Episode 44 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Brian, this is my friend and fellow headteacher Adrian,

-we're both from Norwich.

-Couple number two.

I'm Millie, this is my best friend, Gabby

and we are students from Cheshire.

Couple number three.

I'm Paul, this is my fiancee, Lucy, I'm a change manager and she's an inclusion manager

and we're from Essex.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi there, my name's Mike, this is my friend, Paul,

-and we're from Glasgow.

-And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

Thanks very much, all of you. We'll get to know more about you throughout the show

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

His trivia theme park, Osman's World of Wonder,

closed after just two days.

He still hasn't told me why. It's my Pointless friend,

-it's Richard.

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hiya.

APPLAUSE

-Ah, dark days, they were.

-Weren't they? Well, only two of them, so there we are.

Yeah, that's right. I lost £2.7 million on that.

-It happens, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

Easy come, easy go, just have to do another 400 of these, won't we?

-Erm, how are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

Excellent, we've got two returners from last time, we've got

Brian and Adrian on the first podium, there.

Both head teachers, they did very, very well last time,

got through to the head-to-head.

Did I hear right, Paul H?

When he said what he did, I thought he said he was a changed man.

Yeah, I thought he said that as well!

We're going to have to find out something about that, when we get to him.

Lovely show today, Round One is a really nice one.

Good stuff, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, as ever, we've asked every question

to 100 people before the show and the aim of the game is to find

a pointless answer, that's an answer that none of those 100 people gave.

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

Now, Rachel and Carol didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off...

APPLAUSE

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

CHEERING

Now, remember, the pair with the highest score at the end of this round will be eliminated,

so make every effort to keep your scores as low as you possibly can.

Best of luck. Our category today for Round One, is...

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

who's going to go second

and whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

And the question concerns...

On each pass, we're going to show you seven descriptions of films

that have starring roles for cats or dogs or both,

you just need to tell us the name of the films, please.

There's going to be seven on each pass, 14 in all to have a go at at home, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. So, we are looking for the name of the film described by these

clues, and here's our first board of seven.

I'm just going to read through those again. See you in about a minute.

LAUGHTER

There we go.

APPLAUSE

Adrian, welcome back. Welcome back, what happened last time?

Well, as two heads, we got to the head-to-head and then...

That's a gag I should have made, I can't believe it.

..and then we got through

and then we got to the category which was American baseball.

-That's right, you went Babe Ruth.

-We went Babe Ruth.

-But you knew Ty Cobb.

-We knew Ty Cobb and...

-We weren't brave.

We went for the safe choice and went out on that.

-We've learnt something.

-Yep.

-We have.

-We've learnt something.

OK, now then, Adrian. Cats And Dogs On Film.

I know a few of them, the one I think I'm going to go for,

because I actually remember it when it came out, I think I saw

it at the cinema, was the Disney one and it was Aristocats, I think.

The Aristocats, says Adrian.

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

It's right.

33.

APPLAUSE

Good start, Adrian.

That was the very final film project to be approved by Walt Disney himself,

-came out after he died.

-Thanks very much. Now, Millie.

-Welcome to the show.

-Hi.

-Good to have you here on Pointless.

What do you do, Millie?

I'm a student, so I just bum about all day, really.

I don't believe that for an instant. Where are you a student?

-I'm at Edinburgh.

-What are you studying?

I study philosophy and politics, it sounds cleverer than it is.

That's kind of what you did?

That is what I did and you're right, it is cleverer than it...

No, hold on.

I think that sums up how clever a philosophy and politics graduate is.

There we are. Anyway, now.

Millie, how are you feeling about Cats And Dogs On Film?

I know a couple,

but I'm going to go for one that I think some people won't get.

So I'm going to go for the John Grogan's Memoir

and I'm going to say Marley And Me.

Marley And Me, says Millie, let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said it.

It's right, well, 33, our only score so far,

you passed that comfortably...

25 for Marley And Me.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Millie, good answer. It's a cute film, Marley And Me.

