Episode 37 Pointless

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

This is a show where all the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show

and all our contestants have to do is come up with the answers that those 100 people couldn't think of.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Emma. This is my husband Moose. And we're from Glasgow.

Couple number two.

I'm Rosie. This is my sister Sally and we're from Gosport in Hampshire.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Anna. This is my brother Lee and we're from Surry.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Dave. This is my friend Roy and we're from Rugby.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much. We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.

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

the Indiana Jones of fact-cracking ignorance with his whip of knowledge

and he also looks breathtaking in a fedora,

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

-Hiya.

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-Good afternoon, to you.

-And to you.

We have three returning pairs from the last show.

Lots of familiar faces for us.

And they go in order here. We've got Dave and Roy on the last podium, were knocked out in round one.

We need to see a little bit more of them this time.

Then Anna and Lee, who were knocked out in round two.

And then Sally and Rosie, who got through to the head-to-head.

They were beaten by Jill and Cheryl. It was a terrific final, as well, wasn't it?

They had to name terriers, different types of terriers on the Crufts website.

They got two points, two points and one point in that final.

-It was tough, wasn't it? Tough on them.

-Very.

And we've only got one new pair. But we've got a Moose.

He looks like he's on security for us, which is great.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, Jill and Cheryl didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

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Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

Our first category today is...

US presidents.

Can you all decide on your pairs, who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK, and our question concerns...

States of birth of US presidents, Richard.

Yes, don't panic. It is easier than that, I promise you.

We're about to show you a map of the United States of America.

We're going to highlight 18 different states in which presidents have been born.

You just need to name any of the states you're about to see highlighted.

-So, very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

OK, we're going to show you an image.

It will stay up on the board the whole way through the round. It won't be changing.

Let's show that image with those states highlighted. And here it is...

There we are. That makes things much, much, much, much easier, doesn't it, Emma?

Well, I don't know!

Welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. What do you do, Emma?

I'm the education officer for a veterans' charity in Scotland.

-Good for you. How long have you done that for?

-Just since last year.

-Going well? Enjoying it?

-Yeah. Yeah, it's good.

I teach remembrance in schools, so, it's different every day.

Yeah, absolutely. And what are your hobbies, Emma?

I work with a theatre company that does the Edinburgh Fringe every year.

So, I do that. So, we're starting rehearsals.

-How many of those have you done?

-This will be my 11th year.

-11th year?

-Yeah.

What time of day or night do you perform?

Usually about seven in the evening. So, a good slot, yeah.

Oh, that's perfect. You've got the same slot this time?

Yeah, but it's 7.15, I think, this time.

OK, is it very experimental, Emma?

This year, I don't think it's written yet.

So, extremely experimental! Excellent!

-Make it up as you go along.

-That's fine.

-Fabulous.

-Now, what are you going to go for of these states?

-Erm...

There's quite a few obvious ones.

But I'm going to try Georgia.

Georgia, says Emma. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

Still going down, Emma. That's a very good sign. Down to 20.

Very well done indeed. Gets us off to a rollicking start.

Very well played on that first podium, yeah.

In fact, Jimmy Carter was born in Plains, Georgia.

-The first American president to be born in a hospital.

-Interesting.

-Now, Rosie, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Yes, you were our low scorers all the way through last time.

-And then Jill and Cheryl just whipped it out from under your noses in the head-to-head.

-They did.

-Remind us what you do, Rosie.

-I'm a care support worker.

-That's right.

And what do you like getting up to down in Gosport?

Well, I like to do cross-stitch,

I like National Trust properties, baking. So, a few bits and pieces.

A few bits and pieces. How good is your American geography?

Well, I would have been better if you'd asked me the names of American presidents I've met.

-That would have been better.

-Oh, how many of those have you met?

-I've met two.

-Have you? Which were they?

I've met Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

Yeah? Ooh...

-And how? How come?

-Whilst I was in the Navy, so...

Of course.

-Was this when you were at Chequers?

-Yes, it was.

-Oh... Very good.

So, what are you going to go for, Rosie?

Well, I do recognise two very obvious states.

-But I'm going to try Connecticut.

-Connecticut, says Rosie.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

Well, Georgia scored 20. Connecticut passes 20.

Look at that, down to 10!

Very well done indeed, Rosie. Good answer.

Well played, Rosie.

