0:00:16 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28This is the show where all the questions have been asked
0:00:28 > 0:00:31to 100 people before the show and all our contestants have to do
0:00:31 > 0:00:33is come up with the answers no-one else could.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40And couple number one.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Hi. I'm John from Leeds
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and this is my daughter Eleanor from Manchester.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- Couple number two. - Hi. I'm Jayne from Whitfield in Kent
0:00:46 > 0:00:49and I'm here with my sister Sharon from Sheldon in Birmingham.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Couple number three.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53My name is Joe, this is my friend Jason and we're students from Crewe.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54And finally, couple number four.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'm Chappy, this is my better half, Sammy,
0:00:56 > 0:00:57and we've come from Newcastle.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And these are today's contestants.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Thanks very much to all of you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06We will find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Here to change these eight characters
0:01:11 > 0:01:13like they're his expired Myspace password,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- APPLAUSE - Hiya. Hiya.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Hi, everybody. Afternoon to you.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- And to you.- Two returning pairs.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Jayne and Sharon, who were knocked out in Round One last time.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Hopefully, we'll see a bit more of them this time.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31And on podium one, John and Eleanor who played very, very well.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Got all the way to the head-to-head. Two-one in the head-to-head.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Then I think they had an argument about which answer to go for
0:01:37 > 0:01:39in the final one.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43John, as all fathers should do, overruled his daughter
0:01:43 > 0:01:46and John, as all fathers always are, was incorrect.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51So, I think they've got some making up to do on today's show.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Nice first round today.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Some pointless answers going begging in Round One today.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Ooh, that's nice. Very good.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Right, yes, Mark and Sandra won the jackpot last time,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000. There it is.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07As Richard says, there will be some pointless answers flying around.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Let's try and get as many of those netted as we can and banked
0:02:10 > 0:02:12so we can swell that jackpot as quickly as possible.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20APPLAUSE
0:02:20 > 0:02:23OK, as always, remember, the pair with the highest score
0:02:23 > 0:02:25at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27That's all you have to remember.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30OK, our first category today is...
0:02:33 > 0:02:35It's a Words round.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first, who will go second?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:02:55 > 0:02:56..O-O-L as they could.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58We're looking for any word that has its own entry
0:02:58 > 0:03:01in the English section of oxforddictionaries.com
0:03:01 > 0:03:04as of March 2015 that ends O-O-L.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words,
0:03:07 > 0:03:08anything like that.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Now, then, Eleanor. Welcome back. - Thank you.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Remind us what you do, Eleanor.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21I am in recruitment currently, but training to be a zoologist.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23That is fun. How far are you into the training?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26How long will it be before you are a zoologist?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I've graduated. I'm just working for a couple of years
0:03:28 > 0:03:31to build up my CV and then headed to Australia.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- That's where you're going to do it? - Yeah.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36You're going to specialise in Australian mammals, are you?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Hmm...yeah. - Why especially Australia?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- What's luring you out there?- Um...
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Because the wildlife brings in a lot of money into the country,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46they pump a lot of money back into it,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48so there's some great projects to work on.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53OK. Now, Eleanor, words ending O-O-L.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I'm going to - I think it's correct -
0:03:55 > 0:03:58say spool, as in cotton.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Spool, says Eleanor. Let's see if spool is right.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Let's see how many of our 100 people said spool.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06It's right.
0:04:09 > 0:04:1339. APPLAUSE
0:04:13 > 0:04:1539 for spool. Seems a bit harshly high.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Tough on that first podium, though, on Words rounds, isn't it?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- Always is.- So little time to think.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Yes, spool as in cotton. Quite right.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- Now then, Jayne.- Yes. - Jayne, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30It was Round One. There was nothing wrong with your Round One.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Two perfectly good answers. - Yes. They were just a bit high.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34They weren't even that high.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Just everyone else scored annoyingly low.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- They did, yes.- I hate that. - It's not right when that happens.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43No, it's not right at all. Jayne, remind us what your hobbies are.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- What do you like getting up to? - Mountain biking.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I don't mind dabbling in a little bit of cooking as well.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50When you say dabbling in a little bit,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52do you consider yourself rather a fine cook
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- or do you follow recipes and just knock things together?- It depends.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Sometimes I might just throw a few things in
0:04:58 > 0:05:00and don't always measure it.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Yeah.- But then sometimes I will follow a recipe,
0:05:03 > 0:05:05but then it doesn't always come out great.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Do you have a favoured recipe book?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09No. I have a lot of them, but I don't have a favourite one.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- Have you come up with a word ending O-O-L?- Um...
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- I'm going to go with school. - School. OK, Jayne says school.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Let's see how many of our 100 people said school.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28It's right.
