Episode 50 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,

and welcome to Pointless, the show where the aim of the game is to find the most obscure answer possible.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, my name's Gregg and this is my colleague, Carly,

and we're from Southend-on-Sea in Essex.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Simon, this is my dear friend Rob.

I'm from Liverpool and Rob's from Cheshire.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Isabelle, this is my mum, Caroline,

and we're from Basingstoke.

-And finally couple number four.

-I'm James, this is my friend Jamie.

We're originally from Essex but we now live in London.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much. We'll get to know more about each of you throughout the show as it goes along.

So that leaves just one person for me to introduce.

According to the Kremlin, he is the only man in history to get into

a fist fight with a supercomputer during a game of chess.

It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.

Hi, everyone. Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-Are you well?

-I'm very well.

-You look very jolly.

-Do I?

-I'm feeling jolly, Richard.

-Oh, that's nice!

-Good.

Only one returning pair today - James and Jamie.

We saw a lot of them last time. Got through to the head-to-head.

Going to be very tough to beat for our three new pairs.

I'm worried for you because you're standing very, very close to Gregg's shirt.

-Are you going to be OK?

-Yeah.

It's a garish design, but the colour scheme is quite muted.

Yeah, OK. I see what you mean.

Also, for now, it at least matches the colouring for the round.

When that turns to cerise, who knows what's going to happen?

-There's going to be all sorts of trouble.

-For now, it's fine.

A proper, classic Pointless Round One today.

-Nothing pleases me more than that.

-Excellent.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Every question on Pointless has been put to 100 people before the show.

Today's contestants are looking for a pointless answer, of course,

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Find one of those and we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Now, Lola and Alice didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

OK, remember, the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated,

so do what you can to make sure that is not you.

Our fast category today is...

Words.

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

who's going to go second?

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

words ending in EAK as they could.

Words ending in EAK, Richard.

Yes, we're looking for any word that has its own entry

in the Oxford Dictionary of English that ends EAK.

As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words, anything like that.

Just anything that ends EAK. Very, very best of luck.

OK, thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now then, Carly, welcome.

Welcome to Pointless. Now, Carly, what do you do?

-I am a financial analyst.

-You analyse finances for whom?

-For a college.

-For a college?

-Yeah.

-In your spare time, what do you get up to?

-Sport, mainly.

-Hockey, football.

-Hockey, football?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Now then, it's words ending EAK. What are you going to go for?

I am going to go for... Because my spelling's atrocious...

-But I think squeak.

-Squeak, says Carly.

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

It's right.

-28.

-APPLAUSE

Not bad. 28. Gets us off to a good start.

Yeah, it's a short high-pitched sound or cry, a squeak.

-That's exactly what it is.

-Like a mouse would make, say.

-Oh, yes.

-Good with a bubble.

-Lovely with a bubble.

-Mmm.

-Simon.

-Hello.

Welcome to the show. What do you do, Simon?

I basically launch cancer drugs and diagnostics all around the world.

Well, that's quite good, isn't it? You launch them?

Yeah. I'll help people research the products, develop the products,

make sure it complies with all the laws,

make sure it's completely safe for people.

Does this involve you actually travelling around?

-I travel all over the world, yes.

-So then, Simon, words ending EAK.

Not 100% sure.

It's quite a sort of childish word if you like, but pipsqueak.

Nothing childish about that. Pipsqueak. Sounds good to me.

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

It is of course right. I think this is going to go properly low.

Very well done indeed, Simon.

Not quite pointless, but you don't get any closer than that.

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Very well done indeed. 1 for pipsqueak.

That's a terrific answer, Simon. Very well played.

Someone considered to be insignificant or small, particularly a youngster.

-Now then, Caroline, welcome.

-Hello.

What do you do? You are from Basingstoke in Hampshire.

-Which no-one's ever heard of.

-People have heard of Basingstoke!

Yeah, but no-one seems to know it for some reason.

-I could prod to a map where it is.

-Near Winchester.

Near Andover, Winchester, near Fordingbridge.

-Nowhere near Fordingbridge.

-Nowhere near Fordingbridge.

LAUGHTER

Anyway, what you do, Caroline?

I'm a housewife and mother and general handy woman for my family.

A handy woman for your family. Excellent.

