Episode 16 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

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-Couple number one.

-Hello, I'm Carroll.

This is my daughter Eleanor, and we are from Wymondham in Norfolk.

-Couple number two.

-Hello, I'm Paul from Reading,

and this is one of my three sisters, Liz, also from Reading.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, I'm Sarah.

This is my boyfriend David and we're from Exeter in Devon.

And finally couple number four.

Hello, I'm Stephen from Chester

and this is my friend Kirt from Blackburn.

These are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you.

We'll get to know more about each of you throughout the show as

it goes along, so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

His opinions pack more punch than a Cassius Clay right hook.

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

-Hiya.

-Hi, everybody. Good afternoon. Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

I've barely recovered from that last show.

It was quite something, wasn't it?

Sarah and David got through to the head-to-head.

They were playing against Fiona and Louise, who took that 2-0.

Got through to the jackpot round. Three pointless answers.

-Three in a row. How about that? It was impressive, wasn't it?

-Mm.

But Sarah and David, as I say, you got through to the head-to-head,

so they'll be tough to beat.

Kirt and Stephen knocked out in the first round because of Stephen's

film knowledge. But I think they've probably got more in the tank.

-Don't you think? You can tell sometimes.

-I think so.

So I think they're going to be tough to beat as well.

It should be a cracker of a show.

Round One, the category or question makes me laugh,

and I think it will make anyone over 35 have a little chuckle.

Anyone under 35 will go... What does that mean?

-It's always nice to have a chuckle.

-Isn't it nice to have a chuckle?

-Exactly.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put

to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants are looking for those obscure answers

our 100 people didn't get.

Of course, everyone is trying to find a pointless answer,

that being an answer that nobody got. Each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Fiona and Louise won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

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

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All you have to remember is the pair with the highest

score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

So do everything you can to make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is Famous People.

Are we chuckling yet? Famous People.

Can everyone decide in their pairs who will go first and second?

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, the question concerns...

Famous Rods, Janes and Freddies.

-Excellent.

-That's nice, isn't it?

-To everybody over 35.

-Exactly.

Anyone under 35, not even going to explain it to you.

You'll find out one day.

We will show you seven descriptions of famous people who were

called either Rod, Jane or Freddie.

You just need to tell us who that famous person is, please.

There will be 14 Rods, Janes and Freddies to guess. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, we are looking for these famous Rods, Janes and Freddies.

Here is our first board of seven.

I will read those all one last time.

-Now, Ellie, welcome to the show.

-Hello.

-Great to have you here.

What do you do?

I work for a small media agency that does consumer insights

and market research for under-21s,

so it is all speaking to young people about what makes them tick.

And how do you get your information? From surveys?

It's a mixture, really.

We do surveys, we have focus groups, we do client immersions,

which is when you get the head of big businesses to come hang out

-with kids on the street.

-I bet they love that.

-They do!

OK, now then, Ellie. Who are the people described on this board?

OK.

I am going to have to play it really safe

and go for stage name of the Queen vocalist - Freddie Mercury.

Freddie Mercury, says Ellie. Let's see if that's right,

and let's see how many of our 100 people said Freddie Mercury.

50 for Freddie Mercury.

Yes, sometimes you have to play it safe,

especially on that first podium.

He was an avid and fastidious philatelist, Freddie Mercury.

What was his best stamp?

I don't have details of his stamp collection, I just know he had one.

-He was committed, passionate.

-Yeah, he loved it.

-Good. Now then, Liz.

-Welcome.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you here. From Reading.

What do you do, Liz?

-I'm a sports coach.

-Which sports do you coach?

Mainly gymnastics, netball, trampolining.

-Are you a bit of an ace trampoliner?

-An ex-ace, maybe.

-I don't do so much now.

-What's your best move on a trampoline?

Best move I would say...

..tuck-back crash-dive half-out.

Tuck-back crash-dive half-out, yes, yes.

-It's been a few years now since I've done that.

-Very good. Now then, Liz.

How about these Rods, Janes and Freddies?

OK. Um...

I get things mixed up sometimes, and I promised my brother that

I wouldn't take a chance.

So I'm going to go for the Australian tennis player Rod Laver.

Rod Laver. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Nothing mixed up about that, Liz.

Absolutely on the money. 36.

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Terrific answer, Liz.

It's lovely to have a contestant who just admits,

I get mixed up sometimes.

