-Jon misplaced Tokyo and they went home.

-They found it. They found it.

-Oh, that's good news.

-I'm relieved.

-But it should be a cracking show.

I was just talking to Michael. Michael was asking if I was

intimidated by him just now when we went out and had a chat.

I was saying to Michael, "Everybody, to me, looks the same height."

Everybody, I don't care who they are, looks about 5'10".

Well, I'm flattered in that case.

THEY LAUGH

Everybody looks the same height.

-Apart from you, you look about 5'7".

-That's me, yeah.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Well, now, every question on today's Pointless has been asked

to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants here are on the hunt for one of those all-important

pointless answers that will add £250 to our jackpot.

Now, Mark and Dan didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at...

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

OK, now, the pair with the highest score at the end of

the round will be eliminated and, remember,

there is to be no conferring during the round itself.

OK, our first category today...

It's Famous People. Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Surnames beginning with B. Richard.

Yes, on each board we're going to show you seven clues leading

to famous people whose surnames begin with B.

You need to give us the most obscure answer.

You need 14 famous people with surnames beginning with B at home.

-The very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, we are looking for the names of these people whose surnames begin

with B and we have our first board of seven clues and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Now, Michael and Julia, you all drew lots before

the show and today you are going to go first. Michael, welcome.

-Thank you very much.

-A warm welcome. From south London.

-From south London, yes.

-What do you get up to in south London, Michael?

Um, well, um, I'm retired, although I do dog-walking, I still do that.

That's fun. So, how many dog clients do you have?

I do one at a time, I don't do huge numbers.

I was going to say, that's much better.

I'm more of a paw to paw, you know, face to face sort of thing. Not...

So, one on one.

Yeah, one on one, that's what I was trying to say.

Paw to paw's good.

OK, now, Michael, famous people whose surnames begin with B.

How do you find this board?

Not too bad.

Um, so, the German statesman known as the Iron Chancellor is Bismarck.

Bismarck says Michael. Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right.

22.

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-Thank you.

Not bad at all, Michael. Good start to the round.

Well played, Michael. Good answer on that first podium.

Yeah, he was the first Chancellor of the German Empire, Otto von Bismarck.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Bryony, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here. What do you do?

Um, I'm currently just being a mum

and planning to go freelance doing arts education.

-How many children have you got?

-Just the one. A little girl.

-What age?

-She's just coming up 15 months.

-And what do you like getting up to

when you're not looking after a 15-month-old baby?

Uh, well, if I'm not asleep,

I like going to the theatre,

I'm very interested in not just regular theatre, but also

kind of non-mainstream theatre and sort of fringe stuff as well.

Now, then, what do you make of this board of Bs?

I'm just going to go for an obvious one, so I definitely don't

score 100, but I'm going to go for Wuthering Heights.

I can't quite remember which one it was! I will say Charlotte Bronte.

Charlotte Bronte says Bryony.

Charlotte Bronte for Wuthering Heights, let's see if that's right.

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

Oh, no!

It's the other one, isn't it?

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Oh, I'm sorry, Bryony. An incorrect answer scoring you

-the 100 points there. Sorry.

-Yeah, sorry, Bryony.

I can neither confirm nor deny who wrote it,

-but I will let you know at the end of the pass.

-Thank you.

-Thanks very much. Now, Jon, welcome back.

-Hello, Xander.

So, just talk us through last time.

Yeah, it was Pointless carnage, I'm afraid!

-We were looking for capital cities north of Paris.

-Yes.

And you went for Tokyo, but for a brief moment I suddenly thought...

-Don't laugh!

-Ooh! No, no, no!

-I was trying to be different.

-To be fair, it's only 900 miles.

-It's only 900 miles.

But in a global context, that's...

-It's not far at all.

-It's a stone's throw...

-It is!

..if you're very strong!

Now, Jon, this is a whole new day and a new Pointless.

You are our only returning pair. We have high hopes for you.

Well, I work in IT, so, I'm hoping I'll get this one right,

so I think the computer pioneer who begun building

his difference engine in the 1820s was Babbage.

-Babbage.

-I'm hoping.

Lou, how are we feeling about Babbage?

-More confident than Tokyo.

-Very good.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said Babbage. Is it right?

Look at that, Jon, very well done indeed.

