Episode 11 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 score as few points as you can.

And you do that by coming up with the answers

no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Emily.

I'm originally from the States but now live in Devon

and this is my friend Suzie from London.

Couple number two.

I'm Leo and this is Jack and we're housemates

and we're at Manchester University together.

Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Toby, this is Sam.

We're also housemates who study at Middlesex University.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi there, I'm Geoff, this is my lovely wife Lyn

and we're both from Royal Leamington Spa.

And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

Thanks very much, all of you.

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

so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He's a man so clever he managed to have his broadband fitted

after just 16 phone calls.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

Afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-It's awful.

It's really stopped me ever from moving again,

-knowing that you have to have broadband put in again.

-Yeah.

Literally every stress there's ever been about moving is as nothing

-to when you sit there and just think, "Oh."

-The impotence.

Yeah, that as well. That and broadband

are the two things that would stop me moving.

We've only got one returning pair from last time, that's Toby and Sam.

We saw very little of them as well,

got knocked out in the first round so very little experience on any

of the podiums here today, should be a very interesting one.

Podium four, we like it

when we have couples whose names make the name of a celebrity, don't we?

-We do.

-So we had Moira and Stewart, which we like. We had Bruce and Lee.

Now we've got the founder of ELO, Jeff Lynne, on podium four

which is lovely.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, all our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants here are on the hunt

for those all-important pointless answers.

If you find one of those we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Danny and Simone didn't win the jackpot last time so we add

another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.

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

OK, now, the pair with the highest score at the end of each round

will be eliminated.

Remember that and do what you can to make sure it's not you.

Our first category today...

..is Chemical Elements. Chemical Elements. 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.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the name of any chemical element

on the periodic table as of January 2014

that contain both the letters I and N, please.

So, any chemical element as of January 2014

that contain the letters I and N.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Suzie, welcome. Good to have you here.

-From London?

-Yes.

-How do you and Emily know each other?

We know each other through Emily's sister Molly

and we're on a quiz team together.

-OK, so not the first time you've been grilled like this?

-No.

OK, and what do you do, Suzie?

I'm a fundraiser for a university in London.

Do you come up with the initiatives?

The actual fundraising things, or do you hand that to other people?

Yeah, so we look after thinking about what we should be doing

and then we do some of it and we get some other people to do some of it.

And you've got a whole student body there,

-all eager to do things to raise money.

-We do. Absolutely.

Now, Suzie, chemical elements. How are we feeling about that?

I did chemistry at AS level

-so I'm hoping that I could do something here.

-OK.

I wouldn't be at all surprised

-if there are some pointless answers out there.

-OK.

I'm going to go for, I don't now how to pronounce it but antimony.

-Antimony.

-Yes.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

Still going down.

Look at that! 1, Suzie.

What a great start to the show.

Fantastic. Great answer, Suzie.

Wonderful. Antimony.

Terrific start, Suzie. Very well played.

Very tough on that first podium as well.

Used by the ancient Egyptians as eye make-up, antimony.

But highly toxic, so don't do it.

It's even got its own hieroglyph, it was so valued in Egyptian times.

Wow. Thanks very much. Now, Jack.

-Hello.

-A warm welcome to you, Jack.

-Thank you.

You're a student at Manchester, what are you studying?

Politics and philosophy.

OK, what year are you in?

Third year.

-You enjoying it?

-Er, yeah, it's OK.

Wow, he's quite cool, Jack, isn't he?

-He is cool.

-No, come on, I'm not just... It's great, I'm sure.

Do you know what Jack needs? What would complete Jack?

A pipe.

I was going to say a spell of National Service.

But a pipe is much the same.

-How's your chemistry, Jack?

-Er, not too bad, I don't think.

-I did it at A level.

-OK.

I'm going to say einsteinium.

Einsteinium, says Jack.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's another good answer. Down it goes.

2.

Great start to the show. Well done, Jack.

Well played, Jack. Another terrific answer.

Weirdly, back in the old days of Pointless,

that would've been a pointless answer.