Because, actually, that's what everyone wants to say all the time.

We sort of know stuff, don't we?

But by and large we get stuff mixed up quite a lot.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Sarah. Welcome back to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what you do, Sarah.

-I'm a researcher at the University of Exeter.

-That's right.

Now, how do you and David know each other?

We met on a geography field trip to Switzerland

when we were in sixth form college.

That's a cool place to go on a geography field trip, isn't it?

-I know. Very lucky.

-Switzerland! What were you doing there?

-Gosh, what did we do there?

-You can't remember. You were too...yeah.

-Like you remember.

-Mountains... Did some colouring in!

I think you know exactly what went on on that field trip.

Not a lot of geography, but there we are.

Now then, Sarah, what are you going to go for on this board?

-Unfortunately, I'm under 35, and I get my Janes a bit mixed up.

-OK.

That was veering dangerously close to a "before my time".

-It was a little bit, wasn't it?

-But I think you rescued it.

I'm going to just have to take a guess at actress

and political activist Jane Seymour.

I think it's unlikely, but...

OK, Jane Seymour. Let's see if that's right, shall we?

Jane Seymour, Hanoi Jane.

No, not Jane Seymour I'm afraid, Sarah.

An incorrect answer, that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Yes, not Jane Seymour, I'm afraid.

There is an actress called Jane Seymour, as well as a wife

of Henry VIII, but neither were known as Hanoi Jane, I'm afraid.

Thanks very much. Now, Stephen. Welcome back.

First round last time, which I think was unfortunate.

You weren't that far off it. This time round, it will be different.

Remind us what you do, Stephen.

-I'm a project manager for a football community trust.

-That's right.

Football, obviously a big part of your life.

Apart from that, what else do you like to get up to?

Really into playing football, obviously,

watching as much football as possible,

outside of work and in work. But also play a bit of golf.

-Anything generally quite sporty, really.

-OK. This board is all yours.

Why not talk me through it?

-OK.

-I actually knew Rod Laver and Freddie Mercury.

I've not a clue about Twilight Zone.

I think I know the bottom two, possibly.

The last one may be Jane Bakewell.

But I'm going to go with who played Fred in the 2002 live-action

Scooby-Doo, Freddie Prinze Jr.

Freddie Prinze Jr, says Stephen. Kirt seems happy with that.

Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right. Very well done, Stephen.

13.

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The best score of the round so far, so very well done, Stephen.

Well done, Stephen. You were telling us last time you knew nothing about

-film.

-I know, I know!

-Freddie Prinze Jr is quite an obscure one.

He later married his co-star in that, Sarah Michelle Gellar.

It's a good answer.

Now let's take a look through the rest of these.

The political activist and actress is...

-Jane Fonda.

-Jane Fonda. Yup.

She would have scored 30 points.

The frontierswoman, you'll know the name -

Calamity Jane.

Would have scored you 25.

The English actress and cake maker who famously dated Paul McCartney...

-Asher.

-Jane Asher, yeah. Very much the Mary Berry of her day.

She would have scored you 35.

And the creator of The Twilight Zone was Rod Serling.

That's the best answer up there, five points for that.

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

Let's take a look at those scores.

13, Stephen. As I said, the best score of that pass, so well done.

That puts you and Kurt in a nice strong position.

Then up to 36, where we find Liz and Paul.

50, Ellie and Carroll, and then up to 100, Sarah and David.

So, yes, David, bit of a mountain to climb,

but who knows? Maybe you can do it. 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 seven more Rods, Janes and Freddies up on the board,

and here they come. We've got:

I'll read those all one last time.

OK, there we are. Seven more Rods,

Janes and Freddies for you to have a crack at.

Now then, Kurt, welcome back to the show. Good to have you here.

Remind us what you do.

I work for Hull International Business School

as a programme manager.

OK, and in your spare time, what do you get up to?

As well as the sports with Stephen, I play football,

golf, cricket in the summer

-and I'm a keen runner as well.

-OK.

This board of Rods, Janes and Freddies -

-it's a nice sort of hotchpotch there.

-Yep.

I'm hoping there are some in there that you'll know.

Some's probably too many. There's one on there that I know.

I'm going to jump all over the Swedish footballer - not literally -

who played for Arsenal from '98 to 2007, and go with Freddie Ljungberg.

Freddie Ljungberg, you are going to say.