How are you feeling about these words ending in EAK?

I was going to go pipsqueak, but obviously that's gone now.

So I'm going for break.

OK, break. Let's see if that's right...

I'm going to stop saying "Let's see if that's right."

I think it's right. Let's see how many people said break.

It's right.

1 is our low score, 28 our high score.

43 for break.

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-Yeah, a big score for break.

-Break's one of those words that just means virtually everything, doesn't it?

For example, you could have a lovely weekend break in Basingstoke.

-Yeah.

-That would be something no-one's ever said.

LAUGHTER

-James, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Talk us through last time.

We got to the head-to-head through a series of lucky guessing.

No, no, no. Ingenuity, James.

-Educated guessing, maybe.

-LAUGHTER

-Remind us what you do, James.

-I'm a database manager for a charity.

And remind us what you like getting up to. What are your hobbies?

Em... Columbo. I'm a big fan of Columbo.

I've been waiting for a round to come up on this for years.

I am hoping that we might get that this time round.

OK, well, who knows? First round, words.

Do well in that, maybe you'll earn a bit of Columbo in the second.

Maybe, maybe. I'm not liking this round.

I forgot every word as soon as it came up.

But I'm going to go for streak.

Streak. Streak, says James.

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

Well, we range from 43 to 1.

Let's see where you come on that scale.

9. Single figures, James.

APPLAUSE

Well done, James.

Streak, another thing that can mean all sorts of things,

including being naked in a public place.

-James, I'll ask you a Columbo question if you want.

-OK.

Of which country is Colombo the capital?

Em... Venezuela?

-Sri Lanka.

-Aw!

Aw, so close!

That's about as close to Venezuela as Fordingbridge is to Basingstoke.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

1, the best score of that pass.

Simon, very well done indeed. Pipsqueak.

Up to 9, where we find James there with streak.

Then up to 28 where we have Carly and Gregg with squeak.

And then up to 43, Caroline and Isabelle.

You're not way out in front, but you are in front.

So, Isabelle, we need a great, great answer from you.

-Oh, I've just thought of one.

-Have you?

-Yeah. Literally just then. Oh!

Anyway, enough from me. We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, now, Jamie, remember,

we are looking for words that end in the letters EAK.

Jamie, remind us what you do.

I'm an editor for an advertising website that showcases

advertising in short films, and bits and bobs like that. Music videos.

So working out how to get advertising onto those?

Interviewing people who make advertising, music videos

-and stuff like that about how they made it. Quite fun.

-Very good.

There you are. You're on 9.

The high scorers at the moment are Isabelle and Caroline on 43,

so 33 or less sees you into Round Two.

OK. I always quite like these rounds at home

because I go for crazy answers and sometimes they're right.

But I haven't got the bottle to do it today.

So, I'm going to go bleak.

OK, bleak, says Jamie. Here's your red line.

Get below that, you're in Round Two.

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

Whee! Look at that. 31.

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Takes your total up to 40. It's close, but you're through.

-Yeah, charmless, dreary, cold and miserable.

-Thanks, Rich.

Now, Isabelle. Welcome. Great to have you here. What do you do?

I'm a student at Aston University in Birmingham.

-And what are you studying?

-International business and French.

Of the two bits of your degree, which do you like the most?

I'm much better at the business side of it,

but I do enjoy languages. So...

Good stuff. Good.

Now, you've had a little bit of time to think about words ending in EAK.

I was going to say bleak, but that's obviously already been said.

-So I'm going to say steak.

-Steak, says Isabelle.

Now, no red line for you as you are the high scorers at the moment.

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

-24. Not bad.

-APPLAUSE

67 is your total.

That puts a bit of pressure on Gregg, now, on podium one. Yeah, steak.

We had someone else on the other day

-who was studying business and French, didn't we?

-Exactly.

-And she liked the French bit more.

-She did.

The two of you should hook up and do each other's exams!

What is French for business studies?

-I don't know!

-Surely that...

Etudes d'affaires.

-Etudes d'affaires.

-Etudes d'affaires!

Yeah, it probably is that, actually!

I made it up. I'm using my vast knowledge of French!

-That's got to be the first lecture on the first day, hasn't it?

-Yeah.

