0:00:16 > 0:00:18APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless, the show where
0:00:24 > 0:00:28the more obscure your knowledge, the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- And couple number one. - Hello, Alexander.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37My name is Gail, this is my good friend Russell,
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- and we're both from Nottingham. - Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Hi, I'm Leanne, this is my brother Adam,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- and we're from Clacton-on-Sea in Essex.- Couple number three.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Hello, I'm Gemma, and this is my boyfriend Mark,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- and we're from Birmingham. - And finally, couple number four.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Dan, this is my wife, Nina, and we're from Bristol.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And these are today's contestants.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Thanks very much to all of you.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it
0:01:00 > 0:01:03goes along, so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05You want the truth? Well, he CAN handle the truth.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13- Good afternoon to you.- And to you.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Four shows out of five now we've given away the jackpot.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17It's such a run.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Our lovely Cardiff friends yesterday taking it home on a Rugby Union
0:01:20 > 0:01:23question, of all things, coming up in that. Did very well, didn't they?
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Welsh Rugby Union as well, wasn't it? Did very well, didn't they?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Got two wrong answers and then a pointless answer on the last one.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33We got two returning pairs from that show, went out in Round One
0:01:33 > 0:01:34and Round Two.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Gemma and Mark went out in Round One,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39so we need to see more of you this time, and Leanne and Adam, who are
0:01:39 > 0:01:43immensely competitive, but they were very unlucky in the second round.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Leanne had a question about cities with famous museums.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48She said Prague, and it wasn't in the top 100.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I think they were unlucky, I would say,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- so we should see more of them today. - Let's hope. Thanks, Richard.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56All our questions on Pointless have been put
0:01:56 > 0:01:57to 100 people before the show.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Our contestants are looking for those obscure answers that our 100 people didn't get.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Everyone's looking for a Pointless answer, that being an
0:02:03 > 0:02:05answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10David and Phil won the jackpot last time,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000. There it is.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16OK, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22OK, the pair with the highest
0:02:22 > 0:02:24score at the end of the round will be eliminated,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28but remember, there is to be no conferring during the round.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category today is...
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Eurovision.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Russell, so happy with that(!) Can you decide in your pairs
0:02:39 > 0:02:41who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many countries that
0:02:55 > 0:02:59participated in Eurovision 2013 as they could. Richard.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Specifically, we're looking for any of the 26 countries who took part
0:03:02 > 0:03:05in the grand final of the Eurovision song contest in 2013 in Malmo,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09so any of those 26 countries, please. Very, very best of luck.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Now then, Russell and Gail, you all drew lots before the show,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17and today you are going to go first. Now then.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Russell, welcome to the show. What do you do, Russell?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I'm a lecturer in nursing, teach nurses.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25OK, and in your spare time what do you get up to?
0:03:25 > 0:03:28I've got two dogs and two teenage daughters,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30so I walk the dogs lots of places and drive the teenage
0:03:30 > 0:03:34daughters other places, so that tends to fill most of my time.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- How do you and Gail know each other? - We were work colleagues.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41We both worked in the same school of nursing, and over a number of years,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43we developed a shared interest in football,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47and we used to do little staff pantomimes, not just Gail
0:03:47 > 0:03:50and I, but staff pantomimes at Christmas,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53so we kind of got to know each other well through that.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Now, in any stage in your career, have you followed Eurovision?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01It was something as a family we always sat down and watched when
0:04:01 > 0:04:04I was younger, so something around the '60s
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- and '70s would've been good. - So not so much Malmo?
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Not so much the most recent ones, so I'm going to have to throw
0:04:11 > 0:04:15a European country out of my head and hope that they participated.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- I'm going to say Slovenia. - Slovenia, says Russell.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Slovenia sounds fair enough. Let's see if that's right,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Oh, bad luck!
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I'm sorry, Russell, an incorrect answer,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34They didn't qualify, Slovenia, I'm afraid.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36They do semifinals now, don't they? Didn't qualify.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39But it's a proper, good obscure answer to start with, Russell.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- I take my hat off to you.- OK, thanks, Richard.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- Now then, Leanne.- Hi.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- Welcome back. What happened last time, Leanne?- I got it wrong!
0:04:48 > 0:04:52You did! It was good wrong. It was the right kind of wrong.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Well, I didn't go with my gut. I changed my mind.- But actually, no...