Now the high scorers are David and Sarah on 100. You're on 13.

86 or less sees you into the next round.

Let's see if Freddie Ljungberg is correct. There's your red line.

Absolutely right. Through you go.

17.

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Very good, low scoring. Takes your total up to 30.

-Still the lowest score.

-Yeah, very well played. Nicely done.

Still a much-loved by British football fans.

Freddie Ljungberg is part of the Invincibles team -

we didn't lose a game across a whole season.

Also won the FA Cup three times.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, David. David, welcome back.

Remind us what you do, David.

I am an administrator for Exeter University's Tennis Centre.

A tennis centre administrator who loathes tennis?

-I don't loathe it, I'm just not very good at tennis.

-I see.

-I don't really play.

-Do you not use the courts then?

Oh, yeah, I use the courts. I have a bit of a knock and...

Have you got better?

There wasn't really a benchmark to progress from, to be honest.

-So, yeah, definitely better, just by observing.

-OK, fair enough.

-Now then, what about this board, David?

-I don't like it.

I'm not a fan of it.

So I'm going to have to take a wild guess, I think.

Let's go author of novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion and,

randomly, Jane Eyre.

OK, let's see if that's right.

No red line for you, as you are already the high scorers.

But let's see if Jane Eyre wrote those novels.

Let's see how many people said it.

No. Literature hasn't been kind to you, it's fair to say.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer there scores you 100 points

and takes your total up to a dazzling 200.

Yeah, Sarah gave you a little look there.

-The look that says "Jane Eyre didn't write Northanger Abbey."

-Nope.

-We'll discuss who did at the end of the pass.

-OK, thanks very much.

Now Paul. Welcome to the show. What do you do, Paul?

I work in the publishing department at a well-known telephone

directory advertising company.

Wow, that's fun.

-How long have you done that for?

-1987, I started, so 27 years.

And in your spare time, what do you get up to?

Generally, I love travel but, generally, I tie it in with sport.

I'm a massive sport fan,

-so I'm not one to go and look in art galleries and museums.

-OK.

I look at where, say, my football team, Derby County,

or playing or cricket team in the summer, Warwickshire,

or horse racing, I've got into over the last few years.

OK. Good stuff. Well, what about this board?

I've got little rhymes for various things,

as films are my weak subject.

And for Heat Of The Night, I'm thinking rhymes with "tiger."

I'm going to go Rod Steiger.

Rod Steiger.

Where did tiger come from?

I just have trigger words that help me remember things.

-I think tiger, Steiger.

-Excellent.

-I don't know if it's worked.

No, well, I don't know. Who knows? Rod Steiger. Sounds good to me.

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

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

Very good. It's a great answer.

Nice low score, too, 23. Very well done.

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-59, your total there, Paul.

That's a terrific answer. Very good.

A very good way of remembering as well. Yeah, Rod Steiger.

Essentially, is all your knowledge things that rhyme with animals?

Because, uh... You might have trouble later in the show, if so.

Yeah, because that would be troublesome, wouldn't it?

Inspector Morse, horse.

-That's how I remember it.

-Yeah.

-Anyone Deborah, zebra.

-Exactly.

Thank you very much indeed.

-OK, now then, Carroll.

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

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

Well, sort of a bit of a mixture.

I'm a farmer but I also run a business that looks after

a particular breed of sheep in the UK,

and also other sort of livestock industries.

Tell us about the breed.

Right, it's a breed called Charollais.

They originate in France and my family actually were

responsible for bringing them from France, initially, into the UK.

-Do you milk Charollais?

-No, no.

They were very much bought over because we wanted leaner,

healthier lamb meat in the UK.

Excellent. Well, this board is all yours, Carroll.

-Do you think you can give us some good answers?

-No, I can't.

I preferred the first one,

and I'm very pleased someone else sort of, I think, faux pa-ed,

because I think the author of the novels is Jane Austen.

Jane Austen, says Carroll.

You're through anyway, so it doesn't matter what you score,

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

Obviously, no red line for you.

It's right.

39.

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-Well done. 89 is your total.

Well played, Carroll.

A brilliant hanging your head in shame there from David!

-That was...

-That's who I was thinking of.

-You almost reached the floor.

Yeah, Jane Eyre is a novel by Charlotte Bronte.

Jane Austen is the novelist, I'm afraid.

But if you're going to go out, 200 is the way to do it, we always say.