I think a few more people know einsteinium now.

First discovered in the aftermath of nuclear tests in the '50s.

I've got, on the back of Pointless entirely,

I have a really good answer.

-Oh, do you?

-Yeah.

-I shall look forward to that.

If I were out there right now, I would be so excited.

Would you be able to give it as casually as Jack gave his answer?

No, never. Never in a million years.

-He is cool, isn't he?

-Yeah, he really is.

-He doesn't need anyone raising money for him.

-No.

-He's fine.

Toby. Toby.

Remind us what happened last time, Toby. It was Round One.

Yeah, it was Italian animal names

and I'm not too fluent in Italian, so...

Yeah. It was quite a tough one but what did you go for?

-Did you go for rhinoceros? Was that you?

-Yeah. It was rhinoceros.

I don't know the Italian version.

It's a rhinocerante. Pretty tough.

Pretty tough stuff.

-Weirdly, it scored a lot of points.

-Yeah.

It did. However, chemistry. How are we feeling about that?

Are you good at chemistry?

Much like I'm not Italian, I'm not a scientist.

Or fond of chemical elements.

I'm going to have to go with nitrogen.

OK, nitrogen, says Toby. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said nitrogen.

It is right.

34.

Yes, a colourless gas that makes up 78% of the air around us.

So almost everything we're looking at now.

-Thank you very much indeed. OK. Now then, Lyn, welcome.

-Hello.

Great to have you here, from Royal Leamington Spa.

-Do you say Royal Leamington Spa as a matter of course?

-No. I don't.

Geoff tends to, but, no, I just say Leamington Spa.

-OK, do you ever shorten it just to Leamington?

-Yes. Yeah.

RLS?

-No.

-No, OK. That was one step too far.

There's a whole story of a marriage there, isn't there?

"I don't, no. Geoff tends to."

What do you get up to in Leamington Spa, Lyn?

I don't work at the moment.

We recently, six months ago, sold our business

and I'm having a well-earned rest at the moment.

-Lovely.

-Early retirement.

-Very good indeed. What was your business?

Electrical business.

Excellent. So you're quite glad to be shot of that?

Quite nice not to have that responsibility.

-OK, chemistry, does that come into the business at all?

-No, not really.

OK.

But I think I've got an answer anyway.

Plutonium.

Plutonium.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

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

Is it right.

Very well done. Another single figure score there, Lyn.

Very well done.

Well played, Lyn. It explodes when it's exposed to moist air.

They used it in lots of the early nuclear weapons.

-I didn't know that.

-Plutonium? Oh, yeah.

-Moist air?

Yeah, be very careful. Yeah.

Cos you've got that plutonium at home, haven't you?

Well, I've got a whole floor of it.

-Don't take it outside.

-I shan't.

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round.

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

-1, the best score of that pass. Very well done, Suzie.

-Thank you.

Then up to 2 where we find Jack and Leo,

up to 9 where we find Lyn and Geoff and then up to 34, Toby and Sam.

Sam, how's your chemistry?

well, we'll find out. Not particularly good, I think.

OK, well very, very best of luck with the next pass.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, remember we're looking for any chemical element

that has the letters I and N in its name.

-I and N. Geoff.

-Hiya.

Welcome. What do you get up to?

Obviously, you've sold your electrical business.

Yes, Lyn had me doing the decorating

after we'd finished with the business,

so come Christmas time I thought I've got to be doing something

to get out of the house so a friend of mine offered me

a job as a dotcom picker at a major supermarket which I can't mention.

I take what they call a dolly out with six trays

-and I fill it with all your shopping.

-Oh, that's fun, isn't it?

-Like Supermarket Sweep?

-Absolutely, yeah.

But there's no Dale Winton.

It gets better and better.

Hey, I won that one.

So, "We Shop, Geoff Drops." That's roughly how it works. OK.

-Now then, Geoff. You're on 9.

-I know.

This isn't a terrible score by any means,

particularly when seen alongside Sam and Toby's high of 34.