0:05:29 > 0:05:3160. APPLAUSE
0:05:31 > 0:05:3360 for school.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Yes, school. Do you want a definition of school?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- I think I...- You're OK? - I think I've got it.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Go on, actually. Yeah, go on. What is it?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Oh, hold on a minute. It is...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Oh. Place to...where...learn stuff.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53LAUGHTER
0:05:53 > 0:05:55School. Got it. Got it.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Jason.- Hello.- Welcome to Pointless.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Good to have you here. You are a student at Crewe?
0:06:00 > 0:06:01- I am.- What are you studying?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I am doing a masters in sport science and exercise.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Sport science and exercise.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- Do you do quite a lot of exercise and sport as well?- Yes.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I go to the gym as much as I can,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13play badminton for the university team.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Can you kind of call that coursework? - Yeah, we'll go with that.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19But lots of studying, if my lecturers are watching.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23What sort of things have you learned? What do you learn in sport science?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Mine is mainly focused on coaching,
0:06:25 > 0:06:27so it's how coaches acquire knowledge,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30a lot of theory behind coaching.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33OK. And when you leave Crewe...? How long until you leave Crewe?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- I graduate in September. - Oh, really? Not long at all.- No.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Will you go on into coaching? Is that what you're hoping to do?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I hope so. I'm off to America in a few weeks
0:06:41 > 0:06:44to coach football, or soccer.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Excellent. Best of luck with that.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- And best of luck with your word ending O-O-L.- OK.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52So, I was going to go spool.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57However, leading on from that one, I'm going to try preschool...
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- Preschool.- ..and hope it's one word. - Like the way you're thinking, Jason.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Preschool, let's see if it's right
0:07:02 > 0:07:05and how many of our 100 people said preschool.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09It's right. Oh, Jason!
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Oh, we have a new low score. It's 4!
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Very well done. 4 for preschool. - Well played, Jason,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25though slightly weird to have preschool after school.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- It's mad, isn't it?- It's crazy.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28I can't remember what school means now.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- School - where to learn stuff. - Yes, yes, got it. Brilliant.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Yes. Preschool after school.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- Preschool - before you've learnt stuff.- Yeah. Very odd.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Thank you. OK, now, then. Welcome, Sammy.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Great to have you on Pointless. What do you do, Sammy?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I'm an actress and a sign language interpreter.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Wow. Which of those did you do first?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49- Acting, I'm guessing.- Yeah.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53What sort of thing? Do you sign performances and things like that?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57I'm working my way up to it. It's a little bit more difficult.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I get a bit over-expressive and over-gesticulative
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- and it's distracting. - That's nice, though, isn't it?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- It shows you're involved. - I'm too involved.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08You build up quite a sweat, I should think. Yes.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10You don't want to have to be being taken off
0:08:10 > 0:08:12and towelled down between acts, do you?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Like Rocky.- Yeah, exactly.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18OK, now, Sammy, words ending O-O-L.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21I've genuinely got my fingers crossed for lambswool.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Oh, she's good. Oh, if it's right. It might be wrong.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27It might be totally wrong. In which case, it's awful.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30But lambswool. Lambswool. Sammy says lambswool.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 people said lambswool.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37It's brilliant, Sammy.
0:08:43 > 0:08:451! It scores you 1. APPLAUSE
0:08:46 > 0:08:49If it were down to me, I'd say that should have been pointless,
0:08:49 > 0:08:50but there we are.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52One person said lambswool. Very well done.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54It's a terrific answer, Sammy. Very well played.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Welcome to Pointless as well. A risky one to do, though, isn't it?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Those compound nouns that fit together.- Yeah.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04But lambswool, all one word. It's the wool of a lamb.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Oh, I see.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- Or several lambs.- OK. That's clever. Thanks, Richard.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Lambswool - the best answer so far. Well done, Sammy.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18That puts you and Chappy ahead of the game.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Then we travel up to 4, where we find Jason and Joe.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Up to 39, Eleanor and John.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And then - I'm so sorry - 60, Jayne and Sharon.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28This is a high score.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31So, yeah, Sharon, just think of a really, really low-scoring word
0:09:31 > 0:09:34ending in O-O-L and we'll keep our fingers crossed
0:09:34 > 0:09:35that it keeps you in the game.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37We'll come back down the line.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Can the second players step up to the podium?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Now, then, Chappy. Welcome. - Hi.- Welcome to Pointless.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Great to have you here. What do you do, Chappy?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- I'm a graphic designer. - What do you do for fun?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- What keeps you entertained? - I'm in a band.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- What do you play?- I play bass.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- Very good. What kind of band is it? - It's post-punk, goth.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- We just like to make a lot of racket.- OK.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- What's the name of his group? - Chappy, what are you called?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04We're called Retriever.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Retriever. Good.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Good. That's good.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- That'll come back to us, won't it?- Yeah.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13LAUGHTER Now...