Let's fill in the rest of these.

Now let's start with the entrepreneur.

That is Freddie Laker. That would have scored you 38.

He was a young lad when he was in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

It was Freddie Highmore. Terrific actor.

It would have scored you six.

The New Zealand film-maker is Jane Campion.

She would have scored you eight.

And the Cleethorpes-born songwriter.

-I actually know this, it's Rod Temperton.

-Absolutely right.

It's the best answer up there as well. He wrote all sorts of things.

Wrote Off The Wall, for Michael Jackson. He wrote for Donna Summer.

Wrote for Mariah Carey.

-These were some of the biggest songs of the

-'80s. Yep.

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

the pair heading home with a high score of 200, I'm afraid,

is one of our returning pairs,

David and Sarah. Oh, dear.

-Sarah, you knew that one, didn't you?

-If only I'd gone second.

Well, listen, it's been great having you on both shows.

-Thanks so much playing.

-Thank you.

-David and Sarah.

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

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

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

Interestingly, there, Kurt and Stephen are low scorers.

-He went with Freddies, both of you. Served you very well.

-Yeah.

Liz and Paul both went with Rods. Served you well.

Ellie and Carroll mixed it up a bit.

We had a Freddie and a Jane.

And you were our high scorers. Make of that what you will.

But, anyway, it's a new round. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is:

1990s Britpop. Can you 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:

Albums released by Britpop bands. Richard.

In a moment, Xander's going to show you four Britpop bands.

We're looking for any album released by any of those bands that

reached the UK Top 40 prior to March 2014, please.

Just studio albums,

so no live albums or greatest hits or anything like that.

Just any album by any of these four bands that have reached the UK

-Top 40. Good luck.

-OK, so as Richard just mentioned,

we're going to put four bands on the board.

They will stay up for the whole round.

And we want any studio album released by any of these bands.

OK, here are those four bands:

Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Radiohead.

Carroll.

It is a blur, definitely!

Let's have a guess.

Let's go Blur...

Forgotten Way.

-This is a pure guess, as you can see.

-Forgotten Way.

Let's see if it's right.

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

-Nice guess, though. I like that.

-They should have used it.

Nice bit of poetry there. Forgotten Way, incorrect, I'm afraid.

-It scores you 100 points.

-Yeah, sorry, Carroll.

The way to remember stuff is always to think of an animal

and then what rhymes with it.

For example, Charollais sheep,

I always do for Meryl Streep.

-That's how I remember her.

-Very good.

I'm going to use that from now on.

-That's brilliant. I'm never going to forget.

-It never fails.

-There isn't a situation in which it doesn't work.

-Yeah.

Brilliant. Thank you.

Now, Liz.

Well, the animal I'm going for...

..is ants.

I'm going...

Standing On The Shoulders of Giants - Oasis.

Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants. Let's see if that's right

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

It's absolutely right.

That's a good answer. Down it goes. Still going down, six.

See, there's no getting away with it. These animals really help.

That was very coolly done. Very well played. Number one album from 2000.

Thanks, Rich. Now, Kurt.

-Are we happy about this round?

-I thought I'd be happier.

I've got a fairly obvious one for Oasis.

But I think - I hope a slightly better answer would be Hindu Times.

Hindu Times. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see

how many of our 100 people said Hindu Times.

Oh, Kurt. Oh, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

We will discover why in a second.

But that scores you 100 points, I'm sorry.

Yeah, that's a single, Kurt.

You'll know the album it's on, as well, but just a single, I'm afraid.

We are halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

Only two scores to look at.

One is 6 and that is Liz and Paul's score. Very well done.

Carroll and Ellie, Kurt and Stephen tied on 100 there.

Stephen and Ellie, it's between the pair of you.

One of you will be leaving us at the end of this round, I think.

Best of luck with that.

Can the second players step up to the podium.

OK, Stephen,

we're looking for any studio album released by any of these bands.

-You're the joint high-scorers on 100 so we need a low score from you.

-OK.

Much like Kurt, I thought I'd be better at this

than I'm actually going to be.

I'm going to take a bit of a punt and go for Pulp, Different Class.

Different Class, says Stephen.

No red line for you as you're joint high-scorers.

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

Absolutely right.

6.

Takes your total up to 106.

Huge number one album from 1995. Had Common People on it, Disco 2000.

That's what really kind of propelled them into the mainstream.