In fact, George W Bush was born there,

while George Bush Senior was attending Yale University after the Second World War.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Lee.

-Lee, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Yeah, round two last time.

-That's right.

-Remind us what you do, Lee.

-I'm a rail alignment engineer.

-OK, and where do the rails come from?

Is that your company as well?

No, we're just in charge of, like, the design.

How much does the design of railways vary?

-I mean, I'm talking about the actual railway.

-How much does it vary?

-Yeah.

-What do you mean?

Hold on, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy this!

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I would have thought one railway looks remarkably like another.

Oh, it's just two tracks. It's not... That's it.

-That's about as complicated as it gets.

-So, design of railways is...

Oh, no, you've got to be very smart. Very switched on.

-And, obviously, you've got to get the gauge right, because that would be a disaster.

-Of course. Madness!

You're still stumbling over what he actually does for a job.

Well, I kind of want to know what he does.

Because it can't just be a matter of aligning the rails. I mean, you could do that with a tape measure.

Well, basically, they say we want from point A to point B

and you just have to design it. Obviously, you've got stuff to miss. Like, you've got piers in...

Oh, I see what you mean! Oh, that's fun.

You've got buildings, you've got viaducts, you've got underground...

-Oh, yes, that's a massive deal.

-Switched on, I told you!

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I would change the job description, because rail alignment,

that just sounds like you're just standing there with a pencil going,

"No, no, no. No, mate, no, the other one. I said right. I mean left. I mean left. The left one."

"Oh, that'll be fine. That looks right. That's near enough."

-But, actually, it's all about routing.

-Yeah.

That's what it is. Rail routing.

-Oh, I like that.

-There you go.

-Better.

Rail alignment...

-Now then, Lee.

-Yes.

-What are you going to go for?

-The two that I know are really obvious.

So I think, she might not thank me,

but I'm going to have a bit of a stab at one of the northern states

and just hope that I've got it in kind of the right place,

because there's a lot of yellow in the top corner.

And I am going to go for Maine.

Maine, says Lee. Maine.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how may people said Maine.

Bad luck, Lee. I'm afraid Maine is an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points.

Yeah, I think your instincts are right.

There's a lot of yellow up in that top right-hand corner,

except for the very, very, very top right-hand corner.

And that's Maine, I'm afraid. That's unlucky.

OK, Dave. Welcome back.

-Now, round one...

-Round one, yeah.

Round one, that didn't go well.

But we discovered last time that you're a stay-at-home dad, Dave.

And what do you like doing when you get out of home?

I actually help run a church youth club,

which is something that I'm very enthusiastic about.

-It's for seven- to 11-year-olds in one of the local churches that I go to.

-Very good.

And sport, obviously, you organise a bit of that as well.

I don't play it so much any more. You may be able to tell.

-But I enjoy watching it very much.

-Very good.

-How's your American geography, Dave?

-Shocking.

-OK.

It's so tempting to go for one of the easier answers.

But I'm going to take a bit of a punt to try and score low

and hope I don't follow the big red X

and I'm going to go for North Carolina.

North Carolina, says Dave. Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said it.

It's right. Good punt there, Dave. Well done.

10. Joint low score there.

Good.

Good answer. Well played. You can see that highlighted on your screens now. North Carolina.

-Birthplace of James Polk and Andrew Johnson.

-Thanks very much indeed.

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.

10, the best score of the pass.

So, well done, Dave and Rosie.

That puts both of those pairs on a pretty strong footing at this point.

Then up to 20, where we find Emma and Moose.

Then, I'm afraid, it's up to 100, Lee.

Anna, there may be more incorrect answers, but let's have a nice low-scoring correct one from you.

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

Can the second players step up to the podium?

So, remember, Roy, we're looking for the states of birth of US presidents,

as highlighted on this map.

Roy, we discovered last time you're about to start a new job.

-Have you got a bit of time off between the two?

-Yeah, a couple of months.

I'm just sort of finishing my notice period at the old job.

Have you got fun plans for the two months intervening?

I'm probably going to volunteer at the new job

just to kind of, you know, get used to it a little bit.

And then, probably play some golf, if the weather's nice and just do something to chill out.

I've just moved house, as well,

so I'll probably be badgered into doing the decorating.

OK, well, it's a year of big change for Roy.

What are you going to go for?

We need a score of 89 or less

for you to be sure of a place in the next round.