Well, 22 our low score so far, and you've passed that.

14 for Babbage.

Yay!

Yeah, Charles Babbage. That's more like it, Jon, isn't it?

That's much more fun, isn't it, yeah?

He never actually built a complete machine, Charles Babbage,

but the Science Museum in 1991 built one from his designs and it worked...

-which is rather lovely, isn't it?

-Impressive. Thank you very much.

Now, then, Jon R, welcome.

What do you do, Jon?

I work in IT as well, but that's not very interesting, so...

Did you have Babbage on the tip of your tongue there?

-Yeah.

-Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

But, more interestingly, a group of friends and myself do some

concerts of Beatles numbers for charity round the Sussex area.

How many of you are there in the band?

Well, there's six, so it doesn't quite fit four! Yeah!

So, we have the fifth and sixth Beatle, you see.

I always thought the Beatles would have sounded much better with

an accordion, so, yeah, so, I can see what you're doing there.

OK, now, there you are, you're the last person to have this board,

this board of Bs.

Yes, um, I...

..know the Boy Scout leader,

but I think that might be quite high, so I'm going to go for

the inventor of the raised dots used by blind people, Louis Braille.

Louis Braille. OK, well, let's find out.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Louis Braille.

It's right.

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Oh, dear, I'm sorry. That's a...

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I think there's your answer, Jon. 73 for Braille.

Yeah, he invented that when he was 15, Louis Braille.

He was blind from the age of three

and at 15 he invented that system.

Now, let's fill in the others. Now, Wuthering Heights...

Of course, there's more than one other Bronte.

This was Emily Bronte, the only novel she wrote.

It would have scored you 25.

Founded the Boy Scouts was... Do you know that, Xander?

-It was Baden-Powell.

-Yeah, Robert Baden-Powell.

It would have scored 44.

-Now, do you know the English explorer?

-No.

He once famously grew a beard and dyed his skin with henna, and was

one of the first ever non-Muslims to go to Mecca and Medina.

-Was it Richard Burton?

-It's Richard Burton, that's exactly

the right answer. Not the actor, obviously, the explorer.

It would have scored you one point, so that was a terrific answer.

-And the 18th-century philosopher...

-I would go for Burke as a guess.

Yeah, you're right, Edmund Burke.

And that's a pointless answer. Well done if you said that.

-Well done, you.

-Thanks very much indeed.

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

14, the best score of that was Jon.

Look at that! Much, much better.

That was you and Lou at the top of the table at this stage

of the round, then up to 22, where we find Michael and Julia.

Up to 73, quite a scoot up there, where we find Jon and Tyna, and then

up to 100, I'm afraid, where we find Bryony and Sue,

but you're not miles out in front.

A great answer from you, Sue, might be enough to keep you in the game.

Anyway, best of luck. We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more clues on the board and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, now, remember, Tyna, we are looking for the names

of these people, and all their surnames begin with the letter B.

Welcome to the show, Tyna.

-Hello.

-That's good.

And I see Tyna spelt like that, I'm not sure I've ever seen that.

My full name's Martyna,

it was just a quirk on the part of my parents to put a Y in.

-And what do you do, Martyna?

-Oh, well, I'm mostly retired now.

I'm just teaching a couple of evening classes in family history

-and mah jong.

-I would love to know how to play mah jong.

-It sounds like such fun.

-It is a great game.

-Yeah.

OK, well, listen, there you are on 73.

The high scorers - Sue and Bryony at this stage, so, if you want to

avoid becoming the new high scorers, 26 or less sees you through.

-Well, I much prefer this board to the last one.

-So do I.

I think I'll go for wrote the life of Samuel Johnson,

first published in 1791, which I believe is Boswell.

Boswell says Tyna, Boswell. Here's your red line.

If you get below that red line, you're in round two.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Boswell.

Absolutely right.

You've done it. Very well done indeed.

Look at that! 5!

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78 your total.

Well played, Tyna. That's a terrific answer.

Yeah, Blackadder viewers remember Samuel Johnson as the man who

wrote the dictionary without the word "sausage" in it,

but the real Samuel Johnson did include the word "sausage".

Thank you very much. Now, Lou, welcome back.

-Hi.

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm a newborn hearing screener.

-That's right!

