0:00:18 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed. Hello! I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Welcome to Pointless, where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34- And couple number one.- Hello.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36My name's Benny, this is my best friend, Tom,
0:00:36 > 0:00:38and we're from a couple of little villages in Suffolk.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44My name's Sean, this is Rayne, and we come from east London.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Couple number three.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49My name is Jacqui, this is my friend Donna, and we're from Liverpool.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50And finally, couple number four.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Angela. This is my youngest son, Alex, and we're from Warrington.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And these are today's contestants.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Thanks very much. We'll find out more about each of you throughout the show,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04as it goes along. So that just leaves one person for me to introduce.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Good job you're not watching in smell-o-vision,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09as his musky scent would drive you viewers wild.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- It is my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Hi, everybody.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- Ah, welcome along. - Yeah, welcome to you, too.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20That sentence could have ended worse, I have to say.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24- It could, exactly. There we are. - I wondered where it was going. Three new pairs with us today.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Only one pair returning - that's Benny and Tom.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29They did very well last time - got through to the head-to-head -
0:01:29 > 0:01:31so they'll be tough to beat, I think.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Round One, absolute classic, down-the-line, old-school Pointless.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Excellent. Thank you very much. Looking forward to that.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41All our questions on Pointless have been asked to 100 people before the show.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46All our contestants have to do is hunt down those answers our 100 people couldn't give.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49If you can find a pointless answer, one nobody gave,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Now then, Amber and Steve won the jackpot last time,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00There we are. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Remember that the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12So do everything you can to make sure that is not you.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Our first category today is...
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's going to go second?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:02:37 > 0:02:41..as they could. Countries with a U in their name. Richard.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44We are looking for the name of any country whose usual
0:02:44 > 0:02:47short-form English name contains the letter U.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49As always, by country we mean a sovereign state
0:02:49 > 0:02:51that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54So, any country with a U in its name, please.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Thanks very much, indeed. Now then, Benny. Welcome back.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Tell us the story of your last Pointless appearance.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Well, we kind of embarrassed ourselves a little bit
0:03:03 > 0:03:06in Flowers - it's not a strong point for both of us.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11- You made it to the head-to-head. - We did.- These were the meadows you were in when the flowers cropped up.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16- But, yes, you identified a petunia as a hyacinth.- We did, indeed.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- That's OK.- Yep.- Now, Benny. Countries with a U in their name.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24It's a much stronger subject for me. I've got quite a few answers.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27But I'm going to go for one which I think will be quite low.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29And that is French Guiana.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32French Guiana, says Benny.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said French Guiana.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Oh, Benny.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Oh, I'm sorry. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47for a reason we will discover at some point. Maybe quite soon.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50But it scores you 100 points - I'm sorry.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Yeah, not a country, I'm afraid, French Guiana. Sorry about that.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Does have a U in it. That bit's terrific, but not a country.
0:03:58 > 0:04:0050% of the way there.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Thank you. Now, welcome to you, Rayne. Good to have you here.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05What do you do?
0:04:05 > 0:04:10I work for an east London local authority, in the parks department.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And my current job title is senior community park ranger.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16How much of your time is not taken up chasing after children going,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18"Oi!"
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- About 99%.- OK.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24OK. So, what exactly do you do with your ranging?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26We're there to be a public face of the park,
0:04:26 > 0:04:30and we make sure the park's an attractive and safe place to visit.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35- And hopefully a rewarding place to visit, as well.- OK. Now then, Rayne.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- Countries with a U in their name. - I've got a few.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Couple of Pointless favourites that generally score low,
0:04:42 > 0:04:47and I'm going to go with the newbie of the pack, South Sudan.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Nicely done, Rayne. What about that? South Sudan.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said South Sudan.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56It's right.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Still going down, Rayne.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Look at that! 3.
0:05:05 > 0:05:093. South Sudan never lets us down. 3.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Very well played, Rayne. It was only last year it used to get zero for everything,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- and now it's climbing steadily. It's got a U in both its names - how about that?- That was clever.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20How about that for commitment to be on Pointless?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22When they were naming it, that was one of the key things,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26"How do we get to be in as many Pointless categories as possible?"
0:05:26 > 0:05:28They should've put an E in it somewhere, in my opinion.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- "South Sudean."- They've got S.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- They've got that completely sorted, haven't they?- Oh, yes.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36They've got more S's than you can shake a stick at.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- It's impressive.- Two S's, two U's. They've got an A in there.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41They've got an N.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Two words beginning with the same, so alliterative, as well.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Correct, they're going five-five, which is very, very good.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Countries with a compass point in them. We haven't done that.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53We'll keep thinking about that. Well done, South Sudan, if you're watching. Thank you.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Now, Donna. Welcome to the show, great to have you here.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57What do you do?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- I teach American history at the University of Chester.- Excellent.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Have you spent time in America?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Yeah, I travel quite a lot there for work,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08and I've got some family there, so I travel for fun, as well.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11One of my ambitions is to have visited every single state.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- How are you doing?- I've done 37.- 37! Wow, not bad at all.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17What else do you like to get up to, apart from travelling?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19One of the things I do in my spare time is...