He does an awful lot of nuzzling up to people and licking people in that film.

Not Owen Wilson, Marley.

They used to smear baby food on people

and that would get him to... that's what he liked.

So, any time you're watching that film, thinking, "Isn't that sweet?"

Think of some actor who's got pureed cucumber on his face.

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Lucy. Welcome.

-Hiya.

Welcome to the show.

Now, am I right in thinking that shortly

after you auditioned for the show,

Paul proposed to you?

-He did, yes.

-Is that right? Was it something that happened, Paul,

during the audition?

I'd actually planned it a week or so in advance before we

knew we had to go and do something else that day for Pointless.

So I had to rearrange all my plans around Pointless,

but I don't know, we've watched a lot of this in our relationship,

so it felt almost right that we did it on the day we came to Pointless.

Aw, good stuff. Now, Lucy.

Cats And Dogs On Film.

Yes, I was going to go for Marley And Me, I think I know a few of the others,

but there is one that is a little bit more of a risk.

Animation in which a murdered dog forsakes his place

in the afterlife...

and I think that is All Good Dogs Go To Heaven.

All Good Dogs Go To Heaven.

As you said that, a lot of people nodding almost in unison.

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

Oh, Lucy.

Bad luck, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points, sorry.

Sorry, Lucy, I'll fill in that whole board

when we get to the end of the pass.

-OK, now, Mike. Welcome to Pointless.

-Hiya.

-Good to have you here.

What do you do, Mike?

Erm, at the moment, my wife and I are trying to set up our own business.

We both have an art school background,

since graduating, we've always worked in random jobs

so we're now trying to use our skills to set up in business.

Good stuff. So, Mike, what are you going to go for on this board?

This board is entirely yours,

if you feel like filling in all the blanks, help yourself.

I have to say, film is one of my worst subjects,

but I think I'm going to go for...

The film based on the Jim Davis comic strip was Garfield.

Garfield, says Mike, let's see if that's right for Jim Davis and

if it is, let's see... I sounded like I said Jim Davidson, there.

But I didn't, I said Jim Davis AND let's see if it's right.

Garfield.

It is right.

55.

APPLAUSE

55 for Garfield.

Well played, Mike, guest starring Bill Murray as Garfield, amazingly.

Now, let's go through the rest of the things.

Lucy, really unlucky, it's not All Good Dogs Go To Heaven...

-It's just All Dogs.

-All Dogs Go To Heaven, yeah.

And all dogs are good dogs, it's just bad owners, sometimes.

But it's very unfortunate, I'm sorry about that.

Would have scored you only 12 points, as well,

would have been a terrific answer and I know you knew it.

Erm, now... There's a big scorer down there,

that's the family who adopts the St Bernard puppy.

-That would be Beethoven.

-That is Beethoven.

That would have scored you 68 points.

Let's look at the top one, the horror film.

It's The Black Cat.

Would have scored you two points, a terrific answer,

if you got that, there is an even better answer up there, though,

which is the stray dog in the small Texan town, and that is Benji.

And that is a 1 point. That is a terrific answer, well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

25, the best score of that pass, well done, Millie.

That puts you and Gabby in a pretty strong position. 33, the next one.

I think you would a bit scared, there, Adrian.

But actually, as it turns out,

second lowest score of the pass, so well done. All is not lost.

Brian, you've been helped out a bit

and also by our high score, there,

but up to 55 we go from 33 where we find Mike and Paul.

And then up to 100, where we find Lucy and Paul H.

Paul, anything could happen in the next pass, but it will

definitely need a low score from you if you are to survive.

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

can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

We have got...

I'll read those all again in record time.

Paul C, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here, what do you do, Paul?

I'm working in a call centre at the moment,

so living the graduate dream.

That's, that's an incredible piercing you've got there.

-Oh, thank you.

-That's... look at that!

It's called an anti-eyebrow piercing, so...

