Episode 34 Pointless

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Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless.

This is a 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.

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-And couple number one...

-Hi, I'm Jake. This is my mum, Victoria.

And we're from London.

Couple number two...

I'm Michael and this is my wife Rachel and we're from Hammersmith.

Couple number three...

Hi, I'm Mark and this is my friend Georgie and we're from Leeds.

And, finally, couple number four...

Hiya, my name is Karen.

This is my very lucky partner Craig and we're from Oldham.

And these are today's contestants!

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Thanks very much, all of you. We'll find out more about each of you throughout the show.

So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He often suffocates his prey before dislocating his jaw

and swallowing them whole.

Yes, it's either a boa constrictor or my Pointless friend,

it's Richard!

Hello. Hiya.

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Hello, everyone.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-Excellent.

Now, we've only got one returning pair.

That's Craig and Karen and their two unborn children on podium four there.

-They're having twins. How about that?

-I know. Exciting.

-But not in the next 45 minutes.

-I was just saying.

Because that's only happened once before

and you didn't do a bad job but erm...

Obstetrics, let's say, is not your forte.

No, but Xander's your man, because he's played doctors before, haven't you?

So, you're sort of perfect for it.

-I come from a long line of doctors, actually.

-I know you do.

That's why you are such a disappointment to your family, isn't it?

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This is also true.

Let's get on with the show, shall we?

Oh, let's do it. Thanks, Richard.

As usual, all of today's questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants are on the hunt for the all-important pointless answers,

that being the answers that none of our 100 people gave.

And each time that happens, of course, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Roy and Clemency didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at...

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Right, everyone's ready. Let's play Pointless.

OK, now, remember the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.

So, your only job is to make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

Couples. Can you decide in your couples who is going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Politicians' spouses. Richard.

On each board, we'll show you the names of seven politicians.

We're just looking for the first name of their spouse.

When they'd been married more than once, it'll be the name of their most recent spouse.

So, there's going to be 14 in all to have a go out at home. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, we're looking for the names of the spouses of these politicians

and here is our first board of seven.

I'll read those all again.

There we are. Victoria, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you here.

What you do, Victoria?

I work for an news agency

that delivers text and photos and video to lots of TV stations.

-That's quite exciting.

-Yeah, it's very exciting.

-And you're not in the news-gathering department?

-I have been.

-I've been in news-gathering in my time.

-Wow.

-But you're on the wire as it all comes in.

-Oh, yeah.

-You know stuff a bit before everyone else.

-Exactly.

Sometimes things that they say, these are embargoed.

-That's incredible.

-It's amazing.

A news agency is very different to a newsagent's. Isn't it? Isn't it?

It sounds really similar but it's really different.

It's a common misconception that I work in a newsagent.

-Be quite cool if you did because of all the chocolate.

-Exactly.

It's win-win.

Yeah.

-Victoria.

-Yes?

What about all of these politicians?

What about a nice obscure spouse?

-Yeah.

-How are we feeling?

-I'm feeling OK.

I do know some of the names of these spouses.

But I'm just trying to think which is the most obscure.

I'm going to say Sarah

for Gordon Brown.

Sarah, says Victoria.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Sarah. Is it right?

Of course it is.

40.

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40 for Sarah Brown.

Yeah, Sarah Macauley as was.

She wrote a book about their time in Downing Street called Behind The Black Door.

Haven't read it, but I'm guessing it's quite short.

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-Very good. Now, Rachel.

-Hello.

Welcome to Pointless.

What you do, Rachel?

I'm a part-time mum to an eight-month-old baby girl called Lara.

And I'm a part-time...

I do these social media and communications for a fashions company.

-Oh, that's fun.

-Yeah.

That, presumably, takes you all over the world. The fashion rather than...

Do you know, I wish it did.

But, unfortunately, working in social media means you kind of just sit at your computer mostly.

OK, I see.

Now, Rachel. How do we feel about spouses of politicians?

Yeah, I feel quite good about this and I know a couple of them.

But I think I'm going to go for Ed Miliband's wife Justine.

Justine.

Whose wedding I remember rather well. I think. I hope.

-Were you there?

-No! But I remember what she wore, I think.

Right you are. OK, Justine, says Rachel.

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

It's right.

A new low score...

2!