And even as you said it again, I was momentarily thrown there. Newborn?

She hasn't just started doing it,

she's been doing hearing screening for newborns.

Lou, what do you do in your spare time?

Well, we have a little boy, so we're busy, um,

-but I've just taken up tap-dancing.

-Have you?

-Yes.

-Do you own a pair of shoes, or do you rent them?

-I have shoes.

-I have shoes.

-Wow.

-With ribbons on.

-Good stuff.

Now, then, Lou. People whose names begin with B.

OK. There's a couple on there that I know,

so I'm going to go for the Minister of Health,

and I think it was Nye Bevan.

Bevan says Lou. Bevan.

There's your red line.

If you can get below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Let's see how far down the column Bevan gets you.

It's right, and through you go.

20.

34 your total, Lou.

Another good answer, yeah.

A 13-year-old girl called Sylvia Beckingham was

the first person ever to be treated by the NHS.

She went into hospital with a liver condition in 1948.

She was the first person in history.

Thank you, Richard. Now then, Sue, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here, Sue.

-What do you do?

-I'm retired now, I used to be a teacher.

-What did you teach?

-German and French.

Wow. So, your travel is good,

your European travel, I'd have thought.

Well, my German travel is brilliant.

-I've been to every single part of Germany.

-Really?

And France, a lot of places in France.

-Perfect, that's great Pointless training, should they come up.

-Yes.

-Now, there you are, you're the high scorers at the moment.

-Yes.

A low score from you is the very least we need, though,

to keep you in the game.

It's choosing which will be the low one. It's really hard.

Maybe cos of my age, I'll do...

He lost both legs in a flying accident in 1931,

Douglas Bader.

Bader says Sue. Bader. No red line for you, as you're

the high scorers, but let's see how many of our 100 said Bader.

It's right.

39.

39 takes your total up to 139.

Yeah, Douglas Bader led 242 Squadron during World War II.

Thank you very much. Now...

-Julia...

-Yes.

-Julia, you are going to be the last person to have this.

I have a feeling you're going to be able to tidy up that board

very neatly indeed. What do you do, Julia?

I used to be a tour manager for a travel company.

Lately, I look after cats, so I'm the typical mad, old cat lady.

Mad, old...! So, it's cats and dogs between the pair of you?

-Yeah.

-Looking after cats, is that an easier proposition than...?

Yeah, they want to be fed and stroked occasionally,

-but, otherwise, they don't bother you much.

-A bit like me!

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What? And you don't bother her much, Michael, is that what you're saying?

Not at all. I'm very good.

Um, now then, Julia, there you are on 22.

You're through to the next round, even if you score 100,

which I happen to know you won't. But take us through the board.

Well, the first man, officially, was Roger Bannister.

I know nothing about cricket, I can think of

two Australian cricketers, Allan Border and Richie Benaud.

Ooh!

-Um...

-LAUGHTER

And the German composer is Beethoven.

I presume the bottom one is Boudicca.

-And I'm through anyway, am I?

-You are.

In which case, it doesn't matter if I get it wrong.

-I'll say Richie Benaud.

-Oh!

-Richie Benaud!

Michael doesn't like that at all!

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Oh, Michael!

He knows you're through, still mortally offended by Richie Benaud.

Uh, there we are. No red line for you for the lovely reason that

you are already through.

Let's see what happens when we say Richie Benaud.

We know, don't we?!

Oh!

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer there, Julia, scores you the maximum

of 100 points, takes your total up to 122,

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

Good to go for it, cos you knew all of the others.

You're right about all of the others,

and you do know this gentleman's name, it's Don Bradman.

SHE GASPS

Told you.

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And he would have scored you 12 points.

Roger Bannister you're right about, the first man to run under

four minutes for the mile, he would have scored you 59.

The composer is Beethoven...

you're right about that, he would have scored you 29,

and here's Boudicca and she would have scored you 44.

So, the best answer on the board, Tyna, is Boswell.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair heading home with their

-high score of 139, I'm sorry, Sue and Bryony.

-Never mind.

-Well,

listen, you'll come back next show and there'll be no more people whose

surnames begin with B and I'm sure you'll do much, much, much better,

but, meantime, we have to say goodbye, but

thanks very much for playing. Sue and Bryony.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

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

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

I wonder which pair that's going to be.

