Episode 10 Pointless

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Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.

-Let's meet today's players.

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-Couple number one.

-Hi, I'm Jim. This is my friend Patrick.

Patrick lives near Lancaster, in the Lune Valley,

and I live near to Preston, in the Ribble Valley.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Simone and this is my friend Danny

and we're both from North West London.

-Couple number three.

-Hi. My name's Jacky. I'm from New Waltham.

This is my mum Lynn, from Cleethorpes.

-And finally, couple number four.

-Hello. I'm Toby.

This is my housemate Sam and we're both from Middlesex University.

-And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much.

We'll find out more about each of you throughout the show.

That leaves one more person for me to introduce.

A rugged leading man staging a daring prison

-break from inside our collective ignorance. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi, everybody. Afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-How are you?

I'm very well, thank you.

Sometimes I set you a little puzzle when we've first met our contestants.

People who've got an unusual hobby or job.

-I'll tell you what it is and you have to guess who they are.

-OK.

Two of our contestants are Scout leaders.

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I won't say who. Just using your skill and cunning, as you go along.

I'll try and work it out.

We've got two returning pairs. Neither of them saw the head-to-head.

Lynn and Jacky got knocked out in the first round, and Jim and Pat, who we saw through to the second round.

Would be great to see one of those pairs through to the head-to-head today.

Should be a cracker. Two really lovely first rounds. Very different.

-Both fun.

-Thanks, Richard.

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

As ever, the aim of this game is to find a pointless answer that

none of those people gave.

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

Matt and Sam didn't win our jackpot,

so we add another £1,000 to that. Today's jackpot starts off at:

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

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Remember, the pair with the highest score at the end of each

round will be eliminated.

Do what you can to make sure it's not you.

Our first category today is:

Languages.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and second?

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

And the question concerns:

Oh, good! Animals in Italian. Richard.

That means you're going to be doing some pronouncing, which is going to be a lot of fun.

We're going to give you the names of seven animals in Italian on each pass.

We need you to tell us their names in English, please.

-14 Italian animals to translate at home. Best of luck.

-OK.

So we want the English translations of these Italian animals.

I'll read those again.

-There we go. Jim, welcome back.

-Thank you.

You didn't say anything last time about Scouting, did you?

-I did not!

-OK. Phew. Oh, it's good.

-Yeah, wasn't Jim.

Feels like a detective thing. I should be pacing in a library.

-Now, what are your hobbies, Jim?

-Italian, animals...

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Unfortunately, I do play in a quiz with Patrick,

but we don't play any Italian quizzes.

Jim, what about these words? Do you understand any of them?

Oh, absolutely...not.

But I'll take a punt at il pesce. Fish?

OK. Il pesce, fish. Let's see if that's right

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

-Absolutely right.

-Oh, my!

-61. Not bad, Jim.

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Not bad at all.

-Well played. Il pesce.

-Thank you, Richard. Now, Simone.

Welcome to the show. From North West London. Nice get-up, by the way.

What do you do?

Um, I think I have a hobby as a Scout leader.

I think I might have found our suspects, Richard.

Tell me more. How long have you done this for?

I've been in Scouting for about four years.

I'm an Assistant Scout Leader and I'm a Cub Leader as well.

Good stuff. Now, what about these animals in Italian?

I wish I'd let Danny go first cos he is Italian.

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Hang on. They'll still be Italian on the way back down.

-You'll be fine.

-OK.

I'm going to go for l'orso and I'm going to put horse.

OK.

L'orso, horse. Let's see if that's right

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

-Ouch.

-Oh, I'm afraid not so much a horse.

-That scores you 100 points, Simone. I'm sorry.

-Sorry, Simone.

You won't be the only person making that mistake.

-I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

-Thanks.

-Lynn, welcome back. Lynn, we barely saw you last time.

-Very little.

You had a short mayfly-like career on Pointless.

Let's hope we see lots more of you this time. You're from Cleethorpes.

Remind us what you like getting up to.

Bowling. Outdoor green bowling. Darts. I did play for 32 years.

-This is where Jacky gets her dartsmanship from.

-Yes.

She got commandeered into the team 20-something years ago.

-Countryman as well.

-Yes.

-On the same team?

-Yes.

How many on your team?

-Six. A minimum of six.

-OK, right.

Now then, Lynn. How are we feeling about this board of animals?