Thanks, Rich. Now, Paul.

My animal trick won't work for this one.

I'm just so glad Oasis are on there, although I'm not a huge fan.

I'm going to say Definitely, Maybe.

Definitely, Maybe.

OK. There you are on 6. The high score is 106, Stephen and Kurt.

99 or less sees you through. Definitely, Maybe.

How many people said that? There's your red line.

You're through.

14.

Takes your total up to 20.

Another number one album there from 1994.

In 2006, NME readers voted it the Greatest Album Of All Time.

The easiest way to remember the title is kangaroo baby - Definitely, Maybe.

Thanks very much. Now, Ellie. This is where we have the real contest.

OK, now...

-How confident are you feeling?

-Not very.

I've got lots of songs playing in my head. They're not really helping me.

I don't think anything I can think of is going to beat six, which is

sad. I'm just going to have to go What's The Story Morning Glory?

What's The Story Morning Glory? says Ellie. Here's your red line.

It's quite low.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said What's The Story Morning Glory?

It's right.

Oh, 24!

Takes your total up to 124.

Yeah, unlucky. Good answer, though. Another number one album.

Won the Brit Award for the Best Album Of The Last 30 years in 2010.

I'll go Blur first. There's some very low answers.

You'd have got 1 point for 13, Think Tank, Leisure.

3 points for The Great Escape. 7 for Modern Life is Rubbish.

11 for Blur, and the biggest score for any of these bands -

30 for Park Life.

There is a pointless answer for Oasis and that is Dig Out Your Soul.

Would have been pointless. Well done if you said that.

You would have got 2 points for Don't Believe The truth.

The Hindu Times is from Heathen Chemistry

and that would have scored you 2 points.

You'd have got 6 points for Be Here Now. We've heard the rest of those.

Pulp - We Love Life would have scored 2. His And Hers, 3.

This is Hardcore would have scored 6. And Radiohead, a few low scorers -

Hail To The Thief would have scored 2.

3 for Amnesiac, 5 for Pablo Honey, The King Of Limbs and Kid A.

6 for In rainbows, 10 for The Bends and 16 for OK Computer.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our second round, the pair heading home

with a score of 125, Ellie and Carroll, it is you.

Oh, dear, that wasn't a good round for you, Carroll.

You could have gone for Blur by Blur. There's a tip for the future.

-Just repeat the artist, OK.

-Always worth a punt.

We'll see you again next time, we'll look forward to that.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing, Ellie and Carroll.

For Liz and Paul, Kurt and Stephen, it's now time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations, Liz and Paul, Kurt and Stephen,

you are now one step closer to the final and a chance

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.

This is the point where we decide who gets to play for that money.

To do that, you are now going to go head-to-head.

You're now allowed to confer before you give your answers.

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

So, Liz and Paul, first appearance on the show

and here you are. You are our polar bear, golden pair. There you are.

Very well done. Kurt and Stephen, last time, Round One.

Early exit. This time,

there we are, head-to-head.

I think anything could happen. Woodchuck, best of luck.

OK, let's play the head-to-head.

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

Airports Named After Famous Figures.

We're going to show you five locations where

they have airports named after famous people.

We'd like you to tell us the name of the famous person, please. Good luck.

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

We have got...

OK, there we are five airports named after famous people.

Liz and Paul, you've been our lowest scorers throughout the show

so you will go first.

We're going to say...

..that B...

is George Best International Airport, Belfast.

OK, George Best you're saying for B.

Kurt and Stephen, the board's all yours.

E is John Lennon.

A, Charles de Gaulle.

THEY WHISPER

OK, yeah, go for it.

Liverpool, John Lennon.

OK, you're saying E, John Lennon. We have George best versus John Lennon.

Liz and Paul said George Best for B. Let's see if that's right

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

It's absolutely right.

17.

That's what you've got to beat, Kurt and Stephen - 17.

Let's see if you're going to do it with John Lennon for E.

How many people said that?

It's right.

55, though.

Very well done, Liz and Paul. After one question you are up 1-0.

Yes, George Best, Belfast City Airport, named after George Best.

-Got to think of a famous Macedonian for C.

-Mother Teresa?

-It's not.

Very similar people in lots of ways(!)

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And the best answer...

It's in Granada and it's named after the Spanish poet and playwright...

Very well done if you said that, pointless answer.

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

and Stephen, you get to answer it first but you have to win it

to stay in the game. So best of luck. It concerns...