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Listen, I would've said Prague. I think Prague was a great answer.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01So this time I'm going to go with the one I thought first
0:05:01 > 0:05:05and not the second one that's trying to take over in my head.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- OK, what's that going to be? - Azerbaijan?- Azerbaijan.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Azerbaijan, sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Let's see if it's right. If so, let's see how many people said it. Azerbaijan.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20It's right! Very well done, Leanne.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26- Ooh!- Nine!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28APPLAUSE
0:05:28 > 0:05:32That's a great answer. Very well done.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Yes, Azerbaijan came second, which arguably is the best place to
0:05:35 > 0:05:38finish, cos you've done very well but you don't have to host it.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39LAUGHTER
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Their record, actually, is extraordinary.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Since they've joined they've never been lower than eighth. Impressive.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46If you're ever looking for an each way
0:05:46 > 0:05:48bet on the Eurovision Song Contest, Azerbaijan.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52If you're ever looking for a band for a function, Azerbaijan.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54What a place to turn up.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56They know what they're doing, don't they?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- They certainly do. They certainly do, Richard. Now then, Gemma.- Hello.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- Gemma, welcome back.- Thank you. - And it was Round One last time.- Yes.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Round One, and that was our musicals round. Yeah, that's right.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Mark gave us Fiddler On The Roof, an incorrect answer. Anyway, listen.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Gemma, what do you do? - I'm a physiotherapist.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17You see, cos I have got this recurring problem with my hip.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22- What do you think it is, Gemma? - Er... Definitely broken.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24LAUGHTER
0:06:24 > 0:06:28You think? You think I'm joking. I'm really not. I'm in some pain here.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- Sit down and swap roles. - You see, that's what it is.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- Deep tissue massage. - Do you want to sit down for a second?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Nah, I'm all right.- You sure? I'll take over, I'll do this bit.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- You're all right, you're all right. - You sure? All right.- Anyway, listen.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I'll stop all this banging on, but I'll be onto you if it twinges.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- Gemma.- Yes.- Eurovision.- Yes. - Do you watch it?- No.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Because we already had a wrong answer, I'm going
0:06:55 > 0:06:59to go with one that's hopefully relatively more safe and say Sweden.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Sweden, says Gemma.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Let's see if that's right,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Sweden.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Ooh, there we are. 59. 59 for Sweden.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Yeah, they were the hosts, of course, Sweden, in Malmo.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- Robin Stjernberg came 14th.- Robin Stjernberg.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- Yeah.- What did he sing?
0:07:27 > 0:07:33- You.- You?- Yeah.- An ode to the vowel. - It was indeed, yeah.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36It was part of a suite of songs, 26 songs.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38He essentially does the alphabet.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Yeah. That's nice. That's good. Nina.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- Nina, welcome to the show. - Thank you.- What do you do, Nina?
0:07:43 > 0:07:49- I work in IT outsourcing for a large American company.- OK.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- And where do you do that outsourcing from?- From home.- From home?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Very nice. Nice place to be outsourcing.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- And what do you do in your spare time?- I like to keep fit.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I like to run, I like to swing kettle bells about, and...
0:08:01 > 0:08:03ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Just glad you got to the kettle bells there.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06LAUGHTER
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- Could have gone anywhere.- Could have gone anywhere, that one. Erm...
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Nina, do you watch Eurovision?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I seem to have something going round in my head, which is probably
0:08:17 > 0:08:23- completely wrong, about some kind of amusing song from Russia.- Russia.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25OK, let's see if that's right.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said Russia.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34It's right. 59 is our highest right answer.
0:08:34 > 0:08:3538.
0:08:38 > 0:08:3938 for Russia.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Yeah, Dina Garipova came fifth with a very amusing
0:08:44 > 0:08:47song about the failure of the Russian potato harvest.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48LAUGHTER
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- That's funny before I've even heard it.- Yeah.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- It wasn't really about that. It was called What If.- Thank you very much.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59So, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Nine, the best score of that pass.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Very well done to you, Leanne, puts you
0:09:03 > 0:09:05and Adam at the top of the grid at this stage.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Then on to 30, where we find Nina and Dan.
0:09:08 > 0:09:1159, Gemma and Mark, then Russell and Gail,
0:09:11 > 0:09:15languishing at the top of the board, if I can say that, on 100.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17So, Gail, you'll go last.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21But you've got a little bit of time to think of a really good
0:09:21 > 0:09:23obscure Eurovision participant,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25so very best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the
0:09:25 > 0:09:29line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32OK, Dan, we are looking for any country that
0:09:32 > 0:09:37participated in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Dan, welcome to the show. What do you do?
