0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:22 > 0:00:23welcome to Pointless.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26This is the show where the questions have all been asked to 100 people
0:00:26 > 0:00:28before the show and all our contestants have to do
0:00:28 > 0:00:31is come up with the answers that no-one else could think of.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34APPLAUSE
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Couple number one.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Hi, I'm James. This is my lovely girlfriend, Sophia.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42We're from Surbiton.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Couple number two.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Hi, I'm Rachel. This is my mum, Carol. We're both from Cornwall.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Couple number three.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51My name's Adrian. This is my fellow head teacher and friend, Brian.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52We're from Norwich.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Couple number four.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56My name's Rich. This is my best friend, Aaron.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57We're both from Cardiff.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59These are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10He's a carefree fact maverick who plays by his own set of rules,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13and that of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, obviously.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Hiya.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Hi, everyone.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20APPLAUSE
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Afternoon to you.- And to you.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Two returning pairs today, both of whom did rather well last time.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28James and Sophia, who got knocked out in Round Two, and Aaron and Rich,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31who played against Lorraine and Myra in that head-to-head.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Lorraine and Myra were good, weren't they?- Very good.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- They were tough to come up against. - Yeah.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Aaron and Rich had a slight disaster in the head-to-head.- Yes.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42But not the worst I've ever seen. Made it all the way there as well,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44so they're going to be very good opponents.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47But did you hear on podium three...?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49It would appear that Brian and Adrian are both head teachers.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- Yeah, I heard that. - What's that about?- Yeah.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56They're both head teachers. Having one head teacher on a team is plenty.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58They better be good.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00(Imagine if they're terrible.)
0:02:00 > 0:02:02RICHARD CHUCKLES
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Well, this could be an unbelievable show, Richard. Thank you very much.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Every question has been asked to 100 people before today's show.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The contestants are looking to find a pointless answer -
0:02:11 > 0:02:13an answer that none of those 100 people gave.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15If you find one of those, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Myra and Lorraine didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at...
0:02:27 > 0:02:29If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Remember, the pair with the highest score at the end of the round
0:02:36 > 0:02:38will be eliminated.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Our first category today is...
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Football. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:47 > 0:02:48who's going to go second?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many....
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Clubs that have finished the season in the top half
0:03:07 > 0:03:08of the Premier League, Richard.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Yeah, looking for any team which finished in the top half
0:03:11 > 0:03:14of the Premier League since it first began in the 1992/93 season.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16The first couple of seasons there were 22 teams, so if you finished
0:03:16 > 0:03:21in the top 11 there, since then anybody who finished in the top ten.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Best of luck. Easy to guess on this one,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27but there's a few good obscure scores out there, so best of luck at home.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Thanks very much, indeed.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33James, we come to you this time.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- You're back. Last time we discovered you're a chauffeur.- That's right.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- We talked about that. - Generally around London.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Who's the most exciting person you've driven?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45One of the people I've driven, he's an older chap
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and he judges people's dancing skills.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- The Duke of Edinburgh, yes. - That's right.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Arlene Phillips.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54LAUGHTER
0:03:54 > 0:03:56He's digging a hole here for me.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- OK, and he was lovely.- Lovely.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Good as gold, perfect.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02That's the kind of anecdote I was after.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Perfect. James, I suspect you'll have a good answer here.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I'm into football. I follow Brentford.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09I know for a fact they haven't finished
0:04:09 > 0:04:11in the top half of the Premier League,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13but I'm going to go with Southampton,
0:04:13 > 0:04:15cos they've been in the Premier League a long time.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I think at one point in their career in the Premier League,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19they have finished in the top half.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22OK, Southampton, says James.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Let's see if that's right and, if it is,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27let's see how many of our 100 people said Southampton.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28It's right.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Still going down.
0:04:34 > 0:04:379, very well done indeed. That's a great answer.
0:04:37 > 0:04:389 for Southampton.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Well played, James.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Best finish of 8th in 2002/03 for Southampton.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Thanks very much indeed.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Rachel, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52There was an audible groan from you when football came up on the board.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- No, it's OK.- Maybe it was from Carol.- Probably.- It was Carol.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I beg your pardon. What do you do, Rachel?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I run and own three restaurants in Cornwall,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04one in London with my husband.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- Fish restaurants, mostly. - Of course. Fish restaurants.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- You can barely move in Cornwall for fish restaurants.- Absolutely.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11But these are fish restaurants of the very highest...
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Of the first water, you might say. - RACHEL LAUGHS
0:05:13 > 0:05:15One of them is.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- It's got two Michelin stars. - See that is...
0:05:18 > 0:05:19How long have you had those?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21It's the only two Michelin star in the world that's just fish.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- That seems a bit limiting.- I know.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I like some veg or something with my...