This is like a combination of my worst possible subjects in terms of history and geography.

Because of Dave's great effort last time,

I think I'm going to take what I think is an easy one, but I'm not even sure, and go with Texas.

Texas, says Roy. Let's see if that's right. There's your red line.

You just have to get below that

with Texas and you're in round two.

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

Absolutely right, of course, and through you go. A high score, 69.

But it's all you needed. 79 is your total.

Yeah, better safe than sorry there, Roy. Well played.

So, the unmistakable shape of Texas there.

It's the birthplace of Lyndon B Johnson and Dwight D Eisenhower.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Anna.

-Remind us what you do, Anna.

-I'm a headhunter for IT.

A headhunter for IT?

What's the difference between headhunting and recruitment?

A recruitment consultant would probably disagree with this,

-but headhunting is harder.

-Why is it harder?

-It's generally more specialist.

-I see.

And it's approaching people that aren't looking for a job.

-I see. So, you're going for very specific people.

-Yes.

-I see.

-And do you enjoy that?

-Yeah, I don't mind it.

Do you have to meet them surreptitiously?

Obviously, they don't want their firms to know that they're meeting headhunters, do they?

Yeah, there is a lot of that.

There is a lot of blagging switchboards and stuff.

-I bet.

-Yeah.

-Well, it's quite exciting.

-Yeah, it can be OK.

Very good. Now, Anna, there you are, you are on 100.

As I say, we need a very low score from you.

OK, geography, as we saw last time, not good for me.

The actual presidents I could have done.

So, even though everyone says they're the easy ones,

I don't know a single one on that board,

so I'm going to take an absolute punt and say Maryland.

Maryland, says Anna. Maryland.

No red line for you, as you're the highest scorers.

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

Oh, bad luck, Anna.

I mean, if you're going to take a punt,

it's a good sort of punt to take.

But I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. Scores 100 points.

-Takes your total up to 200.

-Yeah, sorry, Anna.

In fact, Anna and Lee, very, very unlucky. 200 points.

You've sort of pretty much dodged,

you know, virtually the only ones on the entire east coast that aren't yellow, I'm afraid.

Both good guesses and both incorrect. Sorry.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, then. Sally, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Sally.

I'm a police control room operator for the Ministry of Defence Police.

Wow, what two very high-powered jobs.

You had Rosie working at Chequers

and you, I suppose, coordinating all the security around it.

Did your jobs ever cross over?

-No.

-They never did?

-No, this is a relatively new job for me.

Oh, I see. I see. But fun. Enjoying it?

-I'd say fun's not really quite the right word.

-Love it.

-But interesting, certainly.

-I love it.

-Every day different.

And, Sally, what do you do when you have your downtime?

I make a lot of jam still. I walk my dog. I play with my dog.

I watch her destroy blankets.

Now, I always love it,

if you go to France and you look on a supermarket shelf,

they have jams that we could only dream of.

They have things like fig jam. What's the maddest jam you've made?

I do rosehip.

-Oh, that sounds good.

-I've made rose-petal jelly before.

-Mm...

-I don't tend to do sort of common-or-garden ones.

I do a very nice elderberry jelly.

That's for with meat, is it, that you have elderberry jelly?

You can have it in sandwiches, you can eat on its own. It's sweet.

What a versatile spread! What colour is it?

-It's a very dark red.

-Right.

OK. Now, Sally, you're through to the next round.

We just need an answer from you,

even if it's incorrect, it doesn't matter.

I've been reprieved, because geography is not my strong point.

And I'm going to go for the obvious one, California.

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

No red line for you, you're already through.

It's right.

60.

Takes your total up to 70. The lowest total of the round so far.

Yeah, a cop-out of an answer there, but a correct one.

-Richard Nixon, born in California.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Moose, what do you do?

-I'm a prosthetist.

-A prosthetist?

I mean, that's an industry that's changed a lot over the last 20 years.

-It's developing rapidly.

-Yeah. Extraordinary.

And fantastic technology. I imagine 3D printing must all be...

There's quite a lot of things in development,

but the things which are commercially available are probably...

A lot of the traditional methods are still the best methods,

in terms of the manufacture of the limbs to make them bespoke,

make them fit the individual. A lot of that is the traditional way.