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- HE SIGHS - I liked it.- I liked it.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21Now, Chappy, you have to score 58 or less.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- Simple as that.- Yes.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27I had one. I think it's now risky,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30so I'm going to tactically say something
0:10:30 > 0:10:34that I am more sure of, which is...powertool.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Oh, podium four on fire. Or are they? Maybe they're not.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Maybe that's a terrible answer. Powertool.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43There is your red line. If you can get below that with powertool,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45you are through to the next round.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Oh, no!
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Oh, no. Oh, I can't bear that.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56That's scored you 100 points, takes your total up to 101.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58I think I'm going to regret choosing that one over the other one.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Oh, no.- You are.- Oh, I'm so...
0:11:00 > 0:11:03LAUGHTER
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Rich.- No sign language needed there, was there?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- LAUGHTER - I tell you what,
0:11:09 > 0:11:10I would love to hear the risky one.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Let's have a listen to that at the end of the round.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15But two words, I'm afraid - power tool.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Ah. Ah. Now, Joe, welcome. Welcome.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- Also at Crewe.- Yeah. - Do you also graduate in September?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25No, I'm an undergraduate student studying business management
0:11:25 > 0:11:27and I graduate in July.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Have you got plans made for your future?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33I'm currently looking for jobs, mainly in the HR area.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37OK, well, you're speaking to your future employers, Joe.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41What do you...? Talk to me as if to them.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43What are your attributes, Joe?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45What would you say were your best things?
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- I'm a good team player, I guess. - OK, OK. Do you have a bad point?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52I find it's always good to say, "Yes, if anything,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56"I find I'm too severe on myself. I just drive myself too much."
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- Do you have any bad points, Joe? - Um...I'll try not to say it, but...
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Um, no.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04No! LAUGHTER
0:12:04 > 0:12:08There we go. Employ him immediately. Joe, you're on 4.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12If you can score 96 or less, you...yeah.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- I'm going to go with whirlpool. - Whirlpool.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19OK, whirlpool, says Joe.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Here's your red line, nice and high.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Get below that with whirlpool, you are through to the next round.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28It's right.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Well done.
0:12:36 > 0:12:382 for whirlpool. APPLAUSE
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Takes your total up to 6,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41our lowest total of the round by a margin.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Well played. Someone has got to employ him after that, surely.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Surely.- That's a great answer. - It's a great answer.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Now, Sharon, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Remind us what you like getting up to.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53What amuses you, Sharon?
0:12:53 > 0:12:58I'm a member of the gym, my local gym. I like to go...
0:12:58 > 0:13:00When you go to the gym, do you do classes there
0:13:00 > 0:13:03or do you go on a machine or do you go with free weights
0:13:03 > 0:13:05or do you just go on the treadmill and watch Pointless?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- THEY LAUGH - I do exactly that.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I go on the treadmill and watch Pointless. Yes.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- That's exactly the right answer. - Nice, isn't it?- Isn't it? Very nice.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Now, then, you're no longer the high-scorers.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20If you can find yourself scoring 40 or less,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22you should be into the next round.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Yes.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26It's going to be stool.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- Stool.- Stool. - OK, you're going to go for stool.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Here comes your red line.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34If you can get below that with stool, you are into the next round.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Let's see how many people said stool.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40It's right.
0:13:43 > 0:13:4552. APPLAUSE
0:13:45 > 0:13:4952 for stool takes your total up to 112.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Sammy and Chappy are fine. Chappy is almost forgiven.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54LAUGHTER
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- Don't make me define what stool means.- I won't.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I just won't.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03John, welcome back.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08- Remind us what you do, John. - I'm a parcel handler at Royal Mail.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10That's right. And your hobbies, John?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I play some golf, I go to live music sometimes
0:14:13 > 0:14:15and I go to the cinema quite a lot.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Live... Are there any bands you would count yourself an uber fan of?
0:14:19 > 0:14:24- The Decemberists are probably my favourite.- The Decemberists?- Yes.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Richard, tell me about The Decemberists.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27You'd like The Decemberists.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Xander would like The Decemberists, wouldn't he?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Would he?- I suspect, yes. - Good, good. Brilliant.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35John, so, 72 or less.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Well, after the power tool incident,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I don't believe I'm going to go down any risky road,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42so I'm just going to stick with drool.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Drool.- Yes.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Stick with drool, John. Stick with drool.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Here's your red line. Get below that with drool, you're through.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Look at that.