Not good.

But I'm going to have a go at il delfino and say dolphin.

Stands to reason, doesn't it? Il delfino.

Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said dolphin.

It's entirely right. 61 is our low score and you pass it.

Very well done. Still going down. Look at that! 26.

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-That's a great score, Lynn.

-I hope that sees you into round two. It looks like it might.

-Well played.

You can identify dolphins through their dorsal fins.

They're all different, like fingerprints.

Thank you. Now, Toby. Welcome to the show. You are a student.

-What are you studying?

-Theatre arts.

-How's that going?

Really well, yeah.

Sounds like it covers a pretty broad spectrum of things.

Yeah, it's a course that offers it all.

I do design, a bit of directing, I do obviously the acting,

and in third year, there's a possibility of doing

a stand-up comedy module as well.

Good stuff.

Now, this is entirely your board, Toby. Do you fancy...?

Just go through them and see if anything springs to mind.

Well, there's il rinoceronte, that's...standing out.

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-I was going to say dolphin.

I was going to say fish.

I'm going to have to go with il rinoc... Il rin... Yeah. That one.

-The one at the bottom? Yeah. What do you think it might be?

-Rhinoceros.

Rhinoceros. You think?

-I hope so.

-Let's see if it is. Il rinoceronte.

Let's see if that is a rhinoceros.

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

-It's right, of course.

-Yes!

72. Well, it's not our highest score.

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-72 for rhinoceros.

You had to do it, really, I think.

An adult rhinoceros can produce up to 50 pounds of dung every day.

How about that?

It's interesting how close the Italian word for rhinoceros

is to the Italian word for restaurant.

-Yeah!

-I wonder if they ever get mixed up. You could do some stand-up about

Italians getting rhinoceroses mixed up with restaurants.

-I'll write it down when I go off.

-No, cos we own it, but...

LAUGHTER That's the sort of thing you could do. It'd be hilarious.

Let's clear up l'orso. It should be horse, shouldn't it?

It's bear, as in ursine and what have you.

Would have scored you 14 points.

Il maiale, up the top, is a pig.

-Ah.

-Would have scored you six. Il gatto.

-A cat.

It's a cat.

Quite often, Italian goalkeepers are called il gatto, the cat.

32 points for that. And la scimmia?

-It's a monkey.

-Is that where we get...when you shimmy up a tree?

-That must be where it comes from.

-No.

-It must be.

-No.

-That comes from something else.

-From what?

It comes from the sound of canvas on bark.

When you shimmy up... It must be from that.

-But monkeys don't shimmy up things. They swing.

-They're always...

-They're shimmying.

-A monkey doesn't shimmy up a tree. Have you seen them?

Yes, countless times.

-No, you haven't.

-In fact, I've seen it so many times, I'm bored of it!

-LAUGHTER

-If I see one more monkey shimmying up a tree, I will...throw up.

-Name one actual time you've seen it.

-Yesterday in Monkey World.

-LAUGHTER

Monkey World sounds like my favourite place in the whole world.

-It's a cracking place. If you like the sound of canvas on bark...

-RICHARD LAUGHS

-Which I do!

-I can tell you now... Great place.

Thanks. We're halfway through the round.

The best score of that pass, Lynn.

All thoughts of your early exit last time are banished.

You and Jacky looking very strong at this point, on 26.

Then we go up to 61, where we find Jim and Pat.

Maybe it's enough to see you through, too. I hope so.

Then up to 71, Toby and Sam. Then it's up to 100 for our Scouts.

Luckily, Danny, I think you hold a trump card here, but who knows?

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more Italian animals on the board

and here they come:

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Remember, we're looking for the English translations of these

Italian animals. Sam, I see you digesting that board there.

It's at times like this, I wish I spoke Italian.

Yes, I can understand that.

Mind you, there are a few clues on there, Sam.

-There's a few sound-alikes.

-Exactly.

Before you go into the sound-alikes, tell me what you do.

-I study theatre as well at the same place.

-Theatre studies.

Which has been your favourite discipline so far?

Solo performance.

OK, so you might well be signing up for that stand-up.

I definitely will be, yeah.

Good stuff. What are these Italian animals in English?

I think I'm going to go for il cammello.

And I'm going to go for camel.

You're on 72, the high scorers are Danny and Simone on 100.

27 or less sees you through. There's your red line.