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The village I live in in Liverpool, Walton -
0:06:22 > 0:06:25the church there is where John Lennon first met Paul McCartney.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28One of the things I do is to help show people around the church
0:06:28 > 0:06:32and take them to the spot where they met and share the magic.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- Fantastic. OK, now, Donna. Countries with a U in.- OK.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Geography is one of my worst subjects.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42However, my research speciality is foreign policy towards the Horn of Africa.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45One of the countries has a U in the name, I think.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47I'm going to go with Djibouti.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Djibouti. A favourite of Mr Osman's, there.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Yeah, well, I like the guy who runs it, SHEIKH DJIBOUTI.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Djibouti - let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03It is right.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Now, 3 is our lowest score, at the moment.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Oh, you've passed that!
0:07:10 > 0:07:12You've passed that, Donna - look at that!
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Straight down to pointless.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19That adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £1,250.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20It scores you nothing.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Very, very well done, indeed, Donna.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- Ah, Djibouti.- That is a terrific answer, Donna.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Very well played, lovely way to start your Pointless career.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Yeah, and it is indeed, it's on the Horn of Africa.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- Thank you. Now, Angela.- Hello. - Angela, welcome.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36From Warrington. What do you do in Warrington, Angela?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I work in the central planning department
0:07:39 > 0:07:42of a well-known high street retailer.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Right. Central planning, meaning... What sort of plans do you make?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I work in the call centre, so we deal with service levels
0:07:49 > 0:07:52and getting people in the right place at the right time
0:07:52 > 0:07:55to deal with the right call, and if there's a problem with a product,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57to sort things out with that, as well.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00OK. Now, Angela, what are you going to go for?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02We're looking for countries with a U in their name.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Well, as my son will tell you,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08geography is not a good subject for me.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13So I'm going to take a punt and hope that he comes up with a spondoolie answer,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16and I'm going to day Guatemala.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Guatemala, says Angela.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said Guatemala.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24It's right.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Well, zero is our low score.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Oh! 3. There we are. Very well done, indeed, Angela.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36You join Rayne and South Sudan, there.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39That's a terrific answer, Angela, very well played.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Archaeologists think there's been human beings in Guatemala for 14,000 years.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Thank you. We're halfway through the round - let's look at the scores.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Well, you don't get better than that score, Donna.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Very well done indeed. A lovely low score, there.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Puts you in a very strong position at this stage.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Then up to 3, where we find Angela, Alex, Rayne and Sean.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02And then...Benny. You don't get worse than that score.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04We find Benny and Tom up there.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07French Guiana, I'm afraid, lets you down badly.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Tom, anything could happen in the next pass.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13What we will require from you is a low score. Good luck with that.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16We're going to come back down the line. Second players, step up to the podium.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24So, Alex. Remember, we are looking for countries whose names contain the letter U.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28And there you are on 3. Brilliant work by Angela.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Alex, what do you do?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Well, I'm still technically a student.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34I'm currently on a placement year,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38so I've done two years of university, taken a year out.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40So, I've got 12 months of employment,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42and then I go back and do my final year.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- OK, what are you studying? - Accounting and finance.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46And where's your placement year?
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Close to home, in Warrington, so I'm living at home. As a student would.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55- Excellent.- Good sponge.- Good sponge. Now, how is your geography?- OK.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Yeah, there's a few answers I've got bouncing around in there.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00A few Pointless favourites.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Now, Angela was confident you'd come up with a brilliant answer.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Was she right?- I would hope so.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07OK, what are you going to give us?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- I think I'm going to go with Vanuatu.- Vanuatu.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Another Pointless favourite. Vanuatu.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Here is your red line, nice and high.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20If you can get below that, you are definitely in the next round. Let's see how many people said Vanuatu.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23It's right, and you're through.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Look at that! 2!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Another great score, takes your total
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- up to 5. Very well done, Alex. - Very well played.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Yeah, Vanuatu, an old friend of the show. Two U's in its name.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Home to 11 species of bat.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- 11 species.- Yeah, can you believe that?- You know what we should do?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49As a present, because they've been good to us, Vanuatu - they really have, over the years -
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- maybe we should get them another species of bat.- That's a nice idea.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- As you know, I'm quite interested in insects and all sorts of things like that.- I do know.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00I crossbred a locust with a bat, and I've got a cricket bat.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I think that would be a nice thing, a gesture, to Vanuatu.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- Let's do it after the show, though. - Yeah, OK.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- We'll head off with a bagful of bats.- Aw.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- Be nice.- Yeah.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Make sure we get a night flight. - Yeah.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Stick them on a piece of string, behind the plane.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- They'd love that. Imagine that. - They really would love that.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- They like flying - imagine at that speed.- Yeah.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27We'd land and they'd go, "Again, again, again."