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Also, I wouldn't want to try the puddings.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31LAUGHTER
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- No, fish puddings, they're yum. - What, fishcake?- Mm.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- Yeah. OK, now, Rachel. So, then... - OK.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Football clubs that have finished in the top half of the Premier League.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- I know. So I think I'm going to go for Charlton.- OK.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Charlton, says Rachel. Let's see if that's right
0:05:48 > 0:05:50and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54It's right.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Well, 9 is what Southampton scored. Where's Charlton going to finish up?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Look at that! 3 for Charlton. Very well done indeed, Rachel.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03That's a great answer.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09That's a terrific answer, Rachel. Well played.
0:06:09 > 0:06:102003-04, they finished 7th.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Brian, welcome.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Great to have you here. - Pleased to be here.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19You described yourself as a secondary head,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21which sounds very Douglas Adams.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25But that's a good thing. How did you and Adrian meet?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Were you in the pub passing around the ready-rub or...?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Our schools work very closely together.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34lots of his students come up and join my school.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37In fact, his daughter is at my school as well,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39so we work quite closely together.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41We were at a conference a few years ago,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44and I had to sneak off and go and watch The Apprentice,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48cos I'm a big fan of quizzes and reality TV, and then Adrian said,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51"Well, why don't we go in for something and give it a go?"
0:06:51 > 0:06:54I have to stand up and do assemblies and tell kids how they should
0:06:54 > 0:06:57go out, try things and give it a go, so I thought,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59"Why not? We'll give it a go."
0:06:59 > 0:07:00That's quite gutsy,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03because presumably tomorrow you will have to stand up in assembly.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- Who knows what might happen? - Yes, I could be very embarrassed.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Anyway, Brian, here's your first shot at glory.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Right, now this...
0:07:12 > 0:07:14I was going to say Charlton cos I knew that they'd
0:07:14 > 0:07:16finished in the top half of the Premier League.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I'm going to take a little bit of a chance,
0:07:18 > 0:07:22but I've got to say it cos it's from my heart. Wimbledon.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Wimbledon, says Brian.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Let's see if that's right and, if it is,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28let's see how many of our 100 people said Wimbledon.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31It's right.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Very well done, Brian.
0:07:33 > 0:07:353 our lowest score at the moment.
0:07:35 > 0:07:369 our highest.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37You pass 9, you pass 3.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Look at that, Brian!
0:07:39 > 0:07:43You can hold your head up high in assembly tomorrow. 1 for Wimbledon.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Great answer, Brian. What a role model you are. That is terrific.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52In 1993/94, they finished 6th, Wimbledon. Was that back in your era?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Yeah, I remember that season really well.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56No longer with us, of course.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58There's AFC Wimbledon, who've grown from the ashes,
0:07:58 > 0:08:00but the team themselves went to Milton Keynes.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Became the Milton Keynes Dons.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Thanks very much indeed.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- Aaron.- Hello. - Aaron, welcome back.- Thanks.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Head-to-head last time. You did exceedingly well.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13However, back we come.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Football, big part of your life, as you said last time.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I've got a few in the bank, but I've got one where they came up
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and didn't last too long in the Premier League,
0:08:22 > 0:08:23but I remember their first season
0:08:23 > 0:08:27under George Burley was a very good one.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29I think it distracted them the next year
0:08:29 > 0:08:31cos they actually qualified for Europe.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- I'm going to say Ipswich Town. - Ipswich Town, says Aaron.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40It's right.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Oh, look at that. 3, very well done indeed.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Very, very low-scoring round.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53It finishes in the same vein there, halfway through.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Well played, Aaron. Terrific from everybody there. Really good scoring.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00They finished 5th in that season you were talking about.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- It was an amazing achievement. - Very good, indeed.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05We're halfway through that round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:09:05 > 0:09:081 the best score of that pass, Brian, very well done there.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09I'd say that puts you and Adrian
0:09:09 > 0:09:11in a very strong position at this stage.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Then up to 3 where we find Rachel and Carol, and Aaron and Rich.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Then up to 9, James and Sophia.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I'm getting deja vu here, slightly, Sophia.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22It's a nice low score, but you happen to be out in front there.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Can the second players step up to the podium?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31OK, Rich, remember we're looking for football clubs
0:09:31 > 0:09:35that have finished the season in the top half of the Premier League.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37The team I'm thinking of...
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Again, in their very first season of the Premier League finished
0:09:41 > 0:09:43quite highly, if I remember correctly.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45I'm going to go for Norwich City.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Norwich City.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Some firm nods on podium three there.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Norwich City, let's see if that's right.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55You're on 3, the high-scorers on 9 are Sophia and James,
0:09:55 > 0:09:59so if you score 5 or less, you'll avoid becoming the high-scorers.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Let's see if that's right. Norwich City.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03There's your red line.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05It's right.