Let's see if that is camel

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

-67 for camel.

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Takes your total up to 139.

A pretty big score. Right answer, though.

If I was doing a solo performance piece, I'd do one

-about an Italian man going on a blind date inside an intimate rhinoceros.

-That'd be nice.

-Nice little candlelit evening inside a rhinoceros.

-Exactly that.

Now, Jacky.

This time last show, you had a bit of a challenge,

you had a mountain to climb.

-I think this time round...

-I'm going to play it safe.

I suppose you can because you are through to round two, even if

-you score 100. This is good news.

-Mm, yes.

-Hopefully.

-Have you identified your safe option on the board?

Yes, I have.

-Thankfully, it's still there.

-Good. What are you going to say?

I'm going to go with the top one, il leone, lion.

OK, lion. No red line, you're already through,

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

It's right.

-54.

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-54, takes your total up to 80. Very well done.

-Fairly safe stuff so far.

They sleep for up to 20 hours a day, lions. That'd be nice, wouldn't it?

They should do more. King of the jungle?

-They don't want to keep that up.

-They don't have to do anything. They are the kings of the jungle.

-They're going to be usurped pretty soon.

-You think? By who?

-By someone who maybe sleeps a bit less.

-Like a penguin?

-There's a film idea.

-Yeah, there is.

Penguins v Lions.

Yeah. Thank you very much. Now, OK. So, Danny, we come to you.

This, I believe, is your moment.

The high scorers are Sam and Toby on 139.

You only have to score 38 or less and you're in.

That'd be embarrassing. Imagine if you got it wrong, Danny!

It would, wouldn't it?

-So, Danny, please tell me you're also a Scoutmaster.

-Um...yeah!

-Phew.

And how long have you done that for?

I've been helping out on and off for about 10-15 years.

I've only been an official leader for about two-and-a-half years.

How many badges are you as a leader entitled to?

-Unfortunately, only this.

-That is disappointing.

-I know.

That is disappointing.

Danny, you're on 100. You know exactly what you have to do.

But maybe, being Italian, you might be at a disadvantage.

You might not be able to spot which one will be the most

difficult one on that board. They're all easy to you.

-There's one I don't know on there.

-That's awkward.

Yeah! I think it's probably the lowest answer.

I'm going to have to go for la pecora and say sheep.

-Sheep.

-Sheep.

-Course. Hence the cheese.

You just have to be a cheese lover to know that one.

There is your red line. You have to get below that with sheep.

Let's see if that's right for la pecora.

It's right.

And you're through. Very well done.

-Wow! Look at that! Three!

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Danny, great answer. Takes your total up to 103.

-You're in round two.

-Well played, Danny.

As you say, pecorino cheese, we get from ewe's milk.

Danny, how is Xander's pronunciation? Has he been good?

-Could improve.

-LAUGHTER

-There is room for improvement.

-He's lucky to be in the next round.

I honestly wouldn't have asked the question if I thought that was going to be the answer.

I know. I don't care. I just don't care.

-I'm having fun. That's...

-That's the main thing.

-Yeah.

Brilliant. Thank you very much. Now, Pat. Oh, Pat!

Listen, it's good, cos you're on 61.

The highest scorers are Sam and Toby, 139.

77 or less sees you stroll into the next round.

-So, Pat, a very warm welcome.

-Thank you.

We discovered last time that you and your wife met Jim quizzing.

This is true.

And Jim was sitting on his own, but you thought, he looks fun, ask him...

Or maybe, he looks like he knows some of the answers we don't know.

And he was wrong.

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-Other than quizzing, what are your hobbies?

-I'm in the PROBUS club.

-The PROBUS club?

-It's a professional business club for retired people.

-Oh, right.

-They're all over the country.

-And you just get together...

-You will qualify in time.

I know nothing about business. That's my trouble.

I know nothing about pretty much everything, in fact.

-Pat, look at this board.

-Yes.

-Talks us through the board, if you can.

Is il cavallo horse?

The bottom one's the kangaroo.

But I'm not sure of lo struzzo.

I think we'll play safe and go for il lupo, wolf.

OK, you're going to say il lupo, wolf. There is your red line.

Nice and high. Get below that, you're in round two.

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

It's right.

And you are through. Very well done indeed.

-Good work. Still going down. 37.

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So, 98 is your total, Pat. Well done.

Well played, Pat.