I think this is going to be a good, closely fought round.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two is...

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

-who's going to go second?

-WHISPERING

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Shows awarded a Tony for Best Musical.

-Richard.

-Yeah, we're looking for the name of any musical

that's received a Tony Award.

The Best Musical Tony Awards any year from 1949 all the way

up to the 2013 ceremony, please.

Lots and lots of famous and fabulous musicals on this list.

Anything that won the Best Musical Award at the Tonys, 1949 to 2013.

Thank you very much indeed. Now, Julia...

-Hmm.

-Hmm.

Is it a good category for you, Julia?

It should be, yeah, it should be.

Um, but...

Um, I will hope that...

..Cabaret won.

Cabaret says Julia. Michael seems to like that.

Let's see if Cabaret is right and,

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

It's right.

Very well done, Julia. 3 for Cabaret.

Well played, Julia. Julia's good, isn't she? You can tell instantly.

Yeah, won in 1967, Cabaret.

Thanks very much. Now, Jon,

that was a great first round.

-Is this going to be a good second round?

-No!

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Um, I think I will try...

..and hope one of my dear mum's favourite musicals of all time

will pay off for me, and I will go for Chess.

Chess says Jon. Chess.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many

of our 100 people said Chess.

Oh, no!

Bad luck, Jon.

Good guess, but an incorrect answer.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Jon, it didn't win any Tonys at all in any categories, Chess.

Had a couple of nominations, but nothing other than that.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Tyna.

I think I'll go for one from a while back, on the principle

your 100 people might be too young to remember it.

I'm going to go for West Side Story.

West Side Story, surely that's a correct answer.

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

Oh, no!

Well, that's a crime! It should have been.

I would have thought that was a shoo-in.

West Side Story, not a winner of a Tony, the Best Musical, evidently.

-That scores you 100 points as well.

-Yes, seems ridiculous, doesn't it?

Especially given some of the names on this list, so

-that's really unlucky Tyna, sorry.

-We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. Only two scores between the three pairs.

Julia and Michael looking very strong, I would have to say,

on 3 there, and then Jon and Lou, and Tyna and Jon sharing 100 there.

Yes, so Lou and Jon R, it's going to be between you, I think, to see who

stays with us and who leaves at the end of the round. Very best of luck.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, so we are looking,

Jon, for any musical that has won a Tony Award for Best Musical.

I seem to remember, back in the late '70s,

Paul McCartney being at an awards party for a musical that he

was involved in, and I think it was called A Chorus Line.

A Chorus Line says Jon. OK, no red line for you,

as you are joint high scorers.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said A Chorus Line.

That's a good answer, Jon.

1!

101, your total there, Jon.

Very well played, Jon.

It won in 1976, so that was a good few years ago.

Now, Lou, you have a target.

We now know what you have to score to stay in the game,

-and it's a pointless answer is what we need from you.

-Right.

Seeing as we've got nothing really to lose, I'm going to have a punt.

I'm going to go with...

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers says Lou.

Here's your red line, I don't know if we'll see it.

It's...just take my word for it, it is there.

-Get below that, Lou, and you're in the head-to-head.

-Impressive!

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. Let's see if that's right,

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

Oh, no! Bad luck, Lou. I'm sorry.

An incorrect answer scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200

but, who knows, that could have been a correct answer. I'm sure if

it were, it would have been a very low-scoring one.

Yeah, worth the risk. More famous as a film musical though, probably.

They did revive it in the early '80s,

but it didn't win the Tony, I'm afraid.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Michael.

Good news, you are already through to the next round, but

Julia did particularly well there, a lovely low score.

Do you think you can score lower than that?

Probably not, no.

I'll go for a fairly safe one, at least, I think it's a

-fairly safe one, My Fair Lady.

-My Fair Lady says Michael.

No red line for you, you're already through, but let's see how many

of our 100 people said My Fair Lady.

It's right.

There we are. Very well done indeed, Michael.

6...gives you a wonderful single-figure total of 9.

Very well done.

Well played, Michael. Yeah, it won in 1957.

It did over 20,700 performances on Broadway. There's a whole lot of

pointless answers, including a couple of really recent ones.

Let's take a look at a few.