They did well, not a bad shot with nitrogen, but plutonium, ooh.

Did you know it exploded in contact with damp air?

-I didn't, no.

-No, me neither.

What are you going to go for?

If you can score 24 or less, you are definitely in the next round.

I'll give it a go. I'm not that sure.

I'm not well up on my chemicals but I believe there's californium.

-Californium.

-I believe so.

Californium, let's see. Fingers crossed from Geoff and from me.

Let's see how many people said californium. There's your red line.

It's right.

You are through to the next round and it scores 1, look at that!

Joint lowest score of the round. Just into double figures there.

10, very well done, Geoff and Lyn.

Another terrific answer. Well done, Geoff.

Named after the university in the state of California.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Sam.

-Yes.

-Sam, welcome back. Toby went with rhinoceros.

-What was your one on that?

-Camel.

-Ah, cammello?

-Cammello.

-Cammello.

-I know that one now.

-You were right.

-It's good after the event.

-It was correct, it just scored a lot.

-Just was the highest one, unfortunately.

-67 it scored.

Anyway, listen, Sam. Remind us, what do you do?

We're both theatre students at Middlesex University.

OK, and have you made your plans for when you leave Middlesex?

Erm, kind of, as much as you can.

I'm going to try my hand at acting, which, realistically,

my plans will be working in a bar and pretending I'm an actor.

That's how we all did it. It works. It works.

Well, very, very good luck with that.

And your hobbies aside from theatre are..?

-I'm a black belt in karate.

-Are you?

When did you get your black belt?

I got my black belt when I was 16

but I pretty much stopped as soon as I got it.

That's pretty much what I would do.

I made it and then was like, "Nah, I'm done."

Are you still a bit handy, do you think?

-I think I could handle myself if I needed to.

-OK.

That sounds quite aggressive.

No, no. It's OK. That's all right.

Now, Sam, there you are. You're the high-scorers on 34.

Listen, anything could happen. I don't know what Leo

and I don't know what Emily know about chemical elements.

But what I do know is that you need a low score.

We do.

Unfortunately, in our studies

we don't really get taught about chemical elements.

-Do you watch Pointless ever?

-I do.

The daytime game show Pointless.

Every so often.

Because I find watching that, and I do, very closely, I think

I've probably seen every episode.

I would say it's not daytime, I'd say it's early evening.

Yes, it probably is, isn't it? Early evening.

But I think I've seen every single episode.

I learnt pretty much everything from that.

I'm going to take a massive risk, I think, because I think

what I'm about to say might be made up for a comic book.

But I'm going to for kryptonite.

Kryptonite, says Sam.

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

but let's see if kryptonite's right.

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

-No, sorry, Sam. I'm sorry.

-Aw.

That scores you 100 points which takes your total up to 134.

It's an achievement, I guess.

Listen, good thing to go out on.

There's krypton but not kryptonite, I'm afraid.

That is from a comic book.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Leo.

I like the coordination of your shirts.

We thought we'd better go in uniform.

It's a good uniform and I like that it's... What is it, linen, there?

-Yes.

-Yes. We'll say yes.

-Leo, what do you study?

-I study ancient history.

-And you're in your third year.

-Yeah, in my third year as well.

Have you got plans for after that?

I'm applying to go to drama schools right now

-so if I get into that then that'll be my plan.

-Very best of luck with that.

-How many are you applying to?

-I'm applying to four of them.

-OK.

Are we allowed to know which is your preferred choice?

Yeah, erm, RADA, LAMBDA, Bristol would probably be my top three.

Excellent. Nothing wrong with any of those. Well, very best of luck.

OK, well, listen, there you are, you're on 2. I've got great news.

You are through to the next round.

Even if you score 100 points you won't overtake the impressive

score of Toby and Sam on 134 there.

So bearing that in mind,

maybe see if we can get our first pointless answer of the round.

I'd love to take a risk on it but I'm just terrible at chemistry

and the only good one I knew was einsteinium which

I've overheard him talk about before.