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That is very well chosen, Rachel. Very well done.

Justine scores you 2.

Well played, Rachel. Good answer.

She is a barrister, specialising in environmental law.

Thanks very much.

All right, now, Georgie, welcome. A warm welcome to you.

-Thank you for having me.

-It's a great pleasure.

How nice of you to say that! No-one ever says that.

Teacher's pet.

Absolutely. You're in the final!

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What you do, Georgie?

I work as a supervisor at a high-end fashion brand for females.

-Oh, very fashion-heavy today.

-Little bit.

And what are your interests when you're not running fashion?

I'm unusually at whisky shows, actually.

I'm really interested in whisky, so...

Do go for the blends or the single malts?

-I prefer single malts. Usually Japanese, actually.

-Very good.

Now, Georgie, spouses of politicians...

Couple of them sticking out.

But I'm hoping Mark might remember something a little bit more obscure for the next board,

so I'm going to stick with Sarah for David Cameron.

OK. Sarah.

Our second Sarah of this board. Let's see if that's right, though.

Sarah Cameron, is it right and how money people said it?

Oh, I'm sorry, Georgie.

I'm afraid you're going to kick yourself when you know.

-That's an incorrect answer. Scores you 100 points.

-Sorry, Georgie.

I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass, in case Craig wants to have a go at that one.

-Thanks very much. Craig, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Craig, remind us what you do.

I buy and sell building materials.

Nothing to do with fashion.

Quite fashionable buying building materials, though.

Some of the grades of sand you've got there

I know are pretty high-end.

What are your interests outside of the building trade?

I play golf.

I try and play as much as I can, but not as much with work.

Yeah, get as much golf in as you can between now and three months. Yes.

Because that's going to probably have to take a bit of a holiday, I'm going to suggest, Craig.

Anyway, what are you going to go for?

This board is all yours.

Nick Clegg, I have no idea.

George Bush, it depends which George Bush it is.

I can tell you, it's George HW Bush.

I would say Barbara, but that might be his mother or his...

I'm not sure which one.

Clement Attlee I would go for a sort of Margaret, but...

Hillary Clinton would be a Bill.

But, I'm going to go with David Cameron's wife and say Samantha.

You're going to take a Samantha for Cameron.

Samantha Cameron, is that right and how many people said it?

Very well done. It's right.

47.

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47 for Samantha Cameron.

Yes, Sam Cam, of course, is what they shorten her name to.

You're actually right on Hillary Clinton. Of course, married to Bill.

Big scorer, though. Would've scored 80.

George HW Bush is George Bush senior,

so Barbara would've been the right answer there and would have scored you 13.

Would have been a terrific answer.

But, a risky one, if you weren't sure.

Nick Clegg's wife is Miriam.

She would've scored you 9.

And Clement Attlee's wife is a pointless answer.

It's Violet.

Very well done if you said that. Violet Attlee.

Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

Rachel, look at that.

2. Very impressive indeed.

40 is the one up from that.

And then 47,

where we find Craig and Karen.

And then 100, Georgie and Mark.

Now, Mark, a nice, low score from you

could see you into the next round.

-I will deliver.

-Good.

OK, we're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more politicians up on the board and here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

Seven politicians. We need the names of their spouses.

And, Karen, you're going to go for the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Now, Karen, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Karen, talk us through your background, your hobbies.

I do a lot of reading.

What do you like to read?

-More of the up-to-date stuff.

-OK.

Game Of Thrones, Hunger Games, the newer stuff.

-The newer stuff?

-Yeah.

OK. Now, there you are, you're on 47. Not a bad score at all.

52 or less and you are differently in the next round.

-How are we feeling?

-I know a couple. I know a few.

But I'm going to play it really safe.

And I'm going to go for John Major and Norma.

Norma. Norma Major.

Here's your Red Line.

If you get below that with Norma you are in Round Two.

Let's see how may people said Norma.

It's right.

Very well done indeed. 40.

87 is your total. You are in Round Two.

Well played, Karen. Perfectly judged there.

Yes, Dame Norma Major. Made a dame in 1999.

Thanks very much.

-Now, Mark.

-Hi.

Now, Mark... Hi!

Welcome. Welcome here.

-From Leeds.

-Thank you.

-What you do, Mark?

