0:00:18 > 0:00:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Welcome to Pointless - the show where the aim of the game
0:00:25 > 0:00:26is to score as few points as you can
0:00:26 > 0:00:29and you do that by coming up with the answers no-one else thinks of.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Hi there. We're Ben and Pippa.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40We're from Tunbridge and we're work colleagues.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Couple number two.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Hi, my name's Steve. This is Ruth, my daughter,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46and we're from Saddleworth near Manchester.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- Couple number three. - Hiya, I'm Ben. This is my friend Amy
0:00:49 > 0:00:52and we're a couple of medical students from Manchester.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53And couple number four.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Brenda. This is my husband, Brian,
0:00:55 > 0:00:57and we're from Clacton-on-Sea.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And these are today's contestants.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Thanks very much. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09If he was in the army, his title would be General Knowledge.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12It's my Pointless friend - it's Richard.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Hiya.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Hey, everybody. Hiya.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Afternoon.- And to you. - How are you doing?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Oh, I'm well.- Oh, that's nice.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- I am well. - Nice little jackpot building up.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Four brand-new pairs, we don't know them at all.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29A couple of them are going to be right characters.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Bound to be, aren't they?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- We'll have one difficult one.- Yes. - Hard to tell who that's going to be.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38And a couple of...absolute maniacs, as usual.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- ALEXANDER LAUGHS - Looking forward to that. Thanks.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44We asked all our questions to 100 people before the show.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47As ever, the aim is to find a pointless answer -
0:01:47 > 0:01:49that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Now, Gary and Graham didn't win the jackpot last time
0:01:55 > 0:01:58so today's jackpot, with another £1,000 added to it,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00starts off at £5,000.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03AUDIENCE: Ooh!
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13OK, the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:13 > 0:02:15will be eliminated.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16You have to make sure that's not you.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Our first category today is...
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Pop Music. Oh, Brian.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27That was a look of despair from Brian.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- Oh...can't please everyone, can you? - You can't.- No.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35I'm sorry, Brian. Pop Music. Can you decide who's going first and second?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44OK, and our first question concerns...
0:02:48 > 0:02:51One and only number one singles. Richard?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54On each pass, we'll show you the names of seven number one singles.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57You need to tell us the act that had a number one with them, please.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59In each case, it's the only number one single they ever had.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01There will be 14 in all to have a go at.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03We can put the dates up as well.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05OK, we're looking for the acts who had number one singles
0:03:05 > 0:03:07with these songs in the year shown.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Here's our first board.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26I'll read those one last time.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Ben B, welcome.- Hello.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- What do you do, Ben? - I'm an outdoors instructor.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- You instruct the outdoors. - I instruct the outdoors, yeah.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Without you...
0:03:47 > 0:03:49You bring on the seasons, you put the leaves up,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- take 'em down...- All down to me.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Wow. You are doing a cracking job, by the way.- Thank you!
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- I love what you've done out there. - Brilliant.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58What actually do you instruct?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01So I trained to do outdoor activities,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04so I'm a rock climbing instructor, canoeing, kayaking,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I've done a little bit of skiing as well.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10What about what they call backwoods skills?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Is it called backwoods skills?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Back to the woods skills? Is that what you mean?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- I think so.- That was the first time I've ever heard of that.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19You haven't heard of that? Not part of your course?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Afraid not.- It's to do with eating moss and things like that.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- Survival.- Survival, Pippa, it is about survival.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30OK, Ben, talking of survival, look at this board.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32We need a low score from you to get the ball rolling.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I don't think I'll be getting a low score.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I'll have to play it safe, because the only one I think I know
0:04:37 > 0:04:39is Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41"Kings Of Leon," says Ben. Let's see if that's right
0:04:41 > 0:04:43and, if so, how many of our 100 people said it.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47It is right.
0:04:51 > 0:04:5241.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Not bad. 41.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Yeah, number one for three weeks.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00They were named after their grandfather,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03cos they're all related in that group.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Thanks very much indeed. Now, Ruth, welcome to the show.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Thank you.- What do you do?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I'm actually a personal trainer.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Are you connected to a gym, or do you work freelance?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14I'm freelance, yeah.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- Very nice. - Ruth, do you cover indoor stuff?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Not really, no. I like to slog people outdoors.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23What tools do you take with you for the outdoor training sessions?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- Lots of skipping ropes. - Skipping ropes.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28But I like to use the natural environment - the park.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Lots of benches.- A lot of benches.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Do we have anybody here who works indoors at some point?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37If we get to podium three and Ben is a lumberjack, that's it.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40LAUGHTER
0:05:40 > 0:05:41I won't be happy.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Um, now, Ruth, what are you going to go for?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Well, Ben took the only one that I was sure about.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51I'm just going to take a guess, or a punt,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54and say Wuthering Heights, Kate Bush?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Kate Bush. "Kate Bush," says Ruth. Let's see if that's right.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Let's see how many people said Kate Bush.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Ah!- It is right, very well done.
