Episode 22 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless -

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

Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

Hi, I'm Brian, this is my wife Brenda. We're from Clacton-on-Sea.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Amy. This is my friend Ben. We're both from Manchester.

Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Karen. This is my friend Eleanor.

I'm from South Oxfordshire,

Eleanor's from down the road in Reading.

Finally, couple number four.

Hi, my name's Pippa, this is Ben. We're work colleagues from Kent.

These are today's contestants.

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Thanks, all of you, we'll find out more about you

throughout the show as it goes along.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

His new boyband, IQ, have just sold out in over two locations

in Bournemouth already this year.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

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-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-Familiar faces here, aren't they?

Three returning pairs from last time.

Brenda and Brian on podium one,

we gave them pop music in round one, so we didn't see too much of them.

Hopefully see a bit more of them.

Head-to-head we had Amy and Ben, or Amy and Ben A, or Amy and Big Ben.

They did very well. On podium four we've got Little Ben and Pippa.

Pippa gave Mrs Tiggy-Winkle a sex change in the last show.

LAUGHTER

That's a prickly business, isn't it?

Yeah, you wouldn't want to, would you?

Podium three, welcome.

Welcome, Eleanor and Karen, to the party of old friends.

Thanks very much, Richard.

As usual, all of today's questions have been put

to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants are on the hunt for a pointless answer -

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Steve and Ruth didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at...

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

APPLAUSE

All you have to remember is that the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

Our first category today is...

Famous People. Can you decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK, the question concerns...

Surnames beginning with B, Richard.

On each pass there's going to be seven descriptions

of famous people whose surnames begin with B.

You need to give us the most obscure answers.

14 to have a go at at home.

OK, so let's put our first board of seven up. Here they are.

ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, seven clues to seven people

whose surnames begin with a B.

Brenda, welcome back to Pointless.

-Last time around, it was round one we said goodbye to you.

-It was.

This time you've got to hope to do better than that.

Are you happy with this as a category?

Not bad. Not bad. I know a few.

OK, you're here from Clacton-on-Sea, Brenda.

What do you like getting up to there?

I'm a lady what lunches now I'm retired.

Now we're talking.

How often do you lunch?

-Once every few weeks.

-Daily?

-No, not daily.

-LAUGHTER

Well, we all lunch. Lunch with the ladies.

I go up to London and see my friends.

Very good indeed. That's a nice thing to do.

Good stuff. Brenda, what are you going to go for on this board?

A board of Bs, like a beard of bees.

I know a few, I don't know whether I want to take a chance.

I think I will.

He wrote the song I Say A Little Prayer.

-I think it might be Burt Bacharach.

-Burt Bacharach, says Brenda.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many said Burt Bacharach.

It is, of course, Burt Bacharach.

-Yeah!

-14, well done, Brenda.

That's a terrific answer. Great start from podium one.

Six Grammys, four wives and three Oscars, Burt Bacharach.

Thanks, Richard.

Now, Amy, welcome back. So you are a medical student in your fourth year.

-Yep.

-What are your interests, Amy?

So I do netball and do a lot of music as well.

I like travelling as well.

OK. What sort of music?

We discovered about the oboe last time, what other music?

I'm in an orchestra and I'm also in a choir.

Good stuff. So what are you going for on this board?

Feeling happy about this?

I know a few and I know a couple of the obvious ones,

but I think the bottom one, she used to be a nurse, now she's a comedian.

I think it's Jo Brand.

Jo Brand, says Amy.

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

Absolutely right.

14 is our low score at the moment. Jo Brand

gets you down to 26.

Well played, Amy. Won a BAFTA for her role in that. Co-wrote it.

Directed by Peter Capaldi as well, Getting On.

Thanks, Richard. Karen, welcome to the show.

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

I'm a librarian. I work in a sixth form college.

What are your hobbies?

I enjoy music. I play the trombone and do a bit of singing.

Excellent.

I also enjoy baking. I do novelty cake making on the side.

Are you responsible for the cake that is sitting next to Richard?

I think I may be, yes.

-Look at this.

-I never tire of seeing myself made in sugar.

How about that?!

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-This is what I like to do when we've got a little cake.

-There you go.

Oh, my God! It's anatomically correct. I've got a spike like that.

Yeah.

Eh. Oh, spineless.

That's me doing the javelin at the London Olympics. Is it tasty?

Oh, you bet.

-What's inside it?