You'd have thought you'd learn the name of the course!

We've not blended them together yet.

-There's your first mistake!

-I know.

-Rob, welcome.

-Hello.

-What do you do, Rob?

-I own a cafe.

Good for you. How long have you done that for?

-A month.

-Oh, I see!

-So, how's it going?

-Very well.

-An encouraging start.

-OK, good turnover?

-Yeah.

-How many covers?

-About 50 a day.

I've seen Restaurant Man, you see.

When you were asking about the turnover,

I thought you'd been watching Great British Bake Off!

Now then, Rob,

you've had a little bit of time to think of a really good answer.

The high scorers are Isabelle and Caroline on 67,

which means if you can score 65 or less, with a word ending EAK...

Well, I'm going to go with daybreak.

Daybreak, I think, is a cracking answer.

Let's find out if it's right.

Let's find out how many people said it. There's your red line.

There you go, it's right.

And you are through to the next round.

I have a feeling this might be joining pipsqueak

down at the bottom of the column.

It does! Right at the bottom!

You matched Simon's exemplary low scoring on the first past.

Your total is 2. Well done, Rob.

Terrific answer, Rob, very well played. Yeah, daybreak.

You don't need me to tell you what that is, do you?

Nope. Indeed.

-Now, Gregg...

-Hi.

-..welcome to the show. What do you do?

Well, I work in the same college as Carly,

-and I'm the senior financial analyst.

-Oh, I see!

You're the boss!

I'm slightly more senior than Carly.

Slightly, that's nicely put. Very nicely put.

And what are your hobbies, Gregg?

In my spare time, I'd like to say I'm a board game enthusiast.

-I play a lot of modern board games.

-Now, by "modern" what do you mean?

Well, it's a golden age of board games at the moment.

Really, they're releasing new ones every month

in Europe and the United States.

Lots of very colourful, pretty American ones

and lots of strategic, really thinky ones from Europe.

Very good. OK, now, talking of strategic games, Gregg,

you are on 28.

The high scorers, Isabelle and Caroline, are on 67.

38 or less gets you through.

OK, I think I'm going to go for...freak.

Freak. There is your red line.

Get below that, you are through to the next round. Good luck.

It's right.

Oh, Gregg!

-I was drawing breath to say, "You've done it!"

-Me too.

I'm so sorry. 41!

Takes your total up to 69.

Yeah, very sorry. That is tough luck.

-A big score, isn't it, for freak?

-Isn't it?

-41.

Now, what was your answer going to be?

-Misspeak.

-Misspeak?

-Yeah.

I used to get taught by Miss Speak at school.

-One point.

-Oh, that's nice.

-Yeah, would have been a great score.

Yeah, how is Miss Speak?

I don't think she's Miss Speak any more.

-I think she's...

-Miss Spoken For?!

LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

You'd have done well to get some of these.

That's actually a butterfly - a hairstreak.

Halfbeak, which is a fish, believe it or not.

You could have had housebreak, which is not to break into a house.

It means to house train a pet - to housebreak.

Newspeak,

which of course comes from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

That's a pointless answer.

I'll give you a few of the low scorers.

You might have got some of these. Windbreak would have scored 1.

You'd have got 1 for jailbreak as well.

1 for doublespeak, 2 for debeak. Heartbreak would have scored you 2.

Beefsteak would have scored 3. So some low scorers.

Let's look at the top three answers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our first round,

I'm afraid the pair heading home with a high score of 69

is Gregg and Carly.

Oh, it was all falling so neatly into place and then freak,

I'm afraid, came along and scored so high.

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you

but we'll see you again next time. We look forward to that very much.

But thanks very much, Gregg and Carly.

APPLAUSE

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

So now we are down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we'll have to go down to two pairs.

I wonder which pair will be leaving us.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Recent history.

Can you all decide who's going first and who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

1980s History, Richard.

On each pass, we'll show you six questions about the '80s.

You need to give us the most obscure answer, please.

There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home,

-so very best of luck.

-Thanks very much, indeed.

So let's reveal our first board of six questions, and here they come.

I will read those all one last time.

There we are, six clues to facts about the 1980s.

-Rob?

-Yes.

I think you probably know them all.

There is one that I should know...