0:09:39 > 0:09:44I'm also in the employ of a large American IT company,
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- working in IT outsourcing.- Do you do that from home as well?- I do, yeah.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- That's convenient, isn't it?- Home life is so interesting these days.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53So your commute is all of about 15 steps.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- It is from the bedroom to the office, yeah.- Oh, how nice.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Did you and Nina meet at work?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00LAUGHTER
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Surprisingly enough, we did. Many moons ago.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I'm guessing this is before you worked from home.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- That would've been weird. - That would've been quite strange.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12How nice! That's fantastic. Do you actually get a lot of work done?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16We do, we do. People say you've got to be very dedicated,
0:10:16 > 0:10:20but I find if you just stop work then people tend to notice, so
0:10:20 > 0:10:22we carry on and still in employment,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24so it seems to work well.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- It seems to be working.- It does indeed.- What are your hobbies, Dan?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28I do karate.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31I'm a student of karate and have been for a number of years now.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36- Are you, whatever, the best "Dan" you can be?- No, no.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- They tend to be older folk, the very dan.- Oh, really?- They do, yes.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- But you're quite high up. - I'm midpoint, shall we say?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46But everybody's still learning, you know.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49There's a lot to learn and you carry on learning right the way through.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52OK. Very good. Just for fun, what are you, what is your rank?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54I'm a second dan black belt.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Second dan black belt. Right.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- And called Dan as well, which is nice.- Dan dan.- Dan dan.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01So that counts as third dan.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04It would be, yeah, if said in a row, yeah.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Now then, Dan, there you are. You're on 38.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09The high scorers are Russell and Gail on 100,
0:11:09 > 0:11:13so 61 or less keeps you from becoming the new high scorers.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15OK, looking back
0:11:15 > 0:11:19and trying to visualise the boards where we have the results shown,
0:11:19 > 0:11:23and the ladies or gentlemen who come up and speak,
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Malta resonates with me from somewhere deep inside,
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- so I'm hoping... Yeah, Malta.- Malta.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32There is your red line.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35If you get below that with Malta, you are through to Round Two.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Let's see how many of our 100 people said Malta. Is it right?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41It is right.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Through you go.
0:11:46 > 0:11:4723.
0:11:49 > 0:11:5161, your total, Dan.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Well, played, Dan, yeah, Malta. La Malta.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58They came eighth with Tomorrow.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00So, that's a real achievement.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02There are only about 17 people on Malta as well.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Coming eighth is like winning, essentially.- That's not bad.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Thanks very much. Now then, Mark. - Hello.- Welcome back.- Thank you.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13- Remind us, what do you do, Mark? - I'm a civil servant.- Exactly right.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Neatly sidestep around that.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Remind us what you get up to when you're not being a civil servant.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22I play a lot of football, support Birmingham City,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- so probably best not to talk about that, to be honest.- OK.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Let's skirt around that. How did you and Gemma meet, Mark?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31We met randomly on a night out in Birmingham.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I was out for a friend's birthday,
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Gemma was out with some of her friends from work,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- got chatting and the rest is history, as they say.- Awww.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- So, you ignored your friend on his birthday?- Yeah.- Off you went.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Good. Now then, Mark. There you are. 59.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49High scorers, Gail and Russell, still on 100.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50What are you going to go for?
0:12:50 > 0:12:54I've got several answers kind of buzzing round my head.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Whether they're all definitely in that year's Eurovision,
0:12:58 > 0:12:59I'm not sure.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02So I'm going to plump for Israel.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Israel.- I believe they've done well in the past.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08There's your red line. Get below that, you are through to Round Two.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Let's see if Israel's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Oh, no!
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Oh, Mark. I'm so sorry. Israel an incorrect answer.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22159, your score.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Sorry, Mark. Yeah, they were partying with the Slovenians on the night
0:13:26 > 0:13:28of Eurovision, I'm afraid.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Got knocked out in the semis.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- Good news for Gail.- It is good news for Gail. Now, Adam.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- Hello.- Good news for you two as well.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39You are straight through to the next round,
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- even if you score 100 points which I know you won't.- Hopefully not.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Who knows, there may even be some nul points on this round.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- There may be.- I'll try my best. - There might be.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49So, Adam, remind us what you do.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I'm a shop assistant at a DIY store.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- That's right. And you work across the floor.- I do, yes.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- You know everything.- Various departments.- You are pan-DIY.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Very good. Are you good at putting flat-pack furniture together?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Yes, that's one of my strengths.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Now then, Adam, there you are on 9. As I say, you're already through.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09But still, let's have an answer from you.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Let's see if you can find a nice low score. Leanne did so well.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I'll try and go for an obscure one.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Estonia.- Estonia.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Estonia, says Adam. Let's see if that's right.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Let's see how many people said it. No red line as you're already through.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Well, it's right.
0:14:29 > 0:14:319 was Leanne's score.
0:14:32 > 0:14:3515 is yours. Second lowest score of the round.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38So, very, very well done indeed to the pair of you.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- 24, your total. - They came 20th, Estonia.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42- They won't be happy with that, will they?- No.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- They're usually quite handy, the Estonians.- Yeah.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Thanks very much indeed. Now, Gail...- Yes.- Gail.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53Oh, this has become very, very exciting indeed. Extremely exciting.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58- Gail, welcome to the show.- Thank you.- So, you met lecturing...- Yes.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59- ..at the nursing college.- Yes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- You no longer do that?- No.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06- I retired about a year ago.- Do you miss it?- Well, I miss some...people.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- The camaraderie.- I miss some people. - Yes, exactly.- Yeah.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Exactly. That's quite selective. "I miss SOME people."