A lot of the components, so, the knees and the feet, hips,

hands, certainly, elbows, that sort of thing,

are all developing a lot, rapidly, really.

Fantastic. I'm going to change the subject, Moose. Tell me about Moose.

-It's my name. It's my first name.

-It is your first name?

-It is my first name.

-That's your given name?

-That is my first name.

-So, it's not a nickname?

-No, not a nickname.

Because I was thinking, you know, two eyes, a nose...

I mean, not that moose-like.

-That's kind of you to say.

-But, yeah, pretty human. Erm...

What am I talking about?

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Anyway, Moose, you're on 20. You are through to round two.

-It doesn't matter what you score.

-That's a relief.

-Do you want to talk us through some of those states or do you want to just...?

-I can give it a go.

I've travelled a little bit around the States.

I've been very fortunate with that.

Never been to California, but I've travelled a bit around Texas.

So that would have been a good one.

The central states, the Midwest, I'd probably get a bit confused with those.

Probably got Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia.

Then, New England, I guess. I'll go with one of those, I think.

I think we've got New York, New Jersey, Vermont up there.

But I think I'll go with the home state of probably my favourite president,

Josiah Bartlet, which is New Hampshire.

New Hampshire, says Moose. Let's see if that's right.

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

No red line for you, as you're already through.

Absolutely right.

Very well done indeed. 12. Takes your total up to 32.

-Lowest score of the round by a margin.

-Very well played, Moose.

Yes, the birthplace of Franklin Pierce as well as the fictional Jed Bartlet as well.

Funnily enough, in your little summing up,

you gave us the best answer there is on the entire board.

Very well done at home if you said,

for 2 points, Vermont. Terrific answer.

There's Vermont. We'll highlight some of these as I go through them.

You would have got 7 points, let's see it, for Iowa.

7 as well for Kentucky.

You'd get 9 for Missouri.

That's a terrific answer. 9 for Nebraska.

You'd have got 13 for Arkansas.

New Jersey, that would have scored you 13, as well.

14 for Virginia, another one you mentioned.

15 for Pennsylvania and for Illinois.

19 for Massachusetts.

And the only other one we haven't said so far, New York, for 46.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round the pair who are heading home with that high score of 200,

I'm afraid, Lee and Anna, it's you.

-Yeah, it was a tough round, that, wasn't it?

-It was.

Might as well go for it, as well.

Yeah, well, you know, you were so nearly right.

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye.

So, thank you so much for playing. Anna and Lee, great contestants.

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

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And so we're down to three pairs.

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

But you've all done very well in that round.

Congratulations to Rosie and Dave for the lowest individual scores, which you tied.

Low scores of 10 there. And well done to Moose and Emma.

Lowest combined score. Fantastic.

This is going to be very hard-fought, I think.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for round two today is...

Brit Awards. Can you all decide on 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, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

-Multiple Brit Award winners, Richard.

-Yes, a good one, this, I think.

We're looking for any artist or group who've won three or more Brit Awards.

Any award at all, throughout the course of their career, please.

And that's from 1977, through to the 2014 ceremony.

So, any artist or group who won three or more Brit Awards in any category.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, so, Emma.

Oh, this one's tough.

I've got a couple of answers kicking about

that I think would be quite obvious. But I...

Moose might kill me, but I might just go for a really obscure one and give it a try.

So I'm going to say Belle and Sebastian.

Belle and Sebastian, says Emma. Belle and Sebastian.

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

Oh, I'm sorry, Emma. I'm afraid an incorrect answer there, scoring you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Emma. Though, I have to say thank you for mentioning Belle and Sebastian, my favourite group.

It's a shame. They did win a Brit Award, won Best Newcomer in 1999.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Sally.

OK, so, we're looking for any group or artist that's won three or more Brit Awards.

I'd like to go obscure, but I'm not going to.

I'm going to play it safe and say Oasis.

Oasis, says Sally.

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

Well done.

38.

38 for Oasis.

Yep, six wins to them, all the way from Best Newcomer in 1995

through to Outstanding Contribution in 2007.

That pretty much covers it all, doesn't it?

Pretty much does. Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Roy.

Right, well, I love pop music, but I'm struggling.

I've got a few ideas. I think I might have to play it safe. Really safe, actually,

and go with Take That.

Take That, says Roy. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people said Take That.

It's right.

Well, it passes Oasis.

32.

