Episode 23 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

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

This is the show where all the questions have been asked

to 100 people before the show and all our contestants have to do

is come up with the answers no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Omar, this is Mark and we're friends from Leicester.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Jayne, I live in York

and this is my dad, Alan. He's from Liverpool.

And couple number three.

Hi, I'm Nicola and this is Ross and we're married

and we are from Belfast.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Eleanor.

This is my friend Karen, and I'm from Reading

and Karen is from South Oxfordshire.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you.

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

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

for me to introduce. Every pub quiz in the country has a picture of him

behind the bar saying, 'Do not serve this man.'

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody!

-Afternoon. Good afternoon.

-And to you.

-What a jackpot round we had last time.

-Whoa! What about that?

The jackpot was six grand, so I'm nice little jackpot.

Ben and Amy, naming tennis players. Went for three particular answers.

Missed out... They had one other answer in their 60 seconds

they didn't go for. They were going to go for him all the way through...

Robin Soderling, a Swedish tennis player.

They were going to go for him all the way through, all the way through.

For whatever reason decided not to.

Got a wrong answer, a wrong answer, a 1-pointer

and Robin Soderling was a pointless answer.

AUDIENCE SIGHS Six grand that cost them.

I love the way you're looking sympathetic like you care.

Every single one of you is rubbing your hands with glee and you know it.

So, nice little jackpot. There's only one returning pair from that game.

It's Eleanor and Karen. A very special pair, though,

-cos Karen made us an amazing cake.

-Amazing cake!

After the show we managed to eat it as well and it was...

it was as delicious as it was beautiful, I have to say.

You're very welcome back even though you brought us nothing this time.

You brought us enough the first time.

I'm assuming you haven't. Unless you've got something hidden away.

So, it should be a cracker. Yes, nice jackpot building up.

Excellent. Thanks very much indeed, Richard. All of our questions

on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants are looking for the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

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

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

and each time that happens we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Amy and Ben didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £7,000.

Right! If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

will be eliminated. That's all you have to remember.

Our first category today is...

Capital Cities. Can you all decide in your pairs

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

And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK. And the question concerns...

Capital Cities In Their Native Languages. Richard.

Fun this one. On each pass, we're going to show you

the names of seven capital cities but written in their native language.

You just need to tell us the English name for each of these capitals,

please. There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at home.

OK, so we are looking for the names of these capital cities in English.

English names of these capital cities

and here is our first board of seven.

I'll read those all one last time.

Mark. Here from Leicester. What do you do, Mark?

I'm an electrician.

And how do you and Omar know each other?

Well, he came as work experience for us when he was a school kid.

And we just kept in touch.

How did that go on the work experience front? Was he good, Omar?

-Yeah, he wasn't bad.

-Did he learn much?

-Tried my best.

-I think he did.

Omar, are you now an electrician?

No, not at the minute.

Now, I'm just looking for a new job really.

OK, now, Mark, what are your interests?

I play cricket very badly and I go fishing.

I was waiting for a qualification.

How good is your fishing? Is it OK?

-Erm... It's not too bad.

-Yeah, OK.

Very good. Now, what about these capital cities.

I saw a look between you and Omar when capital cities came up.

I'm not going to say... It didn't look euphoric.

No, probably not.

I think I'll go for Bucuresti, which should be Bucharest.

Bucharest says Mark. Sounds reasonable enough.

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

of our 100 people said Bucharest for Bucuresti.

It's right.

Ooh, it's a high score there, Mark.

78.

Yeah, the capital of Romania. It's a...

Yeah, you've got to wonder for the 22 who...

who can't get Bucharest from Bucuresti.

-The clue's there in the first bit of the word, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Just knocking the 'I' off really, isn't it?

-It is essentially...

it is essentially in English with an 'I' on the end, isn't it?

Yeah. It's what... If you're in...

if you're in a childhood game trying to make up

what Bucharest would be in Romanian, you go, "Bucuresti."

-Yeah, exactly.

-Or you might go, "Bucurestov,"

but either way you'd get it.

-Yeah, I think you might.

-Unless you are 22% of the British population.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

In which case, you go, "Oh, I don't know.

"Is it Edinburgh? Is it Edinburgh?"

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Alan, welcome to the show.

Good to have you here. What do you do, Alan?

I manage a community learning centre.

Good for you. But what...

Do you actually do any teaching there or are you more in the office?

I used to. I used to. I am a qualified...teacher.