I'm an area manager for a recruitment company.

But I actually work in the beauty industry.

-You recruit into the beauty industry?

-I do, yes.

So we've got fashion, beauty.

Wow. What's going on in the greenroom back there?

It must have been amazing. It must have been like in Milan.

Is not a greenroom any more.

Apparently, it's beige with a very nice pastel flooring.

And quite a lot of sand. Beautiful sand.

Yeah, there's a lot of aggregate just in the corner.

-What are your interests, Mark?

-I'm a massive traveller.

I'm always trying to find the next place to go.

Every holiday is a big holiday for me.

And the thing that's occupying my time the most at the moment is I'm planning a wedding.

-My own.

-Your own?

-My own.

-Just to check, yeah.

-Very good.

-Well, massive congratulations to you.

-Thank you very much.

-You are the high-scorers.

-Yes.

If you could score less than 40, you're still in with a shout, I would say.

Yes, OK.

Well, I think I know all of them.

This is good.

And I'm going to go for the one which I think will be the most obscure.

And I'm going to go for Audrey as the wife of James Callaghan.

Audrey Callaghan says Mark. Audrey Callaghan.

No Red Line, you are the highest scorers.

But let's see how money people said Audrey Callaghan.

It's right.

That's a great answer. Look at that! 1!

Very well done indeed, Mark. Takes your total up to 101.

A terrific answer, Mark. Very well played. Audrey Callaghan.

They met as Sunday school teachers in Maidstone.

Thanks very much.

Now then, Michael.

Michael, welcome. What you do, Michael?

I run an office training game for companies.

A game? A training game?

I go in and I sort of set up a mystery

and it's about lateral thinking and teamwork

and the bosses sort of sit there with a clipboard

and judge who is working well with people and who's a bit of a loner.

Oh, I like the sound of that very much indeed.

So, have you devised all these different scenarios?

Yes, it's sort of a bit of trivia, a bit of making connections,

a bit of undoing padlocks and stuff like that.

They're not underwater while they're undoing padlocks, are they?

We haven't got crocodiles nibbling at them?

-I haven't done a job at the aquarium.

-Yeah, good for you.

That sounds enormous fun. There you are on 2.

If you can score 98 or less, you're in Round Two.

OK. I don't know all of them, by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm going to go with Denis Thatcher.

OK, Denis Thatcher, says Michael. Here's your red line.

If you get below this, you're in round two.

How many people said...? Anyone for Denis? Sorry!

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Well done, Michael.

-76.

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78, your total.

Comfortably through to the next round. The lowest total so far.

Well played, Michael.

Yeah, done by the sort of man who understand lateral thinking.

All you need to do is get less than 98 points.

Thanks very much. Now, then, Jake. Welcome to the show.

-Great to have here. What do you do?

-I work in online payments.

-It's all...really hush hush.

-That is...

Online payments for a particular company, or are you sort of...?

-Lots of different websites.

-Lots of different websites, I see.

-Now, Jake, 60 or less gets you through to the next round.

-Yeah.

Do you want to talk us through that board?

OK, the one I'd love to know is John Prescott's wife.

Tony Blair, I think it's going to be too high scoring, Cherie.

Barack Obama, Michelle, probably also too high scoring.

I'm going to go with Franklin D Roosevelt and Eleanor.

Eleanor. Let's see... There is your red line.

If you get below that with Eleanor Roosevelt, you are in round two.

Let's see if he's done it.

Well done.

-Round two awaits.

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-11!

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51, your total, Jake. Very well done indeed.

That's a very good answer, Jake. Good answers from everyone in this round.

We'll fill in the board. Now, Mark, do you know John Prescott's wife?

I've got a feeling it's Barbara. Or something along those lines.

No! Pauline Prescott!

Pauline, absolutely. Well played. Would have been a good answer.

Would have scored four. Tony Blair is Cherie, of course.

Would have scored you 88.

And Barack Obama is Michelle. Would have scored you 59.

So, best answer on the board, Audrey Callaghan. Well played.

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

I'm afraid the pair heading home with the high score of 101,

Mark, you did everything you needed to do there. Very impressive.

-Lowest score individually of the round.

-Thank you.

The good news for us is we know we've got you coming back

next show and we look forward to that.