Yeah, nominated for 16 and won eight.

We're really sticking at the top end of the scorers here, I have to say.

Maybe that'll all change in the second pass. Let's look at the scores as they stand at this point.

Well, 32, Roy, is actually our low score at this point.

Then up to 38, where we find Sally and Rosie.

Then up to 100, Emma and Moose.

Well done for taking a punt, though, Emma.

I'm sorry it didn't pay off. Sometimes it does.

Good luck, Moose. Get thinking of a nice obscure answer.

Maybe it'll keep you in the game.

We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players step up to the podium?

OK, so, Dave, remember, we're looking for any artist or group

that's won three or more Brit Awards.

OK, not the best subject for me.

I'm going to stick with Roy's boy band theme

-and I'm going to go with Westlife.

-Westlife, says Dave.

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

There's your red line. If you can get below that red line with Westlife,

you are into the head-to-head.

Oh, no!

That's a lifeline for Moose and Emma there.

But I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 32.

Yeah, they've won just the two, I'm afraid, Westlife.

Twice as many as Belle and Sebastian, but one fewer than you need.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Rosie.

Rosie, we need a score of 93 or less from you.

OK, I'm going to go slightly earlier

and I'm going to try Annie Lennox.

Annie Lennox, says Rosie. Sounds good. Let's see if it's right.

Here's your red line. Nice and high.

Get below that with Annie Lennox and you're in the head-to-head for a second time.

It's right and you are through. Very well done indeed, Rosie.

8.

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Brilliant answer. 46 is your total.

Well played, Rosie. Seven wins for the brilliant Annie Lennox.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Moose, you have to score 31 or less.

You HAVE to score 31 or less or it's goodbye.

Yeah, pressure's on now.

And probably one of my least favourite subjects or least decent subjects for me.

I'm going to have to give it a guess, obviously, on something

to try and get below 32.

On the basis that it's from as early as 1977,

I'll go with something older, I think.

I've no idea about the Brit Awards at all. So, I'll go with Queen.

OK, Queen, says Moose. Let's see if Queen's right.

Let's see how many people said it. There's a red line.

It's right.

And you are through to the head-to-head! Very well done indeed.

10 for Queen.

110 your total. Good work, Moose.

Yeah, well played, Moose. They've won three.

They won the Best Single in the very first one in 1977.

They've won Outstanding Contribution and they've won Best Single twice.

So, good answer. Very close, though.

Before we go to the pointless ones, I'll just give you some of the 1-pointers.

There's quite a lot of big names and low scorers.

1 point for Dido, Bjork, the Scissor Sisters, Dire Straits, Bob Geldof,

Beck, Pet Shop Boys, Cliff Richard, Travis, Lady Gaga.

All of those would have scored you 1 point.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers...

Dave Stewart has won Best Producer three times.

Duffy, she won three, the Welsh singer.

All of those in 2009.

Kanye West has won three.

Lisa Stansfield has won three. Paul Weller has won four.

Paul Young, three.

Peter Gabriel, Seal.

Trevor Horn, again, won three Best Producer Brits.

The Darkness was also a pointless answer. They won three in 2004.

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

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home with their high score of 132,

I'm afraid, Dave and Roy.

I'm sorry you didn't make it to the head-to-head.

I thought you were going to there.

But it's been great having you on the show.

Sorry to say goodbye, but thanks very much for playing, Dave and Roy.

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

Congratulations, Sally and Rosie, Emma and Moose.

You're now one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...

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I think this is going to be very interesting.

Sally and Rosie, you're here as a low-scoring pair for the second time.

Last time, you got done in by the higher-scoring pair.

This time, you've got to be hoping to make it through to the final.

Emma and Moose, we've had some great answers from you.

-Emma, Belle and Sebastian could have been a brilliant answer.

-It could've been.

But Moose has done some expert work digging you out there.

So, I think, now you can put your heads together, I think you will have some great answers between you.

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

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

Dad's Army, Richard.

We're going to give you the initials now of five actors who've appeared in 40 or more episodes of Dad's Army.

Can you tell us who they are, please?

OK, let's reveal our five sets of initials. And here they are...

I'll read those one last time.

Sally and Rosie, you've been our low scorers throughout, so you will go first.

John, Jack, James... What do we go for?

John Le Mesurier?

-Is he going to be more well-known than Ian Lavender?

-Yeah.

-No, I wouldn't have thought so.

-So, you think Ian Lavender?

No, I think John Le Mesurier.

You think he's going to be the one? OK.

We're going to try the top one. I think it's John Le Mesurier for the top one.

OK, John Le Mesurier, says Sally and Rosie.

Now, Emma and Moose. The board is all yours. Do you want to talk us through it?

I've seen lots of Dad's Army. Don't think Emma's seen any.

I've never seen any, so I can't talk you through it.

I'm very bad on actors' names, but I think I know two of them.

I think I know the second and third one.

I think the second one's Arthur Lowe, which I'm more sure of.

And a third one, IL,

a little niggling in the back of my mind thinks that's Ian Lavender.

-It's up to you.

-What are you going to go for?

I'll go with Ian Lavender.

In Lavender. OK, so, we have John Le Mesurier and we have Ian Lavender.

Sally and Rosie said John Le Mesurier. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

52.

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Meanwhile, Emma and Moose have gone for Ian Lavender, IL.

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

It is right, Ian Lavender.

And it wins you the point. Look at that. Down it goes to 35.

Ian Lavender, an excellent answer there.

-Emma and Moose go into an early lead after one question. It's 1-0.

-Yeah, very well played, Moose.

I don't think I've ever said, "Very well played, Moose," before.

No, you remember. Do you remember when we had those mooses on?

-Oh, yeah, yeah!

-One didn't play that well, but the other one did.

Yeah, that guy Moose. He was married to Elke.

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-That's right.

-She was a DEER!

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Let's fill in the rest of this board. You're right about Arthur Lowe.

Arthur Lowe actually scores fewer points than John Le Mesurier, I think because of the initials.

I think the JLM gives a lot away.

Arthur Lowe would have scored you 38.

Now, JL. He was a great stage actor, Shakespearean actor.

He said, "You know what? I spent my entire career doing these amazing Shakespearean things

"and all I'm known for is this rubbish," is what he said.

And it's not rubbish at all. I'm sure he knew that. John Laurie.

-John Laurie, yeah.

-"We're doomed!" That was John Laurie. 17.

Now, this last answer is a pointless answer.

He appeared in 49 episodes.

He played the verger, the verger in Dad's Army.

And he was played by Edward Sinclair.

-Very, very well played if you got that.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Well, here comes your second question.

Sally and Rosie, we need you to win this one to stay in the game.

So, best of luck. It concerns...

The number 10, Richard.

We're now going to show you five clues to facts about the number 10.

-Can you give us the best answer, please?

-Thank very much.

Let's reveal five clues, and here they come...

I'll read those one last time.

Emma and Moose will go first.

Do you know any? I know the Perfect 10, the band.

-But I don't know any of the others.

-Are you definite on that?

-Yeah.

I know the top one. And I know the bottom one.

Do want to try the band?

-Yeah, go with that.

-OK, we know a couple.

But we're going to try the band who released the single Perfect 10

and say The Beautiful South.

The Beautiful South, say Emma and Moose. The Beautiful South.

Now, Sally and Rosie, the board is all yours.

Talk us through it, if you can.

Well, we were going to pick the band, which would have been ideal.

I don't know the cube.

I don't drive, so the town at the end of the A10 is no good.

Pretty poor.

Jane Austen, I could have a guess.

But I'm not sure.

And I think the unit of measurement,

which is going to have to be our answer,

to 10 millimetres is a centimetre.

You're going to say a centimetre.

We have The Beautiful South and we have a centimetre.

Emma and Moose have gone for The Beautiful South.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how may people said it.

It's right.

23. Very well done indeed. 23 for The Beautiful South.

Sally and Rosie, meanwhile, have gone for a centimetre.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how money people said it. A centimetre.

It's right, of course.

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Which means very well done indeed, Emma and Moose.

After only two questions, you're through to the final, 2-0.

Yeah, a centimetre was always going to be a big scorer.

You might have been better off having a risk at the Jane Austen one. What do you think you would have said?

-Isaac Newton.

-Oh, it's Charles Darwin.

Charles Darwin would have scored 10 points,

so it would have been a very good answer.

Mathematical cube is simply 10 times 10 times 10, which is 1,000.

Would have scored you 29.

-Do you know this one? The town at the northernmost...

-No, I don't.

It's a tough one. Well done at home if you said King's Lynn.

Terrific answer. 2 points there.

It's never going to get zero. In our 100, there's always

going to be someone who lives somewhere near the end of the A10.

But good answer.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, the pair leaving us the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid it's Sally and Rosie.

Twice...

Twice now you've been our low-scoring pair. I mean, no mean achievement.

To do that once, you could think was a fluke. But twice...

No, that wasn't an accident.

But I'm afraid, in each case, the head-to-head hasn't served you well.

So, we have to say goodbye. It's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.

Sally and Rosie...

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But for Moose and Emma, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, Emma and Moose.

You have seen off the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Very well done. So, you now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

And at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.

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Well done. 2-0 in the head-to-head.

-Yeah, I didn't expect that.

-Very good indeed.

Now, Moose, I have to ask you this. What were you named after?

I really don't know.

Essentially, Xander is asking the question, what on earth were your parents thinking?

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-Do you have brothers and sisters?

-I do, yes.

Dare I ask what, er, what they're called?

Nothing nearly as exciting.

I've got a Ben, Alison, Lizzie.

Were you born in the wild in Canada?

No, I wasn't. We had a son a year or so ago.

-I wasn't allowed to call him Moose, though.

-No.

-Restricted from that.

Not even as a middle name?

No. But he did get Danger as a middle name.

-You are joking?

-No.

-Danger?

-Yes. So, he's Reuben Ray Danger Baxter.

Now, hang on, hang on, hang on... Danger? Is that a good thing?

I was on gas and air. It was fine.

LAUGHTER

-You don't have to name them in that second.

-Yeah.

And it's just for the joke, "Danger is my middle name"?

-It's for the opportunity of the joke, I think.

-Yeah, well, I think that's great.

Well, now, Emma and Moose, what would you like to see come up in this last round?

I don't know. I'd quite like musicals or theatre.

But then I would be on my own.

So, I don't know, maybe geography

or something that we could take a stab at together.

-Not sport. Not sport.

-Yeah, sport would be weak for us.

-OK.

Well, as always, you get to choose from the four that we put up.

Let's see what those categories are.

Let's hope there's something in there that both of you like the look of.

OK... What do you think?

We were only born in '84, so I think '85 is probably out.

-Probably not sensible.

-No.

-And World War I, since you work for...

I know, but I should probably know more about World War I, working for a veterans' charity, than I do.

-I think threequels is probably...

-Threequels, yeah.

I presume a threequel is the third film in a series of three, so...

-Yeah, I think we'll go for threequels.

-OK, threequels.

OK, very, very best of luck.

I tell you, 1985, though,

that's the year of the Moose, so perhaps you were...

But here are your threequels. You're quite right.

It's about the third films in various franchises.

We're looking for anybody, according to IMDb, who received an acting credit in Superman III, a 1983 film,

the 1992 film Alien3,

or the 2003 film Terminator III: Rise Of The Machines.

So, any actor who, according to IMDb, received an acting credit

in any of those three films.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

You've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.

And all you need to win the jackpot is just for one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

-We're ready.

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

-Your time starts now.

-Have you ever seen any of them?

-No.

So, I don't know any of them. But I would guess Superman III...

We can guess the year, can't we?

Yeah, it was '80s, so I would say, I don't know, Paul Newman, maybe.

I don't know. Cast of Alien3...

Sigourney Weaver is in the first one.

I think Terminator: Rise Of The Machines, that was more recent,

so let's just guess somebody and say Shia LaBeouf,

just because he was in other stuff.

I would say...

I don't know, what else? Can you just name any...?

-Simon Pegg's an actor.

-Simon Pegg is an actor.

-He probably wasn't in any of them.

-OK.

But Terminator III, that was recent. Think of girls, maybe.

-I'm thinking... I don't know.

-We still have three guesses.

OK, so, let's say Paul Newman for the first one, just because.

-10 seconds left.

-Shia LaBeouf and...

Sigourney Weaver for cast of Alien3, in case she came back.

-A cameo.

-A cameo.

-OK, that's your time up.

Let's hear your three answers.

And if you say which category each one is.

-So, we're going to go for Superman III, Paul Newman.

-Paul Newman.

-Cast of Alien3, Sigourney Weaver.

-Sigourney Weaver.

-And Terminator III, Shia LaBeouf.

-Shia LaBeouf. OK.

Of those three, do you want to nominate one as your best shot?

Shia LaBeouf.

Shia LaBeouf we'll put last.

-And least likely?

-Paul Newman.

-Paul Newman we'll put first.

OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then, and here they are. We have got...

Well, best of luck. Three answers up on the board. We will discover.

They might be genius answers. You have no idea.

And one of them might win you that jackpot of two grand. Not bad.

What would you do with that, if were you to win, Emma?

Well, I would like to go to Vegas,

because I quite fancied doing Vegas when we got married,

but we got married here instead, so that would be my plan.

-Moose?

-I'd quite like to build a treehouse. That would be quite good.

Emma, listen to the man. It's a much more reasonable thing to do with two grand.

That is a reasonable thing, if you lived in a house.

But when you live in a third-floor flat with no garden...

LAUGHTER

It can be quite high up the tree.

Oh, yes. Yes, Moose.

I'm beginning to see the... Vegas, I think.

You could build a zip wire between the tree and the third floor.

That would be amazing.

Maybe, what Moose was actually saying was he's going to build your next house in a tree,

-so you can just live there.

-Possibly.

That'd be nice, wouldn't it?

Yeah... Let's go Vegas.

OK, Paul Newman was your first answer,

the one you think was probably least likely to be pointless.

Only one of these answers has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

Let's see, Paul Newman, is it right? And, if it is, how may people said it for 2,000 quid?

Is it pointless?

Oh, not Paul Newman.

So, your next answer was Sigourney Weaver.

Let's find out if that's right for Alien3 and, if it is, let's see how many people said it.

If it's pointless, it wins you two grand.

It's right. So, there we are.

Your first answer, Paul Newman, was incorrect.

-But Sigourney Weaver scores you 60.

-It was right. Well...

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But not a pointless answer.

So, everything is now riding on your third and final answer, which is Shia LaBeouf.

In this case, we were looking for cast members of Terminator III: Rise Of The Machines.

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

For £2,000, is it pointless?

Oh, I'm sorry.

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That was a tough category there for you. But you got one of them right.

But I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that vital pointless answer that we were looking for.

So, I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.

That will roll over onto the next show.

We've enjoyed having you on. Only one performance and you've done phenomenally well.

Very well done. You get a Pointless trophy to take home.

Yay, that's good. That's all we wanted.

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Well played, Emma and Moose.

Let's take you through the pointless answers in the different categories.

Quite tough this one, I think.

We've had a whole rash of wins recently, but not today.

The cast of Superman III, you could've had Annette O'Toole. Larry Lamb was in it.

Larry Lamb, there's a guy who shouldn't call his son Moose.

-Oh, yeah.

-Mark McClure.

Now, Sandra Dickinson, we know better from Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, of course.

She's in it as well.

The ones that would've scored points, there's very few of them.

Christopher Reeve would've scored you 48. Richard Pryor at 11.

You would've got 2 for Margot Kidder and Robert Vaughn.

And 1 for Annie Ross and Pamela Stephenson, who's also in it.

Any other name, if it's on IMDb, would have been a pointless answer. So, well done if you said it.

Alien3, lots of British actors in this.

Clive Mantle, he's been on Pointless Celebrities, hasn't he?

Probably better known for Holby City. Danny Webb. Paul McGann is in it.

Ralph Brown, probably better known for Withnail And I,

amongst other things.

Again, the only ones that scored...

We've seen 60 for Sigourney Weaver already. 4 for Charles Dance.

2 for Brian Glover. And 1 for Pete Postlethwaite, who's in it.

Lance Henriksen and Charles S Dutton, they all scored 1.

Everyone else, a pointless answer.

Cast of Terminator III...

David Andrews, plays General Brewster. You could've had Earl Boen.

You could've had Mark Famiglietti or Moira Sinise.

The scorers there. Arnie, unsurprisingly, 75.

Claire Danes would have scored you 5. Nick Stahl 2.

Kristanna Loken would have scored you 1.

And everyone else was pointless. So, loads of pointless answers out there.

But very tough to truffle out, I would say. Especially if you haven't seen the films.

That makes it almost impossible, I would go so far as to say.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Emma and Moose.

But it's been fabulous having you on the show. Thank you for playing. Emma and Moose, great contestants.

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Very sadly, Emma and Moose didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for £3,000.

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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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