0:10:11 > 0:10:1213 for Norwich City.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Takes your total up to 16.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Another good answer, though, Rich.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20They came 3rd in the very first Premier League, in fact,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Norwich City. Went through to the UEFA Cup, beat Bayern Munich.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25An amazing time.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Now, then, Adrian.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33You're on 1. Which of you two's been teaching in Norwich for longer?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I've been there the last 30 years.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37When you're not teaching, what interests you?
0:10:37 > 0:10:42I play a lot of bridge, sort of at county level.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Occasionally played at national level.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49- A great game. Really enjoy it.- There we are. 14 or less is your target.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53A friend of mine is a great fan of a club that came up
0:10:53 > 0:10:55and did well in their first season.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57My answer is Reading.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Reading.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Reading. OK, there's your red line.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Let's see if Reading will get you below that line.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Reading, is it right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said it?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10It's right.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16And you're through. 2!
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Our two best scores so far on podium three.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Very well done to the head teachers.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Very well played. You're right.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30They did well in their first season, finished 8th and then were relegated.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It reminds me, all that bridge talk, that we were going to launch
0:11:33 > 0:11:36that bridge cruising company, weren't we? Bridge on the River Kwai.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- Yes.- We should do that.- Yeah.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Yeah, but we must never stop these schemes.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47We never did our trip to Bangor Pier either, did we?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Oh, no. A load of us went.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50LAUGHTER
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Me and the whole team, a load of contestants. We all went.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Everyone who's ever been on it. It was a great laugh.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- Was it?- Oh, Bangor's lovely that time of year. We had fun.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00A lot of the viewers came as well.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06These guys all came cos I knew they were coming. We had such a laugh.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Oh, God, it was fun.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I guess I must have just been busy or something, probably.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Eh, yeah, why not? Yeah, yeah.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- Yeah, let's say that. Oh, we had a laugh.- Excellent.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Carol, welcome. Good to have you here. Up from Cornwall.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Do you get involved in the restaurant trade as well?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- Are you ever called in? - I have a pub.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- You have a pub.- Yes. - Have you always had a pub?
0:12:30 > 0:12:34I've worked in or around that industry all my life, yeah.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37The high-scorers on 16, Rich and Aaron.
0:12:37 > 0:12:4012 or less sees you through.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- Yes.- The groan came from you when football came up.- It was me, yes.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Not your favourite topic.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48I used to watch football years ago,
0:12:48 > 0:12:53but since the Premier League started I haven't had time, so...
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I shall go for Blackburn.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Blackburn, says Carol. Blackburn. There's your red line.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59If you get below that with Blackburn,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02you're through to the next round. Let's see if it's right.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05It is right.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07It is right.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Will it take you down below that red line?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Oh, almost. 13 it scores.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Takes your total up to 16.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19We have tied high-scorers.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Oh, it could be exciting, couldn't it?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Yeah, it's a good answer.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24They're one of only five teams to have won the Premier League,
0:13:24 > 0:13:26at time of recording, anyway. That may change.
0:13:26 > 0:13:32Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, then, Sophia. Sophia.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Yes.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36How are we feeling?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Under a lot of pressure.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41SHE LAUGHS
0:13:41 > 0:13:45All good answers. I go to Brentford occasionally,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47but I don't follow football.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52I'm going to say Leeds.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56- Leeds.- Yes.- OK, Leeds, says Sophia.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I'm going to tell you this.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04Brian, who scored 1, our lowest scorer in the round, nodded.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Right then he was nodding.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Is it right, will it get you below that red line?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11- It's right.- Oh.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16It just has to go below that red line. It has to score less than 6.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Down it goes. Still going down. Oh, no! 16.
0:14:20 > 0:14:2616, not a bad answer at all. 25 your total.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28A terrific round from everybody there. That was very well played.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31They actually finished in the top five, five years in a row, Leeds,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33from the late '90s onwards.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Fallen from grace since then, unfortunately.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Before we go through, there's only one pointless answer.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I'll take you through some of the lower scorers
0:14:40 > 0:14:43then reveal what that pointless answer is. You would have got...
0:14:43 > 0:14:45These would have seen you through to the next round.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47You would have scored 5 for Queens Park Rangers
0:14:47 > 0:14:49or Bolton Wanderers.
0:14:49 > 0:14:524 points for Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Birmingham City.
0:14:54 > 0:14:593 points for Leicester City, Wigan Athletic. 1 point Coventry City.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02There's one pointless answer, very well done if you said...
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Derby County.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Thank you very much indeed.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10So at the end of our first round, the pair who are heading home
0:15:10 > 0:15:13with a high score of 25, your high score was 35 last time.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15We thought that was pretty low.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Anyway, James and Sophia, I'm afraid this time it's goodbye,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19but it's been great having you on both shows.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Thank you so much for playing. James and Sophia.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32And then there were three pairs.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Obviously at the end of this round, we have to say goodbye
0:15:34 > 0:15:37to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Our category for Round Two today is...
