Episode 12 Pointless

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

and welcome to Pointless. This is the show where all the questions

have been asked to 100 people before the show and all our contestants

have to do is come up with the answers no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.

-And couple number one.

-Hi, I'm Jack, this is my housemate Leo

and we're students at Manchester.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Emma, this is my mum Ann, and we're from the New Forest.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Lee, this is Jamie and we're friends from Bristol.

-And finally, couple number four.

-Hello, I'm Lyn, this is my husband Geoff,

-and we're from Leamington spa.

-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 as it goes along. So, that just leaves one more person

for me to introduce. He's well-bred, well-read, owns his own shed,

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hello.

-Afternoon.

-Afternoon to you.

You must have a shed as well, have you?

Not really, no. Oh, yeah, no, we have got a shed, yeah.

So, more of a wing, yours, isn't it?

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-I joke, of course. How are you today?

-I am very well.

-I'm very well, indeed.

-Excellent. Two pairs coming back from last time,

-Jack and Leo back. That's fun, isn't it?

-That's fun. Ooh, we nearly lost them.

-We nearly lost them.

-We nearly lost them into the final.

Jack might be the coolest person we've ever had on the show.

-The most casually cool person.

-Yeah.

-Takes it very, very easy,

doesn't he? But brilliant answers all the way through last time.

So, you know, you can't knock it, can you?

Also, from last time, Geoff and Lyn got to Round Two.

So, we've got to strong pairs coming back here for our new players to play along against.

So, it should be a lot of fun, I think.

I think it will be, Richard. Thanks very much.

All of our questions have been put to 100 people before the show,

our contestants here are looking for the obscure answers those 100 people didn't give.

Of course, everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave, and each time that happens,

we will add 250 quid to the jackpot. Now, Susie and Emily didn't win

the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.

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

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

and each round, indeed, will be eliminated.

So, remember that and do what you can to make sure it's not you.

Best of luck. Our first category today, is...

Sport. Can you all decide in your pairs who is 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...

Sporting numbers, Richard.

On each pass, we're going to ask you seven questions about sport -

the answers to each of them is a number. So, there's going to be

seven on each board, 14 in all to have a go at home. So, very best of luck.

OK. So, we're looking for the numerical values that answer

these sporting questions, and here's our first board of seven.

I'll read those all one last time...

Now, Jack, that's a pained look on your face there, Jack.

-Er...

-but it's only a kind of Jack-pain,

it's kind of a, "Whoa. Oooh."

Er... I know the answers to some, but...

Now, Jack, before you answer, before you answer, you're in your last year

studying politics and philosophy.

Now, looking back over your three-year career there,

what's been the best thing about university?

Best thing about university... Meeting Leo, obviously. Come on.

-That's kind.

-How can you even ask that question?

Well, I only ask because I wanted you to say precisely that.

How long into your first week was it before you met Leo?

-Well, they made us live together...

-It was the first day.

-Oh, really, you were match-made?

-Yeah.

-OK, now, Jack...

-Yeah...

I've got a thought on quite a few of them.

Might play quite risky.

Risky game.

I'm not sure if it's right, exactly,

I think I'm going to go for Brian Lara.

I'm torn between two answers. 501.

-501, says Jack.

-Maybe. Yeah.

-Yeah.

-If not, it's the other one. So...

OK, 501, says Jack, for Brian Lara.

Let's see if that's right and if it is let's see how many of our hundred people said 501.

-Oh, Jack. I'm sorry.

-I'm sorry.

-It's OK.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Jack. That's probably one of the most famous innings in cricket,

Brian Lara's 501. But it wasn't in a test match, I'm afraid.

It was in a county match. So, it was the other one,

depending on what the other one is you're thinking of. I'm guessing

-it's the other one you're thinking of.

-Maybe.

-Thanks very much indeed. OK, Emma, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Great to have you here. What do you do, Emma?

I'm a freelance line producer in the film industry.

Line producer in the film industry, which means precisely what?

It means I do all the boring things.

I deal with money and it's project management, basically.

-You're basically making sure budgets are adhered to.

-Yes.

Yes, people come to you on bended knee if they want special effects and things like that.