It looks like an eyebrow piercing that's just slipped.

Uh-huh, just a little bit.

Yeah, it's great, first time I've seen one of those.

-How are you feeling about Cats And Dogs On Film?

-Erm...

This, not as confident as the previous board,

but I think I've got one which I think will be low.

I'm going to go with the Disney animation in which a lost cat

falls in with a gang of canine petty criminals.

I'm going to go with Oliver.

-Oliver.

-Uh-huh.

OK, Oliver, says Paul, let's see if that's right, you're on 55,

the high-scorers are Paul H and Lucy on 100,

so 44 or less sees you through. There is your red line.

Let's see if Oliver is right.

Bad luck, Paul.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you

the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 155.

Yeah, sorry, Paul, but a lifeline for the other Paul, there.

Honour among Pauls. So, Paul H, welcome.

Thank you.

What do you do, Paul?

As I said, I was a change manager, earlier...

-A change manager?

-I'm the human chameleon.

LAUGHTER

What does that actually really mean?

We've got a lot of experts in our business that know what

they want to do, but need someone to help organise them

to get from where we are now to actually putting something

out to market or changing the way our company works.

OK. Excellent.

So there you are on 100, high-scorers now

are Paul C and Mike on 155, so 54 or less is your target.

What are you going to go for?

So I know about four, I think, on the board

and I think I know the one that they went for, so I'm going

to try that one and hope it's less than the amount we need to have.

Disney animation with the lost young cat

and I'm going to go for Oliver And Company.

Oliver And Company. OK, get below that red line, you are in Round Two.

Oliver and Company, is it right and how many people said it?

It is right.

And it gets you through, very well done indeed.

Good answer! 5.

APPLAUSE

105, your total, Paul and Lucy.

Very nicely played, Paul, very well done.

Based on Oliver Twist, of course,

Oliver being the name of the film of Oliver Twist.

Oliver And Company is the animation.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Gabby.

Gabby, welcome.

-What you do, Gabby?

-I'm a student as well, I'm studying

French and Business Management at Sheffield.

-Going well, enjoying Sheffield?

-Hopefully.

-I love Sheffield.

-I love Sheffield, too.

-Fantastic place, very good indeed.

Now, good news, you are through to the next round, even if

-you score 100 points.

-I know.

But I have a feeling you've probably got a good answer.

He took my answer, when he got it wrong, I was like, "Yes!"

Erm, so, I know two of the ones and I'm going to try

and go for the one that I think less people would know.

So I'm going to go for the sword-fighting cat

and that's Puss In Boots.

Puss In Boots, says Gabby,

no red line for you, as you're already through, but let's see

if it's right, let's see how many people said Puss In Boots.

It's right.

42.

APPLAUSE

67, your total.

Safe and sound, yeah, voiced by Antonio Banderas.

Thanks very much, now then, Brian.

Phew!

-I know!

-You're through. You're through, Brian.

-I'm quite relieved.

It's fine.

So yes, Brian. Tell us a little bit about yourselves.

Ah, well, I've got two lovely boys called Felix

and Toby and I'm married to Jenny, who is beautiful and fantastic

and I'm a headteacher in Norwich.

And how old are your boys?

-They are 9 and 11.

-OK.

And are they at your school?

They're not, they're still at primary school and one's

at a local secondary, cos mine's a little bit of a distance away.

OK, right. Now then, 33, you're already through.

I have a feeling you'll know a couple of these.

Actually, I looked at that and I think it is difficult, the top one.

I know we had Marley And Me but I'm sure there was also

a film called Marley and I'm not sure if that's the film.

The other is the Jack London novel

and that's something like The Wild Frontier, but I'm going to play

it safe and just go for Lady And The Tramp for the Disney animation.

Lady and the Tramp, says Brian,

no red line for you as you're already through but let's see

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

66.

Takes you up to 99, our second lowest score.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, sees you through.

Again, safely through, Brian, but you always said to

your children at school,

you've got to trust your first instincts,

so you went for a big-scoring answer.