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Famous Buildings.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:15:48 > 0:15:49who's going to go second?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57OK, and the question concerns...
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Famous buildings and their cities, Richard.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05On each pass we're going to give you the names of six famous buildings.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08You need to tell us the cities in which they're located, please.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Six on each pass, 12 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Thanks very much, indeed. We're looking for the cities
0:16:13 > 0:16:15in which you would find these famous buildings.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Here is our first board of six.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20We have...
0:16:29 > 0:16:30I'll read those all one last time.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45There we are. Six famous buildings. which cities would you find them in?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Carol, how do you find that board?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54The foreign ones I'm just hopeless with.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57But I do know the Palace of Holyroodhouse,
0:16:57 > 0:16:58which is Edinburgh.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01OK, Edinburgh, says Carol, for the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07It is right.
0:17:10 > 0:17:1233.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21- 33 for Edinburgh.- Yeah, originally founded as a monastery in 1128.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Thank you very much. Adrian, famous buildings and their cities.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27I do think I know two or three.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29The one that came up at the end,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33my daughter with Brian's school went on a school trip to
0:17:33 > 0:17:37one of these, so I think the bottom one, Sagr-ay-da Familia,
0:17:37 > 0:17:41because I'm sure I've seen pictures brought back, is Barcelona.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Barcelona, says Adrian for Sagrada Familia, or Sagr-ay-da Familia.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Let's see if that's right and,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53It's right. It is Barcelona.
0:17:57 > 0:17:5824.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Good answer.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Yes, building began in 1882, and not scheduled to finish until 2026.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- Yeah, we've had builders like that. - LAUGHTER
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Wow.- Gaudi started it off.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14There's been many, many different architects since then.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17But it looks rather good unfinished, I think.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Thank you very much.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21We come to you, Aaron, you're the last person to have this board.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Do you want to talk us through it? - I wish I could.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27There's one I think I know for definite.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Teatro Colon, I'm not sure. Bolshoi definitely sounds Russian.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Azteca Stadium, I thought someone might have taken Burj Khalifa,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37so that would have been my parachute.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I think it's Mexico City, but I'm not going to go for that.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41I'm going to go for Burj Khalifa, Dubai.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Dubai, says Aaron for Burj Khalifa. Let's see if that's right
0:18:44 > 0:18:47and, if it is, let's see how many people said Dubai.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50It is right.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Well, 33 is our high score. 24 our low. Well, you pass both of those.
0:18:53 > 0:18:5521, Aaron. Well done.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Burj Khalifa.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Yes, 160 storeys high, Burj Khalifa.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Tallest building in the world when it was opened.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07To rent a one-bedroomed flat in the Burj Khalifa would cost
0:19:07 > 0:19:08you £48,000 a year.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10A one-bed flat.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12SILENCE
0:19:12 > 0:19:14I know. Can you believe that?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16And you're a long way from a shop as well, aren't you?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18You've got to go all the way down to the ground floor.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Maybe they have shops at various intervals.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23You would hope so. Or a shop in the lift. That's what I would do.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24- That's what you do.- Yeah.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27There's a business idea. Shops in lifts.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- Now shall we take a look through the rest of this board?- Nah.- Nah.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32LAUGHTER Dubai was a good answer,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34but not as good an answer as Mexico City would have been.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37You're absolutely right, Azteca Stadium hosted two World Cup finals
0:19:37 > 0:19:39in Mexico City. Would have scored you 16 points.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44Bolshoi Theatre does sound a bit Russian, doesn't it? It's in Moscow.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49Would have scored you 40. The best answer up there, Teatro Colon.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54It sounds Spanish in some way. It's in Buenos Aires in Argentina.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Best answer there. 3 points if you said that.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Let's take a look at those scores.
0:20:00 > 0:20:0321, the best score of that pass, Aaron. Very well done.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Pretty close scoring, though.
0:20:04 > 0:20:0724 is where we find Adrian and Brian.
0:20:07 > 0:20:1133 is where we find Carol and Rachel.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Yes, you are a little bit ahead there, Rachel.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16We need a really stunning, low-scoring answer from you
0:20:16 > 0:20:18to keep you in the game, so best of luck with that.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20We're going to come back down the line now.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:20:23 > 0:20:26OK, let's put six more famous buildings on the board.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Here they come. We have got...
0:20:38 > 0:20:39I'll read those all one last time.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49We're looking for the cities
0:20:49 > 0:20:51in which you would find these famous buildings.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Rich, you're going to try and find the one
0:20:53 > 0:20:55you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56What do you think?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59It's a hard board. It's making me laugh, how tough it is.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03I might have to take a stab in the dark.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07I'm going to say La Scala is Paris.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12OK, Paris for La Scala, says Rich. You're on 21.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15The high-scorers on 33, Rachel and Carol.
