Episode 41 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much, indeed.

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

the show where we're always striving to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

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-And couple number one.

-I'm Jen, this is Mikkaila.

We're best friends and we live in southeast London.

-Couple number two.

-Hello, I'm Jack, this is my twin brother, Tom.

I live in Edinburgh and he lives in Manchester.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Sarah, this is my partner, Nick.

-And we live in Wigan.

-And, finally, couple number four.

Hello, I'm Karen and this is my splendid friend, Sue.

And we're from Birmingham.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you, 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.

If this man were a superhero then ignorance would be his kryptonite.

And the glasses would definitely stay on.

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

-Hiya. Hey, everybody.

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And I'm also wearing latex tights.

LAUGHTER

Now, that last show, we've got two returning pairs who had very,

very different shows. We've got Jen and Mikkaila,

who got through to the head-to-head, did very, very well

but on podium four, there, we had Sue and Karen

-who we only saw very briefly, didn't we?

-Mm.

And Karen made the slight error of thinking that Yugoslavia still existed.

It was news to the United Nations, I have to say.

They've been on the phone, just checking that it doesn't.

I can tell you, it still doesn't.

But Jen and Mikkaila got knocked out by Aoife and Eoghan.

Who then had a question about World Cups,

World Cup football, and Eoghan came up with a brilliant Pointless answer

and then neglected to say it when he was giving his three answers.

There it is. Look at you lot pretending to be gutted.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much indeed. So, as you've gathered,

Aoife and Eoghan didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add

another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.

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

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OK, now, remember,

the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be

eliminated, so do everything you can to make sure that is not your pair.

Our first category today is...

World geography.

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

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

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

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

..as they could.

One-word countries with nine or more letters in their names. Richard.

We're looking for any country of the world whose usual short form

name in English contains nine letters or more.

As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state

that's a member of the UN in its own right. Very best of luck.

-OK, thank you very much indeed.

-Are you thinking?

-Yeah, I am.

-That's a lot of letters.

-Nine.

-Yeah.

-It's nine letters.

-It's...

-Exactly that.

-Think of eight, add another one. That's how I do it.

-Well, there we are. Nine letters or more. Jen, phwoar! Nine!

-Nine.

Feel like I'm going to have to count on my fingers.

-Oh, I'm counting, I was doing it quietly.

-That's good.

Now, Jen, remind us what you do.

-I'm a drama and theatre student from southeast London.

-Indeed you are.

And you're involved in performance as well.

-I am, indeed.

-What sort of things are you up to at the moment,

-have you got anything planned?

-I'm planning a few things at the moment.

I've got a couple of shows coming up but it can change like on a dime,

to be honest, so you never know what's going to come up next.

-And what other things do you do?

-I go to the cinema a lot.

-And I also read a fair bit.

-Aren't you in a choir?

-I am in a choir, yes.

-But you're in a choir that sort of makes noises?

Yeah, we do make noises more than we sing.

I mean, obviously, singing is a kind of noise but...

-Yeah, essentially...

-..particularly with some choirs.

What we do is soundscapes.

And we have a couple of members who can beatbox, not myself.

And just various things like that, so it's a little bit off-kilter,

little bit strange but we do... We can all sing, as well.

-But when you do noise things, is that written down?

-No.

So, you're not following a... You haven't got a score for noise?

-I wish we did.

-That would be fun, scoring noise.

-Scoring noise, now there's an album.

-Yeah, scoring noise.

I used to human beatbox, of course, way back in the day, didn't I?

What do you mean used to, I heard you just before the show?

I don't do it so much. I used to be a beatbox for Eric B and Rakim.

I was their guy, I don't do it any more.

Old School US east-coast hip-hop, really,

those were the guys I used to run with.

Richard did time, you know?

I didn't do anything but I knew someone who'd done something

and I would never cos I don't grass.

He don't grass.

And now not allowed back in the US, which is...

Not allowed back in the US, one of the many countries

from which I am currently banned.

And by country we mean a sovereign state that's also...