-It's the chocolate cake, that one.

Oh.

Karen, that's amazing. Even those numbers are amazing.

If you can get the same score as one of these numbers,

you'll get an extra special prize. I don't know what it is.

The only thing I've got is my pen,

you'll win my pen if you can get the same number.

Mm. Wow.

Sorry, yes, Karen. There we go. Karen, yes. Bs.

-OK.

-Famous people beginning with B.

Yeah, a couple there I know.

I'm going to go for the dancer, choreographer, actor,

who I think must be Lionel Blair.

Lionel Blair.

Lionel Blair, says Karen.

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

It is right. 26 is our high score at this point, 14 our low.

39 for Lionel Blair.

Just looking to see if I can see 39 on there anywhere. You got 29.

That was close. No, afraid not.

That's a shame, isn't it?

Yeah, Lionel Blair. Very good answer, though.

Good cake, good answer.

-Born Henry Lionel Ogus, Lionel Blair.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-OK, thanks, Richard.

Now, then, Ben.

Welcome back. Remind us what you do.

I'm an outdoors instructor

or activities instructor in the outdoors.

"In the outdoors."

Well, that seems the sensible place to do it.

-Are your hobbies aligned with your career?

-Yes.

-Did you always have a hankering?

-Yeah, exactly aligned, yeah.

Anything climbing or snow-based, I love.

Excellent. Good stuff.

Do you take expeditions abroad and things like that as well?

I haven't done yet,

but that is something I'm looking to do in the future.

OK, there we are, Ben, that board is all yours.

There are four unanswered clues there.

Do you fancy taking us through them?

My dad, if he were watching this, he'd probably be shouting at me,

but unfortunately I don't know the real name of Beefy.

I think the second one might be Michael Buble.

The third one I feel like I should know cos

I feel like I should know the song.

The fourth one, there, is Christian Bale.

I'm just trying to decide which one to go for.

I think I'm going to go for Christian Bale.

OK, Christian Bale, says Ben. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Well, 39 our high score, 14 our low.

40. New high score, Ben.

I'll just get my pen out of my pen holder.

There we go. Well played, everybody, on that round.

Let's fill in the rest of this board.

-Cricketer named Beefy?

-Botham.

Ian Botham, yeah. Would have scored 65.

Canadian singer - not Michael Buble. Not a bad guess at all, actually.

-It's everyone's favourite.

-Justin Bieber.

Of course.

-Now Love Is A Battlefield.

-Pat Benatar.

Yeah, 21 points for that, though.

Actually, Burt Bacharach, best answer on the board.

Very well played from podium one.

Thanks. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.

Brenda, very well done - 14 puts you and Brian at the top of the grid.

That's fantastic. Up to 26, where we find Amy and Ben.

Up to 39, Karen and Eleanor. Then up one click more,

and there we find Ben B and Pippa.

Yeah, you're not miles ahead, Pippa,

but we will need a low score from you

to make sure you're with us at the end of this round.

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 clues up on the board. Here they come.

ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS

I'll read those all one last time.

OK, so, Pippa. People whose surnames begin with a B.

Yep, yep, I know a few on there.

Pippa, remind us what you do.

I work in the same outdoor adventure centre as Ben,

but I work in the office.

OK, Pippa, your interests are...? Tell us.

Yeah, me and my husband probably spend most of our free time

helping out with a youth group at church.

Excellent. That covers everything -

you do all the things they do, you go on trips and things?

Yeah. Yeah, Bible studies, trips, socials.

We do a camp in the summer. Yeah. Fun times.

Excellent. Good for you.

You are on 40, you are the high scorers by only one point.

But you're the first person to have this board.

How many on that board do you think you know?

More than on the last one. I think I know three.

I'm going to go for...

Vaguely linked to my degree -

model who married Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008, I'm going to say Carla Bruni.

-What was your degree?

-French.

OK. Phew.

It could have been folk-singing models, it could have been anything.

Carla Bruni, says Pippa.

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

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

It's right.

26.

Takes your total up to 66.

Maybe that's enough to keep you in the game, Pippa. Let's hope.

Carla Bruni. Also dated Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Eleanor, welcome.

Good to have you here on Pointless. What do you do, Eleanor?

I am a science technician at my local secondary school.

-You work backstage.

-I do.

-Is that more in the physics lab?

No, we do all the science subjects - biology, chemistry, physics.

-Quite fun.

-Yeah, good fun. Work with a lovely team of people.