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- Oh, sorry!- The others, you know who you are.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18LAUGHTER
0:15:18 > 0:15:20What do you do with your retirement?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I volunteer with the Citizens Advice Bureau,
0:15:23 > 0:15:28- so that's one day a week... - Excellent.- ..and then I enjoy life.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Well, I enjoy life there, but I enjoy life the rest of the time.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34So, I enjoy sports, keeping fit,
0:15:34 > 0:15:38reading, cinema and it's great.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Very good. Well, great to have you here.- Thank you.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44You have a target of 58 or less.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Over that, we say goodbye to you.- OK.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49It's been going round in my head.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Erm, I'm going to say Cyprus.
0:15:52 > 0:15:58Cyprus, says Gail. Now, do you say that as a complete stab in the dark?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Or is that quite a well-informed...? - I said it cos I could pronounce it.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- Most of the others in my head, I would look a fool, I think.- OK.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07There is your red line. If you get below that, you are through
0:16:07 > 0:16:11to Round Two. Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said Cyprus.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Oh, no! I'm sorry, Gail.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19I'm sorry. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which scores you
0:16:19 > 0:16:22100 points, takes your total up to 200 points.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Sorry, Gail. As you've probably worked out, as with all these
0:16:25 > 0:16:27countries, knocked out in the semifinals, I'm afraid, Cyprus.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29There's no pointless answers at all.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Let's take a look at the best answers you could have given.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35The best answer of all was Armenia which would have scored you 4 points.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Hungary and Georgia both would have scored you 8.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41You'd have got 9 for Lithuania, Moldova and Azerbaijan.
0:16:41 > 0:16:4612 for Belarus. 13 for Romania. Let's take a look at the top three.
0:16:48 > 0:16:5071 for Germany.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Some big scorers here, actually.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54You'd have got 76 for Ireland.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57And what do you think's top of that list?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I was going to say the United Kingdom.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03You would think so, wouldn't you? But you'd be wrong. It's France.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- Really?- On 77. Yeah, United Kingdom would have scored you...- See, that's why we don't win.- Exactly.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- We don't even vote for ourselves. - Exactly. It's the only time
0:17:10 > 0:17:12you're allowed to vote for the United Kingdom and you didn't.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16The United Kingdom came fifth. Can you believe it?
0:17:16 > 0:17:1965 points for the United Kingdom. It even got beaten by Spain.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Wow.- Yep.- Sign of the times. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26At the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair we're sending home
0:17:26 > 0:17:29with their high score of 200 is Gail and Russell.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Oh, dear.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33It's the curse of the first podium, I'm afraid.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- And Eurovision.- And Eurovision.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40A little bit, yes. I'm sorry. That wasn't your round there.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Mind you, it is such luck of the draw, really.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46You found two incorrect answers which means we say goodbye,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49but we will see you again next time, Gail and Russell.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51I look forward to that. Thanks very much for playing.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54APPLAUSE
0:17:54 > 0:17:57But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04And so three pairs remain. Obviously, at the end of this round,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07we'll have to say goodbye to another pair in time for our head-to-head.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Leanne and Adam, our brother-sister team from Clacton-on-Sea.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Very well done. Lovely low scoring in that first round.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18All looking very strong at this stage. Dan and Nina, very well done.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Decent scoring from you, Gemma and Mark.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Now, Mark, we've only had two answers from you.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28We had Fiddler On The Roof last show and we had Israel this show.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- Both of them scored 100. - Consistent.- Yes.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- Exactly.- Sidestep that as well as the job.- Yes, let's have...
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Let's have fewer consistent 100s, I think.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41So, yes, Gemma, you're doing very well.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46You are carrying Mark at this stage. But let's hope the tables can turn.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Politicians. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04OK. And the question concerns...
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Chancellors of the Exchequer, Richard.- Yeah, on each pass,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14we're going to show you six descriptions of Chancellors of the Exchequer.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16You just need to tell us who the Chancellors are, please.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20There's going to be 12 in all. 12 to have a go at at home. So best of luck.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23OK. So, we are looking for these Chancellors of the Exchequer.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Here's our first board of six.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27And we've got...
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I'll read those all to you one last time.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17There we are. Six clues to six Chancellors of the Exchequer.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- Adam.- Not a great category.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23I think I know, "Served as Chancellor for more than ten years,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26"became PM in 2007."
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Gordon Brown, maybe.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32OK. You're going to say Gordon Brown. Let's see if that's right.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Let's see how many people said Gordon Brown.