-Very unglamorous.

-Yeah.

-It's not fun.

-It's your job to say no.

-Yes.

-Really more often than not.

-It's really tough.

-Yeah.

-OK, are you working on fun things at the moment?

-Yeah, a few things.

-Quite exciting. Football film...

-Got to love a football film.

-Doesn't mean I know anything about sport.

-No. Yes, right.

But your good on numbers, though. Numbers, that's your bag.

-I can count.

-Exactly.

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This is really bad, kind of play it safe and maybe go for heptathlon,

-and say that's eight, I think.

-You're going to say eight?

-Yeah.

You're going to say eight events in the heptathlon?

Let's see if that is right and if it is let's see how many

of our 100 people said eight, for heptathlon.

No. Oh, bad luck.

I'm afraid that is another incorrect answer,

scores you 100 points. Well, you're in very, very good company.

Yeah, in most sports this would be an amazing round, two centuries already.

It's impressive stuff. It doesn't really work for us, does it?

-Now, Jamie, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Jamie, what do you do?

I work in the Faculty of Arts at Bristol University.

-What do you do in the Faculty of Arts?

-I kind of deal with

-the day-to-day woes of students, I'd say.

-OK.

I also moonlight as a freelance music journalist.

-So, do you review things, do you?

-I review things,

-sometimes interview bands, that kind of thing, yeah.

-Excellent.

OK, now, how are you feeling about this round?

-I'm feeling as if I have a vague idea for all of them...

-OK.

-..an exact idea for hardly any.

-Right, OK.

That's, yes, welcome to Pointless.

So, bearing in mind the answers so far,

I'm going to play it really safe, I think.

And I'm going to say the number of events in an heptathlon,

-I'm going for seven.

-Seven, in a heptathlon, says Jamie.

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

let's see how many of our hundred people said seven.

It's absolutely right.

-It's a good answer, 27.

-Well done, Jamie.

Well done, Jamie.

Yeah, seven. Interesting to see, actually, that 73 out of our 100,

the "hept" meant nothing to them.

So, obviously a tougher question than it looks.

-Thanks, very much indeed. Now, Jeff.

-Hi there.

Now, Jeff I thought I caught you looking quite happy with this,

-as a round?

-Well, I know a few of them, yes.

-Well, that's good.

You have a past in electricals, that's your discipline, isn't it?

We owned a retail outlet of selling electrical goods equipment

and that sort of thing. Lyn and I together, for 20 years.

-So, that was a shop?

-It was, indeed, yes.

It was only a small affair. It was a bit like, everybody will know

the high street electrical stores - we were a smaller version of that.

Were you the kind of shop where you could turn up with a broken toaster

-and say, "It's not working," and you'd fix it?

-That's what I was doing, yes.

Now, then, Jeff. Look, what about this board?

Brian Lara, I think was 500, I think he was one out.

Deuce is 40-40, I believe.

Starting players in a rugby league team is 15.

The number of points awarded to potting the green ball is three.

I don't know the basketball number. And the length of metres

in an Olympic size swimming pool, I believe is 100.

But the one I'm going for, is the green ball, which is three.

Green ball, three, says Jeff. Let's see if that is right

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

It's right.

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33 for three. Seems sort of apt somehow. Well done, Jeff.

Well done, Jeff. Lucky you went for that, Jeff, actually,

-because you were wrong on pretty much all of them.

-Was I?

-Yeah.

-Typical.

Said with such confidence, that's how to succeed in life, isn't it?

-Because the number of runs was 400.

-400?

-Yeah.

It would have scored you six points.

The number of starting players in a rugby league team is 13, not 15.

Rugby union has 15. 31 points for that.

And the in length in metres of an Olympic-sized swimming pool is 50,

rather than 100. Would have scored 39.

There's too many numbers going around.

The score at deuce, 40, you're right about that.

Would've scored 59 points. And Michael Jordan was number 23,

and that would have scored six points. Brian Lara and Michael Jordan,

-the best answers on that board.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Let's take a look at those scores. 27 the best score of that pass,

Jamie, well done. Then up to 33, where we find Geoff and Lynne.

Emma and Ann and Jack and Leo tied on 100 there.