So I'm going to just have to say the best one

I can think of which is magnesium.

Magnesium, says Leo. Magnesium.

No red line, you're already through.

Let's see if magnesium's right.

Of course it is.

Surprisingly low, look at that. 13 for magnesium.

Takes your total up to 15.

Another good answer there. Safely through to Round Two, well played.

Thanks, Rich. Now, Emily.

-Hello.

-Emily, welcome.

So, Columpton from the States.

-Yes.

-Talk us through that.

You mean that's not a usual move?

It's not one I know particularly well,

but, for heaven's sake, there are no usual moves.

True.

Well, Columpton

by way of London and Washington DC,

originating in Connecticut.

-That's much more usual.

-That is, yes.

Certainly your arrival port, London, it makes a lot more sense.

-Yes.

-Certainly, I know flights from JFK to Columpton are a nightmare.

-Few and far between.

-Yeah. So how long have you lived in the UK?

About six and a half years.

I see. OK.

Do you feel you've assimilated enough for

when we throw strange sitcom questions from the '70s at you?

-Strange sitcom questions will be my weakness.

-OK.

-Other than chemical elements.

-You've made it through the first round.

-And you just have to make it through the second.

-Yep.

What are you going to go for?

Well, comic books made me think of Wolverine,

which isn't a real element

I think, but I can't think

of the name so I'm going to have to play it quite safe and go uranium.

-Uranium.

-Yes.

-I thought you were going to say wolverinium.

Uranium, let's see if that's right

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

No red line, you're already through.

It is right.

It's not bad. It's really not bad, look at that. 9.

Takes your total up to 10.

Joint lowest score of the whole round, thank you very much.

Well played, Emily. Great round from everyone.

-We've got four lovely pairs of contestants on, haven't we?

-Yeah.

What a lot of fun this is going to be.

Uranium, named after Uranus. What was your answer?

-Ununpentium.

-Ununpentium.

-Yeah.

I think we've had this discussion before about ununpentium, haven't we?

Oh, God. Why?

It's temporary so it may become part of the periodic table

but, as you heard me say, January 2014.

-It's not a permanent fixture on the periodic table.

-Aww.

You know what? Don't, cos he will never learn otherwise.

Erm, copernicium, what about that?

-Copernicium is a much better answer.

-Good.

In fact, it's a pointless answer.

-Very well played.

-School of Pointless.

The laboratory of Pointless taught me that.

You'd have been annoyed if you did it for real because

-you probably would've gone for ununpentium, wouldn't you?

-Yeah.

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

Well done if you got any of these. You could've had...

Meitnerium, that's been a pointless answer a couple of times.

Very well done if you said any of those.

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

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

The third highest scorer of all, nitrogen.

And right at the top, perhaps unsurprisingly, iron with 42.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, at the end of our first round,

the pair heading home with a high score of 134,

I'm sorry, Sam and Toby.

It was Round One last time, it was Round One this time.

You were destined never to see what Round Two looked like.

At least we're consistent.

You know everyone gets strawberries in Round Two, don't you?

-Sam.

-Yeah. Strawberries.

-You've ruined it for everyone.

-I'm sorry.

Oh, well. But great to have you on the show.

Best of luck with your university careers

and thanks very much for playing.

Sam and Toby.

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

Well, three pairs remain.

Obviously at the end of this round we have to get rid of another

pair but this game just gets better and better.

This is going to be so exciting. I'll tell you why.

Because Suzie and Emily and Geoff and Lyn,

our low-scoring pairs, were tied on 10.

And then Jack and Leo not very far behind them

and they gave us einsteinium.

So it's all going to be fantastic.

Three pairs fighting it out to see who stays for the head-to-head.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is Novels.

Novels.

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, and the question concerns Literary Characters.

Literary characters, Richard.

On each board we're going to show you the names of six literary characters,

all of whom were the first people to be mentioned in certain novels.