0:20:40 > 0:20:4151.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43APPLAUSE
0:20:43 > 0:20:4651 for Gordon Brown.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Yeah, that question is essentially, "Who became Prime Minister in 2007?"
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Half the people in Britain have forgotten already.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I'd say, "That's show business." That's politics, isn't it?
0:20:54 > 0:20:58He was the longest continuously serving Chancellor since the 1820s, Gordon Brown.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Thanks, Richard. Now, Gemma.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04OK. I'm struggling a little bit.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08I'm going to take a guess at the top one
0:21:08 > 0:21:11and say...John Major.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13John Major, says Gemma, for the top one.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said John Major.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Well, 51 is our only score so far. You passed that.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Look at that. 17.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29APPLAUSE
0:21:29 > 0:21:3217 for John Major. And again, this question is...
0:21:32 > 0:21:36That's Prime Minister from '90 to '97. 17 people remembered.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38He only gave one budget. That was in 1990.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41It was the first one ever to be televised.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- Oh! Have you seen the DVD of that? - It's brilliant.- The extras...
0:21:44 > 0:21:48The outtakes are just hilarious.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50When he puts 50p on booze or something, just brilliant.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- The whole place is just cracking up. - That's hilarious.- It's so good.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58- Yeah.- Properly good.- Properly worth getting. Worth getting if you haven't seen it.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Nina.- Hello.- You're the last person to have this board.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Do you think you can talk us through it?- No.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06A category I was really hoping wasn't going to come up
0:22:06 > 0:22:08and the two that I know have already gone.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11So, I'm going to have to take a guess and say, "Chancellor
0:22:11 > 0:22:15"during Northern Rock banking crisis of 2007," George Osborne.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18OK. George Osborne you are putting in charge in 2007.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Bad luck, Nina. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34You'll remember him. It's Alistair Darling
0:22:34 > 0:22:38and that would have scored you 8 points.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42He was under Gordon Brown, of course, when Gordon Brown was Prime Minister
0:22:42 > 0:22:44and under John Major when John Major was Prime Minister.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46In office during Black Wednesday was...?
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- Norman Lamont.- Norman Lamont, yeah. Would have scored you 9.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53The Chancellor from '74 to '79?
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- Denis Healey.- Denis Healey, yeah. Would have scored you 2 points.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58And the Liberal?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Lloyd George.- David Lloyd George, yep. Bigger scorer, that.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Would have scored you 10. So, the best answer there was Denis Healey.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Thank you very much indeed. Well, we're halfway through the round.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Let's take a look at those scores as they stand.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Gemma and Mark are on 17, Adam and Leanne on 51
0:23:13 > 0:23:15and then up to 100 where we find Nina and Dan.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Now, Dan.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19That may not be the last 100 scored in this round,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21but what we will need from you,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24if you are to make it through to the head-to-head, is a lovely low score.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- How do you fancy your chances? - I was going to say, it may not be
0:23:28 > 0:23:31the last 100 scored cos I'm probably going to score another one.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- Well, you'll get first bite of the next board.- That's fortunate.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Well, let's hope it is. We're going to come back down the line now.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44OK. Let's put six more clues up on the board. Here they come.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46We've got...
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I'll read those all one last time.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35There we are. Six clues to six Chancellors.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Dan, you're high scorer.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Let's have a good low-scoring answer from you.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44I don't know about low scoring, but one of those has made me quite happy
0:24:44 > 0:24:48as essentially I was going to say it regardless of the actual clue.
0:24:48 > 0:24:54So, I'm going to say, for the father of Nigella,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Nigel Lawson.- Nigel Lawson, says Dan.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Nigel Lawson. No red line for you. You're the high scorers.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03But let's see how many of our 100 people said Nigel Lawson.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05It's right.
0:25:09 > 0:25:1048.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12APPLAUSE
0:25:12 > 0:25:13148.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16For now, you are JUST still in the game.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20Being Nigella's dad scores you roughly the same as becoming
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Prime Minister in 2007.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Thanks so much, Richard. Now then, Mark.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30You are into the head-to-head, even if you score 100 points.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32This is good news.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I'm starting to think someone doesn't like me.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38This is another bad round. Er...
0:25:38 > 0:25:43Can't even think of who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer
0:25:43 > 0:25:44from May, 2010.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- George Osborne.- OK. - Pretty sure that's wrong.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54You're going to go for George Osborne. A bit of a punt
0:25:54 > 0:25:58on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, youngest since 1886.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00No red line for you. You're already through.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03But let's see how many of our 100 people said George Osborne.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06It's right.
0:26:10 > 0:26:1234.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13APPLAUSE
0:26:13 > 0:26:1834 takes your total up to 51, but you were already through.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Yeah, there he was, hiding away.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25There's never been a female Chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27It's about time. Thanks very much.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Now, 51, Leanne and Adam, that is your score.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37The high-scorers are Dan and Nina on 148. If you can score 96 or less...