What would you have said for the Jack London one, again?

Is that The Wild Frontier?

It's not, I'm afraid. It's White Fang.

But the top one, the Tom Hanks one,

you also had a very good answer for, which was?

-I said Marley.

-Yeah, that's wrong, as well.

It was erm...

-that's Turner and hooch.

-Turner and Hooch, yes.

That would have scored you 26 points,

so you did exactly the right thing, it turns out.

K-9 would have scored you 17 points.

Harry and Tonto would have scored you 1 point, that's a terrific answer.

-You don't hear so much of that film these days, do we?

-No, no.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our first round, the pair who will be heading home

with a high score of 155, I'm afraid, it's Paul C and Mike.

Oh, Paul, you were so close, there.

And it was a nice low score, too.

5 points you would have got for Oliver And Company.

But anyway, we will see you again next time,

we will look forward to that very much indeed.

But in the meantime, thanks very much for playing, Paul and Mike.

APPLAUSE

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

Well, so, three pairs remain.

I think this is going to be very, very close,

best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

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

who's going to go second.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

US presidents whose surnames do not end with the letter N. Richard.

We're looking for anyone that's been

the president of the United States whose surname doesn't end with

an N. We'll need both their names, please.

Very, very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, Brian.

Erm...

I've got two or three that I can come straight up with,

but I'm going to take a chance and go William Taft.

William Taft, says Brian, William Taft.

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

It's right.

Very well done, indeed, Brian.

-That's more like it!

-I'm happy, now.

-3 for William Taft.

-Very good.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, very good answer, he was a big man, about 27st, Taft.

Big lad, yeah.

Had the largest hat size of any US president, as well.

There we are.

-He got stuck in a bath at the White House, famously.

-Yeah.

Never wore a hat in the bath.

LAUGHTER

That's bizarre.

You could get a bowl, or, you know, a stovepipe hat,

people would make them.

But if you wanted a bath hat... shower caps, it was easy,

because they were elasticated, of course, even in those days.

-So even for a guy with a big...

-But only to a point.

The only stretch so far, but not beyond.

Oh, no, but his head wasn't like...

I mean, they'll stretch twice the size of your head, a shower cap.

Twice the size, yes, to a normal head.

If you've got a shower cap at home and there's two of you,

see if you can get it on both of you.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Millie.

I'm livid, I'm not going to lie, because that was my only answer.

-Oh, right, you had that?

-I had William Taft, can you believe it?

So I'm going to go for Roosevelt, because that ends in a T

and that's not an N.

We're going to need a first name, though.

William.

SHE LAUGHS

-William Roosevelt.

-I don't know!

OK, let's see if William Roosevelt is right,

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

I'm sorry, Millie, not William Roosevelt.

That's scores you the maximum of 100 points.

It may not be the last 100 points of the round.

I have to say, Millie, for someone doing a politics

and philosophy degree, I hope you're unbelievably good at philosophy.

LAUGHTER

I can't go back to uni now, let's face it.

Thank you very much indeed. Now then, Paul.

OK, so, I had one that I thought was a bit of a risk and I'm considering changing it,

but you're only on Pointless once, maybe twice, hopefully not.

So I'm going to go for Chester A Arthur.

Chester A Arthur, says Paul, Chester A Arthur.

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

It's right.

Well, 3 is our lowest score at this point.

Chester A Arthur...

It's 4!

APPLAUSE

Very well done.

Well played, terrific answer.

Yeah, he was the son of a Baptist minister who

emigrated from Ireland, Chester A Arthur.

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

3, the best score of that pass, Brian, very well done indeed.

Then up to 4 where we find Paul and Lucy,

then up to 100, I'm sorry, Millie and Gabby.

A low score from you, Gabby, who knows,

-might be enough to keep you in the game.

-Mm...

-It'll need to be low.

-Yeah...

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

can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, we're looking for any US president whose surname

doesn't end with the letter N.