You took us through the other ones very nicely as well, actually.

Il cavallo, absolutely right. Would have scored you 18. Horse.

Il canguro is kangaroo. Would have scored 39.

-Now, Danny, is the other one... Is this the one you don't know?

-That's the one I don't know.

Only as I said it, the second time... Lo struzzo, ostrich.

-Is the correct answer.

-Is it really?

-Yeah! It is!

-Get it.

-Five points. APPLAUSE

There we are.

-I can't believe five of our 100 knew it as well.

-Yeah.

-Very impressive.

They must have said it out loud as well.

I guess. Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our first round, the pair heading home, sorry,

Sam and Toby.

We haven't had nearly enough out of you.

We'll have to see much more of you next time. Thanks for playing.

-Sorry to be saying goodbye so soon.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

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So, obviously, we're now down to three pairs

and at the end of this round, we will be down to two pairs.

Danny, best score of that last round, but so it should have been.

-Yup!

-The headline is of course Lynn and Jacky, our low scorers of the round.

Well done.

Jim and Pat, you made it through. Well done.

Good work on that board, Pat. You did very well, tidying up.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two:

Powerful people. Can you decide who's going first and 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 of:

Forbes Most Powerful People 2013. Richard.

Every year, Forbes magazine produces a list of the most powerful people in the world.

We're looking for anyone who was on that list in 2013, please.

Heads of state, politicians, financiers, entrepreneurs.

All that sort of thing.

There are 74 names on the list.

-The 74 most powerful people in the world in 2013.

-Thank you.

The 74 most powerful people in the world last year.

Jim, what do you reckon?

It's a bit of a concern, this one.

I'll go for Richard Branson.

Richard Branson, says Jim.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Richard Branson. Is that right?

Ooh.

I'm afraid not. An incorrect answer. Scores you 100 points, Jim.

No, doesn't wield the power you imagine,

though anybody who regularly travels up to Manchester on the train

might think otherwise.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Danny, who are the 74 most powerful people in 2013,

according to Forbes?

I've got a couple of answers. One I think is a bit more obvious.

I've got a bit of a chance, so I'm going to say Mark Carney.

-Governor of Bank of England.

-Mark Carney, says Danny.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Mark Carney.

Oh, no!

I think that's a brilliant answer,

but I'm afraid it's an incorrect one. That scores you 100 points.

You're in very, very good company, though.

Yes, another very good answer and would certainly be amongst

the 74 most powerful people in the UK, but not in the world, I'm afraid.

Thanks very much.

-Lynn.

-Yes.

Powerful people, 2013.

I'm going to go for my easier option and say Simon Cowell.

-Let's find out. Simon Cowell?

-Yeah.

-Is that right?

And if it is, how many people said it?

No.

I'm afraid, an incorrect answer. Well, we've a level playing field.

Everyone is on 100 points, so there we are.

-We've all learned three things, haven't we?

-We have, indeed, yeah.

He is a certain sort of power, Simon Cowell,

but probably not the sort of power we're looking for on this list.

Well, we are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores as the stand.

There's just the one score between all of them.

Lynn and Jacky, Danny and Simone, Jim and Pat, you're all on 100,

so I'm way to say this round is probably going to

be between Jacky, Simone and Pat.

Yes, best of luck to all three pairs.

We are going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Jacky, remember, we are looking for the name of anyone

listed in Forbes most powerful people, 2013.

I've got two answers.

I'm not quite sure on the pronunciation of the surname of one of them.

So I'll go with the other one, which is Barack Obama.

OK, Barack Obama. Sounds good to me.

No red line, as you're joint high scorers,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Barack Obama.

It is right, look at that.

56.

156, your total, Jacky.

Yeah, it would've been a bad year for the presidency if he wasn't one

-of the 74 most powerful people in the world, wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Simone.

-I think I'm going to have to play it safe, as well.

-Well, not too safe.

You've got to remain under 156, so 55 or less.

OK.

Shall I risk it?

Let's say Ban Ki-moon.

Ban Ki-moon, says Simone. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said it. There is your red line.

It's great, very well done, indeed.

I think this deserves to go quite far down the board.

And it does, five for Ban Ki-moon. Well done.

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-105, your total.

-Well played, Simone.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations.

-32nd most powerful person in the world.

-Thank you, Richard.

By the way, Barack Obama was the

second most powerful person in the world.

We'll find out who the most powerful person in the world is

at the end of the round.

Interesting. Pat.

Now then. 156 is the high score, you're on 100.

-So 55 or less.

-Mmm.

Can't think of his Christian name, that's the problem,

the one I want, but...

I'll go with Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton, says Pat.

OK, there is your red line. Let's see if that's right,

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

No.

Oh, bad luck, Pat. I thought that was a very clever answer, there.

And I'm afraid that scores the 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

So we're out.

Yeah, I'm very surprised. No Hillary Clinton on that list.

Bill Clinton was on that list. Would have scored you one point.

Would have been a terrific answer.

I'll take you through some of the other one pointers

before we look at the pointless ones.

One point for Sepp Blatter, unbelievably.

One point for Sergey Brin, from Google.

You'd have got one point for Bill Clinton, one for Barry Page,

one for Kim Jong Un. He'd have score to you one point.

You would have got one point for Margaret Chan,

Michael Bloomberg, Lakshmi Mittal

and Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire,

telecommunications billionaire.

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

the ones that nobody said.

Well done if you said one of these.

Alisher Usmanov, another billionaire, he's on the board of Arsenal

as well, but that's not his main power.

Ben Bernanke from the Federal Reserve in the US.

The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, she was a pointless answer.

Dmitry Medvedev, the Prime Minister of Russia.

Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.

John Boehner, the speaker at the US House of Representatives,

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia -

he's the king of Saudi Arabia, Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister

of India and Sonia Gandhi, who's the head of the Indian national congress.

All of those pointless answers.

Who do you think the most powerful person in the world was last year?

-Vladimir Putin.

-Really?

-Yep.

Let's take a look at the top three answers -

the ones who most of our 100 people said,

not the most powerful people in the world.

David Cameron is the 11th most powerful person in the world.

How about that?

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, at the end of our second round, the pair heading home,

I'm really sorry, it's Pat and Jim.

I had high hopes for you in this,

but I'm afraid we have to say goodbye.

It's been great having you on both shows, thanks so much for playing.

-Pat and Jim.

-Thank you. Good luck.

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

Congratulations, Danny and Simone, Lynn and Jacky,

you are one step closer to the final

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

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So this is the point where we decide who gets to play for that money

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

the difference being you're now allowed to chat before you give your answers.

The first player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Danny and Simone, congratulations,

our lowest score of the show so far came from you, Danny.

Lynn and Jacky, congratulations, too.

It was round one last time, head-to-head this time.

That's got to feel a lot better. This is going to be very exciting.

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

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

Types of bridge, Richard.

We're going to see five pictures of different types of bridge.

We need you to tell us what type of bridge they are.

We've given you a clue underneath as well.

Very best of luck.

OK. Thanks very much.

Let's review of five types of bridge and here they come.

There we are. Five types of bridge.

Danny and Simone, you've played best throughout the show

so far so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

We know all of them apart from one,

so we're going to go for B, which is a pontoon.

OK, B, pontoon.

B, pontoon. Now, Lynn and Jacky, the rest of the board is yours.

Do you fancy talking us through it?

Erm...

-Well, A, suspension bridge.

-Yeah.

-C, I'm not sure, I think D probably is a cantilever...

-Maybe.

-..and E is a tilt.

-Shall we go with E?

Do you think E will be lower than cantilever?

Yeah.

OK, then.

-We'll going with E then, please, tilt.

-E, tilt. So...

We have pontoon and we have tilt.

Now, then, Danny and Simone, you went with pontoon for B.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

Very well done, 25. Good score.

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Lynn and Jacky have said that E is a tilt bridge.

Let's see if it is and if it is, let's see

how many of our 100 people said it.

It is right.

25 is what you've got to beat. It's going to be close...

Well done, you've done it. 19 for tilt.

Very good answer.

Lynn and Jacky, after one question, you're up 1-0.

Well played, that's the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, there.

Now, these are often found in Devon, on the moors in Devon

and it's a clapper bridge. That's Postbridge Clapper Bridge there.

Actually, it's a slightly better score than tilt bridge,

would have scored 14 points. That's the Forth Rail Bridge there.

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

Danny and Simone, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

-John F Kennedy, Richard.

-Five clues now to facts about John F Kennedy.

-Can you give us the most obscure answer?

-Thanks very much.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about JFK.

Lynn and Jacky, you will go first.

I know two.

I don't really know, Jacky.

The initial, I think we should go for that one.

Yeah, if you know that, we'll get that.

Yeah, we'll go for his middle initial, which is Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick, say Lynn and Jacky. Fitzpatrick.

Now, Danny and Simone, do you want to talk us through that board?

No.

We're struggling a bit on this. Erm...

The one we'll go for is the first name

of the woman he married, which is Jacqueline.

OK, Jacqueline, say Danny and Simone.

So Lynn and Jacky said Fitzpatrick was the F of his middle initial.

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

No, I'm afraid not Fitzpatrick.

Danny and Simone, you merely have to be correct with Jacqueline,

the name of the woman he married in 1953 and you will win the point.

And it's right, very well done. That evens it up again.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

It's John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Fitzgerald.

It would have scored you 40 points,

so it would have seen you through to the Jackpot Round.

Let's go to the bottom first...

This is the best answer on the board.

It was a pointless answer, well done if you said that.

It won the Pulitzer Prize,

but he is widely believed not to have written it himself.

Theodore Sorensen they think wrote it,

he was one of his advisers and friends.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Here comes your third and final question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck. It concerns...

Movies with addresses in their titles, Richard.

We're going to show you five names of films now which

have addresses in the title. We've missed one word out of each title.

Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

Whoever does is going through to play for the jackpot.

OK. Let's reveal our five movies and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Danny and Simone will go first.

Boulevard, yeah.

THEY WHISPER

-All up to you.

-No, it's up to you.

We're going to go for Madison Avenue.

Madison Avenue, say Danny and Simone. Madison Avenue.

Lynn and Jacky, the rest of the board is yours.

Well...

We think it's Sunset Boulevard, quite obvious.

Possibly not though, eh?

I'm sure Arlingtons is a cemetery for soldiers.

Are we going to go with that one?

We'll go Arlington Cemetery, shall we?

OK. Arlington Cemetery, say Lynn and Jacky.

So we have Madison Avenue and Arlington Cemetery.

Danny and Simone, Madison Avenue, let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

46.

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46 for Madison Avenue.

Now then, Lynn and Jacky have gone for Arlington Cemetery.

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

No, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer there, Lynn and Jacky.

Which means, well done, Danny and Simone.

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

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Not strictly speaking an address, Arlington Cemetery,

it's Arlington Road, was the answer there.

Would have seen you through to the final as well.

Tim Robbins film. Terrific film.

You're right about Sunset Boulevard,

would have scored too many points, though.

Paradise Alley, Sylvester Stallone's first directoral film, also wrote it.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm afraid it's Lynn and Jacky.

Oh, that was tough, wasn't it, that last board?

But you've done so much better than you did last time.

You got so close to the final,

but I'm afraid we do have to say goodbye, Lynn and Jacky,

it's been great having you on the show. Thanks so much for playing.

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But for Danny and Simone, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Danny and Simone, you've seen off

all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have the chance to win our Pointless Jackpot

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

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Well, what a show.

It's a shame you don't get any badges,

-because you could have got a Pointless badge.

-Aww.

-Maybe we could make a special allowance.

-One for our arm.

Yeah, exactly.

But you get a Pointless trophy. I mean, I guess that will do.

OK, as ever, you get to choose your category

and here are your four options. They are...

Young Achievers? UK Politics?

Would you be good at Chick-Lit? don't ask me about that,

you're on your own there.

Let's go for Young Achievers,

-then we could both have a go at that.

-Or UK Politics.

Hmm...

That's fine.

-Young Achievers.

-OK.

Young Achievers.

It's very appropriate for Scout leaders, Young Achievers.

-OK, Richard.

-Three very different options here,

so I hope at least one of these suits you.

We are looking for the name of...

That's in the Open era from 1968 all the way through to 2013.

So any author who won the Booker Prize from its inception

through to 2013. Very, very best of luck.

OK, as ever, you've got 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?

-Yes.

-Ready.

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are, your time starts now.

I think we're better off going with politicians,

-unless you know any tennis players...

-Boris Becker was...

What about Woodrow Wilson? Was he under 50?

Probably could have been.

McKinley, was he under 50? He got shot, so...

He might have been quite young when he was shot.

Let's go for him, then. Do you want to go for the both of them?

-Boris Becker...