0:06:04 > 0:06:0673 - it's a highish score,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08but it's a lot better than 100.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Yeah, well done, Ruth - damage limitation, there.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Rather aptly shares a birthday with Emily Bronte, Kate Bush.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- That's nice. That is nice. - I say shares - it's the same day.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21They don't have joint parties.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- Uh, now, Ben A. Welcome.- Thank you. - Welcome to the show.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27What do you do, Ben?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30My lumberjack days are behind me. I'm a medical student nowadays.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33OK - there you are, that's fine. You happy with that?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Depends - is it a battlefield medic?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37LAUGHTER
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Not decided yet - maybe.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- You're in what year?- Fourth year. - Of how many years?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44It's five, but I'm interrupting next year
0:06:44 > 0:06:45to do Ethics and Law.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Whoa! Is that a normal thing for medics to do, Ethics and Law?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Only if you're as bright as me(!)
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- LAUGHTER - No, no...- OK.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Big talk on a quiz show, I've just realised.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59OK - well, you don't have to make your mind up yet, do you?
0:06:59 > 0:07:04Although you do on the issue of one and only number one singles.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Right...I went first because this isn't my sort of round,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11but...I'm quite lucky that I know Bulletproof.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12I shouldn't, but I do.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Bulletproof was by La Roux.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17"La Roux," says Ben A. Let's see if that's right.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Let's see how many of our 100 people said La Roux for Bulletproof.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Absolutely spot-on.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Well, 41 is our low score so far.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28You pass that comfortably - look at that.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30La Roux down to 8!
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Good answer, Ben A.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39That's a good song, Bulletproof. I like Bulletproof.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Yeah, La Roux.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45She's June Ackland from The Bill's daughter...La Roux.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Thank you, Richard. Now then, Brenda.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Welcome to the show, Brenda. What do you get up to?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- You're from Clacton-on-Sea.- Yes. - What do you get up to there, Brenda?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Well, I help Brian with the gardening.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Important. Is he a hard taskmaster?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02No. I only go out when the weather's nice.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04And what are your other interests, Brenda?
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- I like to write a bit of poetry. Yeah.- Very good.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12When I was at work, if people retired or left or something,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14there were a couple of us used to write odes.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Wonderful. OK, Brenda, you're the last person to have this board.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Want to talk us through it and fill in as many blanks as you can?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- I only know one for sure.- Yeah.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I would have a guess at the first one -
0:08:24 > 0:08:25that's not going to be my answer.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28I don't know - I want to say Charles Aznavour,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30but I don't think it's right.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31But I'm going to say I'm A Believer,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- The Monkees.- I'm A Believer, "The Monkees," says Brenda.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said The Monkees.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Absolutely right.
0:08:43 > 0:08:4462 - not bad.
0:08:46 > 0:08:4762 for The Monkees.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Well done, Brenda - a good first answer on the show.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Lucky you didn't go for Charles Aznavour...- OK.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55..cos it's Julio Iglesias.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59And that would have scored you 16 points.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01You know True, I'm guessing?
0:09:01 > 0:09:02- Spandau Ballet.- Spandau Ballet.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Their only number one single, amazingly -
0:09:04 > 0:09:06loads of huge hits, but only one number one.
0:09:06 > 0:09:0940 points for that. Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
0:09:09 > 0:09:10- 1991?- Mm-hm.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- Well, The Clash. - It was, but it came from an advert.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Oh, I see. Right.- That's why it went back in the charts,
0:09:18 > 0:09:2025 points for that.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22So La Roux is the best answer there, Ben, well played.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Let's look at those scores - Ben A,
0:09:27 > 0:09:28look at that!
0:09:28 > 0:09:30La Roux. 8 points, there.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Then up to 41, where we find Ben and Pippa.
0:09:33 > 0:09:3562, Brenda and Brian.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Then 73, Ruth and Steve. So, Steve...
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Yes, there is a burden on your shoulders here, Steve.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Let's hope you...did you like this board?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46I could've done two of them.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Let's hope you can find more on the next -
0:09:47 > 0:09:49a low-scoring one might keep you in.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Best of luck. We'll come back down the line.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Can the second players step up to the podium?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58We're going to put seven more one and only number ones
0:09:58 > 0:10:00up on the board, here they are.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01We've got...
0:10:16 > 0:10:17I'll read those all one last time.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Now, Brian, has that confirmed all your worst fears?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- It has indeed.- Oh!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Well, we'll come back to the board in a second.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Brian, a very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46What do you get up to in Clacton? We've heard you're a keen gardener.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- Yes - well, I'm retired, now. - What's your background?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Can I guess? I think...I think...
0:10:53 > 0:10:56It's a hunch. I think Brian might have been in the forces.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Oh, do you think? - Yes, I was.- Ah!
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I was going to say hairdresser.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03LAUGHTER
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- In the forces.- In the forces. - I don't know why I thought that.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- I just took a guess. I took a guess. - You're very good.- Yeah.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- Which force were you in? - In the Royal Signals.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16In the Royal Signals.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Right - now, Brian, there you are. You're on 62.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20We need a low score from you.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Is there a single thing on that board
0:11:21 > 0:11:23you think you might know an answer to?