Horse Racing. Richard.

Simply five clues to facts about the sport of horse racing.

Which is the most obscure answer?

OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.

I'll read all of those one last time.

Kurt and Stephen, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

We're clueless. Completely and utterly clueless in every sense.

We're going to go for the first jump jockey to achieve 4,000 wins

and hope AP McCoy.

AP McCoy say Kurt and Stephen.

Now, Liz and Paul, the board is all yours.

Paul, I remember you saying you've got a burgeoning interest

-in horse racing.

-I must admit, my heart leapt when I saw this one.

The first one is a furlong. McCoy's right. Red Rum.

Number four I should know cos I was there. I think it was about 2009...

But we're going to play the last one,

cos the 14 wins is the clue, and I'm going to say Frankel.

Frankel.

So we have AP McCoy versus Frankel. Kurt and Stephen said AP McCoy.

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

It is right.

Good answer, 16.

Meanwhile, Liz and Paul have gone for Frankel,

the horse retired in 2012 with an unbeaten 14 wins.

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

It is right, of course.

Is that going to beat AP McCoy?

Yes, it is. Look at that - 6 for Frankel. Very well done indeed.

Which means, Liz and Paul,

after only two questions you are straight through to the final, 2-0.

Yeah, great answer, great horse. I met Frankel.

It was amazing. Cost £125,000 if you want his services as stud.

He made £15 million in stud fees in his first year.

He can be doing that for 10, 15, 20 years if he wants to.

And why wouldn't he want to?

-It's quite a set up he had there.

-Yeah.

-Very impressive.

Now, you're right about the unit of measurement.

If you had to guess the year you would have gone for...?

I'll say 2009.

2008. Lucky you went for Frankel. Would have scored you 2 points,

though, would have been the best answer on the board.

-Well done if you got most of those at home.

-Thanks, Richard.

So the pair leaving us, I'm afraid, it's Kurt and Stephen.

It's curtains for Kurt and Stephen.

You've done so much better this time. Round One last time.

Great performance this time. Nothing wrong with either of your answers.

I'm so sorry. You came up against Liz and Paul who just found

their form in this head-to-head.

We've loved having you on the show, it's been great.

Thanks so much for playing, Kurt and Stephen.

APPLAUSE

For Liz and Paul it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Congratulations, Liz and Paul, you've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and it stands at...

Well, what a show.

It's been fantastic and a 2-0 win in the head-to-head,

so really not to be sniffed at.

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

I'm a bit worried about sport. I want sport desperately. We just had

a sport one there so I got a horrible feeling that won't come up.

-But it's fallen very nicely for you, hasn't it?

-That's the trouble.

-We've had our luck, I think.

-We shall see.

You get to choose your category for the last round

and your four choices for today are...

It's Moons Of The Solar System, isn't it?

We've just got to take Classic FA Cup Finals

and hope 1946 Derby County comes up.

LAUGHTER

OK, Classic FA Cup Finals it is.

Unfortunately, we said "classic" FA Cup finals...

LAUGHTER

Yeah, not one of my greatest disguises for a sport question.

We are looking for the name of anybody who played in

any of the following Cup Finals.

West Ham 3-2 Preston in 1964.

We're looking for anybody who played in the Coventry City 3-2 Spurs

final of 1987.

And we're looking for anyone who played in the 3-3 draw

between Liverpool and West Ham in 2006 that Liverpool won on penalties.

So anyone who played at any point in the '64, '87 or 2006 FA Cup Final.

Very best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers

-to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yep.

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

1964 was West Ham versus Preston.

Howard Kendall became the youngest player to play in a Cup Final

so we got to say him. I don't know any of the Preston Team.

John Sissons might have played for West Ham.

In fact, I might go for him.

-Somebody who's called Ken somebody...

-Ken...

Allen... Allen...

-Steve Ogrizovic in goals, was he in goals?

-Ogrizovic was in '87, yeah.

Dave Hampshire - Steve Hampshire.

Dave Bennett. Dave Bennett put the cross in.

Steve Lomas played in 2006...

I would say Dave Bennett got to be Coventry.

-He put the cross in that Hampshire scored from.

-Yeah, yeah.

-'64 we're going to have Kendall.

-Yeah.

And was it Ronnie Boyce? Would he have been there?

In fact, they had loads of players beginning with S!

