0:00:14 > 0:00:16APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Welcome to Pointless -
0:00:24 > 0:00:26the show where we are always striving
0:00:26 > 0:00:29to find the most obscure answers. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Couple number one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Hi, I'm Bill, this is my partner Josie.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39We're from Triangle in West Yorkshire.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- Couple number two.- Hi I'm Stuart, I'm from the Isle of Wight.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44This is my dad Mick from Leicester.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Couple number three. - Hi, I'm James from Doncaster.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49This is my best friend John from Sheffield.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Couple number four.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54I'm Sylvie. This is my friend Pam. We're from Brighton.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56These are today's contestants.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03We'll find out more about each of you throughout the show.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08The most humble genius Britain has ever produced,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10according to his personal Twitter biog.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Hi, everybody. APPLAUSE
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Afternoon.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Good afternoon to you. - And to you.- How are you?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22I'm very well, thank you. How are you?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I'm happy we've got three returning pairs today, which is nice.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Stuart and Mick are the pair to beat, I think.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Got all the way through to the head-to-head last time, did well.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30They're going to be tough.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Question one today is one of those ones I've been storing up,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35had it in my back pocket for a long time. Very good question.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- It was brought to me in a dream by my Native American spirit guide.- Wow.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I've saved it for many, many years now.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- You've literally been sitting on it. - I've literally been sitting on it.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Thanks very much, Richard.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Every question on Pointless has been put to 100 people before the show.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Today's contestants are, of course, looking for a pointless answer -
0:01:54 > 0:01:56an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Find one of those and we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Now, Sally and Sarah didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05So today's jackpot starts off at...
0:02:09 > 0:02:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19OK, all you have to remember is that the pair
0:02:19 > 0:02:22with the highest score at the end of this round will be eliminated.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Remember, score as low as you possibly can.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Our first category today is...
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Famous People.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37who's going to go second?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44OK, the question concerns...
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Pretty good, right?- Famous... Very good.- Worth waiting for?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Oh, yeah. Are you kidding? Yes!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Yep.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58On each board, we're going to show you seven descriptions
0:02:58 > 0:03:00of famous people called Eric. You just have to tell us
0:03:00 > 0:03:03who they are, please. There's going to be seven on each board.
0:03:03 > 0:03:0514 Erics to guess at home. Very best of luck.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Thanks very much indeed.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09We're looking for the famous Erics listed on this board.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Here is our first board of seven.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I'll read those all one last time.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS
0:04:18 > 0:04:23There we are. Seven famous Erics. Bill, welcome back to Pointless.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Good to have you here.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27What happened last time, Bill?
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Got through the first round, we dipped out in the second round.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34We got the questions right, but just a bit too high point-wise.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Yeah, you didn't put a foot wrong, they were just a bit high.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Now, then, what do you think of the spirit guide
0:04:40 > 0:04:44and the round that was suggested?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Well, I can only say I'm glad I'm on number one,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48cos I only know one of them.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- OK.- That, of course, is the top one.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56The party doubled up with Ernie Wise was Eric Morecambe.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Eric Morecambe, says Bill.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Eric Morecambe.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04It's right.
0:05:05 > 0:05:0772. Better than 99.
0:05:09 > 0:05:1272 for Eric Morecambe.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Yeah, a big score, but better than 100.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Good answer, did exactly what you needed to do.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21OK, Stuart, welcome back to the show. Good to have you here.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Now, you were head-to-head-ers last time.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- Yes.- That was quite a close head-to-head as well.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Anyhow, remind us what you do.- I'm a youth worker.- On the Isle of Wight.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- Yes.- Do you make use of its island-ness?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- Do you sail and things like that? - No.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40I've only actually been swimming in the sea twice in eight years,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43but I do come from Leicester and we don't really understand the sea.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45We're so far from it.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Fair enough. So what about these Erics?
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Yeah, I know a couple.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53I'm going to go for Pickles, who is the Secretary of State.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56OK, Pickles, Eric Pickles.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57You get a slap from Mick for that.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Let's see if it's right,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02let's see how many of our 100 people said Eric Pickles.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06It's right.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Ooh, down it goes. 34.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Very well done indeed, Stuart.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- 34 for Eric Pickles. - Yeah, good answer.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Of course, he was embroiled in a scandal
0:06:17 > 0:06:21when it was shown his department spent £40,000 on biscuits.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22He said it was an administrative error,
0:06:22 > 0:06:27but now everyone's banned from eating taxpayer-funded biscuits.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30No-one more upset about that than Eric, I should think.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- I don't think he's happy.- No. Well, you know,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36a meeting's not really a proper meeting without a Rich Tea, is it?