Crazy For You from the '90s would have been a pointless answer,

Man of La Mancha from 1966,

Monty Python's Spamalot won the Tony for Best Musical,

it would have been pointless.

Spring Awakening, Sunset Boulevard is a pointless answer,

The Book Of Mormon, which won in 2011, that was a pointless answer.

The Producers, also a pointless answer, The Wiz,

Thoroughly Modern Millie. There's a couple of other pointless answers.

La Cage Aux Folles, Ain't Misbehavin', Damn Yankees,

so there's quite a few pointless answers out there.

Let's take a look at the top three,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Thanks very much. So, at the end of our second round,

I'm afraid our returning pair, Lou and Jon, you did so well last round!

I'm afraid this round we have to say goodbye to you,

with a high score of 200. Oh, I'm sorry.

-But you might have said any of those pointless ones.

-Any one of them.

I'm afraid it means we have to say goodbye to you. It's been great

-having you on the show, thanks for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Michael and Julia, Jon and Tyna, you're now

one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at...

Now we have to decide who is going to play for that money.

To do that, you are now going to go head to head.

The big difference is, you're allowed to confer

and the first pair to win

two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

I think this is going to be very close indeed.

Michael and Julia, lovely low scoring from you consistently

throughout the show but,

Jon and Tyna, in each round, it has always been one of you two

who has given our lowest-scoring answer of the round.

So now you can confer, who knows what will happen?

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

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

Sporting events and their years. Richard.

We'll show you five photographs of memorable sporting events.

Can you tell us the years in which they were taken, please?

Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our five sporting events,

and here they come. We have got...

There we are, five sporting events.

Michael and Julia, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you will go first.

-C?

-I'll go for that.

-Shall we go with that?

-I think we have to.

Right, um...

It's probably quite high scoring, but we'll go for C, 1953.

That might be quite high scoring.

-Uh...you're saying 1953.

-It's 1977.

Oh, of course! Oh, my God, yes!

-Oh!

-Sorry!

-Don't... Well, listen,

that makes up for Richie Benaud for the journey home!

-Oh!

-OK, so, Jon and Tyna, do you fancy talking us through the board

and filling in all the blanks for us?

I'm not an expert in motor racing, so I don't know when Damon Hill

won that, but C is Virginia Wade in 1977 winning Wimbledon.

E is Francois Pienaar picking up the Rugby World Cup in '95.

B, I think, is Bradley Wiggins in 2012 winning the Tour de France, but

I think I'm going to go for A,

which is Dennis Taylor beating Steve Davis in 1985.

1985? Impressive knowledge there, Jon,

assuming it's right. Uh, so, Michael and Julia have said 1953 for C.

Let's see what happens when we say that.

Yes, I'm sorry.

I think you knew that was coming.

Jon and Tyna have said 1985 for A.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said 1985.

It has to be right only at this stage for you to win.

It's right.

7.

Which means, Jon and Tyna, after one question, you are up 1-nil.

Yeah, very well played, Jon.

You took us through the board very nicely there.

1985, one of the most memorable sporting events on

British television, I would say. Actually, there's a better answer

you could have given than the one's you've got.

Not B, you were right about B, 2012, Bradley Wiggins there.

That would have scored you... 46 points.

C, as you rightly say, is 1977.

-So nearly 1953, Michael(!)

-Only 14 years out!

It's...with respect, it's 24 years out!

Oh, so it is!

Oh, dear! This is getting worse! LAUGHTER

I'm going home now.

LAUGHTER

26 points for that. D was 1996,

Damon Hill, it would have scored 4 points,

and that's a better answer.

Not only is E a better answer, it was a pointless answer.

It would have added £250 to the jackpot, 1995.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, here comes your second question.

Michael and Julia, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

but Jon and Tyna will get to answer it first.

So, best of luck. It concerns...

The Falkland Islands. Richard.

We're going to show you five clues now to

facts about the Falkland Islands. Can you give us the most obscure answer?

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five clues and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Jon and Tyna will go first.

Not two or five...

We think we're going to go for the top one and it's known by

the Argentinians as Las Malvinas.

Las Malvinas say Jon and Tyna,

La Malvinas. Now, Michael and Julia, do you want to talk us

through the rest of the board?

Uh, I wish I could! The short answer's no, I'm afraid.