-Mark and Georgie, thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

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So, now we're down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we'll be down to two pairs.

Craig and Karen, well done. Welcome to round two.

Victoria and Jake, lovely low scoring from you.

Our lowest scoring pair. Rachel and Michael, some tactical play there.

I'm sure you could have gone lower.

Michael, you did exactly what you needed to do and nothing more.

Best of luck. Our category for round two today is:

Popular fiction.

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Protagonists of crime and thriller novels. Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five protagonists of crime and thriller novels.

We're looking for the name of any novel that any of them have featured in up to the start of 2014, please.

The English name of any novel featuring the five people

you're about to see, please.

OK, so we're going to put five protagonists' names up on the board.

They're going to stay on the board through the round. And here they are.

We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

-Victoria.

-Yup.

I think I'm ready. Slightly risky.

But I'm going to say it anyway. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

The Spy Who Came In from The Cold, says Victoria.

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

It's right.

-Five!

-CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

-Five.

-Great answer, Victoria. Very well played. From 1963.

It was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 greatest novels of all time.

-Thanks very much. Now, Rachel...

-Hello.

-What are you going to go for?

-I am going to go for Lisbeth Salander

and I would like to say The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.

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

It's right.

Well, five's our only score at this point.

I wonder where you're going to end up with this.

-17.

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Well played, Rachel.

Around 73 million copies of the Lisbeth Salander books have

been sold so far, and counting.

-Thanks, Richard. Now, Craig...

-Yeah. Um...

I'm going to take a risk, but... Jack Ryan.

I'm going to go for Clear And Present Danger.

Clear And Present Danger, says Craig.

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

It's right.

Well, 17's our high score, five our low.

You've passed the high score, you've passed the low! Look at that!

-New low score, there, Craig. Very well done indeed!

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Wow! No-one is mucking about here, are they? Terrific answer.

It was the best selling novel in America in the 1980s,

the whole decade.

Fantastic. Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. Four. Very well done, Craig.

The best score of that pass.

Then up to five, where we find Victoria and Jake.

Then 17, Rachel and Michael. Puts you a bit ahead of the field.

We need a low score from you in the next pass. Best of luck with that.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK.

Karen, we're looking for the title of any novel that features

one of these five protagonists.

The high scorers are Michael and Rachel on 17,

so 12 or less sees you into the head-to-head.

Although I read quite a bit, I don't read crime novels.

So, I'm going to have to go for the only category, Jason Bourne,

and...The Bourne Supremacy.

The Bourne Supremacy, says Karen. There's your red line.

Ideally, you'll get below that.

Let's see how far down the column you get with The Bourne Supremacy.

It's right.

Oh, it's not terrible by any means! 23!

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27, your total.

Yeah, the second Bourne novel.

So, four answers and four different categories as well.

-So, now we're looking for a Tom Ripley one.

-Ideally. So, Michael.

You're on 17. You want to be scoring nine or less.

Yeah, I've got one I'm pretty sure of,

but I think it's going to score round about nine.

I'm not sure it's the best tactic. I've got one which is really risky,

which I think I probably will go for.

Rachel is right behind you!

LAUGHTER

She is...

I think one of the very early John Le Carre novels is called

A Murder Of Quality.

A Murder Of Quality. OK, you're just hoping it's got George Smiley in it.

A Murder Of Quality. Let's see if that's right.

Here comes your red line. It's quite low. Let's see if A Murder Of Quality is right.

Let's see if you can get below that red line with it.

It's right.

Well done, Michael.

I have a hunch...this is going to take you down.

-It does! It's pointless!

-CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Everything you needed and more there.

That adds £250 to the jackpot, takes the total up to £3,250,

it scores you nothing and it leaves your total at a wonderful low 17.

-Very well done indeed.

-Well played.

The round keeps getting better and better.

I think that was his second novel, John Le Carre.

-Another terrific book, actually.

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Jake.

-Jake, you have to score 21 or less.

-OK.

I've got two that... I don't know where they've come from.

I think I might have completely made them up,

but if I haven't, they'll be really good.

Um...

Tom Ripley, I want to say Ripley's Game is a thing.

George Smiley, I feel like there's one called Smiley's People.

But then, those both sound too familiar, so I'm not really sure.

So, I'm just going to go with Lisbeth Salander

and The Girl Who Played With Fire.