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Something has just come to me.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Excellent.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Bridge Over Troubled Water -
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Simon and Garfunkel.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30"Simon and Garfunkel," says Brian.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33You get a red line, you're not the high-scorers.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35It's quite low, but that is where you are aiming.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Let's see how far down the column you can get
0:11:37 > 0:11:39with Simon and Garfunkel.
0:11:44 > 0:11:4575.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Not a terrible answer. Your total is 137, Brian.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54I... That might get you through. It might get you through. Richard?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Yeah, very well played. When they first split up in 1972,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Paul Simon continued his career.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Art Garfunkel briefly became a maths teacher.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- Did he?- He did, yeah.- OK, thanks.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Now, Amy, good news - you're through to the next round.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- Yeah.- Amy, you're also a medical student.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10I am, yeah - I'm intercalating this year,
0:12:10 > 0:12:11like Ben's going to do next year.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Oh, right. So how did you and Ben get to meet each other?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Um...we're at university in Manchester
0:12:17 > 0:12:20and when we were in second year, we got put together to do
0:12:20 > 0:12:22a mentoring scheme for younger medics.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25So we got given 11...children.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28And we were the mummies and daddies with them.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Hang on...
0:12:31 > 0:12:35A lot of medics, medical students, playing mummies and daddies...
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- LAUGHTER - ..with some freshers.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- Yeah.- OK.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42What are your interests, Amy?
0:12:42 > 0:12:43SHE LAUGHS
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Um, I do a lot of music and I also play netball.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- What music do you do?- I play the oboe and piano and I sing.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- I play the oboe.- Do you?- Yeah!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I say that - I haven't played it for far too long.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- But I do play the oboe. - You should get back into it.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I should. Anyway, listen, you're on 8.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Doesn't matter what you score, you're through.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02But why not find a nice low scorer on that board?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Um, I know a few of them,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06but I think I'll go for Stay Another Day.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- East 17.- "East 17," says Amy.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13No red line, you're already through, but let's see how many said East 17.
0:13:22 > 0:13:2428.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Takes your total up to 36.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Well played, Amy. Christmas number one in 1994.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- OK, thank you very much indeed. Now, Steve.- Hi.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- Steve, what do you do?- I'm retired. - What did you do?
0:13:38 > 0:13:43The last job I had, I used to teach dyslexic children one-to-one,
0:13:43 > 0:13:44in Manchester.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Before that, I did the same as him.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49I used to be an outdoor pursuits instructor.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- Really?- Yeah. - Any backwoods skills, Steve?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56At least I knew what they were, but you know...
0:13:57 > 0:14:02OK, you're on 73. The high-scorers, Brian and Brenda, on 137.
0:14:02 > 0:14:0563 or less, Steve, is your target.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Now, I knew three.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I know two of the remaining ones.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14But I'm going to stick with my lifelong obsession for music,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16the man that's always inspired me
0:14:16 > 0:14:18and follows me round the country.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19I Would Do Anything For Love
0:14:19 > 0:14:21is my old friend Meatloaf.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23He follows you round the country?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27In the car. In the car. Meatloaf is on continually.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29That's just terrifying. What does he drive?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- LAUGHTER - Fantastic.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Oh, this is exciting.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Meatloaf has to get you below that red line, Steve.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Let's find out if he's going to do it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Well, it's right.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44You've done it...
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Oh, just!
0:14:45 > 0:14:4863, you needed.
0:14:48 > 0:14:4960, you got - 133.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52You're through to Round Two, Steve. Well done.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54He's helped you out there, Steve. Well played.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Interestingly, I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
0:14:57 > 0:14:59is the only number one single in history
0:14:59 > 0:15:01about taking the bins out.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02LAUGHTER
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Thanks, Richard.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Pippa, welcome. What do you do, Pippa?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I work for the same outdoor adventure centre as Ben,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19but I work in the office.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Oh, to be stuck inside in an outdoor theme park!
0:15:21 > 0:15:23What a cruel irony.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- The office will be in a tree. - In a treehouse.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Sort of a triangular hut, yeah.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Do you look out the windows with a sense of longing,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34wish you could get out to the great outdoors?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I have a sense of delight that other people can do that
0:15:37 > 0:15:40and that I can facilitate that by drawing in the customers.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Very good, good stuff. OK - now, Pippa, this is your board.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46This is your board, you can do what you like with it.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Talk us through it.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Fill in as many of those blanks as you can.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53You have to score 95 or less.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57I only knew two anyway, cos I'm not great at pop music.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Um...I'll go with Get Lucky,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01which is one of my favourite songs of all time.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I think it's Daft Punk.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06I don't know if I need to do the featuring of Nile Rodgers
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and Pharrell Williams, but...they were in it as well.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12You've done it. You're going to say Daft Punk.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14There's your red line.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Get below that, you are through to the next round.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19How many of our 100 people said Daft Punk?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Absolutely right, and through you go. Very well done.
