0:00:15 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE
0:00:19 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless, the show
0:00:24 > 0:00:27where the more obscure your knowledge, the better your chances of winning.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32APPLAUSE
0:00:32 > 0:00:35- And couple number one.- Hello.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39I'm Maud, this is my friend Peter, and we're from Whitley Bay.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Hi, I'm Ben, this is my girlfriend Sara, and we're from London.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Couple number three.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Hi, my name's Gilly, this is my friend Caz,
0:00:46 > 0:00:48and we come from Shepperton, in Surrey.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49And finally, couple number four.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53My name is Michael, this is my friend Pete, and we're from Burnley, in Lancashire.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And these are today's contestants.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58APPLAUSE
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Thanks very much. We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it
0:01:01 > 0:01:06goes along, so that leaves one more person for me to introduce. He's as modest as he is athletic.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hi.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12APPLAUSE Hey, everybody.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16We cannot go a single second further without
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- talking about Michael's performance on the last show.- We can't.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Because it was very unusual, a very unusual performance. A real mix.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Yes, it was.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Because Round One, which was US States, Michael gives us
0:01:27 > 0:01:31the best possible answer on the whole board, literally a great answer.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- Yeah.- So you think we're set fair.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36And then the second round, essentially we asked him
0:01:36 > 0:01:40which William, which William wrote the play Hamlet...
0:01:40 > 0:01:42CHUCKLING
0:01:42 > 0:01:43And he said William Tell.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46LAUGHTER
0:01:46 > 0:01:48That's an unusual performance.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Because we've seen answers like that before,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53but not after someone has just given us the best answer on something else.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56So literally, I have no idea how you are going to perform today.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01- It's going to be fascinating. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04As usual, all of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Our contestants here are on the hunt for those all-important
0:02:07 > 0:02:10pointless answers, that's the answers none of our 100 people gave.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Each time that happens we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Now, Jake and Rhys didn't win the jackpot last time
0:02:16 > 0:02:20so we add another £1,000, so today's jackpot starts off at a
0:02:20 > 0:02:22respectable £3,250.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31APPLAUSE
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Now, the pair with the highest score at the end of each
0:02:35 > 0:02:38round will be eliminated. Just make sure that's not you.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Our first category today is...
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Award-winning Music. Can you decide who's going to go first,
0:02:47 > 0:02:48who's going to go second?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57OK, and the question concerns...
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Best Contemporary Songs, Richard. - On each board we are going to show you the names of seven songs.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07They all happen to have won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10We'll tell you who released the songs, but we've left one
0:03:10 > 0:03:13word out of the titles. We need you to give us that word, please.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16There'll be seven on the first board, seven on the second, 14 in all to have a go at at home.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Very best of luck.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21OK, so we are looking for the words that complete these songs.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Here's our first board of seven.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43I'll read those all one last time.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01- Maud.- Hi.- Welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03What do you do, Maud?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I am a student at the University of Manchester.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- I do maths and philosophy.- And what year are you in?- My second year.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- Are you loving it?- Mostly, yeah.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15It's hard, it's hard.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- It's hard work.- Yeah.- Very hard.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Maths and philosophy, the clue is in the title, Maud.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22I love that you're called Maud, by the way, that's a great name.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Well, I got it for my birthday.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27LAUGHTER
0:04:27 > 0:04:29That's good. That's good.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32It also took me nearly three seconds to work that out.
0:04:32 > 0:04:33LAUGHTER
0:04:33 > 0:04:38Now then, we are looking for words completing all these song titles.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- What do you think? - I don't think I know any of them.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- I'm just going to have to take a guess.- I fear you are, I'm so sorry.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- All Around The World.- All Around The World, Lisa Stansfield.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56All Around The World. It sounds reasonable enough, doesn't it?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Let's find out. Surely it's All Around The World.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00If it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05It is All Around The World. Well done, Maud.
0:05:05 > 0:05:0666.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08APPLAUSE
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Nothing wrong with 66. Excellent start to the show.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18Yeah, number one in 1989 and won Best Contemporary Song in the 1990 awards.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Thanks, Richard. Now, Sara, welcome.- Hi.- What do you do, Sara?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- I'm an event manager. - What kind of events do you manage?