So, yes, it's between you Ann and you, Leo, in the next pass,

to see who stays and who leaves at the end of the round.

Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players play step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more sporting questions on the board

and here they come.

I'll read those all one final time...

Now, we are looking for the numerical values of these answers.

And, Lyn...

-you're not looking happy.

-No.

Literature is Jeff's worst thing and sport's mine,

-so...

-Ah.

-Never mind.

-So, now, Lyn is it really lovely to have sold the shop?

-Yes.

-Ah.

-Well, it's sad in a way because when you've built something up,

-it's your baby, sort of thing.

-Yeah.

-Yes, we were...

-What's there now?

We actually passed it on to some friends of ours, so it's still there.

-So, it's still an electrical shop.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-That's good.

-So, its weird.

-Our legacy lives on, doesn't it?

-Yes.

That's good. Now, Lyn, what are you going to go for here?

Well...

There's only one I think I definitely know

and it's not going to be a very good answer, but...

maximum possible score on a standard dartboard

-with three darts... 180?

-180, says Lynn.

Let's see if that's right.

There's your red line. If you can get below that red line with 180,

you are through to the next round.

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

It is right, of course...

and sees you into the next round.

Well done. 56.

Takes your total up to 89.

-Well played, Lynn. Safely through, yeah. Three treble 20s.

-Thank you.

-Now, Lee.

-Hi.

-Welcome to the show.

From Bristol as well. What do you do, Lee?

I'm a commissioning manager in NHS mental health services.

-What does that mean, commissioning manager?

-Well, it's kind of...

The people who are making sure that the services you get

through the NHS are kind of up to quality and value for money,

-that kind of thing.

-I see.

-And safe.

-And safe, of course.

-What do you do in your spare time?

-A few different things.

I play football, I write a sports blog

and I make a bit of music on the side, every now and again.

OK, well, listen, there you are, you're on 27.

The highest scorer's still Leo and Jack and Ann and Emma on 100,

so 72 or less gets you through.

Right, well, I think I could play it quite safe,

but I think I'm quite confident on the golf one up there.

So, I think I'll go with the number of strokes under par for an eagle.

-I think that's two under par.

-Two under par, says Lee, for an eagle.

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

let's see how many people said it. There's your red line.

It's right.

And it sees you through to Round Two, very well done.

-48.

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-75, your total, Lee. Well done.

-Yeah, well played, Lee.

One under par's a birdie, two under par an Eagle,

-three under par is an albatross.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Now, this is where the contest starts. Ann and Leo.

It's between the pair of you. Ann, welcome to Pointless,

it's great to have you here. What do you do?.

Well, I recently gave up work last year to take some time off, to have

my gap year that all the children had, I'm having one to write a book.

Quite right. Wow, how's that going?

Well, it's turned into War and Peace, it's going to take

-a lot of editing, but it's going OK, thank you.

-Good stuff.

Well, there you are, you're joint high-scorers with Leo and Jack.

We have to have a low score from you here, Ann.

-How do you feel about this board?

-Well, sport...

It's not my favourite subject and there was only one that I knew,

which was the 180.

I'm going to have at the bases in baseball, including the home base...

-would it be four?

-OK, you're going to say four bases in baseball.

Let's see if that's right, no red line for you

as you're joint high-scorers, but let's see if four is right.

How many people said it, if it is?

It's right.

27.

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27 takes your total up to 127.

-Is that going to be enough to keep you in the game?

-Yeah, well played.

There was a famous pitcher with the San Francisco Giants,

called Gaylord Perry, in the '60s and he'd never hit a home run in his entire career.

And his coach had said, he was quoted as saying,

"They'll put a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run."

He hit his first one an hour after Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.

-Isn't that amazing?

-What other things did his coach say?

-That's brilliant!

-It's quite good, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now then, Leo.

Right, OK, here it comes... You have to score 26 or less.

You have to score 26 or less.

There's no way we can be sending you a home at the end of this round.

Here's hoping not, but most are the ones I knew have gone.

And sport, I am just terrible at.

Do you want to just talk us through that board?

So, the number of the fly half, I think is number ten.

If I had to guess at the runners, I'd say eight.