..and it's hiding away somewhere in the back of my head but

for some reason I can't bring the answer to the tip of my tongue...

-Yeah.

-..to give it to you.

So I'm going to have to go with...

the airbase in Berkshire, which was Greenham Common.

Greenham Common, says Rob. Let's see if that's right

and how many people said it.

It's right.

20!

Not bad at all.

Yeah, the camp only ended in 2000, actually, despite being...

The airbase was decommissioned in 1991

but they stayed there until it was completely empty

and all the perimeter fences had been taken down.

-Thanks, Rich. Now, Isabelle.

-Yeah.

How are we feeling about this as a subject?

I should technically know the second one

as I studied all the utilities privatisations

but I can't remember. But...

I can't answer any of them so I'm just going to say...

Red Rum for the top one, as that's the only horse I know.

OK, Red Rum says Isabelle. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Red Rum.

I'm afraid it is a horse but not that horse!

But I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.

Yeah, I'll give all the answers at the end of the pass.

OK, now then, James, talk us through the board

-and fill in all the blanks.

-Erm...

I can only do a few.

I think the top one might be Shergar.

The second one might be "Tell Eric."

I think the government minister was Edwina Currie.

The president was Ronald Reagan.

I'll go for the top one, Shergar.

OK, Shergar, says James.

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

It's right.

Well, 20 is our lowest score so far.

44.

44 for Shergar.

Yeah, it's an absolutely extraordinary story.

All sorts of books about it and well worth reading.

No-one's ever officially confirmed what happened.

Isabelle, if it makes you feel any happier,

11 of our 100 also said Red Rum.

So they were wrong but at least everyone was wrong together!

So that's nice. Now, let's fill in the rest of the board.

Rob, was there an obscure one you were trying to go for?

I thought the author of Spy Catcher

would have been the best score on the board

but I can't for the life of me remember his name.

It is the best score on the board and his name was Peter Wright.

It's one of those names that's easy to slip your mind.

British Gas urge you to tell...

-Sid.

-Sid, yeah. Not Eric.

The government minister was Edwina Currie.

You're quite right.

And the president of the USA was Ronald Reagan.

So Peter Wright the best answer up there.

Thanks. Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's look at those scores. 20 the best score of the pass, Rob.

Very well done. Once again, Rob and Simon looking very strong.

Up to 44, James and Jamie. There you are.

And then 100, Isabelle and Caroline.

Once again, halfway through the round, you're the high scorers.

You were all right last time, maybe you will be this time. Back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Jamie, you're going to try and find the person or event

described by those clues you think the fewest of 100 people knew.

Well, history is definitely not

one of the topics that I was hoping for,

along with geography and sport, which we've had as well.

Let's just narrow this down. What were you hoping for?

-Films, just films!

-OK!

But I think I did see a TV programme about this fellow,

so I think I know.

And I think I've sat in one of these. Is it...

-Clive Sinclair who invented the...

-Clive Sinclair.

-What was the TV programme?

-I don't know, it was terrible.

Like, the guy, it was really bad.

-Yeah, who played Clive Sinclair in that?

-I don't know,

it wasn't good, though. It wasn't a great performance.

-It was me. Oh, you know that. OK, good.

-I know it was.

Anyway, listen, there is your red line.

You have to get below that with Clive Sinclair.

Let's see if it's right.

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

It's right.

You are in the head-to-head!

55, you needed, 53 you've got.

-97 is your total.

-Yeah, the C5, of course, a huge disaster.

It overshadowed some of the extraordinary things

Sir Clive Sinclair did, I would say.

I imagine history will judge him much more kindly.

Right, now, Caroline, this is where it all comes into play.

You're on 100, Simon and Rob are on 20.

There is a scenario in which you can make it into the head-to-head.

-It involves them scoring 100 and you scoring less than 20.

-Right.

-How are we feeling about the board?

-It's OK.

I just don't know which one out of the bottom two to go for...

And I'm confident on the Tudor warship but I'm wondering

whether to go for the Soviet Union leader. I'll go for...

-Mikhail Gorbachev.

-Mikhail Gorbachev, says Caroline.

Let's see if that's right.

No red line as you're the high scorers.

Let's see how many people said Gorbachev.

It's right.

34.

134 is your total.