0:21:15 > 0:21:1911 or less was your target. There's your red line, let's see...
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Is it Paris?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Bad luck, Rich.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:21:28 > 0:21:30scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Takes your total up to 121.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Yes, afraid not, Rich.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Brian.- Mm-hm.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44See, looking at that, there's one, two,
0:21:44 > 0:21:49there's three that I know and I do know where La Scala is
0:21:49 > 0:21:53but I think it's going to be higher than the one that I'm going to say.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I think Petronas Towers are in Kuala Lumpur.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Kuala Lumpur says Brian for Petronas Towers. Let's see if that's right.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Now, there is your red line, nice and high.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04If you get below that, you're through to the next round.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Let's see how many people said Petronas Towers
0:22:06 > 0:22:08were in Kuala Lumpur.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Absolutely right.
0:22:16 > 0:22:1921.
0:22:19 > 0:22:2145 is your total.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Well played, Brian. Yeah, 88 storeys high each.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28They've got a skybridge which connects them at the 41st floor.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- Thank you very much. OK, now, Rachel.- OK.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- You have to score 87 or less. - I know.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Talk us through that board, maybe do some thinking out loud.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Robie House, no idea.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Pompidou Centre just sounds French.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49So, I think I'm going to go for the Smithsonian American Art Museum
0:22:49 > 0:22:50and Washington.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Washington says Rachel.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Let's see if Washington is indeed right for the Smithsonian.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58There's your red line.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- It's right!- Ooh.- Very well done, Rachel. Good for that TV show.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05I know.
0:23:05 > 0:23:0725.
0:23:09 > 0:23:1225 takes your total up to 58, sees you into the head-to-head.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13- Well done.- Very well played.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Yeah, one of the oldest public buildings in Washington.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18It was actually the site of Abraham Lincoln's inaugural ball,
0:23:18 > 0:23:19the Smithsonian.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23They nearly knocked it down in the '50s to build a car park.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Now, Aaron and Rich, last time you were on the show,
0:23:26 > 0:23:30you got knocked out because you failed to go for...
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- Milan.- Milan. Oh, please don't.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Now, this time round, you had to tell us where La Scala was.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37It's not in Milan, surely.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- It is Milan.- I feel sick.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43It is Milan, it would've scored you 20 points.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47So, it would have seen you safely through. You've been double Milan-ed.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I can't believe it.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52I think that might be the first time people have been knocked out
0:23:52 > 0:23:55twice in a row for not giving the same answer. It's a shame, isn't it?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Mm.- Now, let's look through the rest of these.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Pompidou Centre, it certainly does sound French.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- It's in Paris.- It's in Paris, yep. Would've scored you 39.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Do you know the Pitti Palace?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- It's in Florence. - That is in Florence.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07That would've scored you 9 points.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And Robie House, it's designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
0:24:10 > 0:24:12and it's in Chicago.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14It's the best answer there, would've scored you 6 points
0:24:14 > 0:24:16so well done if you said that.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Thank you very much indeed.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20So, at the end of our second round, the pair heading home with
0:24:20 > 0:24:24the high score of 121, I'm afraid, Rich and Aaron, it is you.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- Head-to-headers last time.- Yeah.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30This time, second round, but, yeah, listen, Rich, Aaron,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33it's been lovely having you on the show, thank you so much for playing.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Thanks.- Thank you.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37APPLAUSE
0:24:37 > 0:24:40But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Congratulations, Brian and Adrian, Rachel and Carol,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49you are now one step closer to the final
0:24:49 > 0:24:53and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...
0:24:53 > 0:24:55APPLAUSE
0:24:55 > 0:24:58So, we have to decide who's going to play for that money
0:24:58 > 0:25:00and to do that, you are now going to go head-to-head.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02The big difference is you're now allowed to confer before you
0:25:02 > 0:25:05give your answers and the first pair to win two questions will be
0:25:05 > 0:25:06playing for that jackpot.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Best of luck to both pairs. I think it's going to be close.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13APPLAUSE
0:25:16 > 0:25:20OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Presenters of Newsnight, Richard.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28We're going to show you five pictures now of people who've presented
0:25:28 > 0:25:30the BBC current affairs show Newsnight.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Can you tell us the name of the most obscure?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34OK, thanks very much.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Let's reveal our five Newsnight presenters and here they come.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39We have got...
0:25:56 > 0:25:58There we go. Five Newsnight presenters.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Brian and Adrian, you've played best throughout the show so far
0:26:01 > 0:26:02so you will get to go first.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:26:17 > 0:26:22- We're going to try D, Jeremy Vine. - D, Jeremy Vine say Brian and Adrian.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26D, Jeremy Vine. Now, Rachel and Carol, the board is all yours.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28OK.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34We only know A which is completely obvious.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41- We're working when it's on.- Yeah. - Just never get to see it. So...