-Yes, unless you've got any other ideas.

I don't know who...

-Any writer won the Booker Prize?

-No.

What about JK Rowling, did she win the Booker Prize?

-No, I think she'd be quite...

-OK.

Tennis players...

So we've got one tennis player,

-so you going to go for two US politicians?

-Yeah, that's all right.

-You're the boss.

-Yeah, that's fine.

-If you just give me orders, I'll just as I'm told.

-OK.

-Ten seconds left.

-Yeah, OK.

-OK.

OK, you have arrived at your answers...

-Yeah.

-..as the clock runs out there.

So, what are those three answers going to be?

-From tennis players, we're going for Boris Becker.

-OK, Boris Becker.

Two of them are presidents. We're going for John McKinley...

-John McKinley?

-..and Woodrow Wilson.

-Woodrow Wilson.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,

-do you think?

-John McKinley.

-OK, John McKinley we'll put last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Boris Becker.

-Boris Becker.

Boris Becker we'll put first and Woodrow Wilson in the middle.

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. Three answers up on the board.

Let's hope one of those is correct and pointless.

If it is, you'll win 2,000 quid. What would you do with that, Danny?

I'm a builder, my van's packed up

and I need to get a new engine for it. So in the meantime,

I just had to buy a little cheap van which is falling apart itself,

-so I'll probably spend it on a new engine for my van.

-OK, Simone?

Bags and shoes, of course!

-OK, bags and shoes and an engine.

-And an engine.

-Good.

Excellent. Well, your first answer was Boris Becker.

In this case,

we were looking for any Grand Slam tennis champion under 20.

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

but let's find out if it's right

and if it is pointless, you will win £2,000.

Is Boris Becker pointless?

It's right.

That was the first thing it had to be.

Now, down it goes, Boris Becker taking us through the 40s,

still going down...

29.

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-That's not bad.

-Not bad.

OK, unfortunately not a pointless answer,

which means only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Woodrow Wilson.

In this case, we were looking for US politicians who became president

under the age of 50.

Again, it has to be right, then it has to be pointless for you to win

that jackpot. Let's find out. Did our 100 people know?

Is it correct? For £2,000, is Woodrow Wilson a pointless answer?

No, I'm afraid not.

OK, everything is now riding

on your third and final answer, which was John McKinley.

Again, this is for US presidents inaugurated under the age of 50.

Let's find out if it's right and if it's pointless.

For £2,000, how many people said John McKinley?

No, I'm sorry. Bad luck.

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You had three good shots at it there,

but you didn't manage to find that all-important

pointless answer, which means you don't win today's jackpot.

That will roll over onto the next show.

But it has been great having you on the show.

-Only one show, you did so well.

-Oh, well.

But you each get a Pointless trophy to take home, so there we are.

It hasn't all been in vain.

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It was William McKinley, I'm afraid,

and he was 54 when he was inaugurated.

He was assassinated, quite right, and Woodrow Wilson was 56.

Three very different questions and there's pointless answers

in all of these that I know people at home will have got.

I suspect a lot of success at home here.

Let's take a look at the tennis one first.

Michael Chang, who won the French Open when he was 17.

You also could have had Mats Wilander,

who'd won two Gram Slam titles before he was 20,

Iva Majoli and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.

All of those pointless, very well done if you said any of those.

Let's look at some presidents.

Theodore Roosevelt, who took over from William McKinley

after McKinley was shot, became the youngest president there at 42.

You also could have had Franklin Pierce and James K Polk.

The big scorers there...in fact, the only scorers were Obama, Kennedy

and Clinton, they all scored very highly.

The Booker Prize-winning novelists.

If you know your stuff here, there's some good pointless answers.

Ben Okri, who won for The Famished Road, Eleanor Catton,

who won in 2013 for The Luminaries.

Roddy Doyle was a pointless answer.

The author of Life Of Pi, Yann Martel, also.

You also could have had Aravind Adiga,

you could have had Kazuo Ishiguro, Kiran Desai, VS Naipaul...

All of those pointless answers as well, so very well done

if you got pointless answers in any of those categories.

I bet there's someone out there who got a pointless answer in all three

-and if you did, very well done.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you,

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

Thank you so much for playing.

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Sadly, Danny and Simone didn't win our jackpot today, which means

it rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for...

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Join us then, see if someone can win it.

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

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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