Lucy, Paul has set you up very, very well indeed, there.

Yes, he's doing a good job of saving me this game.

-Well, listen, 95 or less sees you through.

-OK, yes.

So, I'm going to go for

Ulysses S Grant.

Ulysses S Grant, says Lucy.

Here's your red line, if you get below that,

you're in the head-to-head.

Let's find out, is that right? Let's see how many people said it if it is.

It's absolutely right.

2 for Ulysses S Grant.

Very well done indeed, takes your total up to 6.

APPLAUSE

Another terrific answer, well played.

Makes up for that first round as well, where you were very unlucky.

6 from two scores is very impressive, isn't it?

He is the only US president ever to be fined for speeding on a horse,

Ulysses S Grant.

I didn't even know you could be. What was the speed limit?

He was doing 175mph.

LAUGHTER

-But how did they know?

-They would catch him on a speed camera.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much indeed. Gabby.

-Hi.

-Gabby.

Now then, yes, you are the high-scorers,

but listen, it can be done, though.

Ulysses S Grant scored 2.

I'm going to go from one...

I don't know, I'm just going to have a punt

because I may as well have a go...

George W Bush, Senior.

George W Bush, Senior, which of course finishes on an R.

No red line for you as you are the high-scorers.

But let's see, George Bush, Senior.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

31.

APPLAUSE OBSCURES SPEECH

131, your total there, Gabby.

Yeah, good answer, George Bush, Senior,

but a big score, I'm afraid.

Now then, Adrian.

Good news, you're in the head-to-head for the second time.

But Brian did very well with 3, do you think you can beat him?

Well, I have got presidents in my head.

I think I'll go for John Quincy Adams.

John Quincy Adams, says Adrian.

OK, no red line for you as you're already through

but let's see how John Adams scored.

It's right.

And it's a pointless answer!

Very, very well done indeed, Adrian.

APPLAUSE

That adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up too £3,250.

It scores you nothing, it beats Brian, it beats everyone,

it leaves your total at 3. Very well done indeed. Very good.

Terrific play, Adrian. There's only two pointless answers on the whole board

and you just got one of them, so it's very well done.

He said the four years of his presidency where the four

most miserable years of his life, John Quincy Adams.

There's only one other pointless answer,

so I'll take you through some of lower scorers before we see it.

Franklin D Roosevelt would have been a terrific answer,

would have scored 3 points.

Theodore Roosevelt a bigger score,

would have scored you 16, but other low scorers...

Franklin Pierce, James K Polk, James Munro

and Warren G Harding would have scored you 1 point.

Other than John Quincy Adams, the only other pointless answer was...

that's a terrific answer, well done if you said that.

Let's take a look at the top three answers, the ones most of our 100 people said.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round, I'm afraid the pair

heading home with a high score of 131

are Gabby and Millie.

-The good news is we get to see you again next time.

-Yeah.

-So there we are.

We look forward to that very much indeed, Gabby and Millie.

Meantime, thanks very much for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Brian and Adrian, Lucy and Paul,

you are one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...

APPLAUSE

So now we have to decide who is going to play for that money

and to do that, you're going to go head-to-head.

The difference being, you're now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be

playing for that jackpot.

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

APPLAUSE

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

We're going to show you five images, now,

which are visual clues to the names of five popular cocktails.

Can you work out what they are and give us the most obscure? Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five cocktails and here they come. We have got...

OK, there we are. Five visual clues to cocktails.

Brian and Adrian, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you will go first.

Bloody Mary for A.

Sidecar is E.

-E, then?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

If I look at E,

I have a particular affinity towards motorbikes and scooters,

but the bit in that that's the clue to the cocktail is Sidecar.

OK, so you say E, Sidecar.

Now then, Lucy and Paul, can you talk us

through the rest of the board?

We're struggling a little bit, so we think we know A and B.

We think A is a Bloody Mary and B is a Snowball.