We think it's sheep, probably, the farming animal.

The number of islands, we don't know.

The name of the capital we think is Port Stanley.

And it's the Atlantic, isn't it? The South Atlantic.

Shall we go with Port Stanley?

-Yes.

-Port Stanley for the capital.

OK, Port Stanley the name of the capital.

So, Jon and Tyna have gone for Las Malvinas.

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

It's right.

36.

36 for Las Malvinas.

Michael and Julia have said the capital is Port Stanley.

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

It's right. If this goes below 36, you are back in the game.

And it does, very well done indeed. Look at that. 28 for Port Stanley.

Very well played, Michael and Julia.

That's exactly what you needed to happen.

You've broken back and, after two questions, it's 1-all.

Yeah, Port Stanley or Stanley, the only town, actually,

in the Falklands. Everything else is small settlements.

Now, the farming of sheep dominates the agricultural economy.

It would have scored you 67.

The number of islands it consists of, the large islands,

are East Falklands and West Falklands.

So, two is the answer, and would have scored you 15 and

it's located famously in the South Atlantic,

but it's the Atlantic Ocean and that would have scored you 61.

So, the best answer on that board there is two large islands.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, it all comes down to a decider.

This is your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

Alloys. Richard.

Yeah, we're going to show you five alloys now, including their

constituent parts, but we've left out alternate letters from their names.

Can you fill in the blanks, please?

OK, let's reveal our five alloys and here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Now, then. Michael and Julia, you will go first.

Something silver. Can you think of any other word with silver?

G, something, silver?

-I can't.

-Stainless steel?

Well, the only one we can think of,

unless we've got another half an hour to work it out, is brass.

OK, so, you're going to say brass, one up from the bottom.

Now then, Jon and Tyna.

-Do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?

-Um...

Well, we're guessing the bottom one is ferronickel,

just on the iron and nickel bit,

and steel and something silver,

but we're going to go for gunmetal, the middle one.

You're going to go for gunmetal.

So, we have brass versus gunmetal. Michael and Julia said brass.

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

It's right.

Ooh, look at that! 91.

XANDER EXHALES

Um, now, then, Jon and Tyna have said gunmetal.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right! Very well done. Look at that.

That's a great answer. Gunmetal scores 8.

That's pretty decisive there, Jon and Tyna, very well done to you.

After three questions, you're through to the final, 2-1.

Yeah, let's fill in the rest of these. Steel is iron and carbon.

That would have scored 67 points.

Now, down the bottom, you are right, it is ferronickel.

Iron and nickel, some people will have guessed that,

13 points. The top one -

I think everyone knows it's silver, but what's that first word?

German, I'd make up?

-It is German.

-It is? Yay!

-German silver for three points.

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I have to say, I never realised

the Germans were one of the ALLOYS, did you?

LAUGHTER AND GROANS

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, Michael

and Julia, you've had an astonishing performance right

the way across the show. Then you came up against Jon and Tyna,

who really were very good on that. The first and last questions

particularly, Jon and Tyna. But it means, Michael and Julia,

the good news for us is we get to see you again next time. We'll look

forward to that. In the meantime, thanks for playing.

-Michael and Julia.

-Thank you. APPLAUSE

But for Jon and Tyna, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jon and Tyna, you've fought off all the competition

and you've won our covetous Pointless trophy, so well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and,

at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

You've done very, very well and what's really pleasing about

your performance across the show is that it's been fantastic teamwork.

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

-History. Beatles.

-History.

-The Beatles.

-Cricket.

Anything about the Beatles, he'll know.

OK, well, as always, you get to choose your category and there are

four options to choose from, and here they are. We've got...

Oh!

What a choice! You don't know rugby, do you?

-Not a great deal, no.

-So, it's top or bottom.

Classic '70s rock albums, shall we go for that?

-Yes!

-Classic '70s rock albums, please.

-There we go, Richard.

-OK, very best of luck, here are your three options.

We are looking for any of the tracks on the original release of...

Plenty to get your teeth into, there.

Very, very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

and all you need to win that jackpot of £2,000 is for just one of those

answers to be pointless. Now, remember, the answers you provide

can come from any of these three categories and how you spread them

across the categories is entirely down to you. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-As we'll ever be.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-OK, good.

