Episode 23 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

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

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

I'm Nay, this is my dad Mark

and we're from Dorset.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Matt.

This is my friend Grant. I'm from Surrey and he's from Brighton.

Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Carrie and this is my friend Kate and we live in Essex.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, my name's Gina, this is my daughter Francesca,

and we're from Solihull.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much. We'll find out more about each of you throughout

the show as it goes along.

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

If there was a University of Life, he'd be the dean.

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

-Hiya.

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-Dean Richard.

-That's nice, isn't it? How are you?

-I'm very well.

I'm looking forward to today's show because, as it happens sometimes,

we've got three returning pairs and they were all lovely last time.

-Yeah.

-We had loads of fun last time

so we're going to have loads of fun today, as well.

Now, Round One, we lost Gina and Francesca,

so hopefully we'll see a bit more of you this time.

And then Round Two, we lost Nay and Mark, and then

Carrie and Kate got all the way through to the head-to-head.

And then Jamie and Robbie, they only just beat you.

-And then they won the jackpot. Two in a row we've given away now.

-Yeah.

-Did very well, didn't they?

-They did very well.

-They were terrific.

And our newcomers, Grant and Matt...

Now, Grant went to my old school, Warden Park.

I was just saying to him, we've had two people on from my school before,

well, three people, really...

We had somebody came on, got knocked out in Round One in their first show.

In their second show, came back, got knocked out in Round One again.

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Next time, we had someone from my school,

we had two people from my school,

we had a pair from my school, so they teamed up with their brains.

First show, they got knocked out in Round One.

OK, so we think there's a curse, but then, second show,

they come back,

get knocked out in Round One again.

So you'd be the first person ever

to go to Warden Park who got past Round One, if you can do it, Grant,

-so I wish you the very, very best of luck. Come on!

-Got it!

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, as you'll have gathered, Jamie and Robbie won the jackpot

last time so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

There it is. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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OK, now, remember, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

Your job is to make sure you're not in that pair.

Our first category today...

..is Europe.

Europe. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first

-and who's going second.

-THEY MURMUR

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many European capitals

that come alphabetically between Berlin and Paris.

European capitals that come between Berlin and Paris in the alphabet.

-Richard?

-Yeah, any European capital that comes between those two

in the alphabet, please.

Has to be a capital of a country that is a sovereign state,

that's a member of the UN, of course. But other than that,

just any capital coming between Berlin and Paris.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Nay, welcome back.

Nay, remind us what you do.

I work at the University of Southampton.

And in your spare time, what do you like getting up to?

-I do quite a lot of amateur dramatics.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

-Are you working on anything at the moment?

-Not at the moment.

I just did two and I was kind of a bit tired. Took a break.

Quite right. What have you just done?

I did one for the Totton Drama Festival

and before that in the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton.

Good. OK. Now, European capital cities.

Um...

Not going to take a risk, I'm going to go Luxembourg.

Luxembourg, says Nay. Luxembourg.

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

It's right.

Nothing wrong with that. 10, very well done indeed, Nay.

-Great start to the show.

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10 for Luxembourg.

Yeah, only 100,000 inhabitants in Luxembourg

and 67% of those are foreigners.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Matt, welcome. Good to have you here. What do you do, Matt?

I work for a charity that teaches chess in state primary schools

and inner-city communities.

That's... That's quite punchy cos chess is one of those things

that takes a bit of getting into, but once you're into it,

-it's a whole world of fun, isn't it?

-Yeah, absolutely.

Well, the idea is that we teach children from an early age

that they can enjoy the various transferable skills that it engenders.

Very... Transfers... Engenders?! I like that. He's good.

It's like he's pitching to us.

I feel like I'm on Dragons' Den.

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Shall we tell him where we're at?

I would say, "And in year three, what do you think your income will be?"

-Not terrific, but...

-That's where I shake my head.

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Well, I'm going to tell you where I am, I'm out.

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-I have to say, I like him.

-That's my impression of a Dragon.

There's something... I don't like the business but I like you.

I think you're very investable.