West Ham had loads of players... No, B! It was B. They had loads of B's!

I'm sure they had a lot of B's!

-It was either B or S.

-Ten seconds left.

Ronnie Boyce. I'm going to go Ronnie Boyce.

-I like it, it's got a nice ring to it.

-Ronnie Boyce...

-Dave Bennett.

-..Syril Snake.

-"Syril Snake!"

OK, your time is now up.

I now need... These animals have just been plaguing you.

We've got bees, we've got snake, we've got everything.

So, what are those three answers going to be?

-The 1964 Final, we will go Howard Kendall.

-Howard Kendall.

I know West Ham had a lot of players beginning with the letter B,

so - animal theme, bees -

-we'll go Ronnie Boyce.

-Ronnie Boyce. Both from '64.

-Yeah.

And in '87, I recall Dave Bennett, a bloke from Coventry, put the cross

in and the winning goal was scored from. So we'll say Dave Bennett.

Dave Bennett, another B, good.

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

I think because Howard Kendall was the youngest player in a final

it might be remembered.

So we'll put that one... Sorry, that will go first.

OK, Howard Kendall goes first. Who shall we put last?

We'll stick Dave Bennett last cos we're certain he's right.

I'm not sure Boyce played in the final.

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

Very best of luck. Three cracking answers up there on the board.

Now, we've got to hope at least one of those is pointless.

You will win thereby £1,000.

Let's say you do, what would you do with it, Liz?

Well, seeing as I've abandoned my children to be here with you -

very glad to be so -

I'd have to do something for them. Buy something for them.

Take the somewhere.

-OK. Paul, how about you?

-With my £750 half share...

LAUGHTER

..all the lads watching I'll take them racing at Newbury,

-have a few drinks and blow it on the horses.

-OK. Very best of luck.

Howard Kendall was your first answer,

the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

But only one of these has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot. Howard Kendall, is it right,

how many named Howard Kendall as a player in the 1964 FA Cup Final?

It's right.

Now, if this goes down to zero, you leave with £1,000.

Howard Kendall now takes us down through the teens,

into single figures.

You've done it! First one! Good Lord!

-Fantastic.

-Cheers.

-Very, very good work. That's brilliant.

Very well done indeed.

Congratulations.

Howard Kendall, your first answer, was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with our jackpot of £1,000. Brilliant.

Yeah, that's some seriously impressive knowledge.

Very well played. He was the youngest player at the time

to be in a cup final until Paul Allen in 1980. Terrific answer.

Your second answer, Ronnie Boyce, he scored the winning goal in that final

but he was still a pointless answer.

APPLAUSE

And Dave Bennett, he provided the cross.

It was Keith Houchen was the goal scorer.

But Dave Bennett would have scored you 2 points.

What are you thinking(?) I mean, come on(!)

LAUGHTER

Any sort of team would hand the money back, in my opinion...

No, it's terrifically done.

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

Two Preston North End players there - Doug Holden, Howard Kendall.

A couple of B's there for West Ham.

John Bond, who later went on to become a successful manager

and Ronnie Boyce. You were right, an awful lot of B's in that team.

There were seven. There was Boyce, but there's also Burkett, Bovington,

Byrne, Brown and Brabrook. And all of those were pointless answers.

So very well done if you said that.

You also wondered if there were some S's in the team. There's only one.

That was John Sissons, who you also mentioned

and he was a pointless answer.

So you could have given us three pointless answers.

You did quite well, though. Don't worry.

Let's take a look at the '87 Cup Final.

Chris Hughton went on to be Norwich manager.

A couple of other names from that final - Lloyd McGrath.

Paul Allen - he went on to beat Howard Kendall's record.

He was a pointless answer in that final as well.

John Arne Riise went on to play for the mighty Fulham.

A couple of other answers - Bobby Zamora Anton Ferdinand,

Christian Dailly, Danny Gabbidon,

Dietmar Hamann, Fernando Morientes,

Harry Kewell,

Matthew Etherington, Nigel Reo-Coker, Shaka Hislop.

Lots of pointless answers out there.

You can't do much better than 0, 0, 2.

Terrifically well played. Sorry it's only for £1,000.

-But, yeah, what a performance.

-Thanks, Richard.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Liz and Paul,

who go away with £1,000. Brilliant.

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

-to the test on Pointless. It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

..and goodbye from me, goodbye.

APPLAUSE