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- "You're in your new home." - "This is where you're staying now."
0:11:30 > 0:11:32"It's hot here." "Yeah, Vanuatu, mate."
0:11:34 > 0:11:40- Jackie.- Hello.- Welcome here. What do you do, Jackie?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43My job is as a Beatles tour guide.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45You really are, genuinely, a Beatles tour guide?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I'm genuinely a Beatles tour guide.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- How long have you done that for? - Almost 20 years, now.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51What's your favourite bit?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54My favourite bit is probably when I go to St Peter's Church
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and meet Donna, because then we can get to see
0:11:56 > 0:12:00where Lennon met McCartney, and also the grave of Eleanor Rigby.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04- So that's quite cool.- Oh, that is cool. Very good. Now, Jackie.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06We want countries with a U in their name.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10OK. I'm going to chicken out and go really safe on this one.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I think it's safe! I'm just going to go with Austria.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Austria, says Jackie. Let's see if that's right.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Let's see if that's right! I mean, I think it's right.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Let's find out how many people said Austria.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23There's your red line.
0:12:32 > 0:12:3433. Not bad at all. 33.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And your total is 33.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37You're comfortably through.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Did exactly the right thing there, Jackie. Didn't have to take any risks at all.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44No information on how many bats there are in Austria.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- I'm thinking there's a lot. - I'd have thought.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Maybe some vampire bats - it's around that way, isn't it?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- It's in that neck of the woods. - It really is, though, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59- Thank you. Now, Sean.- Hello.- Welcome to the show. Good to have you here.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- What do you do?- I am a park ranger. - Are you in the same park as Rayne?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- Yeah.- RAYNE'S PARK. - HE CHUCKLES
0:13:05 > 0:13:09That's a London gag, there, sorry. What department are you in?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12What area do you specialise in?
0:13:12 > 0:13:13I'm kind of general.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I'm not great with trees and plants, believe it or not.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- OK. Do you wear a uniform? - We wear a uniform.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- If it's nice and hot, you wear shorts and things?- Shorts, T-shirts.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- Do you get a bike?- Yeah...ish.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28What? It's only got one wheel?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- Or you have to share it with all the other rangers?- Yeah, pretty much.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Well, Rayne did very, very well in the first pass. 3 was his score.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40The high-scorers at the moment, Tom and Benny with 100, so 96 is your target.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42What are you going to go for?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44I'm going to take a bit of a risk, sorry, Rayne.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- I'm going to say Nauru.- Nauru.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55There is your red line - it's nice and high. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Nauru.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00It's right, and you're through!
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Now, then. 3 was South Sudan.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09Nauru goes down to nothing! Very well done, indeed, Sean. That's a great answer.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12A pointless answer, so it adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:14:12 > 0:14:16takes the total up to £1,500. Scores you nothing.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Leaves your total at 3, the lowest score of the round.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Very, very well done, indeed.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Terrific work, Sean. Welcome to Pointless.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26That's the sort of risk your partner doesn't mind you taking.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Yeah, Nauru, it's got two U's in it, it's only got five letters.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31So it is 40% U.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34So that is pretty good going.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40Now, Tom, listen. Tom. Our only returning pair.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43I'm afraid the writing is on the wall.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Your score is 100. Your nearest rivals are on 33.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51I'm so sorry. We discovered last time, Tom, that you deal in grain.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- That's right. - You buy up grain from farmers.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Whatever they've got, we try and buy and move it to ports
0:14:56 > 0:14:58and mills and all sorts around the country.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Have you got any bat grain?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Cos we need some - that's what bats eat.- Yeah. They like that.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05No, I've seen some in grain stores, though.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- Really? Good. Good. Bat grain? - Just a bat, eating the grain.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11That'd be bat grain - we need some of that, if you've got some.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15If you had lots of bat grain, we could just leave a trail of it all the way between here and Vanuatu.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18And then they could just take themselves there.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22We need about 4,500 miles' worth of bat grain, please.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27They sell bat grain by the mile, actually, which is convenient.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- Oh, dear.- Anyway, listen, there we go. Tom.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Countries with a U in their name.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35There's many countries I can think of with a U in their name.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38But we might as well go with something quite obscure and difficult.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40So let's have a go with Guinea-Bissau.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Guinea-Bissau.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Guinea-Bissau. No red line for you, I'm afraid,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47cos you are the highest scorers. But what an exit this could be.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Guinea-Bissau. Let's see how many people said that.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54It's right.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59We've had two pointlesses so far. Will Guinea-Bissau be a pointless answer?
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Down it goes, down it goes, yes, it will! Very well done, indeed, Tom.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06That is a pointless answer.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Our third of the round, it adds another £250 to the jackpot,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11takes the total up to £1,750.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15It scores you nothing, leaves your total at 100, but I'm afraid you're still leaving us.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18A brilliant end to the round. Very well done. You're very unlucky to get knocked out.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Actually, French Guiana is not a country. Guyana is a country.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23It was one in my head.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Would've scored you 3 points, as well. Would've been a terrific answer.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29But I have to say well done to Donna, Sean and Tom.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Three pointless answers you got in this round, and there's only four pointless answers on the entire list.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36You nearly got a clean sweep, which would've been very impressive.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41I'll tell you the other one in a minute. But worth mentioning another old friend of the show, Tuvalu.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Now, in the old days, Tuvalu would be a pointless answer,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45it'd be right down the bottom.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Tuvalu - not only did it score 5 points,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50but it beat 30 other countries.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Four points you'd have got for Papua New Guinea,
0:16:53 > 0:16:59Ecuador, Honduras, Belarus, Tunisia, Cuba, Central African Republic.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Three points for Guyana.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Three points for Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda. South Sudan
0:17:03 > 0:17:05we've already heard. St Lucia.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Two points for Burkina Faso, Nicaragua and Kuwait.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13One point for Mozambique. Czech Republic only scored one point.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16One point for Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Bhutan, Dominican Republic,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Mauritania, Mauritius and Brunei.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21We've already heard Djibouti, Nauru and Guinea-Bissau.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25There's only one other pointless answer. And that was...
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Palau.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28So very well done if you said that.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Let's take a look at the top three answers.
0:17:31 > 0:17:3253 points for the United States.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36We've said already that Nauru was 40% U,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38which you think would be the most of any country.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42But then Uruguay - three out of seven letters are U.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46That's 43% U from Uruguay. That's quite impressive, isn't it?
0:17:46 > 0:17:4863 points. And right at the top,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51it's all the ones beginning with U that are the big scorers, Uganda.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Also would have scored 63, so tied with Uruguay.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Thanks very much. At the end of our first round, the pair heading home
0:17:57 > 0:18:00with their high score of 100, I'm afraid it's Tom and Benny.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01I'm sorry.
0:18:01 > 0:18:08But you have left a £250 legacy there, which I think is big of you.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Thank you very much indeed. It's been great having you on the show.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- Thanks for playing, Tom and Benny. - APPLAUSE
0:18:16 > 0:18:19But, for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28We're down to three pairs. Obviously, at the end of this round we say goodbye to another pair.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Huge respect to Rayne and Sean - very well done, indeed.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Lovely low score of 3 there.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Angela and Alex, actually the only pair not to score a pointless answer,
0:18:37 > 0:18:41but your total was five. So another cracking performance over there.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Jackie and Donna, not bad at all.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Donna, congratulations on your pointless.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47This promises to be a very exciting round.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:18:53 > 0:18:58Education. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06OK, and the question concerns...
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Fields Of Study, Richard.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15On each pass we're going to give you the names of six sciences, or fields
0:19:15 > 0:19:18of study. We just need you to tell us what each is the study of, please.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Give us the common name for what they're the study of.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24There's going to be six on each pass, 12 in all to have a go at at home. So good luck.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26So we are going to put six terms up on the board
0:19:26 > 0:19:29and we would like you to tell us what they are each the study of.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31And here is our first board of six.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Sean.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I'm looking at the board and only know one of them.
0:19:52 > 0:19:58So I'm going to go for that one. And that is dermatology. That's skin.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Dermatology is skin, says Sean. Let's see if that's right
0:20:00 > 0:20:02and let's see how many of our 100 people said skin.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Absolutely right.
0:20:07 > 0:20:1177. It's a high score, but...
0:20:11 > 0:20:14you might well have taken everyone's favourite answer off the board.
0:20:14 > 0:20:20- So, yeah, possibly worth doing. - Yeah, absolutely. Diseases and disorders of the skin.- OK, thank you.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Now, Jackie.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25I only knew dermatology, as well. Um...
0:20:26 > 0:20:32Right, I'm going to struggle with this one. Chromatology.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35To do with chromosomes.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39OK. Chromosomes, says Jackie. To do with chromosomes.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Let's find out if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49No, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer -
0:20:49 > 0:20:50scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- It's very hard, this board, isn't it?- Yeah, very.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56CHROMA-tology is the study of Norfolk seaside towns, I'm afraid.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02It's not.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04I'll tell you what it is at the end of the pass.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Now then, Alex.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Alex, how do you feel about this?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Not great, to be honest.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- OK.- Yeah, the only one I knew has gone.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17I was on the same kind of thinking as Jackie for the chromatology.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- When she said chromosomes... - That might be genetic or something.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I don't know whether it was just harsh marking.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26It might be genetics, I'm not sure.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31Anemology makes me think of anaemia or something.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Other than that, I'm struggling to think my way through them.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42So I'll go with chromatology and hope it's more genetics.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45OK, you're going to say genetics. Let's see if that's right
0:21:45 > 0:21:47and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said genetics.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55No! I'm afraid that is incorrect as well, Alex.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Chromatology has been really cruel this round.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Yes, that scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Yeah, chromatology, the secret's in the Greek.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06It's just simply the study of colours.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08The science of colours, chromatology.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Would have scored you 14 points.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12It's a very, very tough board, I have to say.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Anemology, you might think it's to do with anaemia.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18It's nothing to do with that, it's actually the study of wind.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Winds would have scored you 4.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27If you ever pass wind on the bus say, "Excuse me, I'm a consultant anemeologist."
0:22:27 > 0:22:30That's the polite way of getting away with that.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Now, anyone who watches Big Bang Theory will know vexillology.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35It is flags.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Sheldon Cooper's Fun with Flags. Would've scored you 6 points.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Cytology is cells.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Would have scored you 11 points.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49And myology is...
0:22:49 > 0:22:51muscles.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Which would've scored you five points.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56So look at that, four, five and six in there, very, very tough board.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Yeah. Well, we're halfway through the round.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Let's take a look at the scores. Both of them.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Sean and Rayne, there you are on 77. Very well done.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07And then Alex and Angela and Jackie and Donna on 100.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11So, Donna and Angela, let's hope the next board is a little bit kinder.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Angela, you will get first dibs on it.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17But, yes, it'll be between you two, I suspect, to see who stays and who leaves at the end of the round.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:24 > 0:23:28OK, let's put six more terms up on the board. And here they come. We have got...
0:23:45 > 0:23:47There we are, six more studies.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Angela, you're joint high-scorers
0:23:49 > 0:23:53on 100. We need a low score from you - what are you going to go for?
0:23:53 > 0:23:57I'm going to say anatomy, the body.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Anatomy, the body. OK, well, let's see if that's right.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Let's see how many people said it if it is. No red line for you as you're joint high-scorers.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06It's right.
0:24:07 > 0:24:0974. Very well done.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12The lowest score of the round so far.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14174 is your total.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Well done, Angela. You saw what happened with Sean in pass one.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20It might be the same thing happens to you here. So well done.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Donna.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Yes.- Donna. Well, listen, we now have a target.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25174 is the high score.
0:24:25 > 0:24:2973 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Yes. I only knew anatomy.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Ichthyology - I'm sure it's one of two things.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- And I'm going to have to guess.- OK.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41And it is an absolute guess.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Fish?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Fish, says Donna, for ichthyology.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said fish.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52There's your red line.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56It's right! Very well done, Donna.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Through you go to the head-to-head.
0:25:01 > 0:25:027.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Very, very well done.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07107 is your total.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Well played, Donna.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12That's a terrific answer, to go with your answer in Round One, as well.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Scientists have catalogued over 27,300 species of fish so far.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- There's many, many more that we haven't catalogued.- OK, thank you.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Now, Rayne.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26You're on 77, the high score is still Angela and Alex on 174.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30So 96 or less gets you through.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31OK, um...
0:25:33 > 0:25:36I think dendrology is to do with trees.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Can't even make an educated guess on nomology.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46I think nephology is liver and its functions.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48And I think the one I can't pronounce very well,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52oenology, is the study of wine.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55And, just for fun, I think I'll go for the study of wine.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00The study of wine, says Rayne. Oenology. Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02There's your red line, nice and high.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Absolutely right. Through you go, Rayne. Very well done.
0:26:11 > 0:26:1211.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Fantastic. 88 is your score, the lowest score of the whole round.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Very well done, Rayne.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Wow, good second round. That was very impressive.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Let's take a look at the rest of these.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Rayne, you're absolutely right about dendrology.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I would hope a park ranger would get that. It's the study of trees.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32If we'd had the study of swings, as well, I bet you'd have got that. 12 points.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Nomology is the study of law, or study of the areas around law.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Would have scored you six points.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41And nephology is a rather lovely one.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43It's the science of clouds.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Nephology would have scored you 2 points.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Very nice. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52At the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home with their high score of 174 -
0:26:52 > 0:26:54it's Angela and Alex.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Yes, chromatology. That was a tough one.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Anatomy, phew! The board fell quite kindly for you there.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I'm afraid we say goodbye. But we'll see you again next time.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Look forward to that very much. Thanks so much, Angela and Alex.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12But, for Jackie and Donna, Rayne and Sean,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Congratulations, Rayne and Sean, Jackie and Donna.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24You are now one step closer to the final, and a chance to play
0:27:24 > 0:27:28for our jackpot, which currently stands at the much-enhanced £1,750.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Now we have to decide who's going to play for that money and,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35to do that, you are going to go head-to-head. The difference is
0:27:35 > 0:27:38you're now allowed to confer before you give your answers,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45So it is our Liverpool ladies versus the parkies.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- Blue Peter Pets.- Going to show you five images of Blue Peter pets,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05you just have to name the most obscure. Good luck.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08OK, let's reveal our five Blue Peter pets, and here they come.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09We have got...
0:28:26 > 0:28:30There we are. Five Blue Peter pets.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Now, Rayne and Sean, you played best so far, so you will go first.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39THEY CONFER
0:28:42 > 0:28:45I think most of them are just before our time,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47because they're in black and white.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52And we know D and B,
0:28:52 > 0:28:57and we think B's going to be slightly less famous than D.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02On that basis, we're going to say B is the delightful Goldie.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06B, Goldie, say Rayne and Sean. B, Goldie.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Now then, Jackie and Donna, the board is yours.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Do you want to talk us through it?
0:29:11 > 0:29:17- We're quite lucky, the black and white's OK for us.- Yeah! A is Petra.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20B I thought was Rags, but I wasn't certain.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23C is Jason, D is Shep.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26And I thought E was Goldie. Are we going for C?
0:29:26 > 0:29:27- Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- OK.- We're going to go C, Jason.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32C, Jason.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Now, Rayne and Sean have said that B is Goldie.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Let's see if that's right and, if it is, lets see how many people said Goldie for B.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Oh. So maybe you were right about Goldie.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Anyway, let's see if you're right about Jason.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52You are saying that C is Jason.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54All you have to be is correct, and you will win the point.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Let's find out if you're right.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Yes! You've done it.
0:30:06 > 0:30:103 for Jason. That's a great answer. Very well done indeed.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Jackie and Donna.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Donna, you haven't put a foot wrong yet, this entire show.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- Don't say that! - That's just brilliant.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Very well done - you pinched that. After one question, Jackie and Donna, you're up 1-0.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23I have to say, Donna, so far the answers you've given us
0:30:23 > 0:30:26have been Djibouti, ichthyology and Jason the Blue Peter cat.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30That's quite impressive. That's a breadth of knowledge, I have to say.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32You did well on the other ones, as well.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35A is Petra, with Peter Purvis, there.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Petra would have scored you 18 points.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Now, B. It's not Goldie, it's Bonnie.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43With Yvette Fielding.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Would've scored you 9 points, would've been a very good answer.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50D, probably the most famous Blue Peter pet of all.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52That's Shep, with John Noakes, there.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Would have scored you 36.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57And, yeah, forgive the black and white, but that is Goldie.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59In E, with Tina Heath.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02And Goldie would have scored 11 points.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04More often associated with Simon Groom.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Joined at the same time as Simon Groom.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Thanks very much. Here comes your second question.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Rayne and Sean, you have to win this one to stay in the game, so best of luck.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15But Jackie and Donna get to answer it first. It concerns...
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Yep, we're going to show you five items you might find
0:31:23 > 0:31:26sold in a stationery shop, but in anagram form.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Can you unscramble them and give us the best answer? Good luck.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32OK, let's reveal our five anagrams. And here they come.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Jackie and Donna, you're going to have a little bit of time.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57THEY CONFER
0:32:07 > 0:32:10OK, the bottom one, ear quest, is a set square.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Set square, say Jackie and Donna. Set square.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Now then, Rayne and Sean.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Talk us through what you can.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22The top one is fountain pen.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26The second one is a hole punch.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28We're not sure about the third,
0:32:28 > 0:32:30and that fourth one is protractor.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34And it's just deciding what's lower than set square.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39I'm tempted with...
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Let's go with hole punch.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48OK, you're going to go with hole punch.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51So we have set square, and we have hole punch.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Jackie and Donna went set square.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said set square.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Oh! Very well done, indeed. 8.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11That's very good.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15Rayne and Sean, meanwhile, have said loch hep nu, hole punch.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Well, it's right.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24This is one you have to win to stay in the game,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27so is it going to go down lower than eight?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Oh, no! It's not, 13.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Wow. Very, very well done.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Jackie and Donna, after only two questions,
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- you are through to the final, 2-0. - Yeah, very well played.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Tough luck, Rayne and Sean. You knew a few of them
0:33:40 > 0:33:43and one of your answers would have got you the point, as well.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Cos the best answer on the board is fountain pen.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51Would have scored you 4 points. The other one you knew, carp or trot,
0:33:51 > 0:33:54is the biggest scorer on the board - it is protractor.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56That would have scored you 22 points.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58And the last one. Do you know the last one?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- Pencil sharpener. - Pencil sharpener, yep.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03And that would have scored you 19.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Thanks very much indeed. So the pair leaving us
0:34:06 > 0:34:09at the end of the head-to-head round are Rayne and Sean.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12The first misstep we've had from you the entire game.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15You've done so well. Low score after low score.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18And then you came up against Jackie and Donna,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21who just whipped it from under your nose.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23But the good news is we get to see you again next time.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26But thanks very much indeed, Rayne and Sean.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33But, for Jackie and Donna, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Congratulations, Jackie and Donna. You fought off all the competition
0:34:40 > 0:34:43and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and,
0:34:51 > 0:34:55at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,750.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Now, listen, you came on this show
0:34:57 > 0:35:00and your very first answer was Djibouti.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Which scored nothing. Wouldn't it be perfect
0:35:03 > 0:35:06if you could bookend the show with another nothing
0:35:06 > 0:35:08and take away that jackpot?
0:35:08 > 0:35:11As you know, you always get to choose your category.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14And you have four options up on the board to choose from - let's see what they are.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Characters In Historical Fiction?
0:35:28 > 0:35:30What kind of thing would that be?
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Historical fiction - who would you say?
0:35:33 > 0:35:37I mean, World Politics... If it's American politics, you're sound.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- But I don't know anything about... - The rest of the world...
0:35:40 > 0:35:41We only know a couple of countries.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45We could do something historic. You know, the weekends away and...
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- OK, yeah.- Jane Austen. - Characters.- Yeah.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52- Characters In Historical Fiction. Are we agreed on that?- Yeah.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55OK, Characters In Historical Fiction. Richard.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59OK, here are your three options. We are looking for...
0:35:59 > 0:36:04Any named character in the TV series I, Claudius.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06We are looking for any named character
0:36:06 > 0:36:08in Shakespeare's Richard III.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Or we're looking for any of the characters in the character list
0:36:11 > 0:36:13at the beginning of Wolf Hall, please.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16So any characters in the TV series I, Claudius.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Any characters in the play Richard III.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Or any characters in Hilary Mantel's novel Wolf Hall, please.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Very, very best of luck.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Thanks very much indeed. As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:31 > 0:36:32- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- As we'll ever be.- Yes!
0:36:35 > 0:36:37OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39There they are - your time starts now.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42I've never even heard of Wolf Hall. Richard III.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Richard III's in Richard III, yeah?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Yeah, I think that probably won't be pointless.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- We won't accept Richard III as an answer.- Oh.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- Richard III, was he, like, the War of the Roses, around that time?- Yes.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58- One of the wives? Elizabeth. - Elizabeth.- Something.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Oh, gosh, what's her name? She was the White Queen and the Red Queen.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- Elizabeth...- I, Claudius I remember watching on telly.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08So, I, Claudius is going to be someone from Rome,
0:37:08 > 0:37:13like Pontius Pilate. I don't know! Oh, my gosh. Queen Elizabeth...
0:37:13 > 0:37:17There were a few Elizabeths. There was a Jacquetta in Richard III.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- Let's say that one.- Well, I don't know what her surname is.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21Maybe she didn't have one.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- Jacquetta III? I don't know. - Let's just say that.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27This is the worst one we could've...
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Can we go back to Iconic '80s Singers?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Ten seconds left.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Let's say, er...
0:37:33 > 0:37:38Elizabeth of York, Margaret of Anjou
0:37:38 > 0:37:41and - we're going for Richard III - Jacquetta.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- OK. Now, your time is up, I need your three answers.- OK.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47All from Characters In Richard III.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- Elizabeth of York. - Elizabeth of York.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- Margaret of Anjou. - Margaret of Anjou.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56- And Jacquetta.- The famous Jacquetta. Doesn't need a surname.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- Like Madonna. - We've just made all of those up.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02She might just be the one from The X Factor or something.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07But there was someone who was Jac something in Richard III.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12OK, of those three, which is your best shot for a pointless answer?
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- Margaret of Anjou?- Mm.- Yeah. - Margaret of Anjou, we'll put last.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- Which is your least likely to be pointless?- Elizabeth of York?
0:38:18 > 0:38:20I was going to say Jacquetta from the X Factor.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Shall we put Jacquetta there? OK, we'll put Jacquetta least likely.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order. And here they are.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29We have got...
0:38:33 > 0:38:34Well, very, very best of luck.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Your first answer was Jacquetta,
0:38:36 > 0:38:39the one you thought was probably the least likely to be pointless.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40You never know, though.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44Sometimes, brilliant answers just fly out from nowhere.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47What if one of these answers is right and then was pointless?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49What would you do with your winnings? Jackie?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Probably a bit of travelling. I like to...
0:38:52 > 0:38:54I like to go on budget airlines
0:38:54 > 0:38:57and just go SOMEWHERE that I've never been.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Donna, how about you?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01I would treat my parents to a round of golf at a posh club
0:39:01 > 0:39:02cos they love golf and they were so good
0:39:02 > 0:39:05when I was training and qualifying, so I should treat them,
0:39:05 > 0:39:08and then I would try and cross another of the States
0:39:08 > 0:39:10off my list of states to visit. Cross off number 38.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11Very good, excellent.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Very best of luck. As I say, three answers up on the board.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Who knows? One of those might be a brilliant pointless answer.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Jacquetta was the one you were least confident would be pointless
0:39:20 > 0:39:23but let's find out if it is right
0:39:23 > 0:39:25and, if it is pointless, you will win £1,750.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27How many of our 100 people said Jacquetta
0:39:27 > 0:39:29was a character in Richard III?
0:39:32 > 0:39:33No!
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- I'm afraid Jacquetta...- Shocked! - Yeah, shocked.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38..doesn't appear on the list, I'm afraid.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39So not a pointless answer.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42You only have two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Your second answer is Elizabeth of York.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46I love that you plucked these out of thin air.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Elizabeth of York and Margaret of Anjou,
0:39:48 > 0:39:52very credible people suddenly to have on your dramatis personae,
0:39:52 > 0:39:54but who knows if they're in Richard III?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00So, for £1,750, let's see how many people named Elizabeth of York
0:40:00 > 0:40:02as a character from Richard III.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07No, I'm afraid. Nor she.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10It's all riding on your third and final answer,
0:40:10 > 0:40:13which is Margaret of Anjou. Good for Margaret. There she is.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Your most confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Let's find out if she is a character from Richard III.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22If she is, and if she is pointless, you will win £1,750.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- She is!- Oh, my God!
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Margaret of Anjou. There she is.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Now, your first answer, Jacquetta, was incorrect.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Your second answer, Elizabeth of York, incorrect.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Margaret of Anjou...
0:40:36 > 0:40:39taking us right the way down to pointless! There you are.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43That is brilliant. That's a fabulous thing to pluck out of thin air.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Very well done.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Superb.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49APPLAUSE
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Well done, you.- What about...?
0:40:52 > 0:40:54ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Well, congratulations.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- I'm shocked!- Margaret of Anjou was a pointless answer,
0:40:58 > 0:41:03which means you go home with our jackpot of £1,750.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04APPLAUSE
0:41:08 > 0:41:10I just love it... To be able...
0:41:10 > 0:41:12When you are right up against... Backs to the wall,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15when you can suddenly just pull someone out of thin air
0:41:15 > 0:41:16who's a pointless answer...
0:41:16 > 0:41:17Congratulations. Richard.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Yeah, the widow of Henry VI, of course.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Donna's been terrific all the way through,
0:41:21 > 0:41:24then Jackie in that final round, coming up with brilliant answers.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25- Got Jacquetta!- Exactly.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Well, Jacquetta was from the White Queen, as you said,
0:41:28 > 0:41:31but she was Elizabeth Woodville's mother. But not in Richard III.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33And Elizabeth of York was Henry VII's wife,
0:41:33 > 0:41:35so was a little bit after this time.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38If you'd just said Queen Elizabeth, you'd have got a pointless answer,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40cos there is a Queen Elizabeth.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42But that's Queen Elizabeth who is the wife of Edward IV -
0:41:42 > 0:41:44that is Elizabeth Woodville, in fact.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46But Queen Elizabeth we would have taken.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the other categories.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52For characters in I, Claudius...
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Atticus, you could have had. Caractacus, Drusilla and Herod.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Let's look at some more pointless answers for Richard III.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02The Archbishop of York, you could have had.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04James Blunt was in it. LAUGHTER
0:42:04 > 0:42:06- Was he in it?- I don't remember that!
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- Do you remember that?- Yeah, I'm pretty sure I remember that. Yeah.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Yeah. I remember there was a song in it, I didn't know it was him.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14I thought it was Gary Barlow but it wasn't, it was James Blunt.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16There's Margaret of Anjou. William Catesby.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19You also could have had the Bishop of Ely, Duchess of York,
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Oxford, Edward, Prince of Wales.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25You could have had the ghost of King Henry VI as well,
0:42:25 > 0:42:26you could have had.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Um, let's take a look at the characters in Wolf Hall.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Lots of pointless answers here but here's four of the big ones.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Hans Holbein, you could have had, Jane Seymour, Mary Boleyn
0:42:36 > 0:42:39and Reginald Pole. All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Well done if you said any of those. But congratulations in the studio.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Pointless answers at the beginning and at the end.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Terrific answers all the way through. An absolute pleasure.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Can't ask for better than that.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Thanks once again to our winning players, Jackie and Donna,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54who go away with today's jackpot of £1,750.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55Brilliant.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58APPLAUSE
0:42:58 > 0:42:59I can't believe it!
0:42:59 > 0:43:00Join us again next time,
0:43:00 > 0:43:04when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:06 > 0:43:07..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11APPLAUSE