Yeah, it's a good answer, Caroline.

Not quite enough to save you on this occasion.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990

for his part in bringing the Cold War to an end.

OK, now then, Simon.

I think you will know all these answers.

Would you like to talk us through them?

I know the surname of the top one would be Gandhi

but I for the life of me can't think of the Christian name.

I could tell you every move in Torvill and Dean's routine

but I think it was Sarajevo, as a guess.

Caribbean island in '83...

I would guess at Grenada,

and I'm pretty certain it was the Mary Rose.

Cos I admire Torvill and Dean so much,

I'm going to go for Sarajevo.

Sarajevo, says Simon.

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

but let's see how many people said Sarajevo.

It's right, obviously.

Oh, very well done. 18.

38 is your total.

Well played, Simon. Every question in every round so far,

the two of you have got the lowest scores on your pass.

So very, very well played.

You were right about Grenada.

It would have been an even better score, actually.

It would have scored you 16.

You're right about the Mary Rose. That's a very big score, though.

That would have scored you 68.

And the Indian Prime Minister... It was Indira Gandhi.

She would have scored you 42 points.

Thank you very much indeed.

So the pair heading home, with a high score of 134,

I'm afraid is Caroline and Isabelle.

Yes, Red Rum, I'm afraid, was the...

I knew three of those answers on the second board!

So had you gone the other way round...

-And Caroline, you knew loads on the previous board.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, we'd have probably done it.

-Oh, no.

-Oh, well.

Well, listen, you'll be back next time

and you'll just have to think more carefully

about which order you play in.

Like that's going to help!

I mean, not like... I don't mean...! Just because...!

Wait!

I don't mean that! I mean,

you don't know what's going to be on the board.

-Oh! That sounded terrible!

-Do you know what? It's fine.

I think you got away with it.

I feel awful now.

And now I'm going to say, "Looking forward to seeing you next time,"

which I genuinely am. And I think you're going to do much, much better

cos you'll work out which order... I'll just shut up!

Caroline and Isabelle, wonderful contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for James and Jamie, Simon and Rob,

it's now time for the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Simon and Rob, James and Jamie.

You're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at...

-There it is.

-APPLAUSE

So now we get to the bit where we have to decide

who is going to play for that money

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

But the difference is you are now allowed to confer

before you give your answers.

And the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

This is going to be very exciting.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here's your first question and it concerns...

Motown Artists. Richard?

We'll show you five acts that have been signed to Motown or Tamla Motown.

Can you give us the name of the most obscure?

OK, let's reveal our five artists.

And here they are. We've got...

There we are. Five Motown artists.

Simon and Rob, you played best throughout the show so far

so you'll go first.

THEY WHISPER

OK, we think D is Boyz II Men.

Boyz II Men, say Simon and Rob, for D.

James and Jamie, the rest of the board is yours.

Talk us through them.

-We think A is Stevie Wonder.

-Yeah.

C is Lionel Richie

but was it The Temptations he was in before?

-I think we'd have to guess for that.

-E, I don't know E.

Might be Smokey...Robinson?

-I don't know.

-Shall we go for C?

-Yeah.

We'll go for The Temptations, C.

OK, so, James and Jamie, you are saying that C is The Temptations.

C - The Temptations. So we have Boyz II Men versus The Temptations.

Simon and Rob have said that D is Boyz II Men.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said Boyz II Men.

Wow, 6 for Boyz II Men!

Very well done! Simon and Rob, an unstoppable quiz force, there.

James and Jamie, you have said that C is The Temptations.

Let's see if that's right

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

Oh, bad luck!

Not The Temptations, there, but very well done, Simon and Rob.

Boyz II Men saw you through there and after one question,

you are up 1-0.

Well played, Simon and Rob.

Yeah, it is Lionel Richie but he was originally in the Commodores.

And that would have scored you 27.

They had that big hit Three Times a Lady,

which is where the Cockney rhyming slang for £15 comes from.

They call it a Commodore

because a Lady Godiva, a fiver, is five pounds.

So three times a "Lady" is £15.

-That is good.

-Hats off to whoever came up with that!

-That is very good.

Let's look at the rest. You are right about Stevie Wonder.

And B is a pointless answer.