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

It's going to be six on each pass, 12 novels to guess at home

and we're going to give you the years that those novels came out as well.

OK, thanks very much.

So we're looking for the titles of the works in which these

characters first appeared and here is our first board of six.

I'll read those all one last time.

-Now, Emily.

-Yes.

How do you like that board?

-I definitely know four of them.

-Perfect.

I'm going to take a punt on the fifth.

Winston Smith, 1984.

1984 says Emily for Winston Smith. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

27.

27 for 1984.

Well played, Emily. By George Orwell, of course.

He came up with Big Brother and Room 101, so he's loaded.

HE CHUCKLES

Very good, thank you. Now, Leo.

Leo. How are you feeling about this?

Er, I'm feeling all right about it

cos I think I've got one good answer at least.

I'm pretty sure John Yossarian's from Catch 22.

Catch 22, says Leo. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Catch 22.

It's right.

Well, 27 with 1984, you've passed that with Catch 22, down to 19.

19 for Catch 22. 27 for 1984. A lot of numbers.

I know, it's quite confusing. Very well played, Leo.

-Another terrific answer again. Good scoring from everybody.

-Yeah. Good.

OK. Now then, Lyn.

You are the last person to have this board.

-Do you fancy talking us through it?

-No.

I only know two on there, so Mr Bennet, I think,

is Pride And Prejudice.

And Mr Heathcliff is Wuthering Heights,

so it's who to go for out of those.

I'll say Mr Bennet, Pride And Prejudice.

Pride And Prejudice, says Lyn. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Pride And Prejudice.

It's right.

27 is our high score, 19 our low.

46 for Mr Bennet.

Well played, Lyn. You knew two of them, you chose the right one,

cos Wuthering Heights would've scored you more points.

It's quite right that it would've scored you 66.

Now, the other two are the best two answers on the board

and two of the most famous books up there.

-Vernon Dursley...

-Is Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.

Correct, it would've scored you six points, and Prim Everdeen?

-It's The Hunger Games.

-Oh, yeah.

And that would've scored 6 as well, so they're the best answers up there.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. 19, the best score of that pass.

Well done, Leo.

That puts you and Jack at the top of the board,

then up to 27 where we find Emily and Suzie.

Then to 46, Lyn and Geoff.

Now, Geoff, you get first choice on the next board.

Do you read a lot?

-The Dandy, The Beano.

-This is probably his worst subject.

Worst subject ever.

OK, well, use your advantage well and try

-and find a nice low scorer if you can.

-OK.

-Best of luck with that.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

OK, Geoff, you are the high-scorers.

Erm, I don't know any of them, to be honest.

I think it's going to have to be a punt.

Jacob Marley and Nicholas Nickleby is the only thing I can think of.

Not a terrible punt. Nicholas Nickleby, says Geoff.

Let's see if that's right.

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

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

I'm afraid it's wrong.

-That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 146.

-Sorry, Geoff.

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

-OK.

OK, now, Jack. Hey, Jack, I've got good news.

-Great news, I know.

-You know the head-to-head?

You are going to be in the head-to-head.

Fantastic, that's great.

Even if you score 100 points which I happen to think you won't.

No, I think I know one for definite.

And another one I could take a stab at, maybe,

is Jem Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird.

-To Kill A Mockingbird, says Jack.

-I've got it, sort of slightly there.

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

but let's see how many people said To Kill A Mockingbird.

It's absolutely right. Very well done, Jack.

13.

32 is your total. I suspect that'll be the lowest total of the round.

Well done, Jack. The son of Atticus Finch, the lawyer, of course.

Have you ever thought of doing a radio show?

-Wouldn't he be brilliant?

-I would listen to that, wouldn't you?

I would.

-It would be very calming.

-Yeah. What kind of music do you like, Jack?

-Er, most things, really. Anything.

-That's good.

-It'd be an eclectic show.

-An eclectic show.

-Eclectic people.

I genuinely would listen.

An eclectic show for eclectic people.

It'd be brilliant if you were famous

because you'd be very easy to impersonate.