0:14:57 > 0:15:0044. APPLAUSE
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Takes your total up to 83.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05You did exactly the right thing there.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07It's so tempting to go for one of those compound words,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09but not on that last podium.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Damfool. - LAUGHTER
0:15:16 > 0:15:18It's all one word. Not just since Mr T, as well.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22And it does mean someone who is a fool but more so.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Faldstool, which is a stool that bishops sit on. A folding stool.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- Jamrool, which is what, of course, Geordies have at lunchtime.- Mmm.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Next page.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Longwool is a breed of sheep - a very famous breed of sheep.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Some people at home would have got longwool.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44Playschool. Sool, which is a dog worrying a sheep, essentially.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Aw, I was thinking of a dog worrying for a moment.- Aww.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48I was just picturing a dog just going...
0:15:48 > 0:15:51YOWLS MOURNFULLY
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- No, quite the opposite.- Oh.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Tomfool is a pointless answer.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Undercool, which means the same as supercool, actually.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01And vanpool, which is a slightly bigger version
0:16:01 > 0:16:02of carpool, essentially.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Very well done if you said any of those pointless answers.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Let's look at the top three answers,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Some big scorers here.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Cool, fool, pool.- There we go. Thank you very much indeed.- Pleasure.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Well, we're at the end of our first round. I'm sorry! I'm sorry.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26We're saying goodbye to one of our returning pairs.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- It's Round One last time, Round One this time.- I know, yes.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Oh. I am so sorry.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Jayne and Sharon, far too soon to be saying goodbye to you.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36It's been lovely having you on both shows, albeit briefly.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Thanks very much for playing. Sharon and Jayne.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- BOTH:- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:16:41 > 0:16:44But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49APPLAUSE
0:16:49 > 0:16:51And now we're down to three pairs.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54At the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Jason and Joe, congratulations to you,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59our lowest-scoring pair in that first round.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Sammy, special congratulations to you
0:17:01 > 0:17:04for our lowest-scoring individual, lambswool.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07That's how you play a Words round, for heaven's sake.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09And John and Eleanor, congratulations to you
0:17:09 > 0:17:12for being our only remaining returning pair.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Our Category for Round Two today is...
0:17:19 > 0:17:22History. Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first,
0:17:22 > 0:17:23who will go second?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Oh, that's nice history. Events of the 1990s. Richard.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- History, though, right? - Oh, it is.- That's depressing.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44We're going to give you six clues on each pass
0:17:44 > 0:17:46to events that happened in the 1990s.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Just need you to give us the most obscure answer, please.
0:17:49 > 0:17:5112 in all to have a go at at home.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Those events do not include Jason and Joe being born,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56even though they were born in the '90s.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58OK, so, yes, we are looking for the events of the 1990s
0:17:58 > 0:18:01as described by these clues, OK?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03And here they are.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25I'll read those all one last time.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- John.- I think I know all of them except one.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Hard to judge which one would be more difficult,
0:18:50 > 0:18:52but I'm going to go for the bottom one
0:18:52 > 0:18:54and say John Prescott.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56John Prescott, says John.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Let's see how many of our 100 people said John Prescott.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02It's right.
0:19:07 > 0:19:0918. Not bad at all.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11APPLAUSE 18 for John Prescott.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I believe it was Chumbawamba, the band who threw a...
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- ..a bucket of water over him. - He's called Danbert Nobacon.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- Danbert Nobacon was exactly his name, yeah.- Yeah.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Hey, look, we can talk.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- We've all got names, right? - We've all got names.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32All got names, Joe. What are you going to go far?
0:19:32 > 0:19:33There's one I'm certain of
0:19:33 > 0:19:38and one iffy, but hoping...
0:19:38 > 0:19:39I'm going to go for an obvious one
0:19:39 > 0:19:42and hope Jason will do well in the next board.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46The film directed by James Cameron which won 11 Oscars in 1998
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- is Titanic.- Titanic, says Joe.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said Titanic.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56It's right.
0:19:56 > 0:19:5918 is our only score at this juncture.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- 30 for Titanic.- Yes! - APPLAUSE
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- I was hoping that might sink a bit further, Joe.- Yes, surpri...
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Yeah, very good. Surprisingly low score, isn't it?
0:20:09 > 0:20:10One of the biggest movies of all time.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12They called it, to keep it under wraps
0:20:12 > 0:20:15until they'd finished shooting, they called it Planet Ice,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- was the name of the project.- Clever.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- It is clever, isn't it?- Very clever. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24OK, now, Chappy. Chappy, this board is all yours.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Well, I think I know three and I can have a stab at the other one.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32The man who Tony Blair succeeded was John Major.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35The member of the royal family was Prince Edward.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37The stab that I would have took
0:20:37 > 0:20:41was 1999 for The Philosopher's Stone.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43But I'm going to go with the US president,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45George Bush senior.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47George Bush senior, says Chappy.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 knew that answer.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55It's absolutely right, of course.