I've no idea about Australian Rules football

and I know it's 45 for a half of football, but I suppose...

-I'll have to go with number ten for the fly half.

-The fly half.

Number ten.

OK, let's find out, the fly half's number, number ten.

Is that right? If it is, how many people said it?

There's your red line.

It's right.

It's right.

It's still going down.

You've done it! 15. Very well done, Leo.

Very exciting. That's exactly what you needed to do.

115 is your total, you are in Round Two.

Well played, Leo, very nicely played. You knew a few of them and

it's the only one that would've scored few enough points.

You were right about eight runners in the Olympic 100 metres,

but would have scored you 34.

And you were right about the number of minutes in a half of football,

45 minutes, but a big scorer. Would've scored you 52.

And the best answer up there is the number of on-field players

-in an Aussie Rules football team, which is 18.

-Really?

Almost impossible to guess. Yeah. Two points, so well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. We're at the end of our first round

and the pair heading home... What an exciting end to that round, it was.

Ann and Emma.

If it was called a septathlon, it would be easy.

-But heptathlon, they're just putting people off the scent there.

-Yeah.

Anyway, I'm afraid we're going have to say goodbye to you now,

but we will see you again next time.

-But thanks very much for playing, Ann and Emma.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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

So, three pairs remain. Obviously at the, end of this round,

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

Well, this is going to be very exciting.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

UNESCO. Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,

who's going to go second?

And whoever is 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...

Countries with natural UNESCO World Heritage sites. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any country which has at least one site

on that list, please. One site of the UNESCO natural World Heritage site list.

Some countries have lots and there's about 100 countries in all,

which have at least one site on there.

So, we're looking for any country and by country we mean a sovereign state

-that's a member of the UN.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, Leo.

Well, I'm going to go for one that I know has a natural feature in it

-and say Venezuela.

-Venezuela, says Leo. Sounds fair enough.

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

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

It's right.

It's a good answer.

It's a very good answer. 1 is what it scores.

Leo, well done, back in the game.

Well played, Leo. Yeah, Canaima National Park, it's in Venezuela -

-a world Heritage site.

-Mm.

-3 million hectares.

That's big. I wouldn't want to have to mow that.

It's where the Angel Falls is,

which I suspect is what you were thinking of.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Jamie. Jamie... OK.

You look like somebody who's quite confident.

I'm... I'm confident the place I'm about to name is a country.

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-That is good. A lot of people fall at that hurdle.

-Oh, yeah.

-So, I'm going to say Mexico.

-Mexico.

Let's find out, is it right and how many people said it?

Absolutely right. Well, 1 is our only score so far.

Will you equal or better that? 12 for Mexico.

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Yeah, they've got five in Mexico - virtually the whole country.

-OK, now, Geoff.

-Hiya.

-Geoff.

Well, I've got a few in mind.

I need to score low, I think,

so I'm going to take a real punt and go for Australia.

Australia, says Geoff. Let's see if Australia's right,

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

It is, of course, right.

Well, 12 is our highest score, 1 is our low.

27 is our new high score for Australia there.

Yeah, they've got 12 sites in Australia, all sorts,

including the Great Barrier Reef, of course,

the Greater Blue Mountains, as well. All sorts.

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

Let's take a look at those scores.

1 the best score of that pass, Leo. Very, very well done.

Up to 12, where we find Jamie and Lee, up to 27, Geoff and Lyn.

Now, Lyn, anything can happen in this next pass.

What we definitely need from you is a low score

because you are out in front at the moment, so best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players step up to the podium?

OK, so we're looking for the name of any country that has at least

one natural UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lyn.

Not one of my best subjects, so I'm going say Canada.

Canada, says Lyn.

Let's see if that's right, no red line for you

as you're the high-scorers,

but let's see how many people said Canada.

It's right, of course.

Not a bad answer, 24.

That takes your total up to 51.

Yeah, Canada, of course, has multiple entries on the list,

-including the famous Rocky Mountain Parks.

-Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Lee.

-Hi.

-Lee, 51 the high score.

You're on 12, so 38 or less keeps you in the game.

OK, this might be right.