It's more the management.

Mainly applying for funding to keep the centre open because we are...

To keep it going, yeah. What do you do in your spare time, Alan?

I'm a big Liverpool Football Club supporter.

Erm, and an inspiring magician.

-An aspiring magician?

-An aspiring mag....

I'm more Tommy Cooper than Dynamo.

ALEX LAUGHS

Are you in the Circle yet?

I've been try... I've been thinking of applying for...

How do you apply for The Magic Circle?

Is it something you officially do or do you just leave something

-somewhere and hope...?

-No, you have to go

and give like a 15-minute presentation

including several magic tricks.

And if they think you're good enough, they'll welcome you aboard.

Wow, good luck with that, though.

That'd be... That's a fun circle to be part of, surely!

Now, Alan, what about this board of capital cities?

Well, I'll have a go at the fourth one down.

I'll say Vienna.

Wien, Vienna says Alan. Vienna. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Vienna.

It is, of course, absolutely right.

Well, you passed 78. 49 for Wien.

Yeah, home to the world's oldest zoo, Vienna. It's been there...

-How old is that zoo?

-Well, it's continuously been there since 1752.

-Wow!

-So, what's that, 360 odd years.

What did they have when it first opened?

When it first opened, they had a lot of baby animals and chicks

-and now fully grown.

-Fully grown. Ha! That's nice.

When it first started, they had a giraffe that high.

-Ha! Oh...

-And an elephant that size.

-Oh...

-Now when you go there, there's loads of them.

-There's lots of eggs.

Yeah, yeah. Yes, they... They have a lot of eggs.

But, I mean, the oldest zoo, the first zoo to open. I mean...

what did they have, some dogs?

The first zoo ever to open would've had a mammoth of some sort probably.

-Probably.

-Yeah, unlikely.

But maybe. Maybe, they had zoos.

-Maybe. Who knows?

-We don't know.

-We DON'T know.

Archaeological evidence, they've never found near...mammoth skeletons,

they've never found a gift shop.

Ha!

So, we think there weren't zoos.

That's a good point. Thank you very much. Now, Nicola, welcome.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Hello.

-Good to have you here.

-Thank you.

Nicola, what do you do?

I am an assistant assembly clerk in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

And which is your department there?

I work in the outreach office and I look after VIP visits.

Oh, that's got to be the best job of them all, isn't it?

-It is, very good.

-Quite stressful.

It can be, yes.

VIPs can be very demanding, but the majority of them are very nice

and you and Richard are very welcome to come.

-Oh, I'd do that.

-Would we be VIPs if we go into Belfast?

ALEXANDER & RICHARD: To the Northern Ireland Assembly.

-That'd be amazing.

-Yeah, I'm sure we could shake things up

-there a little bit.

-Yeah, we... I'll say! Yeah!

Anyway now, listen. Nicola, what do you make of that board?

Erm, I think I know a few.

This might be slightly risky, but I'll give it a go.

La Habana, Havana.

-Slightly risky(?)

-HE LAUGHS

Well, let's find out. La Habana, Havana.

Oh. It's like 'Bucuresti' all over again.

Let's see if that's right, shall we?

It is right.

That's not bad at all. 42. The lowest score of the round, Nicola.

I eat my words. 42, very well done indeed. Havana.

Yes, Havana, the capital of Cuba. Absolutely right.

It's only 90 miles from the States, Havana.

But, yeah, again, I think perhaps people...

I mean, that's half the population perhaps not knowing

that Havana is a capital city. I don't know.

-There we go. OK, Eleanor...

-Hi.

You are the last person to have this board,

so get thinking about that board while you tell us about last time.

Well, we went out on the first round.

-'John Barnes' we had from you.

-It was John Barnes, yeah.

It was people's whose surnames begin with a 'B'.

Nothing wrong with either of your answers.

-John Barnes, that was a great answer!

-Yeah.

For some reason everyone seemed to know it.

-It just wasn't low enough.

-Very much the 'Bucuresti' of that round.

Remind us what you do, Eleanor.

I'm a science technician at a local secondary school.

Excellent. Now, that is not really going to inform any kind of

knowledge of capital cities in their own language.

No, it doesn't really help.

But have a crack at that board.

See if you can talk us through as many of them as you can.

Well, I don't know the top one. The next one I think is Lisbon.

Athinai, I'm guessing is Athens.

I think... Oh, gosh, I'm going to go for Lisbon.