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- We'll go for A, Jeremy Paxman. - A, Jeremy Paxman.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47So, we have Jeremys Vine and Paxman.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Brian and Adrian went for Jeremy Vine.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how
0:26:51 > 0:26:53many of our 100 people said Jeremy Vine for D.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57It's right.
0:27:03 > 0:27:0515.
0:27:07 > 0:27:1015 for Jeremy Vine, very good indeed.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Now, Rachel and Carol have said Jeremy Paxman.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Let's see if that's right
0:27:14 > 0:27:17and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22It's right.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24It's a high score, 71.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Very well done, Brian and Adrian. After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Yeah, very big score for Jeremy Paxman. I think Jeremy Vine scored...
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- It doesn't really look much like him, does it?- It doesn't.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I'm guessing that's why they chose it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I think so, I think he would've scored more points.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Now, let's take a look at the rest of these.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47B, I think one of the teams knew that, that's Emily Maitlis.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50She would've scored you 7 points, it would have been a very good answer.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- I think you know C as well. - Yeah, Kirsty Wark.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Kirsty Wark is right.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56A few more points for her, she would've scored you 23.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59And the best answer was the last answer.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01In fact, it's a pointless answer.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04And it's the wonderful Martha Kearney.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Very well done if you said Martha Kearney.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, here comes your second question.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Rachel and Carol, you will get to go first
0:28:11 > 0:28:14but you have to win it to stay in the game.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Best of luck. Here it comes, it concerns...
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Shakespearean Deaths. Richard?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Yeah, we're going to show you five clues now to the
0:28:25 > 0:28:27deaths of famous characters from Shakespeare.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30We just need you to tell us the name of the character, please.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31- Best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33So, let's reveal our five Shakespearean deaths
0:28:33 > 0:28:35and here they come.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I'll read those all one last time...
0:29:13 > 0:29:16There we are, five Shakespearean deaths.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Rachel and Carol, you'll go first.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:29:28 > 0:29:29- OK.- OK.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Stabbed by Hamlet when he is hiding behind the arras and it's Polonius.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Polonius.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Polonius say Rachel and Carol.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Now, Brian and Adrian, the rest of the board is all yours.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44- We had that one as our first choice.- Yes.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49The top one's Julius Caesar and the bottom one's Juliet.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52You thought C was...not sure.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57Not sure but D's Desdemona.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- So, I think we'll go for that? - Yeah, might as well.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02OK, you're going to go for Desdemona.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05So, we have Polonius versus Desdemona.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Rachel and Carol said Polonius.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07Let's see if that's right
0:30:07 > 0:30:09and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13It's right.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Good answer, 11, very well done. 11 for Polonius.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23APPLAUSE
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Brian and Adrian have said Desdemona,
0:30:26 > 0:30:28killed by her husband Othello.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Let's see if that's right
0:30:29 > 0:30:31and if it is, let's see how many people said Desdemona.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35It's right.
0:30:38 > 0:30:3933.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Well done, Rachel and Carol, that's what you needed to do,
0:30:44 > 0:30:46you're back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Very nicely played there, Rachel and Carol.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51You're right about the top and bottom ones,
0:30:51 > 0:30:54neither of them would have saved you, though. Let's look at their scores.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Julius Caesar of course. He would have scored you...
0:30:58 > 0:31:0267. How many people do you think knew the bottom one was Juliet?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Um, I would've thought in the...
0:31:05 > 0:31:07late 70s.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09- 91.- Oh, that's good.- 91.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10That is good.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15But the middle one would've won you the point. It's from King Lear.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19- Cordelia.- Cordelia is the answer, yeah, would've scored 4 points.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Terrific work if you said that at home.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22Thanks very much indeed.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24So, here comes your third question, the decider.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:31:35 > 0:31:36Major League Baseball Players.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38I'll tell you what, we don't muck about, do we?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40It has been a terrific head-to-head, I have to say,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43and from Shakespearean deaths to Major League baseball players.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46We're going to show you the names of five Major League baseball
0:31:46 > 0:31:49players now but we've removed alternate letters from their names.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50Can you fill in the gaps?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53OK, let's reveal our five Major League baseball players
0:31:53 > 0:31:54and here they come.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56We have got...
0:32:10 > 0:32:12I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27So, Brian and Adrian, you will go first.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:32:37 > 0:32:38I have a...
0:32:38 > 0:32:42I think that I might know one but I'm not confident
0:32:42 > 0:32:47so this is going to come down to whether we take a risk and...
0:32:47 > 0:32:48We'll go safe.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50So, we're going to play safe
0:32:50 > 0:32:55and this might be the wrong thing to do but if we say Babe Ruth.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59You're going for Babe Ruth. OK, Babe Ruth say Brian and Adrian.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Rachel and Carol, the board is yours.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06- Yeah, my mum knows the top one. - I think it's Ty Cobb.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Ty Cobb. Ty Cobb say Rachel and Carol.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12So, Brian and Adrian said Babe Ruth.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Let's see if that's right
0:33:13 > 0:33:15and if it is, let's see how many people said Babe Ruth.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19It's right.