0:16:27 > 0:16:2923 - good answer.
0:16:29 > 0:16:3164, your total.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Through you go to Round Two.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Yeah, very well played. Daft Punk. Now, the rest of these...
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Are you any good at the rest? - Yeah, I'm still...
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- I mean...- Return Of The Mack?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- What the heck's his name?- M...M...
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- Ma...- Ma...- Ma...
0:16:50 > 0:16:52..ark Morrison - Mark Morrison!
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Mark Morrison, it's exactly him.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I don't know how you do it.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Oh, lordy! Sorry.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Your recall is extraordinary. 11 points for that.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Brick In The Wall?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- Pink Floyd.- Pink Floyd, yes.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06That would have scored 62.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11This is Iron Maiden, the mighty Iron Maiden.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12That would have scored you 15.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14So Mark Morrison is the best answer up there,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16and Xander just got it, like that.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- LAUGHTER - Brilliant.- There you go.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Thanks very much indeed.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21At the end of our first round, the pair heading home
0:17:21 > 0:17:24with a score of 137, I'm so sorry, Brian and Brenda.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27It was very close, though - only four points in it.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29You did pretty well, actually, considering.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Always tough to be the last to answer on a board like that
0:17:32 > 0:17:33and you did perfectly well.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35We'll see you next time, look forward to that.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Brian and Brenda, thanks very much for playing.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39APPLAUSE
0:17:39 > 0:17:42For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49So three pairs remain.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52At the end of this round, we have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Can you all decide in your pairs who'll go first and second?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Whoever's first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12OK, and the question concerns...
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Male protagonists. Richard?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21In a moment, Xander's going to show you the names of four authors.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23We're looking for any book written by any of those authors
0:18:23 > 0:18:26which has a male character as its title, please.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29So any book whose title is that of a male character
0:18:29 > 0:18:31by any of the following four authors.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- Very best of luck. - OK, so as Richard's just mentioned,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35we'll put the names of four authors on the board.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39They'll remain on the board all the way up the line and all the way back down -
0:18:39 > 0:18:41they won't change halfway through, OK?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Here are those four authors.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56There we are. Now then, Pippa.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I can only think of Beatrix Potter characters.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04That's perfect - she's up there.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- LAUGHTER - Yes, true!
0:19:06 > 0:19:09But they won't be pointless. Um...
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Mrs Tiggy-Winkle.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Do you remember there was a key word in that, which was, um...
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Oh, no, I've said it wrong.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20..the word "male".
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Oh!- Remember that, "male"?
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- The word "male".- Oh.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- I have to take your answer, I'm really sorry.- I'm so sorry, Ben.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31I'm so sorry.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Let's see if Mrs Tiggy-Winkle...
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- AUDIENCE LAUGHS, PIPPA GROANS - ..is a male protagonist.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Let's find out. Is it right?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I'm sorry, Pippa.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I'm afraid she is very much a female protagonist.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I'm sorry. An incorrect answer, there.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Yeah, sorry, it wasn't a stage name.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52That's her real name, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54That's... You know what?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57That's...one of those things that happens, sometimes.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- It does.- Tough luck.- Usually on the first podium to answer, as well.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01I'm sorry, Pippa.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Ruth.- Hello. - What are you going to go for?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05I'm going to go for...
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I know there's one by George Eliot in my head,
0:20:08 > 0:20:09and I can't remember.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I'm just going to go with the obvious Dickens one
0:20:12 > 0:20:13and Oliver Twist.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18- Oliver Twist.- I hope it's obvious. - Let's hope it's not.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Let's see how many said Oliver Twist.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23It's right.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Not that obvious - 41.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Yeah, very well done.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37It's a nice position to be in when someone's just scored 100.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41You can go for an obvious one. From 1838, Oliver Twist.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Thanks very much. Ben...
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Embarrassingly - I'm going to say this on TV -
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I'm named after this character.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Benjamin Bunny.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- LAUGHTER - Aww!
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Was it...?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Is he a relation?
0:20:58 > 0:20:59LAUGHTER
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Benjamin Bunny - let's see if that's right.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Let's see how many of our 100 people said Benjamin Bunny.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08It's right.
0:21:14 > 0:21:161!
0:21:17 > 0:21:19That is a great answer, Ben.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Oh, that's so much pressure off me!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Yeah, The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- That's nice, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30There's worse Beatrix Potter characters to be named after.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Well, we'll have a look later. - We will.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Thanks very much.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36We're halfway through - let's look at the scores.
0:21:36 > 0:21:401, the best score of that pass, Ben. Very well done indeed, Ben and Amy.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Then up to 41, where we find Ruth and Steve.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Pippa and Ben B, up on 100.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47We'll need a low score from you. Best of luck.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50We'll come back down the line. Can the second players step up to the podium?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55OK, so we're looking for the title of any work
0:21:55 > 0:21:57by any of these authors that contains the name
0:21:57 > 0:21:59of a male protagonist.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Now, Amy...