0:06:36 > 0:06:37- Really?- That's true.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Although, if you have a meeting with just Rich Teas, you kind of think,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- "Oh, I don't know about that." - I never eat them,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45but I'm always a bit disappointed if they're not there for me to ignore.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46LAUGHTER
0:06:46 > 0:06:49There's always that thing if you go into a meeting
0:06:49 > 0:06:51and there's a plateful of biscuits, you fancy one.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54You have to wait for someone to have one first. That's slightly annoying.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56If no-one has them, if everyone's on the 5:2 Diet or something
0:06:56 > 0:07:00and no-one touches them, you've got an hour where you think,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02"I can't even have a biscuit and I really want one."
0:07:02 > 0:07:04There's a Jammie Dodger, there's a Bourbon...
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- There might even be one wrapped up in foil.- Oh!- Oh!
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- Can you imagine? - Those kind of meetings, I like.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13A meeting where there's a biscuit wrapped up in foil
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- that you cannot have?- Oh.- That's like being a child on Christmas Eve.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Anyway, thanks very much indeed. John, welcome to the show.- Hello.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Good to have you here. From Sheffield.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Yes.- What do you get up to?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I sing and play in a band called Polkadodge,
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- which is an interesting word. - Polkadodge.- Yeah.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- One word?- Yeah. It got rejected from the dictionary.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's when you try and go past someone and you go the same way,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- you do that awkward dance... - Polkadodge. That's good.- Why not?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- How's it going with the band? - Good, it's going all right.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- What's happening, are you gigging at the moment?- Yeah, a bit of BBC play
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- and we've got a nice gig in Sheffield on Saturday.- Very good.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- Best of luck.- Thank you. - Polkadodge. Polkadodge.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Anyway, there we go. John, Erics?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53I'm going to go for...
0:07:53 > 0:07:55I don't know if it's the right Eric, but I only know of this Eric.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Lead Guitarist in rock trio Cream, Eric Clapton.- Clapton.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01OK, let's see if that's right, Eric Clapton.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03If it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Absolutely right, of course.
0:08:11 > 0:08:1230.
0:08:15 > 0:08:1730 for Eric Clapton, the lowest score so far.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Yeah, it's a good answer.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Came second in Rolling Stone's list - The Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Wow. Sylvie.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Yes.- Sylvie, welcome back to the show. It was round one last time.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- We were, yes. - Round one.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- Remind us what you do, Sylvie, what you get up to.- Well, I'm retired.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- Indeed, but you told us last time you're...- I'm an embroiderer.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- A winner of many prizes.- Well, some.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Winner of some prizes.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Sylvie, you're the last person to have this board.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52There are four unanswered Erics there.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Yes, I think I know two of them. - Talk us through them.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Well, I think the historian is Eric Hobsbawm.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03I think the Scottish athlete is Eric Liddell.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09I'm going to go for Eric Liddell cos I'm more certain of that one.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11OK, well, let's find out. Eric Liddell, says Sylvie.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17It's right.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27Very well done indeed, Sylvie, the best score of the round by a margin.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Look at that, 11.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Terrific answer, Sylvie. Very well played.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Let's fill in the rest of this board.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37The Australian actor who played Bruce Banner in Hulk is Eric Bana.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39It would have scored you 14 points.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42The actor who played Will Truman is Eric McCormack.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45A very good answer. Would have scored you 4 points.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- Sylvie, you would have gone for Eric Hobsbawm if we'd forced you?- Yeah.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Correct...and pointless.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52GROANING
0:09:52 > 0:09:55That would have been a great... You gave us a great answer anyway.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I've read all his books,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01but I wasn't absolutely sure that that was how you said the name.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Thank you very much, Richard.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:10:05 > 0:10:0811 the best score of that pass. Very well done, Sylvie.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09That puts you and Pam in pole position.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Then up to 30 where we find John and James. 34, Stuart and Mick.
0:10:12 > 0:10:1472, Bill and Josie.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18So a little bit on your shoulders there, Josie, in the next pass.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22But best of luck. A nice low score might keep you in the game.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24We're going to come back down the line.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Could the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:27 > 0:10:31OK, we've now got seven more clues to Erics up on the board.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Here they come. We have got...
0:10:33 > 0:10:35ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I'll read those all one last time.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS
0:11:34 > 0:11:36There we are. Seven Erics.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Pam, we're looking for the most obscure of those Erics.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41There you are, you're on 11.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Brilliant scoring from Sylvie in the first pass.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Yes, but it might go up a bit now.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47OK, well, listen, the high scorers, Josie and Bill on 72,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51mean 60 or less means you won't even be the high scorers.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56I'm going for the French footballer. I think it was Eric Cantona.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Eric Cantona. There is your red line, Pam.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02If you get below that, you are definitely in round two.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Let's see how many people said Eric Cantona.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08It's right.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Wow, you've done it. Look, you've done it. Look at that, 48.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Very well done indeed, Pam.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- Did what you needed to do. 59 is your total.- Well played, Pam.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22They held the same poll ten years later and he didn't win it that time.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Ryan Giggs won it that time.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, James.- Yep.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29James, Welcome to Pointless. What do you do, James?
0:12:29 > 0:12:35- I'm a supply chain analyst for a supermarket.- Which means you...?
0:12:35 > 0:12:39I forecast sales and order stock for the supermarket.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42So you see what the little trends are and you think,
0:12:42 > 0:12:48this summer it is all going to be about frozen yoghurt.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Absolutely, yeah. Sandwich fillers at the moment, though.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Oh, you lucky thing.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57What are the big sandwich fillings going to be for...? Just between us.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59I would probably say...
0:12:59 > 0:13:03It's a classic, but cheese and onion is having a comeback at the moment.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- In a sandwich?- Yeah.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09In a crisp, I'd buy that, but in a sandwich?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- It's not my first choice... - Is it like red onion?
0:13:12 > 0:13:13A bit kinder on the breath.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17It's a standard cheese and onion 160 gram filling.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20It's going mad, I can't keep pace with it at the moment.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Wow.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23160 gram. That's a...
0:13:23 > 0:13:25That's a...heck of a lot of cheese and onion.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- It's a full sandwich.- I'm not worried about the cheese,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29it's the onion. It troubles me.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Anyway, there we go. We'll talk about this later.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36James, there you are on 30. The high scorers remain Josie and Bill on 72.
0:13:36 > 0:13:3941 or less sees you comfortably into the next round.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41What are you going to say?
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Em... I was going to have a risk, but I am going to play it safe
0:13:45 > 0:13:47and go five-time darts champion, Eric Bristow.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Eric Bristow.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52OK, interesting to see. Eric Cantona scored 48.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Let's see what Eric Bristow scores. There's your red line.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58If you get below that, you are definitely in the next round.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02It's right.
0:14:04 > 0:14:0550.
0:14:08 > 0:14:1150 for Eric Bristow, takes your total up to 80.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Yeah, Eric Bristow beats Eric Cantona.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16That might be the most British thing that's ever happened on the show.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21Yeah. OK, now, Mick. Mick, welcome back to the show.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26We discovered last time that you are a retired butcher.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29What do you like getting up to? What are your hobbies, Mick?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I'm a season ticket holder at Leicester City,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34which is doing rather well at the moment.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- Excellent.- I was thinking about James,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40he's probably cheesed off with that subject, but...
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- Sorry about that.- That's good.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Didn't go down very well.- You should see what cheese and onion does.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48OK, Mick, there we are.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51The high scorers are now James and John on 80, you're on 34,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55which means 45 or less gets you into the next round.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58It's got to be another head-to-head, surely, for Mick and Stuart.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Hopefully. I know two. I'm just...
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Member of Monty Python, Eric Idle.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Eric Idle. OK, Eric Idle. There is your red line.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09If you get below that, you're in the next round.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Let's see how many people said Eric Idle.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14It's right.
0:15:18 > 0:15:2052. 52 takes your total up to 86.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Again, nudging up from Bristow as well. It's been a high-scoring round.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31A very exciting round now as well, for podium four.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Thanks very much indeed.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Now, Josie, remind us what you like getting up to.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Walking, reading.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Slimming.- Slimming?- Yes.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45You like slimming?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- Well, I'm at my goal weight now, so I'm taking it easy.- Oh, that's easy.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- I have lost six and a half stone.- Wow!
0:15:52 > 0:15:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Many congratulations, that's fantastic.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57I see what you mean.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59That's fun.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Anyway, anyway, we've got some Erics waiting for us.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- Josie, talk us through the board. - No, don't know anybody.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11I'll go for a guess, and it is a guess - comedy actor
0:16:11 > 0:16:13and writer Eric Sykes.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Eric Sykes, says Josie. Let's see if that's right.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20The high score at the moment is 86, which is Mick and Stuart.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21You're on 72.
0:16:21 > 0:16:2513 or less gets you into the next round.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- Bill, that's a good answer, isn't it, Eric Sykes?- Mm-mm.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29LAUGHTER
0:16:29 > 0:16:31It's right, but it's not good.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Ooh, that's a good catchphrase, isn't it?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- It's right, but it's not good. - It's right, but it's not good.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38There is your red line.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41If you get below that with Eric Sykes, you're in the next round.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Let's see what happens. Eric Sykes.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47It is right.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Oh! Bad luck. 30.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Takes your total up to 102. I'm sorry, Josie.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Yeah, the great Eric Sykes.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Those glasses he wore, famously, were a hearing aid rather than glasses.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09They were a disguised hearing aid cos his hearing was so poor.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Let's look through the rest of these.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14The writer and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar was
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Eric Carle. Would have scored you 8 points.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20The Swedish DJ and producer was Eric Prydz.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22He would have scored you 9 points.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25I bet I can get you to get the answer to this US actor,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- giving you just two clues. - Go on, then.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- OK. Clue one.- Yes.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33This is a round called Famous Erics.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Clue two. He is Julia Roberts' brother.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Is he called Eric...Roberts?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Ah, very good.- Get out of there, get out of town. Look at that.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- What about that?- There he is.- Wow.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50That's the best answer up there,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53so well done if you said that without the clues.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57At the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair heading home
0:17:57 > 0:18:01with their high score of 102, it's Josie and Bill. There we are.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Well, it's been lovely having you on both shows.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Thanks so much for playing. Josie and Bill.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17So three pairs remain. Obviously at the end of this round,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21that'll be whittled down to two pairs for our head-to-head round.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two today is...
0:18:29 > 0:18:31African Countries. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:18:31 > 0:18:34who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:18:51 > 0:18:52..as they could.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55African countries whose names do not contain the letter I.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59We are looking for the name of any country on the African mainland,
0:18:59 > 0:19:01that's the African mainland, that's important,
0:19:01 > 0:19:03whose normal short form name in English
0:19:03 > 0:19:05does not contain the letter I. As always, by country,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08we mean a member of the UN that is a sovereign state in its own right.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Thank you.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- So, yes, Stuart.- Hi.- Stuart, hi.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Now, African countries.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18I'm going to say Ghana.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Ghana. OK, Ghana says Stuart. Let's see if it's right
0:19:20 > 0:19:23and let's see how many of our 100 people said Ghana.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26It's right.
0:19:31 > 0:19:3228.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Straight in there, Stuart. No mucking about.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41You can tell he's been in round two before.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43In 2010 they became so close to becoming the first ever
0:19:43 > 0:19:46African nation in the World Cup semifinal.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Luis Suarez did them out of it.
0:19:49 > 0:19:55- Thanks very much. Now, James.- Yep. - James, African countries.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- I'm going to go for Chad. - Chad, says James.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 said Chad.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05It's right.
0:20:10 > 0:20:1221.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Well done with Chad.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Well done, James. In North Central Africa.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Lake Chad, which is huge, used to be part of a much larger sea,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23which was called Mega Chad.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Mega Chad.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26OK, now, Sylvie.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I think I'm going to go for Morocco.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Morocco, says Sylvie. Let's see if that's right
0:20:32 > 0:20:36and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said Morocco.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40It's right.
0:20:43 > 0:20:4440.
0:20:47 > 0:20:4840 for Morocco.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Well played, Sylvie.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53It's quite scary to go for a country with a longer name, isn't it?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Something like Chad is nice to go for when you've got to avoid Is,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59but Morocco with three syllables, I'd be a bit frightened to go for it.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04So we're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:04 > 0:21:0621 the best score of that pass, James.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Very well done indeed there with Chad.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Then up to 28 where we find Stuart and Mick.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Then up to 40 where we find Sylvie and Pam.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15You're not way ahead, but you are ahead.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Pam, you know what we need. Good stuff.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20We're going to come back down the line.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:25 > 0:21:26OK, now, Pam, we are
0:21:26 > 0:21:30looking for any African country that does not contain the letter I
0:21:30 > 0:21:31in its name.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36- Togo.- Togo says Pam. You're on 40. You're the high scorers.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Let's hope this goes down as far as it possibly can.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42No red line for you. Let's see how many people said Togo. Is it right?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46It is right.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Well, Chad scored 21.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52You go lower than that. Way lower. Look at that.
0:21:52 > 0:21:546! Very well done indeed.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Good work, Pam. Togo takes your total up to 46.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01That's a terrific answer, Pam. Well played.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Puts a lot of pressure on the other pairs now.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- OK, now, John.- Yeah.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- It does put a lot of pressure on. - Doesn't it?
0:22:09 > 0:22:1121 you're on. You have to score 24 or less.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Mm-hmm. Em...
0:22:14 > 0:22:15I'm going to go with Senegal.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Senegal, says John. Senegal. There's your red line, John.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21If you get below that, you're in the head-to-head.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Let's see how many people said Senegal.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27It's right.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Very well done. Through you go. Look at that, 11.
0:22:36 > 0:22:3911 takes your total up to 32, through you go.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Well played, John. Very nice play. Yes, Senegal.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46It's almost an anagram of lasagne, but not quite.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47LAUGHTER
0:22:48 > 0:22:49It's frustrating.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Any one you would think you were fasting today or something.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58- All this talk of biscuits, sandwich fillings, lasagne.- Lasagne.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59- Yeah.- Mm.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03I love it when it's really creamy with a bit of...
0:23:03 > 0:23:04HE IMITATES GRATING NOISE
0:23:04 > 0:23:05..Cheddar cheese on top.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Bubbling a little bit.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11That's how I like it.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14With peas and salad.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18LAUGHTER
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Now, Mick. 28 is your score, 46 the high score.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Pam and Sylvie find themselves there still.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27If you can score 17 or less,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30you're in the head-to-head for the second time.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31No pressure there, then.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Well, sorry about this, Stu. I'm not sure how you spell it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I'm not sure if it's still the name of the country,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41but I'm going to go for Botswana.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Botswana. Botswana. OK. There is your red line.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49If you get below that with Botswana, you're in the head-to-head.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Let's find out how many people said Botswana.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55It's right.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Down it goes, still going.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02You've done it. Look at that, 15!
0:24:02 > 0:24:05You needed 17. 15, you've got.
0:24:07 > 0:24:1043 is your total, you are in the head-to-head.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Very well done indeed, Mick, very exciting.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Well played, Mick. Great round from everyone there.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16It's a shame to go out on 46, terrific stuff.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19There's no pointless answers at all, you won't be surprised to hear.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I'll go through some of the scores for you.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Gabon would have scored you 4.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Togo, then is actually the next best answer. It's a terrific answer.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Very unfortunate.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29South Sudan would have scored you 7. Lesotho, 8.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Cameroon would have scored you 11, Rwanda
0:24:31 > 0:24:34and Uganda both would have scored you 12.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36You got 15 for Angola.
0:24:36 > 0:24:3920 for Congo. You'd have got 24 for Sudan.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43You would have got 45 for Kenya and 46 for Egypt.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So at the end of our second round,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I'm afraid the pair heading home with a relatively low score of 46,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53and with that wonderful answer from you, Pam,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55the second best answer available, Togo.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I'm really sorry.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Not deserving to be leaving us at all but as high scorers,
0:25:00 > 0:25:02we have to say goodbye to you
0:25:02 > 0:25:04but thank you so much for playing both shows.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06It's been great to have you here. Pam and Sylvie.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09APPLAUSE
0:25:09 > 0:25:13But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Congratulations, John and James, Stuart and Mick,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22you are now one step closer to the final
0:25:22 > 0:25:26and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...
0:25:30 > 0:25:32So, to decide who's going to play for that money,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34you are now going to go head-to-head.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36The difference being you're now allowed to confer before you
0:25:36 > 0:25:40give your answers and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that money.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42It should be very close indeed. Very exciting.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47APPLAUSE
0:25:50 > 0:25:54OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Sports movies, Richard.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02We're going to show you five stills now from films which feature sports.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Can you tell us the name of the films, please?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08OK, let's reveal our five stills and here they come. We have got...
0:26:25 > 0:26:27OK, five stills from movies featuring sports.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Now, John and James, you've played best throughout the show
0:26:30 > 0:26:32so far so you will go first.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:26:41 > 0:26:42We know quite a few.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45We're going to go for C, Escape To Victory.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47C, Escape To Victory.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Now, Stuart and Mick.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52We know Cool Running is B.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56We think E is Wimbledon, I'm not sure on D.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57It might be Senna but I'm not sure,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00I know there was a film called Senna but I know there's a different one.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02So, we'll go for Cool Running.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Cool Running, you're saying Cool Running for B.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11OK, so, John and James, you are saying C is Escape To Victory.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Let's see if that's right
0:27:12 > 0:27:15and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18It's right.
0:27:23 > 0:27:2414.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25APPLAUSE
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Very good indeed. 14 for Escape To Victory.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Stuart and Mick are saying Cool Running is what B is.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Let's see if that's right
0:27:35 > 0:27:37and if it is, let's see how many people said Cool Running.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Ooh. Bad luck.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Stuart and Mick, I'm afraid I have a hunch I think
0:27:45 > 0:27:50I know why that is incorrect but, yes, that means John and James
0:27:50 > 0:27:53win that point so, after one question, John and James are up 1-0.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Yeah, sorry, usually a little bit of leeway but it's such a famous film,
0:27:56 > 0:27:58it's Cool Runnings, I'm afraid, not Cool Running.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00But it would have scored too many anyway,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02so, 52 points for Cool Runnings.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Um, let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11A is Drew Barrymore's directorial debut,
0:28:11 > 0:28:15it's Whip It, set in the world of roller derbies.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18It's American so they're "der-bies", rather than "dar-bies."
0:28:18 > 0:28:21D, it's not Senna, Senna's a documentary, that's Rush,
0:28:21 > 0:28:22about the life of James Hunt.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25That's James Hunt and Niki Lauda being portrayed there.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28That would've scored you 20 points, terrific film as well.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33And E, you were right, it's Wimbledon but would've scored 37 points.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Thanks very much indeed. OK, here comes your second question.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Stuart and Mick, you get to answer this one first
0:28:39 > 0:28:42but you have to win it to stay in the game so best of luck.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43It concerns...
0:28:47 > 0:28:49The Victorian Era, Richard.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51We're going to show you five clues now to facts about people
0:28:51 > 0:28:53and the culture of the Victorian era.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Can you give us the most obscure answer? Good luck.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues and here they are.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00We have got...
0:29:00 > 0:29:04ALEXANDER READS CLUES
0:29:18 > 0:29:20I'll read those all one last time.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39There we are. Stuart and Mick, you will go first.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Yeah, OK, we'll go for Mrs Beeton for the cookery book.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56OK, Mrs Beeton, say Stuart and Mick.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Now, then, John and James, do you want to talk us
0:29:58 > 0:29:59through the rest of the board?
0:29:59 > 0:30:01I've got Miss Lemon in my head but that's not,
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- that's Poirot, for landlady. - And he loves Sherlock Holmes.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I know, can't believe it. Chief engineer, that's Brunel.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15We'll go for Brunel, chief engineer of the Great Western Railway.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19OK, you're saying Brunel. I'm going to ask you to elaborate on that.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Isonard Brunel?
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- That's elaboration. - I'm happy with that.- Good.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Stuart and Mick said Mrs Beeton. Let's see if that's right
0:30:28 > 0:30:32and if it is, let's see how many people said Mrs Beeton.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35It's right.
0:30:39 > 0:30:4052.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42APPLAUSE
0:30:44 > 0:30:4552.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Now, then, John and James, you've struggled a bit with Brunel's
0:30:48 > 0:30:51first names and you've said Isonard Brunel.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Let's see if that's right
0:30:53 > 0:30:55and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Ooh.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Bad luck. But well done, Stuart and Mick,
0:31:03 > 0:31:04you've done exactly what you needed to do.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07After two questions, you are back in the game, it's 1-1.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Yeah, I couldn't take it cos he's even more famous than Cool Runnings.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- He's Isambard Kingdom Brunel. - See, isn't 'ard.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15LAUGHTER
0:31:15 > 0:31:18I know the bottom one now, which is annoying.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Let's fill in the rest of this board, shall we?
0:31:20 > 0:31:23I think you probably knew some of the others.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25You're right, so the chief engineer of the Great Western Railway,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Isambard Kingdom Brunel, would've scored you 47 points as well.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30It would've beaten Mrs Beeton.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- Eh, now, the name of Sherlock Holmes' landlady...- Mrs Hudson.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Mrs Hudson and would've seen you through to the jackpot
0:31:35 > 0:31:37round as well, it's quite a low scorer.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Would've scored 18 points.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43The Elizabeth Gaskell novel?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- Cranford.- Cranford, yep.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Would've scored you 13 points.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51And the first woman awarded the Order of Merit, if you had to guess...?
0:31:51 > 0:31:52Florence Nightingale?
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Florence Nightingale is the right answer, yeah. Would've scored you 23.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- The best answer on the board though is Cranford.- Thanks very much indeed.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02OK, so here comes your third question. This is the decider.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Whoever wins this one goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Yep, we're going to show you five names of chess players, all of whom
0:32:15 > 0:32:18have been world ranked number one since that ranking came in in 1971.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21We're giving you their first names. Just need their surnames, please.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- Good luck. - OK, thanks very much indeed.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Let's reveal our five chess greats and here they are.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47John and James.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49It's a dream question.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50THEY LAUGH
0:32:50 > 0:32:53I think I might know the first one randomly.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55- Do you?!- Yeah, I'm just going to have a stab in the dark.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- Magnus Carlsen.- Carlsen. - Magnus Carlsen.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03OK, Stuart and Mick, talk us through the rest of the board if you can.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05We know the bottom one, which is Bobby Fischer,
0:33:05 > 0:33:09- and Stuart thinks one of them is Kaspanov...- Kasparov.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11But I'm not sure if it's Vladimir or Antoly.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13So, we're going to go with Bobby Fischer.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16You're going to go with Bobby Fischer.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19So, we have Magnus Carlsen versus Bobby Fischer.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Magnus Carlsen, said John and James.
0:33:21 > 0:33:22Let's see if that's right
0:33:22 > 0:33:25and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30- It is right.- Is it?- Very well done indeed, John and James.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33No-one more surprised than you with that.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34Oh, look at that! 8!
0:33:34 > 0:33:36APPLAUSE
0:33:36 > 0:33:388 for Magnus Carlsen, well done.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Stuart and Mick have gone for Bobby Fischer.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Let's see if that's right
0:33:45 > 0:33:47and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51It's right.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53It's got a long way... Ooh.
0:33:53 > 0:33:5655 for Bobby Fischer.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02Which means after three questions, John and James,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- you are through to the final 2-1. - Terrific answer.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06Well played, John and James.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Yeah, Magnus Carlsen, he's a world champion,
0:34:08 > 0:34:10he became world number one at the age of 19.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12He's a part-time model as well.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17He earns over a million euros a year, he's like the new face of chess.
0:34:17 > 0:34:208 points. You've got Anatoly Karpov.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23He would've scored you 17 points.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27You've got Garry Kasparov, he would've scored you 37.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28And this is a tough one.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31It's the best answer on the board, Vladimir Kramnik.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34He was world champion throughout most of the first part of this century.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36And he would have scored you 3 points.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Very well done if you said that at home.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- I'm afraid, Stuart and Mick. - Brilliant answer.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47What a fantastic head-to-head it was, though.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Very close, could've gone any way
0:34:49 > 0:34:51and it's been lovely having you on both shows.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Thank you both so much for playing. Great contestants.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55APPLAUSE
0:34:56 > 0:34:59But for John and James, it's now time for Pointless final.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Congratulations, John and James, you've seen off all
0:35:05 > 0:35:09the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:35:17 > 0:35:21and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:35:21 > 0:35:23APPLAUSE
0:35:25 > 0:35:28You've done well. You've seen off all the returning pairs.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30As always, you get to choose your category
0:35:30 > 0:35:34and you have four options to choose from. They are...
0:35:41 > 0:35:44- Not '20s.- We don't know enough about The Beatles,
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- we don't know enough about novelists.- We don't, do we?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49At least seven-letter names could be like countries, footballers.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Seven-letter names, please. - Seven-letter names, it is.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Yeah, three classic Pointless categories in here. Best of luck.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Here are your three choices.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00We are looking for the name of any Chancellor of the Exchequer
0:36:00 > 0:36:03since 1900 whose surname has exactly seven letters.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07We are looking for any chemical element on the periodic table,
0:36:07 > 0:36:10as of January 2014, that has exactly seven letters.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13We're looking for any capital city of the world whose normal
0:36:13 > 0:36:16name in English has seven letters.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20It has to be the capital of a country that is a member of the UN.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23RICHARD REPEATS CATEGORIES
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Very, very best of luck.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30OK. Now, as always,
0:36:30 > 0:36:32you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:32 > 0:36:35and all you need to win that jackpot of £3,500 is for just
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?- BOTH:- Yes.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44There they are, your time starts now.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- OK, capital cities, I think Ottawa.- OK.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51I've got like silicon, lithium, mercury.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Yeah, but they're quite common, they are quite poor.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Osmium is the most dense chemical but I'm not sure
0:36:58 > 0:37:00if that's more than seven letters.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Right, OK.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05I think you're the man for this, I feel like you can...
0:37:05 > 0:37:09- Fluoride, I don't know.- Do you think lithium and silicon are too easy?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- Yeah.- Chancellors is just a write-off, isn't it?
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Ottawa, Canberra, I think they're too common.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Tallinn's not seven.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Right, what answers?- 20 seconds.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29- Shall we go with Ottawa?- OK.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Ten seconds left.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- Mercury?- Maybe silicon.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Oh, goodness.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48OK, that, I'm sorry to say, is your time up.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51I now need your three answers, what are they going to be?
0:37:51 > 0:37:57- Ottawa for seven-letter capital cities.- Em...
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Do you want to pick one?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- Yeah, we'll go for mercury as a chemical element.- You'll go for...?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- Mercury.- Mercury.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08And then...
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- Shall we just take a stab? - Take a stab.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- I'll go osmium for chemical element. - Osmium.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21OK, so we have Ottawa, mercury and osmium.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27- I think it's very sad.- Ottawa maybe?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29I'm not even sure if that's seven letters.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30That one, that's the best one,
0:38:30 > 0:38:34the one that we're not sure if it's seven letters.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35OK, Ottawa, we'll put last.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- Least likely to be pointless? - The one he just made up.- Osmium.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Osmium, we'll put that one first. - I know it's a very dense chemical
0:38:41 > 0:38:43but I'm sure I'm pronouncing it wrong.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48We have got...
0:38:53 > 0:38:56JOHN AND ALEXANDER LAUGH
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- Do you see it?- Yeah.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- Sorry.- What was the category again?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08That's right, yes. OK.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11All right, well, good luck.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12LAUGHTER
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Does it still have to do the...?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17I guess we'll probably just go through it for fun. Osmium.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19It probably won't do the diggita-diggita-diggita though.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- THEY LAUGH - Yeah, I'd imagine that's not going to happen.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Well, listen, your first answer was osmium.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27You're absolutely right, it is a chemical element.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31So, osmium, shall we find out how many people said it?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Just leave it as long as possible.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Oh, bad luck. - AUDIENCE: Awww.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39I'll explain why at the end, guys.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40LAUGHTER
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Hey, but listen, mercury, though, you're in with a shout there.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48What if no-one said mercury?
0:39:48 > 0:39:52We'll...go to Mercury.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54What would you do with your £3,500?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57I'd probably buy some parts for a Mini.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02- I'd buy my band a van, probably. - It's what you need.- Yeah, I do.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05OK, so we are looking in this case for a chemical element with
0:40:05 > 0:40:08seven letters. Let's hope nobody said mercury, let's find out.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11If it's pointless, you will win £3,500.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20Well, it's right...which is more than can be said for osmium.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Down it goes, still going down.
0:40:24 > 0:40:2512!
0:40:25 > 0:40:27APPLAUSE
0:40:31 > 0:40:33That's not a bad answer.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Ottawa also a brilliant answer.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42Let's just find out for fun what Ottawa scores. Let's just...
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Let's just find out.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Yep. There we are. I'm sorry.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52APPLAUSE
0:40:53 > 0:40:57I'm really sorry, you didn't manage to find that pointless answer
0:40:57 > 0:40:59so you don't win today's jackpot of £3,500.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00That will roll over on to the next show.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02But you have been brilliant
0:41:02 > 0:41:04and it's been such good fun having you on the show.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Fantastic contestants all the way through and you get to take
0:41:06 > 0:41:09a Pointless trophy home each so very, very well done.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11APPLAUSE
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Yeah, you had played very well up to there, guys.
0:41:16 > 0:41:17I'm sorry, I was with you,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I thought Ottawa was spelt with a triple T as well.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I was surprised just to see the two.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Eh, lithium would have scored you 8, silicon would have scored you 1.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28That would have been a very good answer, yeah.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31But at least it would've made you look a little bit better.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32LAUGHTER
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Don't point at him, you can count!
0:41:34 > 0:41:36THEY LAUGH
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Let's start with the Chancellors.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44There's some big names. Stanley Baldwin, he was also Prime Minister.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Roy Jenkins was a pointless answer. Iain Macleod.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49There's Paul McKenna,
0:41:49 > 0:41:53the stage hypnotist who was also a Liberal Democrat Chancellor in 1915.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Also, you could've had Charles Ritchie and Philip Snowden.
0:41:55 > 0:42:00Well done, that's all the pointless answers for the Chancellors.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Chemical elements, you could have had arsenic, gallium, iridium.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07You could have had the old Pointless favourite yttrium.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Also, you could have had dubnium, fermium, hassium,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13holmium as well, all of those were pointless answers.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Well done if you said one of those. Now, there's loads of capitals.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17Let's take a look at a few of them.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Baghdad, capital of Iraq, would've won you the money.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Caracas, Venezuela. Nicosia, Cyprus. Vilnius, Lithuania.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28You could have had Bangkok, Bangkok would've been a pointless answer.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Bishkek, Colombo, Conakry, Kampala, Managua, Mbabane.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36You could've had Sao Tome, Tbilisi, Yaounde or Yerevan, which is Armenia.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40So, very well done if you said some of those at home, I suspect
0:42:40 > 0:42:42lots of people would have got something in one of those categories.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Guys, I can't fault your general knowledge. Your counting, terrible.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- But it's been a genuine pleasure to have you on the show.- Thanks.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Thanks very much indeed. Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, John and James.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56It's been brilliant having you on the show, I'm sorry it's only
0:42:56 > 0:42:59been one show, but as I say, you've been fantastic contestants.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Thanks so much for playing. John and James.
0:43:01 > 0:43:02APPLAUSE
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Well, very sadly, John and James didn't win our jackpot today which
0:43:06 > 0:43:11means it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for...
0:43:11 > 0:43:13APPLAUSE
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Join us next time to see if somebody can win it.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:20 > 0:43:21APPLAUSE