Good stuff. There you are on 39.

The high scorers are Pippa and Ben on 66.

-26 or less keeps you in the game.

-OK.

Well, I didn't ever think I'd be answering

anything to do with football,

but I think I'm going to go for the Liverpool player

who rapped on New Order's World In Motion.

I think it's John Barnes.

John Barnes, says Eleanor. Here's your red line.

Get below that with John Barnes and you're in the next round.

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

It's right.

41.

41 takes your total up to 80, nice round number.

New high score.

It's going to be a very close round, isn't it? John Barnes.

He also rapped on the Anfield Rap.

Thanks very much indeed.

Ben, welcome back. You did very well last time.

Lovely low scores from you, including Benjamin Bunny, of course,

after whom he's named. Yeah.

Ben admitted that in front of all of us.

OK, Ben, also in your fourth year as a medic at Manchester.

What else do you like getting up to?

I'm quite big on my sports.

I play cricket for my hometown club when I go home,

Wellington Cricket Club. I like to support Fulham.

Well, I don't like supporting Fulham, but...

You do support Fulham.

-I didn't know you were a Fulham fan.

-Yeah. Unlucky.

Listen, you have to score 53. 53 gets you into the next round.

How are you feeling about this board?

I know quite a few.

The only photographer I actually could name begins with a B,

but I don't know if that's going to be right.

So I'm going to go with the guy who played Brunel is

Sir Kenneth Branagh.

Sir Kenneth Branagh, says Ben.

Here's your red line.

Get below that with Kenneth Branagh and you are in the next round.

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

It's right.

Well done, you're in round two.

Oh, that's a good answer. Look at that, 16.

-42 is your total, lowest total so far.

-Well done, Ben, good answer.

He said he'd never learned his lines more assiduously than for that rule.

He said cos there's going to be a billion people watching

-it really focused the mind.

-Thanks.

So...Brian, we come to you.

We discovered last time you are retired, you worked in computers.

You served in the Signals.

What else do you like getting up to? What fills your time chiefly, Brian?

'Geneology.'

-Oh, really?

-'Geneology.'

'Geneology' or genealogy.

-Genealogy, yes!

-Genealogy.

What have you discovered? What's been the most exciting thing?

The big coup, I think, was my late wife's family.

They go all the way back to the Norman Conquest.

Where do they go back to?

-They go back to a manor in Wiltshire.

-Wiltshire.

-Have you visited it?

-No.

Oh, you should. If it's still there. Anyway, listen, there we are.

There is your red line.

We need somebody whose surname begins with B who will get

you below that red line and who is on that board.

If you fancied it, you could talk us through the whole board.

-Well, I only really know the top two.

-That's good enough.

The photographer who dated Jean Shrimpton

was, I think, David Bailey.

The American president is George W Bush.

I think David Bailey is my better bet.

OK, your best bet, David Bailey. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

34.

48 is your total. Very well done.

Well played, Brian. Went for the right one.

George W Bush would have scored you more points.

Would have still seen you through,

it would have scored you 61 points, George W Bush.

-The presenter of Think Of A Number?

-Lovely Johnny Ball.

The brilliant Johnny Ball, of course.

22 points. The best answer on the board is at the bottom there.

-Kathryn Bigelow.

-Kathryn Bigelow, yeah. 13 points.

Well done if you said that.

Thanks very much. At the end of our first round,

the pair heading home with a high score of 80...

it's not that high.

But I'm afraid, Eleanor and Karen, our newcomers,

it's you, our cake bakers.

Sorry to say goodbye to you so soon, Eleanor and Karen,

but we'll see you again next time. Thanks very much for playing.

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

So three pairs remain.

Obviously at the end of this round we'll have to say goodbye

to another pair. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for round two is...

The Commonwealth.

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

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

OK, let's find out what the question is, here it is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

Island Commonwealth Nations, Richard.

We're looking for any country which is a member of the Commonwealth,

as of January 2014, please, that is also an island.

So anywhere that doesn't share a land border with any other country.

Any country that is an island and a member of the Commonwealth, please.

By country, we mean a sovereign state

that is a member of the UN in its own right.

Very best of luck to everybody.

Thanks very much, indeed.

-Now, Brian...

-Right. Trinidad and Tobago.

Trinidad and Tobago, says Brian. Let's see if that's right,

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

Absolutely right.

Still going down, Brian. Oh, look at that. 7, very well done indeed.

7 for Trinidad and Tobago.

Well played, Brian. Very good answer.

-They've got 15 different types of hummingbird.

-Too many.

-To be honest.

-Do you think?

-Yeah, it's just confusing, I think.

I think it's nice. It's where different hummingbirds go to...

Meet other hummingbirds.

-Yeah, meet other types of hummingbird.

-That's true, yeah.

They can meet hummingbirds anywhere but different types of hummingbird,

now you're talking.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. OK, now, Ben.

We're looking for any Commonwealth country that is an island.

I'm going to go with Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia, says Ben. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Saint Lucia.

It's right.

Well, 7 is our only score at this point.

Saint Lucia...

passes that. 6.

A new low score.

-There are some nice places in the Commonwealth.

-Mm.

Saint Lucia. It was named after Saint Lucy who, amongst other things,

is the patron saint of throat infections.

LAUGHTER

That's good.

Thank you very much indeed.

Ben, we've had a 7 and a 6.

Yep.

Next in that sequence should be a 5.

Should be. Not likely, I don't think.

I really haven't got a clue,

so I'm going to just punt at something that I vaguely remember

at the back of my brain that perhaps we had some kind of connection to

and I'm going to go with Cyprus.

OK, Ben is going to go with Cyprus.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Well, 7 is our high score, 6 is our low score.

10. Not bad at all, Ben.

10 for Cyprus.

That's a very good answer.

Its old name used to mean the abode of snakes.

There's very few snakes there now.

It's also got the oldest-found skeleton with a domestic cat.

From 9,500 years ago.

They think it's the first ever pet that's been discovered.

First ever pet cat, anyway.

Did it have a little rusty bell?

It did have a little rusty bell, yeah.

-That's how they would know it's domesticated.

-That's exactly right.

Thank you. OK, so, we're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at those scores. 6 the best score of that pass, Ben.

Very well done. Up to 7 where we find Brian and Brenda.

Then up to 10, Ben and Pippa.

Pippa, once again it is in your hands to find a lovely low score

and hope it's enough to keep you in the game.

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

Can the second players step up to the podium?

OK. Pippa, we're looking for any Commonwealth nation

that has no land border with any other country.

I'm going to go with one I think is definitely an island,

hopefully, and say Antigua and Barbuda.

OK, Antigua and Barbuda, says Pippa.

No red line for you as you're the high scorers,

but let's see how many people said Antigua and Barbuda.

Is it right?

It's right.

3. That's a good answer, Pippa. Very well done indeed.

I think that probably gets you back in the game. 13 is your total.

Another very good answer. Another lovely place as well.

Although of less interest to the hummingbird enthusiast.

-How many types do they have there?

-Like, 11 or something.

-Oh.

-ALEXANDER AND RICHARD YAWN

Amy. You're on 6.

The high scorers are Pippa and Ben on 13, so 6 or less is what we need.

-OK.

-Has to be a good answer.

I'm going to go along with the train that's been going

and just say Barbados.

OK, Barbados, says Amy.

Here's your red line - low.

Let's see if you can get below that with Barbados.

Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

13 for Barbados.

Which takes your total up to 19.

-Some good answering in this round, isn't there?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, Barbados is home to the world's smallest snake.

-Aw.

Yeah. 10cm long and as thin as a spaghetti noodle.

-It's a tiny little thing.

-Aw.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Wow.

Brenda.

You have to score 11 or less. Simple as that.

That will get you into the head-to-head.

You can talk us through your thoughts, if you like.

It's not one of my good subjects.

I'm going to have a bash at Malta.

Malta, says Brenda, Malta. Here's your red line.

Little bit higher than Amy and Ben's. Malta.

Let's see if it's right and,

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

It is right.

Ooh! 18 for Malta. Brenda, I'm sorry.

It's a good answer. Nice low score. Takes your total up to 25, though.

Yeah, just a few too many, Brenda, I'm afraid.

There's one pointless answer on the whole board.

Do you want to have a little bash at what that might be?

-It's Tuvalu, isn't it?

-Tuvalu. It is Tuvalu, yes. A pointless answer.

Very well done if you said that.

Lower scorers, you'd have

got 1 point for Nauru, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

and Kiribas, all of those good answers.

2 points for Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Samoa and Vanuatu,

another old friend.

3 points for Singapore, Maldives and Grenada.

Thanks, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home

with a high score of 25, I'm so sorry, Brenda and Brian, it is you.

You did twice as well as you did last time.

-It's not a bad high score, is it?

-It's not bad at all.

Not bad at all.

It's a mark of how well everybody played in this round,

but I'm afraid we have to say goodbye.

Thank you so much for playing, Brenda and Brian.

It's been great having you on.

But for Ben and Pippa, Amy and Ben, it's now time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations, Amy and Ben, Ben and Pippa.

You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play

for our jackpot, which currently stands at...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's quite a jackpot gathering there.

Now we have to decide who's going to play for that.

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

The difference is you're now allowed to confer

before you give your answers.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for six grand.

This is so exciting. This is exactly what I was hoping.

-An Amy versus Pippa head-to-head.

-LAUGHTER

Brilliant. With backup from a couple of Bens.

Let's play it.

OK, here comes your first question. It concerns...

LAUGHTER

Types of Jellyfish, Richard.

Yeah, you know what? It was either that or types of hummingbird,

so count yourself lucky.

We are going to show you five pictures of jellyfish now.

You need to tell us what sort of jellyfish they are.

We're going to give you some letters underneath to help you as well.

Did you know there were lots of different types...? Of course!

We'll discover how much you know about types of jellyfish.

Let's reveal them. Our five types are...

Amy and Ben A, you have scored lowest throughout the show

so far so you will go first.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

OK, we're going to go with C. We're going to call it an egg-yolk.

The egg-yolk.

I can see why you might do that.

Egg yolk, say Amy and Ben.

So Ben B and Pippa,

do you want to do some reasoning out loud for the other ones?

Well, we only know E for definite.

We could try and guess some of the others.

Do you think A could be, like, Lucy's something?

Lucy's mask.

I mean we could maybe go with E and hope that egg yolk is incorrect.

-Yeah, let's do that.

-Let's do that.

-OK.

-We're going for box.

-For E.

OK, E - box. We have egg-yolk and we have box.

Amy and Ben A said egg-yolk for C.

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

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed. 8.

8 for egg-yolk. Very well done.

Ben B and Pippa have said that E is box.

E - box. Let's see if that's right and, if it is,

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

It's right.

Ooh, it's a good answer. 18 for box.

Which means, Amy and Ben A, after one question you are up 1-0.

That was nicely played, Amy and Ben.

Just filling in the gaps there, nicely done.

A couple of answers would have beaten it. A wouldn't have beaten it.

It's not Lucy's mask, amazingly. It's lion's mane.

It would have scored you 15.

The next answer is a comb jellyfish.

That's a pointless answer.

Very well done if you said that.

The letters here, you could work this out, D,

and it would have beaten egg-yolk as well.

Can you work that one out?

-It's the wrong way up.

-Oh, upside-down.

Upside-down jellyfish, yeah. Would have scored you 5 points.

That's sweet. It spends its life upside down, bless it.

Thanks very much indeed.

Here comes your second question.

Ben and Pippa, you get to answer it first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

Windsor Castle, Richard.

We're going to show you five clues to facts about Windsor Castle.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

Thanks. Let's reveal our five clues. Here they come.

We have got...

ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS

I'll read those all one last time.

Ben B and Pippa will go first.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

We don't really know any of the answers,

so we're going to plump for a county and say Buckinghamshire.

Buckinghamshire, say Ben B and Pippa.

Now, then, Amy and Ben A, talk us through the board if you can.

A river in the south,

so it's naturally going to be the Thames, presumably.

Even if it isn't, it is.

LAUGHTER

We think that the Queen called the year of her Annus...thing.

It was related to the time Diana died,

so I'm going to say 1998.

OK, 1998. We have Buckinghamshire versus 1998.

Let's see if Buckinghamshire's right for Ben B and Pippa.

Nope, not the Royal County of Buckinghamshire.

Let's see if 1998 is right for Amy and Ben A. The Annus horribilis.

No, it's not. There we are.

After two questions, it is still 1-0 to Amy and Ben. Richard.

I don't know why everyone was so worried about the jellyfish round.

LAUGHTER

That was pretty simple.

Just out of interest, why did you not say the Thames?

What was your grand plan there?

I thought Buckinghamshire was right and better.

Ah, well, Buckinghamshire was wrong and worse, as you know.

LAUGHTER

Berkshire is the county it's in. That would have scored you 45.

It overlooks the Thames, obviously. Would have scored you 63.

They year of the fire was...1992. That would have scored you 11 points.