0:33:23 > 0:33:2528.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27APPLAUSE
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Rachel and Carol have gone for Ty Cobb.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31Let's see if that's right
0:33:31 > 0:33:34and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37It's right!
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Will it beat 28?
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Yes, it will. Still going down.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Look at that, 3! Very well done indeed.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47APPLAUSE
0:33:47 > 0:33:50No arguing with that. Very well done, Rachel and Carol.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52After three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55That was a terrific head-to-head, wasn't it? Very, very well played.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Yeah, the first ever inductee in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Ty Cobb,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01but a very low score for him.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- Was that the risk you were going to take?- That was the risk.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- And would you have said Ty Cobb? - Yes.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Now, let's fill in the rest, we'll leave the second one for the moment.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Em, Joe DiMaggio, of course, under Babe Ruth there.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16He would've scored you...
0:34:16 > 0:34:1717 points.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Right at the bottom there, Mickey Mantle,
0:34:20 > 0:34:21he would've scored you 4.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25And the second one, it's a pointless answer, one of the biggest
0:34:25 > 0:34:29home-run hitters in baseball history - Harmon Killebrew.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Very well done if you said that, pointless answer.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Well, thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head,
0:34:36 > 0:34:37I'm afraid, is Brian and Adrian.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Absolute star players throughout the show and then at the last,
0:34:41 > 0:34:46they just shied away. Ty Cobb, you might've gone for.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Yes, we would've gone for it but we need to be braver.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Well, listen, the good news for us is we get to see you again cos
0:34:51 > 0:34:54otherwise you would've gone through to the final
0:34:54 > 0:34:56and that would have been it, just one Pointless,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59so we're all winners in many ways, We'll look forward to that
0:34:59 > 0:35:02but in the meanwhile, thanks very much for playing.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04APPLAUSE
0:35:04 > 0:35:07But for Rachel and Carol, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Congratulations, Rachel and Carol,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16you've seen off all the competition and you have won our coveted
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Pointless trophy so very, very well done.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:35:26 > 0:35:29and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:35:30 > 0:35:32APPLAUSE
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Well, what an exciting head-to-head that was.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40You whipped it out from under our headteachers' noses there.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Now, as always, you get to choose your category for
0:35:43 > 0:35:45this final round and you have four options to choose from.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Let's see what those four options are.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Literary Johns, I'm guessing that's the name not the...
0:36:01 > 0:36:03What do you fancy?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Literary Johns.- All right.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Literary Johns, you are going to go for.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Literary Johns.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13OK, you've got three options here, very, very best of luck.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16We are looking for the title of any...
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Both of those up to the beginning of January 2014.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31RICHARD READS FINAL OPTION
0:36:31 > 0:36:34So, any of the novels of John Irving or John Wyndham
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- or any play of John Vanbrugh. Very, very best of luck.- OK.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Now, as always,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:40 > 0:36:43and all you need to win that jackpot of £2,000 is for just
0:36:43 > 0:36:45one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Now, remember the answers you provide can come from any of these
0:36:47 > 0:36:51categories so you can spread them across the categories as you choose.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Are you ready?
0:36:54 > 0:37:00- Yes.- OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.- OK.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02I don't know any of any of them.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Well, obviously, Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09I think he did one called The Kraken Wakes.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- The what?- The Kraken Wakes.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16- The Kraken Wakes, that's fun. - I'm not sure.- Day Of The Triffids.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- John Irving?- No. Not one.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26I was hoping for somebody a bit less...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28And John Vanbrugh, no.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Just come up with a play's name.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- It'd be old, won't it? - Will it?- Mm-hm.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43CAROL CHUCKLES
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- No idea.- Come on, Mum.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50Ten seconds left.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- Just make something up. - Yeah.- That's fine.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- OK.- The book you've read.- Yeah.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02OK, that's your time up.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- I now need three answers from you. - Right.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- And will you say which category you're answering.- OK.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09John Wyndham novels first?
0:38:09 > 0:38:11John Wyndham novels, I think
0:38:11 > 0:38:16there's obviously The Day Of The Triffids and The Kraken Wakes.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20- The Kraken Wakes.- And, um...
0:38:22 > 0:38:24..a John Vanbrugh play, The Directors,
0:38:24 > 0:38:26but I don't think that's...
0:38:26 > 0:38:27- The Directors.- The Directors.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28OK, now, of those three,
0:38:28 > 0:38:31which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- The Kraken Wakes.- The Kraken Wakes. OK, we'll pop that last.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- Your least likely to be pointless. - Oh, The Directors.- The Directors.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45We've got...