0:05:25 > 0:05:30- Mainly corporate.- Sort of evening events...- Through the day.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- Conferences.- How many a year do you do?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Oh, a lot. We do...up to five a day.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42No! That's terrible. That's a pretty punishing routine, isn't it?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43- It is, yes.- Blimey.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47What do you get up to, to take your mind off event managing?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- Although you love it, of course. - I like to cook a lot.- Good.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- Yeah.- Anything else?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- I'm hoping contemporary music might come in at some stage.- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:05:58 > 0:06:03- You're not feeling too bad about this board?- I know a couple.- Good.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Erm... I'm going to go for
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Manic Street Preachers, A Design For Life.- Design For Life.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Design For Life.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It's right.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- 27. - APPLAUSE
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Good answer, Sara. 27 for Design For Life.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Yeah, the song won the award in 1996.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34The Manics opened Cardiff Library. They were the official openers of it.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38They've got a plaque which says, "Libraries gave us power," which is the first line of that song.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Thanks very much indeed.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Now, Caz, welcome.- Hello.- Lovely to have you here.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45What do you do, Caz?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I'm a sports massage therapist.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Wow. I'm unpacking that. Sports... - So not nice massages.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56No, exactly. People get referred to you, pretty much.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Nobody goes there for fun.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Not really, no.- They limp in and then dance out, presumably.- That's right.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- They pirouette out.- Yeah. Good stuff.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08There's that board.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09What do you fancy on there?
0:07:09 > 0:07:13There's two that I'm a bit more confident with,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- so I'll go with the one I'm more confident with.- What's that?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Which is...
0:07:18 > 0:07:21It's Alright (Baby's Coming Home.)
0:07:21 > 0:07:24It's Alright (Baby's Coming Home.)
0:07:24 > 0:07:25OK, let's see if that's right.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Let's see how many of our 100 people said home for that.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- Oh!- Oh, I'm sorry, Caz, I'm sorry.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you 100 points.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Sorry, I'll give you the answer in a moment, just in case Pete wants to have a go at the same one.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Now, Pete, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Listen, Pete, you didn't put a foot wrong last time.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- It was all looking great, wasn't it? - It was.- Ah!
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Remind us what you do, Pete.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I'm a home-based cruise specialist, so I sell cruises from home.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03That's right. Do you do those quite sort of...
0:08:03 > 0:08:05erudite cruises, where
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- people go off and they're lectured by people?- Yes.- You do those ones?
0:08:07 > 0:08:12- Yeah, do all those.- Fantastic. You should do one of those.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- Do you think?- Yeah, yeah.- What would I do?- You could host a cruise.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- You'd be brilliant. - That's a good idea. Let's do that.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20We'll have a chat later, we'll go round the fjords.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I'd like that, go up to the Arctic Circle, or something.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- That would be quite fun. Let's do that.- Go visit the avocets.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28LAUGHTER
0:08:28 > 0:08:33- Lovely idea.- Do you know what, they'd take up all the deck space, wouldn't they?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- A bit lazy, avocets.- Some of them aren't.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Some of them are on the ship working as cleaners and all sorts of things.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41That's true. That's true.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44So, Pete, yes, now. This board is all yours.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Talk us through it.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Well, I knew the two that had gone, the rest I'm not that sure.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52I don't know the top one. I think Lana Del Rey might be Video Star.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Climie Fisher might be Love Changes Everything.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Not sure on the other one, if it's Baby's Coming Back,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00instead of Baby's Coming Home. I think I know the Radiohead one.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I'm not 100% sure but I'm going to go for Karma Police.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05OK, Karma Police, says Pete. Let's see if that's right,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08let's see how many of our 100 people said police.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13It's right.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Well, 27's our low point, and you've passed that.
0:09:17 > 0:09:2110. There we are. A new low watermark, Pete. Well done,
0:09:21 > 0:09:2310 for Karma Police.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25APPLAUSE
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Well done, Pete. Won in 1997.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31And he's right, Caz, it was Baby's Coming Back, the Eurythmics.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- Which is a part of the body.- It is. - It's a key...
0:09:35 > 0:09:40If someone comes in with a problem with a sacroiliac, or something... Goodness me.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45It would have scored you, if you had said Baby's Coming Back, 25 points.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48So, would have been a perfectly good answer. Now, it's Grounds For...
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Divorce.- Divorce, by Elbow. Would have scored 14.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Now this is a massive hit everywhere,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56but our 100 didn't do very well on it. Video Games, Lana Del Rey.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Would have scored 8 points,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01so it's the best answer on the board. And Love Changes Everything,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Climie Fisher.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Would have scored you 68, so that's the biggest scorer.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09I think they were mixing it up with the other Love Changes Everything,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- gave it a bigger score than you might think.- Thank you very much.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores. 10, the best score.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Pete, very well done.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Then up to 27, where we find Sara and Ben.
0:10:19 > 0:10:2166, Maud and Peter.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24And then 100, Caz and Gilly.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Who knows what the next board is going to be like,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30but a nice low score from you will help, I'm sure.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Best of luck. We're going to come back down the line.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39OK, we are going to put seven more songs up on the board.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41and here they come.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43We've got...
0:10:56 > 0:10:58I'll read those all one last time.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Remember, we're looking for the blank word that completes the song title.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Michael, we are
0:11:17 > 0:11:20going to put all talk of William Tell to one side for now.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Thank you.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25So you are also involved in cruises as well.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27I am, yes, from home as well.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- How many a year do you actually go on?- Two last year.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- One to the Mediterranean and one to the fjords.- The fjords.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38When you were in the fjords, did lots of people in the evenings gather and go,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40"I wish there were a couple of people talking to us, maybe?"
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I don't know, one quite tall.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44MICHAEL LAUGHS
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Was there an obvious gap in that market?- I'm afraid not, no.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50We could do, "Would anyone like to hear a lecture on what it's like to
0:11:50 > 0:11:51"work with Ben Miller?"
0:11:51 > 0:11:53LAUGHTER
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Because that's...- Yeah.- That's one you could do.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- You could do what it's like to work with me.- I could do that.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01I could do, "What's it like when all doorways are slightly too short for you?" I could do that.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- LAUGHTER - On a ship, that's going to be an
0:12:05 > 0:12:07acute problem, isn't it?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11I would have thought... But, yeah, it's a fairly acute problem anyway, if I'm honest.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- Yeah.- At least everyone is bending over on a ship.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16LAUGHTER
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Cos...
0:12:22 > 0:12:23LAUGHTER
0:12:23 > 0:12:26They're low, they've got low ceilings on ships.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I hear what you're saying. So, Michael. Listen, there you are.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31You're on 10. 10.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Pete has as good as carried you through to the next round.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Before you've even given an answer. 89 or less sees you through.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- What do you make of this board? - I know quite a few on there.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43I'm going to play safe and go Two Tribes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Tribes, says Michael, for Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Let's see if it's right and how many people said it. There's your red line. Nice and high.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Very well done, you're through.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- Quite high.- 59.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Takes your total up to 69.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01APPLAUSE
0:13:01 > 0:13:04One of the top 30 selling singles in UK history,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. How about that?
0:13:07 > 0:13:10How about that? Thanks, Richard.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Now, Gilly. Now, now.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16What we need from you is a very low score. Gilly, welcome.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- What do you do?- I'm a registrar.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- How long have you done it for?- I've only been doing that for two years.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Fun, though.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Yes, loving it, love it, love my weddings, really love my weddings.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Presumably, you're not allowed to be at all emotional.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32You have to be very much above it all.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33You are supposed to be,
0:13:33 > 0:13:38- but I'm afraid I have given in a couple of times.- Aw.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- One goes with the flow. - Absolutely right. Very nice.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- OK, you are the highest scorers. - I know, I know.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46What we need from you here, a low score.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49How do you like this board?
0:13:49 > 0:13:52There's a couple of quite obvious ones.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55I think I'm going to go 7 Days, Craig David.
0:13:55 > 0:13:577 Days, Craig David. Let's see if that is right.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you are the high scorers, but how many people said 7 Days?
0:14:09 > 0:14:1033.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12APPLAUSE
0:14:12 > 0:14:16133 is your total.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18He was an answer on the last show, wasn't he?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21He was a question on the last show, in fact. Craig David singles.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- That was a big scorer though, 7 Days.- Thank you very much, Richard.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Now. Ben, great news.- Hi.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Whatever happens, whatever happens between now and the end of the round, you are in Round Two.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- Right, that's excellent.- Yeah. You are going straight through.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Ben, what do you do?
0:14:37 > 0:14:41I have just finished a job doing policy work for a charity,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and I'm starting, in two days' time,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48with a PR firm, so I've got two days off.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- Two days off, so you come here. - They were so excited.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- Oh! Well, thank you, we are very excited, actually, as well.- I'm all right.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58To come and fill those two days with us.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Good luck with it. I hope it goes well.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Bit of a change of direction. - Yeah. It's the same sort of work.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- It's research based.- Excellent. I hope it goes well.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Listen, you are through, as I say,
0:15:07 > 0:15:11but a lovely low score from you at this point would just impress us.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14All right, OK. Well, I'll do my best.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Des'ree, she's brilliant.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20So I think I'm going to have to go for You Gotta Be.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22You Gotta Be, says Ben. You Gotta Be.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27No red line, because you're already through. Let's see how may people said be, for Des'ree.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Absolutely right.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Wow, look at that, four!
0:15:37 > 0:15:41That is a great answer. 31 is your total.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44The lowest of the whole round by a long way.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Well played, Ben. Won that award in 1994 and in 1995.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51She went on tour in the States with Seal
0:15:51 > 0:15:54and that song was released over there at the same time.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57It stayed in the chart for 19 months.
0:15:58 > 0:16:04- That's a big hit.- Oh yes, you've got to be pleased with that.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Yes, thank you.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13I was going to do a joke about teachers. How did I do in my exam?
0:16:13 > 0:16:17You got a B. I can't really think of how to do it.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19What did... Oh, here's a joke!
0:16:22 > 0:16:24What did Des'ree's maths teacher tell her
0:16:24 > 0:16:27when she asked how she'd done in her GCSE?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- I don't know.- He said, you got a B!
0:16:29 > 0:16:31APPLAUSE
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Thank you very much, thank you, thank you.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- That's good! - I appreciate that.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46It's one of those things. Sometimes, spontaneously, stuff comes to me.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Thanks. Now Peter, welcome. Lovely to have you here.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51- What do you do, Peter?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54I just left university recently
0:16:54 > 0:17:00- so I'm sort of in the murky bit. - What was your degree?
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- English literature. - Open ended, it could go anywhere.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- I might even go back and do something different.- Really?
0:17:08 > 0:17:13- What would you say were your fortes? - Fortes?
0:17:13 > 0:17:18- I'm a big fan of American sports. Geography.- OK.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22I'm trying to think of a job that would involve all of those.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- Quarterback at the Minnesota Vikings.- There you go.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Some travel involved in that, certainly.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- They are lacking in that position. - Yeah.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32OK, now Peter, you're on 66.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35The high scorers are Gilly and Caz on 133.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Actually, you have to score 66 or less, the score but Maud scored.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44The score that Maud scored!
0:17:44 > 0:17:47There's only two there that I know.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out
0:17:49 > 0:17:51and Travis, Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
0:17:51 > 0:17:55I'm going to go with Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Take Me Out, says Peter. There is your red line.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59If you get below that with Take Me Out,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01you're through to the next round.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06It's right, and you're through.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15Oh, very, very well done indeed. Look at that, 14.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19They all applaud while you scored what Maud scored on the board!
0:18:19 > 0:18:22I think people missed that through the applause.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24No, I think that's probably as it should be.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26I thought it was very good.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28You were right as well about Why Does It Always Rain On Me.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- Were you tempted to go for that? - No.- It would have knocked you out.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37It's a huge scorer, it would have scored you 75 points.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38How about that?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42The top one, You Win Again. That would have scored 62.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- Do you know the Ash one? - Shining Light.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Yes, that would have scored 14 points.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50There we are, thanks very much indeed.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52At the end of our first round,
0:18:52 > 0:18:55the pair heading home with a high score of 133 is Gilly and Caz.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I'm sorry. It was that Eurythmics one. Baby's Coming Home.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01That would be nicer than Baby's Coming Back, wouldn't it?
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Baby's Coming Home, that's nice. - It needs to be rewritten.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Well, they should get on to that immediately.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09In the meantime, it's been lovely having you on.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11We look forward to seeing you again, Gilly and Caz.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- Thanks very much for playing. - Thank you.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25So, three pairs remain. At the end of this round,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Well, Pete and Michael, you've survived for now.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Two Tribes was quite a high score over there.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Ben and Sara, well done.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38You got a B!
0:19:38 > 0:19:41In fact, you got an A, A starred is what you got,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43but that was a great answer.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46You were our low scorers jointly as well.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Peter and Maud, very good, good solid play there. Very well done.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Keep that up and you should be in the head-to-head,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54but best of luck to all three pairs.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Our category for round two today is golf.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:20:02 > 0:20:04who is going to go second
0:20:04 > 0:20:07and whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:18We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many top 100 golfers
0:20:18 > 0:20:22at the beginning of 2014 as they could.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27The top 100 golfers at the beginning of 2014. Richard?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29We're looking for the name of any golfer
0:20:29 > 0:20:32ranked in the world's top 100 at the end of the week ending
0:20:32 > 0:20:355 January 2014, so any male golfer in the world's top 100.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39There are over 70 pointless answers on this list,
0:20:39 > 0:20:43so plenty of room to get some pointless answers. Good luck.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Thanks very much indeed. Now, Maud, are you happy with this?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50No, I'm going to have to say Tiger Woods.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Tiger Woods, says Maud. Let's see if that's right.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Let's see how many of our 100 people said Tiger Woods.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01It's right. Still going down.
0:21:01 > 0:21:0463, not bad at all. That's fine.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05A lot better than 100.
0:21:07 > 0:21:0914 major titles for Tiger Woods,
0:21:09 > 0:21:12including being the first man to hold all four at the same time.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Thank you very much indeed. Ben.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19I'm going to have to go for somebody who I hope is still playing.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Vijay Singh.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Vijay Singh, says Ben, let's see if that's right
0:21:24 > 0:21:26and let's see how many people said Vijay Singh.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33Oh, Ben! Oh, I'm afraid there's your answer.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38I'm afraid not a correct answer. That scores you 100 points, sorry.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40He was in that world top 100 for many, many years
0:21:40 > 0:21:42but hasn't been for a little while, I'm afraid.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Thanks, Richard, now, Pete,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- how do you feel about golf? - That's not the worst subject for me.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Good, hurray! What are you going to go for?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55I think I'm going to go for Justin Rose.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Justin Rose, says Pete. Let's see if that's right.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04It is, of course, right.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Well, 63 is our low score so far, but you've passed that,
0:22:07 > 0:22:12- very comfortably. Look at that. Justin Rose down to 14. - APPLAUSE
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Well done on the far podium, there.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Yeah, he was ranked number four at the beginning of 2014.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21First Englishman in 43 years to win the US Open.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Thanks, Rich. We're halfway through the round.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Let's take a look at those scores. 14, the best score of that pass.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Pete, well done. You and Michael looking supreme at this point.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Then, up to 63, where we find Maud and Peter. Then, up to 100.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Ben, I'm sorry. That was a brave try.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Sara, luckily, your golf knowledge, I know, will get you through.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41So, good luck with that.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:48 > 0:22:52OK. So, Michael, we are looking for any man who's
0:22:52 > 0:22:55featured in the world's top 100
0:22:55 > 0:22:58golfers at the start of 2014.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I know quite a few golfers, but I'm going to play it safe. Lee Westwood.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Lee Westwood, says Michael. There's your red line.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07If you get below that, you're through to the next round.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Let's see how many people said Lee Westwood.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Look at that. Through you go, into the head-to-head.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19It's another good answer. Nine!
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- Best score of the round so far, Michael! Well done! - APPLAUSE
0:23:23 > 0:23:2623 is your total.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Former world number one, Lee Westwood.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31There's such an opportunity to add money to the jackpot,
0:23:31 > 0:23:33if you know your golfers on this round.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38- But you've got to get yourself through.- Thanks very much. Now, Sara.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Am I right in guessing this isn't your favourite round?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- It's not my favourite, no. I have no idea.- OK.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- No idea, as in making up names, no idea?- Yes.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54I think my favourite moments in Pointless are those that
0:23:54 > 0:23:55flow from this.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59I could go for a standard name that may or may not be a person.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Go for an un-standard name.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04We'll go for Veron Chuttlebutte.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06LAUGHTER
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Veron Chuttlebutte.- Yes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12LAUGHTER
0:24:12 > 0:24:16The question being, is Veron still playing? Well, let's find out.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Veron Chuttlebutte.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20No red line for you, as you're the high scorers,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23but let's see how many people went with Veron.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30I'm afraid, an incorrect answer, but by far the most enjoyable
0:24:30 > 0:24:34incorrect answer we've had for a long time.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39- Yes, bad luck.- I'm afraid it's Veron SHUDDLEBUTTE. I couldn't accept it.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40World number 19.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46- Now, Peter.- Yeah. - I have enormously good news for you.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- You are through to the head-to-head, whatever happens.- That's good. Um...
0:24:51 > 0:24:55This isn't the best subject... I've got a couple of names.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I'll say Padraig Harrington.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Padraig Harrington. Let's see if that's right.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03No red line for you, you're already through, but let's see if Padraig
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Harrington's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Ooh!
0:25:08 > 0:25:10I'm afraid an incorrect answer.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 163,
0:25:13 > 0:25:14but you're already through anyhow.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19Padraig Harrington's one of those guys who was world top ten,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22won Majors, all sorts of things, has had an absolute terminal decline.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I suspect he'll be back in the top 100 at some point,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27but he's not there at the moment.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32There's all sorts of pointless answers.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35I think, unfortunately, a tough round for the people here,
0:25:35 > 0:25:39but for people at home, well done if you said any of these:
0:25:56 > 0:25:59There's lots of other names on the list.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02David Lynn, Dustin Johnson, Charl Schwartzel, Jason Duffner,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05all sorts of names up there. Very well done if you said any of those.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Peter Hanson, the Swede, is up there as well.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Let's take a look at the biggest scorers. Heard two of them already.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23So, at the end of our second round, the pair heading home
0:26:23 > 0:26:26with their high score of 200, it's Sara and Ben.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Well, you'll be back next time, when I imagine there'll be no golf.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32There'll be plenty of things that are perfectly Sara
0:26:32 > 0:26:35and Ben compatible. And I hope we'll see you go much further.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38It's been a pleasure having you on thus far.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- Sara and Ben, thanks so much. - APPLAUSE
0:26:42 > 0:26:45But for Pete and Michael, Peter and Maud,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50APPLAUSE
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Congratulations, Pete and Michael, Peter and Maud,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57you are now one step closer to the final
0:26:57 > 0:27:01and a chance to play for our jackpot, which current stands at:
0:27:01 > 0:27:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:03 > 0:27:06So, here is where we decide who goes through to the final
0:27:06 > 0:27:10and plays for that jackpot and we do that by making you go head-to-head.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13You're now allowed to play as a team for the first time
0:27:13 > 0:27:14and you can confer.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20I think this is going to be a very exciting head-to-head.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- Best of luck to both pairs and let's play it. - APPLAUSE
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Here comes your first question and it concerns:
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Newspaper columnists.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39We're going to show you five pictures of people who write regular
0:27:39 > 0:27:40columns in UK newspapers.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Can you identify the most obscure of these?
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Thanks. OK, let's reveal our five columnists and here they are.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10OK, there we are. Five columnists. Pete and Michael.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Struggling on this one, but we think B is Peter Hitchens.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18OK, straight in there. Straight in there. B, Peter Hitchens,
0:28:18 > 0:28:20say Pete and Michael.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Now, Peter and Maud, do you want to talk us
0:28:23 > 0:28:25through the rest of the board?
0:28:25 > 0:28:30We only know C and D, Victoria Coren and...
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Liz Jones and I am absolutely kicking myself because I do
0:28:33 > 0:28:37know who A is, but her name has completely vanished from my head.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40So, I think we're going to go for C and say Liz Jones.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44C, Liz Jones. So we have Peter Hitchens, we have Liz Jones.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Now, Pete and Michael went for Peter Hitchens for B. Let's see if that's right
0:28:48 > 0:28:52and if it is, let's see how many people said Peter Hitchens.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56It's right.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- Eight. - APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Very well done. Good answer. Well chosen.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Peter and Maud, meanwhile have said that C is Liz Jones.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Liz Jones.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20It's right.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Oh, close! Very close. 16 for Liz Jones.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31But Pete and Michael, you win it with Peter Hitchens.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33After one question, you're up 1-nil.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Actually, A would have won you the point.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Writer of the brilliant How To Be A Woman, it's Caitlin Moran.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41She would have scored you seven points.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Well done if you said that at home.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Great book as well, if you don't have it.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48D is Victoria Coren Mitchell.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51She would have scored 32, she's the biggest scorer up there.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55- And the lowest scorer is E. Do you know him?- Excellent. Hugo Rifkind.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Hugo Rifkind, he would have scored you two points.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Thank you very much, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Peter and Maud, you get to answer it first, but you have to win it to stay in the game.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Best of luck. It concerns:
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- Norway. - Yeah, we're going to give you five clues now to facts about Norway.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Can you give us the best answer up there? Good luck.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come. We have got:
0:30:38 > 0:30:40I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Peter and Maud, help yourselves.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02- I'm not sure about the currency. - What do you want to do?
0:31:02 > 0:31:04The land border?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Yeah. OK, um...
0:31:06 > 0:31:10We're going to go with the land border one and that's Finland.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Finland, say Peter and Maud. Finland.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18Now, Pete and Michael, talk us through what you can on that board.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20The currency's the krone, with a K.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24The capital city's Oslo. We're not so sure of the others.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Go for the currency. - We'll go for the currency, Krone.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32- Norwegian krone.- Krone, say Pete and Michael, for the currency.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35OK, so, Peter and Maud said Finland was the other country sharing
0:31:35 > 0:31:38an eastern land border. Let's see if that's right
0:31:38 > 0:31:42and if it is, let's see how many people said Finland.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43It's right.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- 40. - APPLAUSE
0:31:50 > 0:31:5240 for Finland.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Pete and Michael have said the krone is the unit of currency.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04It's right. It has to beat 40, though.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07And it doesn't, I'm afraid. 54, which means
0:32:07 > 0:32:10well done, Peter and Maud. Back in the game you come.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12After two questions, it's one all.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Let's fill in the rest of this board. You're right about the capital city,
0:32:15 > 0:32:19it's Oslo. A bigger scorer, though - it would have scored you 76 points.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21And the Conservative party leader...
0:32:21 > 0:32:23is Erna Solberg.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27The second female Prime Minister in Norway. Two points for her.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31And the king who ascended to the throne was King Harald the fifth.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33That would have scored you seven points.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36So, Erna Solberg, "Iron Erna", they call her,
0:32:36 > 0:32:37was the best answer there.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Thanks very much indeed. OK, here comes your third and final question.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44This will decide who goes through to the final and plays for that
0:32:44 > 0:32:46jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Astronomical terms, Richard.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54We're about to show you five terms now used in astronomy,
0:32:54 > 0:32:57but we've removed alternate letters. Can you fill in those gaps?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- Best of luck, both teams. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Let's reveal our five astronomical terms and here they come.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04We've got...
0:33:15 > 0:33:17I'll read those all one final time.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28There we are. Five astronomical terms.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Pete and Michael, you will go first.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34THEY CONFER
0:33:37 > 0:33:38The fourth one's the best one.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Right, we're going to go for the fourth one down,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44which is meteorite.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Meteorite, say Pete and Michael. Meteorite.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Now, Peter and Maud, talk us through the board.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Fill in as many blanks as you can.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53The middle one is annoying me.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56The bottom one is supernova,
0:33:56 > 0:33:58and there is eclipse, there is
0:33:58 > 0:34:00something galaxy, I don't know...