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- Pressure's been taken off a bit. - A little bit.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06In fact, 98 or less sees you through.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Yeah. Um, I can literally only think of one
0:22:09 > 0:22:12so I'm going to go with David Copperfield.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14"David Copperfield," says Amy. David Copperfield.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Here's your red line, lovely and high.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Let's see how many people said David Copperfield.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22It's right. You're through.
0:22:26 > 0:22:2831.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Very well done - 32, your total.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- Lowest total of the round. - Yeah, safe and sound.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Dickens said of all his books, he liked that the best,
0:22:37 > 0:22:38David Copperfield.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Also the only Dickens book to contain the word "kangaroo".
0:22:41 > 0:22:44But I don't know if those two facts are linked.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Well, clearly, clearly.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Thanks very much.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Now, Steve, you have to score 58. That's your task.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- 58 or less.- Right.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Well, I should know lots more Beatrix Potter...tales,
0:22:59 > 0:23:03being brought up in Ambleside, just down the road from her house.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05But in fact, I'm going to go for Nicholas Nickleby.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08"Nicholas Nickleby," says Steve. Nicholas Nickleby.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Here's your red line.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11You have to get below that to get through.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Let's see if Nicholas Nickleby can do it for you.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17It's right.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Very well done.
0:23:22 > 0:23:2320.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- 61 is your total. - Well played, Steve.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Famously doesn't include the word "kangaroo", Nicholas Nickleby.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37OK - now, Ben, listen. I'm sorry to say this to you,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40but you are the high-scorers even before you've given your excellent answer.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Yeah. Uh...books aren't really my greatest subject.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- I can only think of one.- Some of these books are set in the outdoors!
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to go for Peter Rabbit.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56OK - Peter Rabbit.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Let's see how many of our 100 people said Peter Rabbit.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00No red line, as you're already the high-scorers.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03How many people said Peter Rabbit?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06It's right.
0:24:09 > 0:24:1136.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16136 is your total.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Yeah, over 40 million copies of that sold worldwide,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21The Tale Of Peter Rabbit.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Now, let's take a look at the different authors, cos, in fact,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Beatrix Potter's got the most pointless answers of any of these.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29You could have had The Tale Of Tuppenny,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31you could've had The Tale Of Timmy Tiptoes.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Both of those were pointless.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35The Tale Of Ginger And Pickles, The Tale Of Johnny Town-Mouse,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37The Tale Of Little Pig Robinson.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40That would be a worse one to be named after.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Imagine on podium four, there was Amy and Little Pig Robinson.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47All of those, pointless.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50You've got Dickens - the best answer you could have had
0:24:50 > 0:24:52was Dombey And Son, which would have scored you 2.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Barnaby Rudge would've scored you 3.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Uh, George Eliot, the best answer, Felix Holt, The Radical.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Would've scored 1 point, terrific answer.
0:24:59 > 0:25:014 points for Daniel Deronda, 5 for Adam Bede,
0:25:01 > 0:25:036 for Silas Marner.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04And Thomas Hardy, the best answer,
0:25:04 > 0:25:08The Trumpet Major is a pointless answer.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of our second round,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12the pair heading home, with a high score of 136,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16I'm afraid it's Ben and Pippa. I'm sorry. Next time, maybe.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18We'll look forward to you coming back.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21You did pretty well, up till now - let's hope you can take it further next time.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Thanks for playing, Ben and Pippa.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25APPLAUSE
0:25:26 > 0:25:29But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Congratulations, Amy and Ben, Steve and Ruth.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37You're one step closer to the final
0:25:37 > 0:25:38and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40which currently stands at...
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Here's the bit where we decide who's going to play for that jackpot.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50We do that by making you go head-to-head.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53The difference is you're now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that five grand.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59I think this is going to be very exciting.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Best of luck to both pairs - let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:26:13 > 0:26:15US cities. Richard?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Going to show you five pictures of US cities.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Can you identify the most obscure of these five?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22OK - let's reveal our five US cities, here they come.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23We've got...
0:26:40 > 0:26:43There we are - five US cities for you to identify.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Amy and Ben, you've scored lowest throughout this show so far,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48so you'll go first.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Well, I don't know any.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50THEY LAUGH
0:26:50 > 0:26:53I think I know three, but I don't want to take a risk
0:26:53 > 0:26:54on either of the beach ones,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56and I think I only know B, C and D.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58We'll go for B, which is the obvious one -
0:26:58 > 0:26:59San Francisco.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02OK, you're saying San Francisco for B.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Now, then, Steve and Ruth, fancy talking us through that board?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Not really.- You can do some thinking out loud, if you like.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Well, I think A or D is probably Miami, one of them.
0:27:12 > 0:27:19I thought E might be Boston, because it's built of granite, that church.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Oh, I like that, Steve.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25But that might be a completely erroneous guess. Um...
0:27:26 > 0:27:30- Go for your granite. - Let's go for E - Boston.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34OK - E, Boston. So we have San Francisco and Boston.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Amy and Ben said San Francisco for B.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Well, obviously, it's right.