The Girl Who Played With Fire.

OK, 21 is exactly what you have to score. 21 or less.

There's your red line.

Let's see if The Girl Who Played With Fire gets you down there.

Well, it's right.

You've done it. Very well done! 16!

-Beautifully judged there, Jake!

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Takes your total up to 21.

-What a round!

-Yeah, well played, everybody.

Tough to go out on 27 points.

So your other two answers would have just seen you through.

If you'd said Smiley's People, it would have scored you 21.

And Ripley's Game would have been a great answer. Three points for that.

And it would have been nice to have a Ripley answer. But we sort of have.

Now, let's take a look at some pointless answers.

Let's take a look at the rest of these.

You could have had:

And that was pre-Twitter as well!

Patricia Highsmith really ahead of her time.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

with their really very low score of 27 are Karen and Craig.

The second lowest score of the round was yours, Craig,

so you did very well. Very close scoring in the end.

You just happened to be the high scorers.

It's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing, Karen and Craig.

-APPLAUSE

-But for Rachel and Michael and Victoria and Jake,

-it's now time for the head-to-head.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Congratulations, Victoria and Jake, Rachel and Michael.

You're now one step closer to the final and a chance to

play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,250.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

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

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

You're now allowed to confer.

The first to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

You've seen off our only returning pair

and you have played your hearts out.

This has been very exciting stuff, particularly that last round.

I think this is going to be very hard fought. Best of luck.

-Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Famous people with Elmo. Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of famous people with

Elmo from Sesame Street. Can you name the people, please?

Let's reveal our five famous people with Elmo and here they come.

We've got:

OK. There we go. Five famous people with Elmo.

Victoria and Jake, you've scored lowest, so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

(E is Eamonn Holmes. A or C?)

(Who do you think's going to be the most?)

OK, we are going to go with D, Tony Bennett.

Tony Bennett, say Victoria and Jake for D. Tony Bennett.

Now, Rachel and Michael, do you think you can talk us

through the rest of that board?

Well, we were going to go for D.

But we're having a slight dispute about A,

we think B is Oprah Winfrey, E is Eamonn Holmes,

C we really don't know and I think it's Tessa Sanderson.

I think none of the others will beat Tony Bennett,

so we will go A, Tessa Sanderson.

OK. A, Tessa Sanderson say Rachel and Michael.

So we have Tony Bennett and we have Tessa Sanderson.

Victoria and Jake said Tony Bennett for D.

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

It's right.

27.

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Now, Rachel and Michael have said Tessa Sanderson for A.

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

how many people said Tessa Sanderson.

Noooo.

I'm afraid not Tessa Sanderson, which means,

Victoria and Jake, well done. After one question, you're up 1-0.

Yeah, sorry, Rachel, not Tessa Sanderson. It is

an Olympic gold medallist though. It's Venus Williams.

It would have scored you 8 points as well, a very good answer.

B is Oprah Winfrey. A very big scorer.

It would have scored you 80.

C is the best answer up there.

That's Norah Jones.

Very well done if you said that.

One point, so a terrific answer.

And there's the lovely Eamonn Holmes with Elmo.

Look at him there. Elmo, not Eamonn.

And that would have scored you 52.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Michael and Rachel, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

but you get to answer it first. So, best of luck. It concerns...

-Rocket science. Richard.

-Yeah, we're simply going to show you

five clues now, two facts about the history of rocket science.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, let's reveal our five clues. And here they come. We've got...

It's not rocket science. Only it is.

Rachel and Michael go first.

THEY CONFER

Don't go with that one, I know that.

OK, we're going to go for the top one

-and we're going to say that is Yuri Gagarin.

-Yuri Gagarin

say Rachel and Michael. Yuri Gagarin.

Now, Victoria and Jake, the rest of the board is yours.

That's the one that we were going to go for.

OK, so is two...

I think, because there was, "Houston, we have a problem,"

it's going to be in Texas. I mean, the bottom one is Isaac Newton.

"We have lift off," but everyone knows that.

And I don't know the name and number of the rocket used, so...

I think it's between Texas and...

Yeah, that's what we should say, probably.

-No, let's go for Newton, just in case.

-No, but everyone knows...

Do they? The scientists...