-You can speak up now!

-A Night At The Opera, I've got the album.

-Good!

I think we'll go for Good Company or, um...

I'll come back to that.

Dark Side Of The Moon, we've got Breathe, Time,

Money's probably too much of a high-scorer.

-Um...

-You know the albums, I can't remember...

"The lunatic is on the grass" - what's that one?

That's called Brain Damage.

A Night At The Opera, let's go back to that.

# Lazing on a Sunday afternoon... #

Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, um...

What else is there? No, no, no...

No, no, not Lazing...

# Do, do, do Do, do, do.... #

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-Lazing on a Sunday afternoon.

-We haven't got time! Go.

Good Company.

Um, what's the one about the motorcar?

Uh...

HE HUMS TO HIMSELF

-Ten seconds left.

-Um...

-We can't go for Bohemian Rhapsody, it too...

-No, definitely not.

What else is on Sticky Fingers?

OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers.

What are you going to say?

Right. We'll go for...

uh, Dark Side Of The Moon, Brain Damage.

Brain Damage.

Um...

Queen, Night At The Opera,

-we'll go for Good Company.

-Good Company.

-And...

And I think it's called Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon.

-Oh, right, go on.

-I think it is.

Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, also from Night At The Opera.

Of those three, which is your best shot

at a pointless answer, do you think?

-Go for Good Company.

-OK, Good Company we'll put last.

Which is your least likely to be pointless?

-Brain Damage.

-Brain Damage we'll put first

and Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon in the middle.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order, and here they are.

Well, very, very best of luck.

Three very good answers up there, by the sounds of things.

Your first answer was Brain Damage. You thought this was probably

your least likely to be pointless,

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

pointless for you to win that jackpot of 2,000 quid.

What would you do with your share of the winnings, Jon?

Uh, I'd go and visit my sister who lives in Canada

and have a trip to New York as well, I think.

Tyna, how about you?

My goddaughter is getting ordained in Western Australia next year,

so maybe a trip out there.

Excellent. Well, very best of luck.

As I say, three good answers up there.

Let's hope at least one of those is pointless.

Your first answer was Brain Damage. Obviously, it has to be correct,

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

so, for £2,000, let's see how many of our 100 people named

Brain Damage as a track on Dark Side Of The Moon.

It's right.

Now, if this goes all the way down to zero, you leave with £2,000.

Down it goes into the teens, into single figures,

still going down, down it goes.

2 for Brain Damage.

-APPLAUSE

-Well done!

That's a great answer. Fabulous low score. It's not pointless, though,

and it's only pointless answers that we're interested in

in this final round, so only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon.

It has to be correct,

then it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

For £2,000, let's see how many of our 100 people said

Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon was on A Night At The Opera.

It's right.

It's right. Now, your first answer was Brain Damage.

Took us all the way down to 2. This second answer,

Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon takes us down into single figures.

If this goes all the way down, you leave with the jackpot.

1!

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INDISTINCT

All right, now, this is heading towards being one of those

perfect jackpot rounds, where you've got three good answers

and you put them in exactly the right order.

The next one, surely, Good Company, has to be pointless.

If it is, it will win you £2,000.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said

Good Company was on A Night At The Opera.

Well, it's right again.

First answer, Brain Damage, took us down to 2,

your second answer, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, took us down to 1.

This answer, Good Company, now takes us down.

Will it pass 1, will it pass 1?

-Yes, it does!

-CHEERING

Very well done indeed!

Very, very well done. Fantastic!

Brilliant!

Well, congratulations, Jon and Tyna.

Good company was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of £2,000.

Very well done, indeed.

Amazing. Very, very well played. Nice category for you there.

Let's take a look at the answers for all of those albums.

There'll be some other answers that I suspect you'll recognise here.

You also could have had Death On Two Legs

and Seaside Rendezvous on that album.

For Sticky Fingers, you could have had...

..and Sister Morphine, those were the pointless answers there.

And fewer on the Pink Floyd album.

So, a couple of the others that you were talking about during

the 60 seconds wouldn't have won you the money, but

Good Company, which you came up with almost instantly, I think,

and stayed there all the way through and won you the cash.

Very, very well played.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Jon and Tyna,

who go away with today's jackpot of £2,000.

Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to

-the test on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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