0:27:44 > 0:27:4670 of our 100 got that.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Now, Steve - E, you are saying, is Boston,
0:27:54 > 0:27:58because you think that church is built of granite.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Let's find out - is it Boston? If so, how many said it?
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- It's right!- Oh, my God!- It is, the granite city itself.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09And it wins you the point.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12That...oh...
0:28:12 > 0:28:1311.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Wow.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Yeah - the really interesting thing is that building is not made of granite.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24LAUGHTER
0:28:24 > 0:28:27No, it is! It is, it is.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28It is made of granite.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31That's Faneuil Hall and it is absolutely made of granite.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34But the key thing is, after one question, Steve and Ruth,
0:28:34 > 0:28:36you're up 1-0 - just had to let you know that.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38One of those interesting ones where you're forced to go
0:28:38 > 0:28:42for a risky one when you go second on that, so that was an advantage.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- I think you'd have gone for San Francisco.- Yeah.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47A, it is Miami.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Would have scored you 21 points.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I think people worried about it
0:28:51 > 0:28:53because they thought D might have been Miami.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56C is Seattle.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- That the space needle, there. - That's the tagine in the sky.
0:28:59 > 0:29:0136 points.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04And so the other beach one, D...
0:29:04 > 0:29:06That is Honolulu.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09You'll notice, in the buildings in the background,
0:29:09 > 0:29:10very little granite, there...
0:29:10 > 0:29:11LAUGHTER
0:29:11 > 0:29:13That's how you can tell it's Honolulu.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15SHE GIGGLES
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Wonderful. Well, thank you very much indeed.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19So, here comes your second question.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Amy and Ben, you have to win this one to stay in the game,
0:29:21 > 0:29:24but Steve and Ruth get to answer it first.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25It concerns...
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Leaders of the Soviet Union. Richard.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33We'll give you five first names of men who've led the Soviet Union.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36You have to give us the surnames, please. Good luck.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Thanks - let's reveal our five leaders of the Soviet Union
0:29:39 > 0:29:41with their first names. Here they are...
0:29:47 > 0:29:49I'll read those all again.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Steve and Ruth will go first.
0:29:56 > 0:29:57THEY WHISPER
0:29:59 > 0:30:02We're going to go for Leonid.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- That's Leonid Brezhnev. - Leonid Brezhnev, say Steve and Ruth.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Amy and Ben,
0:30:08 > 0:30:10all those other Soviet leaders are yours.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Talk us through them, if you can.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14The top one is Mikhail Gorbachev.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15That's not going to be it.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17And Joseph Stalin won't be it.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19I only know Yuri Gagarin.
0:30:19 > 0:30:20I think he was in space, so...
0:30:20 > 0:30:21AMY LAUGHS
0:30:21 > 0:30:23You can't do both at once, can you?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25So, I'm going to have to go with the bottom one,
0:30:25 > 0:30:27which is Nikita Khrushchev.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Nikita Khrushchev. So, we have Brezhnev versus Khrushchev.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Steve and Ruth said Brezhnev.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see
0:30:35 > 0:30:37how many of our 100 people said Brezhnev.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41It's right.
0:30:44 > 0:30:4630.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48APPLAUSE
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Now, then, Amy and Ben
0:30:53 > 0:30:55have said Khrushchev, for Nikita.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03It's right. It's going to be hard to call, this one.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07You need to win it to stay in the game. And you do! 28!
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Very well done, indeed! Khrushchev, 28.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13You are back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Yep, Brezhnev and Khrushchev there.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Stalin, he would have scored you 63.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22The big scorer is at the top there,
0:31:22 > 0:31:23Mikhail Gorbachev.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Would have scored you 74.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28The best answer is Andropov.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Would have scored you 10 points.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Thanks very much. OK, here comes your third question.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38This is the one which will decide who goes through to the final,
0:31:38 > 0:31:39to play for that decent jackpot.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:31:45 > 0:31:47AMY LAUGHS
0:31:47 > 0:31:50OK. Plants. Richard...
0:31:50 > 0:31:54That got a reaction, didn't it?! I was surprised. I'll show you
0:31:54 > 0:31:56five clues now to facts about plants.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Give us the most obscure answer. The team that does is going through
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- to play for the jackpot. - Let's reveal the clues...
0:32:05 > 0:32:09HE READS OUT THE CLUES
0:32:24 > 0:32:26I'll read those again.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30HE READS OUT THE CLUES AGAIN
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Now, then, Amy and Ben, you go first this time.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51THEY CONFER IN WHISPERS
0:33:00 > 0:33:04We're going to have to go with the top one and we are going to say
0:33:04 > 0:33:08- chlorophyll.- Chlorophyll, say Amy and Ben. Chlorophyll.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Now, then, Steve and Ruth, the board is all yours.