0:20:55 > 0:20:5730 is our high score.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I suspect you'll pass that and you do.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01You pass that comfortably. Look at that.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Very well done. APPLAUSE
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Honour restored on the far podium there.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Lovely total of 8.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- They are very, very good on that last podium.- Yeah, they are.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13It's a cracking game. We've got three very, very strong pairs today.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Let's fill in the rest of this board.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Chappy did a very, very nice job indeed.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19You're right about John Major.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21You were right to avoid it as an answer
0:21:21 > 0:21:24because it would have scored you 46 points.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27You were right about Prince Edward as well
0:21:27 > 0:21:28and right to avoid that too
0:21:28 > 0:21:31because it would have scored you 55 points.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34But I wish - I wish - you'd said 1999
0:21:34 > 0:21:35because it was 1997.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37I would have loved to see the look on Sammy's face.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- LAUGHTER - '97.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41That would have scored you 5 points.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Thanks very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:21:45 > 0:21:478 - the best score of that pass, Chappy. Well done.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Chappy and Sammy looking very good at this point.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Then up to 18, where we find John and Eleanor.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Then up to 30, Joe and Jason. Very close, actually.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Jason, you are ahead, though, so we need a low score from you.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00We'll come back down the line now.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08OK, let's put six more clues from the '90s up on the board
0:22:08 > 0:22:09and here they come.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38I'll read those one last time.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00There we are.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Sammy, remember, we are looking for these events in the 1990s.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Right. You always watch this and hear people say,
0:23:07 > 0:23:09"The other board was great for me."
0:23:09 > 0:23:11It was. It actually was.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14So, I might be going with a slightly easy answer here.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16I'm going to say the White House intern
0:23:16 > 0:23:18was Monica Lewinsky.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Monica Lewinsky, says Sammy. You want to be scoring 21 or less.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22There's your red line.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Get below that, you're into the head-to-head.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Let's see how many of our 100 said Monica Lewinsky.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Well, it's right.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Still going down, Sammy. Look at that.
0:23:34 > 0:23:3536. Not bad at all.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37APPLAUSE Not bad.
0:23:37 > 0:23:3944 is your total.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Not too much damage done there, Sammy.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Yeah, he genuinely excelled as a saxophone player, Bill Clinton.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Was thinking of doing it professionally,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49then met President Kennedy when he was a teenager.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Bill Clinton, not President Kennedy.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54And that's the thing that set him on the path to politics.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- His sax playing was really good? - Yeah.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- He could have been Kenny G. - LAUGHTER
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Wow. That's a career to walk away from, isn't it?
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- Maybe it's not too late. - Take it up again.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- Take it up. Should do.- Yeah.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- He should do. Now, Jason.- OK.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15A little bit of pressure on here suddenly.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19The pressure is mounting. You have to score 13 or less.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Pff. Um...
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I don't know any of them. History is not a strong point.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I'll have a guess at the Olympic Games
0:24:29 > 0:24:31and say Madrid.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Madrid for the Olympic Games in 1996, says Jason.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Let's see if Madrid can get you anywhere near that.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Bad luck, Jason. I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 130.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Yeah, sorry, Jason. Not Madrid, I'm afraid.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I'll give the answers at the end of the pass.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- Thanks very much. Now then, Eleanor. - Yes.- Great news.- Yes.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Doesn't matter what you score,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02you are in the head-to-head for the second time.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Fantastic.- Do you want to talk us through the board?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I know a couple of them. By the way, I was also born in the '90s.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Only by three months, but still.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Wet Wet Wet I think is Love Is All Around.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18I'm going to go for Crocodile Rock and Rocket Man and say Elton John.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Elton John, says Eleanor. No red line. You're already through.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Let's see how many people said Elton John.
0:25:28 > 0:25:3055. APPLAUSE
0:25:30 > 0:25:3355 takes your total up to 73.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Well played, Eleanor.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I apologise for not realising you were born in the '90s.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41I thought you were born in the 2000s. That's what I thought.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Well saved. - That's the mistake that I made.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Let's look at the rest of these.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48The city that hosted the Summer Olympics was Atlanta.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- The Wet Wet Wet song? - Love Is All Around.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Love Is All Around.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- The second daughter of the Duke of York?- Eugenie.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Eugenie, yes.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04This is the best answer on the board, perhaps unsurprisingly.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08The number of years Nelson Mandela spent in prison was...?
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- 27.- 27 is the right answer.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Well played.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Good. Thank you very much indeed.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17At the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home
0:26:17 > 0:26:22with their high score of 130, I'm afraid, Jason and Joe.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Well, you hadn't, till this point, put a foot wrong.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29- You were doing extremely well and then, yes, Atlanta.- History.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30History. He did...