It's a bit of a punt. I'm going to go for Peru.

Peru, says Lee.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 said Peru.

There's your red line.

It's right.

And it gets you through to the head-to-head. Very well done indeed.

13 for Peru. 25 your total.

Yeah, well played, Lee. They've got two natural sites,

but also the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu

is on the mixed UNESCO list.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Jack.

OK, so, well, I don't know any, but,

I mean, I can take a punt, obviously.

I'll name a country that looks quite nice, I imagine.

So I'm going to say... I'm going to go Indonesia.

-Indonesia, says Jack.

-Yeah.

-OK, there is your red line.

You have to get below that red line,

if you do, you are in the head-to-head.

Let's see if Indonesia is right. Let's see how many people said it.

It's right. Very well done, Jack.

You are in the head-to-head, very well done. It's still going down.

That's a great answer, 1.

You equal Leo's excellent answer of Venezuela.

2 is your total. Well played.

Yeah, well played, Jack. Four sites in Indonesia,

including the Komodo Islands, which are home to 5,700 Komodo dragons.

Now, there's lots of pointless answers here -

let's take a look at a few of them.

You could have said...

You could've had Namibia.

Their sand sea was put on the list in 2013,

so you can see they're still adding to the list.

Panama and Zambia, as well, which is the home of Victoria Falls,

which is a natural Heritage Site.

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

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Some of these will be familiar on podium four, I'm afraid.

Because, in third, it's Canada with 24.

Second, Australia with 27 and then, right at the top, the USA with 30.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

with their high score of 51, I'm afraid, it's Lyn and Geoff,

but I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye. I'm sorry.

It's been great having you on the show.

-Lyn and Geoff.

-It's been fantastic. Thank you.

But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.

Well, congratulations, Lee and Jamie, Jack and Leo.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £4,000.

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

and to do that you are going to go head-to-head.

The difference being you're now allowed to confer

before you give your answers,

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for the jackpot.

Well, this is going to be an epic head-to-head, of that I am certain.

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

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

Muscles in the human body, Richard.

We're going to show you five diagrams now,

highlighting particular muscles in the human body.

We need you to give us the scientific or medical or short form name

for any of the muscles you're about to see. Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five muscles, and here they are.

We've got...

OK, there we are - five muscle groups.

Lee and Jamie, you've played best throughout the show

so far, so you will go first.

I think we're going to go for E, abdominal.

E, abdominal, say Lee and Jamie.

Now, Jack and Leo, the board is all yours.

-Talk us through as many of them as you can.

-I think we know...

Well, we can guess at most of them.

A, gluteals. Gluteus maximus.

Gluteus maximus, something like that.

B, I'm thinking... I'm not too sure, like a trapezy...

A trapezium or trapezoid, is it?

Or C, pectoral.

D, deltoid.

-Which one do you want to go for?

-I'm thinking...

-Most confident with deltoid.

-Let's go with deltoid.

-Sounds good.

-D, deltoid.

-D, deltoid, say Jack and Leo.

So, we have abdominals, we have deltoid.

Lee and Jamie said abdominals for E.

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

It's right.

27 for abdominals.

Now then, Jack and Leo, meanwhile,

have said that D is the deltoid muscle.

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

let's see how many people said deltoid.

It's right.

It has to beat 27...

..and it does.

Oh, it's a good answer. Look at that! 1 for deltoid!

That's a great answer, very well done.

And it means Jack and Leo, you've broken their serve.

You are up 1-0 after one question.

Yeah, deltoid, the best answer on the board, so very well played.

A, you're right, is the gluteus maximus or glutes -

would have scored you 25 points.

B is the trapezius, or traps, would have scored you 5 points.

C is the pectoral muscles, or the pecs, would have scored you 30.

So, best answer on that board, deltoid. Very well played.

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

Lee and Jamie, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

so best of luck. It concerns...

Simon Cowell, Richard.

Yeah, talking of gluteus maximus...

We are going to show you five clues now to facts about Simon Cowell.

-Can you give us the most obscure answer?

-Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, Jack and Leo, it's you to go first.

We think we know two of them,

but we're going to go with the animated show is The Simpsons.

The Simpsons, say Jack and Leo. The Simpsons.