LAUGHTER

..recognised by the UN in its own right. Jen.

OK, I'm going to just do a quick...

-Uzbekistan.

-Yeah, Uzbekistan. Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right.

-27.

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Good start to the round, Jen. Uzbekistan.

Yeah, ten letters there. Hurdling high over the bar.

The fourth largest gold reserves in the world in Uzbekistan.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Jack, welcome to the show.

What do you do, Jack?

I'm an international tourism management student in Edinburgh.

Right. Do you get to do lots of international tourism yourself

as part of the course?

I try to do... Well, not part of the course

but I try to do as much as possible by myself when I'm not studying.

OK. And what are your interests aside from international tourism?

Very much into football.

Got a five-a-side team that I play with in Edinburgh

called Mix And Match.

And do you, or is it a fairly fixed team?

No, it's a fixed team.

We're called Mix And Match because none of us

are from the same country, so we're all from different countries

-and that's why we're called Mix And Match.

-Right you are.

OK, so, Jack,

any countries there with nine or more letters in their names.

Think I'm going to go along the same lines of central Asia

and say Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan, says Jack.

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

It's right. Well, Uzbekistan scored 27,

Turkmenistan...

Passes it.

-Oh, 7, look at that!

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Turkmenistan.

I guess it doesn't have all that gold, that's why people forget it.

-I think so. It's got 12 letters, as well.

-Yeah.

-How about that?

If you fly into the main airport in Turkmenistan, the air-traffic

controllers... The tower is in the wrong place,

doesn't have a view of the pilots, but the president

of Turkmenistan said it looked better that way, so that is where it is.

-Thank you very much indeed. Now, Sarah. Welcome to Pointless.

-Hello.

-What do you do, Sarah?

-I work in marketing for a manufacturer

of roofing and waterproofing systems.

Excellent.

It's more interesting than it sounds.

-Excellent.

-It really is!

So, when you're not doing the waterproofing and the roofing,

-what do you do?

-Well, we both like travel.

I love doing jigsaws, reading atlases, maps, A-Zs.

-I love quizzes, obviously.

-OK, so travel,

therefore, maybe countries with nine or more letters in their names.

Well, you would hope so.

I don't think I've been anywhere that's got more than nine letters.

But I'm going to move over to Africa and say Mauritania.

Mauritania, says Sarah. Earns you a nod from Nick.

Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right.

Well, 27, our high score, 7 our low at this point.

Mauritania passes 27...

-Passes 7... 1!

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Very well done indeed there on podium three.

Mauritania scoring 1.

That's a terrific answer, Sarah, very well played, Mauritania.

You can be jailed in Mauritania for a year for making plastic bags.

They are banned. They are banned. To protect the environment.

So much wildlife was dying from eating plastic bags

they banned them so you can be jailed for a year.

-Wow.

-I know, we just have to pay 5p at M&S, right?

Maybe we should do that here, as well?

But to change people's behaviour it takes a very, very long time,

cos they're convenient, aren't they?

So, you have to come down heavily with a year's custodial sentence.

Well, you start with 5p and then the next...

Then it's 8p and then it's a year in jail.

Then life.

Bag for life.

LAUGHTER

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Thanks very much, Rich. Now, Sue, welcome back.

We saw you for hardly any time at all last time, far too short.

-Sue, remind us what you get up to.

-I'm a retired teacher.

And, like a lot of retired teachers, I still work two days a week.

-With children, as well?

-With children.

Couldn't get away from the classroom.

No, we invite their parents in and they come

and work with their children.

All kinds of things - vocational things, jewellery making,

-cookery, digital photography, that kind of stuff.

-Wonderful.

-So, you get to learn plenty, as well?

-We do, yes.

-Fabulous.

Now, Sue, putting all thoughts of Yugoslavia to the back

of our minds for one moment, what are you going to go for?

I'm going to think of Africa again and try Mozambique.

Mozambique, says Sue. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Well, 27 remains our high score.

You've passed that.

5, very well done indeed, Sue. That's a great score.

Second lowest score of the pass for Mozambique.

Terrific answer, Sue, very well played.

If you spell out every single one-word country

in the world with Scrabble tiles, Mozambique is the high scorer.

Score you 34.

-Got a Z and a Q in it, dude.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I don't know what to tell you.

It wouldn't be allowed in a game of Scrabble because...

-Proper noun.

-..it's a proper noun.

-But still.

-But still.

-Still.

-Something to think about.

-It is.

I'm still thinking about it now. Thank you.

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

1, Sarah, well done,

the best score of that pass

putting Sarah and Nick in a strong position.

Then up to 5 where we see Sue and Karen, that's more like it.

Then up to 7 where we see Jack and Tom.

27, Jen and Mikkaila,

our head-to-headers last time round.

Yes, that was Uzbekistan.

I'm sorry. I can only imagine it's all that gold.

That's what they were thinking of.

So, Mikkaila, you know what we need from you. A lovely low score.

Let's hope that's going to keep you in the game. Best of luck.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, Karen, remember, we're looking for any single word country

whose name contains nine or more letters.

Karen, remind us what you like getting up to up in Birmingham.

I like to play the saxophone. And reading.

-And what sort of music do you play?

-All sorts.

We do about three concerts a year and we play, well, anything, really.

-Very good. Do you play seated or do you stand?

-Oh, no, I can't sit down.

-I can't concentrate sitting down.

-Where's the fun in that?

Yeah, I know, I get that problem. LAUGHTER

I find I get the opposite of that problem, actually.

Now, then, Karen, there you are, as I say, on 5.

The high-scorers at the moment, Mikkaila and Jen,

on 27, so 21 or less keeps you in the game for sure.

I'm just praying that I haven't made this one up.

So, I'm going to go with Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan, says Karen. There's your red line, if you can get below that

with Kazakhstan, you are definitely in the next round.

It's right.

-22, that scores you.

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Takes your total up to 27.

Yeah, good answer, Kazakhstan. Very well played.

It's so big, Kazakhstan, that it

-stretches the distance between London and Istanbul.

-Wow.

Stretches over three time zones.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Nick, welcome to the show. What do you do, Nick?

-I work for the ambulance service up in Manchester.

-Up in Manchester?

So, which bit of the service are you in?

-I'm dispatching the vehicles in the control centre.

-I see.

What do you like getting up to when you're not doing that?

I like watching films and I like watching football

and I'm a big Wigan Athletic fan.

OK. Well, there you are on 1.

The high-scorers on 27 are Mikkaila and Jen and Karen and Sue.

So, 25 or less gets you through.

Sarah's helped me out, really, so I'm going to go quite safe,

hopefully, Nicaragua.

Nicaragua, says Nick.

Safe, we will see. Well, there is your red line.

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

It's right.

It is safe, there we are.

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-4, it scores you.

Takes your total up to 5. Very well done indeed.

The lowest total of the round.

They don't really use street names in Nicaragua, interestingly.

In Managua there's a few, which is the capital, but they don't use them.

So, genuinely, if you send a letter in Nicaragua

you will have to write the address something like,

"You know the Chinese restaurant?

"One road down from that, one road down from that, there's a house

"with a yellow door and they've got a Volvo in the drive.

"There."

-They don't have street names.

-Wow. Massive envelopes, though.

-Yeah!

-Thank you very much. Now, Tom, welcome.

-Hiya.

-What do you do, Tom?

I live in Manchester.

-I do a postgrad in international management.

-OK.

And international management, that sounds... Tell me what that is.

-Er...

-You managing the world?

-One day I will, hopefully.

Cos can I just say, well done. You've done...

I mean, there are a couple of areas to focus on but still, broadly...

-I'm getting there.

-It, as a system,

I think it's fine.

-It'll do.

-Thanks.

-LAUGHTER

-What are your hobbies?

-I do a lot of swimming.

I'm part of the swim team at the Manchester Metropolitan University

so I'm quite involved in that.

Huge Arsenal football fan, as well.

So, I enjoy watching Arsenal play a lot.

Enjoy the football and American cinema, as well, quite into that.

Very good. Well, there you are.

You're on 7, the high-scorers on 27 so 19 or less gets you through.

Um...

I'm going to go along the same lines as Jack

and say Tajikistan,

which is neighbour to all those countries...

Tajikistan, says Tom.

There's your red line.

If you can get below that with Tajikistan, you're through to the next round.

Very well done.

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4...

taking your total up to 11.

Well done, Tom.

Pretty interesting how many more Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan scored

than some of these other... some of the smaller Stans.

Over 90% of Tajikistan is mountains.

If you ironed out Tajikistan,

-it would probably be the largest country in the world.

-Yep.

Yep. Thank you very much indeed.

-So, Mikkaila...

-Hello.

Now, there's one possible way you can stay in the game

and that is through the good offices of lockdown.

-That means you would have to score a pointless answer.

-Yes!

-I thought of quite a few...

-Yeah?

..and everybody has said them,

-which is brilliant.

-Which is good.

So it's made you think even harder

and it will help you get that pointless answer.

You'd like to think so.

Um... I can think of some quite obvious ones,

like Madagascar

and Switzerland

and Argentina,

but I think they are all going to score quite highly.

So I'm going to try...

Indonesia,

but I'm not very good at spelling...

So it might not be nine letters.

-OK, you're going to go for Indonesia.

-Yes.

OK, spelling or counting - either of those will help -

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

It's right.

13, I'm afraid.

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-Indonesia.

That takes your total up to 40.

Yeah, by far the best answer, of the ones you mentioned,

would have been Madagascar, which would have scored you four points.

There's no pointless answers at all,

which makes Mauritania an even better answer than we already thought.

Three answers would have scored you one point.

They are Mauritania, Seychelles

and the common short form name of the Federated States of Micronesia

-is simply Micronesia.

-Micronesia.

-That would have been one point.

You'd have got three for Philippines and Azerbaijan,

you'd have got four for Swaziland, Macedonia,

you'd have got five for Mauritius, Lithuania,

six for the Netherlands. That would have been a good answer.

You would have got six, also, for Montenegro, Liechtenstein, Bangladesh.

You'd have got eight for Singapore, eight for Guatemala,

nine for Venezuela and Luxembourg.

You'd have got 26 for Switzerland.

Now Uzbekistan was the fourth biggest scorer of all,

which amazes me.

But sometimes in pointless answers,

there's the one that people just...

it just sticks in their mind. You came up with it first on the first podium.

Perhaps our 100 people did, as well.

We'll look at the top three,

the only three to beat Uzbekistan...

They were Afghanistan, which would have scored you 31,

Argentina - 34,

and, right at the top...

Australia - way in the lead with 71.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our first round, the pair we are saying goodbye to..

I'm so sorry, it's Mikkaila and Jen.

You did so well last time on the show.

And, yeah... Uzbekistan... Kind of let you down.

It felt like a nice low scorer, there.

-It did. It felt good. Feeling bad now.

-I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. And it's been lovely having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing, Mikkaila and Jen.

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

And so three pairs remain. Obviously, at the end of this round,

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

But, Sarah, very well done.

Our lowest individual scorer in that round with Mauritania.

Well done, Tom, as well. Nice low score from you.

And well done, Sue and Karen, lovely to have you with us in Round Two.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Famous cheerleaders, Richard.

We are going to give you six clues on each past of famous people who have,

at one point of their life, been a cheerleader.

Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

-12 in all to have a go at home.

-Thanks very much indeed.

OK, so we're looking for the names of the former cheerleaders, described by these clues.

Here's our first board of six. And we've got:

I'll read those one last time.

Tom...

Um... I know quite a few of these.

So I'm trying to guess which one

is going to be the lowest scoring one.

Um...

I'll go with the first one -

actor with the middle name Leroy,

I think it's Samuel Leroy Jackson.

-So Samuel L Jackson.

-Samuel L Jackson, says Tom.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said, Samuel L Jackson.

It is right.

Down it goes to 8. Well done, Tom.

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8 for Samuel L Jackson.

He was a cheerleader when he studied at Morehouse College.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Nick...

I think I'm going to go for the bottom one...

And I think that might be

Michael Douglas.

Michael Douglas says Nick. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said, Michael Douglas.

It's right.

Good answer. Nine for Michael Douglas.

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Two very low scores so far.

Well played, Nick. Yeah, it's going well so far, this round.

He was a cheerleader at the Choate Proprietary School and his dad,

Kirk Douglas, was also a cheerleader in his time.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Sue.

-Do you want to talk us through this board?

-I wish!

Um... The one I knew has already gone.

I think the actress who was Oscar nominated for her

performance in Gravity is Sandra Bullock.

-Sandra Bullock. Is that the one you're going to go for?

-Yes.

-OK, Sandra Bullock, says Sue.

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

It's right.

-19 for Sandra Bullock.

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Yeah, she cheered for Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia.

She was also voted most likely to brighten your day

-when she was at high school.

-That's nice.

-That is nice, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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

The actress who played Gabrielle Solis was Eva Longoria.

Would have scored you 10.

We'll go down to the bottom next,

the actress whose dance at the MTV Awards...

-Miley Cyrus.

-Miley Cyrus.

14 points and this is a pointless answer, American Major General,

who was actually President when this audio message was sent,

and it was Dwight D Eisenhower.

A pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

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

Let's take a look at those scores. 8, the best score of that pass.

Well done, Tom. Tom and Jack in the lead at this point.

Nick and Sarah, one above them on 9, then up to 19,

not so far ahead, Sue and Karen.

But Karen, you are ahead, so we need a nice low score from you.

Let's hope there's one you know on this next board that will score you hardly anything. Best of luck.

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

OK, let's put six more clues up on the board and here they come:

I'll read those one last time.

Karen.

My mind has gone a bit blank.

I know exactly who the actor was and I can see him,

but I can't actually remember his name.

And I think that the actress whose films include Gangs Of New York...

I think might have been Jennifer Lopez.

OK, Jennifer Lopez, says Karen.

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

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

Oh, I'm sorry, Karen. I'm afraid, not Jennifer Lopez.

-That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 119.

-Sorry, Karen.

A perfectly good guess, Jennifer Lopez.

Unlike Yugoslavia, she does actually exist, so that's something.

Thank you very much indeed. Now, Sarah.

You're now through to the next round, which is great news,

-but let's find a nice answer on that board.

-OK.

Well, it's not a brilliant board for me. I know a couple, I think.

But I think the one I'm going to go with is the singer with

the middle names Louise Veronica, directed the film W.E., was Madonna.

Madonna, of course. No red line, as you're already through,

but let's see how many people said Madonna.

It's right.

-Wow! Look at that! 4.

-APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 13.

Another very strong performance from Sarah and Nick there on podium two.

Yes, she was a cheerleader at high school

and at the University of Michigan.

Thank you very much indeed. Now, Jack. Again, already through.

But let's go through that board. Do you want to fill in any of those blanks for us?

I think the president is Franklin D Roosevelt.

I think the actress in Gangs Of New York, The Holiday

and Bad Teacher is Cameron Diaz.

And the bottom one is Kirsten Dunst.

Um...

I think I'm going to go for Kirsten Dunst in the title

-role in Marie Antoinette.

-OK, Kirsten Dunst, says Jack.

No red line for you either cos you're already through. Let's see how many people said Kirsten Dunst.

It's right.

Very well done indeed, Jack!

That is a pointless answer, which adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £2,500, scores you nothing, leaves your total at 8.

-Great answer there. Well done.

-Well played, terrific answer.

Played a cheerleader, of course, in Bring It On, which is

actually rather a good film.

Fill in the rest of these,

you're right about FDR, Franklin D Roosevelt.

He would have scored you 7 points.

A lot of people have been cheerleaders in America.

We don't really have it over here, do we?

The American politician and actor is Ronald Reagan.

Would have scored you 14.

You were right about the actress as well.

It wasn't Jennifer Lopez, it was Cameron Diaz.

Would have scored you 15.

And the actor whose face you can remember,

who played Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr, was Steve Martin.

Steve Martin. Did you get it before...? Aw, sorry.

Would have scored you 13. Would have been a lovely answer.

That's the joke in that film, he says, "My name's Dr Michael

Hfuhruhurr," and they go, "What's he called?" "It's Hfuhruhurr."

"How do you spell it?" He goes, "Exactly as it sounds."

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much indeed.

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

I'm so sorry, Karen and Sue, it is you, with your high score of 119.

Cheerleaders didn't suit you really.

Did you know any of those others on the board? Steve Martin...

I knew Cameron Diaz.

I knew it was that sort of a girl, I just couldn't pick the right one.

-That sort of a girl, eh?

-LAUGHTER

Very good. Oh.

Well, Karen and Sue, it's been lovely having you on the show.

-Thank you so much for playing. Karen and Sue, great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Sarah and Nick and Tom and Jack,

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

play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,500.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I think this is going to be an epic semifinal round because there's

only one point between you when you add up all your scores.

Sarah and Nick, some amazing low scoring from you and we had

a pointless answer from Tom, or possibly Jack, with Kirsten Dunst.

So, two very strong pairings there. Best of luck to both of you.

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

-APPLAUSE

OK. And here is your first question and it concerns:

-Mythical creatures, Richard.

-We're going to show you five representations now of mythical

-creatures, along with their initial as well. Can you tell us the most obscure, please?

-Thank you.

Let's reveal our five mythical creatures and here they come. We've got:

There we are. Five mythical creatures.

Sarah and Nick, you've been our low scorers, so you will go first.

(I only know Phoenix, Griffin and Cyclops.)

(OK, I know A, a Satyr. Satyr. I was quite sure of that. Satyr.)

(OK, that's the one then, do you think?)

Yeah. Right, we're not sure on all of them.

We're going to take a stab at answer A, which we think is a Satyr.

A Satyr, say Sarah and Nick. A Satyr.

Now, Jack and Tom, how about you?

We're not too good on this one, no.

Do you want to talk us through it, if you can?

We know D and E, Cyclops and the Phoenix.

I think C might be Hydra, but I'm not sure.

Going to go with D, Cyclops.

D, Cyclops, say Tom and Jack. D, Cyclops.

So, we have Satyr and we have Cyclops. Sarah and Nick said Satyr.

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

It's right.

-21.

-APPLAUSE

Tom and Jack have gone for Cyclops for D.

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

-79.

-APPLAUSE

Which means, Sarah and Nick, well done.

-After one question, you're up one-nil.

-Yeah, very well played.

I've said before that Satyr is my favourite mythical creature.

Firstly, cos it's a lustful drunken woodland god and also

because every show you're stood there and I'm Satyr(!)

LAUGHTER

I've done that one before, but I liked it so much, I thought

I might repeat it. That's a little pointless repeat for you there.

B is the Griffin.

Everyone knew that, big scorer, though.

63.

The best scorer is C. It would have won you the point as well.

Is it a Harpy?

It is a Harpy. Yeah.

18 points. And E is a Phoenix.

And another big scorer, of course. Would have scored you 74.

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

Tom and Jack, you get to answer this one first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck.

It concerns:

-BAFTA rising stars, Richard.

-We're going to show you the initials of five people who've won

the BAFTA rising star award, we're also going to show you the name

of one of their films that came out in the year preceding their award.

Can you tell us who they are?

OK, let's reveal our five rising stars in initial form

and here they come:

I'll read those all one last time.

Tom and Jack will go first.

THEY WHISPER

We know the first three,

which we think will be the highest scorers through.

Transformers...

Yeah, we're going to go with Transformers, SL, Shia LaBeouf.

Shia LaBeouf. OK. Shia LaBeouf, say Jack and Tom.

Now, Sarah and Nick, do you want to talk us through the rest?

-We only know... We think the first one is Kristen Stewart.

-I think so.

And the only person in Casino Royale with those initials, I think,

is Eva Green.

And I don't know the other two, so we'll go for Eva Green.

Eva Green. So, we have Shia LaBeouf and Eva Green.

Now, Tom and Jack have gone for Shia LaBeouf. let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

-Very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

12 for Shia LaBeouf.

Now, Sarah and Nick have gone for Eva Green.

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

It is right.

It's a good answer and it wins the point for you. Look at that. 5.

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done indeed.

That means, Sarah and Nick, after only two questions,

-you are straight through to the final two-nil.

-Yeah, very well played.

You chose the right one as well cos Kristen Stewart would not have

won it for you. She would have scored you 28 points.

The one at the bottom, very famous actor, enormously successful now.

James McAvoy. Would have scored you 3.

And the last one is a pointless answer.

He will not be a pointless answer ever again, I suspect. Adam Deacon

-is the answer there. Pointless. Very well done if you said Adam Deacon.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

Played incredibly well throughout the whole show.

A pointless answer we've had from you and wonderful low scoring.

-You knew quite a few of those, didn't you?

-We knew Eva Green. Had to decide between the two of them.

Well, the good news for us, we get to see you again next time.

-But meantime, thanks very much, Tom and Jack, great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

-But for Sarah and Nick, it's now time for our Pointless final.

-APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Sarah and Nick. You've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,500.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done. And we've thrown lots of weird things at you.

Countries of nine letters or more, former cheerleaders,

mythical creatures and then BAFTA rising stars and everything,

you've just knocked out of the park, so very well done indeed.

As always, you get to choose your category from the four

we put up on the board. Let's see what's up there today. We've got:

-Really, I'm...

-You're quite good on that sort of thing.

-Not on albums.

-Not on albums.

-What about sport in 1996? Obviously, it's not just going to be football.

We could both have a go at Beatles, but sport would just be me.

Members of The Beatles. Are you confident on sport?

Obviously, you're avoiding it for a reason.

Um...

-You decide.

-Beatles.

-OK, Beatles it is.

Beatles it is. Richard.

OK, here are your three choices. Very best of luck.

Hope something here suits you.

We're looking for any of the tracks on the original UK release

of John Lennon's Imagine,

any of the tracks on the original release of Paul McCartney and Wings'

Band On The Run album

or any tracks on the original release of George Harrison's 1970 album

All Things Must Pass.

So any tracks on Imagine,

any tracks on Band On The Run or any track from All Things Must Pass.

-The very best of luck.

-OK, now, as always,

you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

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

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

Your time starts now.

-OK.

-Imagine I can think of.

Is it Beautiful Boy?

No, that was much later on.

Cold Turkey?

Possibly, yes.

All Things Must Pass... I'm really not too sure.

Possibly... What Is Love?

What Is Love?

Band On The Run...

I don't know it apart from the obvious ones, really.

Yes, I'm trying to think of what...

My mother had it, but I can't remember.

Was, um...C Moon on Band On The Run?

-I think it was before that.

-Was it?

-Yeah.

-I'm really not sure.

Do you think Cold Turkey was on Imagine?

I don't know. You see, I've never listened to that album.

Um...

-I know Woman's on it. Jealous Guy's on it.

-Are you sure?

I'm pretty sure.

-But they won't be pointless.

-No.

I'll go with you on those, but...

To be honest, I'm not sure about any of them.

All Things Must Pass... I don't know apart from, obviously, the title track.

-Ten seconds left.

-I might be inclined to say...

-I wonder if...

-While My Guitar Gently Weeps?

-Is that song on Band On The Run? Was it about that time?

-No.

It was much later.

Band On The Run was, like, '75.

OK, that's your time up, I'm afraid.

I'm going to need your three answers.

Erm...

Cold Turkey for Imagine.

-Cold Turkey?

-Yep.

-Yep.

-Are you happy with What Is Love?

-Yep.

-Um...

Sorry, it's What Is Life? on All Things Must Pass.

What Is Life?

-C Moon.

-And Band On The Run, C Moon.

C Moon.

Of the three of those, which do you think's your best shot at a pointless answer?

None of them!

SHE GIGGLES

Erm, possibly your Imagine track.

-You seem quite confident on that one.

-OK, Cold Turkey we'll put last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-I think C Moon from Band On The Run.

-C Moon we'll put first.

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

And here they are.

We've got C Moon, What is Life?

and Cold Turkey. Well, best of luck.

Three answers up on the board.

Let's hope one of those is pointless and win that jackpot for you.

£2,500 - quite a nice jackpot to be taking home.

Sarah, what would you be doing with that?

Well, I think we both need a holiday... Especially after today!

So we'd probably have a holiday somewhere hot

and then we've got some boring repairs around the house

that that would certainly help with.

Nick, anything you'd like to add to that?

We'd definitely go on holiday

after I'd paid for my season ticket.

LAUGHTER

That's news to me.

-HESITANTLY:

-OK. There we are! Well, best of luck.

Your first answer was C Moon.

This was the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

In this case we were looking for tracks on Band On The Run.

It has to be right, then it has to be pointless for you to win.

So for £2,500,

let's see how many people said C Moon.

Bad luck. An incorrect answer there,

which means only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer is What Is Life? -

in this case from All Things Must Pass.

Let's see if it's right.

Let's then see if it's pointless.

If it is both those things, you will leave here with £2,500.

How many people said What Is Life?

It's right.

Now your first answer, C Moon, was an incorrect answer,

as it turns out.

But What Is Life? now taking us down through the '20s and into the teens.

Into single figures...

Down it goes, still going down...

Down it goes... One!

-Oh!

-APPLAUSE

One person remembered What Is Life?

That's a great score,

sadly, not pointless, though.

So only one more shot at today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer, Cold Turkey.

In this case we were looking for tracks from Imagine.

This was the one you were probably the most confident in.

It has to be right.

Then it has to be pointless for you to win.

So for £2,500, let's see how many people said Cold Turkey.

Is it pointless?

-Oh! Bad luck.

-APPLAUSE

Well, one very, very good answer up on the board, there.

But, I'm sorry to say you didn't manage to find that pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.

That rolls over on to the next show.

But we've really enjoyed having you on.

And you get a Pointless trophy to take home each. So very well done.

-APPLAUSE

-That's what we came for.

Yeah, three good answers. Well played.

C Moon and Cold Turkey, neither of those on the albums,

but they are both tracks by those performers.

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

Hope you don't recognise too many of them.

From Imagine - How Do You Sleep? was a pointless answer.

George Harrison plays on that. How? Another one that George Harrison is on.

I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama, I Don't Wanna Die.

And Oh, Yoko.

Those are the only pointless answers on Imagine.

Well done if you said any of those.

There's only two on Band On The Run.

They were Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five

and Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me).

Sing along, everyone!

George Harrison, lots of pointless answers on this album,

so if you know this album, there'll be ones that you know.

Apple Scruffs. You could have had Art Of Dying, I Dig Love,

that you could have had. Hear Me Lord... All sorts of others.

Awaiting On You All, Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp,

you could have had Behind That Locked Door, Beware Of Darkness,

I Remember Jeep, If Not For You, Isn't It A Pity (Version Two),

It's Johnny's Birthday, Out Of The Blue, Plug Me In and Run Of The Mill.

All of those were pointless answers.

-Well done if you said any of those at home.

-Thanks, very much indeed.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Sarah and Nick. It's been fantastic having you here.

-Thank you both so much for playing. Great, great contestants.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, Sarah and Nick didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over on to the next show,

when we will be playing for £3,500.

APPLAUSE

Join us, then, see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

-APPLAUSE