0:33:11 > 0:33:16Well, chlorophyll I guessed at. I guessed that was that one.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Erm, we don't know any of the others,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21but I have an inkling that the third one, the bedding plant -
0:33:21 > 0:33:24and that is what we are going to have to go for -
0:33:24 > 0:33:25is a Busy Lizzie.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28A Busy Lizzie.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29Busy Lizzie,
0:33:29 > 0:33:33say Steve and Ruth. So, Amy and Ben went with chlorophyll.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Let's see if that's right and, if so, how many people said it.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39It's right.
0:33:43 > 0:33:4538.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48APPLAUSE
0:33:48 > 0:33:5338. That's what you have to beat, Steve and Ruth, but first,
0:33:53 > 0:33:55you have to be right with Busy Lizzie. Let's find out if it is.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- It's right!- Hey! - Very well done, indeed.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Is it going to beat 38?
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Yes, it is! Very well done! 35.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09That is quite close,
0:34:09 > 0:34:11but it does it for you. Steve and Ruth, very well done.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Two points on the last question, three points on that one.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19A terrific head-to-head. Well played.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21The part of the stamen that produces pollen is the best answer.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25It is the anther. That would have scored 6 points.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Well done if you said that. The fossilised tree resin is amber,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31of course. The biggest scorer. Would have scored you 53.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35And the film, also a good scorer, is Jacob's Ladder. Yeah.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39- It would have scored you 8 points. - Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42So, the pair we say goodbye to at the end of this round
0:34:42 > 0:34:45are Amy and Ben. That was a very exciting head-to-head.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49So little in it. 3 points in the last question, 2 in the one before.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Yeah, superb play throughout, actually.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56We look forward to seeing you again next time, but meantime, thank you,
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Amy and Ben.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00APPLAUSE
0:35:00 > 0:35:04For Steve and Ruth, it's time for our Pointless final!
0:35:05 > 0:35:09Congratulations, Steve and Ruth. You have seen off the competition
0:35:09 > 0:35:11and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20You now have a chance to win
0:35:20 > 0:35:23our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £5,000.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26ALL: Whoo!
0:35:26 > 0:35:27APPLAUSE
0:35:29 > 0:35:32As always, you get to choose your category.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Here are your four options to choose from. They are...
0:35:35 > 0:35:38HE READS OUT OPTIONS
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Right, I think we should go for International Organisations,
0:35:47 > 0:35:52because it sounds quite generalised. What do you think?
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Very reluctantly, International Organisations, yes.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57You never know. It could be anything.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00International Organisations. It really could be anything.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Let's find out exactly which "anything" it is going to be.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Three different options. Hopefully, one suits you.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07We are looking for...
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Any country which is a member of the UN Security Council,
0:36:11 > 0:36:12as of February, 2014.
0:36:12 > 0:36:18We are looking for any country that has joined NATO since 1995.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Or we are looking for anyone who has been
0:36:21 > 0:36:24a permanent president of the EU Commission
0:36:24 > 0:36:25since it was set up in 1958.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29So, any members of the UN Security Council, by February, 2014.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Any countries which have joined NATO since 1995
0:36:32 > 0:36:36or any permanent president of the EU Commission since 1958.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Very best of luck.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39OK. As always, you have got
0:36:39 > 0:36:41up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:41 > 0:36:44and all you need is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Right.- Are you ready?- Yep.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50OK, your time starts now.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54UN Security Council.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Do you know members of that?- Yeah. - OK, let's concentrate on that.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59No, I know answers in all of these.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Countries that joined NATO since 1995...
0:37:03 > 0:37:06The three Baltic states - Latvia, Lithuania
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- and, erm, Estonia. Right?- Right.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Presidents of the EU Commission. The present president is a guy
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- called Manuel Barroso.- Yeah, but he won't be...- He will,
0:37:17 > 0:37:19because no-one will know his name, cos he's that bloody obscure!
0:37:19 > 0:37:24- He's that obscure! Right.- Members of the UN Security Council...
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- Yep.- There's China, Russia, Britain,
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- erm...- Japan?- No, I don't think so,
0:37:29 > 0:37:34at the moment. China, Russia, Britain, France...
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- I think Brazil is a member at the moment.- But less likely
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- to be obscure, though, aren't they?- Ten seconds left.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44- So, Brazil...- Do you think? Do you not think countries joining NATO
0:37:44 > 0:37:48since 1995? And do you know any more presidents of the EU Commission?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- No, that's the only one I know. - Right, OK. Do one of each.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54That is your time up. I now need to know what your three answers
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- are going to be.- The president of the EU Commission that you...
0:37:57 > 0:37:59The president of the EU Commission, Manuel Barroso.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Barroso. Manuel Barroso. OK.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06Countries joining NATO since 1995...
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Slovenia.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10Slovenia.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15And, er, Estonia.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- And Estonia. Those are your three answers.- Yes.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- Slovenia.- Slovenia.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28OK, we'll put that last. And your least likely?
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- Manuel Barroso. - OK, Manuel Barroso, we'll put first.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34OK, let's put those answers up on the board. And here they are...