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Oh, spiral. Spiral galaxy.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04- Do you want to go for that? - Yeah. OK.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06We're going to go for spiral galaxy.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10OK, spiral galaxy, say Peter and Maud.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14So, we have meteorite and we have spiral galaxy.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Pete and Michael said meteorite.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said meteorite..
0:34:20 > 0:34:22It's right.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Wow. Low score. Look at that, ten for meteorite!
0:34:29 > 0:34:30APPLAUSE
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Peter and Maud, meanwhile, have gone for spiral galaxy.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:34:40 > 0:34:42let's see how many people said it. Spiral galaxy.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46It's right.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Now, meteorite scored ten. Spiral galaxy,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53oh, scores 11!
0:34:53 > 0:34:54APPLAUSE
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Unlucky, guys.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Really unlucky. Really unlucky, that.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Well done, Pete and Michael.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04After three questions, you're through to the final, 2-1.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06- Slight surprise result, there. - Do you think?
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- Well, I suppose galaxy is... - And there's two words missing.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12It's unusual, these, when things are missed out,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14because it's not just how common the word is,
0:35:14 > 0:35:15it's how difficult it is to spot.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- Yeah.- Because, for example, I think you knew supernova,
0:35:18 > 0:35:21and that would have scored six points.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23That would have seen you into the final.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Eclipse would have been too many points.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27That would have scored you 40.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30And there's a word for the boundary between the light side
0:35:30 > 0:35:32and the dark side of a planet or other body,
0:35:32 > 0:35:35and it's a terminator, and it's a pointless answer.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Well, thanks very much. At the end of our head-to-head,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42the pair we're saying goodbye to is Peter and Maud.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Well, you did very well there. Three great answers.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Don't be too downcast, though, because you'll be back next time
0:35:47 > 0:35:49and we will look forward to seeing you, then.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51I'm sure you will do even better,
0:35:51 > 0:35:55but thanks very much for playing so well today. Peter and Maud!
0:35:55 > 0:35:58APPLAUSE
0:35:58 > 0:36:01But, for Pete and Michael, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Congratulations, Pete and Michael. You've seen off all the competition
0:36:08 > 0:36:10and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:36:18 > 0:36:23and, at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,250.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Well, who would have thought this was going to be the outcome?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Who would have thought? You have done very well, you really have.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37What's the sort of thing you'd like to see come up?
0:36:37 > 0:36:40You know what they're like, these final rounds. They're sometimes tricky,
0:36:40 > 0:36:43the categories we put up on the board. What would you like to see appear up there?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- I would dream of football or geography.- Football or geography.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- Or maybe both. Sometimes the two combine.- Maybe both, yeah.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52As always, you get to choose your category. They're about to appear on
0:36:52 > 0:36:55this board behind me. Let's see what we've got for you today.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Up there, we have world footballers.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01That's kind of geography and football, isn't it?
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- Well...Lulu!- Yeah, it's a tricky one, really.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Yeah, I think we'll go for world footballers, please.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- World footballers, it is. Richard. - OK, best of luck, guys.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19In December 2013, the Guardian newspaper published
0:37:19 > 0:37:21a list of the 100 best footballers in the world, 2013.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26We are looking for anybody on that list who has represented Brazil,
0:37:26 > 0:37:29internationally, anyone who has represented Italy,
0:37:29 > 0:37:34internationally, or anybody who has represented Spain, internationally.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37So, any Brazilian, Italian or Spanish international on the list
0:37:37 > 0:37:40of the 100 best footballers in the world, 2013.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Very best of luck. Nice category.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45OK. As always, you've got up to one
0:37:45 > 0:37:47minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- to be pointless. Are you ready?- Yes.- Yes.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Your time starts now.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- OK.- Brazil.- Right, let's go through Brazil.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- David Luiz.- So, we'll take the obvious.- Who's that?- David Luiz.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Do you think he's in the top 100? - Yeah. I would have said so.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- Right.- Liverpool mid-fielder.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08- Lucas Leiva?- Yeah. OK.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- Italy.- Pirlo.- Who's the striker?
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Uh...
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- I don't think...I'm not so sure. - Right.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- I would have said Pirlo... - Pirlo.- ...was one of them.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23I think they're going to come from Spain, to be honest with you.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- What about Juan Mata? - Juan Mata.- Yeah.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- Iniesta. - Do you think...might be in there?
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I think he could be, yeah.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31What about Valdes?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- Victor Valdes, that's a good... - Do you want to go Victor Valdes?