-The Gothic chapel?

-St George's Chapel.

St George's Chapel, yeah.

12 points, well done if you said that.

The architect?

-Edwin Lutyens.

-Edwin Lutyens, absolutely. 1 point for that.

Terrific answer.

Thanks very much indeed.

So here comes your third question.

Again, Ben B and Pippa, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

First Aid Kit, Richard.

We're going to show you five items you might find

in a first aid kit, but in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them, please?

Thanks. OK, let's reveal our five items in anagram form.

Here they come.

We've got...

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I'll read those all again.

And our medics will be going first.

OK, we're going to go for the middle one. We're going to say thermometer.

OK, thermometer, say the medics.

Ben B and Pippa, what are you going to go for?

Do you want to talk us through the board?

-BEN:

-The last one is plasters, second one bandages.

-We haven't worked out one or four, so...shall we go with two?

-Yeah.

Yeah, we'll go with bandages.

OK, bandages. We have thermometer versus bandages.

Amy and Ben said thermometer.

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

It's right.

Thermometer is 37.

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Now then, Ben B and Pippa have said bandages for "Sad Nag Be."

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

It's right. Ooh, look at that. 91.

Wow.

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Very well done, Amy and Ben.

After three questions, you are through to the final 2-0.

-That's a pretty big score, isn't it?

-Yeah.

There's a couple of answers out there that would have beaten thermometer.

At home, if you've got a first aid kit,

don't keep things in your first aid kit in anagram form.

-It wastes time in an emergency.

-Yeah.

"Clear Map Oat" is paracetamol.

9 points for that, that was a tough one, wasn't it?

-But once you see it... "Zee Strew," it's got a Z in it.

-Tweezers.

Tweezers. Yep. That's also a good scorer - 14 for that.

"Last Reps" is plasters, but that's a very big scorer - 71.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid, is Ben and Pippa.

Well, you've done very well this time around.

Sadly you got beaten on your jellyfish.

And bandages, yeah, that was whipped, I'm afraid, by thermometer.

I'm afraid you leave without a point at the end of this round,

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

Thank you for playing, Ben and Pippa.

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But for Amy and Ben it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Amy and Ben.

You've fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

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Well, finally, this is what we were angling for last show.

Then it all changed in the head-to-head.

Yeah, Steve and Ruth beat you.

Now, then, as always,

you get to choose your category for this final round.

Here are your four choices. They are...

ALEXANDER READS CATEGORIES

-We said we'd go for sports if it came up.

-We talked about it.

But musicals, you're musical.

We're going for sport.

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-Definitely.

-We're going to go for Winning Sporting Streaks.

Winning Sporting Streaks it is.

OK, best of luck. Three very different sports here.

You're looking for anybody beaten by Stephen Hendry

during his World Championship winning streak from 1992 to 1996.

Anyone he beat from the last 32 onwards

in any of those World Championships.

We are looking for any one

of Floyd Mayweather Junior's undefeated streak opponents.

He won his first 45 fights up to October 2013.

Looking for the name of anybody he beat.

Or we're looking for anybody that Novak Djokovic beat

on his 43-match winning streak that went across 2010, 2011.

Anyone Stephen Hendry beat,

anyone who Floyd Mayweather Junior beat, or anyone who Djokovic beat.

Very best of luck.

OK. Now, as always, you've got up to one minute

to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot of £6,000

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

Right, well, I'm not very good at snooker or boxing.

I know he fought Hatton.

I'm going to go for tennis players that I know. He probably faced them.

Probably around the time Robin Soderling

would have been playing.

Stanislas Wawrinka, he's quite a big name.

Recently won a Slam, so I don't know if he'll be...

OK, I'm trying to think as obscure as I can get.

Tommy Haas he might have played around that time.

Benoit Paire is in my head.

He's just a name, as far as I'm concerned.

He sounds like a tennis player.

-I'm just going to go with whatever you say.

-Yeah, cheers.

Tennis players.

It wasn't me, I play a bit of tennis.

No time for jokes, Ben.

Right, OK, trying to think.

-Roddick.

-Ten seconds left.

-I can't think of any.

-Wawrinka, Soderling, Tommy Haas.

-I don't know if they're right, but they'll do.

-OK.

OK, that's your time up.

What answers are you going to give me

and would you tell me which category it is?

-They're all from Djokovic's 43 matches.

-OK.

-I want to go with Tommy Haas.