0:38:36 > 0:38:39HE REPEATS ANSWERS
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Well, very, very best of luck.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Your first answer was Manuel Barroso. Let's just see.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50One of these answers might be pointless and, if it is,
0:38:50 > 0:38:52it will win you that jackpot of 5,000 quid.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- What would you do with that, Steve? - My wife and I are visiting Borneo
0:38:55 > 0:39:00in the near future and that would help pay for the big holiday,
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- wouldn't it? - Very good. Ruth, how about you?
0:39:02 > 0:39:07I would probably be irresponsible and go skiing,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10to Verbier in Switzerland and take all the girls out
0:39:10 > 0:39:13for a big slap-up meal.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16OK, well, very, very best of luck. Three good answers up there.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Your first answer, Manuel Barroso. This was the one you thought was
0:39:19 > 0:39:22probably least likely to be pointless. We are looking
0:39:22 > 0:39:26for presidents of the EU Commission. Let's find out if it's right.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28If it's pointless, it wins you £5,000.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31How many people said Manuel Barroso?
0:39:33 > 0:39:34It's right.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Now, if this goes all the way down to 0,
0:39:37 > 0:39:39as I say, it will win you £5,000.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Down it goes, through the 20s, through the teens,
0:39:42 > 0:39:44into single figures. Still going down! Down it goes!
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Oh! 2.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48APPLAUSE
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Try again!
0:39:51 > 0:39:52That is a great first answer.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56That was the one you thought was least likely to be pointless.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00It scored you 2. Obviously, not pointless, so only two more shots
0:40:00 > 0:40:02at today's jackpot. But as I say,
0:40:02 > 0:40:07very, very reassuring. Bodes well for your next two answers.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10We were looking for members of NATO since 1995. The first of those
0:40:10 > 0:40:11was Estonia.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Obviously, it has to be right and then has to be pointless
0:40:14 > 0:40:17for you to win that jackpot. For £5,000, let's find out
0:40:17 > 0:40:19how many people said Estonia.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23It's another correct answer.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Your first answer took us all the way down to 2.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31Your second answer, Estonia, now taking us down through
0:40:31 > 0:40:34into single figures. Still going down...
0:40:34 > 0:40:364, for Estonia.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37APPLAUSE
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Another very, very good score. Lovely low single-figure score.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47However, not pointless. Everything is now riding on your third
0:40:47 > 0:40:50and final answer, Slovenia. Again, we are looking for countries
0:40:50 > 0:40:53that joined NATO since 1995. You thought this was your best shot
0:40:53 > 0:40:55at a pointless answer. Let's find out if it is.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58For £5,000, let's see how many people said Slovenia.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02Well, it's right.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Your first answer, Manuel Barroso, took us all the way down to 2.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Your second answer, Estonia, took us down to 4.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Slovenia now taking us down into single figures.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14Passing four! 3!
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Oh, bad luck.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19APPLAUSE
0:41:22 > 0:41:26That is so unfortunate. Three excellent answers there.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Oh, to go down to 2 with your first answer.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Oh, I'm sorry. That's really disappointing
0:41:32 > 0:41:34not to find a pointless answer there,
0:41:34 > 0:41:36but I'm afraid you didn't, which means you don't win today's
0:41:36 > 0:41:40jackpot of £5,000. That rolls over to the next show.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42But you have been fabulous. We've loved having you on
0:41:42 > 0:41:46and you get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47BOTH: Thank you.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50APPLAUSE
0:41:52 > 0:41:53Well played. A valiant effort.
0:41:53 > 0:41:562, 4 and 3. 9 points between 3 answers is good going.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59The other two you mentioned for countries joining NATO were
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Latvia and Lithuania. Both would have scored you points -
0:42:02 > 0:42:075 and 4. However, Lithuania would have been a terrific answer
0:42:07 > 0:42:10for members of the UN Security Council.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14It would have won you £5,000. Let's take a look at some others...
0:42:14 > 0:42:17HE READS OUT ANSWERS
0:42:21 > 0:42:25You also could have has Luxembourg, Rwanda and South Korea.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28There is only one pointless answer for countries that have joined NATO.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32And that was Hungary.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36It would have been very tough to get. Heads of the EU Commission...
0:42:36 > 0:42:39You had Jose Manuel Barroso. The bottom two there would be
0:42:39 > 0:42:41the big names. Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister,
0:42:41 > 0:42:44and Roy Jenkins, the former Chancellor and Home Secretary,
0:42:44 > 0:42:48and leader of the SDP, as well. And Franco Maria Malfatti
0:42:48 > 0:42:52and Gaston Thorn, also pointless. Well done if you got one of those.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55A good category. Really well played. Sorry you didn't take home the money.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Thanks very much, Richard. We have to say goodbye to you,
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Steven and Ruth, but it's been great having you on the show.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- Thank you for playing. Steve and Ruth, great contestants.- Thank you.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Sadly, Steve and Ruth didn't win our jackpot today, which means
0:43:08 > 0:43:13it rolls over on to the next show, when we will be playing for £6,000.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15ALL: Whoo!
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Join us then, to see if someone can win it.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21- Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard... - Goodbye.- ..and me. Goodbye.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25APPLAUSE