If I weren't speaking on Dragons' Den,

all we want is for every child in the country to learn chess cos

we feel it's a really valuable game. And that's where the pitch ends,

I promise.

-So, Matt, very fulfilling, I would hope?

-Yes, I enjoy it enormously.

I'm a very keen player myself, as well, so it's just wonderful

working for something that I really believe in the cause for.

Good. Good for you. Now, Matt, how are you on capital cities?

-Um.

-European capital cities.

-Not terrific.

But I've got a good friend who lives in Moldova and he's from Chisinau

which I believe is the capital city of Moldova.

Chisinau.

Mark looking very unhappy

about that. Chisinau, says Matt.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

Well, 10 is our only score, at this point.

Chisinau passes 10.

Goes down to 1.

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Matt's a bit disappointed it didn't go all the way down

to pointless but can't argue with that.

It's a fantastic score, very well done indeed. 1 for Chisinau.

Yeah, great start, Matt.

Thank you, as well, for helping out a Warden Park student.

Surely, surely now we're going to see someone

in Round Two, come on.

-We'll see. Carrie, welcome back.

-Thank you.

You stormed it all the way through the last show till the head-to-head.

-I know.

-And then...

-Beaten by those students.

-I know.

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So, who let who down, do you think, Carrie and Kate?

-Neither of us let each other down.

-Quite right. Well said.

-Yeah.

-We discovered last time you breed sheep.

-Yes, Hebridean.

-Hebridean sheep, exactly. Which have a lovely dark brown wool?

-Correct.

Excellent. So, how do you and Kate know each other, Carrie?

Well, we've known each other for over 30 years.

We used to work together years ago, and we've been friends ever since.

Very good. Whose idea was it to come on the show?

-I think...

-We just decided.

-We decided we wanted to

and I said, "Right, well,

"we've just got to do it." And applied and here we are.

And here you are. Well, what a great answer to follow there.

-Do you think you can do as well, maybe even better?

-Well...

A nice low-scoring European capital.

I'm really slightly worried about this one

but I'm going to take a gamble.

And I'm going to say Minsk.

-Minsk...

-Yep.

-..says Carrie, Minsk. Let's see if that's right

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

You're straight off, very well done indeed, Carrie. Minsk is right.

Well, 10's our high score, 1 our low.

You pass our high, you join our low.

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Very well done indeed, Carrie. Minsk is a cracking answer.

Great answer, Carrie. Yeah, capital of Belarus.

Belarus's main export

is tractors.

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Thanks very much indeed. Now, Francesca, welcome back.

-It was Round One last time.

-I know.

But it was a very, very tough category.

What would be your dream Pointless round?

Well, I do like geography but I'm... I know... I...

-Hang on, you don't like geography?

-I do like geography.

No, but you said, "I do like geography."

You were teeing up for a massive "but" there.

I'm not... I'm better on Africa and South America and more like...

So, not so good at the continent we're in?

-No, I'm not very good at close.

-OK.

A prophet in his own land, yeah.

I'm going to have to...

I know this will probably be quite high

-but I'm going to have to go with Lisbon.

-Lisbon, says Francesca.

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

It's right.

Not bad at all, 26.

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26 for Lisbon.

It's the oldest city in Western Europe, Lisbon.

-The oldest?

-It's the second oldest capital city in the whole of Europe

behind Athens.

I didn't know that about Lisbon. I tell you, it wears it well.

I think it's had a bit of work done.

I was going to say, I wonder what it's doing...

-Yeah, think it's had a bit of filler

-Yeah, little bit.

Thank you very much indeed. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

1, the best score of that pass, Matt and Grant,

and Carrie and Kate.

Up to 10 where we find Nay and Mark, well done to you.

And then 26, Francesca and Gina. You're not way ahead.

Gina, I'm sure you've got a brilliant answer.

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

We're going to come back down the line now -

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. So, Gina, remember we're looking for European capital cities

whose names fall between Berlin and Paris in the alphabet.

Gina, remind us about yourself.

I work for the Office For National Statistics

-and I work at Birmingham Airport and I interview passengers.

-OK.

And your hobbies, Gina?

Um... I enjoy going to the gym and I enjoy doing Zumba.