Now, Lee and Jamie,

do you fancy talking us through the rest of the board?

The group featured in the film is One Direction, I think.

And we're a bit torn over the last one,

whether it's Mr Blobby or Robson and Jerome.

I think both will be lower than The Simpsons though.

One Direction are very popular.

-OK, we'll go with Mr Blobby then for the '93 single.

-OK, Mr Blobby.

So we have The Simpsons versus Mr Blobby.

Jack and Leo said The Simpsons.

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

let's see how many people said The Simpsons.

It's right.

32.

32 for The Simpsons.

Lee and Jamie, meanwhile,

have said Mr Blobby was the 1993 Christmas number one single.

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

let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

And it wins you the point. Well done, you've broken back.

Good! 8 to 32.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Terrific head-to-head. That's a smart risk to take

because the other one you knew - It was One Direction -

but would have scored too many points.

Would've scored you 36, so very, very well played there.

He was born in Brighton - that would've scored 12 points.

And the first name of his mother - hello, if you're watching - is Julie.

And would've scored you 4 points, best answer on the board.

Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes your third question.

This is the decider. Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

The works of Leonardo da Vinci, Richard.

We're going to show you five names of works by Leonardo da Vinci

in their English names, but we've left out alternate letters.

Can you fill them in and give us the most obscure?

-Best of luck, both teams.

-Thanks very much indeed.

OK, let's reveal our five Leonardo da Vinci works and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Lee and Jamie, you will go first.

OK, we're going to have to go...

I think we might get done by an ancient history class here,

-but we'll go The Last Supper.

-The Last Supper, say Lee and Jamie.

The Last Supper.

So then, Jack and Leo, talk us through that board if you can.

All right, well, the second one is Adoration of the Magi.

Don't know what the third one is.

The fourth one's Mona Lisa, and the last one, I think,

is Vitruvian Man.

I think...

Your call, man, your call.

I'm going to go with Vitruvian Man.

OK, Vitruvian Man, say Jack and Leo. Vitruvian Man.

So, we have The Last Supper versus Vitruvian Man.

Lee and Jamie said The Last Supper.

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

It's right.

26 for The Last Supper.

Now then, Jack and Leo, meanwhile,

have gone for Vitruvian Man at the bottom there.

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

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

It's right.

And you're through, very well done indeed.

Look at that, down to 6 for Vitruvian Man.

Very, very well played.

Jack and Leo, you've broken serve twice there.

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

Very nicely done there, Leo.

Now, there is actually a pointless answer up there.

It's not Mona Lisa because that would have scored you 75 points,

but it is Adoration of the Magi.

It would have added £250 to the jackpot - terrific answer.

The other one, easier to work out just from the words, this one -

it's the Virgin of the Rocks - would've scored you 2 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid, it's Lee and Jamie.

Very solid performance throughout the show today.

It's good news because it means we get to see you next time,

otherwise it would have been over in one show.

We'll look forward to that, but Lee and Jamie,

thanks very much for playing, meanwhile.

But, for Jack and Leo, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jack and Leo,

you fought off all the competition valiantly and you have won

our coveted Pointless trophy, so huge congratulations.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and, at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,000.

I think this is exactly the right result, though, I mean,

one misstep, which was the Brian Lara answer in the first round,

but then after that you've had a string of low-scoring ones.

Actually, you knew a pointless answer in that head-to-head round,

so, you know, you now know where you have to go for this round.

So, perfect preparation.

As always, you get to choose your category

from the four options we give you.

Let's see what today's options are. We've got the...

-Well...

-Yes, ancient history.

Ancient Greek literature, I've done modules on that.

I should be able to, but it'll make me nervous.

Yeah, and I won't have the foggiest.

Other than that, the only one we could really do

is US cities in popular culture. Are you willing to trust me?

Well, what did you score in your last ancient Greek, come on?

Oh, low, low, but let's ignore that exam.

That changes everything now.

-Do you trust me?

-Yeah, I trust you. I trust you, man.

More fool you, but, OK, let's do ancient Greek literature.

OK, you're going to go for ancient Greek literature, Richard.