-I think Texas cos most people might think...

-That it could be... OK.

-Could be wrong.

-Let's go for Texas.

-We've got another chance.

Can we go for NASA's first space flight centre in Texas?

I can't wait to discover who's right here. Um...

You're going to say Texas.

So we have Yuri Gagarin and we have Texas.

Now, Rachel and Michael said Yuri Gagarin.

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

It's right.

-50.

-APPLAUSE

Now, Victoria and Jake nearly went with Newton

and nearly went with Texas. Nearly went with Newton,

then they went with Texas cos it's obviously not going to be Florida,

it's going to be Texas and most people would have said Florida.

Therefore... We will discover - is it right, how many people said Texas?

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means,

well done, Rachel and Michael, you're back in the game.

I knew this was going to come down to three questions. Very exciting.

-It's 1-1.

-It was inevitable.

An object lesson there in listening to your mum

because it's actually Maryland, the state and it's a pointless answer.

Very difficult question.

It's not the obvious one. Houston is named after Johnson.

Um... So, if you had said Sir Isaac Newton,

you'd be playing for the jackpot because it would have scored you 27

points cos as your mum said, people don't really know about science.

The term for the instant to begin flight is lift-off,

but that's a very big scorer. Would have scored 76.

And the name and number of the rocket is Saturn V.

That would have scored you ten points. Well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed. It's more fun to go to a third question.

We have a decider. We just have a bit more of this...argh!

Um... Best of luck to both pairs. Our third question concerns:

World's strongest man. Richard.

We're going to show you five events traditionally taken part

in in the world's strongest man, but we've missed out alternate letters.

Fill in the gaps and give us the most obscure.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Victoria and Jake, you will go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

-Yeah, I think it is. Go for the second one.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

OK, we're going to go number two, keg toss.

Keg toss, say Victoria and Jake. Keg toss. Now then, Rachel and Michael.

Talk us through these events.

We think the top one is the brilliantly named

Pillars of Hercules.

Then, the third one, we think is truck pull.

The bottom one is Atlas Stones.

The fourth one, you're lifting something.

But what it is... So, we'll go with the bottom one, Atlas Stones.

Atlas Stones, say Rachel and Michael.

So we have keg toss versus Atlas Stones.

Victoria and Jake said keg toss.

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

It's right.

-24.

-APPLAUSE

Rachel and Michael have said Atlas Stones.

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

It's right.

If it beats 24, you're through to the final

-and it does. Well done. Eight.

-APPLAUSE

Superb play there, Rachel and Michael.

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

Very well played, both teams.

A really good head-to-head. You're right about the Pillars of Hercules.

Would have been a better answer. Would have scored you one point.

Truck pull would have been a slightly bigger score.

Would have scored you 41. Now, you're right about lift.

But it's not what you're lifting, it's how you're lifting.

It's the squat lift.

-Ah.

-That would have scored you three points. Very well done.

I know that some people would have gone all the way through that board.

-Very well done, if you did.

-OK, thanks.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Victoria and Jake.

Low scoring the whole way through, up to the head-to-head.

But I'm afraid Michael and Rachel with their in-depth

knowledge of world's strongest man whipped it away from you.

The good news is we get to see you next time.

Victoria and Jake, thanks very much for playing meanwhile.

APPLAUSE

But for Rachel and Michael, it's now time for our Pointless final.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Rachel and Michael. You've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot

and at the end today's show, the jackpot stands at:

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

It's your only appearance on Pointless. Just the one.

And we've had our only pointless answer for a while now from you,

Michael. Very well done indeed. Now, as always, you get to choose your category.

There are four options. Let's hope at least one of those fits the bill for you.

Let's find out whet they are. Your choices are:

-Piano-playing songwriters...

-I wouldn't even...

-No idea. Monaco...

I've been there once.

Do you know Brat Pack actors? There's quite a few of them.

A bit young.

-It's either Monaco or the Brat Pack.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Let's do Monaco, then. We'll do Monaco.

LAUGHTER

As the least worst alternative.

OK, Monaco, it is.

Very best of luck. Three very different questions here.

LAUGHTER Let's take a look. We are looking for the name of any:

Or we are looking for any feature film made for cinema

release for which Grace Kelly has received an acting credit, please.

Very best of luck.