And I've also been known to do a spot of painting.

So, when I go on holiday, I like to take pictures of landscapes.

You take pictures so you can come back and paint them

-from the pictures?

-Yes.

-That's good.

And sometimes I take pictures in the hotels, if there's a nice painting.

You'll just take them?

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-I'll take the painting and copy it once I'm home, yeah.

-OK.

Now, Gina, you're on 26.

You're the high-scorers, we need a low score from you.

This should be good for me, obviously, working at the airport.

I'm thinking about... I'm just thinking which will be the best one.

-Um. I'm going to go for Bucharest.

-Bucharest, says Gina.

Let's see if that's right.

No red line for you cos you're the high-scorers.

But let's see how far down the column you get with Bucharest.

It's right.

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-6.

Second-best score of the round so far. Very well done.

6 takes your total up to 32.

Well played, given yourself a real chance there. Capital of Romania.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Kate.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Joint low-scorers at this point.

All looking very good for team Kate and Carrie as it was last time.

-Now, last time, we discovered you breed pigs.

-Yes, I do.

What kind of pigs do you have?

They're a rare breed pig called Oxford Sandy and Black.

And what else do you do, Kate?

Er, well, I do a lot of gardening, I have a big veggie garden.

-And, yeah, I play a lot of sport and then I go to work.

-Very good.

OK, now, there you are, you're on 1.

SHE SIGHS

If you want to remain low-scorers, ie not become high-scorers,

you want to score 30 or less.

I'm going to go for

the capital of Greenland which is Nuuk. N-U-U-K.

Nuuk.

Nuuk, says Kate.

-Here's your red line.

-N-U...

I don't know, maybe Greenland's not in Europe.

-If you can get Nuuk, Nook, Noo-ook, Nuk.

-Nuuk, Nuk.

-Nuak.

-Nu-uh-uk.

-Nuu-ak.

-I don't know.

Whatever it is, if you can get below that red line with it, it's good.

Oh, no! Kate!

No.

Maybe Greenland's not in Europe.

You nuked your chances there, look.

100 points that scores you, takes your total up to 101.

Yeah, it's not a country, I'm afraid, Kate. Terrific answer.

Nuuk is the capital of Greenland

but not a country, certainly not by our definition. It's part of Denmark.

-Ohh.

-That's unlucky. It is Nuuk, though.

I'm in a daze. I don't know what... I don't know what to say.

-Apart from... Grant, welcome!

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show.

Good to have you here, Grant.

From Warden Park. I mean, not from Warden Park, obviously,

you left that some while ago, I can tell that by the beard.

What do you do, Grant?

I've actually just finished a medical course at university.

And I'm going to be a qualified doctor relatively soon.

That's quite a long course, isn't it?

-How long have you been at it?

-It's taken me six years.

-Gah!

Do you know what kind of doctor you're going to be?

I think I'm thinking GP.

GP, very good. Nice, that's a nice kind of doctor to be, isn't it?

-I think so.

-Yeah. What are your hobbies, aside from that?

-Well, both Matt and I are chess players.

-Oh, I see, chess again.

Was this how you met, did you meet through the board?

-Through the pieces?

-On the chess circuit.

-On the chess circuit. OK.

-Depressingly that is the term we use.

-On the chess circuit. Yeah, OK.

OK, now, Grant. You have to score 99 points.

OK.

Well, I've got a friend that goes scuba-diving in Cyprus

and I think the capital of Cyprus is Nicosia.

Nicosia, says Grant.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said Nicosia.

There is your red line, nice and high.

It's right and you're through.

Very well done indeed.

It's a cracking answer, look at that. 2 for Nicosia.

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Takes your total up to 3.

-Looking very good for Warden Park.

-Yeah, that's terrific work, Grant.

First ever pupil of Warden Park ever to get into a second round

of Pointless. Very well done. Look at that score.

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That's more like it.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Mark. Mark, welcome back.

This is a great topic for you, isn't it?

We discovered that you have an IT network based in Eastern Europe.

Exactly.

Remind us what you do when you're not running

your international corporation.

Well, I've mentioned before about the...

I used to do a lot of running.

Lot of running, all distances, did a few marathons,

made a little tour to various ones around the world.

Did the hundredth marathon at Boston and then ran Athens,

finished up with a time of 2.30 which, you know,

is a good time for a marathon.

-That's scarily good.

-That's a very good time.

-That's extremely good.

I was a bit thinner in those days.

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-You're still pretty thin, Mark. You're all right.

-I was thinner!

This is fat for him.

Wow. Now, Mark, anyway, there you are. You're on 10.

You have to score 90 or less.

Well, all the best answers are gone.

So, I'll play safe, thankfully,

because of the 100 that went before, I'll just say Helsinki.

-Helsinki.

-In Finland.

Helsinki. There's your red line.

Let's see if Helsinki's right,

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

It's right and you're through.

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-16 for Helsinki.

26, your total, very well done.

Yeah, one of the coldest cities in the world,

Helsinki, capital of Finland.

You said all the good answers had gone, actually,

you're not far from the truth.

There's no pointless answers at all, so Chisinau and Minsk were

both the best answers you possibly could have come up with.

Terrific answers. And there's one other one-scorer which is Monaco.

Last time we said that, people said,

"Monaco's not the capital of Monaco, Monte Carlo is."

But Monaco is the capital of Monaco.

You'd have got 2 points for, well, we've see Nicosia, terrific work.

3 points for Bratislava, Slovakia.

3 points, as well, for Ljubljana in Slovenia,

and 5 points for Bern, Switzerland.

You'd have got 9 points for Kiev, as well, Ukraine.

Let's take a look at the top three answers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Copenhagen would have scored you 34.

Madrid, 45.

And London -

I forgot about London! - would have scored you 74 points.

So did 26 of our 100 people, forgot about London.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair heading home

with their high score of 101, I'm still reeling from this,

Kate and Carrie.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

We have to say goodbye to you now,

it's ridiculously soon to be saying goodbye to you.

I was imagining you'd be going all the way through to the final

but, yep, far too soon. Thank you so much playing.

Kate and Carrie, wonderful, wonderful contestants.

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

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And so three pairs remain.

Obviously, at the end of this round, we will have to say goodbye

to another pair. Well, you've seen off one of our returning pairs.

Yeah, Grant and Matt - very, very impressive indeed.

-Grant, are you... Was it the same Warden Park?

-As Richard?

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Definitely that Warden Park?

-Oh, hey, whoa.

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Don't have a go at Warden Park, mate.

-Don't even.

-I wasn't, wasn't even...

Perfectly good, we just got unlucky the last couple of shows, that's all.

This is much more representative of the quality of student

we get at Warden Park.

Let's play Round Two.

Our category for Round Two is...

Modern Pop Music.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's 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...

Alumni of the Brit School. Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you the names of six hit singles.

We need you to tell us who had a hit with those singles.

They're all people who studied at the Brit School in Croydon.

So, who had hits with the following records?

There's going to be six on each pass, 12 in all to have a go at.

OK, so let's reveal our board of six hit records.

And here they are...

I'll read those all one last time...

Nay, over to you.

I'm pretty sure Lost Generation is Rizzle Kicks?

Rizzle Kicks, says Nay for Lost Generation.

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

It's right.

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-Very well done, 12 for Rizzle Kicks.

Very good answer. Unlike most of the acts you're going to see,

didn't actually study music at the Brit School.

Studied media and theatre.

Jordan did media and Harley did theatre.

-I like the Rizzle Kicks.

-I like Rizzle Kicks.

-Do you remember we met Rizzle Kicks?

-Yes.

And they were fans of Pointless.

Well, they've got a lot of taste.

Yeah, they have.

They're connoisseurs of daytime quizzes, aren't they?

-They certainly are.

-Love it. They love a bit of Perfection.

-Tipping Point. In fact, they like all of them.

-They love them all.

(They don't like The Chase very much.)

LAUGHTER They're not big fans...

Don't say that, cos what if Bradley is watching?

He'll be upset. You know that he watches.

No, I know. They just don't really watch it.

You know Bradley watches this show and just takes notes on you?

He sits there with a clipboard, like that.

With his tongue out, going... LAUGHTER

Just writing down words.

Going, "Ooh, I'll have that."

He doesn't say it, he goes, GRAVELLY VOICE: "Ooh, I'll have that, yeah, lovely.

LAUGHTER "Sweet! Yes, lovely!

"Yep, yep, yep - yeah, nice.

"Alumni?!

"All right, lovely. Lovely.

"You're having a bubble, in't ya?"

No. Hey, Brad, if you're watching.

Thanks, Richard. Grant.

Well, not much of a pop music man, I'm afraid.

There's a couple up there I think I know, but I think I'm going to

go for Foundations, which I think was Kate Nash?

Kate Nash, says Grant.

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

It's right.

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-Very well done indeed, Grant.

9 for Kate Nash.

Well played, Grant. Another terrific answer, another terrific song.

Number two hit, Foundations.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Gina, we come to you. You're the last person to have this board.

Do you fancy talking us through it?

-No.

-LAUGHTER

-Erm...

-Talk us through as much of it as you can.

I can't think. I know...

I can picture the girl who sings Nine Million Bicycles...

I can't say the name.

So I'm going to go safe and go for Chasing Pavements, Adele.

Adele, Chasing Pavements.

OK, let's see if that's right, Adele, and if it is,

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

It's right.

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-43 for Adele.

Very high score there.

You did exactly the right thing, though, Gina.

So much better than 100.

The name you're trying to think of for Nine Million Bicycles was Katie Melua.

Melua, yeah.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

We're halfway through the round - let's look at the scores...

9, well done, Grant and Matt.

Once again, looking very much in control at this point.

Then up to 12, where we find Nay and Mark.

Then up to 43, Gina and Francesca.

Francesca, your time to shine is coming.

You're the first person to get the next board,

so make sure you find a lovely, low score on it.

Back down the line now -

could the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more songs up on the board,

and here they come...

I'll read those all one last time...

Francesca, you're the high-scorers, we need a low score from you.

A lovely, low score.

OK. I don't know whether this is right, but I'll just try anyway.

I don't know whether Broken Record is Katy B.

Katy B.

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

But let's see how many of our 100 people said Katie B.

It's right! Very well done indeed, Francesca.

It's a good score, look at that!

-Down it goes to 3, that's wonderful!

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46 is your total. Let's hope that's enough to keep you in the game.

That's a brilliant answer, Francesca, very well played.

You've really made the rest of the round very interesting now.

Now, Matt...

-Hello.

-Matt, you're on 9. You have to score 36 or less.

How's this for you?

I'm at least as bad as Grant at pop music.

I know one or two,

and I'm going to opt for the better one of the two I know for certain.

At least I hope I know for certain, which is

She Moves In Her Own Way, by The Kooks.

The Kooks, says Matt. She Moves In Her Own Way, The Kooks.

Here's your red line. Get below that with The Kooks,

you are into the next round.

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

It's right.

You're through!

-Very well done indeed. 24, your total.

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Well played, Matt.

And Luke Pritchard, the lead singer of The Kooks,

used to date Katie Melua when he was at the Brit School.

-There you are.

-How about that?

There you are. I did not know that.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Mark, you have to score 33 or less.

How are we feeling?

This is what you normally call an early bath.

To be honest, I've got absolutely no idea of any...

I'm trying to think of anyone who might even be there.

I'll just say a name.

Back To Black...

I don't even know if she exists. Leona Lewis, something like that?

Leona Lewis.

Back To Black, Leona Lewis.

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

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

There's your red line.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mark.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points,

-takes your total up to 112.

-Yeah.

Leona Lewis... She did actually go to the Brit School, Leona Lewis,

and she actually had a hit with A Moment Like This as well.

At least I got the name right.

It would have scored you 21 points,

and seen you through to the next round.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Oh! Never mind.

When you look at the names on the these boards,

-it's an extraordinary success rate they have at that place.

-Isn't it?

So Katy B, Francesca, was the best answer on the board. Well played.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

with our highest score of 112,

I'm afraid, Mark and Nay.

It was Round Two last time, Round Two this time.

I'm sorry we haven't seen any more of you.

But thanks very much for playing, Mark and Nay.

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But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.

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Congratulations, Grant and Matt, Gina and Francesca.

You're now one step away from the final,

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...

-Well, Gina and Francesca, this is more like it.

-Yeah.

You've reached the threshold of the head-to-head.

From here on in, you can chat before you give any of your answers,

which is great, takes a lot of the pressure off.

And we've had great answers from you as well,

so we're expecting great things.

Grant and Matt, I mean, for heaven's sake,

it's like a stealth raid.

You've just come in, just low score, low score, low score.

"Oh, I don't know anything about pop music." Low score, low score.

Fantastic. There are going to be fireworks.

I think it's going to be very exciting indeed. Let's play the head-to-head.

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OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns...

Architectural Features. Richard.

We're going to show you five architectural features,

-can you tell us what they are?

-OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five architectural features. And here they come...

OK, there we are. Five architectural features.

Grant and Matt, you've been our low-scorers throughout,

so you get to go first.

Know any of them?

I think we may just have to go for it, hope they don't know anything.

-I think A might be rib vault.

-Shall we go for that?

That sounds pretty good.

We're not totally sure about this one.

I think we're going to go for A, though,

and we're going to take a guess at rib vault.

Rib vault, say Grant and Matt. Rib vault.

Gina and Francesca,

do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?

We haven't got a clue.

The only one I could even guess at is E,

and that's column.

OK, you're going to say column for E. Column.

So we have rib vault, and we have column.

Grant and Matt said rib vault, let's see if that's right for A,

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

A bit of a punt you're taking here.

It's right.

-It's right, 43 is what it scores.

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43 for rib vault.

Now, Gina and Francesca have said that E is a column.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

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So, very well done, Grant and Matt. After one question, you're up 1-0.

Let's fill in these gaps...

And D - this is where we get the word from - it's niche.

-It IS quite specialist, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Yeah, that is a niche answer.

Thank you very much indeed. OK, here comes your second question.

Gina and Francesca, you get to answer first, but you have to win it to stay in the game,

so best of luck. It concerns...

Second World War Films. Richard.

We'll show you the name of five films, all set during World War II,

-but we've removed alternate letters. Can you tell us what they are, please?

-OK, thanks, Richard.

Let's reveal our five films. And here they are...

I'll read those all again...

Gina and Francesca will go first.

Do you have any idea of anything?

I know the top one and bottom one.

-You want go for the top one?

-Great Escape, Casablanca...

-Go for the top one?

-Go ahead.

-All right, then.

We know two of them, but I'm going to go for the top one.

We think it's The Great Escape?

You're going to go for The Great Escape.

The Great Escape, say Gina and Francesca.

Now, Grant and Matt,

do you want to talk us through all the others and fill in the blanks?

Well, Grant, you think you can...?

I think we've got most of them.

I think we've got Saving Private Ryan down there.

-Casablanca is the bottom one.

-The Pianist is the second.

I think we are much going to go for the third.

The second one might be quite good as well.

How certain are you of number three?

Relatively.

We think number three's Empire Of The Sun.

-And I think we'll go with that.

-Yeah, OK. If you're sure.

OK, you're going to go with Empire Of The Sun.

So, we have The Great Escape and we have Empire Of The Sun.

Gina and Francesca have said The Great Escape.

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

It's right.

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-Not a bad score at all. Not bad at all, Gina and Francesca.

Grant and Matt, meanwhile, have gone for Empire Of The Sun.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Empire Of The Sun.

It's right.

Will it beat 28?

Yes, it will, look at that!

16! Well done for Empire Of The Sun.

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Very well done.

Grant and Matt, after only two questions,

-you're straight through to the final, 2-0.

-Well played.

Just out of interest, what made you go for three instead of two?

I trust Grant's judgment more than I trust my own,

and he was very confident.

The Pianist is a more recent film and Adrien Brody's a big actor

and he won an Oscar for it.

-But it's a hard one to work out with those letters.

-Really hard.

I suppose, 2002 as well, I guess...

And people not thinking, "Maybe it's a war film" and all that.

I would've gone for it and I would've added £250 to the jackpot as well.

It's a pointless answer. It's a terrific one.

But Empire Of The Sun, very good answer as well.

You were right about the other two as well.

Saving Private Ryan would've scored you 34, and Casablanca,

the biggest scorer of all, would've scored you 83.

Thanks very much, Richard.

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

I'm so sorry, Gina and Francesca, this is the end of the road.

It's been wonderful having you on both shows. Thank you so much

-for playing. Done really, really well. Gina and Francesca.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

But for Grant and Matt, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Grant and Matt.

You've fought 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...

Well done! I mean, that's just extraordinary. Extraordinary!

Single figure scores, I think, all the way through. Is that right?

Maybe not. Maybe not in Round Two, actually.

No, I let the side down with The Kooks, I think.

No, I don't think you did. The side wasn't let down at all.

You were still the low scorers of the round,

and then 2-0 in the head-to-head.

Nearly, had you gone for The Pianist,

we'd be going for a slightly enhanced jackpot now.

Well, as always, you get to choose your category from the four

categories we've put up on the board.

Let's see if there's anything up there you like the look of.

Well, I compile the database of MPs who are in all 300 of our schools,

so if it's just random MPs' names, I can probably dig out one or two.

-Well, if you like MPs...

-I'd take a punt on MPs.

-I'm happy to go with that.

-I'll take the blame if it goes pear-shaped.

-OK.

-UK MPs.

-UK MPs it is. Rich.

As of April 2014,

we're looking for anybody listed

on the official UK Parliamentary website,

any MP whose surname begins with B,

any MP whose surname begins with C,

and you may be able to guess the next bit,

but it's any MPs with surnames beginning with D.

So, beginning of April 2014,

anyone listed on the Parliamentary website

-with B, C or D beginning their surname. Very best of luck.

-OK.

As always, you've got up to one minute

to come up with three answers.

All we need for you to be walking off with that

jackpot of £1,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-As we'll ever be.

-I think so.

-OK.

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.

-Your time starts now.

-Locals MPs is always good. Who's your local MP?

Does it begin with B, C or D? Mine's Sam Gyimah, so that won't work.

-Erm...

-I can't think of the current one.

-I've been in a lot of areas recently.

-Sorry. Erm...

I'm kind of filibustering cos I've just had

a blank on everyone in this database.

I mean, obviously people like Vince Cable, fairly obvious.

I think Dai...

Yeah, Dai Dav... TC Davies, I think,

is an MP in one of the Welsh constituencies,

so he's probably worth going for.

Vince Cable can be back up if necessary,

but that's not particularly good.

Clearly, David Cameron is going to be absolutely awful.

LAUGHTER

Well...!

You never know!

Margaret Beckett's not there any more.

I really am filibustering now. Anything you can think of?

Dai TC Davies is probably the best I can think of at this time limit.

I think that's what...

I think you're covering this quite nicely.

I'm not going to come up with anything that you're not.

OK...

Right, well, I guess our hopes are with Dai then, aren't they?

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Our hopes are with Dai.

OK, that's your time up.

I now need your three answers,

what are you going to give me?

OK. Well, Vince Cable.

Vince Cable.

Dai TC Davies.

Dai TC Davies.

Anyone springing to mind?

There's David Davis.

And we could... Yep, why...why not go for David Davis as well?

David Davis.

Could be the same man, could be different. It'll be fun to see.

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Of those three which is your... I think I know.

I think Dai TC Davies is going to be the best.

Dai TC Davies, we'll put last.

-First one? The one we think is least likely?

-BOTH: Vince Cable.

Vince Cable we'll put first and David Davis in the middle.

OK, well, let's pop those answers up on the board in that order then.

And here they are. We have...

Well, very best of luck.

Three good answers on the board there.

Only one of them has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Grant, what would you do with that if you won it?

Well, I went to the States a couple of summers ago,

and really enjoyed it

so I'd probably put that towards a trip back there.

I'd like to go to Seattle, actually.

Very good. Matt, how about you?

Well, it's a toss up between buying the cheapest Chelsea season ticket

or taking my girlfriend out for a nice meal and the theatre,

and I suspect it will probably be the latter.

What do you mean you "suspect"? Of course it will!

There's some pretty terrible seats at Stamford Bridge as well.

OK. Now, Vince Cable was your first answer,

the one you thought was least likely to be pointless.

Let's find out how many people said Vince Cable.

If it's right and it's pointless, it'll win you £1,000.

It is right. Of course.

Vince Cable taking us down through the forties.

Of course, it may go all the way down to zero, you never know.

If it does, you'll leave here with £1,000. Down it goes.

Still through single figures, still going down!

-Oh! 1!

-AUDIENCE: Oh!

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Wow!

Vince Cable only scored 1,

so, obviously not a pointless answer, but still a great low score.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was David Davis. Again...it has to be right

and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Let's find out how many people said David Davis for £1,000.

It is right.

Now, Vince Cable, your first answer, took us all the way down to 1.

David Davis, now, taking us down

through the teens into single figures.

Still going down,

-down to 4.

-AUDIENCE: Aww!

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OK. Not a pointless answer,

so everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

Dai TC Davies.

You were pretty sure this was right.

Unless he's also David Davis,

in which case...

What, just masquerading as a Welshman?

LAUGHTER

Weekends.

Obviously it has to be right, and it has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot,

so let's see how many people said Dai TC Davies.

Is it pointless? Please, can it be?

It's right!

It is right. Now, your first answer, Vincent Cable, took us down to 1.

David Davis then took us down to 4.

Dai TC Davis, single figures,

down it goes!

Oh! 2!

-AUDIENCE: Oh!

-Oh, well.

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Not bad.

Three perfectly good answers there.

All low-scoring, single-figure answers,

but I'm afraid you just didn't manage to find

that all important pointless answer.

So, I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.

That will roll over onto the next show,

but what fantastic contestants,

we've really loved having you on the show.

Very entertaining, and hugely knowledgeable.

Fantastic to see, and you get a Pointless trophy.

So, very, very well done for all of that.

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Unbelievable.

Yep, very well played, gents,

and, Grant, thank you for upholding the honour of Warden Park.

I appreciate it.

Yeah, Dai Davies.

He's another David Davies, which is where the TC comes from.

He's always... He gets into trouble on social media

and all sorts of other things,

which is why his profile is slightly higher than you might think.

I'm amazed about Vince Cable's score.

Extraordinary, one point.

This is one of those ones, if your MP begins with

one of those three letters, it's probably a Pointless answer

unless it's also the MP of one of our 100.

Let's take a look at the Bs first.

There's so many... There's a few of the bigger names.

Fiona Bruce...not that one!

In fact, everyone apart from

Gordon Brown, Ed Balls, Margaret Beckett, David Blunkett, Nick Boles,

Annette Brooke, John Baron, John Bercow, Andy Burnham, Richard Bacon,

Chris Bryant, Steve Brine and Hazel Blears,

they were the only people who scored any points at all.

So, if you knew another one, well done.

Let's look at the Cs,

some big names again...

Kenneth Clarke is up there as a pointless answer. Unbelievable.

Mary Creagh,

Menzies Campbell as well, is a pointless answer.

Again, very few people scored points.

David Cameron and Nick Clegg obviously did.

Yvette Cooper, Alun Cairns, Douglas Carswell, John Cryer,

William Cash, Damian Collins, Stella Creasy,

Gregory Campbell and Vince Cable the only ones who scored any points.

Loads of pointless answers.

D...

A few other... Again, very few scorers.

Iain Duncan Smith, Alistair Darling,

the two David Davies', Nadine Dorries, Ed Davey, Nick de Bois,

Nigel Dodds, Glyn Davis, John Denham, Jim Dobbin and Frank Dobson.

Those are the only ones who scored any points at all.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Well, unfortunately, we need to say goodbye to you, Grant and Matt,

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

thank you both so much for playing. Brilliant contestants!

APPLAUSE

Well, very sadly, Grant and Matt didn't win our jackpot today

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £2,000.

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Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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