0:26:37 > 0:26:38you're in the head-to-head.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Really bad. Erm...
0:26:42 > 0:26:48I'll take a guess. I don't even know if it's the right party...
0:26:48 > 0:26:49David Cameron, I don't know.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52The first one. That's really wrong, I know.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56OK, well, here comes your red line. It's nice and high.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58You just have to be right.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02David Cameron for that top one. Let's see if that's right.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Let's see how many people said it.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you
0:27:09 > 0:27:13the maximum of 100 points. Takes your total up to 151.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Sees Dan and Nina into the head-to-head.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20- He is a Tory, though. So that's good.- Oh, OK.- Yeah, he is.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22You know he's a Tory, right?
0:27:22 > 0:27:26He's our current Prime Minister. Yeah, it's... The jazz fan was...?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28- Ken Clarke.- Yeah, would have scored you 10 points.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Do you know Thatcher's first Chancellor?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Geoffrey Howe. I was going to say Leon Brittan, but not...
0:27:33 > 0:27:36He had that enormous hollow hair, which looked like he had
0:27:36 > 0:27:38something nesting in it. Would have scored you 5 points.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42These other two are a bit tougher. The longest-ever budget speech...
0:27:42 > 0:27:45It's Gladstone. Would have scored you 3.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50And the best answer on the board, a terrific answer...
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Philip Snowden. 1 point. Very well played if you got that.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Thank you very much indeed.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58At the end of our second round, I'm sorry to say it's Leanne
0:27:58 > 0:28:01and Adam who we have to send home.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03A high score of 151.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06No-one likes politics rounds, I know.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09But this is where we have to say goodbye, I'm sorry.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11But it's been great having you on both shows. Thanks so much
0:28:11 > 0:28:13for playing. Leanne and Adam.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16APPLAUSE
0:28:16 > 0:28:19For the remaining two pairs it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Congratulations, Dan and Nina, Gemma and Mark, you're now one step closer
0:28:27 > 0:28:29to the final, and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32which currently stands at £1,000.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Now, we have to decide who's going to play for that money
0:28:35 > 0:28:37and to do that, you are now going to go head-to-head.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41You are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:29:00 > 0:29:03That's good, that gets us back on solid ground.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05We're going to give you five visual clues now to names
0:29:05 > 0:29:07of Michael Jackson UK top 40 singles.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Can you work out what singles we're referring to here?
0:29:09 > 0:29:12We're going to give you the years they were hits as well.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16OK, let's reveal our five visual clues, and here they come.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39I think that's my favourite.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Dan and Nina, you played best throughout the show so far,
0:29:42 > 0:29:44so you will go first.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46THEY WHISPER
0:29:57 > 0:30:02We're going to say A. Going for 1983.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03And Beat It.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Beat It, say Dan and Nina.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Gemma and Mark, the rest of the board is yours.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14- That's the only... - That's the only one we knew.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Er...
0:30:15 > 0:30:18I can think of some Michael Jackson songs
0:30:18 > 0:30:21but whether they relate to those pictures...no idea.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23- Do you know who she is?- No.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Is it somebody who writes books and writes thriller books, maybe?
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Oh, yeah, maybe. We'll guess that then.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33We'll guess that E might be an author who writes thriller books
0:30:33 > 0:30:35of some sort, and Thriller.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38OK, you're going to say Thriller. OK.
0:30:38 > 0:30:44- No idea who it is.- E, Thriller. We have A, Beat It, and E, Thriller.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Dan and Nina said Beat It.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52It's right.
0:30:56 > 0:30:5829.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08Now then, Gemma and Mark have said E is Thriller.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Let's see if that's right
0:31:10 > 0:31:13and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Thriller.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20Oh, I'm afraid an incorrect answer, which means, Dan and Nina,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- you're up 1-0.- Not a thriller writer, a tennis player.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- And her name is... - Billie Jean.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Billie Jean King, that is. So Billie Jean was the answer there.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Would have scored you 26 points.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36D is the biggest scorer of all.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Now, C, I think you know roughly.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52And the best answer on the board, it really depends on knowing that flag.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55If you think through Michael Jackson's songs you can
0:31:55 > 0:31:57work it out the one that has a country in it.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00But if you know that's the flag of Liberia...
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Terrific answer if you got that at home. That's very well played.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Thanks very much. OK, here comes your second question.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Gemma and Mark, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Best of luck. It concerns...
0:32:20 > 0:32:23We're going to give you five names of squares on the Monopoly board
0:32:23 > 0:32:26but all we're going to show you is the number of letters
0:32:26 > 0:32:28in each word of that square.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Can you work out what these clues refer to, please?
0:32:31 > 0:32:34OK, let's reveal our five names, and here they come.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Gemma and Mark will go first.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54THEY WHISPER
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Yeah, OK.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06The second one - 3, 4, 4 - Old Kent Road.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Old Kent Road, say Gemma and Mark.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Dan and Nina, can you talk us through the rest of the board?
0:33:13 > 0:33:18Partly. We'd got Old Kent Road, which was going to be our stab.
0:33:18 > 0:33:212, 2, 4 - Go To Jail.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24The bottom one we think is Mayfair.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27I think we're going to go for...Mayfair.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30OK, Mayfair say Dan and Nina.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33We have Old Kent Road versus Mayfair.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Gemma and Mark say Old Kent Road. Let's see if that's right
0:33:36 > 0:33:39and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42It's right.
0:33:45 > 0:33:4740.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50APPLAUSE
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Now then, Dan and Nina have gone for Mayfair.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Mayfair beats Old Kent Road on a Monopoly board,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00will it on Pointless? Let's find out.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Yes, it will. Look at that - 35.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Very well done indeed.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Dan and Nina, you're straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Well played. The most expensive and the least expensive squares
0:34:18 > 0:34:20on the board. Go To Jail would have been a much better answer
0:34:20 > 0:34:23cos it would have scored you 13 points.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27So that would have been a very good one. Now, 4, 7...
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- Free parking.- Yeah, which would have scored you 2.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32The top one is a pointless answer
0:34:32 > 0:34:35and it's Electric Company.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39- Very well done if you said that at home.- Thank you.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44So, at the end of our head-to-head, we say goodbye to Gemma and Mark.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Well, you've played pretty well up to this point.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50I'm afraid this round, though, you were up against Dan and Nina,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52who just managed to get better answers than you.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye, but it's been great
0:34:55 > 0:34:58having you on the show. Thanks so much for playing. Gemma and Mark.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01APPLAUSE
0:35:01 > 0:35:04For Dan and Nina it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Congratulations, Dan and Nina, you've fought off
0:35:10 > 0:35:13all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:22 > 0:35:26and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29We've thrown Eurovision at you, we've thrown Chancellors at you,
0:35:29 > 0:35:33we've thrown Michael Jackson songs at you and Monopoly.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35And here you are.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40You get to choose your category, and you have four options.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Best of luck. Your four options are...
0:35:52 > 0:35:57Mercury Prize may be a potential, in terms of it's broad enough
0:35:57 > 0:36:00to maybe kind of hide our abject ignorance.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05I think it's got to be the Mercury Prize, please.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07OK, Mercury Prize it is. Richard.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10OK, very best of luck. We'll give you three options here.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13We're looking for the name of any album
0:36:13 > 0:36:16that has ever won the Mercury Prize.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21We're looking for any artist or band who were nominated in 2013.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25Or we are looking for any female solo nominees,
0:36:25 > 0:36:28so any female solo artist who's ever been nominated for the Mercury Award.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30So, any album that's ever won,
0:36:30 > 0:36:35any artist or act who were nominated in 2013, or any female solo nominee
0:36:35 > 0:36:39throughout the whole history of the Mercury Prize. Very best of luck.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Thanks very much indeed.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43OK, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47and to win that jackpot all you have to do is find one pointless answer.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51The answers you provide can come from any of these categories
0:36:51 > 0:36:53and how you spread them across the categories is entirely down to you.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56It could be one from each, two from one, one from another.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Entirely up to you. Are you ready?
0:36:58 > 0:37:03- Yes.- OK, let's put 60 seconds on the board. Your time starts now.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- Any ideas?- I think we should concentrate on a particular one,
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- so I'm going to go Female Solo Nominees.- I can think of one
0:37:09 > 0:37:13and that's that Speech woman who was on the MasterChef programme.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- On Celebrity MasterChef.- No... - Pretty sure she was a nominee.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- Did she have a name? - Speech.- Oh, right, OK.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23So, let's key that in. Do we know when it started?
0:37:23 > 0:37:27- No.- So, we're looking further back in terms of, you know,
0:37:27 > 0:37:29people like Debbie Harry, Madonna, Cher.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Is that, you know...?- I don't know. I'm pretty sure Elbow won it
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- but I don't know what their album's called.- OK.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Is there anything else in the other two
0:37:37 > 0:37:41that you're particularly keen on? Nominees. Who's current?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Emeli Sande, that kind of thing.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- I think it's more obscure than that.- Is it? OK.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50We can go for that as maybe a Female Solo Nominee.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- OK. Happy with that. - Ten seconds left.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- Who's the other one? - It's going to be too popular.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- OK, it's something, then. - Let's go for...
0:37:59 > 0:38:03someone who is really good, like Tanita Tikaram.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers,
0:38:05 > 0:38:09and if you say which categories they are answering, that would be great.