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Oh, I thought you were going to say, "Before my time..." there
0:26:33 > 0:26:36for a moment or two. Luckily, you didn't.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37But it hasn't been entirely in vain.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Joe's got himself several interviews lined up.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Let's hope so.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44We'll give you the details as you step off the studio floor.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46We'll look forward to seeing you again next time.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Thanks very much, Jason and Joe. APPLAUSE
0:26:50 > 0:26:52But for Sammy and Chappy and John and Eleanor,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Congratulations, Sammy and Chappy, John and Eleanor.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03You're now one step closer to the final
0:27:03 > 0:27:09and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10You know the rules.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12The first pair to win two questions goes through to the final
0:27:12 > 0:27:14and plays for that jackpot.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:16 > 0:27:22APPLAUSE
0:27:22 > 0:27:25OK, here is your first question and it concerns...
0:27:30 > 0:27:34- Richard.- I'm going to show you five images now of famous characters
0:27:34 > 0:27:36from film or TV who are green.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Can you identify the most obscure?
0:27:38 > 0:27:42OK, let's reveal our green characters and here they are.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06There we go.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Five famous green characters.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Now, Sammy and Chappy, you've been our low scorers
0:28:10 > 0:28:13throughout the show so far so you will go first.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- What one?- Green Lantern?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18I think so. Just double-checking.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20We know them all so this is a hard one
0:28:20 > 0:28:22cos I don't know which one will be the lowest.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25We're going to go with C - the Green Lantern.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26The Green Lantern.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29C - the Green Lantern, say Sammy and Chappy.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Now, then, John and Eleanor, that board's all yours.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Talk us through it.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37The only one I think would beat that is the one we don't know.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41I'm going to have to go with Rex, B.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42You're going to say B - Rex.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45OK, so, we have Rex and we have the Green Lantern.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Now, Sammy and Chappy said the Green lantern.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49Let's see if that's right for C.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51If it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:28:54 > 0:28:55It's right.
0:28:59 > 0:29:0132. APPLAUSE
0:29:03 > 0:29:0532 for the Green Lantern.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Now, John and Eleanor, meanwhile, have said Rex for B.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 said Rex.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17It's right.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Look at that! What a surprise. There we go.
0:29:22 > 0:29:2322 for Rex.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25APPLAUSE
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Which means, John and Eleanor, you've nicked it.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31After one question, you are up one-nil.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Well played. It's already a good round.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34You think you knew D.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36- What would you have said for D? - Oscar the Grouch.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39It's the right answer and would have scored 10 points.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- THEY GROAN - Sorry.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Kermit... Big scorer, Kermit.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47..would have scored you 83 points.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Princess Fiona from the Shrek films.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Thanks, Richard.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58OK, here comes your second question.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00John and Eleanor, you get to answer this one first.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03But, Sammy and Chappy, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06So, best of luck. It concerns...
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Simply going to give you five clues now,
0:30:15 > 0:30:19the answers to which are all things that share their name with...
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- BOTH:- ..figures from classical mythology.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23We can all join in with that next time.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48I'll read those one last time.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Now, John and Eleanor will go first.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12We think we know them all,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16but we're judging that the second bottom one is the most difficult.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18We're going to say Atlas.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20The Atlas Mountains, say John and Eleanor.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22The Atlas Mountains.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Now, Sammy and Chappy, that board's all yours.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27The top one is Juno.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29The second one is Apollo.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- The Disney dog...?- Is Pluto.- Pluto.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34And the 2012 Ridley Scott film...?
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- Is Prometheus. Which one do you reckon?- Prometheus.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39The bottom one, Prometheus.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Prometheus. OK, you're going to go for Prometheus.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45We have Atlas. We have Prometheus. John and Eleanor went for Atlas.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Let's see if that's right for the mountain range.
0:31:50 > 0:31:51It is right.
0:31:56 > 0:31:5827. APPLAUSE
0:31:58 > 0:32:0127 for the Atlas Mountains.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Meanwhile, Sammy and Chappy have gone for Prometheus.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Let's see if that's right for the Ridley Scott film.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09How many of our 100 said Prometheus?
0:32:11 > 0:32:12It is right.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16It's going to be close.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Oh, and it wins!
0:32:18 > 0:32:19Ooh, well done.
0:32:19 > 0:32:216 for Prometheus. APPLAUSE
0:32:21 > 0:32:23There we go.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26You have broken back. After two questions, it's one-all.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27Best answer up there.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Once again, the team that went first knew the best answer,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33didn't give it and the other team have snuck in.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35The other answers. We've heard all of them.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51We knew this was going to be a bruiser and so it is proving.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54It all comes down to this third and final question. The decider.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Indian cuisine, Richard.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Yeah, we're going to show you the names of five Indian foods or dishes
0:33:08 > 0:33:11as they appear on the BBC Food website.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14But we have put them all into anagram form, I'm afraid.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17You need to unscramble them. The team that gives us
0:33:17 > 0:33:20the most obscure answer is playing in today's final.