It'd be lovely. You can imagine Alastair McGowan

going, "Oh, yeah. Lovely."

Now then, Suzie. Suzie.

-Well, listen. Good news. You're through.

-This is good.

You are most certainly through.

What I'm now going to ask you to do, though, is see

if you can talk us through that board.

I think I know the top two. I think the first one is Little Women.

I think the second one is Gone With The Wind.

So I will go Jo March, Little Women.

OK, Little Women, says Suzie.

No red line for you as you're already through,

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

It's right. Still going down, look at that.

27, well done.

You equal Emily's score. It takes your total up to 54.

Well played, Suzie. Good battle going on

between these first two podiums here.

Let's take a look through the rest of these.

Scarlett O'Hara, you're right, it's Gone With The Wind.

But you went for the right one,

cos that would've scored you 70 points, would've been a big scorer.

Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, would've scored you 25.

Now, Jacob Marley, not Nicholas Nickleby, but he is Dickens...

-A Christmas Carol.

-A Christmas Carol, Lyn, yes, absolutely.

Would've scored 43, and Charlie Swan, again, from a very, very big novel

of the last ten years, the first person to appear in Twilight.

Bella Swan's father, 3 points. Well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, at the end of our second round, the pair who are going to be heading

home with their high score of 146, I'm afraid it's Geoff and Lyn.

Well, you didn't do badly. Mr Bennet wasn't a bad answer at all.

Geoff, you weren't that far off.

Might you have gone for A Christmas Carol?

I wouldn't even know... Even the whole 12, I didn't know any of them.

Not one.

Marley's Ghost, of course. That would've reminded you.

Well, I'm Lyn's ghost now.

OK.

Well, I hope not yet, cos we want to see you back next show.

We look forward to that very much indeed,

but, in the meantime, thanks very much, Geoff and Lyn.

APPLAUSE

But for Jack and Leo, and Suzie and Emily,

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

Congratulations, Jack and Leo, Suzie and Emily,

you are now one step closer to the final,

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £3,000.

So now we have to decide who's going to play for that money,

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

The difference being you can now confer before you give your answers.

First pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Well, very well done. I'm really looking forward to this head-to-head

because I know it is going to be very close fought.

Each of you have had brilliant low scores.

You've had some slightly higher scores but you've been

pretty much neck and neck the whole way through the show.

I think this should be very exciting indeed. Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

..Courtroom Movies.

Courtroom Movies, Richard.

We're going to show you five images now from films which feature

courtroom scenes. Can you name the films, please?

OK, let's reveal our five pictures and here they are. We have...

OK, there we are. Five courtroom movies.

Jack and Leo, you will go first

cos you've played best throughout the show so far.

We think we know four of them,

but two of them we're a bit more risky on.

And we're going to go for the one we're most risky on

cos we're feeling wild.

So we're going to say B, To Kill A Mockingbird.

B, To Kill A Mockingbird.

B, To Kill A Mockingbird.

OK, Suzie and Emily.

-We also think we know four of them.

-Yes.

A is A Few Good Men.

B I thought was maybe 12 Angry Men.

C is Philadelphia and D is My Cousin Vinnie.

I think we'll go D?

I would've gone A, but, yeah.

Let's go D, My Cousin Vinnie.

OK, you're going to say D, My Cousin Vinnie.

So we have B, To Kill A Mockingbird, according to Jack and Leo.

Let's see if that's right.

It'd be the second time you've given that answer today.

Let's see if that's right, To Kill A Mockingbird,

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

No, I'm afraid not To Kill A Mockingbird,

which means, Suzie and Emily, you merely have to be correct with D,

My Cousin Vinnie, and you will win the point.

Let's find out if you are.

You're right. Well done.

16.

APPLAUSE

16 for My Cousin Vinnie, which means, Suzie and Emily,

after one question you're up 1-0.

Well played, Suzie and Emily.

Jack and Leo, you should've been here

for our To Kill A Mockingbird special. You would've cleaned up.