I've come up with some great names in my head for C and D,

none of which to me sound like a cocktail I want to drink.

So, I think we're going to go for the least obvious of the two

we know, which is A, Bloody Mary.

-It's one of the best.

-Bloody Mary, say Lucy and Paul.

So, we have Sidecar versus Bloody Mary.

Brian and Adrian said Sidecar for E, let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

50.

APPLAUSE

-50, that's, see, that's quite punchy, isn't it?

-Mm.

Now, Lucy and Paul have said A is Bloody Mary.

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

of our 100 people said Bloody Mary for A.

It's right. Is it going to beat 50...

yes, it is, look at that!

40 for Bloody Mary.

That is a shocker. That is a shock.

Very, very well done, Lucy and Paul.

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

Yeah, I think, Bloody Mary, the more familiar drink but I think

in terms of the clues, probably the Sidecar

was the more obvious clue, there.

But very, very close.

I think you both knew B, which is Snowball,

but a very big scorer.

Now, C is quite a newish cocktail and it's a Barracuda.

And D, a very well-known cocktail, but you have to recognise who it is.

She was famous on the Clive James Show in the '90s,

she is Margarita Pracatan.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, here comes your second question.

Brian and Adrian, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

but Lucy and Paul get to answer it first.

OK, here it comes. It concerns...

We're going to show you the names of five of the tectonic plates of the

Earth, but we've left out alternate letters from each of their names.

Can you fill in the blanks?

OK, let's reveal our tectonic plates and here they come. We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Lucy and Paul go first.

I think Caribbean, Pacific

and the bottom one is, like, Euro-something, Europe.

It'll be the European one.

What do you want?

-So, we're going to go for the top one as Caribbean.

-Caribbean.

The Caribbean Plate. OK, say Lucy and Paul.

Now, Brian and Adrian.

Do you fancy talking us through all the others?

We've got four of them, what we think...

the second one's Arabian.

Pacific plate...

and the bottom one is Eurasian.

Should we go for the bottom one, Eurasian?

-No, let's go for, why not Arabian?

-No, Eurasian.

LAUGHTER

That's a much more harder word, isn't it?

-OK.

-We'll go for Eurasian.

OK, you're going to go for Eurasian.

So, we have Caribbean versus Eurasian.

Lucy and Paul said Caribbean plate,

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

It's right.

82. Big score, there.

APPLAUSE

Well, you're in with a shout here,

Brian and Adrian,

you have to beat 82.

Let's see, you've gone for Eurasian Plate.

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

It's right.

It wins you the point, well done.

37.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Brian and Adrian.

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

Well played, Brian and Adrian.

Adrian, you were pushing for Eurasian there and Brian for Arabian.

Just for a bit of fun, let's find out

once and for all who's the best headmaster out of the two of you.

-Oh, no!

-Eurasian scored 37,

-Arabian would have scored 25.

-Ah.

-Well done, Brian.

-OK.

The Pacific Plate is a big scorer, as you'd imagine.

And the best answer on the board, the one in the middle there,

it's the Cocos Plate, just off the coast of Central America.

Thanks very much indeed. So, it comes down to our third question.

This is the decider, whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.

Very best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question today concerns...

We're going to give you five clues to facts about Liza Minnelli.

If you can give us the most obscure answer, you're going through to play for the jackpot.

Very, very best of luck to both teams.

OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

So there you are, five clues to facts about Liza Minnelli.

Brian and Adrian, you will go first.

I've got the Cabaret one, I know that.

-What is it?

-Sally Bowles.

You've got to do that, haven't you?

I think I've remembered that the name of the character

for Cabaret was Sally Bowles.

Sally Bowles, say Brian and Adrian.

Sally Bowles.

Now then, Lucy and Paul.

The board is yours.

Yeah, this has been quite a difficult one for us.

I'll hazard a guess at the middle one, I think.

-Yeah?

-OK.

OK, so her mother shot to fame for her

-performance in this 1939 film, Wizard Of Oz.

-Wizard Of Oz.

The Wizard Of Oz.

OK, so we have Sally Bowles versus The Wizard Of Oz.

Brian and Adrian said Sally Bowles, let's see if it's right,

let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

Oh, it's a good answer, look at that, nice low score.

7, for Sally Bowles. Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

Lucy and Paul have gone for The Wizard Of Oz, let's see

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

It is right.

42, the Wizard of Oz.

APPLAUSE

Well, very hard fought but, Brian and Adrian,

after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.

-Very well done.

-What a head-to-head, well played, everybody.

Yeah, that top answer, do you know that one, the TV personality?

-He was on I'm A Celebrity.

-Erm, Gest, whatever his name is.

-David Gest.

-Yep, thank you.

The British group,

duo, collaborated with Dusty Springfield, all sorts of people.

-Pet Shop Boys.

-Oh, it's Pet Shop Boys!

-Yep.

The best answer on the board is the title of her 1972 concert.

Very well done if you said that.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

The pair leaving us at the end

of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Lucy and Paul.

But a stalwart performance throughout the show.

Good news is, we get to see you again next time,

so we'll look forward to that.

But thanks very much for playing, meanwhile. Lucy and Paul.

APPLAUSE

-Good luck.

-But for Brian and Adrian, it's now time

for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Brian and Adrian, you fought off all

the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy,

so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

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

APPLAUSE

Well, very, very well done. Thank goodness!

Oh, you would have been so disappointed if you hadn't done that.

You were so close last time and to have been thwarted by Liza Minnelli

at the last opportunity would have been tough, I think.

Very, very well done.

Now, as always, you get to choose your category for this

final round and there are four options to choose from.

They are...

-Sport in 2013?

-Why not, let's give it a go.

-OK, we'll go for...

-Sport in 2013.

-OK, Richard.

-Yes, definitely chances here, guys,

let me show you your three different questions.

We are looking for...

any player who scored 10 or more goals.

It has to be in the Premier League alone, not another competition.

So, any Premier League goal scorer who scored 10 or more.

We're looking for anyone who Andy Murray beat on his way to becoming

Wimbledon champion in 2013

or we're looking for anybody who played at any point

in any of the three British and Irish Lions tests

against Australia in 2013.

So, any Premier League goal scorer with 10 goals or more,

anyone who Andy Murray beat

or any British or Irish Lion test player 2013.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

You've got a minute to come up with three answers and all you need

to win that jackpot is just for one of those answers to be pointless.

Remember the answers you provide can come from any of these categories,

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

-Are you ready?

-I think we are.

OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are, your time starts now.

I reckon, Premier League, I'm going Grant Holt on that.

-I had Grant Holt there.

-Yeah, OK, so he's definitely one.

-Erm, who did Murray beat on the way?

-I can't remember any of those.

OK. Then, this is what...

Toby is going to kill me for not knowing some Irish rugby players.

-I think we go back and look at the goalscorers.

-Go on, then.

So, you've got Dimitar Berbatov? You know, decent strikers.

-He would have got some for Fulham.

-Yeah.

What about some of the other teams who got relegated?

-Possibly...anybody play well for those?

-I can't think of those.

I'm coming back to the British and Irish Lions,

because there must be somebody, John Launchbury.

OK.

-He played, I think he went over there and played for them.

-OK.

And I'm just trying to think of some of the other English players who went over.

I'm trying to think of any other decent strikers that

played for Premier League teams.

Anybody that transferred out at the end of the season

because they were good?

That's your time up, I am afraid. I now need your three answers.

OK, we've got Grant Holt, great Norwich player, we've got to say.

And he must have scored 10 or more.

-We'll go for Grant Holt.

-OK, Grant Holt.

The British and Irish Lions, we'll go for Joe Launchbury.

-Joe Launchbury?

-I'm not convinced of that, but...

-and...

-Do you want to just take, we'll go for Dimitar Berbatov.

-OK, Dmitry Berbatov.