0:33:20 > 0:33:21Very best of luck.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25OK, let's reveal our five anagrams and here they are.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Now, Sammy and Chappy, you will go first.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45THEY WHISPER
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Yeah, got that one. I'd say the first one you said.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52The third one down.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55OK, we're going to say the third one and paneer.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Paneer, say Sammy and Chappy. Paneer.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Now, then, John and Eleanor.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Do you fancy talking us through the board?
0:34:02 > 0:34:04We don't know the top two.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06The second bottom one is samosa
0:34:06 > 0:34:07and the bottom one is roti.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- We'll go for roti. - You're going to go for roti?- Mm-hmm.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13So, we have paneer and we have roti.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Paneer, say Sammy and Chappy. Let's see if that's right
0:34:16 > 0:34:19and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said paneer.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23It's right.
0:34:28 > 0:34:3020 for paneer.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33APPLAUSE
0:34:33 > 0:34:35John and Eleanor have gone for roti.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Let's see how many of our 100 people said roti.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42It's right.
0:34:46 > 0:34:4835 for roti. APPLAUSE
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Well done.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Very well done, Sammy and Chappy.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55After three questions, you are through to the final two-one.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Very well played. A terrific head-to-head. Really was.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Those top two are tricky, aren't they?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Let's fill these two in.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10- It's hard, isn't it?- I know.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- Naan bread.- No!- Really?
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Naan bread for 14 points.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Con me naughty would score you 2 points.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- Do you know that?- No.- You've had it many times. Many, many times.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22We've all had it many times. It is...
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- ..mango chutney. - Oh, no! That's brilliant.
0:35:26 > 0:35:282 points. Well done if you said that.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30There we are. Thanks very much indeed.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:32 > 0:35:34I'm so sorry, John and Eleanor.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36You've been twice into the head-to-head round.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Nothing wrong with your Pointless performance at all.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41It's been such a pleasure having you on the show,
0:35:41 > 0:35:44but I'm afraid you never made it through to the final. I'm so sorry.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Thank you for playing. John and Eleanor, great contestants.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49APPLAUSE
0:35:49 > 0:35:51INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:35:51 > 0:35:54But for Sammy and Chappy, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58APPLAUSE
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Congratulations, Sammy and Chappy. You have fought off the competition
0:36:01 > 0:36:04and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:36:12 > 0:36:16and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17There it is.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Do you know, I'm thrilled.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21I'm really thrilled that you're through to the final.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23You completely deserve it. Such strong play.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27I mean, really bright answering the whole way through. Clever.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29You had us in the first round, frankly.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32But we're sort of devastated you're not going to be back next time.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33- I know.- I know.- Bittersweet.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Now, as always, you get to choose your category
0:36:36 > 0:36:38from the four things that we put up on the board behind me here.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Let us hope there is something up there you like the look of.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44OK, today's selection looks like this. We've got...
0:36:51 > 0:36:53It's going to have to be, isn't it?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55- That's the only one that it can be. - It's the only one. Yeah.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- Just checking - it's UK Number One?- Yeah.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59- ALEXANDER LAUGHS - What, not Shakespeare?
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- OK, yeah.- UK Number One Singles. - Yes, please.- Yes, please.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- OK, Richard. - OK, very, very best of luck.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06You've been terrific all the way through.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Hopefully, your luck will hold.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11We are looking for any UK number one single,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14up to April 2015, with...
0:37:24 > 0:37:26So, any one-word UK number one single up to April 2015
0:37:26 > 0:37:28beginning with A, B or C.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30When songs have brackets, we ignore the brackets.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Anything outside.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34If it's got one word outside the brackets, we accept it.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Double A-sides, they both count as separate answers.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- Very, very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
0:37:46 > 0:37:48to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Yeah.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- As ready as I'm going to be.- Yeah.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- Albatross.- OK.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Baby Love, I think, was for... - Hang on, that's two words.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03- Oh, sorry, yeah.- Stop that.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Um...
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Things like Always, Crazy. Things like that.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Yeah.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- I think the...- I was trying to narrow it down with bands. Beatles.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Think the Beatles have got a lot of number ones.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Everything I think of has got two words.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20- Everything I'm thinking of has got two words as well.- Yeah.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24- Think of just words, then. - Albatross.- Albatross.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Blue. That just sounds like something...
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Blue (Da Ba Dee Da Ba Da).
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- But it's just Blue. - Yeah, say Blue. Great.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33And also...
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Is Barbie Girl one word or two words?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39I think it might have been two words, but I'm not sure.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40- Right.- Um...