Now, you were thinking about going for My Cousin Vinnie

or A Few Good Men.

Let's see which was the best one to go for.

It was actually My Cousin Vinnie because A Few Good Men

would've scored you a few more points. It would've scored you 28.

B, now, it's not To Kill A Mockingbird,

it's not 12 Angry Men either.

It's a pointless answer and it's Inherit The Wind.

Very well done if you said that at home. Terrific answer.

C is Philadelphia, as you knew.

Would've scored you 29.

And the last one, Edward Norton and Richard Gere in Primal Fear.

Would've scored you six points so terrific answer if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, so here comes your second question, Jack and Leo.

You have to win this one to stay in the game so best of luck.

It concerns...

If only we had an American here.

LAUGHTER

North and South American Capital Cities.

We're going to show you five North and South American Capital Cities

now, but in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them and give us the best answer?

OK, let's reveal our anagrams and here they are. We've got...

Suzie and Emily, help yourselves.

THEY WHISPER

Right, we are going to go for Ease Rub Ions

and we think it's Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires you're going to say, for Ease Rub Ions.

Buenos Aires, OK, now then, Jack and Leo.

Do you want to talk us through the board?

I know the top one and the bottom one, which is Lima and Ottawa

and I should know the other two

cos I said I was really strong at capital cities.

I would probably say Ottawa.

Yeah, Ottawa.

OK, Jack and Leo say Ottawa for A At Two,

so we have Buenos Aires versus Ottawa.

Suzie and Emily said Buenos Aires, let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

17.

Jack and Leo look like they've just seen one

but they've gone for Ottawa. Let's see if it's right.

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

It's right.

49 for Ottawa.

Which means very well done, Suzie and Emily.

After only two questions you're through to the final.

Straight through, 2-0.

Very well played. Jack, which is the one you just saw?

Georgetown.

Oh, Georgetown's the best answer on the board as well. The third one.

Would've scored you 2 points.

Why you doing this to me?

A terrific answer. Capital of Guyana.

Lima, you're right about, capital of Peru.

Would've scored you too many points. Would've scored 65.

I was looking at this next one for ages.

I thought it looks like Washington, but Washington hasn't got a C in it.

-DC.

-Washington DC.

Exactly. 24 points.

So, Georgetown, best answer but Buenos Aires,

second best answer on the board.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

is Jack and Leo. Well, I'm really sorry

cos you deserve to go through to the final because you played

incredibly well throughout the show but I'm not sorry because it means

we get to see you again next time.

Because otherwise it would only have been one appearance

and that would've been too few.

But thanks, we'll look forward to next time, Jack and Leo.

But for Suzie and Emily, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Suzie and Emily. You fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,000.

Well, what a journey.

There you were, podium one,

the first answer of the whole show, antimony.

And you continued in that rich vein all the way through

and then a 2-0 victory in the head-to-head

which isn't that common, so you've done very well indeed.

Anything you'd particularly like to see come up in this last round?

-American TV shows.

-Yeah, that.

-We're all over that.

-American sports teams.

OK, they do sometimes come up. Well, very best of luck.

As always, you get to choose your category from the four options

we give you, and here they are. We've got...

Do you know, my family is Cornish and I work for a Cornish law firm.

But I think we have to rule it out. Sorry, family.

Would you go '80s Female Singers?

It'll be mostly on you,

but I think that's probably the closest we can come.

-Royalty On Screen, I mean...

-Let's go '80s Female Singers.

'80s Female Singers, I think, reluctantly.

OK, '80s Female Singers.

I don't want to give advice in hindsight

but I think Cornwall would've been a pretty good category for you, but

here we go, let's go with the female singers.

Might be a good category as well actually.

Three very different singers here. We're looking for...

So any original tracks on the original release of that.

So any of the original tracks on the releases

of Whitney Houston, Madonna, or Kylie.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much indeed.

Now, as always, 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?

BOTH: Yep.

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

Your time starts now.

I'm only going to know the big ones.