-Dimitar.

-Dimitar, beg your pardon.

-Dimitar Berbatov.

-OK. Of those three, which do you think is your best shot?

-Grant Holt.

We'll put Grant Holt as the...

-Even if it's not pointless, we've got to have him at the end.

-Yeah.

OK, we'll put Grant Holt last.

Who should we put first, who is least likely?

-Joe Launchbury, because I'm not even sure that's the right name.

-OK.

We'll pop those up on the board in that order. And here they are.

We have got...

Well, very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Joe Launchbury.

This was a member of the British and Irish Lions squad 2013.

OK, if this is the correct answer and it is a pointless answer

and you win £3,250,

What would you do with that money, Brian?

Well, I think my son, Toby,

would really like to be a mascot at Norwich at some point,

so I'd probably have to pay for him to go and do that.

Felix, probably, he would like some books or something

and I would quite like a Vespa, so I might treat myself to one.

OK, well, best of luck. Adrian, how about you?

My girls, Hermione and Imogen, have got a percentage cut on this.

It goes up depending on how much the amount is

so I will have to pay them off first.

The rest of it, I would take to get a flight,

my sister lives in Austin, Texas,

so I think I'd treat myself to a business class flight to Austin.

Very good indeed. Well, best of luck.

So our first answer in this case is Joe Launchbury.

Let's find out if that's correct.

You weren't entirely confident about it, but we will find out.

Is it a correct answer?

Was he a member of the British and Irish Lions test team

in 2013, for £3,250, is it pointless?

Oh, no! Bad luck.

An incorrect answer, I'm afraid.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Dimitar Berbatov.

We were looking for Premier League goalscorers who scored more

than 10 goals in the 2012-2013 season.

So for £3,250, let's see if anyone said Dimitar Berbatov.

It's right. So your first answer, Joe Launchbury, an incorrect answer.

This, on the other hand, is right on the money.

Down it comes, through the teens...

still going down, you've done it!

Very well done, indeed.

CHEERING

Fantastic, very well done.

Brilliant.

APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE OBSCURES SPEECH

Congratulations, Dimitar Berbatov was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with our jackpot of £3,250.

Very, very well done indeed and you'll have thrilled Richard as well,

with a Fulham player.

Ah, the wonderful Dimitar Berbatov, one of my big heroes.

Sadly no longer with Fulham, but scored 15 goals in that season.

Grant Holt, who was your other answer,

scored eight goals. He would have been incorrect.

So you needed a Fulham player to help you out.

LAUGHTER

That's often the way.

Now, let's take a look at the pointless...

you'll know all the names on the pointless answers,

in football especially. I suspect people at home would have done well.

You could have had Carlos Tevez, who scored 11 goals,

Demba Ba, he scored for Newcastle and Chelsea.

You could also have had Adam le Fondre, the Reading player,

was a very good answer. Well done if you said that.

You could have had Kone, Benteke, Javier Hernandez,

you could have had Kevin Nolan, all of those were pointless answers.

Andy Murray, now, we all watched his games

but a lot of people forgot who he played.

Let's take a look, there's four pointless answers, here.

Benjamin Becker, the German. Mikhail Youzhny, the Russian.

Tommy Robredo, beaten in the third round and Lu, the Taiwanese player.

All of those were pointless, well done if you said one of those.

And the Lions, I know people would have done well on this, as well.

You could have had the Irish fly-half, Jonathan Sexton.

You also could have had Ben Youngs, Conor Murray,

Geoff Parling was pointless, Jamie Roberts,

Jonathan Davies, Owen Farrell,

who came on as a sub in the third test.

Tom Croft and Tom Youngs, all of those pointless,

well done if you said any of those.

But congratulations in the studio, terrific work.

You've been brilliant for two shows, thoroughly deserved the jackpot. Well done, guys.

-Thank you.

-Thanks very much.

Thanks once again to our winning players,

Brian and Adrian, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

APPLAUSE