0:38:09 > 0:38:15- OK, so Female Solo Nominees, I think is all three.- Yeah.
0:38:15 > 0:38:21- We're going to go for the well-known Tanita Tikaram.- Tanita Tikaram.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- We're going to go for Emeli Sande. - Emeli Sande.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- And we're going to go for Speech. - Speech.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- Yes.- Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:31 > 0:38:35I'd like to say Tanita Tikaram but I think it's probably Speech.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Speech, we'll put last.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Which is your least likely to be pointless?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I think I'd like to say Tanita Tikaram.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44OK, and Emeli Sande in the middle.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47OK, let's put those answers up on the board in that order,
0:38:47 > 0:38:48and here they are.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57OK, your first answer was Tanita Tikaram.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00You were...not entirely confident this was going to be...
0:39:00 > 0:39:03I'm going to be so pleased if it's right.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Remember, only one of these answers has to be pointless for you to win
0:39:06 > 0:39:08that jackpot of £1,000.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10It's a sort of starter-level jackpot there
0:39:10 > 0:39:13but still nice to go home with. What would you do with that?
0:39:13 > 0:39:19I think our little boy, Edward, would enjoy a spree at the toy shop.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- Nina?- Maybe a little holiday.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Have to be a very little holiday. - Yeah.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Well, best of luck. Tanita Tikaram. Obviously it has to be correct.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32If it is, and it is pointless, you will win the jackpot.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Let's see how many people said Tanita Tikaram has been
0:39:35 > 0:39:39a Female Sole Nominee at the Mercury Awards.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- No great surprise. - An incorrect answer.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Not a pointless answer. So only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Your next answer was Emeli Sande, again in the category of
0:39:53 > 0:39:57Best Female Soloist for the Mercury Prize.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59It has to be correct then it has to be pointless for you to win
0:39:59 > 0:40:01the jackpot. So, for £1,000,
0:40:01 > 0:40:03let's see how many people said Emeli Sande.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07No, bad luck.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Two from two.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10Only one more chance.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,
0:40:13 > 0:40:16which is Speech. "That Speech woman."
0:40:16 > 0:40:21That's what you said. "That Speech person from Celebrity MasterChef."
0:40:21 > 0:40:23OK, now to win the jackpot,
0:40:23 > 0:40:26this has to be correct. It has to be pointless.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28For £1,000, let's see how many of our 100 people named Speech
0:40:28 > 0:40:31as a Female Nominee for the Mercury Prize.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Oh, no. I'm sorry.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43Three perfectly good answers. But I'm afraid three incorrect answers.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that pointless answer,
0:40:46 > 0:40:49which means you don't win today's jackpot. That will roll over
0:40:49 > 0:40:51on to the next show. But we've really enjoyed having you
0:40:51 > 0:40:53on the show, and you played fantastically well.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so well done.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58APPLAUSE
0:41:01 > 0:41:05That's an unlucky 300 as well cos all of those were good punts.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07They're all slightly wrong - Tanita Tikaram had a couple
0:41:07 > 0:41:10of big hits with Good Tradition and Twist In My Sobriety
0:41:10 > 0:41:13but it's after her time. She was in the '80s.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14It started a bit later than that.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17But I suspect she would have been nominated at the time.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Emeli Sande just hasn't been nominated.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24And I can't accept Speech cos she was always credited as Speech Debelle.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Would have you scored you 1 point if you had said Speech Debelle.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30She actually won it with Speech Therapy,
0:41:30 > 0:41:32which also would have scored 1 point.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Albums which have won the Mercury Award.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Different Class by Pulp would have been a pointless answer.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand. Let England Shake by PJ Harvey.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Her other album also would have been a pointless answer.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52You knew that Elbow had won it. It's The Seldom Seen Kid.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54That would have been pointless.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Other pointless answers - Myths Of The Near Future by the Klaxons.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Dummy by Portishead. XX by The XX.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02All of those were pointless answers as well.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Let's take a look at 2013 Nominees.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08The brilliant Jon Hopkins, that's an album well worth getting,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11and Savages, they were the only pointless answers on that.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14David Bowie was the biggest scorer on that category.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18And Female Nominees. You could have had...
0:42:21 > 0:42:23There's quite a few others on the list.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Bat for Lashes, Beth Orton would have been pointless. Estelle.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Kathryn Williams.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32You could have had Kate Rusby, MIA. All sorts of pointless answers.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Really unlucky to get three 100s there.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40It's not representative of the answers, in my opinion.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,
0:42:43 > 0:42:45but it's been great having you on the show.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Thank you both so much for playing. Dan and Nina.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Well, Dan and Nina didn't win our jackpot today, which means
0:42:52 > 0:42:56it rolls over on to the next show, when we will be playing for £2,000.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59AUDIENCE: Whoo!
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.