This will be a hell of a way to finish up

if you get a jackpot on this, guys. Very, very best of luck.

Here are your three options. We're looking for...

There are your three options. Very, very best of luck.

OK, now, as always,

you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that jackpot, quite a nice size

of jackpot by now, is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-As ready as I'll ever be.

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

All right, so have you got any?

I know that he did that Antigone, Sophocles.

Yeah, but they're asking for a character,

-and that's not one of the Theban plays.

-OK.

-Oedipus is.

So, Aristophanes, he did...

We could go with Lysistrata and Knights -

-those are two pretty good ones.

-Both amazing, love them.

-Oresteia.

I think there's a messenger in it,

although, I think there is in the Theban plays by Sophocles, but...

We could say Messenger, I think that might be his title.

It's all you.

And... Trying to think of any... The other characters in the Oresteia.

Er...

I can't remember what his teacher's called, that's really annoying.

So, we could say Electra is one, Orestes is one.

Another Aristophanes play would be Birds or Frogs. Birds.

-Ten seconds left.

-Shall we say those three Aristophanes plays?

-Of course.

Just because I can't remember any of the characters, which is annoying,

but... And, yeah, there we go.

OK, so you've got your three answers. That is your time up.

Let's hear what they are.

-They're all plays by Aristophanes.

-OK, all Aristophanes.

-And it's Birds...

-Birds.

-..Lysistrata...

-Lysistrata.

-..and Knights.

-And Knights.

Of those three, what's your best shot at a pointless answer?

-I think Knights.

-Knights, we'll put last.

-Least likely?

-Birds.

-Birds.

And Lysistrata we'll put in the middle.

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

We've got...

Now, three good answers up there on the board.

If you win that jackpot today, £4,000,

what would you do with it, Jack?

Oh, I've not really planned for it.

I'd probably just cleverly invest it.

No, no, I'm a bit more, you know, ambitious and that.

-Maybe just travelling or... Some sort of travelling.

-OK, Leo?

This is quite sensible. I want to get it all out in cash

so I can roll around in it,

-just because when do you get to do that?

-Yeah, that's fine.

Then I'll put it back in and do something sensible, but first...

-Yeah.

-..roll in it.

-OK, good stuff.

Well, The Birds, was your first answer,

the one you thought was least likely to be pointless.

Remember, only one of these answers has to be pointless

for you to win the jackpot of £4,000.

Let's see if The Birds is right.

Let's see if it's pointless for £4,000.

It's right. That was the first thing it had to be.

Now, the next thing it has to be is pointless,

so down it goes, through the 30s, through the 20s,

through the teens, into single figures.

-7! OK, The Birds...

-OK, OK, all right.

This is fine.

You had no hesitation putting that as your first choice,

your least likely to be pointless, and so it has proved.

It's still a great answer.

You'd be thrilled with 7 in normal gameplay.

So, two more chances to win today's jackpots.

Your second answer is Lysistrata or Lysistrata.

Again, this has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So, let's find out, for £4,000, how many people said Lysistrata.

It's right.

So, your first answer was The Birds,

that took us all the way down to 7, your second answer,

Lysistrata or Lysistrata, takes us down to the teens,

into single figures, down it goes,

you've got it! Very well done indeed.

That's a fantastic win. Brilliant!

Very well done indeed.

Very, very well done indeed. A very popular win in the studio here.

Congratulations. Lysistrata was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of £4,000. Very well done.

Great play throughout the show.

That's the way to win it. Well done, guys.

You've been brilliant for two shows

and you're thoroughly nice men as well.

It's been a pleasure having you.

The Knights, also a pointless answer.

-Who is this guy?

-Good man, good man.

Let's take a look at some other pointless answers

for Aristophanes first. There is yours.

You also could have had The Archarnians or Women at the Festival -

all of those were pointless answers.

Let's take a look at the Aeschylus one.

You said Electra. Electra would have scored you 1 point,

so would've been a very good answer, but would have prolonged the agony.

And let's take a look at the Sophocles ones.

All of those pointless answers.

Very well done if you got any of those at home

and congratulations in the studio.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Jack and Leo,

who go away with today's jackpot of £4,000.

Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge

to the test on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.