It's The Marvelettes,

remembered for having a hit in 1961 with Please Mr Postman.

Very, very well done if you said that.

And E is the Four Tops.

And they would have scored you 18.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, here comes your second question.

James and Jamie, you have to get this one right

or you will have come to the end of the road.

Oh, good luck!

It concerns...

Items Used For Gardening. Richard?

We're going to show you five items now

used in gardening but in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them and give us the best answer? Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five items used in gardening

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

James and Jamie, you'll go first.

THEY WHISPER

OK, we think we know a couple but...

We don't know what'll be lower.

We don't know which will be lower.

We'll go for the bottom one, which is water butt.

Water butt. OK, Simon and Rob?

Do you want to talk us through the rest of the board, if you can.

I'll give it a go.

Top two are flummoxing me for the moment.

I think next to bottom one is trowel

and the centre one is dibber.

-I think I'd go with dibber.

-You're going to go with dibber.

OK, so we have water butt and we have dibber.

James and Jamie said water butt. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people said that.

It's right, of course.

17!

17. Now then, Simon and Rob have gone for dibber, "red bib."

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

It's right.

Oh, 42!

Well done, James and Jamie. Back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

First time in the whole show that Simon and Rob

haven't had the best answer. Very well played.

It's a very good answer, water butt.

There is an answer up there that would beat it.

It is not trowel.

That would have scored you 71.

The top one you couldn't get is lawnmower.

And that would have scored you 33.

It's the second one down that's the best answer on that board.

Any ideas?

-Tricky. Anyone in the audience?

-Cultivator.

-Cultivator, very well played. Yeah, 6 points.

-Good.

Thank you very much.

OK, it comes down to this, the third question, the decider.

And it concerns...

The Galapagos Islands. Richard?

Five clues, now, to facts about the Galapagos islands.

The team that gives us the most obscure answer

is going through to play for the jackpot. Good luck.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Simon and Rob, you will go first.

I don't know a lot about the Galapagos Islands.

But I think...

..the last of the Pinta Island tortoises

was known as Lonesome George.

Lonesome George.

Now, James and Jamie, the board is yours.

We also don't know a lot about the Galapagos Islands!

-Is there one called Columbo?

-No!

We've got a punt for the bottom one, haven't we?

I think we'll go for the bottom one, named after Charles Darwin.

Charles Darwin seems fair enough. Charles Darwin.

OK, so we have Lonesome George versus Charles Darwin.

Simon and Rob went for Lonesome George.

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

It's right.

Oh, that's a good answer!

Look at that, 8 for Lonesome George.

Very well done.

James and Jamie have gone for Charles Darwin

for the bottom one, the research station.

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

It's right.

Oh, it's not bad, it's going to be close! 19.

19. Very well done indeed.

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

Very well played. Poor old Lonesome George.

He was over 100 when he died but his subspecies have been known to live to 200 years

so he was actually relatively young. He died in middle age.

But he was the last of his species

so they kept trying to find him a mate but it couldn't happen.

Poor old Lonesome George.

But a great one as it just lodged at the back of your head, there.

Terrific answer.

The ocean in which they're situated is the Pacific.

That would have scored you 51 points.

The red-footed, blue-fitted and nazca are all boobies.

Would have scored you 14 points.

And the largest of the Galapagos Islands is named Isabela.

It would have scored you 2 points.

After Queen Isabella.

And you know whose voyages she funded?

-Columbus.

-Yes, you see!

-Oh, so close!

Nearly, nearly. 2 points for that, it's the best answer there.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair heading home, I'm afraid, is James and Jamie.

Two head-to-head rounds consecutively, not bad at all.

But I'm afraid you were up against the machine that is Simon and Rob.

So there's nothing really you could do, you were powerless.

Resistance was indeed futile

but it's been great having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing, James and Jamie.

APPLAUSE

But for Simon and Robert, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Simon and Rob.

You've 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, our jackpot stands at...

APPLAUSE

Well, what a performance. I mean, we knew you were good.

We knew you were good right from the "p" of pipsqueak.

Right through to the "...ge" of Lonesome George.

Now, Simon and Rob, remember you get to choose your category, obviously.

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

-I'll skip poetry and New Zealand.

-Yeah.

I am a "Roses are red..." type of guy for poetry!

New Zealand, no.

-So American rock or sitcoms.

-American rock?

The chance of Billy Joel potentially. Is he rock?

-Are you a big fan?

-Oh, I am.

-He's a massive Billy Joel fan.

He's the world's biggest Billy Joel anorak.

I think we should go with American rock.

American rock, please.

OK, American rock it is. Richard?

OK, here are your three choices.

We are looking for the name of any studio album

released by any of the following acts.

So, we're not accepting live albums or compilations.

For Metallica, we won't accept Garage Inc, Through the Never or Lulu.

So looking for any studio album made up to February 2014

by any of those three acts.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready?

-I think so, yes.

-Yeah.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

OK, Foo Fighters albums...

-The only one I can think of is Nothing Left To Lose.

-Right.

Metallica albums the only one I can think of is The Black Album.

Metallica... Bruce Springsteen, recently I bought...

Well, everything he has. There's Wrecking Ball, Human Touch.

-Human touch is a good one. Tunnel of Love?

-Tunnel of Love is...

-I don't know if that's an album or not.

-It is.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-So Tunnel of Love, Human Touch and Wrecking Ball.

-OK.

-Shall we go for them?

-Yeah, fine by me.

-OK.

-Done.

There we are.

OK, we're going to stop the clock with 27 seconds still on it.

This is punchy!

OK, now, give me your three answers.

So, it's Bruce Springsteen albums.

-Yeah, they're all going to be Bruce Springsteen?

-Tunnel of Love.

-Tunnel of Love.

-Wrecking Ball.

-Wrecking Ball.

-Human Touch.

-And Human Touch.

-Nearly lost my touch there!

OK, of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Tunnel of Love?

-Quite, yeah.

-OK, Tunnel of Love we'll put last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-BOTH: Human Touch.

-Human Touch we'll put first.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order

and here they are.

We've got...

Well, very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Human Touch.

You thought this was probably the least likely to be pointless.

Let's say it was pointless, though.

What would you do with that prize money, Simon?

My mum's not been well for quite some time

so I would send her away on a cruise and send my dad with her,

-just to say thank you for everything they've done.

-Oh, Simon!

-Well done, you.

-APPLAUSE

-Rob?

-Another noble cause.

I'd probably go out with him and get horribly drunk!

LAUGHTER

-Again, round of applause!

-APPLAUSE

No, two excellent things to be doing with your prize money.

OK, so, we were looking for Human Touch.

In this case, obviously, a Bruce Springsteen album.

It has to be right and pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So for £2,000, let's see how many people said Human Touch.

It's right.

That's a start!

It's more than a start. Down it goes.

We're more than halfway down, two thirds of the way down.

Down it goes! Still going down. Into single figures and...

-You've done it!

-Get in!

You have done it! Very well done indeed.

That's fantastic. Brilliant. Brilliant.

Oh, fantastic!

CHEERING

Very, very well done.

With your first answer, right in the bull's-eye, there.

So, congratulations. Human Touch was a pointless answer

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

-Excellent, very well done.

-APPLAUSE

Wow. I mean, you have barely put a foot wrong

since the first question on the first round.

Terrific performance.

Blotted your copybook slightly with Wrecking Ball,

cos it would have scored 2 points, I'm afraid.

But then, Tunnel of Love another pointless answer!

APPLAUSE

You also mentioned There Is Nothing Left To Lose,

the Foo Fighters album...

which is another pointless answer.

There's only one of them up there!

Let's take a look at the Bruce Springsteen ones.

There's a few pointless answers here. This was the category to go for.

Lucky Town, which was released at the same time as Human Touch.

You also could have had Devils & Dust.

You could have had Greetings from Asbury Park, Magic,

you could have had We Shall Overcome, Working on a Dream.

All of those were pointless. And as I say, there are only two others.

One for the Foo Fighters, which is There Is Nothing Left To Lose,

and only one for Metallica, as well.

So well done if you said those at home.

I suspect people would have got pointless answers on Springsteen

but these guys got two in the studio, £2,000.

You've been brilliant from start to finish. Well deserved.

Congratulations, guys.

APPLAUSE

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Simon and Rob,

who go away with a very well-deserved jackpot of £2,000.

Brilliant.

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!