-Tommy Haas.

I want to go with Stanislas Wawrinka.

Stanislas Wawrinka.

And I'm going to convince myself to go with Benoit Paire.

-Benoit Paire.

-Yeah.

-OK, now of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

I think the best shot is probably Wawrinka.

Wawrinka we'll put last. Least likely?

-Benoit Paire.

-Benoit Paire.

We'll put him first.

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

We've got...

ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS

Very best of luck. Your first answer was Benoit Paire.

You weren't entirely sure if this was a correct answer.

If one of these answers is correct and pointless,

there's a very good chance one of them might be,

what would you do with your winnings, Amy?

I'm going to Southeast Asia travelling this summer,

-so I'll probably put some towards that.

-Excellent.

-Ben?

Yeah, I'd really like to go out and watch the Ashes

in a couple of years' time in Australia.

OK, well, very best of luck. Three good answers on the board.

Benoit Paire, your least confident shot.

We were looking for opponents beaten by Novak Djokovic

in his 43-match winning streak.

Let's see if Benoit Paire is right and,

if it is, how many people said it for £6,000.

Is it pointless?

No. I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

Sometimes answers like that come in from nowhere

and they end up being perfect.

In this case, not so much,

which means everything is riding on your last two answers.

Tommy Haas was your next. Let's see if that's right.

If it's right and pointless, it will win you £6,000.

How many people said Tommy Haas?

Oh, no!

Another incorrect answer, I'm afraid,

which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

which is Stanislas Wawrinka.

Now, this is the one you put last,

you had the most faith in this to be pointless. Let's find out if it is.

If it is, it'll win you £6,000.

How many of our 100 people said Stanislas Wawrinka?

Is it pointless?

It's right.

Your first answer, Benoit Paire, was incorrect.

Your second answer, Tommy Haas, was incorrect.

Your third answer, Stanislas Wawrinka,

absolutely right.

Down it goes through the single figures.

Down it goes to 1. No!

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I'm so sorry, unfortunately not a pointless answer, which means,

I'm sorry to say, you don't win today's jackpot of £6,000.

That will roll over on to the next show. But you played so well.

I mean, a brilliant performance across two shows.

You do, of course, get to take home a Pointless trophy each,

so at least you have that.

Very well done. Amy and Ben, very well done.

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Oh, that was... That was tough. Unlucky, Ben and Amy.

That's a terrific attempt.

Benoit Paire is a real person and he's a tennis player,

but not an answer.

He's also, coincidentally - it's French for Benjamin Bunny.

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There you go.

In the amazing streak that Djokovic had,

there's lots of answers on this,

but in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters in 2011,

he beat Robin Soderling...

And he was a pointless answer as well.

All the way through your 60 seconds you were leading with Soderling,

you kept saying Robin Soderling.

I was sitting here thinking, "Lovely, Robin Soderling."

At the last minute, for whatever reason, you didn't go with it.

I'm really sorry. That's really tough luck.

It would have been a terrific answer.

Let's look at the answers for the different categories.

I know different people love different sports.

There'll be all sorts of pointless answers at home. I know that.

Snooker fans will have got some of these.

Alan McManus would have been pointless. Dave Harold.

He beat Nigel Bond in the final in 1995. Terry Griffiths.

You also could have had

Darren Morgan, Dene O'Kane, Gary Wilkinson, James Wattana.

Lots of pointless answers there.

Let's take a look at some of the opponents of Floyd Mayweather.

Oscar De La Hoya was pointless. Some big fights up here.

Sugar Shane Mosley, also. Sharmba Mitchell.

You could have had Victoriano Sosa.

You could have had Arturo Gatti, Zab Judah, Victor Ortiz.

All of those were pointless. Well done if you said any of those.

Djokovic - let's see some of those. Ignore Robin Soderling at the bottom.

It shouldn't be there, it's terrible.

Feliciano Lopez, Gael Monfils. I know you know all of these names.

It's tough thinking which one to say in that 60 seconds.

Richard Gasquet.

You could have had Ernests Gulbis, Gilles Simon, James Blake,

Victor Hanescu, Viktor Troicki, also pointless answers.

Really, really tough luck. You absolutely had it in the bag.

I'm so sorry you didn't go for him.

Well, unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Amy and Ben,

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

-Thank you for playing. Amy and Ben.

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Sadly, Amy and Ben didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over on to the next show

where we will be playing for £7,000.

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Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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