I Want to Dance With Somebody, True Blue, Loco-motion.

I'm just trying to go through the alphabet.

Which isn't very helpful. Erm.

Trying to think.

-Like A Virgin.

-No. They're all too big.

I'm just trying to think about Whitney Houston.

No, that wouldn't be on there.

-Only Houston with big hair.

-Yeah.

-Pink lips, blue eyes.

Erm, Madonna, I've got absolutely no idea.

Kylie, Loco-motion is the only thing I can think of

and that's obviously going to score very highly.

-Erm...

-Lucky Star.

Cherish...

But that's later, I think.

Ten seconds left.

Lucky Star, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and Loco-motion.

Yeah, I think we don't have any choice. We should've gone Cornwall.

Damn.

OK, that's your time up. Now give me your three answers.

Right. Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

That's going to be huge.

Madonna.

-True Blue.

-Yeah, go on.

And Kylie, Loco-motion.

Now, of those three, which is your best shot for the pointless?

None of them.

-True Blue.

-True Blue we'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?

-I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

-OK, we'll put that first.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.

Well, very best of luck.

It was a really tough board, that one.

Tough category but you managed to come up with three answers.

Let's find out if...

I mean, some of them might be right,

some of them might even be pointless, you never know.

-I think we know.

-Well, let's say they were, or one of them was,

what would you do with your prize money, £3,000?

I'm getting married later this year so I would put it towards that.

-Possibly making it a Pointless-themed wedding.

-Wow.

Could invite you two.

So if you want to change the scores, make them pointless...

OK, Suzie, do you want to submit anything?

I'm going on a number of holidays this year

so it'd probably all go to holidays.

Well, very best of luck.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody was your first answer, the one you thought

was probably least likely to be pointless.

In this case we were looking for

tracks from Whitney Houston's first album.

Let's find out if it's right and if it is let's find out

how many people said it. For £3,000, is it pointless?

An incorrect answer, I'm afraid.

OK, only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Loco-motion.

In this case we were looking for tracks from Kylie's first album,

Kylie.

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

If it is, it'll win you £3,000. How many people said Loco-motion?

It's right.

OK, your first answer was incorrect, your second answer,

Loco-motion is right.

Taking us down through the 20s,

28, so I'm sorry.

Not a pointless answer.

I've got no idea. Is it a film?

So everything is now riding on your third and final answer, True Blue.

In this case we were looking for

tracks from Madonna's debut album, Madonna.

Let's find out if it's right and if it is, let's find out

how many people said it. For £3,000, is it pointless?

Oh, no. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, unfortunately you didn't manage to find that all-important

pointless answer so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £3,000.

That will roll over onto the next show,

but we've really enjoyed having you on the show and you've done so well

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

Well played, Suzie and Emily.

You haven't put a foot wrong all throughout the show

until this final round. You played really well.

True Blue was from Madonna's third album, which was called True Blue.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody was from Whitney Houston's second album.

Her first album was called Whitney Houston,

her second album was called Whitney.

Her third album was called Wh.

You did actually say a better answer, not a pointless answer,

while you were talking which was Lucky Star from the Madonna album.

Would've scored you 5 points, would've been a good answer.

But let's take a look at some pointless answers.

Whitney, that album, the biggest songs were Greatest Love Of All,

How Will I Know and Saving All My Love For You.

Those were the big scorers.

But these were all pointless.

And also her two duets with Jermaine Jackson, Nobody Loves Me Like You Do

and Take Good Care Of My Heart.

All of those were pointless answers.

There's four on the Madonna album.

There's also four on the Kylie album.

And they were...

Well done if you got any of those at home. Tough luck in the studio.

Thanks very much indeed. Well, unfortunately we have to say goodbye

to you, Suzie and Emily, but it's been brilliant

having you on the show.

Thank you both so much for playing. Suzie and Emily.

Well, sadly, Suzie and Emily didn't win our jackpot today which means

it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £4,000.

Join us then, see if someone can win it.

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.