OK, now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

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

-answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-OK.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-OK.

-OK, do you know any descendents of...

Yes, Andrea Casiraghi might be a good answer.

It's a brilliant answer!

-Caroline and Stephanie are the two obvious...

-Go with that one.

-I can guess at a couple of Grand Prix drivers.

-OK, go for it.

Fangio, but he's very famous. And the non-European ones...

I think maybe Jody Scheckter. Maybe Carlos Reutemann won.

Erm...

-Nelson Piquet, I'm pretty sure... He was a very Monaco guy.

-Yeah.

So it's just a question of which one... Grace Kelly, I...

-Prince Albert hasn't got any kids.

-To Catch A Thief.

-Let's go with...Andrea Casiraghi.

-Yeah.

-It's brilliant!

-Yeah.

Charlotte Casiraghi, I think, is his sister.

Ha! Let's do that one as well! OK.

-And we'll go with...

-Or she might be... Try them both.

-OK.

And we'll go with one Grand Prix driver, so we can either have...

-Who do you think? Fangio, Scheckter...

-Ten seconds left.

-Reutemann?

-Don't ask me. I haven't heard of any of them.

-Piquet.

-I've heard of that one.

-OK, we won't go with that one.

-We'll go with Jody Scheckter.

-Yeah?

OK, that's your time up, just as you decide on your third and final answer.

So, what are your three answers going to be and if you can say which category they are?

-Charlotte Casiraghi...

-Charlotte Casiraghi.

-..and Andrea Casiraghi...

-Andrea Casiraghi.

..who are in the descendents of Prince Rainier.

-OK.

-And we've got a Grand Prix driver, Jody Scheckter.

Jody Scheckter. Of those three answers, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Andrea Casiraghi.

-Andrea Casiraghi.

-Andrea Casiraghi, we'll put last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Jody Scheckter.

-Jody Scheckter, we'll put first.

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

Well, top Grimaldi knowledge there, I have to say. Fantastic answers.

Who knows if they're right or not. We will discover.

But they look great on the board, certainly. Very best of luck.

Only one of these has to be pointless for you to win that

jackpot. £3,250, it's turning into quite a nice jackpot.

-What would you do with that? Rachel?

-I would like to go on holiday.

I had a baby eight months ago and I haven't been on holiday since.

So it would be nice.

-Michael, how about you?

-I'd like to go on the same holiday.

-Good idea!

Possibly with some earplugs because of the baby.

Indeed. OK, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Jody Scheckter.

We were looking for non-European winners of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Obviously, it has to be right, then it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

For £3,250, let's see how many people said Jody Scheckter.

It's right.

OK, if this goes all the way down to zero,

then you will leave here immediately with £3,250.

Down it goes. Jody Scheckter, going through the single figures.

-Still going down! You've done it!

-CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed!

Brilliant!

-It was meant to be my answer!

-APPLAUSE DROWNS OUT SPEECH

Congratulations! Jody Scheckter was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with our jackpot of £3,250.

-Very well done indeed!

-CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Wow! And that was the least impressive of the names up there.

That's the one we could spell!

-Richard.

-Brilliant stuff. The South African Jody Scheckter,

always used to be in Superstars as well.

Funnily enough, Carlos Reutemann was also a pointless answer,

the Argentinean. I was about to say you haven't put a foot wrong,

but you have put one slight foot wrong, which is

you've taken some of the credit away from the lovely Rachel there

cos the other two answers were also both pointless. CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

So, three pointless answers. Doesn't happen that often, so very well done,

especially in a category you weren't keen on going for.

Imagine what you'd have done on Brat Pack movies!

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

A few more Grand Prix drivers.

Nelson Piquet has never won it.

Denny Hulme, as well, and Bruce McLaren,

the two New Zealanders, also would have been pointless there.

Let's have a look at some more of these descendants.

Also, you could have had Charlotte Casiraghi, as you know.

Raphael, Pierre and Sacha Andrea Casiraghi, all pointless as well.

All of those were pointless.

Very well done if you said any of those!

And Grace Kelly films...

And there's one other pointless answer on that, which was Green Fire.

Well done if you said any of those, but three in the studio.

-Congratulations! Terrific play!

-Thanks very much indeed.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Rachel and Michael,

who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250.

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE