0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the game where we are always aiming for the lowest score.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Hi, my name is Ad and this is my lifelong friend Tom,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- and we're from Dartford. - Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Hi, I'm Gemma and I'm from Bristol,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45and this is my lovely dad from Exmouth.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm Elliot and this is my brother Tim.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- We're from Southend in Essex. - And finally, couple number four.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Fee, this is my friend Rin
0:00:53 > 0:00:55and we're students in Winchester.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes
0:01:03 > 0:01:05along, so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09A man so exacting he is currently banned from over 800 market stalls
0:01:09 > 0:01:12in the UK following violent clashes over apostrophes.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Afternoon.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Good afternoon to you.- And to you. - Now, what a show we had last time.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Cos we'd had six jackpot winners in a row.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27We were going for seven jackpot winners in a row.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And we had Joe and Andrea, lovely Joe and Andrea,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32and it was one of the most disastrous jackpot rounds
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- we've ever had, wasn't it?- It was terrible.- Absolutely nothing.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37So the run has come to an end, finally.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39We've finally got more than £1,000 in that jackpot.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42We were going for that seventh consecutive win.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- That was so exciting!- We're going to have like £2,000 up for grabs.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- I don't even remember what that's like.- I know.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52We've only got one team coming back from that show, Elliott and Tim, who got knocked out in the first round,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54so hopefully see a little bit more of them today.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Looking forward to getting to know you all.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- It's going to be an awful lot of fun, isn't it?- Isn't it just?
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Thanks very much, Richard.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02As you'll have gathered, Joe and Andrea didn't win the jackpot
0:02:02 > 0:02:05last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20All you have to remember is that the pair with the highest score
0:02:20 > 0:02:22at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Obviously do everything you can to make sure it's not you.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Our first category today is...
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Europe. Europe. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:32 > 0:02:33who's going to go second?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many EU countries
0:02:46 > 0:02:49with seven or more letters in their names as they could.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53EU countries with seven or more letters in their name.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Yep, simply looking for any member state of the EU as of January 2014
0:02:56 > 0:02:58with seven or more letters in their name, please.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02We won't accept the United Kingdom, but anything else you can have.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- Thanks very much indeed. Now, Tom, welcome to Pointless.- Thank you.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Great to have you here. What do you do, Tom?
0:03:08 > 0:03:14I am an IT technician for a group of residential homes for the elderly.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18- Very good indeed. What are your hobbies, Tom?- I play a lot of music.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23- I play guitar, piano, accordion. - Accordion?- Yes.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- Buttons on both ends?- Buttons on one and keys on the other.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- How long have you played that?- Not very long at all. Less than a year.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- It's blooming hard, isn't it?- It is.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Have you worked your way around all the buttons?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I'm still trying to work out the left-hand part,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- but the right-hand part's OK. - Yeah, right-hand's fine.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39That's a piano, that's fine. But that,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43I'm still wrestling with...trying to find a logic to it.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- I can't find a pattern to it. - Yeah, it's not easy.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I'd love to play it though. I'm going to keep with it.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- I'm going to stick at it. - Good.- Good.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- So, Tom.- Yes.- EU countries with seven letters or more in their name.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01I will have a stab
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- at Slovenia. - Slovenia, says Tom. Slovenia.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Let's see if that's right,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Slovenia.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19That's a good answer. Look at that, Tom. Very well done.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- APPLAUSE - 11 points for Slovenia.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Well played, Tom. It can be very tough on that first podium.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It's a very good answer. It's got eight letters,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- so that clearly counts. - It can come through.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It could lose a letter and still be a good answer.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36It could be Lovenia and I still would have accepted it.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- LAUGHTER - Or just Sloveni.- Sloveni, yes, that would have been accepted.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Or Sovenia, that would have been acceptable.- Thank you, Richard.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Now, Gemma, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- What do you do, Gemma?- I'm a skin cancer nurse specialist.- In Bristol?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Yes.- So do you do screenings for people?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Yeah, we meet people from when they're referred from their GP.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Right.- And then if they get diagnosed, we follow them through
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- their whole journey. - It's one of these things
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- I imagine everybody has a distant paranoia about.- Absolutely, yes.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Then you go to the screening surgery, you see all those posters
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and you think, "I've got nothing to worry about!"
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Because you kind of know when they look bad, don't you?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Yeah, definitely. There's things to look out for.- Good.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17And what are your hobbies, Gemma?
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- I like singing a lot. I sing in a choir.- How big is your choir?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24There's about 50 of us in our group.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- There's different groups around Bristol and we all meet up.- Wow.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- A sort of mass choir?- Yeah.- What a noise that must be, fantastic.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33OK, Gemma, we are looking
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- for EU countries with seven or more letters.- Right.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I'm going to say...
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Portugal.- Portugal, says Gemma. Let see if that's right.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Let's see how many of our 100 people said Portugal.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49It's right.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- 44 for Portugal. - APPLAUSE
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Yeah, slightly high-scoring answer.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03This is like a very, very low-key version of Eurovision, isn't it?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Isn't it? Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Now, Tim, welcome back.- Thanks.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10So, remind us what you do.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- I'm a shift manager in a dairy.- They are quite long shifts, aren't they?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14You were saying last time.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Yeah, six in the morning till six in the evening.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18But I live about an hour away,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20so it's getting up quite early in the morning.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Blimey, that doesn't leave you much time to do other stuff.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24What do you cram in?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I used to play a lot of football and cricket and golf.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Now I've got two small girls, so they take up a lot of my time.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Yeah, I imagine they will do.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33So, Tim, EU countries with seven or more letters.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38- Right, I'm going to go for Austria. - OK, Austria, says Tim.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Everyone, like me, is now going...
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many
0:06:43 > 0:06:44of our 100 people said Austria.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Well, it's right. 44 is our high score, 11 our low.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54You've passed 44. Down you go to 25.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- APPLAUSE - Well done, Tim.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Scores you 25.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Another good answer and that's got seven letters.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- That is sailing dangerously close to the wind.- Yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- You couldn't knock one off that. - Nope.- Ustria would be unacceptable.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09LAUGHTER
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- OK, now, Marin.- Hi.- Lovely to have you here, Marin. What do you do?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- I'm a student at Winchester Uni. - What are you studying?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I study drama and performing arts.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22And what do you like doing when you're not studying?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Um...I spend a lot of the time at the pub with Fee.- That's good.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Does that count as a hobby? - Revising for Pointless?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33That's most definitely a hobby, yeah. OK, Marin, look at our scores.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35We've had nothing lower than 11.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I have high hopes that this is the time.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39OK...I'm not that sure.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I'm going to say Switzerland.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Switzerland, says Marin.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Let's see if that's right,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Switzerland.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Oh, I'm sorry, Marin.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Not Switzerland in the EU, I'm afraid.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57100 points you score there.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00It's fabulous in terms of number of letters.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04I mean, it couldn't be faulted so far, but not in the EU, I'm afraid.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Thank you. We are halfway through the round.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Let's take a look at those scores.
0:08:08 > 0:08:1011 the best score of that pass, very well done, Tom.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Tom and Ad particularly strong at this point. Up to 25,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15where we find Tim and Elliott, well done.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I think you are going to be in Round Two.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Then up to 44, Gemma and Jeff.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22And then Marin and Fee, I'm so sorry.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- I mean, it's Switzerland's fault, really.- I agree.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27They should have got it all in order and joined the EU,
0:08:27 > 0:08:28then it would be fine.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31But I'm afraid they didn't, and you're now the high scorers,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33and it's now on your shoulders, Fee. I'm sorry.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35You need to come up with a nice, low-scoring answer.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Blame Switzerland. We'll come back down the line now.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Remember, we are looking for any country in the EU that has
0:08:45 > 0:08:48seven or more letters in its name. Now, Fee, welcome.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51What do you do? I know one of the things you do quite a lot.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I'm a student. Me and Marin met... We do the same course
0:08:54 > 0:08:57but I do drama with event management.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- And then, in my free time, I'm in the pub with Rin or... - ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:09:01 > 0:09:05We both work at the theatre as well. We are workshop assistants.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- Right, sure.- So I've got my two little groups that I teach.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I've got my 7-to-12-year-old group and my 12-to-17-year-olds.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Which do you prefer?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16My 12-to-17-year-olds because I don't like shouting,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19and the younger group require quite a lot of shouting.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Quite a lot of shouting, I see.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24And how's the event management side of your degree coming along?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- What's that like?- It's really good. It's my favourite, actually.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28It's really hands-on.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31We get like a placement instead of a dissertation in third year.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I imagine there's quite a lot of shouting in event management.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36It's quite stressful, yeah. It's really full-on,
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- but it's good, I really like it. - OK, well, there you are.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42You know what you have to do. You're on 100 points.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- We need a really low score from you, Fee.- OK.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46I'm really worried now
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- because I just thought EU countries meant countries in Europe.- So...
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- Talk to Nigel Farage about that. - LAUGHTER
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I'm going to say Lithuania.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Lithuania, says Fee.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04No red line for you, as you're the high scorers,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06but let's see how many of our 100 people said Lithuania.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10It's right.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Well, 11 is our lowest score so far, Fee. I wonder if...
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- Oh, no, 18 you get. - APPLAUSE
0:10:19 > 0:10:21I thought we might have had a new low score there. But 118,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23still very much in the game there.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25A very good answer, Lithuania. Well played.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Only got nine letters. Seems like it's got more.- It does, doesn't it?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32If you had to snap poll, how many letters are there in Lithuania...?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I think they told all the letters to just sort of bulk out a bit,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36stand a bit further apart.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Further apart, just to make it look as long as possible.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- That's true, to scare off predators. - Yeah. There you go.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45- Thanks very much. Now, Elliott.- Hi. - Welcome back.- Thank you.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- Last time we heard about your early tennis prowess.- Yes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- I mean, you played competitively at a very high level.- I did, yes.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54In the same tournament as Andy Murray.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Yes, we played in tournaments the same as Andy Murray.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I always found myself first reserve, normally,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- but I was up to national level, up to 15.- And do you enjoy tennis now?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Yes. I tend to play doubles more because it's a lot less running...
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- and I can blame someone if it goes wrong, of course.- Exactly.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11That's the best thing about doubles.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13I was just thinking, if you played it at that sort of level,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16presumably it's not quite as much fun for you after that.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Do you find you still have a bit of a competitive...?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Oh, I'm very competitive, but it's a bit more relaxing.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Good.- I'm not going to get too worried about it, like I used to.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Well, that's good. Now, you're very nearly through.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31When I say very nearly, we essentially need a correct answer.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- OK.- So we'll have no Switzerlands.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36We want 92 or less from you and you can go through to the next round.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Yep. I'm going to say the Netherlands.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44The Netherlands, says Elliott. The Netherlands. Your red line is there.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Let's see if you can get below that with the Netherlands.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51You're through.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56APPLAUSE
0:11:56 > 0:11:5832.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Taking your total up to 57. - Well played, Elliott.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03As we always say, it's the Netherlands, not Holland.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Although Holland does have seven letters,
0:12:05 > 0:12:10- but that's not what we call it.- No. Thank you, Richard. Now, Jeff.- Yes.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. What do you do, Jeff?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- I'm a retired teacher.- Lovely. When did you retire from that?
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- About ten years ago now. - I see. Do you miss it at all?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- No, not in the slightest. - But many happy years teaching?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27- Very many, yes. - And what did you teach?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I was a geography and history teacher,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- and I was also a school councillor. - Right, OK.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34A lot of those might come into play, but certainly geography
0:12:34 > 0:12:36at this point is going to be very handy indeed.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Although Europe's changed a bit in the last ten years.- It has.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Certainly the EU has. Well, there you are, you're on 44.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- In order to remain with us, you have to score 73 or less, Jeff.- Yes.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I'm going to suggest Luxembourg.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Luxembourg, says Jeff. Luxembourg.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Here's your red line. Get below that and you are through to Round Two.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Let's see how many people said Luxembourg.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01It's right.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03And you're through. Good answer, Jeff.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- Lovely answer, 25. - APPLAUSE
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Your total goes up to 69.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Yeah, well-played, Jeff. Safely through, great answer. Luxembourg.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15It's by far the richest country in the EU per capita.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- Yes, cos there are only seven of them.- There are, and they are all quite rich.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Six of them are rich and there's one poor guy, who cooks
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- for the other six. Yeah. - Cuts their hair. Cleans up.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Dave, he's called.- Luxembourg Dave.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Luxembourg Dave, they call him. The poorest man in Luxembourg.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Now, Ad, welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Ad?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- I'm an artist and graphic designer. - What sort of things do you design?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Did you design that tattoo that I can see there?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I had a hand in designing it,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49but I gave a lot of the artwork to the tattoo artist herself.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- OK, very good. - I have designed tattoos for people.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55I mainly do a lot of band T-shirts, logos, album covers,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- that kind of thing.- And what are your interests other than that?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Heavy metal music.- Heavy metal? Interesting.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I had you down more as sort of synthpop.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- I do like a bit of synthpop here and there.- Do-do-do...
0:14:07 > 0:14:11I really loved your Pointless Eurovision synthpop rendition.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- Fantastic. - You're very kind, thank you.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17I tell you what was missing from it, was a cracking axe solo there.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- You could have provided that. Do you play guitar?- No, HE does.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Do you play in a band together?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25We were in talks to be in a band together at one point,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29but I'm a vocalist, he's a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I see. And how long have you known each other?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34We met when we were little kids, about the age of two, three,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- at nursery.- I'm trying to picture you aged three, Ad!
0:14:37 > 0:14:38LAUGHTER
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- I'm guessing the beard was a bit shorter?- It was, yeah, fortunately.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Do you have to cut it or...? - I do trim it.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48I mean, how long would it go if you just didn't?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Would it just keep going and going?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52A bit longer. Yeah, I'm hoping it will keep going.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55I want a nice, long Merlin beard for when I'm old.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57My plan is to retire and wear fishermen's jumpers
0:14:57 > 0:14:58and have a big, white beard,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01and then just work as Santa Claus around Christmas.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- That would do it, wouldn't it?- Yeah. - Six weeks' work, I'd have thought.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- You spend the rest of the year working on the belly.- Yeah.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Busy on Christmas Eve, that's the only problem.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13OK, now, you are through to the next round, which is great news.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- But we need an answer.- It's really handy cos the whole way through,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18and then Jeff's just stole my answer,
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- so I'm going to stay Finland, at a push.- Finland, at a push, says Ad.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27No red line for you cos you're already through.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30It's right.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- APPLAUSE - 19.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- 30 is your total. Very well done.- Well-played, Ad.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Great score on that first podium, both of you.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46There's only one Finnish word in the English language.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- What do you think that would be? - Cagoule?- It is not cagoule.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50That's a shame.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Sauna.- Oh, that's nice.- It is nice, isn't it?- That is nice.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55There are no pointless answers at all,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57no low-scoring answers at all.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59In fact, the lowest-scoring answer is Slovenia.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03You could not have done better. The first answer we had. Terrific play.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Other low scorers, Slovakia, would have scored you 12
0:16:05 > 0:16:07and Croatia would have scored you 14.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Those are the best answers you could have had.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Also 15 for Hungary, 17 for Czech Republic and Estonia.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Those are the best answers. Let's take a look at the top three,
0:16:16 > 0:16:21the ones that most of our 100 people said. Portugal, third biggest, 44.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Ireland with 45 and Germany with 84.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I was thinking, "I bet it's France."
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Then you think, "It's only got six letters, you idiot."
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33At the end of our first round,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35the pair who are heading home with their high score of 118,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I'm sorry, it's Fee and Marin.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Oh, dear. Switzerland! - I feel a bit silly.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44No, it's easily done.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I mean, Richard was going to say France, for heaven's sake.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48We'll have to see you next time.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50That's the end of your first Pointless experience.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Let's hope you go much further next time.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Fee and Marin, thanks very much indeed.- Thank you.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01But for the three remaining pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07So, three pairs remain.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Obviously, at the end of this round, we will have to say goodbye
0:17:09 > 0:17:12to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14This is Round Two. Tom and Ad, well done.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Our lowest individual score there, Tom,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19and our lowest overall score by quite a margin.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22You'd appear to be the pair to beat. Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Our category for Round Two today is...
0:17:26 > 0:17:27It's literature.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Can you decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Titles of novels that begin with "the".
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Yep, we're about to show you a list of six 20th-century authors.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50We need you to tell us the name of any adult novel
0:17:50 > 0:17:53written by any of these six that begins with the word "the", please.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Thanks very much. As Richard's just mentioned,
0:17:55 > 0:17:59we'll put six authors up on the board. They will remain on the board for the whole round.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02We won't change them halfway through - they stay up there -
0:18:02 > 0:18:04and we are looking for any novel by them
0:18:04 > 0:18:06whose title's first word is "the".
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Here are those six authors.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I'll read them all again.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Ad.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30I can't say I know any of those authors
0:18:30 > 0:18:33and I'm even struggling to think of a name of any book beginning
0:18:33 > 0:18:34with the word "the",
0:18:34 > 0:18:38so whatever I say is going to be a complete stab in the dark.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44- So I'll go with Graham Greene, The Starlight.- The Starlight, says Ad.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it if it is.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54I'm afraid not. An incorrect answer there, scoring you 100 points.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Sorry, Ad, again, it starts
0:18:56 > 0:18:57with "the", so that was good,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00but the second word let you down there, I'm afraid. LAUGHTER
0:19:00 > 0:19:03But you're honestly 50% of the way to a terrific answer there.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Gemma.- Yes...- Gemma.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14I think I'm going to take a bit of a guess
0:19:14 > 0:19:20and go for Graham Greene again, and go for The Wind In The Willows.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- The Wind In The Willows?- Yeah.- OK. Let's see if that's right.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said The Wind In The Willows.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35No.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38I'm sorry, I'm afraid an incorrect answer there, Gemma.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41But you're in very good company. You're not alone on 100.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Yes, nothing for Wind In The Willows.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47It is going terrifically well, this round, so far, isn't it? LAUGHTER
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- You're getting mixed up with Kenneth Grahame, I'm afraid.- Oh!
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- Wind In The Willows. - Thanks very much indeed. Now, Tim.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Er... Well, I've got sort of an idea,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01mainly from the film background with John Grisham,
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- so I'm going to say The Rainmaker. - The Rainmaker, says Tim.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Let's see if that's right
0:20:06 > 0:20:09and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13There you go, Tim. Well done.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- APPLAUSE - Very well done indeed.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Seven for The Rainmaker.- Well done.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Very well-played, Tim.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Showing the confidence of a returning pair there.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30As you say, it was a film with Matt Damon and Danny DeVito.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Thanks. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Seven the best score of that pass, by quite a margin, Tim.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Very well done. Tim and Elliott looking very strong.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Then 100 for Gemma and Jeff,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42and 104 for Ad and Tom.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44So Jeff and Tom, it's going to be between the pair of you
0:20:44 > 0:20:46to come up with the most obscure novel
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and whoever does that will be going through to the next round.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Second players, please step up to the podium.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58OK, so, Elliott, remember, we are looking for any novel
0:20:58 > 0:21:02written by any of these authors whose title begins with "the".
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I'm struggling somewhat, to be honest with you.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08So, again, I'm going to try and go down the film route.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12I'm going to go for John Grisham again and The Green Mile.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14The Green Mile, says Elliott. Let's see if that's right.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Here's your red line.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18If you get below that with The Green Mile,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20you're through to the head-to-head.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Oooh, I'm afraid not The Green Mile. Not John Grisham.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 107.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31But I think, courtesy of Tim,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I think that's enough to get you through.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Yeah, that's a Stephen King novel, rather than John Grisham.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Thanks, Richard. Now Jeff, Jeff.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44If you want to be absolutely certain of a place in the next round,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- you could try scoring six or less. - Thank you.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52I'm not too sure of any of them.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54The only ones I do know I think are too easy.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58But Graham Greene, I think, The Honorary Consulate.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02The Honorary Consulate, says Jeff. The Honorary Consulate.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04There's your red line.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Get below that and you are in the head-to-head.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07The Honorary Consulate.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13No. I'm so sorry, Jeff.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16That's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Your total is 200.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Sorry, Jeff. I'll give the correct answers at the end of the pass.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Thanks very much indeed. Now, Tom.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Tom.- Yes. - You have to score 99 or less.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31If you score 100, we will enter a lockdown scenario.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35I'm struggling, I'll be honest.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38I can think of a few Douglas Adams books,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41but I'm not sure whether they begin with "the".
0:22:41 > 0:22:44That's my only kind of problem at the moment.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46But I'm going to try and play it safe
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and say The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, says Tom.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Here's your red line.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Nice and high. Let's see if you can get below that
0:22:55 > 0:22:57with The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Surely.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01It's right and you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Very well done indeed, Tom.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06- 20. 20! - APPLAUSE
0:23:08 > 0:23:10120 is your total.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Phew. Thank you, Tom. Very well-played. 20 points for that.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Also The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe by Douglas Adams,
0:23:17 > 0:23:19that would have scored nine.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21And The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul would have scored one.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Jeff, you are very unlucky.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- It's not The Honorary Consulate, it's The Honorary Consul...- Oh...
0:23:26 > 0:23:29..I'm afraid. That was a pointless answer as well. AUDIENCE GROANS
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Never mind.- Really, really unlucky.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Fortunately, we're going to have you back
0:23:33 > 0:23:35and I suspect, with that sort of knowledge, you'll be fine.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39It's just an unfortunate error. Lots and lots of pointless answers.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42I should go through one of the biggest scoring ones, given how few we've had.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Almost all John Grisham's novels start with "the".
0:23:44 > 0:23:47You've got The Firm, his biggest scorer for 19. The Pelican Brief, 15,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50The Client, ten. Also a couple of pointless answers for him.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52The Broker would have scored you nothing,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55The Appeal and The Brethren - all of those pointless answers.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58John Wyndham, the biggest scorer's The Day Of The Triffids,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00that's the biggest score of 22.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Also The Midwich Cuckoos and The Kraken Wakes.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04A couple of pointless answers for him.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07The Curse Of The Burdens, The Secret People and The Outward Urge.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10John Irving, The Cider House Rules, the biggest scorer there.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13You could have had The Fourth Hand. The World According To Garp
0:24:13 > 0:24:15was a pointless answer, another very famous novel,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18and The 158-Pound Marriage.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Graham Greene, The Honorary Consul, The Confidential Agent,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24also a pointless answer. The Ministry Of Fear, a pointless answer.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28And Edith Wharton's biggest scorer was The Age Of Innocence, of course.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30But low scorers, in fact pointless answers,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33for The Mother's Recompense. The Touchstone was a pointless answer,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- The Reef and The Gods Arrive. - Thanks, Richard.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39At the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home
0:24:39 > 0:24:43with their high score of 200, I'm afraid, Jeff and Gemma.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45But as Richard says, we'll see you again next time
0:24:45 > 0:24:47and I'm sure you'll do even better next time.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- We'll look forward to that. Thanks, Jeff and Gemma.- Thank you.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55But for Elliott and Tim, and Tom and Adam,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Congratulations, Tom and Ad, Elliott and Tim,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play
0:25:07 > 0:25:11for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,000.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Very well done, Elliott and Tim.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Round One last time, through to the head-to-head.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Got to be pleased with that.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Always nice when you can confer before you give your answers.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24An all-male head-to-head,
0:25:24 > 0:25:28an enviable quantity of hair versus an awful lot of hair.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30LAUGHTER
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...music producers.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Music producers. Richard?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46We're about to show you five photos of music producers now.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Can you identify the most obscure?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Thank you, let's reveal our five music producers and here they come.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53We have got...
0:26:16 > 0:26:19There we go. Five music producers.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Tom and Ad, you've been our low scorers throughout,
0:26:22 > 0:26:23so you will go first.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29THEY WHISPER
0:26:38 > 0:26:41We are going to go for A, and we are going to say it's Mark Ronson.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Mark Ronson, say Tom and Ad. Mark Ronson.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Now, Elliott and Tim, the board is yours.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Talk us through all our music producers up there.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Well, we would have gone for A. C's Dr Dre.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57I'm not particularly sure who B is.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59I suppose we are going to have to go...
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Yeah, we'll know for B on the basis that we think Dr Dre
0:27:03 > 0:27:05is going to be more than Mark Ronson.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So we will say Eddie Grant, but we don't think that's right.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Eddie Grant for B, Eddie Grant, interesting.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13So Tom and Ad have said Mark Ronson for A.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Let's see if that's right
0:27:14 > 0:27:17and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21It is absolutely Mark Ronson.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- APPLAUSE - 17.
0:27:31 > 0:27:3217 for Mark Ronson.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Elliott and Tim, taking a bit of a punt here,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37but an interesting one, have said Eddie Grant for B.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said Eddie Grant.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- Ooh, I'm afraid not Eddie Grant.- No. - So well done, Tom and Ad.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52No, B is a man with a very high public profile recently.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Nile Rodgers, who played on Get Lucky with Daft Punk, a member of Chic.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58It would have been a terrific answer,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00would have scored you nine points.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03And you threw away a point because it is Dr Dre,
0:28:03 > 0:28:04and it would have scored you 15.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08He became hip-hop's first billionaire.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11He sold his headphones company to Apple for 3.2 billion.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15How about that?
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Now D is the woman who produced the Sugar Hill Gang Rapper's Delight,
0:28:19 > 0:28:23first-ever hip-hop hit, and it's Sylvia Robinson.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26She's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Founded Sugar Hill Records as well.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30And E is another very good answer, it's the great Berry Gordy,
0:28:30 > 0:28:33founder of Motown, would have scored you four points.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Thank you very much, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Elliott and Tim, you get to answer it first,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck. It concerns...
0:28:44 > 0:28:4620th-century prime ministers, Richard.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48We're going to show you the initials
0:28:48 > 0:28:50and the terms of office of five British prime ministers now.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Tell us who they are, please.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55OK, let's reveal our five initials, and here they are. We've got...
0:29:10 > 0:29:11I'll read those one last time.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28- Elliott and Tim, it's over to you. - WHISPERING:- AE is Antony Eden...
0:29:28 > 0:29:30No...
0:29:31 > 0:29:34THEY WHISPER
0:29:34 > 0:29:39Are you sure he was the Prime Minister? Yeah?
0:29:40 > 0:29:45We will go for the penultimate one, AE, as Anthony Eden.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Anthony Eden, say Elliott and Tim. Anthony Eden.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Now, Tom and Ad, talk us through the board, if you can.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53The first one is Clement Attlee.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56The second one I think is Neville Chamberlain.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Then Harold Macmillan and, finally, possibly Andrew Bonar Law.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05I think we'll take a stab
0:30:05 > 0:30:06and go for the bottom one
0:30:06 > 0:30:10- as Andrew Bonar Law. - Andrew Bonar Law, say Tom and Ad.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13So we have Anthony Eden versus Andrew Bonar Law.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Now, Elliott and Tim have said Anthony Eden.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23It's right.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- 44 for Anthony Eden. - APPLAUSE
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Now, Tom and Ad have gone for Andrew Bonar Law.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43No, I'm sorry. A good punt to take, but I'm afraid an incorrect answer.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Which means well done, Elliott and Tim, back in the game.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Too early for Andrew Bonar Law, I'm afraid. That's Arthur Balfour.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Would have scored you four points, the best answer up there.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Very well done if you said that one at home.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Funnily enough, Neville Chamberlain would have won you the point
0:30:58 > 0:31:00cos he only would have scored you 38.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Clement Attlee at the top, you're quite right,
0:31:04 > 0:31:07he would have scored you 46.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10And the biggest scorer on the board, Harold Macmillan, 48.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Thank you, Richard. Here comes your third question.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:31:21 > 0:31:23- Zara Phillips, Richard? - Yep, we are simply going to give you
0:31:23 > 0:31:25five clues to facts about Zara Phillips.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Can you give us the most secure answer? Best of luck, both teams.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32OK, let's reveal our five Zara Phillips facts and here they come.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33We have got...
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Now, Tom and Ad, you will go first this time.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11THEY WHISPER
0:32:13 > 0:32:16The year she was born, '80, '81, something like that.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Maybe '82...
0:32:19 > 0:32:21I don't know, '83, '84...?
0:32:24 > 0:32:27I think we're going to have to go for probably the most obvious
0:32:27 > 0:32:34one, which is in October 2013 she became godmother to Prince George.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36OK, Prince George, say Tom and Ad.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38So, Elliott and Tim, the board is all yours.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Do you fancy talking us through it? - Well, I think...
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Well, I shouldn't really reveal my age,
0:32:42 > 0:32:45but I think she's a year younger than me,
0:32:45 > 0:32:50so I think she might have been born early '80s, but I'm not 100% sure.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54With Mike Tindall being a rugby player, she might...
0:32:54 > 0:32:58maybe somewhere like Gloucester or somewhere like that. I don't know.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01I think we're going to plump for the last one, aren't we?
0:33:01 > 0:33:02Do you know the last one?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04I don't know the last one - her name.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05I think it's Ella.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11I'll go with you, mate. Go for your gut feel, go for Ella.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- Yeah, I'm going to go for Ella. - You're going to say Ella.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16So we have Prince George and we have Ella.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Tom and Ad have said Prince George. Let's see if that's right
0:33:19 > 0:33:22and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Prince George.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28- Oh, it's a high one. 75. - APPLAUSE
0:33:32 > 0:33:33Elliott and Tim, meanwhile,
0:33:33 > 0:33:36have said the name of her first daughter is Ella.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Oh, I'm sorry, Elliott and Tim. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47which means well done, Tom and Ad.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50After three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Yeah, her daughter is called Mia. It would have scored you 11 points.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59- If you'd had to guess the year she was born...- I would have gone '81.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02'81 would have scored you seven points.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Literally every single round has had answers that people should
0:34:05 > 0:34:09- have gone for and didn't go for. The award that she won...- IBE?
0:34:09 > 0:34:13No, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Would have scored you 13.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14And they were married...
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Gloucester's not a bad guess, but it was actually Edinburgh.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Edinburgh's where they were married and that was 21 points.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head,
0:34:24 > 0:34:25I'm so sorry, Tim and Elliott.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Very strong performance from you today and you knew answers.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32At least you had a shot. But it's a great shame to be saying goodbye.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34It's been great having you on both shows.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Elliott and Tim, great contestants. Thanks so much.- Thank you.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43But for Tom and Ad, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Well, congratulations, Tom and Ad. You've seen off all the competition
0:34:49 > 0:34:52and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and,
0:34:59 > 0:35:02at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04CHEERING
0:35:06 > 0:35:07You've done very, very well.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10What would you like to see come up in this last round?
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Famous people that have appeared in The Simpsons, horror films,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17obscure black metal band logos...
0:35:17 > 0:35:19LAUGHTER
0:35:19 > 0:35:23OK. As always, you get to choose your category from the four we put up on the board.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Let's hope there's something there you like the look of.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Today's selection looks like this.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Well, you know a lot about elements and stuff,
0:35:36 > 0:35:38so if it's about gold, then...
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Yeah, but it could be quite spurious and be...
0:35:41 > 0:35:43It could be about jewellery as well.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46It could songs from Abba's Greatest Hits album or something like that.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Yes, that's a no-go. What about Irish actors?
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Unless they're on Game Of Thrones...
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- Shall we go for gold and see...? - Yeah, let's go for gold.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- We're going for gold.- Going for gold, well done you. Richard.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I think you've made the right choice, actually.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05I hope at least one of these is good for you.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09We're looking for anybody according to IMDB who received an acting
0:36:09 > 0:36:11credit in the movie GoldenEye.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13We are looking for any element
0:36:13 > 0:36:15that is next to gold in the periodic table,
0:36:15 > 0:36:17so above it, below it, or diagonal, or next to it,
0:36:17 > 0:36:21so those eight elements that surround gold in the periodic table.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Or we're looking for the name of any act who has ever had
0:36:24 > 0:36:27a UK top 40 single with the word "gold" or "golden" in the title.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29It has to be specifically one of those two words,
0:36:29 > 0:36:30not as part of a longer word.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33So actors in GoldenEye, the elements that surround gold
0:36:33 > 0:36:35in the periodic table, those eight elements,
0:36:35 > 0:36:38and any act who's had a top 40 single with "gold" or "golden" in the title.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46And if you're going to walk away with that £2,000 jackpot,
0:36:46 > 0:36:50- just one of those answers has to be pointless. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- Your time starts now. - Right, periodic table.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- Not sure, to be fair.- Not sure?- No, I'm not too good on the positions.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02- OK. GoldenEye.- I'd say...
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Helen Mirren? The obvious one's Pierce Brosnan.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Yeah, Pierce Brosnan's the obvious one.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10What about acts who've had a top 40 single with "gold"?
0:37:10 > 0:37:14We could go GoldenEye, but it's one word, so it might not count.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18What about Goldie Lookin' Chain? Didn't he have a song about Goldie Lookin' Chain
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- or something like that? - I'm not sure. Spandau Ballet.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- Yeah, Spandau Ballet. - Fields Of Gold, that was Sting.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28- Or was that The Police?- No, I think it was Sting.- It was Sting, OK.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- That's one answer.- I'm not sure.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33We could have a stab at some elements in the periodic table
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- and hope they...- Yeah, I think that's a good way to go
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- as they're more likely to be pointless answers.- Yeah.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42What about actors in GoldenEye? Any idea on any...obscure ones?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- No, I'm not really a Bond fan. - Ten seconds left.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49So I think, guesses on the periodic table and Spandau Ballet for...
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- No, not Spandau Ballet.- Who do you want?- Sting.- Sting, yeah.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- Yeah, go on. Yeah?- OK, that's your time up. I need your three answers,
0:37:56 > 0:37:59and please say which category you are answering in.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02For acts who have had a UK top 40 single with "gold" or "golden"
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- in the title, we're going to say Sting.- Sting.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11- Um...and we'll have a guess at Spandau Ballet as well.- Spandau Ballet.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13And elements in the periodic table,
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- we'll have a guess at mercury. - Mercury, OK.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- Probably Sting.- Sting if it's right, or mercury if it's right.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- Mercury if it's right, but it's probably not.- Yeah.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30- It's a bit of a stab in the dark. - I'll go with Sting.- OK, Sting goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Probably Mercury cos it's probably wrong.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35OK, we'll put mercury first and then Spandau Ballet in the middle.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Let's pop those answers up on the board in that order.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Here they are. We've got mercury, Spandau Ballet and Sting.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Well, very best of luck.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Your first answer was the one you thought was least likely
0:38:46 > 0:38:48to be pointless and that was mercury.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50We were looking for elements that are next to gold
0:38:50 > 0:38:52on the periodic table.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Now remember, only one of these has to be pointless for you to win
0:38:55 > 0:38:58that jackpot. What would you do with that 2,000 quid if you won it?
0:38:58 > 0:39:00We were talking about it earlier, festival tickets.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04We'll probably just blow it going to festivals...tickets and gigs.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Brilliant. Excellent. Well, as I say, very, very best of luck.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Mercury.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10We're looking for neighbours of gold on the periodic table.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12It has to be right, obviously,
0:39:12 > 0:39:14then it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18So, for £2,000, let's see how many people said mercury. Is it right?
0:39:20 > 0:39:24It is right! I think you knew that all along, Tom.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26I didn't buy that for a minute.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Down mercury goes, through the 20s,
0:39:28 > 0:39:30through the teens into single figures, still going down...
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Still going down... Three!
0:39:32 > 0:39:36- APPLAUSE - Oh!
0:39:36 > 0:39:40- Well, that was fun. - Not bad for a stab in the dark.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41Yeah, not bad at all.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Lovely low score. Sadly not a pointless answer,
0:39:44 > 0:39:46which means you only have two more shots at the jackpot.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Your next answer was Spandau Ballet.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51In this case, we were looking for acts who have had UK top 40 hits
0:39:51 > 0:39:53containing the words "gold" or "golden".
0:39:53 > 0:39:57Let's find out, for £2,000, how many people said Spandau Ballet.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03It's right.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Well, your first answer, mercury, was absolutely spot on
0:40:06 > 0:40:09and took us all the way down to three. Spandau Ballet...
0:40:09 > 0:40:11- Ooh, 35. - APPLAUSE
0:40:14 > 0:40:1635, quite a high score there.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17But I think Spandau Ballet
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- was just for filling a space, I think, wasn't it?- Yes.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23I think your proper answer, the one you were most confident in,
0:40:23 > 0:40:25was Sting, your third and final one.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Again, we're looking for acts with the words "gold" or "golden"
0:40:28 > 0:40:29in a UK top 40 hit.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Let's see Sting, for £2,000, how many people said it.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Is it pointless?
0:40:37 > 0:40:38It's right.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42All three answers have been right, mercury took us down to three.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Spandau Ballet took us down to 35.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Sting now in single figures, down it goes,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49still going down, down it goes...
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Oh, one!
0:40:50 > 0:40:51APPLAUSE
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Two very, very good answers there.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Two of them very, very close to pointless,
0:41:00 > 0:41:03but I'm afraid you just didn't manage to find that all-important
0:41:03 > 0:41:06pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08That will roll over to the next show.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12But you have done so well. What a credit to you this show has been.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Some great answers, right across the show,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17particularly that first round. Really strong there.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19And you get a Pointless trophy to take home each,
0:41:19 > 0:41:20so well done for that.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Very well-played, gents. You did very well in that jackpot round as well,
0:41:28 > 0:41:30getting very low answers from two different categories.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Let's look at all the different pointless answers.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Actors in GoldenEye, Alan Cumming's in that film, Joe Don Baker,
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Minnie Driver, Samantha Bond, who plays Miss Moneypenny.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42In fact, everybody apart from Pierce Brosnan, who you mentioned, 37,
0:41:42 > 0:41:47Judi Dench, ten. Sean Bean, eight, Robbie Coltrane, two, and Famke Beumer Janssen, one.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Everybody else in that film was a pointless answer.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Let's take a look at the next category.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Any element next to gold. Only four of them that are pointless -
0:41:55 > 0:41:59cadmium, copernicium, darmstadtium and roentgenium.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Very well done if you got any of those at home, terrific.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04The other four next to them are silver, platinum and palladium
0:42:04 > 0:42:08and mercury, which you already gave us - all of those scored points.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Acts who have had a top 40 single. East 17 had a hit with Gold,
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Shed Seven, you said you were going for gold
0:42:13 > 0:42:15and they had a hit with Going For Gold, top ten hit.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Solid Gold Easy Action by T Rex, another top ten hit.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21And our favourite, The Wanted, Gold Forever, another top ten hit.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Other bands you could have had...
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Biffy Clyro would have been a pointless answer there.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30You could have had Ian Brown, or Kanye West, Gold Digger - that was a pointless answer.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- You could have had Motorhead, if that's of any interest to you.- Oh!
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Sorry. That was the Golden Years EP, which was a top 40 hit.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39You could have had The Wonder Stuff, Golden Green...
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Razorlight, Golden Touch. Lots of pointless answers there.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- Unlucky, guys. - Well, thanks very much.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48It's been wonderful having you.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Great performance. Thank you so much for playing.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- Tom and Ad, great contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Sadly, Tom and Ad didn't win our jackpot today, which means
0:42:58 > 0:43:01it rolls over on to the next show, when we will be playing for £3,000.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- AUDIENCE:- Ooh!
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10..and it's goodbye from me, goodbye.