0:38:40 > 0:38:44California. Californication. Anything California-based.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Don't think it was number one, Californication.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47Ten seconds left.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49I've got six songs on my iPod all called California.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- Shall we just say that?- Yeah.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Um... There's four of them seconds.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Right. Right. Albatross...
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- OK, that's your time up. - What was the B one?
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Your three answers. What are you going to give me?
0:39:02 > 0:39:05I think we might be giving you one from each one, just by accident.
0:39:05 > 0:39:06What about that!
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- We're going to go with Albatross. - Albatross.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- Blue.- Blue.- Blue.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12And what was the C one?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- What did we...? Oh, California.- California.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- Simply cos I've got about six songs on my...- Loads of songs.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18..MP3 player that are called California.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- Surely one of them has been number one.- Yeah.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Albatross cos we know...- Albatross, the first one you said? Brilliant.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28We'll put that third. Least likely to be pointless?
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- California.- California, we'll put first.- Just a wild guess.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Then Blue goes in the middle.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36OK, let's pop those answers up on the board in that order then.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37And here they are.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Now, three perfectly good answers up there.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Let's hope at least one of those is pointless.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48You can go away with today's jackpot.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51It's 1,000 quid. What would you do with that, Sammy?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53We're going to America in two weeks.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55We're going to Nashville,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58so we'd probably use the extra money to go to Memphis
0:39:58 > 0:40:00and go to Graceland. That would be nice.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01Chappy, how about you?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- Probably some booze for the train. - LAUGHTER
0:40:04 > 0:40:06That is such a good idea, isn't it? Some booze for the train.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08It's a long journey back to Newcastle.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11OK, very, very, very best of luck.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13We were looking for UK number one singles
0:40:13 > 0:40:15beginning with A, B or C.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Single words.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18California was your first answer.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Bit of a punt just cos there are lots of songs called California.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23It stands to reason maybe one of them might have been number one.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Let's find out. If it's right, if it's pointless, it wins you £1,000.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28How many people said California?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32No.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35OK, that's fine. California was just holding a place there.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39Let's be plain. Only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Your second answer was Blue.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Again, UK number one beginning with the letter B.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47It has to be right, then it has to be pointless
0:40:47 > 0:40:48for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51For £1,000, how many people said Blue?
0:40:54 > 0:40:55It's right.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Blue is right.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Your first answer, California, was incorrect.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Blue is now taking us down through the 30s and 20s.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Into the teens. Into single figures.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Down it goes. Still going down.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08You've done it! Very well done indeed!
0:41:08 > 0:41:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:10 > 0:41:12That is wonderful. Very well done indeed.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- Superb.- Thank you!- Brilliant.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19SAMMY LAUGHS
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Well done! Congratulations! Blue was a pointless answer.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24That means you go home with that cheque.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27You're going to Memphis. You can drink wine on the train.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29- Train booze. - Listen, have some crisps.- Yeah!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- Push the boat out.- Oh! Posh ones!
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- Oh, brilliant. - That is terrific stuff.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Very, very well played. Well deserved, as well.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39I'd have been furious if you left the show without the jackpot.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Albatross would have scored you 1 point.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45California - never a number one single.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47The Phantom Planet version, which is a lovely song,
0:41:47 > 0:41:50was a top ten hit, but nothing else, I'm afraid.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Let's look through the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Some good ones up here.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Airplanes - BOB featuring Hayley Williams.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59Tony Christie and Peter Kay -
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Amarillo that was called without the brackets.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Angelo by Brotherhood Of Man.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Apache by The Shadows.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06You also could have had America by Razorlight
0:42:06 > 0:42:08or Angel by Shaggy.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Let's take a look at B.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Beetlebum by Blur was a pointless answer.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Bombastic by Shaggy.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Bulletproof by La Roux.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Also could have had Barbados by Typically Tropical,
0:42:21 > 0:42:22Blame by Calvin Harris,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Blockbuster by Sweet and Burn by Usher.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Also, Ellie Goulding had a number one with the same title.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Songs beginning with C.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Cannonball - the Little Mix cover of that.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Changes - Kelly and Ozzy Osbourne did a cover
0:42:34 > 0:42:37of the David Bowie song Changes. Got to number one.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Changing, which was Sigma and Paloma Faith very recently.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Colourblind, which was Darius. He had a number one with that.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44You also could have had Clair by Gilbert O'Sullivan,
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Closer by Ne-Yo
0:42:46 > 0:42:48and Crossroads by Blazin' Squad.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Very well done if you said any of those. I know, right?!
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- But Blue, you never thought that would win you money, right?- No.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57What about that?
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Thanks once again to our brilliant winning players,
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Sammy and Chappy, who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04Brilliant.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07APPLAUSE
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:43:10 > 0:43:11to the test on Pointless.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19APPLAUSE