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- I think so.- Yeah. Victor Valdes. - Second choice, obviously.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Yeah, but it's the top 100 footballers in the world.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44What about Iniesta?
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Ten seconds left.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Let's go with Valdes...Lucas Leiva...
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- Lucas Leiva, yeah.- ..and...
0:38:52 > 0:38:56- Juan Mata?- Pirlo. - Andrea Pirlo.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers.
0:38:59 > 0:39:00What are they going to be?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03OK, so, for a Brazilian, we're going to go for Lucas Leiva.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- Lucas Leiva.- Italian, we're going to go for Andrea Pirlo.- Andrea Pirlo.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13- And for Spanish, we're going to go for Victor Valdes.- Victor Valdes.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- Valdes.- Valdes goes last. Which is your least likely?- Andrea Pirlo.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24OK, lets put those answers up on the board in that order,
0:39:24 > 0:39:26and here they are. We have...
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Well, very, very best of luck.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Your first answer, you said Andrea Pirlo.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39You thought this was probably your least likely to be pointless.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Remember, only one of them has to be pointless for you to win that
0:39:42 > 0:39:45jackpot. It's turning into quite a decent jackpot now, 3,250 quid.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48What would you do with that, Pete, if you won it?
0:39:48 > 0:39:51I think I'd probably go on holiday, quite predictably.
0:39:51 > 0:39:52I think I'd go to Vegas.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55It's somewhere I've always wanted to go and I've just never got to.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- OK, Michael?- I think I'd do a cruise around the Caribbean.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Never been to the Caribbean, but a nice cruise round the Caribbean.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Excellent. Andrea Pirlo is your first answer. Let's find out.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Obviously, it has to be right, then it has to be pointless for you
0:40:06 > 0:40:08to win the jackpot.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10For £3,250, how many people said Andrea Pirlo?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Well, it's right. That was the first thing it had to be.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20Now, if this goes all the way down to 0, you leave here with £3,250.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Andrea Pirlo, now going down into the teens. Down into...
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Not quite single figures. 11.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- APPLAUSE - OK, fair enough.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32You were just finding your range there, weren't you?
0:40:32 > 0:40:34That wasn't a serious pointless answer, was it?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- That was just filling a place. - Yeah.- Yes.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Your second answer was Lucas Leiva.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Again, this has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Let's find out, for £3,250, how many people said Lucas Leiva.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49Is it pointless?
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Oh...
0:40:54 > 0:40:57I'm afraid it's not pointless. I'm afraid it's not correct.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,
0:41:02 > 0:41:03which was Victor Valdes.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06It have to be right, first, then it has to be pointless.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10If it is both of those things, you will walk away with £3,250.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Let's find out if Victor Valdes is pointless.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Well, your first answer, Andrea Pirlo,
0:41:20 > 0:41:21took us down to 11.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Your second answer, Lucas Leiva, took us nowhere, I'm afraid,
0:41:24 > 0:41:27but your last answer is taking us down through single figures,
0:41:27 > 0:41:29down it goes, still going, you got it!
0:41:29 > 0:41:33- APPLAUSE - Very well done indeed!
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Fantastic! That's brilliant. Very well done.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Congratulations.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Get in!
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Wow!
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Many, many congratulations, Pete and Michael.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Victor Valdes was a pointless answer, which means you go home
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- with our jackpot of £3,250. Very well done.- Fantastic.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Talk about the perfect category coming up. That's great for you.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06It could have been Shakespeare, for goodness' sake!
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Then we would have been in trouble.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Pete, I think you are the Liverpool fan, aren't you?- I am.
0:42:10 > 0:42:15And Lucas, not in the world's top 100 players. Won't be a big shock to you.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17But let's take a look at some people who were,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19and who were pointless answers.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Brazilians, Dante, the Bayern Munich defender was a pointless answer.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Diego Costa, who now actually plays for Spain.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Marcello, Marquinhos, also a pointless answer.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Also could have had Thiago Silva, there.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Marquinhos plays for PSG, as does Marco Verratti,
0:42:33 > 0:42:35also a pointless answer.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38And the Lazio goalie, Federico Marchetti.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Let's take a look at the Spanish players.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Isco, the Real Madrid midfielder was there.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45Michu of Swansea.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Santi Cazorla of Arsenal and Victor Valdes, the Barcelona goalkeeper.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Very well done, if you got some of those at home. I know football fans
0:42:52 > 0:42:55will have aced that, and it came along at a very nice time.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- Two very nice guys, so I'm very pleased for you.- Thank you.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Thanks very much, Richard. Well, thanks, once again, to our winning
0:43:00 > 0:43:04players, Pete and Michael, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06APPLAUSE
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to
0:43:12 > 0:43:14the test on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:43:14 > 0:43:17- Goodbye.- ..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19APPLAUSE