OK. Lisboa, let's see if that is Lisbon.

-You enjoying my 'Lish-boa' by the way?

-Really enjoying it, yeah.

I was told that was how it's meant to be said.

So, yeah, 'Lish...Lish-boa'. It sounds a bit...

-They've got one of those in...

-Bit Dutch.

-..in Vienna zoo,

a 'Lish-boa'. ALEXANDER LAUGHS

They have. I bet. Thanks very much.

So, Lisboa says Eleanor.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Lisbon for that.

It's absolutely... Ooh, ooh, ooh. Look at that! 93. I'm sorry.

Oh, it's 'John Barnes' all over again is what that is.

93 for Lisboa.

I'm afraid, yes, that is a high score. Richard.

It is a big score, isn't it? Lisbon in Portuguese, of course, is Lisboa.

Athinai would have been a slightly better answer.

It is Athens, but would have only scored you 85.

Still a big score, though.

-Now, Krung Thep...

-Pff.

-It's in Thai, so it's...

-Bangkok.

-Bangkok.

12 points for that.

And Tarabulus is in Arabic

and it's the capital of Libya. It's Tripoli.

-Oh, it's Tripoli.

-4 points for that, so that's a terrific answer.

-Well done if you said that.

-Things very much indeed, Richard.

We are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

42 the best score of that pass.

Nicola, very well done indeed.

Up to 49 where we find Alan and Jayne.

Up to 78, Mark and Omar.

You thought you were the high scorers but you're not.

Because I'm afraid, Eleanor and Karen that is you. 93.

Yeah, Lisboa. Massively expensive scorer there.

But Karen, you get first pick of the next board. So, use it well.

Find a lovely low score and let's hope it's enough to see you

through to the next 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 capital cities up on the board

in their own languages. And here we are.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. So, remember, we're looking for the English names

for these capital cities. And Karen, you're going to try to find the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, Karen, remind us what you do.

I'm a librarian at a sixth form college.

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

-Well, apart from making cakes.

-Mmm!

-I enjoy music.

I play the trombone and the piano and I enjoy singing as well.

-Do you play the trombone in a band or...?

-Erm, I have done.

I've played with brass bands in the past,

but at the moment I'm not playing very much.

But there is a small group of friends

and we get together from time to time and...

blow a few tunes.

Blow some tunes. OK, now, Karen, there you are.

The high scorers on 93.

You're not way ahead of Omar and Mark, but you are ahead.

So, we need a low score. What do you make of that board, first off?

Well, there's a few there that I'd have a stab at.

So, I'm going to go for the bottom one and say that that's Prague.

OK, Prague says Karen

and let's see how many of our 100 people said Prague for Praha.

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

It's right.

75, that is a high score.

168. I mean, you're just them of a chance of remaining with us

at the end of the round.

Yeah, that's the capital of the Czech Republic in Czech.

-Now, Ross...

-Hiya.

-..welcome. All right, what do you do, Ross?

-I am a civil servant.

-A civil servant...

-Uh-huh.

In a...just in the civil service of Northern Ireland.

In the civil service, yes. Northern Ireland civil service.

Can we ask any further than that or is the best that we don't?

Erm, if I had to tell you, then I'd have to kill you.

-Go on, tell him.

-Go on. Yeah, that's fine.

EVERYONE LAUGHS

But when you're not...serving...

civilly, what do you do, Ross?

I love golf.

I'm absolutely awful at it.

I hack my way around a number of courses, getting frustrated.

Getting lessons, getting better,

go out on the golf course and playing terrible.

Erm, that's pretty much my main following - football.

OK, now then, Ross, you're on 42.

You are through to the next round even if you score 100 points.

However, I think... You know, look how well Nicola did.

The lowest score on the first pass. See if you can keep that record up.

Yeah, yeah, I think I know three of them.

One of them I think is risky, but I could go for it because we are safe.

And I think it's Baile Atha Cliath,

which I think, and I could get killed for this at home,

I think it's Dublin?

Let's find out if it's right.

No red line for you as you are already through,

but let's see if that is indeed Dublin.

It is absolutely Dublin. Very well done, Ross.

10.

Another superb low score on podium three there.

Takes your total up to 52.

Well played, Ross. That fell nicely, didn't it? Talking of zoos.

Talking of Dublin Zoo,

you know the lion that roars at the start of all the MGM films?

-It was born in Dublin Zoo.

-Then...

-And it went over to LA to seek its fortune? Or what?

-Yeah, exactly.

Very much sort of... A lot like Colin Farrell.

Yeah! Actually, a lot like Colin Farrell.

-A lot like Colin Farrell!

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Excellent. Good stuff. Now, Jayne.

-Hello.

Jayne, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.

Always nice to have a father-daughter combination.

Yeah, exactly.

It's very much a favourite combination on Pointless.

But what do you do, Jayne?

I'm a commercial trainee for a confectionery

-and food and drink company.

-That's just the best job ever, isn't it?

Commercial trainee, it's basically just...

You can just go around and say, "I'll have a bit of that,

-"have a bit of that, yum, yum?"

-Tasting everything, yeah.

-Mmm.

And drinks as well? So, when you've eaten your fill,

you can then go and have all the drinks. Lovely! Perfect.

How long have you done that for?

Um, so, for about six months now.

So I get to try out lots of different jobs.

So, I've done export shipping

was my first one and I'm about to move into HR.

So you will get to choose, will you, or will it be their choice?

-At the end of it, yes, I'll get to specialise.

-Oh, that's wonderful!

Which...which confectionary you have.

-Yes.

-OK, now, you're on 49.

Again, you are already through to the next round,

which is great news, but let's see if you can find a nice low score

on that board.

Oh, it all just looks like it's in another language to me.

Do you know what, that is exactly what it is.

EVERYONE LAUGHS

You have hit the nail on the head right there, Jayne.

To be honest, it's actually in several different languages, that.

Erm, I think the top one is Copenhagen.

You're going to go for Copenhagen for Kobenhavn.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said it. No red line.

You are already through.

It's right.

45.

-ALAN:

-Well done.

A good answer and, better still, a lower score than your dad.

94 is your total. Well done.

Yeah, a surprisingly low score I would've thought for that one.

You know, one in four Danes has a surname Jensen, Hansen or Nielsen.

Of those three, I would go for Jensen. If I had a choice.

-Would you?

-I think so, yeah.

-I would go for Jensen as well,

but I can't have it cos you've got that. So I'll go for, erm...

We could be bo... I mean, it's one in four.

I'll be Dick Hansen.

-Dick Hansen.

-Dick Hansen, private eye.

-Oh, that's good!

-Not bad, is it?

-Dick Hansen!

And you can be my sort of a playboy sidekick

who occasionally gets involved in my schemes.

-Alexander Jensen.

-Alexander Jensen.

-Lord Alexander Jensen...

-IN PLUMMY VOICE:

-Hello! That's what he says, I think.

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

-Yeah, it's good. Yeah!

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, OK. Omar.

-Yes.

-Welcome.

Omar, favouring just...

This is just the thing we are keeping tabs of on this series,

-the rolled up short-sleeve.

-Yes, he is, yeah.

We're looking at people's sleeve lengths on this...on this series.

-I'm trying to intimidate.

-We've seen shorter.

Omar, we've seen a lot shorter.

-We have seen shorter.

-Yeah, we really have.

I'll tell you what we've never had on the show, yet,

is a fag packet rolled up in there...in the sleeve.

THEY LAUGH

But quite often, Omar and Mark,

we'll see people in the short-sleeved shirts now

with the button done up. That's just...just an observation.

-That seems to be the way the shirt's going.

-Must be the fashion.

It must be. It must be. But so is that.

Anyway, Omar, so, yes, you are no longer...

-Not an electrician any longer.

-No.

So the world is your oyster.

Erm, now looking to possibly join the Army.

Right, you are. OK.

Any particular regiment you've got your eye on?

Well, I was looking at possibly going into the RAF,

but if I was to go into standard army,

I want to be an engineer possibly.

-Yeah, if you went to the RAF, you've got the shirt for it.

-Yeah.

That'd be fantastic. Anyway, listen, there you are. You're on 78.

This is where we have... We have a contest on our hands here

because our returning couple, our only returning couple,

Eleanor and Karen on 168.

You're on 78, you have to score 89 or less.

-Do you fancy talking us through the board?

-Erm, well, Roma is,

obviously, Rome. Warsz... 'War-so-ra-blah' would be Warsaw.

-'War-so-ra-blah'?

-THEY LAUGH

It'll do. I know what you mean, I know what you mean.

Mansk, I have an inkling it may be Minsk.

But I think Warsaw should score enough, so I'll go with Warsaw.

-OK that's your Warsaw for 'War...'

-HE SLURS END OF WORD

There is your red line. If you can get below that with Warsaw

for Warszawa, you are through to Round Two.

Let's see if you can. Is it right?

Doh! Look at that, 84.

84. Takes your total up to 162. Very close.

That is cutting it fine. Well played, Omar.

Yeah, and actually, if you'd gone for Roma, which is Rome,

you would have been knocked out because it's 93 points for that.

And that really does beg the question,

-what were the other seven people thinking?

-Yeah. Yeah.

Mansk would have been a terrific answer.

It was Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

It would've scored you 34 points and this last one,

it's in the pronunciation. You can hear the name of the city.

-Yeah, Cairo.

-Al-Qahira. Cairo.

Yeah, and it would've scored 7 points. That's a terrific answer.

Well done if you said that.

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

the pair heading home, it's our returning their Karen and Eleanor.

And they seemingly just can't get beyond Round One.

Now, Eleanor, did you know others on the board

-that were lower scores?

-Yeah, they had all gone.

-Oh, I see. I see.

-So it was Lisbon all over...

-It's the curse of this podium.

Yeah, it can be. You see, I always tell people that's a great podium.

-I'm now beginning to realise it's not always.

-It's not.

-It is though.

You get first choice the second time round. That's why it's good.

And sometimes it forces you into...into a lower-scoring answer.

Didn't today though, I'm afraid. Sorry. Karen, Eleanor,

it's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.

I'm sorry we're saying goodbye so soon.

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

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

we have to say goodbye to another pair

in time for our head-to-head round.

Well, everybody did pretty well there. There were no clangers.

And Omar, you nearly went for Minsk,

which would have been a fantastic answer.

Yeah, instead I gave myself palpitations.

No, you didn't. You went for Warsaw.

THEY LAUGH

But no, that was a good...that was a good answer.

It was very, very close there, but very exciting.

But no, I think all three pairs have acquitted themselves well.

It should promise to be a good second round. Best of luck with it.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Film. Can you all decide in your pairs whose going to go first,

who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the questions concerns...

The 2014 Oscars 'Selfie'. Richard.

Yeah, we are about to show you the most re-tweeted photograph in history

taken at that Oscars in 2014, the selfie.

We need you to name any of the 12 people you are about to see.

So any of the 12 people you see on the photograph

that's about to come up.

Thanks very much indeed. As Richard just said,

we want you to name any person in this picture.

Let's reveal the picture and here it is.

There you go.

OK. Now, Mark. Mark.

I'm not very good on actors, but I think...

Brad Pitt is in there somewhere.

OK, so you're going to say Brad Pitt. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Brad Pitt.

It's right.

70 for Brad Pitt.

Yeah, there he is, third from right in the back row. Brad Pitt.

Big score.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, now Alan.

Alan.

I'm panicking.

Erm, total guess.

Ellen DeGeneres.

-A total guess?

-Yeah.

Not prompted by any picture of her in front of you

-or anything like that?

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

A total stab in the dark...

Ellen DeGeneres.

All right. Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many of our 100

people said Ellen DeGeneres.

It is right.

Look at that! Beats Brad Pitt by a long way.

Look at that! 42. Not bad at all.

Yeah, we've got to crack down on people saying 'total guess'

and then saying something... You know what, a total guess would have been

Nigel Mansell. AUDIENCE LAUGHS

That would have been a total guess.

-That was my other option.

-Saying someone who's right in the middle

of the photograph and hosted the Oscars and tweeted the photo, it's...

-That's not a total guess.

-No.

Thanks very much. Now, Ross.

I think I know a few, but I'm beginning to get just self-doubt.

Erm...

I'm going to play it safe and say Kevin Spacey.

Kevin Spacey says Ross. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Kevin Spacey.

It's right. 70, our high score, you passed that.

42, our low score, you passed that.

29.

Well done, Ross. Best score so far.

Yeah, two-time Oscar-winner, Kevin Spacey

wasn't nominated this year. There he is next to Brad Pitt.

OK. Thank you very much indeed. We are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

The best score of that pass so far, Ross, very well done. 29 for you.

Then up to 42 where we find Alan and Jayne.

Up to 70 where we find Mark and Omar.

So Omar, you've got a little bit of time.

Get thinking of a really good, obscure answer.

-I think I got one.

-Uh! That's good news.

Let's hope it's enough to get you into the head-to-head.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Now then, Nicola.

I am a massive Oscars fan and I watched the Oscars this year

and I watched him take the selfie.

That's good. You're setting yourself up quite high here.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

-Let's have a...let's have a really lovely low score from you.

-OK.

Lupita Nyog'o.

That is a brilliant answer. Lupita Nyog'o.

Let's see if that is right. There is your red line.

If you can get below that with Lupita Nyog'o,

you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed.

2!

There's your reward, Nicola.

31. Lupita Nyong'o!

-That's a great answer.

-Yeah, well done, Nicola.

Slightly giving you the benefit of the doubt.

It's Lupita Nyong'o, but Nyog'o...

She talks a lot about how people mispronounce it.

I think you got the first name and 95% of the surname as well

so, I think that's an exceptional answer.

Yes, she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role

in 12 Years A Slave. It was her first-ever feature film.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Jayne.

-How we feeling about this?

-I'm not sure now.

Everyone else seems really confident,

so I don't know whether to take a risk with someone

who I'm not sure is even in the picture.

I think I can see Russell Brand.

I'm not sure if it is.

Russell Brand says Jayne. There's your red line.

If you get below that with Russell Brand, you are in the head-to-head.

I'm sorry, Jayne. I'm afraid, Russell Brand isn't in that selfie.

That scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 142.

Yeah, sorry, Jayne, not him, I'm afraid.

-See, Alan, that's a total guess.

-Yeah.

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-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Omar.

-Yes.

You said you've got a good answer.

-I may have a good answer.

-You said you may have a good answer.

Listen, you have to score 71 or less. That's it

-and you're in the head-to-head.

-Oh...

You can talk us through your thoughts if you like.

I think the middle one is possibly Cameron Diaz,

but I think I'm going to take a risk.

On the left Mr Half-face,

Jared Leto or Jared 'Leeto' from 30 Seconds To Mars.

Jared Leto you're going to say. There is your red line.

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

It's right.

And you are in the head-to-head. Well done, Omar.

7.

Takes your total up to 77.

Yeah, Jared Leto, Mr Half-face there.

He won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.

Now, Lupita Nyong'o is a great answer,

but there's two answers there that are better than that.

There is Channing Tatum at the back there.

He would have scored you 1 point.

Lupita Nyong'o's brother is also famously in the photo

and if you said Lupita Nyong'o,

you've already said his name cos his name is Peter Nyong'o.

And it would have scored you of 1 point.

He's a student at a university in Florida.

Now, in the rest the board, I'll give you the scores.

Jennifer Lawrence there in the red, she would have scored you 12 points.

Bradley Cooper, who actually took the photo,

he would have scored you 25 points.

No Cameron Diaz, but Julia Roberts is there next to Kevin Spacey.

She would have scored you 27.

And with her hand in front of her face there is Angelina Jolie.

She would have scored you 19, and we've heard of everyone else

apart from just tucked into the bottom there, Meryl Streep,

who would have scored you 31 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round, I'm sorry to say the pair

who are heading home is our father-daughter combo.

I'm sorry, Jayne and Alan, we have to say goodbye to you.

But we will see you again next time.

We will look forward to seeing you then.

Jayne and Alan, I'm sure you'll do even better than,

-but thanks for much for playing.

-Thank you.

But for the remaining two pairs, it is now time for the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Nicola and Ross, Omar and Mark.

You are one step closer to the Final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £7,000.

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Oh, it's getting very exciting!

We have to decide who's going to go through to the Final

and play for that money. To do that, you're going to go head-to-head.

The difference, of course, is you're now allowed to confer

before you give your answers.

First pair to win two questions will be going through to the Final

and playing for seven grand. Well, very well done, both pairs.

It's a Belfast-versus-Leicester head-to-head.

And what heads they are! We've had some great answers from both of you.

I think this is going to be a very, very tight contest.

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

OK, here's your first question. And it concerns...

The Industrial Revolution. Richard.

Simply five clues now to facts about the Industrial Revolution.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

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

We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Now then, Nicola and Ross,

you played best throughout the show so far, so you will go first.

-WHISPERS:

-The Dickens novel might be Hard Times.

I've got spinning jenny in my head but that would be a total guess.

We'll go for the Dickens novel - Hard Times.

Hard Times say Nicola and Ross. Hard Times.

Now, Omar and Mark, do you fancy talking us

-through the rest of the board?

-Erm...

I think I know the third one,

but I thought that it was the Great Eastern Ship.

But what do you want to... Should I go with that?

-Should we go with that?

-Yeah, why not?

I'll try it and I'll say Isambard Brunel.

OK, you're going to say Brunel.

So, we have Hard Times and we have Isambard Brunel.

Nicola and Ross, you went with Hard Times.

Let's see if that's right for Coketown

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

Yes, it's right.

That is a good answer, Nicola and Ross! Look at that!

8, very well done indeed.

Now then, Omar and Mark have gone for Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right, of course.

It has to beat 8, though, if you're going to win the point.

Is it? No, 42

All right, Nicola and Ross, well done. After one question

-you're up 1-0.

-Yeah, well played. I think Nicola got that one.

So terrific answer. He did do the Great Eastern Ship as well,

Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

The city that was nicknamed Cottonopolis is Manchester,

centre of the cotton trade. Would have scored you 28 points.

The female name is the spinning 'Jenny,' very big score though.

We all learned that school, didn't we?

64 points. And the steam engine pioneer is James Watt

and that would have scored you 13.

So best answer on the board, Hard Times.

Thanks very much indeed. So here comes your second question.

Omar and Mark, you get to answer it first,

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

Best of luck. It concerns...

Children's Party Games. Richard.

We're going to show you five children's party games now

but in anagram form. Can you unscramble them, please? Good luck.

OK. Let's reveal our five children's party games, and here they are.

We've got...

I'll read those again.

Omar and Mark, you'll go first.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

I can't see musical chairs.

-Which one are you going for?

-Go with your one.

We will go for 'replaces paths' as pass the parcel.

Pass the parcel, 'replaces paths' say Omar and Mark.

Now Nicola and Ross, do you want to talk us

through the rest of the board as much as you can?

Erm, despite having a three-year-old daughter, not too sure

for the bottom one, which we think is pin the tail on the donkey.

-OK, that's the one you're going to go for?

-Yeah.

OK, pin the tail on the donkey for 'lady took nineteenth hip'.

So, pass the parcel, pin the tail on the donkey.

Omar and Mark went for 'pass the parcel'. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

46.

Nicola and Ross have gone for 'pin the tail on the donkey'.

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

let's see how many people said that.

It is right.

Is it going to beat 46? It is! Very well done indeed.

Look at that 27 for pin the tail on the donkey.

Which means, Nicola and Ross, after only two questions,

you are straight through to the Final. 2-0. Well done.

Yeah, well played. The two biggest scorers there...

All answers are things you'll know very well,

but there's some tough ones there.

Let's look at 'blabbing pope' first.

That is apple bobbing. That would have scored you 7 points.

Now 'erase untruth' should be easy when you hear the answer.

For some reason, a very, very hard anagram.

It's 1 point if you said treasure hunt.

NICOLA AND ROSS GROAN

I know, right! And 'gong opens arcade' is a pointless answer.

Again, a very familiar answer as well as soon as you hear it.

Very well done if you said

-egg and spoon race.

-Oh, no!

-Frustrating, isn't it?

-I know! Why are they so hard?

They were really hard for some reason.

Yeah, well, thanks very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid, Omar and Mark.

Nothing wrong with either of your answers in this head-to-head round,

but Nicola and Ross just managed to undercut you on each of those.

It means we get to see you again, though.

If you'd gone through to the Final,

it would only have been one show. So, that's good news.

-But thanks very much for playing. Omar and Mark.

-Thank you.

But for Nicola and Ross, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Nicola and Ross, 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 at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £7,000.

Just one appearance on Pointless,

and a stealth raid on the trophy cupboard. Very, very well done.

We've thrown lots of different things at you

and you've come back each time.

As always, you get to choose your category for this last round

and there are four options for you.

Let's see what they are. We've got...

Oh, I don't know.

It's up to you. I'm happy to go with anything you want.

Royalty On Screen.

Erm...mmm...

-All right, Royalty On Screen.

-SHE LAUGHS

-OK?

-Yeah.

-Royalty On Screen it is.

OK, here's your three options. Let's take a look at them.

We are looking for any credited actor in the 1998 film Elizabeth.

So anyone who on IMDb who's credited in that.

Any of the cast members of 2006's film The Queen.

Or, from 1971, any of the cast of Carry On Henry.

Very different film there.

So, any cast member of Elizabeth, The Queen,

or Carry On Henry as according to IMDb.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, as always,

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

And all you need to win that £7,000 jackpot is for just

-one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yep.

-Yep.

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

Your time starts now.

Well, Helen Mirren was the queen, I think.

-Michael Sheen played Tony Blair in it.

-Oh, yes.

-It was about...

-a reaction after Diana died.

-Yes.

-So who play Charles?

Erm, and who played Philip?

Oh, Philip was...

Philip was... The guy from Six Feet Under, the second husband.

-Oh, the older man?

-Yes.

-I can see him. Oh...

-The American.

-He was in LA Confidential.

-Yes, uh-huh.

-Oh...

What's his name? Anything else? We have 30 seconds.

Erm, Carry On Henry... I don't know.

-Carry On Henry, you've got...

-Sid.

-..woman and Sid Owen.

Not Sid Owen.

SHE LAUGHS

Cast of The Queen, any British actors.

I don't know, Colin Firth.

Definitely Michael Sheen and Helen Mirren. Oh...

10 seconds left.

What's that guy called?

-That's us.

-OK. That is your time up. I now need your three answers.

Well, from the cast of The Queen, Helen Mirren.

-Helen Mirren.

-Michael Sheen.

-Michael Sheen.

-And Colin Firth.

-And Colin Firth.

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

-Have to be Colin Firth.

-Michael Sh...

Well, Colin Firth's not very... Michael Sheen.

Michael Sheen we'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?

Helen Mirren.

Helen Mirren, we'll put first and then Colin Firth in the middle.

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

We've got Helen Mirren, we've got Colin Firth

and we've got Michael Sheen. Well, very best of luck.

Your first answer, the one you thought was probably least likely

to be pointless was Helen Mirren.

Let's hope one of these is pointless.

If one is and you win that jackpot of £7,000,

do you have any plans for that?

Well, we are pretty big fans of Orlando

-so it will probably revolve around Orlando in some way.

-Holidays.

OK, well, very best of luck.

As I say, your first answer was Helen Mirren.

Let's find out if she was in The Queen.

If she was, let's find out how many people said it.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Well, it's right.

-Let's see... Ooh! 70.

-THEY LAUGH

70.

So not a pointless answer. I think we'd all have been quite surprised

if Helen Mirren had been a pointless answer there.

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

Your second answer was Colin Firth also the cast member of The Queen.

Let's see if that's right. If it is and if it's pointless,

you'll win £7,000. How many people said Colin Firth?

Doh! I'm afraid an incorrect answer there.

So only one more shot at today's jackpot.

Your third and final answer is Michael Sheen.

Let's find out. It has to be right,

then it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

So, for £7,000, how many people said Michael Sheen?

Well, it's right.

Your first answer, Helen Mirren, took us all the way down to 70.

Colin Firth was incorrect, but Michael Sheen now taking us down

through the teens into single figures still going down.

-Down goes Michael Sheen.

-Oh!

-3.

That's a great answer.

Lovely low score but unfortunately I'm afraid you didn't find

that vital pointless answer. So you don't win today's jackpot of £7,000.

That will roll over onto the next show. But we really enjoyed having

you on the show. You've done so well consistently, every single round.

You get a Pointless trophy each to take away for you troubles.

-So, very, very well done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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Yeah, unlucky. The actor you're thinking of who played Prince Philip,

he's been in all sorts of things. He's been in Babe, lots of things.

Great actor. It's James Cromwell is his name.

If you had said James Cromwell,

-you'd have scored 1 point. BOTH:

-Oh!

Yeah. Imagine that!

Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.

Let's start with Elizabeth.

Christopher Eccleston who played the Duke of Norfolk.

Daniel Craig, Emily Mortimer, John Gieldud plays the pope in that.

You could've have had Angus Deayton is in it, Edward Hardwicke...

in fact, everyone apart from Cate Blanchett, Eric Cantona,

Joseph Fiennes and Geoffrey Rush.

They were the only point scorers in that film.

Let's take a look at the cast of The Queen.

Alex Jennings, Gray O'Brien,

the brilliant Helen McCrory, Roger Allam also a pointless answer there.

Again, let's take a look at Carry On Henry.

A couple of carry-on regulars here. Bill Maynard was a pointless answer,

Kenneth Connor who's in lots and lots of those film.

Patsy Rowlands and Peter Gilmore.

Very well done if you got any of those at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Nicola and Ross,

but we've loved having you on the show.

You've been just brilliant contestants.

-Thank you so much for playing. Nicola and Ross.

-Thank you.

Well, sadly Nicola and Ross didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £8,000.

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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.