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was The Directors.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57This was one you were slightly filling a place with,
0:38:57 > 0:39:01a John Vanbrugh play, The Directors. Let's just find out.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03I mean who knows? Maybe you've struck gold
0:39:03 > 0:39:07and this will win that £2,000 jackpot for you.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11If so, what would you do with that jackpot, Rachel?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Well, I'm actually going to give half of mine
0:39:13 > 0:39:18to charity cos I can spend the rest on myself after that.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- OK, very good, good tactics. - The Fishermen's Mission.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- The Fishermen's Mission. - Yeah.- Excellent.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Support the fishermen, they do a lot for us.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- Carol?- I'm going to take a much-needed break.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31A few days somewhere quiet.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35- Very good indeed, take some John Wyndham novels with you.- Yes.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- No, I don't think so. - Very best of luck.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40The Directors, is this a play by John Vanbrugh
0:39:40 > 0:39:42and if it is, how many people said it?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44If it's pointless, it'll win you that jackpot so for £2,000,
0:39:44 > 0:39:46how many people said The Directors?
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Oh.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53That would have been a surprise, I think, if that had been right
0:39:53 > 0:39:55but unfortunately not a pointless answer.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Your next answer was The Day Of The Triffids, this a John Wyndham novel.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Again, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot
0:40:04 > 0:40:08so for £2,000, let's see how many people said The Day Of The Triffids.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10It's right.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Down it goes through the '30s, through the '20s.
0:40:18 > 0:40:2025.
0:40:20 > 0:40:2225 for The Day Of The Triffids.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24APPLAUSE
0:40:25 > 0:40:28That's probably the right sort of score for The Day Of The Triffids.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30It's a very popular novel,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33dramatised famously in the '80s at a time
0:40:33 > 0:40:36when everyone watched telly so everyone probably remembers
0:40:36 > 0:40:38that but your next answer, I think, is a really good one.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Let's find out, this is your one
0:40:40 > 0:40:43and only remaining chance at winning that jackpot.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45If it is right and if it is pointless,
0:40:45 > 0:40:46you will leave here with £2,000.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Let's see if The Kraken Wakes was indeed a John Wyndham novel.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Let's see how many people said it. Is it pointless?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- It's right.- Ooh, well done.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59So, your first answer, The Directors,
0:40:59 > 0:41:00was an incorrect answer.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Your second answer, The Day Of The Triffids, took you down to 25.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05We've past 25 now with The Kraken Wakes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- 6! - AUDIENCE GROANS
0:41:07 > 0:41:09APPLAUSE
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Well, very, very well done. That was a very tough category in the end.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17I thought it might have been the gentlemen's at the Algonquin Hotel
0:41:17 > 0:41:19but no, it was a different kind of literary John we were after.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find the all-important
0:41:22 > 0:41:25pointless answer which means you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27That will rollover on to the next show.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29But it's been fabulous having you on the show
0:41:29 > 0:41:32and you played incredibly well and in recognition of that, you get
0:41:32 > 0:41:35to take home a Pointless trophy each so you don't leave empty-handed.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37APPLAUSE
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Yeah, between you and I, I think
0:41:42 > 0:41:45you probably picked the hardest category there out of the four
0:41:45 > 0:41:47you were given other than Irish and Northern Irish sport.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49That might have been difficult as well.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51But let's take a look at the pointless
0:41:51 > 0:41:53answers in the different categories. John Irving novels,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55the big scorers for John Irving, The Cider House Rules,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58A Prayer For Owen Meany, The World According To Garp
0:41:58 > 0:41:59would all have scored you points.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Hotel New Hampshire as well. But all of these were pointless.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05HE READS POINTLESS ANSWERS
0:42:05 > 0:42:09There's two others. A Widow For One Year and The Water-Method Man.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11That's all the pointless answers on that list.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Let's take a look at the John Wyndham novels.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17HE READS POINTLESS ANSWERS
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Two other answers there. The Curse Of The Burdens and The Secret People.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25The Midwich Cuckoos was also a big scorer in that category.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27And John Vanbrugh plays.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31And you said The Directors, so you're halfway there with a lot of those.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33You got the "The", that was perfect.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36HE READS POINTLESS ANSWERS
0:42:36 > 0:42:39You could have also had The Confederacy and Aesop.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40Very, very well played
0:42:40 > 0:42:43if you got a pointless answer on that category, a tough one today.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Rachel
0:42:47 > 0:42:50and Carol, but it's been fabulous having you on the show.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- Thank you so much for playing, Rachel and Carol.- Thanks.- Thank you.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54APPLAUSE
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Well, sadly, Rachel and Carol didn't win our jackpot today which means
0:42:57 > 0:43:01it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £3,000.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03APPLAUSE
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Join us next time to see if somebody can win it.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11APPLAUSE